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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
The Liquor Question In yirginia.

FFJN nc N0Ff)Ik DlspI'ct
There Is str,ny probability that there Il 10 b.
legislation ~ this session OF the General Assembly
harding the granting OF liquor licenses Tho
present local option Ew In Virginia allows the voters
oieach community to decide FOR themselves whether
or not licenses shah or shall not be granted In tho
respective localities II Is now proposed. how
ever to limit the saloons to FOR 90 OF popu.
hllon This Is StrN re ''. rir..' direction
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
The Coincident Poems-A Predecessor.

To THE EDIroR OF The SrS-Nir. | have been
much Interested by the copies printed In THE SUN
81 the verses n thankfuncss. ! enclose a copy Of
a poem by susan Coolidge, which transcribed TO a
g rumonplace book in 1879 II strikes me as pos
sble that the authors OF the two sets OF verses in
question may possibly, at some past time, have
read the lines By Miss Coolidge and unconsciousy
assinilated them. There Is certainly good deal
OF rescm blance between them-slhough think
the 1879 poem rather hes In poetcal cons, ruct,on
as well as In beauty OF thought. NKAoaY
INV YORK Dec g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07

Miss DAISY BARBEE. the well-known
attorney Of st. Louis. has been cheering
the hearts Of tine members Of the Missouri
Woman Suffrage Association, She tells
them that while Missouri State Senators.
Representatives, Governors and Lieutcn-
ant-Governors must be males, Judges OF
the Missouri Supreme Court only have
to be citizens Of the United States. and
women. therefore, are eligible to sit on the
highest bench Of the State Here il a
worthy object for female ambition in Mis-
souri,; and robes best beseem women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
Right..

FROM ne American illustrator and Home Fduea, n
E,h-l-That Jimpson girl uus her skirt yer,
high
May-Wha, Of III She has a perfect r,sh,
JACK "A perfect left. too. might add.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Tickets Six Feet Lono.

One of the passenger agents of one
Of the largest systems centering ir
Chicago the other day produced for
inspection ticket which represents
about all the vices of individual form
run wild. The ticket, issued by an
eastern road for a comparatively
short trip, was nearly six feet in
length. To be exact the passenger
agent applied rule to it am found it
to be 5 feet 8 inches long. There were
two little inconspicuous coupons at
tached to this roll of paper, the cou-
pons being less than two inches long.
The remainder of the ticket was
made up of seven or eight contracts,
each of which if made operative null1-
fled the conditions under which the
holder of the ticket was to be allowed
to travel, stop over, changed routes
or delay the time of return It was
estimated that if the whole long strip
of reading matter making up the tick
ct were printed in the ordinary news
paper it would make over two col
umns of solid matter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
The DutifuI Wretch.

Have you ever met the woman who
goes through life doing her duty, mo
matter how disagreeable the duty may
be?" Dear, misguided woman that
she is, she doesn't realize how much
unhappiness she is causing and how
very much the majority of people
would prefer that she hadn't such a
keen sense of duty, for it seems to
them nothing more or less than de-
sire to make everybody as uncomfort-
able as she can.
She listens to anything unkind that
is said about her neighbors and then
has a severe attack of sense of
duty" and straightway repeats these
things to the people about whom they
were said. She sees in small, childish
pranks signs of youthful depravity,
which her Sense of duty" obliges her
to point out to the parents of the
young criminals.
She watches the servants when her
next door neighbor is away, then has
another attack of sense of duty" and
reports all the things she has seen
until everybody she knows is inclined
to quote to her the old proverb about
ignorance and bliss.-Philadelph
Ledger.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Answered in Parable.

AS an instance of President Had
ley's aptneSs in meeting every situa-
tion or replying to every pertinent or
imPertinent question, the following
story is told.
At reception given for him by an
old friend some 500 miles from New
Haven, one individual with better
memory than tact asked him what he
thought of the recent baseball game.
AS Yale had met with disastrous de-
feat, the subject might be called un-
pleasant. Without hesitation Presi-
dent Hadley said:
There was boy living in village
whose uncle died. The next day
man driving along the road was sur
prised to find the boy working in
field. Thinking this did not show
proper respect to the dead uncle, he
called the lad to him and said:
Johnny, didn't you know your uncle
was dead?'
Johnny slowly approached and
drawled out:
Yes, know it have CRIED"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Curious French Heirloom.

A woman's hand is the curious heir
loom of the De Fleydeau f"mily, one
of the most famous houses in the
French aristocracy and now headed
by the Comte de Fleydeau. On legen-
Diary evidence it is said that in 1893
the family castle Surrundered to the
King after a siege of three years.
and in order that the inmates should
have their lives spared the countess
the most beautiful woman in France
submitted to having her right hand
cut off. The grueSome relic in
mummified condition is still preserved
in a gold casket at the family man
sion on the Gironde, and, needless
to add, is kept proof against thieves,
since the fortunes of the owners are
fully believed to depend upon it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Size Of Head No Test,

1t has been popular belief, espe-
cially since the invention of phrenol-
ogy, that the size and shape of the
head are intimately related to the in
tellectual capacity. Almost every
body is accustomed to form dogmatic
judgments of men based upon this
postulate. But the results of statisti-
cal investigation make it appear very
doubtful whether the belief in ques-
ton rests upon a sound foundation.
says the Cosmopolitan. The conclu-
sion is that there exists, in the gen.
eral population, very insignificant
correlation between ability and either
the size or the shape of the head.
Very brilliant men may have a slight
ly larger head than the average, but
the increase is so small that no
weight can be laid on it in our judg-
ment of ability. This is in accord
with the results of other attempts to
apply scientific test to the assump>
tions of phrenology.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
DOMINIELAUGH
Combination Of Girl, Chewing Gum
and Sleeping Man Too Much Tor the
Risibilities Of St. Louis Clergyman,
and No Wonder.

A prominent minister of ST. Louis
was asked yesterday if he had ever
been tempted to laugh during services
and what would be the effect If the
teacher Of large congregation should
burst in upon the full solemnities of
regular service with a genuine hearty
.augh. Interruptions to services were
lnder discussion, and all the talk had
oeen about Observation-Disclosures in the
oews. The question suggested the
awful possibilities of similar
break" in the pulpit, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
''Well, can answer that question
very nicely, because l did that very
hing one time myself" he replied.
1T was one Sunday when my church
vas unusually crowded. l had pre-
cared a sermon that l considered de-
cidedly above the ordinary, and when
I had got well into it l realized that
my audience was thoroughly impress
ed. l was deeply in earnest and they
were fully sympathetic. In the midst
of the discourse l happened to glance
toward the choir loft in the other end
of the church. A young girl singer
was sitting with her arms crossed on
ly, with the intentness OF attention.
She was such a good listener that
unconscious1y talked at her as any
speaker will under such circumstan-
ces. AS l talked / tried to catch her
eye and was puzzled to note that they
were not turned in my direction at all.
l followed her gaze and I saw some
thing comical in the extreme. man
in the back pew was sound asleep.
His head was thrown completely over
the back of the pew anu his mouth
was open to it's widest extremity.
THE girl was intent. true, but in
tent on the open-mouthed sleeper i'm
mediately below the edge of the choir
loft. Slowly she lifted her hand to
her mouth, and I fully realized that
she extracted a large wad of gum.
Her eyes never moved from the man,
and to save my life my eyes could not
leave her. l did not know her pur-
pose, but she slowly, very slowly,
aimed that gum at the mouth below.
Her hand went up and down as she
fixed her aim and my eye rose and
fell with that hand as surely as bird
sways before the fascination of a rep
tile. My words went on in mechani-
cal monotone but my mind had left
my subject and my people. Body,
soul and sight were strained in watch
ing that girl. Up and down went the
hand, in motions that grew shorter.
and then, as the snake would make
the dart, she flashed that gum at its
target. 1t fell like a shot and as it
disappeared into the cavernous mouth
below l broke my flow of meaningless
words with shrek OF laughter that
fell on the audience like a bombshell.
1t seemed that / laughed for five
minutes and that l swayed and shook
with emotion. l suppose it was really
less than five seconds. The sermon
was ruined and it is a surprise that
/ was not. l managed to call for the
singing of a hymn and under cover of
this l retreated from the pulpit My
assistant dismissed the cOngregatiOn."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Gainsborough and His Carrier.

One of the earliest members of the
Royal Academy, it was Gainsborough's s
custom to have his pictures conveyed
20 the metropolis by prosperous Lon
don carrier, a Mr.. Wiltshire of Shock
erwick, near Bath. This man refused
to accept payment on the ground that
he loved pictures too well. He was not,
however, allowed to go unrewarded,
for Gainsborough presented him with
six of his best works, and some idea
OF their ultimate value may be gained
from the fact that when at length they
were sold the National Gallery secured
two. THE Parish Clerk of Bradford
on-Avon," for 500 guineas, and The
Harvest Wagon" for 92,500, these
prices being considered low. Later,
The Sisters from another gallery,
realized close upon 0,O00.-Pear
sons Weekly.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12

Fail Of the Level Since 1894 Amounts
e Naassx sIx Feet: ........

Fail OF the Level Since 1894 Amounts
ssarsesssss,tes s Naassx gig Esss:
~ Great Salt Laker iAe Utah, Which fct
several years HAS been slowly butt
steadily receding, has, according to
Director Murdoch OF the United States
weather bureau, now reached the lows
est level recorded since observations
have been taken by the department
Up to Aug. / the lowest mark ever re-
corded was on July IL. Since that
time the lake has receded four inch es.
The fall of the water since 1894
amounts to nearly six feet, and on
the low, fiat eastern shore this has
resulted in recession of the water
line during that time of fully three
quarters of mile. Speaking of this
phenomenon Director Murdock said:
utah has been in q dry cycle for
seventeen or eighteen years. In this
period the precipitation has been
much below the average. Precipi-
tation sometimes moves in cycles of
this kind and duration, and l think
prolonged period OF Increased precipi-
tation is nearly due. But it will take
several years to bring the lake back
to its former level.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Another Chance for kipIine.

The Absent Minded Beggars Hospi-
tal which was built at Alton. England,
out of the fund collected by the Daily
Mail from the sale of Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling's poem, has been handed over
to the war office, and is to be con-
verted partly into a consumption hos
pital and partly into general hospital
for soldiers. The building together
with the freehold on which it stands
cost about 100000. Mr.. Kipling should
low write a poem lauding peace in
order to maintain this admirable mill
tary structure. This would be COW
cred by some G1,5OO per annum-re-
uuiring therefor a capital of G5O,OOO
to meet 1T. e., half as much as his
first effort produced.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Two John Smiths.

John Smith number one stole one
chicken. He was sent to jail for
thirty days.
came another man. He became John
Smith number two.
John Smith number two organized
a chicken trust, took two million
chickens as his fee for organizing
it, and sold the chickens when the
market was at it's highest
Thus he was enabled to endow a
jail with library.
This goes to show that if we ponder
properly over our misdeeds we may
readily see where we did not make
them big enough.-Judge.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
SYNONYMOUS.

French gentleman rescued from
a ducking in the river and taken to
an adjacent tavern, was advised to
drink tumbler of very hot brandy
and water, and thus addressed the
waiter who was mixing it:
Sir, I shall thank you not to make
it fortnight
"A fortnight" replied Joe. Hadn't
you better take it directly?"
"Oh, yes" said monsieur, directly,
to be sure; but not a fortnight-not
two week."-Boys of the Empire.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
THE HUMOR OF LIFE.
T olst tet'Tx Ne isrssSA
Pretty Compliment Paid by Youthful
but Enthusiastie Lovcs~-Prospec-
tive Hired Girl Wanted Additional
Compensation. f
Knew Their Waxs. :.

Knew ThcIr Ways
How much do you want?" asked
the woman, looking up from her desk.
Five dollars a week." answered the
applicant for position in the kitchen.
I'm try you,' said the woman.
Still the girl hesitated.
beg pardon, mum she said at
last, "are you one of those writer
women?"
Yes; have department of house
hold economics and home hints in the
Ladies' Own Gazette"
own house?"
Certainly"
Then III have to have ss week for
the wear and tear on me nerves" !"
announced the girl with decision.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
MereIy a Joke,

Gusher-You may not believe it, but
I've never had an unkind word from
my wife in all my life.
Henpeck-Oh, don't try to spring
that old chestnut on me.
Gushar-What old chestnut?
Henpeck-You want me to say:
"How did you manage that?" and
then you'll say: Il never got mar
ried."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Noah,s impression.

Well.' said the shade of Captain
Kidd to the shade of Noah. you
needn't be so nifty about not associat-
ing with me. Why if remember cor
rectly, you were the original man to
scour the sea, and if it hadn't been
for you, fellows in my line of business
never would have existed"
That's so,' agreed Noah, unbend-
ing, trifle. land l believe l have
never been given due credit for max
ing the meat trust possible
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Distrustful Father,

Herbert has lovely disposition"
said Ethel
Yes" answered Ethel's father
'Herbert's disposition is too lovely
shouldn't like to trust your future
to his hands. He is the sort of per-
son who will be imposed ON without
resenting it. l have known him to
go to ball game and not want to
fight the umpire when he gave an
unjust decision against the home
team"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Bull Gods Tomb Found.

The tomb of the bull, Mneris, which
was worshipped in Heliopolis, has
just been discovered a short distance
west of Matarieh. The stones of the
tomb were covered with hero
glyphics. They are being removed
to the museum. where several other
smaller antiquities which were
found In the tomb, have already been
transfArred. - Cairo Correspondence
London Mail.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
An Exclamation.

+ II suppose you will be glad to get
away from Congress and get a little
rest"
my friend" answered the states
man, "you misinterpret the situation.
When a man goes to his own state he
is got to look after elections night and
day. He goes home to hustle. If he's
lucky he gets to Congress, where
there is a chance to rest"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
One Beauty of Golf.

May Putter-Everybody is talking
about the way you let Jack Huggard
kiss you on the links yesterday
Belle Hazard-Well l Just couldn't
help it. l was teeing off when he
asked me if he could have Just one
kiss, / yelled fore" and he took
them.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
LANGUAGE.

IT'S wonderful said the medita-
tive man, how one small word, in
significant in itself. may induce an
endless train of thought, speaking
volumes, in fact"
Yes" replied the caustic man
Take the word but for instance,
when a woman says: OF course, it's
none of my business, but"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
A Household Hint.

81 shall never permit myself to be-
come a household drudge said the
young woman. Il shall endeavor to
improve my mind"
THAT is a good idea" answered
Miss Cheyenne; but don't let your
literary pursuits monopolize you. Re-
member there are times when currant
jelly appeals to man great real
more than current fiction"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
CruShino Blow.

81 think l never saw Squibob so
utterly crushed as he was when his
first poem appeared in the Jaily
Bread
What was the matter? Some typo.
graphical error in the poem?"
mo; that wasn't it, What crushed
him was that the paper was sold for
2 cents copy that morning, just as
usual"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
This Is An Old One.

Mufkins-" Suppose a fellow was 60
ing to choose wife, colonel, how
would you advise him to set about
it?"
The Colonel-"I should advise him
to select little one
Mufkins.-'What for?"
The Colonel-"Because when it is a
question of a choice of evils, it is
best to choose the least"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
QUEEN 1 CRESCENT
r. Q u T E. -

The Best Line to New York, ,Phila-
AAlphia, Baltimore. Washington, Cin-
einnati. Chattanooga, Birmingham and
all points in the East.
Through Sleeper, New Orleans to
New York via Chattanooga. Bristol,
Lynchburg, Washington and Pennsyl
yAnia Railroad.
Pullman Sleeper. New Orleans 70
Ctncinnati.
Dining Oar Service on both New
York and Cincinnati Lines. serving al
meals.
Opolest. Cleanest
uull detailed informant - furnished
- application. ss u
4adH. SMITH 4
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
A Tale of Hard Luck.

Il ady," said Meandering Mike, "de
only trouble wit me is bad luck
But you don't try to get work.
You wrongs me, lady. But 1
changed me perfession at de wrong
time. About de 1st of December I
started in as lawnmower an I got so
discouraged dat cuple-o' weeks ago
l concluded to go to cuttin' ice; an
l amt got no work YETI
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Usually Gets There.

Pecksniff-"When the evil one
starts out to tempt me, l always say
Get thee behind me, satan, and he
gets there"
Kaustick-"Yes, when satan starts
out to tempt you he usually does get
there, doesn't he?"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
In Doubt.

Oldbache. l suppose you find it
very annoying when the baby is fret
full.
Nupop. It's very annoying. You
can't tell whether you ought to give
him medicine for the collie or a spank
ing for his crankiness.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
To Make eeraniums Bloom.

Geraniums bloom most satisfactori-
ly when grown in comparatively small
pots and soil which is termed rich, but
not rank with excessive manure.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Didn't Know Her

When the ark was just over Genoa
Mrs. Noah burst forth at poor Noah,
who's this Joan of Arc?
You are keeping her dark"
o, no; 1 don't know her, said Noah
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
AS REPRESENTED.

Silas-Crawfoot was awfully dis
appointed the other day. He sent
dollar away for spicy story.
Thought he was going to get some
thing about divorces and scandals.
Cyrus-What did he get?
Silas-Why a pamphlet entitled
'How They Raise Gloves in Ceylon"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Ever After.

Yes" said the writer of children's
fairy stories, Pm going to sell this
story in Chicago
why so?"
Because it ends with the sentence:
And SO the beautiful Princess and
the handsome Prince were divorced
and lived happily ever after,'"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12

Easy on the jury. 17N 3
A group of Representatives were
In the cloakroom yesterday telling
1As taa.
Gen Delesste smath Rntr.buted: ting
Incident fr4m ArizsHa. ~, 80. @z
Out in one of the border towns
case was in progress, one of the.
lawyers being an Eastern man who
was newl;to the country.
Will you charge the jury, your
Honor ~ he asked, when the evidence
had been submitted.
oh. no, I guess not" replied the
Judge. Il never charge them any
thing. They don't know much any
how, and l let 'em have all they can
| make
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12

A man wastes more time during
( six months courtship than he doessi
waiting for street cars sall the rest
of his life III
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Foolish Man.

Postal Clerk-"You'n have to put
anoth er stamp on hat letter!"
Miss Pert-A"Why 2"
~ Postal , Clerk Because (, it's over
weiahf " ~ " i.
2 Miss Pert t-.Rut gracious! Another
stamp would make n still heavier
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Summer Sch ooI.

81 hear that Claribel has given UP
her music lesson" remarked Mabel.
Yes" responded Genevieve, but
she has taken up another study"
s'Mhot &c II
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12

THAT doesn't make any difference.
They've been looking over our fur
niture, from the wash wringer to the
sewing machine. It's about time we
took our turn at inspecting their
goods and chattelS, with a view to
determining their social status"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
An Amateur.

Sue-If that young man should ask
for kiss would you think he was
silly?
Belle-Certainly.
Sue-That's strange
Belle-Not at all. If he wasn't silly
he'd take it without asking
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12

why haven't you. heard? George
is trying to teach her to love him"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
What 1t Is.

What is it," she asked, ''that
makes men such deceiyers?
Women" he answered promptly.
And you can look at it from several
points of view and still see that he
was right.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Matter of Reciprocity.

"Araminta, run over to the next
door neighbor and see if you can't
borrow some dishes.'
But nah. we don't need any
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-12
Sensitive.

Sensitive.
ooh, it's nothing. The girl tainted
The. man with her says she is from
sBoston.s
st.What caused her to- faint?.'k
SOME careless person: happened to
nd I'M winter fannels in her hear
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-05-11
NUTH[RHOWL
The Excitement Still Con-
 tinues.

There Is no danger of anyone getting crushed, or Injured, ln the crowd that calls to get bargains, ln fact there are some moments that you will no, see a hundred people In the store, yet the stock fades away daily.
 Tomorrow ! will commence a 2se Soe and sI window to show you how anxious | am to sell and the prices will only last a day.
 Alarm clocks tomorrow 7Se. Tattoo alarms sI for Monday and Tuesday only. 5You will see h the window about hundred stick pins at roc each, for day. Now don't you miss this great day as | have thrown myself to make record that will eclipse all past efforts.
 Keelar.
 Ex-Money King,
 Broadway.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-05-11

Everyone in Alaska will regret tO learn that Judge A. K. Delaney of Juneau, has been compelled to 20 south on account Of m health. Judge Delaney Is one Of the ables, and mos, progressive men in the distic,, and Is a tower of strength in the struggle for a territorial form of govern msnt and other things wanted for Alaska. May he have a speedy recovery and return to his northern home and her people Is the earnest wish of aIl
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-05-11
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
AlNAAAa Ex-Money King
 Broadway.

St. Saylours church, Sth Ave. and State St.
 Sun lay after Ascension. Holy Communion, 9 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. IT a. m. Evensong and sermon, 8 p. m. Sunday school, I2.IS D. m. Morning toplc.-"The Last Command oi the Risen Lord"
 Evening topic.-"Ths Prisstly lnterees- sion of The Lord Jesus" All are cordially welcome.
 Rev. James C. Cameron, Rector