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The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-18
PRECIOUS STONES.
Ancient Myths About the Origin
yArIous Gems

The Indians called rcck crystal
'unripe diamond" and until the
gining of the eighteenth century In
was thought to be the only land VIII
produced that precious stone. 1t v
not, therefore, until the discovery
India that the diamond was known
us. Yet as far back as 500 B. C.
'Didactic History" of precious stol
was written, and in Pliny's time i,
supply must have been plentiful,
he wrote: we drink out of a mass
gems, and our drinking vessels {:
formed Of emeralds" We are a
told that Nero aided his weak si,
by spectacles made Of emeralds. i
it is very difficult to determine whe,
all the gems came, as discoverers t6
care to leave no record. The natit
who traded in them were afraid
their whereabouts being known, G
even the most ancient mercha
would not disclose any definite loc,
All sorts Of myths have, according
sprung up concerning the origin of
gems.
Diamond was the name given
a youth who was turned into the hai
est and most brilliant of substances
preserve him from "the ills that fl
is heir to- Amethyst was beauti
nymph beloved by Bacchus, but sa
from him by Diana, who cham
Amethyst into a gem; Whereby
Bacchus turned the gem into VI
color, and endowed the wearer Vi
the gift Of preservation from into
cation.
The pearl was thought to be do
drop the shell had opened to recef
Amb>- was said to be honey mel
by the sun, dropped into the sea,
congealed. According to the Tain
Noah had no light in the ark but I
which came from precious stones
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-18
LONGEST SUIT ON RECORD.
Thirty Years OF Litigation In the Gs
man Courts,


One OF the longest lawsuits on re
ord, and one which involved millio
Of dollars, has just been decided
Germany after thirty years of litig
ton. Strange to say. there is st
something left of the estate foug
over-it was so large that the coul
and the lawyers did not get it all
spite Of the long time the case was
court. They got good share, no
ever. The family OF Arenberg live
Belgium, but they own a snug lit
duchy in Germany. The Duke
Arenberg used to impose toll Of
cents on every ton Of coal mined
the Westphalia Coal company, who
mines were in his domains. In
general shape-up of the Franco-Prl
sian war and the reformation of
German empire which followed,
Duke OF Arenberg and his duchy
lost in the shuttle. and the coal COZ
pany ceased its tribute. Then
Duke went to law.
In the good old days the robt
baron ancestors of the Duke wor
have called out their men-at-arn
swooped down on that coal compa
and hanged the president and board
directors to the castle gates. But
coal baron having succeeded the re
Der baron in these days, the Du
went to law, and after thirty years
has won his case.
For once the coal baron has be
downed by the descendant of the rt
ber baron, and the Westphalian c.
company will have to pay arrearat
of tribute to the Duke mounting
5000, 900. The annual income of
Arenbergs from the mines is abe
$l,200,00O! So now they are rich,
II the suit had gone against them tt
would have been practically ruin
That lawsuit was getting to be tn
principal asset. AS for the coal
rons. they are in state of mind"
will probably try to arrange a comp
mise.
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A Y. NJ. e. a. Suggestion.

Young men living in London on
small means-and they are almost
numberless-are likely to hear goo1
news before long. The scheme for
providing central residential club.
which has been under the considera-
ton Of special committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association at
Exeter hall for some time, is now
practically settled. 1t is proposed -
provide superior kird of Rowton
House. with about 400 separate bed
rooms and let them at the modest rate
of 3 shillings a week This will give
tie resident the free run of the insti-
tuticn. including library, recreation
room, baths and gymnasium, together
with the use of storage accommoda-
tions for bicycles. Meals will be sup
piled in a comfortable and commodi-
Gus dining room at mere fraction
above cost price. and even the laundry
will be economically run. 1t IS likely
tha. this hotel for studious youth may
cost f25.O00 and will soon pay for It.
self.
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was 70 IOllOW udQ Deeu uuuFeameQ OF
All eyes instinctively sought the states
attorney. That officer was on his feet
wild with discontinue and rage.
do you mean to say" he had furi-
ously begun, when his words were lost
as the voice Of Thome rang through
the hall like trumpet
1T isn't what you expected, is it Mr..
Lawyer Howard? You thought because
she told the truth about me you'd get
me here to maybe swear her life away
And you thought your bribes would
make me do it. Why, Judge. this man
offered me my life to go back on her
He told me he could handle the gov
ernor like child and that he'd make
him sign pardon If I'd say she put
me up to it. AS if twenty lives and
pardons could ever make me do that"
Then he turned toward the Jail Of
ficials. Il am done,'' he said, we
might as well go back"
The assemblage was quiet for mo-
ment, and then someone with a finer
appreciation of dramatic effect than
decorum proposed three cheers and the
hall rang with instant clamor. 1t waa
an uproar too vast for the efforts Of
the court officials to suppress. 1t was
the glorification of what was regarded
as undoubted perjury and Of convict
ed murderer-but of one who had be-
come hero because, despite all bribes,
he had shielded and screened the
woman who had betrayed him.
She did not even give him glance
as he was led out. Her whole soul
was concentrated in the expression Of
smiling insolence with which she IA
vored the outraged prosecutor. 1t was
smile that later became a badge OF
triumph as the twelve good men and
true delivered the verdict of acquittal
that enabled her to leave the court
room-an Innocent Proclaimed. 1t
should be added, however, that there
was disposition to enlarge upon the
theme of ingratitude among the groups
that delayed to gossip in the court
house yard, and that in the evening
the gentlemen of the jury called upon
the vindicated widow and suggested
the advisability of her prompt depart
ure from St. Anne's.
And two weeks later the county seat
again became a Mecca 1t was the
day set for expiation, and the natives
had begun to jog into town hours be-
fore sunrise. There was something
more than merely morbid curiosity in
the throng that clustered about the lit
tie Jail yard. and swarmed over the
hillside at its rear. and the belief that
Thome in this last scene would prove
worthy Of the prestige he had earned
was fully realized. 1t was crowd
that fingered thoughtfully long after
justice had been done and that nodded
approvingly at an observation of the
sheriffs.
Gentlemen" said that officer, II do
not propose to deduce any morals on
this sad occasion, but what l do intend
is to be present at the burial"
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The county courtroom of St. Anne's
was crowded to the door. 1t was an
assemblage unprecedented even in that
country where trial for murder al
ways exercised an irresistible fascina-
ton, and where the allurements of old
time forid oratory conferred upon the
courthouse something of the status Of
a theater.
Never before within the memory of
those present had white woman cow
cred under the menace Of possible
capital sentence. Indeed there lurked
some tritling doubt as to the propriety
of the circumstance now. 1t was not
that her guilt was questioned-in the
popular judgment she was condemned
beyond all peradventure-but with its
innate, fantastic chivalry st. Anne's
was disposed to be compassionate, and
to meet alien logic with the sentiment
al reminder that "she Is woman"
The crime itself was as old as his
tory-the tragedy familiar to every
stage of life In this instance its dra-
gross, ignorant and debased. Jenny
Haskell was the wayward wife-her
husband Jim was the victim; and the
third figure was a handsome oyster
man known along the tide water dis
tricts as "Bill' Thome 1t had been
murder startling in its primitive bru-
tality and had acquired full page prom
inence in sensational Sunday papers.
The husbands brains had been shot
out one night while he lay asleep by
his wife's side.
There had been no doubt as to the
identity Of the murderer. The circum-
stantial evidence was crushing, and, in
addition, the widow herself had fran
tically denounced Thome as her hus-
bands slayer. His trial had been re-
moved to the state metropolis. and af-
ter his sentence he had been taken to
Its Jail to await the day set for his ex-
ecution. The reason for this was pure
ly prudential. st. Anne's was pitifully
poor, and there was growing dispo-
sition to regard the expenses of the
county Of Marlborough had averted
the cost Of similar trial by quietly
ordered lynching, and had boasted of
its thrift, and there had been some
warrant in the fear that the example
might prove contagious.
This had been three months before,
and the excitement had begun to sub
side when a new sensation was created
by the arrest of Haskell's relict as an
accessory to the murder, at the instance
of Willis Howard, the states attorney.
rH Nf Y,ro ico "
political ambition, and had achieved
no little notoriety by reason of the
conviction OF Thome. He labored un-
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he said.
night. and the coming of special was
an event unparalleled. 1t was like an
effect" in melodrama, and the throng
waited breathlessly.
In the intense stiffness every sound
without was audible-the rumbling of
the train; the stoppage at the station;
and the ring of footsteps on the flags
that led from the road to the court
house. An instant later there was an
agitation about the entrance and
Thome, the convicted murderer, guard
ed by the officials of the city jail,
crossed the threshold. The woman ut
tered half-suppressed shrek, and the
states attorney smiled blandly. This
is my witness, your honor" he ex-
planned, and then sonorously, Call
William Thome.'
The tension was acute as the man
took the stand. 1t was evident in the
agitation Of the kindly, patriarchal
Judge, in the feverish alertness of the
reporters; in the hungry interest of the
country-folk; and even in the unblink-
ing gaze Of the negroes who hung over
the rail at the rear in stolid beatitude.
The prisoner was livid and stared ap-
pealingly at the witness.
Judge" began the latter slowly,
''I've been doing a heap Of thinking
over this business since I've been
sentenced. It's laid heavy on my
mind, and when I found it could be
fixed up so could come and tell, was
glad. There was one reason in par
ticular why l was SO glad" His eyes
rested upon the prisoner an instant as
he spoke. His look was steady, and
his voice, while low, was perfectly dis
tinct. She's told what she knew, and
she's brought me where am" he con-
tinued. She's done her duty, and I'm
ready to do mine. A mans got duty
even II he stands within the shadow
of the gallows." The woman's counsel
glanced up quickly here-the phrase
was distinctly suggestive of Howard's
rumbling periods.
And I'm going to tell all I know"
went on Thome, land it's this" He
paused an instant, and there was a
slight smile upon his face as he met
the gaze of the prosecutor. "Nobody's
guilty for the murder Of Jim Haskell
but me, and she-she's as innocent-as
Mr.. Howard himself"
The crowd was fairly stunned by this
unexpected declaration. That anything
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states attorney had a trump card to
play, and thrill Of excitement swept
through the crowd as he arose to ad-
dress the court
He proposed. he declared. to produce
witness who would testify to the un-
questioned guilt of the prsoner-to
her Identification with "the foulest
deed recorded in the criminal annals
of st. Anne's." Then, as he turned to
where the woman-white, panic-strick-
en- and abject crouched beside her
counsel, the whistle of an approaching
locomotive sounded shrilly from across
the river. The only train scheduled
for the day would not arrive until
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When love OF praise taxes the place
of praiseworthiness, the defect is fatal.
S. Baring-Gould.
Never be afraid Of what is good;
49,, o-uoma1etnr
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girls ss they can upon receipt o.
large sum Of money, but afterward
leave the country and perhaps ne
to see them again.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-18
THE LIGHT OF LOVE
By T. Y. Mcfarland

Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Publishing Coz
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
ABOVE RATES ARE FOR ROUND
TRIP TICKETS.

Q)-Dates of sale for column "a" Sep
TENDER 18th and 23rd. Return limit 80
days. For column ''B," dates OF sale octo-
Der End, Srd, 4th, 5th and 9th. Return limit
November 3rd.
G)-Dates Of sale October 9Th to 10th
inclusive. Return limit November 18th.
In addition to above special excursion
rates to many other points in Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and
Kentucky.
Home seekers excursions, first and third
Tuesdays In each month. to northern and
southern points.
Correspondence solicited and information
oheerfully given at City Ticket once, No.
1902 Farnam St., Omaha, or write
w. H. BRILL, Dist. Pass. Aght.,
Illinois Cent. r. r., Omaha. Neb.
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core, second game
CTNCINNATI

IotaIs u q IotaIs .. u 10 3
Chicago ........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 O. 3
Cincinnati ......,,., 0 0 o.
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symptoms OF malaria. ~ ~
Frequently the health becomes so impaired, and
such a ~lifeless condition ensues that the person loses
interest in his surroundings and faith in all human
remedies. Malaria, if allowed to remain in the sys-
tenn, lays the foundation for other diseases that very
often prove fatal or permanently wreck the health.
Malaria can only be worked out of the system
through the blood, and a remedy that can destroy
the germs and microbes and n~eutralize the bad effects
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

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it is the commencement of a chain of intrigue and you will do veil to let them
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The most learned professors of foreign countries and the best teachers ant hos
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
GAMES IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Gives Cincinnati a Double
Defeat on the LRtter's own
Grounds.

CINCINNATI. Sept. 20-The Chicago club
succeeded in taking both games from the
Cincinnati team today on account OF tbs
superb pitching OF Taylor and Meuefee.
Phillips. In the second game, also pitched
q fine game, but his support vas 80 49,
Zee held the locals to four hits, while TaylSf
let them down with hut Az
dsnts daxAALAs park. but the chief s1scu-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

the D. A., SkEEN CO..,
100 Bell Block, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

ST. JOSEPH. Sept. &.-The annual race
meeting at Lake Contrary closed today.
Results:
Glass 2:25. trotting: Toreone won, Lady
Downing second, Star Twist third. Time:
2;17h.
Glass 2:25, pacing: Marshall Good won,
Stipulator second, Spera s third. Time:
2:l54.
Glass $500, trotting: Diamond won, Happy
Way second. Time: 2.22h-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
chicago one to the Good.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-Callahan was In rare
form In the FIRST game today and accom-
plished the unusual feat OF shutting out
his opponents without the semblance Of a
hit. The locals made all their runs in the
first inning on two singles. a three-bagger
and an error. Chicago had the second game
well In hand, but two bases on balls, a
single and a triple in the sixth allowed
the visitors TO tie the score. Attendance,
$500. Score, first game:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
Umpire Moran in Trouble.

Three thousand people saw the game and
lost their temper at Umpire Moran, who
was bad on balls and strikes and base de-
cisions too. Both teams had much trouble
with him, the entire band OF Angels sur
rounding him on several occasions and in
the fifth inning one Of his rankest cost
Omaha a score. On that occasion Stewart
led off with a base on balls, and went to
second on Welch's single. Then Thoma
came up and hunted. Kenna secured the
ball and threw to third. Stewart had slid
and was picking sawdust out Of the bag
when Kenna threw 1t. but Moran called him
out. Omaha players we're frantic at the
ruling, and at the end of the inning Third
Baseman Cockman. who made the out, said
Stewart was safe. Gonding followed with
a ball to Gatins, which would have scored
Stewart.
"Slats" Davis was out coaching in an
Omaha uniform, having Just arrived, and
was warmly received. He batted for Brown
in the ninth, but struck out. Dan Whitney,
an Omaha amateur, was also on hand in a
white suit for an outheld emergency.
In a game Of unusually brilliant plays
Ace Stewart was the fielding star of the day
covering remarkable ground in eating up
rollers. The double play from Dolan to
Wright to Gonding. catching a man who was
on third when the ball was hit, was a
beauty. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

Mccormick. Three-base hit: Hickman.
Sacrifice hits: Heidrick, Lajoie. Double
play: Gochnauer to Lajoie to Hickman.
Stolen base: Flick. Hit by pitcher: BY
Dorner, Wallace. Bases on balls: on
Dorner, 8. Struck out: BY Powell, 3; by
Dorner, 2. Deft on bases: 81. Louis, 81;
Cleveland, 7. Time: 1887. Umpire: oLaugh-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
Game Called in the Eighth.

TRENTON. Neb., Sept 2O.-Cspecial Tel
egramD-Trenton and Culbertson played
the second game here today. The contest
was interesting throughout and the game
was called at 8 o'clock. in the last half
OF the eighth inning, Trenton at the bat
and two men out. The feature was the
favor OF Trenton Purse. as Attendance,
l.50Q
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N
BALTIMORE.
Totals ..

'Drill out for interference.
Baltimore ........... 0 2 2 0 0 l o 2 2-9
Washington ......... l 0 3 0 0 0 0 1-6
Earned runs: Washington, 8; Baltimore,
5. Two-base hits: Carrfck, Doyle, McFar-
land, Arndt. Three-base hit: Selbach.
Home runs: Williams, Howell. Stolen
bases: Ryan. Carrick ~. Mathison. Sac
rifice hit: Butler, Double play. Carey to
Butler, 2; off Carrick, 8. Hit by pitched
ball: BY Carr1ck, l. Struck out: BY But
Ter, !. Left on bases: Washington, 4; Bal
timore, 8. Time: 1854. Umpire: tombstone.
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standinE of the Teams.
GAMES IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
st. Louis Takes OHc-HaIf of Its Double
Header with Visitors from
Cleveland.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2O.-Cleveland and st.
Louis split a double-header today, the
home team getting the first and the visitors
the second. st. Louis won by hitting Joss
fective except in the third inning. Attend
ance, 1900. Score, first game;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

Earned run: st. Louis. Two-base hits:
Heidrick, Sugden, Lajoie 90. Sacrifice hit:
sisted, Bradley to Lajoie to Hickman.
Stolen base: Heidrick. Bases on balls:
on Joss, l; of Donahue, 2. Struck out:
BY Joss, /; by Donahue, 2. Left on bases:
ST. Louis, .; Cleveland, 4. Time: LIS.
Umpire; O'Laughlin.
Score, second game.
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of the Teams

Games today: Milwaukee at Omaha,
Peoria at Des Moines. Kansas City at
Denver. st. Joseph at Colorado Springs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
Pretty Hail, PLENTY Of Rooterr.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.-Before the
ball game on the local American league
grounds, the leaders today defeated Boston
by clean, hard hitting. Plank and Sparks
pitched fine ball, but the latter weakened
the end of the game. Both teams
felded sharply. Attendance, 1857. Score:
uNYv Ami nue. un5rDNT
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
WASHINGTON.
BALTIMORE

Earned runs: Baltimore, 8; washington,
Two-base hits: Mcfarland. Ryan, Carey.
Three-base hit: Williams. Sacrifice hit:
Mathison: Double play: Doyle to Ely to
Katoll. 3. Struck out: By Ortiz, 5. Left
on bases: Baltimore, 8; Washington, 6
Passed ball: Robinson. Time: 1:40. UNI
pire: tombstone.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
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Earned runs: Kansas City, 2; Columbus, s.
Three-base hits: Nance, Smith, Turner.
Home runs: Turner, Viox. Sacrifice hits:
Hart (2), Belden, Turner. Stolen bases:
Gear, Mcfarland, VioX. Knoll, Fox. Double
play: Rothfuss to Leewe. Hit by pitched
ball: BY Bailey. 2. First base on balls;
on Mcdonald, 8; of Bailey, /. Struck out:
Everhardt. Time: 1850. Umpire: Miller.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
PittsburH'. Usual Performance.

PITTSBURQ, Sept. 20.-McLauRhlin,
Pittsburg's new pitcher, won his first game
on the home grounds by doing fair work
features of the game were the remarkabie
catches of 6ebring and Leach, Attendance.
3 600, Score.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
MIIwAJTKEE
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OMAHA


''Carter out at first for attempting to
bunt third strike.
Milwaukee .......... o o $50 o %
Omaha ............... o 0 0 o 0 2 0 %
Earned rum Omaha, L: Milwaukee, 3.
Three-base hit: Miller. Two-base hits:
McVicker, Duffy, Thomas. Sacrifice hit:
Cockman. Stolen bases: O'Brien, Thomas,
Gonding, Carter. Double play: Dolan to
Wright TO Gonding. Bases on balls: on
Kenna, 5; OFF Brown, l. = Struck out: BY
Kenna, 8; by Brown, 4. Left on bases:
Milwaukee, 4; Omaha, 7. Time: las. UNI
pire: Moran.
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Earned runs: Philadelphia, 5. Two-base
Davis, seybold, M. Gross, Plank C). sacri-
flee hits: Fultz. M. Cross. Powers. Stolen
bases: Dougherty, Parent, L. Cross. Double
plays: Ferris to LaChance. Parent to Ferris
TO LaChance. Left on bases: Boston. S;
Philadelphia, Z. First base on balls: on
Sparks, 3. Hit by pitched ball: By Plank, l.
Struck out: By Sparks, l; by Plank, 4.
Time: Las. Umnire: Connolly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
Two Are BaItimore's.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20-Baltimore won
two games from Washington today by bat
ting both local pitchers hard. The home
team found Butler in the second game, but
fourteen men left on bases tells the story.
Attendance, 2,4SL Score, first game:
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Columbus wins from Kansas City by
Connecting at More Advan-
taseOus Times.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. aO-Both teams hit
the ball hard, but the batting of the Co.
lumbus men was more opportune. Turner
got a home run, a triple and a double. At
tendance, $50. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept 2O.-By fast
fielding, heavy batting and Gaston's superb
pitching the locals won both games today.
Score, first game:
R.H.E.
Colo. Springs. o 0 O1OO 0 '-4iO
ST. Joseph. 0 0 o 0 2 0 o. s 3
Batteries: Colorado Springs, Newmeyer
and Baerwald; ST. Joseph, Chlnn and Gar
win.
Score, second game:
R.H.E.
Colo. Springs. o o 3 0 '-l3 q
Batteries: Colorado Springs, CASTOR and
Baerwald; st. Joseph, Glade, Hall and