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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05

You understands continued tho laws
yer, noting the great agitation Of the
girl. IF the late earl had been mar,
rted. one OF hissons-of course the e1dv
estCmust have succeeded him; that is.
sYes,s she. replied, family; 's,ast is
.Rnt he::never married.. And ESs
might hdve left all to any member OF
the family whom he chose TO succeed
him; that also y: plain enough. Try to
follow me" F6r he saw Q film come
over the young girls brilliant eyes,
as though she wore losing sonsci6us-
y i T follow you -uso,.siy,. the said,
but her voice was faint. hdarsei
whisper. s ~;
nevor associated with any Of. his family
hardly think he know them. When.
such an event as that which I have.
just mentioned occurs in the Charm
leigh family, the next Of kin, whether
male or female, succeeds. "A long,
careful conscientious examination OF
all claims leads US to decide that YOU
arc the nearest relative Of the deal
earl"
"Do you really believe it?" she
asked, trying to conceal the quivering
of her features and the trembling OF
her hands. "Is there no mistaken"
"We do not make such mistakes in
our profession" was the reply; zone
would be fatal"
She buried her face in her hands and
wept. The two men looked at her in
kindly sympathy, evidently understand
ing her emotion.
"But what shall do?' she inquired.
II have never had any money; 1 am un-
used to wealth and comfort; my life
has been hard and lonely, dreary and
dull-how shall 1 bear this great
change?"
She pushed back the golden-brown
hair from her white brow, and appeared
bewildered with the thoughts that
crowded upon her.
"A countess in my own right-it is
Nevertheless, it is true. I am not
surprised that you should be agitated
perhaps no young lady ever had more
cause; but you must bear prosperity as
we'll as you have borne adversity. You
come of race that has always held
honor first and courage next.
Dare I believe 1t? Dare Iassure my
heart of the truth Of oil you have told
me?" She had risen from her chair
by this time, and was walking hastily
up and down the room. .Is there any
fear of disappointment afterward? J
could not boar that" she continued
passionately. II can go on living as
am, but to find all that am ready to
believe now an empty, idle dream.
would kill me-"
iTo BE CONTINuEp(
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
Fleet-Footcd zebra..

The rapidity with which the different
zebras have been exterminated, owing
to the advance of civilization in South
Africa, is shown by reference to such
works as that of Sir Cornwallis Harris.
written in 1910, in which the author tells
US that the quagga was at that time
found in ''interminable herds, bands of
many hundreds being frequently seen,
while he describes Burchell's zebra las
congregating in herds of 80 or 100, and
abounding to great extent; but now,
after the expiration of but fifty years,
the one species is extinct or practically
90, while the other has been driven much
farther afield, and its numbers are
yearly being reduced, says the Saturday
Review.
This authors description of the COM
mon zebra is we'll worth repeating. He
says: "Seeking the wildes. and most
sequestered spots, the naughty troops
are exceedingly difficult to approach, a.
we'll on account of their extreme agility
and fleetness of foot % from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature of their highland
abode. Under the special charge of a
sentinel, 90 posted on some adjacent
crag as to command a view of every ave-
nue. of approach, the checkered herd
whom painted skins adoln' is to be
viewed perambulating some rocky ledge
on which the rifle ball alone can reach
them. No sooner has the note Of alarm
been sounded by the vidette, than.
pricking their long ears, the whole flock
hurry forward to ascertain the nature of
the approaching danger, aud, having
gazed moment ut the advancing hunter,
whisking their brindled tails aloft, he'll
ter-skelter away they thunder, down
craggy precipices aud over yawuing
ravlues, where no less agile foot could
dare to follow them"
Of Burchell's zebra he says: ssFierce,
strong, fleet and surprisingly beautiful,
there is, perhaps, no quadruped in the
creation, not even excepting the noun
tain zebra, more splendidly attired or
presenting q picture of more singularly
attractive beauty" .Zebras are by no
means amiable animals, and though
many of the stories told Of their ferocity
are doubtless much exaggerated, they
have so far not proved themselves amen
able to domestication.
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...tIynpsxrrn-1lsU1xnNlIEiiCiiiiiIi5 lIEiiC e Gu s. !
.Yoaa.rful Rssdys'assiss ssroiE ~
-. ssntiy Fatal injuries. ..-a ~ =. e.

.Wona.rful |Rssoyslsies j III 1rolS albiss
-. AZ sssently Fatal injuries. y: ~. s.
81 ...sscsds IRepshlic especial entitled
.slsAnl UnpajaIlelsd Gaze. = ives'partica-
|, lars concerning. .Manswho altyeds nine
r. days with i. broken neck, aud Mas 6ven
iapp9sad 10 be on the highway Of recox!,
cry, This. case, ftthakable as Il may
seem to some; has many parallels in:
surgical history. 4. Itcmust be admitted
that there was time in the annals OF
SURGERY when fracture of the cervic9l.
;vertebrte was aS'fatat as puncture o.
/. the 'pericadtam;'' but modern science,
!; which; It 10 annecesary to remark, over.
rides all otstacles, makes the chances Of
! living with broken neck at least possi.
BILE, there being one chance In 10Y of
person who meets with such an injury
recovering. One of the first really sue.
cessfnl operations on broken neck in
America was by DIR. .Bayard, Of st. Johns,
New Brunswick, some time in the nos,
the patient recovering after portion OF
the QdQntoid. process, or second cervical
vertebrx-the pivotal bone of the neck
had been removed.
In 1914 New York milk dealer was
thrown from his wagon and sustained
o compound fracture of the neck. He
was taken to DIR. Watts, of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons. and in
less than year had SO fully recovered
as to be able to attend to his regular
business.
The next case mentioned in the coll
lection "Yc Curious Man" has gathered
was that of French army man who at
tempted to commit suicide in 'staking q
header" from the roof of tall building.
He broke his neck .ssquare Off" the say
ing is, but within three months was able
to walk around, no trace of his injuries
being left except q numbness of the
fingers.
In 1850 another New Yorker, Thomas
Chalmers, a gymnast, broke his neck in
such way us to split the third cervical
vertebra, causing the fourth and second
bones to touch. DIR. Sayre was called to
see what was supposed to be dying
man. He applied restoratives. caused
the patients neck in IA collar of plaster of
paris and at the end of six months dis.
charged him perfectly cured.
fractured cervical vertebrm or broken
neck are the following:
William Stafford, New York City,
1859; attending surgeon, DR.. sayre, Of
Bellevue Hospital.
Robert Miller, while bathing off Fire
Island, New York, July 10, 1875; recov-
cred in two years, DIR. Weiss in attend
ance.
John Collery, San Francisco. June,
1882; DR.. Stambaugh. attending sur
geon.
Barney Baldwin, the broken nccksd
brakeman, who exhibited in the dime
museums in 1897. 'sS and 'S9.
A. L. Hout, London. England, 1888;
recovered after the third veltebra had
been removed.
Lizzie Hammonds. Brooklyn Hotel,
San Francisco, July 25. 1882; Drs. Lord
aud McLean.-[st. Louis Republic.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
CHAPTER III,

Lconie Rayner rose from her pretty
nook ut the water side, and turned to
find the old servant standing near her.
Miss Rayner," he said, you are
wanted ut once."
Considering that I know No one in
the wide world, john" she rejoined,
with o lovely smile playing round her
lips, II may ask, who wants me?"
1.-Two gentlemen, and they both look
like lawyers; they asked for Miss
Leonie Rayner, ana said their business
was very important"
Il will come, she said, with q deep
sigh-"some message from Miss Tenn
pleton, l suppose.
She walked slowly to the house, and,
as she left the picturesque spot where
she had fingered through the sunny
June morning, the poetry died out Of
her face, and q hard, tired expression
came into it. She looked up at the
closed windows and drawn blinds. ut
Is unfortunate that the sun does not
Fay school fees,,s she said, "then Miss
Templeton would admit it,"
serted school-rooms, where the very
taken up her abode. A stern-faced,
Miss Rayner, have you been told
that you are wanted? It's very awk-
ward, gentlemen sitting in the draw
ing-roOm, and we waiting to arrange
It. Miss Templeton will be here by
seven."
It was only servants insolence, yet
It stung her until the fair face flushed
crimson. She passed on without reply.
There was an innate nobility and re-
6nement in Leonie Rayner that for
bade her to enter into contest Of
words; she vent into the drawing
room.
'How different It would be- she
thought, "if were lady-boarder, and
these my visitors!"
She opened the door, and her won
dering glance fell on two gentlemen
seated, evidently very much at their
ease, in Miss Templeton's drawing.
room. They looked at her in astonish-
ment. The elder OF the two spoke to
her first.
II wish to SEQ Miss Rayner-Mis,
Leonie Rayner,' he added.
u am tho only Miss Rsyner at Kings
Court" she said, and there WAS . quiet
dignity and simplicity about her a5 she
sYou must pardon me" observed the
came speaker, I was not prepared Il
eee anyone so young as yourself.
He was very much Inclined to add
.and 90 beautiful" but he was law.
yer. and prudent Then he reseated
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
Hunting the Hare.

In the heart of a big evergreen
swamp, or solemn Northern forest, the
coldest Of winds has no chance, and a
man can keep comfortably warm in any
well-chosen ''stand." On sparkling, moon
lit nights the big snowshoes of Sir Hare
print the tell-tale surface with many o
hasty triangle for eager noses to follow.
The white fellow loves to squat close Of
q morning. Heis snug in his form meath
some close.tangled cover, and he hates to
bestir himself till he needs must. The
busy beagles poke here and there puz-
cling out cold trails, and at last . search
ing nose catches Whit of the loved
scent coming from a pile of brush, q
fallen tree top, or tangle of small
growths. Sir Hare must away now. A
rustling about his domicile, q question
ing yelp almost in his long. quivering
ears, grid him for flying speed. With q
graceful, curying bound he clears the
sheltering cover, and, as jangle of bell
like music thrills his sensitive nerves,
he swings bis furry snowshoes for every
ounce that in him lies. Away he aies,
Q leaping, flying image of white speed.
At every bound he hears fiercer chal-
lenges In the storm of trumpet tones
behind. Speed now ct any pricei Yet,
run as he may, une.ring nostrils read hid
course in air and snow; hot red throata
clang his doom amid the echoing forest
aisles. A mile, or more, he covers q
nervous speed, then hs curves his flight
and circles for his starting point. The
ringing tumult in his wake whimpsrl
dying far away, only to rixe and swell
again in wilder, stronger chorus. He must
try new tactics-a swift dart across Z
narrow open will enable him to gain 4
saving swamp. Ono leap from the cove,
his bulgfng eyes mark Q new terror. Ar
awful shape moves near . screeninp
bush; . afrightful thunder fills his lying
ears, and from the dark woods whence
hl. course b. been: pour. sudden, loud
dog-music-for right we'll do the excited
rogues know what has been the end
(0uting. s.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
AN ENGINEERING FEAT.
A Tunnel Nearly Two Miles Long
Through the Great Divide.

Ono OF the greatest engineering en-
terprises of the decade has just been
completed in Colorado-au enterprise
fully as great as the tunnelling Of tho
Hoosac Mountain, whose completion was
Celebrated as great national affair.
But these are the days of great enter
priscs, and the piercing OF the great
divide by tunnel nearly two miles long
in one of the wildestmountaia regions in
the world has scarcely attracted atten.
tion outside of Colorado.
The road itsc!f-the Colorado Mid.
land-which passes through the new tun-
mel, is one of the most wonderful pieces
of engineering in the world. All the
way from Colorado Springs to- Glenwood
is succession of surprises to the travel
Ter, and that part of it which runs from
Leadville over the great continental
divide is only the climax of series of
surprising victories over the most appar-
emily iusurmountable natural obstacles.
The Hagermon Tunnel at the top Of the
pess, which has been used since tho
road was opened about seven years ago,
u 2,O64 feet long and II 1923 feet above
se,. level, and the Midland is here tho
highest standard-gua railroad in the
world, and the highest of any gauge ex.
cept one in the Andes.
The big trestle from the east end Of
Hagerman Tunnels 200 feet high, cost
$4,000 to build, and would have to bo
rebuilt every eight years. Besides this,
immense rotary snow plows have to be
kept In operation at both ends of the old
tunnel all winter, the snow ON the west
side of the divide being often thirteen
feet deep on the level. The new tunnel
It is estimated, will save in operating ex-
penses &c. 600 every year. besides insur-
ing the continuous operation Of the road.
so that the 81 600, 600 spent on the tun-
mel is expected to be good investment.
The Busk- -Ivanhoe Tunnel, as the new
one is called, pierces the main Sagusche
(pronounced sah'wash) Range, which
here forms the continental divide, about
twenty miles from Leadville, at a hefpht
Of 800 feet above the sea level, 1900
feet below the crest Of the mountain. and
72S feet below the Hagerman Tunnel.
Its length is 0, 1894 feet. Work upon e
was begun Oct. 8, 1890, and since that
time has been pushed unremittinRly from
both ends, twenty hours day, with the
most modern scientific apparatus. The
backbone of the continent is of solid
granite, and compressed air drills and
dynamite have done the work of exoava-
tion. y,
There has been quite rivalry be-
tween the gangs at work ON the two ends
e to which should reach the centre first.
The Busk, or eastern, gang won tho raoa.
for the lvanhoe men were retarded 81
water, and the final junction was made
thousand feet west of the csntre. The
( dividing wall was pierced by the driil n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
CHAPTER III.

The words sounded plainly and clear
ly in the silence-so clearly that the
young girl looked up at him bewilder-
ed, lost, dazed with wonder.
Il do not understand" she said
family.
Lawyers are not accustomed to ro-
nance, my dear young lady, !" remarked
Mr.. Clements, smiling; neither do we
deal in poetry; the plain, hard fact is,
that believe you to be Leonie, Count
ess of Charnleigh."
@Wih you explain?" she asked, with
faint tremble in her voice-her face
had grown pale as death, and her lips
Quivered.
'The full explanation would occupy
q whole bench of lawyers for many
hours, he replied. Il may tell you,
briefly, that your father, the late Capt.
Rayner, was one Of the younger branch
Of the family of Charnleigh. The late
Earl Of Charnleigh was strange,
moody, eccentric man; he died without
making any will, and left all his affairs
In confusion. Title and estate are not
entailed In the male line; they descend
simply to the next Of kin, whether that
uext Of kin be male or female. That
Is one strange law In the family; an-
! other Is, that the possessor Of the estate
can leave It by will to which Of his
kinsnen ne ohooses, provided he has
no sous q his own to succeed him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
A Railroad to South America.

Some years ago . commission was ap-
pointed TO inquire into the possibility
Of building q railroad between this
country and South America. The com.
mission has Just reported that the
scheme is perfectly feasible, but ss the
cost will be about $4,000 mile Il
scarcely seems likely that oven the
most venturesome capitalist will 60
into II. II the proposed line wore built
lt would be possible to reach Rio
Jaueiro In . fnr.night's time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
PEllxoTo.

A0lauce at the President Of Braxil's
Republic.
In an editorial on ssThe Brazilian Rs.
,olt, the South American Journal gives
;he following interesting information
concerning President Peixoto:
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What is

Castoria is DR.. Samuel Pitchers prescription
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine
other Narcotic substance. It substitute
for Parcgoric Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers Castori cstroys
fevcrislness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
DiarrhCca and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
tcctiing troubles constipation and hatulcncy.
Castoria assimilatcs tho food regulates tho
and bowels giving healthy and sleep.
tora is tho Chidrens Panacca-tlc Mothers Friend
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TWO LIVES SAVED.

Mrs, Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City. ILL.,. was told by her doctors
that she had Consumption and that
there was no hope for her, but two
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery
completely cured her and she says it
saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers,
1879 Florida ST., San Francisco, suc
fercd from a dreadful cold, approach
ing Consumption, tried without re.
suit everything else and then bought
one bottle of Dr. Kings New Dis.
covcsy and in Two weeks was cured.
He is naturally thankful. 1t is such
results, VI which these are samples.
that proves the wonderful efficacy of
this medicine in Coughs and Colds.
Free trial bottles at A. L Hargrave's
Drug Store. Regular size soc. and
S1.00.
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A QUARTER CENTURY TEST.

For quarter of a &C ltury, DR..
Kings New Discovery has been test
ed, and the millions who have re.
ceired benefit from its use testify to
'ts wonderful curative powers in all
diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs.
"A remedy that has stood the test so
long and that has givcd so universal
satisfaction is no experiment. Each
bot lie is positively guaranteed to give
relief, or the money will be refunded.
1t is admitted to be the most relia.
blc for Coughs and Colds. Trial hot.
ties free at A. f. Hargrave's Drug
Store. Large size SOC. and Si.OO.
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as here, and already, since Macaulay's
death, steps have been taken toward
that end that would make him turn
in his coffin if he could know and un.
derstand them. Under his constitu.
ton. therefore, despotism is before
him or the concession of Just what
we have here. But under our con.
stitntion we have not, as he has, n
turbulent and disturbed element, be
cause all have been reared with con
seriousness that each is an Integral
factor in affairs us important rs any
other. lle has that pnuper Glass,
which lie warns us we shall have, but
a pauper class sullen and angry ut
being deprived of the citiz, n y rights.
We have and will have the pauper
clnss it is true, but u pquper class
with no grievance at the hands of
the law. They are aggrievcd just
now, it ~ true. by the protective tar.
III laws that favor tho monopolists to
their disadvantage. But that's Il
wart and an excrescence upon our
system foreign TO it's nature and
doomed to death. And that being
removed, our panper class will have
nothing but it's poverty to complain
of. That liz the lot of man from
which he can escape by his own ef-
forts alone. Our institutions allow
all to make the best ossible use of
the resources they have, and the
masses of the people understand that
fnct. The masses of tho people are
interested in order, and they will
never permit the pauper class to
make any serious disturbance merely
because it is poor. The lives lost Mt
Chicago and the millions worth of
property destroyed arc a small price
to pay for teaching our people that
there is an overwhelming, prepond-
Grating sentiment in our country
determined that justice shall! be done
and that law shall be supreme.-
Times.
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ONE WOMANS EXPERIENCE

a womanly woman will be woman
~ everywhere and under all circum-
stances, and her influence is sure to
be felt beneficinlly. Ono woman s
experience of If. for a year in n
Michigan lumber camp is most
charningly told in the exceedingly
interesting article I'm and About n
Lumber Camp" published in the Au
gust number of De'uorest's Family
Magazine; and after rendiug her vivitl
descriptions of the lumbermen and
the noaus opero'a6i of logging" il
lustiated with superb half tone pic
lures, ono feels thoroughly posted
about this picturesque though labor.
ious industry. But not every lum
Der camp is blessed with the minis
trution Of u trained nurse. Under
tho apt tito Golden Silence on
thetic story of deaf mute Is told,
and incidentally one may l'arn the
method by which these info tunntes
communicate with their fellow.be.
lngs. Chauncey Depew, Marshall
Wilder, Beatrico Harraden, aud sew.
eral other famous people tell some of
the funniest stories they have heard.
"How to Read and Write i'll Cipher"
will furnish entertainment for many
a summer or winter evening; and "A
Summer Grip shows up new spcci
men OF the genus. The Flower
Garden in August" furnishes many
excellent suggestions for the care Of
flowers i'll midsummer; and au esre
chilly timely paper in "Sanitarian,"
entitled Visiting the Sick should
be read by everyone, also the illus
trated article on "Holiday Comforts"
for now is tho time to enjoy rhcm.
In fact. these III addition to tho sto.
ries and the bright matter in .sChut"
and Society Fads" make this an
zeal midsummer number; and, MS
usual, the departments abound with
valuable suggestions and informa.
ton. This "all around" family mag
azine is published for only 81 a year
by w. Jennings Demorest, Is e. 18th
ST., New York.
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PRENDERGAsT HANGED.

CHIrAao. July 13.-Prepdergas was
hanged ut 1l:48. At HAP a hush
fell upon the tbrong in the corridor,
and far down the somber halls could
be heard the muflied tread of the:
funeral cortege. A few moments
later Sheriff Gilbert and Tailor Nor
ris appeared at the right of the scat
fold. Tho prisoner, pale and un.
steady, walked behind them. He
stood without apparent nervousness,
though trifle weak and unsteady. as
his arms were being pinioned. lie
seemed determined to die gnrne, and
looked calmly out Oh tue assembled
crowd below him
While the shroud was next placed
about him. and barring a little rest
less motion of the eyes up and down,
and from side to side. he made no
motion. Jailor Morris now placed
tho rope about his neck, the white
cap over his head, and Prendergast,
game to the last. had taken his last
look of cnrth. An instant later, at
ll:lS, he shot downward, the head
twisted to one side, the neck having
apparently been broken. Slowly
swnying back and forth. ho hung for
u lew moments, while the physic clans
hold his wrist. A slight spasmodic
movement OF the legs was all the sign
OF lilo apparent within the loosely
hanging robe. Surrounded by ply.
siclans, the corpse swung to and fro,
and Mt ll:57, nine minutes after the
trigger was sprung, he was pronounc.
ed dead, aud the murder of Carter
Harrison was avenged.
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CaStOria.

"Cnstoria IS aa excellent medicine for chill
drcn. Mothers liayo repeatedly told mo OF its
good effect upon their children"
Dr.. G. C. OsoooD,
Lowell, Mass.