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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
specifications from which tho Tower of
Babel was constructed, the only difference
being that in tho modern instance tho "con-

specifications from which tho Tower of
label was constructed, the only difference
being that in the modern instance the CON
fusion OF tongues" scoms to have ante
dated the beginning OF their work.
There Is no scheme SO wild o.eNtravagant
that 1T does not find advocates. One man
graNely proposes 10 construct IN arch that
shall reach TO as elevation OF 1000 feet. and
span the city forthc distance of Il mile ortwo.
lIhc proposition is TO build it of wrought
iron. on the cantilcyer-bridge principle.
Once in Place.. it could put the Brooklyn
bridge into its vest pocket. and cause the
mythical Colossus of Rhodes to turn green
with envy; Tho only trouble is the utter
lmp.ossibil1ty OF its construction.
Absurd as the scheme is. it finds nuner-
Gus supporters. and IL war OF words is be-
ing fought over ii, on the streets and in
such OF the newspapers as have columns
for the use of crnnkS.
Absurd and grotcsque as the colossal
arch idea Is. an entcrprising crank has seen
and gone 1t two better-that is. in arches
with II tower attachment calculated to out
babel Babel. 1t is called the threc-arch
| plan.
The father OF this idea. IL seeming COM
bination Baron Munchauscn and Jack of
the Beanstalk narrative. proposes to erect
OF iron and steel II substantial arch ono
mile in length. and rising in the center to IL
height of LOGO feet FROM the ground. Di-
rectly beneath the center he lays the foun-
dation Tor the tower. This he constructs
until the arch is reached. II distance OF
1000 feet. Then lie builds II second arch.
having tho same foundations us the first
one. rising above itl distance of 500 feet.
The tower is then carrici up TO this arch
and Left for the time. while the enterprise
ing architect builds II third aud similar
arch. which rises 500 feet above the Sec
ond. The tower is then continued SO us to
furnish Il central support. at n height OF
2 100 feet from the ground.
This would seem 10 I'LL tao bill and sur
pass anything that Marco lolo saw in
China. hut Our Baron" is tar from beins.
satisfied. lie has moe "suds" left in his
basin and will blow a bigger bubble, if he
! bursts for ii.
Above the third and last arch he erects
tho fourth, and. so far US heard from. tho
final section OF the great central tower.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

HE DUDE OF THE
day is gradually
growing cold in his
alteration for the
walking stick fashions
ed after the English
r%iding-whip, with the
buck horn ha
ana is bcstowlng his
tleeting favor on a
still more fanciful
article. According
to an unquestioned
authority on such
matters the organ Of
the haber dashery
trade, walking sticks
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

ed ut Chicago for more than two years. but
Notwithstanding this the first installmcnt of
men bursting with grout ideas has arrived.
and is proceeding to make the welkin fairly
ring with plans and schemes.
The inspiration OF the first batch seems
to have been drawn principally from tine
EiiTel Tower. which, more than any other
the attention not only of visitors to that
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

ros answer, 'who, when he is an infant,
crawls upon his hands and knees; when he
is grown he walks uprightly, ind when he
is old he totters with a stick" In the days
of Pliny the stem of the giant fennel was
usod for a walking stick. the tough light
ness OF the woou rendering 1T especially
fitted MS n support to aged persons.
W~aliling-st,cls or walKing-canes, wheth-
or the oriental symbol of authority, were
certainly common in the hands of the gal
lants OF tho fifteenth century. Fortunate
ly wo are able to SEQ what kinds of canes
were carrleu then, ma strangely enough
the elabo ately ''garnishei'' affair of today
| is found to nave Deen tho correct th1np''
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The importation of American game
into Austria has proved a big icces
On the Danubian meadow forests OF
Count Bremen 100 wild turkeys and
thirty wapiki are marked for destruc-
ton Mt the next big battuc. On Prince
Huniady's estates the American game
has increased so per cent.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

THE country having the largest pro-
portion of cultivated land is Denmark,
Russia having the smallest. The
United Kingdom has % per cent. of
land titled, against II untitled.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

RICE BOYD, of Un;ontown, Pa. has
been pasturing his cattle on n $50, 600
coal field, %snspecting its value.
He sold it to a sharp neighbor IL few
days ago for 5000, and the purchaser
disposed of it at once for 100000.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

GEORGE JENNINGS. OF New Portage,
Ohio, was fishing in Wolf Creek, and
had set q line and went further up the
stream. When lie returned he found
q duck had swallowed the minnow and
swan away with the pole and line.
He followed it up and captured II.
This is n new way to get ducks.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
To-day.

~ " ~SA.3 $4,000
that are sSuseful as we'll as ornamentnl,"
| From one a silk umbrella can DO drawn
! and screwed to the stick; another has G re-
| ceptacle for nickels and cents, and is con-
venient for those who ride on street-cars;
| another contains a measure for the height
of horses, and has a spirit-level attach
ment, and still another has q watch set in
the handle.
The c%ontrlvance of making u repository
in the hollow of u walking stick, Accord
ing to the San Francisco Chronicle, is
very ancient. Tho bourbon or pilgrims
staff Of the middle ages was q strong II
stout stick about five feet in length, armed
at tho lower end with an iron spike, and
evidently intended us a balance and sup
port to the body when climting up steep
acclivities. In it may lie seen the proto-
| type of the alpenstock. About twelve
inches from the top of the staff was gem
orally a largo protuberance. on which the
hand of the pilgrim rested withoutdanger
Of sliding downward. Tho upper part of
the staff was hollow and capable of
holding small articles, but tho lower
portion was entirely solid. 1t is very prob
able that in the cavity of the upper part
tho pilgrims originally kept relics of saints,
which We're sold at the tombs to which the
pilgrims travelled, and which were consid-
cred as satisfactory proofs tint the pill
grims had been to The spot indicated. In
the latter ages of pilgrimage, however,
this part of the staff was converted into a
kind of pipe or musical instrument.
Above the tube the staff was surmounted
by II small, hollow globe, anl it WAS also
furnished near the top with a kind of
crook tor carrying q gourd of water. 1t
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

as President of the black republic.
The 1000 soldiers of the President
stationed in Port au Prince gave their
successful leader a grand ovation. A
fountain with three Jets, each supply
ing a %favorite drink, vas erected, that
NIL might rejoice v the selection of
the President.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

SAN Francisco, with a population
Of about 400, OOO. has only 100 church.
es, with q seating capacity of 10000
and nh average attendance of $4,000.
The climate of San Francisco does not
seem to be conducive to churchgoing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The origin of the word "lnrral" has
for some time been q theme of discus
sion in the press. A writer in an En-
glish journal expresses the conviction
that it is nothing but an enlarged form
Of hurr (signifying a rapid movement,
and is of purely Teutonic origin. Also,
that the word hurry is its Anglicized
form,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

fir fact is noted that of the LOGO
men in the Eastern ~Penitentiary OF
Pennsylvania, only nineteen were
bred mechanics. Industry and crime
are not natural allies, and the best
safeguard Of youth is a good trade.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The use of nitro-glycerine in cases
of emergency instead of alcohol is rec
commended by an English physician.
A drop on the tongue rouses a fainting
man, and it may restore life in the case
of apparent death. as from drowning.
It has quickly relieved headache, heart
pains and asthma and strengthened
weak pulse in fevers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

more than $50 years ago. The HARLEM
manuscript ua12y contains an inventory
OF the contents of the royal palace of
Greenwich, in which. among the belong.
ings, is the following: "a cane garnished
with golde. havainge a perfume in the
toppe. under that dial, with a pair of
twitchers and n pair of compasses Of golde
and a foot-rule of golde, a knife and a
file, the haft of golde, with a milestone
tipped with golde." There is also ga cane
garnished with silver and gilte, with as
tronomie upon it., six walkyng slaves,
one covered with silke and golie."
In the portraits Of many of the eminent
personages of Englinh history. naintoi I'm
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

A YOUNG lady from Caldwell, Ohio.
created a little scene in the tickle. office
at GAINESVILLE the other day. She laid
a late-improyed siN-shooter on the
counter and proceeded TO search for he,
pocket, then bought a ticket for Seat
tie, Wash, showed her gun in her pis-
tol-pocket and departed.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

the sixteenth century,
there are to lie per-
ceived numerous in
stances of the richness
of the walking sticks
carried Mt that time,
all appearing to hive
been tall, stout, and
mounted or adorned
with gold.
. From The middle of
the seventeenth CEN
fury walking sticks
p to have ill.,
creased In luxury,
both in respect to the
mounting and mate
rial, b. improve
inents being mainly
derived from France.
In the early portion
fury the most fashion.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
WORLDS FAIR CRANKS.
r9E CRANK ANrEDArss THE n.
AND ANNOYED NOAH.
Great Events Call Out Vast Numbers of
Them-The Forthcoming Columbian Ex.
position Has Already Had That Effect
Numerous Tall Towers Proposed.

RADITION tells us
that the father of
Shem. Ham and
Japhet. while en-
gagged In construct
ing the ark which
was destined to.
save alive not only
his own family but
representatives of
all II of birds
and beasts as well,
was greatly an
noyed and hindered
in his mighty un-
%dcrtaking by tho
suggestions u IL d
advice of friends.
who had given tho
III IL I t g M u c Ii
! h o IL = Ii t." and
knew lust exactly
what was wanted"
Traditions are not
very b liz Ii lily es-
Itccmei in this pro-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

nted. only in ono particular, and are in
other regards well balanced men. With
some. fool ideas" prevail in the main. while
your simon purc crank makes no prctcnsc
Of acting like the sane members OF his
species.
The expectation of unusual events always
develops and brings to the front IL largo
crop of cranks.
Tho Worlds Fair. in commemoration Of
the landing of Columbus. WIN not be open-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

ROBERT J. BuRpErrE, the humorist,
has been acting as pastor of the Lower
Merton Baptist Church. near Philadel-
phia, during the summer.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

Ex-QuEEN NATALIE, of Servia, in
tends to build IL mansion in Belgrade
and establish a court Independent of
the one already existing. A lively time
may be expected when the two fac
tions get to work plotting against each
other
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Too Much of a Good Thing.

scene-otlice of The Daily One MI
lion.
Caller Ito business manager)-"Yes
terday 1 put NJ advertisement in your
paper for n servant"
Business Manager Cblandly)-"Yes,
sir. And what was the result?"
Il had so many answers that my
front steps were worn ont and the bell
pull broken. Will you please have
them r%epaired?"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The old saying that the man who
minds his own business will make
money is not true. Charles Cochrane.
a Canadian, has remained ON his farm
for fourteen straight years without
leaving it and has not spoken toa
stranger in all that time, and yet he
is poorer than when hebogan.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

JOHN J. Zu1LLE, a noted anti-sla-
very man, who helped 119 slaves to
gain their liberty, is still living in New
York CITY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

CHINESE railway building has come
to an end, because the French govern
ment insists upon the fultillment of
the Tientsin treaty, by which France,
it was agreed, was to supply the per-
sonnet and material of all Chinese
railroads.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
A Name that Puzzled the Priest.

Not long since there came toa priest
in Connecticut, in whose parish are q
number of French Canadians, q man
who wished to arrange for his approach
ing marriage, and the priest, who did
not recognize him, asked his name.
@My-glory-by-night," replied the
man, with every appearance of good
faith.
He did not speak English very flu
emily and the priest supposed that he
must have misunderstood.
Your name, I said," he repeated.
"What is your name?"
"My-glory-by-night," the man said
again.,
"Yoa can't have such q name as
that" the priest said; somebody has
translated it wrongly for You. What is
it in French?"
"Magloire Benoit," the man an
swcred.
1t was easy to sec how the extraordi-
nary combination with which the man
announced himself had been come at.
The good people of Connecticut had
pronounced aBenoit" phonetically, and
translation had done the rest.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
OLD STYLES IN STICKS.
THE wALK1NG-CANEs OF FORMER
GENERATIONS.

s,.,,. Carried by the Dudishly Inclined as
Far Back as tnc Fifteenth Century
They Werc Expensive and Did Not Ma
tcrially Differ from f'ancifai crcat'ons of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

PRoTHoNorAEy CoILNEH. of Clarion
County, Pa, has IL priced war relic in
the shape of IL sergcant's rcport-book
which saved his life. A mimic ball
struck the book and spent it's force.
though the blow was heavy enough TO
knock the soldier down.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

GENERAL GRANT was no admirer of
statues of public men as he had seen
them in the United States. He once
said that when he thought of death,
among the dread pictures conjured up
was that of himself in bronze, mounted
upon one of those sorry steeds, of which
there are too many in the Washington
parks.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
SPRINGS. 8. D

The French army officers are now
all armed with revolvers; during the
wal of 1870 they had none.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The prize offered by the New South
Wales Government for the cxtcrmina-
ton of the rabbit pest has been with
drawn. No new modes of extcrmim-
ton had been suggested. The rabbits
are also n terrible nuisance in New
Zealand, but are there kept under hv
the hawks.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

A SENSIBLE suggestion is made that
the movement to restore the monument
to the memory of Mary Washington,
the mother of the first President. shall
Include the purchase of The old house
in which she lived and died. III is IA
small house at Fredericksburg.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

Mrs. SHERIDAN is living quietly with
her children in Washington in the
beautiful home presented by Chicago
citizens to the General at the time he
went to Washington to take command
of the army. She is dcvoting her life
to the rearing and educating of her
children.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

a PLAN which has been most success
full in London. where gardens on house
tops are not unusual. has been mootcd
in New York in connection with new
school buildings in the ciowdcd tcne-
mcnt district OF the East Side. In these
regions space is limited and dear, and
the play-rooms are usually iii dark and
damp Easements. Now it is proposed
to try the experiment of having play
grounds on the roof. 1t wet weather a
canvas top would be spread over the
room, but ut all other times the chill
dren would have the full benefit of the
air and sum-. On one of the London
buildings a glass roof forming "crys-
tai roomw was set up. to the great de-
light and comfort of the little ones.
This aerial experiment is worth trying.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

is, however, unques-
tionable that tile re-
ceptacle at the top of
a pilgrims staff was
frequently used for
secular purposes. Two
of these occasions, and
very remarkable ones
they were, are on rec
ord. The first is found
in tho Chronicles of
Honshei, where lie
states that in the hol-
low of a Pilgrims
staff the first head of
saffron crocus wes So
cretly brought from
France Mt n time when
1t was q capital crime
to take the living
plant out of the coun-
try. Tho other refers
to the iutrodu ction of
x. -:it.. -
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

the men in the boxes Of the Haymarket
theater, some of whom sswore scanty
frocks, little shabby hats put ON one side,
and clubs in their hands" The pecu.
liarity of these clubs or sticks consisted in
an ingenious adaptation of the excrescences
of the wood into curious aud humorous
heads and faces.
During tho second half of the last CEN
furry there WINS oua narticnlor kind 0f
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

walking stick which
was generally used by
old women. They
were between i've
and six feet in length,
of a taper and slender
make, shaped at the
upper end in the
manner Of a shep-
herds crook and
twisted througho
the entire length of
the wand. The ma
terials were either
ivoIy, wood, or whale-
bone and mounted
with silver or gold.
The men carried long
sticks also, their
length calling forth
the following satire
from the London
Chronicle of 1869:
"Do not some of US
strut about with
~walking-sticks as long
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

The King OF Siam is about to send
five Siamcse boys to the United States
to be educated at his expense. The
boys arc to be placed in charge of an
American missionary and will probably
be sent to school in Pennsylvania. 1t
is the Kings custom to educate the
o N of the nohlemcn and the princes
of his domain in various countries, and
when they return to Siam appoint them
to high Government positions.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
The earliest walking-sticks OF which
there is any record. literary or pictorial,

was simply used as u
uppor for old nge
Jacob leaning on his
staff is IL familiar
figure, while it must
have been known in
the heroic period,
since 1T was referred
to in tho enigma pro-
pounded b t II @
Sphinx and solved by
,sdipus. .'There is a
being" said the ques-
TONER, (Which las
four feet. ard it has
also three feet, but it's
feet vary, and when
it has the most it is
the weakest. THAT
is man.o WINS the he.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

THERE is great enthusiasm in Hayti
over the installation of Gen. Hippolyte
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

THREE years ago a Providence. r..
L., factory girl, who was exceedingly
pretty aud courted by many, was mar
ricd toa mill owner who was 40 years
old and wealthy. Lately there was a
suit for divorce brought by the still
fascinating Young lady, who said that
her husband was stingy and that he
had made life unl,earable by his mean
ness. She did not want alimony,
strange to say. and the court granted
her a divorce and the right to assume
her maiden name. The rich old men
do not make good husbands unless
they die soon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

ooHl0o WUsSNsttS SeA
censure and ridicule
of the public press.
The Universal Spec
tator Of 1880 nb-
serves 1.-THE wear
ing of swords at the
tho court end OF the
town is by many
polite IL gentle-
men laid aside, and
instead thereof, they
carry large oak
sticks, with great
heads and ugly faces
carved thereon. In
the London Evening
Post of December,
113S, q writer under
the name Of Miss
Townley expresses
her surprise and dis
gust Mt the dress of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

the tallest Of earthly structures. and. as a
reference to the Illustration Of our artist
will show. makes the great %cathedrals OF
Magnificent. while the famous Column Of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

Ir is dangerous to let a man die in a
hotel in Paris. A queer French law
enables the landlord to present his bill
to the relatives for the death. Seven
hundred francs was the item recently
demanded from an American family for
the deccase of one of it's members in a
well-known hotel. This extortion
would have been three times as great
if the person had died of a contagious
disease, and doubled if the deceased
was a prince OF II member of any rich
old %aristocratic family. The allow
amces by the Judges, however, are gen
orally much less than the claims of the
landlords.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

Europe in 1hs hollow of a Pilgrims staff.
Two monks who resided in China as mis-
sionaries were tho heroes of tho incident,
bringing the Eggs i'll triumph to Constan-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

sAAC Mulh Slllllcu
to itself and nc
costed an apple
core with. "Just
watch that man
yonder. When he
steps on me he will
think there is mn
earthquake. He
will hit the side.
walk hard enonrl,