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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-22

The recent Democratic county conven-
ton has rubbed the sixth ward of this city
off their slate. After the result of the Re-
publican caucus they could do nothing
else,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-22

The result of the Oregon election would
indicate that Bryan has small hope in the
west this year.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
WJohn Mnrshnll DnY."

The committee appointed by the
American Bar association has issued a
circular in regard to the proposed ma
tlonal celebration Of "John Marshall
day." to take place on Feb. 4, 1901, be-
Ing the first centennial of the installa-
ton of Chief Justice Marshall. at is
proposed" says the circular, that COM
memoratiOn services be held at the ma
tiOnal capital. under the direction Of
the supreme court Of the United States,
with the aid and support Of the co-Ordi-
nate branches Of the government. 1t IS
also expected that the day will be prop
erly observed on the part Of all state
and national courts by the cessation of
judicial business, and that all state,
city and county bar associations partic-
ipate In proper exercises in such man
ner as to them shall seem most apprO-
pirate. Similar ceremonies are recon-
mended to be held in all American col
leges, law schools and public schools,
to the end that the youth Of our coun-
try may be made more fully acquaint-
ed with Marshall's noble life and dis
tinguished services"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Her Mnjesty's Quilt - lie Was
characteristic
story of Rusi,in.

Queen Victoria is an expert and indie
fatigable knitter During the Egyptian
campaign of 1882 she and the ladies of
the household employed themselves in
knitting quilts which at the end of the
war were sent 10 Nctlcy hospital Tor
the use Of the wounded.
one Of these made entirely 10y her
majesty and bearing an clabortc ~.
r." i'm the center was the cOycrlct par
excellence of the institution and in uni
vcrsal demand for a time
In assessing the claims of the candl-
dates for the honor Of sleeping under Il
the medical stan naturally gave the
precedence To the most severely wound
ed. and as the most severely wounded
was the one most likely 10 die very
soon. alas. an evil omen attached Itself
10 the distinction. the climax Of which
was reached one night when poor
soldier. feeling something touching his
bcdclothcs. woke up with the pcrspira-
tlon pouring down his face and cried
out:
ooh. sir. do anything you like with
me, but for heavens sake don't give
me the quilt
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Characteristic Story of Ruskin.

During the proceedings Of the recent
conference Of the Library association
In England n characteristic story Of
John Ruskin was told In connection
with the subject Of village libraries. a
library for the iaborcrs Of lake coun-
try village had been established, and
Just before the opening Mr.. Ruskin
was asked to inspect 1t. He cordially
consented and upon leaving expressed
his admiration of the arrangements
and promised TO send present, which
came in the form Of n sumptuous set
of SCOTS novels. The wife Of the
founder thought the edition much too
splendid for the purpose and Mt the ear
Hest opportunity told the donor so.
Madam" said Ruskin. III the money
the books cost had been spent in floral
decorations or wines for n dinner moth
Ing would have been said against It,
but because 1t has been laid ont for the
enjoyment of the simple villagers 1t is
thought extravagant."
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
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BALLOONS AS SPOILERS.

Should the submarine boat take the
place i'm naval warfare that some ma.
lions expect one of the chief prccau-
lions taken lay the worlds nayics will
be an immense increase in the number
Of balloons, with duly trained stalls
TO work them. carried by war vessels.
The balloons carried by these battle
ships are Of exactly the same material
and pattern rs those in use in the
army. only smaller Thcy>havc a use
far in advance of any mere long dis
lance obserVational purpose, for.
though the wake of a submarine boat
sunk deeply In the water can only be
traced with difficulty from such an Gle
walton rs that afforded 10y q ship, both
such wake and the boat itself can be
seen with absolute and undertaking
clearncSS from captive balloon This
Is the result Of a scientific and optical
law, and when ship balloons were first
put to the practical test in regard 10
this matter the results attained were
of the most surprising kind
Even where the water Is distinctly
cloudy objects of much smaller kind
than n submarine boat and painted of
neutral color could be seen from a bal.
loon with the utmost clcarness at a
depth of five fathoms, or 30 feet,
though the surface was rough. No
submarine boat could in the daytime
get within striking distance of threat
ened ship that had balloon without
being observed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

Zebra law may not be so important
TO the average citizen as dog law, but
Il is worth knowing If you frequent
menageries. One Marlor visiting an
oldham show found a stable door open
and went in and stroked the zebra,
whereupOn the ungrateful beast let out
with his heels and pushed him through
q partition into another stall where an
other zebra hit his hand. which had to
be amputatod. Could he recover from
the Zebras owner? a jury thought he
could. but the court Of appeals says
not. A zebra is at present legally a
Wild animal and likely to remain so,
since the advance Of the motor car
makes against tanning new animals for
harness. Now. n mans duty with re-
gard to his wild beast is to keep 1t Sc
cured. so that il may not 90 about
seeking whom it may devour, and Sc
cured his zebra was. True. the door
was casually left open, and if the visit
or had merely gone in and been kicked
he might have recovered. but he "in-
vited" his kicking by stroking Zebras
do not understand maGnanimity. All
the same. II zebraS' doors are left open
1t might be we'll to put up notices that
the beasts are likely TO 90 off at both
ends.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
cnLLrcTING HIS smAHE.

pany, and a great many people have
invested sums small and large in it.
At one Of the performances up rolled a
sailor. none too sober, and demanded
free admittancc because he was IA part
proprietor. He insisted and was pass
ed over to Hamilton.
"What do you hold In this com
pany" asked Tody.
IL old one bloomin share, | do"
"By the way, what's It's NUMBER
Tody asked innocently. mo. 127,5GS, "
answered the man.
ooh. No 127,j6S, is it? Well, sir do
you see that heavy guy rope ut
the corner thereY pointing outside.
That's your part Of the show
OF rolled the sailor, whipped out his
knife, and instantly the rope kicked
up, and the corner of the tent gave
signs of collapse. When the caretakers
rushed at him and demanded to know
how he dared cut one Of their tent sup
ports, the sailor blinked and said:
"Dye mind handing me down that
rope? It's mine, you know"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Why lie Did Not Remember.

No man, says Glasgow paper, has
less false modesty about his early ca
reer than General Hector Macdonald,
says The Scottish Shortly
after Omdurman the Prince of Wales
expressed desire that the hero Of the
day should be presented to him, and
the introduction shortly afterward took
place at the Marlborough club.
ut is a curious thing, Colonel Mac
donald" said his royal highness, that
we should never have met beforeT
pardon me, sir" replied the Scot,
may say that we have|
Indeed, and whenY queried the
prince, who prides himself on never
forgetting a face.
General Macdonald half stood to at
tention and then astOnished the group
Of generals and equerries by remark
ing, with n smile, 81 was corporal Of
the guard the day your royal hlghness
landed In Bombay"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

boa, healthy children. The prospective
mother should use every precaution to
preserve and foster her health. Not
alone for the sake of the little one to
come but for her own sake. A perfectly
healthy woman is in no danger and IN
very little pain at her time OF trial.
There must be due preparation for
this time. Nature makes the prepare
tory period thTee-fOurths OF 4 year and
women who take the hint from nature
and use the time properly need have no
fears of the outcome. DR.. PierCe's Fa-
yorite Prescription is medicine designed
TO cure all distinctly feminine ailments
and taken during the period OF CESSATION
il renders childbirth easy, safe and com
paratively painless.
II is the Invention Of DR.. K. Y. Pierce,
of Buffalo, N. Y, a regularly graduated
phvsician and skilled specialist III the
cure of all diseases of woman.
Mrs Orrin stiles Of Downing, Dunn Co, Wis,
writesi IL cannot praise your Favorite re
scriptiou enough. for have not been as wen ior
6ve years as now am. In July last had baby
bow weight IL lbs. was only sick short time,
and since got up have not had one sick day
Sick women can consult Or. Pierce by
letter free of charge. Every letter is held
strictly private and sacredly confidential.
Designing men work on women's
feelings, by advising women to write
to a woman who understands womans
needs" 1t is useless to seek advice about
disease Of any woman who is not ply
stefan. So far as known no qualified
woman physician is connected with any
proprietary medicine establishment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Paris Theater Fires.

The destruction of the Theatre Fran
Gals recalls other and even more disas-
trous fires at Paris theaters, says the
London Chronicle. The first which OBJ
tanned celebrity was at the Opera in
1863 This theater was then situated
near the Palais Royal in n cul-desac.
The building was destroyed, and two
lives were lost. Another fire took
place at the Opera House in 1871, when
81 persons were burned to Geath. Two
Paris theaters were burned down in
1893. Fires broke out In the OdeOn in
1899 and 1918, two persons being killed
and II injured. Other theaters shared
a similar fate, eliminating in the terri
bic catastrophe at the Opera COmique
In 1887, when about 300 lives were lost.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Mormonism In Salt Lake city.

Salt Lake City still presents one of
the most absOrbingly interesting fields
for the sOciologist to be found on this
continent. The conditions most vital to
a peoples life are there far beneath the
surface and cannot be cOmprehended
In a day, nor by a sOjourner who looks
exclusively through either Mormon or
Gentle eyes. Two generations have
been born into the Mormon religion,
and the traditions of the church are as
binding to them as those Of century old
creeds to their followers.
The man whom you are told has
"brOken away" from the faith you find
upon acquaintance to be half a Nor
mon still. The good Mormon" who is
pointed out to you will be found to be,
in nine cases out of ten, half Gentle.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
venice's First Horse Race.

Venice, where the only horses are the
bronze ones in front of st. Marks, is
to have a race meeting this year. The
idea was started as a joke, but the
Venetlans took it up enthusiastically
and $4,000 was collected for prizes in a
few days. A committee headed by the
mayor, Count Grlmanl, has the mat
ter in hand and has laid out a race
course on the Campo di Marie, the old
drill ground near the railroad station.
1t will be the first horse race Venice
has ever seen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

II Is not often that Mr.. Tody IIamil-
ton, the genial American press repre-
sentative of Baruum x Bailcy's circus,
"gcts left" but one Of the occasions
happened AT Portsmouth, where the
show was, writes T.. W. Sabcl IN The
Saturday Evening Post. The show has
been n0atcd rs a limited Liability com
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Remarkable Cure Of Rheumatism.

henna, jackson U0., ". va.
About three years ago my wife had
an attack Of rheumatism which confined
her to her bed for over month and
rendered her unable to walk step with
out assistance. her limbs being swollen
to double their normal size Mr.. S.
Maddox insisted on my using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. / purchased fifty.
cent bottle and used it according to the
directions and the next morning she
walked TO beakfast without assistance
in any manner. and she has not had q
similar attack since. "A. b Parson.
For sale by NJ. NJ Lewis. Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE

BEGINNING Saturday, December I'D, steamer
Potomac will leave Pier .. Light
Street, baltimore, every Tuesday. and Satur-
day, at p. N. for the Potomac River, calling
at Milier's. BrOmcs, liacOn's. Grason s.
Lewisetta, Tundck +. Cowart's, Walnut Point,
COan. Kinsale. Mundy's Point, Lodge, Adams
Piney Point. Abell's, LeOnardtOwn.C oburn s.
Howard's and Stones. On Tuesday. only Tor
Lancaster, Eastwood. Riverside. Liverpool
Point, GlymOnt, Alexandria ard Washington
Returning. will leave 9TH Street Wharf,
Washington, ut 4 p. NJ. Thursday, calling At
ali the above mentioned wharycs, leaving
LeonardtOwn at q A. NJ. Monday and Friday,
Kinsale at IL NJ. nilers at 7. NJ, Grason's
al p. NJ. and BacOn's at =. NJ, arriving I'm
baltimore early Tuesday and Saturday morn
ings.
Freight received daily at Pier Q, Light
Street.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Manager,
Baltimore. Nd.
w.D. SCOTT, Agent,
81 fredericksburg. Va.
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
atNOrfOlk. Va
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents,
at Washington. d. C
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

&c ana health
should 60 to-
gether, and as
a result the
Greeks of that
time hav c
ever sim E
been looked
upon as types
)of physical
perfection.
Sickly moth
ers CQ'nnO OF
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

In the mythology of Ancient Greece zee
Hvmen. the god Of marriage, was the haii
brother of Esculapius, the god OF medi-
cine The ancients believed that msr-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
Spring Schedule
WGSUs Steamboat Co.
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHAENoCK RIVER ROUTE

On and after Friday, March 9th, Steamers
Richmond. WestmOreland and Essex Will
leave Pier ,, Light street. Baltimore. every
Tuesday and Friday at $50 p. N. for Freder
icksburg and all wharvcs on the river. Re
Turning, will leave Fredericksburg at 2;D p.
m. (tldo permittng) Monday and Thursday.
LeedstOwn at 1870 a. m. Tuesday and Friday
for baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday at $50 p. m.
for MAYORS and all Wharves below, except
Bay Port. Returning, will leave MAYORS at
$50 a m. on Thursday for baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at 1870 p. N. Thursday for
TappahannOck and all Wharves below. except
Bay Port, nilleubeck and Merry Point Re
turning. will leave TappahannOck at 8 m.
Monday for Baltimore.
No Freight received for out going steamers
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26

VIII leave Tappahannock for Norfolk at IL
m moon Friday, stopping at all landings
Will leave Norfolk at p. m. saturday Tor
Tappahanneck, cal ing at all landings.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-26
NORFOLK ROUTE

No Freight received for out going steamer
after p. N. on sailing days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
BURIAL OF WASHINGTON.
and Simple When the First
President Was Laid Away.

The wish of Washington, which indi-
Gated the possible apprehension of
burial alive, was scrupulously observed.
The funeral did not take place until the
afternoon of the following Wednesday,
although Maj. Lear would have had the
ceremony put off until Saturday had
not the doctors given the opinion that
it would be inadvisable to do so. Mean
time the body had been placed in ma
hogany coffin lined with lead and in
closed in a case covered with black
cloth. The rites of sepulture were short
and simple. a little procession was
formed to march from the house to the
family vault. 1t consisted of the troops
from Alexandria, musicians, four cler-
gymen, the generals horse, with the
empty saddle, holsters and pistols, the
coffin borne by freemasons, the IL prin-
cipal mourners of the household, the
masonic lodge, the corporation of Alex
andria, the iarm-hands, and other men
and women of the neighborhood. Rev.
Mr.. Davis read the service of the Epis-
copal church and made an address. The
masons performed their rites, and min
ute guns doomed from a schooner on
the Potomac. When the body was car
ried into the vault the infantry and the
cavalry fired three volleys, and II pieces
of artillery were simultaneously dis
charged as the rays of the sun of a
short winter day were turning into the
shadows of twilight.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
DRESS OF THE ZULUS
40anty Costumes Are in FavOr-Of-
fensive and Defensive
Weapons.

The costume of the Zulu in the do
nestle circle, if he be man of rank,
is comprised in leopard skin about
his shoulders, a peculiar sort of belt,
made of strips of OK hide, an anklet
or two of brass, and something in the
way of a necklace. His wife has very
rainy day skirt, made for her by her
husband out of an OK hide. But this,
so far as the man is concerned, is only
for the piping times of peace, when the
family smoke Dutch tobacco out Of
smokehorns and exhilarate themselves
with snuff. When the Zulu goes forth
to wash his assegai' he leaves leopard
skins and belts at his kraal. His tribe
have made themselves respected by the
British in open fight, and the secret of
the warlike responsibility is his ''im-
pis" and his assegais.
The Zulu "impi" is tactical and dis
culinary formation of about 1000
warriors on foot. In battle the impi
charge in solid formation, like the
Macedonian phalanx, each warrior COW
ering his body with shield about two
inches by eighteen at the widest part,
made of one thickness of OK hide. Each
impi is permanently under the COM
mand of an induna. The principal Of
fensive weapon of the Zulu warriors,
the "assegai," is light spear, some
times as long as five feet, sometimes not
longer than three, the long, fiat head
of iron, beaten into the shape of will
low leaf, bound to the haft with oxhide
thongs. At close quarters the assegai
may be used for stabbing, but it is more
effective when used as missile that
will kill at 200 yards, its penetrating
power being due to the rotary motion,
like that of a rife bullet, which is inn
parted in the act of hurting by pc
culiar hook of the little finger. It is said
that no white man has ever thoroughly
learned the Zulu trick of hurting an as
segai or the Zulu way of pronouncing
the name of Cetewayo.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In formaldehyde disinfection the
disagreeable odor can be removed, it
is said, by sprinkling the floor with
ammonia water.
The electrical workers of Great
Britain are advertising the good
points of their unions in the techni-
cal trade journals. The advertise
plents are we'll written, occupy prom
inent positions and are changed fire.
quently.
A squirrel with four tails was re-
Gently shot by A. Frisbey, in Chau-
tauqua county, N. Y. The main tail
grew direct from the spinal column,
and was six inches long; two were
on the left side and one on the right,
each five inches in length.
An English observer has called at
tention to long overlooked source
of error. in the magnetic com pass.
This is the nickel of which nearly all
cases are made, the supposition that
this metal is nonmagnetic seeming to
be general, although as long ago as
1s45 Faraday referred to it's magnetic
character as well known.
What is said to be the largest rope
cable in the world has been in use
for some time for the Glasgow dis.
trict subway. It was manufactured
by D. H. and G. Haggie, of Sunder.
land, and it's weight is about IS tons
Its life has proved to be 14H months
the previous record being 1917
months, and during this time it has
run $4,000 miles, while the previous
best record was $1,000 miles.
The earth's orbit, like those of such
other celestial bodies as can be close
ly studied, is elliptical, but not tc
such an extent that the variation
from circle could be detected by the
eye were the orbit reduced to pro
portions that the eye could grasp. It:
long and short diameters differ only
in the ratio of 50 to go. The moon.
greatest distance from the earth.
center is 252,6OO miles, it's least dis
lance 221,7OO miles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
SAVED BY COMPRESSED AIR.
BuOyancy Impaired to War Vessel
That Was Caught ON
the Rocks.

Last summer, shortly after the Paris
coast, the American Machinist pointed
out how easy it would be to lift YES
sci in such situation off from the
jagged surface which prevented the
tugs from getting her afloat again.
The plan was not adopted by the Of
ficers of the American liner, but it has
since been tried successfully else
where. A London paper tells this
story:
Accounts of the accident - to her
majesty's steamer Bonaventure, which
struck on two rocks on the China sta
ton, have already been published, but
the interesting manner in which the
water was expelled from the vessel
has not been reported. After the snip
was off the rocks the pumps could
not make any impression on the water
in the lower provision room. The cap
tain therefore had hole cut in the
armored deck. From this jet of wa
ter nine feet high came out. A screw
nozzle was fitted to the hole, and an
effort was made to force in air with
the diving pump, which, theoretical
~, should have been able to do it, but
it would not. =
The chief engineer then proposed
putting in the torpedo air. service,
which was done. OF course, with it It
would have been possible to blow the
ship up, so safety valve "a piece of
india rubber tubing, which would
burst if the pressure rose too high)
was fitted to the pipe. The water was
thus forced out through the two holes
it came in at, and the air bubbling
out showed the divers where the holes
were under the damaged sheathing.
After the divers had finished work the
pumps could hold the water in check
to a certain extent, and the engineers
were able to get at the damage from
the inside.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
MODERN MEANING OF GUN.
The Word IL More Often Applied to
the Great Engines
of Death.

"The evolution of the word gun
forms an interesting study in up-to-
date etymology," remarked one of a
party OF newspaper men, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. "A dozen or
SO years ago we all understood gun to
mean fowling piece-a shotgun as dis
tinguished from a rife or a musket.
Heavy and light ordnance, in fact all
pieces of artillery, without regard to
size, were known as cannon. That, of
course, was where people made an ef-
fort to speak English. Out in the
frontier the word gun was applied ex-
clusively to pistols.
Nowadays the nomenclature has
curiously changed. BY degrees the
good old word gun has become monop-
olized by the long, slim, murderous ma
chimes that constitute our modern ar
tillery. We speak of quick-fire guns,
eight-inch, ten-inch, twelve-inch guns,
and the word seems singularly apropos.
They are not cannon. Cannon imme-