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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
GIRL SOBS SEVEN DAYS

Doctors 6sffed, and Unless Strange
Mal1dy stops She May Die.
Philadelphia. Jan Thrown into
n paroxysm by the teasingAf her pay
mates. eleven-yearold Myrtle Gold has
sobbed continuously for seven days.
Unless the strange disorder. which has
mystifed her doctors. can be checked.
II is feared the child will die. The sob
bling is slowly undermining her llfe
Her condition Is much akin TO that
OF a sufferer from hiceoughs The
sobs occur at intervals OF about tour
OF 1--WE seconds and cause great pain
In the throat WAen she sleeps the
sobbing stops. only to begin again
when she awakes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
PROGRESSIVE FlINCH PARTY

Miss Almn Gouldman. daughter Of Mr.
John +. Gouldman, gave a pleasant pro-
gressive finch party To her friends Thurs
day night at her home ON " Winchester
street. After the game dainty refresh
ments were served. Those receiving
prizes: Miss Kate ROdrigues. the first
ladies prize; Miss Jeanette Stearns. Of
richmond took the BOBBY; Mr.. John q.
sarter the first gents prize. and George
Melville the BOBBY.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
PYTHlANS ELECT OFFICERS

The follow INK officers wcrr elected by
fredericksburg Lodge No p. Knights
OF Pythias. Thursday night.
W. X. Hall chancellor commander. J
!. Cavrll, vice chancellor. 5. ". MerSle
prelate; james I. Jones. master of work
+ + Portch, keeper Of record and seals
j. II. Robinson. master Of finance. J II
Leitch, master of exchequer: G.. W. Hef
I'm, master at AIMS. J n Patterson.
inner guard; J. T Humphrios. outer
guard representative to the Grand
Lodge, John 6 Hrtin; alternate. J. B
Proctor
Alter election the members repaired 10
the Athens Ca.c aud partook of "A snmp
tuons repast
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
WASHINGTON STARS SIGNED
Manager flusrhsrd Of FFedsslsksbMg lean
Prspslng For Baseball Season

Manager Fred Feuerhsrd. OF the Fred.
ericksburg ssam. was 10 Washington
YESTERDAY on q scouting trip for players.
Several weliknOwn Capital City stars
were rendered contracts and affixed their
John HaLcocks
Manage Feuerherd says thata$1O 90
bsseba stock company has been fol. ted
10 Frederirksburg, and that the prospects
Tor ii strof Z team were never brighter
Hopes are entertained OF winning the
1909 championship.
The fredericksburg team last Jear
won forty games. lost fifteen, and
tied ouet nntch' Meueiee. "Linthy q"
Linthlcum,, and Harry Dodd, OF Wash
ington, played with the aggregation -
Washington Herald.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
LOCAL OPTION CONTEST
s0ms Nsw YIsrs On iha suhI.rt

Ss'"o NO" VIEWS on the Subject
The News-Leader in commenting on
the fredericksburg local option election
contest case. now before Court of AID.
peals, says:
an Interesting phase Of the controversy
Il being discussed by men Interested in
the temperance wave The belief Is that
the contests being made by the Hauor
people VIII fall. Tor the reason that they
made no objection to the granting OF the
petitions Tor the elections. but when the
elections @ere ordered they accepted the
challenge and made the fight and lost.
knowing, ~ they claim to do. that
the contests were 90 he made. holding
that the elections were Illegal, they are
believed 60 have surrendered their ri1ht
OF protest against the law when they
participated ia the election.
Several persons here are Inclined 10 the
belief that the liquor men have taken the
wrong course. Had they failed to 20 to
the polls or 10 take ccgnizance Of the
matter ia any way, they could have
awaited the Result If the election com
placently.
But they went in and made the fight
and loet aud practically agreed. by their
own action, that the matter was legal.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR

The bells OF the churches. the court.
house and the frehous, tolled the old
year out and the new year in. The oc-
easion was one of marked qp.et as TO
blowing OF horns. beating Of drums.
hring OF cannoncrackers and bonfres. Ii
is generally a time when the din Is fright
ful, but IL seems that "a new era il upon
Us, as wac evidenced by the pulet and
good order that was conspicuous at
y mas
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

A gssat many peopis have kidney and
bladder trouble. mainly due To neglect
Of The occasional pains 80 the back, eight
rheumatic pslu-, urinary disorders. etc
DELAY IN such cases il dangerous. fake
DeNitt's Kidney and Sledder Pills
They are for weak back, backache. rheo
matte pains and all ki1Dey and bladder
trouble. Soothing and antiseptic. and
act prOmply. Don't tail 10 get DeWitt's
Kidney and Bladder Pills Accept NO
substitute. X g0lar size SOC. Sold By
Goolriek's Aodern Pharmacy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
CITY HAY SCALES RENTED
Col. Cole the Successful Bidder.

The city hay scales were rented
Friday evening by the city collec-
tor 'or the year 1909 at public outcry.
Gol +. u. Cole was the successful, bidder.
ihe scales brought only S2a. the small
est amount they ever rented for. n b.
h'nsey was the auctioneer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
PRESENTS MEDAL TO.
PROF. S0MeRvlLLE

Mr.. W. II. Hurkamp, one OF the Fred
ericksburg School Board, has presented
to Prot. 5. W. Somerville a handsome
medal as a recognition OF the active part
he has taken in the erection OF the new
public school building. On Is inscrib-
ed, We'll done. thou good and faithful
servant. January l 1909"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
HORSE FALLS DEAD

Capt. T. NcCracken's driving horse
feli dead on frineess Anne street while
returning from delivering some gro.
eeries The horse stumbled aud fen. bnt
b. lore Jim Whit. the eolored driver.
could loosen him from the wagon he was
dead. The hoFse was old. but a good
one and had had the heaSss tor some
years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
lIPARI ISLANDS SAFE
Not Destroyed, as First Reported. and
Nobody Killed There.

Rome. Jan 2.-The Lipari islam Is
have not been destroyed nor has there
been any loss of life there This news
has just been brought In by the tor
pedoboat sent out by the govrrnm at
10 investigate
telegram from tine conn andcr cf
the vessel informs the minister OF ma
riuc that a strong earthQuare was -N
perienced through the island. Dec IS.
Some buildings were DANA sed. bot
there were no fatalities
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
harais Out on Bail.

Louisville. Ky. Jan. 2-Beach Har.
xis. whom the Jury at his first trial
for numbering his father. Judge Har
gis, refused to convict. reporting a dis
agreement. was admitted to 81. 900
bail.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
Consumption

IS, by no means. the dreadful
disease it is thought to be-in
the beginning.
1t can always be stopped-in
the beginning. The trouble is:
you don't know you've got it;
you don't believe it; you won't
believe it'll you are forced
to. Then it is dangerous.
Don't be afraid: but attend
to it quick-you can do it
yourself and at home. Take
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
Poisoned BY Vines While sks,ioo.

Franklinville. n. j.. Jan. AT. J.
Albertsop. station agent at franklin
Vile. while skating came in contact
with some poison vines and Is now
swollen to twice his normal size. He
cannot see and has to be led around by
his wife.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
RECORD PRICE FOR APPLES
Box OF Prize Winners Sold For 60
Cents Apiece

Chicago. Jan. 2-The highest priced
box OF apples on record is on exhibi.
tion here. The fruit is OF the winesap
variety. and won the grand sweep.
stakes prize of $500 at the National
Apple show held at Spokane Tho
present owners paid Go cents apiece
for the l12 apples in the box
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
FALSE ALARM

The fire alarm was sounded about
$50 Friday morning Beckie stanton.
eolored. Inmate OF The jail, was burning
old shoes aud rage IN the Jail A large
crow j ass mbled only TO tud out the
alarm was false. The hre department
was promptly on band The sergeant
informed them Of the iacts.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
LOST $4,000 NECKLACE
Woman Missed Valuable Jewels After
Shopping Trip.

New York. Jan o. Detectives are
looking for the drivers of several cabs
In which Mrs George d. S Hamlen
OF Central Park West. made trips in
the shopping district when she lost a
pearl necklace valued at $4,000. Mrs.
Hamlen did not miss the necklace un
til after returning home
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
FLEET AT SUEZ TOMORROW
Sailor Falls Overheard From Illinois
and is Drowned.

Suez. Jan. >. The United States
Atlantic battleship fleet. homeward
bound. is due here tomorrow morn
ing.
While passing through Babel Man
deb strait into the Red sea on Dec %.
Jesse Schotland. an able seaman OF
the battleship Illinois, fell overheard
and was drowned before the boats.
which were at once lowered, could
reach him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
the POLICE JUSTICE
No Cases fa rhsi First Mornins Of the Ter

Mr.. Henry Dannehl Assumed his duties
Friday morning, Jan. LIST. as Police
Justice. There was not "A single case for
trial, but Mr.. DaDnehl was kept buy re-
ceiving bis friends, who congratulated
him and extended good wishes
The Police Justice will hold court each
week dav III rninG from 8 to 10 O'Clock
In the Mayors office.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

Always have ksnnedy's Laxative
,ough syrup handy. especially Tor the
children. Ii tastes nearly - good -
maple sugar. IL cures the cold BY gen.
' moving the bowels through its iexA-
i've principle. and at the same time 10 y
oothiDg for throar irritat;on. thereby
topping the cough. There - notbiax
- good. Sold by 6oolr,ek's 4od>so
Pharmacy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

For health and happiness-DsWftt
Little Early Rlssrs--smail, gentle. easy.
sieasant little liver pills. the best made.
Sold by 6oolriek's Mo6srn Pharmacy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

Late hours affect q mans memory lie
often nnds IL difficult 10 remember " here
he wac when his vife asks him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

The average man imsgines be would
bead the ist of philanthropists II as had
the money.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

Fires In Devastated Italian Cities
Are SIN eurnins-King Emmanuel.
Working amid Ruins, Proves Him
self Real Hero-Another Town.
With 1000 Population, Found Com
Pietely Destroyed-Oead Estimated
at 100000.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05

vhs Free Lance 10 prepared TO DO oil
kinds Of Job printing In nrstelass styls
~ nodsrAts srisss
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-05
Another Town Found Devastated.

Another town. Castroreale. has been
added TO the list of devastated locali-
ties. Not house escaped. The streets
are filed with despairing survivors
seeking friends and relatives and
clamOring for food and water. This
place had population OF about 1000.
Hospitals have been improvised at
Reggie. and they are constantly sur
rounded by multitudes Of almost nude
survivors beseeching bread Food sup
ply depots have been established at
other points IN the ruins. and long
lines OF people. praying imploring and
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
The Boil weevile Situation.

DIR. Hunter has completed his survey
for the new line in Mississippi for boil
weevil infestation, and the announce
ment made carries with it some extreme
" interesting information. Everybody
in the state is more or less interested
in the advance and ravages of the in
sect. That it is completely revolution
izing the methods used in growing cot
ton, cannot be denied 1t is no longer
necessary to 90 to other states for this
information now. We have plenty Oh
experience right here in Mississippi.
The line for 1909 will be drawn
through Washington county, near the
center, thence in almost a direct line to
Jackson in Kinds county. South of
jackson, the main line of the Gulf &
Ship Island railroad will practically be
the line Of course at the time this
investigation was made, during the first
two weeks in October, the exact migra-
ton could not be determined, but ap-
proximately it is correct. For instance,
in Washington county the weevil was
found at Glen Allen and nearby points
in the extreme southern portion of the
county. With some time still to elapse
before Information takes place, further
advance would be made In the south
ern portion of the state, where approx
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
SWAMP LAND DRAINAGE.

Along no line have the people of Mis-
sissippi made greater progress during
the past few years than in proper drain
age for their low and wet lands. Hun
dreds of drainage districts have been
organized and millions of acres of the
richest land in the world brought into
cultivation. The pioneer in this good
work was the county of Lee, where by
a special act of the Legislature many
years ago the first swamp land drain
ge district was formed. The success of
this venture is well displayed in the
following splendid article from the Tu-
pelo Tribune of recent date:
Few people realize what has been
done for Lee county in the past few
years by channelling her bottom lands.
To make the statement that the bot
tom lands in this county which have
been drained, have increased over seven
hundred thousand dollars in value
with an expenditure of a little more
than fifty-eight thousand five hundred
dollars would sound incredible. Never
theless this is true. Further than this,
the production of cotton in this county
has been doubled This sounds big, but
we have made careful examination Of
the records of Lee county, and we here
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
Uses for Old Parchments.

Good prices are paid for old parch
ments of all descriptions. Certain
dealers have a process for removing
the ink and eventually the cleaned
stuff comes back to us as the finest
French kid gloves. The clippings left
when the gloves are made are not
wasted. Mixed with vellum and leath
er, they are boiled down for size. The
coarse shavings, with odds and ends
of seal and other skins. come in
handy for filling cheap tennis balls
Exchange.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
MRS. BELMONT AN AUTHOR
Wealthy Society Woman Gives Moth.
ers Advice on the Proper Rails
ing of Children.

New York.-Mrs. Oliver H. P. Bel.
mont, who has entered the lists as an
author, talked with a reporter recent
ly about her book for children, which
probably will be published next
spring.
The story, that of her own children,
gives parents the benefit of her ex.
perience and the volume will contain
many valuable pointers for them as
well as entertainment for the younger
generation.
In the talk with the reporter Mrs.
Belmont has thrown interesting side.
lights on the lives of her children.
They are Consuelo Vanderbilt, who
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
HOW BLOCK SIGNALS WORK
Operation Of Ingenious System That
insures the Safety Of Railroad
Passengers.

Comparatively few people know
Just what is meant by block signals
when they read that railroad has es-
tablished the system on its lines
The block is length of track which,
on double track roads, has at its en-
trance post and movable arm. and
on single track lines one at each end.
To say that line has every inch
protected by this system means that
the entire line is divided into consec-
utive blocks. Only one line from Chi
cago to New York is thus protected.
and of the total in the United States,
cne-third is on the Union and South
ern Pacific
The operation of the block system
is simple but absolute. In few
words, it means that train cannot
move from one block into the next
until the latter block is empty. AS a
train moves forward, the signal arm
is set to show that the block just left
may be entered by the next train
following. When a train enters
block it so affects the en-
y ergy that is part of sig
"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11

was married to the duke of Marlbor.
ough; w. X. Vanderbilt H., married to
Virginia Fair, and Harold S. Wander.
bilt, Mrs. Belmont's grandchildren,
the two sons of the duchess of Mari.
borough, John Marquis of Blandford
and Lord Ivor Charles Spencer.
Churchill, have been made acquainted
book by their grandmother, and ii
was the keen interest they displayed
in the narrative which led Mrs. Bel.
mont to believe that others would find
the same enjoyment in the story OF
the young Vanderbilts and the man.
ner of their life on Long Island.
Mrs. Belmont sounds this note of
warning: Don't give over the care
of your children to hired attendants
They can never take the place Of a
mother"
You see l have my own theory as
to the proper bringing UP of children"
she said, land I've tried to shadow it
forth in this little story of the lives
of my own children. I've tried to
make that book not just a story for
boys and girls to enjoy, but a real
help for fathers and mothers who care
for their children, but don't know
how best to take care of them.
my children were brought up on
such an entirely different plan from
those of most of my friends. While
they were little l never lunched away
from them. / was with them con-
stantly.
ut is the usual fashion to Danish
children to the third floor in charge
of their nurses. My children were
They slept in a room opening off mine.
The youngest was always in a crib
beside my bed.
"Of course / had nurses for them
and governesses and tutors; but ]
was always the one in charge. My
daughter was educated entirely at
home. / kept two governesses in the
for her to pass examinations | sent
to Oxford and got them. And she
passed in Latin, German, French and
English without condition.
81 believe that the solution of the
problem of the children of the rich
lies in just the constant association
of them with the mother and father,
particularly the mother. She should
oversee every detail of her family's
welfare.
"Of course, the parents must be
educated l have seen people whose
children certainly wouldn't be bene.
fitted by association with their fathers
and mothers. But to all the sensible,
intelligent people / know, | say, don't
give over your children to the care
of hired attendants. Many Of these
are, of course, excellent and trust
worthy, but they can never take the
place of mother.
I've mean my book to prove this
and to serve as a guide to perplexed
parents who don't realize just what
are the best things for their boys and
girls. / have planned to devote all
the funds obtained from its sale to
my hospital that is already being built
at Hampstead, l.. l., in memory of my
husband, and will be known as the
Belmont Memorial hospital.
'It will hold about 40 patients and
the cost of the building alone is esti-
mated at $4,000. All my book money
will swell the fund of this institution"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11

There are two fundamental reasons
why women workers should be organized
into trade unions. The first is that the
good of society demands such associated
effort. 1t is a significant fact that wher-
ever labor is highly skilled and highly paid
trade organization follows as a matter Of
course, and in its wake comes a higher
standard of living for the family and for
the community. Wherever labor is I'M
skilled and underpaid, organization is diff
cult, and the maintenance of high STAN
dard OF living is well-nigh impossible.
Much Of this unskilled and undernaid
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
0@ ll~A

Occasionally word or so about Mars
should be of interest. This rudy neigh
Dor of ours revolves at varying distances
from the earth. At times he may be as
far distant as 34,000,000 miles; at other
times as comparatively near as 35,500,0 900
miles, His mean or average distance from
the sun is some 141 100000 miles, which
should be compared with the mean distance
of Neptune-the farthest planet---2, 791,-
100000 miles. The mean diameter of the
ruddy planet equals some 1890 miles and
his volume or size is some Is one hun
dredths that of our earth His mass or
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11

knowing that that block is occupied
by another train.
The energy mentioned above is cleo
tricity, the current being obtained
from a battery near each post. The
rails of each block are made as IL all
of one piece by connecting the joints
with wire. The extreme ends are then
connected and thus circuit is formed
in which the current flows. When no
train is in the block, the mechanism
operated by the current pulls the arm
down and holds it there. When
train enters the block the wheels and
shorter circuit, the energy that held
the arm down is withdrawn and up it
swings to horizontal position.
Each block is independent of all
other blocks. When the last wheels
of a train leave it, the current re-
sumes its flow and the signal arm
at the entrance is pulled down to the
proceed position. But before the
hind wheels have finished doing this,
the front wheels of the locomotive
have entered the next block and
CAUSED the arm tnere 10 rise 10 tne
| stop"
For single track line the auto
matte arrangement is the same, but
there is signal at each end of the
block. To prevent two trains on a
single track line entering a block at
the same time from opposite ends, be-
fore the entrance to a single track
block is reached the train sets a stop
signal at the far end Of that block,
and as it enters it sets the entrance
signal to stop just as is done ON
double track. Half mile or more
before reaching the entrance signal OF
each block the engineer comes to
what is called the distant" which
tells him how the other or home"
signal is set.
AS the automatic signal is con-
structed, 1t cannot show "go ahead"
unless the entire combination of rails.
wire, current, magnet, etc., Is work
ing perfectly. If a wire parts, rail
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
Good
Reasons
for Women
Joining
Unions
By ANNE WELLINGTON

work done by sometimes men, sometimes
sometimes by wagearners of family
sometimes by who supplement inadequate
of the family sometimes by no families either to
support to be supported by.
The second for the
which the trade offers Women have ALWAYS
done than their shore the world and now for fine
first time they beginning to realize path woman
modern industry has not been
position of dignity and influence unknown women of the mast
and other factor in her progress
to be comparable in usefulness III i. LAIz- nix
with
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
Grim Humor.

did that suffragette gain anything
by trying to starve herself9" asked
one British statesman.
yes answered the other. "She
acquired better appetite than she
had enjoyed in years"