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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Mutton Sheen.

The feeder of sheep and lambs is
now experiencing that comfortable
feeling that comes from biz profits,
says The Breeders Gazette. 1t taxes
memory TO recall time when mutton
sheep have fetched such eXtravagant
prices as at present. Indeed, taking
the range Of values for sheep, year
lings and lambs, they are unprecedent-
cd in the history Of the trade. They
have attained such a height that the
export demand has been checked,
which Is significant enough. as John
Bull Is not easily dissuaded from his
leg of lamb by the price on it. SO
strong is the demand for sheep and
lambs from all quarters that the can
ceiling Of a few export orders will have
little effect on values. Mutton eaters
are multiplying at home and furnish
an astonishing market just at present
This comment on prominent feature
Of the trade would not be complete
without mention Of the fact that the
mutton market is experiencing thesame
change that has already come over the
beef market, a steadily increasing pref
erence for young animals. Old time
ideas Of animals well ripened' by age
are well nigh obsolete.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Motor Cycle Records Broken.

All previous records for motor ears
were broken by Rene de Knyff in the
recent race at Pau, France, for motor
vehicles and motorcycles. The course
was 335 klometers, or 2O9la miles.
Thirty-six of the leading chauffeurs or
Europe started Knyff's vehicle had a
10 horsepower motor, most of the 9th
ers being of II horsepower The horse
power of the tricyclos varied from
three to six.
The pace was terrific throughout.
At one stage of the race on level
ground De Knyff covered 34l2 miles
in 3315 minutes. De Knyf won in
4h. 4Gm. SIS, net time, excluding stop
page, beating all records with an aver
age Of nearly A miles an hour.
Marcellin, the motOcyclist, also broke
all records in his class, going the dis
lance In oh. Am. 14s., an average or
more than SO miles an hour.
Albert Champion, the French cyclist,
by the way, will try early this spring
TO beat Kenneth SINNERS Boston-New
York record of II hours.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14

We once helped man fix bit of
road through a low and miry piece OF
land on his farm. says The American
Cultivator. There was a bad road Of
ten used at certain seasons, and he
wanted II made good. The surface
soil was thrown out as deep as it was
thought 10 be valuable material, and,
by the way. that well paid for the la
Dor. Then bit Of old stone wall was
put into the roadway. the larger stones
being rather carefully packed at the
outside On these larger stones were
dumped piles Of small stones that had
accumulated from clearing the mead
Ows and cultivated fields. Ii was two
good jobs in getting the walls and
stone heaps out OF the way. This
foundation was covered with gravel,
and when it was done the owner said,
There, that job Is done and | think 1t
will stay done while | live" and we
think 1t would and through one or two
more generations. We have thought
since the agitation Of the good roads
question that we should not reach 4 So
luton Of IL until roadmakers learned to
DO their work so that it would stay
done" Many farms have places used
as rOadways which need Just such
treatment. and so do certain pieces Of
town roads.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Took schaefer For n "Marl<."

Wizard" Schacfer says that he and
Napoleon" Ives once walked into a
Boston billiard hall \ German alder
man was playing straight rail billiards
and, being n fairly good amateur, beat
several dead ones who cssaycd to play.
The successful player. seeing Ives and
Schaefer quietly looking on, remarked
10 his friends in German: See me some
money make already. | will these
strangers play yet and with them bet,
and them beat as you | have done"
Schaefer understood all that was said,
but gave no evidence Of comprehen-
sion. The alderman invited Jake 10
play 200 points straight rail The al
derman bet $50. and his friends raised
another $2j, which the good thing
covered. Jake drew the bank and, get
ting on the rail, clicked of 200 points
and collected his money from the
amazed stakeholder.
The alderman had not had n shot
and yet so had been lost on him. Jake
drew the fellow to one side and said:
I'm Schaefer That young man with
me is n pupil whom you can beat cas-
lily. Take him on and win your money
back and more and let me In. He Is
stuck on himself and will bet" The
alderman went To Ives and asked If he
would like n game Sure, for If you
don't play better than you did with my
friend it's easy money" The alder
man put up $50 this time, and his
friends scraped up like amount Ives
drew the bank aud repeated Schaefer's
performance in running 200 while the
politician, who had done no more than
chalk his cue and string for the lead
In playing for $50, said:
"All hat to say, Mr.. Schaefer, is dot
you must hibnodize your bupils into
blaying your game
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Improve Your style of Farming.

The farmer who is behind the times,
says a correspondent Of The New Eng
land Farmer, Is afraid to grind his hoe
for fear Of wearing It out or Of put
ting ten cords Of manure on an acre Of
land for fear of getting 1t too RICH so
that his corn will all run to stalks. He
Is contented to cut half a ton Of hay
per acre and thinks two tons big crop
and doesn't want to read any Of our
agricultural papers, for he says they
print lots of stuff that no common
farmer can practice and no one but
the richest cares to try. Now, l am
contented, says the old fogy farmer,
to travel the same road my father
travelled. He could not tell what II
cost to make a quart Of milk or q
pound Of butter or cheese. Many have
the idea that If a man cannot do any
thing else he can be farmer, but 1t
is a great mistake. Too few Of our
farmers keep a debt and credit account
with their farm.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
!: For the Farmer.


1t is claimed that the cost of canning
and handling fruits and vegetables will
soon be Increased from 10 TO - per
cent over the season of 1922. says The
Rural New Yorker. There is "A decided
increase i'm the cost Of the metals used,
such as tin plate, cans and solder. The
labels. wrappers and paper stock come
in for their share of the rise, which
is also true Of packing cases. machn-
cry. etc. The new "claSSiticationS" Of
the railroads will also result in higher
freight rates for canned goods In
every case this increase I'm price is due
directly 10 the cXactionS of trust or
combine Of some kind. The truck gar
dener and farmer is expected to pay
the difference in the way of lowering
Of his contract prices for growing the
stock, although il would seem that he
had been squeezed to the last limit In
previous seasons. The canned goods
trade has lately been fairly active, and
there is no good reason why the actual
producer should bear the burdens Of an
artificial increase in price of the COM
modify he creates.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
M. Elizabeth Messick,
Alabama, writes:

was very weak and extremely For several months
used prescribed tonc to avail declared the first dose Of
Paine Celery Compound made feel better and laughed
at but the Compound brought the desired strength and in the
fall returned to school,
L" am now in the Home Missionary Work among the Freed
men the South Never year could have finished without
Paines Celery Compound At home have large family and
the Compound constantly in the spring We owe much to
your medicine
Paines Celery Compound makes nerve fibre, nerve
force restores the bodily health.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
THE SPORTlNG WORLD.

Henry Chadwick is popularity known
as the father" Of baseball and is an
authority on professional and ANA
teur sports. He has been the editor Of
the official baseball guide ever since its
inception Mr.. Chadwick is now I'm his
seventy siXth year. but is rs hale and
hearty rs any Of "Incle' AnsOn's Colts
used to be- in their prime. He recently
celebrated his golden wedding, AMI the
occasion was one in which the entire
baseball contingent participated.
Mr. Chadwick is one Of the stanch-
Est friends the umpire has ever known,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
siberian Wheat.

An expert who has been travelling In
Europe in the interest of the San Fran
cisco Chamber Of Commerce expresses
the opinion that Siberia will never
compete seriously with the American
wheat supply. He says that wheat
grown in eastern Siberia Is inferior in
quality, and even when grown from
American seed it deteriorates the first
wear.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
GhearInR Machines.

The increased demand for shearing
machines indicates that the age Of
progress does not stop with the cen
fury, but rather Increases as time goes
on. More machine shearing plants will
be put In operation this spring In the
great west than was thought possible
last fall-Shepherds' Bulletin.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Spring Schedule
WeeHs Steamboat Co,
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOOK RIVER ROUTE

On and after Friday, March 9th. Steamers
Richmond, Westmoreland and Essex will
leave Pier 2, Light Street. Baltimore. every
Tuesday and Friday at 400 p. N. for FreGer
Turning, will leave Fredericksburg at 2sO p.
m. (tido permlttlng) Monday and Thursday.
Leedstown at 430 N. Tuesday and Friday
for Baltimore.
for Nay lor's and all Wharves below, except
Bay Port. Returning, will leave MAYORS at
$50 m. on Thursday for Baltimore.
Leave Baltimore at i30 p. m. Thursday for
TappahannOck and all Wharves below, except
Bay Port, eillenbeck and Merry Point. Re
turning. will leave Tappahannock at m
Monday for Baltimore.
No Freight received for out going steamers
after p. m. on sailing days.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Indigestibility of O1eomargarine.

Professor Lindsay, at the Massachu-
sets agricultural experiment station,
tried feeding calves on skimmilk and
oleomargarine and found that when
more than one ounce Of Oleomargarine
was added to each quart of milk indi-
gestion was produced. a quart Of nor
NAL whole milk contains about 1.3
ounces of butter fat
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Record One Finger Lift.

Charles Hanson of Minneapolis, a
Swede, recently lifted $50 pounds with
one finger without harness. This
feat breaks the worlds record for a
one finger lift, $685. pounds, lifted in
Chicago May Z, 1896, by Louis ii. Cyr
a Frenchman. Hanson now claims the
worlds championship for the one finger
ntI .ssakaaexxs
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
Remarkable Cure Of Rheumatism.
Kenna, Jackson %

Kenna, jackson Co., W. va.
About three years ago my wife had
an attack of rheumatism which confined
her TO her bed for over a month and
rendered her unable to walk step with
out assistance, her limbs being swollen
TO double their normal size Mr.. s.
Maddox insisted on my using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. I purchased fifty.
cent bottle and used Is according to the
directions and the next morning she
walked to beakfast without assistance
in any manner, and she has not had a
similar attack since. "A. B Parson.
For sale by NJ. M. Lewis, Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-14
NORFOLK ROUTE

VIII leave Tappahannock for Norfolk at Il
m (nOon) Friday, stopping at al landings
viii leave Norfolk at s p. m. Saturday for
Tappahanneck, cal ing az all landings
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05

Reptiles In Captivity.

The most striking single feature Of
the reptile house interior, III the New
York Zoo, is he ;..Ega;o. pool,
which is anothrr nrw G'parture in the
keeping of the Gui.ans. The pool is
35 by 9 feet. and contains four feet
of water. heated TO 80 degrees F. On
the farther side of the pool are spa
cious gravel banks, beyond which
rises a dense maze OF palms. Spanish
bayonets and other tropical plants,
representing living jungle. Leaning
over the pool is a tree resembling o
live-oak overgrown with tillandsias or
chids and Spanish moss from Florida.
A food of light streams down upon
the pool and its banks. the water is
warmed by concealed pipes, and the six
alligators are so contented that they
have long since ceased to be vicious.
Being properly warmed, they feed free
ly. grow rapidly, and are always ready
for meal. The largest specimen,
called Jumbo. now ~ feet s inches
in length, has added six inches to him
self since he was placed in the pool
last November.-Dr. ". T. Hornaday.
in Century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
we Support the Most Doctors,

A writer in the Medical Record Is
authority for the statement that there
IS in the United States on- physician
for every 60O people. This is twice as
many proportionately as there are IN
Great Britain. tour times as many as
in France, five times as many as IN
Germany and six times AS many as
ia Italy. Because we have five times
as many doctors as they have in Ger
many does not prove that we have need
OF five times as much medical treat.
ment as the Germans, but it is fair
enough to assume that there is en-
coura cement for the profession in this
country or its ranks would not be so
we'll filled. So the questions arise:
Are we sickly people? Are we, gen
erally speaking, less strong and well,
in the proportion of one to two, and
four, and FIVE, and six than the people
OF Great Britain, and France, and Ger
many, and Italy? Or is it, perhaps,
that we are more watchful OF our con-
dition. either through nervousness that
apprehends something wrong, or
through wisdom that appreciates the
delicacy Of the human mechanism ?
Or, again, is it, as has been suggested,
our poor cooking that keeps US in
disturbed condition requiring constant
dosing?-New Bedford Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
The EiRheat Art.

The word "artistic" has been 80 mis-
applied that the majority OF people sup
pose it means something rather disor-
derly and haphazard. How often liter
ature gives us the prim, precise maiden
aunt, with her narrow, intense love OF
exact outline, and the art-loving niece
all on fire with raptures over "color
harmonies," and contempt for every
thing which is not picturesque! Let
US give our sympathy, however, to the
derided aunt. Craze for color is lower
degree of the sense of beauty than ap-
probation Of symmetrical arrange
ment. Sculpture is finer achievement
of the intellect than painting. say-
ages and ignorant children can take
pleasure in color display, but only an
educated mind is moved through eS-
fects of form.-Florence Hull Winter
burn, in Wonan's Home Companion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Hester's Statement.

Secretary H ,sters New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange statement today lows
an increase for the month in round fig
ures Of lO9, 600 oales. The total for No
vember was 1857 ,o3l against ! .65S, 425
last year. The amount of the crop
brough into sight for the three
months from September to November
inclusive 1929 600 over last year.
The movement from the first of Sep
tember to November 81, inclusive,
shows receipts st al United States de-
livery ports Of 8, 363 S35 against 8 0l9,-
Sl3 last year; overland across the Mis-
s,sslppi, Ohio and Potomac rivers AL
034 against 5ol, 032 last year. Southern
mill takiags, exclusive Of Quantity con-
sumed at Southern outports AIS. 2v2
against 430, $50 last year; Interior s .ock
in excess OF thoss held at the COM
mencement Of the season 565 2SO against
ass, ,465 last year. These make the
tola! amount of the cotton crop brought
into sight during the three months
ending Nov. 81, 4.Sl9 l5l against 4,
5l9, $50 last year. Notthern spinnels
took during the month Of November
394, loO bales against 479, O4S last year,
increasing their total for the three
months 60 us, 455 against SS7 ,5O@ last
year.
Foreign exports for the first three
months of the season have been 2 36l,-
S)2 bales, showing an increase over
last season Of 315 $50.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading southern interior markets on
Nov. 80 were / 434 7l9 against l, 135,-
5S5 the same date last year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Smart Man.

In a busy quarter Of q busting
town boot and shoe emporium was
doing a fairly good business, until a
rival esta ablishment was started, bear
ing in its window a flaming placard
with the legend: "Mens conscia recti."
"A mind conscious of rectitude."
The proprietor of No. 1, seeing that
his neighbor was getting more than g
fair share of patronage, concluded
that the heathenish-lookiug device
had something to do with it, so he
determined to checkmate him.
Accordingly one morning the public
was informed by gorgeously colore6
letters that: MEMS and women's
conscia recti may be had here Of the
best quality at lowest possible prices"
That man deserved success, but,
alas! it came not.-London Answers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
There They Were.

This story was told by Philadelphia
man who disikes nothing so much as
to be asked questions: My little girl
is very fond of seashells," he said, "and,
having been called to Atlantic City on
business the other day, l took adTan-
taee of the opportunity to run down
to the beach to see if could pick up
Jew I was strolling along the sand,
Gathering a few shells and pebbles.
Which 1 placed in my handkerchief;
when along came one OF those 0!o
idiots who ask questions with their
mouths which their eyes could an
swer. He smiled upon me and sald:
Fine day, isn't it. Are you gathering
shells?' No I snapped back, saying
the first thing that popped into my
mind, I'm looking for set OF false
teeth 1 lost while in bathing. ne
expressed his sympathy, and then his
face lit up as he caught sight OF PINK
and white object on the sand. Well
I declare! Here they are now! he eS-
claimed, and, sure enough, he picked up
a set of false teeth lying right at his
feet. was too surprised to do any
thing but grab them and put them IN
nv pocket. The funny part OF 1t IS
that I never had a tooth pulled in my
life. I wonder whom that false set be-
longs tc."-Philadelphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Took All the Cash.

-Four masked men wrecked the Farm
srs bank of Emben ILL.,, early Wednes-
lay. [; is stated they secured all the
funds Of the bank, between s. 900 and
$1,000. When the robbers discharged
II cir first blasts Of dynamite in an effort
to open the vault the explosion aroused
citizen, John Alberts, four blocks
away. Alberts hurried to the bank.
One Of the robbers was on guard in the
street. He seized Alberts, who was
bound hand and foot and dragged into
the bank, where he witnessed the gang
drilling into the vault door, making
ready second blast. When the fuse
was Lighted the robbers stepped out
side, snd A!Oerts lay in the corner
when it went of. He was not serious
ly il rjuved, however. The second blast
unhinged the vault doors and the rob-
bers made eff with all the cash. Secur-
ing hspd car they pulled in the di1ec-
tioD Of De'avan. There they were met
by Night Patrolmsn Sanford, who at
tempted to arrest them. One Of the
robbers fred and Sanford fell. mortally
wounded through the body. Outside of
town the men boarded passenger
train on the Chicago and Alton. All
traces Of them were lost. The engineer
of the passenger train claims that he
saw man jump from the first car near
Miner, while the train was moying at a
high rate, but search Of the locality
failed to show ary traces OF the man.
The bank building vas almost COM
plete wreck and tee vault was entirely
rnined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
A Life for n Tree.

1t is we'll that the United States gov
ernment should look into the matter
of forest preservation in due time be-
fore it comes to the point reached by
Russia, when in 1886, on December %,
the record of Russian legislation was
enriched by the addition of a law which
provided that anyone caught cutting
down tree without proper authority
should be sent to Siberia for life. This
was forestry preservation with venge-
ance, but it was too radical even for
the Russians, and few years later the
law was repealed. The same year that
this law was enacted the government
lost about 100000 American money
on account of forest fires, the forest
revenues at that time amounting to
only 100000 annually. These forest
fires did such damage that in one prov
ince in an area of about 200,0 acres
there was not tree left fit for the pro-
duction of building timber.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Hacked to Pieces.

Details of the death of the Rev. D..
F. Huberty James, one CT the profes-
sors Of Pekin University, have been re,
ceived by the American Bible Society
in report from its agent, the Rev. DR..
John R. Hy kes, dated Shanghai, Osto-
Der 25. Early in the siege the Rev.
Hube1ty James was untiring in his ef.
forts to get the native christians into a
place of safety. With the assistance
of DR.. Morrison, the London Times
correspondent, he got together about
5000 of them and then appealed to
Prince Su, who was e personal friend,
in quarter them in his palace, opposite
the British legation. Hehsd succeeded
TO his efforts and was returning from
the palace on June 26 when he was fred
upon by a squad Of soldiers. A Brit
ish sentry saa him throw up his hands
as if to assure his asssllsnts that he Was
unarred. The soldiers allowed him to
ap1oach, then stized him and carried
him away. Later it was learned that
he had been Stripped by his captors
torturedaod finally hacked to pieces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Density cf Reputation.

The density of the population Of
South Carolina, according to recent
census, is 43 s 10 persons per square
mile, agains: 81 Oir 1890 and 80 s.
10 in 1880. Our population is more
than FIVE times as dense as it was in
1890, wien there were 8 2 10 iahabit-
ants to the lq1are mile. In 1900 the
density per square mile was II $40; in
1910, l3 ~; in 1920, l67 10; 1880,
19 10; in 1910. 10 Z 10; in 1850, % l.
0; in 1869, 90 10; in 1870, according
to detective enumeration, 25 $40.
We now have nearly twice as many in
habitauts per square mile as in 1850
and 1860 The percentage Of increase
between 1890 ard 1896 was 397 10; be-
tween 1860 and 1910, 20 Ito; between
1910 and 1920 81 100; 1920 between and
1880. Is 10; between 1890 and l84O,
2-1O; betveen 1S40 ard 1850, r. 4 10;
between 1850 and 1860, 5 10; between
1860 and 1870, 2 10ths Of 1.per cent;
between 1870 and 1880, Al; between
1880 and 1890, Is 6-1O and between
1890 and 1909, l6 4 TO- The recog-
nized iDaccuracy Of the census Of 1870
affects the percentage of increase in,
dicstcd for that year as well as-for 49,
80, making the first much smaller than
it really was. The very small increases
shown between 1880 and 1910 and 1850
and 1860 were unquestlonably due to
the publication and secession sgita-
tions and the emigration Of many thous-
auds CT South Carolinians to the south
gest,-The State.