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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
They Sat on the Floor and Waited

Forty pretty young women from,
Roanoke college had an appoint
ment to meet and shake hands
with President Roosevelt at Q AZ
o'clock the other morning. They
were in the East room ahead Of
time. Public business took such
a turn that the President could
not come down at o:45. There are
very few chairs in the East room.
and the forty pretty young women
stood up. In half an hour they
were very tired. Then one OF
them sat down like a urk on the
carpet. In half a minute the whole
forty were seated in a bunch in the
middle of the big room. They
sat there until IL 80 when the
door burst open and the presi-
dent bounded in. The forty pref
ty young women scrambled TO
their feet while the president
laughed at their confusion. He
shook hands with all of them,
made a general apology for his
hardness and escaped in less than
two minutes. The forty pretty
young women said the wait was
worth while.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Congressional Baseball Fans.

The baseball contingent in con-
gress is quite large. Representa-
tive William Alden Smith, who is
a crank on baseball. says that
there are at least a hundred mem
bers who would rather see a base
ball game than eat dinner. Ger
tain it is that on the opening day
of the season in Washington ff-
1ty representatives, headed by
Speaker Henderson and Chairman
Payne were in the grand stand.
On the senate side. Culbcrson, OF
Texas. and Dieth, OF Nebraska.
are just as wild over the game as
Senator kittredge. and that is I'M
derstood to be saying a great
deal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Preference for CarboIic Acid.

Have you eve noticed now
many suicides use carbolic acid?"
asked a druggist the other day,
Without having any actual data
IN the subject, / should say that
fully one-third, perhaps a half. use
that means OF exit. It is some
thing / could never understand,
because there are SO many more
comfortable ways OF doing it.
There could not possibly be a
more agonizing death that Garbol-
ic acid produces. The corrosive
fluids burn the mouth, tongue and
throat, then passes into the stom-
ach and must feel like so much
hot lead. 1t doesn't last long
though, but until death comes
the victim must suffer unknown
agony"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Indians Keen Sense of Humor.

The keenest sense of humor l
ever discovered l found in the
American Indian" said Emma C.
Cickles TO a Chicago interviewer.
She has just been awarded a med
al by the Society LIE Savateur, of
France, for Exceptional bravery
in checking the Indian war of
1890" Il attribute my success in
controlling the Indians to the
fact that l appealed to their sense
of humor. When | was threaten
ed with death at the time of the
Indian outbreak in the Bad Lands
my knowledge of the Indians pos
sessing this characteristic served
me in good stead she added.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
His Joke on His Legatees.

A rich man recently died in
Germany, leaving a will quite out
of the ordinary. The last tesla
ment itself was opened immedi-
ately when it was found that a
codicil was to be read after the
funeral. The will said, every
member OF my family who shall
abstain from attending my tuner
al is to receive 300 marks" and as
a result his funeral was attended
by his housekeeper, a distant
cousin. On the codicil being op-
ened it was founa that the resi-
due of his fortune was to be di-
vided among those who, notwith-
standing the loss of the 300 marks,
attended his funeral. Hence the
houSekeeper gets all.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Dickens Apology.

Mrs. Alice Mevneii talked to
the Contemporary Club in Lon
don a week ago, on Dickens. and
told how years after the Pick
wick Papers" he met an attractive
young woman named Weller.
who upbraided him for having
drought her name into disrepute"
"a rather odd remark. by the
way. But the next day she got
from Mr.. Dickens these ve-ses
L put n a book once, by hook or
by crook,
The whole race, as | thought.
OF q Teller,
Who happily pleased the towns
taste, much diseased.
And the name OF this person
was Weller.
But I found to my cost that one
Weller I'd lost:
Cruel destiny SO to arrange it
! love her dear name. which has
won me some fame.
But great heavens! how gladly
Id change it.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Couldn't Hide His Ears.

Jerome c. Knowlton, professor
of law in the University of Mich
igan, has a vast fund of good sto-
ries and tells them to perfection.
One is of the time when United
States Senator Quarels, OF Wis
consin, was a student. One morn
ing Quare1s went to his class inl
chemistry without having studied,
his lesson. The chemistry psofes-)
sor asked the students to rocite in
the order in which they were
seated, and Quarels hid behind q
youth of massive frame. Blu. the
professor knew he was there, and
when it came his time to recite
the old gentleman called out in a
shrill tone: "Quarels, your ears
are too long TO hide there"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Can Help Helen Keller.

People who have heard of Helen
Keller. the girl who has done so
much, although deaf, dumb and
blind from infancy, and who have
a desire to do something in her be
half, now have the opportunity.
She has written a story OF her ii,
which IS soon to appear in book
form, and if everyone who has SYM
pathized with her purchases a copy
she will be placed beyond the
chance of want for the rest of her
DAYS.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Butler and Sunset Cox.

Among instances OF crushing
rejolnders, which were equivalent
TO ignoring silence. recalls sozac
one familiar with Washington IN
the earlier days. was that of Ben
Butler to Sunset" Cox's effort
10 interrupt him in the course of
debate with the bigger men of the
opposition. Butler waved him
aside with an impatient gesture
and a contemptuous "Shoo, fly
don't bother me-" and went on
with his argument. The words
were from a popular negro melc-
dy which everybody sang in those
days. Cox never got over their
sting.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
One Wide.wske Phnsdelphl.a.

A Philadelphia business man.
who is a prominent member of the
Union League, while in New York;
recently spent a night in a Turk
ish bath establishment, relates the
Record. After having been ma
nipulated he was conducted to a,
couch adjoining that on which a
Eat man, who appeared to be
asleep. Presently the fat man
woke up, loudly demanding a pint;
bottle Of champagne and went to
sleep again. When the attendant
appeared with the wine, the Phil
adelphian seeing that his neigh
Dor was asleep, claimed the bottle
and emptied it. After awhile the
fat man woke up again and ex-
claimed: where's that pint bot
tie of champagne l ordered ? E4ere !!
bring me a pint of wine!" The
second bottle was brought by an
other attendant, and when it ar
rived the fat man was snoring Ius-
tily. Theh Philadelphia man re-
peated the trick, and was just
about doing off when he was
aroused by the fat man making a
row because he could not get
proper attention, while the at
PENDANTS were trying to explain
that two bottles had been served.
Pardon me-" broke in the Phila-
delphian, but if you are talking
about some champagne, / drank
it, The devil you did!' roared
the fat man. What business had
you to drink it," oh, I'm very
we'll known in New York" was
the reply. land l thought some
friend had sent it to me-" "Where
are you from, anyhow" demand
ed the fat From Philadel-
>hia, answered the culpria. We'll,
I've always heard that Philadel-
phia was slow" said the New
Yorker grimly, but l must say
there's nothing slow about you. |
like your nerve, and I'm going to
order a quart this time and ask
you to help me drink it,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Aaainst Unnecessary Receipts.

One of the questions to be con-
sidered at the convention of the
National Association of Credit
Men, in Louisville next month";
is whether receipts in acknowl-
cdgment Of checks or bank drafts
are necessary. There is a move
ment to abolish this custom, and
it is receiving considerable sup
port. In Denver, Colorado, all
the wholesale grocers have
adopted this plan and it is work
ing with success, to the saving Of
much labor and postage. A cor
respondent of Secretary Prender-
CAST in Denver, writes him as fol-
lows on this subject: eve will
all concede, | believe, that it is a
great annoyance and conSidera-
BILE expense, for us to asknowl-
edge remittances from our Gus
toners, and when a remittance is
made by check or bank draft it
certainly would appear as though
it were useless. We question ii
many OF them are checked up.
and if they are not, there certainly
is but little use of continuing this
annoying practice"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Long Punished for No Crime.

An ignorant Algerian, named
Ameer ben Ali, but known to the
New York city police as "Fren-
chy," who was convicted of kill
ing a wretched creature known as
odd Shakespeare" otherwise
Caroline Brown, has just been re-
leased from the New York hos
pita1 for insane convicts as inno-
cent of a murder for which he had
been confined eleven years. The
murder was one of awful atrocity,
with mutilations like those COM
mitted in London by Jack the
Ripper and it seemed to the po-
lice necessary to car the GRIM
inal class, SO this wait of the
streets became the victim OF cir
curnstantial evidence. That there
was some doubt, either of his
guilt or responsibility, was shown
by his com1nittal as an insane per
son. 1t has recently been reveal
ed by a New Jersey stablekeeper
that in all probability the murder
was committed by a mar thea in
his employ. and the facts he has
stated are convincing. He knew
them at the time of the trial. con
iviction and sentence of "Fren.
chy," but kept still because he
vas afraid that this man, who had
left him, would have his revenge
if he told the story.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Lille Lucinda's Dream.

A Philadelphia woman found
the following letter in the room
OF her young negro servant after
he had been dismissed Dear Mr.
Goings. Esteemed Friend -
Last night | dreamed that YOU
and me was walking in a garden
full of beautiful flowers. lilies and
roses and pineys, but you vas the
beautifulest of all, Mr.. Goings. l
would risk my lie crossing the
ocean on a spider web to kiss Your
sweet sugar lips, MIR. Goings. Let
me give you a hint OF my love.
Please send me a bottle of CO.
logne. From yonr l~ovingest.
LILLE LCClNDO.'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Afraid Of could h.tohet Face"

A prominent member of the
New York bar, in an Afternoon
dinner speech a few evenings
ago, told this story OF that stern
and just and not always mild
spoken jurist, the late Recorder
Smyth: A young man came be-
fore him upon grave charge, and
was accompanied by a lawyer in
whose judgment the lawyer hac
little confidence. The moment the
accused was called upon to pleao
he jumped up hastily and said
Guilty, your honor The record
er knew he had a fair defense, and
calling him close to the bar, said
to him in a friendly manner. Now
tell me who told you to plead gull
'ty." ME lawyer, your honor
why did he tell you that?" BE
cause, he said if me case ever came
up before that 'ould Ratchet face
with the big nose. I'd be sent UP
for life, sure, and the best thing
/ could do was to fall on the mer-
cy OF the court" Judge Snyth en-
tered a plea OF Not guilty." or
dered the case to be heard, and at
its conclusion the young man was
discharged.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
A Prussian Murder.

Prussia is becoming notorious
for extraordinary murders. A ma
named Beck at Konigsberg killed
his wife, put the body IN a box,
and kept it by him for eighteen
months without being detectctd.,
His wifes absence was concealed
b. his mistress's going to Danzig
and beginning divorce proceed
ings against him in the name OF
the murdered m The
body was discovered through the
curiosity Of his former landlord.
with whom he had left the box
OH moving from his apartments
When lie found the po'ice <
after him he shot himself .
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
or>.. DJusasr Recalled.

The people who were in Jack
sonville the day of the hre-it
Wa just a year ago-will never
forget what q terrifying sight the
flames presented as they swept
up a district of \ mile long and
half a mile wide" said a man from
The Florida city the other day.
AFTER the FIRE was we'll started
Il seemed to be one great sheet of
fame extending over the entire
ossrned area. Streets were nc bar
rier to the FIRE. Houses disappear
ed IN an instant when approached
by the flames. 1t is impossible
to describe the speed with which
property worth millions Of dollars
was swallowed up in that sea of
Are. Men and women took refuge
IN parts of the city which seemed
20 be perfectly safe and in a few
minutes were compelled to run
to save their lives. The rapidity
with which the flames spread
cannot be described. Fifteen hun
dred people who could find NO
place of safety escaped on the fer
~. Many of these would have
been burned if the rivermen had
not come to their rescue"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
he Author at Home.

NO" said the authors wife. of
whom Frank Stanton tells. it's
hard to understand these men of
genius. There's my husband. for
instance why anything
wrong with him this morning?'
Il should say so! Do you know,
l merely asked him to take down
the stovepipe, and take up the
parlor carpet and hang the new
curtains on the bay window and
stain the dining room floor and
move the piano to the east corner
and he flew into a rage and act
ed as if he had lest all the mind
he thinks he's got
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
An Anarchist Running for Office.

For the first time in the parlia-
mentary history of Italy an avow-
ed anarchist, Pietro Calcagno, IS
a candidate for a seat in the cham
Der of deputies. He lives on a
small island in the Mediterranean
and must not leave there without
government consent. Signor Cal
cagno has been imprisoned sever
al times because of his anarchistic
uttetrances. was released only a
short time ago on account OF i'll
health and has fed to this country
and to England more than once
to escape the police.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Was Edwin Booths Brother.

Joseph Adrian Booth, brother of
Junius Brutus and Edwin Booth,
and half brother of John Wilkes
Booth, has died in New York.
leaving a property OF $4,000 in
that city, and more in New Jersey
"a large part of it to his niece,
Adrienne, daughter OF Asia Booth
Clark, of Brighton, England, who
is his executor, and the remainder
to his wife who lives in New
York CITY.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Titled Typewriters.

The typewriter seems TO have
made more progress with
European royalties than with
European statesmen neither Lord
Salisbury. nor MI. Balfour ap-
proves of it, and even Mr.. Cham
berlain seldom uses it. On the
other hand the car and czarina
are experts in its Use. the kaiser is
its advocate and the King OF the
Belgians and the sultan use it X
tensively for their personal cor
reSpondence.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Loved His Old Master.

Southern papers are pointing to
an incident at the burial of Wade
Hampton as proof of the strong
affection which oftentimes existed
between master and slave in the
old days. The funeral car" was
driven by a negro s. years old,
who was born on the Hampton
plantation, played with the gener7
al when they were both children.
was his body servant for many
years and still lives On the Hamp-
ton place.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
The Boss Bunooer Now a Vac.

Ike Vail, who, according to his
OWE confession, has buncoed men
and women out of more than
100000 in the course of a long
criminal career, is now more than
70 years old, we'll dressed, and the
image of a prosperous broker or
professional man. Being arrested
in Boston the other day and de-
spite his attempt to cut his own.
throat he was sent to the poor
2arm as a vagrant, the charge of
Suncoing immigrants not having
been sustained.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Yankee Push In Honolulu.

James Pinnock, the English ex-
plorr and traveller, who is visiting
Eonoaulu. says: When one re-
members that It is only some three
years since the country was taken
over by the United States, the great
strides that have been made in SO
short a time are simply marvellous.
The number of banks, merchants
offices, public schools and colleges
give INC, as an English1ran, a most
exalted idea of what Americans can
do when they mean it and put
minds, money and hands 20 it with
a will"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Youthful Deprayity.

A remarkable instance Of youth
full depravity is reported from Bing-
hamton, N. ", where some boys
in the gallery of a theater unscrew-
ed a chandelier SO that it crashed
into the orchestra. Fortunately, it
injured no one, but the boys con-
fessed that they had planned to
cause a panic, partly for the sake of
Witnessing the spectacle and partly
for the loot they expected to secure
after II was over
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
RECOGNIZES the Situation,

Several army officers talk
ing to General Miles one day re-
garding newspaper reports of his
involuntary retirement. One of
them said: Il am afraid, General,
that they mean to behed you"
"Beheading a ~fgurehead would
be a painless operation" said the
general.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
Swell Deadbeats.

A woman examined in a New
York bankruptcy court last week
said she had failed in her livery
business Because, while in d fash
ionabie Tor, as she said, "swell,")
neighborhood, her patrons didn't
pay her. She said she lost
$4,000.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-30
In History's Behalf.

General John c. Black, of Chi
cago, accompanied by eighteen
citizens appointed by Governor
Yates, have arrived at Nicksburg,
Miss, where they will mark the
positions of the Illinois commands
during the forty-hve days siege
IN 1868.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26

Peruna. This remedy strikes at once
to the roots of catarrh by restoring to
the capillary vessels their healthy elias
ITCHY. Peruna is not a temporary pal
~liative, but a radical cure.
Send for DR.. Hartman's latest book,
sent free for a short time. Address The
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
wise gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26
Tbs Worst 81 All.

Atlanta Constitution: De punish,
mentSWhat DiVes-de rich man-gotl
deWn yonderstsgHusser dan fire., said
the colored preacher. s$a 8d
I came dat parson??"" asked
Misunderstanding flock, Y$#a
Dissappintrlentfs' wass the reply.f
Ever, time he hear q rumbltn' noiset
ne low ter hisse.f dat 3fTsi
thunder, n It's faxin ter rain put
&c fire out;shnt Satan DIES chuekle teri
isse.f,e say ter im:8.Brac up, ole
mant.datEatn' ii thunder; it's only
you.fr,en Latherus, snosin IN Abra-I
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26

1.-THE strangest knave in all Paris
Tristan answered. lone Francois Viii
lon, scholar, poet, drinker, sworder,
drabber, blabber, good at pen, point,
and pitcher. In the court of miracles
they call him the king Of the cookie
shells. Judge him for yourself"
CHAPTER II.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26

-.1@E|--"# SuEuIIH K UIBDHS. :" ="
Catarrh is capable of changing all the
aife-giving secretions of the body into
Scalding fluids, which destroy and in
flame every part they come in contact
with. Applications to the places affect
soothe or quiet .disagreeable symptoms.
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom
izers and inhalants only serve as tenn
porary relief. So long as the irritating
secretions Of catarrh continue to be
formed SO long will the membranes con-
tinue to be inflamed, no matter what
treatment is used.
There Is but one remedy that has the
desirable effect. and that remedy is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26

Hon; Louis \. Johnson is the son Of the late Reyerdy johnson, Vi" vac
johnson, and United States Minister to- England, ant who vas regarded as the
greatest constitutions lawyer that evr lived.
In a recent letter from 1905 T. street, N. W, Mr.. Johnson says:
"NO one should longer suffer from catarrh when Peruua is ac-
cessibKe. To my knowledge it has caused relief to SO many of my
friends and acquaintance, that it is humanity to commend its use to
all persons suffering with this distressing disorder of the human
system. I" -LOuis e. johnson.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-26

Precept vs.,Practice.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Yes; that
Is the poet. He's the one who wrote h
verses called Deal Gently With the.
Lover. - ].
Indeed! It is alovely poem,
Isn't 1T? And the first time a fellow
dared to fall inlove with his daughter
he ran him two miles down the road
with a shotgun and into the canal
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Austin's.
sF87
The Englishslangua is to be sys-
Observation-Disclosures inSMexican schools,
English being deemed as necessary as
Spanish forScornmercia1 life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-11
AT LAW OVER BOOKSELLING.
n. u. Macy 4 60. Attack Publishers and
book sellers Price Agreement.

Justice Leventritt reserved decision YES
terday on motion made on behalf OF Isidor
and Nathan Straus OF the firm Of X. H.
Macy 4 Co. for a temporary injunction to
restrain the American Publishers Associa-
ton and the American Booksellers from
acting under certain agreements entered
into by both defendants for the alleged
purpose Of keeping up the retail prices Of
books and preventing competition in their
sale
The plaintiffs also ask that the defendants
be enjoined from circulating among the
members Of the association any informa-
ton intended to injure the plaintiffs or from
interfering with their purchases or sales
of books. and from blackisting the firm
1t to join the association.
The two defendant associations include
nearly all the prominent publishers and
retail and Wholesale booksellers in the
United States. and they have agreed not
to allow the former large discounts on books,
and refuse to deal with firms that will not
agree to maintain prices.
Spielberg 4 Wise and John G., Carlisle
represented the plaintiff In court The
defendants had as counsel Stephen ii.
DIN and Thaddeus Il kenneson.
The associations do not deny making
the agreements complained of. but contend
that their actions are perfectly legal, and
not in restraint of trade or in the nat ure
OF q monopoly. They aver that without
these agreements to keep up prices the
small retail book dealers would be driven
out of business by the department stores.