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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
LIGHT ON POLITICS
Mccall Campaign Publicity Bill
FaVorabIy Reported.
MUSTREPORT CONTRIBUTIONS
All Money Collected For Use In Ma.
tienai Campaigns Must Be Reported
TO Clerk Of consress-some Of the
6hIs Provisions.

Washington. April 22.-The Mccall
campaign publicity bill was unani-
mously recommended TO the house for
passage 10y the committee on election
Of president. vice president and repre-
sentatives In congress. Though intro
duced by a Republican. the bin had
the undivided support OF the Demo
cratic members OF the committee and
also OF the National Publicity Law or
ganization- II was the subject Of much
spirited discussion in the committee
and the action IN recommending the
bill for passage caused jubnation
among the minority in the house and
some surprise on the Republican side
the Republican chairman OF the com
mittee. Mr. Gaines. OF West Virginia.
having previously expressed himself
as opposed 10 some OF the chief pro
visions OF the measure.
The bill provides that all contribu-
lions hereafter made To political com
mittecs engaged in promoting the cleo
ton OF representatives OF delegates 10
the congress of the United States or
OF presidential electors al any election
at which representatives. or delegates
shall be voted Tor. shall be reported by
such committees To- the clerk OF the
house Of representatives"
The bin was - amended that anv|
person may. in connection with such
election, pay from his own private
funds Tor the purpose OF influencing
or controlling in two or more states
the result at an election az which rep
rescntatiVes IN congress are to be
elected, all of his travelling expenses.
The provision allowing him 10 pay for
writing. printing. preparing and cir
culating any letter. circular or other
publication whereby he may state his
position OF views upon any question"
was stricken out. He may however.
pay for stationery and postage and
for telegraph and telephone service
without being subject 10 the provisions
of the act The clause providing that
nothing In this act shall apply to any
committee or organization for the dis
cussion OF advancement OF political
questions or principles without con-
nection with any such election" also
was stricken out.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
A FREAK OF MAUI E
Organs In Mans Body Scattered In
Unbelievable Ways.

Organs In Mans Body Scattered In
Unbelievable Ways.
Baltimore April 22-Surgeons bend.
Ing over the opened body of Judge
John +. McKeighan. Of ST. Louis. as il
lay on the operating table at the Johns
hopkins hospital soon after he had
died Of battling malady. were aston.
ished as they looked within the cavity
TO discover that instead of the usual
setting OF the organs. those in the
body were scattered about in almost
unbelievable ways.
His heart was turned in a position
the reverse OF normal his kidneys
were united by a ligament in the
shape OF a horseshoe. and the liver
was upside down. withthe gall blad.
der on top. Many on the smaller or.
gans were chaos OF entangling cords
and fatty substances.
How Judge McKeighan lived with
such strange transportation of the
machinery Of his body appears mar
Vicious. Surgeons are mystified at it.
Judge Mckeighan lived 10 be sixty.
SIX wears Old. and was considered enc
of the abiest lawyers of st. Louis. HIS
main did not seem to suffer through
me state of his organs. and he was
able to eat heartily until with a few
weeks OF March l. when he was
brought to the hospital in a critical
condition He had become seriously IN
II st Louis in February and his ply
sicians were quite unable to fathom
his symptoms. He was finally brought
To the Johns Hopkins hospital where
an operation was performed. during
~hlch aiscoVsries we're made of such
a startling nature that the family con.
scented to the autopsy. which was per.
formed almost Immediately after his
death.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
NOTICE

To the Churches OF Hermon Association.
At minister's and laymen's meeting
last year. |. with other brethren, was
appointed on q committee on arrange
ments for this year After consulting
with esteemed brethren. who are well
qualified to Judge. 1t has heen deemed
best not to hold a meeting this spring or
summer. This conclusion has been reach
ed with reluctance and regret.
Andrew Broaddus,
For Committee
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

Six buoys. to be located in Back Greek.
Poquosin River, have been authoriz ii
by the lighthouse board, at the request
oil Congressman Jones.
Henry P. Davies, OF Alexandria. and
Miss Martha J. Southland, OF Bealeton;
James M. Burdette. Culpeper, and Miss
Eleanor V. Brant, OF Central. W Va,
were welded in Washington.
Sixty thousand dollars was paid bv
Townsend Burwen for the Carter Hall
estate, near Wildwood, Clarke county
Carter Hall was owned many years
ago BY King Garter and contains 500
acres.
hessrs. A. c. Braxton, OF Richmond;
Boyd Sears, OF Mathews; +. Lee Trinkle
OF Wythe; r. Tate Irvine, of Wise, are
among those prominently mentioned for
the positions OF electors at large on the
State Democratic ticket
Mrs Sarah Virginia Jacobs, widow OF
Rev. W. +. NJ. Jacobs, died at Lancaster
CHI, at the residence OF her son-in-law l..
r. Combs, Monday, aged -. She leaves
three children. B. l.. Jacobs, OF Washing.
ton; w. +. Jacobs, Gordonsville, and
Mrs. l.. r. Combs, Lancaster.
The Improvement OF Carriers Greek, on
the lower Rappahannock, by the Govern
ment Is completed. The work consisted
OF dredginga 6fteen-foot channel 200 feet
wide through the bar at the mouth OF
thecreek. including the end OF Crab Point
and the construction of a stone ietty
ZAP feet long at the mouth of the creek
The total cost OF this work was $29
500.
The hotel and cottages at Old Sulphur
Springs, near Goshen. were burned. Los.
&c, 200; insurance $25, 900.
The barn of O. T. Crosby, near Warren
ton. on his View Tree Mountain estate
was burned with four head OF horses
quantity OF hay, 100 barrels OF corn, car
risges and wagons, farming utensils
The loss is heavy.
GOV. Swanson pardoned VIM. O,Boyle
OF Newport News, convicted six year.
ago OF the murder OF negro woman
while 10 a drunken condition. The mar
has left the city with Capt. Frank Gun
ningham Tor Philadelphia, here o. Boyl,
has wealthy relatives.
The Virginia and Southwestern Rail
road has formally applied to the
State Corporation Commission for per
m,ssion TO increase Ste passenger rates
90 fbrcs ceEts q mile. Prior TO the fix
Ing Of the rate at two cents by the com
lnission-the road charged four cents a
mile. The matter was taken under con.
siderAtion-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
TO STONE MAsoNs

Wanted at once-Bids for adding eigh-
teen inches 70 the height of the stone
wall around the graveyard of the billiard
and Twyman families, located on the
farm OF r. Verna Graves, near Belmont,
Spotsylvania county. Specifcationsfur fur
nished on application TO me or to Mr..
VIM. W. Butzner, Fredericksburg. The
right TO reject all bids il reserved.
Henry NJ Holiday,
Executor of Mamie NJ. Dillard, decd,
ap22- w4w Holiday, Virginia.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
THE X RAY

For the positive cure Of cancer. tumors
and all skin diseases. for the locating OF
internal diseases, offer the public the
only treatment OF this kind south of
Washington. Testimonials and proof of
cures furnished on application The only
thoroughly equipped Office in city.
W. j. Chewning, 81. D..
1902 Princess Anne Street.
sapS- 1m-2tw-fl9-1
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBuRG Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE steady: choice $3.50 Z:
prime. 64OG67O SHEEP active:
prime wethers. $sd6.25: culls and
common. s.. 50N 3 so, lambs. $f5Oa
I %; veal calves, S6H Z HOGS higher:
prime heavies. $3.50: mediums. Sc IS
H64.O. light Yorker a. eoTG. pigs.
G5406 $50; roughs. s5d5.5o
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
GLASS NoxlSAIlD

The Sixth district Democratic commit.
~ hiss announced that the only candi-
date Tor nomination for Congress who
hes suaiided by fling the notice required
Tor ths primary - Carter Glass, the in.
eonbsnt Capt. 3 ID. lanoey, OF Lynch
cl9g. who had been spoken Of ss a pos
~ eAazrnnn. end the time Tor doing 90
has axp1rsd. Mr. 0lsss win be declared
~ Bonines 81 tLs patty
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

ulRGlNIA-ln the Clerks Office OF the
v Corporation Court Of thecity Of Fr,d.
1905. = -
&. l.. Plaintiff
Against
Ida Sadonia Riley..................D Defendant.
IL CHANCERY.
The object OF this suit il TO obtain an
absolute divorce, vinculo matrimoni.
from the bonds Of matrimonv bv the
plaintiff from the defendant.
And an affidavit having been made and
hled that the defendant, Ida SadoniaRiley.
IL not resident of the State OF Viz
glnia, 1t Is ordered that she do appear
here within 10 days after due pub
llcation hereof, and do what NAV be
necessary to protect her interest in this
suit And it is further ordered that a
copy hereof be put lished once a week for
four weeks in The Free Lance. newspaper
published in the cisy Of Frederick burr
Virginia, and that "A copy be posted at the
front door Of the courthouse of thiscourt
on or before the next succeeding rule
day OF this court
Teste:
A. b. YATES, Clerk.
A copy-Teste:
A. b. YATES. Clerk.
Nm w butzner, p. q. apr22- w4w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

John Sharp Williams knows how
and when to take jest, but he also
realizes there are times when they
are out OF place, as was the case in
the House last Saturday afternoon
when Speaker Cannon denied the
minority its ordinary constitutional
rights.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

Col Watterson named Governor
johnson as the man who could win
victory this year for the Democrats,
but afterwards climbed on the Bryan
band wagon, assigning as his reason
the failure OF leading Democrats to
adopt his suggestion when first
made. The colonel should remem-
Der that his advice must first be d.
gested before it can be acted upon.
His best plan now would be to climb
down again and return to johnson.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
GASOLINE ENGINES SAVE LABOR

On account OF the scarcity OF laborers
you are perhaps going to buy Gasoline
Engine, the greatest OF all labor savers
But don't experiment. Buy a FAIR
BANKS-MORSE." Agents Wanted.
Write for Catalogue.
A. J. HUFF: Richmond, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
ATTENTION. VOTERS

Those who have not paid poll taxes
are reminded that they must do so not
later than May %. II they wish to vote
at the election on November 3rd.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
LOCAL MARKETS
(Corrected BY Simon Hirsh a Bro

(Corrected by Simon Hirsh 4 Bro.l
WHEAT. 50 TO 81; corn. 65 to
6S. wesl. s1.6O 10 $1.75; oats.
80 to 20; old hens . TO 10: spring
chicken 20 to % cts. per pound:
eggs, 12S TO 49,: lard. 10 10
-; ducks, hve 10 to II. turkeys. drawn,
Ii to 10; turkeys. undrawn. Ii TO
Il; turkeys. live. II 10 II; butter.
10 20 IS; hams. II To IL Irish POTATOES,
80 to 65; lambs, $3.50 To $4.0O:
hides, green. TO ~; dry salted.
> to- 81; dry hides. ~ to Z: cali
skins No. /, $l.lO per skin; baled
hay, s15 to 81 per ton; Leaf sumac. so
TO 50 per 100, hogs. live weight. 5
to 5kc.; beef. live weight. 3 to 4e.:
pork, 6S to I; wool, 22 TO % per no /;
sweet potatoes. 90 to 81; veal. 81 To 6;
Early Rose potatoes. tl.lO to $3.50:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

The next senator from Oregon
bears the name of Cake. Probably
required good deal OF dough TO
make this Cake-a senator.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

An order permitting Harry Thaw to
sign an application for writ OF habeas
corpus TO release Thaw from the Mat
teawan Asylum was obtained by Jamee
>. Graham. Of Newburg.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
CORNED HERRING.

We are receiving by every steamer A
No. l new corDed Potomac herring.
which We are selling at SO per thousand.
Simon Hirsh 4 Bro.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
TO CLOSE MY LIQUOR BUSINESS
AT COST

As am going out OF the liquor bust.
ness on May l, 1908, will sell out my
entire stock at cost. The stock consists
OF brandies. whistles. gin. rum and wine,
and embraces the best brands on the
market at prices from 400 to $3.50.
Give me call II you want to buy choice
goods at and below cost.
| also desire to rent out my store, No.
BIB Commerce street, which has an es-
taolished trade and is ope Of the best
locations In the city. .
ap2 I'm Mrs. ]. +. Monroe
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
PLANT PEPPERS

Suppose you try Bull Nose Peppers on
that land you had prepared for toaa-
toes? Get the seed from II. B. Lane and
plant at once.
ap22-3t Alart a Mcclure.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

There are already about enough
Bryan delegates" chosen to give
him the two-thirds vote necessary
to nominate at Denver.-Virginia
Citizen.
II this be true why should Mr..
Bryan's friends be engaged in such
an active effort to bring about the
abrogation OF the two-thirds rule?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
POTOMAC ROE ReRRIncs

We are now booking orders for our sc.
lect full roe Potomac behring's. See adv.
elsewhere.
W l.. Brannan
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
WANTED

man OF intelligence and industry.
with small family. to handle NV little
arm near FredericksbuTg. J. Wnmoke
Cox. SOS Main St. 7
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
w. s. EMBREY

Successor to Embrey g. Bergman
DeaIer In Railroad Cross Ties, Cedar
rosts, spokes and Hoops. Keeps
baled Hay and Mil Feed. Once nasr
Railroad Depot, Fredericksburr. va
Also Agent for Page Wire Fence 90.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
RIPANS.

There Is scarcely any condition of
Ill health that is not benefited by the
occasional use of a RIPANS Tabule.
For sale by druggists. The Five
cent packet Is enough for an ordi
nary occasion. The family bottle, 81
s-~'s. contains s-Dpiv .ov = YEAR
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS

Six buoys, to be located in Back Greek
Poquosin River, have been authoriz ID
by the lighthouse board, at the request
OF Congressman Jones.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

Finaneiers Thought In 1899 That the
Nebrsskan Might Be Defeated Fer
the Democratic Nomination For
President
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23

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70. w butzner, p. q. apr22-w4w
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
The Old Masters.

81 make more money in day than
Michael Angelo made in a month";" said
a popular illustrator give been study
ing up the wages those old chaps got.
1t is amazing.
Michael Angelo was paid $40
month while doing the cartoons of the
battle Of Pisa. and Leonardo, who help
ed him, got the same rate. They were
both locked for lateness and off days,
but there was no overtime allowance.
Correggio got for his Christ in the Gar
den S725. Carracci's Resurrection
only brought the painter $3.50. Albert
Durer for his pen and ink portraits
was not paid in cash. A bag of -four, a
hundred oysters, pair of boots-Durer
would gladly do your portrait on such a
system of remuneration.
'Rembrandt's top notch price was
$475. He got that for his Night
Watch
"VelasQuez worked chiefly for the
Spanish government He was paid at
the average rate of $50 a picture Think
of it! Thirty-five dollars for the 'Roke-
by Venus = Minneapolis Journal
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Millions Saved.

Practically to pick 100.000-horsepower
off the tops of eight roaring blast fur
naces and to use it in performing hum
dred giant tasks is the purpose Of the
colossal apparatus now being installed
in the wonderful steel plant building of
Gary, Ind.
By means of a heretofore unthought OF
extension of the use of the blast furnace
gas the Indiana Steel company will save
and put to work power which has been
only partly used up to now, and which
was once utterly wasted. And that that
power will entirely displace steam IN the
great mills, and that the rolling OF more
than 100000 tons of steel ingots per
wear will be but one portion OF the work
il will perform, indicates the tremendous
inheritance of the innovation.
For every ton of pig iron WHICH flowed
for many years from the mouths of the
worlds blast furnaces the power OF
twenty-five horses was generated ana
wasted. Unrecognized, hundreds OF thou
sands of horsepower that might have
moved the machinery of half the crafts.
that cluster around the most useful OF
the metals was lost in green and yellow
fireworks before men began to see Now.
nv a process that has been a growth,
hut which has only just reached perfec--
tion, the gas is preserved and used, and
the wheels of the whole great industry
of steel making will presently turn be-
fore its power alone.-Technical World
Magazine.
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MANKIND's FIRST DOCTORS.
In the Old Days HeaIers "Scared the
naviI,, Ont of Patients.

In the Old Days Heaters "Scared tine
DeviI' Out of Patients.
eff the folks of the present day had
to undergo some Of the treatment that
our forebears Of almost forgotten ages
had to contend with when they were
invalids. they wouldn't be so mucn
growing about the medicines that were
prescribed for them now" said the IN
telligent pharmacist, who is out again
after a long siege of the grip.
what were the usual doses then?'
he was asked.
"Well, [ can't believe there We're any
that could be called favorites," replied
the druggist, "but the books tell us that
before the days of the great father of
medicine Hippocrates, when a man be-
came afflicted with any sort of disorder
the astrologists and fetch men and 9th
ers of that ilk who dOctOred their fell
low humans, almost always diagnosed
the sickness as the production Of the
devil, or some other evil spirit, who
had taken possession and acquired an
occupancy of the sick mans corporeal
frame, and had to be driven out by 9th
er devils, specters and apparitions, and
these medicine men generally had an
assortment of demons on hand to do
the business. They acted on the hO-
meopathic principle, similia smilibus
curanter, or, in plan English: Like
things are cured by like things So
the doctors of those days set their
fiends at work to scare the devils out
of sick people, and let imagination do
the rest, and it was not until the great
Grecian introduced and promulgated a
sound system of medicine that these
early doctors retired from practice.
II know to-day Of sensible people
who wear charms and amulets to guard
them against any kinds of evil, and &C
tually have faith in their efficacy. OF
course, that comes within the range of
superstition-at least, that is my indi-
vidual Opinion-but it is widespread.
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THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
Days of Financial Stress Make Farm
Lands Look Rich.


A staff contributor of q Southern
newspaper has taken up the question
of the return to the farm of many who
had fOrsaken it for the glitter of the
city. He says: ut is a well-known fact
that the history of this government
SHOWS that those men who have been
most successful in life and who have
ielt their impress upon it's people and
us institutions as statesmen, soldiers,
Anahclers, have as a rule been those
whose youth was spent on the farm,
ana 1t is to such as these that there
comes with overmastering power THE
CALL OF THE SOIL. More especially
does it come with redoubled persuasive
ness, greater power and sweeter plead
Ing to the man of affairs when the,
clouds of financial unrest begin to dark
en- the sky; when the cry of panic
causes people to lose their wits and act
like stampeded cattle; when with rea-
son or without reason there arises be-
fore him the specter Of ruin, grinning
IN his face and waving it's gaunt arms
in threatening gesticulation.
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent fnan-
clal furry, which happily is now pass
ed, suggests these reflections. Some
We're ruined and very few became in
sane because of their losses. Two or
three took their own lives.
1t is when such times come
that Tue statesman, the great finan-
c1er, ana the man of affairs becomes
tired of he struggle He lays down
his pen, turns from his desk and
listens to Tue CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds Of cases through
out the United States of those who.
have money in the banks and are look
ing for investment in lands. No
investment is better or safer. Take
for instance, the lands in West
ern Canada that can be bought
at from $40 to SIS per acre
which yield a revenue equal to and
often greater than their original cost.
These lands make certain invest
ment. During the past two months
large investments in these lands have
been made, some intending to use the
lands for farming purposes OF their
own, others to resell to farmer
friends. The agents Of the government
Of Canada located at different points
throughout the United States have in
their possession particulars of districts
in which there are free homestead
grants of $50 acres, each accessible to-
railways, markets, schools, churches,
agents will be pleased to give informa-
ton to any DESTROYS of securing and
will tell all about the railway rates,
ptC
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
TREES RESTING TIME.
The Evergreen in Winter-Tropical
Plants in Dry Season.

''What we call evergreens," says gen
tleman formerly connected with the park
department of st. Louis. ARE not really
green during the winter, nor are they
really alive, but are dormant.
Every plant must have its period or
rest at some time in the year, and in our
northern ATTITUDES the winter is, or
course. the most appropriate season. The
evergreens generally retain the greater
part Of their foliage during the winter,
but a close examination shows that 1t
dries to such an extent as, to be really
dead, and a large part OF 1T tails OH
when the plants begin their spring
growth. The drying is not peculiar to
the foliage. The branches and stem be-
come as dry as the foliage, and being
almost entirely devoid of moisture are
little damaged by the winters cold.
In some parts Of the tropics, however.
as in the highlands of southern Mexico
and Central America, the summer is the
resting time of the trees. The intense
heat of the sun dries up the earth, the
trees drop their leaves, the woody por-
tions become as dry as our evergreens
in winter, and the tree takes its rest
until the autumn rains begin.
''Of course this rule dees not apply to
a large number of tropical plants which
grow in moist jungles or swampy places.
They have accustomed themselves to
their conditions, but even they still re-
tain the resting habit, and at some time
of the year relax in their growing and
become as near dormant for a time as
circumstances will permit. = st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

because it is at once handsome and
costly. 1t is not durable hat. 1t ccn't
be folded like a handkerchief and then
returned unframed to its original shape.
1t can't be passed through finger ring.
1t can't be used with impunity as a
drinking cup, pillow, baseball, a
door mat.
''No. a good Panama must be treated
carefully. Rough handling will split it
the best of treatment it viii only last
a few years.
For the Panamh is not an over-dur-
able hat We have learnt that our
ideas about it in the past were mostly
fallacies."