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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The convention. in Committee Of the
Whole. voted overwhelmingly To abolish
the county courts.
The Committee on Convention Ex-
penses considered the resolution To pay
the per diem oi the employee pages
committee clerks, etc l-oit the convention
for the twelve days of the recent recess
The result was draw Messrs Waddill.
Miller and Hubbard voted 10 pay and
Messrs Walker Phillips and Barbour
voted not to pay.
Ii is possiblr that the convention mny
20 to some other city during the sessiun
ul the General Assembly. No hall can he
found in Richmond which will furnish
accommodations for the convention \
resolution was adopted by the conyrn.
ton directing the committee charged
with this matter that in the event no
hall could be found to see what arrange
ments could he made Tor the convention
in Norfolk. stanton or Charlottesville.
Another suffrage plan was presented IN
the convention 10y Delegate Parks. OF
Page. requiring the payment oi poll tax
six months prior 90 the election. requiring
all voters whocan read and write 10 pre-
pare ballots. prohibiting any persons
from registering one year after the adop.
ton of the Constitution whOcannot read
and write. causing negroes 10 bemelicinlr
for Office. and DISTINGUISHING all persons
convicted of bribery cor attempted
bribery.
The letter of Rector Roberts. ot Williams
burg. attacking President Lyon o. Tyler
and Vice President STUDIES of William
aud Mary college. has attracted atl'n-
ton in politicalc circles \ member OF the
conventioneXpresseS the intention ofcall-
ing for the Roberts memorial and having
it read before that body. Al the request
of the vestry Of Bruton parish church
Rev. Mr.. Roberts has withdrawn the
Objectionable letter The statemrn' that
President Tyler's daughter is attending
Wellesley College has brought out III"
fact that she and Booker Washington X
daughter are pupils at the same in-ttu-
ton
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
To Be = Busy Session Of Congress.

The Fiitv-Soyenth Congress. which be
ran its first session Yesterday, Will prob
ably be- one of the busiest in the history
of the government 4 sufficient number
of statutory matters are IN cOntempla-
tion 10y members to keep both bodies
working hard until the adjournment In
the matter of legislation to be considered
there will be the usual appropriation
bills I'm addition the following items 81
prospective legislation may be mentioned.
The pending reciprocity treaties. the sub
iect OF tariff revision, the new Hay
Paunceforte treaty. bill authorizing the
construction Of an isthman canal; treat
les with Nicaragua and Costa Rica Tor
right of way for the canal, legislationfor
Caba. Porto Rico aud the Philippines, a
Pacific cable bill: river and harbor bill,
the Chinese exclusion question law for
the suppression Of anarchy and the clos
iug of doors TO anarchistic immigrants.
the creation Of a department OF Com
m-rce and Industry: bill TO amend inter.
State commerce laws. introduced by Sen
ator Elkius. of West Virginia: discussion
and probable action on the Schley Samp-
son Gaze: treaty for the acquisition of the
Danish West Indies
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
TIE Democratic Caucus at Washington.

TIE Democratic Caucus az Warrington.
The Democratic members OF the ma
tional House of Representatives met in
caucus AT the capitol Saturday. Hon
James Hay. OF Madison, Virginia. was
reelected permanent chairman, and
Messrs Robertson. and Cummings,
secretaries MIR. Richardson. Of Ten
nessee. was nominated for Speaker
of the House by a unanimous vote.
which again makes him Democratic
leader in the House He made a short
speech thanking his colleagues Col. Ike
Hi was chosen tO,serve again az assist
ant sergeant at arms. and James +. Eng
lish. as chief page, F B. Knight, OF
Georgia. and Edwin Bland, Of Missouri
were elected special pages. These four
positions are accorded TO the minority
by courtesy Of the Republican majority
G. G.. Wilson. OF Kentucky, and }. A..
Browning. of Virginia, were candidates
for special pages but were defeated by
Knight and Bland. There We're present
l24 members; absent 36
Resolutions were intrOduced by Messrs.
Mcclellan, Finley, Burleston, Fitzgerald.
and Newlands. but were all referred TO a
committee of ! , TO be appointed by Mr..
HAY. The committee will meet January
10th
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
The Charleston Exposition

Charlestons Exposition, opened yes
terday L. S Senator Depew. of
New York, made the formal open
ing address. when President ROose-
welt touched the button which set
set the machinery in motion. The total
outlay for the Exposition will aggregate
five million dollars The big show will
continue for six months. The EXPOSE
ton will be remarkable as the first to
gather into one enclosure the products
of the island territory of the United
States, together with exhibits from
practically every State of the Union.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
POLITICAL.

senator Henry r. Wickham will be-
chosen again To the position Of President
pro TEN. of the State Senate.
Hon. 5. L. Kelley, of Richmond has
withdrawn from the race for speaker Of
the House OF Delegates and Hon. John
F. Ryan, Of Loudoun. will be elected
Wednesday without opposition.
GOV. Tyler has put the finishing touches
upon his message. which will be sent To
the Legislature next Wednesday. II will
contain about $1,000 words and will
deal with many interesting subjects.
The decision Of the defeated faction 81
the Norfolk Democracy to prosecute the
frauds alleged to have been perpetrated
at the recent election has caused excite
ment in that city The Trehy people
contend that they are guiltless, but, the
grand jury has been summoned. and
Judge Hankel and Common wealth &
Attorney Venable are ready to go on
with the investigation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
sido RAWard. sloo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there H. at least one dreaded
disease that science mas been able 10 cure In
all its stages. aud that T. Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known
TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a cOnstitu-
tiOnal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure II
taken internally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
thereby destroying the foundation OF tie
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The proprietorr
have so much faith in is curative powere.
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for anJ
case that il fails to cure Send for list 81
testimonials.
Address, p J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
SOME DEATHS.

Miss Mollie Wright, of Richmond coun-
ty died last week after a lingering Illness.
Mrs. Henry Clarke, of Louisa county,
died last week after short illness, of
pneumonia.
Miss Susan Gutbridge, Of LoudOun
county, was found dead at her bed side one
morning recently. She had been knitting
a quilt and, not having disrobed had evil
IDENTIFY fallen dead.
Mr. Arthur S. Segar, the distinguished
lawyer, died at his home, near Hampton,
Friday. MIR. Segar was born in Accomac
county in 1914; in 1861 be enlisted as
a private in Hampton volunteer com
pany.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Ailworth For Secretary Of Common
wealth.

There is every reason why the people
of the Eastern Shore desire to see Mr..
Robert l. AilwOrth, Of Northampton
county. come out winner in his fight for
the position of Secretary of the Common
wealth We urge in his behalf the long
and faithful services to the Democratic
party in Northampton county, OF which
he was chairman for eight years. HestOod
to his post as member of the State Cen
trail Committee for eight years, and there
was no uncertainty as to his position on
any question that involved the safety and
honor of his party. He is a man well
fitted for the position. He is highly in
tellectual. a polished gentleman, able and
conservative on questions touching live
issues and policies Of the day and well
equipped to make Virginia an efficient
State secretary He is native OF AccO-
mac, where be is held in high esteem by
his numerous friends who are with him
in this e.-AccOmac News.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Skull Fractured by Stone Thrcwn at
Train.

Julian Keith, nephew OF Judge Keith
OF the Court Of Appeals Of Virginia, was
taken from the Southern train north
bound at Charlottesville Friday alter
noon. and placed in the hospital at the
University OF Virginia, where serious
wound, received from a stone thrown in
to the train about thirty miles from that
city, was dressed. The missile shattered
two windows and fractured Mr. Keith s
skull inficting very grave, though not
necessarily fatal, injury.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Report On The State penitentiary

The annual report of the superinten-
dent OF the penitentiary shows that the
net earning from all sources for the year
ending with September were $43, 053.71.
The State farm shows a net loss of
S10S.S5, due. in the main to damage
to crops by a freshet The board
draws attention to the overcrowded and
unsanitary condition OF the prison and
makes a plea for enlarged cell room.
They also advise the purchase of more
farm land.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Locking For a Game Pranerxs.

A party of Philadelphianss spent several
days in the neighborhoOd of Alden, Or
lando, and Lowego, in Prince William
county, looking for suitable land for a
game preserve.
1t is probable that preserve OF $50
acres will be established in the district
named to becontrolled by Phila, elphians.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

FROM what we have learned OF the
character of man that Isadore Ray
ner is We do not expect to see him try
to supplant Arthur P. German in his
aspirations for the T.. S. Senate. Cor
man has honestly won his own fight,
and Maryland's Attorney-General is
not the kind OF man TO ride over him
while on the steed of popular favor.
They have fought from the same
camp too long. For what Rayner is
in political life he is largely indebted
to German, and he is no migrate.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

WILD animals are showing themselves
i'm different parts OF shenandoah county.
Several panthers have been seen near
StraSburg and bears near Saumsvill'
within the past few days Page Courier
Nv, how thankful we should ice
that we live in this civilized part OF
the country. where roaring varminis
are not going about seeking whom
they may devour' Better come East
ont of the wilderness. friends oi the
burg and vile.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
To Ask Congress For Appropriation.

Mr. George c. Round, of Manassas,
Va, has prepared a memorial to Con
gress, which will be presented early in
the session asking that the government
make an appropriation of $50. 900 for
the care of the monuments erected on the
battlefelds of Bull Run.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Negotiations For Miss Stone suspended.

President Washburn. of Robert College,
Constantinople, Saturday telegraphed
concerning Miss Stone as follows:
stone negotiations suspended. No
immediate prospect of release. Satisfac-
tory evidence she has been well treated -
This is taken to show that the reports
that Miss Stone has been murdered are
unfOnnded.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
One Child Kills Anoth err.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby Powell, OF Greene
county, parents of twins and triplets,
have lost one of the triplets, who was
instantly killed by blow over the head
from a stick in the hand of his brother
The child who did the killing was one of
the triplets and does not realize what he
has done.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Senator Daniel SIN SICK.

Senator Daniel did not attend the
opening OF Congress yesterday. He is
still unwell but is steadily improving
1t is not probable that he will return
to his duties in the convention AZ all.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

If CAPTAIN HoRsON doesn't keep
away from those Woman'S Clubs he
will have a fever strike him that is
worse than typhoid 1t is the kind
that generally lasts until after mar
riage. and the relapse then usually
proves fatal.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

For any size AL. Insertion soc. per inch
Reading Notices oc. per uoupareil line hrSt
Insertion, &c. per line f0reach subsequent one.
Obituaries or Religious Notices Of entertain
ments. etc, charged for at one-nau rates
Letters recommending or advertising can
di3ates for Office must De paid for.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

THE Jouberts of Boer fame are like
the Richmonds ON Bosworth field.
A. fast as Richard Kitchener Stays
or captures one another rises u ms
stand
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
8 MA,.1~

This signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO-Q uinine Tablets
the remedy that cures n eOld I'm ono dhy
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
Just Fifteen Suits Left
ITO Sell At....
Manufacturers Prices

Two ha dome medium gray suits Jacket and skirt worth $lO
now $751; suits Of homespun cloth medium, one dark gray
worth So s. 80 black chevio suits awoo CLOTH worth
$40 now ST so brown mixed cheyo suits (baues worth
$i2 So now $40; handsome basket cloth suits medium.
dark gray worth $l5 now sl cadet blue chevio suits Nor
folk STYLE worth $3.50 So cadet blue Venetian cloth
u navy blue chevot cloth suit navy blue broadcoh suit
each worth $3.50 now $40 Now hurry IF you want one Of
these stylish suits
r w, STEARNS. DRY 2F9 Goods sG SToRn
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

The bazaar and dinner given by the
lalies oi the Episcopal Church az the
Opera House ut Orange last week for
the Organ fund. was success I'm every
way. the receipts amounting 10 800.
augmented by a donation of S6l.
Thee voting 3contests resulted in the
casting Of many ballots Mrs Hans
brough won the handsome silk quilt
Mr. G II Bark sdale the silver clock and
little Miss Virginia Smith the beautiful
doll
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03

Nr. b Kite. of Liberty Mills has hc.
come the manager Of the Orange Mills.
Miss Dora Chinn. of Alexandria
Va. il a guest az Mrs VI = Booton's
10 Madison county. Nr W. J..
Bradbury spent Thanksgiving with bis
son Mr. Lowell Bradbury lr. AT the y .
p. /. at Elacksburg, Va go Rev J.. O..
Hall aud family moved 10 StanarisviIie.
Greene county. 10 reside Mr. Hall has
charge of the Methodist churches in that
county Orange Observer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-05-02
SCRAPS OF

The first English steel pens were
sold at 80 shillings each.
Gerogians are "Buzzards," from a
state law protecting these birds.
New Zealand had last year 6,43s
factories, with 4s.93s employees.
Sugar exists in the sap or leaves
of nearly 200 different kinds of trees.
The refining of sugar was invented
i'll Antwerp, in the sixteenth cen
tury.
Saul, the first king of Israel, was
said by the rabbis to be seven feet
high.
The silk-worm cocoon is from one
inch to ~ inches in length, and of a
bright yellow color.
Secretary Root has collected one of
the best private libraries in military
history and science in the country.
The relief of the bread tax and the.
taxation of5the weather. classes ARE
the chief features in the new italian
Kangaroo skins to the value 81
$267,s59.36 were imported from Aus
tralia into the United States during
the quarter ending September 80,
1900.
In the German empire the percent
age of persons living in cities of over
100000 inhabitants has increased from
IA per cent. in 1882 to 1917 per cent.
in 1Q0Oa
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EMISSION.

A noble mission sorrow hath
To benefit mankind,
And by Its power, fullTof grief.
We sweetest blessings find.
1t leads the soul to love divine,
And teaches sympathy,
While through Its softening influence.
We learn sweet charity.
The heart draws closer unto God
When bowed with grief and care;
We need His help and guidance more.
And comfort seek in praye
The soul is upward often led
By sorrows humbling hand;
It crowds the ego from the heart,
And others understand.
It brings expansion Of the soul,
Where sorrow leads the way,
And is the guiding light to God,
To show the brighter day;
Fol-. when bowed down by grief and care,
God soothes the troubled heart
And teaches us to upward look,
In holier ways to start.
Had we no sorrow in our lives,
More selfish we would grow;
Not half the force of Jesus love
Would our poor souls e'er know,
It is the birth of sympathy,
For others we then feel,
When we have passed through sorrows
path,
And learned in prayer to kneel.
Miss Martha Shepard Lippincott, in N
Y. Observer.
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HUSBAND AND F
A Veteran Of the Civil War, Tells an
Interesting Story.

Efingham, Ill, April % Especially.
-Uriah S. Andrick is now CT years Of
age. Mr.. Andrick served through. the
whole of the Civil War. He was wound
ed, three times by ball, and twice by
bayonet.
When he entered the service of his
country. in. 1861, he was hale and
hearty, and weighed 1913 pounds. Since
the close Of the war, however, MI. An
drick has had very bad health.
For fifteen years, he never lay down
in bed for over an hour at a time. He
had acute Kidney Trouble, which grew
into Bright's Disease. His heart also,
troubled him very much.
On Oct. 18TH, 1900, he vas weighed,
and weighed only 1902 pounds, being but
a shadow of his former self. He com
menced using Dodd's Kidney Pills on
the goth of last December, and on Feb.
Goth was again weighed, and weighed
146 pounds. He says:
81 have spent hundreds of dollars
and received no benefit, until on the
Goth of December last, I purchased one
box Of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I am
cured, and I am free from any pain. I
have not the slightest trace of the
Bright's Disease, and-I can sleep well
all night. I was considered a hopeless
case by everybody, but to-day I I'm a
well man, thanks to Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
"For the last sixteen years my wife
has been in misery with bearing down
pains, pains in the lower part of the
abdomen and other serious ailments.
When she saw what Dodd's Kidney
Pills were doing for me she COM
menced to use them. She now feels
like another woman, her pains have all
disappeared and her general health is
better than it has been for years.
.'She is so taken up with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and what they have done for
us that she has gone to Mr.. Cornwells
Drug Store and bought.them for some
of her friends for fear that if they
went themselves they might make a
mistake and get something else"
There is something very convincing
in the honest simple story of this old
veteran and his wife.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only
Remedy that eve cured Bright's Dis
ease, Diabetes or Dropsy. They never
fail.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

SFg9L&HM41TNra1 ~
Boston working women are to hays
: hotel in Franklin square.
Worlds manufacturers use 90 toni
of gold and 51S tons Of silver q year.
a race horse travelling full speed
clears 20 $feet at a stride. an ostrich
30 feet.
Indiana's richest farmer 10 Mrs,
Della Riggs, who has 800 personally
conducted" acres.
The cereus gigantus has been chos-
en- BY the Arizona Legislature as the
official state flower.
Eight in every 1000 wounded sol
diers get lockjaw, and 70 per cent. Of
loekjaw cases r fatal.
Last year the farmers Of the Unit
ed States received $1s5, 100000 more
for their products than in 1899.
Out Of every 100 habitual criminals
16 OF the men and So Of the women
have been convicted over 10 times.
An oak tree with 100000 leaves
lifts from earth 1923 tons Of water
during the five months it is in leaf.
A lecturer on sociology wants to
hear q reasonable explanation Of why
q man has 20 pockets and a woman
none at all.
The tigers strength exceeds : that
of the lion. Five men can easily hold
down a lion, but nine are required
to subdue a tiger.
The record for sailing belongs to
the Flying Cloud, of England, which
covered APO miles in "a hours, over
II miles an hour.
The United States has 80, GOO, 900
pigs, a number equal to the COM
bined stocks of Russia, Germany,
Austria and the British Isles.
Literature, from the time Sir Rich
ard Steele (1671-1729) and his famous
SPECTATOR, to the present day, con
tains many references to April fool
ing.
J. Pierpont Morgan, August Bel
mont and other New York financiers
+ negotiating to secure control of
the salmon industry on the Pacific
coast. ~.
The Christian church is 81 years old
in the United States. It's total mem
bership in the country is 1900, 900.
1t is the strongest in the central
4 states
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Mrs. Edward Stevens, of Carthage,
N. Y, writes as follows:
II now take pleasure in notifying
you that my husband has entirely re-
covered from catarrh. He is a well
mar to-day, thanks to you and Peruna.
He took six bottles of your medicine
as directed, and it proved to be just
the thing for him. His appetite is
good and every thing he eats seems to
agree with him. His cough has left
him and he is gaining in flesh, and
seems to be well every way. I hope
others will try your medicine and re-
ceive the benefits that we have."-Mrs.
Edward Stevens.
When the catarrh reaches the throat
it is called tonsilitis, r laryngitis.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes is
called bronchitis; catarrh of the lungs,
consumption. Any, internal remedy
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Deafness Cannot r,c cnr.a

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inf1amed condition OF the mu.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets intiamed you have a rumbling
entirely, closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases Of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh that
ecann,ot1be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
e,, F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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HANDY
SAYS
: CheerfulIy Recommend Peruna to All
Who Want Good Tonic and
Safe Cure For Catarrh."

Prominent, members Of the clergy are giving Peruna their unqualified en-
These men find Peruna especially adapted to preserve them from
catarrh of the vocal organs which has always been the bane of public speakers,
and general catarrhal debility incident to the sedentary life of the clergyman.
the recent ptterances of noted cergymen the curative virtues of
is the following one from Bishop James A. Handy, d. D, of Baltimore:
u 81 take great pleasure In acknowledging the curative effects of
Peruna At the solicitation of a friend 1 used your remedy and
recommend your Peruna to all who want a good tonic
and a safe cure for catarrh. - James A. Handy
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that will cure catarrh in one location
will cure it in any other location. This
is why Peruna has become so justly
famous in the cure of catarrhal dis
eases. 1t cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. Its cures remain. Peruna does
not palliate; it cures.
Mrs. Frederick Williams, President
of the South Side Ladies' Aid Society
of Chicago, ILL.,, writes the following
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Are You Interested
In the Northwest?

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