Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15
HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5 1897.

the above quotations the miners have
received Il reduction of fl per week.
With this l will leave you to draw your
own conclusions as to the relative posi-
tions of the workingman in the upper
Hills and those here and after clear
unprejudiced comparison you will find
that the working man at home is con-
siderably the best off.
Something seems lacking among the
people here and that is common civility
and sociability. This is even more
CONSPICUOUS among the Americans
owing, probably, to having come in con-
tact with them more than any other
class. They seem to have lost the
ready sociability, the hospitable good
fellowship that characterizes the Black
Hitler at home and in it's place an off
hand snobbincss prcdominates. Quite
frequently you meet staggering
Black Hitler who has just exchanged IL
profitless prospect hole and log cabin
in the Hills for a fair position in
Johannesburg and the first thing that
he wishes to impress in your mind is.
"he is just as good as you if not dern
sight better" OF course these human
monsters are exceptional. What a diff
ference there is between tho noblest
and meanest passions of the human
bosom. The latter is so often disguised
that the vile ambuscade is not MOTTO
able or even suspected until the heart
of the fortress is revealed. But in the
truest observation we have Il veritabie
touchstone "Ye shall know a tree 10y
its fruit Among these impulses of
selfish passions, coveteousness and
vanities of life, tho opposite to churli-
ness, is made even more prominent
and our attention cannot fail to be at
tracted, in closing these humble lines,
to the generous amenities of others
and would therefore like to extend our
thanks, through this source, for the
many courtesies shown us by Messrs.
Merritt, King and others, whose names
fail to find in my note look. The
two gentlemen are we'll known to most
of the Black Hills people, who will be
glad to note their prosperity That
they have been blessed by good for
tune there is no doubt and the stabil-
ity and magniticence of their business
stands out as memento of the energy,
r,s In .,,,l l,,o,,lfallouch;p Of %boc. ,yo,,
tlemen. They have also gained the
popularity. through the amiable sensi-
bilities of their estimable families. of
being the best entertainers in the
American colony.
have endeavored, dear readers, to
be faithful to reality in the picture l
have painted of Africa as far as my
knowledge and time would allow. l
have given an unprejudiced descrip-
ton of the things as they exist here at
the present in very condensed form,
which l hope will prove beneficial to
those interested in this part of the
world. Everybody who has Travelled
, knows how delusively inviting for.
eign country seems under the glaring,
but incredible, reports circulated by
persons who have no other object in
, view but f-aggrandiZement. and how
, many golden dreams are lowering be-
r fore your visions and how rndely shat
tered those dreams have been by real.
: ity. This is equally true of this coun.
, try and if the true condition were
demonstrated one would most decided.
/, ly vote for staying at home.
g 1t may also serveto discourage many
4 who have decided to try their fortunes
r in African fields and many may con.
i clude that the above is written by Il
@ discontented and unsatistied individ.
,lal. an individual the world was not
e made to suit To those / would say
= come by all means, but take my we'll
@ meaning advice. do not leave with az
= empty pocketbook for when you have
money you have a friend, and that
It friend is very essential in Africa. You
r will find transportation back almost as
! cheap as coming if the place should
It not meet with your most sanguine eX
y pectations and if you gain nothing
Q financially you will never regret tril
y from the "Black Hills to the Randi
Il AND BACK AGAIN.
o About six inches of snow fell in thi,
I locality on Tuesday and Wednesday
b The weather has been remarkably mild
e however, with very little wind, in pleas
g ing contrast to that of the eastern par
It of this state. or of Minnesota, Iowa, Oh
j; Nebraska While trains have beer
q blockaded in other portions of the
d north and west and much suffering
from cold and storms. has resulted, w,
t of the southern Black Hills have beeI