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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
sr,na1nn Il Home.

When Horace Mann made famous
speech for thu dedication Of build
ing that had cost many thousand dol
lars devote to the reformation Of bad
boys. he said: If all this which has
been spent upon this building results
in the reformation Of one boy, 1t IL
money well spent" Somebody said to
him: "Mr Mann do you think one
boy Is worth all that money!? He
replied: "Yes, II 1T is my boy or your
boy."-Primary Education.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
.ul.an : esos PsyVsasesn

An oflcial investigation proves that
q per cent Of all the employees 81 ths;
state In Turkey--that is. the 6mcers
and men OF the army and navy. tho
rendarmerie and police forces and AL
members Of all branches Of the civil
service-never receive more than halt
of the salaries and wages due to them.
Twenty-six per cent obtain from sew
en- to ten months salary in the year.
and the remaining per cent are hap.
ny In getting their full due.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

The Coxcomb mountains OF British
Honduras, to some extent an un-
known part of the famous Mahogany
coast, are undergoing . process OF
christening which will identify them
for all times with the beginning OF the
twentieth century. One range mas
just been named the Queen Alexandra
mountains. another range takes the
name Of the Prince Of Wales, and q
1000 foot peak has been named
Mount Joseph Chamberlain.
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aome Valuable Hints.

II your cellar is dry It will be
healthy for the children; II 1t is damp
it will do to raise that delicacy, snatls.
in which there Is much profit, sug-
gests the Baltimore Herald. Water
in the cellar can be used for the pur-
pose and entertainments OF your
ducks, which are palatable; these few
hints may suf1ice to suggest some prof.
table industry to homekeepers.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
gnellsh vlllaae sold cteap.

8h0J16h Vtlv00o 0oto OHOups
A Yorkshire village has been sold ut
Stockton for the sum Of E1.610. which
seems cheap enough for such . desir-
able lot. As the auctioneer remarked.
to be able to refer to "my village up
IN Yorkshire was alone worth the
money, apart from the substantial con-
sideration of farmhouse and build
ings and sixteen acres Of grass land,
two dwelling houses, four cottages.
several small gardens and . black
smiths shop.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Bio Stamp Collection,

A postage stamp collection has been
sold in England for s150,OO0, which is
believed to be the largest philatelic
transaction on record. The collection
was that of the European stamps OF
MIR. Castle of Brighton, 4 vice presi.
dent of the London Philatelic society.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

90 U30080 VOuJ08Nv SOvSs
s 0uoa stories como from Scotland -
wsll . porridge and bagpipes. The
last d uuitp admirable in its way. A
traveller, observing an ancient couple
arguing and gesticulating IN the road.
IN order to avert bloodshed asked the
cause Of the dispute. Were no dee
sputin' at O." answered the man:
.va.re bath O. the same mind. I hae
rot Z half-crown in ma pooch. an she
thinks she's NO gaun to get tan
think the same."-London Globe.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
How 1. This for Rent :

For i storeroom 25 feet wide and
no feet deep. . block distant from
Herald square, New York city. begin
ming with May /. 1908. railroad viii,
for the ensuing three years. pay $37.-
600 a annual rental. Architects Tor
the railroad company are drawing
plans to transform the room into what
II Ia asserted will be the finest ticket
once in the United States.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Waltz Of French orlaln.

The controversy between continent
tai papers rs to the origin of the waltz
was settled by the discovery that tie
waltz was first danced at the Frenca
court on Nov. 8, 1178. when 1t was ar
nounced as the composition OF
French courtisr who called 1t Volta.
Heretofore it has been generally as
sumed that the waltz originated on
the blue Danube or thereabouts.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
zola Not Popular In Paris.

lola Not Popular In Paris.
A goodly number of municipalities
in France have decided to have streets
named after Zola-Lyons Is one OF
them. There is movement to this
end in Paris, but it does not promise
to be successful. The French SUD-
scription toward the erection OF a
monument to Zola now amounts TO
about $4,000 francs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Russian Puzzle.

Why the Russian nobleman wanting
an American wife with q minimum
dover of $4,000 should address his
application to the president Of the
municipal health board is one Of those
puzzles which nobody rot Russian
and q matrimonial candidate and
hard up can possibly unravel.-New
York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Justice In CONGO Free State

Justice In Congo Free State.
For causing native to be executed
before an appeal on his sentence had
been heard the public prosecutor Of
the Congo Free State has been i'm
prisoned When the appeal was heard
the sentence was reduced to one of
ten years hard labor.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Many Hunchbacks In the World.

Many hunchbaci<s in the World.
Spain has the most hunchbacks OF
any country. In one small village at
the foot of the Sierra Morena there
is one in every thirteen inhabitants.
France. in the neighborhood OF the
Loire, has great many people suffer
ing from deformed shoulders. It has
been reckoned that there are MIL
lion hunchbacks In the world at pres
ent
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Petroleum In Place OF Coal.
An effort is being made to secure
legislation to compel the use OF Pc
troleum instead of coal in London. The
fogs from which the city so often sur
fers through its interference with both
business and health is caused by un-
consumed particles of coal from Its
chimneys.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
World Growing Very small.

- WITH SVV"9 w
The British cable between Canada
and Australia has been completed, and
Marconi thinks he will soon open
regular Communication through the air
between Nova Scotia and England.
So the world grows smaller. In enect'
and the brotherhood of the nations
is brought nearer from out the dim
future where poets have seen II In
their dreams.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Peat Not comme ereial Success.
Experiments in the drying of peat
for fuel from the inexhaustible bogs of
the province Of Ontario Canada, have
cost about 100000, and met with only
fair success. The product brings S4.25
q ton in Toronto.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Man With the Gun.

Man With the Gun.
The man with the gun has his
inning. There are as many men pro-
noted from the ranks in the regular
army this year or from civil life as
used to be given commissions from
the academy at West Point. 1t Is
noble profession If nobly carried out.
and black marks on the list are few.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Confusing.

The lecturers are always telling
about the early bird getting the worm.
as il it were a moral lesson. But
they have nothing to say about the
early worm, and how's fellow to
know whether he will be the early
worm or the early bird? Philosophy
is skin game.-St Paul Dispatch.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
The indian Chief Tamrany,

THE indian Chief Tammany.
Tammany lived in the seventeenth
century. He was = native OF Della
ware. but settled on the banks OF the
Ohio river. He was chief sachem OF
his tribe, and his reign was discreet
and peaceful. His great maxim was:
Unite. In peace unite for mutual
happiness: in war, for mutual de-
fense."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Fine Portrait Of Mckinley.
q. ]. Greeuhut Of New York has just
bought what is considered the best
life-size portrait Of President Mckin'
ley ever painted. The president sat
for this picture . short time before
his assassination. Mr.. Greenhut was
q warm personal friend Of Mr.. McKin-
ley.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Instinct Of Birds.

The principal routes taken by MI
gratory birds, as registered In books
of natural history. show wonderful
geographical instinct on the part Of
the feathered bipeds. as they take.
for the most part. the seas and oceans
at their narrowest and the river val
leys at their longest.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
White airrs "eurden."

At the Atchison, Kan. carnival one
of the attractions was an Indian girl
orchestra from one OF the government
schools in Arizona. Some of the girls
were full bloods and some were half
hotly said: Il Gun Just as good as the
breeds. Two Of them got to quarrel
ing over some small matter, and one
rest of you, If l am half white"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
A Little Improvement.

n ctItIe improvements
Senor Ojeds, the Spanish minister
at Washington, denies fatty the story
that the young King of Spain recently
paraded through the palace at Madrid
wearing nothing save a royal smile
and one sock. We infer, therefore.
that his majesty had on at least ootn
socks, besides the smile.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Automobiles and Dust.

In study and discussion of dust.
French scientists are pointing out
that the quantity of minute PARTICLES
raised and suspended in the air has
been greatly increased in urban COM
munities by the advent Of the auto
mobile. They estimate that one auto
mobile stirs up as much dust as twenty
carriages.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
No Need Of Horses.

A Missouri man who went to Wash
ington to sell horses. reports the 1oi'
lowing conditions there: "The people
travel on electric cars and do not neeo
roadsters; they ride bicycles and au'
tomobiles and do not need fast trot-
ters; they gamble by wire and do not
need race horses, and there you are.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

The Experimental Psychologist.
One of the latest departures Of the
experimental psychologist consists in
prodding people with pointed stick
when they are asleep to find out how
much excitation is required to wake
them up, says Nature.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

How Rich Mine Was Discovered.
The famous Rat Hole mine in the
mountains of Arizona was discovered
by a woman who watched a trader
rat carrying things out of her tent to
its hole in the rocks. The mine, it is
said, has paid several millions in
dividends.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
A Butterfly Farm.

Near Scarborough farm exists lot
rearing moths and butterflies. Half
an acre of land has been planted with
trees and shrubs for the purpose. In
their season the stock of caterpillars
is 10000. From 10000 to 10000 pre-
served insects are kept in reserve, 80
that butterflies and moths can be sup
piled irrespective of the time OF year.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Woman Made $50, 900.

About five years ago a Maine wo-
man, taking a consumptive husband
to the mountains, of Arizona. was
shown an abandoned claim by her In
dian servant. She took 1t, with great
difficulty secured $500 to work it and
before the year was out sold it for
$4,000 and q life interest.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
A to Faults.

Make sure that. however good you
may be, you have faults; that how
ever dull you may be, you can find out
what they are; and that. however
slight they may be, you would better
make some patient effort to get quit
OF them.-RuSkin.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

increases Life Of Railroad Ties.
The forcing out of sap from railroad
ties with solution of chloride of
zinc embalms them at cost of IL
cents each, increasing their lifetime
in use from four years, the present
limit, to about twelve years.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Large Consignment Of Apples.
BY the Cunard steamship Saxonta,
which sailed from Boston Monday. an
enormous quantity Of apples were
shipped, the total being 2S,50S barrels.
which is said tic be the largest num-
Der that ever left this country on any
one ship.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
ENCOURAGING Employees.

Encouraging Employees.
Six employees of Barrow eng
land) engineering firm have received
prizes, ranging from IS to $50, for
suggestions tending to the more
economical production of work.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Wedding Gifts In Turkestan.

Wedding Gifts In Turkestan.
In Turkestan every wedding engage
ment begins with the payment of a
substantial consideration to the girls
parents. If the girl jilts her lover the
engagement gift has to be returned
unless the parents have another
daughter to give as substitute.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Stick to the Alleys.

Stick to the Alleys.
Uncle Sam still has land enough to
give us all farm, more than 9OO.'
100000 acres awaiting entry and set.
tlement But the inhabitants Of the
cities, who have grown to love the
lights and the hurdy-gurdies, stick to
their alley homes.-Boston Globe.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Grant at Lookout Mountain

Grant at Lookout Mountain.
Grand Army men everywhere arc
interested in the authenticity OF
photograph which shows Gen. Grant
surveying the battlefield from Look.
out mountain.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
The 1allcst Corn Stalk.

John Martin of Platte county, Mis-
souri,, is looking for the man who can
exhibit taller corn than was raised
this season on his farm. Some stalks
which he recently exhibited measured
seventeen feet, grown from seed
which he procured in Mexico, and Mr..
Martin claims the belt.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Rattlesnake Served at Banquet.
A monster rattlesnake, fried, boiled
and stewed, was the principal delicacy
at a banquet given by Capt. Dabney
of Hot Springs, Ark. 1t was fattened
on rabbits, chickens and larks. Tbs
guests pronounced it delicious.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Composition Of Tripoii Powder.
A simple grain of Tripoli powder
contains $4,000 of the transparent
diuty skeletons of dead animalculae
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Eaas In Missouri.

A Boone County hen owned by Jack
Lynes has produced novelty In the
form of an ''eggless egg" The shell
was perfect. out when broken open
was found to have no contents. The
production OF such fruit Is ST ecies OF
enterprise which Missouri farmers
will hardly approve in their hens.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
A BUILDING for the Smiths.

ou'o'H9 TOT eUe o"'Sn9'
Representatives of the Smith fam.
lily have applied for space for build
ing at the Worlds Fair at St. Louis,
to be the headquarters of the mem.
bers of that great family when visit.
ing the exposition Some genius has
calculated that there are 100000
Smiths in the world.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
shirta and Hats Of Bark.

Shirts and hats that are never In
need of ironing are worn by the In
dams of the interior of Bolivia. They
are made of the bark of a tree, which
is soaked in water until the fiber is
softened, and then beaten with stones
to make 1t pliable.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Use for Nationa, euardsmen.

Salem, n j., was recently rid Of a
caterpillar plague by National Guards
men. The concussion of their rifles
when discharged caused the caterpil-
lars to loose their hold on the trees.
Then they were swept up.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
An Extensive Model.

AS q model Munich sculptor has
hired a full-grown lion from a menag-
erie. The animal eats IL pounds OF
horseflesh daily and drinks 10 gallons
of milk. The cost of its food and
its keepers pay Is SO a day. The
u,enagerie is to receive 81, 500 If the
lion dies.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Only One "Fourtb."

A school teacher. addressing class
of small boys the other day, inquired:
How many days are there in q
year," Three hundred and sixty
five and on ,-fourth," answered q
precocious youth, land the fourth is
the Fourth of July
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Ameer Makes Costly Gift.

Ameer Makes Costly G!ft.
The most expensive book in the
world has lately teen given by the
Ameer of Afghanistan to the Shah.
It is copy of the Koran, bound in
solid gold and set with pearls, rubies
and diamonds. 1t cost 100000.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Massachusetts Smallest Towr

Massachusetts, Smallest Town.
Gosnold, the smallest town in Mas
sachusetts, comprises those little
specks of land which, beginning at
Woods Holl, at the shoulder" of old
Cape Gods right arm, extend seaward
till they terminate in that fatal reef
of the Sow and Pigs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Three Lions to Kin Panther.

Three Lions to XIII Panther.
At a menagerie in the Temple
Square at Paris three lions managed
to make their way into a neighboring
cage in which panther was lodged.
A terrible fight ensued. and. despite
the efforts of the keepers, the panther
was literally torn to pieces by the in.
truders.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
New British coaiina Station.

New British CoaIi1Q Station.
Sierra Leone Is to be British
coaling station, and it is intended
permanently to attach gunboat and
a cruiser to it. The fortress at Sierra
Leone has for some time past been
strengthened by the erection of some
of the most modern guns of heavy
caliber
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

eritain's Largest Lighthouse.
Britain's largest lighthouse is the
Skerryvore. 1t contains 4,308 tons of
masonry and cost $450.26s. 1t was
built in 1874.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
His Normal Condition.

He-You told your mother ] was
sorry for having made an idiot of my
self at her dinner party last night?
What did she say? She--O. she said
she noticed nothing unusual.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Predict Immense Gold Reserve.
Financial students in the treasury
predict that there will be $1,000. .000.-
600 in gold in the treasury within the
next five years.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Exactly So.

Its curious" said Uncle Eben.
Nobody wouli think of tryin' to play
de banjo wifout takin' few lessons,
bat ev'ybody thinks he could step in
an run de gov'ment wifout no prac.
tice whatever"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Take Off Their Wells,

TING 0U 1ST VoVSs
Turkish women are said to be get
ting more independent every year.
Nowadays, In spite Of orders to cover
their faces in public, many boldly let
their wells fall aside and keep them
of altogether when entering a shop.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
car,v,e,. Good Advice.

It is to you. ye workers. who co
already work and are as grown men,
noble and honorable in a sort, that the
whole world calls for new work and
nobleness. Subdue mutiny. discord.
widespread despair, by manfulness.
Justice, mercy and wisdom.-Carlyle.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
All In One Mans Hands.

TIE mountings for ship guns and
guns in coast Notifications are so de-
signed and constructed as to throw
into the power of one man, in so far
as possible, the whole control OF d.
recting the gun at the desired target
and firing it when ready, says the
Engineering Magazine.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Spanish Wedding Custom.

0P""S" "o"S
A wedding without a ring seems in'
congruous, but IN Cadiz. Spain. no
ring is used. After the ceremony the
bridegroom moves the flower in the
brides hair from left to right. for In
various parts of Spain to wear rose
above your right ear is to proclaim
yourself q wife.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Should Say No.

BY the way, wouldn't it be good
plan for those innocent young girls
who are invited out to have q drink
and then get knockout drops not to
accept the invitation to go out and
have a drink ?-Philadelphia Inquirer
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Strikes in ltajv.

According to an official report there
were between Jan. 1, 1901, and March
81, 1902, 1874 strikes in Italy, involv-
ing $4,000 men. Two.thirds Of these
strikes. organized by the Socialists.
resulted favorably to the men.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
what DETERMINATION Can Do.

DR.. John Clifford, a famous English
preacher, when eleven years old. be.
gan to work as an ordinary hand" in
a lace factory. At sixteen, he was
manager of the lace mending depart
ment, later he became bookkeepe-,
and ia ,n began the studies which en-.
abled him to become great preacher.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Elk Shows Trait of Humanity.
Jealous because she was getting
more peanuts than he caused an elk
in the Philadelphia zoo to chase and
beat his companion.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Available Land in Canada

Available Land In Canada.
Progressive Canada estimated that
the population capacity of Canada
cannot be less than 1OO,O0O,OOO."
There are 100000 square miles of
arabic land.
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paternal obtuseness.

It is strange, and one of the things
a father can never understand. but the
desire to save on clothes to buy some.
thing for the house is never born in a
woman until after she is married.
-AtchiSon Globe.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Ohio's Youngest Mayor.
The youngest mayor in Ohio is v.
e. Bradbury of Gallipolis, who is just
"a years old. Mayor Bradbury is very
popular in his section of the buckeye
state.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Organize Italian Churches.

Organize Italian Churches.
Italians are organizing Presbyterian.
Baptist, Methodist, Congregational and
Episcopal churches in this country in
considerable numbers. Some of these
Italians were Waldensians when at
home, but most of them were reared
as Roman Catholics.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Earth 10 Losing Speed.
The earth is gradually losing speed
owing to the friction of the tides. The
days are now half a second longer
tnan they we're in 1902.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Light Weight on italy's Soldiers.
ltaly's soldiers are less heavily
laden than those of any other Euro
pean power. In full marching order
they carry only 81 pounds.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Relics Of Auaustar Epoch.

VtS''eo V1 7s0So9&uF 6P0S"'
Seventy sepulchral uTns containing
old coins and other relics dating from
the Augustan epoch have been dis.
covered at Aquileia. the ancient Ro.
man town near Trieste which was de.
stroyed by Attila.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Pittsburs to Be Novels Confer.
A southern novelist of celebrity is
now in Pittsburg getting local Color
for story OF that city's iron work.
ers. 1t is understood that Charles
NJ. Schwab is to be the central figure
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
ciuar and Pine.

A full-sized cigar contains as much
as two grains Of nicotine; a pipeful
of tobacco not more, as a rule, than
two-thirds of grain.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Comets Have Little Weight.
Sir John Herschell estimates that
the very largest comets, with tails
often millions of miles in length, do
not weigh more than q few ounces.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Eaxptian Exploration Fund.

J. E. Lodge, r second son Of Sena-
tor Lodge, has taken hold OF the
Egyptian exploration fund. which has
received many thousands Of dollars
from the people of New England.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Finding Boers' Ammunition.
Six Thousand cartridges, several
rifles and O number Of pom.pom and
l5-pounder shells have been dup up
near Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Minnesota Doing Well.
The growth and prosperity of Min
nesota are we'll indicated by the num-
ber of new banks organized this year.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Want Children Taught irish.
Some o. the Soutn Dublin guardians
are anxious that the children under
their care should be taught Irish.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Bicycle Officially Recognized.
Permission has at last been given
for naval officers on duty and in uni
form, to ride bicycles in Portsmouth
dockyard. England.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
German Bridge Has Record.

In the valley OF PetrufTe. in Luxen,.
bourg, Germany. stands the largest
single span of any masonry bridge in
the world, with a length of PIT feet
and height of 1O2 feet
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18
Name Will Not Die Out.

Seven children. 6S grandchildren,
81 great-grandchildren and 3 great.
REORGANIZATION survive Johanna
Gundel a widow who has died at
Chemnitz, Saxony, aged 90.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Japan Takes Influenza Statistics.
Japan is taking census Of all peo-
nle who have taken influenza since
the beginning of the year.