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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
Frisco rebuilding MarveIOusIy Fast.

Washington, Dec. rs. - Prosecutor
Francis ]. Heney. Of San Francisco
who is here, said that San Francisco
Is rebuilding marvelously fast and
that money is much easier there than
neonle in the east are aware OF.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
Six sac Hens Loot Of a Hungry Thief.

Greenwich. Conn. Dec. 26. - Six
fancy hens Tor which c. A. Moore. OF
this place, paid $50 each at the poul
try show here, were stolen from his
farm twelve hours after he took them
home. Sheriff RItch followed foot
prints from the Moore hennery to John
Volgese's home nearby. and there he
found the six hens killed and plucked
Volgese said he fed his chickens corn
answering the sheriff's question as to
feed. The hens crops were full OF
wheat, and Volgese was arrested.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
Candy and Fruit For Poor Children

Candy and Fruit For Poor Children
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec 2G.-The usual
Christmas distribution Of candy and
fruit to the poor children Of Harris
burg was made at the executive man
sion. The distribution was made by
the Office force Of the executive de-
partment In the absence Of Governor
Stuart. who spent the day Ia Phila
delphia.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
chrl.,n,as caronaaI starts Eeud.

Sergeant, KY. Dec. 26.-As a result
of q Christmas carousal in the Pound
Gap section, Morgan Hughes shot and
fatally wounded Washington Policy. 1t
is said that both Of the mems factions
ore arming themselves in consequence.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
Fatal Fab Will. HIdlno Presents.

Plttsburg. Dec 26.-Jackson Stillcy,
well-lnown resident OF West Eliza
beth. near here, while stealthily trying
to escape the eyes OF the younger
members Of the family and hide the
Christmas presents, fell down pair
OF stairs and broke his neck.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Four masked and armed men held
up a Chicago saloon, escaped with
$500 In cash. eight gold watches and
four reyolvers.
Calling loudly for a doctor, c. b
Woods. a Philadelphia travelling sales
man for a brick firm. expired of heart
disease 10 hotel at Wilkss-Barre'
Pa
Two people were burned to death
and a third was fatally hurt In hre
which destroyed the general store and
apartment house OF J. b. Currier. at
North Dover, o.
H II. Moore, of Lancaster. Pa, has
fifty acres OF tobacco ready for buy
ers' inspection and expects to realize
$4,000 for the tobacco, or $500 an
acre-about the price Of the land.
The two children OF Mrs. Anna
Bradley, who killed Senator Brown,
of Utah. have begun suit at Salt Lake
City to break Browns will. on the
ground that he was their father and
they are entitled to share in his $780,
600 estate.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
CHINESE WOMAN FELL DEAD
Her Sudden Death Caused Panic
Among Cinnamon.

Among Cinnamon.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26-Sang Foon wan
aged thirty-nine years. the only Chi
nese woman in Pittsburg. dropped
dead in the home OF her cousin here.
II lie thought she had INDUCED exces-
siyely In opium. which affected her
heart. Her sudden death was followed
by a panic among several Cinnamon
who we're seated in the room at the
time. A physician was called In. but
when he asked the Chinese tn assist
him in raising the dead body they
refused. being terrorized by what they
considered a visitation from Joss. their
god
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28

Escandol presided. a giant Christmas
tree. upon which 10000 toys were
hung. was one OF the features OF tho
occasion. Each child at TIE dinner was
given a toy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
The SedueI.

Sunny thing about Dudley. He said
he needed a little whisky because he
was run down."
"Well, wasn't he rub DOWN.
81 don't know about that, but l &c
know be was run in."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
Suited His Temper.

'eYou seem to find that book very In
teresting," said Mrs. Henpeck.
"Yes," replied Henry; its delight
full. rye glanced at the ending, and
The hero and heroine don't get married
after al. "-Washlngton Herald
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
.Iohr Mitchell still Improving.

indianapolis. Dec. 26.-The condi.
ton of John Mitchell, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America, is
improving, but he is still weak and
unable to leave his room.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28

State OF Ohio, City Of Toledo, Luca'
County. SS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that n
is senior, partner OF the firm OF +. J
Cheney & Co., doing business In the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid
AID that firm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured ! o. y
the use OF Halls Catarh Cure. FhANn
]. CHENNEY. s,u
Sworn TO before me and subscribed 10
my presence, this 9th day oil Decemosr'
A. ID. 1885. sou
far.rl NOTARY PUBLIC:
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Send foE
Testimonials free: 30 y
FL. CHENNEY & CO., Toledo, U.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for eonstipa'
fi0n
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28

New York. Dec. 26-Daaiel o'Reilly,
personal counsel to Harry K. Thaw. Is
at a private sanitarium suffering from
pneumonia which followed general
weakened physical condition. The
physicians In attendance said that the
patient was in no immediate danger
and that his chances OF ultimate re-
coyery we're excellent Thaw's second
trial is to be called on JAM 8.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28

Your child's life is dear to YOU AbottleoiGow
ANS PNEUMONIA CURE in the Home /, -
GUARANTEE against anything where inaammo.
ton Is az the bottom OF disease. Group Cold
Pneumonia-One good rubbing with this great ,x
ternal remedy gives rrlef BUY IT TO-DAY. An
druggists. - and so cents
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-12-28
BRANDIES.

New England Rum lredJ............... 200
New England Rum (white) ............ 200
Jamaica Rum......................... ...... 800
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
SENTENCE TO PRISON SHIP.
One Declared to Be Usually Enough
for Worst of Sailors

One Declared to Be Usually Enough
for Worst of Sailors
''The serving of one sentence aboard
a prison ship is usually enough for the
worst Of Sailors" said L. H. Dunlavy,
who has just concluded his term of
enlistment in the hospital corps of the
United States navy. He served as a
nurse for time on board the United
States naval prison ship Southery at
Portsmouth, y. H
They have no cells on the ship"
Dunlavy said. The prisoners are lock-
ed at night in the forward and after
berth decks. They are compelled to
work every day except Sunday in the
navy yard. Sunday they have to at
tend religious services. They get rath-
er to liking Sunday too.
1T gives them chance to let out
their voices when the hymns are be-
ing sung. Their working hours are
from 6 80 to IL O'Clock in the morning
and from 1 TO o'clock in the after
noon. That isn't all they have to do.
They are required to attend a school.
The common branches only are taught.
The recitations are held at night. From
to o'clock at night is the daily
study hour and they have to study too.
"A marine guard of eighty men 'po-
lice the ship and do sentry work over
the prisoners while they are at work.
Ordinarily there are about go prison
ers on the ship. Very few escape. Oc-
casionally one tries to run by the sem
tries, but it's a big risk, for marines
carry rifles loaded with ball and have
orders to shoot any prisoner attempt
ing to get away."-Kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Curious Eggs.

The stories told by poultry keepers
in regard to the laying of eggs are in
danger of becoming viewed by the pub
lie in the same suspicious light as the
tall yarns of fishermen, says the Mo.
lassine World.
1t Is announced that an egg laid by
a hen belonging to a coast guards Off.
Ger at Bridgeport measured 75s inches
by 6A inches, while another Of similar
size picked up in a farmyard at Fenny
Stratford was, on being opened, found
to contain a perfectly formed second
egg. The record monster chickens egg
is believed to be one of SKI inches, and
weighing ounces.
The most freakish eggs are attri-
buted to ducks. The Weston Park mu-
scum, Sheffield, has a ducks egg which
contains another smaller one inside,
and a still greater curiosity is a twin
egg, the two being joined together end
to end.
In museum at Paris a curious
four-foOted goose lays an egg which is
invariably misshapen, and the shell
of which is so brittle that it breaks if
touched. All efforts to preserve these
eggs have been futile. a.
An egg apparently in state of per-
feet preservation is reported to have
been discovered imbedded in the NOR
tar of an ancient church near Paris.
AS the wall had been standing for
fully 800 years, the egg must have
been undisturbed for all that long pc
Rod
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
AnnIes from Australia.

The arrivals at New York of thous-
and barrels of apples from Australia
is a noteworthy event commercially,
but it is also of interest as showing
the growth of the transportation bust
ness. Many bulky and weighty prod
ucts which formerly were not shipped
at all. or only in small quantities, now
furnish an immense business for the
railways and steamships One need
only instance ice, iron ore, concrete,
structural steel and tropical fruits. At
the same time the transportation of
grain, coal. fertilizers. sand, crushed
stone. building stone, gravel, and other
weighty articles has increased by leaps
and bounds Is it any wonder that
the railways are taxed beyond their
caDacity and that there is an ever-in-
creasing demand for more trackage,
more sidings and more rolling stock ?
Water transportation has seemed al
most obsolete, and yet, with all this
enormous growth In freights, the i'm
provement of our rivers would seem to
be a Observation-Disclosures News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Weed Investigation,

The Importance of the invasion Of
new weed pests into Iowa with seeds
brought from other States is fully eX-
planned in a bulletin just published
by the Iowa Experiment Station. Dur
ing the year 1906 about 400 samples Of
clover, alfalfa and timothy seed were
sent into the station by farmers from
all parts of the State to be tested for
adulteration, impurities and vitality.
Seeds of dodder, Canada thistle, fox
tail, sheep sorrel, dock and plantain
were some of the impurities revealed.
The average termination of the alfalfa
samples WIS 81 per cent. Timothy seed
on the market show the status of these
seed is very low also, the percentage
of plump-appearing seeds being close
TO 81 per cent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Warmth and Seed termination


No crop should go into the ground
until the soil is warm enough to ger.
inmate the seed. Corn that begins to
grow, and is checked by cold rain on
cold soil, will be thrown back IN
growth a week or two, or PERHAPS more,
and it is therefore better to wait q few
days for the soil to become warm than
to lose more valuable time in growth
later. The warmth will depend upon
the depth and fineness of the soil and
its dryness. A well-plowed field that Is
properly drained will become warm sew.
eral days sooner than one which has
been plowed in careless manner. The
air enters a porous soil and the heat
goes wherever the air can enter. II
the soil is fine the surplus water can
be more easily carried off, as it passes
down to the subsoil and reaches the
underdrain sooner, but if the moisture
remains near the surface, by reason OF
shallow blowing the land will be cold
until the season opens very warm, al
which season corn should then be well
under way. The rule should be to pillow
as early as the soil will permit and
keep the top soil loose with the har.
row. 1t is an old remark that nc
farmer can harrow field too often
1t may add to the expense or labor
but the crop will be better enabled to
derive plant foods, moisture and
warmth, as the fine soil stores water
that would be lost in summer on hard
soils, and gives it to the plants when
it is most required.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Control of Hog Cholera.

Scattered outbreaks of hog cholera
are present in many sections Of the
country. These outbreaks, and infect
ed yards as well, are the centers from
which the disease spreads. Another
important factor in perpetuating the
disease from year to year, is the feeding
Of infectious material to hogs in order
to immune them. Such methods of inn
munization cause a light form Of the
disease, the germs become scattered
about the yards and the health of
neighboring herds is endangered, says
r. A. Craig, author of a Perdu bulle-
tin.
In neighborhoods where outbreaks of
hog cholera occur, stOckmen should
practice such precautions as are nee
cessary against the spread of the dis
ease. This control work should not be
left to the owner of the diseased herd.
When this disease occurs on a farm
the herd should be quarantined and
all precautions taken against the
spread of the infection to neighboring
herds. The diseased animals should
not be scattered over the farm, or al
lowed to run in yards that border on
streams, and hogs that have a chronic
form of the disease must be prevented
from straying away or mixing with
neighboring herds. Other farm ami
mails should not be allowed to run
through infected yards, or litter al
lowed to accumulate in the yards.
The hoghouses, feeding floors, etc,
should be cleaned daily and disinfected.
The most convenient and practical disin-
fectants to use are the tar disinfectants
or stock dips. These may be used in
from two to four per cent water solu-
tons The final cleaning up of the
premises must be thorough. All litter
should be burned, or placed where 9TH
er animals cannot come In contact
with it. The dead hogs should be
burned
The Veterinary Department has been
experimenting with hog cholera vac
cine during the past year. The vac
cine used was prepared from the It's
sues of rabbits that died from inocu-
lation with blood of a cholera hog.
The results Of this method of confer
ring immunity have been satisfactory,
and the vaccine will be tested IN the
field the coming season
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
COINS AND FACES ON THEM.

the Emblem of Liberty.
Coins of most of the nations bear
upon them the faces Of their rulers. In
the United States each coin has an
emblem of Liberty.
The first coins struck after the for
nation of the federal union bore the
face of George Washington. Gen.
Washington disapproved Of the custom
and it was dropped. 1t has never been
revived.
Portraits of prominent Americans
appear upon postage stamps, internal
revenue stamps and paper money, but
never on coins. And 1t has been the
custom to use no portraits of living
men even on the currency and the
stamps.
In England as soon as King Edward
succeeded Queen Victoria the queens
face gave way to that of Edward on
all the coins and stamps in the British
empire. The accession of q new ruler
in most monarchies means an instant
change in the design of the coins.
But there is an exception to the rule
of no portraits on American coins. The
emblem of Liberty on the 1-cent coin
is the goddess in an American Indian
headdress, but the face shows no char
acteristics of the North American abo-
rigine.
1t Is the face of a little girl. Sarah
Longacre Keen, upon whose head was
placed the feathered ornament Of
Sioux Indian. Her father was an en-
graver and he placed his daughters
head on the coin.
Sarah Longacre Keen died in Phil
adelphia not long after having served
thirty five years as the secretary of her
city's branch of the Methodist Women's
Foreign Missionary Society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Points TN Milking.

The well-known phenomenon of mot
giving down" the milk is claimed 70 be
the result of lack of nervous tone in
the glands, brought about by some kind
of excitement The udder is not a
container in which the milk is readily
stored ND at milking time, but an organ
in which the greater part of the milk
is elaborated while milking or sucking
is in progress, by virtue of the agita-
ton produced. Unless the COW is in
perfect repose this secretion will not
take place normally. The lesson to
Re derived from this is that the COW
should be treated with the greatest gen
tleness, and otherwise kept free from
excitement, specially during the time
of milking or sucking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Sprayin- Potatoes.

An account is given of potato spray
ing experiments in which three plats
We're sprayed in duplicate with Bor-
deauX mixture. One plat was sprayed
with plain Bordeaux mixture, the sec
ond with Bordeaux mixture to which
quantity of resin-soda solution was
added, and the third with Bordeaux
mixture containing unrefned sugar.
The quantity of Bordeaux mixture
used was at the rate of about 800 gal
Ions per acre, sixty gallons being ap-
piled at the first application and 120
gallons at each of the other applica-
lions, says an India journal.
The yield of the different plats is
shown, from which it appears that the
spraying resulted in a substantial profit;
The largest returns were obtained from
the plats sprayed with Bordeaux mix.
ture to which resin and soda vera
added, followed by Bordeaux mixture
containing sugar and plain Bordeaux.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
BABY WITH DEEP BLUE EYES.

Baby with the deep blue eyes,
Soul with outward nature linking,
Looking up in mild surprise,
How l wonder what you're thinking!
Life 70 you is but a dream;
Your life-a brooks faint, primal flow
ing;
Things around that merely seem
Will grow real with your growing.
Could l fathom your sweet mind
Catch the thought with feature play
ing;
IF I could one fancy bind
Ere it pass in sleepland straying.
I should know mystery,
Hidden close in Gods strong keeping,
Greater than the changing sea
Or the blue above it sweeping.
Chicago Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Ing things at auction. but it was pas
sion with him, as it had been with
his father before him.
He had never before made quite so
ridiculous a purchase as a soda foun-
tain, but he never acquired anything
worth while. He bought cheap for the
love of buying things so old or useless
that no one else would bid.
Were it not for the little shop that
Mrs. Caldwell kept in the front room
for the benefit of the neighbors, the
mortgage would have been foreclosed
years ago. As it was, she kept up the
interest with the meagre profits of the
little store and the egg and butter
money.
This and some of the grocery money
had gone into this ugly, useless foun-
tain. In the destinations for the sole
all else was forgotten.
The next morning Hiram hailed a
passing acquaintance and together they
installed the fountain behind the tiny
counter that had once been part of Nc
Ouiston's store before the sheriff had
seized the goods.
IT was several weeks before Mrs.
Caldwell was satisfied, but at last she
had to admit that the cleaning mar
BILE. with its polished spigots, gave
"tone" to the place.
When the days grew warm the ice
box was filled and lemon soda and
homemade birch and ginger beer we're
dispensed to the youngsters of the
neighborhood.
Then came a day when one of the
hig red automobiles that went fash
inc down the road on the way 70 Tho
falls stopped in front of the yard. A
leather clad man tramped up the gravel
walk and returned to the car with three
glasses Of birch beer.
When he came back with the empty
glasses he drained two more himself
and threw down quarter.
You ought to have bigger sign
he said. as he set down his glass. 4
barely made out the place myself"
~ guess l WILL" said Mira, as she
laid down fifteen cents.
THAT'S worth five cents glass" be
said. You'll never make money al
two cents q glass. You'd better raise
your price and begin with me-"
He pushed the money back TO her
and with q courteous dofflng of his car
he was off.
Mira was slow of thought but quick
of action. When the auto sped down
the road on its way back TO the city
q huge sign decorated the fence. Mira
had sacrificed one OF her scanty store
of sheets, but already she had SOLD
twenty glasses of soda at net profit
of eighty cents.
Her visitor of the morning drew ur
again. MY sisters enjoyed the soda
SO much that we want more" he said
with a smile. Il see you have the
sign out"
Made it with stove backing" said
Mira, proudly. "I didn't have any
paint"
1T does first rate" he declared
@Had any result?"
This makes a dollar sixty" said
Mira That's more money than 1 take
In usually In week.
Advertising Is the secret of sue
cess" he pronounced Keep it up ant
You'll be needing some assistance soon.
1t was several days before that par
ticular auto stopped In front of tn,
weather-beaten gate. This time tn,
driver was alone. He drank glass O
ginger ale and asked for a sandwich
This was nsw demand, but Their
was part Of chicken left from Sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Hiram" ran on Mira. II want to see
you married right Why, 1 remem-
Der"
Her Renaissance was cut short BIZ a
cry from Gertrude. Ernest entering the
room had caught her on the ladder and
was holding her securely in his arms.
Il didn't mean to eavesdrop," he
said, laughing as he faced Mrs. Cald-
well, his arms still about the girl. "But
since you and are agreed as to the
man she ought to marry, suppose we
hear what Gertrude has to say?"
Mira did not hear Gertrudes reply,
but, as she surveyed her tear-stained
face, she needed no verbal assurance
Brooklyn Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
BURNED IN MATCH FACTORY.
VIM. Dcttbrenner, Employed at Dia-
mOnd Match Co., Catches Fire.

Shortly before O'Clock the other even
ing, William Dettbrenner was severely
burned at the plant of the Diamond
Match Company in Oshkosh by his cloth
ing taking fire. He is employed in the
match room of the plant. 1t is believed
he had something in his pocket which
ignited. A fellow workman tore the
clothing from his body, but he had bad
burns on his arms and right side and
lower limbs. The injuries will probably
not prove fatal. Dettbrenner was 16
years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
TWO CUBS AT ONE SHOT.
Ladysmith Man Does Better than
President Roosevelt.

Chris Biller of Gates county has out
done Roosevelt in bear hunting exploits
The other day he killed two cubs at one
shot. The cubs were in a tree, one above
the other, out on boughs. Biller got di-
rectly under them and shot them through
the head. The mother bear and one cub
got away. o. E. Anderson of Ladysmith
shipped his two bear cubs, which were
captured near there two months ago. to
Big Otto,' the animal trainer and col
lector Chicago. Mr.. Anderson had no
suitable place to keep his pets, and as
they were growing so rapidly on cows
milk they had become quite a care. Their
antics attracted much attention.