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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-04-09
Net a Flat.-rin1 Portrait.

Thomas b. Reeds portrait was
painted by Sargent during the last
year of his service in congress. When
it was brought to him he looked at it
critically. He noted the %protruding
lips, the faithful reproduction Of his
ford complexion. of his flabby cheeks,
of his %ponderous neck. His eyes mar
rOwed between the lids and there came
a cold CLINT in them. Then, pursuing
his lips as was his wont, he is said to
have remarked: 81 hope that my dear.
est. enemy is satisfied now"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-04-09
3y Might.

dream of home that is no more,
The porch. familiar. spreads.
The window glints. wide swings the door
And roses nod their heads.
see my fathers sturdy frame,
My mothers whitening t~Iesses:
He calls me by my boyhood NAME,
My brow she still caresses.
Then tell not me their hands are still
Beneath yon mound Of heather,
The hands that. Joined for good or Ill,
Chung yet in death together.
And tell not me the old house lies
A wreck. to rise no more;
Above it still the swallow flies,
The rose still guards the door.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Hard on The LEGISLATURE .

Alter meeting at intervals during four
years the life of the legislature, probably
the longest in the history of Virginia. eH'
pired by limitation last week. new
General Assembly reigns it its place, its
life. however, being fixed by law at go
days. The legislature which died last
week owed Its length oiliie TO the con
stitutonal convention. That body. being
supreme, authorized it to sit for an in
definite period. and many Of the m' mbers
knowing full well that the Jig was up
with them, go far a. their ever being made
legislators again, went the limit aud
drew their pay until the last minute
The legislature will be remembered chei
" az asalsrly grabbing body, and should
have adjourned two years agU. Many
OF its members know about as much
about making laws a. they do about
Sans,rit, and their main object in re-
manning in Richmond was to draw their
four dollars per day. May its like never
gather again. The legislature is dead =
short live the legislature. Alexandria
Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Stafford Notes.
Ruby, Va, Jai

Ruby, Va, Jan. l4th, l9Ol.
Miss Tillie + Cooper. who has been on
an extended trip to relatives in the
NORTH has returned to her home near
here. Her many friends are glai TO have
her within their circle again, for she II IA
decided favOrite wherever she gots.
Miss Il. B llerndon, OF Stafford store
left Tuesday for Washington, where sh'
will spend short while. and then eI
tend her pleasure trip to Baltimore, New
York and other Northern cities. Ga her
return she expects to make her home III
Mashine ton.
Mr. Raymond b. TOsOn is seriously i'll
at his home, near Tacketts Mill, With
pneumonia and measles. Drs. H. }.
Payne. Of GarrisOnyile, and Nm. Tate,
f Tackett's Mill, are the ply sIcians in
Mr. FOLSOM il very popu.
lar young man, aud neighbors and
friends join in hearty wish for a speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Murray Hern on is very sick with
erysipelas at her home, near Shacklett.
DR.. Payne il treating her case.
Mr.. Thomas j. Moore, of Stafford
Courthouse, was in the neighborhooc
Sunday.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
STAFFORD.
Everything Pleasing, Except the Bad
Roads-An Appeal For a Remedy.

Everything Pleasing, Except the BAD
Roads Appeal For a Remedy.
Stafford Co.. Va, Jan. llth, l9o4
The Christmas of 1908. with oil OF it's
family reunions. iestivities, holy services
and ioyous excitement for the little iOlk,
has passed down the corridors ol TIME
and il now with the eternal pas. Inc
new year. with its open volume j. before
us and fairly commenced. Nh Il sor-
rows. what Joys. what wonderful dis
coveres. what strides in science are yet
to be read by this generation III its nu'
written pages
I'm our country neighbOrhood all has
been quiet along the Potomac, broken
only Inv the sound Of wagons loaded
with cross ties. or with thick crystal zee
rolling over the frozen roads, the latter
being music 90 the ears OF those VINO
anticipate the swelteriug days ol July
and August. But speaking OF roads we
have something 10 say on that su' jet.
lt is a hackneyed theme, yet new aun H'
all times interesting To those VINO da,iy
sink deeper in mud and holes. Like ths
race problem, This question seems To
have no solution and our lawmakers
anpear blind and dumbto its tremendous
difficulties. and "why?' il on every up
With us IL il not the winter SHOWS or
spring floods that make such acondltion
excus able. but during all four seasons oi
the wear they are bad. Strangers and
visitors come to our neighborhOod and
return to their homes, elOquent-nOt IN
praises bur in wonder that we allow
such an evil to exist. Land purchasers
also come. aud profess themselves charm
ed with the genial, hospitable people :;
with the varied and plentiful production
Of our soil aud our cool Gear water and
balmy climate: hut the roads 4 drum
mer was asked the other day, by one OF
ur neighbors what he thought oi our
roads. "Well. he replied. ! have driven
a great deal and have see much better.
but never worse roads in all my travels.
Now this is no idle Or us al wall over
what can't be helpe but just . call to
those whose duty il IL TO see that some
remedy i devised for great evil.
The winter promises To be ore oi MI
usual severity. resembling those at Aud
Lang Syne. when, the old folk tell us.
the snow stayed on the ground from
December till April, and that the wheat
rop and other vegetation were protected
and safe under the big. white carpet
We earnestly hope that 1901 may con.
tain many blessings for our country and
our people. and great prosperity Tor tht
Fredericksburg Free Lance
Interested Reader
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
r7F0F 2jcK8BURG, Va, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1904.
KING GEORGE.

The Labor Question and the Farmers
Problems To Be Solved These
Questions May Be Brought UP in
The Farmers Institute, II Held.
Comorn. Va Jan. 18th
IL has been evident for some time that
the scarcity anG uncertainty oi labor IN
some farming communities would force
many Of the farmers to make radical
changes in their mode OF operations.
With an inadequate supply of lbbOr, II
is impossible TO cultivate as much area
in corn and wheat a. could be cultivated
with an ample supply OF labor. There
fore il now looks a. II the trst important,
or significant, change 10 be made Will be
a considerable reduction Of area, aud al
ready some are arranging To dispose oi
some OF their teams, machinery, etc, rs
a necessary step towards that change
So far, it appears TO be "A perpeXing
question as 10 how can reduction OF
area in cultivation be made without
seriously reducing the income from the
farms; or, in other words, what Will take
the place OF the large crops OF corn and
wheat What could compensate Tor q
tremendous decrease in our chiei COM
modities?
A good many King GeOrgians are pre-
pairing TO engage this year in the cult
walton Of tomatoes for the local canneries
and for shipment to the large ctiss, aud
hope 10 realize AZ much from "a lew acres
Of tomatoes as could be realized flOm "A
large field OF corn Ii is estimated and
the estimate iSsbased upon experiment,
that one man and one boy with
one good horse can make as much money
by raising tomatoes az three men aud
three horses can make by raising corn
/. O.. the labor of one man and one horse
will yield a. much money in growing
tomatoes As the labor of three IN and
three horses will yield in raising corn,
after deducting the hire and boari OF the
two additional men aud two additional
horses necessary for the corn crop his
estimate is made by men who have IN
yestigated the matter. and not by your
correspondent. Whether this the ry or
estimate, il correct or incorrect. The Tact
remains that our farmers are iace.i with
the unavoidable necessity oil chAoging
their methods OF farming and that they
are consequently, confronted by prob
lem not easy to solve. This would
probably prove an Interesting subject for
discussion at the proposed farmers III
stitute 10 be held in fredericksburg
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
n. v. TURNER.
In Memoriam.
4 srArNcu FRIEND HAS FALLEy.

Welcome, Va, Jan. 8, 1904.
At an official business meeting OF the
Salem Baptist church, the undersigned
committee was appointed, and the fol
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, IL has pleased Almighty God
In His infinite wisdom To call To the
realms OF eternal existence our esteemed
friend and benefactor, Mr. Henry V. Tur-
ner, who departed this life Tuesday, DE
cember 29,h, aud althO' we recognize our
inability to properly sszuage the grief
that the Unsuitable archer Death has
caused-be it
Resolved, First: That we bow with
profound reverence to Him who dOeth
all things well. and who il too wise TO
err and too good 10 be unkind.
Resolved, Second: That in the death
OF Mr.. Turner, King George county has
lost one of her best and most loyal citi-
izens, Salem church Christian beuefac-
tor and the people at large an inesti.
mable friend, and that the church and
the community, feeling keenly the shic-
ton, founding their belief upon the Chris.
tian characteristics go largely exemplifed
in his life, believe that
In that great cloister's stiffness and se-
clusioD,
BY guardian angels led
Safe from temptation sale from sins
pollution,
He lives whom we mourn ~ dead.
Committee. j. II. A. Cyrus, d. d -.
Edward Jefferson. Jesse Brooks. Philip
Banks. Wm H. Tate, jas. II. johnson.
Geo. A. Clopton, John II Coghill War
ner Sayles, Washington King. Jefferson
Bass. Hadwel Johnson, Il. Il. jackson,
J. Milton Nash, Geo. ". Robinson, VIM
Harrison; Robt. " Jefferson. A. B.
Chairman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
GOOD SPIRITS.

Good spirits don't all come from
Kentucky. Their main source is the
liver-and all the fine spirits ever
made in the Blue Grass State could
not remedy a bad liver or the hun
dred and one i'll effects it produces.
You can't have good spirits and a bad
liver at the same time. Your liver
must be in fine condition If you would
feel buoyant, happy and hopeful
bright of eye. light Of step, vigorous
and successful in your pursuits. You
can put your liver in fine condition
by using Green's August Flower he
greatest of all medicines for the liver
and stomach, and certain cure for
dyspepsia or Indigestion. 1t has been
favorite househould remedy for
over th.rty-five years. August Flower
will make your liver healthy and ac-
tive, and thus insure you a liberal
supply of good spirits. Trial size 25c,
regular bottles 7jc. At all druggists.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
JUST ONE MINUTE.

one Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it Kills the
microbe which tickles the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and
at the same time cles RS the phlegm.
draws out the Inflammation and
heals and soothes the affected parts.
One Minute Cough Cure strengthens
the lungs, wards of pneumonia and
is a harmless and never failing cure
in all durable cases of cough. colds
and Group. One Minute Cough Cure
is pleasant TO take, harmless and
good alike for young and old. Sold
by ID. 6. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
CURED AFTER SUFFERING 10
YEARS.

b. f. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle a
Mfg. Co, Middletown, o., suffered
for ;ten years with dyspepsia. He
spent hundreds of dollars for medi-
cine and with doctors without re-
ceiying any permanent benefit. He
says, zone night while feeling ex-
ceptionally bad | was about to throw
down the evening paper when saw
an item in the paper regarding the
merits of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, |
concluded TO try il and while / had
no faith in II felt better after the
second dose. After using two bottles
| am stronger and better than have
been I'm years, and | recommend
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to my friends
and acquaintances suffering from
stomach trouble Sold by ID. G.
Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
To Raise Thoroughbred

Mr.. Henry r. 0xnsrd, one of the sugar
trust msgnstes, has purchased OF Mr..
h. White the Fountain Hill, or more re-.
Gently known a. the Beverly farm, con-
tanning $50 acres and situated about
two miles southeast of this place. MIR
Oxnsrd's manager, Mr. Jarnin, has taken
possession of the place and will begin, as
soon ~ the weather will permit, the
erection of four barns The place, we un-
derstand, will be devoted to the breed
ing of thoroughbred horses. .-Upperyiile
Corr Warrenton NiginiaD.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
KEEPS CORN FORTY YEARS
An Indiana Farmer Will Make an Un-
usual Display at the World s Fair.

Corn that has attained the ripe age OF
40 years, and yet appears to be as good
as on the day that it was harvested, will
be shown at the Worlds Fair by an In
diana farmer l.. G.. Pence, a pioneer
settler Of Grant county, harvested an un-
usually large corn crop in the fall Of
1864 He put aside 100 bushels OF that
years harvest and kept it in an open
crib. IL has remained there ever since
and received no treatment other than to
allow the air to pass through it at all
times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
A VEST POCKET DOCTOR.

Never in the way, no trouble to
carry, Easy 10 take, pleasant and
never failing in results are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. A vial of these
little pills in the vest pocket is a GER
tain guarantee against headache,
biliousness, torpid liver and all OF the
illsresulting from constipation. They
tonic and strengthen the liver. Sold
by ID. G. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
viroinian. Will be For Roosevelt.

George f Bowden. OF Norfolk, RPPnb-
lican national committeeman fr IN Viz
ginis, says that the coming Virginia
State convention will not only endorte
Roosevelt's course as president, but will
instruct it's delegates to the national Ne
publican nominating convention TO vote
ior Roosevelt's denomination first, last
and always.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
A pIrZzLE WORTH HAVING.

DR.. G. q. Green, of Woodbury., New
Jersey, whose advertisement appears
in our paper regularly, will mail to
any one sending a &c stamp, TO pay
postage, one of his new German Syrup
and August Flower Puzzles, ma lie OF
wood and glass 1t amuses and per-
plexes young and old. Although very
difficult, II can be mastered. Mention
this paper.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Gen. Lees Rodyauard Dead

Jas O. KiDnier died in Roanoke We'd
nesday, aged 60 years. He was an ex-
Confederate and was a bodyguard TO
Gen. Lee at Appomattox when he sur
rendered to the Union forces He leaves
a widow and two children.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Now Civil War Teamsters Ask For
$40 Pension.

The organization Of transfers Of the
Civil war will send q petition tn Congress,
asking for the passage OF a law allowing
teamsters on the payroll during the war
to receive a pension OF not less than SO
monthly Petitions from similar organ
izations throughout the country will be
presented.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take ScOtts
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength siver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invalids, for con.
vaIescents, for consumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, Scott
Emulsion is a rich and com.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
WHATS IN 4 NAME9

Everything is in the name when it
comes TO Witch Hazel Salve. +. G..
Dewitt & Company, of Chicago, dis
covered some years ago how TO make
salve from Witch Hazel that is a
specific for Piles. For blind. bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, eczema,
cuts. burns, bruises and all skin dis
eases DeWitt's Salve has no equal.
This has given rise to numerous
worthless conterfeits. Ask for De
Witt's-the genuine. Sold by ID. G.
Bowman.
All donkeys haven't long ears; some
,yaar oilk hato
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

When some men give a social blow out
they never stop blowing about what
they blew in OH the affair.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
The Souths Christmas Gift.

There was nothing in any OF the Christ
mas stockings for 1903 that equaled the
$500. 900. 900 for which the South sold
it's cotton crop.-Phila Record.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

IL is the law of self-preservation that
makes a man wearing silk hat look
over his shoulder when he passes small
boy with a snow ball
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

woman cares not where a man halls
from if she il permitted TO reign.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

Today a man is struggling for justice,
aud tomorrow he will flee IRON il.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

Fortunately for his neighbors, the man
who borrows trouble never pays it back.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19
Mems Storm Goats

Fifty-two inches long, with high
storm collar, all wool, black lining,
Manufacturers price, fo.9O
Underselling price, Z.So
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-19

Gen. King has frequently visited here
ia recent years and ia WILL k1own and
much apJ re lated by our people. He has
m any friends in this city and is always
a welcome visitor.
Gen King is a warm advocate Of the
establishment OF National Park on the
battlefelds in Spotsylvania county, and
il president OF the association having
that object in view.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04
A Doctors Lille Daughter
Cured Of Grip by Pe-FW-na.

DR.. r. Robbins, Physician and Sur
geon of Musl1ogee, Indian Ter, writes:
Il have been a practicing physician
for a good many years and vas always
slow to take hold of patent medicines,
but this winter my little girl and my
self were taken with the grip. I vas so
bad l was not able to sit up. 1 sent for
a doctor, but he did me no good.
Finally 1 sent and got a bottle of
Peruna and commenced to take it. 1
took two bottles and my cough was
gone and my lungs loosened up and my
head became clear. My little girl took
the same way.
at looked as though she would die,
she was 30 sick. IgaVe her medicine,
but 1t seemed 10 do her little good, so
I sent and got one nor bottle of Pc
runa and commenced to give IL TO her.
II was only a short time until she was
getting along ell right so I give your
medicine PeruHa, the praise for what
II did for me and my dear little dauRh-
ter. DIR r. Robbins.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04
Pictorial Bunlor


He was a bowling balloon OF the
Metropolitan club, and went too far.
This is what he wrote her:
1T Is with the greatest difficulty that
I have resisted the temptation to re-
spond to your frequent and pressing
invitations to call on you at your
home, and | feel that l shall not long
be able to withstand them
And she replied;
Il do o feel that I ought to add
to your burdens, but If you should
succumb so far as to call, mamma Will
be delighted to see you"
There" said she, as she splashed
the mauye wax on the back and
stamped it with her cum button,
when that pricks through his thick
skinned conceit he will not be able to
sail around the Washington monument
and back to the club in thirty minutes
without stopping to pump up his
tires.'-Washington Post.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04

Accused Of Murder.

Florence Burns, accused Of the muir.
der Of Walter s.. Brooks at New York
on the night Of Feb. IA, was arraigneJ
last week.
John Earl. night clerk ~ the Gler
Island Hotel, could not positively iden
tify the young woman as the compan
ion Of Waiter s. Brooks on the nigh
of the murder. He said that Brooke
and a woman entered the hotel al
about 9;45 on the night of Feb. IA
The woman, he testified, looked very
much like Miss Burns.
He testified that Brooks registered
as y. Wilson and wife, and had hiret
a room, one o. the cheapest in the
house. He rang a bell and told George
Washington. the negro bellboy, Il
show the couple to room No, u on the
third floor.
About an hour later, he said, his
a%nnunciator registered a call from
room No. y, upon answering wtict
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04

A Specimen of the Curious Tra9opsn
on Exhibition.

- OREShN~t W hhN w iiGICHGAi
on Exhibition.
One of the birds exhibited at the
sportsmen's show of the International
Forest, Fish and Game Association, 1t
the Coliseum, has it in lis power to
do something at n moments notice
any wealthy ornithologist in the world
would give a large sum of money to
see. Some few men have seen the
bird do the thing without paying any
admission fee, but the records Of the
creatures act may be counted ON the
fingers of II hand.
The bird is Tenminck's %tragopan. a
species of pheasant. Its beauty of
piumage is beyond comparison with
anything in art and is rivaled in its
varied hues only by the feathers OF the
peacock and the Argus pheasant. The
tragopan has rolled under its chin like
n tucked-up bib on a child. a feather
apron. In the birds normal condition
this rolled apron practically is invis-
BILE, nothing showing except a family
defined line that seems to be drawn
across the raised surface of the throat.
On rare occasions the tragopan raises
its head, struts a little proudly and
then unrolls its apron of feathers I'M
til 1t covers the birds entire front.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04
Fated Gran / vlzlers.

OF the latest 200 grand vizieIs ofitht
Sultan of Turkey not more than TWEEN.
ty-four. says a French statlstician
have died naturally. One hundred o
them, he asserts, were poisoned, ano
thirty six of the others were either be.
headed of drowned in the Bosphorus
OF the remaining forty he has not beer
able to find any trace, but from the 81.
lence of Turkish historians on the sub
iect he concludes that their end wa.
not happy. One of the viziers wa.
only four hours in Office, and another
occupied the position for only ten min
utes, being strangled at the end o
that time. nals ri.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04

The fiction of the mysterious load
stone mountain which drew the naiis
but Of ships that approached near
enough, has a certain foundation IN
fact, says the Steele. only the fact has
suffered by expansion. On the coast
Of Norway. near Joedern, there is o
sane dune Of nearly three-quarters of
a mile in length. The sand is mixed
with particles of lo%adstone, and when
a ship m in the vicinity the COM
pass becomes Irregular, and the yes
sci is entangled in a kind of whirlpool
and thrown ashore.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1904-08-04

the bellboy noted the odor of gas IL
the hallway and reported the fact tc
him. He sent the boy to investigate
and the boy found the body Of Brooks
who had been shot in the back Of the
head. The had gone.
George Washington, the bellboy a
the Glen Island Hotel, declared witt
great assurance that the prisoner at tn,
bar was the woman who accompanied
Brooks to room No. u of the GleI
Island Hotel on the eventful night.
The woman denies her guilt, ant
further evidence must be Forthcoming
If the authorities hope to prove he
the murderess. ,