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lie Weighed LOCO Pounds.

When it comes to large men, the
Democrat is able 10 put Miles Darden,
who lived in Henderson county, against
any Of them He was born in North
ampton county, n O., November T.
1899; was married to Mary jenkins in
1920. BY this marriage he had seven
children. and by his second marriage
four children. He moved from North
Carolina to west Tennessee in 1929. and
died SIX miles west Of Lexington in
1891. He was 7 feet e inches high. and
in 1919 weighed over 600 pounds In
1899 his coat was buttOned around three
men, each weighing over 200 pounds,
and they walked around the public
square at Lexington, Tenn. In 1880 1t
required - yards of cloth one yard
wide 10 make him a coat His coffin
was feet long, b inches deep. 30
inches across the breast, IS inches across
the head and II inches across the feet
II took "a yards Of black velvet to cover
it. His hat measured % inches around
the crown and is now in possession of
the State Historical Society at Nash
vile He was Mason and member of
the Baptist Church. Carroll County
Tenn. Democrat.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
From Bad to Worse in Cuba.

From the Washington Post.
General Ludlow's suppression of
the Havana newspaper, Ell Recon
centrado, throws new light on the
miserable bungle into which our af
fairs in Cuba have been plunged by
the Brooke regime.
For the past six or eight months
Brooke has been pretending to dis
pense q civil government to the peo-
pie Of Cuba. He has appointed
Mayors, constituted Civil Courts,
commissioned Judges, and set up the
machinery of civil police force in
the city Of Havana. 1t is true that
his Chief of Police and his Chief Of
Detectives have themselves set the
example OF lswlessness that the
police have been caught in frequent
acts of shooting private citizens,
brutally beating or Matchmaking our
own people, and wresking their pri-
vate vengeances in the most abhor-
rent way; and that the Cuban Courts
have, until a very recent date, prac-
tised every ancient and barbsric ty
ranny, not excepting the imprison-
ment incomunicado which constituted
the insurgents noisiest complains
against Spanish rule. A week or so
ago, compelled by protests which he
did not dare to ignore, Brooke
ordained the abolition of the incom-
unieado system but with this excep-
ton the old Spanish laws, admins
tered in many instances by former
insnrgent chieftains, are still in
force. There is, to be sure, bewild-
ering confusion as between the mill
tary and civil authorities, intensified
al times by acts of Brooke. But there
can be no doubt that the farce of
civ! government is in full operation,
or that it is maintained with solemn
ceremony that would have amazed
Dogberry himself. Any more COM
plicated and ridiculous carnival of
imbecility it would be impossible to
imagine. The civil authorities "
90 ahead on their line until something
happens to annoy Brooke, and the
curtain is then raised and we see the
humbug mall its pestiferous activity.
Now comes Ludlow's suppression
of Cuban insurgent newspaper
which has been so unfortunate as to
displease him, and close upon its
heels follows the suppression by Civil
Governor Rivera of Spanish paper,
which, of course, no Cuban patriot
could approve Of. That the practice
will now become general; that cor
rupt or tyrannical officials will arrest
the editors and demolish the plants
Of all the newspapers that see fit to
criticize them, goes without saying.
In this miserable tumble of conflict
ing authority and demoralizing cross.
purpose, we may safely expect to see
the officials of the Brooke civil gov
eminent assiduously initiating the
antics or the Brooke military govern
ment. Whenever General Ludlow
wreaks vengeance on some one who
has ruffied his fine feathers, Rivera,
Aguirre, Portuondo, and Rabi will
feel authorized to do something to
the Spsniards, whom they hate and
have always feared. The scandal
and the infamy Will grow apace,
MANFRED by the example and cult
waited by the precepts of the Brooke
Ludlow dispensation.
Just how long the Presidentinten
to sustain this offensive and absurd
arrangement we do not pretend to
know.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
Remarkable Rescue,

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill. 4,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs she
was treated for a month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was hopeless victim Of con.
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested DR..
Kings New Discovery for Oonsump-
ton she bought bottle and to her de.
light found herself benefited from first
dose. She continued its use and after
taking six bottles, found herself sound
and well now does her own house,
work, and is as well as she ever was.
Free trial bottles Of this Great Discov-
cry at NJ. M. Lewis Drug Store. Only
80 cents and 81 90, every bottle guaran-
toad
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
List Of Writings.

The following is list Of writings
admitted to record in Caroline County
Court clerks office during and since
July court last to August nth, 1899:
Rena Burruss to william Gatewood,
deed for land
w. l.. Cobb and vito to Henry U
Edwards, deed for land
IL G. Edwards and wife to + @.
Cobb, trustee, deed trust on land.
Taliaferro Hunter and wife to 10
Lane Stern, deed for land
Robert j. Carr and wife to j ID Cog.
hill, deed for land
Lucy G Moncurc to O. T. Smith,
deed for land
Amelia q Hopkins and husband to
Ernest Donahoe, deed for land
Matte A. Satterwhte to Jno G.
Long. assignment Of interest in land
Ida Chapman to James Il Jackson,
deed for land.
Chastain W. Colbert and wife to l..
O. Sale, deed for land.
p. X Mullen, &c, to O. W Garrett,
trustee, deed trust on land.
W T. Chandler and wife 10 a. p
Chandler and f W Chandler, trustees,
deed trust on land
W. H. Burruss' heirs, deed Of patti
ton Of land
Nelson Murray and wife to Willis
Freeman, deed for land.
Willis Freeman and wife 10 Il A.
Coghil. trustee deed trust on land
G.. Ii Throm to r. o. Peatross. trus-
tee deed trust on land
Frederick Osterheld 20 james NJ.
Skinner and wife. deed for land
Gentry Washington to r. a. Coghill,
trustee, deed trust on land.
James W. Monroe to Mamie b. Mon
roe, deed for land
George W Broaddus and Roland
Wright, contract for sale Of timber
W. I. Chandler and wife to Mrs. Sal
lie W. Jordan, deed for land.
J. t. Jordan and wife to h. G. Mon
cure, trustee deed trust on land.
Robert Freeman to Il. G. Moncure,
trustee, deed trust on land.
J. 7. Richards and wife to James
Fleming, deed for land.
f. NJ. Travis county surveyor, report
ana plat Of survey Of 33 acres Of land
standing on land books IN name Of j
. Fox
J. II. Purcell and wife to Charles and
Eugene Bowie deed for land.
Charles L Hunter, trustee for the
Mechanics Perpetual Building and
Loan Association Of Fredericksburg,
Va, to W. N. Jones. deed for land.
Walter NJ Jones and wife 10 Charles
E Hunter. trustee deed trust on land
Robert W. Wright and wife to Charles
+ Dickinson, deed for land.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
Oh Ny!

A crank came running into our office
yesterday and said that a man swal'
lowed q two foot rule and died by inch
a. We started ont to learn the par
ticulsrs Of the death, and meeting q
doctor told him about the case. de
said that was nothing. that he had o
patient once who swallowed thermom-
ster and died by degrees. Jim Hook
Just then Clipped In. He said It re-
minded him Of fellow in Louisa coun-
ty, who swallowed pistol and went OIL
easy. Another fellow said he had q
friend who took drink Of applejsck
and died in good spirits, but according
to some authorities the above cases are
nothing in comparison to the man who
took embalmipg fluid and died hard.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

About one month ago my child
which is fifteen months old, had an at
tack Of diarrhOea accompanied by
vomiting | gave 1t such remedies as
are usually given in such cases, but as
nothing gave relief, we sent for ply.
stefan and it was under his care for a
week AT this time the child had been
sick for about ten days and was having
about twenty operations Of the
bowels every twelve hours, and we
were convinced that unless It soon OBJ
tanned relief it would not live. Cham
berlains Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea
Remedy was recommended, and
decided to try It, soon noticed d
change for the better by its continued
use "A complete cure was brought about
and 1t is now perfectly healthy @ l.
Boggs, Stumptown, Gilmer Co., W.
Va For sale by NJ NJ. Lewis, Drug
gist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule in Eject MAY I, lSS
,rains Ieave Washington, u. O.


Trains leave Washington, D. O.
s:Ol A. M.-Daily-fo Danville, Charlotte
and way stations, connecting at Manassas
for Strssburg, and Harrisonburg daily and
at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
Western daily for Roanoke and points
Southwest and with c. d o. Z. Z. for Nat
ural Bridge daily; and Lexington daily, ex-
cept Sunday, also connecting at Calverton
for Warrenton and Fauquier White Sulphur
Springs.
Ills A. NJ -Dlily-THE UNITED
STATES FAST MAIL carries Pullman,
6leepers New York and Washington to
JacksonvilIe, uniting at Salisbury with Pull
man Sleeper for Asheville and Hot Springs,
N. O. Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis,
Tenn, and at Charlotte with Pull
man Sleeper for Augusta; Pullman
Sleeper New York to New Orleans, connect
ing at Charlotte with sleeper for Birmingham
Solid train Washington 70 New Orleans
without cht1ge. Southern Railway Dining
cars between Washington and Spartanburg,
8. @.
cursion. Through Sleeper on this train
every Tuesday and Friday to San
Francisco without change. Leave Rich
mond at 1901 P. M.
4Ol P. M.-Local for Strasburg and Har'
risonburg daily except Sunday. -,
4.30 P. M.daily, local for Charlottesville,
connecting at Calverton for Wa1enton and
Fsuquier White Sulphur Springs.
go P. NJ. daily, New York and Florida
Express Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cans
New York and Washington TO Tampa, via
Savannah and Jacksonville, and TO Augusta
via Columbia with connection FOR
Aiken. Through toach to Jacksonville.
9:20 P. NJ. daily, WASHINGTON and
Chattanooga Limited, via Lynchburg with
sleepers, New York and Washington to
Memphis and New Orleans through Bristol.
Through coach TO Memphis. Cafe, Parlor
and Observation Car between Rsdford, Va,
and Alfalfa, Ala, serving all meals
1915 PM. daily, WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN, VESTIBULED
LIMITED"
composed Of Pullman Vestibuled Sleep
ers. Dining Cars and Day Coaches, Pull
man Sleepers, New York to Nashville
Tenn, via Asheville, Knoxville and Chat
tanooea: New York to Memphis, via Birm-
ingham. New York to New Orleans, via At
larta and Montgomery. Pullman, Library
and Observation car between New York and
Washington and Atlanta. Vestibuled Day
Coach, Washington TO Atlanta. Southern
Railway Dining Car, Greensboro TO Mont
gomery.
Leaves Richmond IL p. M.
Trains on the Narrow Gauge reach Orange
daily at 1040 A. NJ
Trains on the Southern Railway psss
Orange DAILY as follows:
SOUTH BOUND
Il:2O A: N. l:ss M. 7.45 P. NJ.
NORTH BOUND
lilo A. M. 6:22 P. M. $40 A. M.
For rates, map folders and Sleeping Oar
gpace apply 10 l.. 8. BROWN,
General Agent.
705 10Th st. N. w.
WARRINGTON, D. O.
FRANK 8. CANNON, srd Vice Pres and
General Manager.
]. NJ. OULP, w. a. TURK,
Traffic Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
The WGSnS Steamboat Co.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT 1899
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANEOCK RIVER ROUTE.

On and after Tuesday, July 18th, steamers
Richmond. Lancaster and Essex Will
leave Pier ., Light street, Baltimore. every
Tuesday and Friday at 40 p. m. for Fred
cricksburg and all wharves on the river.
Returning, will leave Fredericksburg at 2:D
p. m. tide pcrmitting) Monday, and Thurs
day, Lccdstown at 4]D a. M, Tuesday and
Friday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday, nj $50 p. M.
for MAYORS and all wharycs below, except
Bay Port. Returning will leave MAYORS at
s.al "a. M, on Thursday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at 40 D. m, Thursday, for
TappahannOck and all wharves below except
bay Port. Millenbcck and Merry Point. Re
turning will leave Tappahannock at
q a. IN. Monday for Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
Volcanic Eruptions

are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life
of Joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures
them. also Old, Running and Fever
Sores, Ulcers, Boils. Felons, Oorns,
Warts, Outs, Bruises. Burns. Scalds,
Cbapped Hands. Ohilblains. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only % cents a box Cure
guaranteed. Sold by NJ. M. Lewis,
Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

The Rev. W. B. Oostley. Of Stock
bridge, Ga, while attending to his
pastoral duties at Fleetwood, that state.
vas attacked by cholera morbus He
saws: "By chance ! happened to get
ho,d Of a bottle of Chsmberlain's Oolic.
obolsrs and Diarrhoea Remedy, and l
tbink Il was the means of saving my
lifo Il relieved me ct once. For sale
b. n. II. Lewis, Druggist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

DIR. Oady's Condition Powders, are
Just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use TO put q
horse In prime condition. Price %
cents per package. For sale by M. N.
Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Beginning Tuesday. May 3Oth, steamers
Potomac and sue will leave Pier 2. Light
street, Baltimore, every Tuesday, Thursday
aud Saturday. at p. NJ. for Alexandria and
Washington. calling at all Of the usual land
ings. Returning will leave eth Street Wharf,
Washington. at =. NJ, Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday, going as far as LcOnardtown on
these evenings. Will leave LcOnardtOwn ut
Ga. NJ, Kinsale at 1870 p. NJ, Millcr's ats 7.
NJ GrasOn's ut g p VI. and BacOn's at =. NJ,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
Baltimore carly the following morning.
Freight received daily in Baltimore.
Freight received daily at Pier 9, Light
Street.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
Foul Smelling
Catarrh.

Catarrh is one Of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
to get rid OF.
There is but one way to cure 1t.
The disease Is in the blood, and all the
sprays. washes and inhaling mixtures
In the world can have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe-
cifio cures Catarrh permanently, for it is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force 1t from the blood.
= Mr.. B. P. McAllister, OF Harrodsburg,
XIV, had Catarrh for years. He writes !:
III could see no Improvement whatever,
hough l was constantly treated with sprays
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

cord y E over a month ago 90 she says ia her
communication To Or Y Pierce Of Buffalo.
Ny "A little girl here was IN dreadful health.
W. told her folks about Dr picrCc's medicines.
knew what they had done for us. Her parents
bought "a bottle Of his Golden Medical Discov
cry aud Of Fav0ritc Prescription and one Of
Pellets The patient has improved wonder
hiflvafrr taking these medicines wish every
body knew the great virtue of DR. fetccs
medicines / have been using them 900 my iam-
SIS nr three years and always with success.
II will be pleased to have my letter published.
n person, Wishing 20 know more about the
great benefits we have received from using Dr
Pierce, medicines will write, enclosing stamp.
1 viii gladly answer
Every mother of children ought to
possess Dr. Picrce's grand book, the
Pcople's Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser. a magnificent thousand-pagc Illus
tratcd volume. It teaches mothers how
To care for their children and themselves.
II is the best doctor to have in the house
i'm case of emergency. Over half a mil
lion copies were sold at $50 each, but
one free copy in paper covers Will be
sent on receipt Of II one cent stamps
TO pay the cost Of mailing only; or
send a stamps if You prefer heavier,
handsome cloth bound copy. Address
the publishers, Worlds Dispensary Med
zeal Association, No. 665 Main Street,
Buffalo. y. Y
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Observation-Disclosures II. 1879
THE DISAPPOINTED.

THE DISAPPOINTED.
There are songs enough for the hero
Who dwells on the heights OF fame.
sing for the disappointed
For those who missed their aim.
sing with a fearful cadence
For one who stands in the dark
And knows that his last best arrow
Has bounded back from the mark.
/ sing for the hreathless runner,
The eager anxious soul,
Who falls with his strength exhausted
Almost in sight Of the goal
For the hearts that break in ailence
With q sorrow all unknown;
For those who need compassion,
Yet walk their ways alone.
There are songs enough for the lovers
who have loves tender pain,
/ sing for the one whose passion
Is given all in vain.
For those whose spirit comrades
Have missed them on the way,
/ sing with heart oerflowing
This minor strain today.
And know the solar system
Must somewhere keep in space
A prize for that spent runner
Who barely lost the race
For the plan would be imperfect
Unless Ii held some sphere
That paid for the toll and talent
And love that are wasted here
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

s. g. s., and after a few bottles were used no
ticed a perceptible Improvement Continuing
the remedy, the disease was forced out OF my
system, and a complete cure was the result
Iadvise all who have this dreadful disease 10
abandon their local treatment, when mas never
done ssem any good. and take S. 5. g. rem
edv that can reach the disease and cure II.
To continue the wrong treatment Tor
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swiits
Specific is a real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases,
which other remedies have no effect
whatever upon. 1t promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails TO cure even the
,.oos< aUCravafod Oacaa
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

I tlN litdtcu Win spray
and washes, and differ
ent inbaling remedies
IN fact. | could feel that
each winter | was worse
than the year previous.
FINALLY II was
brought 10 my n office
that Catarrh wasA blood
disease, and after think
ing over the matter. /
saw 10 was unreasonable
to expect 10 be cured by
remedies which only
reached the surface. i
then decided TO try
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
NORFOLK ROUTE.

viii leave Tappahannock for Norfolk at T.
m moon Friday. stopping at all landings.
VIII leave Norfolk at d p. m saturday for
IlpIahaunock. calling AT all landings.
No freight received for outgoing steamers
after p. m, on sailing DAYS.
freight received for all stations on Po-
tomac, Fredericksburg, Il Piedmont Z. X.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

For otner information, addresl
JNO. d. POTTS,
A. g. P. A, Richmond, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

Connections at Fredericksburg with Z. r..
& P. R. r., and Weems Steamboat Co. Al
Orange with Southern and Chesapeake q
Ohio +. +.
TIE only line to the Charlottesville and
Wilderness Battlehelds.
Eastern Standard Time. Daily exceptSun-
day. w. II. RICHARDS, Gen Manager
*Train No. 2 leaves Orange the Attn Monday
in each month at D. m.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. and
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
Parlor Car on No 10 ROnceyertc.
TRAINS FOR OLD POINT AND
NORFOLK
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

Additional trains leave boswell A. M.and
G45 =. NJ, except Sundays for Richmond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17
A KIND NEIGhBOR.

Just lnlS same
kind, neigh
l)orly spirit
which Actual
ed Mrs. VIM
$. Vollnier,
Of Concord,
CalJarrus
\ Co., North
'1Carolina.
We moved
here 20 Con
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-17

.June is. IsS9 No. 5. No. l. No. 8
KX-Sun Daily. Daily.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-14
THE CONVENTION
FOR THE BIG CANAL
Asks That Senator Morgan
be Supported.
CHANGE IN THE SOUTH
MORGAN SAYS ALL NOW FAVOR
THE CANAL.
THINKS TWILL BE BEGUN WITHIN A YEAR
He Predicts its Completion in Six Years. De-
partments of Industry and Immgra-
ton are Needed at the
South.

Huntsville, Ala, Oct. 13.-The South
ern industrial Convention which has
been in session here four days adjourned
sine die this evening. Chairman Mac
Corlle will select place for the next
meeting to be held six months hence
The principal speaker of the day was
Senator Morgan, of Alabama. The SEN
ator reviewed his work on the Nicaragua
Canal. He said that until recently Con-
gressmen from Maine, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts had given him more sup
port than Southern statesmen. Recently
the South had undergone a complete
revolution on the matter and all now
favor it.
If the work of the commission head
ed by Rear Admiral Walker recently APP
pointed by Congress shall bear any rela-
tion to the Importance of its duty a
year will not have passed before work
on the canal will be commenced" said
Senator Morgan. He predicted that the
canal would be completed in six years.
The convention will memorable all SEN
ators and Congressman to support Nor
gan in his work.
A paper wars read by Colonel w. V.
trubbs, of Texas, and one by Major
E. B. Stahlman, of Nashville.
Addresses were male by Governor At
kinson, of West Virginia. j. NJ. Nix, of
Texas; Il. s. Sheppard, president of the
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce and
Lewis n. Coleman, of Chattanooga.
Resolutions were adopted calling upon
the Southern States to establish depart
ments of industry and immigration; a
concerted move in the direction of a
merchant marine: to remove the race
question from politics and that every
reasonable means he adopted to main
tain the best relations between the races
of the South.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-14
A NEW TAX LAW.
Sheriff is Authorized to Seize a Delin.
quent's Personal Property.

Quell = Il eISOlldl
1t is not generally known that the
last Legislature passed a new law in
regard to the collection of taxes--one
that will, in fact, insure their collection
if the sheriffs and tax collectors do their
duty. Section 81 of the Revenue Act
reads as follows:
Whenever the taxes shall be due
and unpaid, the sheriff shall immediate
ly proceed to collect them as follows:
1st If the party charged have personal
property of the value equal to the taxes
charged against him, the sheriff shall
seize and sell the same as he is requir-
ed to sell other property under execu-
ton"
1t will be seen from this that the
sheriff has right to take any property
whatever that a man may possess TO
satisfy his taxes In compliance with
this law Sheriff Page, of this county,
yeterday issued circular in which he
says:
+ Il Shall endeavor to follow strictly the
above law Therefore all parties are
earnestly requested to come forward
and settle their taxes and save costs.
The Laws of 1899 require me to settle
the taxes sooner than heretofore. so /
shall have to insist upon everyone com
ing forward and paying their taxes
am in my office in the court house every
day in the week from 8 O'Clock a. m.
until ) O'clock p. nj.
while | do not desire to have to
force the collection Of taxes from any
one, the law makes it compulsory on
the sheriff to collect the taxes"