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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Chinese Inventions.

: We hear Il great deal of tho invent
i've faculty of the Chinaman, but we!
venture to assert that his Ingenuity
has never been placed to more orig
inai account than in his inventions
relating to the doings of European
scientists. There is an Illustrated
Chinese journal, published at Shs.ng-
hal, in which appear, from tins to
time, popular articles on the science
of Europe.
To show the kind of ideas they are
spreading on the subject among The.
Chinese, We shall give one or two cx-'
amples. In one number we have an.
illustration of the suicide of Il Paris
ian aeronaut by means of a balloon.
He is seated on a chair with his back
tn the window, through the open
easements of which the balloon is
partly seen with its bottom attached
to his head, which he is in the act Of
cutting off with a monstrous curved
knife. The balloon thus freed is ur,-
dcrstood to transport the head to 4
distance of 200 "lys" "a significant
tcrm), where it is afterward found on
a tree. In the meantime the body
falls into the room, and thus closes
the easements by two cords attached
Ito its feet. Some writing held i'm one
hand informs the police that death
was sclf-inilictcd.
Another suicide is reporcd to be-
queath his corpse to feed the wild
animals of a mcnagcrie, and the Chi
nesc writer goes on to say that for
Europeans there is nothing contrary
to Nature in doing SO. but that it
would have been better if they had.
given themselves to a chemist, who
would have extracted their best prod
ucts, and utilized them in making
soap or grease. European science.
has in fact arrived" he says. lat as
tonishing results: it wastes nothing:
there is nothing which it does not
utilize. An English chemist has
found a way of extracting soap from
the human body" Then follow two
realistic pictures representing the
English manufactory where this,
process is carried out, showing the.
workmen attending to the boiling
watts and supplying the perfumes, the
raw material" lying in piles, and Il
number of young womcn 0ose beside
them engaged in packing the bars Of
soap.-Science Siftings.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Pokc,l Fun nj the Senator'S.

Senator Proctor and Senator Nor
rill We're comparing notes lately as TO
the queer tales that had been written
about them. Senator Morrill, was
wrathful Over the report that had.
made him out IL dead shot and a con-
tirmed seeker after game. "Why."
said he, sit is so long since 1 had a
gun in my hand that 1 do not believe
l should know the muzzlc from the
safe end" "That's nothing" inter-
jected Proctor. Zone of the latest
things l evcr saw about me said l
was an accomplished horse breaker.
and there was a picture supposed
to represent me decked out in a
swallow-tail coat and cracking a long
whip at a frisky horse that was dane
ing around me on its hind legs till |
looked like a ring master in Il circus"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
still water, were mounds of earth.
rocks and sticks coming out a few feet
above the surface of the water.

still water, We're mounds of earth.
rocks and sticks coming out a few feet
above the surface of the water.
kilgore has been a farmer down
here for years, and beavers have been
i'm the creek for all time, but it was
not until recently that he began to
protect and care for them with a view
to making beaver-raising a regular
business. 1t will be Il profitable BUSH
ness, for the scarcity of seal skins has
increased the value of beaver skins.
and they will continue to increase
year by year. Afew years ago beaver
skins sold Us low as 81 per skin, but
they should 10y bring at least $40
each.
The beaver is a queer little animal.
When full grown it weighs from fifty
to sixty pounds. Its hind legs are its
principal propcllers, both when in
and out of the water. The hind feet
are wcbbcd and the front ones have
claws. which are about as convenient
to the beaver as Il monkeys hands
are to him., They can carry stones
and sticks about i'm them with east
In the water, especially. a beaver can
carry q quantity of freight. for he
swims with his hind feet and carries
his load in his mouth and claws.
Just after dark Mr.. Kilgore went
down to the edge of the stream to
feed the beavers.
II don't often feed them i'm the
SUMNER" he said, "for they get all
they want along The banks of the
stream. They eat bark off the trees,
and at this season there is an abund-
ance of fresh. tender bark and grasses
and roots. In the winter they lay up
a supply of food for themselves along
the banks and in their holes in the
dams which they build of roots and
sticks and stones. / find them nearly
all the time in winter, when they
flock together and unite in building
dams, but i'm summer they scatter
every fellow for himself-and l only
call them up occasionally. just
enough to keep them tame. AS they
are scattered off for miles around,
but few will come to a call for food"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
A Pretender.

During a sham fight Napoleon came
unawares upon a soldier who was
lying fast asleep in a field among the
corn.
SIS this your post?" exclaimed the
Emperor, rousing him with the full
intention of making an example Of
him.
The soldier, thus suddenly startled
out of his slumber, rubbed his eyes,
and, on recognizing the Emperor,
sprang to his feet, presented arms,
and said:
Il beg your majesty's pardon, but
we were going through IA sham fight,
and in order to make the illusion
more complete 1 was pretending to be
dead"
Napoleon could not suppress a
smile, and foYgave the witty lineman.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Bird surgery.

Some interesting observations re.
lating to the surgical treatment Of
wounds by birds were recently brought
by NJ. Fatio before the Physical So-'
ciety of Geneva. According to the
Medical Review, he quoted the case
of d snipe which he had often OBJ
served engaged in repairing damages.
With its beak and feathers it makes
a very creditable dressing, applying
plasters to bleeding wounds, and even
securing a broken limb by means of a
stout ligature. On n occasion he
killed a snipe which had on the chest
a large dressing composed of down
taken from other parts of the body
and securely fixed to! the wound by
the coagulatcd blood. Twice he had
brought home snipe with interviewer
feathers strapped on the site of frac.
.ture of one or other limb.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
No Good There.

An Ohio man brought to a country
fair in Florida some fine specimens
of Chester White and Poland China
pigs, feeling perfectly certain, in
view of the miserable stock raised by
the natives, that he would take first
prize and make a paying market for
his breeders. But he was disappoint-
ed. In the award of prizes his ex-
hibit was entirely ignored, because,
us he learned on inquiry of the COM
mittee, the farmers we're obliged to
have hogs adapted to their surround
ings-in other words, .they wouldn't
give a d for hog that couldn't
outrun a Niger"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

a beaver seems to be almost human
in intelligence. They actually gnaw
down young trees, drag them into a
stream and let them float down,
swimming with them to the place
they want to build a dam. Then
they will drag stones and roots and
sticks and grasses, and, indeed, every
thing used to dam a stream, until
they have, practically, as substantial
a dam as a man could construct.
Theydo this to make the water above
deep enough to sport in and placid
enough to build their homes of sticks
and mud, which are very warm and
comfortable in winter, and large
enough for a family Of eight or ten.
The beavers principal tool in building
these homes is his tail. The tail Is
q scaly trowe.-shapcd appendage,
a!ost ten inchc, l3a, and four or i've
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Curious Working Of tho brain.

There is a good story told of the
powers of the Rev. w. III. GLADDEN.,
the evangelist. Mr.. GLADDEN. was
brought into prominence last summer
by his work at the Tarentum camp
meeting. There the religious fervor
ran SO high that it was a common oc-
currence for persons at the meetings
to become overpowcred and remain
insensible for sometime. One instance
is recalled of a man who, becoming
excited, shouted "Glo-" and then
fell vel unconscious, remaining in
that condition for an hour. On conn.,
ing to he completed the exclamatiosses
by saying "ry," showing that his
mouth had been set for the. word
"Glory," but at the first syllable ami
nation was suspended and when the
senses were restored the lips had to
complete the word.-Pittsburg Times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Sharp Savings.

IT is a lamentabic fact that Pride
often wears patent-lcather boots and
begS its tobacco Columbus Post.
In is an easy matter for a man to
tell who his friends are in politics,
but not who they are going to be-
Washington Star.
"HAs Your father-cr-considered
o,lr-my proposal?" "Hc has. He
considered it a piece of impudencc."-
Indianapolis Journal.
SnE-Wli you take a part in our
theatricals? lie w-wcally-I-
should so like to. What shall l take?
She-Tickcts.-Judgc.
Mrs. ENrEc-Yeu cannot saw I
did the counting; you were crazy to
marry me. Enpcc i must have
hecn--a gibbcring lunatic.-Ncw
York Herald.
BRlGGs-"Are you going back to
the Bangup Hotel this YEAR," Griggs
MOT much. l came away from
that hotel last year and forgot to tin
the head waiter."-Lifc.
Mis-. GRuMrrs docking over new
lousc)-"What in the world is this
vast attic for?" Mr.. Grumpps-"It
is IL hold the things that you buy
and can't use."-Ncw York Weekly.
"AND you want a pcnsion?" THAT'S
what" How long were you in the
WARP" well, sir, l wur married
long in go, an peace amt been de-
clared yit; SO you kin jes' calkilate
fer ycrself!"-Atlanta Constitution.
STAGeERs Coming in at 2 a. my
~Look out O. this window, M dear,
and see the glorious aurora borealish.
Mrs. Staggers (waked out of a sound
s~leep)-~Window? That's a mirror
you are looking into, and the aurora
you see is your own highly decorated
cse."-BrooSlyn Life.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

inches broad. The beavers mali
strength is in the tail. He can TAX,
up soft mud on it, place it agains!
the sticks and stones used to bull.
his home, and pat it down with the
tail as firmly and as we'll as a mar
could do the work with a trowel.
Besides its fur, which is the main
revenue from the beaver, it furnishes
castoreum, a product used in medi3
cines, and its flesh is a food that!
when properly prepared, is delicious
While Mr.. Kilgore has never yet
shipped any large number of skins,
by next year he will have something
like 200 or 300. AS it costs practic-
ally nothing to raise beavers, tho
business should be a paying one.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
A BEAVER FARM.
A Georgia Mans Curious but Profitable
Industry.

Industry.
@You have never heard of Dick
kilgore's beaver farm? That's queer.
But l have always been surprised that
some of you newspaper fellows haven't
been down to write it up" said old
"Mud Cat" Williams, who has been a
fisherman in the Southeast Georgia
streams for forty years, to Globe
Democrat correspondent.
"Dick's going to make a pile of
money this year." he continued, ION
account Of this country and England
getting together and agreeing to a
closed season in Behring Sea. You
see, there will not be any seal skins
for the market next season, and
beaver skins, which make a splendid
substitute, will be largely used, and
will bring about $40 a skin in New
York.
"Dick has about 200 beavers, young
and old, but there are not more than
twenty to be killed for their skins
this year. It's a new industry, an ex-
pertinent with him, and he don't
want to kill any except the surplus
males for the present. But suppose
you go out with me and see the farm"
a drive of ten miles through the
swamps along Briar Creek and the
Kilgo,2 place. or Beaver Dam Hol-
low. was reached.
''Now. here's the FARM said Will
Jams. pointing to the creek. across
which every few yards were rough
dams and above them, in the almost
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
A WARNING to Amateur Humorist..

The task of a man who is compelled
to get upa certain amount of printed.
humor daily is mor laborious than
that of a %hod-carrier. 1t is some
thing like it, too. He just carries
stuff to the level of the average COM
prehension, and, having deposited it
before the person to get the benefit of
it, goes after more.
How does the humorist work.:
Well, it depends largely upon his
temperament and greater or less fit
ness for his speciality. Some men,
although they have fair ability in
some lines of writing, are slow to
originate a humorous idea, notwith-
standing that they IA appreciate it.
in Others. 10 such the writing of q
humorous paragraph or article is
something to be dreaded.
1t would be a violation of newspa-
per ethics for a professional writer to
decline to get up an article on any
subject or from any standpoint.
Given a theme, and told to treat it
humorously. the most sedatc member
of a newspaper staff will attack it
without hesitation, and in his own
time will do the work well--perhaps
as we'll as the man whose speciality is
humor.
But, ah! the labor of the sedate
man! How each queer smile, every
e%pigrammatic sentence. and every odd
expression will wiring his soul and
make his brain throb!
Fun! Tell him that he ought to
enjoy his OWL fun, and he will prob
ably brain you with the office poker.
Ask the regular paragrapher whether
he enjoys his work. and he will think
you an idiot. He does it because it
is his work, but the terrible wrestle
he has with the English language
every day to evolve those atrocious
witticisms of his no one knows but
himcalf
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
standard Value of Horses.

Horses are not valued at higher
rates now than in the earlier ages Of
the world, if we estimate prices paid
for them according to the price Of
food, which seems to be q fair stan
dard of comparison. In King Solo
mons time an Egyptian horse-the
best horses were procured from Egypt
cost $50 shekels, about $s5. Six
hundred years after Solomon, in the
time of Nenophon, Seuthis, the Tbra-
clan, paid so drachma, or about $135,
for the steed on which he rode during
the retreat Of the Ten Thousand.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Great Exccution.

b. r. Young and his family were;
travelling in a prairie schooner near
Palomas, Mexico, when a loaded gun
in the wagon in front was discharged
accidentally. The ball pierced
Young's shoulder, passed through his
sons hip, then through the baby's
head, and struck the shoulder Of
Mrs. Mary Roberts, a daughter Of
Mr.. Young. Gather and son werG
seriously wounded, the baby was in!
stantly killed, but Mrs. Roberts re-
ceived only a slight wound.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Monkeys Do Talk.

Prof. Garner in the Forum says
that his researches leave him no
doubt at all that monkeys do really
talk. The range of their language,
or languages, for each variety speaks
a separate tongue, is small, and they
have no apparent conception of alb
stract ideas. But not only do they
use many distinct words with definite
meanings-some of which he has
learned and is able to reproduce-but
some of their words, he declares, are
evidently not sounds that occur in
the human languages. In short he
thinks that in their simian tongues
he has found the primitive form Of
the first human speech.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
HE Dominic Wa. caust,c.

4 minister annoyed by tobacco
chewing thus spoke to his congrega-
ton: "Take your quid Of tobacco out
of your mouth on entering the house
Of God, and gently lay it on the outer
edge of the sidewalk or on the fence.
1t will positively DO there when you
go out, for a rat won't take 1t, a cat
won't take 1t, q dog won't take it,
neither will a hog; you are certain Of
your quid when you 60 after it. Not
the filthiest vermtn on earth would
touch It,"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Tea Trade I,ccllning.

trade continue to grow more gloomy,
says London Figaro. At a general
meeting of teamen recently held in
one of the Fcochow districts. it was
stated that during the last five years
the hundred and eighty houses en-.
gagged in the business lost over
81, 200, OCO. More than half Of these
decided not to go on risking their
capital, and are therefore retiring. 1t
is believed that the foreign merchants
will benefit by the reduced compete
finn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Dls.ipatcd C-entenarian.

Daniel Lilly, a tailor, who was re-
puted to be Jog years old, died at
Waterdown, a village near Hamilton,
Ont. His exact age is not a matter
of record, but it is thought that he
was very near the age stated. He
was horn in Ireland. His mind was
bright and active to the time of his
death, but he had withered to a
shadow and had not worked for many
years. He had used both tobacco and
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Time to Get Up.

Mail carriers in Morocco are said to
avoid the risk of losing their places
by overslecping by tying a string to
Dne foot and setting the end Of it ON
fire before going to sleep. The string,
they know from experience, will burn
to long, and when the fire reaches
their foot it is time for them to
ret up.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

halves, following the interior Slight
ly. then rubbing it slightly upon II
dinner plate. In IL moment you can
lift up the radish by the tail and the
plate with it, for the plate will adj
here as tightly as if the two offsets
We're pasted together. This is known
as the "hercules radish trick"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Rather Gouty Feed.

A specimen Of bread from the
famine districts in Russia looked,
more like peat than bread. When
analysed bya London medical journal
1t was found to contain husks, sand
and woody fiber. IL was one of q
loayes supplied By the government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Japanese Authors.

In Japan, when IN author is ready
to put his ideas on paper, he shuts
himself in his study and begins paint
ing at the back of all the pages of his
new book. He uses paper of a yell
lowish tint, marked with p%erpendicu-
lar and horizontal blue lines. A
beautifully ornamented ebony plat /,
holds his ink and several bambo,
brushes, which serve as pens.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Thieving Cooper.

A Braddock cooper is under arrest
for picking up such empty beer kegs
as were in his reach, scratching out
the names on them and selling them
MS his own. There is always a way to
get a living in this country il one
knows how to so about it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Tho Craze Ha. struck AFRICA.

Tie bicycle has been introduced
into Central Africa. Two English-
men arrived at Tabora a few weeks
ago with two of the latest improved
bicycles. They had Travelled a large
part of the way from the coast, more
than three hundred miles, on the
machines, and they say they worked
finely along the w~ell-trodden native
mathis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

Notwithstanding, have some
very fine notices for the house.
Woman (at depot rcsta, I'll lD-What
have you got?
Pcddler-Ilcrc's a beautiful one:
Iii You Don't See What You Want,
Ask for H." llow's that for the din
ing-roum?:
Woman-It's nognod for me. Young
mln. This is Il railroad boarding
house Gee Manager.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
.English as She I, spoke...

In a Hartford clothing store vim
dow a placard recentlyappeared read
ing: ANY pant in this window, s22n
But a still more absurd use of this
ignoble word is reported from Buffalo.
where a merchant announces: ANY
pantsing in this window, So"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
FUN AMI PHILOSOPHY.

The Mercules-Radish Trick-An Illustrs
ton of Atmospheric Pressure.
We poor human beings would In,
fallibly be crushed by ATMOSPHERIC
pressure If our bodies did not contain
elastic fluids of the same volume Of
pressure, which establish an equilib-
rum. Ii we destroy this internal
pressure by creating a vacuum in d
recipient we can demonstrate the eff.
fects of atmospheric pressure.
This can be shown in a very simple
way by cutting a common radish in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
An |lynorant Woman.

Aunt Furby Low (rcading)-sHere's
where two men went down in one Of
the city sewers and were killed by
sewer gas. What do they want gas in.
"A sewer fer, | wondcr?"
d: Uncle ST Low Gin deep disgust)-
"To see by. of course DO you think
sewers have windcrs i'm thcm?"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Thc Three G,aces.

sThcrc go two of the three things
that | most admire in this world"
said a Kentuckian, pointing to a lady
on horseback, ii tinc-looking woman
and ii good horse"
And what is the third thing, Colo
mel, which you most admire?:"
The Colonel crooked his finger sig
%niiicantly, and his friend said he
didn't care il he did. -TcXas Siftinys.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
He surely Didn't Know.

Van Curc-Somc young men, when
they call on a young lady, don't know
when to- 90 home.
Stclla-Ycs, it seems So. l used to
have a young man call on NC once,
and he would so home v v evening
ri. O O'clock.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
burned .t Ono R.4t,.

burned 1t One Battle.
A statistician has figured it out
that the British feet fred of 4.5OO
POUNDS of %gunpowder NJ the battle Of
Trafalgar Bay.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Could Not Account for 1t.

Shc-You seem rather blue this
evening, Jack.
:ic-Ycs, l have had a headache
all day, ain! don't know how l came
to have it.
Slm-What were you doing Lass
night. cln. sir?
Hell don't know what ] was do.
ing alter about 10 O'Clock. General
Manager.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
lNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes ana Joke'e.. that Are Supposed 20
Have ieen Recently Horn Sayings aad
Dolngs that Ara d Curious and
l~aughablo.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

"Blithcfs is so deaf he can't hear
himself talk" said links.
He's in luck" said Banks. Brooks
Ign Life.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Remembered How Useful tho IIair-I.in Is

"Whcn two words are made into one
--that is, into Il compound word
you join them together with a hy-
'phen,' said the teacher. "That boy
who was whispering may tell me what
i was SAYING"
"You said you must Join two words
together With a hair-pin." answered
the hoy .-ilarper's Young People.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

10 IL some that Doesn't Drop,
Fruit that drops ON to your ground
from the branches Of your neighbours
trees overhangine YOUR land IL yours.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
I'umc round in the jaw. of Death.

Family Ihysician--Wcll, l must
congratulate you.
Patient quite cxcitcdly)-l will
rccuvcr'?:
Family Physician-Not exactly:
but-wcil, after Il consultation we
find that your disease is entirely
novel, and. if the autopsy should
demonstrate that fact, we have de-
cidcd to name it after you.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
l,Oubttul

Fwcddy-Cholly, I'm feeling wocky.
L think I'll soak my head.
Choily-It won't fetch anything.
dcah boy, unless the hat goes with it.
The Lamar register., 1892-06-04
Colorado Weather Service.
Report for the week, at Lamar, Colo.

GEO. T. HERBERr,
Voluntary Observer.
LOCALS.