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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
Mexican Firenies.


A gentleman travelling from Califor-
mia to Vera Cruz came across millions
o f~fireflies near Jalapa. one of the most
beautiful cities in Mexico.
He says that the road from this point
was lined with o dense c~haparral, which
was brilliantly illuminated with myriads
of firefies. These are a bug about the
size of an ordinary roach, and emit q
light almost equal to that of a small wax
taper. It is not the occasional sparkle
of the little FREELY Of our country, but q
continual blaze. proceeding from the
eyes, as we'll az from two points be.
meath the wings.
Several of these insects. placed in q
glass jar, will give sufficient light by
which to read the smallest print, and
when one rises in the air to any consid-
cradle height, it resembles a beautiful
meteor slowly crossing the heavens.
A number Of them flying through the
air in different directions ON : dark
night present q very pretty appearance,
we'll calculated to excite the wonder. II
not the superstitious fears. Of q person
unacquainted with the cause Of 90
strange . phsnomsnon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

One of the literary syndicates has i'm
duced q number of famous M to
tell what they would do if they were
men Kate Field writes: sWere / a
man I'd do unto women as I'd be done
by. I would not advise a woman to
try real estate, and then sell it to her
at three times its value. This is what
happened to nj recently at Atkinson,
Kan" We are afraid that winsome
Kate does not view this question in a
purely philosophical light.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
The Free Trade Theory.

The free traders tell us not to be afraid
of the bugbear Of excessive importa-
tion;" exports, say they. will keep pace
with imports, and for every dollars worth
Of goods imported there will bs another
dollars worth exported,and soths balance
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

IT is reported that the proprie.ors Of
q planning mill at Grand Rapids, Mich,
at whose establishment a man was re-
Gently killed by the board flying from a
palmer, have decided to supply their
men with a liverpad such as are used
by the catcher in a base ball game.
This will be an innovation, however
much it may incommode the workmen.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

PRE1sDEST HARRISON is not a Mason.
Two members of his Cabinet are
Masons. but neither o fthem lisa knight
Templar. The only secret organization
Of which the President is q member is .
college fraternity Of the "Greek letter
Order" the Phi Delta Theta, which he
joined in 1852 while q student at Miami
University, Ohio.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

The manufacture Of luminous paint
has been begun in Austria ON q large
scale. at about . sixth Of the cost
hitherto. A special paper is supplied
for use when the paint t. spplied to
walls.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

TIE appeal made by Carl Sclurz for
the preservation of American forests at
the late forestry Congress should not
fall upon unloading ears. 1t is a sub.
ject Of which Mr.. Schurz has had off.
cial observation, aud it is one which iu-
telligent Americans are constantly
bordering. Mr.. Schurz does not OBJ.
ject to a legitimate appropriation of the
timber of the land. but he arraigns
severely @the lumberman who wastes as
much as he takes, the settler or miner
who devastates whole mountain sides
for q few sticks, the timber thieves, the
hunter and the mining prospector. who,
building the camp fire. sets in flames
Thousands of acres. aye, square miles OF
forests, public opinion looking on with
stolid indifference while this cruel, dis
graceful, barbarous spendthriftiness is
going on" Mr.. Schurz says in conclu-
sion: ut is government reckless Of
the future of the country which will
permit it."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
KELLEHER KNOCKED OUT

The Boston Boy No Match for the Aus.
tralian Middle weight.
A fight to . finish between Billy Nc.
Csrthy, champion middle-weight ofAus.
trslis, and Denny Kelleher, Of Boston,
for . purse Of ST. 500 took place at the
rooms Of the California Athletic Club a
few nights ago. Mccarthy took the ag-
gressive when time was called and main.
tanned IL throughout the fight, which
ended In the twenty.Arst round By
Kellsher being knocked out.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

SPEAKING of the late Gen. Hartranft,
OF Pennsylvania, a correspondent says:
"The General was q Mason. At Antie-
tam, just after he had dropped down on
the bridge and taken it, and while the
fighting was almost hand to hand, q
Confederate officer gave him the Ma
sonic sign. He recognized it instantly
and sent the officer unframed to the
rear as a prisoner.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

A New York religious journal warns
the public against tramps in the minis
try. It instances q case where a wife
obtained a divorce from a husband, be-
n he perambulated about the couu-
try preaching, and denied her and her
children support. The best thing the
public can do. it says, is to frown upon
all strolling preachers not known to be
worthy.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

THE debating society of Fredericks-
burg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, has
come to the conclusion that 70 cross
and clean woman does not make q bet
ter wife than a dirty and good.natured
onnn
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
TOPICS OF THE TINES.
A Choice Selection Of Inter
estine Toms.
REcExr statistics show that 100000
Germans live outside Of the Father
land. of whom 7.O0O.O 900 are to be
found in the United States.

On the Colorado River are mountains
OF salt extending miles. The salt is SO
pure that q newspaper can be read
through blocks Of six and eight inches.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

ELECTRICIANS are puzzled over the
discovery that sounds travelling from
east to west are clear and distinct, while
those from west to east are blurred.
Electricians have many things to learn.
The phenomenon is doubtless o part of
that law that makes the sstar of en-
pire" westward take its way, and young
mel all over the world obey the in
junction of Horace Greeley to ego
west" Electricity, like other natural
forces, once having reached the western
haven, returns with reluctance.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

EDWARD w. Box, who receives SlO,-
600 o year as editor Of the Ladies' Home
journal. is only % years Of age, hut he
has already won q wide reputation as an
author. He drifted into literature at
IL. and later established the well-known
Box syndicate, which furnishes articles
to the press of America and Europe.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
Children and the World,s Fair.

Among the most interesting exhibits
at the Worlds Fair held in Philadel-
pl1ia in 1876 were those made by chill
dren. They were usually placed i'll
some little out-of-the-way corner, hut
when found they sometimes gave u
more significant idea of the actual life Of
the country from which they came than
did the great national or commercial
displays which occupied more c%onspicu-
ous places.
There were, for example, certain
huge volumes filled with bits of lace,
embroidery and worsted work done by
the children in o school in the Higher
Alps. On n leaf was an exquisite
pair of tiny socks, a shirt and pair of
mittens, knitted by Olga for her baby
brother"
From q school in Russia came sheets
Of parchment, each containing an OBJ
ject lesson, the work of the little schol-
ars. One held q pressed %wax-fower, a
bunch Of flax fbers, some linen thread
and q bit of woven linen lace. Another
contained samples of wheat in flower
and in seed. a tinny sack of flour, q NOR
sci of unleavened bread, and a minia-
ture flask of whisky.
Two Dutch lads sent from Holland a
miniature copy of the defense of that
country against the sea; little withes,
single and twisted together, and the
same curiously woven and mortared
with clay so as to resist the strongest
attacks of sen or storm.
These things took us home to the
domestic life Of tho people who sent
them; to Olga and her brother in their
chalet among the SHOWS; to the little
Russian children searching for their
specimens in the steppes; to the
"handy" Dutch boys tinkering with
their tools. They gave q human truth
to the whole great exhibition.
1t is almost o matter of certainty that
there will be another Worlds Fair held
in this country in 1892. Why should
you not take part in it by sending some-
thing which will illustrate to foreigners
the especial corner of the world in
which you live?
A case of the butterflies, moths, or
snakes peculiar to their W neighbor-
hood, arranged in scientific order, q
volume of pressed leaves from all the
trees in the nearest forest, with their
common and scientific names, either of
these would be Of interest to visitors
from another part of the world.
Remember that the things most
familiar to ones self is often rare and
interesting to others. The basket which
the little mountaineer in North Caro-
lima makes of fakes of mica and fills
with red corundum would delight and
amaze q child from the Maine coast;
whilea glass tank of sea-water, in which
pink anemones grow, and crabs and
wa%ter-spiders chase each other would
be a marvel to an inland child.
What can American children do
worthily to show some phase of the
country which Columbus discovered?
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

WHEN a mans wife sends him to get
the clothes ready for washing he should
not pour benzine into tub full of hot
water by way of preparation. A Balti-
more man who did this produced an
explosion which wrecked the kitchen
and startled the neighborhood. The
explosion resulted from the fact that
the vapor given off by the benzine was
much lighter than the vapor
of the hot water, and the
quick expansion of the benzine yapor
caused the explosion. The man was
badly injured.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

SOME men cannot forget their enc
mics Y when death stares them in
the face. Eugene Robinson, who died
in New York the other day, left q for
tune to his widow, and one penny to q
divorced wife. OF this unfortunate wo-
nan the will said: II leave her one
penny as a token of the esteem which 1
entertain for her, and desire to add that
this sum is greatly in excess of the con
sideration which she deserves from me-"
II appears that Robinson had been
forced to marry the lady, aud had inn
mediately %repudiated and abandoned
her.
IT is asserted that farming land, with
fair buildings, with timber on it and all
fenced in, % be purchased in many
parts Of Vermont and New Hampshire
for Is an aero, and that even at this
price the seller feels lucky inbeing able
to pack up and nov out. Is it any
wonder that the fertile government
lands of the West, that only need
scratching to bring forth, are being
snapped up by the shrewd New England
Yankees? There il some pleasure in
agricultural pursuits carried on without
the aid Of q drilling bar and q nitro
glycerine can.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

DaoY j. pardon in the mail and see .
convict vhoop.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
DEFENSE OPENS.
OFFERING TESTIMONY m BEHALF
or THE CRoNIN SUSPECTS.

Namsrou. Friends. of O,sal.iynn Testify
thai He Was Not Out OF His Own Mouss
tho Evening the Crime Was Committed
-Burks's whereabouts Also Accounted
Err
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20
Sound Old Timber.

The Santa Rosa Republican says that out
in the redwoods on the Russian river
where they are clearing off ground lately
logged over by one of the sawmills to SOW
it in alfalfa, many trunks of redwood
trees were found covered over by the soil
washed from the hills since they were pros
trated. The length of time since some OF
the trees fell, as well as the imperishable
nature of the timber, may be guessed APP
proximately from the following statement,
which is by no means exceptional: In
blowing the surface, the top of log more
than 100 feet in length, and ranging from
4 to 6 feet in diameter free of the bark.
was found horizontally under the center
of hugh redwood stump which must have
grown astride of it after the other was
prostrated-how long after it fell of course
it is impossible to say. 1t may have been
rooted in the decaying bark, or in the soil
covering the fallen tree, hundreds of years
afterwards One thing is sure, the log in
the ground is yet sound, though lying
there over 4S0 years while the other tree
grew on it, as proved by the rings to be
counted in the stump.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

Peter C. Vandewater, Commissioner o.
Highways, Woodsburgh, Long Island, N
V, writes:
During the last three years have beer
troubled with stitches in the back. They
came on without the slightest warning ant
laid me up for two or three weeks at
time, and nothing did me any good. Ogers
year ago had 4 more severe attack. coulG
hardly move. Ny wife then applied an
Atcock's Porous Plaster on The small O
the back where the kink appeared to be
never had used one before III shor
time all pain had vanished, and the mex
morning go: up and attended 10 my bust
ness. put fresh plaster on every weel
for month and feel that have been en-
tirely cured as have not had an attack il
the last eighteen months.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20
Celestia1 DISTANCES

The planet Venus is about 100000
miles away or 60 miles an hour, without
stopping, she is distant from the earth a
journey not of three weeks, or six months,
but of some 80 years. On an imaginary
railway, such Journey would be possible,
for great many persons live longer than
80 years. But in real life no one has
travelled, and no one ever will travel, any
thing like so far. No human being ever
has travelled 100000 miles, and it is safe
to say that no one ever viii. To COM
plete this measure of journeying would re-
quire an average of 100000 miles a year
for 80 years. And yet, with the exception
of our moon, Venus is the nearest Of all
the innumerable hosts of stars to the earth
Who can appreciate the amazing mystery
of space?
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20
DELINQUENT TAX LIST.

No. 2SSS-Against Mary L. Shalloek and lot
six, and P. Twenty fourth and Twenty
NTH streets, and improvements. State and
county tax. IS %; costs. 81 IL; total tax
No. 2S99 Against NJ. Steinkoenig and
north half of lot one, n and /, Twenty-first
and Twenty-second streets, and imp5#As
ments. state and county tax, so: Co..
"; total tax and costs. SD q
No. 290S-Against n. Stefano and south half
of north half of lot one, Q and R. Fourth
and Fifth streets, and improvements
state and county tax, IS; costs, 81 Is; total
No. 29lO-Against o. ScGdder and east thee
quarters of lot seven. and II, Tenth and
Eleventh streets, and Improvements and
personal property. State and county tax,
50 %: costs, 81 &c ; total tax aud costsS6 Q
NO. 2sll-Agalnst Mrs. G. 4. Frat and mort
gage interest IN east three-Quarters of lot
seven, and II. Tenth and Eleventh streets.
s state ana county tax, SD costs, 81 60:
No. S2SO-Against Mrs. NJ. K. Whitney and
north three-quarters oteast halfoflot three,
u and h, Fourteenth and Fife enth streets,
ana Improvements and personal property.
State and county tax, SlS 10 costs. s. Is
total tax and cOsts...... ,-.... sis y
No. S3i6-Agsinst William Wilcox and north
two-thirds of lot eight, \ and o, fifteenth
and sixteenth streets, and personal prop
erty. State and county tax SI4 rs: costs.
- a; total tax and 9:
No. SSsS-Against J. Y. Dias and mortgage
interest III north thirty feet of south half
OF lot five, d and Z, Seventh and Eighth
streets. State and county tax, 81 %; costs
81 cents; total tax and eosts.............S2 81
No. Sol9-Against Mrs. n. J. Miller and
mortgage interest in lot four, @ and r,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. State
ana county tax, 81; costs 20 cents: total
tax and Il
No. S542-Against Robert Grant and east
half of lot two, and w, Twenty fourth
aud Twenty-titth streets. State and coun.
ty tax, 81 90; costs, IS cents; total tax
and costs. - rs
No. 355l-Against Edmond Herbert and
west half of lot two, V and w. Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth streets. State and
county tax, 81 50; costs, SIS cents total
tax and costS-................... 50 0S
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

What are you going to do, my dear
Sue" asked Oracle, "if you recover the
$4,000 in your breach of promise suit? ~
guess" replied her friend, the best
thing ! can do is to try and marry my
lawyer" Why?p Because he is tc
have half get, and it would be au awful
lot of money to let so out ones hands
Puel.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

A GOOD appetite is essential to good
health, and loss OF appetite indicates some
thing wrong. Hood's Ssrssparilla creates
aud sharpens the sppeiite, assists the d.
gestive organs, and regulates the kidneys
and liver. Take Hoods SarsaparilIa this
season. Sold hv druggists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

CUas for cough or coid-As soon as
there IS the slightest unessiness of the
chest. with officially OF breathing, or indi-
e4iion If cough. faxe during the day q few
Browns Bronchial Troches p c.s. box.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

\ heavy application OF poultry manure
on places infested with Canada thistles is
said to be effective, rs the manure is too
strong for the young plants.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

That's fine wallet You have, Henry
. Yes; my wife gave it to me for Christ
mas" Indeed Anything in it p Yes
the bill for the wallet. "-Hnper's Easar.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20
COUNTRY ROLL.
All Properly Described by Township
and Range is North and East of
Mount Diabin Base and Meridian,
respectively.

No. 4lll-Against estate of F. BaTgman and
traction in north half of section three.
township two, range two, forty-oue acres
State and county tax, 63 cents; cos $. So
cents; total tax and costs. q
No. 4l2l-Against George 3lonzer and fr0t.-
section twenty, township ten, range eight,
nine acres and improvements State and
county tax, 81 06; costs, 81 %; total tax
and costs. IS
No. 4l79-Against arab T. Moore and mort
gage interest in lots one and two. block
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20

Borsford's Acid Phosphate
For wakefulness, hysteria and other dis.
eases of the nervous system.
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M MANUFACTURER AND ORAL.
III er in Guns, Rifles, RevolverS s>ssls IS
Ammunition and Sporting G BOD. -7esssss->S
All the leading makes of Guns aud s<1ee't 81.
kites at popular prices-Parker & u
Lefeyer, Colts, Smith, Ithaca, new Baker aud
new make Guns. First-class E1u and Rife
work. Send for price list of guns No 500 X
street. sacramento. Cal. If
@ UMMONS-STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUN-
~ ty of Sacramento, IS. In the Superior Court
III and for said county. The people OF the State
OF California to HENRY A. FOSTER, greeting:
You are hereby notified that an action was COM
menced III the superior Court OF the county of
sacramento, State aforesaid, by the filing of a
complaint in the Clerks Office Of said Court, on
the Path day of SEPTEMBER, 1855, in which ac-
ton MARY C. FOSTER is plaintiff and YOU are
cefendant That the general nature of the
action, as appears from said complaint, is as
follows: To obtain a decree of this Court dis
solving the bonds OF matrimony now existing
between plaintiff and defendant, upon the
ground OF failure to provide the plaiotitf COM
mon necessaries or lie, ali OF which is
more iully SET forth in the COMPLAINT on
nle herein. reference to which is made.
And you are hereby directed to appear and
answer said complaint within ten days from the
service of this writ, exclusive of the day of serv
ice, If served on you in said county of Saera-
mento: and within thirty days, exclusive of the
day of service, If served elsewhere And yon
are further notified that unless VOC so appear
and answer within the time above specified,
the plaintiff will apply 10 the Court for the re-
lief prayed for in the complaint.
In testimony whereof. l. VIM 3. Hamilton.
Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereunto set Inv
hand and afix the seal of said Court this 24th
day Of SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1855.
sail WIN. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By JOS. J. CUTE, Deputy Clerk. fe65W
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No 6655-Aga1nst lot eleven, blOek n High
land Park. State and county lax, 81 25:
special school tax, 20 cents; costs 60 cents;
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DELINQUENT TAX LIST.
DELINQUENT
TAX LIST
Fob 1893.

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAC
~ ramento-ss By virtue ofand in accordance
with the provisions of Sections S764, S765, S766
and 1867 of the Political Code of the State of Cal
ifornia, will sell the real estate upon which
the taxes on the property hereinafter described
is lien and delinquent for State and county
and other taxes for the year 1885, in front of the
Court house door, at the northwest corner of
and Seventh streets, in the city of Sacramento,
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
On Tuesday, the Goth day of Feb
ruary, 1850,
For gold coin of the United States, each piece
or parcel so described for the amount of taxes
thereto annexed, together with per cent
added thereto and so cents on each lot, piece or
tract of land separately assessed and described,
and on each assessment of Improvements, and
on each assessment of personal property addi-
tional thereto and accruing costs.
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No. 652-Againss lot two, block K HiGh-
land Park. State and county tax 81 D:
special school tax, 20 cents costs 60 cents;
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M. 6666-Against lot twelve, block NJ. High
land Park. State and county tax. 81 %:
special school tax. 20 cents; costs. 90 cents:
total tax and eoSts........ %
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No 6653-AgainSt lot three, block K. High
land Park. State and county tax. 81 p;
special school tax, 10 cents: costs 60 cents:
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NO. t6t4-Agalust lot nine, block ), High
land Park. state and county tax. 81 20.
special school tax, 81 cents; costs. g cents:
total teX and costs 60 r
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No. 6679-Against lot four, block o aioh.
land Park. State and county tax. 81;
specisl school tax, Sc cents costs. S
cents tota' tax and c7st>..........-.- ~