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and four pounds of candy therein concluded
were Just raons enough for four hungry cadets with the
appettes that they could bring to the feast about an
hour after taps
They invited two chums who lived in another part of
the barracks to come to the spread soon after lights
out as 1t would be fairly safe to the of bar
racks without the danger of being by the officer OF
the day
Taps sounded There was the usual darklantern in
specon Immediately thereafter and from room in
the old stone building the cry of Gail in, sir"
the officers made their round and flashed their bulseye
within No had the door closed the inspecting
officer than the two cusodans of the box arose. jumped
into trousers and shell Jackets and proceeded to blanket
the window, throwing end the upper sash and
then closing the frame to hold the blanket tight
With their bayonets they pinned the lower end at the
corners and after placing folded blanket over the
transom, they lighted the gas and spread the feast
About threequarters of hour after taps the two
hidden stole in Their hosts had resisted the mighty
temptation to eat They had lived for months cadet
raons and their waiting for their comrades with that
feast before their proved them not only SOL
diers. but stoics.
They came, they saw, and they ate. The apple of
had not the flavor of those mince pies. 1t was
the days angel cake but those cakes must have
from paradise How these youngsters did pitch in
Nothing has tasted good since and the one who writes
speaks by the card
At Is minutes before midnight everything disap
peared slender piece of mince pie at which the
smallest cadet present looking lovingly yet afraid
The game for him had reached its limit Unucky piece
of pie. 1t responsible for woes unnumbered.
The clink of a sword was heard on the ironbound
stairway outside the door, The of the
site was heard to open. An inspection The
light in the banquetroom doused instanter. The
two cadet hosts jumped into their hunks, of them
pulling the blanket from the window in his flight One
guest sought refuge under bunk and the Sec
ond dove under the other. The two in bed were COM
petely covered and could have told that they
were clothed shell jacket and trousers when night
gear was the proper raiment.
An officer of cavalry entered. He swept the beams
of the dark the two hunks The occupants
were snoring peacefully if somewhat suspiciousy loud
The officer turned to leave. Woe is me!
the bunk caught in its trail the small piece of
mince pie and had dropped just where the heel
of the retiring officer caught it full and fair.
Down he went! He had had such fall that
since had taken header at his first riding lesson,
and this he didn't hit his head. When he sat he
sat solid, and the barracks shook.
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lot of perfectly good eake-that's his
explanation, though 1t doesn't excuse
him-so he divided tns slices up into
neat cubes and wrapped them in tissue
paper taken from the same lunch box.
These portions he dealt out to the
pretty stenographers on that floor. ex-
planning to them that his sister or
brother or somebody had been mar
ried the night before and that he had
managed to save them some of the
brides cake, that they might sleep
with it under their pillows for seven
nights-or whatever number Of nights
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This was too much even for the disciplined selfcoH
troll of four cuprit cadets. They chuckled .,sor
The officer rose swept the light OF his lantern unuei
bunk and then pulled two blankets from the Doys
in bed In an cadets standing at atten
ton Two marched their quarters in arrest Inc
others were left in arrest where they were
Four cadets expiated the crime of eating by walking
post during the ordinary glad hours OF release ro Qu
tiers for four long weeks :
One of these bows went to his death San Juan hill
and another to his death the ungles of the Philip
pines literally charging through life as MAJOR
of cavalry and the other who never saw the day OIL
graduation writes these lines with pen much less
mighty than any sword
Not long ago it was written that there is no spirit
of sectionasm alive at United States Military acad-
emv In Grant hail. the great building given over
to the purposes of the and named for Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant hangs portrait of the northern SOL
dier's great southern opponent Gen. Robert e. Lee
To every graduate in the north and SOUTH the
of the great confederate SOLDIER
on walls of his alma mater side by side Win thae
his great antagonist means the end OF controversy
the end of bitterness end of all things sectional
Lee as he appears in his place of honor is not in
the gray garb of the leader of the lost cause with the
stars of general shining in the field OF his shoulder
is shown in the blue uniform OF the old army
with eagle his shoulder, backed with yellow de-
noting the rank colonel of cavalry, the position the
southron held when he resigned from the federal army
cast his lot with the confederacy.
The portrait Lee placed in position five years
ago. Col Mills, who was then superintendent OF the
military academy readily the permission OF the
department for the placing of the picture wnere
with Grant would fall daily under the eyes OF
the cadets. The thought is held by army omcers tnae
nothing but good coming generations of cadets can
come from the honorng of the memory of one OF the
greatest soldiers graduated from West Point
This story of Lees picture forces "reminiscences.
Since the secession the portrait of other con-
federate leader has hung historic academic walls
that of Albert Sidney Johnston of the class of 1926 and
who gave his life the south at Shiloh
There was touch of sectionasm at West Point
Just after the war; portrait of Johnston has to do
with thu story The picture put place long
before the the south met the field of battle,
and it hung the wall of the officers messroom
at West Point. The portrait showed Johnston sub
aern officer of cavalry in the United States forces.
Johnston time stationed at West Point, and
the officers assembled there Instructors voted to have
him manage their mess.
The quality of the food and cooking improved so
under John management that his comrades induced
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and made me feel like new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. ?. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. 81 was q great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said 1 would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months" -
MRS. S. A. WILLIAMS, r. f. ID. No. IA,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1T surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
Feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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ers in a degree. 1t is no restricted
title and its work is so necessary that
every person who is an element in the
growth of any business should know
as much or as little of it as his duties
require. Business and bookkeeping
are inseparable. From the technical
tiles of the former-not all of which
need occupy the attention of every
person-to the broader question OF
business is but step, and it is the
most natural thing in the world to
pass from one field to the other
From the Bookkeeper.
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it is-and get whatever measure OF
good fortune is Supposed to follow
sleeping that way.
The several pretty stenographers
have placed chunks OF that ten-cent
lunch cake under their pillows every
night since then, little suspecting that
their dreams would avail them no
more than the dreams that follow
welsh rabbit orgy. They may well give
thanks when they read this that there
is a free and untrammeled press in
this country to expose such receptions
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
or strength than other makes.
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Business and Bookkeeping InseparabIe

Business and Bookkeeping Inseparable
Without bookkeeping in its broad
sense, there could be no business.
Bookkeeping is no longer restricted
to the high stool, the dark corner and
the mysterious ledger. 1t begins at
the door of the mercantile establish
ment or the Office. and ENDS with the
condensed statement Of profits and
losses at the proprietor's salesman,
head Of department, manager and
owner-all have something to do with
the records which coalesce in the final
summary and are, perforce. bookkeep-
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him to keep the position OF
manager, instead of having 1t
rotate" as was the custom.
When the southerner' was re-
lieved from duty at the academy
the members of the mess de-
cided to have his portrait paint
ed and hung In the dining-hall.
This was done, and the picture
stayed untouched all through
the dark days of the war.
In the year 1866 there was
sent to West Point as a tact1cai
officer a soldier who had won
the stars of a brigadier-general
of volunteers on the battlefield.
This story in fact is told OF
Gen. Marcus A. Reno, who had
gone back to his rank of cap
tain of regulars at the close OF
hostilities. He was a graduate
of the military academy, as was
Johnston. Reno had been at
West Poi1t on duty only a few
DAVIS az the story goes when
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THEIR DREAMS OF NO AVAIL

through the noon hour, and was
obliged to send messenger out after
one of those inexpensive little lunches
you can buy all nicely put up for you
in a pastehoard box.
Among other things the lunch in,
cluded couple of neat little slabs of
cake with pink icing on it.
The stuff was too sweet for Davies.
He always preferred pie to cake any
how. But it seemed sin to waste q
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unhe ard Of Accident.

"What's Thomson swearing so vic
iously about?"
"Why, he scheduled his property in
order to bail one of his cronies out of
jail, and the assessor somehow got
hold of the document"
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Stenographers the Victims of Surely
the Meanest of All Mean Tricks
Known.

In an evil moment the other day,
Samuel Davies, member of the Build
ers' exchange, played about the mean
est trick that's been thought up by
anybody this season.
Davies was detained in his Office
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Her Dilemma.

Bessie-Oh, Mabel! 1 am in an
awful dilemma. I've quarreled with
Harry, and he wants me to send his
ring back.
Mabel-That's too bad.
Bessie-But that isn't the point. I've
forgotten which is his ring.
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this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia e. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. I suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weakIcould hardly
S tand. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
CAA~A1 no - 1NAAl Al~
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Better than goId-Like it in color
Hamlins Wizard Oil-tho best Of all REM
edies for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all
pain, soreness and inflammation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Animals Commit Suicide
When Alone in Circus

do animals commit suicide?" was
asked of man who for 80 years was
head animal man of the ZOO of great
circus.
Eyes, animals do commit suicide" he
replied, land often for the same reasons
that cause humans to take their own
lives. Probably the most pronounced Of
these are loneliness, inconsistencies, loss
of mates or children, and i'll health.
There are animals that periodically have
a return of the suicidal mania, and which
can only be saved from self-destruction
by the most careful treatment
LAS a rule, however, when the animal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

that the box had
been addressed to
a certain kin d.
hearted army Off
C e r s wife-here
and forever name
less-and that it
were better to call
for it when the Of
ficer himself was
on duty elsewhere.
Just after sup
per that Christmas
We, during the
half-hour interval
between mess and
the bugler's call to
quarters, two ca
diets stole down the
road in the rear of
the hospital, scaled
t h e fe e, and
dropped into the
yard in the rear Of
t b e kindhearted
army W. ON ans
art ers. They
found the box, and
carried it to the
barracks, getting
1t in through a
window. and stor-
In g it under a
bunk In a dark cor
ner.
The two cadets
W e r e roommates.
They pried open
the box, and hav-
! n g found that
there were eight
pies, eight cakes,
two dozen oranges
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MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj cit is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that it NAV
induce others to avail themselves nf
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Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
hammaton, aays PAIN cures wind collie. 25ca bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

Does the ugly chorus girl come I'M
der the head of "stage frights?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

The daughters doings have been
the mothers acts.
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punhments for oenses Pains penalties however not
prevent at least did not in the day. cadets
from having occasion "the time their lives"
When serious regulations contemplated
the boys the lessons that another
to outwit oufank enemythe
tical officer in charge.
The cadet at West Point who with a crust of
bread in his quarters if luck way
other almost
ate his punishment is duty
be during the might
been walking through Filtration Walk" with
cadet possibly spending of the Is which
he is allowed for exravagances he govern
ment anythng-n buying plate of ice a delicious
bite of in the goodeshop which the
dubbed "Delmonicos."
Once time received day before
Christmas and from it he living
York had shipped box, arrive that afternoon filled
with absolutely unspeakaby good things him
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ASHINGTON.-Muchh has been written OF
the severity of the discipline at the
United States Military academy. The
Washington officials of the war depart
ment, acting on the advice of the old
graduates of the academy, have kept the
disciplinary regulations at the govern
ment's school pretty much as they were
in the early days, when the thought was
that leniency had no place in military
affairs. The judgment of the army is
that the old rule is still the best rule.
At West Point there are dement's and
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
RELIGIOUS WORKERS
TO SEE new YEAR IN
Twelve Thousand Of Them As
SembIed in Chicago.

Chicago. Dec SIN the Coliseum
here tonight 1900 Christian workers
viii await with hymns and prayers tn.
coming OF the new year. Ii will be a
gigantic old fashioned watch night
service. participated IN by evangelis,s
from all parts Of America.
Tonight's service will be the clos
ing scene OF a three days revival held
under the auspices OF the Moody Bible
institute Of this citT Among the men
who are attending the services are the
following:
Dr. l. W. Munhsn. OF Germantown
Pa. a distinguished Methodist evan
gelist. who has been engaged to con.
duct evsngelistic meetings In the Pan.
ana canal zone; DR.. William r Bic
derwolf. OF Monticello. Ind. who Il.
Just concluding a six months cam
pdgn In Kansas. assisted by thirty
evangelists; William Phillips Hall. %,
New York. president OF the America
Tract society and Of the Americar
Bible league: Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. az
Washington. who has recently con
Quoted special Investigations OF child
labor and prison conditions for Pres.
dent Roosevelt; DR.. A. r. Simpson
founder Of the Christian Missionsrs
alliance.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
Ne oayiy Admitted That the Joke Wa,
on Himself.

a lady was walking along Fifth av.
nue. couple OF weeks ago when a h5,
negro stepped up = her politely and
asked her to give him a quarter.
ara a shipwreckcd sailor he told
Ier Thee days ago the shin was
on Went ashore outside sandy Hook
Ever since then I've been wander!n.
around without being able to get !
job"
Inc lady gave him a quarter ana
passed on. \ week later while gotnr
by III" same spot on Firth avenue sh,
was approa' ned once more by the same
negro.
! am shlpwrecked sailor" he be
gan. Three days ago
She let him finish. Then she re
marked:
Two weeks ago when I gave you "a
quarter you told me that same story
Then you said that you had been
wrecked three days before. Now Won
say the same thing"
And she looked at the negro severely
lie threw back his head and burst
forth into roars OF laughter.
"Did-did / give you dat story last
week. he ehuckled. Did you Civ.
mo a quarter7 Well. il dat amt jok G
on mem ~
And she left him standing on tn.
sidewalk convulsed with laughter
New York Times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
Southern Railway

b-Iohoeing schedule figures Published a
.nior. suon ana are not guaranteed.
sehedule effective Sept 6th. 1903
frsins leave Warrington froH New Union
SIS .. n. Daiiy-bocal for wsrrsnsos Dan.
vile and vay stations
10 o m Deily-Locsi for Harrfsonburr Va
o-iS q m. Daiiy-Unised States Tass Man
slrssclass coaches and rsvfng room ,le>per a.
New Orleans. pining car service
Alo p n. da,ly-w ashington aud yiorid. .
Iimieed- Through coaches and slssr.r 90 O.
20 Aesosse- bunet service. Tourist 90 Cal
as p N. Wei Da,.-Loe.l 70, H.,r,o,,.,~
END vAy stations on Manassas Branch
50 m Daily-Locsl tor wsrrsutos and
is,cs p. m Dsily-Nsv Yors and u.mph,.
nmisec tyis Lynckburs)-Pirss class coach and
sleeping car 20 Roanoke. KnorvfIle. Chnsss.
sooee. cunningham and Memphis, sleeper BE-
Ncv OrieaEs. Diningcsr oervfce
ieo p N Daily-Sev York and Nsv Or,.ans
L,n'.eo-Ah Psiimen trains club and ohs>rva
uon csfs 20 Nsv orisansl shopper 70 AshvilIs
$1,000 earsenss. sss orlsAns. Sleeper 10 chagiotts'
Through srsiAs from The South srnv. v..n.
,nsson SIS o m. go q, m, daily 1 80 y M
end le.$s D. m daily. Harrfsonb1rx II Is q
-. sees Gays and $50 pm. daily. IRON Char.
iossesvllls. $40 o. N. and $50 o. m
ilckess, sieepine-car rcservations ana desnfss
niormanon can be had ~ sickes once. Yoe lsss
-. ~ % nv and Nev baion ssauon
dences Sab seyvice.
X AcKERT, v p snd Cen. Man.
n. hAkDwICK, Pass. frame NJ,
TAfkon. Cen. Peas. Arsst
As. ehswH. esssrsl Aesss.
WsssAassA. Re
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
BEHEADED MOTHER
WITH AN AXE
Son Says He Was DivineIy h.
SpiTed TO Commit Crime.

New York. Dec Si.-While In a a.
Of insanity Arthur Trotter. thirty-three
years old killed his aged mother Mrs.
Ann Trotter. by beheading her with an
axe and knife in her apartments on
west Eighteenth street; Trotter jump
ed from a second story window as the
police broke In the door but was found
outside practically uniniured. and then
offered no resistance to arrest. He De
ciared that the end Of the world was
coming and that he had been divinels
inspired 60 commit the crime
Trotter IS said 10 hsye qua-reled IRE.
qnently with his mother. who was a
woman seventy years OF age aud OF
reputrd means and only Tuesday. ,he
police say. he finished q six months
prison term Tor bsating her.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
HEAvYWEIGHTS TO MIX

Hart and Sehreek Get Together In
Lexington, KY Tonight.
Lexington. Ky. Dec. 81. - Tonight
Marvin Hart Of Louisville. and Mike
Sehreck. OF Cincinnati. heavyweights
will get together in a twenty round
fight in the opera house here.
Although Hart calls himself former
heavyweight champion OF the world.
declaring that Jefries gave the title
to him when the big Californian re
tired from the ring. he Is no longer
taken seriously by sports. This is due
in part to his defeats at the hands OF
Tommy Burns and others. schreck IS
also not bright star in the pugilistic
skies. but the two men are pretty
evenly matched. and q good scrap is
expected.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
FIFTY men WERE
ENT0MBED IN MINE
Imprisoned by Explosion, "a Are
Taken Out, -Four Dead.

Roanoke. Va. Dec So-FIfty miners
were entom6ed by an explosion in =
coal mine az Lick Branch. Va The
cause OF the explosion has not yet
been determined and cannot be learn.
I'd until an exploration can be made
Fourteen men have been taken out
OF the mine. and four OF this number
are dead. There yet remain thirty SIX
In the death pit. The rescue work is
very slow. The damage to the mine Is
reported 70 be great.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
LAB0R'S PETITION
Unions Ask President to Pardon Labor
Leaders.

GC1OCfs.
Nhkes-Barre. Pa. Dec. S0.-A peti.
don voicing the desire OF 10000 union.
izeo workers OF the Wyoming valley
was sent TO President Roosevelt ask
ing him to pardon Gompers. Mitchell
and Morrison. The petition in part
says
Citizens OF grea, nation. ana as
ToSkingmen who have prospects and
hope to prosper under its beneficial
laws, which are founded upon sound
principles Of humanity. as well as Jus
iice. We turn to you as a sterling eN.
ponent OF American manhood and the
fair-tearless magistrate OF the nation.
and ask you TO exercise the power
vested IN YOU by the law OF the land
TO the end that a cruel injustice and
undeserNed penalty OF Imprisonment;
may not he visited upon these men
who stand for US aud speak for Us in
all that appertains TO the sacred cause
OF labor"