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The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-16

1t will not be permissible to call
Africa the Dark Continent when it
has tremendous electric light in the
middle Of it. Yet that is what it is
going to have. The plan Is not mere
ly a dream. for within q few weeks
an expedition sets out from London to
make an actual beginning on the work
of establishing at Victoria falls, on
the ZambeSi river. an electric power
plant that will in time put to blush
the famous turbines at Niagara falls,
just as Victoria falls themselves great
ly exceed in height, width and grand
eur those at Niagara.
Nothing definite has been decided
yet about the machinery that will be
used for the plant, but it is almost
certain to be on the exact lines of
that used at Niagara, and will prob
ably come from America.
Naturally the eXploiters of the Vic
toria falls viii work along the lines
which have been followed at Niagara
and in other parts of the United
States, and their plans fog the future
are being based chiefly on the results
of American experiments. They are
encouraged to believe that in time
they will be able to transmit electric
ity economically to Il distance OF 400
miles, supplying power to the gold
fields OF Mazoe Hartley and Lo Mag
hunda, as well as to the towns of
Buluwayo, Salisbury and Gwelo-
power for electric lighting, telegraphs
and telephones and the other up-to-
date conveniences that make such a
startling contrast to the hippopotami
and lions.
But after all the immediate possi-
bilities of the Victoria falls in South
Africa count for little in comparison
with the remoter future in which
Rhodesia may step forward as the
great industrial country of the world
That is my dream said Mr. Willis,
land it seems to me not at all an alb
surd one. In the first place it is the
richest gold country in the world
one-third of the worlds most precious
metal within eleven square miles
the richest diamond country, with
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try, except Washington. He has filled
It with beautiful parks, planted trees,
shrubs and gardens, erected marble
fountains and pavilions. constructed
fifteen miles Of drives, splendidly
graded and winding to the tops of the
mountains, affording charming views
Of the surrounding country. To the
south of the Springs is the great
Ouachita Valley. The city is built
like huge dumb bell with Central
avenue or Bathhouse Row, as it is
commonly called, for the handle.
Hot Springs is city of hotels. The
Arlington, Park and Eastman repre-
sent an investment amounting to
$2,O00,OOO. With their immense ro-
tundas, brilliantly lighted drawing
rooms and handsomely decorated
edining-rooms, they provide luxurious
home for the most fastidious. At
the boarding stables one can find as
elegant carriages and as fine saddle
horses as in New York.
In the early eighties the government
selected Hot Springs as the seat of
one OF it's army and navy hospitals,
and constructed group of buildings
for the treatment of sick soldiers
and sailors of the service of the repub-
lie. The hot water is administered
in all it's forms at this institution. 1t
has an efficient medical corps and dis
pensary. And the record of cures
materially benefited reaches the
astonishing figures Of 80 per cent. 1t
was on account of these health-giving
waters tnat this site was decided on
by the army and navy authorities.
The hot waters flow from the side
of one of the Ozark mountains, in vol
umn approaching 100000 gallons
daily, the springs are held as gov
ernment monopoly just as the making
of postage stamps. and the income de-
rived from the use of the water by
the various bath houses is all expend-
ed in improving and beautifying the
reservation. Uncle Sam tanks and
pipes these waters to the different
houses and in every instance he regu-
lates the flow Of water, fixes the price
of the baths, according to its equip
ment and facilities. prescribes rules.
governs the mse,agers and attendants,
even to arranging the fee. Then he
runs a free bath house for the poor
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Rivalry Over Beethoven Statue.

Much rivalry has existed between
the cities of Leipzig and Vienna for
the possession of the remarkable
statue Of Beethoven. recently eXecut-
ed by Max klinger Of Leipzig. Sub
scription lists were opened in both
places, but it is understood that the
city council of Vienna finally decided
to make no contribution to the
fund, SO Leipzig now has the best
chance of securing it. 1t represents
the labor Of fifteen years and depicts
the great German musician seated
upon a bronze throne which is sup
ported by symbolcal figures in re-
lief. An eagle chiseled in black mar
BILE spreads its wings at the feet of
the massive figure. The unconven-
tional treatment as well as it's fine
execution has created quite a sensa-
tion throughout Europe. 1t is said
to have cost $4,000 for materials
alone, and is held by the sculptor at
purchase figure of 100000
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AT another time appears an entry
of greater magnitude. 1t reads: Sold
two mink skins at 81 each, one mink
skin at SO, two mink skins at 81 each,
nine coon skins at 25 cents each, and
fourteen possum skins at 10 cents
each This was probably the result
of q winters trapping.
Another entry was: Sold four
young mockings birds at 81 each and
| recall thes there was a considerable
trade in wild mocking birds in our
locality at that time. Dealers pur-
chased the young birds from the coun-
try boys. reared and trained them,
and sold them in the cities, a good
singing bird bringing $40. The farm
er's boy had many sources of income,
and the foundations of numerous for
tunes were laid on the odds and ends
which fell to the share of the enter
prising youngsters of thirty and forty
years ago"
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OLD TooLs FOUND m MINI.

Implements Used Two Centuries Ago
0iscovered in Massachusetts.
A remarkable collection OF imple-
ments used by miners in 1853 has
been discovered in a deserted shaft
Of the sturbridge graphite mine at
Webster. Mass, ninety feet below
the surface
The discovery includes wooden
pump stock, twenty-five feet long and
almost intact; a section of chain for
merly weighing fifty pounds and now
tipping the scales at but five, and
some hammers of ancient make.
More than this, it has become posi-
lively known that the Sturbridge
graphite mine was the first mine of
any kind discovered and worked in
the United States.
The discovery was recently made by
G. E. and Francis Husbands of Phila-
delphia, expert graphite men, who are
now operating at the mine.
For something like 219 years these
implements have lain in ice-cold wa
ter deep in the ground. and, in the line
of ancient tools, are probably moro
valuable than any others in the coun-
try.
An investigation conducted by the
Philadelphia men has developed the
facts, which first became known out
side to Edward S. Hill of Webster,
president of the Massachusetts Grapi,-
lite company, which owns the property.
Mr.. Husbands and son believe they
are now in fair way to unearth a
very rich bed of graphite. and it was
during their investigation that the
relics mentioned were discovered. In
cold water, away from the air, the
pump had lain for more than 200
years. apparently, and is to-day in
almost perfect state of preservation
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HANDY BOOK OF INSULTS.
Thousands Of Fighting Epithets Put
Into German Dictionary.

Herr Schuch, a German author. has
compiled dictionary of $500 insult
ing expressions, carefully tabulated,
indexed and classified. The work, on
which Herr Schnch has spent years
of labor, is called the Schimpfworter
Lexikon and is divided into five gen
eral heads-insults for men, insults
for women, insults for either sex, in
suits fos children and collective in
suits for syndicates. groups and cor
porations. Herr Schuch, with that
minute discernment of the searching
German, has subdivided these classes
into smaller ones, so that When one
wishes to call his friend or enemy a
rame, it needs but short consulta-
ton with the book to find the exact
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INCOMES OF BoYHooD DAYS.
Interesting Items Shown On An Old
Account Book

Il ran across an old account book
the other day" said leading busi-
ness man, which was interesting as
showing the sources of boyish incomes
thirty or forty years ago, and also as
showing; the difference in the values
of certain articles at that time and
now.
Il was reared on a farm in central
Illinois, and at that time all the old
junk on the place was regarded as
the property of the boys, and the sale
of it produced the money necessary
to properly celebrate the Fourth of
July. attend the circuses, and SO on.
The old account book was not very
well kept, but it is legible and covers
nearly two years about the close of
the civil war ! find recorded in it
the sale of 152 pounds of old iron at
az cents pound, six pounds of old
copper at 20 cents a pound, and eleven
bottles at 4 cents each, all in one
day. A circus must have been COM
Ing.
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SPOIL REST OF KITTEN.
Biackbirds Have No Confidence i!
Cats of Any Size.

The blackbirds have no confidence
in the kitten; they regard neither ner
youth nor the season of the year. "A
cat" they say, lis cat, whether
young or old. whether we have our
bantlings to keep out of her clutches
or whether we have only our own
skins to protect" Therefore they
curse her at sight Up hill and down
dale they curse her, pursuing her with
maledictions wherever she goes You
may know at any moment exactly
where she is. because blackbird pere
and mere follow her up; and this
epOils her stalking game, for natural
II her surprises do not come off while
two sp;teful, sharp-tongued persons
are forever sitting or r-fitting over her
head, scolding. chiding, cursing, Isil:
iorytng the poor thing until she must
Be sick to death Of their voices.
what . nuisance they must be!
s1heT VIII not even allow her to sleep
eoc1fuliy in some sunny spot she
kan found and occupied, but plant
1lyes close BY to keep her
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No Boat Free from DANGER.

Once upon time small boy asked
permission of his father to go rowing
in a boat with a friend.
You may go, my son" said the pa
rent, IF you are careful to keep away
from the rocks
"Certainly,' replied his son; we are
going in deep, clear water, where
there are no rocks
They went, and as it happened. his
friend was a fool SO, when they
We're from shore, he swayed the boat
from side to side thinking that it was
great fun to do SO. Finally the boat
turned bottom side up. and the occu
pants had very narrow escape from
drowning.
Moral-Rocks may appear in any
water when there is fool in the boat
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HAD A GOOD THING.
Mr.. RockefeIIer's Opinion Of the Medi-
cal Profession.

Mr.. RockefeIIer's Opinion Of the Medi-
cal Profession.
When Mr.. William Rockefeller hal
appendicitis DR.. McBirney was called
in to perform the necessary operation.
After his recovery Mr.. Rockefeller
received the doctors bill in due
course, and, drawing check, went
to pay the account in person. In the
conversation which followed appendi-
citis was naturally their main theme.
"You told me-" said Mr.. Rockefeller.
while / was sick, doctor. that every
body in the world had a vermiform
appendix"
with few exceptions | believe
that to be the case answered the
DOCTOR
"And that sooner or later" pursuea
the oil magnate. every one would
have to be operated on either to cure
or prevent the disease
'That is the generally recognized
opinion among the medical frater-
nifty" was the answer.
Well" said Mr. Rockefeller, rising,
''if you will pardon me saying so, it
seems to me that you have better
thing of it than has the Standard Oil
Company. New York Times.
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she mined Gn round numbers) 67.50G.
O0o short tons of hard coal and S3,-
900 of soft coal. Together these
operations represent trifie over
haK of the country's output. Illinois
ho>is the scond place with 27.O00.O00
tors. West Virginia comes third
with "a 600, 900. and Ohio fourth with
2000O.00O AlaDama ranked sixth
tor few years, but last year moved
up one notch. Her production reach
ed 100000 tons in 1901. West of
Kansas the largest output comes from
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Sauasta lono in Harness,

Senor Sagasta, so long SPANS s
prime minister, and well entitled to
be called her grand old man. is
now nearly 80 years old. He began
his career as a newspaper reporter
At intervals since he went into poll
tics he has resumed his original oc-
cupation as newspaper correspond
ent, but his country has had too ur-
gent need of his services to allow him
to follow his favorite occupation for
any great length of time. To him,
quite as much as to the queen regent.
belongs the credit of having preserved
the Spanish throne from overthrow in
troublous times
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~ oct q congress in 1882, the gov
1nment became owner OF seventy
tWo Of the hot. springs or Arkansas
aAd dedicated them to the} people Of
- Omitted states, rs national sani-
tatium to be forever free from sale
- alienation.
Hot Springs is case of Uncle
8aM. Wherever you turnf government
prOprietOrship and government regu-
lntions confront you. 1t is Uncle Sam
m around until you begin to feel that
At the next turn you will meet the
benevolent old gentleman himself,
with his high hat, spike-tail coat and
spangled banner trousers.
He has done more for Hot Springs
than for any other spot in the coun-
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VIEW OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

lyn the other day Mrs Lennie Kelley
saved the life of her aged father by
climbing over the dashboard of the
Buggy in which they were driving
on the Coney Island boulevard and
selling the reins that had dropped
from his hands and were dangling at
the heels OF their runaway horse.
Would PAMELA or Clarissa or even
Nine. De Staels extraordinary hero
inc, Delphine, have done that?
In Pittsburg Mrs. Sarah E. Mccoy,
in law court. has just eXcelled in
the intellectual feat of Portia, and has
surpassed many shining masculine
lights OF the bar. for she managed
her own case in a breach of promise
suit and proved too, contrary to the
old adage that she did not have
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coal as lightly as other men carry the
gardenia . their buttonhole. Sir Bern
hard Samuelson is 81. Time has left
deeper marks on his figure and visage,
it is true, but he is still hale and
hearty. Sir John Alleyne stands as
square and sturdy to-day as he did
when at the head of the great Midland
iron foundries which rolled the girders
for all the British earlier ironclads and
ocean liners. and cast the huge iron
skeleton of st. Pancras railway sta.
tiOn.
Sir John believes nightly not only
in head work. but in hand work. and
follows the same daily routine of man
ual and mental labor as he did score
of years ago He himself says that he
is getting old and stiff. but it would
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Two Hundred Miles to Buy Hat.

A writer in the Boston Journal is
responsible for the following story:
What are you doing in Boston?"
asked friend of mine. New Yorker,
the other day, as we met in Postof-
fee square.
Game on to buy hat"
why come to Boston for that?'
"Well, you see. in New York when
you put on a new hat all your friends
promptly remove it and look inside
to see if it was bought at swell
store. Not having the price the swell
store wanted and being favored with
a railroad pass. | came on to buy mine
here and fool the crowd. Going back
tonight"
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and needy. The average temperature
of the springs is 135 degrees Fahren-
heit. The waters are said to have
better effect in summer than in the
winter on account of the even climate
during those months. An interesting
fact is found in the presence of ice
cold springs not twenty feet from
boiling ones
A delightful ride is that through
the Ozark mountains. which jealously
guard this city of springs. The Iron
Mountain route skirts the precpitous
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fool for a client There were some
novelties in her methods of examin-
ing witnesses, as. for instance, her
telling one of them point blank that
he was liar. In the first case there
was triumph of nerve and muscle
and in the second of nerve and in
tellect. The obvious conclusion is
that the era in which woman was a
"downtrodden creature is fully past,
for, with qualifying experience of the
world, she is now quite capable OF
defending her own and of holding it,.
Great CoaI-Producing State.
Pennsylvania is by all odds the
most abundant producer. Last year
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Roman PHILOSOPHERS Words,

You will do the greatest service to
the state if you shall raise, not the
roofs of the houses, but the souls of
the citizens; for it is better that great
souls should dwell in small houses
rather than for mean slaves to lurk
in great houses.-El ctetus.
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TEE DISTRICT OF SOUTH AFRICA THAT CAN Be REACHED WITH
ELECTRICITY FROr1 THE VICTORIA FALLS

seven-eighths of the worlds most pre-
cious gems. The whole land is q
mass Of coal. The copper mines may
be expected to make an immense diff
The country is we'll watered, all kinds
of cattle flourish, and cereals of every
ference in the worlds copper trade.
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BRAINS AND LONGEVITY.

Mental Industry Declared to Be Posi-
tive Aid to Healthy Old Age.
1t is asserted that men of science
live long, and that mental industry is
a positive aid to a healthy old age.
says writer in Modern Society. The
belief is certainly borne out by the fact
that four of the gentlemen seated at
the council table of the London Iron
and Steel Institute recently were over
so. Sir 1.owthian Bell is in his S7th
year and still carries his eXtraordi-
nary experience of British iron and
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awake with their maledictions. No
wonder she rises presently, glares in
their direction for moment with
cold eye. opens her mouth as though
to say something, shakes herself. and
goes home in disgust.-Longman'
Magazine.
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Reqretted His Profanity,

A hustling young business man of
Richmond. Mo-. was engaged to
girl of somewhat pious turn of
mind. When TIE young lady was be-
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suIIivans outnumber Smiths.

There are 257,006 names in the new
city directory of Boston. an increase
of 4.722 over the number last year.
Surprisingly, the John Sullivans this
year outnumber the John Smiths
three to one
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sort do weli.4 There = ~ asnosa !! !
cheap labor the KaAirs and =
the red Indians they multiply sud4
white control White children thn4H4
lin the country, for we are from 4s0Se
to 5000 fe&t above the sea level. Nit4
q climate much like that OF CAlafoea
mia. In time Rhpdesia will be the enA(
place in the world for a young ma1
to go to. In fifty years we will hev@
tremendous population there -
what part the Victoria falls may 49,
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"pithet or phrase which will fit the
case. The work would have been in,
valuable to Mississippi river pilots in
the old days, and even now the team
ster may regard it as q welcome ad
ditiLu to his library,
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Vivid Imaainations.

The lady at Cape May who wrote q
message. sealed it up in a beer bot
tie, and cast it upon the waters. tc
get it again after many days from
the captain of the British warshir
Tnunder. who found it in the belly
of shark caught off the coast OF
Portugal. must be a near relation of
tnat other citizen OF New Jersey who
reports that he distinctly felt the
shock of the earthquake in Martin
ique.
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banks of the Mississippi, then
plunges into the heart of these ever
green hills. through the beautiful
Arcadian Valley and the famous Pilot
Knob. past cotton plantations,
through great timber regions into the
charming Valley of Ouachita, where
nestles the famous resort, Hot
Springs OF Arkansas.
F. E. A. WRIGHT.
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The caterpillar probably thinksl
man a useless being, because he conf
tributes nothing to the happiness OF
butterflies.
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THE TRluMPHs OF WOMEN.

Are Displaying Qualities Many Had
Not Supposed They Possess.
Every day women are displaying
traits of character that excite both
surprise and admiration. In Brook
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Famous Hof
Springs Of Arkansas.

the state Of Washington, which mined
2,50O,O0O tons last year.
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In order to secure woman's for
giveness man must make a bluff at
not wanting it.
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then is subject that is too big even
for my Imagination"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-11

carry hidden machinery that can be
wound up and make the mechanical
continuance go through life-like
evolutions, it Is done, and these
toys, the makers have learned, are
the ones that appeal to the pro-
gressive youngsters of today.
The most popular toys, like tho
most popular inventions in the field
of science today. are the automobile
and the airship.
Autos of the type of the French
racing machine and of the Ameri-
can patterns, with an automatic
cauffeur in the seat, are having the
best showing among the advance
orders, while air machines that will
go whirring across the room like
veritable Santos-Dumont affairs
are bound to have universal
vogue. Birds that fly, windmills
that grind real corn, fish that
swim, ROSTERS that crow, camels
that walk, acrobats that lift heavy
weights and DOW for applause, and
trlcycles ridden by animal figures
are among some of the interesting
contributions to the wonders Of
tOydom this season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-11
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY
Oscar Stewards, Prop.

Suits made to order. Lady tailor
ing a specially. Steam cleaning.
dyeing and repairing. WIN pres
one suit week for $50 .
PIT Temple Court. Spcl"
Phone Front 96S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-11
ATHLETIC CLUB SHOWS
REMARKABLE GROWTH

fitted up by him and are now occu-
pied by the club in the building
owned by him.
The S. A. A. c. has prospered
in the last four years and has in
creased the membership to 700. OF
this number ITS are representative
business men of the city and many
have taken out life memberships.
Great changes have taken place
since the first organization, and
from a capital of $110 the club now
has assets of more than $2S,000
1t also owns the. lot, valued at $12,-
900, ON which their beautiful new
building is to be built. 1t owns it's
own baseball, football and athletic
grounds, has built the same and
paid for them.
At present the club Is under the
management of the following of
ficers President, A. c. Ware;
vice president, W. j. C. Wakefield;
secretary, A. c. Campbell; treas
urer, w. S. McCrea; captain, Sol
Mayer; lieutenants, c. G. Holzel
and George Dreher. Besides these
officials the following named consti-
tute the board of directors: Ike
Cornthwait, Alex Winston, Albert
Held, Jac'' O'Brien, Dan Weaver,
Jack Foster, w. c. Sampson and
e. l.. Powell.