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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
Tebacco Gro,,er. PIen.ea.

Tobacco growers are happy over the
prospect of a vigorous competition with
xiIe american Tobacco company. The
AMERICAN company went to England to
compete with the Imperial company.
or. In fact, to try to monopolize the
tobacco trade in England, az II has
almost done In this country. Now the
Imperial company returns the comph
mersf and comes over here to build fac
tories and put buyers on the market in
competition With the trust. Two large
factories are to be built by the English
men 10 North Carolina and one in Vir-
c1nia- The competition viii benefit the
growers of the tobacco op.-Practical
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

II 10 said that the tapeworm is af-
hS>tine sheep very extensively on the
range this spring. The presence of
'41ais parasite may be known by the
~lc1fxos becoming poor. hidebound and

ooe6tiy pot bellied- They have a
-, harsh fleece, tottering gait. eat
md drink more than normal amounts.
7.-.f nm to digest the food. and fire.
n<.3 dinrrhea sets in, and they final
: ~ frou starvation and exhaustion.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
Mhnt Mecping Nlern..

Tears are the result Of a nervous
storm In the central nervous system.
under which there is such a change in
the vascular terminals Of the tear So
GREETING glands that the eXcretion Of
water from the glands is profuse. Some
excretion is always in progress IN or
der that the surface Of the eye may be-
laved and cleared Of foreign matters
which may come In contact with il.
but the controlling center is at dis
lance.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Nanny - Bless nah heart. If de
chile amt cuttin' his eyetooth.
Little Rastus Qn alarm)-What's an
eyetoOth. nanny?
Nanny 90 Why. de eyetooth chile.
watches ebry word dat go tongue ut
tehs. an ebry time 30 says n bad word
itll pain dat good eyetooth so much
dat itll ache TO two hOuhs,-Puck.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

The village Clergyman wen; away for
his holiday. ana ncighhor took his
sunday duties.
After the substitute had preached his
first sermon he remarked 10 the clerk
On the vcstry:
Il am sorry. John. that / gave you
such short discourse. but the reason
Is that the dog got into my study and
tore UP several leaves Of my sermon
The clerk gazed wistfully upon the
speaker and said:
"Oh, sir. do you think you could
spare our parson n E"-London An
swers.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Doctor am slightly in doubt rs 20
whether yours is constitutional dis
ease or not
patient-Tor heavens snkc. doctor.
have ! got Co - % the expense Of APP
pc1liu- o. the United States supreme
court 10 tud out whether IL is or uot2-
Nlchmoud Dispatch
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Probably the most curious European
oath is administered in Norway. The
witness raises his thumb, his forefnger
and his middle finger. These signify
the Trinity. while the larger OF the up
lifted fingers is supposed to represent
the soul Of the witness and the smaller
TO indicate his body.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
A spraIued Ankle OuiekIy Cured.

AT one time ] suffered from a severe
sprain OF the ankle" saws Geo. T.. Cary,
editor of the Guide, Washington. Va.
"After using several well recommended
medicines without success. ] tried
Pain Balm, and am
pleased 20 say that relief came as soon
a. began lis use and corpi. e. cure
speedily followed" Sold by NJ. 81
evils.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

''They tell me Maude Burlocks IS go
ing to be married"
You're misinfOrmed. Miss Burlocks
is going TO marry the man who is going
to be married. Your dlhiculty is that
you don't know Miss burlocks"- Balti-
more News.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
Weekend Tickets. Season 1902.

Commencing Saturday, June 9TH. and
uDless otherwise ordered. continuing
until September 27th inclusive. round
trip tickets viii be sold 60 Richmond
sri iafsrmesliafe stations. Satpraaya
only s...~i To r'turn until Tie inilow iag
Monday. inclusive, at one fare rate.
G. {. Cox Agent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
Mean.

He-I am really surprised at DIR.
White. After being our family doctor
for years aud treating me for all sorts
OF things. and to think Of all the mon
ey we've paid him too!
She-What has he done?
He-He wouldn't pass me for the life
Insurance company!
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Arab Girl dam of the cX-qucen Of
PAGERS. Bessie Bonehill. 2:05si. owned
ct Maple Leaf farm. South Charleston.
of Axtell. Both are reported alive and
doing well. This is especially remark
able. as Arab Girl is twenty years old
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
A second Mcclure.

Hughey Ahearn has caught all but
two of the games played by Brooklyn
thus far. and for a youngster he has
certainly proved wonder. In fact,
he has boon christened Jim McGuire's
1ouble by the players
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Joyce O'Neil. the pitcher of the st.
Louis Browns. and John O'Neil. catch.
er OF the same team. are brothers. The
former was signed last fall under the
assumed name Of Joyce.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

) Dairying improves the farm; wheat
growing depletes il II only the farmer
can be induced TO keep n few COWS. IL
will pay. Let him call 1t a pastime ~
first. II will not be long before he will
see IL is a good business. THE change
from wheat 10 butter farming" says
Hoard's Dairyman. has produced n
wonderful increase in fertility. so that
today splendid crops Of grain. corn and
grass are grown For every ton Of
wheat the farmer sold they took out
OF the soil 81 worth OF fertilizer. Fer
every ton Of butter sold only 80 cents
worth of fertility is disposed Of. Such
a change effect on soil Of TWO methods
Jof farming must in the very nature Of
things show for itself"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
Bound 90 Explain Il.

Say, pa" asked Willie sweetly.
what does "A chopping sea chopT'
Il guess" answered his father
thoughtfuily. cit must be the sea
board. "-Phiiadelnhia Record.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
HINTS FOR FARMERS



Sne OF the most important things to
consider In the production Of satisfac-
tory crops on the farm is the obtaining
:. suitable seeds and Of the best varie-
aes Tor the purpose. says a writer in
'"e American Cultivator.
x all other things are properlv nj.
~.eeo TO and this neglected. inferior
resnizs nay be expected
eeds should be adapted TO the
-. nate and soil. All kinds OF
ez02S>@I68 eos flourish alike under all
conditions or in all parts OF the United
states. 1t is always safest to grow
tIose kinds that are adapted to any
particular location. as they will usual.
~ give the best results
IL will do to obtain seeds from
more northern or colder climate, bat
II Is hardly safe to take them north
from the south, as they Will not be so
likely to mature a crop owing TO a dif.
Terence In season and climate
Seeds In any locality may be greatly
improved by careful selection and
propagation. Particularly is this the
case with corn a good variety can
be well kept up in its original charac-
teristics and even Improved in some
respects. as earliness. uniformity. pro
Effectiveness. etc. by this careful atten.
ton to selection from year 10 year.
Valuable varieties are often obtained
in this way, emitting them to the des-
ignation OF pedigree or thoroughbred
Peach Crop Improved by Thinning.
With the favorable reports that have
come from most peach belts Indications
point to a fairly good peach crop this
season The product can be greatly
improved in quality by judicious thin
ming. Many growers have been back
ward about adopting this method. but
most experienced up to date fruit grow
ers practice thinning regularly. No
orchard work pays better. The quality
OF the fruit is much improved apd
brings top prices on the mariso5 The
time for thinning depr-ss somewhat
N6rap the variety -e.i1 locality. Most
rrowcrs shin wh~Sshe fruit is about
half an inch fn diameter. Il is usually
done in June or July in the more north
ern belt. but in the south It Is practiced
quite regularly much earlier.
Inc ulStdncc uctNeeu ptacNts lelt on
the branches varies from three TO ten
inches on well matUred trees. Smaller
trees from two 10 three years OF age
fruiting for the first time are frequent
ly thinned quite severely 10 promote
more rapid growth and greater wood
Development. What is commonly known
as the June drop must be taken into
consideration. and thinning must not
be too severe before this period This
is due largely TO the attacks Of the
curculio.-American Agriculturist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

One Of the earliest requirements ~ %
child is hish chair With shelf iu
front TO prevent q IAN AMI rvc as "a
Tray when mealtimc arrives As a
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14
cshlaren and the Poisonous Plants.

Cfhtdren and the Poisonous Plants
-Four Ohio boys recently ate wild
parsnip. thinking 1t 20 be sweet anise.
One died and the others are in q crit
seal condition Every country child
should know the comparatively few
poisonous plants growing in his vicin-
ity- Boys especially have a disposition
10 investigate and taste all sorts OF
plants and fruits. A little care on the
part OF parents will often prevent the
making OF such fatal mistakes. In
struction in these matters in country
schools would not be out Of place
Specimens obtained from a summer
Saturday In the field or woods would
furnish pupils an interesting and valu-
able object lesson.-Rural New Yorker.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

I.ady-Dcar. dear. How could your
husband Dee so thriftless as % get 900 50
much beyond his mcaus?-London Tit
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

Is due the retention in
the system Of Uric Acid
o. other infammatory
Doisons which find their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
A RICH REPUBLIC.
There Has Been an Enormous Growth
of American Capital In the
Last Four Years.

It is to be noted that the interest ac-
count of Europe against the United
States is steadily diminishing, because
Americans have been using their sur
plus wealth during recent years TO buy
back their own securities. The
process by which this comes about is,
Of course, indirect, and not perceived
by the average man, says the Review
of Reviews. 1t represents, none the
less, one of the strongest currents in
the financial and business world for
four years past. The great railroad
corporations in particular are obsery-
ing the fact that, whereas their pay
ments of interest on bonds and of
dividends on shares of stock a few
years ago went in large proportion to
foreign holders, they now 60 in the
main to people living in the United
States. The absorption of our best
American railway and other standard
securities by American investors has
been quite widely distributed. but
it has been particularly noticeable in
the case of great financial and fidu-
ciary institutiols like the principal in
surance companies. Furthermore,
the very process and policy Of railway
amalgamation has Of itself created a
large and determined demand for rail-
way securities in this country and on
the part of interests seeking to con-
troll specified properties for the sake
Of bringing about their ABSORPTION,
or else their operation in harmony
with other companies. Our trade bal
ances for the past four years have ag-
gregated about s., 400, 600, Oo0-a sum
about equal to the total OF the bal.
ances in our favor for the preceding
20 years. Nothing could better illus
trate the almost revolutionary nature
of the change in Americas financial
and economic relations to Europe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The coal output in Indian terri
tory last year was 1900, 127, and the
year before 1,4oO,442.
The French olive growers have to
reckon more and more with the com
petition of the olive growers in Tgnis.
The way in which American an
thropologieal museums are growing
is source of envy in England, where
there is a lamentable indifference to
the subject.
Comp ressed air is used in stone
carving. A mason can hitch his tools
into a compressed ar power nozzle
and drill into granite like dentist
cutting into a decayed tooth.
Each cell in mud wasp's nest con-
tains single egg, the remainder Of
the space being filed with spiders and
other insects, captured by the mother
and imprisoned there as food for the
larya when it is hatehed
Enormous quantities of ashes from
the southern cotton oil mills, where
the hulls are used as fuel, are
brought to Connecticut annually and
bought by tobacco growers for from
$40 to s45 ton, for use on tobacco
lands.
A large department store in Brook
lyn has recently put in cold storage
plant for the protection Of furs
against moths. Usually the furs are
sent to one of the large cold storage
warehouses, but it is an innovation
for dry goods establishments to have
such plant on their own premises.
The operation of the sandbIast is
well known. The blast of sand di-
rected against a soft surface etches
the surface, 50 to speak, quickly and
to any desired degree. A milar proc
ess has lately been applied to the en-
craving of metal plates by an air
blast which drives acid before it
through an atomizer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
TANK SHIPS sTANcH AT SEA.
Their Huge Albright Steel Com
partments Are Always Kept
Sealed.

For transportation of petroleum
over sea steel tank ships are made
for both crude and refined oil, says a
writer in the Cosmopolitan Most OF
the crude oil exported goes to France
and Spain, where it is treated in
local reineries, the duty imposed on
refined oil by those countries being
practically prohibitive. For the orien-
tai trade the oil is shipped in cases
two five-gallon cans Grated togeth-
er constituting q "case"-on sailing
vessels, as the voyage around the
Horn takes from 116 to IT'S days, far
too long a course for steam vessels.
But the transatlantic trade is chiefly
carried on in tank steamers, hige
steel shells in which almost the en-
tire space in the hull is devoted to
carrying oil in bulk. There is a
small dry compartment in the bows
for ordinary freight and the crews
living quarters are put at the ex-
IRENE stern, with the engines imme-
diately forward of them. The rest
of the hull is divided into from 10 to
20 air-tight compartments, each of
which has a capacity of about 100000
gallons. The largest tank ships car
~ nearly 2,5o00O0 gallons and so
powerful are the pumps by which
they are controlled that such a cargo
can be taken on board or delivered
within six hours.
As these alright compartments are
port-instead of being closed only in
an emergency, as on an ocean liner
the oil tank ships are the stanehest
vessels afoat, and many a handsome
sum in salvage have they earned for
their owners by towing into port a
vessel disabled in a storm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
LEPERS ARE HERE.
Increasing Number - Cases Caus-
ing Investigation.
Facts Being Gathered by Surgeon
General of Marine Hospital serv-
ice-COngress to Be Asked to
Establish LGbarcttOm.

The surgeon general of the marine
hospital service is not ready to pub
fish the results thus far obtained I'M
der his direction in the attempt to
enumerate the known cases of leprosy
in the United States, for the returns
are far from complete. But, says the
Washington CORES pendent of the New
York Tribune, sufilcient material has
already been secured by the experts
who have been investigating for the
last two years to Indicate that there
are at least 1000 lepers in this coun-
try, most of them immigrants from
abroad, and to warrant strong recon-
mendations 10 congress for their seq
regation. The comm mission, consisting
of Surgeon j. Il. White, chairman, and
Passed Assistant Surgeons G. T.
Vaughan and N. J. Rosenau, have been
working under congressional authori-
ty since 1899. They sent circular let
tiers to physicians. health officers, hos
pital superintendent and others in
GOO localities. covering the entire coun-
try, asking for reports and informa-
ton regarding leprosy patients. Eight
thousand circulars have been sent out
and only 1000 replies have been re-
ceived From these 277 lepers have
been located and their names and adj
dresses obtained. About 100 are known
to live in New Orleans, many of whom
are well-to-do persons of good fam
lilies. In New York seven cases have
been reported. In San Francisco Is
cases are known; - are confined in the
pesthouse. Owing to the fact that
three-fourths Of the circulars. have
brought no replies, especially from
suspicious districts. the authorities es-
innate that only about one-fourth of
the cases of leprosy have been re
ported.
The commission will almost certain
ly recommend to congress in its forth
coming preliminary report that ma
tional laharettcs be established in
several parts of the country-one, per-
haps, at New Orleans. one in New
York and another in Minnesota or
Montana.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
TROUBLED BY RAIN OF STEEL.
Singular AHnOyanees to which some
Pennsylvania People Are
Subjected.

The farmers up in Rockhill town
ship, in the vicinity of Perkasie, are
wishing they could wear armor-proof
clothing, and all because of the steel
rain that has been causing them to
seek shelter at all hours of the day. 1t
has been exceedingly dangerous for a
peaceful, quiet-loving agriculturist up
in this region to go out into his fields,
says a Doyleston correspondent of
the Philadelphia North American.
The commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
at the instance of John p. Ellzins, at
torney general, has filed a bill of
equity here to restrain the RoclShilI
Industrial company, of which Henry
Freed is superintendent, from filing
the air with flying missiles of steel,
weighing anywhere from half pound
up to % pounds. A preliminary in
junction has been granted.
The defendant company was organ
lied to crush and break up steel ard
iron castings, so that they may be
handled by the various steel com
panies. These scraps" weigh some
times 20 OF 80 tons, and are shipped to
RockhilI by the Reading railway.
There they are unloaded and taken to
the Industrial works. OF course, the
breaking up of the scraps" could not
be allowed in a populous community,
because of the very great danger from
flying missiles. The blasting out of
the steel requires heavy charges of
dynamite, and the pieces are thrown
for distances of nearly a mile over
the surrounding country.
The pieces of steel to be separated are
placed in a pit. and charge fixed in
hole drilled in the metal. The custom
used to be to blow a whistle when
blast was to be made. so that the farm-
ers who were out blowing or reaping
could hunt tree to hide behind. The
horses had to take their chances. But
this whistle blowing was given up. and
the first notice the unwary farmer had
was when he heard a peculiarly weird,
whining noise that accompanies the
flight of the proiectiles through the
air. The things came so fast that it
was utterly useless to try to get out of
the way, and there have been a good
many farmers up there who have had
ten-pound steel weights dropping
within a couple of feet of them and be-
ing buried four or five feet in the
ground.
And the storekeepers, too, have
troubles of their own. Every once in
awhile there is tremendous rattle of
croekery, and lot of dishes piled up
on the shelves are hurled to the floor
and all because of the eoncussion
caused by the explosion. The fact is
that some of the storekeepers are so
much wrought up over the losses they
sustain from these erockery break
ages that they are thinking of going
into some other business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

SIS it true we're made of dust,
auntie2" YES dear" Then why
don't we turn muddy when we drink"
Sketch
Miss smilax out? Didn't she get
my note this morning. "shure, sor,
] thought it was a bin from the face
she made. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
yebright-"W ell. I've got to begin
wearing. glasses" Skidmore- 'Vrou-
bIed with your eyes?v Eyebright-
Certainly. Didn't think was going to
move to Boston did YORKTOWN Top
les.
Taking No -Boarder-"Are
you sure, Bridget, that there are no
toadstools among these mushrooms?v
Servant-'I don't know, sor. They was
bought for the missus' table, but she
told me to try them on tn boarders
first.H- Boston Herald.
On He Went.-"Oh, myl" exclaimed
the deadbeat, who had been ostenta-
tiously fishing for his fare. I've lost
my last nickel. I'm not as weE off as
I thought / was" NO" replied the
wise conductor, as he rang the bell to
stop, 'but you're really better Off,
Philadelphia Press.
Cuff thought you said if he in
suited you you'd strike him quick as
lightning" Bluff-'I did say that,
didn't II" Cuff Yes, you did. and al
though he called you lar and a thief
you haven't struck him yet Bluff
'Well-er-you never heard Of light
ming striking at this season of the year.
did you?"-Catholic Standard and
Times
An Irish Judge Of the old school, in a
recent summing up at the Four Courts,
Dublin. created a great effect. The
plaintiff was even more beautiful than
her beautiful daughter. who waaa Wit
ness Gentlemen of the jury" his
lcrdship began, everything in this
case seems plain-except Mrs. O'Toole
and her charming daughter. London
News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
TO RACE HALF ROUND WORLD
international Sailing Race to start
from New York City the First
of August.

An international sailing race half
way around the world will start from
New York city the first week of Au-
gust. >The racing ships are the Acme
and the Brilliant. The Acme was
built in Maine and flies the stars and
stripes. The Brilliant was launched
a few months ago at Glasgow. These
vessels are the latest additions to
the big sailing feet of the Standard
Oil company. They are loading at
Bayonne for Yokohama, and their
sailing course is almost identical
The two ships will follow the same
course, reaching Yokohama by way
of the China sea. 1t is natural tn q
there should be a race under the cir
cumstanees. The officials of the Stand
ard Oil company proposed it few
DAYS ago and found the captains
more than willing. The Acme has
never sailed voyage before. There
was a time when British ship did
not dare race a Maine built vessel, ;"
said one of the officers of the Bril-
liant. THAT was when they built
wooden ships. They were the trim
NEST craft afloat. On the steel ships
they seem to have lost all idea of fine
lines, and l do not believe they can
show their former speed. We ought
to beat the Acme to Yokohama"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
me RED hunting coat.

The origin of the red coat is a mys-
terry. There is a story told ''that one
of the early Henrys was SO enamored
with the sport of fox hunting as to
ordain it to be royal sport, and the
red coat was worn in consequence. .
This, however, has been pointed at as
absurd, as in those days scarlet was
not royal livery at all One thing
there can be no doubt about, and that
is that the scarlet coat is very pop
ular for those who hunt regularly.
And it must be confessed that it adds
picturesqueness to the scene. The
question of color seems to be very
much matter of taste; it is looked
upon as an indication of social posi-
ton. In the abstract anyone can don
the pink, if so desired, but it is con
sidered out of taste for anyone to
adopt that color if he does not liberal
~ subscribe to the hunt fund. The
black coat is considered to come next
in social position, and the ordinary
mutt garment for those whose sub
scription is very small indeed.-Tailor
and Cutter,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-29
SOCIE IES =.

CUSTER LODGE NO. 81, I. O. o. F.
Regular meetings each Saturday
night ut s o'clock at their hall in
Chalis. Visiting Brothers in good
standing are invited.
JOHN STEPHENS, n. G.
J. g. FINNELL, Secretary.