The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-06-29
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Cats arc In demand In the western
part Of Kansas. 1t is stated shut they
scll for 81 apiece.
; A department Of phrcnology is now
Connected with tine, Of tho business
colleges In Cleveland.
A young Indian at Wabash, Ind. IL
said to have been cured ofconsumpti0n
by smoke from q locomotive.
a skipping rope has bccp patented
In England which sets in motion q
small music box in one Of the handles.
New York snake dealer says he
has sold 1000 snakes this season,
ranging in prices from $50 to 500
An Aysl.g army uflcer has left his
S isas ss al over indulge in news
1t is said by an eminent physician
that half of the supposed mad dogs
have nothing the matter with them but
the toothachc:
At present there arc over one million
people cut Of employment iii the United
States. In New York alone there are
1900 men and 10000 women who are
idle.
Tho New York Mail AMI Ezprcss
speaks from fashionable society in say
ing: Gentlemen whose vocation it is
to repair neglected cducatiOns are
greatly needed in fashionable society.
Tho largest known flower is the
Rafficsia, II native Of Sumatra. 1t
measures three fcctin diameter, weighs
fifteen pounds, and hats Il cmlyx hold
ing six quarts: The odor is Offensive.
Things grow worse and Worse in
Russia. The latest outrage was at q
concert in ST. Petersburg, where two
selections We're played by forty-eight
pianists upon t%wcnty-four grand
pianos.
In Augusta, Ga, tho other day, a
tree was cut in the forest ut 8 o'clock
in the morning, and by night it had
been turned into printed papers and
the people were reading from them the
news of the day.
An Englishman who attempted to
photograph IL camp Of seven Moorish
soldiers ut Cape Judo was set upon by
them and killed while adjusting his
camera, which they did not understand
the use of aud were frightened at.
When it comes to talking of bigness
Texas has good IL to put on airs.
A Fort Worth newspaper shows that
the Lone Star State would make 24l
states the size of Rhode Island, or six
tho size of New York, or nearly seven
Kingdoms of the area Of Portugal.
Brunswick, Gas, hts invested in a
new SO cent Bible for swearing wit
nesses on. The reason for this is that
the old Bible has had the first four
chapters of Genesis kissed away and
the lawyers are in doubt whether an
oath made on a Bible minus its first
four chapters is binding.
For making rump steak tender, the
italian method of soaking it in sweet
oil before cooking is recommended as
a fact worth knowing. Instead of beat
ing it, bruise the fibres, soak the steak
an hour or so in sweet oil, and then
after it is broiled pour over it a piece
of butter melted in vinegar.
A handsome relic of the mound build.
ers, consisting of a piece of carnelian
beautifully carved in the shape of .
boat, was recently dug up near Alton,
Ill. II is about five inches long and a
gem Of artistic lapidary work. 1t has
been identified as a sacred badge stone
worn bv some prehistoric esG
me decay of American teeth, and to
some extent the loss of teeth of all
civilized races, has been accounted for
by the ablcst English authorities on
score of the heavier draughts made by
the brain on our general physical and
nerve systems. It is supposed that the
force that would be applied to repair.
ing the teeth is used elsewhere.
Quantities of bears bones and seven
| very we'll preserved skulls were recent.
ly discovered in a cave at Rubeland, ID
the Hartz. A set of stag antlcrs, frag.
mcnts of skeletons of hycnas, and slen'
der bones, which + assigned to thu
, ptarmigan and the lemming, were also
| discovered. The cave is to be lighted
by electricity for the benefit Of scientific
visitors.
Captain William Andrews fears i'm.
mensc waves less than the whales il
his projected canoe trip across tn,
Atlantic. He says schools of whales
which are tame, arc wont to plal
dangerously neal a craft that can bl
splintered by u single blow Of one G
their broad tails. To guard against
this he will carry q supply ofcartridge
to frighten away the disagreeable com
panions.
James Cass. Of Prairie Grove. Ark.
picked up an old bomb on his farm tn
other day and threw it into . brusl
fire that was burning near by. TIL,
bomb had lain there ever since tn
Prairie Grove battle, twenty-five year
ago, but it was in good condition AM