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Alonjr the line of a recent edi torial in these columns urging the public to tuni to oyster eat? ing in these days of high prices for meats the Baltimore Ameri? can has this, nmonfrother things. to say about the subiect: "In the vast atretchea of the Chesa peake Bay is found the answer to the difficulty that confronts the laboring people of America today. "The ona wholeaome, strengthening, cheap substitute for meats is the oyster. For years the people of America have looked upon this bivalve aa a luxury. It may have been in the days when meat was selling for 10 cents a pound, but now there can be no denial that it ceases to be a luxury when pork and beef are between 20 and 30 centa a pound. Oysters can be bought upon the market in thia city at 30 centa a quart for the stnndardsand 40 centa for the selccts. There are two and a qumr ter pounda of oysters in each quart. For atandard oyatera at 30 centa a qaart the price per pound would be but IS| centa. For select oystera at 40 eonta a quart the price by the pound is li-ps than 18 cents. "Now, here is an iraportant consid eration in the substitution of oysters for the high-priced meata?there is no waste in oysters. The figures quoted above are for solid oysters at rstail pricca. In buying meats bone and gristle have to be thrown away, in vegetables there is a waste, in fruits the skin or cores cannot be used. In oysters, on the other hand, there is nothing that the purchaser loaea. All of the oyster goes into food that is Btrengthening and healthful. "In the next place there is no trust to control the price. The oysters are sold at their actual value. There is no Btoring of them away to await the demand. They are marketed as faat as gathered. The supply is practically unlimited, or can be made so if the recommendations of the State Shellfiah Commission are enacted into law." When John Brisben Walker went to urgeaparcel-post8V8tem on Postmaster-General tVana raaker, years ago, Mr. Wana maker declared that there were four great obstacles, namely: the Aaams Express Company, the American Express Company, the Wells-Fargo Express Com? pany and the United States Ex press Company. The ovs'erman of Ameriea today i8''upagainst" three stiff oUrtaclOal tba govern ment pure-food crank.the inachi nations of the patent ovster tuh manufactnrer and the' express companies; and the grentest of these is the express companies. I hese rapacious eoncerns declare forty and fifty per cent onbloated stock, and whine when the State purposes to tax them a fair amount for doing business. The shipper is payin^ for it all, and \ lrginia is disenminated against in favor of northern shippers Anyone who has had occasion to snip by express periodically lii the last few years recalls*forci bly the continual increasein rates und observes how express corn panies are forcing out freight shipmentsand independent car riers. We are opposed to the Cersecution of corporations, but eheve in regnlating them, and V irginia could grapple no more pernicious octopus than the ex? press combine. Our friend of the Warsaw News may believe because it wants to the Newport News Press, or any other unfriendly to Commissioner Lee and Secretary Matthews, that the latter want to break the Baylor Survey, and place these otficials in a false Hght by sugar coated, suave phrases, but the facts and the record do not bear them out. Strange, indeed, that they should be such bed-fellows now, when for the past two years the Chamber of Commerce and press of Newport News were cod dling Mr. Armstrongin his attack on the Baylor Survey and upon the Commission of Fisheries. The truth of the mutter is that the ef forts of theCommis8ion to estab lish lines in the James where none exist does not suit these big planters. The encroaching plan ter is the man who would be driven back and the tonger let in to ground he has long been depnved of. Get the records straight, and come with under? stand ing. Every Tidewater Sena torvoted for this meritorious bill last session. 1 si:ali.y the mouse is not sale* able, unless indeed the common BOtion that the Chinese eat them be true. But a small box con taining six orange colored mice, to 1h? med in scientific experi ments Jately imported from Kurope, had a value placed on the lot of $10.000, Tiesday last bbbM the birthdny of (ieorge Washington. No pub? lic notice of this in our county save the closing of the public schools and bauks. This should not be; our people should cele bratethe meniory of Washington iu some special und public man uer. Certuinly here, in the Xorth ern Neck, where he was born, and where that other great Virginian lirst saw the sun, we should liallow these names as sacred. And yet I^ee's birthday passed unnoticed. Virginia of late, if we are to judge from hernewspapers, is more interested in oysters than in national affairs of any kind, says the Montgomery Ad vertiser. Too fast, friend; too fast. Isn't the Virginia oyster a national affair?na? tional delicacy??News-Leader. Goiug everywhere and swal lowed by folks north, south. east and west, and entering into the gizzards of the nation, it looks as if tlie Virginia oyster may be called inter-national. A kink and jail sentence for A. A. Yoder, tlie interloper that came to Richmond to reform it. is the se<]uel to an abuse of the freedom of the press. The trial all through was a vindication of thehonesty of Clyde W. Saunders and Chris Manning. whom some style the "bosses" of Richmond. and this is acknowledged by their political enemie8. Even the latter concur in the justice of Yoder's conviction. J. I\ MoituANsniled for EarOfM a few days ago, having previous ly advised Wall Street folks to be quiet until his return. Dk. Cook, the Artic explorer. has showed up in Chili. This country got too warm for him. CR1SP NEWS. All signs point to an increase in the principal crops of the country for the coming mmmer. Fruit reports are coming ln, some that the fruit is all killed. others that it is unhurt. Take your choice. Eaater occurs exceptionally early this year, in faot, lt will occur earlier than any year since 1900. The first full moon after March 22nd will appear March 25th, therefore Easter, which is always the first Sunday after this occurrence, will be March 27th. Eaater will not be early again, exccpt in 1913, when it comes on March 23rd, until 1921, when it falls on the same date as this vear. The attention of those interested is called to ,the law regulating corpora tions, joint stock companies, associa tions and insurance companies to the necessity of making returns of their business, gross and net income for the year 1909, on or before March 1st, 1910, and to the pcnaities attached to failure to comply with this law of Congress. Forms and blanks can be obtained from the internal collector of revenue of the State. W. K. Lowry, at Richmond. MARYLAM) UP AGAINST IT, TOO. iBaltinwra Suo.] The enemiea of the policy of oyater planting, after having mutilated the Haman bill when it waa paaaed with amendmenta designed to render it in effectual, mre now twitting thoae who have favored oyster culturebecauae the amendmenta they put on accompliahed to a certain extent the purpose. Year after year the State *s revenuea from oyster licenses have been devoted to the support of the oyster navy. The oyster navy is used for keeping the dredgers off the tongera' oyster grounds. For several years the oyster funds were in sufflclent Jto support the oyster navy. The General Appropriation aet of 1906, chapter809, contained this item: *To supplement tha revenuea of the oyster fund, the sum of $15,000." At the next session?that of 1908?the Legialature appropriated. by chapter 90 of that sesston, the aura of $35,000 "to be ap plied to the payment of salaries and ex penseB of the State Fishery Force from October 1. 1907, to October 1, 1908." Here in two seasions was an appropria tion of $50,000, mainly to protect tbe tonging grounda from dredgers, in ad? dition to all the revenue8 from licen8es which the State received from the oyater wealth of the Chesapeake and ita tributariea. The entire cost of supporting the oyster navy, maintained almost exclu sively for the benefit of the tongers, is between $50,000 and $60,000 a year. The natural oyster beds of the State are among its richest and most valuable posseasions, and yet they contribute not cne dollar to the support of the State government. On the contrary, every taxpayer in the State is levied upon m order to pay for the protection of the beda. The members of the Legialature from the tidewater counties are always ready to vote money out of the Treasury for the oyster fund. But when it comes to voting $31,729 for the support of the Shellfish Commission, which waa created for the benefit of the whole State, then our tidewater friends become economical and want to repeal the law. They are amazsd at the cost of the survey. In point of fact, that survey was made at a coat of 66 cents on the dollar, for one third of the coat waa paid by the United States. The survey is declared by those who are competent to judge to be the beat of its kind ever made in thia country. It waa made excluaively for the pfotection of the right of theoyster men to the natural oyster beds. A con aiderable amount of money has been apent on this work, and it ia worth to the State all that it haa cost. and mnr* It ia for the Legislature to decide at thia seaaion whether the amendments to the law asked for by the Shellfish Commission shall be made. Common business prudence, ordinary concern for the welfare and progreas of the State demand that they should be ratsad Why ahould the development of a great natural resource be thwarted or hara pered by short-sighted local prejudices and petty politieians? Tae oyster-plant ing policy must be maintained if Mary? land is not to take a long step backward. DOINGS IN LE ISLATURE Pertinent Points . Law-making Body That Our People Should Know. The Riaon "divorce" bill was killed in the Houae'Saturda \ State-wide prohibi ion received an expected blow Monda > when the House Committee by a near' J unanimous vote reported the bill with the recommenda tion that it be not p:-..ised. The meas ure goes to the ca cndar with this black eye. Saturdny last waa he last opportu nity to present bills. and thirty-nine went to the desk, ru ining up the final score to 428, almost a hundred less than last session. The ca! ndar will hardly be cleared, many bills dying because they cannot be reach d. The Legisla? ture closes March 12. BILLS INTROOUCED. By Messrs. Nolting, Lion and Curtis: A bill to allow any resident, person, corporation or aaso.iation to employ non resident capital ir. the development of the clam, terrapin oyster or other shell fish^ndustries of this State. A TAX COMMISiON BILL. Following is a meri orious bill intro duced by Mr. Wellfon' creating a com? mission for the purpoji of revising the tax laws and requiring a report to be made to the next G< neral Assembly, providing for summon ng witnessei and making it a misdeme.inor for disobe dience: 1. Be it ena ted by the Gen? eral Assembly of Virg *ia, that a com? mission of seven be appointed, four from the House of D legates, one of whom shall be thespe; ker, and one the chairman of the finance committee of the House, and two V be appointed by the speaker, three fiom the Senate. one of whom shall be he chairman of the finance committee of the Senate, and two to be appoint *d by the presi? dent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to revise, correct and adjust the tax laws of the Comnvnwealth, report ing to the next General Assembly such bill as in their opinion will accomplish the purposes of this aet. 2 That the members shall receivt a per diem of six dollars for each and every day they aro engaged in tl-e work directed in this aet, and thejr r ecessary travej ing expenses. 3. This Commission shall have the right, and are hereby authorized to employ a stenographer, at such compensation i s may be agreed upon. 4. The commi sion h*?reby ap? pointed shall sit durir l the recess of the General Asseml y, and shall be clothed with power to summon before it such officers of th< Commonwaalth, counties or municipali ies, for the pur' pose of securing info mation, as they may determine necest iry. BIRD BILL SH )ULD PASS. (Richmond Vi ,inian.) A bill has been pn pared with care and haa the approval of the Commis aion of Fisheries as w II as of Dr. H. F. Moore, of the Ui ited States Fish Commission, who rece ltly made a sur? vey of the James Rivtv oyster grounda. But objection has beeu raised to thia, that and the other thing in the bill, and the chancea of its pasai.ge at the present moment are very alim if our informa tion iscorrect. The lines of the so-called Baylor sur? vey are irregular, uncertain and in aome cases mythical. The bill providea that they ahall be straightened and de fined ao that the territory included, es pecially in the aeed-producing diatrict, may be properjy police J. But all tbat has beon threshed out. The point in the story is that the do nothing policy prevails. It is the same old atory of let it alont. Handa off, aay the Tidewater objectora, and the mem. bers from other parta of the State aay "All right. What's tae uae?" Mem bers from the interior seem to be wil? ling to let the whole subject drift out with the tide and go tc sea. It is a mistake. It is a blunder. It is an injustice to th- tax-payers of Virginia and to the interests of the State as a whole. Th? oyster grounds belongto the whole St;.te and to all the people. and the whole State and all the people should get the benefit that be longs to them. Of cc urse those who live close to the seaahoi e have an advan tage of position, and are entitled to all the privileges that it yields them. But the oyster grounds do not belong toany one section. The Constitution says that the oyater beds shall be held in truat for the benefit of the people of thia State. The oystor grounds, the watera of the Cheaapeake and ita trib utariea belong to all the people, and all ahould receive a benefit, equal bene fita aa far as possible. The people of the interior cannot go upor the water and catch the oysters. Bu they are en titled to enjoy their shj.re of the reve nue and they haye the 1 ight to demand that the oyster groumls shall be so farmed as to yield theg-eatest revenue, snbject to the restiictio is of the Con? stitution. Curiously enough, tl eir representa tives in the Legislatur ? do not seem to think so. They do n .t seem to care whether the oyster bed are cultivated or exhausted; whether the revenue is large or small. And so the oyster bill is kicked around from o le place to an other, and is very likel i to meet the fate that ita predeces urs have met. "It's of no consaquenct." Funny, isn't it? The oyster question is ao intricate that nobody knowa juat what la best to be done. It is still in he experiment al atage, but we thin c that a great point haa been gained in recognizing the fact that the aee.I supply ig of prime consideration. 1 iat muat be the case in the oyster indus ry as in farm? ing. There must be >lenty of good aeed or there cannot be oountiful crops. We believe that a step in the direction of improving the seed supply is made inthe proposed straightening of the Baylor lines. The bill to accomplish this should pass at the >resent session It can certainly do no h.rm and if it be found at the next sessio i that the Mnea are not desirable they cm be reatored. SENATOR TILLMAN 1MPROVED. Senator Tillman. of South Carolina, who was reported as < angerously jll has pasaed from tho aeriou* stage of his malady, and may recover. It is notprobable, however, that he will re gain his oid vigor, and is subject to a fatai relapae at any time. tHE BAYLOR SURVEY. (Richmond Virginian.) Dr. H. F. Moore, of the United States Commission. mercilessly expo-ed the "Baylor Survey" in an addrees before the Hou.?e Committee': onTthe Cheaa peake and Ita Tributaries Friday after noon. He said in that survey Capt. Baylor had not examined the natural rock and that as a conaequence some valuable rock had been left out and much barren bottom includcd. The lines of the Baylor survey, he declared. are irregular and erratic, where they exist, and in a large part my thical. He further declared that with the James River altuation as it now is it i3 im possible to police the territory and pro tect the State's interests, as the officers are often unable to determine whether or not a tonger is poaching. Dr. Moore is convinced that the rem? edy iies in straightening the lines as indicated in Commissioner Lee's chart. His. only criticism of those lines is that they are not so circumspect as they should be. The lines exclude 4,400 acres of oyster bottoms, so-called, in a total acreage of 18,000. In the lerrt*. tory cx=luded there are about 280 acres of real value, and all told about 30,000 bushels of oysters out of a total, in the entire district of 950,000 bushels. There is nothing alarming in that ex hibit. Commissioner Lee ssys that not a single acre is thrown out which the tonger is now privileged to work and that if the lines sre changed as he pro poses, what is now 4,000 acres of rock he will turn into 8,000 acres. In a reeent article The Virginian urged the necessity of protecting and developing the seed beds of the James. We believe that the changes proposed in the Wickam-Byrd bill will be an effi cient means in that dircction. We have no doubt that the lines should be straightened as proposed. NO HARM IN IT. ! Newport N?wa Tlm???-Herald.l The lines of the Baylor Survey are not aacred, although aome people aeem to think so. True, the natural rock belongs to the people and is not to be taken away from them for private gain. but there is much territory in the Baylor Survey which does not contain any natural rock. The line is now so uncer tain that it is hard for any man to aay, oven when on the grounda, where the limita are. The bill now before the general asaembly merely proposes to straiRhten the linea and define them aa indicated in the map recently printi d in the Times-Herald. We do not see what harm can be done by changing the linea as indicated. We do not see any great good to accrue to the oyster industry, but the measure is harmless. True, it leaves out a little rock here and there, but not enough, es we understand it. to amount to any loss to the public. As a police measure, however, it is good and a desirabie change. Unquestionably the rock within the new lines could be far better protected and with far leas trouble and cost than can be as the case now stands. Commissioner Lee and his associates on the board are in hearty accord with the Byrd-Wickham bill. In faet it is their bill and it should not be rejected merely on the score that it "breaka the Baylor Survey" and is the entering wedge. The Commissioner offers it as an improvement over the present law. It should be given a trial. The great need in the oyster industry is a greater supply of seed oysters and a better quality. The proposed law will give better protection to the seed beds and that is greatly to be desired. POWqS IN CONGRESS. 30.000 bills ape pending in Congress, and about 3,000 will become laws. The bill in Congresa to make peary a rear admiral haa been set back in committee. Senator Daniel has gone to Florida for his health, and will probably not appear again in the Senate this session. Leaders of the Senate and House have reached an agreement with President Taft to have Congress adjourn between May 1 and 10. Over the protest of the Democratic members and two Republicaps the House Committee recommended the pasaage of the Humphrey Ship Subsidy bill. There is no Senator who is visited of tener by the members of the House from his State, than Senator Martin, of Virginia. The rotund, white-haired legislator from the Oid Dominion, is the recognized leader, and the boys come around early and often for advice and instruction.-Washington Herald. Baltimore owneri* of ateamship linea are a good deal exerciaed over a bill now before Congress to regulate steam ahip traffic not inter-ocean. They say it will cripple and nearly destroy the local river and bay trade, as it would permit foreign bottoms to carry local freight and pasaengera. The clause in the proposed law most objected to is that requiring the ateamship compa nies to file rate8 from port to port. The point is made that ahould competition be allowed by foreign vessels then the stpamers on the Bay wpuld find the r trade confined phiefly to passengers. which alone would not pay. In the Rivers and Harbors bill Vir? ginia will get about $50,000 for im provements of the harbor at Norfolk, and something for the same purpose at Newport News. Three hundred thous and dollars will be spent on the chan nel, and removing Thimble Shoals. The bill provides $4,600 for improving Pagan river, $15,000 for maintaining improve ments in the Rappahannoek, $10,000 for improving Machodoc creek. $8,500 for Urbanna creek, $50,000 for York, Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers and Occoquan creek $12,000 for improving waterways on the coast of Virginia, $9,000 for improving Dymers creek and $5,000 for improving Nomini creek. There are other smaller items. TROUBLE IN MACHODOC. A rnobof negro oystermen in lower Machodoc Neck, Westmoreland county last week fell out among themaelves' resulting in several being shot and the house they were in set on fire. Citizens on Nomini have gotten out warrantafor flahermen who had set neta unlawfully and which were ordered taken up by the Commission of Fisheries RCHMOND CeORT. |f\BVtl| dROvE. A. G. Headiey, of Baltimor*. waa here Sunday on a flying trip to see his fami;y. W. are sorry to report that Mrs. J. T. I wis is not improving. Sarauel Purcll's infant and Everett 1 ewis's child are'also on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Lewis are wear ing Fmiles at the arrival of their son. Mama's Little Girl. J0OV7N1NGS. Tho weather the past week has looked more like farming than it has since ChriFtmas.and farmers are getting land in rendinees to begin plowing as soon as itgen dry enough. Very few around here did any plowing last fall, hence weed < and undergrowth are occupying : a go< 1 bit of time. Pe; s for hay growing are scarce and high on the market and those who have them for their own use are lucky. ?Germ in clover is the next best growing 'crop for hay and is what the people are payin- attention to now. It makes good fced. Frank Seatle, of Westmorelan.l, was here some weeks ago looking around hisoM home place. T. Jerome Downing. of Heathsville, recently called on several friends here. Mr. Downing has sold nearly all of his property in this county. A. & McKenney, of Village, was in this s-ction not long since talking bug gies. He has sold a good many in this countv. Fisli have been substituted to a ffcat extem. for meat since the prices af tho latter are soaring beyond our reach. Mil h cows seem to be getting scarce ia thi. section. and the demand for them great. Milk and butter are not only luxuries, but great helps in any famiiy Justice Cralle seema to be kept quite busy of late. Mi. Cralle presides over hia court with dignity, and hia decisions are to tho point and impartial. A. C. Hinson, who has resided in this aection for a number of years, has moved near Coan. Hoga are in great demand in this aectio i but acarce. It is a pitiablo con dition to exist ln a rural diatrict. bL K. Coverdale, who had charge of Mrs. Allison's farm last year, haa rnoved to Sh- rps to accept a poaition with the Hsaiico Lumber Co. Mr. Coverdale and I imily will be missed fron. this neigh'norhood. Thi price of lambs is good, and mary are b ing shipped. T. L Pieraon has been indispos d for a we? . or moro, but his conditk n is a little mproved at this writing. Jan n L. Motley, whose healt i has been oor for some time, has comt leteiy broke 1 down and ia now in a ho pital. We t; ust he may eoon be restored to his foraM r self. Joh 1 Vcazey, the oldest citizen in this secticn, who has been an invalid .bo-.t ten y ars, keeps as cheerful as a child. Dr. G. C. Mann was in our commun? ity af. ain last week doing dental work. Tbe price of eggs is droppin^ and they will continue to get cheaper as sprinK comes on. It is now mine props, and our people are just slashing down every thing that measures six inches across the smmp. The boats are bringing hay from town daily at prices ranging from $22 to $23 a ton. This is what keeps so many of our farmers with their noses to the grind stone?instead of growing hay, meat, etc., they buy these when prices are highest. A Rood bit of lime will be used in this section to improve land this year. Reporter. BOAT NOIES. 8teamer Albatross, of the Pope's Creek Packet Co., on the Potomac river, which was being fitted up at Owen's Railway, Weems, has been comi>leted and g me on her regular route. The Coast and Geodetic department, which has been on the upper Rappa? hannoek for some time survey ing, has been harboring in Carters and Urbanna creeks the past week or so while work? ing on the lower Rappahannoek. The largest wooden vessel in the world, the Wyoming, was in the port of Baltimore last week. She is a six master, with three decks and a regis ter of 3,760 gross tons, measures nearly 340 feet long, 50 feet beam and over 30 feet hold. The naval tug Nina, with a crew of 30 men, which left Norfolk navy yard more than two weeks ago, is missing and seurch for her has been unavailing. It is njw believed that she foundered at sea. The storms on the Atlantic of late?have been unusually severe, tax ing the strength of even the largest steanvrs. KIND WORDS FROM MARYLAND. We congratulate Virginia's new ex ecutive, Governor Mann, on the excel? lent ;jidgment shown a fe^ days ago when l.e re-appointed" the members of the Vi ^inia State Board of Fisl ories for an iher term of four years. The Board ? composed of W. McDonald Lee, chairman; S. Wilkins Matthews, & *cre tary; iiland Massey; J. Murray Hooker and George B. Keeaell. This Board, made ap aa it is of some of Virginia's bright< ot and most representativr- citi zens, ) as been a valuable asset t.> the Oid D minion, and their re-appoint ment is pleasing to those who have watcht d the wonderful growth of the Virgin.a Fisheries under the Board's excellent supervision.-Crisfield Times. You are in Need of Help come now and get your ahare of the bargains we have to offer in every line of mer handise. Just received a large lot of shh-gles from a mill in North Carolina. Wt'are selling these cheaper than ever. Our prices cannot be duplicated. We aell for cash or produce. RespectfuHy, J. W. CLARKSOM, SHARPS, VA. Forhme Tellinq Does i jt take into considcraticn tho one essential to an s bupptness?womanly health. The wnaiaa who neilects her health i, nenlectintf fao very foundat.on of oll cood fortn*-. 1 or wuhout l eai* .ovo loses its lustrc and told u ! ' dro?*. Woc anly health when lo-t or >- i-''narr ?saaaalt! K? rcaamcJ by the u,e d Dr. ri-re.-.S-v.rrV^St^ This PrcscrtpXoa A.js, fsforw Ca years been cvrtne dcllcato, weok. voi^wr^Leu' iiomcn, by tho huaUrvtl* oj thuu^MBt/j C^a this t*o In the ppivaey ?/ their h^me z ivl:hout their having *? suomtt *o in^vij. c.ite quc&Uonln&s ernl oTtvuairely rt ?*,.?. naat examlnations. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pieroe by lettec fr? GEPHASI. LEWIS & SONS, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 14 E. Camden St.. BALTIMORE, MD. Poultry, Eggs, Grain and Live Stock. The house you will eventually ship to. Why not now? I. P. JUSTIS & GO., Commission Merchants fpOK THE 8ALB OF Produce, Oys tara, Live Htock, Uldes, Poultry igk;.??, etc. 12 E. CAMDEN ST., BALTIMORE, MD. A. BURKER, 3ENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT. FOR THE SALE OF PRODUCE, Oysters, Live Stock, Butter, Eggs, Fruit and Trucks, 516 ENSOR STREET, BALTIMORE,MD. J3UY YOURSELF A GOOD WATCH. Our asf ortment of Solid Gold. Gold filled and Silver Watches is most com plete. We guarantee the following: Ladies' Diamor.d Case Watches up from $30 00 l^idiea- U-Kt. Solid Gold Watches, Sis'oo Gcnt'a Solid Gold Watch. $22 '?> _ (Huntina* CSjm.) Gcnt s 20-Year Gold-filled Watch. open face tlO 00 Gents 20-y. :ir GoM-filled Watch. ' ? " ' ${500 (Elgin or Walthaw. HunUnarr*sai) noys Solid Silver Watches. $4 B0 Girla' Silver Chatelaina Watch and Pin. WM) i-.nanieled Watch. Pin and Box. $5.00 to $15.00 And many othera. When in need of any ar.icle in the jewelry line write us, we will gladly furnish prices?and guarantee price and quality. WM. J. MILLER. "BALTIMORE'S JEWELER," 28 E. Balto. St.. BALTIMORE, MD. Reference, "The Editor." D m o o X o co B co ...B: B- Gochnauer, Fauquier County. Va . writea I haye psj your WmMS Dsaaf Chick Starter ssttoSStvaEs K LXC PREVENT3 D1ARRHOEA. Chas. S. Graaon. Baltimore County. Md.. writea l have found by actual eornpariaon that Bohri ano a -Square-Deal- Chick Starter has a^iTadl vantasro over all prominent foods on the market it does not give the baby chick* diairhoaa " BEST HE EVER PURCHASD. Eli L. Griest. Cesana. Pa.. writea: "Your 'Sauare Deal Scratch or Poultry Food ia the BBtRS purchaaed at any price. I have no trouble to aell It. my customers lilce it, SQUARE-DEAL Chick Starter. Chick Food. Scratch Food ftrat 5 weeks. 5 to 10 woeka. Makea heVa Uy DON'T BE FOOLED. If your local merchant dontaell "Square Dear' Fooda. drop ua a poataj we will tell you who doea 't?n XJ* !" stamP* *? W the poataxe and menl tion tha natne of thia paper. we wili send you packajre each of panaies NaaturUum Aatm Sweet Peas Scarlet Sa*e. alao our Gardw ^nd Fiower Seed and Poultry Supply Cataloaue I BOLGIANO & SON, Seed Growers. Importers, Manufactur ers. Four Generations of Un broken Success. Baltimore, Maryland. NOAHS LINIMENT "IT PENETRATES" Few Reaaon* Why It Is Beat Qf5 ?????*? for All Ncrve. Bona and Mu.. cle Achea and Paina more quickly than any other renrrrdy known. iat !*atL,w",i"? **"?*- - May bc uaed with abaolute eonfidence in ita punty for Internal or Extemal Uaea ItiaTnpleStrenath. A PowerfuE Wdy tffecuvc in producina- deaired reauha, Not onry containa the ohMaaWeaed hf ared-ents of pain remedies uead ay year crandnawnta, W aUq e-mbad.ea th, Uteat and Mo*? Impoitant Up-to-date Diaceveriee knowa and waod ln medical acience 25c. 50c. and $1.00 of your dealer. Tha Genuine haa Noah . Ark on every packace. bample by mail free. " ' ?*???*? Ce.. Kcasaaaa. Va^ ? aWea. Ha*. to ln order to add aome new accounta on our Ledger for 1910 we are mak ing a apecial offer of PRINTINC aa followa: fiOO Letterheads ) aa m ? 5?M? Knvelope* \M 7R ftOO Business Carda \ 0^1 | J Delivered prepaid to any addreaa. Not cheap work, but firat-clasa, up-to date printing on good quaiity paper. Samplea if deaired. CHARLES & LOMBARD STS. BALTIMORE. Establlshed ln 1802 C S. SOHERMERHORN & SON Recelvers, Shippera, Dealers, " "*""?"". PBBI>8) WVHmm COTTON BFB_ *m. BE8T 8TONB MME IN BARBEIs.N "^ Also Diatributorn of THE PURINA POULTRT FBEI>8, 127 and 129 Cheaps.de <**? pr.? mn^ RiiTiiinRP mr V.KQINIA LaW8 COMPLIRn J!LTI"0BE' ^ Ship to the oid reliable flrm, E- W. ALBAUCH & SON WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS ' POB THE SALE OF ' FRESH FISH, SOFT CRABS, TERRAPIN, GAME, ETC Office and Stall, Section N Wholesale Fish Market ?Varehouse, 30 Market Place baltimore md ShadandSoftCrabs.Specialties. Top Prices Guaranteed. c. A. Catalogaa aad Friea Liit. BANNINC, 12 E. LOMBARD ST., G??-. o?t?ad st., RAiTiMnnr m. WholeaaleManufacturerof 'WU?t, HfP.t Camagee, Road Carts, Wagrons and DaytoDs Dealer in Oarnage- and Watron-Makere' SuppiiVs. Pcrer to4c,tJ**?'" NaUoaal Bank - 'and ???rrantlla Afencle OUR SPECIALTIES: Fruiis, Vegetables, Poultry, live Steck, Ffgs. Wool and Fro*s HIUHB8T PRicfr Corre.pondence and .hipmente aolicited. I- COOKE & SONS, General Cemmiaaion Merchants, 7 W- PRATT STREET. BALTIMORE, MD MISTER MERGHANT (AND OTHERS): YOU CAN fOH THIS EXAM PLE, AND NOBODY CAN FOOLYOUONTHE PARDON US FOR ASKING. THEN, WHY MONEY CAN BE FOOLED OUT OF YOUR POCKET BY HIGH-RATE INSURANCE COMPANIES? You are pqtg or asked to pay. from 2 to 6 per cent ? year-or $20 to $60-0n a $1,000 Insurance poli? r--5a?KB5Ss^^ seven thousand dollars for loaseq iw ,, ir ? P d ont near,y ?1,000 *. ?ve ,eara IZZZ. ZJLl^lZaaV* $" ~ PIGURE, AND ACT, FOR YOURSELP. Respectfully. N0TRHERN NECK MUTUAL FIRE ASSOCMTION, ($10,000 capital atock paid up ) Irvingtotx V9. TJr CQMPARATIVE HfATEMENT SOME EXAJHPLES IN CLASS X FOR PAST FOUR YEARS (All calculationa baaed on $1,000 insurance, for the period of one year., 1906 1906 1907 1908 TOTAL COST 4 YEARS - AVERAGE FER CEMT Rate I $8.34 6.34 12.34 7.34 Rate 13^ $11.25 6.75 17.25 9.75 $33.36 Less than i 1 per cent. $45.00 Little over Rate 2 $13.75 7.76 21.75 11.75 $55.00 Little over 1 per cent. ftt per cent. Rate2X $15.84 8.75 26.26. 13.75 $6*.S9 Little over 1* per cent. HERES A RECORD BREAKEB? 1MB, $95,9.0 ]908 t 1H97, 180,770 1904 * 6,SC i?2' 2KS ]i,0fi* #*mS looi' m 1<J0T 2>224'i):,r' 1902,' 379^05 l908* 2.78IJ4i In four years the business of our home flre assocfatrnr, has more than quadrupled. as shown above. StartnXut9? C ^hha" 3 T"?* thousand dollars. the* tag30 tlmes dotlarT ?Ur b?0kS tod^-more 'han three mililons 0,