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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-06
TALKING TO ONES SELF.
Belief Is Common That 1t Is symp-
tom of Insanity.

tom of Insanity.
Talking to ones self has this obvious
advantage over any other form of ora
tory or gossip-one is assured of
sympathetic audience.
But it has also this peculiar draw
back-it is supposed to be one of the
early symptoms of insanity. Wrongly
so, perhaps. A mad doctor might rule
the habit out of his diagnosis.
Nevertheless the popular belief is
firmly rooted. And it is for fear Of
this belief. doubtless that we talk to
ourselves, even as we dress our hair
with straws, SO rarely. 1t may be said
that we never do address ourselves at
any length except in the delirium OF
fever. In moments of ordinary ex-
element, of course, we utter to the
wind some sort of appropriate ejacu-
lation. Delight wrings from us a cry
of "Hurrah!" or Thank heaven"
even though there be none by to echo
us.
Similarly in any disgust we emit one
of those sounds whose rather poor
equivalents in print are Ugh" and
'Faugh," 'D-n," and Tut" Much
ldTther IMAM tniS we 90 not 60 n.y.
what an ass am IT, cries Hamlet in
one Of his soliloquies. Omitting the
first word and transposing the last two,
the ordinary modern man does often
soliloquize to that extent But he
could no more soliloquize to Hamlet's
extent than he could speak in deca-
syllabics.
Nor is there any reason to sappose
that that class of the community with
which. contemptuous of his own flu
ency, Hamlet compared himself. is or
ever was more prone to sOliloQuies we
cannot accept Hamlet as an unbiased
authority.
We merely find in him the possible
origin of the belief that talking to
ones self is bad sign
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ABOUT NEWSPAPER CRITICS.
They Have Faults. Some of Which
Appear to BE Constitutional.

They Have Faults. Some of Which
Appear to BE Constitutional
The average critic OF the news paper
does not own stock in any newspaper
and does not know the cost OF getting
the news. The chances are that he has
never consciously met reporter. ct
most of what he knows from reading
outside of his own business or profess
sion has been taught him by the news
papers. They show him every day
that the world is not what he wants
it to be and it is hard for him to learn
their lessons and especially haro to
make allowances for their faults. He
may be lazy-they are industrious fol
him; he may be stupid-they are in
telligent Tor him; he may be timid-
they are bold for him; yet he de-
nounces the newspapers.
When a reporter, working day and
night, throws the ardor of youth or the
pity of age into tragic scenes from.
court where every one with a bright
heart was in tears he denounces the
newspapers. When an editorial
which he hunts for before breakfast
in order to know what to think i'm
mediately after some momentous trag-
edy-iS not exhaustive. he dsnounce-
the newspapers. His especial condem-
nation is bestowed upon what he calls
the vulgar publicity OF the newspa-
pers.
When he reads enough papers or ex-
tends his reading beyond his newspa-
pers and his business. or. better still.
tries to prevent some injustice. he may
learn that vulgar publicity is oftel. u
safeguard of justice. Good taste and
the modest reserve of private life too
often tempt the critic 10 shrink from
an open fight with oppression. One of
the arts of the leading criminals
among politicians is to scare off the
private clt!zeu by warning him that
evil communications corrupt good
manners. But public spirit is much
more robust and efficient. says the At
lantic Monthly, when coupled with a
familiar knowledge of the vulgar
world
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DefenNe of tho Militia

1T appears to most OF the officers
and men of the Massachusetts militia
that Secretary of War Root has been
enormously quoted as to the efficiency
of the land militia IN opposition to the
volunteer" says a veteran of the Span
ish-A war. Those of us who
were at Chickamauga and slger and
Wyckon know from actual observation
where the volunteer stood in COMPARE
son with the militia soldier of the
states. We know that the percentage
of illness. the percentage of deaths.
was less with the militia vo1unt Ger
than it was with the rookie pure and
simple in the ranks of the United
States service, simply because the
militiaman was drilled in the care of
himself. Figures can be presented to
prove this. 1t used to be the most re-
sentful criticism that a volunteer
could hear at Chickamauga that he
was militia, and therefore the crude
volunteer. hit or miss, was superior to
him. because he was tarred regular"
by reason of the regiment to which
he was assigned. That was all there
was to st. but the records of the ser
vice will show that the militia volun-
teer lost less men approximately than
any other so-called regular regiment
in the service"
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Thought the Doctor Knew.

At the last annual meeting of the
Association of Military Surgeons of the
United States Maj. John Van K. HofI.
in the course of his speech accepting
the presidency OF the association, told
the following story: "A lady was pass
ing through the wards of an over
crowded military hospital when she
suddenly encountered two men saving
and hammering on some boards. She
looked at them in some surprise and
wonderingIy asked: What are you do
ing there, my mem They looked vi
al her and one of them said: What
are we doing? Why, we are making q
coffin. that's what we are doing a
Coffin?' she asked. For whom are you
making a coffin?' For that fellow Cyer
there in that bed. Don't you see him"
The lady looked in the direction indi-
Gated and saw man apparently in
good condition and watching the oper
alton with great interest. Why. that
man is not dead, and, indeed. he does
not look as if he We're going to die.
Can't you postpone this work" No
the men said, we can't postpone it..
The doctor told us to make the coffin,
and he knows what he gave him. -
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ExcursfOn to y{cksburr.

The chances are that a good-sized
party Of Milwaukee and Wisconsin
veterans will take advantage of the
excursion to Vicksburgs battle field.
which is being arranged as a prelude
to the New Orleans Mardi Gras. L; is
intended that excursionists shall stop
over for a day at Vtcksburg on the
way to New Orleans. The excursion
train will leave Chicago Tuesday even
ing. Feb. 4. reaching Vicksburg at s
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and leav-
ing there at noon next day for New
Orleans. Wisconsin veterans in par
ticular have cause to remember vicks-
burg With pride on account of useful
service there during the battles Of the
siege.
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Must Wait for Army Register.

Although the war department has
completed its arrangement OF the lin
cal rank of first lieutenants of cav
airy and infantry, the secretary of war
has decided that no announcement
will be made Of the same pending the
publication of the annual Army
Register. The Register will be late
inappearing this year, as there are
still many officers to be appointed and
examined under the provisions of the
act of February 2, 1901. Secretary
Root has ordered, however, that all
exami nations of officers entering the
army under this act be completed by
the last day in January, so that the
prospects are that the Register will APP
pear toward the latter part Of February
or the beginning of March.
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or Interest to Veterans.

The following executive order has
been issued, directed to each executive
department:
The attention Of the department is
hereby called to the provisions of the
laws giving preference to veterans in
appointment and retention.
The president desires that where
ever the needs of the service will JUS
tify and the law viii permit, preference
shall be given alike in appointment
and retention to honorably discharged
veterans of the civil war who are fit
and we'll qualified to perform the du-
ties of the places which they seek and
are filling.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House, January II, 1902"
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woman's Shrewd Business sense.

Miss Ella Connard of New York, I'M
til recently. was employed by life
insurance company in that city, where
her shrewd business sense had come
under the notice of an official of tn
Pennsylvania Railroad company. Thc
company was DESTROYS of purchasing
some land in West ThiIty-fourth street
to be used as terminals, but did no.
wish this fact to become public. for tn.
reason that publicity of that kind
would inevitably put the price away
up. Miss Connard was employed to
negotiate for the property, and so wei
did she manage that the company was
saved d vast sum, the total payment
being in millions. The clever young
woman's commission was of such pro
portions that she viii have Il comfort
able income for life.
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Gold Coaat Expodition.

A special expedition, under DR..
Charles Balfour Stewart. has just been
sent by the Liverpool School Of Trop-
ical Science to the Gold Coast and to
the gold mining districts Of that col
ony to conduct a series of operations
there Gargely the suppression OF the
mosquito), with view to improve the
condition Of health and sanitation. DR.
Stewart was to have sailed for Cape
Coast Castle on November Is, but his
departure had to be delayed, as the
municipal authorities Of Liverpool
requisitioned his services to deal with
an outbreak Of plague In the city. The
lines on which DR.. BaIfour Stewart
will proceed will be similar, SO far as
possible. to those now being followed
by the Sierra Leone expedition of the
Liverpool School under Dr.. Logan Tay-
lOr.
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Tho Indian and tho epectacles.

The Holton Recorder tells an anus
ing story Of an Indian from the Potta-
watomie Reservation who visited an
oculist in Holton to get pair OF
glasses. The oculist seated him. and
went through the usual tests with
printed cards, eliciting from his Gus
toner but little comment as he tried
on the different lenses. At last. when
the oculist was almost in despair the
Indian pulled couple of dice from
his pocket, threw them on the floor,
snapped his fingers as he grunted.
Come seven!" and then smiled all
over his fat face when he found he
could distinguish the spots readily.
And the lesson seems to be that even
the unphilosophic red man has grasped
the immortal truth that the price Of
success is painstaking attention to
matter of equipment.
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With the Veterans.

Twas Yankee Doodle went to war
To fight the British lion.
With fintlock rife in his hand
And hemp his horn to tie on.
The boasting Hessians laughed to
scorn.
Though bought with English Doodle,
To firsi at Concord, Lexington,
The grit Of Yankee Doodle.
CHORUS.
This Yankee Doodle kept it up
With gun and powder handy,
And made the redcoats dance the step
To Yankee Doodle Dandy"
The lion sprang upon his prey.
At Bunker Hill and Trenton.
And furious bristled name and tail,
Twas frightful how he went on.
Said Yankee Doodle, Better dry
Your pesky takin' on SO;
I'll punt saitpeter in your eye
And give your tail twist o."
At Princeton, too and Bennington,
At Fort Ticonderoga,
The bloody Hessians bit the dust,
And next ct Saratoga.
For Yankee Doodle picked his flint,
And fired such tarnal powder.
The critter lost the 'tother eye
And growled with rage the louder.
At Eutaw Springs he clipped his tail,
To Yorktown then pursued him,
From start to finish whipped him out,
Politely hacked and hewed him.
So sneaking back to tory land,
AS sullen as clam, sir,
With Yankee Doodle did lie down,
The Lion and the Lamb, sir.
w. o. Pierce in Exchange.
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Soldiers Homes.

The national home for disabled
volunteer soldiers at Washington has
branches at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee,
Wis; Togus, Me-; Hamp on, Va, Leav-
enworth. Kan; Santa Monica, Cal. 4:
Marion. Ind; and Danville. Ill. Then
there are state homes in California,
Colorado. Connecticut. Idaho. Illinois.
Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,.
Michigan, Minnesota Missouri, Mon
tsna. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York. Ncr h Dakota Ohio.
Oregon Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
South Dakota. Vermont. Washington,
Wisconsin and Wyoming Disability
that prevents the applicant from earn
ing his living is a common require
ment for admission. A veteran re-
ceiving greater pension than SIG q
month is ineligible. under ordinary
conditions, for the national home; else
where the practice varies.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-06

The eighty-seventh anniversary of
the Battle of New Orleans was cele-
brated at Nashville, Tenn, on Jackson
day by the Ladies Hermitage Associa-
ton with a large ball at the Tulane,
the entire first floor of which was SUI
perbly adorned with the Jackson vine
and Jackson favorite flower. Roman
hyacinths. A full-1ength portrait of
General Jackson. wreathed with hya-
ciaths. occupied the place of honor in
the ballroom, and the historic silver
from the Hermitage was used in
adorning the tables in the dining
room. %
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heart that had put aside all youthful
follies.
The boat moved slowly: the river
swept away into the forests depths.
Their laughter was the spontaneous
laughter Of two who find content in
each others presence; their silence
held no eStrangement.
A purple mist settled on the blue
mountains that beIted the distance;
from some near hill. milkmaid's call
doated. The knowls above them were
massed in bloom. A deep sweet hap
piness filed the woman's soul 1t was
but just that life out OF its fullness
should have given her this one last
day Of youth.
The boat turned homeward The
sun, ball of fiSe, was dropping behind
far mountain peak. 1t was dragging
her off to a dream country from which
she would wake in a shiver. Alas,
that from dreams the dreamers awake
But the boat crept on-in the perfumed
gloom the laurel crowned hills were
white. 1t was still a dream. A school
girl dream come true. A castle built
on lonely evenings when the wind had
shivered and the thoughts were long,
long thoughts-a castle turned to
cleaning marble.
The boat touched the landing For
an instant the man felt the pressure OF
her light weight; then she stood be.
side him on the river bank.
"Good-by," said Matilda. She held
out her hand; her eyes had strange
sweetness-the sweetness Of joy re-
linquished at birth, laid reverently
away with her one day of youth.
"GoodDy," she faltered, ''it grows
late
Goodbye" the man said, puzzled
Then he laughN down into her eyes,
"Good-by until tomorrow"
I'VE have had to-day" said Matilda
And will have tomorrow" The
mans boat shot out into the stream.
Matilda climbed the hill that led to
the village-the dreary village. And
in the west where the day was fas,
dying the star that comes first to the
waiting sky glowed.
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Matildo's Mutiny
BY Sara Lind<oy Colsnnoo
coPYRlcHr. PUBLISHING COMPANY
BY Sara Lindsay col.moo

You have done the things you hate
and left undone the things you'd love
to do"
How did you know" she asked.
He trampled the grave she had made
the grave that held her youth and
pointed to the water below, where q
boat rocked softly.
Come" he said.
Matilda moved slowly from him in
the direction Of the church spire.
The music" murmured the man
lmpressively, "is going down the other
street.
Where are we going?" asked Ma
ulda. She had stepped into the boat.
TO land of mutual discovery" he
said gayly. "It leads through winding
paths; perhaps it returns to the level;
perhaps it goes to the heights"
Matilda's heart had leaped to her
throat at the look he gave her. 1t was
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there's breath in her body they feel
responsible for her and try to marry
her off. It's bad enough when a new
man comes into the community; it's
shivery when mans left a widower-
oh, bow l hate widowersI" She made
gesture of despair.
You might try suicide" the man
suggested.
1--WE thought of it, said Matilda,
darkly.
They looked at each other. The sun
fiitering through the trees flung coins
of gold at their feet.
Its my birthday" the man spoke
slowly I'VE might celebrate together;
we might have one last day of youth. "
A sudden wistfulness shone in Ma
tilda's eyes, but she shook her head.
at would be the one delicious, iso-
lated improperly of your life
She looked at him doubtfully.
You've let the band go down the
ether street all your days?"
YES" pensively.
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AT length, as it was getting dark,
I returned to the Palace Hotel for
dinner. / was just ascending the mar
BILE staircase leading to Che dining
room on the second floor, when a
vision Of glory burst upon my view
1t was she, coming down. Jmmedi-
stely behind her were her elderly COM
panion and a gray-haired man. The
girl looked like the well-known picture
of Queen Louise of Prussia descending
from her terrace. My eyes were daz-
xled, my senses seemed to desert me.
The recognition was mutual, but near
ly fatal to her, for she missed her
footing, slipped on the smooth marble,
and fell headlong down the steep stair
case. With a cry of alarm I sprang
ur three steps at a bound and caught
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-06

clares is unfailing. The following Ia
last expedition General Lawton made
against Santa Cruz two regiments the
Fourth Cavalry and an Idaho regiment,
were sent up the Laguna de Bay n
native boats. In the darkness the two
regiments ran into one another, and
great confusion resulted
What farmer outfit are your
yelled the Idaho boys, derisively, at
the clumsy cavalry.
Lawton's Fourth Cavalry answer
ed Sle regulars
Five cavalry was the answer.
Where are your horses?'
Here in our knapss cks,' replied the
cavalry, rafting their cans of salt
horse"
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Before him stood his beautiful uA-
known.

train the same day. There was not
the slightest clue. On the staircase
where the divine creature had dropped
it, lay a glove, the one on the wall
l picked it up and put it into my peck
ct For three years l have worshipped
that glove, and l hope some day to re-
store it to it's owner but only when
the hand it fits has been bestowed
upon me-"
You are a dreamer" said Tom. 81
had almost said fool. Why the girl
may have married long ago. and here
you are chasing chimera!"
Perhaps" replied Herbert sadly.
But if you had seen that face; If you
had held that palpitating form in your
arms as l did, you would be as great
an enthusiast
81 doubt it. I'D now let's drive
way all recollections of your unful-
filed dreams in a game of billiards"
A few days later Herbert found
among his letters the following note:
Dear Old Fellow Come to see me
tonight without fail. l want you to
meet friend with whom you can
swap stories about the wild and woody
west. l know the enjoyment will be
mutual. Tom"
Herbert's first impulse was to refuse,
| but his bachelor apartments, while
| they abounded in comfort lacked cheer.
| He lit a cigar and went out. Tom re-
| ceived him with ill-concealed excite
/ ment.
I'm glad you've come he said hi
! lariously THE friend l wrote about
will be here shortly. Sit down and
| take it easy."
Presently a door opened and a 1.-THE
! figure entered the room. Tom sprang
from his chair. Mr.. Hail. he said.
allow me to Introduce you to my
cousin. Edith Carroll. She has also
been to San Francisco Perhaps"
Herbert arose. Suddenly he became
pale and would have fallen, but for
Toms support. Before him stood his
beautiful unknown. Mechanically he
! held out his hand, which she seized.
Il have never thanked you suffi-
GENTLY for your timely aid on the
staircase" she said in the musical
voice which Herbert recollected so
fondly.
1T was a rare pleasure to save you."
was all Herbert could say. Tears of
Joy we're IDscuring his vision. You
| see, exclaimed ON, SSSticufdtiHS III
his excitem snt, Il was so impressed
with your story of the other night that
1 mentioned it to Edith. for she, too.
had been out west. Imagine my sur
prize when l learned that she was the
girl you have been loving all this
time in secret"
BE quiet. Tom" cried Herbert, be-
coming very red.
And to my intense joy" shouted
| Tom, unabashed, Edith confessed that
she had been loving you all these years
in secret, too"
"Oh. Tom! Please hush!" pleaded
Edith hiding her face.
And now since I've brought you to-
gether," continued the irrepressible
Tom, Il. hereby declare you betrothed.
and give you my cousinly blessing"
And Tom stalked melodramaticaIIy
out of the room.
month later Herberts bachelor
quarters were dismantled, and the
glove restored to its happy owner.
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Phince Henry will bring with him
to the United States bronze cannon,
as a present from the kaiser to the
Central Union Of German-American
veterans who fought in the war OF
1S66-70. The cannon was captured
from the French. 1t is destined for
Philadelphia, where the prince will
probably make a speech in presenting
it to the veterans.
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One of the latest beliefs of the medf-
cal profession is that many people die
each year, while asleep, from heart dis
ease that is brought on by Nightmares
or bad dreams. A specialist on the
heart said recently that in his opinion
in nine cases out of ten of deaths in
bed heart action was stopped by fear
which injurious dreams brought on.
Il have taken part in thousands of
autopsies," said this expert, "and' p
many cases made a study of the
it's of those who died. l found the
jority had been sufferers from
mares or other nocturnal disturb
of dreamland and that freque
they woke up in the middle of
night completely exhausted and gray
ly alarmed through some particui
vivid dream. If people are fright
to death while awake, when they
their full senses and hope for,
why is it not liable to happen
they sleep?"
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Horses Were on Their Backs.

Peter MacQueen, the well known
Boston lecturer, who was with Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Santiago, and with
Lawton in his last campaign in the
Philippines, has fund of interesting
stories about army life, and is an en-
thusiastic admirer of the regular army
private, whose sense of humor, Ne de-
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CbnpIains May Marry Soldiers.

United States military chaplAns
regularly on duty in Cuba, will here
after be invested with sufficient au-
thority to perform the marriage cere-
mony in this island, and certificate
Of their commission showing that they
are duly commissioned chaplains of
the United States army shall be suffi-
cient evidence of their authority to
perform said ceremony.
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her in my arms just in time to pre-
vent her from dashing against the
stone steps, 1t was a narrow escape
and 1 was thankful l was permitted
to help her.
when she recovered her equilibri.
UNI and her breath she thanked me In
most musical voice, as did her com
panions, whom l discovered to be her
father and mother. / stood stupidity
staring after them as they went
through the lobby and out into the
street. By the time l recovered my
presence of mind they had entered s
cab and were being driven away"
Tom lit another cigarette. Go on
he said eagerly. Did you find out who
she was?"
mo, and therein lies the sting. Nc
one knew them at the hotel. They had
arrived in the morning. had taken theil
dinner without registering, and left by