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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
sovereign Grand Lodge, I. 0. o. T. Reduced
ratae an Z a. p r

rates on r. F, &. P R. r.
The r ,F&.P. R. r will sell tickets
from stations on its line 20 Richmond,
Va, and return Sept 18Th, 10th,
and 17th. final limit Sept. 25th, at
rate Of one fare for round trip.
For the Grand parade on afternoon
Of Sept 19th, tickets will be sold on
Sept. 18Th and foI morning trains Of
10Th. at one fare rate, good to return
until Sept goth inclusive All tickets
limited to continuous passage in each
direction
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
HEADQUARTERS FOR
BUILDING MATERIALS.

1 keep all kinds OF North Carolina ard Vir-
s,ois Timber. dressed and undressed, shin
sies. iaths. sash, Doors and KINDS Line
cemeut Calcine Plaster. Fiasterius haI'
a1oHuy cat and " ire Nails. all kinds Ready
S,Ted Paints and Dry Paint, Linseed VI!
Tlrpentinc. Dryer Narnish snd lew q, 81, 3 3.
IA paint brushes of all KINDS, mdOw
, - e~d putty. BuiIders' Hardware OF al
kinds. Tar Roofing and Shestning Paper.
Harm wagons. Road Carts "usf les'
Largo '''''' b. D. COLE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
Richmond, fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad.
leave Northw ard.


sic A. n. daily, no local stops.
TW A. VI. daily. no local stops.
lOlS 4. N. sundays only, stops a. BROOKE
iG.lO A. NJ. daily except Sunday. no local
~ z. Nj. daily except Sunday, no local
Tsp. NJ. daily. NJ local stops. .,
Gn z. NJ. daily. stOps at Brooke and Nlde
water.
Leave southwark.
as A. NJ. daily. Atlantic cast Limo train.
9tops st Milford, DOswc ell and Ashlaho, Heth
dsys' An local stops on Sundays.
i2.a9P =. N. daily, Sab ard AIT Line tfain
via :. A. l.. Junction. Arrive no C.N'. hrOau
street station, Richmond
"a 4 N. Dali, except sunday. stops at
Milford. boswell ana Ashiah9' ,.. .t.
$40 T.. N. baby. ATTAIN lc 70 ~ LINE ''"'"'
s.Ops ~ boswell and Asnl"ud.
4 X y NJ Daily makes local Stops
an p NJ daily. Seao ard AIT Line tr-ln.
via \ A l. Junction. Arrive ai1.N nru'li
street station Richmond
Accommodate ON trains. pai ) except Sunday'
k1A.M .fcr hichmoad.
lOsi A. N. for Quautlco.
Is4g l.. II. for Ashland. -.-,.,.
mp N. tom Richmond FOR tr'ceri'Hs-
burg.
" p Taylor. Tra'hC Manager.
= ~ ID. Myors. PRESIDENT.
O. Q. COX, Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
New Advertisement.

See ad. of T. r. Oovington, who wants
to sell horses or exchange them for cat
tie.
j. NJ. Thompson & 90. the Old Re-
tables, will give an excursion from
Richmond TO Washington via r., f.
& P 4. r on Monday, October let.
Read their ad.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
The FAIR

It opens Two Weeks from TO day-Get your
Exhibits Ready and Send In Your En-
tries.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-11
Entered at the Postoffioe at Frederioks-
burg. Va, as second class matter.

All communications of every character
should loo addressed 10 THE FREE LANCE"
Fredericksburg, Va.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

An exhibit of the work of the New
York public school children Is
to form part of the school exhibit OF
the United States at the Paris Exposi-
ton. The work of the school children
of the five boroughs has been arranged
On cards that are to be mounted in win g
frames on the wall. There are also 70
albums, together with 200 other books.
showing the progress in each study
through fourteen years OF instruction.
Thebranches of work shown by the cards
are manual training and drawing, ply
siology, cooking, sewing, kindergarten
work, and high-school work, the latter
being chiefly COL tributed by the Brook
Ign schools. Three thousand dollars
has been spent on the projectoscope
feature and the entire exhibit has cost
S13, 900 in all. The exhibit will open
the eyes of the old world.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

THE value of special commercial
education to fit young men for bust
mass careers or for duties in the gov
ernment service lie exemplifed by the
action of the New York CT amber OF
commerce and Colum bia univer-
sity. AT the suggestion of the former,
collegiate course will be established
Offering to young men the special
training that is desired, and no doubt
young men will profit by the op.
por:unity. With the advance Of trade
in every direction the need of experts
becomes more and more evident, and
the opportunities for men who have
made specialists of themselves along
commercial lines have become great
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

ALTHOUGH the electric railway in
the city OF Mexico only began opera
lions last month, it's business has been
SO great as to warrant a considerable
extension of the line. Specifications
for additions to the power house and
the line have alre ady been Issued, and
while it has not yet been determined
to what extent the additions will even
tually be carried, the present expendi-
ture will be in the neighborhood OF
$3.50, 600. The city of Mexico Is para
gon of progressiveness.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
SOCIALISM A FAILURE

MAYOR Sam Jones of Toledoisquiver-
ing from a severe shock. He has dis.
covered, to his great chagrin, that his
employees are not quite ready for the
golden rule brand of socialism. The may
or, Gays the Kansas City Journal, H.
stitued a plan some five years ago
whereby each man employed in his
Acme Sucker Rod shops pays one per
cent OF his salary, the firm contribut-
ing an amount equal to the total sum
collected and the aggregate forming a
fund from which funeral expenses
aud sick benefits ara paid. The men
attend to the distribution without
direction from the firm.
The plan is beautiful one, but alas
for the weakness OF human nature it Is
failure. Even Mr.. Jones has admit
ted as much. He has been Investigate
ing the distribution of the funds and
finds thu the firm has been paying
half the cost Of great many cases of
artificial illness. 1t has been the
custom of many of the Acme Sucker
Rod company's employees to suspend
the golden rule at frequent intervals,
accumulate that white mans burden
which the worldly wayfarer calls jag,
and draw sick benefits while SOLDERING
off. Illness of that character is not
contemplated In Mr.. Jones's beneicent
plan, and he..waxed worth. On Tues
day his ire had reached the boil
ing point Heawent down to the works,
ordered the machinery stopped and as
sembled the men for lecture. He
told them what he had learned about
the prevalence of sickness among
them and said they were not ready
for socialism. OToo many of them were
base individualists with an appetite
for the fiery product of the monopolistic
still and If they got drunk hereafter
they would have to pay their own
sobering-off benefits.
Thus endeth another lesson IN sp-
plie1 ocialism. A few base thirsts
have spoiled what might have been q
most interesting experiment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
THE MONTGOMERY CONFERENCE

Nothing has been more striking in
in Montgomery upon the race pro-
blems of the south than the very great
interest of the press throughout the
country. Says The New York Journal,
in an editorial.
1.-THE effort Is full of hope
for the future. Ali parts OF the south
are to be represented by their most
thoughtful citizens. All elements in
politics and religion are to meet on
common ground and few distinguish
ed speakers from the north are to be
invited to attend. The hopeful thing
about this movement is that it origi
mates among southern men for the
study of problems with which the south
only is competent to deal. 1t is not the
result of the meddlesome interference
of outsiders who do not understand
what they are doing; 1t is an honest
attempt by the people most interested
TO find some way in which both races
can live in harmony to their mutual
advantage. Such an undertaking ought
to have the happiest results"
In addition to several prominent
The New York Times. after cordial
approval OF it says editorially:
"We are very clear that 1t is the
duty OF the men in the north who can
afford to aid In the work of education
in the south, to aid In that of the
whites as we'll as of the blacks. For
both, IL seems to US that Industrial
instruction and training are absolute
ly necessary. 1t is the condition OF
prosperity and progress for both
races
Full news articles or editorials have
also appeared in The Mail and Ex-
press, The Evening Post. The New
York World, The New York Herald,
The Review of Reviews, and other
repres tentative organs in New York
City. Practically, this conference
means discussion of the negro 9ues-
tIon in all its chief phases. 1t is un-
derstood that the conference will be
of white men: but 1t Is also understood
that the leading negroes of the south,
men like Booker T. Washington,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

heartily approve OF it. Undoubtedly
harm has been done in the past by
busy bodies from the north who have
felt that they had a duty to perform,
and who did not feel that their lack Of
knowledge of conditions made them
the.last persons In the world to solve
the negro problem.
The proposition of the promoters OF
the conference is, broadly speaking, &c
establish in the heart of the south an
institution which will educate the
public n ind and unity public opinion.
The projectors themselves are advo-
Gates of no particular theory or set OF
theories. They agree only that south.
ern opinion can best be educated and
harmonized by the serious, thoroug b
discussion OF conflicting beliefs. They
desire to create q perfectly free arena,
where the various theories may be
put in conflict, that the fittest may eur
vive.
Montgomery is a peculiarly appro-
pirate place for 1t. 1t WAS the original
capital of thu confederscy, and is at
present the capital of the state. To
a great extent, 1t has escaped the
transformations that have attended the
Industrial growth OF Birmingham and
the mercantile activities OF the gulf
coast. and still retains its character as
a center of Intellectual leadership and
q typical representative of southern
sentiments.
Il must not be supposed that the
purpose Of the conferen nee is primarily
to serve the negro, but quite as
much because the interests OF the
whole south require the solution
of the problem, and because the
question will be best solved, when it is
solved, not primarily for the negro, nor
prim arily for the white, but broadly,
without prejudice, as the
best interests of the whole south de-
mand
A feature Of the conference which is
most commendable is the effort In be
half of the poorer whites. The chill
dren of these people need the came
opportunities for industrial training
which have been extended to the ne
groes in such institutions as Hampton
and Tuskegee.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

LAST years GOAL production of the
United States was 25S, 500, $50 short
tons, as compared with PIC, ga .667 tons
in 1898, and 1So, ZOO. 600 tons in 1897.
This was an increase of more than 40 per
cent within two years. 10 1892 and in
1893, the coal product averaged almot I
1872 900, 600 tons each year, dropping of
to 152, 10000 tons in the democratic
year of business stagnation, 1894.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

JIMMY SMITH, messenger boy who lie
on his way to Pretoria with q resolu-
tion OF sympathy signed by the school
children of Philadelphia, has arrived
in Paris. 'See Paris and die" is a
saying of the Frenchmep and just how
Jimmy will get further than Paris
with the wheels OF an exposition going
around is problem
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

THERE is nothing the country so ur-
gently needs as great mercantile
marine. Congress should heed the
wishes of the people, the solicitation
OF great commercial and agricultural
organizations, the need of the nation,
aud pass The shipping bill at once.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

If you want shoe for ease go to
Rokahr Shoe company for pair made
of the new A merican leather known as
Valera calf, 109 Mesa Ave.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
Mexican Mineral. Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonors
and Western chihuahua Is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Cssas Gran.
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez a.
1925 daily except Sundays.
J. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Aeen,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

Have baby as well as yourself salts
fed by getting him the gooart that
gives him ell the comfort he needs.
They are the kind with the sleeping
feature and at Emerson & Berrien's.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

THE exhibit of confidence games at
the Paris exposition is said to beat the
best previous record by several points.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
Rio Grande HOtel-Las Cruces.

Mr.. G. A Tsndy, formerly OF the
Carson-Lewis hotel at Weatherford,
Texas, has assumed charge OF the
above hotel. The hotel has been re-
fitted and especial attention will be
given the travelling public
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

Corns, bunions and ingrowing nails
treated. ChirOpodist, at Morrow 3
barber shOD.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

JAPANESE are pouring into tie Pa
cifc states by thousands, and no Den
mis- Kearney stands at the golden gate
with club.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

THE Van Wyok presidential boom
flares up now and then, but 1t is not
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04

sufficiently luminous to light the east
ern democracy out of the cave Of
nrl0nrn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
1 'ss T1ist F sfAen'Su ELLISTON

Son of Electioneer one of the highest bred
and handsomest horses in America, will
serve at Ballinger & Longwell's stables
(San Francisco St. during present season
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
of each week; and at A. Courchesne's
ranch on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days of each week. This horse has no
superior in breeding in this country. He
was purchased some time since by a Mis-
souri, syndicate for SlO 900. He has a
record of PIT.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c
Today.

@. G, Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1907 G ST NV
Trustees sale Of ground at corner of l4th and d
sts ne. on Wcdnes sday, January 3, at 4:30 pm.
David +. Weaver and Walter 7. Weaver trustees.
James W. Ratcliffe Auct., 800 Pa. ave. NV
Chancery sale Of No. 1928 Madison st. NV, on
Wednesday, January 8, at 4:30 pm. George Fran
els Williams and Chas. W. Darr trustees.
q. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 140T ST. NV
Trustees sale Of real estate Tenn. n.e.,
on Wednesday, January 3, at 4:30 pm. Oscar
Luckett and George E. Fleming, trustees.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
CASE OF, HAZING.
Initiation of Il New Boy Punished bx



The four boys who were reported several
days ago for hazng Edward Mcfarland on
llth street southeast were tried in Judge
himbalPs court this afternoon Their
names were given as Fred Spicer, Buck
Purcell John Griggs and William Taylor.
That Mcfarland was 'initated' soon
after he moved to the neighborhood of 1lth
and NJ streets tlBi.iefsndants admitted 1t
was shown to thssat isfaction of the court
that the defendant Gaggs applied the yell
low paint to McfTarland after his clothing
had been remove1. ne denied that he was
willing to be paiited. although several bows
who were mentioned. as members of the
gang said he made no objection until the
paint got on his trousers.
I'VE always initiate new boys in the
neshborhood, declared one of the wit
neses. and Mcfarland was a new bow
Il was initate ted when 1 was boy,' said
Mr. Mullowny, the prosecuting attorney.
"A heart was tatooed on my arm against
my Will. and WAS proud of it when i was
boy, but am not so proud of it now.'
More than eT>boys We're questioned,
and they told of IoW they had been in
itiated by the same crowd. Different colors
OF pant had been used on some of them
others had been bumped" in some cases
tobacco juice was used, while one boy was
covered with moiasSeS in not weather and
was made to feed flies for an hour.
Judge kimbai. in commenting on the
case. said the testimony showed the exist
ence of a horrible condition of affairs.
which would certainly have to be stopped
Griggs was fined S5 and the personal bonds
OF the other boys were taken.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
Tomorrow.

Thomas ]. Owen Auct e13 st. n.w.-Trustees'
sale Of No. 178i 9Th ST. NV. On Thursday, Janu-
ary 4, at 4:S0 pm. John S. SwOrmstedt and
Thomas W. Fowler, trustees.
Thomas Bowling g. Co., Aucts., 6l2 Z st. NV
Trustees sale Of No. 1907 Clifton st. NV, on
Thursday. January 4, at pm. Walter V. r.
Berry, surviving trustee.
G. G. Sloan & c., Aucts., 1897 G ST. NV
Trustees sale of No. 144I ST. NV. on Thursday,
January T. at 4:3c pm. Oscar Luckctt and James
A. Cahil trustees.
Marcus Notes Auct., 6S7 La. ave. n.w.-Sale of
household furniture, etc, Thursday, January 4,
10 am, at auction rooms.
J. G. Sinclair, Auet., 626 La. ave. n.w.-Sale Of
household effects, carpets, etc., Thursday, jan
uary 4, at 10 am, at auction rooms
Evening star., 1900-01-03

If you want work read the want columns
Of The Star.
Evening star., 1900-01-03

Complaint was made some time ago TO the
District Commissioners by the Arlington
Fire Insurance Company that the wall Of
its building had been damaged by the Cap
ia! building and Repair Company in tear
ing down the structure next door formerly
occupied by the Department of Justice
The last named company. according to
report of the building inspector, completed
the brickwork and plastering in repairing
Evening star., 1900-01-03

The admirable advantages
of this great shoe store grow
more apparent every day. Its
immense stock-and what is
yet more important-the end
less variety and the exclusive
ness of the styles-thc perfect :
facilities for Selling-make
this the ONE headquarters
for all those who are particu-
lar in the matter OF footwear.
When it comes to supply
ing the wants OF society folk
tor footwear for all social
functions, we prove our Su-
premacy. The dainty satin,
kid and patent leather slip
pers, enhanced in beauty by
exquisite buckles OF rhine
stone, jet, &c, as well as
novelties in carriage and
house footwear, are here in
sabundant variety.
Slippers or any sort OF foot
wear made to order to your
own llklng-to match gowns
of any color.
B. Rich's Sons,
''High-srad Footwear"
Ien-Onc F-Corner 10th.
1t
Evening star., 1900-01-03

are the tanneries and other factories. The
condition of the water has been declared
to be that Of a sewer above Great Falls;
but it must be remembered that it is bet
ter at that point than at any place above,
for many of the impurities have disappear
ed by sedimentation, oxidation, the action
of light, and, most important of all, by di-
luton. Many claim that fifty miles below
the source of pollution the effects are lost
through these powerful causes. The opinion
OF Capt Robiey D. Evans, L. s. N, that
they do not disappear in 200 miles is borne
out by the condemning of the water at the
Washington intake by our medical author
ities.''
From all over the country Congress has
been impressed with the necessity of ma
uonal legislation preventing the pollution
of streams The question must soon force
itself. in commanding fashion, upon the
authorities.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
Another Report.

Mr. Hen-y Talbot chairman of the COM
mittee on river pollution of the Game and
Fish Protective Association, has made a
thorough examination of Potomac water
and its pollution, and in printed report
made to the president of that association,
and afterward presented to Senator Vest
and published officially, he sets forth the
danger to the public lurking in the waters
of the river supplying the capital city Mr..
Talbot was seen by reporter for The
Star this morning. He said he had not
supplemented his research lately; that he
already knew too much about Potomac
water to dare drink a glass of it or allow
his family to do so. Spring water only was
allowed in his household for drinking pur-
poses. In his report on Potomac pollution,
Mr.. Talbot said:
| .'There are reasons plenty why the gem
eral government should consider and take
action on this subject. The Medical Soci-
ETY. of Washington has been for some years
investigating the conditions of the water
supply of the District They have found,
coincident with the alarmingly high death
rate in this city from typhoid and kindred
diseases, the presence of dangerous bac-
terra in the city'S water in such quantities
as to lead them to the conviction of plausi-
BILE sequence, and they are unanimous in
the demand that the immediate construc-
| ton of suitable filters be undertaken by the
government, in order, to some extent at
least, to put stop to the unjustiiable
slaughter.
1t is urged further by some that filtration
VIII not eraulcate lne cnemlcal pollution,
although it may kill the typhoid bacteria.
The object of the present agitation on the
subject is to put stop to the cause and
] prevent the pollution rather than purify
| simply the water taken for use in the city
Continuing, Mr.. Talbot says:
The Pulp Mills.
'"rhe Potomac is plagued with pulp mills
as far down as Harper's Ferry. From the
mills on both sides the point, not only
| chemical impurities, but the more substan-
| tial refuse Of shavings, are thrown into the
river, in time decaying and adding in their
decomposition to the impurities with which
the water is laden. In addition to these
Evening star., 1900-01-03

decorating are yet TO be done. The respon-
sible company, he further stated, has re-
pea :cdly promised to finish the repairs, and
as he Office OF the inspector has, he says,
exhausted all its power in the case the
Commissioners have approved his recon-
mendation that the attention of the Attor-
ney General be called to the matter.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
GRAIN ]
GRAlM-@l l

Remember that name when you want a delicious
appetizing, nourishing food drink take the place
OF coffee Sold oy all grocers and liked by all who
have used II. Grain-o is made OF pure grain il
aids, digestion and strengthens the nerves. Ii is
not a stimulant, but health builder. and the
children Is wel the adults. drink II with
great benefit. Costs about u as Eluch coffee.
l5c. and Csc. per package. Ask your grocer for
Graip-O.
Evening star., 1900-01-03
Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh

The mid-winter sale OF Muslin Underwea
Greatest values i'll the career of the store-or
the history of Washington.
A foreign makers sample strips OF Embro
cries, Edgings and 1nsertings for little Or notllin
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
ESSARY SPRINGS.

The following young people at
tended the supper at Pocahontas
last week: Misses Mary Jenkins,
Ida B., Anna May and Matte L.
Shearin, Maude McCullah, Mennie
and Tishia Davis, Messrs. Harry
Rosson, Will Davis, Frank Kenne.
dy and Evergreen"
DR.. J. F. Kinchloe and family
have returned to Conway, Ark.
Miss Lena KinchIoe, of Little
Rock, Ark, spent last week here.
Mrs. Johnson, of Memphis, is
here for a month.
Misses Mammle Tipler and Guyn
Irby, of Pocahontas, will spend
two weeks here, the guests of Mrs.
ODE Kennedy.
Misses Jennie Lambeth, Tennie
Shearin and Ella Jenkins and Mr..
Neal Jenkins spent Sunday here.
Messrs. Frank Cox and Pete
Hudson, of Middleton, were here
Sunday.
Mr.. Tom McCullar made a flying
trip TO Chewalla Sunday.
Mrs. Bass Rosson is visiting in
Middleton.
Miss Gertrude Marsh, of Walnut,
is visiting her grand mother, Mrs.
Myra helms.
Miss Lula Mcdonald has return
ed 10 Pocahontas.
Miss Daisey Campbell has return
ed to her home, Middleton.
Mr.. John Rose was seen on the
streets of Essary a few days ago.
Mr.. j. w. Wadlow and wife, of
Pocahontas, were out Sunday in
their new l6-to-1 buggy.
Mrs. Nicely Roach and children,
of Robinsonville, Miss, have arriv-
ed to spend the summer.
We would like to call attention
to the roads in civil district No. 10,
and especially the state line road.
We hope the proper authorities will
make an investigation. There are
a few bridges in unsafe condition.
EVERGREEN.