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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
CURRENT TOPICS

Commissioner Evans Of the Pension }u
reau will, it is understood, be appointed
to lucrative office in the Philippine
Islands
In Prince William the incumbent. DR.
II. NJ. ClarksOn, will be opposed by
Robert A lIutchison for superintendent
of schools.
President Mckinley has donated s., 600
toward fund of $4,000 necessary to
secure the erection of new and modern
hotel in Canton, o.
1T is not the wealth we possess,
Nor the height to which we rise
But the good we do
That lives beyond the skies.
4 delegation of American negroes Is
now in Belgium for the purpose OF sub
mitting a proposition to King Leopold
looking to n large emigration OF their
race from the Southern States to Africa.
|
The plant of the Dimmick Pipe Com
pany. at North Birmingham, employing
300 men. closed down because deputy
tax collector served garnishments on the
employees for the non-payment OF poll
tax.
Essex county is likely no have n con
test over the superintendent of schools.
Gov. Tyler received a letter from Mr. LII.
G. Beverley who advocates Mr.. B.W. Saun-
ders for the position. Captain +. T.
Baird is the incumbent.
Secretary Long has cabled instructions
to Admiral Remey to enlist five hundred
native Filipino sailors to man the cap
tured Spanish gunboats and other small
vessels that constitute the navy of the
United States in the archipelago.
Mrs. Venable, of Chester, Penn, made
q strange discovery when she visited her
hen coop. Among a brood OF eleven
chickens taken from undera hen was one
that had feet resembling those of a baby.
Heels and ankles and toes were almost
formed.
The general election for delegates to
the Constitutional Convention will be
held on the 2Sth of May. On the same
date county officers will be chosen. Ii is
thought there will be larger vote than
usual, as the Republicans have decided to
put up. candidates in many counties.
Y. v. Purcell, of Loudoun county, has
in his possession two acknowledgements
found in the papers of the late William
Osborn One is a grant of land signed by
Patrick Henry, conveying 1,GOO acres to
Nancy Thomas. dated May %, 1886.
This land was in Jefferson county. The
other, dated September 20, 1877, was a
grant from Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron
OF Cameron, and conveyed 1,Ol5 acres TO
William Fairfax
Francis B. LoOmis, u. s. Minister TO
Venezuela, asked whether the presence
of the North Atlantic squadron in waters
near Venezuela had any significance, ad-
mitted a possibility of naval demon
stration in case relations should become
strained. Unexplained, however, thatat
present there is no breach in the diplo-
matt. relations between the United States
and vcnezuela. He believes it win be
months before the asphalt dispute is de-
eided by the courts of Venezuela, az only
the preliminary steps have been taken In
the litigation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

There were no Developments in the
situation at Pekin during the past few
days. The troublesome subject Of in
IDENTITIES is still engaging the attention
of the ministers there, and notmuch pro-
gress is being made toward a final settle
ment. incidentally, exchanges are egoing
on between the various foreign offices in a
rather irregular manner, and it is pos
sible that these will eventuate in the ar
rangement of basis Of settlement.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express therapture OF Annie T..
Springer, Of 1925 Howard St, Philadel-
phia. Pa, when she found that DR.. King :
New Discovery for Consumption had
completely cured her of n hacking cough
that for many years had made life bur
den. All other remedies and doctors
could give her no help, but she says OF
this Royal Cure-"it soon removed the
pain in my chest and can now sleep
sOundly. something can scarcely re
member doing before. | feel like sound
ing its praises throughout the Universe.
So will every one who tries DR.. King :
New Discovery for any trouble OF the
Throat. Chest or Lungs. Price soc. and
- 90. Trial bottles frecat NJ. NJ. Lewis
Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
ELIGIBLE INDIAN MAIDS.
Dusky Girls VIII Bring Beauty ard Dollars
As Dowry,

Thomas BiXby, president Of the Dawes
Com mission to the five tribes, says
There are probably 1900 young
women in the Indian Territory,
who will soon come into pos
session Of land worth probably SS,-
600 to each heiress. More than this,
many of these young women are beauti-
full. Among these, with only small pOr
ton Of Indian blood, there are some Of
the most beautiful women that have
ever seen. cannot say this, however,
Of all Of them, or even Of the majority Of
them. The full-blo0ds are sloyenly and
ugly.
"ln order To become partner Of the
wealth OF one Of these Indian heiresses a
man must become member OF the ChOc-
taw or Chickasaw tribe. In becoming
member Of any one OF these tribes the
white man places himself under Obliga-
tiOns TO obey alllaws and customs OF the
tribe. There is, however, one great i'm
pedment in the way of the fortune hunter
who would marry a Chickasaw heress.
lie must pay wedding fee Of 81 900 to
the tribe. But it's easier to become a
Choctaw. That costs only $50. When
man marries one Of the Indians he be-
comes member of the tribe and entitled
to his share of the land which is allotted
to the individual mem bers Of the tribe
This does not interfere with the share
which goes to his wife, so that when the
allotment is worth $4,000 to each indi-
vidual there would be $4,000 in the
family.
"You see, there are five tribes in the
Indian Territory. They are the
Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks
and Seminoles; $1,000 Indians in
all, and they are the wealthiest people in
the United States. They have an av-
erage wealth, every man, woman and
child included. Of So 600 each
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
Roll Of Honor.

White Public School No. 8, Rappahan-
mock district, King George county, sixth
month ending April 2, 1901:
Oliver b. Minor, John r. Farmer, Law
renee o. Jenkins, Horace A. Minter, Robt.
Lee sMinter, Ethel b. Farmer, Burnley
Farmer, Sallie n Farmer, Josephine
Farmer, Flossie B. Harris, Carrie b. Jen-
kins, Maggie Jenkins, Susie McCarty, Alice
McCarty, Lillian Peyton, Lola NJ. Peyton,
Jeanette Peyton, Emma Peyton,
Blanche Sorrell, Cora Sorrell. No. pupils
enrolled 2S. Miss Mamie S. Rogers,
Teacher.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
Mrs. Nation TO Sue Topeka

Mrs. Carrie Nation says she will sue the
city of Topeka, Kan, for some of her
hatchets, which are now in the posses
sion of the Police Department. The
hatchets were taken from her on the oc-
casions of her several arrests during ga
days. She made a de-
mand on the Chief OF Police for the hatch
cts, but was refused them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
A Dove Cote Instead Of Bottle Of Cham
pagne.

The steamship Denver, being built by
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany for the Metropolitan Steamship
Company, OF New York, was launched
at Wilmington, Del, last week. The ecusto-
mary bottle of champagne was dispensed
with and in its place there was a small
cote of doves released as the hull of the
vessel struck the water.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

Governor Tyler received a letter from
f. Hoge Funston, theiather of Gen. Fun
ston, who captured Aguinaldo. Gov.
Tyler discovered that his grandmother
and the grandfather of e. Hoge Funston
were brother and sister, and after the
capture he wrote and congratulated the
father npon the exploits Of his son The
proud father dilated little upon the
achievements OF the "quiet boy and con-
cludcd his letter with the declaration to
his Virginia relative that blood will
tell"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
FARMING PAD
Chicago Record.

(JhlcagO hecOrd.)
Behold him now inspecting seeds
And implements of toll,
The man who owns a little ten
By twenty patch Of soil.
His hopes are high as is the price
OF spades his heart is gay,
At gardening he means to toll
The first warm, pleasant day.
Alas, for all our fondest hopes
Which in the springtime glow;
Soon az the sun gets down TO work
The weeds begin TO grow.
And it will be too hot TO delye,
The charm will disappear,
And he will buy his garden truck,
inst as he did last year.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

The Virginia Christian Endeayor Union
will hold it's eleventh annual convention
in Richmond city next September. The
State Executive Committee will hold
meeting during the early summer and de-
eide the place Of meeting and arrange
the program. The membership ot the
societies is about 10000.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

The State flower OF Texas is to be the
blue bonnet, or buffalo flower, which
grows in the greatest profusion all over
that Commonwealth, often covering
mdny acres with a carpet of blue. The
blue bonnet grows to a height Of about
one foot.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
Editors Awful Plight.

+. NJ. Higgins, Editor Seneca, Qlls.,)
News, was afflicted for years with Piles
that no doctor or rempdy helped until he
tried Bucklen's Arnica Salye. He writes
two boxes wholly cured him. It's the
surest Pile cure on earth and the best
salve in the world. Cure guaranteed.
Only % cents Sold by NJ. NJ. Lewis,
druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
Mary's Little Lamp.

Mary had n little lamp,
Filled full Of kerosene;
She went with it to light the fire,
And has not since benzine.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
The Spring Morn.

(Selected.)
We of this modern day,
Old sayings do corrupt;
For many" now we say,
"Are called, but few get up"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

Additional trains leave boswell 100 a. m.
and = 20 p. m. except Sunda y for Richmond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
senior partner Of the firm Of +. j. CHENEY
Co. doing business I'm the city OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm wiz pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED
TARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE. -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 9Th day ofDecember, A. ID. 1856.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

For other Information. address
JOHN ID. POTTS,
T. A., Richmond. Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO ~
LUCAS COUNTY,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16

(l A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
aces OF the system. Send for testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-16
CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE. CHICAGO ST.
LOUIS AND THE WEST.
Tar SHORTEST AND QUICKEST RouTE TO
THE WEST.
The most direct and popular route To old
Point and Norfolk.
TRAINS LEAVE BOSWELL VA.
January !, 1901.

Time marked daily except sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. l ana . Tor
Cincinnati and Louisville.
TRAINS FOR OLD POINT AND NORTOLK.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
A Curious Receipt,

Hanover's registrar discovered n very
curious document some time ago as he
was looking through bundle of pa
pers that date back to the eighteenth
century. The document is a receipt
probably the only one of its kind in ex-
istence-which was given to Hano-
verian captain by n canon of Duisburg
Turing the Seven Years war.
81, the undersigned, it reads, "here-
by acknowledge that | have received so
blows of n stick, which were inflicted
upon me by lieutenant of Captain
BIS regiment as Il punishment for the
stupid and frivolous ealumnies which
| have uttered in regard to the regi-
ment of chasseurS. For my impru-
dent words now admit that | am pro-
foundly sorry. | received my punish
ment lying on a heap of straw and
held by two men, and bear testimony
to the fact that the officer struck me as
vigorously as he could with stick
that was as thick as my finger.
In proper form and with due graft
tude | sign this receipt and avow that
all therein is true"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14

Though Chinese cuisine has been
credited with some utterly fabulous
dishes, such as white mice served
alive, which add piquancy by their
squeak as they dive down the gullet,
curiosities In the edible line do form
a considerable list.
Birds nest soup, for instances a
clear soup made from the refined
gluten with which a certain species
of swallow fasten their nests beneath
the rocks; stewed sea slugs," another
nasty sounding dish. but transcending
in flavor the aldermanic green turtle
fat. There may be. too on first intro
duction, some prejudice against fried
grasshoppers. But courage in this in
stance is rewarded by deliciously
crisp, brown mouthful, of delicate
nutty flavor.
1t Is fallacY to suppose that pork
forms n constant article of diet in
China. AS a matter of fact. it is too
expensive and is only eaten on high
days and holidays or at restaurants.
Neither do milk. beef or game enter
much into Chinese cookery, the first
two being tabooed on religious grounds.
Dog flesh is eaten in the south but
rarely and only by the poorest of the
poor.-Blackwood.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
Some ChiIdish Humor

Here are some specimens of childish
humor from the Chicago News:
"Oh. mamma exclaimed 4-year-old
FlOssie as she observed the moon in its
second quarter, come and look at the
moon. Half of it is pushed into the
sky, and the other half is sticking out" "
Tommy, aged >. had been busy whit
Ting and managed to raise a blister on
his hand which caused a slight break
in the skin. Running to his mother, he
showed it to her and said, Mamma, |
guess I'm beginning to wear out"
did they sing any pretty songs at
Sunday school?' asked mother of her
little 4year-old daughter upon her re-
turn home. Only one" replied the lit
tie miss 1T was something about
Greenland's ice cream mountains"
Papa-Well, Willie. have you been a
good boy today? Small Willie-Did
you ask mammal "Why should l ask
her? Don't you know whether you
have been good or not?' Yes, but
mammals idea of goodness differs from
mine, and l don't want to 60 back on
anything she says
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
The Stars and strine. Mt Acre.


A good American had been making
some soul stirring remarks about the
glorious star spanglcd banner when an
Englishman who is pretty well Ameri-
canized told a little story apropos: ~
remember once to have seen the stars
and stripes applauded uproariously on
a peculiar occasion. 1t happened many
years ago when the British flag wasn't
as popular in the United States as it Is
now and a party of us Englishmen
were at theater' in New York consid-
erably farther down town than thea.
tiers are now to be found on Broadway
The play was Richard L. and if you re-
member there Is q scene in the play
where Richard. after putting his foes
to flight In terrific style, mounts the
walls of Acre and plants the British
cClors there. Evidently the manage
ment knew the temper of the audience
and felt that even under such circum-
stances the British flag would not be a
good thing 50 what did they do but
give Richard the star spangled banner,
and, by all the gods. he took 1t with
him in the charge and planted it on
Acres walls 1t was ridiculous. of
course, and we Engllshmen laughed,
but the audience took it quite as the
correct thing, and the way the people
stormed and shouted and clapped was
enough to have made Richard turn
over in his grave. Historically it was
away off. dramatically it was open to
criticism, but periodically it was a
bowling success. Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
Cause of Fires.

Hon. :. w. Carr. etate insurance cou-
missioner, has complied "a table Showing
the number of fires which occurred in
the State during the past year, ~ we'll
as the cause IN each case. tn lOss sus-
tained. and the value IT property exp
I'd 10 danger from fire. The total num-
Der of fires during the period was 1881
involving property valued n 81, 095 9l3,
and causing losses aggregHting sl,S8s.-
600, decrea>e of 500 900 from tn.
figures OF last year, H. 30j cases total
loss resulted.
Defective chimneVs and hnes were r.
sponsible for more fires aud greater loss
than any other knopn cause, 233 fires
having originated from them and caus.
ing loss OF more than quarter of Il
million dollars. Lightning Is given src-
ond place on the list with total Of lss
There was an average II one fire ea, h
day for the entire year where the cause
was reported Ms "unknUWn.n Children
playing with matches are charged with
responsibility for starting A fires, eau.
ing loss Of $S395 aud endangering
nearly $50, 900 worth of property. Me-
and matches exposed SOS, 900 worth Of
property TO danger and increased tn
grand total of loss for the year by H
little more than $l3 725. One fire WAS
started from the suns rays beating Oh a
tin can, and thirty one others are in the
list as due to the earelrssuess of tobacco
smokers. Sixty Hour fires originated
from sparks from locomotives. destroy
| < $l32,760 worth of property, and
spontaneous conclusions caused loss
estimated at S17.s94. The value Of
property exposed TO fire originating in
the latter manner is placed AT 1886, Ill.
An even hundred thousand dollars wor h
OF property was endangered ty fires
which caught from gas jets; but the
entire loss from this cause was only
Sal.
An interesting table showing the PEI
centage of fires of "unknOwn and incen-
diary origin for the several years since
the enactment of the law providing for
the Investigation of fires, also has been
made up by Mr.. Carr and very mark
ed decrease in the percentage ia show.
| The INV went into feet MAY, 1895, ard
during the remainder OF that year the
cause OF ~ "a per cent of all fires w.
given AS 'unknoWn,n while s. "a per cent
reported as "incendiary.o Since that
time each year has seen n steady de.
crease in the percentage until in 1900
only 10 2 per cent we're reported r.
origin unknown and So per cent ONLY
as "irceEGiarv." There were only 35
incendiarv fires in the State during 1900
against 81 for the year 1899, decrease
of nearly "a per cent.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14

Boston journal: Never were Della
ware steel ship yards buster. They
have in hand 175, 900 tons of new con.
struction, g., 900 tons of which are war
ships. But of the more than 100000
tons of merchantmen, it is signiticsnl
that all are being built either for lht
absolutely protected coastwise trade u,
in anticipation of the passage of thc
Subsidy bill. The two largest ships ART
two freight and passenger steamers fol
the International Navigation Company
Then there are two Ward liners aud H
Red d liner, for mail corporations al
ready subsidized; two Clyde ships for a
leading supporter of the Frye bill, fiv,
great steamers for the Hawaiian trade
now restricted to American vessels; Il
Porto Rican liner, also for a protective
trade, and few coastwise craft. fhi-
represents the whole activity which in
nocent fresh water free traders gleefully
point to as proof that "protection is not
needed ~
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14

Not long ago a young lady was
spending some weeks at a Scotch
country house, and just before dinner
one evening two cousins of the host
one of them the great man of the fam
ily-arriyed Unexpectedly. Shortly be-
fore dinner was announced the but
Ter sought the young lady and said to
her confidentially:
Were putin on yesterdays soup, an
for fear there shouldn't be enough, ye
maun decline"
Decline soup" exclaimed the young
lady, much amused. But, you know,
John. that wouldn't be manners"
Ma said John coolly; but they'll
think ye ken nae better. Tit
Bits.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary will give
a public hearing in It's room at the
State House in Augusta, Tuesday, Feb.
26, 1901 at , O'Clock p. m. No. 100.
On resolve in favor of the passage Of
law allowing the county commissioners
of Somerset county to borrow money
with which 10 build an extension to
the court house in said county. 2w7ar
H. +. POWERS, Secretary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14

Maine Farmer: The Watervile Mail
believes the State can better afford to
pay for the sheep killed than to attemp
to destroy the bears. Well, all depends
upon what the rural sections of Maine
are to become. If they are to be popu-
lated by prosperous farmers the indus
try must be protected, but if this indus
try is to be wiped out, then let the bears
multiply. One thing is certain the pay
ment of the selling value of sheep is
the least item in the loss to the owner.
Every man who breeds builds herd OF
flock and there is his business. 1t takes
time to fix types in animals or establish
merit, and for these the State makes no
return. First decide what the legisla
ture desires to make of the rural sections
and then go ahead.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
Trigonometry In Y Ray Work.


"Few people know" said DR. J. @.
Egelston while performing an opera
ton at the City hospital. that 1t takes
trigonometry to locate a bullet in the
body. But in every Y ray operation
in which the bullet or foreign sub
stance is deeply imbedded a mathemat-
zeal computation is necessary to show
just how deep the bullet is. The Y
rays make the flesh transparent. leav-
ing only the bones and foreign sub
stance visible. so that you see Just
where the bullet is, and yet you don't
know where 1t is. You know it's latl-
tude and longitude, SO to speak, but
those measurements are surface meas
urements. and you don't known how
deep the object is beneath the surface.
The point on the surface of the body
beneath which the bullet Is can be
readily located, but how far beneath
that point is the bullet?
"This is the question that trigonome-
try has to answer, and by knowing the
answer a great deal of unnecessary
cutting may be saved. and what might
otherwise be n difficult and dangerous
operation may be rendered compare
lively safe and easy. If the bullet en-
ters one side of the body, for instance,
and lodges within an inch or two Of
the skin on the other side, the other
side of the body would be the one from
which to operate. kansas City Jour
nal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14
Col. j. w. Porter Dead.

Col. Joseph w. Porter, chairman of
the Bangor Board of registration, and
one of the most prominent residents of
that city, died, Monday morning, after
a short illness with pneumonia and
heart disease.
The deceased was born in Milton,
Mass, July u, 1924. But during the
greater part of his life, he had lived in
Maine with the exception of Il few
years residence in Brantree. During
his public career he was a member OF
the State Legislature and Senate, u
member OF the Governors Council.
chairman of the prison and Jail board.
He also served in both branches of the
city council.
Col. Porter was known throughout
the United States as historian OF
Maine and early New England, while
as gepealogist Of New England
families he was considered an authority
He was a member of several Maine and
New England historical societies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-14

Smith, suppose Dobber regards
himself the greatest artist that ever
handled brush.
Jones-You do Dobber an injustice
He never presumed to regard himself
in any such light. Why, / have heard
him say very modestly that he was q
second Raphael. Isn't that admitting
that Raphael was greater painter
than himself Boston Transcript.