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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21
MARYLAND, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Rappahannock River Line.
Schedule i'm Effect Sept s, 1907.
BALTIMORE
TAPPAHANNOCK

BALTIMORE TAPPAHANNoCk ST., fh a 5as ao o pS
m Creek bite Stone ryington
Burton Urbanna Monakon,
Ware Wexford
edstown Saunders Wimop Green
Convey Hay Mount bop Yard Rao9 N9
BALTIMORE ~ az, noon
Wetand North End, Mil
'Tappehannock Al, al - a.. marked
Notwithstanding steamer VIII only stop SS
FREDERICKSBURG rasri,
Wesuand on TUESDAYS
trn and Merry Point andM oans Friday trip
Norfolk Wednesday and sunday
Arriving Aonos
and afternoon
Fare 5Oeachw meals and extra an,,oor
FREDERICKSBURG TAPPAhANNoon Dai nth.
Monday and Thursday 2 ~ nde ao %stnr
Radcliffe Hop Yard Hay Mount Port fo hoy
Saunders Ieedstown LAYTON oa Senanea o
Weod
Bay Port Monson Urbanna l23o bu,nan
MiIenbeck, Point 230 Ottoman Moran "een son "n
Creek, North End $50 Westisno.
Arrive Baltimore "wednesday andS Saturday mornings
TAPPAHANNOCK pASiisl
Leave Tappaannock permitting 1880 Monday Wednesday
Thursday stopping Wexford Ware Bowler sharp Mnea3 ns
Mlnbeck Wems lryngon
White Stone, MIL Greet. N rh End "@tanu'
sMondays ,3days only
Arriving Baltimore lussday Thuday and Friday mornings
Freight received at untI4 p Oh sailing days
w. D. Scott, Agent fredericksburg Va
WILLARD Gen. Man. T. hUhDoCh Gen. frt rsS AK
Baltimore, Sept B. 1907
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21

To protect your own-to see that your children
are protected when Group and Pneumonia come
GOWAN'S PNEUMONIA CURE will cure any
disease where INFLAMMATION is the cause
Keep GOwan's in the home. All druggists. Tx
ternaI. % cents and 80 cents. BUY III TO-DAY
and be prepared.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21
lob PRINTING

We print everything from q book to
"a Writing card on the power proefes o.
The Trc4 Lance S4nd 4s your orter<-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21
rhou..rd, az MInlno Fatalities


Washington. Dec. 10. - The Goa
mines of the United States are killing
three times as many men per 1000
employed as those Of most European
countries. In the last seventeen years
22s4O men have given up their lives
in the mines of this country. The
number of fatal accidents each year IL
now double that of the year 1895. In
1906 1851 men were killed or injured
in the mines, the dead numbering
2O61 and the injured 1900.
State OF Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas
County. S. /.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be
IL senior partner OF the firm oil +. j.
Chenney L Co., doing business In the City
OF Toledo, County and State Aforesaid,
and that firm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured Dy
the use OF Halls Catarh Cure. FnAnh
j. CHENNEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrioa "
my presence, this 9th day OF Decemoer'
A. d. 1885.
A. W. GLEASON,
(srArl NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken Internally;
and acts directly on the blood ana
mucous surfaces OF the system. Send Tor
testimonials free.
FL. CHENNEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
fion.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21

The l4.0c0-mile trip to California
viii make the grand total 1883 miles
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-21
BRANDIES.
RUINS.

ge.. Enpland Rum G~dJ............... 200
= ... England Rum lwhite) ............ 200
.Tainaica Rum..................... ......... 300
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Cause of soft.shelIed Ernn.

Poultry writers, since the time the
Shanghai rooster first invaded Boston.
have been repeatedly telling us that
soft-shelled eggs were caused By an
insufIlciency of lime in the food con-
sumed by the hens. Such, however,
Is not the case. The soft-shelled egg
Is case of arrested development, due
to nervous interference with the func-
tlons of the oyiduct. The laying OF
incompletely developed eggs corre-
sponds to abortion in mammals. and
can likewise he brought about by ex-
treme mental disturbance.
In experiments conducted at the Kan
sas Experiment station the writer was
able to cause the production of soft
shelled eggs by continued excitement
of confined hens. 1t was also shown,
says the Scientific American that the
hens system on an ordinary diet con-
tains enough calcium carbonate for the
formation of about five or six eggs. If
lime was withheld from the food, the
hen after having laid this number Of
eggs, will stop laying. When lime was
given in limited quantities the hen
laid apparently normal eggs, but only
as frequently as the lime furnished
would supply shell material. Careful
weighings proved that eggs thus Pro
dueed, though apparently normal, were
actually thinner shelled than nor
NAL eggs from the same hen. But lit
tie is known about the process and con-
troll of egg formation, and further
study should yield facts of both scien-
tific interest, and practical bearing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

Dcl't spoil mellow field by start
ing the cultiyators at once after a
heavy rain. Give the ground tine to
dry OFF a little.
If the corn pasture is short, piece
out with sweet corn. A choice bit of
food at milking time will Induce a bet
ter flow of milk.
If you put hogs in yards where the
fences are poor, don't be surprised Ii
you have a job chasing them three
or four times a day.
Hogs will do well on rape any time
after the plant is eight or nine inches
high BY turning in at this stage the
hogs seldom show any bad effects.
Properly fed and cared for, there are
no better winter layers than the Light
Brahna pullets or yearling hens They
lay large egg Of rich brown col
or.
Pure water is as essential to the
dairy COW as to man, and if she Is
forced to drink impure water, the quail
ity and quantity of milk avenge the
injustice.
Make friends with the young heifers,
especially those from the best cows of
the herd. In few years they will
be milking cows, and it does not pay
to have to tame them with the milking
stool.
1t is not the shoes that injure the
horses, but the way they are put on.
The selling qualities of a pair OF
draft horses are greatly added TO by
previous careful drilling, training to
work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
The Bright Side.
ny TOM P. MORGAN.

"After all, the life OF the horny
handed son OF toll has It's recon-
peuses," bit grlmly remarked the
honest but eminently astute agricul-
turist at Is true that us angular
agriculturists are cartooned In the
comic papers, lampooned, and occa-
slonally babooned on the stage, and
are frequently run over by automo-
blles. and the poets slng-ho, slng-hey,
and a rondelay, without any special
provocatlon as far as can see,
about us, and we are kept pretty
busy horning off agents Of various
kinds and being everlastlngly licked
for our impudence In the best maga-
zines by cleaned-llmbed young col
lege men with pale, dlssIpated faces,
and are considerably Kicked by the
lowing kline, stung by the busy bee,
and are forever losing our wallets
and our equilibrium every time we
but still, I admire to say that | be-
lleve we are about as well off as the
city men, who, according to what |
read IN the papers. suffer from the
social ambitions OF their women
folks, the slings and arrows Of them
they elect'to Office the wlle5 OF ad-
yenturesses, blots and all such as
that on their escutcheons. and the
thousand and one fads, follles and
fobbleg that allict people who feel
that they must keep up appearances.
and a lifelong warfare with first
mortgage bonds, second mortgage
bonds, Improvement bonds. refund
Ing bonds, blanket mortgage bonds.
common stock, preferred stock,
treasury stock, watered stock, the
old Knlckerbocker stock, consoli-
dated first, second and third mort
gage bonds, AMI incidentally, in a
good many cases. the calling bonds
OF wedlock.
~ believe I'll stick to the old farm
for a spell yet. II amt near as
picturesque as the city. but It also
lacks quite good deal OF being as
strenuous. From Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Cherrieo a Payina Crop.

The old notion Of planting cherry
trees in the fence corners only and
leaving them to shift for themselves is
exploded Cherries are profitable
crop, and it will pay to give them the
best Of treatment.
Scarcity Of labor for harvesting our
fruit in Ontario makes it unwise to
plant too freely of any one kind. The
wisest plan is to plant so as to have
a constant succession, and thus employ
a certain number of hands with some
degree of regularity the season
through. In cooking cherries l would
plant about equally of the following
three kinds to cover the whole cherry
season, viz: Dyehouse. which is ear
ier than the Richmond and ripens
about the middle of June the Mont
morency, the great main crop pie
cherry, coming in about the first weel
in July, and the English Morello, rip
ening about the middle OF July. The
the other two; still it is an excellent
cooking cherry, and prolongs the snip
ping season about a week. This will
give a month of cherry picking. and
will occupy a gang of pickers from the
close Of strawberry season until rasp-
berries are we'll upon us.
The picking of the cherry crop is
the great bugbear in the way of grow
ing it on a large scale; and yet full
crop of cherries is as easily and as
quickly gathered as the same number
Of quarts of strawberries, barring, of
course, the climbing. The usual cost
Of picking cherries is fifteen cents
an eleven quart basket. when the crop
is an average one; If not, about twenty
cents.-L. Wolverton. in the American
Cultivato-.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
The Needy Spot,

A sense of humor is a s9ying grace
in schoolmaste-. Used wisely it &
a far more effective weapon of discf-
pline than the ferule. Or. Dewey.
principal Of the old high school OF
Rochester, n. Z, counted it among
his other excellent attributes, and
Jenny NJ. Parker. in her book on the
city, quotes several instances OF its
efficacy.
A boy in DR.. Dewey's room had ar
ranged complicated mechanism By
which the lid OF his desk could be
held open. exposing a mirror. One
day the lad, behind the shield of this
cover. was elaborately brushing his
hair and admiring its effect in the
glass.
Smoother and more carefully he
plastered down his shining locks. ut
terly oblivious to the rest of the
world. Unbeknown to him DR.. Dewey
had stolen quietly up behind his chair
and was gazing at the process with
great amusement. Suddenly he re-
marked:
Smith. It's the inside of your head
that needs brushing"
Smith jumped foot or two from
his seat and the desk lid came down,
with bang.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Intensive Culture.

The question Is often asked II in
tensive culture as applied to small
tracts of land or In different lines OF
gardening can be applied to large areas
as well. We have never seen any
reason why i could not be II the same
amount OF energy and painstallng was
carried out in every detail. We know
of a gardener who gave intensive
culture to a piece of ground twenty
feet square In onions and he produced
over five bushels. At this rate It
would be nearly 5000 bushels to the
acre. Possibly this could not be car
ried out In the same ratio to the acre,
but 1t shows what can be done when
the proper conditions are carried cut.
We know Of Strawberries being grown
at the rate of $50 bushels per acre. but
we see no reason why this is not pos
sible. Intensive culture means feeding
the plants to their utmost limit and
getting everything out of the soil pos
sible-The Twentieth Century Farm
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Selection of Birds.

Don't make a mistake In the selec-
tion OF birds for next winters layers.
Many farmers sell their largest, ear
Hest Matched birds to hucksters be-
cause they are IN good demand and will
bring him good price. Keep the
earliest Matched, best developed birds
for your egg producers and breeders.
All that aru left are the late Matched
pullets and cockerels that go unde-
yeloped into winter quarters. Breed
Ing from such birds will degenerate
any flock of fowls If you persist In
such methods long enough 70 have
early winter layers the birds must grow
to fertility. The early hatched healthy
chick makes the good winter layer,-In-
diana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
GARDEN. FARM and CROpS
Sheep as Money Makera.

At meeting of the Illinois Live
Stock Breeders Association, Mr.. Jacob
Ziegler, prominent sheep breeder and
feeder, said:
II live stock Of any kind pays for
raising and feeding IN Illinois and sis
ter states. sheep do, for they give as
good returns, and In general, better,
FOR the amount Of food consumed than
any other.
am convinced that II pays better In
period OF years 10 feed our grain 10
good stock and sell II IN u finished
product than to sell It IN raw state,
especially If the fertilizer Is consld
cred OF value, and which value cannot
be igaored In the success Of good and
profitable farming that no one doubts.
Sheep are on the decrease while cat
tie and hogs are on the increase In
spite Of the annual increase In NUT
ton consumption over that of beef and
pork.
fad tEat sheep have natural ad-
yantaGes that cattle and hogs do not
possess and offer more sources Of prof
1t thaa either Of the others.
l. They are prolific and raise their
young on the most inexpensive food,
with the least care.
g Their flesh costs the least to pro-
duce and brings more on the market
than any other; besides, 1t Is a most
heathful food fer man.
g. They grow annually from six to
ten percent Of their normal live weight
In WOOL, which sells for more than
three times as much as the flesh of any
animal, and furnishes a splendid cover
for the Eody in the winter, as well as
gives employment to thousands OF
skilled laborefs to convert 1t into fab
rlc for the use Of man.
4. They return more and better fer
tlllty to enrich the soil and distribute
the same more evenly than any other
animal. They help keep the land free
of weeds and convert the same into a
valuable commodity. They are the
most easily managed animals and do
not tramp and tear up the field and
lots like others, and one can turn
then into fields to pick up waste where
other animals could not be tolerated,
ana thus save vast otherwise actual
loss; and they can be retained In en-
closures that will not hold either Of
the others. They thrive and fatten on
pasture without any grain, but do not
thrive In a pasture without grass
Sheep give, on an average more pounds
OF meat per bushel Of grain than either
hogs or cattle.
For example: The last flock
raised and fattened was seventy-one
yearling wethers and six ewes from 2
to 6 years old-in ALL, seventy-seven
head Their average weight when |
commenced feeding on December 10,
was l3l pounds, and in March, when
shipped, was 165 pounds. They made
q gain of thirty-four pounds per head
in seyenty-seyen days They were fed
three bushels of corn per day and what
clover hay they wanted, and OCCASION
ally a feed Of cat straw or cornfodder
instead You see in seyenty-seyen
days they ate 23l bushels of corn, and
gained 2Gl8 pounds, an average gain
of II Is pounds per bushel.
My cattle have never done that on
dry feed, and not often on grass and
corn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

touches In the way OF pillows, fancy
work. and pictures. The rooms were
furnished In the plninest furniture,
gulltless OF anything that could catch
dust Dinner vas served scon after
her arrival, and she was much afraid
her hostess would discover that her
plate was wet and not over clean
However, RMS. Randolph chatted and
laughed as she urged the young girl
TO eat, and the meal passed OIL pleas.
antly.
IL suppose YOU will find the house
rather bare" said MRS. Randolph, but
you viii soon learn to like living in
this simple way. My mother was a
great housekeeper. used to despise
housework, and [ made up my mind
that, II | ever had u home, the work
should be slmpllied as much rs possi-
bic. | have no draperles, and our
food Is plain and wholesome. | want
to show you some labor savers In the
kitchen-my own inventions for light
ening the duties of my maids"
Behind Mrs. Randolph's back the
jolly cook made face at the elaborate
rack that was the pride OF the mis-
tress, ana Marion found herself sym
patEizlng with the poor woman who
must use such device. You simply
arrange the dirty dishes In this rack
soak them well, and then rinse with
hot water" explained Mrs. Randolph;
aud Marion lnnua,. tnAn1apnI nt
the appearance of her plate at dinner
This saves all the work of wlping
and washing the dishes. We haven't
had a dish.towel in the house for
years"
"As often as you can, sneak into my
kitchen, and you'll get a clean bite"
said the cook one day, when Mrs. Ran
dolph was ont calling. Il bake pies
after she's safely In bed nights, and
keep my own dishes clean; but you
cold chllls to muss with them cold,
clammy things. Give me good, big
dish'rag and plenty of hot water,
say"
IT'S good place, and I'm getting
along well in my studies, but can't
stand the endless round Of canned
meats and vegetables" sighed Marion.
Il should be glad to wash the dishes
myself, If she'd only let me. | am
starved for some good roast beef and
gravy"
No roast beer said the cook, posi-
lively. THE roaster is hard to rinse,
and that means drudgery. II she'd
only come down with the rheumatic
we'd get along all right, or, II you
could persuade her that opening cans
is drudgery, she might have fresh
meats"
AT the end of year Marion had
good position offered her In home
school. The family noticed that she
seemed to enjoy helping. To ques
tion about her ancient enemy from
Jay, Marion gave reply that aston
ished the family.
Hate washing? | dearly love
it. II you had eaten off dirty dishes
for a whole year, 1t would cure you Of
ever saying word about drudgery,
wouldn't 1t? My one enemy no longer
meets me everywhere, for 1t Is now
my friend. christian Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Love LID THE WAY WITH ROSES.

the way wit roses snnd the sunshine I'm . ma
q were Mende NJ
to " 4 3
led the and the roseaw whip slid
n
colo
the
wi roses nnG sh hc rrd m nj m Get
The blossoms
the hitcnc o tn IN Ne ace.
W
so breas
~ II. n
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
The Great African Railroad.

The Cape-to-Cairo railroad now ex-
tends northward from Capetown. dis
tance Of 210O miles, regular train
service being operated over the road.
While it has not yet begun to show
any profits. traffic is increasing, some
5000 tons Of zinc ore alone being han
died monthly. 1t is stated that during
the current year large amounts OF roll
ing stock and equipment will be or
dered, as also will great deal of
building material for the extension of
the line northward.-New York
Forld
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
Ooulent TeNas Onion.

The onion harvest is almost over
A great pile of onions has been con
verted into big pile Of dollars. The
onion crop OF the Nueces valley this
season will turn loose nearly sl00. .o0G
in CetuIa.-Gotrlla Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

What is not serious is science
sneering at the infinite. People have
come to the point of wanting to see
everything and touch everything, like
idolaters. We have already noted
this singular coincidence. Induction
and intuition are held in suspicion.
Induction. the great organ Of logic:
intuition, the great organ o. con-
science. To admit tho visible and the
palpable alone is the condition Of ob-
servation. This IS elimination and
nothing else. And who knows? 1t
may be elimination OF feal.ty-Vic-
tor Hugo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

If New York city should receive no
more water in its reservoirs its pres
ent supply, at the usual rate CT con-
sumption, would last Is weeks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

In one day recently, 1920 dozen eggs
were shipped from the small town Of
Brooks, Me. Poultry is a paying in
dustry in that section of the state.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

Conventionalities are hard to deal
with, and that is because they are not
all wrong. In fact. it is only reali-
ties which pass into conyentionalities
Conventionalties are not created as
such. The history is this. Realities
are seen to be so good that everyone
is expected to express more or less OF
them in his life. 1t is only the insin-
cerity with which that is done that
makes them mischieyoUs. It is not
the saying 81 go, Sir" that IS wrong,
but the not going. g.-Arcnbishop Ben
son.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

What is love? / think the genuine
article is wise, uns8lfsh interest in
other peoples welfare, interest in
other lives than my own: 1t is to be
happy in their happiness. If have
but little happiness of my own, this
Is one way to borrow some-by being
glad in the gladness of otherB.-
Charles G. Ames.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

The population of the world, as Civ
en- In the latest estimate, is 1400, $780,
coo. 1t is a logical inference that the
present population of the earth ex-
ceeds that of any former period.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

Build your social intercourse on the
things that are real in all our lives,
not on the commonplaces. Make the
law of your being law of sympathy,
not one of repulsion; and. so sure as
the daylight Is stronger than the
night, you will find that life becomes
larger and sweeter for you continual
ly.-Henry Wilder Foote.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

en- In the latest estimate, Is ,400, $780,
coo. 1t is a logical inference that the
present population of the earth ex-
ceeds that of any former period.
The first legislative body of Eng
lishmer in America Of representa-
tive character, met at Jamestown, Va,
on the 18th day of July. 1919, in lit
tie old wooden church so by 20 feet
It Is a matter of wonder to many
persons why all Of the necessaries of
of life excepting the one item of rent
are cheaper on Manhattan island than
any place within 200 miles Of It, The
highest prices on the island are the
upper west side.
An orange tree will bear fruit TIL
$50 years old, and there are recorded
instances Of orange trees bearing when
500 years old. In Malta and Naples
5000 oranges have been picked from
a single tree, and one in the Sandwich
lSldUuS was tSllluuitu ~ UcdI SU,VUU.
The Dutch discovered the Island Of
Manhattan in 1909. The first Dutch
name of the region discovered was
New Netherlands, and of the settle
ment, New Amsterdam. The New Meth
erlands was finally surrendered to the
English in 1864, taking the name Of
New York.
The idea of the census is almost as
old as history itself. King Amusis OF
Egypt took census of his people 500
years before Christ. The Athenian
Solon established a census for the pur-
pose of facilitating taxation. We learn
that about 443 B. c. Servius Julius took
a census of Rome. During the chaos
of the Dark Ages the census dropped
into oblivion, but was revived again
about the beginning Of the 18th CEN
tury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18

Evil IS somehow a stepping-stone to
all our good. Heroism, piety. tender
ness, have been born ont OF pain. The
expectation of hereafter gives hope
that no individual moral germ Is lost,
and we see that the crownlng victory
of life is the persistence OF mans
good against the evll.-George 8.
Merriam.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The Oldest member of the New York
Stock exchange is William Alexander
Smith, elected December II, 1S44.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-09-18
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Logic Is the geometry of the intelli-
sence. Logic Is essential to thought.
But thought is 10 more the product
of logic than landscape Is the pro-
duet of geometry.-Victor Hugo.