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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25

pared a bulletin from the sick room TO
the efect that il the patient did not
have another sinking spell. such a
had come to him earlier in the day.
he would probably live through the
night When the physician lett the
sick chamber the senator was per
fectly conscious appeared TO have no
pain and had answered questions put
10 him by those at the bedside. show
ing that his mind was clear In the
room at the time were Mrs. Platt and
the senator's only son, Judge James
p. Plat. of the United States circuit
court who had reached the house
three hours earlier.
Immediately after dissolution had
taken place il was stated by the fam
ilv that the funeral would occur from
the house and the interment would be
here. i'm accordance with the wish Of
the senator.
Senator Plat contracted severe
cold while the Swayne Impeachment
trial al the national capital was In
progress before the senate. He had
not fully recovered from it AT the
time OF Senator Hawley's funeral He
stood in the railway station at Hart
ford for some little time awaiting the
arrival of the train on which General
Hawley's body was brought from
Washington During the wait he com
planned OF a slight chill. in conse-
ouence OF which. after the exercises al
the capitol. he returned direct TO his
country home in Washington.
Senator Platt's last public utterance
was at the state capitol on March p.
when before the general assembly he
delivered the eulogy over General
Hawley. whose body lay in state in
the corridor below. He spoke as II
from a heart overlooking with grief
and in words that touched deeply all
who heard him. telling of the personal
side Of his long relations with General
Hawley. rather than OF the political
battles they had fought with various
fortune of the party OF which they
had lifelong adherence
Senator Plat was first elected 70
the senate in 1879 to succeed Senator
w. II. Barnum. a Democrat, who had
been elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Orris S. Fer
ris. a Republican. His last reelection
was in 1908
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25

.Sbu,yinP his faded horse 10 renewed
efforts when the animal should be refreshed
with proper food and rest, Is about as sen
able as prescribing nerve tones, alcoholic
compounds. coca mixtures aud cocktails
which only spur on the already weakened
nervous system. Neither does II do TO put
the nerves TO sleep with narcotics When
YOU feel WORKOUT broken down. faded. and
feel the effects of brain TIRE as well as nerve
weakness. sleeplessuess and fatigue, take
DR.. PierCe's Golden Medical Discovery, a
tonic which will do YOU lasting good, build
you up, increase your appetite and strength
and improve the condition OF the blood
When the blood is impoverished the nerves
feel the effect Nervousness IN nine cases
ont of ten is the rcry of the starved nerves
for food Feed the nerves on rich blood
and all nervous manifestations Will cease.
vIhave been suffering ior about eight years.
,,r;tes Nrs n Pierce. OF Mul~pung>. ky Have
had several doctofs o. treat me some TOT ientiic
weakness and others for stomach trouble hui
received no relief When Wrote you for advice
was hardly able 90 work and Won ADVISED me
what 10 do Itonk nine bottles hvc oi Golden
Medical Discovery iour of Favoritc ffcecfip
ton also two walls ot the Pellets Id. iieiNe
medicines VIII 90 an that You claim ioi them
To gain knowledge of your own body
in sickness and health send for the REQ
MES Common Sense Medical Adviser A
book of IOoS pages. Send 81 cents IN
stamps for paper covered, or, 81 stamps
for cloth bound copy address Dr. X "
Pierce. 665 Main Street, Buffalo. y. y.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
Liquors and
obaccoS
In this section of the State

In this section of the State.
Our store is the only place you can
find the celebrated Wilson Whiskey
and Canada Rye drawn from the bar
rel Our brands are too numerous to
mention. We have all kinds of bot
tied liquors and at our bar you will
find all the leading brands. Call or
write
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25

Some Delegates Cave Vent to Their
Feelings BY Screaming, While 9th
ers Cried and Became Hycterical,
Al Al WIZ o., Ianlr Enct
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
Mrs.. lTLEAN ELECTED
Chosen President-General of Ma
tional Society, d. 4. K.
GREAT EXCITEMENT FOLLOWED

Som: Delegates Cave Vent to Their
Feelings BY Screaming, While otn-
ers Cried and Became HyctericaI,
and All We're On Their Feet.
Washington. April a. Mrs Donald
Mclean. regent OF Sew York city
chapter OF inc Dausht IS OF the Amer
lean Revolution. was elected presl-
dcnt-gcncr1l OF The National Society
D. a. r.
The announcement OF the election Of
Mrs. Mclean came al the close OF a
session Of unusual interest and excite
mcnt II created sconn OF notable en-
thusiasm. and many ol the women Of
the CONGRESS were nearly hysterlcal
in the demonstration Of thcir emo.
lions
The announcement IN the S slan OF
the result of tine ballot taken earlier
tor national officers. which resulted in
no election tor prcsidcntgeneral, indi-
Gated that the contest was eXtraorii-
narly close. On tine first ballot Mrs.
Mclean received 3i2 votes Of a total
OF M cast leaving her just , votes
short OF an election Mrs George VI.
Stcrnbcrg District of Columbia, re-
ceiyci 3ol votes and Mrs. Charl $
Warren Lippitt Rhode Island. got l5f
votes Mrs. Lippitt Withdrew from tne
contest and another ballot was or
dercd
When Mrs Elroy VI. Avery chair
man of thc tcllers. appeared with her
report the animated asscmblage be
came silent She said the total number
of votes cast was 500. six being blank
OF that number Mrs. Mclean received
1862 and Mrs. Sternbcrg 322 Mrs
Avery got no further \ wave OF en-
thusiasm swept over the auditorium
and galleries. Some Of the women
screamed as a vent 10 their emotions.
Others cried and became hysterical.
Every delegate in the hall was on her
feet 40 attempt was made by the
president general 10 control the de-
monstration or TO stay il.
When some measure Of order had
come 10 the assemblage. the president
general recognized Mrs. Sternberg,
who i'm a felicitous manner moved that
the election of Mrs. Mclean be- made
unanimous. Mrs Lippitt. quite as hap
PLY. claimed the privilege OF second
Ing the motion.
Mrs Fairbanks put 10 the congress
the motion of Mrs. Sternberg. 1t was
carried enthusiastically. but there
were .ew scattering noes The
negative votes were received with
Kisses
Sharply rapping for order Pre-i
dentGeneral Fairbanks said. The
chair desires that demonstration 20
cease Daughters of the American
Revolution do NOT hiss Their guests
must not asl, tine ladies' who voted
no TO join heartily in support OF Mrs.
Sternbers's molten.
Reports of the work accomplished
during the past year in the various
states were made by the state regents.
They indicated what the 10000 mem
bers of the society are doing to pro
mote patriotism and love OF country.
Mrs. J. c. Burrows of Michigan.
president of the Society OF the Chill
dren of the American Revolution, pre-
scented report OF the work OF that
society. indicating that it was working
along the same lines as the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
DOn'tRunChanCeS

OF purchasing your liquor any
where and everywhere, but al
ways 90 where you are sure OF get
ting the best and purest goods.
Adulterated goods are not tit TO
use. We are doing the largest
business in Frederic <shurg, be-
cause we never misrepresent our
goods and always give you your
moneys worth in quality and
measure. We have the largest
assortment OF
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
Garfield Goinq to California.

Topeka, Kan, April 22.-James r.
Garfield commissioner of corpora
tionS left for California Mr. Garfield
will not return to Kansas to take
further part in the Standard Oil in
vestigation which he has been con
Quoting for two weeks. He will leave
the work in charge of several agents
of the department of commerce and
labor
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
PAUL JONES' BODY IN VAULT
Remains Of Famous Admiral Ready
For Shipment TO America.


Paris. April 2l-The body OF Paul
Jones was borne from the School OF
Medicine to the American church OF
the Holy Trinity, on the Avenue de
rAlma. and was deposited in the re-
ceiving vault 70 await the arrival OF
the naval squadron which is to carry
back the remains of the admiral to
America. The ceremony Of the removal
was attended by Ambassador Porter
Henry Vignaud. first secretary OF the
embassy: Colonel Bailly-Blanchard,
second secretary and John X. Gowdy
consul general at Paris. Rev. DR.. Nor
gan recited a prayer as the remains
were placed in the vault The body
lies in the original coffin in which 1t
was found April II in the old ST.
Louis cemetery. The coffin mas been
encased in handsome oaken casket.
around which a large American flag
has been drRped.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-25
SENATOR PLA1'T DEAD
Connecticut Statesman Suddenly
Passes Away From Pneumonia.
Asscsss IN RIGHT LUNG BROKE
pnlv Few Minutes Before the End
Came Mr.. Platt Answered Questions
and Had No Pain, When Absccss
Broke and stranguation Followed.

Washington. Conn April ~ MT
sd States Senator OWille Hitchcock
platt of Connecticut died at his sum
mer home in this. his native town
from pneumonia. The end came al
most unexpectedly. the immediate
rause being the breaking OF an abb
scass which mad formed in the right
mpc and which produced strangula-
zion only a few minutes before DR.
Ford the family physician, had pre-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Il remember" said an old naval ON
Ger. hearing Of an incident on board
" n ship which was commanded BY a
religious captain who would not allow
the mate 70 use profane language or
violence toward the crew and where
the work and discipline were carried on
more by moral suasion than by force,
with the result that things went very
slowly. The men did not jump to the
braces or ropes. aud the general work
OF the ship was slow.
while at anchor one day IN the bar
Dor OF Rio two Of the sailors. leaning
ove the rail. were watching work go
Ing on on hoard OF another ship an
chOred close to them. where the oppo-
site system prevailed. The mir on that
ship was lurid with the language OF the
mate, and the men were treated with
a violence that was far from necessary.
but the work went on quickly. The
sails were furied and the yards braced
In a smart and seamanlike mnnner.
As they listened to the sulphurous or
ders OF the mate one Of the milors on
the good ship remarked sententiously
to the other:
"'Bill. dye see now what It Is we
want aboard here2 We want a little
encouragement
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

this rl'kcty old thing docs break loose
or turn over" ~expressively. Miss Free
man felt her hcartbeats quicken. There
was danger then-real danger. From
the box came the drivers voice In fran
tic a~bjurgition to the now thoroughly
frightened animals. Miss Freeman
turned toward Won Wetzlebcn.
MAX" she whispered. But the Ger
man. his face ashy. his eyes fixed and
staring, sat with strained fingers
clutchIng ut the wooden door. lie had
quite forgotten the girl. A little sob
broke from her parted lips. We're they
going to diet 4 strong hand closed
over hers. aud. opening her eyes,
through the smoke she saw l,ansome,
steady. calm. SELF controlled.
"We shall pull through MI right" he
said. Don't be frightened. dear" The
girl, conscious only Of the word which
had slipped inadvertently from his lips.
caught her breath in tile sudden shock
OF a great revelation. RansOme loved
her-Isansome!
All ut once she comprehendcd why
II was that she had hesitated TO an
nounce her engagement until Ransome
should learn of It, why Il was that she
had judged Won Witzleben from Ran
some's standpoint rather than her own.
appreciated that II had been the fact
OF his Intimacy with Ransome which
had been his chief attraction and how
near she had been to knowing.
Now at last. IN this supreme moment,
she grasped the truth; knew that even
rs Ransome loved her. so she loved
him. And whether death or life lay
before them. with that knowledge I'm
her heart. that touch on her hand, she
was content.
And then with one strong, mighty
pull from above the horses trembled
down TO quiet.
For n day or so the Berlin papers
were rather sharp in their criticism Of
the girl who had rendered herself so
conspicuous. No equally well born Ger
man girl would ever have done such a
thing, they declared. But Miss Free
man, utterly glad in her new found
happiness. only SMILED In u~ndlsturbed
thnnkfulness.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28
Cupid and the Recruits.

cupid Is one OF the best recruiting
officers that Uncle Sam has" confded
one OF the s%ergeants attached to the re-
cruIting headquarters. 'Back OF near
ly every enlistment there Is a woman
in tho case. Lovers qunrrcls chase n
lot Of fine lads into the service. Your
romantic youth gravitates to the re-
cruitlng officer after a scrIous break
with his sweetheart as naturally as a
duck takes to water. II seems to him
the most fitting way In which to sacri-
nce himself when loves young dream
Is apparently dlspelled. Way down In
his heart he nursed the idea OF making
his erstwhIle inamorata sad. aud It's
the army or navy, with the possibility
Of death In battle, for him. Again,
other first class material Is recruited
by the desire Of young fellows to sport
a uniform before their girls. In such
cases Cupid does his recruiting through
vanity. But in both ways he manages
to I'LL up big gaps in the ranks Of I'm
Gle Sans fighters. philadelphia Rec
Orl
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Subsistence could not be made on the
reading and writing of pamphlets or
the means Of livelihood obtained by
the most eloquent and enhancing Of
conversations. md Coleridge. finding
himself both forlorn and destitute in
London, enlisted as a soldier in the
Fifteenth (EllIOt'sl Life Dragons.
ION his arrival at the quarters Of the
regiment" says his friend and biog-
rapher. Mr.. Gilman, 1.-THE general Of
the district inspected the recruits and,
looking hard Mt coleridge with a mill
tary air, inquired, what's your name,
sIrY ~'Comberbach' (the name he had
assumed. What do you come here
for, slrf' as II doubling whether he had
any business there. Sir said Cole
ridge, for what most persons cOme-
to be made n soldier DO you think,
said the general, you can run II French
man through the bodyr 4 do not
know replied COlerldge, as l have
never tried, but I'll let a Frenchman
run me through the body before III
run away That will do said the
general, and ColcridGe was turned into
the ranks."-Engllsh House Beautiful.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

The Mygale tarantula sometimes
spreads over six inches square, but
more frequently four or five inches. A
shaggy coat OF hair covers the surface
OF the great spider. 1t is supplied with
six long. bony legs and two dangerous
pedipalDs, or strikers, each armed with
a sharp sting and poison sac. The
strikers are frequently mistaken for
two long legs, and from this arises the
Idea that the creature has stlngs on It's
feet. Two powerful projections, re-
sembling jaws, prOtrude from the head.
Under each OF these is n curved poison
fang, slmilnF to a cats claw, but longer
EXACTLY like those OF a rattlesnake).
which may be lifted, extended and
hooked into the victim. A person thus
stung or bitten must cut the tarantula
away nc once. for the spider does not
seem willing to unlock its fangs.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28
strange Mountain siokneas.

II mountain sickness should come
upon you your bitterest enemy will
lead your horse for you. The symp-
toms nre those of habitual drunken
ness. All the limbs shiver, and in the
bioodiess face the eyes have that ex-
~traOrdinaLy look Of insanity which is.
l think, caused by an inability TO focus
them. The speech ONE with diff
Guilty. and In m case that l saw the
mental Conference was as obviously at
fault as the physical. = LandOrs
"Lhassa."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28
DO AnimnIn nenlly Think.

"We so habitually impute thought to
animals that we come uncOnsciously to
look upon them az possessing this pow
err" writes John burroughs In Har-
pcr's magazine. Thus the dog seems
to think about his dinner when prompt
ed by hunger or about his home and his
muster when separated from them. The
bird seems to think about its mate, its
nest, It's young, its enemies. The fox
seems to think about the hound that 1t
hears baying upon its track and tries
to elude Il; the beaver seems to think
about its dam. the muskrat about It's
house I'm the fab, the wOOdpecker about
the cell in the dOzy limb which 1t will
need as a lodging place in the winter
that is, all these creatures act az II
they thought. We know that under
similar conditions we think, and there
fore we lmpute thought to them. But
Of mental images, concepts, processes
like our own, they probably have none.
Innate or inherited impulse, which we
call instinct. and outward stimuli ex-
plain most OF the actions OF the anil
mails"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Lord Chancellor Harwlcke and Chief
Justice Raymond onee advised the SOW
ereign that he could grant q pardon to
criminals under sentence Of death II
they would consent to undergo medical
experiments for the benefit Of science.
The advice was given in answer to a
question from the crown as to whether
criminals might be spared On their I'M
dertAking to be vaecinRted with small
pox virus. In France In 177O life and
freedom were offered to n galley slave
condemned TO die cOnditlonally upon
his conserving TO be thrown on a tow
err seventy feet in height, he being
equipped with a winged apparatus
whose aerial qualities It was desired to
try. The slave consented and. para
chuting down in safety, gained his lib
erty.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28
wosuRN ABBEY.
A yutils EaoEt 20 Fiz the Date 81 Eta
Construction,

Construction.
The Duchess of Bedford, who died
In 1850, was rather weakminded, and
unhAppily her education did little to
disguise the defects which nature had
imposed upon her. Her great dread
was to have q visitor at Woburn abbey
who would ask her hard questions
about the foundation and history OF
the abbey. So II she had a savant In
the party she always asked a man Of
higher rank to meet him, so that She
might not be taken in to dinner by
the savant. Once, as bad luck would
have 1t, she got Lord Stanhope, the
historian, who, though he had to take
her in to dinner, was none the less a
savant. AS soon as he sat down to
dinner he began the dreaded inquiries
about the date of the abbey. The poor
duchess, much frustrated, said;
II have a very poor head FOR these
historical things, but l will tell you all
I know. The founder was a crusader
who, finding himself in great danger
In battle, vowed that II he got home
TO Europe safe he would do anything
the pope told him. He got back safe
and went to Rome, and the pope told
him to build a C~istercian abbey, and
he built wOburn abbey. That's all ]
know"
Lord stanhope said. THAT = exactly
what l wanted, for II you can tell me
which pope It was I can approximately
Ak the date"
Oh" said the duchess. u alwayI
understood II was the pope Of RomsF'
Manchester Guardian.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

A patient German scientist Of a sta.
tisticnl turn of mind calculates that
the amount Of energy expended by a
person who coughs nee every quarter
Of an hour for ten hours Is equivalent
to $50 units OF heat or the nourish-
ment yielded by three eggs or two
glasses Of milk. Coughing is thus seen
to be an expensive luxury. The rea-
son for the waste in force entitled by
it, or one reason at least. lies in tho
fact that while in normal respiration
the air is expelled from the chest at
the rate Of four feet q second, in VIC
lent coughing It may attain a velocity
Of 300 feet.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Baron Graham once asked an epicf7re
how many oysters he should eat in or
der to create a good appetite for dinner
and vas told to eat away until he be-
came hungry. The baron. who nsver
saw a Joke. ate ton dozen and then
plaintively remarked. "'Pon my word,
l don't think ! am as hungry as when
Ibegan."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

The manager of a large drcssmaklng
establishment in New York says: 81
suppose that the most un-American i'm
migrants we get In this country are
not the Chinese or the Poles or the
Hungarians. but the Partisan scam
stresses. milliners and lingerie work
ers. These women come here to save
the price of a dot out Of our high
American wages. II takes from two
TO Ave years to do that In all that
time they never mix with Americans.
never visit a theater, never make the
first attempt to learn the language.
Some Of them go to the French church
on Sundays; otherwise they never
leave their rooms except to shop. This
prenuptinl period in New York Is just
a time dropped out Of their lives. They
talk Of nothing day after day but what
they'll do when they get back to Paris
and begin to live again."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Among the Arabs of upper Egypt the
youth who proposes for a girl must
submit to a whipping at the hands Of
all her male relatives. And" says a
dry narrator. III he wishes to be con-
sidered worth having he must receive
the chastisement. which is sometimes
exceedingly severe, with an expression
OF enjoyment" Not infrequently It Is
the maiden herself who imposes the
faaA.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

Good graciousl" exclaimed the mint
sauce II should think you'd be asham-
Cd TO masquerade Is spring lamb"
"Well," replied the roast 1t does
make me feel rather sheepish, Cath
Ollie Standard aud Tines.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

"Pa. what Is an Idle Jeatr"
zone that the newspapers haven't
yet got hold OF and worked to DEATH"
Leader.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-04-28

EMO fool was ever so foolish but
some one thought him clever"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-25
III Ih~L1ns~.evASzs8~,1-A -AsSe~ ~
2 2 Z e . = + + = = 2 2 4
THE MARKETS

: + + + + !. + + + + + + + I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-25
EISS ANNABEL TAYLOR
Sponsor F01 Second Division, and Misses
Tucker and Taggart Maids

Prof luniHs Jordan. commanding
the second division of the United Con-
fedrrat" Veterans Cf the state. has an
nGunced HE appointment of Miss An
mabel -iINiut a sponsor for the diviS-
ion a the reunion of Confederate Vet.
Grams to he held in Louisville June /.
10 and lG. Miss Taylor has accept ed
the appointnen;= AMI VII attend the
reunion. SEa has announced tha1
Miss Bessie Tucker and Miss Anna
Taegart will be her maids ., honor
iol the reunion, and each OF these
Young ladies has signified her inten,
ION Of attending the reunion
Miss Taylor is the Gaa ,nsnr CT Col.
7nd Mrs. Sam NJ. Taylor of this city
and is one of the most popluar young
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-25
NEGRO DROWNED.
Was Swimming and Supposed to
Have Cramped.

Coroner r. d. McGauehy went to
kearney this morning. where he held
an inquest over the body of George
lee. a negro. who was drowned iii
the Kearney pond while in swimming
last night about 6 O'clock. From the
testimony it was deduced that the
negro was taken with cramp and
dl owned before help could reach him.
There were several negroes on the
bank watching Lee. He dived down
deep into the water and never came
up again After some delay. the
LENDS of the negro began a search
Tor him and the body was found about
10 o'clock last night Lee was very
.;.rge negro. He was about twenty
six years old The corCner's jury re-
turned verdict of death by accident
al drowning.