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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-12
Water Rents Due

Let everybody remember that water
rents are due from the lst. TO the 10Th
of this month. You save 10 per cent,
by paying your bills 10 time TO get the
discount Money is tjo scarce TO lose
your discount.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-12
licamOad, fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad.


Leave SoTthwRrd.
h.49 A. Is. daily, no local stops.
7.I a. NJ. daily, no local stops.
i0.l8 A. N. sundays Only, stops at Brooke
and Wide Water.
lo.'o A. b. dally except sunday. no local
i.SS P. NJ. daily except sunday, no local
stops.
IA p. NJ. daily. No local stops.
e.s6 p. NJ. daily. stops at Brooke and Wide
WAter.
Leave Southwark.
s.sS A. n. daily, Atlantic Coast Line train.
stops AZ Milford, DOsweiI ana Ashland, Week
days All local stops on Sundays.
I3gs p. NJ. daily, Seab BARD Air Line train;
via s. A. l.. Junction. Arrive at Gao. BrOau
treet station, Richmond.
LA p NJ. Daily except Sunday. stops AZ
Milford, boswell and Ashland.
40 y. N. Daily. Atlantic Co tst Line tram
stops at boswell and Ashland.
6i7P. NJ. Daily makes local stops.
So z. NJ. daily. SeabOard Air Line TRAIN,
via \ A. l.. junction. Arrive at {. .. Broad
street station, Richmond.
Accommodate on trains. Daily except sunday
ASA. VI. for Richmond.
10 u A VI. for QuauticO.
l249 p. Il. for Ashanf.
COR. 4. from richmond for FredeTieEa-
burg.
W.P. Taylor, Traffic Manager.
4. Il. y. ayers. President.
O. O. COX, Agent.
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pulDit AdyertfsfnQ,

1.-THE reading Of secular notices from
the pulpit Is Jar to the services; Is
exceedingly Objectionable to a large
number OF people" writes Edward Box
in Ladies' Home Journal. "These folk
rightly feel that secular matters should
be kept as far removed from the Sab
bath services as possible. And they
are perfectly justified In taking that
position. 1t is bit disturbing when
the minister announces that fair will
be held on such or such day, or that
a strawberry festival has been arrang-
ed for certain evening. All our
churches canEct abolish pulpit an
nouncemc2ts too soon; many Of them
have do@c 20 already. They have never
had place there: they are not in keep
ing with the dignity OF the pulpit. OF
course where q church Is absolutely
too limited In its finances to have the
most modest sort Of leafet printed
there Is some reason for the continu-
aIce Of the method. But whenever it
Is possible thc pastors Of our churches
should be allowed to adopt the circular
plan. THE minister should not be turn
ed Into III advertising medium pnder
any pretext whatever. Nor should the
pulpit be dragged from its high place
and its lofty purpose. 1t Is not bulle.
tip board"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

Marriage Is admittedly always q haz-
ard but In Scrvia 1t has been made the
basis of Il novel variation Oh the usual
modes or speculation. There societies
Tor providing bonuses Oh marriage
were formed and fourIshed to such an
extent as to greatly accelerate the mar
riage rate. The funds were obtained
on the assessment system, and, as
many members who got bonus and
a bride abruptly stopped ticr contrl.
buttons, the aspiring cellbate subscrib
ers who were left found their oblga.
lions increasing more rapidly than is
the experience of most married men.
Consequently liquidation has set In
among these companies with great Sc
verify, and tie boom IL matrimony Is
likely to be followed by slump. Lon.
don Financial News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

From Grand Island. Neb., comes the
story, by way Of the Chicago Tribune,
of the theft Of an entire railroad-rafls.
ties and rolling stock. 1t happened
that two lines controlled by different
companies ran for some distance side
by side. One Of the magnates, desiring
to build spur to his line, but feeling
deferred by the high price of steel, in
augurated bold policy His men ran
an engine on to the enemy's track in
the dead of the night and slowly drew
away the entire number of cars owned
by the road. In the wake of the train
the laborers stealthily removed the
rails and ties. and when day dawned
work had begun on the spur, ten miles
away. Owing to the difficulty in con-
vincing the Judge that 1t was possible
to steal railroad ia q single night the
president Of IT, L.:crtuuate line was
almost refused c wit Of rep!evin for
his properly.
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Her Baby.

At a prosperous Boer farmhouse
where General Ian Hamilton requested
shelter for the night a bedroom and
parlor were placed at his disposal
This was not very enthusiastically
done, but at that no one could wonder
The general began talking with the
old lady Of the family, the farmers
wife,
He spoke through an interpreter, and
her answers were given with so little
grace that he relinquished the task.
Only once had her stern face lighted.
This was when he asked about her
youngest fighting son, boy Of IA. Her
lips quivered. Emotion was not really
frozen within her.
Next day the general had occasion to
ride past the farm. and he called for a
moment upon her.
"Tell her." said he to the interpreter,
"that we have won the battle today"
They told her, and she bowed her
head with some dignity.
"Tel her the Dutch will certainly be
beaten"
No answer.
perhaps her sons will be taken pris-
oners."
Still no reply.
"Now tell her to write down on a
piece Of paper the name Of the youn-
gest and give it to my aid-de-camp.
Then, when he Is captured, she must
write to me, and we will not keep him
q prisoner. We will send him back to
her."
At last her face broke into emotion.
The chord had been struck.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
Life Saving PoIiteness,

Patriotism and politeness are great
virtues, and a japanese physician, Dr.
Aoyama, owes his life to the fact that
he possessed them both in high degree.
He had caught the plague and was
dying for the need Of the food which,
in his delirium. he refused to take.
His nurse was in despair, but finally
conceived the idea of playing upon his
patriotism by filling a glass with liquid
nOurishment and then offering to drink
to the health of the mikado.
This was repeated until, ardent
patriot as he was, the doctor felt that
he had hOnored Lis sovereign enough.
Then his politeness was appealed to,
the nurse proposing toast and re-
preaching the sick man for not joining
in it. In this way the patients strength
was maintained until the delirium sub
sided and he became cOnvalescent.- -
Youths Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
life Il What We Make II.

"Our lives are what we make Of them
ourselves" writes Edward Box in The
Ladies Home Journal IF we are
weak and accept the artificial, our lives
will be so, and just in proportion as we
make our lives artificial we make them
proftlesS and unhappy. A happy life
cannot be lived in an atmosphere sur
charged with artifciality. That is i'm
possible. No hope is defeated unless
we defeat that hope ourselves; no life
IS thwarted unless we thwart it's high
est fultillment and development by our
own actions. 1t is with us, and with
us only, whether we allow the swift
currents of prevailing customs to make
our lives complex. They do unques-
tionably, and they are dwarfing the in
ner lives of thousands of women and
killing thousands Of others. But it is
cOwardly and unjust to lay the blame
and the responsibility upon those Gus
toms 1t is optional with us to accept
or reject them. There are certain So
cial laws which seem to make these
customs right, but every phase Of
higher law - the divine law - proves
them wrong. There must be certain
laws and customs for the protection of
the social body. These are likewise
for our own individual protection and
are right, and ordinary common sense
teaches US what these are"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
OLD MANUSCRIPT GOSPELS
st. Johns and St. PauPs Are Now In
This Country.

st. Johns and st. PauPs Are Now In
This Country.
The oldest known texts in the world
of ST. Johns gospel and of the epistle
to the Romans are now in this country.
The former is In the museum Of the
University of Pennsylvania, and the
latter papyrus is at Harvard univer-
sity. They are among the l1S papyri
recently presented by the Egypt explo-
ration fund to the universities Of our
land.
The fragment of st. Johns gospel
forms an important portion, small
though it be, of a book Of about so
pages containing that gospel, dating
about 200-John |, 1881, except that
verse 1S is missing. In the former
chapter there are those profoundly sig
nifcant words, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin Of the
world" in the other chapter, st. Mary
addressed by Jesus after his resurrec-
ton at the sepulcher. The handwrit-
ing is round upright uncial Of medi-
UNI size, and the usual theological con-
fractions for God, Jesus Christ and
Spirit occur. The reason why these
two chapters Qn parO are preserved is
that chapter and chapter 20 were
very nearly the outermost Of q large
Quire containing the other chapters.
The text appears to have affinitles with
the Sinaitic Codex and absolutely con-
firms our version.
The manuscript of the first seven
verses of ST. Pauls eplstle to the Ro-
mans is in large and rather crude I'M
cial and appears to be schoolboy's cx-
ercise at Oxyrhynchus and of the date
of 316. A few mistakes in spelling Oc-
cur, which a beginner In his lessons
would naturally make. That a chapter
OF st. Paul should be used for such a
purpose shows that the writings of the
New Testament had long been in COM
mon circulation. The older fragments
of st. Matthew are retained in England
oxford or the British museum), and
the fragments Of St Mark Of the fifth
century also remain in England.-Liv-
ing Church.
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ONLY m Layyver.

When Justice Bookstaver was on the
supreme court bench. he had as special
officer or attendant a punctilious old
German, who always stood guard at
the door leading to the Justices private
chambers when the justice was within.
One day a prominent lawyer and two
Of his clients called and asked II the
justice would receive them.
The officer threw open the door and
called out loudly to the justice:
"Shudge! Two shentlemans und a
lawyer wants to speak NIT you"
The three gentlemen laughed.
"VOr What you laff, eh"
Don't you count me a gentleman p
asked the lawyer.
Zach, you're a lawyer only; OATS DIFF
ferent."-New York Mail and Express
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
The Best Remedy For Rheumatism.
QUICK RELIEF FROM PAIN.

All who use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for rheumatism are delighted
with the quick relief from pain
which IL affords. When speaking Of
this Mr.. d. N. Sinks, of Troy, Ohio,
says: "Some time ago i had a severe
attack OF rheumatism in my arm and
shoulder. I tried numerous remedies
but got no relief until l was recon-
mended by Messrs. Geo. F. Parsons
& Co., druggists OF this place, to try
Chamberlain Pain Balm. They rec
commended it 80 highly that bought
a bottle. l was soon relieved of all
pain. have since recommended this
liniment to many of my friends, who
agree with me that it is the best
remedy for muscular rheumatism in
the market" For sale by VIM. p.
Bell & Co., Aecomac 9. a., Va.
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The British Royal Band.

The Royal band is one Of those bodies
attached to the court that will not be
interfered with by the king, says the
London Chronicle. This royal orches-
ira Is an ancient institution, dating
back four centuries, and doubtless owes
its origin to the musical performance
given by David before Saul. Nova
days. however, these instrumentalists
are not engaged to cure a monarch Of
melancholia, but their work consists Of
playing light pieces after the royal
family have dlned and giving occasion
al concerts. The master Of the music
is Sir Walter Parratt, and In the kings
band there are "a instrumentalists, the
first violinist being Mr.. Alfred Gibson.
Whenever they play before royalty the
members of the band are attired in
blue velvet coats and knee breaches,
with white ties and white waistcoats,
but the conductors dress is different In
the respect that he has black collar,
whereas each man under him wears
blue one. There Is one lady in the Or
chestra, the harplst
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
A CrownIesn Coronation.

A coronation without a crown sounds
distinctly Irish, yet such was In effect
the ceremony in which Henry III took
the most prominent part at Gloucester
on Oct. %, 1916. On this occasion
q plain circle was used instead of a
crown, which had been lost with the
jewels and other baggage of King
John in passing the marshes of Lynn
or the Wash near Wlsbeach.-London
Telegraph.
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WHAT is SUGGEST

Il Il to worship earthly, groveling gold
And, dollar blinded, to look only down,
To rake the muck heap and forget the crown
Until youths bounding blood creeps strangely
cold;
To dwell with envy, arc .ance and dread
To barter all beneyolonce for dross,
To lose companionship nor feel its loss
Because the flower of sympathy is Dead
Is that SUGGEST
To labor fer the rainbow bubble, fame;
Afoat so fairly in the morning air,
perfect jewel for prince 10 wear,
Is II recompCnse for all its claimY
Through careful night and crowded, strenuous
day.
Through iron rebuff or lattery, like snow
That leaves one thirsty, it is grasped, and, TO-
1t vanishes in nothingness away
Is that SUGGEST
With comrade duty in the dark or day
To follow truth wherever ii may lead
To hate all meanness, cowardice or greed
To look for b,auty under common clay,
Our brothers burden sharing when they weep
But. if we fall. to bear defeat alone;
To live in hearts that loved us when were gone
Beyond the twilight (till the morning break) to
sleep,
That is SUGGEST
Ernest Neal Lyon in Success.
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His benevolent Appearance Proves
n Snare For u Sharper.

L HIS BencVOient Appearance kfof~s
Snare For II Sharper.
Secretary Gage Is benevolent look
ing person, with pleasant mode OF
speech and n genial manner. But con-
fidence operators who trade too far on
these appearances and attempt to inn
pose upon his good nature soon find
that there is a pretty solil stratum of
worldly wisdom beneath his gracious
| exterior.
The other day as he was returning
| from a cabinet meeting he was warm
ly greeted near the door of the treas
ury by a well dressed man of middle
age. Mr.. Gage, assuming at a first
glance that the stranger was one of
the multitude he had met in Washing
ton and whose names he cannot hope
to remember, returned the salutaton
and shook the hand held out to him.
81 trust you will pardon me, Mr..
Secretary" the man began, but l
represent London illustrated newspa-
per which has commissioned me to
obtain n set of photographs Of your
country seat. Have you any objection
to my taking few views there"
"None in the world" answered the
secretary amiably, IF you will tell me
where my country seat is. l never
knew had one"
"Ahw exclaimed the stranger. IL
must have been misinfOrmed. Then,
would you consent to my taking some
pictures of the interior of your man
sion in Washington
with all the pleasure in life, If there
were any house in the city that could
call my own. live in rented dwell
ing, and my landlord has notified me
that | must get out Of that in few
weeks"
In spite Of his air Of assurance, the
stranger began to look embarrassed.
Drawing a trine nearer to Mr.. Gage
and dropping his voice several degrees,
he said:
"The fact Is, Mr.. Secretary, / am n
little short of funds this morning.
There are two leading publishers in
England who are owing me money,
and | thought possibly that you, as a
banker and business man, could advise
me how to proceed"
81 should think your best plan would
be to draw on your debtors"
"Quite so. But, you see, it costs a
good deal to send the adyices by ca
ble."
"That Is true Under the circum-
stances you had better send your mes
sages collect
"Of course, Of course" BY this time
the insinuating stranger was beginning
to mop his brow. There again, how
ever, am confronted by little diff
Guilty. The cable company has refused
to send both dispatches collect"
"Has it?" asked the secretary, with a
look Of real concern. well, then, my
friend, 1t seems to me that you are re-
duced to a single course Of conduct.
Send one dispatch collect and get your
money from that. Out of the proceeds
you can prepay the other"
And with a bow and a smile Mr..
Gage disappeared through the swing
ing doors of the treasury building
Success.
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A Standard For Rich Men.

There are many other men gathering
In enormous fortunes. Mr.. Carnegie ls
setting up measurements by which the
public will henceforth estimate the
possessors of those fortunes. That
standard will be Carnegie's matchless
monument. A new rule Of moral re-
sponsiblllty is being established in the
lions, and the man OF wealth must
hereafter be phllanthroplc and pub
lie spirited man, else the only effect Of
his riches will be to prejudice him In
the public eye. This is a contribution
to the twentieth century not to be
measured In millions or billions. 1t Is
incalculable.- Boston Transcript.
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THEHOTELCHECK PROBLEM
A Question of Whether to offend
CHESTS or Risk Losing Money.

N
Guests or Risk Losing Money.
The hotel clerk was standing behind
the desk. with a discOnsOlate look on
his face.
whats the matter" asked friend.
"Matter?" said the clerk. why, it's
the same old story. I've been stuck for
another check. This check business
causes us hotel clerks more trouble
than anything else in the world. There
is general rule in hotels that no
checks shall be cashed, but very often
travellers run short Of money. 1t Is
good business policy to cash these
checks when you can be sure that
they're all right. No hotel can afford
to be continually offending guests. At
the same time, if a clerk casheS a bad
check he has to stand the loss.
The average hotel clerk has learned
by bitter experience to be a pretty good
Judge of human nature. but every now
and then he slips up. Only week ago
a big, splendid looking fellow came to
me and got me TO cash check for $50.
l sized him up and decided that he was
all right and that he was a good man
to keep among the steady patrons of
the hotel. a few days later back came
the check, with No funds marked
across it. The result was that was
out 500"
While the clerk was talking swag-
ger looking woman came up to the
desk and, smiling sweetly at the clerk.
said:
"Win you please cash this little
check?"
The clerk was all graciOuSness. He
took the check and examined it care
fully without saying anything.
"Oh, it's all right" said the woman,
"Of course, if you don't want to cash it
you needn't. Mr.. So-and-so knows me
quite we'll, and you can telephone him
about it if you want to, but it would
save me a great deal of trouble if you
could cash it for me now"
Certainly, madam" said the clerk.
and then he went over and held a con-
sultation with the cashier.
They decided that the woman was a
good investment and gave her the mon
ey. She went away smiling, and then
the clerk said:
"Now, there is just about an even
money chance. If hadn't cashed that
check, she would have been highly in
suited and would have tailed about
this hotel as long as she could remem-
Der. If she is all right, she will be a
good customer, but if she isn't am out
another S25."-New York Sun.
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SERVANTS OF A NEW KIND.
Easy and Profitable Work Supplied
by Apartment Hotels.

The apartment hotel has been re-
sponsible for many changes in social
conditions, and one of these is the
growth of an entirely new class OF
servants. Most of these hotels have
suits too small to accommodate maid
II more than one person occupies them.
The cost of keeping maid under
these circumstances is increased by the
fact that fixed sum is charged every
week for her meals.
In hotel, for instance, where the
maximum rate is $12 week for meals,
the maids are likely to cost SO or S..
Combined with the cost of lodgings
this price practically puts a female
servant beyond the means Of all but
the wealthy, as the wages are $50 q
month, more or less, to begin with.
So the new kind of maid comes ell
Their by the day or at the times during
the week that she Is most required. If
she is not needed regularly, as hap
pens often, she may come two or three
times a week or only on the reception
day of the tenant of the apartment.
The increase In the number Of apart
ment hotels has led to a great demand
for women of this kind. One woman
who foresaw the business to be had
from this class Of service has opened
an agency and sends out women for
this irregular work. They are, as a
rule, women who prefer to live at home
and are anxious to earn something to
increase the family income. They
make money easily in this way, for
their pay is out of all proportion to
that made by the ordinary woman in
domestic service.
They rarely lose n full days employ
ment If they want 1t, and their charges
are never less than $3.50 day, even
for the simplest kind Of work, and their
hours are not more than from 8 to 5.
If they come earlier than o, they leave
earlier in the afternoon.
Some of them refuse to sew unless
the pay is increased, and they some
times receive for attendance at an aft
ernoon tea as much as 81 for only a
few hours work.-New York Sun.
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Cured.

NO" said the man In the mackin-
tosh, my wife doesn't give away any
Of my old clothes or sell them to the
ragman any more. ! cured that habit
effectually once"
How was that?" they asked him.
"When found that she had disposed
of a coat ! hadn't worn for several
weeks, | told her there was letter in
1t she had given me to mail the last
time had 1t on. And that was no
lie either" he added with deep salts
factiOn.-ChlcagO Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

In the fourteenth century the slaugh-
ter of women and children after a
town or castle had been taken by
storm was one of the most common &C.
currences Of war.
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All!

He-Cissie, I've heard it said that a
kiss without mustache Is like an
egg without salt. Is that so?
She-Well really. | don't know.
can't tell. for, you see. I've never
He-Ah. now!
She-Never eaten an egg without
salt.-Glasgow Times.
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Lucky Doe.

Briggs-The Dudleys seem to think a
great deal Of their dog.
Gr.ggs- Naturally; be is something
they never quarrel about. as they do
their children When the dog exhibits
some bad trait. neither can declare
that he took it from the Otber.-BoSton
TRANSCRIPT
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

The first great fire In an American
city occurred at Boston Aug. 8, 1919.
BY this coniagration $50 buildings
were destroyed. the loss amounting t.
over f2O0.OGO.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

An angler at Half Moon bay caught
a small esh and allowed 1t to swim at
the end OF the line while be rolled a
cigarette. A ~ pound cod swallowed
the little Ash and was landed.-Los
Angeles Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

"See here, you sir" cried her father.
Didn't tell you never to enter my
house again.
mo, sir, you didn't" replied the per-
sistent sutton. you said not to cross
your Threshold so | climbed In the
window Exchange.