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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04

ConneotiOns at Fredericksburg With Z. T.
q P. r. T., and Wsems Steamboat Co. Al
Orange with Southern and Chesapeake .
Ohio Z. z.
The only line TO the OhancelorTyills and
Wilderuess Battlefslds.
Eastern Standard Time. Daily exceptsun.
dav. VIII. RICHARDS Gen Manager.
sTrain No. 2 leaves Orange the 4th Aondsy
an ZACH month ST 3 D. N.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04

On the i1O square miles of London's
area. it is said, 1 coo tons Of SCOT settle
yearly.
The tug Templar, Of Alexandria. was
blown up Monday at Baltimore. The
seven members Of the crew were hurled
in all directions. two were killed. three
wounded and two were uninjured The
TempIar is wreck
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04

The soothing and healing properties
of Ohamberlain's Cough Remedy, its
pleasant taste and prompt and perma-
nent cures. have made 1t . great fayorite
with she people everywhere. For sale
By NJ n Lewis Druggist,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04
PRICE 3 CENTS
Apples n Yirrlnia.

A recent report by the Virginia Ex.
pertinent Station gives the shipment Of
apples from the State during 1899 at
2i2 .4S5 barrels. OF the counties pro-
ducing largely, are the following;
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04
DON'T FORGET THAT

when you want an easy Shave,
AZ good as Barber ever gave,
Juet call on me at ny Saloon,
AZ morn and eve or busy noon,
4 comb and dress the hair with grace
10 suit tho c0untenhnce Of youf fset
Nv room Is neat. my towels clean.
soiesoxa sharp and razcre keenf
"a All that Ar and elKlll can dc
m vou will call III DO for ycn.
aatosS put in o1fcI n short nqti19.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04

Potomac, fredericksburg
ANOPIEDMONT RAILROAD
Schf dule fer 800.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04
CSC 70 Hot Springs.
CINCINNATI, L1UIBYILLE CHICAGO
ar. LOUIS AND THK WEST.

TE. sHos1Hsr AND QUIcKseT ROUTE 10
THE WEsT.
The most direct and popular route to
Old Point and Norfolk.
rRAINs LEAVE DOSWKLL, VA
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-04

Time marked I daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Roa. / and
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
TRAINS FOR OLD POINT AND
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

ten, he cannot COOK. aud there his Cup
plies end.
What has become Of the rations Of
rum. Of sugar. OF tea. Of cocoa, Of gro
ceries generally? Ask at the snug little
railway siliuss where the goods are
stacked-and forgotten. Ask II the big
stores in Cape Town and other seaport
towns. Ask fl your own country. where
countless thousands OF pounds worth Of
food stun lie rotting Ia the warehouses,
bound up and tied down with red tape
bandage. Ask-yes, ask; but don't
stop at asking, demand reparation Of
somebody high up IN power.
Don't let some wretched underling
be made the scapegoat OF this criminal
state OF affairs, but the faint Of this
shameful thing rests upon you, upon
every Briton whose hons. privilege aid
prosperity is being safeguarded by
these famishing men.
The folks in authority will probably
tell you that Gen. Rumble and his
splendid fellows are so isolated that
food cannot be obtained for them. 1
say that IS false. for recently I, in com
pany with another correspondent, left
Gen. Rundle's camp without an escort
We made our way IN the saddle, taking
our two Cape carts with Us to Win
burg railway station; leaving our
horsefesh there we took train for East
London; then back to the junction
and down to Cape Town, where we re-
NAMED for IS hours. thence making
our way back TO Winburg, and from
Winburg we came without escort to
reioin Gen. Rumble at Hsmmanonia. II
two war correspondents could traverse
that country and get through with
winter supplies for themselves, why
can't the traasportage people manage
to do the same. These transfer people
look with contempt upon war CORE
spondent, but if we could not manage
transport business better than they do
most Of US WoBld willingly stand Up
and allow ourselves to be shot"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
TROOPS STARVING
DEPLORABLE CONDITION IN
SOUTH AFRICA.

war correspondent with the Brit
ish army in South Africa. A. G. Hales,
in a recent dispatch to a London paper
scathingly denounces the officials IN
charge Of the army commissary both
at home and in South Africa, and con
demns the unwcnted display Of red
tape which impedes the work and Ell
cheney Of the troops, all Of which he
classes as criminal neglect. He says:
Let me tell you how our army in
Africa Is treated by the incompetent
people Of the good city OF London.
will deal now, particularly, with the
men who are acting under the COM
mand Of Gen. Sir Leslie Rumble. This
good soldier and courteous gentleman
has TO hold frontage line from Win
burg, via Senekal. almost to the Dor
ders OF Bssutoland. His whole front.
extending nearly a hundred miles, is
constantly threatened by an active,
dashing. determined elemy-an enemy
who knows the country far better than
an English fox hunting squire knows
the ground he hunts over season after
season. To hold this vast line intact
Gen. Rumble has to march from point
to point as his scouts warn him of the
movements Of the tireless foe.
Gen. BUNDLES task is a colossal one,
and any sane man would think that
gigantic efforts would be made TO keep
him amply supplied with food for his
soldiers. But such is not the case. The
men are absolutely starving. Many OF
the infantrymen are so weak that they
can barely stagger along under the
weight Of their soldierly equipment.
They are worn to shadows and move
with weary, Iistess footsteps on the
march. This is what the soldiers get to
eat, what they have been getting to
eat for long time past, and what they
are likely to get for a long time to
come:
"one pound Of raw -four. which the
soldiers have to cook after hard days
march, is served out to each man every
alternate day. The following day he
eats one pound OF biscuits. In this
country there is no fuel excepting a
little OK dung, dried by the sun. If
soldier is lucky enough to pick up
little. lie can go 10 the nearest water,
of which there is plenty, mix his cake
without yeast or baking powder and
make some sort OF a wretched mouth
ful. He gets one pound OF raw fresh
meat daily, which. nine times out Of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

A Chicago boy who was on board OF
the transport Grant writes home mat
while the boat was in the vicinity Of
the Reed rocks. the position of which
is doubtful. strange thing took place.
the lookout thought he saw land and
a light. The officer on watch stopped
the boat and reported a lighthouse
dead ahead. 1t turned out to be a fog
bank and the morning star. The fog
bank took on the appearance OF the
Farallone island, and the morning star
showed up Ike beacon on its peak.
The outlook thought the land was dead
ahead, 50 the engines were stopped and
reversed, and the ship was going full
speed astern when Capt. Buford reach
ed the bridge. 1t did not take long to
discover the mistake and in half an
hour the Grant was once more on her
course.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
QUEER :
DRUGS :

The Chinese physician employs
strange and wonderful means for the
recovery OF his patient, and the list
Of medicines in vogue with the Celss-
tials will doubtless open the eyes OF
many an Occidental practitioner.
For instance, cantharides is con-
sidered a sure cure for hydrophobia;
the fruit Of cardamon is supposed to
increase knowledge by strengthening
the stomach. which organ the Chinese
identity with a persons disposition
and mental capacity; the dried skin
of a certain kind of orange is used as a
sedative; dried aloe flowers are used
in pulmonary affections, and are also
employed IN cookery as a tonic or rel
ish. The honeysuckle is given in
cases Of rheumatism. and the dogbane
in diseases OF the kidneys.
Almonds are sedatives in the Chi
nese pharmacopoeia and eassia buds
a tonic and astringent Melon seeds
are taken for coughs. colds and asth-
ma, while the morning-glory root is
used in severe dyspepsias. Pumpkins
are believed to possess soothing prop
critics and are used in cases of COLES,
spasms, etc. Quite a number of vege-
tables are considered cures for con-
sumption and remittent fever. The
undershell OF the land turtle is taken
as a decoetion by the aged and weak
and is used generally as stimulant,
as is also the mustard seed. To ole
anders are attributed rejuvenating and
highly nutritive qualities. One vege-
table. with an unpronounceable Chi
nese name. is employed to work OF
the effect OF drunkenness.
Fragments of fossil crabs. crushed
and powdered. are considered a spe-
eific in affections of the eye. Rhubarb
is indigenous to China and in former
times Canton was the only port from
which the drug was exported. The
Chinese dig the roots early in the
spring. before the leaves appear, cut
them into long. fiat pieces, dry them
for two or three days in the shade,
and then string them on cords. Tu-
merle is used for diseases of the skin,
also as yellow dye in the prepara-
ton of tobacco and. mixed with in
digo or Prussisn blue. is the means
employed for coloring green tea and
also to season curries. Another OF
the Chinese vegetables is used to
bring out the eruption OF smallpox. as
we'll as to color candles. while still |
another plant is found Indispensable /
in curing boils and strengthening the |
hair.
From castor oil beans the Chinese
express an oil which is used in the \
of candles. A very cost
y gelatine is made by boiling down
ieer horns. after which it is en-
,loyed as tonic One medicine, TAX
IN in liquor. is thought to heal frac-
ures OF any kind. Pstrified crabs are
ised for boils. sores. etc. snakeskins
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
That
Pharmacies in Chino
Must Keep in Stock.

Tor smallpox, and ceteTpillars are en-
ployed in bronchial complaints: dried
cows gall is used as an exDectorant:
the refuse Of tobacco. mixed with
straw, as stimulant. and cows glue.
made from buffalo hides. as q sedative.
IN fact, almost every natural pro
duetiOn, mineral, vegetable and ami
nal. is used in China for some me-
dicinal purpose. Glue seems to pos
sess wonderful healing properties
taken internally. a rather striking
means for mending the human ma
chinery.
That made from tortoise shell is
considered a tonic. while that OBJ
tanned from tigers bones has also
great virtue. and costs $500 per
picul (1SSls pounds. a prohi0itive
price in China.
Sailed scorpions are considered ex-
eellent in cases of smallpox. Ant eaters
scales cure rheumatism. and although
the use of live leeches is unknown.
those animals are made into a decoc-
ton, being first put into water CT
spirit. and the result taken internally
as purgative. or applied outwardIy
in cases Of bruises. Dried toads are
considered a tonic. and being sold at
? cents each. are especially popular.
A tigers skull is regarded as a charm
against typhoid fever, sgue, rheuma
tism and rheumatic headache: also as
a protection from the danger OF being
bitten by a mad dog. Pearls are pre-
scribed in affections of the heart and
bile; also in cases OF deafness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

4 committee q officials Of Wavne
cc1nty, 2lieh., vas 70 c--lsg0 recently.
70 f-d out II DAVIDSON Bro. mar. h
contractors, ard Vlnslcw B.cs., en-
picyed raiCn men, Tie two concsrus
Lad corfraets On TIRE nev court house
iH " Oh and a cause b tie soeci-
4e4tlo1 pros r. tral ell vo-E shall b
done by Hnion labor The Chicago
unions corD.e.ri, Z To THE WAYNE com
t. olciais that bosb firms employed
.ron-unien men and tse visit was rnads
20 chic-go 10 learn the truth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

''pec's Interest win attach to
. !, article in the campaign mum Der
- 'Heelure's magazine. entitled, ".rhe
-.''egy Of National Campaigns" This
'.e'e 10 Tie October Issue wiz de-
-''oe some Of the most striking stra-
s'' Measures adopted by presidential
-Pa'gn leaders during the past
,"saty-hve years, concerning which
~ ~aist nothing has hitherto been d.
70 the public at large. The
ss'gr' doubtless from the prominent
s4ll ne has played in the struggles he
/. s'efloes, prefers to write anonymous
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
Rapid Harmaklnr in Nalns.

BY common consent the smartest
haymaker in Windham. Ne, is voted
to be Miss Bertha Field, aged IS years.
and weight 115 pounds. Her employer
declares that she has done the full
work of man during the a,y sea-
son.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

We continue to get surprises in ths
figures Of the new census. and the most
astonishing Of them all is the showing
Of Omaha, Neb-, whose population is
shown to have actually diminished 10
less than 25 Per cent during the past
ten years. There seems 10 be no
doubt that our eastern cities have been
growing faster than those OF the west
during the last decennial period.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

The jury q anal appeal in the Paris
exposition awards has finished it's
work. The ~tatement prepared for the
United States ecfnn.ission shows THAI
Ameriez received the highest number
Of awards Of any nation save France.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

The Agrarinn league, Germ any, nma
Just begun an aggressive campaign
against the continnance Of the moss
favored nation relations between Ger
many and the United States. This ap-
pears to Be without she sanction Of ths
gOTernmeDt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

Many r woman, sick and
weary Of life, dra rged down by
weakening drains. painful IL
regularities, depression, and the
hundred and one ailments
which affect women only, has
found in Pe-ru-na a briaslit star
Of hope, which has changed
her misery to joy, her suffer-
Ing to health.
No woman need suffer from
the arrangements peculiar to
her sex, if she will give Peru
ma fair trial.
The majority Ct weaknesses
which make woman's life a
burden, spring from a simple
cause. The ulucous membrane
which lines the pelvic organs
becomes weakened ard in
famed owing to strain, cold,
overwork, etc. This causes
catarrhal congestion, infiara-
nation, painful irregularities,
depression OF spirits, irritable
it,, weakness and suffering. It
shows in the haggard lines Of
the face, the dull eyes, the allow
complexion and angular form.
Eor the prompt care OF srch all
foents try Fe-ru-na. It drives away
the blues, " clears the nplexiori,
orightens the eyes changes thin
ness to piumpress, and cures pains.
eches and drains, because 4 frnlue-
diately strikes at tho root OF such
troubles and removes tie cause.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

Mrs. u. n. ciapp o. Minneapolis.
Ainn., reeei sei letter containing the
iaformatiol .hat her sister. aifs. G. +.
YARD Formerly Of lie t~i8 city. tor
zether wilh her little children. were
uHrdered By The boxers il China about
eight weeks ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

The insH gent forers ia Colombia
advanced 70 within fourteen miles Of
S4nana, but 'Tere checked there BY
the government troops The latest
news IS that fighting IS proceeding 6e-
tween the opposing armies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

La Ii Chuan Liu, who. it is unof-
ociallY announced, is to be the new
'lceroy Of Canton. is anti-foreign.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

90 not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
~ 50 equal for coughs and ,olds.-JoHH +
'iA''' 4ilnity Springs, Ina, FEB. 5. 1850
The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
EERGEN'S AWFUL DEED.
A Boston Base Ball Player Kills His Wife
Two Children and Himself.

Brookfield, Mass, special: Martin Ber-
gen. catcher for the Boston team of the
National League. shot and killed his wife
and two children and committed suicide
at his home here Friday. An ak was the
implement used in taking the life of Mrs.
Bergen and one of the children, while a
razor was employed to cut the throat Of
the other child. little girl. and of the
man himself. 1t is thought that the ac-
ton was due to insanity. 1t had been
suspected for some time that Bergen was
a victim of mental arrangement. In fact
some of his actions in connection with his
baseball managers last season led to the
suppositon at that time. The affair was
discovered by the neighbors, who found
the body of Bergen and the girl lying on
the kitchen floor. Further investigation
showed that Mrs. Bergen and the little
boy also had been killed. Their bodies
law upon a bed in the chamber. Bergen
was twenty-nine years of age. His wife
was of about the same age, the little girl
was eight or nine years old and the boy
a little younger.
The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
CHURCHILL'S ESCAPE.
Further Details of the War Correspond
ent's Flight from Pretoria

London cable: Mr.. Winston Churchill,
in the columns Of correspondence in the
Morning Post supplements his cable mar
rative of his escape from Pretoria. Two
other officers had planned to escape with
him. but they thought they had been
discovered by the Beers and returned to
prison. On the second day out Mr..
Churchill, realizing with awful force
that no exercise of feeble wit and
strength could save me from my enemies,
and then. without the assistance of that
high power which interferes more often
than we are prone TO admit in the eternal
sequence of cause and effect, could not
succeed, prayed long and earnestly for
help and guidance. My prayers, as it
seems to me-" he said, were swiftly and
wonderfully answered. l cannot now re-
late the strange circumstance which fol-
lowed and which changed my nearly
hopeless position to one of superior ad-
vantage" After the war, he asserts, he
will tell in what manner this change was
effected.
The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
WHOLESALE EXPULSION
4 ii Brltons Must Leave the Tran>vaal-Ra
cruits on French Steamer

London cable: The correspondent Of
the Times at Lourenzo MARQUES teIe-
graphing Tuesday, says: THE wholesale
expulsion of British subjects now remain
ing in the Transvaal is expected next
week. Schultz, military commandant Of
the Rand, is maintaing his reputation as
an unscrupulous and vindictive official
His latest move was an attempt to break
open the vaults of the Rand Safe Deposft
Company, ostensibly to obtain their Sc
curities for the residents. 1t appears that
all the bridges on the Natal railway and
the Laings Mex tunnel and the bridges
on the Free State line have been under
mined so as to enable them to be de-
stroyed at a moments notice in the event
Of BOer retreat. The French liner
Gironde has arrived here crowded with
military-loOking foreigners bound for the
Transvaal. These include fifty Russian
ambulance men, with Germans, French
men, Italians and Greeks. Herr Potts
the Transvaal cOnsul-general here, has
arranged for their conveyance to Pre-
toria by special train
The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
DON'T WANT TACTTCIANS.
Beers Desire Only Recruits Who Can Shoot
Straight,

London cable: The Cape Town CORE.
spondent of the Times telegraphing Mon
day, says: I'm view of the exaggerated
ideas current that the Beers have been
largely helped by foreign military ad-
visers, it is worth while quoting the state
ment of a gentleman who has just arrived
from Delagoa bay. He says that the
Beers are at a loss to know what to do
and that the advice rendered them being
based upon opposing ideas of tactics is
valueless and only leads, when adopted
to loss of life. 1t appears that during
General J0ubert's illness, General Schalk-
berger wired to DR.. Leyds to send men
able to shoot straight and experts to
make explosives and to work mines but
not useless advisers. From what l saw
myself of the BOer forces at the out
break of the war 1 know that the Beers
have a profound distrust and contempt
for European military methods and, with
the exception of Commandant AIbrec ht,
they have practically no foreign office S
even in the artillery. The TransvaalerS ,
however, acknowledge that they have
learned several useful tactical devices
from the Free Staters. especially in MAX
ing entrenchments in least expected
places and at the foot of kopjes instead Of
only on ridges"
The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
LIVELY TIMES.
AMERICAN TROOPS KEEP INSUR.
GENTS ON THE RUN.
Spanish Prisoners Liberated at Florida
Blanca-Successful Skirmishes With
Robber Bands at Vtgan

Washington special: The War Depart.
ment Saturday received the following ca
BILE from General Otis at Manila:
Hughes reports from San Jose de Bu-
ena Vista. western coast of Panay, that
he crossed the mountains in northwest
erly direction from San Joaquin, southern
Panay, on the 18th and struck the enc
my crossing Antigua river, capturing a
rifed cannon and Nordenfelt, pursued in
surgents through Antigua and Sibalon,
their capital, and marched to San Jose.
His casualties, one wounded. The enc
mys loss was considerable. The entire
population fled to the mountains. The
heat was oppressive.
Macarthur reports that on the 18th
inst. thirty-five rifles were surrendered
at Florida Blanca; that McRea, of the
Third Infantry, captured three insurgent
officers, the wife of General Mescardo.
and considerable insurgent property, and
liberated three Spanish prisoners: that at
Galang he captured ten insurgents,
burned seven tons of rice and insurgent
barracks; that Sullivan, of the Thirty
fourth Infantry, near San jose surprised
insurgent force, captured six rifles and
all their live stock; that Lieutenant
Houle, of the Third Infantry, captured
near Malolos, one officer, twenty-five men
and six rifles; that Van Horn. of the
Seventeenth Infantry, struck Ladrones al
Santa Cruz. killed seventeen, wounded
five. captured thirteen and nine rifles.
Macarthur reports that on the 18th
inst. the strong position west of Mabala-
cat occupied by fifty men, was captured
by McRea of the Third Infantry. The
enemy left a lieutenant and four dead
men in the trenches. McRea captured a
captain, one man, 100 rifles, several thou
sand rounds of ammunition, destroyed the
arsenal and a quantity of rice; casualties,
one man wounded.
Bates reports that Schwan's column
captured n refitting arsenal at Batangas,
and would move eastward on the 18th.
Infantry moving in that direction. Enemy
retiring, suffering a loss of men and prop
erty: our casualties few, mostly slight
wounds A portion of WheatOn's troops
will enter Lemery and Taal tomorrow.
They are meeting opposition, which re-
tards the march.
"Six officers, ffty-four enlisted men.
four civil employees, eleven friars. all
Spanish prisoners. released by Schwan,
arrived from Batangas last evening.
Nearly two hundred arrived at Manila the
day before, via Calamba.
Young, at Vigan, reports number of
successful skirmishes with robber bands
with slight casualties among his troops;
that Kobbe's expedition, consisting of
Randolphs Light Battery. the Forty
n
voyed by the naval vessels Helena and
Nashville, sailed for Albany province and
Samar and Leyte yesterday