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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-07
THE Wan WITH A BUG.
1t Was ON III. Nccktic aud .I,' Pass
enEerx Were Scared.


A longlcgged, long-jawcd and long
cared man dropped into a cross scat of
an ~ car the other afternoon and
| planted his number mines on the oppo-
site seat, says the n. Y. Advertiser.
At the next. station n woman who look
ed like an old maid entered, and al
though there were other vacant places
she seated herself opposite the man
of the extended legs. He Immediately
took his feet from the seat. but with
a sardonic lcer on his cadavcrous face
fixed his gaze upon the disturber of
his comfort. Presently the woman be-
gan to peer at the necktie OF her odd
looking visa Wis as though she doubted
the evidence Of her eyes. But she was
not long in doubt, for With nj cXcla-
nation of horror and Il wry face She
hurried to another part of the car.
A smile of triumph came to the Loan
mans face as he replaced his feet i'll
tleir. former attitude of repose. Soon
another oma seated herself along
! side of the feet. and again they had to
come down. This time the disturber
was a prim, %middlc-agcd woman, with
spectaclcs and an armful Of books.
Scarcely had she settled down when
her eye fell on the fellows awe-inspir-
ing neckwear. She shuddered. uttered
a suppressed scream and fed to the
next car.
The complacent expression returned
to the lem mans visage. and up Went
his feet again on the seat.
The next person to sit opposite hin
was a pale-faced dude. with Il cane re-
sembling Il bludgeon and Il collar reach
ing almost to his ears. Casting his
eyes downward without lowering his
head lie. too. was struck with the
necktie and appeared to tremblc.
II say. SIR" said he timidly, but
you've II horrid bug IN your scarf"
That's all right" said the other With
an air of perfect composure; don't be
afraid of him; nothin' but q potato
bug; won't bite"
Before he had finished speaking the
dude was gone. and the long legs re-
sumed their horizontal position. Turn
ing to some people across the aisle,
their owner said, with n twinkle in his
eye:
Nothing like one Of these Spanish
bugs with a chain on it to make trav-
cling comfortable. Useful as well as
ornamental"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-07
coMMENcEMENr.


Oh. the sweet commencement season,
With it's rhyme an with its reason,
With it's black and golden tresses.
An its creamy, dreamy dresses!
oh. the sweet commencement season,
With its pretty girls an pleasin'!
With it's ribbons and it's laces,
An its sweet, expectant faces!
oh. the sweet commencement season,
With its tenderness an teasin',
With its essays, framed completely
For the red lips readin's sweetly!
Oh. the sweet commencement season,
With its rhyme an with its reason;
With its smiles. tears, kisses, laughter,
An its bills for cash hereafter!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
Talked With the Dead.
From the PhiladeIphia Press

st. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. IA most re-
markable occurrence is agitating the COM
munity eight miles north of this city, u
savannah, Mo. Some time last June
Thomas, the 11-year-old son of a farmer
named Alexander Gilpin, was stricken
with rheumatism of the right arm ahu
leg. Doctors could do nothing to stop tne
pain, which became so severe that inc
boy had lock-jaw.
On Thursday he fell into what seeneg
to be trance and could not be arouS55u
for some hours. When he was nnal.l
awakened, being unable to talk, he wr9te
on piece of paper TO his parents that 10
had seen his two little dead brothers anu
sister He said they told him to senG "
certain field and at a particular plaJS
to scrape away the snow until they Wouiu
find bed of moss and under this 3uncn
of roots, which they were to orlhg u
him
The doubling parents yielded to ms euI
treaties and going to the place IJ gunU
everything as the boy had stated. AliJ INA
brought the roots home and the boy tolu
them how he had been instructed 10 pr
pare an ointment with them. The olu,f
ment was made and applied to the sea- y,
pam, the result being that the neAs uTt
the boy left his bed and all traces Oh iooA
jaw disappeared. He can now walk 60
well as ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

The Author or 'GaCeS agar
Getting over Christmas-Put Your
selves in the Sack Cloth of the Home
less, You Who Reign in the Purple
of Home-While Giving, Give Kind
ness.
.. Copyright.
How to take the other view of things,
is one of theIatest and hardest lessons
of life. The naive selfshness, that half
amusing, half provoking intolerance of
anothef's position, that incapacity even TO
understand it, with which we start yield
to the spur of experience; but yield at
the cost of so much impatience on one
side, aud so much heartache on the other,
that it would seem worth while to lessen
the friction involved in the process.
This old and simple truth comes
freshly to mimi with the return of our
holidays 4.s ..- aass se
Festivals are flaming, two-cdged swords.
They turn both ways with equal case and
sharpness. Created to enhance Joy, they
emphasize sorrow. Their evident useful
ness is to the glad but their less consid-
cred influence is strong upon the sad.
We sometimes forget that holidays are
not the especial property of happy people.
There is something as irritating to the
thoughtless as it is appealing to
the sympathetic in the phrase:
They are days to be got over.
The, first time that we hear
these common words plaintiVely dlsCord-
ant to the holiday key, we have no more
comprehension Of them and little more
patience with them than with Chinese
grammar Then the day falls when we
understand. The great deaf-mute mas
ter, Life, teaches us. too; frames our own
trembling lips to form the language of be-
reaVement. of bitterness or of deSolation
We too, slip into the secret places of wis
dom, of SORROW and of peace; then the
gay and the young, and the superficial i'll
turn stand critical of us. 1t is precisely
this dual process, this change and inter
change of effect which constitutes one of
the most interesting by-plays Of expert
eace. ..t-. ss~ t't ,..
There is no sufficient reason that know
of why the old, dense wall between him
who hath and him who hath not, should
not be perforated with a few ineligible
loop-holes One need not expect to bat
ter it-down. 1t is too venerable and the
foundations too deeply laid. But TO look
gently through now and then is altogether
possible
Be patient with the sad, happy people!
DO not exact too much of the old and
NSdh YOU Young anu sttoNgt EuJ your
self in the sack-cloth Of the homeless
you who reign in the purple of home!
When the holiday stir is in the air. when
the taper is lighted on the tree and the
holly trims the hearth. when every one
that is glad grows gladder, and every
heart that is sad turns saddest, there
comes sacred summons to the prosper
Gus life, peculiar to itself and to the time
Then it is that those whom God hath
blessed are called 70 understand il they
can, those whom He hath smitten. [
say, understand. 10 is not enough
TO remember" as the word goes
Christmas charity is commonplace and
fashionable, Christmas comprehension
is more rare and hubdredfold more val
liable.
A lady passing blind street musician
and his wife, went back and whispered:
I'm sorry for YOU" The poor souls over
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

above all else a man of sorrows. Tomany
a human heart this IS the dearest of his
titles Who ever bore trouble as he did,
Who ever so glandly lifted the BURDEN
Who so quietly, ana patiently and pleas
antly' II one may say so, accepted the
cruelest of lots Who so flung his own
misery cut of sight and sound Who so
utterly quenched himself and his personal
pang in the happiness and the
comfort of others There he
stands, s0rrowful aud smiling,
spotless mirror. TO hold ones way
of bearing trouble up to his for
reflection may be humilatiug but it is
not an act which any miserable person
ever regretted. Personal sorrow Is the
last thing which should ever be imposed
on other people. The unhappy are not to
take advantage OF the happy Do not
urge their chivalry. Do not strain their
sympathy. Do not press their Christian
ltT. DO not get over your anuiversa-
rles too palpably. The celestial ma
chlnery should never creak. The noble
heart, when it is wounded, withdrawS
into divine silence, and sacredly learns
It's awful lesson. Do not expect or exact
zoo much. Learn to live without sym
pathY- Seek to suffer if suffer you must,
without recognition of the process Hurl
yourself into the happiness nearest YOU,
as Il stone drops down WELL and SINK
there if You can.
There are two sweet things in human
llfe--to be happy ones self and TO make
another 50. When the first is gone, the
next, thank God, is always left.
DO not lock yourself in your room too
soon, too often, or too long. Dash away
the tears. Play the waltzes for the chill
dren. Put away your Grape. Wear
white dress and high mien, and the
smile Of those who conquer the selfish
ness OF pain on Christmas day.
The best friends of the tempted, Of the
young, of the erring and the overlooked
are these who have known the soresb
anguish and have achieved the sweetest
peace.
Such. too, are the most sacred flower;
OF our festivals, and the dearest angels oil
our happy homes.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
ARTIFICIAL EYE AND CHEEK.
Wonderful Surgical Operation Per-
formed on a Little Dunbar Girl.

Dunbar, Dec l2-Dr j. j. Mullen. of
Pittsburg; DR. Harry Atkinson, of Con-
nellsville, and j. d. Mullen, of this place.
performed very difficult surgical opera
ton on little Mary Cooley yesterday. The
patient was accidently shot last August,
a charge of heavy shot taking effect in
the girls face and head Her eye was
shot out and her whole cheek torn of.
For many DAYS she fingered between life
and death, but finally recovered, although
very much disfgured.
The operation was to insert an artifi-
cial eye and to put on an artificial cheek
1t was performed at the child's home and
proved successful in every respect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
Shells as Money.

The only money current in the lg iaz
sultauate of Adamawa, in central Souuan'
is cowrie shells. The agents OF RAM RAM
who have been trying, with lndlleil .s1s
success, to get a foothold there say I il'r,
is dear h Of the circulating meuiu5b, nv
and commerce greatly embarrasseo "
the scarcity Of currency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
WOMAN'S WORLD.
4 Few Things Of Interest TO the
Fair Sex.

A Remarkable Community in the Cher
okee Strip-scenes and Incidents in
an English Country Home-New
Dancing Figures Introduced-The
wealthiest Heiresses in the United
States-A Strange Wanderer After
PearI-other Matters of Special In
terest.
Every hostess. says the New York Sun,
has experienced the difficulty of getting
men partners enough to go round at dane
ing functions and of persuading the dane
ing man TO do more than to drink her
wines and eat her salads and TO consider
his obligation paid by standing about in
the door of the ballroom, languidly
watching the few ambitious young fel-
lows in the enthusiasm of their first sea
son actually dancing most of the time.
Now there seems to be a chance Of obvi-
ating this difficulty, if the girls do not
think the remedy is worse than the dis
ease. II may be accomplished by intro
ducing the Russian valse, now so
much in vogue in Paris
particularly spirited form of the waltz
in the, course ~of-which one man dances
with several partners instead of keeping
70 one. BY this means twelve young la
dies instead of one, secure each a waltz,
and the only draw backs to the arrange
ment are that when the dance is over the
gentlemen cannot take the twelve young
ladies into the conservatory with any de-
gree of pleasure on their part, cannot sit
out the next waltz with the twelve young
ladies on the stairs, and in the present
frail condition of the exotic young man in
society, the result of scram bling for ices
for twelve young women might prove
fatal. To select one Of them would be to
make an invidiOus distinction that
would Inevitably lead to inharmonous re-
suits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

The wives Of geniuses, says the Youths
Companion, are so often not happy that it
Is pleasant to read of the tender, atfec-
tionate and cheerful companion that Con
stance Mozart found in her usband An
example of the tone of his CORES ondence
with her is this gay little letter:
IF | should tell you, dear, adored one,
all that | say to your portrait, you would
laugh at my folly. When / take it out OF
its case, | say, God bless you, dear little
Constance! God keep you, amiab BILE rogue,
little curlY-head and pointed nose. my Joy
and my grief" And when l must sepa-
rate from the dear picture, l slide it
slowly, slowly into the case and say.
Wait wait, waltz Then when it has
quite disappeared, ] say, Good night,
dear little friend Sleep well 49, E. Ass
He was most gentle nurse when Con
stance was i'll. At O'Clock he stole out
Of the house on tiptoe to go for ride on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
THINK OF THE SAD,
YE HAPPY PEOPLE!
A Christmas Sermon By Mrs, Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps Ward.

The Author of Coates Affair."
Getting over Christmas-Put Your
selves in the Sack Cloth of the Home
less, You Who Reign in the Purple
of Home-While Giving, Give Kind
ness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

One of the pretty conceits of Che dav.
says the New York Tribune, is "a boudoir
carpet made entirely of white fur Very
large white fun rugs are also greatly in
vogue and are not expensive three good
sized goatskins sewn together making a
reasonably large rug. y
White fur rugs can be easily cleaned,
and should not be allowed to remain
soiled, their beauty consisting in their
freshness.
Those who possess a superiority of rugs
can make a charming effect by hanging
them against the wall in the corner of a
room, one at the head and two or three on
the side. Another rug is suspended
lengthwise to form the top. A narrow
divan seat with four or five large cush-
ions is arranged at one end and the rest
of the space is filed with a small eastern
octagon table ton which are laid cigars
and cigarettes. matches aud silver
taper) and a couple of oddly shaped chairs.
A Turkish lamp with a red glass shade
gives Just the amount of light desirable.
and few eastern arms arranged in the
background of rugs will add greatly to
the effect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

COUSIN Alice IbrieHyl--Oh, Marian,
you're heres Well. we're planning a
riding party for tonight / thought if
Clyde would take Miss Russell you could
go with her brother
Marian docking gently at Clyde)-We
were thinking we would like to go to-
gether, weren't we, Clyde Madeline S.
Bridges
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07

be tabled for the purpose Of killing il.
He Was Of the opinion that II the blIi
vas not paid the discipline or the de-
p4ytmsnt would be greatly Grip
pied The officers when ordered 10
MAKE an arrest would hesitate
for fear OF the danger they would run
Of meeting the same treatment. The
commissioners ali considered II the
IA ct outrageous thing ever perpe-
trAted on good and faithful officers OF
the police force. NJ. Bender said he
proposed that the board take the bail
right by the horns and pay the costs
from their own contingent fund. He
said the board had about 5000 IN VIII
ness fees coming into his hand each
year, and he was IN favcr or turning
enough of these receipts into the con
tngent fund to make good the amount.
The session lasted fully an hour, and
the commissioners expressed them
selves with more force than elegance.
Ii 10 probable that the bill OF costs Will
be paid ~ Mr.. Bender suggested.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07
THOSE JAIL REPAIRS.
General and Not Temporary Repairs
Are Most Needed.

0Sustoi anu Not temporary Repairs
Are Most Needed.
At the session of the board of super
visors yesterday, Supervisor Loomis
took exceptions to the interviews pub
lished in yesterdays HERALD with
Sheriff Lamoreaux and other county
officers, in regard to their being pre-
vented from ordering minor repairs
without the express authority of the
committee on public buildings.
Sheriff LamOreaux was seen after
the adjournment. He said that the
remarks ascribed to him in The HER.
AID were correct, although he would
have preferred not to have had them
published, and that the facts were true
and were evidently endorsed by other
county officers. He had hoped to get
the entire BOARD to visit ths Jail and
look over the property, but it had
deemed best to refer the matter to the
committee on public buildings.
Supervisor Loomis wac asked for the
grounds for his criticism. He said
that Mr.. Lamoreaux's complaints were
without foundation; that an arrange
ment had been made with ex-Sheritf
Mcqueen to procure little supplies and
order minor repairs, and that Mr..
Lamoreaux might have made the same
arrangement had he suggested il to
the committee. He said there was not
single light of glass out of the jail
building at present and that the com
mIttee is ready to conform to reason
able suggestions of officers.
A reporter for The HERALD looked
over the jail building yesterday after
noon from cellar To garrett. He found
that while minor temporary repairs
needed are of not great consequence
the need of general rebuilding j.
wOefully apparent. The open condi
ton of basement windows and doors
as mentioned by Sheriff Lamoreaux
appears to be more the result of lacb
of carpenter work and fastenings thar
lack of glass. The need of genera
rebuilding and extension cannot fail tC
be seen. A boy arrested for truanc,
was found locked IN with half a dozer
| tough looking prisoners and the three
| floors of cells occupied by the men ar,
| lily ventilated, crowded and dirty. The
spirit of decay has possession of al
the building except the sherlff's livIn,
apartments. tut the women's Gel
rooms on the top floor are especially
run down. 1t Is q place which would
| lily compare with almost any othe
similar institution and one is glad I,
get out Of 1t into the open air.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07
RUINED BY SPECULATION.
Sad Story of an Aged Mans Misfor-
tunes

Sad Story of an Aged Mans Misfor-
tunes.
Ten years ago he drew his check for
SIS. 900 and had il cashed. Yesterday
he went to the poor house.
This IS the history. briefly told, of
Arthur Johnston. an old man more
than 20 years OF age, who applied to
the county superintendents of the poor
yesterday and Was sent TO the poor
house. Mr.. Johnston said he WAS IN
Manitoba in lis booming days, and
made money rapidly. In half dozen
years he had accumulated q cool half
million. and ten years ago yesterday
he drew his check for SIS, 900 and 1t
was casned IN Manitoba bank. He
began specializing and lost portion Of
his property. A depreciation In real
estate values completed mis- ruin. lie
is now % years old and has no hope of
anything. but passing the remainder OF
his days IN the poor house. What
makes his case more sad is the fact
that ne Is highly educated and has
held professorshlps IN several colleges.
He feels ksenly his position, and en-
tered the list of indlgents with broken
heart. A peculiar part of his story
was that he had never used tobacco,
and did not know the taste of any kind
of Intoxicating LIQUOR.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07
TROUBLE IN THE RANKS.
Company Be Civil Election Will b
Contested.

There is a merry, merry war raging
in the ranks Of Company B, the Grand
Rapids guards. over the recent election
of civil officers held by the board of
directors. President Hammer and
Treasurer Buckley, who served during
1892, were both turned down, and Fred
Morrison, who was secretary of the
board, was elected secretary aud treas
urer, which, it is alleged, is in direct
violation of the bylaws of the COM
pany.
The aggricved members quote articles
seven and eight OF the bylaws. where
in the duties of the secretary and of the
treasurer are defined, and claim that
one person cannot hold both Offices, as
one is intended as check on the other,
and one of the secretary's duties is ~
draw warrants on the treasurer.
The other factlOn quote section two
of article three, which says that the
board shall elect It's own officers.
Ex-Treasurer Buckley has secured
legal advice and has refused TO turn
over either the conipany's money Oh
the books and will bring the matter be.
fore the company as whole and will
appeal from the decision and election
of the board.
The company is about evenly divided
on the matter, which 10 not the htnes:
or popularity of either man, but rathel
whether the board can elect one man
to fill two Offices.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07
DISCUSSED THE MOTIFS.
ST. Cecilia Class Begins Study of Wag-
ner's Art.

uCA Atbs
The study of Wagner's "Nibelungen
Ring" was taken up by some fifty men,
bers of the st. Cecilia society at Fried
.ich's music hall Yesterday afternoon,
under direction of Mrs. Z. K. T.. Car
penter, Miss Gertrude Baars playing
the score. In her remarks before the
class Mrs. Carpenter SAID that Wag-
ner's ambition was to establish q ma
tional drama for Germany such as the
Greeks had. He believed that song
was elusive, but that poetry remained,
and that drama to be nationa! should
combine all the arts. His idea was,
first, the poem; second, the acting;
third, the music, and fourth, the seem
cry. Mrs. Carpenter said she believed
that had Wagner lived long enough he
would have developed musical drama,
the acting IN which would be in pan
tOmime.
He selected his characters in their
primitive conditions, and thus used the
utmost poetic license. The motifs as
taken up in the first scene We're the
Water, Rhine Maiden. Ring, Rhine
Gold Glitter, Remuneration and Bond
age motifs. The motifs treated Of in
the second scene were the Wotan, Wal
halla, Treaty, loves Fascination,
Freia and Giant motifs. The lesson
closed with y duet for two pianos by
Miss Gay, Mrs. w. II. Gay, Mrs. Roy
Barnhart and Mrs. Hughes. The next
meeting will be held two weeks from
Yesterday.