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The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
CREMATION OF THE DEAD.
New York Newspaper Gives Reason
for Its Adoption.

cremation merely reaches In
shorter period the same fnal result as
burial, says Municipal Affairs. Fleshy
parts of the corpse decompose in the
earth in five or ten years; during the
whole period of decomposition they
constitute nothing but a putrid mass
of carrion. Bones which take CEN
turies to crumble are unceremoniously
carted from one cemetery to another
when necessity compels their removal
and Increase the horror of death after
they have ceased to be identified and
claimed. If they are converted. with
the flesh, into ashes in one hour they
are insured against desecration. The
volume and weight of bodies are re-
duced by the process of cremation
some 95 per cent.
II ashes were placed in the grave of
an urn cemetery. as occasionally is
done, the dead would leave more room
for the living than their intact bodies
demand. Two hundred city lots are
now required to bury in the old fash
ioned way the seventy thousand per-
sons that annually die in Greater New
York. We probably could save more
than hundred and fifty of these pre-
cious lots If ashes of the seventy thou
sand were placed in urn cemeteries.
preserved in inches of a columbarium
or strewn on the waves of a river. AS
cemeteries are exempt from taxation
the municipality would derive an in
come from the lots which the living
then would use and from the improve
ments they would make upon them.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
A New Parlor Game.

A descriptive party" is a new
diversion. 1t serves to amuse almost
any number of persons and to call
forth originality and cleverness. The
game consists in the hostess dis
tributing pads of paper and pencils,
and instructing the players to write
short character sketch OF any per-
son in the room, mentioning nc
names. The articles are then read
aloud, and endless fun is caused by
the attempts to identify the subject
of the sketch.
The amusement affords a field for
verse as well as prose, and it is var.
led by having those who can't draw
at all make alleged sketches of the
victim they have in mind. 1t might
be thought these pictures would
throw no light on the identity of the
subject, but it will be found that the
artist often will put in some striking
adjunct to the picture that will make
it effective for the discovery of the
victim.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
GOOD POINTER FOR GAMBLERS
How to Make Money Out of Easy.
Going Strangers.

81 thought l was pretty wise to all
sorts of games," said a gambler. but
I've just been beaten out of a five
spot as easily as though | came from
Cohoes. A friend and l had been
standing in the doorway of a hotel
betting on the odd or even numbers of
the next car to pass, and l was loser
Then the other fellow suggested that !
try to call coin, head or tail, for 50.
as a chance to get my money back.
agreed. He slapped a quarter on the
back of his hand and said heads 1t
was tail. and / was a five out
1.-THE experience was worth it.
though, for he told me the game after
1oshing me for a good thing. 1t is
instinct, he said. for almost every
one in calling coin to say head, 50
he always placed the coin tails UP
when the other man was to call it He
said that the game worked nine times
out of ten, and he didn't really con
slider it unfair, because he was prac.
tically betting me that l would say
heads though didn't know it, l like
the game, and I'm going to try it on
some of the wise ones l know. I'll bet
It works. too"
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
How He Got Il.

Some recent developments at jeff
ferson City have recalled a story
that used to be told about a former
Buchanan county representative tc
the legislature. Before his election to
the legislature he was chronically
broke" When he returned from JEFF
ferson City he exhibited $500 in good
crisp greenbacks. Some of his friends
"jollied" him about his prosperity.
you didn't have a cent when you
went to the legislature. did you,
Jones?" said one of them.
Not a blamed cent" said Jones.
"As a matter of fact. lent you half
your railroad fare, didn't II"
81 believe you did"
well, you were down in Jefferson
City about forty days. You got S. a
day. Now, what the gang wants to
know is how you managed to save
$500 out of a total income of 5000"
Come closer" whispered Jones,
and I'll tell you how I did it. l had
my washing done at home. kansas
City Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
The Trim ParIor Maid.

Lady Aberdeen in a recent lecture
in London on women in Canada told
an anecdote of her experience there
while Lord Aberdeen was governor
general. He and his wife when they
were making a journey across the
dominion dined one night at house
remarkable even among Canadian
homes for its charm and beauty. pre-
sided over by one of the most at
tractive mistresses." They were wait
ed on by so trim parlor maid that
Lord Aberdeen felt constrained to
compliment the hostess on the result
of her training. "Oh." said the lady
81 am so glad you think Jane did so
WE'LL should like you to tell her so
presently" And when that present
ly" came, said Lady Aberdeen, what
should he discover but Jane" arrayed
in evening dress and proving to be
the daughter of the house, who, in
consequence of the unexpected de-
parture of the servant, had not only
to wait on the table. but cook the
meal with the assistance of her moth.
er.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Rested on the Suns pax.

In A. d. 313 the Emperor Constan-
tine of Rome granted liberation to
the Christians and in 321 he gave i'm
perial sanction to the observance of
the first day of the week. The edict
which introduced a new era in Sun
day observance runs: "On the verer-
able day of the sun let the magistrate
and people residing in cities rest and
let all workshops be closed In the
country, however, persons engaged in
the work of cultivation may freely
and lawfully continue their pursuits,
because it often happens that another
day is not SO suitable for grain sow
ing or for vine planting. lest by neg
lecting the proper moment for such
operations the bounty of heaven
should be lost
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
A PuzzIins Calculation.

We all like to puzzle our brain over
things which give certain and strange
results, but which we cannot explain.
Here's a puzzle that puzzles every
body: Take the number of your Nv
ing brothers, double the amount. add
to it three, multiply the result by five,
add to it the number of living sis
ters, multiply the result by ten, add
to it the number of deaths of broth
ers and sisters, subtract $50 from the
result. The right-hand figure will be
the number of deaths, the middle
figure the number of living sisters
and the left the number of living
brothers.-Canton Saturday Roller.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
ChIld-I raining.

Selr-government, with tenderness;
here you have the condition of all
authority over children. The mother
should consider herself as her child's
sun, a changeless and ever-radiant
world, whittier the small, restless
creature, quick at tears and laughter,
light, tickle, passionate. full of
storms, may come for fresh stores OF
light, warmth and electricity, of calm
and courage. The mother represents
the divinity, under that form of it
which is accessible to childhood The
religion of a child depends on what
its mother and father are, not on
what they say.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
KILLING OF GAME BIRDS.
Cold Storage System Assists in the Ex.
termination of Wild Fowl.

The Audubon society of Missouri
calls attention anew to the fact that
cold storage fastening the extermina.
ton OF wild animals. Congress has
passed law regulating the traffic and
shipment of birds and game. but i'm
mense seizures by government Off
GERS show that che statute is exten-
sively violated.
1t Is now held 9y persons who have
given special attention to the subject
that the only SUFFICIENT remedy is to
prohibit the sale OF all game. 1t has
been ascertained by the Audubon So
ciety of Missouri that within the past
hfteen years song and insectivorous
birds in Missouri have decreased e2
per cent and game birds over so per
cent. Last year one seizure in New
York includes $4,000 game birds and
$4,000 song birds. In Chicgo 80. 900
game birds were seized and a whole
car load of quail was captured in In
dian Territory. Game and song birds
are going fast and the proposition to
ste" their sale entirely gains support.
ers fast.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
TO READ BIBLE THROUGH.
Eight Months Is Estimated as the
Necessary Time.

Necessary Time.
Did you ever figure out how long
1t would take you to read the Bible?"
asked an observant man. well, you
would be surprised to know in what
a short space of time you could finish
the last chapter of the Holy Book.
OF course there are different ways of
reading.
taments combined a total of sixty-six
books, containing 1889 chapters, 81
173 verses, and a total of 773.692
words, approximately The Old Tes-
lament contains thirty-nine books,
929 chapters, 1924 verses, and ap-
proximately 592, ,239 words, while in
the New Testament there are twenty
seven books, 26O chapters, 1853
verses, and 1S1 ,253 words approx
mately. Adding these together, we
get the total given. How long will it
take person to read the Old Testa-
ment. with its $685. words. or the
1S1 ,253 words of the New Testament?
And how long to read the 773.692
words of both? A man can read un-
derstandingly 100 words, every min
ute. By hurrying a man can read 16O
words, or probably more. l will as
sumo that man can read critically
mat is. carefully and understandingly,
at least sixty words a minute. That
is slow reading. being only $500
words an hour. Suppose a man should
devote an hour a day to the Bible.
AT this rate he would read 100000
words in thirty days. or in a months
time. At this rate he would read the
Old Testament in less than six
months, and he could finish the New
Testament in less than two months %
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
OLD MAIDS WOULD WE'D.
Pennsylvania Spinsters Side with Miss
Goggin and Form Societies

The spinsters of Adams county, Pa,
believe with Mss Catherine Goggin of
Chicago thac woman should propose
marriage to tie man she loves To
promote this belief they have organ
lied old-maid societies, and bachelors
will be compelled to attend their meet
ings.
At Gardner's Station the Old Maids
union held left-hand social recently,
at which all the old-maid societies of
the county were represented. The
social was held at the home of the
Rev. Mr.. Rhoades, and Miss Ida
Rhoades was assisted in receiving by
Miss Aggie Zeigler and Miss Rebecca
Myers. The guests were required to
receive the refreshments with the left
hand, the right hand of each guest be-
ing tied behind her
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Whereas, The need of a good hus-
band has long been felt as a pressing
necessity, and repeated efforts have
been made to induce the legislature of
Pennsylvania to enact a law that
would compel all bachelors through
out the commonwealth to marry;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Old Maid society
of Gardner's Station, That we do here
by most earnestly request (not our
present representatives of Adams
county to use their best efforts and
cast their vote for the enactment of a
law that will compel all bachelors to
marry, but) all men between ages OF
2S and 45, who are in hunt of good
companions, address the secretary.
Old Maid society, Gardner's Station
Pa.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
DIDN'T HAVE TO LEARN 1T.
Tammany Senator Knew Nothing
About Hearts. but

Senator George w. Plunkitt of the
Seventeenth district, New York, finds
a few deluded persons occasionally
who try to teach him something.
These people never attempt to repeat
the experiment, and for this reason
the Tammany Senator has acquired a
reputation for wisdom which even
Senator Grady is bound to respect. Mr..
Plundtt became a member of the leg
islature in 1866. which also explains
to certain degree the remarkable de-
velopment of his brain.
The Senator from the Seventeenth
district relates an experience every
day of how some foolish-minded per-
son tried to teach him something and
how disastrously the attempt failed.
well, well" he said one night last
week, as he Joined a Tammany group
in the Hotel Ten Eyck. and. seeing
Senator Grady and Martin together,
he slapped both on the back.
Have you learned anything YETI"
remarked Senator Grady, as he winked
at Senator Martin.
Learned something?" chuckled the
v,
l met push coming up on the train
only this afternoon, and one fellow
wanted me to play hearts.
Hearts, said |, is a game l have
never learned to play
"'Oh, we can teach you,' said one
chap, and so l sat down to the table. -
Did you learn the game?" asked
Senator Martin. winking at Senator
Grady.
Learn It'll" replied the member from
the Seventeenth. No. / didn't learn
the game, but l guess those fellows
won't try to teach me again." and
plunging his hand into his pockets.
he drew out glittering heap of dimes.
quarters, and fifty-cent pieces, with a
dozen or more bills of green and vel.
low color.-New York Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LABOR.
Why Workman Thought Bishop Had
Soft Snap,


That recent utterance of President
Charles Norton Eliot of Harvard, to
the effect that man with his health
and congenial occupation could not
work too many hours a day inspired
]. H. Maddy, press agent" of the
B. and o. road, to tell the following:
Two street PAYERS were working
in the hot sun one afternoon when
one of them looked up and said:
"Me backs almost bruk. 'Tis
hard wurruck and long hours. Old
loike to be afther havin' thot mon S
job. now. indicating a rotund bishop
who was passing. Sure, he has
things easy, Oi1l go baill'
Whist, ye growlerl' exclaimed his
companion, dofing his hat as he saw
the churchman. His riverence wur-
rucks all the tonne. day and noight.'
Arrah. that may bel was the
quick response; but the lucky divil
don't know it New York Times.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
WANTED HIS SHOES TO FIT.
His Feet Were Not as Important to
This Boy as His Skates.


During the recent cold snap a Kan
sas City boy. with his coat collar pull
ed up around his neck and fur cap
down over his ears, followed his
mother into a store. In one hand he
swung a pair of skates by a strap
originally meant ao be used for carry
ing books. and az the big glass door
swung open the skates all but shatter-
ed the glass. irhe youngster crawl
ed up on the bench while the mother
stated her sons ~dnt.
Give me a pair of those kind of
shoes with high cops on EN-" put in
the boy
''How's this, MY boy?" said the
clerk as he offered a pair with those
three-inch thick soles. Now try
them on"
"All right" and the youngster took
the shoes and, unstrapping his
skates, began to fit the fasteners of
the skate around the sole. A smile
overspread his face. Gee don't
they fit dandy? Guess these will
do"
But you don't know whether or
not they will fit your feet" said the
mother.
What does that matter, ma; don't
they fit my skates all right?"
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
LITTLE THOUGHTS.

Success comes-but it has not to
be invited.
Common sense is instinct. ana
enough of it is genius.
1t is easier to catch a big fish than
to make people believe the truth
about it.
Some people in their eagerness to
make hay do not hesitate to poach on
other peoples meadows.
Some men spend half their lives
in making a reputation and the other
half in trying to live it down.
If the average man could only sell
5he advice he gives away it would
keep him busy looking after his in
come.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
NEW JERSEY STILL FERTILE.
No Race Suicide" In That State OF
the Union.

No Race Suicide" In That State OF
the Union.
In no other state in the Union do
we find such monuments to children
as there are in New Jersey. Race sui
eide? BAIL The late William H.
Harry Williams had large family.
and every time a child got married he
built a house. Around the parental
domicile is a colony. There is a mil
lionaire in Jersey City of the name of
Young who has built no less than four
splendid houses for his offspring, all
contiguous and costly. There is
nothing handsomer on the Hudson
county boulevard. At Bergen avenue
and Clifford place is a wonderful red
dish tower on the corner of q frame
residence. Livingston Clifford loved
his children SO much that whenever
new baby was born he added
story to the tower. All the world can
tell by counting che stories how many
young Giffords there were. The fond
father is dead. His son, Livingston
Clifford H., is a well-known patent law
yer.-New York Press
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Child Slavery in the North.

great deal has been written of late
about child labor in the South, and
especially by our esteemed Northern
contemporaries. 1t is unfortunately a
fact that little children are employed
in some of the Southern cotton mills
who ought to be at school, and who
are being deprived of their childhood.
But in a recent number OF McClure's
Magazine Mr.. Francis H. Nichols di
rects attention to child labor in q
Northern state, compared with whom
those of the South enjoy life of ease
and pleasure. These unhappy little
toilers are in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania and number nearly 3d.
900, of whom "a 900 are boys who
work for the mining companies, and
the others girls who work in textile
mills established in the mining re.
gion in order to utilize this cheap la
Dor. Thus the population of the min
ing region is becoming more and more
densely ignorant, bitterly hating their
employers, but knowing nothing be
yond coal mining, and for this reason
absolutely at the mercy of pitiless cor.
porations.-Baltimore Sun.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
THE MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE.
Statesman Had Little Knowledge Of
Aetrophysical Objects.


Astrophysical Objects.
Secretary Langley of the Smithso-
nian institution. grave and learned,
Ventured the other day before an ir-
rev erent subcommittee on appropria-
tions of the house to tell why he want
ed $4,000 for his astrophysical OBJ
servatory. on which the government
has thus far expended S165,000
Mr.. Benton of Missouri, unlettered
as to the sciences, followed not the
highly-complicated English which the
secretary employed. The latter pro-
ceeded with his account of what the
observatory was going to do and said
some time he hoped science would be
able to tell. through the influence of
the stars or some other signs, the ap-
proach of a famine.
you didn't know the coal famine
was coming. did you, professor"
queried one of the statesmen around
the mahogany table.
We'll" said Mr.. Benton, after a
pause, II suppose you look into such
things as whether there be fire in a
lightning bugs tail?"
The subcommittee was in convul-
sions OF laughter for some moments.
but the members felt kindly disposed
to Mr.. Langley and allowed him $15.-
600 to continue his scientific expert
ments.-Washingto Post
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
THEY ILLUSTRATED THE TEXT.
New England Minister Got Back" at
lmpolite Congregation.

ihPofhC
George Horace Lorimer, the editor
of the Saturday Evening Post and the
author of the Letters of a Self-Made
Merchant to His Son." is the son him
self of a clergyman, and Mr.. Lorimer
told the other day a clerical story that
was, he said, his fathers favorite.
A country minister. according to this
story, arose one Sunday morning to
preach upon the text, Thou art
weighed and found wanting" 1t was
a good text. 1t inspired the minister
He preached for an hour, and there
was still much for him to say.
But his congregation did not relish
so long sermon. The males, one by
one, began to get out quietly, and the
women, as they departed, regarded
one another with scandalized eyes.
But the minister droned on, coming
back again and again to his text
Thou are weighed and found want
ing" paying no heed to his impolite
flock. Finally. though, four men arose
together and started on tiptoe down
the aisle. This was little more than
the good minister could stand.
That's right, gentlemen" he shout
ed after the four, that's right As
fast as you are weighed pass out"
New York Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
nMad MorId. MN Mastersln

Jean Cheure is a French convict
who, on being discharged recently
from a Paris prison, requested that he
be given another term. He could
not be happy out OF jail. and said he
preferred being behind the bars to
freedom. He gave as a reason that
when in prison he was employed in
kitchens. where life suited him and
he grew fat.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Methods ONLY Differ.

Women in France can obtain the
rlght to wear trousers by paying to
the government tax of SO. The
right can be obtained in the United
States, in several instances, merely
by marriage, with the tax paid to the
minister, in fee simple.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
coIored Woman 112 Years old.

who has been in the Cortelyou family
OF Brooklyn for more than eighty
years, celebrated her 10TH birthday
last week. She was born in Virginia
in 1871, as the records of the family
show.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Jeaths From Pneumonia Increase

The deaths from pneumonia for 10.
600 of population in 1860 were 4:4O; in
1870, 1924; in 1880, 1858; in $780,
1884; in 1900, 19.7S-an aggregate in.
crease of 1896 per cent of pneumonia,
as compared with an aggregate de
crease of 39.5 per cent of consump-
ton.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10

Australians Drink Much Tea.
Australians still lead the world as
tea drinkers; 7.S1 pounds is each Aus
tralian's yearly allowance. New zea-
landers drink CTS pounds a head
yearly.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Exclamation.

Knicker-Why doesn't Smith come
to the club any more?
Bocker-Hes married.
Knicker-And what brings Jones SO
often?
Bocker-Hes married.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
nerIIn Hotel keeper In Luck.

Because a Berlin hotel keeper knew
how to prepare Prince Chun a dish of
Chow" the Chinese order OF the Two
Headed Dragon has been bestowed OF
him.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Eneland's African PossessIons.

Excluding Egypt and the Soudan.
Great Britain owns 2,5S5, 900 square
miles of Africs an area equal to more
than fifty Englands. and inhabited by
about 45.0o0.000 people.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
stars of Milky Way.

The stars in the Milky Way are
equally distributed in a uniform ring
in the heavens and are several times
as bright as stars in other regions.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Give free Samples of Coal.

A firm of coal merchants at Yar
mouth. England. is sending out free
samples of coal in wooden boxes b.
way of advertising its quality.
The daily sentinel., 1903-07-10
Castle for American Aristoorat.

Castle TOT NmeTIcdH NrIStocrdt,
d. Pomsbley Orle of New York has
bought $500 acres of land in the town
of Monterey. Mass, and will build u
castle on the property and maintain
a game preserve.