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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21

OF no member of the faculty Of the
University of Pennsylvania are there
more anecdotes related than DR.. Isaac
]. Schwatt, assistant professor of
mathematics in the college. Dr..
Schwatts good humor and keen wit
make him very popular with the stud
ents. but he sometimes gets wrathy If
he thinks any student is trying to
make fun of him. Once, at the begin
ming of fall term, several fresh
sophomores were passing the profess
sor's study room and one of them
called out:
Hello Schwatt,' and passed on
down the hall.
DR.. Schawtt beaped from his chair,
and rushing to the door seized the first
person he could lay his hands on,
shouting: Hey, what do you mean,
sir? You want to talk with me, then
come right inside; don't yell like
that"
The unluclsy student thus addressed
happened to be first-year man, fresh
from Kansas. and he was very much
frightened.
why" he stammered, 'I didn't yell
at you. 1 don't even know who you
are," he added, with offended dignity.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
sociable chimpanzee..

Writing in the London Graphic. Sir
Harry Johnston, K. c. B., has much
to say about strange monkeys, Chin
panzees and balloons found by him IN
the Uganda Protectorate. His special
pet is Miss Eleanor Maltravers. Elean-
or is almost human. The natives told
the explorer great deal about the
chimpanzee's habits. such as its build
ing houses" (shelters) in the trees
They said that 1t Is the male CHM
panzee's habit to sleep with his back
to the tree trunk. The natives of Toro
repeat the assertions of Emin Pasha
to the effect that the chimpanzees are
rather fond of beating with their
hands hollow tree trunks which they
find In the forest. and OF shouting in
accompaniment to this primitive mu-
Sic The chimpanzees are certainly
very noisy when they believe them
selves to be unobserved.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Breathes Through It's Tail,

Insects that breathe through their
tails are rare, but the state geologist
received two specimens from Prof. o.
F. Fidlar of Vincennes, Ind, who de-
sired to know what manner of Great
ures they are. Professor Blatchley
says the insect is known as the rat
tailed-maggot. 1t is the young of q
sweat bee or fly, the eristalis, a genus
of syrphid flies. Tail and all, it is about
an inch long, but the body is between
an eighth and a quarter of an inch
long. 1t moves from place to place
something like snake. In answering
Professor Fidlars inquiry, Professor
Blatchley wrote of tie tail:
This is respiratory tube which
enables the insect to obtain air when
it's body is submerged beneath several
inches of water or decaying matter
This tube is telescope in nature, and
can be heightened or shortened as the
insect may need it. At its tip there
is rosette of minute hairs, which
floating on the surface of the water
keep the top from being submerged
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
s,. Lon,s Is overcrowded.

Secretary Steinbess of the National
Building Trades council, whose head
quarters are at ST. Louis, Mo-. has Is
sued an open letter replying to inqulr-
les from all over the country regard
ing contracts let for the fair building
He says: "All building craftsmen
should take a common sense view Oh
the situation and not stake their
chances on the time-worn saying,
There is always room for one more.
The two building contracts now
awarded embody less than Sl,O0O.ooo
and all branches OF the trade are over
run with men who are now here ana
unable to nay board. The room for one
more can only be made by showing
out one of those now employed. These
are the facts in the case. and sensible
men will stay away. The foolharoy
will help to swell the flock of those
who are constantly arriving-and
making matters worse by their coming
for the army already here"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Iowa's Labor Commissioners.

Charles F. Wennerstrum, labor COM
missioner Of the state OF Iowa, has
earned capital reputation and made
an enviable record in that Office since
his first appointment by Gov. Shaw
In his farewell message to the Iowa
legislature, Gov. Shaw commended in
the most favorable terms Mr.. Wenner-
strum's work in the labor bureau, es-
pecially that with relation to factory
and workshop regulation. Acting on
the recommendation made by Commits
sioner Wennerstrum, the governor
urged the legislature to clothe the
labor bureau with ample powers to
SCOPE with the child labor question,
particularly, and to protect employees
from inadequate heat and dangerous
machinery, the provision of fire es-
capes and wholesome sanitary condl-
lions. Needed provisions for the in
spection of nearly $4,000 factories In
the state employing 10000 persons
were also urged.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
New York Labor Statistics.


The last report OF the New YORK
bureau Of labor statistics is OF special
interest to wage-earners. Although 1t
applies only to organized labor, Its fig
ures deal with 275. 600 working people
and nearly all the manufacturing and
mechanical Industries. Hence conoi-
tons reported must be considered as
fairly representative. In 1894 the
number of labor unions in New YORK
reporting to the bureau was $50. In
1901 the number was 1881. In the
same period the mem bership increased
from 157,1c7 to 276,141 or rs per cent
In 1897 only 81 per cent Of the mem
bers of labor organizations in New
York were women. In 1901 the pro-
portion has arisen to 5.3 per cent AL
but two of the groups Of trades at
tanned their highest growth In 1871.
In the tobacco trades, however. the
1901 membership was smaller than
that of 1900. In the clothing trades
the maximum was passed In 1898.
The largest group of organized WORK
men is that of the building trades. III
this group are 81 per cent OF all trace
,lnionists in New York state.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Industrial Notes.

White miners of Colorado are pro-
testing against the importation of
Japanese labor, strikes were not infre-
ouent during the past month.
The Coremakers' International
union has appealed to the Iron Mold
ers' Union of North America for mu-
tual assistance during strikes.
Edward Boyce, head of the Western
Federation of Miners and leader of the
recent strikes in northern Idaho, has
made a mining strike that has brought
him an offer of 81 100000.
The Merchants Exchange OF Sar
Francisco favors the admission of edu-
Gated Chinese, and the labor organiza
tons score the merchants for theil
action, and want all the Chinese shut
out.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
The VIE.

TnO WIFE,
I could have stemmed misfortune's dde'
And borne the rich ones sheer
Have braved the naughty glance OF PRICE
Nor shed a single tear;
I could have smiled every blow
From life's full CULVER thrown.
While might gaze on thee, and know
I should not be alone.
I could-I think could-have prookeo'
Fen for a time, that thou
Upon my fading face hadst looked
With less of love than now;
For then 1 should at least have felt
The sweet hope still my own
To win thee back, and whilst avert
On earth, not been alone.
But thus to see from day to day
Thy frightening eye and cheek,
And watch thy life-sands waste away
Unnumbered slow. and meek:
70 meet thy smiles of tenderness,
And catch the feeble tone
If kindness, ever breathed to bless,
And feel I'll be alone.
TO mark thy strength each hour decay
And yet thy hopes grow stronger.
AS filled with heavenward trust. they say
Earth may not claim thee longer;
Nay, dearest, It's too much-tnis nea1s
Must break when thou art gone;
1t must not be; we must not part;
could not live alone.
Anna Peyre Dinnies.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Chicago Unions Are Wise.

The proposition made by the Chi
cago Masons and Builders Association
70 increase the wages OF bricklayers
ten cents an hour. provided they would
sign an agreement to work for no one
not a member Of the Contractors AS
ISOLATION. will not be entertained by
the union Exclusive agreements, they
say, caused enough trouble in the past,
and was really one of the causes which
led to the lockout in the building
trades. The Building Trades Council
passed an order forbidding the max
ing of such agreements, as they We're
a direct slap at day labor, and the en-
ployers discovered at one time that the
Central Council was corrupt and had
TO be destroyed If Chicago was to con-
tinue as a prosperous commercial cen
ter. The council is gone, and the
contractors are still after monopoly
Of the work.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Rear Broke Up the Dance.

South Heberton, twelve miles from
Hazleton, Pa, has just gone through
an exciting experience with a tame
bear, until recently the property of
Hugh Malloy, who bought the animal
from a circus.
The bear behaved well while in
Malloy's care, but the latter had no
particular use for Bruin, so he was dis
posed of to Henry Krause, a tavern
keeper at South Heberton. Krause
chained the bear in his barn, where
he had intended to keep it until sum
mer. He conducted a dance at his
place Saturday night, but the music
disturbed the bear, and, breaking his
chain, Bruin entered the dance hall
on his hind legs. Constable Ludwig
and Lorah Schwabe, two of the dane
ers, attempted to get holdSof the part
of the chain the bear dragged. but
they were knocked down and rendered
unconscious. The animal then attack
ed Krause, who, with a Winchester
killed the intruder.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Nearly Married His Sister.

An amusing incident recently occur
red at a Somersetshire (England) we'd
ding, when the bride, extremely ner-
vous at the rapid approach of the hour
of the ceremony, sent on the brides
maids, one of whom was sister OF
the bridegroom, to await her coming at
the church. On arrival. however, with
out staying in the porch, they walk
ed up the aisle and Joined the patient
bridegroom at the chancel steps.
Whereupon the clergyman commenced
the service, and very nearly united the
confused brother and sister IN the
bonds of matrimo1:y. The service was
proceeding when the bride opportune-
ly arrived, and after profuse explana-
tons and apologies the ceremony was
recommended. 81 49,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Plumbers Seek Advance In Wages

There are many indications that the
plumbers throughout the country
will make a concerted move for an ad-
vance in wages. Local No. q of Pitts
burg, has already prepared new wage
scale and a meeting mas been held
with the Master Plumbers Association.
A second meeting will be held the
early part Of next month. Plumbers
in Pittsburg have asked for an adj
vance of about ten cents an hour, and
it is understood that the master
plumbers will not rrant the demand
Reports from many cities show that a
demand for shorter hours, an advance
in wages, as well as the agitation Of
the apprenticeship question have
arisen. Master plumbers are anxious
to have some agreement with the jour
neyman as to the annual arrangement
of wages. so that time will not be
lost by suspension of work pending
settlements.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Baby relephone. It. Arrival.

Baby Telephones HIS AT1lVAh
The telephone bell rang in the home
of a New York multi-mif lionaire. who,
at home or abroad, keeps his finger on
the pulse of the markets of the world.
Half awake and dimly conscious that
1t was long past midnight, he stagger-
ed to the phone.
"Hello! hello! he said.
Over the wire came the plaintive
wall Of a new born babe.
"Gee!" he CALCULATED; cts Jacks
long-distance telephone and the baby
has come! Say. mother; mother! Get
up, quick! You are grandma"
How do you know?" cried WON
ans voice, excitedly.
"Why Jacks baby Is telephoning
from Chicago"
well, father! What do you think
of your first grandson? Isn't he a
howler?" said the man at the Chicago
end of the wire.
"Well, should label him Shout
ing Methodist! Say, Jack, how old
is he?"
Gust ten minutes and ne is an
nouncing his arrival to his New York
grandparents! He is lying on pillow
and whenever he screams l put his
mouth to the 'phone!"
And this is the true story of how an
up-to-date little man in Chicago tele-
phoned his New York relatives when
he was only ten minutes old.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
RI. us,lade Of Be.uc.,r..

Tho Bsllade of Beaucaire./
Back in the days when bellies end beaux
Still called their porters and their chalr.
When Nash, in autocratic pose.
Ruled Ger the pump-roofh revels there'
You came to Bath, MonSieur Beaucaire'
AS barber gamester. yet you chose
To masque as Duke LIAR NOWHERE
All for thescrimson Of q rose
sailv YOU chaffed tha& worst of foes,
The titled cheat you Nell In snare:
Softly you sued till He\aL -of-snows
Warmed into loves own rpringtime 1air'
Then came the onslaugf ut. Debonair,
Brave, and keen-skilled, 3you ioushI Iii
close.
Though where your wa9stcoat sno"eo
tear,
Blossomed the crimson of, rose.
Haunted and scorned. YETI bitterer blows
My Lady Mary had to pear.
AS at the last Fate did disclose
How proud a name was yours to WEAR
When. facing all the catdles' mare.
She saw die out loves ro.feate glo"s'
While to the fiddles' wandering air
Crumbled the crimson of q rose.
PrInce-wtth a score of names to spare
Strange are the truths the masauer
knows.
| Strange what a man will Ao-and dare
Just for the crimson of q rose.
Beatrice Hanscom lin the Critic
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
MOSQUITOES Hear Sound.

Major Ronald Ross writes to tn
British Medical Journal that he ha
recently received communication
from Mr.. Brennan OF the public works
department, Jamaica, containing the
following observation: "You will par
don me for drawing your attention to
the fact if you have not already no
ticed it, that the mosquitoes Il do not
know if every variety will respond to
such sounds as continuous whoop or
hum. l have tried the experience late
ly, and find swarms gather round my
head when l make continuous
whoop. There may be. however, some
particular note or pitch that would be
more attractive to them"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
From Exile to High Honor.

How strangely are the contradictions
Of fortune manifested in the career OF
Carl Schurz, who is to have the honor
of receiving the German emperor's
magnificent gift to the Germanic mu-
scum at Harvard university. He who
was once an exile, the companion Of
revolutionists and a refugee from his
native land is now the leading repre-
sentative of Commandments in the
nation. Would Germany ever have
forgiven Schurz had America remain
ed a STRIPPING among the nations?
PrOba bly, not.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Laughing Plants.

Have you ever heard Of the laughing
plant? 1t gets its name from the In
toxicating property of its seed. 1t
grows in Arabia, a bush of moderate
size, with yellow flowers, each produc-
ing a pod of black beans. which are
ground and the powder taken. Its If
feet is like that OF Laughing gas. :"
causing the very soberest man to ca
per, laugh and shout for nearly an
hour until he is thoroughly exhausted
and falls asleep. On awakening he
seems to have no recollection of his
previous antics. This frivolous plant
has not yet been classified by botan.
lists.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
War in the Iron Trade.

The costly revenge that one firm en-
gagged in the iron trade took upon an
other in 1895 will always find a place
in the annals of British trade. Both
firms were engaged in the same class
of work, and one CHANGED to clash
with tn. other over the expectation of
their goods, which so enraged the first
firm that they determined to be re-
venged, however great the cost.
They began by buying up all the
smelling coal they could procure at a
cost of $4,000. but as this did not
ruin the other firm they tried to copy
their rivals goods and sold them in
America at loss of $500 day. The
opposing firm still held out doggedly
however, and at last the revengeful
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Ha. Started Ostrich Farm.

Ostrich farming at Nice is in course
of trial by an American, who has
taken over about sixty Of the unEainly
birds and commenced a farm in the
west Of the town, a pilgrimage to
neighborhood Of California, to tho
which will. in due course, certainly
become one of the interesting minor
excursions for visitors.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21

Locomoti Eiremen Growing.
The general secretary OF the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Firemen reports
a membership of 0,720. out Of total
of about $4,000 employed as locomo-
tive firemen in the United States and
Canada. This is doubling of the
membership since 1894. when the head
quarters were moved to Peoria, ILL.,. al
which time the brotherhood had less
than q 900 on its rolls. Abe gain for
1901 was 3,119. The aggregate insur-
ance in force in the beneficial auxiliary
is $55, 628, 500.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Where Champagne Fro-e Solid.

The ascent of the Weisshorn by a
young EngliShman named Ryan, only
IS years old, has created great deal
of interest in Switzerland. He was
accompanied by three guides. 1t was
so cold at the great height that the
champagne they had brought with
them froze solid and they mad to eat
it instead of drinking It.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Colorado Country in Kansas.

The suit against Colorado for steal
ing the river waters away from Kan
sas recalls the fact that Arapahoe
county, Colorado, of which Denver is
the county seat, used to vote in the
Kansas elections. In 1856 Arapahoe
county cast seven votes for a Kansas
delegate in congress, and in 1859 she
had a member in the Kansas legisla.
ture.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Cleveland Labor Union. Active.

A result of a decision reached at
a session of the delegates representing
all classes of labor, more than one
hundred labor unions in Cleveland,
Ohio, will be united into one great or
ganization, to be known as the United
Trade and Labor Council. A large
building will be erected by the organi-
zation to be used exclusively as a Ia
Dor temple. Resolutions were adopted
by the convention indorsing the bill
abolishinR contract labor.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
The World or Lubor
Information Of Interest Workers In All Fields
of Industry.

addresses. Mrs.. McFadyen hes been
made the special representative OF the
American Federation of Labor for the
southern states. She leaves CHICAGO
for Alabama, where the legislature ID
in session, and bill prohibiting the
employment of children below the age
of IL years Is now before that body.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Ola-Aee Pensions In England.

The Lacemakers Union OF Noting
ham, Eng. has adopted scheme for
old-age pensions, under which 100
members, Is years of age and upward
have been granted weekly allowance
The funds for the purpose are provld-
ed by a quarterly levy of Is per mem
Der
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
NAV Enter Political Field.

The Montana Federation of Labor
as we'll as the state organization OF
wisconsin. has decided to investigate
economic questions, with a vieYto en-.
tering the political field.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Hara to oreani.. Hired alrls.n

One reason advanced by unlon1sts
for the failure to organize successful
servant girls union in Minneapolis Is
that many Of the girls will not attend
meetings, as they are ashamed TO nave
people know that they are hired girls.
Another is that shrewd mistresses
tell their hired girls" that unions are
not attended by respectable girls.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21

The Compositors' Union of Sweden
has decided to strike for a FRANCHISE
reform next year if necessary. hitherto
only socialistic unions have agreed To
that step.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Iron mo,d.rs i. Good Shape.

The receipts OF the treasury of the
Iron holders Union of North Ameri-
ca for the quarter ending January 81
were $54,524.20. The expenditures
were $22, 4OO.75 for strikes and ostra-
cism. S5,413.15 for death and total dis
ability and $40 .66O.93 for general ex-
penseS.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
nr,ck,.vsr. Want New Scale.

The lodges of br1cklayers OF fitts-
burg, Allegheny and BradoocK I'd,
are considering new wage scale anu
working rules for the coming year.
The men desire an advance OF ABOUT
ten cents per hour and time and
half for overtime. The arbltratlon
committees of the three lodges Will pre-
pare the new scale.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Work, Against Child Labor.

Mrs Irene AshbyMcFadyen, of
London, Eng, who has spent several
years in the south in an agitation for
child labor legislation In the southern
states, has consented to remain In
Chicago a few days longer and deliver
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Praise. .,.s,on., Civic Federation.

Upon his return from New york.
where he went to attend the meeting
of the arbitration committee OF the
National Civic Federation OF Labor,
President Shaffer of the Amalgamateo
Association of Iron. Steel and I'm
Workers, said: II believe the nation
al Civic Federation Is the best organl-
zation that has ever been formed 20
regulate differences between capital
and labor"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21

parties, unable to stand this serious
drain upon their resources, decided to
give up the game as not being worth
the candle. This, however. was only
oLe when their revenge had cost them
over $1,25O,Uu0.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Fish Powder as Food.

One of the newest things in the way
of foods is fish powder, which, 1t is
claimed, is a highly nutritious article.
easy of digestion, and therefore, par
ticularly suitable for invalids. 1t is
intended however. for ordinary house
hold use.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21

Lavender gives a net profit Of 500
an acre Pure lard saturated with the
scent of flowers (pomade) is worth
from Sc to $3.50 a pound Cologne Of
the finest quality obtained by soaking
the saturated lard IN alcohoD. brings
as much as SIT pint.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Aaks Novel Injunction.

Government by injunction has as
sumed a new terror. A Newark On.
j., girl has made application to re-
strain a young man who she says
promised to marry her from marrying
another girl.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-21
Queen & CRESCENT
~ r Q u T E. ~

delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Gin
cinnati. Chattanooga, Birmingham and
all points in the East.
Through Sleeper, New Orleans to
New York via Chattanooga, Bristol,
Lynchburg, Washington and PennsyL
vania Railroad.
Pullman Sleeper, New Orleans to
Cincinnati.
Dining Car Service on both New
York and Cincinnati Lines, serving all
meals.
Coolest. C1eanest.
Full detailed information furnished
On application.
Geo. H. Smith.
g. p. A..
D6 ~ r. J. Anderson,
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Ohio's working Women.

Ohio has 26,920 working womeA
Their average weekly wages are S4.S3
and savings IA cents.
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Sponge Fishers at Work.
Most of the sponges used in America
come from the West Indies, where the