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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
The Spread of Reason.

I'm not conscious of any preju-
dices," said London physician in re-
ply to a convivial invitation, and I
wish you a pleasant evening; but
hope you will kindly excuse my per-
sonal presence. Experience has taught
me that l cannot drink and attend to
my business"
In that sense converts to the doctrine
of total abstinence have multiple ed in
every country of the civilized world,
and their ranks recruit themselves by
a process of natural selection. Topers
are crowded out; the most complete
abstainers forge to the front, and com
petition has already resulted in an in
creasing tendency to total abstinence
from all virulent tonics whatever.
Hence, anti-tobacco societies, tea-re-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
WITNESSED BY "ME AND HEAVEN,


Robert Edeson, the actor, tells this
story of the stage: I've seen and
heard good many funny things in the
way of plays and play actors in my
time. but :he greatest thing l ever saw
or heard was in Milwaukee. This was
several months ago. 1t was in one of
the museums there. The museum
had a stock company in its theater,
and its great speciality was border
drama. Every week they gave a new
drama of the wild and woolly west
This play that saw was a blood-curd-
Ter of that character, and at the time
l dropped in at the theater the stage
was pitch dark, and two men were
fighting a duel. / could hear the
knives clash together, and hear the
men stumble around the stage, but I
could only family distinguish the
forms of the actors. After a while
there was a thump on the floor, and
the villain q knew it was the villain
by his accenD Kissed. All ha! Ru-
dolph Tegherington, l have you now,
and no one nigh to see me do the
deed,' Then the drummer hit the bass
drum belt and the calcium man turn
ed on the light, and away up on q
rocky pass a woman (the heroine)
was seen standing. Coward" she
shouted me and heaven is hersl'"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
ElIlz|' 'l t DANCE

nouncers and all sorts of non-stimu-
iGting substitutes for coffee.
Il wish you pleasant evening" said
the London doctor, but doubt is gam
ing ground if even Intelligent votaries
of pleasure had not better try to real
ize their ideals outside of rum shops.
Epicureans are beginning to appreciate
the truth that the attempt to trick life
o:it of the extra enjoyments is failure
on the alcohol plan; that the present
pursuit OF happiness by intoxication
is in every instance a losing game,
miscalculation by just as much as the
delights of the brief delirium are out
weighed by the miseries of the tnevi-
table reaction. The practical outcome
of that experience has taken the form
of a growing addition to literary en-
joyments, amateur art work. travel and
outdoor sports among classes whose
former habits had almost identified
the ideas of merry making and intoxi-
cation.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02

DR.. j. j. Ridge. writing in the Medi-
cal Temperance Review, says: There
has been an Isolation Hospital at En-
field, England. since 1889, but until
February. 1900, there were only two
temporary iron buildings for the
treatment of scarlatina only. Two
years ago three permanent pavilions
were opened. each containing two
wards for eight beds and cots, and two
small wards for one bed each, making
eighteen in each block. Two of these
were used for scarlatina and one for
enteric fever, while the two iron
buildings were devoted to GONZALES
cent scarlatina cases and diphtheria
cases respectively. Thus there was
accommodation for fifty-six scarlatina
cases. eighteen enteric cases and thir-
teen diphtheria cases.
All these cases have been treated
without any alcoholic liquors either as
beverages or medicine. Many of them
have been of the severest possible
character. The stimulants chiefly re-
lied Or have been saline injections.
strychnine. hot beef tea, and OCCASION
ally sal volatile er camphor. 1t is,
of course easy to say that the cases
had suffered from want of alcohol, but
it is impossible both to give and not
TO give it. and the fact remains that
the mortality has been lower than
where it is freely used.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
Curse OF LIQUOR in France.

Fourteen villages in the neighbor-
hood of Caen. France, in 1850 had $500
people; to-day they have only 5,02S.
For every ten (men, women and chill
dren) of the population, 1886 gallons of
beer, spirits and wine we're consumed
in the year 1900 in France.
NJ Fouillee shows that from 1881 to
1896 in France the number of misde
meanors decided upon in criminal
courts rose from 100000 to 100000.
Since 1889 the rate of granddaughter
went up from 1876 to 1879; Of wilful muir
der from 95 to 21S and of sexual crimes
from 539 to 6S1. The annual average
of infanticides is $50. Convictions Of
habitual criminals were 30 per cent in
1890; in 1896 they were 65 per cent.
In fact, crime has trebled in France
during the last fifteen years, although
the population has hardly increased at
all In the course of the year 1892
there were 516.671 persons committed
to prison. In Paris more than half the
persons arrested are below q years OF
age, and nearly all OF them have COM
mitted serious crimes" In one year
alone there were thirty murders, thir-
ty-nine homicides, three PARTICLES.
two poisoning. ia infanticides, APP
cases OF cutting and wounding. % in
cendiarisms 223 sexual assaults. and
II 300 robberies committed in Paris.
In 1890 the suicides in France were
five per 100 600 inhabitants; now the
proportion is twenty-five. In 1896 there
We're 375 suicides of young people be-
tween 16 and q years old, and 81 sui
cides of children under 16.
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DR.. w A. Dickey of Toledo. O., in an
address before the Mississippi Valley
Medical association, says: Il am firm
ly of the belief that the individual who
habitually consumes large quantities Of
alcoholic beverages is more prone to
take tuberculosis and other infectious
diseases, such as typhoid fever and
pneumonia. than is the total abstainer,
and when these diseases are once taken
the prospects of recovery are material
ly lessepad; the cells of muscle, lung.
and nerve being in large measure de-
vitalized renders the individual more
vulnerable. Rams Horn
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02

Do you remember when good, old
fashioned society women sat by the
hour and talked bonners? When
there were whispered comments to
the effect that Mrs. A. looked like a
fright in hers and that Mrs. BIS (pro-
viding Mrs B., of course. was the one
addressed) was simply a dream?
There is no more of II. You may pos
sibly hear Mrs. c. say that Mrs. d. S
new crown isn't a bit becoming, but
bonnets are very minor considera-
ton. indeed.
These crowns are really and truly
ones. although some are more modest
ly referred to as coronets and others
as tiaras. / can trace their use in
America no farther back than the
third Mrs John Jacob Aston. who died
in 1887. says a writer in Ainslee's, but
her sister-in-law, Mrs. William Astor,
was almost as early in the field with
the royal insignia.
The value of these ornaments va
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ey WINCRovE BAThOk


pointed hour, but never a word did
she vouchsafe as to herself or her an
tecedents. and David, engrosseA
with his composition, grew to
think of her less and less,
as his composition neared its compile
ton and he grew to thinking OF the
statue more.
On the wall Of his Ftudio hung a
very handsome bronze crucif1x, on a.
velvet panel. He often found her
watching it. 1t seemed to have fas-
cination for her. and one day, when the
child was dressing. after two or three
hours of hard work. when he had
spoken to her again of payment for
he! sittings and she had again de-
clined the money. she exclaimed, with.
a glance at the crucifix:
IF you insist upon paying me. M.
David, you may give me that"
The crucif1x was worth considerably
more than the price of her sittings at
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
Temperance Education in Schools

Temperance Education in Schools
For eleven years Georgia white rib
boners have been working for compui
sorry scientific temperance teaching in
the public schools, and their zeal has
been rewarded by the passage of Dill
In the legislature providing for such
instruction. Apropos of this victory.
Mrs. Sibley, the gifted state president,
contributes a valuable article to the
Atlanta Journal from which the fol-
lowing extract is taken:
Some one has said that the nine
teenth century has given the world
knowledge; the twentieth century will
give it virtue. Universal education as
to laws of nature which must be
obeyed to obtain the highest type of
life is certainly one of the first steps
towards this expected virtue. The COM
mon belief that alcoholic drinks are
nutritious, or at least not harmful,
has led to their use and the dreadful
consequences of that use. which baf-
f1es description. 1t is, therefore, self
evident that the first step towards pre-
venting those consequences is such I'M
iversal education as to the nature of al
cohol in all of it's forms as will warn
the people of its power over evil. Such
education, to be effective. much be
founded on truth, and be impaired in
childhood. before there is formed the
uncomfortable appetite for itself which
appetite has the power to create. F'Ae
two most healthful features of the teAS-
perance reform now are: First. the
fact that this philosophy showing the
need for scientific temperance instruc-
ton in the public schools is appealing
to thoughtful students of the alcoholic
problem throughout the world. and,
second. that the voices which tell the
story of scientific truth against alcohol
as a beverage as revealed by modern
methods of investiga ton were never so
many, never more authoritative. and
from SO many different parts OF the
world as now.
THE history of twenty-five years
shows that the American people have
almost universally accepted the funda-
mental idea that prevention through
education is the antidote for the evils
of intemperance. Only Georgia entered
upon the new century having failed to
provide this education for the children
in the public schools. hence we rejoice
with joy unspeakable that Georgia has
fallen into line. These laws are each
year better and better enforced, and
consequently public sentiment is grow
ing. Since we began this work % years
ago to tell and teach scientific facts
concerning the nature of alcohol and
it's effects upon the brain and Drawn.
the railroads and nearly all forms Of
business refuse to employ men who
drink because they are considered I'M
reliable.
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own for many years. Here is list
of questions that have recently come
to town: Do you believe in reciproc-
ity? Why? On what articles? Will
reciprocity destroy the protective sys-
TEN? To what countries should it be
extended and what articles of com
merce should it include? etc.
Senators are asked to tell why they
are republicans. democrats or popu-
lists; how they would vote under con-
ditions that can never possibly arise
and what they think of nnthinkable
subjects. When the questions are
reasonable and the senators are good
natured and have spare time on their
hands replies are sometimes given to
these letters, says the Washington
Star, but generally, unless they come
from the senators own state, they are
looked after by the discerning secre-
tary, who simply replies that the sena-
tor. because of a pressure of public
business, is unable to reply to the
queries.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
Gold in Nicaragua
Placer Mines Still Produce
Republic.

the quartz camps Prime Pulca is the
largest and most important at pres
ent. There is quite a colony at Prime
Pulca, and several mines have been
sunk into the quartz. Prime Pulca is
$50 miles north of Bluefields and near
the coast. The district covers a radius
of about 100 miles from the camp of
Prime Pulca, over which prospectors
have gone and located claims. Is is
essential that machinery be obtained
successfully to conduct quartz min
ing operations. but it is an easy mat
ter to get it up there, as river nayiga-
ton is easy the greater part of the
distance. The ore runs from $50 to
5000 on the average. although in
stances are known where it went as
high as $500 to the ton. 1t is not hard
quartz and can be easily operated with
stamp mills. although smelters would
be necessary to obtain all that the ore
contains.
The merchant of Nicaragua is no
doubt the Chinaman. One of the
wealthiest men in Nicaragua to-day
is a Chinaman, Chow Wing Sing.
He went there eleven years ago and
managed to get $500 ahead, and with
that capital he has expanded until
only the other day he was able to put
s180.0OO in gold into mining machinery
for use in his mine at Prime Pulca.
Mr.. Paul Renner has a mine there for
which he was offered 100000 not long
ago and refused to SELL
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
NATURE AND ORIGIN OF AMBERGRIs
Peculiar Ideas That Have been Enter
taiued of This Substance.

Peculiar Ideas That Have Been Enter
tained of This Substance.
Ambergris is generally found float
ing on the surface of the sea, and yer"
different ideas have been entertained
as to it's nature and origin. 1t appears,
however, that so early as the middle
of the sixteenth century it was known
to have some connection with the
whales. although the nature of this
connection was not fully realized. One
writer. for instance, in describing
sperm whale stranded on the Norfolk
coast. expresses his surprise at not
finding ambergris in its stomach. AL
though the idea that ambergris is
swallowed by the sperm whale is err
-roneous. the writer in question was
quite correct in regarding that sub
stance as pertaining to this particular
species of cetacean. The fact that it
contains the horny beaks Of guilds and
cuttles belonging to species that form
the food of the gigantic sperm whale,
or caahelot (by far the largest of the
cetaceans furnished with teeth) Is
alone sufficient to indicate that 1t is
uroduct of that monster. And from
time to time it is actually found in
the alimentary canal of that whale.
1t appears, indeed, to be a binary con-
erection, closely analogous in its ma
ture to bezoar stones, and due to the
existence of disease in the individuals
! in which it occurs. In place, Therefore,
NJ being found only In old and sarons
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
( Wealth Who Ape
Euopean Nobility.

ries from $4,000 to $4,000 each. The
present Mrs. John Jacob Astor has
two, one solely of diamonds and val
ued at $4,000, the other of diamonds
and emeralds, valued at 10000; while
Mrs. Ogden Mills possesses three,
with total value Of SS5, 900, one COM
posed of diamonds, another of dia-
monds and pearls and the third of dia-
monds and emeraldS.
Others who have adopted custom
that was first bit startling are Mrs.
o. H. p. Belmont, Mrs. William Starr
Miller, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Will
liam ID. Sloane, Mrs. Levi p. Morton,
Mrs. Alfred S. Post, Mrs. Clarence H.
Mackay, Mrs. George Jay Gould. Mrs.
Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs. Perry Tiff
fanny. Mrs. Philip Rhinelander, Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. AL
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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High on the Hills.


RiEh on the hills the great winds strong
ly blow:
The crisp. dry grasses shiver to and fro:
A fieck of white. drifting, wind-blown
boat,
Sails overhead; immeasurably remote,
The blue, haze-hidden valleys lie below.
Ihe far-heard. lonely cawng of a crow
rhins into silence. Ghostly still, and
slow.
The long cloud-shadows softly float
High the hills.
1ilimitaby far the blue skies go:
The world wide wind-swept spaces wider
grow:
A pulse of mighty meaning thrills the
throat
OF echoing silence with soGndiess
note;
Eternity draws nearer than we know,
High on the hills.
Henry Holcomb Rennett in the indie
pendent.
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specimens, it is generally at least met
with rather in those in poor condition,
or which have died natural death
When first taken from the sperm
whales interior, ambergris is soft.
greasy substance, eShaling an exceed
ingly disagreeable odor, and it is only
after exposure to the air that it hard
ems and acquires its characteristic
aroma, which is described as being
sweet and earthy.-knowledge
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-02
An Enterprising Duchess

One queer phase of the recent trip
of the Duchess of Sutherland to Rus
STA, in company with the Duchess of
Marlborough, didn't get into the pa
pers. The Duchess, who is rich. and
lovely, is one of the most energetic
young women in the kingdom. and is
especially interested in the peasants
who make the Scotch tweeds. For the
sake of promoting their industry. she
packed several of her trunks with sam
pies of the highland tweeds. and on
arriving at st. Petersburg spread out
her goods like commercial traveller
and issued invitations to the leading
tailors of St Petersburg and Moscow
to come, see and buy. She believes
that. as result of her efforts. a new
market will be opened for the product
of the highland cotters.
Envy is the offspring of Ignorance.
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face that he desired, he had no need
to tell her a word of what he wanted.
By intuition she seemed to know, and
by the intuition of his genius he
worked.
Day by day she returned at the ap-
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No man is a hero to his valet-un
less he is his own valet.
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When it is silks with the wife 1t is
apt to be sulks with the husband.
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Envy is the offspring of Ignorance.
There never was good war or q
bad peace.-Bs lAnin Franklin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
Cotton Hurt by San lose Scale.

Waycross, Ca. Sept. l8.-Sap Jose
scale, or something very similar, is
playing havoc with the sea island cot
ton of this section.
Reports fom the surrounding coun.
try indicate that the disease l.. general
will be cut off nearly half by its
rayages.
The scale is exactly like the San Jose
scale on the peaches and affects the
stalk and limbs much like it does the
peach limbs Wherever it encircles
the stalk or Iimb it kills very quickly.
It is feared that the scale will become
permanently lodged IN the land and
ruin the cotton crops of the future and
the farmers are at loss to know what
to do about it. .
It is likely that the government will
be asked to send an expert to investi-
gate it and suggest remedy for it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
Latest Statement as to the Great
Coal Strike.

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 19.-The
Telegraph this evening prints the fol-
lowing:
Information reached The Tele-
graph through a private source this
afternoon that the end of the coal
strike was in sight. The report was
to the effect that one of the largest of
the companies whose representatives
in New York have been discussing the
situation for some time, had decided
upon a settlement and an official an
nouncement would be made either to-
morrow or early next week. The in
formation seemed to have considerable
foundation and came as an answer to
inquiries sent to New York parties re-
garding the filing of large orders for
coal in this city. intimaJing that the
orders would probably be filled sooner
than was expected because of the on
couraging prospects of an early settle
ment.
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had commenced when. some woman
back OF me was heard to scream. A
member of the choir relied quiet,
which the gallery understood to De
fire. This was repeated and started
the stampede.
s. I found on investig cation that a Birm-
ingham man had stepped ON the tees
of delegate from Baltimore named
Billou.
s Billou resented it and made mo-
tion as if to draw gun. This caused
the woman to scream.
There was little excitement in the
centre and front OF the church. The
rear OF the church was congested and
some of the men tried to walk out on
the heads of the crowd. At the time
of the alarm there were probably 8, 0O0
people in the church and fully that
number without. The crowd On the
sidewalk surged in and this in a mea-
sure accounted for the large loss OF
life.
saThe majority of those killed were
smothered to death, very few having
bones broken.
ssWhen I saw that; a stampede was
imminent I started the choir singing
and part of the audience joined them.
I remained until the excitement had
subsided for fully SO minutes One
good sister whose name I did not learn
caught me firmly by the waist and
held mo throughout the excitement,
saying keep STILL.
am unable to say positively, but
there is probability that the conven-
ton will adjourn ont of respect to
the dead. The session would have
closed Monday night.
$50 far as known about 10 delegates
were among those killed, two from
Texas and two from New Orleans be-
inc among the number,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
FRIARs IN The PHILIPPINES.
American Members of the Angus
tinian Order to Replace the
Spanish Friars.

Philadelphia, Pa, September 1S.-
An important step toward the solution
of the troubles in the Philippine Isl
ands, caused by the presence of the
Spanish friars there, was taken to-
day at Villanova College, when the
most Rev. Thomas Rodriguez, o. S.
A., Of Rome, prior general of the
Augustinian Order throughout the
world, announced that the Rev. Daniel
TO'Mahony, of Andover, Mass. and
the Rev. j. E. McFarlain, of VILLAIN
ova, had been ordered to the Pilip-
pines as pioneers in the movement of
American priests to those islands to
succeed the Spaniards. The two
priests will leave for Manila within
the next two weeks and will be follow
ed in short time, it is believed, by
several other American Augustinians.
Both clergymen chosen are distinguish
ed and able members of the Order.
They were selected from among about
a dozen volunteers who offered their
services to the prior general in case
he needed American Augustinians for
the Philippines. Many Of the Spanish
friars in the Philippines belong to the
Order.
eve 60 there to carry out the pro-
gramme which has been decided on by
the prior general said Mr.. O'Ma-
hony. "We are fully cognizant OF the
work done by the friars of our and
other orders in the Philippines and go
to them as brothers working in the
same cause. Wehaye no idea how long
we will remain or how many American
Augustinians will be sent to the ISL
ands."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
BLIND MAN HTS COMBINE.
will Recover SIS, 600, 900 Of Which
He Was Defrauded.

Pittsburg, Sept. 17.-John Brislin,
former roller who helped Antonio
Vinnac, another roller, invent and
patent table for carrying hot ingots
of steel to and from rolls mechanically,
and in whose favor Judge Burlington
gave decision against the Carnegie
Steel company, when told of his for
tune today said:
The news is too good to be true.
For seven years have fought for my
rights.
age. His partner died two years ago.
He left his interest to Brislin. If
Brislin ever lives to secure his rights
he can recover at least S., ,000,0 600 in
royalties for infringements on patents.
This would fall heaviest on the United
States Steel corporation. Brislin until
recently was janitor in the Bake
well building, but lost his place
through loss Of sight.