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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
lFOr The FREE LANcE.l
GREENE COUNTY NEWS
Told In Poetic Form.

The Methodist church, in Stanardsyille,
On Sunday eve was closely filed
Surprising former days.
The occasion being more sad
When Rev. W. A. S. Conrad
Spoke eulOgistic praise.
Mr.. Samuel Settles had run his race,
And then the time and this the place
Where every head was bowed
When all this young mans moral traits.
His Christian virtues and few mistakes,
Were publicly ayowed.
Tho young OF years, yet fewer men
Commanded larger list of friends
His record was complete.
His admonitions were words Of love;
His hope was fixed on Heaven above,
Which makes lifes labor sweet.
The procession marched in double ranks,
BY Masonic order in solid phalanx-
Did homage to the dead.
And all that was both grand and good,
And characteristic OF brotherhood,
Was by this order said.
Mrs. Sarah Templeton died yesterday,
And was this evening laid away
Near her home in Stanardsville.
She removed from Texas years ago,
And had lived here in town before
Being daughter Of Capt. Mills.
There was organized quite recently,
The Greene County Telephone Company
Home Office In Stanardsville.
Application is pending for a charter,
And negotiations for the barter,
As the line is sure TO build
The president is Mr.. z. X. Page.
Hon. N. b. Early abets and aids.
Dr. Davis Is secretary and treasurer
Good men subscribe unto the stock,
The foundation rests upon rock
Dr. Sims general manager.
Two rival firms In painters art,
Have both in town now made start
Weld each a magic brush.
Marshall Bros. at south Of town;
Harris and son hold north end down.
And all now. on the rush.
Mrs. Maggie Blakey, who keeps hotel,
And serves her patrons princoly we'll
Her premises viii repaint.
II you should ever come TO town,
| advise that you should call around
And yourself with her acquaint.
Miss Mary Kinser, near Pages mill,
Is with pneumonia very Ill.
DR. Pennington is on the mend
Ivy Bickers for ten days was sick
With rheumatismmixed with grippe,
Is at bis post (agen.)
Mr.. J. E. H., the crippled man,
Upright at heart cannot so stand,
Ii seemingly appears.
Daily leans upon bis cane,
And reverently adores the name
(The staff Of his declining years.)
LE.H
April ?, 1901
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
Baking
Powder
EcOnOn1V

The manufacturers of Royal
Baking Powder have always declined
to produce cheap baking powder
at the sacrifice of quality.
The Royal is made from the
most highly refined and wholesome
ingredients, and is the embodiment
of all the excellence possible to be
attained in the highest class baking
powder.
Royal Baking Powder costs only
fair price, and is cheaper at its
price than any similar article.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
Arestimonial Prom old England

81 consider Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy the best in the world for bronchi-
It's" says Mr.. William SavOry, OF War
rington. England. ut has saved my
wiie's life, she having been martyr to
bronchitis for over six years, being most
of the time confined to her bed. She is
now quite well" Sold by NJ. N. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
Red Hot Prom The Gun

Was the ball that hit G. b. Steadman,
of Newark, Mich, in the Civil War. 1t
caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen's
Arnica SaIve crYed him. Cures Cuts,
Bruises. Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns,
skin Eruptions. Best Pilecure on earth.
% cts. n box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by NJ. NJ. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is sugar-coateo
globule of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building up the health. Only
2jc. per box. Sold by NJ. NJ. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06

Samples OF mixtures made in imitation OF baking
powders, but containing aium are frequently dis
tributed from door to door, or given away in
to use in food, and in many cities their sale is
prohibited by law. Alum is a corrosive poison, and
all physicians condemn baking powders containing it,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
Very Brittle.

Deaths of rich men oft remind us
That VIC make n sad mistake
II we think TO leave behind us
Wills that lawyers cannot break.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06

For other information. address
JOHN ID. POTTS,
T. A.. Richmond, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06

Additional trains leave boswell 100 a. m.
and 20 D. m. except Sunda Y for Richmond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-06
CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE, CHICAGO ST.
LOUIS AND THE WEST.

Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cara ON Nos. and 3 Tor
Cincinnati and Louisville.
TRAINS For OLD POINT AND NORTOLK
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
CUBA IN THEIR TOLLS.
Forces Behind the Administration
Are Out After the Islands
Goods,

Senator o. H. Platt, of Come cticut,
author of the Cuban resolutions in
congress which bear his name, says:
81 favor an Independent republic In Cuba.
I am wholly opposed to annexation, and
do not wish to see that ever happer. The
whole purpose of the action by congress
is to make sure and stable such an inde-
pendent Cuban republic"
If that is the whole purpose and the
real purpose, it ought not to require
any elaborate action by congress to
put it into effect. This nation has al
ready solemnly declared the right of
the Cubans to freedom and independ-
cnce. "The way to resume is to re-
sume." The way to make the Cubans
free is to let them alone, and notify
other nations, If notice be necessary
under the Monroe doctrine, that they,
too, will be expected to let them alone.
There may be details and technicai-
ties, but there can be no real diff
culties, if the pledge of the American
people is to be carried out in good
faith.
But if the case is otherwise, if the
intent is to confer the name OF lndC-
pendence while Withholding the reali-
ty, then there is need for action by
congress; there is need for pettifog-
ging and quibbling, and equivocation
of a sort in which President McKin-
ley's recent speeches and papers
abound. To say one thing and mean
another requires care, if anybody is
to be deceived thereby. Unfortunate
", it would be difficult to find dozen
adult men who are familiar with cur
rent politics in Washington who be-
licve that there is any genuine intent
TO give freedom and independence to
the Cubans, or who doubt that ultl-
mate annexation and benevolent as
simlation'' of the Cubans is the real
underground policy of the present adj
ministration There is a steadily
growing belief that the forces behind
the Mckinley administration intend to
annex Cuba, 'for her good'-and for
her goods.-Albany Argus.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
FOLLOWING SPAIN'S EXAMPLE
American Troops Used to Keep the
Cubans Under Complete
Subjection.

Three or four years ago, when Wey-
Ter introduced his reconcentrado poll
cy into Cuba, the people of the United
States were horror-stricken. The tales
of suffering were at first not believed;
the inhumanity of it all was incredi-
BILE. But as one after another of
reliable newspaper correspondents
joined the ranks of those already in
Cuba 1T became apparent from their
reports that even the sensational
press representatives who had pre-
ceded them had not exaggerated.
They told in awful detail the suffer-
ings of those compelled to leave their
farms, already devastated and yielding
but the most meager of crops, and
move into the already crowded cities,
where absolutely no provision had
been made or could be made for their
reception and care. From privation
bitter enough in their own homes they
were driven to the torture of death by
slow starvation. AS stories of cruel
ties added to cruelties came to our
knowledge, indignation waXed hotter
and hotter until it burst into flame,
and Weyler was driven from Cuba,
shortly to be followed by the Spanish
army.
How sentiment on this subject has
changed! How familiarity with the
suffering of others has bred indiffer-
ence! That same policy is being prac-
ticed in the Philippines to-day by our
own army officers. The latest report
from the island of Martinique de-
clares that Maj. Smith, commanding
the American garrisons on the island,
has issued an order requiring all ma
tives to live in the five principal towns
where American troops are stationed.
Those natives who continue to live in
the country will be considered insur-
gents"
That is Weyler's policy, pure and
simple. Try as you may, you can
make nothing else of it. In the as
sertion as made that the inhabitants
of the Philippines favor drastic pol
icy" the officers in charge of the re-
concentrate operations but add an
other Weyleresque touch to their
Weyler said that the reconcentrado
policy was ordered at the request of
the Cubans themselves. 1t will also be
remembered what an unmitigated liar
Weyler was shown to be. Is it prob
able, then-is it human nature, which
is the same the world over-that these
Filipinos are imploring the American
army officers to drive them from their
homes to starve in the garrison towns?
Is it less of an outrage to inf1ict such
things on the Filipinos than upon the
Cubans? Is starvation more pleasant
at the hands of our, soldiers than at
the hands of those of Spain? Is life
less precious in Martinique than in
Cuba? How comes it that the horrors
of 1897 were potent enough to drive us
to war, while the same course of pro-
cedure in 1901 fails to arouse a pro-
test?-Utica Observer.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16

quiet dignity, which while one was
bound to respect it, did not invite
intimacy, and made even our friend
ship plant of slow growth.
ga family trait" he laughingly
remarked one day. "The DeRoldes,
monsieur, are more given to the do
ing of deeds, than to talking about
them" I could well believe it. AS
he stood, his heels together in mill
tary fashion, his head thrown back,
he looked, in spite of his small
stature and delicate frame, the equal
of any knight in deeds of chivalry.
1t was a source of wonder to me
that the colonel had never married,
and his avoidance of the subject,
whenever by chance or otherwise l
approached it, did not lessen my con-
heart romance was hidden away;
a tender memory folded in the sweet
lavender of years.
Meanwhile the Lenten season was
drawing near its close, and on every
side 1 heard mention of the beautiful
Mile. Rosiere, whom Rex had chosen
to be queen of the carnival.
"Mlle. Marie? Yes, certainly
know her." And the colonel smiled,
in answer to my question, while a
curious expression, which 1 was at
loss to interpret, fitted across his
face. AS l still looked inquiringly,
he continued: Eyes, she is beauti-
Pull, very beautiful-the most beau
tiful woman 1 have ever seen eX-
cept one," he went on, musingly.
"And, like that one, she is utterly
heartIess."
1 was interested at once, but the
colonel was evidently not inclined to
crafty my curiosity. "You were
speaking of the OPERA" he said. eve
will go this evening""
The languorous Faust music Of Gou-
nod was filling the French opera
house with a flood of impassioned
melody as we entered. A moment
later, and felt the pressure of the
coloners hand upon my arm.
mile. Marie" he whispered, and
my eyes followed his.
Twas but 81 instant. that thrill
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
THE LAST TIME.

Twas peaceful hour at the close of day
When we took our stroll down the garden
way.
Twas for sweet communion, enjoyed the
more
When the tolls and cares of the day were
We talked of the future, the present. the
past,
Till shadows of twilight were over US cast.
AS to future years-they had much in store,
And we planned 10 meet them as oft before.
For our present bliss we were glad at heart:
From our past regrets twas a joy to part.
AS stars far above us illumined the night,
So Hope cast its rays and the future was
bright.
In that peaceful hour we had sweetest
zest;
Years of toll were crowned with a we'll
earned rest.
Could we hope 'twould last? We could
hope and pray:
But could only see just a little way!
Zen while we rejoiced, trusting nothing
would mar.
The Gate of the City was standing ajar!
Had we known. or dreamed, that we never
more
Would go down that walk as so oft before,
WHAT cloud of gloom would have wrapped
Would have crushed our spirits with dread
-profoundi
Kind Providence shielded our hearts from
the bloWi
1t shapeth events so we never can know.
But little while and the summons came.
Twas a soft low voice that had called her
name:
And before we knew she was far away,
In the joyous light Of an endless day!
The Gate was ajar and she followed the
Voice
To where the redeemed shall forever re-
joice.
'Tis lovely spot " here her body lies.
Till the trump shall sound and the dead
arise.
There a granite stone shall recall her
worth
While she safely rests in the arms OF earth
As year after year of her life comes to
view,
The record proclaims-"She was faithful
anj true"
John NJ Morse. in N Y. Observer.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
How shorI<ey Treated

Tom Sharkey, the prize fighter, re-
Gently went into a drinking place and
Joined thirty or so of his friends.
Drinks flew about rapidly, and Sharkey
each time took cigar. The able sea-
man was much preOccupied every time
it was his time to buy, and he soon had
all pockets filled with perfectos.
Sharkey soon began to discourse on
his favorite topic of money, and re-
marked proudly that when he got TOO
old to fight he would have enough
money to keep him the rest of his life.
And if you don't have the money,
you'll have enough cigars to start a
cigar store"
The sailor overlooked the thrust,
and when the other fellows had laid
out their spare change he turned to
the crowd and said: "WeIl, boys, it's
my treat. Have a cigar!"
And he handed each weed from his
pOcketS-N Y Press
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
A DOMESTIC CATASTROPHE.
In Which the independent Spirited
SIr. HOusekeeDer Gets the
Worst of 1t,

When the general superintendent
of the household department is sick
there is no amount of good will on
the part of the rest of the family that
will induce things to run smoothly.
In this case the wife had the prevail
ing malady. AS so often happens, the
girl left just when she was most
needed. She was paid what was COM
ing to her one evening, and Inc only
notice she gave appeared in her alb
sence next morning. Then the hus-
band came out at his best and de-
clared himself, says the Detroit Free
Press.
I'm very busy man and this is
one of my busiest seasons, but I'll
be blanked if Wen have another girl
round here to bun 20 us and increase
mothers nervousness. Not while
I've got wiggle left in me, and they
tell me I'm mighty we'll preserved
man. I'll work nights before I'll be
imposed on. Half the women are
cringing slaves to their hired help,
and I'll not stand for it in my house.
Not me. One thing I'm mighty glad
about is that we use stoves, for | was
raised with them and know ali about
them. Get the ash pans together
here, and I'll empty them in the al
ley"
Five were accumulated in short or
der and the eldest daughter suggest
ed that he run out with them,'' two
at time. He looked at her pityingly
and piled the five up like boxes He
had rubbers over his slippers and his
hat was pulled down to meet the up
turned collar of his coat. Gust put
that sieve full of dry garbage on top"
he directed. Then he seized the load,
looking to one side of it to pick his
way, and gave orders that the coal
pals be got together SO that he could
fill them.
The lower pan was hot, but he hung
on grimly and hurried. The rubber
dropped from one foot, the slipper
slipped, and he came down so hard
that he saw stars with his eyes shut.
He was buried for few minutes in
ashes, garbage and pans. He kicked
his way out and things that he said
were more than enough to have him
"churched." When his blinking eyes
caught the neighbors laughing he
scattered the pans, threw the sieve at
cat on the fence, recaptured the
rubber, ran for the house and made
the air sizzle while he was searching
the directory for intelligence offices.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
E SURE to attend the French op-
II era"

DE SURE to attend the French op-
D era"
Amid the mingling of voices in
chaos of farewells, which were watt
ed to me as my steamer pushed slow
ly from the pier, this last injunction
sounded. 1t was impossible to tell
by the tone from which particular
one of my friends it came, and to
me this has always been a source of
regret. 1t is interesting to trace
from its slender beginnings the twin
ing thread of destiny.
at New Orleans the colonel wei
coined me with charming hospital
ity which, like his wine, spoke of
days past and gone.
As 1 grew to know him better, he
became to me a veritable living en-
bodiment of the spirit of gracious
cordiality and easy tolerance which
is so much a part of the bone and
fiber of the true southerner. He
possessed in a marked degree that
culture and courtliness which is the
heritage of all Creoles; yet there
was a certain reserve about him,
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16

e-e-e-s-s-t&-s-s-e-s-'-e-s@ have good ap-
petite while before / was nearly
starved" Mrs. Selma Tanner.
Mr.. L. o. Marble, of Geneva, Neb.,
writes:
II do believe that my catarrh is en-
tirely cured. l have not had any
trouble with my stomach for long
time. [ am as well as one of my age
could expect (seventy years.. l have
had the catarrh ever since | was a
young man, and have doctored for it
for years and got very little better, but
thanks to you and your Peruna and
Manalin | believe / am we'll of it. / can
eat anything now and it doesn't hurt
me, and Peruna is the only thing ever
found that will cure the catarrh. be-
ieve it is the only cure for catarrh,
and hope every one troubled with ca
tarrh will try Peruna and be cured
L. o. Marble.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma. write at once to DR.. Hartman, CIV
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, president OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
HER DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
He Had Saved Her and She Reward
ed Him in Fitting
Manner

When she entered the pharmacy the
proprietor was too busy stacking al
manacs to hear her footstep. She
tapped on the brass scales and he came
out smiling, says the Chicago Daily
News
"What can do for you?" he asked,
with a courteous bow.
"Ah, monsieur" she replied, "you
can do nozing now; you have done
zanks.''
The pharmacist was puzzled.
81 am afraid I don't recall the cir
cumstances," he said, shaking his
head
"Ah, monsieur's memory is weak.
Two years. / come one night. BE
wind. How ze wind blew zat one night
two year ago! All, monsieur,
and re sleet. Horrible re thought!
come and ask for re poi
son. / was re one miserable singer.
Ny voice fail. No longer ze audience
call for Marie. Ze audience hiss re
song. I no longer want life. I come
for re poison. Monsieur sell re bella
donna without ze prescription or ze
question"
did you take it," gasped the
pharmacist.
Monsieur will listen. ] stand in &c
dressing-room. I would take re poi
son in re moment. While | wait | have
one idea. | put re belladonna in my
eyes. ley shine like stars of re north.
Glorious! I run out on the stage. In
re box sit re rich old man. He fall
madly in love with my bright eyes.
He beg me to marry him. He worth
many millions. / am his wife to-day.
Suppose monsieur had refused re POI
son on zat wild night two year ago."
sit would have been bad for you"
Horrible! And now / will buy
somezing of monsieur. Give me two
stamps and one postal, pleased"
The pharmacist sighed and opened
the stamp drawer. When his visitor
was at the door smiling a farewell be
beckoned her to return.
'Waz re change right?" she queried.
eyes, but you forgot to take an al
manac"
He forced q collection of variegated
pamphlets in her hands.
Here is good selection Calen-
dars, recipes, jokes and the pictures Of
great men who take preparations"
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
BOTKIN is one

CONGRESSMAN BOTKIN is one of
I the most influential and best
known men in the State of Kansas.
Whatever he may say on any subject
will be accepted by the people as the
truth. So famous remedy as Peruna
could not have we'll escaped the atten-
tion of so famous man. He not only
has heard of the remedy, but he has
used it and was relieved of an affection
of twenty-five years standing. Peruna
is the one internal remedy that cures
chronic catarrh. 1t cures catarrh
wherever located. This is fact that
the people are rapidly finding out, but
there are still large multitude who
need to know it.
Mr.. Frank Richter, of Winona, Mimi,
SAYS in letter to The Peruna Medi-
cine Company:
GAS a remedy for catarrh I take
pleasure in recommending Peruna for
catarrh of the stomach. l know what
it is to be afflicted with this awful dis
ease and consider it my duty to say a
word in behalf of the remedy which
gave me such relief. Peruna cured me,
and know it will cure anyone else who
suffers from this disease. 1t gives me
CdU pleas uIC W ICSCl1y w O11O wi q
tive effects of this medicine. Peruna is
well tested and frequently used rem
edy, and for catarrh of the stomach is
unsurpassed.
my catarrh was principally located
in my head and stomach. L tried many
remedies without success. l tried sew
eral doctors, but they were unable to
cure me. 1 read of Peruna in the pa
pers and five bottles cured me. >
Frank Richter.
The gastric juice is secreted by the
mucous follicles of the stomach.
When this juice is normal it digests
(dissolves) the food without produc-
ing any disturbance whatever. If,
however, the gastric juice is not nor
NAL, digestion causes many disagree
able symptoms. This condition is
known as indigestion. Peruna will
cure this.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
If Mr.. Mckinley should come oil

IF Mr.. Mckinley should come out
for a third term in the presidency the
oath of allegiance will have to be ad-
ninistered anew to Senator Foraker.
1t is understood that the sacrifice OF
his personal views and preferences
were to go no further than the second
term. He has delivered all the goods
that can rightfully be expected from
a man whose animosity toward Messrs.
Hanna and Mckinley was well known
even in the country blacksmith shops
in Ohio. n new contract Will nave To
be made before he does anything
more. All the delivery wagons should
be running in the direction of For
aker's headquarters now.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
The Antithetica1 Chinaman.

An attempt to get Chinaman to
assign reason for anything is fu
tile. One day while riding a donkey
through the country west of Peking,
noticed that the women of the coun-
try villages, mostly farmers wives
and daughters, did not bind their feet.
l said to the donkey driver, who was
running along beside me: The cOun-
try women do not bind their feet, do
they?"
NO"
'Why?"
"They do not bind their feet"
''Why is it that the Chinese women
bind their feet?"
'They bind their feet"
but why do they do it?"
''That is their CUSTOM"
"But why is it their custom?"
"There is no why-no reason what
ever"
Ask a child:
"Why did your brother not come to
school to-day?"
my brother did not come to school
to-day"
Or, inquire of man:
"Why is it that the Chinese build 8
pagoda 13 stories high?" and he will
most probably answer: "That is the
way to build a pagoda. Isaac Taylor
Headland, of the University of Peking,
in Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
India az n CcaI Market.

India is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant factor in the coal market.
The output last year was nearly 20
per cent. in excess of that of the year
before, and a still further increase will
be seen this year. Expectation of coal
from India has already begun. he
coal is found over wide areas.-Indus-
trial Journal
The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
The VerI Eiace.

Orator-Where else will you find in
one spot such products as marble, iron,
clay, chalk, copper, lead, slate, glucose,
fruits of all kinds, hemp, fax and all
manner of grains?
Man in the Audience-In my boys
pocket,-Iit-Bits,