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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
Teddy Wings" a Lion.
Baltimore Sun. }

An interested nation gratefully doffs
its Rough Rider hat to the Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, erstwhile Governor Of
New York and now vlce-President-
elect Of the United States. The hero
Of San Juan Hill has appeased his stren-
uous blood-thirst by "winging" q
springing lion in the mountain fast
nesses Of Colorado, and the incident
was invested with such an atmosphere
Of adventure that it is we'll worth q
place In his winning Of the West. I"
To describe this border.life scene as
the "winglng Of the lion" sounds like
a geological solecism, but we must in
sist that it was winged" by the in
trepid apostle Of strenucsity. because
the.aooounts imply that the beast was
shot flying through the air Z" II it
had been the kind Of lion familiar to
the circus.goer, the dispatch might
have employed the hackneyed phrase Of
'bearding the lion in his den" but
the mountain beast Of America Is clean.
shaven save for q slight Boulanger-
esque affeCEation which would bring the
hand into dangerous proximity to the
nav IL boarding" were attempted.
However that may be, it 10 neverIhe-
less fact that he pursued his game for
two miles. when, wholly unlion.like
it took TO q tTes No one can amsgine
the emotions of the beast when il bu.
ried itself in the boughs Of tree out OF
sight of q real. live vioe.President-
elect The whole incident might have
been closed right there had not someone
done something to seriously impugn
the animals proves. 10 an instant
the air was filed with lion. all going
in one direction, and aimed traight at
DR.. Webb. one Of Colonel Roosevelrs
guests. It was q crucial moment. and
could not be pigeonholed like legisla.
tive resolution Of inquiry But our
hero hal not lost his cunning. A true
aim-baug land the voracious beast
lay lifeneEs at the gunner's feet. And
the blood that tingled at San Juan
Hill glowed with fresh glory.
Here is a point for serious oonsidera-
tion among Senators. Will the same
strenuous spirit send a gAvel with uner.
ring aim at member Of the upper
house whom the presiding officer may
regard as lespIng, open-mawed lion ?
Will he bif such q person at the mo.
ment Of q friends impending peril {?
While the whole tale may be an elabo-
rate recital of the fate Of a stray cat +.
the force Of its moral cannot be under
estimated. The vice-President-eleot
shall ever be gardian Of his friends,
aud whether 1t be winged lion or a
flnny bird that attacks, no harm shall
come to him who trusts the mighty
arm Of the man who freed Cuba.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
RoosEvELT's NARROW ESCAPE.
baltimore News.

A'OWo.
The vice. -President.ele Of the
United States, while hunting for noun.
tain lions In Colorado, has been chased
by q bear. The incident Is thrillingly
described in dispatch from Meeker
Col, to the New York Sun, and from
this IL appears that the gallant Colonel
did not run until his last cartridge had
been fred and he had been tripped up
By protruding rock
What was O bear to Colonel Roose-
velt9 What degree Of terror could 4
wounded beast Of this description in.
spire In the bosom Of man who had
boldly hunted the Tiger In New York,
faced him In his awful lairs. ohalleng.
ed him to open combat at the polls and
defied him to do his worst? What was
q mere bear TO a man who had faced
the missiles Of fun-loving mob In the
hottest campaign tour In the history Of
American politics and never fiinched,
even when pointed fence rails were
jabbed at his sides? The bear at Meek
or, COL, was q very foolish animal. II
Il had known what 1t was running up
against. it is safe to wager that II
would have turned and fed for its life
instead Of making traight for an inevi.
table doom Its life was probably sacri.
fced, however. in good cause. Hereafter
the bears Of Colorado will know better
than to emulate such an example and
will come out msekly and lie down at
the feet Of the gallant huntsman. Dol.
Roosevelt went out loaded for lion,
bat his trusty rife proved with its last
shot that 1t would do a. well for bear.
Yet how thrilling TO think Of that
grave situation, with.the Colonel tossed
10 the snow by a protruding rock and
the bear falling mortally wounded with
the last bullet, just as he was about to
hug his tormentor TO his hairy bosom.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Schedule In Kfsct Jan. IA 1901
All trains arrive st and depart from
Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
s.Ol A. M.-Daily-for DanVille, Charlotte
ana way stations, connecting at Calverton
10 Warrenton, at Manassas for etrasDurg
ant Harrisonburg daily and staunton "eek
days At Lynchburg with the Norfolk ana
Western daily for Roanoke and points
Southwest and with G. & o. &. 3. daily for
Natural Bridge and Lexington. ,
Il:i6 A. M.-DaiIy THE UNITED
aTATES FAST MAIL carries Pullman
sleepers New York and Washington to
Jscksonvilis, via savannah. uniting at Sal
VILE and Hot Springs n. u, Knox
Tspn. % and OF Charlotte with Pull
man Sleeper for Augusta and al
Danville with Sleeper for Birmingham;
and at Columbia, with sleeper for Charles
ton, Pullman Sleeper New YORK 10 New
Orleans. Solid train Washington to New
Orleans without chL age, connects al Lynch-
burg daily for Natural Bridge and Iexing-
ton, Va Dining car service.
II:37 A. M.-Dsily-Local for CharlotteS-
VILE, connecting at Calverton for warren
l:ol P. M.-Local for Strasburg and Har.
risonburg daily except Sunday.
l.3O p. M.daily, local for Charlottesville,
connecting at Calverton for Warrenton.
6.35P. NJ, week day. New York and
Flo jta Limitsd Composite Cafe and
Smoking Car, Dining Car Co apartment ard
nraUin y.Toom Sic ping Cars and library
and Observation Cars New Y ork and Wasa-
irgton to st Au justine, and Pullman
DraWing-room Sleeping Gar New YORK and
Washington to Aiken and Augusta. Steam
he ted and electric Lighted Sonnect, lg AZ
Colunbia with Farlo- Car for Cha lesion
and a. Way r5sI with Parlor Car for
ur6s p M. daily New York and Florida
rxnrsss Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars,
New York and Washington to Port Tampa,
yia Jacksonville, and to Augusta via
Oolumbia with connection Tor AIKEN
and Thursdays New York TO oIhomssVllile ga ga
Through coach TO Jacksonville. Dining Car
e:5S P. NJ. daily, Warrington and
nnattanooRa Limited, via Lynchburg, Win
sIeepers. New York and Washington TO
Memphis and New Orleans through Bristol.
Through coach to Memphis: Psrlor
and Observation Oar between Radford, va,
and Attalia. Ala. Dining Car service.
In.15 M. daily, WASHINGTON AHD
sOUTH- WESTERN, VESTIBULED LIN
fTED.0 oomo3sed Of Dining Cars and Day,
beaches. Pullman Vestibuled SleepeIs,
New York to Nashville, Tenn,
T;s Asheville, Knoxville and Chat
kanooRa: New York 70 memphis, VIA D1m'
ineha1a' New York to New Orleans, via At
iafIta and Montgomery. Pullman, Library
and Observation car between New YORK and
washington and Macon. Dining Car
service. ,.-s..
Sieeper on this train-eveIy Monday,
"wednesday and Friday, Washington TO
San francisco without change. Connection
Isayes Richmond at HOOP. h.
Trains on the Narrow Gauge reach OranEs
daily at 1910 A. N
Trains on the Southern Railway pass
Orange DAILY ~ follows
SOUTH BOUND
1:OO Az. 2:s5 P.H q. 7.4s P. n.
EORTH BOUND :,
ii:OJ A. II. $40 P. NJ. o:S7 A. n.
FOR rates, map folders and sleeping car
spsoe apply to nea ssst Southern Railway
Agent, or
FRANK s.GANNON, ,srd Y. Pres q Gen. Mgr
H. HARDWIJ TX. General Passenger
Agent
y. g. BROWN, General Agent,
WASHINGTON, D. O.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
Tne Mothers Favorits.

Ohamberlain's Cough Remedy IA th8
mothers favorite. IL is pleasant ana
safe for children to take and always
cures. Il Is intended especially lor
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and is the best medicine made
for these diseases. There Ia not the
least danger In giving IL TO children
for IL contains no Opium or other In
furious drug and may be given a. con-
fdently TO babe as to an adult For
sale by M. III. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
Gen. De Vet.

Gen. De Wet. the "Ubiquitous' a.
Lord Roberts nicknamed him, has q
keen sense of humor. When compsny
Of his troops brought ia come members
Of Paget's Horse Guards one dsy he
asked what the p. 4. on their mi.
forms meant and suggested Perfectly
Harmless. The latest story Of De
Vets wit is making even London
laugh, sore and exasperated a. the peo-
pie are over his successes. he captured
three British scouts recently and told
them. he would liberate them II they
would convey an important dispatch TO
Gen. Rundle. When that officer opened
the letter he read: "Dear Sir. Please
chain up these three dangerous fellows
l catch them every day Yours.
De Wet. ;, Z
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
A Good One

A citizsn Of Philadelphia tells the
following family story:
lone Of my youngsters sprang rid'
die on me last night which runs this
way "Who was q well-known Biblical
character never named in the Bible,
whose death was the most peculiar In
history, whose shroud is 3 part Of every
household, and the cause Of whose death
was the subject Of a widely read
novelp"'
Osn you give the answer9 Lots wife,
That's the only name by which she is
known in the Bible. She was turned
into pillar of salt, consequently her
shroud is In every household. Her
death resulted from looking backward
the title Of Bellamy's famous book.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
story Of a Slave,

To be bound hand and foot fr years
By the chains Of disease is the worst
form OF slavery. George d. Williams,
OF Manchester, Mich, tells how such q
slave was made free. He says: MY
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over In bed alone.
After using two bottles Of Electric Bit
ters. she is wonderfully improved and
able to do her own work This 50.
preme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache. backache. faint.
ing and dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine isa godsend to weak,
sickly, run down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only 80 cents. Sold by
M. NJ. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22

Timely information given Mrs.
George Long. Of New Straitsville, Ohio,
prevented dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. A frightful cough had long
kept her awake every night. She had
tried many remedies and doctors bat
steadily grew worse until urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her. and she writes thia
marvellous medicine also cured Mr., Long
Of 9 severe attack Of Pneumonia. Such
cures are positive proof Of the maloblesa
merit Of this grand remedy for curing
eli throat, oheat and lung troubles.
Only SOC and 81 90, every bottle guar
anteed. Trial bottles free 81 n. n
Lewis Drug Store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22

Out this out and take IL to M NJ
Lewis's drug store and get free sam
pie of JhambeFlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. the best physic They
also cure disorders Of the stomach,
biliousness and headache.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
YoU'REIT.

II you're sore
To the core,
With aching bones
And husky tones
When you speak,
And you're weak
In the knees,
And you sneeze,
Aud often cough
Your head near of,
And you note
That your throat
Feels quite raw,
And your jaw
Feels as II
You'd got a biff,
And dull pains
Vex your brains,
Then you've caught it,
You have got it
It's the grip.
II you feel
The heat steal
Ger your frame
Like flame,
Till you burn
And you-yearn
For chunks Of ice
At any price,
Then like fash
The shiYers dash
From head 90 feet,
A chill complete,
And you shake,
And you quake,
And there desire
For q fire,
And something hot
Right on the pot
To quickly drink,
And you think
Right there and then
You'll ne'er be warm again,
Then you've caught it,
Ycu have got it,
it's the grip.
It's In the air,
It's everywhere;
Inc microbe OF the grip
Is on another trip,
And up and down,
Through ell the town,
By night and day
1t seeks its prey.
And lis the fad
II you are sad, DoWEW
Or even mad, ~nazau
Or II you sneeze,
Or cough or wheeze,
Or feel too warm,
Or ohills alarm,
To wear g look Of grim dlsmay
And hoarsely say:
i've caught IL,
I've got it
"It's the gripp"
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22

II troubled with q weak digestion.
belching, sour stomach, or If you feel
dull after eating, try Chamberlain q
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 25
cents. Samples free at NJ. M. Lewis's
drug store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22

and I'D p. n, 3ICtVE DuHuHJ tut tIIvH lNUUu'
Far esasr information, address
JN0. ID. POTTS,
a. q. p, A., Rishmend. Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22
C.&O 70 hot Springs.
OTNOINNATI. LOUISVILLE, CHICAGO
HT. LOUIS AND THE WEeT.

Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. and
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-22

Mr.. George L. Argenbright, of Au.
gusta county, passed his Tooth birthday
January II.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14
PROSPECTUS.

In rendering this, our prospec-
tus, we wish to avoid fowery,
deceptive language, and to set
forth in detail few simple, plain
facts, briefly stating what we
have done, where we have opera
ted and what we propose to do.
The Prairie Mamou Oil & Min
eral Co. Ltd, domiciled at Jen-
nings, Calcasieu parish, La. is a
duly organized and chartered
company, capitalized at 5000, 900.
Captain D. E. Sweet, president
of the Jennings Banking & Trust
Co., a man of unquestionable in
tegrity and pronounced bust
ness success, is president of this
company.
From the organization of this
Company it has been the purpose
to select small plots of really oil
lands throughout the oil belt of
Calcasieu parish, ignoring in a
measure large bodies of indiffer
emit lands without promise, upon
which leases could be procured
at nominal figures. Following
up this idea they have purchased,
First.-Twenty acres near the
blackberry we'll that is full OF
promise, the well being down
near 1000 feet, with every indi-
cation of success. The stock OF
this we'll is now at par value.
A peculiar feature character
ling this we'll, which lies thirteen
miles southeast of Sulphur Mines
is, that before the day when sui
phur was extracted by heat a
spring at blackberry flowed very
cold water, which today is almost
as hot as hot cnffee. We also
purchased five acres near the
Vinton wells which have struck
several stratas of oil, published
to the world.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14

Second. Finding unparalleled
gas and oil indications ON Bayou
Blue, about fifteen miles north
of Jennings, we purchased Bayou
Blue Springs, covering hill of
about five arcres on Bayou Blue.
We also have forty acres three
miles north of the Jennings Oil
Well, where gas and oil abound
and upon which it was at first
intended to sink a well. But the
climax was struck when after
much labor and time had been
spent, ANSSE A. LA BUTTE, the
SPINDLE TOP of Mamou Prairie
was secured, and this is a real
Spindle Topin every sense. This
six acres lies within a mile Of
Bayou Cane, tributary of Mer-
mentau river and just north of
Mermentau station where the
Southern Pacific railway crosses
ol10 M0I 1u0I Ubu 1lVO1, giving
easy and cheap access to an out
let to market.
This is where the Prairie
Mamou Oil & Mineral Co., Ltd
will within the next 30 days be-
gin to sink a we'll with the prom
Use in advance of a gusher. 1t is
about fourth of a mile south
east of the noted gushing we'll of
the Jennings Oil Co.
We intend to bore our second
well on Bayou Blue. We have
leases upon several hundred
acres of lands on which we would
bore in event others see fit to
develop any adjacent thereto and
meet success.
The Company will offer $4,000
shares for sale at so cents per
share for short time. Par val
ue of shares one dollar each. We
would much prefer to sell these
shares to home people.
Address all communications to
AUG. COLBERT, Sec'y,
jennings, La.
or, D. E. SWEET, Pres,
Jennings, La.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14
nc. Is.

Economy often Sometimes economy
extravagant spending expensive
spending
So in advertising That economical call
to avoid argument In reality it investment
In tendolar advertisement the last dollars pay
the other eight. Maybe eght-dollar adj
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14
Prairie Mamou Oil & Mineral
COMPANY, LIMITED.

IT,
JENNINGS. LOUISIANA.
President, D. E. jennings La. ViceFresiden Jno
Virginia Secretary Aug Colbert LakeChares La
Treasurer Manager, 7. D. Pollard, New Iberia, La
of Directors: D. E. Sweet Aug Colbert Jas.
Harrah, Elliott Farley, Jno. E Ross
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14

you of course, but the right way o.
eaksthe the bills Of fare the directories, charts
the pages in "so"venirs Cut them all Off and your trade
feel the difference
Cut off the inconsequenta papers you to- always
keep ad in best papers, big enough you Justice
is better to convince few people than talk many
You will always find that the papers give you your
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-14

:
Don't think one paper
high-priced because the rate
is a dollar an inch, and
another one low-priced be
cause it is ten cents an inch.
Usually the more you
pay for advertising the cheap
CT it IS.
There are exceptions, of
course. They prove the
rule.
CeeyrIsht, Cherries dustin Bates, Nszp Yor6.
Gilpin observer., 1901-12-26
INDIANS SPEAK WELSH.
Crock Tradition of Early Corners Who
Taught Them Welsh.

Almost at the moment Of the PROF.
lamation of a new prince for Wales
comes intelligence which, If correct,
brings additional honor to that land,
says the London Leader.
Major r. III. Cooper the well known
explorer of the home of the cliff DWELL
ers, who is well known in Denver and
Colorado, has announced in Chicago
his discovery of evidences of a Welsh
settlement in America before the time
of Columbus. Major Cooper was ex-
changing greetings with Creek In
dians when his two Welsh compan-
ions began to criticise the Indian camp
in Welsh. Suddenly the Oldest chief
stopped, listened and then ran to the
Welshmen and embraced them, speak
ing to them rapidly in Creek-which
they did not understand-and then
more slowly pronOuncing words which
made them start and stare in amaze
ment. The Indian was speaking
Welsh.
Subsequently the chief related ira,
dition of the tribe, 1t appears that
many years ago, when the Creeks
were great people, there came among
them up the Arkansas river a consid-
cradle number Of white men. They
were the first the Indians had ever
seen, and they brought many strange
iron utensils and weapons. strange
customs and language. They wera.
adopted into the tribes. AS their in
duence Increased they impressed upon
the Indians many of their customs,
but chiefly words from their tongue.
They told the Indians that some day
other white men speaking these same
words would come among them and
they must preserve those words to
greet them. '-s
A similar tradition has been pre-
served by the Navajos. In an. ancient,
mound, moreover, Major Cooper found
an iron knife, such as the Welsh
made in the early days, and on it
We're the figures 1857. 1t seems like
ly, therefore, that Welshmen settled in
America century before Columbus
was born.
Gilpin observer., 1901-12-26
"SYRIAN LAMB FLEECE"
Philadelphian's Experience With .
Guileful Oriental.

A certain young member of the Rit-
tenhouse Club, who has just returned
from a jaunt through Syria, says the
Philadelphia Record, freely admits to
his friends his conclusion that he has
more money than brains. 1t seems
that, while travelling through the inter-
ior of that country, he was prevailed
upon by one of the sons of the prophet
to buy at an exceedingly high price
great deal of what was described to
him as Syrian lamb fleece" When
he returned to Philadelphia he sent
this to his tailor with instructions to use
it for lining heavy ulster he was hav-
ing made. A week or so later he called
at the tailor's to try on the overcoat.
You didn't send us quite enough ma
terial, Mr.. Blank" remarked the pro-
prietor of the store, $50 I had to send
out to get some more to line the sleeves
with"
But that's impossible" cried the
traveller. You can't get the fleece any,
where in America. Its to be had only
in Syria!'
Il think you're mistaken" replied the
tailor; lin this country we call it rab-
bit skin.'
Gilpin observer., 1901-12-26
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC,
PREPARING FOR WAR

(. Buenos Ayres, Dec 24.-General
Mitre, president of the boundary COM
mission and former president of Ar
.gentina, will approve the resolution of
the Argentine government to with
draw Senor Portela, the Chilian min
lister to Argentina.
The people are focking to the pub
lie rifle ranges. Each citizen is al
lowed to shoot thirty-fiye cartridges
from a Mauser rifle, gratis. Foreign
legions'' of soldiers are being organ
lied.
The Buenos Ayres Herald expresses
its approval of the recall of the Argen-
tine minister to Chilli. The paper does
not believe ;, this step necessarily
means war. 1t says, however, that
the Argentine government could not
follow more dignified course of ac-
ton. The Herald speaks glowingly Of
the power and present state Of organ
ization of the Argentine navy.
Senor Concha SubercaseauX, the
Chilean minister here, had a confer
ence Saturday with General Roca,
president of Argentine.
General Roca's demeanor to the
Chilean minister was cold and he
spoke with energy. The conference
became llttle Violent III cuaTdCteT.
General ROca severely criticised the
proceedings of the Chilian admins
tration.
The international situation with
Chill remains unchanged.
The Argentine government has re-
solved firmly to maintain its rights
until such time as Chill makes a full
explanation of her attitude in the
matter.
1t is calculated here that $4,000 men
will answer the first call for soldiers.
These men are ready to undertake
any duty. There is. furthermore, a re-
serve of 10000 young men to the fore
going $4,000.
Throughout the entire republic to-
day men are practicing at rifle shoot
ing.
The energetic stand of the govern
ment is enthusiastically supported by
public opinion.
Gilpin observer., 1901-12-26

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 24.-The
jury in the Doyle-Burns mining suit,
in which James Doyle asks for 81 ,OOO,-
coo in stock and dividends of the Port
land Mining Company, returned a ver-
dict Saturday awarding the plaintiff
$446, 6,922.73. Burns attorneys gave
notice of a motion for a new trial and
will argue 1t next Saturday. IF a
new trial is not granted said Sena-
tor Patterson, I'VE will appeal the
case to a higher court"
The jury twice asked Judge Green
for further and renewed instructions,
and also asked him to define two Of
the questions offered by the defendant.
One was as to whether they could, un-
der the evidence and instructions, find
for Doyle upon the Tidal Wave claim
and not upon the Bob Tail No. 2 and
the Devils Own. The court empha-
sized former instructions that such q
finding could be made.
The verdict decided that Burns and
Doyle entered into n contract Febru-
ary 2, 1892, by which each should
share aud share alike in all claims
they had at that time acquired or
should in the future acquire. 1t de-
cided that the plaintiffs interests in
the Professor Grubbs and defendants
interests in the Portland mine We're
not acquired under an agreement
made March IA, 1892, and that Doyle
made his first demand for the stock
in controversy February 2, 1895.
They decided that the market value
Of the stock was 75 cents per share
and that 45 cents in dividends had
been paid on the Portland when the
demand was made. The verdict de-
clares Burns did not own an interest
in the Devils Own claim when it was
transferred to the Portland Mining
Company.
The verdict also finds that Burns
owned an interest in the Tidal Wave