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The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

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HERE has, been a great deal
Z ~ sof smallpox in Washington.
@ and almost every member OF
congress has been vaccinat-'
5ed in consequence. AS re-
~ suit visitors to the capitol
are seeing what Congress
man Cannon calls one
armed oratory." BY that the head of
the appropriations committee means
arguments illustrated and emphasized
with gestures made with one arm.
Its the best thing that ever struck
congress- said Mr.. Cannon in com
Inenting on the epidemic. Formerly
when we allowed member to make
a little speech, he took ten or fifteen
minutes to work his mouth and about
fifty square feet for his arms. Now
he works his mouth at the regulation
rate. but only the members to the
right OF him have to move their seats.
In the old days if you sat within twen-
ty-fve feet of speaker you were liza
bic to have your head punched every
time he made a point. Now you can
sit in perfect safety right under an
orator if you only keep on the left
side of him
aof Tennessee INDUCES in burst of
humor.
Recently. while a bill was being dis
-cussed in the senate, MIR. Hoar and
Mr.. Burton. who were standing side
by side. talked about the measure, but
addressed their remarks to each other
in a low tone.
Mr.. President" said Senator Bate
cannot the senators take us into
their confidence? They seem to be
having a delightful private colloquy.
and really We would like to share in
the good things which they are say
ing
Senator Bate chuckled as he sat
down. His sarcasm. however. had it's
effect. and when the two senators
spoke again every body heard their
remarks.
Senator Joseph Walden Bailey, who
represents the state of Texas in the
upper branch of Congress, was born in
Mississippi in 1868, and moved to
Texas in 1885. His conspicuous ability
secured for him early advancement in
politics in his state and in Congress
he was given the nomination for the
speakership by the Democratic minor
ity. this of course, carrying with it the
leadership of his party in the house.
He is serving his first term in the
Senate but his utterances on lmpor-
rant legislation are listened to with
Difference by the wise men of that
body.
When Gen. Grosvenor essayed his
speech on Cuban reciprocity his voice
was in bad condition, and he placed or
his desk bottle, filled with fluid as
white as milk. From time to time he
paused to sample the contents. His
allotted time had run out long before
the bottle was empty and a member
moved that his time be extended. JUS
as the general was taking another tug
at his medicine.
Il move" said Hank Smith o
Michigan. at whom Gen. Grosveno'
had been poking fun for seeing spook:
in the Sugar Trust, that the gentle
man be given time to conclude hi
speech and take drink
That evened up the score for thu
sentleman from Michigan.
The expected resignation of DR.. A
d White from the Enthusiastically t.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

A negro who had been arrested on
susnicion gave himself away" in
clever reply to question recently.
How old are you?" asked the JUS
tice.
II dunno, sub"
"You don't know your own ages?
NO, suh.'
well. now, that's strange!"
..you may think so now, sub, was
tho repIy. but wen you hez been in de
nonitentiary ez long ez l hez, you'll
lose track er time, too!
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26
PoRTUGAL'S KING MAY ABDiCATE
Threatened Revolution and Bankrups
Country the Causes.

King Carlos l. of Portugal. who, it
is said contemplates abdication ow-
ing to the threatened revolution and
the bankrupt condition of his king
dom ascended the Portuguese throne
Oct. 10, 1889. Since that time he has
been constantly harassed by financial
troubles. In 1892 he and the entire
royal family gave up fifth of their
income to help out the state. The
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

One of the most beautiful bridges
in Japan is that known as the HFuii-
moon" which is near Toxic Inc
Fullmoon bridge is built out from the
bank in solid blocks of marble, till the
the current rushing under 1t appears
to be flowing through a perfect circle
of which the upper half only can be
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

The Lombardy poplar is noted for
its slender. upward pointing branches.
This peculiarty of the branches is ac-
counted for in this way: An old man
was so fortunate as to find a pot of
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26
UNtQUE FULLMOON BRIDGE IN JAPAN.

seen. Descending from its zenith on
the superior surface of the bridge.
shallow steps lead away in gentle
degrees to the shore, and these ara
guarded by an elaborate balustrade,
whose small fine pillars in no way
break the noble sweep of the arch
itself.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

Above the engraving are the words
Gin Germany. In Remembrance Of ths
Journey to America, 1902" while in
smaller letters beneath this is printed
Lloyd Steamer kronprinz Wilhelm
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26
MEMENTo OF THE PRINCES VISIT
German Government Has just Issusd
Three Mark Silver Piece. ~
The mint of the German govern
ment has struck off a three mark sill.

yer piece commemorative of the visit
of Prince Henry to the UniLed Stares-
The coin is about the size of the
United States half dollar. but is a
trifie heavier. Its value is y cents.
On one side are bas-reliefs of Presl-
dent Roosevelt and Prince Henry.
which are splendid examples of mint,
ing. On the reverse side is repre-
sentation of a huge ship in midocean-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

Only the soul can measure the stars
OF salvation.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

HERE has been a great deal
:: ; :: !: J 8
Z ~ ,of smallpox in Washington.
and almost every member OF
congress has been vaccinat-'
yed in consequence. AS re-
suit visitors to the capitol
are seeing what Congress
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-26

The expected resignation of DR.. A.
D. White from the enthusiastically to
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

En9lass Mas Ne lrsrs-lrs,ani
Only One P1utosSa1.

Oss1 OssO = sosSObWes .reftd
There are only fifteen mllAonaltee
in Great Britain and one In. Ireland
at least this would appear to be 40
from the official income tax returns
just issued.
According to the returns these six
teen persons make the sum total OF
the individuals in this country who
enjoy incomes OF over E5O,OOO and
this is about the millionaire level.
1t is true that there are 1S4 people
with. incomes Of between 10000 and
100000. and. of course, a considerable
number of these are just OH the line
across which they would he classed as
millionaires. Incomes Of between,
$500 and f1OOOO are enjoyed by 424
people.
TO be an assessor Of income tax one
needs heart OF flint TO him the
world is Dantesquc Inferno. filed
with dolorous complainings.
1t is always. The worst year re-
member. SIR or Hard times. very
hard times" every year sees The ma
ton ION its last financial legs"
Unfortunately the great ma iority OF
the smaller income people have no
opportunity OF blending poverty They
are people with salaries and the in
come tax man has access to the tell
tale wage list. But the millionaire is
not salaried man For the most part
he pays Oh IN assessmcn, provided by
himself. and the abovc-ouoted figures
give one to think"
Down the scale the numbers gradu-
ally increase until of incomes between
Ei6O and f2OO there are no fewer than
13S.45G: while of smaller incomes not
exempt from taxation there are
1897.
But there is one singular exception
TO this steady gradation. There are
comparatively few incomes Of be-
tween $500 and 600. the number be-
ing 1899 in Great Britain. whereas the
figures immediately above and below
| are 3935 and 2641.
There appears, indeed. to be n
strange fatality about this particular
size of income. for we find that it is
rare. not only in the ease of private
| persons. but also of firms. public COM
| panies and municipal corporations.
| The return gives startling evidence
| of the large proportion of the burden
which is borne by the comparatively
poor man. OF incomes between EGO
| and 1000 the gross amount assessed
| is f25 .933513: Of the incomes between
| 5000 and $500 the gross amount as
sessed is f24.215.614. But of incomep
between $1,000 and $4,000 the gross
amount assessed was only fS.252,5 ,524.
1t is interesting to note that there
| is in Great Britain eighty-siX firms
with an income of over 100000, but
not one in Ireland; and that in Great
| Britain there are CSC public companies.
and in Ireland nineteen. which have
incomes of over ESQ. OO0.-London Mail.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

The land of the sacred White Ele-
plant has sent to America its amiable
he has been received With plentiful
hospitality. Rumors are now at1oat
that the King himself may pay visit
to the greatest Of republics. If he
follows his sons example and comes
over the seas to this continent, he will
find cordial greeting here. remarks
the New York Tribune. and it may be
that our people will be able to show
him some things that will keenly in
terest so open eyed monarch.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
Brave Rogue, Good Soldier.

ga brave rogue will make Il good
soldier" wrote the kaiser on a report
setting forth that Johann Schmitz.
afraid of being drafted as n recruit,
went TO bed with his trousers OH and
twenty bees in the pockets of same
this during the night preceding the day
of inspection. johann fondly hoped
to be judged unfit if his leg was
swollen and stiff. owing to the impris-
oned bees deadly work. The bees did
not disappoint Johann-his leg was in
the desired condition, but the doctors
saw the trick and accepted him. de-
spite and because of it. ST. Louis
Globe. Democrat.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
NlT. Yet Y.

I'VE often see peculiar names. said
Deputy Register J. Il. Pemberton re-
Gently. but the most peculiar one that
has overcome to my attention in the
years that l have spent in the Regis
ter's office was the name of Il fgentlef
man transferring Il piece Of property Il
few days ago. His name was Yet Y.
There is no joke about the matter, for
the official records show this is his act
ual name and no one would take the
chances of tampering with the official
records. The name struck me as being
so peculiar tina, / asked him how he
came TO get such Il name. Mr.. Y said:
Il do not know just exactly how I came
to have the very peculiar name. though
| have investigated the matter. | find
that my family originally came from
the southern part of England, and the
name was first spelled whey doubt
less from the fact that some of my
early ancestors worked OH the wheys.
Later | find the name came to be
why" However. the name Of my
grandfather was simply y. and my
fathers name was Sacuues y. ! sup.
pose that l was given the name l now
bear to let the people know that the
family name was yet N.-Chatta-
nooga Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Pride spells peril.
Deeds arp inde1ib1e.

l'flte SpellS l'tIli.
Deeds are indelible
Every effort educates.
The call of duty never contradicfs z,
itself ..,-
Paint cannot make a picture by its
own power.
Charity seldom crawls out of
crowded purse.
1t takes much misery to make some
men seek mercy.
Obscuriry furnishes--n. gead pedestals.
for lasting fame. ~
Poverty makes Il goodly fEdme for
the picture of purity.
The waiting work furnishes us suf-
ficient warrant to do it,
1t doesn't take much gold-leaf to
cover the pupil of the eye.
He cannot consecrate his gift who
fears to have it consumed.
1t is possible to smother the fire of
zeal by too much fuel of effort.
Effort does not always produce the
best effect in spiritual things.
No amount of culture could make
Il cabbage grow out Of an oak.
If you use mirror to find your own
faults YOU will forget to use Il micro
scope for those OF others.-Rams
Horn.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

The ordinary camel. which will
never hurry under any circumstances
has been transformed in Southern AL
geria into an animal SO different in
size, temper and appearance that 1t
may almost be looked upon as a differ
ent race. This is the racing camel.
priced for it's speed. The result Of
many generations of careful breeding.
which has been encouraged by valua-
BILE prizes, it can be depended upon for
nine or ten miles an hour, which it can
keep up for sixteen or seventeen hours.
almost without stop. Its value is
five or ten times that of the beast Of
burden. The camel races are popular
sport, and are made exciting by the
evident interest of the creatures them.
selves in winning.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

Farmers so far as actual wealth Is
concerned. are the capitalists of the
United States, states Success. The
Census Bureau report on the value Of
farming property of the country esti-
mates that the 5,739,657 farms of the
United States are worth S16614, ,69O,-
247. OF this amount $3.50, 1913. 191. or
PA per cent. represents the value OF
buildings, and S13, ia. .492. .Oo6, or SIG
per cent. the value Of land and i'm
provements. Farm implements and
machinery are worth S761 ,261 $50, and
live stock is worth S3.O7S. .O5O. .O41. max.
ing the total farming wealth over $780,
514 100000.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

The Philadelphia Record says that
the automobile is useful and service.
able carrier, but like many other useful
and serviceable inventions it is nui.
sance and a danger in the hands of a
reckless driver on the public highways.
1t is we'll that proper responsibility
for its misuse shall be legally estab-
lished so that everyone may under
stand the risk of going at Il peniten-
tiary gait.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
State Roads and the University.

1t is with great pleasure we note the
consideration given the proposition
that the large sum of money in the
State Treasury be used to prepare one
of the State schools for development
into university and to give us State
system of roads 1t is entirely clear
that the same money can be used for
both purposes the university need
only be assured of Il revenue in time
of need to begin its growth immediate
ly. and the sums invested in the roads
would be the best investment cduca-
tional interests could desire. The
counties paying the revenue TO the
university would make money. instead
of taxing property, because the road
would be, worth far more than il would
cost in the permanent increase OF value
given to the lands along its route and
the encouragement afforded to invest
ment, while the returns made by the
university would also pay dividends in
the brains that are worth dollars ten
to one. or even sixteen to one.
AS vet the discussion has confined
itself to the fundamental proposition
but we hope the members elect of the
next Legislature will be ready to deal
practically with the responsibility of
having sum so large in ready money
Every day this is idle loss is inflicted
on the people of the State and on great
public interests. Practically. the State
has no debt to pay. because she is her
own creditor. and to wipe out the
bonds would only give another sum
for investment. Clearly the money
should be invested in that great public
Improvement which can best promise
safety and volume of returns. TO drain
the lich swamp lands of the State is
an enterprise of merit reasonably Ger
tain to make probable that private
means and enterprise could better deal
with the engineering and other prob
lens involved? Is it not better that
the State confine itself to strictly pub
lie utilities and leave. the rest to ndi-
viduals or corporations? Florida
Times Union
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
Learning and Age.

Men of thought have always been
distinguished for their age. Colon. So
phocles, Pindar. Anacreon and Aeno-
phon were octogenarians. Kant. Buff
fon, Goethe. Fontenelle and Newton
We're over eighty. Micha aelangelo and
Titan We're eighty-nine and ninety
nine. respectively. Harvey. the dis
coverer of the circulation of the blood,
lived to be eighty. Many men have
done excellent work after they have
passed eighty years. Landor wrote
his 'Imaginary Conversation when
eighty-five: Isaak Walton welded a
ready pen at ninety. Hahnemann
married at eighty. and was still work
ing at ninety-one. Michaelangelo was
still painting his giant canvasses at
eighty-nine. and Titan at ninety
worked with the vigor of his early
years. Fontenelle was as light heart
ed at ninety eight as at forty, and
Newton at eightythree worked as hard
as he did in middle life. Cornaro was
in far better health at ninety-tive than
at thirty and as happy as sandboy.
At Hanover Dr.. Du Bolsy was still
practicing as a physician in 1897. going
his daily rounds at the age of 1O3.
William Reynold Salmon, NJ. r. c. s.,
Of Cambridge, Glamorganshire, died
on March II, 1897. at the age of 1O6
At the time of his death he was the
oldest known individual of indisputa.
bly, authenticated age, the Oldest ply
sician and the Oldest member Of the
Royal College Of Surgeons, England
Chambers Journal.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser, in discussing the subject of ''The
Penalty of Fame" concludes as fol-
lows: FINALLY. the question may be
asked whether any man is really IA
nous in the sense that his name Is
universally known. Napoleon is the
supreme example of the famous man,
famous as soldier, as statesman
and as an extraordinary personality.
One day, however, at the time of the
Second Empire. the cousin of Napoleon
III. came to his palace and remarked
to the guests whom lie found there that
he had just had a conversation in the
gardens of the Palais Royal with a
woman who had been born and reared
in Paris and yet who had never heard
Napoleon's name and had not the
very faintest notion Of who Napoleon
Was."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

Leopold. King of Belgium. is one
Of the shrewdest spectators in Eu-
rope. 1t is said that the capitalists
who went into his West African enter
prises have all come out with an ad-
dition to their visible supply of ex-
perience, while he is the only one who
has materially increased his bank ac-
count.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
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TN an address before the American
Society for Municipal Improve
ment, delivered at the ninth annual
= session, held in Rochester. n. V,
on October 8. Nelson +. Lewis, Chair
ing. made the following remarks con-
cerning pavements in the smaller cities
and suburban districts:
"In the forty-six papers on street
paving read before the society little at
tention has been given to the improve
ments which are of most interest to the
smaller cities and suburban districts,
where permanent and costly pave
ments are out of the question. while
the subject of interurban roads has not
been touched upon.
'Wheuever suburban districts arc
added to our cities there is immediate
ly presented the problem not only of
maintaining such improved streets or
roads as the new territory may pos
sess. but the extension OF those in-
prOvements on a scale suitable to the
needs aud requirements of the commu-
nifty.
IL is tlIuc. NltIelOIc. tuitt tHe SuD-
ject of roads. as distinguished from
city streets-a subject which has thus
far been neglected in our meetings
should receive the consideration which
it's growing Importance merits. The
building of a system of roads to con-
meet different cities and towns. if left
to the initiative OF the towns them
selves. would be almost impossible OF
consnmmation. The State alone is ca
pahle of planning and executing such
an improvement. The first State to
take up this question on an extensive
scale was New Jersey. which has now
splendid system of highways connect
ing nearly every city and village with.
in its borders. Massachusetts has for
some years been creating an excellent
system of modern roads. During the
last few years New York has devoted
much attention to the subject of roads
and many miles of fine highway have
been built and are under construction
Michigan also is intensely interested
in the question of well-built highways
1T will be seen that the propa ganda.
which may be fairly said to have been
started by the bicyclists a few years
ago, has been steadily gaining ground.
The automobile is now an important
ally of the good roads advocate. High
speed cranks are. however the worst
enemy OF the good roads cause.
But the building and maintenance
Of macadam roads are not only of in
terest to the small city and good roads
enthusiast. Many of our larger cities
have miles of their streets so improved
and they are. as Il rule. grossly neglect
ed. while such repairs as are made arc
carried out in an unintelligent and en-
travaGant manner. The proper build
ing and intelligent care OF such roads
therefore cannot be Il matter Of indif
ference to our larger cities. but it is OF
the most vital Importance
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24
A Record in Wheat Stacks.

The longest authentic period for
which wheat stack has been kept
unthrashed is forty years. The story
Of this forty-year-old stack is briefly
as follows: The crop Of which the
This stack and another belong to two
brothers. both farmers. who lived IN
the neighborhood of Harrogate. In
March of the preceding year the Cri-
mean War broke out, and the price Of
wheat rose by leaps and bounds.
Shortly after the stacks We're built
the price of wheat rose to 97s. per
quarter, and at this price one of the
brothers sold out. The other, however,
determined not to sell until the price
rose to IS.
In March. 1856. the war terminated.
and the price of wheat fell. The farm
er, however, stuck to his resolution
and refused to sell. He kept his stack
until 1895, when the farm passed into
the hands of younger brother, who
then thrashed it out. During the whole
forty years of it's existence it had en-
joyed perfect immunity from rats, but
had been the abode of thousands of
spiders. 1t yielded eighteen quarters
Of wheat. but the quality of the grain
rendered it fit only for chicken corn.
Probably the oldest oat stack was
that which belonged to Mr.. John Smell
Ter, near Dover. which in 1892 was
thrashed out after having stood for
twenty-nine years.-Tit-Bits.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-24

The London Taller, pretty bright
paper, records the discovery of gold in
the dust Of the street lat Helena. near
Montana, in New York" 1t is evident
that, in spite Of the multiplication of
Mr.. Carnegie's libraries over there.
Englishmen's ideas of American geog-
raphy still remain trife vague.