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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
MULLEN GiLDEA

DR.. Eugene II. Mullen OF the Marine
Hospital Service. and Miss Eleanor Y.
Gildea. formerly oi this city. were mar
red in Baltimore Saturday by l'"v. Lonls
.O'Donoyan at the Cardinals r'-ilcnce.
The groom is son oi Commander D. W.
Mullen Of the l.. :. Navy The hndrwas
attended hy Miss Alllimnt Gmacr Of
London. Eng. and Dr. ". II. Frost OF
Virginia was best man.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
BOUGHT HER ANOTHER COW

Mr.. John 4. Brooks and Mrs Jennie
\. ll,rndou tunk mp % subscription Tor
thc benefit oi Mr.. Thomas Payne. who
host her only cow several WEEKS ago.
They collected S33. OF this So WAS in
vested boo another cow and th" rmaindcr
was given beer ior the benefit Oi her
children.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
FIRE!
Jno. w. Allison, Jr., & Co. Office 200 Commerce
Street

Onpositc Conway, Gordon Il Garnctt
National Bank. Insure your dwell
ings. furniture, barns stablrs. groceries
and stocks Of nll kind. Call mt our office
and conyience yourself we carry compan-
irs second to none. Rates and satisic-
ton guaranteed.
.Ino. W. Allison, .Ir., a Go.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
HEBRON CHURCH SERVICES

Rev. L. p. Hawkins will preach at
Hebron church on the lth Sunday IN
this month instead of the Bird, a. he VIII
be attending the General Association on
the 3rd Sunday.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
ST0NE--LAYT0k

Mfr. Albert Stone. Of Stafford, and Miss
Lillian Layton, daughter of MIR VIM. &.
Layton. were married THesday night at
\ o'clock by Rev r. A. Williams. at hIs
residence ON Washington Avenue.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
MULES AND HORSES.

will be- nj Rowling Green Monday,
November IL. with fine lot al horses
and mules for sales. Come one, come all
aud look nj them. Is. L.Coe.
lnOv1-3t.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
WAR DAMAGES
$3.50 Allowed Union Falmouth Church

The Court Of Claims ia Washington
has allowed 500 10 the Union church
in Falmouth for damages inflicted dur
ing the Civil war. Mr.. Granville r.
Swift Is thp attorney.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
THANKS

The members Of the family of the late
Cant SIMEON G. Peyton desire 10 express
their appreciation for the KIND arlT ana d..
expressions Of their many friends III tnT'f
late bereavement. IL
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
POTOMAC. FREDERICKSBURG
AND PIEDMONT RAILROAD
TINE TABLE No. 10.
effect at I A. NJ. February Sth. l%t.

Connections az Frederick shurg with K. +. \ J..
r. r. and Maryland. Delaware aud virginia Rail
wav 60. At Orange VITA Southern K. Il. and
Chesapeake \ ohio r. z.
rhe only line T. the Charlottesville and MI
derness Battlehe,is.
Eastern standard Time Daily except sunday
WI. RICHARDS Gen Manager.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09

Uorwood-Swan~on ~. Lewis II,
Sims 90 Waller $50. Moncurc ll6. Payne
-. DuyaIl -. Bryan -.
Fam0uth-Swanson b3. LOWS ) +.
PAYNE -. Muncun Sc. Bryan 80, puynl'
-. Sims GG. Waller IL.
White Oak-SWausOu -. LOWS "I
Rryan 81. Duvall 80. Payne -. Moncure
-. Waller g. Sims #
Brooke-Bryan -. Duvall %. Payn"
IS. Munuro 33.
rtwood-M0ucure 81 and Duyall -
majority.
Rock Hin District. which Includes
Roseville and Stafford store precincts,
gives Payne % and Bryan 81 majority.
Grifiis-Moncure 3 + and Duyall i ma
c. H.-Rryan 1O2 Duyall ~ Bryans
majority -. Payne's majority p.
Moncnrr carries the county 10y about
100 Bryan -. 1t il close between
Sims and Waller for the Senate. Swan
son majority i- very small.
KING GEORGE.
Court TIouse-Swanson -. Lewis 40.
Payne %. Moncure -.
= Passapatnnzy-Paync -. Moncurc -.
Shiloll-Payne 60. Moucurr l3l.
Uampstcad-27 majority for Moncure.
Swanson carries county. by over lou.
Moncures majority 60. .
CAROLINE.
Port ROYAL Swanson Sc, Lewis ~.
Powers 60. Whit II, +. K Coghill. ~.
Moss Neck-Swanson b. Lewis Il.
Powers II. White &. f. r Coghll 30.
Gouldman-Swanson 81 Lewls -,
Powers 80. White -. f. T. Cogh'll %.
Bowling Grccn-17l votes east ana
Powers # majority.
Guiney's-Powers got q majority
Swanson and Powers carry the county
bv nearly 100 majority each.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
oYSTERS. OYSTERs. OYSTERs.

Having made arrangements with one
Of the largest oyster shippers on the Rap
pahannOck river, | am prepared To iur-
nish the best oysters at reasonable prices.
OYSTERS received on every boat. Honest
measure, clean shucked. Give me trial.
G.. j. StOifregen,
Main St, near railroad. Phone las.
O7-3m
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
MAYOR WALLACE RESUMES DUTIES

MAYOR T. i. Wallace resumed his du-
ties ~ Mayor Wednesday morning, his
health having very much improved
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
ELDERS CHOSEN

The Presbyterian church has rl,4'icl
Mcssrs ] Edward Timberlakr aud W. J..
Price rs elders.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
ANY COMPANY YOU WANT

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-09
THE COUNTIES

Total vote east in city. 'I3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05


Don't attempt to soften up things,
Mrs. Bowser,'' he growled. You re-
ferred to me as too fat and too logy.
You also spoke slightingly of the base
of my neck. You may come crawling
on your knees and 1 won't forgive you.
BY John, but how any wife dares to
talk to her husband as you do to me is
more than I can understand Too fati
Too logyr'
It was a pair of skates he had brought
home, and when he had the package
under his arm and was ready to go she
asked:
What time will you be home, dear?"
81 may never be home. Why should
a too-fat and Zoology man return to
this house?"
Z shall probably be sitting UP. for
you. You may want a bit of luncheon
before you go to bed
IF do I'll stop at some saloon. Don't
blame me, Mrs. Bowser, if one glass
leads to wo-three-fve-ten- Don't
blame me if I come home and kick the
front door open and clean out this
shanty, I may not stop even at that,
and if I don't it will have been your
fault What in the name of blue blaZes
is that old cat glaring at me for?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

81 think your voice jars on her.
"Oh, it does Ell? Besides being too
fat and too logy I've got a voice that
jars on yallar-eyed old cat! By thun-
der Mrs Bowser-by thunderI'
With the last by thunderr' he left
the house, not daring to remain and
face further exigencies. He had six
blocks to walk to the hail. and he had
almost worked up a smile when he
reached it. He was warmly received by
the dozen members who had gathered,
and in a little while he had almost for
gotten Mrs Bowser and the cat. He
noticed half hundred people who were
not members, and it was explained to
him that this was a public night, when
any one could come in and see the
skating.
Mr. Bowser should have told the truth
and narrated his adventure on rollers in
his own garnet a year ago, but the
mans words had hattered him, and he
let it be understood that he was IN
practice and intended to aStoniSh the
natives BY the time he had his skates
on the hall was well filed, and there
were a dozen skaters on the floor. lie
had gone ahead thus far with the
greatest confidence, but all of a sudden
an icicle hit him in the stomach. Down
in his heart he knew that he was tat
and logy. He also knew that the first
and only time he had taken the moor
was when he took 1T on his head he
would he an ass to get out there, with
all the people looking on, and the ex-
hibition would probably result in his
being expelled from the club. He had
lust decided in his own mind that he
would give S. in cash if he was home,
and that if he ever got there alive ne
would forgive Mrs. Bowser and the cat,
when some of the spectators began to
call:
'sBowserl Bowser! Get out, Bowser'
and give us some fancy figures!
Mr.. Bowser tried to shrink his pulk
into the COMPASS of a peanut and his
face flushed red and white. He decided
that he would give $4,000 to be home
and that Mrs. Bowser was the best
wife, and his cat the best cat, on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

And your spine will get it! Mr.
Bowser, let me say something to you
without hurting your feelings"
You are going to say I am too fat
LAS a matter of fact, you are. You
are too fat and too clumsy for any
whatever ails the base of your neck If
you want exercise, why don't you run
the lawn mower %
You know who you are talking to,
do your" demanded Mr.. Bowser, when
she had finished.
'Of course. and I hope you won't be
mad. You are not to blame for being
fat and clumsy, but you should re-
member
Yes, 1 will rememberl Woman, how
dare you talk to me in this manner
Your impudence surpasses all bounds.
By the seven yowling cats, but if a
man had said what you have 1 would
have torn him limb from limbr'
How foolish to get into temper
over my words"
You insult and abuse me, and then
wonder that 1 get madl Mrs. Bowser,
be careful-be very careful. You are
driving me very close to the dead line
very closet"
Then you will go to the club?'' she
asked after a while.
Il will go to the club I would go
If the house was on fire.
And you will try roller skates ~
4 Will put on roller skates and float
around the hall, and if get word while
l am floating that you have dropped
dead of heart disease shall continue
to float"
good time. I hope that when you return
home the base of your neck will be
much better. When you get home you
will tell me all about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05
How TO
Get Well.

Every organ of the body is
directly connected with the
brain by nerves. The nerve
cells in the brain generate
nerve force-power-and send
it to the organ through these
nerves, and this nerve-force
gives life and action. The or
gans work perfectly when there
IS sufficient nerve power. Lack
OF nerve force weakens the ac-
ton of an organ and it works
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sick.
Iwo-thirds of all sickness is
thus due to weak or deranged
nerves; it is therefore advisa-
BILE to take DR.. Miles Restor-
alive Nervine, because it makes
nerve energy.
When you cure the nerves
you remove the cause, and
that's the way to get well.
''Dr. Miles Restorative Nervtna
cured me OF nervous prostration after
every other EFFORT had failed to give
me relleI Ay trouble seemed to
begin with a general loss OF strength
and q breaking down of the neryotls
system. 1 suffered from headache-
constipation and fiuttering or paipita',
and I was SO nervous and RESTLESS thar
I could not sleep at night NV, hus-
band. who IL a druggist, brought me
bottle Of hervine It heIped me
from the start. and I continued using
Il until had taken six bottles. Nv
health was completely restored
MRS SIL.A NJ. MORFHOIYSR
North Adams, Mich.
Or; Miles NervIne Is aod by vosi.
druggist, who will guarantee that fha
first bottle will benefit IT Il faIls- ne
VIII refund your money. ''~
Miles Medical Co., EIkhart, Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

face of the earth.
Come, Bowser," said one of the
skaters, in answer to the calls, "this
modesty on your part won't do. You
are asked to go out and show what
can be done on rollers.
TT don't feel well,' was the reply
Nonsense! You are playing off,
81 think-think-"
"Out with him. shouted half a
dozen voices. and Mr.. Bowser was
taken by the arm and assisted to his
feet. In the next few seconds he lived
a hundred years. Then he made a
move with his right foot, and the next
thing he knew he didn't know nothing.
Both feet went out from under him
| the floor seemed to rise up-he heard
wild yells, and the whole of his body
struck something at once. When he
recovered consciousness they were
loading him into an ambulance. He
kicked at the doctor. swore at the
driver, and called his club friends
rascals and assassins. Only one man
had anything to say in reply. That was
the doctor. He laid a fatherly hand
on Mr.. Bowser. and said:
go home, old mango home. What
you want for the next ten years is a
wet nursei'
Mr.. Bowser went home. He found
Mrs Bowser up and waiting. She had
arnica, witch hazel and camphor at
hand with a liberal supply of
bandages, and she had the ingredients
for a milk punch. Not a word was
said She simply pointed to the
lounge, and. with a groan he fell upon
it and was soothed and nursed until he
fell asleep, with big tear quivering
on his cheek.-(Copyright 1905. by R.
B. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

The sermon is often the means of re-
setting spiritual bones that have been
dislocated in men.-Rev. A. M. Vivien,
Methodist, Philadelphia.
SUCCEEDING IN LIFE
Getting up in life is like climbing a
tree-you must hold fast with your
legs what you have already gained and
you must reach up with your hands
toward new height.-ReV. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills, Congregationalist, Brook
lyn.
HOW CHRISTIANITY GROWS.
The church grows by conversions; ;
Christianity grows principally by its
"out-populating power" as Bushnell
says, by a force behind all volition, by
subconscious rising of the level of
public opinion-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane,
Unitarian, Worcester, Mass.
VALUE OFANALYZING OURSELVES
If we are going to do the best that
we can in the world we must turn to-
ward ourselves, for it is worth a great
deal to know what we really are. God
has set US in our place and given us
responsibilities which every man finds
in analysing himself-Rev. DR.. Samuel
H. Greene, Baptist, Washington.
NEED OF CHEERFUL GOODNESS.
We should lead lives of cheerful god
Illness We are too prone to fret. We
worry over troubles that never come.
This makes un unable to bear the real
responsibilities of life. 1t halves our
strength and doubles our burden We
must find our remedy in looking on the
bright side of things. Let US think of
the true, the pure, the honorable and
the beautiful things of life. Let US en-
gage actively in some good work. Call
upon your will to resolutely hold you to
this course. Begin each day with some
beautiful poem or song.-Rev. DR.. J. w.
Sutherland. Congregationalist Detroit.
WORKINGMEN IN CHURCHES.
The mistake of the workingmen is in
giving the church Let them r0
and capture it, for it belongs to them.
One workingman in the church is
worth half a dozen on the outside
when it comes to- setting the church
right in its attitude toward the social
issue. Let the ministers get into the
labor unions and get the working
mans point of view, but let the work
ingnen get into the churches and enter
the life of the church. Jesus was q
workingman; so are many of his fol-
come, and woe be to that man or that
church which causes one of them te
STUN ble!-Rev Robert Whitaker, Bap-
fist. Oakland. Cal,
ORATORY.
True oratory is one of the most po-
tent gifts, if not the most potent gift
with which God has endowed man. II
is mighty for good or mighty for evil
It is a social factor which creates and
molds and upbuilds or it is a social fac
tor which undermines and destroys and
wrecks. If it were possible for me tc
believe in the doctrine of the transmit
grafton of souls. then 1 would believe
in this doctrine in reference to oratory
With mere words skillful orator car
have his spirit incarnated in the minds
and the hearts of his hearers With
mere words not only can the true orator
compel his fellow countrymen TO think
as he thinks. but to do as he would
have them do and az he himself wants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

Mrs. K. NJ. c. Meredith, author of
The Wing of Love-" has for many
years been deeply interested in psychic
phenomena. Her attention was called
to the subject by some remarkable hap
penings in her own family, which were
witnessed and attested by others than
herself. Since that time she has made
serious study of the subject and her
psychic adventures have been remark
ably impressive. Every unusual Incl
dent having a possible bearing on
psychic matters she has had recorded
and witnessed. as in the case of her
first experience; and she has conse-
Quently a mass of authenticated and
important data. Mrs. Meredith has a
marked aptitude for writing fiction, as
shown in "Drumsticks,'' The Wings
OF Love-" and it is said that the near
future will see volume from her hand
employing in story form much of her
experience of occult phenomena
Rex f. Beach. author of 'rPardners,' -
temporarily abandoning his commercial
career for writing, has surrendered the
position he held with a large Chicago
manufacturing company. He intends
spending the entire summer in literary
work. He is deep in a novel dealing
more historically with Alaska than do
the Alaskan stories in "Pardners,' and
has begun also a series of stories of
western athletics for McClure's Maya
zine. His name appeared twice in the
roll of acceptance connected with the
recent Collier competition.
Mrs. George Madden Martin, author
of Emmy Lou and THE House of
Fulhllment," is convalescing slowly at
her home in Anchorage, KY, from a
serious case of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, auth
or of 'In the Closed Room" will spend
the summer in her English country
TJan SHo ha q
novel, the first long work from her pen
in a number of years, practically COM
pleted.
Lloyd Osbourne, kinsman and cOllabo-
rator of Robert Louis Stevenson and
sole author of those delightful tales of
the road and the car. The MotOrmani-
acs, called on the cashier of q leading
magazine the other day He had writ
ten this cashier several times for
check due him and had written in vain.
81 am sorry" explained the cashier,
but Colonel So-and-SO, who always
signs our checks, is confined at home
with the govt" But my dear man"
expostulated the author-collector, docs
he sign them with his feet?'
A book of verse by Byron Williams,
editor of the Western Publisher, has
association, SIS Plymouth place, Chi
cago, III. To those familiar with the
sweet simplicity of Mr.. Williams style,
this announcement will bring pleasant
anticipation; for many readers, ere
this. have accepted his invitation in
The Old Cross Road" to
"Cona with me by the old cross-road
That leads to Uncle Bits;
Down this way through a dreamland
filled
With peace that God instills'
and have revelled in clover and
country air to the joy of hearts that
yearned for boyhood and the home
''back yonder." Dearborn MeIviIl. the
talented Chicago artist, has illustrated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05


A most successful attempt to tell in
straightforward way the story of the
romantic and picturesque events in the
women in history has been made by
A H. Millar, in MARY, Queen of Scots.
Her Life Story" just published by
Charles Scribner's Sons. There is
probably no woman who has been
more vigorously attacked and defend
ed than Queen Mary, and this account
of her life and reign so clearly and
yet so interestingly told, is a very real
help to the understanding of a most
fascinating woman. The book is of an
attractive size and form, and the por-
traits of the Queen Darnley, Riccio,
and Boutwell,, and the other illustra-
tons add greatly to its value.
summer number of the Burr Mcintosh
Monthly are those of Admiral
Togo, Roselle Knott. F. S. Willard.
Mile James, May Mckenzie, Elsie
Devote and Louise Drew; all of
them presented in the beautiful en-
graved cuts for which this magazine
is famous. A feature of this number
is views of famous watering places
both in the United States and Europe.
A new department Men of Note'
deals with Marquis Ito, the famous
Japanese, John Weaver, the reform
mayor of Philadelphia, Paul Morton,
late secretary of the navy, and his
successor Chas. J. Bonaparte. The
panoramic views cover exquisite scenes
of landscapes, marine and athletic
events. The color work in this issue is
particularly striking; altogether it may
be fairly said this number is superior
to the July number which was so
popular.
In the letters of Richard Wagner to
Mathilde Wesendonck-the most inter-
esting and valuable letters published in
many a day-Wagner mentions one of
his projects that we cannot help regret
ting was never carried out, and that was
a proposed visit to this country In
December 1858, Dr. Hartenfels. of
Frankfort, invited Wagner to go to New
York, and conduct his operas there I'M
der Herr DirecktOr Ullman. Wagner
seems to have kept up the negotiations
concerning this scheme for some months
but ultimately the plan fell through.
Ullman was connected with the man
agement of an Italian opera company
which toured the United States in 1853,
and included Adelina Patti among it's
members.
Ida NJ. Tarbell, now that she has fin
ished her character study of John D.
Rockefeller, which begins in the current
number of McClure's and will be con-
cluded in August is at work upon the
story of the Standard Oil in kansas.
Miss Tarben spent some time in the
Kansas and adjacent oil fields in the
early spring, but dropped the subject re-
luctantly to write her estimate of John
D. Rockefeller's character, which was
made a vital question by the great
tainted-money controversy The Kan
papers: What Standard Oil Did to
Kansas What Kansas Did to Stand
adr Oil" The titles indicate pretty
clearly how the battle has progressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05

mage, Presbyterian, Los Angeles, Cal
TEMPESTS OF LIFE.
Future life is in Gods hands; pres
ent life is in our hands also, as we well
know. Upon the future we may pom
der In the present we must act Let
us make our present life beautiful for
us and for others with whom we come
in contact. Let us have the home beau
tiful, the heart beautiful, our present
life. our daily life, beautiful, and
when we meet sorrow and trial, when
we weep and when we tremble be-
meath the force of some soul storm, let
us remember that the valley of weep
ing can lead to fountain of blessing
yea, that the tempests which seem to
strip life of it's beauty and glory can
be made the forerunners of blessings,
all the sweeter because of their con-
trast with our suffering, our misery
and our pain, all the more beautiful
because of what we have endured
Rabbi H. Pereira Mendes, New York
A VIEW OF LIFE.
The one transcendent truth of our
being which the Scriptures strive to
keep ever before us is Life" You
are living soul after the kind of your
Father, God. You have not two lives.
You have not two kinds of life. You
have not two worlds nor score of
worlds. You are in this universe ex-
actly what your Father, God, is. a Hv-
ing soul. 1t is upon this one scriptural
immortal life that the Scriptures lay
their principal emphasis. That this
life will endure untouched the ordeal
of the dissolution of the body is taken
for granted. That this life will pass
from world to world or from sphere to
sphere of existence according to the
law of it's development may likewise
be taken for granted. Al such ques-
lions refer to the accidents or out
ward con ditions of the life. This hid
den spiritual immortal life is a life of
oneness with God, our Father, loving
what he loves, hating what he hates.
When this consciousness of spiritual
eternal life is once kindled in a soul
the one overmastering revelation is
made. To that soul life and immor-
tally are brought to light" When we
stand triumphant in that light both
nature and revelation may be never so
reticent concerning the mere details
and surroun dings of life. And if my
curiosity begins its feeble questions I
| cry VIGOROUSLY within myself, 81 live,
| yet not but Christ liveth in me-
When that consciousness kindles my
| soul all interest in golden streets and
harps and instruments drop into in
significance.-Rev.D DR.. James H. Ecob,
| Unitarian, Philadelphia