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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13
81. Lonis Banker pead.

st. Louis. Feb. MIR. George Al.
Baker, president of the Continental
national$ban and connectedwith otis
er large business enterprises, died
Monday of pneumonia at Ibis residences
here after a very short illness.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13
Perm Greatest Mining c~ountrx

Peru holds the record as a mining
country. She has $500 mines, from
which 10000 workmen dig gold, silver,
sulphur, coal, piospbates, quicksilver,
borax, copper and lead.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13

Automobile Buses In Manila.
Capitalists from the United States
are about to establish an automobile
bus system in Manila.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13

Boy bridegrcoms are growing in
number in London. There are four I'M
der 81 in every 100 bridegrooms. About
16 girls under 81 per 100 get married.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13
American Devices in India.

American Devices In India.
The gold mines of Mysore, India,
are worked by American electrical de.
vices, the power being from the melt.
ing Himalayan snow.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13

O"P'HHSSc w OIHeH. y
The women of Japan are now
largely employed in telephone and
post Offices, and they are said to lie
excellent bookkeepers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-13

One Minute Cough Sure, cssseg.
yhas ~ sHphgtjs Eas aEss9Sa FOR,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
A Strange Talent.

In Bloomington, Ind, there is L.
year-old-boy who carries in his mind
a permanent calendar for at least the
last half century, although by many
me is considered mentally deficient.
To everybody in Bloomington and
around the Quarries he is known as
the weasel" When asked his real
name he gives any of half a dozen
which he has at his tongues end for
the purpose of satisfying the curiosity
of the questioner. So far as known,
the boy has never attended school, and
knows nothing about the system by
which past and future dates are cal
culated. When asked on what day Of
the week date 20 years back came on
the weasel answers the question cor
rectly within the space Of one minute,
and often in much less time. He
gathers up many nickels and pennies
by telling commercial travellers at the
hotels on what day of the week they
were born. The day Of the month on
which one was born is given the boy
and he Immediately supplies the day
of the week To the questioner this
is in many cases known, so that 1t is
at once known that the boy has given
a correct answer. Every ruse has been
made use of to muddle him in his cal
culations, but in each case he gets the
better of the undertaking.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
A Modern Fable.

The Bug and the Grasshopper met
on the path one day, and after reluct-
antly recognizing each others pres
ence. the Bug observed:
IF l had legs as long as yours, Ia
put on a pair of trousers to hide en-
And if l had your big feet, I'd keep
'em out of sight" replied the Hopper.
Once they got started they abused
each other without stint, and they had
almost come to blows, when Mag
pie came along and wanted to know
what the fuss was about. 1t was
agreed to leave it to her as to which
had the most reason to be proud, and
after a moments thought she replied:
My dear friends. if the Grossh . per
has extra long legs, it is because Ma
ture made him for a jumpist, and II
the Bug has extra big feet, 1t is be-
cause he must roll heavy burdens be-
for him. There is really no occasion
for dispute between you; but, being
YOU have quarrel, and being that it
has been left to me to decide, and be-
ing that / wish to see justice done,
why-why-
And she snapped them UP and swal-
lowed them down and went her way,
feeling that she had settled the case
on its merits.
Moral: Our quarrels bring profit
only to others.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Abstract, From Sermons.

Business is carried on as II there
were no other interest. While bust
ness success is necessary, yet MANHOOD
is before money, and righteousness
higher than gain.-Rev. P. Pinch, Con-
gregationalist, Chicago, Ill.
There is difficulty of a fundamental,
moral kind, in regard to the question
as to whether the law of God that con-
trolls individual life can control ma
tional life as well.-Rev- DR.. Patton,
Presbyterian, Princeton, n. j.
Salvation is great in its authority
it's purchase price, its effect on the in
diyidual heart. its outstretchlng over
the race, its outlook over all time, Its
simplicity and application.-Rev. w
A. Cross. Methodist, Winnebago. Ill
In the home is the place where love
is purest, where human ties ara
strongest, JOY is sweetest, sorrow mos
sympathized with, and where right
eousness finds it's greatest opportunity
Rev. Dr. Pickard, Baptist, Cleveland
Ohio.
Mammon today is the universal God
and nowhere is it so much as III th'
church. But there is another and
greater god upon earth. He still
sleeps. And that god is the people,
Rev. Henry Frank, Independent, New
| York city
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Rloody "Oysters''.

Reports in the Richmond (Va) pa
pers from correspondents along the
Potomac river are to the effect that
oyster houses are closing down on ac-
count of what is called bloody" oys-
tiers. This same disease caused good
deal of trouble along the Rappahan-
mock some few years ago, says the
Richmond Dispatch, but since that
time the bloody" oyster has been an
unknown quantity in this section. This
trouble virtually ruins the sale Of oys-
ters, and it's appearance is unac-
counted for. At the time our oysters
were suffering from the disease they
were sent to be analysed, and it was
found that the discoloration was not
at all injurious to the oyster, nor did
it make the mollusks unfit for eating
purposes But while it was acknowl-
edged and known that such oysters
were good for eating, but few felt in
clined to eat them in that shape, and
thus the sale was ruined
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20

Charles Ranhofer, the celebrated
chef of Delmonico's, declared until the
last days of his life that there was
nothing, absolutely nothing, new in
the culinary art; that no new dishes
had been invented in fifty years; that
the so-called new dishes were only old
ones revived. Although the oyster
cocktail was introduced in the chop
houses of New York about two years
before Mr.. Ranhofer's death he never
included it in his list of dishes, and
as his book was published before oys-
ters were served in this way, he does
not mention the cocktail. Really, 1t is
only the fact of serving the oysters In
a glass which gives the name to a Ger
tain way of seasoning raw oysters
known for years among oyster deal
ers along the Chesapeake shore and
even at the stalls in the New YORK
oyster market. This is the way &c
prepare an oyster cocktail: Put seven
medium-sized, freshly opened oysters
in a tall. slender glass. Mix in bow
three teaspoonfuls OF tomato catsup,
| teaspoonful of horse radish in white
vinegar. four da.shes of Tobasco sauce
| a tablespoonful of Worcestershire
sauce and a saltspoonful of salt. Wher
those ingredients are well stirred to
gether pour the mixture in the glas:
over the oysters and serve.-New 1orl
| Press.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Did the Shark Eat n Cow?

In the stomach of a shark recently
caught at Lukovo were found, among
other things, it is said, a pair of trous-
ers. a COW bell and shoe. Probably
auy one who should hold that these
exhibits are prima facie that this
shark at least swallowed a man would
receive the rejoinder from our expert
aquarium friends, who asset that
there is no such thing as man-eating
shark, that they prove just as much
that the aforesaid shark would. could
or did swallow a COW, for certainly, we
can hear them argue, it is as reason
able to claim that tSrss fish did not
swallow the COW bell without swallow
ing COW, as that in swallowing a
pair of trousers and an old shoe it
necessarily must have swallowed a
man or two, too.-Fishing Gazette.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
An Egg Trick.

To perform this experiment procure
a hard boiled egg; bottle also,
whose neck is considerable smaller
than the egg is needed. The bottle
must be dry and the egg must be
shelled. First drop into the bottle a
niece of lighted paper and as the flame
dies out put one end of the egg into
the neck of the bottle after the man
ner of a stopper. In few moments
the air will cool in the bottle and
contract in volume when the greater
pressure of the atmosphere will force
the egg through the neck into the bot
tie without breaking.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Longest WAY Around.

Here is an instance which illustrates
the intelligent telegraph service as it
is conducted under government super
vision in rural England: A telegram
was sent from Dunwich to Wessleton,
Suffolk, villages about two miles
apart 1t took about one and half
hours in transit. Inquiry showed that
it was first telephoned from Dunwich
to Southwold, four miles as the crow
flies; then telegraphed from there to
Lowestoft, eleven miles. From Loves
toft. which lies in the extreme north
of Suffolk, it was teleSraphed to 1ps-
witch. in the south, distance in a
straight line of thirty-eight miles.
From there it was transmitted another
eighteen miles to Saxmundham; then
few miles to Dursham, whence 1T
was sent by foot messenger to Wessle-
ton. A boy could have walked the dis
lance in about third of the time.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20

A.littIe bro i rabbit sat pnder a-tree.
with a little brown headache to
~ 'boot:. s;:.e q. - - -:.;; 's-'s,.~
since not aittls 1Fgvn .. ifs sea i
he see
Why he couldn't. get up it on foot.
There s q Iiftle red animal, very tlike
Out with very inferior ears). ', :
Who hops to: that tree top aa quick. i. as
can BET"
And he squeezed out two little
brown tears. 1'Ss2 ,r!I.
But the small wicked squirrel peeped
down from his branch = '''' ~
dropping nutshells beneath him
80, hike shaiD .e.s':S: =: -
And wihked at-hfs friends -asi he said:
|. But, by. chance, -
f You've forgotten, friend rabbit, my
eIi +a3,2n tsSsssi ses ~ st!S.a
And ~ httle Grown heap gave a: little
And upiiftsd 8 ifttle. brown wall; .
EAs it fnournfu1y looked at its little
h brown stump,
7 r'of. course: I'd Forgotten. hts talIs
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Artificial Ice.

The principles upon which the manu-
facture of ice is based is that gas,
when compressed, gathers heat enor-
mously, and if robbed of this heat and
allowed to escape at a future time, it
seeks to regain its heat by withdraw
ing heat from it's surroundings. Am
monia gas is generally preferred to
others, because it can be liquefed
with comparatively little pressure.
On removing the water from common
ammonia by distillation, anhydrous
ammonia is obtained. This is com
pressed by a combined steam pump
and a compressor, and the resulting
liuuefaction induces heat, which is
economical by circulating water about
the vessel or pipe containing the l1que-
fed ammonia. Thus the ammonia is
cooled and the heat largely transferred
to the water, which is then
pumped back to the boiler that sup
plies the steam pump. The liquid am
monia is then carried in pipe to ex-
mansion coils that afford plenty OF
room for its evaporation, when it be-
gins to return to the gaseous form
and to draw heat from it's surround
ings-which gradually reduces the
temperature. Proper vessels of water
are placed in contact with the expan
sion coils and in due time ice is form
ed.-Detroit Free Press.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20

Hs purchased Shakespeare finely
bound Il = ~
A forty-volume set.
He searched for Dickens, Balzac's
tales as
The best that he could get:
And Hugo, Huxley, Darwin, too,
And twenty score beside,
They lined his book-sheives, while he
read
proud Poll. the Pirates Bride"
OF music he had Mozart's works,
Beethoven's symphonies,
A gilt piano. too. with real
Hand-whittled ivory keys. 90
Herr Wagner's bust adorned the room.
And fancies rare would rise,
Until you heard him carol forth:
"She Made Them Goo-Goo Eyes.
His dining room was richly built;
The cut glass weighed a ton.
Twelve forks reposed at every plate
He never used but one.
And sometimes he would not use that,
A knife was good enough
When eating pie-this tells the tale
OF self-made Mr.. BLUM.
';s:..ss.-+ i Baltimore American
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
To Keep from Paying Bills.

The story is related OF an Irish
man who after embarking in business
on his own hook, experienced consid-
cradle difficulty in paying his bills.
AS the first of the month drew near he
realized that it would be necessary to
put all collectors off until after the
18th of the month, so he made this
sign and hung ii in front of the door:
mo bills paid before the 18TH" When
the collectors arrived the sign stared
them in the face, and they went away
making a note of the date to call. On
the 18th Pat was just as short OF
money as before, so he sat down to
think it over, and his native wit did
not desert him. On the back of the
sign he painted the following: mo
bills paid after the 18TH" 1t is chron-
icled that Pat assured all collectors
that they had been extremely care
less not to come before the date indi-
Gated on the sign, thus gaining enough
time to tide over his difficulties. The
sign was reversed.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
pr;vate Mailing Cards Changed.

Notice has been received from the
Postmaster Generals Office at Wash
ington that the rules governing the
use of private mailing cards have been
modified. The cards to be used hence
forth will not bear the words, "Pri-
vate Mailing Gard, act of Congress,
etc." but only the words Post Cards. ="
This is to distinguish them from the
government cards marked Postal
Card" The maximum size allowed for
/ these cards is GIG by 5 9-16 inches,
and the minimum size 215-16 by a So
inches. The old cards will be with
Afarn from use as speedily as possible.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
,Rathes In Icy Water.


Prof. Sugarman, who gained noto-
riety three years ago by taking daily
swim in the Mohawk river during the
winter season, and who revived the
practice in 1899 and 1900, says the
New York Sun, intends to keep up his
unique pastime during the present
winter. The professor, who is residing
at Fort Plain this season. took his
first plunge of the winter on Satur-
day. and repeated the performance on
Sunday. The colder the day the more
amusement Prof. Sugarman derives
from the swim. Yesterday the mer-
curry lowered around the zero mark,
but he didn't mind little thing like
that. He went to the Mohawk river,
half a mile from his home, with a
pair Of tights under his arm, chopped
the ice fl ON the bank for consider
able distance, and then disrobing,
plunged into the icy water. Going far
out in the river he disappeared be-
meath the surface. He reappeared and
repeated the act several times before
coming from the water. while the
several witnesses in their winter cloth
ing shivered in the cold. Prof. Sugar
man generally takes his icy plunge IN
the late afternoon, and never expert
best of health, and declares that aftel
a person becomes accustomed to {
swim in the icy waters Of the Mohawl
he would taboo all other forms O.
| bathing.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Conversion Causes and Results.

Charles E. Fultz, q pastor at Bal
timore, who has been permitted to wit
ness the conversion Of 49S souls in
the past four years, states what he be-
lieves to be the reason for Gods bles-
sing in these words THE causes
were numerous, such as faith
in God, preaching and living Jesus in
pulpit, pew, and the daily vacations Of
life, confidence In Holy Ghost per-
sonal work, and whole-hearted soci-
ability, sweetened by unselfish greet
ings. Results: A high state of spirit
ual felicity, every arm of the church
strengthened, treasures full, church
always crowded, increased interest in
missions and church erection, larger
circulation of church periodicals and
literature, and everybody in love with
his neighbor."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Z IFUR 'E5VNI0K RE4 ,lIIi] ELS +

Nothing eeudd be jprettier than this
strange and unusual sight, but !: all
things must come to an end, and SO,
finally the. moon hurried behind y
cloud and the; fairies gradually became-
more and more hazy, until they faded +.
away completeiy.y and the audience
realized iii was, time to go home,
HELEN felt strangely salones after her
little friends had gone, and was; only
too glad to ruin. quickly up the; ladder
again and jump. into her warm beds,At
the breakfast table next morning the
whole fa#iE ;ysFs mich amused 1t
faelen's adventure but the little girl
was Disguised. with:,their ineredulous
looks. Mammal said she when they
were arone.7F'r really did seerthe' fairies
dance.;t know YOU believe me. any
way. 'IElizabeth w. Ives Ia Philadel-
~ Sffs'1.S.-I - iS|I % q. :
puAh AAueS
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Snail Races.

Some Florentlne experts in snailol-
ogy. finding time hanging heavy on
their hands, conceived the idea of ac-
curately calculating the travelling
speed of snails, and, with this end in
view, it was decided to make series
of more or less elaborate experiments.
Half a dozen of the mollusks were per-
mitted to crawl between two points 10
feet apart. Exact time was kept from
start to finish, and thus the average
"pace'' was ascertained. The expert
mentors reduced their figures into
tables of feet, and thus found that it
would take snail exactly Ia days to
travel mile.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
Bird Restaurants.

The women of Kenosha, Wis. have
formed a club, in which nearly every
villager has joined. for having bird
restaurants in their front or back gar
dens. Each member Of the club has
agreed to erect a tall pole with
shelf on top large enough to hold
saucer of water and a tray OF food,
which will contain seeds, lettuce. cu,-
tlebone and any other dainties birds
crave. Once the bird restaurants be-
come popular with Kenosha's birds,
the women believe, the feathered ones
will impart the glad tidings to their
neighbors in other suburbs, and he-
nosha in a little willie will have
monopoly Of songsters. Some OF the
women will go even further than to
establish bird eating-houses. Moss
and other nesting material will be
placed in the trees, where it will be
of easy access and the women reason
that, with all this BODYBUILDING ma
terial at hand, the birds will look no
further for coy spot in which to
settle and begin housekeeping.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
! 1a652fEioF KII aeNoLANb,
Some Stories Of the Present Archbishop
80 NJ CankArhuPv.

some Stories Of the Present Archbishop
OF Canterbury.
Many are the stories of the courage
and wit shown by the present arch
bishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, In
combating the attacks of the extreme
high churchmen which followed the
publication Of his Essays and Re-
VIEWS" When he was nominated as
bishop of Exeter, a writer In one OF
the Devon papers gave expression to
the view that 1.-THE Tories disliked DR..
Temples politics, and pretended that
lit Was his, religion they objected to.
*Mr. Gladstone and the queen were I'M
moved. Protests against the conse-
Grafton were sent in by the bishops
OF Gloucester; Hereford, Lichfeld and
Lincoln. When the ceremony had been
duly performed. In spite OF the yehe-
ment opposition of high churchmen
and Tories in all parts OF the country.
one church newspaper said in an edt-
torial jeremiad: And SO, on that
darkest day in the whole year, was per-
petrated the darkest crime ever COM
mitted in the English church," Such
a sentence as this shows to what a
height the animosity had run. Dr.
Benson, the most intimate Of all Tenn
pies friends, thus described his bear
Ing during that memorable incident in
Westminster Abbey: Dear Temple S
face was white as ashes, and his jet
black hair and whiskers and the white
| and black of his robes made him look
in his stiffness a sad plight for
friends eye to rest upon His healthy
bronze was quite gone, but he looked
true man." DR.. Temples temperance
agitation exposed him to criticism
| from another source. He enjoys tell
| ing this story: In the west OF England
| he one afternoon spoke at an agricul
| tural society's meeting-a kind OF oc
| casion at which he was eminently a.
| home from his knowledge Of farming
But he could not miss the opportunity
OF giving some temperance hints ant
| advice. He remarked. with his accus
| toned grim humor, that "he himsel
| had never been drunk In his life.
On his way home he heard the boy:
| in the street with the papers shout
ing Remarkable statement of thu
bishop of Exeter" The headline wa
certainly a startling one. The bishol
with some curiosity opened the pape
to see what he had said, and fount
his phrase used as special heading
Never been drunk in his life!'-W1l
liam Durham in London Outlook.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
How to Use Small Talents.

Little talents well employed are bet
ter than big ones half used. A kildee
has a smaller foot than a crow, but
1t can make a crow look lame. When
God promised Joshua that he should
have every place that the sole Of his
foot might tread, the old hero did not
beseech the Lord to enlarge his pedes-
tails, but busted himself keeping those
which he had in motion If we prayed
God to help us use what we have. we
would do better than we do when we
ask God to give us what we have not
Rams Horn.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
SYSTEM IS STILL YOUNG.
Electric Lights Were First Seen at the
Centennial Exposition.

Centennial Exposition.
The electric light is new and yet is
SO old that perhaps we do not appre-
ciate its marvellous achievement. If
we will but recall the conditions be-
fore 1t came we shall see what a won
derful advance it has been in the field
of applied science. Its use in theaters,
in stores, in show windows. in street
Examinations, in private as well as in
public, its application for lighting in
all sorts of out-of-the-way corners, its
divisibility into various degrees Of
power, it's absolute safety so long as
the wires are properly guarded, its per-
feet sanitary qualities, the practical
absence of heat and the entire absence
of odor are things that make one feel
that in the way of lighting we have
come perhaps to the last discovery. Yet
this light was shown in this country
for the first time at the centennial ex-
hibition-twenty-f years ago. And
it is needless to say that those who
saw it were skeptical of its practical
use Arc lighting was produced on
commercial basis in 1877, but the real
beginning of electric lighting in It's
modern aspects was with the opening
| of the Pearl street station of New York
| by Edison in September, 1882, where
| the Edison incandescent lamp was
used. In the nineteen years since then
according to a careful tabulation made
by the Electrical Review, the invest
ment in electric lighting plants in this
country alone has reached the sum OF
500. OOO,O 900. This wonderful industry
has been established in this short time
and we must now remember in the face
of the organized and long-establishec
! competition of gas illumination, pow
erful and rich interest which until the
adoption of electric light occupied the
whole field for the best kind of light
ing.-Indianapoli News.