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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02

vlRGlNlA-In the Clerks Office of tha
v Circuit court OF Stafford county. Vir.
ginie, the 10th day of December, 1905.
Smith, Mary b, Lewis. William nlan-
tins, William Lewis. Elnora Lewis.
Jerry Lewis. Mamie Lewis. Ierrv
Lewis. Lydia Lewis, Stella Lewis
Sterry Lewis, Nettie Lewis. Rochetta.
Lewis, with their wives and husbands.
Il any they have; +. 5. Moore. admr.
Tor George Mccall, deceased: Benj. Pur-
yis, guardian ad litem for Stella Lewis
Sterry Lewis, Nettie Lewis and Roch
eta Lewis, infants, DEFENDANTS.
In Chanoery.
The object of the above stvled suit il
to settle the estate of George Mccall, de-
ceased, and to have partition or sale OF
the real estate of the said George Mccall.
deceased
And il appearing by affidavit filed ac-
cording % law, that William Lewis.
tinora Lewis. Jerry Lewis. Aamis
Lewis, Lerry Lewis, Lydia Lewis, Stella
Lewis. Sterry Lewis, Nettie Lewis aud
kochetta Lewis, with their wives and
husbands, if any they have, are not resi-
dents OF the State of Virginia, il is order
cd that they do appear within fifteen
(l0l days after due publication of this
order IN the Clerks office of the Circuit
court of stafford county, Virginia. and
do what is Necessary TO protect their in
terest ia this suit. aud it is further order
ed that this order be published once a
week brfour successive week in The Free
Lance newspaper, published in the city
Of fredericksburg. Virginia, and that a
copy hereof be posted on the front door
OF the courthouse Of this county on or
before the next succeeding rule day after
the entry of this suit
Teste: c. A. Bryan, Clerk.
William W. Butzner, p. O.
A cOpy-Teste:
dec12-w4w C.. A. Bryas.. Cls.k
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
DEMPSEYS.
The Store of Values.

This is the season when
everybody wants to pur-
chase something. You will
lind my store packed full of
fine merchandise; and for
your benefit | have reduced
my entire stock 10 per cent.
from now until Christmas.
Ladies' fine coats from
S2.9S to $3.50. Furs from
CSC to $40. Comforts,
blankets and a fine line of
dress goods.
Now is the time to buy
your Christmas gifts. Buy
early in the month,
early in the day. al
ways at Dempsey's,
and you will save time.
worry and money.
A. P. DEMPSEY,
2Io Comua~o. 9. .A
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
FREDERICKSBURG JANUARY 1909

OF dead IN that district alone e. ceetius
10000 TIE few survivors sre mad
with terror aud have fed to tIs forest
clad mountain slopes. where they are
subsistins on roots and the bark oi
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
ThIrty.hve r0wns WIped Out.

Many survivors at Catania have lost
ssseir reason, and when questioaed of
the disaster glare at their questioners
and mutter incoherentfy and cease
iessly: "Messina is destroyed"
News reaching CatanzsTo from the
outlying districts In Calabrfa Indicates
that thirty-xye towns and villages
have been wiped otr. with the number
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
ROANOKE VOTES DRY

FoTiy-eieht Saloons and Liquor Houses
MUSK Close.
Roanoke. Va, Dec. 81 In local
option election here the "drys" were
victorious by majority OF eighty-six
votes. The eject OF the election will
be the closing within ninety days ,
forty-two saloons and six mail order
liquor houses. The Anti-Saloon league
has pledged 100000 to aid in enfo cling
the law after the saloons are closed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02

One way to unssttls question is to
argue about It.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02

vhs Free Lance is prepared to DO oil
kinds OF Job printing IN first-slass styls
- nolsraes prisss.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02

Few OF us would care TO receive q
Christmas box from a pugil'-s.a ~
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-02
A. P. DEMPSEY,

1l2 Commerce ST., through to market.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
MEDICAL EXPERT TESTIMONY.

Alphonso T. Clearwater who sue
ceeded Alton b. Parker as justice of
the New, York Supreme Court when
Judge Parker became chief judge OF
the court of appeals, and whowas chair
man of the committee of the New
York Bar Association to consider the
regulation of the introduction of medi-
cal expert testimony, contributes to
the June number of the North Ameri-
can Review an enlightening article on
Medical Expert Testimony" He ana
lives and describes the loose and I'M
satisfactory conditions in which testi-
mony of that class is admitted to the
trial of criminal and testamentary
cases, and suggests measures by which
the objections to such testimony may
be removed. Judge Clearwater says:
"The expert witness, to be free from
embarrassment of any personal rela-
tions to or with the parties to an act
ion, should have no client to serve
and no partisan interests or opinions
to vindicate. He should give his opin-
ion as the advocate neither of another
nor of himself. When he speaks. he
should speak judicially. as the repre-
sentative of the special branch of sci.
ence which he processes, governed by
the opinions of the great body OF
authorities in that branch, and in ac-
cord with the result of their most re-
cent investigations. When this is done
and not until it is done, shall we have
expert testimony rescued from the dis
repute into which it has fallen. BY the
adoption Of some such system the ma
ture judgment of the best minds could
be obtained. and the superficial opin,
ions of quacks and mountebanks would
not be thrust upon the jury to their
confusion and The hindrance of JUS
tice."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
Folly az Taxlnc Tea.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Fears
are still entertained by those who are
opposed to the levy OF an import duty
on tea and a majority of the people
of this country are opposed to such a
tax-that an effort may yet be made
to impose such a duty.
The fact is that the tea industry in
this country is SO insignificant and so
Punpromising that 1t cannot grow to q
point of importance under the most
liberal protective policy that could be
devised. Much has been said of what
has been done in South Carolina in
the way Of tea culture. but the facts
seem to be that after over twenty
five years Of work only about 10000
pounds are raised In that state an
nually. Inasmuch as the consumption
Of tea in the United States is about
100 100000 pounds yearly, 1t is Justly
argued that 1t would be q Injustice
to tax 80,000.O00 people for their tea
for the benefit Of An industry that
shows no more vitality and no more
evidence of growth than the culture OF
tea has done in this country during
the past quarter of century.
At the present time the average
price paid for tea by the ordinary
user is about thirty cents per pound.
A tax Of ten cents per pound or even
five cents would simply add that much
to the present price. The fact that
there is no tea trust brings tea raisers
and tea merchants into close COM
petition. and under the circumstances,
excessive profits are impossible.
Should the time come when fair
percentage Of the total amount OF tea
used in this country can be advan-
tageously raised here, certain
amount Of protection to the interest
might be regarded consistent with the
protective policy, but under present
conditions there is no warrant for
raising the price Of 1o0,0oo,000 pounds
of tea in order to protect the culture
OF an insignificant fraction OF that
amount raised in this country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
To Reduce DrownInas,

Dubuque Times-Journal: There
have been SO many drownings at Des
Moinee lately that the city council has
decided to legislate on the matter. The
city solicitor has been instructed to
draft an ordinance to regulate boat
ing. 1t will provide that persons I'M
der nineteen years of age shall not
be permitted on the river without a
guardian, that boat owners shall fur
nish life preservers and an attendant
who can swim.
The substitution Of launches for
skiffs and sail boats has reduced
drownings on the upper Mississippi.
The launch is safe unlesS9 disabled, or
overloaded, or incapably handled, or
unless an explosion pccurs.d It Is u.s.
ually supplied with life preservers.
AS an additionalp precHution, the, law
should require every one who handles
a launch, even If merely for his own
pleasure and that of his friends, to
pass an examination. The principal
danger is overlooking This was re-
sponsible for two serious accidents in
the east recently The canoe is ex-
| tremely dangerous and the law should
permit its use by licensed persons
only. Most drownings result from the
capsizing Of skiffs because they are
most frequently overloaded and in in
capable hands and supplied with no
| life preservers instantly available
Besides the skiff seems to be the ia.
vorite craft of those returning from
island picnics In no condition to re
alize their danger or use their heads
/ Neptune rules the deep, but Gam
brinus is his most successful solicitor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
LEssENEp COST or LIVING.

| The cost of living was So per cent
LESS in 1908 than in 1907, according to
| figures presented In report by the
| Bureau of Labor The estimates are
based upon the prices OF 25S repre-
sentative staple articles. 1t is stated
| the prices In 1905 were only slightly
in advance of those in 1906. In 1907
! food prices were the highest in nine
teen years.
lowest prices during the nineteen year
period, the advance in 1908 was 1863
| per cent. AS compared with the aver
age for the ten years. 1890 to 1899
tho advance was 22.8 per cent.
The decline from the prices shown
by the October, 1907. data continued
without interruption, until August.
1908, with the exception of a slight
advance in July.
Fuel and lighting decreased 81 per
cent in 1908 from the 1907 COST:
metals and implements decreased 1926
per cent which was the heaviest de-
cline of any of the groups; lumber
and building materials decreased "a
per cent.
Drugs and chemicals increased per
cent; house furnishing goods decreas-
ed 3.S per cent and the miscellaneous
group decreased ST per cent.
The acreage wholesale price Of raw
commodities for 1908 was SO per cent
below that for 1907, and the average
wholesale price of manufactured com
modities for 1908 was per cent below
that for 1907.
OF the 25S articles included in the
report the prices Of 107 were at the
highest point during the year in Janu-
airy, while on twenty articles attained
their highest in December.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

Less than One-tenth OF the manu-
features OF the United States are ex-
ported while the imports OF manufac-
tured articles equal less than one
twentieth Of the home product. These
are the figures OF the statistical alb
stract prepared by bureau Of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor.
Another exhibit contained in the re-
port shows that the proportion of the
total manufactures exported has been
steadily increasing since 1850. In that
year it was .0G6 per cent and in 1905,
the last year in which comparative fig
ures are obtainable, 1t was .082. In
| the latter year the value of exported
! manufactures was $685., 100000. In
some respects these figures might be
misleading because the bureau classes
| as manufactures, cured meats and
grains which have been converted into
4 foodstuffs. Such articles reduce mate
rally the value Of exports of what is
ordinarily called manufactured goods.
There has been a decrease, however,
in recent years, of the percent of food
d stuffs exported which would indicate
that the amount of other manufac-
lures exported had increased more
than is indicated by the figures.
| The really noteworthy part Of the
4 report is the summary of the total
value Of the manufactures Of the
country. In 1850 they were estimated
| at s1,0o0O00,o0O. while in 1905 the
estimate had risen to $4,000, 000,0 900
OF this vast sum, $4,000, 100000 rep
resented the valuation added to raw
material by the process of manufac
ture.
/ In discussing these figures the
Omaha Bee makes the point, and II
is most important one. that while
foreign commerce is valuable and
worth fighting for yet the immensel,
greater size Of the domestic trade II
manufactures and the labor requires
to add that s10,000,000000 to tn.
value of raw material makes a home
market worth still more and mist no
be ruthlessly sacrificed or impaired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
sunday Rest PAYS.

Davenport Democrat: The United
states Steel corporation has issued an
order cutting Sunday work down to
the minimum. For the first time In
years the wheels in some Of the de-
partments did not urn last Sunday.
But this does not prove that the cor
poration has soul, a conscience or
any moral principle. Hitherto most
Of the repair work has been done on
Sunday, but 1t has been figured out
that to give the mills one day of alb
solute rest in seven will save time and
money in the long run. So Sunday is
to be observed because 1t pays. The
change is a good one for the employees
no matter on what ground it is made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
Mad MulIah.

Mad MulIah.
NoteN Is reported that the Mad
Muslah has band Of hunters en- thea
Roosevelt trail near Nairobi.
MEL Mullah, on summer day,
Called out his band in fierce array.
You hot somali men. said he.
Must get some great big game for:
me;
The rhino, hippo and them all.
Compared with this are mighty small"
Mad Mullah smiled when thus ne
spoke;
His hot somalis saw the joke.
swe're on; we're on" they yelled in
glee;
NOW turn US loose and YOU shall see
How quickly We will go and find
That great big game you have N
mind"
Mad Mullah grinned, for well re
knew
what hunting stunts his band could
Good, hot somalis," said he then,
Now scatter and come back again
with that big game, for II you fall
The bunch of Iou shall go to jail.
you said you would; don't stir my
You know how despise . liar.
you'll have a corking time, hope.
And bring him hither on the lope."
The hot Somalis bowed and skipped,
Resolved to have the biz game nipped.
Mad Mullah, in the desert hot,
Waits, wondering II they will or not.
w. j. hampton in New York World
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03

A Kansas contemporary says three
of the new "suffragette" cocktails will
make man go home and scrub the
kitchen floor. The Gate City suggest
ed in recent issue that this possibly
explains why Kansas is prohibition
state. The Waterloo Reporter goes a
step further and exploits the idea that
it may also explain why more persons
rob their own trunks in Kansas than
+, in any other state in the union unless
it be in Maine But there the effect
of the "pine-top cocktails is to &c
nutty and climb trees. AS far as prac
teal results go the Reporter concludes
that Kansas has the better OF Maine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
milk during fly timo. Il calculated to
develop ones sense OF humor.

milk during fly timc. Il calculated to
develop ones sense Of humor.
Free lumber, AYERS the Omaha
Bee. seems to have gone by the
board. Yea. It's bark was wrecked.
affirms the Chicago Tribune.
Brooklyn, n. Y. thieves who stole
sixty-nve cents have been sent up for
seven years. which leads the Dubuque
Telegraph to say "a warning to all
wrong-doers to confine their opera
tons to higa finance. !"
Two little darkies went walnut
ting, and after filling taeir pockets
and everything else about them that
.rolld hold walnuts they started home.
Passing cemetery one suggested
that they 60 inside and divide the
walnuts equally. TO this the other
agreed and whereupon the two lads
climbed the wall, dropping two outside
as they were doing SO. Piling the
walnuts In heap. they proceeded to
make division. While they were
thus engaged negro came along the
road and hearing voices in the Gene
|tery stopped to listen, and this is
what he heard: ALL TAX this one, !"
.sAh'll TAX that one "Ah'll TAX this
one. Ah'll tax that one. :" Fob de
Lawd's sake, he exclaimed, de debbil
an de Lawd's dividin' up de folks"
and taking to his heels he fled down
the road. About mile and a half
away a white man rushed out and
checked him as he sped. Hold on
here" he shouted. whats the mat
ter? What are you running for?"
"Oh, don't stop me, boss, don't stop
me; must get away from hyah, = vail
ed the frightened negro. But what's
the matter?" pursued the white man.
"Oh, the debbil an de Lawd's back in
the cemeter dividin' up de folks. Lem
me go, lem'me co. Here, that won't
do, you will have to come and go with
me and see what is going on" said
the white man. and taking him by the
collar forced him to retrace his steps.
When the two reached the cemetery
the two voices were still going on:
"Ah..l TAX this one" "Ah'll TAX this
one" Then suddenly one said, Nov
we'll get the two outside and then we
will be done" And they do say that
the last seen Of the couple on the out
side the white man was way ahead
| Of the negro
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03

Hon. LATE Young was orator for the
Memorial day services in Des Moines
and delivered an eloquent address on
the philosophy of the war and the re-
suits achieved. He declared that the
union army did what all effort other
wise failed to do, for the army pre-
served the union. The army did what
political conventions. resolutions and
compromises failed to do. The strug-
gle for slavery was more or less a
disunion struggle from the start Mr..
Young declared that both sections OF
the country are better off today for
the struggle. The south can justly
reourn her dead. They were brave
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
Successful Rinabone Cure,

Iowa City Republican: The man
who claims to have chemical which
will burn up the contents Of cess pool
tells how he came to learn his secret.
He experimental with acids in remov-
ing ringbones from horses and finally
applied his new chemical to ring
boned horse and in five minutes there
was nothing left of the horse but =
quart of ashes. He refuses to sell or
divulge his secret. AS ringbone cure,
1t seems to be success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
a Shocked Congregation.

Davenport Democrat: A Methodist
minister at Whitmore, Neb., shocked
his congregation few days since. He
surprised his parishioners by marrying
a woman they had not been talking
about. and never heard of in fact. So
1t is not always possible to fathom the
intentions OF minister.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
a Vanished TYNE.

Hartford Times: To the best of our
knowledge and belief, there is not one
earnest and consistent advocate of
genuine tariff reform in congress. The
division Is merely between those who
make no pretense of being tariff re.
formers and those who make loud
pretenses and will vote for high duties
only when they and their constituents
are to be particularly benefited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
A Partnership.
Said the baseball bug


Said the baseball bug
To the lazy germ,
We're getting close
To the heated term,
When the skies will shine
Like sheet OF flame
And the crowds will gather
To watch the game.
I'll chase the players
From base to base
while you tempt men
To shady place,
Where they can gaze
TIL their souls enthuse
And yell at the umpire
All they choose.
Well show the world
On summer hour
How the smallest may oft
Exert most power
The statesmen great
And the financier
Will yield to the spell
AS we, draw near.
In affairs we will be
A leading firm."
Said the baseball bug
To the lazy germ.
Philander johnson in the Washing.
ton Evening Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03

The famous Wright brothers OF air
ship fame when youngsters lived In
Cedar Rapids and attended the gram
mar school there. Their father was
pastor Of the United Brethren church
and later was elected bishop, removing
to Ohio You simply can't lose Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
Some Unreliable Thinas

Washington Herald: A Mexican
has invented an aeroplane that goes
up in the air and sails around most
beautifully. but has great difficulty in
effecting a satisfactory landing. Re-
minds us SO much of some of our
statesmen out on Capitol Hill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03

The number of share holders in the
Pennsylvania railroad has increased
from 22,045 in 1897 to $3.50 at the
last dividend period. Other corpora
tions make similar showing. Con
centration OF capital In large corpor-
atoms does not necessarily mean con-
centration of ownership.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
THE STUDY 81 FoREsTRY.

THE STUDY or FoREsTRY.
Teachers throughout the country
have been invited bys the United
States forester to cooperate with tae
forest service in an effort to obtain
more definite knowledge Of the
characteristics OF the most important
forest trees OF the United States 10
do this 1t will be necessary to obtain
large number OF volunteer observers
wis will collect material on the time
Of leafing. blossoming, and fruiting
of the various kinds OF forest trees.
In his letter inviting the cooperation
of the teachers, Forester Pinchot
says:
knowledge OF this kind Is greatly
needed and will be OF value from
the standpoint both OF education and
of practical forestry. For educational
purposes the results obtained for
each species, averaged and pre-
scented graphically by means of col
ored charts, will be available to all
who are interested In the subject. and
form ritual tree calendars and
particularly to schools. They will
be valuable aids to nature study.
Children can readily be interested
In the actual work Of obtaining rec.
ords- This should form an attrac.
tive outdoor feature OF the school
work that should serve to develop the
faculty Of accurate observation, and
at the same time to promote an In
terest in forestry which may lead to
better appreciation Of its aims and
methods. 1t may also prove to be a
profitable addition to botany courses
for older students.
"A study Of this kind will be Of
great value to practical forestry, since
the proper treatment Of forests de-
ponds partly upon knowledge Of
these characteristics of trees. For ex-
ample, the time Of year at which a
tree leafs out and blossoms is one OF
the indications as to whether or not
it IS frost-hardy in given region, and
the length of time that tree is in
leaf influences the growth 1t is able
to make during the season. Knowl-
edge Of the time when seeds Of each
species ripen in various localities Is OF
great value to those who are collect
Ing seed, since seed often deteriorates
or is eaten by squirrels end birds II
not gathered and stored as. soon as
ripe.
Another result Of this study will
be more intimate knowledge Of eli
mate as manifested by plant growth,
for differences in climate are shown
by plant life as well as by instru'
ments, and a preliminary idea can
thus be gained as to whether given
region is suited to a valuable tree
which it is desired to introduce there
Many such examples could be given
but sufficient has been said to show
that the results of these observations
will be real help to practical for
)estry, in addition to the general In
terest and educational value. vo,lsii
teers will later be supplied with lrb'
locations and charts containing the in
formation they help to gather, as
return for the services rendered.
On request. the forest service will
be glad to send forms upon which to
record data and pamphlet containing
full instructions as to the nature Of
the observations and how they are to
be made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03

The Jacksonville Courier congratu-
lates itself and It's local readers that
1t wasn't much Of an Indian uprising
at Keokuk yesterday, after ALL
There's no telling. however, to what
extent hostilities will be carried when
they are renewed.