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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
Hero Under Fire

nero OnQex FtfSs
An old soldier, who had seen service
for many year in the Crimea, India,
China, Africa an6 Egypt, was asked
one day in q London club whether he
remembered the first time he was un-
der fire.
Certainly" he replied. NO soldier
forgets that experience"
did you feel like hero at the
time?"
mo, indeed. 1t was in one of the
great battles OF the Crimea. was
young officer who had run out Of the
military school ahead Of time to fill a
vacancy. had hardly been in camp
a week before the regiment was order
ed to charge Russian battery, which
was posted in a commanding position.
We went forward on the gallop
through a dense cloud of smoke,
swooped down on the battery, sabered
the artillerymcn and captured the
guns. Yet there was at least one
hussar who acknowledged himself to
be coward from beginning to end"
"Then you were terribly frightened
by your first hattie?"
Eyes; that is the truth. 1 went ahead
with others, hut was trembling with
fear and excitement. shut my eyes
and made no attempt to guide my
horse. ] thought Of my good mother
at home and wondered how had ever
been so foolish as to think of the army,
when there We're comfortable profess
sions, like tho ministry and the law,
which might have followed.
"The charge occupied only a few
minutes, but il seemed an endless time
before we were behind those murder
GUS guns and had the cannoneers ut
our mercy. was among the first to
be with them and 1 staggered with
my saber, While the horse rode down
and killed gunner. But my heart
was like ball of ice. A greater cow
ard never scrambled over an intrench-
ment. All the time was repeating
texts from the Bible and sentences
from the Lords prayer, and wishing
myself thousands of miles away"
The veteran laughed heartily over
the "reminiscences of the first battle.
1.-The funniest part of it," he addeu,
was that they considered 1t a great
exploit, and insisted upon giving me
medal for NY heroic and courageous
conduct, when was white-faced,
mean-spirited coward from first to
last, and my horse did all the fighting
for me, tramping the gunner under
foot"
Probably tho veteran exaggerated
his boyish trepidation and panic. He
could have afforded to do SO, for he
was seasoned soldier whose courage
and even rrcklessness were well
known; but be was not far from the
truth when he declared that no sol.
dier ever felt like hero when he was
first under firc-Youth's Companion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
A Good Tnrn.

Gobang-1 do not know why folks
complain about mothers-in-law. Mine
tried to do me good turn once.
Pshaw-How? Did she attempt sui
eide?
Gobang-No, she refused her consent
to my marrying her daughter But 1
was suspicious and we elopca.-New
York World.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

Bicycling Dancing.
A correspondent in London writes:
"At Ranelagh the other afternoon n
novel form Of entertainment was intro
duced with great success. dancing on
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

Ceilings which have become black
ened by the smoke from lamps or gas.
may be easily cleansed by washing
them with cloths wrung out of water,
In which some soda has been dissolved
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
A STRANGE PEOPLE OF OLD.

Marco Polo Describes One of the Peo.
pie He Net In His Travels.
Badashan is a Province inhabited by
people who worship Mahommet, and
have a peculiar language. 1t forms a
very great kingdom, and the royalty ia
hereditary. All those Of the royal blood
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

he behind the times, but she is very
charming, nevertheless. and in some
decided particulars. as in the careful
courtesy of her notes and the punctill-
GUS treatment of her guests and host
ess. and the knowing what to do and
when to do it, she is quite as up-to date
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
On His Mind.

"You seem to have something weigh.
ing on your mind, Teddy"
well, haven't. Do you think my.
mind is pair of scales!"
"Oh, no; scales are evenly balanced.'s
Chips.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
Good Roads Began in Egypt.

1t would be interesting to know how
many of those that clamor for good
roads know the history of road build
ing. Good roads and the desire for them
began with civilization and have kept
pace one with the other ever since.
1t was recognized long ago that good
roads meant the life of q nation, for
once there were no means of transpor-
tation other than through the medium
of good roads.
For one of the good roads of the olden
times the world is indebted to Cheops,
one Of the greatest of Egyptian kings.
He, with others of his time, believed
that 5000 years after he died he would
return to earth again in the flesh. He
therefore began the construction of the
Pyramid of Gizeh, which is 450 feet
wide and stands intact today.
Thepyramid was constructed of great
blocks of stone, which had to be trans
ported from a distance. To facilitate
their transportation Cheops built a road
of polished stone from the quarries, on
the Nile, to the pyramid.
In the construction Of that road 1OO,-
600 men were busily engaged for ten
years. They dragged the great blocks
Of stone over the polished road by
fastening ropes about the blocks aud
hauling on them. The road Of polished
stone was twelve miles long. That was
the beginning of the good roads move
ment, which has continued ever since
with more or less ardor, but always ad-
vancing.
The Romans were famous road build
Ars, and the Grecians We'd with them.
They built roads to make easier the
transportation Of their armies. The
system of roads under the power of the
Romans, and particularly ut the time
when Julius Caesar made history, was
extended into France and Germany,
and the foundations for the good rohds
for which France is famous to-day
were laid by the Romans. The Romans
extended & system into England and
built roads there the foundations of
which remain to the present time.
In the building of roads the Romans
do not seem to have gone about it much
differently than we do to-day. Their
roads were from four to seven feet
thick and were made up Of rocks of diff.
ferent sizes, the lower layer being
blocks of stone fitted together by hand
Smaller stones succeeded and the TOP
layer was of fine stone rolled down tc
a smooth surface.
With the advent Of the locomotive
highways were neglected and deterio
rated gradually until the appearance
of the bicycle. The wheel revived in
terest in and the necessity for good
roads, and impaired an impetus which
has already wrought wonderful
changes.
The League of American wheelmen
to whom credit is due for the improve
ment on public roads, has been very ac
tive in bringing oil interested to {
realization of the situation.
Matters have progressed so far tha
within n comparatively short time goot
roads will be as common as were poo
ones heretofore. The result will b,
that the total value of property, farm
ing lands in particular, will be increas
ed many millions of dollars.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

Night weddings are better than none.
yet they are by no means the best. The
bride whom the sunshine cannot fall
upon Is sure to experience troublous
times. II she have children they will
die young.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

won the Ealing cup at IA. and entered
for the ladies' doubles at Brighton
three years after. She got the Middle
sex. northumberland. and all English
championships in 1895, but was recent
ly defeated for the Irish cup by Miss
Martin.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

1t was leap of five or six feet and
when she began swimming toward
Harry he was still eight or ten feet
distant from her. Weighted down by
her clothing and shoes. the brave girl
was heavily handicapped and by the
time she reached the boy he was a
foot beneath the surface. She caught
him by the hair and lifted his head
above the water. She put her left arm
around him and with the dsengagcd
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

1t is better to give than to receive
advice.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

heard an alarm raised. Without even
taking off her hat she ran down to the
spot and sprang in after the struggling
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
We Trow Not.
You whom the wheel is giving
A world of perfect bliss,
Would life be worth the living
Were all the roads like this?
Good Roads in Michigan.

0OOu AO6O0 IN Nl1ChtRans
The question of good roads is receiv-
ing much attention in southwestern
Michigan this season, and in many
places more road work is being done
than before in many years. In the
fruit belt the growers are awakening
to the fact that it is much money in
their pockets to be able to deliver their
products in good condition ut the ship
ping stations, while farmers in general
are taking much more interest in the
manner in which the road taxes are ex-
pended. Berrien Springs residents have
found the improvement Of the high
ways to the lake shore profitable in
vestment. The original intention was
to attract more trade to the village
from the neighboring farmers, but it
has also resulted in making favorite
route for parties of Chicago wheelmen,
who ride up from Benton Harbor and
give the village an appearance of life,
which has been largely absent since the
removal Of the county seat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
THREW AWAY A FORTUNE.
A Man Who Lost S56,OOO Worth Of
Amberors


The little tom Of Dgby, Nova SEQ
tia, is very much excited at present
over the finding Of some ambergris by
Isaiah X nghOrn, q fisherman who
lives in Granville, small village
across the river from Digby. MIR.
kinghorn was in conversation with a
st. John Telegraph reporter. and told
the story Of his find. He had been
rowing along the bay shore at Gran
vile in his boat one day last week,
and noticed some STUFF floating on
the water. l. looked to him ike tallow.
he took it into his boat and rowed to
his home at Granville, where he tried
to boil it down 10 make soft soap.
Failing to do so he threw the remain
der Of the supposed tallow away. He
had about 100 pounds Of the material
in all, he estimates. and had only kept
SIX pounds OF it after the rest had been
destroyed. He WAS told that it was q
very valuable article and in conse-
Guence he brought q ~ample to st.
John, where it WAS shown to a drug
gist, who offered for it price which
by no means approached its value
MI. kinghOrn went back to Disby
by the steamer Prince Rupert and took
the ambergris to a local druggist, who,
after close examination. identified it
and On looking up the price list found
that it was worth SO per ounce. The
flsherman's feelings can be imagined
when he learned that he had wasted
about ninety-f0ur pounds of the amber
girls, which, had he kent il. would have
brought him for the lUr $4,000. AS it
is, he has left only about SIX pounds.
which will bring him when sold the
sum Of $500
MIR. kinshOrn left a small piece with
the druggist, which weighs about IA
pounds, and the latter will conduct the
sale of the six pounds The same,
which was shown to the Telegraph re-
porter at the drug store, was broken
from a lump weighing forty-two
pounds. It resembles a piece Of tallow
very much. Ambergris is a solid fatty
substance. Of a dull gray color, the
shades being variegated like marble
and possesses peculiar sweet earthly
odor. 1t is morbid secretion found
In tie intestines Of the spermaceti
whale, and is generally found floating
on the seashore and in Jumps weigh
Ing from one-half an ounce to 100
pounds. The sample is still in the
hands Of the Disby druggist, and will
probably be sent to the States. where
1ncl IN1 IL
is needless to say that Mr.. kinghorn,
who was so lucky in making the find,
Is being congratulated from all quar-
tiers upon his rapid rise on the road to
wealth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22

Twas No. EHr bonnet. it is true.
'ITLS not G"r bonnet, nice and new,
That ttXGi idly rowing eye
That Summ"r day, aS she passed by.
/ cannot tG.t YOU uOW twas made,
/ cannot t. the ribbons shade,
Nor just the color OF the WREATH
l only SAW the face beneath.
I noticed not her dress the while,
L it were ma ie in latest style.
With Grccian folds ami closest fit,
Or fur"o!CW5 a forming it.
1t may uaNs been OF tiiI1sy wear;
l 90 not know, do not care:
For AL my thoughts that wandered vida
We're centered on the girl inside
o, she was sweet from head to feet!
Inc prettiest girl upon the street!
Depending not on outward dress
To emphasize her loneliness.
Though many another maiden owes
Her chief attraction to her clothes.
This one, though well supplied with pel1.
Would have no rival to herself.
II you should meet this maid by chance
You give her more than passing glance.
And note, perhaps, with some surprise,
Her perfect mouth, her lovely eyes;
But oh. warn you not to let
Your heart escape its bounds as yet;
SHE'S spoken for-the charming elf!
LIN going to marry her myself!
Josephine Pollard, in Ledger.
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A Remembrance,

Though live far away from the lone soli-
tuGeS,
And thy loveiness rare is unseen.
In my fanciful moods, where bold nature
broots.
I'll remember my beautiful queen,
I'll remember my beautiful queen.
When the hooking birds song to heaven is
borne,
And the earth is resplendent with dew:
When the roses of dawn WOO the pure lips OF
morn,
I'll awake from my dreaming OF you.
I'll awake from my dreaming Of you.
When at noontime rest where few mortals
have trOd,
And the drowsy plain shimmers and
CLEANS;
Where the flower gemmed sod breathes its
incense to God,
Til remember you there in my dreams,
III remember You there in my dreams.
When the day is far spent and fair night is
at hand,
And the shadows steal over the lea:
When the dove seeks her nest and the sun
dreams Of rest,
Oh, then III be dreaming of thee,
Oh, then I'll be dreaming of thee
When the soft silver hair of the moon Is I'M
curiel,
And no accent is wounding the air:
When the darkness is furled DER the wilder.
ness world,
Oh, then l will think of you there,
Oh, then | will think of you there
In ny blanket at last, meath the starry-eye,.
sky,
By the banks Of the Rio Grande's streams.
Where the lonely winds sigh and the wild
coyotes cry
I'll remember you there in my dreams,
I'll remember you there in my dreams.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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BEEKEEPING FOR FARMERS

My observation and experience teach
me that one never succeeds with any
| thing he does not like: consequently a
man or woman who dislikes to handle
bees had better let them alone. How
ever, it seems to ME it might pay the
farmer who has a lot Of fruit to keen
a few stands Of bees, even though he
had to buy q new stock every spring
and did not get any honey. The bene-
! tit derived from the bees fertiHzing
includes politicians who foresee the
ragged hotly as to the claims Of the la
fruit blossoms would pay for the
trouble. In this case box hives would
be better than any others. as bees IN
doubtedly winter better in them. and
honey is secondary consideration.
IN any event get good stock of in
dustrious bees. 1t is becoming pretty
generally accepted that Bookkeeping
will not do to rely on as a money-mak-
ing occupation unless practised in con-
nection with some other business. The
farmer who likes to handle bees will
have an excellent side issue, which, if
carefully managed. will be a satisfac-
ton as well as a profit To such a far
mer l say get two colonies Of Italian
bees from some reliable breeder, put
them in an eight or ten frame dove
tailed hive, get a smoker, bee veil, a
book on agriculture and begin. In one
respect, experienced apiarists are
quite as negligent as beginners-that
is, in furnishing shade for the hives 1t
has been conclusively shown that col
onies in shade during hot weather
make the most louey.-Orange Judd
Farmer
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Flying Kites.

81 want to fly my Kite" the ycungster
whiEcS,
''Hut the string knots
And there too much, or else too little. wind
Out IN the lots!
"O- if it's up and would fly it higher
There's 100 much tail
Or csc it catches on a broken wire"
HAus ran has wall.
"Hcra's lif"," thought, with grim satiracv.
Each has Ms kit,
But strings, winds. wires form a conspiracy
Against it. flight"
kate Epson Clark, in Judge.
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by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consttu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF thu
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in.
famed You have a rumbing sound or lmper.
feet hearing, and wntu it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam.
NATION can be taken out and this tube re-
stored tot normal condition, hearing will bc
destroys ed forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused BY c4tarrh. which is nothing but an in
named condition OF the mucous surfaces.
NeWIll give One Hundred Dolvrs for eny
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can.
not be- cured by Halls Catarrn Cure. send for
circulars, free.
F. 7. CHENEY & Co., To,cdo. O,
Sold by Drug1 Is. 75c.
Halls Family Pills axe the best,
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ENORMOUS CATCH or HERRING,
Nearly $4,000 Barrels OF Fish Taken This
Month On Cape Cod.

Between 10000 and sc, 900 barrels OF her
ring have been taken in Cape Cod Bay since
the 1st Of October. which has not been euualed
IN twenty years. Tho canning factories are
running overtime and salters are putting the
fish in barrels. Only 600 barrels, however
nave been used, the fish that are unavailable
being turned loose again.
Fish traps, empty in the morning, have
had in them at night from 500 to 700 barrels
of herring, and the catch OF three gill nets
has been known 10 load doly. The fish
are OF large size. Few mac1eral have been
seen, but the catch OF pollock has been good.
Founder fishing has also ben profitable.
Thirty boats are engaged in it AMI the men
are each earning from 81 to II per day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22

The pests Of mosquitoes In the Fras-
er river valley Is the same visitation
Which makes mining in Alaska in the
snort summer one continual torture.
IN these northern ATTITUDES the mos
quitoes reach a size and ferocity
that would appall even a New Jersey
coast farmer, and if Alaska becomes
the great bonanza which it's admirers
claim Is its destiny, the man who in
vents something to discourage the mos
quito will have within his reach a
greater fortune than the locator of the
richest ledge
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22

Slumber, slumber, little one, now
The bird is asleep in his nest on the bough.
The bird is asleep, he has folded his wings.
And over him softly the dream fairy sings:
LULLABY, lulIaby-luliaby!
Pearls in the deep
Stars in the sky,
Dce7ms in our sleep;
So lullabyl
siumber, slumber little onn, soon
The fairy will come in the ship OF the moon:
The fairy will come with the pearls and the
stars.
And dreams will come singing through shad.
oWy bars:
Lullaby, lullaby-lullabyl
Pearls in the deep
Stars in the sky,
Dreams in our sleep;
So, lullaby!
Blumber, slumb9r, little one, so:
The stars are the pearls that dream fairies
know,
The stars are the pearls, and the bird in the
nest,
dear little fellow the fairies love best,
Lullaby, lulIaby-lullabYi
Pearls in the deep
Stars in the sky,
Dreams in our sleep;
So, lullaby
p. D. Sherman, in Ladies' Home Journal.
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"lth his hnStt "1ote Oh inc EI'Hnl 1,'
lSuo.'isF " w ( Nt5' l9e9s' d. WIFI 10
writes your n'',l9 Ill INC heITVN'E arc it'IS.
as oe.le'e 70 naS' OK nope ne lu"E, - - 20
stay tneEe lro'h ago 10 az ron HNy,o ~
cHcie, IRON, ea0h 70 ea''' ENl - ''1T ~! E"u
Christtan people 90 Tnat John ~ "h III.
me uVlnS poet sai' h9 "antT "p1- ~ H,S
nome. Lowry iuan H. WIS. 1 N''' wan NV,
IN haTn0" n Nh"ie summer 4.,'ShI1h' any
neard MIN tell tae Story o. MS Me- h9 h.''
| 1or many years 9eeh troubled WIN 'h'o hHIe'
ana was a very poor seen"r: and ne a!"aV7
had the Wln1oW curtain OF ms room up 50 as
70 see the hrsr !htlm?''0h OF SUNRISE "n"A
ne was oreathlhS MS iaSt IN the morning
nour, IN MS nome IN the NaSSachHeHUs VII
iage, the nurse thought that tn i!@lF "f the
| rising sun was roo strong for hlm. AMI 8"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
HOUSES OF REFUGE DISCONTINUE 0
No Further Use for Those on the East
Coast OF Florida.

Secretary Carlisle ordered the discontinue
ance OF the houses of refuge on the eastern
coast Of Florida, at Chester Shoals, Bither
Creek. and Orange Grove. These houses OF
refuge, ten in number, were established wears
ago or that coast, when along its entire
length Of $50 miles there were not more than
S'venty-tive inhabitants. Now there are TO-
COO from the last report Of the District SUI
rerlutendent. Six Of these houses are still
IL operation. The distance between these
houses averages twenty-six miles, ana Al
eacA mile along the coast are placed guide
pots, indicating the distance and direction
i" the nearest station. The houses are SUD-
pied with cots and provisions sufficient 10
succor twenty-five persons for ten days.
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GOldeUrOd.

Just when hearts begin to miss the lovely
rose and violet,
Ere the snow of winter falls and the sum.
mers sun has set,
When beneath an autumn's wondrous blue
the days in dreaming lie,
And the brooElet sings melody Of happy
days gone by,
Then 10! from dusiv meaaow-ways a win
ming smile and nos!
And al. the world is smiling, too. with the
sunny Goldenrod.
Alice J. Cleator, in Home Queen.
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BESSEMER ORE DISCOVERED.
4 New Eoly, Carrying Much Iron, Found
in Mich TAI

in Michigan.
Water has been turned into the new chan
mel drpdcei for II" Mchi-amme River.
Michigan, for the purpose of retaining the
ManStie!d Mine. which was flooded several
Taars ago, drowning tWenty-seyen men. Tho
enterprise has proved even a greater success
than the projectors anticipated, fer a large
body o. Bessemer ore has been discovered IN
the old channe'.
Six inches below the sand covering on the
river bed was bed Of ore A system Of
trenchinS was instituted, and the body was
traced nearly 800 feet. A Sample Of the ore
has been analysed for iron. It is verv rich.
While the chemists figures arenot available,
it is stated that no other mine in tho district
lroduces ore that approaches It in the vol
uua Of iron carried. It is Bessener ore OF
lAe finest quality. The depth Of the deposit
has not yet been tested.
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With the exhilaratng sense ofrenewed hs,It,
and strength and internal cleanliness, which
follows the use Of Syrup OF Figs, is uuknow,
to the few who have not pro crossed bsvona
the old-tims medicines AMI the cheap sub,t,.
tutes sometimes offered but never accented hv
the well-informel.
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A counterfeiter in Wichita, kas.. was
on trial about year ago, and some of
his implements were exhibited ia
court. One Of the jurors examined
them quite attentively, and later made
some for himself and began counter
feiting. He is now in prison.