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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

ton society is tho oficl,l. The Presi.
de.t leads this, OF course, with hts f0, md
entertainments to Congress, the diplo.
m { c corps, the mariue corps, the army,
navy, judiciary, aud the public ct large.
Cabinet officers entertain n sually on the
8 me rinciples; likewise, to a Ger ain
extent, Senators and Representatives, il
they wish. No exclusive principle is ex.
etcised. ANY ono may leave cards on tue
wives of the highest public officials and
receive cards and invitations to receptions
in retuin It is this fact, presumably,
that has given rise to the notion that ans.
body may get into Washington society:
but the fact is that this official society is
as distinct from fashionable society az it
is from the old Washingtonian crowd.
Official rank in fashionable society here
is only valuable to u modified extent. IL
q high official ia also q fashionable man
his place lends him prestige; but, if he
isn't a fashionable man. he won't le In
that sort Of society at all. Cabinet officers
are necessarily exceptions to this rule.
1t is q rare thing to meet
member of Congress-. even Q Senator, iu
fashionable society; IL . Senator or
Representative entertains at all. he IL
mo Q apt to be . diner-out and a giver Of
dinners than to SO in any especial set.
The army and navy, taking them at large,
are within the lines Of official society. Gut
being in the army and navy does not give
a man fashionable position. The navy
men are much more apt to be socially
a. liable than those Of the army, who
spend so much of th ir lives ON frontier
posts. Emerson says that life on tie ses
polishes men. So it docs. and, besides.
naval officers See q great deal of the est
society in oil parts of the world while in
pot. One Of the gay boys who sail the
ocean blue, now III Washington, is said
10 have led germans in every port of the
civilized world.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

as, in fact, a sort of winter Newport.
Money is no object to them, and their
chief business in life is giving enteitain-
ments and going to other peoples
entertainments. The Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Times,
referring to this matter, says:
a general impression has gone abroad to
trance into Washington society, owing to
tho necessarily mixed character of the
co-mopo.itc population here, but this is
not really true, although there is a GER
lain b sis OF fact for the statement. Tn
doubtedly many persons of large means
10 comc hither, aud, by tue judicious use
of cash. secure social post on; but what
city is there i'll this world to-day where
tho same thing may not be accomplished
in the same me One thing ONLY is
necessary i'll such case-that the wealthy
parvenn should leave the 10 WI where lie
has made his money and so to another.
In Washington AT this very time there are
people who have earned fortunes here in
trade, and who are anxious 10 be received
in the exclusive set. but they have not
succeeded because the shop is too much
in evidence, SO TO speak. In New York,
or in any other large city, they would
have q much better chance. thus mill
%ionaire t~radesreople from elsewhere mi-
CRATE to the capital, and, Ly earnest eff
fort and the employment of the mighty
power that money signifies, find their
way into the swim.
The proper thing 10 do, if you are a
parvenn millionaire with social ambition
-prs sumably your wife aud children will
have tie ambition. and not your cliffs
TO come TO. Washington and begin opera
tions by hiring a ne house in the midst
of the most intensely fashionable quar-
ter. Money, it must be remembered from
the start, Is no obj ct; you are, of course,
prepared to spend your harl-eaned dol
lars like water in pursuit of the social
ignis fatuus. Ac. oraingly you proceed,
to give a series of public entertainments.
You do not know anybody, and so you in-
vite ever, body. The people you are really
ANXIOUS to get in with will not come; but
plenty of others will, among them many
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
A Georgia Federal Regiment.

/. Although not generally known. it is
nevertheless true, that Georgia fur
nished IL regiment OF infantry to the
Federal service during the civil war.
1t was not a full regiment, and ONE
how the officers and men were never
paid for their services. although they
did hard lighting, and Il number of
them We're killed and wounded. This
Georgia command vas made up among
the hard Cnionists of Whitfield, Muir
ray, Fannir, Dawson. and Pickens, the
last two counties furnishing tie ma
iority of recruits. The raising of the
corps was authorized by Gen. Thomas
while commanding the Army of the
Cumberland. After doing valuable
service it was surprised and broken up
by IL Confederate force.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

Ho was educated at Eton and the
University of Oxford, aud graduated
before attaining the age of twenty-five
years. He entered Parliament in 1899
as a member for Newark, nottingham.
shire, which borough he continued to
represent until 1S46. During these
years honors fell profusely on the head
OF the youthful commoner. Handsome
Gladstone" as he was called. At this
time he was a constant contributor to
the "Quarterly Review" chiefly on
literary and ecclesiastical subjects.
In 1884, he was made junior lord Of
the treasury, and three months later.
under secretary for colonial affairs. In
1s4l, Mr.. Gladstone was made vice
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Indian Honesty.

One of the Indian boys at Hampton,
Virginia, did not like to take his medi-
cine. and his nurse agreed to pay him
SO much every time he took it. At first
he was pleased with this arrangement.
but one evening the nurse found that
he had made no marks on the card
where he kept q record Of the number
OF times he had taken medicine. She
asked what it meant, and received an
explanation from which many q white
boy might learn q lesson, and spare
his mother much trouble and annoy
ance:
sMe lay here all day doing nothing;
you pay me for it-not right. Me take
medicine; me not take money"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
sons that q few years ago rule was Ia

sons that q few years agoa rule was laid
down limiting the time for which q
book might be kept to one month.
With this exception, however, Mr..
Gladstone's library is still the free-loan
library of the whole country side.
Beginning his career as an orator,
Gladstone. the greatest of living states
men, has achieved an unrlvaled repu-
tation as a parliamentary speaker, the
intense gravity and earnestness of his
utterances carrying conviction to the
minds of his hearers. In over fifty
years Of public life he has either insti-
gated or participated in q series of
measures which have caused a most
admirable change in the English laws
and government, the most notable be-
ing the extension of the franchise to
every man who has an established
home.
He was born at Livsrpool-an En-
glishman by birth, but Of Scotch de-
scent. His father was Q wealthy mer-
chant, who acquired q large fortune In
the West India trade
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

celved me as 1 sat chatting wlth-well.
call her the bossine. 1 had asked her to
describe to me the complete genesis of a
fashionable hat.
DO yon wish" she replied, Ito hear the
history Of the hat I made for Mrs. James
Brown-Potter? 1t is q typical CASE.
And thereupon she narrated the follow
ing: when the rehearsals of Camille
Were begun, Mrs. Potter came to me to
order a hat. Now, Camille IL q nervous
woman, fashionable as to clothes, and,
above all, eccentric. Eccentricity, then,
must be the dominant trait of the hat. But
it must also partake of the individual
taste-the caprice of the actress. Now.
Mrs. Potter knows very we'll that n Of
her principal charms is her wavy, fluffy,
reddish hair, which seems always on the
point OF cscap ng FROM its pins and Of
rolling down her shoulders. She there
fore wished to have her hair show both in
front and behind. Having expressed this
desire. she seated herself before the large
mirror. and I placed upon her right
hat. 1t was ut this moment only an un-
promising compound of crino!ine and
wi.e; but patiently and carefully, with
many changes and the most minute alter.
atoms. often stopping back to study the
effect, 1 did my best to adapt tho eccen-
trio head-dress 10 the actress striking
face. In two sittings the frame was out
lined. 1t was then given to the straw
sewer, who ut once copied the model.
Then We began to look for trimmings that
would IN Ike the hat harmonize with
the gown. There was really an en-
barrassInent of choice, for you know
how inexhaustible the milliner's pa
lotte always is, with its flowers,
fruits, feathers. birds, insects, furs. rib
hons, velvet. lace. pearls, steel, jet: the
entiro fauna III fora Of creation agree
i'll trying to lend luster to our works of
art. Such is the usual history of stage
hats. Ladies see them at the first repre-
sen,ation of the play, and if the model
meets with success, every one wants .
copy of it. But there are many hats,
too, which are introduced by society
leaders. People see them at some public
gathering, at church, or on the drive, and
II customers begin to call for duplicates
of them. There are fashionable women
who are quite proud to know that q hat
christened with their name has gained o
vogue"
Wien n hat has once been carefully
elaborated, and is favorably received BY
tho public. it becomes forthwith q type,
subject to all sorts Of notifications. THUS
the primitive model gives rise to hats as
numerous as sands of tho sea or stars Of
night. = NeW York letter to Chicago
Ledger
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
he reads and answers, with the aid of
his secretary, his enormous mass of

he reads and answers, with the aid of
his secretary, his enormous mass of
daily correspondence.
There is no regular hour for luncheon
Mt the castle, and it is partaken of by
those at home ut variolls times. In the
afternoon Mr.. Gladstone takes a walk
in the grounds. and ii the weather is
propitious usually engages in his favor
lite exercised t%ree-cllopping. He dimes
ut $ o'clock, afterward reads or writes,
and at lOretires for the night. Though
a%bstemious in his habits. lie usually
drinks bitter beer with his lunch, and
Il glass o two of claret or port at din
ner. Mr.. Gladstone is not in any sense
ascetic, is a generous liver, and is a
great believer in the virtues of n glass
of good port wine. When engaged i'll
speaking his flip is IL compound of
sherry and egg, which is prepared by
Mrs. Gladstone with as much anxiety
and care as ii it were the elixir of life.
MIR. Gladstone never smoked. He ac-
quircd his habits at a period when
tobacco : smoking u generally re-
gartled as somewhat vulgar among the
better classes.
Mr.. Gladstone usually has three
books III reading ut the same time. and
changes from one to another as his
mind reaches the limit of absorption,
or when he fancies that the volume in
hand has Interested him just enough
not TO he the sole object of thought.
This mode of reading is intended to be
corrective of a natural disposition of
his mind to devote attention to some
particular subject to the. exclusion of
everything else.
In Mr.. Gladstone's study, besides
his looks. which are seen everywhere,
there are three writing desks in the
room, one chiefly reserved for political
correspondence, and another used by
Mrs. Gladstone. The library at Hawar-
den Castle contains more than 10000
volumes, which are freely loaned to al
most any person in the neighborhood
who wishes to read them. At one time
this library was unlimited. but the priv
ilege was so much abused by some per-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

A REMARKABLE poised rock, famous
throughout South America as "tAe
moving stone may be seer on Tandil
mountain. iii Bucnos Ayers. 1t is TWEEN
four feet high. thirty feet long, and
eighteen feet wide. containing over
5000 cubic feet. and weighing some %
tons. 1t is irregularly c%onical in shape,
and rests upon IL conical support with
II bearing surface some ten inches in
diameter. The power of a single ma
is sutlicien. to oscillate the enormous
mass, which, indeed is often swayed by
the wind.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
Not Tall Enough.

History has recorded that a foreign
princess to whom Henry VIII. of Eng
land offered his hand in marriage sent
back the pointed answer that "if she
had two heads she would GLADLY have
placed IL Of them at his Maiesty's
disposal,p This allusion to the fate of
Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard
was a good specimen of epigrammatic
smartness Of that period; but, says
Mr.. David Ker,,an equally creditable
performance has been furnished by our
own age.
Just at the time when vague reports
were beginning to creep abroad that
Germany was meditating a fresh ex-
tension of her frontier at the expense
Of Holland, a Dutch official of high
rank happened to. he visiting the court
OF Berlin, where lie was handsomely
entertained. Among other spectacles
got up to amuse him, a review was or.
ganized at Potsdam.
"What does your excellency think
of II soldiers?" asked Prince Bis
marck. Is one of the regiments came
marching past in admirable order.
"They look as if they knew how to
fight" replied the visitor, gravely;
but they r not quite tall enough"
The Prince looked rather surprised
at this disparaging criticism. He made
no answer, however, and several other
regiments filed past in succession; but
the Dutchman's verdict upon each and
all was still the same: @Not tall
enough"
At length the Grensdiers of the
Guard made their appearances mag
niticent body of veterans, big and stall
wart enough to have satisfied even the
giant.loving father of Frederick the
Great; but the memorable critic merely
said, Fine soldiers, but not tall
enough
Then Prince Bismarck fairly lost pa
thence, and rejoined, somewhat sharp
ly, "These grenadiers are the finest
men in u whole army; may I ask
what your excellency is pleased To
mean by saying that they are not tall
enough?"
The Dutchmsn looked him full in the
face, and replied, with emphasis, Il
meal that we q flood our country
twelve feet Deep"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

picked mp in the ruins Of the palace Of
the C.csar's Pala.ine Hall, at Rome,
Italy, by a son Of the late DIR. O'Con-
nor, who has just returned from a tour
OF Europe. The material of the brick
is similar to that of which American
fire brick is made, but this ancient
brick is only all inch thick and it and
the mortar are 1900 years old. Mi.
Cline prizes the relies of eighteen CEN
turtles as only an old bricklayer could
such curiosities.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

AN unexpected plunge in Swan Lake,
Alabama, thoroughly aroused a sleepy
railroad passenger. AS the west-bound
train was nearing Decatur, the brake.
MAJ shouted, next stop is Decatur!!'
The passenger caught the last word,
and, in his sleepy state. thinking the
train had arrived. he rushed ont on the
platform and stepped off. He fell
forty feet. alighting in the middle oil
the lake. which is twenty feet deep and
two hundred and fifty feet wide. AL
though incnmbered with boots and
o%veNcoat, he swan safely to the shore.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

the Bachelors German Club, and The
Bowling Club. The Dancing Class ION.
rists of 100 young men and women; it is
run Ly The women, and the men are hon.
orary members. The Bachelors' German
@s.5,n ins,ud sonn p m mos sn a0p 3 ssw Of the the
more youthful members of the diplomatic
corps. Its balls are altogether the swell.
est entertainments given at the capital;
the girls all wear their very lest gowns
1t them, and to be invited to receive for
the club is the acme of q woman's ambi-
tton.
The third distinct branch Of Washing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

HENRY Wo"D, Il farmer near Beach
City, Stark County, Ohio. welcomed q
plausible young stranger claiming to
be 81 sol of IL deceased brother from
California. Tho newcomer had the
family history quite rat and was treated
us one of the family. furnished good
clothes. loaned a good deal of money,
and obtained IL lucrative situation. He
courted and was engaged toa daughter
of Wood. as he was supposed IL cousin.
The day before the marriage the chance
arrival of an old friend of the Califor-
mia brother made known that his only
o had died several years ago. The
impostor fled, narrowly escaping ar
rest. "A likeness to the Wood family
had made his deception easy.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

pride nave Just SAID gOO0-nlRAt to their
guests and are finally left to themselves.
We'll, that's over" he says.
II should hope so, she %assents. "How
good it is to get a little rest"
A knock is heard at the door and q
maid enters. Gentleman, sir; sent up
his card; would like to see you-and
madam"
He would like to see madam, would
he? Tell him to go to the devil"
Then the bride takes the card. ooh, no,
my dear. It's q reporter; the same one
who wrote up my sisters wedding so
beautifully, and my uncle's funeral. We
must be very polite to him."
Not If l know myself"
aOh, yes; we must certainly see him;
it is SO important to have the wedding
reported. Marie, ask him to com up"
lnaudible remarks from the husband
are followed by the entrance of a society
Sorry to lbe late" he blithely says,
but I had SO much trouble finding my
way here"
THAT is too bad" And the bride is
not sarcastic. IF We had only known,
We should have been delighted to send the
carriage for you.
"You will permit me to take q tew notes
for Il special Article i'll the Society Sail
aator:? You have been satisfied with your
presents?"
Delighted"
The reporter looks around the room,
Family portraits? Old chap with the
Roman nose?"
yes, sir, says the bridegroom, testify;
my father, I would have you remember.
All right. I'll put him in. Rare
paintings, costly tapestry, antique furni-
ture, priceless china-there, that will do.
Now, may I trouble You to be shown to
some o where I can write these notes
out?"
And the bride effusively said: Ger.
tainly," although the bridegroom
frowned.
The latest use for a ~lorgnette is as o
means of defense for woman against WON.
n Let me illustrate. / was q witness
Of . scene in q Broadway candy store
which will fully explain my statement.
A woman was buying chocolates. Nea,
her stood two women discussing her.
DO you know who she is?" asked one.
That's Mrs. Blank. I think her hair
is bleached and I am sure her coat is not
seal"
The woman overheard this confab. She
has fighting blood in her veins, and she
turned and pluckily faced the imperti.
nent pair. She raised her lorgnette and
stared them over from head to foot with
such co~ntemptuous GOODNESS that they
weakened, turned tail and fed.
I'm not q bit near-sighted," said the
conqueror. as she dropped her lorgnette.
Il keep this weapon for Just such i'm.
pudent tsmales. end find Il very effec.
tive."-Nep York letter to Chicago
Ledger.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

REpoRrER-Miss Anderson, will you
never marry? Our Mary (blushing
and tripping ON her words)-Nayarro!
Reporter Gn surprise)-What! Navar.
ro? Our Mary recovering HERSELF
We'll, hardly Navarro!
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

Hawarden Castle, the lolse of William
Ewart Gladstone.
Armed with q letter of introduction,
he o o found himself uslered into the
presence of the best-known man in the
British Empire. His reception of the
newspaper man was at the same
time dignified and affable, but as far
removed from any appearance of
patronage as from familiarity.
Respecting the probabilities of his
accession again to power, Mr.. Glad
stone remarked that though the result
of the ~by-clections was of such a char
acter as to make him most sanguine of
the speedy return of his party to power,
his hope of such q contamination was
not based solely on that fact. but as
we'll upon the assured conviction that
the tide of public opinion was surely
turning in their favor.
MIR. Gladstone lives q very regular
life at his home. He breakfasts lightly
about O'Clock, and shortly before i
walks to the churcl, for prayers. To
the intelligent observer the sight ofthe
great statesman walking to church at
this early hour i'll the morning cannot
fail to be interesting. Clad in a long
coat, tightly buttoned. with a long
shawl wrapped closely around his neck,
and wearing a soft felt hat, his appear
ance is decidedly picturesque. Upon
his return to the castle from morning
prayers he retires to his study, where
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07
A MINER in Ehonoda named David

A MINER in Rllonoda named David
Davis is Just now an interesting sub
iect for medical doctors and doctors of
divinity. He was n victim of the ter
mhle explosion of Pcn-v-Craig in 1880.
He was bed-ridden for four years, re-
covered sufficiently to be able to go
about. but was completely deaf and
dumb. His doctor hit upon a novel
plan TO restore his hearing. He was
placed by The side OF II big gun during
target practice. After the sixth shot
his healing came suddenly back to him,
but he remained dumb. The other
day one of his companions said some
thing to him that put him in IL tower.
ing passion. and his speech returned in
Il flood OF profanity.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

FIFTEEN years ago Henry Hill, of
Council Bluffs, swore that he would
not shave until Susan Il. Anthony was
elected President. The other day his
whiskers, which were three feet long.
became entangled in some machinery
and We're mostly pulled ont by the
roots. and he is probably pretty we'll
cured of his foolishness.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

CHINA. with a population in the
vicinity of $500 .00o, has only three
newspapers at present. Considering
that an editors head is chopped off ON
the slightest p%rovocation the wonder is
that there are even three.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

THE hangman in New South Wales
is looked upon with such horror that
he recently found himself completely
~boycotted on reaching Wagga-W agga
to perform an execution. The cabmen
refused unanimously to drive him from
the railway station. the portcrs also
declined to carry his luggage, and the
unlucky execu,ioner was obliged to
trudge off m foot, struggling with his
various traps.