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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-06
Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad.
Sched ale In effect Sept goth, 1900
Leave Northward.

Leave Eorthward
Sic A. NJ. daily, no local stops.
az A. NJ. daily, no local stops
1913 A. 81. sundays only, stops al brOoA'
and Wide Water 49,,
1910 A. Nj. daily except sunday. no local
i.5s p. NJ. daily except sunday, no local
stops.
7.bI p. NJ. daily. No local stops.
- T.. "A. daily. etops at Brooke ana "lu'
Water.
Leave Southward.
s.2s A. Nj. daily, Atlantic Coast Line train
Stope al MitOro, OUs"Uil ana Ashiaho' "ooA
dave. All local stops on sundays.
l2.,2P. NJ. daily, Sab )ard Air Line tIalh
via ). A. l.. Junction. Arrive at C.Np' bT0@u
treet station, Richm On0.
Ia 4. NJ DAlty except sunday. Stops az
Milford. boswell and Ashland
40 r. N. Daily. Allan 10 co ist Lime lr@ih'
atops at boswell and AahlGnd'
=. n. Dsly MAKES lOVai Stops ..
\ Is = NJ daily. Sesb ard Air Line lfHlu
Vi : s L. Junction. Arrive 40 &. q hroau
street station Richmond.
Accommodation trains. Daily except sunday
BA5A. Il. for richmond.
IO2I A. NJ. for QuanticO.
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burg.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-06
ARE YOU THE OWNER

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OF a BsrnP
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OF Household Furniture3
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Write or call on Us for rates 10 that
peerless company,
THE GEORGIA HOME.
very loss adjusted here in
p Years
without a disagreement.
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Fire ard Life Insurance Agents,
fredericksburg, Va.
Office Princess Anne street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
AN AUTUMN STORY
BY Isabel Ward.

and during all these months you have
been writing. of course?"
ooh, yes.'
Then you will take up my plot if
bring it and work it up?"
IF you will help me-
and l may bring it soon?''
Il wish you would" d"
'Goodby till then"
"Goodby." And she looked merrily
after him as he strobe down the path
and was lost beyond the bushes.
All her life she had been beautiful
all her life men and women had loved
her; but the women complained of her
GOODNESS. The men looked deeper and
saw the warmth they could not reach.
Some called her mysterious, but this
seemed to lend her even greater charm.
They understood part of her nature
half, they said behind this half there
rose wall, and only through its chinks
did warmer CLEANS now and then shine
out. But they had known her only in
summer. In the winter every one left
town, and she and her father lived alone.
apart from the world, in their beautiful
home. One saw her seldom then. But
now-now it would be different. And the
girl thought of the man who had just left
her and smiled again.
winter would not be so dreary, for they
were old friends. She had known him
always. AS children they had played to-
gether and had read and cried over her
first stories. Sad little stories they were
that never ended happily. He did not
like to cry, and one day he had said that
when he was grown up he would go into
a far country and would find q story to
write about that had no tears in it.
He came She was Saafod in tho orout
room, with its crimson hangings among
the golden beams of an October sun. a
small tea table stood near her, and on Il
crane water was boiling in a brass kettle.
II am glad you've come" she said, and
her hand was firm and cool.
Il wanted to come before, but was
afraid And the gray eyes looked into
hers.
''AfraidY' She had seated herself
again and was watching the figures
which the wind was making with the
sunbeams on the lawn.
Il thought perhaps to find you a great
author and filed with scorn for mere
ordinary mortals.''
She smiled.
There are other reasons too. You
might guess them if you chose"
Il am not very good at guessing" She
was wondering if she could use his plot;
perhaps. after all, he had forgotten to
bring it. She, rousing herself, pointed to
a low chair by the tea table. Il wish
you would sit there" she said. 1T is
much more comfortable than the little
chair you have. Try it, and then l will
make you some tea. Do you still like
tea?"
''Of course. Why do you ask? Every
man likes tea. What would become of
us if we didn't?"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
UNANOINTED AFFAIRS.

sTet it be- said he 'that the hounds shall win.
Let 1t come that bow to the ours
And stand fool in the eyes OF the world,
But on a fool in hers!''
It was for the sake of the things they sought,
Nor the foolish crowns they cried for,
Nor for any of all the ancient gods
Their fathers had fought and died for.
It was not, he knew, for the name of the land
Nor the pride of the loins that bore him;
Not not for these did he die his deaths
And crush TO the goals before him.
30 the years that he wrought were empty years,
And the laurels he gathered-their laughter;
But, ali, not his were the lips that kissed
Her-her whom he hungered after.
'Tet it be that the ancient jests holds good,
Let it come that l bow to the
And stand a fool in the eyes of the world,
But, oh, fool in hers!''
Aye, the years he wrought seemed wasted years,
And his goody strength was broken,
And his shriveled heart lay dry as dust,
And the word was left unspoken.
Yet he stood, at the end in their wondering eyes
Cor all that he held them curs),
Far more of a god than a fool indeed,
But q fool to the end in hers!
Arthur J. Stringer in Ainslee's
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

He owed his advancement and his
wealth to his rare political abilities.
He had been a professional politician
all his life. Now he was called a
statesman.
He gave evidence of his talent in
boyhood. The neighbors' boys used to
rob his fathers orchard. One day my
cousin armed himself with a knife and
a big medicine bottle with a poison
label He went to the orchard, where,
in full view of some of the suspected
pilferers, he made small incisions in a
number of the most tempting apples
and poured a few drops from the bot
tie into each incision. Some of the
boys asked him what he was doing
He responded that whoever ate those
apples wouldn't care for apples there
after. Thenceforth the apples remain
ed undisturbed.
The bulk of his wealth came to him
through lucky chance while he was
private secretary to a certain high
functionary.
A rich banker applied to the official
for a concession, backing his applica-
ton with arguments of the most
weighty and convincing character.
But the law, unfortunately, stipulat-
ed that the holder of the concession
must be a Hungarian, which the bank
er was not.
ut can be arranged" said the dis
penser of patronage. you have a
daughter, 1 believer"
Yes
"Well, all you have to do Is to marry
her to a Hungarian as soon as posi-
hi
In her name-that is, in her husbands"
At that moment my cousin entered
Here is the man for you" said his
chief. my secretary is a Hungarian
of good family and amenabIe to reason.
Teleky, allow me to present You to
your future father-in-law''
The banker looked at the handsome
young Hungarian, and the bargain was
struck, the lady interposing no obiec-
ton.
We never profited one silver by my
cousins greatness. In late years in
deed he had shown the greatest ami
mostly toward the whole family. Some
of the affiliated branches who were
poorer and prouder than the Telekys
themselves murmured loudly, and it
was their complaints, the Telekys in
sisted, that had hardened the great
mans heart. On the other hand these
relatives insisted that it was all our
fault and so a family dissension was
added to our other notifications
But in Hungary everything can be
converted into cash-even expectations
We had no legal claim Oh our cousins
estate. but we found plenty of usurers
willing to take long chances.
This was carried on to such an eX-
tent that the wit of the family said he
hoped the old man. would never die.
as things were going on most COM
fortably as they were, and when the
crash should come it would take the
assets of Rothschld to meet the out
standing liabilities.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

The old man did die however. while
1 was still at the university. He wa:
Ill for long time, and the newspapers
were full Of reports regarding him.
They said, among other things, tina
the bulk of his immense fortune would
go to the Budapest almShOuse, but that
every relative who should appear at
the funeral would receive a respecta-
BILE bequest. And, as a matter of fact,
on the day after the old mans death
1 received n formal invitation to the
funeral from his confidential factotum,
who added Il hint that my future finan-
cial welfare would depend largely up
ON my presence or absence.
OF course l went. 1t was my first
visit to the capital, but 1 had no diff
Guilty in finding my late cousins town
residence, which was in large apart
ment house.
A hearse and carriage stood before
the door when / arrived, and a great
crowd of idlerS had collected to see
what they could of the distinguished
mans funeral l saw none of my rela-
tives among the few people who We're
entering, and 1 blamed myself for be-
ing the last to arrive.
Just then two ladies entered. They
were richly dressed, but entirely in
black, and they held handkerchiefS to
their eyes, from which tears We're
streaming. l followed them to an
apartment on the second floor. where
we found a goodly company of ladies
and gentlemen, many of whom seemed
as deeply affected as the two ladies
who had just arrived.
There could be no doubt of the genu-
ineness of their grief. Their eyes
were red and swollen. as if from pro-
longed weeping, and their handker-
chiefs We're used constantly.
Still | saw none of my numerous rel
atives. Evidently they were all in the
inner room. where the funeral no
doubt was already in progress, while
1 was cooling my heels with the out
siderS in the anteroom.
a sad faced domestic, clad wholly in
black, stood at the door leading to the
inner room. 1 approached him and en-
deavored to explain my connection
with the dead man, but he cut me
short at the first word.
Not yet" he said. at is not yet
time. You must watt
1 waited. After time one of my
companions rose and approached the
Inner door, which was opened obse-
quiously by the flunky. In a little
while another did the same. When
three or four thus had passed behind
the mysterious door, 1 made the at
tempt myself, but was waved back
imperiOusly by the sad faced servant.
L continued to wait, repeating the at
tempt at intervals without success.
After L had waited some hours l dis
covered that each person before he left
his seat received an almost impercepti-
bic sign Of invitation from the servant.
L waited until nightfall, but no such
invitation came to ME. Then my wrath
rose, and l went to the door again.
cit is not yet your turn, sir,'' said
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
By Koloman Mikszath.
Copyright, 1900. by Eruin Wdrdmdn.


A rich and distinguished relative is
by no means an unmiXed blessing.
When l wrote my name in the matricu-
lation book At the university, the rector
raised his eyebrows and said:
"Ah, A relative of his excellency,
suppose"
Yes
"And yet you wish to take advan-
tage of the free scholarships?"
"It is necessary, unfortunately-fo
the present at least
Thus l began under unfavora BILE
auspices. 1 had all the notoriety at
with none of it's advantages, for 1 was
Door as a church mouse. My comrades
pointed me out to their friends, saying
"He's old Teleky's cousin, you know.
He'll have a pile when the old boy pegs
out
This sort of thing worried me. There
was one compensation, however. My
name and presumptive wealth prOcur
ed me the favor of young ladies and
their mammas, and for several seasons
I basked in the smiles of beauty.
My whole family, with all its branch
es-there must have been a score of
persons all told-had, like myself, been
waiting for the future dead mans
shoes until they had become almost
had been nearly as poor as the rest
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

"Oh, but do you really like it? Other
wise would rather not make it,
ooh, please"
mo. 1 don't like to do things people
do not like, would you believe it?
really care n great deal about people. l
have always thought how beautiful it
would be to have one person all to myself
just one whom l could please"
His eyes glowed. But you have every
one
"You think me cold, don't you? Well,
listen" She hesitated a moment, clasp
ing and unclasping her fingers, her eyes
bent on the yellow fender.
There was once a man-there were
many-but this one came oftener than
the others. He was tall and big and
talked to me of foreign countries where
he had travelled and of the people he
had seen, and read to me histories and
stories, and liked his voice-afiaa ~ As ana ana
by 1 liked him. Just little at frst-I
hardly knew it-but after awhile-1 did
know and liked him better-a great deal
and then he went away-across the
water somewhere" Her hands were
quiet now, her voice steady, her eyes
shone dark and clear she looked at
the man before her. THAT was all. 9th
ers have come and gone since then, and l
have liked them all, only"-she caught
her breath-'it could not be that again,
and so people call me cold. l grow very
tired of it sometimes, but''-her voice
changed-"I think 1 should like to hear
the plot of your story now" She smiled
up at him. His face startled her.
Then in an instant it all flashed over
her. He had read to her; he had gone
away, and now he had come back, and he
had thought she meant
'Margaret"'
He had seized her hands and was
drawing her to him.
y mist rose before her. 1t was another
face, another form that was bending
over her, another voice that was whisper
ing to her, "And l loved you always, al
waysr'
The mist grew thicker. The sun was a
great yellow ball that shot binding
sparks into her eyes. The brown leaves on
She caught her breath. Should she tell
him? The blue flames threw ftful
glances at her. Should she cause him to
suffer as she had suffered? She had put
out her hands to steady herself. No.
She could not tell him. No! A thousand
times, no. Did she dare thus wilifualy to
break human heart? Within her a
voice cried out no. And the girl whom
the world thought cold was silent. And
the silence her answer.
Only as the yellow light faded and the
crimson Goals burned low, as he rose to
leave, she said, smiling family:
But the plot for the story-am l not
to have it?'
Dear" he whispered, sis there need of
a new story? Is not the old one best?"
He scarcely caught the answer:
ayes, the old, old story."-Club Fellow
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

the man of mystery.
Turn! What sort of funeral was my
distinguished cousin having, 1 Won
dered.
''See here, my man." I said, edo you
know who l am?'
Il do not, sir, but it can make no.
81 am Franz Teleky, your deceased
masters cousinr' 1 Numbered.
The mans face relaxed into a grin.
Deceased master?" he said. "Tel-
eky? Ho, no! Ha, ha. The Teleky
funeral, my dear sir, was on the floor
below. 1t has been over for hours
now. This is the oculist's Officer
I went back to the university, ours
Ing myself for fool and bitterly envy
ing my fortunate relatives-to say
nothing of the almshouse.
The next days papers had full ac-
count of the funeral and the reading of
the will. Franz Teleky. a cousin of
the deceased they said, was the on
ly relative absent
The will was found to agree with
the forecast of it's contents, which had
been printed and which had been given
to the papers q learned afterwardD by
the old mans order. About a quarter
of the estate was divided equally
among the relatives who attended the
funeral, and the remainder went to the
almshouse.
But then the lawyer read n codicil
of recent date and in the handwriting
of the decea sed man. 1t ran as fol-
lows:
"As I am well acquainted with the
grasping character of my relatives I
feel certain that not one of them will
fail to attend my funeral if he thinks
he can make anything thereby. Never
theleSs it is my within to order that if
any one of said relatives shall absent
himself from said funeral said rela-
tive, in considerat ton of the independ-
ence of character manifested in such
action, shall become my residuary
legatee instead of the almshouse, and
he is hereby constituted such reSiduary
legatee, and my executors are hereby
directed to give, make over and deliver
unto him, the said residuary legatee,
all the rest, remainder and residue of
my property that may be left after the
sums beQueathed to my relatives pres
ent at said funeral shall have been
paid. Translated From the Hunga-
rian For the New York Press.
Looking Out For His Welfare.
"4ou-you may speak TO papa" she
said coyly.
He sprang to his feet with a glad
cry. Was that merely another way Of
saying "Yes?''
But" she continued in q tone of So
licitude, 81 would advise you to keep
between him and the door,
Assuredly none knew better than she
the ACCESSIBILITY of keeping open line
of retreat.-Chicago Post
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
Do Your Best.

Do your best and await calmly the re-
suit. 1t is anxiety, not work, which kills.
1t is work. not anxiety, which commands
success. There is Hindoo saying which
says the fortune Of man who sits sits
also. 1t sleeps when he sleeps, moves
when he moves and rises when he rises.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

Fresh sweet peas at Potter and
Whites, Little Plaza.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07
Reflection on Hi. Lihernlltx.

did you know that he now passes tn,
plate in church,
"No; but I've often seen it pass him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
THE CZAR'S HOME OF PEACE
CHILDISH INGENUITY OF THE PALACE
AT PETERHOF.
AT PETERHOI
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette
The engine whistle shTieked, not one clear
note. but a combination Of raucOus dlscordS,
and We steamed away into the placid fat coun-
Try outside Petersburg. l did not know how
far PeteThOf was from the city and the names
Of the stations at which We stopped We're OF
service 10 one whose knowledge Of Russian
die not even extend so far its alphabet; there
fore place after place was passed, should
have felt uneasy had not a young officer, with
TIE charming manners Of the educated Russian,
asked for "crasOn.' and. after having
looked the ticket held on q slip of paper
torn from hiS very elegant cigarette pOcketbopk.
written down for me some valuable information
He would not speak French, he would only
write II. and his lettering was not sure
for he spelled Peterhof Petergof, but he gave
ne understand THAI the good hotel in the
place was the Samson. and that music in thc
Imperial Park would be audible between and
o'clock H. still further kind when we
reached our destination. for he faced the shout
ing drDSly drivers outside the station. baT@aine !
with three or four. picked OUT Of the handful Of
money I helpIesSIv extended the fare he had
settled ] should pay man for the whole after
noon. showed me my watch face the time Of
q convenient train back to Petersburg. and.
salUtiug with great empTeSSemenL. drove off in
front Of my dT0sky on the way to the palace.
The dT0sky driver evidently had a SteTeOtNped
plan in his head. He tTundled along the dusty
road boT6ered by suburban residences. and then
turned into an English looking park. only the
trees were not so tall OF fine as English ones.
There were lakes for Us To skirt. made classical
Of aspect by means Of ruined marble pillars and
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

houses Of the monarch rests secluded The
dr0sky driver points out the direction with his
whip tn gates shut; it looks much less
lively inside there than outside IN the open
wood.
Strictly private and absolutely remote in the
midst of much publicity, bounded by the wall
ami the ripping sea. Alexandria is hidden from
all. Inside the charmed circle there is u colony
of villas and cottages. No one from the outer
world ever gets t. them except by tickets,
and euViroIrd are they that one is wildly
reminded in the midst OF all that Is open and
free. of the more than ordinary aloOfness that
hedges round the imperial family of Russia
1 REACTION.
From The Chicago Record.
this morning
Yes; probably it is because she sat up late
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

up" maenihcenrIy. and with realistic quacks,
barsS. and bangs
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-20
MANKATO FREE PRESS

slightly increased. In South Dakota
the conditions have been good and
there will be nearly or quite the usual
yield.
Estimating the coming crop at 1856,
600, 900 bushels, the Journal figures the
northwestern wheat supply at 175, :
600, 600 bushels, putting the old wheat
at %, coo, 600 bushels in Minneapolis
and Duluth, and 10, 600, 600 bushels in
the hands of the farmers, with 3, 600, :
600 bushels in the country warehouses,
Out of this it reserves $4,000, 900
bushels for bread, seed and country
milling for the northwest, leaving
1876, 600, 600 bushels for shipment. This
estimate of the Journal, it should be
borne in mind is preliminary one.
1t will not make its regular estimate
until next month on account of the
peculiar existing conditions this year.
If the actual facts should bear out the
Journal s figures, it will be seen that
the northwest is not in as bad shape
as earlier reports inferred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-20

severely for his expansion views, but
when the attack finally came of the
Pilipinos upon the Americans, the
Weekly held it was the duty of all
loyal citizens to stand by the flag and
the government Despite its dis
agreements which it has had with him
as to various policies put forth the
Weekly comes to his support in this
campaign. 1t says: mo man IN
high official position has ever been
able to please everybody. Strong men
make strong enemies, and Mr.. Nc
Kinley is no exception to the rule; but
when we look back upon his career as
president we are convinced that no
fair minded person can deny that he
is entitled to the qualification which
must be his in the moment OF his
nomination by reclamation.
And continuing the Weekly says
Zone thing is certain, and that is that
in every one of his conspicuous official
acts the president has shown himself
to have been actuated by the highest
and most honorable motives, and to
have been prompted by the sincere
purpose of serving his country accord
ing to the best of his abilities. De-
spite the frothy utterances of captious
critics and dyspeptic malcontents who
at Philadelphia did not venture to
show their faces or lift their voices.
Mr.. Mckinley is today a stronger man
before the people than he was in 1896.
He has managed to win the confidence
of thousands who voted for him four
years ago with great reluctance, and
those whose good opinion he
has lost because of his official acts are
inconsiderable in number, and owing
to the unfortunate disruption OF the
old Democratic party, are practically
without political resting place. -
This is a conspicuously fair and con-
else statement of the political situa-
ton of the day. The Weekly closes its
Will lllo lO4lONllI0 bAOoNt
comprehensive survey of the present
political situation: ''What Mr.. Nc
Kinley stands for the American people
know to a reasonable certainty. He
is the material expression of the prin-
ciples of the Republican party, which,
however much one may differ with it
in certain matters of detail, as yet the
one compact organization left us which
stands for law, order and public de-
cency. Party lines are drawn today
between the Republican party, which
stands for law and order, on the one
side, and tle-brained fusion OF
discordant elements representing
every vile political heresy that has
shown itself on the surface since the
close of the civil war on the other. -