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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15
ANNOUNCEMENT

Rev. and Mrs. Vim. Robinson announce
the coming marriage OF their daughter
Landonia Singleton, to n Franklin Rob
erts, OF Newport News. Va, Wednesday
afternoon, Dec. 16, at 4 o'clock, at their
residence, No. 314 9th street. Alter the
ceremony reception will be given 10
honor OF the bridal party, after which
they will leave on the 5:26 train for a
Southern trip.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15

Send this advertisement. together with name
OF paper In which il appears. your address and
four cents to cover postage, and we will send
YOU Complete Handy Atlas Of the World"
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl St. New York
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15
SCOTS
Emulsion

the oil is emulsihed and made
easy to take-easy to digest
and easy to be absorbed in to
the bOdy-and is the most
natural and useful fatty food to
feed and nourish the wasted
body that is known in medicine
today.
Nothing can be found to take
its place. lfyOu are rundown
YOU should take it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15
NO new TRIAL IN
CAPITOL CASE
Judge OeniesAppIIcatiOn Of Men
Convicted Of Graft.
CASE WILL Be APPEALED

Were Convicted Of Fraud In Supplying
Furniture For Pennsylvania Capitol.
judge Rules Famous Per Foot Meas
ure Was Deceptive-Four Defend
ants Ordered to Appear Next Friday
For Sentence.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15
PIANOS.

them and only the BEST those which
onscentou recommend and on '
We have agents dealers profits eguaran
sell TO cheap be bought at the factory
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15
SHAKES BIG STICK
AT PRESIDENT
House Passes Resolution TO Con-
siderS Statements inMessage.
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE

In Presenting the Resolution, Con-
gresham Perkins Said Statements
BY the President Could Not Be
Lightly Disregarded-Mr. Roosevelt
Getting Ready to "come Back With
a Broadside OF His Heaviest Guns.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15

People waste lot OF time trying to
obtain things they have no earthly use
for.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-12-15

Kodol Is made at the laboratories
of E. c. Dewitt s. Co., Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

Il reckon you may be right You do certainly
know a good deal about that incident What IS
your name?
Burton Sanders
The Captain sprang up excited1y and said Give
me Your hand Give me both your hands! I'd
rather shake them than inherit fortunei And
then he cried to the walters, Let him gOi Take
your hands off He is my guest. and can have any,
thing and everything this house is able 70 furnish
responsible
There was 1ovefeast then. Captain Osborn
ordered it regardless of expense, and he and Hare
sat there and listened while the man told stirring
adventures of his life and fed himself UP 70 the eye
brows. Then Osborn wanted to be benefactor IN
his turn and pay back some of his debt. The man
said it could all be paid with dollars: that Il
had been so long since he had owned that amount
of money that it would seem fortune 70 him. and
he should be grateful beyond words II the Captain
could spare him that amount. The Captain spared
him ten broad twenty-dOllar gold pieces, and made
him take them in spite of his modest protestatons
and gave him his address and sad nc must never
fail to give him notice when he needed grateful
service
SEVERAL months later Harte stumbled upon the
- in the street He was most comfortably
drunk and pleasant and Chatty. Harte remarked
upon the splenddy and knowingly dramatic incident
of the restaurant, and said:
How curious and fortunate and happy and n
teresting it was that you two should come t9getneI
after that long separation and at exactly the nght
moment to you from disaster and turn your
defeat by the walters into victory \ preacher
could make great sermon out OF that, TOT II does
look as if the hand of Providence was N It
The herOs face assumed sweety genial express
sion. and he said " Well now, it WASH Providence
this time was running the arrangements myself
How do you 1nean2
oh, hadn't ever seen the gentleman before, was
at the next table with my back 70 YOU the wnos
time he was telling about IT. | saw my chance anu
slipped out and fetched the two waters with ne
and offered TO give them a COmmisSion out OF Whd'
could get out of the Captain If they would 90
quarrel act with me and give 9pen1ns- -;
then. after a minute two / straggics. oacA-ahu
you know the rest of IL as we'll as / do.
To be corhEasd Sunday after rsz-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
WONDERS OF PEAT
HERR ZSCHORNER of Vienna has beet

HERR ZSCHORNER of Vienna has been eXpeir
~ menting with peat for fifteen years, ara 10, .
shown conclusively that it has many ASTONISHING
qualities.
A building has been exhibited II which every
thing from the carpets on the floor The CURTAINS
IN the windows and the paper on the walls wa va
made from peat The fibers of the remains OF M .n'
reeds and grasses of which peat IS composed hS'e
of course. their original physical and chemical C
acters changed; but the fibrous structure remains
unharned and the fibers themselves very curaD
elastic and nonconductors of heat -,
Fabrics woven from them are found 20 naIT e, ~ ~
toughness of linen, with the warmth or WOOL Is'
is textile fabric that cannot be woven from 'hs
fbers. Blankets and other coverings uSeG -.
horses and cattle have been found excel n wa1i
and cleanliness -
Paper of several qualities has been made, and tns
TO which peat fiber has already been apple ~
indicate possibilities that may render me pe@'DOo
of Ireland valuable addition 70 the resources ~
that country.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

Regret tatooed INTO memory.
The insomnia Of the soul
Conscience tuning sites evidence
An agony Of at the grave a wong.
Ghosts Of evil deed. haunting life.
Standing psoner sell confessed before the bar Of conscience
A life thrown into eclipse by act.
The kneI Too late nnsing through the SOUL
Living under the lash Of conscience.
Memoys revenge for reparable wrong.
INGRATITUDE
Fo;getfuness Of the heart.
Inability to forgive those who have done kindness
Some confession that longer to hm.
Revenge for past favors
Repudamg the souls debts Of honoI
Sabbng the hand that has fed u.s.
Treason usurpng the place Of ,hankfulness
Accepting friendships dividends. but refusing to pay its
The cowaroe Of the deseter the hour OF beneactoIs need
The devils highway from houshes thankessness to eaehey
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
7 William George Jordan
WILL
WILL.

The backbone OF character.
Conscious concentration expressed IN action
The divine gift that makes his second creator
The souls heroic choice Of the difficult
The angel that rolls away al. from the path Of purpose
Positive. aggressive directing conquenns power Of the mind
The assertion Of our kingship environment.
The hand Of power the helm Of purpose.
The souls guardian Of conduct. conscience and character
The individual mastery Of SELF
DESPAIR
The funeral Of hope
Dangerous resignation to the unai,ainabe
The last Of Encouragement the back Of purposc
Paraly yzed energy from prosa,ed hope.
The souls sad surrender to the seeming inevitable
Turning ones back the future
The dead weight Of a that no hand isntens
The souls night without
Feeling the noshmsness Of fighting a Waterloo Of hope
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
GREAT WORDS DEFINED IN EPIGRAM
1liamG GEORGE Jordan
PATIENCE

The souls smile tnal and pain.
The courage to sufe, n silence
The gentle herosm Of the day by day battle OF fhe
The optimism Of the soul expressed IN bearing
Working. watching waiting. without WEAKNESS Oh ~0irS'
The serene stimulus that from faith.
Times poulnce for all wounds.
Daily conque Of by nsns supenor to IT, II,
The individual vail Of defense against which all oil no'
hul themselves hamlesly
Constant strength to resist the same old nouoes
FEAR
Revulaon irom snt,cipaed danger OF evil
The warning instinct OF self preservation.
Imagination turning to the intellect
Helpless surrender the tyranny Of a thought that deheS
A stampede Of the emotions i a
Living under a sword hung by hair
Slavery Of Imagination OF guilt
The scouyr that ashes weak souls. IN
A eovardy passion that bndfoks Judgment ehi0'oi0"s
and robs Of individuality.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
TAFT WEDDING RECALLED
Cincinnati Paper Of 1885 Tells of the
Marriage of Presidential
Aspirant.

Now that william Howard Taft has be-
come the most prominent candidate for
the nomination Of the republican party
for the presidency Of the United States,
the Incidents in his life have become Of
vast interest to the American people.
Feminine interest. Of course. centers
largely about Mrs. Taft, who. II she be-
comes mistress of the White House, will
be the first lady in the land.
As long ago as 1886 a Commercial Gazette
reporter, describing the marriage OF the
then young lawyer. William Howard Taft,
wrote that Taft's career up 10 that time
gave high promise of great distinction"
He gets the credit of being the original
Taft man" and a prophet who. friends Of
Taft say today. knew an embryo presl-
dent Of the United States when he saw
one.
In 1886 William H.. Taft ard Miss Helen
Heron were married by Rev. DR.. NJ.
A. Hoge of GAINESVILLE, a Presbyterian
minister.
In the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on
Sunday. June %. page l, appears the fol-
lowing account OF the wedding, which took
place the evening before:
Yesterday afternoon at 4:45, at the resi-
derce of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Heron.
was celebrated the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Helen L.. Heron, and
William Howard Taft, the son of Judge
Alphonso Taft. late United States minister
to Russia. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. NJ. A. Hoge. LII B., pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian church of Zanes-
willie. o., who years ago married the brides
mother and father.
tt bride wore a charming gown OF
white silk, with embroidered tablier, her
veil caught up by sprays of white lilacs,
and she carried a bouquet of sweet peas
and lilies of the valley. There were no
bridesmaids and no best mar, but the
brides sister, Miss Maria Heron, and the
groom's sister, Miss Fannie Taft. both in
lovely white toilettes, stood near the bride
during the ceremony. at which were pres
ent only the families of the bride and
groom and a few intimate friends.
I'm the reception which followed, be-
tween the hours of 5 and s. about 100
guests assisted. Mr.. and Mrs. Taft left
last night by the limited for New York,
|. whence they sail on Wednesday by the
City OF Berlin for Europe. intending to
pass the summer in England. The best
wishes of a wide circle of friends go with
them. The bride comes of a sterling
family. and has had the very highest social
and domestic training.
William H. Taft is one of the young
men Of the city who may be depended
upon in public affairs, He is one of the
highest standing Of the graduates OF Yale,
and his original powers, perfect integrity
and courage and correct instincts. as well
as thorough Information, have made him
useful. won for him the friendships and
enmities most complimentary, and opened
for him a career that has the highest
promise OF great distinction. Chicago
News.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
FINE Err FIVE AND COSTS
Words that Break Spell of Painful
Tension in Police Court.
GRAVE RESULT IN BALANCE
over Possession of one sORp Box
Grim Faces, Tense Nerves and
silent Tongues Await
Mighty Decree.

The police court was again converted into
an international arbitration board and Car
negie temple of peace Monday morning
when the fierce contention which RACES be,
tween Mrs. Mary johnson and Mrs. Emma
Feike was taken vi.
Mrs. johnson lives at Nineteenth stree,
and Fowler avenue, while Mrs. Feike re-
sides with her husband and children a block
away at Ninteenth street and Grand ave-
nue., both of which places are on the bot.
toms north Of Ames avenue.
Mrs. Feike. a small woman with a baby
in her arms, shrilly inveighed against Mrs
Johnson. who stood with large and stolid
German avoidupois and listened unmoved.
The J~ohnson-Feike vendetta has smoul-
dered many weeks, but 1t burst into flame
last Friday. when Mrs. Johnson came tc
the house Of Mrs. Feike and accused her
Of stealing one ~ soap box, the said soap
box being the property of Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson alleged in courC that she
came home in her buggy and saw the Feikt
woman take the box from her property.
The box, she said, she was accustomed to
use as a seat while engaged in milking her
COW. When she rescued the box Mrs.
Feike had already crushed it into kindling
wood. she said. and never again could it
be used as a seat.
Mrs. Feike denied these allegations with
scorn. She said she found the soap box
on her own lot already in a bruised condi-
ton. She said she hadn't set foot on Mrs.
Johnson's lot for many months. She
wouldn't set foot on it. She didn't want
nothing to do with her.
1t was a weighty moment In police court
when all the testimony was in. such a mo-
ment as prevailed In the French ASSEMBLE
when the vote was being taken whether to
depose Louis XVI. The pen of the court
scratched. What would be the decision?
A hundred hearts thumped madly. a hun
dred heads seemed to burst with the pound
ing of the blood in 200 temples. strong
men gTitted their teeth, women clenched
their hands until the nails bit into the
palms. Would the judge never speak?
Would the anxious crowd never know to
whom the soap box was to be given?
The pen ceases to scratch. The judge
presses a blotter over the words which he
has written upon the complaint, those
words so portentous. He raises his face.
haggard with the depth OF his thought.
His dry lips part as he speaks.
Fine 'er $ and costs"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
GAVE FIVE THOUSAND ON BLUFF
A Boosters Boost for n Church
Boosted His Plans to
Success.

There is a prosperous merchant in Chi
cago today who owes his success to his
donation of a 5000 organ to a church at
a time when he didn't have money enough
to buy a hand organ. This donation was a
case of bluff, pure and simple, but the
bluff worked and resulted in the subse-
quent wealth of the lucky buffer.
John Smith was seeking capital to start
in business for himself, but as he had no
security worth speaking of he could not
borrow the money he needed.
When he had tried every person he could
think of who would be likely to nave the
necessary cash and the inclination to lend
1t and had been turned down, he conceived
the idea OF presenting his church with an
organ.
Young Napoleon John Smith therefore or
dered his organ and allowed the future to
look out for itself. The manufacturers OF
the organ never thought of questioning the
financial standing of the philanthropist
who was handing out 5000 organs, and
agreed to have the instrument set up in
the church on time.
OF course, j. Smith was not a bud that
was born to blush unseen, nor did he hide
his beneficence under a bushel. He man
aged to bring in at least the flute stops no
! matter what subject Of the conversation.
Not only did the young Napoleon advertise
himself by means of the church organ, but
the pleased minister and the equally
pleased congregation spread the news of
his gift.
During this time John did not allow any
alfalfa to grow under his feet. On the pre-
tense of consulting some wealthy member
Of the congregation about some minor de-
tails of the organ he would drop into an.
office, and before he left casually would
mention the subject of the company that he
was forming. Most of the men that he
thus saw thought that it would be a good
thing to be associated with a man who was
making so much money that he was able
to hand out $500 without missing it, so
that all were anxious to take stock in J,
Smiths company.
Long before the time came for the first
payment on the organ smith had gathered
enough money TO start his business and
was doing so we'll he had no difficulty in
borrowing the amount needed to make the
payment. From that time he has made
money so fast that now he could give away
several 5000 organs and pay for them as
well.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
Appearance Were DeceitfuI.

"One day down in Texas, % said a civil en-
eineer. II was sitting on the porch OF my
hotel with a fresh youngster from the
north on his right sat a plain old man
smoking a cob pipe with the kernels left
IN Il.
Ee gods, said my friend, what do you
think of that for nerve. sitting right up
against 4 gentleman and putting his old
dope right in my face. Here, you, clear out
With that pipe. Move clear over on the
other side so the smoke won't blow this
wa. You are making a nuisance of your
SELF.
right said the old man meekly.
IN move
He did so. John, said l. do you know
who that old gentleman is you talked to
ike that?' H
Nope, don't know and don't care
That Is the governor OF Texas 1t
really was. York Times,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
BEST PRICE FOR TRADE BEEF
Trainload Brings Nearly $4,000 at
South Omaha.
HUNDRED AND FIFTY.oNE HEAD
Local Market is Paying HiEher
Prices Than Any other Mar
ket I'm the Entire
west.

The most remarkable sale OF beef cattle
ever recorded on the South Omaha market
was made Monday morning.
out of a whole trainload of cattle, Isl
head, nine cars sggregating 131 head. sold
at s. straight. The other twenty sold for
$50.
James II. Hughes Of Fairbury, sold the
cattle through the firm of Alma Jackson
& Son TO the Cudahy Packing company.
The 1Sl head weighed 1909. and the other
twenty. 1850. The bunch OF big ones
weighed all told 21O.77O pounds. and they
brought $l6,s62.32. The other twenty
weighed 1850 pounds and yielded s2oS2.sO.
The total for the trainload was SIS. 1872
Mir. Hughes bought the cattle through the
same nim last fall when their average
weight was 1859 pounds and paid $500.
They cost him $6,S42.O0.
This sale is the record sale for a straight
bunch of cattle" said w. b. Cheen. Mot
one steer was separated from the herd
and the shipment was made direct to the
market. seeking no favors. The only time
when this price was exceeded was il 1902,
during the Christmas holiday season. Then
a load Of prize winners from the stock
show Of that year sold for ss.15. They were
bought for advertising purposes, largely"
Always is Successful.
Mr.. Hughes has been feeding cattle at
Fairbury for the last ten years and has
oeen uniformly successful. He started in
with a small capital and little land. Now
he has plenty Of both. With the sale made
Monday morning he will be able to, buy
another farm IL he wishes.
The prices in general at the Omaha mar
ket are better than at any OF the western
towns, The cattle market is high on ac-
sount OF the starcity of good beef cattle.
This condition probably will hold until the
CRASHED cattle arrive in latter July. Mr..
Hughes say 1t has been his plan to buy
in the middle OF the feeder season when
the = ices are apt 20 be most favorable to
tn purchaser and feed his cattle carefully,
bet on pretty rough fare until early spring.
wh,n the warm weather begins. Then he
puts them on corn and finishes them off
In sixty 10 ninety days for the later period
of corn-fed stock, when they are growing
scarce on the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16

entertained this week. Thursday evening
Mr.. Edward George will give a dinner in
their honor and Saturday Mrs. Ben Gal
lagher will entertain them at dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Richards will receive
Tuesday evening at their home, 34ll Burt
street, In honor of their guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Lesser of San Jose, Cal.
Mrs. ]. E. Baum returned Saturday morn
ing from the east, where she attended the
commencement at Miss Somers' school in
Washington, d. c. Miss Brownie Bess
Baum, who was one Of the graduates. is
now spending three months in Europe with
a party of eastern friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Switzler and Miss
Alice Royal switzler sailed Saturday from
New York City for an extended stay in
Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Cudahy and family
expect to leave soon for Lake Mackinac
to spend several weeks at their summer
home.
Come and Go Gossip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Blackwell left
Monday evening for Chicago, from where
Mrs. Blackwell will go on to New York
City to meet her mother, Mrs. whitcomb.
who will return June p on the CampanIa
from London. Eng, where she has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Blackwell will
spend three or four weeks in New York
City before returning home.
Miss Mabel Delbridge OF st. Louis. who
has been visiting friends in Omaha and
Council Bluffs for several weeks, will
leave Saturday for hepshome.
Mr.. Julius W. Newman left Sunday even
ing for an extended visit with friends and
relatives in the east. He will visit in New
York City, Atlantic City. st. Louis and
Cleveland for two or three months.
Among the passengers sailing on the
steamship K~ronprinz Wilhelm Of the North
German Lloyd line from New York Tues
day will be Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cohn, Mr..
Loyal Cohn and Master Walter Cohn.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Fenlon OF the Dunsany
will leave Wednesday for San Francisco
for a three weeks visit with friends on the
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pickens and Miss
Elizabeth Pickens leave Tuesday evening
for New York City, where they viii sail
for an extended stay in Europe.
Mr.. Ross Towle is in the east attending
the commencement exercises at Williams
college and visiting friends.
Mr.. Elmer Cope returned Sunday from
Detroit. where he spent the week.
Mr.. 10 Baldrige left Friday for the east.
where he will visit several college friends
and relatives for a fortnight.
Mrs. Flora Hoffman has returned from
New York City. where she accompanied
Mrs. P. L. Perrine with the body of her
husband. Mrs. Perrine will remain in New
York City with her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Pardee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
NEW STYLE OF PARTNERSHIP
Fox Terrier Formally Introduced as
the SEQ" of "A Business
Firm.

II has been so often repeated that 1t has
come to be generally believed that there is
nothing new under the sun. In a large
sense there may be some basis for the
statement. but when il comes to the details
of the worlds happenings there is, every
now and then, an incident, which by no
possibility could ever have transpired be-
fore. We read Of Caligula's having created
his horse a consul, but never till our time
was 1t heard of that a maR took his dog
into legal partnership in his business
This is what has happened in Newark,
n. j., where Mr.. Frank Michael Weller,
real estate and insurance broker, has taken
out a sworn certificate Of partnership,
under the firm name and style Of F. NJ.
Weller & Co.. the Co. consisting of Mr..
weler's fox terrier, Tassels. When this APP
plication reached the court house for filing,
the municipal authorities could find no
law against 1t, and a certificate Of partner
ship was duly issued. Tassels, which by the
way, seems a remarkable name for a dog,
so wholly without hirsute adornment as the
fox terrier, will doubtless prove a valuable
member Of the firm. He will keep all
tramps and loafers away from the office
and will guard property OF clients left
there with vigilance, courage. and fidelity.
and IL is not impossible that he may ex-
ercise a persuasive influence on occasion,
over reluctant, tardy and recalcitrant debt
ors. Dogs are such good Judges OF chaTac-
ter that It may well be. too, that his at
titude toward applicants for loans and in
surance will prove of great value in de-
termining their worthiness. On the whole,
It is apparent that Mr.. Weller might have
a much less useful and valuable partner.
Shepherds have long had collie dogs for
partners. and when il comes TO organ
grinders and monkeys. It is a question
which is the head of.the firm.-washington
Post