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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
An Indian Giant.

J. w. Patterson. a giant seven feet
and eve inches in height, attracted
considerable attention at the union de-
pot at Kansas City a few days since.
Mr.. Patterson is a half-breed Indian
and was born ON a farm in Severe
county, Arkansas, thirty years ago.
He has seven brothers, two of whom
are seven feet in height, and none OF
the others are less than six feet. His
father is six feet two inches in height
and his mother five feet four inches.
For the past nine months Mr.. Patter.
son has travelled i'll the east doing the
museums. He has Just received an
offer from p. I. Barnum, the great
Snowman, to accompany him to Eu-
rope the coming season. Mr.. Patter.
son was OH his way to Oklahoma City,
where he has considerable property.
He is very erect, we'll proportioned,
and weighs $50 pounds. He says that
he was never sick n dav i'll his life.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

Get out, good wife, my coat Of steel and the
beat OF my holmet hats;
I must put on my rubber gloves and my boiler
iron spxtx.
And my unaershirt Of chained mail. and NV
boots with tho iron vamp-
I fatn would go to the drug store to buy a post
asc stamp!
My con. OF steel I nscd In case an oficsr nrss
To friehtsn some innocent citizen he's chasing,
Just for fun;
My helmet hat is essential in ase-9or there's
Some other copper should come up and begin to
uso his club!
My rubber gloves 1 need in Ease I run across .
That's lost its insulation and gone to spitttng
FIRE;
Ny boiler iron spats will serve, perhaps, to save
my shins
II anywhere in my %neighborhood q football
game" begins!
My chain mai undershirt and exc my hood of
hammered brass
May save me from . sandbagger, II IL should
come to pass
That l escape tho other worse perils that at.
fright
The hardy knickerbooker who ventures out at
night!
have tried TO get along, my dear, with staying
in the house.
And spending all my evening as quiet as q
mouse;
But the time has come. and 1 mustgo upon this
As far as the corner drug store to buy a postage
etamDi
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

ward manifestation of pleasure he
sat slipping the contents of the bottle.
After it was finished lie rolled over
and fell asleep.
Forwards" whispered Bob, and the
forms of the avengers were creeping
stealtlily along.
The bundle of whips was secured
and distributed, the supply in excess
of the demand being thrown into the
river.
Remember the Boston harbor tea
story in the Reader" cried Bob. sAt
him, boysw
The order was obeyed with alacrity.
Rudely awakened from his drunken
sleep the man, bowling with pain,
struggled to his feet and attempted to
seize the pigmies, who had turned
against the giant-whom strong drink
had chained-the weapons which he
had brought into their country.
The boys readily eluded his grasp
and continued to administer severe il
not poetic justice, until they weariedof
the sport.
"Now, he off! !" ordered Bob.
With a black and scowling face the
man complied, and staggered and
limped down to the river.
"An' don't come here again sellin'
whips to cut up the legs of honest
boys" shouted Dick.
aAn' don't go blowin' around that l
disappointed .you," added Boil. "Be
sure and come around to dinner. We
eat at one sharp, but You needn't show
up till a quarter past, bein' as you're in
the soup now, and have had fish. and
won't relish the two first courses"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Anguish U~nsps.kable

10 endured by the victims of innammatory rheu.
matism. and any form of the dissase may reach
that agonizing phase or attack the heart and
cause death. Unhappily they who feel its pre-.
liminary twinges seldom realize this. Like
other possibly dangerous maladies, rheumatism
is often disregarded at the outset. Wcll will It
be for him II this brief notice shall serve as q
warning Of future peril or pain to a reader
troubled with incipient rheumatism. Ths
proper sequel will BIO an instantaneous resort
e. rn u, gre n;ttIp1 2 ev ehnss h @spnten ~ n mSsseSSsrs
recommendation popular experience has con-
firmed. There fs NO nner or moro genial anti
Botanic in It's origin, It IL free from the objec.
tons attaching to depurent poisons liable to be
taken In more than the lnhnitesimal dose.
The Bitters conqueis malaria, Indigestion, Liver
and kidney troubles.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

@This red-handed anarchist is bring
ing into town q whole passed. of whips,
regular cat-o'-nine-tails. such as We
reads about in the half-dimes, which
he's goin' to sell for a quarter apiece,
to be used on. boys. Dick Blye's
mother bought one this morning. Roll
up. yer breaches, Dick"
A murmur of sympathy swept the
throng as the lad complied with the
order and showed q number of red
welts around his fat legs.
"a fellow-feeling makes us womb
rous kind" and not one of the specta-
tors but knew that q like fate menaced
him unless the whip-reddler could lie
prevented from making O canvass of the
town.
sWe1lmake him come off the perch"
cried one of them.
AN off the sun-tish, to-" added Bob,
IF he hasn't eat 'em ALL"
A few minutes later Bob halted some
fifty yards away from the spot where
q bearded maj of immense stature was
broiling fish over a small fire.
To all appearances the boy was
alone, but his tried and trusty follow
ers YER ensconced behind some low
bushes ear by. In their cagerness to
see the monster who dealt in instru-
ments of torture, they were thrusting
up their heads at the imminent risk OF
being observed bv the enemy.
Hello" shouted Bob.
The man started, and dropped the
fish he was cooking into the fire.
Where's your father?" he sneered,
after satisfying himself that Bob was
unaccompapied.
He said I had no 'tlority to make a
date for him."
sHo! ho!" laughed the man, "why
not:"
II told him what you looked like, an
he allowed You was III old friend of his
as he couldn't fight"
"What arc You givin' me?"
"He said you once did him a great
favor down in Fittsburg."
Maybe; I'm q liberal man."
as your name Racine - Philandel
Racine?n
"The same"
"Then here's a bottle of Blue Grass
whisky that Ia sent YOU, with al invi
tation to come to dinner. Anybody
can tell you where pa lives-best and
greatest man in town."
Bring it on"
"Not until the neutrality is dis
armed. I'm afraid you'll larrup me
afore you taste the stuff"
Bob now took an apple from his
pocket, which lie punctured several
times with q mil. Then he poured
over it n little of the contents of the
bottle and tossed it toward the whip
merchant.
The man began by smelling the
fruit, and endedm devouring it eagerly
Five minutes later Bob had Joined
his band, and all were watching til,
trampish individual, as with every out
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
uow.s Thiss

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any ease of Catarrh that cannot bc cured by
taking Halls Catairh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY 4 Co. Props. Toledo. u.
We the undersigned. have known +. j.
Cheney for tho last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
tions. and financially able to carry ont any
obligations made by their firm.
NEST u TRuAx. Wholesale Druggists, To-
lcdo. o.
WALDING. KINSAN ~ MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. q.
L. II. VAN HoEsEN. Cashier, Toledo Nal
tional Bak. Toledo. q.
Halls C;ltali'h Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Msatius tseese ~ Electric Lieht.

Il has been a custom in saltwater,
Mimi, for several years to go goose
hunting down Lake st. Croix with a
boat fitted with an electric light. One
evening last week a party started out.
The lake was covered with fog and
smoke. They came on a large flock of
geese, which rose, making straight for
the boat, driving the men on the upper
deck below. Several of the geese
struck the wheel house and other parts
of. the boat. Some twenty were stun
ned by collision with the smokestack
and rigging, and six were captured,
while the others got into the water.
Not a shot was fired.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Knows All About Corks.

The queerest hobby on record is that
in which DR.. Hammond Interested an
indolent patient in order to occupy his
mind.
"a man once came to me" said the
Doctor, "who was suffering very se.
verely from having nothing to do. He
came to me bewaililg lis state Of
mind. Il have nothing to interest me
in life,' he complained. i have an
abundance of means, and my money is
SO invested that 1 have nothing to do
but cut the coupons off my bonds, and
there is no trouble to take care of it.
I have nothing in the world to interest
me or occupy my time. 1 have been
gradually becoming low-spirited and
melancholy. and l slnnn society. II
you can give me something to live for,
I will be greatly indebted to you.'
"Itold him to collect bottle-corks, and
he took to the suggestion at once, and
now OWNS the most wonderful collec-
ton of corks of anybody in the world
probably. He classifies the corks ac-
cording to the character of liluor THAR
bottles contained and the countries
from which they come. He has be
come a marvellous expert, and his col
lection deserves to he exhibited in the
National Museum. He will pick mp a
cork in the street and at once tell that ii
came fiom q hottie containing such aud
such a wine, and from such and such q
country.
! aOf course. that mans mind cannot
be of q very high order to be satisfied
/ with doing nothing but collect bot.
tie corks, bnt the occupation is
sufficient for him. What he has &C.
complished, however is really remarka.
BILE, and he has the sati faction Of
knowing that he knows more about this
line Of study than any other living
man."-Waskingt0n Post.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
THE LITTLE FOLKS.


Up the flight Of stairs there clsmbered
A little child to md repose
And Is she knelt at the bedside
A humble prayer to her God arose.
.Dear Jesus. up there. beyond the stars
Please keep us safe from harm to.nights
Bless ma. aud help her. save her HE,
For Pc has gone whore all II light.
sPoor ma must work so very hard
To keep us children clothed aud fed.
And times are hard, aud money scarce,
Since the day dear para's dead.
sHut now she's sick and nigh to death,
Thus meaning that beautiful golden shore
Wllere trfala n troubles never come
And all Il joy and peace forsvermore.
$50 II she leaves us In the night
To wing her flight to heaven above,
May her spirit upon us ever breathe
That feeling Of Gods blessed love.
.But IL 1t pleases thee. O. God.
10 leave her with us for awhile,
I'll do my very best to always be
Thine, and my mothers faithful child"
The stars dad faded out Of sight
As b from her vigil sought repose,
But while she calmly, sweetly slept,
Gods hand had eased her ma from woe.
That little heart, 30 warm with love,
Was pierced With terror and disinay,
When she beheld the mothers form
So cold In death-a form of clay.
She simply bowed her tiny head
10 what seemed q cruel blow,
Then gazing upward toward the sky
She said: "hTfs best; God tells me So"
She knelt again In silent prayer,
Though tears coursed dow her cheeks,
Aud then she learned the lesson true,
God comforts those who weep.
IN. @. Amdteus, in Elmtra TelearaM.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
WHAT'S the Matter with Porks

A pious and prosperous old deacon
of Portsmouth, n. H., has lately been
specializing in pork OH q "margin," and
for some months was very successful
in his ventures, so that he saw visions
of great wealth in the near future.
But after a time pork did not pay SO
we'll, and still he kept specializing un-
til a few weeks ago, when a sudden
panic in pork caused him to lose
heavily, and to square himself he placed
nm attachment to the amount he had
lost on his brokers, and sought to re.
cover by Law what he had lost by luck.
This sudden catastrophe, of course,
noised the secret of the deacon's speech.
lations abroad, and his unseemly haste
for wealth became the talk of the town.
But the deacon braved it down and
went about the streets with his head
as high as ever.
One evening last week lie attended
prayer meeting as his church, and the
pastor called on him to lead the exer
cises by asking divine guidance. The
invocation was after the deacon's usua1
style. Beginning with the President
and his Cabinet, he besought pros
perity for all the rulers of the nation
State and city in order. Then branch
ing off into lesser affairs he was praying
eloquently for the financial success o
all Portsmouth, e~numerating every
trade and calling in succession, whel
. sinful, mirth-loving hoy in the bacl
part Of the church called ont: what
the matter with pork?"
A large-sized hush fell on the con
gregstion then and there, during whicl
the good deacon made haste to @boi
down" his remarks and take his seat
Next to having his investments pal
ont properly the deacon has An arden
yearnine TO 1and that wicked boy. 81
wants. to talk With him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

MI. CLEVELAND is becoming quite a
figure about town in New York. His
house on Madison avenue is centrally
located, and his constantly increasing
weight makes exercise a necessity. He
makes u virtue of necessity and
walks where other people climb into
carriages or cabs. He moves ut Il slow
and ponderous gait, and seldom smiles.
Even at o theater the expression of his
face is habitually solemn and morose,
though the play may be shriekingly
funny,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

An italian engineer recently am
nonnced the discovery that sugar is nm
efficient means of preventing boiler in
c%rustations. This brought out an all
ditional discovery by American engi-
neers that by the use of sugar boiler
tubes a he kept perfectly clean, but
its corrosive action is SO great that
after Il short time there would he hut
little boiler left.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Hard to Please.

First democrat-"Talk about the
morality of the Republican party!
Look at their vice president! Running
a bar in Washington"
Second democrat DIETER posted)-
"That turns ont to be q mistake. There
isn't going to be any bar in the vice
presidents building"
First democrat (indignantly)-"No
bar? Is he going to run IL of these
dashed temperance hotels?"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
A Weekly Magazine

is really what The Youra.s COMPANION il.
II publishes each year as much matter as
fo,r-dollar monthlics. and is illustrated by
the same artists. 1t is an educator in every
home. and always an entertaining and
wholesome companion. II has IL unique
place in American family life. II you do not
know it. you will he surprised TO see how
much can he given for the small sum of SI.75
IL year.. The price sent now will entitle you
to the paperto January. 1891. Address.
The YouTH's COMPANION. Boston. Mass.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Why She Could Smell III.

A little boy in q Milford school re-
ceived his first days instruction last
week. Before night he had learned to
recognize and spell one word. "Now.'
said the teacher, "you can tell ,yom
grandmother tonight how to spell
OK" MY grandmother knows how
to spell it," Indignantly replied TIL,
little fellow, shes teachcd SCHOOL,
OnpOnfN Herald.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

The permanent organization of the
regular army is 10000 men by law, but
the appropriation bill has reduced it
to 25,2OO. Congress doubtless appre-
ciates that the money saved is at the
price of efficiency. In the face of many
difficulties the average instruction OF
the army has retained its excellence.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
whse Baby w.s sct, We gave her c.s.ori4,
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mia, she chung 70 Castoria,
whsa ahs had hadsss. she gave them c.storis

A FRENCH statistician has just ascer-
tanned that a human being of either
sex, who is u moderate eater and who
lives to be 20 years old, consumed dur
ing "the days of the years of his life a
quantity Of food which would fill
twenty ordinary railway baggage cars.
A good eater" however, may require
as many as thirty.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
down to await the assembling Of his

In ton minutes as many boys, some
Of them ragged, some barefooted, but
all bubbling over with enthusiasm, had
joined their acknowledged leader.
When freckled Glenn Warren, the
last mi expected, had arrived, Bob
arose aud thus addressed his band:
"A miserable wretch, mean enough
torchase Q boy ont Of an orchard, took
dx ash away from me . spell ago down
By tia DAM
came in an incredulous cho-
ras from the band.
sThsy were small, and inclined to
- iWoEmy In the shoulders.s
That's no difference. broke in
SClea Warren, sfiah = Ashi.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

ALMOST everybody in this world is
susceptible to tiattery. The easiest
way to fiatter some people is to remark
to them how impervious to f%iatterv
they are,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

NisS ss..s, E. s.e s. . 4'sEi =: mind MIND
Trying his balance to md.
I'll ngures seem like words,
And words like figures seem,
1illovor the figures he falls asleep.
And adds them up In 4 dream.
sTis O!for the heathen Chinee!
And Of for the ignorant Turki
A bOokkeeper ne'er has q soul to a
For on Sunday he must work.
Work! work work!
TIL the night is lost in morn!
1 a.,, worn Is, ssd ds sasea r fae %SSSe 20 ais.ss . S'sesps
And dreams Of . balance unborn.
-Chicaoo Ltar.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
A New Kind OF Insurance.

has been put In operation by the manufac-
turers Of DIR. Pierce's medicines. His
Golden Medical Discovery" and "Favorite
Prescription are sold by druggists under
the manufacturers positire guarantee.
attained. or money paid for those medicines
Is returned. The certificate OF guarantee
given in connection with sale of these medi-
cines is equivalent to q policy of insurance.
The Golden Medical Discovery" cures all
cause arising. skin md scalp diseases.
scrofulous sores and swellings. The "Fa-
vorite Prescription" cures all those derange-
ments and weaknesses peculiar to women.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
A wonderful Flesh Producer

This is the title given to SCOTS Emulsion
have taken 1t. 1t not only gives flesh and
strength by virtue of It's own nutritious
properties. but creates an appetite for food.
Use il. and hy your ,rei0ht. Scots Emul-
sion Is perfectly palatable. Sold by all
Druggists.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

Ii you have over used Dobbins' Electric
during the "a years it has been sold. you
kno,c that 1t is tho best and purest family
grocer for 1t n0c. Don't take imitation.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

ssx9 Washing Machine Free"

10 Introduce them We will give away 1.OON
s%clf-operating washing machines. Nowash-
board or rubbing required. If you want ono
send to the Monarch Laundry Works. % Pa
ellie av., Chicago. I'll.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

Mild, equable climate, certain aud abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass and stock
country in the world. Full information free.
Address the Oregon Immigration Board, Port.
land, Oregon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

Il SAW a goblet to-day made of bone"
"Pshaw! 1 saw a tumbler made of flesh
and blood last night" "Where?' AT
the circus"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

MY dear sir, how much your daugh
ter has grown this summer. I can
scarcely believe it. Her dress scarcely
reaches to her shoulders
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Al SAD DISAPPOINTMENT
DY DWIGHT

well, down where the mill-dam
used to be-don't you know"
Eyes, yes"
sThere's a man there
@Well?"
sAn awful big man."
What of it|
well. he took away my six fishes,
SO he did"
@What for?"
@'Cause he's mean. He said he was
q starvin', but he amt, cause he's real
fat. He's q cookin' 'em there, now."
what did you say?"
what did I say? I told him that
maybe he didn't know who my father
He allowed that he didn't, and
says l, My fathers George Miller, an
he's q theatrical agent as makes dates
an papers houses, an he'll Just exactly
amble down here an paste you, if yer
don't give me my fish, 80 he wili!'"
sWhat did he say to that?"
HE said-he did, pa, I'll cross my
heart on it-he said that he wanted
you to come. an that he'd make you
dizzier'n your old show. Hurry, pa,
or he'll be gone. He's got a bile on
the back of his neck. A lick therell
count double"
eco and lick him yourself. Bob. I
can't"
.Yon don't mean that you amt
@Certainly I mean it. Do yo,, take
me for a prize fighter?"
But, pa, 1 told the man YOU was q
COMM"
sWell?n
@An' if you don't go, hell be awfullv
disappointed"
Despite the vexation that the inter-
ruption had caused him, the father
laughed heartily.
I'm sorry to disappoint the gentle
man, Bob," said he, "but I can't go to-
day."
self"
sAll right"
s11l need a quarter, though. pa"
"Well, take it, and he Off"
"An' an order for the worth of it in
the cheapest whisky the old man Bears
got?"
"Whatw
II amt goin' to drink it, pa. It's
part Of my scheme. It's q dandy, pa,
n it'll be pretty odd if I don't get
= Sven with his jaw-bones!r
With a great show of reluctance,
but secretly pleased at the pluck and
mysterious scheming of his son. whom
he had not seen for three months until
the preceding day, the theatrical agent
complied, and from the windows
watched the irrepressible Bob as lie
dashed away towards the principal
street of the village.
The boy lost no time in securing q
pint of the vilest whisky imaginable.
Then lie hurried off towards the
river.
He had not proceeded far when he
heard o most piteous wailing. and. 6
moment later a boy of about his owl
size q into Che street.
whats the matter, Dick Blye?" hi
asked.
aMatter! Mas got one of them pat
ent cat-o'-nine tails, and it stings aw
full, you just bet it does"
3Where did she get it?"
Bought it on the way from Laportt
this mornin' off an old tramp of q fell
Ter what's goin' to make this town
Yonr motherll take two, I know she
mo. she WON'T"
lyon feel pretty big cause YOU
mo, I don't. 1 know this Teller
He's down by the river now o eatin
my fish. He's got q whole bundle O
'em. saw the ends, but didn't catcl
onto what they were. Rally the gang
Dick. an he'll peddle his whips some'r,
else"
Dick Blye uttered a creditable imi
tation Of the war-whoop of q dime-nove
Indian, and bolted away.
At the verge of the town Bob so