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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
2 paine'S Celery
Compound
DIR. PHELPS
Wonder-Working Medical
Prescription.
Mrs. Jennie II. Steele saws
l Feel That Il Has Saved NV
Life.

Paine's Celery Compound is the world ;
great leading medicine aud life saver IL
has no equal for feeding exhausted nerves.
It stands first as builder OF the weak
and shattered nervous system.
Painc's Celery Compound has long avo
proved its power as banisher of dys-
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disease. liver complaint. and as a purifier
Of the blood. Thousands of men and
women. tired out, si,epless. nervous.
morose, aud Respondent, have been given
perfect health, strength. and buuyancy
oi spirits through the well advised use
oi Paine's Celery Compound. IL has Wv.
IN new and happy life % a vast nun
, Der Of people who were tired OF life and
suffering
II your health IS impaired; il your ar,
burdened with any weakening or pain
ful malady, Use Paine's Celery Compound
today; IL il specially adapted for your
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Mrs. Jennie II. Steele, vaUchns. Ga
writes thus
have suffered for ten years witt
what the doctors call Dcuraicis o. u.
liver. and never bad any relief rom th.ii
medicines or anything ei-o untii I began
using Paine's Celery Compound havt
taken about three bottles and have not
suffered any since first began 10 takeit
| feel that il has saved my life. aud hop.
all who suffer as ! have viii give Pai res
Celery Compound trial
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Spring fever.

Spring fever is another name for
biliousneSs. Ii is more serious than
most people think. A torpid liver and
inactive bowels means poisoned
system. If neglected. serious illness
may follow such symptoms DeWitt's
Little Fairly Risers remove all danger
by stimulating the liver, open the
bowels and cleansing The system of i'm
puritieS. Safe pills. Never grippe. Il
have taken DeWitts's Little Early
Risers for torpid liver every spring for
years." writes X. NJ. Everly, Mounds
Vile, w Va. "They do me more good
than any thing l have ever tried, ID.
C. Bowman
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Bride As A Harvest Prize.

Farmer James Woolsey of Kansas haf
succeeded in having his JOO-acre wheat
field cut before the yellow grain grew
musty, but it cost him his daughter.
tie gave her a. prize to the young har
vester who did the greatest amount OF
work in specified time Willis Roadway
young mechanic from Illinois, won.
Rodway and Anna Woolsey were mar
ried in Pratt. The Woolsey farm Is one
OF the largest in Pratt county. and the
scarcity of harvest workers in that sec.
tion weighed heavily upon the farmer
mind. His wheat grew dead ripe and
there was no one to help him cut il.
Then he devised the plan of Offering as a
bride to the most successful harvest
worker his 19-year-old daughter. She
was dutiful as well as good looking.
The men came by the score. She was
given the privilege of rejecting any OF
the contestants she personally disiised
and many were thus ruled out. The con.
test was spirited. IL lasted three days.
Roadway worked 10 hours n day, cut
100 acres and wore out three good
teams
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Loudoun Horses Go To ENGLAND

Mr.. Charles Mott, manager of the May
held" stock farm of j. 5. Curtis, just be-
yond Leesburg, on the Potomac river.
started last week for England with a fine
accompaniment of blooded stock. He
carries eleven yearlings and six brood
mares, all thoroughbreds. The animals
go to the stud farm of Mr.. Curtis in Eng.
land The yearlings will be put at once
to racing. They are the largest and fin.
estever shipped from Loudoun, and great
things are expected of them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
TO PAY sI,O6O.S74.II.
Immense Tax New Jersey Will Collect From
Operations.

The State Board of Assessors OF New
Jersey filed with the State Controller the
first schedule of taxes imposed upon
companies organized under the laws of
New Jersey. The schedule includes (.
6lS companies, which will be compelled
TO pay an aggregate tax of : 800. S74.-
IL. This is the annual tax imposed on
companies for the privilege of being al
lowed to do business as corporations
organized under the laws of New Jersey.
and is independent of the filing fee paid
by these companies when they were in
corpOrated. The schedule includes all
OF the large companies. The United
States Steel Corporation heads the list
with tax of S54 500, and the Northern
Securities Company is second with a tax
of SIG, lfJ. There are the Carnegie Com
pany, S1l $50; The Amalgamated Cop
per Company, Sl1 500, and the United
States Copper Company, $40 OOS. The
Prudential Insurance company OF Newark
will ray State tax this year of SIP
SS4, and the Mutual Benefit Lie lnsnr-
ance Company of Newark $71 1913,
These two Companies, while included in
the schedule are not assessed under the
same laws as the general corporations
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
A Real Friend.

Il suffered from dyspepsia and indiges-
ton for fifteen years" says W. 4. Stur-
devant of Merry Oaks, \. G. after had
tried many doctors and medicines to no
avail one of my friends persuaded me to
try kodol. 1t gave immediate relief. |
can eat almost anything want now and
my diges ton is good. | cheerfully recon-
mend kodol.' Don't try to cure stom-
ach trouble by dieting. That only fur,
ther weakens the system. You need
wholesome, strengthening food Kodo
enables you to assimilate what you eat
by digesting it without the stomach g aid
ID. c. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
VARIETIES
philadelphia Record.

The fellow Who trusts to luck is not a..
ways TO be trusted.
Even the teetotaler must sooner or
later take 70 his bier
Seashore engagements never amount
TO much. because OF the breakers
The saddest moment Of a girls lie is
when she has a secret and no enc to tell
it to.
While some m.u mount upward 20 Tire
pinnacle OF lame others reach the beigl [
of folly
De Tanque-Biones isn't used 60 drint-
ing, is he? O'Soaque-No; couple OF
swallows win make him tbink he's a
bird
Borrowell- They tell ne you are look.
ing for a vile? Barduppe Wen, I'm
sort OF keeping my eyes peeled for rich
father in-law.
Sue Brette-Every one says have the
complexion of a DOH Dolly TInsell And
L agree with the majority. Sue Brette-
Thank you. Dolly Tinsel-Ye~; all dolls
are painted
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
All Mine Workers May Strike.

Mine workers are to meet in national
convention at Indianapolis July II. to
consider the suspension of coal mining
throughout the United States. OF the
100000 coal minersin this country $780,
900 are said to be members of the union,
while $4,000 more usually cooperate in
case of a strike.
At present 10000 miners are on
strike in the anthracite region aud 25,.
900 in the soft coal region of West vir
ginia and Virginia. Some 1000. .OOC
persons are directly concerned in the pro
posed strike, including miners. theil
wives and children, merchants, mine op
orators and railroad employees.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
ORANGE.
Crops and StOek-NOtes, Personals. Etc.

Crops and StOck-NOtes, Personals. Etc.
Orange county, Va, June 20, 1902.
Correspondents of The FREE Lancet
Rains this week have greatly benefited
pasture and vegetation. though most of
the grass crops is too far gone to reclaim
Harvest is on. something like one third
OF crop will be cut.
Tobacco planting is over and the small
crop so far is promising.
Many cattle are changing hands. r. c.
Booton and ". c. Graves, are the prin-
cipal buyers. We hear the prices ranges
from 4 =, To &C
r. '. Graves bought the Crenshaw
herd at DC, said TO be cheap for the fines,
cattle in this section.
Hogs are lively at ~ a. GI gross.
Doctors Robt. Frazer. OF Warrenton
and l.. NJ. Cowar,lin, of Richmond. have
been on flying visits to Lahore neighbor.
hood this week.
Students from Colleges and Institutes
are home again, some flushed with victo-
ry bearing diplomas of rank and culture.
all animated 10y the ever inspiring hope
that each tomorrow holds joys brighter
than to-day.
Mr. Meade who shot himself Sunday
because OF jealously, is doing well ut his
sweetheart's home near Mt. Horeb.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Wash. B. Williams.
Dealer in Furniture. Carpets, Etc. Tea
and d \. W. Washington. o G..
Established 1855

Established 1885
Some extremely low priees on oar own,
Importation ofChinR and japan siattings
These Mattings are all new. fresh goods
this season'e make, and range IL grade
from the cheapest 70 the best. The de-
signs and weaves comprise the best Of
the new Spring patterns and the stocr
a. y stands is the pick OF the wears cat
put in the Mating line.
oOc extra seamless China Mattinrn.
special. per yard, 3Cc: 4je ezra seamless
ChiHa NattibCs. special. per yard. 27k,:
Doc and 4nc fine seamless China Mai
,ing- slNcisi, per yarsl. 5Jc; BE good
seamless thin0 Mattings. spei I. pr
yard, zoe; - and zoe seamless Japanpes
MatiilR-, cPrpet elects. sIeciai, Ter
yard, 5Oc; 35- and 49e Japanese Mat
-ings. carpet enecfs. srccial. per ward
25c, Boo white inserted cotton warp Mat
ungs. special. per ynrd. 2jc. Seamless
Lhina hatilugs, by the roll only, per
yard, l2xr.
Livery thing in the Furniture lie. For
the next few days rock bottom prices win
prevail through the entire stock. Wegive
q low a lew examples Of thecnts we have
nade-evory Jlirg else is reduced in bro
portion. s. solid oak Chifonier, ) draw
ers, with brass trimmings. 81: 4ft6 Iron
Bed. with brass ball trimmings. 81. 90:
90 IRON Beds, all sizes. with brass
ais and vases, 81 10: SIT oak Bed
Room Set, . PIECES, bevel plate mirror.
$3.50; $40 solid oak Chiifoniers, with
nevel plate mirror, IS; $3.50 Morris
-hairs, with hair cushions, S4 80: 50
solid OAK Extension 1atI.. oreGs ta 6 gerr,
-; s. Hair Mattress. 40 pounde. SO:
Baldwin Refrigerators irum Sc to $50:
baldwin Ice Chests from S. % S25
Complete line of Lawn Swings. Porch
Rockers, Lawn Settees. Canvas Chairs.
Step Ladders. Summer Furniture, Screen
Doors, Window Screens.
WASH. b. WILLIAMS.
7ih and d y ". Washington. D c.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Washington And Lee Professors.

Joseph r. Long OF Denver, Col, and
educated at the Universities of Penn
sylvania and Virginia and of Richmond
College, and John H. Latane, Ran
dolph-Macen College and Woman's Col
lege, Lynchburg, son OF Bishop Latane,
and Ph. ID. John Hopkins, were elected
by the board of trustees OF Washington
and Lee University professors of Consti-
tuition and International law and history
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24

At the sale ofthe Rancho del paso year
lings. owned by j. b. Haggin, at Sleeps
head bay, bay colt by imp. Watercress-
Pensa-was bought by Sidney Paget for
s2l 900 Paget also paid SIT 600 for
the brown colt by imp. Watercress-Pan-
sy. Mr.. Paget's purchases are for Viii
liam c. Whitney. Thirty-four yearlines &
were sold. bringing anaverage of 81, ,22s.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Colt With Three Legs.

Pendleton county, w. Va, comes to
the front with an equine freak, the pro.
perty OF Mrs. Judy, OF Circlevile This
freak is fine colt. with only three legs.
The colt had two perfect shoulders, but
only one foreleg, that being on the left
side. The colt travels with great speed
going with a leap, and keeps up with
the dam at all times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
$4,000 American pearl ronne.

What is said to be the largest perie, t
pearl ever found in America is now in Il e
possession of Bunde & Jpmeyer. os Mi
waukee, Wis. The gem is a perfect sphere
OF fine luster and weighs l2l grains Ex-
parts say that it is worth considerably
over $4,000 Was found by fisher
man near Prairie do Chen and passed
through other hands before coming Ia
its present owners
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24

A deed OF trust for $4,000, 900 was
recorded in the clerks Office at Peters
burg, Thursday given by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company TO the
United Trust Company, of New York to
secure new bonds
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
Weekend tickets. Season IoO1

Commencing Saturday, June 7th. and
unless otherwise ordered, continuing
until September 9th inclusive, round
trip tickets will be sold to Richmond
and intermediate stations, Saturdays
only, good to return until the following
Monday, inclusive, at one fare rate.
G. c. Cox. Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24

Washington and Lee University con-
ferred degree OF Ill. ID. upon Judge James
Keith, president Court of Appeals of vir-
ginia
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money IL il fails
to cure. +. w. Groves signature is on
each box 25c.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24

DIR. Harrison Randolph, formerly of
Virginia, was elected president OF the
University OF Arkansas.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-24

Secretary Root reports thatup to date
the Philippine war has cost S17O, ,326,-
5S6.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
DISCUSS RELIEF FOR POOR.

At a meeting yesterday OF representatives Of the
Retail Coal Dealers Association Of Brooklyn in
the Office Of Borough President Swanstrom, to de-
wise plans to reli the sufferings OF the poor
from lack Of coal, about twenty dealers pres
ent, and the ccal situation discussed in many
of its phases.
Mr.. Swanstrom said the meeting called TO
if il practicable to do anything to relieve
the poor Of Brooklyn who suffering from
want Of coal. That relief, Mr. Swanstrom said,
should be brought about not a charity but on
q business basis. The situation in Brooklyn
forcibiy brought to Mr.. Swanstrom's attention
when he advertised for bids for coal for use in
the public buildings. When the bids be
opened not bidder was present. Many individual
cases Of hardship have come to the attention of
Mr. Swanstrom, one of them that of two children
who are critically ii in a home where there is not
ounce of coal. The father went from dealer
dealer TO get COAL but could get any, and
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

CTS Coal no longer arrives frozen solid. and
'neie is not the delay that few days ago tied
Up some OF the wharves in New-Jersey. where
soiiooHels sls Tor the East were being slowly filed
from coal frozen in solid mass. Then too
trucks are easier to hire when there is NOT tba
chahce Of getting better pay for hauling snow
frlces yesterday continued high. however
though few dealers dropped from their specu
IaulVe prices to about 81 75 for regular custom
ers. Some Of the larger houses quoted coal at
% 'o toh' cut in many places the high prices
p3ld TO the Independent operators kept coal IN
e. $!o ana SI4, ana Ii The Bronx il is said that
Sl0 was the ruling price.
Inc East Side is still being supplied at 13
cents pail \ representative of Alfred
Baroers Sons, No. 81 Water-st. said last even
ing that the weight given for Is cents was from
90 20 % pounds, running about sixty pailfuls
10 the ton. That such yards as this of BARRIERS
are the cheapest for the poor of the East Side
10 BUY their coal from may be seen by the
crowds that come to them each day, in spite of
the many small coal cellars that are scattered
throughout the tenement house districts
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
UOM4NS HOUSE BURNED
sbf Tells Strike Commission OF
Persecution.

scranton, Penn, Dec. 20.-The Strike Comuois
sim held its last session Of the year to-day,
,,s adjourned 10 meet in Philadelphia on Janu
srv G. TO permit the commissioners and others
,onnected with the proceedings to catch trains.
,o-day's session began at 9 o'clock The at
.,-nsys for the non-union men continued calline,
illnesses from Lackawanna and Luzerne conn
,es. 10 prove that violence, intimidation and
,,vootts were resorted TO TO prevent the non
union men from continuing work. Everett War
zen. counsel for the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
nany. fled the wage statements Of that COM
pany-
John II. Otto, the first witness called sai
,hat all the merchants in Archibald, Penn. were
compelled to refuse to sell to him because he
zorked in the mines The second witness was
q hov. who was forced 10 leave the store where
he was employed on account of his father being
. non-union man. and the next witness testified
that strikers tried to have him forced out of
The volunteer fire company to which he be-
longed because he continued TO work as mine
engineer during the strike
Mrs Rhoda Snyder of WiIkesbarre with a
haby in her arms took the stand and. with
tears running down her face, told Of the burning
of her home. Her husband was in the mines
and could not come home. because he feared
bodily harm. She and her children were so
abused that she moved to another part of the
city Her reception in the new section was hos
tile and she decided to move to the home of her
nother-in-law. The same night the house and
ali its contents were destroyed by fire. Her
gcads were not insured. Her father-in-law and
mother -ln-laW corroborated her testimony.
President 2. J. Mulherin Of the Father Whitty
temperance Society. Of Providence, near Scran-
ton and the treasurer of the society were called
BY the miners in rebuttal Of testiu ony given
yesterday by J. H Dugan. who said that he
had been expelled from the society on the charge
Of being an unfair workman. The two officers
Of the society testified that he was expelled be-
cause he had violated the total abstinence
pledge.
Before adjournins for the holidays Chairman
Gray. on behalf of the commission, requested all
parties TO make every effort TO hand in the
wage statements during the recess so that
members Of the commission could study them
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY JOKE.
Passenger Fooled About Drop in Chicago
and Northwestern.

mat the discovery of wireless telegraphy will
soon make it impossible to get beyond the reach
of the ceaseless whrl OF the ticker's wheel was
demonstrated Friday by the experience of a
passenger on the steamer La Savoie, which arrived
here yesterday morning from Havre. Magazine
writer's using their privilege have imagined trips
across the Atlantic in which the particular stock
broker who figuring the chief character of
the stormy able to watch the tape every day
and to send orders to his office by of wire
less teegraphy.
When Charles J. Singer, of Chicago, who with his
wife and Sidney X. Singer. were passengers on the
Savoie. left the steamship yesterday morning he
rushed to a newspaper man and almost brea thessly
asked about the condition of the stock market.
There is nothing particularly alarming about ii,
far I know Of" replied the reporter.
Wasn't it bad early in the week?"
Not that L know off, replied the newspaper
"A pool OF $5O,OO0,0o0 was formed, but no
applied for a loan
Then there wasn't panic?" asked Mr.. Singer.
No"
Mr.. Singer heaved a sigh Of relief and left the
newspaper man. 1t developed later that Mr.. Singer
had been made the subject of a practical joke. He
held large block of Chicago and Northwestern.
a couple of acquaintance who knew of his large
holding Of Chicago and Northwestern planned to
scare him about his stock The wireless messages
the that there in Venezuela and
that Commissioner Partridge had resigned. The
two kept Mr.. Singers attention engaged until
the messages had been received, and then an
nounced in the cabin that there had been a panic
result of a drop in Chicago and Northwestern.
Mr.. Singer did worry about the situation until
he began to figure out his losses the basis of the
figures, which he supposed had been received by
way Of Nantucket. He soon discovered that he had
ton There way of securing further in
nch enfa o aneis5 % i9p Of aI ref e
that he was 10 poorer than when he left France.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
SOFT COAL SCARCE AND HIGH.
transportation Facilities Used to Rush An.
thraeite Here.

Bituminous coal continued scarce yesterday,
and conservative dealers predict rise Of from
81 to 81 30 a ton in the next few days. The
coal roads. il is said, are bending every energy
toward shipping anthracite to the city, and are
using cars and transportation facilities that
ordinarily belong to the soft coal trade. This,
added TO the greatly increased demand for soft
coal. is making it harder to obtain than anthra-
cite, and the smaller sizes of anthracite are
also becoming difficult to buy for the same
reason.
The present mild weather is helping the deal
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
COAL BARGE LOST OFF NEWPORT.
The Captain, Cook and Deckhand Jumped
Into Their Skiff Just in Time

Providence. R. L, Dec. 20.-The barge Red Wing,
a coasting schooner, lost off Castle Hill.
Newport. to-day. She loaded with 1872 tons
Of coal at South Amboy, and was being towed
here by the tug Battler, in company with three
other barges. The Red Wing sprang a bad leak
when six miles west of Point Judith, and later
began to settle fast that Captain Bergquist, his
cook and a deckhand dropped into their skif and
made for the barge just astcrn Soon after the
men had got safely away the barge plunged her
nose into the and disappeared. The Red Wing.
which was owned In New-York. valued at
$4,000, and her cargo at 5000.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
RIOT OVER BUYING COAL.
a Clerk Mauled by St. Paul Crowd for Ad-
mitting Only One at Time

81. Paul, Dec. 20-A crowd Of several hundred
people broke through the door of the Northwestern
Fuel Company's Robert-st. office to-day after re-
markabIe three hours rush for coal, savagely
rnauling a clerk who had acted doorkeeper and
admitted only one customer at time. The COM
pany had received a few hundred tons Of COAL
which disposed of in single ton cash orders at
SS After breaking into the office police assist
had TO be called and order was restored with
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
COAL AGENT UNDER FIRE.
Denounced by Upstate Mass Meeting for
Holding Back Anthracite.

Glens Falls, n. Y, Dec. 20.--A mass meeting has
been held here under the auspices OF the Citizens
Alliance, to investigate the charge that the Della
ware and Hudson Company has, through its selling
agent here, held back coal shipments, in order to
keep prices up. The local agent present at the
meeting. and faced torrent of denunciation from
the audience. He declined TO make any statement
except that he is selling coal cheaply possible
under the circumstances He offered TO submit his
books to the executive committee OF the alliance
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

Mr. Swanstrom said Ike case was illustration
OF many that had come to his notice
One OF the coei dealers said that. far as he
had observed, the coal situation in Brooklyn was
about normal He YVES getting all the coal ne
wanted for his customers, but was paying nigh
prices for it. Another dealer said that his firm
had been unable to obtain 25 per cent Of the Goa!
IN demand. He declared that his firm mad been
selling coal to the poor and would be glad TO
handle my supply of coal furnished by the Penn
syiVania Railroad Company for the of the poor
Other dealers said it was impossible for them to
get all the coal they needed.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
pJrsT.pLE EXTENSION SHOE.
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION.

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notes circulation HENRY 9. h-aEF h-a,.5..r e
STFT>S Derrnatologist. 5e west SS-u-7'--
in,r Lii, LNnr-ih;lrN Institute
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
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