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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
"Alncrica."

The remarks sent to us by ga. c."
about the tune of our national hymn,
"Amcrica," are satisfactory. The tune
was not English originally, though the
English use it for their royal anthem. 1t
was used by the Germans long before it
was taken up by the English, and we are
assured by musical explorer that the
Germans got it from the Norsemen. who
had probably heard it sung by the Films,
who most likely captured it from the
Huns, who doubtless brought it from
Asia when they entered Europe. We
told i'll the Sun long ago of our attempts
to trace this very old tune through the
ages. from country to country, and to its
birthplace. We found that it has been
known to various races and we found it
MS far back as we could go. 1t, or some.
thing like it, was perhaps sung by the
Jews in the first temple and they may
have borrowed it from the Egyptians.
1t is of solemn and majestic strain,
suitable to some of the Psalms of David.
1t is certain that the English did not in.
vent or concoct the tune to which they
sing the words of "God Save the Queen''
and to which we sing the words of
america" We need not be ashamed
to use the tune because it existed in
other countries before we adopted it or
was used by generations that lived before
Columbus discovered America, or was
known to musicians before the times of
st. Ambrose. 1t is noble tune.-INew
York Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Surgical Instruments.

Within the last ten years there has
been complete revolution in the manu-.
facture Of surgical instruments. Anti
septic methods now govern all operations.
Not only are wounds kept free from
bacterial germs by spraying them With
preparations of carbolic acid and other
substances destructive to such life but all
the tools employed by the surgeon are
steralized by heat. Even the dressings
are cooked in an oven before they aIs
applied. BY such means many opera.
tions are now performed, with almost
invariable success. which until recertly.
were nearly always fatal. For instance.
such operations as laparotomy-htelI
performed on james Gordon Bennett
requiring the cutting open Of the abdo.
men, now succeed in ninsty-ave cases
out Of every 100, while formerly only five
persons in 100 recovered. This result Il
wholly due to the discoveries Of the Ibeo.
teriologists. -tWashingtou staE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
to the fatty tissues beneath. An ancient
dame has succeeded in removing nearly
all the crow's-fect from around her
temples, and the remedy is fast becom-
ing very popular. Argonaut.
A SOFA PILLOW.

So many descriptions have been given
from time to time, in the numerous mag
azines, of these necessary articles, and
all have been so alike, and when finished
the labor and time, not counting the
money expended, have been really
greater than anticipated, that venture
to send directions for making one which
is both simple and unique.
Take common pillow and cover it
with old gold cambric; get a piece of
dotted Swiss muslin, or.if you have any
old lace curtains cast aside, take and cut
out the best parts and make into a long
slip. leaving both ends open, the slip to
., be five inches longer than the pillow.
This covering can be readily washed
when soilcd. and it is inexpensive vet
attractive. for white is always very
dainty, and the old gold showing through
the lace produces novel aud pretty
effect [Housckccpcr.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
The Use of Paper Money.

Almost, if not quite, all civilized
countries use paper money to facilitate
payments within their own jurisdiction,
says the Globe Democrat. The United
States use paper money to a greater ex-
text than any other country, and in notes
of smaller denominations than any other
country of equal importance. Ali of our
paper bills except the gold certificates
are in the the denominations of 81, 50,
So, $40, $50, $50, 500, $500 and S., 600;
nominations less than $50. The Domin-
ion of Canada issues 81 and Sc notes,
and various banks issue notes varying
from S. to $1,000. Mexico issues paper
money of 10 pesos and upward
and the South American States
issue paper of similar denomina-
tions. The Bank of England issues all
English notes in denominations of So,
$40, e2O, $50, e1OO, e20O, $500, $500
and 81 600. The banks of Scotland and
ireland issue notes of 81 and upward.
The Bank of France issues notes for so
frances, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 francs.
The Bank of Belgium issues notes of 20
francs and upward. Italian banks issue
notes of lira and upward to 1000 lire.
The Bank of Germany puts out notes for
s marks and upward to 1000 marks.
Austria issues notes of gulden and up
ward. Russia is the only European
country which issues government notes,
its paper money being of the denomina-
tion of / ruble and upward. Sweden,
Norway and Denmark issue by their
banks notes for krone, 10, 25, SO and
100 krone. India does not issue paper
money, nor does China now. japan
provides paper money of yen. 2, 5, 10.
20 and 100 yens, and the other countries,
as rule. issue paper money, the lowest
denomination of which is usually ten
times the value of the coined unit of
value
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

trade Of revenue tarYa. Either domestic mo.
Sos w g 81 Pc q tie wses
both are results which should meet WITH
prompt PFC condemnation from tho great body Of
longer in doubt about the real trouble
~ the country to-day? The President Of
the United States in his August message an
nounced great fact. He said: 1T may be
true that the embarrassment from which the
business OF the country is suffering arises as
much from the evils apprehended as from
move the apprehension OF the threstened tsriff
legislation, remove the scare Of the promised
free;traGe bill. remove the fear, which hns
ndence will return. The free-trade Congress
is Il, M fearful menace to the industrial interests
OF me country. Tho effect Of the proposed
an unerrtng blow ut labor, which viii be in
stantly felt in trc home of every operative in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
F,sE1soyABLE HINTS AND NAT.
TIERS OF MOMENT.
Timely Fashion Notes-A New Re-
mover Of Wrinkles-Skirls aud
Their Trimmings.
FASHION NOTES.

Braiding is again in high favor on
skirts, relingotes, capes, sleeves, coats
and bodices.
New velvet Spanish and zouavc jackets
are finished with ruchings of cream
colored guipurc.
The new bodice rufTs are strictly Eliz-
abcthan in width and volume, but are
light aud subtle, and do not, as did the
historic rulis, make the wc;l:cr look and
feel as if pilloricd for u mis'lcmcanor.
Reversible satin of the stand alone
quality is very handsome novelty
among evening dress fabrics ltappcars
in two. toned ciTects-srccn shot with
gold, violet with dark-rosc color, orange
with "azurinc," the new lovely tint in
blue; pcturia with rescda, moss green
and damasS red, silver blue and mauve,
black and scarlet.
Stylish tailor-gowns in gray and black
mixtures and stripes have bodice trim
niings of black satin, and are further
adorned with mohair scrpcntinc braid.
In mohair fabrics new effects are shown
in waved surfaces, bourcttc knots.
narrow camel's-hair stripes, aud rough
dots of rich color.
Novelties in house and evening "lress"
blouses are constantly appearing.
Handsome novelties in silk and wool
and in fine all-wool are already imported.
Those with quaint designs, crcped and
striped in contrasting color, will find
great favor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

rows Of stitching. The most prevalent
trimming, and at the same time the most
eccentric that was ever in vogue, is an
arrangement of something other
bias bands, rutfics, ruches, insertions,
anything, in fact, that strikes the fancy
around the top of the skirt, usually
midway between the knees and the waist.
1t can only be considered the caprice of
the moment, and has nothing to COM
mend it, as it is, to most figures, ex.
tremely trying; only the tall, willowy
woman finds it becoming, but, Of course,
more short women wear it than all
others.-IDcmorest.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Praying by Machinery.

Praying by machinery is usual among
the inhabitants Of Central Asia. A
large. hollow cylindcr-likc drum is
erected. and within it are inclose,l the
prayers that any one may wish to offer,
written out neatly. The cylinder is then
made to .revolve by wind or water pow.
er, and every time it goes roun,l the
devotee imagines it TO be equivalent ia
verbal repetition of all the lr.yesA ii
contains.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Has Taken I, Back Seat.

Our esteemed subscriber, Hoke
Smith, is taking the back track on the
pension business. The report of the
Secretary of the Interior shows that of
the 10000 pensioners who were sus-
pended from the rolls, 5000 have been
restored, and a Likelihood that about all!
the balance will also be reinstated.
The prompt restoration of these men
shows that there was no honest reason
for their suspension in the first place,
and the fact that the Secretary of the
Interior has been compelled under the
law to right the wrong so far as he is
able. plainly indicates that the war
against the veterans is fiat failure.
The whole proceeding is one of the
greatest crimes in our history, and the
opinion of the patriotic people on this
matter, as gathered from recent cleo
tion returns, shows how it is regarded.
Springfield Union,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
The Wilson Tarin Bill.

The Wilson tariff bill should be en-
Titled bill to destroy American indus.
tries and degrade American labor. The
bill prepared by the Southern members
OF the Ways and Means Committee is
tco volumlnous measure to be anal
yzed and all its effects comprehended
IN u day. Only it's general trend is
patent TO the most casual perusal of its
schedules. This rortends a radical
change in the importing and manufac-
turing business of the United States.
It's discussion will prolong the existing
hard times and its passage will impose
strain on the resources of this coun-
thence. fS9
1t is Grover Cieveland's defiance of
.he popular warning of Nov. Z. 1t
speaks volumes for his boldness, but
relegates his discretion to rival that of
the bull that planted himself in front
OF locomotive. Its ad valorcm prin-
ciple Is u step backward into the
Slough OF false swearing and underyalu-
atlon. 1t means decrease in the reve-
ntles IRON customs and an increase
from excise and direct taxation. 1t
promises saving of s cents q year
TO the workingman who consumes lCO
pounds of salt. and will cost him 80
cents day in loss of wages. 1t is
blll big with uncertainty which is the
father OF calamity. 1t is sectional SOP,
tavoring the South at the expense Of
the North, the East at the expense of
the. West. Its authors have shown
their contempt of the peoples sober
judgment by fixing tho date when it
VII! go into operation to preclude it's
rejection at the polls before the
calamity falls. It's only welcome augury
is that it presages the return of the
Kepubl1can party TO power.-Chicago
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
A JAPANESE WOMAN LAWYER.

Mrs. Tel seno, japanese lawyer, is
said to be the only feminine member of
the bar in the land of the Mikado. She
was educated in England. In addition
to actively following the duties of her
profession she takes great and practi-
cal interest in the welfare of her sex, and
has founded a training school for women.
II indianapolis Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

Silk boilices in Paisley designs are
coming into favor aud are very effective
with braces of lace over the shoulders.
Velvets and bensalines will be used
for coats and so will cloths, the newest
OF which are rough cheviots in plain
colors and in mixed effects.
Ornamental toilet neccss;tirs are pow
nickel plated and with handles of chased
silver They stand upon silver rests.
A 'iligrec silver twinc.hoidcr seems
rather superfluous object. They cost
SO ard hold a five cent ball of twine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
SKIRTS AND THEIR TRIMMINGS.

Skirts are diminishing in width, and
are generally gorcd, but there is still
great variety in cut. Four yards is
amply wide around the bottom. and a
skirt that merits the name of standard
cut has five gorcd brcadths, which gives
bias seam i'll the back. Soft and cling
ing fabrics are usually made with a
straight back breadth. The double and
triple skirts, which are frequently seen,
but should only be attempted by skill
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Casablanca Cleveland.

Gr0yer stood on the free-trade deck,
whence all but him had fed:
Els silver bill around his neck
And vetoes in his head.
Not beautiful, he stubborn stood,
ana sought to Iulc the storm;
IA Acreaturc of the mugwuInp blood.
IhouSh Democrat in form,
His party called, he would not go
MltnOut the mugwump's word,
Inc winds through Peffer's whiskers blew
But Grover never heard.
he called aloud. Say. Gresham, say,
II yet nv task be done
Protection have we busted up.
Free trade fer England Wont"
Speak; Cockrell!" once again he cried,
On. let me hear from Vest"
But bland declared, The ways divide"
And he was going west.
Champ Clark was writing up a speech,
About that Western man"
AND Altgelu was prepared to teach
The new anarchist plan.
Maynard was studying how to steal
for Hill another place;
New Jersey Democrats appeal
For winter gambling race.
Loclircn was busy writing names
OF pensioners refused,
And }isscll playing ut the games
Of postmastecs abused.
Gresham was working at his best.
. n project low and mean.
10 crush republics in the West
anu seat negro queen.
Clney was busy to his eyes,
And though the party bust"
he Thought 1T suited to his size
10 help another trust.
The Tiger" in his New YORK lair
Was up to other fun:
The banks and brokers we'll must fare.
Said Dana and his Sun.
The Bay State Democrats appeared
To be in awful need,
The logic of events they feared
And that of Thomas Reed.
While from Iowa came a cry,
sad, Misunderstanding noise,
Come up and help r,s ere we die,
Or Jackson'll wal!op Boise"
The unemployed on every hand
Were CRYING. Giving us bread;
Your free trade talk has wrecked the land
And killed industry dead"
On Growers brow he felt their breath.
But on the free trade deck
he knew not lurked his party g death,
And set his stubborn netk.
He shouted but once more aloud
Look at the Great Am,
Free trade or bust shall be my shroud,
Mckinley is clam"
The ballots soon were flying wild;
ProtectiOn's tide was high,
The ballot boxes soon were piled,
Down with free trade!" the cry.
There cal>e burst of thunder sound.
A loud protection peal,
Mckinley bombs were flying round,
And killed poor Larry Neal.
Boies, Maynard, Russell, where are they2
And Cleveland. where is he?
Ask of the winds that far away
With fragments strewed the sea-
With tigers. cranks and brigadiers.
The free trade college dude
And Grover at the last appears,
In tnnocuous desuctude.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

After tho unsuccessful attempt to
harmoniously blend all the colors Of a
gorgeous parrot in one gown, it is a
relief to find that the stylish combina-
tions of biloxi and white or black and
cream are popular again.
Extensive clasps of gold or silver are
put upon the top of satin bags instead
OF closing them with string . hsssso-
fore.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
A Putin job.

The testimony thickens to the effect
that Mr.. Blount was sent to Hawaii
not to make an impartial investigation,
but to secure support of previous
conclusion. In other words, there is
good reason to believe that Cleveland's
mind was made with regard 20 the
matter even before he was inaueurated.
and that he brought his Hawaiian poll
icy with him when he assumed the du.
ties OF the Presidency. Globe Demo.
orat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

Men delight in giving hcrrifytng ex-
amples of the length TO which feminine
vanity may run. but the supreme cli-
max seems to have been reached in an
old Swedish custom. A looking. glass
was placed in the coffin of an unmarried
woman, so that when the last trumpet
sounded she could arrange her tresses be-
fore making her entry into heaven.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
A NEW REMOVER OF WRINKLES.

n NEW 1sENUV Ell UF Wrinkles.
Quite n sensation has recently been
made in Boston by the successful appli-
cation of wool-fat. or agnine, to the skin,
for the removal of wrinkles. When ap.
piled with rubbing, it passes directly
through the skin, and acts as nutrient
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

cloth, or velvet with silk, etc. Skirt
trimmings are very greatly eimpliied-
also natural result of the excessto.
which they were carried in the spring.
The most distinguished strcet-gowns are
perfectly plain, though if Of smooth
cloth they are often finished with a few
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

The new basket-plaited Eulalie coiffure
is worn with high Spanish comb set
with Irish brilliants. Often this comb
is set in sideways in coquettish fashion.
To some women this is becoming, but
to others it is little short of ridiculous.
New basque bodiccs are printed as
rule. They have an umbrella back or
are slashed in tabs, each of equal length
on some form, others graduated and
made several inches shorter on the sides.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

full modiste, are usually cut in ever
widening circles. In other skirts two
materials are employed, contrasting
either in color or texture. as satin with
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Stands by Protection,

In an address before the Home
Market Club in Boston Gov. Mckinley
said:
This year in Massachusetts, as in Ohio.
politics was business and business was poll
tics, and unitedly triumphed. It was dis
covered that business rests upon confidence
and certainty. and industry is the only agency
to meet the wants Of mankind. While the
wants of mankind are the great factor in our
industrial prosperity the ability to crafty
these wants is essential. The manufacturer
makes cloth because the merchant wants it
and can give ample security for payment and
the merchant wants it because his customers
want it and are able to pay him for his invest
ment with profit. II the great consuming
classes are cut of in their income and wages
the merchants sales decline, and when this
occurs the manufacturers orders decline and
when they decline the demand for labor de-
clines and the wOrkman's wages decline, II
capital cannot get profit out of its invest
ment 1t will not work and If capital does not
work labor is idle. When labor is idle wages
reach the lowest point, even to the few Who
are employed. Capital must have faith in
the future. 1t must be able to calculate on
the future.
The too common expression that tariff
could not Affect business is little heard now.
Free trade or q revenue tariff is the remedy
offered by those who differ from us on this
question. More foreign goods and more easily
to be Obtained 10 the prescription offered by
Selb e t
Nobody advocates 1t with any such view. It's
whole atmts to increase foreign importatiOns.
which increase must ofnecessity diminish Ike
domestic production. There can bo but one Of
wo results to follow the introduction Of free
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

In an address before the Home
Market Club in Boston Gov. Mckinley
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

Braiding is again in high favor on
skirts, redingotes, capes, sleeves, coats
and bodices.
The Banner-Democrat., 1893-11-18

You can buy small sugar planta-
ton containing about 100 acres best
bayou and 260 upland, at the same or
less than large tracts command. The
owner is anxious, for personal reasons,
TO dispose fit before January. There
is another years lease on it, which
could probably be annulled at small
outlay At any rate the figure at
which il is to be had MAKES it bar
gain under any circumstances. Every
acre now under cultivation in cane
aud cotton Che low lantl) The tim
bari is pine. oak chinqnepil', walnut
cypress Sc, &c. Various buildings
sufficient 10 work The lantl. l.. J
Ilakenyons, atpy.at-law, Alexandria
La, or DIR. g. p Whitehead, Ls,nouris
Bridge, In.
The Banner-Democrat., 1893-11-18
A special from St. Louis says Ii

A special from St. Louis says that
at the Cotton Exchange on Saturday
United States Senator j. Y. George
concluded the investigation he has
been making since Wednesday morn
ing into the cause of the present low
price of cotton and the best remedy
for the evil. To an Associated Press
reporter he SAID ''the evidences given
before me in St. Louis was both in
teresting and important. There was
some difference among the witnesses
as to the effect of future dealings in
cotton, but it is my impression that
the weight of evidence as far as taken
is against the use Of future dealings
in cotton as carried on in New York
and New Orleans Senator George
left for Memphis, where the Senate
committee on agriculture and fores-
try, OF which he is chairman, resumed
its session on Monday.
The Banner-Democrat., 1893-11-18
Legality of Levee Taxes.

The consti.utionaliiy of laying spec
ial and local taxes for the purpose of
building levres for the projection of
the country from river foods has been
fully passed upen aud affirmed by the
Supreme Court of Louisiana. The
subject has been considered from
almost every possible point of view,
and tllere has been no hook left upon
which TO hang doubt of the legality
Of such taxes.
La this connection case has recently
been decided by the Supreme Court
at Shreveport which brings the matter
IMP under another phase. The case
was brought by Mrs r. p George, au
owner of iai.ds along Red river aud in
Caddo parish. She resisted the pay
nent Of the special leyee tax on the
ground tha, her land is so situated rs
that the levecs do not protect II, the
levees having been located so as TO
| leave coinplainant's property between
the river and the leyees. ard there
fore, outside the area protected by the
ievees. Complainant held that since
she received no benefit from thesc
levces, sae ought'to be exempted from
the payment of said tax. The sheriff
aud tax collector of Caddo parish
brought suit TO recover the tax with
held, and the matter ane for final adj
| Indication up TO the Supreme Court.
The court, in deliverance. decided
that the tax must be paid The court
holds that, according 10 the law de-
fining the limits Of ievee district, il
| is not possible 10 cunsnlt personal or
individual interests. These levee dis
tricfs embrace extensive areas, and II
exceptions were made in individual
cases the CARRYING out of plan OF
general ,levee protection might be
made impracticabIe. Certain landi
mnst of necessity be more benefited
and Others less benefited. Every
general law must work more or less
hardship npon some individuals, since
| il is impossible, although all are placed
upon the same footing with respect to
the law, to confer upon them natura
| equality. So il is with the lands in a
lcNCc uiotiS', WHsth "'c hiNi y " 49,
benefited according 10 their naiura
situation. To exempt individuals IL
the enactment OF law is likely to de
feat its objects. Judicial interference
is delicate matter, and is iusiifiable
only when il is manifest that The prop
erty of complainant is permanent,
and Intentionally shown to be excluded
from all possible benefit of the leve.
system. fact which WAS not shown il
complainant's case-Picayune