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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Quiet Opinion.

M. Got, the famous old comedian
of the Comedie- Franchise Says the
Stagc). can occasionally be funny off
the stage as we'll as on. The other
day an author was reading his drama,
when, turning around. he perceived
that the great comedian had fallen
asleep. He turned and reproved the
sleeper. How vas it possible. he
argued. for a man to express an opin-
ion of Il play when he was sound
asleep? NJ. Got rubbed his eyes and
remarked. with Il yawn. to the angry
dramatist: "Slecp is an opinion"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Why Agricultural Implements Arc Not
Taxed.

1AXeOs
When the free trade "yeformer'' tells
the farmers wife that her calico dress
is taxed 5 cents a yard she a effective
lly squelch him by producing the bill
from the village merchant and pointing
out the fact that its entire cost was only
4. cents a yard. But when the same
performer" b%uttonholes the farmer
himself and tells him that his plows and
c%ultlvators are taxed 10 per cent. the
demonstration of the dishonesty CT his
statement is not SO easily effected,
though the tax here is as purely imag-
mary as in the former case. Wien the
price of the calico is lower than the al
legged tax We see at once the absurdity
OF the tax theory. But this never oc.
ours except where the duty is specific.
No matter how low the price falls, al
ad valorem duty of any rate below 100
per cent. must necessarily be less than
the price. So the farmer is debarred
from using his wife's formula on the
free trader. But he has at hand anoth.
or equally effective argument.
He can show that unless the tariff
stands between him and cheaper imple-
ments which he might buy from foreign
countries If it were abolished, then it
cannot tax him. The tariff "reformer''
NAAA w klldGs xllcu uO CHI
appeal to TACT and prove that there is
not on earth a country where farmers
buy SO serviceable and cheap farm ma
chinery as that bought by American
farmers. IT the tariff were abolished
tomorrow not a piece of foreign agri-
cultural machinery could find sale in
this country. In the words of Consul
Dunlap, who describes a great exhibi-
ton of the cream of foreign implements
held in Breslan, Germany, emo Ameri-
can farmer would take n single one of
the plows on exhibition as u gift: he
would be ashamed to be seenin it's COM
pany." He comments further as fol-
lows:
machinery and tools from which 1 can
make comparisons, but | desire to say this,
that the agricultural machinery on exhibi-
ton at tins exposition, it, a fair sample
n nave every reason to believe it is
would, with the exception of the steam en-
zines !n1ne ct which are s~elf.pr9pclling)
meet with nothing but expressions of dis
gust from American farmers. 1t is not
equal in finish to the machinery in COM
mon use in the United States thirty years
ago. II IS heavy, coarse. rough and wholly
unsulted to work III any but q sandy or
gravelly soil. The prices given are. there
made machines on exhibition. not to be
compared with American high finished,
light and easy-working machines and inn
plcmcnts, but with what might be called
second or third-class machines made by
some amateur workmen In a backwoods
country shop thirty or forty years ago.
Is it reasonable that American farm
ers are waiting for the abolition of the
tariff to rush out after these crude inn
p%lements? If not, then the tax theory
must fail here, as in the case of the
calico dress, and the free traderis again
covered with confusion.-New York
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

I'm a recent campaign in Alabama,
says a dispatch, political kissing was
developed into a nigh art. One can
didatc, after making IL speech at the
Blue Greek mines one evening. led in
a dance and kissed the boss miners
wife once. His opponent hearing of
this went to the same place, also made
a speech and led the dance aftcrward
and kissed the boss miners wife
twice. 1t is said that the boss miner
himself got very tired of the pro-
cecdings.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
I,revities Worth I,endtnr.

There are in the United States l2. 500
900 families, and of these lO,C225, 900 are
living in houses or on farms that are not
encumbered by any mortgage obliga-
tions.-Burlinoton Free Press.
Elegant extracts from the Democratic
anthology: "Oh, go home and soak your
head."-Roger Q. Mills. "The hogs
hadn't the decency to stop eating when
l got up to speak."-David b. Hill.
Rats! Rats "'-Roswell P. Flower.
Next.-New York Tribune.
Our disguised contemporary, the
Evening Post, says: "NIr. Hill is attempt
ing to steal the presidential nomination,
and with it the character of his partv.1
This is a new feature in the evolution of
crime. We have heard of men who
would not hesitate to steal a red.hot
stove, but the attempt to steal sinking
fish is a new revelation of total deprayi-
ty.-New York Tribune.
Estimating five persons in each fami.
ly, census bureau calculations demon-
strate that the federal debt of the Unit.
ed States amounts to $7S.l5 per family.
On a similar basis of calculation the
debt OF Great Britain is S337. go e
family; of Austro- Hungary, $50, 20. and
of France, $5S1.75. Germany has no
statistics from which to figure out accu-
rately her debt per family, but the in
~debtedness is estimated at $500. It is
one of the notable features of the
financial stability of this nation that the
national debt per family is SO low, and
it is the subject of comment that while
the ratio of Irrational debt to families has
decreased steadily the national wealth
has been growing faster than that of
any nation on the globe, and ou. capital
and resources have improved more
rapidly than those of any other nation.
-New York P,yss.
The foreign trade of the United
States in 1891, the first full calendar
year under the Mckinley tariff, was IN
paralleled in IL history. The average
value of our foreign commerce for the
ten years from 1881 to 1890, inclusive.
was $1,465, sos, SOL.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
vAPiD GlRLHooD.
Type ofYoung Woman Doubtless Doomed
to Early Decay.

vi 4yOOkkkS
to Early Decay.
There is a type of womanhood now
in New York society which. it is
greatly to be feared, will perish with
the generation that gave it birth.
There seem to be nothing in the
f1ippant sllallowness of the young So
ciety girl of the period THAI will de-
velop into the rare dignity and cour-
tesy of demeanor characteristic of
this type of which some of our wom-
en- of Southern birth represent. says
the New York Sun. One of them
very we'll known is a tall. slight
woman with wonderful glow
ing Southern eyes, full of fire and
tenderness, of joy and of sorrow, soft
ened into memories. Directly she
grects you with that peculiar COM
bination of dignity before which you
bow, and gr%aciousness that charms
and puts you at your ease: the old
Saxon word "lady," which has been
SO abused and degraded, seems to be
honored again in that woman's per-
sonality.
Another woman here more COM
handing in her personality, but
none the less courteous, has Il guam
tity of dark, soft hair, framing a
purely oval face, still beautiful and
expressive of strength of character
and rare Intelligence. Her ready
flow of %well-chosen words on any sub
ject. interesting. unusual and enter
tanning as well, always spoken in a
low, firm, but. musical voice, con-
trasts strangely with the high
pitched, vapM commodities with
which society regales its devotees.
A lady sitting near a box in which
one of the fashionable twenty
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
The Nations Commercial prorre.,.

opponents OF an American protective
policy may we'll desire to suppress the
publication of official reports. Is it al
together an accident that, in the first
full year after the new protective tariff
and its reciprocity clause went into
force. the merchandise exports from the
United States and the merchandise inn
ports into the United States were both
much the largest in value ever known
an accident that the merchandise ex-
ports in the last month of that year
we're the largest ever known in any
month, as the exports for November
and for October had been in their turn?
Is it entirely an accident that the in
crease in exports during the last ten
years has been smalli in breadstutfs, pro.
visions and oil, only about % per cent.
in cotton, but So per cent. in other arti-
cles which are largely products of man.
u%facture?
The official report for December and
for the year 1891 is one of peculiar in
terest for all Americans who take pride
in the progress of their country. There
is, first, the surprising fact that that the
value of exports in December was near
ly % per cent. larger than in the same
month of 1880, when the amount was
greater than it had been in any month
excepting October and November of
1891. With $l19,932. 532 exports, and
only $69,444,655 imports, the excess of
exports was $50,4S7,S77, which is also
unprecedented. In the last six months
of 1892 the excess of exports over inn
ports VAS $l55. ass, 2O7, and the aggre-
gate value of exports was 1851, 121,S3l,
which has never been approached in
anv Df0ViOuR half-vaar M
Next there is the fact that, in spite of
the depression of trade in breadstutfs
during the first half of 1891 because Of
the partial failure of crops in 1880, the
value ofexports was greater in the FIJI
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Queer Things the Japs Believe.

The japanese believe i'm more
mythical creatures than any other
people on the globe, civilized or saw
age. Among them are mythical ami
mails without any remarkable pccul-
iarities of conformation. but gifted
with supernatural attributes; such
rs a tiger which is said to live to be
1000 years old and to turn as white
i; Il polar bear.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Snakes.

n novel use of electricity has been
made in India for the prevention of
the intrusion of snakes into dwell
ings. Before all the doors and around
the house two wires are laid, con-
nected with an induction apparatus.
Should a snake attempt to crawl over
the wires he receives a shock of cleo
tricity which either kills him or
frightens him into Il hasty retreat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Natures Photography.

A young man at Warren, Ohio,
took refuge under a tree during Il
thunderstorm. The tree was struck
by lightning, and he was killed.
When his clothes were removed exact
images of the branches and leaves
of the tree were found pictured on
his breast and other parts of his
body with the minutencss of the pho
tograph.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

products not subjected to q slmllir- in.
spectlon, Notwithstanding the fact that
leading scientists throughout Europe
concurred in the opinion that, from the
method of curing and sailing American
hog products in use IN this country, no
danger from trichin;r was to be appre-
hendet from the use of American pork.
In this case, again, argument having been
found u~navailing, the Secretary deter
mined upon action. Thorough inspec-
ton of all hog products intended for ex.
port was decided upon, including the
microscopic, and this, in spite of q loud
cutlery against the possibility of enforce
ing any such inspection without an in
reference with tho trade 80 great as to
render the proposed remedy more hurt
full than the evil. Without asking an
additional penny from the people ofthe
United States in order to make the ex-
pertinent. but providing for the neces.
sary expense by the most rigid economy
in the application of the funds available
for the Bureau of Animal Industry.
the Secretary proposed a system
OF inspection which was finally
adopted during the closing days of the
he Flfty-first Congress, and immedi-
ately proceeded 10 put it in force to an
extent limited by the want of necessary
funds for its. general application, but
amply sufficient to prove its feasibility.
In :h!s the department has been very
successful, and it has been found and
admitted by all parties interested, that
such inspection can be ~etiectualiy car
ried on without interfering in any de-
gree with the rights and business Of the
packers. and without causing any delay
in their work. Armed with the new
weapon thus provided, the Department
State renewed the struggle on behalf
of American producers. and this time
successfully, as everybody knows.
1t is gratifying to be able to point to
resolutions adopted on many occasions
at important representative gatherings
of representative farmers, all concur
ring in commentator of the work done
for the farmer under the present adj
!mimstration, work which, while mainly
inspired and carried on by the secretary
OF Agriculture himself, has met at ali
times with the heartiest cooperation on
the part of the President of the United
States, the secretary of state, and his
other colleagues in the cabinet.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Missing Birds.

Ten species of North American
birds are put down by the ornitholo-
gists as missing" OF these, two
the great aux and the Labrador duck
are believed to have become extinct
within the memory of living men.
Perhaps representatives of the other
eight will yet be found. Most of
them are very diminutivc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Designs OH Glass.

So-called diamond ink for writing
on glass is a compound of fluoric acid
and barium: the latter has no effect,
it being simply a white powder to
give body to the acid. The ink can
be used with a rubber hand-stamp,
and it should be allowed to remain
fifteen minutes, when the barium
will brush off, leaving the design ON
the glass.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Threads of Thought.

LIFE is doub!e-faced and double.
edged.
To KNOW ones self is to distrust ones
self.
EACH life may have a potentiality Of
greatness.
To BE misunderstood b,.those VIC love
is bittcrest of all.
FIND a disinterested friend and you
have found a jewel.
THE greatest study Ct all is that O
the changes of the mind.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
but we DON'T Gca Any.

The best %isinglass dissolves COM
pletely in hot water, leaving no WISH
BILE rcsiduum.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
Bridsepor,.s spook.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, has a ghost in
the shape of Il dark mar of gigantic
stature in shirt sleeves who carries a
pistol.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

"THE tongue is an unruly member.
and there are three Thousand Ian
guages in the world to "sass back" in.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
A Wise %I'recaution.

Never set coal oil near butter or
lard.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
The Deadly Parable, on Mr.. sehrnhof.

The Deadly Parallel on Mr.. Schnnhof.
The Democratic press has been busily
engaged for some time in quoting the
statements of eN-Consul j.. Schenhof.
at Tunstall. Eng, in regard to the
heavy tax the working people of the
United States are compelled to pay for
their clothing in consequence of the
tariff duties. Mr.. sch@nhof is a tariff
..reformes" after the order of Mr..
Cleveland. He wants Cheap clothing
for the millions" as he puts it, and has
frequently tired to make the people be-
llevc that they were suffering because
of the robber tariff. He furnishes the
Democratic press a lot of trick-mule
statistics in the effort to show that pro-
lection is not necessary to elevate labor
or cheaper articles of clothing.
There was q time, only a short time
ago, when Mr.. Schmnhof was in the
service of the United States as consul.
He was requested to report to the State
Department concerning the wages and
cost of living OF English workmen at
Tunstall. He gave his views on the
subject, and what these were when he
was consul, and what his views were
er, are printed side by side, and will
prove interesting reading:
Lethlr Of Rcormor" Report of Consu, Schen-
s~chdnh0f to The hcp hoJ to tic Department
York Tunes. of SMic.
To concentrate our So far as clothing and
efforts on one sreat dry goods in general
llnr. which embraces are concerned / find
everything OF prime I'M. that cotton goods are
lortancc III the tariff fully as cheap in the
issue. IKE wool and United States us here.
Woolcns accomplishes Shirtings and sheet
I'll tnAt can be expect ings. III anything, are
Ell Wltnont engaging us superior Ill quality for
In the risks of an oppo- the same money with
site policy. II such. Il Us. SO far as L can Judge
measure be defeated by from the articles ex.
the Selate or vetoed by posed for sale in the
the President. upon retail stores. Articles
taem then the res pom for underwear for WON.
s1bflity.. III 1t becomes ell. made of muslin,
q law. then the Demo- are far superior in
cratic party, will have Workmanship IL nm.
from haying secured to in tic Unito1 States. . :.
the MILLIONS chap . Nor can find that
moolcn clothing and to m G II Is shlrts. when
the manufacturers and chiefly of cotton, are
their ,work-peoplc the any cheaper here. OF
upon which to exercise tory made. the same
productive power. workmanship and fin
iish l find corresponding
articles Of the aholsxtic
process Of mdmafnc;Hre
superior in the United
suites. This is true of
lcloth1ng as well as OF
collars. cuffs. and like
articles.
20 here IL the difference between the
opinions of one man when he reports
facts as an official of his government,
and when he appears in the role of a
politician. On which does MIR. Schmn.
hOf wish To rest his ron,,tot;ono
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

go here liz the difference between tine
opinions of one man when he reports
facts as an official of his government.
and when he appears in the role of a
politician. On which does MIR. Schnn.
hof wish to rest his renutation2
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
lsl,cSIoso 22o.52zseb 1885, sos, yss

SSil.lG2. ISL Ssi5. y99. COS $40, COG, 2S2
From this statement it appears that
the great increase in ten years, $Ss94, 62l,-
933, or 5S.7 per cent. has been in s'all
other articles" of which the principal
imports in eleven months of 1891 were
about s2s, 600 iron manufactures,
s$233, OOO, 900 tobacco and manufactures
thereof. $23,00O,O0O wood and maui
features thereof, SIS, 100000 copper ore,
ingots and manufactures. $l3, OOO,OOO cot
ton manufactures, Sl3,OOo,0 900 leather
and manufactures thereof, S 9,OUO,0 600
fruits and fish. mainly canned or pre-
served, $S,00O.OOD coal, $4,000, 900 naval
stores, S7.Oo0,OO0 oilcake. 81, 100000 cot
ton-seed oil and paratiine. ST, ,OoO
chemicals and glucose. S8,OOO,OOO car
riages, cars ard instruments, and
s5,OOO.0M sugars. Into such items 60,
not only the labor and enterprise OF
Americans who produce the raw mate
rial from the earth, but the labor and
enterprise of other Americans who
manufacture or prepare the products
for use.--NeW York Tribune.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

year than =. any previous year, exceed.
ing BY almost $Sl, 200, 600 the aggregate
in 1880, which prior to this vear had
never been equaled.
The exports in 1891. 1890 and 1881 are
thus compared in the official state
ment:
Animals and
products. as ih2n, NE, slS SIT. 800. ns5 slsa 9O0. %:
Breadstutfs... DIN lO7,t4s lIl, Coz 47 2Yl, 3sI. $40
Cotton....... 2222, lS6, 3Y1 25A. US S;3 2S6 6sS.0.9
Mineral oils 1856, los 6a.27U. 653 4G.lSs.l5Y
All other art
icles......- 1el,esa.oso 22o.s27.se5 ds.sos.ys
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-07

as to throw the vessel over, covering one
half her decks with water. At 8 o'clock D. m.
the fore and main topmasts went over, the
foremost breaking of even with the deck
and carrying away the bowsprit. The
masts hung by the side punching holes in
the vessel, breaking two OF the small boats
and smashing the pumps at p. IN. the
wreckage was finally cut away, and the yes
sci dritted until morning, when the crew
we're taken off by the ship Oregon Before
leaving the Zulu she was scuttled by her
crew, and when last seen from the decks Of
the Oregon was rapidly sinking The cap
tain and crew of twelve men we're ali saved
and are nov on board the Oregon at the
Escambia quarantine station.
Gainesville Leader: Nestled near the west
bank of the Suwennee river and in hearing
of its rushing waters rest he remains OF one
OF Florida's earliest piOpeers. We refer TO
that single enc losure which is shaded by a
single oaS on the old Mcqueen plantation ao
Old Town in Lafayette county. There rest
the remains of George Miller. who came to
Florida in 1920 from North Carolina. All
that marks the spot is a marble column ana
an iron inclosure Time is fast telling upon
these, and ere many years nothing VIII De
left 70 mark the spot OF a man VINO souRhS
the wilds and dangers Of tlorldas
most remote territory. The marble
column bears the simple lnscTlp-
ton; GEORGE Mlli8Ts boIu oeP'' -
Died Dec. 10, 1888" Miller settled on TINS
piece Of land and worked many slaves IL
was during the time when Indian troubles
were at their worst. and near tho MlILer In
closure, can to-day he seen the spot on
which his house stood Around that house
Notifications against the indians we're made,
the traces Of which are still visible. Il is
mystery just why Miller left his North
Carolina home to reside in the wild forests
of Florida, but those who are IN better
position to know. claim that at an early
e0a was defeated for some prominent posi-
tion. and becoming disheerteued, did 50 out
of spite At any rate he lived and died
where his remains now rest, surrounded by
one OF the best communities in the state,
but during his life was in the hands of the
treaCberous red man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-07
ATLAW OVER A METEOR.
One Found 1t, the Other Owned the
Land Where 1t Fell.

From the Nelg York Times.
DIES MONIES, IA, Oct 4-The Iowa
supreme court to-day affirmed the decision
of the Winnebago district court In the case
Of Goddard VS.. Winchell. This is the PEI
culiar meteor case which has awakened
such interest in Iowa.
On May ?, 1890, an aerolite weighing
sixty-six pounds fell on the land Of John
Goddard in Winnebsgo county. Peter
Hoagland dug it up aud conveyed it to his
house, aud sold 10 as his own to II. V.
Winchell for Sl05. Goddard claims the
meteor was his, as it fell on his farm.
Hoagland claimei It, as he discovered it
first and it fell from heaven.
The district court decided the stone be-
came a part Of the soil on which it fell, and
Hoagland had no right to remove it. But
the defense claims that by Blackstone what
ever is movable and found on the surface Of
the earth and is unclaimed by any owner is
supposed 20 be abandoned by the last pro-
prietOr
The supreme court ruled that this stone
was IN the earth, and practically immov-
able, and was placed there by nature. 1t
was stone not included generally under
property to be claimed. The case Is unique,
with no established precedent.