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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
Counterfeit Money.

So much ingenuity is required to
make a counterfeit bill, that it seems
strange a skilled workman cannot
earn money in an honest way: but no
legitimate use has yet been found
for this particular sort of talent,
which in numerous instances seems
TO be inherited. OF sixteen notori-
Gus counterfeiters, gvc were members
of n family and four of another.
In one branch of the Smith family,
all the scions, from the great-grand-
father down, have distinguished
themselves ir their peculiar line.
Now that it is unlawful to have in
ones possession co~unterfeits or even
pictures OF any coin, many long
cherished curious have found their
way to the Secret Service division of
the Treasury in Washington. Here
also may be seer a framed sheet bear
ing facsimiles Of the postage stamps
of nearly every country and age,
artistically grouped. 1t was origin
ally intended for a wall paper design,
but it was suc, an excellent lmita-
tion that it has never adorned any
wall but this. The specimen is be-
tween two and three feet square, and
the work is so we'll done that.it takes
very close observation to see thst it
was not made up of single stamps
pasted on a sheet. There are also a
number of ingenious coin makers
tools, dies and presses. A gas gem
orator and stove which would go into
Il moderate sized handbag, was yet
large enough and complete enough
to emit the hottest flame on record.
This enabled its owner to work sue
cessful]y and safely for a lony time.
1t takes an exceedingly hot fire to
coin money, and usually the plant is
bulky, but this man was able to do
his work in a summer hotel bedroom.
Very little counterfeit money isever
in circulation. Frequently com.
plants of bad notes come from a Ger.
tain section. 1t will seem as il there
must he a lot Of them in the neigh
borhood, when in reality the trouble
may all proceed from a single bill.
which people keep sending from hand
to hand so rapidly that it seems to
multiply. Few men who have un-
warily taken a fraudulent note are
hrnest enough to miss an opportunity
to rid themselves Of it at the expense
OF another. Counterfeit coin is much
more plentiful, especially in silver.
from a dollar down to the ten-cent
piece. Even cickcls and pennies are
not too valaeless to escape.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29

cried. in his pleasant musical voice
he was really very gentlemanly young
man. and extremely handsome. Mrs.
Fortunes husband, l happened to re-
mark, lives in I street, Philadelphia
The streets there are lettered, you
you know, A street, B street, c street,
and so forth down to X, Y, q streets;
and Colonel Fortunes house is in I
street. near Chestnut. You thought I
meant High street. I can readily un-
derstand how the word misled you.
zone second more," l cried. painting.
There was one mystery still. .And
how about the are. The are that ran
across the hills behind Cannes. You
can't get out of that..you remember
ooh, the heir" he replied, smiling
aud twlrling his mustache q before.
Yes. the heir is young Frenchman
who g 60 inherit the DUO de l'Estels
property; and everybody calls him the
heir, don't you know. because be thinks
such q precious lot of himself on the
strength Of his prospects,. He hap.
pened to be one of the hares In our
psper chase. You thought I meant
hare. I understand your mtsconcep.
ton"
but the hsrbitrary gsut?' went
on. pushing him hard this time. Il
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
The n Wall.

The great wall of China was 70
Gently measured by MI. Unthang, an
American engineer engaged on the
survey for a Chinese railway. ais
measurement gave the height
eighteen feet. Every few hundred
yards there is a tower TWENTY-FIVE
feet high. The foundation of the
wall is of solid granite. For 1900
miles the wall goes over plains and
mountains every foot of the founda-
ton being Of solid granite, and the
rest Of the structure solid masonry.
In some places the wall is built
smooth up against the bank, or
crosses a precipice where there is 4
sheer descent Of 1000 feet
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
Ives and His Fatefui Number.

The stories of the career of the
late distinguished Henry S. Ives,
Napoleon OF finance, put King Midas,
Monte C.isto aud other gildcd poten-
tates into the shade in the line Of
startling effects.
Ives started at eighteen. a green
farmers boy, onasaiary of 81 a week.
1t took him two years to force his
salary up to $40 a week. But after
this close-haul beat to windward he
rounded the majority buoy, squared
away, setting all sail, and in less
than a year had scooped in $50. 900.
Six months later he had "made'
ss3s, 1854, and before he was twenty.
two had "milked" 50, O0O.O 900 out Of
a single railroad. The next year his
assents mounted s2i, OOa, 600.
All this was accomplished in just
four years. Then began the decline,
which ended in his death at thirty.
Certainly all history has failed to
produce another such p%yrotechnic dis
play in the financial heavens as this.
A very remarkable feature in this
mans career will interest those who
incline to the old Pythagorean doc
trine that our fates are ruled bv
numbers. The fateful number of
Ives was eight.
He first broke the eighth COM
maudment at eighteen. He consum-
mated just eight deals, and at the
close Of the eighth was arrested aud
imprisoned in 1888. He finished the
eighth year Of his career at exactly 8
O'clock on April IL.
OF course, any assumed relation of
our fates to numbers is fanciful and
superstitious, though some OF the an
clients believed it But as no man
can know what his fatetul number is
until too late to recover from disaster,
the safest way is to go easy, be hon.
est, earn what one gets aud exercise
proper economy with tt-Boston
Globe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
The Face at the Window.

One fall, some years ago, a series
of revival meetings were held in u
country schoolhousc in Western
Maine. The presiding elder was a
most earnest, blunt-spokcn man, and
withal near-sighted. AT the close Of
his prayer mi evening a noise of
scutfiing feet was heard outside, and
a face was indistinctly seen peering
in at the window. Come right in,
my boys" called Elder Smith, heart
lily, there's plenty OF room inside"
The invitation was not accepted,
but the face disappeared from the
window. A few minutes later, how
ever, in the midst of an earnest en-
hortation by M of the deacons, the
face again looked in.
The elder saw it, and began to
make violent gesticulations that the
individuals without should come in
and take some vacant chairs near
the platform.
"Don't stand out there skulking
like towards, tools for Satan" said
the elder, in stentorian tones, as the
deacon sat down.
AS If in contempt of this objurga-
ton the face remained at the win
dow, bohbing up and down and SEEM
ing to make grimaces. The congre-
CATION were looking that way, and
two or three children snickercd OUT
right. The elder was becoming in.
censed.
deacon Jones" he said, swill you
step outside and lead that unregen-
crate youth in here? He shall not
disturb u meeting, for Satan de-
lights in such works."
Deacon Jones went outside, but
soon returned, cmpty-handed. He
said something about mo boy there"
mo boy there!!" cried Elder Smith,
sharply, "why, there the rascal IL
this minute, pcekin' in at the win.
dow"
Some of the children Uttered again.
sThat's Deacon Stctson's old white
boss; he's hitched there. l guess"
spoke up a young man who sat next
the window.
Everybody smiled then, and even
the elder had difficulty in keeping
his face composed.
well, we'll, let us proceed" he
said, severely, sand not let our risi-
bles be aroused by such carnal crea-
ture as a horse"
The services proceeded, but the
gravity of the occasion was several
times disturbed by the smiles of the
younger members of the congrega-
tiOn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
In Washington there ia a crank

In Washington there is q crank
whose mania is to hug such unpro.
tected females as he may meet ON
the street. Those subjected to the
process have been very angry. Re-
Gently the crank seized q woman.
dragged hef to a lamp so that he
might realize the fullness of his bliss,
took one look, and then let her 20
unhugged. Yet beside the anger of
this fortunate woman the wrath of
the women who had been rudely en-
braced appears of insignifcance al
most pitiful. 1t does not seem alto
gether easy to please the ledieA
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
CHAPTER III.

When l reached our own sitting-room
. painful sight met my gaze unexpect-
eddy. Maria wa seated on the sofa,
with her " as red as q lobster, and
Sylvia was leaning across her, with
her head on her mothers shoulder,
dissolved in tears and sobbing vic.
lentiy.
ooh. papa, papa" she cried in q pet
as entered, how could you? how
cc"ld YOU ~ Yoa|gg been r,s 50 dread don '
know how Hugh will ever be able to
forgive YOU"
Hugh" I exclaimed, %bewildered.
sHugh. Hugh! who is he?: And where
have | met Hugh, pray? And what
havo ever dcne or said to Hugh that
Hugh has got any right on earth to for
give mo for?"
Sylvia looked up at me in a torrent
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
A Royal Anntvorsary,

In China they certainly celebrate
royal occasions in q regal manner.
The sixtieth anniversary Of the
DOwager Queen came around lately.
In honor Of the occasion there wera
woven one million two hundred thOu.
sand pieces of RED silk, each forty
feet wide. These we're used ax.
clusively in decorating the streeta os
lskin.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29
Lamps ON Demand.

On the London underground rail.
ways, penny.in-the-slOt electric lamps
have come into use. 1t is two years
since the first experimental lamps
were put on few trains. Siuce then
arrangements have been made to lit
the LAMPS to all trains and the work
IS now complete. They are fou,
lamps In each compartment The
ordinary light is usually insufficient.
A penny put in the slot obtains cleo.
trio light which lasts half az hour.
II more light is wanted another
penny must be inserted. The lamps
are placed at the lack of the seat 80
as to throw the light on the book or
paper.
"A SLIP on marble stems has broken
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29

"A SLIP on marble steps has broken
many Q neck
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29

But the hsrbitrary CENT?" Iwent
ON. pushing him hard this time. Il
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29

",sut, papa" Sylvia put in, "if only
you'd listen to me! | do assure YOU
that Hugh is the most perfect gentle
man and the most chivalrous
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-29

1.-THE END.
Copyright by the Authors Alliance: al
rights reserved.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
Wednesday, Sent. 8,

Parties arc Intending to come to the
Jamestown fair from as distant points
as Larimore on bicycles.
Rolctte county people are kicking for
q Jail. The county has been Or,anizl
ten years, and that without a lookup.
Attorney S,,iliv III 0f Grad Forks IL
debarred from practice.
William O'Neill's barn in Oak Grove
was destroyed by fire. 1t was supposed
to have been started by boys smoking
In the loft. The stock and considera-
BILE of the contents were removed from
the building, which burned to the
ground.
At Hatton, Fred Nelson, an engineer,
was run Over by Il %threshing engine.
Ont leg VAS broken and badly ln;:.;l-
't"sl so that anlputa:iUm WIS necessary
He was attempting to start the en-
ginc, hut instead of running ahead. it
backed onto him.
Mr.. p. Henrietta of Leeds, has u curl
Osity in the shape Of slough grass
measuring thirty-tive feet in length.
About six feet of the grass was erect
when found, the balance lying along
the ground. There are joints about ten
inches apart from which little stems
or roots protrudc and tap the ground,
supplying moisture to the stalk at in
teravls.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
AMERICAN RICE PAPER.
The Chinese Tree Is Now Success
fully Grown in Florida.

The Chinese Tree Is Vow Gee
fully Grown in Florida.
The rice-paper tree, II of the most
Interesting of the fora of China. has
n ceLtly been successfully experimental
with in Florida, where it now -four
ishes with other s%ubtropical and orien-
tai species of trees and shrubs. When
first transrlanted in American soil the
e~xperinlenters expressed doubts as to
its hardness, fearing that it would
be unable to stand the winters. All
these fears nave vanished. however,
and it is now the universal opinion
that it is :s well adapted to tho climate
of this country us to that of the famed
Fl0wery Kingdom.
1t is n small tree, growing to u
height of less than fifteen feet, With Il
trunk or stem from three to five inches
in diameter. Its canes, which vary in
color according to season, are large.
soft and downy, the form somewhat
resembling that noticed in those If the
paper, the product of this queer tree,
10 AOIllIfu VI VIII SIlCSS VI lllc pun,
which is taken from the body of the
tree in beautiful cylinders several inch
es in length.
The Chinese workmen apply the
blade of Il sharp knife to these cylin.
ders, says the st. Louis Republic. and,
turning them round either by rude
machinery or by hand, dexteroasly pare
the. pith from circumference to centre.
This operation makes Il roll of extra
qrality paper, the scroll being of equal
thickness throughout. After Il cylinder
has thus been pared it is unrolled and
weights aye placed upon it until the
surfoce is rendered uniformly smooth
throughout its crltir. lcugth.
1t is altogether probable that If rice
paper-maklng Incomes IN industry in
the United States these primitive
modes will be done away with.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
Friday, Sept. =.

The Russian thistle has appeared in
Ransom county.
The new A. o. L. w. temple at Far
20. WAS forally Dedicated with appro-
pirate ceremonies Monday evening.
Charlie Adler has rounded up the
Democratic nomination for clerk Of
court of Nelson county for the tenth
time.
The state association for the Congre-
gational church for North Dakota will
hold its annual meeting in Valley City
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Sept. %, 26. and 20.
The state convention Of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeav-
or will be held in Fargo ut the First
Congregational Church on Sept. %,
26, and 81.
A hobo working for Ed. LacOck at
Langdon threatened to burn his barn
IL the latter did not pay him some
money. Monday night the barn burned
and with it $500 worth of property.
Lac0ck awoke in time to see the villain
depart, and followed him OH horse
back all night, affecting his arrest.
The prisoner is in Jail at Langdon,
under Il strong guard, to prevent lynch
ing.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
THE MARKETp.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Sf0ck G.enfasa

Latest Quotations From GFAln and
Live stock Centers.
Chicago. Sept. II. - No. . wheat
steady; cash and September, "a 1-8c;
December. 57M;6 Use; May, G2 1-S@
g 14c. Corn steady; September, SIC;
October, 5634c; May, IS 5-8c. Oats
steady; September. so lac; October,
Sic; May, 3 3-4c. Pork higher; Sep
TENDER, $14.25: January, $14.32 1!2.
Lard higher; September and October,
50; January, $s.42 ~. Short ribs high
er; September. 1892 IL; January,
$5.32 H. No. . rye steady at 47c.
Barley steady Mt E5MJbc for No. 2.
Nlaxsccd firm at $1.:}O. Timothy seed
firm ut $55.a355.
Minneapolis. Sept. 11.-Wheat-Sep.
TENDER opened at 55c; highest, IS 1-2c;
lowest. 55c: closing. 81 1-Sc; December
opened at SEC; highest, SO 1886 1-4c;
lowest, IS 1885 5-Sc; closing, 81 3-4c;
May opened ut 60 1-Sc; highest, GO IA
@6O 3-Sc; lowest, 593-4c; closing, 50 70
Mti0c. On track - Old No. 1 hard,
50 3-4c; No. 1 Northern. 81 3-4c; No. 2
Northern. SO 1-4c. Ncw-No. 1 hard,
55i3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 81 3-4c; No. 2
Northern, 81 1-2c.
Chicago. Sept. 11.-HOgs Market
active and firm Mt sc advance on good
grades, while others are barely steady.
Cattle-Market fairly active and prices
on good grades + firm and 5@1Oc
higher, while others are unchanged.
st. Paul, Sept. IL. = Hogs steady;
quality poor. Cattle - Good butcher
cattle firm; others steady; bulk of re-
ceiDtS We're Westerns and were not
offered. Good demand for fat cattle.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
Monday, Sept. 10.


Arthur MussOn, an eX-railr0ad man,
died Il; Grand Forks from the effects
Of an extended spree.
Chicken shooting has become II little
monotonOus. and the gay and festive
hunter is taking a rest.
The state agricultural board will ad-
vertise for bids to sink an experimental
artcsian well ut 1llglcy.
A quartet Of WATERFOWL citizens have
purchased the Kelley cure right for
North Dakota and are hunting around
for a location.
Or the :2a2nd inst. the the Grand
Forks division Of the Commer,ia Tray
elcrs' association Of the United States
will he instituted with 4. charter men,
berslip of fifty-two.
The new Trail county cou:t house
ut Hill = no Is nearing completion. 1t
Is q neat aud substantial two-story
brick structure.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
UNcANNY sPoTlN A CANON.
Z Cave I'm the Sierra Nevadus Where
ThOuNnnIA Nf Bafa live

SuSe III tle sierra NeVadu1 where
Thousands of BATS Live.
Of all the strange places to be folnd
m the remote rcccSses Of the Sierra
Nevadas none is amy stranger than a
bat cave Ill Klweah canon. There is
nothing particularly strange about the
cave itself, says the San Frs ncisco
Call, but the fact that it is the dwelling
place If thousands Of the web-winged
amin ais makes it q most uncanny and
UNUSUAL spot. The cave is i'll the wall
of the canon, not far back from the
water, in the rainy season, and there
Is nothing about the appearlnc of
the opening to attract attention during
the day. Put approach the place ut
about dusk and Il black stream of sha-
doWy forms will be seen passing in and
out Of the opening. accompanied by
the most peculiar odor in the world
and a soft, rustlilg sound. The bats
have been asleep ill day and are going
out in search of food. To enter the
cave i'll the day time is not n difficult
task, but it is somewhat unpleasant.
The opening is large and a man can
enter in an erect position. About ten
feet in the entrance makes q turn
and an inky blackness exists. Go a
little further. SO as to be away from
the air at the entrance, and a most
disagreeable odor strikes the nostrils
and every few feet one treads upon the
dead body Of Il bat. While the cave is
in darkness a profound silence exists,
but strike IL light and Il sound like Il
waterfall is heard. Thousands Of bats
that have been asleep ut once awake
and commence to fly in circles about
the cavern, which can be seen to be
very large. Round and round they go,
increasing in speed every moment, and
the odor of the cave becomes more and
more disagreeable. When this happens
it is a wise thing for the explorer to
to make his escape and postpone fur
Their investigation until night, at which
time the cave is deserted. Even the
| dead bats OIL the fioOr will disappear,
having been eaten by the others as
soon as they awoke.
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
CHAPTER ",
Old JaQues.

Next evening I went to Freeman's,
who was going away for a holiday the
second day after. The humane and
cheerful society of himself and his wife,
and the genial air of home and of NUT
ual concord always about them, were
to me at all times exceedingly pleasant.
But it was not merely to enjoy their
company and conversation that l visited
them then; I wished to remind Free
man of his promise to make inquiries
In London, concerning Mr.. Lacroix, and
especially to underline certain places
for inquiry. The reader will understand
why / advised Mr.. Freeman to institute
careful inquiry at the stations of the
great railway lines that run northward
from London-mOst careful inquiry at
the station of the Great Northern Rail-
way; but Mr.. Freeman did not readily
understand why l should urge these
points.
Come" said he, looking at me hard,
and in evident surprise. whats In
your noddle now?-what new suspicion
have you worked up?'
Don't look so surprised at me-" I was
piQued into saying. When l felt his
sober scrutiny would be turned upon
my structure Of evidence I doubted for
the time its conference and stability
and this doubt in myself I resented. Il
am quite sane and serious. have had
borne in upon ME the impression-I
can't quite say how 1t cam.-that La
croix left London that night"
What night?'
"Thursday, March the sixteenth Of
last year. Miss Lacroix has tcld me
lie was ut his hotel. It has been found,
on that day"
II hadn't heard the day named be-
fore"
l then told him how. in turning over
the pages of my Bradshaw, / had dis
covered the existence of II very late
train from London.
But" said he, there are trains al
most as late on other lines"
But not so quick" said 7.
"Besidcs.' said he, you don't know
that the train you mention was running
more than a year ago"
mo; ! do not" ] was Il little put
out. Still l urged, Il have. however,
another strong reason-wh'ch l do not
think 1 am quite at liberty to tell you
at present-why' I believe my specula'
ton that he left London that night
may turn true"
Let Tor nome, L suppose you liliuh
But why should he suddenly set of
home late ut night without intima'
tion?'
II cannot tell. But might he not
for Instance, nave ncaru somehow, Of
have suspected, that %Steinhardt was
still using the patent they had beer
fined so heavily for infringing? 1t il
clear, surely, from tlils recent law af
fair, that S%teinhardt has never left Of
using it."
"Of course" said he, looking very
serious, and meditative, that certain
ly might he. Put" he continued in
new tone Of alarm, what does al
this speculation mean? You surely
haven't let your suspicion go 80 fal
as to imagine poor Lacroix came home
toto find IL violent death? Have yo,
really let yourself think so morbidly
of things as to suspect Steinllardt o.
causing it? lie. l know, is. withou!
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15

A well-known authority points out
that IN the best forms Of accumulators
but Il fractional part Of the material
employed IN its construction is really
active; therefore, the storage cell. as
made ut p~rcsrrt. while actually of
great. aud daily increasing service,
Is relatively Il most inefficient appara-
tus. An ap eciable increase in its eff
nciency would have Il remarkable eff
feet on railroal operations. Leaving
ont of the question all possible improve
ments of a mechanical nature. which
may tend toward the reduction OF
FIRST cost, greater stability OF plates
and cells. higher rates If charge and
discharge (all points of great impor-
lance in Il traction celn there still re-
mains Il splendid field for improve
ment in traction accumulatOrs. AS
showing the possibilities Of the future
development Of the storage battery.
It is computed as within the region Of
probability. that a cell from which a
return Of only: say four amperc hours
per pound can now be derived. may
be made to have double. four times,
and even ten times its present capaci-
The Dickinson press., 1894-09-15
Thursday, Sept. Q.

B. +. Engwaldson. Of the state uni
versity class of 81. is a candidate for
county Judge Of Trail county.
NJ. l.. Matthews a prominent farmer
of S~herbr0oke. was accidently killed
by the walls Of IN old sod house he
was tearing down falling on him.
J. h. Coyle, while prairie chicken
shooting near Everest killed IL pelican
measuring nine feet from tip to tip
and weighing eighteen pounds.
Miss Mary A. Bowers. late superin-
tendent Of schools in Ramsey county,
has accepted u position in the Aber-
deem High schools.
The Sullivan disarment proceed
ings at Grand Forks ended in a de-
cision by Judge Telnpleton finding Sui
livan guilty Of embczzlement and
adultry. and lebarring him from prac-
tfcc in North Dakota courts.