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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
A Natural Refrigerator In summer.

A Natural Refrigerator In summer.
Hundreds Of people are visiting a
hole in the side Of the mountain near
Coudersport, in Potter county, which
must be a delightful place in hot
weather. The hole was dug by n man
In search Of mineral wealth. The far
Their he dug the colder became the at
mosphere. At the depth OF 20 feet he
was compelled 10 quit. The peculiari-
ty Of this mine is that about May ice
begins to form In it and continues to
freeze until October. There Is no ice
In the hole In winter. The warmer the
day the more Zee there is in the mine.
On approaching the opening on hot
day a strong current of cold air is felt.
This air becomes more frigld the closer
one goes TO the cavern. There Is no
water at the bottom Of lie shaft, but
the water dripping down from its sides
freezes. The ice begins to form less
than a foot from the top aud coats
the sides Of the shaft several inches
thick. What causes the intense cold
and where the air comes from are
questions that have not been satlsfac-
torily answered. philadelphia Press.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
Observation-Disclosures IS, 1900
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
He Lost His First Law Case-Depew'
Unfinished Speech-A New
Kruger story.

William Mckinley, now president of
the United States, lost his first case as
q lawyer.
John Rostetter sued Philip Sheets to
recover S2132O for services and for
damages. Sheets was tenant of Ros-
letters. They quarreled over farm
matters. and the question was taken
before Justice Loew of Navarro.
That was in 1869, after Major Nc
Klnley had won his spurs in the army
and had Just finished his law studies.
The jury found practically for the
defendant, deciding that but $llO.75
was due. The costs had then mounted
to $136.S5.
In August Mr.. Mckinley appealed
the action to common pleas court, and
by motion after motion. appeal after
appeal. he stuck to it until In 1871 he
was finally beaten and but $50 was al
lowed to his client the plaintiff.
While the case was going forward
Mr.. Mckinley was running for prose
cutting attorney Of Stark county. His
nomination was made partly as a joke,
but Mckinley by vigorous campaign
ing turned the tables and defeated VII
liam A. Lynch. his Democratic oppo-
nent for prosecutor, who was also op-
posing counsel in the ROstetter-Sheets
case.
Before his first lawsuit was settled
also Mr. Mckinley was married to Ida
Saxton. That was in.1S71.
The justice who first heard the case,
Philip Loew, has been justice of the
peace In Navarro ever since. He Is n
rock ribbed Democrat, but retains a
warm side for Mckinley. The little
house In which the three days trial
was held in justice court is still stand
ing and is used as the grocery store Of
LOew & Son.
The parties to the suit are dead, and
but few of the jurors are living Viii
liam A. Lynch is a prominent attorney
of Canton
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
PARIS FAIR A FAILURE.

II IS nm open secret In Paris that the
exhibition has not achieved the success
predicted for il. Seventy million tick
cts to be sold at - confines piece
promised rich return. Shortly after
the opening Of The exhibition the price
Of tickets was reduced to 40 centimes,
and. though the exhibition has already
run half it's course, only some 1000
600 of the 100000 tickets have been
sold
Already several Of the smaller ex-
hlbltors have been obliged to declare
themselves bankrupt Important
houses. II IA said. will be bound to fol-
low their example later on, and all this
Is attributed to the high prices demand
ed for sites in the beginning to the
multitude Of side shows" TO the In
sulciency Of visitors. though the av-
eragc number of visitors Is over 2OO,-
600 per day. while on Sunday more
than 100000 people pass through the
exhibition gates.
Ii has been certified in fact that 1t
would cost Partisan 500 francs to
visit all the side shows" and that 1t
would require further eXorbitant out
lay 10 lunch or dine In any OF the rell-
able and well equipped restaurants.
The people who expected to make for
tunes by providing accommodation in
the town have also been disappointed.
II Is true that hotels were thronged IN
June and that many are reserylng
rooms for guests far into September,
but they lave found that they cannot
demand the high prices they had count
ed on and, to their dismay, must now
reduce their tariff. The exhibition, as
matter of fact, Is too large, too cx-
pcnsiye. and neither the state nor the
town will benefit much from lt-Lon-
don Saturlay Review.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
A Ne,r kruger story.

This story of Mr.. Kruger, says the
London News, appears in Mr. Hobson's
book about the Transvaal war:
"a few days ago he was induced to
take part in the opening ceremony at
a Jewish synagogue. On entering and
taking his place he removed his hat
and paid no heed whatever to the sug-
gestion Of his secretary, who explained
the Jewish custom Of covering the
head. When the time came for the
presidents address, he calculated n
few brief sentences and amazed his
congregation by concluding thus: Il
declare this synagogue open in the
name Of our Lord Jesus Christ
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
bad BLOOD,
bad COMPLEXION.

The skin Is the scat of an almost end
less variety of diseases. They are known
bv various names, but are all due 10 the
same cause. acid and other poisons IN
the blood that irritate and interfere with
the proper action of the skin.
To have a smooth, soft skin, free from
all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure
and healthy. The many preparations Of
arsenic and potash and the large number
of face powders and lotions generally
used in this class Of diseases cover up
for a short time, but cannot remove per-
mancntly the ugly blotches and the red,
dishguring pimples.
EfcrnaI vigilance Is Tho prfcO
Of n beautiful complexion
when such remedies are relied on.
MIL. I. shobe 77of Lucas Avenue, St Louis.
Mo saws: my daughter was aitieted TOT years
with dlsfguring eruption on hcr lace Wnlen
resisted all treatment. She was taken 70 TWO
celebrated health springs, but received no bene-
ht Many medicines were prescribed, put Win
out result until we decided 10 Try >: y >, ana by
the time the first bottle vas finished tue eruption
bcgau 10 disappear dozen bottles cured her
completely and left her skin perfectly smooth;
she IL now seventeen years old aud not n sign OF
The embarrassing disease has ever returned"
s. s. s. Is a positive, uniailinB cure LOT
the worst forms of skin troubles. 1t IS
the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the
only one guaranteed purely vegetable.
Rad blood makes bad compilations.
"a ~ "a purifes and invigo-
HNRNRN rates the old and
" U u makes new, rich blood
VA NA "A that nourishes the
u ~ ~ body and keeps the
skin active and healthy and in proper
condition to perform its part towards
carrying off the impurities from the body.
If You have Eczema, letter, Acne, salt
Rheum, Psoriasis, or your skin is rough
and pimply, send for our book on Blood
and skin Diseases and write our physl-
clans about your case. No charge what
ever for this service.
SNIFF SPECIFIC COMPANY. ALBANIA, GA.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her
Little Daughters Life.

/ am the mother of eight children
and have had great deal Of experience
with medicines. Last summer my little
daughter had the dysentery in its worst
form. We thought she would die. /
tried everything I could think Of but
nothing seemed to do her any good. l
saw by an advertisement in our paper
that Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recon-
mended and sent and got bottle at
once. It proved to be one Of the very
best medicines we ever had In the house
Itsaved my daughters life. lam anxious
for every mother to know what an ex
cellent medicine II Is Had known 1t
at first IL wonld have saved me a great
deal of anxiety and my little daughter
much suffering Yours truly. Mrs. Geo.
f Burdick. Liberty. II. For sale by
M. M. Lewis. Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28

The German emperor does many
things which do not get reported in
the English papers. A short time ago,
for instance, he gathered around him
In his palace a group Of men to whom
he gave admonltlons the most father
ly, commission the most inspiring.
They were going forth, these sons of
fatherland, and In their hands lay the
honor Of Germany-in theirs, to whom
he knew he could intrust It, And
these men, who took their commission
from their emperor, were-the walters
going forth to the German section of
the Paris exposition. The episode Is
one to ponder over, and the sequel Is
that the best behaved band Of walters
at the Paris show Is by general con-
sent the German.-London Chronicle.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
Summer Schedule.
Wssns Steamboat Go,
BALTIMORE, PRKDKRIOKsBURe AMI
RAPPAHANEOCK RIVER ROUTE.

On and after Wednesday, July 4th, steamer
Richmond, Lancaster and Essex, will leave
Pier Light Street. Baltimore. every Tuesday
and Friday at 40 p. m, for Fredericksburg
will leave fredericksburg at 2:30 p. m. (tide
permitting,) Monday, Tuesday and Thursday,
Leedst0wn at 400 a. m, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday, at 400 p. m,
for MAYORS and all wharves below, except
BAY Port. Returning will leave MAYORS at
$50 a. m. on Thursday for Baltimore. Leave
Baltimore Thursday at 4:30 p. NJ. for Tappa-
hammock and all wharves below.
Leave Baltimore at 2:30 p. m, Sunday Tor
Tappabannock and all wharves below. except
Bay Port. Returning, will leave Tappahan-
mock at 3 G. N. Monday for Baltimore
Freight received daily at Pier 9. Light
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
Depew,s Unanished Speech.

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew recent
ly made a trip to the south, and
Charleston is still gossiplng over the
things he did and said while a guest Of
the Gridiron club. They will never
forget how he danced the cake walk
with Little Red Riding Hood at Mrs.
Andrew SynOnds' Mother Goose par
~.
But he has just been cOnfessing to
his friends in Washington that it was
at this party that he was ratified" for
the first time in his life while making a
speech. The social life at Charleston
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28

Steamer Essex will leave Norfolk every
Sunday at d. m, for Fredericksburg and
all landings on the Rappahannock River,
leaving Tappahannock at 8 a. m, Monday,
and Port Royal at l2:3O p. m, arriving In
Fredericksburg at boo p. m. Returning. Will
leave Tappahannock every Friday at IL M,
for Norfolk calling at all wharves.
Passengers and freight from Frederlcks
burg and landings above TappahannOek VIII
be transferred from Baltimore boat Friday
afternoon TO the Essex.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
NORFOLK ROUTE

Freight received daily At Pier 8. Light
Street
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

4eeinning Tuesday, June g. steamers Nor
fhumberland and Potomac will leave Pier 9,
Light Street. Baltimore, every Tueeday,
Thursday and Saturday, att T. ~ for Alex
sndris ard Washington, calling at all OF the
usual landings. Beginning Thursday, June Z,
will leave 7th Street Wharf. Washington, at
fP. NJ, Thursday, Sunday and TUESDAY going
ss far as Leonardtown on these evenings,
VIII leave Iseonardtown at A. NJ, klnsale ~
Up. NJ. Miller's at 8 p. NJ, Grasons az 4; III.
snd Bacon's at 7 P. NJ, Monday. WEDNESDAY
and Friday, arriving 10 Baltimore early the
following morning. Freight received daily
IN Baltimore.
Nc Freight received for out going steamers
after y. m. on sailing days.
HRNRY WILLIAMS. Manager,
Baltimore, Nd.
W. D. SCOTT, Agent,
at BFedericksburg. Va
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
ct Norfolk, Va
STEPHENSON q BRO, Agents, :.
ct Washington, d. o
WILLIAM NJ. REARDoN, Agent,
at Alexandria, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-28

Fire alarm boxes In New York are
being coated with luminous paint in
order that they may be easily located
at night. The paint is made of white
zinc. In some parts Of New York,
where there is little light, the alarm
boxes can be distinguished at a dis
fance Of ten blocks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-14
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
when All Wagons Have Wide Tires
the Good Road Question VIII
become Less Serious.

This is one of the most important
questions of the day. The question is;
Shall the improvement be made in the
roadbed. in the wagon or vehicles, or
both? It is hardly necessary to say
that the narrow-tired wheels of the
wagon of to-day do great damage to
roadbed in rainy and thawing wealth
ar. / believe that the day is not far off
when the wide-tired, low-wheeled
wagon will take the place of the pres
ent farm wagon. A great number of
;hese low. wide-tired wheels have already
been put in use. On most of these
wheels the tires are from three to six
inches wide. "A wheel of this kind helps
to make good road, whereon the mar
row-tired wheel is the greatest manu-
facturcr of chuck holes on earth.
Should we not take heed to the great
amount of good roads in France and
some of their ways of keeping them in
good order. You will certainly agree
that if a roadbed be graded as is Gus
tomary in this country, and continual
~ rolled, and the narrow-tired wheels,
with their heavy loads, kept off of them
il would soon become an excellent road
bed, but even then to put on these mar
row wheels with their loads, they
would soon make ii a rough. ordinary
highway such as this county is full of
to-day. In France the heavy loads are
drawn on a wagon with tires from four
to ten inches wide. The front truck is
just enough narrower than the rear so
that the outer edge of the front wheel
tracks meet the inner edge of the outer
wheels. This keeps continually rolling
the road-bed. When this country
adopts such a wagon the good road
question will become less serious.
Progressive Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-14
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
HELPED LOVER OUT OF JAIL.
Mexican Woman Assists Wrongful
Iy-Imprisoned American to
Obtain His Liberty.

Frank Howard, an American impris-
oned in Mexican dungeon, owes his
life ana liberty to the love of native
woman says Chicago paper.
Howard was freight conductor on
the Mexican Central, on the division
between Jimulco and Jiminez. Dur
ing his periods of lay-over in Jimulco
he met pretty Maria Gonzales, who
first admired the young American and
then fell in love with him.
A short time ago. when Towards
train was approaching the yards at
Jimulco. the air mechanism of one of
the cars failed to work, and Howard
opened the emergency valve in the
caboose. The effect. was a sudden
jerk of the forward cars. \ native
brakeman sat on the brake of one of
the cars and the jerk threw him to
the ground and one of his arms was
broken by the fall.
In consonance with Mexican laws
regarding railroad accidents. Howard
was held responsible, was arrested and
placed in Jail. While Towards friends
were endeavoring to secure a tearing
of the case. his sweet heart was plan
ming and doing. She took her sister
into her confidence and likewise
brother, one of the night employees of
the roundhouSe. She won their sym
pathies and promises of cooperation.
On the fourth night of Towards
Imprisonment the plot was ripe. Early
that evening Marie found the conduc-
tor of No. I. due 10 leave for the
north at 1880 She told him her story
also, and he agreed to hold the train.
At an hour when that town had gone
TO sleep a crowbar was laid conven-
iently near the Jail a few minutes
later he heroic girls sister appeared
al the entrance to the Jail She told
the jailer she had been visiting
friend and that, contrary TO agree
ment her brother had failed to call
for her and that she desired him to
escort her home The jailer was more
than honored.
Maria lost not moment She went
into the patio and to the cell of the
imprisoned American First she
passed between the bars of the little
opening in the door pistol and
knife Then with the crowbar she as
saulted the old-fashioned lock and
broke it from its fastenings. The door
swung open and Howard walked out.
She told him what 10 do; that block
distant No. was waiting his coming.
He ran to the train. The moment he
reached the caboose the conductor
gave the signal and the train pulled
out into the night.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-14

A mighty team we're these two. Truly
their works live after them.
Ii is nearly 100 years since they started
on that great exploration fathered by Thos.
jefferson, up the Missouri end down the
Columbia rivers, crossing the mountains
between, and the results of it and the deer
interest in it still lives.
Their first winter-ts04-5-wa spent
among the Mandan Indians; the winter OF
1865 they passed near the mouth of the
Columbia river among the Clatsop Indians
They crossed the Rocky mountains at five
different places and travelled sometimes in
canoes, sometimes on horseback, sometimes
afoot, and covered about 10000 miles in all
Their adventures proved truth to be as
strange as fiction; their discoveries were OF
the greatest Importance
Wonderland 1900 just issued by the
Northern Pacific Railway Co. is largely de
voted TO Lewis and Clarks exploration and
Is the only popular and reliable narrative
of that expedition recently published
The writer visited the important places
on the explorers route and photographs
were taken for specially illustrating the
article.
The book will be sent to any address upon
receipt of six cents in stamps. by Chas. S
Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent. St Paul Mimi.
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A CYCLONE SAFETY.

rods in the downpour OF rain that FOL.
lows the wind.
The safety is built in the cellar UNI
derneath the house. In an ordinary
cellar one would be anything but safe
should the house be lifted or blown
over, for the chimneys, upper founda-
tions and debris Of the house usually
fill the cellar. The safety is to guard
against being crushed by these. 1t is
constructed in the form of a table, in
the southwest corner of the cellar.
Posts large enough to Withstand the
greatest weight should be in pairs
about four feet apart and the tops of
the pairs should be cut with shoulders
on corresponding sides, upon which
rest the plank that the protecting floor
is to be Spiked to. These plank are
bolted to the posts, and should be of
oak. The covering plank should also
be of three inch oak and fastened with
large spikes.
The side should be boarded up or ex-
ira posts put in to guard against re-
bounding stones or timbers. 1t should
cover as large a space as convenient.
An ak, crowbar, spade, saw and Ratchet
should always be kept inside. Boxes
also upon which to sit should be pro-
vided. This is much cheaper than the
cave and as safe as any refuge can be.
Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-14
instructed the Queen

\ hitherto unrecorded anecdote Of
the queen is the following. says the
Scottish Americans: One autumn
afternoon. many years ago, her ma
:esty was going to sit on hillside
and watch some of her relatives fish
ing in the river below her. when she
found that she had no thimble in her
pocket. so could not work. as she had
intended. al the sewing she was car
sying Turning out of her way TO
Mrs. Symond's shop. she bought the
smallest thimble there. which was.
however. many sizes too big for her
There was an old Scotch dame
at the counter. impatiently waiting
TO make her own purchases. Not rec
ognizing the queen, she broke into the
conversation with a; .'Hoots. but it's
a rare fuss an Paddle you're maxim
Blow intae IT weel an it'll stick"
That phrase. the latter part of the
sentence. amused her majesty inn
mensely. and became quite a proverb
in the ROYAL family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-14
The State OF yashinptou

Is known as the Evergreen State because
of its vast forests Outside of the limited
areas of BIG TREES in California. there are
no such forests of pine, fir hemlock. spruce.
cedar, etc, as are found here. The trees
airs long and straight and the massive tim
bers and fine shingles made from them are
shipped all over the world
Washington Fruit is a product of great
value. Its flavor and color are unsurpassed.
East of the Cascade mountains, the climate
is dry and warm. and irrigation is neces-
sary. This makes the farmer independent
of rain. West of the mountains irrigation
is unnecessary and the rainfall is ample for
all purposes. Cauneries and fruit driving
establishments can be operated profitably
in this state. Grain, hops and alfalfa are
very profitable crops, and beet sugar is
rapidly making Roadway
Washington is a coming empire. Brains
are in demand in all professions and labor
is wanted and is paid remunerative prices.
Fuel coal as well as wood. is abundant and
cheap. Schools and churches abound, the
state is well supplied with railways.
Varied attitudes and climates render this
country desirable place of residence, and
all can be suited.
For further information rates, etc, ad-
dress Chas. s. Fee, Gen. Pass Agent,
Northern Pacific R'y, ST. Paul, Mimi
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CHINESE STREET DOCS.

quotations are correct. Yet his own
ers are working for from five to ten
cents day. The American laborer
who earns 20 times as much pays no
more for the pork he eats. 1t goes
without saying that the ordinary
Chinese eat pork very sparingly; it is
more as sauce, an oil in the gravy
to give flavor. than as an article of
diet. as il is on the American table.
So ii is with fish. of which they eat
every kind and every part. Fish also
are eaten but sparingIy, because of
the expense. Well-to-do people only
can afford to eat much meat of any
kind
Chickens are everywhere. as omni-
present as the pig, and much more
numerous. But they are eaten only as
luxuries. One represents two days
labor and a dozen eggs one days. No
wonder they cook every part, the
head. feet and even the cntrails. They
cannot afford to throw any of it away.
Our cook sees to il that no part of
our chickens is wasted, just as he
prevented extravaganza in disposing Of
the dog. \ genius for economy is
John Chinaman. the cook. Would
that his talent in this line were cxer-
cised more in the interests of his en-
ployer!
Beef is eaten comparatively little.
There is no place to Craze cattle in
this densely populated country. The
people raise COWS enough for their
own blowing. When the animal gets
too old to pull the pillow it is killed for
beef The officials prohibit slaughter
ing as business. or license it for a
good sum, as it suits them. | have
noticedof recent years an increase in
this line, and it is probable that beef
will become a large staple article of
food in China when the country opens,