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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
This Road Uses Fuel OIL.

It was stated some time ago
that the Southern Pacific railroad
was changing its engines from
coal to Oil burners as fast as pos
sible. Lately it has been widley
reported that the contrary was
true-that the oil burned out the
fire boxes so rapidly that the road
was going back to coal as fast as
possible. Now comes statement
from Oakland. Cal. that the first
government adopted by the people
known to the world. A rugged
obelisk 200 feet in height, placed
upon an eminence on the outer
most point of Cape Cod, where all
passing and repassing at sea may
see it, will be, it is thought, fit
ting memorial Of such landmark
OF history.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Roosevelt Guided by the Sun.

Whcn President Roosevelt was
on d turkey hunt i'll the neighbour
hood OF Bull Run battlefield. q
couple of weeks ago. he and Mr..
Hayden, with a guide. left the
turkey run and plunged into a
stretch of woodland. Aftcr they
had walked some miles Mr.. Hay
den said to the guide: ou've
lost your way" Not a bit OF it, ="
yves the reply. "Oh, yes you have.
The sun is III the southwest at
this time of the day and we should
be going due east" MIR. Roose-
welt said Il always follow a man
who steers in the woods bv tie
sun or stars. III follow your
leadership, Mr. Hayden" He did
SO and reached his destination in
a bee line, to the guide deep dis.
comfiture.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Columbus Ashes Moved AGAIN.

The ashes Of Christopher Co
lumbus, the discovcrer OF Amcri-
ca, which have rested in the ca
thedral at Seville. Spain, since
they were taken from Havana. af-
ter the American occupation, were
recently transferred with inprcs-
sive solemnlty to a special mau-
socum which will be under the
care OF the city OF Seville. The
coffin was borne by naval officers,
and was followed by a procession
including the archbishop, the min
lister OF marine and naval and mil
itarv dignitaries.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Statesman Who Was Book Agent.

NJ. Rouvicr, the French minis
ter OF finance, began life as book
agent. Subsequently he entered
the employ OF a Greek merchant
named ZaHopoulo. established at
Marsailles, and while in his en-
p!oy took charge in turn OF the
various branches OF the business
at Constantinople, Alexandria,
Odessa and Smyrna, thus acqulr-
ing a knowledge OF the conditions
in the Levant and the Mediterra-
mean which is possessed by no
other French Statesman. He is
said to have the most powerful in
dividlality in the French cabinet
with the exception Of NJ. Delcasse
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Well Preserved Justice Harlan.

1ohn Marshall Harlan. associate
justice Of the United States su-
prc1nc court. on December 10, viii!
celebrate the twcntv-fifth anniver-
sarv of his accession to the SUI
prernc bench. He was appointed
bv President HAYES al the COM
menccmcnt Of that gent l.1,an S
term. Justice Harlan is one Of
the best preserved old men i'll pub
lie life. He is 90 years of age, but.
although OF gigantic build. is as
energetic and lively as a boy. He
dailv takes outdoor exercise and
is one of the most persistent fire.
Quentcrs of the golf links. He
rides and walks much and ire
qucntlv makes the journey from
his home in Mount Pleasant to
the capitol on foot. His towering
form and springy step make hin?
one OF the best known figures in
ashingtOn.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
A Sphinx for St. Louis.

The suggestion that the ancient
Egyptian sphinx be reproduced in
St. Louis for the worlds lair, has
been received by Mayor Rolia
Wells from Mrs. BERTHE Cortland
Longworth OF Paris, France. Mrs.
Longworth is a sculptor and has
made plaster model OF the sphinx
after four years OF study, this being
the only model in existence. The
idea is to reproduce the sphinx i'll
cement, making it more durable
than stone. Mrs. Longworth says
the sphinx is crulnblins owing to
the bringing of rains into Egypt as
the result of the extension OF irriga'
ton.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Wealthy and Wonderful.

It has been very pertlnently
suggested that the terms wealthy
and wonderful" be substituted tor
"wild and woody" in speaking OF
the great. abounding West. 1t
there is any advantage in defi-
milton that defines or description
that describes. this substitution
should be made. The new civil
ization that dominates the vast
region, practically unknown halt
a century ago, is shown by a
recent incident observed ten miles
from a Kansas town and thus re-
lated in the Youths Companion
"A farmer riding under an awning
on a sulky plow met at the end OF
his furrow the rural mail wagon
The driver tossed the farmer a
bundle of mail, and as the team
took up its steady course back
across the half mile field, the far
mer unfolded the daily paper
printed that morning 200 miles
away and read of the happenings
in China and the news OF the po-
litical campaign. Truly, there is
nothing suggestive OF wild md
woody West" in this picture.
wv ealthy and wonderful" will do,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
John MorIey's Prophetic Eye.

When he was a young man at
Oxford. John Morley was emf
ncnt chiefly as an amateur actor.
Later in life he took a good deal
OF interest in London theaters. In
the early '7o's Mr.. Bateman was
lessee Of the Lyceum theater. One
day BNten1an said to Morley: Il
am at loss 10 know what to play
next why don't YOU give that
tall young man a chance as Ham
let" asked Morley. The tall
young MAJ" was Irving, in whom
Mr.. Morley saw the possibilities
which were developed in after
wears.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Interesting Street Railway Statistics.

Some interesting facts are not
ed about trolley transfers in New
York. The metropolitan street
railway during the year 1901 gave
out 10000. 900 transfers, and this
wear on account OF the further eN-
tension OF the transfer system the
company expects that the number
will reach 2OO,OoO.OOO. The trans
fer system was lnauGurated III
1884, and during the first year
the company distributed 10000
Of the free tickets. Each year the
number has increased till It has
reached the figures now recorded.
Giving out this number OF trans
icrs has cost the company an
enormous sum OF money i'll print
ing and paper. Over 10000 tons
OF paper were used for the trans
fcrs OF last year, and as the dates
are changed each day, the cost OF
printing was also very large.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
TWO Refused the Grown.

The crown of Roumania has q
unique place in the history of
nonarchies as the only crown
which has been refused success
sivcly by father and son. When,
within the memory of the present
generation. Roumania become a
kingdom, Prince Leopold. the ell
der brother of Hing Charles, was
declared official heir, but the
prince surrendered his rights to
his son. Prince William. the re
nunciation being formally regis
tered in the senate twenty-five
years ago. For eight years the
son was heir to the throne and
then in 1888 the prince, trcading
in his fathers steps, gave up his
rights III favor OF his brother,
and the brother, Prince Ferd-
inand, is heir to King Charles to-
daV.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Steel Trusts Enormous Earnings

Ii is stated by q statistician that
the United States Steel Corpora
tion is earning as much net mon
ey for its securities as all the rail-
roads OF the United States put to-
gether, with their capital stock OF
SO,ooo,ooo,ooo paid in dividends
last year, namely. $4,000. 900.
Steel stock is scattered over four
continents. Dividend checks are
mailed to Shanghai, Cape Town,
Calcutta and many other places
in the antipodes. Some OF the
checks sent out take more than
six months to return TO their start
ing point. SO says an able writer
on finance. 1t is good that the
stock is made OF steel. Otherwise
it would have been hammered to
pieces.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
A Bohemian's Life.

Henri Murger, author Of la
Vie de Boheme," whose name is
inscperably associated with tradi-
tions OF the Quarter Latin, is said
to have arranged his life month
by month on plan characteristic
OF that happy-go-lucky region. He
chose to have three days of en-
joynent at $50 a day. Twenty
seven days OF drudging and pinch
ing at the rate OF 81 day, and ii
the month happened to have thir
ty-one days the extra day was
provided for with the help OF a
dollar borrowed from friend
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Lava Continues Hot.

The lava streams from the crup-
ton OF Nesuvius in 1858 were SO
hot twelve years later that steam
issued from their cracks and crew
ices. Those that flowed from Et-
ma in 17S7 were found to be
stcaning hot just below the
crust as late as IS4o. The vol
cano Jorullo. in Mexico, poured
forth in 1859 lava that eighty
seven years later gave off columns
OF stcalning vapor. In 1880 it
was found that a stick thrust in
to the crcvices instantly ignited,
although no discomfort was eN-
pericnccd in walking on the hard
cncd crust.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Jealous Russian Officers Mistake

\ good story is told OF the
Russian police, who are careful
lest any literature OF an athcistic
character shall iall into the hands
OF the pcascnts. \ peasant IN
the province OF .Aiinsk went to q
publishers shop and asked for a
Bible. UnWittinglv the shopman
gave him an algebra primer. On
opening the book when he reach
ed home the peasant was s.rprls~
ed to find it full OF mystic signs
and hicroglyphics. The peasant
showed ii to d policeman. who iclt
convinced that the signs were OF
an Extremely free thinking char
acter, and so arrested the own
cr. At the trial the peasant was
discharged, and the policeman.
instead OF being rewarded lOs his
religious zeal. was rcprimandcd.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
An Ambiguous Epitaph.

There is d "reminiscences OF a
very old cpitaph, says the London
Globe, in the statement OF an In
dian newspaper that in Northern
India a tombstone stands to the
memory of d good missionary,
with these words: He translat-
cd the Scriptures into Pushtoo,
and was accidentally shot by his
khitlnutghar. Well done, thou
good and faithful servant"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Artists Don't vvsnt Protsotion.

Although ]. Pierpont Morgan
and Charles T. Yerkes have ap-
parently abandoned the idea Of
getting the tariff on works of art
removed, steps are being taken by
artists and art patrons in New
York to impress upon the next
congress the desirability Of re-
pealing these exorbitant duties.
Many who make their living by
the use of the brush declare that
standard, and especially ancient,
art works should come into the
country absolutely duty free. 9th
ers say that specific duty OF $50
or SIoo on each painting would
exclude commercial products,
while raising the present ban on
works OF real Importance which,
brought originally to this country
for private hanging, would ulti-
mately find their way into the
public museums. Artists, it ap-
pears from assertions made by
them this week, do not care for
protection. 1t is a mistake to sup
pose that they are indorsers OF the
present tariff exacted .Dv the GOV
ernnlcnt. According TO their story
the more good pictures brought
into this country the higher will
&c tic national standard of taste
and the greater will be the de-
mand for good native work.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Leg as Organ of Hearing.

One Of the strongest and most
unexpected uscs to which one
could imagine a leg being put IS
that Of an organ Of hearing. Yet
such seems to be one at least OF
the functions of the forelegs in
the cricket. On the outer side OF
a tibia small oval space may be
seen, in which the strong arn1a-
ture which covers the rest OF the
body is reduced TO thin and a
fnembraneous condition, making
thus sort OF window or drum
head. Communicating with this,
inside the leg. are the ends Of d
nerve, and it can hardly be doubt
ed, therefore. that the whole ap-
paratus constitutes an auditory
organ.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
German Professors Poor Paw.

German professors are not like
ly to grow rich. Seven years ago
loI drew salaries of $3.50 or less +;
eighty-Seven went as high as
S4oo, seventy-four up to 1000,
fifty-nine to $1,000 and twenty
seven to $4,000. There were
fourteen that obtained between
that sum and $1,000, fifteen as
high as $4,000, seven up to S.
600 and four above $1,000.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Married in Gaelic.

The first marriage ever SOL
emnized in the Gaelic tongue in
the city of London took place not
long ago in the church Of the Holy
Trinity in Bermondsey, the only
Catholic church in London where
Gaelic services have been held.
The bridegroom was John
O'keane, secretary of the Gaelic
League of London. and the bride
Miss Kathleen Dineen, a young
lady who has won some reputa-
ton as a singer OF Irish songs.
Wherever the use of the vernac-
ular is permitted in the marriage
service, the Irish was used, and it
is said that from the musical Gae-
lie to the sonorous Latin seemed
a natural transition.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
lres soher Should Have q Trade.
The Rev. Samuel Banks Nelson

The Rev. Samuel Banks Nelson,
pastor at St. Peters Presbyterian
church. at Rochester. N. Y,
preached a sermon recently on
the theme "A Workman and a
Gentleman" After stating that
it was the custom of the Jews to
teach their children some handi-
craft, DIR. Nelson continued: 1t
seems to me that it would be we'll
in this day if parents who purpose
preparing their sons for the min
istry would first teach them some
good trade, SO that no matter what
might happen they would have
something to fall back upon. A
minister is SO at the mercy OF ca
PRECIOUS congregations in these
days that is we'll to be able to
take up some other OF work
should it happen, as it has very
frequently of late, that he sudden
ly finds himself ousted from his
charge and his place filled by an
other. 1t is simply appalling the
number of ministers in Our de-
nomination who have suffered in
this way. Beardless youths have
become the prophets Of these last
davs, and the effect of thei: min
istrations is very evident Oh the
people"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Mcmoria! to Huxley.

a memorial tablet to the late
Professor T. Fl. Huxley was re-
Gently unveiled in the public IL
lsrary of Ealing, Eng, the place
OF the scientists birth The con
cluding lines OF the inscription
were: FRY to learn something
about everything, and everything
about something ng-which was
what Professor Huxley himself
did with very uncommon success.
The subscriptions for the tablet
came from far and near, one being
received from an officer OF the
United States navy in the Philip
pines. Mrs. Huxley. the widow,
now advanced in years, was pres
ent at the ceremony OF unvelllng
the memorial.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Csrnegie's Sturdy Ancestry.

Andrew Carnegie recently re-
'ceived from an old lady in Dun
fermline, Scotland, printed ap-
peal for 900 pounds made in the
chartist days to defend his uncle
from a charge of conspiracy i'll
holding a meeting that had been
dispersed by the sheriff. Mr.. Car
negie had another uncle who was
strong political agitator, and OF
these two and Republican
grandfather the millionaire has
been telling stories. He. renen-
bers the cavalry parading the
streets of Dunfermline to quell
riots. When the mob surround
ed the town house, where the
imprisoned uncle was held, he
was asked by the provost to ap-
pear at an upper window. This
he did at o'clock in the MORN
ing and delivered soothing
speech. "All my friends" he
said, will fold their arms. Now,
walk peaceably to your homes,
maintain the peace and obey the
laws" Many a noble family, Mr..
Carnegie thinks, might be push
ed to produce SO good title to
their peerage. 1t is not bad
foundation that one OF Our fani-
ly was in Jail for defending the
right of public meeting.'
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Debt Raiser's Home Sold.

A pathetic and discouraging
case is that of the auctioning off
of the household goods and slen-
der belongings of Rev. ID. Alonzo
Church Morehouse Of New York
to meet bill Of SIS. DR.. More
house is a Methodist clergyman
past 81, who for the last two
years has been what the AIetho-
dists call "superannuated, that
is, on the retired list. trying to
live on a pension. The amount due
him is $500 a year, or $40 for each
year of his active ministry. The
fund is short, however. and his
pro rata share this year was but
5000. DR.. Morehousc had gained
the reputation OF being one OF the
most successful debt raisers in
his denomination. In his zeal to
promote the interests OF his
charges, however, he seems to
have neglected his own financial
affairs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Extraordinary Old Man,

There is an extraordinary old
man at present living in Russia
in the village of Marewka. in the
government of Smolensk, known
as "Swet" Snip. He was born in
May, 1775, and is, therefore. 12z
years old. He has never been
i'll, and is able to walk each Sun
day two versts to the village
church. He does work at the
Schloss, knits stockings and
weaveS sandals.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
KIondike Discoverer Is "Broke.'

Peter De Villa, the discoverer
of gold in the Klondike region
and once fabulously rich, is now
earning livelihood by mailing
boxes at the Ben Lamont winery
at Santa Cruz, Cal. He has a suit
pending for the recovery Of one
of the richest mines in the Nome
region, but has no means with
which to prosecute it, and the case
is likely to go against him by de
fault,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Turkish Censor Edits Shakespeare.

A masterpiece OF censorship
was once performed by the Turk
ish censor, Nischan Efiendi, on
the occasion Of the production OF
Shakespeare's "OthellO' at Con-
stantinoplc. He corrected" the
drama SO thoroughly as to leave
hardly trace Of the original.
Among other words, he cNpun@cd
Cyprus, giving ingenious rea-
sons for this correction. Cyprus,
he said. is a Turkish island: it
would be politically u1wise to
send Othello to Cyprus. because
the territorial integrity Of Turkey
is guaranteed by treaties. Why
not put, instead OF Cyprus, some
Greek island, such as Corfu And
thus it came to pass that from re
spect to the treaty Of Paris, Othel-
10 had to go to Corfu.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Industrious and Fertile Move elist.

Great is the industry and fer
tile is the imagination Of Guy
Boothby. the English novelist. In
less than eight years he has pub
lished some twenty-six books, the
majority OF which have achieved
more than ordinary success. MIR.
Boothby is South Australian by
birth and is IS years Of age.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
4 Valuable Old Watch,

Although 125 years old, a watch
owned by a gentleman in Glou-
cestcrs!lire still keeps excellent
time. 1t was worn at Trafalgar,
during the Peninsular war, atWa-
tcrloo, through the China war, in
IS4o, and finally in the Indian mu-
tiny.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
What a Pity F.!

King Leopold of Belgium is
suffering from a throat trouble,
consequent upon the smoking of
too many cigarettes. He is now
forbidden to smoke by his doc
TOYS, and is improving in health.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-10

lections are moulded and infallibly in
clined according to the mothers mind and
affections at a time when her life Is also
its own. There has been too much indif-
ference, too much apathy. too much neg
lect of the value Of this high calling-gen-
eral ignorance OF the necessity for COM
fort and protection to both mother and
infant at the most critical period or hu-
man life has prevailed.
Prenatal influences are so potentially
vivid, and the little child is so visibly
affected by the home into which 1t is
born, that there should be earnest en-
deavor to make all home-life the principal
mainstay in our human existence, espe-
cially in selecting a suitable locality for
home-making as we'll as money-making,
and in providing for all concerned so that
the environment shall be good and whole
some, for both old and young, to secure
the best results. +eu.
The conditions which favor the best de-
velopment OF the masses In rural dis
tricts appear to be connected with village
dwellings convenient to small farms
many small holdings-but no great ones.
The day of great plantations and mas
tiers and overseers has passed in the
south. Such conditions are not favorable
to agricultural expansion by the way of
adding acres to acres but the idea that
seems nearest to emphatic fulfllment may
be expressed in the lines Of the poet-"A
little farm we'll titled"
There are some communities in Georgia
where small farms lie near and adjacent
to small towns that would illustrate the
idea in my mind at this time.
I know Of a Georgia town where the
land lies well-with a railroad passing
through-about equi-distant from two con-
siderable towns of several thousand in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-10

With our difficult labor. its scarcity and
high prices in Georgia, we must fall upon
some plan to make farming easier and the
advantages greater-or southern agricul-
turists must go west Tor go at some other
buesiness), for the sake of family COM
fort and Improvement Of their own mol
vidual satisfaction and progress.
1t is the dull life in rural districts which
dissatishes young men and women; and
Il is said that seventy-five per cent OF the
insane women of the country come from
the poor farms. OF all people to be pitied,
Il Is this depressed class-shut on from
recreation and confined to treadmil lie
of toll and apathy-that arouses my heart
felt sympathy.
The men folks can quit of their work
on Saturday afternoons, go to town, tax
with the neighbors and get out OF the
rut that they have toiled In from day
dawn until dusk, since Monday.
But the housewife-the mother-general-
ly finds she is harder pressed on Saturday
than any other day, and IL a child Is all
ing or anything happens to prevent going
TO church, she has no let up from week
TO week or month to month, and she gets
disheartened and this depression anects
mental health.
When will this world wake up 10 the
fact that motherhood is the most precious
treasure to be guarded in our earthly ex-
istence! .
The infants life and its traits and predi-