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The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Somebody Had slundered.

Col Mcclure is said to have been
the narrator of the tale Of a travelling
Celt. who, stopping for the night at a
Harrisburg hotel. found the rooms all
engaged. The best the landlord could
do for him was to put him In the
same bed with one Of the negro en-
ployes of the hostelry. The Irish
man rebelled at first. but finally con-
sented, leaving explicit directions that
he was to be called early in the morn
ing. A party of politicians who had
heard the arrangement between land
lord and guest paid the waiter tc
black up his roommate before going
to sleep. In the morning. when the
Celt was called. he arose, made
hasty toilet, descended to the barroon
sent in his order for breakfast ane
asked for drink as an appetizer. A:
he raised the glass, he caught his re
Election in the mirror behind the bar
and rushing wildly back to the land
lords room, cried out:
Faith, an yeZ huv woke up tn
WRONG mon! Twas the Orishmol
not tn naygur-r-that wanted to b.
called ear-rly."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Evidences of Death.

The following have been suggested
as methods of deciding whether death
has occurred:
Tie string firmly about the finger.
If the end of the finger becomes
swollen and red. life is not extinct
Insert a bright steel needle into
the flesh. If it furnishes by oxidation
in the course of Ian an hour. life may
be considered not extinct.
Inject a few drops of liquor ammo
Mae under the skin. During life a
deep red purple spot is formed.
Moisten the eye with atropine. Dur
ing life the pupil will dilate.
Look at bright light or at the sun
through the fingers held closely side
by side. During life the color is pink
after death dull white.
After death u dark spot is said te
form gradually on the outer side q
the white of the eye. from drying O
the surface, so that the dark choric
shows through.
Putrefaction Is an absolute sign O
death. Better delay for it than rur
any risk of burying alive.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
IN the palace Of King Theebaw.

The way is always open into Thee
baw's palace now, the bridges are al
ways down, says Mrs. Everard Cotes,
writing Of Burma in Scribner's Maga-
sine. There is great freedom OF traf-
&c under the pyathat where the gates
am the guards used to be. Theebaw
himself perhaps was the last person
they closed upon, that day sixteen
wears ago when he and Supyalat
drove through holding each other
hands, and saw for the first time. on
the way to Punishment, how beautlful
their walled city was, even from the
outside. The palace remains ana
many of the princesses' houses with
their curving roofs and carved eas'
ing like a blown flame above the
caves: but all the butterfly court anu
council have gone. The place is very
wide and clean-kept now; 1t Is oeaf
Gated except for the kinwun Minsyl
20 a fantastic memory and Brltlsr
troops. The old minister. who alone
is allowed his former residence, look:
from his window upon an abominatlor
of sanitation. Even the princesse'
live outside. as when room is s"ep
after q revel the flowers may be 1or
yotten on the walls.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
whv Mems Shirt Waists Went.

The hot weather has made evident
one fact in mems fashion. The shirt
waist is no longer in vogue for men.
Last summer it was all the GO. but 1t
was only on trial In all the crowds
on the avenue and the other many
thoroughfares recently not man with
a shirt waist was visible. Wall
street good fellow who knows all the
ropes about the cut of the day says
that the cause of it all is because
man likes to have handy pockets. "A
woman" said he. will so about con-
tent with one hand occupied in hang
ing on to a purse or reticule and the
other clutching frantically at her
skirts, and yet wonder why she is not
a commercial success. Man will give
no drink-sometimes- cigars and
theaters. but he cannot give up pock-
cts. And that is why" says the
Pittsburgh Dispatch. the masculine
shirt waist has dropped out OF exist
ence 1t does not have pockets.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Ethical Properties Of Words.

Nothing in language is more fasci-
mating than the shades of meaning
which grow up around word and
cling to it and then gradually fall
away, making room for others. No
conspirator will ever plead guilty to
conspiracy Call it some more accep-
table name and he will not object.
Words, that is to say, have a moral
character. and the invidious term is
the one we repudiate with scorn. The
man who prides himself on his close
fistedness would never admit that he
is mean. Tell the implacable that he
is resentful and he will plead guilty
hint that he is vindictive and he will
slam the door behind him. One word
is invidious, the other is not.-Port
land Oregonian.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Made All the Difference.

Although James McNeill Whistler
was found" at West Point in chem
tstry, some of his cadet drawings are
still to be seen at the Academy and
he retains the greatest admiration for
the institmtinnN Not long ago in ! on.
don. he met a casual West Pointer
whom he entertained sumptuously on
that ground, and who expressed his
regret that the artist had not gradu
ated and served
Yes" rejoined the artist, too bad
And such little thing. too. II silicon
had been q gas, should have been a
soldier"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
A "paiama" Hat.

A well-dressed man. wearing hno
Panama hat, was seated in the smok-
ing car of a Chestnut Hill train the
other day. and in the seat behind him
were two Irishmen, putting away st0l-
idly on short clay pipes. One OF them
had been contemplating the hat II
meditative silence for some time, and
finally turning to his companion said:
That's the sort of hat ye should
wear. Casey" us 1t so!" satA
Casey An phwat kind av hat - +
We call thim?" A plying smile hov.
cred around the mouth OF the drse
speaker. Its ashamed av yer tgn'r-
ance OF am, Casey" he said. SURE
tn papers do be full av thin. It's
phwat We call a pajama hat. t."-Philae
delphia Record.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
I.pn Oil for Spiders.

Spiders are met with in the forests
of Java whose webs are so strong that
il requires knife to cut through
them we are told. A spider weighing
four pounds. which has taken up her
residence in cathedral at Munich,
,esales herself with large supply OF
lamp oil. A Texas spider weaves a
balloon four feet long and two feet
wide. which she fastens to tree by
a single thread. then marches on
board with her half dozen little ones
cuts the thread. and away goes the
airship to some distant point on the
nrairie.-Pearson Weekly.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Wanted Seeds for His Birds.

Jim McAndrews, the Chicago con-
gressman, has constituent who
boasts somewhat peculiar views as to
the duties of national legislators. Mr..
McAndrews recently received from the
constituent in question request for
'.as many packages of garden seed as
YOU can send. Put in plenty Of sum
flower seeds. | haven't got garden.
but | have a parrot and a canary,
both of whom enjoy these seeds very
much Some of my neishbors say you
sent them garden seeds and that when
thew planted them the seeds did not
come up. Now, there is no use vast
ing seed like this when my birds will
eat them
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Wins Iona Fight.

James Burr of Delphi Falls. N. T.,
has won long fight against the h1gh-
way commissioner of his district VINO
a year ago ordered that two beautltul
maple trees about 100 years OLD
should be cut down to make room for
new roadway. The trees are on
property which was once owned by
Mr. Burr. who determined that they
should be saved. For year he has
maintained watch night and day to
guard the trees, and now the commls-
sioner has yielded, ordering that the
road be laid out a couple OF yards 10
one side of the route originally
planned.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Italians Like Squid.

There is JOY in Little Italy over the
arrival of the squid market. The
souid, known to the sclentlsts as
loligo vulgaris. is also called the INK
fish by the natives of the Jersey coast.
It is a repulsive looking creature
somewhat resembling the octopus, or
deyilfish, although much smaller. AT
certain seasons of the year 1t Is the
bane of the fisherman's life. but when
they are so plentiful as to completely
6u the nets they are shipped In bar
re,s to Philadelphia. where they find
ready purchasers among the itanahs
No one else would eat them.-fnla
delphia Record.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
skilful Mahoaanx Hurters.

In Central and South America fhN
revenues of many districts depenA -:
the skill and activity of the mahogany
hunters. Mahogany trees do noe
grow in groups: much less are th1re
whole forests of them. They are sc1e
tered, usually concealed in thickeeA
1t requires skill and experiences ~
find them. To fell a tree involves To
work of two men for q whole Aay-
On account of thick, thorny 9ToWA
near the base Of the tree. sca6otd =
erected around it, and above this. -
a height of from ten to fifteen test.
the tree is cut, 30 that the best part
is really lost The felled tree is then
freed of branches and hauled on .
rough wagon by oxen to the nearest
river, where RATS are made and doat
ed down.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
whv He Was Puzzled.

It is said of a former marquis OF
Townshend that when young and en-
gagged in battle he saw drummer
killed by cannon ball. which scat
tered his brains in every direction.
His eyes were at once fixed on the
shastly object which seemed to en-
gross his thoughts. A superior officer
observing him, supposed he was IN
timidated at the sight and addressed
him in a manner to cheer his spirits.
oh" said the young marquis with
ca,mness. but severity, II am not
frightened. l am puzzled to make out
how any man with such quantity OF
brains ever came to be here.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23

Observing Tailor Makes ThSe manner
Aortlfying Statement.
"Bowlegs are certainly on the IN
crease" said well.known tailor. and
while It makes no particular diner
ence in my line Of business. we can
not help from noticing 1T. What spe-
cial reason is to be assigned for the
increase in bowlegs is question am
not prepared to answer. But really 7
does not require the experience OF
tailor to establish the fact that bow
legs are more common now than ever
before. OF course, the tailor, because
OF the measurements he is required 10
make, may notice things OF this sort
more readily than the men who are
! engaged in other walks of life.
1--WE have cause to measure mans
| legs when an order for suit o1
| clothes is left, and we naturally no.
| tice the size and shape OF the legs.
| Some time ago my attention was dl-
rected to the matter by man whose
legs were Just q little above the aver
age when it comes to crookedness OF
this kind. / made up my mind that
would conduct little study along TINS
line. The results have surprised me
have found that but very few men
have straight legs--that is. legs that
are normally straight. The surpris
ing fact about the matter is that in
majority of instances billiard ba'
may be dropped between the calves
of the legs.
mo doubt the habit OF pushing boys
of tender years out into the industrla
field has much to do with ii. Boys arr
forced out now before the joints
the limbs are hardened. and they ar
required to carry heavy loads and d
other things which are calculated L
produce the result l have been DIS
cussing. There is no doubt IN m
mind about this practice being an I'm
portant factor in the development O
!. bowlegs. OF course. there may
other reasons for the conditions nav
noticed. At any rate. there are NOR
bowlegs now than ever before.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23

Chinese Can Trausplant u into Any
Desired Form or Fashion.
Not alone the Chinese, but physiog-
nomists .of other, races are Of opinion
that the eyebrows and ,whiskers of
man are Just as essential in their re-
lations to his success in life as MS
other qualifications. If the eyebrows
are feeble or the whiskers are sickly
his luck will be thin and his healtA
poor. Therefore, to stop the train OF
bad luck which nature unfortunately
| has ordained for such man he orders
his eyebrows changed or replanted by
| a hair-planting professor
This is done by first carefully pull
ing out the rebellious or unlucky hairs
| in the eyebrows. The next operation
| is to select a spot of hair on the neck
of the patient or behind his ears that
would suit for fine eyebrow and re-
duce these hairs to the right length.
A pair of sharp pincers is picked up
with the left hand. and. selecting
suitable sized hair, the operator jerks
it out by the root and with needle
like instrument in the right hand he
pierces a minute hole in the skin OF
the bald eyebrow in slantlng dlrec-
ton, and while the point OF the In
strument is still on the edge OF the
hole the root of the pulled-up hair Is
carefully inserted. But IL blood oozes
out of the hole before the hair IL plant
, ed the hole will not be used on tha'
/ day for fear OF Inflammation and moi
sufficient nutriment for the hair tt
take proper root. The operation II
repeated till every hair in the eye
e brows Is replaced.
l The patient is said to experience
S pain in the eyebrows for about twenty
four hours, after which he is all right
The professor charges more for plant
ing eyebrows than whiskers. becaus
of the many varied degrees OF slant
e ing each hair to make the eyebro'
look natural to the man or to suit tn
Il ideas of the physiognomists.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Encouraging increase In Growth Dur

= j. 4. e.
Encouraging incrsass u Growth DUO
ino the Last Decade.
A return has just been issued by tne
Indian census commissioners dealihs
with the number, race, denominations
and distribution of the Christians IN
India. In the census of 1901 the total
number of Christians returned was q
923. .319. of whom 1911, ,749 were males
and 1.411 600 females. According to
the census OF 1891, the Christians num-
bered 2,2S4,3S0, SO that there has Deen
an increase during the decade OF $685.
969. or about % per cent. growth
much greater than that of the general
population. Out of the total for lSOl'
| 169. .739 belonged to European and al
lied races, while S9,251 were Eurasians
| and 2.664,359 were natives. There was
| only a trivial increase in the number
of European Christians during the de-
ceunial period. and the increase IN
Eurasians was only about IL per cent
Native Christians, however, showed
an increase of no less than 81 per cent
Relatively to the whole population O
India, the Christian population Is onl!
1 per cent Under favorable condi
tions the annual increment OF the In
dian population equals the whole mum
Der of the Christians in the country
While the British provinces contain
nearly four-fifths of the total popu
latioA, they contain less than two
thirds of the total Christians. Th
stronghold of Christianity in India,
appears, is Madras, including the ma
tive states under the Madras govern
ment. This presidency contains
934,4SO. or nearly two-thirds OF tn
, Christians OF India, and of the tots
increase of 63S. 1863 in the last ten yeal
a 354, ,3O1 must be assigned thereto.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23

~ feW n
caused ma tu,s
the town o. TGaqS M
Hathaway a. Gt.
period Of ~ me W1l1l
microbe was W0Tkin9 w
/ was completely und1
Now, TexarllAnA Ia K
Interstate towns. part e. yl} 3l1 +
Texas and part n ArkSl1Iq s.I
division had plenty q a llkl|
ties. happened to l4q4 .9
Texas side, and the nfse 'bl lI5
tied was Lone star in1tae II \. J.
was little one with : Is Hn1es Il Z! 4
beat it ogt OF somsthiag NJ 4 3 ~
| first day. ~ a;. \ SaS
Next day I heard Of . bigD n
| on the Arkansas side. enA 0nkn
repaired. Here there vas = ~ 70 ~
| and after several hours Of play n
separated from all my previous n
winnings and part OF my original caD9$
| tal besides. I went home fseiing QQ4
| sad and wishing had adhered tos1&o
Texas game. The next evening fq1
me tack,ing the Texans again,
again I won, even more than - -
! first occasion. Then I went back -
Arkansas for second battle and caD0
very near being cleaned out. But 4
will not weary you with the oetatA
further 1t is the solemn trutns
though, that during the week staye0
won at every play In the TexA0
house. only to lose at the other esta1
| lishment.
Finally, I got remittance, piayeu
it all in against the bank tnat -
continuously beat me, except enoc8
to get home on, and from that ho0i
the game of faro and ] have -
strangers. s.''-Washingtcn Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Traits Of Sienkiewicz.

Sienkiewicz is said to be a demon
of unrest, and from the time he starts,
novel until he finishes it he goes
about from place to place through Eu-
rope writing little here and little
there. The collection made in Poland
some time ago for the purpose OF hon
oring Sienkiewicz on the occasion oe
his twenty-fft anniversary as an an
thor yielded 107. 1873 rubles, of which
$4,000 were spent for house, which
was presented to him. and the r0ae
given to him in cash.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
SWxvTV MvWOV0VI INsSVvSVOVVsSvs'Ss
Transvaa) Very Recent.


Transvaal Very Rscent.
The entire mineral development OF
the Transvaal has taken place within
80 years. for mining In the country
was prohibited up to 1868. at which
time the government. being IN dire
financial straits, threw open the gold
fields to exploration and exploitation,
even going so far as TO of1er bonus
for the discovery of profitable mines.
The resultant prospecting In the early
seventies led to the discovery OF quartz
| veins and the Inauguration OF mining
in several parts of the northern Trans
| vaal.
The Leydenburg district first at
tracted attention in 1876, when explor-
alton OF the alluvial deposits began.
followed later by vein mining The De
Kaap gold fields were discovered in
1884, and the conglomerate or ban
ket" beds OF the Witwatersrand-des-
| tined to supersede all others in i'm
portance-in 1855.
In that year a small stamp battery
was erected to crush quartz from a
vein a few miles west OF Johannes
burg, and in this crushing OF con
glomerate was made; but it was not
until April. 1887. that battery OF
three stamps was erected to treat the
| ore of the Witwatersrand banket. This
was followed by the erection OF othel
batteries. and the output of gold fol
1887 was 90 0C6 ounces.
) For 1898. the last complete year be
fore the war. it was 4,295,65s ounces
For IN
months of 1899, it was 4,0oS,32
ounces. There were at the end
1898, "a mines, which in 1893 pre-
duced 1881 .446 tons OF ore, crushe
: by 4.765 stamps. They employe
9.47S whites and SS.S27 native worl
= men.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
MEN BEASTS OF BURDEN.
In corea Animals DO Not Vet Take
Their Places.

Their Places.
The returned missionary had been
talking Corea for an hour as he walked
with a friend through the park. They
finally halted on the edge of the
drive, and procession OF automobiles,
red and white devils" whizzed past
them.
They had nothing like that when
left this country" he said. you
know, I've been gone seven years.
"a great Improvement" responded
the friend: another step toward the
higher civilization
81 was about to make the point my
self" said the missionary. and 1t Will
apply to Corea. Until they improve
their means of transportation the lit
tie kingdom of the east cannot hope
to be civilized. With them man Is
still the chief beast OF burden.
From the time male OF the lower
class can walk, his back is acquainted
with the wooden pack saddle, and the
men who make business OF 1t form
a strong guild.
"Corean horses or ponies are mis-
erable creatures. They bite and kick
| with no provocation whatever. and ne
| amount of training will make then
trustworthy. No wonder tn;t they are
cruelty treated by the natives.
"Corean bulls have an easy time o
it, owing to certain religious ideas
From the day Of his birth he Is tn
family pet. and he never becomes to-
strong and unruly to be an unsar
companion for children. New Yor
| Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Work for the Lord.

Senator Depew tells story OF a
suffering citizen Of New York, who
announced his intention of entering
the ministry. "How can you expect to
be a successful preacher with your at
fliction?" he was asked by friend.
The L-l-l-ord will pp-ut w-w-words IN
nv Monmouth" was the reply
"well." said his friend, 1.-The Lord may
mt them in, but He will have to send
somebody to pull them out. wash
in eton Post
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Mus+ Re Sonethino Wron

Editor RichsTds of the Wellington
(Kan) Mail .has been exploring the
tax list Of that town and is reused to
indignation by the fact that the lead
ing bank of the town pays taxes on
$50 worth of personal property. while
q barber who runs shop in the base
ment Of the bank pays on 1920 worth.
Editor Richards concludes that some
thing must be wrong and hints darkly
that the barber must be rich as Pluto
o< Plutus--he is not sure which.
No good cause ever started with q
working majority.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
REGARD FOR HIS DIGNITY.
Hotel Clerk Thought He was Doing
Evarts Favor.

Evarts a Favor.
Evarts, even when he lived III
Washington as President Hayes sec
retary of state. was notoriously un-
kempt with regard to his clothes. and
looked like anything else than the ma
tons brilliant attorney. His hat, IN
particular, was woeful bit of attire
and made him look like an actor
"made-up" for Marks" in Uncle
Toms Cabin. Evarts. on one occa-
sion. registered in Philadelphia no.
tel of the first class about CLOCK
in the evening, and Immediately went
out. Returning a few hours later, ne
stepped to the desk for his key. ana
found the night clerk had come on.
duty.
''Evarts-Mr. Evarts," said the sec
| retary of state, briskly, to the clerk
The latter eyed the guest for mo-
ment. evidently obtained an unfa-
vorable impression. and replied;
MT. Evarts is very i'll in his room
and has left positive orders that hs
will see nobody"
Mr. Evarts, wild with Indignation
sought the manager and entered
complaint. The manager rushed i
the desk and hotly demanded to kno"
why Mr.. Evarts had been reported
as i'll and in his room.
"Why. sir" responded the clerk. y
didn't like the looks of the man WHO
called to see him, and didn't think
man of Mr. Evarts' importance wousf
care to be bothered by shabby OLE
panhandler like that
The explanation that soothed the
secretary of state was lngeniou:
rather than truthful.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Her coniueal Attachment.

Mrs. Davis. the charming widow e&
Senator "Cush" Davis of Minneaok
appeared on the street in Washin84
last week carrying on her arm d
band of black Grape, to which wag G
tached a fine miniature of her M
husband. Oddities of personal
ment are SO common in the coT
city that it Is diflcult to cause =
sation in that way. but Mrs. pAN3
doubtedly succeeded in rousing
talk with her novel idea. sS2}y
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-23
Building Declining in New Ensl.nd4

A statistician who has been fgurtn0
on industries in New England hnds
that building and engineering enter
prises in Massachusetts, and the neigh
boring states are declining. The total
value of contracts awarded on new
building and engineering enterprises
to the end of April has been only $lS,,
O79 900. as against $25, ,715.0OU in the
same period last year. The decline
for the first week in April was more
than S15O,000. Only II per cent o.
the contracts were for the construc-
ton of factories and manufacturing
buildings.