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Next Years Conference.

1t was also decided yesterday after
noon that the conference in 1902 will
be held at Collins, in Story county,
commencing at 10 o'clock in the morn,
ing of the first Wednesday in Septen,-
Der. Collins is a little town of $40 in
habitants, and was decided upon after
a spirited rivalry between half dozen
locations, including Des Moines, Atti-
ca and other larger places.
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AN ARTISTIC ROMANCE.

Discovery of Pagan Bas-Re1ief in Com
vent Where Nuns Had Masked Ii.
A Paris convent would appear the
most unlikely Of places to shelter
masterpiece by Clodion, but a most i'm
portant work by the 18th century sculp-
tor, whose inspiration was so pronounc-
edly pagan, has been brought to light
in a convent in the Latin quarter its
history is rather curious. The building
in which the Clodlon has remained I'M
appreciated and in which indeed its
presence has been resented for over
century, was not originally intended to
serve as a convent. 1t was constructed
by Brougniart for Princess Louise Of
Condo and CALAMITY decorated by sun
dry of the first artists of the day, Clo-
dion included, who executed a bas re-
lief of very considerable dimensions
representing number of fawns,
nymphs and Cupids at play. 1t fell
out that destiny was unllind to Mile de
Condo. She lost her heart to NJ. de la
Geryaisais, who was several years her
junior, and of no birth to espOuse a
lady of her rank. They exchanged some
very pretty love letters, which were
published not long ago by NJ. Paul
Violet, but the opposition to their mar
riage being insurmountable the prin-
cess renounced the world, took the
vows, and became the Mother Superior
of a community of Benedictine nuns
who took up their quarters in the new
~ erected palace. The Clodion was en-
tombed The expression is literally ac-
curate, for at a period which is not
known with precision the masters
work, condemned as a source of Of
Tense to pious eyes, was hidden from
view by a plaster wall specially erected
to mask it. Iconoclasm has often been
drastic in it's methods, so the nuns may
be pardOned. Still, but for an acct
dent the very existence of the Clodion
might long have remained unsupported.
During the bOmbardment of Paris by
the Germans the convent was struck
/ by a shell, which brought down the
/ plaster wall and showed the bas re-
lief, happily without damaging it. The
work has since been allowed to see the
light of day, with the result that that
most interchangeable of searchers. NJ. Le-
notre, the author of "Vielles Maisons
Vieux Papiers," got wind of its exist
ence, and called the attention Of the
Society of Lovers of Old Paris to his
find. All risk of the Clodion coming to
harm is now at an end, but what will
be its ultimate fate is uncertain, as,
though the City of Paris is anxious to
acquire possession of it, the price de-
manded-$4O,OOO-is a difticulty.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
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100 MUCH Faulty ENGLISH.

People Have Grown Careless in Their
Rhetoric-some Familiar Errors.
The books of rhetoric used to tell us
that the great qualities Of style were
perspicuity, energy and elegance, or
clearness, force and grace, and that as
a means toward these and for other rea-
sons it was important to be concise, to
avoid needless words Whether they
no longer teach thus, or their pupils dis
regard their instructions, you can
scarcely .ead page or column any
where without meeting words that add
nothing to others with which they IRE
Immediately connected. Thus
Thought to himself. How else should
he think? If he thought aloud you
would have to say so. Either he said
to himself'--which is another way Of
putting it-or he simply Thought"
Nodded his head. If he had nodded
his legs or his elbows the case would
be more notable. He might properly
"shake his head" for he could shake
other things; but in the present state
of language one can nod no other part
of himself or of creation than his head.
Together with. If John went to town
with his wife they went together; if
they went together be was necessarily
with her.
Month of May, summer season, etc.
Everybody knows that May is month
and summer a season.
Rose up. If people were in the habit
of rising down, or if it were possible
to do so, this would not be tautologi-
cal
1t will not do to say that these spec
linens abound in the best writer's. and
are therefore justifiable. They are not
the best writers when they write in
this way, through pure carelessness, fol
they know better. Homer sometimes
mods, but his nOdding did not produce
the "Iliad." We want to follow the best
writers in their excellencies not il
their ors.-Frederick NJ. Bird in Lit
erary Era.
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RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS.

The right to the seaweed stranded on
a beach below high-water mark is
private right in the shore, belonging to
the owner of the land bordering on the
beach, holds the Supreme Court of
Rhode Island in the case of Carr VS..
Carpenter as Att. Rep, $685.
When a debtor executes mortgage
upon stock Of goods and by agreement
or understanding with the mortgageor
retains possession thereof, with the
right to carry on the business and sell
property in regular course of trade for
his own benefit the Supreme Court go
So. Rep, $50, holds that such mort
gage is fraudulent and void as against
the mortgageor's creditors.
Where a tenant voluntarily vacates
the premises before the expiration of
the term and delivers the keys to the
landlord at the latter's request. who
retains them and during the term ad-
vertises the premises for rent, the Su-
preme Court of Georgia, in the case Of
Leidsinger VS.. Burke (3S S. e. Rep.
olS)' holds that an implied surrender
arises by operation of law, and the ten
ant is not liable for future rent.
Publication by newspaper that the
office of a person was the center. 80
years ago, of the most gigantic con
spiracy ever known in Wall street, and
resulting in Black Friday" is held by
Judge Wheeler of tba Trpi+,.1 c.,.,,
District Court in the case of willard
VS.. Sun Printing and Publishing Com
pany QO6 Fed. Rep, 636), to be lihelous.
and tending to injure the persons per
sonal as well as professional reputation.
even though such publication does not
charge crime or misdemeanor, as it is
not necessary that libel to be action
able should charge a crime or INSIDE
meanOr.
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Frank S. Willard, who makes his
basing point for fame on the fact that
he is related to 1.-THE" Miss willard, is
In London, and announces that he viii
establish cOronet exchange, where
American helresses can swap their
Yankee dollars for husbands who have
no money but are blessed with titles.
Why not? There has never BEEN much
love In these foreign marriages. The
woman who has an insane desire to be-
come the wife of a furnished duke or
lord seldom develops affection for any
thing more exalted than a perfumed
pug dog. Why keep up the old "they-
are-devoted- to-each-other" fiction? 1t
isn't love; II is ambition, and an uu-
worthy ambition, from an American
standpoint. Make trade matter of 1t.
The men with the titles should be will
ing. Some of them scarcely know
whore their next meal is coming from.
A depot where blue blood and poverty
can be turned into an Income. even with
the incumbrance Of silly woman
should fill long-felt want on both sides
of the Atlantic. And always there win
be left the real love that makes mar
rlage thing divine. 1t is the beacon
light In the cottage. 1t draws manly
men and glorious women together II
is far and apart from any business ar
rangement 1t is the great secret that
proves to one man that a plain woman
Is beautiful: that teaches a woman how
to find noble qualities in the most Ordi-
nary man. Money never pays a great
part in such marriages. IL wealth comes
there is the JOY Of sharing it with loved
ones. II wealth departs. love is still
left and often grows strongest when
adversely knocks at the door OF the
home. Make marriages Of conven,ences
and ambition commercial affairs. Let
them stand for what they really are.
Keep them separate and distinct from
affairs of the heart. The right kind of
marriage makes man more tender,
true, loving. charitable and kind 1t de
velOps the good citizen. 1t means to
the good woman even more 1t is her
career. 1t rounds out her life. 1t de-
velops all her good impulses and makes
of her companion. friend and sweet
heart-truly a glorious trinity. 1t is
good to know that of the millions of
women who are to be the wives and
mothers of the next generation only a
few will ever be found at the bargain
counter for cheap titles in the worlds
greatest city.
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HOW TO SECURE HAPPINESS.
Author of "Heavenly Twins" Expresses
Her opinion.

Author of "Heavenly Twins" Expresses
Her Opinion.
To an audience assembled in st.
Georges Hall Nine. Sarah Grand, who
quite recently addressed herself to the
alluring subject of "mere man." dis
coursed upon the above theme, which
furnished her with not few opportuni-
ties for satirical but on the whole good
humored comment on human and So
cial follies and foibles.
Mrs. Grand is a fluent and voluble
lecturer, whose rapidly expressed ut
tcrance would paralyze the efforts of
the most expert stenographer, but in
the main, her monograph resolved it.
self into an optimistic reply to Mr.
Mallock's time-wOrn cOnundrum, us
life worth livingY At the same time
her observation Of things and people
does not always lead her into roseate
patls of criticism. Thus, on the sub
ject of mems kindness-as distinct from
women's-sh lays it down that 'it is
more often the expression of their own
satisfaction than the outcome Of a de-
sire to please On the other hand,
she concludes that men understand the
art of happiness far better than wom-
en-.
There is nothing new or startAng in
the proposition that there is Joy to
be found in congenial work. just as in
congenial play" but Mrs. Grand's sly
remark that people derive solace from
the disagreeable business Of getting up
early on a cold morning from the airs
of superiority they can assume for the
rest of the day is not without humor.
The highest forms of happiness. she
declared, are easily attained. "The
simple hospitality offered with grace
and affection gives far more pleasure
than the magnificent entertainments of
the rich, whose imprudence and self
satisfaction are only equaled by the
irritation they excite in their guests"
Indeed, according to this lady novelist,
''in smart society there is no such thing
as 'noblesse Oblige'" Furthermore.
she is Of opinion that, although the art
of happiness is still in its infancy,
everybody knows how to be disagree
able" and that one great cause of I'M
happiness is "our Indifference to the
happiness of others"
Mrs. Grand pleaded, not a little elo-
quently. for harmonious surround
ings" as being among the makings of
] happiness in life. In the home one
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THR oMNIeRAPH.

thus oddly worded to include every let
ter in the alphabet, is licked off at the
sounder; If rotated in the opposite d.
rection, the sentence will be telegraph
ed backward.
The disk is completely under the con-
troll Of the students. 1t can be rotated
as slowly as desired; or it can be so
rapidly turned that its curious SEN
tence will be received at the sounder
with a speed that would open the
eyes Of a good operator. Moreover, the
message on the desk is transmitted
with a distinctness and faultlessness
which the most perfect operator can
never hope to attain. At first blush it
might seem that the student simply
learns one sentence forward and back
ward, and that the instrument is a
good teacher only within very narrow
limits. But this disk can be partially
rotated forward and backward any
number Of times, in any place, so that
the letter to he transmitted cannot pos
sibly be anticipated. Thus the student
learns how to receive a cipher message,
the meaning of which he cannot know.
When sufficient proficiency has been
obtained in receiving messages from
the sounder, the student can learn to
transmit messages in the regular meth
cd by means of the key which forms
part of the apparatus.
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panies in Greater New York. SS5. 600.
600; gas companies in other cities. S5O.-
100000; railway securities, 5000. 600.
600; industrial and miscellaneous.
$15OOOO,OO0; realty, $15,OOO,OOO. Total.
$945, 100000
The banker is quoted as saying: 81
don't think any man will deny that
Mr.. Rockefeller has made an average
of $30,O00,0O0 year for ten years. The
reinvestment Of this sum alone. sun.
posing he had no principal. at : per
cent compound interest. would mean
the addition Of more than $4OO. 600 OOO
to his riches.
'His Standard Oil holdings in three
or four years have doubled in market
value; his railway and other securities
have advanced tremendously. and in
the past three years his wealth has in
creased to a sum which would astonisb
the American people If the actual flo.
ures were laid before them"
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Easy of Digestion.

1t is surprising how many persons
fancy that raw apples are indigestible.
Never was there greater error; even
at night they are a wholesome and sat
isfying food. But to be really bene-
fetal, they should be eaten as children
eat them, rind and all, and in sufficient
quantities to be satisfying. The man
who first pairing off the skin and with
II Inc best part of the flesh, dallies with
the residue of an apple after dinner,
Is no true apple lover l believe that
the ferment germs which reside on the
skin Of the fruit, and play the most
prominent part in the conversion of the
expressed juice of the vintage varieties
into cider, are themselves aids to diges-
ton. Certain 1t is that to those who
are accustomed to them, and who eat
them skin and all, no fruits are so easy
OF digestion as apples.
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should avoid the trumpery and the
tawdry, and be content to have about
one n few good, beautiful things. It
was no surprise to learn from her lips
that every girl ought to be encouraged
to work and become independent, and
her description Of marriage as the
most arduOus of all professions for a
woman" must be reckoned among the
lecturers most effective epigrams.-
London Telegraph.
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At the beginning of the new fiscal
year the pneumatic tubes which have
been employed In the postal service
of New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia
and Boston went out Of operation, and
the mail-wagon has taken their place.
This looks like step backward. 1t is
probably only temporary Congress
seems to have refused to continue the
appropriation solely on account of its
unwillingness to foster private mo-
nOpoly. Doubtless pneumatic tube
service built ana owned 10y the gov
eminent will yet be established and
maintained in all large cities, although
several Ingenious rival contrivances for
doing the same work deserve consider
alton before Il final decision Is made.
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Whatever benefits come from the pos
session of millions. privacy, which Is
after all one of the most desirable pos
sessions is almost completely dcAied to
the millionaire. 1t may readily be i'm
agined that the great financiers who
had the bad luck to return from Eu-
rope 10y the same steamer would have
given some Of their surplus millions
for the privilege Of travelling quietly,
free from prylng curiosity No really
practical measure of relief has been
suggested. 70 travel incugnito would
appear an unwarranted assumption Of
the habits of royalty, but It is concelv-
able that the very wealthy may YET be
driven to such Il shift.
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The oMNleRAPH.
An Instrum ent Which Supplies In
struction in Telegraphy.


struction in Telegraphy.
An instrument which is designed to
simplify instruction in telegraphy, and
to lmpart in comparatively short
time a complete knowledge Of the
Morse alphabet, has recently been in
PRODUCED by a company in New York
city. Patents have been applied for.
The Omnigraph, as the instrument Is
called, consists of a Dashboard on
which are secured an ordinary key and
sounder, between which disk is
mounted, formed on its periphery with
teeth. A spring contact adjacent to
the wheel engages the peripheral teeth
of the disk Although irregular, the
arrangement of the teeth is arbitrary.
For If the disk be rotated by means Of
small crank-shaft geared with the
disk-shaft, the spring contact is forced
outwardly by the teeth, but drops back
by its own elasticity, and thus makes
and breaks the circuit. The expert
enced telegraph operator detecting
these makes and breaks at the sounder,
recognizes them as the dots and dashes
of the Morse alphabet. A close inspec-
ton Of the disk would reveal to him
that the teeth are so arranged as to
spell the sentence. John quickly eX-
temporlzed five tow bags" If the disk
be rotated forwardly, this sentence
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-19

The busy bee at best gets a day or
about as seldom as country boy in
haying-time. but the modern apiarist
has contriyed to make her even more in
dustrious than she is when left to her
self. The orchards of the Sacramento
and San joaquin valleys blossom some
months before the southern sage-brush.
The bee-farmer. therefore. carts his
bees about from place TO place as the
seasons advance, and thus by keeping
them busy months of the year, gets 3
crops of honey. The difficulty of NOV
Ing bees during their active season is
overcome by travelling at night. As
the bees help TO pollenize the flowers
and thus produce superior fruit. the
owners of the orchards regard them
with favor. In results the plan is even
better than that of the enterprisins
farmer who crossed his bees with fire
flies so that they could work nights.
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sci explained that the Earl and the
woman with whom lie contracted the
blgamons alliance had acted Oh the
best legal advice obtainable in Nevada,
where he got his divorce, and did not
know they were doing wrong. 1t was
thought, before the trial. that the ques-
ton Of the validity in England of
Nevada divorce would be raised The
adult portion Of the 1885 inhabitants
Of that sovereign State was waiting Inn
patiently to learn whether the DEGREES
of its courts were to be treated as
nulllty by the insOlent aristocrats Of
Britain. Had this been done there
would have been n casus belli between
Nevada and Great Britain, but the Earl
would not raise the question. A Chi
cago bigamist got out Of his scrape by
buying off his lawful wife with $500.
Perhaps If Earl Russell had been more
liberal with his English wife he would
not have had to 90 to Jail.
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WORTH NEARLY A BILLION.

For Ten Years John d. RockefeIler's In
come Has Been $3O,OOO,OOO Year.
The statement has been published in
New York upon the authority of a Wall
street banker, who has close business
relationship. with the Standard Oil
Company, that John D. Rockefeller's
wealth is now nearly $1,OOO,OOO,OOO.
The following table of the oil kings
holdings is given:
Standard Oil stock, 100000, 900; Uni
ted States steel stock. $75,OOOOOO;
Amalgamated Copper, $4,000 900;
American Sugar, $2O,OOO,OOO; gas com
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The Englishman who dares to be a
bigamist fares much better when he
has seat in the House of Lords than
when he is a commoner. Earl Russell
was tried by jury of his peers and
was sentenced TO three months impris-
onment as a tirst-class misdemeanant.
That kind of an offender does not get
In English prisons either first-class food
or lodging. But If judge instead of
the House of Lords had tried him he
would have had a severer sentence.
Earl Russell pleaded guilty. His coun-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-19

Speaking of the summer and winter
Journeys wealthy people make TO yari-
GUS resorts" here aud abroad, shrewd
observer Of city life remarks that the
finer the house ON The avenue the less
y is occupied" In so lar ds thar is
true, It is to be regretted. At every
season, In some favored region, nature
spreads a fairer roos than ever archl-
tect devised; but we may leave paradise
behind MS when W. set out TO hnd n bet
ter place than home
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Half century ago a thin stream Of
Niagara Falls was hrst led aside to turn
a grlst mill To day a larger stream,
which diminlshes seriously the amount
OF water that passes over the fall, fur
nishes almost half a million horse pow.
err Father Hennepin WAS doubtless tue
first white man 10 see the mighty cat
aract. What Father Time viii yet be-
hold there passes all compilation.
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Some rich American is buying up the
big diamonds that were Intended to be
given to King Edward as coronation
gifts. 1t has come to be lucky day for
John Bull when he doesn't get up
against the Yankee terror N one form
or another.
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rich farmer who died recently in
Erie County, Pennsylvania, provided in
his will for the foundation and main
tenance of a library at crossroads,
remote from any village. The building
which will shelter it is designed to
serve maay other intellectual and so
clal uses. 1t will contain a kitchen, re-
utilized for lectures, entertainments
and religious gatherings. This action
is hailed by the Independent as indi-
eating the growth of a belief that
wealth which has been accumulated in
the country should be used for the ben
felt this more strongly, perhaps, than
our fathers did. or than we have. Rich
farmers-and poor farmers, too-bore
manful parts in establishing the older
colleges. When they could not give
money they gave labor, realizing, doubt
less, that the first students at these col
leges would be the lads from the farms
The farmer of that earlier day never
dreamed that, because he was twelve
miles from lemon" he must forego
intellectual stimulus and social recrea-
ton. But the movement toward the
cities and toward the West affected
seriously many little neighborhoods
which had been centers Of wholesome
and vigorous life. Pending the read
justment to changed conditions in the
East, and the success of the first
pitched battle with nature in the West
1t seemed that the farmer must needs
be man of one idea-to hold on" The
general demand for rural free delivery
showed that the evil days are over for
both sections. The farmer knows where
he stands. He has leisure to renew
relations with the world, and he means
to do so. The will Of the Pennsylvania
suggests the spirit in which to meet
the reasonable demands of the people in
the outlying regions" If the farmer
cannot 20 TO the library, take the IL
brary to him.
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"Well, I'm on the lookout for an.
other girl"
"Ahl then Miss Pechis has turned
you DOWN.
"Oh, no. She accepted me last night
but the ring l had was too small 70,
her. I've got to find girl it win fit"-
Philadelphia Press.
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In the agriculture Of the future irri-
CATION Will be a leading feature, and the
comprehensive study Of the subject
should begin now.
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The American circus continues to
penetrate the wilds Of Europe and ere
ate endless talk and sensation. Later
on we may send them the ilreless mer-
ry-goround and the rolicklng roller
coaster.
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Tan Men in the Scots Cuar,,s

There are ninety men in the Scots
guards averaging 6 feet 2ls inches in
height. Not one is under 6 feet ana
twelve are feet 4 inches.