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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-22

A. H. Snyder, aged &c, part owner of
the Daily News and Rockingham Regis
ter, died at Harrisonburg Of tuberculo.
sis of the throat. He was a member Of
House of Delegates.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-22
SHELBURNE'S

Richmond, Va, Tuesday, Jan. 18th, 1910.
Our sale today of 900 lbs of the highest have made
this Wrappers and fancy filters ranging higher than we have
them years Our highest price today of @ leads the market for
the day. and highest price of @ last week leads the market for this
Prices floor today follows Frosted SOC to 81 Green
cuttings SIS 49, Dark heavy bodied tObaccos So to So Dark
wrappers $25 Bright Tugs So to $2 Filters $l2 SIG Wrap
pers, SIG to $35. Fancy wrappers, $35 to $57.
Prices will continue they are for the rest of the season.
Yours truly,
Shelburne, Valentine and Lloyd.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-22
m p NJ ECKENRoDE, DENTIST.

Office hours 81 and to 8; Office Main
street, over Goolrick's drug store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-22
STATEMENT OF WET AND
DRY CONDITIONS IN STATE

Field Secretary McAllister, in his re-
port to State Anti-Saloon League in
Richmond, made the following state
ment of wet and dry conditions in the
State:
Number of counties with no license Il
Number Of counties with some
license. ...'s-''''''
Number of towns without saloons. l4l
Number Of towns with saloons........ 10
Number of towns with dispensaries 10
Number of cities without saloons. 10
Number of cities with saloons....~. 8
The saloon cities are Alexandria,
Manchester, Norfolk, Newport News,
Petersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond,
Bristol and Roanoke.
Dry cities: Fredericksburg, Buena
Vista, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge,
Radford, Winchester, Williamsburg,
Lynchburg, Danville and Stanton.
= L = II ~. onrntf0a III
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-22

Hotels with liquor license. MINIMUM. gu
Total of liquor licenses in State: S57
The number OF licenses in Virginia in
1901 was approximately $500, which
marks decrease of upward of 1000 in
eight years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04
PeCkh0n Family
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

The Peckhams get their name from
the parish of Peckham, In Kent county,
England, In Saxon ham" signifies
home or town, SO PeCkham would be
the town of Peck, or the home of
Peck, 1t is supposed that the family
came originally from Scandinavia,
when the Normans came to England
in the eleventh century, Variations Of
the name are Pecan, Packham and
PeCham
John Peckham who was Archbishop
Of Canterbury from 1879 to 1922. is
generally considered the founder of
the family. In 1927, however. there
was one Robert Peckham, chaplain to
King Henry l., and he may have been
an ancestor of the Archbishop Sir
Edmund Peckham, one of the Arch.
bishops descendants, was master OF
the mint to Queen Elizabeth, and
was knighted in 1872. He lived in
Buckinghamshire, county Kent His
son, Sir George Peckham, was a mer
chant adventurer, and with Sir Henry
Greenville and Christopher Carleilc
went on trip of exploration in 1874
The party reached the "NeWfoundo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04
IN A LIONS JAW;
SAVED BY FRIEND
ENGLISH RELATES THRILL.
ING EXPERIENCE WITH JUN.
GLE BEAST IN AFRICA.
ANIMAL SUCKS HIS BLOOD
Carried Thirty Yards by Growing,
SnarIing Lion, When Companion
Fires, Killing the Fierce Monster
at Side of His Victim.

London.-St Michael Podmore, F. 2,
s., sitting before a cheerful crate fire
in the Loungers' club, recently related
some of his experiences in the wild
places OF the earth, most realistic OF
which was an attack by lion in
Africa.
Il was engaged on the transconti.
mental Cape-tC-Cairo line, and our gang
consisted of two white men and so
blacks" said Mr.. Podmore. I'VE each
occupied a separate hut.
"One dark night | was aroused from
sleep by hearing something moving
backward and forward beneath my
bed. Becoming alarmed, listened
brelthlessly to loud, long, indescriba-
bic snilf.sniff which broke the stiffness
of the night My experience of Africa
was not extensive, but instantly
realized that some wild animal was
under NY bed. Every one of my facul.
ties became Immediately paralyZed
with horror. | was unable to utter a
sound.
after a moment or two became
aware that man-eating lion was sniff.
fling his way along the edge of the
bed, perhaps a little puzzled at the
mosquito curtains. | then felt must
do something, and instinctiyely yet
noiselessly, | huddled all the pillows
and 0edclothes over my head. No
sooner had | done this than the lion.
with horrible pur-pur grabbed me by
the right shoulder and dragged me out
onto the floor, and Immediately began
to suck the blood which strcamed
dow my neck and chest; and every
time | moved he bit me more savagely.
AS raised my knees to get into a
crouching, protective position, he gave
me a little pat with his paw which
nearly broke my leg and inflicted a
dreadful wound. Then suddenly the
monster dropped me out of his mouth,
placed one massive paw on my chest,
and then, throwing back his noble
head he gave four terrible roars OF
triumph and defiance.
My chum walked round the hut,
and then saw with horror the hole
made by the lion, who had torn out
the mat walls and crawIed under my
bed. Then it dawned upon him what
had happened, so he ran round 0 the
other side and kicked the door down
As he did so, the lion drove his terri.
bic fangs into my right groin, and
leaped out of the hut into the dark.
ness. AS he ran with me he seemed
to be twisting and jerking me round
Sideways as though striving to get me
on his back.
The lion ran across the clearing
with me for about thirty yards and
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; put it on with a brush so thin II
wouldn't last moren one reading. The
royalties from newspapers alone would
be $11 100000 for the first year. And
that don't include advertising. Just
thing of it. Buy Bing's Baked Beans =
reads a ad. And it speaks, loul and
clear-like at the same seCo&d. The
minute you stop reading the type stops
talking. Now if you're ready
Whats your rush," dew.uded Ed
gar Amt our food wholesome? The
boss is lame and I'm glad of it, II 1t
keeps you here till to-morrer. Now
you cans bulge today, and that's set.
tied How do you make this type act
so?"
"All you do is to scratch crease
on each letter, using a diamond cut
ter and making a crease you can't see
with the naked eye. Then you fill in
the creases with my electromagnetic
fluid, and when the type strikes pa,
per it leaves a trace of the phonic
fluid, which one glance of the human
eye will cause to evaporate into
spoken words, strains of music, and so
forth. And there you be" And Trad
smiled triumphantly,
"But-Great Scott! How long does
it take to scratch all them dinged
type?" gasped Edgar.
If a mans provided with a high
grade diamond cutter, made to order,
guaranteed a hundred proof, and pro.
viding tho type is plastic by being
treated in our specially constructed
carbo-furnace, carrying a relay Of
three different kinds of gases, l fig.
ger a man ought to do one type a
day-else he's a skunk and loafing on
his job said Trad.
Is that all?" whispered Edgar, his
face purple with suppressed emotion.
Sure there amt some billion-dollar,
oXtry super-microscopic selfadjusting,
diamond hilted pin wheel to be fetch
cd in?"
u swami l did forgit the diamond
dust to be used in filing the diamond
cutter after each type is scratched, -
cried Trad Good joke on me, oh?
We'd slap it on with low geared
emery wheel"
I'm come over the first evening you
an Edgar have reading bee" grim.
ly promised Edgar.
Copyright 1919, by W. G. Chapman.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

Walworth Is suburb Of London
and the family is supposed to take us
name from the town The derivation
of this word is possibly French, from
"wawl," a crier, announcer or herald,
Wawlworth and Walsworth are about
the only variations of the name, win
"Allsworth" found occasionally III
colonial records.
William Walworth, settler OF ne"
London, 1859, and who came from
Middesex, is called the father OF an
Walworths of this country lie came
over at the request Of the Winthrops'
to teach the colonists all about me
methods of English agriculture, and
was first given land on Fishers Is
land, Long Island
William claimed" descent from Sir
William Walworth lord mayor OF Lon.
don. in the reign of Richard II. SIT
William had his seat at Walworth,
The pilgrims sons numbered three
William. John and Thomas.
Like Robinson Crusoc, william the
first was. for a long time, monarch OF
all he surveyed, and Fisher Islands
sole citizen,
The Walworths have always been
brave men. true patriots and firm
friends of liberty. They served in
every war. They were OF those N
Now England who saw quite enough
/ Indian fighting to make the text
"There remaineth a rest for the peo-
pie of God" a great fayorite. on the
/ Groton monument. in the list OF he
! roos martvred at the stOrming OF FORT
/ Griswold is the name OF sylvester
| WalWorth. grandson Of William the
! first, He married Sarah Holmes, ana
| the poor widow was cOnsoled 90 at
! his death by a neighbor, an old WON
an in this way: why, the poor man!
IT'S too bad, and see he has his best
/ clothes all torn and spoile6 But ncV'
/ er mind, dear, you can make them
over and they will do for your two 1T
tie boys" Sylvester was the son Of
John. who was cornet bf troop OF
dragons, 1744, and BECAME captain.
OF the Walworths, pioneers OF New
/ York state, one OF HtI IH"s- uI''Ii
guished sons vas Reumen Hyde Wal
worth, the last chancellor Of the state.
He was born near the close Of the
eighteenth century. IN Connecticut. At
Is "he taught and gained a little Lat
in" without much schooling, he be,
came the greatest jurist Of his day.
He was also vitality interested in all
the important questions making for
the good Of his fellow men, and was
the first president of the Now York
state Temperance society, 1s29 presi
dent Of the American Temperance
union. vice president Of the Bible and
Tract society. and a member Of the
Foreign Mission society As an ant
.hor besides the works on Law, he
published ~ elaborate geuca.ogE q
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put me down under a big boabab tree
! lay on my back with the lion on top
of me, occasionally gazing with his
great luminous, greenish-yellow eyes,
which filled me with unutterable loath-
ing, so expressionless and cold were
they, yet so dabolical In their ruthless
cruelty.
AT last two niggers were induced 10
make a couple of torches of dry grass
and by the lurid and uncertain light OF
these the lion was seen standing over
my PROSTATE body He was an enor.
nous brute, over ten feet in length.
and with a luyuriant, tawny name that
impaired to him a most majestic APP
pearance. My friend told me aiterward
that as he approached with his gun
was moaning and grooming softly to
myself. For some time he was afraid
TO shoot. lest he should Kill me instead
OF the lion.
AS he crept nearer the lion took his
fangs out OF my groin and faced about.
growing and snarling horribly This
rife was 1eyeled, there was sharp re
mort and the first shot hit the lion IL
the eye. The ball, as It came out.
shattered his lower Jaw. Two mora
shots were fired, and the fierce moa
ster tal dead By ny side >
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

I'm going to harness up" informed
Trad Biglow's kinsman, now deter
mined to be rid of the old man.
All right, Edgar" meekly replied
Trad. disconsolately fumbling with his
beard. Cousin Freeman will be eX-
pecting me" While this was the
oretically true, he could have added
that his arrival would delectate Free
man none In fact, it was becoming
sharp question with Trad as to where
ne could find more than a transient
welcome
You'll have many a long evening
TO set and chat with him." maliciously
reminded Edgar, who had grown peeV-
ish over his relatives repeatedly post
pOned departure. II can see you two
Ginning away by the kitchen stove
like two brothers. Mebbe, he'll read
to you"
Irai's aged eyes sparkled suddenly
and after pausing long enough to con-
troll his voice, he gently corrected:
Wen read from the same book, you
mean He's mighty keen over the
proposition"
What proposition be you talking
about?' asked Edgar, shortly, looking
at his watch. Freeman amt no
reader"
II had reference to my-ahem!
To my Photographic type books, ex-
planned Trad, looking from the win
dow a the tops OF the distant hills.
1T will revolutioniZe book making and
all printing, as you well know. Man
has always been hampered by speech.
You try to describe a beautiful sunset
or q yoke of likely steers and you can
only say: Handsome as a picter,
meaning the scenery; or, Best | ever
seem meaning the steers. It's SO
about anything you try to describe;
you're long on thoughts and short on
descriptions. So is every one. But
when YOU open a book printed in my
photographic type it's all changed.
The second the mental current from
the eye strikes the printed page the
words begin to make harmonic sounds
aud describe what you're reading
about and"
OF all the simon pure bosh-" be-
gan Edgar, his eyes bulging
Not bosh, but science" insisted
Trad. Il sensitize the type, or, as
Freeman says, mesmerize it so If
you're reading about a battle you in
stantly hear the popping of guns and
10 g ~
ter of retreating feet. It's a cross be.
tween psychological and phono type,
+! guess"
What in all git out do you mean?
cried Edgar.
Say it's April shower. The sec.
end you read the words you hear the
soft drop-drop of the rain and the
sweet swish Of the spring wind and
the cooling Of birds II the heroine
IS sweet girl graduate. yeu- d hear
them forceful words: Beyond the
Alps lies Italy We'd git ten dollars
per for school books now selling fol-
10 fe1rrs. After magazine editor
Pas two dollars a worQ for a story
f2'a pay seven dollars & word to sen
TIE the type. Say it was a story
Stelt Teller singing & merry song
BESIDES reading the song you'd hear it
sung in deep, rollicking voice. As
10 newspapers-No, Well let that &c
tiIl you drop over to FTeeman's for a
evening. Want me to help harness p
Wait minute" mumblod Edgar
raubing his right ear. There's lots
money in it,"
Lots OF money? 40, no." cried
Lad hunting for a pencil Take ten
GEMS line, fiat rate. Tor mesmeriz
ia the tgpe in newspapers. Wed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04
WalpVOrth Family

the Hyde family. His homo, Pine
Grove Saratoga, was the resort of all
the prominent and learned men OF his
day lie kept up the military record
Of the family. His father had been an
officer in the revolution, ana he was
a general in the second war with
Great Britain Ills son, Clarence, a
man Of profound learning, was one OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04
SeIf-Made Martyrs.

whats a martyr, father" asked
the only scion of the Morse house.
hold, aged eight Mr.. Morse answered
him with deliberation.
There aren't many nowadays,
sonny" he said, excepting self-made
ones"
What are they?' persisted Ned
~ couldn't name all the varieties to
you," said Mr. Morse, but to give a
general instance, Ned. they are the
people who wear heavy hats be
cause they are the fashion, and then
suffer from headaches
"A1d the people that go without
oyercoats, Ned. because it is consid-
cred the thing to do, and then have
stiff backs" said Mrs. Morse, sweetly.
"And those that accept office as
treasurer Of a society for the honor
Of It. when it takes them an hour 10
add II and 49," said Mr.. Morse.
The boy looked puzzled, and he was
not enlightened when his mother said
"And those who are growing a little
deaf, like me, Ned. l don't always
catch even what your father says
Then the heads Of the Morse house.
hold broke into one OF those laughs
which Ned could never understand,
and which came without apparent
cause Youths Companion.
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AZ Unusuai Attribute,

Little Johnnie, who cannot pro-
nouuce S, has been frightened into
keeping out of the attic by tales told
BY his nurse of a dreadful ghost that
lives in the dim fecesses under the
caves The other day he was over
heard to say conhdentally to small
friend:
We've got an old shot up in our
atuc."
To which his friend, much inter-
ested, responded: DO he butt?"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

tho founders of The order OF Panlist
Fathers
Judge Hyde's daughter, Anne, mar.
ried Rev. Jonathan Trumbull IAckus,
Of New York state. who. through his
forebears, the Porters Aliens, Clapps
GOV. Saltonstall Of Connecticut, traced
his descent from Edward |. OF Eng
land. such names as the earl Of
Hcrtfcrd and Lady Philippa dc Ne
Vile appear upon this family chart
OF one Abigail the widow Of a Wal
worth, Il IS written that She lived
As years after the dcceaao oi her hl5
band. and never married again, which
was unusual. in an age whore not only
carly but hasty frequent and late
marriages were the rgie
The arms reproduced attributed to
william the Pig ,n5 Il b.azoned
gulcs. d bend cugrailed argent BE-
tween tao gar0a Gahna ehaay.sl or
Crest. "a cabif arm Il ed, d, c.1
argent. tho hanl g,asu.Hs q dagg
oubrucd glles uouma ami MIt st
Motto, strike TO- d laws
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landes" (now Newfoundland and
came down the coast of North Amer
lea
Another Peckham, named John like
the Archbishop. came to this country
some time before 1888, He is the an
cestor of the family in America to day
and is probably descended from Sir
George, the adycnturcr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

The man who bets on the wrong
horse is apt to have a race prejudice
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

CONSTIPATION causes and uRgrAvntcs many serious
d -rasrs II is Thoroughly cured Ivy hr Pierce Q
Pleasant Pellets, Tho tuyurte family LAXATIVE
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The success of scheme depends
largely upon the man behind II.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-04

Toll says the proverb, is the sire Of
Euripidcs
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SUCCESS FOR SEVENTY YEARS

This is the record of pginktNfr Itrry pdutS). re-
liable remedy for diarrhCa dyscntery and all bow oj
complaints. Get the genuine. sJc, S5c and 500.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-09-22
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
copartnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under
the firm name and style of R. A..
Walters & Co., engaged in the con-
fectionery business at Whitefsh,
Mont. has been dissolved by NUT
ual consent, L. p. Bundeson selling
his interest to Walters and Zehm,
who will continue the said business
under the name of Walters e
Zehm, and will collect all accounts
and pay all bills owing by the late
firm.
l.. P. BUNDESON,
r. A. WALTERS.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-09-22

Mrs. H. T. Senay returned from
visit to Spokane last Friday.
While there Mr.. Senay purchased
an automobile and started out to
drive it from Spokane, coming down
along the Northern Pacific, but on
account of a number Of bridges being
burned out by the forest fires, he
had to load it onto car and ship
to Plains, intending to drive
it home from there, but while un-
loading the machine they broke a
clutch and had to send back to In
diana for a new part. When this
arrived it was not the right one, so
he had to send back for another.
He is expected to come driving in
here now most any time. This
will be the first automobile owned
in Whitefish.
One of the real features of the
coming season will be the appear
ance of the reorganization of Juve-
nile Bostonians, an organization Of
tots whose abilities have been care
fully fostered since babyhood and
accumulated to such an extent that
they handle the most difficult mu-
sic like veterans, giving perform
ances which rank with the most
metropolitan productions. The
piece to be presented this reason is
THE Ransom" and contains some
of the best musical numbers yet
given by this talented organization
Mr.. J. Cosgrove asserts that the
present personnel OF. the Juvenile
Bostonians is the best yet selected
for a juvenile tour. They will ap-
pear in Skyles' hall tomorrow even,
Ing under the auspices of the Fire
Department.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-09-22

and says that they have great
outlook for the future.
Our chicken dinners always make
a hit. Depot Restaurant.
Brakeman E. J. Durkee is now
able to be up and about.
Train No. 43 came very near
coming to its grief again Friday
night. A box car that had been
set out on the side track had been
left without the brakes set and rolled
down the slight incline and out or
the main line. No. 43 plowed
right thru it, but being empty die
not do any damage to the train ex
cept MASKING up the front of tn
locomotive little.