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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

claimant is asking q place among the grain
cities, in Tacoma, the city Of Puget Sound,
where European vessels come for TIE
wheat of Washington Territory. This
Pacific coast wheat, while net
hard like that OF Daiota, is larger
grained. and often exceeds the legal
bushel from 4 TO 8 pounds. making it the
heaviest wheat in the world, aud its Weld
is marvellous, so bushels not being un-
common for whole farms. A popularity
OF Pacific grain-growing is the volunteer
ing Of crops. as high as 30 bushels having
boon gathered from a field the third wear
without reseeding. There are more than
SoO varieties of wheat known to man, but
those grown in Northwestern America lead
the world in purity, quantity aud quality
OF -four. The advance in civilization
seems to have been in exact proportions
with the improvement in bread food andits
general use among the masses. The Bible
mentions bread, but it was not the deli
cate and nutritious compound known to
the American household. The countries
left behind in the race of civilization have
never gotten beyond the simple hand mill
OF stones. The roller process Of -FOUR
making In the Northwest differs as much
from the old burr-mill as it differs from
the Scriptural hand-mill still in use among
Asian peoples.
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Passes for Travel, Sleep aud Grub.

Life with the general passenger agent
of q railroad is one continual round Of
pleasure. He is about the only official
connected with the management of u
railroad who can travel around the
country without money and withoat
price. His fat pocketbook contains the
magical open sesame to all lines of
road in the country, and he also pos
sesses the potent pasteboard which
gives him the privileges of the sleeping
car and the dining cars. When the
general freight agent travels he has his
annual railroad passss 9, but he is obliged
to produce to the representatives of the
sleeping car companies and pay the
usual tariff for his meals in the dining
cars. A general passenger agent can
start for New York with only his col
lection of ANNALS and the prics of two
cocktails and return home with the en-
tire outfit, as some one will certainly
turn up to purchase his cocktails for
him. To psraphrase the old-time
chestnut, the general passenger agent
could go around the world with q
paper collar and q 81 bill and change
only the collar. Chicago Herald.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

in use upon the Western prairies, whcr,
the intellects of the sons have been quick
ened and broadened by the vastness of
their domain, where the soil is fertile to
prodigality, and where the bracing air,
good water and healthy food devotion the
highest types of physical life. It is the
vigor born of frost that makes the north
temperate zone the only one of Importance
in the world. Between the 4Oth and 5Oth
parallels of north latitude in the United
States will be foundtl largest cities, the
greatest wealth. the finest heath condi-
tions, the most enterprising people and
the widest diffusion of intelligence and
comfort in the world. The center of
this belt of power is Minnesota and Da-
kota, whore not only the best wheat is
grown but the best flour is made. Under
the old grinding process winter wheat was
considered the best, but since the -four
made Of Dakota spring wheat has become
o favorite among bakers all over the world
there has been much speculation why
this wheat, which is ready for the thresher
in four months from the planting, has its
peculiar hard quality and makes flour of
such strength and purity MS to give the
baker 250 pounds of nutritious bread from
q l96-pound barrel of flour, or 25 to 30
more loaves than he can get from an equal
amount of the winter wheat product. The
conclusion of scientific investigation is
that the long and continuous sunlight in
the pure air of the Northwest is the i'm
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

EvERYBoDYfamilia with Ayers Almanac
knows that 1t IL much more than q mere
vehicle for advertising the Standard Fami-
" Medicines Of DIR. J. c. Aver 4 Co., Of
Lowell, Mass. Its reliable astronomical
tables, historical data, fresh and whole-
some jokes, not 10 mention it's weather
predictions, makeit one OF the most well
come and valued of ANNALS. And now We
have to acknowledge the receipt Of a neat
~ .bound presentation volume of the Al
manac for 1888, containing copies Of the
various editions in English and nine other
languages, also specimen pages of pamph-
let's issued by the company in eleven adj
ditional tongnes-in all, twenty-one Ian
euages. From the preface to this interest
ing book, We learn that between thiiteen
and fourteen million almanacs are issued
by the company annually, consuming
about twenty-five miles of paper a day.
Surely, with all this advertising, to say
nothing of the newspapers and posters, it
would he inexcusable in any one not to
know that Ayers Sarsaparil'a, Cherry Pee
toral,. FILLS. Hair vigor and Ague Cure are
superior to all other preparations of the
kind in the world. Ayers Almanac for
1852, in its usual attractive form, is now
ready at the drug stores.
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1aeeelseeeed IT, coming ysarM ~ a..
tatnty of statehood and sle-GoveEnment
by these great Territories. Land q the
basis Of wealth, agriculture Is the basis
Of civilization, and diversi6ed industries
the key that retains wealth in Q commu-
nifty. Examine these Territories on this
hypothesis. They have countless acres,
OF timber, mineral, gazing and farming
land. The lind will produce all that IL
needed for the support Of human and ami
NAL life. The forests comprise every va
riety OF wood necessary for the wants of q
ripe civilization. In the mountains.
crowned with forests aud enlivened with
cooling streams, are to be found nearly
every precious and base metal known to
man; all the metallic and mineral earths
and elements used in medicine. chem s.
try, farming, OF the arts, either exist as
natural productions or can be pro-
duced. A single county in No,thern
Idaho, with four years Of development,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

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,sasiss s:ss:ss ~ 1...s.. quit. . descent
~ !: g, ! ~, nav. '4-nay-vs.s az al
49, 49, s =. ~ ~ tisr deoty = our
An ~ III .tho weld iest IooSin, lin a waikiki,
- s. s' @sl i sas IL M ..sa1,s M. th., u..a
~ s ~ s:s.e ess oss,l.s.a tn. w.u pinch en-
New aassndy. rluln,n' bsrsoot TO ths sksis-
Wss e Hurty e . pictur' now shes sictly - .
What With .peantin,. an a-powdsrin', en- =
fotks q think shs d 8 iady-but shs isn't Just
whys Betass hsr sdicaston isnt moron m
Az e 9 thsns shs's thia.ia. % is ta,kin'
sAs'e TO stuck up BOW an dandiaed to notice
AnssEsas.s ei.y taller hires . rig :. tn. Livery.
VOAsOs t4Vu tOWU 70 80 ~ ~
Socs = 49, q more;
teysd sn.svore ..-
Thsa Girandy bevlsd an bsll.rsd. s.yin' thst II
vas Q shame
X ~ couldn't pick Q teller whsu abe didn't
want the chumps-
1neuas ~ iads around. remember-who waa
~, 2Sit e aSad - .tqmps. ...-
BY Al the saint
NJ she4 . TO quit a-usin' sech Q heap d
powder an paints.
But the wTcs q silh spoke on med her cross
sayln.. thet 6ers sister Kate he'd ARMED . ct o
Al her teweiry comes from dollar storesi Now
Tidy, II It's true,
I've . mind to git our LdsyN some-en' beat Nj
An they'll be : heap moro stylishsr Of ever,
Co.'S e %, ,ssi = sot. up our 1isy-nov on thst my
Don't = e sP: T.. On it to her, though. an IN be-
IAs11 best Mirandy holler with q hat jest twic,
Fust ]. talked ssin the fa,hin, but I've sorts
changed my mind;
An 70 - Ole Larkina goln' ahead an leavin' n
Rules ms gp to do most enythin.. an while VIEW
got the cash.
w 5est keep : lap ahead OF Inn Of sverythin
goes TO emashi
Chicago Ledger.
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THEAMERICAN DESERT
4 wONDERFUf. TRANSPORTATION Ar.
PR0ACHlNG THE MIRACULOUS.

b Great orthWost Now . Thriving Gar.
Zen of houut:Sui acknowledgement
Edlhces ~ Pora.ous Cities Supplant
tho lmd'au Tepec and vlllaSe-Graphic
Descriptions with Apt Illustrations.
An exploring party sent ont by the Gem
eral Court OF Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1886 reported that the interior Of the
country res most desolatc," and that to
extend settlement more than twenty miles
from the coast would be useless, % the
land was rocky aud like the desert. This
scarecrowo Of the desert has always stood
in the way Of the westward movement Of
population. The adult reader of this will
remember that his school geography put
the limit of the agricultural area at the
Mississippi River; all beyond was the
Great American Desert" and the u
travelled citizen Of the East has not un-
learned this lesson Of his youth. Cross
ing the Mississippi aud then the Missouri,
the advance guard of civilization found,
not the desert. but grassy meadow lands
and wide fields where nature in
the remote past had, with its massive
into soils perfect in chemical proportions
for the growth Of vegetation. Everywhere
the plowshare moved through the soil like
the keel Though the water, and countless
acres were added to the food-producing
area Of the republic. The discovery Of
these untitled fields, the gardens of the
desert. settled the question Of more and
better meat and bread for the hungry mil
lions Of earth. New appliances were
needed upon land where the pillow could
move for miles without meeting an OBJ.
stacle, and SO the gang pillow was invented
aud substituted for the single one. Sow
ing grain by hand was too slow, and SO the
seeding machine was called into use. The
sickle, the scythe and the cradle disap.
peared before the reaper and mower, and
the latter in turn went down before
the self binding harvester, and the
steam thresher naturally followed
capable of doing the work Of OIL
army of men with fails. The crampet
valleys Of the East would never have de-
veloped the labor-saving implements nov
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

the pearl fisheries, q they are splendid
divers. In appearance they r. very
repellant. although if they would not
interfere with the skinpature has given
them they would be Il no means bad
looking fellows. Tw0 of these men
whom I saw we're completely covered
with tattoo marks while, worst
of all, their nose were split
right down the middle. i
ought to say that pearls" proper
are not found in these Torres Straits
Fisheries, but . mollusk known as
"pearl she'll" It is the article which
is often called "mother-of-pearl," from
which r made all kinds of fancy ar
ticles, such as c~ard-cases, knife
handles, etc. This, however,. will
fetch as high as 800 per ton in the
London market, consequently it is a
/ valuable article Of merchandise.
There are about sixty boats engaged.
averaging six or seven tons burden,
and all built in Sydney, n. s. w.
Each of these boats with its outfit is
worth quite $500, so that, with wages
and other expenses to pay, it will bs
seen that an enormous capital is sunk
in that side" industry of the world.
After we left Somerset we were soon
out of sight Of land again, although We
were not very far from the Australian
coast. We sighted it again off Cape
Flattery, and then steamed with
in sight of land until we ended our
journey. Seven hundred miles from
Somerset We came to Bowen, an incon-
siderable seaport, and then we encoun-
tered some Of the finest coast scenery
1 have ever seen. On the shore
are lines of bold rocky cliffs,
while rising from behind them
are mountains of no mean size, covered
with beautiful foliage from base to
crown. Ever and anon a rushing
torrent came pouring down rocky
slopes, forming q miniature niagara,
while always on the shore there was
the gentle ripple of the ebbing and
flowing waves.
Once in a while we could see a few
of the genuine Australian natives, but
we were not close enough to make them
out very well.-Chicago Ledger.
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portant factor in not only perfecting the
wheat but all the other cereal crops. The
valley Of the Red River ofthe North is tho
most productive grain-growing section of
the country. Bayard Taylor called it
the Nile of America. Seven counties on
the Dakota side in 1887 produced %, OOO,-
900 bushels Of wheat, ZOO, 600 bushels
Of oats, and 1000, 600 bushels of barley.
The entire wheat crop of the United
States could be grown in Dakota and then
leave enough land to produce all the other
principal crops Of the Union. A large
part Of Dakota is still unoccupicd. It
could contain the present population of
the United States and not be as crowded
as Belgium.
Few persons realize the immense size
Of the Territories along the northern
boundary Of the Republic-Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington, each an m
pire in area and wonderful in variety of
resources Of field, forest md mine. Any
n Of these four Territories is larger than
all Of New England, and far more richly
endowed by nature. The continuous line
of settlement to the Pacific is to be
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21
THE OLD WAY OF CROSSING rHr PLAINS.

1HE OLD WAX OE CIOB8IN0 THE PLAINS.
through these soon TO be Northwestern
States, the conditions being against con.
slant growth along any other route across
the continent. The altitude Of the valleys
and table lands in the highest section
Of this northern route, Montana, is on an
average 1900 feet lower than the plains Of
Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, the North
ern Pacific Railroad, in its long run from
st. Paul to Puget Sound, nowhere reach
ing the height Of Denver. There is q dip
or depression in the Rocky Mountain sys.
tenn In Montana which admits the warm
winds from the Pacific, even far into Da-
kota, giving all the region q much milder
and more uniform climate and better agri-
cultural and stock privileges than In the
nor elevated regions to the south, where
the land II lifted into the dome Of the
continent. This accounts for the existence
Of moro arabic land than IL found south.
the Northern Pacific alone having n te
land capable Of utilization along its te
than all the other transcontinental 4 4es
combined. Tha presence Of great nayi-
gable Eivers-he Missouri, Yellowstone.
Snake, Columbia, and numerous ttibuts.
ties-is evidence Of the fact.
The dsyslopmsnt Of the Northwest 70
going On Of . rapid rate, . progress to Is
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21
The Ghost uf !. t,l,anc.

"Ma.erializes" and becomes a veritable reality
when health, a willie e-wisp often chased in
vain, is sought by the nervous. dyspepLic.
bilious invalid through the agency of Hostettor's
Stomach Bitters. Looming i'll this distance ut
first, it is surely drawn toward the sufferer by
the Bitters' potent influence. II inco. porntes
itself with his being. 1t is seen reflected in tho
hue Of the countenance, the animation Of the eye.
1t is felt in . sense of renewed vigur, in the
restoration Of nerve tranquility and digestion,
and undisturbed nightly repose. What person,
suffering from any of the maladies to which the
Bitters are adapted, will postpone the means O,
cure knowing 1t can be relied upon? Dyspepsia,
constipation, malarial disorders, rheumatism,
biliousness. kidney inactivity are certainly
conquered by 1t.
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A Poets Complaint,

what is the matter, Pencileur? 2"
asked . travelling man of a friend who
was much given to verse writing. "You
look downcast."
aOh, it's nothing" was the reply.
@More trouble with the publishers;
that's ALL"
allow was itP"
"Why, I went to the publisher and
asked him if he would use my verses.s
Cant possibly" was his reply.
sWhat's the reasonp" said ].
"Ah, there's the difficulty" said he.
@There'sno reason to it; it's all rhyme"
Merchant Traveller.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

.6oelsk WAiGky. Thsif ho1sss u ~
vssy lolky, not very solid, nor 4 their
architecture very striking. But they
sesm 10 have plenty to eat and drink Il
pumpkins, pigs. and poultry are the
staple articles Of diet. Somerset il the
headquarters Of the Torres Strata
Pearl Fisheries which, together with
the fact that it is o coaling and water
ing station for steamers, gives it some
Importance. These pearl fisheries
give employment to nearly . thousand
men, most Of whom ara terrible "hard
cases." OF course, Somerset being go
close to New Guinea a good many Of
the savage South Sea Islanders come
over there Observation-Disclosures, some
of them are employed right along in
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

SHOWS tue interior of a Northern tucluc
free family slecping-car, fitted up with
hunks or berths like a Pullman, the car
having in addition cooking and bathing
facilities. The writer met two Judges
from Iowa in one of these cars en- route
to the coast, riding in these in preference
to the regular coaches. Remembering
when there was no railroad west of the
Alleghenies, they marveled at the traffic
Of the Twin Cities-St. Paul and Minne-
apolis-from whence more than 300 pas
senger trains come aud 60 every day.
Fifty years ago they were mere Indian
villnges; to-day brick and mortar is heing
piled up in buildings so high and massive
that they thought land must be scarce in
Minnesota. The great mills of Minneapolis,
which grind every day enough -four to feed
one-fourth of the people Of the Union,
gave additional cause Of wonderment to
our judicial friends. Tho two cities but
index tho growth of the mighty tributary
region west to the ocean. New York.
Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth, st. Paul, and
Minneapolis, u chain of cities along the
northern zone of power, each with q thou
sand industries in hand, but none mora
important than the grain trade. with steam
cars and boats, bustling wharves, vast
warehouses, elevators, and mills, and
swarming life in many score avenues of
traffic, in the perplexity of which is seen
the evolution Of commerce from mere bar
ter to the precision of science. A new
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

is producing q quarter Of the entire lead
output of the Union. In seeming COM
pensation for roughness q few acres of
mountain land In o rich district will give
employment to a large population and
produce more treasure than many thousand
acres of farm land. A trip through this
terest; everywhere instruction for the in-
telligent observer, and opportunity for cap
ital. In the Yellowstone Park nature
seems to have taken a holiday and in a
mad frolic made the wonder region of the
world. Montana produces more mine al
wealth than oil the other Territories COM
bined. making Helena the richest city per
capita in the United States, an honor
Spokane Falls will some day contest. A
trip of 1000 miles is nothing to do now.
Times have changed since the days
when the pioneer travelled with an
OK team; the s%leeping-car and the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

ONE Of the reasons why SCOTS Emulsion
has such u largo sale is. because it is the
pest. Dr. w. II. Cameron. Halifax. n. s..
Of Cod Lirer Oh. NTH H~ypophospIites. for
the past two years. and foundit more agree.
able to tho stomach and have better results
rom Its use than any other preparation Of
inc kindl have ever used" Sold by I'LL
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In Funds.

smith-so you've got q pretty little
Jones-Yes.
S.-Named him yet?
J.-Yes. Called him William.
S.-Pretty expensive business, isn't
it, having babies?
J.-You just bet! Cost me for the
whole thing, announcement, christen-
ing, etc., an even one hundred dollars.
Swell, you are nothing out.
J.-How's. that?
S.-You've got your one-hundred-
dollar Bill still.-Boston Courier.
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Catarrh Cured.

"A clergyman. after years of sufferingfro
that loathsome disease. Catarrh. and vainly
trying every known remedy. ut last found u
recipe which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this
stamped envelope to Prof. j. A. Law
renee. 81 Warren street. New York City,
will receive the recipe free Of charge.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

. AoofEsepondsnt Of the Boston LossAal
submits the following table Of interest. Il
shows how during the first lO4 years Of
our national life under the constitution
the supreme political power will have BEEN
placed for exactly equal periods with the
republican and democratic parties, or their
predecessors in. pedigree, as far 10 political
parties in this country can be said to have
q traceskla pedigree:
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A R.dical Cure for Epi,.ptio Eta,

To the Editor: Please inform POUR read
ers that I have u positive remedy for tho
cure thew worst cases. SO strong is my faith
in the virtues of this medicine that I will
send free u sample bottle and valuable
treatise to any sufferer who will give mo
his p. o. and Express address,. My remedy
has cured thousands of hopeless cases. Il.
G. RooT. M. c.. 1873 Pearl strect. New York.
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SAILING SOUTHERNSEAS


FTER leaving
Ceylon it SEEM
ed . strange ex-
perience to find
ones self sailing
through 8 9 a 8
and past islands
. n d countries
t h q { have al
ways seemed 30
far away as to
seem almost &c.
titious. But
here I was sail
ing through b
Indian Ocean,
within q fe W
mi1ea Of the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

81 have been afaicted with an affection
Of the Throat from childhood. caused by
d%iphtheria. md have used various m
dies. but have ever found anything equal
N. F. Hampton. Piketon Ky. Sold only in
boxes.
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Hsmltn's Wizard Oil is the best selling
article in our stock. We have sold four
thousand seven hundredand fifty bottles of
Il in the rlst six months. n. c. Smith 4
Co.. Charlotte. N. q.
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Plain staternents.

Hamlin's Wizard Oil certainly surpasses
all similar preparations We have ever sold.
1t is seldom We note a medicine so popular
and welcome to the afflicted. Thomson &
Ohms!ed. Galveston. Texa..
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WHAT is liberty without wisdom and
without virtue? It is the greatest of all
evils; for it is folly, vice and madness,
without tuition or restraint.-Burke.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

IF 1 put some touches of a rosy sunset
into the life of any man or woman, then I
feel that I have walked with God.-George
Macdonald.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21

MIS-. LANarRY has told an Omaha
reporter that she likes nothing better
than mending her own clothes.