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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

nifty, so that the birth hour is practically
without pain or suffering. It enables
the mother to provide a plentiful supply
of healthful nourishment for the healthy
child. II makes weak women strong
and sick women well.
There is no alcohol in vFavorite Pre-
scription aud it is absolutely free from
opium, cocaine, and all other narcotics.
Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
Pierce by letter free OF charge. All cor
respondence strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DR.. r. " Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y.
81 gladly recommend Or. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription writes Mrs. J. W. G. stephens,
Mia, Northumberland Co.. Virginia. "Beiore
nv third little boy was born took SIX bottles.
He is the finest child and has been from birth,
and suffered very much less than did before
In confinement. / unhesitatingly advise e1-
pectant mothers to use the Favorite PrescIip-
uon.'S
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
pleasant and effective laxative medicine.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
Heartburn.

When the quantity Of food taken is
too large or the quality too rich heart
burn is likely to follow, and especially so
il the digestion has been weakened by
constipation. Eat slowly and not too
freely Of easily digested food Masticate
the food thoroughly. Let six hours
elapse between meals and when you feel
a fullness and weight in the region of the
stomach after eating, indicating that
you have eaten too much, take one OF
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets and the heartburn may be avoid
ed. For sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

During last May an infant child of our
neighbor was suffering from cholera in
fantum. The doctors had given up all
hopes of recovery. took bottlee of
Chamberlain's Collie, Choler and Diar-
rhOea Remedy to the house, telling them
| felt sure it would do good II used ac-
cording to directions. In two days time
the child had fully recovered. The child
is now vigorous and healthy. | have
recommended this remedy frequently and
have never known it to fail.-Mrs. Curtis
Baker, Bookwalter, Ohio. Sold by NJ.
M. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE

Beginning Tuesday, March 26, Steamers
SOrthumberl. Od and POTOMAC will leave PIER
9. Light street, Baltimore, every Iuesday'
Thursday and saturday. at D. IN. for Alex
andria and Wa hingtOn. calling at all OF the
usual landings. Beginning Thursday, March
2S, viii leave 9TH Street Wharf, Washington,
at p. IN. Thursday. Sunday and Tuesday
going "a far a. Leonardtown on these even
ings. VIII leave LeOnardtOwn at . a. m,
Kinsale at m, Miller at ; p. m, irason
at q .. m. and Bacon's at y. m, MONDAY
Wednesday and Friday, arriving IN Baltl-
received daily In Baltimore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent, BALTIC,
STEPHENSON 4 BRO, Agents,
at Washington, ID. &.
WILLIAM NJ REARDON, Agent,
at Alex andna. Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
A Well Grounded suspicion.

Mr.. Isolate (of Lonelyville, indignant
ly)-Then you think we suburbanltes
must suffer more from rheumatism
than city people?
City Friend Visiting the suburbs)-l
don't see how you can help it. | am all
the time reading In the newspapers OF
suburbanltes sitting In holes In the
ground, dug by electric light and troll
ley workmen, to keep the men from
erecting poles In front Of their subur-
ban homes.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

with her own ply
steal health and
cheerful DISPOSE
ton. Many a wife
who had dreaded
motherhood b e.
cause of past ex-
periences of pre-
natal misery OF
mind and bod
has found a new
era open to her
with the use OF
DIR. Pierce's Ia
vorite Prescrip-
ton. It give 8
physical strength,
soothes the nerves,
and induces re-
freshing sleep. II
gives vigor and
elasticity to the
organs of mater
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
A Good Cough Medicine.

Many thousands have been restored to
health and happiness by the use OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy II afflicted
with any throat or lung trouble, give it
a trial for it's certain to prove beneficial.
Coughs that have resisted all other treat
ment for years, have yielded to this
remedy and perfect health been restored.
Cases that seemed hopeless, that the
climate OF famous health resorts failed to
benefit, have been permanently cured by
its use. For sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
Mnn.ieur,n WAY.

"You will have to be careful, mon
sieur, In accustomlng yourself to oul
climate. Do not change your fanneli
until you are quite sure the weather Il
entirely favorable"
"Do not worry about me, sare.
nevaire change my fannels. "-Cleye
land Plain Dealer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
Taking No Risk.

Mrs. Mugglns-Don't you tell your
husband everything?
Mrs. Buggins-Graciousl ] should say
not. He's a teller I'm bank, and the
first thing l would know 1t would be
all over town.-Philadelphi Record.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
RroakIrn Lovers, WAYS.

She-So this is the end OF our engage
ment?
He--It may be for you, but 1t Will
take me a year yet to pay the BILLS
Brooklyn Life.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

n babv's health must be taken before
baby's birth. The child can have no
more health than the mother gives 1t:
A healthy mother, strong Of body and
cheerful of mind, will endow the child
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

Mrs. Week-Not at all. Let her alone,
and she'll marry some old fool just like
her mother did.-Baltimore World.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

Mr.. Meek should certainly have
some say as to whom my daughter
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
AReaI AmerIcan Flag.

In compliance with resolution pass
ed by the house Of representatives
March l. 1901. the flag that for the past
10 years has hung draped above the
speakers desk has been transferred to
the department of agriculture. This
magnificent emblem, made of silk rails
ed in the United States and woven 10y
American bands with American ma
chinery. Is still in perfect state or
preservation. Its only defect lies In the
insufficiency Of stars representing the
states Of the Union, there being but
80. the number of states In the Union
at the time the flag was presented. 1t
was the desire of Speaker Henderson
that this flag should be replaced by
one containing stars representing the
full number Of the sisterhOOd of states
at the commencement of the new cen
fury, and so the old flag came down,
and a new silken banner with 10 stars
was draped I'm its place.
In accordance with the desires of the
house the architect of the capitol had a
splendid walnut case eight feet high
and two feet wide, with glass doors,
constructed for the old flag. The case,
containing the flag tastefully draped
upon its staff, was delivered to Secre-
tary Wilson. and it will have the place
of honor In his Office.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
snxorn Of the Truth.

Little Willie-Say, pa, what's the diff
ference between genius and a luna
tic?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02

Pa-If there is any difference at all,
my son, the odds are in favor of the
lunatic. He at least is sure Of his board
and clothes.-Chicago News.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
TUESDAY
WASHINGTON LETTER



every now and then one reads un
advertisement something like this, 1
will give 500 to any one securing me a
government position paying 800 a
month"; or the advertiser will agree to
give certain percentage Of the salary
secured to the one procuring place.
remarked an official Of the civil service
commission.
"Now. the person who thus advertises
and who no Coubt receives numerous
responses and frequently is successful
little dreams of the danger attached
TO his offer for government position.
The person thus Offering tempting
price for an appointment IN the federal
service does not realize until too late
that he has placed himself In the pow
er Of an INSCRIPTIONS person to be
blackmailed Such is the fact, how
ever"
The official then called attention to
section 17S1 of the Revised Statutes
which is part of the civil service law
and relates to appointments in the fed
erai service. 1t provides that every
person who, directly or indirectly, Of
fers or agrees TO give or bestow any
money. property or other valuable con
sideration whatever for the procuring
or aiding TO procure any such contract.
office or place shall be deemed guilty
of n misdemeanor and shall be impris-
oned not more than two years and
fined not more than $4,000"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
To Entertain Convention.

The citizens OF Washington who had
the management OF the last presiden-
tlal Inauguration have decided to estab-
fish permanent convention fund, from
which TO derive means for the enter
tainment of the numerous Organiza-
lions that hold here their national
meetings. 1t is recognized that Wash
ington is naturally a convention city
and that it is especially pleasant for
many organizations to meet at the capi'
tai Of the country. The citizens are
glad to entertain such visitors and in
the course of the year do so in a man
ner highly creditabIe to them. The In
auguratIon committee having balance
left this year after paying all accounts,
was called on for the application OF
$500 to the expenses of the national
convention of charities and reforms,
which was held here recently, and later
for $500 to pay of lingering debt for
the entertainment of the Union Veter-
ans union, held here last fall.
The string Of horses and carriages
which Attorney General Knox has
brought to Washington is the talk OF
the city. The attorney generals stable
here contains IA thoroughbreds. Among
them is one team for which he paid
$4,000. Carl ScHoFIELD.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
viii Marry Man She Never Saw.

Miss Ferrouh. one Of tae most pop
ular girls in the diplomatic set-that Is,
among the women fOlks-must go back
to Turkey 10 marry a man she never
saw. She is the young sister Of All
Ferrouh Bey, the retiring Turkish
minister, who sails for home from New
York on July 3. Miss Ferrouh has en-
deared herself TO the girls and young
matrons OF Washington. OF course she
has never been allowed to meet man.
She Is 20, beautiful, winsome, clever,
witty. She loves even the little free
dom that she has had here. But now
she must 20 home the affianced bride
OF a rich Constantinople merchant.
This is only MOhammedan custom.
The merchant paid court not to her,
but to her family in Turkey. They APP
proved and accepted him. A few days
ago Miss FerrOuh was astonished to
hear that she was betrothed. The
beautiful young Turkish girl had been
rapidly imbibing western ideas on lo7e
and matrimony Still she will obey,
lust as the Koran directs.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-02
Big Map For the white House.

The coast and geOdetic survey has
for some time been preparing map OF
the world for the "war room at the
White House. 1t will cover one whole
side Of the room, which means dimen-
sions Of perhaps 80 feet by -. 1t con
talns all the geographical information
Of a general nature that a president of
the United States and his corps of te-
legraphers would seemingly need to
know. 1t shows the location OF all the
ocean cables I'm the world, of all the
coaling stations, of all the docks where
ships may be repaired, and every foot
Of soil, including the smallest inlands
Is marked so as to indicate the sOver-
eighty to which IL is subject. This Is
done by the adoption of a color for
each Of the great colonlzing powers.
1t is surprising to note the number Of
small islands which already belong TO
the United States through their acquisi-
ton for one purpose or another by
American citizens.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
They Mixed.

When Lord Beauchamp, the British
governor of New South Wales, first oc-
cupied the government house at Sydney,
he ordained that at official receptions
only guests of a certain rank should be
permitted to approach the presence
through designated doors. To these blue
tickets were awarded; to others of in
ferior mold, white.
At one function, through some mis-
management, an important public man
received a blue card, while a white one
was sent to his wife. When the pair
reached the audience chamber, the lady
declined to be separated from her hus-
band or to abandon the aristocratic blue
ranks. An aidde-camp endeavored to
reason with her and explain the conmo-
ton that would ensue if blue and white
were suffered to mingle together.
But the fair one was equal to the occa-
sion. Nonsense" said she as size press
ed forward. "What do you take us for
a seidlitz powder?" The aid collapsed
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Tipping the Butcher.

Did you ever buy your own steaks
and get the worst in the shop nearly
every time? An old friend has had
that misfortune, and he is always will
ing to pay two or three cents more
pound than any other customer. Hav-
ing listened calmly to his tale of woe,
l inquired if be had acquired the
practice of tipping the butcher. Tip
ping the butcher? MOI He thought
it was 4 sufficient tip to offer the
two or three cents more a pound.
THAT cffCr." | tried to explain, "goes
to the proprietor direct, or his block
man thinks you are trying to make a
thief of him by inducing him to hold
out for himself the extra price. 1t will
never work.
"Just say to your cutter: See here,
old chap, I've been dissatisfied with
my steaks for some time. Come out
and take drink, and tell me how to
select good meat He's too busy.
Then slip a dime into his hand anu
say, Have a glass of beer when you
get OUT or a quarter and say, Have Il
smile with me when you have time
Repeat this performance and presently
your steaks are the delight of home.
In the busiest private market in New
York it is the rule to tip the butchers.
You can get nothing fit to eat with
ont If ~ Now York Press
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Cause of ral,eyrana.s Lamene..

The cause of 1'alleyrand's lameness
has long been a matter of dispute.
Some stories have it that the defect
was congenital; others that it was &C.
casioned by an accident which befell
him in his infancy. The most curious
explanation of all is that offered by a
writer in The Quarterly Review. ITO
quote the very words of our informant.
an eminently distinguished diplomat"
says the writer, "Talleyrand Vienna
colleague. Baron Wessenbprg. told me
years ago that his lameness was owing
to carelesSness of his nurse, who laid
him down in a field while she flirted
with her sweetheart and On coming
back to her charge found some pigs
dining on the infants legs. am sure
that Wessenberg told me this as an
established fact. and | am all but sure
that his authority was TaIleyrand him
self -"
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
A Love Letter of Prince bismarck.

n Love L$ttSF OF t-Esnce biHInarCk.
ION my window sill. among all sorts
of crocuses ana Eyacinths, stand two
camellias which always inspire me
with strange thoughts. One of them,
slender and pretty. with it's ornamen-
tai crown GOpl and soft, pale-very
pale-pink blossoms, but little foliage
and only two buds, transports me to
Reddetin, holds itself rather stiffly and
lisps English. The other makes ia.
less impression of beauty as you look
at it, and its stalk betrays in its gnarl-
ed twisting lack of care in its pruning.
From the midst of the foliage looks
out dead branch. but the crown is
rich in leaves, ard the foliage is green
err than that of its neighbor. 1t gives
promise Of abundant blossoming in its
eight buds. and its color is deep dark
red and white in irregular gay variega-
ton. Do you take the comparison
amiss? 1t is q lame comparison, more
over, for DO not love camellias, be-
cause they are without odor, and you |
love precisely on account of the fra
GRANGE of the tower of your spirit,
which is white. dark red and black"
Here is Il picture of the Man of Iron
with bis arIuUr dolfed.-Harper's Mag
aZine
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
The Big 81" in English.

Did it ever occur to you, asks an ex-
change, that it might seem egotistical
for you to write of yourself with a
capital "I'' instead of using the small
and less obtrusive one?
The English use of the capital 'I'' is
one of the oldest features of the Ian
guage-to foreigner. If Frenchman
writes with reference to himself he
makes sic" fhe French equivalent of
"I') with a small a." So with the
German, who may use capitals to be-
gin every noun; he always uses the
small 'i'' in writing '"ich." The Span
lard avoids, as far as practicable, the
use of the personal pronoun when writ
ing in the first person, but he always
writes it ''yo," taking pains, however,
to begin the Spanish equivalent of our
you" with a capital.
In English it is surely big "I' and
little "you." as the old saying has it.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Heroes md Cornrda.

Courage is an uncertain quantity; it
varies with circumstances. A man who
fancies that he is afraid of nothing
ventures on the slippery pavement In
winter and suddenly discovers that he
is very much afraid of falling and hurt
ing himself.
1t is on record that man who was
as bold as could be in the morning
could never be relied upon for courage
after dinner.
Some French soldiers, during the
war of 1870, CALAMITY assaulted an al
most impregnable position, although
death seemed certain. Three years lat
err two of those gallant fellows were in
a theater when an alarm of fire was
given, and they displayed extreme COW
ardice, pushing over women and chill
dren in their frantic efforts to escape
Parsons Weekly.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
THE DIGNITY OF THE KING.

AS Prince of Wales He Had No Use
for Vulgar Stories.
That the Prince of Wales is we'll suit
ed to the high station to which he has
been called no man who has studied
him or his history will deny, writes
one who knows him personally. There
is a popular belief that to Tom, Dick
and Harry the Prince of Wales is
known as "Bertie." 1t is a strange
misconception, due in great measure to
the publication of the Queens diaries,
where, with a mothers license, she
calls her eldest son by his pet name
AS matter of fact, there is no more
dignified royalty in Europe than Al
bert Edward, Prince of Wales. Genial
he is and a firm friend, but his most
intimate associates dare never cross
the dividing line between subject and
sire. "Sir' he is and Your Royal High
ness" to the oldest and closest of his
personal friends. There is not and
never has been the easy interchanges
of nicknames that disfgured the circles
of George II. and George ".
The rigorous enforcement of these es-
sentials of good breeding has proved
the ruin of many who have gained a
brief entree in the Princes set. Some
few years ago a wealthy writer and
well-known journalist of London was
introduced to the Prince, and by his
knowledge of the world and acquaint
ance with strange places speedily inter
l.; l.; I,f
journalist so far forgot himself as to
tell a vulgar story. His invitations
ceased from that day.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Hetty Green in Repartee.

Mrs. Hetty Green is a typical Yam.
kee, even in her quiet and saturnine
humor. To an over-dressed woman
who had made unnecessary comments
upon feminine apparel she said:
Wealthy people can afford to dress
poorly. The poor and vulgar must
wear fine clothing, if only for purposes
of disguise"
Her retort to a dissipated official who
pleaded for former excellent record
as a reason for reinstatement, was:
cit is a wretched company which
runs locomotive after it is worn OUT
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Cycles of Cathay.

Young Burma has even taken to blk
ing, and both in Rangoon and Manda-
lay one meets hundreds of Burmans
and Chinese flying about as if to the
manner born, on machines of every
make and grade. 1 have not met any
native girl riders yet, though am told
one adventurous young lady may be
seen in Rangoon. Why the bike should
have failed to have caught on with
them as it has done with their white
sisters 1 cannot say; perhaps it is the
impracticability of using "fixits" and
dress holders, or the utterly hopeless
tightness of their queerly divided silk
skirts that suggests the possibility of
catastrophes too awful to contemplate
-Allahabad Pioneer.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
SUMNER is best time to
cure Catarrh, Bronchitis and
Consumption. Our remedy is
guaranteed, $1.Oo.
FOB 1878 W q. SMITH 4 co. Buffalo. NY.
80 On"

Lady Dorothy Nevill Is one of the
wittiest women in London society.
Some time ago there was rich and
ambitious man in society who went in
for entertaining largely and especially
for making his parties interesting and
representative. A marked falling off
began to take place after awhile in
the quality Of his guests. Lady Dor
othy, commenting Oh this deterioration.
said, "Once we used to meet Brown
ing and Whistler and Henry James and
so on there; but now we only meet
SO on."-Chambers' Journal
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
Aluminium Note PaDer.

1t is stated that experiments with
aluminium as substitute for paper are
now under way in France. 1t is now
possible to roll aluminium into sheets
four-thousandths of an inch in thick
ness, in which form it weighs less than
paper. By the adoption of suitable
machinery these sheets can be made
even thinner and can be used for book
and writing paper. The metal will not
oxidize, is practically fire and water
proof, and is indestructible by worms
Invention.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
lrvins,s Crushing Sorrow.


when young man, rising to fame
as an author, Washington Irving fell in
love with Mathilda Hoffman," writes
William Perrine, in the Ladies' HomS
Journal. "To his eye she was speh an
image of delicacy and purity that his
love for her grew into an fdolatry. In
the midst of his dreams of future hap
piness there came DIN overwhelming
blow from which he never fully re-
covered. Mathilda was taken sick with
a cold; it rapidly turned into consump-
ton, and it was his agony to behold her
fade away in single winter, but in his
sight beautiful and more beautiful to
the last. During the three days and
nights of her final sufferings he did not
leave her house and scarcely slept. He
was at her bedside when she died; his
was the last face that she looked upon,
and when the grave closed upon her
the world became blank to him in his
distraction. In the nights of his first
anguish after Mathilda's death he
would carry to his bed her Bible and
prayer-book. and place them tenderly
under his pillow. Ever afterward he
kept them with him in all of his many
wanderings and travels. When he died
at Sunnyside he had reached his three
score-and-ten. and his celibacy was still
unbroken. There was then found a
little repository of which he had al
ways kept the key. 1t was opened
and there lay a faded memorandum
which told the story of his sorrow, a
miniature, a braid of fair hair, and a
slip of paper on which he had written
'Mathilda Hoffman,
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
As to GUshers.

"My dear" said a careful mother to
her daughter. don't gush."
Every well, mamma" replied the
dutiful girl, but you know that in the
oil regions it is the gushing wells that
are thought the most Of"
But you must also bear in mind
that it is the unrefned oil which
Eushes. "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22

Briggs-The Dudleys seem to think a
great deal of their dog.
Griggs- Naturally; he Is something
they never quarrel about. as they do
their children When the dog exhibits
some bad trait. neither can declare
that he took it from the other.-Boston
Transcript.
Holbrook argus., 1901-06-22
No Venture Ahnut 1t.

as this your first venture in matri-
mony?" the preacher asked while the
bridegroom was out in the vestibule
giving certain instructions to the best
man, who was also his head clerk.
my dear Mr.. Goodleigh," she re-
piled. almost blushing. this isn't a
venture at all He has given me deeds
to more than 100000 worth of property
already" -Chicago Times Herald.