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

was a thriving trading post. Here,
when st. Louis was practically I'M
known, trappers and hunters Quilted
for the winters work in the wilder
ness further west-here they returned
with their peltry and held high car
nival until forced by their necessities
to take the trail for the hunting
grounds, to face the savage beasts and
savage men. 1t was first settled
in 1873, and for nearly 200 years it was
believed to be destined to be the
great metropolis Of the southwest. In
1928 Gen. Lafayette visited Kaskas-
kia, and was so impressed with the
hustle and activity witnessed that he
predicted a great future for the French
settlement.
These hopes were blasted by the
great food of 1874, followed forty
years later by the Mississippi getting
on a rampage and cutting a channel
through the sandy soil above the town,
uniting its waters with those of the
Okaw, thus leaving the town on an
island and destroying its last hope for
eminence.
OF all the buildings which once
adorned the place the Randolph county
courthouse is the only one remaining.
A portion of the statehouse where the
legislators of the then territory of IL
Iinois assembled still clings tenacious
ly to the bank of the river, the rest
of the buildings have gone down with
the bank Here many men who after
ward attained eminence in the councils
OF the nation first tried their hand at
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

Boston is chuckling over this story
of Thomas w. Lawson. Late last sum-
mer a young woman, who is described
as fresh, was sitting on the deck of
a Yacht in Marblehead harbor when
Mr.. Lawson came floating in on the
Dreamer The young woman knew the
copper man slightly. and she took ad-
vantage of the acquaintance 10 pick up
a megaphone which was beside her,
train it on the Dreamer, and shout:
Hello, Mr.. Lawson, how's copper?
1t is related that without an instants
hesitation Mr.. Lawson picked up a
megaphone in turn and thundered
back: Hello, Miss Blank, hows
braSS?'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

3: Once Proud CRY
q: Now a MemOryN

houses and heaps OF rubbish are all
that now remain of the former me
tropolis. Most of the principal busi-
ness streets and many buildings Of
historic interest have been swallowed
up by the relentless waters. Tho
old Pape house, the first brick house
built west of the Allegheny noun
tains, is still standing. The bricks
to build this house were brought from
Pittsburg on a fatboat in 1892. Inc
house has been used for various pur-
poses in its time. The first state con-
stitution was drafted in its rooms. or
late years it has been used as store
and postofice building. The river has
now almost reached it.
In the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception still swings the old church
bell. memento of the past. This bell
was presented by the king of France,
Louis XIV, to one of the citizens OF
Kaskaskia, Louis Buyatte, to be given
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Passing of sailing Ba rks.

Not many years ago the East RIVER
water front was forest of masts.
To-day a dozen smokestacks take their
place Poetry has given place to the
dullest and driest of prose. An illus
tration of the sorrowful pass to which
sailing vessels in the merchant marine
have come was related last week by
the son of a once wealthy shipowner,
now dead. Il was present in my
youth" said he, lat the christening
of one of my fathers barks, quarter
of a century ago. The vessel cost
about 49, 900. In its maiden voyage
to Australia it cleared net profit OF
more than $35 ,O00-more than paid for
itself, in fact. Not long since, while
settling up my fathers estate, $50 was
offered to me for an eighth interest IN
another bark which he had owned 1t
cost him 81 900. l took the offer. 1t
was a question OF taking $50 or pay
ing an assessment of 5000, and, as
was not empowered to spend money
of the estate, and saw no probable
profit if l did, l took the cash. New
York Times.
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ADMIRAL BROWNS NICKNAME.
His Ship Was Short of 'spuds" and BE
Rose to the Occasion.

49,
Rose to the Occasion.
Rear Admiral George Brown, re-
tired, carried a nickname during the
asst twenty years of his naval career
,hat stuck to him closer than that of
almost any other officer in the SER
vice. He was known to every officer
and man, from Rear Admirals down
20 berth-deck cooks, as 'Spud" Brown.
This is how he earned his sobriquet:
ears ago, when he was only
commander, he was a skipper in one
Of the old wooden frigates which were
carrying the flag across the Pacific for
service on the China station. The old
vessel got in the doldrums, and to
make matters worse, her machinery
didn't work very well, and at the end
of several weeks the messes forward
and aft found themselves almost in
the middle of the ocean with little
more to eat than the regulation salt
horse" bareback, beef and bully,
and other scurvy-producing articles Of
diet All hands had mighty banker
ing after "spuds,' by which name the
Irish potato is affectionately cherished
by mariners.
Soon afterward a big trans-Pacific
liner bound Tor San FRANCISCO move
in sight, half hull down in the dis
lance, blowing eastward. Signals to
heave to Immediately blossomed from
the foretruck of the frigate, but the
liner was in a hurry and did not stop.
Bigger signal pennants few from the
frigate, But still the liner sped on
ward contemptuously. The next mo-
ment solid shot went richocheting
along ahead of the passenger boat, and
in answer to this summons the vessel
hove to, while her skipper waited in
amazement for the frigate to draw up
and send boat alongside.
Instead of announcing declaration
of war Captain Browns emissaries,
who came alongside in a cutter, took
Captain Browns compliments to the
master of the liner, and with an in
curry would the merchant captain be
kind enough to part with a supply OF
spuds for cash to relieve the suSer-
fngs OF lot of hungry man-o'-war's
men. The remarks of the merchant
captain are not on record, but the
spuds were produced, and Admiral
Brown will be known as Spud'
Brown until he dies.
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General WexIer,s Cunning.

The order prohibiting Spanish army
officers from marrying unless they are
twenty-five years old or more, and en-
joy an income at least equal to the
pay of a captain (about $50 a month";, ,
is now thought to have been promul-
gated by General Weyler simply to
prevent his sons marriage to Senorita
Consuela De LAM, who, though very
beautiful and of noble family, is not
in all other ways acceptable to the
general
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
Four Kings Hard to Beat.

1t is predicted that Lord Mayor
Dimsdale will during his year of of
fice-the coronation year-entertain
more royalties than any of his prede-
cessors. l doubt that he will surpass
the record of Sir John Picard, who in
the year of his mayoralty (1336) en-
tertained four kings-namely, those OF
England, France, Scotland and Cy-
prus "Four kings" Is a good hand.
and hard to beat.-Financial News.
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In Various Parts of
the Earth Man Is
Secondary.
Where
Women Rule

When Police Captain Joseph Hamp-
ton came to one of the stripping holes
the other day he saw signs of extern
sive business there, though no one
was visible. Going into the trench he
soon found something doing in drift
which had been opened near the basin
of the trench.
He pushed on. and came upon the
six women who We're arrested. They
were foreigners and were digging out
the cal just like men.
The stripping usually exposes the
vein or what is left of it In some
places the pillars, which are left to
support the roof of the mine proper,
have not been removed and in such
cases most excellent coal is available
for the pickers. Since its removal Is
regarded as too dangerous an operation
for the experienced miners employed
by the company, it can readily be I'M
derstood that for women it was extra
hazardous work.
1t developed at the hearing that the
woman had been making a business of
gathering coal in this way for years.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

Many of the most famous works OF
art by such Italian masters as RAJ
phael. Titan, Correggio, Botticelli and
Perugino will probably be kept in Italy
now that the Italian chamber Of depu-
ties has appropriated $4,000 for the
purchase by the state of the celebrated
Borghese collection.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
Caina's River of Sorrow.

The yellow River is styled the 'Sor-
row OF China" During the last CEN
tury 1t has changed its sources TWEEN
ty-two times, and now flows into the
sea through q mouth 600 miles distant
from that of 100 years ago. 1t is es-
timated that its floods in the present
century have cost China u,ooo.oeo
lives -
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Prizes for Neat Boats.

The French government has ae-
corded a sum of 1,4OO francs to be d.
yided among the owners and crews of
the best kept boats which have left
Cherbourg this year in order TO take
mart I'm the Iceland and Newfoundland
fishing expeditions.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
The president a Poor Dresser.

President Roosevelt is poor dress
er. He has no time or inclination to
give to the study of clothes. His fig
ure and carriage are hard on clothes.
anyway Fifteen minutes after he has
put on a new suit it is pulled out OF
shape and wrinkled all over.-New
York Press.
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five times as much. Then there will
be three or four smaller drawing
rooms, boudoirs, and mushrooms to
furnish at a propOrtionate cost; a
morning room or two, which will cost
a mere 6 100000 apiece; library, that
cannot very well be furnished in keep
ing with the rest for less than l2,-
600. including books,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

Caterpnlars Avoid Black Obteete.
French farmer has made expert
ments which show that catsrpfliafo
avoid black objects, but are attracte8
In numbers by white.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

Until recently medical missionaries
were the only doctors In Madagascar
The capital now has . school OF medt'
cine and = hospital.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The capacity Of the present silk
plants of America is insufficient, 1T is
said, to more than supply the domestic
demand.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
Roston.s celored Churches.

There are now fifteen Independent
colored churches in Boston, where
thirty years ago 1t was difficult to sup
mort one.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
LIFT
lIO INSTITUTION THAT HAs
HAD SPLENDID RESULTS.

school ChiIdren Taught the Value Of
Their Spare Pennies-Money Saved
Always with q View to Definite
Purpose.
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ghetto or old Jewish quarter, is
by, where q colony Of exiles from
have been living ever since
expulsion from that country by
inquisition. The streets are the
.rrowest, the buildings are the high
{, and the tenements are the most
eowded of all Venice. and at one
time all persons of. Jewish birth were
compelled to live within certain limits
zRnd wear certain dress. They were
never prosecuted, but have been al
j lowed to worship in their own way
and transact any line of business. The
same quarter is still occupied by Jew
ants Of the contemporaries of Shylock
now own and occupy some of the rich
est and most beautiful palaces upon
the Great Canal
The story of Shylock and the pound
OF flesh is found in the book of tales
referred to, and Portia is a pen por-
trait OF Lucretia Cornaro, the first
woman lawyer in the world, who re-
ceived a degree Of doctor of laws from
the University of Padua, where she
was educated, and afterward lectured
on law. Her biography has been pub
aished Her family was famous, and
produced three cardinals, who are
buried at the church Of San Salvador
She was native of Venice and a rela.
tive Of Katrina Cornaro, the Venetian
belle, who married King James Of
Cyprus somewhere about 1470, anc
when, by his death, in 1889, she inner
tied the throne, she annexed her king
dom to the Venetian republic.
In the same century fifty or sixt,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
LEFDEJ OF STONE
II Haunting Likeness
Grinring Jaws.
(Prize.)

ONE day while digging near
little stream 1 came across a
very peculiar stone. At first from
its strange appearance I thought it
was the delicately- formed jaws and
teeth of some strange animal Lit
tie columns of light gray, three
sixteenths of an inch high and about
a sixteenth of an inch thick, were
based upon a thin layer of hard
gray stone about three inches long
and supported a somewhat irregular
roof equally as fragile. The top
layer. occasionally waving down to
meet the base, concealed some of the
tiny columns. The thin layers of
stone, though they had the chalky
appearance of gray slate, were
much stronger than I thought, for
I could not break them. In my
efforts to break the stone apart I
rubbed off the sand which clung to
The outside of the layers and 10!
the base was a leaf of stone with tt
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

are ln0eeO sermons IN stones, an
read from shells, plant life, and trac
in rocks. One fossil in par
ticular was much admired
because of it's delicately
traced leaves; but the finder could
never destroy the impression that
it resembled the jaws of a little
animal, SO she gave it away. Ma
ture did not spare trees when play
ing queer pranks. A branch, which
had fallen across a stream, had
petrified and formed a bridge of
stone. The foliage of another tree
grew in such a fashion that
crescent is sharply evident. In the
midst of barren stretch of coun-
try made desolate by forest fires,
single tree bore its green crest
aloft, boldly relieved by a back
ground of dead companions. Quite
the "queerest" whim Of nature was
a potato plant which bore potatoes
both on branches and on roots.
Loretta Russell and frankie
Chiffon will please notify the edi-
tor which prizes they prefer.
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The decks Roll of Honor

Minneapolis Prize Winners.
Loretta RUSSELL 10th Grade South Side High School,
Madelia, Minn
Marie U. Ness sth Grade, Blaine School, 615 Hoag
Avenue N.
frankie Chiffon A 9Th Grade Bremen School, Thirty
sixth and Washburn Avenue N.
HONORABLE MENTION. <.
Allan j. Wash, 9th Grade, Central High School, 2747
First Avenue S.
Ella Johnson, A 18th Grade, East Side High School,
BOIL California Street NE. .
Pearl M. Gordon, 7th Grade, Washington School, 412
- Hennepin Avenue. - ..:"
Northwestern Prize Winners.
Richard Popper, 18th Grade; Perham, MINI.
Grace Hotz, 8th Grade, Central School,, 413 Hunter
Street. Rochester, Mimi r" =
Stanley G. Swanberg, 9th Grade, Worthngton, MINI.
-, --. s HONORABLE MENTION.
Charlotte E. Barnes. 9th Grade, Lockhart, MINI.
Hattie Hetland. 9th Grade, Ada Mimi ~.
Walter Stair. 9th Grade, s41o Park Avenue S, St.
Louis Mo. --< o.. -. .'r -. ., .----
Nezzie Whan, sth Grade, Royalton, MINI.
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the heat and cold, wet and dry,
hunger, fatigue, headache and blis-
tered feet, Junior lives were made
miserable and walks were made
memorable. But other things made
certain jaunts long to be remem-
bered. Among these were a bulldog
which chased a party Of boys, a nest
Of snakes, a tear in a new dress,
snow heaped up across the path
like mountains, and a fire in the
woods. Walks with friends and
relatives who were soon to journey
away were memorable because sad,
A trip through a mine OF Arizona
was considered worthy of note be-
cause of the brilliancy Of a certain
room; a merry jaunt up gaily-col-
cred bluffs and the quest of a bo-
tany class for specimens were also
noteworthy.
Grace Holtz neglected to state
which prize she prefers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

broken English he told to look at the curious stone 1t
was about eight inches curious, indeed
Tor where there seemed to have been
Shells and in place lizard The shells
being OF shape had stone into the
house and In few mother curious to
know how this became fashioned
We kept the rock and think that it quarried
lake river; that washed clay
and after that had hardened another formed until
great boulder made That stone has given many
hours of hard thinking. Marie U. Ness,
A Eighth Grade Hoag Avenue N.
Blaine School.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

cleaning light and fearful screech freight train rushed
by The horses plunged forward the lady holding to the
lines until her hands bruised The frightened
horses finally broke from buggy leaving middle
OF the road too scared to be brave The lady by this time
almost in fanting condition; fright
ened with wonderful grit" called it, she
overcame her feelings.
we gradually gathered scattered wits together and
prepared to face difficulty. We five miles
home cold hungry tired sleepy There nothing
do but to walk home We divided the luggage consisting
blankets, haters, etc. When began feel
though could farther friend that
pretend soldiers; that revived feelings
trudged bravey reaching home about 10 o'clock
convinced that though it by the pleasantest
walk it was certainly that shall forget.
Richard Poppler.
Eleventh Grade Perham, Mnn
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NATURES WHIMS
1nanimate Things in the Great Out
doors Which Seem Queer to Min
neapolis Juniors. = - = =

polls Juniors.

TITLE sermon on the weeks work is in
der. Unkind criticism is too often indulged in,
but every Junior knows that considerate sug
gestion given in kindly spirit is very helpful
sometimes. "Inanimate'' is not a very big
word; yet three Juniors stumbled over it, send
ing in stories about calf, birds, a spider and
fly. The mistake is very natural and excus-
able in the work of Juniors in the fifth sixth
grade; but one of the Juniors was in neither of
these grades "Inanimate' means without life
spirit" Dictionaries very helpful friends
when big words stand in the way of a good
paper. Fossils seemed queer to Juniors who
the first time; but to students of nature there
sermons in stones,' and whole histories may be
,lls nlant life and tracks of animals to be found
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

indeed sermons in stones and whole histories ma
Shells plant e and tracks of animals to be
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HOURS OF HARD THINKING
Queer Bit of Rock ProOes to Be Inspiration
to Lazy LDits.

(Prze) ..--
just days after school had closed that
L called to the house to place
in the stone wall bordering the alley.
That day it hot-too hot for sewing had just
finished book and had nothing to at least
Pretty concluded to watch the stone and
how hard he had to work hot day. maybe
get inspiration from him. In very short time
him pick small piece Of rock glance at it. and then
50 see if any one was near Iwent to him. and In his
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
I'm oMlNoUs GREEN, GRAY CLOUD
n Ghostty CoU and Stormy IUeather Make
Picnic Party Uncomfortable.

(Prize.)
d memorable walk occurred during the evening of
l'1 sultry day when two other girls and myself
joying picnic four miles from late in the after
when suddenly observed that the sky rapidly
being covered by omnous greenish cloud which
frightened that all reasoning instead
of taking shelter at farmhouse, started to town.
facing the Storm which thought going to be cyon
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
WALKS OF NOTE
Sorry and Sunny Incidents Which
Made the Jaunts of Northwestern
Juniors Memorable. = = =
TOPIC-A MEMORABLE WALK. WHY?

)MEHOW memories Of unpleasant things last
longer than any other kind, however much we
cherish recollections of past happiness. But for
tunately the uncomfortable feeling which ac-
companies them is invariably followed by
soothing sense of relief and huge sigh of
thanktulness that the unpleasant experience is
safely over. This is the conclusion drawn from
stories of memorable walks, the most Of which
were anything but wholly pleasant.
'broiling' sun, mosquitoes and miles Of
weary road-oh, dear, it seemed as if they
would never end. Sometimes it was only
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
SOLDIERS THREE
Horses Leave q LDoefui
Group on the Road.
(PriZe,'

(Pr1Ze.)
I asst fall our football team went
l. to play neighboring team
some twenty miles distant. AZ
mother put decided veto on my
brother and myself going by train
with the crowd, we felt considerably
depressed and gloomy. However, a
bright ray OF hope appeared in the
person Of friend Of my mothers
whose ideas of letting boys loose
agreed with mothers exactly; and
who had boy Of her own, also very
anxious to see the contest. She pro-
posed taking US three boys with her
team. A happier trio than we were
would be hard to find.
We saw the game; our boys con-
quered and everything was pleas
ant. We started home in the eve
ming in very satisfied state Of
mind and enjoying our ride i'm
mensely. We were entertained with
interesting stories and pleasant
conversation, my mothers friend
being not only a good driver but
very entertaining companion as
we'll. All at once out of the dark
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

o1ocNS ahu olocks Dut tney might as we'll
have been miles, they were long, dusty hot
there sunshine there threatening
thunder, fine display
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16

the base was leaf Of stone with the
perfect leaf from its sawlike margin every deicately
traced vein; and the top emphasizing it's
identity by the it curled down
What those tiny columns?
of that stone? These
little. When showed papa strange thing
had found told that they petrfed
the little columns must be the petrifed
account their having
yet the formation could not have
found the Of the little
enjoyed looking at the dainty stone leaves but when
placed it shelves, the first impression
the delicate jaws and teeth little animal
could find pleasure in curo gave away.
Tenth Grade, Loretta Russell,
South Side High School. Madela, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
II TopyY,7URUY POTATO PL4N7

7ubers Grew the Branches Dith Clusters of
Leaves Jprouting from, Them.
(Fifth and Sixth Prze.)
The other discovered very plant. We
out in the garden getting potatoes when
picked this looking plant On the branches
little potatoes Some of them small others
large mediumsized crab APPLE The lower branches
had great potatoes but the did have
Another thing about it that of the pota
Continued Page Six)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-07

WANTED-By a tirSt-claSS girl. with good
reference a position as second girl or light
work. Address Alice Cremine, general
delivery. CITY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-07
For the CompIexion.

The complexion always suffers
from biliousness or constipation.
Unless the bowels are kept open the
impurities from the body appear in
the form of unsightly eruptions. De
Wits Little Early Risers keep the
liver and bowels in healthy condition
and remove the cause of such trou-
bles. {. Z. Hooper. Albany, Ga. says:
Il took DeWitt's Little Early Risers
for biliousness. They were just what
| needed. / am feeling better now
than in years" Never grippe or dis
tress. Safe, thorough and gentle.
The very best pills. All druggists.