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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
CTATE OLE VIRGINIA .

CTATE OF VIRGINIA:
- In the Clerks Office Of the CorpO
ration Court Of the City Of Freder
icksburg.
To Mrs. Catherine Green. alias Mrs
Cato Green, alias Cath. Green, alia'
Cato Green.
You are hereby Otltied that tract
or lot Of land in the Lower Ward OF
the City of Fredericksburg was sold
Oh the 12th day of August, lsS6 f0I
delinquent taxes. levies, interest and
costs TO the Commonwealth OF Nir-
ginia, and application for the pur-
chase thereof has been filed in thi,
Office, and il appearing from the
records in this Office that you are in
terested in the said land, you are
further notified 10 appear in -four
months from the date Of this notice
and do what may be necessary 10 pro
tect your interests. Given under my
hand this lst day OF February. 1904
JAMES p. CORBIN,
Clerk of the Corporation Court OF
Fredericksburg, Virginia.
feb4-w4w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
FISHING Figures.

From figures given us we fad that
there are 247 fish traps in Northumber-
land Go waters. There are l76 in the
BAY which license Of 81 is paid on each
a year. The other are located 10 the
Potomac, which owing TO the fact that
they are in disputed waters no license ir
collected on them There is on bn aver
aye 3 men employed on each trap which
would make total of74 men employed
in this business. II the Jordan bill was
passed without an amendment to pro-
tect them they wouli be throw out OF
employment This number is for n ,rth-
umbprIand alone and does not include
bose dependent npon the oyster indus
trv for their livelihood Reed Fra.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Boil of Honor.

School No. l, Chancellor district, Spot
sylvsnia county month ending Fl IL
Willie Embrey, Edmund Jett, Archie J-t'
Leonard McGee, Leslie McGee, Willie Me
Gee, Roy Powell, Melvin Powell, Aubrey
Powell. Larkin Perry, Willie Pollard
Peter Weldon. Bessie Embrey, X th En-
brey, Carrie Fairchild, Ida Perry, h It'll
Perry, Lillian Powell, Libby lowell
Gertie Weldon, Cora Weldon, r beccs
Weldon. Enrolment fl, attendance
3O.35. Louise McWhirt. I, ucher.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
WESTM0RELAND.
The Crying Need Of Railroad In
Northern Neck Catching Fish
Through the Ice.

Montross, Va, Feb, 20th, 1904
Your scribe is a native OF this old
county and has a devotion for il and fOT
the Northern Neck, but when passing
through "A winter like the present, with
no communication with the outside
world except by phone, he can very
well see the reasonable objection of out
side people to buying lands aud homes
in the Northern Neck.
We are running an independent gov
ernment on our own hook lice hook
la the county jail is pitiful lunatic,
and two efforts have been made to get
him TO the Williamsburg asylum, hut
there il no chance unless he IL skated
there.
The presiding elder OF the VI. + Church
has been unable TO meet appointments
in the Neck this winter.
Mrs. q c. Mann availed herseli of the
only opportunity some three weeks
since and left for a short visit to friends
and relatives in Richmond She ia still
with the outside world and her husband, +,
DE-. Mann, is awaiting her return. She ls
anxious To return. but it il impossible
TO reach here. The doctor has made
three efforts to get out the Neck TO see
her. but without success. This IL case
of separation OF man and wife contrary
TO the wishes of both. All these things
result from no railroad facilities. When
the sun shines in the spring aud the
streams of navigation open once more
those who have been waiting on the out
side will be able to enter the Northern
Neck again and meet long separated
loved ones and dear friends
We are having but little mailirom out
side the Neck
Mr.. Saunders on Wednesday cut
through the ice in one of the creeks near
Leedstown aud put his seine in. lie
hauled out 800 pounds of large white
perch and rock fisn. These fish in the
baltimore market would bring 10 cents
a pound. Some of the rock we're ~
inches long. I.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
AT RANDOM a FEW OTHER
RHEUMATISM CURES FROM
OUR LETTERS
OUR LETTERS

Samuel White, First avenue. Eau
Claire. Wis:I. T. Spoonsuller, Bellevue
Pa: Philip Silver, 75i South Flith street
Philadelphia; +. Z. Cauant az years
old aud actiye), 2626 Cornell avenue,
indianapolis; Jacob Heiner 1918 5
Seventh street. St Louis; Martin II All
ner. Wo'ld's Fair Editor, Westliche Post,
ST Louis; Clark X Strasburg, 6O9 Dun
barton avenue, Baltimore; Thomas Am
land. Homestead, Pa now OF llO7 \
Emerson svenue, Baltimore; John T.
McKenna. 93 Hudson avenue, Green
Island. n. \; Mary A. Meredith, G22
Cunningham street, Rockford, ILL.,; the
mother of Mrs j. W TOwne, Church
Block: Mrs. John James, Eleventh and
Scott streets. Dss Moines, Iowa
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Southern Railway Summer Homes
Guide Folder.

The Passenger Department OF the
Southern Railway is getting up iniorma-
tion for it's annual Summer Homes Guide
book for season 1904 Proprietors Of
hotels and boarding houses in Virginia
who are deeirous Of entertaining sum-
mer boarders during the coming season,
and wish to have such Information
shown in this folder, should procure
from nearest Southern Railway ticket
agent blanks printed for that purpose,
ali out same and return direct to l.. ).
Brown, General Agent, Southern Rail-
way Co, 7O5 18th st. N. W, Washing
ton. d G. These blanks should be sent
in not later than Feb. 25, 1904, as the
folder will 20 to press March L.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
They WERE RAcKED-C LeO
-AcoNIzEo-DESPAiRING OF
CURE.
BUT THEYARE CURED.
az MIR JOHN JORDAN. 80 YEARS.

Twsnty- eight Years he Sufteres
With rheumatism and Hesrt
TreubIss-Net Knowing the Cure
Was Close at Hand. and That He
Was Actually SELLING IT TO
OTHERS.
IL used to be very active, working out
doors in al kinds OF weather
From the time | was sixty years old
was troubled with rheumatism, and at
first kept il down pretty well-the pain
of it-by rubbing with liniment But
this since proved to be useless, a. every
Winter my rheumatism came on worse
than ever, and suffered more or lrSs all
the year round.
I'VE had sold Paine's Celery Compound
in our store for some time. but somehow
had never tried it for my rheumatism
A customer told my son that Paloe
Celery Compound had cured her rheuma-
tism. so took her advice and tried 1t
myself.
III was thea going around with two
canes and being - years old) having a
verv hard time OF IL.
Your remedy took the rheumatism
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Hanover Republicans.

A large meeting Of Hanover Republi
cans at Hanover c. H. SATURDAY. reor-
gsnized the party by electing j. l.
Stevens county chairman, John A Ter
rill secretary and A. j. Wingheld, T o
Moss and ]. H. Taylor as the county
committee. Wm. Hsw WAS elected a.
member OF thecongressional district com.
mittee. Delegates were elected to the
District and State conventions of the
party.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Untouched BY Baltimore Fire.

The building of the Bobbitt Chemical
Co., No. 3l6 West Lombard Street, Bal.
timore. the proprietors OF "Rheumacide, -
the famous remedy for Rheumatism. was
saved from the great fire that destroyed
most ofthe business section OF baltimore
Time and again it was threatened with
destruction. But "Rheumacde" il still
being manufactured and shipped in guam.
titles from the same old stand.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
State Revenues in a Bad Way.

Chairman b az, Of the house finance
committee, made the statement when 8
bill to increase the per diem Of snpPrvi
sers in several counties OF the Stste was
under consideration in which he said
that the revenues OF the State at the end
OF the last ses'ion OF the legislature were
in good shape, but he feared that the
treasury would be in a bad way when
the present assembly adjourned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

Rheumatism is positively cured by
Paine's Celery Compound.
The real cause OF your rheumatism IL
in weak nerves. And there can be no
real cure for rheumatism unless you cure
the real cause
These and our thousands OF other let
ters. written 10y old and young, are
proof Of this. Paine's Celery Con pound
leeds and rebuilds the wOrn-out nerves.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
The r. & r. Electric Road

We have good reasons to believe that
work upon the construction Of the Fred
ericksburg and RsppshaDnock Railway
will begin in the early spring. The En-
terprise eongratulates Gen. King upon
the interest he has taken in this matter
and the people oi Rappehsnnock and
Culpeper for the prospect oi securing the
road -Culpeprr Enterprise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Virginia Democrats in Washington
to Give Banquet.

The annual banquet of the Virginia
Democratic Association Of the district o
Columbia will be given March 3 al
Rauscher's in Washington. Seyera
well-known speakers have accepted inyi
tations. The banquet will be given ir
honor Of the Virginia delegation in Con
VrpRs
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
EIklns Still at LARGE.

We notice in several Of our exchanges
the reported capture OF Hugh Elkins,
who killed Jos Kiber at Woodyille some
time since. The reports are without
foundation. The officials here have no
knowledge oi his wheresbouts.-Blue
Ridge Guide.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

IN SPITE of the poor wheat crops tht
l Deering Binders and Mowers have
broken all records this season. Our sales
on these machines have been remarkable,
considering crop conditions, and not one
breath of complaint has been heard. They
are the best that money ard brains can
build. Everybody in touch with Freder-
icksburg knows the history Of the HuskeI
and Shredder business last fall. The Deer
ing won the highest praise where others
failed. Deering Corn Harvesters gave
satisfaction last year, they are better now.
When you come to town call and see Us
and let us talk Corn Harvesters and Husk-
ers and Shredders. Thanking the farmers
for their strong support, we are.
Yours truly,
CHAS. WALLACE & BRO
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

San Juan, =. r., Feb. 22.-The fed
eral assembly. by vote Of 60 TO 10,
demanded that Porto Rico be admitted
to statehood or that the island be
granted independence.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
The Roads.

IL ia said that the State of Virginia
expends each year the sum OF 5000, 900
on the public roads, but the work is so
scattered as to be OF little purpose.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
Agricultural Appropriation Bill.

The agricultural appropriation bill in
the &. s. Senate carries total eporopri-
alton OF $6,072, $3.50, being $i6l $50
more than was provided when the bill
passed the House.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

OF the 54S persons committed to the
Virginia penitentiary during 1903. 243
of the number were under II years OF
age,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

Religion" moralized Uncle Allen
Sparks, "is like soap Those who seem
20 need it the most care for it the least. -
Chicago Tribune.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

MIR Jordan's letter is simply an exam
pie. Note that he did not expect any
medicine to do him any good. And
here is another letter. from an OLD lady
who had concluded she could not be
cured But she Is cured-and it was by
Paine's Celery Compound.
Il am nearly 50 years OF age and had
been troubled with rheumatism Tor
many years. tried almost everything
TO ease my pain. until | concluded
could not be cured.
My daughter induced me to try
Paine's Celery Compound. From the
first bottle had great relief. The cure
was almost complete by the second or
third bottle. | ain now completely Tree
from the torments Cf rheumatism
Mrs Martha Alter, =. o. Box %, Craiton,
Pa.
Mrs. Alter, so years old; Mr.. Jordan,
s. years old, and all the others-they
are hale and healthy to-day because, az
last. they stopped trying 20 cure the
PAIN, and corrd The CAUSE Of tie
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
3 EO. w. WROTHN
Builder and Contractor.

Will furnish Plans and Specifications,
contract for erecting all classes OF Build.
lngs; furnish hands BY the day and 80.
perintend the work In tovn or country.
N. Charges Reasonable
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25
RHEEJNgA TESIN--
Not Fure-and Cases. but Hundreds on Hundreds
NV THOUSANDS Cured by the Famous Tonic
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND

out and will say that | consider II a
complete cure-mOre than expected any
medicine to do for me.
Il am rs active as was twenty years
ago. also had bad heart symptoms,
but since began taking your medicine
nv heart is regular and gives me NO
trouble
Il take little dose Of Psine'e Celery
Compound every morning and II keeps
me in good concitiOn. Very truly,
John JORDAN,
"95 West 2O7th ct New York City
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-02-25

Cur. DoTs ,ss GGsstG'ss GsGsse".hs ee%fs"N "NSeGEvGS
Edward t. Phelps, Nj. h., 1t" d., OF
Dartmouth University. Famous Dis
coverer OF Paine's Celery compound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
The Man With the Sheepskin.

The young man steps down from the plat
form with his diploma in his hand proud
of his scholastic achievements, a little
flushed by the applause of his classmates
and friends and vibrant with the emotion
caused by the presence of the one girl. or
the possession of note or a gift or a
bouquet. The world looks inviting as a
field of endeavor. Proportions are some
what distorted. and the young man feels
larger toward the rest of humanity than
perhaps he ever has before or ever will
again. Contact with the classics. conquest
over matter in laboratories, the mastery of
academic problems give him a sense of as
surance, of self-command through which
his mind sees but dimly the difficulties in
the way of wrestling living out of the
hard facts of existence.
Later will come dsillusionment. a read
1usted sense Of proportion a sharp awak-
ening TO the fact that college gained
knowledge is not all that is needed in the
fight In the shops. in the stores. in the
offices, everywhere that men are active I'm
the process of making money. the aues-
ton is always asked. What can you do %
not, what do you know" Mere informa-
tion dwindles when measured with expert
ence. But the young man who has abb
sorbed much information. If of the right
sort. is certain the more quickly to gain
experience. And the great test of his quail
ity comes when he discovers that his book
lore is not an end. but a means
The college graduate who lacks adapta-
bility. who does not know how to apply his
academic requirements to the concrete af-
fairs of life. who fails to see that his Latin
or his mathematics or his history or his
scientific studies have served their best
purposes-if he be not a specialist-when
they have sharpened his wits. strengthened
his memory. broadened his view. mellowed
his judgment and trained his mind. is
headed for failure. He may find a niche as
teacher. wherein he can exercise his &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
BRYAN and Olney.

1t is reported that Mr.. Bryan is for MI
Olney, and will so announce at St Louis.
That would be a remarkable performance
Mr. Olney stands for all for which Mr..
Bryan condemns Mr.. Cleveland. He helped
make the record which Mr.. Bryan declares
betrayed the democratic party. He was
the strongest member of the second Cleve-
land cabinet. AS Attorney General he
handled the question raised In the Chi
cago strike. AS Secretary of State he
wrote the Venezuelan message. He gave
his support to the bond deal with Morgan
and the Rothschilds. He never gave the
trusts single bad quarter of an hour 1t
is the common belief that he supported Nc
Kinley and Hobart in 1895. What can at
tract Mr.. Bryan? The Massachusetts demo-
cratic platform? That has small, il any,
merit over the Albany platform. This re-
port comes under the head of being i'm
portant if true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24

quired knowledge as an asset In the bust
ness of making living. But the chances
are few and the rewards of that calling not
alluring The voice Of business calls to
most of the young men who are just now
stepping down with diplomas in their
hands. In that direction lie the larger re-
sacrifices.
stopped sneering at the college man in
business. 1t has found a place for him.
and that place is near the top. 1t can
utilize his knowledge. through its effect
upon his character. The day has passed
when a man feels spoiled for a commercial
career because he has studied academic
que stions in some famous scholastic insti-
tuition. OF course he does not measure
sugar or count hogsheads the. more ac-
curately for his book training. but he can
look ahead of Weighing and counting more
clearly than can his unframed fellow
worker. One of the best products OF
college or a university is ambition, the sum-
total of Individual character and all the
book knowledge and class discipline and
mental training. determination to make
the best use of all that college or university
has given. whatever may be the field OF
az ton.
The world has only pity for the graduate
who thinks he can open the oyster with
his diploma. but 1T applauds the man who
puts his certificate carefully away and
then rolls up his sleeves to tackle the first
job that comes to his hands determined to
do IT better than 1t was ever done before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
Civil Service Law,


From the New York Times
1t Is very greatly to be desired that the
democratic convention shall also pledge the
support of the party it represents to the
law AS matter of public policy the
merit system commends itself to all en-
lightened voters who are acquainted with
Its operation The more fully it is en-
forced and extended the more the political
contests of the nation will be likely to be
settled by the conscience and the Judgment
of the voters, and the more the service will
be protected from incompetence and cor
ruptfon. 1t is a noteworthy fact that in
the recent investigations In the Post Office
Department not one guilty official was
found who had entered the service through
the merit system. For such q system the
democratic party, as the champion of the
popular interests and rights and the oppo-
nent of all privileges. is bound to stand.
AS matter of party expediency, too, it Is
well for the democrats to stand at least on
level with the republicans. The public
sentiment in support of the merit system
is not demonstrative but 1t exists among
large number Of earnest and independent
men. For the democrats to leave the re-
publicans in possession Of the field on this
issue would be a tactical error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
Pretty Summer
Dressing SacOues.

Dainty and becoming garment,
that have, obtained favor with every
woman as useful and necessary
item Of the wardrobe.
We are showing a broad assert.
nent of white and figured lawns
and other sheer materials, particu.
larly desirable for summer wear.
Lawn Dressing Sacques Kimona style yoke baci
and front pretty figured effects with bor- 90,
DER or plain white. Each. <SI-
Lawn Dressing Sacques. kimons style-plals
white and neat figured effects with plain 70,
Doioe ON'
Lawn Dressing Sacques. fitted tucked back full
front, turnover collar. trimmed with ruff -
he-pretty figured effects Each ~
White Lawn Dressing Sacques. tucked back, full
front, large collar, faring sleeves, trim G, ~,
med with rufie. finished with belt. Each. pi w
White Lawn Dressing Sacques, tucked back. full
front large collar full sleeves collar aud sleeves
trim med with tucks. lace insertion and CT D
edging and finished with ribbon. Each. Yi--O
Lawn Dressing Saeqres. tucked back Turnover
collar; trimmed with embroidery. insertion and
edging-white with red and back polka CT co
dots. Each. Observation-Disclosures. ~
Third door, Eleventh st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
The Borax Food Tests.

Prof Wiley's borax experiments have dis
closed. according to a preliminary state
ment of the results, that the continued use
of boracic preservatives and adulterants in
foods Is injurious to the health, according
to the amount of the chemical consumed
daily The tests, which have covered many
months, have been conducted with the
greatest care They have attracted general
attention and have aroused much rldicuie.
But they were based upon truly scientific
principle. and the knowledge they have
Yielded as to the effect of this class of food
adulterants may be relied upon as trust
worthy. The experiment would have justi-
fed itself If no deleterious effects of con-
tinuai feeding upon this class of foods had
been shown.
Armed with the precise data thus secured,
Congress will be In a position to legislau
intelligently upon the subject of food adul'
terants and personalities, to strengthen
the existing laws on that subject 1t WILL
of course. be besieged by the food-pre par
ing concerns interested. They will beyond
doubt try to cast discredit upon Prof.
Wiley's experiments. They will try to
prove that the chemists of the Department
of Agriculture have erred. that the regimen
of boracic-treated foods was abnormally
persistent. that 1t did not represent the or
binary consumption of such foods. that the
deductions from the tests are not reliable.
and so on to great length. But such repre-
sensations. interested to the last degree.
will be far less worthy of consideration
than the unbiased report of the scientists
who have been conducting this large-scale
experiment. for months
Prof. Wiley has not shown that the bor-
acic preservatives are acutely dangerous in