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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
SAYINGS and DONGS
Petite and Pretty Belle.

One of the popular young women in
the administration set is Miss Edith
Root, the only daughter OF the secre-
tary of war and Mrs Elihu Root Miss
Edith is a fine horsewoman, as she
should be, considering that she is the
presiding angel of all the brave sons
Of Mars stationed at the capital. It
was of her that General Miles said last
winter that usually it required an OH
cial command to make the officers call
ar the home of the secretary OF war.
but now, as the present secretary had
a charming daughter, he presumed he
would have to issue stern orders TO
keep them away from the secretary s
home at times when they should be on
duty.
Miss Root is rather petite, but grace
full and well formed. She has glorious
dark eyes and hair that the seven
sisters could envy According to her
own story Miss Edith is still heart
whole and fancy free, but there are ru-
mors and they concern a gallant SOL
der lad who goes more frequently to
the Root mansion than official obliga-
ton requires. This young girl is full
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
LIGHT STREET COSTUMES.
Comparatively New Fashion, AItheuEh
Started Some Years Ago.

Comparatively New Fashion, AIthough
Started Some Years Ago.
Wearing light costumes on the
street is a comparatively new fashion,
although the fad started two or three
seasons ago. At present the fashion
has been carried to such an extent
that the plain dark gowns are con-
spicuous from contrast. Not only are
the smart gowns of this season light
in color, but in texture, and gauze
veilings and silks that were at one
time only considered appropriate for
midsummer, and for garden parties
then, are now worn for shopping and
going about. Foulard gowns, always
appropriate, always useful, are eX-
tremeIy fanciful in design and most
deliberately trimmed with lace and
embroidery, and made in the Hghtest
or most brilliant colors. The smart
est dressmakers make for their best
| customers the quietest OF gowns to
| come in town for a days shopping
the black and white check silk mo-
hair, a light wool, the dark blue, a
gray yelling, with touch of color or
with lace collar or revers, no lace on
the skirt; mohair gowns trimmed with
| the same material or taffeta in fat
| folds or bands, lines of stitching, eth
er white or the color of the gown,
| and the only attempt at tightening
| the somewhat severe effect is to be
! seen in the front of lace. Dark color
or black taffeta silks are made also
for street wear, but also very plain,
with short jacket and skirt trimmed
with stitching in tucks and folds.
| Striped or checked silk ginghams,
made quite plain. are also smart for
street wear in summer or for a day 8
| shopping. These are on the lines of
the tailor gowns and are made without
| lace or embroidery, excepting what is
used in trimming the waist.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
What 1t Cost. to Fight Fire.

The cost of the New York city fire
department, the efficiency of which is
unchallenged, is $3.500,000 a year.
Chicago. which has suffered more Sc
verely from a great confiagration than
any other large American city, ex-
ponds 81, SOC, 900 year for the main
tenance of its fire department, and
Boston, which has suffered severely
in the same direction. though very
much less populous and more COM
pact city than Chicago. expends ST.
200. 900. Southern cities generally
spend little on their FIRE service, and il
has been found generally that the ra-
ito of cost increases as the population
becomes more compact
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
4 Famous Ample Tree.

The American Cultivator says that
the original greening apple tree is still
standing on the farm of Solomon
browne at Mount Hygeia in North
Foster, r. I. The tree was very old
one when the farm was sold in 1901.
The seller informed the purchaser that
it was a pity the old tree was going to
decay. as il produced the best fruit of
any tree in the orchard The pur-
chaser determined to see how long he
could keep it alive, and it still sur
wives after almost another century has
been added to it's venerable years. But
it shows signs of final decay, and the
parent of all the famous Rhode island
greetings, which has set its graft on
the orchards of almost all the world
will soon be bitt neighborhood mc,n-
Dry 1t is doubtful if there is more
famous ample tree to be found N all
Pomona's grooves from end to end OF
the earth.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
How to Buy Beef.

Among meats beef leads off as the
most expensive; but it is also the most
nourishing for people in good health.
POFterhOuse and sirloin steaks and the
rib roasts are the choice for general
family use. Fillets for roasting and
steaks cut in a special way are much
higher in price, and are not seen on
the average table. Hotels and restaur-
ants have them always on hand, and
they really are not so expensive in
such cases. where all the buying is
done on a very large scale, thus re-
ducing the price of every pound. If
the housekeeper of small average
means will adopt this perfect plan of
purchasing her meats in fairly large
quantities she will reduce her butch
er's bill perceptibly and at the same
time give her family better cuts and
more. When there is a family of four
to six people it is an advantage to buy
from ten to fifteen pounds of beef al
a time. If this is bought from what is
known to the butcher as ''the best part
of the small of the back" the house
keeper will have the best cuts for her
table at a very moderate cost.-Mary
Graham in Woman's Home Companion
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
A Pike County Miracle.

Velpen, Ind, June 17.-Wm. o. B.
Sullivan, a farmer of this place. and
who is brother of ex-Representative
Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties,
has had a remarkable experience re-
Gently
Mr.. Sullivan is 49 years of age. and
has been a citizen of Pike County for
90 years. For two years, he has suffer
ed much with kidney trouble and rheu-
matism His shoulders and side were
very sore and stiff, and his back was
so bad he could hardly straighten up
at all. He had palpitation of the
heart, and a smothering which was
very distressing. He used three boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and is as
strong and we'll as ever he was He
pronounces his cure a miracle. Mr.
Sullivan's statement of his case is
startling.
"A month ago 1 was cripple. To-
day 1 can do a hard days work every
day. and have not a single ache or
pain
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done some
wonderful cures in Indiana. but none
more miraculous than that in the case
of Mr.. Sullivan
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
CHIEF SYLVESTER.

betore he became engaged in directing
the police force of Washington, D. c.,
he had had an insight into the life
and work of policemen from the view
point of newspaper reporter. No
vantage ground outside the force itself
is better than that of the reporter for
acquiring knowledge of the strength
and weaknesses of men in their char
acter as guardians of the peace. Chief
Sylvester knows just how to deal with
ais men because he has never forgot
zen his early association with the
police in his capacity as a searcher for
news. In addition to all of this he has
executive ability of a high order and
very fine conceptions of citizenship and
the duties of the police officer to the
civilian. For sixteen years Major Syl-
vester has wisely ruled the city police
of the national capital. He was born
forty-four years ago in Iowa City,
Iowa, went to Memphis as a lad with
his parents, and thence to ST. Louis,
where he took a clerkship in whole
sale house. Then he entered Washing
ton University, studied law, abandoned
that profession for journalism, worked
as a reporter on the ST. Louis press
started a newspaper in Nebraska, be-
came editor of the Pennington, No
Times. and finally drifted to Washing
ton as correspondent He was nc
! sooner installed as chief of police than
| he began to make changes in the serv-
| ice which showed at once that he had
! struck his line Under his admins
| trdtiOu the force has improved vastly
and Mr.. Sylvester is now one of the
most efficient and most popular chiefs
| in the country.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

For eleven years he sat in the volks-
raad, but he was known as the silent
man.
He has his own private griefs as well
as public ones. His first born. was
killed at Modder River. The incident
was Romanesque. The son, a boy of
Is, was struck by a bullet while at his
fathers side.
Are you hit, my boy?" asked the
general.
Yes, father
They went to the ambulance.
Does it pain, my boy?"
Yes, father
Are you going to die?"
Yes, father"
Half an hour later the lad was dead.
But Delarey fights on. and at his side
is another son, younger but as brave
as the first. Delarey is of Irish or
igin.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
PASSING of Daniel Emmett.

Daniel Emmett,the founder of negro
minstreIsy and the composer of the
music of Dixie" is dying of old age
at his hermit's home near Mount Yer
non, Ohio. Mr.. Emmett is sc, and
for years has lived in a suburban
home. avoiding men and their ways
and seeking companionship only in the
wife of his old age and a few dogs.
The circumstances which led to his
writing Dixie are related by a resi-
dent of Mount Vernon. Emmett was
playing in New York with the cele-
brated Bryant Ministries. Mr.. Bryant
one day requested him to compose a
new walk round" of a heroic kind.
"One," he said, (which the bands will
want to play and which the boys will
whistle in the streets" The next
morning Emmett appeared with the
music of Dixie" as it is now played.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
INSANITY FROM COFFEE
4 st. Paul, Mimi. Woman Insane from
Its Use.


Its Use.
A Mrs. Lindberg of ST. Paul, Mimi,
was recently adjudged by a probate
court to be insane. On investigation
she was found at her home in a state
of manicaI excitement so great that
she could only with difficulty be re-
strained from tearing off her clothing.
According to her husbands statement
and the facts which were elected by
the investigation, it appeared that the
cause of Mrs. Lindberg's insanity was
the use of coffee. Mrs. LindBer had
for some years been accustomed to the
free use of coffee for the relief of
headache. The headaches had greatly
increased in severity, and the amount
of coffee was gradually increased. Re-
Gently she had been taking thirty or
forty cups of coffee daily. Tea pro-
duces the same effect as coffee Nu-
merous other cases have been reported
in which a complete breaking down
of the nervous system has resulted
from the use of tea or coffee. Tea
tasters and coffee-tasters furnish many
illustrations of the deleterious effect
of these beverages. Mrs. Lindberg
was simply coffee drunkard, and was
any topper was ever addicted to liquor.
She kept her coffee-pot boiling con-
tinually, and devoted her whole atten-
ton to the brewing of her favorite
beverage.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
OlsfraeeS on fbe Streets.

The meeting held in Chicago west
side synagogue, where the members Of
the Chicago Protective league assem-
bled to protest against the indignities
heaped upon people of the Jewish race,
brings prominently to notice a cOndi-
ton of affairs not generally known.
From the testimony of many Jews
who are engaged in the humber pur-
suits it appears that they are subjected
not only to insult and abuse, but even
to assault, while peacefully going their
way upon the public streets. The con-
duct of the rowdies and tough youths
who assail them amounts to con-
slant persecution of the race, one
speaker asserting that the Jews in Chi
cago are in a worse plight than the
Jews of London, Berlin, Paris or st.
Petersburg.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

The first woman to hold Office Of
regent of the Wisconsin State Univer-
sity has just been appointed by Gov.
La Toilette. She is Dr. Alma J. FRS
bic of Milwaukee and a graduate of the
university in the class OF rs.
1.-THE flags flying from the extremities
of her masts were visible. then passed
between the line of vessels. pivoted on
the ironclad st. Louis and returned TO
the surface after half an hours sub
mersion.
The Duke of Genoa. commanding the
Italian squadron OF the Mediterranean.
was an interested spectator of the jour
ney-the first, by the way, that any
national executive ever made under
water.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
MABEL LOVE.

of her havel been sold in the shops
of London and Paris alone. This is
nearly ten times as many as have been
sold of the next in popular demand
Miss Love is said to be as perfect a
TYNE of beauty as there is in the world
TODAY. She has a very fine figure,
large Iustrous eyes, a Cupids bow
mouth and a wealth of beautiful hair.
If is not to be wondered at that this
nrettv American girl has become the
idol of all London.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

Most curious are the sewing or
tailor birds of India-lIttle yellow
things not much larger than ones
thumb. To escape falling a prey to
snakes and monkeys. the tailor bird
picks up a dead leaf and flies up into
a high tree. and with q fibre for a
thread and its bill for q needle sews
the leaf on to q green one hanging
from the tree; the sides are sewed up,
an opening being left at the top. That
a nest is swinging in the tree no
snake OF monkey or even a man
would suspect
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
NaOoT STATION in PHILIPPINES.

NoUoI Station f1 F6fEoofneS.
Active preparations for the estab-
Hshment Of complete naval station
and dockyard at Olongapo. Subig bay,
will soon be inaugurated by the ap-
pointment Of competent board for
the investigation of the whole subject
with instructions to report in time for
submission TO the next session of con-
gress. The lack of docking and re-
pair facilities IS being keenly felt by
commanding phhcers on the China sta
-tion-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
EDITH ROOT.

of life and good humor and can turn
phrase as neatly as her brilliant
father. 1t was she who told a gallant
at the inaugural ball of her difficulty
in getting into the building, owing to
some misunderstanding with the door
keeper. Why" she said, The kept me
standing there so long that when I did
get in I found that my gown was en-
tirely out of fashion,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

the p a s I
Y e a r has
b T o u g b [
N a n Y
s { T a n g e
things into
t h e public
eye. None OF
them, p e r
haps, is more
a m u S j n g.
fro m [ h e
" e S I e r n
point Of
-inW than
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Town Get. Portraits.

Fairfax Courthouse. Va. has been
presented recently with the portraits
Of distinguished men who were asso-
slated with the place in its early his
tory. including che of Washington,
which was presented by. Prof R F.
Andrews of the Corcoran Art Gallery,
and one OF George Mason, author of
the Bill of Rights presented by Carl
Guntheurz of WASHINGTON
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

the camel cavalryman shown in the
accompanying picture The rider is a
Sepoy of the TWenty-sixth Baluchistan
regfment-a British East Indian sol
dfer-and his steed is part of the loot
taken at Patachu.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
T.-non. from CaIIfornia.

The shipments OF lemons from Cali
fornia in 1900 we're 1,447 cars by rail.
about 400 by water and $50 in mixed
cars of oranges and lemons amount
ing to 1000 cars, which is about one
fifth of the lemons used in this coun-
try, an increase over 1899 Of nearly
one-tMelfth
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

the negligence of attire so dear to the
eye Of the real Beers. yet at heart he
is as sturdy, as stolid and as pastoral
as De Wet or Cronje. Delarey is the
officer who engineered the clever cap
ture of the Scots Fusiliers. He is now
the main pillar of the Boer army, and
unless stopped by bullet he viii prob
ably be the last to leave the field.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Mabel Love. PreffieSf Woman
IN T-ondOn.

The prettiest woman in London is
an American girl, Mabel Love. the
actress. She has made the biggest
hit in the British capital that has ever
been scored there. In the past six
months more than 80, 900 photographs
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

Enrsl.hnaa.s view of stock I..aatlon-
The London Economists comment
on the recent Wall street craze is
that the imitation had lasted so long
and become so Underestimate that,
while collapse was inevitable. no
body could tell whether or not it
would take place before quotations
had reached even giddier heights
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

Policeman Clarence Rauth of New
Orleans has been offered 81 500, o00 for
land which he owns in the Texas oil
region. He has refused the offer and
remains or the force. but is keeping
his eye on HIS hundred acres.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
CIerEzman On Jonah.

Rev. DR.. CASTOR, a Baptist clergy
man of Santa Rosa, Cal. has invited a
trial for heresy by declaring that Jo-
nah died IN the whales belly instead
of Oeing thrown out upon the shore
and proceeding upon his missionary
expedition, as related in the Bible.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Prefidenf of Police CHIEFS.

Major Richard Sylvester, the newly
elected president of the National As
ISOLATION of Police Chiefs, has an
interesting career with no lack of va
riety in incident and locality. Long
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot. sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions All druggists and shoe stores,
25c Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, \. Y.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Gen. DetareX, Boer Hero.

General Delarey, the Boer command
ant who is making another De Wet of
himself in the war in South Africa, is
probably the most modern and dp-to-
date of the Afrikander fighters. He
is said to be a perfect gentleman in
his manners and to be somewhat in
advance of his fellow burghers in the
matter of dress. He affects none of
--e.~---ees--e--.-.~~--.
The Submarine 0OoT' VeESe. +.
Frances devotion to the idea of sub
marine sea fighting was demonstrate
ed in a striking manner the other day
ct Toulon. when no less a parsonage
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
re .Submorioe uOar Veese. !.
MERGED.

than President Lonbet. the head of the
republic. joined the crew of the diving
boat Gustave Zede and personally in
spected her operations during an ex-
tended trip under water
The president was accompanied by
his minister Of marine. the minister
of foreign affairs. the minister Of pub
lie works and by several high officers
Of the navy.
The Gtlstaye zede diYed F,ntzl only
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

It should be an easy matter 10 ele-
vate the stage. Every company has
its ..props."
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Postara to Dc Reduced 30 one Cent.

Postage TO Be Reduced 20 One Cent
The President who succeeds in getting
this measure through Congress. win hold
q high place in the esteem OF the people.
but no higher perhaps. than the esteem in
which everybod holds HoStetter's Stom-
ach Bitters- This medicine gets at the
starting point of disease by acting on the
stomach helping that organ in its duty OF
digesting food It cures dyspepsia indiges-
ton, constipation. stimulates the kidneys.
and strengthens the nerves Be sure TO
II
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

There was little enough in the words
mere clatter, really-but the music
took at once in the north and was
seized by the South for its own when
the northern soldiers took it thither
early in the war. The original words
have long since been changed to suit
southern sentiment.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

The last cable car has disappeared
from the streets of New York, but z
few horse car lines remain
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22
Snap Shot from Chino.

The clash of the eastern and west
ern military methods in China during
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

When you buy bIuing. ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue. Large package &c.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

A place may be rich in lore and yet
be mortgaged to its full value.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-22

A ripple of laughter is worth food
of tears
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-03
For Kissing Another's Wife.

When one man kissed another mans
wife-the woman not objecting at an
Italian picnic at Ridgewood Park, Brook
Iyp. men folk took sides regarding the
right and wrong of the action.
The injured are Joseph NicOlO, throat
cut Frank Bladati, face and hands
sIashed Tony Costello was hurled
through window. The fight was a re-
markable affair, fifteen hundred Italians,
members of Emanuel Society Of Liberty,
of Greater New York, having taken part
in some stage of the battle.
The trouble broke out at midnight and
continued until morning, when fifty po-
licemen swooped down on the rioters
and arrested fifteen of them. The injured
may recover.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-03
FREDERICKSBURG, SATURDAY. 3, 1901 PRC
CAROLINE.
Base Ball Tidewater Convention OF the
Christian Church Notes and Personals.

Correspondence OF THE FREE LANCE
Bowling Green, Aug LIST, 1901.
Our boys scored their second victory
on Monday afternoon when they crossed
bats with the nine from Ashland Phe
game was Il hard fought one and result
ed in score OF To 10, in favor Of Bowl
ing Green. The boys are iubiant oyerit.
They will play Warsaw, in Tappahan-
mock, on Friday 2nd, and we hope they
will keep mp the record.
Miss Emma Anderson has returned
home here, from visit OF six weeks to
Gloucester.
Dr. John Pollard. the new pastor of the
Bowling Green Baptist church, and fam
lily moved into the parsonage last week.
We extend to them most cordial wei
come
Mr.. :. W. Broaddus, accompanied by
his two little daughters. Misses Florence
and Helen, returned from Courtland, \.
Y. on Wednesday. Mrs b. will remain
longer with her mother, whose health is
feeble.
Mrs. Edwin p. Wright. Of Richmond,
was the guest OF Mr. W Il. COghill and
family this week
Miss Daisy sutton has returned home
from Hanover, where she has been visit
ing relatives
Preparations are being made to enter
tain large number Of delegates and
visitors To the Tidewater Convention,
which conyenes with the Christian church
here on next Tuesday. and will be in ses
sion three days.
Misses Blanche and Fannie Cullen, OF
ST. Louis. are guests at Auburn, the
home of Judge T.. e. Moncure.
II the court confirms the sale Mr..
Charlie Collins will begin improvements
on the DeJarnette house, and will, a.
soon as possible, move his family there.
Mr.. Harry Coghill, Of Richmond, spent
sunday at his home here.
Miss Alice Burke, OF Spotsylvania, is
the guest of her friend, Miss Katie Sugg
at her home near town.
Rev. If. l.. Quarles, D. D., is assisting
in meeting which is in progress at
Enon this week
Mr.. Henry Martin, Of Zion neighbor-
hood. was among the visitors in town
this week
Mr. MOncure Gravatt gave a delightful
hay ride to his friends on Tuesday night
There were about twelve in the party,
and the night being an ideal one, it was
greatly enjoyed.
MIR. Tom I'pshur, from the lower part
of the county was the guest Of Mr.. ). W.
Broaddus and family this week.
Y. W.