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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
OIL Fuel ON steamers.

The experiments with liquid fuel
on one or two English steamships and
on several belonging to the Italians,
is again calling the attention of the
engineering profession to possibilities
i'm the use of that fuel. In the En-
glish torpedo boat, the Sunderland,
this fuel was used with considerable
success. The boiler was of the loco
motive type and was fitted with
thirty-one burners. The Oil was car
ried in a tank of suitable capacity
and thence pumped in a small cylin-
drical tank: from thcnccit was forced
to the oil burners under IL pressure of
tllirty-tive pounds to the square inch:
at the burners it met jets of air de-
livercd under forty pounds pressure,
by which the process of atomizing
was effectively performed. The com
bustion is said to be so perfect that
there was neither smoke nor smell
from the oil, and no deposit was
formed in the tubes or elsewhere in
the boiler. The Italian government,
it is stated, will continue it's expert
ments in this direction. and it is also
reported that the Peruvians will dc
some experimenting for themselves.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
No Sense of Humor,

Now and then one encounters a
man who cannot comprehend a joke:
but as a rule the sense of humor is
stronger in men than it is in woman.
This seems strange when VIC consider
her Quickness i'm other directions. /
remember once limiting to a lady that
the fair sex We're a little obtuse i'm
this way. OF course she secuted the
idea, and scornfully said that if ever
they showed obtuseneSs it would be
simply because the so-callcd joke was
very thin-only the ghost Of a Joke i'm
fact. But as l pointed out, this
ought only to make il the moro
easily seen through. imagine my feel
;ings when she asked nc -how?:" An
other time IL friend was relating how
once. while travelling. he had as COM
.panions Il couple OF Englishmcn. The
elder of the two was telling theother
how II day at Il hotel he had noticed
a Scotchman eating roast mutton.
s"And." said the Englishman, Impress
lively. would you believe it. he took
mustard to his mutton" Mustard
to his mutton!" gasped his horror
- SVAliltttilOIs ttiiN ulQ iIc ulC.
My friend, who told this with great
gravity, here paused for a moment.
and his wife, who had been eagerly
listening, and who, woman-likc,
wanted to hear the end, broke in
with, "And did he die?" On another
occasion the story was told of a man
who, being badgered by a lawyer who
insisted upon plain ayes" or snop in
answer to hisquestions, finally turned
upon his prosecutor and asked him if
he would in turn answer yes or no to
N question. Receiving an atfirma-
tive reply, he said, well, will you
kindly say whether you are as big a
fool as you look?" Now, 1 think this
isn't bad, and we all had a good laugh.
which, needless to say, was renewed
when a lady who had evidently been
bordering over the question. said
with Il triumphant, Tve-discovercd-it
sort of air, @Why, if it had been me
i would have said no."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
"NIany Worscr Girls."

Prof. Chapman, professor of rhet-
oric at Bowdoin College. was the
bright, particular star of the alumni
dinner the other night. He doomed
the little institution away down i'm
Maine i'm IL manner that delighted
the boys.
"l'owdoin may have some failings, u
he said, "but 1--we known many /;
worse alma mater than she. In this
respect l feel like the little daughter
of a friend of mine in Portland. She
had just mastered the art of express
ing herself in intelligent sentences.
One day she had done something for
which her mamma had to reprove her.
The lady gave her daughter IL sound
lecture, and then told her to go up
stairs, alone, in her room, and ask
God to forgive her for her error.
In a few minutes she was surprised
to e the baby come down stairs
again, appear in the sitting-room,
and stand back with a great deal of
seriousness.
well. did you go up and do what l
told you?" asked the fond mother.
YES" replied the guilty one, "and
God said: sGreat Scott, Elsie Murray,
I've known a great many worser girls
than you.'"-Boston Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

many expeditions of danger and IA
tiguc. She and her cousin trailed
Pagan and Ed Kinsley, noted cattle
thieves, five days in the mountains of
the Cherokee Nation, last fall. Mrs.
Miller was riding alone when, to her
surprise. She came face to face with
Pagan, whom She placed under arrest
before he could realize that she was
an officer and i'm earnest. Kinsley's
hiding place was soon found. and in
securing his arrest several shots were
exchanged. Mrs. Miller also arrested
the Warren brothers, noted whisky
pcddlers.
This remarkable woman seems de-
lighted with her perilous work, and
being well educated, is anything but
bold and brazcn. Deputy Cantrell
has been on the Marshal's force for
eight years. He says Fannie Millcr's
services are almost indispensable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
A Famous Dcreltct.


The American three-masted schoon-
er Wyer G. Sargent, which was aban.
doned off Hatteras on March 81, 1891,
has drifted more than three Thousand
miles since that date, and has become
famous among North Atlantic dere-
licts. She was sighted last on Feb.
16 by the steamship w. 1. Radcliff.
She was then about one thousand
miles west Of the Cape Verde Islands,
in fairly good condition and with the
stump of her mainmast standing.
When abandoned in a water-logged
condition the schooner had $40. 900
worth of mahogany under her matches.
and wreckers have sought in vain to
bring this rich prize into port.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
His Mistake.

They had been married for several
years, and had gradually risen from
poverty to at1luencc. One evening
Joe settled himself back in his chair
with Il self-satistled air and said:
:"Things have changed some since we
were married, haven't they, Mary?"
"A great deal. Joe." she replied
quietly. The first year was pretty
hard" he went on. Il didn't make
any more than enough to pull lis
through. But l told you then I'd
get up: and l have" "Yes," she adj
mitted, you have. You've made it
much easier for me, financially"
And I've worked hard to do it," he
said with some pride: II have toiled
night and day; and | will do better
still: you shall be cve more comfort
able than you are now" "You are
very kind, joe" said Mary, with a
faint smile: nevertheless, I've somc-
times wondered if you quite UNDER
stood the clergyman who married u.s."
why, what have l done?:" he asked
suddenly, Strengthening up in his
chair. Nothing wrong, 1 suppose,
oe," n replied in the same quiet
way, 3but it has seemed sometimes
just a fancy of mine, perhaps-it has
seemed as though you thought you
had married the Office. 1t sees o
of you than-than-" She stoned.
1t wasn't necessary to say any
more. 1t was only necessary to
kiss him to show that it was not in a
purely fanltttnding spirit that she
spoke, and she did that. And. the
lesson that money-wcll, the. lesson
was not lost OH him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Where the banana Grows.

Our young friends who are fond of
bananas, and most of them we feel
sure are, would like to be in South
America. There, as Harpcr's Young
People tells us, the banana is not
thought of as a luxury. In fact, it
takes the place of bread and meat
and vegetables among a large part of
the people. Every garden has its
banana patch. just as we have our in
nispensable rows of potatoes. On
the Isthmus of Panama the cars spin
past hills covered from base to sum
NIT with the beautiful broad-leaved
plants, their great clusters of fruit
hanging from the stems just under
the leaves. The banana plant looks
something like an immense Gala lilly.
Its stem is made up of the bases of
the leaves, SO sheathed or folded
around each other and hardened as to
sustain the weight Of the mass of
foliage above.
1t will in some localities attain a
height of twenty feet. When two
years old it bears fruit and then dies,
but a number of young shoots spring
up from the base of the old stem, SO
that it continually renews itself, and
the farmer, who is usually an Indian
or negro, has no trouble except to
keep the weeds and the old withered
trunks cleared away from the grow
ing plant. Even the trunk is Of use
as IL contains a fiber almost as soft as
silk, which can be woven into the
most exquisite muslins. Indeed, some
Of the dainty India muslins are made
Of this very fiber.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Pluckx Girls.

Two young city-bred women.
OF a prominent wholesale
merchant in San Francisco, named
Lowenstein, are living on and,
Wolking a land claim in the State Of
washington, between Hadlock and
Ioit Ludlow. They took up the
lam Two years ago and have lived.
ON 1t continuously since, built the
caDln in which they live, and have
cleared and grubbed twenty acres of
iand. Their nearest neighbor is four
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Cleveland ana Rhode Island.

Senator Aldrich makes public some of
the inside history of the Rhode Island
campaign as carried ON by the Demo-
Gratis. They wanted to carry the state
on free trade issues, and supposed that
Cleveland was the highest exponent of
that principle. They therefore secured
nun to make a III of the state on
that issue i'll the hope that they would
succeed in two things, make sure of
Cleveland's nomination, and also dep1-
onstrate i spower to carry Little Rhody
and other New England states. Here
was the scheme in Mr.. Aldrich's own
words:
This plan was to have Cleveland enter
the campaign us he did. and. rs o as the
Democrats had pulled out Il victory. to send
the announcements broadcast that the en-
PRESIDENT, having demonstrated his ability
to carry Rhode Island on a trcc-trade plat
form, could. of course. carry the other New
england states, and was, therefore, the on
ly Democrat who could possibly be elected
without the vote OF the state OF New York.
SO enthusiastic We're the Cleveland men
o"eI Their plan That they were able to pur-
sllade eN-Secretary Whitney to assist them.
ne mad up to one month ago religlouSiy
held aloot from the Cleveland worshiuers.
but hc finally became imbued with their
conildence, and. in addition to accompany
ing the cN-Presidcnt to Providence, lie
s.SiiSu ihs 1uiLt W Il SOuu-SlZcu CHECK IOr
the purpose of helping the cause along. L
have personal knowledge that the men
who were managing the Cleveland
campaign i'll Rhode Island raised the
sum of 100000 ant spent it. This was
done tor the same reason that Cleveland
was imported into the state, namely. to en-
able the friends of tho Perpetual Candi-
date to claim a Democratic victory as an
achievement to be credited to the Cleyc-
land cause alone. The plan did not work,
for the reason that neither the Republicans
nor the Democrats of Rhode Island are
free traders. and the result leaves the
Cleveland men without a New England
peg to stand on. They were prepared to
announce Democratic success as a demOn-
stration that Cleveland could carry the
New England states. The Democratic de-
feat. Ii is equally plain. means that Cleve-
land cannot carry the New England
states. OF amy of them. and thai conse-
quently. without New York he is not even
10 be considered n possibility.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
sal IS DEAD GAME.
Fannie Miller. the Deputy sheriff at Mas
kugce, Indian Territory.

SauHto "AtAVers tHe Oeputy Sherl0 at Mas
kogcc. Indian Territory.
Fannie Miller, Deputy United States
Marshal at Muskogee, Indian Terri.
tory, is one Of the bravest women in
the West. She was born twenty years
ago near st. Joseph, Mo-, Of respect
able parents named johnson. When
4 years old she moved to Sherman,
Texas, and at the age of 10, in com.
pany with an experienced officer,
went to Mexico to aid in ~ferreting out
the perpetrators of a series of crimes
along the border. After two years of
adventure she married and moved to
'Talahana, /. T.
> This little woman is Merry and has
remarkable powers of endurance. She
rides with Deputy b. C. Cantrell, a
cousin. having accompanied him on
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

There need be no fear, growers O
wool t the West, no fear, m~anufactur
ers of wooden goods. cotton ties and tin
plates, and the workers employed in
in such manufactures. The Democrats
of the House know that the tariff bills
they. are passing have not a ghost of a
chance to become laws. The party
would not dare to pass the bills without
revision OF duties on other articles, if it
imagined they could become laws, be-
cause of the gloss injustice OF selectinga
few industries for destruction by free
trade while others remain protected.
The Senate is in the wav, and behind
the Senate is President Harrison. 1t
was he who taught the country four
years age that it would never dare to
seek cheap coats at the expense OF put
ting cheap men into them.
This distinct statement, that there is
no danger whatever of q change of du-
ties, seems to be called for because dis
patches and letters represent that work
ers in mills, and growers of wool at the
West and ven on the Pacific Coast, are
alarmed and angry. They have reason
to be indignant, but no reason to be
afraid until the country has elected q
Democratic president. The prospect of
such q calamity appears more remote
than it appeared in November, 1890.
ltis fortunate that the people who want
to do mischief are rarely born with
brains enough to do much. Kindly,
and also stupidity, the Democratic party
serves notice OF the wool-growers what
its success would mean for them,
and likewise on the wooden msnufac-
tuners and the msn and women in
wooden mills, on the thousands who are
enabled by q single clause in the new
eas,o 70 es e aad ! ea the la,' t dsy aa %sx Rhee
are employed in making tin plates, and
the other thousands who are putting up
works for that manufacture. Not one
solitary vote will these bills bring to the
Democratic party from the consumers
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
OF wool, WOODEN goods, cotton:ties or ar-

OF wool, WOODEN goods. cotton-ties OF ar
ticlss manufactured from tin. For all
these things are as cheap as, and
nearly all of them cheaper than,
they were before the new tariff
was enacted. Tin plates at Wholesale
are a little dearer, but not the fraction
OF q cent has yet been added to the cost
OF tlnware to consumers. C~otton-ties
are cheaper, most WOODEN goods are
cheaper or as cheap, and the manuiac-
turer himself pays less for his wool,
Wise Democrats, on the threshold of
u presidential election to make n host of
determined foes, and not one friend, by
voting for bills which can by no possi-
bility become laws. But Democratic
capacity for laundering is boundless,
and has elected several Republican
Presidents already. The end of it is
not yet. for it is just when Democrats
need their sober sense most that they
always get desperate and surprisingly
foolish. That great majority IN the
House is a blessing to the country, since
the party can no longer evade RESPONSE
bility for what is done or not done in
that body. The friends of protection
have a great battle before them, and
have no right to neglect any precaution
or effort. but they nave . powerful ally
in the congregation of incompetents
and fanatics called the Democratic ma
jority in the House.
Every hour this new tariff is making
votes for itself. When it was first
adopted the Tribune pronounced it the
bravest and wisest tariff ever framed,
because, though ut first misunderstood,
it would win it's w way. Under the
shadow of TIE great defeat in 1890 the
Tribune did not hesitate to predict that
within two years the Mckinley tariff,
then derided by SO many, would vindi-
cate the sagacity OF its supporters. AL
ready there are thousands of voters in
every close or doubtful state in the
Union whose personal interests are di-
rectlv identified with the maintenance
of the tariff of 1880, and establish
ments have come into being all over the
country because of provisions of that
Measure which employ u great army of
workers. 1t is not a bad thing to build
up the Industries of the country and
trust the people.-Ncw York Tribune.
Which Will He stand lsy.
THE "RoBDEE" MANU- THE "EoBnED'' MANU.
FACTUIEIs. FACTURER.
We discover that the The manufactures
fortunes realized by our who sees in free rawma-
manufacturers are no terials IL reduced cost of
longer obtained solely his products, resulting
by reward of sturdy In in an increased con-
Gustry and enlightened sumption and an extern.
foresight. but that they sion of his markets. and
result from the discrim- "a constant activity and
mating favor ofthe gov ret urn ior HIS Invested
" built upon undue es. trust the party Who first
actions from the masses resisted any reform in
ofthc people. -Presidcn the tariff, then juggled
GrOrtr Ciorciand, an Of with it and last tlAtly
hcs Washington. D. G., refused him the relief
December 8, 1883 he still needs III.
Grorer Clcteland. Look.
iagJor Office. Proridetee,
In A,rjYy 1900
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Swans in Enrland.

At one time the number of swans
in England must have been enor.
nous. Paulus Jovius, writing three,
and a half centuries ago, declared
that he never saw a river SO thicklvi
covered with swans as the Thames:
and In 1925. when John Taylor, the
water poet, rowed from London tai
Ch~ristchurch, and then went I'm the
Avon to Salisbury, he was a5lazcd at
the swarm of birds in that aeam.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Dclinquent ~ Ii.t.

At Gotta, in Saxony, persons who
ald not pay their taxes last year are
published in a list which hangs up in.
az the restaurants and saloons OF the
CITY. Those that are ON the list can
get neither meat nor drink at these
places under penalty Of loss Of license.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

For these foreign cotton ties We paid
$52l. 45l. The Mckinley law set the
Result: In the calendar year Il ISL Sy, We
imported cotton ties to the amount of
only 4l6,55O pounds.
For these We paid foreigners sl3,45S.
This means q saving of over half q mill
ion dollars to American producers.
This is one of the industries, now firm
ly established here, which the Demo-
Gratis propose to hand back to Great
Britain.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
We Can Grow Carpet Wool.

When the question was put to Judge
Lawrence. of Ohio as to whether carpet
woods can be raised in this country, he
said 'yes," and then went on to say:
This country needs %. OCO.G COO shecpo of the
shires, L.inanlns. etc.. reducing an average
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

JUSTICE LAMAR is reported to be bet
ter than he has been at any time since
he was taken sick.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

Better There than ae&
in India, -spetS
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Aner Years In Earth.

The tomb of Edward I. of England.
who died in 1907, was opened on Jan.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

For the same months in 1892 they
were S3,643 sacks.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-21

industry are John Robbins, of town, and F.
B. Ebert lately of Hartman, Tenn. Mr..
Ebert is in charge of the factory, which was
sarted on Friday last with dozen hands,
but by the close of next week will probably
have fifty hands employed,
The firm says it can furnish employment to
all suitable boys, girls and young women who
may apply.
This development is certainly most en-
couraging, but by the close of next week we
hope to announce the prospectus of another
industry, the promoters of which have been
looking for site for building for some time
past and now seem to have secured what
they wanted.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-21
OUR FAREWELL.
Another Very Prominent and Respected
Citizen Leaves,


Citizen Leaves,
Mr.. Charles E. Titman, who has been a
resident of this town for 26 years, will to.
morrow move his family to Williamsport, at
which place he intends to make his home
for the future. Mr. Titman has been one of
our most respected, prominent and enter
prising citizens and his departure from our
midst is sincerely regretted by all who have
consideration for the interests of the town.
He moves because of his extensive timber
land and railway interests in a part of the
state to which Williamsport is conveniently
located and that city will find him an ener-
getic and tireless citizen who is ready at all
time to give his time and capital to the de-
velopment and progress of industries. He
was one Of the promoters of and subsequent
ly president of the Mahanoy City, Shenan-
doah, Girardville and Ashland Street Rail-
way which was recently leased to the Schuyl-
kill Traction Company and which has al.
ready so greatly benefited this valley. Mr..
Titman is Vice President and General Man
ager of the Trout Run Railway. During
played admirable executive ability and bust
ness tact The road was a mill stone before
he took hold of it, but now it is paying well.
Mr.. Titman is also President and General
Manager of the Oregon & Texas Railroad,
which runs from CANNED to Oregon Hill,
Lycoming county, and so successfully has he
managed the affairs of the road it has been
decided to extend it five miles to English
Centre. This brief summary will suffice to
show that Mr.. Titman's departure is far from
being blessing to this place. To lose such
an enterprising and energetic citizen is GER
tainly a source of regret but we are pleased
to learn that he will retain the several
thousand dollars worth of property he has
here and that his timber interests in con-
nection with the collieries in this section will
require him to visit here four or five times a
week and that we will have ample oppor-
tunities to greet him in the future. For the
present we will say that we wish him and his
family abundant success at Williamsport.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-21
DUTY ON COAL.

IL Taken of, How it Would Affect the
American Article
Dow, Jones & Co.'S circular takes up the
subject of the proposed removal of the duty
on coal and finds that ''the only coal fields
outside of the United States which are in
any way competitive are those of Nova
Scotia and Vancouver. In both regions the
development and method of operation is ex-
ceedingly crude. In the Nova Scotia region,
owing to the location of the deposits, pro.
duction can be made at a very low cost. In
number Of notable instances the coal can
be mined and run directly into vessels. 1t is
estimated that the cost laid down at New
England ports is $3.50 per ton. The quality
is exceedingly poor, being yellow with
sulphur and pyrites. 1t is about as inferior
to our poorest grade of soft coal as the latter
is to our best grade. The price of our best
Goals in Boston is about So 20 per ton. The
poorer grade sells for about $3.50. On this
basis Canadian coal would be worth $3.50. If
it were admitted free of duty it could sell on
the same basis as at present at about 81. So.
Thus it will be seen that the margin in favor
Of the imported product is wide and would
permit of strong bid for an American
market"
All this is interesting, but it must be re-
membered that the quality of this coal has
never been made the subject of careful study
with view TO improvement. Neither has
there been sufficient incentive as yet to the
full development Of the regions capacity.
1t is asserted that q syndicate has already
bought up options ON the territory in ques.
tion, with view to making important inno-
vations should the coal duty be removed, as
now seems probable This would scarcely
have been done if there was not a reasonable
prospect of competing proftably with Amer
lean coal. The only safe thing, so far at
least as Pennsylvania bituminous is con.
celned, and possibly in connection with
anthIacites' New England foothold, is the
retention of this duty-which is merely an
act of just protection to an industry already
none too profta 1le or prosperous.