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The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
NATURAL PERvERSITY.
Experience of Man Lighting His Cigar
in an Open Car.

''The perversity of things inani-
mate is a natural law that should be
made the subject of research, in my
opinion" remarked an observer of the
passing show recently to Washing
ton Star reporter. Coming down on
an electric car this morning l essayed
to light my cigar. The moving car
naturally created strong breeze.
-Four matches l struck and all were
blown out. From the fifth 1 man
aged to get light, when man be-
hind me asked me for some fire. /
reached the blazing match back to
him Unprotected, and, while the
breeze was just as strong, it burned
steadily until the man lit cigarette,
and it was still ablaze when he threw
it over the rail. Such thing, 1 ven-
ture to say, happens constantly in the
experience of every smoker. Indeed,
it is almost proverb among smokers
that one can't blow match out after
he has got light. Drop collar but
ton, and nine times out of ten it will
get to a place more or less difficult
of access. Let piece of buttered
bread fall, and it's pretty sure to light
on the buttered side. There is no
doubt in the world that inanimate
things are perverse, and I'd certainly
like to know the reason why"
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
IN PRAISE OF WALKING.
Shakespeare Advised 1t and Practice1
What He Preached.

Walking is the natural recreation
for man who desires not absolutely
to suppress his intellect, but to turn
it ont to play for a season, says the
Monthly Review. All great men of
letters have, therefore, been enthusi-
astic walkers exceptions, Of course,
excepted). Shakespeare, besides be-
ing great sportsman, lawyer, di-
vine, and so forth, conscientiously OBJ
served his own maxim: Jog on, jog
on, the footpath way though full
proof of this could only be given in an
octave volume. Anyhow, he OWNED
the connection between walking and a
''merry heart" that is, of course,
cheerful acceptance Of our positionin
the universe founded upon the deep
est moral and philosophical princi-
pies. His friend Ben Jonson walked
from London to Scotland. Another
gentleman of the period q forget his
name) danced from London to Nor
wich. Tom Coryate hung up in his
parish church the shoes in which he
walked from Venice and then started
to walk with occasional lifts) to In
dia. Contemporary walkers of more
serious character might be quoted,
such as the admirable Barclay, the ia
NOUS Quaker apologist, from whom
the great Capt. Barclay inherited his
proves. Everyone, too, must remem-
Der the incident in Walton's Life of
Hooker" Walking from Oxford to
Exeter, he went to see his godfather,
Bishop Jewel, at Salisbury. The
bishop said that he would lend him
''a horse which hath carried me many
mile, and. l thank God, with much
ease" and presently delivered into
his hands walking staff with which
he professed be had travelled through
many parts of Germany He added
ten groats and munificently promised
ten groats more when Hooker should
restore the ''horse.' When, in later
days, Hooker once rode to London. he
expressed more passion than that mild
divine was ever known to show upon
| any other occasion against a friend
who had dissuaded him from ''footing
it," The hack, it seems, ''trotted
when he did not" and discomposed
the thoughts which had been soothed
| by the walking staff.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
SETON-THOMPSON'S HOME.
Author Artist Has Large Wooded Est
tate in Connect icut.

A more fitting forsuch
a man could not be found than the
new home which Mr.. and Mrs. Seton
Thompson-or Mr.. and Mrs. Seton,
as they prefer to be known, having
dropped ''Thompson'' from their sur
name-have selected in Connecticut.
A hundred acres of woodland, which
they have named Wyndygoul, for one
of the Seton estates in Scotland, offers
the naturalist -author-lecturer an
ideal opportunity for investigating
and studying his animal friends, and
a quiet retreat for writing and illus
trating. 1t is difficult to realize that
so wild a bit of forest is within an
hour of New York. The private road
that leads from the gates to the house
winds quarter of mile between
green walls of trees, flanked by mossy
.bowlders, and raising above ravines
that tumble off at reckless angles.
The house stands on the highest
point of the tract. It is Spanish in ef-
feet, the lower story of rough-hewn,
green-tipped rocks, quarried on the
place; the upper story of creamy pink
stucco. The low, red roof, wide
verandas, low entrance door and
quaint arrangement of windows are
interesting and picturesque. The
Englishman's love of solidity rs
shown in the thick walls, massive cor
nices of natural wood, and in the
heavy beams of the studio ceiling
Myra Emmons, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
NEVER SAW A HORSE CAR.
Young American Had His First Glimpse
of One in Europe.

"One hardly realizes" said a sum-
mer widower to a Washington Star
man, chow quickly things that have
been common and familiar for years
are showed out of sight in the march
of progress and improvement and
soon become obsolete, if not forgot
ten. l had this called to my attention
this week by letter from my wife,
now in Europe with the small boy,
who is bit over three years of age.
He is an up-to-date sort of youngster,
and does not make much fuss over
things, so that nothing on the way
over or on landing seemed to faze him
in the slightest.
cat Antwerp there was q big fes-
tival or kirmess going on, and there
were great doings, but he had seen
an inaugural procession and soldiers,
and fireworks didn't rattle him. but
when he saw horse car he was COM
pletely fabbergasted. Throwing up
his hands as if overcome with aston
ishment, he exclaimed: Who in the
world ever heard of horse helping a
street carl
Come to think of it, you know, he
really never had seen horse car in
his life, certainly not since he was old
enough to take notice But it does
seem funny that that should have
been the first thing in Europe to ex-
cite his astonishment. Poor child. he
will never know the. joys l used to
know Of standing on the back plat
form of one of those old Eleventh
street bobtail cars and making it rock
up and down until sometimes it would
go off the track before the driver could
get back and scare me off. Tough
luck,"
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
SHE WAS GOOD AT FIGURES.
bow One Woman Arrived at the Age of
Another.

eyes, my wife is great at mathe-
matics. / sometimes feel that she
ought to have gone in for astronomy
or something of that kind where clev-
er handling of figures would bring
success.
sYou ought to have been here last
night. She did some calculating that
was simply remarkable. How old do
you suppose Mrs. Lammerson is?
Forty-three, Yes, sir, my wife has
figured it. How did she do it? Well,
l don't know that | can explain ex-
actly, but she heard Mrs. Lammerson
say yesterday afternoon that she was
% when she was married, and that two
years later they moved to Bristol,
where they lived for nine months.
-Four years after that they lived in
London for awhile, and then they
spent a year and half abroad
Now comes the clever part of the
figuring. While they were in France
the lady bought ring which she
wears to-day, 1t weighed 21 carats
when it was new, but probably isn't
more than half that heavy at present
This, according to my wife's figures,
shows that the ring has been worn at
least ten years. All these totals add
ed together, multiplied by two and
then subtracted from the age of the
pony which Lammerson bought for
his wife IA years ago, show that she
was 43 her last birthday
''No, l can't tell just how it's done,
but any woman can explain it to you
London Tit-Bits.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
Raising a Street.

Underne cath the town Of North
wich are numbers of brine-springs,
which have been used for the prep
aration of salt even before the Chris
tian era. Owing to the immense ex-
cavations occasioned by the pumping
up of this brine High street has
again to be raised about four feet. AS
recently as 1892 it was raised five feet,
and again the thoroughfare is on a
level with the River Weaver, which
runs close by. The property to be
lifted consists Of hotels and large
shops, under which hydraulic jacks
are placed, and as the structures are
raised wooden wedges are inserted,
the buildings presenting the appear
ance of resting on stills. So accu-
rately is the work done that "busi-
ness is carried on as usual during al
terations," and but little inconven-
ience is experienced by the families
London Tit-Bits-
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
HINDOOS TO DRINK TEA.
Efforts of Indian Planters to Secure Home
Market

The failure Of the endeavors to
effect an srran cement for restricting
the outturn of tea in India and Ceylon
has induced the Indian planters to
take measures for stimulating the sale
of tea among the natives of India, says
the London Express. 1t is proposed
to distribute 100000 pounds for
this purpose, and the greater part of
the quantity required is said to have
been already subscribed. The new
scheme will involve either the provi-
sion of central depot at Delhi, with
branches, or the establishment Of
agencies in all the principal cities of
India. Meanwhile an agent of the In
dian Tea association is making an eff
fort to develop an overland trade with
Seistan, in Persia, where the beverage
has always been popular. Tea can
now be sent from Calcutta into Per-
sia by the Nushk-Seistan route at
less than five shillings per cwt. An
other frontier market that seems ca
pable of being exploited is Thibet,
where China tea holds the field, main
1y owing to the commercial monopoly
enjoyed by the Lamas.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
AN ENGLISH JUDGE.
Sets Forth the Law on Unlawful Kiss
ing.

John Angel, a Fulham omnibus
driver, who was summoned at West
London for assaulting his next door
neighbor, a farmer named Scott,
pleaded in extenuation that he did so
because Scott had kissed his wife.
Scott said: Eyes, | did kiss her,
but l was under the influence Of
drink. She gave me great temptation
to kiss her.
Mr.. Powden-Do you mean you
kissed her to please her or yourself?
''To please her" Uaughter.)
Mr.. Powden-On what day did you
kiss her?
"On the 2Sth day of May"
Mr.. Powden-On what day was the
thrashing?
'The first of July"
Angel Gnterposing)-He got it as
soon as heard oft. Uaughter) He
expected it. Blessed is he who gets
what he expects. Oaughter.)
Mr.. Powder remarked that it was
not often man kissed a woman to
please her without pleasing himself.
If Scott kissed the wife to please her
the husband should have been much
obliged to him for doing it. He
should have shaken his hand, and ex-
pressed gratitude for helping to
make his wife whom he loved happy.
But unfortunately he did not believe
it. If there was not any law he should
have held that Scott deserved a
thrashing. However, there was such
a thing, and legally Scott ought not
to have been thrashed. He imposed a
penalty of five shillings, with two
shillings costs-London Mail.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
OUTw1TrED.
Eow the Poles Got Ahead of the Postal
Authorities.

That it is easier to make law than
to enforce it the post Office authori
ties of Germany are now learning to
their cost.
They recently ordered that in fu-
ture every letter mailed in the Ger
man empire must have on its envelope
an address written in German charac-
ters, and they give notice that let
ters written in the Roman characters,
which have hitherto been in use, will
not be delivered
To the inhabitants of German Po-
land, who have at heart little love for
Germany or for the German style of
writing, this new regulation proved
extremely offensive, and they deter
mined to disregard it. But how?
They certainly could not afford to re-
frain altogether from letter writing.
Finally they decided to adopt the
following ingenious plan: They ad-
dress their envelopes now as the gov
ernment has ordered, in German char
acters, but they also address them in
Roman characters, one side Of the en-
velope being used for each address.
Sometimes they put the German char
acters on the back, and at other times
on the front of the envelopes; invari-
| ably, however. there are two addresses
on every letter that is mailed. As a
result, the post Office clerks are at
their wits end, for an enormous
amount of extra labor is thus entailed
on them, and the only way in which
they can retaliate is by delaying for
day or two the delivery of all letters
thus addressed.-N. Y. Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
THE RUSSIAN TONGUE.
Needs Barbed Wire When Using the
Telephone.

Discussions and stories of a lin
guistic character have a peculiar
charm for Opie Read. Recently he
was surrounded by group of news
paper men. One of these confessed
that he had lately taken up the study
of the Russian tongue, with very dis
raging results, considering the
fact that French, Spanish and Italian
had been comparatively easy for him.
ooh, that's not strange" consoling-
ly remarked the story writer, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Post; ''the
Chicago Telephone company had a
worse experience than that with the
terrors of the Slav tongue. A drug
gist in the heart of the Russian COL
ony recently had telephone instru-
ment installed in his place for the ac-
commodation of his patrons. The
minute the first user of the telephone
began TO talk Russian into the receiver
the wire kinked into small knots like
a tensely twisted string. They
couldn't do thing to meet the emer-
gency until one of the telephone line
men who had once attempted to do
missionary work in Russian settle
ment in Minnesota replaced the
smooth insulated copper strand with
the ordinary barb wire. That jagged
medium proved a perfect means Of
transmission for Russian speech"
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
MICROBES.
Many Are Harmless, Few Dangerous
Sunlight the Best Weapon.

Half the deaths in the world are
now known to be caused by microbes.
In normal health about 70 distinct
species are ordinarily present in the
whole body. Local or climatic con-
ditions might lessen the number
somewhat or increase it to several
hundred. The entire mucous men,
brane of the body is infested by
microbes. The eye is, however, COM
paratively free, because it is constant
ly washed by tears. The digestive or
gans, next to the skin, contain the
most microbes. Thirty species inhab-
it the mouth, 80 the stomach and as
the lower part of the interior of the
body. The tonsils in the throat are
often found to contain germs of all
sorts. The lungs, windpipe and bron-
chial tubes are always likely to con-
tain few tubercle bacilli-diph-
liberia, influenza or pneumonia. The
liver and kidneys harbor germs Of can
Ger, tuberculosis, malaria, typh old fe-
yer. Sometimes all of these are pres
ent at the same time along with many
harmless germs.
If section of the ordinarily
healthy forearm were placed under
the microscope it might show here
and there tubercle, tetanus Qockjaw),
malaria or blood-poisoning bacilli.
but they would be rare. Nature
great and unfailing weapon against
microbes is sunshine. Sometimes it
takes few minutes. sometimes weeks,
but in the end direct ray of sunlight
will kill any microbe. What are mi
crobes? They are very low orders of
animal or vegetable life. The major
| ity of those which inhabit the human
| body are believed to be vegetable
| The air swarms with microbes. Ex-
| pertinent shows that in one minute in
the air of living-room from so to 100
microbes will fall on one square inch
of gelatin. One microbe, the myco-
derma aceti, is a dipSomaniac. Nc
human being ever had the thirst fo1
alcohol that this microbe possesses
1t will turn the finest wine ever made
to vinegar in a few hours. Strange
to say, this groggy microbe never
touches liquor which contains above
ten per cent. alcohol, showing that it:
taste is refined In the human stom
ach it is harmless.-London Express
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
Typhoid from Fish.

English scientists are studying
with interest the details regarding an
outbreak of typhoid fever in South
wark, Kensalgreen and Lambeth in
September of last year. The alleged
cause was the consumption of fried
fish. This is the first time that fish
have been credited with the power of
carrying infection. Mussels, cookies,
oysters and even shrimps have been
known to cause typhoid fever, simply
because they have been taken from
water into which sewage was allowed
to escape. One would have imagined
that the cooking of the fish would
have destroyed the microbes.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
How Scotchmen Marry.

In Scotland the path to matrimony
is broader and smoother than in Eng
land. The great holiday time in Glas-
gov is the fair week. All the ship
yards are closed and man has time to
marry. But many shirk the toll
gates of the high road. Several ir-
regular marriages took place this fair
in Glasgow. The method is simple
and inexpensive. The. couple take
each other for man and wife before
witnesses, and then they go to the
sheriff and ask for warrant to register.
There is an absence of fuss and we'd
ding cake which appeals to the modest
and economical mind. Besides
miners, laborers, engineers and ship
yard workers generally, the 70 num-
bered ventriloquist, a physician, a
valet, a school board officer, a hotel
keeper, a coach man, soldier, sea
captain, a lapidary and a motor car
driver-London Chronicle.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
Advantage of the Middle Name.

'I have lived one long life of mixed
laundry" said Mrs. Elihu Root, the
wife of the secretary Of war, not long
since, "and now 1 am strong advo-
cate of middle names" The confu-
sion in the family has arisen from the
fact that her husbands name is Elihu
and her children's names Elihu, Ed
ward and Edith, on each of whose be-
longings the initials "E. r. are to be
found.-N. Y. Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
TOLD OF MARK TWAIN.
The Humorist Gives a Candid Opinion
of Himself

Sometimes of a sunny afternoon
Mark Twain strolls up and down that
part of Fifth avenue above Twenty
third street where art and book stores
are frequent, says the New York
Times. The humorist seems to find
certain rest in peering into windows
of these, though he rarely crosses their
thresholds. He was about to turn
away from the window of shop when
his eye was caught by what seemed to
be an etching Of himself The humor-
ist was staring blankly at his likeness
when he was joined at the window by
one Of those chatty individuals always
ready for street corner exchange Of
opinion.
''Pretty good likeness of the old
man, isn't it?' said the chatterer,
without seeing the writer's full face,
which was partly in shadow.
Mark said it was.
'|Say, what do you think of that fell
lows work, anyway" went on the
chatterer.
Il Think" said Mark, still without
turning his head, "that he is the
greatest impostor the American peo-
pie ever refused to take seriously"
"How 500"
'Well, because he really is serious
and because nobody'll believe him; he
passes for being humorous. With
that Mr.. Clemens faced his ques-
toner.
"Well, III be switched!' calculated
the chatterer.
The face of the humorist became
deeply concerned. "For heavens sake,
don't tell anyone I told you. 1t would
ruin me with my publishers" he said,
starting up the avenue.
But the chatterer went home and
told his friends.
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
HoUsEroP coNsERvAroR1Es.
The English People Arc Beginning te
Think of Them

Flat roofs have never attained great
popularity in England, says the Lon
don Hospital, although in some work
mems dwellings they are provided.
Perhaps the reason has been partly
doubt as to their being permanently
weather-tight, partly to the fact that
ii well made they are heavy to support
and expensive to construct; moreover,
an the present state of the atmosphere
of London life in the open air is not
constant JOY, and horticultural pur-
suits on housetops are not very at
tractive.
A glass-roofed room or conserva-
tory, however, would be another af-
fair. A glass ridge and furrow roof
can be made practically watertight,
it need not be heavy, and if the walls
of a roof conservatory are carried to
the full height it may be well protect
ed from the ravages of the wind
With such a roof it would be perfectly
possible, by simple mechanical con-
trlvance such as is constantly used
IN greenhouses, to throw the whole
structure open to the air, and thus.
while obtaining protection from the
weather when this is needed, to secure
all the advantages of open air when
the weather is propitious. The desir-
ability Of children passing a consider
able portion of their time in the open
air is manifest, while unfortunately it
is equally manifest that in most cases
town children cannot obtain fresh air
without inhaling the foulest of dust.
Infinitely better would it be for a
child to play about in its roof conserv-
atory, as it could do for hours every
day, than to take its perfunctory
S'walk" or be wheeled through the
London streets at level Of only about
so inches from the ground.
We notice that al recent meeting
of the American Pediatric society DR..
Northrup reported that by his advice
a sun room had been built on the roof
of a private house in New York; a
playroom in which fresh air and sun
light can be enjoyed without dust,
and free from the dangers of the
streets, and that the family for whom
the structure was built had had the
satisfaction Of finding that their child,
who had been very delicate, grew up
strong and we'll But our suggestion
is not merely to build a playroom on
the roof, but to make this GLASGOW
cred room itself form the roof of the
building, much as weaving shed is
made to form the roof of a mill in
the textile factories in the north of
En- oland
The Jennings daily record., 1901-11-27
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
How a Mans Unusual Integrity Brought
Him a Fortune.

"Ihere goes a man whose start IN
life would make good Sunday school
sermon on the text, Honesty is the
best policy" said a Calumet club
man as Nathaniel Witherell passed
down the avenue.
splendid man, too-what's the
story?'
"Well, he and friend put every
cent they had into mine in Mon
tana when they were young men
worked it some time with more or less
profit, and then sold out at big profit
to an English syndicate. Under this
management, however, the thing
shortly proved to be only pocket
and the syndicate representative ac-
cused the two Of unfair dealing. The
verdict of an expert employed prac-
tica1ly conceded with that of the own
ers as to the pocket claim. So, after
consultation with his associate, Mr..
Witherell concluded TO refund the
money rather than suffer the imputa-
ton OF dlshonesty, and SIX months
after the original transaction the
whole business was on their hands
again. The transfer papers had been
drawn up and signed, and the last
gang Of workmen were leaving the
mine when one of them half way up
the shaft dropped his pick. This en-
terprising implement proceeded to
chip bits off the side of the shaft here
and there on its way to the bottom,
One Of these bits was discovered to
contain an unusually rich streak of
ore. Witherell's expert located the
spot from which the chip had broken,
found a rich vein of ore and work was
resumed. The find proved valuable
one, and Mr. Witherell's millions are
principally due to his unusual busi-
ness honesty and that chance tumble
of pick. IN. Y. Times.