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CURE SICK HEADACHE.
AN INCENSE PARTY.
odd Etiquette of m Interesting Jap-
 anese Function.

If you ever receive an invitation to Japanese incense party, accept it promptly and thankfully. It has no counterpart in our own social system and is as merry and pleasant an affair as can be imagined. The people of the mikado's land have trained the nos trils for generations the same as we have trained the eye and ear, and they display skill which at times Is star ting to a westerner. There is an odd etiquette to be followed in these social affairs. For the twenty-four hours preceding the party each guest must avoid the use of anything which can produce any odor whatever. Scented soaps, perfumes, odorous foods and even spices must be avoided. These prevent the user from smelling accu. rately and also interfere with the other members of the party.
 When you dress. be careful to put on no garment that has been kept in the neighborhood of camphor wood, tobac- co, bouquets, dried blossoms or scented pONucl. " hCh yOu lSdSh tlS houSC Ol your host, enter it as softly as you can and as slowly as possible. This Is to prevent making a draft by the move ment of your own body. Be equally leisurely in opening and closing doors, as a quick movement induces sud. den rush of air. In the drawing room the hostess burns a series of incenses, usually four or five in number. Each guest is allowed to take three snffs of each incense and must then jot down its name and number upon card. Each of the four or five incenses is burned two or three times, so that the number of cards will vary from eight to fifteen. At the end the cards are laid out on the table, and the hostess reads the names of the incenses em- ployed, which are checked off upon the cards. The guest who has guessed the largest number receives a pretty prize, which Is sometimes a silver or bronze incense burner, statuette or carving. Among the Japanese the aver age woman guesses correctly about six times in ten, while with the American women the ratio is three in ten.-New York Post.
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The Table Napkin.

Curiously enough. that article now considered almost indispensable, the table napkin. was first used only by children and was adopted by elder members of the family about the mid dle of the fifteenth century. In eti- quette books of an earlier date than this among other sage pieces of advice for children are instructions about wip- ing their fingers and lips with their napkins.
 It seems that the tablecloth was long enough to reach the floor and served the grown people in place of napkins. When they did begin to use napkins, they placed them first on the shoulder, then op the left arm and finally tied them about the neck.
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MThe Great Unknown"

For thirteen years the author of "Waverley" was unknown. Indeed the country spoke of him as "the great un- known" n pseudonym Sir Walter Scott often employed in writing. But on Feb. 23, 1927. Sir Walter gave din ner party to which, among others, Lord Meadowbank. the judicial magnate. who chanced to know his hosts secret. was invited. Then when the toasts were being drunk Meadowbank, with Scott's permission. got up and proposed the health of ''the great unknown, Sir Walter Scott" The effect was magical. and the news spread through the coun. try like wildfire. Indeed that dinner and the secret it disclosed was the most talked of event of the year.
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A Hungry Musician,

During the siege of Ladysmith an of flcer who was organizing concert to keep up his mems cheerfulness heard of sergeant in the Gordons who was said to be performer. He found the said sergeant and asked him to con- tribute his services.
 The sergeant was sorry, but said he couldn't"
 "Why." said the officer, "you do play something, don't you"
 "I did, sir"
 "Well, what's your instrument"
 "The bones, sir-but I've ate 'em!
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Modern Instance.

And now" he said, i've will see what our old friend the apostle Paul has to say. Step up here, Paul, and give us your testimony"
 No, the speaker wasn't flippant prosecuting attorney in the celebrated trial before Felix.
 It was the Rev. MT. Seventhly. the popular pastor of the Blank Avenue church. who was preaching q doctrinal sermon.-Chicago Tribune.
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Don't Be n Waiter.

There are too many people in the world waiting for favorable conditions. Don't do it. While you are hesitating some one else is blowing ahead of you. Wait for nothing; map out q course and pursue it. rain or shine. mud or dust, storm or lull. cold or heat. good times or bad times. Wait for nothing. .-Atchison Globe.
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DisprOved.

Chimer-I'm surprised that you should speak so unkindly of Miss Gusch. She speaks well of you. She was telling me that you loaned her book of your verses. and she thought them lovely.
 Rimer-Yes; so she told me. but when she returned the book. the pages were still Uncut.-Cathoiic Standard.
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Speaking of crocodile tears," did you ever see whale blubber?-Kansaf City Independent.
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AuuRR all bowel troubles. appendicitis bil- VIIIDA iOusness, bad breath, bad blood, wind uuUUhF the stomach, blOated bowels. foul OVuvED mouth, headache, indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, trouble, sailow complexion and dizziness. When your bowels don't move regu- iariy you getting sick ConstipatiSn kills more for the chronic ailments and long year: of sufering afterwards. No matter what niis you, start taking CASCARETS to-day, for you will never get well and be well all the time until you put your bowels right. Take our advice; start with CASCARETS to-day, under an absolute guar- antee money refunded. ua
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07
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naturally suppose, for they were usually not encumbered with more than ten or twenty acres each.
 During that lifetime that family had lived in poverty with only the necessities of life and with very few of the luxuries.
 This was a fair sample of the con- dition of the men who built the en- pire east of the Missouri River.
 Then what about the productions? Think of that climate!-as one man expressed it regarding the State of Minnesota-"Nine months of very cold winter and three months very late in the Fall"
 How much wheat did they raise to the acre? Fifteen bushels to the acre? Not on the average. What was the price? Fifty cents bushel? Yes, sometimes, and sometimes much
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

raising a crop. East of the Missouri the pioneer has to reclaim sWamps, drain marshes, fell forests and wallow through mud. West of the Missouri we have to water deserts, plant trees and coax them to grow with water and tramp through dust that mellows our roads like plowed fields. The conditions on the western half of this continent are the reverse of those on the eastern. Our fathers drained their lands, we must irrigate ours. They fought against native fecun- dity that well nigh buried them be- meath a growth of vegetation. We must fight an aridity that makes profitable production a puzzling prob lem.
 The statement that it was easier to carve out an empire in that portion of our country located east of the Missouri River than it is now, to populate that portion west of that river, is the first proposition that challenges attention and to which the Press takes exceptions.
 It is true that small portion of our country located to the east of
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

We publish the following extract from his paper for the purpose of presenting the case fairly to our readers and for the further purpose of making such comments thereon as we think justified and then leav- ing the reader to draw his own con- clusions. MT. Pillsbury introduced his paper with the following state ments:
 It is no small task to make a coun- try. We have given great glory to the hardihood of the American pio- neers who ventured into forests and out upon the prairies to rear common wealths for succeeding generations to occupy in peace and under the pro- tection of law, and the pioneers of other days were we'll entitled to all the praise they received, and yet, the conditions confronted by the pioneers from the Missouri River to the At lantic Ocean were easy compared with the conditions imposed by nature upon husbandry in all that empire lying between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. It was no small task to carve out of the luxurious eastern half of the continent that empire which now practically comprises the potential part of the United States of
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

less-especially during the times of empire building.
 East of the Missouri River, all man had to do, according to Pills bury, was to put the seed in the ground and keep the weeds down to be reasonably sure of a crop. Did not those crops run the gauntlet of the season-too much cold-too much heat-too much rain-too little rain too much insect-too much cyclone?
 What about the winters? Did not the farmer east of the Missouri River have to work like slave all summer in order to make provision for keep ing his family and his stock all win ter?
 How much did it cost to cut down the timber, clear off the rubbish, dig out the stumps and get clear field in which to raise a crop with any degree of comfort or profit? It cost a lifetime of hard work-whatever that might be worth. Did not the farmer have to drain his wet lands so
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

malaria was abundant and quinine
 was a common article of diet And then what did they have to show for their labor when the land was finally cleared? The land was worn out; it never had much depth of soil; the
 constant rains and snows had
 leached and is still teaching out of the soil the little fertility it naturally possessed. And the work of enrich ing the soil so as to make it of any value from an agricultural point of view was a necessity before the stumps had been routed from the field; and by the time those stumps were out of the way the young men who had spent a lifetime clearing up an eighty-acre tract of land found that he was ready to cease his labors in this world, leaving his children to divide between themselves a mort gagged farm on which the improve ments were by no means of luxur- ious character. But the children were not as poor as the reader might
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

the Missouri River was composed of fertile prairie that was easily brought under cultivation. But how about that timbered and stony coun- try that covered the greater portion of that great area?
 The writer was raised in the tim bered country of Michigan among it's lakes and swamps. It took gen eration to clear up that land and make it fit for the habitation of man, during which time he was the con- stant victim of chills and levers, for
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07

A. J. Pillsbury, of the Tulare Regis ter one of the brightest and ablest writers in this State, recently read a paper before the San Joaquin Val ley Commercial Association that con- tained from a San Joaquin Valley point of view some very plain state ments that are probably true e- he ought to know - but in treating the subject in a general way he misleads the general reader by stating for facts propositions that cannot be veri- fled.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-06-07
The San Joaquin Valley Editor makes Statements Re- garding the Development of California that are not Borne out by the Facts. His State
 ments and Comments Thereon

America, but that task was as nothing to the mighty work of making, west of the Missouri, a companion civili- zation, fit to compare in wealth and population to the one our fathers reared east of that stream, which, roughly speaking, divides arid Amer ica from humid America. East of the Missouri the farmer had only to put the seeds into the ground and keep the weeds down to be reason ably sure of a crop. West of the Missouri if the farmer ceased his efforts when he put his seeds into the ground, he stood three chances of scoring a failure to two chances of
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
H9NAi's WEAITs Is HEALTH
Paine'S Celery
Compound
GIVES VITALITY. vIeoR AND
STRENGTH TO DEsILITATEp AND
RUNDOWN woMEN

II Is maintained by many distinguishei ]
writer's that the greatness of n nation,
depends much upon the physical condi-
tion OF It's women. The general condi-
tons which contribute 20 health and
long life are those which don't implv n
RAPID and unequal exhaustion of thsoe
powers by which life is maintained
While we assert that the women of our
land stand peerless for beauty and the
Virtures that make them lovable. we
cannot hide the fact that there are thou-
sands IN our midst who. owing to over
work, worry. household cares. and an
unequal exhaustion ollie power. have be-
come weak, nervous, sleepless and debilj-
tated.
We bring to the attention of all weary
despondent, hopeless. and sickiy women
earth great rescuer aud health. builder.
falue celery Compound. Thousands
of healthy women around US owe their
present vigor, activity, and robustne
TO Paine Celery Compound Mrs. STE.
phen Smith. ST. Paul Mimi. tells how she
was snatched from the grave: she saws
had bad attack of la grippe this
spring and was at deaths door. and no
one-ever expected me To recover. was
so weak that as soon IA they brought
me out Of one faint was in another. I
could not take any Dourishment. and
doctors medicines did me no good
irlehd ad vised my husband to get me a
bottle OF Paine Celery Compound. which
he did, but had no faith init. The second
day after taking the Compound, began
20 get real hungry and took an interest
IN things. had everything that money
and loving care could supply. With that
and Paine's Celery Compound. | am
now doing my own work. while thrse
months ago | was almost in the grave
know that owe my health nnd
strength To Paine's Celery Compound and
shall always recommend il. -
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
King George e Writings.

The following is list of writings ad
mitted to record In the Clerks Office o
the County Court OF King George sine,
the October term. 1902:
Neal Morgan and Marando. his wife
TO VIM Samuel Finnalle. deed for land
VIM Samuel Finnalle and wife and
James Finnalie and wife to VIM. Rose
trustee. deed trust on land.
Frank \. Mcdaniel To peyton Parker.
deed for land.
d; Frank CoAkley to r. II. Hudson
deed for land.
Charles H. Lucas 70 Sally Luce. bill Of
Fasker Turner'S homestead declara-
ton
J.. Sydnor Massey TO T. Il. Harris. deed
for land.
I. h. Harris and wife to W. ". Brown
trustee. deed trust on land
james +. Rollins and wife TO VIM. II
Parker, trustee. deed trust on land.
Robert 4. Rollins and wife 10 Watson
Jennings. deed for land.
Watson Jennings and wife TO Robert
Jennings, trustee. deed of trust
G- Mosby Henderson TO John II. Mul.
len. deed for land.
John II. Mullen and wife. &c. 70 Rob
ert j. Rogers. trustee. deed OF trust.
Alfred Spiiman and wife TO r. ! Moore
aud wife. deed for land.
Lula Wiikerson aud husband 10 John
ii. Sullivan. deed for land.
Chas. T. Purks and wife to :. J. Mar
shall. deed for land
r. l.. Pavne and L. " Payne. trading
as Payne Co, general contractors. to
somerset Beach Co, mechanics lien.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
KING GEORGE.
Whoopins Cough Prevailing 6uiio =
ing Notes Other ritens-PersonsIs
Etc.
Comorn. Va. Nov. 9th. 1902.

Oomorn, Va, Nov. 9Th. 1902.
The election Tuesday was very quiet.
The hundreds OF "Mouthy" sovereirns
who usually spend election dayaround the
voting places. were conspicuous by their
absence. At King George e. n there
was not more than dozen persoaseafh
cred at any one time during the dav
There was nothing about the precinct
grounds 10 indicate to passer-by that
an election was going on.
heat-seeding. corn shucking and
other fall farm work has progressed ra-
pidly IN the last two weeks. 4 majority of
the OF the small grain has been seeded
and that putin the ground early in the
season came up well
A malignant form Of whooping cough
Is epidemic in King George, and has re-
duced the attendance upon the public
schools for two weekspast.
Miss Ella J. Billingsley, OF this countv.
who has been nursiag Mr.. Wallace
Nalker Tor some weeks. has gone To
Washington. Miss Billingsley is n popu-
Lac and successful trained nurse. aud has
been nursing the sick at various places
continuously since last week
Mr.. John Arnold, of Willow Hin. near
here. has gone TO fredericksburg 10 at
tend school
Mrs. Jefferson ID. Bradford. of Wash
ington. has been "A guest ol friends in King
George, for two weeks past.
IL IL understood that plan is on foot
10 establish a cannery near thir place in
time for next season.
Mrs William + Baker. who has been
visiting kinsiolk in Montgomery county.
Nd. Washington and Alexandria. for two
months past. has returned 10 her home
at Shiloh this couufN
\ large barge il being loaded with rail
road ties AT Cbatterton, on the Potomac.
for Major " : Embrey
Mr.. +. p. Tayloe has recovered his
health sufficiently TO be able to drive out
and attend to business.
Mr.. }. ;. shelton has Just erected a com
mOdious barn on his farm near Fletcher's
Chapel
Mr.. John Green is having q large and
handsome residence erected on his farm
near Matthias Point.
Mrs. Lewis Billingsley and Miss Lille
Taylor, have returned TO their homes in
this county. after visiting their in broth
er, Mr.. W r Taylor, in Richmond city.
Mrs X. ii. SOrrell, of the National Capi-
tai city, is here to spend few days on
her farm
Mrs Julia Rogers who has been on a
two weeks visit to her father, Capt q
W. Grigsby, in this county has returned
TO her home in Washington.
Mr.. b. c. Grymes, Of Woodstock. was
at the clerks Office the 1st instant. look
ing alter some important business mat
teFs.
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PersonaIs and other Notes.

Mrs. William Tayloe, OF Powhatan, is
visiting her sister. Mrs. William Benny,
IN Prince Georges county, Maryland
Mrs. Eugene Stuart, of New York, is Wis
ising her father. Mr.. Henry S. Fitzhugh,
at Clarence.
Mr. Henry Ratclifie, has completed a
large wharf Tor Mr.. Charles Berry, near
his store house on Machod oc creek, which
VIII be great convenience to the people
OF that community.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, of Washing
ton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs j. Il. Davis.
at their home in this county
Mrs. Rosa t. Hunter, of Washington.
Is the guest of the Alisses Jett, at Port
Conway.
Messrs. Edward Tayloe, OF Powhatan
and Geo. Og!e TayiOe, Ferneaux. are Wis
itiDg MIR. William Berry, Jr., in Prince
Georges county, Md. These young gen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
A Village Blacksmith Saved His Lille Sons
Life.

Nr II. III Black. the weli.known will
age blacksmitha at Grabamsville, Sullivan
CO., n. Y. says. Our little son, > years
oil, has always been subject to cronp.
end 30 bad have the attacks been that
we have fearc4 many times that be
would die We have lad the doctor and
ased many medicines. but Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is now one sole reliance.
IL eeems 10 dissolve the tough macus
and by giving frequent doees when the
eroupy symptoms appear we have found
that the dreaded group is cured before il
gets settled. There j. no danger in civ
this remedy Tor il coDteins no opiums or
other injurious drug and be given ascnn-
hdently to babe as TO an adult. For
sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
a GARDEN MAP OF STATES:
Interesting Novelty For Worlds Fair
Paths For Boundaries.

Space has baen allotted in the western
part ot the Worlds Fair grounds at St
Louis Tor agreat garden map of the I'm
ted States The map will constitute q
part of the exhibit OF the Bureau of Plant
Industry and will have a southern ex.
posure well suited for the purpose.
Two acres will be taken up With this
map. state tines will be marked bv walks
10 cinders. ref gravel or some other ma
terial ln each State reservation will be
shown the economic plants produced in
the State. The corn ofKaBsas. the wheat
of the Middle States, the cotton. tobacco
and sugar cane Of the Southern States
the orange and pineapple of Florida will
all be shown. Those plants which do not
grow in this latitude normally will be
forced under glass 10 hotbeds. The pro-
lector says that two acres will be sufi
eient 10 carry out this plan, allowing an
acre, 200 by 100 feet
with this map spread out on the South.
ern slope, in the place allotted. it would
appear from the Agricultural Building
nil ike bird 's-eye view of the United
states, while the visitor walking on the
paths would, so far as vegetation was
concerned, be travelling through thecoun-
try
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
Virginia Maiden EIoped as a Mates
of Romance

just TO be romantic. and because she
didn't want any one To know when she
was going 20 be married. Miss BERTHE
French. Of Richmond, eloped Monday
with Mr. B. + Ford. and married him
IN Frederick, Md: A few hours after the
ceremony they telegraphed their parents
what they had done. There was no par
entail objection to the wedding, and the
elopement was entirely unnecessary Miss
french had SAID when she grew up and
was ready to marry she would e,Ope
and when the time came for her to en-
bark upon the matrimonial sea she made
good her word.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
Col. 4. D. Seal RaraIxrad

Col. Henry d Beall, for many years
connected with the editorial department
of The Sun, Baltimore. ia in at bis home
in that city, having suffered an attack Of
paralysis Col. Beall has been in the
business since he was ; years
OLD and is one OF the most widely known
aud highly esteemed editors in the South.
lie has wide acquaintance throughout
Virginia and other Southern States. Col.
Beall has number friends in this city.
who viii regret to hear Of his sickn
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11

To remove a troublesome corn or bu-
mon: Fret soak the cora or bunion in
warm water to soften it. then pare il
down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamberlain 5
Pail Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously
for five minutes at each application. A
corn plaster should be worn for a few
days, TO protect it from the shoe. As a
general lniment for sprains, bruises.
lameness and rheumatism. Pain Balm is
unequaied. For sale by NJ. NJ Lewis
druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-11
For Over Sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over sixty years bymillions
OF mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success 1t soothes the
child, soitens the gums, aIlays all pains.
cures wind colic, aud is the best remed '
for Diarrhoea. 1t viii relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup. aud take no other.