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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
EOR SALE.

Stump puller for sale, works by hand
also. White leghorn rOosters and 2
second hand stoves. Apply j. Wilmore
Cox. 1.-THE barberl.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
HUNTING SEASON IN
SP0TSYLvANlA CLOSED

The Board of Supervisors OF Spotsy !.
vania at their meeting Monday passed
a resolution closing the hunting season
for all kinds OF game to take effect Janu-
arv ,. 1907.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
DAVlS--HEISS

Mr. VIM. Davis, son OF Capt. d. NJ;
Davis. formerly of this city, was married
in Newport News Saturday to Miss
Heiss. OF Baltimore.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

The Presidents message. read before
Congress Monday. will be found on the
fourth page OF this issue.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
HUNT AT ORANGE C. H.
Oh. R. Marvin Harris Heavily Thrown in Taking a
High Rail Fence.

The weekly meet OF the Tomahswk
Hunt Club was held at Orange Saturday
evening, Dec. 18th, at 3 O'Clock. II was
an ideal evening for riding, and the run,
which was seven miles long, was swift
and led over stiff rail fences. The hounds
were laid on Just outside OF Orange at
Mr. r c. Booton's farm and went of at
rapid speed, followed by eight fearless
riders. They went through Booton +,
Jacobs, Hume's and several other farms
and finished up at Piedmont, the nome
of Mr.. Will Jones, just beyond Rapidsn.
There was about 10 fences and water
Jumps on the run. Dr. Harris got a
heavy fall about two miles from Rapl-
dan. In taking a high stiff fence bis
horse slipped in taking of, struck the
fence. ana az il was stationary, he threw
his rider heavily TO the ground. Tie
Doctors horse was soon caught by one
of the riders. brought back to him, and
after he was helped TO remount be 1nlsheo
out run and took all the rest OF the
Jumps with the other riders. Alter the
run the club and a number OF guests
were entertained at al elegant hunt
breakfast by MIR. Will Jones. Those
present at the breakfast were: Misses
Holiday. Helen Jones, Carrie Bruce
Morton, Conway, Ethel and Alice VAN.
hersie. Mrs. Mathews, Ellie Sanford; Dr.
r. Marvin Harris. Messrs. VIM. S
Grynes, Wallace Sanford, August VAN
bersie, II. o. Lyme, Will Jones, II. 7
Holiday, Jr., Lester Shannon, a. L
Holiday, ST.. Rev. Mr.. Mathews Th0s
riding were: Wallace Sanford, N. f. ID.
on TTixey; DIR. r. Marvin Harris on Rol
Roy. Miss Ellie Sanford on Stalker, Nh
VIM S. Grymes on Hays. Mr.. II: o. Lyn
ON Fly Away, Mr.. August Wambersie o.
GLADYS, Mr.. H.T. Holiday, Jr., on job
l. MIR. Will Jones on Pretty Maid.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20

Catarrh of the nose and throat should
Lead YOU to at least ask us for free box
of DR.. Shops Catarrh Cure. Nothing
so surely proves merit as q real. actual
test-and DIR. ShoOp, to prove this,
earnestly desires that we let you make
that test. This creamy. Snow White
healing balm, soothes the throat and
nostrils, and quickly purifes foul or
feyerish breath. Call and investigate.
Goolrick's Modern Pharmacy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
FIRE INSURANCE
Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates, Season 1906

represent three firstclass companies.
dis sat Paul harsten, agent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
sPoTSYLvANIA SUPERVISORS MEET

Little Whim. Dec. Is. 1906.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
MISS LUCY MAY,
500 6. A3d ST., Chicago.
THE YELLOW PERIL.
How Supremacy of the Chinese May
Come to Pass.

How Supremacy of the Chinese May
Come to Pass.
Will the Chinese some day become
the ruling nation of the earth? George
Borrow, the English philologist, trav-
eler and author, used to say that they
would. Nearly fifty years ago, when
he was studying their language, he
maintained that there was among
them the finest natural fighting ma
terial on the face of the earth.
He instanced in proof OF his asser-
ton their prowess in stone throwing,
the most primitive form of marksman-
ship. An ordinary Chinaman, he said,
could throw a stone weighing half q
pound or more a distance of 120 yards
with sure aim and deadly effect. He
described a stone fight between some
English bluejackets and an equal num-
Der of Cinnamon in which the former
were most ignominiously rouSed, many
of them very badly hurt.
But it was not through their martial
prowess that he predicted the suprem-
acy of the Chinese He said it Would
come about in another way. AS west
ern civilization became more luxurious
and enervated and manual labor fell
into contempt the Chinese would grad
ually supply all the workers in civil
lized countries-miners, farm 1aborers,
factory hands, laundrymen, cooks, do
mestic servants would all eventually
be Celestials. Then some day they
would rise suddenly, cut the throats of
their masters and become absolute
rulers Of the destinies Of the world
Chicago News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
THE SPONGE FISHER.
He Must Have Strength, Quick Ey,
and q Deft Hand.

Lying on his chest along the boats
glass-a pane set in a box fitted with
handles-looks down forty feet into the
clear depths. With one hand he grasps
and sinks a slender pole, sometimes
fifty feet in length, fitted at the end
with double hook. The sponge once
discovered, the hook is deftly inserted
at the rocky base, and by a sudden
jerk the sponge Is detached.
This curt description of what seems
the simple work of sponge fishing gives
no idea Of the real skill and exertion
needed: The eye of the fisher has to be
trained by long experience to peer into
the sea and tell the commercially val
liable sponges from those that are
worthless. He must have deft hand
to detach the sponge without tear.
Above all, while doing this with one
hand, he must manipulate with the
other the water glass, as the waves
sway it sideways and up and down
The strain on eye and body is most in
tense, to say nothing Of the cramped
position and exposure to wind and wet,
which, first and last, make every
sponge fisher a victim of acute rheuma-
tism. Yet, with all his arduous toll,
an expert sponge fisher earns not more
than f3 month besides his keep on
the boat, which barely deserves the
name of existence.-Pearson's Weekly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
DECAPlTATION.
Ene Theory of Sensation After the
Head Is Severed.

VA rnG
Head Is Severed.
Hair dozen physicians were talking
OF death. 1t isn't a subject usually
CHOSEN by physicians for discussion. but
these were discussing it. However. it
was not altogether physical death.
1hey We're including the hereafter.
Well" said one, Il don't know
whether there is to be a hereafter or
not, and it doesn't trouble me very
much, because I'll take chances on 1t if
l can make the life live before it the
Kind of life a man ought to live. But
there Is one thing about 1t that makes
me hope there will be another life, and
that is the opportunity 1 shall have of
asking some of the people who have
had their heads cut off If there was any
sensation for a few minutes succeeding
decapitation. / believe now that there
is, and that life remains long enough
for the decapitated person to realize
that he has lost his head, or, rather,
that he has lost his body, because the
head Is the center of thought, and, of
course, it is the body that is lost, not
the head. At least that is the way
man with his head off would be bound
to think of 1t. fancy there is no pain,
because that would require some time,
and if life exists at all after decapita-
ton it would not be long enough to
realize the sensation Of pain. 1t must
be very queer sort of feeling, and, as
say, hope there is a life hereafter
so l may have a chance to find out
few facts not otherwise obtainable."-
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
A MAGIC MIRROR.

Experiments with the Moon and
Stars and a Hand Glass.
A pretty experiment can be made
with a hand mirror any night when
there is a full moon. Hold the mirror
SO that the moons image will be seen
in 1t and you will be surprised to see
four moons instead of one. One moon
will be very bright, but the other three
will be In straight line and quite dull,
one dull image on the side Of the bright
moon and the other two on the other
side. Turn the mirror round slowly,
still holding its face to the moon, and
the reflections will seem to revOlve
round common center.
You can make the same experiment
with one of the very bright stars,
such as Sirius, Venus or Jupiter, but
with these there will be three images
instead of four, as the number seen de-
pends on the breadth Of the object
The explanation is quite simple. There
are two surfaces in a mirror one in
front AMI the other where the quick
silver is, The brightest reflection
comes from the object itself, the others
are what are known as secondary inn
ages reflected from the front to the
back of the mirror and thence to the
eye. The magic mirror never fails to
excite Il good deal Of wonder, and is an
interesting experiment as well.-Lon-
don Chronicle
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
HALTlNG A COLD.
What to Do When You Sneexe or Feel
the Warning Chill.

the Warning Chill.
A cold, as nearly every intelligent
person knows, is the result of stop
page somewhere of free circulation of
the blood, to which one is first sensi-
tive through feeling of chill. So
slight is the chill oftentimes that not
Entil the preliminary sneeze comes is
the victim aware he or she has been
IN a draft, or that the temperature
has changed.
The usual notion is that by going in
doors, by changing to heavier clothing
Or retreating from the moist atmos-
phere the danger Is averted These
precautions are all we'll enough, but
the first and most eficacious measure
should be to restore the quick flow Of
warm blood through every vein, and
SO by heat instantly counteract the
little chill.
When the temperature of the body
or extremihes Is lowered or a sudden
chill or quick change from warm to
cold temperature is endured, take
three or four deep breaths through the
nostrils, expand the lungs to their full
est extent, holding the inhaled air as
long as possible, and then slowly ex-
hale it through the mouth. In doing
this the imitation of the lungs sets the
heart into such quick motion that the
blood is driven with unusual force
along it's channels, and so runs out into
the toes and finger tips, and sets up q
quick reaction against the chill. In
slEcs;af the whole effect is to stir the
ging thtnd set 1t in motion as from
G@owo,5o ercise Philadelphia Ledger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05

When did Ascot races begin? They
are mentioned in the first Racing Cal
endar," published in 1927, and the
usual statement Is that they were
founded by the Duke Of Cumberland,
uncle Of George III. But an entry in
the accounts of the master of the horse
In 1712 suggests that they were found
ed by Queen Anne on Aug. 6, I'LL. The
truth, no doubt, is that Ascot races,
like many other august institutions,
gradually developed from germ, so
that it is difficult to say when they
really began. At any rate, they were
quite the sort of thing that enthusiast
of the turf, Queen Anne, would have
founded. She was a thorough Stuart
In this passion. It was her great
grandfather, James l., who encouraged,
If he did not establish, horse racing in
Scotland and popularized it in Eng
land.-London Chronicle
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
Curious Tombstones.

Two curiously inscribed stones by
the wayside have been noted by cor
respondents of the Manchester Guard
ian. One Is about a mile from the viii
lage of Hope, in Flintshire, and reads
Here my God did spare my life. For
the tenement was the strife-1777." !"
One would think that the incident the
stone commentaries must be we'll
known in the neighborhood. but the cor
respondent was not successful in find
ing any one who could tell the story.
The other stone is by the side of a
lonely road in the neighbOrhood of
Jenkin chapel, and bears the following
inscription: Here John Turner was
cast away in a heavy snowstorm in the
night on or about the year 1875. The
print Of woman's shoe was found by
his side in the snow were (sic) he lay
dead"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
THE FRENCH MEAL.
It's Greatest Charm Is the Cheerful
Table Talk.

It's Greatest Charm Is the Cheerful
Table Talk.
After all, excellent as are the dishes
and the order and manner Of their serv-
Ice, the table talk Is perhaps the chief
glory of the French meal
It is no unusual thing to hear our
countrymen and countrywomen, espe-
cially our countrywomen, refer to eat
ing as a necessary evil, like the pre-
scribed dose of noisome medicine; as
an altogether bothersome business to
be disposed of as quickly as possible,
with an air that Is sour, aggressive,
disgusted, languid, patronizing, dream
ful, whining or discouraged, according
as 1t springs from dyspepsia, puritan
ism, interrupted hustling anaemia, af-
fectation, esoteric philosophy, disap-
pointment in love, or honest WEAKNESS
with a hard and monotonous daily
round.
Such a sentiment would scarcely be
uttered in France, where the attitude
toward the table is universally cordial
and respectful, and it could not be
taken seriously if it were.
The French writer who said, THE
table is the sole place where one is
never bored during the first hour"
voiced perfectly a national feeling
Smart Set.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
EgE CATS CAN'T LIVE.
In Very High Attitudes the FeIines
Go Mad and Die.

In Very High Attitudes the Felines
Go Mad and Die.
Cats go mad and die in high alti-
tudes. Leadville, Colo, is a city over
10000 feet above sea level, and there
is not single cat in the place that has
been there more than three months.
The greater the height above sea lev
ell the greater the degree of nervous
ness both in people and the dumb ami
mails. Even in Denver, which is only
half as high as LeadYille, cats are high
strung and dighty, given to sudden
fits of arching their backs and growl-
ing at nothing. But they do not 60
mad in Denver with the same unanim-
tty that they do in Leadville. In the
latter place cats seem to be more than
usually drowsy when they are first
brought there and spend nearly every
hour Of the twenty four in sleep. This
condition will last a week or two, and
is succeeded by a state of ordinary
well being, which terminates at a
greater or less interval Of time by their
suddenly having a violent fit, which In
human being would be called hys-
terics. These fits are repeated with
continually increasing frequency until
one more violent than any of it's pred
ecessors carries the cat off. Even kit
tens born in high attitudes never seem
to get accustomed to them and invari-
ably go the way of their parents.-New
York Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
SAN SALVADOR.
Built on a Volcano, the Results Are
Somewhat Startling.

Built on a Volcano, the Results Are
Somewhat Startling.
San Salvador is built on a volcano.
1t has been three times destroyed by
an earthquake, but the people are be-
coming accustomed to such excitement
now. Earthquakes are pretty frequent,
and, while one Is naturally nervous,
here is really little danger to life.
The shocks have been known to come
as frequently as eighty times in an
hour.
The effects are quite peculiar In the
city is brick column, nine feet high
and three feet square, which was re-
moved a hundred feet without losing
its perpendicular or cracking the NOR
tar.
The ground under the city is full Of
caverns of unknown depth. A man
was digging a we'll there. The last
stroke he gave with his pick the bot
tom fell out, and he and his pick and
all fell through, nobody knows where.
There is volcano not far from San
Salvador that some years ago dis
charged lava over a forest. The wood
all caught fire, of course, but the lava,
being light and easily cooled, formed
and hardened into long arcades through
which it was possible to walk. Even
now the imprint Of the trunks and
branches Of the trees can be seen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
The Modesty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment Of diseases Of
women. Yet, if help can be had, it is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands of women who have been
cured by DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion write in appreciation of the cure
which dispenses with the examinations
and local treatments. There is no other
medicine so sure and safe for delicate
women as uFavorite Prescription" 1t
cures debilitating drains, irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures. It is strictly non
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con-
tains no deleteriouS or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering intoits composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
of these numerous and strongest of pro-
fessional endorsements of its ingredients,
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay OF
non professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
Icine instead of opening their mouths like
a lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre-
scription" is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. Ii
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent fret
on receipt of stamps to pay expense o.
mailing oYlIu Send to DIR. r. V. Pierce
BnffaIo. N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound
If sick consult the Doctor, free OF charge
by letter. All such communications aIt
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigoratt
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
A strange Animal Friend.hiD,

Sometimes animals which are by ma
ture deadly enemies, such as dogs and
cats, strike up very strong friendship.
I have known a cat adopt puppy and
nurse it tenderly, but as a rule they
prefer to bite and scratch A sculptor
Of animals, Mr.. Harvey, had two
pets, pigeon and cat who lived to-
gether in great friendship, and had
their photograph taken while eating out
Of the same dish. The pigeon was
named Pidgie and the cat was called
Toddie. They ate, slept and played to-
gether, and when Pidgie died Toddie
was nearly broken hearted, and would
never again eat or drink from the
dishes from which she and her little
playmate used to eat together.-Home
Notes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
In Place of Tobacco.

Coltsfoot or the leaves Of lettuce, be-
Ing slightly narcotic, would form a
harmless make believe for the good
folk who persuade themselves that
they could not sleep wink were they
deprived Of their evening comfort.
Ages ago both Greeks and Romans, ac-
cording to Dioscorides and Pliny,
found comfort In smoking through a
reed or pipe the dried leaves Of colts
foot, which relieved them of old
coughs and difficult breathing. And
as to lettuce, it has been famous since
the time Of Gelen (Claudius Galenus),
who asserts that he found relief from
sleeplessness by taking it at night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
CUNNING ANIMALS.
Those That Feign Death For the
Sake of Protection.

Those That Feign Death For the
Sake of Protection.
The habit of feigning death for the
sake Of protection can be observed
among many of the lower animals
animals which differ widely in family,
genus and species. Indeed, this habit
is to be observed in creatures micro
scopic In size and Of exceedingly low
organization, as we'll as in those as
high in the scale of animal life as man
himself, for even man does not hesi-
tate on occasions to avail himself Of
this natural subterfuge when he thinks
1t will aid in the preservation Of his
life.
With the aid of the microscope one
can observe and study the natural his
tory Of the minute animal world, which
otherwise would remain a closed and
unread volume. This instrument has
shown me beyond cavil that creatures
as low in the scale as acttnophryans,
very minute, microscopic animalcules,
practice death feigning when surprised
by an enemy from which they cannot
otherwise escape. Thus l have, says
naturalist, repeatedly seen actino-
phryans fold their delicate, hairlike
legs or ella and sink to the bottom of
their miniature lake "a drop of water)
when approached by a water louise,
which preys upon them. They remain
to all appearances absolutely without
life until the water louise swims away,
when theV unfold their oiIia and po
back to their feeding grounds-a bit
of water weed or moss or decayed
wood.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
Mother Enrth,n Call.

Force ourselves how we will to lead
a strained, unnatural life, we can
never get entirely used to it. 1t is
never satisfactory. There Is yearn-
ing for the simple life, for the natural
life, and. for most of us. country life.
We want to feel Mother Earth, to
breathe the fresh air, to drink in the
beauties Of flower, Of field, Of noun
tain and Of sunset, which never tire
or pail upon the Exchange.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
A Cause of righteous wratn.
Jury Was Experienced.

"Flatman, hear you were arrested
the other day for insulting and brow
beating Janitor. How did you come
out?"
81 was tried for it and acquitted" I"
"On the ground that it was justifi-
ableY'
'No; the jury couldn't be made to
believe such thing was possible. -
Chicago Tribune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
ChI1dhood,s chosen CoIors.

Professor James Sully in his studies
Of childhood compares the mental
processes of white children in civilized
lands with those of full grown saw
ages and discovers some remarkable
resemblances. Among other things he
has ascertained that the favorite col
ors of the savage, red and yellow, are
those which white children first take
notice of and of which they remain
especially fond during the period of
childhood. So, too, the savage adult
and the white child find a common
pleasure in all bright, shining and gilt
tering things.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
When the Earth Was Top shaped.

After people dropped the old fash
ioned idea that the earth was as fat
as a pancake they did not Immediately
grasp the globe or spherical idea as it
is applied to worlds. The people of the
time of Columbus believed that the
earth was a body shaped like a top
or cone, the surface rising from the
north to the south. There are several
letters written by Columbus and still
In existence which go to prove that
such was his conception of the shape
Of the earth. The top shaped idea of
the earth seems to have originated
with one John Blauvis about 1879 and
to have Immediately become very pop
ular.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-05
An Odd Argument.

Here is a knotty problem suggested
by Sir Henry Roscoe in his autobiogra-
ply. Two men argued as to whether
oil or water were the lighter. The first
man contended that the oil must be
lighter as it floats upon water. And
then tie unscientific man triumphed
with the argument that oil must be the
heavier because it keeps the water
down