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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
In,,i., Mary as : Nurse

There is no woman in the Northwest
whose history stands out MOI e<pron
iently than does that OF Mary Cocn-
rane. Familiarity known as ihoian
Mary" who is at present resiolns near
the village of Stephensvil|e, on the QUIZ
skirts of St. Joseph, Mich. She is Id
straitened circumstances that approach
dire poverty, and az She is very old,
the authorities have taken up her case
and will now attempt to make inc
rest Of her life easy. One neeo ohiy
to recall a particular period OF the OUT
break of the civil war. when the "noie1
press of the north fauded her as q
heroine. and spoke OF her prliilah>
feat in the rescue and nursing oach "
life of Col James A. Mulligan, Oh inc
famous Twenty-third Illinois InfahtrS.
known as the Irish brigade, ana VINO
commanded the Union troops ia the
siege OF Lexington. Mo-, where Coz.
| Mulligan was severely wounded.
| It will be remembered that q Union
| force was besieged there TOT se'erai
| days, which was commanded py thls
| intrepid Irish commander, VINO nau
| force of $500 men that wlthstooo
| force of 10000 rebel troops under Gen
Sterling Price Col. Mulligan took q
strong position at the east OF the town
and built a fertilization around the;
| Masonic seminary, covering eignteen
| acres. The attack began on the morn,
ing of the 18th of September and lasto
ed until the goth, in 1861, when Col
| Mulligan's forces. being out or pro-
visions and cut Off from the water,
| supply. and himself badly wounded,
surrendered The officers and men
were paroled after making defense
that was the theme of the nation at
that time.
Col. Mulligan's wound was thought
to be serious. and he was removed TO
an island in the Missouri river, Where
he remained several weeks Indian
Mary went to the rescue of the dying
colonel and nursed him, using only her
well-known Indian remedies, which
soon restored him to life and duty. In
dian Mary accompanied the troops to
the front again, and became one o.
Old Mother Bickerdike's special at
tendants in the hospitals of the west
ern armies, and won credit for mel
bravery aid skill as a nurse. pelns
under fire on several occasions
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WOMEN AS Az T.,'5.
JEALOUS MAN MAxE5ss1AI UA::.::,;..-
!, Z COMMENTS FHeREo
" snd>.fful WORE Done win ss'''.,
MatsrisIs Not Appreciated at It~ Trve
worth-The Latest and Also u
Most Remuneratlvo Fad.

Behold, 1t Is written, and 1T Is T-lns'
ed In the papers, that u certain da-ns u
goeth hence to a town that Is Gale.
Philadelphia;
And she goeth not there to sleep. mol 4
yet to awaken them that>sleep;
But that she may cunningiy deviss i
oortraits OF the merry microbe and the
bofsterous bacillus. -
Wherefore she receiveth great glory
and much money.
Verify, in time now gone. woman
said unto herself: Il Will be IN artist.
That will be cute"
And she got herself paints and
brushes and dear little palettes and
drawing charts. NJ &
And she took crayon and chalk and
charcoal, also.
And she made wondrous pictures
upon cardboard, the which showed
tombs where weeping willows wept'
and the title thereof was:
''She Is Gone"
And the picture was sent to the
county fair, and all the folks assem-
bled round about to see the blue rib
bon put upon the picture that Molly
had made. -
Yea, she made paintings of old Tow
ser that also looked like unto COW;
And she painted village churches,
and the preacher thereby was taller
than the church .~
And after time she said unto her.
self:
10. this is pretty good. but it is not
decorative"
So she went into the cellar and Sc
cured the coal scuttle.
And upon it she made picture
showing snowfall in the Alleshenles.
| and she set it in the parlor.
She took the clothes basket and put
gilt upon it and tied ribbons about it
and hung it against the wall.
| She seized the rolling-pin and made
| it pale green with riotous roses upon
| the surface thereof, and she stood 1t
! upon the mantel
| She traced daisies upon the fire
shovel, and placed it over the piano
| She took two lengths of stoVeplpe
and a yard of baby ribbon and :. bunch
| of wire grass and concocted What-no1
for the hall.
| She brought in the wheelbarrow anC
| girded it about with MORE VelVe'
| bands and drew cupids upon its sides
and stood it in the drawing room.
But lust as she murmured unto her
self:
..It would be sweet with an exceed
ing saccharineness to enamel the cool
stove white and place marine VleV
on the top and use it for cente
table" she came to a halt.
For all this went out OF style.
| And since that time she hath place.
remarkable infants upon china plate
and sold them at the church fair.
But now, benold, a new woman ha
arisen and she hath new idea.
And it is one that maketh money, IN
stead of costing exceedingly.
She taketh the microbe by the han
and placeth HIM in n good light.
And telleth him to hoId up his chi
and turn his head to the right.
And she maketh his portrait.
And she getteth pay for it.
Oh. woman. in the past thou has
spent much glad money ON thy fad
but now thou art making money frol
them. .....
Surely. our hats are off to thee an
to thy sisters.
Yet, if it bringeth such goodly none
to paint one little microbe. asks w.
Nesbit In the Baltimore American
why not paint one elephant and the
retire on thy fortune2
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Stage Small Talk.

Wagenhals and Kemper will revive
"The Comedy OF Errors" next fall.
Mansfield will produce a play found
ed on Tolstoi's Ivan, the Terrible"
M. Jean hichepin, French play
wright, claims to have written 'Du
Berry" and David Belasco says he
lies; suit is imminent
Mrs. Sarah Cowei Lemoyne has
closed her tour in THE First Duchess
Of Marlborough She NAV star witt
Modjeska and Odettc Tyler in three
star combination next sea"on.
An English theater in Paris is to be
opened with His EScellency, the Gov
ernor."
Charles Hawtrey, the English actor
will come back next season and tour
the country with "A Message fro.
Mars
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Tales OF tho Mongooso.

In the Philadelphia Zoo there are
I'VE little mongooses, which attract
much attention because of their pecu-
liar habits. A few years ago large
number Of these creatures were
brought over from India to some OF
the West Indies to destroy the rats.
which were very numerous on the
islands. They did the work expected
OF them, but also a great deal more.
They soon left some OF the isles en-
tirely without birds or fowla- The
mongoose became a bigger nuisance
than the rats were.
The mongoose is about the size OF a
cat, with long. slender body, come
what like a wea els. 1t is easily tam
ed and is kept in many Hindu houses
to rid them of snakes, rats, mice and
other vermin. 1t fearlessly attacks
and kills the terrible cobra, and has
been said to avoid death from snake
bite by eating certain herb which
counteracts the poison, but really pro
tects itself by the extreme quiclness
of its movements. The ichneuNor, or
Egyptian mongoose, IS held high In
public regard because 1T destroys
great numbers of crocodile eggs
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Tho Time to Hustle.

A little boy who is in the habit OF
calling his father by his first name.
John, as ne has always heard his
mother do, was up in the bathroom
playing with the water. Finally the
water overran the tub and soaked
through the ceiling. His father rush
ed upstairs to see the cause and was
about to give him scolding when
the little fellow said:
This is no time to talk, John; get
a mop. "-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Prince of Greatness

To those at the bottom of the Lad
der of Fame" it seems all serene at
the top, but the price of greatness
often includes many annoyances be-
sides discouraging impositions A
striking illustration of this truth Is
found in the following incident:
Thomas Bailey Aldrich once received
a pathetic letter announcing the death
of little daughter and asking If he
would not send in his own handwriting
a verse or two from "Bable Bell TO
assauge the grief of the household
Aldrch sent the whole poem and not
long after saw it displayed In the
window of an autograph dealer with
good, round price attached.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Virginia Harmed.

This eminent actress Tin private life
Mrs. Edward A. Sothern). was born at
Boston. and made her debut in that
city at the age of is. playing Lady
Despair in The Corsican Brothers. :"
She was for a season Mr. Sothern's
leading lady under Daniel Frohman's
engagement, and subsequently played
leading roles in A. NJ. Palmer's stock
rompans> Miss Harmed created the
role of s.. libby" at the Park theater,
Boston, in 1895, and starred In that
play one season. She married Mr.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
AuaWered-

A certain learned professor was In
structing a class of schoolboys about
the circulation OF the blood. To make
sure that they understood, he proceed
ed to question them. =
Can you tell me-" said he, why it
is that If / were to stand on my head
there would be a rush of blood to my
head. and that there is no rush of
blood to the feet when 1 stand upon
them?"
For a moment there was a silence,
and then a small boy answered:
Its because your feet are not
empty, sir"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Food from Trees.

Food from Trees.
Chestnut groves, with full grown
trees, produce six times as much food
per acre as any cereals, and Humboldt
estimates that a banana orchard will
feed twenty-five human beings, where
a potato field of the same size would
support two and wheat farm only
one A time may come when the
staples OF human food will be derived
chiefly from trees. thus increasing the
DEMONSTRATING capacity of our planet
more than fivefold. not to mention the
saving in drudgery, nor the beneficial
climatic influences of tree plantations
No ploughing, hoeing and moving. no
worrying about winter food for hum
cry cattle, no deserts over-spreadlng
vast areas of tree-deprived territories.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Monuments at Rome.

The Emperor William has given
statue of Goethe to be set up in Rome,
and Americans are to give statues of
Hawthorne and Longfellow. Italians
feel grateful for these expressions of
good will toward the Eternal City and
yet ashamed that their own greatest
poet should have been unrepresented
in the capital of the kingdom. There
was a serious project to raise a mon
ument to Dante, but King Humberts
death interfered with the project.
which is now revived. By the irony of
fate the movement is led by a clerical.
Dante, besides being the father of the
Italian language, was the incarnation
of the Ghibelline idea, as opposed
to Guelf or clerical. Now, to the stu
| pefaction of all, strong clerical in
the municipal council has risen and
proposed that Rome erect monument
of Italy's greatest son.--Rome Core
| spondence London Pail Mall Gazette.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
tglf1b fbe HcfcT1s1.c.
sAnecdo4es rufagI r1terest to- Soldiers Bofh Sd
!" 9 s~--1 E;ti1d Ybung.

i, Forty-tourth-Ce:. Hugh B. Reed..
Killed, 81; wounded, LII: misstng. y.
Total loss. 212.
The Esety-frst, Cola. n. A&xeaEht..
Fiftyiseventh. Col. Cyrus 9. Hines:t
Fits -eighth, Col. Henry NJ Carr. anu
Seventeenth. Col. John 7. Wider. cams
on the field after the battle was ovet.
Sixth Battery-Capt. Frederick be l4
KILLED, L; wounded. S; total loss. -
Ninth Battery-Capt George h
Brown. Killed, 1; wounded. .: toSal
loss, 6. Al
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
An Exclamation.

The following recently appeared In
Gotham, and is self-explanatory:
"The little dog Toto, which was
accidentally bitten by Dan McAvoy'
the comedian. during a frolic in his
dressing room at the New York thea
ter Saturday afternoon. died last
night. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

An instance of the hospitality of liv-
ing under snowdrift is recorded dur
ing the recent storms in England.
On December a large flock of sheep
belonging to a cattle dealer of Cars
dale were out on the open moor. The
shepherds with their dogs collected
the sheep and drove them to more
sheltered locality, dreading threaten
1ng storm which soon followed One
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Sfage Financ iers.

A member of company that had
been playing in hard luck and hac
not received it's salaries In a long
time was fined So for an infraction OF
the rules He surprised the manager
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
For Boys end Girls.
E's es%'@

His music may ripple will not deny.
Nor harshly condemn 1t in haste; .,
But when with my own you compare IL
Well, it's purely a matter of taste"
Ana none could CONVINCE him his judg-
ment was wrong, .
So great was this donkey's conceit.
He brayed at his pleasure the summer
day long,
And Thought that his music was sweet
A very good donkey he was on the whole.
But ran all his value to waste
By striving to prove that a musical soui
Is purely a matter of taste
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

- xass.s Ia che donkey, ct fully agree
T6Sf many will joyfully stay
- hark 70 the lark. but will lfrOwn upon
yVhencvar / happen to bray.
They smile rs his music descends from
Fl,st :hsngs DER the heathery waste.
Rl1f though they declare that my voice
hold It's q matter of taste
= NOW listen: .Hee! Hawv That's part
p0f my song, 2st3
3 AYad surely you'll willingly own
n 1sark In the sky is sufficiently strong
~ y onunl the volume and tone.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Not Soup Meat.

A little boy was asked what kind of
meat he preferred. and seeing two
kinds on the table. and knowing only
one kind, said:
81 will take a piece of the not-soup
meat, please"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

sheep, however. escaped and made its
way back to the pasture where it was
overtaken by the heavy fall of snow
and imbedded in it. There 1t re-
manned until the snow melted, when
the shepherds were astonished to find
it alive and well. 1t had stayed under
the snow for twenty-five days.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Stations for wireless Telegraph.

There are now in Europe forty sta
lions equipped for wireless telegraphy
and five in America. About sixty ves-
sells have put in the necessary appa-
ratus.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10
Edward Morgan.

Edward Morgan.
Mr.. Morgan seems to have made the
part of John Storm, in .The Christ
ian," peculiarly his own. this being the
third season of his playing it, and he
may properly place it at the head OF
his long list of successes. Still a
young man, and with an assured fu-
ture, Mr.. Morgan may surely consider
his lot to be cast in pleasant lines. and
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

story IN its simple narration OF events
is a treasure mine Of tragic inspifa-
ton. Then. too, it is as new to-day
as when it was written. You remem7
Der Kipling,s lbarrack-rOom ballad o.
the young officer sent to the outpost at
Jneta. There you have the story of
David and uriah's wife I'm Its TWEEN |,
'tieth century form. You can under.
stand that. in the present condition OF
things. can't speak, fully OF authori-
tatively. Like .Paola, and Francesca.
1T will be written in blank verse"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

God likes the men who choose hard
things. He gives hard tasks as proof
Of his love to those whom he trusts
and honors,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-10

Scthern in 1896, and has since appear
ed in leading parts in his company.
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Religion makes good armor, but It's
a poor cloak.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-18
POWELL AND THE PROHIBlTl0NISTS.

Union Republican Candidate on the Tenn
pcrance Ticket in the Ninth District of
Kent County.
Special Correspondence of Gazette aud Journal
Dover, Dec. 12.-Great surprise to
many people attended the publication
of the official ballot for the special
election for Representative in the Ninth
district of Kent county, on December
Both. The Prohibitionist candidate
for Representative on the ballot is
James Wilbur Powell, who is also the
candidate of the Union Republicans
Benjamin Knox was the candidate of
the Prohibitionists at the regular cleo
tion In the Ninth district. The reason
for Powell's name being put on the
ticket at the special election is that
Powell has promised. the Prohibit
tionists that il elected he will vote for
the submission of the question of local
option to the voters and also vote for
anything else they desire. They have
also been promised that in the future
the Union Republicans will include in
their platform, a prohibition plank.
Much dissatisfaction exists among
the prohibitionists over the placing Of
PoweIl's name on their ticket and some
have openly declared that those who
engineered the deal will hereafter be
considered as Union Republicans.
The total prohibition vote in the
Ninth district at the November election
was AZ; 27 In the First Election dis
trict and Is in the Second.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-18
DEED FOR RAILROAD PROPERTY.
Sale of the simmons Tract TO Pennsylvania
Co. Was an A micahIe A Arrnnreinant

Sale of the simmons Tract to Pennsylvania
Co. Was an Amicable Arrangement.
The sale of a portion of the Simmons
property, between Water and Front and
Thorn and Tatnall streets, to the Penn
sylvanie Railroad Co., which was congum-
mated Thursday, was an amicable arrange
ment between the Simmons heirs and the
railroad company, notwithstanding the
condemnation and Chancery proceedings,
and as a result the company received deed
for the property, which gives it a fee title
and absolute ownership for all future time.
commission appointed by Resident
Associate Justice William G. Spruance
awarded damages amounting to $50, GOO,
and the award was approved. Proceedings
were instituted in the Court of Chancery
for restraining order to restrain the COM
pany from going on the land, but during
the past few days an arrangement was
reached By the Simmons heirs and the rail-
road company which eliminated in the
| sale.
| At the same time it was agreed to abandon
| the Chancery proceedings and it is likely
i that ct the next sitting of Chancellor Nichol-
son in this city the action will be formally
| abandoned.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-18
To BE.k WoMa,,s HEAp.
New Eight Cent Stamp Will Commemorat
Martha Washington.

New Eight Cent Stamp Will Commemorate
Martha Washington.
Washington Star.
The United States government has
never issued postage stamp decorated
with the head of woman. But this
cannot be said after December lst. On
that day the Postofiice Department. will
begin sending out to postmasters new
eight cent stamp on which will be used
the head of Martha Washington. The
design is considered one of the most
beautiful ever put out by the Postoffice
Department. The head is enoircled
with a wreath. At the bottom on the
left is 1872, the year in which Martha
Washington was born; on the right,
1902, the year in which she died. She
was born on May 2lst.
The Postoffice Department first got
the idea of decorating stamp with a
woman's head from a short article
which appeared in ladies' magazine
early this year, in which the writer
complained that the ladies were being
Disseminated against by the stamp
designers of the Postoffice Department,
for apparently they had never seen fit
to have representative nf the fair sex
placed on the face Of a postage stamp.
A Detroit paper took the matter uT
editorially, and Mr.. Madden. tks Third
Assistant Postmaster-G General, being
Detroit man, noticed the article and
began thinking about the matter. The
result is new eight-cent stamp.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-18
HARBoR DREDGING.
New Plan Devised by United states Engi-
neer Jared a. Smith.

New Plan Devised by United states Engi-
neer Jared 4. Smith.
United Estates Engineer Jared A.
Smi tn claims that by system of con-
fractions the Christiana River can he
prevented from shoaling with mud and
refuse, for much less money than it
would cost to bulkhead the stream.
The bulkheading would cost about
S4G0, Goo
The principle involved in Col.
Smiths conception for the improve
ment of the channel has been approved
by the War Department and in time,
it will probably be given trial. Col.
Smith does not agree with the view
that sewage from Wilmington is to
blame for the condition OF the channel.
Indeed, he does not seem to consider
that it is an important item in the
matter He claims that the dfaughts
of steamers are active in drawing ma
terial from the sides into the channel.
The engineers OF Col. Smiths stafl
have surveyed the river and the new
/ idea will be developed.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-18
WEDDINGS.

Marriage of DR.. franklin o. Smith and
Miss L. Il. Keene.
:. In West Presbyterian Church last week
Miss Lysabeth Ella Keena, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Keene of Bart, Pa, and
DR.. Franklin Curry Smith Of this city were
ginia. The maid of honor was Miss Lillia
L. Shockley of this city. The bridesmaids
were Miss Mabel Adels shsfer of PhiiadeI-
phia and Mics Clara Griffon of this city.
The best man was DR.. n. q. Buckmaster.
Tbs ushers we're Joseph Girvine OF Lancas-
ter, Pa; Clifton O. Keene of Bart, Pa. I;
Albert Pickell of Philadelphia, and DR..
Philip R. Traynor, DR.. W. o. Stack and DR..
Robert f. Moore of this city. Palms and
evergreen auorned the church. The bride
was given away by her brother in-law,
David A. Mcclure. Rev. A. N. Keigwin.
D. D., pastor of West Church, performed
the ceremony At the conclusion OF the
ceremony, 30 Perfect Love. by Barnaby,
was sung by the choir of which Miss keene
was member. reception followed at the
Mcclure residence, sos Jefferson street, after
which DIR. and Mrs. Smith left for the South.
After January 1st they will be at home at
sos Jefferson street. Among the gifts was q
dress chiffoniere from West Church ehoiE.
HILLEeAs-DowNEY.
Word has been received In this city Of the
wedding of DIR. Henry Hilegas of Santiago,
Chile, formerly of Wilmington, and Miss
Lydia W. Downsy of Wilmington. The
wedding took place Wednesday at Santiago.
DR.. Hillegas and Miss Downey had known
each other from childhood. The former went
to South America to practice dentistry q
short time ago and he and his bride will
make their home there.
CABMIcHAEL-BIsNEx
At the residence of the brides mother,
101S Tatnall street, DR.. George X. Oar.
michael and Miss Marguerite Iona Binnez
were quietly married last night week. Arch
deacon George @. Hall, rector of St. Johns
Episcopal Church, officiated. After the cere.
mony DR.. and Mrs. Carmichael went tc
their new home, sos West street. The we'd
ding was quiet one because of the death
recently of the brides father.
sTEwART-AIEswoRTH
Winfield H. Stewart and Miss Olive l.
Ainsworth we're married last night week,,at42I
East Sixth street, in the presence of large
company. Rev. H. S. Dulany of Asburl
Nj. E. Church performed the ceremony.
HABBART- CONWAY.
JOSEPH l.. Habbsrt and Miss Martha @
| Conway were married last night week a
Asbury parsonage by Rev. Fl. S. Dulany.