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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21

honest opinion Of this great remedy
csnuOt be mistaken by any one who
leads her letter.
Green Bay. Wis.
March 3. 1900.
Wells, Richardson q o.,
Gentlemen For the past ten years
have been troubled with neuralgia OF
she stomach and dizziness ia the head.
have dootored with many doctors, but
found no relief until friend OF mine
70 commended to me your Paiue's celery
Compound, and found it great cure
for my sickness. Yours very truly,
Mrs. Geo + Rouse.
Poblo opinion In the large cities
throughout she country shows the reli-
Auce that hard worked. often over
worked men and women have come TO
place upon Psine's celery compound.
Nothing demoralizes the health soon
or or more completely than even the
occasional loss Ct sleep. PAine's celery
compound gets the brain out Of this
dangerous habit Of sleepleSsness IL
feeds the nervous tissues all over the
body, aud does not let.the nutrition Of
these delicate parts get low enough to
permit insomnia One OF the earliest
evidences Of the fnal success Of this
great nerve and brain invigorator In
curing neuralgia, debility, rheumatism,
headaches and indigestion due TO insult
hoient nerve force. is the joyous feeling
Of returning strength Of mind and
body, oheerfulness and well being"
that takes the place Of the old, tired,
languid, morbid melancholy condition
If-you are played out. =" 20 use o for.
chile street phrase, oant't digest. can't
sleep, can't work. and have lost courage
is is your nervous system that 10
played out Try Paine's celery COM
pound and see how soon you give up
brooding over your health aud how
soon You forget you ever had nerves
that could possibly ache. The dismal
failures Of other remedies must not
prevent one from taking the remedy
that is always successful Psine's
celery compound has driven sickness
from thousands Of homes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21

lie Had Absolutely No Feeling In His
Limbs Operation Has Been Per-
formed. and IL II Said lie VIII be
Cured In a Short Time - Lennon
Seems to Enjoy His Position.
To the establishment Of the staff Of
the Jamaica u. " Emergency hospi-
tai Joseph Lennon, who entered the IN
stitution last August with a broken
back. is on the road to recovery. The
physicians recently performed a sue
cessful operation. and the patient mov-
ed his feet backward and forward for
the first time unsupported. 1t IS
thought that In a few weeks he will be
discharged from the hospital rs entire
ly cured.
Lennon, who lived in Manhattan, at
tended a dance at Glendale. While he
was on an elevated platform some one
brushed against him. and he was
thrown. He was picked up uncon-
scious, and an ambulance took him TO
the hospital, where his back was
found to be broken. Fractures were
discovered In the eighth and ninth
vertebr0. The broken bones pressed
against his spinal cord and paralyzed
him from. the middle Of his back down
to his feet He had absolutely no feel.
ing in his limbs. and pins could he
stuck into them without causing him
any pain. He did not care for food
and did not feel the need Of Stimulauts
His body wasted away. and the doc
tors felt sure that he would die
1t was explained to him that an oper
alton might mean death. He was told
that the bone of his broken vertebr1
pressed against the spinal cord and
that one slight touch against that
might cause instant death.
The young man weighed all Of these
chances and told the physicians that he
wanted them to operate.
"GO ahead" he said. IL want to live
II can, but if must die let it come at
once"
An inciSiOn was made In his back. In
an instant the broken bones were re-
vealed. They had grown against the
spinal cord and would have to be fore
ed away. The particles Of bone were
first taken out and the adhesions
drawn away from the cord. 1t took al
most an hour to break away the adhe-
siOns. which measured only the fraction
Of an inch. Once or twice the patient
seemed to have passed away. and the
doctors abandoned all hope. But In
desperation they finished the task, and
then it was found that the spinal cord
was uninjured.
The mans body was then extended,
and a plaster Of paris jacket as plac-
ed about him TO relieve the strain upon
the spinal cord. Then he was revived
and sent to his cot He soon showed a
Frightening mind. ana in few days
the return of his appetite was re-
marked.
About a month ago Lennon stood UP
from his chair unsupported by cane OF
crutch. He seemed to enjoy the novel.
ty and attempted to move his limbs as
If to walk. He could not do so, but
kept up the effort. 1t was found that
he could move them sideways and
backward. First he did so only the
minutest fraction of an inch. Gradual
ly he extended the movements until
now he moves his legs and feet several
inches each way.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
CoIorndo,r New Senntor.

Thomas NJ. Patterson. who will sue
coed Hon. L. o. Wolcott as one Of Colo
radios representatives In the United
States senate. is proprietor and editor
Of The Rocky Mountain News, publish
ed at Denver. Mr. Patterson Is also n
lawyer and was ut one time associated
in this profession with Hon. Charles s.
Thomas, who has just concluded a
term as governor Of Colorado aud who
was an active competitor of Mr.. Patter-
son for the seat in the senate. Back In
the seventies Tom Patterson repre-
scented Colorado for one term in the
lower house of congress. He was eject
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
La Grippe Quickly Cured.

I" In the winter Of 1898 and 1899
was taken down with a severe attach
of what is called La Grippe" says Il
l.. Hewett. q prominent druggist Of
Winfield, Ill. " The only medicine
Used was two bottles Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. IL broke mp the cold
and stopped the coughing like magic,
and / have never since been troubled
with Grippe" Ohamberlain's Cough
Remedy can always be depended upon
TO break up o severe cold and ward of
any threatened attack Of pneumonis.
II is pleasant TO take. too, which makes
il the most desirable and one Of the
most popular preparations In use for
these ailments. For sale BY N. III.
Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
End Of Zoar Community.

The very last act completing the dis
solution OF the Society of Communists
at the historical village of Zoar. o.,
which disintegration was begun over
two years ago. was completed recently,
when the last surveying and apporuon-
ments were made. Not only the build
ings in Zoar, but also the 1000 acres
Of land have been apportioned. The
valuation Of the properties received by
each member averages about $1,000
For the first time since the arrival
almost a century ago. Of John Baume'
Ter, the Zoarite leader, and his band
Of German followers the community is
now governed like other towns.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
Vest Not Proud of His Weight.

When the senate committee on COM
merce was In session recently, says
the Washington Post. Senator Vests
chair became unruly, and be was final
ly compelled to occupy another one.
"Vest," said Senator Mason, you are
getting too fat and heavy; otherwise
that chair would not have gone back
ON you" Heavy exclaimed Vest as
he looked at his diminutive form. y
couldn't break an egg If fell on itv' a
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
Bar. Let Down For a woman.

Miss Flora c. Fuhs. daughter of DR..
Jacob G. Fuhs, has been appointed as
assistant in the organic chemistry lab
oratory Of the Brooklyn College Of
Pharmacy. 1t is an unusual thing for
q woman to obtain an appointment of
this kind Miss Fuhs has received a
thorough training both in this country
and abroad. Her speciality is physio-
logical chemistry, and she has contrib
uted numerous articles TO scientific pc
riodicals embodying the results Of orig
inal research along those lines.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
Cold steel or Death.

"There is but one small chance to
save your life and shat 10 through an
operation, 1" was the awful prospect set
before Mrs l B. Hunt of Lime Ridge,
Wis by her doctor after vainly trying
TO cure her Of frightful case OF stomach
trouble ard yellow jaundice He didn 9
count on the marvellous power OF
Electric Bitters TO cure Stomach and
Liver troubles but she heard Of IL. took
seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoided
surgeons knife, now weighs more and
feels better than ever. It's positively
guaranteed to cure Stomach, Liver and
Kidney troubles and never disappoints.
Price 500 at NJ. M. Lewis drug store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
& Winter Schedule.
WSDQs Steamboat Co
BALTIMORE. FREDERIOKsBURe AND
RAPPAHANSOCK RIVER BOUTA.
NORFOLK AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER
ROUTE.

Beginning Sunday, December 3Oth. Steam
ers Will run as follows:
Leave Pier 2, Light Street Wharf, Balti-
more. daily except SATURDAY. and sunday at
l:3O D. M, and on sunday at 300 p IN, for the
RappahannOck AS far as Tappahannock, *
tending the trip from Baltimore on Friday 10
Fredericksburg, calling at all landings on the
River. On Tuesday and Saturday only steam
ers will leave Bay Port for Baltimore. ana
will call there from Baltimore only on Tues
day aud Saturdar. From Baltimore, steam
ers will call at Milienbeck and Merry Point
on Monday, Friday and Saturday. To Bait
more will call Monday. Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday. At Weems and lrv-
ington. Steamers from Baltimore viii
cal Saturday ami Tuesday only. For Balti-
more, Steamers will leave Tsppahannock at
sam, Tuesday and Saturday, and a. IN.
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday aud Friday,
calling at all wharves except as above mon
toned. Will leave TappahannOck for Nor
fox at u m Tuesday. will leave Norfolk at
4p.m Wednesday for Fredericks burg and
All landings on the River, leaving Iappahau
mock at g. n. Thursday. Leave Freder-
icksburg for Baltimore st 2:3O p. 10 Monday
and Friday, going as far on those days as
Laedstowa. Will leave LeedstNwn Tuesday
and Saturday for Baltimore at 4:3O a. a.
aBNRY WILLIAMS, Manager,
Baltimore, No.
w.D. SCOTT, Agent,
a. Fra4ericksburg. Va.
KEY COMPTON. Agent,
st Norfolk, Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21

notch figures. AmalgamatiOns and
consultations are on the carpet daily
and in the air continually Railways
have been the leading features in these
large deals. and James j. Hill has been
In his element. From n l0wly place rs
practical ralroader Jim Hill has
arisen to the position Of Americas
railway king" and the secrs who
claim to read the future say he Is
destined TO be a still greater power in
the transportation field
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
The Doctors Credentials.

Sick Man-Is this the Western santa
rum?
New Girl (mystified) - This is DR..
Blanks house.
Eyes, but doesn't he take sick per-
sons to nurse sometimesY
ooh, maybe he does. There's two OF
three skeletons In the back office.
Boston Christian Register.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
poroMAc RIvRR ROUFE.

BEGINNING Tuesday. December %. steamer
Potomac will leave Pier Light street, BaItl-
more, Tuesday and Saturday at p. N tor
the Potomac river, calling at Mtller's, Bronze 5
Bacon's Grason's. Lewisetta. Bundick s.Cow-
arts. walnut Point. Coan, Kinsale, Mundy s
Point Lodge, Adams PineY Point Ahells,
Leonardtown ,Cobur rms Howard s and stones.
On Tuesday only for Lancaster, bushW0oa,
Riverside, Liverpool Point, Glymont, Alex
and eia and Washington
Returning will leave It'll Street Whar .
Washington, at p m, Thursday, calling at
all the above mentioned whdrves, leaving
LeonarotOwn at 8 a. m. Monday and Friday,
Kinsale at II m. Millers al p. N, Grason' 5
ats d %. and Bscon's at y. m. arriving In
Baltimore early Tuesday and Saturday morn
ings.
Freight received daily at Pier 0. Light
Street.
after d. 10. on sailing days.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
sTzraASeON y BIO. Agents,
st Washington. d. Q
WILLIAM NJ. RRARDON, Agent,
at Alexandria, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
PEOPLE OF. THE DAY.

The past few weeks, especially since
the holidays, have witnessed lively
times on the stock exchanges. The
volume OF business on change In New
York In January was a series OF rec
ord brealrngs, the days falling over
each other, 30 TO speak. 10 reach the top
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim, is type Of
Constipation. The power Of this inur-
derous malady is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There's
no health till ISIS overcome But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are safe and
certain cure. Best IN the world for
Stomach. Liver. Kidneys and Bowels.
Only % cents at M. NJ Lewis Drug
Store
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
New German Uniform.

Germany's new military uniform will
be of grayish brown cloth for coat and
trousers and cap. The helmet will be
Of brown cloth and will have the brass
spike. All shining buttons, buckles
and ornaments Will be done away with.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21

ed as a Democrat. In 1896, when Colo
RADIO was almost unanimously Populis
tic, Mr.. Patterson identified himself
with the Peoples Party and has since
been an active leader In that party.
He was chairman of the Populist na
tional convention In 1900. His election
as Colorado's junior senator resulted
from n union of Populists, Democrats
and Silver Republicans In the legisla-
ture.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
An Advocate of National Union.

An AufOchtc " NNthOhHA ~'"
President Deschanel Of the French
chamber of deputies appeals for na-
tlonal union. tolerance and impartial
lty. The present French government
has done much. perhaps more than any
of It's predecessors, to establish those
desirable conditions. and NJ. Deschanel
himself In the chamber has admirably
seconded its efforts.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
Liquor Deslers.
p. McCraCkeu, Bro. & Co

-WHoLssALK AID RTTAn~-
0ROCERs AND LIQUOR DKALBBs.
Ofer Ten Thousand Gallons PURE BY
End BOURBON WHISTLES, from the 10
lowing we'll known distilleries: Graft q 90
of Ohio; Boone County Distilling 20, o.
land. and W. z. Gray, Of Pennsylvania
Agentsfo Bergner & Engle's Lager Beer
They also offer Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Agricultural Implements, sseds Guano. and
Cement.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
HALF OF HIS BODY DEAD
Yet Doctors Say Joseph Lennon
Will Get Well.
TWO VERTEBRE ARE FRACTURED.

He Had Absolutely No Feeling In His
Limbs - Operation Has Been Per-
formed. and IL IL Said lie VIII be
Cured In a short Time - Lennon
Conuna 10 Eninr His RnaIrinu
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-21
AN UP TO DATE FAGIN.
Great Scheme of a New Yorker
to Get Rich Quickly.
SMALL BOYS DID THE WORK.

lie Sent Them Ont with 4 Begging
Letter. and the Result Was "A Per-
feet shower OF Small Coins-POIIce
Say He Made s25 n Day at Least.
One of His Rows "Peached."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Cloud Mountains.

TIE highest of all the clouds are
those delicate. white, fibrous, detached
masses of frozen vapor; always seem
high against the blue sky. The top
most point of the highest of these may
be ten miles above the earth. They are
called cirrhus clouds. Altogether there
are ten principal types Of clouds. The
lowest. known as the stratus, ars really
horizontal sheets of lifted fog seen on
damp days or in very damp localities.
These clouds are only a few hundred
feet above the earth.
Some of the vast bodies Of vapor are
higher than the tallest Of the Alps.
They are undoubtedly snow capped
veritable mountains of ice and snow.
1t has been discovered that the tenn
perature ON one such summit was IS
degrees below zero.
Were it possible for us to ascend in a
balloon and penetrate one of these
snow capped peaks from base to sum-
NIT we should travel first through a
layer of dry air, vapor and water, a
third of freezing vapor, water and ice,
and finally through the summit, COM
posed of dry air, vapor and ice, but no
water.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Matrimony In Gilbert Islands.

Women Of the Gilbert islands being
merely regarded as cattle or any other
property, writes Arthur Inkersley in
The Overland Monthly. the matrimoni-
al knot is easily tied and just as easily
united. If a man fancies a girl, he
seizes her by the hair of the head,
wherever she may be. despite her pro-
testations, and drags her away to his
home. Her resistance is not often scri-
Gus. the pretense of refusal being due
to the lcoquettishness inherent in the
sex. When the couple reach the house
of the groom. wedding feast is fur
nished forthwith. to which all the i'm
mediate friends of the bride and BRIDE
groom are invited. But an acceptance
of the invitation implies the contrbu-
ton Of some viands to the entertain
ment. Matrimony is attended by no
further ceremony than this. When q
husband grows weary of his wife. he
simply orders her to leave him, and If
she does not he turns her out of doors.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Penetration of Light.

Experiments show that light can be
seen through a clean cut opening of not
more than one forty thousandth of an
inch. This fact was determined by
taking two thoroughly clean, straight
edges, placing piece of paper between
the surfaces at one end. the opposite
end being allowed to come together.
The straight edges being placed be-
tween the eye and strong light in a
dark room, a wedge of light was per-
celved from the ends between which
the paper was placed and the opposite,
which were brought together. The
thickness Of the paper being known,
the distance apart of the two edges
of the small end of the wedge of light
was easily calculated. and the result
was shown as above.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Mother Goose Repnrtee.

The Little Boy had been trying to go
into vaudeville. with ill success, and
he was obviously in fault finding hui
NOR as he sat under the haycock with
Bopeep.
81 fail to see the reason why you Sc
cure such widespread advertisement -
he exclaimed pettishly.
Especially" retorted Bopeep, when
you are so vigorously blowing your
own horn"
you neglect your charges shameful
ly. believe even now they are lost, -
he pursued.
"Oh. they'll all come home, like your
press agents. bringing their tales be-
hind them" returned Bopeep airily.
Hereupon the Little Boy looked rath-
err sheepish for an instant. Your long
continued association with crooks is
corrupting your morals and manners
he cried, recovering himself
At this Bopeep blushed, but made no
reply. Perhaps, after all, it was jeal-
ousy that made the Little Boy Blue
New York Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Massage For pxxnenain.

A French medical journal cites q
number of cases where great and last
ng benefits We're derived by people suf-
fering from dyspepsia and abdominal
diseases from a gentle massage treat
ment of the abdomen. One case men
toned is that of young man aged 20
years who for six months had been suf-
fering with his stomach. In spite of
varied treatment he was gradually
growing worse and looked like one in
the last stages of phthisis. He suf-
fered from constipation and insomnia
He was very nervous and was con-
WINGED that he was about to die. After
instituting the abdominal massage his
condition rapidly improved. His alb
domen, which had resembled that of a
child with meningitis, became supple
and daily enlarged. The treatment
was not severe nor very special. His
pain disappeared, and he was able to
digest all that was given to him. The
patient gained in six months about Go
pounds. which he has not lost since
that time, now five years ago-Les-
lies Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Getting Away From Land.

The question has been asked, Is it
possible to sail 1000 miles from land?
This can be done at several points. By
leaving San Francisco and sailing
northwestward into the north Pacific a
spot is reached where there Is no land,
not even an islet, for 1000 miles in any
direction. So. too, sailing from the
southern point of Kamchatka south
eastward ships reach point equally
distant from land Of any kind, the
nearest to the north being the Aleu-
tan islands and to the south the
outlying members Of the Sandwich
group. In the southern Indian ocean
it is possible to sail 1000 miles out
from the southern points of Australia
and New Zealand and still be as far
from any other land, and the same may
be done in westerly direction from
Cape Horn. Indeed, from this point
q much longer distance might be reach
ed, for the southern Pacific between
the Horn and New Zealand covers a
space of so degrees Of longitude and
40 of latitude of absolutely unbroken
sea, making it's central point over 1900
miles from anywhere.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
A shock to Richard.

Mabel had been waiting for her low
el's return for what seemed to her an
age. Her heart turned to stone US she
thought Of him. young. slender, but
brave to raShness and recklessness,
closeted alone with her stern father in
the grim old library. The door opened
at last. and he stood before her. flush
on his cheeks and an expression in his
eye.
did you see papa, Richard?" she
asked with trembling eagerness. He
held her in his arms for n moment
without speaking.
Eyes, dearest" he said at length.
And what did he say, Richard? Tell
me what he said He refused you?
Oh, your eyes tell me! He refused; he
will not give ME to you? But will be
i am yours! do not fear his harsh
ness-we will fly"
But Richard looked down into her
pleading face and shook his head slow
ly, like a man in dream.
''Tell me, then, for l cannot wait!
Was he brutal and cruel to you? What
did he do? What did he say?"
Richard drew long, deep breath and
again looked down at the face turned
up to meet his troubled glance. He
sighed and whispered slowly:
He only said Thank heaven! and
went on reading. '-EXchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
TRAMPs HOLD UP TRAIN.
Hundred or More Hohoes Terrorize the
Irainmen

IFdiHTNSNs
Council Bluffs, July 23.-An army of
tramps, numbering over 100, held up
north-bound freight train No. 20 after
II O'Clock last night in the Council
Bluffs local yards near the roundhouse
and insisted on being carried free on
a nights journey.
Engineer Stevens and Conductor
Driscoll with the crew of trainmen
were unable to beat off the gang and
after brisk fight the train was backed
into town as far as the Broadway
crossing.
The police were notified and a squad
of officers under Captain Denny went
out in the patrol wagon and scattered
the thugs. After an hours delay the
train pulled out with Is to 20 tramps
still hidden between the cars. The
tramps and police had running fight
from Broadway to Avenue l, but nc
captures were made