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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
1t Wa> ~ KnorN. Down for thr officer.

IL Was II knOrk. DOWn for the officer,
He was an army officer with head
quarters in the Plleian building: she is
the wife of Il prominent business man
in the Fast the other. he is the business
man who Just arrived from the East.
The officer saw her in the elevator and,
veteran rs he is, surrendered mt Il single
glance. When he reached the dining
room she was seated and he took a seat
at the same tai lie: for IL display of
kindly attention he received IL smile.
hut his efforts ut conversation were not
encouraged.
One evening lie was late: the seats at
the table were all occupied. and he
noticed With dismay that in his chair
was a stout old gentleman who was pav-
ing IL latlicrly attention 10 the lady. who
did no seem to accept his kindness i'll
the spirit in which it was offered. After
dinner the warrior strobe into the
pnllor. The old gentleman was there
and the c!licer accosted him.
Excuse me. sir" he said, but do
YOU know the lady on whon YOU forced
vonr attention this cveningy'
"Why-I--l-Ikn know her. I saw her
Tonight for the first time
We'll. sir. your %impnlence is amaz-
ing" cried the officer, and may lie ex-
cllsea only on the score of old age.
That lady is under my care. sir"
Indeed: permit me to thank you for
Your kindness. The lady is my wife"
The respect ] have for the army is my
reason for Withholding the officers
name.-De Monte Hare.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
IlOR.HOuseS

There are so many different kinds of
Lighthouses that any one which is pre-
sentcd to farmers who wish to build. is
sure to find some IL who thinks it Just
meets his wants. writes A. ii. Sheldon,
of Iowa, i'll the Prairie Farmer. The
writer saw q house built something like
the one described in this article years
ago. and for economy of space and gem
efal usefulness it is seldom improved
upon.
1t is not necessary, and indeed is Of
pensive houses. a dry. warm shelter
mer is all that is needed.
This house is twenty feet wide by
twenty-five feet long, making room for
eight pens six feet wide by eight feet in
length, or four pens twelve by eight.
making n slecping.pen and a feeding
pen adjoining. The sides are but four
feet above the floor. the center-posts
eight feet high. and placed eight feet
apart. Under the upper roof are windows
which admit light and mir directly into
the pens. The partitions are movable
light gates, and can be taken out after
the spring-breediMg season is over,
giving n good. large feeding-tioor for
little pigs. Each pen has a six-foot
pannel for its front, which can be
opened directly across the alley to guide
one of the brood-sows into the pen de-
signed for it.
The yards outside extend beyond the
ends of the building sixteen feet. so as
to give all the possible for exer-
else. The doors into these yards are
situated at each end, and for the two
middle pens are placed ono ut each side
of the middle.
When fail comes the wide center can
be converted into q corn-crib, holding
at least four hundred bushels of corn,
enough to fattcn fifty pigs, the number
the house is supposed to accommodate.
One hundred dollars will put this house
up in good shape, all shingled and
painted. Ii the farmer does his own
work and uses common boards for the
sides and ends, it need not cost as much
AS this sum.
But We want a building that is wind
proof in March, SO use shceting and
drop siding for the outside, md make
each end remain closed most of the
time. A small door on the north and
double door on the south furnishes ac-
cess for feeding and care. Water il
pumped into the milk-tank and con-
Quoted into the hog-house in pipes, into
q tank which remGins full, being gov
erned by a fioat-valve.
This makes feeding quite easy. The
onts, shelled corn and meal for feed
10 stored in q granary near by, SO no pro
vision is made for room for such feed.
The cost of the lumber would be some
fifty or sixty dollars, labor twenty five.
windows, nails, hinges, spouting, etc..
some fifteen more.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Armour Branching Out.

Ths firm Of Armour & Co., Of Chicago,
are announced to have invested In SOM
500 acres Of salt mining land near Warsaw.
N. Y. The price paid is reported to be
$500 IN acre. It Is said that they will
sink . shaft at n and mine the prodnct.
The Retsof Salt Mining company are the
S %a!t salt .s!t pro %Ssis n,s T. the s., Ss 81 S,,e S se.,
over 1000, 900. Their shaft is near the
farm said to have bsen purchased by the
Armours. No deed has been recorded in
Livingston county showing the purchase,
but the county clerk states that exhaustive
searches have been made for. Chicago
parties on these lands. Packers and vest.
ern stock raisers are large buyers OF salt in
the rock.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
THE STOCK
Slaked Lime for Sheen.

Mr.. Boldly. of Morgan County, ILL.,.
practices n successful method of Kidding
sheep of the grub in the head. He feeds
them shelled corn, on n barn floor. liter
ally strcwed with air -sluked lime. The
sheep in eating fill their noses with the
lime, which causes violent sneezing,
thus eNpelling the grub. In IL few mo-
ments the floor will be covered with
srubs, which should be destroyed. The
use of this remedy occasionally through
fall and early winter has rid Mi. Boldly
sheep of this pest. as he informs Col
mans RHrut World.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
A Blow Mt LoAsrlss.

senat,r Sawyer has introduced . bill In
the senate to amend certain sections Of the
revised statutes relating to lotteries. II
provides that nj letter or circular contain.
ing III, advertisement Of lotteries shall bs
sent through the mails. Any person guilty
Of using the mails for this purpose shall
DO fined rot less than BOO nor more than
$500. Tho postmaster.general may also,
upon finding any person engaged In this
business. instructthe postmnstsrs at towns
to vhi b registered letters are sent In;
them to the person xho mailed sham With
the word '~fsardulsnts stamped opithssout.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
MILK Toast.

Toast a goodly number of slices, and
arrange in a deep dish. Put into a
8 .ncepan one quart of sweet milk. and
stir into it W tablespoonfuls sifted
flour made into u smooth paste with q
little milk. Stir constantly till it boils:
Oyer the toasted bread.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

A BELLA.gE, Mich, tailor has made a
pair of pants out of 300 different kinds
of cloth for a fortune-hunting youth,
who wants to create the impression that
he is the most economical a on earth.
The pants cost S10O.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

Mis-. LEVI p. MoHroS teaches her
daughters letser-writing by giving them
her own notes to answer. If the effort
pleases her it is stamped and posted.
If not corrections are made and the copy
returned.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Three Miners Killed.

Martin and Wigh Brainard. brothers,
were instantly killed in the Mollie Gibson
mine, at Aspen, Col, by the breaking of a
scaffold. James Lyons, another miner,
working in the Homestead mine, was in
stnntly killed, his brains being knocked
out by falling rock.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
a Long Voyage.

Mrs. Ida Walker, wife of the we'll known
English bicsclist and q passenger on the
steamship British Princess, which has mr.
rived at Philadelphia from Liverpool. COM
mittcd suicide on the 11th with laudanum.
She had suffered much from ~seasickness,
and domestic troubles are also hinte,! at.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Villa, the Cigar Maker, Want,

The national cigar manufacturers con-
vention has declared for n bankruptcy law,
fixed trade discounts and credit ut four
months, 4 per cent off. They demand the
impost stamp OF foreign cigars abolished
and a uniform tariff of 30 cents per pound
on all imported tobacco,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

SuRaEoN.GExERAL JOIN A. HAM11.
TON says that one-third of our popula-
ton of a military age can pass the en-
animation of a recruit.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

"TnEEE are many Americans a
Edward Everett Hale, who forget. or
perhaps never knew. that there is in
country towns aud villages where. rlae-
tically speaking. there is no criminal
class, svld no class of paulcrs. The
house of correction in many IL county in
America is empty half the time. There
is many IL poor house in New England
where they take summer boarders be-
cause they have no one else to take"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Four ChIldren l,erishetl.

The frame dwelling of John Lesion near
Kingston, Ont, burned, and four children
persisted. Mr.. Lesion was so badly. burned
while trying to rescue the children TINT he
will probably die. Three other Gill zen
Of Mrs, Lesion escaped.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE did not like
politicians. He once wrote to a friend:
sIpray that in one year nor 1 may
find some way of escaping from this
unblest custom-house, for it is a very
grevious thralldom. Idetest all offices
all, at least, that are held on q polit-
ical tenure. aud I want nothing to do
with politicians. Their hearts wither
svsy, and do put Of y'eir bodies.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
To Keep Pie Crusts from C~rurnb.ing.

When your pies with upper crusts ara
ready to put in the owe to bike. take q
little sweet milk in n cup, and with n bit
of clean cloth wet the upper crust and
rim. When baked it will present g
shiny surface, and will not flake of.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
rae klrCMsN.
Plymouth, pudding.

One cup each Of chopped suet. mo-
lasses and sweet milk, II teaspoonful
each of saleratns. salt and different
spices, one cup of seeded %raisins. and
three cups of -four; steam three hours;
to be eaten with snuce.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

A BRANCH of the Baltimore Society of
Disappointed Lovers was organized at
Wilmington. Del, recently. by Joseph
T. Clark, who is president of the Balti-
more organization. dozen well-known
young men in town. including a lawyer,
several politicians and a prominent mer-
chant, met in one OF the large hotels.
Mr.. Clark explained the nature of the
organization, saying it was a mutual
consolation society, and any man to be
eligible to membership must have been
engaged and the engagement must have
been broken by the fair one. He
seriously denounced flirting, and said
that caused n~ine-tenths OF the woes of
man. Ten men appended their names
to the constitution and each related his
experience in striving for matrimonial
honors. The constitution requires
every man to shun female society at all
times, and q violation of this rule means
expulsion. A lookout committee was APP
pointed to search for new candidates.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
THE YARD

Ponltry Pickinga
ALL eggs left too long in the nests
during very cold weather will crack from
the effects Of frost.
FEEDMa broken oil.csks 70 fowls
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

NOTWITHSTANDING our large foreign
population, there are only twenty-five
foreign born citizens in both Houses of
Congress. Scotland has five members,
England. Ireland and Germany have
each four natives in this Congress. Nor
way and Sweden II each, and the
Dominion of Canada five. The Nor
mon delegate, MIR. Cain, was born i'm
the Isle of Man. OF the forty-two
States of the Union there are but
eight whose entire delegations in Con-
gre ARE made mp OF men born within
the limits of the States which they rep.
resent. These are Maine, New Hamr-
shire, Rhode island. Maryland, Nir-
ginia, West Nirsinia. North and South
Carolina. No State has so many of its
sons in the t 81 Houses of Congress us
New York. Besides its own Junior
Senator, frank Hiscock, there are
thirteen New Workers in the Senate and.
seventeen in the House representing
other States than New York. Ohio
comes next to New York. Both the
Iowa Senators. Mr.. VOORHEES,, of Indi-
ana. and Mr.. Plumb. of Kansas, are of
Ohio birth, and also nine members of
the House from other States than Ohio.
Pennsylvania blood is represented i'll
the Senate by Senators Cameron,
Quay. Henderson, of Nebraska, and
Mitchell, of Oregon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
OF TIE TIMES.
A Choice Selection of Inter.
esting Items.

IL the reign of Henry VIII. no ono
was allowed to wear a necklace, whose
income was less than two hundred
pounds.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

MAJoR-GENERAL Crook is one of the
plainest men in the United States
army. His mode>tv is unusual in a SOL
der, and he looks more like Il farmer
than a general with IL fine record. He
is u short, %heavy-set man with u thick
haar1
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

THERE is n young man working in an
Office in Atlanta. Ga, who once had Il
coffin bought for him. Daring The war.
when very young. he was thought 10 lie
dying. a friend of the faniiy passed
his fathers house on his way 10 the
nearest place where rasNets We're made.
and, by request, ordered one COR his
child. The lads mother. however. .c-
fused to allow it to enter her house. and
the snggestively-shaped box remained
on the fence posts for hours. The hoy
declined to die. ard a week later the
coffin was buried without any corpse in it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

AMERICA is not alone in its growth.
Since 1900 the population OF Europe has
just doubled itself. Then the ropula-
ton was l75, 000. 600; in 1880. al6,000.-
900; i'll 1860. $50, 600. 900; in 1850. 3d.
900, OOO:in 1855. 350,O0o.O 900. The begin
ming of the twentieth century will prob
ably put the figures at 400. O00, 900. In
deed, the rapid increase OF population
throughout the civilized globe is n
striking fact of modern times. 1t is an
eloquent proof OF the development of
sanitary knowledge, and shows. also.
that with the improvements made of
late it is easier to get u living than it
va of old.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

THE Shah Of Persia, in addition to
the masses of jewels in the royal treas
ury, has a private fortune slowed in
vault or elsewhere which is known to
consist of at least .E3.OOO, OOo. 10 this
he is pcrpetually adding fresh accumu-
lations.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

Their conscienees are turned to India
rubber, or to some substance as black as
that which will stretch as much. One
thing, if no more, 1 have gained by my
custom-house experience-to know q
politician. 1t is a knowledge which no
previous thought or power of sympathy
could have taught me; because the ami
NAL. or the machine, rather, is not in
nature"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

ANDREW TwAppLE. WHO died recently
at Morristown, Ohio. aged ~. was the
last of a famous family OF nine children
born without the optic nerve, therefore
stone blind. The State decided them IL
section of land for a farm. They could
go anywhere alone. did all the farm
work, cut timber. built fences, ran Il
grist mill, drove horses. told tie color
Of animals and denomination and gen
nineness of paper money by touch.
They We're useful and wealthy.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Potato Yea.t.

Crate four good-sized, uncooked po-
tatoes into a quart of hot water, Stir
oyer the fire, and cook slowly for five
minutes. Turn into n jar, add q half
cupof sugar and a tablespoonful of salt,
and when lukewarm add n half-cup of
good yeast. Allow this to fermcnt for
six or seven hours, stirring it down MS it
comes to the top Of the jar. Keep in q
cold place, we'll covered.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

a 800. 0oO. 600 building and loan sssoci.
alton for tsachsrs has bssn started in New
York.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Where Resignation is an Oaense.

Three members of the Cretean council
have been sentenced to seven years im-
prisonment each for fesigning their posts
under threats made by the Cretean com.
mittee ut Athens.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Ewice a week will often promot /. laying
other food shall fail to give good

twice q week will often promot laying
when other food shall fall to give good
results.
PUT your poultry droppings on The
plot intended for onions. and have the
bed MS fine as possible before putting
out the seed or sets.
For a movable roost trke a 2x3 or 2xl
scantling and plane il; then nail legs
to it, after the style of q carpenters
t~restle. If it should ever get lonsy,t take
it out of the house. pour kerosene all
over it and set it n fire. Good.by yer.
min! The flame will fash all over the
perch with a screening heat. but quickly
go out, leaving it i'll a purified cond!-
ton.
IT has been asserted TINT n given
amount of food and attention will pro.
duce rs many pounds of chicken flesh
as it will of hog flesh. If so, why cam
not farmers make poultry raising profit
able and eat nutritious chicken meat
instead of SO much bacon? A pound of
fowl flesh will produce more physical
strength and muscular power than IL
pound of fat bacon, hut there are many
people who do not believe it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
Feeding Fowls In Winter.

Most fowls that have free range in
summer will then of their own accord
take exercise enough in getting their
food. But in winter it is different.
What they get must be fed them, and it
is usually in such concentrated form
that they can fill their crops in n few
minutes. Then they stand moping in
the cold or return to their perch for
greater warmth. If fattcningbe the OBJ
icct this is we'll enough; but it gives
small chance for the leulthful thrift
necessary for egg production. The
feeder who always makes his hens
scratch for their living gets the most
eggs. Feed small grain. oats or wheat,
and throw this among so much finely
cut straw that they will pick but one
grain at a time. The health and pro-
Efficacy of barnyard fowls that depend
on the manure heap for their living is
due to the fact that they have to earn
what they cat before they get it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

THERE is one thing that we don't
want i'll our new navy and that is the
monster 1l0-ton gun. This may he an
ornament to q man-of-war. but for all
practical purposes il has proved itself Il
gigantic failure. OF the seven great
11O-ton guns now in existence four are
broken down. although they have never
been subjected to the strain of half an
hours firing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

Ir is noted that the use of the nom
de plume in literature is fast passing
away, which is variously explained.
The best reason is probably to le
found i'll the fact that writer's are real
izing that the strength of their person
alitv in their work is essential tn success.
1t will doubtless come to pass there
fore, that Il %pseudonym will soon get to
be recognized as ;n evidence of infc-
riority.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

ONSET is a seaside village in Massa-
chusetts, which is a watering-p place in
the summer but rather an u%ninteresting
place in the winter, when the cottages
are mostly t%enantless. But there is
much excitement there because of a DIR.
Frazier, u Christian scientist, who made
his appearance there a year or more
since. Oh late he has been going to
Boston, New York and other large
cities, where he obtains control of
wealthy women by mesmerizing them,
after which they follow him to Onset to
be treated. His cottage is full of such
people, who stand around as patients
while he sits in a big chair "jabbering,
laundering and evoking spirits in New
York and elsewhere" When the doctor
needs money, he mesmerizes ore of his
patients and causes her to sign a check.
The people OF Onset are getting tired of
this swindling business, and there have
been threats of riding him on Il rail.
The matter is causing much comment
by the press in the vicinity.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28
,urried Fish

Put two ounces of butter and one
sliced onion in q frying pan and cook
until Q golden brown, then add a table,
spoonful of -four, mix. n gill of the
water in which the fish was boiled. a gill
Of cream aud a t%easpoonful of curry
powder, stir continually until it boils,
add.the fish, owe the saucepan, aud
stand Il over hot water for one hour.
Serve with boiled rice in aseparate dish.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

For one reason or another. the ma
jority of flower users are not flower
~raisers. and necessarily the few must
supply the many. In the city or large
town all can procure their needed flow
crs from professional florists, but in
many smaller places there is no small
demand constantly being made on the
amateur who raises choice flowers. 1t is
a real pleasure to give ones pretty town
girls the dainty corsase bouquets they
ask for. and each Sunday morning to
supply the neighbors' children with
their little button-holc bouquets. 1t is
gratifying to ones pride 10 have a dozen
or nor persons call each day Just to
see the flowers" quite expecting and. in
fact. receiving a nosegay each, and il is
almost a privilege to send flowers to
adorn the bride. or to place oMtl,e bosom
of the dead; yet if all these flowers. for
these varied purposes. must he furnished
by one. that person must use some fore
thought. or else see his or her flower
beds robbed of half of their beauty
Virh's MaUusine,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

A GIRL appreciates a kiss when she
gets old enough to know she ought not