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METHODS OF TRADE IN ABYss,NlA
Commerce Carried in Very Prim.
tive Manner.

tive Manner.
The market for the goldproducing
region of Abyssina is at Medic Gold
washers bring the metal in dust and
nuggets from all corners of the coun-
try, pressed into large quilts closed
with a morsel of wood. The holders
are so transparent that the precious
powder is as easily visible as though il
We're tube of glass. The washer sells
the produce TO d broker, who works is
into circles of pure gold of about the
thickness of heavy finger ring. These
circles are not closed. so that the buyer
may twist them before weighing, thus
assuring himself, upon finding then
malleable. that no copper has beer
mixed with the pure metal. The brok
ers sit bent over. in long files, with
their small scales in their hands
A kind of cotton goods manufactured
in the United States, which is calico
"aboudjedide" and bears the mark Of
camel. serves in country districts o.
Abyssinia as money, being used fol
clothing, tents and many other pur.
poses. A piece of this material thirty
yards long, the average price of which
is 81, generally sold to retail dealers il
lots of twenty pieces. is a token BY
which Abyssnian coffee is purchased
in the regions of production. The
change III the price Of American cot.
tons has obliged the wholesale mer.
chants to increase in Abyssinia al.
elsewhere, the price of a bale of thi.
material serving as money. Immedi
ately the price OF coffee rose at the FIVE
centerS of pr0Suction but when the
native farmers reached Harrar the
commercial center of the country, ex
pectins to sell their coffees at the
higher price imposed by the increased
value of American cottons. they foune
thems slves face to face with the fall
ing prices which beset all the coffee
markets in the world This cause,
much hardship.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07
D%N%NANN@NN@N:sN
His First Call
Prosperous PHI sicinn Relates
Early
Call

Hello, Doc was the salutation.
The abbreviation was common in those
days. All aione?' he asked.
Obstetrics / said to myself ]
said to him that | had been alone I'M
til he appeared.
| was just on my way to a dance
down the road he went on TO explain.
and just before | got here | discovered
that | had changed my trousers. Loan
me dollar. Doc
And that was the result of a six
months wait for my first patient! My
visions vanished.
well. l had a dollar and I let him
have it. | didn't see him for several
months; the next time he showed I'D
he had load of wood to sell I bought
it. After the fuel was delivered I asked
him what | owed him.
oh he replied, just call it even.
Doc, on that dollar you loaned me-
II congratulated myself until found
that the wood was green elm, and II
you know anything about wood you
might as we'll try to fire asbestos as
to fire green elm. Oh, yes. I remem.
Der my rirst cafl.''-New York Sun
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07
& Sailor Tells Good " * *
= ~ x " Story on Bob Evans
0Hss ~ a~a sss 4 = u n 81. - ### # a4%E

as if all hell was on your heels! Climb.
you dashed pirates! Climb
THE men at the wheel had the rat
ties or something, for they lost control
of it, and the ship almost preached to
and came around with a jerk. The
captain had been standing right near
where the starboard main sheet had
been coiled man-o-war fashion. He
was a very heavy man, weighing near
ly three hundred pounds. AS l was
cutting up the shrouds l looked below,
and nearly dropped Off with laughing.
There stood the outraged chaplain,
with his prayerbook tightly clasped.
looking with horror at the captain. He
had stepped back onto the coil OF the
main sheet. Some duffer had let it go.
and it raced out with a jerk. The
jerk threw the captain fiat on the deck
There he sat. swearing like a carpenter
at the chaplain for not helping him up,
while on the bridge stood the officer
I've not named, shouting blue language
at the topmen. And. there, looking
from one to the other in horror and
disgust, stood the chaplain, holding the
prayerbook on the captain with both
hands, as if he We're trying to decide
whose language was the worst. I've
sen comic operas, but never has there
been situation SO funny to me as
that. New York Tribune.
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How an Indiana
Town WaSNan1ed

Indiana is full Of towns with queer
names. But the 'queerest of them all
has SO far been left to anguish tn IN
deserved obscurity. People who are
acquainted with that portion of Indi-
ana, which hes in the immediate vicin-
tfty of Charlottesville, must have seen
on the signboard of little railroad
station, as they rushed by on lin
tied train, this astonishing name:
H'TOWN.
Behind that apostrophe lies the
story OF the joke which a rich old In
dtnna farmer played on the directors
OF q great railroad company. The
farmer in question owned several
Thousand acres OF land In one body.
When the railroad was built it was
found necessary to cut through his
land. The right of way agents went
to the old farmer and asked him to
set price on a strip running through
his farm q few hundred feet wide.
He laughed at them and said his
didn't believe in railroads anyhow,
and didn't want one running through
his property. They offered him huge
price for the land. for they had found
other property owners in the vicinity
reasonable and did not care to start
absolutely necessary. But the old
farmer would not listen to them. His
income was twice as large as he cared
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07

A ship at sea is an isolated world.
Not only does the little floating VIII
laEe depend on the stoutness of the
planks beneath 1t. but the safety and
comfort of those on board depend on
obedience to intelligent orders. The
man who rules must rue often, as
does chieftain of half-savage tribe,
by physical force Mr. Frank T. Bull
len. author of 1.-The Men of the Mer-
chant Service" Is no advocate of VIC
lence on the part of officers. but, as
he explains, il there is no weight of
force behind an order men will al
ways be found who will disobey One
of Mr.. Bullen's earliest recollections
OF sailor life Is an incident on board
the East Lothian
The men have been demoraliZed by
a cowardly second mate who was fin
ally discharged at Bombay. hls sue
cessor was a splendid specimen of
seaman. not too tall finely proportion.
I'D. and of a very pleasant face.
The first morning he was on board
we We're washing decks. Mr.. Eaton,
the new second mate, was having
look around the ship. and stayed for
ward. where two men were passing
water out of the big washdeck tub.
AS Mr.. Eaton passed, one of them
carelessly singing bucket toward the
other dropped it and cut the deck bad
ly with its edge. With a glance at
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07

DR.. Boone, whose "reminiscences Of
the Lost Cause interest many listeners
at several New York clubs where he is
frequent visitor. told good one
about his first patient. His shingle
had been a target for the elements for
six months.
1T was not because the town Of Fay
cite, Mo, was so distressingly healthy
he said All my professional brethren
were doing we'll while 1 waited.
My Office was on the second floor
of a shop. and / could hear what was
going on below. One night a man gal
Hoped his horse in front of the house
and halloed to the shopman. When
the shopman answered, the man on
horseback asked him if he thought
DOC Boone was in his office.
The shopman assured him that |
was upstairs. The horseman dis
mounted and hitched his nag. AT
last l unused, as most any young doc
tor would have done under the circum-
stances.
Then ! began thinking of all the
ailments which human flesh is heir to
and as each required to me | thought
of what | would prescribe for it,
never thought so ranidly as ! did be-
tween the time Of that mans dismount
he came in ! recognized him.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07

The verdict was rendered during the
reign of Christian III. of Denmark
The contesting parties were Erik Boil
sea, whose descendants had it in
their possession until about fifteen
years ago, when MIR. Lindhoim Sc
cured it from one OF Mr.. Bolisea's de-
scendants, and a Mrs. Margaret Mis-
datter, an heiress. In those days alE
cases OF this kind were tried before q
jury consisting OF four governors. four
attorneys and four counselors. Out
of these twelve men, one was selected
to act as judge, and the evidence waE
taken After a verdict had been de-
cided upon. it was written on a piece
OF sheepshin parchment and the seals
CT the twelve men who tried the case
were affixed. These seals were car
ried in the same manner as the people
of to-day carry their watch-charms,
and all men in Official positions had
their seals attached to their watch
charms, that they would be convent
ent when needed.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Discipline at Sea
Necessity forN Vt Force Order Issued
6GGGG0G0000DS 00D6GG6G0GG
Nv for weight Vt Force Behind Order Issued.

the new officer he burst out into furi-
GUS cursing at the other man for not
catching it, Mr. Eaton turned quietly
to him and said:
'If you don't shut that foul head up,
I'll shut it for you
The man, huge New York monde
script deceived by Mr.. Eaton's pleas
ant look. strobe up to him, swearing
horribly and threatening to kill him.
For answer the second mate leaped at
him and seized him by the throat and
waist band. and the next minute he
was flying over the rail into the sea.
Mr.. Eaton turned swiftly, and was
just in time to catch the other man
in midrush at him with a squarely
planted blow on the chin, which land
ed him a cIucking heap in the SOUP.
pers. ID.
By this time the other men had seen
the fray and rushed forward. shout
ing, Kill HIM" Presently Eaton was
the center of a bowling gang threading
his life. But he armed himself with a
norman" handy iron bar from the
windlass, and none of them dared face
him with that terrible weapon. The
skipper and the first mate came rush
ing forward, and ranged themselves
by the side of the second mate. In
two minutes the whole tone OF the
ship was altered. 1t was never again
necessary to resort to violence.
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Cut Out Midd1ernef
Kan... Farmer. Adopt Policy s.1ilas


A feature Of the plan pursued ~ the
Solomon tKas0 Farmers association
and one whichH 1t should bscosAs gen-
eral would revolutaoniss the grain
business Of the United States and
eliminate the Erainexchange eDsturss
and gambling In futures on the Noards
to mills instead of shipping to the
great grain centers. -.
In addition to saving the com mission
which must be paid for selling wheat
in the grain pits on the boards Of
trade, premium is obtained from the
mills for high-grade wheat The ma
tority of elevator owners mix their
good wheat with poorer quality IN
til IL is all of a certain grade. BY skill
full mixing the elevator man can real
ize large profit from this scource
alone, but the wheat is injured for
milling purposes.
In the big storage elevators at ter
minal points the grain. is still further
mixed with rye or inferior wheat for
export purposes. This mixing process
has detracted from the repatation OF
hish-grade Kansas wheat In fact, by
sAA~ eiAhe II i1dcnes Ihe mills III lie
east or the exporters it is no longer
high grade.
Eastern millers complain that they
have not been able to produce as good
-four from Kansas wheat as that pro-
duced by smaller mills in the wheat
region that are nble to purchase their
wheat direct from the farmers. This
fact is attAibuted to the mixing OF the
<ratn by the elevators, and the miliers
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07

An Old sailor. in a reminiscent mood,
told this story of "Figh ting Bob:
Did | ever hear Evans swear? Now,
you're asking me to tell tales out OF
school, know the newspapers have
given him a reputation for salt water
very much in the affections of the peo-
pie. But ] wouldn't want to make any
statement about it. I'll tell what I did
see, once, though. that wa. the fun
niest thing to me | ever laid eyes on.
We had been lying up at Funchal, in
the Madeiras. waiting for the south
east trades to help us along. The first
day out, toward shutdown, everybody
was piped aft to prayers. 1t was pref
ty hot. and things looked squally but
there was chaplain aboard. so we all
trooped aft to hear the prayers read.
On the bridge was an officer. who shall
be nameless. The captain was stand
ing near the chaplain. The prayerbook
was spread out on a capstan, and the
service had just begun. everybody with
his cap in hand, listening ! hope, with
reverence. All of sudden the shin
gave a lurch, and We found ourselves
in the middle of a nasty squail For a
second everybody stood still. Then
the officer on the bridge leaned over
toward us and shouted: You blankety-
oianked iandiubbers, get aloft with you
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are willing - paS premtum for high.
grade whaa4 thn3 y entirely free from
rye ard poor SSaan.
By taxing advantage Of these conda-
tions the manager Of the farmexI efe-.
vator - solomon nss been enabled 70!
sen the creator part Of his wheat. q >
premium and pay cOrrespondfn9ly
high price TO the farmers.
The members OF the FArmers' Le-
vator association at Solomon have re-
Gently completed arrangements whers-'
by they Will export much OF their
wheat direct to cooperative societies
In Germany. A number of carloads
have already been sold In this nannsr.,
The wheat is billed direct from Solo
mon to Berlin. The local freight rate
Of JAZZ cents per 100 pounds n paid to
the Missouri river, but from Missouri
river points a through rate to Berlin
of 81 cents per 100 pounds is secured,
This saves to the farmers not only tho
profits of the local grain dealers. but
also the profits of several commission
men and the exporter.
The German cooperative societies
own their own mills in Germany and
control a shipping elevator in New
York. says c. Fl. Mstson in the Review
of Reviews, through which all wheat
consigned to them goes. This virtual
ly brings the producer and the con-
sumner together and eliminates alt
board of trade speculation and manip-
ulation from the market.
Better be first in village than Sec
oud in Rome Caesar.
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A MASTERPIECE or DESCRIPTION
Green Rero1ter Does Himself Proud on
HIS First a ji-nmenJ-

Green Rerorter Doe, Himself Proud on
HIS First a ,i-ameut-
None or the experienced newspaper
men happened to be in when the fire
alarm rang. so the city editor of the
Herald sent the green reporter. After
returning from the confagration the
green reporter wrote laboriously for a
time and then turned the following
article over to the city editor:
There was fire alarm sounded
about an hour ago and a reporter for
the Herald arrived at the scene of the
confiagration before the fire depart
ment, which responded promptly. After
the hose had been attached to the
water plug it was found that the hose
Was too brief to carry the aqua pura
to the flames. which stuck out their
angry tongres in seeming defiance of
the fire department. Several of the
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In his calling at the White House, and
AFTER much urging they got his consent
and he went up. Gen. Grant had never
seen Gen. Toombs, so when Gen
Toombs reached the White House and
his card was sent in, Gen. Grant came
forward to greet him. Gen. Toombs
took the Presidents hand and said:
Although not citizen of this coun-
try, while in the capital have called
70 pay its Chief Executive my re-
spects."
Don't mention it, Gen. Toombs, 90
said Gen. Grant. 81 heard myself you
were citizen and at one time I
thought you were, but now 1 know
you are not, because I hunted for you
down there for nearly two years, but
never could find you. Come right in
and sit down.
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The following brief paragraphs are
copied from Encounters Between Fa
nous Men" the forthcoming book b.,
J. Ellington Billdad. They simpl,
show whittier the historical novel il
drifting:
AS George Washington came within
sight of Rome he observed that the
city was in flames. and having drunk
all of the fire extinguisher from his
bottle at the previous stop, he turned
his horses head and was about to gal
lop away. when his quick ear caught
the strain of music. George paused
and looking upward beheld Nero
perched on the city wall playing VIC,
lin solo. Waving his hand in adieu tic
the cruel tyrant, George Washington
rode away leaving the cracklins
flames behind him, because the Father
of his Country had no use for cracklins
flames where he was going.
This is the only instance on recors
Of a meeting between George Wash
ington and Nero, Its authenticity car
not be doubted. inasmuch as the writ
er's grandfather was present when 4
happened" Ohio State Journal
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firemen who were more excited thai
the others discussed the propriety OF
carrying the fire closer to the source
of water supply, but this plan was
abandoned on account of the extreme
heat of the flames.
in the meantime the fire fiend ragged
worse than ever and kept on raging
until the entire stable was reduced to
ashes. The live stock was saved. with
the exception of one cow, which was
badly scorched, but will survive. The
harness and other items too numerous
to mention persisted in the flames
The reporter did not learn who owned
the stable nor the street 1T was Iocat-
ed on, but IL the readers of the Her
aid will call up the fire department
they can find out. There were several
other interesting facts the reporter
did not learn, but they cannot be men
toned for lack of space."-Ohio State
Journal.
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His uncle had been murdered"
whom | bought him. He has never
had any more such paroxysms as that
in the sta, on.
When | thought of a parrots prone
ness to nj mic strong exciamations of
all kinds, and remembered the note
of anguish and reproach in that cry
in the station, the mystery of Joe
Branch's death was no mystery to me-
Often | have pictured to myself that
death scene. and thought that no mat
ter how secure from detection the
doer of such bastard deed may seem,
he can never know at what moment
vengeance may strike. nor what strange
weapon she may choose to serve her
purpose.
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GRANTS WELCOME TO GEN. TooMBs
On. of the Few Witty Remarks Credited
to Him.

One of the Few Witty Remarks Credited
Him.
Gen. Robert Toombs was one of the
few Confederate generals who refused
to have his political disabilities re-
moved. and he died an unreconstructed
rebel. 1t was a source of much regret
to the people of his state that he re
fused to place himself when they could
again send him to Washington as
senator As he grew older he would
in conversation frequently refer to the
fact that he was not citizen of the
United States.
During Gen. Grants term OF Office as
President. Gen. Toombs had been to
New York and stopped on Mt Washing
ton. The Georgia delegation insisted
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-07

with nothing broken. Nor was there
any evidences Of light in; the Old
mans room, although he was neither
weak nor cowardly. These facts threw
some suspicion on the servants, but
they proved their innocence conclu-
siveiy. For some reason nobody
seemed to suspect the man who was
to profit by the death of the murdered
man, and so the crime took its place
among those whose perpetrators are
never found.
The parrot? He had been a favor
lite pet OF Mr.. Branch's for years. and
had been in the room when he was
murdered. The parrot must have seen
the murder committed and heard the
dying words OF the old man. He had
been sold by the executors to dealer
and by him to the old maids, from
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Railroad Company
Had to Submit

to spend. and he rather enjoyed the
position of blocking all the efforts OF
a great corporation.
The claim agents made up their
minds that they would have to start
a suit, and were about ready to bring
It when they were surprised to get
letter from the old farmer.
1T you will let me name the town
you are going to build on my land" he
said. 9TH give you all the land you
need
They accepted his terms with glee-
OF course they expected that his van
ity would lead him to name the town
after himself. and they were quite pre-
pared for that emergency. But he
fooled them. A written agreement
was drawn up and signed and the
deeds passed. Then they asked him
for his name. The old man grinned
broadly.
Wen call it Helltown," he said.
They argued with him until they
saw it was useless. They could not
back out, for the papers had already
been signed. Then they decided they
would get even in another way. They
elided the second, third, and fourth
letters of the name and put in their
place an innocent apostrophe. And So
Children have more need of models
than OF critics. '-Joubert.
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Richard Lilburn, editor for thirty
years Of the Oldest existing newspaper
in ireland, the Belfast News Letter,
has just died at the age of 81
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Mrs. Bette cambridge, a daughter OF
Gen- Zachary Taylor, II years old.
lives in Winchester, Va. She was ed
ucated IN PHILADELPHIA,
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had reached the point where threats
of criminal prosecution had been made.
Tor certain of his transactions
It was about this time that his un-
Gle was found one morning in his
room murdered, with a score of knife
wounds in his body. The servants
were all away, but it was remarked as
a curious fact that his mastiff, a very
savage and alert Watchdog, had given
no alarm, and showed no signs OF hav-
ing attacked the murderer. 1t was
never explained. either, how the MUIR
derer got into the house, for the next
morning it was found locked as usual
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n Voice From Beyond.

Copyright. 1902. by Daily story Pub. Co.,
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II we prayed az long as God wouit
listen we would never cease
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Children have more need of model,
than OF ritics.''-Joubert.
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{. Better be first in village than sec
oud in Rome. Caesar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-17

The wages of engineers on small loco
motives amounts to BIS cents per mile,
and on large locomotives from 2-S5 cents
to 4 cents.
There can be no object" said the Off
cial, under such circumstances to over
work an engineer. 1T costs the COM
pany no more to employ two men for
an eight-hour run than one, and as rail-
roads are just as much if not more in
terested than anyone else in preventing
accidents, it is not likely that they will
overtax the strength or energy OF any
engineer.
THE charge that railroads take
chances with young and inexperienced
engineers is equally groundless. As the
pay is uniform it is to the interest of
the railroad to employ the Oldest and
most experienced men, but as the older
men drop out younger ones have to
come in. No man, however, is intrusted
with an engine before he undergoes d
most rigid examination, not only as to
his physical condition, but as to his
ability
But, no matter how experienced or
efficient an engineer may be, he may in
an unfortunate moment relax his vigil
lance and, in spite of the best of safety
devices, cause a wreck 1t is well for
theorists to bear in mind all the time
that somewhere a great deal is depend
ent upon the human mind"