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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
Has Moved His TOnsOrial ParlOr

Mr.. Charles Lawson has moved his Tonsorial
Psrlor from upper Commerce street to the
office lately occupied by the Free Lance,
where he Is prepared to do all work such as
Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shampooing and heu
shop Is large and commodious, always coo
even in this most oppressive weather. Nest
ness and the latest style Of work will be ont
Of the chief features of this establishment
give mes call.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
The WSGn)S Steamboat Co.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT 1879
BALTIMORE. FRKDERlCKsBURG AM
RAPPAHANEoCK RIVER ROUTE.

ON and after Tuesday. July 18th, steamers
Richmond. Lancaster and Essex Will
leave Pler2 l. ght street, Baltimore. every
Tuesday and Friday at i:JJ y. m, Tor FRED
ericksburg and all wharvcs on the river
Returning, will leave Fredericksburg At -
D, m. tide permltting.) Monday, and Thurs
day, LeedstOwn at 4;3O n. M, Tuesday and
Friday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday, at 40 p. m,
for TappahannOck aud all wharyes below,
except Bay Port Returning viii leave Tap
pahannock at SD a. n, on Thursday for
Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at 40 p m, Thursday, FOR
Tappahannock and all wharycs below except
Bay Port. Miilenbeck and Merry Point. Re
turning will leave TappanannOck AZ
a. m Monday for Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
letter, salt-Rhsum ana Eczema,

The intense itching and smarting in
cident to these diseases, is instantly
Allayed by applying Chamberlain's Eye
and Skin Ointment. Many very bad
cases have been permanently cured by
Il. Il 10 equally efficient for itching
piles and favorate remedy for sore
nipples, ohapped hand, chilblains,
frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 25cts.
DER boz. For sale By M. M. Lewis
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
NORFOLK ROUTE

VIII leave TaDpahannock for Sortoik at L
m. moon FRIDAY stopping at all landings
VIII leave Norfolk AT y. m Saturday TOT
TapIahannOck. calling at all landings.
no freight received for outgoing steamers
after 4 .. m, on sailing DAYS.
Freight received for all stations on 20
iomsc. Fredericksburg & Piedmont K. x.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
e x. WHEELER,

sdoossso1 OF Williams & Wheeler), conducta
ne UNDERTAKING BUSINESS al the old
stand, corner Main and Charlotte streets. All
orders from home and abroad promptly and
satisfactorily attended to either at night OF
81.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
Oh, the Pain of
Rheumatism!

Rheumatism often causes the most In
tense suffering. Many have for years
yainly sought relief from this disabling
disease, and are to-day worse off than
ever. Rheumatism Is n blood disease,
and Swift's Specific is the only cure, be-
cause 1t is the only remedy which can
reach such deep-seated diseases.
A few years ago was taken with inhammA
tory Rheumatism. which became so intense
that was for week. unable to walk. tried
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
DON'T FORGET THAT

When you want an easy Shave,
AZ good as Barber ever gave,
Just call on me at my Saloon,
At morn and eve or busy noon,
comb and dress the hair wi th grace,
To suit the countenance of your face
Ny room is neat, my towels clean.
Scissors sharp and razors keen:
And all that art and skill can do
m You will call I'll do for you.
Ra1oYs put 10 oyfey ct short notice.
W. h bAfLOS
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
MAJvsA HILL.
Onllier's Weekly J

story OF the stampede Of February 27tn'
1881.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Beginning Tuesday. May 50th, steamers
Potomac and sue will leave PIER y, Light
Street Baltimore. every Tuesday, Thursday
and saturday, az r. NJ. for Alexandria and
Washington. calling at all OF the usual land
ings. Returning will leave eth Street Wharf.
Washington, at p. NJ, Tuesday, Thursday
and sunday. going as far as LeOnardtown on
these evenings. Will leave Leonardtown AZ
8 A. NJ, Kinsale at L. NJ, Milers a. z.
", GrasOn's ats p VI. and BacOns at p. NJ,
Monday. Wednesday and Friday. arriving in
Baltimore early the following morning.
Freight received daily in Baltimore
Freight received daily at Pier 2. Light
Street
HENRY WILLIAMS. Agent.
az Baltimore. Nd
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents.
1T Washington, ID.
KEY COMPTON, Agent,
at Norfolk. Va
W.D. SCOTT, Agent,
at fredericksburg. Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

Connections at Fredericksburg with Z. +.
& P. r. r., and Weems Steamboat Co. Al
Orange with Southern and Chesapeake s.
Ohio Z. 4.
The only line to the ChsnoellorSviile and
Wilderness Battlefelds.
Eastern Standard Time. Daily exceptSun-
day. W. h. RICHARDS, Gen'l Manager.
*Train No. 2 leaves Orange the 4th Monday
In each month at 8 p. m.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

several prominent physi-
clans and took their treat
ment faithfully, but was
unable TO get the slight
est relief. In fact. my con.
dition seemed 10 grow
worse. the disease spread
over my entire body, and
from November 70 March
/. I suffered agony. I tried
many patent medicines,
hut mono relieved me.
Upon the adv Toe of =
friend l decided to try
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

Time marked daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. and
for Cincinnati and Louisville.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

3. 3. =. bVIOIV dIIVNI''S NJ 70 I1l, =.
ever, my guardian. who was chemist, ana.
lived the remedy. and pronounced II free OF
potash or mercury. | felt so much better after
taking two bottles. that continued the rem
edy, and in two months was cured completely.
The cure was permanent. for have never since
had A touch OF Rheumatism though many
times exposed to damp and cold weather
Eli Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia.
Don't suffer longer with Rheumatism.
Throw aside your oils and liniments, as
they can not reach your trouble. Don't
experiment with doctors-their potash
and mercury will add to your disabil-
ity and completely destroy your digeS-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
METAL TRADING CHECKS.
So General in Parts of Minnesota as
Almost to Supplnnt Govern
ment Coin.

The use of metal trading checks has
become SO general in some of the coun-
try districts in Minnesota as almost to
supplant the use of government coin,
and a suit has been instituted against
the stamping concern making the
checks to determine whether the pro-
duction of them is in violation of the
federal coinage laws. These checks,
says the Chicago Tribune, are about the
size of a silver quarter. They are
stamped with the name of the firm for
whom they are made, and bear a state
ment that they will be received for
certain amount in trade, the amounts
ranging from five cents to one dollar.
Country merchants use them in ex-
change for produce. They are good for
trade only at the store issuing them.
But from the fact that the stores re-
fuse to pay for produce in any other
currency, they soon come to be ac-
cepted by all other stores, as the farm
ers selling produce have no other coin
to spend. In this way their circulation
becomes general in certain localities.
The storekeepers maintain that as they
have an unqucstionable right to give re-
ccipts good in trade, it is immaterial
whether they are written on paper or
stamped on metal. The practice is a
profitable one for the merchants, and it
enables them to do business on bor-
rowcd capital on which they do not pay
interest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
WHITE HOUSE CHINA.
A New Set Specially Made and Marked
for Each Incoming Ad-
ministration.

The white house china is manufac-
tured and decorated especially for the
presidents house, says the New York
Mail and Express. When new admin
istration comes in, new set of china is
made and marked with the name of the
president. Of course, the old china IS
kept, the new being only of sufficient
quantity to make up for the breakage
and loss during the last administra-
ton. The decoration of the china con
sists of dark blue border, with gold
tracings in shape of cornstalks and
plate is the coat-of-arms of the United
States in colors. The best of artists
are employed to paint these plates, and
as each one is marked with the name of
the administration, each has value.
1t is often quite an interesting part of
white house dinner for the guests,
while waiting for the courses, to turn
their plates to see to what administra-
ton they belonged.
The china of the white house is in the
special charge of the steward, and he
is responsible to the government for it.
1t is rare that any of it gets out of the
white house, and therefore the appear
ance of the two plates in the auction
room last week caused comment. The
price paid for them -four dollars
apiece was certainly remarkably low,
in view of their value to collectors
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON.
How the Rive DrOite md the Rive
Gnuche, Paris, Differ in Char
acteristics.

Boxes of books line either side of the
Seine and STOPPING figures hover about
them; but the Rive Droite and the Rive
Gauche have little in common, says the
Saturday Review. The first is blase, or
it is bourgeois. 1t does nothing, or
it brawls at the bourse. 1t is prema-
turely old, or it totters on stick. 1t is
pale, and must use rouge. 1t has tasted
every joy; strained every nerve; ex-
hausted every sense.
Youth possesses the other side.
Blithe figures caper about. Upon this
jeunesse, Notre Dame casts her shad-
ows; the dome of the pantheon rises
proudly above it. Faces are fresh,
voices gay; no one mumbles about his
liver or is conscious of having one. Dis
sipations, too, are different. Theaters
stop glittering before you have crossed
the bridge; the Noctambu!es and Muse,
artistic cabarets, begin. No one pulls
on white gloves. No one sits in stall
before a ballet. Toasts and blessings
are delivered in the Cafe Harcourt, mad
measures performed at Bullier's; Paul
and Pierre, wild lights of the Latin
quarter, rejoice. Both love to clothe
themselves in corduroys and wear ties
and capes that fly. Both are given to
dancing down the street, arm in arm,
linked to CASTOR and Georges, an amaz-
ing row. Both prefer song to study,
books to books, pipes to pens and night
to day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
LIKED THE SMOKE.
1t Reminded Her of Her Husband
While Fighting in the
Philippines.

One bright afternoon lately pretty
little woman of 80 or thereabouts, with
rather wistful expression of counte-
nance, boarded Il Fourteenth street
open car away uptown. She took place
on the last seat of the cara smokers
seat. A man who happened to be rid
ing in the same seat knew, without be-
ing himself acquainted with the little
woman, that her husband is Il regular
army officer, who has been in the thick
of the hard soldering in the Philip
pines for the past year. A few squares
below the point at which she got OH
the car, says the Washington Post,
man she knew boarded 1t, and, recog-
nizing her, took seat alongside of her.
He had just lighted big, comfortable
looking cigar before getting on. After
the greetings, he said to her:
"4ou are on smokers seat. Won't
this cigar annoy you?"
''On the contrary, that is why took
one of these Seats" she replied.
That's peculiar" said the man.
You must like smoke, then?"
81 love it," she said. ut brings Jack
a bit nearer home, you know. He is
such terrific smoker, and do so miss
the smell of his cigar smoke around the
house-you really can't imagine how
much l miss it. take ride on one of
these rear seats every morning, just to
smell the tobacco smoke"
There's a hard-working, heat-tor-
tured, homesick chap in officers clothes
out yonder in those turbulent islands
who's in luck, and who may or may not
know what a faithful and lovable little
woman he's got for a wife," thought
the man who happened to overhear this
little talk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
Sending a Telegram.

chine to click out reply.) They say
they'll send me some by the seven
o'clock tube tomorrow morning"
Clevis-"I suppose you can remem-
ber, Mr.. Romley, when man couldn't
send telegram unless he had wire
strung along from one pole to another
and then fastened an instrument to
one end of this wire"
Romley-"Yes, indeed! Why, when
they first began to talk about wireless
telegraphy, people wouldn't take any
more stock in it than they did in air.
ships and rain-making machines. Why,
/ can remember when they laid the
first pneumatic tube through this coun-
try. A lot of old fogies opposed it be-
cause they said railway train that
travelled 60 miles an hour was fast
enough for anybody. People didn't
travel much in those days. / don't sup
pose there were more than a half dozen
people in the whole township that had
ever been to Europe. 1t used to take
us all day to go to Chicago and come
back, and we thought we We're making
pretty good time at that. What has
it come to now? Why a man doesn't
think it's anything remarkable to run
up to Chicago and back before break
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
ACETYLENE GAS.
How n Canadian Metallurssist Acci-
dentalIy Stumbled On To
Good Thing.

The facts relating to the discovery
of actylene gas are interesting. 1t ap-
pears that some years ago Thomas L.
Wilson, of st. Catharines, Ont, was
smelling for metallurgical purposes,
says the Western Electrician. From
time to time he used a good deal of rock
salt in his furnace stock, and also lime
stone as fluX. Whenever these two
materials were fused together the Stag
produced dirty grayish substance
wholly unlike anything else he had ever
seen. For weeks he noticed this SUBJ
stance without giving more than pass
ing attention to it, dumping it into the
stream upon the bank of which he had
built his furnace. One day curious
thing occurred and at time when the
pile of Stag had become so large that
its top rose above the surface of the
water. A minute or two after dumping
the Stag as usual into the stream, some
of 1t going under and part remaining
above the water in red-hot state, the
sizzling and steaming was followed by
a bright burst of flame. The next time
-hl' NhiSoll useu TUCK sdlt ana lHle-
stone the blaze again appeared over the
Stag after it had been cast into the
river, and, it being at night, he was
much struck by the brilliant white
light produced. The next time that he
had a batch of the queer grayish resi-
dueto dispose of he did not waste it, but
saved it and poured over it some water
for experiment. He held lighted
match over the pile, when instantly
there was white, glowing flame.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23

chine. and bought ten cents worth of
liquid air> He said your wife was 60
ing to churn to-day"
Clevis-"Yes, my wife likes that
liquid air. You know that 20-cent can
| bought the other day? Well, that did
all the churning, ran the sewing ma
chine for three days and kept the
refrigerator at three degrees below
freezing all last week. ! suppose Mr..
Romley here can remember when the
farmers had to put up ice every winter
if they wanted to keep their butter and
meat cool during the summer
Romley-"Ice! Why, l can remem-
Der when mighty few farmers had any
rcfrigerators. We used to hang the
butter down the we'll to keep it COOL"
Clevis-"Is it possible?"
Wilson-"TIas your wife tried that
condensed electricity yet, Mr., Clevis? :?
We have one kind now that comes in u
blue cake"
Clevis-"Yes, she tried that last
week. One cake did all the cooking for
Il week and ironed the clothes on Tues
day"
Romley-"How is Mrs. Clevis these
days?"
Clevis-"Oh, she's first rate. She set
the clockwork on our automatic
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23

kitchen about eight o'clock and put
in another storage battery, and then
she went over to play golf with Mrs.
Jenkins"
Romley-"I suppose she rode over
in her new fying-machine."
Clevis-"No, she went over on the
automobile. By the way, I'd like to
trade that automobile for good rain
making machine. My rain-maker is
nearly worn out. I loaded it the other
day to get a half-inch of water and
only got three-eighths. If you hear
of anybody that wants good, family
automobile let me know. This one is
all right for women and children, but
it's too slow for me. 1t only MAKES 25
miles an hour"
Romley-"Youll have hard work
selling it. There isn't much demand
for slow travellers any more. You
might find a buyer over at the Mil
iersburg fair next week. I understand
you're going over there"
Clevs-"Yes, I'm going to take the
boys over. They tell me there's going
to be horse on exhibition over there.
My boys never saw one"
Romley-"Where are the boys to-
day?"
Clevis-'Tommy is out somewhere
on his fiying-machine and Jim is out
cutting that quarter-section with the
auto-binder. He got late start and
| don't know whether he'll finish up
to-day or not"
Romley-"Tiow do you like your new
machine?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
): :ll:llS.lSS:S:SS:S

Clevis-''First rate. Especially the
ice cream soda water attachment.
Have you seen that yet?"
Romley-"No, l haven't"
Clevis-''Well, you're behind the
times. You know, Jim sits under an
awning on top of this auto-binder and
faces the keyboard with the electric
buttons. Right back of him, on one
side, is the electric fan and on the
other side is the music-boX attach
ment. Well, right in between these
two is the ice cream soda machine. It's
entirely independent of the main gear
ing. It's an electrical clockwork con-
trivancc. Every half-hour it mixes
a glass of chocolate ice cream soda
water and carries it on little tray up
to the operator. AS it passes the mu-
sic-boN it touches a trigger and the mu-
sic begins.''
Romley-'I don't care much for mu-
sic. I'd rather have photograph at
tachment. just think Of it, If you
had told people so years ago that some
day the farmer would cut his grain
with Il horsciess binder and sit under
an awning to hear a phonograph grind
out all the popular plays and operas, he
wouldn't have believed it. I'll tell you
a farmer had to work so years ago"
Clevis-" Speaking of binders, Mr..
Wilson, did you order that binding
tWine for me?"
Wilson-"Yes; ordered ityesterday,
but they didn't happen to have any in
stock. They were expecting some in
few minutes by pneumatic tube from
Manila. | guess the tubes aren't work.
ing very well just now. 1t takes near
ly two days to get cargo from Ma
Mia to Chicago now"
Clevis-"Well, l wish you'd telephone
them and find out how soon l can get
some"
Wilson-"What's the use of walking
all the way back into the store to tel
ephone. I'll telegraph them from right
here. (Takes telegraph instrument
from his pocket and touches the key.
There is a flash of lightning, He sends
a message and then waits for the ma
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
SCARCE SORT OF MAN.
Chicago Real Estate Dealer Mnkes
Startling Discovery in HUI
man Nature.

Two facts hardest for the average
man to credit are the love of God his
Father and unselfsh motives on the
part of his brother man. Prof. Graham
Taylor, of Chicago, had startling
demonstration of the latter when he
tried to rent house for his college set
tlement, says the Christian Endeavor
World.
Two brothers had control of the prop
erty, and one of them asked
What are you going to use it for?"
"To live in"
"4es, but how are you going to make
your money out of it?"
Don't expect to make money out of
it."
II mean how are you going to get
your expense back?'
Don't expect to get it back"
what is there in it for you, then?"
"Nothing-eXcept home"
DO you mean that you are going to
live there?"
Exactly"
DO you mean to say that your peo-
pie, who could live on Ashland boule-
ward, are going to make your home de-
iberately down here among Italians
and Polaclis, in this dirt and smoke?"
"That is precisely what mean"
"And not to have any home but this? ?"
THAT exactly"
The young man looked at the pro-
fessor long time, and then, turning
to his brother, eXclaimcd: "Wen,
brother, there are such people in the
world, suppose, but this is the first
one ! ever saw!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
CHARMS STILL IN USE.
Mumps Cured by a Donkey Halter,
So the CredulOus Patients
Thought.

We met well-to-do farmer the other
day in Londonderry, who spoke with
regret of the illness of a well-known
landlord and magistrate in the county.
'The doctors are not able to do him
any good" he remarked, but 1 know
woman who has a real cure for the
jaundice, an I'd get it an send 1t to her
ladyship (the invalid's wife) if l
thought she'd give into it and try it."
SIS it charm?"
at is, miss, and guide charm, too.
Sure, it cured sister of my own.
Would her ladyship give in to it, do you
think?"
II am sure she would not, Mr.. D..
But she would be grateful to you for
wishing to help her."
"One of our laborers is laid up on the
shelf at present, suffering from the
mumps. A neighbor of his begged him
to try cure which she has found most
eflicacious with her own children.
II put the donkey's branlls on them
one after the other, an Mary took Joe
to the water an made him go down an
drink. Then she brung him hame, an
he put the branks on her an led her to
the water, an you may take my word,
the swelling went down at oncet."
The "branks" means the donkey's
headstall, with or without winkers, to
which the reins are attached. To make
the cure effectual boy must be led by
girl and a girl by boy.
A cure widely used for whooping
cough, called by the country people
"chincough," is to pass the afflicted
child three times beneath and over a
donkey.-Gentleman's Magazine.