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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
VOLCANOES.
What One of Them Can DO When Thor
oughly Active.

What Ono of Them Can DO When Thor
oughly Active.
Few people in this country imagine
what terrible work a volcano of the
regulation size a do when it c
gets fully aroused. In 1883 Catopaxi
threw its fiery rockets more than
5000 feet above the crater, and in
1857, when the blazing mass confined
in the same mountain was struggling
for an outlet. it roared SO loud that
the awful noise was heard for a dis
tance of 600 miles
In 1897 the crater Of Tunguragua.
n of the great peaks of the Andes,
flung out torrents of mud and lava.
which damned up u great river.
opened new lakes. besides making Il
deposit of seething mud, ashes and
lava 600 feet deep over the whole
area of a valley which was twenty
miles long and averaged 1000 feet in
width, says the Philadelphia Press.
The stream of lava which flowed
from Vesuvius in 1887 and passed
through the valley of Terre del Gre
co is estimated TO have contained
3333, 600, 600 cubic feet of solid matter. :,
In 1860 Etna poured out a flood of
melted stones and ashes which COW
cred eighty-rour square miles Of fer
tile country to a depth OF from ten
to forty feet.
On this occasion the sand, scoria,
lava, etc, from the burning noun
tain formed Mt Rosini, a peak two
miles in circumference and over 4. 600
feet high. ..,~. -
In the eruption of vesuvius in the
year 70 A. D.. the time of tho des-
truction of Pompeii, the scoria. ashes,
sand and lava vomited forth far ex-
ceeded the entire bulk of the volcano
itself, while in 1860 Etna Disagreed
over twenty times its own mass.
Vesuvius has sent its ashes into
Syria, Egypt and Turkey. It hurled
stones of 800 pounds weight to Pom
pcii, a distance of six English miles,
during the eruption of "a, A. ID.
Catopaxi once projected . block of
stone containing over 100 cubic yards
a distance of nine and one-half miles.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

EIGHT attempts at suicide in Chi
cago in n day, six of them success
full, indicate at first sight that the
epidemic of self-destruction reported
from Europe has spread to this coun-
try. In London and Paris boys of Is
and Is, happily situated and with
nothing to tempt them to suicide,
have been making way with them
selves, and the papers are filled with
arguments for the moral right aud
sometimes duty of self-destruction.
But in Chicago most of the suicides
are traccable to causes which do away
with the theory of a moral epidemic.
Most of those who have taken their
own lives have been men or women
respondent from ill-health, lack of
employment or other depressing cir
cumstanccs. 1t is noticeable, too,
that a majority of the victims were
of foreign birth. The American
temperament is hopeful and does not
yield to Encouragement readily, or II
it does it quickly RECEIVERS. There
may DO an unusually large percent
age of suicides while the financial
depression continues, but with q re-
turn of confidence and the resump.
tion of business men will look on the
brighter side of things. There is
nothing in the atmosphere of this
country to encourage the formation
of suicide clubs and similar grewsome
organizations such as flourish in the
morbid and unhealthy civilization of
Paris and London. The American
faces death as bravely as any man,
but he does not court it, nor does he
invoke it as q cure for evils that can
be overcome by the exercise of cour.
age and perseverance-the two dis
tinctively American qualities.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

Of many cut Of employment seems to
have been o direct consequence of
the locking up of money which was
rcsorted to u few weeks ago by work
crs and others who were afraid of the
banks. 1t is probable that not less
than one-third of the pccuniary
stringcncy which has caused the sus.
pension Of many industries was due
to the run on the banks by working
men and women.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

back yard with the remark: sThc,c
now! you're a gal; and none Of the
boys will play with you!"
About an hour afterward she went
to the back door to see ii Houston
was still in the yard when a funny
sight met her eyes. Houston was
seated in an old lawn chair. sur
rounded by a dozen or iuore children
of various ages and conditions, ard
was telling their fortunes by looking
into their hands. Immediately he
caught sight OF his grandmother, he
cried:
ooh, grandma! Won't you give me
a nickel to tell your fortune?"-St.
Louis Republic.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

A BANK teller at St Paul placed
IS, 900 in his window within easy
reach of a thief who quickly i'm
proved the golden opportunity. The
matter is n for the authorities, of
course, but any n has the privilege
of saying that the thief under
stood his business better than the
teller did his.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
Damon and Pxthiaa

Damon and Pythias were two een.
tlemen OF Syracuse, Sicily; who had
great affection for one another.
Pythias was condemded to death ~,
Dionysus, tyrant (meaning oolx;
"ruler'') of Syracuse; but not havfnR'
closed his business affairs, he bogeo1'
to be allowed to return home. Damon
volunteered to take his place, anddtd1
SO. Pythias departed, leaving Damon
in prison; but he returned in tim
to take his place on the sca1Old!s
Dionysus was so much pleased with
their fidelity that he pardoned Ply
thias, and. begged to be admitted to
their frienGship.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
IN n4e HoP FIELDS.
Fs.sn.ss of Iafe Among sthe Hop P,ck.rs
Of New York.

oSAO = eN6SI0
Of New York.
Perhaps in no section of the United
States is there a more prolific hop ter
Ettory than may be found In the
counties of Schoharie and Otsego,
says the Albany Argus, where nearly
every available foot Of ground is stud
ded with the poles under which
thousands of young and old people
annually earn and enjoy their voca-
tions. Albany County, too, has u
number of hop fields. The agents
point out this feature of the hop
picking pursuit as the main argument
IL enlistlng recruits
Each yard is invariably equipped
with q dancing pavilion, Oh a barn
metamorphosed into one, and in the
evenings fun reigns unchecked. The
fun, ny the way, forms a large section
of the recompense for the days labor,
the money consideration being CT
such slight proportions as to form no
considerable matter for worry.
Albany generally furnishes the bulk
of assistance to the farm owners in
the persons of girls, women, young and
old, men whose regular a%Yocatiuns do
not demand their services at this
scaso of the year, and who lind this
the only available means OF taking a
vacation.
One of the agents told I'm Argus
man recently that the main troubles
to be %contended y'ith in The business
were the hop lice ard the bug juice,
the former on the vines and til& latter
in the pickers. There is no known
remedy to suppress the hop lice evil,
but the bug juice tendency has been
successfully c0ntended with by The
application of the summary dismissed
principle.
In the vicinity of Cooperstown and
all around the shores of Lake Otsego
in the early September evenings the
jolly parties in the various hop fields,
notably Clarke's may be heard in-
dulging in all kinds of gay and
p%leasurable proceedings, marked
mainly by the sound of song ana
the squeak of the country violin as
the various groups send vocal incense
to Apollo, or beat in merry cadence
their pedal tribute to Terpischore.
Some of the crops in the Schoharie
and Otsego fields are already owned
by Albany dealers. who have paid u
guaranteed bulk payment, the owners
of the fields to stand the expenses of
picking.
The probabilities of a large crop
are excellent, and il good weather
continues 1t is expected that 1893
will prove a red-lctter year, as the
prices are fairly high considering the
immense output it is likely will be
made. The countenances of several
German hop-yard bosses who annually
gather u host of pickcrs and take
them TO the yards have been beaming
since the news came that the hop
crop was good.
Some of the pickers make lots of
dollars at the hop yards. The ways
taken by this money are various
Some who believe that industry, fru.
gality, and economy lead the wev to
wealth put by the proceeds of their
hop picking. Other pickers only 60
for the jolly times. The Albany
police have q tradition that when the
hop pickers come back arrests aye
plenty.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

MIR. JOHN L. SULLIVAN has not
lost his command of picturesque cx-
preston, and when lie uses his nat
nral gift in the avowal of fine feel
ing, his words are like q blow from
his mighty fist. "I'm done fighting;
/ want to live on Easy street and see
the money come in the front door,
and I'm doing 1T right along"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

PRINCE HENRY of Prussia has
been decorated with a cross for dis.
tinguishcd service, not the least in
,teresting circumstance being that
the young man seems to have de-
served the distinction.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

CALAMITY is on the decline. 1t
Is of record that a San Francisco
lady engaged in flaying with a raw
hide a gentleman whose department
had struck her as unscemly was by
him kicked into the street. The del
tcatc questions of propriety involved
appear to open an avenue to new
fields of discussion of woman's sphere.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
tic Men and Women.
A Runaway Boy.

Houston is a little orphan boy who
lives with his grandmother. He is
just I years old and is as full of mis-
chief as only Il 7-year-old boy can be.
His grandmother says she is ''clcan
tuckered out" trying to keep up with
his pranks. But what gives her
most trouble is Houston's penchant
for running away. He runs Off every
day il he gets the least bit of chance,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

A VERMONT invalid while in IL de-
'lirium swallowed a thermometer and
died from the effects. -Washington
News. That fellow at least had the
satisfaction of proving that it is pos
,siblc to make the mercury go down
even in the warmcst weather.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

A DISPATCH from Pittsburg to
New York says the manager of a
mill in the flrst-namcd city re-
ceivcd a check from the owners in
Baltimore to pay the hands, but
could not get the check cashed.
'aThe owners then ordered the mills
closed" Here is a case in which the
closing of the mill and the throwing
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

Tile Associated Press says that
Mrs. Frank Leslie is coming to the
front again wiUh another husband.
Mrs. Leslie has been imposed upon SO
often by shopworn and moth-eaten
goods that she ought to make her
purchases henccforth on approval.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

UNLESS old words a be exchanged
for the new ones that are being rap
idly coined, English dictionaries will
soon have to be taken to u compress
to bc rendered portable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

The Chicago llotel-kccper is now
trying to devise a way to COAX the
coy and retiring stranger into an
empty room.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

ToM KING, an linda an Territory
horse thief, shot i'm officer and might
materially he set down as a bad man.
This would be an error. Tom is Il
xvrtnnn
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

The fact that IL New York sp,rt
shot at John l.. Sullivan acquires adj
iditional sombcrnes, from the other
fact that lie missed him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

NElTuEE the United States nor
Great Britain is wholly satisfied with
the lschring Sea decision, but the
seals arc not making any complaint.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

TIE Dahomcy costumes on Mid
way Plaisancc are very funny. Brcv.
nty is the soul of wit.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

And cat chickens. not mouse;
No kit can show more velvety paws,
A butterfly couldn't feel the claws:
Well some must work. while others are
thinking;
I can do that when I'm doing and wink
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

7 NATURAL gas is giving out in Pitts
burg, and the Smoky City Is no longer
lsooted with it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
<, WHEN money gets tight it geacr-
ally goes to the lookup.

IT is a hard job to get ones pocket
book full when money is tight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06

BUFFALO Bills Wild West show
in Chicago has been booming ever
since the lady managers adjourned.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
There are plenty OF cats
Whn 20 hunting rafa

And see just tho tips of their flying tails.
Then sit and watch all day for their din.
Or go without. which is hard for begin
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS Is THEIR DEPARTMENT or
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute Do,nes Of tho
Little Folks Everywhere. Gathered and
Printed Here for All Other Little Ones to
Read.
The sun., 1893-04-11
Tha circumstances arc peculiar and without any
Known rrccedent except that furnished by the Pastme
TWELFTH REGIMENT GAMES.
Fails. Fancy Riding, aud Many Other Un'
usual Fentures.

usual Fentures.
The spring game, OF the Twelfth Regiment
A. A. afforded almost four hours entertain
ment In the armory last night Although
started punctually and run off with prompts
tude. the enormous number Of heats stretched
the programme to unusual length. but the
crowd had few dull moments to complain OF.
As ON previous occasions. the enthusiasm
reached its fevsrish stage during the wheel
events. Four falls In the first heat OF tho two-
mile safety race gave a tllip 10 the excitement
The second heat was comparatively tame. but
the cheering broke out airesh in the next
trial. when 1t was seen that +. J. Titus.
of long mark. was riding much
faster than tho scratch man. In endeovoring
to repeat the sensation in the fnal Titus came
to grlof. and the event was carried on by
youth who had not been officially paced in his
heat, but was supposed to have ue.n second.
Ernie HIertbers. Twenty second Regiment.
msrehing-ordsr rnes. + ". Allen. thr ials
the two short races. summaries:
si.,yyara pn.h i.ne,e"p-fins; sin nsas won BY j. b
s%s sss second 81 5u:sa 's:' Il Eas.;"i % A. IN
ons:mls Sais Msnaicag-wGonr by Fred nurr a:
hstm,i: S.Scs h,ss scrAsehIfi@.! hes! son ~
.sesSa: Il csna:d TNsaiy..s"nd fssiasat C. G.
HSIf.miIo I!O-lt.y please, llaud.clp opsa to all
amateurs IN the has,"nh Gaard-"on " Ernie Ijsrt,
berR twenty. .aeuund .,eKImcn,. scratch; T. colo
Twenty-s.cond Regiment 10 yards. .rcond Ge0rge
sAndA Twenty second kegimen.. IL yards, tbirl.
Tme 2 IN ~ r. 3 SECONDS.
hnndrd ard Eon iisndIeapnGsinai I ,,s. heat won
man \. ). A T.. ixyars como. lime 8? seconds.
Twomiy safety Blc Gle Race. ilan.'ran-Flnal nsAt
yarss " j. Il. indes " 40 yards sreon. T. Stern.
berg Lsno% wn;r'en 'o yards, ta'ri Zine, Il lam
fs%,.p SI,'s gsse TsnfcreIwqn sh. Y N0s ss r @
tysucoHd Reliirnt A, 10 yards. second. Time.
one, mite kun HundicAp-;Won by George ". Boreh.
yards secoi,u alsr. Xavier A. A. yards. third.
huIr 4 Inlnnies ~ l.l heNOMdG
The sun., 1893-04-11

A Trottlng Stallion for Which 100000 Ii
Snid to Have Been H .fured.

A TrottlnG Stallion for Which 100000 is
Snid to Have Been H .fn-ed.
Tie seven -yoar-oid trottinR stallion Lo-
basco. 2:1OE. died OF laryngltis on Sunday
night at the farm Of his owner. j. q. Ladd. at
Beatrice. Mob. Last fall Lobnsco, was o very
hkcly candidate for the stallion trotting
championship. Lobasco began tho season OF
1892 with ive-yoar-old record OF 2:lGT. His
first appearance was in O match for $1,000 q
side with Allerton. 2:o3&. at Davenport, Iowa.
on AuR.3. The match was originally Ictwsen
Delmarch and Allcrton. but Lobasco was sub
stituted when Doimarch wont amiss. The
track was trife slow: the flrst heat wns dead
in 2:l5s. the next Alierton won in tho
lost him the race He broke down badly
In the next and Lobasco came away easy
winner in 2:l1h. having a walkovor in the
next. his great opponent eu. drawn.
and Bonnie Wilmore getting arst and second.
Three weeks later he won the first heat In tho
2:l7 class at Independence, Iowa. getting
record OF 2:11t. but the short bred gelding
Lord Clinton beat him and Little Albert the
next three in 2:1Oh. =: IL. and 2;l3a.
His appearance In a free for all at ~. Joseph.
Mo-. stamned him as great campaiCner whom
fit and we'll After Jack had won the first heat
in slow time I.obaseo ree!ed OF three heats in
2:11k. 2:lUk. and 2:l3.
clIned for Lobasco after his 81 eat victory over
Jack and Senator Conk king.
Lohasco was foaled in 1885 by Egmont. q
sou OF the great Belmont. out Of the great old
ns ro % Hm Fe,H
Champion Morgan. He was bred by J. Y.
Ladd as q two-year-old.
The sun., 1893-04-11
Il BIG LOSS TO CHESS.
Dr. Mlntx RcsiGns Hts PIsco at the Man
haitian Chess Club.

DR.. Mint. Rcs,ens Hts PIsco at the Man
haitian Chess Club.
Chess players will DO sorry to learn that DR..
Frederick Mintz OF the Manhattan Chess Cub
has decided to retire from the active manage
ment OF the club and to ros sign his place ms Vice.
President and director. Tho Doctor had re-
reatedly intended to takc this ster. and at
the last general meeting OF the club In Janu-
ary he would not consent to be renominated
for office. His friends. however. persuaded
him to again stand for Office. and he was
unanimously elected As Vice. President. To
SUN reporter DR.. Mintz yesterday aaid: Il
have succeeded In getting the new house
ready for the mem bers. but find 1t too much
work to continue In tho management OF tho
club. have done what could these last hve
years. and It Is but right that some one else
should take my place and give me little
rest"
1t is to be hoped that the club will continue
to prosper; but thers Is no doubt that Or.
SsIs w be 9ss ssns WI ee
~ s Han" sstR b: Mint had
City Chess Club las, evening by a SUN reporter.
Several members wore deeply enRrossed IN an
%Sn sy the news tnsy
to look upon the whole thing asa huge Joke.
and md the more more skeptic.i Zones, ones refused L to be-
World win certainly FEEL the effects Of Dr:
man Of creat capabiii ties ind tact. We deeply
son has #. Hs stsn @
can 10 found who will iii the place as well AS
At tho Brooklyn Chr4s Club there was but
little concern manfcstod. This Is presumably
team n assh sSe
nnd brooklyn Chess clubs
The sun., 1893-04-11
pHY THE XAvAHoE VAS TKyDEn
j. II. Herr. .hon. Her Designer, says she
Wa. snort Fifteen Tons OF Baiinst.

~.
Wa. snort FHiecn Tons OF Baiins.
Considerable disarpointmen ent was expressed
by ynchtsmen last wrok at the apparent ten.
derness shown by the Nevnhoe on her trial
trip at Bristol. While every one knew that
she did not have her centrepoard IN. sti the
general opinion seemed to lie that she heelcd
fur more than she ought to have done. In
some quarter II was proved beyond question
that tho tont was oversparred. and that she
had far NOR" canvas than she ouSh. to carsy.
These criticisms. however. did not disturb her
owner. and did not shake the belief In Tho
minds OF the majority Of yachtsmen that the
Iierrcshofrs knew what they woro about. I,ls
now known that besides the three e-and-a.hali.
ton centrcbonrd the Nnvahoe was short some-
thing like twelve tons OF her lead ballast. or
In view OF these facts It is not difficult to rec
considerable to be lacking in q boat viii j such
tie tie bl.s TR n oss snd a ss nst & is
her. feel the grnatestM re assurance @ that shG viii
her centrehoard and more Of her ballast In on
the next triG; and | look for a very good per;
aSdns the wnf that day. esn whs via neS ae%d
blowing about twenty or twenty: five miles an
together we feel very we'll satisfied with what
the trip brought out. and se- no reason Tor
boat tn do what was rxi pctrd VI her"
In speaking Of her sails, he said: We are
worry we'll pleased with the sails. Wilson b
ft exceedingly well. and rrornise to come into
shape with hut little trouble. Smooth duck
eevernl minutes to a boat over one equipped
with the ordinary quality. We shall give the
hont several more trials. and are now pushing
hnn ont hnf nnfh nj ~ rfara
with bringing the boat into as good condition
as possible before she goes across"
Nat HerrpshoH is equally confident that tho
Navahoe Is all right. and will render q good
account OF herself abroad.
The sun., 1893-04-11

Baseball Games To-day.
Boston vs. Harvard. at Hartford.
Wesleyan vs. Holy Cross. At Worcester.
baseball Notes.

Short Stop Corcoran 10 back into the Brookiyn fold
again. Ills signed contract was received yesterday.
ClSciSNAn, Apri! 1O.-The Springfield Club OF the
They want Gin manager. lie Is about AS valuable
IN a'around inAu as CincnnAti ever possessed,
cniRLssr"s. April Tho irst game of tho season In
played TO day between the Charleston and ChAtanooga
leans IN The preseHce OF 5000 persons CharicstOn
scored nye runs In the hst inping nnd hnay won tho
game BY nsooIs oil Vt03.
Tho gam- between Harvard and University Of Penn
ryhanhNhch was to have been ayed ON The lattors
RLounu az fhiadtlphia yesterday was postponed on
account "i ram, Tho P-nnEyIvanians wanted to ar
but Harvard declined
,ELikthfrh, April lu-The Railway Athletic Associa-
non has az ohor from syndicate of capitalists to
pI.Snhso the property AND stock OF The association
WIN my ''enti0h OF putting hrstciAss baseball team
w ths ne to pay game with professional clubs The
As"auoh thihks 50 fayorably OF the schsme that it
hs aeeuf 70 recommend to the stoc kholdeTH at tho
h.N mseung 10 close the bargain. so that Halfway eau
nave 'eah III the held before June.
=, ,IuE tpiTna nF ThE SuS-Sir; l am directed by
sne uar'sm hineNc AssociAtion 10 write and request
h sun 70 "hhouhec that j. A. Cummings OF IlS East
t.u'ht sTret. Nho as shown IN the columns OF THk
, avS mn mn seeking TO arrange baseball games
letie Asnc!stioh, has no connection whatever with
that arsaniznuon The Harlem Ath!eiio Association
~ not Hskihg gnarahtes from ont'otown clubs This
yesF, A. mas soeurel an enclosed ground In Harlem.
anq WIZ play neary AL tr games OH that grouud. Of
ierihg reAsOnaoie guarantees such clubs as t may
choose 10 meet, very respectfully,
WILLIAM l.. WiLkIss. Secretary II. A. A