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The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

A good road can be made by putting
In layer CT large or medium sized
stone, then on that a layer OF crushed
stone, and on that a covering of gravel
and rolling the surface down hard
and smooth. But that Is not all that is
needed. A part Of the skill is like
the old gentleman'S rule for making
good coffee: When you make it put
in some" We have been watching the
work on bit of road this season.
There are about three inches in depth
of the round cobble stones. one inch
of crushed stone and one inch of gra-
vel and loam mixed. which. by wetting
and rolling has been so pressed down
into the stones that it is now lees than
half inch. If it We're whitewashed
after it was rolled il could not look
much better. but it might he more
durable. We think before one winter
passes the larger stones will be ut the
surface and the covering will have
washed away or settled down below
them. In close proximity to strip
built. by the State rs an example OF
how to build good road. it is likely
to furnish an equally good example of
how not TO make 4 good road. 1t is
one of these cases. tCo common where
the Gown thought to give employment
to its Cwu citizens. instead OF hiring
the work done by contract, when it
would have been better 10 have EN-
ployed II competent man. with able
bodied help, and supported its cripples
from the towns poor fund. than to
have paid them S1.15 for eight hours
loating. or trying to do that which some
of them where unable to do by reason
of old age, and others We're utterly in
competent to do well, while few of
them cared for or took any interest in
any part of the work. excepting uraw-
ing their pay.-American Cultivator.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.

1t take; Il great man to lead n smaH
army.
He who parleys with principle is pre-
paring for perdition.
Stolen thunder seldom brings down
showers of blessing.
No man is so apt to fall as he who
is orer-anXiOuS To rise.
The light that blesses the wise man
burns the foolish moth.
Information does not make an educs-
ton without inspiration.
The place is prepared for the cian
who is prepared for the place.
It's poor policy to take your gun
to pieces in the face of the enemy.
Tie great man may be sometimes
mean. but the mean man can never be
great.
The wealth Of the world depends on
sessions
The great man is he who realizes the
limits of his abilities and the posi-
blities of his capacities.
True riches must be measured by
what is given to others instead of by
what is ground from them.
1t is Il good idea to have some every
day virtues; in your possession before
you pretend to have any uncommon
Ones.-Rams Horn.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
what tho Hungry Artis, Did =.

Once upon Il time poor, tired aud
hungry artist was wandering along Il
picturesque road when he met Il yokel
carrying an empty pail.
Friend" he said, you look as poor
as l am. Are you not hungry
No" was the answer. II am not
hungry. but l am thirsty. and L am
about to satisfy that thirst"
How said the artist.
by drawing a pail of water"
Then" said the artist. why cannot
satisfy my hunger by drawing a table
d'hote dinner?"
He sat down and did so. but got up
as hungry as before.
Moral-Art often fails In its purpose
New York Herald
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

Two of the three .'tirepOOf' build
ings in the burned district of Paterson
n. j.. stood the test. though surround
ed by burning buildings. The new
City Hall, which was claSsed as fire
proof, was completely burned out in
side as to its woodwork. leaving the
walls. roof and tower standing The
Second National Bank was separated
from the City Hall by twenty five
foot street. 1t was tiercely attacked
On three sides by the flames. and the
fire caught in the roof. worked down
the elevator shaft to the cellar. and
then entered the directors rOOm on the
second floor. But though not q drop
of water was thrown on this building.
it withStood the flames for six hours.
damaging only the top floor and ele-
vator shaft. Not an office in the five
lower stories was touched. The Pater-
son Savings Institution caught fire in
the roof, spread very slowly, and the
two upper stories alone Were damaged
but the flames died out when the ad-
Joining structure fell. The three build
ings named had steel frames and tile
floors. woodwork being confined to the
doors, windows and floors of the rooms.
In the corridors the floor was tile OF
cement. The white marble OF which
| the Second National Bank was built
was neither defaced nor injured, but
| the Indiana limestone i'll the City Hall
| soon cracked away about the doors and
windows under the hest. The Bellevue
| gray stone in the walls of the st
Joseph Church withstood the flames
| though the interior was completely
| burned out--Philadelphia Record
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

A writer in the Woman's Age thinks
that woman's tears have been featured
far more than they deserve. THE fact
is" she says, that women have over
done their crying, and have allowed
any amount of health. courage and
force to ooze from their tear glands.
Weeping in the old days was really as
fashionable as fainting, and the poems
of Moore and Byron dwell ecstaticaiiy
upon the tears of the various Julias
and MaryS of their songs. 81 crying
spells must have had their charm in
those days. as well as ringlets and
wasp waists. But the woman of the
better for it. Girls have never been al
lowed to cultivate humorous sense
as they grew up until within quite re
cent years. when intelligence is gain
ing such victories in the nursery. Bois-
ferrous conduct or loud laughter have
always been reproved in little girls,
Willie III III DOy StiCu eAuDtEduCt Is re
garded as u natural and healthy sex at
tribute. This is one OF the reasons that
the humorous sense. which in children
is usually evidenced i'll the love of
froiic, is killed in the feminine nature
To laugh is rude. That constitutes the
law for the woman-child i'll whose
brain cells mischievous fun is begin.
| ming to bubble. The result of all this
| is that few women know how to laugh
| The laugh of the child is repressed, and
1t develops into the giggle of the girl
Then the giggle is criticised. and many
| women continue. in their efforts to be
polite. to gurgle and gasp into thei,
haudkerchiefs until the end of the
chapter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS.
Drift Forms as Observed in the Adfron-
tacks In winter.


- dacks In Winter.
On a good drift-making day the
snow comes. not in the star-shaped
flakes that look so pretty when pOr-
trayed en- a page of the dictionary
but in small pellets. These pellets are
in shape like tiny white footballs.
usually and they come rolling anu
tumbling down-wind as if they had
been kicked for fair" by the half
back gods of the gale! And yet While
they roll and tumble and bound they
find lodging places, and as the ldier
gazes he sees them pile up i'll Il wall
on the crest of the road cut. Higher
and higher grows the pile. forming at
first Il vertical wall. but before this has
risen three inches it is seen to overhang
the gulch. says Scribner's Magazine
Though round and easily rolled these
pellets in some way hit TO eacn Cther
as bricks would. until the oyerhang is
perhaps Il fifth great as the eleVa-
rion of the wall. and then. marvellous
and impossible as it would seem to the
unaccuStomed observer, lip forms on
the crest OF the wall and soon II De
gins TO drCop and hang down. Wider
and longer it grows farther and farther
il droops until IFS shape is precisely
like the lip formed on Il huge ocean
wave when ii breaks on shoal water
beach Lips that are ten feet wide
and hang down three feet. clear Of ALL
though bur six or eight inches thick
where they join the chin of the wall
are not uncommon. By what magic is
il that these frozen. Oblong pellets that
go bounding along rs merrily as foot
balls form into such shape as that?
OF course if the storm continues,
time usually comes when the lips break
of because OF their great weight. And
then no new lip forms To replace the
lest one. The snow merely drops over
into the lee of the wall and gradually
fills the cutting.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

King Edward vas eight years old
when he saw his first play. and the
event is recorded in u royal diary of the
time. Used Up and Box and Cox
were chosen for that night wrote
the late Duchess of Teck. The thea
ter was well arranged and the decora-
tions and lamps quite wonderfully
managed. The iour elder children ap-
peared at the play, and the two boys
wore their kits The two little glris
had on white satin. with pink bows
and sashes. Princess Royal wears her
hair in very becoming manner. all
twisted up into a large curl. which is
tucked into a ds rk blue or black silk
net which keeps it all very tidy and
neat" OF the four children VINO
laughed that night at Box Ind Cox
only one is living now. and he reigns
over the British Empire.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
Forced to EujOY II.

There is no doubt that most of US oh
ject. by instinct. to what is for our
good" H Rider Haggard says. ia his
Winter Pilgrimage" that he had.
early in life, an opportunity for imbib-
ing II knowledge for which he did not
care. He continues:
When L was - soaring human boy"
my father took me up the Rhine by
boat. with the expectation that my
mind would be improved by contem-
plating its lovely and historic banks
Very soon. however. l wearied of the
feast, and slipped down to the cabin
tn enjoy Robinson Crusoe."
But some family traitor betrayed me.
and protesting even with tears that
hated views" L was dragged on deck
again.
II have paid six thalers," shouted
my justly Indignant parent. as he
hauled me up the steamer stairs, for
you to study the Rhine scenery: And
whether you like it or not. young man,
study it you shall
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
A Fat and Dirty Race.

Sir W. Martin Conway, a well known
mountain climber and traveller, who
has circled the globe and gone UP and
down it i'll search of heights that he
might scale, came from England TO the
Albemarle and told of the Patagou-
ianS. They are not giants, as some
have supposed, and as the Biographies
teach" he said. They are large in
comparison with the other South Amer
ican natives-th&t is all. Everything is
relative, you know. But they are very
fat. That is why they can stand the
cold so well. | have seen Patagonian
men and boys running around unclcd.
while j was wrapped in warm gar
ments, with the snow railing upon
them in quantities and the wind blow
ing bitterly. They are kept warm by
their fat-and dirt. Patagonia is one
of the dlrtiest places Imaginable.
Don't go there If you hate dirt. That
Is my advice to all who contemplate
journey to the jumping of place OF
South America.'-New York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

| of the office OF Public Road Inquiries
of the United States Department of
| griculture sections of roads. as object
| lessons, are being built in different
| parts of the country. 1t is hoped tha
before many years all roads in the
| United States used for heavy traffic
will be macadamized graveled or
otherwise improved. But til" absence
in many places Cf rock. gravel or other
hard and durable substances with
which to build good roads, and the~eN-
| cessive cost of such roads where suit
able material is scarce. will nrceSSi-
| tate the use of earth roads for mai-y
years to come. Cnder favorable con
ditions of traffic. moisture and main
renance. the earth road is the most
elastic and most satisfactory for pleas
ure and light traffic.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has in press and Will soon
issue Farmers bulletin No. 1876. en-
| titled. earth Reads" 1t was pre-
pared by Maurice O. Eldridge. AS
sistant Director, Public Road In
quiries.
The bulletin states that the aim in
making Il road is 10 establish the cas-
lest. shortest and most economical line
of travel. and that IT is therefore de-
sira BILE that roads should be firm
smooth. comparatively level and fit
for use AT all seasons Of the year.
They should be properly located so
that their grades shall he such that
loaded vehicles may be drawn over
them without great loss Of energy;
properly constructed. tie roadbed
graded. shaped and rolled. and sur
suited to their needs.
Attention is called TO various errors
in laying out roads especially tie com-
mon error of endeavoring to secure
routes covering the shortest distance
between fixed points. For this pur-
pose the road is often made to go over
a hill instead of around 1T: a road
halfway around hill or through a
valley Is sometimes no longer than Il
road over Il hill or through valley.
The difference in the length even BE-
tween a straight road and ore that is
lightly curved is less than many sup
pose.
The importance of proper drainage
is pointed out and suggestions are
| given for the construction. maintcn-
ance and repair of earth reads.
The bulletin contains twenty Illus
trations II is for free distribution.
and copies will be sent to any address
on application to Senators, Represen-
| tatives and delegates in Congress, or
| to the Secretary of Agriculture, Wash
iugton, ID. G..
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

The rapid Introduction of electric
railways in Great Britain is bringing
about interesting economic changes.
not only in London. Manchester. Iiv-
erpool. and ether large towns, but in
the heart of rural England. where 1t
has resulted i'll shifting the masses of
population. subdivision of great Eng
lish country estates. and an increase
IL the growta of agricultural products.
The congestion of the streets of Lon
don has become so serious 4 problem
that it's solution by the introduction of
electric railways promises to be one of
the most surprising developments of
our time. This will do away with the
hansorn cab. which in many cases.
with one passenger, takes up rs much
room as a street-car with sixty.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

Japan has done surprisingly well in
her efforts to keep abreast of other
nations. yet Marquis Ito, who has just
visited Europe. says she will have TO
redouble her endeavors il that direc-
ton il order not to drop behind and
be counted out of the running. But
the country is docile to receive and
take advantage from all useful lessons,
and so instructed the chances are that
it will hold its own in the international
race with any of its competitors,
thinks the New York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

AS to autobiography, the writer In
the London Saturday Review thinks
that it is even more difficult to distin-
.uish it from fiction i'll it's quality and
character. because the egOism Of one
who writes his own life almost always
introduces an element of Imagination.
or at least Of disprOportion. THAT is
the drawback of it; truth is sacrificed
to pose. Otherwise photographers
would be the most valuable of human
documents; certainly the most interest
ing, for Il man ought to know himself
as no other person can know him.
Whatever may be the difficulties in
creating masterpieces of biography or
autobiography which shall live with
DoSterity, there is no branch CT litera-
ture which is less dependent for popu-
larity on artistic merit than this. 1t is
enough that it deals with personalities.
with vices and weaknesses, with pecu-
liar phases of thought, with indiscre-
tions and foibles and if the person
portrayed cut anything of 4 figure in
the world and has supplied copiOus
matter, he may be sure Of being re-
membered and read"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
Trolley 10 Mecca.

The Street Railway Review pub
fishes the statement that American
capitalists have secured concessions
for extensive electric railways n Asia
the idea being to cater to the Moham-
medan pilgrimage travel to Mecca, Il
journey made once 4 year by all good
Moslems. The lines are to start at
Cairo, Egypt, and run to Mt. Einai, and
thence through Syria and Arabia to
Mecca. a branch is to connect Damas-
Gus with the system at Mt. Sinai. Troll
ley cars already cover the road from
Jerusalem to Galilee. 1t is stated that
the Sultan of Turkey has granted the
greater part of the concessions for the
proposed system.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
Outdoor weddings In MAY aud juno.

1t is growing custom to celebrate
country weddings. in May and June
0ut-of doors. Que of the prettiest of
weddings took place last Nay in an
orchard III full blossom. when nature
seemed t. have decked herself for u
bridal. Garlands of foliage suspended
from tree to tree marked of, the aisle
those of white flowers indicating the
place where the bridal party was to
stand. For country wedding the in
yitations should give full Information
about traiuS. and carriages Cr carryallS
be sent to convey the guests to aad
from the station.
After an hour given to their friends
the bridal pair retire to dress for their
journey, and the formal guests with
draw. The bridegroom awaits the
bride at the foot of the staircase with
the family and intimate friends. AT
her appearance she holds aloft her
bridal bouquet and then throws it
among the bridesmaids. The one to
catch it will be the next bride-so say
the Uates!-Ladies' Home Journal
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

Rhode Island has now large pcpu-
lation of French Canadians in the man
ufacturing towns. The work of IA
turaliZation goes en- unremittingly. and
Judge Blodgett of the Supreme Court
in Providence recently objected TO the
appearance of some candidates for ma
turalization who were not properly
attired. He says that American clti-
Zenship is Il serious thing. and those
who seek to acquire it in his court
must come properly garbed and clean.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
burial Service over - Rail.

The brother of Il friend of mine
was some few years since curate in
one OF the orking towns of Ian
cashire One day u man in the parish
of which he had charge fell into fur
mace of molten metal. and of course
vanished forever. The comrades of
the poor fellow We're greatly concerned,
and did not rest until the curate had
consented to bury with religious rites
one of the rails into which the iron
was run. The raii selected was in
closed within a wooden box, borne
to the graveyard. and laid solemnly ia
the ground. though, / understand. it
was not taken into the church.-Not
and Queries
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

.'fOr my part, L Spenu tnree AuuOlSu
| thousand francs a year, and yet am
in need of everything l have been
| obliged to cut down my forests; 1T is
+ very humiliating. If I were rich. l
would give the poor woman her
I twelve ducats, but cards have ruined
me"
And art ruins me-" said Lord Penn
broke with sigh II have outrun
my income. again. A rascal in Rotter-
| dam refuses fifty thousand crowns for
Poussin's Seven 5Sacraments: l shall
have to give him eighty thousand.
perhaps more.
The Jew listened eagerly. seeming
a good customer. On the other slds
of the two capitalists stood middle
aged man. plainly dressed in black,
who had also overheard the stranger $
conversation.
The auctioneer now held up Il small
old painting in Il cheap. shabby frame.
They have works OF art, it seems!
said the Parisian. with mockinS
smile
probably signboard left on the
painters hands by some macaroni mer-
chant" said the lord.
six paoli,'' cried the auctioneer.
He'll never get it," whispered the
Jew. and there was Il pause.
Three ducats.' said the nan in
black suddenly, and rustic of sur
prise swept through the crowd.
WHO is the bidder?' asked Lord
Pembroke.
Master Stella. the painter. one OF
our best authorities on art replied
the Jew with Il puzzled air.
Can il be of value?" asked his
lordsbip. and De Vivonne answered
gayly:
why not? Have we not heard of
MANY such i:fstances?''
Three ducats. three ducats!" said
the auctioneer; who says four:'
-Four" said the Jew.
give" said the painter.
Ten" said the Jew.
'.Twelye"'
Fifteen
Twenty"
Amidst q buzz CT excitement the Jew
asked permission t. examine the pic
trre more closely.
1T is useless" said Master Stella.
.'for 1 bid twenty-five"
The English lord new stepped for
ward. saying:
Fifty"
The painter exclaimed hurriedly:
1T is not worth it. Lay lord"
mop" returned the other cOOliy,
then looking at the auctioneer, he
added:
"A hundred ducats. and that settles
it,
Every eye was on the nobleman.
Caverdone beamed as he wiped his
Specta cles, and the widow clasped her
hands in an ecstasy of joy.
Lord Pembroke paid down the
money then said to Master Stella in
bantering tone:
You did not expect this result. did
yo:,. my friend?'
We'll, hoped for it." was the reply
''The picture is not worth the six paoli
at which it was put up
The Frenchman burst out laughing.
and his friend said sternly:
What do you mean Master Stella ?'
That my object was TO force you
to perform good deed; but if yCu in
sist. 1 will refund the hundred du-
cats and take the picture and the
merit of the charity"
We'll said" put in the Frenchman
Il VIII share the merit with you; here
is full purse for the widow
And 1 shall keep the picture" said
his lordship, quietly
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

The true object of advertising is the
development of commerce. The indi-
vdual profit that accrues is merely an
incident. observes Profitable Adver-
tiSiuy
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
Ar WINTERS END.

The weedy fallows winterwo-n
Where cattle shiver under sodden hay,
The ploughlands long and iorn-.
The fading day.
The sullen shudder of the brook,
And winds that wiring the writhen trees
n vain a--,fi@
For drearier sound or look s.-.
The lonely rain.
The cSows that train DER desert skies
In endless caravans that have no goal
But fiight---where darkness flies
From pole to pole
The sombre zone of hills around
That shrink in misty mournfuiness from
sight.
! With sunset atreoles crowned
Before the night.
Gale Young Rice, in Lippincott's Masa-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

A London paper announces that the
moon is covered with snow. 1t has al
ways been generally understood. how
ever that the moon was cold and dis
tant. lt.&t-. tl.l.ILs-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
RThr Poor Widow sPirture f;
q From the Freuch of Emil Travestre.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

DOR Widow PeleGrino had
Just been dispossesSeo. and
all their belongings We're TO
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
EartI, Roads.

Earth Roads.
|HE question of good roads is
one that at present iS receIv-
ing much attention. and un-
der the direction of experts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-04
IMbIBED TOO FREELY,
Quintette of DRINKS Locked
in Cells at the First
Police Station.

Confined IN cells Of the First Police Sta
ton last night We're five OF the most
artistic DRINKS ever seen at one time.
Each had gotten bit more than is even
allowed a drunk and this surplus
affected each differently. Two had reach
I'd the dope" stage and Were dead to
he world: two were abusive. wonderfully
elusive, one against the police force in
general, and the officer who arrested
him In particular, the other against the
world at large which he challenged. re-
gardless of size or color, TO meet him in
q fair fight.
This latter vas John NJ Jones, of Ore
gon Hill, one of the famous family of
Jones brothers five in number, three of
whom have figured more or less conspi-
cuouslN in the police world. Jones is
about 80 years of age. and a man OF
powerful physique. Upon being placed in
the cell with another drunk he fell upon
him and proceeded to wipe up the floor
with him he had to be removed
Jones had just gotten out of Jail yester-
aay and from the double charge entered
against him on the docket he will proba-
bly, spend several more weeks within the
enclosure.
she fifth drunk was a most demure