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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.

The trusts and monopolies have a
way of getting around high prices
that the poor cannot touch. They SIM
ply give poorer article at a higher
price and continue their work OF be-
nevolence. This time wool aggravates
the trusts and they avoid the high
price of it in the following manner,
according to the Springfield Republic
can:
The high price OF wool is driving
manufacturers to the use OF rags and
shoddy and cotton in the inanufacture
OF cloth to an exceptional degree, 30
the trade papers say, and this is, Of
course, what would be expected. Prices
IN the rag market are accordingly quite
as strong and buoyant as In the wool
market. As the general purchasing
power Of the people has not increased
to such an extent as the prices OF wool
and rags and shoddy, the result OF it
all will be that the masses must wear
more adulterated WOODEN clothing than
usual and pay a higher price for the
same. We hope, however, that this
will not increase the liability of the
people to colds and grip and pneu-
monia. in accordance with a theory
advanced by the late David A. Wells"
PUZZLED.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

The modern rule Of civilization
seems to be to shoot and starve people
who haven't got any money.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
He Despised Tobacco.

The healthful or reverse action Of to-
bacco has been an absorbing question
for decades and one hard to settle.
Emerson, cautious as he was, was once
drawn into a discussion on the subject
and, being n nOnuser OF the weed, was
an ardent advocate Of it's abolition as
a marketable commodity.
"Did you ever think about the logic
Of stimulantsY he asked. Mature sup
plies her own. II is astonishing what
she will do If you give her a chance.
In how short a time the gentle excita-
ton Of a cup of tea Is needed! Con-
yersation is an excitant, and the series
Of lntoxlcatlons It creates Is healthfuL
But tobacco, tobacco-what rude crow
bar Is that With which to pry into the
delicate tissues Of the BRAIN
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
A Bold Defense.

Gan enlisted man once put the presi-
dent offs court martial in a difficult po-
sltlon," says a writer in CasselPs Mag
azine. "rhe court martial was trying
the soldier for some fault or other.
When the evidence-and it took an UNI
usually long time had been given. the
president asked the prisoner II he had
anything 10 say in his defense.
"Well. SIR said the man. I can't
see how this ere court can sentence
me. for Major Jones as been reading a
paper under the table the ole blooming
time, and Captain Smith as been max
Ing me into a karlcatoor on the blot
ting pad, and as for Lieutenant Brown,
e 'asn't 'ad his commission a year, and
don't count anyways"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

"'The same, says I, pulllD myself
together as hard as could.
"'Out fur a leetle walk this eyenlnY
81 be-
"'Nice eycnln to walk Mebbe yo've
bin pickln Wild flowers? BY the way
whar's the keg OF moonshneY
Il Jest bhned 'em right down." said
the old man, with grim smile. AS
the keg was gone and they couldn't
tech me- wasn't afraid to talk. They
threatened aud bulldozed, but stuck
to II that was lookin fur coons, and
they dasn't hold me. Blmeby | started
FUR home. | was mighty naryus about
mo- bars. but | got home without see
in any. The old woman was sittn up
readin the Bible, and she looks up and
quietly says:
"'Yore home ahead Of time Zeb. Is
coons skeerce tonghtF
"Mighty skeerce.'
"Dld yo' see any 'tallr
al jest met one
az see yo' did. and no fetched yo'
that clip on the car and sent 20
home. reckoned yo'd meet up with
a coon II yo' kept on. Better wash of
the blood and rub In some possum's
fat
and while was doln H." said the
old man I'm whisper. II heard the old
woman ggglln softly 10 herself and
bobbin around In her cheer / dasn't
AK her no questions, bekase I'll made
a fool Of myself, but do yo' know what
I've allus thought? Say now, but |
believe that bar IN the path was my
old womanl Yes sab, / believe she
put on b'arskln we had In the house
and sncaked out into the woods to
meet me. and when | got close up to
her she fetched me whack with a
club. | dun believe II, sub, but as II
saved me from them reyencw fellers
and states prison was much obleeged
to her and didn't raise no row.
NJ. QUAD.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
The American Girl. as Usual. Man
aged Ia Win the Trick.

aged Ia Win the Trick.
A man who Is back from a visit to
Paris and Germany IS telling a story
which ought 10 make the great Ameri-
can eagle flap his wings with pride. 1t
happened az little railway station
IN Germany. Grunenwald by name,
Willie the man who tells about It was
waiting for a train on a branch line
which connects with the main line at
that place. Besides himself there were
at the station a party Of American
tourists Of the kind YOU read about in
English books and an English family
OF the Kind you read about In Ameri-
can books The Americans were loud
voiced and ungrammatical They laugh
ed a great deal and they ate peaches,
the stones Of which they threw at a
post to test their craftsmanship. They
were persons for whom Uncle Sam
himself would have felt apologize,
and they dispensed the naughty Brit
lsh materfamllias greatly. To the
younger members Of her family,
gawky boy and lanky and "leggy"
girl Of the typical elongated English
yariety-thoy were objects Of great In
terest, however. and the girl in partcu-
lar edged nearer and nearer to her
mothers great disgust. At last she
was so near that mamma could en-
dure It no longer.
Clara she called in her loudest
voice, come away at once. You might
be mistaken for one Of those disgust
ing Americans
A pretty young American looked up
and swept Clara from head TO foot
with calm glance. Then she went
on eating peaches.
Don't worry. madam she called
out cheerily. There's no danger Of
that-with them feetv-Washlngton
Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
Powers Of Endurance.

when my grandfather was a young
man." said the boy with a snub nose,
che could run ten miles without STOP
pin"
81 heard my grandfather make
prayer 25 minutes long once at a pray
er meetin," responded the boy with the
dirty face, "an Il didn't feaze him.
Chicago Tribune.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
FEB TN A TIGHT FIX.
HAD A Kee OF MooNsHlNE IN HIS
ARMS WHEN HE MET A BEAR
What Followed and the Conclusion
He Reached When the Trouble Was
All over Are GrRphicRiIy Told by
the old Postum Hunter Himself.
lcopyrlght. ~. ly c. D. -

All over Are Graphically Told by
the old Possum Hunter Himself.
Copyright 1909, by C. b. Lcwisl
81 was reckonln TO go In with some
Of the men on moonshlnc STILL said
the old possum hunter "but the old
woman raised slch a fuss about It that
/ had to give it mp. She jest sulked
and cried and acted up fur hull week,
and she couldn't sleep nights fur think
I'm Of them reyenew fellers. When
they got the still runnlu, they wanted
somebody TO carry the kegs over the
mountin TO market, and they coaxed
me into the Job. II was n trip OF TO-
teen miles. and, of co'se, It had TO be
made at night. dasn't let the old wO-
man know what was doin, but as |
had to hey an excuse 10 be out l told
her was coon huntIn. ia bin out
three or 10 nights when she turns on
me and says;
GLOW about them coons, Zeb2
Yo'ye bin out every night since sun
day. but yo' hain't dun brung back a
coonskln.'
"Coons is mighty shy this time OF
year says /.
ooh. that's Il, Coons jest keep right
away from yo', do theyT
"'Pears like they do, but I'm hopin
to strike a big lot of 'em all TO once
"Waal Zcb White, yo' mind what |
tell yo', says She as she looks straight
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

Parke-I never saw a child with such
a remarkable memory for names as
mine has.
Lane-How do you account for It'll
Parke-Think Of the nurses she has
had!-Harper's Bazaar.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
Liquor Dealers.
p. McCracken, Bro. & Co.,
-WRoLIsALH AHD RETAIL

eROOERs AND LIQUOR DEALERs.
Offer Ten Thousand Gallons PURE Rye
and BOURBON WHISTLES, from the fol.
lowing we'll known distilleries Graft & Co.
Of Ohio; Boone County Distilling Co., Of
Kentucky Monticello Distillery, OF Mary
land, and w. II. Gray, Of Pennsylvania.
Agents for Bergner h Engle' Lager Beer
They also offer Stspleand Fancy Groceries,
Agricultural Implements, Seeds, Guano, and
Cement.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Beginning Tuesday, June 5, steamers Nor
cumberland and Potomac will leave per =,
Light Street, Baltimore, every Tuesoay'
Thursday and Saturday, at z. NJ Tor Alex
andria and Washington, calling at ali OF the
usual landings. BEGINNING Thursday, June !,
will leave 7th Street Wharf, Washington at
4P. NJ, Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday. going
as far as Leonardtown on these eyenl,ngs..
VIII leave Leonardtown at A. NJ, kinsale az
Up. M, Miller's at p. NJ, Grason's AZ o 4. N.
and Bacon's at : p. M, Monday, WEDNESDAY
and Friday, arriving in Baltimore early the
following morning. Freight received daliy
n Baltimore.
No Freight received for out going steamers
after 4 p. m. on sailing days.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Manager,
Baltimore, Nd.
W.D. SCOTT, Agent,
at Fredericksburg, Va
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
at Norfolk, Va
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents, r
at Washington, d. Q
WILLIAM NJ. REARDON, Agent, -
at Alexandria, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
GAMCE R

Sufferers from this horrible malay
nearly always inherit it NOT necessarl ..y
from the parents, but may be from some
reT,ote ancestor, for Cancer often runs
through several generations. This deadly
poison may lay dormant in the blood for
wears, or until you reach middle life, then
Inc first little sore or ulcer makes its APP
pearance --or 6 swollen gland IN Ine
breast, or some other part OF the BODY
gives the first warning.
To cure Cancer thoroughly and Perf1a-
nently ell the poisonous virus must De
Animated from the blood-eyery vestage
If Il driven out. This S. s. S. does, and
8 the only medicine that can reach deep
seated. obstinate blood troubles like this.
when ali the poison has been forced out
Of the system the Cancer heals, and the
disease never returns.
Cancer begins often in small way, as the
following letter from Mrs; Shirer shows:
A small pimple came on my jaw about an inch
below the ear on the left side OF my face. Ngave
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

Chamberlain Pain Balm Others. Why
Not You.
Ny wife has been using Ohamberlain's
Pain Balm, with good results for alamo
shoulder that has panied her continually
for nine years. We have tried sill kinds
of medicines and doctors without re-
ceivIng any benefit from any of them.
One day we saw an adverisemensof this
medicine and thought Of trying is,
which we did with the best Of satisfac.
tion. She has used only one bottle and
her shoulder is almost well. Adolph L..
Mlllett, Manchester. N. n. For sale By
NJ. NJ. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
Summer Schedule.
WGsN(s Steamboat Co,
BALTIMORE, FREDKRIOKsBURe AND
RAPPAHANNoUK RIvRR BOUTS.
NORFOLK AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER
ROUTE.

NORFOLK AND RAPPAHANNOCh XIV Eh
ROUTE.
On and after Thursday November ST.,
Steamers Richmond, Lancaster and Essex
will leave Pier 2, LIGHT street. Baltimore,
every Tuesday aud Friday at 400 p. m, Tor
Fredericksburg and ali W harveson the river;
Returning, will leave Fredericksburg at 26J
D. m (tidc permittingJ Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday. Leedstown at 4J9 a. 10. russ
day, Wednesday and Friday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Sunday at 20 p. m
wednesday and Thursday at 49, p, M, Tor
TeppahannocK and all Wharves below, eX-
cept Bay Port. Returning, will leave Iapps-
hammock at SOU a. m. on Monday ana Ihuts
day for Baltimore. 49,,
VIII not call at Merry Point and Milien-
beck on Thursdays trip from Baltimore.
Will leave TappahannOck for trederiekssoo
burg at 500 a. m. Monday, Port hoyal at I'VV
D. m, arriving at Fredericksburg at p. m
No freight received for outgoing steamers
after .. m. on sailing days.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

rne no pain or ineonven-
eince, and ! should have
forgotten about Il had i
not begun to ipaame and
Itch; II would bleed q
little, then scab over, but
Nouid not heal. This
continued for some time,
when my jaw began to
swell, beco ing very
painful. The Cancer be
gan 10 eat and spread,
until II was as large ass
half dollar when I heard
Of 8. s. s. and determin-
ed to give 1t a fair trial,
and Il was remarkable
shat q wonderful effect
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
5000 BUSHELS

Of wheat wanted. for which | will pay
the highest CASH market price deliver
ed in Fredericksburg or along liDes Of
P. F g. P r. r., or R, f & p. X.
Road
r.. L BISCOE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

VIII leave TappahannocS for Norfolk at II
m. (noOn) Friday, stopping st all landings.
viii leave Norfolk at 8 p N Saturday for
Tappanannock, calling at ali landings
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
Contractors.
GEORGE w. WROTEH.
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR.

Tin furnish Plans and Specifications; will
contract for erecting all cleEaes OF
Buildings; furnish hands by the
day and Huperintend the work
In town or country
70 Charges reasonable
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24

How a Billiard Table Was Struggled
Into the Barracks at West Point
aud the story of Its Accidental
Discovery.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-24
NORFOLK ROUTE

No freight received for outgoing steamer
after .. m. on sailing days.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
DELIVERED HER MESSAGE.
And the TaIkative Yound Miss Ob1ig-
ingly fingered to Explain
the Note.

A sweet little girl who wore blue
checked apron and whose hair hung
down her back in two big braids walked
into the Commercial Office the other
morning, says writer on that Louis
vile paper.
"Are you the Commercials" she asked
the smallest man in the office.
He modestly said he was, and then
she handed over short note bearing
these words:
"Wanted-A wife; must be beautiful
and about five feet high. Address j."
"You see," said the little one, who
had fingered, "he boards near where
live, and one of the ladies in the house
sent me down with this. l don't know
thing about it myself. But, law, he's
awful old, and ma says he don't know
no better. She says that no girl that
knowed him would have anything to do
with him on account of his age. The
hired girl told my ma that he had false
teeth an he dyed his hair, but, law,'l
don't expect he's that bad off. They do
say, though, that he wears corsets and
that he's cracked two looking glasses
primping hisself. Course don't know,
myself, but that's what they say"
Then her blue eyes sparkled and she
went out feeling she had done her duty
in every particular toward the man
whom none of the neighbors seem to
like,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
Many New Grasses.

Many readers may be surprised to
learn that large areas of land in the
southern states that formally seemed
to be untitled for vegetation have, with
in the past ten years, been covered with
an abundance of grasses, which now
give support to herds of sheep, cattle,
and swine. These grasses have been de-
reloped by the department of agricul-
ture, which has grass farm at Knox
vile, Tenn, where more than $50 kinds
of grasses are being cultivated for the
benefit of farmers, 10 whom they have
been heretofore unknown. Some of
these grasses come from abroad, but
large number have been obtained from
the prairies of the west and the Rocky
mountain regions. Cattle raising and
farming in the south have been greatly
advanced by this cultivation and intro
duction of new grasses.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to adj
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness of the blood-the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kimer's Swamp-ROOt the new dis
covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. 1t has cured thousands
Of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in ffty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Dr.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and
mention this paper.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
IN AN OLD GARDEN.

Come down to that old garden
OF every flower we knew,
When out Of gates of childhood
TIL airs of morning blew.
And arching heaven was painted
In every drop Of dew.
And you may have the lily
With all her virgin SHOWS.
And you may have the beauty
That b.usnes on the rose.
But I will nave the aearts-ease.
The dearest flower that blows!
Who will shall have the balsams
And store OF ny 1romel,
The purpl Of the nonk's-hood
With pois n in his spell;
Who will shall nave sweet-william
And the canterbury-bell.
/ love the breath Of rosemary,
The perfume of the stock.
The proud plumes of the fieur-de-lis
The silken hollyhock:
/ love the flaming poppy
And the sleepy four-o'clock.
But they say that when great angels
Fell plunging from Heavens frown.
A spirit looking after
Lost a blossom from her CROWN
I know it was the heart's-ease
Came softly floating down.
Oh, bright the honeysuckle,
And sweet his tipping crew,
The bird-wings CT the columbine.
The larkspur blue as blue
But / will take the heart's-ease
And all the rest take you!
Harriet Prescott Spofford, in Woman'i
Home Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
T hOS6 hnQI6 LAMPS

we nave been telling you about
are all right. We took the
Manufacturers word for it be-
fore; now you have our word
for it.. A dozen of the several
styles are in use about town,
and every user says so after
trial. You have a big Roches-
ter. we guarantee one double
burner will give as much light
and not use over one-third of
the oil. Put three quarts of
OIL IN the Rochester and one
quart IN our lamp, and we
make you Christmas present
OF one if it will not burn as
long and give as good light.
Case oil is five cents a quart.
too. Better yet, our lamp will
give more light for any purpose
required, because there is no
sha dow, under or anywhere
else, liid you get the benefit of
every eandle-power. They
cost moro, but they are worth
the difference, and further:
THE ANGLE LAMP
Is nor-exp'osive;
Is easily csred for;
Is steady and clear in light;
Is lighted without TOUCHING
glc5e;
Is extingu:shed with a turn:
Is rarely out of order;
Never smokes or smells:
It seldom breaks the glass:
It may be filled while lighted;
1t doesn't heat much and can
be put in a low room, with
IN Il inches from the cell
ing.
The nickel wall lamp, with
patent fount, for So IS r;oht
Tor Kitchen and general utility
purposes, over a workbench.
reading table, bedroom, any.
where out of children reach.
ntand lamps are dangerous
things with children. A new
lot have just arrived and can
De seen at the JOURNAL Office.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-05
Their Use.

Knox-As fire escapes are conducted
to-day | can't for the life of me see
what use they are.
Fox-fon can't? Why, they are use
ful in permitting the escape Of the FIRE
that is not utilized in consuming the
building. Boston Courier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-04

good Methodist like President Mckinley
should permit such a thing 20 occur Pres
idcnt Mckinley IL not an absolute monarch
and can no more prevent the shipment OF
whisky 20 the Congo than he can prevent
the shipment OF Bibles The President Of
the United States enjoys no such power,
but the facts are that the total amount OF
whisky shipped 10 all the world during the
month OF December last was 1851 gallons.
valued at 50. T5. hardly more than was
sold over the Hoffman House bar II New
York during the same time. and not drop
was sent 10 the Congo.
/ realize that / shall be called a liar in
every Prohibition paper i'm the country for
making this statement. but anybody can
find the figures where / get them. on Page
80 of the monthly bulletin OF exports and
imports for December. 1899.
During the entire fiscal year ended June
80 1899. the total export of whisky from
the United States TO all the rest OF the uni
verse were 800 500 gallons, valued al S42i. Az.
and the total shipments in iS9e were even
less, being az, go gallons. valued at S3ei.0s4.
We ship about three times as much oat-
meal whisky TO foreign countries, and
more candles, more Goldfish, more prunes.
In fact. notwithstanding the popular de-
fusion, whisky Is one OF the smallest items
in the long list OF merchandise that we
send abroad. The total value OF all the
distilled liquors shipped TO all foreign coun-
tries last year was s. 653. 4i9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-04
HOUSES ARE NEEDED.

indianapolis has been properly enough
called a city of homes. 1t may be safely
asserted that in no city of it's size In the
United States do so large a proportion of
the residents own the houses in which they
live. 1t Is TO this fact and the other one
involved with it. namely, that each house
is built upon lot large enough to afford
at least small lawn space. that a great
par. Of the towns attractiveness is due.
Each householder improves his own
premises to the best Of his ability and so
helps to give to the city the parklike ap-
pearance which visitors SO much admire
But while this ownership of homes Is of
benefit to individuals and public alike there
is always a considerable tenant popula-
ton. Because of uncertain stay. because
1t is thought better TO invest money in
business than I'm real estate. because of
numerous reasons that concern themselves
only good many people prefer to be rent
ers. 1t is class of population. too, which
is rapidly increasing. Unfortunately, they
find 1t almost impossible to secure desir-
able homes in this way. Especially is this
true Of persons of moderate means. Com
pared with the actual amounts paid for
accommodations in other cities rents can
not be said to be unusually high here. but
in reality they are high when what
tenants get sn return for their money is
considered. Old. ''ratty" houses poorly ar