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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
OPPOSED 70 MORE SHIPS.
Congressman Rixey Calls Halt Ir
ConsreSS

representative Kiycy. the ranking
ID N ncratic member of the house COMM .
rse On naval affairs nude speech H.
the house Tuesday ia opposition to tina,
part of the naval appropriation bill.
which provides for the admission OF four
additional hatti-Ships lie taxes In.
ground that it is bad policy to build new
ships over otd plans. ani that it wuuiC
oe best Ia wait and see the out 'ome OF
some OF the experiments now going OF
bel auy more ships are authorized.
II said he felt that there has been
Systematic effort TO scare the people into
building a big navy by talking oi pos
siole war with Germany. lie took the
ground that the men who pr lit most by
the building 4 the ships are most activ,
IN creating - public -eutim-ni IN favor oi
TIE expansion of the navy. Heanuoutc
ei that ne would vote against the bill
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

day afternoon the Association rcased
travelling ~ a body and majority of
the members returned home in time TO
begi' worS on Monday, travelling from
Jacksonville 40 Richmond via the Sea
board Air Line The trip altogether was
n most charming one ant thoroughly en-
ioyed. In conclusion. allow me TO al wise
every one who can TO got 10 Florida Neither
this winter or some other. and when you
40 why take the Seaboard Air Lineifyou
desire both comiorl and speed.
e. O'COnOr Goodrich
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
RoADIMPRoyEMENTs

The road question is assuming ma
tional proportions.
After the death of Congressman
Otey, who in his last days sought TO
have a national road law adopted 10y
Congress, another Moses. Congress
man Brownlow, of Tennessee, step
ped into the breach and became the
leader in a movement looking to-
ward the improvement of the high
ways OF the country. a bill Is now
pending in Congress, having for its
aim the assistance, on the part ofthe
Government, of all efforts TO improve
the public roads
The Manufacturers Record, of
Baltimore, Nd, possibly the leading
trade journal of this country, is en-
dorsing the Brownlow bill and using
it's best efforts to have the measure
adopted. In "a recent issue that mag
nifcent exponent of improvements
has the following to say:
Progressive men Of the south are show
ing deep, practical interest ia the i'm
provement OF public highways. which
appears in the action of the State good
roads conventions held during the past
week or ten days in Alabama. Arkansas
and South Carolina In all Of the con
ventions steps were taken oinduce local
legislation for good roads but their
most interesting feature. perhaps. was
their advocacy of the BrOwulOw ball
now before Congress, proviiing for Ia
tioDal, state and local cooperation. Ia
the perm snent improvement of the high
ways Sch action il significant OF the
DRIFT of the minds OF the great mass of
farmers of this country, ami while many
may oppose at first the appropriation
by Congress contemplated in the Brown
low bill. simply because Il has never been
maize before, when the proposition
comes TO be thoroughly considered in all
it's manifold relations 10 the people. the
argum nts in its favor the hold which
it has taken on the public mind and the
great popularity which IL will command
may be expected to break down all op-
position to the enactment of an efficient
and equitable law
To encourage trade. TO increase the
quantity and value OF agricultural proc
ucts, to enlarge our commerce with for
eign nations by swelling the products ul
the soil, TO add To the rational eujo,-
ments OF the p op'e aud Increase their
domestic happiness, TO enlarge the ca
pacify oil the means Tor reaf hing mar
kets To make markets accessible during al
seasons of the year. aud. above all, pro-
vide the agencies for bringing ia c.sst
touch with the rest If the world ths
dwellers in the country. are high dutie.
to he p.rfor ued by the government. az
ting within it-constifntiornl Imitation
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
Virginia Case Before Inter State
Commission

The Interstate commerce commission
has fixed the date for a hearing t. be-
held 10 Washington for March 3 next in
the complaint vi o,r.-chstls ~ of tu-s i-
ger rates iro Washington o Mo~ely Va g.
Med 10y sam IL X Bebrend, OF Washing
ton against Tia WASHINGTON Snuthe.r
railroad, the southern and the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac. Their
have filed answers specifically DENYING
any Over-charges
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
s snator Martin Amends Naval Bill
Giving Norfolk Yard $673. 900.

Senator Martin proposes to amend the
naval appropriation bill. making pro.
visions for Improvements at the Norfolk
navy ard, in addition to those provided
Tor in the bill as ported:
with these amendments the nppropri-
atoms Tor improveW & az the Norfolk
yard will be $GT3.0o0 Instead OF $193.-
100
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
Death Of William q. rriun.

William r Trigg. iouuder and presi-
dent oi the Trigg Shipbuiiding Company
aud one Of the most prominent business
men Of Richmond, died Monday night
aged htty-iour wears Mr. Trigg had
lone more to build up the manufacturing
interestso i Rchmoni than probably ans
other man. lie was too young to serve
IA the war He leaves a widow and four
children.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
For a Monument to Stuart.

The executive committee of the Strart
Monument Association has decided 10
ask Tor "a site 10 the Capitol Square at
Richmond and To apply TO the legisla-
ture Tor an appropriation OF $4,000.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
Owners o. The Hyaeia Get Si3E,
900 Damages.

The Senate passed the bill appropriat-
ing $la3, 600 to compensate the old
Point Comfort improvement Company
for the demolition and removal Of the
Hyeeia Hotel property from the govern.
ment reservation AT Old Point, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
POTOMAC. FREDERICKSBURG AND
PIEDMONT RAILROAD.


Connfe tfons at Fredericksbu ~ with r., -
4. X r.. and Weerne StesA boat Co. ~
Orange with Southern Z y and Chesapeake 4
Ohio Il. r.
The only line TO the Chanc .llC rsFine and
wilder ness Battlefielda
Eastern Stando ri 'csine. Daily exceDtSun
lay W RICWAEpS lien Nanacer
Train No. leaves Orange the =th Monday
In each month at y p NJ
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
6lacksto ne Swept bv Fire

Blackstone. on the Norfolk and Vest
ern Railroad, 80 miles from Peters
burg, was visited Monday night by a
destructive confiagratioa. Nine stores
were burned, with most OF their con tents.
Loss about $4,000; insurance. about
$4,000.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

This weather will doubtless cause
the Virginia editors, who took that
Florida trip, TO wish themselves back
TO the Land OF Flowers"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

Mr.. Bryan has declined something
not offered or likely TO be offered him.
Who will be the next?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

state OF Virginia. county Of Spotsvlvnnia.
- /, J. \. Taylor. Cashier 90 IN. above
named bank. do SDlrmuly swe.r fhat Tie
above statement i true 70 the best OF my
knowledge ana belief
J. \. TAYLOR. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn To- b.f,f, M. l.- - q.
day OF February. 1908.
tSEAt-l b. BOTTS. y 2.
"a. 81. WALLACE.
D.. ~
HUGH ID. SCOTT.
lircr rnr-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

If all the rumors OF political guar
rels in the camps OF Virginia be tru,
we are in for lively time in the next
year or two
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19
Bio Virgins Rural Route.

NEW rural free-delivery route will he
established in Augusta county, Virginia,
March as follows:
Sraunton. Augusta Connty-Seven
carriers; length OF route. 145h miles;area
covered, 10 square miles; popn alton
served 4.S45 ;snmber Of houses on routes
1918 Postofhce at Muse TO be supplied
by rural carrier.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-19

The appointment OF Secretary Cor
telyoD 10 the head Of the new De
partment Of Commerce aud Labor is
but another proof Of what energy,
industry and integrity caa accom-
plish in this world. Starting out as
an ordinary stenographcr in one Of
the departments at Washington,
NJ. Cortelyou finds himself occupy
ing place in the Presidents Cahi-
net. Every man who esteems true
worth will rejoice in this mans good
luck aud wish him continued success
rs he steps higher on the ladder
"
From all accounts, q II useless for
rs TO expect the establishment OF "a
hattlefelds park in this section until
Speaker Henderson shali have retir-
Ell TO the shades 81 private life 1t is
a trsvesty Oh popular government
20 allow the Speaker Of Congress TO
WELD power enough 70 thwart the
desires OF n majority of Congress.
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GROUND PLAN OF ABOVE

of working overtime or going without lunch
or supper when crowded for time and has
no oppressive or distrncting personality las
the case may bel to obtrude Itself between
the questions. answers, objections and rul-
ings which make up the court records OF
cases The reporter can now sit up an night
with his trusty machine, unburdening hls
hundreds Of folios into her waxy breast, ana
no questions will be asked by his wife as TO
whether the typewriter Is yorng, pretty,
bright or what not, and he VII not be nagged
at because, unawares, he has betrayed the
fact that she possesses aliurihs DIEM s, "a
tender hazel eyes, for the operatsol nv ~
who takes the dictation straight from ene
cylinders, will no longer have 70 81 alons se
side Of her employer. he can shul ninis So.
up alone with the machine, anu WI. NC
even have to exchange the days greetings
with Miss Minnie Brown one c ~. 80
ward 90 alone into the room anu jues s,.ari.
in by the office boy.
There is a little heavy tragedy however
for 1.-THE pretty typewriter" in all this. be
low those susplciously wicked raven LOCKS
or T,t,an tresses are shoulders which have
carried heavy burdens, and some OF tnese
busiest of busy workers have been the
hreadwinners of families, carrying others
sh,rdens as well as their own. Cheerfully
Fastening back and forth, making Il" and
trolley connections between perhaps little
Harlem fiat and the dingy business office
a ALI hours of the day and night-such were
the demands OF the business; but no other
feId Of labor offered reward sufficient to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-31
Supports Family Oh
Fifteen ee3ts a Day.

Contrasting sharply with the high n''ns
which seems TO have become n necessity
NOWADAYS In this country is the story Oh a
woman who keeps herself and two chlioren
on fare that costs barely 10 cents Gay
While clergymen rail at the career In ex-
travagance In living which, according to
some of them, we have been following for
the last four or FIVE years and which they
nredict will end In social and moral eafas-
tronhe and while food experts declare that
no eot four or Ave times as much as we need,
this woman rears her little family on the
verv simplest and cheapest food to be OBJ
FAMED fare that to all appearances seems
IN keen them In good health as well as
good spirits.
xelther prenchings nor prescriptions are
49, hottom of her choice Of fare. Dire
necessity has, so she asserts, forced her to
nv. daily upon 10 cents worth OF beans,
hrood onions and beer. This was the pitfui
sun doled out to her each morning by her
hui Ind.
Tho Jausens, for this Is the name Of the
family have two tiny, ill-furnished rooms
IN one of the fats belonging to what Is
i ~ os the Woolsey estate, in long Island
S,tr The row Of tumbledown dwellings
= 81 cedar street, near Van Alst avenue.
~, nav no rent for Their hoyel Of a home,
tt.s Jansen says, because her husband
,rorked for several years as coachman for
the Woolseys, and there Is coming to him
over Al 900 in back wages or IN savings IN
',ssteS by his late employer, Edward Wool.
sey. a millionaire.
Mre Jnnsen is not sure about the money,
ehe says that her husband never CON
az az. In her. and ali that she knows about
- orairs at the present is that he Is work.
ins at the powerhouse Of an electric light
,' ns near Cedar street and must get
'.,-r GOOD wages, though all she sees Of his
innings is the Is cents he hands her each
srSar,inp when he goes to work. Then she
as NOT see him again until after supper
s,,,e when he returns, having apparently
nad his meal before coming home.
There is an extremely pitiful side to this
s,orv Of hard working life-for Anne Jan.
ssv n yakes in washing when the weather per-
sr,ts her to bring water from neighbours
,,all block or two away-of a penurious
va hard hearted husband. and Of strug.
81, 10 maintain three lives on an amount
Rarely sufficient for one.
Anna Jansen has not the appearance Of
,,aIno starved or Ill fed. She is comely and
Snxom Norwegian OF 20, with a complexion
and plumpness that bespeak a beer diet
The children, Ida, aged bs u-7rv Ber-
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as beans, I've found, but we do get dreadful
tired Of them" she remarked with plant
i've air.
II buy soup beans they can be cooked IN
so many different ways though sometimes
take notion to have plain white beans.
The children are fond OF onions and they Ike
them fried Cooked that way they are very
good to take the place OF meat.
Soup beans cost six cents quart, and
one day I buy a quart OF these. loaf Of
bread for four cents and 1--WE cents worth OF
beer for my dinner; then the next day buy
onions instead of beans which cost Just the
same a quart. This leaves me nothing for
salt and pepper. so the only way can get
these necessarles ls to substitute oatmeal
for the beans or onions once In a while.
Oatmeal is cheaper than either and goes
long way though we get tired Of II quicker
than we do OF the other fare. BY buying It
have few pennies left for salt and pepper.
I'VE drink water for breakfast and sup
per. and when I have my mug Of beer for
dinner | give the children a sir, but they
don't seem to care very much for It. ! wish
the little ones might have milk to drink In
stead; that always makes children healthy.
at least people think 1t does. Ny Ida and
Henry Bernard don't look thin and hungry.
though do they7 Henry Bernard is teeth
Ing; that's what makes him so pale, but he
Isn't cross, like most babies at his age."
The child In question was 70 dirty mat his
natural color could scarcely be distinguished
underneath the layers OF CRIME. His little
bod was round ana hts arms and legs were
ms chubby as those Of child reared In lux
ury. Though It was the noon hour. when
most young mouths are ready and anxious to
be Allied, this small tot sat and toyed with a
dish of oatmeal In a dllatory manner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-31

Since the publication In the Women's be
partment on April 10 of the prize plans lor
a $1,000 house. hundreds of letters nave
been received asking that other plans Oh
similar character be published
The three that are given today are IN
tended to be suggestive Of what may W
done In the way of building house %
Pleasing exterior for moderate sum RAJ.
than to give mechanical details OF eonstruc-
tion. These plans have been WORKED out
to suit individual needs, as every nouse
should be. The cost Of each house is within
the $1,000 mark.
The cottage that Is being built In WOOD
mont, CT, near New Haven, will cost only
81, 800 there being no cellar, which saves a
goodly item of expense.
The exterior is of weather boards and shin
giles, with Single roof.
The main effect is In the gambre roof and
outline with the shadows of the overhang.
All small detail work, both outside and In
side, is omitted All floor beams are dressed
and exposed Interior is sheathed and
wainscoted throughout with North Carolina
pine.
The dimensions Of the various rooms and
porches give the idea OF ample space and COM
fort.
FIRST FLOOR
Porch. 10 1t. 6 In. wide.
Dining room, ~ 1T. 10 #.
Kitchen, II IT. in. II It. In.
Front and back stairs, as shown.
Back porch and pantry, as indicated.
SECOND FLOOR.
Bedroom IL It. 4 In. x IA IT. 8 In.
Bedroom, ~ IT. ~ IT. 4 in.
Bedroom, IL IT, In. IL it. 4 In.
Bedroom. IL IT. in. IL IT. 4 In.
Bathroom, IT. x s IT.
Mrs c. r. Smith, of East Hampton, L. l.
says that her. house was built for comfort
and convenience, and that these ends have
been achieved. Her own description Of 1t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-31
TbQ Passing Of
The StQ3oqraPbQr.

Keen competition in every trade, every
field of labor and even in the very arts Is al
ways felt among the average, but at the
top" of every line of endeavor always sur
wives an envied minority which serenely
holds Its own, seemingly safe from the fierce
struggle Of the many and we'll fortified TO
meet every device and invention of Inechan-
ical science to replace individuals, whether
they stand for Ideas, theories, facts or con-
troll the agencies of produce or nature.
AT the top" Of one profession at least. or
sub-profession, a stoIcal bow to the inev-
liable is In order where the competition has
not been felt as 1t has been lower down In
the ranks. This Is the stenographic pro-
fession.
Only few years ago In New York an ex-
pert and experienced stenographer could
make more money with his notebook and
pencil than In any other business which can
be engaged In withou. much outlay OF capt
tai. Stenography Is seriously practiced as
an art by the court stenographers, the men
who are under oath to take down and tran
scribe correctly every word that drops from
the bench, bar or witness box. In turn these
men. until recently, dictated the minutes
OF their cases 10 the equally expert amanu-
enses and typewriters. And this was a field
OF strenuous stenographic operations, In its
Significance known to but few outside OF the
legal profession. Here only great skill and
Intelligence are of account; and to attain to
the necessary experiences required more than
ordinary skill, quickness and training, this
fact alone limiting the number of compe-
tent ones. And after the necessary training
Of years to become thoroughly proficient a
competent person could always find plenty
to do among the busy court reporters, al
xays anxious to get out their cases expedi-
tiously and we'll, and the demand for such
trained assistants was often in excess of the
supply.
introduction of the Photograph.
But now up at the once apparently unas-
saalable top a Evolutionary little ma
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GRoUND PLAN OF ABOVE

gives an excellent idea of the details of the
house:
my house is situated in East Hampton,
Long Island. n. Y, and was built In 1901,
for $1,000, from plans drawn by myself.
Il have a lot containing three-eighths Of
an acre, which allows me at least 100 feet
In the rear Of my house for barn, should
I want to build any time. My plan is ad-
mired very much by those who welcome
departure from the old-fashioned square
type Of house.
MY house has a cellar. 10 by with eight.
inch brick walls and q floor Of hard Portland
cement. Under the main house there Is
four-inch brick foundation. and tie kitchen
rests on slx-inch locust posts.
"The house Is first covered with rough
boards, then with paper, and finally with
cypress shingles, making 1t very warm
house.
THE floors are double on the FIRST floor and
single on the second, spruce throughout The
walls are Of Windsor cement with a skim
coat of plaster making 1t very smooth and
white. equal almost to a hard finish, and 1t
can be painted or papered easily.
The windows are Of the latest design, each
upper sash having a border of old-gold glass
which has very pretty effect from the In
terror.
The library has two diamond-shaped win
dow-glass sashes, which always look well in
such corner and the room itself Is large
enough TO accommodate desk, book shelves
and couch.
THE front door is what is known as
Dutch door, being In two parts, upper and
lower
There is an open fireplace three by four,
with neat homemade mantel
"The main stairway is painted white with
small, slender balusters and slender home
made newell post These stairs, leading up
from the sitting room, look very pretty, es-
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chine has changed the aspect Of this once
I'll Dorado of lightning workers. This has
been effected by a heartless, souless. but
neat-looking, small, yellow box 1t is at
taehed by piece of wire to electric power
that turns n roller that carries around and
arouno a wax cylinder; tube placed over
this carries the detator's voice and words,
words which. as soon as uttered, are
engraved on to the wax cylinder, which re-
peats them at any rate of speed at the Will
OF an operator" tiesh and blood this time),
VINO transerbes them on the typewriter.
This is Miss Commercial Talking Machine.
alias Phonograph, alias Graphophone.
This invention has put the expert amanp-
ensis 'out of court" before he got there
to which literal destination all the intelli-
gent male assistants aspired, and from whose
ranks nine-tenths OF the best court reporters
OF today were recruited. For only through
such training. under practical court official.
writing out his cases from his dictation, was
graduated his fully equipped successor.
Nowhere else can the necessary training be
acquired.
Now that Miss Talking Box is on the scene
and is here to stay. shorthand, so widely
useful In Its day. will in few years become.
II not lost art, at least a rare art. This
prediction Is made Mt time when the mar
ket seems overcrowded with hundreds of
appicants to each and every one Of the thou
sands OF positions where stenographers are
called for. for even the average will be Gust
eo py THIS same machine, for 1t repeats ex-
actiy what is dictated to It, never makes MP
our OF sentences, except when ar illiterate
employer talks into 1t. and the 20 stenopra-
pners who VIII be replaced by the one ''op.
erator' ike poor Lo, must move on"
The Machine Never Gets Tired.
The court reporters themselves, some of
whom have spent more than twoscore years
debating their notes to Intelligent aman-
uenses, find the recording machine a most
convenient helper. They say It never gets
tired or independent in manner Is not afraid
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Poles Novel Prayer.

In Poland the patriots are now endeayor-
Ing to popularize the following curious YER
sion Of the Lords Prayer
Our Father, who art In heaven, restore
to us the kingdom Of Poland. Deliver us
from slavery. Give us this day our daily
bread, but not stepped in blood and poisoned
through the wickedness Of our enemies.
Pardon us for the sins which are engraved
on our swords. Suffer us not to fall into the
temptation of becoming traitors to Poland,
and deliver us from the domination of for
eign power, since that is our worst evil"
thousands of Poles have learned this
prayer by heart and Invariably use 1t In
stead of the old and familiar version.
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pecially at night, with a colored glass newell
lamp lighted.
Two advantages claim for my house are,
first, the dining room can be heated from the
kitchen range If desired, thereby avoiding
stove In the dining room, and, second, In 60
ing from the sitting room to the kitchen 1t Is
not necessary to pass through the dining
room, as Is usually the case.
"A back stairs TO the floor above Is another
great advantage, as well as the stairs to the
cellar from the kitchen.
by the arrangement Of my kitchen with
the pantry in one end the stationary tubs In
another, sink In the third and entrance to
the cellar in the fourth, 1t is as near to per-