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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
AphOrlxmx,

The reason why so few marriages
are happy is because young ladies
spend their time i'm making nets, not
in making cages.-Swift.
A mans real possession is his mem
DRY. In nothing else is he rich, i'm
nothing else is he poor.-Alexander,
Smith.
Employment and h~ardships prevent
melancholy. johnson.
The manly part is TODD with might
and main what you can do.-Emerson.
Wherever luxury ceases to he inno-
cent, it also ceases to be beneficial
Hume.
Nature has given to men one tongue,
but two ears, that we may hear from
others twice as much as we speak -
Epictetus.
God asks no man whether he will
accept life. That is not the choice.
You must take it. The only choice
is how.-Henry Ward Beccher.
Laziness travels SO slowly that.
poverty soon overtakes him.-Benja-
min Franklin.
The laughter of man is the con,
tentment of God.-Johe Weiss.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Rosy Cheeks and Bald Heads.

1t was a noticeable fact that a.
large percentage of the Union League
members who waited in the club
asscmbly-room for election returns
on Tuesday night were rosy-cheeked
and bald-hcaded, says the Philadel-
phia Press. A well-known doctor,
who was in the room and who is as
bald as billiard ball himself. took
occasion to explain the singular
matter by remarking:
"The scalp and the stomach are SO
closely connected that the condition
of one easily exerts a strong influence
on the other. Hair falls out because
the scalp is feverish. A man who
loves to eat and drink the best he
can get is very apt to have IL fcverish
stomach. If he keeps this up the
fever is permanently impaired to the
scalp and the hair falls out. Show
me a rosy-checked maj with IL bald
head and Ill show you a person who
loves to live we'll. and who has an
ineXhaustible fund of good nature.
They like fun and excitement, and
for that reason car often he found
in the front rows of our thcatcrs."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Is much as on their presence at other
mberlnr Former DAYS.

u LII AV8yHs
But rains are not the only qualities of
the country. As one wanders about fields
familiar in boyhood, and mingles again in
the scenes so long neglected, so long en-
changed for alien way the past comes
back and all the farm region is invested
with the habit and the beauty of thirty
years ago. In these old times the seasons
seem always to have been fair. Plow land
was broken for corn as soon as the frost de-
parted and the soil settled. After the pillow
came the harrow, pulverizing the clods and
mellowing the earth for the gracious recep.
ton OF seed. Meantime the warmth OF
spring was in the tree tops. and tiny leaves
were slowly opening. Corn must be planted
when oak leaves wore the size of squirrels
ears. That was usually the middle of May,
though some farmers discounted the
prophecy Il little and planted earlier, while
still others waited-t!rough choice or com.
~pulston-and put in their crops as late as
the first of Jure. In either case much de-
Tended on the season, and 1t was rs likely
to prove the early or the late man wise as
TO follow the average rule. In those times,
after the narrowing was done, the hired
man "latd out u g land" He had u tinib0s
twelve feet long supported ON three legs ut
equal distance apart. In front was u pair
OF thtlls. between which tho steadiest horse
on the place "a hitched. 1he hired man
drove forward across the mellowed field.
his .ilarker" scraping three shallow trench-
es In the earth. Coming back, his right
hand "leg" ran In the outer trench made in
the preceding trip. and the two remaining
marking new lines On the face OF the field.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

cfuited Gre. But generally The yfoaeers
Kept the co0ls covered on the hearth and
provided against disaster with punk and
finder box. Nowadays they buy a thou
a sure matches for y dime and cook
their dinner on gasoline stoves. hut that
suggests the old Dutch oven. 1t was u
Handicapped little house of brick and
stone with Il door In front md solid walls
all around. b housewife made up her
bread in loaves. and while It was s~raisingn
built u fire In the oven, which always Stood
out OF doors. The thick walls gathered
heat. and whom the loaves were ready the
fire was withdrawn, the bread was slid into
the glowing vault and the door was closed.
In an hour they came out Drowned as no
modern oven can brown them and baked
through with the gentle, steady heat. One
seldom sees the outdoor oven now and one
never sees better bread than tho pioneer
housewives used to make in then.
Fruit Seems to Be Failing.
The orchards are going these late years.
before the war northern ndian was unap-
p~rOachable In the production OF fine fruit.
Apples. in particular, were plentiful and
fine. Peaches was grown readily, while
cherries and pears were equal to anything
In the West. But either the seasons changed
or departing forests carried the spirits of
fruttage with them; for the day Of excel
lence departed. Small fruits grow readily.
but the farmer Is conservative. and he has
tried year after year to raise an orchard
where his father raised one before him. lie
has lost lots of time. May be the nur>cry-
a has fooled him. May he the winter
has killed his trees. The result is the sa me.
Orchards will not grow and bear rs they
once did.
The public sale is n country institution
that the city man Knows nothing about.
The good man dies and his widow pres-
emily sells off that personal property with
which he battled for IL living. She cannot
drive the pillow or run the thrashing ma
chine. and she sells OF ut auction a wrack'
OF enumerated goods sand other articles
too numerous to mcntion,n as the hand
bills announce. All the %neighbors come to-
the sale and All auctioneer gets tho best
prices he can. 1t is u place for the politi-
clan. aud he always improves his oppor-
tuntties For the day the widows home is
81 place OF hustle and confusion, and when
night comes She comforts the children
while strange hands lead away the favorite
COW or the yenrling colt. or tufabie into
wagons the farm tools with which .hisn
life was interviewer. 1.-THE day of the salen
is always remembered by the children.
And the widow IL. too. for she
has In hand a package of promissrry notes,
some good. some ba 4. some simply indif-
ferent. On half of them she must enter.
suit to enforce collection, and ON half of
the balance She never hopes for Il penny.
On the remaining quarter She realizes face
value after waiting ten months or !. year.
COurtship in the Country.
When the course of true love does run
smooth in the country it runs very smooth,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
How Mutes Make Love.

A gentleman who enjoys a wide ae-
quaintanee among the deaf of Phila-
delphia told Il Record reporter that
the courtship of a pair of mutes was
one of the most singular things on
record. Il know IL young man who is
nov deep in the tolls of a fair and
speechless GIRL" he said, "and he has
taken me into his confidence. He is
perfectly happy in his intirmity, for
from conversations he has held with
ordinary lovers he has come to the
conclusion that silence is, after all,
the best form for lovers. During the
progress of his affair dc coeur he ex-
perienced but N difficulty, and that
in a short time he surmounted. The
thorn that lay in his bed of roses was
a gas jet. which, as he, of course. con-
versed with his adored one in the
sign language, it was always neces-
sary to keep a blaze-a woefully EN-
barrassing thing for lovers. Finally
they discovered that, like Laura
Bridgman, they could utilize the
sense of touch in deciphering their
sign language. by holding one an
others hands they found that they
could carry on a conversation with
tolerable facility, and in about a week
adopts. Thus deaf, dumb and
practically blind. they enjoyed all the
pleasure of love. They have spread
their discovery among their friends,
and l believe that the idea has takeu
fast hold upon deaf lovers, and has
become quite popular"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Mig Governor-BiR story.

Governor Flower brought home!
from the North Woods last week a.
Hrand-new fish story, as follows: ain.
order to make the events in my story
possible, l must go back three years
before my visit to Dannemora. An,
old guide hooked a salmon in a lake.,
the name of which / can't remember, !
three years ago. ;.
ain the boat with him was a man.
and his young wife. The latter per-.
sisted in carrying a parasol. When,
the guide got the salmon in the boat,
the woman became frightened, and
with her parasol iabbcd one of the
tish's eyes out. AS she did so the fish:
in a twinkling. ~.
"Ihc guide made Il spring for the
fish. but the unlucky parasol ferrule
penetrated his eye and destroyed it's
sight. The guide wore IL glass eye
afterward, and when l went fishing
Tuesday this same guide took me to
the lake spoken of. by some acci-
dent the guide lost his glass eye over
board.
when l turned my gazc from him
he had two eyes, when | returned it
he had but one. The guide bcwailed
his lot, and l promised to send him a
bushel of glass eyes if he would only
take me where we could get some big
fish.
"wednesday We went back to the
lake. My line jerked aud my pole
bent almost double. The guide cast
his n eye on my pole and ex-
claimed: Something big. Gov'n'r.'
j knew that from the way the object
at the other end acted. Together
We hauled the fish, should say
tishes-out.
Zone was a large salmon and the
other a good-sized trout. The trout
was hanging to the eye of the salmon
with his mouth. The guide pulled
the fishes apart, and with an excla-
nation of joy said: There's my eye.'
The eye that he had dropped over
board the day before was in the head
of the salmon, which was the same
fish that the guide had lost three
years ago after the young woman had
pokcd its eye out. The trout was
Just i'm the act of putting the eye i'm
the salmon when the latter was
caught. Funny coincidence, wasn't
it?" And the Governor bent over his
work again, while the correspondent
went out into the fresh, cool air.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

indeed. Darby loves his Joan, and has
loved her ever since they went barefoot to
school in the distant seasons when he was
$ and could play .blackman," while she
was 9. and danced in the center of that
circle of girls. who contented themselves
with "Ring Around the Rosey.n Darby
gathers his personal belongings together
ana secures patcrnal approval not often
expressed but zone the less certain. lie
goes home with Joan from preaching sum
day night. though she came without escort
and could go twice the distance unattended.
lie leaves her at the gate, juss saying
agood-night," lest watching comrades
should suspect q serious intention. They
have Few hours together, but those few are
enough. Joan is making bed quilts. knit
ting comforters and sewing rag carpet with
suggestive industry. When they marry
the young men and women .wish them
much joy" to their faces. but. prepare n
charivari at night. This charivari has
come to be pronounced .shivaree, In In
diana. but no change has come over the
spirit OF the sport.
The house in which the bride and groom
find shelter that first night is almost sure
to be surrounded by a crowd Of stealthy
young men. who at u signal inaugurate u
din of jangling bells and beaten tin that
would drive to bedlam any but the
hour OF exercise in which all the ncighbor-
o is informed OF the celebration. the
groom appears and 9treatsn He ma have
provided against this visit and stored up
cakes and cider ii he las chosen autumn
for his nuptials. But as u rule in these
later years he s%urrcnders money. 81 being
generous ransom. And after that the
charfvari ceases.
But II marriage is looked upon with noisy
mirthfulccss. the somber side of life is fit
tingly adorned in the country. 1t makes
small difference who the man or woman
may have been in life. In death he is re-
garded. He may have lcen rich. he may
have been generous. he MAJ nave been
kindly, or he may have simply lived long in
the n~eighborhood. When his home Is in
mourning the best people leave their tasks
and gather 10 mark their honlelv tribute 10
his worth. They are hushcd in the house
OF death; they sit or stand about in rever-
cnt silence while the service is In progress;
they follow the coffin to the graveyard and
walk in sadness all the way. There is no
hurryins to the tomb. no trotting of horses.
no hating at wayside saloons. no sinister
schcmins by official or aspirant. There is
the genuine SORROW for u man who has
gone; for IA man who was with them in the
fullness OF life ut yesterday. and IL nov
senseless. something they cannot under-
stand and can only bid farewell tn with
sObered faces. covering with great. strong.
gentle hands the clay thai Used to know
them.
There Is q genuin+ness after all in the
country life which rests one mi2htily after
the wearlsome insinrerity OF the years In
town..
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
A STUDY OF RURAL SCENES
AND INCIDENTS.
.Alethods of Farm Life Contracted with
Those In Vogue When Pioneers Held
~ ~Sway-seed Time and Harvest, Marriage
Bells and Funeral Marches.
Thc,. and Now.

Then and Now.
Spring In the country Is an uncertain
season. aud as a rule the more uncertain It
Is the more profitable will be the months
that follow it, writes a Plymouth. Ind.
correspondent in the Chicago Herald. One
OF the best years in u farming way here In
Northern Indiana was in 1854. and 1t was q
year which opened full OF persistent dis
couragements. In the first place winter
remained as long as there was u ghost of n
welcome. filing the trees with sleet as late
IS April. and then succeeding with FREE
quent rains till the soil seemed like q sat-
urated sponge. and highways were simply
quagmires. AS u wore away and tho
time OF harvesting drew near farmers be-
gan to see they never could drive their
heavy reapers into the fields. and they
began that demand for the old fashioned
cradle which had been abandoned twenty
years before. Factories set their men at
work on the obsolete instrument. oncc
common in the harvest field. and implc-
ment dealers everywhere were sup
piled. Farmers bought mighty few
Irvine binders in 1884. but they carried
home through the intermitting rains many
cradles, and swung them through tho
standing grain us July opened. Yet. 1854
was more than an average good year. Corn
that was guiltless Of pillow but W its cul-
tivation to the primitive hoe was heavier
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
AT THE FLOW.

desire to see 1t safely shocked before the
impending thunder shower. For a heuvy
rain on standing grain will do u deal Of
damage. The slender straws, dropping
with the weight OF filed golden heads, are
easily beattn down and crossed and made
impossible of cutting.
Harvest time in the old days was by the
cradle. The good GRADER was q much
more valued man than the able lawyer.
The former was q bread-maker. q neces-
~sity-since life must be sustained: the lat
ter would have no occupation IL each man
rendered to all others their due There
was Rivalry among the cradlcrA Four Uf
them in the field made o charming sight,
The rhythmic swing. b step eight inches
Forward as the empty cradle swept back,
the stoop and power Of the reaping stroke.
the gentle rise and graceful TIT as 10000
severed stalks wore laid in perfect order
nj! this was the poetry of industry. Usu-
ally two mon were required to @take UNI
after u GRADER. They worked vi h "a rake.
rolling the even grain Into q bundle aud
binding it with o bolt OF twisted straw VS..
Now and then one ma could be found active
enough to take up alone after even an
expert Grader. and he was paid accordingly.
Gathering In tho shcavss.
Boys came after the reapess-thouch
they didn't want to-aud carried the
sheaves into clusters of q dozen each, the
butts together. the heads radiatlng In all
directions. At q little before shutdown all
the men fell to and ashockedn the wheat.
That Is. they set up each dozen sheaves in
y compact bunch. covering their heads
with a thatch OF the same. artistically
spreaded and broken. b better to turn
untimely rain. The harvest Geld Was.
despite the labor. n of the ~pleassntest
scenes In farm life. The ncighb0rhood Wit
d0urishsd. the local athlete Was tried In
the pauses Of the work cr.at the.nooo 6pur.:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
NIiscalculatiOn.

The Boston Globe prints a story
which reminds one of the old saying
about the shoemaker and his last.
A Yarmouth captain had a small
coasting schooner lying in port, and
decided to give a lesson to painters in
general by himself painting the ves-
sells name on her bows. He could
not reach high enough from the float,
and did not care to put out a swing
ing stage, so he reached down over
the side to do the lettering.
After finishing the job on one bow,
he went ashore to view his handi-
work, and this is what met his gaze.
-NIDDvN
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

cipitous ridge of limestone rock, and
its base is washed 10y the small river,
the Aw-Martin. Near the summit of
the castle is the famous stone which
has the legendary property of con-
:ferring on the person who kisses it
such responsiveness as to compel the
nearer to believe anything he may
assert. The stone can be kissed by a
person held over the parapct by the
heels.
There is Il belief that before Blar-
ney Castle surrendered to King Will
Jams forces Lord Clancarthy's plate
was packed in Il chest and thrown in
to a lake a short distance from the
castle. Several attempts have been
made to. drain this lake.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Time was when the pioneer dreaded the
ten-mile trip to the store. and avoided 1t
in all seasons. lie found little enough
there to buy at best. 1t is wonderful how
little he had to keep tho bond of civiliza-
fire wen out on the h%earthstOne no must
walk for miles through the woods to u
neighbours place and borrow a lighted coal.
Mrs. Stevens. straight In spite of her 20
years. who lives at the border of. the lake.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Love.

Love puts thorns on friendship.
Jealousy is love turned upside
down.
Men measure love by time; women,
by eternity.
Love is a great care.
Love needs no messenger to say it's
come.
Three meals a day is good for love.
Love is twin to sorrow.
Love cannot be hidden.
Each one has own definition for
love.
Hate is love gone mad.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
stone Footwear.

A Berlin shoemaker has invented
an artificial stone sole for footwear.
1t Is made Of a solution of some kind.
OF patent cement and pure white
quartz sand. A pair of such soles
will last for years on any pavement.
and are said to be elastic and easy on,
the feet.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Nickel.

A New York scientist claims tc
have succeeded in forging nickel. He
says the metal is as strong as steel,
can be made as cheaply. and is as
susceptible of as bright a polish as sill
yer. Its advantages over steel are
that it is water and acid proof. In
other words he asserts it will not
rnSt
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

tn q shallow basket and Pumping down
three or four grains as they walked forward.
BEHIND them came the 4coverers. y men with
hoes. who heaped the finest and softees
earth over the bright grains OF corn, and
patted the little mound gently with the HAT
Of the hoe as they passed on to succeeding
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

tells how ahe ."-meaning her husband
went clear to "the forgen one time. q dis.
lance Of seven miles. that being the near
est neighbor. and borrowed q bit Of 6re. It
came near going u as he walked homo
through the woods. and he stopped. gathered
some logs together. famed his feeble coal
into . flame. built . fire. and when that
Ypr0tidedScoals: went. fdr Sard with the n.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

This back-and-forth process was repeated
till b 6eld was marked with parallel
lines from side to side. Then the cross
marking began. cutting the surface into
tersections of the trenches was dropped the
corn.
Boys and girls worked as choppers, carry.
Ing halt q peck or so OF selected seed coea
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

than ever before: and as to fruit, it was
plentiful and of the finest flavor. To be
sure. incessant rains are discouraging. IL
they trouble you in the city, whose convene
-, fence alone is assaulted, how much more ap-
,tnoyipg they must he to farmers. whose very
y living depends upon their absence at times
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
sLARNey CASTLE.
It Was Built by Cormtck Mccarthy in
l44O.

144O.
Blarney Castle. which has given to
the English language a word that
will probably never become obsolete,
was built by Cormick Mccarthy in,
Barney, a village in Ireland four
miles distant from Cork, in 1449.
The castle, or rather what is left of
it, stands on the north side of a pre-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

or Ia the still Of evening, when men less
rugged would have tumbled breathless to
bed.
Harvest now is u different thing. A
farmer drives into the field with his Irvine
binder and guides four horses o.es moro
ground in n day than forty mon could have
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