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The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04

Every state of the Union, excep'
ting Maine, Oregon and Vsrmont,
an election of some sort is in
progress today. In twenty one
states full tickets of state execu-
tvs officers and legislatures are
to be elected, minor executive
officers in eleven, ,and legislatures
in two. It is an off year il. poll.
tics and the election is involved
in much uncertainty. To he
usual influences of an off year
have been added the eff cts of
the miners strike and Of agroW-
ing feeling against the Dingley
tariff.
Forty two states are voting for
representatives to the Fifty
eighth congress, 27S in all, the
total membership having been in
creased by the reapportionment
underithe twelfth tensus to 1886.
Eight members, all Republicans,
have already been elected four
from Maine and two each from
Oregon and Vermont. For con-
gress there are $40 Democratic
nominees, while the Republicans
have 333, and the Prohibitionists
So in Ii states. The Democrats
made no nominations in two New
York districts and in four Phila-
delphia districts, while the Rep
ublicans put up no congressional
candidates. in Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and South Carolina,
and in only one district IN Ark
ansae, one in kentucky, one in
Louisiana, three in Illinois, three
in Tennessee, five in Texas and
two in Virginia. Two women
are among the candidates. They
are Mrs. Mary Burkhart, the
nominee of the Prohibitionists in
the Tenth Kentucky district, and
Miss Ida Hazlett, the Socialist
candidate for Congress at large
from Colorado.
A nonpartisan poll Of the en-
tire country leads to belief that
the Republicans will probably be
able to control the Organization
of the House, through by a very
narrow majority. To win the
control the Republicans must
elect 1914 members. One hun
dred and seventy districts are
admitted as reasonably certain
to go Democratic, aud with fifteen
doubtful districts, the margin
for the Republicans is conceded
TO be exceedingly close. A gen.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04
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PLANS FOR SCHOOL HOUSES.
Every st.ts shau,s Issue Such

EVeIy SlHe. ohoul0s issue oueh
!GyaA At Document. III 1 /.
The State Superintendent of,
Public Instruction has just com
pleted arrangements with
Messrs. Barrett & Thompson,
architects, for the preperationIof
five plans for public school
houses Of one, two three and four
rooms. There will be two plans
for the four-room house, one for
a single story and the other for a
two-story house. Accompanying
each plan will be a full bill of ma
terials and specifications. These
plans, together with the bill OF
materials and specifications, will
be published in a bulletine on I'm
provement of School Houses and
grounds: to be issued from the
Office of the State Supel1ntend-
ent of Public instruction within
the next month or two. They
will also be published in the next
report of the State Superintend-
ent. aa as a s4-; +
The cost of these houses will
range from $3.50 to $1,50O. So
far as possible they are to be con-
structcd in accordance with the
modern principles of light, heat
ing and ventilation. with a due
regard to beauty Of architecture
and the greatest possible econ.
omy. There Is no doubt that
they will prove of great service
and will result in. marked i'm !;
provementin the com fort, beauty
and convenience OF, the public
school houses of the state
Raleigh, N. c.. News and Observ.
.er. 81 -':.~.5 .E.i-fss.. 81
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04

eral Democratic drift in the
East, accompanied by a heavy
vote for Colerin New York. ap-
sproaching the 1I1,O0O majority
which Cleveland received ten
years ago, would sweep the Rep
ublioan majority in the House
away entirely, giving the Demo.
Gratis control ..Tf S%&[3#gg
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04
TELECRAPnlC NEWS
Dispaches From All Over The Land for
-" Record Readers. ss'''''N
National Beagle Trials.

New York, Nov. 8 The mem
5beas of:the National Beagle Club.
Eof America have assembled at.
Mi:neoIa, L. I. for their thirteenth
annual fidtr:als. 1t is said to be
the largest assembly of the kind
ever held. lhsadditioi1 to- the
large prassuta alton nlof New Eng
land and the East the state, Of
Louisiana, Illi nois, Ohio and Iowa
are we'll represented. hechief
event on the weeks prOgram is
the contest for the National IGhal-
lense Cup, forprcks of four, and
which must be won four times in
succession before it becomes the
property of the winner.
Yanqer And Callahan Afain.
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov.--Benny
Yangea, the undefeated feather
weight, and Tim Callahan, who
fought six rounds at Philadel-
phia two weeks ago. will come
together again tonight in this
city. The boxers were not salts
fed with their bout IN Philadel-
phia. as no decision was rendered
and leach Claimed the honors.
They are considerep evenly
matched and as both appear to
be in excellent condition a lively
six round contest is expected.
K!tchner opens Gordon College.
London, Nov. 3-..Official ad-
vices from Khartoum tell of the
formal opening there today Of
Gordon College, for which plans
have been making for a number
Of years past. Viscount kitch-
ener, to whom more than to any
! : ; - .
one else the success OF the under
taking is due, was the central
figure in the inan ngural ceremon-
les and among tho other partici-
pants were leading representa-
tieyes Of the Egyptian govern
mnnf
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04
On The Fighting Calendar.

Williamsport, Pa. Nov. 8 he
Williamsport Athletic club has
completed arrangements for it's
initial boxing show tonight.
he wind up of the poogram will
be a 2O-round go between Patsy
Corrigan and ON Carey. he
winner will be me- tched to fight
philadelphia Jack" O'Brien.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04

Our friend, the popular mil.
lionaire, young, business man,
Mr.. Chas Kitchen and wife paid
a visit to Lake Charles to see
the Buffalo Bill show, and he
says that the improvements in
Lake Charles would make Jen-
nings people green with envy.
When he got there they took q
cab for up town and when they
reached their destination Mr..
Kitchen gave the cabman $1.O0
and he called for another J SO he
had to cough up a $1.5O. He says
the cabmen at I AXE Charles are
educated, for he had a lot of sill
yer dollars in his pocket when he
went over there, but every where
he went he paid q dollar and
got no cD&gge back. He came
no me so much in love with Lake
Charles that he was whiStleing
II don't Know why lLove You. "
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04

Ask your grocer Ior "Dnh
woody's Best flour. 1t has on
equal
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04
Mgr. Riordan Coming Home,

Rome, Nov. g. 3--Archbishop
Riordan, of San Francicco, con-
clnded his stay in Rome today
having finished the transaction
of business at the Vatican con-
nected with the affairs Of his
archanioecege. Before sailing
for the United States 1.-The arch
bishop will spend two weeks in
Ireland. The journey homeward
will be made Gin company with
Father McSweeney, of Oakland,
CAL, who has been on a tour
rround the world.
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Can't. ErOWnsOn Takes Command.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 8 There
were no special ceremonies at
the naval academy today when
Capt. w. S. Brownson assumed
his new duties assuperintendent
of the institution. Capt. Brown
sou succeeds Commander Rich
ard Wainwright, who has been
given a sea command.
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A THANKSGIVING Dinner.

Heavy eating is usually the
first cause OF indigestion. Re-
peated attacks intlame the mu-
cous membranes lining the
stamach, exposes the nerves of
the stomach, producing a swell
ing after eating, heartburn, head
ache, sour risings ann finally
catarrh of the stomach. kodol
relieves the Inflammation, pro-
tects the nerves and cures the
catarrh. Kodol cures lndiges-
ton, dyspepsia, all stomach
troubles by cleansing and sweet
ening the glands of the stomache.
Gauthier Bros, Owl Drug Store.
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To Study American Methods.

Berlin, Nov. 3 Commercial
Councillor Heckmann departed
today for the United States as u
com missioner OF the Berlin cham
Der of com merce to study Ameri-
can commercial and manufacture
ing methods. His plan is to
spend several months in the
United States during which time
he will visit the leading indus
trial centres OF the country.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-04

If you are bfitjgys and seeking
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04
IN THE GOssIP'S CORNER.

In the course of his sermon. the other
Sunday, a well-known indianapolis minister
read a letter from "a missionary in the
Philippines. Missionaries letters often are
read from the pulpitS Of our churches, so
the incident. of itself. was commonplace
enough. But this was an extraordinary
letter. The good pastor read it to his con-
gregation, and then used it as the text for
an argument that the age of miracles is
still with US. In substance the story con-
famed in the epistle was about as herein
after set forth:
A certain Filipino who had. of course,
been reared under the domination of the
friars, had yielded to the force of Prot
estant teaching and had become a convert
of the mission, thereby mourning the
enmity of the friars and arousing the dis
trust of mis- countrymen. Finally the friars
so incensed the other Filipinos against him
that they attacked him in his house and be-
labored him so numerically with clubs
that ne suffered a fractured skull, one or
both arms broken and several crushed ribs.
He lay unconscious for a day or more. but
made his way ultimately to some place
where his wounds were dressed. Later he
fell into the hands of the Spaniards (who
are popularity supposed to have evacuated
the islands two or three or more years ago.
and the Spanish captain stood him up TO be
shot. Twelve men were detailed to do the
shooting and he was to be given a running
start before the word TO fire was given.
He took the advantage offered and the
twelve men fred, but not a bullet touched
him. This is miracle No: 1.
1 don't consider this much of a miracle,
for 1 have some knowledge of Spanish
craftsmanship. But the statement that
he was given a running chance for his life
is what gets me. I've been up against"
Spaniards in Cuba. and Spanish Americans
in Central and South America, and L know
that they dearly love a stone wall, or the
side of a 'dobe house, or even a big tree.
as the background for a living target, and
there are no blanks In their rifles, either.
But this is immateriaI. Next our Filipino
friend fell into the hands of the Americans.
l don't know if he was a peaceful amigo
with a boIo under his shirt and a Rem
ington hid in the rice field. but he had
been up TO something, for the American
captain also stood him up to be shot; or
rather. as did the Spaniards, gave him a
running chance for his life, while twelve
American soldiers used him as a target.
They also missed. and he ultimately es-
capped and fell into the hands of the mis-
sionaries, where. it is TO be hoped. he will
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ing fashion as 10 seem either utterly alb
surd or utterly incomprehensible 10 the next
generation. Whatever an author is TO get
out of them ne must get at once. or course
that Is nowadays often more than the real
artist viii get I'm all his forty years, but
the question still remains whether the real
artist has not the advantage.
Whatever his rival may think, IL is fairly
certain that the conscientious artist viii be
sure OF the answer. We are speaking, of
curse, Of the first-rate men of whatever
school, in cOntradistinctiOn Of the ephemeT-
al writer's whose names are more evident n
the lists OF large sales. and the frst-ra'e
man, never having set up money as an end
IN itself, will be able 10 review his life at It's
close and pronounce IL good. He will pre-
fer to leave 10 his children a name which
will be long honored and books which will
be long read. rather than a name which, If
il be remembered at all, will be recalled as
that Of a man who wrote books that have
become unreadahle and absurd and who,
at times more or less unscrupulOusly. made
money from those books through preylnS
upon n cheap and sensational taste. FL
nally, so far as he himself is concerned.
pass 10 his account with the high knowl-
edge hat he has been loyal to his own
IDEALS; that he has never been tempted 10
betray his literary trust; that, in the finest
sense Of the phrase, he has, with infinite
care, with infinite pains, against every
opposition and in the teeth of every ma
terial encouragement, always and in eV-
cry artistic particular, told the truth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04
Mr.. stockton's Kind Heart.

George Cary Eggleston, in Golfers Weekly.
In those old days when Mr.. Stockton was
my associate I'm editing Hearth and
Home he invented or created a Marcus
Aurelius of his own. in the person of an
imaginary office boy. Every week he would
I'LL q column or two with a grotesque ac-
count of the doings Inc sayings OF his ic-
titious Marcus Aurelius. At last the worm
turned. Our actual office boy, a youth of
unusual seriousness, requested him to stop
the Marcus Aurelius humor.
so you have taken il Seriously asked
Mr.. Stockton.
We'll. you see. all my friends laugh at
me about IL and it hurts" answered the Of
fee boy.
81 am sorry said Mr.. Stockton. "You
are a good, honest and faithful office boy.
l had no thought of hurting your feelings
and / shall write no more about Marcus
Aurelius."
Here was an indication of the rare char
acter of the man. His respect for the feel
ings Of others was profound. His tenderness
toward them was a most lovable character
istic of the man. 1t ran through all his
conduct. He never willingly or knowingly
hurt the feelings of any human being. for
the reason that his soul was filled with an
Astounding charity and love for ell his fell
low men.
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Alarming Effect of a Novel.
Chicago Special.

NnlNdBO oDCNldAs
Bertha II. George. sixteen years old. with
a vivid imagination and a sweetheart, pre-
ferred TO stay up nights and read novels to
retiring early. and for that reason she is
now an inmate of the Erring Wom5n's
Home. She lived with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. George.
1T was past midnight" the grandfather
related. when | arose for a second time,
and then / took the book away from her.
She flew into a violent rage.
The villain and the hero just had come
face to face she cried. You have robbed
me of the climax
with that she snatched up a butcher
give her back her novel L retreated into the
bedroom. My wife and L held the door
against her for some time. Then my wife
pushed the bed against il and We were Sc
curely barricaded. The girl beat and pushed
at the door until ii was almost denuded OF
paint. At last | went out by the back way
and called in a policeman. 1t was then 3
o'clock in the morning"
Judge Tuthilrs curiosity was aroused.
What story was so interesting" the
judge asked the girl. that you were will
ing to sit up all night TO read it?"
at was 'Charlotte's G~overness,'" an
swered the girl. Il had reached an intense
ly dramatic and interesting situation. The
heroine's fate was in the balance. Just
when j was about TO learn whether the
villains plot was successful or whether
the hero and the governess were married
happily, my grandfather snatched my book
away. The next few pages would have told
me all"
Bertha will not know the end OF the story
unit she is released from the Erring Wom-
ans Home. She now is wondering whether
her lover, like a knight errant and hero of
sweetheart is E. A. Crowley. of West Su-
Derior- Wis.
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Harnaris K

Harper's Weekly.
What is culture? The dictionaries define
it as refinement by education or mental
training" but usage has narrowed down
the definition so that to-day the term might
almost be interpreted as "the ability TO
quote freely from Walter Pater" and to
name in order the five maidens from THE
Blessed Damozel" of Rossetti. In a word,
culture, as commonly understood, has be-
come merely a superficial literary or ar
tistic knowledge acquired entirely by book
education. The education of living is ig-
nored. We pass by the man who has made
his own way and has had little time for
Rossetti and Pater, who has never done the
English cathedrals or the Italian galleries,
as commendable, but uncultured. We adj
miro his force and energy in which his more
cultured brother is too often lamentably
lacking, but we sniff at the wallpaper in his
front hall and the books on his table. Place
him beside the frock-coated. N~andycked
gentlemen one meets at the studio tea and
he does not shine He is out of his sphere.
He is among the cultured. Yet there is
that about him which holds you. You real
ize that here is a man who has done things
rather than talked of things which others
have done-who knows life even if he
knows nothing of IbSen. But he is uncul-
tured, and you go on TO talk to the pale
gentleman in the corner who has not missed
a salon in fifteen years. Strangely enough,
the impression he creates is not 2 pleasant
has recently clamored for some new dehni-
ton Of this much abused term which makes
these conditions possible. She asks, and
rightly: rs culture to be measured by
ones proficiency In any single branch of
human knowledge gathered from books.
the study. laboratory or workshop? Is 1T
not rather 10 be defined in terms Of life and
human experience as spiritual energy and
power2' Surely this is a sane view TO take
Of theNmatter. and the sooner culture of
this sort is recognized in its true value the
better for society.
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Modern Literary Rewards.

Philadelphia Press.
While the lighter sort Of literary maya
zines have been filed Of late by illustrated
interviews with popular authors in their
highly decorative homes. built through the
profits from some colonial romance or
other. there has come over the wires a little
newspaper paragraph to the effect that
William Dean Howells has been able to buy
for himself a house in New York. Henry
James. il VIII be remembered. once said
that but for a small private patrimony. he.
for his part. would have starved TO death in
devOting himself 10 literature; whereas,
above referred 10 who would undoubtedly
have starved 10 death IL they had done the
same thing instead OF getting rich for their
lives by writing the sort Of books which.
undoubtedly. they were best fitted 10 write.
This Is not saying that their stories have
not had some legitimate place on the mar
ket. nor Is IL saying that. on the other hand.
Mr.. Howells's work IS without its faults. II
f. merely by way OF pointing out that while
tile books OF the one writer are literature
and the books OF the many are not IL has
ssken the one forty years OF hard work 10
approximate the many have attained
through one year OF writing and one-half
year OF advertising, and II Is TO ask the
question whether u Is by such comparisons
that We are 10 measure literary rewards.
IL must be remembered. first OF all. that
there are two kinds OF popularity called.
for the sake OF ease. literary. There is the
popularity which has been evolved since
1871. whereby some dozen novels have ex-
ceeded the 10000 mark. and at last one has
reached the 6D.o9-a popularity in consider
ing which. II We reckon only upon a To
per cent. royalty basis. we see how snug
fortunes accrue 20 the writer's. And then
there Is the other popularity. the apprecia-
ton OF the fewer and finer minds. the faith
ful and unnckle minds. whose taste Is sane
and good from generation 10 generation.
ana 10 please whom means a steady though
small sale Tor year after year. Take a ten
year-old book by Mr.. Howells 10 a second
hand book store and see what. II Il Is in
reasonably good condition. YOU will be Of
fered FOR H.. And then take a book only a
year ola from the pen OF one ~ those writ
ers whose names We have refrained from
mentioning and you will be told that n Is
not wanted at all What. one wonders. be-
comes OF all such books No one reads them
q second time; no one buys them a year or
two after their first appearance. and they
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04

There is a garden so divinely fair
That in its magic bound, surprising sweet.
The golden buds, so Persian songs repeat,
Spring forth immortal in enchanted air;
But. all. a close there is. more heavenly rare.
Where, cherished warm within the hearts re
treat,
Loves whitest lilies burgeon to complete
And fragrant Towering lovely past compare.
o dearest friend, such lilies have l found
Within my heart. undreamed-of but for thee,
Nor any tabled buds Of genie's ground
Are sweeter in their Immortality.
I bow my head, whilst TO my happy eyes
In sudden flood the strange. glad tears uprise,
-Evaleen Stein.
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DOn'ts for Literary Beginners.

Ladies' Home Journal.
Don't tell the editor what your family or
friends or literary acquaintance say of
your manuscript.
Don't urge the editor to buy your man.
uscript because you need the money 10
help you in contributing TO the support OF
your family or in making your way through
college.
Don't assume a jaunty, sarcastic or in
sistent tone with the editor. Don't coyly
ask him 10 permit this literary dove TO
nest in your olive tree or else return il 70
the ark at the above address"
Don't try to temper the severity of his
judgment by sending hirl pTe=scG flowers
with your manuscript. or To aI ress him
with your literary power am experience by
telling him that you write on the spur of
the moment and never correct"
Bear i'm mind. in short. that the best way
TO submit "A manuscript is simply To sub
nit fl, and let il speak for itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04

Frank Norris. in May Critic.
If the signs of the times may be read
Alright and the future forecasted the vol
ume Of short stories is in a fair way of
becoming a rare book" Fewer and fewer
of this kind of literature are published
every year, and only within the last week
one Of the foremost Of the New York pub
fishers has said that. so far as the material
success was concerned, h would prefer to
undertake a book of poems rather than a
book of stories. Also he explained why.
And this is the interesting thing. One has
always been puzzled to account for this
lapse from a former popularity Of q style
of fiction certainly legitimate and incon-
testably entertaining The publisher in
question cites the cheap m~agaZineS-the
monthlies and weeklies-as the inimical
factors. The people go TO them for their
short stories, not to the clOth-bOund VOL
umes for sale at a dollar or a dollar and a
half. Why not, if the cheap magazines
give Just as good"
1t is quite possible mat this state of af-
fairs will produce irlpOrtant results. 1t
is yet, perhaps, too soon TO say. but it
is not outside the range of the probable
that, in America at least, it will. in time
TO come, engeneder a decay in the quail
ity of the short story. It may be urged
that the high prices paid by periodicals to
the important shOrt-Story writers-the best
men-will still act as a stimulus to produc-
ton. But this does not follow by any
means. Authors are queer cattle. They Go
not always Work TOT money, out sometimes
for a permanent place in the eyes of the
world. Books give them this-not fugi-
tive short stories. published here and there
and at irregular intervals. Regulations
that have been made by short stories pub
lished in periodicals may Ne counted on
the fingers of one hand. The life of a
novel; TO use a trade term. is to a certain
extent indeterminable. The life of a short
story, be ii ever so excellent, is prolonged
only till the next issue of the periodical
in which IT has appeared. If the peri
odical is a weekly il will last a week: if
d monthly, a m~Onth-and not a day more.
If very good, il will create a demand for
another short story by the same author,
but that one particular contribution. the
original one, is irretrievably and hopeless
ly dead.