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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Revolving Spectacle on scaffold.

revolving spectacle was witnessed
at the execution OF peasant for mur-
der in Widdin Citadel. Vienna, recent
ly. AS he was being led to the scat
fold the condemned man, Zeco Kane
now, suddenly drew a ponard which
he had concealed and wounded three
OF the warders and a soldier. He was
overpowered. dragged to the scaffold
and three successive attempts were
made to hang him. liz the first the
rope gave way, in the second he was
cut down too soon, and the wretched
criminals head was again put in the
moose and held there till life was final
ly extinct
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
srock,Mas WITH WHITE rEGr
Physician Claims They Promote gass
and Will Cure llls.

Physician Claims They Promote gass
and Will Cure llls.
A physician in = published inter
view, says the Indianapolis Journal,
urges that the wearing Of stockings
with white feet will do more to pro-
mote ease in walking and relieve foot
ills than anything else to be suggest
ed. Socks or stockings Of cotton or
Isle thread in back bind the feet and
make them swell, he says, no matter
how fire and open they may be. The
black dye with the hard thread Of the
Isle variety is combination that is
particularly torturing to the feet.
Thin, unbleached balbriggan he rec
ommends. Preferably the whole sock
or stocking may be white, but at least
the foot should be. A further caution
is added that new cotton hose, as well
as all new cotton undergarments,
should be washed before being worn,
to take out the sizing used by manu-.
facturers.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Relic of Glorious Memory.

A. memorial OF their victory in
their final and desperate struggle at
Platea to hurl back the invading East
the ancient Greeks made tripod from
the golden cups of the Parsians' table
and the bronze of their soldiers armor.
1t bore on it's sides the names Of
every city whose soldiers fought and
fell in the supreme moment of q ma
tons life. That tripod still exists at
Constantinople, a national relic which
has endured longer than the states
chose deeds II consecratsd.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Discarded War Material.

Some idea of the vast quantities of
discarded war material thrown upon
the general market by the successive
changes in armament adopted by the
various great powers may be gathered
from the list of arms now offered for
sale from this cause by the Italian
government. The list includes 60O, 900
rifles adopted so recently as 1887, with
4S,O0O,O00 cartridges. 200 nine pound
ers and 500 seven-pounder guns, with
100000 shells, and TO seven-pounder
mountain gurs with $4,000 shells
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING OFT
Actress, in Fear Of Death, Regretted
She Had No Fan.

Actress, in Fear Of Death, Regretted
She Had No Fan.
Mr.. Anderson tells a good story of
Miss Elsworthy during one of his
American tours. In the midst OF
something approaching the wreck of
the ship in which the company was
travelling from northern port to New
Orleans, Anderson, rushing to the sa-
loon to help the ladies, found Miss Els
worthy with her maid, both in an
agony of fear which had cured their
seasickness. The perspiration was
rolling down their faces. l assured
them there was no danger. "No dan
ger! No danger!" cried the actress
Historically. why, can see the sky
and sea through the ships side. We
are going down; the heat is suffocat-
ing-oh. dear, oh, dear; we are going
down, l tell you, and-and docking
everywhere around her)-my God!
have no FAM"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
RELIC DESTROYED ev FIRE.
Tavern at Weston, Mass, Which Ante
dated the Revolution.

Tavern at Weston, Mass, Which Ante.
dated the Revolution.
The fire at Weston, Mass, recently
destroyed the famous John Flagg tav-
ern, which antedated the revolution
many years. 1t was here that Presi
dent Washington passed night on
his way to Cambridge and Boston in
1889, and in 1898 President John Ad.
ans occupied the chamber previously
that of Washington. On the following
day he received an address from the
townspeople, and his reply is still pre-
served in the Weston town library.
What renders the loss of this memor-
able tavern the more to be regretted
is the loss by this fire of the old Co
lonial flag of thirteen stars, which for
many years floated over this tavern
from the date of Washington's visit
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Do Fishes Hear?

Did any one ever see a fish's ears? {?
Do fishes have ears? 1t has been
pretty we'll proven that they hear.
Scientists have made up a list of
about 100 fishes that make sounds.
Why should they make sounds unless
they expect to be heard? The drum
drums. The puffer croakes. Even
the weakfish complains with an inter-
nal voice when the cruel fisherman
leaves it to die in the bottom of the
boat. Possibly fishes hear through
their teeth.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Where Feathers Come From.

The beautifully colored feathers one
sees in the shops come from China
Japan, and the islands of the Pacific
South seas. India, Africa and South
America send a great quantity of par
adise birds, herons, cockatoos and par
rots, although most parrots skins
come from China, where the small,
green parrot is so common as to be al
most a pest. The iridescent impion
and the little merle come from South
America. White pigeons from Japan
take the place Of the gull, now protect.
- on American shores.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Possibilities Of the Trolley

The ramifications of the trolley sys-
TENS of this country are a source of
never-ending wonder. Routes fifty and
seventy-tive miles long from the diff
ferent large cities are common. So
rapid has been the growth of the
trolley throughout New England and
the Middle States that within five
years, it is predicted, one will be able
to travel from Augusta, Me-, to Chi
cago, and even much further west.
The network of lines comprising this
system will represent $500 miles.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23

Mystery vVhleh Aeltatsa oNin cSNeoH
q oteaSoo ~.
For some time past the inhAbitants
of Oron, In the Canton of vaud. swift.
.zerland, have been aIitated by the
nightly wanderings Of : ghost. Soms
few have attempted to solve the mys.
terry, but the majority have, with:
Swiss superstition, accepted the ghost
Iy visitor as token Of past crime or
coming disaster. Two days ago Z Me.
zieres gendarme. while making his
rounds, came upon the supposed ghost
in secluded forest path. It proved
to be girl of about Is years Of age.
dumb and partially an idiot. She
wore no clothes beyond portion OF
old sacking, roughly tied across her
body, which was covered with thick
and tangled hair. She was taken to the
village, where her appearance has
created sensation Her feet are COW
cred with thick. horny skin. She Is
unable to walk in shoes, and can only
go up and down stairs on all fours.
Whence she has come or how long
she has existed in wild state is un
known.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Fierce Ants of Australia.

The biggest and fiercest ants in the
world are to be found on the far north
ern plains of Australia. They build
hills as big as houses and fight in the
most ferocious fashion. Recently a
man named James Stanley was pin
ioned to the ground by a falling tree
in northern Queensland. He was i'm
mediately attacked by bees and huge
green ants. When rescued his BODY
was covered with them. He was so
badly bitten and stung that he died
in a few minutes after reaching the
nearest hospital.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
deacon" Whites Career.

S. V. cDeacon') White, the veter-
an of Wall street, who has just sold
his seat on the New -ork Stock Ex-
change, says that when he began trad
ing there over thirty years ago the
transactions of a day seldom reached
100000 shares, as against an average
of 1000, 900 now. MIR. White" said
one of his old friends a day or two
ago, you have accomplished many
big things on the street. but your
greatest achievement has been that
in spite of your many vicissitudes you
have always paid your debts.''
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Manager Was Wise.

EX-Police Chief Devery OF New York
has been offered several hundred dol
large a week to appear in a vaudeville
show as a ''monologue artist" The
enterpriSing manager was careful not
to make the offer in person. II wish
the fellow would come to me for his
answer" growled the eX-chief, fold
ing up his vast fist and making sug.
Sestive movements with his still
more impressive foot.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Women at Potter's Wheel,

The newest outlet for womans en-
ergy is pottery making, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. The famous Rock
wood works We're started by wo-
man, and many women are now turn
ing their attention to the possibili.
ties of the wheel, combined with deft
fingers and delicate fancy, in the
manipulation and designing of clay.
All over the country women are be-
coming interested in pottery making.
Glasses are being formed and find
enthusiastic students ready to Join
tAaM.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
, A Good Suggestion.

Beerbohm Tree, the London actor,
has a daughter. Viola, who shows
strong artistic tendencies, though she
does not wish to enter the profession
in which her parents have been so
long prominent. When quite a little
girl she begged her father to get her
a pony. But, my dear" said he, "a
pony costs a lot of money" Little
Viola considered a moment and then
said: We'll, why don't you act better
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Her Words Came True.

Senator Pritchard of North Caro-
lima, telling how healthy his section
Of the state is, remarked: "a noun
taineer, aged ninety-two, and his wife,
aged ninety, were returning from the
funeral of their oldest child, who had
died at the age of seventy-one. They
were both deeply grieved. AS they
were discussing their loss the wife
said:
81 always told you, John, that we
would never raise that child"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
That's What.

An editor works 365E days per
year to get out his paper-that's la
Dor. Once in while somebody pays
him a years bscription-that's cap
ital; and once in while some dead
beat takes the paper a year or two
without paying for it-thats anarchy.
But later on, justice Will overtake the
last named creature, for there is
place where he will get his just de-
serts-that's hell-Victoria Advocate.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Babylon's Ruins.

The explorations of DR.. Koldenberg
and his discoveries in the ruins of Ne
buchadnezzar's palace at Babylon are
creating the deepest interest among
German orientalists. DR.. Koldenberg
declares that the tiling he has found
surpasses in fineness of glaze and
lustrious beauty anything that modern
art has ever attained, and he has
written that he is convinced that he
will find further specimens proving
that even in the time Of Abraham and
earlier art had reached high point
of development on the plains OF
MesOpotamia
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
MANY OFFERS OF MARRIAGE.
Twenty-Five Thousand Black Maidens
for Paul du Chaiitu.

for Paul ou Chaittu.
NJ. Paul du Chaillu, the African ex-
plorer, is in st. Petersburg to study
Russian life and intends remaining
in the country some years with view
of eventually describing his expert
ences in book. He was honored
with an audience of the czar, who &C.
cepted fifteen volumes of his various
works of travel.
Lecturing in the hall of the British
American church, before an audience
of members of the English colony
here, NJ. du ChaiIlu related that dur
ing his sojourn in West Africa he re-
ceived about % 900 offers of marriage.
On a single day he was offered 753
brides by some black king. He got
out of the difficulty by telling the king
that if he married one the remaining
752 would be jealous. His Majesty
agreed with him and invited him to
marry all of them.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Twain Wanted Everythino

A friend once wrote to Mark Twain
asking his opinion on certain mat.
ter and received no reply He waited
few days and then wrote again. His
second letter was also ignored Final.
ly he sent third note, inclosing a
sheet OF paper and 2-cent stamp. By
return post he received a post card or
which was the following: Paper and
stamp received Please send enve|
ope."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
Pioneer in Hard Luck.

Peter De Villa. the discoverer of
gold in the Klondike region and once
fabulousiy rich, is now earning a live
lihood by mailing boxes at the Ben Ie
mont winery at Santa Cruz, Cal. He
has 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 default.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
PROOF THAT HE'D GROWN TIRED
Why the Young Wife Went Home to
Her Mother So Suddenly.

Why the Young Wife Went Home to
Her Mother So Suddenly.
The young brides mother gently
stroked her weeping daughters hand
and tried to comfort her.
Surely it cannot be true" she pro
tested why, you have been mar.
ried but two months! George cannot
have tired of you so soon as that
ooh, but he hGs," sobbed the young
bride, pitifully. Il am sure of it.
have seen that he has been growing
colder and colder every day until yes.
terday," she walled. Yesterday he
asked me to go out riding with him
in his new automobile"
1t was enough. Sternly her mother
directed the broken-hearted girl to
pack up her things and come home at
once
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
NEEDED THE RIGHT MAN.
How Professor Qualified Statement
He Had Made.


He Had Made.
Prof. William G. Sumner of Yale,
instructor in sociology, devoted re-
cent lecture to womans place in So
ciety from the earliest periods to the
present day.
1.-THE numerous occupations that are
open to woman nowadays in the busi-
ness and industrial worlds" said Prof.
Sumner, "has created on her part a
comparative Indifference to matri-
uony."
AS the class made a note of this,
the professor added, wagging warn
ing finger:
Mind you, gentlemen, said com
parative, because never knew of one
yet that couldn't be induced to change
her mind If the right man tried"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-23
STRANGE CASE or pARa,c.us.
inhuman Act Committed In French
Dependency Of Algeria.

inhuman Act Committed In French
Dependency Of Algeria.
Quite extraordinary Is the parTicide
which is reported from Algiers, the
capital of the French dependency of
Algeria. Not very far from that town
dwelt an old man, upwards of 112
years of age. with three of his sons.
the eldest of whom is Is, while the
youngest was to him, at least, juve-
nile of IS summers. The three sons
felt aggrieved because their father
had not gone over to the majority and
left his property to them. He was,
however, still hale and hearty, so they
frequently exhorted him to divide his
estate between them, cool proposal
which he naturally enough stoutly de
clined to entertain. A few evenings
ago, as the venerable patriarch was
returning homeward with a mule
laden with dates, his eldest son went
out to meet, and after confronting him
with an ultimatum which he rejected
with contempt pulled out pistol and
shot him through the heart. The muir.
derer and his brothers then took fight,
but they were captured after a hot
chase. They would inevitably have
been lynched if the gendarmes had
not strained every nerve to protect
them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22
SOUR BREAD.
Annoyed the Doctor.

If you get right down to the bottom of your stomach trouble it is wrong food, and the way to correct it is not by drugs but by using the right food.
 A physician in Barron Wis, writes an instructive letter on this point. He says, 'I am practicing physician. 45 years old. and about feet in height. When I began using Grape-Nuts last Spring I weighed 14O lbs, was thin and poor, had coating on my tongue and frequently belched wind or gas and small pieces of undigested bread or potatoes which were very sour, in short l had acid dyspepsia.
 I consulted a brother physician who advised me to eat about four teaspoon fuls of Grape-Nuts at the commence nent of each meal and drink Postum Cereal Coffee, I had been in the habit of drinking coffee for breakfast and tea for dinner and supper. followed the advice of my brother physician as to diet and experienced relief at once.
 Ever since that time have eaten Grape-Nuts with sweet milk or cream each morning for breakfast and I now weigh 155 lbs, and am no more troubled with sour stomach. I am very fond of Postum Food Coffee and attribute my relief as much to that as do to Grape Nuts.
 Often when T am called out in the night to see a patient and on my return home feel tired and hungry, eat the usual quantity of Grape-Nuts before going to bed and then sleep soundly all night" Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek. Mich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22
ELECTED DIRECTORS OF CONSOL-
 DATED ROAD

Providence, Sept 21.-At a regular monthly meeting of the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company yesterday William Skinner of Holyoke and D. Newton Barney of Hartford were elected direc- tors to fill vacancies in the board caus- ed by the death of Henry s. Lee of Springfield and Leverett Brainerd of Hartford.
 DanfOrd Newton Barney was born in Berlin, Conn, January 10, 1859, the son of Danford Newton and Sarah Elizabeth Brandegee Berney. His grandfather was the founder of the United States Express company. Mir. Barney was pre- pared for college in the Hartford public high school. He graduated from Yale in 1881. After his graduati tion he spent two years in New Haven, one as a post st-graduate student, and one in the Yale law school. He afterwards en- gagged in general business, residing part of the time in Pennington, Conn. In 1882 he travelled extensively in Europe, and in 1884 in Mexico. MT. Barney is the treasurer of the Hartford Electric Light company. On May p, 1890, MT Barney was married to Laura B. Dun ham of Hartford. MT. Barney was a member of the Skull and Bones society when in college. He is a member of the University, Century, and Hamilton Park clubs of New York, the Hartford club and the Graduates of New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22
DR. CURRY DEAD.
Was Important Witness in the Rice @... will Case ssS8s s


 Was Important Witness in the Rice . @..& Will Case.
 Branford, Conn, Sept. 21-Dr. Walter Curry, for twenty years a practicing physician in New York, died to-day of acute pleurisy while visiting friends in Castle Rock, in this town. Dr. Curry was a brother of Dr. J. L. M Curry, who was sent by President Roosevelt as special envoy to Spain to represent this country at the coming of age of King Alfonso. He was the attending physician of the late millionaire, Will liam Marsh Rice, for six months pre- vious to the latter's death, and was to have been 8 witness in the proceedings over the Rice estate.
 Dr. Curry was born in Lincoln, Ga, in 1885. He was educated at the universi- 'ty of Georgia and was graduated from the medical department of the univer- sity of Pennsylvania. He served with distinction In the confederate army as a surgeon under General Joseph E. Johnston during the civil war.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22

"Kinu leopold Of Belgium ap- pointed Johann HoH as an K0H~ orary Member Of she Sanitary College af Brussels, in consider ation or fhe highly nutritious and beneficial action 07 fhe Genuine Johann HOffS Extract.
 It is the nutrient qualities of food, extracted through the digestive process, that build strength and sustain life, by charging the blood with red corpuscles.
 Blood is life.
 The thin, hollow-chested person who loses the nutrient qualities of food is in danger of pulno. ary disease-consump- ton, most likely.
 The nervously inclined, the sort who worry and fuss over things big or little, are face to face with prostration.
 The care-worn woman with over- taxed organs peculiar to her sex may, with reason, grow more anxious, for female weaknesses are vital weaknesses in very truth not an ounce of nutrient can be spared.
 And these dangers are wholly due to the loss of life-giving elements through improper food assimilation.
 The proper treatment for impaired digestion and every disease akin to it, is wineglassful with each meal of Johann Hoff's Extract, which has for fifty years stood atthe head as strength and health builder.
 It does more than act as tonic to the stomach more than to compel perfect food assimilation, and Johann Hoff' s even goes farther than mere nerve or dyspepsia medisine; it is in itself a nutrient.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22

Weak, rundown men and women, nursing mothers and all who need build ing up, ought to take Johann Hotf's Extract daily until fully restored.
 Not alone in building blood, brawn and muscleha this preparationachieved fame the women 1t has rescued from the agonies of female weaknesses are legion, and their physician's have will ingly testified to its remarkable cures.
 Dr. A. H. Bickers of Philadelphia writes: "I have used Johann Hoff's Extract for thirteen years with entire satisfaction. At present I am using large quantities in toning up my Grippe patients. Nothing better"
 Dr. L. J. Schdsield of Warrensburg, Mo-, writes: 'I have been using Johann Hoff's Extract in my practice and like it very much, as it seems to give renewed and immediate strength, while increas- ing appetite and digestion"
 Dr Edward c. Mann of Worcester, Mass, writes: "I write to tell you that Johann Hoff's Extract has been of the greatest service to my daughter. am prescribing this excellent prep aration every opportunity get and am uniformly pleased with the results both with women and with men who need toning up when they are prostrated and cannot eat or sleep we'll"
 Be sure to get Johann Hoff's Extract and take none of the cheap substitutes offered "just as good" They have nothing but their cheapness to recom- mend them.
 EISNER & MENDELSON CO.,, Sole Agents, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22
PHILIPPIANS IMMIGRATION.
French Premier Endenvors to EfTace
 Marine Minister's Words.

MRcRne NktnlSter'H " OFus.
 Paris, Sept. 21-At political banquet given at Matha to-day Premier Combes endeavored to efface the dam aging effects of the recent indiscreet ut terances of the minister of marine, M. Pelletan and the minister of war, Gen. eral Andre. !
 After declaring that the governments religious policy had not violated the concordat, which he said the cabinet re- spectad, M. Combes strongly protested against the action Of his political oppo- nent who. he said, animated by desire to besmirch the governments foreign policy, had seized upon the remarks of individual ministers, delivered by them in the fervor of extemporary after din- ner oratory, and not always correctly re- ported, and had used them as government utterances. The premier contended that such individual statements could not in volve the responsibility of the govern ment, which, under the parliamentary system, could only be involved by the premier, who alone was responsible to the chambers and to the country. Mat ters of foreign policy, said M. Combes, only the minister of foreign affairs is entitled to speak and act in the name of the government.
 In conclusion the premier summarized Frances foreign policy as a desire to strengthen the existing good relations with foreign countries and he reiterated that there had been no change in the governments policy since the day he assumed office. The premier's speech was received with prolonged and enthu- siastic cheering.