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The daily tribune., 1905-07-21

STANDS PAT-Norway has no
king" but is showing as much conf
denoe as man sitting behind q full
set of aces.
The daily tribune., 1905-07-21

FLUGGHD-Druggist sbafer Of
the Palace Pharmacy took in a
plugged dollsf the other day and he
is now anxiou( (ly awaiting the appear
Anoe of the Bal knsm and Bailey shows
or blind man customer.
The daily tribune., 1905-07-21

TAKEN WITH SALT-A New
York mans wife refuses to spend
money which he leaves lying around
the house because 1t is tainted. What
do you think Of that? saks the Salt
Lake Herald. We think . statement
of that sort should be taken with .
good deal Of salt.
The daily tribune., 1905-07-21

VAOATION-Miss Golda McCand-
Jess and two sisters have gone TO Red
Creek Springs to spend couple of
Weeks and will go from here to Green
vi lod.
The daily tribune., 1905-07-21

MIGHT MUTINY-Gov. Folk of
Missouri would call out the troops to
enforce the Sunday closing only he is
afraid the soldiers would mutiny.
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
Talks with Farmers
w. F. Massey, in Practical Farmer.

methods of culture OF ornamental
plants, and the introduction of new
plants Even the Bureau of Soils
might do good work, if it devoted its
attention to the practical study of
soils with crops in the way Prof.
King started, and the Bureau refused
to publish: but the continual making
of parti-colored maps of fancifully
named soil areas at a cost of over
$4,000 a year is a pSeudo-Scientif1c
humbug. The greatest humbug in the
Department, and the one we believe
that the Secretary would like to be
rid of, is the Congressional fraud OF
distributing common garden seed all
over the country, and in this way
wasting hundreds of thousands of the
peoples dollars. Then the Bureau of
Statistics, which has developed SO
much fraud, needs improvement bad
ly. Keeping the report back for stat II
times will always lead to a risk CT
leaks. Send the reports out as fast
as received, and keep the public con-
tinually informed in regard to crops,
and then gather them In whole TO
verify. Then stop the everlasting ad-
vertising and glorification of the De-
partment. Stop claiming as the work
of the Department every Improvement
In agriculture made in every part of
the country. The exaggerated ac-
counts of the work of the Department
In popular magazines has made
thoughtful men tired. No sooner is
any new departure proved successful
by private enterprise than the De-
partment steps in and sends one of it's
experts to write it up, and at once
claims it as the work of the Depart
ment. If the Department was a de-
partment store it would be a great
success, because of its advertising. We
want more of the real work by real
experts, and we think the farmers
would derive mQfe good practical
knowledge If the Department was con-
Quoted along the latter lines. Give
them more practical work and less
theory.
The news & observer., 1905-08-06

it. was restored through the prophet
Joseph Smith. Since it was not the
. fault. of those who lived before this
time that they had not been given
an opportunity to embrace the relig-
ion of the Saints. which the Mormons
believe to be the only true religion,
it is possible for them to attain saliva
ton by being baptized by proxy, by
a Mormon believer. Every conscien-
tious Mormon, therefore, hunts up his
family tree, and is baptized indiVid-
ually by immersion, for each of his
ancestors of the same sex as himself.
Further than this, the more zeal
Gus Saints are baptized in the Tenn
Piles or in the baptismal houses, for
other Gentiles who have died, and
with whom they have had no connec-
ton but who have never had an op-
portunity to embrace their faith.
Eventually, thee Mormons expect to
have given every one the opportunity
of accepting their belief in the next
world, by means of these proxy bap-
tiSmS.
One of the activities of the Mormon
missionaries is to gather up genealo-
gies regardless of any connection of
friend or kinship, and send them back
to Utah. that devout Mormons may
be baptised for these people, long
dead, and thus give them their chance
of eternal salvation. Hundreds of il
lustrious persons have thus been bap-
tized by proxy: many of the kings
and queens of Europe, all of the presi-
dents of the United States, except
those who were unfriendly to the
Mormons. One man is said to have
been baptized for each of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence,
and scores OF others have thus been
given a chance to accept the true re-
ligion and hence gain salvation after
death.
One woman in Utah, of more than
ordinary ZEAL has been for years
spending a day each week in one OF
the Temples, trying to accomplish the
baptisms of $4,000 dead ancestors.
After months and months of patient
baptism, she called her two sons from
a ranch in Nevada, to come to help
her complete the list. She has al
ready been immersed thousands OF
times, but | have never heard If she
had, with the aid of her sons, accom-
plished her whole purpose.
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
Low Headed Trees.

One of the things which interested
us in our recent visit TO the MISSISSIPPI
hi College was the peach orchard. 1T
reminded us of what Mr. Hale, the
veteran peach grower of Connecticut
and Georgia said last winter at the
meeting of the Virginia Horticultural
Society, when we were discussing the
proper height to head a tree. What
do you want with a trunk to frult
tree more than to sustain the nean
None of my trees in Georgia nave
over eight inches of trunk, and man
once sat on the ground and gathefei
half the peaches on the tree" Prof.
Mckay. at the Mississippi College, has
acted on the same idea, that only
stem enough is needed to hold the
top. The orchard there is a large one
of many varieties for test and Would
be more profitable as commerclai
orchard with fewer sorts, OF course.
The fruit is scarce this year, but last
wear the orchard netted $1,000, which
was quite a help to the station. The
trees have had the most exact care an1
the fact that the crop is scanty this
year has made them put on DetIef
growth for the next season. we We're
rather surprised to note the quallty
of the fruit on trees in stiff clay
soil, which is not usually considered
the best for this fruit. But the COM
pact shape of the trees with their low
heads, making the gathering of the
fruit an easy matter, made the or
chard model for others around
there. Going through the country,
however, we saw orchard after Or
chard from the car windows which
had tall stems and were leaning from
the direction of the prevailing winds.
were exposed to sun Scald one of the
worst pests in the South, and were so
tall that ladders were needed to gather
the crop. Mr.. Hale said that in his
immense orchards in Georgia there is
not a solitary ladder. and no need FOR
any, Peaches and plumS can certainly
be kept in such shape, and even apple
trees properly headed, can be made
easier for gathering the fruit. Our
young apple orchard, Just beginning
to bear. has stems none of which are
over 90 inches long, and If planting
again we would make them ten inches,
and then we could set Shingle on the
southwest side to protect the stem
from sun scald until the top shaded
it. With yearling trees, such as we
always plant, this is easy. but the
3-year-old apple trees usually planted
have commonly tall heads already
formed. for hte nurserymen know that
people want tall trees. We always
plant 1-year-old trees of any kind, so
tsat we can form the heads down
where we choose. These trees, too
are cheaper, and the charges are less
for freight
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
Tic department of Aericulturo.

We are ready to gsVc tIii credit 10
the good work done in many lines Dy
the Department of Agriculture at
Washington. Prof. Spillman is doing
real and practical work for the farm
ers in the endeavor to make illus
trative object lessons by cooperating
with farmers and helping them TO
farm Systematically. The Bureau of
Animal Industry has done, and is do
ing. invaluable work for the live stock
industry. DIR. Wiley is doing good
work on pure foods, but there is some
inclination that he is going to help
the oleo men in attacking the coloring
of butter as an adulteration, this be-
ing the latest form of attack on the
dairy interests. Oleo men want to
color butter to make a fraudulent imi-
tation. Dairymen color butter only
to keep a standard color of a pure
article, and if only the aniline colors
are barred and pure vegetable colo.s
used no possible harm can be
done. Attacking butter colors for the
oleo men under cover or pure foods
is poor work FIR a scientist. The Bu-
reau of Plant Industry is doing good
work in the hybridiZation and i'm
provement of vegetables, and in new
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
THE REVERIES OF A WHITE
WASHER.

Oh, a whitewasher stood at the Capt.
to steps,,
And worked with his main and his
might
To cover the spots and the national
blotS
With a coat of indelible white.
on each COB
OF blanketing, comforting, innocent
goo;
But he labored with spunk, and he
thunk and he thunk
The following thoughts which I'm
giving to you:
"Since the railroads are invaria u,
honest,
And the Beef Trusts being managed
at a loss;
Since the gas gangs, in communion,
are a philanthropic union,
Making happy all the cities that
they cross,
LET us turn our thoughts to higher,
nobler topics;
Let US speak of ancient history or
of Poe
Let US send to deep perdition every
sneaking, base suspicion
OF our honest, simple neighbors
here below.
do you think noble statesman in
in the Senate
Would accept a higher mileage than
he ought?
That q decent legislator would take
tips just like a waiter?
Oh, my friends, forget that very
wicked thought!
"And hasn't Mr. Garfield shown the
Beef Trust
Quite averse to worldly groVelings
for pelf?
Doesn't Rockefeller, grieving, think of
heaven more than thieving,
AS he's very fond of telling us him.
self?
Let US speak of public monuments
and sculpture,
And the influence of art upon the
day;
Let's admire that statue pleasing Gov
ernor Pettypicker's raising
To the fumigated memory Of Quay.
'It is hard to think of Mr.. Hogdon
Chairmour
AS poisoning the mutton that we
eat
Or as charging Klondike prices for
the beef he daily slices
Why, he's such perfect gentleman
to meet.
"And it's horrid mean of FOLK to
mention grafters,
Or for La Toilette to swamp the
railway deal;
And as for Hoch, of Kansas, his ell
frontery unmans us
When he calls the Standards enter
prise "a steal!
There is far too much of this inves-
tigatiOn,
Which merely breeds dissension and
unrest,
Don't you think the men of station
who are farming out the nation
Are considerably acting for the
best?
"It is wrong to steal a horse or break
a window,
1t is wrong to kill widow with an
axe;
And I'm sure such crimes disgusting
can't be blamed upon the trust
ing
Gentlemen whom you malign by
your attacks.
Far better those inclined TO kick
and caVil
Should stay at home and think
about their souls,
Than be always poking after some
obscure but honest CRATER
Stirring up nasty mess around
the polls.
"Then. come. let's think of finer
sweeter topics
Child culture, home life, caring fol
the teeth
While the nation is reclining in a
coat of kalsomining
Meant to symbolize the purity be-
neath.'
Wallace Irwin in Success Maga-
zine"
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.
One Mormon Woman Being Baptized
for 10000 Ancestors.

Marian Bonsall describes, in the
August Housekeeper, in her second
article on THE Tragedy of the Nor
mon woman. the extraordinary be-
neI OF baptism for the dead" 1t is
a Mormon belief that at the close of
the third century A. D., God withdrew
His kingdom from the world. and that
it was practically lost until 1880. when
The news & observer., 1905-08-06
Phosphate.

Farmers in Pennsylvania and Mary
land, when speaking of commercial
fertilizers, almost invariably call them
phosphate. 1t may be a plain acid
phosphate to which they refer, or acid
phosphate with potash added, or a
complete fertilizer, with due per-
centage of nitrogen, phoSphoric acid
and potash To these farmers all
are phosphate, and one is puzzled
to know what correspondent means
when he says he has been using
phosphate" on his land. The term
phosphate properly means the COM
bination of phosphoric acid and a
base, usually, in agriculture. lime
The phosphate may be simply the nat
ural combination of phosphoric acid
and lime as found in phosphate ROCKS
and in bones, or it may be the same
article rendered available by being
dissolved with sulphuric acid, forming
a uper-phoSphate. But the term
phosphate is not properly appned
to anything else. When the comD1-
nations of other elements besides
phosphorus are added to the phos-
phate the article is no longer merely
phosphate, but is a fertilizer COM
pounded of phosphate and other
things, and the term fertilizer mix
ture" or Commercial fertilizer
should be used to distinguish ii.
Whenever a correspondent in the sec
tions named writes to us that ne used
phosphate on a certain crop, we al
ways assume that he means that he
used some one of the brands of COM
plete commercial fertilizers, but IT
may be that he refers to plain acid
phosphate. Hence to make matters
plain the. exact character of the ma
terial used should always be stated,
and farmers should get out of the
habit of calling all fertilizers "phos-
pilates" when they include great
deal more than phosphate in their
compoSition.
The news & observer., 1905-08-06

What do you think of the action of
Engineer Wallace of the Panama
Canal 2" asks a correspondent. Well,
The Practical Farmer is more con-
cerned in helping the farmers work
the soil than i'm digging canals. So
far as Mr.. Wallaces action is con-
cerned it was his business and not
ours. But we think that every man
owes his duty first to his wife and
family rather than to the public, and
if Mr.. Wallace found that he was
running a great risk of depriving his
wife and family of their natural pro-
lection by staying to dig the canal.
and could care better for them ana
prolong his own life by giving up the
job. he was right in quitting. This
notion that honor requires a man to
sacrifice himself and family for the
public we have no belief in. A man
should do all that he can to make the
world better, but when it comes to the
question of making great profess
sional success at the risk of sacrificing
his life in the making, and leaving
widowed wife and orphan children, he
has no right to take any such risk, and
we believe that if the truth We're
known it was the wife and family that
moved Mr.. Wallace to quit. and so
we honor him for his decision.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-22
How Paul Jones Came to Take the Name Of Jones

read your editorial in this morning :
paper ON "I0hn Paul. in which You say
that his real name was not Jones. and
that history does not relate why he
assumed the name oi Jones; that as long
as he was going to assume name It l.
a wonder hcdidnot call himself Washing
ton or lee, etc. The father OF the
American navy had a very good reason
for taking the name OF Jones and the
way il came about was in the'this wise:
4 Scotchman and distant relative named
Jones. lived in Virginia lnear Fredericks-
burg. think J, and gave his property to
a brother Of the naval hero with the
understanding that he should adopt the
name of Jones, this is the way that
John Paul assumed the name OF John
Paul Jones. Someone ca Nirginian.
think has written this in some work
which can't recall. cut the piece ont
and pnt il away i'm one of my book eases
but cam find it. May be someone will
remember the author and his work.
Paul Jones died in Paris in 1892 but
the protestant burying ground was lev
eed and his grave never found until "A
few days ago.
In the latter part OF Fenimore Cooper's
.'The Pilot" can be found n sketch of
Paul Jones. but neither this nor any
other work have read. except the au-
thor named. has ever told why he as
sumed the name ofJones Jones. however,
is not a name TO be- deSpised some of
the Jones family have traced their origin
to Jonah Of whale celebrity, saying that
Jones was originally Jonah, then Jonds.
then .Jones.-Ernest l.. Boiling, The
Times Dispatch.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-22
CAROLINE
Farewell i5 Dr. Forrest Notes and Per.
S0nals.
Bowling Gn-cn. "a. April l9th.

Bowling Gpcn. Va. April l9th.
The reception given To Dr Forrest by
the ladies OF the Christian church 0n Sat
urday night was largely attended and
greatly enjoyed. The night though in
element did not keep the gueSts away.
About loo called during the evening.
The cXcrcis,'s were opened Wilha hymn
hv The congregation. followed 10y prayer
10y Rev. j. e. Long. then a quartcttr Toy
Mr-damrs Eugene BrOnddns and W. J..
Ennis. Messr~. Broaddu~ and McMana-
way. DR.. Forrest delivered a short and
interesting tnlk ON his work in India.
which WAS gnatly enjoyrd. After the
henrdictiun the ladir~ took charge and
delightful refreshments were served and
somr time pleasantly spent in ~oclal M
terruurs'.
MrS Geo. T.. Burt and litllr daughter.
Of Nayrrly. arr the guests ui her pan'ni~.
Dr aud Mr- ". /. Broaddu~
Miss Lucy Noolfoik hns gun" tu ArNAn-
drin to spend several weeks
Mrs Jno. ". Chandlrraud little daugh-
ter ar the guests OF Mr. aud Ms. +. ".
Chandler
Mrs T. t. Moore and two children, oi
Norfolk. spent Saturday and sunday
with her parents. Judsr and Mi- l.. e.
Moncun'.
Miss Maggie Garr.tt has returned home
FROM visit ui several wc.k- to relatives
in King and Quru
DR.. FORREST. who has h~rn supplying
for the Christian churh for several
months. preached possibly his last ~er-
mons un Sunday. At the morning s"rv
icc his subject was Missions. Dnd II
has rarely. il ever. bsn the pleasure ol
our people 10 listen 10 u mon scholarly
discourse aud the memory ui n VIII I'M
g.r long with tho~e who hcard H. His
sermon at night was an earnest appeal
for mon. active work among Christians.
and twas listened to with close nttrn-
tion. DR.. Forrest will soon leave for
India. WHERE hc will take mp an uncom-
plcted work.
Mrs. 4. -. Sutton has returned to her
home in Washington. after spending "a
few days with the family Oi Mr. Z. l..
collins
Most Of the students of the seminary
will spend the Easter holidays at thell
home
Mr.. james Grayait l. quite sick at ms
home on Milford str-.t.
Mr.. Ruht. Tricp. of West Nirginla. l-
the GUEST of his mother Mrs Jane Trce.
The ladies Of Calvary Baptist church
an. busy practicing for play. which
they will give early in May.
Mai. and Mrs K. .. PeatroS- will n'-
turn this week from visit To LeXmg-
ton. ky.
Rev. T.. II. Rowe has returned to hls
home in Beuna Vista. aitera short visit
10 relatives here. y. Y. 4.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-22
HATS OFF IN CHURCH
Ladies Of Norfolk Start The Fashion.

During recent revival Ot religion m
Epworth churh Norfolk. the women
started the fashion of sitting with hats
of during the service. The Portsmouth
Star SAYS that the Innovation Is So be
coming 10 them and il such an apprOpri-
ate recognition Oi the feelings and rights
OF the people. that the women intend to
rontinIe the custom. Consideration for
the feelings OF Others is mighty good re-
ligion and while we say it with lear and
trembling. We do say that women more
than men. stand in need uf that sort Of
religion. That j. esI~cially true ui the
women of IN. South. Southern men
trent their women with so much defer
encp and consideration that naturally
the women have become murr or less sell
fish. and an not always as considerate
a. they should ts. oi the rights Ol men.
We horr this religious reform which has
begun in the Norfolk church will sweep
over the entire State OF Virginia. We
hope 50 because that sort oi cpnsidera-
tion will remove one ot the lew hlemishes
in our women, and make them 81 much
morr Observation-Disclosures Times
Dispatch.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-22
SPOTSYLVANIA
Marriage Announcement Nodded in California
School Closed Others Notes.

Spot-ylvania Co.. Va. April 10. 1908.
II is icnredhcrc that all of the lruit has
been Killed 10y the cold weather.
Nh Brndlr- preached "a fine sermon Al
WILDERNESS church sunday. Only small
crowd was present. On account oi bad
roads Mr. Payne. ol Louisa. was AT
WILDERNESS collecting money 10 help build
"a Baptist church AT Mineral We wish
Mr.. PAYNE much ~ucces~. as Mineral D. IN
need of this church
Invitations arr ont for the marriage ol
Miss Rosa l.nr and Mr. james Baton. ol
Parker. The ceremony be- performed
los Rev Mr. Pace Wednesday afternoon
ut Oh. home OF lhr bride
Misses Mamie lIall. Matte niscoc and
Bertha Reynolds, ot Parker spent Satur-
dul and sunday with the Misses Faulk-
ncr near Brock Road
Nh Robbie Harris. of Fredericksburg.
visited friends at Brock Road sunday.
Mr. lnui~ Harris. of Spot~NlyauuI.
preached at Parker sunday + VI. The
people were very much pleased with him
and hope hr may soon Wl~at his visit.
Miss Lucy Lewis. who taught the pub
ic school at Parker. lrit for her hOur,
near Brnkcnhurg Monday Miss Lewis
won many friends during tn. session.
who Wcu. very ~orrv tO ~'4. her leave.
Miss EvirGurucr. of Brock Road, visit
cd friends iu Fredericksburg a iew days
ago.
The many friends of Miss Ina Weisi
will boz surprised to know that she was
married a short time ago. She went Ia
California last summer tu visit relatives
aud there met Mr. Alexander 10 whom
SHE WAS married We wish them much
~uor-~ and Happiness
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The coast dricu~,' squadron of the
North Atlantic hcrt. consisting of the
battlcShip TrNa~ and the monitors Flor
ida. Arkansas and Nevada. have gone tO
the Norfolk Navy Yard ior repairs pre-
pamtory 10 the annual summer cruise oi
the mid~hipmrn from theNayal Academy
at Annapolis.
The election OF Officers by Grand COM
ell Royal Auauum resulted as fol-
lows. Grand regent. W II. Ewald. Ports
mouth: vice regent. ". NJ. Bickrr~. Rich
mond: orator Howard 6. Avery Nor
iolk; grand secretary. james b. Blanks.
Petersburg: grand Treasurer. A. B. Bolts.
fredericksburg; grand chaplain. James
Mi'redy Roanoke: grand guide. ". T.
Dabney. Richmond: grand warden Henry
X. Field. Alexandria: grand sentry. Mini
tree FoWlkrs. Richmond. and grand
trustee +. v Bilisoly. Portsmouth,