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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
LAWN PARTY

The Indies of Dunavant neighborhood
VIII give n lawn party in Mr.. Willie
Clore's yard on Saturday evening. Aug
ust ID, for the benefit of Beech Grove NJ
+. Church.
Public cordially invited. Come out and
ENJOY yourselves and help a good canse-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
REV. r. A. R0DRI0UES
Brazilian Missionary Dies Here Of Bright Disease

Rev. F. A. Rodriques, a native Brazil
ian, and regular missionary of the South
ern Presby terrain church, on furlough
here for the past year, died at Scotia"
The Assembly Home, on Main street,
Tuesday. after n prctracted illness OF
Bright's disease, aged GO years He is
survived by his widow, three sons and
one daughter. Funeral services will be
held from Scotia" Thursday morning
at 1890 O'Clock, conducted by Rev. g.
n. henderlite, assisted by Rev. John r.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
NOTICE
To Visitors To Exposition.

At Clear View" Cottage on Boule-
ward, near Newport News, the best OF
accommodations can be- had. excellent
fare, good beds, pretty surroundings.
Terms very reasonable, only s. per week
with two in "A room. = Accessible to OK
position. Address Miss l.. b. Yates.
Newport News, Va. a12sit-i2t
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Auction Sale OF Two Good Work Horses And
SElng Wagon

viii sell on Saturday August the 9TH.
at IL O'Clock m. in front OF the auction
room OF James Roach in Fr,dericks-
burg, Va, two good work horses and
one spring wagon; terms cash
Herman Stohn,
fredericksburg, Va, August 18th, 1907.
.aI3l3t
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DIVORCE SUIT

Mrs. Dollie Limerick. of Stafford. has
Instituted through her attorney. Mr.. r
NJ. Chichester, a suit IN Stafford court for
divorce from her husband. Mr.. VIM
Limerick. They were married about
years ago in Washington.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
STRIKE DOES NOT AFFECT
TELEGRAPH BUSINESS HERE

The general strike Of telegraph opera
tors over the country has not affected
either the Western Union or Postal
telegraph offices in this city. The offices
are open for business as usual
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
Mr.. A. B. YATES IMPROVING

The many friends OF Clerk Of Court A.
Is. Yates, who has been under treatment
IN hospital at Newport News, will be-
pleased to learn that he is very much i'm.
proved and has left the hospital. II,
hopes to return home this week.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
FESTIVAL AT BEREA CHURCH

The Missionary Society OF Berca
church, in Stafford, win hold an enter
tainment at the church on Thursday
evening, Aug. 18th, ii fair, Il not the
next fair night. Proceeds to be used to
repair the church. All are cordially in
vitcd To attend. a12s2t-l2t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
DELAYED EXCURSION PARTY

The steamer W. J. Newbill, which left
here Saturday night with a party OF
colored excnrsionists 10 Tappahannock,
did not return until Monday evening at
O'Clock, having been delayed down the
river in a fog. There was no accident oil
any kind
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
NEW LIVERY STApIE

have opened a livery stable on Com
merce street, opposite the park. where /
am prepared 10 serve the public with
teams of all kinds Orders will have
prompt attention. Phone 234
iy3O-blm Il G. Hildrup.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
SALE OF MICH COWS

! will sell on Saturday, the 24th day Of
August, 1907, 3 head Of i'm proved mich
cows, all giving milk They are in fine
condition and Of Guernsey and Jersey
stock. Sale at II O'clock ~, in lot
near James Isoaahs Office, in fredericks-
burg, Va. Z. q. Edwards
augl =. 2O22
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
TEMPERATURE FALLS "a DEGREES

At O'Clock Wednesday morning the
thermometer Registered SO degrees. n fall
OF "a degrees at the same hour Tuesday.
The weather was clear and felt like early
fall.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15
POTOMAC. FREDERICKSBURG
AND PIEDMONT RAILROAD

Connexions 1T Frederickrburg With r. y a p
y. X. and Maryland. Deiawarr and Virginia Rail-
Nay Co. A. Orange with southern X X and
Chesapeake A Ohio X. r.
The only line 90 the Chancesiorsville and VII.
dsrness Rattlenelds
nssssrn STANDARD Time. Daily erceptsunday.
". H. RICHARDS. Gen. Na-.xer
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MEETING At SALEM CHURCH CLOSED

The revival at Salem BAPTIST church,
IN Spotsy lvahia. closed Wednesday night
alter -uccessful meeting, lasting one
week. Rev. DR. Taylnr az Petersburg.
assisted TIA" pastor, Rev. w. ]. Decker
There We're twelve candidates for hap
lism. baptisihg will take place In Rap
p6hannock river, near Banks Ford
Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15

BREAD. BREAD. BREAD.
Mothers Bread, Grandma's Bread. Rive
Bread, Graham Bread, Plain White
Bread, Cream Bread, Pullman Bread at
Brannan's. See our ad. elsewhere.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-15

w. +. Ennis. special commissioner. cold
1871 acres OF land, of estate Of Mrs. 5. IA.
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happy and all were working hard.
We travelled without a guard over
country that ten years ago was the
most dangerous in the islands. On
one of the trains, now used by Fill
pino farmers to take produce from
Isabella into Cagayan, the Spaniards
had three heavy outposts. Nothing OF
the kind is found there now and the
trail is perfectly safe.
II do not believe there Is anything
in the world that can equal the man
ner in which the people OF the noun
tains have made their country produc-
tive. 1t certainly surpasses anything
have ever seen. The terraces in
Japan are pygmies compared with It,
The earth and stone were brought for
miles and the most wonderful part
about it is that the terraces are as
solid and substantial as If they were
mart of the mountain itself.
Some of them are 70 or 100 fee
high and remain undisturbed through
all sorts of weather and landslides
And at the time these terraces Were
made the people were under arms
working with their knives and shield
close at hand and with sentres Of
every high point of land and noun
tain top
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lady for the Fray

he stlletto-looking sextet steamed
10 sea from New York in Indian
! stripped for the fray. The rapid
! guns and torpedo tubes had been
ned below deck. The wide-mouthed
tlators were unscrewed and
we'd away. The lifeboats were up
| down on deck, SO that the curved
toms would suffer less resistance to
! wind. The canvas coverings had
% stripped from the bridges. All
Us we're closed to eliminate air fric-
Everything movable was sent
low. The navigators wore automo-
goggles to keep the wind from
(ting their eyes. The crew were
tipped to the waist.
Dn the bridge of each craft stood
commanding officer, the navigator
the seaman at the wheel. Down
The engine rooms there was a post
every man. Now and then a puff
black smoke rolled out of funnel
a safety valve popped forth an i'm
Flent scream of steam, telling of the
6pressed eagerness to be off.
The line headed for the starting
2int, off the Scotland lightship. Th'
bid was fresh. 20 miles an hour from
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ana black on the horizon ahead.
10 the rear and on to the left flank
the Hull was riding into the seas
and showering the spray over every.
thing forward.
Then came the Stewart, hanging on
TO the Hull and then the Hopkins. all
going like race horses, plunging and
mingling steam and smoke. with the
spume flying about them. The Hop
kins was making desperate plunges to
get away from the tail of the process.
sion OF flyers She gradually crawled
up TO forward the Hull The Hull was
handicapped by being short.handed
nut she, too, took on a squirt and over.
hauled the disabled TruStun. She sci
pace that kept the Hopkins strain
Ing every nerve to maintain every
inch she had gained
Thus the long, narrow. olive greer
lighters were strung out from horizon
to horizon They few past sailing yes
sells as If the schooners We're at an
Choir Crews and passengers on coast
wise liners strung alongside the rail
OF steamers to watch the contest.
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WHAT OF THE CITIES ALONG THE
ATLANTIC coAsT7
Anxious Query Arises Over Sending
Of Warships TO Pacifie-Coast
Defenses Ample to Meet
Any Attack.

While the Pacific coast is elated
over the prospect of the coming of the
fleet of warships, the Atlantic coast is
experiencing corresponding depres-
sion of spirits and the anxious query
is being asked as to what would nap
pen TO New York, Boston and other
large cities should Il hostile fleet come
against them. With the powerful sea
fighters away would they fall easy |
prey to foreign foe? II war should |
arise with some one of the European |
mowers would the coast cities not be
quickly captured and held. or sacked
and burned? Not very inviting pros
pect, to say the least. and II there is
the shadow of chance of such posi-
bility the anxiety which is finding eX'
preston in some quarters is quite ex-
cusable.
But military experts are positive IN
their assertions that the coast de-
lenses would be ample to protect the
cities from capture or bombardment'
for during the last ten years, since
the Spanish-American war, vast I'M
provements have been made in our
Notifications, both as to guns ana
armament. OF course. the presence OF
a fleet along the Atlantic coast In
time of war would be essential to pre-
vent the landing of an invading army
at points not covered by the coast de-
lenses, but the harbors and great
cities would be entirely safe. only
one weak spot remains, and plans TOT
its protection have been perfected, al
though the money necessary has not
been appropriated. The weak spot Is
the entrance to Chesapeake bay, which
is out of range Of the great disappear
ing guns of Fortress Monroe. In the
, opinion of the national coast defense
board with the entrance as IL now Is
unfortified, hostile fleet, should i
a gain control of the sea, can establish
J, without coming under the fire OF
= single gun, base ON its shores, pas
in and out at pleasure, have access U
large stores of valuable supplies %
all kinds, and paralyze the great trunl
lines of railways crossing the head O
the bay"
The entrance to Chesapeake bay !
~ miles from Fortress Monroe. Will
the effective range of the big gun
there installed Is only 10000 yards. I
remedy this defect, 1t is proposed
construct an artificial island. pract
cally midway between Capes Charlie
and Henry and to erect thereon
modern battery of disappearing CUR
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the most serious problems that the
foreign ministers to PeMn have to
consider, and at the present time they
are urging China to suppress the bust
ness.
While the worst cases of piracy oc'
cur in the vicinity of Hong Kong in
that stretch of the West river between
the British port and Canton there is
hardly ten miles OF China's long coast
line that is not from time to time at
tackled by pirates.
The pirates who infest the waters
adjacent to Hong Kong are exception
ally bold, and during the last Few
months several British ships have
been looted Their method of opera
ton is very simple Members OF the
gangs go aboard ship in Hong KONG
as passengers. and when the vesse
reaches a part of the river where the
remainder of the outlaws are waiting
IN junks-sometimes in stolen stan
launches-the outlaw passengers be
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WITH FLEET AWAY.

of the most effective character.
But In all the harbors of the Allan
tic. on which have been built large
cities giant strides have been made In
establishing effective coast defenses.
A year ago s72 100000 had been ex-
pended on the coast defenses OF the
country most of this sum being used
along the Atlantic coast. Something
over 100000 remains to be spent
to complete the defenses In accord
ance with the present plans. This
year congress has appropriated Sl,624,-
600 for the continuance OF the work.
OF this sum- sl50,000 has been set
aside for the construction of 14-inch
gun for the artificial island above re-
ferred to, $475,000 Is being expended
for submarine mines, Sl25,O0O for
searchnghts and 100000 for the es-
tablishment of fire control stations.
Under the present system every foot
Of navigable water in the harbors 10
covered by the p werful guns which
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EWIF TEST AND
lost STIRRING
| SEA SPRINT
|Jnited States Torpedo
Boat Destroyers I'M
|ontest for Championship
States Torpedo

and headed for the starting point off
the Scotland lightship. The wind was
lresh, 20 miles an hour. from the |
west-southwest, with a lumpy sea roll. /
ing off shore. As they ueared the post i
the fleet closed in on one another in |
confusion in jockeying for position. !
They cut across one another's stems
with the swiftness of an arrow or
curved in circles with the gracefuness
of a swallow, Now one would plunge
ahead to be halted in swirl of hiss.
ing bubbles, as the twin screws
churned the sea to check too much
Roadway, or another would place her
self at the head of the line and sui
lenly wait for the others to come IN.
Generally 1t is not good nautical man
ners to GUST the flagship from her
place at the head of the line, but the
craft were hot for the contest and
many, from stoker to shoulder straps,
had wagers on the result 1t was diff
cult to pick the favorite. All had
made 2S, 20, or 80 knots, which equals
80 miles an hour, or express train
time, on their trial trips. Considering
the Difference due the flagship, many
picked the Whipple as a winner, others
thought much of the Worden, because
her bottom had just been scraped and
painted, to the non-resistance of
creased steel, while all the others had
more or less foul bottoms. not having
been in dry dock for some time. The
majority favored the TruXtun, for she
had never been beaten in contest
and was supposed to have the best
crew that ever steppeu ABOARD tor
pedo-boat destroyer The bluejackets
pinned their faith in the well known
grit and never-give-up of the Hopkins
while the champions of the Stewar
and Hull argued that these vessel
could keep up as fast clip as thei
sisters.
The flagship Whipple happened t
be heading the fleet as the ships Dor
down on her. Off on her starboarC
running nose and nose with the flas
ship, was the Truxtun, and to POI
was the Worden forging ahead. TIL
Stewart, also off to port, was gait
ering Roadway and pulling into lin
The Hopkins was tumbling the sea
outward from each bow as she cam
up toward the line, and the Hull hun
on the left flank.
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Worden Reaches Geal

Inside Cape Henry, at Hampton
roads were ten battleships OF Admlrai
Eyans' feet. This was the goal OF the
destroyers. 1t was near nightfail wheh
long streak of olive green came III
nv Cape Henry, slashing through TO-
,,ord the feet of big fighters. Her
sharn nrow cut the waters with the
bies of a razor cleaving sheet OF
naner as she swished along like an eX-
nress train, still going so fast that the
rush of wind she created .whirled the
sorr streams of smoke into one ana
aattened it out on the waters astern'
II was the Worden, the winner, gong
easv and strong, rs miles an hour as
che had from 500 o'clock in the morn
ing until 1880 in the evening
The Hull short-handed, came in sec
o,d No other vessel came in up te
midnight.
In the morning hours of the SECOND
ao, IN came the flagship Whipple, VIII
the story of disaster to the Hopkins
the undefeated. The unbeaten hat
naarlv foundered in an effort to keel
Onr;ng the night the TruXtun ha'
foreht her way down the coast VIII
all the speed that was in her and MAJ
naesed the Hopkins, the Whipple AM
The stewart. The Hopkins had tough
so gamely that the officers had Dc
come accustomed TO the culver Of ne
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BoreLy Kept ARont

Lieut.. Howe gave the alarm, and the
after watertight doors were closed. but
not before the wardroom had been
flooded. AS the wide compartments
near the center of the vessels filled,
she sank until her decks were awash,
and preparations were made to aban-
don ship. A distress rocket was sent
up that was seen by the Whipple and
the Stewart, They gave up the race
for honors and went hard about to aid
the Hopkins.
The Hopkins lifeboats had been I'M
dashed and swung out on the davits,
All the steam and hand pumps were
put to work. II was a question OF
whether the craft would live or
founder. 1t was nip and tuck between
the pumps and the onrushing waters
The Whipple and Stewart closed in
on the Hopkins. Then the Whipple's
wireless operator called on Newport
News for help. At daybreak the navy
tugs Washneto and Hercules came out
and dashed themselves alongside the
cripple and towed her into Newpor
| News. where no time was lost in get
ting the Hopkins into dry dock.
But all that is but bit of the price
of an efficient navy.
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PIRATES OF TO-DAY.

gin shooting crew and innocent pas
sengers and in the ensuing confusion
they loot the ship and before any sort
of effective resistance can be mace
the pirates have dropped over the
ships side and escaped in the boats
of their waiting comrades.
This is of common occurrence NO
ship Is immune from attack except
the swift silk carriers which never
leave port without a strong guard Of
ficered by Americans or Europeans.
During the confusion that resulted
from the typhoon which struck Hong
Kong, hundreds Of pirates swooped
down on the afflicted port and looted
right and left One band OF the out
| laws seized a large launch and attack
ships in every part of the harbor. IL
| Is conservatively estimated that the
amount of loot stolen by them during
| two days amounted to considerably
over $4,000. II will be seen that pira-
| cy in the twentieth century Is as re-
muneratiye as II was in the days OF
Capt. Kidd.
Every power which keeps a part
of its navy in the far east has light
draft gunboats or torpedo craft con-
stantly patrolling the inland rivers,
and even China makes semblance OF
patrolling, but 1t must be taken into
consideration that the rivers of China
upon which ply sea-going ships are
thousands of miles in length. and 1t
would REQUIRE hundreds OF gunboats
to police them.
According 10 those best inform ed
on the subject, there is but one way
TO suppress piracy in Chinese waters
and that is TO place the patrol boats
in command of foreigners. But with
China's present hostility to everything
foreign, she will not listen to such
proposal. Meanwhile the foreisner'
and the Chinese are losing hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually, ma
9 rine insurance is excessive, and limo
cent people are being murdered al
, most daily. Such condition coul'
= hardly exist anywhere else. One J.
never surprised at anything that hal
u pens in China.
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The secret of FIetcherIsm.

1t has been learned that there are
two tides Of secretion of the gastric
juice-the psychic and the chemie
When food enters the stomach its i'm
pact on the gastric mucous membrane
induces the chemical tide. The psych-
ic flow of the gastric juice is con
trolled and brought into action by the
brain centers. Hence 1t is that things
eaten with deliberation and relish,
while the mouth waters, are much
better disposed of by the processes OF
digestion than enormous quantities OF
more nutritious food swallowed In a
mechanical manner.
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frame But even steel gives way
sometimes. This time II was not in
the engine. bit in u totally unexpected
quarter on the outside of the craft.
Projecting out from the underbody
of the stern is steel sleeve envelop
ing the propeller shaft. This shaft is
held to the hull by an upright as thick
as mans arm, The vibration caused
this shirt to break, and the steel
bludgeon. swinging around and around
with the shaft. tore a hole in the hull
before the engines could be stopped,
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Pace Begins to Tell

As the afternoon wore on, the kill
ing pace began to tell. The officers,
in goggles. felt the strain of keeping
the vessel on the course and all hands
keyed up to their best efforts. The
helmsman at the wheel never lifted
his eyes from the compass.
Down in the engineroom the flying
oil still stung the mems eyes blood
shot; it ran down their arms and
chests and out of the eyelets of their
shoes. The stationary parts of the
engine were inches deep with the
Now, the boiler rooms are alright,
so that the two forced-draught fans in
wall may suck in air that can escape
only by going under the fire CRATES
and up through the Goals, and in these
prisons were locked the half-naked
stokers. They had shoveled tons of
coal on the white-hot fires, so fierce
that shovelful of fuel turned red the
instant 1t touched the Goals and be
fore the furnace door could be swung
| shut.
AS the afternoon wore on and the
sun got down on the horizon. The
CLEAN of Cape Henry lighthouse, a
the mouth of Chesapeake bay, showed
clear ahead. The Worden was hui
down and out of sight in the lead. TIL,
rest were strung out until the las
craft was hull down astern. The star
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Worden Takes Lead

The Worden, going steadily and
easily. gradually hauled away from
the rest at about noon, Her clean
bottom was in her favor. The cham
MON Truxtun was beginning to lose
her grip in the wake of the leader,
whereat there were loud words and
much Precipitation down in the en-
gineroom' s no.,
coming from the Truxtun' but sudden
" the smoke ceased to belch from her
two forward tunnels She slowed
DOWN 10 half speed, Something had
gone wrong in the bo!ler room
The whipple, running third was
still hugging the shore TO cut corners
The Worden was forging steadily
ahead. her four columns OF smoke
merging into one as she appeared 10"
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The Race Begins

Lieutenant Commander Anderson
was holding the starters flag over the
contestants until they got in a straight
line abreast. At 500 a. m. the signal
Make the best of your way" was run
up and the race was on.
Each prov pitched forward. The
sterns squatted to the suction of the
speed and the waves rolled UP to
level with the deck aft and swept
astern, as If eager to escape the gath
ering speed. The Whipple took the
lead, hugging the shore Next came
the Worden, to port, with the Truxtun
hanging on to her. IT was at least 80
miles an hour from the start, and a
gap opened between the trio in the
lead, as the Hull, Hopkins and Stewart
dropped back making second trio
fighting it out among themselves.
After two hours the Worden had
taken the lead, with the Truxtun Sec
ond and the Whipple third. The Sec
ond trio scattered astern. The spume
few in showers over bows and bridges
and spluttered against the tunnels.
The sterns, built fiat as a floor to
counterfeit the powerful downward
suction of the propellers, squatted low
while seas rolled up aft higher than
the decks. 1t seemed that they would
tumble in over the sterns and flood
the decks, but the swift-moving craft
we're always just beyond reach as the
chaldron Aattened out and rushed
away in white foam.
Men with big brass syringes stoo'
beside the cans of oil and squirted /
over the engines. The machinery
churned the oil into yellow butte
and then sprayed everything a colder
hue. 1t stung the eyes of engineroon
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