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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-08

Thomas F. Walsh, the owner OF the
Camp Bird mine in Colorado and IA
nous as the most munificent enter
tainer in the world, has a fight on his
hands that promises to keep him ex-
ceedingly busy during the next lew
years. His supremacy as an enter
tainer is being disputed by a woman
who has quite as much wealth at her
disposal as he and who is quite LAVISH
in her use of it. This woman Is none
other than Mrs. Emery-Holmes, known
everywhere as 1.-The silver queen OF
Utah" because her wealth comes from
the silver mines of that state, Whlch
are the richest in the world.
A resident of Salt Lake City. Mrs.
Emerr-Holm has not yet made her
debut in Washington society, put IS
credited with the intention OF DONG
so at all early date and to outsh1ne So
cially any of the perSonaseS KNOWN
there for many years.
Roth the rivals families have mil
lions to the extent of twenty or thirty
Both were poor and amassed this
wealth
Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes. formerly
Mrs. Susanna Bransford Emery, is one
of the owners of the famous Silver
King mine of Utah. She is the pos
SCISSOR of the Amelia palace built by
Brigham Young for the one wife who
ruled him and who would not be
herded with the rest. She has his
tory that is romantic. She is hand
some and she is not ignorant of the ef-
feet that the glamour OF her wealth
has.
Washing tonians have been somewhat
staggered by some of the superlatively
wealth burdened people from the west
The Washes OF Colorado were most
truly kingly in their entertainments.
Piles of glittering dollars are GER
tainly elements in these new century
days that are truly irresistible. Mrs
Emery Holmes is not averse to trying
the samut Her millions will not be
a small factor. Her daughter, Miss
Emery. will be an excellent ally, TO:
she is pretty and engaging in manner
1t is Just possible that few stale
folk in Washington may object to Mrs
Holmes installing herself as queen o
| society for this western woman ha:
everything in this world that money
| can buy except family lineage to bacl
| her. She was a milliner but the mos
| garrulous and most envious in Utaf
| cannot say that they We're not Gooc
| hats and bonnets her deft finger:
| made.
The silver queen" of Utah set the
| style in those early days quite as wei
| as she has ordained for herself to do a
the present day in Washington. Thu
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-08

June sun reached its zenith and was
midway down the western sky before
he came back from the past to hive
again in the present. Gradually his.
face assumed an expression of-at'
first comprehension, then of interest
and finally of resolution. He seemed
to be then considering something very
earnestly Finally he took the yellow,
old letter and put it in his safest In
side pocket, rose from the seat and
looked at the declining sun. brushed
the dust from his hat with his hand
kerchief and buttoned up his coat. He
then walked quietly, but resolute1y to
| ward the railway depot.
whats the fare to Cairov1lle! ASK
| ed a little man in a gray serge suit at
| the window in the railway depot.
| Eight seventy-five," replied the
man behind the window; and then
looking out at the buyer he added
"Going away, Mr.. Major?"
eyes. haven't been anywhere since
I settled her ten years ago. useo 70
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TESTING A DIAM 0ND.
xaow to Distingn a Good Specimen of
the Gem.

xsov to Distin Snish "a Good Specimen of
the Gem.
..No," said the dealer, you don't
need TO be an expert in order to be
able to tell a good diamond from a
moor one. You need only to have COM
mon sense and good eyes and magni-
fying glass. First you examine the d1a-
mond's table. The table is the sur
face. and 1t should be perfectly fiat and
perfectly octagonaL Then examine the
circumference. and If that is refund the
gem is, at least. you may be sure, well
cut.
..Now, for flaws, you look into the
diamond, using the glass here, for the
reason that flaw imperceptible to the
naked eye will often lower gems
value SO or 60 per cent. Flaws in dia-
monds resemble those little feather
marks In ice that we SO often see,
though scratches on the surface are
also flaws. If none are to be found
Won study next tie color, remembering
that the steel blue, because 1t is the
most brilliant, is the most desirable
and costly hue, and that the white
oomes next Yeilowish or of-color
stones are practically worthless. but q
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"A Boon to Many Poor People Who Live Along
the Banks.

"A slight rise in the Mississippi up in
Kentucky, said an old river man, is
bleasing to many Of the poorer classes
Of this city. A three-iDch rise up above
brinGs down q vast quantity of drift
who'd, and ut the floating docks of the
fairy landings great RATS are formed.
You can see the boys every evening
armed with long poles, with spike
In ons end and coil Of rope at the
other end. spearing the good pieces of
timber Just as a whaler harpoons a
whale. They grow particularly expert,
and noticed one boy day or two ago
who could hit a log in the center the
first throw and bring it to bank. This
meant q supply of fuel. Many of the
parents Of these little ones cannot buy
the fuel necessary to keep them warm.
and the river furnishes it sometimes
and sometimes 1t does not.
Much of the timber has been freshly
cut and left by the cutters over night,
when the river comes along and lands
1t here. / saw two fine ash logs yester-
day, enough to keep family going
for a week, and the water had scarce
ly soaked through the bark. OF planks
there is a great plenty, and also some
barrels and all kinds of things. The
river is no respecter of timber OF per-
sons for that matter, and brings down
the farmers barrel half filed with
pork Just as readily as water-logged
and useless trunk of a cypress tree. 1t
has often been source of wonderment
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Electric Cat Indicate

There is a man in Provi4
occupies the upper portion II E two
family house and possesses a at which
has a penchant for midnigb meander-
ings
While the weather was mid this
good man willingly arose in the dead
of night toallow his pet to pass in and
out at pleasure, but as the mercury in
the thermometer became more and
more chary of raising it's head above
the freezing point, these nightly excur-
sions became less pleasant to the mas
ter of the house.
He constructed a small wooden lad
der reaching to d second-story win
dow, intended for the use of his cat
ship. The cat however. refused TO
mount this monument of ingenuity.
A couple of days subsequent to the
completion OF the ladder. however,
the cat espied trespasser, Tom with
which he had long been at odds, and
instantly chased him up to the top OF
the ladder.
Having discovered the ease with
which he could mount. he has since
used this mode of egreSs and irgress
to his masters house much to the sat
isfaction of the latter, who has so ad-
justed an electric "buzzer" that the
weight of the cat upon the top plat
form operates il and thus gives notice
| of the presence of his pet.-Stray
! Stories.
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Oldest Town In Nllin0is.

The assertion is made by Pekin.
Jacksonville, and other papers that,
since Kaskaskia vanished from the
map, the oldest town in Illinois is
Mackinaw, in Tazewell county, which
was founded in 1923, and contained a
courthouse as early as 1925. Lewis
town, although that city's papers have
not made denial of the Mackinaw
story, is one year older than the for
mer Tazewell county capital, IL writer's
of Fulton county history have not err
ed, and the first courthouse there was
built in 1923. Mackinaw must wait
until Lewistown has followed Kaskas-
kia to Oblivion before claiming posi-
tion on the top shelf in the state cab
met of ntiQuities.-Canton. ILL, Reg.
lister.
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ladies were then deferential, for her
taste was acclaimed the best ner crea-
tions entirely too chic, too a la Pari-
sienne, to be cast aside ruthlessly.
Her early Lille has had much of the
pathetic element in it. now, with all
the plenty ana luxury that surround
her and her family she has not for
gotten to cling to the name of old
Dick" Emery her first husband, who
laid the foundation for her wealth.
They climbed together up the ladder Of
hard work and privation until they
both landed on the top round of riches.
Then. with the elimination of the
great success. Dick" died.
For a lon5 while after Dick died
che widow was inconsolable. Her grief
of Cupid the second time when Col.
C. w Holmes, n wealthy Detroit man,
with interests in Utah, laid his name
and fortune at her feet. The memory
or Dick" Emery was not to be OBJ
liberated and Col. Holmes agreed tC
allow a little hyphen to he the con-
Meeting bar between his name and that
of the widow. So it reads, Mrs
Emery-Holmes."
They get along quite comforta bly,
Both brought ready-made families into
the union, and the assimilation is al
that could be desired. though the
Holmeses insist that Detroit is theil
residence. The Emery members are
loyal to the Mormon city.
Hundreds OF tourists passing through
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Frog AND COTTONMOUTH
Sudden Reprieve OF a Snakes Half Swallowed
Dinner in the OzarkS.

great cottonmouth moccasin was
coiled, its eyes closed. From It's hor-
rible distended lips projected half Of
the body CT bullfrog which was I'M
dergcing the slow process of being
swallowed alive.
From it the means came There was
something babylike in the terror or
its voice. AS they looked it struggled
feebly and slipped half an inch down
the noxious gullet.
The guide shot the pirogue behind
the spake with one dig of his paddle
and smashed it's vertebrate. 1t squirmed
violently, relaxed its jaws and the frog
fell upon the lily-pad near 1t.
The snake rolled into the water. The
frog sat dazsd for minute. The lower
part of it's back and it's hind legs were
almost white. 1t painted hard and the
throbbing of its little heart could be
seen.
Then its wonderful vitality returned.
Gathering Its muscular thighs undey
its belly it leaped straight out good
six feet and struck the water head
downward.
AS it sprung it uttered one deep note
of praise. Thanksgiving and gratitude.
Nichols swears that there was trium-
phant boom in its basso. He wishes
that he had learned how to carry a
camera in q pirogue.
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Salt Lake City every year will recall
Amelia palace. In the early days 1t
was the finest residence between the
river and the Pacific coast. Poor
old Brig had such a time with his
fitful favorite in this mansion! Stories
of various kinds are told of his efforts
to placate her when she was seized
with her capricious spells.
The house has been well built, as It's
solidi.y atsests eo-day. Col. and Mrs.
Holmes purchased it last summer and
1t has been thoroughly refitted in the
most exquisite manner. The Louis
XIV. parlor and mushroom have walls
of old rose brocade. Interesting bric-l-
brac from all over the world fill gold
carved cabinet. The piano in the mu-
slc-room is in cream and gold. The
oriental room transports to the rich
splendor of homes in the far east. The
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-08
Wild Horses
Quickly Tanned

Morton b. Smith, an American horse
trainer. has been astonishing the ma
tives In Paris by his wonderful meth
DDS of subduing wild unbroken and re-
hactory horses. Twenty minutes is
considered time enough to break in the
most unruly animal for riding or drlv-
ing.
The method employed is exceedingly
simple, though none the less vigorous.
The horse to be broken is lassoed,
thrown and held down while being
bridied. To a stout girth strapped
around the horses body are fastened
several cannon balls weighing about
six pounds each a few sleigh bells and
other noise producers. Mr.. Smith
takes tight hold OF the end of pair
of long reins attached to the bride.
gives signal to his assistants, who
release the animal, and braces himself
for the shock that fellows.
Every wild plunge of the horse is
followed by a dozen thumps from the
swinging cannon balls on the back or
ribs. No animal handled by Mr.. Smith
has fought for more than five or ten
minutes against this treatment. Tired
out and subdued they have submitted
quietly while being harnessed and
driven around the arena.
Six hundred French officers of al
watch Mr. Smith attempt to tame &
number of vicious and refractory
horses provided by the French mill
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Early in the fall c. S. Nichols OF
Chicago went to the Ozark regions as
the guest of the st. Francis club. This
is the place to which Col Nose Wet
more of Nebraska takes Col. w. j.
Bryan of Lincoln, Neb., when the lat
ter colonel wishes to pillow his head
upon the bosom of Mother Nature and
revivify his worn frame with the
juices of earth.
The St Francis preserve includes
the St Francis river, clear, bold
stream which contains red-eyed bass.
sunfish, jackfsh, catfish and dogfish.
1t includes also wilderness of morass
and under water swampland which Is
great for ducks, turtles and snakes,
1t was in the swamp that Mr.. Nichols
had a queer bit of luck.
Sitting, or squatting in the Prov OF
a pirogue with a swart Missouri guide
padding in the rear, a way was forced
through a tangle of watergrowth and
trees. Four feet of muddy fluid was
under the craft.
The strokes of the paddle were noise
less. The silence was dense. Then a
queer sound came, half a moan OF
pain, half a gurgie.
Nichols looked at the guide, start
led. The guide motioned with one
hand for stiffness and forced the pi-
rogue forward and to the right A halt
dozen strokes brought them to the
edge of an opening, perhaps twenty
yards across.
On a large lily-pad in its center q
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1.-THE little man hustled away"

stead he had hoped that each battle
and each prison would end his I'M
happy life, and yet, court danger as
he had, fate had insisted on sparing
him-and for what? For the success
full life he had lived as a cattle raiser
on the western plains? What had
business success been to him, who had
lost from his life the kernel of sweet
ness and had left the husks only?
For thirty years the letter had wait
ed. He looked at it resentfully and
then, as if asking where and when
and how, and why, had this letter,
which had meant so much to him,
gone astray for thirty weary years,
while SO many letters of mere business
Importance had reached him with such
aggravating promptness. To come at
last to his hands, only to rack him
with sufferings, misgivings and re-
grets for the years that had gone. He
sat long time in that apathy which
follows acute mental suffering, with
the yellow, old letter ia his hand. The
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to me how many people do actually
live from the products of the river. I
have never seen the figures as to what
proportion of the population OF the
valley subsist on fish and get their
wood from the overfiows. have been
from St. Paul to New Orleans several
times, and at all of the river towns
you will find the boys ready for the
overflow season. This however. APP
plies more particularly to the section
of the river below st. Louis. But all
along there is the fishing industry. less
of it here than elsewhere. because or
the proximity of salt water, but above
here it Is flourishing business.
Seeing the boys spearing logs re-
minds me of the case of man who
agreed to pay the negro fifty cents
day II he would collect driftwood for
him. The negro worked faithfully, and
the man was selling the timber at a
big profit, of course. Finally. at the
end of two years, after the white man
had grown too proud and too we'll on
to work, the negro found he had just
the same right to the timber the white
man had, and he was the maddest crea-
ture in the boundaries of the United
States He is not over it yet In fact,
he was so Disguised he will not eaten
! wood even for himself.
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Tells Age of Porcelain.

A French scientist claims he can fix
the age of porcelain vases by testing
them with magnets. The iron in clay
is magnetized in the direction of the
compass needle, and this direction is
fixed when the clay is baked Know
ing the dip and "decIination" of the
needle at various times in past centu-
ries, the age of vases may be CONE
putSd.
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MUCH MONEY FOR CANDY.
Nineteen Million Dollars Spent In Paris
in Two Months.

in Two Months
Nineteen million dollars for candy!
No. that isn't what the world spends in,
Il decade, but what the French people
nav out for sweets in two months, De
cember and January. The average
price is co cents a pounds, SO you can
see your Partisan sister has sweet
tooth OF no mean proportions.
France makes about 143, 299 900 pounds
ut Gomez a., every year and exports
only one-tenth of it. England makes
more than this and exports nearly half
its product-they don't give little girls
candy in England the way they do over
here. Germany ranks third in the can
dy-making business among nations,
and threatens to pass it's rivals before
long.
The best French chocolates come
from Paris, Bordeaux and Lyons, so be
sure the young man who comes to see
the grown-up sister and brings a box
of candy has only the best. The ia
nous marrons glaces come from Ar
deche, Gard. Rhone, Cantal, and Cler-
nt-Ferrand. Don't forget that, and
make sure the name is on the wrapper.
French manufacturers of SweetmeatS
are complaining now about the high
tax Oh sugar and cocoa. On the latter
n duty Of S2OO7 is imposed on each
| 22O pounds, while che impost on sugar
| amounts to Sl1.6S for the same amount.
! Even at that French confectionery
| would be cheap if the makers didn't
| have to pay nearly 10 cents a pound
tax of the manufactured goods.
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New Use for Csnders.

George F. Averill, living at Averne,
l.. l., says that he has discovered a
means of using the waste coal ash Gin
ders that will make the hitherto use
less material Of great commercial val
ue. The use which Mr.. Averill has
found for these coal ashes is in a new
kind of fire-proof mortar, 80 per cent
of which is made up of coal ashes and
the rest double hydraulic cement. Mr.
Averill has had tests made under the
supervision of the department of build
ings in Manhattan, which show that
the insulating properties of a block
constructed according to Mr.. Averill's
specifications are very great.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-08

Previous to appointing Gen. Joe"
Wheeler to command in the war
with Spain President Mckinley con-
suited with the late Senator Davis of
Minnesota about the matter. Il think
it would be splendid appointment"
said Mr. Davis. Il am a living wit
ness of Joe Wheeler's grit and per-
sistence. During the Civil War he
chased me like the devil through five
states"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-08
The SORROWS of the Young.

1t was at the dinner table. The
mother was talking of woman who
had died, when the 7year-old daughter
put this question to her younger sister
OF years.
Suppose mama should die and papa
should die and Mary (the servant)
should die and l should die. Then what
would you do?"
We'll. I guess I'd haf to button my
dress my own SELF
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Unique Presents for King Edward

to King Edward by the sultan of
Morocco are of a unique character
Many of them are faithful copies by
Moorish artists of the most exquisite
works of art in the Moorish museum.
Among the presents are included speci-
mems of the Moorish craftsmanship OF
a thousand years ago, which have
never been reproduced or out of the
imperial possession.
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perfect violet or amber, or rose diA-
mond brings fancy price.
Study nnally the depth and weight,
and If the depth is good you won't be
cheated if you pay $3.50 or $3.50 a carat
for your stone. Before the South
African war you'd only have to pay
$500, but $3.50, thanks to this war,
and to the diamond trust, and to the
heavier customs duty. is now the mar
ket price'-Philadelph Record.
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From Palace to Poorhou.e.

The Duchess Rio de Rias, who was
one of the foremost figures in Partisan
society in the time of Napoleon Ill,
died recently in the almshouse at
Simferopol- She entered the aims
house several years ago, after suffer-
ing the most abject poverty. Dusing
the time of her glory in Paris she is
alleged to have squandered in gambl-
ing and otherwise a fortune of three
millions sterling.
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a HONEYMOON FLnanoIar.

Judge Edwards of Lee county. who
has married over a hundred couples
since he has been ordinary, performed
the ceremony recently for a runaway
couple seated in buggy in the public
road.
The ceremony over, the groom FUN
bled in his pockets and fished up Sc
cents.
"Jedge," he said, this here's all tbs
money l got in the roun' wort. Bf
you're a-mind to take it, you kin: but
I'll say Straightforward that I'd done
sot it aside fer the honeymoon ep
penses! ATLANTA Constitution.
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The next afternoon Joseph Major,
walked up the gravel path to the old
Preston home in Cairoville. His heart
thumped violently against his ribs.
Yes, Miss Preston is at home. salo
the maid. He waited for her impa-
tiently. noting meanwhile the many,
changes the years had wrought In the
familiar room and the things left un-
changed.
She came at last, all prepared to be-
formal to a stranger. When she saw
him as he rose from his chair. with
the suffering and longing of the years
written on his face, when she realized
it was him, that he had not, after ali
been among the missing such
look of sladness came into her face
| that it seemed as if it were iiiumined
! and the years seemed to roll from
| her.
| "Oh. Joseph" was all she could say
| as she went toward him with both
hands outstretched to him. But it was
enough And in their hearts was the
| springtime of youth, although upon
their brows was the frost oS tAs
autumn.
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Sympathy is all right in its proper
place, but there are times when a kick
would be far more effective.
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Germany's colonies are five times
as big as herself, those of France eight
cen times, and Britain's ninety-seveu
times bigger than herself
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The time to retire from business de-
ponds not SO much on your age as
your dollars.
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To spare her child a grain Of physi.
cal pain the average woman Will risk
its soul
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A mans woman is the kind that can
take him into camp whenever she reels
like it.
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It's wise woman who knows haii
she would like to know about her
neighbors.
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Either girls prink before they pray.
or they pray after they prink-