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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Oldest Piece Of Writing.

The University of Pennsylvania re.
Gently came into possession OF what
is regarded as the oldest piece of writ
ing in the world. 1t is not manu-
script, but a fragment of a vase,
which was broken in the raid on the
ancient city of Nippur. The inscrip.
tion. is in picture writing and indi.
Gates that the piece dates back to
forty-five hundred years before the
Christian era
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Problem to BE Settled

With the average wages of all mine
workers only 1925 a year, Including
the thousands of boys who work as
slate pickers, a wage that is lower
than in any industry in the United
States, with possibly the exception of
the southern cotton mills. and, on the
other hand. with the owners OF the
mines and the means of transporta-
ton joining the multi-millionaire and
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
CHEER UP.

Do half Of the sorrows snnite you
That savageiy ieer and loom?
Come tell me the good of srunihing
And tell me the gain in gloom
Oh. foolish and aeart-sore travi.r.
Thank God for the sun and breeze;
Thank God for the fields of flowers,
The satisfied sigh OF trees:
Let cheeriesSpess @eek in silence
Long rest in humble tomb
For where is the good of grumbling,
Or what is the gain in gloom?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
After Eight tn asand Years.

A number of ar lent graves con.
tanning human emains have just
been discovered at Girga, in Upper
Egypt. The gra. es containing the le-
mains are said to consist Of q con.
tinuous series extending over an in.
teYval of at least 5000 years, which
represent the most archaic of prehis-
turic periods. The bodies are so
well preserved. owing, doubtless, to
the dryness OF the atmosphere where
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

Capt. Joseph r. Bernier, the Cana
dian, proposes to make a dash for the
north pole, starting next year. he
allows four years for the whole Jour
ne-. large part of the time will pe
consumed in drifting into "a position
favorable for reaching the pole. He
will carry a complete wireless tele-
graph apparatus. BY means of a tele-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Duluth. Mimi. Tinnera
Win Prolonged Strike

At that conference it was agreed that
they would grant the men an eight
hour day, and the union consented to
an average scale of $3.50 day, in.
stead OF So, as originally demanded.
ed. All the men involved in the strike
returned to work
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Afraid of Cooperation

The timers of Duluth. Mimi, won
their strike without going into the CO.
operative business. When it became
known that the union had all the
machinery. financial backing and To-
cation to start in business for itself
conference was asked by the bosses.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

Who weeps DER a threat'nins future
And sighs of ''heartiess world?'
Who stalks DER a hope-strewn landscaps
With f1ass of despair unfured?
You wretched and weary pilgrim
Who rail at a dreaded doom.
Say, where is the good of grunlblns2
And what is the gain in gloom?
Do most of the storms that lower
Above the horizons rim
Break over the fields about you,
Or melt in the distance dim?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
A Waist Of crepe de Chine.

A very novel waist is here illustrat-
ed made Of folds of crepe de chine in
tuck effect and trimmed with lace
straps and a deep lace yoke. Black
chiffon bands are very artistically dis
posed and large rosette of the same
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

Aftsr Reading Omar khayyam.
Whsre the far East ribbons the new
s fung day,
Where the warm West necks It with
gold.
Where the cold North hides in the ad-
amant ice.
And the South in the weird gray void.
At the corners Of earth, in the uttermost
parts.
In the sky and the innermost core.
The psychic may search till his soul wear
out.
And. seeking. but question the more.
But ever the world swings under the law.
And ever the spirit looks upward with
awe.
No traveller hence turns hither again,
Nor the lightning can sunder the veil:
Not sound comes out of the silence OF
night
On the sea not the sound Of sail
But deep in the heart OF the savage and
saint
The same sweet hope is stirred;
In the listening ear Of the spirit sense
still. small voice is heard.
For never being went under the sod
But reckoned on seeing the face Of his
''To-morrow we de- is the coward's ex-
cuse
For the wanton abuse OF to-day.
The cup that is given to wassail and wine
VIII never be finer than clay.
The potter who fashioned the vessels at
will
Can gather the pieces at last.
Transforming the evil, transfxing the
good,
From the wreck of a profigate past.
For ever the mortal is liker the mold.
And ever the crucible betters the gold.
Clarence Ousley in the Independent.
Corncob Driven into an Oak Tree.
Remarkable and unique testimony
to the force of the wind in great tor.
nadoes is conveyed in the accompa.
nying cut, showing corncob driven
= considerable distance into an oak
tree during the recent fatal storm at
Goliad, Texas.
In this connection it may not be out
Of place to remind the readers of the
Philadelphia Times that. after the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

The world is full of Judgment Days,
and into every assembly that a man
enters, in every action he attempts,
he is gauged and stamped.-Emerson.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Must Pay Union Waqes.

City Attorney Mcnamara has ad-
vised that under the labor law of the
state the city of Corning. N. j., is re-
qufred to pay its iaborers upon public
work for a day of eight hours at the
rate of wages which prevail for ten
hours work per day. and for teams
likewise. The rate of wages will be
for laborers $3.50 per day, and for
teams So per day, which is the same
as has been paid for ten hours work
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

great tornado in st. Louis some years
ago, straw was found imbedded in a
tree trunk in much the same way as
here shown. The above sketch is re-
produced from the Houston, Texas,
Daily Post of May 22-Philadelphia
Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

New Features In Taiior-mades.
The material for this handsome
street costume is a fancy suiting, but
It will also be quite chic II developed
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

of smooth finished cloth. Some of the
newest features in tailor-mades. the
basque or skirt as well as the broad
shoulder effect. are combined in this
smart gown. The long rolling collar
and the straps over the shoulder and
around the bottom of the skirt are of
moire The revers and the extension
vest are of white moire stitched with
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26
Wages OF Mine Workers
Below Proper Standard

Millionaire class, here is condition
that is confronting not only the min
ers, but the whole country as well.
What is the best thing to do. under
the circumstances, so that equity in
the production and distribution OF
wealth shall triumph?
The best ivory comes from Zanzi-
bar: the next quality from Ceylon.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

Sloth never arrived at the attain
ment of a good wish.-Cervantes
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

More ships possess the name Mary"
than any other.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-26

A copyright law has been promul
gated in Siam.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-11-29

Items " Interest Clipped
from Exchanges and Gcns
deased for Quick Perusal.


Last Saturday a wagon load OF
flour and sugar from Carson was
lost in the Walker River. Robert
Batter was the teamstcr and in max
! ing the bad turn on soft read near
the Junction, the second wagon slip
ped over into the river.
Wolves are reported to be doing a
great deal of damage among the
stock in Wyoming, and one of these
troublesome beasts was killed re-
Gently that weighed ninety-three
pounds. These animals travel in
large droves and are very difficult
to hunt.
May Howard, a Tonopah woman of
the town took five shots at "a man
named Alex. Whitman the other
night. One bullet hit Whitman in
the shoulder. producing a painful
wound. The woman is under 500
bonds to answer to a charge OF at
tempt to murder.
The great Homestake mine, in Da-
kota, is to add 400 more stamps to its
equipment, which will make over
1900 stamps in all. During the year
the company has reduced I,2I8o3o
tons of ore, the average extraction
of which was 1888 per ton. The
company pays regular dividend of
25c. per share per month.
A man named Kendrick, who was
injured by premature blast at Pac-
tolus last week, was taken to Carson
last Saturday by DR.. Berry. Several
pieces of gravel were taken from
different parts of his body and the
sight of one eye is endangered, but
DIR. Berry hopes to bring him out lit
tie the worse tor his mishap.
A child Of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
| when getting his usual Saturday
hot stove which burned him severe
ly. The child was in great agony
and his mother could do nothing to
pacify him. Remembering that she
had bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm in the house, she thought she
would try it. In less than halt an
hour after applying it the child was
quiet and asleep, and in less than
| two weeks was we'll. Mrs. Benson
is a well known resident of Keller,
Va. Pain Balm is an anticeptic lini-
ment and especialld valuable for
burns, cuts, brusises and sprains.
For sale by NJ. z. Leavitt.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-11-29
Experience Convinces.

Prove it's value by investing 10 cents in
trial size Of Ely's Cream Balm. Druggists
supply 10 and we mail it. Full size so cents.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St., New York.
Clifton, Arizona, Jan. 20, 1889.
Measrs. ELY Bros. Please send me SO
cent bottle of Cream Balm. find your
remedy the quickest and most permanent
cure for cstarrh and cold in the head.
DELL N. PoTrza, Cen Mgr Ariz. Gold M. Co.
Messrs, ELF Bios. II have been afflicted
with catarrh for twenty years. 1t made me
no weak thought I had consumption. /
got one bottle Of Ely's Cream Balm and in
three days the discharge stopped: 1t is the
best medicine have used for catarrh.
Proberts. Cal. FRANK E. KINpLEsrIK:..
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-11-29

N. P. Dooley, we'll kp9Wn ip saFts
ern Nevada, and at one time owner
of the famous Johnny mine, in Lin
coin countysdied inksSaE RRke last
week Friday. He W. aktds Is years
and was a native es$dt L5lIN Nav
He leaves wife.
Governor-elect Sparks spent n few
days in Boise. Idahela week, sqfISs
ing to have "Diamond .Fitid" Tick
Davis pardoned, Davis was convicted
of killing couple Of sheep heriers
in Idaho in 1896. He was in the en-
ploy Of Sparks AT the time. and the
latter has used every cndeavor to
have Davis released.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04

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forced o e' a0rd f to suffer loss Of $4,000 day result
hisla
ch or stupid to lose 10
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process The result
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"A'A0A o1i-
second It's quick it administration
1asa wonderful of II
be
a Ie fener
superb the whole
IN It's action and unailing it's
viii cure will time Il will every of
VIII fever
It is the medicine that dom disappofnts
/ to is
burnlt Will
take choice Lie
your digestion with
JOhnons
choice ~ -0' 'O
A. B. GIRARDEAU. Savannah
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
VAGUE INDIAN TROUBLES.
Latest Reports Show That Only Twelve
Men Were Killed In Fight.

Latest Reports Show That Only Twelve
Men Were Killed In Fight.
Phenix, Ariz., June 3.-In brief the
story of the latest YaQui disturbances
as furnished from Nogales by a man
who talked with General Torres Friday
at Torres station is as follows:
Juan Guamez, Mayor Dow and Juan
Martinez, timekeepers at Ell Carmen
ranch, had trouble Wednesday with
YaQui employees and were killed. A
small number of Yaquis took up arms
to prevent the arrest of their friends,
the murderers.
Governor label and 100 soldiers
went to Ell Carmen ranch and found
that the Yaquis had retreated up the
river, where their friends were join
ing them with arms from varioNs
ranches. Thursday afternoon labels
command found 100 fighting men and
800 women and children and engaged
them at Los Tanques on the Sonora
river. Eight Yaquis and two Mexicans
were killed. The Yaquis retreated to-
ward Mazatlan and General Torres is
in pursuit, hoping to cut off their re-
treat to the river and the Sierra Madre
mountains. Other military officers are
working with him and they have the
situation well in hand. Only twelve
men were killed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
Federal Prisoners Get Freedom

Leavenworth, Kan, June S.-TTen
prisoners affected by the United States
supreme court decision in the case of
ex-Captain Peter c. Deming haye been
relased from the federal penitentaAry
and furnished with tickets to their
homes. The men are Clifton Brtdge,
Washington, d. c.; James DUNCAN,
Philadelphia; Thomas Feastor, Knox.
vile, Tenn; Joseph Cannon, Savan.
nah, Ca; Patsy Haffey, Chicago; Hen.
ry Holiday, Pittsburg; William Wilson.
Birmingham, Ala, and James Mead
ors, VanBuren, Ark, and they are now
on their way home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
WORK OF THE SENATE.
Debate on Philippines BiII-Measure
Will Undoubtedly Pass.

Debate on Philippines BiII-Measure
Will Undoubtedly Pass.
Washington, June 3.-After debate
on the Philippines government bill
continuing seven weeks the senate late
this afternoon will reach a final vote
upon the measure. That the bill will
be passed is beyond doubt.
When the senate convened at II
o'clock today Mr.. Frye, chairman on
naval affairs, reported the naval ap-
preparations bill and gave notice he
would call it up for consideration at
the earliest possible time.
Mr., Foraker called up the house con-
current resolution calling for thanks of
congress to Secretary of State John
Hay for his memorial address, dehv-
cred to the two branches of congress
on the life and services of William
Mckinley.
Mr.. Allison moved that the senate
concur in the resolution and the mo-
ton was agreed to without comment
or division.
Mr.. Pettus, of Alabama, on account
Of other duties, withdrew from the
committee Of senate appointed to COP
fer with like committee of the house
with respect to differences as to con-
ference reports, and Mr.. Teller, of
Colorado, was named in his stead,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
SIGNING OF PEACE
TERMS AT PRETORIA
In Profoend Silence Beers At
fixed Their Signatures.
DOCUMENT HURRIED TO KING

With Stroke of Pen Representatives of
the TransvaaI Government Surren.
der the independence They Had So
Long and Calamity Fought For.
Pretoria, Transvaal, Monday, June
1.-THE signing of the peace agree
ment on Saturday night last was car
rled out with the least possible cere-
mony. Lord Kitchener and Lord Mil.
ner and General DeWet and others rep.
resenting the Orange Free State. and
General Schalk-Burger and others
of the Transvaal government quietly
met in the dining room of the resi-
dence occupied by the burgher dele
gates, adjoining Lord Kitchener's
house. The document lay on table
ready.
Amh profound silence the Boer lead
ers took pen, in order or precedence,
and affixed their signatures, thus sur
rendering the independence for which
they had SO gallantly struggled, The
document was then entrusted to Colo.
mel Hamilton, Lord Kitchener's mill.
tary secretary, and Captain Marker, an
aide-dc-camp, who left Pretoria tonight
to deliver it to King Edward.
There was great rejoicing in all the
concentration camps upon the news
that peace had been concluded. The
occupants assembled in the open
spaces and chanted psalms, the WON
en- weeping with joy. Arrangements
are being made to send representatives
Of each unit Of the British army in
South Africa to participate in the cor
onation festivities in London.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
OREGON ELECTIONS.
Democrats Elect Governor, but Repub.

Democrats Elect Governor, but Repub.
Iicans Will Control Legislature.
Portland, Ore, June 3.-Returns
from yesterdays elections are still in.
complete, but partial returns from all
but six of the SO counties in the state
give George E.. Chamberlain (Dem)
for governor majority of / ,150 Cham
berlain is running ahead of his ticket
in nearly every county in the state.
and from the returns it is estimated
that his majority will reach $500.
The Republican state ticket, with
the exception of governor, will have
close to 10000 majority, and both
houses of the legislature will be Re-
publican, insuring the election of "a
Republican United States senator to
succeed John Simon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
Volcano Threatens Western Town. =

Albuquerque, N. M, June 9.-Deputy
United States Marshal McKeegan, who
has just arrived from the west, re.
ported that the people at Grant are
greatly excited over the appearance of
activity in volcano few miles from
that town. Passengers on incoming
trains observed smoke in the direction
of the volcano, and a man who was
dispatched to the place says it was
issuing from the crater of the largest
volcano of the region.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
Prominent Mason Dead.

New York, June 3.-Peter Ross.
Ii. D., thirty-third degree Mason,
grand historian of the grand lodge of
MasOns in this state and the author of
many books on Freemasonry and Scot
tish history, is dead at his home in
this city after a long illness. He
was born in Edinburgh in 1847. DIR.
Ross was for 18 years secretary of
the North American Association of
Caledonian clubs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
TRANSFERS STRIKE,
TIE-US is COMPLETE
Every Police officer In Chi
cago on Extra Duty.
MORE TROUBLE MAY occuR

| strikers Have Redoubled Their PIGkee
Forces to Dssuade Non-union Men
From Carrying Meat-BulIdings of
the Packers Are Under Guard.
Chicago, June 3.-Chicago's entire
police force is on active or reserve
duty today as a result of the serious
aspect assumed by the stock yards
teamsters' strike yesterday. Every pa
trOlman on a furlough reported for
duty today and many of the police on
crossing duty in the downtown dis
trict was held in readiness for emer-
gency calls They were assembled ear
Ty in the morning at headquarters and
were given definite orders to prevent
disturbances such as marked yester-
days deliveries of meat by the pack
ers. The strikers have doubled their
picket forces to dissuade non-union
men from carrying meat from the rail
road branch houses either to hotels
and restaurants or distributing points
on the Big Eight" packing establish
ments. All the buildings of the pack
ers are under guard, the police assist
ing in many instances. The strikers
deprecate yesterdays lawlessness and
disclaim responsibility for it. They
say in all instances the work of the
mobs was that of sympathizers only.
Delivery drivers of the big depart
ment stores have become more dissat-
isfled with their positions and threaten
to make the teamsters' strike still
more serious by tying up all delivery.
Today the teamster employees of the
Boston store struck. The Fair team
sters are already out and other men
who were pressed into service On the
wagons early today met with constant
blockades formed by sympathizing
teamsters in other wagons along their
routes.
The drivers of A. M. Rothschild g.
Co. held meeting In the basement
of the store and threatened to go out.
Police were called to all the stores
where men had struck or made demon
strations.
At 10 o'clock the teamsters Of all the
big State street department stores
struck. The number of men out at the
nine big stores is estimated at 530
Everything is as yet quiet and order
ly. A train of 20 wagons loaded with
meat from the stock yards made its
way to the down town district early
under heavy guard o. police.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
Pickets Guard CoIIierv.

Mahonoy City, Pa, June 3.-Three
hundred union pickets guarded the ap-
proaches to Tunnel ridge colliery, of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company at the western end of
the city today and refused to pass
James Holloway, Charles Carl, George
Oliver and William Dodds, all bosses.
They were forced to return home. Ma
pie Hill colliery resumed the hoisting
of water this morning. Strikers held
up the engineers at the Gilberton wa
ter shaft this morning and as result
the hoist is idle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
TROOPS HoMEWARD BOUND.
Several Transports From Manila Elk.
pected at Frisco Soon.

Several Transports From Manila Elk.
pected at Frisco Soon.
San Francisco, June "a week
from tomorrow the transport Warren
will be due from Manila and on June
16 the Fitzpatrick is expected to ar
rive. Word has been received here
that the Hancock left Manila on May
27, bringing the headquarters aud ten
companies of the Ninth infantry, 443
enlisted men, so prisoners and 314 cas-.
ualties.
The transport Sherman left Manila
May % with Major General Lloyd
Wheaton and Brigadier General Simon
Snyder in addition to $50 enlisted men
of the Sixth infantry, 56 enlisted men
of the Nineteenth infantry, 81 sick
men, Is insane and AZ discharged sol.
diers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN.
Many Buildings Raced and One Life
Reported Lost.

Many Buildings Raced and One Life
Reported Lost.
Platteville, Wis, June 3.-A tornado
struck LOuisburg, a small town 16
miles southwest of Platteville, last
evening, and according to reports re.
ceived here today the damage was
very heavy. Barns, outbuildings, etc,
were demolished.
Seeing the fury of the storm Edward
Ward, a well-to-do farmer, hurried his
team homeward. He was UnhttohiHg
it when his barn was blown to pieoes,
a heavy timber striking him in the
forehead and crushing his skull. He
died instantly. Heavy rains also caus-
ed great damage to crops, and it. is
said that the seasons work on many
farms has been a total loss. The Sis
son dwelling at Jamestown was total
ly destroyed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
To Build New Mexican Road.

Trenton, N. j., June 3.-The Ferro-
carril de Rio Soco company, capital
$685. 900, has been Incorporated here
to build railroad between Paso de
Cardenas and Chiltepec, in Mexico.
The incorporators are Benjamin Bar
rios, of Mexico City, Alexander Pot
ter and Julius M. Ferguson, both of
New York.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
Raft capsizes, Children Drowned.

Belle Vernon, Pa, June By the
overturning of raft in the Mononga-
hela river above Fayette City last
night the 11-year-old son of Theodore
Booth was drowned. Several children
were on the raft at the time, and as
three of them have not been account.
ed Tor, II is thought they were also
drowned. Inc river is being dragged
in an effort to locate their bodies.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-04
TAKE YOUR CHOICE,

JUS take your choice.
An attack of Fever at
this time of year, with
Quinine as the treat
ment, means a week or
ten days lost from Busi.
ness.
1t means ten days of
unhappiness for you and
ten days of hard work
and anxiety for those
who love you.
This is putting it in its
very happiest aspect. 1t
might mean your death,
a n d it often means a
breakdown in general G
health from which some
recuperate very slowly.
If you are a rich man,
your time is worth much
TO Un1I1s ocHo4o Te ,