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cauehts Dreadful Cold.

Marion Kooke, manager for T. NJ.
Thompson, a large importer OF fine milli-
merry at 1868 Milwaukee Avenue, Chica-
90. says: During the late severe weather
/ caught dreadful cold which kept me
awake at night and made me unfit to at
tend my to work during the day. One OF
nv milliners was taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for a severe cold at that
time, which seemed to relieve her so
quickly that bought some for myself.
Ii acted like magic and ! began to inn
prove at once. am now entirely well
and feel very pleased to acknowledged
it's merits" For sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Ill., Wa Get Our Saft.

.Tolease mass me the salt" is heard at
table many and many a time In the
course of a year. yet probably no boy
or girl gives a thought as to how that
most necessary article of diet Is manu-
factured. Salt Is so necessary that no
human being can retain his health long
without 1t. This fact makes the subject
one Of interest, but the various ways
in which the mineral is secured form a
theme that is more interesting STILL
There are three general sources from
which the salt you secure at the gro
Gerry store Is obtained. One Is by evap-
Grafton, one by mining and one Dy
scraping from the surface as snow Is
removed from the ice on pond.
At Syracuse, n. Y, in Michigan and
In many other states there are evapo'
rating watts, into which water from salt
springs Is poured. AS the water Is
drawn away by the sun the salt re-
mains. In a number Of states there are
great salt mines from which the pure
rock salt is taken as are blocks OF coal
from a coal mine.
In southern California there is salt
field where the mineral Is scrapcd up IN
huge heaps, refined and placed on the
market. In this region, called the Colo
RADIO desert, lying just north OF the
Mexican line, Is tract covering l,OoO
acres. 264 feet below the sea level and
covered with salt 10 depth OF from
one to eight inches. In the sunlight the
field is Of dazzling whiteness. Eight
years ago the Colorado river broke
through its banks and flooded this
desert. but the water receded, and since
then the gathering of the salt has been
a growing industry. The crust OF SAT-
is first broken into burrows by n salt
plow, Is then gathered and hauled
away TO the refinery. 1t Is said the salt
crust is due TO innumerable salt springs
below the surface.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20
RooseveIfs First Day.

The chaplain Of the senate is blind.
The first day OF the new senate he
stood at his accustomed place. seeing
nothing, but keenly alive for the sig
nal which should start him upon his
prayer.
When all was ready, the vice prcsl-
dent waved his hand In the direction
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20

A decision regarding the status Of
watch under the national bankruptcy
law was handed down by Judge Lowell
In the United States district court In
the case Of Frank Turnbull. plumber,
who recently fled a voluntary petition
In bankruptcy. Through his counsel
the petitioner commended that his watch
was exempt both as being wearing
apparel and a tool" necessary for
carrying on his trade. The court, how
ever, ruled against him on both points.
Boston Evening Transcript
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20
The ss,t Blood Purifier.

The blood ia constantly being purified
by the Lungs, liver and kidneys. Keep
these organs in healthy condition and
the bowels regular and you will have no
need Of blood purifier. For this pur-
pose there is nothing equal to Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, one
dose Of them will doyou more good than
a dollar hottie OF the best blood purifier.
Price % cents. Samples free at M. M.
Lewis's drug store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20

the lower edge reaching TO the belt Mt
the back, while In the front II Is sloped
upward to the bust. where the right
front Is heightened into strap, which
fastens over on the left front with a
large metal button. from under which
comes a knot Of black MORE ribbon. a
prettily shaped collar Of stitched cloth
plped with black MORE borders the
bolero and frames the upper part Of the
vest OF white mousseline de sole. orna'
mented with white silk frogs. The col
lar band matches the vest, and the belt
Is OF the MORE. The long sleeves are
stitched at the wrists and adorned with
the frogs. philadelphia Ledger.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20
auR,s Rtryp.p wHsPERED rHR CLERK.

Of the chaplain. There was no re-
spouse. Roosevelt waited a moment
In uncertainty.
Hes blind" whispered the clerk.
1.-THE chaplain will offer prayer" an
nounced Mr.. Roosevelt. and with this
satisfactory cue the blind preacher be-
gan to address the throue OF grace.
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WOMAN AND FASHION
Novel and Attractive.

The Illustration pictures a gown IN
light tan cloth with the long skirt plait-
ed over the hips and across the back,
the plalts being held in form for the
depth OF about six inches by lines OF
stitching below which the cloth flows
out gracefully. The bolero is rounded
out at the neck both back and front,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20

dots. valenclennes lace supplies an
elaborate decoration for collar. Guns
and revers.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-20

A bewltehlng little satin foulard bod
ice In pale rose spotted with shaded red
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Spring Schedule.
Weems Steamboat 20.
BALTIMORE. FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.
NORFOLK AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER
ROUTE.

ON and after Tuesday, March 26th steam
ers Richmond. Lancaster and Essex will leave
pier = Light street. Baltimore, every Tues
day and FRIDAY at 4.3O D. m, Tor federlchs-
burg and all Wharyes on the river Return
ing will leave Fredericksburg at 2.3O y. m,
Glide permitting). Monday and Thursday,
LeedstOwn at 1870 a. m, Tuesday ana + r.
DAY for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday and Thursday
nj 4:3O D. m, for TappahannOck and all
Wharves below, except Bay Port. Return
ing will leave TappahannOek at 500 a. m.
ON Monday and Thursday for Baltimore.
NORFOLK ROUTE.
VIII leave TappahannOck for Norfolk az
D. m. Friday, stopping at all landings. VIII
leave Norfolk NJ D. IN saturday Tor rap
pahannOck, calling at all landings.
HENRY WILLIAMS Manager,
w.D. SCOTT. Agent,
at Fredericksburg, Va.
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
Beginning Tuesday. March 2G, Steamers
Northumberland aud Potomac viii leave Pier
8. Light street, Baltimore, every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, at p. IN. Tor Alex
andria and Washington. calling at all OF the
usual landings. Beginning Thursday, March
2S will leave 9TH Street Wharf, Washington,
at p. m. Thursday, Sunday and tuesday,
going a far rs LeOnardtOwn on these even
ines Will leave LeOnardtOWn at a. m,
Kinsale at , m, Miller at , p. m, Grason's
at 8 p. m, and BacOD's at p. m, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, arriving In Balti-
more early the following morning. Freight
received daily I'm Baltimore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent, BALTIC,
STEPHENSON Il BRO, Agents,
at Washington, ID. G.
WILLIAM NJ. REARDON, Agent.
at Alexandria, Va.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

ume the newspaper men coined none,
ana the release Of John Waller was has-
tened IN large measure through Inc sen+i-
ment that had been stirred up.
Other weIl-remembered Kansas Fol,a.
were Of an old fiddle full OF banIcrotss
that was found at Wichita: Of ADdersov'
Gray who hypnotized Mcdonald and
made him shoot another mana story
mat, by the way, IS said to have fur
nlshed DuMaurier with his suggestion for
Iruby, and of Father BigIey's 5OO-r1iJo
ride across the prairie to administer the
last sacrament to a woman All these
were told with real Kansas gusto. East
eIn EDITORS paid big prices for the latest
details, and Kansas became the center 81
all eyes.
But the Kansas fake is a thing Of tbs
past Or rather. as someone from
W1tchlta explains. the art Of taking has
degenerated. The present axes are COM
mon, everyday lies; the old fakes bad
method IN nearly everyone Of them. and
the influence they have had upon the
thought, the commerce and the deveIop-
ment OF the West is incaIcuiable. II
would take a much longer time to tell
what some famous Kansas fakes bavA
accomplished than the average person
would dream Of; in fact, the average fell
low would never dream that the fakes Of
Kansas have ever accomplished any
thing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

Kansas. Why he wrote that fake has
always been incOmprehe nsible to his
friends. He possibly experienced a pass
ing and irresistible disposition to fake
and couldn't help 1t.
ROSA WHITEFACE A BONANZA.
The Rosa Whiteface" fake, which
stirred up the nation even more, was
sent out by a man who at the time did
not know that the story mad no founda-
tion. Rosa Whitef9ce, the public will re-
member, was supposed to be a pupil at
the Indian school near Fort Reno. Her
father sold her to Black Coyote" al
ready the possessor of seven wives, for
fifteen ponies She was in love with
another fellow. The New York Recorder
WAS then in existence and the story
was boiled down to 15O words and sent
to it. The answer came back from the
managing editor; The Recorder IN
dertakes to rescue Rosa Wniteface from
the horrors of concubinage, send the de-
tails fully, spare no expense" This was
an invitation to padding talent and the
next issue of the Recorder contained a
four-column dispatch.
The Recorder te1egraphed Secretary
Noble of the interior; Secretary Noble
kept the wires hot commanding Agent
Woodson to prevent the marriage. and
Agent WoodSon was almost driven in
sane trying to find out who Rosa White
face was. The Indian Peace society
sent a dele cation to Washington. The
w C. T. US and ministerial associa-
tons began showering kilograms on the
interior department. In vain did Agent
Woodson say there was no such Indian
girl as Rosa Whiteface.
Finally the authorities at the Indian
school hit upon plan. They fell in
with the fake and announced that the
sale of the girl had been prevented. This
satisfied the Indian Peace society, the W.
c. T. us, the ministerial associations,
and above all, the New York Recorder
people, who double-leaded an article,
claiming that It had saved Rosa White
face, congratulated their correspondent
and sent him a check for S1O4-the biggest
check ever sent to Kansas for a news
story.
Another famous fake was gotten up by
three newspaper men at the time John
Waller of Kansas was being held pris-
oner in France. He was negro and
the blacks Of the state were really very
much excited, but the newspaper story
had them capture a Frenchman of dds
tinrtion and hold him as ransom pending
Walters release. The story assumed In
ternational Importance. It was cabled to
France, the French minister of foreign
affairs communicated with the French
minister at Washington, he in turn went
to see Secretary Olney about 1t, Secre-
tary Olney communicated with the gov
ernor of Oklahoma, who wired that there
was no truth in the story. The secretary
was not satisfied, however, and finally a
formal investigation which cost several
hundred dollars was made. In the mean
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

seek to honor; and in no other way
could they so surely and honorabIy win
a foremost place among all the patriotic
organizations of this country; IN no
other way could they better establish
their right to worthfly take up and carry
forward the unfinished work Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic; in no other way
could their fitness be entrusted Win the
ark OF the covenant and Its sacred ora
cles and to be the trusted SentinelS OF
their country's liberties, be more clearly
established. All honor through all time
will be their just desert, and Ia behalf or
nv comrades, present and absent living
and dead, and in behalf of the patriotic
women whose devotion to the cause of
freedom and right" has been stronger
than life itself, sincerely thank them;
These young patriots who constitute the
new Grand Army Of the Republic are
building better than they can now know.
These days of struggle and strenuous en-
deavor, Of alternate hope and discourage
ment are DAYS of manly discipline; days
in which the curriculum Of the patriot
is learned, and in which his love for his
country is tested and made sure. l am
confident that the time will surely come
in the lives of many Of the young men
here present when they shall receive
honorable recognition and reward at the
hands of grateful people. and will look
back upon the formative days Of the or
ganization of the Sons of Veterans, and
especially upon this anniversary day, with
serene and supreme satisfaction.
Long live our beloved land. Long live
the memory of the partiot dead, and from
this Memorial University, whose corner
stone we this day lay in faith and prayer,
may blessings forever flow forth to re-
ioice and make better all mankind.
Mason City is an ideal place for a great
university of this kind. In the first place.
it must depend for its patronage upon
the sons of the loyal soldiery of the
North and the greatest number Of these
are to be found in the great middle west
The CITY itself Is an ideal city Of 5000
people, with the finest water supply and
sewerage facilities in the West. It's pep
pie are enterprising and thrifty and OF
more than ordinary culture and educa-
| ton. When the fact developed that the
university was to be built, a regular in
corporated society WAS formed to formu-
late plans and secure pledges. which
would be as good as gold bonds when
| the committee went before the national
encampment. BY purchasing tract of
| 100 acres of the most beautiful land in
Northern Iowa, within the city limits,
setting apart forty acres Of this for a
campus and dividing the rest into lots
and securing pledges for the sale OF the
same a bonus Of practically 100000 was
| guaranteed by this city Of less than
! 10000.
One Of the stipulations was that the
CITY should have a building to cost not
! less than $4,000, and this is the build
ing which Is now in progress Of construc-
/ ton and the cornerstone of which was
| laid today. 1t is the first building in a
| group. the like Of which the MISSISSIPPI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

out flag or constitution. or badge of SOW
erelgnty. Today we reach from sea to
sea-SO, eco, 900 of free men-Supreme among
the nations-every citizen sovereign,
and together working out glorious deS-
tiny under the inspiration Of the Oldest
flag. and under the protection Of the
oldest written constitution known to
civilization.
What picture of progress the past
century reveals and what an endless
train of blessings our free institutions
have brought to us as a people. The
ground upon which We stand today was
ia the days Of our fathers a trackless
wilderness. the home of savage men.
now covered with fruitful fields, thriving
villages and populous cities; the abode
of a countless threng of happy, con
tented and prosperous people, each one
in generous rivalry seeking to develop
and make more manifest a citizenship
founded ON virtue, justice. intelligence
and individual worth.
With this splendid progress duty and
responsibility walk hand in hand de-
handing that we still go forward, and
go forward forever There is and can
be no haNing place in our onward
march, no camps Of idleness, no tents Of
gloom, no fa1tering column, no SOUND
of retreat for as a nation we hold in
trust the destinies Of the world, and
by divine providence have been ap-
pointed to solve the greatest problems
|. that can possibly affect the happiness
and welfare OF mankind.
These are days for men of Abrahamlc
faith. men who believe In the inmOr-
tality of righteousness and the preserYa-
ton of ali the good that has been achiev-
ed in the past; men who have intelligent
courage to defend all thai Is good in the
present, and who believe in the final and
complete triumph Of all that is good In
the ages to come. ID Is such a faith
and hope and courage that gives signi-
ficance to this hour and has brought
together this vast conceurse of patriotic
people TO lay the corner stone Of an in
stitution into which shall be lovingly
gathered and forever retained the sacred
treasures and memories Of the past; with
in whose walls shall be taught the new
GOSPEL of the universal brotherhood OF
man. and from whose sacred precincts
shall flow in an unceasing, yet ever in
ereasing stream, the priceless blessings
of civil and religious liberty
But to me has, on this occasion, been
assigned the special honor of speaking
for the Grand Army of the Republic, and
the patriotic men and women Of the
Civil war period, to whose memory it is
intended this university shall be a beau
tiful and lasting memorial
And first permit me to speak Of the
Sons whose wisdom conceived, whose
zeal has FASTENED and whose faith and
devotion will make sure. the completion
of this institution Of patriotism. In nu
other way could the Sons of Veterans
have more appropriately manifested theil
intelligent appreciation of the sacrifices
and heroiI m { those whose memory they
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
KANSAS TINE NONE OF FAXES
News Was Scarce and Dollars Were Scarce but Imagna-
ton Ran Riot.

every word of It. The reproductions of
the alleged ancient map Of L2uivera sold
like hot cakes at a dollar each and the
hand press ran day and night turning
them out. The hotels and boarding
houses were crowded and gold ore was
piled Up in every shop window with pIa-
cards telling the date and place of its
discovery and the value per ton.
In a few days everybody had a claim
and hence everybody, for the sake Of
self-interest, insisted that the boom was
genuine; that the ore was full of gold
There was a tremendous demand for
microscopes and jewellers turned their
places into assay offices.
WE'LL STORY.
Other fakes followed with a rapidity
ant a daring that makes me wonder
how the public swallowed the stories as
it did. There was the famous 'Baby in
tfte-welP' yarn, for instance DID news
PAPER men remember how for days the
public waited for DlllIctire that told Of
the awful sufferings of The Sedgwick
county child which had zen into
bored well before the eyes Of its mother,
who promptly tainted as the baby disap-
peared. When she came to her senses
and summoned the neighbors the baby
was down about 15o feet and wailing at
the top of its voice. Next morning at
every breakfast table In tho country
the story Of the Kansas baby was told,
and for three days bulletins that
described its cries as growing weaker
and weaker as the baby, becoming thin
for lack of nourishment, slipped farther
and farther down the well, were sent
out There was the biggest sort Of g.
sensation on all over the country, and
then the correspondent took pity on the
public. He had the baby rescued and
81, Oe0,eO0 people thanked God and went
about their daily tasks, prads1ng heaven
that they did not live in Kansas.
The fake about the swallowing UP OF
a Santa Fe station in Pawnee county,
building, agent and all, was sent out by
man who Is today one of the straight
est and best weekly newspaper men in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

To Kansas belongs among other hon
ors, the distinction Of being the home Of
the newspaper fake. There was time
and it is not sc very many years ago,
says the Milwa Ikee Sentinel-when the
editorial mind, that prided itself on its
discretion, regarded with deep and I'M
alterable suspicion anything emanating
from Kansas via the mail or telegraph,
SO many times had 1t been hoodwinked
by the clever correspondents of the
Western state who. when news was
scarce and dollars scarcer, manufa ctured
the one and raked in the other while an
outside world hung breathless on special
bulletins from Wichita.
Kansas people say the first great faker
was Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, who at one
time, while connected with the frontier,
was correspondent for a St. Louis pa
per- the columns OF which he ennvened
with many thrilling yarn. But Just as
Stanley was making things lively the
treaty of Medicine Lodge was concluded
and he went back to England. After
thet the noble art of taking fell into dis
repute for time, though the negro MI
grafton and the grasshopper years fur
nished some good material. The first
really big fake was The story Of the find
ing CT gold in Sumner county. 1t was
started by newspaper man IN spirit
of Jest, but it was taken up In earnest
by the people, and-every farmer for
twenty miles around dropped his plow
and went to digging. There was enough
rock dug to build a fence around Sum
ner county Merchants, real estate men,
lawyers doctors and preachers went wild
with excitement. Sedate citizens slipped
out of town during the night and went
to digging. Farmers who had rocky land
patroIled their lines with shotguns. To
sustain the Interest and income Of his
fake the newspaper man published the
fac smile of map alleged to have been
found in the archives, of Mexico, showing
that Sumner county was actually the
Quivera that Coronado sought. He also
] published some plausible legends of Cor
onado's trip and the people believed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

more than 1900 people, members Of the
Grand Army, Womans Relief corps,
Ladies Aid societies, Sons Of Veterans
and Patriarchs Militant, the Iowa regi-
ment Of the latter being here for the
week In their regular annual encamp-
ment and constituting a third Of the
parade The line OF march was a pro-
fusion of national colOrs. many OF the
buildings being almost hidden by flags
and banners and feStoOns. At the tent
he school children and the choirs which
furnished the music were seated on the
platform and with them the orators of
the day. Judge Matthews, Of Dubuque,
erresenting the Sons Of Veterans; Judge
Torrance, Of Minneapolis. and President
Beardsnear, of Ames, representing the
Grand Army, and Mrs McClelland, of
Chicago, president of the Womans Re-
lief corps of Illinois, representing that
organization. The president of the day,
Hon. ]. E. Markley With the chaplain,
Rev Father Nagel, George Metzgar, de-
paTtment commander Iowa G. A. R.;
Col Harry Greene, commander of the
Iowa Sons Of Veterans; Col. Clifford
Ham, Iowa, commander of the Spanish
American war veterans; Mrs. Phillips,
national president Daughters of Vet
Grams. and others of note were among
the distinguished people present.
The OratiOns were lofty in their patri-
OF SIN and were devoted to the discus
sion Of the great project which was COM
memorated by the laying of the first
corner stone. After the orations had
been delivered. Col Frank Shepherd,
past commander of the national COM
mancery of the Sons Of Veterans
formally laid the corner stone. The
various patriotic societies deposited as
mementoes histories of their orders, with
the names OF the present membership,
and the press of the city a
COPY of their various publications.
The local camp OF Sons of Veterans IS
the strongest in the United States and
six men formed ,ue first line in the
camp on parade whose combined
fortunes would amount to more than
s. GO9,C00 and who represent in their
various official capacities very much
more. The building will be completed in
1902 and the trustees have the promise
tnaf if he is alive the president of the
United States viii dedicate the building
AMI deliver the Grafton.
The dedicatory address, which was de-
hvered by Judge Ell Torrance, of Min
neapolis, was both eloquent and
thoughtful. In part he said:
My fellow citizens, ! wish you to be
assured that I fully appreciate the great
honor that has been conferred upon me