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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
TheBeSt Attired People

YOU will meet on Easter morning
will be wearing shoes bought
here. Our shoes have an individ-
uality of style that makes them
different from shoes bought at
other stores.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16

and the results of the many wounds
he received in his campaigns for the
liberation of Cuba complicate his trou-
bic. He rallied from an operation for
an abscess a week ago, but suffered a
relapse on Sunday His family have
been summoned and will arrive here to-
day. The doctors bulletin this morning
uyoc hopafu1
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
For Men

we have high and low cut in lace or
button. also OXfords in the latest
style. last and cOlor-Just the
shoes for men who dress well
Easter shoes for Boys, Misses and
Children-not a price 10 which
you will object.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
The ATTRACTIVE Girl.

A5HtN hss been written about fthe Amer.
ioan girl - and her reasons for being pre-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
GENERAL GOMEZ SERIOUSLY ILL
Family Summoned to the Bedside Of
Famous Cuban Patriot.

Santiago, Cuba, May 16. - General
Maxine Gomez is dangerously Ill with
nephritis. The generals extreme age
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
w. S. EMBREY

ISuccessor to Embrey & Bergman J
Dealer i'm Railroad Cross Ties, Cedar
Posts, Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand a large supply OF
Baled Hay and Mill Feed. Office near
Railroad Depot. Fredericksburg, Va
Also Agent for Page Wire Fence Co.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
Don Chances

OF purchasing your liquor any
where and everywhere, but al
ways go where you are sure of get
ting the best and purest goods.
Adulterated goods are not fit to
use. We are doing the largest
business in Fredericksburg, be-
cause we never misrepresent our
goods and always give you your
moneys worth in quality and
measure. We have the largest
assortment of
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
For Ladies

we have high and low cut shoes,
street aud dress shoe. Oxford sip
pers and Sandals. The very lat
est and popular styles are here.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
Liquors and
TobaccoS

Our store is the only place you can
find the celebrated Wilson Whiskey
and Canada Rye drawn from the bar
rel. Our brands are too numerous to
mention. We have all kinds OF bot
tied liquors and at our bar you will
find all the leading brands. Call or
write
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
VIM. livingston

Contractor and Builder Fredericks-
burg, Va. Fully equipped for all
kind of work in the building line.
Business Office Room II, Enterprise
RnildinO
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
O. D. FOSTER
NATIONAL BOULEVARD.

IN SPITEOf the poor wheat crops the
| neeriug Binders and Mowers have
broken ali 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
bnIld. Everybody in touch with Freder-
Ioksburg knows the history OF the Hqsker
and Shredder business last fall. The Deer
ing won the highest praise where others
fafied. Deering Corn Harvesters gave
satisfaction last year, they are better now.
When Won come to town call and see us
and LET us talk Corn Harvesters and Husk-
ers and Shredders. Thanking the farmers
Tor their strong support, we are.
Yours truly,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
WHITTIER & SACREY
Undertakers and Embalmers

No. 719 Main ST., Freder.
icksburg, Va Phone SO.
Across from Exchange Hotel
and next to Western Union
office. Telegraph and telephone
orders receive prompt atten'
ton. Open day and night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16
MAKES UNIQUE DEFENCE
Man on Trial For Murder Poses as
Dr.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF CRIME

II Is Contended Prisoner Was Afflicted
With a Mental impairment, Causing
Him to Have a Dual Personality
Which Resulted In Murder.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-16

It Is said That In Some Cases Ameri-
can Goods Would Cost so Per Cent.
More Than European Goods aft
Epdorcee Dectcfon
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13
Fine Farm for Sale.

The tne estate known as ~Dunbars. Do
consisting OF about 500 acres 200
arabic, the balance IN wood aud timber
land, well watered with springs and
has fine meadows. The land is suacep-
uble 20 high state OF cultivation for
trucking. etc. Situated in James CITY
couEtY, Virginia, and two and 4 hall
miles west oi Williamsburg. fronting on
tie Jamestown road about one.half
mile and the rear OF western boundary
OF farm fronting on the Eggleston road
about the same distance. There IA =
siding on the Z. K o. known AZ New.
mans within mile Of tie place for
shipment Of WOOD. On this farn is a
twO-story frame dwelling with : rooms
and an ) t0Ot hallway running fun
length, with a basement 10 feet square
A we'll A. feet deep within teet OF cook
room, and good orchard, consisting OF
apples. peaches and pears.
Will sell cheap AZ price that will
surprise you. FOr further particulars
.PPly 70 A. BROOKS. Williamsburg.
Virginia
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13
News from the COutIes of the
Virginia Peninsula.
Here and There.

Patrons of the public
schools of James City should
not forget the educational
rally to be held i'm Mt. Yer
non church, Toano, next
Tuesday.
Miss Mamie Curtis of Lee
Hall Is visiting Mrs. r.. W.
Milstead in Newport News.
Mr.. j. +. Hubbard of York
has returned from Richmond,
where he attended a medical
college the past session.
Potato bugs are said to be
doing much damage to
young plants. in some cases
actually destroying thecrOp.
Capt Harren of Gloucester
was IN town Thursday.
Phillips & Warburton have
sold to {. B. Chapman the
fine farm known "A Amblers,
in James City county for
SO, 800.
Miss Bessie Scott, who has
been very i'll at her home in
Ewell. is a little better. Miss
Scott was IN ION i1l IN lEo,b
lngtOn.
TheOrder OF the Cincinnati
enjoyed an excursion tC
Yorktown Thursday. Their,
was a large crowd present.
The board OF supervisor,
Of York meet at the Court
house at Yorktown Thurs
day and transacted ruutin,
business.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13
ONE GIRL WHO CAN THROW
Fair Cashier IN ChieagO Lunch ROOM
Acquires Skill By Tossing cash
Cheeks Into Aperture.

In certain lunch room In the down
town section OF Chicago the younf
~omRn cashler diSproves the on repeat
&C statement that girl can't throw $
stone and BIT the side of a barn. This
girl has acquired . wonderful precislon
10 throwing cash checks into a small
aperture Ia The top % the cash ceSs
There u a row OF openings Ia the tor
board q The desk. one opening Tor each
denomination OF check that she han
dies There Ia probably q quarter inca
Of wood separating each aperture When
a patron % the room lays down bis casa
Ard bis check the giri takes the cheek
ia the palm of her hand and ceftiy Ores
10 into the opening. The denomination
% he cards - Indicated by the color.
,nd she ares a red card into the red box
every tine. Prom the open money
drawer IN poRt of her 20 the roW OF open
inKs the distance is over II lnchee. In
many Instances she makes a throw and
drops the coin into the proper apart
ment % the money drawer almost In the
same motion The cards are thrown
nat. not etgevRys. as one might suppose.
Letter clerks IN the postonioe attain a
wonderful proficiency In throwing let
ters but they send them into boxes wltc
the edge cutting the air The sirl Ia the
lunchroOm fairly slams the pastsooarcs
into tie proper holes. rarely. II ever,
missing her mark
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13
NINE ON FiRE SINCE 1857.


President Lewis A Riley. Of he Ia
high Coal and NsviEatioa company. IN
his annual report. says that ons 81 ne
companys mines near TAnaquA hs4
been on nrs for a. years. ssyp Elssl
Regarding the Efforts now mads &c
auench these subssrransaA ares ths
report says;
"A pcrtioa Of the outcroD 81 Ne
Mammoth veiu In this locality las
been on Ere since 1857. the are bslng
e0nhned - the water eiling tss vork-
lngs beiow water level and eut-e7s en-
the outcrOD. Before opening TIE col
hery below water level 10 - necessary
either 70 extinguish the Gre or Get it
under ooatrol During the past year
Efforts have been made vfth this end
In view which have net with = iArWe
measure Of success. A boiler plant
and pumping machinery have bean
erected on the bank OF the I1stIe
Schuyikin river AZ TamaquA for the
purpose of pumping water 20 the lsvsl
% tAe outcrop. A branch OF the Pan-
ther Creek railroad has seen sxtendsf
nearly tvo miles % reach the outcrop.
and more holes have put down AZ vart-
aus places wnere there wers indica-
lions of Ere. The ere 10 being sxfin-
guished by washing hne coal dirt
throush bore holes on the hrs And sli-
Ing up the vacant spaces 50 a. - cut
o1 the ar supply
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13
Public Schools.

We feel like expressing our
selves as did a lady in Balti.
Imore one day last winter,
when a man rode past her,
'spattering mud over her fine
dress. She could only look
with contempt upon the
man, when Just Ia front of
her was a young man who
was treated in like manner.
He suddenly turned around
and said Oh yOul" to
the fellow. The lady said TO
the young man. Thank
YOU; / thought of chat word
but could not use it,"
Now we thank the editor
OF the Gazette for the timely
reply i'm his editorial OF May
/ 8, "A Fair Question" What
has the State Board OF Edu-
lcatiOn done for the PENN
lsula counties?
NOthing-all superinteud-
ents reappOinted. Why have
/ they not combined some of
the Peninsula counties as
promised? Here we are now
in the same old rut-nO relief
in sight. It's all a political
flake. 4 grand educational
rally IN every county for the
month OF May This. too. is
going to be run 10y the ma
chine bosses for political
ends. No wonder that no
interest is taken by the
Democrats. All confidence
has been lost. Promises have
only been made to bebroken.
We all feel proud of our
, young superintendent OF
schools for New Kent county.
Mr.. q. L. Fisher, a graduate
OF old William aud Mary
College. He deserves the
office he now holds, and much
more. He is OneOf thevOung
Nirginians who is forging
MS way TO the front by in
dustry and integrity.
The taxpayers and pa irons
OF the schools demand some
explanation and relief. Five
and One-half months for
schools in New Kent. In
Black Greek district one
school has 80 scholars. and
next session with the new
settlers in the neighbOrhOOd
y more scholars Will be
added, making Is scholars
lin all. Mr.. Fisher teaches.
| All love him-One of the best
OF the county. Il am doing
the best l can" he says, but
cannot DO justice, which all
well know"
Give us q graded school or
build another school hOuse.
The land has been offered
free by one OF the patrons,
who Will help build the house.
I'VE haYe no money" is the
cry; "all is out"
We can not expect immi-
grafton TO this State when
hOmseekers learn of the pitt.
ful condition OF affairs.
We hope the Gazette will
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13

ter schools. There is going
to be a change in the affairs
OF this Old Commonwealth.
The unexpected Is going TO
happen. While the spring
cleaning is going on let It
continue. There are many
dark spots in old New Kent
that have been overlooked.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13

KFOTICE.-The petition tor bridge
IN between ames City and NaiWick
counties. over Skifs Greek, will
be taken up and considered by the Board
OF Supervisors ol James City county AZ
their next regular meeting. the fourth
Monday IL Nay, 1905. All parties IN
Ierested are hereby notified.
7. Il. sEDDY,
Clerk Board of SUperyisorE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27

The story Of Mtdshlpman Charles
@. Hunter is$a peculiar and In some
respects q sad one. The AFFAIR. Of
honor into which he was drawn and
which resulted In his killing his man,
followed him all his days, like an
evil nemesis, and he died with the
words on his lips: my life has been
embittered, and all my happiness
wrecked by the sight of that man
lying dead on the bank Of that little
creek In Delaware-killed by my pis-
tol sh0t-and man | had met only
twice before we stood facing each
other on that fateful Sunday morn.
ing" ~ IT,. - = - .
The Trivial Beginning.
The duel grew out Of a trivial in
cident, and the men who finally met
each other on the field of honor were
not the original principals in the af-
fair. Henry Wharton Gritfith and r.
Dillon Drake, two society men of
Philadelphia, in company with some
friends sauntered into a billiard par
lor at Third and Chestnut streets on
the afternoon of Friday, February II,
1880, and Drake, angered by an i'm
piled imputation upon his skill with
the cue, struck Griffith in the face.
Before friends could interfere Drake
had severely whipped his companion.
That evening a message was sent to
New York to Passed Midshipman
Charles H. Duryee, Of the United
States navy, asking him to come i'm
meaiately to Philadelphia. Duryee
arrived on the following Tuesday and
the next day carried challenge from
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27

191eer before Ais admission to. the
academy. It seems ho went to one
Of the upper classmen and uaid:
"See here, don't like tho way my
class IS being treated" The upper
classman was nearly surprised out of
his wits. but recovered from his
stupor-and only one who knows the
full meaning of rate among mid
shipmen can have a correct apprecia-
ton Of what that announcement from
"plebe' to an upper classman car
ried-the "rating" demanded: mid
shipman, do you want to fight?"
That's what I'm looking for" was
the bold reply. The fight was ar
ranged, and then followed series of
humiliatlng defeats for upper class
men, and there is no telling just
where the affair might have ended If
the academy authorities had not got
wind of what was in progress, and
put stop to further encounters in
that particular series. But 1t is said
that the "plebe" boldly informed the
officials that he could whip the whole
upper class"
Hazing and the Code.
Most of the encounters in the acad-
envy come from hazing the 'plebes, "
although the unknown lady" and
other things often figure as the casus
belli. An upper classman resents a
lower classman being too attentive to
his ''best GIRL" and any "galliness,"
or forwardness in a lower classman
is sure to bring the offender to issue
with the offended upper midshipman.
Midshipmen have been known to fight
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
know of its presence and many wink
At it's OperatiOn

AAVW VI us pIcSSuCe anu m6uy Wink
ut its. operation
Operation Of the Code.
Here is the way the code operates ::
Some offense has been committed,
generally by an under classman, and
is of sufficient gravity in the estima-
ton of the midshipmen to come with
il the scope of the code, and a chal-
lenge follows. The president of the
class names the time, the seconds are
appointed, and in the place appointed
at the present time generally one of
the wardrooms of the midshipmen-
the c0mbatants strip to the buzz and
fight after the most approved form of
the prize ring. 1t is always a fight to
= finish, and is generally so bloody
and fierce that the most strenuous
mill between professional prize fight
ers Is but tame in comparison. The
finish comes when one of the CON-
batans fails to respond to the call
OF tine after the lapse Of the inter-
val between rounds. No one at the
academy can recall single fight
which has not been 4 finish affair, for
IT. would never do for a man to stop
until it was finished. To stop short
OF that would disgrace a man in the
eyes of his fellow classmen, and he
could never look them in the face
again. . ... -...- 81: ....
How One Fight Came About.
Here is tho story Of how ono light
was brought On. and IL illustrative Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
WAYS OF SKlMMiNG MILK.
The Four Methods Explained by Prot,
harrington, of wisconsin
Dairy School.

Prof. Farringtop of the Wisconsin,
dairy school, sums up the different
methods of skimming in ting following
brief manner: (
These methods are t,the shallow.
pans, the Aeep setting OF cans Of milk
in cold water, the water or aquatic
separator and the = centrifugal sep
arator. ~
The water separator is 50 interior
. method that 1T is not used by the
best dairymen at the present time;,
the other three methods are stin In
use, but ! the centrifugal separator 10
the p6st efficient of them all, Tho
losses Of butter-fat In the skial-milk
aref greatest when milk is set in shall
low pans. Deep setting in cold water
14 little better, but the centrifugal
Separator may be run SO as to leave
only one-tenth per cent. buttcr=fat In
the skim-milk. -
ut has been estimated that the
losses of butter-fat by tho different
methods of skimming the milk Of %
cows in year amount TO $120
by the shallow pan setting, $50 by the
deep setting and SIS by centrifugal
separator. This is based on a-prlea
of 20 cents per pound for, butter and
al average loss of fat in the skina-nailk
by: each method " + =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27

its largest field of operation. The
personal encounter between two mid
dies as the result Of an insult or 9th.
er affront which leads to a challenge
being sent and the two meeting in the
ring to settle the affair is one thing,
and the resistance of "plebe" when
being hazed is quite another. and calls
into operation different rule of the
code. This Is what is known as the
"class fight"
The offending "plebe" must fight
the man the upper, class picks out.
10 be sure, it will give the "plebe'' a
man OF his own size, but good care Is
taken by the third classmen that the
chances are all On their side by
choosing for their champion one OF
their strongest and cleverest pugilists.
AS a rule, Of course. the underclass-
man Is badly punished, and after Is
or 20 fierce and bloody rounds fails
to come to the scratch but sometimes
the tables are turned and the upper
classman is the one who gets grogey
and ut last is unable to respond to the
call Of time by the referee, and IL
counted out. Then the victorious
"plebe' has to fight another OF the
youngsters, and so on until he ID
himself whipped. T.. ~ .,s. !.
4 "Plebe'' Who Wasn't whippsi1*
IA Years ago, it 10 said,stn ''ssl1o6oi'
practically cleaned 30 20
class Of youngsters, !" lliIil l
discovered that he ha0 r.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
Cigarettes and Insanity.

Does cigarette smoking cause insan-
ity? was the direct question, asked by
committee of the Medico- Legal So
ciety, of New York. of the medical
superintendents of the hospitals for in.
sane of the United States, and not q
single case was reported in answer"
says DR.. William B. Fletcher, in Med
ical Progress. Responses from alien
lists of Europe showed great surprise,
as the subject had never been thought
OF by them. Personally, I have exam
ined over 200 works on insanity pub
lished in English, with the essence Of
German and French literature by
translation, and by no alienist or med
ical writer of any repute is the word
cigarette found in relation to, causa-
ton" nor is smoking tobacco in any
form mentioned in connection with
mental disease. In the past 20 years
have examined over 1900 cases of
nervous disease and insanity where
the cause Of the malady was. given by
their friends as the cigarette habit.
In not one case have l reason to be-
lieve that tobacco had anything to do
with the causation of the disease. The
patients were all young men, and some
of them insane without doubt. Some
Of them smoked cigarettes to excess,
but their insanity was the cause OF the
excess; the excess was not the cause OF
the insanity" - *. IL. 5. TT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
Why Pugilisn Is Rampant in
the Annapolis Naval
Academy
REVELATIONS OF BRANCH MERIWETH AFFAIR
What the Code Is and the Finish Fights Which
1t Constantly Gives Rise to-Hazina the
Most Fruitful of Primary Causes
Stories of Some of the Fights
A Duel o. Former Years.

Annapolis, Md.-The recent revela'
tons of fistic encounters among the
midshipmen of the United States
naval academy here growing out Of
the death of Midshipman Branch
after finish fight with lower class
man named Meriwether are Of most
sensational character. The curtain of
secrecy has been raised, revealing a
state of affairs in the inner life OF the
academy little dreamed Of by the cit
liens of the country.
Judging by the reports, the chief
business of the midshipmen is pum-
melting each other in accordance with
the liberal Interpretation Of the Mar
i Spis of Queensberry rules. Part OF
We equipment Of every man is evil
d1ntly the belligerent chip. And he
wears it in such a reckless manner
that it flops off at the slightest touch
of the aggressive code.
The "code?" What is it? Nobody
seems to know. They say it is not
written, so that it is not in docu-
mentary form. And nobody seems to
be able to explain just how this much
honored Sir Code acquired resi-
dence in the academy, or just how he
attained such an ascendancy over the
young men being trained there for
Uncle Sans navy. But certain it is
that he is there, and that he just
dotes on fights which are sometimes
more than bloody, as was the case
when Branch went down and out. All
fights are to a finish, and that word
finish frequently means more than
was intended or expected when the
quarrel was in the making, and the
challenge was being sent
Years ago there used to be occasion
nj fights among the midshipmen on
the spur Of the moment, and once in
awhile formal bout arranged for the
settlement of some wrong, real or
fancied But there were no recog-
nized rules governing or creating such
affairs, and there was no regularity of
their occurrence. But with the pas
sage of the years the present honor
system grew up, and with the inven-
ton Of this flight factory" for such
it is, pure and simple, the fistic en-
counters became more frequent. It
is SAID that the officers of the academy
do not recognize the existence of this
code of honor, even though they may
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
Hollow Ground Razors.

people often wonder why German
hollow ground is the boast Of American
razor Makers said aicutlery salesman.
"They want to know why we can't grind
our own razors here. We have the men
and the implements and we can grind
as keen an edge, but we can't get the
white, stlvery Color of the German grind
Ing. There ia no trade secret about it.
1t is just seine peculiar quality in the
water used to wet the stones that gives
the blade ITS clean whiteness. In areal
German }hollow-ground razor that
whttenes3} lasts as long as the blade"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27
empress Loves Flowers

Isl An, dowagerE empress Of China.
has such extravagant fondness OF Aow-
ers as seems to be incompatible with the
general idea that she Is . .bloodthirsty
old woman. In her private apartments
shef always has masses Of the most beau
ttftll flowers and the same is true of her
thFoneroom, her loge ct the theater and
even the great audience chamber when
SHE transacts affairs OF state. Her
nhajesty's passion in this regard Il 90
Well known that courtiers, princes and
high omcials daily send her the ch',tcAst
ofterlnks OF plants and flowers, .