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The Welcome Wag.

A gentleman was walking with his youngest son at the close of the day and in passing the cottage of Ger man laborer the boys attention was attracted to the dog. It was only a common cur, but the boy took fancy to him, and asked his parent to buy the animal for him, relates the New York Times.
 Just then the owner of the dog came home and was demonstratively met by the dog. The gentleman said to the owner:
 My little boy has taken a fancy to your dog and I should like to buy him. What do you ask for him?"
 q can't sell dat dog," said the Ger man.
 Look here," said the gentleman, "that is poor dog, but as my boy wants him l will give you sovereign for him."
 "Yaas," said the German, T knows he is very poor dog, and not vort much; but der ish von leetle ding init dat dog I can't sell-I can't sell de vag of his tail ven comes home at night
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For His Encouragement.

Notwithstanding the disparity in numbers, Charles KILL, of Sweden marched bravely with his 5000 men against Peter the Great and h.s S0,O00 Russians.
 "What is your object, your majes- ty," demonstrated one of his trusted generals. 'in taking such frightful risk?"
 q want to show the Mikado of Japan," replied the king, "that Czar isn't the whole cheese"
 Shortly afterward the demonstration was complete.-Chicago Tribune.
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Had to Coax the Baby.

Young Mother-Doctor, that bottle of medicine you left for baby is all gone.
 Doctor-Impossible! told you to give him a teaspoonful once an hour.
 Y. M.-Yes, but John and l and mother and the nurse have each to take teaspoonful, too, in order to in- duce the baby to take it.-Modern So- ciety.
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NO BOOM IN SOUTH AFRICA
Residents of the Transvaa1 Having the
 Worst Time in Their Experience.

Worst Time in Their Experience.
 The vehement assertion that the cessation of hostilities in South Africa would be followed by an industrial boom, Q rapid settlement of agricul- tural areas and the establishment of general prosperity throughout the re- zion nave all failed of fulfilment thus far. A published dispatch from Lord Milner presents only the gloomiest of pictures, not only of the present, but also of the future. Here and there some sane mind has refused to join in the optimistic predictions, accepting with such grace as 1t could the maledic tions which always fall upon the heads of those who refuse to add their voices to popular hullabaloo. Events have largely justified pessimistsL
 Briefly, the fact is that there is not and never has been even a fair ground for the excessive expectations of the South African boomer. A measure of restoration of destroyed property, of re. placement, and even of new enterprise, was inevitable, and sufficient financial resources were available for these pur- poses. Much was required, and in the supply of those requirements the United. States has participated, with no small advantage to itself.
 But certain physical facts must be taken into any adequate consideration of South African affairs. Without its gold mines and its diamond mines the country would still be very much like 1t was before the discovery of those properties: q vast area of little attrac- tion to settlers; potentially productive under costly systems of irrigation, but lying so far from centers of consump- tion that the placing of products in market centers left the producers at a great disadvantage in their competition with other countries. The opening of the mining districts created local mar kets for only comparatively limited quantity of the products of field and farm. These conditions were not much changed by the war, and are not likely to De altered materially in the imme- diate future.
 The improvement in mining condi. tions and the increase in mining prod ucts through the proposed importation of contract Asiatic labor will give q stimulus to industry in the Transvaal. But the advance of South Africa be- yond the condition of vast area with here and there a busy mining center must be made by slow, though perhaps by steady, movement
 South Africa, like every other region, falls under the economic laws of con- parative production and distribution, and until more naturally fruitful areas more conveniently situated with refer ence to centers of consumption are more fully occupied England's new possession will be heavily handicapped. New York Sun.
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Eruptions

The only way to get rid of pilnples and other erup- tions is to cleanse the blood, improve the digestion, stim- ulate the kidneys, liver and skin. The medicine to take is Hoods sSarsaparlla Which has cured thousands.
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Have you any chronic disease? You need Dr. Carey's Blood Builder, the best known remedy. Write for book let, 329 Byrne Bldg, Los Angeles.
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Malaria is slow poison, but the most stubborn and deeply rooted when it takes possession of the sys- tenn. We breathe into the lungs the polluted, germ tainted ar the little microbes then enter into the sys tem and feeding upon the red corpusces of the blood reduce this vital, life-sustaning fluid to such weak, watery state that the patient becomes stless
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DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness. and that is by constitutional remedies. dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infiamed yeu have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and when 1t is entirely closed. Deafness is the result. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing wul 6e destroyed forever; nine cases out q ten are caused by Catarrh. which 10 nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous services.
 We will give One Hundred Dollafs for any case of Deafness (causcd hy catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halre Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
 F.J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo. O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A medical journal declares that people who drink cows milk are more inclined to consumption than those who use the milk of the reindeer, the buffalo, the ass or the goat.
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Judicial Sarcasm.

"What is your age, madam" asked he judge of witness.
 Thirty" she replied.
 Thirty whatY' asked his honor. Thirty years, of courseY snapped the fair witness.
 "Beg pardon," said the judge, T thought perhaps it was thirty months."
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 dark yellow spoches " ~ O"A nr'N. appear the kn the properly digest and there frequent headaches taste the mouth constipation aud general tired feeling that only from Malaria can describe Other and dangerous symptoms apt follow where this disease neglected aon papaion sleepessness enlarged liver weak kidneys bo and rsing and dangousookng Malaria is all the dangerous because of insidous steahy
 atmospheric poon and the and microbes lodged the blood popagatng and increasing whl coggng the circulation and gradually wreckng the hcah
 What is needed in Malarial troubles is @0OS a blood purifier and tonic. S. s. S. purifes V@VS%XS% the germ-infected blood, tones tip the o1- N~N ach, improves the appetite and nvigorates oIA h. the entire system. It stimulates the torpid sluggish organs of the body enabling them
 to properly perform their functions and of the ee9ns and matter that have been pouting the blood cloggng the circulation. tans strong minerals, but is strictly vegetable remedy, purifier without equal and the greatest of all onic you symptoms of Malaria write and medical be nished without cost THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, ATLANTA,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
SCHOOL CLOSING IN SPoTSYL.
WANNA.
The Pupils Treated to a Picnic.

Massaponax school No 3. CourtlanC
| District. Spotsylyania county, closed H.
term with picnic at Bloody Angle
| June 10
The wagons which conveyed the chill
dFen - the picn'c grounds were decorat
cd for the orcRaion with evergreens
I flowers, & s tlags, and red. white anC
blue streAmers
! he children were very merry, both II
getting ~ and on the route, singing auc
cheering ior their flag and colors.
Lily Palmer. Cora Jones, Robert
Palmer. Juie Clarke, Estelle Acors. Car
rie Cannon. Florence Haynes and Bertha
rowlcs received medals, on each, al
which " ere engraved their initials ant
the word EXrrl-ilr May this motto be
theirs through life, In every worthy en-
terprise. and az the close Of life, a. at IN,
close of school. may this same plsudit
embodied in the WORDS We'll Done, meet
them upon the other shore.
Frank Cannon. Alvin Smith, Ella
Lewis Ethel Morris, Joe Ac0rs, Salli,
Haynes, Myrtle Haynes, Helen Jones
Kendler Jones Boyce Jones. Ellen
rowles. Lloyd Morris, Strother Lewis
AMI Joe Cannon deserve honorable men
ton. ~ being also -tandhys in the make
np of the school. and most Of them have
studied well and have made fine progress
The trache- was presented with a
handsome silver water set, also q pretty
pin cushion. bO-h II which are highly
appreciated.
Tearhrr.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
THE SITUATION IN COLORADO.

II the newspapers OF the country
are correct in their estimate OF Col
orado's standing in the sisterhood
OF States, she does not occupy n very
exalted position, and it is certain
that the condition OF affairs there at
present is most deplorable. The New
York World declares that from top
so bottom, from subservient COVER
nor and corrupt legislators, to law
less dynamiters and lawless vigilants,
the State is utterly demoralized.
We doubt not that at least the civil
authorities as well as the labor unions
are in part responsible for the deplor-
able conditions, in which, as is usu-
ally the case, innocent persons, for
the most part, are made to suffer, but
can hardly join in the cry, that Colo
RADIO stands so low in the scale OF
civilization as she is placed by the
press. IL similar conditions existed
in any other State in the Union there
is no guarantee that the same evil
dence of anarchy and lawlessness
would not exist. Pennsylvania is
considered fairly we'll governed
State under normal conditions, and
yet during the great coal strike III
1902 outrage after outrage wascom-
mitted, and the local State govern
ment came in for a full measure of
blame at the hands of the newspapers.
During the excitement growing ont
Of the political turmoil in Kentucky,
which eliminated in the murder OF
Governor Goebel, that State was held
up to the public view as a blot upon
the good name OF the American
Union, and yet under Governor Goe-
bells successor, with normal condi-
tions, Kentucky has been we'll govern
ed and has reassumed her good name
Is would seem, therefore, that it Is
unwise TO Judge the moral status Of
a State under conditions such as eX-
ist in Colorado at the present time
No doubt both miners and State au-
thorities have been woefully in the
wrong, but would not the same or
practically the same state OF affairs
exist in any other Commonwealth
confronted by like crisis
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
VIRGINIA ~ EWS.

Geo. d. Peasants, a leading insurance
man of Richmond is dead, aged 20 years
MIR. Geo. A. Haynes, proprietor Of the
Stonewsll warehouse, Richmond, is seri
ously i'll.
Mr.. James Keeno has accepted a posi-
ton with Mr. Chss Ruffiin as typewriter
and stenographer.
Robt. R. Holland has been appointed
postmaster at Seville, Madison county,
vice W. J. Holland, dead.
Albert p. johnson, Of Alexandria, who
was selected for appointment by Rep
resentative Rixey at cadet at Annapo-
lie, was unable to enter the academy by
reason OF the age limit, he being just a
few weeks tooyoung. The alternate, Mr..
Eben Tyree Laws, Of Culpeper, has been
appointed TO the position.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

On account OF physical inability to
make the canvass, Gov. Cameron
has withdrawnirom the Compression
al contest in the Petersburg district.
This announcement was made by the
Ex-Governor at Boydton Monday,
where he and Mr.. Southall, his com
petitor, we're to have joint discus
sion. The announcement was quite
a surprise to all and a matter OF re.
greet to his friends, as it is said his
success was almost certain. 1t il
now believed that Mr.. Soushall will
be nominated.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
CAROLINE.
Church Notes-PerSonals and Other
Items.

CroNton, Va, June -, 1904
There was large attendance at Coun
/ ~ Line sunday school sunday Rev. e.
| {. Davis was present, and gave a very
good and interesting talk on the lesson
Mr. T. A. Luck. OF Richmond Ia visit
ing his mother Mrs NJ. :. Luck
Miss Dabney. Of Guineys, and her
| friend. Miss Morton, are the guests ol
Miss Mary Dabncy.
Mrs. $ W. Wilson, who has been
spending some time with Mira. A. W
Davis. returned home Sunday.
/ We are glad TO learn that Mics Lucy
Smith. who has been At the hospital ia
/ Richmond several weeks having an oper
alton performed, il improving rapidly
/ She has been removed from the Hospital
10 her brothers home in the city, and
| hopes soun TO be well enough TO return
/ home
We regret that MIR j. r. Davis IL st'll
suffering very much from the wound in.
/ ficted hy girl He was undergoing ~
much pain from his sprained knee that
/ he went 10 Richmond Monday To con
suit his physician
| There will be all day meeting at Coun.
/ " Line the second Sunday in July, il be
ing the day appointed for the ordina
ton Of Rev G. G. Davis. Among the
eminent diyines expected are DR.. T )
Runaway, OF your city; DR. Il. ". Win
frey, ot Culpeper, and Rev. & II. Ry land
oi Richmond.
Miss lilburue Smith, who has been
visiting her friend, Miss Leila Kearney
In Fairfax county, il expected home tn
day She has been attending the com
mencement at the Episcopal Seminary
aud has had delightful visit.
Mir Il. T. billiard in attending the
| Horse Show In your city.
Capt and Mrs e. T. Smith spent Sat
urday in Richmond
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
Westmoreland Notes.

Chiltons, Va, June Goth 1901
Wheat growers here are harvesting
their crops The wheat has good full
head.
Hard wick and Sanford have gotten
their cannery at Deep Point in readiness
for canning berries. They will not can
cherries, as most OF the factories through.
out this section are doing. The berry
.rop will be large. The factOrymen will
pay twenty cents per bucket.
Neither the Good Road Association nor
the Northern Neck Immigration Associa-
ton, OF the Northern Neck, have held a
meeting for some time. and but little is
being done along their proposed line OF
work"
Miss Ida Hinson, OF Maryland lis spend
ing a while at her parental home here.
Miss Blanche Rowe has returned home
from Washington, where she spent sew
eral months.
Mr.. L. l.. Hunter, of King George
county, was in this section few days
ago.
Mr.. George Chandler, OF Chicago, is
visiting his father, Capt. J. Fl. Chandler,
our popular oyster inspector. at Mon.
tross Young Mr. Chandler has a good
paying position 10 the great city of the
West. Mr. Eddie Chandler, of Manches
ter, Va, is also visiting Capt. Chandler.
Jack Frost.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
Letter to G w Wroten
Fredericksburg Va

Dear Sir: A big mill-owner, Spsrtans-
burg, 3 c, wanted 5000 gallons Of paint,
and bought by price; paid . cents less
than ours; got "lesd and zinc paint;
but the lead was sulphate OF lead, not
carbonate. Sulphate costs about half;
and covers about half.
That paint was adulterated about six
times az much as the cents paid for.
He saved" . ceuts; and it cost him 30.
Oh no; it cost him more than that; we
forgot the labor. Can't work it out ex-
actly; don't know how long it'll wear.
Short measure besides; that alone was
twice az much az his Saving" 5 cents.
1t was thin, too; some lose there; don't
know how much.
There was too much dryer in 1t. The
maker made something on that; he
didn't
Taking it altogether, he didn't make
much by that 8 cents.
Go by the name: and the name is De
voc lead-and zinc.
Yours truly
FW DEvoE & Co
40 New York
PSI Willard Adams sells our paint.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
Letter to ". D. Conway
fredericksburg Va.

Dear Sir: Mr. y Avery. Delhi, y !, haC
two houses txac ~ alike, and painted
them one D-voe lead and zinc; the Other
barry tr- and zinc He paid same price ior
both paints.
lie used six gallons oilead and-Einc. |
gallons barry tes and zine.
Hepsid II for painting lead.and.zinc
S3G for painting barytes and zinc.
The total cost OF the lead and zinc jot
was S27. the total cost Of the barytes
anu zinc iob wac S54
He didn't know ne was buying barry ties
the dealer told him that paint was ~
good a. Devoe
4 fair example Of how it generally
comcs-out, when you buy something
lust a. good Better 90 by the name
the name; and the name il DevOe.
Yours truly
FW DEyOE & Go
30 New York
p. s. j. W. Adams sells our paint.
Lightning struck DR.. f. W. Twyman r
large barn in Madison county, damag-
ing the top. killed n COW for G. d. ivy.
man. struck number Of trees and other
things The wheat crop, just ripe for
harvest, was blown down and injured
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

1t is reported that the Slemp fac
tion Of the Republican party OF Vir-
ginia has received a black eye at
Chicago. This came about in cOnsid-
ering contest from the Norfolk
Congressional district by the Nation
al Committee. After investigation,
the committee decided in favor OF
seating Messrs. Bowden and Martin,
which, i. is claimed, will make Bow
den the National Committeeman over
Marshal Treat, and which is vic
tory over the Slemp or anti-organi-
cation wing OF the party.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

The National Republican Conven-
tion Is now in session in Chicago for
the purpose of making nominations
for President and Vice President, and
for promulgating a platform upon
which she party will stand. II ante
convention reports are to be credited
there is no enthusiasm among the
delegates concerning any OF the work
the gathering has In hand. Indeed
1t is highly probable that no national
convention of a great party ever as
sembled In which there was as little
interest on the part of thepublic gen
orally as there is In the outcome OF
the work before the convention. The
only item OF interest up TO the pres
emit time has been in the probable con-
test over the Vice Presidential nomi
nation, and latest accounts declare
that Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
will be the unanimous choice oil the
delegates. Everything appears to
be cut and dried, and everything and
everybody is thoroughly dominated
by Mr.. Roosevelt. Not that the del
egates or party leaders enjoy or viii
lingly submit to this domination, for
there is an evident undercurrent Of
disgruntlement, which, while it will
not demonstrate itseliin open revolt,
will be felt to a greater or less degree
at the polls. THERE'S dissatisfaction
at Mr.. Roosevelt, because those who
have heretofore controlled the des-
TIMES OF the Republican party have
never had anything just like him to
deal with before, and they do not en-
tirely trust him. There is dissatis-
faction on the part OF a respectable
number OF the party on account OF
she tari1 plank which Will surely De
adopted, because reciprocity and reg
ulation of tariff as enunciated by
Blaine, and by Mckinley in his Buf-
falO speech, has been pet dream OF
these Republicans for many years
Nevertheless candidate and platform
will be rammed down their thrOats,
and they must accept the inevitable.
1t remains 30 be seen whether the
Democrats at st. Louis will have the
wisdom to take advantage otthe sit
ustion, and place in their platform a
tempting morsel to these discOntents
in the way OF a tariff plank. If they
do there is every hope for a repeti-
tion OF the Republican defeat OF 1892.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

Senator Fairbanks is still as "dumh
as an oyster" on the vice presidential
nomination and will not intimate to
his nearest friends his acceptance Of
Of the position II it should be offered
to him. This silence may cost him
the nomination, as a boom has been
started for Congressman Hit, who
Is anxious for the nomination. 1t il
thought Mr.. Fairbanks must talk OF
give up the contest.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

1t is reported that the Colorado
miner dynamiters have been arrested
and are now in jail. the evidence
against them Is thought to be con-
elusive. 1t is to be hoped now that
the deportation and persecution OF
miners will cease and that they will
be permitted 10 return TO their work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
NARROWLY ESCAPED LYNCHlNG
New York Mob Had Rope Ready
When Police lnterfered.

New York, June PA man who
described himself az Henry Binns, a
painter, 81 years old, narrowly es-
capped lynching at the hands of an in
furiated crowd on the upper East
Side. When rescued by detail of po-
lice which had been called from a
nearby station, Binns. bleeding from
the nose and cars as a result of the
beating he had received, stood with
his back against a lamp post In the
center of a surging mob. A small boy
had Just arrived on the scere with a
stout piece of clothes line.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

In consequence Of the bad feeling
engendered in the Illinois State Re-
publican convention, and the threats
OF the factions to punish each other,
there is strong probability that Hi.
nols will be a Democratic State in the
Presidential election il the right man
IA nominated at st. Louis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
CAMERON WlrHDRAWS.
Will Not Be Candidate For Con
oreSs,

Ex-Governor Cameron has withdrawn
from the race for the Democratic nomi
nation for Congress in the Fourth dis
trict He made the announcement At
Boydton Monday. Heand Congressman
Southsll were scheduled for a joint de.
bate, and Southsll was to speak first
Mr.. Cameron stated that his health was
not equal 10 the exertion necessary u
make the canvass.
He declared that this was hot time
for any dissensiOn in the party. and he
proposed to retire from the race. After
a few minutes discussion of the issues
the party should support, he formally
withdrew bis candidacy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
w. a. Fleet a Winner.

The committee appointed to choose
the holder OF the Rhodes scholarship as.
signed Virginia from among the list OF
candidates who successfully passed theex
amiustions held at the University of Vir.
ginia awarded the honor to Vim. A.
Fleet, student in the Academic De-
partment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

Massachusetts has woman as a
candidate for Secretary OF State.
She was nominated by the Prohibi.
ZIONIST convention. II she succeeds
in getting a majority vote, her Undue
ton into Office might be a knotty
question.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23

The report is that more colored
delegates than usual will be accredit-
ed 70 the Chicago convention, and
among the most distinguished will
b. DR.. Crum, the much appointed
collector of the port OF Charleston.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-23
Japanese Schooner Captured.

Vladivostok. June PA large Japa-
nese schooner, laden with provisions,
has been brought into port. Russian
torpedo boats have destroyed a num-
Der of other Japanese sailing craft
loaded with food, along the coast OF
japan.