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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-24

Lisbon has recently been subjected
to an unprecedented invasion of rats,
which has disoredered the domestic
economy of every household and made
life miserable Cats We're poWerleSs to
check the invaders; poison seemed to
act as a stimulant to their appet1tes,
and traps only served to demonstrate
the helplessness of mans ingenuity to
cope with the pest.
Al length the aid of the bacillus was
invoked and the municipal doctors
were commissioned to inoculate some
rats with an infectious disease. A suit
aisle virus harmless to man. was found
a few rats captured and inoculated and
then let loose The bacillus triunphed
The rats sickened and died with won
derfui rapidity. and to-day Lisbon is
celebrating the conquest of the Vora-
ciOus rodent.
1t is now proposed to use the virus
on board ships, where rats are known
to be the carriers of infection fatal tC
man-notably plague.
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Acknowledgement for All women.

Beauty is not given to every woman
but every one may be lovable, and ever
the plainest may be charming and at
tractive. First of all, she must remem-
Der to cultivate that excellent thing in
woman, soft and gentle voice. To be
sweet it must never be raised in anger
ar in argument, and peevishness must
be kept out of it, when things go wrong
at home Then her manner must be
gentle and sympathetic; this manner
must be no social veneer, but the ex-
preston of a really unselhsh gentle
nature What she is in heart and MIND
will in time be expressed in her face
in spite of the plain set of features
and thus she may be charming ant
attractive, and AS much loved and ad
mired as those who we're endowed bJ
nature with the gift of beauty.
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day saloon-opening question, just now
being agitated in that city. 1t has
been stated by one of the officials OF
the newly elected reform admins
tr1tion in New York, that he will use
his influence toward the enactment OF
a new excise law which will permit
saloons to do business on certain hours,
OF Sundays The Church Temperance
society met shortly after this declara-
ton was made, and after an animated
discussion adopted resolutions strongly
opposing the proposed liberal law. The
president of the society the Right Rev.
DR.. William C. Doane, bishop of AL
bany, thereupon rendered his reslgna-
ton stating that he was not in SYM
pathy with the Societys position
Members of the Society. some who
We're not present at the meeting when
! the action was taken, are talking about
having it rescinded at the next meet
ing, and Episcopal leaders are divided
| on the subject. some holding with the
Society and others believing, with
! Bishop Doane, that excise laws are
much in need Of improvement, which
may come. although not necessarily
in the form Of liberality.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-24
Home-Made Cold Crea IN.

A good cold cream is made as fol-
lows: Put i'll double boiler six ounces
of sweet almond oil, and, having put
as much water in the outer vessel az
for any cooking, set on the range to
warm. Have ready four good-slZed
cucumbers which have been carefully
wiped to be perfectly clean. Cut them,
unpeeled, in squares TWO or three
inches in size. When the oil is warm
add the cucumbers and set the boiler
on the back of the stove, where the
water will simmer for four or five
hours. Strain and to six ounces OF
the liquid add one ounce of white wax,
one of spermaceti and two of lanolin.
Heat until these ingredients have melt
ed. then remove from the fire and beat
with an egg-beater until cold, adding
during the heating process two tea
spoonfuls of tincture of benzoin.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-24

An elephant catcher rather than a
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
line was making an inspection trip,
while passing through the great Nam
bar forest. the train came to a stop
with jolt that threw the travellers
out of their berths. The train had
run into a herd of wild elephants
which were trotting 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 thu
first time that wild elephants have go
on the track, and ordinary fences ant
cattle guards are no protection.-Sci
entific American.
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WOMEN WHO DRANK.

That ladies of fashion have the habit
of drinking greatly to excess Is pet
subject for a certain type OF sensa-
tional writer. THE Bottle in the
Boudoir,' drunkenness in the Draw
ing Room" are the sort of headings
that are always sure to appeal to
large section of readers. The articles
are generally written in a very exag-
gerated tone but there was probably
good deal of truth in a somewhat SINH
lar article that was written some 300
years ago concerning the visit to Eng
land in the month Of July. 1904 OF that
heavy drinking monarch, King Chris
tian Nv. of Denmark. to the court or
his brother-in-law, James l. Il think"
wrote Sir John Harrington, that the
Dane has greatly wrought on our good
English mobiles, for those whom l could
never get to taste good liquor now fol-
low the fashion. The ladies abandon
their sobriety and are seen to roll
about in intoxication." He describes
masque acted by the ladies of the court
OF King. James. The representation
was of Solomon's temple and the com
ing of the Queen of s. cha. The
queen who had to bring in gifts to
both their majesties, tumbled down
and upset her gifts into the lap of the
royal Dane, who insisted on dancing
with her but collapsed and had to be
put to bed. Then appeared in rich
dresses Hope, Faith and Charity. Hope
tried to speak, but wine SO enfeebled
her endeavors that she withdrew and
hoped that the king would forgive her.
Faith followed from the royal presence
in staggering condition; Charity
seems to have behaved fairly well; Vic
tory had to wave a sword and fright
ened the king, who, one often reads,
was very nervous of weapons; while
Peace took offense in endeavoring to
get up to the King, and welded her
olive branch in warlike assault upon
the heads OF her observation-disclosures
hold Words.
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AN INEBRIATE RETREAT.

To his many reformatory institutes
General Booth has now added Male
Inebriate Retreat near the existing
Hadleigh Farm Colony not far from
London. The Home, licensed under
the Dalrymple Act WILL at the outset.
receive 80 patients at Ell each
per week-patients who, in their earn
est desire to be saved from themselves.
are willing to forego their liberty for
twelve months Besides these patients.
accommodation is to be provided for
"committal cases." that is. hab1tual
drunkards sent to the Salvationists by
magistrates and jointly maintained at
the expense of the country and OF the
Treasury The Home is to be known
as Victoria House. 1t is adapted from
a spacious mansion and grounds, and
is ideally suited to the intended pur-
pose On the estate are grassy gladeS
and pine plantations. There are an
ancient fishpond. an old English gar
den. a large kitchen garden. great
conservatory. and poultry farm
These and a range of workshops will
occupy the abilities and energies OF
the patients and contribute to their
restoration General Booth also has
in contemplation provision for the
young Hooligans of London.-Ram's
Horn
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CRre of Hands in Winter.

Any extreme temperature, or either
very hot or very cold water, is not
good for the hands. Warm water is
more cleansing than cold water.
dozen drops of the tincture of benZoin
added to a basin of warm water is ben
eficial TO the hands. CASTLE or one OF
the fine toilet soaps should be used.
A generous Iather should be made and
the hands thoroughly rubbed with it.
A rubber ieSh-hrush is a great comfort
A little bran or oatmeal if put in the
water has a softening effect, and makes
the skin velvety and pliable. Almond
meal is also excellent for this purpose.
Care in drying the hands is essential
to their good condition. especially in
winter. A soft towel will gather up
all the moisture and should be used in
between the fingers of each hand so
that every part may be thoroughly
dried. After drying the hands it is a
good plan to rub in little cold cream
or almond oil. aftec which. if they are
particularly sensitive, powder may be
busted over them.-Ladies Home Jour
nal.
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WOMEN PARLlAMENTARIANS.
The OuibbIer Is Not Popular In Socie-
ties and Clubs.

The Ouibbler Is Not Popular IN SOcle-
ties and Clubs.
For a few years past it has been
fad, especially among women connected
with clubs and other organizations, to
study parliamentary law in order that
they might be able to conduct their
meetings in a businesslike manner. All
over the country women announced
themselves qualified to conduct parlia-
mentary law classes. and the women OF
the associations and the clubs paid
their fees in return for information
with regard to motions and rulings and
general parliamentary procedure. The
pupils in turn were anxious to display
their newly acquired knowledge, and
at one time it looked as If the desire
of some of the members Of various Or
ganizat atoms that meetings should be
conducted strictly according to bust
ness rules was putting the real OBJECT
and work of the organization in the
background. \ reaction has set in,
however. Common sense, tact and par
liaInentary law are now acknowledged
to be the factors in the successful con-
duct of any meeting, says the Brooklyn
Eagle and the woman who makes her
self too obstructive in calling attention
to little irregularities in parliamentary
procedure is quietly but effectually
given to understand that hers is not
the popular course. Most of us are
too busy to spend our time clubbing
| over unImportant points" said an at
tendant at a recent meeting of an i'm
portant organization. We have be-
! come tired of the parliamentarians who
are everlastingly insisting upon little
points and losing sight of the real OBJ
| iect that the association has in view in
! their arguments over details. None OF
! us want to go back to the old days Of
| do-as-you-please conducting of WON
| ems meetings, but the presiding officer
who displays common sense and dis
| position to recognize the will of the
majority is the one who is most sue
cessful in holding the attention ant
good will of the members. OF course
the extremists among the parliamenta
rians will not agree with me, but the,
are in the minority
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Coal Fire Over Night.

Anthracite coal, being nearly a solid
carbon, the fire may be arranged tic
keep" over night. To accomplish this
lift the lid on the top of the stove, OF
open the little draft at the top of the
fire-box; this will allow cold air tC
enter pass over the upper surface OF
the coal, chill it and prevent rapid
burning. AS this is imperfect combus-
ton great care must be taken to have
the chimney tiue open, that the prod
ucts of combustion may not come out
into the room. Carbon monoxide, the
product of imperfect combustion. is a
colorless, odorless, poisonous gas Be
ing an accumulative poison it is still
more dangerous. AS hard coal con-
tains little sulphur, when the drafts
are imperfect the odor or the sulphur
is noticed, which is like the sounding
of an alarm bell, for carbon-monoxide
is found in its company.-Mrs. S. t
Rorer. in Ladies Home Journal.
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Ffrureheads for Navy Vessels.

The old practice of adjoining tie
vessels of the navy with figureheads
is to be revived, and the cruiser Gin
cinnati when it went into commission
on Dec /, has been the first of the
modern vessels to return to the old
and beautiful custom. This vessel now
displays a life-size figure of Liberty in
steel and wood, standing straight out
from the well-curved stem. 1t is IN
derstood that Rear Admiral Bowles,
the present chief of the bureau of con-
struction and repair, is responsible for
this return to the old ways, and that
the figure for the Cincinnati was con-
structed at the New York navy yard
under his direction when he was in
charge of the construction workshops
there. When the cruiser Olympia was
placed in commission at the Boston
navy yard Dec. 16, it was adorned
with a new figurehead of Victory hold
ing in her outstretched hands an
| American eagle.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-24
DRINK PROBLEM IN GER MANY.

A temperance society has lately beer
started at Nuremburg, Germany, fol
school children and grown-up people
The rules of which are to enforce tota
abstinence from alcoholic drinks
Those who know OF the drinking habits
of the Bavarians will understand how
necessary such societies are. 1t Is Gus
tomary IN that part of Germany tc
give beer TO quite small children, and
il is even sometimes given to infants
in their feeding bottles instead of milk
1t is hoped that much may be done by
temperance societies. All school chill
tiren over thirteen may join the band
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-24
Lavish Young Vanderbilt.

Young Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
spends money with hand almost as
lavish as that of the mobiles of the Ro-
man decadence. On a recent record
breaking coaching trip that he made
from New York to this city he had his
own photographers youth in an ODD
gray hat-along with him, and he and
his equipage We're photographed be-
sides by newspaper men at every stop
that was made along the line. lmme-
diately after the trip Mr.. Vanderbilt
requested a firm of advertising solicit
tors in New York to ascertain the
names of all the newspaper men who
had photographed him, to obtain from
these men prints OF all the negatives
which they had made, and then to Or
der three dozen mounted pictures from
each negative that was good. Pho
tographer of this city who had made
three negatives got an order from the
firm of solicitors for nine dozen pic
lures at So a dbzen. One days work
filled the order and he earned that day
S54 He says there We're at least sew
enty-five pictures made of Mr.. Wander
bile on his trip. and at least fifty OF
these were good. Therefore he esti-
mates that, what with the bill Of the
| advertising solicitors. this great order
| ing of photographs by the young mil
| lionaire has cost him fully Sl.oO0--
| Philadelphia Record.
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REASONING POWERS OF CRABS.
This One Undoubtedly Showed 1t. Ac'
cording to Islackford.

Eugene Blackboard, the eX-hsh com
missioner, was standing in the door
of his office in Fulton Market one day
last week when literary woman came
UP to him and said: Mr.. Blackford. l
am gathering material for an article
on crabs. Do you think those little
crustaceans have the faculty Of rea-
soning?"
We'll, madam" replied Mr. Black
ford, according to the New York Times
81 have never given the subject q
thought, but l have known crabs to do
some remarkable things. Last summer
| was fishing for founders in Jamaica
bay. The water was shallow and
could easily see the bottom. A crab
sided up to my bait. picked up the
hook with one claw, took off the bait
with the other, ate it and then climbed
up the line hand over hand, tumbled
into the boat and went nosing around
looking for the bait box. If that ism
reason it certainly is very high de
gree OF instinct.
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MONTEREY.

MONTEREY.
We were not many-we who stooc
Before the iron sleet that day
Yet many a gallant spirit would
Give half his years if he then could
Have been with us at Monterey.
>,cs: here, now there, the shot. 1t
hailed
In deadly drifts Of fiery spray.
Yet not a single soldier Qualled
When wounded comrades round the"
walled
Their dying shout at Monterey.
And on-still on our column kept
Through walls of flame its wither-
ing way;
Where fell the dead, the living stept'
Still charging on the guns which
swept
The slippery streets of Monterey.
The foe himself recoiled aghast,
When. striking where he strongest
lay,
We swooped his flanking batteries
past,
And Drawing full their murderous
blast,
Stormed home the towers OF Mon
terey.
Our banners on those turrets wave,
And there our evening bugles play;
Where orange boughs above the1I
grave
Keen green the memory OF the brave
Who fought and fell at Monterey.
We are not many-we who pressed
Reside the brave who fell that day;
Rut who of us has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior rest
Than not have been at Monterey?
Selected.
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MOUSE EXPOSED THE TRICK.
Woman schemed to. Get Certificate OF
Blindness. But Failed.

Woman Schemed to. Get Certificate OF
Blindness. But Failed.
A leading oculist of Montreal. whose
practice extends far outside the boun-
iaries of the city, relates that one day
a young woman came into his Office
accompanied by an older woman, ap-
parently the mother. The young wo-
man wore colored glasses, which one
might have assumed to be superfuous,
as it was claimed that the girl was
totally blind.
What was wanted of the doctor was
a certificate authenticating this claim
of blindness, putting it beyond dispute
and it was frankly stated that the OBJ
ject in seeking this was to obtain GER
tain aids and advantages of philan-
thropic nature, impossible of access
otherwise The standing Of the oculisu
was such that a statement from him
would carry full weight wherever pre-
scented.
On examination, the surface of the
eyes gave no indication of any defect,
but they might be so and blindness still
exist Applying tests of the strongest
light. the girl professed herself to be
absolutely unable to distinguish be-
tween light and darkness Other tests
were resorted to, trying in their ma
ture and some of them were painful,
and these were all borne with patience
and courage. The doctor was puzzled
and baffled. Apparently the girl was
stone blind, but he was unable to solve
the problem of those eyes, to discover
the cause of that blindness or say just
where the defect lay
The doctor was more than half dis
posed to grant the desired certificate,
when as a last expedient, he hit upon
a novel experiment. He dismissed MS
patient with instructions that she
should come again at a certain hour
the following day, and this gave the
oculist time to arrange for the carry
ing out of his plan.
When the girl came the next day the
| doctor had her securely blindfolded
| with a heavy bandage over her eyes.
| He then took tiny mouse which ne
| had procured and held the lovely little
| thing by it's tail before the girls face.
though not touching her, while he Or
dered the bandage to be removed. NO
| sooner was the bandage off than her
| screams rang through the place and
| her eyes We're wild with terror at the
| harmless little rodent which had
thrown her so completely off her guard
and exposed the imposture. OF course
she saw it or she would not have
screamed. Needless to say the apph-
cant did not get that certificate.
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MILITARY CAMP IN sIBERIn.
How the Russians Pitch Their Tents
sturdy and Happy Men.

Sturdy and Happy Men.
On the Sunday morning when all the
church bells were Changing and good
Blagovestchensk folks were fastening,
armed with prayer books. to worship.
l took solitary walk along the Amur
side. On the way l passed through the
camp where are stationed some 5000
soldiers. 1t was well situated near
wood. The officers quarters were OF
timber, painted white, and there were
scraggy gardens in front There were
great long sheds for the troops, but
most of the men We're under canvas.
Their tents were pitched on quite a
different plan to that adopted by Brit
ish troops. There was first built up
square of sods, not unlike a sports
mans shelter you see on the moors at
home, with an entrance on one side.
On the top of this was fixed the tent,
which was really a sort of square can
vas lid which would throw the rain
beyond the bank. In each were six
beds and there was plenty of room to
stand up. At every point was sol
der on guard, bugles were continu-
ously sounding, officers and their Or
deries We're galloping about. For
egner" was, of course, stamped all
over me, and although / received many
curious glances, i strolled where
pleased, with never word OF hind
rance.
These Russian white-bloused Inn
mics were just as 'larky" as their red
Iacketed friends at Aldershot, says a
correspondent of the London News. In
one or two places men were put out on
parade, but most of them were spend
ing their Sunday as they pleased. From
some of the tents came the bleat of &C
cordions, and young fellows were
laughing and singing. Then l came
across group having wrestling
matches: next some young fellows were
testing their jumping powers; ther
groups squatted in the shade OF the
trees smoking and gossiping. l must
say that they were all sturdy, we'll SCI
and healthy men, clean and neat, ant
quite happy.
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INSTRUCTING THE BOYS.

Mrs. Lillian Burt, state Superlntend-
ent of the Ohio Woman'S Christian
Temperance Union, constantly endeav-
ors to impress upon her fellow work
ers the necessity of securing the per-
manency of their work by instructing
their sons and the boys and young
men who come under their influence
along the line of prohibition. In cir
cuiar sent out some time ago among
the workers of her own state she said,
speaking particularly OF the fork that
ought to follow the instruction OF the
Loyal Temperance Legion: Many of
us have felt that in carrying on the
work of the Loyal Temperance Legion
and teaching the children the princi-
pies of total abstinence for the in
diyidual and prohibition for the state
and nation" we were contributing our
full share to the final overthrow of
the enemy, but during the last cam
paign as we heard these boys. whom
we had taught so carefully for years,
shouting themselves hoarse for the
candidates OF parties that endorse the
license system, we were awakened to
the fact that our work had been left
incomplete. We had made them firm
believers in total abstinence. but as
they went forth from our Legious they
were not equipped with the kind OF
literature that would lead them TO see
that their whole duty would not be
performed if 1t stopped short of voting
against the liquor traffic and ali par
ties and organizations that foster anC
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