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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
HAS A CURIOUS TRANSPORTATION
Tho A1olotl Becomes Another Animsl
in Certain Localities.

Naturalists have long been familiar
with a newt-like creature, breathing
by gills and lungs both, and inhabit-
ing the lakes of Mexico and other Am
erican waters. This is the aXolotl. 1t
was also discovered that in certain
localities this creature, which by the
way breeds freely in Mexico, sheds it's
skin, casts off it's gills and its tail
fin develops another color of body and
leaves the water to become a land
newt Under this latter guise it is
known as the amblystoma.
Naturally, the explanation of this
curious transformation rests on the
fact that the axolotl is really the
young or tadpole stage OF the ambly-
stoma form, but the popularity here
is that in its first stage it should
breed and multiply and continue to
reproduce axolotls, as if it were a per-
fectly mature animal. The occurrence
of such cases points out to us one
way in which species can be evolved
for, had we not been acquainted with
the relationship of these forms, no
body would have hesitated to des-
cribe them as two essentially distinct
animals.
Lately it has been shown. says the
London Chronicle, that, while in Colo.
RADIO and Dakota the transformation
is complete, in Mexico the axolot
stage is apparently permanent. Here
probably, the influence of environ
ment on a living being is TYPICAL,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
WHY wAshlNeToN's LEGS SHINE

A1isapplkad Ieas Of Agent for New KIND
81 Polish.
One Of the points OF interest in the
financial district is the bronze statue
OF Washington in the front OF ths
United EtAtes sub-treasury on Wal
street, says the New York Press. II
is invariably pointed out to visitors
and almost invariably the question Is
asked:
why do they polish only the knees
and not the whole statue?"
Mentor and guide has to shake his
head, and admits that he does not
know.
1t appears that some years ago q
peddler with some new kind of polish
came to the sub-treasury and eXtolled
the virtues of his compound to one OF
the guards. why" he said, 81
could even polish up that rusty old
statue out there in a jiffy."
Go ahead said the guard.
The agent went to work with will
and in a few minutes had succeeded
in taking off the beautiful dull oxy.
dizing from the legs of the statue as
far as the knees. Just then Mr.
Muhleman, the deputy assistant treas.
urer, came up the steps, and in less
time than it takes to tell it the agent
!, found himself sitting at the foot OF the
steps, while Mr.. Muhleman lectured tC
the surprised guard in forcible Ian
guage on the vandalism of indiscri.
inmate polishing.
But not even the variability Of thu
New York climate has been suff1cien,
as yet to restore to the polished parti
| their old dull beauty.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
Substitute for Sleep.

A London paper says that the health
of people in fashionable society is be-
ing dangerously threatened by new
drug which is popularity regarded as y
substitute for sleep. Very discreetly it
declines to name this dangerous sub
stance.
When tea was first introduced into
Europe it was commended for the same
virtues, and 1t was believed that it
would no longer be necessary to de-
wise any substitute for sleep which
will not in the long run bring ner"ols
breakdown.-Springf Republican.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
PRINCE nENRy's AuT ooRArHs FEW

Many Efforts Made to Get Them. but
Few Wore successfuL
Prince Henry, while here, was nat
urally asked often for his autograph,
but it is estimated that not more than
100 persons succeeded in getting 1t.
Most of the requests came by mail.
The prince, who had met the auto
graph fiends on the other side. decid-
ed to give his autograph only to GER
tain individuals. These were the
president of a society or club of
which he was the guest. and one or
two of those nearest him at table. To
this rule he persistently adhered.
At all the dinners at which the
prince was a guest, in this city and
elsewhere, requests for his autograph
were sent to him in large numbers,
most of them in notes addressed to
him through the presiding officer. Not
a few of these requests were made
personally.
The prince always took pains to In
form whoever presided at the dinner
of the rule he had made. and left 1t to
him to explain it to the applicants.
In accordance with the rule he made
for himself, he always wrote his auto
graph on the menu card of the presid-
ing officer, and Of those nearest him
at table, sometimes extending it SO
that perhaps five or six persons had
the favor shown to them at the head
table.
Had he complied with all the re-
quests made, p was said by person
who was with him and knew about
his mail, he would not have had time
to do anything else throughout his
visit but write his signature.-New
York Sun.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
AND NOW WE HAVE PkRLoR POLO
The Latest Fad OF the New York FASH
ionabl~ World.

1OnAbIO world.
The newest fad is parlor polo, and
the reader can readily guess its rules
as well as its charms. Parlor polo can
be played indoors or out and does not
require a table with net Sides har-
ing been chosen, each player selects
pony. which is a stick with horses
head, like the hobby-horse of our
childhood. The men straddle the po-
MES; the women ride side-saddle or
as they please. Some of the different
colored ponies are considered unlucky
and it is the rule to draw for choice.
The goals are fixed; the bal! is thrown
down. and the drivers hit it or at it
with their mallets. The rules of real
polo are observed as far as they apply
to the restricted space.
You will be surprised at the amount
of healthful exercise you can get out
of this apparently simple game. There
are accidents-the slipping of rider,
the falling of q pony, the hitting Of
an adversary with mallet-that add
to the interest. The scene is more pic
turesuue when the men wear polo cos
tunes and the women parti-colored
polo caps; but this is not required
Indeed, dinner parties are now hur-
ried through so that the company may
clear away the furniture and play par
lor polo as they once played ping
pong.-New York Town Topics.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15

An error of S20,oO0?" Numbered LIN
gar.
a shadow on the footsteps of Faldis.
A few hours later Johnson entered
the presidents Office with q sheet OF
paper in his hand.
IT find that this item of $4,000 is
merely a clerical error. Mr.. Lingar."
he said.
Then there 10 nothing irregular in
Faldis' accounts" said Lingar, bright
ening up.
"Nothing-that is nothing in this
connection. / have not brought the
figures up to date yet"
Then do it. I'll wait"
Johnson returned TO the presidents
ONCE late that afternoon with tremb-
bling hand and quivering lip.
What is 1t. Mr.. Johnson" cried
I.sngar. springing from his chair.
''Faldis is short $3.50, 900 on to-dsy's
CLIP"
LinEar saspsd, bat With his return
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
"rhe Uncle of His Nephew"

The potency of football in giving
prominence not only to the player,
but to all his relatives was amusingly
illustrated in the case OF the we'll
known anti-expansionist, William
Lloyd Garrison. AT an evening recep-
ton Mr.. Garrison was introduced to
a noted athlete.
"I am pleased to know you, Mr..
Garrison" said the athelete. II pre-
sume YOU are a relative of the famous
Harvard quarterback, Billy Garri-
SON."
"Great heavens!" exclaimed Mr..
Garrison in mock indignation. "All
my life have been known as the son
OF my father; must I in my old age
be known as the uncle of my neph-
~"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
SHOWED REAL PRESENCE OF MIND
How = Brakeman Impr"v,sed Red
Lantern II, TN Emergency.


Lantern In an Emergency.
Talking about presence OF mind,
said railroad brakS man. let me tel
you of little incident that | know
something about cause ! was there.
We were out one bad night last Fepru-
airy, when we got stuck In snowdrlft-
l was head brakeman and had moth
ing to do with Tagging our rear. That
was the business of the other brake
man, but us he had been drinking a
good deal ] felt a little alarmed for
fear he would go to sleep. So pretty
soon ! skipped back to see if he was
attending to business and l found him
lying fiat on the track, asleep. He
had fallen on his lantern-the red one
and broken it al to pieces.
Just then l heard the Flyer com
ing, and she was coming fast, too. How
to stop that train l didn't know. ]
had my ordinary white lantern, but
white light isn't just the thing for Il
danger signal in a snowstorm. l was
mad and as the darned bum got up |
suddenly concluded l would make sure
of my work
What did you do?"
81 hit him in the nose and held my
lantern to catch the blood. In thirty
seconds I had the daisiest red Ian
tern an engilSer set eyes on, and in
a moment more l stopped the Flyer
and avoided terrible wreck"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
PUT THE FROG BACK
FEELINGS OF AN ARTIST SUCCESS
Fully APPEALED TO.
sLo.k aud weary Trip Ropsid by the
Kerhop with VIII CHI HI. Grateful
Victim STRUCK the Water of His Home
Pond.

The most popular tenant OF GER
tain studio building in New York is
bachelor artist whose place as paint
err was fixed very high years ago In
public estimation. His name is one
OF a dozen that the average American
would call off as those OF leading
American artists, out for the purposes
of this story he may be called Mr.
House. People who know Mr.. House
will not doubt the story, for it is char
acteristic of him.
Not long ago he decided that he
needed large frog as model for
certain picture. He went out to a
pond in New Jersey where just such
frogs were to be found and at the
expense of wetting his shoes he sue
ceeded in catching a fine specimen. He
brought his frog home in pail and
left him in his studio while he went
out to dinner. When he returned.
feeling wearied with his exertions. he
fell asleep on his couch. He awoke
with a start about II O'Clock at night.
An unusual noise had aroused him.
Everything in his studio seemed to be
all right. Then his eyes were attract
ed to the tin pail in which he kept
his frog. There was the frog suspend
ed on the edge of the pail with his
head hanging over, looking at him
steadily. The artist returned the look
for a minute. During that time his
ideas of frogs underwent change.
There was something almost human
in this frogs gaze.
I'm not going to hurt you, old
chap" said the artist, and when you
have served my purpose l will turn
you loose in the Union Square foun-
tain"
The frog moved his head slightly.
Perhaps that isn't as pleasant n
place as your New Jersey pond.
wonder If they don't let that fountain
run dry sometimes? There may not
be the right kind OF food there for
frogs and perhaps the small boys
plague them. BY Jove, perhaps there
are no other frogs there! What then?
This fellow might as we'll die as be
isolated in that fashion"
The frog moved again as if agreeing
with this last observation.
81 never thought much about you
fellows" continued the artist; and
| you probably have feelings something
like human beings You may have
brothers to whom you are at
tached and you probably have your
| own chums without whom you would
| be lonesome. / ought not to have
brought you here. 1t was a thought
| less act"
The more the artist thought about II
the more his conscience pricked, until
at last he decided to take the frog
back to his own New Jersey pond. HE
could reach it by trolley. 1t was Their
nearly midnight. He felt that he coulo
| not sleep with that melancholy nome
sick frog in his room, SO he started
for New Jersey with the tin pail on his
arm. 1t was nasty trip to this ponc
at night, but the artist made it, anc
when he was met on his return by MS
neighbor he said after telling the
story:
"The kerfiop that frog made whe1
he struck the water amply rewarded
me for all my trouble
The neishbor who tells the stor!
admits that it may sound little fool
ish to people who don't know House
but as the artist told it to him it wa
tragic and convincing.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15

The villages OF Fulton, y. y, and
Athol, Mass, are the latest benetlcariss
under Andrew Carnesie's library fund.
Each village is to ge, a $4,000 library
blilding.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15

The great Dutch industry. herring
fishing was unusually successful last
year. Belgium consumes large guam
titles of Holland herring. England Is
the largest purchaser of Dutch
shrimpS
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15

What else can do. my ehlld?" 10
sGad, taking her in his arms.
And Faldis stepped up to take the
outstretched hand Of his relenting
father-tn-law &
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
Insisted on His Rights.

Some parents still believe in the old
adage that sparng the rod spOils the
child. An Indiana paper tells Of one
of this class who strobe into the
schoolhouse and confronted the
teacher after the scholars had been
dismissed for the day.
Il understand you whipped my boy
this morning" he began angrily.
Eyes, sir, l did" the terrified teacher
responded, but l did not whip him
severely"
That's what I'm complaining
about" rejOined the parent; you
didn't wallop him half enough. Now,
look here, am one Of the largest tax
payers in this school district, and my
boy is entitled to as good a whaling
as you give any other boy. Under
stand that. If you slight him again
you'll hear from me. Good afternoon,
sir!-Youth's Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

"Y HE season again approaches
Va when, superior to all ques-
tions of education, politics os
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
Damages For a Defective Road.

According to press dispatch, a Mich
igGn farmer recently brought suit
against the township Of Lincoln fol
$4,000 damages, for injuries received
because Of a defective road. The plain.
tiff was thrown violently to the ground
breaking a leg and injuring him other
wise, because the wheel Of his wagor
fell into a rut of a defective road
Negligence on the part Of the town
ship to keep the roads in good order
was proven, and the jury in the case
gave q verdict for $1,000 in favor OF
the plaintiff. The authorities Of that
town should take the advice Of the
good roads Senator" of that State
Il. S. Earle, and keep its highways ip
a better state Of repair. 1t would be
wiser to invest a few thousand dollars
in road-making machinery than to pay
the costs Of lawsuit and the damages
which result from accidents.-AIu
pal Journal Cnd Engineer.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

Harper's Weekly observes that there
is something about organization that
seems to be in conflict with morality.
Gather ten honest and reputable men
and form them into a gas company,
and the chances are that within a
month they will try to buy the Com
mon Council; gather a hundred God
fearing people and form a church, and
In proportion to its vigor as an organi-
zation will be the need of careful re-
striction Of its power; gather a multi
tude Of people and form a nation and
organize a government, and the richer
and bigger the nation grows, the more
its government will tend to a course
of conduct regulated by consideration
of the main chance. Government, even
when conducted by decent men for
well-intentioned people, seems to care
not much more for moralties than dy-
Mantle does for municipal ordinances.
Governments tend to do what the times
seem to prescribe, and let history make
their explanations. And yet nothing
much can be accomplished without or
ganization,and gas companies, churches
ard governments, needful as 1t is tc
watch them, are indispensable.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

In speaking to the editor OF the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said:
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEO-
PILE. IT is A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
An Artistic Duke,

The Grand Duke Of Hesse is an art.
list, and bis art is rather a peculiar
one for a man. He does the most
beautiful mhroidery, and is most skill.
full in his arrangement Of colors, He
is also very fond Of music, dancing,
and acting, and though he both hunts
and shoots he cares far less for active
outdoor pursuits than those wk!ch are
more or less artistic.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

a lady member Of the Astor family
is credited with the statement that in
order to be a gentleman it is necessary
to have a college education. This is q
liscouragins estimate, for great
may men who are deservedly dstin-
guished did not go through college,
and a number Of men got through col
lege without being conspIcuously edu-
Gated, reflects the Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

Chicago is credited with the greatest
per capita ice consumption of any city
in TIE world, the average being a lit
tie ever enc ton per person per an
nun. other large cities co net av-
erage more than from one-half to
three-quarters of a ton.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

The nearly $6o,Oo0Ooo which Wall
Street recently distributed in divi-
dends, q frequently recurring ritual
there, represents a good deal more
money than it took to finance the Rev.
olutionary War, which made so much
prosperity possible.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

Some people prefer TO believe what
they hear rather that what they see.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

FrtereA al ess Poet eSloc fSy aramsmtsstea
alre,1NA Rs wlGth a seoeA0-oi6ss r@tse.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-10
A POUNDS A POUND.
But "A Pound of Feathers Is Heavier
Than a Pound of Lead.

But "a Pound of Feathers Is Heavier
Than a Pound of Lead.
That old question about a pound of
feathers and pound of lead takes Oh
new interest when we look at it in a
simple scientific way. 1t seems alb
surd, of course that a pound of one
thing could be heavier than a pound of
another thing. and yet that is exactly
what may be shown in this case; not
that the pound of lead is heavier than
the pound Of feathers, as most persons
would say on the spur of the moment,
but just the other way-a pound of
feathers is heavier than a pound of
lead.
This apparently inconsistent state
ment may be quite easily proved. With
accurate scales weigh a pound Of lead,
using ordinary shot for convenience;
then with the same scales weigh a
pound of feathers, putting them into
muslin bag for the purpose. The feath-
ers and the bag together must weigh
exactly a pound.
The next step in the operation will
show apparently that there is no diff
| ference whatever i'm the weight of the
two articles, for you put the shot in
one pan of a balance and the bag of
feathers in the other, and after a little
seesawing they will come to an exact
level.
Now, however, the scientific phase of
the question presents itself, and you
are reminded that in weighing the ar
ticles thus i'm the open air you have
taken no account of the buoyant pow
er of the air, which bears everything
up I'm proportion to the objects bulk.
AS the bag of feathers is Of greater
bulk than the shot, it is borne up more
than the shot is, and for that reason
it is necessary to use little more than
a pound of feathers to balance a pound
of lead.
This, however. is theoretical The
practical proof is obtained when you
place the balance bearing the lead and
the feathers on the receiver of an air
pump and cover them with the glass
bell. Then exhaust the air, and you
will find that the pan bearing the feath
ers will sink and the pan bearing the
lead will rise, thus showing that wher
weighed in the ordinary way the quan
tity Of feathers used to make a pounC
is actually more than a pound.-NeN
York Press.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-10
En1ierants
From Bohemia
BY EPEs W. SARGENT
Copyright, 1901, by Il. S. Richardson

Jack ThurstOn gazed curiOusly across
the little table at the young woman
that Carl, the presiding genius of the
Skye Terrier, with a muttered apology,
had seated opposite him. Time was
when the Skye Terrier could afford
table to every guest. Now it was diff
cult to get even seat.
1t was the first time that Thurston
had ever seen really pretty woman at
the Terrier. 1t was a novelty. His
soup grew cold as he watched and ad
mired. She was clearly tinid, but bore
herself so well that even with the Ii
cense afforded by the supposed bO-
hemian tendencies of the place she was
we'll on toward the quarter section of
ice cream and he had lit his third
cigarette before he spoke.
She regarded him with absolute ter
ror for a moment when he made some
trivial remark, Tipping the ashes from
his cigarette as he did so to cover his
own confusion, but Thurston had a
face to inspire confidence, and falling
into the spirit of the thing a cOmmu-
nifty of interest soon ripened the ac-
quaintance.
Both had come from small country
newspapers to engage in a Journals
Smyrna times., 1902-09-10

stroll homeward the best promise
ThurstOn could get from her was that
when fortune came to both she would
marry him.
Beyond a warmer handclaSp when
they met and parted no allusion was
made to the incident for several weeks.
Jack was polite and saw that cam
palgn was necessary. coup would
not avail. The forces were too evenly
matched. According to military STRAIT
egy, siege was necessary.
He induced her to change their res.
taurant. The society people and those
who constitute the under crust had fol-
lowed the space writer's to the Ostrich.
The nanny had grown rich, and with
her increased position came the belief
! that she was losing money, running
! accounts which never would be paid
by those who had virtually created the
| place.
The new Bohemia was located in
Bleecker street. The proprietor had
an Italian name, and they drank log
wood Chianti at 10 cents Il pint and
tried to like it. At the Ostrich the
cooking at least was clean. Here moth
ing was. The hot summer days had
come. Luigi was fighting the ice trust
ut the expense of his patrons, who ac-
counted themselves fortunate if half
the dinner was eatable.
Mabel wanted to change, but the bo-
hemians had not yet moved on. Thurs
ton noted the fact with satisfaction
and encouraged Luigi to pcrsevere,
even going to the extent of writing up
the place while he paid his bill.
One August evening the revolt came.
The soup was thinner than CrOtOn wa
ter. The fish fairly appealed to the
board of health for investigation. The
entree was worse, the roast but little
better, while the inevitable ice cream
was half melted and utterly without
flavor. Mabers best story had come
back that afternoon. She was sick and
discouraged.
Their table was in Il little nook free
from observation. She let her head
drop forward on her hand. Thurston' 5
hand stole softly toward ner own. 1t
was cOnvulsively clasped as a tear
dropped on it.
Mabel" he urged, don't you think
it about time you gave this sort of
thing up? You have lived eight months
in Bohemia. You see what an empty
farce it all is. Let's go out and get
married and start housekeeping in the
morning. In place of coffee and rolls
we will have a real breakfast. We
will have a real home, and we wont
get indigestion from changing the ma
tionality of our stomachs every time
the leading bOhemians exhaust theil
credit. We aren't real bohemians
dear Let's go back home"
An energetic nod of the head an
swered the question, and Mabel looked
up, smiling through her tears. .
wanted to when you first asked me.
she said; ''now I'm sorry didn't sa.
yes then"
r ThurstOn called the waiter. Carlo,
ne said impressively, you take thi
bill. Go up to the saloon on the corne
} and get a bottle of real wine-the rea
= thing, you understand, not the stui
we get here. We want to drink to ou
last night in Bohemia.