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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Richmond. Va, Feb Is, 1902.
A REPORT HAS REACHED ME FROM
several sources that whoever may be
elected City Sergeant. l am to be re-
tanned as deputy. do not charge tnas
Mr. Epps has himself Indicated such a
purpose or authorized the report, be
cause 1 do not know whether he has or
has not; but this much I desire to say.
once for all, that am in this canvass
with and for Mr.. Smith and my political
fortunes arc linked with his. Therefore.
hope and earnestly request that all my
friends VINO feel an interest IN my re-
appointment. will support Mr.. Smith and
place no confidence in Il rtmor so idiS
and absurd in a device so obviously
transparent.
T. w. CHAMBERLAIN
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

At O1urphys YESTERDAY was registered
Judge A. D. Watkins, of Farrnville. He
was accompanied by his wife.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

After spending a few days at home, Mr..
John ". Lawson, member of the Consti-
tutional Convention from Isle OF Wight,
returned to the city yesterday and to his
seat in the convention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

The more we read The Commoner the
more We are persuaded that Mr. Bryan,
had he been elected, would have made
one of the most interesting presidents,
that the country ever had.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

At the New Ford's Mr.. ]. L. Howard,
of Woodlawn. was registered. lie Is mere
for treatment
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DR.. r. n Sims, of Powellton, was at
the Lexington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

From North Carolina these gentlemen
were registered at the Lexington yester-
day: Mr.. J. C. NIcGraw. IT.. Judge j. a.
Tav1or. Mr.. r. T. Mills, Mr.. D. S. Barnes,
and Mr. 7, o. Stanford.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

Mr.. S. L. Slower, a member of the staff
of the Newport News Press, was at the
Lexington yesterday.
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Prominent visitors to the city from
other States yesterday included: Mr.. a.
4. Cadwallader. of Philadelphia; Mr. W.
B. Chisholm, of Charlotte; Mr.. R. j. Hi
labrand. of Toledo Ohio: Mr.. George l.
Tricky and wife. of Maine. and Mr.. Ed
ward w. Raymond, OF Knoxville, at the
Lexington; Mr.. A. P. Christy. OF Wor-
cester. Mass, and Mr.. W. r. hennelt'
Of Raleigh. at the New Ford,s, and Mr.
+. G. Fraught, of Philadelphia, at Muir
phy's.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

The star actress in "Sweet Clover :
Adelaide Thurston, will hold an informal
reception on the stage at the conclusion
Of the matinee performance next IuesdaS
afternoon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

Mr.. NJ. ~. Samuelsoil. of Louisville.
Ky, is visiting Mrs. James \. Grigg, of
South Third Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

If you would create for yourself a fu-
ture make a present.-Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

DR.. M. w. Franklin and A1r. NJ. lsen-
stein. Of New York, were also at Muir
phys.
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The members OF the Woman's CUB VIII
have the pleasure of having with thena
next Monday afternoon at their informal
reception DR.. Henry Van Dyke, VINO VIII
doubtless mako d short talk.
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Rejected Communications will not be returned
snleSs accompanied by stamps.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

At Murphy's yesterday were MT. T. W
Roth, Mrs, Roth and Mrs. a. X trench
all Of Buffalo, who are travelling South.
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THE TINES COMPANY.

AlIunsigned communications will be rejected
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14

Colonel J. L. Saunders, OF King and
Queen county, is the guest OF Governor
A. j. Montague.
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F The Kate Svheclock Whist Club
was delightfully."- entertained by Mrs.
sGreanor Neal yesterday afternoon.
wien, after q spirited game, the
highest score was obtained by Mrs. Wad-
dill and Miss Robins, north and south.
Mrs. Thomas Terrell and Mrs. Walker,
east and west. Mrs. Thomas Terrell will
entertain the club next Thursday.
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: work. At present there are probably
few business men in his kingdom more
methodical and business-like than his
most. gracious majesty, and not many
capable of getting through big pile
of work in such an amazingly short
time. He was hardly back from one
Of his recent trips before he had called
his council together, discussed import
ant state affairs, gave his sanction to
several diplomatic appointments, paid
an unusually large number of private
visits, not to mention going all over
plans for the alterations made in
Buckingham palace and at Windsor,
says the London correspondent Of the
Pittsburg Gazette: =: ! -
This propensity of the kings for
hustling has simply electrified those
who used to come in contact with him
as Prince of Wales. AT that time he
made the lives: Of his various. .distin.
guished secretaries a burden to them.
It was like pulling teeth to induce him
to settle down to work on the different
accounts it was necessary that he re-
view, or to attend to his immense cor.
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remarked: n believe could write !
better story my His wife was
psurAy that heseouid all 50 encouraged
|sheslelt hate made HE attempt. His
elhiti 1prk JAS "Pseaution," a novel
Fdn NO Aplunes, published anonymous:
~ in an inferior manner during the
year 1920. This first novel was in no
respects a sample of the authors tai
ent. 1t dealt with high life in En-
gland, subject with which the writer
was personally unfamiliar, save
through the pages Of fiction, and while
the venture cangh ebessaids to<have
enabled him to taste of the sweets of
authorship, it had the effect of stimu-
lating the desire to write. Its modest
success caused his friends to urge him
upon some morevfamiliar~ eu1e.s-ant1
remembering an interesting tale Of a
spy thatshe had heard some yearsabe.
fore from the lips 81 John Jay, biz set
about putting. it into q stofy.z TIE
Spy" was theS result and durin 81 tlle
winter 81 1922 theSsAmeriean public
aWoke to the factztha ta1t#possesseds j
novelist of It's own, and the immedfa1t
success OF the book. which IN;
aprece de1ted at the time in the 'annafs
Of American literature, determined
Cooper's future career.
F. The next five years witnessed the
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ment against it. u Vaccinations. may be
ids serious, Jos fatal as The disease against
which it innocuhtes, and, moreover, ri IS
not always preventive, never a certain
preventive. All this the anti-vaccination-
lists are justified in. asserting and in at
tempting to prove - = ~.'-.'~
But the State moves slowly and it has
recognized vaccination as ca necessity, in
preserving the public health during times
ofsepidemic. The State gives to a health
commissioner power to employ all recog-
.nized means to preserve that public
health. 1t grants him, by this recent de-
cision, the right to compel vaccination.
1t might do otherwise. The State might
determine to have nothing to do with
vaccine. It might determine that every
smallpox patient and every person ex-
posed to- smallpox should be vaccinated
by the common hangman, should be hang
ed by the neck until dead, or shot down
in ranks. 1t has the power to do this.
It has the power, although the individual
forgets it; Of life and death. In the: case
Of leprosy this is recognized. Solitary
incarceration is death in life. The State
-is the supreme, arbiter Of good and ill to
the people. ::
ss,, The vaccination controversy will con-
sdA1le. Health officers may still insist
that children shall be vaccinated before
entering school. The law of compulsory
education may insist that these children
attend school. The net is Closest. Paul
Dispatch. -" ="
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Hardness of the Home.

Should wife be bothered by her hus-
bands troubles? Let us change the word
ing to read: Is husband bothered by
his wife's troubles? The majority Of mar
ried men will give an answer in the neg:
alive. No matter what the trials of the
hours have been, the wife endeavors to
brush them one side, when evening comes.
She is then always better dressed than at
any time during the day, she usually has
a happy smile Of welcome and she adds
fresh laurels to the most magnificent
institution the world knows-the Ameri-
can home. There are many veXatious
trials. multitudinous cross events of a
housewives day that are never mention
ed. They are horne bravely, and wrongs
are remeded as best they can be without
inflicting the burden upon the man.
Now the question arises, Does the
husband bear his trials with the same
bravery and carry the same encouraging
smile when he comes home? II things
have gone wrong Mt the Office or at the
store is not my lord usually in despon-
dent frame of mind and does he not carry
his worries to the freside with him? 1t
is done for comfort and consolation, no
doubt, bnt that is hardly fair. Talk about
|Sthe dependence Of woman all You may:
but when the test comes it is the man
who is dependent and who seeks surcease
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Invasion of Northwest Canada.

Manitoba and the e Canadian North.
west are repeating with great rapidity
the history oftbe winning Eof our West.
The problem of absorbing the Galicians,
Russians and other refractory races is
specifically Canadian, but. the rama rkahle
influx Of, American Settlers ID these. re-
gions must affect both Canada and our
selves: As yet we have nd accurate
tistics Of this agrarians inyas !, Yet
some idea of its significance. may be gain
ed from :the.. following figures. In the
years 1898 1900 the total immigration
from America to Canada was, respective
ly,j 9,119,: ,945 and 15;500.: During the
first fvezmonths Of the present year the
Great Northern. Railroad alone, carried
900 immigrants into Manitoba. While
some of these were taken directly from
the incoming steamers. many We're either
American-born or thoroughly American
lied. This cannot continue without pro.
ducing its effect upon the relations Of the
two countries. A constant social inter
change and common agricultural interests
in the Northwest will more and more re-
duce: the boundary to its definition as an
Imaginary hne."-New York Evening
Post -
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Schwab'S Foolish Advice.

Schwab has been giving some more
foolish advice to young men. 70 the
graduates Of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege he said: =: 49,.
1.-THE worst thing you can do is to start
in life with influence: Nothing will ever
do you so much injury. Never ask your
friends to help you" - -
This is advice that Mr.. 'Schwab never
acted upon himself. Nor did any other
successful man. To depend entirely up
on influence and not upon ones self and
ones own efforts is, of course, fatally
wrong. No young man who does that
can succeed, however potent the lntiu.
ences in his favor may be. But at the
same time, true worth and intelligent,
earnest effort on the part Of any young
man will attract to him friends and intlu-
ences that will be nightly helpful to
him. These are not to be despised, but
are to be cultivated and treasured and
used. In the complex life Of this age indi-
vidual effort counts for little unless joined
and in harmony with forces that control.
st. Louis Chronicle.
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THE WoKLD Dis MOS

where there are trees and boulevard
streets. One may truly say iti great
wooded park, untouched save for the
asphalted streets and@the buildings~1et
in among: the, trees ] : ~
No other city On earth has as well
paved streets and they~are kept immac-
ulately clean. The system of street
railways is mostly underground cleo
trio. The electric light wires and tele-
graph and telephone lines aaresnearly
all in condufts underground, leaving
nothing above to mar the cfty's beauty!
On the fashionable promenades you
will find as many fair women and
handsome men AS anywhere in this
world. The finest of turnouts' pass
through che streets and avenues and
costly automobiles are more numerous
than in any other American city be-
side, New York. 49,
The number of visitors aggregates
1,O0Q. 900 yearly, and these come from
every corner of the earth. 1t is the
home of statesmen and legislators, re-
tired men of wealth, scientists and stu
dents, artists, writer's and explorers.
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Vaccination Valid.

The Minnesota Supreme Court declares
vaccination valid. 1t does not OF course
pronounce on ways and means, it does
not take up the cause of vaccinationists
and Observation-Disclosures and declare one
right and the other wrong. This would
SAVIOR Of ancient theological controversy
as participated in by the State. and i':-
deed e,r,AtH5sSdaAk,a dH!%qa00pqy has been
fir tn: f"Xyg t. tox tafi
the preservation of the public health.
Vaccipatio is such a recognized meas
its oil Clearly witlA thsIi
academic right When they summon vac
cination before the bar and find indi.t-
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AS His Child Saw Him.

A prominent real estate man in Los
Angeles had an experience a few even
ings ago that kept him guessing for a
little bit as to whether he should feel
complimented or otherwise. He was at
home with one little daughter while
his wife and another of the children
were downtown. Darkness was CON-
ing on and the little girl was .anxiouslv
watching for her mothers return. Her
nervousness grew apace, in spite of
the fathers attempts at reinsurance
At length the little one burst into tears
saying:
Il just can't help it! 1 need mamma.
and l must have herv'
''Do you do this way when your
mamma is here and I'm away?" asked
the father.
"No, of course, not" replied the little
one. "'Cause then there's some grown
up person about the house."-Los An
geles Herald.
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publication of some of his best works,

publication OF some OF his best works,
among them being ssPfoneersS'
.'The Pilot, and Li6ner'L fncofns" Id
1926 his popularity had attained ! its
zenith with the publication Of "The
Last of the Mohicans." But with fame
came envy and uncharita bleness from
his contemporaries at home and
abroad. English reviewers claimed him
as a native, fixing hts birthplace IN tie
Isle of Man, and denounced him as a
renegade. Naturally Of head-strong
and combative: disposition, he resented
the accusations and insinuations thrust
upon him and in so doing could not
help but give offense~to7 a. large class
His self-assertive manner made him
enemies among men who could hot I'M
derstand his nature:HaHes: made ire
quent visits to England. during which
his company was sought by the most
distinguished men of the time,e and
during one of these visits he was un-
willingly brought into a controversy
over the economy and efficiency of the
United States goyernm emit Hfs4utter-
ances on this subject were Sn1iscon-
strued and ;hisz published I letters
brought. forth what now seems an al
together unexplainable bitterness
against their author
AS one of the most successful Of \ au!
thors, Cooper's fame is assured. His
libel suits and controversies; are for
gotten, his offensive criticisms are sell
dom read, and he is remembered only
as the most brilliant and successful OF
American novelists.
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respondence, and harder still to make
sure that he turned up at the. different
private and state functions, where his
presence was Indispensable.
Comparatively speaking King Ed
ward has not made so many changes
Ill his retinue or in the various palace
stats, but for everyone that has been
made there has been some business.
like reason. When it came to head
chopping the king showed himself no
respecter of persons. Queen Victoria
had given the charge Of Windsor cas-
tie to the Duke Of Argyll, but the king
wanted to have the management in his
own hands and so he placed Lord Esh-
err, one of his most trusted seryitors, at
the head of the castle affairs.
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Wanted Specific Information.

The teacher had been impressing
upon her class the advantage of a COM
potency gained by honest, hard work
over one gained by scheming and even
more questionable means and, think
ing she had made a great impression
upon her small charges, she proceeded
to catechize them on the subject:
"Once upon time there were two rich
men, one of: whom made his fortune by
honest industry, while the other made
his by fraud. Now, which Of these
two men would you prefer to be?'' p
Tommy latter a moments ,hesitation)
made the most? =
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JAMES F. COOPER. l1ancy within. 1t Is
Of small Importance that Els early TIE,
spent in ;aimless pursuits, was wholly
without promise of~~futare~r"aehieEe-
ments, and soon but a regrettable men,
ory will also. be, the fact that during
the last few years Of his life through
misunderstanding and .misrepresenta
tons his breast was filled with feel
ings Of deep rancor toward men who
should have been his friends and who
in turn denounced both him~andE4he
products OF hfsspen hesescircun1=
stances. the inevitable contra dictory
accompaniment of recognized ability,
have waned s>indfsdnctly into q hay
backgrounds againtwhtch stands bold
,ly the undisputed truth that the author
of '..The Spy and The Pilot is justly
worthy Of all praise that has been or
may be accorded him. 50 - ~cr,'> = ::
The life: of this varying popular and
unpopular author had it's beginning
September Is, 1889, at Burlington, N.
J. His parents were both. of Quaker
extraction. Soon after the close of
the Revolutionary war the Cooper fam
lily established a. household within the
borders of New York State near the
headwaters Of the Susquehanna River
They encouraged the populating of this
vicinity and subsequently laid out the
site Of Cooperstown. The Cooper fam
lily decided to make their permanent
home in the town founded by them
and in 1899 completed, the erection Of
a spacious manor house, known as Ot-
sego Hall, which was for many years
the most commodious and stately pri-
vate residence in central New York.
To every reader that has been charm
ed with the spell of Cooper's Indian TO-
mances, the surroundings Of his boy
hood days are significant. During those
years the foremost pioneers of emigra.
ton had barely begun to push their
way westward through the Mohawk
Valley, the first available highway to
the west. Out of the forest that bor-
dered Otsego Lake Indians came for
barter, or possibly with hostile intent,
and from these no doubt Cooper drew
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Wages and Cost of LIVING

The United States Steel Corp,oration
has raised the wages of about 100000
men 10 per cent. 1t is estimated that
this will add $4,000, 900 to the yearly pay
roll. This is polite move. 1t forestAlls
applications for all advance in wages
which would probably have been made
the steel and iron industries are working
full time. They have been getting wages
which twolyears ago seemed quite .falr,
hut dollar does not buy so much of9the
necessaries Of life as it did two Years
ago. s&Gg, -.
Workingmen are: often. reproached un
justly for~their urgent demands for high
er pay in prosperous seasons, when they
are steadily employed and are" receiving
what seems to their critics fair wages
The critics are apt to overlook the fact
that, while the price of labor is going up,
the cost Of living is going up, also,- and
il the latter goes up more rapidly than
the former the workingman may feel
pinched and become dissatisfied. He
hears great deal about prosperity end
sees evidences Of it all around him, but
he finds that his income does not go quite
SO far as9ir did when 1ag slit tllIs
lower. II IL IT,. ss
The sreataitem itupe
workingman with family is food. More
than half his earnings go to bug it. The
price of foodstuffs' hass@~abeen unusliai.tJJ
high for some time. 1t is not surprising,
in view of the increased cost Of meal
that there should be appeals in so many
quarters for higher wages.
Whom huSinpae iS lace octivn onG nrOflts
fall off, the United States Steel Cor
poration may wish to reduce wages. ro
that reduction fall in the cost Of living
will not reconcile the men in its, emnoly
They want higher wages when it costs
more to live; they fight hard against low
err wages even though the cost Of living
has gone down. This is not logical, hut
it is natural --Chica 50 Tribune.
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the portraits OF the red men who live
in his pages. Such wild surroundings
could not but stimulate a naturally
active i'm, gination and the influence of
the Wilderness, augmented afterwards
by the somewhat similar influence of
the sea, peivaded his entire life.
From a private tutor he received his
earliest educ cation and at the age of 13
entered the freshman class of Yale Col
lege. According to his own account,
he learned hut little at college. His
love of out-of-doors freedom led him to
neglect his books and he roamed about
and explored the rugged hills north
ward of New Haven and the equally
picturesque shores of Long Island
Sound. Gradually he became wilder
and more persistent in his defiance of
academic restraints and was finally ex-
PEELED.
Upon leaving his studies the love of
activity and adventure laid hold on the
youth and he decided to take up the
life of a seaman. In 1906 he made his
first voyage as sailor before the mast
on the ship Sterling, sailing from New
York with cargo of -four for foreign
markets. After this he served for q
time as midshipman on the Vesuvius
and was later ordered to. Oswego, N.
T., with a construction party: to build
a brig for service on Lake Ontario.
Then he was given charge Of the gun
boat .fotilla on Lake Champaign and
was subsequently ordered to the Wasp.
In 1871 he married daughter of John
Peter Delaney, Of 'Westchester Coun:
IT,, NY, and resigned his position in
the navy to settle into a quiet, domes-
tic life. In Difference to his wife,s
wishes he. built his. home in Westches:
ter County on what was known as, the
Angeyine. farm in, the town Of Scars
dale, in which locality many stirring
events of the Revolution had taken
place. The Impressions gained from
the historic '-assoeiat tons surrounding
him here were Of inestimable value Ito
him in the descriptive coloring OF. srThe
Spy. There still remains standing
near Scarsdale the, ruins of a chin
|, 1ey once within the Disbrow House,
wherein the original of Cooper's Far.
vey Birch is said to have successfully
|shld from his pursuerss ="
s. At 80 years Of age James Fennimore
Cooper was following a. quiet, common:
place existence, and no thought Of a
literary life had as yet entered his
mind. One day while reading an En-.
glish novel to his wife he half jestingly