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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-25
Stirring Values in
Shoes.

Mems Shoes a Il Oxfords, Ladies
Shoes d Oxfords. Ihildren's Shoes
| aud oxford 10y hoes and Oxfcrds,
IN wearing and appearance equal TO
Other to others sod a. IS per cent.
higher
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-25
Full Up and Crowded
Our Spring Stock
has arrived; eve inch e space in cur
Large store IS crowded. ~ Il prices
50 low tha, selling H. bound 10
excse q all our former forts
We Make Some Sensa-
tiOnal Offerings in
Clothing.

Mems Suits in the newest mate rial
and styles At s. 90 10 SI1.co
Boys DouOie-B -cssted or Norfolk
Suits, strongly made to Withstand ihe
hard wear that the average boy will
give = suit, at prices from % ce-ts
10 $3.50
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-25

Burke Bristow has been appointed
postmaster. to succeed J A. Bristow. II
Saludo. Middlesex county.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-06
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Lawyer E. w. Gibson was in Boston
yesterday.
Andrew Hopkins spent the first of
the week in Walpole, n. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Fits go to Boston
to- morrow for a weeks stay.
Hon. c. j. Bell of Walden has been
in town this week on business.
l.. +. Adams has been in Springfield,
Mass, this week on business.
Frank II. Field of westfied, Mass.
spent Sunday at his home here.
f. w. Putnam has been in the north
ern part of the state on business this
week
ID. A. Elliot has been in Burlington
this week attending "a Masonic gath
ering.
S. W. Maxfield of Ashuelot. n. H.,
visited in Brattleboro the first of the
week.
Judge II. III. Wheeler went to New
York city to-day on United States
court business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ball of Mystic. Conn,
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Fits this week.
Miss Ruth W. Childs went to Der
by, Conn, Saturday for visit with
Miss Bertha Sperry.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. 8. Hayes of Bellows
Falls spent Sunday with o. l.. French
at his Ames hill cottage.
Miss Florence Goodenough who has
been visiting her parents here went TO
North Conway. N. H, yesterday.
Mrs. L. 0, Jasmer went to Spring
field, Mass. to-day for a short visit
with Mrs. August Norman before re-
turning to her home in Chicago.
A. K. Gavey. superintendent of the
Rutland branch of the New York life
insurance company, was a guest of
Maj, +. w. Childs the first of the week.
Principal II. X Whitaker, F. d.
Whitney. Bert Wood, Horace Scott,
John and Guy Tasker viii attend the
Dartmouth Amherst football game at
Amherst tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Halliday and Mrs
King went TO Boston Wednesday, Mrs.
King going from there to Turner, Me-,
where she was called on account OF the
illness of her husband.
About 20 friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred S. knight gave them a surprise
party last evening at their new home
on Western avenue. Games were
played and refreshments, brought by
the visitors, were served.
Misses Katherine and Florence Fish |
er left to-day for Ann Arbor, Mich, on |
account of the illness with typhoid |
fever of their brother DR.. Wilfred |
Fisher. who is a member of the house |
staff of the Michigan university hos
pital
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-06
Brattleboro Reaten-2q-0.

The Brattleboro football team was
up against the real thing Saturday in
its game with Shelburne Falls at the
latter place. The final score stood
800 in favor of the Massachusetts
eleven. Brattleboro lost through its
weakness In the line and the bad
habit of its backs In fumbling at crit
ical points. Shelburne Falls scored
II points in the first half its initial
touchdown being made just after the
opening of the game as the result of
one of the numerous fumbles. Most
of the gains We're made through the
line. Frequently the Brattleboro
forwards would hold well until the
third down only to be bowled over by
the fierce onslaught of their oppon-
ents on the next scrimmage. March
and Cooley did excellent work for
Brattleboro behind the line while
Lynch at guard opened up big holes
on the offensive. Stafford put up a
clever game at end and demonstrated
his ability to play in fast company.
All of the Shelburne Falls players
did much ground gaining and dropped
a handsome goal from the 80 yard line.
The local team was handicapped by
the absence of Ferriter, who received
a severe cut above the eye while prac-
ticing Friday evening. and Mellen who
is a tower OF strength IN the center.
The lineup:
Shelburne Falls Brattleboro.
S1skind, l e.......... IF e, STAFFORD
Hayes. ] t..........r I, Howe, Corser
Woods. Rickett | g..........r 6, King
wall, {. &c, Langllle
Nhu, .....l 3, LyHCH
Noonan (capt). r t. Il t, Allen, Trendal
Brown, H. Morrissey, r e.. Il e, Barber
G. Short. ]. Short, p b.......
........ q b. Williamson, March
cShulud, IL u
......r h b, March, Williamson
Mann, Brown, r h b. ....l h b, Conland
Touseul, f b.......f b, Cooley, (capt).
Score: Shelburne 29, Brattleboro 0.
Touchdowns, Wood, Schulda, Brown.
Touseul. Goals from the field. G.
Short. Referee, Zice Umpire, Mann.
Linemen, Hargis and Tarbell. Time
keepers, Thayer and Cobb. Time,
Commute halves.
II ..ls l. t.n1 II
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-06

In high-grade, distinctive
novelties, both in Suits and
Goats, we now have more very
"sWelP' things than you will
expect to find in any one stock,
and these we handle at a closer
margin of profit than is some
times the case in the large city
stores who sell these exclusive
novelties.
In more staple styles of me-
dunn cost we have the most
fashion approved shapes and
fabrics at as reasonable cost as
they can be sold anywhere.
Just now the assortment of
sizes is as nearly complete as
we ever get it. For large Wo-
men who need "out size" we
to-day have AZ, A and As bust
in handsome black Suits at
$500, 1880, 1000, 21.SO and
200. In sizes 40 and below
our range of prices runs both
above and below-say, $500
to 5000 in some cases. We
carried from last season a few
Summer Weight Jackets and
Suits, and a few warm, heavy
Winter Garments. These, if
you want them will be sold
much below value.
You are invited to ask to see
special bargains in every one of
our various departments.
~. 4. AAdtHBf|
R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The k-cent packet Is enough for usual occasions
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-06

30. Taylor Whiskiss used by critical judges.
60. rsyior Whiskies. absolutely pure iiausf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
AssauItinq a Democratic Leader.

The Montgomery Advertiser says Senator German is guilty of bossism, bribery, hypnotism, foxyism, and is be- sides a quitter. It might have added arson and burglary but it did not, and we give 1t due credit for it's conserya- tism.
 And yet Arthur Pue German is a democrat of high standing-so high that as soon as he was returned to the senate Senators Morgan and Pet tus and all the other democrats in that body made haste to make him their leader. If Senator German is guilty of all the crimes charged against him by the esteemed Adver- tiser, then the democratic senators, with full knowledge of the man, are guilty by implication and endorse ment, and the rank and file are not untouched by the Advertisers sweep ing indictment, because this remarka- ply guilty man continues to act and speak for them in the United States senate.
 The Advertiser Is scarcely responsi- ble fnr what it says. It has Grover
 on the brain or bowels, we
 orgotten which, and it can not
 ,und the huge bulk who wears
 20 collar. It stands ready to
 all who stand in Growers way.
 is it's one hero, although he is
 -termer, who bolted the party
 and probably in 1900.
 Ats-f Age Herald has no objection to
 aoss upon Arthur Pue German on 1s Tt of the Advertiser. They will strengthen the distinguished senator in Alabama. They will render secure what was before perhaps contested not by Grover Cleveland, but by other aspirants. Clevelands strength in Alabama is simply the Palmer and Buckner vote, which was just 6462, no more, no less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
The Need for Gladstone.

From the New York Evening Post
 Never since Gladstone's death has the liberal party so missed him as 1t does to- day. A giant in all fiscal questions. he would have been just the man to rend Chamberlain's sophistries, while giving the party behind him the uplift of his moral enthusiasm. Even as it is, his name and sayings are a strong tower to the English liberals. One of his popular ex- posures of the fallacy of preferential tar ifs and retaliation, Is much quoted in current discussions. To those who main tained that the way to meet a protec- tive tariff was to levy a more drastic one by way of reprisal Gladstone said that this was to change the scripture rule so as to make it read, If any man smite thee on one cheek, smite myself on the other.' Ills power of characterization, and of sarcasm, too, could have been put into splendid play against latter day absurdi- ties Once when a member of the house. who was quite ignorant of the matter in hand. broke forth into frantic trade of abuse of MT. Gladstone. the old states man remarked in an audible aside to a colleague that he had always been told no animal was more dangerous than a mad sheep. And many is the mouton enrage loose in England today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
AMERICAN ATHLETIC iRlsHMEN

From the London Saturday Review.
 We have often been struck by the as tonishing number of Irishmen to be found among American athletes. It is scarcely too much to say that the great est weight putters, hammer throwers, and jumpers in Britain or the States have all been Irish or of Irish extrac- tion. The success of the Americans in the Palma competition as Bisley, though due in the main to the perfection. we may say the excessive perfection, of their weapon, may be claimed as an Irish victory. The first three names were all Irish, surely an extraordinary instance of the way in which Irishmen come to the front as soon as they leave their own country.
 We have heard much lately of the de- generation of British physique. It Is prob able that the physique of the men in some parts of Ireland is the best in the civilized world, not excluding the sikhs and perhaps the Tawareks only excel them from among the less civilized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
The Ancient Tyre.

M Saint-Saens, the great composer, whose partiality for wintering In Egypt Is we'll known, has, the Paris corre- spondent of The Newcastle Chronicle says, been enabled to throw an interest ing light on ancient Greek methods of playing the Tyre. Pictures still extant shew the base of the strings in front be- ing struck with the plectron held in the right hand, while the left, spread out be- hind and higher up, was supposed to be executing a "seconds'' movement. One day last winter. while wandering in the Arab quarter of Ismallia, NJ Saint-Saens was attracted by strange music, and fol- lowing the sound stumbled upon some people going through incomprehensible rites. Among them was a musician play ing the Tyre which he held precisely in the same way as the ancient Greeks. Closely watching his left hand behind the strings, the composer was at last able to detect that it's function was. by most skilful movement, solely to deaden the strings not to be sounded, while the other responded to the touch of the hee- tron. That probably explains another se- cret of the ancients.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
Eyebars and Bridges Under Water.

Engineers in New York are daring to limit They have not the slight Nt respect for precedent and practice and custom, and they proceed without hesitation to tread new and untried paths. For example, when the Penn slyyania Railroad company needed a railway over, in or under, the wide and deep North river, underraid as 1t is by sixty feet of silt, its engineers discarded both a bridge as being too high and tunnel as being too low and they planned tubular bridge to rest on piles at the bottom of the river. No such bridge was ever con structed, but that fact did not at all stay the progressive spirits in Amer ica's most progressive railroad.
 So it is in the construction Of the Manhattan bridge over the East river The new bridge is to be, like the older bridges over the East river, suspen' sion bridge, but instead of planning wire cables hung over towers as a sapport of the floor, the engineers said a bridge supported by a chain of eye Lar links would be preferable, No such bridge has ever been construct ed. and the wise aldermen from the Dowery and other districts refused to sanction an issue of bonds, but it is believed a campaign of education will vet drive through their thick skulls the value of eyebar links as against wire cables. The issue is racking the :. great city dreadfully, but the chances are that the construction specialists aided by Mayor Low, will win out 1T September. The fevered brains of the aldermanic board will then have chance to cool off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
AS TO WATERMELONS.

Victor Smith in New York Press.
 The northern-bred man puts salt on his watermelon. thereby exciting the risibles of the southerner. He puts sugar on his cantaloupe. causing more laughter He eats butter on his radishes, which is enough to make calf weep. He eats "grits'' with sugar and cream, which would knock a countryman silly The watermelon Is the most beautiful fruit in natures garden It should not be touched with a knife or fork Lettuce is not nearly so sensitive to the metallic con- tact Hold it three feet from a sheet spread on the floor and let it drop. If in perfect condition for eating, it will break into edible portions. Bite off the mouthfuls. or place them in the buccal cavity with the fingers. Save the rind; it makes the finest preserves and pickles of all earthly products. The seeds, boil ed. make diuretic that is unapproach- able. As a diet drink, the liquid is far superior to gelatinized flaxseed tea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Money for Amussmsnts.

Since I came to Birmingham" said a public spirited man. there have been two different weeks during which the people of Birmingham spent more than S25,ooO for amusements. The first time was when there were two cireuses here during one week. which took in an aggregate of nearly ss00OO, and the next was during the performance of Ben Hur.
 This, I think, Is enough to show that Birmingham is an amusement loving town. and the people do not mind turning their money loose on such things.
 But on the other hand there are many occasions on which people refuse to give money where 1t should be given. For in- stance, the Salvation Army of this city has been trying for more than year to raise little debt of two or three hundred dollars on its home, and all the efforts so far have been in vain.
 Birmingham is probably the only city of its size in the United States which has not A Young Meps Christian asso- ciation building For nearly two years strenuous efforts have been made by en- ergetic men to raise enough money to build such structure, and while good start has been made, there Is not yet enough to begin work on a creditable building.
 T think the trouble arises from the fact that our business men are worried to death by solicitors for small affairs, such as church festivals and trolley parties that they do not take time to consider seriously whether or not request is for a really worthy charity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
TALKS ABOUT
 SHOP AND RECREATION

Finally, losing his patience over delays which grew out of some question as to an item in the bill. he told MT. Have meyer he could go to h-L
 "On his way back to the office Of his employer the boy got to thinking.
 I've told Henry o. Hevemeyer. presi- dent of the sugar trust, to go to h--L' the boy said to himself. He's a big man. l guess I made a mistake.
 .The boy got back to his office. Soon a messenger arrived from MT. Havemeyer. MT. Havemeyer will pay that bill,' the messenger said. And, by the way. what is the name of that boy that you sent over with it.? MT. Havemeyer rather liked his independent style. If you have no objection, he would like to hire the boy to work for him
 That's the way with Henry o. Have meyer. You've got to tell him where to go to before you can win his respect.
 ''I got Into this deep-sea hotel business two years ago. My business took me about the city great deal and Into the poorer districts. I saw how the people suffered from the heat nights, and de- cided to do something.
 "These day excursions that admit mother or woman caretaker and not ex- ceeding six children. under twelve years of age to free trips on Arbuclxles Float ing Hotel came about in this way: Get ting about, saw that there was great suffering In hot weather among the chil- dren of the tenement-house districts. I had those two boats. and decided to use they daytimes as we'll as nights. We sell coffee, tea or milk for a cent a glass, but provide no lunches, But we give the mothers and children a good time. and it does them good The deep-sea-hotel idea Is the one I am cultivating as a fad. I'd talk on that for a week if I could get anyone to listen to me and I don't have to attend directors meetings or catch trains or look after the coffee and sugar business
 The day excursions close with the first week in August, then the night runs down the bay on the steamer John A. Stamier and the tender John Wise will be made regularly with fare and berths on the steamer S1. and on the tender 50 cents, and meals at cost Be- fore the dayN trips are abamloned the steamer and tender will take out the wo- men and children of the "Hells Kitchen district in Manhattan. with whom MT. and Mrs. Arbuckle became acquainted through boy that Mir Arbuckle found in an industrial colony, and who now works for the Arbuckle brothers, as the firm is still named, though Charles Arr buckle has long been deceased.
 MT. and Mrs. Arbuckle live at No. S15 Clinton avenue. Brooklyn MT. Arbuckle, besides being the head of the coffee and sugar business, is a director of the Im- porters' and Traders bank and the Kings County Trust company. and is president of the Royal Horse association. with ranches in Wyoming MT. Arbuckle and his brother introduced ground coffee in packages, and the growth of their business was phenomenal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
THE PANIC INTERVAL.

From the New York Evening Post
 Lovers of mathematical schedules in trade booms and reactions will doubtless be reminded that, traditlonally. the Tit tie panic comes at something like ten year intervals between the 'big panics," which are some twenty years apart. Thus 1887. serious panic year, was fol- lowed. after an intervening boom" by a smaller crash in 1s44, then by the great collapse of 1857. A little panic" duly occurred in 1S66 and another general breakdown In 1s73-the twenty-year in- terval having been considerably short ened. Another collapse of smaller pro- portions came in 1884 the "gteat panic" coming in sight against, after twenty years, in 1898. 1t may be comforting to know that, If what we are now experience Ing is the traditional little panic. it has arrived on schedule time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07

district, and is the bright part of the city especially after lamps are lit. In it are the theatres and the great ho- tels, and the famous retail stores. No city in the world has brighter or buster district than the "Tenderloin' after nightfall. and few indeed exceed it in daylight hours, although 1t has no historic associations behind it. It Is emphatically and essentially new and modern.
 In the public mind there is an in distinct impression that the Tender loin" stands for all that is degrading and immoral. This is a mistake. It is not base or low-grade at all. It is not the Bowery in any respect. It does harbor much that is disreputable, but it's crime and immortality is of a glittering, dazzling nature. Wealth appears at every hand in the famous district, and churches pierce the sky from every section of it. Its clubs and restaurants, as well as it's expen- sive homes, are known wherever America is known, and this means the civilized world. The "Tenderloin" still lacks wings, but it has been  gravely slandered in public estima- tion. Take it away from the great throbbing city. and you would take away all that attracts the passing stranger, and you would take away also the best culture and greatest force of the mighty town. New York without it's "Tenderloin" would not be New York at all. It would become great big sordid commercial town without poetry or beauty or high spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
THE RAG CARPET.

Emma A. Opper in Harper's Young People We've got a nice rag carpet in the sitting
 room, bran new, All of us cut and sewed the rags; and
 pa, he pricked his thumb. For the evenings pa and Joe and Marcus,
 they'd sew, too, And we reeled some off and colored em;
 and made great balls of some; And we took 'em to the weaver. and she
 wove 'em in her loom. And now we've got new rag carpet in
 the sitting room. We like to go and look at 1t, and walk
 across the floor,
 And count the stripes and talk about
 'em; cause we know em all; The pink one is Jen's old pink dress and
 my pink pinafore, And the brown one with little specks,
 that's Diil's old woolen shawl, And the green ones mas slip cape I
 went and stole. long time ago, And run away. clear up to Dascomb's
 mill, and scared 'em so. And there's a dress of Marcus when he
 was two years old And tumbled in the cistern; and the
 first jacket he had: And the figured gown ma made for Joe
 when he caught such a cold And most had the lung fever. And the
 blue and yellow plaid That Dill earned wedding strawberries
 for grandpa Saturdays; And that old blue stripe we all wore.
 made over different ways And ma, she says it's prettier'n the car
 pets in the store, And just about the handsomest in town'
 she's not much doubt: And pa. he says he's paid first rate TOT
 pricking his thumbs sore For pa says it's reg'lar family history
 all spread out. And twas carpet rags and mem'ries that got wove up in the loom And cut in stripes and sewed and put down in the sitting room
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-07
LIGHT ON LILY WHITES.

From the Washington Star
 It Is announced that the Lily Whites of Alabama will soon start newspaper for the furthering of their plans. Their ven ture will be weekly, to be changed into daily if prosperity attends. We shall probably now be advised of just what these individuals are driving at. They have not up to this time impressed the country favorably. As much as has ap- peared from their declaration of so-ealled principles has suggested at best but a scramble for patronage. Having failed of recognition under Mir Roosevelt they have appeared to be anxious for a deal under somebody else. And, really. isn't that about the size of the movement? Shall we gather anything more from the types they will soon begin to stick? Prob ably not