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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
urrIDY TRAVELLERS.
Many ExcursiOnists Are Both Da64
Tempered and Dusty In
Hot weather. i

There's no doubt about it, summerk
q very demoralizing time. It isn's
only that in warm weather we see ting
people we once considered the pink o.
neatness, with hair uncurled and it
careless dress; it is that both ths
temper and the intellect are affected
by . temperature of 90 degrees in thu
shade, says the Baltimore News.
It il noticeable when one gets in
crowd on such q day that politeness
is at low ebb. Everybody's IS snaps
as a cat, and the man who ordinarily
would smile pleasantly when fellow
sufferer apologized for accidentally
stepping ON his foot now. growls
"Why can't You be careful?" while hs
looks At the injured member - II y
were disabled for life.
This is specially true on IN excrr
sion boat or train where each indi7id-
ual's as tired and exhausted and ifTf
table Al only person can be who's
been spending = "long. happy day u
the countryr
Everyone is In everyone else's way
and the man with the dress suit case
and the woman with the telescope
who sit in the same seat Of the rEil
way coach conflict as much as th.ii
luggage does.
An innocent-looking girl pokes .
strange man in the back with her Im.
brella entirely without meaning it and
receives such = fierce look in retarn
that she shrinks under it, drops hel
sunshade to the floor and let's 1t ktay
there the remainder Of the trip.
Two young women who were tryine
to find something on time table IN .
car Sunday night amused the obSsrv-
ers as much as anything could anuse
those weary ones.
One ran her finger down the colpmn
Of the train she was looking up. while
the other ran hers across to meet II
in the column Of the station from
which they were to start. Both ran
OF the track, however, or missed con-
nections in some other way 50 fire.
quently that the young women finally
decided a more careful method Of dis-
covery would be necessary.
They, therefore, produced any mum.
ber Of pins from various mysterious
portions of their dress and marked
their progress with ,lese. This time
they succeeded in meeting, but to
their disgust the train thus discovered
with 20 much labor was = morning
one, when they were looking for an
evening one; and 50 it had to be gone
all over again, and the flushed faces
of the seekers bore witness to the
annoyance they felt.
The travelling public when It reads
at all reads fitfully, and the lightest;
sort Of literature; it runs to necker-l
chiefs rather than collars; it il hat,
less and dusty and cindery, and bad,
tempered and unattractive generally. ];
and no one blames it at all; for every:
one else II In exactly the same cohdi-.
tion. {
Two months from now the woInan;
who travels will be . picture in her:
short skirt and neat little jacket and
hat. Just now she's anything but:
pretty, and she knows It and doesn't
care at all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
she Does.

Miss wilkins-Ah, what q change
one little woman can make in . mans
lifei
Mr.. Smithers-Exac.ly. And what
4 heap OK change she requires while
doing iti--N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
A seri.us BlunAer.

"Yes, my wife has gone home to her
mother for week or two."
ANY trouhle?"
"A little. 1t appears that I leaned
up against sofa pillow that was only
meant for show.'-Cleveland PlaiI
Dealer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
An Ea.ier way.

"Ill sue you for damages" said the
man who had been licked, as he tried
to brush off the dust of conflict.
''Oh," responded the victor, '.if you
are not damaged enough ! can save
you the trouble Of going TO law to
get more" and he made at him again.
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
THE onE-PR,cE hE,FeR,

xeW wanter buy thet heifer. Zeb! SOM
believe yew can;
wouldn't sell thet heifer. sir. to any livin'
man.
No, sir. If yew should come an lay q fifty
in my hand
Fd 80 an shet the stable door an let thet
heifer stand #t
1dlet her stand right where she is tin she Il
Afore "a sell one side of her, thets all I've
got to say.
Sew heerd wanted to dispose7 Yew mus,
hev heerd it wrong;
Ia buy dozen like her, Zeb, IL yew'd brinE
OF course I've got lot Of stock, more stocA
en- what need, s
An am short OF stable room, an some.
what short of feed;
But ez fer sellin' thet there beast ]
wouldn't, no stree.
Lex forty dollars come between thet heifer
s. Zeb, an me-
en4 one-price critter. zeb. no man kir
beat me down; essss..
She's wuth. = heap more'n forty, Zeb, ash
any man in town.
III Hunker wants her purity bad, an SO does
Deekin Hale,
But ez said before. OF course, the heifel
amt for sale.
She's gentle an she's good an kind an
slicker then an eel:
child conld milk her any time. shed never
raise heel.
she never hooks nor jumps the fence, she
never runs away,
An comes around atmilkin' time ex reg 'laI
ez the day.
Ionds ortsr see the milk she gives, It'll
yafler, thick an sweet,
An ez for quantity. by gum. thet heifel
can't be beat.
They's junks of butter noatin' round inside
the miflkin' pain, :
An speakin' of her butter, Zeb-but then
she amt for sale.
Yew say yew're bound to hev her. Zeb.
Yew want her purity bad?
The slickest piece of cow-fesh, sir. farm
er ever had,
Nuth thirty dollars ez she stands. an not
dollar less:
For I'm a yone-price critter. Zeb. yew'll find
thet out, i guess.
Wuth thirty dollars ez she stands. I'll tel
yew what I'll dew:
I'll swap her now for twenty -fve-'twixt
me an her an yey.
Jest twenty-five, no more or less, for I'm q
one-price man,
An If yew'd want to swap her back. why
dorn it, Zeb, yew can.
Joe Cone. in N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
Happy Ostcsne,

Gilfoyle-Kilduff's elopement wasn't
successful, was it?
Poindexter.-O. don't know. The
old man caught them before they
reached the min:ster's.-The Smart
Set
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
RE Inevitable sesvenc,

TIC ln6vAtuWIe SeQ0e0ee.
Jane-Willy got his feet soaking vet,
and caught de Group.
Naria-How did he come to git his
| feet soaking wet?
Nudder bought him new pair d
rubber boots!"-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
VALUE OF PURE-BLO0D sIREs.
The value Of Herds In the sOuthwe est
MiRht Soon be Doubled by
Pure-BlOOd Sorts.

Secretary F. d. Coburn, of the Kan
sas state board of agriculture, is an
earnest advocate of the introduction
of pure-blooded sires in the cow herds
Of the great southwest, and believes
that this course will double thei- value
in single decade. The following ex-
tracts from his recent address before
the Central Shorthorn Breeders assO-
citation are of interest to others than
Shorthorn breeders:
1.-The grass area of Kansas, Colorado.
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian terri
tory and Texas approximates 250,OO0,-
600 acres, and in the same territory
there is 25,OGO,0O0 to 100000 acres
of titled land devoted to the production
Of grain and forage to supplement the
pasture and meadow.
I'm the states named there were in
round numbers, on January l, 1899,
the following grazing population:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
WILL STAND TOGETHER.
Cincinnati University Faculty Will
Fight President Ayres.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 1i.-This has been
day of anxiety among those connected,
either directly or indirectly, with the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. Following the dec
laration of President Ayers that five men,
bers of the faculty might resign, and then
he would accept such designations as he
might select. comes a movement on the
part of the professors to stand together
and not only refuse to resign. but for all
to quit IL the trustees. at their special
meeting tomorrow, sustain the recent de-
cree of President Ayers. The trustees last
year, before electing Professor Ayers,
adopted a resolution giving the president
power to appoint members OF the faculty
and declare vacancies With this power to
discharge any members of the faculty, no
such coup d'etat was anticipated as that
OF discharging all members of the faculty
at once The professors are holding con-
ferences, and have not only decided TO
stand or fall together, but also TO fight Dr.
Ayers to the last. One OF them announced
to-day: Every bridge has been burned.
Even IL the trustees should refuse 10 sane
ton what has been done, we would decline
TO be longer associated with DR.. Ayers.
One or the other must CO."
President Ayers refused TO say anything
in advance of the meeting of the board to-
morrow. The students, members OF the
alumni and others have been industriously
comforting to-day with the trustees regard
ing the crisis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
VOTED TO STRIKE.
Rod Mill Workers VIII Quit wo-,r
This Morning.

CLEVELAND, o.. Jan. 14-At a meet,no
or the Cleveland branch of the National A..
ISOLATION of Rod-mil Workers to-niebt n
was decided to inaugurate strike in the
TOUR mills of the American Steel and Wire
Company, in this city, tomorrow morning
There are two or three hundred rod.m;I,
workers in Cleveland, and about eight hum
dred, in all, in the various mills of the
company, which are located at Beaver
Falls, Pa, and in Illinois and Indiana. The
strike here will throw about four thou
sand men out of employment by closing the
four mills, and the number affected in other
States will be very large
me strike was brought about by the de-
mand of the workers for a substantial adj
vance in wages a much greater advance
than the I1s per cent. made voluntarily by
the company last week 1t had been decided
that strike should be inaugurated to-mor-
row morning IL the demand was not COM
piled with, but i.Ie action taken tonight
was precipitated by the announcement that
three men had been discharged at Beaver
Falls for being connected with the demand
for an increase in wages. 1t was under
stood that the strike should be ordered If
single man was discharged on that account
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
GERMAN FINANCES.
Rapid Fall I'm Discount Since Jan. l.
Joint Stock Companies.

BERLIN, Jan. H.-A leading official of
the Reichsbank, in the course Of an inter-
view to-day, made the following state
ment regarding the financial situation:
1.-THE gold movement in December resulted
in a considerable increase of Germany's
gold stock About 10000 900 marks went to
England, but more than 100000 marks
were imported from Russia. This was due
to the fact that Russia had been unable
to raise a loan in western Europe to meet
the interest upon her engagements and
was compelled to send gold instead. Fur
thermore, the British banks refused to pro-
long the Russian drafts, thus rendering re-
mittances from Russia to London neces-
sary. These were partly direct but chiefly
by way of Germany. Hence the apparent
export from Germany to London was re-
ally a mere matter of transit. Since the
beginning of this year the export has been
almost nothing. A second reduction in the
bank rate before the end of January is
possible but everything depends upon the
further development of the market. The
bourse has taken too optimistic view
of the money situation, in view of the
fact that the rapid fall in discount since
Jan. 1 has been largely abnormal"
Last year 30f joint stock companies, with
an aggregate capital of 544, 600, 600 marks,
were organized, as compared with 800 with
an aggregate capital of 463, 100000 marks
in 1885 A company has been formed in
Berlin to utilized Prof. Jesses improved
steam engine, which will be used doubt
less by the Great Electric Company.
Mr.. Pinero's comedy, 1.-The Gay Lord
Quex," Is being played at the Leasing
Theater. 1t has been unfavorably re-
ceived the critics declaring it altogether
too coarse.
Reports are published to-day from Will
helmshaven that the first German IRON
clad squadron is completely ready to leave
for action within twenty-four hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
SUICIDE OF c. E. BRIGGS
RESIDENT OF SOUTH BEND KILLS
HIMSELF NEAR FORT WAYNE.
Left a Note to His Son. Who Is mt No.
tire Dame-Owensville burglars Sup
posed to BE Under Arrest.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE Ind. Jan. 1.-THE body
Of well-dressed man of about forty years
was found lying among underbrush in a
field four miles west of the city. this aft
ernoon, by a hunter. There was bullet
kcle through the temple and a revolver
lay on the ground near by. Farmers recog-
nized the remains as those of a man who
had been seen in the vicinity on Saturday
morning. This evening clerk at the Ire
mont Hotel identified the body that Of
one of his guests. c. Z. Briggs, of South
Bend. Ind. The clerk said that Briggs, who
was an agent for a Toledo hot-air furnace
company, had registered at the hotel on
Thursday with his wife. On Saturday
morning he left and did not return, and
Mrs. Briggs, after waiting until 2 o'clock
this morning, left for home. search of
the dead mans personal effects revealed
a letter addressed to Master Harry
Briggs, Notre Dame University" 1t read
as follows:
My Dear Son-By the time this reaches
you l will be numbered among the silent.
Be a good boy and take care of mamma.
From Papa.
"P. S.-Remember that there is no friend
like your mother"
Late tonight the officers received word
that South Bend friends would CLAIM the
body tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Demands of Wood Carver..

CINCINNATI, Jan. 1.-THE Cincinnati
Wood Carvers' Protective Association met
to-day and asked the Furniture Exchange
to increase wages 10 per cent, establish a
minimum wage scale and grant the nine
hour day, which they claim have been con-
ceded in other cities. This request had been
previously denied and now ii has the sane
ton OF the national executive board so that
the association to-day decided TO present IL
TO all the manufacturers tomorrow and re-
port at another meeting tomorrow night
III the demand is refused tomorrow IL was
voted 10 order general strike on Tuesday
and all the wood carvers were instructed TO
be at the meeting tomorrow night TO hear
the reports and receive orders for the next
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15

might have made my pick from a hundred.
saddled and bridIed. before had gone hair
over the field.
zone word as to that phase OF their war
fare which must be touched upon In JUS
tice. In every account We correspondents
write OF 1t. With my own eyes, being upon
the scene, / saw the putt-putt gun and the
fire of the sharpshoOters trained upon our
ambulances three times, and upon our
stretcher bearers on fnnumerable oc-
casions-in fact, whenever they rose to
their feet ION the right OF the line) and at
tempted TO perform their work.
Ralph relates with the feeling of one who
suffered the hardships which lack of water
imposed on Methuen's men during their
march towards Kimberley. I'VE never joke
about water now" he says 1.-The first time
we really appreciated IL we were starting
out from Orange river. We were marching
and watching the day break. In breaking
1t seemed to rend the earth's blanket of at
mosphere and let the suns heat out upon
us as If we were so many thousand stok-
ers in the broiling belly of a ship. On
and on we marched, in heavy sand, or
over stones. or stumbling across furrowed
ground-all gasping like fishes thrown on
beach. At first our lips dried
and cracked. then our mouths
parched. and finally our threats became as
If they were coated with plaster of paris.
The hair shriveled on our hands. and our
feet grew dry deviled bones. Here and
there a man fell forward on his hands and
knees or stumbled out of the ranks and
lurched prone OH the veldt. We came to
Pinhams, yellow. Spanish-looking house;
all about were trees. In and out of its yard
horses and mules passed in scores, and be-
hind the house the TommyS crowded like
bees around a honey pot, filing their cloth
clad bottles out of stone tank, while
other Tommys walked around and around
a sort of windlass that pumped new water
into the tank. Every man filled his bottle,
emptied il down his throat and filled it
again. A water mania, thirst madness,
was upon the men. We padded in spilled
water. and the sounds it made in pouring,
gurgling and splashing were as delicate
music to all our ears. We have learned
what war Is, and more about the Boer than
we knew a month ago, but above all we
have learned the value of water"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
THREE PERISH BY FIRE.
Husband, Wife and n Boarder Burn to
Death I'm Their Home.

MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. H.-A. Blap-
chard. aged sixty-five, his wife. aged forty
three, and a boarder named William
Money, aged fifty-eight, were burned to
death in their home in Merrimac last
night. The cause of the fire is unknown.
When the bodies were discovered nothing
could be told. The Blanchards were In the
habit of using kerosene to light their fires,
and its thought that an explosion took
place drenching all three and at the same
time setting fire TO the house, so that they
were unable TO get away. All the bodies
were burned to crisp and wholly beyond
recognition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
WHAT THE NEGRO NEEDS
ADDRESS BY BOOKER II. WASHING
TON, OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.
The Colored Man VIII Prosper When
He Learns to Put Brains and Skill
in Common Occupations.

CHICAGO, JAM 14-Hundreds of colored
people of Chicago crowded into Bethel
Church to-day to hear Booker L. Wash
ington discuss the movement for a new
fraternal insurance organization for col
ored people. Among those seated on the
rostrum were the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsh. States Attorney
Charles H. Deeneen, Judge c. c. Kohl
saat, Judge Orrin C. Carter. Judge Rich
ard Tuthill. Hon. Patrick III. O'Donnell
and Miss Jane Adams.
Prof. Washington said: I'm seeking to
give encouragement to this movement do
so because it is in the line with the teach
ing to which my life is largely devoted
that of helping the race prepare itself for
industry and business, to exercise thrift
and economy, to save money, to help lay
up something for rainy day. Neither
actively officially nor financially can 1 en-
ter into the business Of this organization,
for I am determined to let nothing draw
me aside from the work that l have I'm.
dertaken for the elevation of our people
through the medium of the Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee
Ala.
am Sldu 10 nave a part III tHlS meet
ing for the special reason that more and
more each year, the problem confronting
our race in these large Northern cities is
going to become an important enc. The
negro who comes from the South to Chi
cago, for example, finds certain advantages
which are not offered in the South. At tn,
same time he finds certain disadvantages.
He meets with severe, and often almost
cruel competition. 1 have said more than
fonce that l believe our people can sooner
conquer prejudice lin the South than North
ern competition. The young colored mar
coming to Chicago from our Southern.
STAGES not only has to meet severe COM
petition, but he finds himself subjected to
temptations which don't surround him
his Southern home. All these considera-
tons make IT most important that any or
ganization In the North that has for its
object the encouragement of our peonIe il,
the direction of thrift and economy. the
exercise of which gives them Opportunity
ana encouragement to save money shouI.
receive our special care and earnest CON
siuerdtion Inc negro In the North as
elsewhere, Will prosper in proportion as he
learns TO do some one thing well-learns 10
uo IL petter tnan any one else; in propor-
ION as ne learns to put brains, skill and
oisnity In the common occupation of life.
A Few days ago was asked bv q. gentle
man In the North in what manner couId
me negroes interests in the South be pro.
tecteu. MY answer was: Assist nc
making the negro the most usefmI Us, 10
his community. Usefulness viii nons..
tute our almost lasting and potent ~
the South" with or i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
MENACED BY A MOB.
Emfsrant Agent Who Induced Ne
grOes to Leave Georgia.

MADISON, Ca, Jan. H.-W. A. Williams,
the emigrant agent, who during the past
six weeks has sent $500 negroes out Of
Greene and Morgan counties into Missis-
sippi, Texas and Arkansas, has been in
Jail here twenty-four hours a measure
of safety, a mob of farmers having
threatened his life at Greensboro Saturday
afternoon. Williams, who is known all over
the South as Peg Leg Williams, has been
in this county this time several days. He
had engaged a number Of negroes to leave
Greensboro Saturday night for the West
and was there arranging for their depart
ure. The negroes have been leaving the
farmers in large numbers of late and many
farmers are entirely without help. In
many cases farmers have been compelled
to let their fields go to grass and their in
terests have been serious affected. Most
of these negroes were troopers, who
rarely paid out, and took little care of the
land. Their exodus, together with the I'M
usually large gram acreage, Will materi-
ally reduce the cotton acreage for the
present year, perhaps from 20 to % per cent.
The farmers decided to have Williams ar
rested He was arrested on the charge of
violating county ordinance by interior
ing with contract labor and taken to Jail.
The farmers, many of whom were in town,
were threatening, and the news Of the ar
rest spread along the line of the Georgia
Railroad. Saturday night it was rumored
that mob of farmers was coming up from
Covington to help deal with Williams, and
the sheriff decided to remove the offender.
This was done, Williams being landed in
Jail here.
Williams's attorney, Colonel Davidson.
accompanied him to Madison and consulted
to-day with the authorities of this county.
1t was decided to draw up agreement
to the effect that Williams would in future
desist from soliciting emigrants along the
line of the Georgia Railroad, and 1t is eX-
pected Williams will sign it. The prelim-
mary hearing will be had tomorrow morn
ing If he does not sign the agreement it
is expected he will give bond. An emigrant
agent was arrested near Washingto ton, Ga,
yesterday for violating the state law. which
exacts a tax of $500 from all such agents.