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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
A Years Immigration.

Commissioner General Powder1y Of
the immigration Bureau reports that
the total number of Storage passen-
gers who arrived in the United States
during the year was 4s7,91s, an in
crease Of nearly 10000 over the pre-
ceding year. The ratio of increase of
Italian immi grants was three times
that OF immigrants from the rest of
Europe. Considerably more than one
fourth of the whole number of arrivals
were from Italy, Sicily and Sardinia,
and nearly another fourth from Aus
tria-Hungary. OF the immigrants over
the age Of fourteen, 117,5S7, or nearly
one-third, were unable to read or
write. In addition to steerage immi-
grants, there were 1880 aliens who
came in the cabin
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
A Thousand Miles at Sea.

The question has bees asked, is it
possible to sail 1000 miles from land?
This can be done at several points. By
leaving San Francisco and sailing
northwestward into the North Pacific,
a spot is reached where there is no
land-not even an islet-for 1000
miles in any direction. So, too, sail
ing from the southern point of Kant
chatka. southeastward, ships reach a
point equally distant from land of any
kind, the nearest to the north being
the Aleutian islands, and to the south
the outlying members of the Sand
witch group. In the Southern Indian
Ocean it is possible to sail 1000 miles
out from the southern points Of Aus
tralia and New Zealand, and still be
as far from any other land, and the
same may be done in westerly direc-
ton from Cape Horn. Indeed, from
this point a much longer distance
might be reached, for the Southern Pa
cific, between the Horn and New Zeal
and, covers a space Of 80 degrees OF
longitude and 40 of latitude of abso-
lutely unbroken sea, making its CEN
trail point over 1000 miles from any.
where.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
LADY AND GHOST.
House No Longer Haunted After Dream
TAX es Pnss

TAX es Possession.
In a recently published volume,
Dreams and Their Meanings" the fol-
lowing story is told: "a certain lady
dreamed frequently Of a certain house
until it had become exceedingly ia
miliar to her. She knew all its rooms,
it's furniture. 1t was as we'll known to
her as that in which she lived her wax
ing life, and like a good wife that has
no secrets from her husband, she often
talked over all the details with him
very pleasant fancy. One day hus-
band and wife went into the country
to see a house that they thought Of
taking for the summer months. They
had not seen it, but the account in the
house agents list had attracted them.
When they arrived before 1t they gave
simultaneous exclamation Of sur
prise. Why said the husband, it is
your dream housed 1t was. The coin
cidence attracted them. They took the
house In the course of their occu-
pancy they learned that the house had
the reputation of being haunted; that
several people before them had taken
it for short terms. but had senior
fancied they had seen-'something
Va
ancy expired. Had these new tenants
not brought their own old servants
with them it is likely they would have
| had some difficulty in whipping up a
! domestic staff. SO uncanny was the rep
utation of their apparently quite re-
| putable house. The new tenants dwelt
! in the house with all satisfaction and
| peace through the summer months un-
til their term of tenancy came to an
end. On leaving husband and wife
| expressed their satisfaction to the local
agent. The only thing, said the wife,
that we were disappointed in about
the house is that we never saw the
| ghost
"'Oh. no. said the ghost agent. we
| knew you would not see the ghost
What do you mean?' asked the
| wife, rather nettled.
"'Oh,' the agent repeated, we knew
you would not see the ghost. You
are the ghost that people have always
seen here "-Chicago News.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
WorkinCmena Mt College,

The college graduate in the work
shop is no novelty, but a successful
experiment tried last summer in the
University of Wisconsin brought the
work to the college lecture room
and that is novelty that deserves i'm
itation. Deeply Impressed with the
part that the German mono-technical
schools are playing in the rapid indus
trial advancement Of Germany, Prof
J. B. Johnson, dean Of the engineering
school of the University of Wisconsin
and member of the advisory commit
tee Cd the Carnegie Institute. with the
cooperation Of Acting President Birge,
instituted last summer school of ar
tiSanS and apprentices at Madison. At
present a summer course, the school
will become in time, if enough stu
dents seek it, distinct department of
the university, continuing throughout
the year. Desire for Improvement.
some familiarity with the three RS
and a fee of SIS plus laboratory eX-
penses are the only requirements. The
result of the initial experimental has
been decided to make the school a per-
manent institution-was that twenty
eight persons, ranging in age from Is
to IS, and coming from as far west as
North Dakota and as far east as New
York, received a letter from the uni
versity attesting successful completion
of one terms work. These occupations
We're represented: Professor, teacher,
draughtsman, inspector of railway mo-
tive power, foreman, machinist, line
man, stationary engineer and machine
shop apprentice. Much of the work
in, =
shops ana laboratories of the univer-
sity; it was found better to have the
students working out problems under
personal supervision than to have them
lectured to in classes. The lectures ac-
cordingly We're made as few as possible
and untechnical. So great an interest
was aroused in the work that next year
an advanced course will be given to
accommodate those who expressed a
desire to come back and continue
Worlds Work.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
lncrease In Wages,

The Indiana Railway company, of
South Bend, Ind, which operates the
electric street car lines in South Be1Nl,
Elkhart and Goshen and twenty-siX
miles of interurban railway, connecting
Goshen, Dunlap, Elkhart, Osceola and
Mishawaka with South Bend, recently
posted an order giving an increase of
wages to the conductors, motormen
and all employees paid by the hour. The
raise is the second within a few years
and means an increase of about $40, 900
a year. The increase took effect jan
uary /.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Andrew Carnegie-s Mail.

A man whose relat' ons with Andrew
Carnegie are very close says that il
his mail for one day could be publish
ed it would bring discontinue to a
great many people who appear in it as
beggars. Much of this mail never
reaches Mr.. Carnegie, however, for it
is sorted out by an experienced man.
His avowed determination not to die
rich has encouraged people all over
the United States who are living in
comfort, but who want certain luxu-
ries, to appeal to Mr.. Carnegie for
them. They ask him to buy them
everything from a horse and carriage
or piano, and the latter is favortte
request, to a private library. Every
wealthy man receives requests from
strangers by mail to give money, but
none of them has ever been flooded
with requests to the same extent az
Mr. Carnegie in the last two years. He
has good reason to suspect that nearly
/ 900 900 people in this country are
willing to make extraordinary exeT.
tons to prevent him dying rich.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07

N1
Early West. q & &
In the Middlesex fells some rood old
colonial names are preserved. Hike jim
gle-Berry Hill and Chillyshally Brook.
Spot Pond was named by Governor:
winthrop, who discovered It In the
winter, because OF the many rocks that
showed through the ice and spotted
the surface Powderhorn Fiji, In Chel-.
sea, is said to have been bought Of
the Indians for hornful of powder.
The fact OF misfortune to divers UNI
known persons-whether trivial or not
does not appear-fnds a record in Bad
Luck Mountain in Granville and Bad
Luck Pond in Douglass. There may
be some association between Burncoat
Brook and Pond in Leicester and
Spencer and Burnshirt River, likewise
in Worcester County.
Drinkwater River is a felicitous
name for a stream OF good water. II
is in Hanover, and possibly there may
have been family Of that name In
the neighborhood. Strong Water
Brook in Tewksbury has quite differ
ent associations. Sought For Pond, in
Westford suggests a long and bafHeo
quest for the spot through the wilder.
ness in the olden days. One OF the
least euphonious of names is Skua
River in Essex and Middlesex coun-
ties. It is worthy place among such
English names as NORWOOD Scrubs
park in London.
A legend about TIE names OF the
group of islands on the south coast
presents an instance of how fancied
resemblance gives rise to stories. It
Is related that these islands once be-
ionged to a man with four daughters
To Nancy, the eldest, the father gave
the first choice, and the fact that MAN
took-it'' is recorded in the name OF
| Nantucket, the island she selected.
Nantucket, of course, is in reality an
| Indian name. Martha's Vineyard and
the Elizabeth Islands went to Martha
and Elizabeth respectively, while to
| the fourth daughter, whose name has
| been lost to memory, there was nothing
| left but the most remote and undesir-
able Of the group, which was called
No Mans Land, because its owner was
a woman. The Elizabeth Islands. in
fact, were named for Queen Elizabeth
by Bartholomew Gosnold, their dis
coverer, whose name has been given
to the town that comprises them
Boston Transcript.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Industrial Notes.

Accidents in factories are said to be
much more frequent in bad weather
than in good.
Alfred Giebeler, Mechlenburg man
ufacturer, has invented composition
of steel twice as hard as any yet made,
the cost and production of which is
SO per cent lower than that of other
steel.
Our annual production of oysters is
about $4,000. 900, 900, or some 30,O00,-
600, 900 bushels, worth in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, 900. Not so many years
ago we were paying three cents fo,
an oyster; to-day the price is about
three for a cent.-New York Press.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07

such an action on her part. That
there was a horrible mistake some
where he was confident, but his pride
forbade him asking for an explana-
ton
Two days later, on Howard street,
Captain Payson accidentally encoun-
tered Bert Southcote, who failed to
recognize him.
Il say there! Don't you intend to
shake hands with a fellow" Payson
called.
Perhaps a nip Of Wangeman's
whisky will aid your memory" con-
tinued Phil, as he literally pushed the
perplexed Southcote into a convenient
restaurant. when do you and your
l gave you the other night? All!
see you remember now
''Then you are the Reverend Paul
Payson, after ALL Bert replied stern
ly.
Reverend fddlesticks! What are
you talking about, anyway? Did my
sanity conduct at the club give you
that imfression?" Phil answered,
laughingly.
"Most decidedly not, but the uni
form you wore and the cards you
handed around certainly stated that
fact" and his temper rising, he add
ed, land for two pins I'd wipe up the
floor with you"
You are laboring under some de-
lusion," said Payson, calmly, land be-
for you try to use me for f1oor-mop
l wish to state that l am Philip Pay
son, Captain and Paymaster of the
til, and a lawyer by profession.
have had the pleasure of meeting you
but once and outside of winning a few
dollars from you, can't imagine what
you have against me-"
IF what you say is true and his
unenviable position began to dawn
upon him, why did you wear a chap
lain's blouse? And moreover why did
you give me this card?"
Captain Payson looked at the bit Of
pasteboard doubtfuIly, then at the
speaker, and after puzzling a moment
burst out laughing
oh, what joke! How the boys
will roar when they hear of this.
see it all. l must have worn my
cousins coat You know, we tented
together. That accounts for my
strange reception that night
Lieutenant Southcote did not laugh
far from it. He waited until Phil
Gained down somewhat.
Il fail to see anything to laugh at
Whether you purposely masqueraded
or not makes but little difference By
that nights work you have done your
cousin and my sister, who was his
betrothed, probably an irreparable in
i1rv I q RI hn1
me right this wrong"
Pills face grew serious and he put
down his glass untouched. Il will do
so most willingly" he said grave1y,
eff you will give me your word of
honor that l really wore a chaplain s
blouse that night, for believe me, l
was unconscious of it. Paul must
necessarily have worn mine. for he
bad dressed and left camp before l re-
turned from parade; yet strange tG
say he has never referred to it,
That same night a rejected ring
played a leading part.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
A New Industry.

The Department of Agriculture urges
strongly the introduction of new in
dustry, the cultivation of fiowers-par-
ticularly roses-for perfumemaking.
1t is believed that in California the oil,
or affair.". of roses can be distilled on a
scale so extensive that American per-
tuners may ultimately become indie
pendent of foreign producers of altar.
In any event the industry, which is
peculiarly adapted to the tastes of
women will be a new and large source
of domestic income.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Railroad Mans Rapid Promotion,

Forest Latimer, who has just been
appointed traffic manager of the Flor
ence and Cripple Creek railway. in
Colorado, was a student in the East
Denver High School a little more than
four years ago. He is now "a years
old, and has been in railway service
only four years, but his energy and
aptitude for the work have won him
this promotion.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Az, q, water-T,rbt Bulkhead,

Another meritorious. so-called mod
ern invention, the water-tight bulk
head, is now attributed to Chinese ex-
perience. In a paper presented to the
Institute of Marine Engineers the use
of the bulkhead principle on Chinese
junks from time immemorial was
pointed out.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Houseboat on the Adriatio.

A company is about to open a house
boat hotel at Abbaxia. on the Adriatic.
This floating hotel will have aocommo-
dations for 100 guests. 1t is also % be
seaworthy. so that the visitor can be
treated to trip on the Adriatio from
time to
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Settlement with Railway Company.

John Higgins, a brakeman who had
both legs cut off in an accident near
Emporia, Kas., last September, has
made a curious settlement with the
railway company. He is to be taught
uelegraphy at the company's expense
and is to have employment for life. He
is also to be provided with artificial
legs.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Swiss Teachers We'll Paid.

The public schools in Switzerland
are operated by the government and
civil service rules are strictly applied.
The teachers, who are mostly women.
are very well paid and never dis
charged except for cause. When they
get so old they can't teach any more
they are pensioned literally. The re-
suit is that the country has an excel
lent corps of educators in the schools.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Old Secret Trade Processes.

The two oldest secret trade process,
now in existence are considered to
the manufacture of Chinese red,
vermilion, and that method of inlaying
the hardest steel with gold and silver,
which seems to have been practiced
at Damascus ages ago, and is known
only to the Syrian smiths and their
pupils even to this day.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07

Southcote, glancing keenly at the
shepard's crooks.
Calling! What has that to do with
It? I'm no religious prude," replied
the surprised officer.
The three eyed him moment in
establishment, but made no audible
comment.
The chaplain having passed the
evening with friends, little versed in
military technicalities, returned with
ont being apprised of his irregularity
in uniform.
well, boys, this beats my record"
said Capt Sauer, with a laugh, after
leaving Philip at his tent. REV. Pay
son Is the sportiest individual / ever
ran across in the preaching line. Why.
ne out-drank, out-swore and out
played us from the very start and,
dear knows, we are no infants.
The discussion following was any
thing but complimentary to the chap
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Montca,m.s Record a. a Warrior.

Montcalm commanded the French.
forces in Canada during the Seven
Years War which resulted in the con-
quest of Canada. He defeated the,
British under Abercrombie at Ticon-
deroga, N. Y. but was defeated by
Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham out
side the walls of Quebec (1759) in
which engagement both generals lost
their lives.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Rev. Paul Payson. :
Chaplain,
til 1. M. n. G. BALTIC, Md.


Nov, gentlemen, what will you
have?" he added, after warmly shak-
ing hands all around.
That in some way he was a source
of merriment became apparent, but the
discomfiting thought soon gave place
to more congenial ones under the
cheerful influence of convivial COM
panionship.
There is no fun in three-handed
game" said Capt. Sauer, impatiently.
81 wish we could get some one to take
Audrey's place, confound him!"
81 will help you out, if you will
allow me-" Payson rejoined.
'But-er-your calling will scarcely
-er-permit that" said Lieutenant
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Instnuating.

Lady" said Meandering Mike.
would you give a starvin' man some
thin to eat?" Perhaps. But you're
not starving "T know it, lady. But
an ounce of prevention is worth g.
pound of cure, amt it?"-Washington
Star.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Down in the World.

Once United States senator from
Kansas and later the governor of New
Mexico, E. G. Ross is working at the
case in a job printing office in Albu-
querque. Here is what the Albuquerque
correspondent of he Boston Trans
cript says of the old man: When /
called on him recently l found him In
his woodward, in the rear of his
house-a rusty, bent, decrepit looking
old man. With an old handsaw he
was, with painful effort, wrestling
from the trunk of a fallen pinion the
wood with which to cook his dinner.
The former senator is perforce his own
man-of-all work. His appearance in
these small duties is even more pathet-
fc than that he presents when, every
evening, as regularly as the neighbor-
ing whistle blows, he appears upon
the streets in faded garb of ancient
cut, bending upon his cane, looking
neither up nor aside, recognizing nc
one, doing his few errands, again to
return from his self-chosen isolation
OF the crowded streets to the greater
seclusion OF his home. He bears ever
a hunted and a haggard look.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
He rose as one who dreams.

tober night, had blotted from this
mans mind all memory of the past.
When in the early dawn &C nsciousness
returned his mind was as totally with
out memory as that of the newborn
babe. The home that he had built,
those dearest to him, the center of all
his thoughts and hopes, the struggles
and the ambitions of the past, were all
as though they had not been. In the
chill gray morning he arose as one
who dreams, walked aimlessly through
the deserted streets and when lum-
bering freight train drew heavily into
the little station, without idea of time
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
Labor and Industry

machine effects in one almost instan-
taneous operation the work OF several
men. A signet ring fresh from the
mold is placed in one tool OF the Dem
kin invention. and within the space of
a few seconds the inside is fixed, pol
ished and Tapped. The treatment Of
the face of the signet is equally simple
and rapid. By means OF an ingenious
device 1t is clamped and trained to a
revolving surface of special design. In
a short space of time the face is fin
ished to perfection, whereas at present
the ring has to pass through the hands
of four skilled workmen. The process
is SO simple that it can be worked by a
boy or girl, which means a consider
able economy in the cost of production
Scientific American.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07
"rhe Dinner-Pan Preacher"

Rev. George L. McNutt, whose ex-
periences among workingmen have
given him the title Of 1.-The dinner-pail
preacher" says: From the religious
point of view there are five great
classes in the community; first, the
leisure rich, who have a few churches
that they like; second, what may be
called the commercial class-mer-
chants. professional men, store-keep-
ers, and other so-called middle-class
people-this class forming the main
support Of most churches; third, the
mechanics, or dinner-pail men, and
their families; fourth, the pauper class,
and fifth, the criminal. The dinner
pail man, you see, gets left out. SO to
speak, between the church people on
the one hand. and the mission people
on the other, and goes to the saloon.
the lodge-room and other places. And
at present it is not very clear just how
the condition of things in this particu-
lar respect Is to be altered"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-07

T0Ou put receiveSC what was meant,
Just live thy life.
Just live thy life. Be not in fear,
The strength Of wrong shall disappear,
And right is ever drawing near,
Just live thy life.
lust live thy life. Seem what thou art;
Nor from simplicity depart,
And peace shall come upon thy heart
Just live thy life.
Some Rustic Industries.
In one respect at least harvest time
brings back very forcibly to the minds
Of the elderly in agricultural dis
trtcts the fact that since their day
rustic Industries have undergone. i'm
mense changes. The local conditions
Of rural life as regards the agricul-
tural and cottage laborers have doubt
less been appreciably improved during
the last fifty years. Wages have
Increased and much physical exertion
has been modified by the use of me-
ances. 1t is the women, however,
Of the cottage homes who are the
greatest gamers by the changes in
rural lily ySdIo os,o IASS
took their share of the field work with
the men, and summer or winter alike
the wife or daughter was as much
field hand as the husband or father.
But now it is only upon special occa-
sions that the cottage housewife is
to be met with working in the fields,
or on the land at all, unless it is in
her own cottage garden. There is one
characteristic Of rural industry"
which has been handed down from
long antecedent times, and which has
always seemed to have beer the wo-
mans work, and yet, during the last
few years it, too, has ceased to find
It's wonted votaries. Cleaning in the
cornfieds, as Ruth CLEANED after the
reapers in the fields of Boaz, has van
ished for ever. The reaper and self
binder leave little for the cleaner to
pick up, ans as the days of high
priced bread seem also to have passed,
the laborers who lived largely upon
the brown bread ground from the corn
Of their own cleaning now eat the
white bread the bakers cart leaves
at their door. Thus there is no incen
tive to pursue this old world indus
try. 1t has gone the way OF silkworm
culture-a species of rural industry
which James l. and succeeding mon
archs made strenuous efforts to en-
courage. In connection with the silk
worm mulberry trees were planted in
prodigious quantities sixty years or so
ago for silk-raising purposes, but now
the tree has all but disappeared from
England and women have lost an oc-
cupation. Fruit gathering still keeps
it's place as one Of the village indus
tries in which women eXcel.-London
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