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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

The forward march Of the temper
ance reform is we'll indicated by
paragraph written for the Central
Christian Advocate, by Rev. James A.
Hall, as follows:
IAN old man, who had reached his
91st year, stood in my pulpit in one OF
my charges to deliver temperance
lecture. 'Seventy-five years ago.. he
said, I asked large audience that
had gathered to hear me speak. How
many of you think it right to use splr-
ituous liquors in your families, and
how many Of you are in the habit OF
using them more or less as bever-
age?' and nearly every man, woman
and child in that large audience stood
up boldly and confidently. l asked 1t
again fifty years ago. said the old
man, and there were a few who did
not rise; they kept their seats for the
sake of their convictions and with
stood the gaze of the standing. smiling
crowd. Forty years ago, he said, 1
| asked it. and now here and there, dot
ted all over the house, there stood a
man or a woman. who had gotten up
timidly and were looking around as II
surprised that they should be alone.
ask it again today, and there is not
man or woman in this audience who
would stand on the proposition Ano
so in like manner l myself this morn
ing might ask it. and there Is not
business man, who values his reputa
ton in the eyes of this community. OF
his financial standing on the market
or the confidence of his creditors, who
would stand up and declare himself
for rum. And there is not young
unmarried man, who cares anything
for his matrimonial prospects. wht
would dare stand up; for there Is no
a respectable woman in the city II
whose eyes the act would not dis
count him an hundred per cent. AM
indeed would not the very fellows VIII
steal around to the dives In town AM
keep beer in their cellars mark him a
a failure. and taboo him when they in
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
DEAN FARRAR'S TESTIMONY.

clans that the use of alcohol is .
subtle and manifold source OF dis
ease, even to thousands who use 1t in
quantities conventially deemed moder-
ate.
Fourth-Then the carefully drawn
statistics of many insurance societies
convinced me that total abstinence, so
far from shortening life, distinctly and
indisputably conducted to longevity.
Fifth.-II'hen l accumulated proof
that drink is so far from being requt-
site to physical strength or intellec-
tual force that many of our greatest
athletes, from the days of Samson
onward, have achieved without alco-
hol mightier feats than have ever been
achieved with it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Warm Praise for SeIfridge.

The passing of Rear Admiral
Thomas o. Selfridge will cause feel
ing of sadness in the hearts OF all his
old shipmates, for he was an i''ol
among u.s. His was positive
(strenuous, as we call it nowadays)
character. Without such the great re-
bellion would never have been put
down. Born and reared, as 1t were.
in the United States navy, he was
entirely at home on board ship, and
woe to a delinquent officer who had
to pass his scrutiny. We were always
hearing something fresh and racy that
Selfridge had said or done.
One instance which happened in
Illinois offered us great deal OF
amusement. In 1864. while in COM
mand of the United States ram Vim
dicator, which was being fitted out at
Mound City, ILL.,. his paymaster, who
vas fresh from the capital. where he
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Iron and Dust.

Iron and Dust
The mighty ones who wrenched the
world with pain.
Far in the past.
Attila raging DER the bloody plain,
The scourge Of Heaven. and bold Tam
Where are they now.
The dust Of centuries old Time has cast
Above each brow.
Where roams the spirit Of the Norman
Where
The untamed soul
That from the sea- a lion from its lair.
Arose 'eainst England? Where the pan
ner fair
The world saw wave!
Der Harold. resting In mans co""o"
narrow grave?
What profits Alexander now. that he
Across the world
Rore ruin. sorrow, death. and misery?
The grim phalanx which trreststioiy
Moved DER the held-
Dust-au Is dust! The war-nags all are
furled:
Gone every shield!
Man ufts his voice and flls the universe
For one short hour
With blatant vauntings Of his sword or
purse;
For God q Sneer: Tor DeStIHy S"A"S'
Tins stroke IL slow:
But when 1t falls. man wtthers AZ Ht
power
And bows him low.
Mans arm is strong: his footstep shakes
the land;
His iron grasp
May hold a mighty nation: but his nane
! withers and falls when stops the run
ming sand
| In Old Times glass:
| Deaths finger touch-a shudder-cry-s
gasp.
The strong ones pass!
Where is the glory OF the sword ans
| shield?
The bright spears rust:
| Fond lovers stray where once the legion
| wheeled;
The stolid plowman turns the battle
field:
The olive tree.
Green badge of peace. may from a Cae
sar's dust
Spring TRANQUILITY.
Oh, you who would S,mortalize you
| name
Ne'er soulless cast
Your brothers blood upon the pyre G
shame
And call the dread black smoke 'th"oi
tai fame!
Though reared unseen,
The sodded mound white marble will out
! last,
And still be green.
Lowell o. Reese in San Francisco Bull
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

Men die. but their work lives on.
We are all building pyramids. not to
last four thousand years, but forty
ta30Aand, forty million, forty trillion.
Nrty quadrillion. forty quntillion. For
awhile we WELD the trowei. or pound
With the hammer, or measure with
the yardstick, or write with the pen.
or experiment with the scientific bat
terry. or plan with the brain; and for
q while the foot walks, the eye sees
and the ears hear and the tongue
speaks. All the good words or bad
words We speak are spread out into
one layer for q pyramid. All the kind
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

took part in the siege of Vicksburg,
hive accepted the design submitted by
Mrs, Theo. A. Ruggles-kitson. The
monument is to stand upon bowlder
ouarried at Annisquam, and will be
erected in the National park near
Vicksburg.
Mrs. Kitson submitted the figure of
q typical private soldier of the union
army to represent the men of Massa-
chusetts, who were in the Vicksourg
campaign Old soldiers who nave
seen the design were impressed with
the yeracity of the bronze figure, as
the sculptor has reproduced, with
faithful detail the union soldier in
rough campaign carelessness.
Veterans have commented upon the
realism of the clothing. They have
poiuted to the socks, pulled up over
the legs of the trousers, as an evi,
deuce Of the value of this work OF
art as an example OF the real soldier
of the Civil war.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
iMPERlSHABLE INFLUENCE.

deeds or malevolent deeds We do are
spread into another layer. All the
Christian or unchristian examples We
set are spread out in another layer
All the indirect influences Of our lives
are spread out in another layer. Then
the time comes when we put down the
implement OF toll. and pass away. but
the pyramid stands. The twentieth
century will not rock it down, nor the
thirtieth century. nor the one hun
dredth century. The earthquake that
rocks this world to pieces will not
stop our influence for good or evil
Christian Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
The SPIRITUAL BIRTHRICHT.

ness. But the life Of love, OF purity
Of self-sacrifice, of holy aspirations
and sweet affections, of that faith In
God which links and blends the life
of the soul with the very life and be
ing of the Eternal-if this life be
mine, then amid a world OF change
and accident, through all sorrow and
pain and decay, amid the rushing
stream of tine which, as the years
pass on, bears everything else away,
my feet are planted on a rock; for
though 1.-The world passeth away, and
the lust thereof, he that doeth the will
Of God abideth forever"
John Card.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Wasted SeIf-Sacrifce.

Surgeon General Sternberg had
peculiar experience at the battle OF
Bull Run. Just before going In he
was approached by an Irish sergeant
major Of his regiment. who handed
him a bag Of gold weighing three
pounds. Doctor said the lrishman.
Il know I'm to be kilt entirely. an
want you to take care Of this money
an see that it gets to the ould folks
at home in ould Ireland" The doctor
had no time to demonstrate or make
any other arrangement, for the Irish
man dropped the bag into the sur
geons lap and hurried away to his
place at the head of the column. All
through two bloody days DR.. Stern
berg carried that bay Of gold with his
surgical instruments, and 1t was bur-
den and an embarrassment to him.
He tried to get rid Of it, but couldn't
find anyone willing to accept or even
to share the responsibility, and he
couldn't throw it away, for the sake of
"ould folks at home"
Toward the close of the second day
| the surgeon was taken prisoner. He
lOSl LIS SUI SISdl luSll uluSAlS aAu ulS
| medicine chest case. but clung to the
| gold, and, making a belt of his neck
| tie and handkerchief, tied it around
his waist next to his skin to prevent
| it's confiscation by his captors. Dur
| ing the long. hot and weary march
that followed the gold pieces chafed
his flesh, and his waist became SO
sore and blistered as to cause him in
tense suffering. but he was bound that
the "ould folks at home should have
the benefit of that money, and by the
exercise of great caution and patience
managed to keep it until he was ex
changed with other prisoners and got
back to Washington. Here he found
his regiment in camp, and one of the
first men to welcome him was the
Irish sergeant, who was so delighted
to learn that the doctor had saved his
money that he got drunk and gambleC
it all away the first night.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

It would seem as If very few of us
give The nower of, kind words the con-
sideratiof which is due to it. So great
q power, such facility in the exer-
else of it, such a frequency OF oppor-
tunities for the application of 1T, and
vet the world still what it is, and we
still what we are! It seems incred-
ible. Take life all through, It's adver-
sity as well as it's prosperity, its SICK
ness as well as it's health, its loss OF
rights as we'll as it's enjoyment OF
them, and we shall find that no natur-
IL sweetness of temper. much less any
acquired philosophical equanimity, is
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

Fog in ones spiritual life need be
no more lasting than In nature. III
will burn off before long" How often
weather-wise people say this when the
erav mists of the seashore depress the
fearts that we're longing for bright
day; and so it proves. glow OF Sill
YER in the clear sky near the sun,
thinning out here and there OF the
vapory shroud glimpses of blue, clean
outlining and swift sailing away OF
the clouds, and the fine clear oay is
here long before noon. We might
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
NEED TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.

Therefore the Journal believes that
a pressing need of the country is .
great temperance revival relying
chiefly upon the personal appeal.
Thousands of pledge-signers would
be rescued from drunkenness and
more thousands prevented from be-
coming drunkards.
And an assured consequence of such
a revival would be to guide public
thought to the temperance question
as a whole, and 50 advance the cause
in those wider and deeper aspects
which involve legislation, not only
upon the liquor traffic directly, but
upon the industrial conditions which
are responsible for poverty.-New
York Journal.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

I may forego my spiritual birthright.
may let myself be implicated. soul
and body. with the world and the
things Of the world, with the lusts OF
the flesh, with pleasant sensations,
and gratified appetites and sensuous
pleasures, with that side of my being
whose bliss is to bask in the sunshine
Of material enjoyment, and then am
at natures mercy. At any moment OF
my brief existence by slight turn OF
her forces, by sudden accident or
swift working disease. may be rem
dered bankrupt of all on which my
life is staked, torn away from every
element or ingredient of my happi-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
KIND WORDS.

equal to the support of a uniform
habit of kindness. Nevertheless, with
the help of grace, the habit of saying
Kind words is very quickly formed.
and when once formed, it is not
speedily lost. Sharpness, bitterness.
sarcasm, acute observation, divination
of motives-all these things disappear
when a man is earnestly conforming
himself to the image of Christ Jesus.
The very attempt to be like our dear.
est Lord is already well-spring OF
sweetness within us, flowing with an
easy grace over all who come within
our reach.-Frederick William Faber.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
The REFORM MOVES.

vited their guests to the debut OF thei'
daughters? All, yes, we have moved
on. The walls are still standing. but
there are great rents in them! The
enemy is still bold and arrogant, but
he is at bay! All great revolutions
are SLOW and often most discour-
aging. The French revolution NUT
tered and struggled for many years
before the tyranny of class was
broken. And in our own country the
wrong that was expiated in the civil
war grew old amid the protests of the
public conscience"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

knew It all my boyhood; in lonesome
Valley meadow,
Like a dryad's mirror hidden oy tho
woods dim arches near;
Its eye flashed back the sunshine. ana
grew dark and sad with shadow:
And loved its truthful depths where
every pebble lay 30 clear.
I scooped my hand and drank 1t. ana
watched the sensate culver
OF the dipping rings Of silver a. the
beads OF crystal fell.
I pressed the richer grasses from its lit
tie trickling river
TIL at last l knew, as friends know.
every secret of the well.
But one day I stood beside 1t on . sud-
den. unexpected.
When the sun had crossed the valley
and q shadow hid the place:
And looked in the dark water-saw my
pallid cheek reflected
And beside it. looking upward. met an
evil reptile face:
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

The moderate drinker may profess
to be exercising self-Control, but he Is
not. l may set my house on fire by
APPLYING a torch here and there, and
I may put out the fire without having
done the building any serious injury.
I may continue to do this again ana
again, if the authorities and the in
surance companies did not put stop
to the insane proceedings. 1t would
be the general verdict that only an
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
GOD IN NATURE.

y
m. men that darken life. you dream
WHOM you with idle words blaspheme.
Ana laugh at any ruling God
More mighty than . common clod.
Have you surveyed all Nature round.
proved we'll the cIod that you have
found
A. great % God DER life and death?
aay have you marked ita living breathf
Take one poor little life from out
The common clod. you do not doubt
Ana trace the wonder OF design
Till Justice falters. tits divine.
can you with cunning learning make
An insect that shall warm breath takeS
Nay. Plato could not make 1t glow.
Nor even Michael Angelo.
Paint me the glory Of the grass
That doth all purple state surpass:
Then tell We whence the wind doth come.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
FOG IN SPIRITUAL LIFE.

oftener save ourselves from heavy
hearts and gloomy faces, when early
morning shows gray in our lives, or
other lives about us. Mists are left
over from storm yesterday. The day
closed on misunderstanding. The
morning is foggy and depressing.
Why talk about it? Let the weather
alone. Fog is shallow. 1t will burn
off before long. There is a good warm
sun of love at work, and the blue sky
will soon be over us.-Maltbie d.
Babcock, d. d.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
(tl Ff1rsloles

had been serving as Gov. Yates pri.
vac secretary, came to the captain
in great distress, claiming that the
r,cn had stolen q lot Of the ships
stores. 1t transpired that said stores
had been left standing out on the
deck over night.
What did you leave them out there
for?" asked the captain.
Il thought would trust to the
honor of the men," answered the pay
master. And the captain
concluded with the remark that
when you have been in the navy as
long as l have you will know better
than to trust to the honor OF old sail
ors where anything to eat or drink Is
| at stake"
Capt Selfridge speeded the Vindi.
Gator around for a while, and had the
misfortune to run her aground and
tear the copper of her bottom. Com.
mander J. P. Foster of Indiana said
to him: "See here. Tom. you have
got down to the VS.. SO you will have
to be a little careful or you will run
out" When a vessel grounds in the
| MISSISSIPPI river tne SWlt CuTEcuI " III
tear great hole in the sand under
her bows and pile it up astern. caus'
ing the vessel to break in two AS
the captain was bringing the ironclad
U. S. S. Ozark up the river the pilot
run her aground at Helena, Ark.
The captain astonished the admira
by reporting the accident. why, yor
haven't got the Ozark aground, have
you?" asked the admiral. "Oh. yes
she's aground and broke in two BY
this time I guess. l want another YES
sci. She will have to lie there al
summer, high and dry on sand bar
You had better get some soldiers t.
guard her or the confederates viii
destroy her" He got another vesse
while the more timid officers said, Il
is the audacity of the man that carrie
him through
May our glorious navy always hav
her Decaturs, Farrasuts. Porters an
Selfridges.-T. F. Leech, NJ. D.. Lat
Surgeon United States Navy.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
QUIET THOUGHTS.

A deserted church is not house
of God. No house is house Of God
unless it is a house of men also.
Winning heavenly riches is worth
all it can cost, but no one has the
right to go the most roundabout way
in obtaining them.
1t is only God that allows his serv'
ants to keep that which is precious
When men devote themselves to idols
they have to pay for them out Of their
own possessions.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

~He that winneth souls is wise;" SO
also is he who allows himself to be
won.
Many q man thinks he is having his
own way, when he is being led In the
way Of Satan.
The truth of God stands inspection,
bat II does not prevent men from tell
ING lies about it.
Men who are spying out Gods pos
sessions In the spirit of unbelief are
re apt TO see anything but giants.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

And where it goes when 1t IL dumb.
Reveal why in this self-same bed
!. ne lily's white, the rose is red.
Why color with unseeming power
10 different in each different flower.
Translate the language Of the oak.
As though in living words it spoke
From out its mighty heart and strong
The me- sning Of its ancient song.
Sing me the song Of all the sea
In moving. Wistful melody:
Unroll its sobbing swell and fall.
Cay why waves make song at all.
Then sweep the illimitable sky.
And with great wisdom tell me why
The everlasting stars are there.
And lay eternal mystery bare.
Charles Lusted. in the Gentleman'i
Magazine.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
1hE WELLS SECRET.

Looking upward. furtive. startled at the
silent, swift intrusion;
Then II darted toward the grasses. o"o
saw not where 1t fed:
But / knew it's eyes were on me. ana
the old time sweet illusion
or the pure and perfect symbol had
cherished there was dead.
o the pain to know the perjury oS
seeming truth that blesses!
My soul was scared like SIN to see the
falsehood Of the place;
And the innocence that Knocked me.
while in dim, unseen recesses
There were lurking fouler secrets tna"
the furtive reptile face.
And since then-oh. why the burdenE-
when joyous faces greet me.
With their eyes Of iimp'd innocence
and words devoid of art.
I can not trust their seeming. but must
ask what eyes would meet me
Could look in sudden silence AZ the
secrets Of the heart!
John Boyle O'Reiily.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

The man who early in the day has
overcome, by vigilance and restraint,
the strong impulses Of it's blood to-
wards intemperance, falls not into 1t
after, but stands composed and COM
placent upon the cool. clear eminenca.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
HE WHO HAS CONQUERED.

and hears within himself amid the
calm he has created, the tuneful paean
Of godlike victory. Yet he loves the
virtue more because he fought for her
than because she crowned him.-Lan.
dor.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

The Massachusetts women who
played golf in rainstorm are congrat-
ulating themselves on having found
a way to add excitement to the gama
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
THE MODERATE DRINKER.

unbalanced person would be guilty Of
SO dangerous thing. There can be
nothing moderate about one who deals
carelessly with so dangerous an ele-
ment as fiX. So there can be no
moderat& sNot that which infiames
the passions, sd sets on fire the
whole lower nature.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Remarkable Family Record,

James Lester born to John and Vida
Brennan, in Harwinton, Conn, recent.
ly, makes the fourth generation now
living together in the same house in
which they were born.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

Premorition is what people think
they have when they say, II told you
So
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Mrs. Stevens Reelected.

Mrs. Lillian Stevens was re elected
president of the National w. c. T. U.
The past year shows record (and
only sixteen states gave fgures) OF
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

After counting the cash on hand the
receiver of New Jersey salt company
came to the conclusion that he had
been preceded by an evaporator.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
The Soldier a. He Was.

The commissioners appointed to Sc
lect q memorial for the 29th. 35th and
seth Massachusetts, regiments. which
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05

Every crook has his own peculiar
bent.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-03-05

Speaking of gray hair puts me In
mind Of Bates - Attorney General
Bates. you know-and Of one Of Lin
coins remarks. We were all going one
day out from Washington to Tennally-
town-the president. Secretary Chase,
Mr.. Bates and myself-to see General
Mcclellan review the Pennsylvania re-
serves. Bates hair. noticed, had re-
tained its original dark color In perfect
freshness, while his beard was almost
as white as mine is now. 1t was an ex-
cepuon to the usual law, and l asked
Mr.. Bates after he had spoken of the
popularity IL he knew any especial
reason for 1t. He said he didn't, but
the president exclaimed laughingly:
why, don't you know? It's because he
uses his chin more than he does his
head."--Era.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-03-05
Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsyl-
yania Railroad.
SEASON OF l901-l902

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Tours for the season Of l9Ol-1902-
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Harrisburg February II. The party will
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crosses the continent.
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and IS, and March 4. The first two admit Of a
stay of two weeks in the "Flowery State"
Tickets for the third tour will be good to
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Mays.
Washington tours will leave New
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80, February 20, March and 25, April II, and
May !.
For detailed information apply to Tourist
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