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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
A CRITICAL TINE FOR LABOR,
rum" Among Various Factors
OF Economic World Essential.

The larger and more widespread
industrial concentration becomes, the
more important it is that organized
labor should develop correspondingly
in strength, influence and high quail
ity of leadership, asserts Gunton's
Magazine. 1t is not one whit less
essential that stable equilibrium"
of economic power be maintained
among the various factors that share
in the distribution OF wealth than
that these same factors be organized
to the point of greater efficiency in
the production of this wealth. In
deed, from the broad social stand
point, there is no justification for the
concentration of capital unless the
resulting benefits extend to the COM
munity in general. which means
chiefly the wage-earners, because
more than three-fourths of the popu-
lation is in the wage or salary re-
ceiving class.
Just at this moment, when the
greatest Industrial consolidation in
the worlds history has been con-
summated, it is of crucial Importance
that no point be lost in maintaining
and advancing the proper status of
organized labor. If serious effort
were to be made to break down labor
organization or restrict the freedom
of laborers to unite for mutual adj
vantage and protection by discharg-
ing men for belonging to unions, the
whole American people would have
an interest in seeing that any such
undertaking met with the most de-
termined and widespread resistance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
MISTAKES THAT PAID WELL.
Errors That Brought Great ProAt T.
the Persons who Made
Then.

Mistakes do not always turn out to
work to the detriment of those who
make them; sometimes they are gold
en- and put pretty penny in the pock-
cts of the blunderers. When Orme
won the Eclipse stakes at Sandown
eight years ago the prince of Wales
sent his friend Mr.. Courthope to lay .
bet on horse called Orvieto. Mr..
Courthope misunderstood the name
and placed the princes money on
Orme. When Orme came in a good
winner the prince thought, of course,
he had lost, instead of which he had
won $4,000. says the New York Sun.
A lucky mistake was that which re-
suited in the opening of the famous
Niersfontein gold mine in South At
RIGA and the making of SIC, 000, 900. It
was an error that saved a score OF
people from ruin and made wealthy
men of them. for the original inten-
ton of 20 poor men who were seeking
fortune was to buy mine called the
Rensnek farm. The prospectors who
examined this farm found that it
gave great promise of rich mine, and
they commissioned an agent to buy it
for $4,000. The agent, however, got
mixed and made hopeless blunder
through not knowing his district well.
He bought another place called Niers-
fontein for the prospectors, and the
money was paid over before the dis
mayed gold seekers found they were
let in for place they did not want.
They refused to accept the deal. but
the money had been paid and retrac-
ton was impossible. Worst OF all
some outside people profited by the
error and snapped up the coveted
Rensnek.
Before going to law to repudiate
the transaction the little company had
a look at The despised Niersfontein
place, and on giving trial to it. thew
found it worth while to hang on. Tha
other place-the Rensnek-gave ont
within fortnight and ruined the com
pany which had bought it. while Niers-
fontein became a magnificent mine
and has yielded over $40, 000, 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
.cRr MUCH NEEDED LESSON.
p,..o- women Are Sometimes
c-.a NJ Their Failing by Their
Masculine Visitors

TT all men would adopt the plan OF
a certain Young man of Baltimore to-
ward his feminine friends there would
be less cause for complaint as to the
hardness of the fair sex in keeping
their appointments. His rule IS never
to wait. no matter what the OCCASION
more than Is minutes for young
woman. Then, when he calls -
house, he takes out his watch ano
looks at the time when he enters TINS
drawing-room. He looks at 1t again
and again, and when the quarter Oh
nm hour has elapsed, it the young
woman upon whom he is calling mas
not yet made her appearance. he calm
" walks out and goes somewhere eise'
says the Chicago Chronicle.
And this young mans principles Or
the subject are so well known tnas
he rarely has to study the patterns
of the furniture for an interminaDis
time while his hostess assumes mex
newest frock. He is greeted promptly,
but some of his brothers tell pitlful
tales Of woe ON this subject.
One, calling on feminine friend a.
seven o'clock the other evening, wait
ed an hour for her appearance. when
she finally came in the room sne
found monsieur deeply interested ID
a book. He arose then and said:
"How-d'ye do" and "Good-by" in
breath.
"You are not going?" asked mad
emoiselle, aghast.
Eyes, / am" asserted the young
man, amiably. II had an hour that
I wished to spend pleasantly, and !
have passed it here in your library.
Now must catch a train north"
"Of course, if you will come at un-
holy hours" began the woman, but
the man had gone.
To be just. the woman of to-day Is
fairly prompt. She considers it bad
form not to be ready to see visitors
when they call, but she doesn't con-
slider ten minutes much to take to add
some finishing touches to her toilet,
and that, it might be whispered, is
the reason that one-half Of the theater
audience comes in when the first act
is well under way. that the first num-
bers of the concert are ruined. the
first part of the lecture rendered un-
ineligible, and that the german COM
mences half an hour later than it
should.
When women have an appointment
to meet downtown at a certain place
each fingers in her own apartments
until the hour set for the meeting,
SO that she won't have to wait an nm
considerable time for the other at tho
rendezvous. Femininity is almost in
variably late, even for business en-
gagements, and any excuse it offers,
however trivial, it thinks should be
accepted as valid.
At catching trains and boats the
dilatory sex is, nevertheless, unusual
" adept It is said by those who are
fond of gathering such statistics that
one woman misses train to about ten
men. Madam, however oblivious she
may be of time in other matters, il
she is going away is sure to be at the
station bright and early and with 20
minutes to spare. Whether this proves
that the sex is selfish or merely that
it is, in the language of the times,
"long-headed" is . question for con-
siderafiOu
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
OUR OLD NEW WORLD.
What Scientific Research Has ShOWn
Regarding the Age of the
Western Continent.

Long, long before man was, there
were Americans, j. e., beings lnhaD,
iting the continents now called the
Americas, to which beings great man
has given very awful names because
mysterious beings must be named
appropriately, says scientific ex-
change.
The most conservative European
savants have to admit that the Amer
icas are many millions of years old.
1t can't be helped, really. Nowhere
is this fact more evident than in the
so-called dad lands" of Dakota and
Wyoming. Since 1870 many scientists
of repute, like Marsh, Cope, Owen,
Workman, Osborne, visited those re-
gions-where they were called odd
bone men"-and established the fact
of the very great antiquity of our
continent. They found. for instance,
conclusive proof that long ago there
were inland seas far exceeding in size
the five big lakes, and of which now
nothing remains except Salt lake and
Sewer lake. Along the shores OF
these inland seas vegetation luxuriai-
ed, and the antediluvian forests OF
strengthening trees were the dwell
ing places of animals more grotesque,
more hideous, than even the most
fertile brain conceived during the
ages when faith in the existence OF
dragons, ETC., was universal, though
vague.
The skeletons and portions of
skeletons of the monstrous land and
water lizards of prehistoric times
make it possible to state the size OF
those terrible animals.
The "Atlantosaurus imnianis" had
a height of 81 feet and a length OF
1872 feet! The Elasmosaurus, So feet
long, had a snake-like neck % feet
long, which enabled it to cover ter
ritory As feet in height and breadth
without moving foot.
The Dinosaurs were immense land
lizards, somewhat resembling the
kangaroo. The carnivorous Dino
saurs were little smaller than those
subsisting on vegetable matter, but
were possessed of immense strength,
which enabled them to make leaps OF
20 feet and more. Besides. they were
armed with horns and teeth which
would have cut through the hide of a
rhinoceros as if it had been paper.
At the same time, the waters were
dashed by monsters, of which the
traditional sea serpent is but faint
image. What dimensions the Mosa-
saurs had is approximately shown by
the fact that, within cast of one of
these creatures. preserved in the Brit
fish museum. 26 persons have dined
very comfortably. Of many of these
beasts, remains of which Prof. Cope
discovered in the clays of western
Kansas. no less than 81 different
species had length of 100 feet and
more.
Gigantic birds and lizards with bat
wings measuring % feet from tip to
tip, scared through the air in search
of prey. The ''Mastodon Americanus"
exceeded in size the elephant of to-
day as much as an OK does a calf.
BY and by. in the course of millions
of years, the vast inland seas were
filled up, dried up and the mon
sters here mentioned disappeared.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22


de men are out jes' now, but he's *
pectin' one back in y minute.
"sWho's bossin' de ibery tonight 2
says I. 'Mike?'
"sYes.'
"sTell him dere's = guy wants to see
him out here fer minute
mike an me is old pals, an when
he comes out gifts him on to let me
put on drivers coat an 60 out wild
de guy me an 327 t'ink is Glimmer.
An tells 327 to git quick hustle out
with the telegraph to de fly an to
bring de fly back wild him.
"sYou call up 16 offs on de tele-
phone frum de fy's house. I says, an
I'll leave word dere fer you what's to
do an where de guy has went
$50 goes in, an Mike says: Here's
a driver for you, sir An de guy says:
Well, hurry up. haven't got no time
to lose.' takes a piece of red chalk
finds in de stable an makes q mark
on de back of de guys coat when he
amt lookin'.
"De n says to him: Excuse me, sir,
but you got something on the back Of
we're coat Brush it off, he says, an
I pretended to try, but couldn't make
it come. It won't come, SIR says,
AN it looks like big letter in in red
paint
"'W-w-well, I'll g-g-get it off, the
guy says, an unbuttons his coat an
starts to pull it off. Then he stops
sudden an pulls it up again around
his neck an says: %, well, never
mind, I'll change my clothes in de
morning, anyhow
by the time Mike gifts my cab
hitched up 327 is started out fer de
fly, goin' out West Thirty-first street
like fire engine, an it's along to-
wards two o'clock in de mornin'.
"sWhere to, sir?' says, touchin' my
hat to de guy.
ITO de Union station in hurry
he says. L want to catch train at
three o'clock
81 gifts hustle over to the West
side an seen my guy safe in lower
tree in de st. Louis car. Den calls
up 16 offs an puts de manager wis,
to the whole show.
"'327 will call you up in a few min
utes,' says, AN you tell him an de
fiy to catch de train at de Englewood
station. Dey got time If dey drive
fast. De guy dey want is in lower
tree in de St. Louis car
de fly and 327 makes q quick run
in an catches de train o. K. at Engle-
wood. De fly walks in and takes John
Rawlins Glimmer out of de berth. An
John Rawlins is rabbit an gives de
hull game away. Den fly gives 327
q dollar bill an says: Split dat wild
your pardner. my boy he says, and
dat was de nearest we ever came to dat
$4,000 reward" Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
Getting Ice Easily.

A Woolwich (Me.l man has filed his
icehouse with cakes which have float
ed down with a freshet. All the crew
has had to do has been to watch for
the fine. blue cakes. and then float them
into the dock and hoist the1a into the
icehouse.-N. Y. Sun,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
Didn't Get the Reward
THE Reformed Messenger Bow tool

THE Reformed Messenger Boy took
adirty and time-worn paper from
the inside pocket Of his vest. He un-
folded it and spread it out on the table.
II showed the face Of middle-aged
man, with = brief description below
It. Above the face. in big black let
tiers, was the single line: $1,000 Re
ward"
''Dere," said the boy, sis de mug Of
de guy what me an 327 got pinched.
II it hadn't been fer us de fly cops
Id a-been lookin' fer him yet. We gifts
wise to his nobs, an gives de tip to de
flies, an den dey makes de pinch, cops
de coin, an gives me an 327 de double
cross.
s.His name was John Rawlins Glim-
mer, an he made quick sneak out-a
New York five years ago. after pinch
in $500 from de Newton national
bank. De peppers was full of how
smood = guy he was. He was de book
keeper, an kept de bank dope books,
an he'd been pinchin' an maxim de
books lie about it fer ten years. Every
day it was pinch an carry one wild
him, an in de afternoon he'd 60 down
an put q few dollars on de ponies,
'spectin' all de time to win out an put
himself back on de square.
me an 327 was readin' all about it,
an wishin' dat we could git chance
to do little flynn, an win de dough
de bank offers fer catchin' de guy.
Den my fren', de lutte over to Central,
gimme dis bill of de play, wild de guys
mug on it an tellin' all about him.
Ne an 327 learns it all by heart.
"'John Rawlins Glimmer,' it says,
rs years old, red hair and mustach,
mixed wild gray. Little finger on right
hand is missing. Has big scar on back
of neck. When excited is apt to slut
ter badly. Has taught class in Sunday
school, an may be found takin' part
In revival meetin's. $1,000 reward fer
his errest an detention. Left New
York June ii. an is supposed to havs
come to Chicago
"'327,' says, after him an me has
got de descript down fine, me an you
mus cop dat dough. We mus keep
our lamps lit fer Mr.. Glimmer, an
when we sees . guy wild his right mitt
shy one finger wen t'row him down
an look fer de scar on de back of his
neck. You'll have to 60 to Sunday
school, 3a7,' says, AN rubber fer guys
wild red hair and mustaches.'
1897 goes de mex Sunday. an dere's
= big gazaboy dere wild de right color
roof on his nut and . red mustache,
but he has gray kid gloves on his
mitts, an 327 can't tell whedder he's
shy a little finger er not. 3e7 says dat
kid gloves are suspicious, anyhow, so
he waits till de guy gets out on de
street. Den he snealss up an gives
him pinch on the little finger on de
right glove, t'inkin' if it was stuffed
wild sawdust de guy couldn't know it.
But de guy let's out a yell, and so 3e7
knows dat he is on dead 'un. De mex
t'ree Sundays me an sa7 puts in pinch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
y.Iu.hle Old T.bIe SUE.

A complete set of 10 James /. silver
spoons belonging to Lord Dormer was
sold in London recently for $500.
Only two other sets are known, one
in Corpus Christi college, Cambridge,
the other in Goldsmiths' hall in Lon
don. An Elizabethan standing salt
cellar weighing 20H ounces was sold
for $4,000, nearly $3.50 an ounce.-Chi-
csgo Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22

IN 1867 the United Kingdom pro-
duced 1928 tons of fine copper. This
fell to 425 tons in 1898. 1t is now about
700 tons q year. In the same period
the production of tin has fallen from
$500 to 1900, and lead from $1,000 to
$4,000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
Wanted Protection.

sHave you in contemplation any
risk or danger?" asked the life insur-
ance man.
Ill am going to discharge our
cook tomorrow" faltered the unhap.
py Observation-Disclosures American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-22
Hop In Germany and England.

Hop In Germany and England.
Germany is now second only to Eng
land as hop-prcducing country. She
grows E2,30o.Oo0 worth year. Eng
lands product exceeds this by
100000.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
Fatal Wreck on S. P.

San Francis 20, Dec. 20
North and southbound Southern
Pacific coast limited trains, run
ming between this city and Los
Angeles, came together in a head
end collision at Uplands early
yesterday A fireman and ex-
press messenger and baggage
man we're killed and twenty five
passengers more or less injured,
probably not one fatally.
Both engines were demolished
and the baggage, smoking and
chair cars OF the. northbound
train were burned. None Of the
passenger cars Of the sou Inbound
train were injured. The only
passengers hurt We're those in
the day coaches OF the north
bound train. In the smoker
We're halt II dozen italian laborers.
-Four Of them were badly bruised
and scaldad by escaping steam.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
SALE OF OIL LANDS.
Southern OH Company Buys Six and
Thrse-tentfls Acres For
S3l. 10000.

One o { the mos 1s5t;s bic trans
actions in old circles has just
transpired, which is the sale OF
Six and three fourth acres q
land ne:ar the Jennings gusher,
being lot Is in the Jennings
Haywood Oh Syndicate's, sub
division OF fractional section 46,
The sale was made by the Jen-
nings-Heywood Oil Syndicate
Limited, to The Southern Oh
Company Limited the price pai6
being $1,000 per acre, making {
total ri .s3i:5sia I'll, thsE,t or Sly
land tI,ree ie,a,i.,; it,sl.n.>.
tfss.TiIf.s ,urcil.ss,srs viii begin DC
velnpii,g III ones, the first well t
be put down near the Jennings
gusIer No. /.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21

Low excursion rates have sbeen
made By the Southern R9citic
Sunset Route from all points on
its main line and branches Del
Rio and east to that station to
points in Arlxan sas, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Dalzato,
Minnesota, Wisconin. North
Caroline, Souah Carolina, Ken
lucky, Illinois, Mississippi. Lou
isiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
and Tennessee, also to Colorado
points and to important centers
Of the Republic Of Mexico. These
low rate tickets will be on sale
Dec. 21st, Pend and 23rd, with a
limit Of 80 daysfrom date of sale.
Apply to any agent Of the South
ern Pacific or connecting line for
further information, or address.
S r. B Morse, M L Eni,ttn.,
P. T. M. G.. ie,.d i *
Houston, Texaa.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
sa" Well located residence FOR
sale by Z. Dahlen Really 90 cheap.
Aliens Ministries Coming Dec FL.


a genuine old fashioned south
ern cake walk by real southern
darkies Aliens New Orleans
Ministries undTl canvas.
This is the only Minstrel Com
pauy ia the United States that
appears under canvas the inter
ior of which is arranged with a
mammoth stage and scenery the
same as an opera house but oil
course on much larger scale.
Owing TO the large seating capa-
city OF the tent, which is three
thousand, the company is enabled
to show for the extremely low
price Of Is and 25c thus guaran-
teeing the largest Minstrel pro
duction in the world at the lowest
price of admission.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
egs-As II lIalt,nrt HAS i.l.,:

es- n. g. lIulbnrt has jas. re
ceiyed IN invoice OF Sts:ry pn,.;.-
entitled ssAfter Many Days ns'
Our Aoneuushur J.L iieni pstead
which are selling ut 70 cts. They
make very nice Christmas pres
ents as they are short stories,
many Of which tell OF the early
days in Acadia, and Calcasieu
parishes. The books are hand
somely boundin cloth.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21


G.. Shaw is preparing to
build brickpiers under.his house.
A. M. Liscomb and family
have moved into their new home
in Cutting addition.
Mrs. e. b. lsaul.r:giso and
si;s;;gll;er Mss Ad,yie arrived
from Iowa to-day.
d. y. ;Iiiibery is el',c.i.,s a
dwelling house on Lake Arthur
avenue. south OF railroad.
Carpenters union meets to-
night at the Eagle hall.
S. A. KEEP, r. S.
This is the time that the young
children look forward with much
anxiety to the coming of Santa
Claus.
p. d. Savoie is putting a neat
woven wire fence around his
property in the east Cutting ad-
dition.
Miss Claudia Gordon will
spend the Christmas holidays
with her parents in Brownwood,
Texas.
Mrs. q. L. Lee reports the sale
Of several lots in Clifton Place.
Considerable building is now be-
ing done on the south side.
The public schools of Jennings
closed today for two weeks va
cation. The scholars and teach.
ers will enjoy the vacation with
! pleasure.
Pogue & McF'arlain have re
ceived their new buggies and are
now ready to accommodate the
public with first class rigs of al
kinds, TIT their livery stable, OPP
posite A. d. McF'ariain's store
Regular meeting Of Jennings
Post No. 6, G. 0. r. will be hello
in G. A. r. ball Saturday, Dec
81, at 7:3o p. m. All members
are urged to be present, lis it i.
annual election of officers.
II. S. WILLIAMS, Com.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21

Send us q list Of twelve
names and address OF those who
you think are interested III a
business education, aud receive
six cards with your name beauti,
fully written.
Address New Orleans Bust
ness College,
New Orleans La.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
Buy Stoves.

We have jtst received car
load OF Garland cook and heating
stoves. We have samples In the
building formerly occupied by
the jennings Times. Don't buy
a stove until you see us as we
want to sell them.
~ +. Darouen Hardware Co. 297
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
THE RICE MARKET.
TALMAGE's REPORT.


Holiday indifference is further
manifest in Rice as in other sta
pies; still, as "mapy nickel
makes nackle" so the aggreg-
ate of individual purchases make
up a stable volume of business
for the week. It should be re-
marked that the consumption is
far and away ahead of previous
years; much larger than actually
appears by STATISTICAL movement.
Ordinarily, the grocery trade
carry some fair measure of stock
but thus far the present season,
purchases have only been for i'm
mediate requirements and the
rice thus taken has gUne into i'm
mediate consumption. The move
ment since the opening now
stands 40 per cent ahead, as
against equal date last year. AS
heretofor alluded to. part is due
to the improved purchasing pow
er of Porto Rico; scarcity and
high prices in potatoes (now be-
ing largely imported) also the
higher prices Of competing
grades of Foreign, has caused
it's exclusion and by SO much
adds to the patronage of Domes
tic. Forward quotations from
abroad, are however more reas-
enable and no doubt will eXer.
else modifying effect on some
holders views, as soon as new
crops begin 10 offer.
Advices from the South note
liberal movement at all points
not little doing against future
delivery. Along the Atlantic
Coast prices have advanced =! to41
In New Orleans and the Sou tn.
west, prices continue irriguial
according to the need of money
or greed for business on the part
of millers and dealers.
Cables and CORES pondence
from abroad note fair movement
of cleaned at former tigures;ca
goes en- route of present crop are
steady; futures in new crop oper
at / to Cd lower than last year
Talmage, New Orleans, tele
graphs Louisiana crop movement
to date: Receipts, rough, $40, SS;
sacks; last year, 720,923 sacks
Sales, cleaned (esD 618,927 peck
cts; last year, 493,006 pockets
Market strong.
Talmage, Charleston, tele
graphs Carolina crop movemen
to date Receipts, 3,405 barrels
Sales, 0,S30 barrels. Marke
! strong.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
Auction Sale.

G. p. Gibson, will sell his stock
of ladies' ard children shoes Mon
day afternoon Dec. 90 at 1:30, in
the north room of Mrs. Abbott S
building.
If you want bargains, for they
are going regardless OF cost, be
on hand.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-21
Seed Rice.

Fine seed rice for sale both
Honduras, Kiusee and Japan
from imported seed this year on
new ground. Enquire at Nor
wood plantation warehouse.
TAYLOR, EVANS & CARHART.