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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16

There is more Catarrh in this section oi the
country than all other diseases put together
and untn the last few years was supposed to
he ncurablc. For g'cat many years doe
tors pronounced il a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and 10y constantly
falling TO cure with local treatment pro-
noudced IL incurable. Science has proven
catarrh 10 be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured 10y 7. j
Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio. is the only con
stitutional cure on the market. II is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops TO teas
poonful 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They Offer
one hundred dollars for any case il fails tC
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
Address. +. CHENEY x CO., Toledo, q
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16

For the past three months every steam
er arriving at Port Tampa from Cuba
has brought over a number of Spaniards.
This is the result Of work done by Span
ish citizens of Tampa, who have been
making great efforts to induce their fell
low countrymen to settle in that town.
A report made by the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway shows that it broke all
records in strawberry shipments beteen
Wilmington and Goldsboro on the 9th
instant. There were ninety car loads
of berries. making three trains, contain
ing 30, 800 crates.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
The Richmond Conference
The Staunton News says

The Staunton News says:
"rhe feeling yesterday in Richmond,
A. voiced hy one # the papers seemed
10 he. that while NJ nomination 10 the
senate would be made, the result would
be- to bring cut some one as candidate.
If the conference goes 10 the point Of or
dnrlng precinct primaries. rs II may.
such racket as Will be stirred up never
stirred Virginia before. Such "A primary
would be right # held under the law,
but suppose We had senatorial primaries
all over the state like the recent Augusta
county primaries may be- the wouldn't
be trouble
We will do the judges Of thatprimary
the justice to say that they tried TO
conduct a perfectly fair primary. and
yet it is generally conceded that the
results were largely brought about by re
publican votes
Such a primary would be disastrous
IN its results There is no reason
whatever to believe that the people
would be- any better satisfied than they
are with the present arrangement. If
anything of the sort is to be the result,
county conventions in regular mass
meetings are far better.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
KING GEORGE.
Personal and other Notes.

Correspondence Of The Free lance }
King George Oour; House. Va,
May - h. 1890.
Messrs Robert n Murphy and Stat
ford Murphy. two prominent business
men of Westmoreland county, spent the
night in our village recently.
Mr.. Samuel Olmstead. Of Washing
ton, d. O., who has been visiting
friends in King George, returned by
steamer Randall few days ago.
Captain Randolph Ovens. one Of our
enterprising citizens. is visiting friends
in Washington, where he will remain
TO witness the peace jubilee.
Mr.. Walter Cotton, wealthy resi-
dent Of Texas, who has been spending
the winter in New York city. is visit
ing his relations in King George.
Mr.. Chas. b. Arnold is visiting
friends in Washington city, and will
stay to be present at the jubilee
Mr.. f. p. Arnold shipped from Stiii S
Wharf on the Sth instant number Of
veals.
Mr.. Jas Stiff. the enterprising mer-
chant at Stiff Wharf. has sold out TO
Messrs. Robert Allen and Forest T..
Tayloe. We wish these gentlemen
abundant success
Mrs. Rose L. Hunter Of Washington.
is visiting her relations at the Court
House.
Mr.. T. ]. Hargert. with his family,
has arrived and taken possession Of
his recent purchase. BLEAK Hill We
welcome them TO the county.
A marriage license was issued from
the clerks Office on the 9Th instant to
Beverley Taylor and Margaret Johnson,
colOred.
A carrier pigeon was captured re-
Gently at Cedar Grove, the residence Of
Mrs Rosalie f. Stuart. The bird has
a ring on one foot with the initials
IN. A, 1888" cut on it This is the
third carrier pigeon caught at this
place.
The rains of the past few days were
much needed in this section, and the
farmers are able to start their plows
and harrows again and feel mere hope
full about their wheat crop
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
SPOTSYLYANIA.
The Mitchell Nine-Death Of Mr..
LlOyd-&c

Correspondence Of The Free Lance
Goodwin, Va, May 18th, 1899.
Some If the farmers have not yet fin
ished plowing for corn.
The Mitchell Mine Is now in opera
tion and will put on a larger force in a
short time.
Mr.. Robert Lloyd died at his home
last Saturday, after a long illness, aged
Gj years. A widow and ten children
survive him. The remains were interr-
ed at his old home Sunday evening.
Cards are out for the marriage OF
Miss Nellie Hatfield and Mr.. John b.
Atkins, Of this county.
Mr. o. L. Straughan left today for
Washington on business
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel
the results in loss Of appetite, poisons
in the blood. backaohe nervousness,
headache and tired. listless, rundown
feeling. But there's no need to feel
like that. Listen to j. w. Gardner,
Idaville, Ind. He says: Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a man
when he is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies. 1t did
more 10 give me new strength and
good appetite than anything | could
take. | can now eat thing and have a
new lease on life" " Only 30 cents, at
NJ NJ. Lewis Drug Store, Every bottle
guaranteed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
Wb0opipg Cough.

had a little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack Of whooplng
cough. Ny neighbors recommended
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. l did
not think that any medicine would help
him. but after giving him few doses
of that remedy 1 noticed an improve
ment, and one bottle cured him entire
ly. It is the best cough medicine |
ever had in the house. u. l.. Moore.
South Burgettstown, Pa. For sale by
M. M. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16

The Richmond correspondent Of the
Index. Appeal says:
"The Senatorial balloon ascension
went of as advertised amid the cheer
ing Of the crowd and to the sonorous
boots Of a lusty lungcd band especially
engaged for the gala occasion The
proper providing Of the generated gas
and the loading on Of the sand bags for
ballast took up a large part Of the after
noon, but when the chairman cut the
last guy rope the big thing rose slowly
in mid air and lettno tangible signs of
its brief sojourn on earth.
NO daring political aeronaut went
up with variegated gas bag and no
would. be Senator tackled the parachute
problem on the tail end Of project
originated TO draw a crowd while the
subtle syIen song Of the ambitions Of
one set Of men rs opposed TO another al
ready tried and found fully equal TO all
Senatorial demands To one accustome d
To attend political gatherings in Nir-
einia the crowd was made conspicuous
by their absence of the recognized lead
ers in the Democratic party, and brought
to life and light strange assortment
II fiedgelings and waterlogged politi-
clans who were anxious TO grasp any
new scheme as a life preserver from
sinking into utter oblivion.
The political ambulance and not
the party band wagon stood at the
door
The convention work summed up
can be- put down as cipher as far as
the present situation is concerned and
its only achievement is the beginning
# an agitation that will be settled in
years to come The gathering was not
what could he called representative
one. No committee on credentials vas
appointed and no list Of delegates was
made. but of the 100 delegates present
large portion was from the First and
Eighth districts.
THE work of the convention consist
ed Of the providing Of committee ia
be named by the chairman TO request
the State committee to call primary
or State convention To order a primary
10 choose United States Senator.
1T is wholly outside the jurisdiction
of the State committee to call pri-
msry and as the Roanoke convention
that created the present State commit
tee refused to order a primary, IL If
certain that they will take no action in
the matter and thus the much heralded
convention fails Of practical results.
"A resolution reatlirming the Chi
cago platform was quickly ruled out OF
order by the chairman.
1.-THE name of Senator Martin wa'
never used in the convention, although
several references to Senator Daniel
brought out applause. The speeches
made by Goode, Anderson. Jones dis
claimed any thought Of defeating ans
candidate now in the field
"It is certain that about one.fourtf
of the delegates were friends of Senator
Martin. Mr.. W. A. Jones had pri
mary plan already drawn, but the gen
eral feeling of the convention was sucl
that he was not encouraged to presen
it, There is no doubt that the conven
tion suffered collapse and the friend
of Senator Martin view it in the ligh
Of fiascc that failed in the purpose TO
which it was ordained and adjourne
for want Of something better to do "
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
Tle WeeTls Steamboat Co,
SPRING ARRANGEMENT, Is9e
BALTIMORE. FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.

On and after Friday. Rarch 10th, steamers
Richmond WestmOreland and Essex Will
leave Pier ,, l. ght Street, Baltimore, every
Tuesday and Friday at 4:O p. IN, Tor fred-
ericksburg and all wharves on the river;
Returning, will leave Fredericksburg at ~
p, IN. tide permittinR) Monday ana Thurs
day, LeedstOwn at 4aO a. m, TUESDAY anu
Friday for Baltimore.
Leave baltimore Wednesday, at 4*O p. m.
for MAYORS and all wharVef below. exctpl
Bav Port. Returning will leave Mayor ~
s:9i a M, on Thursday for Baltimore.
Leave baltimore at 4:;O p. m, Thursday,ioI
TappahannOck and all wharves below. excep'
Bay Port. Millenbeck and Merry Point ne
turning will leave Tappahannock at y a. m
Monday, for Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16

have been a sufferer from chronic
diarrhoea ever since the war and have
used all kinds of medicines for it, Al
last found one remedy that has been
success as cure. and that is Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. p Il. Grisham. Gaars Mills,
La. For sale by M. Nj. Lewis, Drug
gist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
NORFOLK ROUTE.

viii leave TappahannOck for Norfolk at Il
m. tnOom Friday stopping at all landings.
Will leave Norfolk at p. IN. saturday lot
TappahannOck, calling at ali landings.
40 freight received for outgoing steamers
after p. M, on sailing davs.
Freight received for all stations on 70
tomac, Fredericksburg, q Piedmont K. K.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
ELK RUN WE4ISKEY.

This celebrated brand Cf KENTUCKY
sale by Mrs j. f. Monroe, Commerce
street, Fredericksburg Va. For flavor II
has no superior at the price. II is smooth,
pleasant 10 drink, and there is not head
ache in a gallon Come and try it. aud Won
will buy no other.
mch2j-bm
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Beginnlng Tuesday, December 9th,
steamer Potomac will leave Pier y. Light
Street, Baltimore. at 8 p. IN. Tuesday and
Saturday for the Potomac River, calling at
Miller's BrOme's, BacOn's, q rasOn's, Lewisetta,
Hundicks. COwart's, Walnut Point, t,COan, X IN
sale, Mundy's Point, Lodge. Adams, Piney
Point, Abell's. LeOnard:0wn, COburn's, How
ards and stones. On Tuesday only for Ian
caster, BushwOOd, Riverside, Liverpool Point,
GlymOnt, Alexandria and Washington.
Returning, will leave Tth Street Wharf,
Washington, at p. m. Thursday, calling
at all of the above mentioned wharyes
leaving Leonardtown 9 a. IN. Monday
and Friday. Kinsale, ~ No., Milier's
4p. M, Grason's at p. m, Bacon's at p. m.
arriving in Baltimore early Tuesday
and Saturday mornings.
Freight received daily at Pier 9, Light
Street.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Agent,
at Baltimore, Md
STEPHENSON h BRO, Agents, -
at Washington. ID. &
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
at Norfolk, Va
W,D. SCOTT, Agent,
at Fredericksburg. Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-16

Correspondence Of The Free Lance
KING George Oour; House, Va,
May l3 h, 1899
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16

The Philadelphi. Inquirer says: -
If you have ever been in n room
where YOU could icck the door End
put the gas out while lying in bed,
and where you bad to almost 60
outsi !e to turn around, you can form
an idea Of some Of the houses arou' d
Pniladelphia in which people live
during the whole year. How they
maaaga to eat, sleep and cook 10 one
room, and that but a few feet square,
is no. easily understood by the aver
age person, bat they do 1t ueverthe
less, nnd it Is safe TO say are as
heal by aud as happy as those who
live 10 fine mansions, surrounded by
every luxury that man can buy.
There Is everything IN the way per
son is reared. If you bad been born
in litt.e-low one story hut, with on
ly an Old hair Lounge to sleep on you
would think i, the finest kind CT a
bed ever made. It would certainly
be quite as comfortable as any you
ever slept in, and You wouldn't trade
it for all the feather beds in town.
That is the way with the occupants
of ali the qneer little houses about
the city. Most of them came into
this world in just such shanties.
They have lived in them all their
days aud would feel strange and out
of place in houses of any other kind.
They live entirely in the present Civ.
ing 10 thought t, the past or future.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16
LAST OF THE SEASON,
TO ATLANTIC CITY, ETC,

LAST FIFTEEN-DAY EXCURSION TO THE AT
LANTIc COAST RESORTS VIA PENNTYLvA-
MA RAILROAD.
Thursday. August II, is the date
of the last Pennsylvania Railroad
low.rate fifteen day excursion to At
lan.ic City, Cape May, Ocean City,
Sea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea,
Wildwood, Holly Beach, N. j., Re
hoboth, Del, or Ocean City, Md.
4 special train of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will leave Pitts
burg on that date at s SIS a. M, ar
irving at Altoona II. Is p. M, where
stop for dinner will be made. reach
ing Philadelphia 6.25 p m, and ar
irving Atlantic City, via the Della
ware River Bridge route, the only all
rail line, at $40 p. m. Passengers
may also spend the night in Phila
delphia, and proceed to the shore by
any regular train from Market Street
Wharf or Broad Street Station on the
following day
A stop over of ten days will also bt
allowed at Phlladelphia on the going
trip, if passengers will deposit theil
tickets with the ticket agent at BroaC
Street Station, Philadelphia, immed
lately on arrival.
Tickets will be sold from the sta
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16
THE QUAINT JAPANESE.
Peculfsr;ties In Their Methods of
Living AMI Eating.

Living and Eating.
Eeauty. from a Japanese standpoint,
consists in n long. oval face, regular
features. almond shaped eyes. slopiEg
slightly upward. Il l.igt. rar.ow fore
head and abundance of smooth. blrc,s
hair. Their movements are graceful,
although the style of their t.FeSs pre-
vents them walking with ease: their
feet and hands are delicatcly formed
ami tacir r.anners unquestionab!y
charming.
They take little or 70 exercise. and
one wonders sometimes low the little
ladies' employ their time-t.crc seems
so little to Ic done in Japanese
house. 10 begin with. ,hc-e are no
regular meals The shops near at
hand supply daily numbcriess little
dishes, which seem to ice caten at all
hours CT the day and nig.it-a few
pacls mt time--with those impcssi-
bic I;ttlc chopstic,ls. Very little is
kept in the laytler except some slices OF
daikon. fermentcd turrip. some rice
and sweet biscuits.
''rhe honorable live fish" Is sold by
mcu who carry large water tubs from
house to house and cut OH as much as
is required from the unfortunate fish
and replace the sadly mutilatcd but
still struggling remains hack in the
tub.
Eggs are cheap and plentiful. Bread
is never used. SO there is no necessity
for an oven.
The great stand Ey Is tea. \ japan
csc lady is seldom seen in her home
without the quaint Ettlc tea tray by
her side. and the inevitable pipe. con-
taining one Whit of tobacco. which is
in constant quisition.-Cornhill Mag
IZinc.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16

Looking if0r 1t.

There is pateat lawyer in town
who las nHmbcr OF very bright chill
drcn. so bright. iuGrvd. thai their fun
loving ''Iad" Is Invariably forgiven for
telling what my hoy said to the men
in his office. Here is the latest:
I've GOT Il tool chest oGt 1T my
house ,i:at would make 4 carpenter
sick with envy. I've been hrying tools
for it for ~ years. OF course l never
let the Youngsters touch il.
..The other day my wife went UP
stairs and found I;oolii2.' Ely young
est. 21a Yeas old. nionl.cy:n- with that
chest. He lad the id Up ;:iil his head
thrust IL under it.
'''Boc!,ic' said my VIE. what are
you looking for?'
"And the youngster. trowing Ire had
hcen caught. looked Mp and with n
twinkle in his eye said:
"Lookin for twouble" Chicago
Np,vS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16
p,,nsl,o,r does appear 10 make,

agInsnoT does appear to make,
real, and hoy often our imaglnar1cn
carries us off to fields unknown, un-
seen. Still st is far better to see
things as they are than to be lost in
imagining more than wculd be posi-
bic to be true.
One who has passed through this
village, vii! never foaget tho s1rro "
full appearance of its buildings and
the neglect and careless habits OF the
few rem lining inhabitants, who lurk
indolently through the village, seem
ipg!y to bemoan their Inflated loss.
Most of the houses are constructed
of small. usually one story and
of rolgh outside appearances
Tnere can be 10 donbt that at one
time they were the humble homes OF
many a happy family. Bot Why al!
this change? Some are sill standing,
others partly fallen together-roofs
fallen in, windows and doors taken
out or broken in pieces. Some few
are entire ruins almos. hidden by
vines, grass and under brush. The
greatest ruin is the Old furnace--a
large structure which you canuot
help see rs you pass by. The frame
part of the roof aud some of the
floor is all that remains All the
iron works have been removed and
time alone seems to be waiting
tor it to sink in ruin and obscurity.
This village Pennsylvania Fur
nace), which is partly in Centre and
partly in Huntingdon counties, was
for years the scene of great industry.
A large ore mine was discovered and
in snort time much of the village
was built by the laboring people,
who hurried here for employment.
One mile northeart Of the village is
the mine, which is as large rs an or
dinary. BY tho appearance of the
mine, which at some places is from
fifty to sixty feet deep, you caa only
form faint idea of the number of
meh employed. Standing on some
of these banks of earth it would ap
pear like q dream that this work
should have been done by human
hands.
| Words cannot express the seem
ingiy distressed condition Of this
place. As you wander away from it
imagination and reality becomes con
fused and as dream it seems to
drift away into fo,getfulness.
From this height sit and ponder,
| Ofthese works and forms; and wonder
How human hands could muster time
To dig this large and wondrous mine.
Time alone has but effaced;
But memory has not erased
Thy fancied scenes ] here behold
Shall never in my heart grow cold.
One gIauce to the village in the dale,
| spent this time to tell thy tale;
If on this earth we should not meet,
o may we all the last day greet.
SKETCHES BY THE WAY.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16
REDUCED RATES

mo c.-.NcrRS' PICNIC AT WILLIAMS GROVE
VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
For the Tveniy sixth Annual IL
ter State Grange Picnic Exhibition
to he held at Williams Grow, Pa ,
August 26 to September 2, inclusive,
good to return until September 4, ln'
elusive, at rate of one fare for tie
round trip. from principal stations
between Eas, Liberty and Bryn Mawr;
on the Northern Central Railway
nort!i of end including Latherv'l'e,
and On the Philadelphia aud Fri,
Railroad Division east OF ard inc.ud'
ing Waterford.
For information in regard to train
service and specific rates application
should be made to ticket agents. l6
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16

when Colonel Richard 1. Dodge"
says the Kansas City Journal, was in
command of one of the southern Kan
sas forts many years ago, he was as
tonished one day to receive a delega-
ton Of Indians who complained to
him of the quality of the soap issued to
them by the government.
thinking it would be impossible to
make soap too bad for an Indian,
Dodge investigated, with the result of
finding that the tribe had been eating
their soap allowance and didn't liko
the taste"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16

body is gas and water. All thst IS
left of body thai has been cremst'
ed by FIRE, is one.thirtieth cf its
wei yht in ashes Cremation by lIq
nil air destroys even the ashes. Ii
man takes a few feet of common ayr
ami converts i: into n fire so intense
as TO consume gaseous matter so com
pleteiy that not vrstege "f the mat
Ter is to be seen, how easily It would
De for the Creator Of ar to tirn il all
int, Sc. of l;qnii air ard burn the
earth so rs mt 10 i'av. even u small
ssh-pile.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-16
Weight of PAPER wrnp<inc.

\ gentleman Of Baltimore who has
been IL close student of household Geo
nomics has made comparison of the
weight of paper 10 the weight of food
supplies purchased FOR family an'l
in one days purchases found that the
paper wrappings amounted to about IL
per cent Of the total. In a list of sup
plies costing about S1.4S. he found that
the paper. according to weight and
which was weighed with the provi-
sions. cost him 143i cents. This, he
claims. is altogether out Of just pro
portion.-Baltimore Sun.