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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
Thn l:i,,ay l;ir!s and Dr.yon Fl,

An entertainment for the benefit
of the Congregational church, under
the direction Of Prof. Dora Stinson,
will he given in the opera house on
Saturday evening. Dec. 18th. The
csnta.a, .'(iipsy Girls" and the child
rens owrresta, dragon Fly will be
Given in costume.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
Glhe New CGlnman,lsl,t .

The Sioux City Journal this morn
ing brings word that after balloting
twenty or thirty times the Soldiers
Home commissioners selected j. z.
McGrew, of Howard. to fill the vacan-
cv cau.cd by the resignation of Capt.
Lucas.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
Choppsd Feed.

Or chopped prices on feed at Hulst
& Prices: oats, Sl.20; corn. 80 cents;
bran. 80 cents; chop. $l0O; wheat
screenings, 80 cents; hay per bale, SO
cents. HuLsT e. PRICE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
Card Of Thanks.

I hereby wish to express sincere
thanks TO the kind hearted and eener.
Gus people of Hot Springs for the
watchful interest they manifested in
behalf of my departed brother, and for
all the care bestowed upon him during
his protracted illness and after death
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
, favorably impressed with the place

l0VOIdOly Impressed With Cne plaCS
as resort.
DR.. ]. w. Holland, of Oska-
loosa. l am very agreeablv sur
prised at the energy and thrift dis
played here-snrpasscs most towns.
Think the waters are all that is
claimed for them. Hot Springs is
destined to be THE watering place
of the continent in the near future.
Have been to Hot Springs, Ark.
and you have much the advantage
over that place in climate, and to
my notion in all other respects. l
have no hesitancy in recommend.
ing this place in preference to that.
DR.. A. w. Hof, of Des Moines.
Have never seen finer health
or pleasure resort anywhere. Think
special stress should be laid upon
your climate, and the scenery is
grand. The water is entirely
equal to any medicinal springs.
You have an enterprising class Of
people. expect to come again
II am captivated.
DR.. M. N. McNaughton, of VAL
lisca.--I believe the water is pure.
That in connection with the climate
and scenery makes it one of the
very best resorts in the country;
the altitude is just about right.
A. b. Smith, assistant passenger
agent of the b. & M.-Of course
always want to say something ia
vorable Of Hot Springs, but we
railroad men say Sc much about it
and being constantly advertising
it in various ways people will be-
lieve that what / say is from a
biased standpoint, SO I'll not say
anything for the paper-but Hot
Springs is in it.
By this time the hour was get
ting late and the weary M. DIS.
exhausted from the constant whirl
they had been kept in, and the
lingering festivities of the previous
evening, had began to seek their
beds, and the STAR man bid them
farewell, hoping to meet them all
again.
They have gone, but many pleas
ant recollections will linger OF the
visit of these medical men, together
with the popular Burlington men,
whose brilliant ideas brought about
this excursion, and who carried it to
such successful and pleasurable
consummation.
Long may they live.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09

Now we have seen your fair Dakota,
With her geologic story
With her mountains and her valleys
And her many springs among them;
With her water flowing freely,
Cold and hot and bubbling too
With her properties medicinal
And purity never failing.
--Dr. F. W. Eckley, of TT Madison, Ia, in
.,,s "Hornic lila As,'' read ut tae banquet.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09

Eat Pie.
On Fliday, Dec. 10th, the ladies Of
Baptist church will give C chicken
pie dinner at the court house. Go and
feast thereon.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09

Order tailor made suit from those
new spring samples at Fargo's. They
will save YOU $1,000 sure.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09

They had big snow storm down
ahon. Omaha Wednesday morning,
while here was all lovely.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
The Gppt!On Business Does II.

Il don't understand" SAYS prom
inent Chicago operator. "how trade
should feel 50 bearish this year. The
wheat crop is only 10000, ,OoO
bushels against 6l2.oo0.O0O bushels
year ago: the corn crop only 1915
0O0, GOO bushels against 1000, 900. 200
bushels last year; the oat crop 6l5,
O00, 900 bushels against $4,000, 900
last year: the rye crop only 81 900
900 bushels against $4,000. 900 bushels
a year ago, with barley only $4,000. .OO0
bushels against 10000 900 bushels last
year, while the potato crop has shrnnk
from $40. 900, 900 bushels in 1891 to
100. 600, 600 bushels now. Here is a
deficiency in these crops this year OF
7O9, 900, 900 bushels with prices OF
nearly everything in this line 20 per
cent. lower, and nearly everybody still
talking bearish. 1t don't seem rea-
sonable to me. vet must confess the
bears are making the money.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

The farm and labor organizations
have been ridiculed as cranks because
they have advocated tax upon in
cores as a means of raising a national
revenue. But our Washington cor
respondent tells MS that this idea is
now being pushed bv some of the most
energetic and influential members of
Congress, and present indications are,
SAYS our correspondent, that such Il
measure will easily get through the
House, unless Mr.. Cleveland, who is
understood to he opposed to it. shall
call halt, and even then the chances
are that there will be some cyeopcning
talk on the subject in both House and
Senate. Whatever Mr.. Cleveland's $
opinion may be, We can see no other
means OF escape for the Democratic
party. They have promised great re-
ductions of the tariff If this promise
he kept, reduction i'll the taliff
revenue would most like follow. There
seems to be no serious proposition to
reduce salaries or expenses, hence
there must he some other means OF
raising revenue. The tax on incomes
naturally suggests Itself as the most
feasible means, and Il means in the line
of right and justice, and one that is
really made necessary hv the ten1en-
cies of the times; and the logic OF
events would seem to drive the Democ-
racv to i.
Thus are the farm and labor organ.
izations being vinlicated, and the first
while crauks are proving to he the true
leaders in the advocacy of measures
necessary to the general welfare. Pro
gressive Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
Shady Churches.

The early meeting-houses of New
England were destitute of shade
The trees in the vicinity had been
cut down for fear Of forest fires, and
curtains and window-blinds were un
known.
There was no dim religious light
within the church, but in summe.
"thc white and undiluted day." anG
in winter an atmosphere so cold that.
as Judge Sewell pathetically records
in his diary, "the communion bread
was frozen pretty hard, and ratified
into the plates"
AS years passed on, trees were
planted to protect the congregation
from the garish sunlight. Sometimes
the growth was dense. and cast /.
soml er sEa low over the meeting
house that made it SO dark within as
to annoy the minister.
Two anecdotes, told IN "The Sab
bath in Puritan New England" illus
trate how the clergy protested against
these gloomy meeting houses.
A neighboring pastor, preaching in
a church thickly shaded by large
tree, gave out the text, why do the
wicked live?" Peering in the dim
light at his manuscript, he ex-
claimed: Il hope they will live long
enough to cut down this great hem
lock tree behind the pulpit window"
Doctor Storrs preached by invita-
tion in meeting house overshadowed
with trees. His struggles to read
his manuscript temped him to affirm
that he would never preach in that
house again while it was SO ill-lighted
and gloomy.
A few years later he was invited to
preach in the same old meeting
house. He rode up to it on the Sun
day morning, and seeing the trees
still standing, rode away leaving the
people to sit in darkness, without a
sermon.-Youth's Companion.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

ter. I declare! You haven't seemed
like your own self for an age. New
Years resolutions. Richard?" she
laughed archly.
YES replied the brother, his eyes
sparkling. Il have determined to turn
over new leaf"
"Indeed. Give up your cigars
come out in society,""
"As married man, yes"
"Richard"
Il mean it, sister," spoke Richard
Penrith, solemnly AMI earnestly.
This New Years day has taught me
to value the true pleasures of life
not wealth. not power, not PRIDE
"Ah. You have found something
else. Richard?'
YES" replied Ri,hard Penrith,
tenderly. "Back at my boyhood'S
home. back where Naomi is waiting
for me to claim her As my wife, |
have found->omcthing tangible
love- MARGARET MAHAN.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

The Republican party has elected
its last President. The Democratic
party will never elect another canli-
date
The people are aroused. The re-
form cause is in the saddle and will he
the next great party. The cause of
the masses must have a defender if we
hove to perpetrate the Republic.
The Democratic leaders are chained
to plutocracy and there is nothing to
hope for from that party.
The same is true of the Republican
party.
The rank and file of both old parties
are honest and we'll meaning and sym
pathize with the people.
ignorance, prejudice and party
favoritism has kept in the dark. The
light is breaking. Another four years
of education and the common people
will begin to understand that they are
the lower, that the people are in a
share TO direct Government. and not
the few who represent the money
power. Denver Road
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

ginning Of the year, to $O.s55 March
%. the lowest price. closing June 30
at $O.S73, variation of so l? an ounce
during the last fiscal year. Since
July l, 1892. the price of silver still
further declined until Aug. II, 1892,
it reached 83 cents fine ounce, the
lowest price silver ever reached.
Since then the price has advanced,
and at the present writing, Nov. l,
1892, it is SO.S6 per fine ounce. At
the lowest price of silver during the
fiscal year. the commercial value of
the pure silver contained in silver
dollar was &c cents: at the highest
rice it was O.7S6, and at the average
price $0.72t The number Of silver
dollars distributed from the mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 9.4O7 800,
beng $}, SO0,S7f less than in the pre-
vious ycar-kansaS Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
Capital Chat.

The Supervising Architect in his an
nual report recommends special APP
preparation OF $4,000 for general re,
pairs of the United States Custom
House at Chicago.
Secretary Noble has accepted the re,
conveyance to the United States by the
St. Paul, MINNEAPOLIS and Manitoba
Railroad Company OF $1,000 acres of
Ian in the X. d River Valley, in North
Dakota, under the act of Aug. ), 1892,
and has issue in -tru tions authorizing
the railroad company to make indem-
nifty selections therefore of non mineral
unoccupied lands in the States of Min
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana and Idaho.
The Democrats are inclined. il is now
said, to let the question of the admis-
sion OF New Mexico and Arizona go ever
to the next Congress.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Ohio. is the author
OF a bill introduced in the House to
reduce postage On first-ciass mail mat
ter, except postal cards. TO l cent per
half-ounce.
Justice Harlan, Of the United States
Supreme Court. will sail for Europe as
one of the aybitrators in the BehriEg
Sea seal fisheries dispute,
". VI. LGUlUeTtOU, Oh LluCOlN, NeD.,
has been selected for appointment as
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury, to
succeed Mr. Nettleton.
Mr.. Cockrell, Of Missouri, will un-
doubtedly succeed himself in the United
States Senate.
Members OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission look with serou -
ness uron the decision of Judge
Gresham, whit limits and to some cx-
tent nulliiies the power of the COM
mission. They feel that its natural
sequel is an abolition of the entire com
mission.
A request from the Treasury De.
partment urging Subtreasurers of the
Unite Sta'eS to gather in all $500 note
issued prior to 1880 has created some
gos lip in financial centers, but at the
department Iothing is thought of this
| action.
Speaker Crisp. Representative Nc
Millin, and Representative Catchings
who as members of the rules commit,e &c
| are rather looked to to sha1e the POLICY
! of the House, held q conference of some
| length in the Speakers room for tn
purpose OF considering the plan and
scope of an inquiry into the condition
| of the Treasury.
1t is not improbable that caucus oi
| the Demoel attic members of the House
will be called upon to consider the
proposition embodied in bills now be.
| fore the House for the change of the
date of the meeting of Congress from
the first Monday in December to the frs,
Monday after the 4th day Of March o:
each year.
The bill which passed the Senate au
thorizing the construction Of oridge
| over the Mississippi River above New
Orleans proposes structure OF three
UNI roken spans, the main span to be al
least l,OaO feet long and the height OF
the superstructure above hi.h water Il
be fixed by the Secretary of War.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

heurts with waiting and hope deferred.
The great majority Of those who do sue.
ceed will be obliged 10 be content with
positions much lower in the public
service than they had expected to se.
cure. In numerous instances individu.
ais OF some distinction who journeyed
here with aspirations for posts OF high
honor and emolument uuder one admin
istrAtion or another have been glad
10 get situations finally as mes
Singers in the departments. History
in this matter repeats itself every time
that one political party goes out and
another comes in. Those who fail, as
Their money runs low. drift ont OF the
hotels into the boarding houses, finally
falling back on the free lunch route.
Last scene Of all, which ends this sad,
eventful history, is tne appeal addressed
by the disappointed Office seeker to his
Congressman for a loan 10 pay car fare
home. Undoubtedly these place hunters
are mostly people of some importance
where they live. But the fever for hold
ing public Office attacks them, and they
aband everything else to try for it.
When they get it the glamour of the life
holds them SO that they are never salts
fled to abandon it. Even the Congress-
men who fail of reelection ar. ca ger to
get back into employment as clerks in
tie Legislative halls where once they
exercised control over the affairs of the
nation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
Beef and Hog Exports.

The Chief Of the Bureau of Statistics
reports to the Treasury Department
that the total values of the exports OF
domestic beef and hog products from
the United States during tho month OF
November, 1892, as compared with sim
liar exports during the corresponding
period Of the previous year were as fol.
lows: November. 1892, $l0,4A8, ,52a
November, 1891. 5000. .584.
The values Of the exports of dairy
products were: November, 1892, $646,.
52f; 1891. $iO1,3S4. Seven months
endc,, Nov. 30. 1892, $7,577, LAG; 1891
S7,4s2 ,6B5. The value Of the exports oi
beef and hog products from New Yors
during the month of October, 1892, were
Sc, 236, ,921; Boston, 2,907, ,574; Philadel.
phia. s5ls, 55l; Baltimore, $614,7l4
For October, 1871: New York. 81, $685..
6S1; Boston, S2,5l3, ,5e6; Philadelphia .
S25! !,655; Baltimore, s.. l.14l.S3j.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
SrCC1, the ItalA n faster, writes TO

SrCCI, the ItalA n faster, writes TO
his friend, George Francis Train,
that he proposes to make the ''scien-
t. tic experiment IN London Of speak
in continuously for three days and
three nights without eating, drink
ing. CT sleeping during that period" "
His three days harrangue will be de-
voted to ''theology, psychology. as
tronomy and other subjects E"en
if Succi is successful in performing
this fca1 he will not be entitled to
remarkable distinction. The late
Henry ". Blair, of the United States
Senate, could, If given the opportun-
ity, easily talk for that length OF
time. without cessation for any pur-
pose, on his ,well-known hobby, the
Blair educational bill. Most people
will learn with surprise that Succi's
only reason for his proposed perform
ance is to remove the impression that
he is insane
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
CRISP TO PROFIT BY 1T.
Opponents Of the Speaker Out of sympathy
Will Now support Him.


Washington special: The action OF
The Reform Club Of New York, in omit
ing the 81 eaker of the House Of Repre-
sentatives from it's list of banquet ora
tors, although he was present as a guest,
still continues to be a subject OF pretty
lively comment among the members.
The explana ion of L. Ellery Anderson.
President of the club, that no slight was
intended toward Mr.. Crisp. and that he
would have been called upon if il had
been known that he had prepared an
address, is not accepted as satisfa .tory,
The ia t is that Mr.. Crisp was informed
by Congressman John EeWitt Warner.
Of New York. one Of the members OF
the club, that he Crisp among other
prominent guests would lie expected to
speak, and this. following his invitation
and coupled with tie announcement
made in the New York papers that he
would be one of the orators. led Mr..
Crisp TO prepare speech. A press rep
resentati>e who secured a copy of the
various speeches in advance called upon
Mr.. Crisp and the address was furnished
without question. President Anderson
was informed of this fact by the press
representative before the dinner took
pace. so that his plea of ignorance OF
tuc q tiIuSldutc IL ului
The feeling extends even 10 members
of what has been termed the anti-Crisp
faction. and they do not hesitate to- say
that any gathering of so-callcd Demo-
Gratis that would invite as a guest the
pres mt highest Democratic official OF
the government and then not ask him
to speak. although other less conspicu-
Gus members of the House were among
the orators, should be considered lost
to all sense Of propriety.
When Mr.. Crisp entered Representa-
tive Hall Monday morning he was loud
lv applauded. He was given n perfect
ovation, the purpose of the demon.
strative members being to show their
disapproval of Saturday nights snub
b:ng The manifestation Of resent
ment toward the Reform Club was quite
plain, and if the managers of the New
York banquet intended TO render Mr.
Crisp go unpopular with the members of
the House as to kill him OF as possi-
bility for reelection, they have appar-
entity failed. Democrats who visited
Mr.. Cleveland came away and said that
he was very muck annoyed over the in
c:dcnt, especially as it was through him
that the Reform Club had issued the in.
v.tation to Speaker Crisp to attend the
dinner
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

clerks for the New Years holiday,
the suggestion Of wealth, power, and
high financial standing had no charm
to evoke enthusiasm. TO Richard
Penrith the handsome balance in the
ledger, the princely securities locked
up in the mass We safe, the pump
bank account at the great trust insti.
tuition across the way, were no more
at that moment than heap Of
drOss, q bundle of withered autumn
leaves.
One o'clock in the afternoon: the
clerks had gone home, and he sat lost
in gloomy. prOfitless. motiveless rev.
eric. TwC-he still stared at vacancy,
thinking Of nothing. Of everything:
wishing the wheels of business would
never stop, feeling as lonely and out
OF his element in the festive pros
poets of the next day. as if he was an
uncongenial spirit from another
world.
Three o'clock.
From the stone-paved court below,
there was waited to his hearing the
merry voices Of young clerks and
messenger boys engaging in the
pranks and capers that followed the
last settling up OF the year. The
hearty, boyish accents made
him vince. How. long it seemed
since he was 4 boy. How
many years since lie put love. emo
tiOn, every human sentiment. into Il
sealed casket, buried it fathoms deep,
and became sUrdid, money-making
machine. With a sigh, bitter and
resentful, he put on his hat, hurried
from the Office, stepped into his hand
some carriage at the curb below, and
was driven homeward down the mag
niflcent boulevard, one OF the richest,
certainly the most wrctched, of men
in all the great city.
The portals OF his princely home
opened to admit him to luxury and
comfort king might covet. His
sister. who directed in domestic af-
fairs and we'll maintained the social
status of the establishment. met him.
attired with the elegance of queen.
Richard, we shall need you to-
night"
He frowned irritably.
what is it now" he queried.
"A reception. l expect two gener-
ais, an artist, and some OF the best
people of our set. DO try and come
out of your shell of uncOngeniality
for once"
"And shrivef in the hypOcritical
glare of false friendship and hollow
pleasure?" he interrupted bitterly.
NO, sister. l thank you. but quiet
corner for me. l am tired-I am
weary Of all this show, vanity and
vain labor. Five years drudge, five
more q cynical, flint-hearted money
maker, and what is the recompense?'
His sister stared at him in amaze
ment. The recompense! Was the
man going mad?' Wealth, social emil
neace, a proud name! What heights
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22

A good old fashioned Christmas like we
had SO long ago.
Now that's the thing I'd like to see as'in
,f,re die.
But Christmas in the city here - its diff
fercnt. Oh my.
with the crowded hustle hustle OF the
>lu-hy. noisy street.
An the scowl upon the faces OF the stran-
gers that you NEE.
oh. there's buyin'. plenty of it. OF 4 lot o
gorgeous toys:
An 1t takes mint q money TO please
modern girls and toys.
Why, l mind the time a jack-knif an Il
toffy-lump for me
Made my little heart an stockin' JUS
chock- full OF Chri, mas glee
An there's feastin Think o fe,din' with
these s;uck-up city folk.
Why. yc have to sIeak in whispers. an ye
dar'>n't crack a joke.
Then remember how the tables looked all
crowded. with your kin.
Wnen YOU couldn't hear Il whistle blow
Gc-o-s the merry din.
You see I'm 20 o'd-faSnionei-like don,
care much for style.
An to eat your Chris ma, banquets here
wouldn't 90 mile;
Id rather have. like Solomon, 4 good yarb'
dinner set
With real old friends than turkle soup with
all the mob, you'd get.
There's my next-doCr neighbor Gnrlcy-
fancy how his brows 'u'd lift
II Id hoi!er ~Merry Chris mas. Caught. ole
fellow. Chris mas gift.-
Iordy-Lord. l d like to try II. Guess he't
nearly have fit.
Hang this city stiffness, anyways, J can
get used to II.
Then your heart Is kept a-swellin till i
nearly bust yonr side.
An by night your jaws were achin Will
you smiles four inclc, wide.
An your enemy. the wO's one, you ID JUS
grab his hand. an say:
.Mebbe both OF US was wrong. John. Come
lots shake. It's Chris mas Day"
Mighty, little Chri,'mas spirit seems t.
dwell tween city walls.
Where each snowflake brings a scot-fak'
fr II brother rs il falls;
Mighty little Christmas spirit, An In
pinin'. don't you know.
For a good old ia ashioned { hris'mas like WI
had $, long ago
Century.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
IS PROUD OF THE NAVY.
The Report Of Secretary Tracy Says Rapid
Development Has Been Accomplished.

The Report of Secretary Tracy Says Rapid
Development Has Been Accomplished.
Secretary Tracy in his report to the
President starts out with a list of ves-
se!s in the navy, and points with pride
t. the work accomplished during the
present administration. He says:
On the 4th OF March, 1889, the feet
Of the United States navy, apart from
few Old ships long since obsolete and
fast going to decay, consisted of three
modern steel vessels. o. an aggregate
tonnage Il 1853 tons, and mounting
thirteen e-inch and four s-inch guns.
the forsings for which last, as well rs
the shafting for the vessels, had been
purchased from abroad, as they could
not be made in this country. During
this administration the following ves-
sells will have been added to the navy: