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that safeguards much more stringent than those resorted to in the past Will hereafter be thrown about the person or the President of the United States; not 10 heed the awful example of the tragedy at Buffalo would be criminal negligence. On the other hand, however, these pro- tective measures must and will be put in force without the personal knowledge Of the President.
 The American handshake is an ele- mental expression of American democ- racy which will remain.
 All sorts of motives will dictate the continuance of this practice; but the best one-and probably that which has the most vitality in it-is that of the natural friendliness and courage of the typical American who has attained political dis tinction and position. When he is in crowd of Americans he feels that he is surrounded by his own people, He asks himself: What is there to be afraid of? Why should anyone wish to do me harmY
 From the bottom of his heart comes the answer:
 There is nothing to fear. These are my friends and I will not do them the in- Justice to suspect that one of them would lift finger to injure me-"
 This answer is honest and hearty and all the tragic proofs that such logic is not safe, at least so far as the chief executive of the country is concerned, do not seem to apply in the case of the ordinary pub lie man who faces a crowd of his own countrymen.
 WILLIAM D. MASON,
 United States Senator from Illinois.
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MUST SPEAK IN ENGLISH.
Railroad Company in PenrsTIvaDi
 Taboos the Dutch Dialect.

Railroad Company in PenrsYIVaDia
 Taboos the Dutch Dialect.
 Pennsylvania Dutch is spoken to such an extent in various parts of the Key stone State as to have become an issue that has created some feeling. The Le- high Valley Railroad Company has re- gently offended some of its patrons by ordering all crews on its lines to use only the English language while on duty. The order says that under no circumstances shall Pennsylvania Ger man be spoken" and it is said to have been issued for the reason that recent ly serious collision nearly resulted be- cause conductor, gave directions to his crew in this language, and brake man who did not understand it perfect ly shifted the cars to the wrong track. As the rules are printed in English, the railroad officials are plainly in the right in insisting that this language shall be exclusively used by it's employees while on duty.
 What kind of language Is this Penn sylvania German tongue, which re- quires such an unusual order to be is- sued to railroad crews? It is a strange combination of English and the Ger man dialect spoken In Northern Ba- Yaria.
 A quarter of a century ago 1t was said that this language was dying out and would soon be no more. Such prophecies, however, have proved to be false. for 1t Is now spoken more widely than ever before Two millions of peo- pie in Pennsylvania, and probably g. million more who have emigrated from Pennsylvania to the Middle West, use It in daily conversation. Even In cities like Allentown and Reading no mer- chant can be successful in business un- less his employees are proficient in it's use. On the trolley lines and in the railroad yards employees may be heard employing 1t constantly in social con versation. These men speak English we'll, but 1t is easier for them to chat In this strange dialect, which is governed by no rules of grammar. It seems that they are using 1t even when on duty. but the safety of the public demands that this practice shall be stopped, and the employees themselves will doubtless all agree that the Lehigh Valley rail- road has done a good thing in issuing the orders.
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late, mornings, nights and holidays. am on the jump all day, from one thing to another, until I swear that l won't see another man and will stop and go to the hotel. My secretary calls a carriage, watches until the coast is clear, and l dodge out, like a sneak thief, to avoid be- ing buttonhOled by the people who want to tell me their troubles. 1 get to the hotel and am waylaid again. 1 fly from there to my home, order the servants to say I am not at home and try to get little time with my family.
 The world seems to be full of people wanting somebody else to do their work for them. I have found that only one person can help a man very much, and that is himself. If man waits for some body else to lift him along, he will stay where he is in a majority of cases.
 THOMAS w. LAWSON.
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confuse-there he has at once a stand Ing which he must so live as to maintain.
 In the great city individuality is reduc- ed to minimum; prominent attainments give man nc special prestige, except in small gatherings where his virtues may be explained in advance. All live at the topmOst speed, and so far as the public is concerned indifference is encountered on every hand, save among a small coterie of intimate friends. No matter where the man goes, he is ever among a few friends and great many strangers.
 For man to make the most of his life and give the most to his fellows, he must be substantial part of a community and not mere cog in the intricate machinery of metropolitan activity, or, what is worse, an eager onlooker, with no chance to obtain a place in the crowded process sion. And now with the great advan- tages which the smaller cities afford with mail delivery, daily papers, tele- phone, etc., reaching to the hamlets and farms-the young professional man of to-day will find richer possibilities for himself than ever before in the smaller cities of our country.
 WEBSTER BARTON.
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HELD FOR Ills OWN MURDER

came back into court holding hand kerchief to his eyes.
 Her evidence was short, relating as it did merely to the disappearance of her husband and the identification of the watch and chain. The prisoner declined to put any questions to the witnesses. He was now asked if he wished to say anything before being removed
 Well, there is one thing should like to ask," he said, land that is whether there is any law in England against man wearing his own watch and chain?"
 Don't trife with the court" said the magistrate, sternly.
 But something in the sound of the prisoners voice had caused Mrs. Laty- mer-Wynne to turn around and to look at him again.
 What, Harryr' she cried, ''is 1t youP
 What Is the meaning of all this?" asked the magistrate, glaring at Inspec- tor Bickerdyke.
 Beg pardon, your worship" he stam- mSIeUS It DedlS u1e QOllOW.
 Allow me to explain" said the pris- oner, blandly. ''I am Mr. Latymer- Wynne, and am curious ts know why gentleman may not leave his own house early in the morning without be- ing arrested. May ask what crime have committed?'
 Your conduct Is most reprehensible, sir" said the magistrate, ruffling with sense of wounded dignity.
 Pardon me, your worship" said the prisoner. ''I have done nothing. have simply been passive in the hands of Inspector Bickerdyke."
 And what was your object in play ing such farceT asked the magistrate, gulping down his indignation.
 "Well, I had two objects. The first Is private one, with which I will not trouble your worship. The other was to see how far the cleyerness of Lon don detective would go. Now that I have got one of them to arrest a man as his own murderer am satisfied. I think have established a record"
 How could you give me such fright, Harry" said Mrs. Latymer- Wynne as, few minutes later, she and her husband were driving home to- gether in cab. It was cruel of you"
 70, you know we'll enough. I had to stop you somehow from playing in that beastly football match. Next time I shall dO sOrnathiro O worse
 But Harry, dear, you cannot really have thought that ever meant to play. Why, only said it to tease you"
 "Op' said Harry. ''Then I needn't have smashed the water jug or cut my finger, after all But who is to know what a woman does meanT
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Pleased with the Hour.

Lieut.. Heffernan was saying the other day that he had hardly ever seen an Irishman who wasn't ready with quick retort, no matter what the cir cumstances might be.
 Tt was about three years ago that I arrested a certain fellow. He was about the drunkest man I ever saw to be still standing on his feet. As soon as got hold of him he wanted to make trouble He was just like many others from the ould sod when they get full of bad booze and they think there Is a chance for scrap. He made pass at me, but reached over and tapped him once on tho head with my stick. He became quiet right away, and he looked up at me and said:
 "'And what toime is itY
 "Of course couldn't help but answer. Just struck one.'
 Well, if thot's so,' he answered. 'OPm dunn glad yez didn't hit me an hour sooner .'"-Louisville Times.
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Juliet's What's in a nameT' might be asked regarding the vessels of the British navy which have borne the names of reptiles. 1t is said that four Vipers have been wrecked, the last of the name but recently, and Cobra still more lately has broken in two and gone to the bottom with officers and men. Also four Serpents, three Lizards, two Snakes, one Alligator, one Crocodile. one Rattlesnake, one Basil fisk, and two Dragons-which are not reptiles, have at various times met with disaster. British tars, 1t is said, have superstitious feeling of dislike against sailing in vessels bearing such names. Lucky or unlucky. the names are need lessly disagreeable.
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nected He was born in Hillsdale Coun. ty, Michigan, in 1887, and was gradu- ated from Hillsdale College in 1863 In 1871 he came to Carleton as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. After several years of faithful work he succeeded in his long cherished desire of building an efficient observatory here. In 1882 he perfected the weather service, for which Northfeld is famous. Prof. Payne Is in excellent health, and looks forward to many years of useful activity.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

China, come from the province of Quan Tung. The treaty of 1888 was made to stop Chinese labor, but since, laws have been passed keeping out Chinese mer- chants and tradesmen; consequently the high and worthy Chinese do not get into this country.
 WU TING FANG,
 Chinese Minister at Washington
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Life Imprisonment is at its best a punishment so horrible that only a sense of its absolute necessity can rec oncile one to the infiiction of it upon a a fellow human being. To spend year after year in close confinement, living only in order to wait for death, Is a thought from which the mind recoils, and the strength of the instinct of self preservation Is nowhere more clearly displayed than in the fact that men are willing to face this project rather than shorten their tortures by submitting to the moose or the electric chair. If, then, life imprisonment is in any case terrible to contemplate, how much is. Its terror heightened when the person who is con- demned to undergo it is so young as to make 1t seem probable that four-fifths of bis life will be spent within the pris-
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15
Some New Laws Are Needed,

l fully appreciate the excellence of your political, econ omical and educa- tional systems. Too much cannot be said in praise of the founders of this country for their foresight, but excel lent as are the sys- tems they founded,
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EJ sufficiently related to make the reasoning of one apply to the other. In smallpox practically everyone is liable to the disease unless vaccinated.
 With tuberculosis the human system es- tablishes, through vital resistance, nat ural immunity from the disease. It is only where the general health of the ln- dividual is run down that he is liable to contract the disease. On the other hand, in smallpox high systemic vigor does not, per SC, immunize one. As matter Of fact, we do not know how vaccine pre- vents smallpox, neither do we know now nature cures tuberculosis. Of course we are pathologically familiar with the changes that nature institutes, by lesions where tuberculosis Is cured; but what there is in the system which produces or causes these lesions to form we are in ig- norance.
 Therefore, in the present state of our knowledge, it would seem futile to hope for an anti-tubercular vaccine to be pro- duced that would immunize the human race against the frightful scourge of the great white plague. The wise thing for all people to remember is the truth of the Scotch adage: Tt is easier to keep out than to get out" Hence all individuals lower vital resistance or those in whom through employment and environment the conditions are at work to produce the pos sibility of tubercular invasion should at once remove themselves from such excit' ing causes. The best cure for tubercu- losis is the prevention of it.
 HOMER NJ. THOMAS, M. D.
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Unrest of the Rich.

A man who haI made a fortune iE never at rest. He bT
 gins by driving dol lars. He ends with
 the dollars driving
 him. I have less time
 now that I can call my own than ever be-
 fore. 1 am busy all
 the time. early and
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

What a woman can't understand is how a man will stay up every night for six weeks running all over town trying to make votes for candidate he doesn't know, but getting hopping mad if he has to run across the street to get some paregoric for his own baby.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Don't watch the clock" was MT. Edison's advice to young man who recently asked him how to succeed. Profoundly significant Is that old joke about the laborer who left his pickax hanging in the air at the stroke of noon. A hanging pickax Is the fittest emblem for a confirmed clock-watcher-an the pickax hangs always in the air, never digs out a path for him to advance upon.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

A mans head is so turned by wom- an in his courtship days that after he marries it revOlves around so rapidly in untwisting that it is likely to come off
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l e ge, Northfeld, Mass, is one of the best known astrOn- omers in America, and has done much to popularize his science and to build up the as- trOnomical work in the in S t i t utiOn with which he has been so long and -A -.
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A Dangerous Man.

"Papa has forbidden you to come to the house. He says you are dangerous man."
 Dangerous! What can he mean"
 "He says you are the kind of man who will hang around girl all her life and never marry her."-Life.
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Hardly has the twentieth century got we'll started before speaker at a wO- mems club says the nineteenth cen tury, of which those who lived in 1t were so proud, was crude and unciv- flizpd
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The Supreme Court of Michigan has decided that bicyclists have right to ride on the sidewalks. There seems to be nothing left to pedestrians but the right to trust in Providence.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Bad grammar may be cured by medi- cal treatment, according to a German specialist. This discovery will be boon to some of our statesmen and wOuld-be statesmen.
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The American Handshake.

The go fiji c a l handshake" will be continued in spite of the menace of the anarchist and the murderous fa- natic. IL springs from something fundamental in hu- man nature and in- digenous to the soil of a free country. There is no doubt
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Sarah Grand, author of Heavenly Twins" says American gentlemen are the most chivalrous in the world. An, there, Sarah, just tell your manager to forward list of your lecture dates.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

It was the irony of fate. A couple of burglars broke into a building at Rochester, N. r., which they supposed was a warehouse. It proved to be a iail
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Eighty-two per cent of the house keepers of the country get along with out hired girls. The eighteen per cent
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Countries having the American en- zine only need a supply of American coal to make them happy, and the coal IS rapidly reaching them.
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Love, like lightning, seldom strikes twice in the same place. That's why widows usually marry for money the second time.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Theme for a ghost story: A woman has a dead bird on her hat; the bird suddenly bursts into song and scares the woman to death.
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San Francisco's Two Rio Fires-

San Francisco had two fires six weeks apart in 1851, infieting loss of $4,OO0.- 900 In the first and of S3,OOO,OO0 in the second.
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Girls, if you haven't found the right one yet, don't be disheartened. A Chi cago woman was recently married the third time to the same man.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

Distance doesn't lend enchantment to ene's view of the almighty dollar.
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Occnnations in Norwar.

Sixty per cent of the population of Norway live by agriculture, 15 per cent by manufacturing and numbering, 10 per cent by commerce and trade, per cent by mining, and the remainder are in the professions and the army and navy and engaged in different employ mentS.
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What has become of the old-fashion- ed woman who thought she could not Invite a soul to the house to eat with out including the preacher and hls wife?
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The stork should have been given hint that Papa Zimmerman's purse strings could be loosened only by boy.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

People wonder what lovers talk about; get it, and you'll find out.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-15

There are more thorns than roses Cn the path that leads to a woman's heart.
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large city like New York or Chicago. and. if you please, takes up the study of some profession. After several years of life in this whirlpool of activity, what does he come to see and feel? Simply this. that in the large city there is so much to see, to hear, to read, to study, so many of each kind, that all is confusion. He finds that every day he is unconscously drifting more and more into superficial habits. The mind is absorbed in receiy- ing, and has no time for considering. and in days run out of town now and then he can do more real thinking than in month amid all this confusion of opportu- mites.
 To get the most out of life the young man must be moral, honest, energetic, ambitious and for all this, regardless of his ability, he needs stimulus, and what can be better than the calcium light of public observation under which he al- ways walks in a smaller city. There he enjoys advantages, not so many as to
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The Young Mans Chances.

The progressive youth, reared in a small town, chafes under the restraint of his environment. He longs for contact with the whirl and hustle of a metropoli- tan city, possibly realizes his wish, and ultimately goes to q
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PROFESSOR WALLACE PAYNE.

He Has Comp eted Thirty Years Ser
 vice at Carleton College.
 Prof. William Wallace Payne, who has completed thirty years of active and valuable service at Carleton Col
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Some poems show considerable feel. ing, yet they fail to touch.
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BICYCLE IDEA IN ROLLER SKATES.

bicycle the
  which wheel mechanism powerfully The hardly do machine pushing ahead mend
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No Antitoxin for Tuberculosis.

- As to the possibility of devel- 4 Ioping some antitoxin that would 1prevent one from acquiring tu- berculosis, I think it very remote.
 The medical analogy between \ lsmallpox and tuberculosis is not sufficiently related to make the
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-18
Stafford Writings.

List OF writings admitted to record in
the Clerks Office of Stafford county since
the September term:
Deeds OF Bargain and Sale II Ieiber
ct uN TO Jennie Luckett ct ale: Jenny
buckett, etc, to Lewis Nelson: +. u.
Strother to J. c. Strother: c. 5 James
ct ux to Z. +. Berry: Louisa Peden to
W. ii. Peden; +. II. Hattie Streshlev et
ais TO NJ Sthreshley; J. NJ. Stevens ct ux
TO {. ". Barlow; Jesse Newton to Nancy
Cox: Daniel Sullivan to II. Sullivan:
Paul karsten, etc. TO Jas. L. shelton.
Douglas HOwdershelt ct ais to Willie
Howdershelt: T. W. Berrey. commits.
sioner, TO Eliza Green; A. III. Green. ad.
ministrator. to G. b. Wallace
Deeds OF Irust-Lewis Nelson ct ux "a
NJ. Nj. L. b. l.. Association: NJ. Sthresh.
ley ct uX to II. ii. l.. Chichester: c. A
Truslow ct TX TO Geo. W. Shepherd. Jr
Peter Hewitt e. ux TO Geo. w. Shepherd
Jr l.. W. {. Beckham ct ux to T.. II. As
ISOLATION; c. W. Barlow ct TX to NJ. NJ
L. Il. l.. Association; c. W. Barlow ct ux
TO j. W. Berrey; Harrison Sullivan ct ux
to r Ii. l.. Chichester: Willie Howder-
shelf ct ux TO 4. T. Embrey: W. A. Bar
Der ct uX to J. 4. Goodrich; r. l. Dodd
ct NIX to 4. r. Embrey.
Fines Paid Into Court-F. II. Mount
Joy, J. p, Commonwealth vs.. Howard
$500
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-18

BURG, Va. SATURDAX OcToRER Is. 19O2.- SECOND PAR-
EN-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED
His Views On The Tariff And Congressional
Race

To representative OF the Evening
fost, who asked his views in regard to
outlook for and the duty Of the Democ-
racy IN the approaching Congressional
election, eX-President Grover Cleveland
said.
1t seems to me that if the Democracy
Il really in earnest il cannot fail largely
To increase its representations in the mex
congress, but in order to do so think
that there must be a constant and stall
warth insistance upon the things which
are recognized by all To be true Demo
cratic doctrines. OF course, by far the
most important of these is tariff reform.
On this issue | am satisfied that the De.
mocraey Is face to face with great op-
portunity. All of the signs and times
point TO recognition, far beyond all
party lines, OF the benefits which would
accrue to the people by a reimbursement
OF the tariff, and II would be worse than
Jolly Tor the party. under the stress of
any temptation or yielding to any all
ureiment, To permit this TO be subordinat-
ed to or overshadoved by any other is
sue.
am very much pleased with the deliv
erance OF the New York Democracy on
the tariff issue, and it was tit and proper
that the Empire State should sound the
ilSht note. lt Is my clear conviction
that the best assurance of success for the
Democracy in the next national cam
paign will be found in a sincere and IN
renting insistance upon it's told time
doctrine of a fair and beneficent tariff ad
iustment. This insistence should be from
now on
Il am at loss to understand by what
process OF reasoning the notion has gain
ed footing in certain Democratic quar-
tiers not only that no importancea attaches
70 Democratic ascendany i'm the next
House OF Representatives, but even as il
might he advantageous to party pro
spects in 1904 for il TO continue in its
present minority Political warfare
ough> to be regarded as continuous. and
II the results battled for are worth bav-
ing at al they are worthy Of our best el-
forts at all times and under all circum-
stances. Constant vigilance and unre-
lenting attack are essential to victory.
Armies are captured by first driving in
the outposts
IL cannot believe that the bright pros
poets OF the Democracy in the present
campaign are TO be married by any lack
OF hard work and strenuous fighting"
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