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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
PlTH AND POINT.

$50 she Tilted the son and married
the father ''Yes. She thought an
income better than an allowance. -
Brooklyn Life.
As he gayly wanders homeward,
He is trying to recall
If the thing he saw was base-pong
Or game of plain ping-ball.
/ Washington Star.
"I see by the posters that young
Stager, the comedian, travels under his
wife's management" so do most
men. but they don't advertise it,
Tit-Bits.
Arthur-"Yes I think Minnie loves me
very much. She's a dear girl: she has
a large heart" HalTy-"A heart like
London omnibus: always room for one
more. Boston Transcript.
Yes, sir.'' said the builder. sleefully
''every house in that operation is rent
ed now but one" "Ah. And that
one.' remarked his friend. ''is last, but
not leased. d."-Philadelphia Press.
She will not let him in the house
Until he wipes his feet
Then she sails out in long g-trained gown
And wipes up all the street
New York Times.
Tom (admiringlyl-"Ah. there goes
the young widow. Now she is Il wom-
an worth talking about Ida Zeal
ously}-'I guess she must be. Every
one is talking about Chicago
News.
Bess-"Is it true that young Simkins
offered himself to You last night ~
Nell-"He did, Bess-"And did YOU
accept him?" Nell-"Wcll. not ex-
actly-but l have an option on him
for ten days. .''-Chicago News
Willie-"Papa. if l was twins. would
you buy the other boy Il banana. too?"
Papa-"Certainly, my SON Willie
We'll, papa. you surely amt going to
cheat Inc out of another banana just
because I'm all in one piece?'-Judge
NO, I'm not very well impressed
with the house." said the prospective
tenant. THE yard is frightfully small:
there's hardly room for Il single flower
bed "Think so:'' replied the agent;
'but-er-mightn' YOU use folding
fower-beds ?''-Glasgow Times
Stranger-"What statue is that being
ected on the sQuare?" Citizen
THAT. sir. is the statue Of the Hon j.
Mortimer Biggerton.' Stranger-"One
OF the benefactors of the town. 1 sup
poSe?" CitiZen-"Yes. indeed He
paid for the statue before he died. -
Chicago News.
Mrs SWellman-'I dreamed last
night that I was with box party at
the opera Mr.. Swellman-"I Won
dered why you were talking so loud
in your sleep Philadelphia Press.
Bacon-"1t is always a sign of life
in Il horse when he rears. Egbert-
Yes, certainly" Bacon-"And vet he
looks as if he We're on his last lees.''-
Ionkers Statesman
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Elephant Catcher Needed.

An elephant catcher rather than &
cow catcher seems to be needed in In
dia. On the railroad between Bengal
and Assam, according to the Railroad
Gazette, as the superintendent of the
lire was making an inspection trip,
while passing through the great Nam
bar forest. the train came TO stop
with a jolt that threw the travellers
out of their berths. The train had
run into herd of wild elephants
which Were trottlng down the track,
the last of which had both hind legs
broken and was thrown into the ditch,
while the engineer counted seven, 9TH
ers which got away. This is not the
first time that wild elephants have got
on the track. and ordinary fences and
cattle guards are no protection.-Sci-
entitic American.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
WHEN PA SOLO OUT.

Papa sfnduleent, and Papa's a dear,
Yet SO absorbed in his ventures,.f I fear
Little DER etiquette problems he's pored--
At each reception dear Papa seems bored!
Entree we have to society swell! A..+-
We're up to snuff when we're put to the
Papa lacks polish, and talks ii tke West.
ooh, how wish Papa ID never sold.out
All Of his mines on the Placer Creeks fork
Moved with million in CASH to New
York"
Mamma and I have acquired the grace
Never to show that we feel out of place.
But, oh, can you blame us for: feeling dis
tressed? !.
Papa lacks polish, and talks Of the West.
kansas City Independent.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Chinese Women Members,

In nearly every city in China women
are TO be found sitting in the streets
busily plying their trade as members
Of clothing. Their knowlo lge of
needlecraft is generally limited to
what is called running and therefore
they are not much patronized By Enal
lish or American travellers. ThSy
however. never without patrons {;
Chinese tradesmen, who are Oft
tves of other districts and has
one else in the city to mend Il re-
them, their wives and children
left at home. For this class of cuSt6S. -
ers the skill Oh the itinerant sewinS
woman is sufficient, aud to them it is
a great convenience to have the neces-
sary repairs rapidly made while they
stand by and wait.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
How Louhet Went to school.

NJ. Loubet tells of himself that he
resisted being sent to school when, at
eight years of age. his father decided
that Emile must enter the college at
Crest. He ran away and hid in the
woods and when found had to be tied
hand and foot and put in a wagon. In
this way he was delivered. like an
ordinary parcel, to the director of the
school at Crest. Once there, how
ever, he became popular with both
teachers and pupils, for he was
a manly little chap and did his work
and Joined the games with engaging
heartiness. These characteristics have
distinguished him all his life. He has
never attempted to conceal the peasant
origin Of himself and his wife.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

The superiority Of the American To-
comotive over the English in hauling
power is due, says an authority on
these machines, to the larger heating
surface in their boilers more than TO
any other cause. This constitutes, in
fact, the chief difference between the
American and the English type. The
boilers of our locomotives have been
increased ia size steadily until they
are enormous, and Vet railroad men
call for still greater power. The prob
lem that now confronts the locomo otive
builder is how to increase the heating
surface without making the machines
too large to pass through tunnels. and
to solve it he will, no doubt, have to
change the form of the boiler.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

The way surgeons and scientists are
Juggling with life in these latter days
is almost paralyzing to the lay mind.
1t is reported that a German chemist
has prepared a fluid which, injected
into plant near its roots, has the
power OF perpetuating life. The plant
stops growing and maintains fresh,
green appearance, although vitality is
apparently suspended.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

Tennessee has been reducing its
State debt at Il rapid rate. Ten years
ago it owed $16,OO0,0O0, Il much larger
sum than any other State in the same
region, and carrying an interest charge
Of more than $oOO,00O q year at time
when the annual interest charge on
New Yorks debt was less than $780,
600 and on that Of Ohio less than
100000. Recently the State debt has
been reduced, and Governor Mcmillan
gives some interesting information
concerning the reduction Of the State
debt during his administra ton. Since
January j, 1899, the debt has been re-
duced at the rate Of $1,000 4 week,
and the Indebtedness paid up to this
time includes 500 46o.34 OF floating
debt and the redemption of $90J,OOO
of State bonds, Il total of $1,S15, ,4c5.34.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Have TO BE OH Time.

"Before / became IA suburbanite. -
said man who recently moved out
Of town, according to the Philadelphia
Record Il used to note with consider
able amusement the crowds of people
who every day would compare their
watches with the official timepieces to
be found in front of several Chestnut
street jewelry stores. l used to regard
them as cranks when they would say
to each other Right on the dot or
draw long faces over u difference of q
fraction of a minute. For my part l
was satisfied if my watch kept decent
ly good time. and never bothered my
head over Il matter of five minutes or
so out of the way. ! have since dis
covered that the people l used to
think We're cranks are really suburb
antics. with trains to think about. 1t
hasn't taken ne long to discover the
Importance of having Il watch exactly
right, and after having missed several
trains l myself have joined the crowds
around tie places where the official
time is kept"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
AROUND WORLD roa TWO CENTS.
Distance letter May Travel with .
United States Stamp.

D1ntauCe Letter May Travel with .
United states Stamp.
Now that the Danish West indies
will become an insular possession OF
the United States upon the. completion
of the diplomatic negotiations for their
|sNeQlNsition,. and the eastern shore line
Of this country practically extended
over 14O0 miles into the broad expanse
Of the tempestuous Atlantic. it will
prove of interest to show the postal
possibilities of this country as to the
carriage of letter weighing an ounce
for two cents, said gentleman IA
miliar with postal affairs.
! J. venture to say that even an off
hand statement of these remarkable
possibilities cannot readily be given.
Having occasion to go into this ques-
ton recently. I made a new calcula-
ton, which is approximately correct.
1t is based upon the Island of st.
Thomas, in the Danish West Indies,
as an eastern starting point. Upon
the completion of negotiations Amer
lean postoffices will be established in
the islands. We will proceed to the
recently established postoffice at Point
Barrow. Alaska, well within the arctic
circle, on parallel far above the
northernmOst shores of Iceland. and
not so very distant from the north
pole itself. Thence we will take an
aerial journey to the tropics of the
south seas. at Manila, and then home
again to St. Thomas.
From ST. Thomas to New York it is
1928 miles: to San Francisco. 331
miles; from San Francisco. to Unalas-
ka. 2O35 miles: from Unaiaska to
Nome, about 1000 miles. and thence to
Point Barrow. overland, 42O miles, ,or
eastern Atlantic postoftice to our
northernmost postoffice amid arctic
ice. The revenue cutter which will
visit Point Barrow this summer. when
the ice is out of the Arctic Sea suffi-
ciently, and which will carry the sup
plies for the new office, will go around
the western shores of Alaska through
Berins Strait. and the total distance
will be somewhat increased. Actual
distances i'll this remote region cannot
be stated with positiveness. but these
figures are not far out of the way and
are based upon official data.
Returning southwark. overland part
of the way. it is approximately 1900
miles from Point Barrow to Unalaska !;
thence it is 2O16 miles to Honolulu:
from this isle in the sea ii is 1881 miles
to Guam. and from that island 1906
'miles to Manila. or a total of $3.50 miles
from our arctic postottice at Point
Barrow to our Southern Pacific post
office of Importance
And now for the homeward leap. 1t
is 7941 miles from Manila to San Fran
cisco via Guam and Honolulu. and
4143 miles from the Golden Gate city
to st. Thomas, and the complete cir
cult, as here outlined, approximates
29,4S1 miles, which letter might
travel. under certain conditions. for
two cents under the American flag.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

The craze for ping pong, our old
friend table tennis under a new name,
seems to have come to stay. The new
name was patented, and that is the
reason why you get a box marked
Table Tennis when you ask your
sporting dealer for ping-pcng. The
craze is bound to be Of material benefit
to lawn tennis, this year.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

Minister Newell, of The Hague, re-
ports that very large lumber of in-
quiries are received ut the legation
and at the consul&tcs at Amsterdam
and Rotterdam as to various imagi-
nary estates in Holland-E. G. Kronk,
Anneke Jams, Du Bois, Metzger,
Brosius, Fischer, Snyder and others
more than twenty in all The inquiries
come from all parts of the United
States. Since 1898, the United States
minister and consuls in Holland have
received more than $50 letters from
Americans on the subject. The min
lister says that he is authorized by the
authorities at The Hague to state not
only that there are no such estates
awaiting distribution, but that there
have never been any such estates; and
one official is sure, from the nature
Of things and the Dutch laws, that
there never will be any such estates.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

s~- "A ,uew 1necAanical genius. has ap-
pi'elaretd IL Chicago. ,MhQ cls ms tD'ihsa
evolved =. horseless, dustless street
sweeper. The machine is to be run
by gasoline motor, and he says that
a system of fans, which operate with
suction tubes, will take up all the
dust, :. ..-~. .;,-..,.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

- An Ohio college president died Of
grief because the students didn't like
him. What a dropping on of college
presidents there would be If that COM
plaint became generally fatal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
Fearless Bishop WhippIe.

Henry Benjamin Whipple, the late
Bishop of Minnesota, will be known as
the friend of American Indians, second
only to John Eliot. He was stout
champion of the rights of the red men.
and never fiinched in his purpose to
reform the abuses OF the agents.
Not long after the Cheyenne and
Chivington massacres," says Prof. w.
w. Folwell, in the American Monthly
Review of Reviews. sin which white
men had shown Indians their superior
ity in the art of murder, the bishop
prepared a report on The Moral and
Temporal Condition of the Indian
Tribes on Our Western Borders In It
he exposed the folly of our traditional
Indian policy, portrayed the Infamous
behavior Of agents and traders, and
the connivance of men of fair names
with their rascality.
''On his journey to New York the
bishop read from this to gentlemen,
who counseled him to suppress this ar
raignment of distinguished persons,
suggesting that it might result In per-
sonal injury. Instantly came the reply:
"'These things are true. The nation
needs to know them; and, so help me
God, l will tell them if l am shot the
next minutev'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
The Nervous New Yorker.

One of the most marked outward
manifestations that the New Yorker
gives of the high nervous tension under
which he lives is his habit of talking
aloud to himself III the street. This
habit is one of the first things that OBJ
servers of street life in New York no.
tice. 1t is a form of nervousness that IS
due not only to the high pressure at
which so many New Workers are kept.
but to the noise of the street traffic.
When the rush and rumble of the
streets is so great that man cannot
hear himself think" he speaks his
thoughts aloud. 1t Is only rarely that
a woman is observed doing this. Some
times the man who is talking to him
self, if he is happy, will humble only
phrases and half sentences audibly. Ii
he is angry or deeply concerned he will
speak steadily and sometimes make
emphatic gestures. But nearly all of
the men who talk aloud in the streets
have their business affairs uppermos.
in their minds, and the word dollars"
Is the one that is Oftenest heard. Down
town, in the financial section, this habit
of a large number Of New Workers is
particularly noticeable, but one may
observe it in almost any part Of the
town. Paris is possibly the only other
one of the great cities of the world
where the habit is so noticeable as it
is here. Actors and writer's and the
many minor poets of the French capital
may be seen declaiming their lines or
verses, unheeding their Observers
New York Evening Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
When Endurance Rebelled.

The hospitality of Scotland is quite
as well established as the hospitality
of ireland, but the canniness Of the
Scot, which has passed into proverb,
is most likely to assert itself at any
stage. AS the Scotsman tells this story,
it cannot be suspected of proving false
to it's own countrymen:
An Irish friend insisted that Scotch
man should stay at his house instead OF
a betel. end kept him there for month.
pffa yi1is 1s::sse host in detas., svea to treat
ing him to all places Of amusement,
paying all the cab fares and the rest.
When the visitor was returning to
Dunedin, the Irishman saw him down
to the steamer, and they went together
to have last cigar
Now, look here" said the man from
Dunedin, "I'll hae nae ma1r o this.
Here we've been keepin' me at your
hoose for a month, an payin' for a the
amusements and cabs and SO on-l tell
you I'll stan nae mair O. it! Wen just
hae a toss for this one!'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
IL s. Land Office

Oregon City, Ore. Jan. %, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions of the act of
Congress of June 8. 1878. entitled IAN
Act for the Sale of Timber Lands in
the States of California, Oregon, Nevada
and Washington Territory as extended
to all the Public Land States by act of
August 4, 1892,
o. DELL IRELAND.
of Portland, County of Multnomah, State
of Oregon. has this day filed in this office
his sworn statement, No. 5615, for the
purchase of the sell Of Section No: IS. in
Township No. 13 south, Range No. west
and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for it's timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land before
the Register and Receiver of this Office at
Oregon City. Oregon, on Tuesday, the
Sth day of April, 1902.
He names as witnesses: Minnie Ire
land. of Portland, Ore; Willard Ireland,
of Monmouth. Ore; c. E. Ireland. of In
dependence, Ore; Pearl Cooper. of Port
land, Ore.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the above-described lands are requested
fore said Sth day of April. 1902.
CHAS. B. MOORES, Register.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
JERusALEM.s wArsRwoRka.
System that Takes Place of the Work

System that Takes Place OF tho WORK
of King Solomon.
The Inauguration of the first water
works ever built in Jerusalem since
those Of Solomon were destroyed by the
Moslem eonquerors took place recently.
For about twelve centuries the city
has been dependent on rain water
gathered in open cisterns. and this sup
ply, in addition to its insufficieney. in
volving an annual water famine In the
dry season, engendered fevers and 9TH
er epidemics caused by the filthy con-
diiton of the cisterns.
Spring water carried by rail was sold
in Jerusalem at about 54 piaStres Tor
1,500 pints. The exceptional severity
OF the famine of last spring and sum
mer caused the first water works to be
undertaken. Operations were begun In
July. and have been pushed forward
with such unwonted energy that an
aQueduct six kilometers long, with
eleven kilometers more of iron piping,
had been completed for the inaugural
ceremony. The three springs southwest
OF Bethlehem, about three hours jour
ASy kIOIu TIE city " uISd ASN SSA~-
mons aqueduct and yielded a consid-
erabIe supply before the mountains
were denuded of their forests. now
yield only about eight pints second
in the dry season.
Thanks to the new works. about
100000 pints Of pure spring water are
carried daily to the upper city. The
lower parts are not yet so favorabiy
circumstanced. The new supply Is
free and is provided by fountains. some
situated in the Mosque Of Omar and
others outside the city. There was a
brilliant inaugural ceremony. the vail
setting the first jet to work. and a
large company, after drinking the wa
ter. offered prayers that the sultan
might be long preserved.-Pal Mall
Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
U. s. Land Office,

Oregon City, Ore. Jan. %, 1902
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions Of the act Of
Act for the Sale of Timber Lands in
the States of California. Oregon. Nevada
and Washington Territory. as extended
to all the Public Land States by act of
August 4, 1892
GEORGE E. BREY.
Of Independence. County of Polk. State
of Oregon, has this day filed in this office
his sworn statement, No. 5613 for the
purchase of the neA of Section No "a, in
Township No. Is south, Range No. west,
and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land before
the Register and Receiver of this office at
Oregon City, Oregon, on Tuesday, the
Sth day of April. 1902
He names as witnesses: c. E. Ireland.
of Independence. Ore; r. Dickinson, of
Independence, Ore; LindIey Brown. of
Cottage. Grove. Ore; ]. E. Hubbard, of
Independence. Ore.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the above-described lands are requested
to file their claims in this office on or be-
fore said Sth day of April. 1902.
CHAS. B. MOORES, Register.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-07
A Serious Defect.

Paderewski Joseffy Fortissimo Lee
Was the greatest pianist you ever OLD see'
He rendered fantasias, gavottes and can
tatas,
Cadenzas and overtures, fugues and soma
taS.
He could play like the sweep of a rush
ing cyclone,
Or as softly and low as the south winds
faint moan.
He knew all the works of Beethoven and
Liszt.
OF Wagner and Chopin-not one had he
missed
He gained honors and laurels wherever
he went,
And he knew he deserved them, so he
was content.
But his pride had fall. for one summer
day
A dear little girl came to hear this man
play;
And she said, as he turned politely to
greet her,
"Please, sir. can you play Peter, Peter.
Pumpkin Eater'?"
He was deeply chagrined. and he felt
very blue,
But he meekly replied, "No. can't dear.
Can you?"
"Oh, yes" she responded. She flew to
the keys,
With her two fat forefngers she played
it with ease.
And she afterward said, 81 would rather
be me
Than Paderewski Joseffy Fortissimo
Lee"
-Tudce