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The Western news., 1902-05-07
ToBoGGANING WITH ELEPHANT.

Hunter Beets the Furious Animal In 4
Contest of Wits.
Elephants are SO often the winners
in an encounter WITH men that it 10
rather interesting to learn from Chums
of one that was fairly outwitted. It
was an African elephant, taller. lighter
and nimbler than the Asiatic variety.
Like most elephants. when reused he
proved himself capable of considerable
gymnastic feats.
An English sportsman. out after ele-
plants, had wounded magnificent
specimen. Unfortunately for him the
wound was slight, and the animal
greatly infuriated. turned and charged
him.
1t was terrifying sight. With its
enormous ears spreao out like sails.
and emitting shrin notes of rage, the
monster came laundering over the
ground like runaway locomotive. The
hunter fired a second shot, but missed
His nerve was shaken, and throwing
down his rifle, he sought safety in
fight.
Near at hand was a steep hill. and
toward this he turned; for being but
slightly acquainted with the climbing
powers of elephants. he thought his
pursuer might be batfled by the steep
ness of the ascent. 1t was terrible
disappointment to find that the ele-
plant could climb hill as quickly as
he could, good runner though he was.
| He would have been speedily over
taken if he had not thought of an ex-
pedient He knew that elephants never
run or even walk down steep incline,
but always crouch, gather their feet
together, lean we'll back and slide
down. Just as the furious animal got
within a few yards of him. therefore.
the hunter suddenly doubled and ran
down the hill again.
Quick as fash the elephant turned,
too, gathered itself together. and trum-
peting with rage. slid down after the
man. The hunter had just time to
spring out of the way as the great beast
came tobogganing after him, smashing
trees and shrubs. and carrying every
thing before it like an avalanche.
Once more the hunter dashed to the
top Of the HILL while the elephant. un-
able to stop itself. went careering down
to the very foot, where. apparently un-
derstanding that it had been outwitted,
and feeling sore and disappointed, It
rose to it's full height and walked wear
lily back to it's native woods.
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VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS.
Hawaiian Specimen Brings 500 at
Auction.

Hawaiian Specimen Brings 500 at
Auction.
Seven hundred dollars was paid for
a tiny piece Of paper recently in Phil
adelphia. The little slip was rather
crudely engraved. Two words. "Ha-
waii Postage" were printed at the top
and two other words-namely. 1.-TWO
Cents"--were printed at the bottom.
Around a large. bold figure 5. which
is stamped in the center of the paper.
there is rough scroll design.
For this and nothing more-except-
ing the fact that the little piece Of
parchment is sole survivor of the first
Hawaiian postal issue-an unknown
man was willing to pay 700 good Amer
lean dollars. For another and still
smaller bit Of paper-one without any
scroll Mt that-some one was ready to
pay S131. 1t Is stamp which has
survived a great many years and be-
longed to the series of early Philadel-
phia carrier stamps. issued in 1S49 and
1850. The letters ~. s. +. O." are
printed ut the top of the document.
Then comes the single word Paid"
and under this the denomination. Il
cent"
When it came to buying a real pretty
stamp-one with picture Of bird
(the American eagle) nicely engraved
Oh 1.-THE numerous bidders who had
gathered in the auction room held their
hands on their pocketbooks and refused
to separate themselves from more than
500. This was stamp issued years
ago by Frazer & Co. 1t was good for
2 cents when turned into the city dis
patch post. Scores of other stamps.
says the Philadelphia North American.
representing issues which are not so
rare as the above. were sold for prices
ranging from $40 to 500.
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1t is said that Mrs. Harrison pro-
nounces her "Calmady" with the accent
on the middle syllable.
Mrs. Voynich's romance. "The Cad
fly" although published over four
years, was sent to press recently for it's
twenty-third edition by Henry Holt &
Company.
Miss Alice Colwell Hogan, author Of
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,"
published by the Century Company,
was born in Louisville. Ky. where she
has been prominent in social and liter
ary life. Her sense of humor is very
keen. Till lately she has written mainly
short stories. Mrs. Wiggs is her first
effort as fiction writer.
Miss Marie Van Worst, who has done
some excellent work as short story
writer, is daughter of Judge Van
Worst, of New York. formerly Chancel-
lor Of New York, president Of the Gen.
tury Club, and founder of the HOLLAND.
Society of that city. Miss Van Worst
wrote the honeymoon novel, "Bagsby's
Daughter" (Harpers). in collaboration
with her sister-in-law
Kate Sanborn says she is "dog-tired
Of historic novels" that she welcomes
tales of fat Jews and slim Italians. and
doll-faced hirts and silly egotists. and
heroes and heroines in working clothes,
who do not slash with sabers and
prance about on impossible steeds, de-
stroying or mashing all they encounter.
She has had enough of cavaliers and
royal lovers and duels.
People will ask you: Have you read
Ruskin? Have you read Dickens? Have
you read Macaulay? Have you read
Tennyson? AS their thoughts turn to-
ward Concord. however. they speak in
another tense: Do you read Emersonf
This is as it should be. only wish we
could confidently ask the like question
respecting other authors.-From Deaf
ness and Cheerfulness.
Conan Doyle thinks his best book Is
'The White Company" Stanley Wey-
man believes that the opinion of the
writer as to the merits of his book IS
valueless. Il have never read" he says,
'ten pages of any book l have written,
after publication. H. G. Wells does not
know which is his best book; he thinks
we'll or i'll Of one on one score. and Of
another on another score.
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Think About This.

The heavy producing cow Is what
concerns the dairyman most. says an
exchange. Suppose you have a COW
that produces 1853 pounds Of butter q
year at II cents a pound. she would
bring $3.50. This is almost the cost
of the feed. On the other hand. II you
keep COW that will produce 3DO
pounds Of butter in year at II cents
a pound she will net you $51. Think
about this and read. mark and learn.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Valuable Farm Grasses.

Valuable Farm Grasses.
Two of the most .aluable grasses for
use on the farm in the making of both
permanent pastures and sowing for
hay are meadow fescue and Kentucky
blue grass. the former shown on the
right side Of the illustration. Both Of
these grasses are productive and ex-
ceedingly nutritious. and both quite
tenacious Of life, this being the case
particularly with the Kentucky blue
grass which grows uninjured by the
tramping of stock. hence is particularly
valuable in the making of permanent
pastures.
The best grass mixtures put up by
reputable seedsmen contain one or both
of these grasses. and these mixtures
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oughly worthy of general cultivation.
1t is perfect Towering sort, and the
plants are large. strong-growing and
healthy. The fruit is large. uniform in
shape. as will be seen from the illustra-
tion. firm and of that high crimson
color so desirable in a strawberry. The
fruit picks large from first to last. n
strong point in its favor. 1t is as ship
per. however. that the Gibson excels.
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the wives of the members of the cabi-
net. the wives of Senators, will receive
her with open arms; that she will be
invited to dinners of which she has
read in her local paper; that she will
get her name in the newspapers, and
her dresses will be described as was
that of the governors wife at the last
charity ball. Alas for her disillusion-
ment! She learns that while Con-
gresham may be very big man in
his district, he is very small man in
Washington until he has established
his right to be regarded as above the
average. If he has money and tact,
he may soon attract attention and
cross the golden boundary; or if he has
no money, but much ability. he will
reach his destination by another route;
but if he has neither one or the other,
If he is simply an ordinary member of
Congress, a very fair specimen of
middle-class, commonplace intelligence,
| the social recognition for which his
| wife sighs will never be hers The
wives of Senators from her State will
return her call, she may be invited to
| tea, even to dinner at the fag end
of the season, but that will be the
limit of her insight into society.-A.
Maurice Low in Harpers Magazine.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Home Made Corn Cutter.

Being desirous Of cutting some corn
for fodder on which the grasshoppers
had destroyed the prospects for grain.
l rugged my slide about two and one.
half feet wide and three feet long; run
ners made Of 2x6 inches and two cross
pieces 2x4 inches. the rear one pro.
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car Ladrick of Long
Pine. Neb.. ut her
home in East st.
Louis. When the
announcement o f
her engagement was
made public, Miss
Cannady's pupils
sent her a written
petition asking her
not to marry until
after the close of the
school year. Little
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A Child Naturally Good.

There is something in the heart of
every natural child that aspires to-
ward goodness. toward beauty. toward
that which is ever fresh, pure and
wholesome. Give him the whole earth
and withhold the one drop Of nourish-
ment ON which the health Of his heart
depends and you leave him unsatis-
fed. 1t is not pleasure merely. it Is
something deeper, more extensive than
this which hallows within his memory
the rill that is to run with sweet wa
ters all his after-life. Into the joy Of
the moment must enter some tincture
Of virtue, some hint of enduring pur-
pose. suggestion of intimacy with
larger life, toward which his own is to
grow.-Woman's Home Companion.
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it has been fruited
for a number Of
years with great
Satisfact | on. l I
has also been test
ed. in q small
way. In other Sec
tons Of the coun-
try. b OF b North:
a d South. and
soornQ to hp fhOr.
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To Women in Middle Life.


Women in middle life, and from there
onward, should take more and more
care Of their personal appearance. AS
the eyes and complexion fade and the
hair grows dull all the cunning secrets
Of the toilet become important. Happi
ness may depend upon the shade
chosen for a dinner dress or the set OF
hat upon the tresses that are just
tinged with gray. The woman of 40
neels all the help she can get from
dress, and the woman of SO needs 1t
still more. When age comes at last
if age ever does come to the modern
woman-the dress problem has become
easy. Richness and elegance of ma
terial. plainness of cut and making,
these are rules all old women should
follow. If lack of money stands in the
way there is still plainness and neat
ness to be sure Of, and the materials
of a well-made dress, after all, do not
count so much.-Ada G. Sweet, in Wo-
mans Home Companion.
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Twas a Soft Piece.

There is story told of an Irishman
who was arrested for throwing a pece
of coal at a friend and breaking his
jaw. When the case came up in court
the prisoner admitted his guilt.
"You admit. then," said the Judge.
''that you threw the piece of coal that
broke the mans jaw"
''Yis. sir. yer honor" was the reply:
"but"-in an excusatory tone-''it war
soft coal."-Minneapolis Journal.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Cutting Seed Potatoes.

As long as different men grow diff
ferent varieties Of potatoes on differ
ent soils, just SO long will there be diff
ferences of opinion as to the
size proper for cutting the seed
tuber. Success with the sim
gle eye for seed comes oftenest when
the soil Is in the best possible condition
for potato growing and when the seed
tubers that are cut are sound. of av-
erage size and of strain that is not
run down. By cutting the single eyes
from the center of q potato Of average
size and cutting in block form we get
lrst-class seed. but the pieces at either
end ef the tuber frequently have two
The Western news., 1902-05-07

High Praise for American Women.
A glowing tribute is paid the Amer
lean women by Prof. Wehrle, an emf
nent German teacher of aesthetics.
The social position of the American
woman, he says, has not been attained
by her sisters in any other country.
The American climate is one of the
chief causes of her pre-eminence, Gre
ating a type quite distinct from the
somewhat squat type prevalent in Eu-
rope. Her graceful lightness and ease
of bearing, entirely her own, her
quick mercurial movement, her fasci-
mating. beautiful head. her tender
roundness of limbs are seen only in
America. There the women resemble
ones conception of what fairies,
sylphs, nymphs and angels ought to be.
The American women are exceptional
ly energetic and decided. Their char
acters have every good quality which
goes to make perfect woman. Free
from timidity and from excessive mod
esty. their practical ability enables
them to face every difficult situation
in which they find themselves.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
ldea1iZed.

Tess-Miss Passay says she paid $12
Jess-But they don't look bit like
her.
Tess-Of course. What do you sup
pose she paid SIP for?-Philadelphia
Press
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Fastenings for Carpets,

Pins and sockets for putting down
the ordinary floor carpet are not new
at all, but they are so useful that they
are worth mentioning. The great util-
ity of these is that the carpet can be
taken up with but little trouble for a
weekly shaking instead of sweeping if
one desires. The sockets are driven
into the floor at regular intervals
around the room, the carpet Is put
down, and for each socket there is a
pin or brass-headed nail which goes
into it, holding the carpet as firmly
in place as the ordinary tack. But
with the pin and socket there is no
trouble in lifting it again. The pins
are replaced in the sockets to keep
them from filling with dust, and when
the carpet is cleaned it can be put
down again with ease. The pins are
sufficiently long-2A inches-to hold
the carpet firmly. In some houses
hall carpets are put down without
lining and taken up frequently to be
shaken.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Inventive Geuius.

"Subbubs Is wonder, | tell YOU"
"Got q new scheme. has he?"
"Yes. he's rugged up a snowplow at
tachment to his lawn mower. ."-Phila
delphia Press.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
The Gibson Stra wberry.

FARM IS *6*6Ofo gmGa17OFiJi 1 :" -!
Fruit growers will be interested in
the promising awberry-Gibson. It
is product Of New York State. where
The Western news., 1902-05-07

should be used in preference to ONE
mixtures in all cases. except where one
or two grasses are wanted for some
particular purpose and one understands
thoroughly their requirements.
The Western news., 1902-05-07

Gossip uncovers a multitude of sins.
Many man who thinks he Is mar.
tyr = only Z chump.
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or three eyes. If the soil is not rich
and in good tilth or If the seed can not
be planted early. then one had best
not depend upon the single eye plan.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Marries Despite Petitions.

Miss Minnie Lee Cannady. until re-
Gently a teacher in the East st. Louis
High School, was married to Mr.. Os-
The Western news., 1902-05-07
EleOnOra Duse.

EleOnora Duse, the famous Italian
actress. is peculiarly nervous. When
she is not at rehearsals or acting she
spends her time in perfect rest. She
sees no one except old friends. and
only few of these. She has COM
panion who arranges her journeys and
engages her rooms in the hotels. This
woman sees that Duse's rooms are at
the back of the hotel, and that, if
possible, they look out on a garden.
She cannot bear street sounds and
sights. The furnishing of her rooms
is important. There must be no pic
lures or busts; nothing to disturb her
highly-wrought, aesthetic sensibilities.
Everything must be scrupulously
clean, severe and quiet.
Novel Remedy for Neuralgia.
Naegeli announces he has frequently
causel almost immediate cessation of
cephalalgia and facial neuralgia, as we'll
as forms of long continued odontalgia
by simply eleyating the hyoid. or, what
amounts to the same. the larynx, hold
ing it well upward for sixty or seventy
seconds. This frequently requires to
be repeated several times, but quite as
frequently one single attempt will
prove successful. We have had several
opportunities to test the truth Of this
and in every instance in which the
plan was followed relief was almost
instantaneous. The fact deserves to be
more widely known than 1t seems to
be.-Public Health Journal.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
NOVEL SLEEVES.

double sleeves, with undersleeves of
chiffon or lace. Vandyked lace forms
smart addition to No. in the form
of deep cuff at the wrist. while No.
5 is most charming in it's simplicity.
failing bell-shaped from the shoulder,
to show an undersleeve Of lace.
The Western news., 1902-05-07

Kaffirs own nine-tenths Of the II,
OOO, 900 acres of Natal
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WHICH SHALL IT BE f?

GO HE household is not the only do
main in which the question of
conscientious shirking comes up.
Even business woman who lives in
a boarding house and has no fore
knowledge Of what she shall eat or
drink cannot escape from the burden
of the wherewithal she shall be cloth
ed. The wear of business life upon a
woman's clothes is so great that it
would take half the evenings in the
week. if not all Of them, to keep her
clothes up to the proper standard.
There are always rips and worn
places in the bindings of skirts and
petticoats to mend, boots to black,
neckties to press. stocks to manufac-
ture. Innings of collars, ribbons and
gloves to clean, handkerchiefs and lace
collars to wash and iron, stockings to
darn, hair to shampoo, nails to mani
cure-the list is endless.
Self-respect is the important consid-
Grafton in settling the question from
the personal point of view. What will
my self-respect allow me to shirk? Is
my first duty to my clothes, or isn't
it? To me personally no mental de-
velopment can reconcile me to untidi-
ness; but. on the other hand, no
amount of tidiness can reconcile me to
empty -headedness.
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The more credit you expect. the ieae.
you get
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Doctors i'm Germany,

To every 100000 of the population OF
the German Empire there are on the
average forty-eight medical men.
The Western news., 1902-05-07
Some of the New Sleeves.

The chief novelty in dress lies in the
sleeves at present. The tendency of
the season for sleeves is all toward
those fitting closely at the shoulder.
AMI flowing out at the wrist, as all the
above designs show in varying ways.
No. is distinctly novel, being slash
ed below to show an inner puff of lace,
the cloth fitting closely at the wrist and
slightly over the hand.
Nos. 2 and 3 give different styles OF
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Important Business Enterprise

The Virginia Excelsior works is one of
the largest and most important enter
prises in our city. nder the able man
agement OF MIR. T.. w. Young. Jr. and
Capt. ". \. Smith il has given employ-
ment TO a large number of EMPLOYEES and
has furnished market for our wood
cutters at remunerative prices For the
past twelve months it has kept night
and day force constantly at work and
one going down there will he impressed
with the busy air that pervades the es-
tablishment. On the sidctrack ears are
being constantly loaded aud the business
Is growing. Building additions are now
being made and "A new high fence will
enclose the property. II is the largest
establishment in the South Of its kind
and most prosperous. Wide awake
husthng business men like the owners
are what we want here and with them
fredericksburg will become one of the
most important manufacturing circles in
the south. Let the good work 90 on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
REPUBLICAN NASS.MssnNG
Nr. jobs { Neisilis Elected City Chairman Of
Ills Party Delegates to coagr, ssioaal
CoByeution Etc

TIE republican mass meeting at the
court House Friday night was fairly
Wen attended considering the lack of in.
i"r-~i in things political heseabOut. lt
was called to select delegates To the Cap
'har.e> Congressional Convention which
meets on the Sth inst
Mr.. VI Griffin called the meeting to
order and stated it's object
Mr.. thas. ID Foster aud Mr. Vim Sui
liuger were chosen temporary president
an1 secretary respectively The selection
oi delegates was then gone into result
ing nm the unanimous choice OF MesSrS. 4;
IL. Morrison and James A Turner dele
gates and John White. alternate Mr.
Griihn.City Chairman made a brief state
ment a. To the numbers Of years he had
held the position. thanked his party for
the honor they had done him and ten
dered his resignation. lie nominated as
his successor MIR. John Melville. The
nomination was seconded by several.
Mr.. &. T.. Bragdon was placed in nomi
nation by Mr.. &. 6 Mills and Mr. J. "
Thomas made "A very graceful speech In
Seconding the nomination. lie gave. Mr..
Eragdon's record a. q consistent party
man. and said he had contributed no lit
TIE 70 Republican success in recent nation
al elections. Mr.. James Il Evans was
also nominated hut he declined.
he vote was taken and resulted in the
election OF Mr.. Melville by very large
vote The chairman declared Mr.. Melville
the choice OF the party without asking
the followers Of Mr.. Bragion how they
wished to record themselves.
Mr. Melville is prominent business
man ana at the head OF one of the largest
mandatory establishments here. the
W ashirgton Wooden Mills lie is n pro-
gressive citizen and is held in high es-
teen 10y the community.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Tak.n TO JalIlnaDog Cart

Mr. Daniel Mullen. OF Spotsy lvania
came go town saturday night in dog
cart. and after visit 20 several salOOns
in company with William Coleman.
of this city proceeded TO take in the
town sidewalks included. Officers Tan
sill and Gore arrested both. and the
novel sight Of taking two men In there
own dog cart TO Jail was presented. The
horse and cart were taken TO Jacobs
wagon yard for safe ke, ping and the men
arraigned before Mayor Willis Monday
morning. Mullen was "a sscssed $50 and
Coleman S2.iJ for their fun ami after set
tling went on their way rejoicing Other
ca-es were Jno. Hicks drunk costs ~ 80
Henrietta Henderson and Beckv Thorn
ton colored were taxed $50 for being
d'sorderly David Rawlings, DRINK and
dis0rderly. fined S25O.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
pIsa suddenly Of Heart Disease

Mrs James Armstrong died Suddenly
OF heart Gi-ease at her home near White
Oak. in stafford. Saturday. aged -
years. The deceased came 60 the city
saturday morning with her husband TO
consult Or liaies aud on returning asked
her husband 10 drive faster ar she was
suffering intense pain. On reaching home
she WAS given cup of coffee. which she
drank. and in a few minutes she was
dead. She IL survived by husband and
SIN children. Funeral services were held
from the home yesterday evening and
the interment was made at her former
nome IN King George comfy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
GERMAN.


The young society men gave the first
german ot the season at the Opera Hous,
on Friday night. Ii was not alarre o,er-
man, but was very enjoyable. MIR + N
Young. IT.. led The music was furnish.
ed by Donch's baud. of Washington The
chaperones were NeSdames J. T. Cool
rick. Josephine Wallace. G.. c RoNylett
aud J. \. Barney. Those dancing were
Misses .eslie Temple. of Georgetown.
IA Ashby Camp. of Petersburg. Edith
Barber. OF Pittsburg. Pa. Mamie Ficklen
and EdmO &. Lee. of Stafford. Lizzie Hur
kamp. Fannie Taylor. Kate Newell Dog
geit. Jennie Maitland. Ellie Ware. oi
Washington. Berry, Barber. Lizzie Dos
well and Fannie Beale. M,ssrs Barber
OF Pittsburg. Pa. T.. NJ. Young. .Ir &
Ot. Goolrick. W. II. Ilurkamp. Edward
Warren. e. h. Goodrich. n. Ii Hender
son, VI. q. iatimer. r. : Shepherd. .Ir.
W. {. Stearns. George ". shepherd .Jr..
" III. Richards. Jr r. II. Carmichael
Barton Mason, Charles Beale and !. Con.
way Chichester. Others present were
Judge !. I. Goodrich and c. e. Rowlett