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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
How Soldiers Can Die.

When Lieutenant Egerton Of the
Powerful and one of the best of the
younger officers, was directing one of
his guns against the enemy, one leg
and one foot were carried off, as he lay
on the sand bag parapet watching the
effect of the fire. ''There's an end OF
nv cricket" he said, simply. He was
carried to the rear with a cigar be-
tween his teeth, and died soon after.
Spion Kop saw some of the most
memorable instances of the cool good
humor with which wounds and death
were received. Captain Muriel was
shot through the cheek While he was
handing a cigarette to a private, but
he continued to lead his regiment until
bullet crashed through his brain.
Scott Moncrieff went on after three
bullet wounds; it was not till he was
hit the fourth time that he was dis
abled. An even more remarkable story
was that of Grenfell of Thorneycroft's.
When he received his first shot, he
cried: "That's all right; it's not much.'
A second wound made him remark: Il
can get on all right" The third shot
killed him. Buchanan Riddell, the
Colonel of the King.; Royal Rifles,
was shot by a bullet through the head
as he stood up to read note from
Lyttleton, his General. When poor
TAFT was hit on the advance to kim
berly-he had one wound already just
barely healed-he exclaimed: They've
| got me this time"
But perhaps the death which i'm
| presses one most in all the long and
glorious list is that of Lord Airlie. He
was shot down in a shower of bullets
| from hidden body Of Beers just after
his men had finished Il splendid and
successful charge. A few moments be-
fore he had said to Il sergeant, who.
drunk with the passion of battle, had
probably burst forth into some char
acteristic oaths: Pray. moderate your
| language The next moment bullet
had sped through his heart.-M. A. Z.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
A Revival.

A revival of an old time favorite is
fine cut jet, faceted and sparkling al
most like black diamonds. Long chains
of Jet are exhibited, and it is being
effectively introduced into millinery.
An exceedingly smart hat, entirely Of
white Lyons tulle had for its only orna-
mentation chains Of large cut jet beads
wound into a 'rosette" on one side,
falling in sparkling festoons behind,
and waving over the fat crown, to be
again caught into an artistic knot on
top.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
Beauty Culture.

And word to those who long to be
stylish" The wish is not as frivolous
as it at first appears. Next to beauty,
it is the right of every woman to be
becomingly gowned; she owes it to her
associates no less than to herself; and
from a sartorial point Of view, much
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
Happy Thought.

Mr.. Toppin-"As long as l can re
member, I've heard people talk about
that fortunate time when the Office VIII
seek the man.
Mrs. Toppin-"Not having been able
TO find the man why would it not be
good idea for the office to lock around
for the woman:''-BoSt0u Transcript.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
Had to Fight Three Bears.

Fremont Bourne, who lives in Rut-
land, VT. had an encounter lately with
three large black bears on East Noun
tain. and but for his pluck and en-
durance he would undoubtedly have
been killed. When Mr.. Bourne started
out to fish in the vicinity he feared
no danger and went unarmed. He had
whipped the brook half way up the
mountain when suddenly he heard a
rustic in the bushes and three bears
broke into the clearing.
Mr.. Bourne made for a young syca-
more tree and climbed it. The bears
followed to the foot of the tree, and
one behind another began to ascend.
When the foremost bear got near the
branch on which Mr.. Bourne had taken
refuge he managed to keep the animal
from approaching nearer by jabbinG
him in the eyes with small branch
which he had broken from the tree,
but the bear little by little came near.
er, and the other two We're just below
him before Mr. Bourne had decided tC
run. He moved out as far as he could
on the branch, dropped to the GROUND
and started down the mountain fOl
the nearest house, half Il mile distant
Bourne put 200 yards behind him be
fore one of the bears reached The
ground. The animals gained on him
and when he reached the farm house
the foremost was hardly 100 feet be
hind. At the farm house Nh Bourne
secured Il rifle, and from an uppe
| window he shot and killed two of tin
! bears, the third escaping to the woods
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
He Had Proposed.
He had proposed.

He ndu HTUNOSVU.
Before giving YOU my reply. she
said LET us have Il direct understand
ing If l am to consider this seriously
l will have to say No. but If 1t is
only summer resort engagement 1
shall be pleased TO accept YOU for the
time being. g."-Chicago Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
The Captive.
Rurlocks is

They tell me Maude Burlocks is
going to be married
You're misinformed. Miss Bur
locks is going to marry the man who is,
going to be married. Your difficulty
is that you don't know Miss Burlocks."
Baltimore News.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
An Effective Embroidery.

Dark green embroidery is used with
good effect on pale blue waist. This
has a front of some sheer white ma
terial and the embroidery outlines it
on the blue. 1t is used with little
white, and the palm-leaf pattern is in
troduced effectively.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
Couldn't Be Guilty OF That.

Never" said the person Of good ad-
vice to the delicateiy nurtured Boston
youth, never say I can't
Indeed. sir responded lie intellect
ual lad. Il trust that my ,iiction is not
so open TO criticism. If YOU will but
be attentive to my conversation you
will observe that | say 'cawDl. -
Baltimore American.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
No Help From Her.

.'Miss Frisbie = Ellen. love" said
young Mr.. Gallagher. timidy. Il have
lost my heart
I'm sorry 1 can't help you. Mr.. Gal,
lagher," replied the maiden. not I'M
kindly Il haven't found it."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
On the Impulse of the Moment.

"What would YOU say. began the
voluble prophet of woe, If l We're TO
tell you that i'll Il very short space of
time all the rivers of this country
would dry up
Il would say replied the patient
man. 60 thou. and do likewise ~
Christian Register.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
The Fate of th. M.rccuary.

Don't YOU suspect hat Il great many
people seek YOU Out bec,ill>" they have
axes to gr.nd:"
Yes" answered Scna or sorghum
Once in u while y man succeeds in
his selfish enterprise: hut IL the ma
jorty of instances ! >i,nply take pos
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
A Wife.

Benedict-"Give me few pointers on
how to manage a wife. old chap
Meeks-"Can't, my boy. but l can
give you no end of advice on how to be
managed by wife so that you'll think
YOU are the manager. er.'-Brooklyn Life
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
The Eminent Lawyer. Client.

"What," asked the eminent criminal
lawyer. ''is your friends defense?'
"That depends altogether on you,' re-
piled the friend of the accused. III we
had one we would be consulting u
cheaper lawyer. indianapolis News.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25

PEGGY Belt r.steuipes,

Some of the prettiest of belt fasten.
ings are those which are finished with
tassels of silver or gold. Shaded silver
is seen in many belt buckles.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
He nidn,t.

"Do you believe in signs?'
.No. A dentists sign reading Teeth
Extracted Without Pain fell the other
day. just as l went under it, and
Knocked out two teeth OF mine.
cinnati Commercial Tribune
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
In Return.

"What's the matter!'
Billy slapped me-"
What did he do that for:'
Jest cause l kicked him, New
Yo.k Journal.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
rhe Indispeneable Ed uiue.

Oh. the fiying machine some day will fly
And through the ether roam,
But on its collapse
The horse, perhaps,
Will be asked to haul it home.
Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Tho Baby and the Monkey.

Babies are very like little monkeys,
and we are least human when we are
youngest. But by way of solace and
to save our self-conceit If that has suf.
fered, they assure US that whereas
the little monkeys grow less and less
like humans every hour they grow,
our babies turn their backs on the
monkey type at the first squirm, and
grow away from it hand over fist
during the whole of their protracted
period Of development. The monkey
child's strength runs to jaws and to
length Of limb, and to agility and mon
key ways. The human child's nose as.
serts itself, his brain grows and grows,
and insists on having room to expand
in, and his skull takes shape accord
ingly. He finds his legs, and gradual
ly puts them to use, though in some
children strength comes to the legs
very slowly. The learned doctors as
sure us, too, that the period of upward
development in which the child grows
more human all the time and keeps
putting distance between himself and
the monkeys, is in infancy and early
youth, and that presently upward evo-
luton stops, and development becomes
IAN adaptation to the environment
without regard to upward geological
movement" ,"-E. S. Martin, in Har-
pep's.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The American Army officer had taken
the Frenchman's discovery and was
endeavOring to combine some admiX-
ture which would make the illuminate
a more tractable servant and one that
could be made to do various kinds OF
work.
Now Captain John Barton had n
comrade in arms named Phillip Mas
ters. II we are to believe the multiple
ity Of Colonial historical romances, ev-
cry young Colonial soldier had a sweet
heart, and Barton and Masters were
no exceptions to the rule, The only
difficulty in this case was that they
both Of them loved the same sweet
heart, Mary Travers, who lived in
South Carolina, where Marion, Sum
ter and the rest were doing their best
to give Clinton an interesting time.
1t is rather hard thing to have to
say about young American girl Of
the Colonial period, for according to
all that has been written every one
Of them was n paragon Of virtue, love-
liness and strength Of character, but
as truth must be the handmalden Of
history, Mary TPavers was as fickle.
minded as she WAS beautiful. She
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Aaron Burr's Proposal. .

An interesting autograph letter to
Aaron Burr from Matthias Ogden, the
Brevet Brigadier- General Of the Revo.
luton, was sold recently to q collector
for $11. The letter is dated at Eliza,
BEETHOVEN, March IS, 1775, and con.
Germs love. Here is a part of 1.-THE
better part: II read with pleasure youI
love intrigues, your anonymous cor
respondence with Miss r., etc, and,
with as much seriousness, the part that
is relative Of Miss G. T. B. overtures
etc. Steadily, Aaron. Perhaps she is
worthy your love, and If could think
she was | would not say single word
to discourage you. But here is the
rub with me. From the information ]
have had from you l understand her
fcndness for G. was after she was ac
quainted with you, Had it been before
l should think nothing Of it. Be eau
tious, Aaron; weigh the matter well
heartily pity the innocent that
broke through the rules of modesty
and, contrary to her sex's pride first
owned her passion for a Man, tho in
the least 1 do not blame her. Here
you have a difficult part to act. If you
reject, she curses; If you pity, she
takes it for encouragement" ."-Philadel
phia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

but listened. He heard Barton give a
detailed account of experiments with
explosives which had lasted through
number of years. Then he heard a
discussion on the subject Of flint locks,
and Of some new and simple cOntriv-
ance to take the place Of the clumsy
device. There was talk also Of a fur
ther application Of a certain force
which should make the powder and the
bullet Of one piece and work q complete
transformation Of the method of load
ing weapons. Masters knew from the
tone of the Commander-in in Chiefs voice
that he was deeply interested.
Barton was heard finally to say: "In
this Theoretically sealed copper casket
is quantity of the illuminate and with
it is a complete account Of the discov-
cry and receipts for making the ex-
plosives."
leave the casket here, Captain Bar
TOM said Washington, "and we will
go into the matter experimentally and
In detail as soon as l can gather to-
gether the proper officers. My belief
is that this discovery holds for you
fame If not fortune"
Phillip Masters heard the outer dooE
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
A Loaf Centuries old.

A notable recent contribution to the
archaeological museum of the Univer-
sity of Arizona is a loaf Of bread found
in a cave dwelling in the Superstition
Mountains of Central Arizona in 1879,
and since that time in the possession
Of Herbert Brown, superintendent Of
the Territorial prison.
The loaf is undeniably bread, and
without doubt is Of great age. 1t was
found embedded in the ashes wherein
It was baked probably hundreds or
perhaps thousands Of years ago. 1t
had very plainly been wrapped in a
cloth or mat, and the marks Of the
fibre Of the cloth are visible in the
dark, brick-like mass. Mr.. Brown is
of the opinion that the bread was
made of mesquite beans, roughly
ground in metates by the aboriginal
housewives Of centuries ago.
With 1t was found a store of ancient
sacrifcial implements, stone axes and
arrowheads. The loaf has been steril-
lied by the curator Of the museum, and
has been sealed within a glass jar.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

Khaki has been finally discarded by
the British War Office for service
dress, and in its place has been substi-
tuted rainproof, drab-mixtured cloth
for coats, which is supposed to be
equally suited to summer and winter
wear. Trousers are to be made Of a
similar cloth, which, however, instead
Of being a solid color, are to be Of drab
tartan, and the puttee and boots for
privates and non-commissioned officers
have been discarded in favor CT leather
leggins in the mounted service and
canvas in the infantry. 1t is notice
able also that the slouch campaign
hat, heretofore peculiar to our own ser.
vice, has been with a few modi6ca-
tions, generally adopted in the Englilh
service, and that the cork helmet has
~Vffered the same fate as the khaki.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

King Edward has pleased the Welsh
people immensely by directing that
there be added to the achievement Of
the Prince of Wales the badge of the
Red Dragon" The Red Dragon of
Cadwallader Of Wales was quartered
by Henry (Tudor) VII in a banner
with his other badges in recognition
or his direct descent from owen Tu.
dor, the Welsh Prince When the
S,uarts ascended the throne the
dragon was dropped from the coat of
arms, and it has not since reappeared
until now through its restoration to
the achievement of arms of the heir
apparent who takes his title from the
little principality.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The record of deaths in Alpine climb.
ing in Switzerland during last year
amounts to 119, which is said to bo
more than double that Of the previous
year. Probably many of these fatal
ties may be traced to lack of expert
ence or foolhardiness among tourists.
Mountain climbing is an art, and to
be successful in it demands a clear
head, steady nerves and no small skill
In keeping ones feet in dangerous
places. Nothing is more exhilaratlng
than mountain climbing when a mis-
step may mean swift and sudden
death; but Switzerland ought to pass
some law restricting this pastime to
those who are able to prove that they
have had experience as mountaineers,
thinks the San Francisco Chronicle.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
RECOVERED FROM THE WATER.
a Scheme More Gigantic Than the zuy-
der Zee Project.


The proposed draining Of the Zuy,
Ter Zee, which has been under discus
sion for the past century, is popularly
looked upon as an engineering problem
In land reclamation without a parallel
In contemporary history. The land
that would be reclaimed by this work
would be about 750 square miles. In
comparison the Engineering News re-
fers to a work in this direction now
being carried out along the Mississippi
which will reclaim tract of land
$500 square miles in extent. The work
If reclaiming the st. Francis basin,
which lies on the west bank Of the
Mississippi, between New Madrid. in
Missouri, and Helena, in Arkansas, Is
already well under way, only a few
additional miles Of levees being neces-
sary to complete the artificial banks
which are to hold in check the flood
waters of the Mississippi. The soil
Is an alluvial deposit, and, therefore,
remarkably fertile anG capable Of the
highest cultivation. A comparison of
the extent of the st. Francis basin
with the combined areas of Rhode
Island and Delaware gives a good idea
Of its magnitude. All Of this area
was recently overhowed by the
waters Of the Mississippi. With the
exception of a few gaps there has
been constructed in this work con-
tinuous line of levees some 212 miles
In length. The work has been done
under the supervision Of the st. Fran
els Levee Boards of Missouri and
Arkansas. acting in conjunction with
the United States Government. The
expenditures Of the two Boards to-
gether to date amount to about
S1,500,O00, while the Government has
expended about $750000 additional.
Already the reclaimed land has ap-
preciated In value many times its
original valuation, and is now held at
$50 an acre, Railroads now intersect
the reclaimed area In several direct
ions, numerous industrial establish
ments have been built, the population
has been doubled and a general pros.
perity has appeared where originally
there were only waste swamps.
1t is, however, not only in the ex-
tent of the undertaking that the st.
Francis basin reclamation is notable,
but in the very low cost at which it
has been accomplished. The work of
reclaiming about 250O square miles of
the Nile Valley in Egypt is now being
carried out by the building of dams
at Assounan and Assiont at an esti-
mated cost of S25,O0O,000, while the
entire reclamation of the $500 square
miles of the st. Francis basin will not
cost more than $5O00,O0O all told, or
only $1430 per square mile, compared
with $4,000 in the Egyptian reclama-
ton,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Kew Fad the I.nteai

"The latest fad in souvenirs comes
pretty hard on the hotNls," said the
proprietor Of a Broadway hostelry.
THE proper thing now among the girls
is to appropriate the key Of their
rooms in each hotel visited. Travel,
ing across the country in the summer
brings the summer girl to n nun ber
Of different places, and Christmas shop.
ping to the cities. A room key alb.
stracted from each hotel she visits
makes quite a good-looking collection
at the end of the campaign. Hung
from the wall, each with its own par
ticular romance, they make a pietur-
esque feature Of mlladrs boudoir. But
1t is hard on the hotels" he added, as
he sent for the locksmith.-New York
Times. .,...,.---.... -...-
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The treatment of cancer and con-
sumption is receiving much attention
abroad at present A London philan.
thropist has put large sum of money
at the disposition Of King Edward for
the establishment Of hospital for the
special treatment Of cancer. and the
Baroness Edmond de Rothschild, of
Paris, has given $25O,OOO for the foun-
dation of Hebrew home for the treat.
ment Of diseases Of the lungs, the in.
stitutlon to be a memorial monument
to her father.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

A Sunday-school superintendent Of
San Francisco was making a fervid
prayer a few Sundays ago, and asked
the divine blessing upon each and
every enterprise In which the school
was interested. he closed his petition
to the throne OF grace in the following
words: "And now, o Lord, bless the
lambs of this fold and make them
meet for the kingdom of heaven
Amen"
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

did prefer John Barton to Philip Mas.
ponderance of preference, and Mary
was not of the kind who could appre.
ciate thoroughly the difference between
the worth of Barton's character and
the weakness of Masters.
George Washington was at West
Point. At that post both Barton and
Masters were stationed. At a place,
close to the rock to which the great
chain used for an obstruction to the
rivers navigation was anchored, stood
two-story log structure. In it the
Commander-in-Ch Chief was quartered
during his stay at the Point Captain
Masters had been detailed as an aid
to Washington. He occupied a room
next to that Of the Chief. 1t was near
ly midnight on the second day Of
Washington's visit. Masters had been
dismissed for the night and was
stretched on his cot in his room. There
was nothing but the frailest kind Of
partition between him and his Chiefs
sleeping apartment. The young officer
had not yet fallen asleep when he
heard the outside door Of Washington's
apartment opened Then came the
voice Of the Commander, you are on
time, Captain Barton. l can give an
hour to this matter, for I confess that
from what you said in your letter l
am deeply interested"
Masters raised himself on his elbow.
He felt sort Of pang Of half shame,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The officers of old st. Johns Church,
on Church Hill, Richmond, Va, contra
dict with much warmth a published
story to the effect that the venerable
structure is to be sold to make way
for a block Of commercial buildings.
The Senior Warden, Captain Cyrus
Bossieux, says that the church does not
owe a cent to anyone, 1t is in this
church that Patrick Henry made his
celebrated Give me liberty or give me
death speech in 1775, and it is the
delight Of all visitors to Richmond
to stand in the pew IN which he uttered
the memorable words.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
She Wanted a Nerve soothsr.

A middle-aged woman called at 9
chemists in Camden Town one evening
and asked for morphine, and the shop
man replied to her request with:
"Is it for your husbandw
"oh, no, sir; 1 have not got any,"
"You don't think Of sulCider
"Far from it,"
what do you take II for?7
Must l tell you, sirY'
"You must, or otherwise l can't sup
ply you"
well, then, don't you think that G
woman forty years old, who has had
her first offer OF marriage less than an
hour ago, naturally wants something
to quiet her nerves and give her a good
nights sleepY
The druggist thought so, and she
went away contented with the nerve
soother.-London Spare Moments,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
" HERE is tradition in the
American Army that the Sc
cret of Dercussion (fulminate)

American Army that the Sc
cret of percussion Qulminate)
and its practical application
20 firearms was discovered by young
Continental officer and impaired to the
COmmander-in-Chief, George Washing
ton. Theft and death intervened to
give the old flint locks a longer lease
Of service and to make the utilizing
Of the percussion cap the matter of a
new century.
John Barton was Captain in the Col
onial service. He was given to re-
search in all sorts of fields, but after
the first year of the war he confined
himself to one branch of investigation.
His fellow officers never knew what
he was up to, but that it was sOmthing
that they did not care to share in was
evidenced one day when Captain John
Barton was blown out bodily through
the door Of a hut in which he was con-
ducting some experiments. 1t took
the army surgeons a month to get the
Captain round to his normal condition,
but Of the cause of the explosion which
had made projectile of him the Cap
tain would not say a word. 1t was
only a few years before this that a
Frenchman had discovered illuminate.
The discoverer, however, had the ex-
plosive in such a dangerous form that
it was of no practical use, and, as a
matter of fact, he never thought Of it
in its possible application to fire arms.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The Appellate Court OF Illinois has
decided that a municipal officer cannot
assign his unearned salary, and that II
he makes an assignment be may re.
pudiate it with impunity. This ought
to drive the loan sharks" out Of bust.
ness and put an end to salary warrant
shaving"
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

Australia has, proportionately, more
churches than any other country, the
number being 6013, or 210 churches
to every 100000 people. England has
144 churches to every 100000; Russia
has only tfty.fve to the same number.