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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04

Lawrence Ingram. the thirteen year
old boy who accidentally ehot and killed
his sister. Mrs. James TurneF, was &C
Quilted 10 Richmond court OF blame In
the affair. The bullet which killed the
woman was thirty. two calibre.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
FOR SALE

A welI-established business IN Fredsr-
icksburg. the stock consisting OF buggies,
wagons and agricultural implements
write or apply to J. b. Biscoe.
f11-s2tl1m Mine Run. Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
ENTERS WHITE
HOUSE TONIGHT
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft viii Take
Dinner There and Remain.
FAMILY REUNION TOMORROW
Various Members Of the Taft Family
Are In Washington to Attend the
Gathering In White House After the
inauguration Ceremonies.

Washington. March 3-As the guests
of President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Elect and Mrs. Taft will be
gin their occupancy OF the White
House tonight. going there for dinner
and remaining.
After the Inauguration there will be
a reunion OF the various members OF
the Taft family at the White House.
The details OF the gathering and the
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04

On hrst-elass real estate In or near Fred
ericksburg.
c. O'Conor Goodrich,
Attorney at-Lav.
ljan4-ti
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
w. 8. EMBREY

lsuecessor to Embrey 3 Berryman.]
Dealer In Railroad Gross Ties, CedaI
Posts, Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand a large supply OF
Baled Hay and Mil Feed. Once near
Railroad Depot. Frederfcksburg, Va
Aisc Agent for PAgs Wire Pence 20
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
P. HCRACKEN. BRO. q CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

GROCERs and LIQUOR DEALERS.
Omar Ten Thousand Gallons PURE RYE ana
BOURBON WHIsKfEs from The following ven
County DiSsiliing Co.. Of Kentucky. Monxiosno
Diseiiisry. OF Maryland. aad W. =. Grey. Of
Peunaytvantn.
Agsnss Tor ssrgnsr q Ensis's ksgsr Beer.
yhsy also odsF etapls aad rAssy 6zossriss,
AErisaitarsI tRsisassss. eeses. osaso sal
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
New Bargains
Attend the Mighty
Slaughter of Prices
during these L q s t
Days Hopkins Fur
niture Company.

PURE BRED BOONE COUNTY WHITE
CORN
This corn. grown especially for seed
purposes. IL offered st the follow wing rates
which, IN view OF the expense OF hand
ing. are a. low as can be made.
Boone County White Corn took all
premiums at the Virginia State Fair of
1908. IL has proven q reliable yielder
In my hands for tina past four years.
PRICES y. o. n.
bushel on cob....-..................... a. IS
bushel shelIed .............-.............. LIS
\ bushel shelled. l 90
10 per cent reduction for 10 bushels
and over.
c. U. Gravatt,
Port Royal Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
Never

has snch an array of
tempting Bargains b,en
placed before the peo-
pie. Don't miss this
chance to save money.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
r. IUhBOED. sBURG
* AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.

~ IUHBOED. FREDERICKSBURG
* AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
Schedule effective Jan. 4th, 1909.
Leave Fredericksburg, Northward:
6:25 a. m. week days. local; 7:05 a m
Tally; 7:2l a. IN. daily 1929 a. IA daily
local; l;2S p. IN. week days; $50 ..
IN. daily. local: 7:01 p. m. daily; 1000
D. IN. daily.
Leave fredericksburg. Southwark:
5:55 q. m. daily, A. c. l.. train; 6.01 g.
n week days, local; $3.50 g. IN. Sundays
)niy, local; 1895 . m. daily, 8. A. l..
train; 1910 .. III. week days, local; 5:21
pm. daily, A. C.. l.. train; 6:5S D. m.
daily, local; 900 .. m. daily, 8. A. l..
train.
Local from Washington arrives Hoe
.. m. week days.
tesd
W. p. Taylor. Traffic Manager.
G. e. Cox. Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04
MONEY TO LOAN
MONEY TO LOAN

$4,000 to loan on good security.
Lee J. Graves. f24lsIm
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04

No. 719 Main St., Freder-
icksburg, Va. Phone %.
Across from Exchange HoteI
and next to Western Union
office. Telegraph and tele-
phone orders receive prompt
attention. Open day and
night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-04

IaD4u
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
SYNOPSIS.

Baraka, Tartar girl became enamored
of golden bearded stranger who was
prospecting and studying herbs in the
vicinity of her home in central Asia, ana
revealed to him the location of mine
of rubies hoping that the stranger would
love her In return for her disclosure
They were followed to the cave by the
girls relatives, who blocked up the en-
trance, and drew off the water supply,
leaving the couple to die. Baraka's cousin
Saad her betrOthed attempted to cn1nD
down a cliff overlooking the mine; buC
the traveller shot him. The stranger was
revived from water gourd Saad car
ried, dug his way out of the tunnel, and
departed, deserving the girl and carrying
bag of rubies. Baraka gathered all the
gems she could carry, and started IN puf-
suit. Margaret DOnne (MarSar!ta Ga
CordOVa), a famous prima donna, became
engaged in London to Konstantin Lo-
gotheti, a wealthy Greek financier. Her
intimate friend was Countess LeVen
known as Lady Maud, whose husband
had been killed by a bomb in St. Peters
burg; and Lady Maud's most intimate
friend was Rufus Van Torp an Amefl-
can, who had become one of the richest
men in the world. Van TOrp was in love
with Margaret and rushed to London as
soon as he heard of her betrOthaL. lie
offered Lady Maud IS 000,000 for her pet
charity if she would aid him in winning
the singer from Logotheti Baraka APP
preached Logotheti at Versailles with
,rubies to sell He presented ruby TO
Margaret Van TOrp bought yacht ana
sent it to Venice He was visited by
Baralla in male attire. She gave him a
ruby after the American had told her OF
Having seen in the United States a man
answering the description of the one she
loved. The American followed Margaret
to the Bayreuth "ParsifaP' festival. Mar
garet took liking to Van Torp, who pre-
scented her with the ruby Baraka had
given him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
ATHLETICS AND "THE GATE
Some Possibility That the Latter Is
Out of Place on University
PLAYING Fields.

When one figures up how many pro-
fessors could be paid, or how many
students assisted, if $107,397.20 could
be divided up among them, the ex'
penditure of that sum at Yale last
year on what are called "the four
major sports" seems large. That par
ticUlar money, however, could hardly
have been secured for any except the
uses to which it was put, and as from
those same sports there were receipts
amounting to $t10,9S634, the financial
showing, as such, is satisfactory, or
at least better than it would have
been with the balance on the other
side of the ledger The boys who han
died these big sums, too, showed by
keeping within their income that they
are getting out of athletics a certain
amount of business training.
1t is noticeable, looking at the mat
ter from this point of view, that only
football was profitable. Baseball
comes out only a little better than
even, but rowing and track sports had
to be debited with heavy losses. The
business man would therefore say,
Drop rowing and track sports, con-
tinue baseball under a suspended SEN
tence, and devote redoubled attention
to football" That nothing of the kind
will be done or even considered is
proof that the whole idea of combin-
ing business with sport is somehow
wrong, and that the amateurs who
attempt it are verging toward profess
sionalisn so far as their financiering
| is sound.
The ideal method would be to make
nothing at all out of sports, but to
consider the money spent on them,
not as loss, but as the price of phys
ical development and innocent amuse-
ment, both of which are worth buying
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Stated in Cold Fiuures.

1t costs on an average about $3.50
to cure an incipient consumptive or
to care for an advanced case of tuber-
culosis until death. If he is left in des-
titute circumstances without proper
attention he will surely infect with
his disease at least two other persons,
and possibly more. Considering that.
the average life is worth to society
in dollars and cents about $1,000, the
net loss which would accrue to COM
munity by not treating it's poor con-
sumptives in proper institutions would
be, for each case, including those who
are unnecessarily infected at the very
lowest figure, $4,250. On this basis, if
the poor consumptives in the United
States who are now sick were segre-
gated from their families, and either
kept in institutions until they died, or
else cured of their disease, the saw
ing to the country would be the enor-
nous sum of $1,275,000, 900.
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marry Mons. Logotheti. / am bound
to confess. as her dear mothers old
est friend, that 1 am very apprehen-
sive of the consequences. have the
gravest apprehensions, Mr. Van Torp."
Have you, really?" asked the mil
lionaire, with caution, but sympa-
thetically. II wonder why!"
"a Creek" said Mrs. Rushmore,
sadly. Think of a Creek"
Mr.. Van Torp, who was not without
a sense of humor, was inclined to an
swer that, in fact, he was thinking of
Greek at that very moment. But
he abstained.
There are Greeks and Greeks, Mrs
Rushmore," he answered wisely.
THAT is true" answered the lady,
but | should like your opinion, as
one of our most prominent men Of
business-as one who, if l may say so,
has of late triumphantly established
his claim to respect" Mr.. Van Torp
bowed and waved his hand in ac-
acknowledgement of this high praise. Il
should like your opinion about this
er-this Greek gentleman whom my
young friend insists upon marrying"
Really, Mrs. Rushmore-"
Because if I thought there was I'M
happiness in store for her l would
save her, if had to marry the man
myself"
Mr.. Van Torp wondered how she
would accomplish such feat.
"Indeed?" he said very gravely.
81 mean it," answered Mrs Rush
more.
There was a moments silence, dur
ing which Mr.. Van Torp revolved
| something in his always active brain,
while Mrs. Rushmore looked at him
as if she expected that he would
doubt her determination to drag Lo-
gotheti to the matrimonial altar and
marry him by sheer strength, rather
than let Margaret be his unhappy
bride. But Mr. Van Torp said some
thing quite different
MAY l speak quite frankly, though
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
Cars Miraculous Coins.

Among the czar's possessions are
some ancient coins which came to hin
in curious manner. Some years age
a certain Jew dreamed three time;
that the spirit of Gar Alexander III
appeared to him and told him tina
some coins which he owned and which
had been procured from wonder
working rabbi had the power of shield
ing any one from all evil, and begge
the Jew to give them to Nicholas |.
The old man was greatly impresse
by his visions and at once sent th
coins with an account of his dream
to the Russian ambassador at Vienn;
who had them conveyed to Nicholas
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Now and Then.

He is a capitalist now in an Ohio
town, but he was not always thus.
He has progressed along various lines,
and one mark of his progress is the
open-bac shirt, a comparatively mod
ern invention. To this he is yet new,
and recently commented upon it to a
friend who was in his room while he
was dressing.
Look at me-" he said, sticking his
head through the shirt, when | same
to this town | hadn't shirt to my
back, and now-now, haven't back
to my shirt"
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0VE. MARION CRAWFORD
RAvZ7nq ar taNRACuEcScZ" HRf777ZkN,E7,EQ'
HLA}zKQzz1y~6y II. MEN2 -mN52
1907 ~ EMARIoW cRHWroR0

VERY attractive, I should say; very
attractive he repeated with more
emphasis. People who admire bru-
nettes might think her quite fascinat-
ing. She has really extraordinary
eyes, to begin with, those long fruity
eastern eyes, you know, that can look
so far to the right and left through
their eyelashes. Do you know what
l mean?"
Perfectly. You make it very
clear Go on, please"
Her eyes-yes." Mr.. Van Torp ap-
peared to be thinking again. well,
there was her complexion, too It's
first-rate for a dark girl. Ever been
in a first-class dairy? Do you know
the color of Attorney cream when it's
ready to be skinned? Her complex
ions just like that, and when she's
angry, it's as if you squeezed the juice
of about one red currant into the
whole pan of cream Not more than
one, ] should think. See what I
mean?"
Eyes. She must be awfully pretty.
Tell me more. His she nice hair?
Even teeth?"
81 should think she had!" an
swered Mr.. Van Torp, with even more
enthusiasm than he had shown yet.
They're as small and even and white
as if somebody had gone to work and
carved them all around half a new
billiard ball, not separate, you under
stand, but all in one piece. Very pref
ty mouth they make, with those rather
broiled-salmon-color lips she has,
and a little chin that points up, as if
she could hold her own. She can, too.
Her hair? Well, you see, she's cut it
short, to be a boy, but it's as thick
as a beavers fur, I should say, and
pretty black. It's a silky kind of
hair, that looks alive. You know
what l mean, l daresay. Some bru-
nettes' hair looks coarse and dusky,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits Unconsciously Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount Of will power neces'
sary to break lifelong habit would,
if it could be transformed, lift a weight
of many tons.
1t sometimes requires higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains OF
a pernicious habit than to lead for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood | was a
lover of coffee. Before was out Of my
teens | was a miserable dyspeptic, suf'
fering terribly at times with my stom.
ach.
II was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
/ could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age of SO I was in
very poor health, indeed. My sister
told me l was in danger of becoming
a coffee drunkard.
"But | never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast, although 1t kept
me constantly ill, until tried Postum
| learned to make it properly according
to directions, and now we can hardly
do without Postum for breakfast, and
care nothing for coffee.
81 am no longer troubled with dys
pepsia, do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me so when / drank coffee"
Look in pkgs. for the little book, The
Road to Wellville." There's Reason
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
oue snuears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full of humaz
interest.
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we hardly know each other?" he
asked.
I'VE are both Americans answered
the good lady, with a grand national
air. 81 should not expect anything
but perfect frankness of you"
"The truth is, Mrs. Rushmore, that
ever since l had the pleasure OF
knowing Miss Dome, l have wanted
to marry her myself"
"You!" cried the lady, surprised be-
yond measure, but greatly pleased.
Yes said Mr. Van Torp quietly,
"and therefore, in my position,
can't give you an unbiased opinion
about Mr.. Logotheti. l really can't. .
well" said Mrs. Rushmore, Il am
surprised"
While she was still surprised Mr.
Van Torp tried to make some run
ming. and asked an important ques-
ton.
"May I" ask whether, as Miss
Donne's oldest friend, you w0lsd look
favorably on my proposal, supposing
she were free?'
Before Mrs Rushmore could an
swer, the door opened suddenly, and
she could only answer by an energetic
nod and look which meant that she
wished Mr.. Van Torp success with all
her excellent heart.
tits quite settled" Margaret cried
as she entered. 1--we brought the oil
rector to his senses, and you are to
have the rooms they were keeping for
a Russian prince who has not turned
up!'
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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people who like that kind of thing,
| should think that would be the kind
of thing they'd like"
The prima donna smiled.
Can you describe herr" she asked.
Did you ever read fairy story
about a mouse that could turn into
tiger when it liked?" inquired the
American in a tone of profound medi-
tation, as if he were contemplating
vision which Margaret could not see.
NO" said she, Il never did"
Il don't think ever did, either. But
there might be a fairy story about
that, mightn't there?' Margaret
nodded, with an expression of dis
pleased interest, and he went on:
We'll, it describes Miss Barrack TO
a T. Yes, that's what I call her.
She's put 'Barak' on her business card,
whatever that means in Christian
language; but when l found out it was
a girl, | christened her Miss Barrack
People have to have names of some
kind if you're going to talk about
them. But that's a depression. Par
don me- You'd like a description of
the young person. I'm just thinking"
How did you find out she was a
girl?" Margaret asked, and her tone
was suddenly hard.
1T was a question of form, you
see he said awkwardly.
Form? Formally? | don't under
stand" Margaret was really puzzled.
NO no." Mr.. Van Torp was aetu-
ally blushing. 81 mean his form-or
her form
"Oh, her figure? You merely guessed
it was girl in boys clothes?"
Certainly. Yes. Only, you see, he
had kind of fit-the boy did-and
thought he was going to faint, so
picked him up and carried him to g
sofa, and-well you understand, Miss
Dome. l knew 1 hadn't got boy ia
my arms, that's all"
Il should think SOL" assented tho
Englishwoman. I'm sure l should
When you found out she was girl
how did she strike your
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS.

The first sketch from nature which
great artist makes nearly always
has a freshness which he only labors
away in the picture he bases on it,;
and the rough pencil or charcoal lines
of the former frequently reveal more
of his feeling toward his subject than
all his anxious manipulations of the
brush That is why it is SO exceeding
ly worth while to collect and cata-
logue every scrap of drawing that
once Uttered great painters studio,
His drawings give you his intentions;
his paintings do not always give you
their fulfillment. 1t is true that a
drawing is incomplete, but therein lies
it's charm. Possessing a drawing you
possess hope, and hope is better for
mCrtals.-T. P.'s Weekly.
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like horsehair, but hers isn't that kind,
and it makes a sort of reflection in the
sun, the way young ravens wing
feathers do, if you understand"
You're describing a raving beauty,
it seems to me-"
ooh, no" said the American limo
Gently. Now if our friend Griggs,
the novelist were here. he'd find all
the right words and things, but l can
only tell you just what l saw"
You tell it uncommonly well!''
Maggaret's face expressed anything
but pleasure. rs she tall?"
It's hard to tell, in mems clothes
Three inches shorter than l am, may
be. I'm middle-sized man, I sup.
pose. l used to be five feet ten in my
shoes. She may be five feet seven
not more
But that's tall for a woman
rs it," Mr.. Van Torp's tone ex
pressed an innocent Indifference.
Yes. Has she nice hands?"
Il didn't notice her hands. Oh, yes
| remember" he exclaimed, suddenly
correcting himself. Il did notice
them. She held up that ruby to the
light and l happened to look at hel
fingers. Small. well-shaped fingers
tapering nicely, but with a sort Of
firm look about them that you dom
often see in a womans hands. You've
got it, too"
Have II" Margaret looked down a.
her right hand But, of course, hers
are smaller than mine," she said.
We'll you see, orientals almost al
have very small hands and feet-toC
small, call them-little tiny feet like
mice"
Margaret's own were well-shaped
! but by no means small.
"The girl is in London, you say?
! Her tone made a question of the state
ment
"She was there two days ago, whel
| I left. At least, she had been to Sc,
me that very morning. Almost a
| soon as she was gone I went out, an,
in the first shop l looked into l me
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Detected.

The consul in London Of continen-
tai kingdom was informed by his gov
ernment that one of his countrywom-
en-, supposed to be living in Great Brit
ain, had been left million of money
After advertising without result, he
applied to the police, and a smart
young detective was set to work.
When a few weeks has gone by
his chief asked him how he was 60
ing on.
"I've found the lady, sir"
Good! Where is she?"
"At my place. | got married to her
yesterday"
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SAVE THIS RECIPE FOR COLDS

Mix half pint of good whiskey with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated pine CON-
pound. The bottle is to be well shaken
each time and used in doses of a tea
spoonful to tablespoonful every four
hours" Any druggist has these ingre-
dents or he will get them from his
wholesale house. The Concentrated
pine is a special pine product and
comes only in half ounce bottles, each
enclosed in an alright case, but be
sure it is labeled Concentrated" This
is one of the best and quickest rene.
dies known to science.
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Safe Place for the Author.

I'm a small town where the audi
ence calls for the author of the piece
to come before the curtain, he al
ways feels better if the curtain has a
lot of local advertisements on it, said
the manager.
why SOP" asked his friend.
why, the people in the audience
are not going to throw eggs and take
a chance on spelling their own adver-
tisements, are they?"-Yonkers States
man
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

81 never heard such an amusing set
OF stories as you are telling me to-
day." she said.
That particular one is Logotheti's,'
he answered, ''and he can probably
tell you much more about the girl
rs she really very pretty?" Marga-
ret asked.
Well" said Van Torp, quoting a
saying of his favorite great man, for
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tired all the time and very nervous. l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and
after taking few boxes was cured
and have been we'll ever since"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16

and paying we'll for "The gate, some
observers cannot help thinking, is out
of place on university playing fields.
All the abuses and excuses OF ath-
letics are due to it, or related to it,
and without it most of them would
disappear.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16

Of the b | a d d e r
reached its climax
last spring and I suf-
fered terribly. My
back ached an d
panied so 1 could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
Quent of passage
and Dainful. I was
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.

Waiter, when are you going to
bring us that roast chicken?"
why, you've already eaten your
dinner, sir!"
Then bring we the check"
'But you've already paid, sir!"
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(To BE CoNTINUED.)

Turn Obstacles to Stepping Stones.
The block of granite which was an
obstacle in the pathway of the weak,
becomes a stepping stone in the path
way of the strong.-Thomas Carlyle.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16
SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, 3SS w. Morgan
St., Upton, Mo-, says: Inflammation