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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-27
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noon accepted the nomination Tor tie
vice presidency by the Democratic
party. The address formally notifying
SIR. Kern of his selection as the run.
ming mate of MT Bryan was made e.
Theodore 4. Bell 90 California. vic
was temporary chairman OF the Dan
yer convention. and who spoke FOR tla
notification committee Nr. Ball was
siFcn the closest attention OF his great
auli nee. his cicav-cut. actor-ike face
and vivid style of oratory creating a
distinct impression upon his hcarers
When Mr.. Kern arose To- ackuowl-
edge the high honor accorded him ty
his party. he was slvcn an ovation
only slightly less icmcnstrativc than
that which later was given Mr. Bryan
wacn the latter arose 10 conclude the
days program with his lons-awalted
address on TRUSTS"
Mr.. Kern's Address.
Atrer fcllcitously acknowledcing the
honor that had been conferred uDcn
BIN by the Beaver convention ard
expressing his pleasure AMI safisfac-
ton iu being associated with Mr. R~.-
an OBJ the ticket Mr.. Kern a-raicu.f
te Republican party FOR what Dr. a.
legged was the establishment OF q Spar
lame ntary condition in the interest
ol monopoly. under which the sole
power 10 determine whether a 3D. as
IRE should De allowed 90 become a
law or not was lodged in the speaker
Of the house OF Representative. citing
number Of cases in support OF his
contention. The principal part of his
address was devoted TO the tariff as
follows.
The question Of tariff taxation is
one % vital interest am in hearty
accord With our platform declarations
on that subject
The Republican candidate gar vice
president IN his recent speech o. a--
ceptance Landed the Dingley bin and
declared that when enacted i- was
Wen adapted 10 existing conditions.
bat proceeded 20 ada that the doval-
opments o. Industrial prosperity IN q
decade which. I'm volume ana degree
have surpassed our most roseate ex-
pcctatiuns have SO altered conditions
that in certain details OF scf~ Jules
they 10 longer in every particular me O.
ont justice TO an For these re,sore
he declared in favor Of a rea fju---
mcnt. based on the broad p-inc-ri
of protection for all American int.r-
ests alike for labor and capital frr
producers ard consumers. The hun
dreds Of thousands OF American uo~t.
inSmen who are now vainly seeking
empioyement were doubtless delight
Cd when they read about that indus
trial prosperity which Sd 'surpass ID
our most roseate expectations In
thousands cf American homes fami-
lies viii gather about dinner tables
which Tor many months have not been
encumhered with q beefsteak. and IN
Guige in 'roseate expectations of their
own
III the wages Of labor depend upon
a high tar'H why should any man IA
vor reduction of that tarin? II. after
eleven years of surprising prospect Y.
brought about by the Dingley bin. bus
/ mess languishes. and labor suffers.
! why not excite some more 'roseate ex-
| pectations' by raising the tariff rates.
70 the end that there may be a much
needed revival OF business. and that
labor may again find employment?
The voters of America are not like
" to be deceived as to the tariff cues.
ton by the stock arguments Of thu op-
position.
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Wanted In Lancaster For Foroerv.

W@ntSo N Lancaster for Forgery.
Chicago. Aug. 25.-John p. Kicker.
arrested here on the complaint OF a
Lancaster. Pa, bank that he had pass
ed forged checks. stated to the police
that he was a member Of a prominent
Harrisburg. Pa. family
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~withstanding the coming upon the scene Of
the greatest bear hunter In all that country,
until he came at them with a pitchfork,
when they tumbled out Of the trough n
went slouohing away into the woods.
They knowed as well as I did that I
dassent shoot EN-" said Nelson, reporting
this surprising visit of the two bears. II
they hadn't knowed it they wouldn't been
within ten mile O. there"
An old she bear with her two four
m~onths-old cubs had snooped around the
camp Of a party camped in Pike county
until the campers began to think they
would have to move out and let the bear
family move in before long. One evening
the cubs came waddling along on the edge
Of tho camp without the old bear. The
camp guide said he believed he knew how
to get some fun out Of the cubs, and fetching
q bottle of New England rum from the
camp stores he mixed It with a quart or 20
Of molasses. put the mixture into a big tin
basin and set 1t on the ground near the two
little bears. .,
The cubs shifted around a while and
then got a taste of the rum and molasses.
1t suited them 50 well that they sopped Il
cubs. evidently feeling the influence OF
the insinuating stuff, hauled of and swatted
the other one across the face, smearing 10
with the sticky mixture. That angered
the sh other one, and he rose to pitch into
had gone to his head. and over he went
on the ground all in a heap. The cub that
had started the fuss made a dab at the
one on the ground and fell on top OF him.
Then the fun was in. The two tipsy cubs
bit and scratched aAd paved and tumbled
around, swapping and snarling in a regular
mixed ale party way. The fun was paying
the campers back for all the ~annoyances
the bear family nae given them. when
suddenly the old bear appeared on the
scene.
For a few seconds she stared at the fight
ing cubs who were still at ii hammer and
tongs, and then seemed to come to an under
standing of the situation. She grabbed
those cubs. each by the scuff of the neck,
and shook them until their teeth ratified.
hen she cuffed their ears soundly, and,
giving an ugly growl at the campers. accom-
panied by q liberal display of her teeth,
abe marched her iDebriat ted offspring away
from there On the double quick. The camp
ing party remained there two weeks after
that, but that bear family never came near
the camp again.
or similar tenor have been other reports
from the Pennsylvania bear regions this
season. and the conduct OF the bears is said
to be disturbing the bear hunters not a
little. As one old Clinton county woods
mai puts 1t. the bea RS are getting too smart.
They are findin' out too much" he says.
They're shown themselves here, there an
everywhere these days, but wait till Novem-
Der comes, when the law Quits bein' with
EN-. Then you won't be able to and a bear
if you drag the woods with a fine tooth
comb"
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FISHING IN ARTESIAN LAKES
Sport for the Angler Now In the semi.Arid
Region OF Texas.

KATHERINE, Tex, Aug. l5.-About the
time that the work Of building the rail-
road through the border territory was
begun the discovery was made that the
region was underlaid with a basin Of ar
tesian water. Major Armstrong and other
ranchmen began to develop this under
ground wuter resouro and there are now
hundreds of flowing wells scattered over a
territory about one hundred miles long by
seventy-6ve miles wide.
Water is always a cheering sight to a
ranchman in this semi-arid region, and
upon the ranches where the artesian wells
were put down chains of beautiful lakes
have been formed. Around their edges
trees and other vegetation have sprung
I'D and q wonderful transformation of the
country is taking place.
Fresh water fishing was an unknown
pleasure in the pocket Of Texas before the
a~rtesian water basin was tapped. One of
the first ranches upon which the artesian
water supply was developed was that Of
Mrs. H. M. King. Her ranch embraces
1880 600 acres and every part Of the domain
is now well watered from these wells.
1t occurred to her son-in-law, Robert j.
Kleberg, the manager OF the ranch, that it
would be a good idea to stock the lakes
with bass. A supply Of these fish were
obtained from the United States Govern
ment hatcheries and placed in the newly
created fresh bodies OF water,
II Is five or six years since some OF these
lakes were stocked with bass. The fish
have thrived and in no part Of the country
is better bass fishing afforded than this
remote territory, where not nan years
ago there wa not enough water to prevent
cattle from perishing by thousands in time
of drought.
MeyicaI.o who Eever saw q fresh water
fish until these new bodies Of water were
created have become expert anglers, and
in the ranch homes OF these people
splendid bass are a part Of the daily food
supply. Fishing is prohibited in the lakes
stocked only recently, but in those where
the fish have had a few years in which to
grow and multiply the sport may be in
dulged in at ones pleasure.
As many of the lakes are connected by
streams OF running water provided from
the a~rtesian wells. the fish are enabled to
travel from one feeding ground to another.
Some Of the lakes are alive with the gamy
fish.
The largest bass ever landed In Texas
was caught in an artesian water lake on
the ranch of Mrs. King a few days q by
Richard Kleberg. her grandson. 1t tipped
the scales at a fraction over u pounds. 1t
belonged TO the small mouth species and
was SlX inches long. 1t 10 q common thing
to catch bass weighing as much as six or
seven pounds.
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BEARDSTOWN,S FISH FRY.
Annual Event which Has Helped to Build
Up an Illinois Tow

: MACON, No, Aug. I5.-"One Of the events
of Cass county, Illinois. is the annual fish
fry held in the town park at Be~ardstown,'
said Richard Spicker. who is here from
the place named. 1T is to be held this year
on August 81. and this 10 the seventeenth
occasion of the sort.
HThe fish are caught in the Illinois River,
which runs by the city. The park ia IN the
centre Of the town. business houses being
all around II like a court house square in a
Missouri town On one side Of the park a
place is fenced off for the cooking.
ain this fenced enclosure are -four long
ovens and a wide shelf. on which the fish
fresh from the river are laid. The frying
Of the fish begins about 1 o'clock in the
morning and continues steadily until IL
O'Clock, when a gong summons the throng
TO the free banquet. The layout usually
consists OF 5000 pounds OF buffalo. bass,
cat. oroppy and all the fish Of Western
rivers, and 1000 leaves Of bread.
-kach person gets a small wooden dish,
on which are placed a large piece OF fish
and several slices OF bread. A regular
bread line is formed. Two policemen
stand at the entrance to maintain order.
1t generally takes four or five hours for the
line to pass, though it moves fast.
There's a wagon bridge crossing the
river connecting Schuyler and Cass coun-
ties. and from 4 P. NJ. the day before until
IL on the day OF the fish fry there Is never
a moment when there isn't a wagon crossing
the bridge. As Beardstown collects a toll
Of Is cents for each vehicle crossing the
bridge can imagine the fish fry Is a
pretty profitable institution.
Besides its fame as a shipping point
for fish Beardstown has become noted
In recent years for the extent apdivalue
Of Its pearl discoveries. A workman living
in a two story frame house picked up a
muesel last April and found in it a pearl
which he sold for 81, 500 cash. Several
pearls worth from $500 to 81 900 have been
found recently, and finds amounting to
$40, $50 and $50 are 80 frequent that large
Eastern houses keep agents at Boards
town Just for the purpose Of picking up
bargains found In the mussels.
Hundreds Of craft are out in the river all
the time. floating along, fishing for the
wealth beneath the water. Even II the
mussel fishers fail to find pearls. they can
at a price which will pay them we'll for
their time and labor.
aThe annual fish fry has accomplished
more In the building up Of Beardstown
advertised II as one Of the greatest fish
markets in the West. and then it brings
almost the entire population Of the two
counties there every year, and this means
a trade connection worth thousands OF
dollars annually in addition to the large
amount spent the day Of the fry.
sNo, ! never noticed whether 80 much
fish eating made the people OF Beardetown
smarter than anybody else. but l know
t~his-every man, woman and child there
believes devoutly In Jonah and the whale.
and some ever think that at one time Jo-
nah's big fab. or one like 1t. cruised by their
town."
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being sure hat his s~peedometer Ii all right
The Brooklyn men all have theirs tested
over a measured course OF a quarter OF q
mile laid out with q steel tape. They are
further tested with a s~topwatch.
Some Magistrates have fallen into the
way Of demanding that the policeman have
his stopwatch tested frequently too. and
that he have a Ger tifioate from a watch
maker showing the date Of the most recent
testing. Some Magistrates used to demand
that the speedometers on the policemen 9
cycles be tested immediately after an ar
rest, that there might be no doubt.
The other morning a man was running q
car up Broadway almost fifty miles an hour.
It was about 8 O'Clock. apparently a safe
enough hour.
Az he dashed past Ninety-eighth street
there was a swapping and whirring and
out leaped a motorcycliBt bound after the
auto. 1t took a long. hard chase to get him,
but the policeman did nab his man some
distance uptown.
well, what's the sense Of pinohing me at
this hour in the morning?" demanded the
automobiles. There isn't the least bit Of
danger. no matter IL l was going as fast as
you say I was
Il guess there is danger said the police
man. Suppose there was some drunk
staggering across the road. What a fine
mess you'd make Of him. Or suppose a
sleepy milk Wagon or bakers wagon driver
was going across the avenue slowly. You'd
hit him before you could help yourself. ]
guess there's plenty Of reason why you
shouldn't speed at this hour Of the day any
more than any other. Come along"
The police have got used to almost all
the common stories about engagements.
dinners and the like. They have got down
to the stage where they exercise their dis
erection about making arrests. taking into
consideration the amount Of harm that the
driver may do to others and to himself.
when a mans arrested in this town
anywhere in the boroughs for speeding
depend upon it he's going at least twice as
fast as the law allows said a motorcycle
policeman of fifteen years experience. I'VE
don't make many mistakes and we do give
pretty fair ]eeway.'
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A RESOURCEFUL OCULIST.
Has . Blind BeGsar woman to Advertise
His Business.

Worsav correspondence Pail Maj Gazette.
Enterprise takes various forms. even in
Warsaw. A young o~oculist, finding that
patients were few and far between. hit upon
an original means OF advertising.
He engaged a blind woman who sits and
begs by the Church Of the Holy Cross to
hold q light board whereon are written his
name. address. professional qualifications and
consultation hours.
As the church 10 In the busiest thorough
fare of the town the notice attracts n good
deal Of attention. The besger herself says
she is quite satisfied with the results. as many
people notice her who would otherwise pass
by, and as the doctor has added his assurance
that she is hopelessly blind benevolent old
ladies throw ooppers into her tin mug. sure
that their money 10 not wasted on an i'm
poster. II IL not yet known whether the
number OF patients has increased.
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LITTLE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES.
An Attractive Bunch showing what This
Giant e Turtle Is In Its Youth.

- ~ Se
The common idea Of the loggerhead turtle
is OF a giant turtle. because usually il is only
well grown specimens that are seen on exhi-
bition. A thousand pound loggerhead turtle
would rave a top shell about seven feet in
length. and including It's long neck and a
long tail would measure from tip to tip about
eleven feet, but when newly Matched out
this turtle has a shell about two inches in
length. and it's length over all il about three
and a half inches.
The Aquarium has now an interesting lot
Of little loggerheads Of these last dimen-
sions. They were sent from Florida by DR..
A. @. Mayer. director Of the Carnegie Marine
Laboratory at Dry Tortugas. There were
n~inety-two in the bunch altogether. which
were Matched at L~oggerhead Key on July II.
As many as IFS eggs have been found in a
loggerhead turtles nest. the average number
being about 100. The period Of incubation
Is approximately eight weeks, and the log
gerhead's nesting season is through April
May and June.
About forty Of the little loggerheads
now at the Aquarium have been placed in
q large table tank on the ground floor.
and they may fairly be described as cute.
Children who see them express q desire to
take one home with them. Yet these
ninety-one little loggerheads II they should
grow to full size would make q procession
OF turtles not much under a quarter Of a
mile long.
The little loggerheads swim about In
their tank actively and freely and when
they get tired they lay their long forward
fippers on the top Of their upper shell,
along the outer edge or either side and
lie on the water so, propelling themselves
with their hind fippers.
The little loggerheads have fed we'll since
their arrival. They eat cut up Goldfish and
CLAIMS and killiefish and beef, and suspended
In the watertby a cord from the top Of the
tank Ia q strip Of fresh goldfish from which
they can take occasional nips.
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Whaling Ship Home After "A Years.

T~wenty-four years is a long time for a ship
to be away from Its home port. but that Is
the record OF a whaling bark that has Just
docked In New Bedford. The vessel left New
Bedford In 1885, for a voyage around Cape Horn
and since has been engaged most Of the time
IN whaling In northern latitudes. The ship
brings. news that the whaling ships In the
Atlantic are generally making heavy catches
this season, The whaling business seems TO
Bedford Is developing new Importance which
presents some likeness to It's old time actiy-
ity as q whaling port.
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HARLEM NOISES.
MIX wagon Horses Annoyed by Flies an
Early Morning Nuisance.

Life on the upper West Side wouldn't be
so bad these days when noises nave been
minimised, were 1t not for the milk wagon
horses. 1t is well known that milk wagons
get on the job early. and in tho hot mornings
the horses are much annoyed by flies. The
only way, outside Of switching with lite tai
that a horse has Of removing flies Ia to move
the part being tormented.
Whom three or four horses stand in front
Of an apartment house, in turn stamping
their hoofs after they raise their legs, the
noise on the asphalt Is far from i~nconsider-
able. In fact IL wakes up and keeps awake
lots OF folks who are heartily glad When
the milk is all delivered and The waeona
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The man protested that he hadn't been
going anything like that fast. and % on,
through the usual tale. On the way to the
station house the policeman was riding
where he could see the speedometer on the
automobile. 1t was one Of those which
nave a red hand TO mark the maximum
speed, and the policeman noticed that this
hand pointed to forty miles an hour.
why. look there he said to the auto
mobilist. 'the hand IN your maximum
speed shows you were doing forty, Just
what I told you
.oh, that came back the driver IN a
fash, shat doesn't signify. I did that two
weeks ago In Peekskill. and I forgot to turn
the darn thing back
Some other drivers lave a little custom
Of taking two or three pegs out OF the speed
ometer gear, 50 that when the notohes down
at the wheel strike there will be two or three
that miss on zach round. As q result the
dial shows about fifteen miles an hour
when actually the drivar is going twenty
Ave miles or 30. When q policeman gets one
of these operators the cop is always invited
to observe the speedometer and to see
how carefully the man Is driving.
Then when the policeman says the speed
ometer's all wrong 1t In the QUE OF this man
to say: well, officer. you say my speed
ometer il wrong. but I have 1t or there.
believing it's right. What am I to dor I
and 30 N. Which generally goes until the
policeman makes a bluff at Offering to adjust
the speed measuring device.
Incidentally some Magistrates demand
Q great deal from q policeman In the way Of
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the ground over again n landed nearly
all OF. the beauties I brought into camp
way, so Sam Day, a native Of that country.
told me afterward. was that the creek was a
favorite fishing place for bears, they being
expert fishers, n that this one was simply
trying to spoil the fishing for me that day
and save IL for himself.
we had all looked 1t over and admired It I
I put the trout on the cool grass by the
side OF a spring not far from the tent and
went Cd after the camp man to have him
come and dress the fish. 1t wasn't ten
minutes before I was back to the spring
with the man, but that had been time enough
for a bear to come In and swipe those trout
OF mine, but not long enough for him to
get out OF sight with them. My gun stood
at the tent door, and I had 1t In less time
within easy shot, and I drew bead on him.
Hold onP the camp man hollered. It's
ag'in the law, an you'll have to sweat for it,
And was just idiot enough to let SIS and
costs stand between me and seeking that
internal bear full Of lead, and Sam Day says
says, too. that there isn't any doubt at
all but what the bear found hat I had
fished h creek over again and had fol-
lowed me into camp and got the trout
day that I didn't get that bear
George Nelson is a famous bear hunter Of
the Hammersly Run country, and he had
hunted so persistently for almost time out
of mind that for the last three or four years
seen thereabout, At the roadside near the
Nelson house Is a watering trough hewn
from a large white pine log. The run from
a neighboring spring keeps it filed with
water. The report comes In from the
Nelson neighborhood that one morning re-
Gently when Nelson got up and went out
he discovered two bears disporting them-
selves in the watering trough. and they con-
tinued TO * disport themselves not