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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
Prayed That Drought Would Kill Tobacco
Plants.

The Holiness" people in order to kill
the tobacco crop held meeting during
the dry weather at Danville and prayed
that the drought would continue and kill
the tobacco plants. They look upon the
use oftobacco as sinful and they persuad-
ed one man to burn up his crop, valued
at several hundred dollars. Their prayers
for the drought tocontinue were answer.
ed with refreshing shower. When the
tobacco is all smoked up in the shane ol
cigars they may still claim that il was in
answer to their prayers with as good q
show OF reasons as there are for some
other tenets, dogmas and beliefs. s.-War.
renton Nirginian.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
His Sight Threatened.

"While picnieking last month my IL
year old boy was poisoned by some weed
or plant, says W. ii. Dibbie, of Sioux
City, la. He rubbed the poison off his
hands into his eyes and for awhile we
were afraid he would lose his sight
Finallya neighbOr rrecOmmendedDeWi Wits
Witch Hazel Salve The first appliea.
ton helped him and in a few DAYS he was
as well asever.' For skin diseases. cuts
burns. scalds, wounds, insect bites. De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is sure cure
Relieves piles at once. Beware of count
erfits ID &. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
REV. DR.. n N. WHARTON.
Ills Services at Wharton Grove-Artesian
Well to be Sunk. etc.

,., Evangelist IL. NJ. Wharton received n
,oeral ,., contribution for his services nj
" marion Grove Camp Meeting this wear
Dr- Diekinson leading the list with a $40
eheck. During the meeting there were n
nunured conversions, and since last Sen.
'rin Der Mr. Wharton has been the means
oi bringing ?, 700 people into the church.
'apt: 1: K. Bussells. who conducts n
ltrSe nshlng business at Cape Charles
onougn not a member of the church. sub.
ScIipeu sou towards the sinking of an
ar1eslan well, as good water is much
oeeoe1 on the grounds. He also bought
'our lots at Wharton Grove. and win
erect cottages, to be ready for OCCUPANCY
next autumn.-Richmond News.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
Deafness Cannot be cnred.

by local applications a. they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only
one way 10 cure deafness. and that is bN
10y an inuamed condition Of the mucous lininr
81 the LuStuchian Tube When this tube i. in
nfmed YOU have rumbling sound of impar
icct hearing. aud when 10 is entirely rlos,.g
Deafness II the result. and unless the lnflnm
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored To It, normal condition. hearing will
he destroyed for ever; nine eases out of trI
are caused by tatarrh. which IL nothing hul
an inhamed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for am,
case OF Deafness tcaused bv catnrrbl aha
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. sen,
for circulars. free
+. j. CHENEY \ co. Toledo. q
Sold 10y Druggists Zoe
Halls Family Pills ar. the best
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
For Over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over sixty years by millions
OF mothers for their children while teeth.
ing. with perfect success Ii soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pains.
cures wind collie, and is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. Ii will Relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately Sold bv
druggists in every part OF the world.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. Re sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
Met Ills Match

A hawk was SCI lowering overiss vie
tim near the home Of MIR Michal Ryan
few days ago anu suddenly swooped
down and sailed OF with what Mrs. RYAN
thought was a chicken Ii few but n
short distance and fell dead in her ward
near the door. The hawk had caught y
weasel which cut the bird = neck nearly
of. The fall aud the hawks claws killed
the weasel aud thus two OF the greatest
foes of the housewife lay dead al her feet
-Warrenton Nirginian
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12

Through the months of June and
July our baby was teething and took
running oil OF the bowels and
sickness of the stomach " saws o.
p. NJ Holiday. of Deming. Ind.
His bowels would move from five TO
eight times a day. | had bottle Of Cham
berlain's Cole, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy in the house and gave him four
drops in teaspoonful OF water and he
got better at once" Sold by VI. NJ.
Lewis, Druggist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
II Needs a TonIc.

There are times when your liver needs
tome. Don't give purgatives that gripe
ana weaken. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
expel all poison from the system and act
as tonic to the liver. W. Scott, 531 High
land ave Milton, Pa says: Il have car.
ried DeNitts Little Early Risers with me
ior several years and would not be with.
out them; small and easy to take. Pure
y vegetable They never gripe or distress
ID. {. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12

My baby was terribly sick with the
diarrhoea,' says J. IL. Doak, of Williams.
Oregon. " We were unable to cure him
with the doctors assistance, and as a
last resort we tried Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and 'Diarrhoea Remedy. | am
happy To say it gave immediate relief
and complete cure" For sale by NJ. NJ.
Lewis. Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12
His Private Opluiou.

Clerk lin bookstore) - Here's a book
entitled The Joys OF Matrimony" that
is having quite large sale.
Wederly-fes. I've read it.
C!erk-What do you think OF il?
Wederly-Best joke book ever read
Chicago News.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

There are some lazy people who dc
not like President Roosevelt, having
got the impression that he invented
the strenuous life.
More wonders from New Jersey; a
land tcrrapin, with initials Il. w. w.
and the date ITO on it. Given a ter
rapin. a iackknife and a boy, and it is
possible to find Christopher Colum-
bus. % b. c., on a land terrapin.
LONDON daily averages 475,OOO tele-
grams. In Paris the daily average is
100000.
If the story that Senator Lodge
boosted Justice Holmes to the Supreme
Court Bench to get him out Of the way
is true, find the man who was hurt.
Certainly "a tramp has as much
right to vote as a millionaire and
Mr. Michael Rooney might have added
that he is much more likely to exer-
else it.
Henry Watterson in refusing to run
for Governor of Kentucky, said he was
too old to turn rascal"
A shrewd proverb of the Western
prairies is: Judge a man not so much
by the cigars he smokes as by the
cigars he gives away"
Pension Commissioner Ware is not
popular with some of his employees be-
cause he introduced the Kansas brand
of prohibition in the Pension Office.
Georgia has Bacon in the Senate;
Mr. Pigg and Mr. Shote are Kanses
candidates for office, and now former
Secretary of War Alger wants to be
senator from Michigan.
Some alleged reformers resemble the
Topeka, Kan. ward heeler, who, when
asked how he stood on the sheriff con-
test said: "Oh / don't know; haven't
been seen yet.
The big lantern to be used in the
government lighthouse at Scotch Cape,
Alaska. has just been finished by an
Atlanta (Ga) manufacturing plant.
A new trial has been ordered in
Kansas for a man who was hanged for
an hour by a mob and lived. He was
convicted later and sentenced.
Mrs. Leish. the wife of the Ameri-
can Ambassador to the Porte. has been
the recipient of what is considered q
very high honor from the Sultan. She
had asked his Majesty to write his
name on her fan. This he did in PEN
ell, the next day sending an aide-de-
camp for the fan. when he linked his
autograph over.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
THE LITERARY WORLD

"a Friend OF Cara's," by Louise
Belts Edwards. the novelette, with
which the September Smart Set opens,
is a character study at once very dis
tinctive and very strong The analy-
sis is subtle i'm its revoalment of a
womans nature, while the rapidity of
the action makes every page of absorb
ing interest to the reader. The story
is one OF the best yet published in The
Smart Sets long list Of successful nov
olettes.
"The story of Jees Uck,' by Jack
London. is a tale of Alaskan life, the
history of a renunciation; and in it the
distinguished author has written one
of the best if not the best sustained eff
fort of his career. The story is fasci-
mating and of profound power Both
i'm it's conception and i'm its expression
it is a masterpiece.
Another story of especial worth but
in lighter vein is "The Shining Gloss,
by Gertrude Lynch in which the
psychology of beauty's attitude toward
itself is most cunningly and clearly
portrayed James Branch Cabell con
tributes a delightful story, entitled
"As the Coming of Dawn" and Emery
Pottle writes "The Youthfulness of
wilkins" a clover social study. A
story of remarkable interest. entitled
THE Logic of Circumstances is from
the pen of the late James Hazletor
Willard. while Justus Miles Forman
contributes "An Experiment of Jimmy
ROgers's." and there is a dainty idyll
I'm a Bachelors Garden" by Temple
/ Bailey.
An article written with a beauty
worthy of its subject is, Newport, tho
Apostle of Estheticism." by Dougla.
Story in which the author seriously
interprets the significance of Ameri
can society's summer home.
The poems of the number, which
whether grave or gay, are all of un
usual excellence. are contributed b,
Bliss Carman. James jeffrey Roche
Clinton Scollard. Victor Plarr, Franl
! Dempster Sherman, ohm Vance Cheney
Samuel Minturn Peck, r. X. Munkit
trick. Albert Lee. Theodosia Garrison
Zona Gale and others.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
The Little Bows ? ? ? ?


A gentleman whose pride is a 4-year-
old boy, remarked TO the Wayfarer the
other day that certain of his ideas re-
garding children had undergone a
change
81 used to hold" said he, that par
ents should take especial pains to an
swer all childish questions, as the eter-
nal query on the lips of the little ones
means a desire to know things. Well,
have modified my views.
"The other day | was riding down
Chestnut street. Philadelphia, accom-
lpanied by the precocious young man,
and had endeayored to answer all ques-
tions from What makes the sun hot?'
to Why don't men have hair on their
nosesY when we reached the post
lolfice
"The youngest espied the statue of
Benjamin Franklin, and sang out:
Who's that man sitting there
That's Benjamin Franklin my
boy
well. who's Benjum Franklin"
ooh. he was a great man who used
TO print nowspapers-and do other
things"
what does he have to sit there for
all the time?"
"Oh. / don't know"
"Why don't you know, papa?"
Because my boy. there are some
things beyond me-Oh. look there ?
Look at that store with the candy in
the windows. WCuldn't you like to
have sOme?"
Yes, papa, did Benjum Fanklin eat
candy?"
"Well. ! didn't answer the question,
and | diun't buy the candy, and by
that time we were opposite Independ-
ence Hall. when the young man yelled
excitedly: Oh, papa, see that big man
standin up therel'
His eyes had caught the effigy of
George Washington, and knew / was
in for it,"
81 tried to turn the conversation, but
it was no use. Who is that. papa?' he
inquired.
"That is George Washington"
what did he do?"
Gle saved his country"
"Who lost his country?'h
81 saw that that wouldn't do, so
tried another tack I said that George
Washington was a great soldier, who
used to pray before going into battle. 3"
'Well, 1 guess God was glad of that"
replied the yOungster.
Then he continued Did he kill peo-
pie
Yes: but they were bad people"
DO you kill bad people, papa?'
"No. my son."
Does God want bad people killed "
"Well-not always"
rs that the reason God makes
George Fanklin stand there on a stool
so long?" 81 W
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
THE CANDIDATES

At the head Of this column stands
the ticket which was nominated by the
Republicans Of Delaware in convention
yesterday If there are Republicans
who cannot endorse it. they must give
their reasons therefor These must
not be spite and selhshness. The nomi-
nees are sound Republicans, men Of
ability and integrity, and as such have
the welfare of all the party at heart
Two years ago these men were untried
in the respective positions for which
they were nominated, yet all Republi-
cans supported them. Now they may
be tested by their public service. and
in this there is ain additional reason
for their hearty and full support.
Delaware never sent to Congress a
man more active and energetic than L.
II. Ball, and all his activity has pro
duced results. He has been uniform
ly. kindly and courteous, and during
his term every citizen, rich or poor
white or black. Democrat or Republi
can has found in him a willing listener
to every honest opinion. In materla
benefits he has secured all for Della
ware anyone could have secured, ant
at the same time has made a clean
honorable record in matters Of gen
eral legislation. DR.. Ball cannot b
turned down without the deliberat
purpose of ambitious and desperai
men to elect a Democrat as a mere ma
ter Of revenge.
Mr.. Burris is well-knOwn, and hi
discharged the duties Of his Office
the absolute satisfaction Of all.
has held aloof from factional polih
to such a degree that his friends
both extremes have at times criticis
his course. Yet Mr.. Burris is a R
publican. a man honest to the cor
and a careful and painstaking offici
No honest voter can ask for more.
Finally comes the genial Mr.. Nc
man. Everybody likes him, and
one has occasion to do otherwise Fro
those who have followed his wo
closely we are assured that as audit
he has done his work more thorough
and with greater care than any Of
predecessors. So there is the ticl
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
THE CONVENrIoN

The Republican State Convention has
passed into history, and its record is
in keeping with the highest traditions
of the party. 1t nominated ticket
composed Of three State officials who
are concluding their two-year terms,
and who by their devotion to duty,
their unQuestioned loyalty and the
party custom, were entitled to second
terms. Before the delegates was a
plain duty, and they performed it with
enthusiasm. There was not the slight
est sign of friction. There was not a
motion put where a delegate voted
no and as far as the people who
are represented by that convention
are concerned that ticket viii be their
ticket at the election.
There was an entire absence of acri-
mony. Not a word was said that would
have wounded the feelings Of any man
calling himself a Republican, but there
was an earnestness which showed an
undertaking purpose Of adhering strict
ly TO the course that is honorable, log
ical and necessary.
There was no authority given to the
State Committee, or to any other body
to make changes in the ticket. Prob
ably the reason for this course was
that the convention wished it under
stood that the ticket was nominated tc
stand to the election. There is now nc
power to make changes without calling
another convention. This leaves nc
question as to the position of tn,
Regular Republicans
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
THE PLATFORM

The only organization qualified to
speak intelligently and authoritatively
for the Republicans of Delaware on
matters OF party principles and poll
cies. has spoken. The platform adopt
ed at Dover. and which was printed in
full in our columns of yesterday, IS a
sound and conservative document. 1t
is a complete answer to every Demo
cratic objection, and in line with the
trend of the party and the trend Of the
times.
It begins with the theme OF prosper
ity, and logically credits this in large
measure to the wise policy of the
party II endorses the Administration.
and pledges the support of Delaware
to the nomination Of Roosevelt in 1904.
Thus Delaware places herself among
the State which show their appreciation
of the strong character who succeeded
the lamented Mckinley, and who has
earned at the hands of his country
man a nomination for the great office
he now holds as the result of the death
Of his illustrious predecessor.
Very properly the work of Congress
was commended. and very properly.
too, it was agreed THAT its error
OF omission in falling to provide better
trade relations with Cuba should
be rectifed The work OF our
own Congressman was = endorsed,
as in every respect it was of the high
est character. The Republican doc
trine of a protective tariff, with reci-
procity as its hand-maiden, was relter-
ated. But the wording indicates that
the convention did not hold that any
one schedule must be rigidly adhered
to. but leaves for adjustment The rates,
as commerce and the state OF our in
dustries demand.
In State affairs, the most significant
plank calls for a repeal of that clause
Of the constitution requiring of voters
a registration fee. We believe that our
people are in accord with this plank,
and that If submitted to a vote it would
have almost general support The reg
istration fee is Objectionable in that 1t
adds to the burdens and complications
OF election machinery, without ac-
complishing the end intended.
There is a demand for a compre-
hensive system of auditing all public
accounts. and an Improvement of the
public highways is contemplated, by !
recommending the appointment of
competent engineers. Educational |
matters are considered and equal op-
portunites for all is urged. The
whole platform is we'll worth perusal,
as the authoritative statement of the
fundamental principles of the party.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
Pernicious Pride


There once was a Seal who couldn't
conceal
a churlish invidious pride
In the iit.of his coat, and he'd constant
ly gloat
Der his fellows who swan in the
tide
But his pride had a fall when, one day,
a Narwhal
Observed: you've no collars or
cuffsl"
The Seal made retort. with a vigorous
snort:
Young feller, don't give me no
bluffs
Then he walked down the shore for an
hour or more
Until he came up with Man,
To whom he remarked-or, more prop
erly, barked-
'Win you give me some cuffs if you
can?'
The Man said he could, aye, in fact
that he would,
And sidled up close to the Seal.
"Ill give you cuff that Will prove
quite enough
A cuff which / think you will fee"
Without more ado near the Seal th'
Man drew
And dealt him a vigorous cum
With hard knotted club. And The
skin of that cub
Is now being worn as muff!
Albert Lee, in September Smart Set
Evening journal., 1902-08-20

dicks seems to think that every man
has his price but Addicks has not
taken pains to study the market. Sub
timely selfish, like all the tribe OF po-
litical bosses and would-be political
bosses, he takes no pains to disguise
that selfshness and prevent it from re-
pelling those whom he wishes to use
as friends or tools. It is more than
likely that the political prOgnostica-
tors are right and that Addicks in mis-
struggle for prelerment will bring
down about his ears the ruin of the
Delaware Republican machine
Evening journal., 1902-08-20

Barrie ia his new story, "The Little
White Bird" in Scribner's, introduces
two curious minor characters club
waiter and a nurse girl. This tale dis
plays what Barrie himself calls the mar
rators whimsical ideas" Walter A.
Wyckoff. the author of ''The Workers, -
begins a new series in the September
Scribners dealing with the conditions
which surround the wage-earner in
England He studied the question at
first hand last summer, and his con-
clusions will surprise many students
of social questions. The picture that
he draws of the laboring man in Lon
don is much brighter than the Ameri-
can idea of him.
A daring turn 20 a Napoleonic legend
gives the striking plot to a story by
Mrs. w. s. Andrews, which begins il
the September Scribner's. It is no
historical, but is pure romance.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20

chance, said I, "and would not ship
wreck us again"
They will not grudge us that second
chance" she whispered.
Nay" said /, she bade me on her
death-bed be happy without her, else
she could not be happy"
"He, too, would have wished it," she
said.
And there is no more of the con-
vent" said /.
81 thought you would not love me, d
said she. 81 would have carried q
broken heart TO the Healer of such.
you Heavenly Woman?' l said.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
Reflections

1t is always safe to take it for grant
ed that the man with whom you are
doing business is just a little smarter
than yourself.
Old lies told in new form are often
made so attractive that they seem the
truth.
Why is it that letter boxes are al
ways on the other side of the street?
Character is developed like a sigma
ture-unconsciously.
A dog in a wagon is never afraid to
bark at either dogs or men on the
street.
The cloud which obscures the SUI
sends down the rain which brings Z
greater harvest
How often have you told a lie whel
10 have told the truth would hav
/ been almost a crime?
A woman may have refused offer
galore Of wedlock. but if she reache
J her thirtieth year unmarried a kin
! world remarks: "'Tis a pity no on
wanted herl'-New York Evenin
I News.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20

j. Frank Alice announced publicly
Yesterday that nc preferred Mr. Handy
for congressman to DIR. Ball, and there
is a report that J. Edward Addicks has
expressed himself in the same manner.
They would endorse Mr.. Handy's free
silver heresies along with the whole
Populist platform. They would re-
pudiate ain Republican policies simply
as a matter Of personal spite. Are
these men Republicans? If so, new
species has been invented.
Evening journal., 1902-08-20
AddIeks sketehed By a pabsler
/ the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News
Addicks Is not a statesman nor yet
a leader. He is not even a politician
Addicks is a Quay without Ouay'a
cleverness. He is Platt without
Plaits cunning and knowledge Of men.
Addiclls seems to have sublime faith
in the power Of money i'm politics. He
does not think it necessary to learn
how to use it. Like a distinguished
English politician of other days. Ad
Evening journal., 1902-08-20

The old bird of freedom
Has come home to roost
After taking a little vacation;
He likes the old perch,
And he fondly declares
'Tis the finest in all of creationl
When he graces the ticket,
No demon can lick it,
And people this fact should remember
Just rouse from your dreaming,
And hear the bird screaming,
When you wake ON the 4th OF Novem-
her.