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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-09
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

and Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm
winter low grades. S415G4 40; winte
clear. $450q475; city mills, fancy
S6.256 $50.
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel
WHEAT firm; No. red, western
S1.11Gl12.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow. Local
7l07l1ac.
OATS steady; No. 2 white. Asa
45bc.: lower grades. 44c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 14k
615hc.: old ROSTERS. l2c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, TIC; old roost
ers. 12c
BUTTER firm; extra creamery, 34c.
EGGS firm; selected. 29u3l near
by, &c: western. &c.
POTATOES steady, at 6S97Oc. per
bushel.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-09
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUREl

DEAFNESS CANNOl DE OOhLD
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infiamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an inflamed conditioned the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-09
Moors seaten In surprise Attack

Melilla. Oct THE Spanish camp
under Commander General Sotomayer
was the object of a surprise attack by
the Moors. The enemy was repulsed
The Spaniards lost two men wounded
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-09

Child Burns 10 Death.
Sharon. Pa. Oct. while playing
around a bonfire Mary Defretta, four
years old, was burned to death
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-09
PNEUMONIA

ILLS lis tens Of Thousands G0WAFS
PREPARATION kills. pneumonia By de-
stroyinf the congestion and Inflammation.
Quick relief for colds. Group coufhs fhppe.
pains and soreness In lunfs and throat
External and harmless All dmffsts.
si.00, SOC, 25c.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
FICTION.
Ne7C Stories of Romantic Id
venture.

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. BY H. B. Marriott
watson. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer. 12mo,
PIP 3l2. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
THE WOMAN AND THE SWORD. BY Rupert
Clurg & Co. --
The POOL OF FLAME BY Louis Joseph Vance.
illustrations by John Rae. 12mo, PIP. $50.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

turn by preference for the study of life; it is
an easy method. and a pleasant one, since it
rarely makes heavy demands on time and
attention; but it is not safe one. because fic-
tion has to lead its readers to definite con-
clusion in the end-either on the heights. or
in the slough of despond something which life
rarely does, because. unlike the story. il has TO
go on. Mrs. Ellis leaves Steve and his woman
on the heights. and her readers with the i'm
preston that they will live there forever after:
but moments reflection will show that the
problem is not really settled, that it will lift
its head again and again. perhaps only in the
darkness of the night, to be at once suppressed,
but ever with tragedy lurking in it's eyes,
tragedy for Steve tragedy for 'Steve's
Woman" perhaps for both. One wonders what
possible profit there be in this lingering
over and elaboration of a decidedly morbid
subject.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

hut Illuminating sketches of those masters ana
kdlfully traces their influence The rest OF MS
book is divided into chapters which bring OUT
b sharp relief the achievements of the Dutch IN
genre landscape and so His analyses ana
descriptions are clear, and they are enhanced
by an excellent series of halftone Illustrations
The essays in Miss Cary's new volume are
Justly described as Random Studies, Tor
within her twelve chapters she treats of Barge
and Carlo Crivelli, Jan Steen and Sorolla. Max
Klnger and Jacques Callot, and several other
subjects She does not treat them all with uni
form success, and in some instances her remarks
amiable piquant than judcious
The papers Max Klinger and "One Side OF
Modern German Painting" wanting in crti-
cal balance, and the note is forced. to say the
least, in that passage in which Miss Cary at
tempts to develop. with regarL to Sorolla, the
curious idea that the painter to whom he bears
the most marked resemblance is Botticelli"
But she is altogether happy in her essay on
Barye, whose life and work she sketches with
admirable sympathy, and she is very charming
In her pages on Crivelli. Fantin-Latour and Carl
LARSON. The cordial tribute she pays to the
art of Mary Cassatt would have lost none of
its value if she had observed the indebtedness of
that accomplished American to Manet
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

his acquaintance he is sojourning at Monte
viously he is destined to throw his money
away the gaming table 1t is natural, since
he lives in a novel, that he should then be ap-
preached by a person who proposes to engage
him upon a secret enterprise of very great
peril but we are scarcely prepared for what
happens as soon as the bargain IS struck. Hav-
ing accepted the task placed in his hands
by a certain mysterious Frenchman, Terence
O'ROurke finds occasion for tweakng the
of his interlocutOr in order that he may have
the pleasure of fighting duel with him. After
this astonishing episode it seems, perhaps. only
matter of course that the Irishmans wife
and that he should be invited to earn one hun
dred thousand pounds by restoring to its
ers. in Rangoon. the gigantic ruby known rs
The Pool of Flame" 1t is all very neatly
arranged Within few brief pages Mr. Vance
embarks his hero upon prOdigious adventure
and provides him with a resourCeful enemy
Thenceforward we are prepared to be puzzled
and amused II not disappointed. 1t
is lively yarn cleverly told
"Steve's Woman" a rather slender story
printed in large type on a narrow, shallow
type page with correspondingly wide borders
presents with a sincerity that partly justifies
its existence a situation so exceptional and
concerned that one wonders if it can claim
any legitimate place in fiction at all OF course
it is to fiction that the majority of US nowadays
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
B4NKNOTES IN A BOOK.
From The Dundee Advertiser.

From The Dundee Advertiser
Every buyer of second hand books dreams ona
day or finding between the leaves Of one OF he
acquisitions Il bankuOte.
AccOrdinS to the "GaulOiS," a celebrated Ior
don novelist has just had a stroke Of luck ~
TINS KIND He was pOring over the boxes ar
ranged along by the walls by the side OF rha
Seine, and decided TO buy for a couple of fran
Henrlade in quaint type published Issr
century. in which were a number Of engravings
ne went on with his prize, and in the evening
began reading il. He found two % the nags
OF Scene 3 stuck together. and on opening tber
with knife found three banknOtes Of 10al
francs % (taO) each. and the following message:
Friend, whoever thou art thou who baSt 80
this book to the end. be Iegatee without remorSs
or this little fortune. IL is all nv pen bss
brought me IN fifty years. Nav the muses. h.
man Of letters.
H T. 10 Jan. 1S4S. Paris. Rue Mazarine-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

that the hero might wish to engage in he would
have to reckon with the unspeakabe Austrian
Indeed. that gentleman promises to triumph
over every one concerned. But Mr.. Lorraine is
adrot and he carries his exciting drama to a
proper issue He provides as he goes along some
picturesque descriptions of the atrocious cruel
ties practised in Continental camps three hun
dred years ago.
The Irish hero of Mr.. Vances new story,
THE Pool of Flame" is assuredly capable of
a glorious recklessness. When We first make
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

Lorraine. l2mo PIP. Si2: Chicago: A. c. Nc
Clurg & Co. .-
THE POOL OF FLAME. BY Louis Joseph Vance
illustrations by John Rae. 12mo, PIP. $50
Dodd. Mead & Co.
sTEVE's WOMAN. BY. Mrs. Hayelocls Ellis End
Emo pp $50 The y John McBride Com com
pany.
As story of adventure '"The Castle by the
Sea" is an unqualified success, for it has lit
erary quality, of course, as we'll as unhaggng
interest f plot and it's complications An Eng
nsh author rents a castle the Kentish coast
FOR the summer a quiet retreat in which to
write b, k long contemplated, but, from the
nrst chapter, finds himself involved in a series
Of happenings that keep on growing in number
and mystery until the last page The castle is
haunted. for one thing; it is watched by
number of stealthy men, strangers in the neigh
borhood. for another. Burglars, our hero de-
ooes, for is not the family plate of the Norroys
the owners OF the castle, kept in strong room
In the picture gallery, instead of being safely
stored in a London bankers vaults? And that
artist who asks permission to copy some pict-
ures in the gallery. and succeeds in obtaining
the consent of the absent owner who is he?
What is he plotting? At the neighboring inn
there are. moreover, two young women, whose
behavior is puzzling. to say the least, and an
American girl gets into the habit of running
ping In to tea. Last but not least, there are the
caretaker and his wife. included in the lease
VINO are always behaving as if they were hiding
something 1t is certainly very disquieting and
very romantic plot and counterplot ultimately
leading away from the castle to an eighteenth
century smugglers' cave. The story would
have to be heightened to contain more of Incl
dent an action and misleading clews than IL
does. and what it contains is all of excellent
quality
The Woman and the Sword is an od-fash-
toned romance of the stirring Sort tale in
Wmcn love and honor put to the severest
tests amid scenes of the widest violence Mr.
LorTalnes hero, when he appears before us in
seventeenth century England, is not an alto
gether prepossesSing figure. He has been away
In Germany. taking part in the wars and he
or1ngs back with. him the manners of the camn
Inc nephew he finds at his old home a vounp
Fellow who is also his ward has been falling into
careless ways and Gilbert Charrington takes
charge or his affairs with a rough hand
decidedly he is not ngratiating individual
eno least OF all does he appeal to Mistress Hilary
rage the girl whom by and by he seeks to
marry to the nephew aforesaid But she like
the reader, finds out her mistake An evil Aus-
ulan soon appears, to NEEDLE with this groun
ana with very little delay the narrative deveIone
episodes Of dreadful misery and danger Tbroueb
these Gilbert passes. firm in the resolution tbat
nls nephew shall gain Hilary to wife E,vap if
this aim were not obstacle TO any love ,,aI.i
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
LITERARY NOTES.

Lady Ritchie (Anne Thackeray) has again
dealt with her fathers life in an article which
she has prepared for the jubilee number of
THE COrnhill." Portraits of Thackeray and
facsimies of two of his letters will be included
in her paper
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

pat" whose Illustrations will include a via,-
the house in which the book was written O,h
views of the authors home and s11rrorn 80
and many portraits will be scattered tbrosS
the other volumes The diary and renoiniSc-s-
ces OF Helene Won DOenniges. the CIotiIds :,
diately. -0
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

Mr.. Bryce. il is stated. once said that ..
were two books he should like 70 have vv-;,,
if leisure had not been denied him Ora -
the biography of Abraham Lincoln. the oss 20
short political memoir of the late Lord KIM q
ley. Let us hope that the Lincoln win vef :.
written - oe
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

one OF the most industrious Iiterarv so,a-ss,.
OF Europe is Prince Nicholas I OF Nonte,oss--S
ne intends TO publish another volume OF poem.
Chain of Mountain SONGS n -'1"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19


King Edward. it is said has expressed his de
sire that no record of his reign should be pub
hshed until after his death, and il is added
that he has made arrangements for an authOri-
future.
1t is said also that the King greatly disap-
lately published. and one of them he has or
dered to be removed from all his residences.
Mr.. III. G. Wells. in addition to completing
Wakes" is writing preface to what is called
remarkable transcript from the Life of a
Bath Chairman. very poor man.
|. NJ Anatoe France has returned to France
from his lecturing expedition into South Amer
llica-why did he not return by way Of New
York?-and is already absorbed in writing a
book which is mentioned being somewhat
in the vein of his Lille des PingOuinsr' Its
subject is the fall of the angels. This book and
another containing his lectures on Rabelais will
probably appear early in 1910.
At recent sale Scott's "Tales of My Land
lord" first series first edition. fine copy in the
original boards. brought $3.50
Professor Wilbur L. Cross's biography of
Laurence Sterne Is to have a successor. The
indefatigable Lewis Melville, casting about for
material has seized upon Sterne. He proposes
TO use several Sterne letters which have been
in past years regarded as spurious He will
also use extracts from the unpublished corre-
unpublished journal Of Eliza" which Sterne
indited in his last years.
A fascinating mass of Napoleonic portraiture
is to be found in Nine de Basy- Callimaki's s
beautiful book, Jean Baptiste Isabey Sa Vie
Son Temps 1t is Illustrated by three colOred
plates and about three hundred heliOgravures
The ordinary edition, on hand made paper is
limited to 500 copies. and the special edition on
Japanese vellum, is limited to 80 copies 1t is
work of particular interest to collectors Of
books concerning the Napoleonic period
An odd work was sold In London the other
day. 1t was one of six copies Of Don OuixOte',
which were printed throughout on very thinIy
cut sheets OF cork They were brought from
the Barcelona Press this year. The two small
folio volumes weigh little less than IL, ounces
each The binding is also Of cork This copy
brought $50 wy
The first four volumes OF the Memorial editio,
OF George Meredith's works are coming from the
press. They begin with THE Shaving OF Sbaeo
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

The edition of the annotated Shakssnsa..
upon which Mr.. Sidney Lee has been eneassS
for the past seven years is to be published T.,
medlately- The work is to contain special f7
troductions' by contemporary critics aro1v
whom are NJ Jusserand. Mr. Henry James NJ
Andrew Lang and Mr.. Maurice Hewlett
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

Ihe first four volumes Of the Memorial edition,
OF George Meredith's works are coming from the
press They begin with THE Shaving OF Sbag
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

At a recent sale Scott's 'Tales of My Land
lord" first series first edition fine copy in the
original boards brought $3.50
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

Mr. III. G.. Wells in addition to completing
| his scenario for his play when the Sleeper
Wakes is writing preface to what is called
| a remarkable transcript from the Life of
| Bath Chairman" very poor man
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
RECKLESS SHOOTING.

4 A police officer undertakes to ar
rest a man for the small offense OF
petty larceny; the accused man runs
and the officer shoots him. Where is
the law for it?
The shooting took place upon pub.
Lie and much frequented highway.
Where is the common sense in it?
Police officers, and all others
clothed with authority to enforce the
law, ought to know the law and re-
spect it enough not to violate it; and
police officer should have discre.
ton as wcll as zeal and valor. II
were better that petty offenders
should escape than that they should
be shot and dangerously, perhaps NOR.
tally wounded; or that. innocent
people. going about their private and
legitimate business upon the public
streets of a city should have their
lives endangered by stray bullets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02

To the Creditors of H. H. Graham
Jewelry Co., Of Hattiesburg, in
Forrest County, Miss, and District
aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on
Wednesday, the 1st day Of Deem
Der. A. D., 1909, the above named H.
H. Graham Jewelry Co., was duly ad-
Indicated bankrupt, and that a meet
ing Of the creditors of said bankrupt
will be held in Hattiesburg, Miss, in
the Office of Hathorn & Hearst on
the 18th day of December, A. D., 1909,
at II o'clock in the forenoon, for the
purpose of examining the bankrupt,
electing trustee and transacting
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
Dated Gulfport, Miss, December
LIST, 1909.
]. o. GILLESPIE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern Division Of
the Southern District of Missis
sippi.
In the matter of Southern Grocery
Co., bankrupt. in bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of the Southern
Grocery Co., of Hattiesburg. il
Forrest County, Miss, and Dis
trict aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that or
Tuesday, the 3Oth day of November
A. D., 1909, the above named South
ern Grocery Co., was duly adjudi
Gated a bankrupt, and that a meeting
OF the creditors of the above bank.
rupt will be held in Hattiesburg
Miss, in the office of Hathorn g.
Hearst, at ~ o'clock in the fore
noon, for the purpose of examining
the bankrupt, electing a trustee and
transacting such other business as
may properly come before said meet.
ing.
Dated Gulfport, Miss, December
list, 1909.
j. o. GILLESPIE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
AN IMPORTANT COURT,

1t is not too soon to begin talking a
little about the farmers and truck
growers convention to be held here
Jan. IA and 18th next. The truckers
and farmers Of Louisiana as we'll as
those of Mississippi are invited, but
on the farmers and truck growers of
Harrison county more particularly
will fall the burden Of making It a
success. This is not to be business
mans, city mans convention. True
1t will be held under the auspices of
the Commercial Union and the bust.
ness men, but it is to be truckers
convention and they are the men who
must do the talking and the thinking,
and the comparing and the furnishing
of facts and figures that will be of
benefit to all concerned.-Gulfport
Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
Citizens Bank
WezWS From lAe Z2zb0d

hood, were lost to the dark and mys
tifying abyss of eternity, two homes
cast into the throes of deepest mourn.
ing, community bowed with sorrow
and sympathy for the bereaved.
How true that familiar saying: In
the midst of life there is death: and
yet how often its grim foreboding is
lost in the din Of LIES activities.
To-day we mourn those who have
fallen in life's strife; tomorrow, I'M
mindful Of the uncertainty Of life, we
plunge again into LIES vortex.
This morning, with hopes on pin.
nacles high, we launch forth for 9th.
er conquests; tonight, perhaps, the
mysteries Of ages are revealed in
startling splendor.
This morning a kiss, a loving Dat. a
devoted farewell; tonight we see a
new mound on life's greensward.
To-day life in all it's richness is un-
folded to US; we enter boldly into the
fray; tomorrow our lot is cast in the
common cortege that slowly wends
its way to the endless abyss of time,
May the graces of Him who miti.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY,

In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern Division O.
the Southern District of Missis
sippi.
In the matter of A. s. Pitts. bank
rupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of A. s. Pitts. bank
rupt, of Hattiesburg, Forrest Coun
ty, and district aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of November, A. D., 1909
the aforesaid A. s. Pitts was duly
adjudicated bankrupt, and that On
Monday, the 18th day of December
A. D., 1909, at 10 o'clock in the fore.
noon, there will be a meeting of the
creators OF said bankrupt in the Of
flce OF Hathorn & Hearst, in Hatties-
burg, Miss, in said District, for the
purpose of electing Trustee and
such other business as
may properly come before said meet.
Ing.
Dated Gulfport, Miss, December 1
lSoS' ~v~s ~.}.~
j. Q. GILLESPIE, Referee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02
LITTLE ROCK
FRANCHISE SOLD
Chattanooga Exercises Option and
Puts Up Purchase Price Of
$12,500.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 2.-The
local baseball owners yesterday exer-
cised their option for the Little Rock
franchise of the Southern League.
President Rather wired the local di-
rectors that the franchise reserve list
and other property of his club had
been turned over to President Kava.
naugh, and instructed President O. B..
Andrews, of Chattanooga, to send a
draft to him. Mr.. Andrews imme-
diately wired President Kavanaugh
that the $12,5OO was deposited in a
local bank subject to his draft, and it
is expected that the formal transac-
tons will be made during the day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-02

Saxon. There is only one country
to which the term can be applied
England. Yet In England it is sell
dom heard. Ireland, Scotland and
Wales are Celtic.
American is simply Aryan, or, If a
less comprehensive term is needed,
Anglo-Celtic or Teuto-Celtic. It's
glory, however. lies in its genius for
assimpating and developing the d.
verse elements of Europe. The lam
guage may be described as Anglo
Saxon, but the American is far away
from being an Anglo-Saxon product.
The term is an irritant to any man
who values clear thinking. 1t is also
redolent of subserviency, and should
be left to the motley throng whose
before foreign monarch"
To the fine spun argument which
this authority makes, The Washing
ton Post returns this answer.
"The white population of Mary
land, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ar
kansas is indefinitely Anglo-Saxon,
with some admixture of Scotch-Irish.
except in Maryland, perhaps. So we
find the Anglo-Saxon dominating in
South Carolina and Mississippi with
some admixture with the Huguenot.
The Anglo-Saxon dominates in the
middle West also, and in the trans
Mississippi, every State of it. Indeed,
there is not one single State of the
entire Union, with the possible ex.
ception of Louisiana, in which the
Anglo-Saxon is not the dominant fac.
tor. George Washington was as
much of an Anglo-Saxon as the Black
Prince. and Sam Adams was as An.
glo-Saxon as Oliver Cromwell.
But the language that Chaucer
helped to invent, the tongue that
Shakespeare sang, the diction of
Chatham's eloquence, the expression
Of Tennyson's poetry-this will make
an Anglo-Saxon of a German or a
Scandinavian in the second genera.
ton on our soil, and so also of a
Catholic Irishman or Highland
Scotchman. AS for the Lowland
Scotch, they are Saxon. The Bruce
himself was Saxon, as was that
Fitzjames who met Roderick Dhu.
But the language is reinforced in
our country by the Anglo-Saxon lit
erature, by the Anglo-Saxon theory of
government, by the Anglo-Saxon law,
by the Anglo-Saxon customs, by the
Anglo-Saxon sports. In every State
of the Union the common law of
England is authority, except Louis.
lana.
| Then what is the use of making
bubble of fact as big as a noun.
tain and as irresistible as a thunder.
bolt? Environment makes the
man."