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Connections at Fredericksburg with K. X
4 P. Z. E., and Weems Steamboat Co. Al
Orange with Southern and Chesapeake a
Ohio z. K.
The only line to the ChanoellorIville and
Wilderness Battlehelds.
Eastern Standard Time. Daily exceptSun
day. w. d. RICHARDS, Gen Manager
*Train No. leaves Orange the 4th Monday
In each month at 3 p. m.
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to Cancer.

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purity in the blood, Inherited from
generations back. Few people are en-
tirely free from some faint In the blood,
and It is impossible to tell when 1t will
break out In the form OF dreaded Can
ser. What has appeared TO be mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
.he most malignant Cancer.
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Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. l and 3
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
ParlOr Car on No TO Clifton Forge.
TRAINS FOR OLD POINT AND
NORFOLK.
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TRAINS LEAVE boswell, VA.
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treated by several able
physicians, but in spite
OF their efforts the Can
cerspread until my con-
dition became alarmiD z.
After many months OF
treatment and growing
steadily worse, l d g
cided to Try 8. 3. 5.
which was 80 strongly
recommended. The first
bottle produced an i'm:
provement. I continued
the medicine, an d In
four months the last 1T
tie soab dropped OF.
Ten years have elapsed,
disease has returned"
X. =. WILLIAMS,
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THx sHoRrIsT AND QUIcKEsT ROUTE TO
THE WEST.
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Additional trains leave boswell Z A. NJ
G:l5 z. m., except Sundays for Richmond
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well. Pull me up and I will tell you
where he is.
Corafx was deceived because the
voice seemed to be the frogs. He de-
termined to see that the Prince was
dead.
Where is the Prince, good frog?' he
said, looking down into the well. He
is down here was the answer. Quick,
pull me up before he can kill me-
very WELL hop into the bucket" said
CorafiX, "and 1 will"
So the Prince hoped into the bucket
and Corafix pulled HIM up to daylight
once more.
Go down, good Corafx, and kill
him." said the false frog, flor if you
don't the Prince will come UP after
dark and burn down your castle"
The giant needed no second prompt
ing. How does the Prince keep his
head above water?" asked Corafix
ooh. that is easy. He has bridged
the we'll with his sword and is resting
upon that"
The giant tore away the stones at the
top of the well furiously that he might
have room to go down the well. He
fastened rope to tree that grew I'M
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me-" beloved Coraf1x "Achoo, oh,
what delightful sneeze, achoo, achoo,"
came in the other giants in chorus, The
snuff got into their eyes and blinded
Them it filled the air and went down
their threats and made them cough.
CorafiX, searching for his handkerchief,
put the Prince in one of his pockets.
The Prince saw his chance and cut his
way through the pocket with his sharp
sword, and dropped to the floor, The
giants were making so much noise with
their sneezing and coughing that they
did not hear him. He ran down stairs
as fast as ever he could. Just outside
of the door he saw a lamb. He slew
this and dipping his coat in the blood,
put the coat on the lamb and dropped
it directly under CorafiX's window.
With the coat he laid down his sword.
There, he said gaily, when the
giants find my coat and lamb and hat
they will think that am dead; now
for new trick" So saying he ran
nimbly into the castle once more, where
the giants were still sneezipg. Finding
a stout rope, he tied 1T across the head
of the stairs. Then he went outside
of the. castle and beat upon a big drum
that he found in the castle yard. Out
rushed the three giants to see If the
Kings army was coming, Kavalla be-
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~ NE day the Chrysanthemum and
the Daisy were talking together
and they were very angry with
the Rose.
~ Chrysanthemum How is it,
Daisy, 1 have so many beautiful dresses
of ali colors, and you are so plain, and
yet everybody is talking about the
Rose?"
Il don't know" said. Daisy, "but 1
hate her"
We'll, Chrysanthemum, I'll tell you
what We'll do Well watch for her and
tear, her. clothes off and throw her down
in the mud"
In a little while the Rose passed by
and Chrysanthemum and Daisy took
her and tore off all her white dress and
threw her down in the mud. Presently
Kingcup came by and saw the Rose.
He said: Poor Rose, what is the
matter? Why are you lying in the
mud with our clothes all torn? Can
l help you, poor Rosei"
'Oh. yes, dear Kingcup," said the
Rose; 'I don't know why the flowers
hate me, but Chrysanthemum and
Daisy quarreled with me and tore off
my dress and left me here in the mud.
Please help me, kind Kingcup."
So the Kingcup lifted for up out of
the mud and put on beautiful red
dress and Rocc was happy again; and
the Kingcup and the Rose have been
friends ever since, and the Rose has al
most always worn a red, red dress.
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the cat belonging to the giants, which
was the size of the lion. was not fooled
so easily. She smelled the Prince out
as he lay in hiding under the bushes in
the garden While the two remaining
giants were talking about him, the cat
holding him tightly in its teeth, brought
him to them and laid him at the feet of
Corafix. We'll. Mister little Prince
with nine lives. so here you are? Why
didn't you stay dead this time. 1t
would have been better for you, for
now we win put an end to you at
once"
There was a deep Well in the castle
yard, and into this CorafiX threw the
Prince without more ado. The water
closed over his head.
Now said CorafiX, I'VE have done
with him forever. and the giants may
sleep well now, but what lively little
villain he was, to be sure"
The Prince came up to the top of
the water and would have sunk to the
ming speed put his sword crosswise of
the we'll. The sword bridged the well,
which was very narrow, but very deep
By holding on to the sword, which was
caught fast in the sides of the well, the
Prince managed tC keep his head above
water. He had little fear now but that
when it was dark, he would be able to
climb up out of the well and continue
his attempts to get rid of the wicked
giants. But there was a huge frog who
lived in the bottom of the well who be-
gan to cry out.
"'Corafix. CCrafix, the Prince is alive
in the we'll and will come out when it
is dark to kill YOU
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awake and came running to where the
Prince was standing, with drawn
was grabbed up by one of the giants.
Finish his miserable little life, broth
eT," said giant No 5. NO, no, said
Kavalla, "he is mine; let me be reveng-
ed for the insult" This caused little
tank, which gave. the Prince time to
think. He still had his satchel, which
held so many useful things, strapped
To his waist, under his cloak, where the
giants could not see it. He had in it
a box of the most powerful snuff that
has ever been made. The lid being
open he threw the snuff fun in the face
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D EARS don't often tell stories.
- They are too busy doing other
things. But I have little story
l. that may be warning to bad lit
tie boys and girls. There is a fine
apple orchard up in the California foot
hills where there are the sweetest apples
that grow anywhere. One afternoon
Tad Whipple came along and [ hid be-
hind a tree and didn't grOwl a bit IN
til he came real close Then 1 put my
arm around him, sort of loving like
but didn't give him bear hug-oh,
dear, no!
Well, Tad and l sat down and had a
long talk He told me that he had al
ways loved bears and that he could not
be COaXed to shoot one, no not
even if a loaded gun should just run
up and put itself in his hands and ask
to be fired off, Then 1 thought that
would be kind and 1 gave him little
hug with one paw. "Gracious!" he said
as he caught his breath, don't like me
that way or 1 will RIM away"
.- Now, perhaps bears can't think very
well, but they know how to do some
things. My young friend" said 1 to
Tad. don't you wish to eat some nice
apples?" off course" said he. where
are they?"
pointed out the way and in few
minutes we were going up the hill
toward the apple orchard as loving like
as two brothers. The orchard was
some distance from any house or
would not have gone with Tad or any
one else in broad daylight. There were
the apples, hanging up too high for me
10 reach them. TAD could climb pretty
well, so ! found out. He filled all his
pockets with apples and threw down
some TO me. Then he heard the farmer
coming and away we ran together. He
vas, of course a naughty boy to take
the farmers apples away-and you
know what often happens to bad boys
out there, I viii not stop to tell any
thing but the story of Tad and the
sweet apples.
We went back to the place where we
had talked before and Tad said that he
guessed that he would go home now. 1
told him he would meet a bad bear who
would eat him all up if he went away
then and he said that he would wait
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Johnnie did laugh. And the children
who were playing around ran up to see,
and they laughed and clapped their
hands. And the little children in the
white beds raised their white faces as
well as they could and tried their best
to laugh with the rest. Such happy
lot as they We're. as Johnnie went
around and gave every girl and every
boy toys and picture books. They wers
all SO happy they almost forgor for
a while their aches and pains. When
it was time to leave Andrew went to
say good-by to Johnnie Ford. on
Johnnie" said he, I'm so happy. It's
better than Christmas. Papa tells ms
true when he says it is nicer to give
things away than to keep them"
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MAKING DO'NUTS.
BY NELLIE MACLACHLAN.

by NELLIE MNOlHST1lH
~ ONE, Bill, an John, an Dick, an
Lew
N I'll tell you what you,ns kin do.
This afternoon when dinners done.
<Come to my house an have some
My mother never cares for noise,
She says were only healthy boys,
So you can come an play with me,
l never go away, you see.
When mothers maxim do'nuts.
I know she's goin to make lot,
She'll give, us one that's brown an hot.
When she makes some an put EN- way
Then l know what she's goin' to say:
Come, boys, what shall l make you now
A cat or dog, or goat, or cow
Then she Will make EN- eVry one
And we will have just lots of fun.
When mothers maxim donuts.
She kin make everything, you know.
That ever was in Barnum's show.
A lion, tiger and giraffe;
And funny clowns to make you laugh.
O. but it's fun to see her grow
All these queer things from do'nut dc.
But | don't want these things again,
l want the ships that beat old Spain
When mothers maxim donuts.
She used to make me Santa Claus;
Now Uncle, Sam !, want, because
To Cuba's little children he
Was like a Santa Claus, you see.
He did not send a lot of toys
To Cuba's little girls and boys,
But sent a ship with breat and meat
An lots Of other things to eat.
Then sounded forth the bugle cali
(You see l learn about 1t all
When mothers maxim do'nuts.)
Spain heard the little children cry,
But only laughed to see EN- die,
And kept on trampin' Cuba down
In spite of Uncle Sammy's frown.
But when they sunk our battle ship,
When only on friendly trip.
Our Uncle got just fightin mad
On / tell you ] am mighty glad
When mothers maxim do'nutS.)
Then Uncle Sam with trumpet hurled
The note that rung through all the world
THE heroes of the Maine shall be
Martyrs to set fair Cuba free!'
Then Spain begun a game of bluff,
But Uncle Sam soon had enough:
And at his word of strong command
Justice stepped forth to take the land.
On land and sea Spain was knocked out,
OTIS all that we can talk about
When mothers maxim do'nuts.)
If 1 was only big an strong,
] know that l should go along;
For it would be such jolly fun
To go to war with big gun.
Then l should like to kill man,
But | will yet, when I'm man,
If Uncle Sam, before he's through
Don't XIII EN- all, but leaves a few
l tell you If you boys come down
Well kill some Spans, an roast 'em
brown,
When mothers maxim donuts.
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ANDREW AND
HIS GIFTS
BY MARY {. SACKETT.
SAN FRANCISCO.


4 NDREW LANG was eight years
~ old. He had a kind papa and
IL mamma who could buy him al
most everything he wanted. He
\ - lived in a nice house and had
rice clothes and loads OF playthings.
But he knew there were a great many
little boys whose parents We're too poor
to buy them what they needed, and he
bad been taught that he must always
be glad to give his toys to them and
help them in any way he could.
one day his mamma said: Andrew
would you like to go with me to the
Chi!drens Hospital to-day?'
-'Oh, yes, mamma. You know told
poor. lame Johnnie Ford the last time
| was there / would come again as soon
as you would let me and bring him
something nice to play with"
And. Andrew, there's that tiny tot,
Susie Lee. We must find her a pretty
picture book
So Mrs. Lang and Andrew filed a
basket with toys and another with
oranges, apples and candy.
"Oh, mamma, isn't this like what
papa was reading about this morning,
pairs, just as we two going together :?
And I'm Andrew and you'll have to be
Peter, even il you are my mamma oh,
Isn't II funny? Didn't your name use
TO be Mollie Peters once"'
yes, Andrew; so we will go to-day
as Peter and Andrew. and think all
the while that Jesus has sent us, for
we really are going on his errand."
So they stepped into a cable car and
climbed one steep hill after another.
The Childrens Hospital was a large
white house, with pleasant windows on
every side. and the yard was full Of
lovely flowers, roses, fuchsias, gera-
niuns. lilies and hosts of others. There
was a nice playground for the children
who were well enough to go out of
doors. But Andrew and his mamma
did not stop there. They went upstairs
Into 2 larea rom with ever so MANY
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Tad coaxed. He wouldn't give me
one, but ate them all himself Now if
you had apples, my dears, and you and
I were together, and 1 asked you for
one, you would give 1t to me, wouldn't
you. Eth? Yes, L thought that you
would
Tad was a very bad boy and you are
all very good boys and girls, as I can
easily see. When / found that he was
so selfish and greedy I thought that 1
would not aX.;anything more until he
had finished eating the apples.
I guess 1 will go home, now" he
said
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stead of pushing the tub, pushed Dora,
who fell into the pond. For mo-
ment Dora was out of sight under the
water. The water was not deep and
she did not drown, but she was stream
ing wet when Bessie helped her out.
The two girls went to the house, where
Dora put on some of Bessie's clothes.
By and by her brother came for her
and he was surprised at her mishap,
and Dora had to tell the whole story to
her mother.
in a tub after this, said her mother,
laughing. Dora has taken her advice
and / think she will always follow it.
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do you see those things on the ground?
Yes, you do. Do you think that il a
bear asks you some day to give him a
few nice apples, when you have your
pockets full, you will make some excuse
so that you can eat them all yourself?
Just think how children make. them
selves sick eating too much! Well, that
is all of the story that l feel like tell
ing. In fact l am TOO sleepy to talk
much more. l ate too much dinner J
think. What? you really say that Tad
on the hill with me to get apples? 1
am afraid that you are telling the
truth. 1 heard that he. was eaten up
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little beds with clean white spreads.
and in them were little children with
thin, white faces and thin, white hands;
not fresh rosy cheeks and plump, dim
pied hands like Andrews. Some Of the
children were sitting in chairs, "a few
were playing around the ROOM but
something was the matter with all Of
them. Some had broken arms or legs,
some had been burned or hurt and some
were sick Some had no fathers and
mothers to take care of. them, and
some of the parents were too poor to
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THE DOLLS TEA.
BY ETHEL WINKLtR,

STOCKTON
n n ERRY Christmas and Happy
IL ~ New Year had passed. Old
iNE Santa Claus had, at Christmas
VH time, unloaded his pack and
Hattie and Myrtle each had
new doll and set of dishes. They
now thought that it was time for them
to have dolls tea party. Hatties doll
she had named Gladys. 1t had dark
hair and eyes and was dressed in pink
Myrtle called her doll joyce. 1t had
golden hair and blue eyes; its dress was
blue.
The two girls got out a small table
and placed upon it a large towel for a
widespread and then arrayed their nice
new dishes. Soon they had the table
set for tea Mamma gave them some
tea, with cake and nuts and candy, and
oranges which their aunrie had sent
them for Christmas.
II am the hostess" said Myrtle, land
Joyce will help me to receive. Now We
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20 STORY TOLD BY A BEAR.
BY Hal LEWIS. SAN DECO.

few minutes he guessed. don't know
enea, but he. said .sAfi right; he mouid
stay" 1 saw that he wanted to- run
away. Just think of that, Run away
from a nice bear like me! Did you ever
hear of a boy who was as bad as that?
Tad sat down upon a log and l sat
close up to him and tried to hint that
wanted to eat some of the apples. AS
soon as he tasted the first Of the lot
he became very greedy. Give me one,
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pay. doctors and buy medicine. This
pleasant home hadSbeen built by kind
people who loved little children and
who hired nurses. and doctors to try
and make them we'll again.
Andrew could not wait to- speak to
anybody, but hurried along to the far
ther end of the room, where poor, lame
Johnnie Ford lay propped up with pill
lows.
oh Johnnie, I've come, and see what
I've brought you. Grandpa Peters gave
1t to me last Christmas. It's a music
box. I'll wind it up and it will maks
you laugh to see the soldiers come out
of that little house and dance" And
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R IN CE I DO MT
CARE might have
been able to safely
back away from the
giant in front of him
and even to have
slammed and locked
the door before the
giant could recover
from the shock of his
surprises; but, anoth-
er danger was there
for the Prince. The
two other giants were
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stairs. Tripping, he fell from the top
to the bottom of the castle and broke
his neck and so died KavaIla
CorafiX and his brother escaped the
fall and got into the castle yard safely
There they found the Princes hat and
coat. blood stained; and both believed
that the Prince had tried to escape from
the castle by a window and had been
killed. They could not see very we'll
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soon as Corafx fell the. Prince threw
the frogs skin down after him, that
Lejundire might not find how he had
tricked CCrafix Then he ran into a
hollow tree, where he hid until Lee
jundire had run to the well and had
gone sorrowfully away again, shaking
his head and muttering as he walked
into the castle.
When Lejundire had gone into the
castle, Grundalkin, who had witnessed
all of this performance, suddenly came
to the Prince. Beware Of the last
giant she said, ''for, my dear Prince.
Lejundire is the seventeenth son of a
seventeenth son, and he is something
of magician
"Oh," said the Prince lis that all.
Well. l don't care
The Prince was happy at his success
SO far When he heard the last of the
three giants bolt all the doors of the
castle, he laughed aloud Instantly the
giants head popped out of window.
He saw the Prince.
You little villain, wait there a min
ute and you will never go away"
mo, thank you, Lejundire, I am not
receiving company to-day. Come some
other day I am tired of such stupid
giants as you are here and / am going
to take a holiday but 1 will be back
and attend to you later"
The Prince walked out through the
castle gate boldly. So much was the
giant afraid that this was another
trick of the Princes that he did not
dare to follow. But Lejundire had the
castle gate shut tight and fast when
the Prince was far down the road,
whfstling gayIy to himself as he went
on his way to visit the miller's pretty
daughter.
On the road he was Joined by Blood
fiIlikin, the dog once. owned by the
Giant GorboZo
what news, Bloodfllikin?" asked
the Prince.
'Leiundire has called in his raven to
work magic against you. Hurry across
the mill stream. The magic cannot
work on the farther side of the
stream"
The Prince FASTENED and was over the
stream not a minute too soon. A raven
flew croaking over his head and then
wheeling several times in air, darted
off to tell Lejundire that even his at
tempt to entrap the Prince by magic,
before he could escape from the land of
the three brothers, had failed.
(To be continued)
D. H. w.
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will sit down and have some tea.
Please help Gladys to some cake. VIII
you not have an orange?"
THANK you," answered Hattie; Il
will"
Then came the nuts and the candy.
Joyce is enjoying herself immense
ly.'' said Myrtle; "she thinks that
pound cake is just lovely. She is ready
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With great speed he stripped the skin
from the frog, taking care not to tear
the skin on the frogs back He then
managed to get into the frogs skin and
al once proceeded to carry out his new
plan Making his voice sound like the
frogs the Prince bawled al the top of
his voice: "Corafix, the Prince is not
dead but alive in the bottom of the
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for an orange"
Well Hattie and Myrtle played all
afternoon until they were afraid that
their dolls would surely be sick-eating
so much At last mamma came in and
told them that she was going for a
drive; would they like to go? The two
little girls put away their dolls and tea
sets for the day and went to ride.
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Thank you, Mister Frog" said the
Prince, you do not mean me any favor,
but you have given me an idea how
can get the giants to help me out of
this place"
With his dagger he killed the frog.
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der the window of Lejundires bedroom.
Down the well he went holding to this
rope. Out of the frog skin slipped the
Prince and with his sword, which he
had managed to stow away in the frog
skin, he cut the rope. With a yell
Corafix fell to the bottom of the we'll
There he was drowned and there. was
only one live giant at the castle. AS
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What, you go home to your nice
little brothers and sisters, you greedy
pig, and make them cry because you