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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
HIS TROUSERS G
hut He Fad Enough Money to Pay for
Good breakfast.

hut He Ead Enough Money to Pay for o
Cool breakfast.
"The restaurant-iSeepers in this city ore
the most suspicious people / have evcl,
struck" said a tall, fine-looking man.
dressed secdily, to C San Francisco
Alta reporter. "My name is P.
Pheriss and 1 am q native of Indian Ter
ritcry; in fact, in PLAN words, 1 am a half
breed. Town a vast amoun of property in
the Territory. I am not boasting when /
say that 1 am worth fully s9S50,00O. Ny
wife and family have been living in this
city for fully thirty years, and l have made
my horne hero during that time, making
occasional trips to my property in the In
take my family and locate there per
inancntly. This morning early l dropped
into a Market street restaurant--I had tc
catch the S:33 boat-and asked fer break
fast. The land. ady eyed me form minute.
or SO, end. not.clng that my clothes were
rather Old and seedy, said to me:
"sSay. stranger, nave you enough money
to pa; lar your mealf
III vas rather surprised, you bet, at this
reception, but answered: Cert, ma'am.'
and. opening my purse, drew out n S1,00C
bill, and aided: DO you think that is
enough to nay for a breakfast in this high.
tored establishment! OF course l don't
want pearls ground into my coffee, nor
diamond studded bills of fare, but if you
think that is sufficient to pay for what !
want, all right No sooner did the. lady
see the bill Than she became the most OBJ.
sclu.ous creature you ever saw. Il beg
YOUR pardon. SIR she said. PLEASE 81,
down hc;e.' I sat down at the table pointed
ut and tlic landiady ordered a clean table
cloth, clean glasses, nupkins-every thing
she could think of, in fact-nnd even went
so far as to put q beautiful bouquet of roses
i'll the center of the table. She would not
let one OF the walters take my order. bu.
coming to mt herself, said: What would
You wish to have, STRIP She sir'd me then,
you see.
"Fceling rather hot at the treatment !
had received l said, shortly: Nothing o,
all, madam
"sNothing?' she echoed.
"'Notlaing,' l replied. 4 want nothing in
a house where they ask men whether th.y
can payfor their meals first. Perhaps you
wouidiike to look at my purse, madam and
Iopened it and showed her twenty bills Of
$1,000 each. When she say I had 100000 on
me you never saw such an astonishcd lool
on u PERSONS face as appeared or hers. She
was almost speechless. Iarose then, and
bowling to her profoundly, remarked: .
hope, madam, that you will notin the future
judge a man by appearances and ask I'M
pertinent questions of him because hi.
pants are baggy at the knees. By so dong
you will not lose valuable patrons, as 80,
have this morning. I departed, leaving
the lady looking the picture Of chagrin."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
eerrER 1AAM n a
Tho Claim Made by an Old Lady for the
State Of Nobrnska.

A great many people in Nebraska, as
well as elsewhere in our country, eat corn
meal mush with milk very frequently for
supter. 1t is o matter of UNIVERSAL COM
plant h a few cooks get quite enough
salt in the mush to suit the palates of those
who are fastidious in mush. eating. There
Is an old story OF o farmers family whose
members each determined that the supports
mush should be salt enough for once,
and ono day each sailed it in turn
without saying ANY thing to the others.
Seven big handfuls of salt went into that
kettle of mush and nobody could cat it, of
course.
A certain farmers family in Nebraska
had long been troubled by the freshness of
the mush. Whether the mother or ono of
the girls made 1T, it was always too fresh.
The grandmother, who lived with them,
and was not as amiable as some peoples
grandmothers, scoldcd q good dcal about
his lack.
One day, while tho farmer was digging a
shallow well in the pasture behind the barn
to furnish more water for his cattle, he was
surprised to come upon a stream of YER
salt and very warm water. The moment an
opening was made for it, up it gushed in a
sparkling little fountain. He ran to the
house In great excitement, and called .thc
folks to come and see. All were amazed,
of course.
His old mother stood with arms akimbo
for a little while and watched the squirting
waters, then she bent over, thrust her
fingers into the fountain and tasted the salt
water. Her face glowcd with delight.
"I'm thankful to live to see this day. she
said. "Nebrasky beats the land o. Canaan.
1t flew with milk and L.oncy there, it's true.
but nobody can't live on such yictuuls as
that. But here's the salt water all heated
for our mush, and yondcr the corn is
a-growing to make 1t with. The good Lore
be praised, we've done with fresh we'll
water for the mush cooking. Yes, Nebras-
ky beats the land o. Canaan"
And she started ut once for the house Ia
fetch q tin pail to get some of the welcome
water, while tears of pleasure rolled down
han Su{f hanod old nlool.a
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
STUDENTS IN GERMANY.
Interesting Statistics Concerning Thci
Work and Studies.

nav
The following interesting statistics occur
in un article on Student Life in Germany
by lbr. 4. NJ. Warren, i'll theC hautauquan:
1--WE find in the twenty schools of Germany
some twenty-six thousand students, of
whom over twelve hundred are foreigners,
the Russians leading, closely pressed by
the Swiss, Auslrians and Americans, i'll
numbers that do not vary far from two
hundred for each nation. AS might be sup
posed, the largest towns contain the largest
institutions. The modern university, like
the medieval, appears to demand the multi
plicity ofindustrial life. The University of
Berlin numbers over five thousand
students, thoseo of Leipzig and Munich more
than three thousand each. To resist this
tendency toward the distinctively urban
foundations, favored to the utmost by
states which they peculiarly represent, the
institutions of the smaller central powers
aud those less fostercd by the pride of
dynasty exert themselves to excel in some
one specialty-in which effort they are
often aided by tradition and habit. Thus,
in 1851, in spite of the greatly superior ag-
gregate of the three universities noted
above, certain of the provincial faculties
have successfully maintained, not merely u
relative, but even an absolute prc-cmi-
nence. The order of attendance in theology
Cloth Protestant and Catholic faculties be-
ing reclloncd together, when in the same
institution was, Berlin t794), Leipzig 072).
Halle (59S,, Tubingcn (514). In law. the
capitals of the largest two States come
first, Berlin Q..sal, Munich O,13G), fol.
lowed by Leipzig (773S), and Tubingcn, a
bad fourth (34s). In medicine, the capitals
again lead, hut in reversed order:
Munich 1850, Berlin u,e97), Wurzburg.
however, has hero specially; C935), which
puts her ahead of Leipzig (7s1). In philos-
ophy, Berlin Q,sS4) and Leipzig d,04W leave
the Others far in the rcar.n
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
FAT. SUES TRolHA:

A Coo6 Old stssy 1svanpen " tAe -.
ant OF ne 1lsang 0v1sraeAoa.
Every body, that Il. nearly every bodys
istiows Bill NJ, the printer, and hio.
geniallty and good nature have won for him
a host Of admiYing friends, says tho St..
Louis Republic. Amsn ofpouderous gtrth,
out Of medium height, he finds Il rather
di6acult to procure trousers Of the right ID.
mansions when not made to order. ThlA
fact has given rise TO no little annoyance IN.
his life, and It has often caused him days Of
hesitation before v~euturiug forth In quest
OF q new pair to replace the old ones. Re.
Gently, however, his trousers, which had
seen long and constant service. began 70
display the e6ects Of the relentless tooth Of
time, aud his good wife chided him upon his
appearance. Htung by her remaris Bill
sought . store devoted to the sale Of cloth
ing and purchased for himself . pair Of
trousers. After assiduous search Q pair
WIS found Of suf1cieut expanse OF waist.
band to accommodate his vast rotundity,l
but. unfortunately, the length wal . good
six inches greater than desired. It was tho
best that he could do, however, and, thinkss
ing to have his wife remedy the defect, -.
only q woman car, he bore them proudly
home. The wrapper was removed and the:
purchase displayed-Bil explaining Tie.
trouble, and asking his wife to alter the
In time for him to wear them on the follow
ing day. To this proposition the wife mr.
some reason demurred and fatty refusedstol
comply with he request. Sore at heart
Bill rel quietly to bed. leaving thN
trousers hanging by the heat OF hia
bed. BE fell asleep und dreamed OF TIA
ridiculous figure he would present when
arraye6 In pair Of pantaloonx OF such ex.
travagant length, but in the midst OF hiz
slumbers his motherin-law-a generous,
kindly soul-took compassion upon him,
and, slipping into the room, removed the
garment. In q few moments. with the Gid
of apairof scissors and a needle and thread,
the surplus cloth had been removed. Quiet
ly she restored them to their place, think
ingto surprise him when he awoke. Scarce.
" had she conc when her sister-in-law, who
had heard the wife'e refusal, and who knew
nothing OF her mothers action, went quicE-
ly to tho room, secured tue trousers, and
removed the requisite six inches. Bill's
wife, on e,ing to bod, noticed the trousers
hanging in the room, and, feeling that she
had perhaps been q little arbitrary, took
them quietly down, and in another moment
another six inches had been taken from their
length. The work accomplished she re-
stored them to the hook n went to bed.
Bill awoko betimes and donned his new
trousers. He arose, glanced ut his neither
limbs, and a look Of horror and despair
| crept over his face. Instead Of being too
long, as he had anticipated, they scarcely
fell below the knee. Excitedly he called
his wife and called her attention to tho
strange transformation. Inquiries were
instituted in the household, aud mutual ex-
| plantations followed. =
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
stud1 OF ,,r..d I.an.nnrcs.

While Latin and Greek will never cease
to hold their places in tho front rank of cd
ucational agents, it is an anachronism of
the gycsscss kind to insist on u prolonged
study of .hcse two dead languages as the
bas;s for the general cal.ure Of @ welledu-
C ted gentlemen in the latter end of this
nineteenth century, says Prof. Biackie in the
Forum, the more go that experience has
taught that nineteen out Of twenty young
men who have been driven through This
routine Of the dead languages at school in
after life make no use Of them, and tho
fruits which their boosted classical training
has TO show are in the inverse ratio Of the
labor spent upon it
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
A Nations E,es and Hair.

NJ. Topinard has been making q statistical
inquiry INTO the colors OF the eyes and hair
in France, and from his 1891 &c observations
he deduces ,iany interesting results, one of
the most curious being that where the race
Is formed from q mixture OF blondes and
brune.tes the hereditary blonde c~oloriug
comes out i'll the eyes, and the brunette eie-
mcnt reappears in the hair. To this tend
ency, probably, is to be attributedth rarity
of q combination OF light hair and dark eyes.
Several observers have asserted that the
American people, who ere prominently a
mixed race, are becoming a dark-haired and
blue-eycd nation, and il this be true, sucha
development must be owing to the working
Of tie Law fornulateib BIZ IL Topinard.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
Eoui,il,riu,n of the Sexes,

Whenever careful und reliable statistics
have been obtained it is found that more
male than female children have been born.
In Great Britain, where the returns are
nearer perfection than elsewhere, the pro-
portion for the last ten years YVES found-t TO
be 1.e4l maics to 1900 females. 1t is a
anon the male chii7ren is greater, so that
the equilibrium is restored in ten years,
and q census of children of that age show
the sexes to be equal. From that ago on
ward. owing to the moro perilous occupa-
lions Of males, to losses in war, etc., the
proportion of females begins to increase
until the final census in England shows
1000 women Of all ages to $40 men.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
Ills Tax Wa. Cro,sed Out.

The following story is told by the Oxford
(Me) Democrat: s.About twenty years ago
a Bluefield man, noted for his shrewedness,
was attacked by the smallpox. Conceiving
The idea, Us he was couvalescing, that it
would be q good time to dispose of his road
tax, he took his staff in one hand, and,
shouldering his hoe. started for the scene
Of operations. Like the prodigal, he was
seen 'afar on The men begant to throw up
s yeyor ls a o out. : II .w ssusJ Ja.e, they ar, are
afraid of ye.' Cant help it, says Jason,
& hayc got to work out my tax '6sy, Jase,
If you'll go back III croas ont your tax
.Al right says Jayson, a1A the tax was
Crossed out.eN
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
PENEoYER.s GOAT
Why the Governor of Oregon VIII Not
Wear !, S.y,lluH-;ajl

ssy . wv
Wear u S.snllu~-i.il.
A story is told in the Portland Orcgonian
by an Eastern gentleman, who was lately IN
that city, about Governor p%enncyer when
he attended the centennial of tho adoption
Of the constitution at Philadelphia several
years ago. 1t ended with q banquet, at
which five hundred covers were laid.
Oregon's Governor was invited to attend.
and was celebrating whether to go when
he met john A. Kasson, of Iowa.
s.Kasson,'' he said, sis every man who at
tends the banquet expected to wear a
swallow-tail coata"
"Most assuredly, Governor"
t'Thcn ! don't think l will &C. Ihave not
worn a swallow-tail Tor about thirty years,
and 1 will neither buy nor borrow one fol.
tonight"
"Ch, but You must Gomez said Kasson.
Governor Pennoycr agreed to attend If
Governor Larrabee, of Iowa, assplain man,
would so; SO Oregon's Executive and Eas-
son went to the Iowa Governors quarters
to ask him what he intended to do.
"Governcr lnrrahee, are you going to
tho banquet %to-nighta, asked Governor
Pennoyer when the room was reached.
81 nm, SIR"
"Ni!l You wear q swallow-tuil coat?,
mot ml,cl.'
"Then we go togc.her.n
Governor pennoyer and Governor Lar.
rabec were assigned To seats near each
other. When the feast was at its height
and champagne was sizzling, and walters
wearing claw-hammer coats were darling
here and there with savory dishes, the Gov.
crnor of Oregon cast his eyes over the as
scmbled diners, every one of whom was in
evening dress, and turning to his friend
from Iowa. soleranly remarked: "Gov.
ernor, we are tho only two men in the room
who can be distinguished from the wait.
crs."
Governor Pcnnoyer's last appearance in
C swallow.tall coat was i'll 1865, when he
was teaching school in Portland. He wore
it when no attended church on his first san.
day IN the city, and was SO abashed whe,
he discovered the wide swath he was cut
ting in the buckwoods town OF the eariy
days that he took the first Opportunity to
present the coat to a farmer who li.cd Eca,
! town
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
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h, OF Z.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST Erls, opNL cnuHuM. Rev.
D. W. Tracy, pastor. Services every S.;::!ay.
Hunday School vi t"a IN. preaclsia;s u. IL a. iii.
aud $50 p. III. Class meeting ini.oA;ng Il "'ci"cl,
service. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. $50.
PRESBYTERIAN.- Rev. Samuel Andrews,
pastor. Preaching every alternate sabbath ut the
n. =. Church at II Il. M, and ever. sabbath attiis
N. Il. Churci, at3 y. m. Ladies Aid Society NESTS
every alternate Thursday AT ) =. m.
CATHOLIC CHuRrN.-Ecv L. Clapnis, "f
Oelricls, pastor. Services thu first Sunday of
each month, ut the school house, at 10 u. III.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
w. Il. G..

slLAs A. strickland CORES 40.
ltss. NJ. A. STEWART, President.
1ffs. NJ, J. ENToS. Secretary.
Meets second ond fourth SATURDAYS of each
month At G. A. r.. Hall, ut ID o'clock r. NJ.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
G.. A. Z.

ALIAS A. STRICKLAND ros., no. 1SS.
At Hot Springs meets every 6, cund and
fourth Saturday of the month, at Post room over
yr Faxgo's Opera House. Visiting coin,s,ies cnrdi-
ally invited. \. =. sTswAkr,
H. z. EATON, Commander.
Adiutant.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25

~ lave heard of hcrc sharks seventy
foot, IN. Ely and sixty ~footers is al kin
speak, 10: si.;in about, and / ,-:isss that's
the bISEsat fish that sN!lns tot.ay.i'
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-04

Although he was a criminal, SELF con.
demned. with the brand of Cain upon
his brow, another's life blood deeply
staining his hands and heart, and only
rendering up for fragrant outrage of
the conventionalties of life, and mis-
cradle violation of all known laws-so.
cial and divine-s just expiration; still
the concluding chapter i'll this traeical
story of ruined and wasted life pos
sesses an unconscious pathos. Curtis
Robinson, of Bloomington, was con-
victed of murder, and received q
life sentence therefor. Some months
ago he developed unmistakabl symp-
toms of quick consumption. and
Governor Fifer, upon receiving pro-
per data upon the case. issued par
don. Monday, the poor, broken hearted
man started from out grim prison walls
for the home of his childhood. with the
one poor hope animating his breast. of
breathing his life away under the old
home tree, with his faithful mother watt
ing to kiss his breathless lips and close
the sightless eyes in eternal farewell; and
as tho furnishing fitting ''finis" to his
hopeless life, he died on the cars enroute
for home.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-04

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, aud until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable For great
many years the doctors pronounced it a
local disease. and prescribed local RENE
dies. and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced il incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to he u
constitutional disease ano therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment Halls
Catsrrh Cure, manufactured by F. J .
Cheney d Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the only
constitutional cure on the market II is
taken internally in doses rom ten drops
to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the svs-
tenn. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o
sFSold by druggists. re.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-04
HOW THEY WORK IT.
The Methods OF Chicago Paper TO
shoulder worthless Advertising ON
the Business Men OF smaller Cities.

The Methods or n Chicago Paper 70
shoulder worthless Advertising ON
the Business Men OF smaller Cities.
The representatives of the Chicago
paper who recently worked the business
men of Rock Island in manner fully ex-
posed by the ARGUS at the time, are now
in Dubuque and the Telegraph thus con-
dennis their scheme:
The methods of Sol. Isaacs and Pincus
Hirschfield, the men here seeking material
for a write up of the town in the Chicago
Times. said write up TO consist of the adj
vertisements of their patrons, are some
what peculiar as explained by an insur-
ance agent. One of them called on the
gentleman, stated that the Times intended
to write up the town and the principal
business men in it and that the gentleman
had been mentioned as leading insurance
agent. He would receive complimentary
mention in the Times without charge.
MIR. Issacs would obtain the write up from
Mr.. Hirschtield and submit it when he
called again. On his second visit Isaacs
submitted a paragraph referring TO the
gentleman in most fulsome terms and rep
resenting him as one of the oldest insur>
ance agents in the city. The gentleman
suggested that this was not the fact and
that the paragraph was erroneous IN other
particulars. This the canvasser promised
TO rectify. He then procured book show
ing what other business men in Dubuque
had subscribed for the boom" edition
The insurance agent replied that. while he
had no objections to the Times mentions
ing him. he had nothing to offer. Then
MIR. Isaacs grew insulting. criticised the
insurance mans lack of enterprise, and
threatened to write up every other agent
in town and leave him out The gentle
man answered that this would suit him
quite as well and, he thought. would be
of equal advantage to his business.
The insurance agent was right. While
an advertisement in the Chicago Times
under proper conditions, would probably
be of some benefit to manufacturer who
sends his goods everywhere, IL would be
Of no earthly use to anyone doing a To-
cal business. His home newspaper is the
only one that can benefit the man who
does business with his own community
alone. And as for write up of the
town" consisting principally of the adj
vertisements of its business men. it car
scarcely be said to benefit even the man g.
ufacturer for the newspaper reade
avoids it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-04
In Town and Hamlet

The seeds of Intermittent and bilious remittent
fever terminate and bear evil fruit No commu-
nifty has altogether escaped it In populous
wards Of large cities bad sewage eau ses it. and
in their suburbs stagnant pools in sunken lots
breed 1t. There is at once a remedy nd means
of prevention. Its name is Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which is without preadventur,, the most
potent antido.e in existence to the NAL rial virus
Fortified with this Incompatible, saving specific,
miasmatic influences may be encountered with
absolute IMMUNITY. Disorders OF the stomach.
liver snd bowels. begotten by miasI IA tainted
water, or any other cause, su ccumb to he benef-
cent corrective named, and rheumatic, / idney and
bladder troubles are surely removable Dy its use
when 1t lie given persistent trial.