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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
A Precious stone.

A fakir, walking along road in
India, chanced to pick up fine large
diamond that had been washed out
of the ground by a heavy shower and
lay glistcning and blazing in the sun.
He tied it up in Il rag and put it in
his empty tobacco pouch, and con-
ttnued on his way to town.
Fakirs in India have little money as
rule, and this particular fakir had
none at all, but he did have a strong
craving for quiet smoke. So he be-
took himself to a Parscc tobacconist
and asked him how much tobacco he
would let him have for pretty stone
that showed green and red and blue
lights.
The dealer asked to sec the stone,
and Immediately recognized it as q
diamond of the first water.
''Uncle," he remarked to tho
fakir, '.since you are a poor man, I'll
give you a whole handfulof tobacco. :"
And he grasped handful and thrust
it into the fakir's pouch.
..Mv son." replied the faklr, "I
have travelledal ng distance, and am
very tired. This IS beautiful stone,
and you ought to give me ut least
three handfuls of tobacco"
After some further haggling, the
Parsec agreed to keep the stone, after
cxacting from the faKir q promise to
keep quiet about the matter. Tho
Parsee then sent the stone to an asso-
ciatc in Bombay, where it was sold
for two thousand dollars
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
a Newspapers F:.lsel,ood.

aThe Harrison administration
found 100000, 900 in the Treasury
and leaves it with u deficit of $780,
900, ,000." So shout the New York
World and the New York Herald,
and SO repeats the Democratic cross
roads organ from Maine to Texas. 1t
is a falsehood, and falsehood which
is q SANDER. Wen Mr.. Cleveland
went out of Office there was q surplus
of 800, 900, 900 because he did not
use it in paying off the public debt.
Half of this surplus was deposited in
favored banks, for which no interest
was received, but which the banks
loaned to the people at from s to 8
per cent. When General Harrison
became President this money was
withdrawn from the banks as rapidly
as possible and used in the pay
ment of the interest-bcaring
debt. During the first three
years of President Harrison's
term so06, BIG, 93l. 20 was paid out
in the redemption of. $259, O93, $50 in
tercst-bearing bonds. When General
Harrison became President the an
.nual interest charge of the Govern
mcnt was s34, SIS, ,459.S0. June l.,
1892, the interest charge was $22,-
893, ,S61.20. Here Is an annual saving
on the interest account of Sll, esq.,
57S.60, or little more than one
third since Mr.. Cleveland left office
in 1889. The revision of the tariff
took nearly $50, 900, 900 a year from
the revenue, while the pension
charges have been increased both by
the old laws and the act of July, 1890.
There is no deficiency in the treasury,
and there would not have been any
danger of it ii the revenues derived
from the tariff had not materially
fallen of during the past two weeks,
presumably because importers are not
certain what course to pursue.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
lsaiironds Taught "a Lesson.

The Worlds Fair dedicat0ry cere-
monies in Chicago have demonstrated
the fact that the railroads, in order
to doa big business during the Worlds
Fair period next summer, must make
rates as low as possible. Under the
impression that but few people would
come from distances beyond $50 miles
of Chicago, the railroads fixed the
rates for the distance within $50
miles Of Chicago at one and one-thir1l
fare for the round trip, while from
points beyond $50 miles the rate was
fixed at one fare for the round trip
1t is now found that more people
availed themselves of the one fare
rate for the round trip from points
beyond $50 miles of Chicago than OF
the one and one-third fare from points
within the $50 miles limit. 1t
is calculated that at least 200, 900
more people would have como here to
witness the dedicatory ceremonies
had a uniform rate of one fare for
the round trip been made from all
points. AS the railroads were all
taxed to their full capacity on this
occasion no harm was done, but next
year when the travel will spread over
six months and with the additional
facilities the railroads will then t,e
provided with they will easily be able
to handle any crowds no matter how
large. But the events of the last
three or four days have shown that
unless the rates are made low enough
the people will not come in such
crowds as the railroads would like to
have and which with their increased
facilities they will be easily able to
handle. The mistake of making the
rates lower proportionatcly fromlong
distances than from short ones ought
not to be repeated. The people liv-
ing within y radius of 200 to 300
miles of this city will come here sew
eral times during the Worlds Fair
period for few days if fares are low,
and thus avoid paying cxorbitant
hotel rates for an extended period.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
WAR ON THE SOLDIERS,
noURBoNs SAY THE VETERAN
MUST Be SACRIFICED.
Democracy IL Already Demanding tina,
the Payment Of Penslons Shall He Gut
Down-A Newspaper Falschood lsefutet
-Clevciand Lacks Courage.


Tho soldier-hating Democracy Is
in the saddle and the assault on the
Union veterans has begun. The
COpperheads of the North whose
representatives nominated Demo
cratic candidate for President on q
platform declaring the war for the
Union failure, have united with
the Confederate Bourbons OF the
South in demanding that the pay
mcnt Of pensions shall be cut down.
Before the election Democratic
newspapers were filled with hypocriti-
Cal assurances OF affection for Union
veterans and respect for their claims
on the country's gratitude. The
necessity for dissimulation is now
over. A Democratic Pcsident whose
hostility toward the men who bore
arms in the defense of the nation
found expression in long series of
sneering and unmanly pension vctoes
mas been elected. The House is
Democratic. The Senate, for many
years tho bulwark of Americanism,
has been stormcd by the men whose
political principles are found in the
Confederate constitution. The COM
mand has gone forth that the old
soldiers must be sacrificed.
Tho New York Democratic organ
whose rampant treason during the
rebellion forced the government at
Washington to order it's temporary
suppression, denounces the pension
system as @a carnival of wrong and
robbery" and shrieks fantically that
tt must be changed. Democrat tic
journals in New England, in the Mid
die States and the West echo the cry.
The Bourbon organs of the South i,re
exultant in their triumph over the
men they have never ceased to hate,
and clamorous in their demand for
the withdrawal Of the nations bounty
for them.
BE it SO. The Republican party
will not shirk the issue. The Repub-
lican party has no apology to make
for saving the nation, no regrets for
its generous treatment of the heroes
who faced death under the Stars and
Stripes. 1t will stand Dy It's princi-
pes now as it stood by its guns dur
ing the years OF storm and stress
when Democracy fought the Union
armies in the field and treacherously
assailed the Union cause from the
rear Attempts to rob the gray
haired veterans of the hard-won pit
tance that this mighty and prosper
Gus nati6n-the richest on earth
has decreed shall be theirs, will meet
with the determined resistance of
the Republicans in the Fifty-third
Congress. Ii projected Democratic
schemes are carried out in spite of
Republican opposition, the Republi-
can party will appeal to the people at
the next general election to hurl
from power the faction chat refuses
bread to the men but for whose pa
triotic devotion the United States
would not to-day be in existence
New York Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
The Republicans and the rarlsr.

Secretary Charles Foster, while de-
claring that the tariff was the cause
of the Republican overthrow, says it
would be nonsense for the Republic
cans to abandon in any degree their
present policy" The st. Louis Globe
Democrat thinks, however, that the
Secretary is not a wise counselor in
the present emergency. This able
Republican journal says: "Whcn an
army meets an overwhelming defeat
its commander, II he knows his busi-
ness, at once inquiries into causes,
with the intention of rcmedying
them, and thus TO put his forces i'm
better condition for the next en-
counter. Ii the defeat be due to the
incompctency or negligence of his
lieutcnants they are either removed
or reduced; IL to faulty plan of
campaign the plan is altered; and if
to the adoption OF wrong position
the positions taken in the future, so
far as conditions will permit, will be
different. The leaders of q great
party, after the defeat of their party,
will, il they are ut all fitted for their
posts, make like investigation and
take similar precautions.
"The Republican party was beaten
because it had taken u wrong position
on some of the leading questions of
national concern. 1t was wrong on
the Federal election matter; it was
emphatically and fatally wrong on
the tariff. The passage of the Nc
kinley law Of 1890 was the greatest
blunder ever committed by any party
since the Democratic crime of seces-
sion. 1t overwhelmingly defeated
the party in the Congressional cleo
tion Of that year, and it was the lead
ing cause in the overthrow this year.
Many Republicans who were never in
favor OF the act believed after the
setback of 1890 that tic popular
hostility to it would subside by the
time the Presidential election came
around, and that the party might
then retain its supremacy in the
executive branch of the Government
and regain control OF the legislative
branch. The returns show how COM
pletely and conspicuously those hopes
have been blasted.
''Thc party must, Of course, adhere
to the protective policy, but it must
be protection of the rational kind
the protection which keeps the inter-
ests of consumers us we'll as those of
producers in view. 1t must be the
kind of protection which the party
adopted at the beginning of its ca
recr, which it began to practically
exemplify in the early s7Os" by re-
ducing discriminatory but decided
ly, and which it maintained until the
Mckinley school of economists forced
themselves to the front. Under this
sign the Republicans can again con-
ouer.n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
Laying Foundations.

Suhoqueous foundations for walls
are always difficult to construct, but
methOd recently used by William
Shield at Pcterhead, New Brunswick,
apparently simplitics the work where
the bottom is OF irregular, rocky
formation. Careful longitudinal sec.
ti0ns arc taken along the lines OF the
inner and outer faces of the f0unda.
tions. and planks are then cut and
naile0 to timbcrs in such manner
that one edge Of the finished frame
conforms exactly with the rocky bot
tom. These frames are then weighted
and sunk into place, where they arc
fastened by long bolts. wedged into
the rock by divers in such q manner
that mold for about twenty feet of
the bottom of the wall is thus formed.
The tops of the frames are brought
to a true horizontal position by means
OF a spirit level or other wise, and the
space between is then filled with con-
crete of proportions varying according
to circumstances. Where q large
mass of concrete is used it is COM
posed of four or tour and One-half
sand and gravel to one part of Port.
land cement, the top being finished
off with six inches of u richer con-
crete composed of one and onc-half
parts of gravel and sand to ore of the
cement. Where the thickness If the
foundation is not great, only the
richer concrete is used. The material
is lowered in a canvas bag holding
about two and onc.fourth cubic feet
and so arranged that the bottom can
le opened when it touches The place
where the concrete is to be laid. Tho
divers commence the foundation at
one end and works backwards SO as
not to disturb the newly deposited
concrete. The material as it leaves
the bags is merely pressed down by
the flat hand to the required level
and then gently struck off by a
straight edge resting at each end ON
the frames. In this way u perfect sur
face was formed ata depth OF five or six
feet below low water. which became
hard enough m three days to receive
the blocks Of the wall.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
The Democracy j. Dlsappointc.,.

With the prospect before it of
Treasury deficiency brought about by
the unprecedented appropriations OF
the Democratic Fifty-second House
the Democratic party feels about "a
happy as Il man who cracks a safe
thinking it filled with gold, and who
finds upon finishing the job that the
money isn't there. 1t is partisan
disappointment and not solicitudc for
public affairs that fills the heart of
of the Democracy as it surveys tho
,rrcaSnrv
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

being made technically void BY AZ
obvious blunder. The man who elas'
slandered his native State to gain
the plaudits of the enemies of its peo-
pie; who has antagonized the inter
ests OF Massachusetts industry, and
who has has bclittlcd the thrift, the
energy and the success of Massachu-
sctts workingmen; who, while preach.
ing reform, has never hesitated to
use sinister methods of carrying an
election, will undoubtedly bc deaf to
any appeal made ON the ground os
equity.
Russell will in all probability con.
tinuc to hold the office to which he.
has not the slightest moral right,
knowing perfectly we'll that the.
voters of Massachusetts deliberately
chose another man for Governor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
An knor,nous lsunAle.

An enormous bull buffalo, which
was shot in Montana about a year
ago. and is now on exhibition in a
Buffalo. N. Y, store window. stands
nearly l8 hands high, measures o feet
6 inches in length and weighed, when
shot, about 5000 pounds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
Was 1t Worth the Price.

The great strike at Homestead is
ut an end. 1t cost thirty-fve lives,
more than sl,5OO,0OO in wages and
fully as much more to the Carnegie
company. Was it worth the price?
Has it made living easier, homes
brighter or the cause of organized
labor stronger? II not-somebod
has blundercd.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

be father to you, and 1 will say I am
proud of my new daughtcE
Then he thought:
II wonder ii she really suspected
what was going to say?" - s u. =
CO. 3 Monthly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17
Tue official returns in Illinois sho,

Tue official returns in Illinois show
that, outside of Cook County, where
Chicago is situated, the vote for
President was: Republican, 2Ss. .O34;
Democratic. 2Sl, ,677; Prohibition,
29,96S: Peoples party, 2O,593. In
spite of the Prohibition and People'a
party vote, most of which came from
the Republicans, they carried the
State outside of Chicago by plural
ity of more than 5000. 1t was the
slums of Chicago, the thousands OF
aliens who took out their first pa
pers" u few days before the election,
that turned the scale for Cleveland
Indianapolis Journal
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

IT is not half as easy to get letter
from Mr.. Cleveland now as it was
three months ago.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

CLEVELAND is in situation to an.
preciate the force of LincOln's drOll
observation with regard to an attack
OF smallpox, that he was glad he
finally had something to give to all
the Officc.Seekers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

FROM Buzzard's Bay to Hog Island
is not sfar cry" DiscOnsolate Dem.
ocrats may be happy now that they
know where Cleveland is at.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

EVIDENTLY Mr.. Cleveland isn,t half
as glad to receive callers as he was
before the election. Both the weather
and the statesman have changed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

THE Prcsidcnt-elect loses his tenn.
per early in the game, and goes OF
to hide after delivering himself of
few characteristic remarks CONCERNING
the motives of the throng of visitors
who have been pressing upon him
since the election. With his Gus.
tomary selflshncss he suspects each
caller of being an officc.secker, and
warns the public that he will put
lod in pickle for every man who dares
to mention patronage before March 4.
What a fall there has been in tho
temperature of Mr.. Cleveland since
Nov. 8.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

MIR. CLEVELAND has started on Z
hunting trip to cvadc the pressure Of
otficc-scekcrs. A hunting trip may
do as temporary expedient, but
nothing short OF IL whaling voyage
will accomplish the desired result
Globe Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-17

WOlQdu WItOOut SuCl an lmDUtlttOQ
as that?"
.Oh! certainly"
Then the conversation dropped.
Old Mr.. Poplin was in love with
Miss Fosdick, nevertheless, and he
resolved to ask her to be his sons
stepmothcr on the first opportunity.
He thought, moreover, that he would
make that opportunity when she
should report for duty.
Miss FOsdick returned to the store
at the appointed time and proceeded
straight to the private Office. The
elder MIR. Poplin was alone.
'Good morning, Mr.. POplin,' said
Miss Fosdick with l.er sweetest smile.
"Oh, it's you. is lt?" MI. Poplin re-
piled, raising his eyes above his news.
paper; sit down, Miss Fosdick, please.
Before you take the lid of your type
writer / have something-cr-to say
to YOU rather = er = important /
have been thinking of you almost
constantly since you went away two
days ago. ard wanted tO-er - ask
yOu-"
SIue mOMent. please, MT. P0pltn, l"
Miss FOsdick interrupted him to say.
lyon must pardon me, but have
como back to work."
"Eh? What's that?"
mo. sir. Fact Is, THAT is-your
son, sir-has done me the honor to
to-proposc, and-ana-"
sThc sly young rascal!" calculated
Poplin. not giving her q chance to
finish. swell. Isuono;c Ill have to
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-27
PRANK is RED HOT
TO RECEIVER HEAVY DAMAGES
4 SENSATIONAL Afat.sa Pzpds>sd /.
Psl,es csass~Lssyu DaaAAn
w.xzs iaaixass.

Efaak B. Lscleas hexAa suit By
ezpsks yes,@rdsY afternoon against
Lssls IA. wlsEsys Harm>a cowzns sni
George F.~srs. c.zlnlnx damages u
tNe sutn OF sic 100 for The sensational
sss2alt apoa Inn Iossasy morning ~
me slspu.y .assrs Lawyer Dunnsin
isreprsssu:lnx LsCis2r IA me nsfssf
snd ta.s<s nIs ciseat has good setion
for damages. Ins sE1a.s.i Tor ezpi<s
Alleges great injury 10 feelings. css-
gr2ce. etc. - gFound for the cistHi.
Judge ofDss nxe1 the amount OF TAU
a. sloo excn. - sever IA my LIE
hrkr1 u 50 outrageous "a Assault
- a Mr.. Durham 90 he reporter fSf
IIfs HEAkLp. Il am not lsfendsng
my cllsngs actions. bus tank tninxs
lkgs come - pretty pass wnsn oni-
csrs Of Tue law c.n % aired ~ wealthy
corporations IA opsaly ssoiAts tse
sszlntns Aa1 commit breaches OF The
peace. Nnstusr deserving or nos
bsIove nv e..snl csa and vii collect
L4 damages" IL pollce court yrsssf-
az mornlnx. Deputy Cowzas was ar
raisnsu o. 4 enarxe Of assault and bzt
t.fy. preferred o. Frank LsSiesr. lie
catered . Plea IL MOI guilty aud his
tg.ai Nss .es Tor January =. on molten
ct 0eorse L. Waoty. nss attorney. Nj.
Manly moved Tor security for cosis Tor
the couutV on tna ground that
LeCis2r M1s prosecuting he e4se
for rsxsans only. The coarS
satertainrc tAe motion aud male
al order 10 thai effect. Tue
follow az sfidavis Vas submitted by
th- d-fease ans hles "A the case:
SAT- II Mich1xan. Ia the Police Cour.
of Grand Rapids, ire People w. HAr-
ruoa Cewens. Kent County, So
LEWIS II. Wthey being duly sworn
sars taat M = the president Of tna
N.csixan Trust company. On ycstsr-
6sv. Jaa. -. after the alleged assault,
eh,cn a the subject matter OF tnl'
cause, toe complaining witness. Frani
T. LsClsar. came 20 deponent at the
ofiico u the trust company aud com
planned that ne rad been assaulted BY
Defendant Cowens aud said To depo-
nent taat be, the said LeClear. would
not aopy 10 ne prosecuting Attorney
for warrant % make any complaint
agslust Cowens FOR the alleged assault
II dspouens OF The Trust compan.
would pay HIM. sad LeCiear, Sioc.
That deponent for Almself aud SAL
Trust company refused absolutely te
eatertaln tnat or any similar prcpost
tion-
Depouent further says. on informh
ton sad belief that sad Le(.ear hal
no property oat " wn.ch al execution
can D. collected AMI tnat DO Is utterly
sDoBsibio financially.
gued. iIwIs n. WsrHKy.
eauscti1e1 aud sworn 10 before me
It's 10Th day OK January. 1898.
CnkkfSs .. POTTER.
Notary PGll.e. Kent Co., Mlch.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-27
rs True As gospel.
William III. Robinson Sleeps 30
soundly that lie Snores-
Sick Thirty-fivc Years Took
Paine's Celery Compound
and is Well.

Newspaper nsa sAy people don's
read serEons-
And come dent.
An1 tnis .sn't sermon
Bot how i1ai3y readers OF IKE HEA-
AID are there Wno csnuol DRAW al hon
&C.: lesson rom tne following statement
made ~ Mr.. William III. koo4nsoa Of
Wosee.ssff
The sssssss;sas : - RENAL BE, that
b<iag asxsd TO do 80. Mr.. koolnsoa
gives. - ae Gays. - feu names Of
prominent men who viii verify my
statements
"George w. Harlow. Matchmaker.
"CnaTl-s X. Pesey. dentlsL
mir. Harlow sat DF. k'eyey have
known NE intimately Tor more tnAn -
ysass-
Rev. j. o. Peck. d. b.. fwho Is my
brotheran-iawl. 80 Fifth avenue. New
York city.
''kes. George r. Fisher 10 relsrve).
North Amherst, Aass.
And 1 think | may take the liberty
OF referring 10 Rev. c. VI. Lamson OF
81. Johnsbury, VI. Who Was my pastor
tor many Year, IN Worcester"
II seems that Mr.. Robinson. who is
50 years old, had suffered since boy.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-27

istics. a. not delay your valuable
tirse - Ssih1s and Suffering. but re-
care = tutfia - liui'an.s Great Ger.
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In els ~ ysuox. Is = the Fery ls'st
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t~rs ~ practice. Il fss gwen The lsss,
fssUils "a tas greatest nuuster Of Cases
~ female troubles q Any uedifina
TAT sFrr n@si 10 not make a
practices # uan9 az recommending
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A q fafre. NJ. D..
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81 hass NatlIsnn "a. Ch1c<aY. III.
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hardware merchant of BooEy lie.
Dallas county, Ia IL have tried a
number Of different remedies. the best
one being Chamberlain colc, cholera
aud diaTrhea remedy. One or two
doses OF ir always cures me" Sold by
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