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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

selects, ii it should be found necessary
for the king to act. The Scandinavian
monarch will moi be the fifth arbitrator,
as was enormously stated by the press
dispatches. Royalty never sits with sub
jects, yet the indirect connection which
Oscar II. may have with the Venezue-
Ian affair gives him Importance in the
eyes of Americans. The King is a very
democratic ruler. He gees about among
his people freely and without reserve.
He gives them to understand that he is q
Scandinavian first and Il monarch after
ward. His reign has covered a period Of
constant and unrutIled prosperity. His
interest has been %unflagging in the agri-
cultural, mining and industrial affairs of
his kingdom, and no person, however
humble, in his domains, who has shown
aptitude or merit, has been unrewarded.
He is very eruditc. History, the classics,
art. literature and science are affected
by him, and he is without doubt the most
cultured monarch in all Europe. Person.
ally, King Oscar is a most affable, polish
ed man He devotes his leisure time to
association with %savants, artists and au-
thors, and in these conversations the
widest liberty is given and royalty forgot
ten. Physically he is Il powerful man,
8 feet 3 inches high and of rather attrac-
tive appearance. Scandinaviuns in Amer
lea are 20 making up II present to send
him on his sixty-Gfth birthday, early in
January.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

cut it out. From the inside paste the
color of paper you want to use. iiace
your candle in the center Of the box,
securing it firmly, and you have your
jack-o'lantcrn.
The larger you cut the figures on the
box the better effect it has. The boys
are making many designs besides the
animals. One of the prettiest has the
representation of a sea serpent. The
wings OF the reptile are of green paper,
the body brown, the eyes yellow. with
n fiery red tongue. Around the edges
are stars and at the end the initials of
the owner in blazing letters.
The darker the night the prettier the
procession looks. Nothing can be seen
in a very dark place but the animal
that is cut out of the box, and it looks
as if so many miniature animals were
gliding slowly by.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

an original vcntilating device. Each
chair has W mahogany legs or supports,
and under these, forming a part of the
legs, is an apparatus for diffusing an
equable current of fresh mir of the right
temperature in and around the clothing
and body of the occupant. The air is to
be supplied continuously from shafts un-
derneath the floor, and will be sifted
evenly from apertures in the supports, SO
that there will be no drafts. The cost of
these ventilated chairs was $4,000, OF
$5.14 apiece. The Senator's mahogany
desks down on the Senate floor are also
fitted with similar v%entilators.
Plan for Ventilation,
The ventilation scheme is elaborate and
ingenious. The need of. improved vcnti-
Ilation in the Senate does not strike the
average visitor in the galleries as urgent.
but eyir since one lordly and reverend
Senator. . few years ago, removed one Of
his summer shoes to ease q lacerated toe
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
CHILDREN's COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
somethius that Will Interest the in.
venile Members Of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
Of Many este and Canning Children.
A Jack.o,.Lantern Zoo.

A Jack.o'.Lantern Zoo.
Boys and girls of Atlanta, Ga, have
invented a new and fascinating sport.
1t ia something like the tack.o'-lantern
professions, with which many of You
are familiar, only the jack-o:!anlerns
IRE Noah's arks. This may seem odd
to you, but it Is no odder than the pro-
SESSIONS which the Atlanta bows are
having.
AS soon rs it Is dark, says the Atlanta
Constitution, hundreds Of boys and
girls appear on the streets. Each of
them has a box of some description,
with the figure Of an animal, bird or
reptile cut out of each side and the
rear end. Over these figures are pasted
thin tissue paper, the color of the ami
mai represented. In the center of the
box is placed a candle. Che light from
the inside shows only the figures cut
out, leaving the body of the box in
darkness. With twenty or more boys
in a procession the spectacle presents a
weird and amusing sight.
Several weeks ago two or three boys
made an appearance Will: these boxes
all lighted. The idea spread, and to-
day there r 200 or more of these
boxes, with their owners, who parade
with them every night.
1t is the easiest thing in the world %
make a jack-otlantern Noah's ark. Take
a pasteboard box of any description, Il
shirt box being the best size. Draw an
outline of the animal you want to rep
resent with n pencil on the sides and
end of the box; then take a knife and
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
An African Fronaisr station.

tn the courtyard are buried two white
men. cambridge and Kydd, the only.
two whites previously in charge Of the
station. Kydd died first, and was bur-
led Within the bona, q very unreason-
able notion; and Bafnhsidge, as a dy-
ing request, asked. to be buried beside,
his companion. The two graves, con-
spicuously close to the station-house,
form no cheerful prospect for their sue.
cessor, Watson, who is certainly phil
osophical. for he has told mis- people, in.
case he dies, he Is to be buried outside,
the bona, S 10 as to set a better exam.
pie, as he drolly told me.-Century,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
How Grandmother Built a Fire.

The phosphorus match was intro
duced commercially in 1888, Il litr!e
more than sixty years AGO.. Up to
that time the only match was tile sui
phur match. This was n long sp1int
of wood Upper with common. every.
day sulphur. The wood selected for
the splints was of a resinous charac-
ter. and the splints were cut Off By
hand. Time, patience. and dry FIN
der We're required to light the old
fashioned sulphur match. The sparks
struck from the flint by the steel fell
into the finder, which was c%arbonized
lint of cotton or linen. The finder
causht the spark, if the match lighter
was lucky, and presently the finder
would glow with enough heat to ignite
the sulphur, and the match was ig-
nited. Sometimes match paper, or
touch paper was used instead of tin
der. This was a thick blotting paper
impregnated with saltpeter.
An improvement on the finder was
the phosphorus bottle, Il little vial in
which Il stick of phosphorus had been
stirred with a red-hot wire, so that the
inside of the bottle was coated with
oxide of phosphorus. The bottle was
kept tightly corked until it was desir-
able to light a match. Then the cork
was quickly removed, the sulphur
match was plunged in. and when it
was withdrawn it was ablaze. The
next improvement WAS the oxymuri-
ate match. This was 4 miniature chem
ical laboratory, consisting of a little
box with two apartments. In one was
a bottle in which was some asbestos
soaked in oil of vitriol. In other COM
partments were the matches. The
splints, after having been dipped in
sulphur, We're coated with a paste
made Of chlorate of potash, gum and
sugar. and sometimes colored red, and
the match. when plunged into the as
bestos and oil of vitriol, was ignited.
Then came the lucifer matches, or loco
focos, which led up to all the varieties
used today.
Our young readers will hardly I'M
derstand in all their particulars these
old-fashioned ways Of obtaining FIRE,
but they will least understand that fire
making wa a much more difficult mat
ter in the times of grandparents
than it is now, when all we have. to do
is to Strike a MATCH" and, presto,
the thing is done. The history of fire
making is a very curious one.-Chfca-
go Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
HIS APPAREL WEIGHED 100 LIS
How a Yonlers Bur. lar shrank When
He Was Compelled to Disrobe.

The police of New York captured go
pounds Of burglar, which netted them
100 pounds of prisoner. The extra hun
dred was stolen feminine attire and mis-
%cellaneous dry goods, in which the thief
had so swathed his person that he could
not escape when pursued. At the sta
ton the sergeant ordered the man to
take off his coat and vest. Layer after
layer of clothing was removed, and when
it was all done there stood before them
a person weighing about $50 pounds.
These are some of the things in which
he was clothed:
Three pairs of corsets.
Two corset waists.
A woman's night robe.
A balloon sleeve pink waist.
A black merino skirt.
Two white vests.
A red plush wrapper.
One pair of black stockings.
One breakfast gown.
The bottom parts of the gowns were
stuffed into his trousers, which gave him
the appearance of great corpulency.
Stuffed in his bosom were a feather fan
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

Z. w. CURLY. We'll guarded, both
by Mr.. Curry and members of the lodge.
During his sickness he expressed the
opinion that the members of the lodge
were in no way to blame for the accident
and the desire that nothing should be-
made public.
More or less of the truth, however, be-
came known. Immediately following his
death conflicting stories us to the nature
of the initiatory rites to which he had
been subjected were told. One of these
stories were which printed in an afternood
paper was to the effect that Mr.. Curry
was seated on a chair connected with all
electrical current. That as he did not
with a small current, more was
turned on, and that ultimately, without
his moving, the current was increased UNI
til it was found that blue smoke was aris-
ing from his flesh; that then he was pulled
from his chair severely burned and taken
to his room, death finally resulting. This
story was s%trenuously denied by men,
bers of the lodge, who claim there are
no electrical appliances in the lodge
room.
In view of the conflicting stories, sew
eral members of the lodge consented to
talk. Their stories agree and probably
give a correct version of the episode. II
is as follows:
In the course of initiation Mr.. Curry,
being properly robed in u somewhat light
costume and blindfoldcd, was placed up.
on q chair having a metallic bottom.
Under this chair an ordinary kerosene
lamp was placed. 1t was expected that
when sufficient heat had developed he
would jump from the chair in alarm and
furnish merriment to the assembled Elks.
MIR. Curry, being of n stoical DISPOSE
ton and perhaps unduly excited by the
ordeal through which he had passed, had
evidently made up his mind to take what
ever punishment was meted out to him
i'll the course of events and retained his
seat until his garments took fire and he
was severely burned. His constitution
had not been strong, and as u result of
the ordeal he took to his bed. AT first it
was expected he would soon recover, but
the wounds did not heal and blood poison
ing set in, which could not be controlled
by the physicians, and death was the
result. During his sickness, which was
of several weeks duration, Mr.. Curry
stated to a member of the lodge that he
had no idea he was being severely burned.
He thought at the time, he said, that a
fly blister or something of the same ma
ture had been attached to him, and he
thought he could stand it as well as those
who had taken the degree before.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

patch was received in New York City
from Madrid to the effect that Gen. Wey-
ley had resigned as captain general of the
Spanish army in Cuba and that Gen.
Prando had been named by the Govern
ment as his successor. Gen. Luque has
been wounded, it is reported.
The insurgents nre said to have four
teen factories in operation between Soros
and Cabanas in Pinar del Rio. Neverthe-
less reports are received of a scarcity of
food and clothing. The constant fight
ing has frightened the cattle and they
have hidden in the mountains, where it is
difficult to secure them for food.
The police, by forming an ambush, sue
ceeded in surprising II party on the Ave
nue. lnfante, on the outskirts of Havana,
who were preparing to join the insur.
gents. Two of the party were killed, but
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

and placed the wounded foot on q col
leagues desk, there has been a deal Of
Joking In the Senate on the subject OF
ventilation, and there are officials in the
Senate who remark that the present ven
tilation project is the sequel of that jocu-
lar and ~goOd-natured agitation.
First, q cold storage plant costing $751;
600 was established In the terrace at the
west front Of the Capitol. 1t is operated
by the usual ammonia process and in
cludes assefrigerating machine, a tank,
an insulAtor and an engine. Exceedingly
cold brine is supplied to the mir in the
system of air ducts reaching from the ter
race to the distributing shafts. This alb
stracts the. humidity from the air and
reduces Its temperature, and can be. con-
trolled so that the requisite supply of
cool air can be given to the Senate ever
in the most torrid Washington summer
weather. Associated with this cold stor-
z plant are fresh air and steam heat
ing systems. The steam heating plant
in the Senate basement furnishes this
steam heated air to automatic fans ut a
definite temperature. The old fans and
steam engines have been removed, and
newer and more efficient fans substituted,
driven by electric motors directly connect
ed with the shaft fans.
Where They Get Air.
The pure outside air supplied to the
steam heating coils is brought from the
stone tower at the northwest section of
the Capitol grounds, and, after being
properly warmed, is diffused through the
heating shafts. The temperature is reg
ulated by a special automatic device. Ii
the temperature in the Senate should
change n degree either too warm or too
cool, the device shuts off the hot air sup
ply in a measure. if too warm, and allows
the cold air to mix with it until the de-
sired temperature is restored. If too
cool, the supply of cold air is restricted
in a similar way.
The mir supply, whether heated for win
ter or artiicially cooled for summer, is
forced from the various plants with an
even pressure through the a~ir-shafts un-
der the air-tight flooring of the Senate
and galleries, through the desk and chair
legs, and through the diffusing boxes
The pressure is controlled by regulators
under each chair. desk and box. The
foul or consumed air escapes through es.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

two succeeded in escaping. A policeman
was wounded i'll the melee. Capt. Neila,
of the garrison of Cascorro, who was re-
lieved during Il siege by the assistance
of Gen. Castellanos, has arrived at Puerto
Principe, where he was rendered n recep-
ton. characterized by the greatest en-
thusiasm. Crowns were bestowed upon
the men of the garrison and a banquet
was rendered them.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
Notes of Current Events.

The wife of a Burlington roadmaster,
Patrick O'Donnell, was shot and Instant
ly killed by her 16-year-old son at Lin
coin, Neb. The shooting was accidental.
Guy Hutsonpiller was murdered in his
Don ut the Windsor Hotel at Omaha by
George Elliott. The latter used a coup
ling pin and beat his victims skull to a
pulp. Both men with q party of ten went
to Omaha from Mohcrly, Mo-, where
Buffalo Bills sho@ disbanded for the
season, they having beech employed a
rough riders.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

The Board of Election Commissioner
finished the recount of votes in the For.
tieth Councillor District of Massachu.
sets and Isaac d. Allen, the colored Re.
publican candidate, was declared elected
over John HI. Sullivan Dem.). who now
represents the district.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

peclally designed apertures in the cell.
ings, and is drawn thence to the outside
by a special fan placed on the roof of the
connecting corridor, joining the Senate
wing to the old central building.
The paneling of the gallery walls has
been enewed and painted in lighter and
more modern designs. and the lower walls
OF the chamber have peer restored and
colored in light pearl. with gold damasI
panels. The press gallery has likewise
been restored in an improved form, and
.ventilating chairs %supplant those of the
abandoned pattern.
lncandescent Lights.
The substitution of incandescent eler.
tric lights above the glass ceilings is a
great Improvement over the old gas
lamps. In former times. unless carefully
watched. the gas lights ut the ceiling
would raise the temperature of the cham.
Der as much as 10 degrees in the course
of half an hour, and Oftentimes the sud
den heat would shatter the glass and
endanger the devoted lives of Senators
below. Finally, $50 arc lights have been
distributed and erected throughout the
Capitol grounds. and the use of gas has
been discontinued in the grounds as well
us III tue capitol Itself.
The expert who overhaulcd the old ven.
tilating system of the Senate and Capitol
generally, and upon whose recommends.
ton the present improvements were
made. was constrained to say in his Off.
cial report regarding the condition of the
historic old edifice: 81 have found ii
impossible to approach the study without
IL a sense of admiration for those
whose names are inseparably associated
with this work as to tempt me to suggest
as little disturbance of the existing condi.
lions as shall be consistent with the Mt
:;Iinment of desired results; and, ON the
other hand, l have been influenced by a
feeling of reverence for the noble build
ing and its great uses, which impels me
to n recommendation of nothing short of
the most complete and effective euuip-
ment possible"
The o $ of this renewal of the Senate
chamber has been $4,000. for which an
appropriation was made Mt the last SEES
sion of Congress on the sundry civil bill,
and the cost of the extension of the cleo
trio light system to the Capitol grounds
was within the $4,000 granted for that
purpose at the same time.
Viewing all these modern attractions
and comparing them with the old condi-
ton of things in the Senate, former fire.
quenters of that habitat of "the most
distinguished legislative body on earth"
may we'll be justified in giving utterance
to that delicious Southern colloquialism,
"Where am / at?"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

and a piece of duchess lace. His name
wal james McCloskey and he is 35 years
old. In the bundle which he carried
were several hundred miscellaneous ar-
ticles, some of which were valuable.
There were clothing, shoes, hats, caps,
pipes, pocketbooks, jewelry, silverware,
two watches and a small handbag II
tanning money.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
chi1dren,. Cute s,vinr,.

&uhAuTGu SUtC sayings,
Davy leaned back from the table.
painting. "Whew!" he said: my teeth
hasn't got good enough muscles t. eat
that meat."-Puck.
Teacher-Suppose you were a king.
Tommy, what would you do? Tommy,
I'd never wash my face any more.-
WOonsocket Reporter.
Teacher - What is meant by
Opaque" Pupil-rhere isn't any such
thing now, teacher. since those ~"
rays were discovered-puck,
"What are you going to be, Tommy,
when you become a man?" .sI'm going
to be a.policeman and kill mad doss."'
Washington Times.
"Did you divide your boul,ons with,
your little brother, Mollie??" Eyes, ma:,
1 ate the candy and gave him the mott
toes. You know he Is awfully fona Of;
reading"
"Why, Jimmic," said the gracious
hostess, you have taken half q pie on;
your plate.' "Yes'm. Mamma said 1,
mustn't have but one piece when l was
visitin'."-Detroit Free Press.
Johnny, 1 suppose you are delight
ed with the new little brother at your
house?" New, nothin'! He's second
hand! The doctor brought him, and
there's no tellin' how many families
has had him before"
Tommy, what is a miracle?," "Som'-
thin that happens. num-" 'No;
it isn't exactly that. But can you illus
trate what you mcany" "All I know is
that mother says it would be a miracle
If pap home sober."-Philadel.
phia North American.
Boys" said the schoolmaster, stcan
anyone Of YOU tell me the meaning of
local hit?" 81 can," replied the little
shaver. whose father is connected with
a morning Journal. "a local hit means
when a newspaper reporter gets his
head punched"
"What did Noah live. on when tine
flood had subsidized and his provisions
in the ark We're eXhauste6p' asked q
Washington Sunday school teacher Of
her class. Il know" squeaked a little
girl. after the others had given up.
We'll. what?" inquired the teacher.
Dry Land"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

What is believed by the police to be n
dynamite bomb was found on the tracks
in the Grand Central Depot at New York.
It is made of iron about q foot long and
four inches in diameter. Inside is some
powder and a lot of peculiar dark, dirt
like substance which the police say is
dynamite.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
KING OSCAR IN.

Monarch Who May Appoint a Dc.
Gliding Arbitrator.
King Oscar III. of Sweden and Norway,
who. in case of emergency, may appoint
the deciding arbitrator in the Venezue-
Ian boundary dispute, is a good friend of
the United States. and the cause of the
little South American State. it is believed,
will be fairly considered by the man he
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
Doctorine a Sick Elu rr.e,

Never heard of q tree doctor, did you?
Well - tree may catch cold or have
ITS limbs broken or it's body SCARED,
just like a boy or q girl. And 1t gets
hungry and thirsty. frost bitten and
sunburned, to say nothing Of becopA.
ing old and bald-headed and weak In
the back. Why, then, shouldn't 1t haye
Q docsor'to treat 1t and prescribe pills
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
dynamite

David Dodge, a well.known Western
lawyer, who for many years practiced
law at st. Joseph, Mo-, was found dead
In . chair at Perry, o. T. His death
was due to heart disease. Dodge Was
reared In Poughkeepsie. N. Y
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
What Iarred.

"Come, old man." said the kina
friend, 'Scheer up. There are Others"
u don't mind her breaking her en-,
.gagement SO very much" said the de-.
spondent young But to think,
that I have gck to go on paying the:
installments on the ring for a year tol
come yet. Tint is what Jars mes-In,I
dianapolis Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

as the result or DlOOu
poisoning, following
njuries received
during the progress
of his initiation into
the United Brother
hood of Elks lodge.
Mr.. Curry had been
sick for e a |
weeks. The story
of his injuries was
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

William p. Hazen, chief of the secret
service. treasury department. in his an
nual report shows the total number of
arrests made during the last fiscal year
to have been $50. OF the whole number
of persons arrested 175 were convicted
and sentenced. IA pleaded guilty and
We're sentenced. The remainder are
either awaiting trial or sentence or NOT
tried.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

The Ozark Implement Company has as
signed at Springfield, Mo-, with liabili-
ties OF $4,000. The assets will pay out,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
DEATH In THE RITES
ELKs', INITIATION CEREMONY
RESULTS FATALLY.
Story that E. W. Curry, of lows, Vac
Internationally Tortured In a Lodge
sat ON Metallic Chair Under Which
Lamp Was Burning.

Regarded as an Accident.
Edward w. Curry, chairman of the
Iowa Democratic State Central Com
mittee. died at his hotel in Des Moines
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27
cveANs WHIP THE ENEMY.
Bette Of Importance Takes Place ia
Pinar del Rio.

The Cuban insurgents have won one of
the most important battles fought on the
island during the progress of the war.
The battle was in Pinar del Rio, but no
details are given. Cubans are rejoicing,
as this is the first real battle since Wey-
Ter took the field. A later private dis.