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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
Whom U.on.en sAoa.a Marry.

Probably the best time for the aver
age civilized woman to marry would be
any age between "a and 36. 1t is not
said that no woman should marry ear
lier or later than either of these ages;
but youth, and health, aud vigor are
ordinarily at their highest perfection
between these two periods. Early mar
riagcs are seldom desirable for girls,
and that for many reasons. The brain
is immature, the reason is feeble, and
tho character is uniformed. The con-
sideration which would prompt a girl to
marry at II would i'll many cases have
little weight with her at "a. at II she
is IL child, ut u q IN Where a
girl has Intelligent parents the seven
years between Ii and 81 are the period
where mind and body are most ame,ia-
ble to wise discipline and best repay
the thought anil toll devoted to their
development. Before II few girls have
learned ts understand what life is, what
discipline is, What duty is. They can
not value What is hest. either in the
fathers wisdom OF in the motller's ten
derness. When married at That child
ish period they aie like young recruits
taken fresh from tile far,a and work
shop and hurried of 10 O long campaign
without ony period Of preliminary drill
and training, or like t. schoolboy re-
moved from schoo; to u curacy without
being sent to tho university or s. theo-
logical hall. Who can help griev-
ing oyer g. child wife, especially if
she haze children mud a husband who is
an inexperienced ami possibly exacting
boy-man? The arlor of his love soon
cools; the visionary bliss of her poetical
imagination vaniallcs like the u,nmer
mist: there is nothing left but disap-
pointment and wonder that what prom
ised to be 30 beautiful and long q day
should hayo clouded over almost before
sunrise. --Hoap:taI
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
Il School om Horseback.

Dishonest college students are much
addicted to the Use of %"ponies." But
these "ponies' he TRANSACTIONS of the
classics, which the boys stealthily CON
suit, instead OF getting out t~heirlessons
by hard work. Pony practice 10y the
school-children of the Southwest is more
literal-and a good deal more honola-
BILE. A correspondent of the New York
World says:
At Manor, Texas, in that sparsely
settled country along the line of the
Houston and Texas Central Railway, 1
came to a large wood-colored building
surrounded by u caravan of horses. I
counted upward of fifty, all saddled,,
and each hitched to q tree. Everything
about the house was as still as death.
ut must be o funeral" 1 said.
Suddenly the scene changed. The
doors of the building burst open and
out broke more than fifty school chill
dren. Schools out!" they shouted,
and q caravan of children scrambled for
tuc uOESess
In q moment the youngsters had
mounted and were riding hclter-skclter
over the prairie. The Texas mustangs
seemed to scent the frolic, and kicked
up their heels as they gallopcd home
with the scllool-children. With their
dinner pals jingling OH the pommels of
the saddles, and their dresses and jack
cts waving in the wind, they looked like
a mad caravan of Bedouins.
allow far did you come?' 1 asked II
little tot who sat behind his sister on a
speckled mustang.
II tum dood way-I tum-"
"Why, he's come six miles, inter-
rupted his sister. Jimmy is only 5
years old. He doesn't know how far he
does come"
"But I live eight miles," said q little
Lord Fauntleroy on a dancing bronco,
"but I can ride it in an hour, and have
done it in thirty minutes" Then lie
spurred his horse till he leaped away
over the prairie.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

DispOsiMy Of Her Dolls.

This amusing little story is told by
Mrs. Carlyle i'll the days when SIZE was
small JEANNE Welsh: She went to a
school in Haddington, where she soon
showed herself a pupil of extraordinary
ability. When she was 9years old she
was able to read Virgil. Yet JEANNE
with all her learning was a real girl,
and, being a real girl, she had q doll
upon which she bestowed much atlec-
ton. And now arose u distressing aues-
ton. Was it not a shame that IL girl
who could read Virgil should care for n
doll? She was forced to think that the
time had come when she could no longer
keep her toy. Accordingly on her
tenth birthday, she made u funeral pile
of lead pencils and cinnamon sticks, and
poured some perfume over it, after the
manner of the ancients. Next she re-
cited the speech Of Dido from Virgil,
and then she stabbed the doll, letting
out all the sawdust. The pile was then
set fire to, and after the doll had been
burnt to ashes, poor wee JEANNE sat
down and cried.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
POST y "p,iat Comments.

First Maiden-They say he really
has an income of thirty thousand a year
and will have more when his father
dies. Only think of it! Second
Maiden-Don't you envy her? Mar
guerite always was q lucky girl any
how. How I envy her!, Third Maiden
And L! They say, too, that he isn't a
bit stingy. and Marguerite can run up
oil the milliners' and dry goods bill she
pleases and he won't say a word about
it. Only think! Fourth Maiden-How
perfectly delightful! wonder if he is
q club man? But 1 dare say he is,
and how charming for Margie if he is.
Dear me! How lucky some girls are!
Fifth Maiden--Oh, don't mention it! 1t
makes me green with envy when I
think Of it! How she will dress! And
there's u cottage at Bar Harbor, too,
and Sixth Maiden-Oh, girls! 1
can't keep still any longer. I've such
news for you! All of those stories are
utterly without foundation i'll fact. lie
really and TRULY has only ten thousand
q year, and would you, would you be-
lieve it? she actually married him for
love! First, second, third, fourth, and
fifth maidens--How perfectly absurd.
Time.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

Financial lsackiMD.

A writer in the Boston Budget wit.
messed q little street scene the Other
day, which is u worthy commentary
upon Seneca's noble saying, MAN is
born for mutual assistance" The best
kind of a friend is one that encourages
II good impulses.
Two unkempt ncwsboys were on their
way toward the newspaper center to be-
gin their afternoons work, when, paus-
ing beside the box which is placed in
front of q. clearinghouse, one of them
said to his companion: "Say, Billy,
let's put somethin' IN the box for the
Jolnstown sufferers"
I'D like ter" WAS the response, "but
I'm afraid if l don't have luck I'll get
whaled when ] go home 'ithout the
money!"
mo. you won't, neither" was the re-
ply; "if yer get busted I'll set yer up
Upon this the two gamins stealtlily
deposited their mite and resumed their
course toward the scene of their after
Moons labor.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
THE FEMININE MUxTaCHE.

Next to the beauty of hair and eyes
of Spanish women comes the beauty Of
the flashing teeth, says correspondent.
These are SO universally perfect that
the student of dentistry should go to
Spain to find out how they manage it.
There is very little good eating in
Spain. Perhaps these faultless teeth
are not spoiled by cakes and pastry and
sweets in childhood. But the careless
traveller expects to be rewarded when
the Spanish woman smiles with a row
of pearls, and he is almost never dis.
appointed.
Alas! here comes in the one note OF
disappointment. just above the teeth
is a little m~ustache, sometimes q very
big mustache. Nature, in being SO gen.
erous of her gift of hair, in o moment OF
forgetfulness added one dash of her
brush too many on some of these beauti-
full faces. 1t is not universal, it is not
inevitable, but it is common. The
Portuguese women accept the mustache
and cultivate it, as young men do, curl
ing the ends. On o very delicate face
the little feminine mustache is not al
ways disagreeable, but to one who has
passed the blossoming hour this heavy,
dark masculine belonging becomes on
almost offensive feature, to foreign g
at least. But it is said to be agreeable
to native ewes.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
4 LESSON nv POLIYENEss.

It's strange how some people change
i'll their manners, isn't it? For instance,
one of the most polite hotel clerks in
New York is james Ferguson, and yet,
this very same Ferguson, only a week
ago, was rs ill-mannered Us an elevated
train official. How did it happen?
Very naturally indeed. About o
week ago a small, tiashy drummer an
blel up to the hotel desk, and lighting
q cigar, asked Ferguson if George
Stacy, a brother travelling salesman, had
been at the hotel the week before.
Ferguson was busy looking ont into
the street, and, as wa his habit, needed
him not.
The little drummer spoke louder, but
in vain. Two seconds later ferguson
swears it was only one) the drummer's
right hand struck Ferguson on the jaw,
while with his left he tried to explore
the innermost recesses of his eye. Fer
guson was dazed. He acted like q
green conductor on his first trip with a
crowded car.
"Was George Stacy here last week?"
"Yes," said Ferguson, feebly.
"Do you think Fircazi will beat Ham
over to-day?"
As Ferguson didn't answer quick
enough the drummer moved Fergus
nose into another locality by humping
it against the wall.
How many people are there in
Brooklyn?" asked the drummer.
"Three hundred"
YOU'RE o liar. I come from Brook
Ign myself, and I won't have the place
lied about. Take that" and with o
mighty blow lie swept Ferguson into
the corner, where, holding the clerk
against the wall, the drummer said:
thereafter, when q gentleman asks
you q civil question. You give him a civil
answer, and you had better read up q
little SO that you will he able to supply
correct information"
Ferguson needed the advice, and his
politeness to strangers is rapidly pass.
ing into proverb.-Teras Siftings.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
o YOUk o

"You snore, don't you?' asked the
doctor of a patient who was afflicted
with a throat trouble.
"My wife says That 1 do"
"And You laugh quite often?"
EYES,"
"And Your mouths open a good deal
of the time-just as it is now-when
you are talking, laughing or snoring?'
II suppose So"
@Weli, that is what ails you. Break
yourself of the habit and your throat
will get we'll. Breath through your
nose-that is what it is made for. When
you draw the air through your mouth
you receive it with all the dust and inn
purities it contains. Professional run-
r understand this; they know they
cannot hold out in q race unless they
keep their mouths closed. If people
generally knew how many diseases of
the throat and lungs are brought on by
wrong habits of breathing I think they
would be more cautious. Why, even a
horse can't stand it. I wouldn't buy an
animal that kept its mouth open all the
time, o would any man who knew
anything about horses"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
Treatment o., Moorisk Ir,yc..

The Moslem women are not such
complete slaves to their husbands as is
generally supposed. A Moorish officer
we took to Jeddah from Tangier had his
wife with him. She was his only wife,
and, although only 10 years of age. had
been married to him five years and had
had three children, one Of whom was
dead and the other two alive and left
behind at their home in Fec. whence
they came. He had twice before per-
formed the pilgrimage to Mecca, and
each time had been accompanied by his
young vic. This time they were tax.
ing her mother with them; and, indeed,
the thoughtful and considerate way in
which he treated them occasioned me q
god deal Of surprise. This bigoted
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
~WAsTIYGTON,S PORTRArr

The Union Hotel at Wrightsville, Pa,
enjoys a wide reputation because of its
age aud historic fame. 1t was built in
1876, and at n time Washington used
it as his headquarters during the Rev.
%olutionary war. Room z is still hon
ored as his sleeping apartment, and
according to the present proprietor, the
furniture and the fittings are the same
now Us when Washington occupied the
room a century and a half ago. Few
guests IRE put into this particular room,
because it is alleged that at o certain
hour of the night the wall facing the
bed is Illuminated and the reflection of
Washington's face con he plainly seen.
The most singular fact is that no mat
ter which way the bed il turned the re-
Election is always on the wall facing the
head-board. Gentlemen known
throughout the State for character and
veracity have occupied the same cham
Der aud have seer the reflection.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

bassy, one Of those officers who,
having spent their youth at aea, wax
fat on shore in age. essayed to make his
obeisance to his master from horseback,
and came up Of q smart canter for that
purpose. emulating his military brother
whopreceded him. He pulled his horse
up short, and described q graceful par
abola over the animals head, and sat
down on his cooked hat, that had
reached the ground before him. There
was a roar Of laughter from the thou
sands of spectators which shook the
hills. The Emperor tried hard to pre-
serve his gravity, but the sight Of the
fat sailor sitting on the peak of his own
hat was too much, and William finally
laughed loudest of all. He made
amends, however, by riding up to the
displaced horseman and shaking hands.
while he expressed the hope that the
officer was not hurt. He could not help
laughing, however, as he rode away,
and the admiral feels that his career is
blighted.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
Geese.
II was baking-day, aud there wa.
company coming. and was in n

It was b~aking-day, aud there was
company coming, and mamma was in a
great hurry.
"Don't get in the way, DEAR" she said
to Oracle. IF you'll be a real good girl,
I'll bake you q little cake"
I'm my scalloped tin?" asked Oracle,
with sparkling eyes. "Oh, won't that
be nice? And some little thimbie
cookies and biscuits, and some raisins in
the cake-wM you, mamma?'
Mamma laughed. How could she say
no to such an eager, c~oaxing voice?
II guess so, if you're good," said she.
20 mamma, andcan't make u s'prise-
party, and have it down under the elm
tree by the brook. just like a picnic,
you know. and wife Joe and Elie,
mammal"
sIdon't care" said mamma, laughing
again, and wondering what Oracle
would think of next. It'll have your
things ready in half an hour. DEAR"
So away scampered Oracle across the
road to Mr.. Plummer's house. to invite
Joe and Edie. They were delighted,
too. sBut if it's going to be like a real
picnic, we must take something we'll us
you," said thoughtful little Edie.
SThat's the way to do, you know"
Oracle thought it was q very nice
way, as they stood watching good-na-
tured Nora pack a tiny basket for them,
because she felt that not even her W
mamma could make any nicer jelly tarts
than Edie's mamma made.
Il was ever so pleasant down by the
brook. Under the elm-tree was just
the place for q picnic, too. There was
. big, fat rock that might have been
made on purpose for . table. The sun
shone and the birds sang, and there
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

were Mr.. Plummer's geese floating laxily
up aud down the little brook. not a Iii,
frightened.
"Aint they just as pretty!" said
Oracle. Like ships, you know, will
white sails. Oh, les we play they were
ships, and We were speeding something
by EN-! But first we'll set the table. "
So they threw some crumbs in the
water to toll the ships up their way, and
then they spread q paper on the rock,
and set out the little china tea-thines
Oracle had remembered to bring, and
filled them with bread and cakes and
tarts.
"Now don't it look nice?" said Oracle,
admiringly. "Onlv I wish we had some
of those meadow lilies across the swale
to put in the middle, don't you?"
"Whv, Joe can get some; he's got his
rubber boots ON" said Elie. Can't YOU,
Joe?"
Il suppose So" said Joe. looking
rather longingly at the picnic table. He
thought it was pretty enough as it was,
and it was just like girls nonsense to
want bouquets On it. But lie rolled up
his pants and trudged away, whistling.
Joe was a boy, and almost 8 years old.
"Now, les we sit down, round where
it's shady. and tell what our ships IL
bring" said Oracle; "and then 'twont
seem so long till lie gets back"
We'll, let's" said Elsie. "Tll have a
blue silk dress"
A little frown came that minute be-
tween Gracie's hazel eyes. am sorry
to tell you that it always came il Oracle
was crossed.
IL wa going TO say that myself"
said she. "You say pink or red--red is
pretty, Eide"
But Edie gave her yellow curls a
shake. Blue is my color, though"
she said. My mamma says SO, and she
knows. Cause my eyes are blue, and
and my complexion is fair"
mine is. too, just as much rs yours,
Edie Plummer," Oracle cried. and
my mamm said my eyes were
haz.y, and hazy eyes are prettier than
blue. Your mamma don't know every
thing, l guess.
Yours don't, too," flashed Edie.
"And you're moldy. You've got q great
big III on your arm"
you've got freckles, and that's
worse" retorted Oracle, almost ready
to cry. And SC they went on. getting
deeper into a silly little quarrel with
every breath. They forgot Joe and the
lilies. They forgot to watch their
Ships" whose white sails had brought
them down opposite the elm and the
picnic table, which perhaps seemed
spread for their especial benefit.
AT all events they helped themselves,
because there was no one to hinder
them. They ate every bit, even to the
jelly-tarts. And when Joe came hurry
ing up with his hands full of lilies, he
found two little girls, still with a good
deal of foolish angerin their hearts, but
crying as hard as they could cry over
the disaster, and both trying to sob out
the story ut one
Joe let his lilies fall on the empty
table and listened. Then he looked up
the brook after the white plumy specks.
Then he looked at the two little girls.
"Such geese!" lie said.
Which do you think lie meant?-
YOuth's CompnMiOM.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

Cigarette smoking tends to produce
that indiscriminate and tastcless CON-
sumption of liquors which, next to q
foolish abstinence from them, is the
greatest evil of the day. We shall be
told. of course, that cigarettes add "rel-
ish' to wine, and even to food. Cham
sons que tout celia! What nations in
vented, what nations have largely prac-
ticcd the mixture OF cigarettes with eat
ing und drinking? Observation-Disclosures
ians of genius and varnish, no doubt,
but still barbarians, who like cham
payne of the consistence and taste of
sirup, and lummel that literally can
dissolve no sugar candy any longer, and
whose meats, though not to be despised,
are certainly not delicate; Spaniards,
European and American, who poison
everything with garlic IA most excellent
servant in the kitchen, but a horribly
bad master); South Frenchmen and.
Italians, who cultivate overpowering
havors in the same way with cheese and
saffron and what not. OF course, q
cigarette may be tolerablc enough, and
perhaps q relief between q bouillabaise
and Il risotto (again excellent things, be
it remembered, but barbarous, barbar-
ous), washed down with Saint Peray
(again an excellent thing of its kind) or
Asti Spumante.
But if anybody says that he can taste
Whitstable oysters or salmon out of a
kettle of fish, grouse kept and done to
q turn, or venison i'll u similar condi-
tion, asparagus or sea kale, even much
more highly elaborate matters as q good
voi-au-vcnt or a sole q In Joinville, bet
ter for cigarettes; If, much more, he says
that he can taste better or as we'll for
such help 1874 Rauzan, 1864 Pichon
L%ongueville, 1858 Romance Cont, 1857
champagne, 1851 port. or even, though
the Rhine wines. certainly do lend
themselves with some kindness to to-
bacco, any Of the finer Auslese hooks
why then we shall be obliged to borrow
II phrase and say: My dear children.
do not believe that man. for he speaks
not the truth" The things may taste
better to him because the poor creature
can now taste nothing but Turkish to-
bacco hemped or opiatel, or simply
perfumcd, or whatever it is. But to
say that they taste more of themselves,
that their virgin virtues emerge UNI
tainted from this ordeal, is to say wicked
things which only the late Mr.. Bright
has in our time been allowed to describe
as they merit among decent folks
Saturday ReuieW.
4 MIsRCENARY LITTLE WRETCH.
"Pa, I'll be right sorry when you get
WE'LL" said o little Austin boy to his
sick parent.
"Why, my SOM"
Because I won't get any more empty
medicine bottles to sell. / sell 'em for
five cents apiece to the drug store."-
Tsras Sitlings :
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
Matters, Both Grave and Gau,
for the Entertainment of
Children.
JOHNNY AND THE KANGAROO.
An Interesting Story Concerning Gracie's
Pcnic-A School on Horseback
Financial Backing.
Handy.

Little johnny, who: had been taken
Dy his father to the geological garden,
was greatly interested in some kan
garoos. and especially in one which had
. number of young ones in its pouch.
20 papa" exclaimed johnny, II wish
you was a kangaroo!"
"Why, johnny"
"Cause if you had n pocket like That,
what piles of candy you could bring
Lomew
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
THE LADIES.
Highly Seasoned Pot Pourri,
Dished Up Especially for
the Tender Sex.
FAIR WOMEN AID THEIR WAYS.
4 Bit Of Nonsense. a Little Humor, and
Some Solid Chunks of Useful
Information.


Mrs. De Temper Cooking up from
the paper)-Well, I declare! Another
woman, single-handed, has captured u
burglar. I should think she would
have been killed by the brute; but the
paper says the moment she grabbed the
poker and made a dash for him, his
knees trembled and his teeth shook. and
he sank to the floor in alright.
Mr.. De Temperate is probably q
married man.-NeW Yoyk. WeeklM.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20
IN EMBARRAssING SITUATION.

Here is a little story about Whitelaw
Reid: He was introduced the other
day to q very beautiful woman, whose
name he did not catch, but who filled
him with admiration by her ripe and
rosy l~ovliness. While they were con-
versing, a lowering-faced man passed
by whom Reid knew quite we'll, but
knew nothing to his credit; who. in fact,
he heartily disliked, and feeling his
presence jar upon the a%miability of his
mood, he exclaimed, In an undiplomatio
impulse:
snow there is a man 1 loathe,"
His handsome companion flashed her
eyes upon him, and cried sharply:
"That man is my husbaud!"
Reid answered, calmly, without an
i%nstant's pause or the turning of q hair:
SAnd that is why / loathe him!"