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The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
a New Summer Swlndlor.

The proprietor of the latest
New York bunco game is gener-
ally a young man of excellent
manners and pleasant address
calling on people and offering to
rent summer houses in the sub
urbs. He first offers long ringa-
marole about the family connec-
ton. With the negotiations we'll
under way he rises to go saying ::
"I'll give you my card, SO that in
case you are kept from the en-
gagernent day after tomorrow
you can communicate with me"
To his intense surprise, however,
his pocketbook is missing. He
remembers that two men Jostled
him in the car, but at the time
he thought nothing of the Incl
dent. The loss would be good
joke on him were it not that he
must max the night train home.
Could the house owner lend him
S. or $40, to be returned day after
tomorrow The day comes but
the young man and the money re-
main away, and the happy sum
mer home is still without a tenant
of high degree.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Pious Park Entertainments.

In the dramatic papers there is
an advertisement signed by the
Rev, :. Edward Young, chaplain
of the Pastors Church Alliance of
PittsburG, asking for singers and
musicians for the summer for
some OF the Pittsburg parks. The
intention is to give a series of sa-
cred concerts under the manage
ment OF the Rev, Mr. Young
This is another step OF the church
toward Joining hands with the
theatrical world in an effort to give
the great public opportunity to
attend worthy entertainments
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
An Old Bet Just Settled.

Zack Snyder, a citizen OF By
ron. H.. has won wager made
twenty-five years ago, and re-
cent storm decided the bet. In
1890 Snyder was in Oregon. H.,
talking to G.. A. Mix. when their
gaze happened to fall on the spire
of the Methodist church, which
stood across the street. The two
fell to specnlating as 10 the prob
ability OF the structures topping
over in 4 wind storm, and each
venrurcd prediction as to which
way it would fall. Mix bet Sny-
der that ii would fall to the north.
while SNYDER held out that it
would go over to the east The
result was bet of box OF 10
cent cigars. and they cleverly
planned TO get the weeds i'll adj
vance. They went into the store
OF +. y. lcwett. then, as now.
merchant Of Oregon, and told him
that the loser would pay when it
was decided. Iewett, not suspect
ing the terms of the wager, turned
over box Of cigars to the pair,
and he has been waiting for his
money all these wears. Not long
ago the stceple succombed to the
fury of the storm that prevailed
in that region. the structure tlrn-
bling over to the east. and Mix,
remembering his wager, called on
Jewett and planked down the
money.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Horse Meat Not Bad.

Speaking OF the possibility Of
using horsemcat because OF the
high price OF beef, the editor of
the Milwaukee, Wisconsin says !:
The horse is the cicancst OF all
animals. and therefore his meat is
not unhcalthful. We have had
some experience in horse beef and
know what it is. In 1870 we were
shut up for two months in the
Siege Of Paris, and horse beef was
served up by not d few OF tAe res
taurants under the title Of 'flllet
de rnoutOn 1t is palatable diet,
but, inasmuch as there is no fat in
the beef. it is not very nourlsh-
ing"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
What Might Have Been.

An ordinarily veracious chron-
icier tells this story Of suit
brought against the Pennsylvania
railroad by farmer whose COW
was killed by 4 train. There was
long trial, with learned argu-
ments ON both sides. The jury
brought in this verdict IF the
train had been run as it should
have been ran; if the bell had
been rung as it should have been
rang; if the whistle had been
bowed as it should have been
blew-both of which they did nei-
ther-the COW would not have
been injured when she was killed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Scrap Over Liquor Question.

At an allt'-saloou meeting in
W whore, Ncb.. Rev. DR.. l.. G..
Parker Of the Methodist church
worked himself into a fine frenzy
which still ragged while he was on
his way home Meeting Rev ID.
s. T. Bcnbrook. another 'MethO-
dist Clergyman, he renewed his
dcnuuciation OF the liquor traffic.
MIR. Beubrook halls from Missis-
sippi and holds liberal views on
the subject, and the two were
sCon involved in an alteration.
Or. Parker whipped out a rcvolv-
er and opened fire ON his rever-
end brother. but his aim is deplor
ably bad, for he missed five times.
| hen, his last shot having been
fired. he was about to use the but
OF the weapon. being determined
to convince the SOuthcrucr. but d
policeman interviewed and now
the fiery Parker is under 81 900
bond.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
A Matter of Capacity.

a man who was called on to ad-
dress a Sunday school in a Penn
svlvania town took the familiar
:he,ne of the children who mock
ed Elijah on his journey to Beth
elbow the youngsters taunted
:he poor Old prophet, and how
hey were punished when two She
bears came out OF the woods and
ate forty-two OF them And now,
children, said the speaker, wish
ing to learn if his talk had pro-
duced any moral effect, what
does this story show " Please.
sir, came from a little girl well
down in front, 1t shows how
many children two she bears can
holdw
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Bro. Hann's Pointed Farewell.

Rev. NJ. ]. Ham did his best for
a congregation in Centerville, n.
J., but finally concluded that the
members were not doing their
best for him. Whereupon he
called a meeting OF the church
and took leave OF them all in this
pungent fashion: Brothers and
sisters, / come to say goodby. /
don't think God loves this church,
because none of you ever die. l
don't think YOU love each other,
because you have not paid my sal
ary. Your donations are Inoldy
fruit and worny apples, and by
their fruits We shall know them.
Brothers, | am going to q better
place. I have been called to be
chaplain Of a pcn;tentiary- ] go
to prepare place for you, and
NAV the lord have mercy on your
souls. Goodby."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Cheap Livino in Paris.

A married couple, with one or
two children. can live very COM
iortabiy. if not in great luxury. in
Paris on 1000 francs per annurn,
which would be about $4,000 in
your money" SAID Il man from the
French capital to Il Washington
interviewer the other day. "Ot
this suHa. the largest item would
i've for house rent. which would re-
quire $500 A great many things
are cheaper il, France than in the
United States. particularly cloth
inS and servants hire. The price
OF food would not vary much. 1t
is true that the population OF
france shows almost no Increase
from one year to another. but | do
sot think that is to be taken as a
sign Of national tccadcnCc. Our
young men ct the cities do not, as
rule, marry Until they are in the
helghbcrlloud OF thirty. and now
adays girls are well into the TWEEN
ties before they think OF mating.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Prolific Hymn-Writer.

Fannie Crosby, now so years of
age and blind, but still working.
has written upwards OF 5000
church hymns. She tells in a St.
Louis newspaper that Safe in the
Arms OF Jesus, hymn sung
throughout Christcndon, was
written in fifteen minutes. Mrs.
Crosby has recently written her
first music, all her previous work
having been confined to the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Confederate White House.

A large number of the mem
bers of the Alabama division OF
the United Daughters OF the Con
federacy are DESTROYS OF having
permanently preserved the first
Confederate White House
the house in Montgomery in
which Jefferson Davis resided in
1861, before the Confederate cap
ital was transferred to Richmond,
Va. Many OF the Davis relics,
including part of the furniture of
the house, are in the Alabama
state capitol, in Montgomery.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
swedIsh Anti-DyspepsIs Diet.

Dyspepsia would no longer be
4 national disease in America If
the people of this country would
adopt a plain diet similar to that
Of Norway and Sweden. Gout is
unknown. among Swedes and
Norweigians. and the rosy cheeks
and clear complexions of the
young people of those countries
are the result of the simple food
The children eat" Victor f. Mel
son. United States consul at
Bergen. Norway, says. Mr.. Mel
son is now at home on short
cave of absence. Hot rolls and
white bread are rarely seen in
sweden. knackbrode-or hard
oread-is the standard article of
;ood. 1t is made OF ground oats
md rye. There is no yeast in the
oread. and it is rolled into thin
waters, which are baked and hung
Up where they will keep perfectly
dry Swedcs eat this bread and
drink milk for two meals a day,
and have one meal at which they
.at meat and potatoes Sweets
are almost unknown. Children are
allowed to eat candy only on state
occasious.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Something Substantial.

What the Cubasn need now are
markets and not bouquets. If
Congress would pass the reciproc-
Ity bill, the unanimous resolutions
feiicitatiRg the Cuban govern
nent On its Independence would,
as the Springfield Republican
suggests, seem less like Marie
Antointttc's fanious query con
corning the starving French when
told that they couldn't get bread.
why don't they eat cake ?" she
asked brilliantly.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Two Old ADS"

a paper in Norway recently
contained the following advertise
nent: Il. the undersigned, de
clare that. through rcgrcttable
mistake, / circulated the rumor
that the coffee house keeper, Jor-
gen Henriksen, had drunk glass
of beer I humbly apologize to
MIR. Henrilescn for this unfounded
trnputatlon. Olaf r. Lien.
Another curious advertisement
appeared the other day in an Eng
lish paper. II was as follows:
Wanted, by the advertiser, stu
alton as plain cook in small fam
lily, where the mistress is not al
WAYS AT her heels; it causes I'M
pleasantnesS. then she leaves.
Anv lady that does this sort OF
thing need not answer this.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
New York's "Dodo" Craze.

King Dodo." now reigning
favorite in New York, is winning
its way into trade there. The lat
est thing in haberdashcry is the
King Dodo" cravat. which does
not in the least resemble the in
sane ncckwear with which King
Dodo garnishes his Adams 5 apple
Then the hing Dodo' hat, which
is rapidly coming into vogue, and
the king Dodo" handkerchief.
the softcst, nimsicst bit of trans
parcncy Imaginable. And now
Philip. the chef al Delmonico
has invented a new salad. To- be
up to date, he has christened his
new chef d'oeuvre King Dodo'
salad.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Sensitive Wall Street.

Just how sensitive W all Street
is was manifested on a recent
morning when it became known
that Russell Sage was unable to
come down town This is so un-
usual that an uneasy feeling at
once manifested itself and could
not be quictcd until it was Ger
tainly known that the octogena-
rian nulti-fnilliouaire was merely
suffering from a slight cold. Mr..
Sage has only absentcd himself
thus on one or two occasions since
Norcross tried TO blow him to
pieces with a dynamite bomb.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Paul Ford's Last Work.

The last writing by Paul Lei
cester Ford OF which he saw the
proofs is an article on the April
number of the Biographer, of
which he was the editor, on which
he put the final touches just be-
fore his death. Mr.. Ford's con-
tribution is an article on The
Crisis rare pamphlet of the Rev
olutionary period, which as he
shows has been improperly neg
lected by historians.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
How to Enslave Him.

Max O'Rell, in his book "TIer
Royal Highness, Woman" gives
this advice to wives: TO rule
your husband, my dear lady, do
exactly as you please, but always
pretend that you do as he pleases-
That is where your ability comes
in. Men are ruled, as children
are. by the prospect OF reward.
The reward of your husband IS
your amiability. your sweetness,
your devotion and your beauty, of
which YOU should take constant
care. Always let him suppose that
it is for him that YOU wish to re
main beautiful. The woman who
believes that she is asserting her
independence every time she puts
on hat particularly displeasing
to her husband is as clever and in
telligent as the Irish1nan who
buys return trip ticket at a rail
way Office. and, on entering the
car remarks to the passengers: i
have played good joke on the
company. | have bought a return
ticket, but | don't mean to come
back.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Congressional Fish story.

Delegate Mark Smith, of .Ari-
zona, is one Of the finest conversa-
tional members of the Congress
sional Fishing Club. He is cred
tied with recent story that is
said to have made even the hard
en01 raconteurs OF the cloak
rooms hold their breath. II was
up at Dickerson's, on the Poto-
mac, fishing for bass last year,
said Smith. I'VE were using
frogs. but mad lot OF under-sized
ninnC VS. in covered tin pail
hung over the si%e of the boat.
Something gave the boat sud-,
den jerk, and the pail slipped of
and went to the bottom. l cussed
4 little. but went on fishing. This
spring went to Dickerson's S
again and anchored in about the
same place where lost the min
Rows the year before. just below
DlS SSSdtliolS llSe CuilliS liz
afternoon good reel dropped
overheard. 1t was too valuable
TO lose. and one OF the boatmen
began graphing for it. He didn't
get the reel. but he brought up the
identical minnow pail l had lost
the year before, We opened it,
and there was the whole mess OF
minnows, splashing around and
grown TO the right size for bass
Il suppose, OF course, you used
them,' said "Uncle Joe" Cannon.
sarcastically. "Certainly," replied
Smith, and l caught string OF
the finest bass you ever saw"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
The Two Geronimos.

see. notes Victor Smith, the
I'ilipinos are designated the
"Apaches OF the Orient Very
good and quite apropos. Geron-
ino was the name OF the Apache
chief Lawton fought to a stand
still in his Young days, and by the
strange IRONY Of fate Geronimo
was the name OF the Filipino
chief. one OF whose band shot
General Lawton dead The
Apache Geronimo is still standing
off old Father Time in great
style: he is SO years old and as
jolly as an old sand boy with his
$50 month, dreaming the happy
hours away with not d thought ot
the past. though he has more
scalps to his credit than any 9th y
br~ lniun living.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
The Joke on the Swede.

This talk of the fellows who
want to do something for Cuba,
but are opposed TO reciprocity re-
minds me Of. the man who was
passing a saloon in We.tc- street.
New York" said Senator Depew.
lust as he went BY the door a
man came tumbling out, eyes
blackened, nose bleeding and face
generally mashed in. Notlvith-
standing the fellow was shouting
with laughter. Whats the mat
ter the pedestrian asked. Why,
] was in there and he hit me a ter
riblc blow in the nose and said,
Take that. YOU blasted Norweg-
ian. Whats funny about that ?
oh. wait till | tell YOU. Then he
hit me another crack in the
mouth. Knocked me down and
loOscned half OF my teeth, and
said. -, AXE that, too. YOU blasted
Norwegian. i see nothing fun
ny in that. insisted the other
man. 'Ha! ha! ha! shouted the
battered one. The Joke is that III
a SNyede
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Tennessee's New Pension Roll.

Tennessee now has l ,445 names
on its state pen~on roll of old sol
diers. and the total amount paid
to them in the last year was ST. 49,
eco. No more names can be add
ed unless the Legislature in
creases the appropriation. The
pensioners are divided into three
classes; the first receive $500 a
wear, the second $500, and the
thisd $Ioo.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Vh's" Birthpiaos Sold.

wilson homestead. at Ma
ID, n. H., said to be the birth
place of the original 'sUncle Sam. "
has been sold at auction for ST. 500.
The purchaser was Captain Orrcn
A.. Hambletts- Of. Washington,
Uncle Sam" was Samuel Wilson.
the. eldest of twelve children born
on this farm. During the second
war with England, as the story
goes. he and his brother Edward
were contractors fer government
supplies at Troy. \. Y. 1t was
the Wilson's idea to label their
beef and pork packages u. =,
and, as Samuel Wilson was gen
crallv called "t,nGlc Sam. the
army quickly referred to the sup
plies as 'Uncle Sam s. This title
quickly was applied tc' the gov
ernment and after the war was
used everywhere in that sense.
Samuel Wilson died in Troy in
1854, aged SS. The farm was sold
because OF the death ol the last
member OF the family. 1t was
owned by successive Wilson's for
I22 wears
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Hunted for Loose Finuers.

After Senator Tillnan has fin
ished a speech, says Washing
ton correspondent. the senate em-
ployeS always look under the seats
to see if any OF his fingers are ly-
ing around For in gesticulatinG
he has habit of shaking his eN-
tended fingers SO violently that it
seems as if they would fly ot:.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Westward Takes Its Way.

Nv ell" asked Uncle Hiram,
how wuz the circus ;"
Fine" answered Uncle 81, 1T
wuz so hot in the tent that the
sweat poured out O me; the mar
row board on which | set made
my bones ache the rcd lemonade
give me a headache, an my shoes
hurt SO that l thought some one
wuz burnin' my feet with hot
irons
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
When Their Names Are There.

When his wife died the late J.
Sterling Morton had erected over
her grave d tombstone bearing the
inscription: "Caroline French,
wife OF J. Sterling Morton and
mother OF Joy, Paul. Carl and
Mark Morton "Why did You
put the BOYS names in - inquired
d friend OF him one day. i took
my boys out to the cemetery,
said Mr.. Morton, "and showed
them their mother 5 grave. Boys,
/ said, your mother is buried
here. If one OF you does anything
dishonorable or anything of
which she would be ashamed if
she were alive, will chiscl your
name from her tombstone.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Wu's Pina-Pona Denial.

In denying the story that he has
d ping pong ankle Minister WI
says some American newspaper
men must haNe c originated it be
cause it sounded nice to say WI
Tlng-fang had a pingrong pang.
1t is not astonishing that the man
who thought of that could not re-
sist the temptation to print ii.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Good Waues in Salt Lake.

The Salt Lake Telegram says
that in that city there are some
expert electrical workers who
earn $500 Il month. Two expert
decorative painters are credited
with receiving $50 day and find
ing employment whenever they
desire work. \ few plastcr-cast
men command wages equally
high. Bricklaycrs get s. a day,
while plumbers, timers, carpen-
ters and stone-cuttcrs all get 81. so
a day. Machinists earn from So
to ST. painters, So and So. SO.
Restaurant cooks get from $25 to
$40 week.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
The Real Watchdoos.

THIS is a recently expressed
opinion of Congressman Little
field of Maine: IF it were not for
the newspapers the jobs which
would go through congress arr
terriable to. contemplate. If
there were no newspapers at all
I don't belie2e | would be willing
to trust myself alone in the house
Of representatives for fifteen min
uteS"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
An An.i-Gun-Kickinq invention.

Two artihcers in the govern
ment arsenal at budapest have
perfected an arrangement for OBJ
WAITING the recoil of rifle when
it is fred. The contrivance ccn-
sists OF springs placed in the butt
of the weapon, which are acted
upon bv compressed air.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
Memorial to a Little Minister. -"

On May 10 OF each year the
: n6.velist,J NJ. Barrie, gives SIS to
the poor OF the village of Bower,
in Caithness. In 1892 Rev. James
Winter, the Free Church minister
of the village, who was to have
married the novelist 5 sister, was
killed by d tall from his horse, and
this annual gift is that his mem
ory may be kept green
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22
A Bio Bible Glass.

Lord Overtun conducts a Bible
class i'll the High Church, DUN
barton, Scotland, which numbers
4.+S members, seVeiity-seVen OF
whom have attended every meet
ing during the year. The leader
has conducted the class for thirty
two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-11
coMBEs ANNOUNCES POLICY.
New Ministry Will Maintain Materia
 Patrlmony of France.


 Paris, June 10. = In the Chamber of Deputies today the premier, M. Combes, made the ministerial declaration. It was or the lines of the synopsis cabled to the Associated Press June :, and was re- ceived in silence by the moderates and rightists, while by the radicals and radi- cal socialists it was warmly applauded.
 In concluding his remarks the premier said:
 Never losing sight of the superior, permanent interests of the country our foreign policy will continue the alliance of which France and Russia equally ap- preciate the benefcent action and in which universal opinion sees an essential guarantee of the worlds equilibrium. We shall cultivate relations and friendships which have beer happily developed or renewed and which are fellcitated by community of origin. proximity or slmi- larity of institutions and history.
 Respectful of others rights. we shall devote ourselves to maintaining intact the moral and material patrimony of France"
 The chamber decided to discuss the in- terpellations on the governments pro- gramme Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-11
Frost's Thought Recorder"

Baltimore Telegram to the New York
 Sun.
 The Rev. William A Crawford Frost. rector of the Holy Comforter Protest ant Episcopal church, has placed on ex- hibition his automatic thought-record- ing machine, which in a sensational manner he called upon MT. Carnegie to finance at a recent dinner in New York.
 The minister remained at a sanitariun for time, and has now recovered from the nervous attack which led to his dramatic out utbreak in New York. He has spent much time and thought in the invention and improvement of his ma chine.
 The thought recorder" is a develop ment of the typewriter, by means of which an expert operator, 1t is stated can write several times as fast as on the ordinary writing machine
 This Is accomplished by transferrins some of the most frequently employed functions of the fingers to the knees and feet. On each side of the table under meath Is spring to be pressed by one of the knees. One operates the spaces and the other the capital letter shift.
 There are four pedals one of which moves the figure shift and the other three stike the letters U, I, and G. There are twentyfour keys, arranged in three banks of four for each hand, and the keys for the thumbs and little fingers are slightly advanced to compensate for the comparative shortness of these diRits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-11
Scarcely Appropriate.
the Philadelphia Times

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Things do not invariably happen for tuitously, even where religion is con- cerned From Towanda, Pa., comes the story of very fervid revival meeting in an upstate Methodist church. Worship there was primitive and simple; the emotions were given unrestrained expression. An old back slider had been moving uneasily under the exhortation of the various lusty- lunged speakers, gfoaned once or twice as though in soul agony, and finally arose and addressed the blaze thus:
 Brothers! Sisters! Do something for me! I feel that am going straight to he'll"
 Glory! Glory!" came from all over the church.
 Help me, brothers and sisters" went on the repentant one. q know I am on the road to damnation!"
 The congregation seemed to feel that song was the one thing needful, and spiritedly joined in, when sturdy backwoods basso tunefully roared out the opening lines of the stirring old hymn
 If you get there before I do, Just tell them that I'm coming, too!''