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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-04

you mout help us with the Guvner
'Of course, | know you was agin
Bill in the trial, but | reckon 'twant
cuZ of eny hard teelins you had agtn
ma an me, so now the trials over we
kinder lowed you'd just as lief he'd
go tn jail-steau of-that other
'Tain't eZ if we wuZ askin fur i'm tn
be set free, that nd be aslin tn
much.' he explained in desperate
earnestness. But eff they'd shet i'm
up, even fur the balance of his natural
days, ct nd be bettern It's now. Bills
bin a bit wild, know, an thar air
them ez thinks hangin' plenty good
huff fur i'm. but 'taint on Bill's ac.
count I'm askin', nur mine. cts ma s."
The Ola mans voice softened almost
to whisper, and ne rubbed his brown
hands together nervously.
'Bill's her boy" he went on. "the
only one she's got left, an she sot
great store by i'm. reckon it comes
powerful hard to give i'm up, fur
y'know cts a way with wimmin folks
tn jest keep on luvin Somehow they
don't see faults like men folks can
Mas he'd heap o sorror in her life.
she hes; 'nuff sight morn joy. T'other
children are out thar on the hillside,
four Nv EN-, an when they was TUX,
one arter nuther, she wuz allus strong
eZ could be, turnin' tn luv the rest
morn ever When they wuZ all gone,
'ceptin' Bill, why-he kinder seemc !
tn fill the place in 'er heart of all the
rest
But Bill wuz allus good to his ma,
III say that fur i'm, an ROW he's got
tn be TUX from her in such a way, I'm
feared it pears tn her like ez eff thar
hain't nuthin left. Not thet she's fur
got tae other children-ma'd never du
that-an' thar graves air KEEP neat as
a pin, but seems eff since this trouble
of Bill's, she's thought more bout
them II ever
Some way, in her wOrryin', she's
got the notion at eff he dies. ez the
JedSe says he's got tu, 'tworldnt be
right TIL put i'm out thar with the
others-that eff they could speak,
they d say they'd ruther he'd be put
some place else. Not at he'd be eny
different III ma, however he died, but
er S the dlSgracln way he's got tn die,
at makes ma think the others
wouldn't want i'm. 1t worries ner
dreadful. She says ct seems cruel
an lonesome-like 10 put i'm away by
hisself. So | thought eff could be
changed an Bill go til prison. stead
NV hangin', ma wouldn't hev that air
tn worry her. Then arter while, when
is time come, thar wouldn't be no
objections III is bein' put out thar on
the hill, with the rest. Mebby me an
med .e thar by Inen, an she could
hev Bill back with her an the Others
lIf you'd help us speak word tn
the Govner ct nd du a power NV
good an 'ud please ma nightly an
men Bill tu, 'ud be much obleegea fur
yer helpin' her"
Waen the old man ceased speaking
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TWENTY-FIVE Phi.adelphias.

The man from Philadelphia who was
sending a registered letter from the
New York poStottice last week was
astonished when the man at the win
dow pushed it back to him. and told
him to write PA" on the envelope
There are twenty-five Philadelphias
IN this country" he said, "and some of
them are places of Importance A
woman from Philadelphia Ky, was
much offended the other day when
asked her if she intended a letter for
the Pennsylvania Philadelphia We
have great deal Of trouble in this
way with Philadelphia (Penn.) per-
sons. But there are others. Brook
lynites are almost as bad. There are
as many Broolllyns in the United
States as there are Philadelphias, but
very few persons who live in the
borough across the bridge know it,
New York Times,
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Living in Yucatan
Has Strange Effect

A residence of FIVE years in Yucca
tan will make an American look like
a Mexican and dress like one. That
is the impression one gets in looking
at many of the passengers who troop
down the gangway from the steamers
arriving from Mexico.
This is true to a greater extent in
the case of women than Of men. The
climate of Yucatan seems to take the
color from their cheeks and to replace
it with very light shade of copper.
They chatter Spanish as if it were
their mother tongue, but it is their
dress, or rather the manner in which
they wear it, that has the real look
of the middle class Mexican.
A Mexican woman, if young, has
an attractive air from the top of her
head to her waist. Below tne waist
she looks sloppy. The skirt is too
wide and too long and is SO shape
less as to be utterly lacking in style.
1t is OF the street cleaning variety,
and the wearer does not seem to know
how to pick it up in way to show
herself to advantage.
The American woman who lives
long in the country falls into this
habit with a facility that is painful
to an American man who lives at
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I'VE reached that point when 1o4R
was luxury. remember dinn0es
given by 9 prominent man who had
come to our town. There were no
olives, no blue points, no reitshes. nor
soups. But the meat was Baked pes
cock, and the dessert consisted Of il0urE
biscuit and sorghum molasses.
''1t was the talk of the community
that enough -four had been found to-
make biscuit. Every day bread Vas
made out of pumpkin. Ever eat any
pumpkin bread?
"Of course, you know all about the
Southern women who had been accus.
toned to their imported silk gowns
before the war and who, when old
Tecumseh Sherman was splurging
around in the South and Grant was
hammering his way through the Will.
derness, went to their looms and wove
linseys out of which they made their
gowns. l went to q wedding in Ten
nessee where the brides dress was .
homespun linsey, and one of the pres
ents was bolt of calico, for which
the donor paid $1.25 yard.
''Oh, yes, those were dark days, but
they contained lesson, and the last
chapter of the lesson was that no mat
ter what an American went up against
at the last he went over the obstacle
in some way, and If he didn't go over
it he burrowed beneath it-he got
past it. AZ
''And when this coal strike got to
its worst. and some people thought We
were on the ragged edge of famine. |
never despaired. knew we could
find some way out of it,
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aGTr,No At rHG rRurss.
pertsr Of 0urned establishment q
Last Made Z ohrewd ouess.

poroor of Burned Establishment q
Last Made . 9hrewd ouess.
Some time ago an unquestionably
suspicious fire occurred In a ready
made clothes store that was carried
on in certain locality OF lew York.
The fire was Immediately reported to
the Office of the company with which
the building and it's contents were in
sured, and an inspector was dispatch
ed to make the necessary investiga-
tions.
The senior partner of the clothing
firm was first waited upon and ques
toned, and he, Mr.. Abrahams, by
name, informed the insurance official
that 1t was his opinion that the fire.
was due to the electric light. He con :.
sidered, in fact, that in some way the
glow-lamp wires had fused. Mr.. Abra-
hams partner, who happened to be a
MIR. Moses. was separately interview
ed on the subject, and he also attri-
buted the disaster to electricity, but
1ncautiously particularized sparks
from the arc-lights as the direct cause
of the mischief.
Whilst returning to the Office the
Inspector happened to encounter Pat
rick Murphy, who held the position
of porter 10 the conflagrated establish
ment, and thought he might now get
an inkling of the true state of things.
Nov, look here. Pat" said he,
what is really your own view of this
awkward fire at Abrahams' shop?
Your two governors seem to look at it
in different ways. MIR. Abrahams says
it was the glow-lights and Mr.. Moses
says it was the arc lights. What do
you think about it?"
Faith" replied the son of Erin. re-
fectively. "Oi'm inclined to fancy it
must have been the Israelites!"
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Her Reputation for
Bravery Gone Forever

The woman who is not afraid came
home before the other members of
the family, opened the big house, and
installed herself in it without even
servant. Why should there be any
more danger of burglars with one wo-
man alone than with two or three and
a man? Some people are so timid.
But the other night the woman had
an experience. She had gone out to
make call upon a friend, and it was
10 o'clock before she reached home.
There was nothing to be afraid of, of
course but certainly it is lonely to
come back into dark and empty
house. In going to her own room sSa
passed the guest chamber and noticed
that the door was closed. She could
not help feeling surprised. She was
positively certain that she had left
that door open. Anyway. she would
go in and see if the window had been
raised and the draught had blown it
to. She put her hand on the knob,
turned it, and made a movement to
enter. but the door did not open. She
tried again with ever her brave heart
beginning to beat for the door was
certainly locked. Down the stairs she
fed like deer, out of the front door
and around the corner to the nearest
police station. where big policeman
was detailed to investigate.
Reaching the door they rang the
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TOUGH MAN GOT MATCH
And Conductor Had Ten Cents Worth
of Satisf action.

They We're both very tough; they
knew it, and, furthermore, taey were
proud of it. The conductor of the
Manayunk car they boarded at Ninth
and Vine streets was little, weazen-
faced, thin-lipped, red-headed fellow,
but he was full of grit. He collected
the fares from the two toughs, and
then one of them pulled out short
clay pipe and filed it with tobacco.
The conductor eyed them as ne came
in to collect a fare from another pas
senger ''If | had match I'd smoke
this remarked the one with the pipe,
feeling in his pocket.
You'll smoke nothing on this car"
said the little conductor. emphati-
cally.
"If 1 had a match I'd show you
whether l would or not" was the re-
ply.
"I'll just call that bluff" said the
conductor, and he handed the fellow
a match. Then he went to the front
of the car and pretended to study the
cash register When he turned the
tough was putting away, filling the car
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ResourcefuIness IS y
Trait Of Americans

Rely upon the American people to
cross any bridge they come to. Coal
might have scared to the altitude of
the COW that jumped over the moon,
but they would have found some way
to keep warm.
1t was so in the civil war.
You didn't feel it in the North, you
didn't have to come to it as they did
in the South and West" said man
who has been through several wars
and not few strikes. There came
time when gentlemen who had lived
bountifully had no coffee.
Somebody tried parched corn. 1t
made fairly good breakfast liquid.
Oats had bitter flavor. The man
who first used chicory was pretty we'll
of. Some people never went back
to coffee after using chicory.
"The darkies parched acorns and
then pounded them into powder and
boiled 1t, and the pickaninnies cried
for it.
Then we fell upon the evil days
when we had no sugar. 1t required
more money to buy a pound of sugar
than 1t has of late to buy q ton of
coal.
But somebody discovered sorghum.
it required a season TO produce it, but
it was a splendid substitute. The man
who had sorghum molasses on his ta-
BILE belonged to the old ante-bellum
quality.
Sorghum was too high for the dar-
kies. But they had to have sweeten-
ing, SO they made some sort of sugar
out of watermelon rind and reveled in
that.
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lome. But Americans who live in
Yucatan are generally speaking, max.
ing money, particularly If they are in.
terested in hemp, and they find con.
ISOLATION in this fact.
Since the outbreak of the Spanish
war the manufacture of hemp from
sisal has become principal business
of 1ucatan and hacindados who de
vote themselves to the growing of the
plant and turning it into hemp are
making ropes of money. Merida, the
capital of Yucatan, is, it is said, the
richest city in Mexico in proportion to
it's population, which is placed any.
where from $4,000 TO 10000.
1t is also the dirtest city in Mexico,
which is saying something very un.
pleasant, for there are few clean
cities in the sister republic. Merida
has neither a water nor a sewerage
system, and that it is not depopulated
every year speaks we'll for the con.
stitutions of the Inhabitants, and may
also say something for the beer
which is drunk there and is made
on the spot by AmeTicaus.--New York
Sun.
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FOR THE NOSE THAT is RED.
Simple Remedy Impaired by French

Simple Remedy Impaired by French
Physician to His countrywomen.
A red nose is the outward and visi-
BILE sign of something wrong inside
in nine cases out of ten; but there
are instances in which the red nose
OF fenininity is caused by merely To-
cal conditions that may be made to
disappear by the use of a remedy that
a French physician has recently in
troduced to his grateful country wom-
en-.
1t is very simple remedy. and any
red nose not the result of alcohol or
indigestion will fade into a beautiful
shade of flesh pink after one treat
ment
1t consists of benzine. bandage
of gauZe is soaked in the liquid and
then laid on the nose, care being
taken to avoid rubbing the skin or
causing any irritation that might tend
to redden it.
If the cloth be allowed to remain
on the flesh for a few minutes, the
redness will disappear, and after that
the suspicious shine that succeeds
the color will also disappear and
there will be only the color OF the
natural skin.
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Judicial Advice.

Curious advice is sometimes given
by magistrates in England. gentle
man recently appeared before a mag
istrate named Kennedy and COM
planned that one of his neighbors had
covered his windows with placards
about a local election.
81 want you to issue an order, your
worship" he added, compelling him
to remove the placards and to clean
the windows"
That's what he ought to do" re-
piled Mr.. Kennedy, but, if he refuses
you'll have to do it yourself"
But suppose he Goes it again." ask
ed the plaintiff.
"In that case" said Mr. Kennedy,
softly, the best thing for you to do
is to have a large pitcher of water
ready and to empty it over him as
soon as you see him approach any
of the windows"
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Monkey Rides in Enuine Cab.

When Engine No. 326 of tae Now
York Central went into the freight
yards at Tarrytown one right last
week a strange face peered out of the
cab window. The train carried some
animals belonging to the Boston show.
When it stopped al a way station
few miles above Tarrytown, Admiral
Earraguet. one Of the largest monkeys,
escaped. When the train started, the
monkey made quick scramble for the
front car, when the glow of the fire in
the cab of the locomotive appealed to
him. The Admiral made his way over
the tender and entered the cab. to the
surprise of Engine Driver Edwards
and Fireman Martin Kelly. He was
made comfortable, and allowed to con-
tinue his ride to Tarrytown, where
one of the keepers took him in charee.
New York Times.
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Racinu at Fifty Deurees ReIouv.

ice footracing is something of a
novelty, although l was accustomed
to it." says Sandy Frew, in the Seat
tie Post-Intelligencer. having run
Charlie Lee on the ice in Omaha sew
eral years ago. An ice track is the
fastest trS k that can be had. You
can get good foothold and it is elias
tic enough. You can get just the
kind of bound you want The great
trouble in ice racing is to keep your
self at the proper temperature Under
proper conditions l can easily beat 10
seconds fiat on the ice. You can
imagine the kind of weather we had
in Dawson when l tell you that it
was so degrees below zero when the
race was pulled Off.
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Ny Rosary.

Thus l begin. when ] first awake.
My soul all conscious of it's needs.
To pray for strength and for His sake
To follow where my Master leads.
And gently. step by step. l go,
Still copying Him in all l do,
And never hurried, never slow.
l try to keep my Lord in view.
! cannot pray, on bended knee,
And SO / say the Rosary.
And when the morning work is done.
And | would pause to pray rest.
No rest have l. in shade sun.
Yet all is well. He loves me best
press along the patient way
OF meek obedience with my cross,
So tired. perhaps. but who shall say
That following Jesus is loss?
cannot pray on bended knee,
And so ! say my Rosary.
Self-love is mortified each day,
And pride is trampled in the dust;
And ! must work when ! would play,
Though l am neither good nor just,
The angry passions. unsubdued.
The love of ease the fear of strife.
The shrinking from the coarse and rude,
Are daily trials of my life
Yet. bead by bead. dear Lord, for Thee
/ try to say my Rosary.
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with smoke. With a swift movement
the conductor knocked the pipe from
the unruly passengers mouth, and be
fore the passengers quite knew villa,
had happened lie had run the fellow
OFF the car. Taking nickel from hia
pocket he threw it after him, saying;
There's your fare"
BY this time the other tough had
recovered from his astonishment and
as he, too, showed fight. the plucky
little conductor treated him in the
same manner
I'm out two fares" he remarked
but I've had more than 10 cents
worth of satisfaction n''--Philadelphia
Record.
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bell, a suggestion of the policeman.
to see what would happen. Certainly
there was some one in the house:
there was light in the guest chamber
window; strange the girl had not
noticed it before. The bell Changed
through the empty building again and
again; they could hear it plainly, and
so could the occupant or occupants OF
that room, for the window was raised
hurriedly Oh, dear they were both
going to be shot now. thought the girl
on the steps below. But out Of the
window came a little blonde head.
and the soft voice of little blonde
woman was asking what was the trou.
BILE. The girls heart began to beat
normally again, but the blood rushed
hotly to her face.
"Oh, officer" she cried. I'm SO
sorry! It's that little Armenian mis-
sionary, and gave her q key to the
house and told her to come in at any
time. And, oh, dear. l might have
known, and I've made you come way
around here"
'Thot's all right, thot's all right"
broke in the big policeman. "Oi'vs
seen plinty of burglars of the kind be-
fore"
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FUR MAS SAKE.
BY LAURA ELLEN BEALE.


fore it's tn late. 'Twouldn't seem
right tn let em lang i'm, an him our
boy" he added apologetically, "'thout
dOin' thir &. an MIN shet up thar and
kain't help hisself
II reckon we dun all ez could be
dun. 80 fur. git;in' good lawyer fur
i'm an'-but you know how twas Now
we want tn try an see ef the Guvner
won't du sutkin' fur i'm.
We lowed mebby eff we'd go tu'im
an tell i'm the hull thing, he mout
be wiilln' to fix it so Bill nd be sent
10 prison. stead O. nargin' Ma an
me, we talked it all over, and lowed
that eff we wuz tn come tn you, at
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The ONCE OF the commonwealth at
orney was sitting. and musty book
tsh odor from the shelves along the
walls pervaded the room.
The attorney red-faced and glisten-
Ing with perspiration, sat at his desk.
upon which were numerous bundles OF
legal papers, upon which he tried vain
ly to fix his mind.
Arranging some sheets of paper, he
determinedly set about making
draught of an indictment, but finding
1t impossible to concentrate his mind
upon it, he pushed back his chair i'm
patiently, and sprarg to his feet with
a muttered exclamation, when he saw
for the first time, that he was not
alone.
In the doorway stood an old man eye
Ing him seriously. He was tall,
lean old fellow, with face and neck
much tanned by wind and sun, and
clad in the simple garb Of the noun
tain dweller his soil-stained bare feet
giving no warning of their owners
approach.
The look of petulance upon the face
Of the attorney changed to an express
sion of gravity as he recognized his
visitor, and when he greeted him his
voice was low, almost strained.
How are you, Uncle Tom?" he said,
come in and sit down.
The old man did not return the
greeting, but silently sloucned in and
sank into chair. Its bout Bill"
q h,.ioa fx-;~ Ii,
the attorney. The latter nodded but
did not speak, and the old man con-
tinued, I've come to see eff eny-
thing could be dun fur Bill"
The case Of the People vs. Tripp
had been the commonwealth attor
ney's first big case: the conviction of
the defendant therein his first great
achievement The crime had been
murder, foul-premeditate and out
ragged justice had called aloud. He
was young man, anu the dignity and
majesty of the law had impressed him
greatly. He had not failed to do his
whole duty, and in three more weeks
Bill Tripp, the defendants was to be
hanged.
The attorney had been proud of his
success. His work had been thorough
and the many words OF praise De-
slowed upon him, by lawyers stand
Ing high in their profession, had
pleased him greatly. Of what this
gratifying success meant to the man
on trial for mis- life, he had never
really thought, until the solemn words
Of the death sentence brought sudden
realization. Somehow the low tones
OF the Judge had awakened within him
o new appreciation of what to him
had seemed merely suit at law, and
he glanced wonderingly at the tall
young man standing half carelessy,
listening intently to the tones that
were ringing his death knell. 1t
seemed Impossible that his life, so
strong and vigorous, must end, and
because of this-because of his eff
forts.
With these new thoughts came a
disturbing sense OF his own RESPONSE
bility, and for moment he almost re-
gretted having chosen the profession
of law.
Now came the father of Bill Tripp
to ask for mercy. There was still the
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rhs Aas,n,.s o..nm.ns.

When the mist - en the Ss1yer. ana the
base 10 on tn. otis,
ana .-;e promise Of the springtims aA
tie ample heaven flals;
when the shy things In the wood-haunts
and the hardy on the plains
Catch UP heart and feel q leaping life
through winters sluggish veins:
Then the summons OF the morning like
bugle moves the blood.
Then the soul Of man grows larger, like
a flower from the bud;
For the hope Of high endeavor Is a cor
dial half divine.
And the banner Cry Of onward calls the
laggards into line.
There is glamour of the moonlight when
the stars rain peace below.
But the stir and smell of morning is a
better thing to know:
While the night is hushed and holden
and trans pierce by dreamy song.
Lo, the dawn brings dew and ire and
the rapture of the strong
Richard Burton.