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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-02-24
Story Of a Slava.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains Of disease is the worst
form Of slavery. George D. Williams.
of Manchester, Mich. tells how such q
slave was made free. He says: my
wife has been 30 helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles Of
Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully i'm
proyed and able to do her own work. {"
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness. Sleep
lessness. melancholy, headache, back.
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is q godsend
to weak, sicklY, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. OILY 80
cents. Sold by NJ NJ Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-02-24

Delay In the treatment Of bronchitis,
which generally begins with a chill.
hot feverish attacks and feeling OF
exhaustion. develops into very serious
complications. Pain-Killer taken In
hot water, as we'll az rubbing the chest
with it clear, will speedily cure. Avoid
sc bstitutes, there is but one Pain
Killer, Perry Davis. Price 25c. and
sos
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-02-24
YOU GAIT LOSE

When You buy Cookies Syrup
Wild Cherry and Acetone. IL
never dissppoints. II 1t does
we won't disappoint you when
we say we will refund your
money II you get no relief
There are lots Of Cough Syrups
at lots Of prices, but there are
not lots Of guarantees. Our
guarantees are ss good as gold.
JOHNSTON q PEARSON.
Druggists.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-02-24
Weather forecast for Fred
ericksburo and oicinitV.

SaturdayprO6ablg rain, 'oeSt
qciRdS.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28
50 Oil Companies in One!
Stock RedeemabIe
on Demand in Gold
at Purchase Price.

Don't
o on pack
All paid a
Of first paymen
This il made in to backlt
will be faithfully
Consolidated Petroleum
policy.
will dollar
will stable because the will ny
policy o gold redemption
Any corporation that has faith in itself and in its
for are tn
0 h oil fields weenO nd San Diego
| owl royal son cres leased to capitai
i 800 hareso stock in fly eectelc
frs to California
o in
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

''Mch. 10Th. | have given up hope
My doctors say they can do nothing
more for me. | am ~ years of age, My
life is wreck OF misery. Pains in my
back, soreness across bowels, stomach
trouble, fainting spells, with heart dis
ease and terrible troubles known tc
women My little children can't spare
me; will your MulPs Pioneer Cure help
me?
June Sth. Mull's Pioneer Cure saved
my life. | cannot praise it enough it is
a wonderful remedy, miracle. Mrs.
Groves, Stouts Mills, w. Va" For sale
by Taft K Taft and w J. Rosf A dol
lar draft IN each $l.00 box; cash it il
medicine fails.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28
California Consolidated
Petroleum Company

possible the
California
FIFTY
5000
By FIFTY
we divide risks, and thus multiply profits.
California richer oil than
gold
selves
sold originally nominal made An
holders liability.
days
took cen
Why
field o
California Consolidated and
the of the the
This
rl OIL Company all
ADVANCED 81 block
sale sold.
Should a
Will
served 5 n selling took
Purchasers price
application
10 shares sold Pospeetu and bylaws mailed application
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28
Cut Rates TO Westport.

On and after July 1st, 1900, the Nor
thern Pacific Railway will put on sale at
this point tickets from North Yakima to
Westport aud return at $500, tickets be-
ing good for sixty days. These tickets
will not be good for return unless signed
on the back by the purchaser in the
presence of and stamped by the purser OF
the steamer plying between Hoquism
and Westport. 22-St
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

"Ife isn't nearly so bright as he thinks
he is" said the young woman who dis
cusses her acquaintance.
NO." answered Miss Cayenne, "and
that's very fortunate circumstance. Ii
he were, we couldn't look at him with
out using piece Of smoked glass"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

The new theatre calls for dress suits.
Every gentleman in the city should be
the possessor of one. r. ]. Curry, the
tailor. will be pleased to take your meas.
ure and quote you prices.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

second cutting of hay is approaching at
the growth-rate of an inch day. 1t is a
wonderful country and is going to be the
richest part OF Yakima. There is con-
siderable sickness including some typhoid
and the doctors are somewhat puzzled to
account for it as in the past it has been a
very healthful section.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

f. Blackburn, President
dated Petroleum Company achieved Inauguration
Hon vii Harris President
Fred L. Johnson, though
the of this
Railroad which
salts o and
Los rom
o SAM S 1ates % his
NJ
Los New
epositor
oranyb al n
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

a Question OF Funis-"My doctor
ordered trip to Europe for me-" "Dd
you follow his direction" mo. He
presented his bill, and then took the trip
to Europe himself"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28

The Difference-'I'm glad said the
green delegate, ito be one OF those who
will nominate President. "My son, =
said the old Senator impressively. "you
err. You will not nominate; you will
participate in ratification"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-06-28
We Divide Your Risks
and Multiply Your Profits.

The rich
The the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
Calvinism.


The letter Of the Reverend Newell
Dwight Hills of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, resigning from the Chicago
presbytery and from the Presbyterian
church, on the ground that he could
no longer subscribe to certain leading
Calvinistic doctrines, expresses his
belief that business men are drifting
away from the Presbyterian church.
Rather than give up the Westminster
confession the church is losing from
its ministry, absolutely honest men
like Doctor Hills and from its lay
membership men and women who are
not creatively as distinguished as
Doctor Hills and who have his char,
acteristic Of exigent honesty. 10 SUBJ
scribe sOlemnly to a confession that
no one believes in, is revolving to the
fastidiOus conscience. Business men
in general know very little about the
higher criticism, but If they are sue
cessful it is because of their con-
formity to the rules of common sense
and the higher criticism is only that
and science and history applied to
Bible understanding. Business men
will not subscribe to what does not
seem reasonable and their withdraw
al, il the confession is insisted upon
will be felt more and more in the next
hundred years by a church which has
a most noble history.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07

stantly swelling volume, we must
take heed of it. This question is we'll
understood by the people. Support.
ers Of this bill cannot lay the flatter-
ing JUNCTION to their souls that the
editors of the great newspapers do
not understand it quite as well as we
do. The people understand il. too,
and understand il WE'LL"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
. . .
The Queens Overtures.

A very old lady and yet how serene
ly the Queen opposed the ministers
who objected to her trip to Ireland
and to the privilege of the shamrock.
She should have gone years ago,
though she knew lrishmen did not
love her. 1t is human to avoid an un-
friendly atmosphere. but il the Queen
had gone to Ireland before and more
frequently the understanding be-
tween England and Ireland might
not be so deep. The Irish troops with
their Irish officers fought for '.the
widow so well that the still impul-
sive Queen wanted to do something to
express her gratitude. Irishmen ap-
pear to love Ireland better than them
selves, so the Queens wOmanly plan
OF honOring that which they honor
and love most is sound. Friends of
the English and Irish are hoping that
this visit may be the beginning of a
reconciliation between them whose
interests are so nearly identical. The
lrish-American hatred Of England
has always seemed more rhetorical
than real. Their very iteration of
grievance suggests, that they fear
that they will forget it. In the sue.
cessful occupation and direction of
another country, the Irish-American
has 10 blow on his disapproval of Eng.
land all the time to keep it alive.
For old injustice loses strength and
the Irishman on alien soil is still an
Englishman.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
PREPARATORY.

Bookkeeper-Your wife is at the door.
sir. and would like to speak to you a
uomeut.
Mr.. Sellers-Yee; just see what nv
balance at the bank is, will you THE
Bazar.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
SHE'D FIND IL.

Doctor. my wife has lost her voice:
what can l do about it? p
"Go home late some night The
Bazaar.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07

know to be worthless; but the fellow,
who knows the woman better than
We do, considers that he has thrown
himself away. We know the fellow.
but we de not know the woman"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07

other exalted officials. When the
boys begin to vote they are Influenced
by these early teachings, they consult
their consciences, and consequently
these frs: votes and the purity OF the
men who deposit votes have come to
be distinct element in nominations.
The youngsters find out by the time
they deposit their second presidential
vote that their vote is frequently only
choice of evils. and that the voter
is to the machine as one man TO a
cOrlIss engine. The Chicago Record
endeavOred to advise the citizens of
Chicago what councilmen to vote for
in the recent city election. After
many names was printed "Don't
vote" and the editor explained that
the candidates were corrupt. but sup
ported by so powerful machine that
it was not worth while to vote. The
older. larger, richer cities, of course
possess the largest and most perfect
machines, but for pace of its size
Lincoln has very creditable. hand.
some, and most effective machine.
Puerto Rico.
There are very few papers in this
country whose editors are not de.
nouncing the Puerto Rican tariff leg
islation. Puerto Rico either belongs
to the United States or it does not.
The federal government might as
justly discriminate against Nebraska
as against Puerto Rico. 1t is diff.
cult at any time to learn the wishes
of the people. Demagogues announce
that the people want this or that and
fail to prove it. But when the news
papers all over the country, republi-
can and democratic denounce any &C
tion or lack Of it, it is good politics
for the president and congress to lis
ten. For all the papers, not this one
or that one, but all the papers are the
great folk-meeting of the people.
When the north, south. east and west
shout denppeiatien in sae Y5,te so
that the words can be distinguished,
congress and the president must lis
ten On peril of immediate and over
whelming disfavOr. The United
States made certain representations
and promises to the government Of
Puerto Rico. If a republican presi-
dent and congress break those prom
ises, for the sake of protected in.
dustries in this country, no machin-
cry and no men can put the president
back again when his time is up. The
tariff is unrighteous and the attempt
to impose it on helpless Puerto Rico.
has profoundly shocked the moral
sense of the whole people. The re.
publican cartOoniSts. leader writer's
and political essayists are trying to
the Influence of the trusts
before it is too late. Most of them
believe that il is not the time for
apologies but for arguments and ev:-
dence that the country at large is
opposed to injustice and bad faith.
The tobacco and sugar dealers Of this
country are alarmed for fear their
profits may be decreased. All the
rest of the people resent the assault
on the dignity Of America.
Senator Cushman X. Davis Of Min
nesots, chairman Of the committee
on foreign relations is bravely and
opposing the tariff. He
said that from the time the measure
was reported to the house until today
a tide of nrnteSt had risen against it
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
A Melancholy Man.


A Melancholy Man.
In "The Story of Country Town."
the author fails to express any of The
joy of life and there is joy as well as
misery 10 living. There is great
satisfaction in watching the develop
ment Of life, even though it be our
own. 1t is like listening TO an in
teresting story whose denoument is
always unexpected, whose finale can
never be determined in advance, a
story with plot laid by villains and
thwarted by the good, story set in
prairies or mountains or by the sea.
Rich or poor, ignorant or wise, black
or white none know what is going to
happen. The men and women ofsMr.
Howe's story are not interested in
life. They have no curiosity. They
do not enjoy the prairies or the sky.
They betray no recognition of them
selves as part of the drama. They
fall in love lifelessly. From youth TO
the grave they are depressed. A good
business, and good and pretty wife
does not cheer up the hero who is still
haunted by the accumulated griefs
that have afflicted him since his
Lirth. Life as Ed. Howe sees it is
certainly not worth while. In sum-
ming up the joys and sorrows of eX-
istence almost everyone forgets to
include the surprises and the new
ness of every day-the absolute i'm
penetrahility of the plot. The uncon-
fessed, perhaps unrecognized interest
with which Mr.. Howe observes men
and women, and affairs is what in
duced him to write a book in the first
place. The gloom of his tempera-
ment is unrelieved. None Of the
characters have to prove their guilt.
The hero's father is taciturn and the
hero never RECEIVERS from the childish
mood of believing him criminal and
suspicion finally drives the father to
his foreordained crime. A sincere
cynic, Mr.. Howe neither in his books
nor in his newspaper attempts to con-
ceal bis distrust and dislike of hui
manity. His recent announcement
OF disbelief in the Christian religion
is somewhat superauous. So cheerful
an hypothesis Of life and death and
immortality is not calculated TO at
tract a mind that loves darkness
rather than light. sees evil to the ex-
clusion of good temperamentally and
crystalizes it in epigrams: There is
only one grade of men; they are all
contemplate. The judge may seem
to be superior creature so long as
he keeps at a distance, for l have
never known one who was not con-
stantly trying to look wise and grave,
but when you know him you find
there is nothing remarkable about
him except plug hat, a respectable
coat, and great deal Of vanity; in
duced by the servility Of those who
EXPECT favors. "We are sometimes
unable to understand why a pretty,
little woman marries a fellow we
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07

she be caught again she will be again
liberated, for is she not subject to
emotional insanity? Murder is muir.
der whether committed by man or
a woman. Dinsmore's crime IN in
tention was no more heinous than
Miss HOrlocker's. At least he did not
try to kill whole neighborhoOd. His
victims were the two people who in
terfered with what he thought his
happiness. A great deal Of horror
was expressed when the autopsy con-
firmed the doctors statements that
Guiteau, the murderer OF Garfield, had
a diseased brain. His execution was
better than an acquittal. For the
latter course would have meant the
sure death of one or more healthy,
human beings with better title to
life. A case OF homicidal mania in
man or woman, when once discovered
should be isolated. For against a
maniac society has no protection un-
less the patient is confined.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
A Naive Announcement.


A Naive Announcement.
Admiral Dewey at six O'Clock on
Tuesday evening said to World
reporter: 81 realize that the time
has arrived when / must definitely
define my position. "----
Since studying this subject am con-
WINGED that the Office of president is
not such very difficult one to fill, his
duties being mainly to execute the
laws Of congress. -- -
/ should execute the laws of congress
as faithfully as have always execut,
ed the orders OF my superiOrs." When
the reporter asked him on what plat
form he stood, the Admiral replied
that be had already said too much.
Admiral Dewey has not asked Pre-.
sident McKinley's opinion about the
difliculties Of the presidency. Mrs.
Dewey has apparently convinced the
contidipg and unsophisticated Ad.
miral that presidents duties and
difficulties are not complex but con.
sist entirely in the execution of the
laws passed by congress. With the
directness and sincerity exhibited by
all great soldiers from Alexander the
Great to Ulysses Grant, Admiral
Dewey has accepted the hundreds Of
letters which he has received from
friends asking him TO become a can
didate for the nomination as a genu-
inc and bipartisan invitation from the
country. to accept the presidency of
the United States 1t is doubtful if
he cares what party dominates him.
From bis standpoint it does not mat
ter. because according to the Admiral
he can do only what congress in
Structs him. The almost unlimited
power Of initiating legislation. the
negative power OF tie Veto the ap=
pointing power, and the absolutism Of
the executive i'm war time were not
referred to by the Admiral. Politi-
clans. old stagers in society and every
one with enough experience of So
ciety and politics realizes that Mrs.
Dewey has been rejecting upon the
advantages that pertain to the only
royalty in America. Suspicion Of
such an influence and the Admirals
refusal to announce any convictions
will make his nomination more Diff
cult than the hasty impression
gathered from the enthusiasm Dew
ey's name still produces, would in
dictate.
The Machine.
A good machine that can be de-
pended upon, that works easily and
rapidly is as indispensable in politics
as it is in commerce. The political
machine is nothing but organization
i'm charge Of sleepless engineer. The
people are often restless when the
machine is working the most easily
and irresistibly.
The political engine is now at work
to make United States senator from
Nebraska, and the chances are that
it will again demonstrate the superb
ority Of cog-wheels, rods and oil to
unOr4anized and diversely directed
man power.
There are Old-fashioned believers
10 the fiction that this is government
OF all the people, who distrust all
machines and disbelieve still in their
efficiency. But for large contracts
there is nothing SO useful and relia-
BILE as machine i'm perfect condition
n nd N no nfo
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07

Admiral Dewey at six o'clock on
Tuesday evening said to World
reporter: 81 realize that the time
has arrived when / must definitely
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-07
Puerto Rico.

profits may be decreased. All the
rest of the people resent the assault
on the dignity Of America.
Senator Cushman X. Davis of Min
nesots, chairman of the committee
on foreign relations is bravely and
consistently opposing the tariff. He
said that from the time the measure
was reported to the house until today
a tide of protest had risen against it
and that protest had eliminated in
righteous Indignation. 1t had come
from every part Of the country and
from people in every walk Of life and
1t was based upon the principles that
Puerto Rico, in all the circumstances
should have free trade with the Unit.
Ell States.
81 think" said Mr.. Davis, 81 would
be as firm as anybody under sudden,
transitory, public manifestation Of
feeling, but wben that sentiment
speaks to us week after week in con-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-06

the discovery that the lower sash was
not properly hung, this fear was in
creased. The sash went up all right,
but,N after a little while, came down
with a sudden rush. George had been
promising to write to the landlord
about it, but had forgotten from day to
day. She had felt sure that he would
remember when he paid the rent, and
she was d~readfully disappointed, al
did not matter much; the sash would
be fixed long before they could afford
to furnish the room.
The baby was restless that night,
and kept Marjory awake long after
George vas sound asleep. 1t was
warm and the windows in their cham
Der were wide open. At last the child
slept well, but it's wakefulness seemed
transferred to it's mother. She lay with
eyes shut, trying her best to fall asleep,
when suddenly she heard a stealthy
step on the porch. She was out of
bed and at the window in a twinkling,
listening with all her might. Surely
ohC ACoAo IL VI l1C oIdWt1
room window turn and the window
gently raised. Then the heavy sash
came down with a thud. there was a
groan and a muttered curse.
Marjory was thoroughly frightened
now, and ran to wake her husband.
George, George!" she cried, shaking
him. wake up; somebody is break
ing in downstairs"
1t was quite a little while before she
could Gus him sufficiently to make
him understand, then he had to get his
pistol, and Marjory feared lest the
dining room should be looted and the
thief gone before they arrived on the
scene. In spite of Georges protests
she followed close at his heels. She
need not have worried, the drawing
room window was to serve her in good
stead. There across the sill, pinned
down by the sash, lay the burglar,
with his head in the room and his feet
barely touching the floor of the We
randa. On the drawing oom floor were
a burglar kit and a dark lantern. The
mans face was covered with a black
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-06
Feminine Financiering.

While the coachman was having his
vacation his employer made sudden
announcement to his family that he
sula on pressing business. Naturally
enough he omitted to state that he
was going in an improvised fishing
party. Here's some money, Man."
and he stopped to produce it, though
he had to quit packing a valise that
he had been stufting as though he
were baling hay. Hire a man to
take care of the barn till Peter comes
back and use the rest of it as you
want to-" When he was gone she,
having the usual Napoleonic financial
ability of her sex, promptly decided to
look after the barn herself and put the
money thus saved into a beautiful
summer dress that she did not need.
That evening it rained and she tripped
to the stables in a macintosh that
she tossed on thu nearest part of the
nearest horse. in lieu of a convenient
peg, and vas Immediately kicked a
dozen feet in a straight line. The
cook ran out and displayed her pres
ence of mind by turning the hose on
her mistress and playing it on her
until she had to revive in order not
to drown. When it came to putting
hay down into the managers the cook
fell headforemost into the funnel
shaped chute made for this purpose,
and most of her blood had g~ravitated
to her brain before the people in the
block, two policemen a contractor,
and a veterinary surgeon had res
cued her. She is in bed under medi-
cal care, the wife is being treated for
a general confusion of the body, and
the returned coachman is under extra
pay to assure the husband that every
thing went off nicely.-Detroit Free
Press.