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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-06
AWARD is MADE.
Lisbon Dispatch Says Brazil Surely
Gets Trinidad.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-A Lisbon dispatch to
the Times says The foreign office has COM
municated note to the newspapers to the
effect that Portugal, whose good offices were.
accepted by England and Brazil has awarded
the Island of Trinidad to Brazil. Ali of the
Lisbon newspapers praise England's nobility
and promptness in accepting the award.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
A Losing Business.

As prediction the following point.
err was safe enough, but, considered as
advice. it would have been much better
II no lottery ticket had come with it.,
Gnats do not reform when CANDLE,
moths warn them not to fly into the!
fire:
One Of Beauregard's old soldiers sent,
him dollar and requested him to send|
him lottery ticket which would win,
a big pr,ze. he said: 81 was always.
at my post and never disobeyed orders.
I came out of the war with not clothesi
enough to wad a shotgun" The Gem.
eral answered:
my dear comrade: I send You a,
ticket that I hope will draw prize.
and beg leave to give you the following.
pointer: If you stick to the Louisiana.
lottery for four years as faithfully as
you did to the Southern Confederacy.
you will not have clothes enough to
wad q pop-gun."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
CHAPTER xviii

The mist OF the high moors, like all
such mists. hovcrcn above the ground like
n gray winding sheet. leaving a foot or
tw" of clear air, and rendering it quite
possible for Il pedestrian. by stopping or
krrcling at intervals. to see his way lur
Il few yards. ann tn ascertain that he had
not wandered from the beaten track.
Few. however. are those. moi moor-lunl
born and bred who arc fiji to cross with
safety any considerable waste. such as
the Yorkshire Wolds when once the fog
drift has set in. Don. who had been an
apt pupil OF the keepers and hertlSmrn.
must have been one of those exceptional
persons. since hc held to the beaten path
across the moor OH his way back from
some solitary farm.
What was tiiat lying OH the grass by
the roadside. quite still: a woman's
form. surely; and, as surely, lying there in
the awful quiet of death! Yes. it was n
lady in riding habit, her bright silkcn
hair looscned. and streaming over her
shoulder as she thus lay. That she was
young and far to look upon Don could
see: but it was not until he came a step
or two nearer. and could recognize the
pale upturned face, that the full horror
of the discovery rushed upon him. His
own heart ceased TO beat. He started
back aghast. Violet-Violct Mowbry--
cold. dead, forever gone. in the early
bloom of her youthful promise. from the
world and from him! With Il great sob
he rushed forv ard. and knceling OH the
grass. lifted tn. lifeless form in his strong
arms.
"Aly darling. my dar.ing!" he cried out.
wildly; "my Violet. my hope. my al.!'
There was ~ response. The fair. help
! less yonng head lay passive on Don's
. shoulder. lie claspei the i,scnsib!c form
to his heart ana kissed the pale check.
Va. my love. my love-" exclaimed the
young man. p's ssionatcly; "arc you gone
from me, my dearest: l have worsllipcd
you for year.. always hoping-against
nope-one day to he worthy of you, and
now death has robbed me of the thing l
loved the best OIL earth--my Violet, my
angel!'
And again he kissed her. while his tears
fell fast upon her pallid face. What was
that? Surely sigh. Violct's lips We're
parted, her eyes opened feebly. and she
moved, us if trying to rise. Half incrciu
ions. in mingled joy and confusion, Don
drew back. "Can it be?' lie asked.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
How to Live to Great Age.

The latest fad in England is to insure
longevity through the use of special
diet. The promise is held out to those
who implicitly follow out the prescribed
regimen that they may attain to the
age of 40 years. This, among the
most melancholy people of the globe,
and to whom one would fancy that
life We're the less worth living, has
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Cooks and Kitchens are to be abolish
ed: meat. bread and vegetables are
forbidden: existence is to be maintained
exclusively upon nuts and bananas. If
we compare this with the dietary sys-
TEN of Dickens. which represents that
of his period. his comparatively early
decease will excite no surprise. Ac-
cording to English standards, he was
an accomplished gastronome. Beef
steak pudding was his ideal, horrible
connection only fit for crude or de-
based palate. His highest conception
of a dinner was a baked leg of mutton
with the bone removed and the cavity
filed with stutfing of oysters and
Neal. AAis Was NcSolHlRHleu WlUu GIN
punch. in the making of which Dickens
took especial pride. 1t was made as
follows: A brass kettle of water was
heated over spirit lamp. When the
water came to a boil it was poured into
II jug. with Il bottle of old gin, Jumps
of sugar and chips of lemon peel. The
mouth of the jug was then closed with
Il napkin anu the mixture allowed 10
brew for Il certain number of minutes.
New York Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

almsst instantaneously. A man watch
es the death struggles Of the dogs
through q small glass Mt the side Of
the box. 1t only takes three minutes
to fill the cage and dispatch ita con.
tents.
AS soon as the animals are suffocated
they are dumped into special little
blue-painted wagons and carted off.
The killed dogs are taken to Petit
1vry, outside of the Notifications. AS
soon as wagon arrives here It is met
by two men, who dump the carcasses
on the ground and throw them into a
small shed. Here the work is ilnish-
ed. Two or three fellows take hold OF
the bodies, cut of the four feet and
strip off the hide in the twinkling of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
A Leonard Hunt in AFRICA.

Started out hunting at o'clock. Came
upon small herd of mswala, followed
them carefully, but could not get near
enough to have a shot. After an hour
I found that was not alone in being
interested in the mswala. A leopardess
had stepped in between me and the
game When first saw her she was
crouched like q cat. Then she moved
stealthily and quickly toward the game.
crept rapidly toward the buck. For
about a quarter of o mile 1 moved
stealhtily and quickly toward the game.
/ was then within a short distance Of
them. and could family hear the crea-
lures In among clump Of trees.
was thinking how best to stalk an6 get
shot, when the leopardess again ap-
peared about eight yards from me and
close to the mswala. She had cleverly
crept to windward and was now almost
within striking distance. She crouched
and moved her head slowly from side
10 side in order more clearly to see her
game. To get a better view she slowly
raised her head and sat on her haunch-
es. Then she took still better view by
putting her front paws on a log, which
raised her two or three inches higher.
Then she showed her head and shoul-
ders above the grass, and succeeded
in putting Snider bullet through her.
She was six feet in length. 1t is a very
rare thug to see a leopard at alL and
most unusual to see them in the day
time. The natives were delighted. l.
find the killing Of the leopard raises me
to heroic plane, while, as matter Of
fact, the mere killing Of the beast was
as easy rs the shooting Of a retriever
dog.@Century.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY.

Com bination to he Secured in the New
Brooklyn Bridge Towers.
When the new Brooklyn bridge was
determined upon the hope was fire.
quently expressed that more attention
would be paid to artistic beauty thaq
was manifested in the case of the pres
ent structure. The commissioners had
in view from the first the artistic ap-
pearance Of the bridge, and Chief En-
gineer Buck makes the assertion that
the great structure, though of steel,
will be thoroughly artistic and orna-
mental. Mr.. Buck authorizes the pub.
lication of picture ofopne of the tow
ers. The steel portion is $50 feet high
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
His Science Was a Little on.

His Science Was q Little ON.
One night young man in Divinity
Hall at Yale undertook, with q toy
rifle, to hit lamp. But his aim was
poor and the ball passed through the
window Of an eminent and venerable
professor of science and imbedded it.
self in the wall.
This was the opportunity for the pro-
fessor and for science. He, too, set to
work and computed the curve, and
with the exact skill Of infallible fig
ures he traced the ball right back to
the room Of an innocent colleague, who
didn't even know the rife had been
fred.
The unfiedged minister fatty denied
all knowledge of the affair. But men,
even ministers, have been known to
make denials in self-defense, and the
professor had the proof with him. There
was the bullet, there were the marks
Of it's course, and there was the COM
putation worked out.
It looked as II q pulpit career was to
be nipped in the bud. But the guilty
student heard what was going on. He
called on the professor, confessed the
offense, pointed out that the man Of
science was 200 feet out in his COM
putation, and advised that the matter
be dropped right where 1t was. And
that was done.-Hartford Courant.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
CHATTER XVI

A riding party had set ont from the
great house gayly enough. The day was
fine. Up the road leading toward the
high moors the tramping squadron went,
the merry notes of blithe talk and the sill
very sound Of girlish laughter floating on
the summer wind. There were six young
ladies, two married and four unmarried
and with them a masculine escort of suf.
ficient strength. without including the
grooms. who brought up the rear.
OF course. SIR Richard Mortmain was
often beside Violet. but not exclusively so.
for Mrs. Scoresby was eXacting. and at
times noisily satircal. and he did not as
yet choose to exhibit himself in the char
acter of II declared lover.
Presently. without warning. mist
swooped down from the lofty moors roll
ing. in its sonbcr majesty. like tum-
bling sea over the purple heather. the
go.a-b!ossomei gorse. and the palcr yell
low of the broom banks, hiding tine Dare
rocks the peat mosses. the scattered farm
houses. the fields. every sign and land
mark, as if sudden deluge had blotted
them from the map of the county.
"What are wc to do now?" demanded
Mrs. Scoresby. loudly.
"Oh, rattle along: it's all right. We
shall manage it capitally. in spite of the
fog" cheerily responded Charley Fitz-
gerald.
So they rode on. but as they rounded
the next angle Of the road it just so hap
pened that gypsy tent was pitched
there, cart standing, 6orse tsthered. a
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

and worst of all. a bright. cracking fire
burning. Nio.et Mowbray's mcttlesome
gray could not hear the sight. but snort
ing. and mad with fear. it swervcd, rear
ed, and taking the bit between it's teeth,
dashed off along the road. and vanished
in the mist. The thing happened so
quickly that every one was taken by sur
| prise.
"Boltcd with her! ! do hope she can
keep her seat till he's had enough of ii.
the brute!" exclaimed kind little Charley
Fitzgerald OF the Hussars, while Lord
David Totthunter who was fur in the
rear. bawlcd orr inquiries MS to what had
occurred. Sir Richard. whose wits were
quicker, had also been in the rear He
spurrctl forward now
whats this:' he cried. .She will be
killed"
On they rode. hcltcr-skelter. into the
binding mist. clnttering along the hard
road, until at last Sir lIarkcr. who knew
the country better than the rest, bnwled
out:
"St"p. stop. Mor,main Lady Padget!
we've PASSED the crossroads. and I'm
sure we're going wrong. thought
heard horse family to tho left
They all reirrd up When silence WAS
re-establislled. the hnof-Strokes of horse
gong at furious sallop could be dis
1iicliS ncard to tile left.
fhats IT. thought so. The brute
has wheeled into the Thr,pmore Road,
ana is heading back toward his own sta
bic. III the poor girl only keeps her seat
-nnt we ought to ride
And oil the. went. even Miss Martin
ana Miss l%adcr ccasing In .sroan at the
nhWohted eNc"ilon. ON account of Violet's
peril. Sir Ilarker. who knew the coun-
try, led tho way. But mrck-s,ml-neck with
.'''' loi' N'r h'n;'rd Mor'maln, better
'''el. NV """ ,.''". U" "asil lorward. anu
y: i.s,n."s ,,. MISS M"w"f'v IRON danger
~" s.''n,sh d '','."' U" ner sra'i'udc mat
WI '"' ".'''' MS '''efceharN 'ourtshlp.
~: .''".'e' ne h.u'tereu betwerh
..is', ..'s M''''e 'et''' as he new swiftly OH
M''..' u s'roN" "l '''ck. ! say. Iophanl.
'''. ..iN,s W." sure "r i' on ,he rlghl road
80. .,, ."" W, "''r me riitllc oi IN"
,,""'s sf','ns le'of'e" SIR ilarkcr. who
,',';, "" s,-,',"''' ...m , Young 1ellow IN the
'a".N. ~" h"l'' ~. sue won meet II
,.:', y. ~. '' :. """ 'l'''' 'le peast VIII
M. w. ~, Wv io"'
Dn :.''' Speo ~ Is no iisht ma!ter. tho
i;r. ''s '.'''."'! ""'Se' Whe'' ii'e
INV w o''e Wi"i,' we nave l"veu or liked
~. >'.M' Nt,'"' Hi"""':'N ilad won the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
KILLING PARTISAN DOGS.

Their Carcasses Are Used in Making
Glue and Fertilizer.
Many worthless and some valuable
dogs are killed by the dog-catchers Of
Paris. The animals are not drowned,
but are smothered to death. The meth
cd Of killing the animals is quick and
efficient. Standing on narrow-gauged
bit Of rail track is an iron cage on a
four-wheeled truck. This cage or coop
is large enough to hold from twenty
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
A MIRACULOUS STONE
Il Was Taken from the Base Of a PHI.
lar and tho Pillar Still Stood.

It Was Taken from the Base Of q Pils
lar and tho Pillar Still Stood.
SaIharcan is q great and noble city
towards the northwest, inhabited by
both Christians and Saracens, who are
subject to the great Kaan's nephew,
Caidou by name; he is, however, at bit
ter enmity with the Kaan. I will tell.
you of great marvel that happened at
this city.
It is not great while ago that Siga-
tay, own brother to the Great KAN,
who was lord of this country and Of
many an one besides, became a Chris
tian. The Christians rejoiced greatly.
ut this, and they built great church
fin the city, in honor Of John the Bap-
list; and by his name the church was
called. And they took very fine stone
which belonged to the Saracens, and.
placed 1t as the pedestal Of column in,
the middle of the church, supporting the
roof. 1t came to pass, however, that
Sigatay died. Now the Saracens were
6ull Of rancor about that stone that had
been theirs, and which had been set up;
In the church Of the Christians; and
when they saw that the Prince was
dead, they said one to another that now
was the time to get back their stone,
by fair means or by foul. And that
they might well do, for they were ten
times as many as the Christians. So
they got together and went to the
church and said that the stone they.
must and would have. The Christians.
acknowledged that it was theirs indeed,
Lut offered to pay a large sum OF money
and 80 he quit. Howbeit, the others
replied that they never would give up
the stone for anything in the world.
And words ran so high that the Prince
heard thereof, and ordered the Chris
tians either to arrange to satisfy the
Saracens, If 1t might be, with money,
or to give up the stone. And he allowed
them three days to do either the one
thing or the other.
The Saracens would on no account
agree to leave the stone where 1t was,
and this out of pure despite to the
Christians, for they knew well enough
that IL the stone were stirred the church
would come down by the run. So the
Christians were in great trouble and
wist not what to do. But they did do
the best thing possible; they besought
Jesus Christ that he would consider
their case, SO that the holy church
should not come to destruction, nor the
name Of its Patron Saint, John the Bap-
tlst be furnished by its ruin. And so
when the day fixed by the Prince came,
round, they went to the church betimes:
in the morning, and 10, they found the,
stone removed from under the column;
the foot of the column was without sup.
port, and yet it bore the load as stoutly,
as before! Between the foot Of the coll
umn and the ground there was space
of three palms. So the Saracens had
away their stone, and mighty little joy
withal. 1t was glorious miracle, nay,
1t is so, for the column still so standeth,
and will stand rs long as God pleaseth.
st. Nicholas.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

an eye. Then the cadavers are passed
to another, who cuts OF the flesh,
which is thrown in a heap. The hides
are sent to the tanner, the bones are
transformed into glue, and the flesh
turned into fertilizing powder. Thus
ends the career of the pampcred Paris
ian net,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
Massachusetts Deweys.

at would scem.' says the Boston
traveller. ''as If the bench of Massachu-
sctts had fairly reveled III Deweys. for
no less than four of the same name
have sat nj one time or another either
on the Supreme or Superior Court
bench since 1914. The first one was
Daniel Dewey. who held office for a
year on the Supreme Court bench. Then
came Charles Augustus Dewey, ap-
pointed in 1887. dying in office in 1866.
Francis Hensnaw Dewey was appoint
ed to the Superior Court in 1860 and re-
signed in 1881. and Justin Dewey, now
on the same bench, was appointed in
1856. There are, therefore, to-day two
Judge Deweys in this Commonwealth" !"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
How Charlie Saved He,

How Charlie Saved Her.
THAT Charley Spindles is horrid;
fellow, isn't he?"
"Yes, but he once saved me from a
mad bull"
"How was thatY'
Il saw Charlie coming and went
through another Held."-CleveIand
Plaindealer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

to thirty dogs. As soon as there are
sufficient animals the cage is filed and
couple Of men send 1t on its journey
Of death.
In the corner of the room is a huge
iron box, with which is connected an
enormous tube supplied with valves
and stopcocks. The iron cage, which
fits this box to nicely, is pushed into
the box, which is shut hermetically.
AS soon as the cage Is in and the ap-
paratus closed the man opens the
valve Of the large tube mentioned. This
lets in deadly gas that kills the dog
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

Many spend half their lives findina
out which side their bread is buttered
on before they discover that they dom,
like butter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

No man ever said a woman was an
angel who did not know better,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

above the stone foundation, which will |
be twenty-five and one-half feet above
high water.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-11
The Shah the Eighteenth Victim.

The shah was the eighteenth sovereign
or head of o state assassinated in this
century. 1t was the Emperor Paul,
murdered in 1901 by palace conspirators
who led off. Next came the Sultan Sc
lin, in 1908. There was then long in
terval, extending to 1881, when Capo-
distrias, president Of the provisional
government of Greece, was shot at and
then dispatched by blow from yata-
CHAN at Nauplia. At the end of another
interval, extending to 1854, the Duke
of Parma was assassinated.
The turn Of transatlantic presidents
began with the president of Haytis in
1853. The South American series in
clUded Colonel Balta, president of Peru,
iii 1872; Moreno, president of Ecuador,
in the same year, and his successor,
Guttierez, in 1878. President Lincoln
was the first North American president
to be assassinated; Abdul Aziz was
bled to death in warm bath in 1874
President Garfield was shot in 1886
and Alexander l blown up in 1881.
Carnot was murdered in the midst OF
civic festivity at Lyons. The queen OF
Korea was the last to be added to the
black list. Four deys of Algiers were
murdered in this century. The executed
monarchs were Murat, Iturbide ant
Macmillan Of Austria, each and all O.
, whom tempted fate. London News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-11
Men Who Court Death.

Probably the most remarkable army
division in the world is the Foreign lie.
gion of France. 1t is this legion which
is invariably sent into the greatest dan
ger. Whenever there are hardships to
be borne to which the French authori-
ties do not care to expose the regular
troops, the Foreign legion is invariably
designated for the purpose.
Naturally the question arises, Why is
this so?
The character of the men who fill its
ranks is the explanation.
Almost without exception they are
men who, while brave beyond question,
have past which they wish to bury.
Many of them are serving under incog-
nitos and place no value upon their
lives. Fully so per cent are foreigners
adventures and refugees
A writer states that in one company
be has found a Roumanian prince who
was under suspicion of having murder
ed his brother; an italian lieutenant
colonel of cavalry, bearing an illustri-
Gus name, who had been dismissed from
| King Humbert's army in disgrace, in
consequence of being found cheating at
cards; a Russian~iihilist who escaped
| from Siberia; an ex-canon of the Cathe-
dral of Notre Dame at Paris, who had
been suspended from his ecclesiastical
functions in consequence of an offense
committed against public morality; an
English ex-captain Of the rife brigade,
and a German count who had not only
served as lieutenant in the first regi-
ment of guards at Berlin, but who had
also held a position on the staff of the
late German emperor. - London Tit
| Ritc
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-11
To Abate the Smoke Nuisance.

1t has been suggested by Mr.. N. o.
Nelson that instead of transporting the
coal from the mines there should be
erected in immediate proximity to the
Illinois coal pits great plant--consum-
ing the slack and waste coal, which can
be had for next to nothing-which
could generate electrical energy, to be
transmitted by wire to st. Louis, sufli-
Gent to furnish complete supply of
electrical heat, whether for warming
buildings or driving machinery. No
other city of magnitude, as Mr.. Nelson
assures me, is so favorably situated for
this grand electrical solution of the
fuel problem. Heat, power and illumi-
nation might thus, through electrical
transmission, be supplied from the Hi
nois coalfields without transporting the
coal any appreciate distance from the
mouth of the mine. The smoke nuisance
would thus disappear of itself Albert
Shaw in Century.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-11

There are hundreds of well authenti-
Gated accounts of stones falling from the
skies-from the mysterious regions of
the great sea Of space--but such falls
have usually been singly, or at the most
in small showers.
According to legend told by the
Arabs Of the Sahara, there was time
in that portion of the dark continent
when pebbles and fine sand literally
rained from above for several days, COW
ering the earth to depth of many feet.
In fact, they claim that the great des-
ert did not exist prior to the time when
this great shower of aerolites came.
In Jenckyn's "Trip to Ye Burning
Sandes of Africk, page 131, the follow
ing is told under the head, Another of
Gods Wonders" Moreover, the ma
tives of these parts say that it once rain
ed small stones and sandes for period
of II days and nights. Much fertile
land and many towns and thousands OF
animals and human beings We're thus
buried up" This story reminds one OF
the "cometary theory advanced by lg-
natius Donnelly in "Ragnarok. st.
Louis Republic.