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PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

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sparrows pecking at the mortar in the
First Congregational Church, of Westfield.
Mass. have $50 damaged tho, building that
extensive repairs are necessary for safety.
The Belgian government and the Royal
Academy OF Sciences. Letters and Fine Arts
have decided to proposes Maurice Maeterlinck
and Emile Varhaerin for the Nobel literary
prize.
eight years. recently left her Washington
home to attend convention in Boston. She
EXPRESSED herself as feeling as vigorous and
abie TO work as when she was fifty years
old. Mi 5:o5}-7 - =
Prof. George E. Palmer, of Harvard Uni
yersity. IN a recent lecture said In substance:
Inc sc,entiflc world swung to Darwinisia
and then swung back; the religious world
swung over to the scientific position, and is
swinging back
General Simon Bolivar SBuckner, of Ken
lucky, one OF the two surviving lieutenant-
generals OF the Confederate Army, and who
was candidate for Vice-Presdent on the
National Democratic ticket with Palmer IN
last. ~ & 49, u IA Il
Dr.. r. G. Wylie. one OF the most promi-
rent ministers In Western Pennsylvania for
the past seventeen years pastor OF the Wiki
insburg Reformed Presbyterian Church. re-
Gently !, accepted Pc, professorshipo Of biblical
logical Seminary, Pittsburg.
The capital invested in brewerles in the
united States, according to the last Federal
census, was s4l5,ooo!ooo. The experts Of
that it is now nearer 500. 100000. 80
The total pin product in this country,
chiefly IN Connecticut, was q little over
Se.000:000 gross in 1900, of which about Az
100000 were ordinary pins, about 100000
were safety pins and about 1000. 90 were
larpins Z .t II af r. 3
H In Denmark tho tobacco business is car
grled on rs any other retail business, in that
practically all of the took! In the shops is
Imported, and there is no Internal revenue
~: :nx imposed Or license required to sell to-
5bacco. u 3l5ji 5.s
The Flemish population OF Belgium Is
very careful to preserve Its language ana
racial Identity. Its representatives In the
bilnsual parliament of that country seem
indeed to be almost exorbltant In their
claims for5thelr native tongue y
iEs The gypsies of Europe arc estimated to
number about $4,000, distributed as fol-
l ,o% Austro- hungary, 100000; Turkey,
100, Oooi Greece. 10000; Bosnia, 5000; RUS
STA, 10000: Italy. $1,000; Portugal and
spain. 100000: France. 10000; En- gland.
In 1890 the population OF Baltimore was
only 1905; II was fifty years. or In 1910,
rhelore Baltimore had climbed up into the
100000 class; She could first count half IA
million In 1000: and to-day the official rec
]ords disclose a population OF 6S9,910. ac-
tcordins 10 the Baltimore Directory.
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Snow on FounTn OF JuLY.
Record Of the nemnyknblo Incident IN

Record OF the Rcmnrknble Incident In
1882.
Snow on the Fourth 81 July? Quite
likely" (sarcastically). This Is what
some OF the residents of the city often
declare as they swelter under the boil-
pfously wish that snow lay on the
ground.
Mr.. r. b. Laroque. of Pratt and Ches-
ter Streets. stated positively that snow
fell on that day in 1882. but some OF
his friends laughed at him and a mem
Der of the younger generation refused
to listen to him.
Asserting that he would prove his
statement he visited some old friends
of his in East Baltimore and got them
to prepare for him signed statements
concerning their knowledge of that
fateful July 4th in 1852.
Now he has a collection OF the doc
uments and all OF them tally exactly
with his own recollections--tha snow
fell ylsibly on the day mentioned. He
the local weather bureau for safekeep-E
ing.
The snow came with squall at
about 10 o'clock IN the morning, and
the thermo meter fell to about 70 de
sgrees. Housewives began to light
their. fires. overcoats were gotten out
and after the snow came q chilling.
sdrizzling rain.
In the report Of the Sun for July s.
1852, special attention is called to the
fact that a heavy squall was on the
bay and the weather was chilly. ills
said to have greatly interfered with
pleasure seekers on the water.
Z was engaged In the drug business
at Broadway and Madison Streets" said
Dr. Cherry. "and on the day&it was 50
cold that I had to close my store door
and windows. and I remember distinct
ly the fact that there was snow
# Dr. " E. Heard. Of 202 Aisqulth
Street, made affidavit in his letter to
Mr.. Lar oque that few ventured out In
the hail. rain and snow. and that the
fact was Impressed on his mind by the
practice Of medicine on the ' same me- day. lay,
Baltimore SUM-.
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SERIOUS MIR. HoBsnN.

B. Young NJ. Hobson's devotion to a
certain section of the Policies undoubt-
edly saved him from a worse fate the
other day He finds himself merely
posted for the Ananias Club. when he
mil ht have been pitched in head first.
Before the delegates at Denver Hobson
{ quoted Mr.. Roosevelt as saying: There
exists the greatest proba bility of war
with Japan" Mr.. Roosevelts reply,
Via Fidus Achates, is the pineapple Of
/ courtesy. Yet who cannot imagine the
short and ugly words which would
have been showered. in a similar case.
upon the lucklcss Democrat who was
opposed to the hig navy policy and all
4 the rest Of them?
Hobson might smile at his hairs
breadth escape. II he knew how. We
lack definite information on tho sub
1ect. but we are confident that he has
never laughed in his life. When was
there ever a one-idea man Who could
enjoy his joke? The saving grace OF
1 have been the making OF this young
man. lie is earnest sincere, cour-
tsgeons. philosophical and good deal
Tpf an expert on naval matters. But
Eunhappily he sees things all out OF
sWhack. like q man looking at himself
ia q crasy-mirror, Upon his distorted
horizon forever hangs a, mirage named
Hikado, and every rose-bnsh hides a
horde OF little brown spies.
There lnust he 4 certain amount OF
sIlughter IN the world To- hold tho old
planet tpgeth her. 1Iobson would not
sjkuE fat the dei tes. so me tdeleg ates
slalShsd olssosi, think that
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Borrowed Jingles

THE NEAfs-FANrOUs. u
SHAKE, I, hands With my friend Mr.. Riley, Joht
He's q couslr, OF .Ilir's. s.
q man II VIII! do You some honor to know
Hes N cousin OF .IIin's.
Used e e ri, piaySw With Jim often when he was
The, ; ;ssm "a t'e pny'h'ns' tie two q
Before :; l I'm wrote verses to make the world
He's a cousin OF iJim's
Shake ,l hands With my friend Mr.. Taft, Mr..
HE'S an uncle Of Bills.
Used 70 bait lsh hooks for him long time
He's nm uncle OF Bll's
who wore his suspender tied round like a
s59s strap. s3li. Z t3.ss1
Whom he often helped set a. ngurc- four
fS fi trap fig Pa
He's an uncle OF Bits.
Mr.. friend Mr.. Ade--n1r Tom AIDE, John
Hes related to. George.
Iner M, mothers hrst cousins were brothers
Hes related to George "a
Used Used 70 visit George AIDES folks bnck in
Before any one dreamed he'd be writing
He looks like George. too IN a good many
He's related to George.
My friend hen Mr.. cannon-a mighty bright
Hes a nephew Of .Ioe.s.
He was raised near Joes farm down in old
1llnoy. ~
He's q nephew Of Joe's.
You've heard OF Joe cannon--tne Speaker
we'll, he
Is uncle to all Of his nephews. you see:
In fact, they are all OF the same family
Hes n nephew of .Joe's
-. w. Foley, In the New York Times.
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that is gofflcially9 conceded as a title OF
distinction to all members OF British
Colonial. Legislatures while I'm office.
and toftle sonstof peers OF the rank OF
baron. ylscount and earl, and to tho
. day lighters Of vlscolints and barors.
William Waldorf Aston, when he first
went to ltvesin England. was conceded
as q foreigner. THE right OF continu-
Ing tho use of this predicate, which he
had earned in this country. as an AS
semi (. l yman 4 at Albany, and as United
states Envoy to Italy. Btitsas soon as
eyer he forswore his allegiance to
Uncle Sam and changed his status
from that of IA distinguished foreigner
to that Of a middle class English citi-
zen, II was intimatcd him that he
must abandon from thencefortll tho
Mr.. ,Astor.H since, legally speakinE.
he Is not yet entitled to the designa-
ton OF "esquire,' which, however. be-
longs to the younger of his two sons,
John Jacob. as a snbaltern OF the
Royal Horse Guards.
-tCopyright. 1908, by the Brentwood
m n u
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Mr.. Morgan a Good flourish

According to report In the Neue
Freie sPresse, Vienna. j. Pierpont Nor
gan was a busy 81 ght-seer In that city
on his recent visit. With Mrs. Doug
las and her daughter he Visited all the
great art collections, "and on Sunday
called on Kreutzenstein5 Castle, where
he was received by the Countess Kin.
sky. He was deeply interested In what
ened with devotion when his hostess
played on the chapel organ" There
port also speaks of Mr.: Morgan's visit
to the Lainzer Zoo, where he showed
he had never before seen one. iSan-
sis City Journal. e IS III
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MERELY JOKING 10,

Dark Suspicion.
"Is this demand for poetry healthy
one?" protested a bard. =
why do you cavil?"
havo an idea that the magazines buy
IL many 70 wedge the prose articles apart"
Washington Herald.
Heavy Sarcasm.
And is this. inquired tho caustlc sum
t ils VIZ 'ne mountain peak you aaver-
"The same"
ton Herald. -.
Made Hit.
George is so breezy" stmpered the Bos-
From Boston, isn't hep"
Yes: he calls me his four-eyed gazelle."
Houston Chronicle.
Possibilities.
They We're launching new magazine.
We must have department. for affairs
,s Bs'te Tb have e department dep Of liver
reach."-Pittsb,irg Post.
The Reason.
Young Man: why did you advise Miss
know she has no talent"
! Old Man s, ( = live next door 10 Miss
oiHit!i.--- ne iatier.
Easily Pleased.
Mrs. Eastend: you'll not md me DIM
Nora tthe new mald): I'm sure not
ma, am; saw your husband as l came in,
ma am. '----Pittsburs Observer.
Correct.
What do you expect to be when you
visitor.
'.Twenty-one,' was the little mans reply
The Herald and Presbyter.
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SUNDAY, JULY IL, 1aos.
DRAWING THE LINE AGAINST THE
go FREE BRIDGE.

y FREE BRIDGE.
The decision OF Chief Shaw not to let
Richmond fire engines use either or the
public bridges to Manchester is. under
the wretched conditions. altogether
proper. Mayo's Bridge was condemned
and abandoned by the street car COM
pany a year or more ago. More re-
Gently the Free Bridge has become the
object of natural and growing sus-
picion. IT is used now only with rather
elaborate precautions and restrictions.
NO one can say that the rush of a
heavy fire-engine over 1t would break
It down. but no one seems able to say
that 1t would not. The chief is quite
right to decline to put IL to the test.
The situation thus created Is most
unfortunate one. In the event OF a
blaze which got away from her own
2ffre-fighting equipment Manchester
IS virtually cut off from Richmond's
assistance. Shipping engines over by
rail would necessarily be SO slow. we
should ina CINE. as to be all but useless.
Yet this aspect of the bridge matter
Is not the most pressing or the most
serious. Five years may go by with
out distress call from Manchester.
But every day the condition of the Free
Bridge. is cause OF speculation to
passengers. nuisance to traffic and
q possible peril to life and limb. And
every day that the authorities of the
two cities fail to take decisive steps
toward repairs, they increase the specu-
ilation, enhance the nuisance and .ag-
.gravate the possible peril.
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they were quite right to do 80. Thu
young captains fartnsma OF battle
murder and sudden death does wei
enough to pruyides him with a para
mount issue Of HIS own, but The MUS
not cxptct the country8to Jump when
ever he says "Boo!' Loeb's denial u
the last straw to. his Denver discom'
future. Yet II Hobson was indiscree'
to quote bellicoseJ remark privately
uttered by the president OF the United
States, 1t Is twice as true that Tie
President OF thu United States was
indlscreet to make a remark whicr
would even bear a bellicose construc-
ton In the presence OF the most wldely
advertised frc-eater In America.
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TIE MENACE or THE COLORED
SHIRT.
Tie London Lancet's attack on the
colored shirt was, In sense, a fore
gone conclusion. The colored shirt
was one OF tho few things in human
economy whose business the Lancet
attackers had not attended to at that
writing. From paper money to kisses
and back again to combs and door.
knobs. the Lancet has ever been one
to come early and scent out danger
With no weak or vaclllating scenters.
Hence, in its lnatutinal checkings-u OF
things that this world contains, child
might have seen that 1t must fall In.
a.. a,t h1hf1i.
ments herein referred to.
There may have been a time once
wl Ell the Lancet preferred discussing
medicu to gents furnishings.
but that time is not now. New all
ments are not invented every Cay, no
matter what cynical patients may
say, and attackers are hired to attuck.
The I.ancets sharpshootcrs have found
out that n man wears co,orel shirts
not at all because he likes the color
Of them, but because they enable hin
TO carry dirt for a little longer with
out giving Offence Dirt shows up
more srnsntionally OH white back
grounds than dark, as every ninny.
knows. Therefore, let men be candid
md abovcboard and wear white. II
they are soiled, let the public know it;
and so will they be shamed into MAX
ns change withou. holding off for
Sunday morning.
The Lancet should never stop there.
If colored shirts. which are for the
most part enwrapped, are peril. col
bred suits,kwhich are exposed to every
back .alleyfbre are a ascourge and a
Black p eath.; the man in the blue
shirtsisf a menace, hA6in 1thes blue vest
s aAsuioide.E and heSSih the blue coat
10Th suicide and an assassin. There
ore. Clearly and God-fearing mon. who
wish to do no murder, must dress in
'estments Of snowy hue throughout
Town to the little socks Of babyhocd
md the lawn full dress" tie all day
ong.
The fancy negligee' thus having
'een macerated condemned and aLol-
shed from the decent wardrobcs OF the
inverse. we await with no little con-
,ern the Lancet's3verdtct-on baked ham
hash and the meteorological aspects
II the amalgam filling.
E
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Good Use az Tr,, nsfcrs.

The Charity Organization Society
and other useful organizations have
New York city, Tha diffsrent organi-i
cations have lately had printed on the!
backs of street car. transfers some eX-3
.cellent. advice and Information con-.
cerning the prevention o fsconsumption.l
Is good and perth ent ady ce, and
Transfers sec m to sba In pro cesSF OF aho-
on.~-P N hyrg plspa tah ...$
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ST a TEs PRESS
Irobs,n and Japan.

Irobson and Japan
amieabiy disposed oward tho United staics
fn at a fes sy'nf eSfds pa1 as
= well calculated TO ei,ssnder IN their minds
he seo ihq ne ess 81
part. and when once hat suspicion taxes ,.
hold % the popular mind n Japan iap !. Wi
and the dlapositlon To- invite u complication.
Why should Mr.. iiobson designate Japan
nc sn aGer r. s as ne
rhicaI, clinical nor political why there's
rhould DO trouble between US . and Jana. .apan
dcsist from his ridiculous agitation -Peters- 4
burg Index-Appeal.s
In politics while the better element only
show their mettlo 1T some tins Of great
eminent unless tho better clayscsj asht for
II us the blacklcgs and the p!,inderers fight
for for political control and that.ls az the time.
over the honest people, who arc, In a ma.
3ority, are willing 70 fight to.sst the con.
c hges a the eapg wa base
been cursed BY the rule of srafters can end
u when they will. No people need hays
init IL Like people. like rulers. is nm old
snying. and 1t is true one,-SFre fredericksburg
journal
Get Together.
Bryan may not BIO the most acceptable
man In the party to all Democrats. But
no other man would please every body In
q Democracy tho majority rnlcs. Bryan Is
the candidate OF your party: he stands on
platform ernhodying your principles to n
greater extent than any other platform. and I
YOU are fighting for principles more than
for men. Get together. and the victory Is
yours. In apathy there is always danger.
IN dlsorganznt ton there Is weaknkss.--
LynchbufS Advance
Tor Tucker.
When the campaign docs open for tho
govcrnorship we believe that Mr. Tucker
OF this section of the state In whose inter-
est he has SO long and faithful. worked
Tor tho Jamestown ExposItions The peopia
OF Underwater Virginia know best with what
energy and loyalty Mr.. Tucker stood by the
exposition. both here and In Washington.
a an how earnestly he labored from start to
finish. He did all that n man could do, and
moro than one in Thousand could have
done. and tho people down here nre neither
uDfnlndiul nor uEgratefui. and this they viii
Gemonstrate In their cordinlisupport OF Mr.
Ilucker.--Norfolk Ledger-Dispa.ch.
Ono Sign Anyhow.
i, When hen The Democratic were put IN power
IN 1872 they found depleted treasury ana
inc dies already cast for big bond issue
y begins to look like history is going 10 re- =
PEAT itself. That the treasury is depleted 4
therc rs no nistake.-South Hill Enterprise.
A Quudrcnniai Chancc
The .near-prominent citizen, who voted
ms party all his life. but is going to switch
this year and support TAFT or BRYAN AM
Ia n 1yau n
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The Washington Post comments on
the fact that the author Of How to
Keep a Husband" has just secured a
divorce. What of it? When lady
implies that she knows how to keep a,
husband, she doesn't necessarily mean
that she'll keep the same one all the
time.
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THIS just as we'll that American. clt!-
zens who have held 8 public office In
this country, and 5S who subse quently
secure Br ttsh let ers OF naturalization,
Ia dapand enc es, such s Cana daf and
Australia. should know 4 ha T. IL hey are
obi tged, to a rand on he pref III OF On
ora to n helg. nR ~ Ia VIE
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Jim Sherman's are vested interest or
predatory whiskers, John w. ISern's
are Industrious or pro bopoI publico
whiskers. NJ
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The Cincinnati Enquirer AYERS edi-
torially that "Chicago is big. dirty and
obtuse." And by the way. what's the
matter with CINCINNATI?
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/. Iow.'t.ts asks he NJ n town N Hammer,
docs (, husband eel zen Ills III
fraxette Wlfe ls pVt In iail 22',S
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Dr. w. L. Sambon, In the London
Lancet charges that eggs are danger
GUS and frequently spread dlphtheria.l
Pretty soon the pitiless Lancet author.
tiles will have 1t fixed so that a man
won't be allowed to eat anything eN-s
cept his words.
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The books OF the county tax asses
sors Show thai Mr., Bryan possesses
$50 worth of firearms, We suppose
It was this arsenal that enabled him
to fire Guffey out of the party.
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IL MI. WI lives 200 years. as no
says he intends to do, st Is hard to see
how he can expect the questions
to hold out. WI L S;. s}s IN. VT
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The Republican press discusses the
Bryan demonstration of "Wednesday.
with an elaborate sarcasm which CON
firms our suspicious that tho Rcpub-l
licans are always mighty bad losers.
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Some of those who read the news
paper counsels for n safe and sane
Fourth, and some Of those who read
them and laughed. are out on crutches
this morning.
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citizen. who voted
nut is going to switch
Taft or Bryan. az the
y getting his name IA
does every four years.
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1t has. not as yet appeared that the
Bryan managers have assigned stump
duties in any OF the doubtful States
to Colonel James A. Guffey.
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Probably most of the men, who said
that they wouldn't accept the vice
presidential nomination for anything
are still kicking themselves with dis
appointment this morning.
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Cnre For the Aged.

WI s u
The new Prime Minister OF England
Mr. Asquith. recently created quite a
sensation In Parliament by introduce
ing a scheme for the pensioning Of
the aged.
The common caro- OF the aged as
provided in our eleenlosynary institu-
lions, is not only deeply humillating
to the aged themselves. but reflects
no credit upon society.
Our nation has set noble example
in this regard by the manner in which
1T cares for It's aged soldiers.
To the old soldier there is noesense
of yhun1iliationtina accepting rations and
lodging from his .sUncle Sam" He
has been used to this. And some pro-
vision should be made for our aged
which would stand for the highest ex-5
preston Of Christian humanitarIanlsm
on the one hand. and. on the other
hand, which would conserve the self
respect Of the beneficiary.
It is to the credit of the House OF
Minister'S plan by a large majority
Kansas City Post
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How Maine Bankers Hid Their Money.
For two years. from 1912 to 1s14.the
treasure OF ali the banks OF the Forest
City lay in the parlor OF the Aarrett
house, In Standish village. and as evil
dence OF the fact Today upon the par
lor door can be seen the huge lock
which was placed there nearly CEN
tury ago to add safeguard to the
treasure.
During the War OF 1912 the bankers
Of Portland thought their treasure was
in danger of being looted by the Brit
ish forces. and In casting about for a
safe place their. choice fell upon the
town of Standlsh and the Marrett
house as a depositary for the treasure.
Loaded upon six ox-cart and guarded
closely. the money. thousands of dol
lars of 1t, was transported sixteen miles
and deposited in the place OF safety,
where 1t remained for two years with
a guard Of but one man to watch It.
The door OF the parlor in which the
money was placed was reinforced by
a heavy lock having a brass handle.
and extra supports were placed under
the floor OF the room to sustain the
enormous weight OF wealth. The house
is still owned by descendants OF the
Rev. Mr.. Marrett. and is one OF the
Oldest OF the town.-Lewlston Journal.
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President Cipriano Castro. 1T seems,
lives in a steel palace which is said to
be the strongest house in the world
and able to resist the heaviest gunfire.
Uncle SANS only chance would be to
catch Cipriano when he has stepped
out to NOW the lawn.
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\ Qundrcnu,al churce

80 5z7hF - - = $3.50
The near-prominent
his party all his life.
this year and support
case may be. is nlread
the papers. Just as he
Stone Gnp Post.