The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-21
llatter1 Il Ge.sral.

THE Eugttsh Congressional Record
(Hansard's) will hereafter put after the
report Of each speech the time that Vas
occupied In its delivery.
ALASKA cost only $1,000, 600 and the
revenue to the national treasury ID expected
to amount to $3,00o,00O Q year for the next
twenty years.
A GREAT show Of canary birds was re-
Gently held at the crystal palace. London,
and was very successful. It was as popu.
lar as a cattle or dog show.
The hen Of the United States was worth
to this country on her own personal nc-
count last year 5000. 900, 900. according to
the bureau OF industrial statistics.
nj. DE FREYCINEr, the French minister
OF war. has published q decree f%orbidding
surgeons in the French army to make use
OF hypnotism In their practice, or to exper.
iment with il.
MERIDEN people are so worked up over
their smallpox scare that many are vaccin-
ating themselves. One agent disposed Of
over two Thousand vaccine points in half
an hour.
CHARLES EMORY SMITH is the sixth
Peunsylvanian in late years to be houored
with the Russian mission. his predecessors
having been Messrs. Boxer, Curtin, Cam
eron, Dallas and Wilkins.
JAMES BoRTz, residing near Macungie,
Pa, one day last week took a pair Of boots
to q ccbbler for slight repairs. He slid
that he had owned them for nineteen years,
but had used them only on Sundays end
special occasions.
THERE is a good Methodist in Connecti-
cut, according to a religious periodical, who
boxes the compass every time he writes his
full name and. address. He is Crandnll j.
North, New York East Conference, so West
avenue, South Norwalk. Conn.
WHITE county, Ark, claims the cham
pion big girl. Her name is Nellie Arilda
Malone. She was 8 years old on Aug. II,
father is dead, but she has two sis.
ters aud a brother, all younger than her.
self.
States through England to India is S scents.
The postage on a letter mailed in England
for India is 10 cents. On account of this
the English business public is making q
big kick against the English postal depart
Ment.
PROF. ROsKoFF, a French mesmerist, is
turning an honest penny by giving lectures
at which he demonstrates by experiments
upon other persons that Gabrielle Bonn
pard may have been under magnetic iniu-
ence when she acted as an accomplice at
the murder.
A UNIQUE dinner party is oon to be
given by one of the leading society men of
Rome, Ca, at which the young ladies
will attend, twelve in number, and will.
wear gowns Of different colors, with
flowers IF the same shade. The ~sovenirs
will be handsome fans, imported for the
occasion.
A CITIZEN Of Addison. Me-, has the re-
mains Of an ancient walrus that was
washed out of a clay bank near his home.
The bones were at least fifteen feet UNDER
ground, showing that the animal must
have died many years ago and that the
walrus once inhabited the Maine coast.
JUST before Robert Fisher, n wealthy
farmer Of Spencer county, Maryland,
died, a few weeks ago he informed his
brother that he buried $SO,OOO i'll bonds in
q jar in his cellar. After his death the jar
was found as described, but the bonds
were gone and they have not been found.