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Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-28

WE CARRY full line of the finest jellies
jams, olive oils, mushrooms, peas and, in fact
all of the best goods. W. Chamberlain & Co..
213 South Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-28

Granula, the great health food. For sale by
all grocerH. H. Jevne, agent.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Tho Sacred Book. of ceylon.

There are three books regarded as sa-
cred by Buddhists of Ccylon. The first,
called the Mahavanso, is the most highly
veneratcd. 1t has been very carefully
handed down from generation to genera
ton, the most ancient copies not vary
ing in the least from those of modern
date. The Mahavanso contains "The
Doctrine, Race and Lineage of Buddlla,' 81
besides the authentic annals of Ceylon-
csc Buddhism.
Next to the Mahavanso in point of
veneration is the "Learnel Priests" his
tory of Budlha, called the Rajaratna-
carl. This book also contains extracts
from other antique works, besides q
record of the erection of the various
temples and shrincs of the island and i.
history of the kings from the year $40
b. G. The third of the Ceylonese sacred
books is called the R;,j;,vali or "Light
Givcr;" it is simply modern supple
ment of the other two and brings the
records down to date. The main por-
tion is given up to recording events i'll
Ceylonese history since the advent of the
the Dutch, especial attention being
given to that portion of the work which
tells of the expulsion Of the Portuguese.
st. Louis Republic.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
A Rival of the Yosemite.

In the vast Sierra wilderness far to the
southwark of the famous Yosemite val
ley there is q yet grander valley of the
same kind. 1t is situated on the South
Fork of Kings river, above the most ex-
tensive groves and forests of the giant
scquoia and beneath the shadows of the
highest mountains in the range, where
tho canyons are deepest and the snow
laden peaks are crowded most closely
together. 1t is called the Big Kings
River canyon or Kings River Yosemite,
and is reached by way of Visalia, the
nearest point on the Southern Pacific
railroad, from which the distance is
about forty-five miles, or by tho Kear-
sarge pass from the east side of the
range.
1t is about ten miles long, half mile
wide and the stupendous rocks of pur-
plish gray granite that form the walls
are from $500 to 5000 feet in height,
While the depth of the valley below the
general surface Of the mountain mass
from which it has been carved is consi,l
erably more than mile. Thus it APP
pears that this new Yosemite is longer
and deeper, and lies imbetlded in grander
mountains than the well known Yose1n-
lite of the Merced. Their general char
acters, however, are wonderfully alike.
and they bear the same relationship to
the fountains of tho ancient glaciers
above tllem.-John Muir in Century.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Silk Weaving by 1:lectrlc,ty.

An interesting trial has been made in
Germany with silk wcavers' looms
worked by electricity. By u cable Of
100 feet in length, a one horse power
electric sllunt motor, with 100 volts and
four amperes, was put in motion, and
the Transmission for the weavers' looms
was restricted by communication to
seventy-two revolutions. Two weavers'
looms were put in motion, the result be-
ing that the working by electricity was
more satisfactory than that by means of
caloric engines or gas motors, and the
swinging masses, otherwise necessary
for the working on q small scale, can be
dispensed with. The German papers
think the results named show that house
industry could easily be made to flourish,
oy the transmission of electric power,
and this all the more as electricity car,
he transmitted equally we'll under any
temperature.-New York Telegram.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Bishop Brooks, Way with children.

No one who has seen DR.. Brooks with
children is likely to forget his "way with
Them" Sterner persons say that he
makes them behave very badly, and,
possibly in jealousy, others have called
him fonder of youngsters than of grown
people. No objection is heard from the
children. They look midgets, indeed,
ON those knees, high and broad, in which
two schools of churchmanship tgur.
atively meet. Is it foolish to imagine
that the new bishops visitations will
gain some of their power-over mothers
at least-through his extremely happy
intercourse with the children? However
literally true it may be, surely the story
of DR.. Brooks going to a poor woman's
rooms and keeping the children out of
mischief while she went to church tells
something of his spirit. And the story
loses none of its point when one reflects
that the woman could not hear one Of
her visitors ser,nons.-Harper's Weekly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
His Ono Foolish Act.

The young woman had secured per.
mission to speak to the good looking
young convict. It was just feminine
fancy-a desire to learn something of his
story.
"You don't look like o criminal" she
said abruptly.
He smiled at the rather uncertain COM
pliment.
81 never did but ono criminal thing in
my life, lie said.
"Only one:" she said, in rather dis
appointed tone. She had expected to find
a m;sn stepped in crime. "Why, you,
sentence is for ten years, isn't it2"
eyes, miss. got it for that one Grim
inal act"
"What was the cause of that one?" she
inquired curiously.
"Just whim, niss-a youthful wlliln,
he replied rather bitterly. 81 thought il
manly to carry u revolver"
"And you were attacked some night::'
she asked quickly. "And you"-
He shook his head.
"And you're here just for that" she
said.
Like others, just for that, - he returned
quietly. 81 quarreled with a friend, los
my temper, and-1'm here, miss. That
ALL"
He suddenly turned away and wen
back to his work.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
How Ancient builders 1;ut,t.

The builders of Babel built we'll. Ira
dition relates that it was only confn-
sion of tongues that checked their aspi-
ration. There can be no doubt that the
foundations of the celebrated tower that
was designed by it's architect to reach
'heaven" We're of the broadest and leav-
lest sort; let us say vast walls of the
most solid granite, bound and knit to-
getler by that most excellent insulubla
cement that is one OF the lost arts to
modern co,:s.ruc,iH,lists. Yet if latter
day engineers be not hopclessly in error
with concern to t:la conclusions they
have drawn as respects ancient ln:.-
soinry from tire ruins Of ancient struc-
lures, ;'nc;s'ii: Builders cuun:cl only on
the law OF :;r;vitation. which they knew
in an enil'.ric Nay, for the safety of the
works they wrought. The protector Of
The Na:s-om- Wat. whose walls and roof
might have sheltered IL ST. Peters and Il
st. Paul's and still have had room for IL
building like the Equitable in Broadway
within its vast Enclosures, would never
dream of setting his nasons to begin the
laying of his walls say at about fifty feet
from the ground. Weekly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Feminine Superstition.

The elevator in one of the big news
paper Offices was filled with men. One
woman, fashionably dressed, was a pas
senger. Next her stood a hunchback-
all aged man, neatly dressed and shrink
ing as far as possible out of notice. The
woman looked at him with a thoughtful
air as if weighing vast possibilities. Sud.
denly she leaned over and with the tip
Of her white gloved finger daintily
touched the hump of her neighbor.
What was that for?'' one man asked
another in an undertone. "Don't you
know? For luck" was the answer.
"Touch u hunchback and bring good
fortune, is one of woman's pet supersti-
ous."-New York World.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Paid tho Hcpurter.

A reporter in Sherman, Mich, pub
lished an item announcing an approach
ing wedding, and the next day was ac-
costed by the gentleman named us bri.le-
groom, who grlvely asked him on whose
authority he had made the announce
ment. Before the timid reporter could
reply the man groped for his pistol
pocket, and the reporter thought his
nour of doom had come. Imagine his
joy when, instead of pistol, the man
produced q pocketbool, from which he
extracted 4 five dollar bill. This he
thankfully gave to the reporter, saying
that the marriage announcement had
spared him the trouble of popping the
Guestion.-Exchange.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
The Swamp Angel.

The Swamp Angel was an s-incl, 200.
poun'er Parrot ritied gun, mounted by
the Federal troops in a morass on Norris
island, Charleston harbor, in 1868. On
Aug. 90 and 90 the city of Charleston,
five and II half miles distant, Was
shelled, the gun bursting at the thirty
sixth shot. After the war the Swamp
Angel WAS sold for old metal and con.
veyed to Trenton, but having been
identified, it was set up on granite ped.
estal at the corner of Perry and Gin.
ton streets in that city.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Her Views.

Charlie b is IL board of trade man.
His wife has ideas of her own.
"A few days ago she told Charlie at
dinner:
Reciprocity is great thing"
''When did You find that out?" asked
Charlie.
"a lady stepped on my dress today and
never offered a word of apology"
"Of course not" chuckled Charlie.
''But she smiled"
"Oh!"
"rhen smiled. You see that smile
produced q smile in RETURN"
"a man would have smiled, too, under
the circumstances" remarked Charlie.
"That was reciprocity" said Mrs.
Charlie, ignoring the remark.
"Almost as satisfactory as if you had
slapped each other
And she answered in dreamy voice:
almost. Detroit Free Press.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
A Swell Boston Shoemaker.

For several years there has been col.
ored shoemaker on School street. He
has owned his little shop, which is big
enough for about four people to stand in
without noticeable discomfort. He is a
good looking young fellow, and there isn't
anything remarkable about him at first
sight. He has u very good trade for a
small place, and his income is sufficient
to enable him to live comfortably. If
you go into his shop any time of the day
between 2 o'clock in the morning and 8
o'clock in the afternoon you will find him
seated on a little stool with a leather
apron on. His sleeves will be rolled up,
and he will be peggging away for dear
life.
If yo1 go into the place at s O'Clock
and wait few minutes, you will pres
emily behold as novel IL spectacle as may
be witnessed in the city anywhere. You
will see that gorgeous light overcoat
has been hanging on peg in the wall
in Il corner of the shop, and that pair
of flushing patent leather shoes have
been reposiny in the same corner ON the
floor, and that near by big silver
knobbed walking stick has been stand
ing, while ON Il little shelf has been rest
ing a glossy silk hat. When this young
mans work is done in the evening hc
dotfs his leather apron and attires him
self in his swell apparel.
He may be seen OH Washington street
i'll the neighborhood of the Adams House
an hour later, silk hat, patent feathers,
spring overcoat, silver knobbed cane and
all. He goes to his shop i'll this dress in
the morning and leaves it similarly gar.
meMted in the evening. He moves il,
the swellest colored society of the city,
and is looked OH by his acquaintances as
a person of quality. Yet lie makes nc
disguise of his business.-Boston Cor
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
"coat" Means "prcss" in ireland.

Goat is u word that has g;.inel in
breadth Of meaning. 1t is not simply
the outer covering of the upper part Of
the body of the male creature; women's
rights are SO far recognized in Ireland
that the word applies as we'll to Il fe,ni-
nine article of dress; but, indeed, to the
corresponding article to that Worn by
the men-that is, IL jacket-but it is
among the working classes (and to this
class alone what has been written ;f,-
plies} the usual word for ''dress."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
THE FLAG OF DISTRESS. s..

Over tho Ocean of Being.
Till tho wind fails,
Fast on their venturous voyage
Speed tho whitc sailsl
But from the ships that have foundcrcd,
I4abOring slow,
Hardly abreast of tho billows,
The rough RATS so.
Thereon tho stranded from shipwrcck
Painfully lie.
Lead seems tho water around them
l3razcn the sky.
Cruel the ships that in safety
Stcadfastly speed,
Cruelest souls that aboard them
tcck not nor heed.
Eayl for across the wan water
Noaplcnl fails!
Nay! for tho tincst signals
Stay the white sails!
Some from tho ship will como speeding
Eager to save,
Heirs to one glory of living,
Heirs to one grave.
But if the bearers of succor
Find not the track?
II to the hail of the helpers
Nothing come back?
What ii the wash of the waters
Drown the heart throb2
II tho wild winds in their courses
Stitlc the sol,2
Say, shall the true hearts of comrades
Nainly he stirrc,l2
Thou who so sorrowcst, answer?
Soino one has heard!
Il. NJ. Little in Academy.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
How They Learned to Make Perfume.

What the French know about per-
fune making is not all the result of
their own experience. The traditionary
history of the art is that the Hebrews
impaired the little they knew to their
captors, the Egyptians, who in turn,
gave their formulas to the Greeks and
Romans. The Moors then took a hand
ut improving these crude efforts, and
when they invaded Europe left their art
i'll Spain, whence it soon reached France.
There it found its home and resting
place, aud today no nation can compete
with France i'll the science and art of
perfume ,caking.-New York Evening
SIM
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Patent leather and Patent c.,f.

While many may apply the term
''patent leather" to all kinds of enamel
leather, still, strictly speaking, it is only
used in the harness trade and in the
cheapest grade of shoes, while patent
calf Is the material from which fine
shoes are made. Only the very finest
calfskins are used, the enamel being ap-
piled after tho skin has been through a
long course of treatment and all the
stretch taken therefrom, and is, there
fore much more durable than patent
leather, which is made usually from cow
hides.-Shoe and Leather Facts,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
How cocoanuts Arc Harvested.

The busy season ON a acocoanut planta-
ton is when the nuts ripen, which they
seem to do all at once, and every hand
is engaged IN gathering and conveying
them with carts to the drying ground,
which is always in close proximity to
the bungalow, SO as to be as much a.
possible under the eye of the manager.
Here they are split in half, Longitude
nally, with All ax-afeat which is dexter.
ously performed with one blow by tho
man appointed for this duty-and then
spread out to dry. The intense heat of
the sun rapidly shrivels the kernel.
which curls up into q ball the size of
your fist and detaches itself from the
shell.
This is now what is called "copra,' g
and is shipped to the nearest point Of
landing in sacks, where it is either trans.
ported i'll bulk to Europe or more gen.
orally made into oil, the refuse-oil
cake or ''poonak"-being sold locally for
feed for cattle.-Frank Leslie's Monthly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
The Human Voice.

interesting incident showing at how
great II distance u conversation can he
carried on is related by Lieutenant Fos-
ter, of the third Parry arctic expedition,
i'll which he says thathc conversed with /,
man across the harbor of Port Bowers, {,
mile and Il quarter away, and it has also
been asserted on good authority that at
Gibraltar the human voice has been dis
tinctly heard ut a distance of ten miles.
-Harper's Ioung People.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
For Honest Mem. Rights.

That lisa rather fine point of law which
holds that a man with burglars tools on
his person, who goes up the steps Of q
a dwelling house where he has no law
full business, has made an attempt t.
commit burglary, but it is good law for
the protection of the community. The
steps of u dwelling are private property,
and one who tresW,sses upon them with
unlawful purpose has committed an un-
lawful deed.-Philadclph Ledger.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Tn. A,lauthu. Tree.

The first ailanthus trees grown in
America were brought from the far east
and planted in the garden of Burns cof-
fee house on lower Broadway, opposite
Bowling green, New York. They were
much admired by the New York beaux
and bellies Of seventy.dve years ago,
from which the conclusion is drawn that
fashions in odors also change.--Ex-
change
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
Am Un,,.unl PosItIon,

Photographer-It you'll hold your chin
a little higher. sir. can take q better
picture.
Mr.. Henrecls-Hold my chin higher?
Why, nlsn alive, I've been married
twenty years:-Texas Siftings.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

The revival of the popularity of brass
work has created a new industry and set
thousands Of men at work making beau
tifnl brass goods for domestic utensils,
fancy goods and ornamental work.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

one way Of Putting . Spell ON Enem,...
1t was a custom in the time Of Catha.
rine dc Medici to make figures of wax
and melt them slowly before the fire or
stab them with needles, in order to bring
suffering to enemies. This operation
was called putting . spell upon them
Il. Popo6 in Popular Science Monthly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

There was in London IL few years ago a
lady who had the most intense ablior-
renee of white loaf sugar. Did she hap
pen to come into contact with that
innocent article, or We're even a lump Of
it brought into her presence, she woull
be seized with violent paroxysln of
RAGE
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

A sagacious dog, which had been con-
fined for week in barn near Gibson,
made his escape finally by climbing tl~
weather boarding distance of fifteen
feet and then jumping to the ground.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

At the present day tho Persians call
asafetida "the food of the gods," the
Russians delight in caviare and the
Eskimo in train oil.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18
And rh,. In Boston.


It was autumn. He was Boston
book agent. The front door bell rang.
The kitchen girl answered the peal.
"Good morning, ma'am."
"Humph!"
els the lady of the house in7'
"She is"
"Can see her?"
"You cam"
Doth stand in motionless silence en-
pectantly.
"You said I could see the lady Of the
house?"
81 did"
"wcll, why don't / see the lady of the
house them"
"You see her."
Girl looks down frigid!y.
Agent looks up paralyzed.
"Then would like to see the person.
age who owns the property"
cat Lcnox."
"Then want to see the man, woman
or child, lady, gentleman, dowager, old
maid, bachelor or heir at law who rents
this property from the Lenox owner"
"Oh, you want to see the woman that
assists me with the work! Why didn't
you say SO in the first place? This vul.
gar carelessness of the use of the word
lady is very aggravating."
eyes. Iexpect so-is shc in:"
"No."
"When will she be in?'
"Won't be in."
"Why not? Where is slle?"
81 gave her weeks vacation to spend
with her husband at Marblehead, sos
she could rest up ready for the fall house
cleaning. You didn't think was going
to do it all myself, did yous"-Bostor
Globe
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-18

He suddenly turned away and wen:
back to his work. CONNER.
cial Gazette.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

The heads Of man are growing larger"
said q Broadway halter as be sold ~ hat
to a small man. Thirty years ago." be
continued, ''when FIRST went into the busi-
ness, the average size ranged from * to
81. OF course there were plenty OF men
with larger heads, but that was the aver
age size. Most of our customers buy hats
nowadays in sizes from to ~, and yet the
men thirty years ago seemed to have just
as much brains as the men OF today. The
most singular thing about the hat t11de ID
the ability of first class salesman 20
Judge of the nationality Of his Customer by
the shape of his head. We Americans have
long, narrow heads Il used to be that
when an American head came In for q hat,
if it was long enough for him it would be
very likely too wide at the sides, er if it fit
ted at the sides it had to be pulled cut at
the ends But we now have hats for heads
of all nationalities.
when a German head comes in we
jump for the boxes filed with hats espe-
cially made for round heads. The heads Of
Englishmen arS irregular in shape, not
outstanding the conservatism OF the ma
ton. Irish heads are the most easily fitted.
They are oval 10 shape. Most SMALL men
require large hats, and there are great
many large men who wear small tiles. 1t
is a noticeable fact, however. that as the
world grows older the heads Of English
speaking people are growing more and
more alike, and the shape IS tending to-
ward the long headed American head
New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

"The funniest snake / know anything
about is one foHnd in Africa, which lives
upon eggs" said Osteoiogist Lucas. 1T
has curious projection downward from
its backbone. just behind the head. which
Is like tooth, the extremity being actually
tipped with enamel This toothlike ap-
pendage has q most important function
with relation to the creatures method of
getting living. and it would be difficult
to find a more astonishing illustration in
nature of the adaptation ct structure to
necessity.
when the snake swallows an egg the
latter is passed down through the gullet
until it encounters the sharp tooth have
spoken of, which breaks the she'll. Thus,
not only is the food rendered easy for i'm
mediate digestion, but no portion of the
fluid contents IS lost, as would be the case
ii the snake were obliged to bite into the
egg with its mouth fangS.
st seems surprising how many snakes
are able to swallow animals bigger than
themselves until it is considered how par
ticularly we'll nature has adapted to the
purpose the structure of their jaws. The
lower jawbone. instead of being in single
piece, is merely connected in front by an
elastic ligament, so that the two halves are
capable of great extension. Again, the
halves of the lower jawbone are attached
to the skull very far back, so that the ami
NAL can make an enormous gap.-Wash,
ingtop Letter.