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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
AitJtvt.ttye.aa tu6el,oiN.

ss Recently company Of nifty Fhtla.
delphians had the novel experience Of
eating luncheon at the top Of . brick
chimney 275 feet high. The stack had
just been completed and the luncheon
was in celebration Of that fact. An
improvised elevator took the guests
up the shaft of the chimney, which is
eighteen feet1n diameter and five feet
from the top platform was built on
which the tables were placed. !,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Doctors Make Mistakes.

Repeated mistakes Of diagnosis
were made by doctors during the
recent outbreak of bubonic plague.
the disease being often described as
influenza, enteric fever and malaria.
states a local government board re-
port, according to the London Daily
Mail
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Inventor of the "Hiah eatt.'

Inventor of the "High Ball."
Twas civil engineer, not q bar
tender, who drew the plans for and
constructed the first high ball." viz.
-'dward Everett Walker, an Ameri-
can. who is now building railroad in
Sweden. 1t is to be hoped that his
tracks do not have as many reverse
curves as his drinks.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
.-s.. ..-F
TeIlino Wind.Up.

After wheeling along fer forty
minutes the other nigat an orator in
Brooklyn, N. Y. made this telling fin
sh to his address: And now, ladies
and gentlemen. l thank you heartily
or the kindness you have shown me
and hope we may meet on some pre-
,iouS occasion"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Tho retirenaent from the United
states senate IN March next Of John
r. Jones Of Nevada will leave William
Boyd Allison Of Iowa the senior sena-
TOR In unbroken length Of service. He
flrst took his seat In that body March
I, 1873. and by subsequent elections
has served continuously ever since.
Immediately previously to that he
served four terms continuously in the
national house Of representatives.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Kept Family Records.

Two New Jersey people celebrated
their golden wedding recently, and
the family record reads: Gross
words spoken by either husband or
wife, none; number Of times the kitch.
en- fre has had to be built. 1928;
number of times Mr.. Dixon has built
It, 1928" But are family records
always to be depended on?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Culture in Gotham.

William c. Whitney ventures mis-
reputation for truthfulness and com
mon sense on the statement that the
horse show has come to be the great
est feature of New York life" Which
the same appears to be just trifle
rough on average New York life.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Modelled on Y. N. c. A,

The success of the Young Mems
Christian association in Japan has
called into existence young mems
Buddhist association, modelled on the
same lines and aiming to inspire not
only religious but patriotic sentiment
in the minds of its members.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Perfection.

Can you tell me anything about
Mr.. Blank, Mr.. Richard Blank?" asked
visitor of resident in Tidewater.
Va. Il mean. of course. about his
standing and financial responsibility" !"
Mr.. Blank. sub, is perfect gentle
man, sub, perfect gentleman, sub" )"
and here he paused. until he gently
whispered, but short o,;cas.,."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

4 Sir Michael assbert. he new a.
bassador from England TO this coun.
try. is,Quite democrat n manner and
habit. Already he has been voted =
good fellow by the pleasant people IN
the capital. Sir Michael 10 m enthusi-
astic sportsman, knows how to pick .
winner at the Bennings track. 10 .
good cross-country rider, strong In
golf and tennis and ! capital wing
shot.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
For Monument to Gen. stuart.

For Monument TO Gen. Stuart.
The committee OF the J. E. b. Stuart
Monument association has decided
that the monument to the confederate
general shall be an equestrian one OF
bronze on q granite baae. The monu-
ment Is to be set up in Richmond, Va,
and the association still lacks $4,000
of the amount desired for the purpose.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is president Of the
association.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
aau.,ea, While A.leep.

Harvey Joyce OF Tingley, Pa, &C.
cupies . sleeping room with John
Richier.s The latter is violinist. but
the former never plays when awake.
The other night, while In . somnam.
bulistics state. Joyce took possession
.pf Richler's violin. and played two
tunes with musical skill. His room
mate was aroused by the music and
stared at him in wonder. -,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
aserstary shaw ! s.srS vvessssvl

A young clerk In the treasury ~
pertinent went In to bid Secretary
saying he was going on his vacation.
"How long?" asked Mr.. shaw. "ThiF.
ty days." w:s the clerks reply. "0rea4
Scott" exclaimed the secretary.
Thirty days! Why, i've only had three
days real loafing time in twenty-five
years. Good-by. Hope you have .
good time"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Tribute to Newspapers.

Roland B. Mollineux pays a mourn.
full tribute to the efficacy of newspa.
per advertising. so many pictures OF
me have been printed" he says, that
can't get into street car or be sub
jected to the gaze of street crowd
for five minutes without being recog
nized."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Her Position.

A young lady applicant for school
out west, says a st. Louis humorist,
was asked the question: What is
your position upon whipping chill
dren ?" and her reply was: my usual
position is on chair, with the child
held firmly across my knees. face
downward" She got the school.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Antipodean Pearl Fishing.

Antipodean Pearl Fishing.
The pearl fisheries of West Austria
liza employ 2,505 men. of whom 110 are
Englishmen. The average yield per
boat per season is placed at $625 for
pearls and $3,S75 for pearl she'll. At
last years prices the average revenue
Per boat was $4,000, the average ex-
penditure $4,000, making the average
Let profit $1,000.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Record to be Proud OF.

Record to be Proud OF.
Prof. Zephaniah Hopper has been
teaching mathematics in the central
high school Of Philadelphia for forty
eight years. in some instances to
three generations Of the same family.
He is seventy-eight years old, and is
not believed to have missed ses.
sion of his class in the last two dec
ades.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Would please Napoleon.

Napoleon, if he were alive, would be
gratifed to learn that the population
Of France. which decreased 25,9SS in
1900, increased 1898 in 1901. and al!
the more so because the increase last
year was que more to an increase in
the number of births than to a lower
ing of the death rate.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
10 strona to Resist.

"Now won't you let me call you dar.
ling and let me feel the loving tendrils
OF your rosy lips to mine. while the
stars of twilight shine?" writes an ar
dent lover down in Texas. who never
dreamed that his letter would get into
print. But what girl with spark OF
romance in her soul could resist such
poetical appeal?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Right Of the Soldier.

When the nation was buryfng the
body of Mr.. Lincoln at Springfield q
citizen touched soldier and said:
Sir, you are standing in front of me-"
The soldier replied. Il have been for
four years" This gave the soldier
the right to stand anywhere.-North
western Christian Advocate.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Buy Tennessee Timber Land

Buy Tennessee Timber Lands.
Mayor David S. Rose of Milwaukee
is one of party Of northwestern capi-
talists who have just bought 10000
acres of timber land in Tennessee, es
timated to contain 1,00O,e00,0O0 feet
of good pine lumber.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Editor Rosewater's vitrlelie Pen,

Editor Rosewater's vitrloiie Pen.
The journalistic mercenaries who
hire themselves out periodically to
beslobber pothoIse politicians and
tattooed candidates and pour enven-
omed slime upon the heads OF men Of
standing and character will have an
other respite from their efforts to be-
fog and mislead gullible voters Of this
city.-Omaha Bee.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
was the Chief Entertainer.

Bragg was telling me at the %.
litical mass meeting last night that hiD
grandfather died very suddenly on the
platform at great public gathering"
Did he have the nerve to tell you
that?" Yes; wasn't it true?" "Oh,
yes; executions, believe, were public
in those days when his grandfather
died"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
A Jewel of a Servant.

When the hired girl who set the
plates for little dinner in Lawren"e, :,
Kan. read in the local papers that
covers were laid" for fifteen guests,
she entered an indignant denial, say
ing that only two Of the whole party
got SO bad that they had to go to
bed. That servant is a jewel.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Genuine "Flyine WEDGE"

Who has not seen the V-shaped
aocks of geese go honkinS along over
lead? They fly in V-shape because
he arrangement permits each bird to
ollow with the least resistance. When
he goose in the lead becomes fatigued
ne takes his place in the rear, each
bird in its turn leading the flock.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Will Give official Interview.

In order to get rid of the swarms
of reporters and kodak fiends who
daily heset him Pierpont Morgan has
decided to receive one newspaper man
every afternoon and give him any
news that is to be given out, under
pledge that the recipient shall share
his information with the others.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Famou. Newspaper Art,st.

Melton Prior. who will represent
the illustrated London News Is spe-
cial artist at the coronation durbar in
India. has been through twenty-one
military campaigns for that publica-
tion. beginning with the Ashantee
war Of 1873 and ending with the re.
cent campaign in South Africa. He
was in Ladysmith during the siege Of
that place.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Hemeopathx In Germany.

Homeopathy In Germany.
The Wurzburg university of Bava
ria is about to establish a chair #
homeopathy, the first in Germany. The
choice of Wurzburg is remarkable, as
it is from this university that the
strongest opponents of homeopathy
ave come. The Bavarian govern.
funds.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Spoiled Postal Cards.

Postal cards which have been
spoiled and not sent through the mails
If entire are now redeemed at all posi-
Offices under the sliding scale Of valua-
tions by which the postmaster viii
pay cents for 10 cards, Is cents for
25 cards, 81 cents for SO cards. 76
cents for 100 cards. The cards are
to be wrapped in bundles of Is.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Reform In Italian Prisons

In accordance with the law for the
abolition of chains In Italian prisons.
which came into force recently, the
chains have been struck on from 26e
prisoners in the Ancona gaol. Toe
ceremony is said to have been accom-.
panied by most moving scenes, many
prisoners sobbing loudly for sheer
happiness at the relief from their
burden.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Short on Theology.

OsVVs OsS SUSOSOO1e :
In the trial of q bible case in Tope.
ka the attorneys had occasion to read
the Lords prayer. They sent for a
Bible. Then they sent for preacher
to tell them in what part Of the gos-
pels to hnd the prayer. A Boston
lawyer would have known enough to
have called a minister to the stand in
the first place.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Perfume and Drunkenness.

A storekeeper. named Cert Seny.
man of Harrismith, South Africa, has
been fined $50 and costs for selling to
native q bottle of perfume, contain
ing more than 60 per cent Of pure
spirits. The evidence showed that
the native drank the perfume. and
was discovered shortly afterward
nopelessly intoxicated lying in the
gutter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
J. Piern,. Finish.

Wouldn't 1t be too bad If, after all
these big schemes he has worked out
so successfully, Mr.. Morgan should
stick fast In London tube? 1t has
often been said that every man has
his limitations. Perhaps J. Pierp's
finish is at the small end of a hole
underground. Who knows?-Los An
geles Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
ludoe's Busy Day.

Judge Shay. presiding in the crimi-
nal court at Pottsville, Pa. is one day
last week tried forty-seven persons
and sent every one Of them to Jail,
that being the biggest days work
ever done by one judge in Pennsyl-
vania.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
eaden.Pawell = Wit.

Gen. Baden Powell, the popular
English warrior, was at a luncheon
recently where celebrated physician
was his fellow guest The doctor was
chalhng the soldier and said: How
do you feel after killing man profes-
sionally?" The general replied in his
characteristic silky tone: "Oh. don't
mind it much more than you do. ]
dare say"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Painter Confirmed Bachelor.


John S. Sargent, the American por-
trait painter, who is coming to this
country to do picture of President
Roosevelt, is SO much of a bachelor
that he bars the opposite sex even in
the matter of domestic science.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
New York Tenement Houses

The law in New York allows
tenement houses height OF elgaty-
five feet-seven stories and a base
ment-when the two first floors are
ireproof. and $50 feet-twelve stories
when freproof throughout.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
House a Gigantic scrapboot

From garret to basement in the large
house of Leeds (England) mineral
ater manufacturer is gigantic
scrapbook, every notable theatrical
poster of the last twenty years being
pasted on the walls.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
New Idea in Russia.

It is reported that the Russian min
lister of the interior is considering
profession. SO that all doctors and
chemists would be state officials. A
commission has been appointed to
collect information on the subject.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
An Ancient Bank Note.

Tie latest curiosity at the British
museum is a Chinese bank note of the
fourteenth century, which was discov
cred in the ruins Of a statue of Bud
dha at oekin 1t is worth noting that
paper money was not introduced into
Europe till the seventeenth century
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Women Like the Automobile.
A dealer in motor cars states that
aides Invariably take kindly to this
node Of travelling alter single trial,
md taat even women whose nerves
ave made them failures as cyclists,
It once begin to enjoy the new pas.
ime.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

tnman Liner Broken Up.
The once famous Irman liner City
of Rome has been sold to the ship
breakers for a trifle over G17,OOO.
She was built in 1881 at cost of over
$500, 900.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Discovered Gigantic Glacier.

Discovered Gigantic Glacier.
Rev. James Outram. noted Scot
tish mountain climber. who has been
visiting unexplored districts Of the
Rocky mountains in British Columbia,
says he discovered on Mount Colum
bia gigantic glacier covering zoe
square miles.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
A Kansas Editor Eliminates.

1t Is said that when a hungry In.
dian goes hunting he kills the first
thing he sees, If it is only a crow.
If he Kills duck he drops the crow
and IL he gets a deer he throws away
the duck Some girls are regular In
dams, aren't they?-Lane New Leaf.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Poor Year for Champagne.
This year must be marked with q
black stone in the calendar of cham
payne lovers, for 1902 will be one of
the very worst champagne years on
record.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Remarkable Coincidence.

Queen Victoria was baptized. mar.
ried and crowned by Archbishop How
lev. It is remarkable that George III.
was also baptized, married and
crowned by one man-Archbishop
Seeker.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
worle,s Laroest Bean Field

The present average yield OF lima
beans in Southern California is 22,O0O,-
900 pounds, which is about three
fourths of the total production of the
world. One ranch IN the bean country
covers $500 acres. This is the larg-
est bean field in the world, and it re-
quires forty tons of seed beans to
plant it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
English Coal Fields.

The eastern division of the South
Wales coal fields will probably be
completely exhausted in forty-two
years. The Denbighshire and Flint
shire fields may last two and half
centuries.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

German lnsp pection Of Meat.
On April l. 1908, Germany's new
meat inspection law goes into effect.
necessitating the erection of many
new buildings fon use as inspection
stations, etc. e ~
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Just Punishment.

Fred Smith, a st. Louis coal dealer.
who delivered short-weight load Of
coal to a patron, has been fined $500
in the police court Of that city, the
maximum penalty prescribed by law.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Professors to Be Retired.

Beginning with June next year Cor
cell university is to relieve all its pro-
sessors VINO reach the age of seventy
Turing any calendar year. The re-
ired professors will serve as special
lecturers in their respective depart.
nents at salary Of $1,500 year.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
owes Position to Accident.

Owes Position to Accident.
Alard Sheck. military attache of the
German embassy in Washington, is
said to owe his appointment to his
close resemblance to President Roose-
velt, the German emperor himself hav-
ing remarked this and suggested the
brilliant young officer for the billet.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Indictment OF WI
Judge WoffOru says ''
the men who 60 to the
from his court go because
use Of whisky"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Honduras Has No Market

Honduras Has No Market.
Honduras, since 1900, has had no
market for her cattle. In the past she
has depended on Guatemala, but finan-
cial conditions in that republic have
closed the market.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Resembles the Maapie.

The vizcacha of the South Amer
lean pampas has exactly the same
rick of collecting bright objects that
We know so we'll in the magpie. The
vizcacha is badger-like animal.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Atmospheric Pressure.

The atmospheric pressure upon the
surface of an ordinary man is 32.400
pounds. The ordinary rise and fall of
he barometer increases or decreases
his pressure by about q ton and a
quarter
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Married at Advanced Aae.

Married at Advanced Age.
Prof. T. ]. Ellingwood. 73 years old,
private secretary to the late Henry
Ward Beecher for twenty-five yea
was married at Worcester recent
Mrs. Elizabeth S.!Jennings, WI
Henry C. Jennings of Worca1
a friendship of many years.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Left Too Suddenly.

Mrs. Jones-Do your cooks stay with
you long? Mrs. Brown-Well, no.
tried to get snapshot at the last one
with my camera, but she was too
quick for the Observation-Disclosures.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Cost Falls on Venice.

Cost Falls on Venice.
AS the Italian government declines
to contribute, the whole cost of recon
structing the fallen campanile of st.
Marks will be borne by the Venice
municipality.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
culIom's Early Ambition

CUIIom'8 EARLY AmbItion.
It was the ambition Of Shelby M
Cullom's early youth to become dry
goods clerk and perhaps eventually to
own a store. He sought clerkship
but failed to get it. and then went in
for the study Of law.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
The "Mitchell" carnation.

An indianapolis florist has named a
carnation after John Mitchell. leader
of the miners. The flower is pure
white and is said to have other dis
tinctive qualities. .-e.-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Sheep Sell Cheap.

A Sydney firm OF meat preseryers
have purchased 10000 sheep from
from twelve to twenty-five cents each,
the owners being unable to maintain
them owing to the absence OF fodder.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
The Gulf Stream

The gulf stream is 200 fathoms
deep of Cape Florida. Near Cape
Hatteras the depth is only half as
great, the stream appearing to have
run uphill, with an ascent Of 10 inch
es to the mile.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
overworked His "eest Man

Overworked His BEST Man,
1t is generally supposed that the
services of best man at a wedding
end with the close of the ceremony
and the departure of the happy pair.
but it seems not Bridegroom of two
months has just utilized his best man
again. this time to serve divorce pa
pers on the bride.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Pretty Near Perpetual Motion.
Herr Noll of Berlengen, in Ger
many, has made a clock warranted to
go 5000 years without winding.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Chancellor Opposes Football.

VUdHceIIoT OPPoSes T0oeUd"'
Chancellor Day of Syracuse univer-
sity gives notice that unless the pres
ent dangers to life and limb are re-
formed out of football his conscience
will force him to declare war upon the
game and to ask the executive board
to rest1 ain the young Syracusans from
engaging in it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Liquor in Russia,

The spirits monopoly has been ex-
tended throughout the greater part of
Central Asia and the Northern Cau-
casus. All efforts to introduce local
option in European Russia have failed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Swim With Eyes Above Water.
Garfish, sunfish, basking shark and
dolphins all have the habit Of swim
ming with their eyes above the sur
face of the water.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Where. Mosquitoes Breed.

Where Mosquitoes Breed.
Ricefields are such great breeding
places of mosquitoes that the Italian
government passed law as long ago
as. 1866 regulating the distance from
dwellings at which the cultivation r
rice is permissible.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Steel and Iron.

A quarterback bar Of steel did not
break till 1882 pounds were put upon
it; but a bar of iron Of the same dia-
meter bore 1904 pounds only.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
successful Huntino rriusssl,

SUCCESSFUL Hunting JrjPEss-
$50 you had q successful hunti6i
trip?" "Eminently successful. W
didn't bring back any game, but n0y
body was shot by any of the other
members of the party.''-Washingto
Star.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Dancer In Tricks.

A trick is like cheap firecracker-
when it seems to have done its work
md lost its vitality it is apt to explode
and hurt the man who set it off.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Finest Rock Crystal Ball.
The finest rock crystal ball In the
world Is in the Boston Fine Arts
museum. 1t measures seven and a
fourth inches in diameter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Water Supply Of Great Cities.
Rome has a water supply of 200
million gallons day. London only
l6O millions and Paris ninety millions.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Wholesale Bird Destruction

Wholesale Bird Destruction.
The precise number of birds esti-
mated by the British consul in Vene-
zuela to have been killed last year
to provide aigrettes for ladies' hats
was 1,53S,738.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
SmaIlpox Statistics.

Port Said has $4,000 natives and
$4,000 Europeans; yet while only Is
latives died of smallpox in 1900. there
we're 80 deaths among the whites.
Vaccination is strictly enforced by
aw on the natives.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Brandy For Statesmen.

6rahoy FoF Statesmeh.
It is a custom in the Belgian par
lament, when q member is making a
long speech, to be supplied with
brandy as beverage. at the expense
of the government.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31
Cultivation Of Tea.

More than $4,000 acres Of land
the Indian possessions of Great Bric
ain are devoted to the cultivation Of
tea, ninetenths of the area being in
Assam and Bengal. Production is of.
ficially estimated at 191. $50, 900
pounds
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

Most murderou., e.t1
The battle of Tours, A. D.,
is said to have been the most murder.
GUS on record. Three hundred ana
fifty thousand men in ali were killed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-31

In S27 Winchester and not London
was proclaimed TO be the capital of
England, and SO It remained for two
centuries.