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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

STAUNToN, Virginia, is agitatiug
the subject of new water system,
and the suggestion is made that she
pipe it by the gravity system from her
mountains, about fifteen miles dis
tant. Some of the finest water sup.
plies in the world are procured in this
manner, and the authorities of the
queen city of the Valley have but TO
go few miles down the valley to the
tOwr Of Berryville to find one on this
scale 10 most successful operation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
Monument at Madison.

At Madison Courthouse on Wednes.
day, September l9th, a corner. stone
will be laid for the erection Of monu.
ment to the memory Of the Confederate
soldiers Of that county. The Kemper
Strother and Fry Camp. of the county,
have the affair in charge. while the
services will be under the auspices of
the Masonic fraternity.
The Grand Master will deliver an ad.
dress, and all the lodges in adjoining
counties have been invited to particip.
ate. -
Hon Peter J. Otey will deliver the
address At night Polk Miller will give
an entertainment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
Il Saved His Leg.

p A DAnforth Of LAGRANGE, Ga q,
suffered intensely for six months with
aTHghtiul runnipg sore on his leg. but
writes that Bucklens Arnica Salve
wholly cured it in ten days For Ulcers.
Wounds, Burns. Boils or Piles, It's the
best salve ir the world. Cure guaranteed
Only 25o Sold by NJ. NJ Lewis, drug.
Qlst
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

Was tie result of bis splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stom ach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out Of order.
If you want these qualities and the
success they bring use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They develop every power
Of brain and body. Only 25C at M NJ
Lewis. drug store
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
THE NEGROES FRIEND.

1t can not be denied that the white
men of the South are the negroes best
friends. This fact is demonstrated
beyond the peradventure of doubt
whenever the negro proves himself
worthy. A case in evidence occurred
in Georgia last week. The facts are
these Napoleon Anderson, colored,
swore out q warrant against two rev.
enue officers, charging them with
stealing his sugar cane. The officers
gave bond, and then arrested the
negro, saying he had sought to inter
fere with the discharge Of their duties.
The white men rose up in arms and
refused with force to allow the negro
to be taken away withoutdue process
of law. The officers gave up the
negro, and came to Macon, taking
warrants for many of the white citi
zeps. These went to Macon and car
ried the negro with them, and an
nouuced, that IS the negro had lived
an exemplary life in their midst, every
dollar in the county would be used to
see that he was not imposed on. The
cases will ali be heard this week, and
in all probability the parties will be
discharged. The course pursued by
those white people should teach the
colored man salutary lesson That
exemplary lives on their part are
noticed and encouraged by the best
element of the white people, who will
defend such in the hour of need.
THE Richmond Times endorses the
sentiments of THE FREE LANCE when
referring to the new institute in King
George for colored youths, and takes
the same broad ground-that nothing
which could be insugursted would
rebound more to the material well
fare of that race in the Sonth. The
Times says:
1--WE hope that the enterprise will
succeed. Schools Of this character are
doing more for the negro In the South
than all other means, and those people
at the North, who profess TO be so
friendly to the negro, will do far more
for him by contributing TO schools Of
this character than by holding meetings
and passing resolutions about lynch
ms"
These are the views entertained by
Booker Washington, the greatest ed.
ucstor and uplifter of the African
race that this century has known.
Washington attended the Afro Amer
lean Council. held at Indianapolis re-
Gently, and, eschewing politics, made
an eloquent plea for education and
manual training as the surest means
for elevsting his race in the South.
There is great need of more such like
him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

GREAT minds think alike some
times. The Honorable George F. E J..
munds lie afraid Of the men Mr.Bryan
has about him, and the Honorable
Webster Davis declares Mckinley has
been ruined by his political advisers.
Just what effect these opinions will
have on r. Hanna remains to be
seen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
MARRIAGES.

Sylvester Lee, Of Orange, and Laura
Andrews. Of Louisa. were married IN
Washington city Monday.
Mr. Martin Hill ard Miss Emm
Thompson, Of Spotsy lvlnia. were mar
ried by Rev j p Stump. at the resid-
ence Of Mr.. Beard in The county on
Monday evening
Miss Alice n l. ghtuer and Mr.
Ellsworth Law, Of Saratoga, N Y -,
were marie Tuesday 1t Fairview. the
home Of the brides mother. Mrs G. T.
Meade. in Fsuquier county. Va. by
Rev. Mr.. Olopton, Of the Episcopal
church
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

Don't 20 away to teach OF be
taught without first supplying yourself
with new dresses. underwear etc o.
W. Jones has just gotten . splendid line
Of new fall goods,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

Elk PRESIDENT CLRyELAND's last
Cabinet is producing some pretty
stslwart Bryan stock, both Wilson
and Olney having declared for the
gifted Nebrasksn.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
BATTLE FLAGS

The veterans carried tatteTed battle
AsRs aud were given great ovation
A large number Of others were also 10
lire. h Walton Moore delivered the
address Cf welcome A repast was
served Four thousand people in the
afternoon assembled on the green and
listened 20 eloquent tributes paid TO the
Southern leaders aud soldiers
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

Big bargains In Silks this week.
Our present stock TO be closed out al q
sacrifice 90 cent silks at 30 cents II.
n. Brent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13
DANIEL AND LEE.

Major Daniel spoke and received much
applause. General Fitz Lee then as
cended the rostrum and delivered d
speech. lie also received a rousinR ova.
tion. Robt E. Lee. Jr and Attorney
General Montague also spoke.
Among the others VINO spoke were
Eppa Hunton, Jr Of WarreDton John
M. Johnston Of Alexandra, and Judge
J. NJ. Love.
One Of Col Mosby's daughters. Miss
Ada. and two Of his sisters. Virginia b.
Mosby and Mrs Russell, Of Washing
ton, were present Gov. Tyler was
present Judge Love was master Of
ceremonies and Rev. s g Ferguson
delivered the opening prayer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

FOR SALE or TRADE for
CATTLE or Sheep Two Excellent Family
Horses both mares; one white. other
sorrel. Price $40 and $35.
L r COVINGTON,
Steyensburg, Culpeper 90, Va.
sepll.2t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-13

The continued landing Of British Ger
man and French forces at Shanghai is
srousing suspicion.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

a bad man. TTe Is good tempered and
cheerful, though determined to get the
| best of everything for himself The
worst charge brought against the ma
| ton by their enemies Is that their word
is not always reliable in business mat
| tiers and that they are occasionally in
clined to be tricky.
Physically they are the finest people
of the orient, strong and tough, Injured
to heat cold and storm. The manner
in which the Japs can so about almost
naked in snow and frost temperature
would do credit to n Patagonian. They
have deep. full chests ard are almost
the only oriental people possessing
strong, white teeth, that infallible sign
of good constitution in race or indi-
vidual. \ people with bad teeth are q
race deseneratins physically. The nat
ural strength and agility of the little
brown men are maintained and increas-
ed among soldiers and seamen by ath-
letic drills calculated TO timber them up
and bring out all there is in them. So
far as physical culture is concerned the
Japs have nothing to learn from the
army or navy of any white nation.
There is. moreover, among them an in
difference to pair and danger that Of
ten amounts to rccklesSnesS.
A Japanese medical man says the vo-
cal organs of his race are undeveioped.
At the same time they tremendously
aspire to learn English. In doing so
they find the greatest difficulty in dis
tinguishiug by their ear between the
sounds OF our and n, as well as and r.
In music they often fail to catch the
finer note and expression known TO
western nations. Their singing voice
sounds to a white person harsh and
strained; but. perhaps. ours sounds the
! same to them. There is Jap Aud
Lang Syne.' so called. which is reared
out frequently in navy circles. 1t has
dim, faraway likeness to the real
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

song, as though British tar had tried
once on time to teach the good old
scotch air to Japanese seaman. with
the result that, while the Briton did his
best and the Jap did his best. each
with the best intentions. they were new
er able quite to get together in their
music. The Jap must have got carl
cature of tile genuine song firmly fixed
in his mind. and in his turn taught it
instead of the real thing to his brethren,
and SO il is handed down from genera
ton TO generation.
The present emperor of Japan himself
mas written patriotic air, which na:-
urally became national song. This it
is common for the crews of naval ves-
sells to sing with vim as the conclud-
ing part of their evening drill. marching
AROUND and around in rank meanwhile
Enthusiasm and lung power without
stint are manifest in the singing
III. however, as n race the Japs lack
ear and musical voice. in one way they
have Check" enough to make up for
both. Do not understand that it is an
offensive way, for it is not. Your Jap
simply desires to learn things. And If
one wishes to know n thing. the most
direct way to learn 1t is To ask about 1t,
is it not?l So the little brown man asks,
uiiuSttIISu ny CONSIDERATIONS OF DaSn-
fulness that might make white man
hesitate. Whatever he wishes to find
out he simply asks concerning 1t, from
woman's age to the latest electrical
appliance for steering gear or the sal
airy OF n newspaper man. He does not
boggle In the least at Ii Hung Chang
favorite questions. How old are you.
and How much are you worth?
There is no conscious impertinence in
the questioning. The minds of this
most interesting and most capable OF
all the oriental peoples are brilliant and
eagerly acuuisitive of knowledge. They
are children In their desire to get infor-
nation, shrewd grown people in their
determination to utilize it for their own
gain. Well born and educated young
Japanese make any sacrifice to learn OF
white mems countries. 1t is not un-
common for them to go to the United
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03
ROYAL ,I,jNrEns.

Hunting used to be called the sport
OF kings. but not many of the modern
crowned heads keep up the old tradi-
ton. The car occasionally assists at
n battue. but the thing hores him, and
he goes only out of politeness. The
Prince OF Wales is very good shot and
is fond of shooting, but his big game
days are over.
The emperor OF Germany hunts and
shoots good deal, but those who
know him best say he does not much
care for the sport. With him il is a
matter of tradition-the right thing for
a royal parsonage to do. The king OF
Portugal. who holds the record for fat
ness among all the royalties. is phys
ical!y disabled from such violent exer-
else. The king of Sweden never touches
a gun. The sultan of Turkey cannot
bear to see one.
The king of the Belgians has shot
only once in his whole life, and then in
n very unklngly fashion. He wanted to
have the sensation OF killing without
the trouble OF going in search OF game
SO he sat in his armchair and ported
ut a lot of rabbits let loose from a bag
in front OF him. When the smoke
cleared away and his majesty called for
his bag, he had to be told that all that
had been found was one tail and a GER
tain small quantity of fluff. He never
went shooting again,
The king OF Italy Is the only real
representative of the old lkingly tradi-
ton. tIe is a mighty hunter and fro
quently throws up all the routine of
work without O word OF warning and
goes OF with one officer. Colonel Paz-
zimholini. to spend several weeks in
pursuit OF game of all kinds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03
HE eyes OF the world at the pres
ent moment are on little Japan,
b the Great Britain of the orient.

~HE eyes OF the world at the pres
ent moment are on little Japan,
the Great Britain of the orient.
Across the mountains Of Korea
the little Jap and the big Russian are
glaring ominously at each other. That
the land Of the chrysanthemum should
defy the great and august Russian en-
pire seems a strange and almost a
laughable thing. A hundred OF their
little Japans could be dropped on the
territory of the great White Gear and
still not blot 1t off the map. But the
Jap is belligerent little fellow who
has had his first Intoxicating taste of
blood, and for several years now he has
been getting ready to fight. He has
kept English shipyards busy building
battleships for his navy, lie has drilled
his army and trained his navy and dur
ing the last ten years he has seen new
national spirit spring up in his country.
Unless the great powers of the world
combine in some movement to guaran-
tee the political autonomy OF Korea 1t
may be that the open door on the Asiat-
fc coast shall become a thing of the
past. Unless that neck of coveted land
stretching down from Manchuria is pre-
served as the buffer state which ma
ture designed it to be, Russia and ia
are going to fight for it's possession.
1t will be bitter struggle. Russia,
1t must be remembered. will never feel
safe with the Jap in possession of Ko-
req simply because that would bring
the oriental to the Yalu river, which
lies strategicalIy between Port Arthur
and Vladivostok. If. on the other hand,
Russian soldiers once occupied Korea,
the officers of Japan would be able from
their own shores to sight with their
glasses the advance hosts of rival
power. So 1t will be fight to the fin
ish before either shall yield in this Ko-
rean problem.
Japan has always banked on her ma
Wy, and a wonderful young navy it is.
There is but one word for Jnpan's col
lection oe fighting ships, and that word
Is miraculous" Thirty-one years ago
the navy of this little nation consisted
OF TWO old steamships, one an antique
ana wornout American battlcship, and
the other an ordinary, small, renovated
tramp steamer. Today, in power In
rate of speed and in the skill with which
they are handled, the ships of Japan
are second to none In the world. Even
IN number the Japanese navy stands
eighth OH the list of navies OF the world.
Every month, too. new ships are being,
added us fast as they can be built, and
at the end of next year 1t Is estimated
TINT the Japanese navy will stand
'ourth among the great fighting fleets
II the world
The ships of the Japanese are. more-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

by the easy toe slippers. This is the
Jap's protest against the armor of civ
ilization.
Intellectually these people arc subtle
and penetrating, and they have not
too much faith in human nature.
Who deceives them will need to rise
early in the morning, even though ne
be a Russian.
OF theology they have little. There is
no state church. and public religious
observances are forbidden in their navy.
The emperor himself is a Shintoist. If
you ask a Jap what Shintolsm is, he
Will tell you 1t is hero ancestor worship.
If You ask a missionary. he may reply
that 1t is devil worship under the full
impression that he speaks the truth.
Many Japanese are Buddhists, and OF
the 10000. 600 inhabitants of the islands
some 225.000 are Christians. Unitarian-
ism rather commands itself to them.
They are the most intellectual race of
the orient, as well as the most artistic.
They can understand q religion that
appeals to the reason or one that in
fine ceremonial shows appeals to the
artistic sense; but one of emotion, no.
Shouting. weeping. skipping over ones
religion is incomprehensible to them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03
xSti
BATrLEs ON SUNDAY.

The student of history cannot fell to
note that in the past the nations, when
warning with each other, took little ac-
count of Sunday. Many of the great
battles in history we're fought on the
sacred day of rest. The most Important
Sunday battle on land was Waterloo.
which caused the final overthrow OF the
great Napoleon; while at sea Lord
Howe indicted serious defeat on the
French naval forces ON Sunday, the
glorious" list of June, 1874. Inkerman,
the "Soldiers' battle" was another sum
day victory. Among other important
Sunday battles were Families. one OF
Marlborough's great victories. which
was fought on Whitsunday. 23d of May,
1706; Oudenarde, on Sunday, 18th OF
July. 170S, and Malpladuet. on Sunday.
11th of September. 1903. The battle OF
yimiera was fought on Sunday. 21st
of August. 1908. and it was on sunday.
10th OF January, 1872 that Wellington
issued the brief but determined order.
"Ciudad Rodrigo must be carried by
assault this evening at o'clock Tho
Indian mutiny broke out at Meerut on
Sunday, 10th of May. 1851.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

nightly dream of young Japan Is 10
take its place as the paramount nation
of the orient. No small things will sat-
isfy it. The national genius is that OF
both naval and commercial peo-
pie. Great Britain is the model after
which they pattern. They have more
of their ships built there than else
where. Even when, recently, one of
their cruisers was constructed in the
United States she was taken to England
to receive her armament. The brown
man of the island empire swells with
pride as he tells the foreigner Japan
is the Great Britain of the orient"
Their merchant marine has made ire
mendous progress in the past few years.
On the Pacific coast of the United
States they have taken q considerable
part of the ocean traffic from under
the very nose OF the American him
self. There is one single line that in
cludes so steamers in its fleet. The
stock In this richly paying line is. more
over. owned almost wholly.iH Japan.
chiefly in Tokyo. The ships steam al
along the Asiatic coast. cross the Pacific
TO the States. fit in and out among the
East Indies. pass the Suez canal and
through the Mediterranean to the ports
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

The degree OF civilization of a nation
may be known infallibly by it's cieanli-
ness. In race or individual, the dirti-
er the more degraded. as a general
principle. The japanese are the clean
est of all the orientais. They battle like
white men. the whole people. It is
true there are small niceties of our
ways to which they do not catch on"
For instance. it is not easy to make
Your Jap table waiter understand why
he should not wipe the Precipitation
from his heated brow with the same
linen cloth with which he polishes your
cups and knives. But little thing like
that is of no consequence in the orient
lou get used to worse. yea. much
worse.
A feature that impresses the foreign
er strongly is the number OF young men
in Japanese government councils and
in high command in army and navy.
Among their important officials almost
the only really Old man is Count Mat
sGkata, minister of finance. He has a
shrewd. Chinese looking face and prob
ably knows how to disburse the yen to
best advantage. Marquis YamaCata.
the prime minister, is no more than
middle aged.
Lieutenant II. Saito. who brought the
crew OF the torpedo boat destroyer AXE
bono from Yokohama to London to
place them on board their vessel, which
was built on the Thames. is n good type
OF young Japan in the navy and one Of
It's rising men as well. When scarcely
Il. he bore his part In the Chino-Jap-
anesc war and distinguished himself so
brilliantly that he Won both medals and
promotion. During the long voyage
from Yokohama to London Saito kept
his men up to their physical exer-
! cises admirably. Whatever tended to
strengthen them bodily and make them
regardless of danger or hardship, that
they tackled in their daily drill. What
ever in Japanese history recounted IL
lustrious victories or deeds OF daring by
national heroes, tending to fiji them
with enthusiasm to fight their country's
battles and die for her, this they had In
| song and recitation.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

over, as intelligently designed as any
warships riding the ocean wave. They
are particularly designed for the spe-
CHIC work which they are expected TO
perform. The naval authorities of the
land of the rising sun know that their
battles Will be fought at or very near
home The Japanese man-of-war
therefore, need not have very large
holds for carrying coal, and the space
which would otherwise be filled by
bunkers can be devoted to additional
guns and more projectiles.
Practically all of these ships are Eng
llsh built and have been made of the
very best materials known to scientific
shipbuilding. Their engines and arma-
ment are Of the most modern style.
Japan Is rich in torpedo boats, and at
the present time has large number of
torpedo craft building not only in Eng
land. but also in the shipyards OF Ger
many and France. The Sazanami. tho
latest accession to the torpedo feet Of
Japan, is an English built boat and will
serve as a type of the sort of fighting
craft Japan is acquiring. The SaZanami
has speed of over 81 knots an hour
its machinery consisting of two sets of
four cylinder triple expansion engines.
These are designed to develop no less
than 5000 horsepower. but are capable
under stress of circumstances of devel-
opng about 1000 horsepower.
y power that is arming itself with
such first class nautical fighting ma
chimes as these may we'll he looked
upon with interest by the rest of the
world at the present time. At the same
,in'e it is interesting. and perhaps prof
~ Q. to contemplate the character of
It's uen Of this nation of the orient that
rs so eager for a fight With some
Lody.
What distinguishes the jap most of
al from tbs Cinnamon Is 4 passionate
love Of country. rhe patriotism Of the
.copl" nj the Island empire is cxtrav-
asant in its enthusiasm. recalling the
carly days OF the American republic.
For his country the Jap will sacrifice
himself, his ancient dress, habits. crs-
toms and all the old time notions. de
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

OF western Europe. The longest regular
steamer route in the world is that Of
the japanese ships which go from Yoko-
mama to Antwerp. touching ut ports
aionS the way. The complete round
voyage from Yokohama back to the
same port occupies almost five months.
In the passenger ships that sail to the
White mans ,countries the Jap is shrewd
enough to place white captains and
Leading officers, usually British, arguing
correctly that travellers from Europe
ana the States would scarcely care to
FISK their necks upon n steamer manned
entirely by Japanese. But there is al
ways large contingent of Japanese as
sistants and seamen on board also.
learning the business. so to speak. and
no man need doubt but the white off.
GERS Will be replaced by native ones as
fast as this can be done safely. Japan
has set her soul TO becoming e great
maritime power.
Although the average intelligent
young or middle aged Jap cannot be
said 10 have much more religious creed
than an owl, he is. Notwithstanding. not