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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
headquarters For
Building Materials.

keep All kinds % North Carolina
snd Virginia Lumber. irers.d and
addressed, Shingles, Iaths, Sash.
Doors. aud Blinds, Lime. Cement.
Caffeine Plaster, piasterirg Hair,
Building and Paving Brick. Tin and
trou Roofing. Cut and Wire NAii-. all
slnds Ready Mixed Paints aud Dry
Paint, Linseed Oh. Turpeutiue, DRYER
Varn!sh and Lewis's White Lead, .
Paint Brushes Of all kinds, Window
diass and Putty, Builders Hardware
OF al. kinds, Tar Roofing, Sheathiu.-
Paper aud tine Brick.
Keep large stock 81 Sewer Pipe and
Wire Clay Pipe. f. l. Cole.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
The COMING ELECTION
Two Candidates for Mayer -Four Candidates
for Council In Zach Ward.

Tuesday WAS the last day for candi-
date Tor Mayor and City Council at thu
lune election To tile notice with the cl,r /
oi the Corporation eourt. The following
Il the list Of candidates:
tor MAYOR
II. Lewis Wallace.
Henry Warden
CITY tprNtlt.
Upper Ward:
:. W. Sommerville.
J. NJ. Goldsmith.
Clearance r. Howard.
John e. Melville.
Lower Ward:
+. NJ. Young. Jr,
\. NJ Garner.
+. l.. W. Green.
Arthur Brown.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
CONFEDERATES ESCORT
FEDERALS TO RICHMOND

\ committee of Confederate veterans
from lee Camp, Richmond. arrived here
on the l.2S train, with Quartermaster
ID. 4. Brown. Jr.. in charge. To meet the
10th y. J. Volunteers, 100 strong, who
arrived here on special train at / o'cl lck
.. IN. Tuesday. They were escorted to
Richmond 10y the committee. where they
will remain until Friday. when they will
return aud make "a stop in this city.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
VAUGHAN DISCHARGED

The case of Solomon Vaughan, charged
with stealing the box of money. stamps
aud papers from Herring < Pyke at
Whitewater last summer, came up in the
Corporation Court here Wednesday Tor
the second time, the first trial having re.
suited in n hung jury.
The Commonwealth entered a nOle
J rosequi, which closed the case and
Vaughan was discharged.
Messrs. Chichester 4 Chichester repre-
sented Vaughan, Mr.. G.. K. Swift the
Commonwealth.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
CATARACT REMOVED

At the Mary Washington Hospital this
week DIR. III. NJ. DeJarnette. the eye and
throat specialist, successfully removed a
cataract from the eye % Miss Sarah Ed
wards, patient 10 the Mary Washing
son Tree bed. The ladies OF the associa-
ton wish to thank DR.. DeJarnette for
his valuable services In connection with
the free bed at the hospital.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
HEAVY MAIL
I've Wagon Loads Sent Ont In One Day by
Masonic Memorial Committee

The Masonic Committee on Memorial
Temple 10 Geo. Washington, the Mason.
has been busy for some time past having
matter prepared for mailing. requesting
subscriptions In the object from snbnrdi-
nate lodges throughout the country.
Saturday two mail wagon loads Of
this mail was sent OF and more is to
follow.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21

Iotal........-..............SJ $500, 36S /
Jno. +. GouldmAn, Jr., cashier, do
solemnly swear that the above Is a true
statement OF the financial condition of
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank
located at fredericksburg, in the State
Of Virginia, at the close OF business on
the l4th day OF May, 1905, to the
best of my knowledge and belief
JNo. +. goldman, JR., Cashier.
Correct-Attest
LEE ]. GRAVES,
W. II. PEDEN,
A. p. Rowe,
WM. s. CHEsLEY,
Directors
State OF Virginia, City of fredericksburg
Sworn to and subscribed before Inc
this goth day OF May, 1908.
WA. X. GoOLRICH, Notary Public.
Ny commission expires Sept. II, 1909
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
STAFFORD MARRIAGES
chsm0nd- Callahan.

At the rectory in Stafford Monday.
Rev. +. h. Burwell officiating. Miss Clara
Callahan, daughter OF Mr.. Luke Gala
han, was married to Mr.. Nelson Girls
mond. son OF Mr. +. L. CrismOnd. They
will reside in Stafford.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
TWO INDICTMENTS

The grand Jury brought in two indict-
ments Tuesday at 6 p M, one against
Chas. Birmingham, colored. for assault.
and one against Harry Briggs. colored
Tor "a ieloHy. The Judge adjourned the
grand my over until | | n IN. Wednes-
day, when IL resumed It's work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
CHANGE IN WEATHER OBSERVER

Mr.. VIM. ID. Richardson, who for the
past five years has been the local OBJ
server for the United States Weather Bu-
reau, has resigned. AM Mr.. S. q. Fowl
son, OF "Braehead," near this city. has
been appointed his successor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
GOOD SCORES

In match shoot at the clay pigeons
Monday the following scores out of a
possible 30 We're made; X n. Goolrick.
81; ii. e. Biscoe, %, and $. :. Bradford
3S. :. 5. Bradford, Jr., made / : out of
a possible %
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
TELEPHONE STOCKHOLDERS

A meeting OF the stockholders of the
Upper Rappahannock Telephone and
Telegraph Company Will be held at the
Exchange Hotel, Fredericksburg, Thurs
day, June 4, 3 a. M.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
MAYORS COURT
Another Mysterious couutDman figures In a
Case.

There was but one case before Mayor
Wallace Tues lay, that of Geo. W. Hicks.
charged with being drunk aud disordcrly.
- - was charged up against him.
having no money he went To al for 30
DAYS.
hie2s Is on the black list. and an inves-
ugatlon was held To ascertain where he
got his liquor. He claimed "A country
man gave II 10 him, but he did notknow
Ills name. The case will be investigated
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
A CROP OF ROYAL BLOODS

At Little Whim.M Mr. Geo. Purvis hand
some estate In Stafford, within the past
month Z blood ioals have been born.
most of them by Washington, the great
General Wilkes stallion. Mr.. Purvis can
show pack OF colts eqnaled by few in
Virginia, whethe. for breeding or con
formation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
DEATH

Mr.. Herman Reinhart, OF Baltimore, "a
brother OF Mrs. II. Falk of this city, died
Tuesday in hospital in Baltimore after a
lingering illness, aged 80 years. Mrs.
falk left Tuesday night to attend the
funeral
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
NO GAME WITH ORANGE

The Fredericksburg baseball team did
not go to Orange today. telegram
was received from Orange eaneeling the
game. The Fredericksburg boys had to
pay $50 forfeit for train.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
POTOMAC, FREDERICKSBURG
AND PIEDMONT PllIRgAH
Tvs TAsLH Nh. 10.

COMMISSIONS - Frederick -hur4 siah Il y = J.
n X and Maryland. Delaware aud virginia h,ii.
vay Co. A. Orange Nith southern x X 80
Chesapeake A Ohio r. r.
The only line 80 tb7 ChAu-,liors.lii, anc All.
dernesr BRttlenslds
nastsrn stAndara Time. DAILY arr-ussundsy
". n. RICHARDS ses Nan.~.-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
CHARTER GRANTED

The Corporation Commission has
granted a charter To the Home Brand
Canning Company. of this city, the APP
plication for which was previously noted
In these columns.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
JACKSON SNELLlNGS

Married. at the residence OF and by
Rev. Decatur Edwards here Monday
evening at O'Clock. Miss Mary s. Smell
ings and MIR. John W. Jackson, both Of
Stafford
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
A NEW PARSONAGE

The members of Shiloh Baptist church.
new site, have asked for plans and speci.
hcatlons for a parsonage for their Ta@-
tor, Rev. W. L. Ransome.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
FUNERAL OF Mr.. TOWSON

The funeral OF Mr.. C.. F. Towson took
place from Falmouth Baptist church
nesday at 9 "A. m, conducted by
Rev. l.. Il. Spencer. luterment at !. luia
church.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
FOR SALE.

Handsome residential property known
as the boswell property. Apply to
Jno. W. Allison, Jr., Agent,
ml9-s2t-Ilt Fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
NEW RIFLES

The new Springfield rifles for the Wash
ington Guards have arrived.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
JOB PRINTING

We print everything from a book TO
visit ng card on the power presses OF
fhe Free Lance. Send Us your orders.
The FIRE Lance.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
STATEMENT FINANCIAL CONDITION

OF The Farmers and Merchants Statc|
Bank, located at Frederick sburg. in
the STATE of Virginia. at the close of
business May lfth. 1905. made
Ia the state Corporation Com
mission
Ni~tlI IfHN@
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
WORK COMMENCED

Work was commenced Tuesday morn
ing tearing down the Hayden stables.
preparatory TO the erection OF the new
pOstofiice by the Government.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
BELWOERE SOLD
Purchased by Mr. Berger, Of Wisconsin

The Taylor heirs have sold to Mr.. Ber-
ger. OF Wisconsin, the Belvidere estate of
600 acres, about miles below Freder-
lcksburg, on the kappahannock river
hlS i "a fine estate. Mr.. Berger Il man
oi means, and will Improve the property
Mr. BERGER, being "A capitalist. will reside
At Belvidere only n short time each year
The property viii toe in charge 81 "A man
ager- Price private. terms cash.
The sale was effected through Jno. W
Allison, j., real estate agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
CAROLINE FARM SOLD
Mr. J. / Davis. Of Orange County. the Pu.
chaser.

Mrs. q. ". Cropley, Of Washington. has
sold her handsome home and farm.
located near Milford. containing POO
acres, TO Mr. J. L. Davis. OF Raccoon
Ford This Is one OF the best pieces of
property in Caroline IL borders ON the
X. +. 4 l.. r. X and is only "A few min
utes walk To the station Terms cash.
price private Mr.. Jno. ". Allison. Jr
III, cted the sale.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
!, lCHMOND, FREDERlCEsBURG
AND POTOMAC RAILROAD

~ lCHNOND, FREDERlCNsBfRG
* AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
Schedule effective April n. i9us.
Leave Fredericksburg. Northward.
0:25 n. m. week days. local: 500 a m
daily, 1929 "a. m. daily, local: 1850 "A
m. daily; l:2S p. m. week days. G.3O u
IN. week days. local. 7:lGp m SUNDAYS
only, local; 500 2. IA. daily: 1000 n. m.
daily. NE
Leave fredericksburg. Southwark.
0:05 a m. daily. A. G.. l.. train. 6-Ol a
week days. local, SOS a. m. SUNDAYS
only local; 1876 a. m. daily. ). A. l..
train' II ~ y. m. week days. local: 5.26
pm. DAILY; 4. {. l.. train; cas- p. m.
daily. local; 1:J4 I. m. daily. : l.
train.
Local from Washington arrives 100
"a. m. week days
Arrivals and departures not guaran-
teed
W. Z. Taylor. Traffic Manager.
4. 4. Cox, Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
W. II. BRULLE & COMPANY

W. II. BRULLE & COMPANY
Carrying some Of the best lines IN the
country. hich are made 10y expert
shoemakers known the world over
~ putting into the construction oi
their shoes the highest grade material
and Workmanship possible for the
money.
The Packard Pat. Colt
Butcher Oxford, made on
the new swing toe and
medium college cut last is
the most dressy shoe c.
you can wear at. pF
The Packard Tan and Pat.
Colt Button Oxford G. IN
on neat last............ 1C.CU
The Packard Wei Kid
and Gun Metal Go 20
Oxford ............... QO.1V
The BEACON, the worlds
greatest shoe for themoney,
will stand the test against
any other at the price, d
in all feathers. ............. PO
The Sil-kid Oxford for la
dies, with best oak tan sole
leather, softest and best
wearing uppers, beautiful in
design and perfect filters;
nothing better at @ en- ca
the price........... QLsJU, @C
Women's All Solid, Wei Kid
Oxford, with light and heavy
soles, plain toe, stock tip
and patent tip,$1 20 to So
We have Others at prices that will
appeal to every buyer.
Come in and let us give you
prices, make our store
your headquarters
when coming to
town.
You will find it to your
interest.
W H RRIIIIF SEQ
Fredericksburg's Most Pro
gressive Shoe and Hat
House,
921 Main Street
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21
c. W. JONES
TheShOeHOuSe

That Is giving the trade ex ira values
I'm Shoes Is
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-21

Carrying some OF the best lines IN the
country, which are made 10y expert
shoemakers known the world over
~ putting into the construction oi
their shoes the highest grade material
and workmanship possible for the
money.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
For Most of Us.

1t is the little unfriendly acts that
speak so plainly of hatred and revenge
that spoil the best part of our nstures
and help to place us in the different
positions of troublesome life that
grows harder and more difficult to
bear. Our disposition as we learn to
know it is a combination Of hereditary,
environment and practice. In very
early years it is wholly Hereditary.
a. we grow older and open to reason
and simple understanding it takes on
the color of our environment, but
later when we accept our place among
the men of the earth q third element
plays strongly upon our makeup and
we find the influence OF our first teach
J ings losing strength and feeling In ths
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
A Successful Inventor.

From a giant cocoon on the surface
of Lake Constance little old man of
fourscore has at last emerged with
the wings it has taken him thirty years
to develop. 1t was a long period of
incubation to endure in order that
man might fly, but Gen. Count Ferdi-
nand von Zeppelin is one of those
heroes of invention of whom history
has produced so many and such attrac-
tive examples. TO such man success
is more than money, friends. or life
itself; and there is small doubt that
the indomitable little German sailed
the other day over half of Switzerland
in his dirigible balloon No. 4, at an
average speed of thirty-four miles an
hour, and, after remaining in the air
twelve hours, aiighted safely with his
fourteen companions, he felt himself
to be amply repaid for all his labor and
| his sacrifice.
The tendency of Americans to be-
little or to regard only with an amused
tolerance the performances of title
has possibly served somewhat to OBJ
scure in certain foreign nOblemen the
very qualities of courage and persist
ence which are SO promptly recog-
nized and so heartily applauded in
men of American birth. In point of
fact the German inventor deserves
we'll of Americans, for he served with
out rank or title with the northern
army during the Civil War, and it was
thru the medium of q balloon ascen-
sion made at fredericksburg that he
acquired his first interest in the prob
lem to which he has given SO much OF
his life. He served with great daring
and distinction during the Franco
Prussian War, and was afterward
retired with the full rank of genera
of cavalry.
:. His military experiences taught hin
the immense importance Of safe ani
: accurate reconnaissance. and when, il
: 1891, he began practical experiment'
, with airships, he made an announce
: ment which caused him to be pro
t nounced crazy. II intend" he said
sto build Q vessel which will be abl
to travel to places which cannot b
; approached, or can be approached onl
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

with great difficulty, by other means
of transport. 70 undiscovered coasts
or interiors, in straight line across
land and water, where ships are to be
sought for, from one feet station or
army to another, carrying persons
and dispatches; for observations of
the movements of hostile fleets or
armies, not for active participation in
actual warfare. My balloon must be
able to travel several days without
renewing provisions, fuel or gas"
Clinging doggedly to this idea, Won
Zeppelin has built model after model
and four great working dirigible bal
looms. His whole fortune and that of
his family was poured into the cruci-
BILE of his experiments. When his
money was gone and he could no long
er obtain credit, he desisted from his
work long enough to form, by sheer
force of el0quence and persuasion and
his enthusiasm, syndicate which con-
tributed large sum; with this he
went on and completed his airship No.
g. That was last summer. The per-
formance of this vessel was such that
the German government granted him
an additional sum, and the latest bud
get contains large item for the same
purpose. The government has also
announced its readiness to purchase
airship No. if it fulfills certain con-
ditions, the chief of which are that it
shall demonstrate its ability to remain
in the air twenty-four hours and to
alight safely on the ground.
There is lesson in the life work OF
Count Zeppelin. The duty of gov.
eminent toward such man. Germany
has always been quick to recognize
an inventor whose work was likely
to benefit the fatherland, and has prof
Iited abundantly by The policy, as wit
ness the great establishment of KrupI
ut Essen. Our own government, OF
the other hand, has been at times botf
ungenerous and unwise. There is nj
reason why the Maxim gun and th'
"pom-pom" should not have been ex
elusive American possessions. Is tn
"silent gun" of the younger Maxim t.
90 the same way? 237O.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

practices of our daily lives. As in
every case, be it good or bad great
practice of it makes it perfect. And
SO with the character Of our nature,
great deal depends on our daily habits,
for when we seek the worst side of all
things that come our way, when we
see only the mean and depraved parts
of others, and find only the unclean
and dismal portions of the paths we
are forced to follow, we will likely be-
come as our practices and develop
contemptuous habit toward all sorts
of supreme life and fair to find in any
thing a grain of that which is good
and worthy.
Yet perhaps we are going little to
fast. What is intended to be shown is
the fact that an unpleasant feeling
seems to exist between so many of us
and just what these mean thoughts
can breed and what the price of their
encouragement is. Take for example
the case of disagreement over some
trifing occurrence that aggrayates to
the point of seriousness and forces
bitter hatred to crop from an insig-
nificant cause. Both parties in such
happening usually fan with vicious
strokes the first fire of npleasantness
until the flames leap beyond their
control and bring unnecessary iil-will
on all sides.
If the occurrence by chance happens
to be the first in the life of one of the
subjects it perhaps would pass un-
noticed and leave no threatening mark
but seldom would such controversy
arise unless one of the parties were
full of the vicious gall that makes
great harm out bf nothing. But the
single presence of this rancorous per-
son is enough to carry the mishap into
yet more serious channels and altho
the spirit of forgiveness exists in the
Fmind of one, the desire toscreate. bitter
ness is so strong in the other that upon
all occasions the disagreement is
brought up and the unpleasant friend
illness is increased. And it is just such
things that change our natures, for
} the tolerance of one disagreeable quar-
rel of spite leads to another and in
/, each case we learn lesson in hatred
and as the lessons increase SO do our
foes, and instead of standing in the
world with disposition of the kind
oh
our own will which usually results in
i'll will and great desire to scorn and
abuse most parties who happen near
us ard do not agree Without selfish
convictions or become willing to con.
form to our plans.-The Summary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

fiuences from without, learning from
all experiences and growing in power
as he grows in knowledge. Charles
Kingsley said of his father that she
possessed every faculty but the faculty
of using his faculties" He was not
an educated man, altho he was very
learned one.
Among the famous men that the
world remembers forever are some
who, according to modern usage, could
not be described as well-educated. For
example, Herbert Spencer was not, nor
Shakespeare, nor Mozart, nor Abraham
Lincoln; but Pres. Eliot is, and SO
is many business man, many an
assayist and many an unknown schol-
ar. The qualities because of which
we unconsciously make this clear dis
tinction are not very easy to catalogue,
tho they are not the qualities that are
necessary to bestow great benefits up
on the world or to make genius. A
we'll educated man may be of cOmpar-
atively little use in the progress of
human wisdom, and poorly-educated
man may lead his fellows to great
deeds.
Therefore, the educated man" is a
man of trained judgment and wide
information about some of the topics
that command attention in his own
neighborhood, aud who in addition,
knows enough of the speech aud deeds
of other lands and times to be able,
by means of that knowledge, to con-
firm his own judgment in the affairs
of today. He must also be a strong
man with grip on human nature
living as Browning puts it, "active
i voice." indicative mood" "present
). tense" singular but not a single
man, the guardian angel of his family
the ready servant of the human famii,
after the manner of Washington
J Lincoln and Roosevelt. Such a mar
constitutes an educated man.
} G. w., 1855.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Keep Your Temper.

DR.. Maurice de Fleury, distinguish
ed Frenchman, has just written a
short scientific treatise in which he ad-
vances the interesting theory that
every time we become angry our vital
ity strinks SO much. In proportion
to every outburst of anger, and even
the most artfully suppressed signs of
bad temper our vitality becomes small
er and smaller until finally nothing is
left. Then we die, paying the penalty
which, DR.. Fleury declares, every bad
tempered person pays long before he
otherwise would. The moral of this
French doctors treatise, of course, is
that we should never allow ourselves
to become angry if we value our health
and life. His theory is supported to q
certain extent by the recent declara-
tion of another scientist that the mi
crobe of anger had been found and
that it was very dangerous and
POISONOUS little animal. The mlcrObe
was discovered during microscopic
examination of two drops of blood
taken at separate times from the arm
of man; one while he was in a calm,
Dormal condition and the other after
he had been goaded into q fit of un-
governable fury. The tiny microbe Of
anger was found to remain dormant
under ordinary conditions and to at
tack the blood cells savagely under
others Boston Journal.