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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Henniker Heaton in The Leisure
Hour tells the following characteris-
tic story of Charles Stewart Parnell,
showing the latter's power of detach-
ment: He came into the house OF
parliament one afternoon when the
fiercest excitement prevailed regarding
the publication by the Times of the
forged Pigott letters. He in short
speech denied the authorship of the
letters and then walked into the lobby
and engaged me in conversation.
Everybody thought he was telling me
of the awful political event then stir
ring mems minds. This is what he
said to me: I have just read in the
afternoon paper that a mountain OF
gold has been discovered in western
Australia, and that some tons OF the
specimens have been sent home to you"
Il replied that it was true, and that
had in my locker in the house some OF
the crushed specimens. We proceeded
to get them, and l gave him about
wineglassful OF the crushing. He took
it away with him, and to the bewilder-
ment Of his party no one saw him for
week, and very few indeed knew his
address.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Although there are few men of his
age more active than William Curtis
Gibson of East Houston street, the
oldest survivor of the Volunteer Fire
Department, he gives strong proof OF
his Scotch ancestry occasionally by
his inability to appreciate a joke.
Mr. Gibson was born in New York
and he has always lived here. His
friends. say that only once in his life
has he travelled more than ten miles
away from this city. That was last
summer. when he went up to the Cats
kills.
1t was on this trip that he met a
farmer who disguised him with every
thing rural. Mr., Gibson says be never
met a more stupid man. and when he
tells his squirrel story to prove it all
his friends laugh. The experience
speaks for itself
Mr. Gibson was interested in the
farm at first because it was novelty.
At the end of the first week he said
to the farmer:
Say, this is great. l am glad I
came. ] wish that l might take some
of your squirrels back to New York
with me as souvenirs of this trip"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

A Philadelphia druggist has made
the following collection of amusing
mtssfyes that have been sent to him
from time to time:
az have a cute pain in my baby's
stummick. Please give bearer some
thing to cure it."
My little girl has eat up a lot of
buttons. Please send a nemetic by the
enclosed boy"
Dear doctor dog bit my child on
the leg please send some cork plaster
and cutter eyes"
pleas send by bearer one postal
card. Also kindly give bearer, my
son, some icorice root"
Deer doctor what is good for tire
foy fever send some quick I got it."
LET my johnny have glas of sody
water. | wud come myself but | am
washing. p. S. the five cents is for
the sody waiter"
"If you can fill the enclosed pre-
scription for 25 cents do SO. If not
return by bearer"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Mr.. John Murdoch, who for some
time was plumber in Dundee, and
who died in December at the Edin-
burgh hydropathic establishment,
Craiglock hart, by his last will and
testament has bequeathed over $50 900
(s291 5000 for a somewhat novel public
scheme destined to benefit INDECENT
bachelors and widowers. The bene-
ficiaries may be of any religious de-
nomination or belief, but one of the
necessary qualifications is that they
have practical sympathy either as
amateurs or professionals in the pur-
suit Of science In any of its branches
and that their lives have been charac-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
The Pin-Ponv Languaye .

Ping-pong is a game of pygmy para
phernalia, to which, however, a giant
may enjoyably set his hand, though
not necessarily with success. Although
a game of ball and that, at ping-pong
the greatest sluggers at either base
ball or cricket may easily bite the
dust at the feet of the pet of the school
room. Form" must be acquired by
practice, but the Sun can help educate
it's votaries by presenting the correct
infection of the present tense of the
indicative mood of the verb to ping
pong"
l ping; We grovel on the floor,
Thou pongest; Ye tear your trousers:
He puIg. They break the furniture.
Local dialect may vary this some
what, but what we give is, we believe.
the veri-"table Sanscrit. New York
Sun.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
Secret of a Hunters
Great Success
Explained.

Keeping the horse between him and
the geese, the Mexican began to circle
around them. Now and then the pony
stopped to take mouthful of grass
Any man, let alone a goose, would
grazing on the prairie.
In course of an hour he had been
worked within fifty yards of the
thickest part OF the bunch Some of
the stragglers were not twenty yards
from him.
Then Gregorio stepped from behind
him and fired one barrel at The geese
on the prairie and another as they
rose. He gathered five or six, then
rode to the division fence a quarter
of mile away.
Evidently it was his intention to
enter the next pasture. The fence
was of three strands of wire. the low
est one two feet from the ground.
Gregorio got down from the saddle
and at word from him the horse
sunk to his knees. then turned upon
his side. Gregorio took him by the
headstall and pulled his head under
the fence, then took him by the tail
and pulled his headquarters under.
and so, pulling first at head and then
at tail, worked HIM through.
Once clear of the bottom wire, the
pony rose. shook himself and stood to
be mounted as if nothing but of the
ordinary had happened. The mystery
of Gregorio's ability to go from pas
ture to pasture in search of geese and
ducks was explained and the ranch
boss was so tickled by it that he in
structed his men to let the Mexican
alone.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
Gift of Two Old Maids
to City of Providence

old place, they could not endure tho
thought of it's passing out of the
family.
One OF them taught school; the 9TH
er sewed Eventually, through these
avenues of scanty profit, they paid on
the mortgage. Then they determined
that the old place should never be cut
up, but should be preserved unchanged
for all time. The sisters decided that
they would give the place, under GER
tain conditions, to the city of Provi-
dence.
And so it became the Roger Will
liams Park, one of the prettiest parks
in the country. and one of the chief
points of interest in Providence. The
old Williams homestead, where Roger
Williams died, and where Betsy died
two or three years after her gift was
accepted, is retained In all its prim-
tive quaintness. Just outside the
door is the well which Roger Williams
dug. The old burying ground. full OF
dead and gone Williamses, is also kept
in neat array.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

their eight lovely daughters, and was
now coming for the last one. But
Susenoo, as was named, placed eight
great tubs of wine in the monsters
way. and when he was sleeping killed
him and removed the sword from his
tail. The jewels are strangely shaped
pieces OF agate. based perhaps in form
on an animals tusk. The symbols be-
came separated at one period, but cop
les of the earlier ones have been made
from time to time, To-day the sword
is kept in an apartment near the impe-
rial bed chamber and called. the Room
of the Sword. The jewels have also a
room to themselves, and the mirror is
in charge of priestess. The regalia
have the highest significance in the
eyes of the people, and it is held that
no emperor can possibly rule without
the three virtues which they represent.
He must. moreover. hold the actual
tokens, and in the imperial code it is
enjoined that on the death of the SOW
ereign his heir must take possession
OF them.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Sure you can" said the farmer.
Just go out and help yourself to as
many as you want. I've got more OF
them than I want"
Thank you. very much, but how
will l get them?"
Catch EN-. of course. It's easy
when you know how
All right. you tell me how and II
catch a few"
We'll" said the farmer, first off
you creep up as near as you can get
TO them"
Yes" said Mr.. Gibson.
And then you make the right kind
of noise to attract them and they
win come to you"
What kind of a niose ought 1 to
make?" asked MIR. Gibson eagerly.
Just make a noise Like a nut re-
piled the farmer, and off he walked.
When Mr.. Gibson tells this story
he says positively that nut does not
make any noise and that ia mer who
had lived in the country all his life
without discovering that fact is too
stupid to live anywhere else.-New
York Sun.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

The growing sentiment for the pro-
lection of bird life, writes a CORE
spondent. should not be endangered by
wrong direction. The appeal for the
sea gull. for instance, is one that must
ultimately fail for sound reasons.
Beautiful as he is, and attractive as
his evolutions are about the bridges,
he is a noted fish pirate, and when the
long delayed but inevitable legislation
comes for the scientific protection of
our coast fishing industry, the gull
will be marked as an enemy. At
certain stage of the life of the tur-
bot. for instance. the baby fish floats
helplessly on the surface of the wa
ter, and a single gull is quite capable
of disposing of a hundred turbot in
day. Even an alderman who could do
such a thing would be legisiated out of
eXistence-much more a sea gull-and
the woman who wears an opera cloak
made of the pure slate and white wings
is helping to keep down the price of
fish.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
Story of q
Clever Pony

Great numbers of wild geese were
killed along the Texas coast during
the past winter, as happens every
year. That region divides with the
Dakotas in the fall the honor of being
the greatest goose field on the AM
Frican continent.
The increasing shyness of the birds
was more marked than ever The
geese have been shot at so much in
the same terri tory that they have not
only grown wiser. but many of them
have ceased visiting that region
1t is no longer possible to kill guam
titles OF. geese in Texas by simple pass
shooting. or digging pits on the Gulf
Sandbars
There died not long ago in the Nue.
oes region a Mexican poacher named
Gregorio who in the winter sold geese
by the dozen when other men could
not get feather. All of that country
is in vast pastures fenced by barbed
wire and Gregorio being market
hunter. was ordered to stay out of
them all.
In order to keep him out the gates.
which are far apart, were locked and
only the ranch bosses had keys Still
Gregorio would continue to go from
pasture to pasture, covering thirty
miles in a day and to show up in
Corpus Christi or Rockport at night
with Canada geese hanging to his sad
die and strung all over him.
One day an overseer of cowboys
saw him a mile away on the prairie
and, being curious. dismounted and
watched him. Gregorio was on foot
700 yards from large flock of geese.
His pony had been unsaddled and I'M
bridled. .-----.--=--sa.-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
GREAT PEER BUT AN UNHAPPY MAN
Historic Titles and high Position Could
Not brown Sorrow. s...,

Historic Titles and High Position Gould
Not Drown Sorrow se..,
The. earl of Perth. and MeforL VINO
died at Kew "a! few days ago in bis s5th
year was chfef -ofthe Clan Dru1nnsond
and therefore the head of one OF the
Oldest and most historic families IN
Great Britain Lord Perth was Due de
Melfort in France, and altogether he
had six Scotch and three French titles
and was also hereditary thane of Len
nox and hereditary steward of Men
teith and Strathearn, but these were
barren honors, as the vast territorial
possessions of the dukes of Perth had
passed into other hands.
Lord Perth was engaged FOR many
years in litigation to recover the large
and valuable family estate in Perth"
ehiFv Including the magnificent do
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20
open Door Policy Defined.

Once upon time a statesman great
ly interested in our foreign relations.
and who kept his wife well informed
on the international problems in the
far East. was awakened by his better
half in the early hours of the morning
and informed that she knew there
We're burglars down stairs.
With outstretched arms the states
man started for the hall. without
light to guide him, and brought his
nose in violent contact with the edge
of a door that was ajar. He fell to the
floor with howl of pain.
What is the matter?" asked his
wife.
Il have nearly knocked my brains
out on the edge of the door" he an
swered. 81 thought that you approved
of the open door" she said.
Not half OPEN" he replied.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

The class in geography in one of the
Brooklyn schools was being examined
the other day when the teacher asked:
What are some of the natural pecu-
liarities of Long Island?"
The pupils INDUCED in some heavy
thinking, but meme responded. Sud
denly a fat boy with red face. who
had been shifting uneasily about in
his seat, received an inspiration.
Il know" he exclaimed, raising his
hand. ..s4
well, what are they7'' encouraged
the teacher.'' #, sra
why" said the fat boy. with
triumphant look around, ION the south
side you see the sea, and ON the north
side you hear the Sound"
He was moved up to head of the
class on general principle
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Genera Manager, b. & o. S. w
r. R.-Dear Sir: Send competent
agent to care for McLeansboro sta
ton. Present agent playing cards in
Office; waiting room no fire; passen
gers freezing
LAS placid as if nothing was out of
the ordinary, I handed him a 50 bill
with the request to take the pay out
of it and send the message at once.
Before half the words We're counted
by the autocrat of a moment ago, he
was an humble servant of the present
Apologies and explanations by the
score We're forthcoming. intermingled
with pleading. that to send it would
involve ruin for his career 49,.
1T was my turn to assume the role
of dictator: and af ever a fire was
kindled in a hurry, then-Was the time
With all the dignity due to a prince
and his suite the freezing family and
| were treated.
Passing through a year after,
asked the bus man how the agent was
getting along. The story had evident
ly leaked out in McLeansboro. for he
said: He got dressing down last
winter from an official Of the road VINO
happened along in disguise. and it
has made a man of him. ! was that
official, plain travelling man, but
the bus man was none the wiser"
Indianapolis News.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

"WeN. it's the only one I do believe
in. And that only because-Oh, Jack,
suppose someone had seen u.s."
Suppose they had?" and Jack
laughs. Ten thirty, Edith? Good
night
Yes; good night
Donelson comes down the steps and
holds out his hand, Good night,
Edith. '--.--.---
Good night, Frank.
AS the men turn the next corner
Donelson says: Accept my congratu
lations, Morton; but you don't deserve
he
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

Silence. A dozen steps bring them to
where Donelson is standing
Frank" says Miss Wilson. ''here's
the key open the door, please
Donelson mounts the steps, and she
turns to Morton. Good night, Jack;
goodbye, l should say. since won't
see you tomorrow"
"Edith?''
Let go my hand, Mr. Morton; let
go, ! say
Only on your promise, Edith"
"Will you let go?''
NO"
Yes, then; yes" says Miss Wilson.
Now, are you satisfed?''
Not quite" and Jack mounts an
other step and whispers something
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

main Of Drummond castie). which are
now possessed by Lord Ancaster, who
inherited them through his grand
mother, Miss Clementipa Drummond,
who married Lord |Wfiloughby de
Eresby. Lord Perth failed in his eff
forts to regain the Drummond prop
erty. In addition to this disapoint-
ment he had grave domestic sorrows
to encounter, so that his long life was
neither prosperous nor happy. Few
men have been so severely tried. The
earldoms of Perth and Meffort will
now be separated. the former passing
to Lord Strathallan,. while the latter
title and the French honors are in
herited by the late peers daughter,
Lady Edith Drummond. 5t.i& { VH.I
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

usslcky at anything 1t is your own
fault. Take tonight. for instance
you could have won time and again.
But no, you paid no attention to what
was going on. You were thinking all
the time about something else"
Yes, of you, Edith. 1 do hardly
anything else" ...
Then 1 advise you to seek more
profitable occupation" '
Come. Edith, I've told you before
what / think of you; what I care for
and desire above all elsb. Don't say
mo- again. Give me yes tonight. Tell
me, Edith. Frank has reached the
house and wen be there In q minute"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

dustry. No wfdower or bachelor under
So years of age is to be eligible.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

One convincing proof of good citi-
zenship is the prompt payment of
your bills. 81 .... ..
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-20

1t is easier for God to work won
der than for US to comprehend it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-06
STOP NEBRASKA LAND FRAUD
Interior Department suspends and Will
Cancel Fifty Entries.
WIDOWS TAKE PUBLIC DOMAIN TO SELL
CnttIemen InstiEate WrOnE-DoinR
with View 10 Subsequently Buying
Homestead Proved by Soldiers
Reflects, Mostly of Chicago.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The Interior de-
partment has suspended, With a view to
cancellation, a number Of alleged fraudu-
lent Ian entries in Nebraska made by
soldiers widows, who it is charged have
entered into an agreement for the transfer
Of the lands TO cattle companies.
W. n. Lesser of Iowa, a special agent.
whose headquarters have been for several
years at North Platte, Neb., has been sus-
pended in connection with these proceed
ings.
The action follows an investigation that
had been quietly conducted in Nebraska by
Colonel John S. Mosby, the former guerilla
leader, who is now a special agent Of the
general land ONCE.
The exact extent OF the operations is not
disclosed, but so far as known there are
forty-hve or fifty cases, each entry being
for 100 acres.
The government has been recently en-
forcing its regulations for the removal OF
fences erected by cattlemen on public lands.
Under the laws soldiers widows have a
right to make entries without residence but
arc required TO make Improvements and
cultivate the lands.
It is understood that the women who
made the entries are mostly Chicago people
who we're Influenced by agents Of cattiemea,
with an agreement to transfer the land to
the latter by leases, with the right OF pur-
chase.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-06
MURDERED BY HIS STEPSON
Gerhard Barchus Of Platte County Victim
ola Tragedy,
BODY cREWATEO IN A STRAW STACK
Boy Confesses GO the Crime. ImpIIcat-
inE His Two n Brothers
and says Mistreatment In
spIred the Deed.

COLUMBUS, Neb., Nov. 5.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Gerhard Barchus was killed Friday
forenoon by his fourteen-year-old stepson,
Herman. and cremsted in a straw stack on
his farm near Humphrey.
The son confessed the awful deed to Sher-
III Byrnes this morning, stating as a cause
that since the mothers death some months
ago the father had treated him cruelty. The
crime was committed with a shotgun held
close to the back Of the victims head. as
he sat in his house, and the body was then
dragged to a straw stsck by Herman, as
sisted by his brothers August, ten years old.
and John B. and a team which was hitched
TO Il and then burned.
The three boys are now separately in
custody, Herman claiming that his broth
ers are equally guilty. The younger boys
place the guilt entirely upon Herman and
say that he stole $40 from his fathers
pocket with which to buy the shotgun.
So far as learned, the %neighbors have
reported no mistreatment OF the children
by the father, who was a highly respectable
resident for many years and an active
member of the Baptist church.
Sheriff Byrnes went to Humphrey last
night. not knowing OF the finding OF the
body in time to go on an earlier train. and
obtained the confession from the children
after putting them through a sweatbox.
The boys mother was a daughter OF Bern
hard Jannisen. a highly respected citizen.
She had been married before, by which
marriage Herman was the offspring. Upon
her marriage to Mr.. Barchus Herman took
his name and was treated by him as a son.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-06
HEARS RAILROAD TAX CASE
Supreme Court Listens to Argument in a
Long-Delayed Appeal
RIGHT TO ASSESS UNUSED RIGHT OF WAY
local Taxation Claimed by the County
of Custer and Resisted
by owners of BUR-
IinEton.
Rrom a star corregpondent.l

LINCOLN. Neh.. Nov. 't6.-(speeiai)-A
suit involving the right Of county authori-
ties to assess for local taxation unusued
right-of-way Of a railway company has
come from Custer county. 1t is the case
Of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy com
pany against the county OF Custer. In 1887
and 1888 the railroad company and its
predecessors obtained right-of-way, con-
sisting OF a strip OF ground 100 feet wide.
along its surveyed line for a railroad
across parts Of Sargent and Union town
ships. During these two years the COM
pany did considerable grading upon the
right-of-way and partly built some bridges.
II was designed as an extension of the OPP
Grated line from Central City west and
northwest through Merrick. Howard. Gree
ley, Valley. Garfield. Wheeler. Sherman,
Custer and other counties. The part of
the line involved In this controversy was
never finished 90 operated. 1t was un-
fenced and open so that adjacent land own
ers had access TO and the use Of it for
years. 1t is claimed that local assessors
assessed the quarter sections through which
II passed as IL IL were not there. The
count authorities made no attempt TO levy
taxes against II until 1898. when the county
board levied a tax on a valuation OF S40C
w AhAA1 ~ ~ A11AR AR0tH AtfNg ARN ahl
1899. Process was issued and placed 10
the hands of the sheriff for enforcement
Of the levy. whereupon the company APP
piled for an injunction in restrain OF II:
eollec ion. IN the hearing OF the case the
railroat company held, first, that the taxes
we're no. legally levied in that the lands
taxed were not described by metes and
bounds: and, second. that the assessment
Of right-of-wsy OF a railroad company de-
wolves upon the State Board OF Equsliza.
tion. This contention was overruled by
the lower court. which especially held II
reference to the latter claim that, har.
Ing failed to return the property to thu
state Board Of Equalization for assessment
the company was estopped from claiming
that II was not subject to local assessment
and taxation. For some reason the cas-
has dragged along during the intervening
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-06
New Church at battle Creek.

BATTLE CREEK. Neb., Nov. 5.-(Spe-
cial.)-The Catholics Of Battle Creek and
vicinity are making great preparations for
the dedication Of their fine new brick
church at this place next Sunday, the 9Th.
The building is S7x76, with all modern
conveniepces. The following priests will
be present: Rev. L. F. Smith OF Omaha,
a former pastor OF this place. and who
will deliver the dedicatory sermon; Rev.
S. F. Carroll Of Omaha, who will dedicate
the church and be celebrsnt OF the solemn
high mass; Rev. W. Windolph OF Creigh-
ton. Neb.; Rev. L. G. McNamran Of Bloom
field, Neb.. and Revs. Soldwoski and Walsh
Of Norfolk, Neb. The choir from Sacred
Heart church OF Norfolk will be in attend
ance and Mrs. Nellie Gerecke Emery of
Chicago will also sing.