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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
Boston Variety
Store.
300 COMMERCE STREET..

tn the Jerks Ofiice oi the Circuit Conrt Of the
4County of King George on 18Th day Oi Febru-
AIRY, 1906 b. G. Gryues plaintiff, against Ran
DAN Potomac River Line Company defendants
TrpsDass on the ease.
The object OF this suit Il 10 recover $500 dam
are- for injury 90 the wharf ~ the plaintiff ritu-
ated at Matthias Point ON the Potomac river In
King George county and TO the fender piles
above said wharf by the steamboats, OF said
company at -undry times during the years l9oi
1895 aud 1906, commanded 10y the agents Of said
company And an affidavit having been made
and fled that the defendant company is a
foreign corporation, and has no agent resident
In said county and that there h no person In
said county on whom there can be service Of
process not resident Of the tate Of Virginia. II
IL ordered that Il do appear here within II days
after due publication hereof, aud d. what may
ie necessary to protect its interest in this snit
And il is further ordered that "a copy hereof be
published once week for four weeks In The Free
Lance and that a copy be posted az the front
door of the courthouse ~ this county on the
first day ~ the next rules TO be held after this
date.
Copy-Teste:
t. l.. Hunter. Clerk
C. r. Ashton. y. q. ieb22WiW
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
WALL HID s. -..-.f BOX
Cashier, Short Fifteen Years Ago, a
Suicide There.
aox

Suicide There.
Plttsburg, Pa Feb. 26.-While en-
gagged in razing an old frame dwelling
house at All LarimCr avenue. an ltai-
ian laborer discovered an old, worm
eaten cigar box in a secret closet, that
when opened was found to contain
10000 in gold and paper money.
The workman turned the box and
It's contents over to A. DeSimone, a
plumber Of Larimer avenue. who had
purchased the property and was hav-
ing the house razed by day labor. Ell
forts were made to deny that the treas
ure had been found, but the fact was
confirmed by the workmen.
With the discovery OF the money is
recalled the story that the house was
occupied many years ago by j. w.
Nolan. who was at that time cashier
OF a large lumber concern in the East
End.
A sensation was created Is years
ago by the announcement that Nolan
was short $4,000 in his accounts with
the lumber company. On the heels OF
this announcement came the suicide
Of Nolan in the house where the
meme was found.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

Washington. Feb. Ex-senator La
toilette Of Wisconsin. introduced a
sweeping bill requiring committees OF
all poliiica; parties in national and
congressional elections to account for
oil moneys expended in said elections
for aling Of statements OF receipts and
disbursements Of political committees
with the secretary OF commerce and
labor. and to prohibit corporations
from directly or indirectly contribut-
In money to any political committee or
10 any candidate for nolitical Office.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

Dubuoin, H., Feb. 27.-The trial OF
Joseph Letter, owner OF the zeigler
coal mines, where some so lives were
lost in an explosion last April, on a
charge Of criminal negligencs, was be-
gun here.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
WALLACE&CO.
POPULAR SHOE STORE.
p. MCRACKEN. BRO. Q CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAILC

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
.GROCERS and LIQUOR DEALEkS::
Offer Ten Thousand Gallons PURE RYE en1
BOURBON WHISTLES from the following wtn
tnown dlstilleries. Graft & Co., OF Ohio. Boo oe
County DistiIling Co., OF Kentucky. honue' 10
DIstulery, Of Maryland and w. +. Gray. OF
Pennsylvania.
Agents for Bergner 4 Enge's Lager Beer
They also offer staple and Fancy Groceries,
Agricultural Implements. Seeds, Gusno ana
Cement.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

m SPITE OF the poor wheat crops the
| Deering Binders and Mowers have
abroken 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 and brains
can build. Everybody in touch with
Fredericksburg knows the history OF the
Husker and Shredder business last fall.
The Deering won the highest praise
where Others failed. Deering Corn Har-
vesters gave satisfaction last year, they
are better now When yon come TO town
call and see us and let us talk Corn Har-
yesters and Huskers and Shredders.
Thanking the farmers for their strong
support, we are,
Yours truly,
CHAS. WALLACE & BIO.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
WANTED

1000 tons Leaf Sumac, for which
the highest cash price will be paid.
We are headquarters for Leather,
Rubber and Cotton Stitched Betting
John G.. Hurkamp Co.,
fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

The Free Lance is prepared to do al
kinds Of job printing In first class style
at moderate prices
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
w. 8. EMRREY

GSuccessor TO Embrey g. Bergman
Dealer in Railroad Gross Ties, Cedar
Posts. Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand large supply OF
Baled Hay and Mill Feed: once near
Railroad Depot, Fredericksburg, Va
Also Agent for Page Wire Fence Co.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

The Imperial Ukase announces that
the National Assembly Of Russia will
meet May 10.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
PRESIDENT INTERVIEWS
Acts as Peacemaker Between Min
ers and Operators.
TO AVERT SOFT COAL STRIKE

National Convention Of Mine Workers
viii Be Held March IS to Try to
Reach Agreement With Mine Own
A. p.o~.,,ottf. 4 efter
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01

+. l.. Hunter, Clerk.
II Ashton. u. a. feb22wiw
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
A Horses Hands and Feet.

The horse never puts his heel on the ground, nor even the ball Of his foot. He stands up on the very tips of his toes. and this is, in part the reason why he can trot so fast. DobbinS heels are half way up his hind legs, and what we call his knees are really his wrists. The part corresponding to the upper arm is short and is so embedded in the muscles of the shoulder that the elbow comes next the body. but the horse has only one digit to each limb, and the wrist bones are comparatively small. Tho SO called ankle, then, is the knuckle. where the digit joins the hand or the foot. and the "foot' is only q single thick finger or toe, with a great nail for d hoof. The lower half of the horses foreleg is really a gigantic hand, with only the middle finger and a piece out of the middle of the palm. while the corresponding part of his hind leg is big, single toed foot.-St. Nicholas.
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Milton's Burial Place.

When Milton died on Nov. 8, 1874, he was buried in St. Giles, Cripple gate says the London Tatler, though his remains were distributed in 1790, it is said. and it is not quite certain now where he actually lies. Earlier still the uncertainty seems to have ex- itsed, for Aubrey .quaintly tells us: His stone is now removed; about two yeares since now 1Gs1, the two steppes to the communion table were raysed. l ghesse Jo Speed and he lie together" :" Still, even at the risk of gazing at "Jo Speeds" resting place by mistake, St. Giles shOlld be visited today, for the whole Eeighborhood speaks of Mil. ton. It was quite near, in Bartholo- new close, that he lay hid after the restoration till he was pardoned; quite near, in Aldersgate street, that he took the pretty Garden house at the end of an entry" that suited his studies, being "the quietest street in London"-eXcellent for the studies no doubt, but perhaps the reason for the flight of his frivolous young wife, London Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
BRIEF MENTION,

D. T. Reynolds of Clarksville was at the Trulock Tuesday.
 M. w. Tucker of Kedron spent Mon. day afternoon in town.
 s. B. Adams was here from Little Rock, a guest of the Antlers.
 ". s. Conner. was here from Ar kansas City Monday afternoon.
 Mir. U. L. Cravens has returned from trip to his plantation.
 c. l.. Thompson was over from Lit. tie Rock Tuesday, a guest of the Tru. lock.
 J. M. Brashear, Little Rock citi zen, was at the Antlers Monday after. noon.
 c. E. Emmert of Draughon was a guest of the Arlington Monday after. noon.
 Miss Fay Winters of Pine Bluff Is now employed as stenographer at Dreyfus Big Store.
 Capt. Sam B. Adams of Little Rock spent Monday in Pine Bluff on a busi- ness and pleasure trip.
 M. J. Troy came over from Little Rock Monday afternoon and spent Tuesday at he Antlers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
Mitigating circumstance.

A Scotch baillie recently advanced to the bench had criminal placed before him accused of some very modest vio- lation of the law. Of course the baillie knew the prisoner we'll. He heard the charge stated.
 "John, man, I'm sorry to see you here. We'll just fine you half a crown"
 The clerk here intervened.
 'But the charge is not yet proved; we have not heard the evidence"
 Then the Bonientiit baillie:
 "Ah, well, John, my man, as the charge is not proved we'll just fine you
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

eiocutionist of ability. Miss Althem- CT, having no sister, invited Miss Thompson to her home. She was q mere girl then.
 The music and literary accomplish n,ents of Miss Altheimer were soon shared by her companion, and when the Altheimer family moved to St. Louis nine years ago Miss Thompson came With them.
 It was then that the childhood love waned. The couple corresponded for a while, but the old story of absence makes the heart grow fonder" did not apply in their cases. They were lost to each other for several years, and in the meantime Miss Thompson had grown to be a pretty young woman. Nj. Knox, prominent in the Southern Confederacy, and said to be one of the largest cotton planters in the south, attended college and then went into business.
 Last year he visited the fair and it's many attractions, but none of them had the charms for him as did the
 pretty little 'pal'' of former years. She was a student of the Forest Park l university. He called on her at the Altheimer home. His first visit re- suited in the revival Of their love of former days, and before Mr. Knox de- parted for his home he carried with him the word of Miss Thompson that sEe would be his bride. The wedding was to have taken
 place in June, but when Mr. Knox came to St. Louis yesterday on a busi- ness mission he and Miss Thompson agreed to wed today MT. Knox is stopping at the Washington hotel. Kings highway and Washington boulevard
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

B. L. Bennett came up from Texar- kama Monday afternoon and spent Tuesday at the Arlington.
 Hugh Russell and wife came up from Fordyce and spent Monday af- ternoon at the Arlington.
 Hon. w. T. Woodbridge returned last evening from Little Rock, where he had been on business.
 Miss Ethel Overstreet of Kingston, Ark, has accepted position as sales lady at Dreyfus Big Store.
 Mrs. Bedenstein, Mrs. Pickett, Mrs. Lena Powell and Miss Anna Goodwin have gone to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

St. Joseph's club gave a very en- joyable and well-attended dance last evening at the hall at Main and Sixth streets. The hall was beautifully dec orated with the club colors, blue and white, and when the dance program was abont half over supper was serv- ed by the ladies of the Catholic church. In the prize waltz the first prize, three-pound box of fine candy. was won by Mir. Jones and Mrs. Linn bo, and the second prize. a one e-pound box of candy, was won by J. Kennedy and Mrs c. E. Hanson. The affair was one of the most enjoyable events of the social season.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
COrmOrQnts.

most striking in appearance of our com mon English sea fowl. A male cor morant is a yard long and very strong and heavy, and, though more quaint than beautiful, whether flying, diving or sitting on the rocks or buoys, 1t is a far more interesting creature than the sea gull-a wonderful instance of adaptation of form to special needs and of permanence of type enduring from remote ages, for the fossil cormorant hardly differs from those which are now fishing from the cliffs in which thair rA4=.ae1 ancestors are Embedded
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
NOTICE
For Proposals to Furnish Supplies for the Arkansas State peni-
 tentiary

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals W II be received by the un- dersigned up 10 Monday March ), l406, at 10 o'clock d m. for furnishing supplies of various kinds to the Ar kansas state penitentiary for the month of March, 1906, as shown by the list following, and as required by the said Arkansas state penitentiary. Dealers are requested 10 submit com petitive bids. All goods to be stand ard quality. Samples are required to be submitted when practicable.
 Groceries. 10000 pounds of meal in 4S-pound sacks.
 l ear flour in 4S-pound sacks. 1,5O0 pounds r. coffee in 50-pound sacks.
 3 bbls eranulated sugar 4,00O pounds navy beans in 1G0-1So pound sacks.
 1500 pounds rice, whole grain ill 100-pound sacks.
 100 pounds pepper, whole grain black).
 1 000 pounds chewing tobacco in 12-14-bound caddies. 10 cases bakine powder (G. Iz.) p cases soap in 5o-pound boxes. BOO bu. Irish potatoes. 1 GOO pounds dried apples in 90 pound boxes.
 4.000 pounds beef
 Dry Goods. 7.500 yards cotton stripes. 10 oz. 1000 yards cottcn stripes, oz. doz. pr discharge shoes C, s, 10 and III.
 20 doz discharge hats, assorted. doz. Singer machine needles, No. 6.
 , dog. discharge pants, long lengths. gross black thread. No. 16. ? common tape measures. 60 inches. 24 heavy rain slickers.
 Harness. 3 sides heavy harness leather , sides lace leather. 1 side russet bridle. medium weight boxes Bours' shoe thread, white, Mo- 10. 12 we'll buckets.
 2 we'll ropes. 40 feet, 3-4 tinsel. dog. horse collar pads. 17-1S. doz. curry combs. collars and Dr. harness.
 Feed. % sacks corn.
 15 sacks oats (No Wh tel. 20 sacks bran.
 5 bales good territory hay.
 Electric Liaht Plant. cars slack coal Estate from what mine.)
 50 pounds white waste.
 Miscellaneous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
Mars and Saturn.

If Mars ani saturn reflect the same proportion of the light which falls upon their surfaces the smaller and much nearer planet would look three times as bright as the much more distant and much larger Saturn. AS matter of fact, there is no great difference be- tween the two. It is inferred from this fact that the visible surface of Saturn consists of clouds, since no surface of land and water would reflect so much light as that planet gives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
Ventriloquism In the Bible.

Ventriloquism, which is described as speaking from the belly," has its first historic mention, as far as we are aware in Isaiah xix. 4, And thou shalt be brought down and shall speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust" :" Brooklyn Eagle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received at my office in Lake Village, Ark, until Thursday March 29, 1906, for the construction of two-story brick achoolhouse, in said town. Plans and specifications can be seen by apply ing to me. The board will require bond in sum double the amount of the accepted bid, and certified check fo1 $250 to be forfeited by the ac- certed bidder, if the bond be not made in ten days. Building to be ready for occupancy by September first, 190G Right reserved to reject any or all bids. Bidders requested to be present in person or by proxy at noon on March 29, when the bids will be opened. The work will be ra;d for in cash.
 JNO. c. B. SIMMS,
 President of Board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
Curious Fishlnx.

Very curious is the method of fishing followed by the Chinese in the strait of Malacca. The fisherman lets down from the side of the boat screen of white canvas stretched on wood. The shoal of fish mistake this for some floating obstruction and try to leap over it, with the result that the fish jump into the boat and are thus cap- tured. This method Is employed by Malays in their waters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

The fire department was called to the home of Mrs. Johnson, at PIG louisiana street, at an early hour Tuesday morning to extinguish a small blaze originating from fue. No damage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
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Thon1pson-Knox.

marriage of MISS Mlldfeu bell
 mnson to Mir. Wade Hampton
 vas solemnized in St. Louis at
 coorge's Episcopal church, Febru-
 se inc Rev. Robert Holland off
 inc The wedding was a very
 ! me After brief stay in St.
 ;s the young couple will return
 this city, and will be at home to
 ir friends at Mrs. Busters, on
 st Fifth avenue,
 Tho st Louis Republic of Monday
 tains the following interesting so-
 y item:
 When the Reverend Doctor Robert Holland pronounces the words to-
 that will make Miss Mildred Bell ompson af No. 5179A Morgan eet, and Wade Hampton Knox of be Bluff, Ark, man and wife, he Il crown a romance that had it's be- bning in the little Arkansas city hing their school days.
 rhe ceremony will be performed St. Georges Episcopal church, No. O1 Olive street, at 5:30 p. m. The tendants will be Misses Bessie and lma Altheimer, and Ben Altheimer,
 Only the intimate friends and latiyes. of the bridal couple will be ssent. After the wedding they vii, : to the Hotel Jefferson, where they ll remain for several days, before burning to the scenes of their court Dip, their future home.
 Miss Thompson is graduate of rest Park university. At one time De attended the public schools at me Bluff. It was there that she let Wade Knox, and each evening he ould walk home with her, carrying CT schoolbooks under his arms, and len misfortune came to Miss Thomp- n. Her parents died and left her lthout anyone to look to for com other than the girls of her 'hoolrooms.
 Sne was greatly attached to Miss essie Altheimer, a musician and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

5.a0d ut UnGs ice
 3 cases amp cailuaey-, No
 Drugs.
 , gal. gasoline.
 gal. elk. tae. pepsin.
 gal. iron, QQinine and stryclnine. gal. elNcerine.
 gal. pure grain alcohol. gal. Brook Hill" whisky. gal. spirits tUpentine. gal. syr. white pine comp r. D. Co.
 pound beechwood creosote, ? 10-pcund cans cre0lin. 1 doz. Synol soap.
 10 leo F. r. strych., 1-40 sr. 10 loo II. T. Merph, II gr 10 pounds white cast le soap. p yards Rei Cross plain gauge 10 pounds epsom salts. 6 1-ponnd e2rb. acid (cryst) Lamb woe! se3enges, , pounds. long haXel eerse syringe. 1-pound peroxide hydrogen. 1poHnd absorb mt cotton.
 15 oz. quinine so!lD,l.
 12 pound powderaA i9doform. 3-poHnd can plain y1seline. , 1-pound zinc oxide 2oNa. (Nerctf l-pouEd bore. acid pJWa. 1 pound ealomel powa
 ez. quin;ne hi-sulph.
 1 pound bis-sabnitrate.
 , pounds sulphur.
 ? pounds witch hazel.
 4 pounds benzothymal
 3 pounds dalmation insect powder , dalmaiOn insect powder guns. 1 dOz. silk suspensories medium and large.
 ? gal. syf hypophosphites comp. D. o.
 Bidders will be required to give price per item or measure, and also carry out the total cost of the amount required. and make a general footing of their bids on the entire list of items upon which they may submit a bid. Those who do not conform to th's rule will not have their bids con- sidered. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part of any bids. or to cancel any contracts that are not kept in good faith, and hold the person or firm responsible for any loss sustained thereby. All bids and samples must be in the hands of the secretary Monday morn ing. March 5. Any information as to the kind or quality of goods desired where the same is not understood will be cheerfully given, as will also any explanation of the manner of sub mitting bids, upon application to the secretary.
 JOE c. MOORE,
 Secretary Penitentiary Board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

This being ar advertising trip to in troduce ! New Systetss cf Osn7oss, trey WI give to III desi.cus of commencing on above date Consul tation. Advice and all Medicine necessary to complete a Cure-Ab- soluteIy Free.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
SOCIETY NOTES
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society Calendar.

..d.v February 27-Elks the
 Florence Davis in "The Player ', hall to be given by Miss Leita
 |tnutt and MT. Charles Chestnut,
 \ stocking club meets with Miss
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

 
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Will sell their Trunks and Ladies Ready-to Wear Hats at Cost for the next 30 Days.
 3l4 Main Street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27
St. Joseph's Club.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-27

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
REVIVAL OF HARP
PLAYING IS NOTED
American Made Instruments
Lead the World
MANY HARPS ARE SOLD
Sales Now Are Said to be Larger Than
Ever Before-Revival Due IN
Part to Improvement
of Harps.
MANY HARpS ARE SOLD

From the New York Sun
The advertisement said new and Sec
ond-hand harps;" and if you could now
buy harps second hand, that would seem
to indicate that there must be more
harps In use and that more people must
be buying new harps, and the musical In
strument man said that that deduction
was quite correct, that there had been a
revival of the harp, and that now there
are more harps sold than ever.
This greater demand for harps. he said,
began some twelve or fifteen years ago,
and has continued increasing ever since,
with it's greatest increase within the last
three years. The new favor into which
the harp has now come is due in some
measure to the general prosperity, but
more, perhaps, to the great improvements
that in recent years have been brought
about in It's construction.
While the harp is associated in the mind
with ancient times and with eastern and
European countries, and with history and
romance generally, 1t seems that the
best harps made in the present day are
those produced in new and practical Amer
lea.
The modern harp Is in every way SUI
perior to the old-time instrument; but in
its later development the greatest i'm
proyements in the harp, contributing to
its musical effectiveness and to it's utility
and endurance as an instrument. have
been made in this country, with the re-
suit that American harps are now sold not
only here, but in Europe, and wherever
lovers of the harp are to be found
The harp is now frequently heard in
orchestras; 1t Is more and more used in
churches, and it's music is to be heard
at weddings. and now 1t is coming to be
used in more and more homes.
1t is itself q beautiful object for the eye
to rest upon-many of the harps now
made are very beautiful-and 1t is highly
decorative in its effect; and the music OF
the harp appeals to many. and more
people than ever before are learning to
play upon It.
with the increase in the use Of harps
there are now more harp teachers. One
musical concern in New York has upon It's
, books the names of "a harp teachers, mer
and women in New York and Brooklyn
and there are 81 teachers of the harp II
| the musical union. All told there are nov
| in New York hundred or more teachers
whose pupils include children as well al
adults, some of these teachers supplement
| ing their teaching with playing in orches
| tras or at weddings.
| Harps are rather expensive There ar
| low priced American harps suitable 70
| beginners, but the best American nstru
ments cost from $3.50 to 5000. and first
class harps In perfect condition cost a
] second hand from $3.50 to $500 or 5000. Blu