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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01

The State Corporation Commission
has quite sensation on hand which
will probably find its way into the
courts for settlement. This is a mat
ter of general regret, as it is bound
to affect the standing of the commits
sion with the public and weaken con
fidence in the character and fitness OF
persons connected with the commits
sion.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
w. S. EMBREY

Successor to Embrey & Bergman ]
Dealer in Railroad Cross Ties, Cedar
Posts, Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand large supply OF
Baled Hay and Mill Feed. Office near
Railroad Depot. Fredericksburg, Va
Also Agent for Page Wire Fence Co.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
JUDGE JOSEPH CHRISTIAN DEAD

The death of Judge Joseph Christian
occurred in Richmond Monday afternoon.
He was - years of age. Years ago he
was one of the Judges ofthe shakespeare
Court and leading man in the affairs Of
the State Despite his age, Judge Christian
was active up to a short time ago. when
he was injured by n fall. He is survived
by two daughters and son.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01

Mayor Weaver has put to flight
his competitors, and the Union Gas
Company, to whom the gas works
were leased, has withdrawn the
proposition. This is the end OF the
lease, but the war between the mayor
and the ward politicians still con-
tinues. with the odds i'll favor of the
mayor, whose praises are sounded
by the people on the streets and the
preachers from their pulpits.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01

The best assortment of solid II karat
gold. twenty-five and twenty year gold
filed. silver and nickel watches with the
very best movements such as the
Waltham, Elgin &C., suitable for ladies,
gents. or boys. ever on sale in Fredericks-
burg. At Norris, the iewcler and Opt
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
p. HCRACKEN, BRO. Q CO.,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS and LIQUOR DEALERS.
offer Ten Thousand Gallons PURE RYE and
BOURBON WHISTLES rom the following Wen
iro,rn distilleries Graft & CO.. 81 Ohio. Boone
Comfy Distilllng Co., Of Kentucky. Monticello
Dlstillery. Of Maryland, and W. +. Gray. OF
Pennsylvania
AGENTS for Bergner & Engle's Lager Beer
A Agricultural Implements. Seeds 6uano and
Cement
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01

4 beautiful assortment OF gO0la uita-
ble for commencement and graduating
presentations At Norris, the jcwrler
md nnticinn
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01

1t has been the case in the years
past that the Office sought the man.
But things have undergone a radical
change in these latter days and the
man seeks the office with great
energy. What a lift it would be to
us all five could get back to the good
old customs of former days!
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
Our Underwear Department

is better than ever. Ladies' Vests
from , cents up. Gauze Vests and
Pants for children. Fine line Of
Fancy Hose for ladies and children.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-01
give exchange money your interest
ny here; : o interest to supply you.

going at $1o0 Mems Wei. lace, tip
ped and plain toe, 1t great value Mt
- 90. Bows Smoke Colored Canvas
Shoes at Sl15 Boys Russian Calf
Tan Shoe. at $500.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06

branches from early August to Sep
TENDER. They pupate near the stalks
close to the surface of the SOIL and
the beetles soon emerge and hibernate
IN pupal cell. In the accompanying
cut after Chittenden, of the United
States department of agriculture, the
terms are explained as follows: a.,
beetle; b, larva, from side; C, pupa;
n. section of potato stalk, showing
larva and pupa within; a, b. C, five
times natural size; d, natural size.
E. S. g., Titus, in Practical Farming
and Gardening, gives this advice for
fighting the pest: Rake up and de-
strOy all vines in the fall as soon as
potatoes are dug. Keep down all
weeds belonging to this family-horse
nettle, jimsonweed, etc Use fertilizer
to enable plants to mature crop"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
APPLE POMACE AS SILACE.
Under Judicious Feeding the Refuse
from the Cider Mill Can Be
satisfactorily Used.

When apples are abundant there are
always a great many that are small
and are used for cider. In small crop
years the amount of apples disable for
cider is very small, owing to the fact
that there are few apples on the
tree, and these apples develop into a
salabie fruit. But when the big fruit
years come, the trees are loaded with
apples, with the natural result that
many of these are small too small to
be merchantable except in the form of
cider or cider vinegar. In these full
crop years a great deal of cider is
made, and consequently a great deal
of apple pomace accumulates. In
many cases this pomace is thrown out
into the streams, or is fed to cattle al
ready well-fed on the pasture We have
seen it thrown into the barnyards in
cakes. the cows eating what they
could off the top, and trampling the
rest under foot Apple pomace has
been found useful for silage. 1t makes
first-class silage and keeps well from
year to year. This is of interest to
those farmers living near cider mills
where they can obtain pomace at lit
lie cost. Cows fed on this slage are
said to hold up their milk as well as
those that are fed on corn silage. The
milk does not seem to be in any way
injured by the flavor of the pOmace,
but when it is fed it is well to begin
its feeding slowly, a very little at a
time, as any change of food if very
abrupt seems to influence the milk for
time. According to the Farmers Re-
view the usual practice in feeding
it is to give about 10 pounds a day
to each COW.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
SAVING TOBACCO SEED.
Select the Best of the Plants and Mark
Them So That They Will Not
Be Topped.

1t always pays to save the best
plants in field for seed plants. Dur
ing cultivation of the crop a constant
search for good plants should be made
by the workers. When an especially
good plant is observed it should De
marked by a stake or rag tied to the
plant. 50 that it may be easily found
and not topped by accident.
A good plan is to place a l2-p0und
heads of the selected seed plants be.
fore the first flower opens suggests
W. w. Cooley, of the Maryland e.reri-
ment station. Watch these ba~s are
fully and raise them up farther N the
growing stems, so as to prevent in
jury from crowding in The bag dur ne
me period of growth. At the end OF
the season. when the seed pods are
ripe. cut of plants near the ground,
and. without removing the baal han
up in a dry place. These bags protect
The seed frDm worms. insect, or.
and also catch the seed which falls OF
from early drying
After the seed has been thoroughly
dried, shell it out and separate the
heavy seed for use. II will alWays
pay TO separate the seed according II
weight, and use only the heaviest II
seed is selected by this method and
Gown along with seed selected in the
ordinary way, the advantage If ta!7
method of selection will be quickly
recognized.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
FARM NOTES.

The occasional changing of pastures
makes fat stock.
The good qualities of horse do not
all come from the sire.
Generally it will be best to ring the
hogs before turning them on the clover
pasture.
In the development of horses judg-
ment should be exercised as well as
muscle.
Paint with any common paint the
wounds made by cutting off the limbs
OF fruit trees.
Ii does not pay to feed out a steer
that is not well shaped, growthy, and
which does not take on flesh readily.
The spring lambs intended for mar
ket should be fed all they will eat of
nutritious food and be made large and
fat before shipping.
Every item of expense must be cut
down as low as possible, if, under pres
ent conditions. any profit is to be de-
rived from dairying.
The future feeding qualities of a
sheep are shaped to a great extent the
first month of the animals life, and
unless it is started right it will never
make>a good animal.
The water from the tubs on wash
day Is valuable fertilizer, and no
better use can be made of 1t than IL
pour it around the newly planted trees
and vines or to sprinkle it over the
beds of observation-disclosures Review
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
What kind of a
Daily Newspaper
DO YOU want in
YOUR Family ?

You very particular about the companions
chosen by your children and you cannot afford to
take less in the choice of your daily news
paper, which exerts a silent but potent influence
on all who read its columns regularly.
This political year you need good daily paper.
Quality rather than price should determine your
choice. Better take no paper than one of low
standard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
WASTED FERTILIZERS.
Materials Which Are Often Not Util-
lied Would Make Good Enrich
ment for the Soil.

| think that we do not fully appre-
ciate the very large amount of fertil-
izer that goes to waste in the common
operation of the farm. The great
piles of old straw that used to be
burned up contained a great amount
of plant food and humus, of which our
farms are beginning TO feel the need.
Even now l find it hard to convince
some of my neighbors that they are
making a mistake in permitting their
marshes TO be annually burned over,
writes an Iowa farmer, in the Farm
ers' Review. One of these marshes
near me was this year covered with
d growth of rank grass at least three
feet high. 1t was moved and the
grass permitted to lie in windows till
it became dry, when it was set on fire,
That same grass could have been used
il composts or at least as a mulch. and
nave played very important part in
the work of the farm.
The sun beating down on the herb
age takes out of it some of the ele-
ments that are most needed in the
soil, especially the nitrogen. This is
continually disappearing, and is not
replaced by nature except after very
long periods of time Every scrap of
fertility that does not have tc be sold
off the farm should be retained on ii.
1t is lad enough to have to part with
the fertility even when We are paid
for it; we certainly cannot afford to
let ii slip away from us without be-
ing paid for
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06

he removed to another field for the
purpose of polling or stacking.
Poles have been such uncertain
things under unfavorable conditions
that for a number of years | have
used an arrangement similar to the
one shown in the cut. says a writer in
the Farm and Fireside. This is very
easily constructed at little or no eX-
pense. Any sort of available poles or
sticks may be used dashed together
with pieces of Irvine or small wire.
The platform, built ten inches or more
from the ground. permits a free cir
culation of air underneath. and so up
through the pile, and prevents the bot
tom layer from molding. By arrang
ing cross-sticks, as shown, cover
may be placed over the top that will
prevent rain entering the stack from
above. Beans cured in this way are
very uniform. and free from mold.
The poles may be kept from year
TO year, and the platforms stored fiat
in piles or in buildings.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
HARVESTING NAVY BEANS.
The Best and Quickest Way of Han
ding the Crop-Rack for
Drying Them.

The ripe bean may be pulled by hand
and thrown into windows containing
two or three rows each. or it may be
cut by a bean harvesting machine
which does the same thing. 1t should
be left in the rows a couple of days to
wilt and dry, and then "poled" This
means the placing of the vine (root
end in) around a stake driven firmly
into the ground. If it is desired to
seed the field TO wheat, the vines may
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
LESS THAN 2 CENTS A DAY.

The Daily Free Press costs subscribers less than
two cents day. You afford it. Sample
copies sent upon request If you mention this paper
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
THE POTATO STALK BORER
Small Beetle Which Causes Much
Damage to the Potato Plant
How Pest May Be Fought.

The potato stalk-borer appears in To-
calities from Maryland westward to
Missouri, and perhaps farther. These
small ashen gray beetles appear early
in spring and puncture base of potato
stem. following out small cavities and
laying in each one a single egg. The
grubs which hatch are white, with
brown heads. and burrow in stalk or
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
Don't Worry.

Many Of us will agree with the fol-
lowing, written by an old friend-a
farmer all his life: IF nature worried
as much as man, it would have been
worn out long ago. | was born and
bred to worry, and have fought the
misfo rtune as bravely as weak mind
and body could, but by times the race
seems hardly even"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
WORDS OF M.

A man of pleasure is a man Of pains.
Young.
Like our shadows. u wishes
lengthen as our sun declines.-Young.
1t can not be too often repeated that
it is not helps, but obstacles, not facil-
tiles, but difficulties, that make n.
w. Mathews.
There is no life so humble that, if
it be true and genuinely human and
obedient to God, it may not hope to
shed, some Of His light.
Happiness depends much less upon
external things than upon the DISPOSE.
ton Of the mind and the affections Of
the heart.-Madame Roland.
Obedience, we may remember, is a
part of religion, and therefore an ele-
ment of peace; but love, which includes
obedience, is the whole.-Elizabeth NJ.
Sewell.
There is dew in one flower and not
in another, because one opens its cup
to take it in, while the other closes
itself and the drop III off. So God
rains goodness and mercy as wide as
the dew, and if we lack them, it is be-
cause we will not open our hearts to
receive them.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
Child Rescues Baby Brother.

The eighteen-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. T. Kyser, of Fall River
township, while playing in the yard
fell into the well which was twenty
two feet deep. His sister, eleven
years of age, hearing his cries, ran to
the well, and by c1inging to the well
rope, started to descend and rescue
her brother.
The rope burned her hands and she
realized that she must let loose.
Throwing her body to the opposite side
of the well, for she was right over
the baby, she let go, and dropped safe
ly to the bottom. The water was be-
tween two and three feet deep, and
the infant was submerged and strug-
Cling feebly.
The little heroine grabbed up the
drowning baby, and, holding him in her
arms above the surface of the water,
called for help. The mother heard
her cries and came to her assistance
Kansas City Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
London Preachers.

Few London preachers will be found
in their pulpits tomorrow. The ma
jority will be discovered, let US char
itably hope, listening to their country
brs .ren. It may be interesting to
glance at the recreation of some Of
''our departed friends" The Bishop
OF London is addicted to golf, cycling,
the latter game is SO great that after
a short period he is all skies and sew
ems. DR.. Clifford, who is at Aix-les-
Bains, finds pleasure in long walks,
though some will have it that the
III walks is a misprint for st" The
Rev. r. J. Campbell, VINO only will
be absent from the City Temple for
four Sundays, delights in horse riding,
and is noted for his high jumps, his
record being a leap from the Kings
road, Brighton, to the Holborn Via
duet, London. Canon Hensley Henson
believes in cycling and walking, but
we suppose never disobeys warnings
such as Keep Off the Grass" s'Tres-
passers Will Be Prosecuted" OF tPri-
vate Road; No Thoroughfare." Canon
Scott Holland. on the other hand, who
is equally fond of cycling. rarely sees
such notices, and in consequence often
gets into trouble. Doubtless his ex-
cuse is that his eyes are too wide open
to observe them; this, of course, is ut
terly foolish, worthy indeed of his
beamish friend, Mr.. Chesterton.-Lons
don News.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
A Meerschauln Mine.

AMeerschaum is mined like coal"
said a pipe dealer. 1T is a soft, soap
like stone, and in Asia Minor its min
ing Is an important industry.
1.-The crude meersehaum is called
hamtash. 1t is yellowish white in
color, and a red clay coat u skin en-
velops it. Tie blocks cost from $50
to $500 a CARLOAD. They r soft
enough to cut with a knife.
s.These blocks in summer are dried
by exposure to the sun. In winter a
heated room is necessary.
Finally, the meersclaum blocks are
sorted into twelve grades, wrapped in
cotton, and packed in cases with the
greatest care.
THE bulk of ell this meersehaum
goes to Vienna. There the best pipe
makers in the world live.s-PhiIadeI-
Ihia Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
Takinu His turn,

The other day, as / was walking
along the Strand, I almost ran into
the arms of one of my old p%arishion-
ers from a parish in the north OF
Yorkshire. He was In gala dress
and looking r~adiantly happy and
pleased with himself. "Halloa, Mr..
Blank" / said, in greeting my friead,
s'and what are you doing in town.
"oh," said he, a bit bashfully, Use
on me honeymoon" Dear me!
That's interesting news" I said, "and
/ am sure l congratulate you heartily.
But where is the bridea@
ssT'missus?" said he; "oh, she
couldn't come. Her mother was TAX
en- bad on t%'wedding day, and she
had to go and nurse her; 0 I thoWt
I'd come honeymoonin' myself Ye
see, sir, it was t'chance of a lifetime,
and / warn't goin' to miss ft."-Subur
ban Vicar In Tid-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
LIBERALS RESOURCES.
Wealth of the African Republic of the
Co1ored People

Liberia is considering the expediency
of a new foreign loan in order to make
needed public Improvements and to re-
organize the public debt. 1t is now
eighty-three years since the negro re-
public in Africa was founded by Amer.
Van philanthropists and more than
half a century since it was recognized
as al independent State.
Sir Harry Johnston, the African ex.
plorer, recently spoke very fayorably
of Liberals natural resources. Its
great wealth, he said, lies in its for
ests, which contain most of the West
African timber trees. In india rubber
producing trees, bushes and vines it is
richer than any other part Of Africa
except one or two small areas Of the
Congo basin.
The interior of the country is in
clined to be hilly, and from forty to 100
miles inland the ranges of hills reach
attitudes which justify calling them
mountains. The marshy character OF
the country, Sir Harry Johnston says,
Las Utel CAdSScldttu. Ivy ohu NhS
forest region there is a park-like coun-
try. Elephants are abundant in all
parts of .Liberian territory. Through
the forest many of the paths are little
ore than elephant tracks.
Very little is known about the min
eral wealth of the country. Hematite
iron appears to exist everywhere, and
traces Of gold are found in nearly all
the rivers. In the Mandingo uplands
beyond the forest region alluvial gold
is said by the natives to exist over a
considerable area. Lead and zinc have
also been discovered in the eastern dis
tricts.
On the whole Liberia is said to be
less unhealthful for white men than
Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast. the Gold
Coast and Lagos. But the high plateau
regions are naturally thought to be
most free from fevers to which white
men are especially subject.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
COFFEE NEURALGIA
Leaves when You Quilt and Use Postum.

Al lady who unconsciously drifted
into v prostration brought on by
coffee, says:
II have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and used it regularly, three times
a day.
"A year or two ago | became subject
to neuralgia, attacks of ner-
vous headache and general nervous
prostration which not only incapaeitat-
ed me for doing my homework, but
frequently made it necessary for me to
remain In a dark room for two or three
days at a time.
4 employed several good doctors, one
after the other. but none of them was
able to give me permanent relief. .
Eight mouths ago a friend suggest
ed that perhaps coffee was the cause Of
nv troubles and that | try Postum
Food Coffee and give up the old kind.
I am glad I took her advice, for my
health has been entirely restored ]
have no more neuralgia. o have ] had
d solitary headache in all these eight
months. No more of my days are
wasted In solitary confinement in q
dark room. I do all my own work with
d ! The flesh that / lost during the
years Of my nervous p~rostration has
come back to me during these months,
and I am once more a happy. healthy
woman. I enclose q list OF names Of
friends VINO can vouch for the truth
OF the statement" Name given BY
Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
There's d reason.
Ten days trial leaving on coffee and
using Postum Is SUFFICIENT. All grocers.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25

If her system is in a deranged condi-
ton, or she is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion of any organ, it is at this
time likely to become active and. with
a host of nervous irritations, make life
o burden.
AT this tirne, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to begin their destrlc-
tive work. Such warning symptoms as
a sense of ~suffocation, hot flashes, dir
ziness. headache. dread of impending
evil. sounds in the ears, timidity, pal
.pitation Of the heart, sparks before
the eyes, irregularities, constipation,
variable appetite, weakness and inqul
etude are promptly needed BY intelli-
gent women who are approaching the
period OF life when womanas great
change may be expected.
lydia e. Pinkham,s Vegetable Com
pound is the worlds greatest remedy
for women at this trying period, and
ma be relied upon TO overcome all d1s-
tressing symptoms and carry them
safely through to a healthy and happy
old age
lydia Il. Pinkhamts Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism, and builds up d
weakened nervous system as no other
medicine can.
Mrs, a. &. q. Hyland, Of Chester
town, Nd, In q letter to Mrs. Pink
ham, says:
Dear Mrs. Pinakham:
III had been suffering with falling OF the
womb for wears and was passing through the
chauoeof life. My wonib was badly swollen
/ he'd & good deal of soreness, dizzy spells,
headaches. and was very nervous. wrote
1.I|l1rls.~ x-A nnyw,rxn4naT fnnofrnnnf
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
washina Sent From India.

M. Aublet's remark at the dinner
to the French launderers that he had
known Englishmen and Frenchmen
send their linen to Paris and London,
respectively, has aroused a good deal
of curiosity. But the practice is not
altogether unusual, says the London
Mail, which quotes the manager OF
a big London laundry as follows:
"Once we had shirts sent to us from
Calcutta. In one regiment stationed
in India the officers used to send their
linen home to England once in six
weeks. At this moment we have a
customer in Ireland, and many in dis
tant parts of England"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-25
hdyertisinn Via Paris,

This is the time of the year whe-,
women, even if they have no friends
touring Europe, r certain to find
among their letters one or more mis-
sives with a French stamp and the
Paris postmark on the envelopes.
The letters are nothing but invita-
tons to dressmakers' "fall openings"
the mailing of these Enclosures from
Paris being considered In the light OF
a good advertisement. 1t shows the
woman who receives It that at least
one of the dressmakers she employs
has been to Paris-where the styles
come from.-New York Press.