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fuss Claussen Saved from a Surgical Operation.
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Jagersfontein Excelsior Diamond Is
About to Be Subdivided—
Was a Big Stone.
Great interest has been awak
ened among the owners of large
diamonds by the announcement
that the largest of these gems
known is about to be thrown upon ;
the market piecemeal. This stone
is known us the‘‘Jagersfontein
Excelsior,” and it is to be severed
into sixteen parts.
The stone was held for ten years
before its owner could make satis
factory arrangements for its cut
ting, which has now been under
taken by a linn in Amsterdam.
Holland. It was transported from
London to Amsterdam under spe
cial police protection, and a car
peted room, with a specially made
safe, has been provided for its
care during the progress of cut
ting and polishing. The responsi
bility of handling and guarding so
precious a stone may be gathered
from the fact that its value may '
be almost anything. When dis i
covered it was estimated to be
worth $1,000,000, but in its tin
ished state it w ill command a fab
ulous price.
The story of the discovery of
this wonderful gem is of no little
interest. It was found on Juno I
30, 180.3, at Jagersfontein, in the
Orange Free State, South Africa.
The stone was picked up by a na
tive while he was loading a truck,
ind although a white overseer
was standing near him, he man
aged to secrete it and keep it on
his person for sometime. In this
case, however, it did not appear
that he proposed stealing the gem,!
but only wished to deliver it per-1
sonally to the manager. This lie j
did. and as a bonus he received
|750 and a horse, saddle and bri
dle.
The diamond weighed in tlm
rough exactly 917^ carats, or
about 7 1-3 ounces avoirdupois. It
is of a beautiful bluish white color
and shaped like the broken off end
of an icicle. The diamondiferous
monster measures three inches in
length, one and one half inches in
thickness, two and one-half inches
in greatest breadth and one and
one-third inches in least breadth.
The Excelsior has now been
broken into 1 (5 pieces, the three
largest of which are 158, 147 and
130 carats, respectively. These
individual gems in themselves of
extraordinary size, will be, when
fully cut and polished, among the
finest in the world.
Growth of the Great West.
In 1850 the country beyond the ;
Mississippi was a waiting wilder I
ness. To-day, with Alaska, it i» |
three-quarters of the area of the i
country. It has more than a quar
ter of the people, one-third the !
number of farms, half the im
proved farm area and nearly half j
the farm value. The population
has grown 957 per cent in 50 j
years—from 1,500,000 to 22,000,
000. Missouri, Iowa and Louisiana
exceed in density of population
the general average. Ten cities !
beyond the Mississippi exceed
100,000 population. The mineral
products of the west in the census
year were $144,000.000. Califor
nia has yielded one-eighth of the
world’s total gold produced since
Columbus.—New York World
The Mikado’s Gigantic Guard.
The Koreans are a big race, and
the upper class have European
features and fair complexion.
Min has a secretary who resem
bles in stature, fair hair and
straight features the late Em
peror Frederick. The six-foot
high servants of the emperor of
Japan, who attend at state re
ceptions in liveries borrowed from
those of the Emperor Napoleons
domestics, are Koreans. If flu*
Japanese secure what they are
now after they will have Korean
drum-majors in their army and
and maybe a Korean palace corps
like the Cent (larde at the Tuil
eries. The Japanese must seem
pigmies among Prince Min's com
patriots.--Loudon Truth.
\
MIKADO HAS NINE WIVES
Eight Consorts Were Chosen for Him
by the Imperial Council—Their
Political Power.
Mutsuhlto, the emperor of Japan, is
popularly supposed to have only ono
wife, the empress, to whom he was mar
ried in 1869.
As a matter of fact he has, or has
had, nine wives. Of these, however,
eight are merely concubines, or consorts,
having no special rank, and not figuring
in any way in the court ceremonies.
They were selected for him by the
imperial council from among the first
families of the nation. The emperor
himself, in theory at least, had nothing
to say about it.
Referring to these plural wives, W. E.
Curtis says: “They seem to be a sort of
guaranty that there shall be an heir to
the throne, as their children are recog
nized as of full standing in the royal
pedigree, and the present heir-apparent
is the son of one of them.
“They are selected because of their
pure blood, their health and beauty,
and sometimes for political reasons,
for it is considered the highest distinc
tion that can be conferred upon a wom
an in Japan—to be empress is only
nobler.
“The left-handed wives of the emper
or often wield a tremendous political in
fluence, and their relatives are supposed
to profit thereby. . They live in the
greatest luxury, and except for their
omission in the court codes of etiquette,
w'hich do not provide for them, they
stand equal to the empress herself.”
The emperor, according to the same
authority, has had 12 children, of whom
only four, three girls and one boy, are
living. Woshibito, the prince imperial,
is the son of Countess Yanagiwara. who
became one of the emperor’s concubines
in 1875. She is the daughter of Count
Yanagiwara, a respected citizen of
Tokio, and is said to be a woman of abil
ity.
Before her marriage the empress was
Princess Haruko, daughter of Prince
Ichijo. This man was of noble ances
try and had taken an active part in the
revolution against the tycoons. The
marriage was popular, and4the empress
is to-day the idol of the Japanese people.
She is much less exclusive than the
emperor, is democratic and progressive
in her ways, and is much interested in
educational and oharitbale affairs. She
has no children.
She is described as a delicate and
slender woman, with a long, thin face,
pointed chin and flat features. Like
most of her countrywomen, she uses
cosmetics freely, and these do not en
hance her beauty in the eyes of for
eigners.
Haru No Miya Yoshfhito, the prince
imperial, was born August 31, 1879, and
was proclaimed heir to the throne in
1S87. In May, 1900, he was married to
Princess Sada, daughter of Prince Fu
shima. a man of great prominence and
a councilor of the emperor.
The prince imperial is even more pro
gressive in his ideas than his father,
and when he married the princess he
did not merely “appoint” her his wife
and have the fact registered, as is the
usual custom, but he had a religious
ceremony performed by a priest and
had a reception and banquet.
He treats his wife as an equal in ev
ery respect, and it is believed that
through his influence the status of
women in general in Japan will be
very much improved, and that concu
binage, which is now practically recog
nized as legal, will be discouraged.
They have two children. Prince Ho
rohito. born April 29, 1901, and Prince
Yasuhito, born June 25, 1902.
Malaria.
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"Why,” exclaimed the surprised suitor^
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The pretty girl blushed. Papa said we
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to make love here and say ’good night’ in
the parlor.”—Philadelphia Record.
K. C. S. Almanac for 1904.
The Kansas City Southern Railway
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hints and information concerning the
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A Particular Lady,
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‘‘Because I do detest anything that ain’t
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Pico's Cure for Consumption i~ an infalli
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