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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
CONSUMPTION CAN Be CURED sEE3S5a5s. #EEE
A Beautiful Girl Saved From Dread Consumption
.rszuz-.a....s.us..suM Other Wonderful Cures

.'-'-'-'
Miss Amelia Ueyner appleton, Wis, writes;
Early last summer I contracted a cold which
, seemed ~ hang 10 and could not be shaken
of. From fe head went ~ the throat, and then
affected my lungs Ny mother fen very anxious
and as We mad DSsd Pcruna i'm fhe family before.
she advised me 10 fry it, Twas somehow very op-
posed bnf Wrs persuaded 10 fry PeruDa Using
one day convinced that twas no ordinary med
icfne Wifhin a week Twas much better and in two
weeks Twas we'll, and fen much stronger and In
much better heath generally. was perfectly SAT-
iSfied with The results from fhc OfIeruns 49,
Miss Amelia WeynIcr
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
STATE ELECTION NEXT yEAr
a Number Of Offices To BE Filled

" Numper OF Offioes 10 6e FbIeu
interviewer with the Senatorial fight
next year will be the campaign for the
Offices of governor, lieutenant governor,
secretary of commonwealth. and super
intendent OF public schools. These two
latter offices have heretofore been elected
by the legislature.
The only known csnidsteso far Is Hon.
ID. |. Eggleston, present secretary OF the
commonwealth, who will stand for re-
election.
1t is not known at this time who will
be In the race for school superintendent,
hut there is every reason TO believe that
DIR. J. w. Southall, who now holds the
Office. will have one or two opponents.
Three candidates forgovernor and two
for lieutenant governor are already in
the field. Those out for governor are
Congressman Claude Swanson, of Chat
ham; Lieut. Gov. Joseph Z. Willard, Of
Fairfax, and State Senator W. II. Mann,
OF Nottoway.
Those after the Office OF lieutenant gov
ernor are James I. Cation, ofAlexandria,
and Charles Hand, OF Portsmouth.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
Miss Amelia WeymeE
Hundreds of Women Cured of tn
First Stages Of C0nsumpt on
by Pe-ru-na'
The Following Letter From Thank
ful Woman Tells Its Own
Story.
Mrs. Mary +. IIoblit, 2'ol Clinton
,venue. MinncapOlis, Mimi, writes:

Mrs. Mary +. lIoblit, 2jol Clinton
avenue, Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
"My son suffered for three months with
catarrh ct the bronchial tuAcS which
threatened to become very serious. The
doctors advised that he seek more
favorable climate, but as he had heard of
Peruna as a specific for lung tron' q he
decided to give it trial before b. left
his family for an expensive journey
among strangers. Fer six months he
used 1t faithfully and found that the
trouble gradually disappeared and bless
ed health took its place. Int%o months
he was perfectly well and able TO per
form his duties. You have indeed q
grateful mothers thanks."-Mrs. Mary
hoblit.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
Miss Mcclellan Gets $50, 900 From
Rouss Estate.

Miss Edna Weller McClellan's suit
against the estate Of Charles Broadway
Rouss has been settled. The amount Is
more than $4,000, according to her
mother. The suit was to enforce the
payment to her Of $50 week ~ long AZ
she shall live, and for $4,000 due since
MIR. Rouss stopped the allowance: A
contract to pay this money dated June
16. 1900. was part OF the papers In the
suit. Miss Mcclellan il now handsome
woman of twenty one. She was only
seventeen wher according to her lawyer,
she began to sing at Sunday night con-
certs in MIR Rouss's home.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

II you have children away at school
send them The Free Lance, so they will
keep informed as to home news. IS cents
will carry the paper for six months.
Don't send your own paper after it is
several days old; the postage alone win
amount to as much a. the subscription
price.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

If it were not practically infallible
in curing dyspepsia and the melan-
choly, sleeplessness, and weak nerves
caused by that disease, X. N. Cool
rick could not afford to sell the rem
edy in this way. His faith IN the
medicine is so implicit that this
guarantee bond is given with every
box he sells.
Begin the use of Mona today, as
n few days treatment will give relief
and It's continued use, perfect health.
n2l % d5
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

is the praise Of those who have been
cured ~ Pcruna that makes this remedy
so popula. and SO extensively used. No
advertisement could have accomplished
this result.
Peruna cures tho fi~st stages Of con
sumption by removing th" carsc, which
is chronic catarrh. Thee c1tarrn having
been cured tic cough and Other dis
agreeable symptoms cease.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
PIatt's Breakfast Pie Wss Ten Feet
Long.

The monster pie which Senator Platt,
of New York, served to his guests at
breakfast in celebration OF the election
result, was ten feet long, three feet wide
and two inches deep 1t contained
twenty pound of -four, ten pounds OF
lard. seven gallons OF pumpkin, 100
eggs, twenty pounds OF sugar, one gal
lon OF molasses, one and hall pounds
OF spices and twenty four quarts oil milk.
IL weighed more than 200 pounds, and
on the top Was the inscription In white
sugar: 1.-The Kind Mother Made
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
MORE THAN FAIR.
Readk. N. .GooIrick's s Guarantee Bond
That Mi-o-na viii Cure the Worst
Case Of Dyspepsia.

The unique plan on which Mi-o-na
Is sold is more than fair. Unless it
cures dyspepsia and all forms of
stomach trouble, the purchase price
is returned at once in accordance
with the following guarantee bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
PRICE, 3 CENTS
Home Made

Have your cake, mullins, and tea bis
cult homemade. They will be fresher.
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and
mullins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royals the greatest Of bake-day helps.
RoYAL eAkIna roN.lla
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
GUARANTEE.

thereby agree orefund the money
paid for Mi-O-na on return of the
empty box, If the purchaser tells me
that IL has failed to cure Indigestion or
stomach troubles. This guarantee
covers two soc boxes, or months
treatment.
fSioned) X. N. Goolrick.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
Interesting Letter That May Mean
Much to Residents Of Fredericks-
burg.

WHY
Probably there is not n reader of
this paper who has not heard OF the
fortunes made in the Beaumont oil
fields. While the tales of fortunes
ouieklv made are interesting, they
are really not half as valuable to our
readers as the following letter from
l.. X. Preston. president of the Cas-
we'll Preston Drug Company OF Beau
mout, one OF the largest wholesale
and retail houses in Texas.
Mr.. Preston writes. Enclosed you
will find a letter that came to us I'M
solicited from J. G. Reeves, no Pearl
St Ibaye known Mr.. Reeves for
several wears He is a reliable man
and yery happy over his fortunes.
.sAborit four years ago. writes Mr.
Reeves, 81 lost the hearing in my
rioht ear and about three or four
months ago my left ear became al
most as bad. In fact, ! was so bad
that people had to shout at me to
make me hear. | had about given
M in despair all hopes of ever recov-
ering nv hearing when | saw that
Won recommended Hyomei. used
two bottles and can now hear my
watch tick with either ear, and my
hearing is now all right. The deaf
ness must have been caused from
catarrh. for il is now cured. Hyomei
certainly does what you claim for it. "
Hyomei has made many cures OF
catarrh, and in combination with
Hyomei balm, of catarrhal deafness
i'm Fredericksburg and nearby towns,
X. N. Goolrick gives his personal
guarantee to refund the money
should It not give quick relief. The
complete Hyomei ontflt costs but one
dollar. while extra bottles can be OBJ
tanned for ility cents.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
TO SWEEP OUT BLIND TIGERS.
Martha m pton Jury Makes 10 In
dictments.

The grand jnry Of Northampton coun-
ty was in session all last week, and tx-
amiDed about 300 witnesses. 1t brought
ia 10 bills against parties for selling liq-
uor without licenses and five bills against
saloon and hotelkeepers for running pool
tables without licenses.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

baltimore il to have acollege for serv-
ants. The difficulty will come when the
effort is made to have the servants stay
long enough to graduate. Washington
Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
WHERE MILLIONS ARE MADE

II isn't necessary TO acquire on auto
mobile in order to run into debt
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

The funeral OF Col. W. G. p. Breckin-
ridge In Lexington, KY was the largest
held there. except those OF Henry Clay
and Senator Beck,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
AN ARTISTS BILL.
How He ltemized the Account.

An artist employed in repairing the
properties OF an old church in Belgium
being refused payment ali in a bunch
was asked for details, cent in his bill M
follows:
Correcting Ten Commandments So. Il
Embellished Pontius Pilot and put
new ribbons on his bonnet. t......... e. 3.02
Put new tail on the rooster of st.
Peter and mended comb. > 20
Replumed the left wing OF the guar
dian angel. 4 Is
Washed the servant OF the High
Priest and put carmine on his
D. II
Renewed heaven, adjusted two
stars and cleaned the moon......... Z III
Terminated flames OF purgatory,
and restored souls........................ BOG
Renewed the flames OF hell, put a
new tail on the devil mended his
left hoof and did several jobs for
the damned ................................. II
Rebordering the robes of Herod
and adjusted his wig.................... 90
Put new spotted dashes on the SONS
OF Tobias, draping his SASH. 2 90
Cleaned the ears OF Balaam's ass
and shod him.............................. aO2
Put ear rings 10 the ears OF Sarah,
put new stone in navid's sling,
enlarged the head of Goliah, and
extended his legs...............-......... 400
Decorated Noah's Ark, mended the
shirt OF the Prodigal Son and
cleaned his ear............................ 90
-
Total $5S OF
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26

H. sometimes happens that girl hides
ths family Bible 10 ord'r to keep her age
hill.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
Our Dress Goods Stock

Is full to overAowpg with the newest and most deSa fab
RIGS in the popular colorngs such as Panama Cloth
Zbone Broad Cloth French Mixtures Flake Sutng' Cbev'
lots Shirtwast Silks Mrrow Veves Also beautiful line
of Silk Medaions Have you those light sample Coats
the nobbtst things town. Our line of Ladies Gents and
Chldrens Unfewears complete, bOthn medium and heavy
weight Give us look We can please you.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
Chinese Fossil Teeth.

Dr.. Max SchlOsser has made a
singular collection of fossil teeth
from drug stores in various parts
of China, where they are sold I'M
der the name of dragons teeth,
and are valued for their supposed
curative powers. Upon examin-
ing them DIR. Schlosser found that
they are the remains of many spe-
cies of extinct animals, such as the
ancestral forms Of camels, saber-
tOothed tigers, three-tOed horses
and other creatures of ancient
times, some of which, like the an
cestral forms Of camels and ante
lopes, were supposed to have had
their original home in America
and in Africa. Judging from the
quantaties of these teeth sold, DR..
SchlOsser thinks they must exist
in enormous numbers in some
parts of the Chinese empire
Kansas City Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
BUYING RUBIEs IN BURMA.
A Transaction Which Is Entered Into
with the Greatest Pre-
caution.

The peculiar business methods
Of oriental merchants are illus
trated by the manner of buying
rubies in Burma. In the examina-
ton of rubies artificial light is not
used, the merchants holding that
full sunlight alone can bring out
the color and brilliancy of the
gems. Sales must therefore take
place between nine a. m and three
p. M, and the sky must be clear,
says the jewelers. Weekly.
The purchaser, placed near a
window, has before him a large
copper plate. The sellers come to
him one by one, and each empties
upon this plate his little bag of ru-
bies. The purchaser proceeds to
arrange them for valuation in a
number of small heaps. The first
division is into three grades, ac.
cOrding to size; each of these
groups is divided into three piles,
according to color, and each of
these piles, in turn, is again divid-
ed into three groups, according to
shape. The bright copper plate
has a curious use. The sunlight
reflected from it through the
stones brings out, with true ru-
bies, a color effect different from
that with red spinels and tour.
malines, which are thus easily
separated.
The buyer and seller then 60
through a very peculiar method
Of bargaining by signs, or, rather
grips, in perfect silence. After
agreeing upon the fairness of the
classification, they join Their
right hands, covered with a hand
kerchief or the flap of a garment
and by grips and pressures mu
tually understood among all these
dealers, they make, modify and &C
cept proposals Of purchase anC
sale. The hands are then uncOv
cred and the prices are recorded
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
EVILS OF EATING ALONE.
The Digestion Of a Solitary Diner Is
Always at a Disad-
vantage

There are some few happily dis
posed individuals, says the LOD-
don Lancet, who can dine alone,
and not eat too fast, nor too much,
nor too little. With the majority
it is different.
The average man puts his novel
or his paper before him and thinks
that he will lengthen out the meal
with due deliberatiOn by readings
little with, and more between, the
courses. He will just employ his
mind enough to help, and too little
TO interfere with Indigestion. In
fact, he will provide that gentle
mental accomplishment which
with happier people conversation
gives to a meal. This is your sOli-
tary's excellent idea. In reality
he become engrossed in what he
is reading till, suddenly, finding
his food cold, he demolishes it in
a few m0uthfuls; or else he finds
that he is hungry, and paying no
attention to the book, which he
filings aside, he rushes through his
food as fast as possible, to plunge
into his arm chair and literature
afterward. In either case the
lonely man must digest at a disad.
vantage. For due and easy nutri
ton, food should be slowly taken
and the mind should not be in
tensely excited during the process
Every one knows that violent
bodily exercise is bad just after
meal, and mental exertiOn il
equally so. Wise people do no.
even argue during or just afte'
dinner, and observation of after
dinner speakers neither endure
themselves nor excite in thei
hearers any severe intellectual et
fort. In fact, the experience o
countless generations, from tn
red Indian of the woods to tn
white-shirted diners of a mOder.
party, has perpetuated the lesso.
= that a man should not eat alone
nor think much at this time, bu
should talk and be talked to Will
he feeds. Most people do not thin
much when they talk, and talkin
is a natural accompaniment Ofea.
ing and drinking. How does
fare with the many solitar
women of to-day? No better W
know than with the men, but di
ferently. Alone or not, a ma
may generally be trusted at an
time to take food enough.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
The Aristocracv Of Pork.

When Theodore Parker first Wis
tied Cincinnati, at that time the
recognized leader among west
ern cities, he said that he had
made a great discOvery-namely,
that while the aristocracy of Gin
cinnati was unquestionablyfo found
ed on pork, it made a great differ.
ence whether a man killed pigs for
himself or whether his father had
killed them. The one was held pie.
beian, the other patrician. 1t was
the difference, Parker said, be
tween the stick ems and the stuck
'ems; and his own sympathies, he
confessed, were with the present
t~ense.-Atlantic.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
Problam IL Millinsrr.

@Why, oh, Why" remarked the
observer Of events and things,
@will a woman smile with delight
when she sees a hat in a milliner's
window and frown when she sees
the same hat on her neighbor's
haadT-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
THE HOTEL FOLDER FAD.
Collecting These Souvenirs Of Foreign
Travel Is Popular-SOme Beau
tiful Specimens Issued.


To collect hotel folders is the
latest fad. Almost all of the big
hotels of Europe issue booklets
not only describing the charms of
their solOns and verandas, but CIV
ing many a curious picture and
quaint legend of some historic
scene near by. The pictures are
oftentimes close likenesses to
etchings, and not a few are col
ored, so that on being framed IN
der glass they appear from the
wall to be water color paintings,
says the New York Tribune.
The collecting of hotel folders
seems to have all the fascination
which many another fad was wont
to have before it became worn out.
Instead of gathering together the
postage stamps of various ma
lions, or theater programmes, or
restaurant menus, many a "col-
lector" is now filing his scrap
book with pictures of the pleasure
palaces of England and the con
tinent.
The booklets, which are sent out
gratuitously by European hotels
to anyone who writes for them,
are sometimes as elaborate as art
magazines. Hotels in Italy and
Switzerland, for example, are
likely to illustrate their folders
with pictures of Italian lakes and
bits of Alpine mountain scenery.
The lake pictures are to attract
those fond of water, and the pic.
lures of the peaks and gorges are
designed to tempt mountain
climbers. Certain hotels OF
France, Belgium, Holland, Ger
many, Austria and Hungary have
a way of weaving legends amOns
more staid geographical data
, For example, a table of statistics
concerning railroad rates ant
time tables will follow a story o
some brave crusader and hi
sweetheart, who became a nun er,
his return. The ancient fable viii
, be made more real by pictures o
a c%rumbling tower where the lOv
/, ers first met, or a ruined windoN
where they babe each other a las
+ farewell.
' Hotels in Great Britain refleC
q much of the life of city or count
in their folders. A house will ful
n nish along with pictures of its Ow
corridors and apartments sketcl
es of famous buildings in tn
neighborhood, or, perchance, tn
portrait of a famous man who wa
born near the corner.
Although these booklets cos
the hotels no small sum each yea
to publish and send out brOadcas
vet the "bread cast ON the waters
> is returned after many days to
great enough degree to bring pr,
Z fit. Even if the collector of hott
!, folders does not 60 to all the h,
: tells himself which are represente
: in his collection, yet he shows h.
! prizes to others, who tell still otl
{ ers about them, so that many
: traveller who might have lande
{ aimlessly in some faraway E
ropean city instead goes straigl
to a certain inn, because "som
a how he remembered its name"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
Chicago & Alton
Excursion Rates

Worlds Fair. St. Louis,
Mo-, Agril 30 to December
1, 1904. $8.75 for round
trip. Dates of sale April Is
to November 20. Limit 90
days from date of sale.
$1O,4O for round trip. Dates
of sale April IS to November
IS, limit to December 18th.
For full particulars apply tc
S. A. Vermillion, Agt.
Higginsville, Mo,
"The Only Way
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
JARMAN THE OWNER
AsEsTAYL0R'sINTEREsT
IN FAIR STORE.
Will Branch Out and Enlarge the
Stock Mr. Taylor Is In Ill
Health.


ID. B. Jarman has purchased G.. H.
Taylor's interest in the Fair store Of this
city. The transfer was made Wednes-
day and Mr.. Taylor retires to engage in
other business. Under the manage
ment OF the old firm the Fair store has
always done thriving business here,
and it is Mr.. Jarman's intention to
branch out with further inducements to
the country trade, and with this object
in view, he win hereafter be in the mar
ket for all kinds Of country produce.
The already pretentious stock, in all
lines, is to be enlarged at once to meet
the increasing demands Of the Fair
stores business, and it is Mr.. Jarman's
intention to make this seasons volume
Of trade record breaker. BY paying
the highest market price at all times for
country produce the Fair steps in with a
merry competition for the trade Of the
farmer.
Mr.. Taylor reluctantly retires from
the mercantile business, but realizing
that i'll health is no respector Of persons,
be is forced to bow to the inevitable,
and will seek a change which will give
him outdoor activity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
BUILD BIG DAM.
Big Irrigation Scheme Is In Progress
at Ontario.

Big Irrigation scheme Is In Progress
ut Ontario.
A dam 100 feet high for reservoir of
sufficient capacity to cover $4,000 acres
OF land is one Of the newest irrigation
enterprises in the Ontario section. The
dam will be placed in the canyon of the
Owyhee river, about 18 miles from On
tario, and three and one-half miles from
the mouth Of Jordan creek. Civil En-
gineer O. G. Stevenson, of Boise, and
bis crew Of surveyors have just COM
pleted surveying the site for the dam,
and will at once make the survey for the
canal, which will extend from the big
reservoir to the Malheur river below
Ontario, covering all the bench land
not reached by the Nevada and Owyhee
canals.
1t is possible this high line canal may
be extended across the Malheur river to
Dead Ok Flat. opposite Weiser. The
dam as surveyed will be $50 feet long
and 100 feet high, and it is possible tc
build dam at that point 200 feet high
but the 100.foot dam will make I
reservoir Of sufficient capacity to irri
gate all the lands below.
Mr.. Stevenson is not making public
who the capitalists are behind the enter
prise, but tits learned that the check
issued in payment Of services wer
prominent men Of Boise.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
Notice Served.

The papers notifying the trustees Of
the Stubbleield will to file the original
instrument for probate in the county
court Of Umatilla county were served on
the three gentlemen Tuesday, and it is
expected that there viii be short legal
fight to prevent this. The trustees con-
tend that the probating Of the will in
Walla Walla was sufficient and that the
court in Umatilla county has no further
jurisdiction than what the law gives II
over the real estate which the deceased
owned 10 this county.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
Land Fraud Case.

Col. j. H. Raley, the Pendleton attor-
ney, is in Portland, where he will look
after the legal interests Of some OF the
men whose cases will come up before
the federal grand jury in the land fraud
cases. In the estimation Of Mr.. Raley
the jury will hold all of the men whose
cases are brought before it, but when
the time comes for trial be believes all Of
them will be acquitted.