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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
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A 0~liottatto9 q the 0osroes q Indls.
estnins4e Whistllng.
Down or State street yesterday after
Don . well-fed merchant stopped . 70.
porter and said: 81 say, young man, do
you eve try to correct public nui-
sances?"
''Oh, yes!" said the young man with a
pleased smile.
well, then. why don't you say some
thing about those fools that go about
whistl:ng perpctually? I went to bod
latc last night completely worn out, and
l was walked at an unnaturally earl,
hour this morning by an informal lido,
who thought he could whistle annie
Laurie to tho tune Of 'Auld Lang Syne.'
! came down to breakfast and found my
little boy whistling Down Went Nc
Ginty to the Bottom Of tho Sea- Where
in tho world that child ever learned that
outlandish melody is more than I can
understand. I said to my wife, in my
intense wrath: Maria, If that boy ever
whistles again in my presence I'll send
him to a reform SCHOOL, Therc was au
exchange of words between us, and the
result was o scene, a crying spell, q
spoiled breakfast and a wrathful de-
parture. got on the car, and an inn
pertinent imp on the back platform
greeted mo with the distorted strains OF
Homo, Sweet Homc.' l got Oft the car
and walked down to the Office. and 1t
seemed to mo that every body on the
street was whistling.
"Ry the time I reached tho Office
there was a medley Of whistles in nv
brain-the shrill whistle, the raspins
whistle. tho loud bass whistle, tho
boys disjointed treble, and the mani.
~hideo.sly smooth whistle, the fife-lilst
scream. and the long-drawn, hollow
sound OF tn" fnte. oh, it was madden.
Ing! l took the elevator. and the bo,
that carried mo ,p was making a s:bi.
liant noise through his teeth. glared
at him sayageiy. aud he turned white
and looked startled. He afterward told
my Office hoy that his jags is ratty this
mornin'.' Well. when got into the Office
my boy said: Good morning, MIR. So-and-
So and went on, softly whistling to
himself: 4 Had Fifteen Dollars in My
Inside Pocket BOY! I cried, with
all the rage of a man whom desperate
injury had driven to madness. sl:oy, ii
you don't stop whistling in this oiico !
will throw you down the elevator shaft,
and send your mangled remains home
to your mother, with my best con,pli-
mcnts.' He stopped.
sit wasn't very long. however, before
a customer came in to see mo on bust.
ness. said with my most gracious
smile: II you will kindly wait a mo-
ment. Mr.. Blank, shall bo at liberty
He sat down for a moment, arose in
stantly. strolled over to tho window,
thrust his hands into his pockets and
whistled softly: two Lovely Black
Eyes Tho Office boy grinncd. j
wheeled about and said, with BIT
terness in my heart and a smile on my
lips: MIR. Blank, l will zee you now.
For Gods sake, young man, call tho Mt
tention of the public to the horrors OF
.ndiscriminatc whistling."-Boston Her
aid.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
ADVANTAGES OF CHINESE.
A Language Tint Can re Written a. Fast
Aa dur Shorthand.

A Language That Can Re Written ~ Fast
as thur Shorthand.
Tho Chinese language as tho natives
usc 1T has g:eat force, tlucncy and dircc-
tlon. 1t Is practical as the nation il
practical. and those who use 1t are too
independent to abandon tho speech and
writing handed down to them through
so long a limo OF ancestors. 1t will hc
maie tho medium of instruction in
science and is very suitable for become
ing so. They have ccntractions for all.
their charar.crs which foreign students
do not trvuAio themselves TO learn, but
the use of wl:ch, in fact. auriifies the
Chinese to become shorthand reporters
of Speeches in their own language.
They do net practice specch-raking.
hut il they did and if tho native news
papers formed a staff of shorthand re-
porters they would not need to learn
any foreign system. They can report
quite fast enough themselves with a
little practice, and they write tho con-
fractions with wonderful quicllness.
Their hand muscles arc pliablc, their
fingers small, and the writing brush
they employ is an instrument superior
in speed to the steel pen or quill. Tho
scribos at an imperial audience probably
write all or nearly all that is said.
Scrit,es who are paid by the piece get
through q large amount of copying in a
very short time. Yet let no one expect
a teacher who is paid by the month to
write fast. He has every reason to be
slow. But copyists, paid 80 much for q
thousand characters, try naturally to
transcribe as many thousand in a week
as they can. The rapid work Of such
copyists, especially if they are allowed
to use %contractions, favors tho conclu-
sion that by using Chinese characters
specialists could easily write all that a
good speaker says. AS to whether they
could compete with the quickest Eu.
ropean stenographers may perhaps soon
be brought to trial in Japan, where
many thousands arc now learning t.
write in tho Roman character. The
new school will soon proceed to add
shorthand to Ronanization. and then it
will soon BIO decided which is the better
adapted for swift and accurate report
tng.-North China Herald.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
HUMOROUS.

Young man." said the theatrical
manager. ''would you like to Join
my company" ANY inducements?"
Would you try a star part?" .Any
thing but starvation. "-Merchsnt Trav.
eler.
Mistress (angrily)-"Brideet, are you
not ashamed to wear my hat?" Bridget
We'll, mum, to toll ther truth, 1 be,
fur it's divil a bit 1 knowed it was last
years stoyle till Mary O'Conner told
me."-Munsey's Weekly.
-Inquisitive Citizen - ssvvhat's the
matter with the man? Been run over
by a railroad train?" Ambulance Sur
geon - ..Worse than that. He was
caught among the women in . bargain
rush at Seller'sn Philadelphia In
quirer.
Mrs. Toto (st. ictly temperate) -
''Why, you know, MIR. Lusher, that l am
so conscientious in my temperance prin-
ciplcs That l never allow my cook to put
brandy in tho mincc pies" Lusher-
ut does you credit, madam. great credit.
agree with you. 1t does seem like a
waste of good liquor to put it into pies"
Boston Transcript.
No. Hiram" said the young girl,
sadly, II can not be your wife. We are
too compatible" "compatible!" he ex-
claimed. Isn't that the very reason
why Not in IL case. l should
probably insist from motives of econ
omY on dispensing with a servant and
doing my own h%ouscwork, and you would
probably let me do 1t, Hiram Chicago
Tribune.
--Fricnd-"Well, how is John doing at
Harvard? 1t is his first term, l believe"
Proud Mother-.Oh! he says he is get
ting or splendidly and is bound to sue
coed. He has bson promoted already"
Fricnd-"Indced! 1 ara glad to hear it. "
Proud Mother-..Ycs. he has been made
q member OF the freshman crew. al
ways knew John would make his mark
in College"
-lic-"And so you're really going to
marry that professor! You, tho heroine
OF n thousand engagements! How did
you ever some to accept him?" His
Cousin (from lSoston) why, you sec,
he proposed in Greek, and when l re-
fused hun I got mixed on my negatives
and = Meherculc - acce pied him, and
no" III 700 PROUD 10 my
blunder. Oh, I'm his for lifc!"-Life.
An English scientist says that if we
were to visit the moon VIC should find
the days and nights a fortnight in
length, AMI IT we "slrviv.d the sco.ching
during the day, VIC should certainly lie
frozen to death during tho ensuing
night" That settles it. We shall not
visit tho mon. Tho climate is entirely
different from any of tho forty.seven
varieties we sometimes experience hero
during twcn,y-four hours, and it
wouldn't ag.eo with lib. Tho English
scientist does we'll to tell the truth
about it, instead OF trying Il boom town
lots on h moon.-Norristown Herald.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
POWERFUL
Prodlgies Whose Existence Ia Too Vel
Authenticated to 10 Doubted

Prodlgies Whose Existence Ia Too Well
Authenticated to uc Doubted
There was a Corsican boy who could
rehcarse forty thousand words, whether
sense or nonsense, as they were die
tatcd and then repeat them in the re-
verscd order without making q single
mistake. a physician, about sixty
years ago, could repeat the whole of
Paradise Lost without n mistake, ul-
though he had net read il for twenty
years. Euler. the Observation-Disclosures.
when he beriMc blind could repeat the
whole of Ei:r:l's .i.ncid, and could re-
member the FIST line and tho last limo
on overy pas" OF the particular edition
which he ha! !nen accustomed to read
before he f.ra:ne bind. One kinl OF
retentive memory may lie considered as
tho result OF sheer work, a deternuina-
ton toward n particular achievement
without reference eltner TO cultivation
or to memory on other subjects.
This is frequently shown by persons
in humble lifo in regard to tho Bible.
An old bcggar men at Stirling, known
about fifty years ago as .lsiind ..lick, -
afforded an instance OF this. He knew
the whole of tho Bible by heart, inso-
much that. il a sentence was read to
him. he could name the book, chapter.
and verse; or. il the book, chapter and
verse were named, he could give tho ex-
act words. A gentleman, to test him,
repeated q verse. %purposcly making ono
verbal ~tnaccuracy. Alick hesitated,
named tho place where She passage was
to be found, but at the sane time
pointed out the verbal error. The same
gentleman asked him to rereat the
ninetieth verse Of the seventh chapter
of the Book of Numbers. Aiick almost
instantly replied: .There is no such
verse. The chapter has only eighty
nine verses" Gassendi had acquired by
heart six thousand Latin verses; and, in
order to give his memory exercise, he
was in the habit daily Of reciting six
hundred verses from different lam
guageS, Toronto (;loi,e.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
OF LENGTH.
The English Yard and tho French Met,

The English Yard and tho French Meter
Witch IL t.e Better?
In the United States and England the
standard OF length is tho yard, and tho
question arises: How long il a yard! L:
may be said in answer that a yard IL
simply an arbitrary standard which ira
dition says is based upon tho length of
the arm of Henry VIII. At present the
yard is the distance between two marks
upon a certain bar, kept in tho Towcrot
London, andif it should be destroyed the
exact standard could never he replaced.
10 avoid this uncertainty, and obtain a
fixed and unvarying standard. the
French, In the last century, made an &C.
curate measurement of a quadrant Of
the earth's circumference. and taxi
ing the ten-millionth part OF this
distance, gave it tho name Of meter,
and adopted 1t as the standard of
length. This length, which is equal
to about 1887 inches, is now in uni
versal '.se on the continent of Eu-
rope, and is authorized as a legal stand
ard in nearly all civilized countries.
Considerable discussion has arisen as to
whether the original measurement was
perfectly accurate, anditseems probable
that there was a small error, SO that IL
the standard meter now kept in Paris
should be destroyed, q remeasurement
of the quadrant of the earth would not
give US exactly tho same meter. How
ever, the error In any case is a very
minute one, and the chances are very
small that tho original. standard will
ever be destroyed. to say nothing Of the
fact that tho numerous copies distributed
among tho various nations of the world
do not %appreciably differ from it.-Pop-
ular Science News.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
AN EXPENSIVE SHAVE.
What JOHN Jacob Aston, Jr., Was Com
priicd to Fay His Harder.

What JOHN jacob Aston. Jr.. Wa Com.
peiicd to Fay His lsarber.
Young John Jacob Astor, Jr., perhaps
tho richest youth in tho United States,
1t would seem, from IN incident that oc-
CURED In o barber-shop the other day,
lacks THAT %closenoss in money matters
that stood his grandfather in such good
stcad when he began the fortune that
the boy is now spending. TIE barber
that shaved Mr.. Astor is remarkable
in his weird appreciation OF ethics. He
would deal honestly with men of ordi-
nary means, but he has an abnormal
socia.!stic idea that the millionaire is
Legitimate prey for him. Therefore he
resolved to got a very large price for
shaving young Nj. Aston If no could
manage it. After finishing his work he
brushed Mr.. Astor's coat for him with
great care and held out his, hand for the
bill that the millionaire was extricat.
ing from a fat roll. 1t is one of Mr..
As,or's habits to pay for small items
out Of one huge roll of bills. The bar
Der PASSED across the room to his cash
drawer and then. returning, handed to
Mr. Astor two pieces of silver. Therich
youth looked at the money and then At
tho barber.
'Wh-wh-wh-y, what's this?. he said.
Change for the dollar you gave me,
SIR" responded the barber.
'But, cawnfound it, 1 gave o .
twenty-dollar bilLn
''Oh, no. SIR said the barber. ..Only
a one. Look at my drawer IL you like,
and you'll SEQ there is nothing larger
than a one there"
Several of young Astor's friends were
with him and SO he did not care to dis
cuss such q vulgar question as money.
He made upshis mind that it was . dol
lar he had givsntup. and jammed his hat
down over his ears and went for a walk
on the aveAue. The barber tells about
his getting $40. 80 for q shave
"And I'd take a hundred of that
young follow II 1 could" says he.
A strange case. surely, Of keen ton
serial artistry and ingenious crimina:-
ity, and this sort OF thing is not uncom.
monin Now York.-N. Y. Star.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20
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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20

Amanda NJ. Douglas, tho popular
novelist is n Of the few living writers
who knew Edgar A. Poe personally.
She says of him: Ellis voice was low,
but exquisitoly modulated, he neve
laughed and seldom smiled, and when
he did his smile was sweet but melan-
cholY."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20

John G. Whittier received $1,000
from the publishers of the New York
Ledger in payment for his poem, 1.-THE
Captains Well" MI. Whittier. in
sending the poem,. said that it was
probably the last he should write. In
thanking Bonner Brothers for the re.
Enumeration. he said the sum was al the
more welcome from the fact that it
would enable him to perform certain
little charities no had in mind.
The Press., 1890-11-27
w G. ELLIS.
 SPECIAL

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 New New Orleans MOlasses.
 Some of the best have ever been able to get hold of.
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 Two hundred and fifty lbs. Nigger Head Cut Plug Smoking, 25c. lb. I The best flour made is the
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ITO be continue,

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|ter-strokes. O woman, what picture of
 excellence thou art, when to thy native
 modesty is joined the brazenness of mas- cnlinityl
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Exchange: One of the most peculiar and most valuable trees in Florida is the cabbage tree. The tree, in fact, belongs to the palmetto family. It grows to a height varying from twenty to forty f, ct, and there is scarcely an inch difference in the diameter fromE the roots up to the leaves. The leaves, or bayonets all grow in cluster at the top. The wood is very porous and extremely light; it resembles cork. Its value lies in the fact that it is utterly impervious to the ravages of salt water and harnacles. which quickly destroy all other natural woods. Hence the cab. baee tree is much sought after for posts and piles for building bridges and wharves in salt water. Pine piles that are used ill building through salt water have to be creosoted in order to preserve them any length of time, and the process is a very expensive one, but the cabbage wood needs no application of any sort.