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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
quito q Tumble.

A correspondent in Denver, COL,
sends us the following tall" but true
story:
We've got some youngsters here in
Denver worth Dragging about. Master
Walter Ives, aged IL, is one of them.
Walter was playing on the roof of the
Pioneer Building, at the corner of
Fifteenth and Larimer streets. when
he fell into the street belowAa dis
tance of 100 feet! Some one will Of
course rise to remark that the roof of
a high building is no place for children
to play. am willing to admit that
this is true. but had Walter not been
there this little story would never
have been written. The first event in
Walters flight toward the pavement
was a collision with some telegraph
wires, which nearly scalped him.
Then he pursued his aerial Journey
awhile longer, and made his next stop
on h back of a horse, which stood
quietly in the street. A lady sat in
the buggy to which the horse was
harnessed. She tainted when our
hero dropped, and the horse was
knocked flat; but he Immediately got
up and ran away, perhaps forfear that
more boys would fall on him.
"There is nothing very wonderful in
the story thus fur: The surprise lies
in the fact that Walter was not killed
on reaching the pavement, for that is
where he made his final stop. Any
boy can fall off o tall building and be
killed, but he was not built that way
apparently. He was taken into a
drug store. and his first reraarl- was:
We'll, 1 did take a tumble, didn't I?n
Nobody disputed him on that point.
At home doctors set his broken thighs.
and he heroically bore the operation
without the aid of anaesthetics. nor has
he murmured during his many weeks
of confinement. He was not hurt in
ternally, and expects to be entirely
recovered i'll six months more, / went
to see him the other day, and found
him bright and cheerful. He told me
the entire story of the accident, and
remarked that it took just 2 7-lO Sec
onds to make the tumble. He did NOT
figure this out on the way down; that
was done for him afterward. Now. If
any youngsters who read this are in
clined to assume the airs of o hero
after falling off a fence, or meeting
with any other trifiing accident, lust
let them remember the drop Of 100
feet which Walter Ives took,-Hor-
pe1'8 Young People.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.

THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.
OF the Tvsnty-second General Assembly, with
very many measures proposed, out Of III the
great list OF plans to provide for railway con-
troll, the present law was adopted, and I believe
know are claimed By railway oficials to be too
unytelding, too arbitrary, but I think It may
safely be said It contains no principle not here
tofore embodied Ia previous legislation, or that
States. think. too, that some Of those Avs
VIII prove the fact that ours 10 less severe than
theirs. THIS 10 especially true Of the laws Of
iilinot., Of man, or some Of the Eastern States,
which Is 70 England what our intsrstsse com.
merco law 10 to us. And evcn the interstate
law fs quite e rigid in many Of Its
9sicisi. viii admit, vhsn they once realize thsi
In Q spirit Of justice.
We ind In this railway ase, to which I have
assss.sa Ss sSss s isas i e.! P's sRsai az Ss t snsst.a J.
that they have come to stay, that they win stay,
and that We believe fair.minded railway mani.
eefA, who arc willing to credit the INTELLIGENT
This matter. too. Of obtaining railway stats.
tics must be well done, even II required by law,
by al the Slate railway commissions. It viii
become the custom throughout the wholon nation,
The progr.ssa q our nstion. when tbs matter q
railway. knowledge viii develop and grow until
Z aheu beooms 9 thoroughly. developed smenoe,
known an understood % the rights and fntee..
O. o6cers sndmansesss, snd Known sd un.
dsrstood % the othsf side D the nationsi rsii.
way . 6taAo oommisolonA. in tho 1870 sud
ansssoss. g ths pgnlie.
fhe friction . bad feeling which has 6sesto.
fore existed beeweeu Tia people ard IT, ~
eompaA1se, b the asftatfon Whieh 10 6eonSSA
~ Soseeoene legfsAstea, has Mbslao1j
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
Blood IL Thinner Thsn Beer.

Magistrate-O'Rall you are charged
with assaulting and brutally beating
Michael Nobody at the reunion Of
the Orally family yesterday. Have
Orally /. Yes. yer honor. The
bloke's an imposition, sorr, and hasn't
wan dhrop av the Orally blood in his
skin, begorra. Niver laid me eyes on
him afore, yer Honor, an he dhrank
cop all ~ the beer.
Msgistrate-How is this, McDoolys
Are You 9 kinsman Of the prisoner?
McDooly-Faix, an sure it is that I
am, yer Honor; his grandfather wor
Patrick Orally, av Belfast, an'-
ORally-An' bedad. phat do that
prove, yer worship?
dochter marrit me own
O'Rally-He's lynn, yer Honor; he's
lying. Ne grandfather niver had any
ehssldrsn at all, ct Ill, sorri-LUa.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25

army while she was SO poor and in debt,
but I see It all now. She saves many mill.
Ions OF francs each year by making the
tails OF the coats OF the military shorter %
times get harder and also shortening the
the two coat-tail buttons and the collar.
button behind are almost in q row. Added
to that. the French soldieri is getting smaller
every year. II I had to fight in o real war
I would rather BIO attacked. I think. BY .
wide. red-cotton trousers than by any
other adversary I can think Of They arc
not b kind Of soldiers who sustained the
remarkable supremacy Of tho Emperor.
The French policeman wears Q navysblue
eoas thai ats him In . rambling and 0esul-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
A Girls Commendable Show Of Shirt.

When an evening train on the
row-gauge railroad stopped at q sta
ton on Revere Beach, two nights ago,
q couple of young men, looking rather
flushed, entered the car with all ur-
steady gait. One of them pumped
himself into the seat occupied by q girl
who was quietly and neatly dressed,
and who looked to be about sixteen
years old. The train had not gone far
when the young man tried to scrape
an acquaintance with the young lady
by addressing some remark to her. the
import of which could hardly have
been very pleasant, as she Immediately
rose, and, touching the arm of the con-
ductor, who was passing, asked that
official if he could not either find her
another seat or compel the man to
leave the n she had occupied. At
this the young man himself interrupts
ed. apologizing profusely, and dis
claiming any intention to insult any
body. The train was about to stop at
another station, SO the conductor
rushed off, merely saying: II don't
think he'll trouble you again" AS soon
as the official was gone, however, the
man again renewed his attentions. For
some time the young lady kept silent,
looking straight ahead and attempting
to take no notice of her companions
remarks; but at last she stood up and
gave him several singing slaps in the
face. The man vacated the seat in
stantly and hurried to the other end
of the a Two or three passengers
learned the facts in the case from a
train official, and when that young
man finally got home he was in a sadly
battered condition. Boston Adcers-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
Day Of Rest,

Sunday-school Superintendent-Can
any of You tell me why Sunday ia
called the day of rest?
Little Dick (holding up his hand)-
I kin. It's cause we get I'M early and
hurry though breakfas' SOS to dress in
time for Sunday-school, and then hur-
~ to Sunday-school, so We won { be
late, and then skip inter church fore
the bell stops ringin' and then 20 home
to dinner and get fixed up for sfter-
noon service, and then get supper "a.
go to bed so pa and ma IAN get rsedy
Tor evening service. That's al " az
-Nesu York Weekly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25

WOULD verymuch
like. with tho re,.d.
er's permission, to
draw O few compar.
is0ns between the
average policemen
OF New York. Paris,
and London. writes
Bill Nye In the Chi
cago Herald. The
native = torn 9 ~
York policeman
" Il don't care
o dang who makes
the laz of me u
try. SO that I kin
knack all the nawx
av the men that
wiO1nt0s them.s
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
Adventure witt, wildcats.

-Four West Virginia boys went out
squirrel hunting, and found something
no SO tame. They were returning
home, when n of them shot a sauis.
rel, which fell into q deep tiss,re In
the mountain side. The tissure was
four or five feet wide, and about forty
feet or more in length. The bottom Of
feet below. The boys were adven-
furious, and determined to get their
game. They pulled down u long vine
Of the wild grape, and threw one end
down the crevice. Down this vine two
of the boys went to the bottom, They
had scarcely landed when they called
to thei comrades to come down and
bring their guns, as they had found a
den of wildcats. The two remaining
boys descended, and all four peere6
under o crevice of shelving rock which
ran back twenty feet or more underline
mountains. In the fnrtllcst corner of
this retreat four pairs of yellow ewes
glistened and four snarling mouths
growled ut them. Prudence dictated
that the boys go home; but, instead of
that, two of the boys fred at the cats.
The next instant all four boys were
engaged in q cat fight. Fortunately.
only two OF the cats We're full grown,
but the two grown wildcats made ii
lively enough. BY the time the bows
had disposed Of their adversaries, they
were bit and scratched from head to
foot, and their clothes in ribbons. In
fact there was only one sound boy
in the party, and he managed to haul
and drag his companions, n by one,
until all four reached the country road,
where they We're picked up by q pass
ing farmer. The boys are all doing
we'll now, but they are in no hurry to
tackle another hole full of wildcats.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25
Almost Unpleasant Counting E~xnerie,ce.

AMVsS CAiPieasuiIt COQrtiig Experience.
A young man named Dixon has Just
had a very unpleasant experience in
counting at Innishowen, County Done
gal, Ireland. His lady love is not only
very pretty, but she is an heiress.
her uncle having left her a fortune.
Moreover, she is partial to Dixon.
The young man was calling on tho
girl one day, when he lisaYd the f.
steps of a couple of rivals, and
sportive humor he concealed hi,
in the butter hox. While he wa
joying the conversation the =
father came along with a pail Of
water to scold the box. Before the.
girl OWNED his purpose lie dashed the
water into the box. The howl Of
anguish that arose scared the old gem
tleman half to death, and poor Dixon
was found to be so badly scalded
that he had to DO removed to q hos
pital.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25

A0V0ons % ~ WILL MuCu Will Ue H6l060 t0w0x0
excluding the clandestine sale of intoxicants,
the same old bourbon principles Of the Dem.
cense In every township in the state. Think Of
It, citizens OF Iowai Yonder, q few days ago,
In the now prosperous municipality Of Sioux
against the laws Of our Statea and against virtue,
nho and decency until 1t perpetrsted tho
most villainous outrage that WAS ever calcu-
pie; there where the brave soul Of Rev, George
Haddock went out to the God who gave It, under
tine command OF the saloon assassin, the Demo-
cratic party, nevertheless. met in convention
and resolved in favor Of this cursed barnacle
which modern civilization, Is constituted in
e tor ms I'D + det ,S,s ned to x, destr ,'y: y, Why: y seems
people Of lows with such an overwhelming IN.
1uence that they would at once exciaim: We,
sss! Rse e 81 : a1ys Il Wv eiSi iiIs%psa t he e ss,aSa :
Of our politics, the foe OF mankind, soy to the
party that convened In that city where George
We VIII 30 thoroughly demonstrets TO You that
you will never forget It that the murder OF Geo.
Haddock q sacred to US. thst We look upon his
lasting destruction ind condemnation Of the
saloon in Town.
The Democratic Convention assembled in this
saloon! We must have whisky. or We perish.
You people Of lowe arc bigots, narrew-minded.
enemies OF your State. You permit sherifs.
law. You have taken from the people their
rights. OF this you are accused. soy the De-
@oeseey q sioux city. upon the ground that
o. 70 Democracyi Your platform 10 the same
g oa 1d STATE ct t r. 1ss 81, Is 4, "a tb q: "a, 60 9. a.. md g; P as'
hndit simply pleads. give back the saloon. Q,
- narrow-minded people Of Iowa, give us. o.
But ist us snsiyse the Democratic platform
briefly. What right has y Get Of men to mesf
f. ammunition end oser to give the people Of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-25

bUOu6lUl6 1OE puOlQ.t NOLQluQ HI our taf1n laN0
Again. let me say that they are notoriously
the outgrowth Of free trade In free-trade coun.
but very recently Introduced into this s coun pSsI
and It is equally we'll known that the famous
trusts which we do find in this country are not
call protected injuries-the OIL trust and the
whisky trust. In the United States we fecl the
effects OF the plate.glase trust. made up Of all
the plate-glass manufacturers Of Europe; the
fioretgn pottery trust of Europe, which has
been in existence for years the foreign tin and
iron trust. The oil trust, the whisky trust and
this country, but they are not projected indus.
tries. excepting the meat trust, as I have said
while all the other trusts which I have men,
Of their objects 10 to bring their goods to Amer.
lea, goods made by. the non-proteoted labor
Of Europe, 70 compete with the labor Of Amer:
Mills bill had become law In the expiring DAYS
Of the Cleveland administration, every one Of
Sne so rsSnot tsgst: ~, ! have nsVs, named would have
Of our. tariR will overcome this imposition. at
has been the stock I'm trade Of the Democrstic
R R%sy, 20 en syseem 1he 81 t p1nsaet srs s s,sssed ib by tA T.
thrive. IN this country. h activity and vasi.
country arc inimical to their thriving. They
few things, but soon 60 to pieces Of theiys
and tnsVitsSis s ss. / ao e & Il Ia Avs sS% 81 tlsss.
which We ind In this tree country Of ours.
Nevertheless, We should have laws, both Na,
TAXI mp the public prints, and look over
The foreign correspondence, and you will md Z
They hsve 9 paper trust. an iron M tin trust,
salt trust, Q copper trust, Q coal o conn
trust beer 2 Gle trust y Il . trust here,
poor wrstehes Of ths laboring GLASSES are iitsr.
a@!y oWned BY these syndicates,
1heyd DO not 9 them enough to ksep soul and
BODY toOefhe1. Il any man In this couufSy -.
stree To- mdsfy himself ON this question. RI
tdm ~ o. .8nelond, to Birmingham. ard Ian.
90 md theee tn oHe day h can - onous1l
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18
An Amusing Nautical Yarn.

Captain Crosby, of a Nova Scotian
bark, is jolly old sea dog, well known
as a veteran OF the coasting trade. About
fifty years of age, broad shouldered, and
heavily built, his face thickly covered
with black beard, the Captain is easily
the ideal skipper of the sea.
''On recent voyage to New York, y
said the Captain, II carried cargo con-
sisting in part OF some 500 bags of hazel
nuts. When we made port the owner
of the cargo came on board. 1 assured
him of its safety, and together we went
through the ship. Everything was all
right until we came to the nuts. Imag-
inc our surprise to see the bags torn and
the nuts lying scattered in heaps here
and there. A small hole had been
gnawed in the end of each nut and the
meat extracted as clean as whistle.
The work of rats, of course.
1.-The next day sallow-faced chap
wearing his hair down to his shoulders
came on board, said he was a profess
sional rat-catcher, and offered to clear
the ship for So. engaged his services
on the spot. Descending into the hold
with no visible implements but large
bag and a dark lantern, the matches
were closed, and after lapse of several
hours the fellow reappeared, his bag full
of rodents. paid over the money and
he left the ship. When upon the dock
he turned, leered at me and deliberately
let fall the bag. The rats bounded
forth, aud every one of them made for
the ship they had so lately left. A Gu
rious sight it was, too, l assure you.
Before | could make move the fell
low took to his heels, stopping only long
enough to bawl out that he'd do the
work over again for another S. If I
only had him here, continued the irate
Captain, warming up under the recital
of his wrongs, I'D make him walk the
plank,
A result of the loss of the nuts was to
develop curious point in nautical
law. The owner of the cargo sued to
recover the value of the nuts, but as
Captain Crosby proved that he kept
eat ON board the ship during the voyage
the Court held that he had taken rea-
sonable precaution and dismissed the
suit
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18

ecution ground, but only one of them
was beheaded, the sentence OF the others
being committed at the last moment.
Before the execution took place l walked
among the prisoners, smoking. One of
them asked me for a cigar and / gave it
to him. He lighted it and smoked with
gusto. 1t was this very man who was
picked out OF the half dozen to have his
head cut off Curious, wasn't it,"
/ might fill another column with the
stories / have heard Of Chinese punish
ments and crime. The bamboo, which
grows to the height of fifty feet and up
ward, gets its entire growth in few
weeks. have heard of prisoners tied
over plants and of these growing through
them. For certain offenses prisoners
are buried up to their necks and those
who go by them are expected to add
clod to the pile. They do not, am told,
hesitate to do this, and this Chinese
civilization, founded upon Buddhism,
Confucianism and so-called literary cul-
ture, is productive of such men and such
scenes. Do you wonder that there is
room for missionaries / don't.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18
rRIpE.

Ascertain that the tlipe is quite fresh,
and have it cleaned and dressed. Cut
auay the coarsest fatand boil it in equal
nro1ortions of milk and water for three
pnarters of an hom. Should the tripe
10 entirely undressed, more than double
tbat time should be allowed for it. Have
ready some onion sauce, dish the tlipe
and ponr the onion sauce over tt. Triple
nav he cut in pieces and fried in batter,
nav be dressed in variety of ways; it
steTed in gravy with mushrooms, or cut
into collops, sprinkled with minced onion
and sayory herbs, and fried nice brown
in clarified butter.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18
French journalistic Enterprise.

There seems to be considerable enter
prise among the French, Judging by the
following incident, told by a French re-
porter: There had been fearful muir
der in the country, and the editor sent
me down to form theory, and, If posi-
bic. get ahead of the police in arresting
the murderer. Three days later re-
turned and reported progress, and three
officers armed themselves and set of
with me. and about eleven o'clock we
reached the spot where the suspicious
looking person had been in the habit of
lettering about. Suddenly, as we turn
ed a corner, we almost ran against pale
and haggard-looking man, answering
the description I had received. '.That's
the man p / cried. The wretch started
to run, but was instantly secured, bound
and dragged to the station. The Com
missaire questioned him-and let him
go. He wasn't the man. "Well, when
Won found YOU had been instrumental in
causing the arrest of an innocent man,
what did you them" Secured him as
a subscriber to the paper, of course. -
T'eras lS,Jliags.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18
Captain John Ericsson's Diary.

4 Characteristic incident in the life of
Capt. John Ericsson was one which has
not appeared in any of the newspaper
sketches OF the great inventors career.
For nearly 90 years Capt. Ericsson
had kept "A diary, ~ series of diaries,
in which he every evening covered full
page with the history of the day-the
work he had accomplished, that which
he proposed doing on the following day,
suggestions made by and to him, and
his opinions concerning the character
of work done and in progress. Added
to these entries were frequently opin-
ions of other mems ideas and their
work which had been brought to his
notice, and in many years these vol
umes increased to a very large num-
Der.
In the whole period of time mention
ed there were only 20 days-in 1856
when this daily custom was departed
from, and then only because Capt. Err
lesson had had his hand disabled by
machinery and was unable to write. No
one ever was permitted to read this daily
history, and the volumes were always
kept in the Captains own room.
About two and n half years ago, when
Froude published his Life of Thomas
CARLYLE" and his "reminiscences,
Capt. Ericsson was much disguised by
the publication of letters and other doc
uments by Carlyle and Mrs. Carlyle,
which he thought never should have
been put into print, and the night after
he had finished these works he called
his nriyate secretary. Mr.. TAYLOR. into
his room, and commanded him to take
the volumes of his diary away and de-
stroy them. There were many things
in the diary, he said. that he should
wish never to see the light of day, and
the surest way to prevent such thing
was to destroy every volume. Mr.. Tay-
lor put the leaves of the big book under
a cutting machine and cut them into
millions OF pieces. The only thing now
left of this valuable record consists of
the pasteboard covers of the volumes,
which Mr.. Taylor has preserved.