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Evening star., 1899-06-09
A thousand umbrellas at 98C

thousand 2oinc Gloria silk umbrellas, which guarantee
for year. and which 9Sc go YOU saving OF dollar The
choice handles Wg unlimited and includes the desirable
svertmed They have before been sold for less than
SI08-sucl umbrellas as these
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
Society Of the Queens Kiss

\ dispatch from London to the n.
Y. World says.
There has died in Essex, accord
ing to the Evening News, the last
survivor of the famous band of girls
known as the Society of the Queen
Kiss. The society had its origin
when the Queen, then nearly a year
old, was being wheeled about the
park by nurse and was suddenly
surrounded by groop of laughing
school girls, who reconized the infant
and insisted upon kissing her.
THE nurses scruples soon yielded
to the persuasion of shillings which
the g!rls displayed. Permission be
ing granted, the royal baby was al
most smothered with the children's
hearty caresses, while slowed away
in the back of the perambulator were
10 shilliugs, the nurses kissing fees
There was, however, great commo-
ton in the Duchess Of Kents house
hold when the sffair became known
aud the erring nurse WAS deposed.
1.-THE maidens subsequently formed
society when the young princess
became Queen and recalled the incl
dent to her. We are they wrote
the first Of your subjects from
whom your Majesty received hom-
age And on occasions of impor
tant festivities from time to time
they addressed expressions of allegi-
ance to the Queen. But the mem
bers have gradually died. With this
old lady's death the Society Of the
Queens Kiss has passed from OK
istence.N
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
THE PoPULIsTs.
Meeting OF the State Committee in Lynch
burg

The Popuist State {, mmlttee held
meeting Friday night at the Ar
lington Hotel, in this city. All the
members Of the Executive Committee
-Messrs. j. Haskins Hobsou, Of
Powhatan, chairman w. f. Grant,
of Richmond, secretary; w. IL.
Gravely, of Henry State Senator
w. II. Hale, of Franklin, and DR.. 7.
W. Evans, of Campbell-were pres
ont, together with eight other mem
hers OF the State Committee.
The meeting continued until some
time after midnight. An address to
the voters was adopted, and the com
mittee then began work on a plan Of
action for the coming campaign.
The address, as adopted, complains
of the heavy taxation and uuneces-
sary number of ollice-holders decries
the Republican and Democratic part
los complains of rings aud cliques ;
objects to the leadership of Senator
Martin calls upon the Independent
people of all parties to unite and Sc
cure control of the next General As.
sembiy declares for reform in our
system of Jurisprudence, and closes
as follows
/. We demand the destruction of
trusts, bv making it r felony to or.
ganize or be interested directly or in
directly in one.
> The election of United States
Senators by the people, and that our
Legislators refuse to support any one
for this Office who opposes this meas
IRE.
3. The enactment Of fair and
honest election law.
The Improvement Of tho NUM-
cipal and State pubIc-school system,
and to divest it of every semblance
Of political partisanry.
,. Constitutional amendments that
will reform tho Judicial system and
all the antiquated costly State COY.
eminent.
g. State legislation that will invite
Industrial capitalists and manufact-
uring interests to come into Virginia,
and the enactment Of laws that will
protect and foster them, without dis
elimination.
+. An annual appropriation com
mensurate with the demand and
necessities to be set apart for the
benefit Of the old soldiers and Sol
diers Home.
The building of houses of cor
rection for female and young crimi
mails guilty of minor offences.
g. The enactment of laws requir.
ing the penitentiary and jail conyiets
to work the puHIic roads n organized
chain-gangs, distributed over the
State, wherever practicable.
TO- The repeal Of the land grab
bers act"
H. Laws that will prohibit corpo
raiious, domestic or foreign, includ-
ing building aud loan associations,
from conducting usurious business in
the State of Virginia.
BY order of the State Committee,
Hasklns Hobson, Chairman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
A Bread Indictment,
[ From the New Orleans State

it1Om tlle New orleans Cthlf J
II wish for your continued health,
wrote Mr.. Alger in his letter OF
resignation. Il desire to wish you {
long and happy life, " wrote the presi
dent in accepting the same This was
all perfunctory, of course; a proper
observance of the forms Of epistolary
courtey in a correspondent from which
words Of sincere and genuine endear-
ment were excluded by the circum-
stance that called it forth. But Mr..
Mckinley was not content with this
His inclination to play the role Of
hypocrite was irrepressible. He
thanked his dismissed Secretary for
"the faithful service" he had render
ed the country the last two years
Now If, he had rendered such service
then the driving out of faithful ser
want was inexcusable and cowardly.
If he had not. then the President Of
these great United States stopped to
deceit. not to say hat-foot
ed lying.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
Exit General Alger.
The Baltimore Sun SAYS :

The Baltimore Sun says
Gen. Russell A. Alger yesterday
retired from the Cabinet, and his sue
cessor, Elihu Root, Of New York,
qualified as Secretary of War. Gen.
eral Alger glided out OF Office with
as much JUNCTION as if he retired of
his own volition and had not practi-
cally been showed out. If he cherish
cd any resentment, he disguised it
most admirably and simulated q
cheerfulness which suggested that
not he but Mr.. Root was the victim.
Here" he said to his successor, sis
your commission, in which you lose
your identity and become MIR. Secre
tsry. 1 60 back to become sover-
eign citizen of the United States and
become Mr.. Alger." AS a sover-
eign citizen " Mr.. Alger will have
an excellent opportunity to get
even" with the administration which
has deliberately made a scspegoat Of
him. he has not had his moneys
worth if he was, as has been often
alleged, q generous contributor to
the Republican campaign fund in
1896. and was given o Cabinet posi-.
ton in exchange for his money. If
he should retaliate upon the Presi-
dent for his enforced retirement, he
could give Mr.. Mckinley many bad
quarters of an hour" before the Re.
publican National Convention meets
next year. 1t would not be necessary
for Mr.. Alger himself to make the
disclosures. he can induce the ire.
pressible Pingree to act as his mouth
piece, and as that erratic gentleman
seems to be spelling for fight with
Mr.. Mckinley, he would doubtless
welcome the opportunity to tell the
country what Mt. Alger knows. 1t is
not improbable the public will learn
in the early future a number OF
things which the Administration
would like to keep quiet. 1t is true
Mr.. Alger has retired breathing bles-
sings upon those who pushed him out
Of the Cabinet, but the President is
too old q politician to place conf
dence in Mr.. Alger's 4" Heaven bless
you may you prosper" Having
experienced the dissgreeable sensa
ton of being victim, Mr.. Alger may
not fnd it inconsistent with his bles-
sing to impart the sensation to his
good friends who showed him bodily
ont Of his position and thrust him
ont into the cold.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
VIRGINIA coNvIcT's STORY.
Sensational Publication in New York Paper
Not Based on Truth.

Sensational Publication in New York Paper
Not Based on Truth.
The New York Journal of Sunday
published, in column article, a
sensational story criticising the treat
ment of convicts in the Virginia
penitentiary. The information, it
was stated was based on letters writ
ten by one Of the conviets and SNUG
gled to friend on the outside, who
in turn sent it to the Journal. The
charges made in the article are that
the men are compelled to subsist on
the crudest fare, are crowded to the
point of suffocation in their cells, are
whipped numerically for slight of
fences, are robbed of earnings for
extra work, and given no chance to
earn early discharge under the "Con-
ditional Pardon" act.
Mr.. A. c. Harman, president of the
Penitentiary Board of Directors, was
seen yesterday by Times represen
tative in reference to the charges.
He characterized the article as high
~ sensational and devoid of truth. 1t
is true, he said, that the rstions are
not what an epicure would choose,
but the food was wholesome and the
best that could be gotten with the
funds available for the purpose.
Corporesl punishment was inflicted
in cases of fragrant violations of the
rules necessary to the government of
the prison, but such punishment did
not verge upon the point of inhu-
mainly recited in the Journal article.
1t was pointed out in reference to the
charge that the cells were overcrowd-
ed that the matter of additional
quarters is now subject of earnest
inquiry on the part Of the State
Legislature, which debated the ques-
ton Of an appropriation for the pur-
pose at its last session.
Mr.. Hartman stated that recently
committee, on which are Rev. DR..
Grsvatt, of the Holy Trinity Church,
and Rev. DR.. Cooper, Of the First
Baptist Church, was appointed to
make q report on the workings of the
penitentisry. The committee, he
said, has visited the institution, and
have found conditions as good as
they could possibly be under the cir
cumstsnces, and would make q re-
port showing the management to be
discharging its duty faithfully and
to the best of its ability.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
NORFOLK ROUTE.

viii leave TappahannOck for Norfolk az T.
m. moon Friday. stopping az all landings.
VIII leave Norfolk AT p. III saturday for
IaprahannOck, calling al all landings.
No freight received for outgoing steamers
after p. m. on sailing DAYS.
Freight received for all stations on Po-
tomac Fredericksburg, & Piedmont K. X.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
THE LOST CHORD.

THE LOST CHORD.
Seated one day at the organ,
Twas weary aud Ill at ease.
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.
| do not know what / was playing,
Or what was dreaming then;
But l struck one chord Of music,
Like the sound of great Amen
1t flooded the crimson twilight
like the close Of an angels psalm
And 1t lay on my fevered spirit.
With q touch of infinite calm.
1t quieted pain and sorrow,
Like love overcoming strife;
1t seemed the harmonious echo
From our discordant life.
Il linked all perplexing meanings
Into one perfect peace,
And trembled away into silence,
AS II it were loath to cease.
/ have sought. but | seek it vainly
That one lost chord, divine,
That came from the soul Of the organ
And entered into mine.
1t may be that Death S bright angel
Will speak in that chord again;
1t may be that only in Heaven
shall hear that grand amen.
Adelaide Proctor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
Catarrh is
Not InCurable

But IL can not be cured by sprays,
washes and inhaling mixtures which
reach only the surface. The disease is
In the blood, and can only be reached
through the blood. s. s. 8. is the only
remedy which can have any effect upon
Oatarrh; il cures the disease perma-
nently and forever rids the system Of
every trace Of the vile complaint.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
Insurance
A. b. Bolts & Co.,
yIRH. LIFB.ACCIDRNT AND INDEMNITY
lHHUHANCR

The Oldest established business OF this kline
N Fredericksburg, representing thirteen hre
companies of SB.UOOUO capital. possessing
over tBjOO,OCJ assets, ef,1O.OOO surplus,
and unquestiOnRbly the strongest and safest
In the world. our rates are "a reasonable a.
are anywhere 10 be- had. and we shall always
take pleasure In serving you. Ofjces directly
opposite the Mayors ONCE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
The WSSTDS Steamboat Co.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. 1893
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.

un and after Tuesday. July 18th, steamers
Richmond. Lancaster and Essex will
leave PER-, Light street, Baltimore, every
Tuesday and Friday al $50 y. IN, for Fred
crickshurg ana all wharvcs on the river.
Returning, Will leave Fredericksburg AT 2ts
day, LccdstOwn at i;U n IN, Tuesday and
Friday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday, at 49D p. m.
for MAYORS and all wharycs below, except
Bay Port Returning will leave MAYORS nj
80 a. m, on Thursday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at 4;b =. m, Thursday, for
TappahannOck and all wharves below except
BAY Port, Miilenbeck and Merry Point. Re
timing VIII leave IappalhnuOck hi
"a IN. Monday Tor Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
June Is 1899 no. 8. No. /. No. 3
Ex-Sun Daily. Daily.

Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos l and
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
ParlOr Car on No 3 TO ROncevcrte.
TRAINS FOR OLD POINT AND
II
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
Best Remedy for Plux.

Mr.. John Matthias. q well known
stock dealer Of Pulaski, KY. says
.xftsr suffering for over q week With
AM. and my physician having failed
- rslieye me, I was advised to try
nhsmberlain's Oolic. Cholera and
nssrrsoaa Remedy. and have the pleas
ma Al stating thss the half OF one bot
a. erred ue.'' For sale BY n. ~.
lewis. Druggist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05

The Rev. W. B. Oostley. Of Stock
bridge. Ga. while attending to his
pastoral duties at Fleetwood, that state
was attacked by cholera morbus. he
says: "By chance happened to get
hold Of bottle of Cham berlain' IS Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhoeA Remedy, and l
think Ii was the means Of saving my
life. 1t relieved me at once " For sale
by N. M. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
For otner information, address
JNO. ID. POTTS,
A. 6. P. A., Richmond, Va.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule In Efect May 7, 1853


Trains leave Washington, ID. q.
SOL A. M.-Daily-for Danville Charlotte
and way stations, connecting at Manassas
for Strasburg, and Harrison burg daily and
at Lynch6urg with the Norfolk and
Western daily for Roanoke and points
Southwest and with G. q o. K. Z. for Nat
ural Bridge daily, and Lexington daily, ex-
cept Sunday, also connecting at Caiyerton
for WarrentOn and Fauquier White Sulphur
Springs.
Ills A. NJ -Daily-THE UNITED
STATES FAST NAIL carries Pullman,
Sleepers New York and Washington TO
Jacksonyiiie, 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 to New Orleans
without change. Southern Railway Dining
cars between Washington and Spartsnburg,
8. G.
Sunset Personally Conducted Tourist tx
cursion. Through Sleeper on this train
every Tuesday and Friday TO San
Francisco without change. Leave Rich
mond at 1901 P. NJ.
4:O1 P. M.-Local for Strasburg and Hsr-
risonburg daily except Sunday.
4.30 P. M. daily, local for Charlottesville,
connecting at Calverton for Warrenton and
Fauquier White Sulphur Springs.
$40 2. 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.
$50 2. NJ. daily, Washington and
Chattanooga Limited, via Lynchburg, with
sleepers, New York and Washington TO
Memphis and New Orleans through Bristol
and Observation Car between Radford, Va,
and Alfalfa, Ala, serving all meals
10:45 PM daily, WASHINGTON AEp
SOUTH-W ESTERN, VESTIBULED
LIMITED"
ers, Dining Cars and Day Coaches, Pull.
man Sleepers, New York TO Nashville,
Tenn, via Asheville, Knoxville and Chat
tanooga; New York to Memphis, via Birm-
ingham, New York to New Orleans, via At
laflta 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 II P. M.
Trains on the Narrow Gauge reach Orange
daily at 1910 A. M
Trains on the Southern Railway pass
Orange DAILY as follows:
SOUTH BOUND
Il:2O a. N. l:ss P. M. 7.45 P. M.
NORTH BOUND
lilo A. M. 6:22 P. M. $40 A. M.
For rates, map folders and Sleeping Car
Space apply TO l.. 3. BROWN,
General Agent
700 10Th st. N. w.
WASHINGTON, D. O.
FRANK 8. CANNON, Srd Vice Pres and
General Manager.
]. NJ. OULP, w. A. TURK,
Tsafio Manager. 9sn'l Passenger Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

BEGINNING Tuesday. May Goth. steamers
Potomac and sue will leave Pier ., Light
Street. Baltimore. every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, AT =. VI. for Alexandria and
Washington. calling al all Of the usual land
lngs. Returning will leave eth street Wharf,
Washington, at +. NJ, Tuesday. Thursday
and Sunday. going as far as LeOnardtOwn on
these evenings. Will leave LeOuGrdtOwn VI
o 4. NJ. kinsale Al l2O p. NJ, Miller's al . Z.
", GrasOn's ats Z VI. and BacOns at 7. NJ,
Monday. Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
Baltimore early the following morning.
Freight received daily In Baltimore.
Freight received daily at Pier 9, Light
Street.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Agent,
at Baltimore, BID
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents.
at Washington. ID. Z
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
at Norfolk, Va
W. D. SCOTT, Agent,
AZ fredericksburg, Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05

OF Montpelier. Ohio,
writes 81 was al
hieted from infancy
with CatArrh. and no
one can know the
suffering It produces
better than /. The
sprays and wash es
prescribed by tho doc
tors relieved me only
te IN porarily, an d
though l used them
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-05

constantly Tor Ten years, The disease mad
frmer hold than ever l tried a number OF
blood remedies, but their mineral ingredients
settled in my bones and gave me rheumatism
was in . lamsn,able condition, and after eI'
hausting all treatment. was declared ineurable.
Seeing s. s. s. advertised as q cure for blood
diseases, I decided to try H. As soon as my
system was under the effect Of the medicine,
began to improve, and after taking II foi
two months was cured completely. the
dreadful disease was eradioated from my sys.
tenn, and l have had no return Of a."
Many have been taking local treat
ment for years, and find themselves
worse now than ever. A trial Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-20

1t is always a good thing to have a
place advertised. We, of the Islands,
never do half enough advertising. All
places having the natural advantages
we have, are eager to set them before
the world. Fortunately we get some
good free advertising occasionally.
Burton Holmes, the lecturer who was
here last summer, has made a great
hit with his lecture on Hawaii. Recent
ly he was showing in Washington,
and the papers of the capital are loud
in his praise. 1t is plainly a great ad-
vantage to have the Islands exploited
in this way, because it whets the APP
petite of the tourist and he comes here
not so much to see the Volcano, but
TO have a look at the new American
property. There should be more ad
VertiSing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-20
A CRYING NEED.

If the project of establishing an in
dustrial and reformatory school on
Kauai has fallen through, there is no
reason why something should not be
done. There are sums on the appro-
priation bill which can be put to this
purpose, and there is a place where
such a school could be established.
Lahainaluna is at present but the
fifth wheel to a cart in the education
al system and there is no valid reason
why an industrial and reformatory
school should not be established there.
The Reformatory School in Hon
olulu has outlived it's usefulness upon
it's present lines, and successive min
listers have carved away it's landed es-
tate till there is barely enough for the
mere buildings to stand on.
proper place to send young crimi-
nails and waits to is urgently required
One is needed for boys and another for
girls. We are allowing to grow up in
our midst a hoodlum class which il is
possible to easily control now, but
which in the course of few years will
be not nearly so easy to handle. We
have children in our schools who have
no business in them, and who, if we
dismiss only go onto the streets to
graduate in crime and immortality
While we are spending money on high
er culture and wrapping ourselves in
mantle of refinement and wealth,
we forget that under it's folds are hid
den the twin horrors of vice and crime.
which stretch forth their claw like
hands to rend and sully the robe which
we take so much pride in Haunting
around us. The time will come when
we must give attention to such things.
VIII the present Minister of Education
face the difficulty?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-20
PEACE PROSPECTS.

In a small way there seems every
likelihood of a war between Sweden
and Norway. The Norwegians dislike
the Swedes, and have ever resented the
junction of the two kingdoms, which
took place in 1914. When Charles XIII
of Sweden was proclaimed king in that
year he accepted the constitution which
declared Norway a free, Independent,
individual and inalienable state, unit
ed to Sweden.
The Norwegians are free people of
simple manners and republican senti-
ments. In 1921 they abolished all titles
of nobility. They have adhered firmly
TO their constitutional rights and have
been in constant disputes with the
crown over constitutional encroach-
ments since 1881. They have impeach-
ed and punished crown ministers and
have shown a spirit of independence
which is highly eommehdable.
The time seems noNNo have arrived
when they are'TeadyS6 declare them
selves free republic. During these
years they have been improving their
defenses and have raised their army
to a most efficient standard. They are
armed with infinitely superior weapons
10 the Swedes, and if the struggle
comes this spring or summer there is
every chance that they will be victo-
rious.
The Swedes have recognized the dan
ger and the last kilograms tell of the
Swedish RickS-dag having voted 2 3SS
900 crowns for the purchase of new ri
res, and 100000 crowns for the i'm
provement of Swedish Notifications.
Any mail may therefore bring the news
that hostilities have broken OUT
Looking to Finland, there is great
discomfort there. The Finns, When
they came under the rule of Russia,
had their own constitution, their own
language, their own laws, thAiE 1oWp I
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-20

The point made by Mr.. Desky over
the Orpheum license is an interesting
one, and it will bear a considerable
amount of argument. The law was
made a long time ago and the idea of
continuous shows was a thing I'M
thought of when it was passed. At the
same time a license for each perform
ance has a good effect, for its puts in
the hands of the law a ready means of
stopping an objectionable performance
should such a one take place. In Mr.
Desky's case it is not so much the hav-
ing to take out a daily license that he
objects to. but the heavy tax upon the
proceeds of the venture which he COM
plains of. 1t is said that a coach and
four can be driven through any act
ever framed, and there is an excellent
opportunity of showing that style of
skill under the present circumstances.