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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
The Naval Academy a. Annapo,is.

The length nf the course at the Ma.
val Academy is four years. A camdi.
date for admission must first obtain
permission from home to cntcrtlie lists
in II competitive examination for az.
appointment To liz given by the Con
gresham from his district. If Success
full in this examination, he receives e
permit to appear before the examining
board ut Annapolis, and this board de-
tcrmincs upon his qualifications for an
board pronounses him physically sound,
and if he is able To pass II satisfactory
examination us To mental attachments,
he receives bis appointment and be.
comes Il naval cadet.
This examinationtakes place inJune,
and rs the older cadets are all absent
from the academy on ''leavc," the sue.
ccssful candidates or "plebs," as they
i termed, feel their self-importance
more strongly than they ever can
again.
In fact, however, their appearance is
anything but imposing. They strut
about in a consequential but evidently
uneasy manner, struggling to appeal
at ease, and certainly not succeeding.
The plebs, or ..youngstcrs'' Gas they
are also called), are at oncc quartered
On board II large, old-fashioncd wood
en- frigate. which always lies alongside
the dock. and does duty during the
schOOl-sessiOns as q gunnery ship.
This vessel becomes the residence of
the plebs during the summer months;
here they have their first experience Of
sailor life; and here, among other
things. they first acquire the art of
sleeping in u hammock. IL il truly an
e.lifyimg sight To see these lads ON their
first night. Struggling with their ham,
Knocks. The l,ammncks used in the
navy, you must bear in mind, are very
unlike those In which people swing I'M.
der the trees in the country. The navy
hammocks are made of heavy canvas,
and are slung from the beams of the
ship. They are usually hung quite
high from the deck. SD that it is not
easy for 81 beginner to climb into one
with any degree of ggracc,-cvcn if he
manages To get in ut all. Usually the
novice struggles in from II side. and
goes head over heels out ut the other
mattress, pillows, aud hed-clothcs, all
accompanying him. After two or three
unsuccessful attempts "f this sort, how
ever, the gsreenest begins To improve.
and one OF two weeks Of practice is
sufficient To make any one an adept in
the art. In September another set Of
cadets is appointed. These form the
remainder Of the fourth class. and Ill.
though both the June and September
newcomers are members of the same
class, the June arrivals are rather in.
clined to make much Of their seniority
yer the "Seps," as the later Corners
are termed. During the latter part of
September the older cadets return from
their summer cruises, and the regular
academic year cOmmcnces.-H. Alert
johnson, M 81. Nicholas.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Electrical Band Playing,

Boston Herald: Carlo Bozza, an Ital-
inn, has just perfected a series of inven-
tions for the application of electrical
power, by means of which he telcgraphs,
OF rather produces, at any distance, the
concerted orchestral music Of the great
composers, or indeed any music. In
aided, save by a powerful battery, he
plays all the instruments of a brass band
to the number of thirty or forty, with
the usual Accomplishments of drums. tam
BORNE. castanets, trinngle, cymbals, etc,
and the music is produced at any re-
quircd distance from the operator. The
instruments are suspended in mid air Mt a
distance from the performer and scpar-
atcd from each other by as many feet or
yards as the dimensions of the hall will
permit OF. Sig. Bozza has made applica-
tion to the managers of the Italian cxhib-
ltion in London TO give his performances
there. The beating of drums. gongs,
bells, etc, and percussion effects upon
them by electricity, are by no means
new. having been exhibited at various
times for many years, but the playing of
WIND Instruments has v been attempt
ed, and most certainly never before ac.
complished, and Sig. Bozza has wisely
protected the results of his long and pa
tient study by patent. Those who have
heard his performances i'll Liverpool
agree that the effect is extraordinary. In
addition 10 playing the whole of the in
strumcnts of q brass band, Sig. Bozza
plays upon a harmonium also suspended
in mid air at a distance from him, and
likewise upon a number of clarionets,
piccolos and flutes. by means of switches
he plays upon any number or upon all of
hese various Instruments together by
single touches upon a spring keyboard,
If a board about twenty inches square
supported by 81 pillar about Six inches in
diameter can be SO s"-"cc11. London
should have the opportunity of Judging
10Y much of these statements may be
removed from the realms of fiction to
that of fact.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24

Each Of the last two drawings Of the
Louisiana State Lottery has left . large
slice Of the capital prize in this city, viz.
sl5, 1000 in May and S15. 600 in June. The
fortunate winner of tho last $15, 600 was
Mr.. George w. seibert, . resident of
Galveston aud employed as bookk.eper
In the auditors office Of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe railway. Mi. Seibert
held one.twentieth of ticket No. OO,444S
which won the capital prize of $500. 600.
A News reporter encountered MI. Seibert
yesterday, and asked him how he was en-.
joying his recently acquired fo,tune. 81
admit. remarked he. That the sudden
ness with which The unexpected good
luck aMc somewhat unuervCd me, but l
think l nave now fully recovered from
the shock. which, by the way, is q very
pleasant sort of experience, which has to
be felt to he appreciated, as ii cannot be
properly described"
"Oh. yes: I got the money Immediately
by dcposit'n9 my ticket with Bali,
Hutchings & Co., without even having to
pay any discount OF exchange.
'sIt was not my first venture and doubt
less will not be my last with the I.oulsi
ana lottery. l have been buying tickets
for some time. and while I never regarded
it as an improbable investment, I was
not sanguine enough to expect such good
luck as the winning of a capital prize"
-GalvestOn(Tcx. News, July z.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Protecting a Robins Nest.

MI. Corliss. not very long before his
death, had occasion To build an adj
dition to his manufactory-a big s.I."
for additional machinery. To prepare
the foundation for this /. it Was neccs-
sary to rcMorc a ledge of rock by
blasting. The men to do the work ON
the addition had been employed end
put on the payroll; the material had.
been purchased aud Brought to the
building, and the Work Of blasting had
begun. Next morning MIR. Coarliss
passed Ivy the place where work was
progressing, wl.cpfN,c.. . foreman in
Charge, Rnowins ms iEtsres. in pretty
things. called him:
See here. Mi. Corliss," said he,
''liere is a birds nest that we've found,
and that's got tx ~"
lie showed the manufacturer u robin
sitting upon q nest that had been built,
fast and snug, in u ~crcvicc of the rock,
among some bushes that grew there.
The bird flew off her nest when the
men came near, and showed five blue
eggs, that looked as If they had Just
been laid.
<'Can VIC move that nest somewhere
else" asked Corliss.
s.Tm afraid not, sir. We'd lear it
to pieces getting 1t out, and it isn't at
all likely that you could get the bird
to- go to sitting again anywhere else.
We've got to go on, so we max as well
rip i out and throw the eggs away"
NO." said Corliss. ..Wc won't dis
turb her. Let her bring out her brood
right here"
"Bat we'll have to stop the work on
the building"
.tLet us stop, then"
And so orders were given that OPP
CREATIONS on the addition should he sis-
pended. They we're suspended, and
the hands stood still, drawing their
pay for doing nothing, Or next 10 moth
ing. while tho robin sat on her nest
with an air of great consequence and
jealous attention to business, and had
her food brought her by her mate, and
Mt last matched her brood. And then
there were three weeks more to go by,
at tho least. before the young ones
could fly. Corliss visited the nest fire.
quently, not with any uncasincss ol
impatience to have the robin and the
young ones out of the way. but with y
genuine interest in their growth. The
old birds had all the time they wanted,
and when at last they had sternly
helped the clumsy. reluctant young.
sters over the edge Of the nest, and
they showed themselves able To gel
about ON their own hook. orders were
given tO resume the building opera
tions, and tho dull boom of the gun.
powder. tearing the rocks apart, was
heard where the birds had pcepcd.-
Boston Transcript.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
WHAT Aae oettN c,cAss,


".ver 90 many smokers arc asking
toe green cigars nowadays," ssid +
6roadway dealer this morning. ssThev
want fresh cigars, but don't seem "a
know enough to say 50. Nine.tenths a
the cigar.smokcrs arc under ma i'm.
PsIession that when they ask for q green
clgsr they Will get one only recently
maae. I1at 10 q mistake. It is q TACT
that . cigar may be quite old and vet
Ce very green: A green cigar 10 one
That has not been allowed 10 become
ory ~ age or exposure. Nearly every
t~obacconist will testify that at least
~ In every three customers will take
acigar between his finger and thumb,
place 1t to his and pinch 1t. This
IS ! test the quality OF the cigat, but
u Is an established fact that nothing
q be learned from tho operation, ex.
cept the dainpncss or dryncss Of the
cigar. The demand for fresh or green
cigars originated in England among
American visitors who were not accns.
toned to smoking dry cigars ut home.
ut Is rather curious that the English
are almost the only smokers who have
q preference for dry cigars now, and
1t 10 a curious illustration Of the innnte
conservatism Of the Englisl, Character
That they should he SD, for IL Is a sur.
vival from u time long past, when Il
a a reason aud q fitness. Nearly a
gcnclation ago, when communication
with the island of Cuba was bySailinp
vessels. the voyage occupying nearly
three months, It Is NO wonder that
when tho cigars arrived in England
they should be In q heated and sicklv
condition, having been all this time
packed 10000 In u casc-no in sepa-
rate boxes, ~ Is now the customFin
the unvcntilatcd hull of u shin. Thus
1t came to pass that the newly arrived,
solt, moist cigar being bitter to the
taste. aud the old and dry cigar please
ant to smoke. the idea originated that
the dry. cigar WAS good and the soft
one bad.
I'm choosing ~ cigar the best Judge
IN the world can only usu four senses
sight. smell, taste, and touch. In
the majority Of cases u good cipar
looks what it is. provided that he who
sees understands the art of Judging a
cigar. The eye must he able to iistin.
guish texture. IL May seem untrue.
but it is ii fact, that there are some
men III b trade whose sight has been
SO highly educated that they can tell the
moment they look ut a cigar not only
the place where the tobacco used in lis
m~anufacts:le was grown, but also the
year o. the crop. But it may be at.
Eoe1 that such experts can only sec
tno cover, which is but a small part of
the cigar. That is true, hut experience
teaches us that IL q cirar-lnake. has A
good cover he will have good 6lletn MI
SO. or il he llas not he will make every
effort to procure them. This refers to
Havana manufacturers. Such goods
are only given to first-class workmen
to make up. As to judging by the
sense Of touch, you can tell Il good ci-
gar by its elasticity. In regard to the
smell and taste, the proof of the pud-
aing lies in the eating."-New York.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24

AlCn0ugd the wells Sb0uk. NndlAY
are under control. the timing ii rs.
chored, and the awful force IL held IN.
der by gates and levers Of steel. Il n
impossible to escape a feeling Of ~
Ia this region at the s~ubterranean ener.
giles which seem odeuuate to hlow the
whole country heaycnward. Some al
the wells were opened for ma. Oman.
ing . we'll IL unscrewinu the service.
pipe and letting the full force Of The
gas issue from the nine M tho month ~
The well. When one Of these wells Il
thus opened the whole town "a .,r.rs
Of It by the roaring and the uuakinr If
the air. The first one exhibited VIZ IN
q field a mile and A half rom fhe citv.
At the first freedom from the scsevrs
and clamps tho gas rushed omt In ench
density that it was visible. Althourh
we stood several rods from IL. the roar.
was SO great that one could not make
himself heard shouting in the ear Of
his neighbor. The scolopist stuffed
cotton in his ears and tied a shawl
about his head, and, assisted by the
chemist,stood close To fhc niHc In
measure the flow. Tho chemist. wh,
had not taken the plccautiun tn mt,,.
tCce iitlASclI, was quite lear Tor some
time after the experiment. A four.
inch pipe, about co feet in length, WINS
then screwed on, and the rms limited
MS it issued from tile end on tho
ground. The roaring was a. before.
For several feet from the end of the
tube there was no flame. but bcyond
was a sea of fire sweeping The ,rr1mmi
aud rioting l,igl, in the air-Lillews of
red and yellow and blue flame. fierce
and hot enough TO consume everything
within reach II was an awful disDlnS
Of power.
We had Il like though only a N
tary display ut the famous Karg we'll.
an eight-million-fcct we'll. This could
only be turned ON for u few seconds at
n time. for ii is in connection with the
general system. II the gas is turned
of, the fires in houses and factories
would go out, and il il were turned on
again without notice, the rooms would
be full Of gas, and nm explosion follow
nm attempt To relight IL, This danger
Is now being removed hy the invention
of an automatic valve i'm the nine smn.
plying each fire, which will cluse and
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Playing Tennis on sunday.

New York Sun: The swartny. clear
eyed and vigorous young men and women
who can be seen at the railroad stations
and steamboat piers give evidence of the
great popularity of lawn tennis as q game
of fashion as well us of health. They
carry their favoritc rackcts done up in
green baize as tcnecrly under their arms
as the musician hugs his.pet violin. tits
whispered that in some of the country
places it is not regarded as a very serious
breach of the fourth commandment to
have a little tennis game as the shades of
evening begin to settle on Sunday. That
is the English custom, though church au.
thoritics are beginning 10 make great
efforts to stop it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
PROF. 1olsErrE WINS IN COURT
Literary Piracy Condemned.

From New York Sun: "Chief Justice Van
Brunt, holding the special term of the su-
Nelson Smith and Col. Robert u. Ingersoll,
made the Injunction in favor of Prof. Lois.
etc, restraining George 8. Fellows from pub.
fishing his M .mor. Ststcm perpetual.
"Dr. William A. Hammond, Daniel Green
leaf Thompson, author of q work on psychol.
ogy, aid several other professors testified
that Prof. Loisctte's system was original
being a new departure in the education Of
he memory. The conrt ordered Fellows t.
deliver up to Prof. Loisette the stereotype
Dlatcs snd all the books in his control. Ovel
nine thousand copies of the pirated edition
we're delivered up yesterday.
1t is eaid that full details will be fur
nished in the prospectus sent post free b,
Prot. A. Loisette, 2s7 Fifth avenue, New
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
1t Didn't Work.

He marched into an insurance office on
Griswold street. pointed to his empty
sleeve and said:
lost it at Antictam."
"Your arm?' qucried the clerk.
Certainly. l was at what is now
known as Burnside Bridge. Mcclellan
rode up TO me and asked me to hold that
bridge ut all hazards. l told him I'd do
it or perish. Lee sent down u whole
brigade against me-"
"But you held it?'
"No, sir; l was wounded and forced
back"
"You were! You didn't perish after
promising Mcclellan you wouid?"
mo, SIR"
"Then 1 can do nothing for you. Very
sorry for the loss of your arm, but when
a man makes a square promise he should
keep it. You might call next door. They
always give thirty days credit there
Detroit Free Press.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Results of Handshakine.

Since Mrs. Cleveland became the presi-
dents wife she has to wear gloves two
sizes larger than she wore before she was
married. Her left hand is very little If
any larger, but the right hand, which has
done so much shaking in its official ca
pacity. is noticeably larger than the
other, and she recently told a friend that
it was impossible for her to wear her old
number in gloves. The same is probably
true Of the president, but as men wear
their gloves SO much looser than women,
he might not know it by that means, but
il he compares his hands he will see
the diterence.--Harper's Bazaar.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Underground Baths in Yacatau.

At Matual is q cenote in which the
water can be e ouly by looking
down into a deep we'll. and yet this
mysterious we'll is actually q public
bathing place. There is an entrance
by n larger hole, through which you
reach - great chamber, very dark and
gloomy, swarining with bats and liz
ards. Here you undrcss and grope
about in total darkness toward q dis
t tan . glimn.er Of water .t.s Planging into
ward the light, and by diving under u
ledge that falls from tho roof nearly to
the surface you lind yourself in the cir
cular opening or well. sixty feet be-
meath the eartl.'s surface. Not a pleas
ant bathing place, truly; but much.
patronized because Of its refreshing
GOODNESS in contrast to the heat aud
glare MISUNDERSTANDING Record.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
A Bcauty ON Duty as a Gum chcwer.

"Thc foremost belle and beauty of a
large New York tobacco factory" says a
New York correspondent of the Chicago
Herald, "has quit the rolling of cigar
cites, removed the stains of tobacco from
her fingers and is on exhibition in n dime
museum. If she were heiress to n mil
lion her loneliness would be lauded be.
yond that of any girl in swelldom. She
lie a blonde, perfect in shapeliness and
beautiful in face. What is she doing in
the museum? She is chewing gum. One
of the manufacturers and heavy adver-
tisers of gum has contracted with the
manager of the show for her appearance.
She sits on a raised platform along with
an assortment of freaks. She wears a
rich evening dress Of white satin. Her
hair is dressed in the latest style, and
altogether she has an air of delicate, high
breeding. For full twelve hours a day
she is Oh duty. Her jaws seem tirelcss."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
1t Couldn't Vote.
A raw freshman stood at the curl

Araw Irishman stood at the curb the
other day watching the ponderous
road roller at work. The native of
Erin's isle stood a moment mcditating,
and then. pointing a scornful finger ut
the snorting and putting machine said:
''Yez ken take the bread out NV a poor
mons mouth; yez ken do more worruk
thin five hundred men, but dom 1t, yez
can't vote!" And apparently satisfied
at his observation he walked away.
casting II whitening glance at the hate
full roller, which didn't seem to mind
It = bit.--LaMcMster (Ia.) Examiner.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
PEouL1ARlrlEs In PLANr LIrE
White and RED Blossoms ON the
Same oleander Busb.

Same Oleander Busb.
Among one Of the floral curiosites on
the beautiful grounds of j. r. Wolfskill
Putah creek, heal winter's," says the
San Francisco Bulletin, lis a grated
Oleander. Two specimens Of this beau.
tiful Towering shrub are growing ON the
west side of Mr.. Wolfskill's house twelve
or fifteen feet in height. One is of the
white and the other of the rcd Towering
variety. Beth arc at present one mass of
flowers, but the white variety presents
tllrc Of pink blossoms. These are the re-
suit of a graft which Mr.. Wolfskill trans.
ferred from the red to the white tree.
which took readily and formed q perfect
union. The grating of an olcander is
is considered difficult to accomplish, but
Mr.. Wolkskill says his tree took to it
quite naturally. Grating, however, is
this venerable horticulturist's special
delight"
A WEED THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUFFALO.
A curiosity in the plant world is q pc
cu!tar kind of weed which grows in the
<Aihuucao vdAlcy. ~ 10 Sudpeu ike q OCH
and varies in size from one foot or less in
diameter to five or six feet, some speci-
mems being as tall as a man. When ripe
these balls snap of their stems and 60
tumbling v the prairies with every
gust of wind. They present a very
strange appearance, and in the distance
hunters have mistaken them for bisons,
Often they come bounding along in hun
drcds upon the hunters, who ire COM
PEELED to crowd upon the ground to escape
being hurt.
TnE TREE THAT GETS MAD.
In some parts of Nevada is a curious
plant called the Angry Tree" 1t is a
native of Australia, and somewhat re-
sembles the century plant. Its name is
due TO its apparent vcxation ut being dis
turbed. When transplantcd each sepa-
rate leaf stands up in a different direc-
ton like quilts on a porcupine or hairs on
the tailS. IN angry cat. At such times it
gives/Jrth an unpleasant odor, like that
of a f~attlesnake when teascd, and some
times it is fully an hour before its leaves
resume their natural condition.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Knew What He Meant.

"Unclc Jabez was very liberal. 1 re.
peated an anecdotc to him where q mem
Der ros and said: Mr.. Speaker, that
will do better in ''therio' than practice
4 guess you mean theory" don't you
now?' said he."
listener of the case of a brightyoung lady
who was asked, the other day:
care you learned in botany, Miss
"Botapy" she exclaimed. Mercy! j
don't know o cryptogram from q poly
carp!'-Boston Transcript.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
Kaidine Camping Den,.

The police have just made dcscents on
several of the Paris betting establish.
ments OF offices of the 'pari -mutucl.''
Five of these establishments were entered.
and the money n well as the furniture
found in them, was confiscated. The
police have, however, before them a long
and laborious task if they want to put
down these places, fol, "pali-mutucl''
are thick as autumn leaves all over the
city. The occasional raids, in fact. made
by the authorities on gambling bells of
every description in the metropolis never
have any serious effect, for play e on
in high and low circles of society as If
policemen never had any existence at all.
London Telegraph.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-24
A Horace Who Cam Tn,k,

Everybody has heard Of u .shorsc laugh,'
but who has ever seen an equine gifted with
the power of speech. Such an animal would
be pronounced a miracle; but so would the
hundred years ago. WHY, even very recently :
a cure for consumption would have been
looked upon as miraculous, hut now
people are beginning TO realize that the dis
ease is not in%curaDle. DIR. Picrcc's Golden
Medical Discovery Will cure 1t, IL taken in
time. This w"or.d-repowncl remedy will not
make new lungs, but 1t will restore diseased
ones to Il healthy state when all other means
have failed. Thousands can gratefully testify
to this. AL druggists.