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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04
sPoTsYLvANIA COUNTY COURT.
Verdict of Not Guilty In the Case Against
Stephen Johnson.

Owing 10 the severity II the weather
the attendance at Spotsy lyania C9unfy
Court Monday WAS not large
Judge Waller held court for only a
short time and adjourned until the fol-
lowing day, which had been set for the
trial Of felony case
j. McOalla Bouware and Scott I
Stephens qualified as land assessors for
St. Georges district. and W. II Duer
son and Samuel Ksndlg for Berkeley
district
Those in attendance from Fredericks.
burg were Me,srs. BENZ p Willis,
Ii. +. Orismond. Henry Garnett. W Z
Leavell. Thomas II. Harris, John q
Willis and Judge John I GJOlrlck
Tuesday the entire day was occupied
in the trial OF the case Of Common
wealth VS. Stephen Johnson. charged
with criminal assault upon Cora John
son, both c0lored. After hearing evil
dence Of number OF witnesses and
argument by Judge John T Goodrich
for the accused aud Lee j. Graves for
the Commonwealth. the jury at about
5 O'Clock in the evening, brought in a
verdict Of not guilty.
Account sale personal property John
Pendleton, deceased, ordered recorded.
Administration account John Pendle-
ton g estate ordered recorded.
J. F. Ii. Orismond appointed and
substituted trustee In place Of A. b
Rawlings, deceased, in deed trust. ben
eft Mary f. BlAydes.
Richard johnson appointed curator
Of his infant children.
Estate Of Sym b. Goodloe. deceased,
committed to sheriff Of county for ad
ministration
Deed ordered to be made 10 o q.
Massey and II. b. Dickinson for delin.
quent lands
Report Of sale of delinquent lands
confirmed and ordered certified.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04

American shops turned out 2473 loco
motives last year-the largest lumber
they ever manufactured in one year,
and sos more then were made in 1898.
More then % per cent OF the number
or 594. were made for railway companies
10 other countries. Large as the out
put was and 1t was fully equal TO the
capacity Of the work. It was little
more than sufficient to replace the en-
gines which were worn out and discard.
ed. There are about 81 900 locomotive
In the United States.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04
aoEBEL SLATE GOES THROUGH.
Democrats WIZ Organize Both Houses OF
Kentucky Legislature.

Frankfort. Ky. Jan. AL doubt
as TO the ability Of the Goebel Dem
ocrats to organize both houses Of the
Legislature was dispelled by the atten.
dance in the Democratic caucus to-
night. Senator Goebel was nominated
for president protein. Of the Senate
and the entire Goebel slate went
throught In the House caucus. ell Of
the ffty.eight Democrats answered to
to the roll-call and participated II
the Senate. four Democrats remained
out. In the Senate caucus, Senator
Harold created a sensation by making
an alleged expose Of the anti.Goebel
leaders declaring that he had been up
preached by j. II. Whallen. Of Louis
Vile, and paid 81, SEQ to remain out Of
the caucus.
Attorneys for Goebel and the other
contesting Democratic candidates for
State offices to-day served notice upon
the Republican contestees TO take dep
ositions 70 be used AS evidence in the
pending contest cases and naming their
witnesses
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04
RLAcKRuRN FOR sENAToR.

Frankfort, Ky. January after
four years Of retirement, former SEN
ator Joseph Clay Styles Blackburn was
chosen tonight by the joint caucus of
the Democratic members of the legis
lature as the successor Of Senator Will.
liam Lindsay, in the United States Sen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04

Pursuant 10 the terms and provisions
of decree OF the Circuit Court Of Stat.
ford county, entered on December 2ud.
1899 in the chancery cause Of Flatford
ys. Flatford. pending in said court. the
undersigned Special Commissioner will
offer for sale before the Court House OF
Stafford county. at public auction, to
the highest bidder. on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-04
T. w. BERREY,
Special Commissioner

In the Clerks Office of the Circuit C urt OF
the county If stafford, Flatlord, plaintiff, VS..
Flatford, defendant:
C. A, Bryan, clerk of the said court. do
earthly that the bond required of the special
Commissioner by the decree rendered In said
cause on the 2ni day of December, 1892 has
been duly given
court this 9th day Of December, 1899.
c. A BRYAN.
Clerk.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
9O5,OOO Magazines Monthly.

The circulation of The Ladies' Home
Journal has reached 900, 900, and pass
ed it 10y 5000-905 600. copies being
the aggregate circulation of the April
issue. This is an increase of over SO,
600 copies per month for the last four
months-since January first of the
present year-over the corresponding
period i'm 1899. Even these figures do
not tell the whole story Of the growth
Of the journals popularity. But they
stand for the extreme limit of the
capacity of the presses upon which the
magazine is printed, but which for the
last year or moreover with the con-
slant increase in their number, and
running day and night-have been
unable to keep the supply apace with
the increasing demand. Every issue
within that period has been exhausted
in less than fortnight after the date
of publication, and the mechanical
restrictions have made it impossible
to meet subsequent calls tor the
magazine-seyeral thousand each
month.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
Big Wheat Warehouses.

Work will be begin this week TO.
wards building the Northern Pacifi's
new wheat warehouse OH the strip oil
land extending from the Commercial
to the Eleventh street bridge.
The company has been working on
the plans for the new warehouse for
some months past and has lately COM
pleted them. These plans call for the
largest wheat warehouse on the Pacific
coast and in size will be / ZOO feet long
by 143 feet wide. The building will
separated into three warehouses by
friedrich partitions, and will have a
combined capacity of 1000, 900 bushels
of wheat.
With 600-foot Oriental warehouse
nearly completed, a /, 700foot ware
house 10 be commen ccd this week
and the prospects of new 1000 barre,
flour mill being butt in few weeks
Tacoma, from an industrial standpoin,
is forging ahead OF any other city or
the coast.-Tacoma Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
The County Oyster Board.

Following are the sections of the
state laws relating tosthe duties OF the
local boards t5r licensing oystermen
and projecting natural oyster beds:
SEC. IL. 1t shall be the duty of the
board of oyster land commissioners to
discover and prosecute any violation
of the laws of The state protecting and
regulating the oyster industry, and
they are hereby constituted police Of
ficers of the state with full power to
make arrest for any such violation.
SEC. -. The board shall issue to
persons not otherwise prohibited by
the state, license to take oysters from
the natural beds. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any any person not i'll posses
sion of such license to gather or re-
mnve oysters fir, M the natural beds.
either for himself or on account of
another, IN the county over which the
board has jurisdiction; and upon con-
victiOn therefore he shall be fined In
any sum not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred dollars.
Sec. Ii. The board shall require OF
each applicant for license, as provided
in the last foregoing section, Zee OF
two dollars, which shall he full com
pensation for their services in all the
respects except in mileage when ex-
aiming lands as hereinbefore provid-
ed. Each applicant shall take oath
to observe all the laws of the state pro
tecting and regulating the oyster in
dustry, and the members OF the board
are hereby authorized to administer
such oath. No license shall be re-
quired OF minors under eighteen when
| wo, king with their parents. All Ii
censes shall expire the fifteenth day
of February of each year.
SEC. IA. In addition to the license
fee the board may, in their discretion
require of all licenses an equal amount
of labor, not to exceed three days each
to he applied, under direction of the
board, to the removal of star fish and
other pests, from the natural beds OF
otherwise increasing the productive
ness of the beds. This work shall not
be required to he done during the sea.
son when it is lawful to take oysters
from the natural beds, except at the
pleasure If the licensee. The board
may required work within thirty days
of the time of his notification, and
may withhold future license till the
work is done.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
CUBAN WOMEN.
smiIea Hide fhe Sadness OF Their
Hearts from Curious ana
Frying Eyes.


| One surprising phase of the conti-
mental interest in Cuba is the number OF
inquiries that have come from young
men who are looking for wives, who
want to know what the chances are for
marriage and happy home "down
there in Havana" If these young men
with domestic yearnings, who seem un-
able to find a bride in their own land,
can frame the language of love-in Span
ish words, their chances for securing
Cuban wife are excellent. For Amer
lean officials report that society in Ha-
vana is "made up simply of Cuban wom-
en- and Yankee army officers" War
devastated the homes of the rich no less
than those of the poor, and now from
even the wealthiest households father,
son, brother husband is missing. In
society, this and that young senior
where is he? Where are the young aris-
! tocrats who used to set the pace in this
Paris of the Antilles? Many Of them lie
meath the slong grass" in graves un-
marked Of many a family of wealth
and fashion. only las donas are left.
Sad-eyed and composed, as if their grief
were too deep for tears, they still smile;
but the smiles are the kind that wrinkle
the face. And still they sing, for if grief
is a fever, it is intermittent, but their
song is dirge. But now that the
machete has given way to the fan, now
that the mantilla has supplanted the
sword, the gayety of old may be re-
sumed. So light is the heart of the
Cuban woman, as far as the world is
concerned, so natural is her vivacity
and seeming cheerfulness of mind,
that, with the coming of the Americans,
sire is making Havana as festive as of
yore.
She is fascinating-so long as you
are content to eliminate the intellectual
element. Though well-born and we'll
bred, she illustrates the distinction be-
tween instruction and education. In
New York, London, Paris, her illiteracy
would be noticed; in Havana it is ac-(
copied as a mark of delightful feminin-
ity. AS consequence, there is no
Cuban woman's literature; no magazine
for women is a success, except when it
! w .
of its subscribers, or when it prints only
fashion plates. She inclines to charity,
but TO the sort least beneficial. She
gives to the beggar, but she will do
nothing to raise that poor being out of
the slough of self-abasement. There
are only one or two societies of women
for the uplifting of their less fortunate
sisters.
One of her great faults is that she per-
sists in lacing too tightly. In the midst
of the danza | have seen many lovely
woman carried from the ballroom fin
dead faint-the cause, an unnaturally
small waist. Again, the most beautiful
woman insists upon spelling her COM
plexion by her insane fashion of coat
ing her face, neck, shoulders and arms
with rice powder to such thickness as
to give her CHASTITY appearance not
unlike that of PieMette.-Gilson Will
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
The Grays Harbor Ministerel associ

The Grays Harbor Ministerel associa-
ton adopted resolutions at their last
meeting protesting against running
Sunday trains OH the Grays Harder
divislor. The reverend gentlemen
point OIL that the people of those
towns would rather 20 to church on
Sunday thai ride on trains, and fast
freight can lie hauled OH week days.
In answer To the plea that Sunday
mail is ne ded the preachers rel ly
that in case Of necessity for communi-
cation on Sunday the telephone can
be used.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04


"The gladdest day in all my life was that
day Bonnie come.
Though when his ma was made MY wife
my blood was tingln' some:
How cute and beautiful he was, a-layin'
there asleep!
/ had to jst kneel down beside his little
bed and weep,
Bee ,use felt so good, you know! prom
ised God that day
That / would leave the way below-The
broad and sinful way.
''How proud we was to show our boy-l
mean his ma and l.
Each day he brought us greater JOY ana
raised us lords the sky!
We hadn't RELY lived before he come to
make us glad,
The bind.n' link between US was that happy
little tad;
We lived fer him, we saved fer him, in
every way we knew, :.
Day in, day out, / slayed Ter him. wen
pleased to do it, too.
1--WE planned a grand career fer him, his
happy ma and me
Want nothin' too good here fer him. as
fur as we could see:
He'd got TO go away to school-to college
so we planned,
He'd got to have the best Of all a-goin' in
the land,
And so we saved and shaved away and sent
him off at last
l guess that I was proud the day heard
my boy had passed!
Hes home agen to stay awhile, until
vacations through;
He's learned lot concernin' style. he's
kind of distant, too;
He brought another chap along, they're
college chums, you know:
They ride the horses round, and gol! how
they do make 'em go!
It's harvest time. but, somehow. they don't
sort of seem to care;
While must stay and work away they
gallivant somewhere.
MY back was lame as It could be from
putin in the hay;
I overheard them talk Of me-this hap
pened yesterday!
My boy l used to carry round and pray
for every night
My boy that have battled for and loved
with all my might
He said: My folks are good and kind, as
you have seen, but, oh.
I'm sorry they are not refined. as yours are.
you KNOW
my gladdest day was that day when I
learned a fathers love,
The day God sent my little Ben down to
me from above!
I've shaved fer him, I've saved fer him;
I held his little hand,
And guided his first steps; for him I've
laid awake and planned!
When he was near the sky was fair; I've
prayed beside his bed
. God of Love, why was there to hear
them words he said!
IS. E. kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
New Blood niseaae.

Technology, comparatively new
medical term, is knowledge of blood
and disease as evidenced by the chang -
observed in blood. 1t has already maze
such advances that many diseases may
be recognized by examination of tile
blood. From mere observation of u
relative number of leucocytes (wi,:..
blood corpuscIes) and erythrocyt<s
(red blood corpuscles) it has advanced
to elaborate analysis of other elements
OF the blood and the recognition OF bod
les foreign to normal blood. This 'ology
promises to be of especial value to man
kind in giving early warning Of disease
otherwise not manifest and showing
the advance or decline Of abnormal con-
ditions; s.. Iopis deal and Surgical
journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04
AGENTS WAN ED-FOR ..THF

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-04

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Eiy's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostr1ls, cleanses and heals the whole sur
lace over which it diffuses itself. DRUGGISTS
sell the Soc. size; Trial size by mail. 10
cents Test it and you arc sure TO continue
the treatment.
Announcement,
10 accommodate those who are partial
70 the use of atomizers in applying LIQUIDS
INTO the nasal passages for cdta,vfal tross-
0tes, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm In
liquid form, which win be known as Elyss
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is Is cents. Druggists Or bv
mail The liquid form embodies the med
ac'nal properties Of The solid preparation.
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THOMAS ]. OWEN. Aucr., sla F ST. NV.

Lots IN ,, sIYIyERsITY aEIG ]BRook
POTOMAC WATER, GAS. ETC
Of @ d Walker a of f. h
efea and e t1 Tsa
all recorded in the land records of the District Il
No 1926, folio 4s5 ct seq: in Lber No 1S4O folio
~ ct seq; in Ilher No. 1880 folio 10 ct seq; in
folio PSI seq, and at the request of the parties
secured thereby, We the undersigned trustees, will
T isH Is Ri LAY Of fTTn Of , ss PTs%,ss on
ING AT THREE O'CLOCK PM. at which hour we
will sell Lot number six %, in block number
"a. Immediately thereafter will sell lots num-
bered three g, and four 40 In block number twelve
!12 Imme lately thereafter We will sell lot num-
thereafter W. will sell lot number three in block
number fifteen C5). Immediately thereafter we Will
block number fifteen G5,. described as follows:
on ns of es
Of 9s said lot and running thence north 4o7a feet,
erly 1928 feet to the southernmost point of lot
number IT; thence in straight line to the place
Of beginning All Of said above mentioned lots and
Wsse Of tgusees Recorded sbdiyison of tract
CT land called university Heights, recorded in
s shs Gs b OF aS folio ST.
Terms If sale: One-third Of the purchase money
cash In equal ~ Is. IN
chaser secured the property sold, with interest
Of soS on sach os At
time of sale. Al conyeyancing stamps and record
ing a. cost 70 be s 9rs with
the right to resell at risk and cost Of default
'1' ''' hEpFoRD W. WALKER, Trustee.
J. HENRY BROOKS Tss..ses NV
my81-dts 400 Of. NV.
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SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF A YALUABLE
PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TWELFTH STREET BETWEEN N
AND STREETS NORTHWEST, KNOWN AS
NO 1341 TWELFTH STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of a deed in trust and the authority
therein given t. US from Ann Hall and others
dated February 20, 1897, and recorded on the 29th
one Of the land records Of the District Of Column
bia the undersigned will Sell at public auction to
the highest bidder. in front Of the premises, on
MONDAY. JUNE EIGHTEENTH, 1900. AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the following described valuable
piece Of real estate situate the east side Of
Twelfth street west between n and streets
north, in the city of Washington, District of Co
lumbia, viz: All that part parcel of lot num-
bered six 49,, In square numbered three hundred
metes and bounds: Beginning for the same at a
point on Twelfth street west forty (40) feet south
from the northwest corner Of said lot thence
said lot: thence running north twenty (20J feet;
thence running west nnetyf t95) feet to the line
Of said Twelfth street, and thence running SOUTH
by the line Of said Twelfth street. twenty (20) feet
to the place Of beginning. containing one thousand
nine hundred Il 300 square feet.
Terms of sale: One-thrd Of the purchase price
in cash, and the balance in two equal installments
payable at six and twelve months, with six per
cent interest, to be secured by deed of trust on
the premises sold. all cash, at the option of
the purchaser. All conveyancing. recording and
revenue stamps to be at the purchasers cost. The
terms of sale must he complied with within fifteen
days. otherwise the property will be resold ut the
risk and cost of the defauting purchaser.
CLIFTON n. BIGEL0w, Trustee,
494 Louisiana ave.
je5-d&ds 344 D st. NV.
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THOMAS BOWLING, AUcTIoNEER.

PARTS OF A VERY VALUABLE TRACT NEAR
U. s. OBSERVATORY. KNOWN AS MASSA-
CHUSETTs AVENUE EXTENSION TRACT
1892. duly made, executed and delivered by Belle
Bsteman to Treadwell Cleveland. Frank W. Hack
EFT and Henry. H: Wells, trustees, and duly re-
lumbia. at Liber 1711. folio 81 ct seq, default
therein secured, and at the request Of parties
thereby secured, the undersigned. surviving trus-
rooms Of Thomas Bowling. No. 812 street north
west. in the city Of Washington. District Of Co
lumbia; at THREE O'CLOCK Pm: OF TUES
interest Of said Belle Bateman (being about and
not less than fourteen onehnndredths Q41OO) parts
Of the whole tract, in those certain pieces or
the District of Columbia known Massa chusetts
avenue extension said tract containing about two
hundred and forty-seven (247 acres Of land, more
less said parcels Of land and premises being
more fully described In those two certain deeds.
one made by William c. Hill and wife to John W.
Thompson ct al, trustees, dated April IS. 1884,
folio so. and the other made by Ezra W. Clark and
wife to John W. Thompson ct al. trustees. dated
April II, 1884. and recorded in said land records
in Liber 1885, folio 7S.
paid In cash at the time Of the delivery Of the
deed, and the balance Of said purchase money in
one two and three years from the date Of sale.
semi-annuafly. The deferred payments to be repre-
scented by notes of the purchaser, and secured BY
deed Of trust on the property. or all cash at the
be required at time of sale. These terms must be
complied with within twenty days from date of
SALE the trustees reserve the right to resell Mt
the risk and cost of ths defanlting purchaser Or
DN'''''-'' " TREADwEIL CLEVELAND.
FRANK W. IlAs;K,Eg i,us..s.
my14 10 % te2 o 16 10 d o. 25
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for the enforcement of the order should
have "a day in court >"

for the enforcement of the order should
have "a day in court"
The Letter Endorsed.
Upon DR.. Kobers letter appear the fol-
lowing Endorsements:
Il concur with Dr. Kober in the opinions
expressed in the within statement and es-
pecially as to the efficacy of the preventive
measures now in force in this District
SAMUEL C. BUSEY'
LAS the effort to rid this city of hydro
phobia in dogs has been begun 1t seems to
be unwiSe to suspend the muZZling order
until the expiration Of the time first de-
termined upon. So fatal is the disease in
human beings that every effort to eradi-
cate 1t is justifiable.
wv w. JOHNSTON.
&c. l.. MAGRUDER.''
1T has been my misfortune to have seen
cases of hydrophobia in man and the lower
animals. and l regard this disease more
terrible than the bubonic plague. AS we
are endeavoring to suppress this malady in
every way known to scientists, who have
but one object in view, viz, relief from
human suffering, so we should do every
thing possible to eXterminate this disease.
/ hope, therefore, that the tax and muzzle
laws will both be renewed and rigidly en-
forced. z. T. Sewers"
Il heartily indorse this letter and trust
the law requiring dogs to be muzzled will
be rigidly enforced until rabies in animals
in the District Of Columbia has been eradi-
Gated. SAMUEL S. ADAMS
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JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.

AND UNIMPRovED REAL EsTATE-BRiCK
STORES AND DWELLINGS. Nos. LAG C ST
Sc. AND 300 9TH ST. Sc; BRICK DWELL
INGS. NOS 1910, 1912 AND 1914 c ST Sc
1412 ST s s;IiY 10 1872 IS ST Ne ss4 9TH ST
ST, LIE DROIT PARK. UNIMPROyED PROP
ERTY-1bTH AND f Sc. d ST. BET. 10TH
AND 18TH SITS. LIE, 18th ST. BET. AND
SITS. Sc, KENTUCKY AVE. NEAR f ST
Sc. AY n ON THE CORNER OF 9Th AND E
The undersigned. trustees. will SELL at public
auction in front of the respective premises on
THURSDAY. FOURTEENTH DAY OF JUNE 1000,
COMMENCING AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, the following described real estate in Wash.
'n kss is = So isa; 10. "a. q sss
Lot 90 So east SO. 1912.
On the SAME DAY. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM
Lots and %. 50. 1889.
Lot 10, So 1868.
On the SANE DAY. AT SIX O'CLOCK Pm
Lot 1873. SO. $50.
On 'i F r. 3 e. FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE. AT
HALF-PAsT -FOUR O'CLOCK PM
SAME DAY. AT FIVE O'CLOCK
Lot 81. block Is. lie Dreit Park" together
Terms: One-third cash. the balance In one and
two years, with interest from date Of sale ut 0go
per annum, secured BY deed Of trust the re-
spective premises all cash, at option Of the pur
at the time Of sale. Terms to be compiled with
In Is days. All conveyancing. stamps. &C., at the
wv " ~ BATES WARREN.
]. j. DARLINGTON,
CLARENCE A. BRANDENBURG.
fekd&da Trustees.