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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09
A Slleepskin Railway.

1t is reported from the Far East that
the builders of the Damascns-Mecca
street railway have expended $1,000
600 OH the project, says the Boston
Herald, and that the roAdbed for dis
tance Of twenty-five miles is ready for
the rails The capitalists in that part
of the world appear to have very little
confidence in this kind of enterprise.
as the management announces that it
has decided to secure what additional
funds are necessary for the completion
of the enterprise through the sale of
the skins of sheep that have been Of
fered as a sacrifice fact that
many thousands of dollars will be re-
unircu to place the road i'll condition
for operation leads to the conclusion
that the business of sacrificing these
animals is one of the chief activities of
the Orient.
Another peculiar feature in the build
ing of this road is that all the embank-
ments and grading have been the work
Of regular soldiers. 1t would seem
that the original investors might look
for fair return even with Il moderate
amount of business.
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Guests Pass With Glaciers.

Hotel Keepers il the Alps have a
new trouble and are complaining n
the loss of patrons. who are moving
away from the glaciers Yes. the Gia-
cierS are actually passing from ,he
landscape. ana as they recede tile ho-
tells along their borders find that their
registers are shortening.
These glaciers are MOI running away,
by any means, bUt they are ueterIur'
ating slowly with rersstenry ;hat
means their final anDihiiilion. Hotels
that Il few years ago stood very near 70
Il great river of slowly moving ice.
now find themselves u considerable dis.
tance away. and the attrac,ivencss Of
the site is ieSSeEed
The famous glaciers of the Rbone
have Shrunk 5000 feet in the last
twenty years. or about 40 feet a year
\ number of the well known glaciers
approx innate this diminulion.. and the
scientific fact is established that these
reminders of the great glacial period
are surely disappearing. York
Herald, go.
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dark, too? Is anything the matter?"
In the friendly darkness Pa Mober-
ly took the little hand and stroked it.
Nothing. Polly" he said. IL al
ways sit here"
ways sit here?" she cried. in surprise.
Don't you 60 into the sitting room
evenings as you used to?"
Pa Moberly shook his head. NO."
he faltered.
But whyy' insisted Polly. You
don't mean to tell me you don't sit
in your old chair any more?"
Pa Moberly's chin quivered. Polly
did not know. and it was hard to tell
her. Polly was like her mother.
"Alice likes to keep that chair for
company" he said. slowly. "Oh. don't
mind the kitchen so much. now," he
added, as cheerfully as he could. "At
least l won't now, since you've come
home. l do miss the old chair some,
but it's all right.
1.-The girls don't want me in there,
Polly" he went on, huskily. They're
young, and there's always company.
you know. l don't know as l blame
'em much. I'm old and worn out and
behind the times. No, l can't say as l
blame EN-"
Polly laid her soft cheek suddenly
against the wrinkled one.
You're not old or worn out or be-
hind the times, eitherw she said. Its
a shame for you to stay out hereH'
Her sweet, girlish voice was full Of
indignation.
But never mind, pa" she Went on
Il tell you there are better days ahead
I've come now. and I'm going to look
after you, see if l don't. What would
| ma think if she We're here, to see you
| sitting here all alone in this dark old
| kitchen? Why, it would break here
| heart! Come with me, pa"'
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Over Napoieon's Great March by Raj,

The railroad from Warsaw to Mos
COW follows almost exactly the route
of Napoleon and the Grand Army.
The country is still the same as in his
day, except for the railroad itself; and
as the dreary plain. broken only by
vast stretches of monotonous birch and
pine forests. slips by, hour after hour
and mile after mile, the greatness of
the man who crossed it with an army
looms ever larger on the imagination.
The military genius Of Napoleon seems
more marvellous than ever before,
while the lone and level plain. the
marshes. the woods. the chill and slug
gish rivers. silent witnesses Of his
great march, stare back at the gazer
as the train runs slowly onward. 1t
was this same country that destroyed
his army on its retreat after the ruin.
GUS and inexplicable delay at Moscow
which insured defeat that could
have been so easily avoided.-Scrib-
ner's.
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An irish Industry.

The manufacture or ''pOplin,' pc
culiar kind of cloth for womens Wear
consisting of silk and wool, is an i'll
dustry for which Ireland is specially
noted. 1t is said that this industry
has recently received Il fresh stimulus
perhaps because fashion ordain> that
the goods must once more come into
vogue. The peculiarity about the man
ufacture is that the surface is silk
and the interior wool. The silk, COME
from China, but 1t is all dyed in Dub
lin, for the reason. as the nanuta"
turers there claim, that the water IL
Dublin inSureS brilliaDcc and per
manency Of color tha, has not bee,
attained anywhere else.
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A writer in the New York Sun thinks

A writer in the New York Sun thinks
that Cecil Rhodes Scholarships dre
more likely to Americanize Oxford
than Oxfordize America The ''su-
perior' Oxford spirit was once defined
as follows: AN oxford man looks as
if he owned the world, but Cam
bridge man looks as if he didn't care
who owned the world" 1t will be in
teresting to see how our boys affect
Oriel and Christ Church aud those who
belong to these very stuck-up seats OF
learning, says this same writer.
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ure on the dingy papered walls, and the
only chair he had to sit in was a
straight ba cked wooden one, in which
he could not rest.
He used to long sometimes for his
old corner in the sitting room. with its
lights, its laughter and its music, but
to his gentle hints the girls gave scant
cement. They didn't want pa
around" they told themselves.
The lonely. tired old man had many
thoughts US he sat in the kitchen night
after night in solitude, and he some
times used to ponder the question in
his gentle heart as to whether. after
all, it paid to bring up girls who We're
ashamed of you after you were old.
Polly did not know about the changed
condition Of affairs. Polly was the
youngest. and more like her mother
than any of the others, being small.
quiet and brown-eyed.
She had been staying for three years
out in Pennsylvania with an invalid
aunt for whom she had been named.
Poor Aunt Bassett was dead now. and
to-day Polly had come home again
Que was upstairs low, DuSV III Tue
small back room that the girls had for
gotten to make ready for her.
AS Pa Moberly sat alone in the
kitchen tonight he was thinking of
Polly. In his yearning. fatherly heart
there was a faint stirring OF hope.
There was chance that he might
take some comfort with this. his young
est daughter. He had felt that from
the time she was born. She WASH t
like the other girls, and she had
seemed so unfeignedly glad to see him.
He felt the pressure of her young arms
yet about his neck, and her kisses still
lay warm upon his furrowed cheek.
In the darkness Of the old kitchen
he brushed tear from his eye. He
was thinking Of Ma Moberly, too. and
of her gentle, tender, womanly ways.
He wished the girls were more like
their mother.
just then Polly came in. She went
. quickly to his side.
why, pa" she cried. "what are you
sitting in the kitchen for, and in the
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The typical university President t

The typical university President to-
day should be at once scholar but
no pedant, and man Of affairs but
no bald utilitarian, observes the New
York Independent. He should be a
disciplinarian but no martinez, and re-
sourceful in tact and diplomacy with
out being mere politician. He Should
combine the humility of the scholar
who realizes his ignorance with the
assured authority Of the natural leader
of men. AS much as any man in the
world, and more than most others, he
needs to embody within himself all
high, efficient and noble qualities of
mind and heart. If it be said that to
say these things is to paint an unat-
tainable ideal, the answer is that an
ideal is something which may not be
realized, but which at least is to be
sought and striven for at every OppOr-
tuity and with all the energy at our
command.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Recently, at dinner given in New
York City, there was one toast re-
sponded to by man in Chicago. The
table had been wired so that each
guest was supplied with a telephone
receiver. When the toastmaster pro
posed the Chicago mans toast, all the
receivers Went up to the banQueters
ears, and man over a thousand miles
away raised his glass as they raised
theirs and regaled them with pleas
antries.
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She-"I want Il new cover for Beli1s
piano Can you suggest anything,
dear?' He-"Yes. Can't you find one
which IS hermeticaliy sealed?" - Yon-
kers Statesman.
Frlend-"Doesn't the doctor know
what is the matter with yOu?" Patient
~ guess not. He knows Eve got mi
crObes, but he doesn't know what kind
they are. The Smart Set
why will you women persist IN
shopping until you are completely cx-
tires one dear: it is taking things back
and changing them ''--Harper's Bazaar
Man Is a statesman till he gets
A Government position;
And then we find, with some regrets,
He is a politician.
Washington Star.
Collector-"Can't you give me any
encoura cement al all about this old az
count| Mr.. Go-Easy Why, yes OF
course: l will pay you as soon as pay
nybody.'-Detroit Free Press.
Simpkins has Il smart dog"
BuzZer-"What does he do" Bizzer
He doesn't do anything that Simp-
kins tells him--tbat's what l mean
when I say he's smart Ohio State
Journal
Don't Judge I; man by his names high
its very misleading. since
| The comnonest dog most trequnty found
To bear the name of Prince.
Philadelphia Record.
The Music Tcacher-"Johnny is i'm
proving daily in his violin playing"
Johnay's Mother tgra,ifedi-"ls that
so: We didn't know whether be was
!. improving Ses 'we~ We're just getting
more used to ir.''-Jusdge; e-
Mo,her-"What's haisy% crying about.
| Jane?" Nurse don't knew, mar1n.
unless it was what the parlor E9alti
, said. She remarked that Willie looked
like his pa, and I'm afraid Willie heard
her."-Boston Transcript.
McJigger Conscientious, IS he?"
Thinsumbob-"Ter so. He went
ont the other day and left a sign on
his Office door that he'll ''bes back in
half an hour and hang me, if he didn't
| keep his word. d."-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Whyte-''Do You know anything
about the people. who have moved :ih
| next door" Mrs. Bruwne-"Ne: II
was dark when the furniture wagons
! brought their goods. and they haven t
| hung out Il washing ye,"-Sommerville
| Journal -
| ParSon (who has Just arrived FOR the
first time Il, his new country iivsiigt-z
Il say. porter. my arrival seems TO
| have caused Il great deal Of eSc!!pRcAt
in the villa@c." Porler-S'IeS. sir, Out
| it's nowt 10 when the dancing, bear
was here Yesterday. .'-TitBits.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09
MUNICIPAL BATHS.
Thirty. .sSx American Cities Have These
HELPS to Health.


Within the past few years number
of municipalities in this country have
established all-the-year-rOund munich
pal bath houses, while others have
added to the number of open bathing
or swimming places, which, for some
years past, have been maintained dur
ing the summer months Information
collected shows that thirty-six cities
and towns with 5000 population and
upward, by the United States census
of 1900. now have either all-the-year
or summer public baths. These places
are as follows: Boston. BroOkline,
Cambridge. Dedham. Holyoke, New
buryport. Quincy, Springfield. Water
town, Worcester, Mass; Providence.
Il. L.. Hartford. Conn; Albany. Buff
falo. New York, Rochester Syracuse,
Troy Utica, N. v; HObokeD. Newark.
N. j.: Homestead, Philadelphia, Pa;
Wilmington, Del: Baltimore, Md;
Greenwood. S. c.; Newman. Savan-
nah. Ga: Cleveland, Ohio: Muskegon,
Mich; Chicago. ILL.,; Milwaukee. Wis:
Des Moines, Iowa: Crookston, St. Paul,
Mimi; San Jose, Cal.
The thirty-six places in question are
distributed over sixteen States. but
Massachusetts has ten ana New York
seven OF these cities and towns. Most
Of the other States are represented by
one municipality only. Outside of The
| States of Massachusetts and New
York most of the public baths are open
in, an1 that is
OF some of the places in Massachu-
setts. Ii is known that Newark. Chi
cago aud st. Paul have all-the-year
| bath houses.
In 1895 the Legislature Of New York
| passed an act which permits any muni-
cipalities of that State to establish all
the-year baths, and makes it compul-
sorry for cities Of $4,000 inhabitants
and over to do so.
Municipal baths. often combined
with public wash houses or laundries.
are becoming more and more common
in England, and the signs of the times
are that they will rapidly gain popu'
lar favor in this country. The laundry
| feature will. naturally. gain ground
| Thus far it has not been introduced
| in the United States further than tC
make a provision for washing the per
sonal clothing of the bathers. Drying
closets are also provided, so an un
| fortunate man With no change OF
clothing may be insured Of clean un
derclothes to put on after his BATH
| nyinacring News.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Away out in ths country
Where the llacs sweetly blow
People don't pay out dollar
TO behold ten-cent show;
Men are not looked ON with pity
Just because their clothes don't IT.
And the women. don't 60 mourning
When the servants up and quit.
Away out in the country
Where the waters cool and sweet,
And the knife's a useful weapon
When the hungry people eat,
There IL not the constant jangle,
Nor mad Changing that subdues
And distracts the city poet
When he seeks to court the muse.
Away out in the country
Where the funerals are few,
And the people keep apprised of
All the things their neighbors do.
Here and there some queer old fellow
May not banker to put down
The tools the farmer has to use
And move away to town.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Adna l. Webber Chief Statistician
OF The New York State Department of
La Dor, in an address Oh public policy
in relation to industrial accidents,
picked flaws in the common law rules
as to employers liability. He said
that this Government is twenty years
behind England and seventy years
behind Germany in legislation on in
dustrial accidents. He urged that ev-
cry State have Incorporated in every
contract for public works Il provision
that all artisans and laborers employed
on public works should receive not
only medical care in case OF injury,
but also weekly benefit during dis
ablement, and in the event OF death
from such injury, an indemnity to the
family of an amount equivalent TO III
least five years wages.
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little. white e-haired man who lived
there. And who was that pretty.
brown-haired girl with flashing eyes?
3 Alice broke the silence. my sister
Polly. Mr.. Bryant" she said. I little
nervously, "and-my father. And this
10 our old friend, Eva Brent. Pa. you
know Eva?'
Pa nodded cordially; 20 did Polly.
But something unusual was In the air,
and every one felt it.
Polly led Pa Moberly up to the young
man reclining in the chair. DO you
mind taking another chair, Mr.. Bry-
ant?'' she said. pleasantly. "You see.
this one is pas favorite. Ma gave 1t
to him.
Alice and Belle and Harriet flushed,
but Polly was quite undisturbed. The
young man was astonished, but he rose
quickly, with stammered apology.
but Polly calmly wheeled the chair
nearer the pleasant fire.
''Sit here, pa" she said. affectionate-
ly, land let me turn the light so it
won't hurt your eyes"
She adjusted the light to her liking.
then pushed Pa Moberly gently into his
old place. His white hair shone in the
lamplight, and his lips trembled.
'There!" said Polly in pleased
tone. isn't that better?"
Regardless Of all Onl0okers. she
stopped and kissed the withered cheek
then she turned to the others.
"Go on with your playing. won't
you, Eva?" she said gently.
Nobody spoke; then the young lady
turned to the piano and the restraint
was quickly over.
Pa Moberly's eyes grew moist. How
soft the chair was. and how pleasant
the FIRE. and how comfortable was the
touch of the little, firm hand upon his
shoulder!
And there was something else. He
knew and every one else knew, that
his lonely hours in the old kitchen were
over.
Tomorrow the straight-backed
wooden chair would be pushed back. to
be occupied no more. The freight
could play on the dingy walls. the mice
could scamper at will over the old
floor Pa Moberly would not be there
to see. Polly had come home to take
care Of him. and Polly was brave. II
| was as if Ma Moberly had come to life
again.-Youth's Companion.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09
rnE SWEETEST csNL or All.

I've sung of the girls who play at golf.
OF the girls who fish and shoot;
I've sung of the maid who's not airaid
To pose in her bathing suit:
I've sung vi the girl who weds a duke,
And lives in palace hall
And the footlight maids, with their lights
and shades.
I've sung OF them one and all.
But now will sing in soft refrain
OF the girl you would like to know;
The girl who can cook without paper or
book,
The cir, who can darn and sew.
Of the girl who never went far from home.
Who is void of all social schemes.
Who is bomely and neat, Old-fashiOned
and sweet,
The girl whom you see in your dreams.
Joe Gone, ia the WomaD's Home Com
paniOn.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09
-.
Rhodea.n Use EOr Money.

Cecil Rhodes frequently said that
the only use be had for money was
what he could accomplish :: with i1.
When Gordon iold him of .the roomtui
of gold which the Chinese Government
had offered him after the suppression
of the Tac-Pmg rebellion, Mr. Ishoa"S
expressed surprise that he had re-
fused 1t. 1t is. 10 use having. hi.
IDEAS" he said, s'unlessS'we, have 1 he
money 10 carry them out
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Judge Chytraus, of Chicago, has Or
dered two lawyers Of that city to pay
a client $113S and interest at five per
cent. since December, 1896. ami has
disallowed $460 attorneys fees claimed
by the lawyers. He ruled that where
q lawyer has collected money belong.
ing to client and does no. :: ccc:ct e!
it, he loses all claim to compensation.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

The town authorities of Genoa and
Bologna have decided to raze the an
cient walls surrounding them to permit
expansion, but archaeologists are loud
ly protesting against the act, partly
because they say it is unnecessary, but
the most interesting landmarks Of an
tiOuity
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

The hrs; iron mine i'll operation G,e.
this continent was opened On The lands 1
of Governor SpuitsM Ood, at EerMann;
on the Rap,i:'n River, IN Spn,iSy'Nan
County, ia The year t7ii. The opera
u,S We're Germans, Skilled Mech:tnir
VINO c;, aar .tA;nm Ausen. Wcssni'aii'i,N
by invita,iuni 10 Nerk IN the Miness
aud We're commended by ihe i>lns, ~
spoke highly oi stbeir Industry vfhey
laid The foundation "i TIE Ger IA Re
form Church in The t'nitcd SF Us ami
also lo,>- he ron iana steel ''kiustry,
which nov leauirss u e;tpi,!,f "i h''n-
E,drc,ls OF, millions anil .snptpys many
tlouSa4t wss. Ihe Freq L;IrtYes p:.Ms-
li'tper, tH SEderfckshuil: il. M.ssstpessdi-
toral, calls upon Mg A,ssrew Asitnesie.
the iron King. TO erect a saitalS ~ menus.
menfs III %erat;liilnia I'd ,hos.si H0hle
.G;sern,nsf iHanoerss @ao itss.sfapteLsAhe
iron indussts's. ssss'. ~ u, S., i1es RstAs
Atlantic. Ricbmonl tVaJ Times.
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"Y HE girls were having a good
time in the sitting room. 1t

"Y HE girls were having good
time in the sitting room. 1t
was well warmed and lighted,
and there was q sound Of
laughter and the hum Of merry voices.
Some one was tuning mandolin to
the piano, and there was fluttefing Of
music leaves. Company had come in.
% usual. to spend the evening. The
Aoberly girls, that is, the three older
ones, all had light hair. blue eyes, and
lively, vivacious manners that proved
very attractive to the young people in
the quiet village.
PA" Moberly nobody knew much
about. He sat out in the kitchen most
Of the time. It was dingy little room
and often in the evening he had no
light; only the dull glow Of the stove
and the red sparks Of his old-fash-
1oned pipe.
Pa Moberly was little. timid.
shrinking man. He had faded blue
eyes, bent shoulders and toll worn
hands. He had worked hard for his
girls. He had ungrudgingly given
them his best. 1t seemed too bad that
now he was old and they were grown
to womanhood they did not care.
When Mrs. Moberly was alive, things
were different. He had his comfort
able chair then in the sitting room;
his slippers, too, ana there was the
lounge for him to rest on when he was
tired.
But as his girls grew up. pretty.
strong-willed and altogether selfish, Pa
Moberly found himself banished from
his comfortable quarters. A number
Of cushions too fine for use adorned
the old sofa, and his armchair had
three tides on it. He was soon made
to understand that he was not wanted
It was not long before he began to
stay in the kitchen, and by and by he
sat nowhere else He knew every fig
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Turbaned Sikhs in khaki have come
to the United States to look after the
selection and shipment Of American
mules for British military uses. The
North American mule with the broad
arrow on his left hip goes on conquer.
ing and to conquer.
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tho Palm a. . Passport.

The lines of no two human hands are
exactly alike. When traveller In
China desires a passport the palm of
the hand is covered with fine oil paint
and an impression is taken on thin,
damp paper. This paper, officially
signed. is his passport.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

MI. Estruye is known as the Bis
marck of Denmark. Cecil Rhodes was
sometimes called the Bismarck of
South Africa. and Lii Hung Chang was
called the Bismarck Of China. How
would ]. Pierpont Morgan do for q
Bismarck of business?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

The Legislature of Newfoundland
has made q liberal appropriation for
the installation Of a cold storage sys-
tenn for the fisheries Of the colony. BY
this means it is hoped to open up new
markets for cod fish. salmon and
Holsters.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

Russians have a project of creating
in Central Asia vast inland sea
which would increase the area of Lake
Aral some six or seven times, and at
the same time double the area of the
Caspian, while joining the two seas
by a navigable channel.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-09

since the disastrous war with the
United States the navy has been ex-
ceedingly unpopular in Spain, and has
been the subject Of all kinds Of at
tacks in the press and in parliament.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-25

We see that Senator Pritchard will.
now that all the Federal offices worth
having have been filled, appoint a steer
ing committee to steer the hungry up to
the empty pie counter. That commit
tee will need ten sergeants- arms and
forty dozen door-keepers to keep back
ahe push. If they are lynched, it will
tc no surprise in this print shop, for
with 999 hungry mouths wide open for
one piece of pie there is bound to be a
rumpus. Stand from under, beloved
Ehamkatte Rooster.