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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-06-23
Potomac Navigator Company
Fast Twin-screw Steamer
GENERAL LEE

VIII leave 9th street wharf, Washing
ton, d. C.. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thurs
DAYS at 1:l5 a. m. alexandria. Va, at
$40 for following points:
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
BUSINESS
Every Merchant Should Be One If He
Intends to Meet with Success.

During recent years a number of
self-styled business experts have come
into existence. They are apparently
the outgrowth of the advertising
school. They are business-builders,
men with ideas, and ready to dispense
services at so much per dispense. One
of the reasons why this class of experts
exists is the lack of proper business
education on part of merchants. We're
the average retailer the well-informed
man that he should be there would be
little field for the business specialist.
1t behoves the business man these
days to be in the front rank of the
w~ell-informed or he is likely to be in
the front rank of bankrupts. There is
hardly a battle-ground. One may be
a plodder for a while, but 1t sooner
or later becomes evident that the re.
taller or the jobber or the man in any
branch of business who does not keep
up to advanced methods is supplanted
by some one more e~nterprising. 1t is
only necessary to study the failure re-
ports of any of the large commercial
agencies and the cause of disaster can
easily be discovered. 1t is the knowl-
edge of these truths which encourages
the business experts. But strange as
it may SEEM, these men who are spe-
cialists and know all about how to
run affairs of someone else quite often
lack the ability to properly and sue
cessfuIly conduct business for them
selves.
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were supplied oy the very people on.

were supplied ~ the very people on
pressed by it.
There is n cure, and n cure
only for capital concentration. That
is a strict adherence to simple homo
trade principles. Keep in each COM
munity to the greatest extent all the
earnings Of the people Of that commu-
nifty. The withdrawal Of capital from
a section ~impoverishes it just so much.
1t takes away the means of establish.
ing new industries for the employment
of the people. Thus are towns re.
tarded in their u%pbuilding, and real
estate values are kept from advanc-
ing. The home market for the farm
ers' products is destroyed, and every
interest and every person in the COM
munity suffers from the effects.
Thus it can be seen how vital it is
to the masses to understand that any
system of business that draws from a
community the surplus earnings Of the
people and takes away the legitimate
profits that should 60 to it's trades
men, Is a system worthy of condemns.
ton. Cannot these questions be dis
cussed openly before the farmers and
the other laborers? Is there any argu-
ment that cannot be we'll sustained?
Is there an intelligent farmer who
would not do some substantial think
ing when 1t is shown to him that he
is working directly against his W
financial interests when he p%atroniZeS
other than home stores and home in
st%itutions?
n NJ CARR
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
KEEPING FOOD DISPLAY CLEAN.
CarIessness Often Causes the Loss OF
Good Customers and Trade.

NSSA dii0 daSs
The dealer who has eatables to offer
for sale to the public and finds it nee.
essary in order to appeal to the ap-
petite of the passing public to place
his display within sight of the pros.
pective purchaser, thereby making it
necessary to make sidewalk displays,
cannot afford to underestimate the
fastidiousness of taste possessed by
the average American. For the most
part the women are the buyers for
the household. and they area choicy
bunch, too. They are prone to take
their time in looking over their pros.
pective purchases, and the slightest
thing to arous their suspicion that
everything about the store is not clean
will have more damaging effect to the
merchants business than a brick
house falling on the average man.
In catering to the women's idea Of
cleanliness we believe there is but
M way to make sure and that is q
high elevation for the display of goods.
1t is true that particles sift in from
the street and cannot be kept out Of
the display, however high from the
sidewalk they are placed, but the most
~nauseating of all the pests of dogs and
similar animals are kept away from
the vegetables and will have no little
part in aiding the purchaser to believe
that you make a diligent effort tc keer
the place clean
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
USING SHOW WINDOWS.
Arrangement of Goods to Attract At.
tention Is Not to Be Neglected.

Many grocers consider it useless to
display stocks in windows for the pur-
pose of attracting attention. The
same ones will carelessly stack up out
side heaps of perishable goods, and
fail to eyen use mosquito netting to
keep the flies off. One of the most
prosperous groceries in a large city
in the west made rapid progress from
a small stand to a big concern in a few
years. 1t was the neatness of the
place and the display of the goods, and
the promptness in looking after orders
that built up the business. This, at
least, is what is claimed by the owner.
One of the notable things about the
place is that there Is nothing displayed
outside the store unless the same Is in
a case. The show windows, n each
side of the door, are as carefully fixed
up two or three times a week as the
windows of a fashionable dry goods
store. One display will be of a certain
kind of canned goods on which the
grocer is making a run. Cans will be
artistically arranged in pyramids,
stars, triangles, with a view to har-
mony in the color arrangement of the
labels. Later a display of olives,
products, bacon, hams, sausages, lard,
catsups, condiments of all kinds, will
be arranged. Everything is season
able. When the berries begin to ar
rive these are displayed in the Win
dows, and sometimes the windows
made to hold whole stocks. While in
n window there may be a display of
canned goods, in the other will be ar
tistieally arranged a line of meat
and complete assortments of the goods
of some well-known house. Neatness
and cleanliness are the two principal
things to be observed in the grocery
window display. There should be am
pie protection from flies and insects.
1t is necessary that changes be made
frequently. And let the arrangement
of the goods in the store correspond
well with the show made in the win.
dOws.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
HOW TO TEST LINsEED OIL


There is nothing that will make
paint go wrong on the house more
quickly than poor oil. 1t is as bad in
Its way as authorizations in the white
lead. Petroleum oil cheapeners may
be detected by placing a drop of the oil
n a black painted surface. If one sees
the characteristic iridescence or play
OF colors which kerosene exhibits, it
Is evidence of adulteration. Corn and
hsh oil can be detected by the smell.
Adulteration in white lead can best
be discovered by the use of a blow
pipe, which National Lead Company
Will send with instructions free to
anyone interested in paint. Address,
National Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building, New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
BUILT RIGHT.
Brain and Nerves Restored by Craze.
Nuts Food.

The number of persons whose all.
ments were such that no other food
could be retained at all, is large and
reports are on the increase.
For II years l suffered from dys.
pepsia, finding no food that did not
distress me-" writes a Wis. lady. 81
was reduced from 145 to 80 lbs, grad.
ually growing weaker until l could
leave my bed only a short while at a
time, and became unable to speak
aloud.
Three years ago I was attracted by
an article on Grape-Nuts and decided
to try it.
my stomach was so weak I could
not take cream, but / used Grape-Nuts
with milk and lime water. 1t helped
me from the first, building up my sys-
TEN In a manner most astonishing to
the friends who had thought my re
covery impossible.
Soon I was able to take Grape
Nuts and rea for breakfast, and
lunch at night, with an egg and Grape
Nuts for dinner.
Il am now able to eat fruit, meat
and nearly all vegetables for dinner,
but fondly continue Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper.
"At the time of beginning Grape
Nuts I could scarcely speak a sem
tence without changing words around
or talking crooked in some way, but
my brain and nerves have become SO
strengthened that l no longer have
that trouble" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
VNle." in pkgs.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
DEADLY POISON

Turks in each M of your finger nails.
Stop scratching!!! Never dare to
scratch any place on your scalp or
skin. The fact that it itches constant
ly shows there is something wrong
that no scratching will cure. Scratch
ing only initiates and inflames; per-
haps 1t may poison you, leading to
Lockjaw, Erysipelas or Eczema. Cure
the cause by treatment with LIT
TELLS LIQUID SULPHUR-stops
itching instantly and a guaranteed
ure for Eczema, Hives, Erysipelas.
Prickly Heat, Sunburn, Cuts, Burns or
Scalds-any and all diseases Of the
skin. A sample bottle sent postpaid
for 10c in stamps. Rhuma-Sulphur
Company, 407 No. End ST., st. Louis, Mo.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
1--WE Have MANY Similar"

The following is an extract from a
letter received from Mr.. H. H. Meyers
of Stuttgart, Ark: You would greatly
oblige me if you would introduce
Hunts Lightning Oil at Milledseville,
ILL.,, as l have many friends and rela-
tives there, in whom l am much con
cerned, and 1 understand the Oil is not
kept there. l can recommend it as
the best medicine l ever had in my
house. 1t cured me of a bad case Of
the Bloody F1uX in less than one-half
hour, and it cured my granddaughter
of a bad case Of Cholera Morbus in q
very short time"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Pants for the Orphans,

There is a ~praiseworthy custom in
some families of sending all the
pants" that the boys have gone
through, wholly or in part, to the asy-
lum for orphans, and, as the orphans
eve mind a hole more or less, they
are glad to get the garments. In one
of these families a few days ago &C.
CURED a little incident bearing on this
laudable custom. Fred was engaged
in that extremely fascinating, but
rather dangerous. sport of sliding
down the banisters.
What are you doing there, Fred?"
asked mamma.
Making pants for the poor little
orphans" answered Fred.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Easv Victory for PAT.

An Englishman, an Irishman and a
Scotchman were n day arguing as
to which Of the three countries pos
sessed the fastest trains.
Said the Englishman. well, I've
been in n of our trains and the tele-
graph poles have been like a hedge"
I've seen the milestones appear
like tombstones," said the Scot.
BE jabers," said Pat, Il was one
day in a train in my country and we
passed a field Of carrots, a field OF
turnips, a field of parsley, one OF
onions and then a pond of water, and
we were going so fast that l though.
it was BROTH"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
The Mean Man AGAIN.

Come on, son." said the old farmer,
after the daybreak breakfast, land
We'll get out in the fields and start
blowing"
But I can't plow to-day" protested
the youngster, Il have chills. Why,
dad, l am shaking all over"
The old farmer grinned and took a
fresh chew.
"All the better, my son. If you can't
pillow you can scatter the seed. All
you have to do is to hold them in your
hand and every time you shake it will
send them in all directions. Better
than a patent seeder, begosh."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Where He Drew the Line.

A famous English barrister was
upon one occasion called upon to de-
fend a cook tried for murder, being ac.
cused of having poisoned his master
The barrister, after a most able and
brilliant defense of the culprit, se-
cured an acquittal. The cook, anxious
to show his gratitude, said; Tell me,
sir, whatever can l do for you to re.
ward your" The triumphant counsel
answered: my good man do any,
thing you can, but for Gods sake.
don't ever cook for me-"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
The Oldest Professions,

An old friend Of the family had
dropped in to see a young lawyer
whose father was still paying his of
flee rent.
80 you are now practising law" the
old friend said, genially.
mo, sir" said the candid youth. Il
appear to be, but l am really practis-
ing economy."-Youth's Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
pom

The lecturer had announced that
among the Athabascans, on the Kos
bovine river, the females were SUI
preme.
Pardon me for the interruption"
said a ~resolute looking spinster, but l
must 60"
Are you ill?" asked the speaker,
with proper nce
Never better" responded the de-
parting, but I'm hitting the trail for
the KOskOkWine."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure IN all its stages, and that IS
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q %constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Cstarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have
50 much faith In its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails TO
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Perversion Of Type.

The Sunday school teacher was en-
PERTAINING her class with what she
had fondly planned to be a social
evening" To her disappointment she
found that all s~pontaneity had been
left at home with the boys everyday
clothes, and conversation dragged
hopelessly until her bull terrier came
into the room. He shifted about from
one shy hand of welcome to another,
when suddenly a boyish voice, gruff
with embarrassment, burst forth: 81
had a bull pup like that oncet, but he
growed up into a bloodhound"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
mails"

Nails are a mighty good thing
particularly finger nails-but | don't
believe they were intended solely for
scratching, though l used mine large
ly for that purpose for several years.
l was soreIy afflicted and had it to do.
One application of Hunts Cure, how
ever, relieved my itch and less than
one box cured me entirely"
]. M. WARD,
Index. Texas.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
The Entire Family,

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Nanny for Burns, Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. l use
it for everything, and it never disap-
points any of us. 1t surely yanks any
old pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil is what l am
telling you about.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Accounted For

for information.
why are so many of the police
mentioned as plain-clothes nen?" she
asked.
Il suppose" he answered. that
they're like the rest of us. 1t takes all
their pay to keep their wives from be-
ing plain-clothes womcn."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Money to Burn.

The big touring a had just
whizzed by with a oar like a gigantic
rocket, and Pat and Mike turned to
watch it disappear in a cloud of dust.
Thin chug wagons must cost a
hape av cash." said Mike. THE rich
is fairly burnin' money"
AN, be the smell av it," shifted
Pat, 1T must be that tainted money
we do be hearin' so much about"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

been Of any use. The kidney secre-
lions were irregular, and / was nerv-
u and lacked energy. But Doan's
Kidney Pills gave me prompt relief
and continued use cured me-"
Sold by all dealers, SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

lieve l would still be
a victim of kidney
troubles but for
a Kidney Pills,
for when l started
using them l was In
constant pain with
my back, and no
other remedy had
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Retort Suitable for a Fool.

Il believe I'll rock the boat" de-
clared the man in the stern.
Don't do it," advised the nan in
the bow. 1T might discharge this un-
loaded pistol l have with me-"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
A d Secret.

Wife-Have you any secrets you
keep from me, dearest?
Husband-None, darling.
Wife-Then I am determined l will
have none from you, either.
Husband-Have you secrets, then?
Wife-Only one, and l am resolved
to make a clean breast of it.
Husband (hoarsely)-Go on!
Wife-For several days l have had
a secret-a secret longing for a new
dress, with hat to match, for my birth.
day.
That fetched him.-Tatler.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Not Gust as coodv-It,s the Best.

One box of Hunts Cure is unfailing.
ly, unqualifiedly and absolutely guar.
Rnteed to cure any form of SKIN DIS
EASE. 1t is particularly active in
promptly relieving and permanently
curing all forms of ITCHING known.
ECZEMA, TETTER, RINGWORM
and all similar troubles are relieved by
one application; cured by one box.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Endowment OF It,

"a fool and his money are soon
parted, my son."
Yes, but parting is such sweet sor
row, pa"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

Garfield Tea is a natural laxative-it reg
ulates the digestion, purifes the blood
%cleanses the system, clears the complexion
brlghtens the eyes and brings the glow Of
splendid Health!
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

He who tells a lie is not sensible
how great a task he undertakes, for
he must be forced to invent 20 more
to maintain one.-Pope.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Hicks Capudine Cures Women.

Periodic pains, backache, nervousness
assists nature. Prescribed by physicians
with best results. Trial bottle 10c. Regular
size Csc and SOC at all druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

If a man has brains back Of his fore
head he never has time to consult a
beauty doctor.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
WoMEN's KIDNEYS.
Are the Source Of Most Of Women,s
Sickness.

Mrs. Rebecca Mock, 1895 3. Rich
Street. Columbus, Ohio, writes: IT be-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

Some men are so afraid of doing
wrong that they don't do anything.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Hicks Capudine Cures Headache

Whether from colds, heat. stomach or
nervous troubles. No Acetanilid or dan
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts imme-
diately. Trial bottle 10c. Regular 25c and
SOC at all druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Nothing to Get.

Gelett Burgess was talking at .
theatrical supper in New York about
the Lark. his delightful little paper
that failed.
Nearly all good papers fail" said
he. II have an aged friend who runs
village. The last copy my friend sent
me had this editorial paragraph
marked in blue pencil:
"Burglars entered our house last
night. To the everlasting shame of
the community. for whose welfare we
have labored SO years, be it said, they
got nothing"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
Iftc Paffifyc Eve C,I,a

It's Pettit's Eye SaIve,
that gives instant relief to eyes, irritated
from dust, heat, sun or wind, 25c. All drug
gists OF Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01
How ! Cured sweeny and FistnIa.

i 81 want to tell you how l saved one
of our horses that had a fistula. We
had the horse doctor out and he said
it was so bad that he did not think he
could cure it, and did not come again.
Then we tried Sloan's Liniment and
it cured it up nicely.
"One day last spring I vas blowing
for a neighbor who had a horse with
sweeny, and l told him about Sloan's
Liniment and he had me get a bottle
for him, and it cured his horse all
right, and he goes off nov like a colt.
1--WE had a horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought it was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Liniment and it cured it
up nicely. l told another neighbor
about it and he said it was the best
Liniment he ever used.
"We are using Sloan's Sure Collie
Cure and we think it is all right"
A. D. Bruce, Aurelia, Ia.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-01

This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Maude E. Forgie, of Leesburg,V Va,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 want other suffering women to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months I suffered from feminine ills
so that I thought I could not live. /
wrote you, and after taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed l
felt like a new woman. 1 an now
strong, and we'll as ever, and th3nk you
for the good you have done me-"
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
CRY real EsrArE-contlnued
SsNAPs

fSEAPS SNAPS SNAPS
s9,00o-New fats facing the choicest part of
Golden Gaze park: renting for sllo per
duced from $500 to make quick sale
$5.250-Beeutiful new cottage of T. and b.;
and cottage in rear Of lot rent for $25
per month; near III ST. and 18th av;
splendid buy; s2,3o0 mortgage can. re-
S5.0o0-Fine modern rooms and bath house:
high basement: 10th az nr. III ST.; 81, 300
mortgage can remain
5000 Beautiful new cottage of r. and b.;
elegant woodwork; y block from cnr-
line: Richmond district; $1,000 mortgage
81. COW. corner sth az. near 81 St: size
S2:eSloo: cheap ready for building;
81, 75o esch-s lots on west line of Belvedere
18th ST; grand view of Golden gate.
ocean and bay: only l block from street
car: blocks from school; bituminized
street: Look into this.
si.eoo-ohoice lots. 25xloc. on sunny side of
[ St 18th easy installments
s1.4oo-Fine lot 2lst av. H St; water,
ae@ 9 oss north o Goden Gee park
y block from carline; ready for building;
easy sspEG4sI. IsETqs SPECIAL.
$5.25o-35 n. corner at Broderick and Green
sts.; can be bought on very easy pay
fnents; fine corner TO improve. Money
advanced at per cent.
81, 2,1J0-Marine view lot ready for building;
east line Of Baker st. near Green: street
work completed; terms to suit; interest
at per cent.
MANY OTHER BARGAINS
LIPNAN g. HIRSCHLER, 1850 SUFFER- ST.
Phone West 1873. Near Fillmore.
Branch office corner of q st. and 18th ay.
OPEN DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAYS.
s.. Mortgage. $1,000; rent s45: 2 fremont
az. fsts. and r; must sell. Box 900. Call.
tAsH paid fo- farms or suburban acreage. P.
n. JORDAN CO.. 6S6 Market St
Phone Fell ol4.
CALL BRANCH OFFICE. 1851 Fillmore ST. near
- -
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE
BLOCK Of land or a portion of same of good
central land in Berkeley; VIII sell easily, in
viii take COED auto machine in part Going
TO San Diego and would give good trade. P.
o. box 3o6. Berkeley, Cal.
WILL exchange residence property on Devisa-
dero 2 st bringing IN 500 go per @onth for gilt
81, Berkeley.
wANTED-To trade. house and lot in Mime
sota for California property. Address box 4l12,
- ---.----- ..-s-
TO LEASE
CITY PROPERTY TO LEAsE FOR TERN or
35 YEARS.
The property known the Lincoln school lot
100 rara site at southeast corner 9th and Mar
ket SITS, CTS feet By 275 feet; part of 100 vara
For particulars and specifications. apply to Of
Zee Of the secretary board OF education
E @. LEFFINGWELL,
Secretary Board Of Education.
Southwest corner Pine and Larkin SITS.
TO LEAsE-I,oft 45xI27. $3.50; basement COX
So $5ot store ground floor 20x65. $50; loft Ask
95. si0e Phone Kearny 1906, o. P. DOWN
ING & CO.. So Main ST
TITLES QUIETED
LAND TITLE COMPANY Incorporated under
the laws Of California;, s24 Merchants Ex-
change. California st. near Montgomery. Loans
effected Phone Kerrny 1890
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
ROOMS TO LET-continued

+ CAPP ST., SOL. corner 23d-Central location: in
Mission belt sunny. well furnished
rooms. suitable for l 2 gentlemen; hot
! baths: reasonable