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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Bottle. Long ocean Voyage.


The journey of a bottle from Central
Illinois to the Pacific Ocean has just
been announced through the receipt of
letter by Walter Roeder of Bloom
ington, ILL.,, from Jesse Wilson of San
ia Monica, CAL, saying he had found,
OF the coast of California, bottle
which contained a letter written by
Roeder. The letter was written on
Jan. II, 1900. After being placed in
the bottle the receptacle was cast into
the waters of the Mackinaw river, ten
miles west of Bloomington. The bot
tie must have followed the river until
the confluence with the Illinois was
reached, and thence fioated to the Mis-
sissippi, and through the Gulf of Mex
leo to the Atlantic ocean. Ocean cur
rents are supposed to have carried the
bottle around Cape Horn and thence
up the Pacific coast.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

1t takes prodigious amount of veg
etable matter to form layer of coal,
it being estimated that the present
growth of the world would make a
layer less than one-eighth of an inch
in thickness. and that it would take a
million years of vegetable growth to
form a coal bed ten feet in thickness.
The United States has an area of more
than 100000 square miles of coal fields.
and more than 100, 100000 tons of coal
are mined in this country every year
enough to run ring around the earth
at the center five and half feet wide
and five and half feet thick. Com
petent scientists say that there is
enough coal in the United States to
supply the world for the next two
thousand years.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
What Sealskin Is.

The beautiful product used for cloth
ing and commonly known as sealskin
is not furnished by the true seal, whose
skin is almost useless except when
used as an ornamental mat or stiff rug.
They are the sea lions and sea bears
the cared seals, otaria-whose skins
are so highly valued because so soft
and warm. The true seal is common
enough on our own coasts, but its skin
is only priced as trophy. And it may
be added that sealskin when ready for
clothing has not, as often supposed
the same downy appearance on the liv-
ing animal, being covered with long
coarse, deep-rooted hairs, which drop
out when dressed by the furrier, and
leave the soft, woolly hair uninjured.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
CAPTAIN Conrovy.

the siege of Petersburg, died in Phila-
delphia recently at the age of 5S.
During the civil war he enlisted in
Company l, One Hundred and Nine
teenth regiment, Pennsylvania volun-
teers. During the siege of Petersburg,
Lincoln, while visiting the lines, al
though repeatedly warned that the
confederate sharpshooters were active
advanced as far as the outposts, where
Conrow was on duty, and stood with
his back against a tree. Mr.. Conrow
perceiving sharpshooter on the
Notifications leveling his rifle at the
president. sprang toward the latter and
vigorously pulled him to the ground
only an instant before a bullet was
buried in the tree in front of which he
had been standing.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Praises United Sta ties Soldiers.


There is movement on foot to give
to the American private soldier an
allowance of smoking and chewing to-
bacco, and bill has been introduced
in the house of representatives which
provides for supplying regularly en-
listed men with this commodity.
Give it to them" said an officer of
the army yesterday. Il have been in
the service for more than thirty-five
years, and in this time have seen a
great deal of enlisted men. My duties
have taken me abroad occasionally,
and l have seen the enlisted men in
the armies Of other nations. This in
spection that have been able to make
has convinced me, if 1 needed any con-
vincing that the American soldier is
the best that the world produces. Moth
ing is too good for him. But, in
the discussion that is bound to follow
the introduction of the bill, l hope
there will be nothing said about our
enlisted men that will make them ap-
pear like paupers. They are fine
body, sometimes little rough. but in
no sense men that either need or de-
sire more than is coming to them.
when say they are the best paid
Of any soldiers in the world / am not
arguing against giving to them lit
tie more than they are now receiving.
The fact remains, however, that we
pay our enlisted men better than any
other country under the sun pays its
soldiers, and that there are very few
mechanical trades where the pay is
so large as that received by an enlist
ed man in the United States army"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
The Force of cyclones.

Careful estimates of the force of a
cyclone and the energy needed to keep
full-f1edged hurricane in active oper-
alton reveal the presence of a power
that makes the mightiest efforts of
man appear as nothing in comparison.
A force fully equal to over 4OO,OOO,OOO
horse power was estimated as devel-
oped in a West Indian cyclone. This
is about fifteen times the power that
can be developed by all the means
within the range of mans capabilities
during the same time. Were steam,
water, windmills and the strength of
all men and all animals combined,
they could not at all approach the tre-
mendous force exerted.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
NIeasured by Music.

A learned scientist has recently
shown how the velocity of the wind
can be reckoned by noting the musical
pitch of the sound given out when the
wind blows across stretched wire.
The principal elements on which the
calculation is based are the diameter
of the wire and the temperature of the
air. The length of the wire is inmate
rial, so long as it is not changed. Ev-
ery variation in the winds velocity is
faithfully represented by the rising or
falling of the pitch of the note sung by
the wire
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Tho German Census.

The German census, which started
December l, 1900, and has just been
finished, gives some interesting facts.
There are 442 cities with population
between 10000 and 100000 each. In
1916 the German empire had "a, $4,000
in habitants; in 1855, SO, 114,0O0; and
in 1900 56,345 900. In the year 1916,
Prussia had 1900, 900 inhabitants; in
1855, 81 900, and in 1900, 34,463,OoO.
The enormous increase in the large
cities of Germany is said to be due to
the retrograde movement in agrlcul-
ture, which has driven people from the
country.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
sport. arrange Man Hunt.

Hurricane Branch, constable OF
Nansemond county. Va, famous as a
bloodhound sleuth. has arranged for a
man hunt. to take place from here
within the next ten days. white man
will be given two hours start and his
bloodhounds, Tige and John, put on
the scent. The dogs will be followed
by a large number Of society sports on
6orses. Should the dogs locate their
scent, the man will have to climb a tree
to rave his life. Branch arranged
man hunt for Richmond last year, but
owing to denunciation by the press
the Richmond society sports, under
whose auspices the chase was arranged
abandoned it.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

a 25-foot sycamore tree was being con-
verified into plank, and so cleverly were
the outlines of the bird marked that
the sawyer stopped his machinery and
saved the section of wood as curios-
fly. 1.-The tree was about % feet long"
says the sawyer. Il had to crosscut
into lengths about 10 feet long, the
other lengths being six feet. About
half way down one of these shorter
pieces there was a dark knot one and a
half inches in diameter after slabbing.
BY the old process of hand-pit saving
two-inch plank was taken off this
- thers. on the other side,
ines Of the bird, as shown
Ee picture"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
AMERICA AsRoAD.
Products
United States Products IN Favor
Throughout tho Old World.


Throughout tho Old World.
Bread is baked in Palestine from
flour made in Minneapolis. American
windmills are working east of the Jor-
dan and in the land of Bashan. Phon-
ographs are making a conquest of all
tongues. The chrysanthemum- banner
Of Japan floats from the palace of the
Mikado on Flagstaff cut from a
Washington forest, as does the banner
of st. George from Windsor castle. The
American typesetting machines are
used by foreign newspapers, and our
cash registers keep accounts for scores
of nations. America makes sewing
machines for the world. Our bicycles
are standards of excellence every
where. Our typewriters are winning
their way wherever a written language
is used. In all kinds of electrical ap-
planes we have become the foremost
producer. In many European cities
American dynamos light streets and
operate railways. Much of the machin-
cry that is to electrify London tram
lines is now being built in Pittsburg.
The American shoe has captured the
favor of all Europe, and the foreign
makers are fastening to import our
machinery that they may compete
with our makers. In the far east, in
the capital of Corea. the Hermit Ma
ton, there was recently inaugurated,
with noisy music and flying banners.
an electric railway built of American
material by a San Francisco engineer
and now it is operated by American
motormeu-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Noiseless Alarm Clock.

noiseless alarm clock would be
a boon to a host of sufferers from I'M
seasonable din, says the Electrical Re
view 1t is suggested that silent
alarm can be given by focusing an
electric lamp upon the head of the per-
son to be awakened, and arranging a
switch so that the current to light the
lamp would be turned on by the clock
at the desired time. 1t is claimed
that the fiashlight would invariably
arouse the sleeper.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Windows of Stone.

In new building attached to some
boiler works in Germany, a novelty in
windows has been introduced Light
is introduced through stone windows.
The ordinary panes of glass were i'm
practicable on account of the nearness
of the works to the railway lines, so
pneumatic glass stones have been used.
From the outside the appearance is the
same as the so-called "Butzen panes.
They are translucent, and. at the same
time, as strong as the stone wall In
which they are set. They will with
stand any pressure or blow that the
walls will stand.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
SPECULATIVE.

The desire to "get rich quick" leads
many otherwise conservative men and
women into all kinds of speculative
ventures, many of which turn out dis
astrously There is absolutely no spec
ulation or risk attending the use of DR..
Caldwells Gaxative) Syrup Pepsin,
which is guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton in all cases of Constipation, Indi-
gestion, Dyspepsia and kindred trou-
bles. Ask your druggist. If he does
not keep 1t, send his name to Pepsin
Syrup Co., Monticello, ILL.,, and they
will send you a sample bottle free.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Cow with a Bark.

Harry was sitting on the fence in
front of the house one day watching
some cows feeding, when they beloved
very loud and long, as COWS do some
times. Harry had never heard cow
below before, and he jumped down
and ran into the house to his mother,
crying:
"Oh, mamma, there's COW out there
barking at another cow
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
An Aeronaut,s Danger.

A miraculous escape is related on the
part of an aeronaut named Mousset,
who made an ascent at Bordeaux few
days ago. When he had reached a
height of about 500 yards, large rent
suddenly appeared in the envelope. The
xas escaped freely, and the balloon,
folding in two, commenced to descend
with frightful rapidity towards the
Garonne. The terror-stricken specta-
tors gave up the ae, onaut as lost, but
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

when he was hundred yards from the
surface of the river Mr.. Mousset threw
himself from the car and disappeared
headlong into the water. When he
came up again he was pulled into
boat. being much scared. but evidently
none the worse for his marvellous adj
venture.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
tRoyal Bacon"

Happy is the citizen of Clifton in the
advantages offered him at his break
fast table. A circular issued by
local firm has the large heading, Roy
al Bacon" but does not refer to Sir
Francis and the rumored maternity of
Queen Elizabeth. 1t is to announce
as "now on show and sale, bacon from
pigs bred and fed by his majesty the
kine.'-London Chronicle.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

A convincing alibi was recently fur
nished by man in France. He was
charged with the murder of a girl at
Nice, and he brought conclusive evil
dence to show that he was at that
time committing burglary at a hotel.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
singular Wrestling.

Next to gambling the Eskimo men
like to wrestle The usual way of do
ing this is a test rather of strength
than skill. The wrestlers sit down on
the floor. or in any convenient place.
side bv side. and face in opposite direc-
lions. say with right elbows touching.
Then they lock arms, and each strives
IN straighten out the others arms
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The name Oregon first appears In
Jonathan Carver's Travels" publish
ed in London about 177S. Possibly it
is corruption of the Spanish Ara
gon."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

1t is calculated that about 100000
skins of the ermine will be used to
make the peers and princesses robes
for the coronation, and that as the
price of this fur has much increased
in view of the demand, about $4,000
worth will be needed for the cere-
monial.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The wife of General Miles has had
named in her honor a woman's auxil-
larry army post in Washington, the
name given the organization being
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Sir William Mcdonald. Il

Sir William Mcdonald, the donor of
the gift of G25.000 for the establish
ment of an agricultural college at
Guelph, in Ontario, has already dis
bursed vast fortunes for philanthropic
ends in Canada.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Henry Kayton. the veteran artist of
Baltimore, has just celebrated his nine
ty-third birthday. Among his best
works as an artist were his portraits
of President John Tyler and Governor
Iredell of North Carolina.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The Rev. Alexander Mckenzie. D. D.,
has completed thirty five years of SER
vice in the pastorate of the Shepherd
Memorial church of Cambridge, Mass.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The tail feathers of the fariwah, a
rare member OF the bird of paradise
family, are the most expensive known,
and the only tuft existing in Great
Britain is valued at $4,000
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The Alps cover a space of 90,00e
square miles. In them rivers have
their source that flow into the North
sea, Black sea, and Mediterranean.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Bird In Wood.

Here is a very interesting freak of
Mother Nature reproduced from a pho
eograph taken from the original wood.
It was discovered in sawpit in which
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
Duse Very Nervous.

Signora Eleonora Duse, the famous
Italian actress, is peculiarly nervous.
When she is not at rehearsals or act
ing she spends her time in perfect rest.
She sees no one except old friends, and
only few of these. She has a lady
companion, who arranges her Journeys
and engages her rooms in the hotels.
This lady sees that Signora Buses
rooms are at the back of the hotel, and
that, IL possible, they look out on a
garden. She cannot bear street sounds
and sights. The furnishings of her
rooms are important There must be
no pictures or busts; nothing to dis
turb her highlywrought aesthetic SEN
sibilities. Everything must be scrupu-
lousy clean, severe and quiet.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

A man may be known by the COM
pany he keeps. but he is seldom found
out until about six months after the
wedding.-Cbicago Daily NewN
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

The price Of liberty is eternal vigil
ance-and it is always payable in
advance.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Mrs. Henry Elliott Mott of Elizabeth,
n. j., who was a member of the Pan
American board of woman managers,
has been appointed by the governor of
New Jersey to represent the state of
New Jersey at the Interstate and West
Indian exposition at Charleston. Mrs.
Mott has also been named by the board
of woman managers of the exposition
as it's official representative at the
leading women's colleges of the coun-
try Mrs Mott has recently had the
sympathy of all her friends in the be-
reavement that recently came to her
in the death of q son who had nearly
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

FITS Permanently Cured ats nervousness after
nrst days of DIR. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
Or. II. KLINE. Ltd. 03l Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are as
easy to use as soap. No muss or failures.
1oc per package Sold by druggists.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Cupid makes the love matches and
cupidity is responsible for the other
brands
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

If we could reach our ideals there
would be nothing left for which to
strive.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Richard Henry, the veteran news
paper correspondent, is back in the
Home again, after prolonged absence.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

swallow, flying from home, made
40 miles at the rate of 1884 miles an
hour
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Because a man is ungainly is no rea-
son why he should not gain in weight.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Disinterested enthusiasm is a good
thing if you know how to work it.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

England used half million Christ
mas trees last Christmas.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

ParadoXical as it may seem square
meal is one that will go around.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

It's a poor contractor who doesn't
show up with full bill of extras.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Tea consumed in England is subject
to a duty of IL cents a pound.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

Has marked misunderstanding ts
tooed man.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
MRS. PAULINE JUDsoN,

Secretary of Schermerhorn Golf Club,
Brooklyn, New York
four months, when my husband became
inpatient because grew worse instead
of better, and in speaking to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. How wish I
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most grateful to you. Your Compound
has brought joy to our home and
health to me. y Mrs. PAULINE JUDsoN,Y
~ Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y
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time and much sickness If they
would get Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at once,
and also write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn, Mass, for special ad-
vice. 1t is free and always helps.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14

"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAlf:-So0GH g.
my marriage two years ago 1Uul
myself in constant pain. ThoSd Qpel
said my womb was turned, ~
caused the pain with constdera61
hammation. He prescribed Tor IT.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-14
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-13
All Go In for OIL.

The Alameda brought news that the
Pacific Mail and Oceanic companies
will put oil fuel plants into all their
vessels. With so many ships of the two
lines calling at this port this will have
a bad effect on the coal business, and
the big gangs of stevedores will not
be maintained in consequence. The
use of oil not only cuts down the
number of men on the vessels, but has
an effect upon shore workers which is
far-reaching. In the first place the
teamsters who carted the coal between
the big coal piles and the wharves viii
have nothing to do; the large gangs
of stevedores who shovelled the black
diamonds into the wide mouthed ports
will no longer be required and in many
ways this will have its effect on up
town business. The trade of the wind
tanners here will also be cut down to
the quick. AS it is little coal is being
brought here now, Newcastle suffering
in consequence With the plantations
using oil as fuel instead of the ship
loads of coal as in the past, and with
steamers burning oil, the sailers vii!
have to go into some other business.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-13
PRINCE KUHlO WILL MEET
VOTERS AT PEARL CITY
Plans Tor Immense Mass Meeting With Special
Trains From Both Ends of
the Road

Pearl City viii see this evening one
of the greatest crowds that has gather
ed there for years, for arrangements
for the Republican mass meeting, in
fonor of the candidate for Delegate,
Prince Kuhio Kalanianaole, will draw
to the place hundreds of visitors.
This, the only meeting that the
Prince will address until his return
here for work on October 26th, has
been arranged SO that the voters of the
fourth, fifth and sixth precincts will
have an opportunity to hear from him
just what he has to say upon the is
sues as well as a statement as to the
reception he has met on the other is
lands. Not content with arranging for
the people of the out of town precincts
the committee has met the pressure of
city people and a special train will be
run from this city to carry visitors to
the meeting and bring them back after
it is over.
The principal trains VIII be those
from Waianae and Eva. There VIII be
accommodations for all who wish to
make the trip and preparations are be-
ing made for several hundreds Of WIS.,
itors to the meeting. The speaking will