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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
CAN HAN DIE HOT PANS
Useful Device Invented by Major 7
7 Smith, of Fsuquier

Mejor T. Towson Smith. Of Faul uier
county. is the inventor OF contrivance
which will prove boon to the many
thousands who have 10 prepare food by
the aid Of stoves There are many ladies
who do their own cooking and the prob
lem with them is to take hot pans and
dishes from the oven without burning
their hands or arms
Major Smith has invented a handy de-
vice, made of steel, which rather makes
IL pleasure to handle heated utensils
One end of the article serves to open the
oven-door, while with the other any
Kind OF pan or dish, round or square, can
he handled.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
We mt to Whitewater.

4 large party OF ladies, in charge of
Rev. H. IL. Barber and wife, went to
Whitewater Tuesday 10 see the big seine
brought in. The haul was small. com
paratively, only 10000 herring being
taken. The party We're entertained by
Traffic Manager W. p. Tay lor, Of the r.
+. X y. K r and Mr. W : Daniel. of
Richmond, who were there, and were
brought back to the city in MIR Tay Tor :
private car.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
Death of q Federal Soldier.

Mr. {. II. zimmerman died at the resi-
dence Of bis son, Mr. Geo zimmerman
in the lower part of the city, Tuesday
night of heart trouble, aged 81 years.
The deceased was formerly resident of
Brooklyn. n Y. He was a soldier and
a pensiOner. The funeral will take place
Thursday morning at 30 o'clock
Rev DR.. J ). Dill conducting the services.
The interment will be made in the Ma
tional Cemetery.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
PIGEON Showed Devotion.

John Robinson. colored, who died in
this city about twelve months ago, had
ia pet pigeon Of which he was very fond
and the bird in turn was fond Gifts own
CT IL seemed to grow sickly after his
death. and one day several months after
ward was found TO be missing. A
thorough search discovered the pigeon
dead, behind an enlarged photograph OF
its master, which had been placed in the
parlor a short time after his death.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
EIy's Condition

MIR 'Ihos. !. Ely. who was shot last
Friday by MIR George Harding. has been
brought TO the Mary " Washington Hos
pital here for treatment The ball viii n
entered his back has been probed for, but
a. yet has not been located. The wound
created 10y the shot in the arm isimprov-
ing, as Is also Ely's general condition
Mr.. Harding, who was arrested and the
case sent on to the grand jury, was bail
eh Tor his appearance
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
Tribute From Classmates

Among the floral offerings placed ON
the grave Of the late Mrs. Terence Me
'racken was a magnificent wreath from
the class of 1904 at the Annapolis Naval
Academy. Of which Cadet John = Me
Cracker son os the q, ceased is - member
Ia Il were interviewer thr color- Of IA.
class. The deeign was eNnnisite
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
HEADQUARTERS FOR
MATERIALS.
BUiLOINs

keep all kinds of North Carolina and
Virginia Lumber, dressed and undressed
Shingles, Laths, Sash, Doors and Blinds.
Lime, Cement, Calcine Plaster, Plasterine
Hair, Building and Paving Brick, Tin
and Iron Roofing, Cut and Wire Nails. ali
kinds Ready-Mixed Paints and Dry Paint.
Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Dryer Varnish
and Lewis's White Lead, Paint Brushes
Of all kinds, Window Glass and Putty.
Builders Hardware of all kinds. Tar
Roofing Sheathing Paper and fine Brick
Keep large stock OF Sewer Pipe and
Fire Clay Pipe.
n c6lE
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
Operates on for Appendicitis.

Or W. j. Crittenden. OF Orange came
here Tuesday with Mr. William Johnson.
of Locust Grove. who was SOLDERING with
appendicitis. lie was en- To- the Mary
Washington Hospital and Operated on
by DR.. Is. Hales. He j. doing as well as
can b, expected
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
For Sale

Tract OF land containing .O75 acres.
soil especially adapted for grass and
grains. dark loan and red clay. all clay
sub soil, ten miles from city, 81 from
railroad station, buildings insured for
- 300, cost over 81 1000, recently put
IN thorough order, good investment. will
srll cheap. Terms to suit.
John ". Allison. Jr..
fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30

Connections ~ Frrie-ick-burz with r. r.
4 Z. x. r.. and Mecm= Steamboat 90. AZ
Orange wish southern q p and Che-Apeake \
ohio T. a.
The only line - She o. ancelior-v'lle and
Wilferncss NntticGrldr
Eastern standard Time. Daily excsut sun.
daT W o. RICH ARDS Gen Nannu.-
Train so. leaves Orange she an Monday
IN eAch month ~ l. NJ
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
EXCELSIOR MILL BURNED
Heavy Loss TO tho Ownsr.

MIR. George = Lyons lost. by the burn
ing OF his excelsior mill Tuesday. AZ
" Oodslane. Caroline county. about three
Thousand dollars. with no insnrance
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
Assisnea For Benefit Of Creditors

Robert Young, green grocer on Com
merce street, has made an assignment tc
secure creditors, with Judge J. T. Cool
rick az trustee.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
JUoog At emeaeY
ne Legislature Tocay Eiscted Mr.
bmbrcy 10 Succeed Judge Wallace

Special To The frse Lance
kichmond.Na April 18th. 1908.
The Legislature in joint session to-day
elected Hon 4. T. Emarcy Judge 81 ,he
Corporation court 81 Freder.cs sburr to
all The vacancy caused by the resignation
of Judge 4 W. Wallace
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
Bass Fishina Good

Bass fishing on the Rappahannock is
very fine. Some very large ones have
been caught Wash Payne caught one
near the dam yesterday which weighed
=, pounds
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
TO CURE cOLDlN ONE DAv

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money ii it fails
TO cure. K. ". Groves signature IL OIL
each box. poe
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
For Sale

.3OO,O corned herring at Waller and
MoncDres hsh house, fredericksburg.
va SAMUEL fltzhugh, agent. 2t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-30
The Farmers Friend Corn Drill

This simple, compact
and splendid working
tool has for many years
held its own against all
competitors. Each year
1t gains a host of new
friends and substantiates
its name the Farmers
Friend.
Tor % 10 ok
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
Balance OF Power.

The preeminent feature of interna-
tional life is no longer the mainte-
nance of the balance of power, bu.
the correlation between national econ
omy and foreign diplomacy, says the
Review of Reviews. Several causes
have led to this result; such as the
natural increase in population, re-
sulting from protracted peace and
the introduction of hygienic measures,
making it compulsory to provide new
and effective means of support; the
humiliation of time and space by
means of steam and electricity, there
by bringing nations into closer
touch; and, finally, the extraordinary
expense involved in a war.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
ALL ENGLISH.

Between 900 and 1000 ships go up
and down the English channel every
day.
Liverpool has just received it's first
consignment of mahogany from Aus
tralia.
The exchequer benefits by about
$4,000 year from fines levied at
the metropolitan police courts.
Part of the name of a charger rid
den by the duke of Wellington at the
battle of Waterloo has been sold in
London.
English clergymen were prohibited
from marrying for rather more than
four centuries, beginning from the
reign of Ethelred.
AS it was apparently suffering
from indigestion, a bullock was
slaughtered near Spalding, England,
when its illness was found to have
been caused by tennis ball it had
swallowed.
Te1l-tale tattoo marks recording
their constancy in love identified two
prisoners in North London recently
as deserters. 81 love Lottie Barton"
confessed the left arm of one, while
the other man bore the initial let
ters of the name of the beloved OBJ
iect
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
ELECTRICAL GLIMMERINGS

Electricity is to be used for light
ing the bow, masthead and compass
lamps of the British torpedo boat de-
stroyers now being built.
The electrical roads of the country
have nominal capital of 81 soc, 0OO,-
900, employ 100000 persons, who are
paid $250,000,o00 a year, and run co.
600 cars over 10000 miles of track.
Ten miles of electrical road are
building to one of steam road.
During recent experiments in Ber-
lin, by the aid of the invention of DR..
Pupin an American, for lessening the
resistance in long-distance telegraph
and telephone wires, messages sent
by telephone were audible to persons
standing 80 feet or more away from
the receiver.
A sublime spectacle was witnessed
n few days ago in a 1yrolean valley
near Tanneheim. A violent storm
arose suddenly and many globes of
lightning rolled over the surface of
the lake. Then a column of water
arose 30 feet high from the middle
'of the lake and from its top small
flashes darted. The spectacle lasted
lthree minutes
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
MEN AND AFFAIRS.

DR.. t. G. Simpson, of West Fairlee,
VT, owns the musket from which was
fired the first shot at the battle of
Bunker Hill. 1t belonged to his grand
father, Maj. John Simpson.
Lord Amherst, of London, collects
crowns, and has a cabinet with a num-
Der OF fine specimens of discarded sky
pieces, including the crown worn by
Charles III. at his coronation, the
crown worn by George ". and the one
made for Queen Adelaide.
Following the example of some 9TH
er scions of wealthy families, Henry
X. McHarg, whose father is president
OF the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
company, has entered the offices of
that corporation in Radford, Tenn,
and will begin practical study of the
mining business. Young McHarg is 20
years old and is an only son, his IA
Their being many times millionaire.
Quite youthful reporter asked
Mark Twain for an interview on the
coal situation. The newspaper man
began by saying: "Mr. Clemens, I have
been instructed to interview you on
the humors of the coal famine" The
New York Times says that the veteran
humorist gasped feebly for a moment
and then replied: young man, you
go back to your editor and tell him if
he emptied all the short and long
dashes in his composing rooms into
the forms he would then only be able
to set up prelude to my opinion on
the coal situation"
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brazis, living
near Kingfisher, Okla, were married
three times in the same day, and prob
ably hold the record. They came to
Kingfsher to get married and after
getting a license were united by the
old probate judge, S. E. Sanders. The
groom thought that perhaps it might
be well if J. NJ. Graham. probate Judge
elect, should also perform the cere-
mony, so Mr.. Graham frightened up the
nuptial knot. The bride still had a
lingering doubt as to the legality of
either marriage and the services of a
clergyman were called into requisi-
ton. After the third ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Brazis went home
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
SPARKS AND FLASHES.

In 1866 horse ears were a curiosity
in Berlin. Now they are all dis
,placed by electricity.
Switzerland is to have still another
connection with Italy-an electric
railway from Coire to Arosa.
"Etherogram" is said to be Mr..
Marconi's preference for a name of
dispatches sent by his wireless meth
cd. He disapproves of "Marconi-
grams" because, he says, it savors
too much of acknowledgements.
Prof. Mason, of the Smithsonian
institution, says that the most need
ed achievement of 1908 is the discov-
cry of a satisfactory method of econ
omizing electricity. Some day, he
says, in the not distant future, the
rivers will make all the electricity
I'VE want. We shall harness the
lstreams and they win heat everv
house, run every wheel and light
. every lamp.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
MEN ARE SO STUPID.
Statement Is Proved bv Mr.. VII
kips' Dinner Party.
Siserabie Wretch Of Husband Mer-
tied Rebuke Showered Upon
Him by His wife-A story
with a Moral.

wilkins came home Wednesday
night jubilant. Say" he announced,
t"l met Graham to-day. lie and his
wife are in town for couple of days.
asked them out TO dinner tomorrow
niG1t-thought you'd be glad to see
Mrs. Graham"
Archibald Wilkins!" his wife ex-
claimed, don't you know that to-
morrow is Thursday, and the maids
day out? And I've never had the Ora
hams here to dinner beforehand l
want things particularly nice! OF ell
b2ituationsl"
Wilkins looked blank, but his mas-
cuhne mind soon careIessly pushed
aside as trivial the terrors of his wife.
"Pshaw!" he said, comfortably. "You
can cook better than the girl, any
how. I'm awfully sorry, though, to
make you so much work. But say"
rather hesitatingly, while we're about
1t, why not have the Browns? They're
such chums of the Grahams. Six
wouldn't be any worse than four,
would t?'
Mrs. Wilkins withered him. That's
just like man." she said. "Of course
it would. Think of the extra serving
and dishesi"
"All right" said wilkins, meekly. ST
saw Brown, though, and mentioned
that if the Grahams came we wanted
them"
Mrs. Wilkins rose, tragic figure.
E"9ou need to be shut up under re-
straint, Archibald" she said, sternly.
For goodness sake, don't spring any
more three-quarters invitations on
me! Why didn't you ask the whole
town and be done with it? Just keep
away from Mr.. Brown. They don't
need to know whether the Grahams
come or not"
On the fatal Thursday Mrs. Wilkins
abandoned her holiday fancy work
and valiantly started in after lunch
con preparing for the Grahams. With
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
Texas Makes War on Rats.

Health officials at Houston, Tex
and throughout the coast country of
Texas have begun a campaign against
rats to prevent the entry of bubonic
plague. The rats will be fed on plas-.
ter of paris, mixed with sawdus-F-
Every building in Houston is being
baited with this mixture. Plaster OK
paris hardens in the stomachs of the
animals, which drink directly after
eating it, and kills them. This CITY
is infested with thousands OF rats
Persons refusing to assist in DESTROY
ing them will be prosecuted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL

The oat and sugar crop of the
United States have each increased six
fold in so years.
The most economical processes are
used in the lake region for the recov-
cry of copper, so that it is found that
ore yielding 1h per cent. will pay
costs.
A French industry is the conversion
of old shoes in paste which is trans
formed into morocco like imitation
leather. This is used for wall papers,
trunk coverings, etc.
A gigantic shoe trust exists in Rus
STA. Nearly all the shoes sold in that
country are manufactured by one firm
in ST. Petersburg, which is one of the
most prosperous stock companies in
the world.
Screw propellers, it is pointed out,
have not followed the usual course of
improvement from accumulated ex-
perience, and, while great numbers of
new blades have been brought out,
there has been no tendency to evolve
an accurate theory on scientific de-
sign. Such anomalies are the variable
running of duplicate propellers are
still unexplained. The lack of prog
ress is attributed to the reticence of
sea-going engineers, whose practical
observations seldom reach construct
OrS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07

care she set her table for four, spent
an hour sorting out silver and fenc-
ing in each place with it, arranging
doilies, cut glass and centerpieces.
When she finished her back ached, but
the table was a dream. She was
cheered by the roast-such a delicate
piece of lamb and just right for four.
Also she was comforted when she fin
| ished following out four rosy, shin
ing apples and filling them with de-
hcious salad with big nuts on top.
, With the foresight of general she
planned every step and decided that,
, after ali, it wouldn't be as bad as she
had thought. At $3.50 Wilkins came
home.
How fine your table looks!" said
Wilkins. Say, L met Mrs. Brown get
ting on the car, and she asked me to
, explain her husbands jumbled re-
| marks concerning their coming to
dinner tonight. She said she didn't
pquite understand. I told her that if
they were to come I'd run around and
tell her"
l. Mrs. Wilkins dropped into kitchen
ichair and mechanically mopped her
! eyes. Her cheeks grew pinker and
, pinker you're insane" she sobbed.
p"I haven't got enough dinner for the
B-B-Browns! And the table is all
fixed! And if you don't go and tell
Ithem to come ahead they'll think I'm
a w-w-wretch not to second your in
kvitation! But L can't have theml
Archibald Wilkins, you got into this
fmess, and now you can just get out
| any way possible! I've enough to
do getting dinner on the table! Please
g-g-go away and don't bother me"
N wilkins went, abject, crestfallen,
tmarveling on the intricacies of the
kfeminine mind. Eeverishly he enter
htained the Grahams. Just as his wife
Whad the dinner ready to serve and
bthe soup on the table the bell rang.
Then out into the kitchen burst the
Ecraven wilkins and Mrs. Brown. ''My
dear" gasped Mrs. Brown, 81 worried
| so that l decided the best thing to do
was to come over boldly and ask. Men
| are 10 stupid! And if you did expect
us IL was just as bad for us not to
1 come, as to come when we weren't ex-
pected! And you're to be honest,
| and send us home, if it's all a mis-
| take!"
Mrs. Wilkins swallowed hard. "Why,
Of course you're expected" she said.
"Just go right in and see the Ora
hams. Dinner will be ready soon"
1t was 20 minutes later, says the
Chicago Daily News, that Mrs. Wilkins
summoned her guests to an enlarged
table, soup like mush, an overdone
roast and four salads for six people.
And her smile, when it met the guilty
| eyes of Wilkins, was terrible.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
IN FOREIGN CITIES.

The number of marriages recorded
in Berlin in 1901 was 1888.
Outdoor musical performances are
not permitted in st. Petersburg.
The street passenger traffic of Lon
don gives employment to $4,000 per-
sons.
There are 102 centenarians in Con-
naught, Ireland, and 1,16O persons
over 90 years old.
1t is estimated that about 3, 900 WON
en- and girls are employed in flower
selling in the streets of London.
AS precaution against infection
small silver currency is now being dis
infected by the municipal authorities
at st. Petersburg.
Swarms of plague-infected rats
which infest the stone wall along the
sea shore at Yokohama have been en-
tombed alive, the authorities having
had every hole and crevice in the wall
filed with cement and pebbles.
st. Petersburg is fighting a rat
plague of tremendous proportions.
For three successive days rats wander
ing to the river to drink stopped early
morning trains on the suburban
Newski railway. The police are dis
tributing rat poison to all household
ers free of charge, and soldiers armed
with sticks watch the road to the river
where rats procure their morning
drink y
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07

mouse III MnrStr /. . IA. j. 90. while
IN summer the work is conducted on
the sea beach, with the sand for a
floor and the blue canopy of heaven
for covering.
William Tecumseh Scott, president
OF Franklin Ond.) college, and Will
lam Henry Harrison Mccoy, the iani-
tor of the institution. were i'm the same
graduating class of lS61. the present
Janitor proudly carrying the honors
OF the class, while the pre- sident went
, trailing in the Intellectual dust.
Ian Maclaren has come out against
what he calls lover education" In a
recent address before a teachers as
ISOLATION an England the writer said no
one ought 10 he educated beyond
his measure and thus re ndered useless
Tor ms natural work. On the other
hand, no one should fail TO receive
that educat ton, however advanced or
costly. what his talents deserve.
President Woodrow Wilson, of
Princeton, who has taken stand
against the shortening of college
courses, made an interesting address
before the Twentieth Century club, of
!. Boston, in which he defined a sopho-
more as follows: 81 can't for the life
OF me see how a man can expect to
graduate a sophomore who ever saw
sophomore. They are lovable fell
lows. The sap of manhood is flowing
in them, but it hasn't reached their
heads"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-07
...-.-- STEDWARO 3. CLARr

- name was 500 Tokion and he
i was the only japanese student al
big university on big lake. Hername
was Helen Sturtevant and she was an
American student at the same big uni
'erslty 500 was a little fellow like
nearly allof his race. Helen was a great
epiencld creature who lowered more
than a head above the little Jan. Pro-
ieSsors and students alike had annie
opportunity to note the fact that Hell
en- was head taller than 500. for the
little Japanese was with her whenever
opportunity afforded.
The students said that Tokion came
very near being Greek word and they
wondered how the name wandered To
far-of Japan. They said that the jap
olon t have much of the appearance of
spartan about him, though he did
have scholarship that might be called
Athenian. Al his first name, 500. they
laughed. 1t fitted him, they said. for
1T was name that went with his builJ
and weight. OF course the bows called
him Susie" and the Jap never minded
1t at all until he found out that Susie
was girls name, and that it was given
TO him in sort of contempt for his
pigmy build.
The Japs are noted wrestlers. and
one day Susie astonished a big fellow
who had applied the girl name to him
by standing him on his head and near
~ breaking the tormentor's neck in
doing it. After that even the husky
football players sunk the name Susie
and spoke to the little Jap cordially
and called him by the name given him
in the orient.
Now, Helen Sturtevant had attracted
500 the moment his eastern eyes be-
held her. It's curious, but it's as true
as the synoptic gospels, that little men.
that is extremely little men, generally
manage to fall in love with big women.
Helen Sturtevant liked the devotion of
the Jap. She treated him with an
amused sort of federation. Every wom-
an likes devotion even though it is
shown by little chap.
500 Tokion was a Buddhist, but he
had become a Christian, or what is
more likely pretended conversion. so
that he could go to chapel and sit nea r
Helen Sturtevant. 1t was a fair-haired
goddess that he was worshiping while
on his knees, rather than the God of the
Christians. Because Helen Sturtevant