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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22

There IS more Catarrh ia this section OF
the country shan all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurabie. For a
great many years doctors pronounced
II local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced Is
,ncurable. Science has proven catarrh to
De constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Satarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J..
Ohenney x CO., Toledo, Ohio, Il the only
constitutional cure on the market. IL Is
taken Internally in doses from 10 drops
70 ieaspooniul. IL acts directly on the
nlood aud mucous surfaces OF the system.
lhey oner one hundred dollars for any
case II ialls TO cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address; F. J.CHENEY & co. Toledo,
sold by Druggists. 75c.
TAKE Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22
Fires Causing Heavy DAMAGE.

Bradford, Pa, oct. 2O.-A number of
forest fires are causing heavy damage
In this vicinity. In the Sugar Run and
Balivar Run districts valuable timber
is burning. and many oil we'll riga
have been destroyed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22
Southern Railway

y. Following schsduis ngures pubrsh.d ..
'uiofnauon. and are not guaranteed
schedule effective sept sth Iaos
Trains leaVs Warrington from New untoo
station
SIS ~ m Daiy-Local for WaYrsusoa nan
vile. and vay stations
a-eo a m Daily-Local for Hsrrfsonburr "
SIS a. m. DAily-UDised ssasss gast ~
first-ciass coaches ana drsxing room sle.ner A.
New Orleans nininR car service
+o = N. daily-W ashington end FLORIDA
biniseo- through coaches and sleeper A. ~
,omoiA. savannah and Jacksonviils Sleeter
20 Assoste- bunet service. Tourist TO Cal
iornia tri-Neokly
As ?. m eek Days-Iocal for Harr.sonbur,
Ano way stations on Manassas Branch
SO m DaiiT-LOcal tor Warrenton AND
~harottesvine. o
1890 p. m Dafy-Nev York and Mamoh,.
Limieed (vfa Lynchbnrg)-First class coach and
Neepins sar 20 Roanoke. knOxvilie Chatta-
uooga. Birmingham and Memphist sleener a.
Yes orleans Diningear service
loR p. N Daily-NeW YORK and New Oriean.
IAnleed-An Pullman trains. club and observe
non cars 20 Neg Orieansi sleeper - AshViIIe
n ansnse. New Orsans. sleeDer TO Charlotte.
Through trains from the south arrive wash.
insson - a. M. $50 a. m, daily; $50 D. m.
and 1915 ,. m. daily darHsonburx ~ =, -
m veek days and $50 pm. daily. IRON Cba,.
loasesViiie. $40 a. m and $50 y. N
Ilckets, sieepingcaf reservations ana detailad
niortnenon can be Had a. tcket once. 7GS ian
81. Sos - nv and New baion Stasion
hassase checked through from hotels and res,.
deaces- Cab service
q n. HARDWICK Pass Trafic Nsr
W. TAILOE, Gen. Pass Agent
- . hko"E. osBsral Agent.
WassinEton a
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22
FOREST FIRES
MENACE TOWNS
MIDDLE Atlantic States Hidden
In a Pail Of Smoke.
FLAMES SPREADING RAPIDLY

Have Now Reached Destructive Fro.
portions and at Least a Score OF
Towns Are Included In the Fire
Area - Losses In the Adirondack
Mountains Are Heavy-Stste Police
Fight Fires Around Resding-Farn,.
ers Combating the Flames In Mary
land.
Philadelphia. oct. 2o.-In five out ct
six states where big forest fires ar
burning the hames have now reached
destructive proportions. and In Penn
SylVania alone more than n score ,f
towns are now included in the fr
area A dense atmosphere ~ smok +,
and haze. which obscures the sun. ur,.
walls throughout the east.
In the Pocono mountains. the XVvou.
ing valley. on Mount Penn. near Read
ing. and elsewhere fires are spread
Ing rapidly and starting again attic
having been apparently cNtingui-hci
In several instances members Of tho
Pennsylvania constabulary have been
assisting In the Ere fighting.
In the Adirondacks. throughout the
middle and lower sections. fires are
burning. and the smoke from them
has extended as far south as New
York city.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22

Wowan's Name First In Land OPENING
Dallas. Tex. oct 2O.-Few of the
$4,000 persons who registered at this
piace were present when the drawing
Of the Trip county Rosebud lands
began. The first name drawn was that
OF May A. Nielsen, of KenneSec, s. u.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22
P. hCRACKEN. BRO. q co.

-wHoLEsALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS and LIQUOR DEALERS
Oner Ten thousand Gallons PURR RYR "a
BOURBON WHISTLES from The foIioUfns v.d
knoSn cisflleries Grain Co.. Of Ohio Hoons
county ifSuling Co.. OF Kentucky Nontioruo
Dstllery. OF Maryland. and ". =. Gray, Of
age1ss for Rerguef a Singles BArer Rear
Why also o7er STAPLE aad Taney erorsriss
Arresltarai is0isHsats ssses osaso 40
0sr-anN
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-22

.Ni-riN prioe~ maie during the Week
,,i IRE tair. Come To- the Fair ami visit
Dempsey s >ton..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

been apparently invented by Sir Alex ander Henderson, a great London f- | nancier look cd plausible. but he did not believe the treasury would adopt It. It had been changed since first sub- mitted to the treasury to please the | landlords, chance that would make the treasury like 1t even less. If Lord Kenmare and the financiers thought | they could ease the position, the land- lords wished tn em every success, but | they objected to these gentlement ap- pealing to the landlords throughout the country for subscriptions to an- other committee It was misleading to the landlord, and was taking away money required by the convention. These large financiers never recom- mend anything out of which they did not see their way to make money. He did not blame them. That was their business. and in considering the merits of the scheme they must remember that 1t was for the benefit of the finan- ciers as much as of the landlords. MT. Montgomery then briefly allud- ed to MT. Willis's scheme--to issue two and three-quarter per cent bonds instead of two and three-quarter per cent stock. Bends were bound to mand A higher price in the market bound to be redeemed. whereas bonds were bound to be redeemed at par sooner or later. There was a good deal in the sch eme, and it ought to be acceptable to the treasury. It ap- peared to be capable of relieving the difficulty.
 document which has caused con- siderable amusement was read on Tuesday evening at q meeting of the Ballintubber branch of the United Irish League. At a recent meeting the branch condemned the action of a person who was stated to have sold cattle to a man who Is unpopular be- cause he holds grazing lands in the district.
 The vendor of the cattle wrote ex- pressing regret for his violation of the rules of the organization and en- closed an apology which read: "A. James Lavin. beg to inform the Ball. intubber branch fthe Irish League and the public in general that the cattle sold by me and bought, as al- legged. by William Glover. were under stood by me at the time to be for his brother -in-hw, who purchased them from me- It was myself sold the cattle. and if I had known that the cattle were for Glover I would not have sold them to him. and for doing so I now humbly apologize"
 The apology. was considered sRtis- factory and was accepted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

Abdul-Hamid. the Sick Man. is the most mysterious parsonage of our time. No other has so occupied the imagination of the world, no other has been SO feared and so hated, no other, has been so much the theme of the contemporary historian. What titanic epithets have been hurled against the unhappy Sultan of Turkey. who has reigned for thirty-three years. throned on the fear of his subjectsl
 Rather tall and exceedingly slender, Abdul Hamid has the unstudied stoop of the consumptive. His face Is wrinkled parchment, as if a thousand impress there. His feature, besides cruelty and cunning. denote intelli- gence and cowardice. The eyes of almond shape, by far the most inter- esting detail of his person, are dark and piercing, aged with eternal sus- picion. They denote high intellect, ex- traordinary intelligence. subtle re- finement and pitiless cruelty
 The thin upper lip and the thick. sensual lower, indicate a combination Of passion, irascibility and selfishness. His nose Is aquiIine, and lends the appearance of bird of prey. The chin, though hidden by a beard, is weak and indecisive.
 The sultan's Remarkable Voice.
 The voice, however, bellies the face. It is marveiously subtle and insinua- tion, rnelodious in it's modulations, and full of dulcet tones. With this remarkable voice Abdul -Hamid has been able to seduce nearly everybody who has approached him, even his antagonists
 I remember that once my father. on his return from the palace, where he had had an audience with his Majes- ty, said, Although know how cruel this man is, yet I never approach him without being impressed by his finesse and charm"
 A Great Actor.
 When Mir. de Blowitz. the famous cor- respondent of The London Times, told me that in his opinion Abdul -Hamid was the most intelligent of reigning monarchs, and that. possessing an in- telligence amounting to genius, he was consummate actor both in trage-
 When Mir. de BiowitS interviewed him, the Sultan asked him to tell him the defects of his administration. Though Mir. de Blowitz replied in def mite words, which must have rankled in his mind the despot, pretending sympathy with the. views of the emr inent writer. decorated him with the order of the MedJidie. no doubt with the hope of eulogistic descriptions of himself in the European press.
 -
 An instance which illustrates the fear and suspicion. as we'll as the extreme cruelty of the man. for his seIf-protection, was narrated to me several years ago by an aide-decamp Of the Sultan, on duty in the palace at the time of the occurrence. His maj esty." said my informant, had recent ly added to his harem Q Circassian adolisque about sixteen years of age and of remarkable beauty. Among the hundreds of women of the palace, this girl soon became the favorite and privilegiee. and in her his Majesty seemed toA place the greatest conf- dence so that she could enter his room unannounced and at her pleasure. One evening she entered as usual, and finding his Majesty asleep. she exam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

ing of such, but rather of those who will pc found so much more easily in that Capernaum that Is clllei the Sub- lime Porte.
 How Turkey 'PRys" It's Debts Such is the education of an Ottoman he has only two things to thInk about --one to finger his salary. and the other to get his grade al l hls decora- tion The first is truly :. lar1 one, for since the rise of Abdu1-lIamld the officials have hardly got hals their yearly stipend Their salaries are al- ways in arrears. To every appeal and Allah knows how :hey do anpeali --the cashier of the ministry replies: Para yok." (No money.)
 'When will there be any7"
 "Ailah bilir." (God knows.)
 Now and again the cashier will hand indefinite date. It Is a hill drawn on the state; that is say on debtor Of very doubtful soiveney. The LGst thing then Is to betake oneself to a usurer, who will buy the paper at an incredible discount. giving never pncrc than one tenth of it's value. The usur. CT will share together the amount out Of which the unfortunate official ! as peen tricked. As for regular payms nj one can reckon on getting only four or five instalments year. Tn Ino- ments of crisis. an imperial decree ap- pears, commanding the payment of plii of the arrears of satafy. There is gre [ joy then among the officials. One must not forget, howeysr, that the higher not only draw their paw regularly, but even know how to get , little over and above by accepting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
Ireland at
 A Glance
fnY TTmorHY J. O'CONNER.) ,

fHH TfmOTtAt aS. OOONNEhst
 Dublin oct. 2S.--tspeciaL)-A re- raarkabie meeting in connection with land purchase in ireland was held in Cork recently.
 Representative Irishmen of all classes and parties were summoned by the Lord Mayor of Cork. Lord Ban don. the Lieutenant of the county. and MT. william McDonafd, chairman of the Cory County Council. @
 The principal object of the meeting was to appoint joint depudatlon or the Phine Minister, the Chancellor of the Evech equer, and the Chief Secre- tary for ireland, in order to impress up- on them the necessity, for the peace of Ireland and the honor of the Imperial Parliament, of carrying out the obliga- ton contracted by both English parties under the act of 1908 to complete the abolition of dual ownership by the help of the Imperial credit"
 Those present included Lord Ken- more. Lord castietown, Lord Barry more, Lord Dunraven. and several members of Parliament who act with Mir. William o.Brien. NJ. P. letter of apology was read from MT. T. M. tfaaly fin which he described the Treas ury officials in their action towards land purchase in Ireland as the shy locks of Whitehall" and said if those officials had their way the land pur- chase bargain of tsoa would be com pieted in 2a04. Mir. William o'Brien. Nj. P, proposed the first resolution which referred to the deep concern in the country at the declarations of the government that losses on the fiota- ton of loans for financing the act of 1903 must not involve any charge on the ImperIal excheduer, and declared that in passing the act of 1903 with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
Died in the Year ISIS

Trf-Cl1eS Oally.
 A slab of marble bearing the let- terinE November 12, 16," plainly visible. was found yesterday about sev- en and one-half miles east of Shsf- field by J. G. Gibson and several other parties. The slab was of dressed stone, about twenty inches wide, thir- ty inches long and one and one-haif inches thick. It was just below the surface of the g -and
 As the date on the stone, ISIS. fn only twenty-three years litter the sifs~ covery of America by Columbuz the question is. whose last resting nlaca doas the stone rk7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
A Tough POuszu..

AndalnBia NeWB.
 Morgan Forsythe fOnnd a spossuin on his dining taUle a few nights ago. I9e shot the animal twice ana a young lady visiting in the home at the time, gave ft q pou- fin. with a pole. The 'possum was then tn hrown into the yard while preparations for dressing ie waro being made. but when Mr. ForNyth want out to get the a nal 1t was nos Co De found. Mfr. Forsyth is now fully con- h--es as the prsoverbial houBe-caf.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Virginia.

Omer Drysdale sold his store room
TO Mr.. Gilbert. He will move 1t and
convert II into a barn. There will be
a vacant corner In Virginia, after
there has been u building Tor over
thirty years.
Phone directors met Monday OF
this week to arrange matters con-
nected with the phone company.
Frst Drysdale is out from Butler
g. ling lew things, they had LET'S in
she store.
Miss Mamie Mckibben has been
employed to teach her home school
this winter.
Rained hard most all day last Sat.
urdeN, which made the corn fields
very wet Wheat is ready toreutthis
week, Flax Is looking fine. Oats Is
coming up TO the front,
Mo,her burst was at Children 4
Day last Sabbath The first time
she has been at church since her hard
spell OF sickness. Old people like to
see children perform. When Mother
burst was a child, there was no Chill
dren's Day, VIII she children of day
make better women and husbands
than the children OF Mother burst
day.
Chidren's Day at the NJ. L, Church
was we'll attended last Sabbath.
The house was we'll filled TO hear the
little folks speak their peaces, which
they did with earnestness and agood
will. They did not have the violins,
horns and piano Ike they had the
Sabbath before at the Christian
lEhnrch. We think that music adds
largely to a program OF that kind.
Aaron thinksl that the churches
mr Ike a mistake IN not adding local
option to their program, when SC
many children are deprived oiattend'
ing Children's Day on the account o.
the liquor traffic causes them TO &C
In rags and near starvation. W.
think the churches ought to look al
ter such things.
The Ice cream supper OF band was
well attended last Wednesday night
Good crowd there. In the evening
the wind came from the northeast
which made it q little cool for ict
cream. They took In $35 co. Quite
a numbpr from Butler and AmOre'
were present. After eating ice cream
quite number took exercise to se'
who could make best turn AM
thaw the Ice before leaving fo
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Peru Items.

Rev. Duncan filed his regular ap-
pointment at this place last Sunday
morning and night.
Ed Hall spent a Jew days last week
with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Lyle
We are glad to see him able 30 be
about again.
Charley Wilder q Richard, Mo-, is
spending few days at c. F. Stew
arts.
Miss Dora Rogers and Miss Laura
Dugsn spent Sunday with Miss Visa
Thomas.
Miss Maize Stokes has returned
home from Ills, where she has been
for the past year, We are glad to see
her home again.
Mrs. Florence Glenn and son, Iell'
ner, who have been visiting in this
neighborhood Tor the past seven
weeks have gone so kinkade, Kan,
where they will visI. friends and rela-
lives, and then will 60 TO their home
In Oklahoma.
The presiding elder OF the NJ E
church will preach at this place Sat
urday night.
Miss Laura Stewart and Earnest
Cough are on the sick list this week
Peru is planning for a grand eele'
bration the 4th OF July. Every one
is invited to come and bring baskets
we'll filed. JNCLEABB.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Thk Upper Ditch Working.

The big ditch from Marvel to tre
river below the Emporia RAJ! road,
which WAS completed early this
spring and opened out, appears 10
be doing the work very satisfactorily.
The big Patterson bottoms, which
were among the trst So Nv flow ~
u rise, id entirely free OF water, go We
are informed hv Road Engineer Boz
ron. He said that II piece Il wood
IL thrown intu the ditch. one would
haveto run very Fast to keep W with
is. That the pil!ng at the crossing
u the rail rosd forms are ohstruc-
tinnior drift and men ara kept there
by the road to take care O' that.
The big ditch down through The ovid
bottom has as Yet no outlet. and, OF
course, the water coming down
throukh til" 'itr' spreads u. over
she bottom : ua on oy-.ei up
the upper md ~ u. i!ich, without
warrant, auj tie iri't wood from
the river Is proving u n"nag" s. the
ditch,
The working ~ the ditch when
completed has convinced the most
skeptical in that section Of She ulti'
mate success oithe whole project,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
PassaiC.

The first OF the week has the ap-
pearance of some fair weather, and
farmers are glad to see 1t, for the
corn Is needing work badly, and un.
less they can get their corn cleaned
up soon, Mr.. Green will close the
mortgage. But the farmers are im-
proving every opportunity to get
their corn In shape.
Harvest will soon be here. Soon
we will hear the rattle OF the binder
and the whistle OF the thrasher, and
the beautiful golden grain will be
garnered, and the farmer will be
gingllng his money, but myl bis
pockets will not hold Il. He has to
pay bis debts and live, but some will
not be able to get out OF debt, and
there will be some who will not try
to get out and do not intend TO pay
their Just and honest debts. He will
be watched, and will have to pay as
he goes, for his work and credit lie NO
good.
Rev. Clendening filled bis regular
| appointment at Bethel on the first
Sunday.
W. A. Hart, who lives west OF here,
was in our town on Tuesday.
George Christopher passed through
here on Wednesday on his way from
Butler With an Ice cream freezer.
On Tuesday night there was Q W.
G. T. U. contest at the church in
which nine OF our girls we're engag'
ed, viz: Edith Brummett, Anna
Clendening, Csthalin Church, Bessie
and Eva Grsgg, Eunice Callahan,
Lola Korp, Mamie Packer. The
| Judges we're Rev. Criss, OF Butler,
Albert Jenkins, Mrs. Alice Lotspeich.
The contestants we're trained BY Mrs.
HuddleSon, of Adrian, an elocution.
let Of that place, and We think she
did her part well. The pieces were
very we'll rendered BY each OF the
girls. The services were opened BY q
song, then our pastor read 9 few
verses from the twenty.elghth chap
] Ter Of Isaiah and prayer while the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
THE LID IN BUTLER.
Besides Being Dry, There is
Nothing Doing in the Way
OF Barter on the Sabbath.

Butler is not only dry but she is
very tight. Since the Sunday lid
order went into effect "a man would
stand more show to buy groceries or
clothing in the middle Of She Great
Sahara Desert than he would In But
Ter on Sunday. You can buy luaf
OF bread, bus you cans buy pound
OF butter. You can buy u dinner or
lunch, but you cant buy Il box II
toothpicks. There are innumerab.e
things you csHnot buy and mig hhttr7
few things you can In short, the
Butler OF the olden days Il passin.y
The days when you could get any
thing from a bone collar button or u
shoe ssring up SO Il threshing ms
chine on Sunday are gone, anC /.
you must have anything on Sunds y
you had better think abous |. Satur-
day.
A clothing merchant asked Chic
Wyats II he could sell u burial suit
on Sunday, and was told shat he
could. He then made the proposI-
tion shat II man came in sunday
morning wearing a dirty shirt AM
asked for clean one In which so al
tend church, could he sell him u clean
shirt. He was told that no such
thing would be allowed and NJ
Wyatt advised him 80 suggest to
such customers that ii he could
not 20 to church as he was, -
take his dirty shirt and 20 TO tie
Devil.
A negro made several attempts ~
buy some sugar and caters hus
was fipally advised by Mr. Wyatt to
toddle along home and dream about
them "taters" and sugar. He wens
One OF the best known statesmen In
the city was heard to remark that
last Sunday was the first Sunday in
seventeen years that he had not been
at his post u duty.
Ii is rumored shat one merchants,
took advantage OF Mr.. Wyatt {
statement that clothes for the
burial might be sold on Sunday,
sold about forty dollars worth OF
these "burisl" suits. Some OF them
Of very effective striped and fancy
pattern.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Notice to Teachers.

The regular examinations OF sppH.
cants for teachers certificates will 10
held at the west school building in
Butler on Friday ard Saturday,
June 26 and u, beginning at 500
each day.
The subjects will ne given in the
following order: First day-Geog.
raphy, Grammar, Algebra Spelling,
Language, Arithmetic and Liters-
ture. Second day-Resding, Civil
Government, U. S. History, Science,
Physiology, Pedagogy and Advanc-
ed History.
The first days subjects will be Civ.
en- only on that day. Applicants de-
string TO take these subjects must do
so In the regular order. A. l. lvEA
Co. Supt. OF Schools.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Amsterdam.

Cleye STROBE and Miss Mary Vrued
drove TO Butler and were united IN
marriage by Squire Jeter. They viii
make their home IN Washington
Mrs George Boswell. spent last
week In Kansas City visiting reis-
tives.
Homer Thomas has returned from
a two week : trip TO Monegaw
J. c. Graham was looking after
business interests here last week.
Wren and Leslie Finley ans Harry
Robinson have gone to the Kansas
wheat fields.
Mrs. W. Mechanics If Hustonia,
No., is the guest .. Ter daughter,
Mrs Fred Armentrcut.
Miss Ada Bigler returned home
Friday from Lebanon. Ills where
she has been Intending college
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Anoret.

Grandma Hamilton Is on the sick
list.
Prof. Bradley visited at the Wal.
lace home last week.
Mrs. Lsnning has returned home
from Caney, Kansas.
Mrs. Hugh Galley is the guest Of
her sister at Sterling, Kansas.
Miss Dessa Rowe Left last week for
an extended visit TO relatives at
Pueblo, Colorado.
Terry Hays, Of north OF the city,
had the misfortune to run a nailinto
bis ieet last week.
Mrs. s. V. Ssnkey, Of Anadarko,
Oklahoma, arrived last week for a
Writ to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Billy Hamilton.
WA. Downey made business trip
to Worland the first Of last week to
replace on its foundations the church
which vas blown Oh In. the recent
storm.