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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS. 1900
Weather forecast for FTe6'
ericks6ur9 and Vicinity
Fair THURSDAY, fresh south
aoiRd.
SOME WONDERFUL HORSES.
aoiRd.

The newspapers tell us of won
derful horse down in Kentucky
which can scent and "stsnd' par
tridges equal to any pointer IL the
country. He pays no attention TO
RABBITS or to sny bird bat the par
fridge, so the story goes. When be
gets into the vicinity Of g covey OF
birds his nostrils dilate. He throws
up his head and shows eli the symp-
toms that a bird dog gives except
his tail, which never stands out, but
merely switches.
This recalls to mind joke which
we once heard from a political Ios-
trum. An old farmer had Il very re-
calcitrsnt "plug" which be was more
than anxious to get rid Of. When
ever The spur was applied old Dob
bin would st once squat. SO, riding
ont one day with city sportsman
who was after psrtridges, the owner
saw the dog come to a stand, the Sc
ton being unobserved By the sport
The spur was applied 10 Doooln'
vhereupon be came to crouch 10
the road. The spoit inquired what
the matter was and WAS Informed
that game was near and D0boin was
setting 'em The hunter dismounted,
and sure enough found his dog stano
ing 8 eovey. Doboin stock at once
went mp, and a deal for him was
made at eversl hundred dollars The
next day the sportsman went out for
game, reinforced by DObbin whom
be was riding. 10 crossing the
stream be applied the spur to urge
his steed through, and DoObin I'm
msdiately dropped, with his rider
into the waters. Upon his return
to the farmers domicle the irste
gunner demanded of his host an ez
plsnation and repsrstloD; whereupon
the shrewd old rustic replied: Il
forgot to tell ye that the horse would
sot fishes list IS well as birds"
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To GET even with the Kaiser Presi.
dent Kruger should spruce himself
up. come over to this country and
esll on the "four hundred.n
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ACCORDING to advises Chios is en.
gagged ia a game of "heads you win,
tsils | lose.n
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13

PosT OFFICE robberies are Oeeom.
ing quite frequent. Uncle Sam
stamps appear to pos ess a super
abundance of magnetism.
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Better be Drowned in Nicaragua than
Decapitatea in Panama.
Norfolk Lapdmal k.]

Lat us hope that Congress will not
thrust ite head into she Panama Canal
trap. which is said TO DO ready for
<pr,ngfng
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13

The football season is over bat
Congress will Keep the pot Of excite
ment boiling.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13

WHILE converting with Northern
capitalist the other day on the phe-
uomeusl boom in Standard OIL stock
he dropped che remark that it was
a natural sequence to a Republican
victory in Novem Der last. He vol
unteered the information that be,
with number of his Republican
friends, previously to the election
concluded to invest heavily in vsrions
Trust stocks. iu preference to bet
ting at heavy odds on MCKINLEY
They never doubted he would be re
elected, in which case they expected
TO see the stocks OF sll Trust com
panies 60 up with a jump. They
also reasoned that if the Republicans
lost the stocks would be shaken bat
very little, if my, and they woulo
be at most, but small margins oui
OF pocket. If they advanced as an
ticipsted-and they all did-they
could sell out and pocket large mar
gins without having invested but the
proportionsteIy small sums to guar
antee margins. Ali of which goes TO
show the wisd M of some investors,
as we'll as giving food for deep re-
Election upon the part of that great
class which does not dsbble 10 stocks
or political futures but which has to
bear the greater part of the burdens
through it all.
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EARM EOR SALE

| viii sell the little farm known a.
WIZARDS. " on the SpotsylyaDia
Q urt house road ak miles from
FGeferlcksbufg l. contains 100 acres
lying along the NJ lsseponax Kun. and
a comparatively new two story dwell
ing aud barn Pcica low Possession
given January 1T. 1901.
NJ b. ROVE.
Fredericksburg, Va.
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FOR RENT!

A very desirable six room house. good
barn etc with several acres Of lar d
This property Is on PLANK ROAD
Que mile from centre OF fredericksburg,
and has been occupied for past ten
years by H. " FAvill. Eco Terms
reasonable Possession given January
isg 1901 NJ. b. ROWE
fredericksburg. Va.
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Read This !!

Go to Geniher's for cheap handmade
Harness. Saddles. Whips, etc. HIS
goods are reliable and his prices low
All goods warranted Repairing done
promptly ana low, prices guaranteed
epS ly.w GEN LEX >.
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TN TIE NAME OF THE COMMON
OF VIKuTAIA.

TN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF vIRuIAIA.
In the Clerk's Ofico OF the Circuit CourLof
stafford County, on the lltn day OF De,em-
Der, 1900
IN CHA Gerry.
Walter Cox AMI Eugene Thornton. plaintiffs.
against
j, + Ro'es VIM. II Frsnklin and Harriet
Franklin, his wiie........... Defendants
The object Of his suit is 10 subject a Ger
tam tract ot land and ten mtnt & ercO q,
.tuated In the County OF stafford Va,
charged 10 VIM. IA Franklin, containing 10
acres. 20 the payment of tSo mocha los iei 3
duiy recorded Ia the County Court. IN favO
OF Wali,r Cox for - G3, and Eugene IN IN
ton for 81 %
AffdaN lt having b en- made that the dcfcn-
dant, j. hoies, Is rot "a rcsid- nt OF tho
state OF Virginia, ho IL hereby rouuir 10
appear In the said Clerks Oni6 e. within fifteen
days alter due publication hereof aud d.
what may be necessary 20 protect his inter
/ est therein
A CopY-Teste
G. \ BRYAN. CLERK,
BERRY p u del; w4w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13

ANNOUNCEMENT of recent improve
ments in the longdistsnce telephone
system in the counties on the south
side of the Rsppshannock, by which
people In that section can talk di
rectly with Baltimore and other
cities, brings up the subject OF the
Northern Neck line which the papers
in Lancaster county have been rasp-
ING for some time. The manage.
<unent of the line running from this
city to lrvington and Reedville has
promised to put 10 new and improv
ed instruments, to take the place of
the obsolete, expensive and unsatis-
factory instruments which have been
used for years and over which there
has been great complaint. Tue
Lancaster papers express the hope
that when this is done arrangements
will be made for connection with the
eitv systems here. We think it would
be great oversight on the part of
the managers Of the Northern Neck
line not to do SO. At the same time
encoursg ment should be given the
proposition by the people of this
city, to whom it would be Of untold ad-
vantage il able to converse directly
from their various places of business
10 points in the Northern Neck. We
believe Hon. W. A. Jones is Presi.
dent and Hon. R. Carter Wexford
manager of the Northern Neck line.
THE Democratic minority in Con.
cress will be able to offer but feeble
resistance to the proposed army bill,
chiefly because they are not agreed
among themselves IS to line of &C.
ton. Il might BIS we'll for the mi
nority to support Me-. Hey, the mem
ber from Virginia on the Committees
whose views seem TO be conssrvs'
live In the matter. Even Il united,
they >an hardly expect 70 win, and 4
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Stockhold
ers Of The Free LAuoe Newspaper Book
and j b Fronting G. mplny. Of Freder
icksburg. Va. VIII he held in The Free
Lance building 10 Fredericksburg Va
Monday, Dec. 81, 1900,
at p m. for the election Of Pest
dent and Directors snd for such other
business ss may lawfully come before IL
s j. QUINN. Secretary
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13
IN CHA Gerry.

In the Clerk's Onico OF tho Circuit Courtof
/ stafford County, on the lltn day OF Dc,em-
I her 1870
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13

Canned Corn, Peas or tomatoes, 8:
Best Flour, A.. Mills, 23c
Arovck.a3 C,ft::sa, Per ID. III
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-13
Fireworks

A tremendous lire of Sky Rocket.
Roman Candles, Fire Crackers ,Pif-
tolls, Gaps. Cannon Crackers Whole
sale aud retail We will match
Baltimore prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
CHAPTER XLVI.
Chimes of Wedding-Bells.

CulllCS VI w GuQIuS-DSIlS.
There were the chimes Of wedding
bells, sweet and low, with a strain OF
plaintive music ever and anon re-
curing in the jubilant sound-wed-
ding-bells from the church Of the
little town Of st. Norman, where Ethel
was married.
They had wondered why she wished
the wedding quiet-why she almost
prayed them to let her be married in
the silence of the early morning, with
out ceremony; but Lord St. Norman
would not consent.
My only daughter" he said, about
to be married to a man whom I think
a hero. to desire a quite marriage.
cannot agree to it. The traditions OF
the GordOns forbid it,"
So the marriage was grand and
magnificent Honored guests, both
rich and poor, were hidden to the feast
Once more Ethel stood before the
altar. This time she carried no
passion-fowers in her hand; no Grim
son CLEAN from stained-glass windows
fell over her. Her husbands heart
gloried in her beauty, and on her fair
face there was no shadow of the past.
People said afterward that it was the
most beautiful wedding they had ever
seen, for it was all flowers Look
where the spectators would, there was
nothing but flowers. They said, also,
that so fair bride had never been
seen. The wedding-vail fell in grace
full folds to her feet, the wreath OF
Orange-fOwers crowned her like a
queen, and the face that shOne beneath
the vail was most exquisite with it's
dainty flush and tender light. Child
rem streWed flowers beneath her feet;
people wished the newly married joy;
the wedding-bells chimed merrily; the
air seemed filled with sunlight and
music.
Lord st. Norman held his daughter
in his arms as ne wished her good-hy.
'You will be very happy, Ethel" he
said. you have married a hero; and 1
may tell you now, that the dearest
wish of my heart has been accomplish
ed"
The baronet and his wife went to
Fountayne for their honeymoon.
There is no more beautiful or popu-
lar woman in her country than Ethel,
Lady Charlotte. Fair children are
blooming around her; brave young
sons and loving daughters rise up and
call her blessed. But, in the midst of
all her triumphs, Of her tender love
for husband and children, of the
homage that is her portion, of the
honor that is her due-in the midst of
it all she preserves the greatest
humility Of heaIt, remembering the
folly Of her youth, and how terribly
she suffered for it.
Loving, beloved, happy, and honored,
Ethel, Lady Charlotte lives in the
present. Her husbands heart rejoices
in her. She takes her fair-haired
children on her knee, and tells them
that the virtue dearest to Heaven is
humility, and that the sin that brings
keenest, swiftnest surest punishment,
is pride.
The End.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
The End.
RIGHT AND LEFT.

Over which shoulder do you look the
easier when it is necessary to trun
your head, the right or left? A pOpu-
lar theaterical manager who had been
an exceptionally close observer says
the left, but has no explanation Of the
phenomenon. Let ten friends be walk
ing ahead of you, suddenly hail them
and see how many look back over the
left shoulder. He says the proportion
is about nine to one. He who looks
the right shoulder is usually left
handed. Says this expert: For the
last Is years l have noticed that the
proscenium box on the left Of the audi
torium is usually selected when there
is a choice between it and the one OIL
the right; people always tell me that
they like it because they can see better
that is. by looking at the stage with
the head turned toward the Left
This is an interesting observation,
and there is ample reason for the
regularity, but I have not noticed that
the boxes on the south side Of the
Metropolitan Opera House command
larger prices than those on the north.
Perhaps this may be accounted for by
the assumption that the stage Of the
Metropolitan is not so much looked at
as the folk and dOings in the audi
torium. Those who look to the right
to see the performance look to the left
to see the people Of fine raiment and
beautiful flesh. Some persons find il
impossible to wink with both eyes, and
the one they do wink with usually is
the weaker Of the two. The left
handed man will look through a tele-
scope with the right eye, while the
! right-handed one will use the left il
reading the stars through that in.
| strument. Some runners lead off Or
| the right foot, others on the left
Fond mothers err in educating theil
children to use the right hand more
| than the left; it were better it the!
would teach boys and girls to be am
| bidextrous.-New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
FLOATING ON THE BACK.

DR.. R. B. Burroughs writes as fol-
lows to the editor OF the Jacksonville
(FIa.) Metropolis: Several years ago
the city papers kindly published an
article from my pen on this subject.
The recent sad loss of life at Pablo and
other seaside resorts and in the
treacherous waters Of the ST. Johns
show that the advice given was un-
needed or forgotten At the time
mentioned a beloved friend, a guest at
my summer place a few miles from
Pablo, while bathing was carried out to
sea, and when almost ont Of sight AMI
all hope to us had fed Tan agonlzsd
sister and brother Wringing their
hands and weeping in desDair), to our
surprise we suddenly saw his body IHi-
PEELED forcibIy toward us; then we saw
it recede a few feet and then again, AS
it were, shoot 20 feet toward the shore.
This continued until my son and my
self, at last able to reach him, bore
him insensible to the beach. After
recovery his story was that after losing
all hope, guided by some mysterious
impulse, he had turned upon his back,
when he felt himself carried rapidly
forward. He had then turned over
upon his face to get his bearings, when
he was carried out further from the
land, and on again placing himself
upon his back the surface waves
brought him rapidly to the shore,
rescued man. 1t is an error that the
drowning man is attacked by cramp
except in very cold weather. lie
browns from heart failure, induced by
the violent exertion and the upward
pressure of the water upon the abd0-
men diminishing the space and imped-
ing the action of the heart. By turn
ing over on the back this pressure g
removed the back being almost en-
tirely a strong wall Of bone and
muscle. Also, when on the back the
entire body is nearer the surface, and
the surface waves tend toward the
shore the under current out to sea,
even the legs, when upon the back,
being less exposed to the current that
tends toward the sea. BY floating
gently upon the back the helrt. re-
Iieved Of it's pressure, becomes calm
and quite, and the swimmer can regain
his strength and float for hours. The
bather whose heart is weak should al
ways present, when standing erect, the
right side of the body to the waves,
and thus avoid the SuIlivan-like blows
Of the incoming waves upon crippled
heart In every bathhouse should be
posted the Injunction: In case Of ex-
haustion or accident, turn upon the
back"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30

wish to pay all due respect to the
memory Of the dead. I will visit Nor
mans Keep in six months time, if you
are there; and then, my darling, if for
the third time I ask you to be my wife,
what will your answer be-"
1T will be Yes she replied; and
he went away happy and content.
That same evening Lord st. Norman
said to his wife:
Helen, do you preceive any diff
ference in EtheI?"
Helen laughed.
yes; and l venture to prophesy that
after all Ethel will be Lady Charlotte,
she said. Sir Oscar looks too happy
for the state OF his affairs to be IN
prosperous"
q was astonished at her today"
observed Lord ST. Norman. "She
looked bright, beautiful, and wilIful rs
the Ethel of old. She gave me the idea
of one who has had a cloud over her
life, and suddenly sees it drifting
away"
And for the first time for many years
Lord st. Norman took courage about
his beautiful Ethel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30

Sharkey was counted out by the ref
cree who declared Fftz the winner.
More than three years ago Fitzslm-
mons and Sharkey were matched and
fought in San Francisco. On that &C.
casion Sharkey was knocked out by
blow, whether foul or fair, that will al
ways admit of argument Wyatt carp.
famous solely by reason Of his decision
at that time, declared the blow to be
foul, and Sharkey was carried from the
ring bleeding and bruised, bat a victor.
Since that time these men have fought,
with varying fortune, all other aspir-
ing heavyweights. Many months after
the battle friendly relations were es-
lablished between them. A purse Of
$4,000 was offered by the Seaside
Athletic club for this match.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
A Liberal Ruler.

King Humbert was a constitutional
monarch in the full extent: he reigned
but did not govern; nothing that he
has ever said of himself is quoted his
personality was lost in his cOnstitu-
tiOnality; he was seen constantly-in
the streets, in the parliament, at re-
views, and at no end of inaugurations
of statues and monuments to his
father, to Garibaldi or to some other
Of the revolutionary heroes of modern
Italy.
Charles II of England said of him
self that he never said a foolish
thing" King Humbert so far as the
public is concerned could not even be
thus described, for he has said nothing
at all.
He is to be buried, they say, in the
Pantheon, beside his father.
At the time of the death of the latter
there was a question whether or no he
was reconciled to the church on his
deathbed, and the settlement of that
question is not generally known.
There was a doubt as to the man
ner and time of the death of the father;
there is none as to that of the son.
The pope on hearing the news ex-
pressed his great sorrow, but he has
striven 20 induce this government of
Italy to assist in the effort to remove
the causes of anarchy and crime by the
spread of religion and charity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30

to meet Prince Humbert, who was rid
ing a splendid brown horse. The
prince graciously stopped and inclined
his head to hear what the artist had
to say to him, and he acceded to the re-
quest urged on him, which was that Re
would sit for his portrait by this artist.
Afterward he came TO the studio and
The portrait was made
An Invitation to dine at the QuirinaI
palace was sent 20 the artist, who was
deeply interested in the beauty and
charm of conversation of the Princess
Margaret, as she was at that time.
quiet, taciturn, absorbed in his own
thoughts-such was Prince Humbert as
l remember him.
On one occasion I was close to him
in the halls of the capitol during a
crowded reception. He was in even
dress and wore no decorations. so in
the crowd he shared the discomforts
OF crushing.
One OF the sons of the then khedive
OF Egypt trod upon the foot of the
prince, and under the pang the calm
look on his countenance gave way to
mOnentary expression Of nlerceness.
At the capitol again I have seen him
as king, radiant with joy that he mad
as his guest and ally William H. en-
peror OF Germany. Here all the MEM
bers Of the royal family of Savoy, and
they are numeroustenough. were pres
ent to do honor to the great imperial
friend
In 1898 again joy came to the house
+ Savoy, when King Humbert ard
Queen Margaret celebrated their silver
wedding, and when the emperor and
empress Of Germany came to share Il
20 reto.Ctngs On that occasion.
as al individual personality, he las
left but little mark on his age
His father, Victor Emmanuel, had a
Will of his own, and he had the occa-
sion Of making himself remembered.
1t was under his rule that the move
ment which ended by making him king
of the whole country by force of arms
was achieved.
Ugly as he was to look at, Victor
Emmanuel attached people to him by
his independence and vigorous charac-
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
Humbert's Personality.

Al this time, when the newspapers
are filed with the details of this as
sassinatfon and the assassin, one pre-
fnrs to think Of him as one last saw
him a short time ago in Rome. 1t was
very easy to see him. He was fire.
quently in the streets.
The stranger in the Corso would
have some difficulty in discovering,
from any outward sign, that the plain
ly dressed gentleman with the large
white moustache spreading out on each
side of his face and driving a smart
pair of horses in a simple little car
rage was King Humbert, the son Of
King Victor Emmanuel.
One might easily discern that he was
4 person of Importance, for the men
raised their hats to him as he passed,
and his staring eyes seemed to see it
all and not a salutation remained IN
recognized by a gracious lifting OF the
hat. Indeed it might be said that ne
passed through the Corso and the other
larger streets of Rome hat in hand.
When he came out in state to open
parliament or pass the troops in re-
view he appeared surrounded and &C
companied by all the pomp and splen-
dor of royalty.
In brilliant military costume, with a
helmet Of polished silver on his head,
he looked an ideally picturesque SOL
der. 1t was in the military costume
that he was most at home.
He was not great as politician, nor
strong as a far-seeing monarch, but his
ahiIitv as q soldier WAS generally rec
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30

New York, Aug. 25.-Whipped into
insensibility in less than two rounds is
he story in brief Of Tom Sharkey's
meeting with Bob Fitzsimmons at
Coney Island Sporting club last night.
The result of last nights battle proved
still great fighter and
able to beat the best Of the heavy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Mose-Ah wisht de Summer wuz
neah obah.
Sam-Wt yo' talkin' bout? Yo'
knows yo' laik de Summah-time.
Mose-Sho' I do, but eff de Summah
wuz neah obah watermillions would be
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
.FITZ WINS AGAIN
KNOCKS OUT SHARKEY IN THE
SECOND ROUND.
SHOWED SUPERIOR SCIENCE

kangaroo Bruiser Proves Himself Still
More Than a Match for His Younger
Opponents-Was Decidedly the Fa-
vorite in Betting-Story of Fight
That Ended so Suddenly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
FOREIGN COUNTS COME HIGH.

Daughter-Marriage are made In
heaven, you know, papa.
Father-Yes; but you young people
seem to think they are imported free
of duty.-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-30
A Taciturn Prince.

I have seen him closely on many &C.
casions, and he always appeared
quiet, self-absorbed, gracious and
suave parsonage. While he was still
young prince, I remember how an
American painter with whom L was
driving close to Porta Pia, descended
from the carriage and went forward