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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
A Log Jam.

It would be hard to fluid two words
which, separated. would convey less Of
the picture >que than clog" and "iam."
Put them together, and they describe a
marvellous as we'll as q picturesque
sight. Not long agothere was a great
jam on the st. Croix River, and a ST.
Paul paper thus describes it:
"The first view of the jam is disap-
pointing. 1t looks as if some gigantic
child, emulating ordinary children, had
amused himself building all sorts Of
structures, with tree-trunks for blocks,
and firing of all his efforts, had toppled
over his handiwork at one fell swoop.
Confusion worse confounded has re-
suited. Far as the eye can reach along
the gorge, where generally the quick
stream CLEANS and hurries in the sun,
are piled logs of all sizes, barked and
barkless. g~listening with exuding rosin
aud gray in the death of many seasons,
twisted, broken, interlocked, reared
high in air, piled fathoms deep, with,
the hurrying current underneath, or
laid in helter-skelter fashion on the
rocky banks.
"For two miles or more this corduroy
or decidedly uneven bridge spans the
stream. the height Of the foot
path varying from five to twenty feet
above the water. All this came from
n obstinate trunk, which stuck on a
protruding boulder during O recent
drive, and was SO buttressed, hcdoed
about. aided and abetted, that the
enormous weight of water and wood
pressing upon the obstruction failed tn
move it.
mo II remembers having seen q
jam at this particular point before.
though one is almost sure to form two
miles or more down the stream, at the
head of the dalles proper. Three years
ago, q jam with more than 100, OOO. 900
feet of lumber in its rigid embrace
formed lower down, and its fail exc
tended above the head of the present
one.
when the existing jam formed, sey.
eral days ago, engines were taken
thitlher, and many men tried, with their
aid, to loosen the logs and set them
floating down the river toward Still.
water and its gangs of saws.
They got the primary obstruction
out of the WY. but the drive above
there are 13O,000.000 feet up the river.
yet-kept pressing on the jam, and
more firmly pressing IL between the
banks. One of the dams up stream
was opened, but the force of cur
rent and volume was too slight to-
break the natural and c~yclopesn
abattis.n
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

ANOTHER illustration of the laws de.
lays is furnished by the Uaitcd States
District Court in Philadelphia. A case
was finally disposed of there recently,
which involved only about $1,000, and
has been in the courts for fifty years.
Tho principal in the case, his lawyers,
the judges before whom it was first
tried, the United States Supreme
Court justices, and everybody else
connected with the case from the start,
died long ago, and there is now neither
plaintiff nor heirs to receive the award.
This latter circnmstan' o can hardly be
doomed q misfortune, however, in view
of the size of the fees chat must havo
gone to the lawyers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

t-1Er[l8 &rrsEI
There hthercf0re i biacS
portunity not to be despised ID E66'
country newspaper worker, aud wilhI
this, q with every large opportunikE
serious-obligation to careful, thoEdI&6h,
honest work. It is not too much TO say
there is no better field for an intelligent,
well-equipped man Of large sympathies
and vigorous personality than the edi.
torial chair If q country newspaper, nor
is there a position which places upon .
man greater duties to the community in
which he lives. Tho editors Of the
great metropolitan newspapers rest on
the heights of impersonal journalism,
flinging their thunderb0lts with q free.
dom born of almost entire personal IL.
responsibility: and while the thunder
bolts are in great part shattered on the
rocks below, the country editor walks
with the multitude in the valley, gives
the weight of his personality to the i'm
personal words Of his paper, which
come to the people like the warm hand.
clasp Of Q friend, measures his words in
accordance with the peculiarities Of his
constituents ard influences the thought
aud feeling of hundreds where the
thunderbolt of the unapproachable
Jove strikes one. It was q successful
country editor in . thriving Massachu-
sets town who once sage1y remarked
that, it he were a candidate for Office,
and must take his choice between the
combined support of the metropolitan
dailies aud that Of the country press, he
would choose the latter, and accept with
equanimity the hostility Of his city
brethren. Every country editor knows
that he was right. The great dailies.
so-called, are received in the abstract Is
vendors Of the worlds news Their
resources in this direction are great aud
cannot in the nature Of things be
rivaled by those at the command Of
country papers Of limited circulation.
But::the country paper comes closer to
the hearts Of the people at large. it Is
more thoroughly read, ard it has an i'm
fuence the greater because it is one Of
the subtle. unrealized. everyday forces
Of life. It is held rigidly to account for
the honesty aud fairness of its utter.
ances. 1t cannot palm off upon its read.
ers what are known in the slang Of the
newspaper fraternity as fakes" it must
be re liable first of all. Neither can il
violate moral decency to any marked
extent and prosper. as can,its 'neighbors
in the great cities. In most commune.
ties, in New Englandat least, its con-
stituency is largely found in the
churches, and will not tolerate vulgar.
ity. The country newspaper stands to
jewellers outside the large cities in the
place of q friend and regular home
visitor, and it is essential above all
things that it maintain the good charac-
ter and good breeding that are required
of other friends, if it would keep warm
its welcome in the home circle.-Edwin
n. Start, in NeW England Magazine.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
The Experience of an 0b.eryant Tramp.

lie experience or an Ob;ervant Tramp.
ITS no wonder that robbers go out
and rob-" observed a tramp the other
day, US he sat on a barrel in front of q
grocery. "Any man with an ounce of
bruins can male q sur thing of it."
Please explain"
why. it i. this way: While I never
stole q cents worth in my life, I've been
tempted u thousand times. Let me give
Won the lay of the average farm house.
There i, always half a dollar on the
kitchen clock to buy notions of the ped
alers. III the farmer is working his
si.H"r watch is hanging on a nail just to
the right OF the shelf. In the bedroom
OIL the sitting-loom you'll find all the
jewelry. It's always kent in the left.
hand corner of the bottom bureau
drawer"
"How do you know"
"You never mind. The deeds and
other papers III in q tin box under the
bed. III there's any sum of money
above SO in the house it's in q baking
powder can on the top shelf of the pm
try. No farmer ever goes to bed with
over IL dollar or two in his pocket. He
laws his pants on q chair vt the foot of
the bed. and they u always be reached
from the window. The key to the barn
hangs on a nail over the kitchen sink,
and the lantern always hangs in the
cellar way"
"You are q close observer, my
friend"
"Well, perhaps, but no more than the
rest of the boys. I can go through the
average farm house Mt midnight and
nevertouch a chair nor squeak a door,
and I'll find things just where I have
told YOU they were kept.n
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
ZONE Of the things that strike a for

ZONE of tho things that strike a for
eigner with wonder in this big town of
New York" said an observant stranger
from across the sea the other day, "is
the practice, apparently by authority,
of painting buildings white. III most
European countries, if not in all, to
paint city buildings white is forbidden
by ordinance. To any one who has en-
dured the discomfort OF living opposite
one of these white denominations in tho
sunshiny days Of summer the reason
OF this prohibition will be obvious.
There is nothing SO hurtful to the eyes
IS the fierce glare from such a building
when the sun shines on it,"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

REPRESENTATIVE farmers of Summit
County, Ohio, are talking of petition
ing the Legislature to make it a peni-
Tertiary offense for wandering SPORTS
men to shoot domestic fowls when wild
gameis scarce. The practice is becom-
ing prevalent in that region.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

gfoss diseases, 20 disastrous 10 thel
lie AMI health Of young children, can
be traced to cellars, into which the Inn
pure air Of the surrounding earth is
drawn, especially in the winter, and
from the cellar this air permeates the
house, and brings death and despair to
many a home. So far as health is con-
cerned, it would he far better to thor
oughly plaster the cellar walls and let
the parlor walls he whitewashed, il
economy has to be practiced in build
inc.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

AT a recent examination of Califbr-
mia schoolma'ams, ono of them wrote,
in answer to q question of discipline:
@Cal ital punishment should not be re-
sorted TO except on rare occasions. only
with the consent of the parents. and
never till the next day"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

aside from expense, the wearing Of heavy
English Grape cannot DO too strongly
condemned, for it contains chemicals
Chat often seriously affect the health;
and there are instances where q crane
veil worm over the face has produced
alarming cases of cutanenus disease.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
lie Took No Chances.

She-Speak out. Mr.. Prudence, if
you have anything. to say.
He-No, thank You. There's a pho
nograph hid under the center table.
your little brothers. under the sofa. the
hired girl is listening at the keyhole and
your mother is looking over the tran
som. The only thing that restraints me
is my doubts as TO the whereabouts Of
your father. Nail.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

A spExxY FAMINE" is now what
threatens the large cities Of the West
and Southwest. The people have
learned to use the l~ong-despised / cent
coin, and tho needs of circulation have
increased far beyond the power Of the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

DURING 1889 slightly over a hundred
million dollars worth of gold has been
dug from the earth on the four CONT.
nents. The largest quantity came
from Australia, California and South
Africa. Africa is looking UP.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
To Do Away with Mourning.

just now a number Of English
women of high social standing are at
tempting to inaugurate the fashion of
doing away with the heavy mourning
that it has long been customary for
women to wear when o near relative
dies. This rushing into Grape and
bombazins is exceedingly expensive, but
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

THE Society for Prevention Of Cru
city to Animals in Switzerland has re-
sulved to Danish cats from the repub-
lie, ON the ground that they are killing
of the birds.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
An Editorial NECESSITY,

House agent-Let me see. Ihavea
very nice vacant flat, sir, ON
Applicant-Won't do. l don't want
q fiat. I must have q house.
"House?"
"Yes, wi Ii garden
"Ciarden?"
"Ccrtainlv."
"Um-well, now 1 think of it. I
have o,c place q little out that might
suit. Therci is a space of ten or fifteen
square feet ut the back. 1t is now
paved with stone, but the pavement
can be taken up easily enough"
"That will do
sAll right. fond of flowers, eh?"
mo. hut I've got to have some sort
of a garden, you know, because I'm the
editor Of al agricultural paper."-New
York Weekly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

ALLIANCE. Ohio, is under local pro.
hibition. The freight Office records
show that about a carload of boxes
labeled, "Window glass, handle with
care" reach the town every day.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

Ii consequence of tho sentiment
against Jews and all things Jewish the
Hungarian cabinet has decided that
official documents shall l%enceforth
read "Israelite" or sIsraelitish" instead
Of Sew" the term used heretofore, by
reason Of the hateful idea implied by
the word,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

DIR. j. M. CASTOR, of Atlanta, who
has a personal acquaintance with Ton-
SEGA. describes Brazil's first President
rs a tall, fine-looking man of 60 or 63
years of age, who was Mt one time tenn
porarily in charge of q school in this
country. One Of his daughters, WHO'S
married to an American, lived for some
ssrSsju DR.. Gaston's house in Atlanta.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

A C1Sc1NxAr1 clergyman in q recent
sermon said that some people are SO in
love with the mighty dollar that they
would walk across the mouth of hell
on q plank to get it. A strong way of
putting it? Yes, but painfully aip-
pant. and entirely beneath the dignity
Of the Christian pulpit. A preacher
should not try to split the ears of the
Rroundlings.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

LITTLE Bessie KEIM. of Philadel-
phia. some time ago wrote u letter to
King Leopold of Belgium, asking him
to release her uncle, Frank s. Moore.
Who had been imprisoned for deserving
his ship. Bessie has received a letter
announcing that her request had been
complied with.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

KENTUCKY applicant to st. Peter
Just let me in long enough to get q shot
at Stokes grandson. There's . feud
between our families
ReDubticdn.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

CASTELAR,, the Spanish orator and
statesman, told Paris students a week
ago that Christopher Columbus dis
covered America through his sublime
faith. This passable remark was made
g~rotesaue when he added that if Amer
lea had not existed, God would have
made it rise from the waters to recon-
pense such faith.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

CHICAGO drummers now carry rub.
ber stamps bearing the legend, Worlds
Fair. 1892, Chicago" and register at
the hotels with them.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

In the basement of the White House
Mrs. Harrison has found two old ma
hogany cabinets which were used in
the Executive Mansion when 1t was
first built. The cabinets are of Dutch
manufacture and were imported from
England. Mrs. Harrison, who is a
lover of antique furniture, is delighted
with her discovery, and will restore
the cabinets to their former place in
the White House parlors.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

soME scientifically inclined Port
Huron (Mich.) boys fastened one end
of q copper wire to an electric-light
wire, and the other end to the tin cup
at a public drinking fountain. The
result was that some shocking drinks
were hoisted in that day, and the
police arc now looking for the boys.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

AN Allentown, Pa, tailor has in.
vented q shoulder protector" to pre-.
vent the powder on the girls faces from
soiling the young mems coats.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

THERE are 1876 women operators in
the operating room of the Western
Union in New York. In this room a
husband and wife are working side by
side. They arc perfectly matched in
skill, but the man gets Sl5 more a
month than the woman. There's the
rub.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

No. CEDRIC. the small boy who has
been doing wrong could hardly bs called
o locksmith because at his fathers up.
proach he makes . bolt for the door,
Yale Record,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

The man who drinks whisky behind
. door would give you away" should
he catch you doing the same thing
Bangor Ne,ps.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Cornnc'd Philosophy.

road.
go to the ant, thou sluggard," said
the preacher. Nothing will moro eff
f%ectually cure a sluggard of laziness
for a time than a lively ant. This
teaches us how much good the weak
can accomplish.
You may trust the sugar bowl with
the boy who is always whistling.
Light hearts are always honest.
The sweetest flowers AFRO always
among thorns. This is why n man
gets stuck or a pretty feminine flower.
The man who is always wishing he
had what his neighbor has worked to
get never has anything himself.
The nan Of fertile brain and small
financial II can always make II
scantv meal seem II feast. This shows
that man wants but little here below.
but wants that little cheerfully given.
It is said that tho early bird catches
the worm, but it seems 10 have escaped
the author that this is tough OH the
worm. He would not have been COB
bled up had he stayed in bed Il little
later.
The old rrovcrb maker said that a
setting hen never gets fat. This may
be true, but she makes it mighty com
Portable for tho little chickens on Il
cold day. Even an inactive person
may do some good.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness,'
says the old saw. But this was writ
ten before the hornet had evoluted
from Il buzz-saw.
1t will be noticed that the man who
buys a thing OIL the strength of what
he is going to do is generally looking
for q man to indorse his note. Never
grind your wheat until you have liar
vested your crop.
II We could all read each Others
secret thoughts on our foreheads, PEG.
pie would all stay in their hou. es until
after dark. 1t is better to keep your
troubles to yourself and not try to pry
into other peoples affairs.
For the sake of one good crop of
wheat on a piece of ground we forget
the centuries it produced nothing but
weeds. One good deed will cover a
world of defects.-CAicaJo Ledger.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
hot SPRINGS. 8. D.

ExrslAns frequently meet. The
smallest State in the Union has q Gov
esnor named Biggs, who has a secre-
tary named Smalls.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

TIE latest trust is that in died ap.
pies. Give it plenty of water aud it Is
sure to swell.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

TINE flies, yet the orchestral leo
ats still and beats time.-Richna6M
Dispatch. -
Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-09-01
srsEasrFr.s SALE.

By virtue of an execution issued out of ihe District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the coun- ty of Pima, Territory Of Arizona, to me directed and delivered on iudg- meBt rendered in said court on the iss day of April, 1890. in iavorof ". A Rlff 'rty, plaintiff. and against r. L. Austin, defendant, wherein I am I,eommanded to make the sum of sS37 46 damages with interest there on from date of judgment st the rate of : per cent per annum until paid. together with accruing costs.
 i have tbis day levied upon the following described propefsy, to wit: The May Flower mine and mining claim situated in the Tombstone m ming district, county of Cochise, Territory of Arizona. and located the 9th day of May, 1878, by A. Lewis and H. F. Winchester and recorded in Book enc Transcribed Record of Mines, page 2lS Tn the office of ih Recorder of the said Cochise CONHl
 Public notice is hereby given thst on THURSDAY, the 4th Day of September, 1890, at ? o'clock D. m. of that day, iD front of the County Court House in the City of Tomb stone. Cochise County, Arizona Ter ritory, will sell all the right. title ana interest of the said FL. Austin, de- feDdsnt. in and ts the above described property at public auction, to the high est and best bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States, to satisfy said execution and all costs.
 Dated this, the l2th day of August, 1890.
 ] II. SLAUGHTER Sheriff.
 Bv E A. SskTTUcE. Deputy Sheriff
Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-09-01

THE plank in the Republican plat form in favor of land court to settle all land claims and grants in the Ter ritory was stricken out and the candi- dates on the two different tickets will not have this to quarrel over this year. This was the ground upon which the battle was fought last year. Mark Smith fighting the land court idea and General Wilson fayoring it. As the matter stands now there is no party to champion the side of the people on this most important question.
Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-09-01

Ia the District court first judicial dis trict. of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the county of Cochise. WILLIAM RIGBY,
 vs, Plaintiff. FRIEDRICH HERRERRA and EARN EST O. MCCLURE, partners, doing business upder firm name of derFeia & Mcclure. Defendants,
 The Territory of Arizona send greeting to Fredrick Herrera and Ear pest O. Mcclure. partners. under firm name of Herrera < Mcclure, Defen- dants.
 Ton are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the sbove named plaintiff. 10 the Dis trict Court of the First Indicai Dis tfict of the Territory of Arizona ia and for the county of Cocfsse, and 10 ans wer the complaint files therein, within ten days. exclusive oi the day of ser vice.. afte- the service sn you of this summons, If served within this county or if served out of this county, but iB this district. within twenty days other wise within thirty days, or judgment by defsnlt will be taken against you according to she prayer of said com plaint.
 The said action is brought to recover the sum of three hundred and fifty 79 100 dollars, (s350. .79l uish interest from Jan, 20 1887 on certain promi sary note of date Jan. 20. 1887, made payable to the order of J. A. Folgsr & Co.,. aud lawful costs in this aeiion.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the District Court of the First Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the Ceaaiy of coei,.se. shis 2sssi. .i-y of August ir the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
 4. H EMANUEL.
 Clerk.