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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
BULL, CAPTAIN WILKES. No. 22e41e

This magnificent Shorthorn Bull from
Mannsheld Hall, OF milking strain is
standing at Snowden and Opportunity
can now be taken for service on applics-
ton to Mr.: +. d. Guest ARRANGEMENT
can be made for his purchase.
sl27-2wl30-2w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
MANSFIELD HALL FARM

Large White Yorkshire Pigs for sale
lust weaned. The most prolific breed
Only few left. $40 pair. Apply
sj27-1wI30-1w.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
WE'D IN WASHINGTON

MI Leonard Burton and Miss Minnie e.
Burton, both Of Lance. Stafford county
were married IN Washington Monday by
Rev. h. +. Billinger.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
SWANSON AND VICE PRESIDENCY

Gov. swanaon. OF Virginia. who is men,
uo1ed 1oF the Vice Presidency, Will stop
- Lincoln, Neb-, on HE way 10 Denye,,
$40 vn csll % Mr.. Bryan.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
.Sseuas SRGIREs SAVE LABOR

On account Of the scarcity OF laborers
you are perhaps going to buy Gasoline
Engine, the greatest OF all labor savers.
BUT don't experiment. Buy "FAIR-
d AZ ~ n S,MOkSE; Agents Wanted.
Write for Catalogue.
A. J. Huff, Richmond, Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
LYkCH-M 'KENNeY

Charles W Lynch. Jr., OF Ioo and
Miss Pearl +. McKennev. Of Iancast.,
Z. H., We're married In Baltimore Tnss-
day. "eT
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02
FLIES DISAPPEAR

when you use Fly Ribbon. New thing.
but the best thing out. Price, &c, at our
store only. W. l.. Brannan.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-02

send your Job printing TO The Free
Lance Prompt service and low prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27

, ue IlcFiSlle.
The chief interest will revolva
about Mrs. Aston, and it was she
who suggested the old French le-
gend as the groundwork about
which to build the tableaux vivants,
in which about fifteen society Wo-
men will pose.
The story of the pantomine con-
Germs the dream of an artist and
his model. The artist is desperate
ly poor and lives in an attic. He is
fairly starving, but is engrossed i'll
painting a portrait of Pierrette, a
sprightly model, whom he loves.
Pierrette enters the attic in the
gown of white, with powdered hair,
patches on her cheeks, and black
pompons on her slippers. This is
the part which Mrs. Astor will play.
Pierrette rouses the artist from
his depression by the gift of a ham
per OF supper of cheese, cheap red
wine and bread. The two pretend
their food is champagne and par
fridge, and, after feasting, they fall
asleep and dream of the master
piece the artist is to paint. Then
a dark change takes place and an
Illuminated frame is introduced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27

A curious and regrettabie fegiva; oi
tho word draw" IN the sense Of with
draw" occurs IN drawing room Her
the original meaning Of the word ;s
lost because Of Its lamentable pron''n
citation by the uncGucated. Nobody
hearing it mentioned as "droyins
room" at its best or as 'droring room
at its worst would suspect it Of being
q room to which to withdraw for relax
alton. Most words Of the kind, though
have no better claim to our admiration,
and many have worse one to our
sense Of language. "Parlor'' is an ugly
growth from the old monasterial "par.
loir,'' or room where speaking was al
lowed, and "boudoir," that early Victo
rian expression Of gentility, began b,
being room to sulk in. "Sitting room
Is strange instance Of the confusio o
Of cause and effect, and so is Giving
room" We come back to drawing
ROOM as to honest words, at least
london Notes ard Queries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
Du Maurier and the Fenian Leader

When John O'Lcary, the Fenian
leader. was release from prison In
1870 after spending five Of the twenty
years to which he WAS condemned fol
felony he wn'.t 10 Paris, wher:
ne spent the ucNL fifteen years of hi,
exile. TIE revolutionary leader used +
tell ho3r when crossing In the paeke
to France DC met On ManFinr, then 6
young man, going to Paris to study
art. They became warm friends. lode
ing together In the same building
where they became acquainted with
two other artists, whom Du MaurIc1
afterward made famous In his popula
story "Trilby" as The Laird and The
Baronet. II was to O'Leary, who had
been q medical student in Paris lon.
before lie threw In his fortunes with
the Fenian movement, that Du Mau
rier owed his first glimpse Of bohe
milan life in the French capital.--West
minister Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
Our Bodies Are Machines.

HOW many people, L WOnoef,
pause to consider the filoi'' bodies are
merely machines ~ so york. furnaces
In which necessary fuel is burned
workshops In which wornOut parts are
supplied and stOrernoIns in which fuel
and food are laij away for use when
needed? Further, like my other piece
of apparatus, he body works better
under certain circumstances. Its lres
burn better " it'll fuels of certain sorts
mixed in certain proportions, and 1t
cannot keep in perfect condition unless
furnished with proper materials. Man
thinks he eats because he Is hungry
he really eats because his body Is cry
Ing out for building materials with
which to repair the waste that IL IL
ways going on and for fuel to keep It.
self warm, and it is rather "fnlcky'
as to the supply it wants for each OF
these purposes. At pinch it can use
almost anything digestible for either.
but It groans and complains and pun
ishes its unfortunate possessor II 1t H.
not properly treatcd.-Crittenden Mar
riott in St. Nicholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
OAsTo7IA.
n..-. +ha 1.-The Kind You Have Always Bought
' s;;; :; 9: .; Z; : :; t.: '''E

Meet ne at Vego's pool parlor.
223-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
Il Was All Riaht.

They had evidently been quarreline
before entering the Suffer street car al
the ferry.
II would thank you, Mr.. Johnson, MOI
to sit by me?' she said Jelly.
"Oh, Lucy, I'll never go with he'
again-never, never, dearle!"
Gradually the harsh tones melted tt
soft, endearing phrases. The car Lad
become very crowded. It stopped a
Van Ness.
The conductor, wedging among pas
sengers midway Of the aisle, could no
see the rear steps. With his hand Oh
the bell cord, he suddenly yelled:
"Hov is it back there now?'
Its all right. We've made up again,
,mpulsively responded the young man
"Oh, Willard, he didn't mean us!'-
San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
SOCIETY BEAUTIES AS
LIVING PICTURES

New York, Feb. 25.--For the
sake Of sweet charity, Mrs. jobs
Jacob Astor will pose in tableaux
at the Plaza hotel this evening and
tomorrow evening. For the same
philanthropic reason Mrs. Clarence
Mackay will drape herself in filmy
white and stand upon pedestal as
a living picture, as will Miss Nora
Langhorne. one OF the famed beau
ties of Virginia, and other women
prominent in New York's most ex-
elusive society. The Duchess of
tlcipate. 1t is expected that the
event will be the most gorgeous
society function given in the name
of charity for many years. Thous-
ands Of dollars have been expended
by the participants for costumes
and the scene Of the entertainment
has been decorated in a lavish style.
The proceeds will be given to the
''poor whites" of the Virginia noun
tains. 1t is, believed that nearly
$4,000 will be realized from the
entertainment.
The program consists of nine pic
lures, four dances and a panto-
mine, in which Mrs. Waldorf Astor
will play Pierrette in sLe Reveillion
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
Too Much Curiosity,

A dangerous operation was being per
formed upon a wom.n. Old DR.. A.. 8
quaint German, full of kindly wit ant
professional enthusia SIN, had severa
younger doctors with him. One OF
them was administering the ether. HI
became SO interested In the old doc
tors work that he withdrew the cone
from the patients nostrils, and SHE
half reused and rose to sitting pos
ture, looking with wild eyed amaze
ment over the surroundings. 1t was
a critical period, and DR.. A. did not
want to be Interrupted. Lay down
dere. woman" he commanded gruffly
"You hat more curiosity as medica
student"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
The Result.

A nervous passenger on the first da!
Of the outward voyage importuned the
captain to know what would be the
result II the steamer should strike an
iceberg while it was plunging through
the fog. 1.-THE iceberg would NOV
right aloLg. madam" the captain re
piled courteously, lust as If nothing
had happened" And the old lady was
greatly relieved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27

friends will pose as paintings from
the great masters. Gainsborough,
Rubens, Ghirlandajo, Boticelli, Rem
brandt, Reynolds, Homney and
Natter will be represented.
The scope Of the entertainment
will be wide, and although most of
the pictures will be celebrated
works of art, there will be modern
creations like the "Gibson Girl
an Aubrey Beardsley creation, and
one of the dances will be taken
from "The Merry Widow The
dances will be Of a national charac-
ter and will include Greek dance,
a Spanish bolero, French dance,
and the famous Merry Widow"
waltz.
AS officially announced, the men
and women who will appear at this
charity entertainment are Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Eustic, Mrs. William
K. Vanderbilt Jr., Mrs. Payne
Whitney, Mrs. Ernest Iselin, Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Arthur
Scott Burden, Miss Cornelia Bryce,
Mrs. Edward R. Thomas, Mrs. How
ard Cushing, Miss Nora Langhorne.
Mrs. William Payne Thompson,
Mrs. Frederick O. Beach, Miss Anne
Rowland, Miss Leila Bryce, Lydig
Hoyt, Charles Baron, John Alsop,
Mrs. Guinness and her three year
old daughter, Meraud Guinness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
The Minister'S Text.

A little girl came home from churcl
the other day and was asked what th;
minister's text was. Don't be afraid
and will get you a bedquilt." wa
the astonishing answer.
Investigation proved that the centr"
thought of tae sermon had been, "Fea
not. and will send you a comforter
Technical World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
Only a Dream.

Wife, dreamed last night that
was in Shop that Vas simply full {
the loveliest bonnets. and Husban
(hastily)-But that was only a drea:.
my dear. Wife-I knew that before
woke up, because you bought one 6,
mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
-. THE LONG
10 DISTANCE
aa FACILITIES

OF this Company have been materially
added to, thus insuring a more prompt,
efficient and comprehensive service
than heretofore. Nearly every place
OF importance in Texas and Arkansas
and adjoining States, including Okla
noma and Indian Territory, can be
reached over our lines and those OF
Companies with whom we connect.
THE SOUTH WESTERN
TELEGRAPH Il TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-27
kent a Good Table.

Brown-keeps good table. does slls
not? Robinson-Excellent. Solid oak
Has had It for years.--Nev York T1!h
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
BRUMBY TO LADIES.
Asked to Assist on General Day
of Cleaning Up.

Austin. Feb. Health officer
Brumby has issued an appeal to the
womens' clubs of Texas, asking them
to follow the lead of the women's
clubs of San Antonio in a united effort
TO set aside March 10 as a general
cleaning up day for the entire state
He urges them to get together and CO.
operate with the city administrations,
boards of health and schoolboards to
pledge their active support in the
work This is particularly applicable
to that portion of the state designated
as the oil and rice belt, where mos
quito feyers are most prevalent. He
urges the ladies to lend their influence
to this laudable undertaking.
State Revenue Agent Mcdonald has
instituted suit here in Justice Moore's
court, through County Attorney Brady,
against several prominent Fort Worth
lawyers for failure to pay occupation
taxes claimed TO be due the state. The
action is a civil one, and amounts in
volved range from $40 to $35. This
is to be a test case. If the state is
successful many other suits will fol-
low.
The insurance department was adj
vised that the American National Life
Insurance company of Lynchburg, Va.
and Security Life of Chicago will COM
ply with the Robertson law and do
business in Texas.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
WILL PLANT IRISH POTATOES.
Probably One Hundred Acres viii be
Grown This Year in Brazos coun-
ty-To Plant About the Mid
die. of This Month
die. of This Month.

Mr.. w. l.. Edge of Cottonwood, who
was in the city yesterday, stated to
the Eagle reporter that there IS con-
siderable activity and enthusiasm
among farmers in various neighbor.
hoods of the county with regard to
planting Irish potatoes this year, and
that probably one hundred acres of
potatoes will be grown this season
as BEGINNING Eleven farmers Of
whom he knows will plant in the Cot
tonwood community. There will also
be a number Of growers in the kur.
ten, Steep Hollow, Reliance, Bethel
and other neighborhoods and about
Bryan. They have the land and will
use fertilizers, and will plant about
the middle of the present month.
They expect to cooperate in market
ing and secure favorable price.
According to Mr.. Edge, it is not
probable that other truck crops will
be grown this year, as the opinion
prevails that it will be better to mas
ter one thing at a time. The pros.
poets of potatoes as a money crop are
favorable this year. and the Eagle is
glad that the discouragements which
some have met in the past along this
line from various causes will not
longer deter a determined effort to
make a paying potato crop. The far.
mers of many counties in this section
OF the state are making truck crops
pay, and the conditions are certainly
as favorable in Brazos county as else
where. In Burleson county the farm.
ers have contract annually for the
production of large acreage of tonia-
toes, which are proftably sold to
San Antonio manufacturers. Busi.
ness like methods can bring about the
same conditions for profitable mark.
citing here, and the Eagle hopes that
every encouragement will be afford
ed the growers this year.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
STRANGE ANIMAL.
Large as Yearling and Similar
to Panther and Hound.

Paris, Tex, Feb. 7.-Considerable
excitement was created four miles
southeast of town by the appearance
of a strange wild animal travelling
across field. A large number of men
on horseback and on foot with guns
and dogs went in search Of it. but it
made its escape down a ravine, The
same animal was seen last Sunday and
two or three shots were fired at II. At
first it was thought that It was a pan.
ther, but from the description it is
thought that il must have been Mex
lean lion. It had a very large head.
with thick, heavy shoulders, a body
tapering back like a greyhound. and
with short, bushy tail. 1t is described
as being of yellowish color and as
large as a yearling.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
FIXES FOR FUNERAL.
Gives Notice, Buys Casket, Arrays
Herself and Suicides.

New York, Feb. Tt should like
you to feel that this is the surrender
Of a proud, strong soul"
In these words. penned to a friend,
Mrs. Clero A. Walton of San Fran
cisco. explained a suicide planned with
deliberation
Having paid her bill at the Hotel
La Grande, selected a casket, arranged
for the crefation of her body and sum-
moned the police, coroner and under
taker, the woman swallowed poison
and was dead when those called to her
apartments arrived
Mrs. Walton was the widow of a Mr..
Walton, whom she married at Denver.
She was forty-three years of age and
beautiful, Born at Fayetteville, Tenn,
where sister resides, in early life
she removed to Denver. Thrown upon
her own resources by the death of her
husband, she set up a dressmaking
establishment at San Francisco and
prospered until the earthquake, which
impoverished her. Later she came
here and made a brave struggle, the
futility of which she described in a
letter 10 physician, who had attended
her here for minor troubles, and at
times hai sought to rouse her from a
state of increasing depression.
Recently she called at an undertak-
er's and selected and paid for a casket.
At the same time she arranged to
have her body cremated. She ex-
planned that she was in i'll health and
could not long survive. Every detail
looking to the disposition of her body
and effects was carefully planned
Some bour before suiciding she asked
for and settled her bill at the hotel,
paid a few small bills and then wrote
several letters.
The police, coroner and undertaken
were notified of the expected hour of
her death When the three, arriving
simultaneously, burst into her room,
the body, carefully dressed, lay upon
her bed. She had attired herself in
blue and white checked skirt, a white
lace shirtwaist, white kid slippers and
white stockings. Her hair was care
fully arranged in a marcel wave.
The letters left included one to r.
L. Wright, lifelong friend, of this
city and Mrs. James K Raby of Flat
Creek, Tenn.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
supt. Lawson viii Attend National
Association Of School superin-
tendents in Washington.

The city school board held meet
ing yesterday afternoon and gave at
tentionto routine business and some
other matters of general interest.
The board unanimously voted to
send Supt. c. w. Lawson to the Ma
tional Association of School superin-
tendents which convenes in Washing
ton, d. c., Feb. 27. This gathering will
penses. This great gathering will
bring together prominent educators
from all parts of the country, and viii
be of inestimable value in diseminat-
| ing the best methods of advanced
thought along educational lines. The
action of the board was in harmony
with a recommendation received from
State Superintendent r. B. Cousins.
On his return Supt. Lawson will give
to the board and the school the bene-
fit of his observations in the form of
report, and will adopt In the super
vision of school affairs such practical
ideas as may be developed by the
Washington meeting.
The board authorized the payment
to the city of Bryan the last install
of $4,000 of money borrowed from
the city for the completion of the
West Side school building, against
which all obligations have now been
discharged
The board contemplates removing
the partitions from the old chapel of
the East Side school and converting
it into an assembly hall, where pub
lie meetings pertaining to the work
Of the school may be held and ad-
dresses heard
The East Side school now has a
well equipped school library, the room
assigned for this purpose having been
reftted and nicely furnished Refer
ence books for the high school pupils
are now being placed in this room.
The board passed a resolution to
increase the pay of supernumerary
teachers from $1OO to $500 per day.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Mr.. J. NJ. Carnes for his services in |
the place of principal of |
the West Side school during the two |
days illness of Prof. c. NJ. Bethany.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08

Your business is solicited on basis of Alb
solute Security and Square Deal
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
FREEMAN OWNS UP.
Says He Killed Man For Making I'm
proper Remarks About His Wife.

Sherman, Tex, Feb. 7.-Sheriff Rich
returned from Mcclellan county, where
he arrested S. W. Freeman. wanted at
Kosdosko, Miss, on an indictment
charging him with the murder of Wall
er Downey. Freeman acknowledged
that he is the man wanted and says
he will return to Mississippi without
requisition. He says he killed Downey
In 1905 for making improper remarks
about his (Freeman's) wife. Freeman
was working in a cotton factory at
West, Tex, when arrested. Mrs. Free
man, over whom the killing is claimed
to have occurred, died Monday of this
week
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
TERRI5LE THROW.
3. 3. chitwood Hurled by Mule Against
Fence and Throat Cut Fatally.

Bonham, Tex, Feb. 7.-B B. Chit
wood was thrown by a vicious mule he
was riding near Ccton and hurled
against a barb wire fence. His throat
was cut from ear to ear. death soon
resulting.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-08
Morse Sailed For Europe.

New York, Feb. Mrs. G. W
Morse says her husband sailed for Eu
rope on the Campanla and she saw
him off
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

The mouth of the alley was in complete
darkness but out on the street there
was a faint light from the arc light at
the corner. | called to Majors so that
he might know of my presence. At this
he stopped stock still and peered into
the gloom of the alleyway.
Great heavens, Dickson. he ejacu-
lated what are you doing in there2'
I blurted out few words of explana-
ton, and Majors was in the act OF step
ping into the darkness to join me when
there was a loud report and I saw him
stagger and pitch forward on his face.
He fell half in the light and half in the
gloom of the alleys mouth.
| ran forward and gathered him into
my arms. lifting his face out into the
light of the street. L saw that he was
fatally wounded. the clanarny sweat Of
death being upon his brow. Halliday had
not tried to escape. but had run forward
with me, and as / looked up at him from
the face of my PROSTATE friend / saw
that he was almost as white as a corpse.
A moment before he had been intent upon
taking the life of my friend, but now
the enormity of his contemplated act was
full upon him and he trembled like a leaf
in gale.
My Godr he moaned. al might have
been his murderer. Thank God 1 am
not"
The seal of death was upon the blanched
face of my friend. his breath came in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

He lodged into a side street a short dis
lance farther on and | plunged in after
him, as l fancied that he intended in
te4cepting Majors on the way TO his
rooms. Nor was l wrong, Halliday cut
through alleys and unfrequented streets
until he came out upon the main thor
oughfare where the railroad offices were
located and less than block distant from
them. He took up position in the mouth
of dark alley, behind telegraph pole,
and / was now convinced that he meant
harm to my friend.
The streets were deserted. 1t was
about midnight and people in small
towns retire early. Before long l could
hear footsteps approaching and readily
recognized the athletic tread of Majors.
| slipped up behind Halliday with great
caution, so that | might pinion his arms
if ne attempted tic fire the big revolver
that l now detected in his hand. Majors
had almost reached the mouth of the
alley when | saw Halliday's hand being
slowly raised. I knew il would be dan
gerous to wait longer. so / sprang upon
him from behind and clasped him in a
hug that made his ribs pop like pack of
firecrackers-
He was taken so completely by sur
prise that he was at my mercy. and al
though he struggled like demon, | dis
armed him and handcuffed him in a very
short space of time. Just as 1 accom-
plished this. Majors came rushing up