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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
SILKWORHS IN IOWA.
The Experiment of an Italian Mt Des Moincs
Successful So Far.
From "a. Svraeus, Post. Standard.

Successful So Far.
DIES MoINEs. Ia, juno 1O.-Mark Chiesa,
an Italian. is successfully raising silk
worms here The eggs were brought from
Italy by relative. Two years ago he made the
experiment first but the person who brought
the eggs carried them in his pocket and they
Matched on shiphoard. so the worms had to bo
thrown into the sea. This time the person to
whom the o-gs were intrusted suspended them
on n string that they got cool air on the
ocean and on the railway trains Arriving hcre
they were put into cold storage until the null
berry leaves were ready for them. Then. upon
being put into a warm room. they Matched in
ono day.
OF tho supposed 5000 eggs from ten silk
moths about 1000 Matched. which result, Mr.
Chcsa says. is better than the average in
Italy. The greatest difficulty has been to find
mulberry leaves for the worms. They eat
about three waGonloads Il day and never stop
eating for n minute, but cat all the time. day
and night. They must be fed about fifteen
times a day and several times during the
night. The worms in devouring the null
on the root By lively bunting the food for the
developed and healthy. about three inches
long, and are Just hegInnInE to wenvn their
H." industry should not succeed here. MIR
Chicsa has brought woman from Italy who
has had thirty years experience with sin
worms and she says they are doing as well as
any she ever saw,
Tho experiment Is the first that is known tn
have been made IN the West, and il certdniy
the FIRST that las been successful II ha. al-
tracted az much attention as a circus in this
city. and the number Of visitors is very large.
The owner is good-natured man and h."
cheerfully and proudly shows the Industrious
4OOO - all who care To see them.
II tn" turn out as we'll us they promise to.
Mr. Chi"5a wi buy large farm near this city.
pGlt II to rnul berry trees and 90 into the bust
ness Of raising silkwOrms and producing silk
on q large sale. From the experience he has
hid in America and Italy. where his father lie a
silk producer, he sees no reason,why the in
dustry should not be entirely succe ksfu in Iowa
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.
what 10 DO In Certain Emergencies.
Homemade Corner Seat-Mnr-
row Rings on Toast.

Your potatoes may be overlooked TIL
they are broken and watery. The rem
edy Is to drain Off all water possible.
Put them, stlll In the saucepan with
out the lid, over the fire and stir about
well with a wooden spoon till the wa
ter has evaporated and they have be-
come noury. Then see that there are no
Jumps left. Add salt, pepper, a nice
lump Of butter or dripping and a little
milk. Mix and heat well and serve rs
mashed potatoes.
Or It may be that the boiled fish has
suffered the same fate. Quickly re-
move skin and bones, keeping the flesh
in rs large flakes as possible. Make an
egg sauce precisely as you Intended to
do for the boiled fish. Put the flakes
into this and heat. but do not stir Ar
range toast on a dish. sprinkle with
chopped parsley, pour In the fish and
serve as n frlcassee.
When custards have curdlod from a
moments too long contact with the
fire, to each pint Of milk used in the
custard allow two teaspoonfuls OF
cornstarch, mix with little cold milk
and strain the curdled custard into H.
Stir over the fire and let It boil Then
add a beaten egg, sugar and havorng
10 taste and take Off the fire at once.
Serve as originally intendcd.-Phila-
delDhia Times.
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Life Of n Pri.ef,ghter.

The boxer has a plain course marked
out for him. His career Is necessarily
O short one. The period between his
twentieth and thirtieth years consti-
tutes his haymaking time, for seldom
does q man after passing his thirtieth
year retain the fire and speed to COM
pete with the robust youngsters con-
tinually springing up. Therefore the
boxer with a level head will live
quietly, work hard and save his money
In order that when he has passed into
the "sear and yellow lear he may not
be ut the mercy Of the cold world,
which loves a winner, but Is too busy
20 nay much attention to loser.
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For otner information, address
JN0. ID. POTTS,
A @. P. A, Richmond, Va.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule In Eject Nov. 10 1899
Trains leave Washington, ID. o.

Trains leave Washington, d. o.
Sol M.-Daily-for Dsnyille, Charlotte
and way stations, connecting at Manassas
for Strasburg, and Harrison burg daily and
Stanton daily except Sunday and
at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
Western daily for Roanoke and points
Southwest and with G. & o. K. Z. for Nat
ural Bridge daily and Lexington daily, ex-
cept Sunday, also connecting at Csiverton
for Warrenton.
I1.I5 A. M.-DMly-THE UNITEL
STATES FAST MAIL carries Pullman,
Sleepers New York and Washington to
Jacksonyille uniting at Salisbury with Pull
man Sleeper for Asheville and Hot Springs,
N. o. Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis,
Tenn. and at Charlotte with Pull
man Sleeper for Augusta; Pullman
Sleeper New York to New Orleans, connect
ing at Charlotte with sleeper for Birmingham
Solid train Washington to New Orleans
without chIlge. Southern Railway Dining
cars between Washington and Spartsnburg,
8. @.
4:Ol P. M.-Local for Strssburg and Har.
risonburg daily except Sunday
4.3O p N. daily, local for Charlottesville
connecting at Calverton for Warrenton.
$50 P. NJ. daily New York and Florida
Express Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
New York and Washington to Tampa, via
Savannah and Jacksonville and to Augusta
via Columbia with connection for
Aiken. Through coach TO Jacksonville
$50 p. NJ. daily, Washington and
Chattanooga Limited, via Lynchburg, with
sleepers, New York and Washington to
Memphis and New Orleans through Bristol.
Through coach TO Memphis. Cafe, Parlof
and Observation Car between Rsdford, Va,
and Alfalfa, Ala, serving all meals
l0:45 Pm: daily, WASHINGTON AnD
SOUTH VESTlBULED
LIMITED"
COMPOSED Of Pullman Vestibuled Sleep
ers. Dining Cars and Day Coaches, Pull
man Sleepers, New York to NASHVILLE,
Tenn. via Asheville, Knoxville and Chat
tsnoo9a New York to Memphis, via Birm-
inghan, New York to New Orleans, via At
laIta and Montgomery. Pullman, Library
and Observation car between New York and
Washington and Atlanta. Vestibuled Day
Coach. Washington to Atlanta. Southern
Railway Dining Car, Greensboro to Mont
gomery.
cursion. Through Sleeper on this train
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from Washington to San Francisco with
Ont change. Leave Richmond at ll.0O 7.
Trains on the Narrow Gauge reach Orange
daily at 10:40 a. NJ
Trains on the Southern Railway pass
Orange DAILY as follows:
SOUTH BOUND
ll:2O A. M. l;33 ?. ID 7.46 z. M.
NORTH BOUND
lilo A. M. 6:22 p. NJ. 6:l0 A. NJ.
For rates, map folders and Sleeping Gar
Space apply to l.. 3. BROWN,
General Agent.
706 18th st. N. W.
WASHINGTON. y. U.
FRANK 8. CANNON, Srd Vice Pret and
General Manager.
J. NJ. OULP, w. A. Turk,
Traffic Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
NInrrnrhnncn ON Tonnt.

Marrowbones are as much sought
after today as they were in the old
time when Taffy of the nursery rhyme
came to my house and stole a mar
rowbone."
Leon Surdez, chef Of the Manhattan,
is noted for bis marrow rings on
toast" directions for which are given
by him as follows:
Have the marrowbone Of beef sawed
In rings an inch deep. Cut slices of
bread In round shapes, trimming Off all
the crust. Butter the slices on each
side. Lay them In dripping pan and
put a marrow ring In the middle OF
each slice Of bread. Sprinkle the mar
row with a little salt and paprika.
Stand the pan In a moderate oven and
let the marrow roast with the bread
until both are a golden brown. Re
move the pan from the oven; then with
a cake turner lift each slice separately
and lay on a hot platter. Serve with
a white paper fringe about each mar
row ring Washington Star.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
The WSSH)S Steamboat Co.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT lsa
BALTIMORE. FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUT n

On and after Tuesday. July 18th steamers
Richmond. Lancaster aud Essex VIII
leave Pier ?, Light street, Baltimore, every
Tuesday and Friday at $3.50 p. ~, for Fred
ericksburg and all wharyes on the river
Returning, will leave Fredericksburg at 2:3
., m. tide permittingl Monday, and Thurs
day, LeedstOwn at 40 M, Tuesday and
Friday for Baltimore.
for TappahannOck and all wharves below,
except Bay Port. Returning will leave Tap
pahannOck at $50 a. m, OH Thursday for
baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at 40 p. m, Thursday FOR
TappahannOck and all wharyes below except
Bay Port, Millenbeck and Merry Point. Re-
turning will leave TappahannOck at
Z a. N. Monday for Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
n.mox,nr Grease From Tables.


Even the most careful servants are
liable to upset grease on a well kept
kitchen table, and when an accident OF
the kind occurs something more than
soap and water is necessary to remove
the grease from the wood. Mix a ia
blespoonful Of soft soap. four ounces
OF fuller's earth and four ounces Of
pearl ash and add pint Of boiling wa
ter. Cover the stain and let 1t remain
until the following day, when the table
should be scrubbed with hot water, to
which a piece Of soda has been added.
and soft soap and silver sand. Rinse
the table thoroughly with clean hot
water, and when it is dry all trace Of
the stain should have disappeared.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Homemade Corner Sent.

This suggestion for n corner seat
which makes a very attractive and
comfortable piece Of furniture, can be
changed in many ways to suit the pur-
pose OF those interested and still re-
tain all qualities which make It at
tractive and comfortable.
1t can be made TO 1T any corner Of a
room and Of course must be construct
ed Of some wood to match the finish Of
the room.
Instead Of the panels at the base, a
deep hounce or a heavy fringe can be
used and the artistic effect still be pre-
served. II founce or fringe is used, the
cost of the woodwork in butternut or
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Aneu Use For salad Basket..

The French ladies Of Paris are now
making paper baskets, workbaskets
and bonbon baskets Of the ordinary
wire basket used for drying the salad.
One sees this basket in every French
menage and In many an English one.
They are decorated by threading rib
bons Of different colors In and out the
wires. Then a ribbon Is wound round
the handle, fastened on one side by
large knot or rosette. The advan-
tages Of these baskets when finished
are that they are made cheaply, they
are light, they are strong, and they
look bright and pretty.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Golf q la Hoyle.

e Il has been discovered by some curl
ous person that the famous whist au-
thortty, Hoyle, also wrote on golf.
THAT was way back in 1908, when the
game was barely known outside the
Scottish border. Hoyle's comments on
the game appear very amusing now,
and his description Of the clubs and
balls may prove interesting to our
modern players:
This fRvorite summer amusement
In Scotland is played with clubs and
balls. The club is taper, terminated
In the part that strikes the ball, which
part Is faced with horn and loaded
with lead. There are six sorts Of clubs
used By good players-namely, the COM
mon club, used when the ball lies on
the ground; the scraper and half
scraper, when in long grass; the spoon,
when In q hollow; the heavy iron club,
when 1t lies deep among stones or
mud, and the light iron ditto, when 1t
lies on the surface Of shingle or sandy
ground.
The balls are considerably smaller
than those used at cricket but much
harder, being made Of horse leather,
stuffed with feathers in a peculiar
manner, and boiled"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09

pine viii be about $5.25. The post
should be from G feet 6 inches to Z feet
in height, the lower spindles u inches
long and the upper spindles 4 inches
long. The curtain or drapery is sus
pended on a small brass rod three
eighths of an inch In diameter, the rod
to be held in position by brass sockets,
no nails or screws being used.
For hall or chamber the seat can be
made in box style for a clothes box, a
shoe box or as n receptacle for chill
dren's toys. The box should not be
over IA inches high, arranged with a
lid on strong hinges.-Boston Herald.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09

fairs Of this character. The men will
have plenty Of time to eat and rest and
wfll appear on the track in good shape.
The result will be a greatly increased
mileage and excitement during the
whole Of the 142 hours of the contest
Several teams from abroad will COM
pete, 80 that the tournament will be an
international one. The following are
some Of the teams which have entered:
Fred Schinneer and Fred Forster,
two veterans Of well known ability;
Archie McEachern. the unpaced cham
pion, and Otto Maya, the handicap
winner; Earl d. Stevens OF Buffalo
and Charles Turyille Of Philadelphia,
first and second, respectively, in the
San Francisco "A hour race last spring;
johnson and Comean. a crack team Of
sprinters; D. V. Babcock and W. g..
Stnson, good all round men; John
Lawson and Oscar Julius, a Swedish
pair; Harley Davidson and Alfred
Boake, q crack combination from Can
ada
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Record Golf Score.

A remarkable record has been made
for the Oxford links, England, by ].
Sherlock, who went around In "a
strokes, which is claimed by an Eng
lish golf critic to be the lowest record
In the world for Is holes. The card
showed eight threes and ten fours,
really remarkable, even on the easiest
kind Of course.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Working Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DIR. Kings new
Life Pills. Every pill is o sugar-coated
globule of health, that changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into
energy, braip.fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up che
health. Only $50 per box Sold by M.
M. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
ScrOfula, a Vile
inheritance.

scrofulnis the most obstinate OF blood
troubles, and Is often the result Of ar
inherited faint In the blood. s. s
Is the only remedy which goeS deer
enough to reach Scrofula; II forces oul
every tracs OF the disease, and ourei
the worst cases.
Ny son. Charlie, was afflicted from infancy
with scrofulA, and he suffered 70 that Il wal
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09

impossible 20 dress him
for three years. HIS
head and body were .
mass Of sores, and his
eyeslght also became
affected. No treatment
WAS spared that We
thought would relieve.
him, but he grew worse
until his condition was
indeed pitiable. / had
almost despaired Of his
ever being cured, when
b. the advice Of a friend
We gave him 8. s. 8.
(Swfftig Snccifrl A do
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

BEGINNING Tuesday. May 3Orh, steamers
Potomac aud Sue will leave Pier 3, Light
Street, Baltimore, every Tuesday, Thursday
and saturday. at 3 z. NJ. for Alexandria and
Washington, calling az all of the usual land
ings. Returning viii leave 9TH street Wharf,
" Washington, at 4 =. NJ, Tuesday, Thursday
and sunday, going as far as LeOnardtOwn On
these evenings. VIII leave LeOnardtown Il
"a. NJ, Kinsalc at Il NJ. Miller's az p.
~. GrasOn's ats NJ. and BacOn's at 7. NJ.
Monday. Wednesday and FRIDAY, arriving in
Baltimore early the following morning.
Freight received daily ln baltimore
Frelght received daily at Pier 9. Light
Street
HENRY WILLIAMS. agent,
At Baltimore, mf
5TRPH gNSON & BRO, Agents.
AZ Washington, ID.
KEY COMPTON. Agent,
at Norfolk, We
". D. SCOTT, Agent,
q fredericksburg. Va
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Awona.rfuI Young CycIIst.


The Kings County Wheelmen Of
Brooklyn have a young rider in their
ranks whom they consider a bicycle
prodigy. This rider, Walter Smith, is
only IA years old and has, it is said,
manifested championship form In fol-
lowing pace and cutting down records.
For q youngster Smith is a wonder.
he Is q modest little fellow, although
be has already ridden a bicycle In
worlds record time. In number OF
trials against the watch in the past
season he has been remarkably sue
cesstul At the present time he holds
the amateur worlds records at one
third Of q mile In 30 3-5 seconds, half
q mile In IS As seconds and one mile
In I'm. SO 2-5s.
He has defeated such men rs Kra-
mer, Wahrenburg. Schoheld, Lake and
RIGHT in competitive work. Possessing
remarkable speed, Smith has not rid
den on the road or raced upon the track
20 excess and is expected to prove
wonder In competition and record rid
ing in a season or two. Under careful
training next season he will ride In the
local tournaments and will make an
assault upon some Of the amateur rec
pr0R
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
NORFOLK ROUTE

Will leave Tappahannock for Norfolk at u
m. noon Friday. stopping at all landings
Will leave Norfolk ar ,. m Saturday for
Tappahannock. calling at ali landings.
No freight ieceiysd FOR outgoing steamers
after p. m, on sailing da7s
Freight received (0s all stations on PO-
tomsc Fredericksburg, \ Piedmont r. K.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
THE SPORTING WORLD.

A novelty In the way OF six day cycle
races will be seen In New York during
the week beginning Dec. 4. Instead OF
q number OF men pedallng away monot-
onously for a week, 30 men will com
pete In pairs. Each team of two VIII
Be allowed 10 relay as often as they
vish. but each rider must be on the
track for only y hours altogether, or
II hours during each day.
This change Will break up the monot-
INV that was the bane Of former sf-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09

cided Improvement was the result and after
he had taken dozen bottles, no one who knew
OF his former dreadful condition would have
recognized him. All the sores on bis body
have healed. HIS skin is perfectly clear and
smooth, and he has been restored 10 perfect
health. MRS s. > MABRY.
ESQ Elm 81, Macon. ca.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-09
Railroads.
Potomac, Fredericksburg
ANOPiEOMONT RAILROAD

Schedule for 1898
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Oct % 1859. 20. 5. No. l. No.
Ex-SuD Daily. Daily.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
FOR THE 18th CENSUS.
PREpARArroN IN W.4sHrNGroN.

Hundreds OF Applications Daily for
the Sixty Thousand Positions to he
Inquiries are Pursued.
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Crossing Nebraska august, 1870.
MY Dear Henley:-I am sitting on the
top of the cars with a mill party from
Missouri going west for his health
Desolate fiat prairie upon all hands.
Here and there herd of cattle, a yell
low butterfly or two, a patch of wild
sunfoWers, wooden house or two: then
wooden church alone in miles of
waste; then windmill to pump water.
When we stop, which we do often, for
emigrants and freight travel together,
the kline first, the men after, the whole
plain is heard singing with cicadas.
This is pause, as you may see from the
writing. What happened to the old pc
destrian emigrants what was the tedi-
UNI suffered by the Indians and trappers
of our youth, the imagination trembles
to conceive. This is now Saturday, 23d,
and | have been steadily travelling since
| parted from you at ST. Pancras. 1t is
a strange vicissitude from the Savile
club to this; I sleep with man from
Pennsylvania who has been in the Uni
ted States navy, and mess with him and
the Missouri bird already alluded to.
We have tin wash bowl among four
l wear nothing but shirt and pair of
trousers, and never button my shirt
When | land for a meal / pass my coat
and feel dressed. This life is to last till
Friday Saturday or Sunday next. 1t is
a strange affair to be an emigrant, as l
hope you shall see in future work.
wonder if this will be legible; my pres
ont station on the wagon roof, though
airy compared to the cars, is both dirty
and insecure. I can see the track
straight before and straight behind me
to either horizon. Peace of mind I en-
joy with extreme serenity; / am doing
right; I know no one will think SO; and
don't care My body, however, is all to
whistles; I don't eat; my blood has
broken out into a kind of blister, blain
and blight business, which is more dis
tressing than you might fancy; but,
man, I can sleep. The car in front Of
mine is chocl1 full of Chinese.-From
1.-THE Letters of Robert Louis Steven
SON." in the May Scrlbner's.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
Senator Honr on the Ti1dcn-H Hayes
Decision,

l have in recent years conversed with
numerous democrats of great distinction
from all parts OF the country. Without
an exception they have assured me that
they are now satisfied with the correct
ness of the decision of the electoral COM
mission, and that any other result
would, in all probability, have led to the
overthrow Of our institutions. Indeed,
it seems to me that no intelligent man
can question, in the light of the history
of the action of congress in both houses
upon election cases, that the commit
ting to congress the power to determine
who is chosen president by inquiring
into the elections in all the states, going
behind the decision Of the state authori-
ties and taking evidence as to the con-
duct of the election, the counting of the
votes, and the title to vote of individual
voters, would lead in nearly every in
stance of close or doubtful struggle to
declaring the result of the election ac-
cording to the partisan feeling of the
two houses.-From Some Political
"reminiscences, by Senator George f.
Hoar, in the May Scribner's.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
The Kind of Officers Men VIII Fol.

With all volunteer troops and I am
inclined to think with regulars, too, in
time of trial the best work can be got
out of the men only If the officers en-
dure the same hardships and face the
same risks. In my regiment, as in the
whole cavalry division, the proportion
of loss in killed and wounded was con-
siderably greater among the officers than
among the troopers. and this was ex-
actly as it should be. Moreover when
we got down to hard pan, we all, officers
and men, Jared exactly alike as regards
both shelter and food. This prevented
any grumblng. When the troopers saw
that the officers had nothing but hard
tack, there was not man in the regi-
ment who would not have been ashamed
to grumble at faring no worse, and when
all alike slept out in the open, in the
rear of the trenches, and when the men
always saw the field officers up al night,
during the digging of the trenches, and
going the rounds of the outposts, they
would not tolerate, in any Of their num-
Der. either complaint or Sinking work
When things got easier put up my tent
and lived a little apart for it IS mis-
take for an officer ever to grow too ia
miar with his men, no matter how good
they are; and it is of course the greatest
possible mistake to seek popularity eth
err by showing weakness or by molly
coddling the men. They will never re-
spect commander who does not enforce
discipline, who does not know his duty,
and who is not willing both himself to
encounter and to make them encounter
every species of danger and hardship
when necessary The soldiers who do
not feel this way are not worthy of the
name and should be handled with iron
severity until they become fighting men
and not shams-From THE Rough
Riders" by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
in the Nav Scribners.