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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
College Of William and Mary
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Two hundred and fifteenth session De-.
gins on September l7th. 1905. Build
logs renovated and newly euuiprad
lighted withelectricity and supplied win
pure artesian water. Two courses: ~
COLE ate Course, leading 10 the degrees
Of 3. 4, NJ. A. and q. $. 90 Normal
CoUrse. Tuition free and board at r.
duced rates Send for catalogue.
Lyon q. t. Ter, President, N. ALL d.
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P. HCRACKEN, BRO. q CO..

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GRDcE RS and LIQUOR DEAF rls.
01er zen ihouss.nd 1aious PURE Ryp -
hNJ hhoN WhiskTES from tte fououfnr 81
A-V 81 lisfi.lft -, dra's 4 co.. Of Ohio Rocne
S9Ll.J Llsil.'n Co. 20 kelturty MONTH"; o
bltnnery, q MsrIianc and W. r. Gray N
ffulfy ivarfa
Ih-y sian cr-r -aaris 40 F.rrv s.-..-s..'
AEris1lt1rsi iUuis-s-as. gss.s osasr 80
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
GASOLINE ENGINES SAVE LABOR

On account OF the scarcity Of laborers
you are perhaps going 10 b1y A Gasoline
Engine, the greatest OF ali labor saye-s
but don't experiment.. Buy n ssFAIR-
BANks-MORSE." Agents Wanted
Write for Catalogue.
A. J. HUI, Richmond, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
FOR SALE

An Ohio Ensilage Cutter~with carrier.
IN good condition. VIII cut 40 or more
IONS per day. VIII sell cheap.
N. q, Rowe, Fredericksburg, Va.
saugiO 3tlaug11-Im
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
FIRE LOSS WAS ONLY $4,000

Tbe loss by the fire Of Friday morning.
when the seedhouse Of T. w. Woods &
Sons, Richmond, was damaged. will not
exceed $40 900, nearly covered by insur-
ance. For time the fire threatened a
large part OF the business section OF Rich
mOnd
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
$,ooooc BONUS FOR so-xIlE BOAT

A. r. Peacock. a Pittsburg millionaire,
shnmorf1x near Brockvilie. Ontario. has
ode9cd . bonus 81 600 Zoo 20 the firm
euszantsed speed Of 80 miles an hour.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT


his We = has given Us the highest
maximum Of the summer so far, 81 do
grees on the 4th
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
FLIES DISAPPEAR

when you use Fly Ribbon. New thing.
put the best thing out Price, sc, at our
store only. W. L Brannan.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
BOARDING HOUSE

Mrs, ]. F. Monroe, 313 Commerce
street, has opened a first-class boarding
house and is prepared to furnished nice
rooms, meals and snacks at all hours
from $3.50 A. NJ. to 7;30 p. NJ. Also take
ooarders by day, week or month. Prices
class.
Special private room for ladies.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
A. B. Bolts q Co.
Fire, Life and Accident
insurance Agents
- ~ Commsr.- -

Ftgresents sixteen dret-ciass
psrics- yates low .-s the low sst. ..a.-
i1srar rr0-'-ti~ ftvat.f sr- -s.a
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w. 8. EMBREY

lsuscessorto Embrey & Berrymaa J
Dealer in Railroad Cross Ties. Cedar
Posts, Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
ecr s'artiy on hand q ia-.-e snpsslv Of
i.tieG Hay aud 1lIA Fes... Ouce ne.
"a -roaG - ppt. fTsdsy.es,sbUrc Va
i-~>r ors-' Tor Pave = ire ssnss o.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11

Four Experts Requested 70 Investigate
the Social. Sanitary and Economic
Conditions On American Farms and
Suggest Methods Of improvements
Report Win Be Sent to Congress
Next Nesr-Prof. L. n. Bailey. OF
New York College Of Agriculture.
Chairman Of the Commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

Sparville was grateful to Henry Girls
void. Not since the engagement OF
McMahon's MINISTRIES two months be-
fore had the town had so much to
talk about.
Nine years ago Hank Griswold. had
gone to the city in his Sunday pepper
and salt suit, with cowhide boots and
cloth cap to complete his costume
Now he had returned Henry Griswold,
and to the splendors of well tailored
clothes he added the magnificence of
a fur lined coat and shoes and hat
equally glossy.
Sparville was accustomed to fur
coats, but with the fur outside, while
Henry showed only the cloth. Patent
leather shoes, too, every day in the
week were regarded with awe not I'M
mixed with envy.
Even more interesting was the evil
dent interest Griswold displayed in
Nellie Morrison. They had been sweet
hearts in the old school days and had
kept up a correspondence, a fact dis
seminated by the postmaster, but it
was evident that GriswOld had come
home with the intention of cutting out
Ben Pierce, who escorted Nell home
from church Sunday evenings and 9th
erwise gave evidence of ultimate seri-
GUS intentions.
Public sentiment was largely in ia
vor Of Ben. Had Sparville been so
frivolously minded as to indulge in
betting the odds would have been
about three to one in his favor, for
Henry had seemed to lose interest in
skating and coasting and other winter
sports in which Sparville delighted.
He visited the pond and the coasting
hill, but merely as spectator, and at
such times Nell, fully conscious that
the exercise brought a stronger glow
to her cheeks and an added sparkle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
When One Spends Money.

One would think that money would
be saved in prosperous times when
there is plenty of ii about But no; that
is not the time when it is saved 1t Is
then that it is spent. Everybody spends
governments. railroads. corporations.
capitalists. housekeepers. house build
ers. collectors. People expand their
wants in such times and satisfy some
OF them. and then is when 1t is most of
all impossible to live on anything n
year. But after all the money has been
spent a few times over and has come
to be scarce and borrowing has come to
be Il serious matter and folks have
much less to spend and no expectations
then everybody groans and begins to
save. not only trying desperately TO
squeeze back inside of the bounds of
income. but TO pay back what was
spent in expectation of Il time when
saving would have become convenient.
To most OF us that time never comes
And yet there are things for which we
spend more than we can afford. that
really do Justify our expenditures. so
that after the money has been spent
and we are pinched for the lack of 1t
we would still rather have what ii
bought than have the money back
Appleton's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
To Probe for Graft.

Chairman Wagner of the house com
mittee on expenditures in the post
office department proposes to invest,
gate that department on the ground
that some of the expenditures appear
to have been made in contravention of
law"
No doubt he has in mind the pay
ment of the salary and expenses of
Assistant Postmaster General Frank
Hitchcock while engaged in influence
ing southern pOstmasters to work for
Taft's presidential boom. The com
mittee on expenditures in the war de
partment would do well to follow Mr.
Wagner's example, and inquire into
the payment of Taft's own salary and
expenses out of the treasury while he
is engaged in travelling and speaking
in the advancement of his own boom.
Such proceedings ought to be ex
posed and punished, even though it is
countenanced by President Roosevelt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
Print Paper and the Tariff.

Notwithstanding the earnest and
urgent demands being made by all pub
fishers using print paper, there is rea-
son to believe that the majority of the
house members on the ways and means
committee in congress are determined
that no action shall be taken at this
session of congress to remove or de-
crease the duty on print paper.
No combination is more grasping or
relentless than the paper trust. Each
year this combine puts the screws on
a little harder, and an increased price
is wrung from the helpless publisher
The committee on ways and means in
the house of representatives knows
this, but still they refuse to come to
the relief of the publisher by remov-
ing the duty on the pulp, the raw ma
terial from which print paper is made.
Much as they may at times love the
publisher. they seem to love the paper
trust more.
While the price of print paper varies;
with the size of the contract, it is
known that grade of print paper that
sold for minimum of $40 per 100
pounds in July, 1906, is now forced to
bring $2.45 per 100 pounds. When new
contracts are made publishers expect
to be forced to pay in the neighbor.
hood of SO per 100 pounds for the same
grade of print paper that cost less than
50 in 1906
There is no gainsaying the fact, adds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
The Presidential Candidacy of Gov
ernoP johnson.

Some interesting views are being
taken of the candidacy of Governor
Johnson, who has been forced into
the democratic presidential race, APP
parently not through any considerable
demand for opposition to Bryan, but
because of a certain disgruntled ele-
ment who would like to embarrass the
Bryan candidacy, if possible, and who
would like to complicate the Denver
convention so as to open the POSSIBLE
ity of having the convention manipG-
lated by the reactionaries in antag-
onism TO the wishes of the rank and
file of the party, who are almost
unitedly for Bryan from one end of
the nation to the other.
The Chicago Public takes an inter
eSting view of the Johnson candidacy.
1t says:
That William J. Bryan is the free
choice for the presidency of an over
whelming majority of the democratic
voters and large mass of voters who
are not democratic partisans, no one
can doubt. and no one does doubt.
Neither does any one doubt that the
worst influences that curse the nation
are conspiring to secure his defeat by
trick and device. These influences, COM
monty known since Lawson's exposures
of The System, have settled upon Gov
ernor Johnson of Minnesota as the man
hnI md Il iJxr fTN,.
himself Governor Johnson has evident
ly yielded to their overtures The in
ner meaning of the action of the dem,
ocrattc committee of Minnesota last
week, followed by Governor Johnson S
significant silence, Is as obvious al
most as if the literal raising of a cur
tain had disclosed a tableau of machine
politicians from Governor Johnson's
state in negotiation with The System
of New York. Whether The System
plans, so skillfully engineered at st.
Paul by Governor Johnsons private
secretary, will miscarry at the Mime
sofa primaries and in the state con-
vention, is quite uncertain. The demo
cratic machine will have patronage
from st. Paul and abundant funds
from New York, while the Bryan vol
unteers will have neither patronage
nor funds. But the volunteers prom
Use weariless work to save Minnesota
from appearing at Denver as a cat S
paw for the reactionaries; and wheth-
er they succeed or not, there is no
reasonable possibility of any extension
Of this Wall street diversion beyond
the Minnesota border"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
NAPOLEON at Dinner.

Napoleon was no epicure. He usual
ly drank nothing but diluted chamber
tin and was no judge of wine. He
liked plain dinners-boied or roast
schicken, mutton chops. grilled neck of
mutton. haricot beans or Ientils. His
table manners were not very refined
He would use his finger in lieu of fork
or spoon and would dip his bread in
the sauce, the dish being then passed
around to guests. who had to dispense
with squeamishness. The bread had to
he particularly good. He ate fast, quit
ting the table in twelve minutes and
leaving Josephine and the company to
take their time. When he dined alone
he commonly took only eight or ten
minutes. Indigestion was the natural
consequence of this speed, and he had
sometimes TO stretch himself at full
length on the carpet till the pain abat-
ed. He detested physic and professed
to disbeiieve in ii. subject of playful
discussion with his doctors. Constant
never knew him to be obliged to keep
his bed whole day. He was very SEN
sitive to cold and had fires and warm
beds all the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

the Prairie Farmer, that the paper
trust absolutely controls the manufac-
ture of print paper in this country,
and they will continue to control it
and exact whatever prices they make
just as long a: the present tariff pro-
hibits the importation of, and keeps
the supply of raw material entirely in
the hands of the paper trust.
Many publishers are coming to real
ize they must either reduce the size
of their paper, increase the subscrip-
ton price, or else go out of business.
The committeeSon ways and means in
the house of representatives at Wash
ington could remedy the evil by TAX
ing the duty off wood pulp, but at
present the paper trust holds the whip
and Uncle Sans committee of house
hold expenses jumps at its crack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
As to the Worm,

They tell lis that the worm will turn
If by untoward events put to It,
Strike back at those who bruise its neck
But did you ever see one do it.
Or any man that you have known?
Did ever yet worm pursue him
And catch him in a block or two
And hand him what was coming to him
Investigate and you will find
The whole thing is a superstition.
The worm may turn when on a hook,
But that's not of its own volition
or course 1t squirms around bit,
But still the man who was discerning
Would know that antics of that sort
Could not be classified as turning.
'Tis true sometimes the human worm
May throw-his left leg DER the traces,
But mostly, when things don't go right.
He takes it out in making faces,
And as very general thing
The turning of this lowly brother
When one cheek gets a singing rap
Consists in turning up the other
No: worms are not inclined to turn.
That is the nature of the creatures
Although man may tread on them
And to jelly mash their features.
The only turning that they do.
If nothing happens. by and by,
Is, when they are the proper breed,
They turn into butterfly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
When IL Hurt,


A German surgeon in the Franco.
Prussian war had occasion to lance an
abscess for poor fellow, and, as the
sore was obstinate, it became neces-
sary to use the knife twice. The opera
tlon was not very painful one, but
the patient declared that it had nearly
killed him. and when q third resort to
the lancet was proposed he protested
that he could never go through the op-
Grafton alive.
The surgeon promised to make it easy
for him and, calling up a few of the
loungcrs. ordered one of them to hold
his hands close over the patients eyes
and two others to grasp his hands
firmly.
This arrangement" explained the
doctor, lis said TO prevent pain in such
an operation. Now, lie perfectly quiet,
and when l say Now! prepare your
self"
The surgeon at once began quietly
with his work and in n short time had
completed the operation without the
least trouble, the patient lying as quiet
as though in sleep.
When all was done the surgeon laid
aside the knife and said, "Noww Such
a roar came from the lips of the sick
man as seldom is heard from any hui
man being. He struggled to free him
self, yelling, "Oh, doctor, you're killing
me?'
Shouts of laughter soon drowned his
cries, and he was told that the opera
ton had been all over before the 81 nal
was given. 1t was a good joke, but il
is doubtful if the poor fellow could
ever be made to believe that he did not
feel actual pain Immediately after that
fatal Now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
She Hrgus Daily Short Story
by the Short Cut. by Matte Barnes.
lCopyrighted 1908. N. NJ Cunnnghaml

to her eyes. was most inclined to hec-
tor him.
Griswold ascribed her treatment to a
desire to display her powers of CO.
quetry. but, when, near the close of the
second week, he made formal proposal
of marriage and was refused he stared
at her in dismay.
Its this way" explained Nell judi
ciCusly, seeing his bewilderment. II
lille you, Harry, but you are so differ
ent now When you were a boy there
was no one who could beat you in
skating race. and you used to go down
Beeman's hill faster than any of the
others. Now you're afraid to coast"
I'm not afraid" denied Griswold
81 don't want to; that's all. l have
found other amuSementS."
Nell smiled and changed the subject,
and Griswold went home feeling miser-
able. He loved Nell. and this refusal
was blow to his heart and his pride.
1t was Ben who tugged Nells sled
up Beeman's hill the following after
noon and found Griswold gloomily re
garding the coasters. The hill swung
in rough half circle down the steep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17
Fighting Prohibition Every
where.
IBY THE PRESS COMMITTEE OF TIKI

IBY THE PRESS COMMITTEE OF THE
ANTI LEAGUEl
The rumor given currency by the
local option press committee is to the
effect that the AUTHORIZATION league
of Rock Island county has decided to
Rock Island. A Moline saloonkeeper
is said to be the authority/for the
statement.
The fact is that the AUTHORIZATION
league of Rock Island county is fight
ing prohibition everywhere in this
community and is as deeply inter
ested in the defeat of prohibition in
Moline as in Rock Island. 1t happens,
however, that the liquor dealers who
live in Moline and pay taxes there
and have done their part to build up
that proud city have expressed the de-
termination to leave the matter wholly
with their fellow citizens, trusting to
their common sense and their desire
for fair play and just treatment. Ac-
cordinSly. they have asked the league
and the Rock Island wholesalers and
all others who. from the Moline point
OF view, are outsiders, to keep out of
the fight in that city. except in so far
as the circulating of literature giving
verified statistics is concerned.
There is no pilot" on the part of
the AUTHORIZATION league. What
sort of campaign, if any, shall be
made in Moline. is properly matter
for the Moline people to decide and
they have been so unanimous in their
expression of the desire that Moline
be left for Moline, that there was
nothing to do but to accede. Reports
from the pillow city are that the atti,
tude of the Moline retailers in re
garding the whole matter as one OF
public policy and in leaving the issue
to be decided by the sense of fail
play and local pride of their towns
men, is justified by the results and
that it is admitted by leaders Of the
local option forces in that city that
| the saloons will not be voted out.
PRESS COMMITTEE ANTI-PROHI
BITION LEAGUE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

this business, and l propose for one
10 have it understood that | do not
propose hereafter to be a partner in
this business, either directly or indi-
rectly If they secure a license to
carry on their business they will have
TO secure it against my protest
Much is said about the loss of the
license fees. This is, however, so
small. so insignificant. that il should
not appeal TO anyone that has any
sense of manhood in him. When dol.
lars are to be weighed against moral
character by men or by commun
ity. it is about time that such a com.
munity should be set back to about
the 18th century instead of claiming
10 be progressive in Ike e asent one
If morals are not worth more than a
few paltry dollars, then / am very
much mistaken in my estimate of TIE
makeup of the citizens of Blooming
ton township. | believe that they
will show by their votes most posi-
lively that human uplift is to be con
s;dered of more Importance than g
paltry license fee, accompanied by
human deterioration.
81 cannot take the space at thi:
time to show that even from the finan
cial standpoint the whole argument
favorable to the saloon is based upor
false premises, absolutely false Ever
from the dollars-and-cents standpoin
the saloon is a detriment to any con.
Tunity.''
LOCAL. OPTION PRESS COMMIT
TEE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

where Griswolr had come through the
break in the fence and then at the
stump dotted hill
"You came straight DOWN." she
gasped.
1T was the only way" he said quiet
ly. Ben already had a lead on the
road. and | knew that l should have
to take the short cut in order TO beat
him"
Nell looked him over sternly. The
thin leather of his shoes was cut and
torn, and here and there was a rent in
his clothing where he had struck a
tree. The gloves hung in shreds from
the scratched hands, and his necktie
waved under his left ear.
You go back and get your coat" she
commanded, land then We'll go home
and tell mother and Harry. I'm awful
~ glad that you win," she added as he
turned away to obey the command. L
didn't think you would. but L never
dreamed you would come the short
way. No one has dared before"
mo one else had you at the end of
the slide" he explained, with happy
laugh. as she slipped her hand in his
and they started up the hill after his
coat
Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha-
eel Salve-it is good for piles. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

WHO CATCHES MAY KEEP" HE QUOTED.
deciivity. Usually the roadway was
beaten into a glare of ice by the coast
ers, for it was the only good cOasting
place in the neighborhood.
From the brow of the hill the entire
road could be observed. All summer
Henry Beeman had been cutting the
thick growth of pines which had cover
ed the hillside, and now only u broad
expanse of glistening snow crust dotted
with the pine stumps remained.
1t was a pretty spectacle, and Girls
void enjoyed it in spite of the evident
favor with which Nell regarded Ben,
who accompanied her in her dashes
downhill and the walk back again,
with Nell walking by his side. Nomi-
nally Nells sled was her sisters, and
Ben's was supposed to be the property
of his little cousin, but those two
youngsters had little use of their pos
sessions.
The sun was dipping toward the hills
on the other side of the valley and
most of the coasters had gone home
when Nell settled herself for her last
ride Ben had stopped to tie his shoe
laces, and Nell hooked over her Shout
der
"Who catches may keep" she called
as the sled gathered momentum. Ben
sprang to his feet and ran for his sled.
throwing himself upon 1t and starting
off at terrific pace.
Griswold gave enc glance at the fly
ing figure far ahead. He knew that
Ben's sled was not as good as Nell's
and that he would not catch her until
she reached the bottom of the incline.
There was just one chance for him.
self, and. throwing off his coat, he
caught up the pointer that Jimmie
Sweeney had just brought up to the top
of the hill.
At the foot of the field was a place
where two lengths of the fence had
| fallen in, and there were two or three
similar breaks where he stood. 1t was
the work of an instant to step through
one of these and throw himself face
downward upon the sled.
Steering with both hands and feet,
| Griswold shot down the steep declivity.
| 1t was several years since he had been
| on a sled, but it all came back to him,
| and with a Skill that was the talk of
| the hill for the remainder of the season
he steered his flying sled in and out be.
| tween the stumps, shaving the bark
| here and lodging a trunk there Just as
fractured skull seemed imminent.
1t took but a few seconds to accom-
| plish the journey, but to Griswold II
seemed years before he shot through
| the opening of the fence and with 9
last terrific effort swung himself into
| the road.
Just ahead were the smart gray jack.
ct and saucy little hat that he was pur
suing, and as he shot past he caught
the runner of Nell's sled.
"'Who catches may keep" he quot
ed as he steered the two sleds into the
softer snow beside the road to permit
Ben to pass them.
"How did you do itT' demanded Mel
wonderingly.
did you think it would be BenT b,
countered. The girl shook her head.
Il wanted to see If you would mak'
an effort" she explained shyly. "Al
the way down 1 heard Ben shouting
and 1 was afraid that he was alone"
"He was" explained Griswold.
,ame the short way"
Nell looked at the. runner mark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

The house of representatives at
Washington has passed the bill pro
viding for the restoration of the time
honored inscription, I'm God VIC
Trust" to the face of American coin
age. The legislation was necessary in
view of the presidential freakism man.
ifested in the elimination of the rev.
erential motto.