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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

consequent greater employment of Ia.
Dor, we are sure to see many hundreds
of English, Canadian and Chinese la
borers attempting to locate in the Uni
ted States, and every effort made to do
so-in contravention Of our immigra-
tion ~laws-should be promptly check
ed. The American labor market
should be supplied by American wage
carriers. There are more than enough
of them to supply all demands at pres.
ent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
Gets Another Setback,

The theory of n close relation be-
tween prices of silver and farm pro-
ducts has received another setback
from the recent statements of the val
Tie Of the cotton crops. The increase
in value in the United States this year
compared with two years ago is fully
$~30,OO0,OOO, although the quantity pro-
duced is much less. When 1t is con-
sidercd that silver has fallen 20 per
cent in value meantime, 1T is hard to
imagine how the silver theorists ex-
plain this advance. They haven't the
cry of 81 famine abroad" as an excuse
in this case.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
GOOD FOR HARVESTING.
Past Week Has Been Too Dry for r.
lowing and Seedin~

Past Week Has Been Too Dry for E.,
lowing and Seeding.
The weekly crop bulletin Of the Arr,.
cultural Department says:
Except on the Atlantic coast. where
rains have fallen, the week has been ex-
ceptionally dry, and upon the whole yerv
favorable for maturing and gathering
crops. Like the preceding weeks. how.
ever, it has been very unfavorable for tho
termination Of sown grain, as well as for
following and seeding, which is much de.
layed generally throughout the central
and western and in some Of the Southern
States.
In Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and yir.
ginia late tobacco has been seriously in
jured BY frests.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

The first Of the sealing feet to return
home to Victoria, B. c., the Gasco,
brought 1904 skins, taken off the japan
coast and Cooper Islands. She reports
that the Calotta, with 1,4OO skins, and
the Director. with 1000 skins, are close
behind her.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

nent people on Barrios' orders. They
say that il Barrios is bold and cruel
enough to cause the murder Of so eminent
a man as Aparicio he will not hesitate to
carry IL wholesale slaughter among the
people who oppose him. and the Guate-
malans in this vicinity have the greatest
fear for the safety of their families and
friends at home.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

mand will tend to keep the market
steady and the revival of trade and in
dustry throughout the country will in
crease the demand for beef, pork and
other animal products dependent upon
corn. A. b. CARSON.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE RULES

Great Yellow Fever Scares Rage in All
Parts of Southern Texas.
The yellow fever fright has struck
Texas in earnest. Nearly all Of the towns
in eastern. central and southern parts of
the State have declared shotgun quaran-
tine against Houston. In Brazos Coun-
ty, County Health Officer Tabor has Civ
en- out orders to the effect that every
road entering the county will be closely
guarded and no passenger trains will stop
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

Los Angeles called
the convention to or
der in University
Hall, 121 delegates,
representing thirteen
States, responded to
the call for their Gre
dentials. Gov. Hol-
comb delivered an
address of welcome,
which was followed
by the presidents
q n n ual address.
Among those seated
there were: james
A nurs-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

the world settle itself, carefully keep.
ing meanwhile the medicine men Of
finance with their feathers and rattles
out of the way of the sick man. When
public confidence is profoundly shaken
1t must re-establish itself. 1t has been
shaken by causes, and those causes
must be acknowledgement Reed on
the Business Situation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
sARR,os Is
Guatemalan President Sues Morale,
for Peace.

Tor Peace.
A private cipher cable dispatch recciv-
cd in San Francisco from Guatemala.
when deciphered, reads that the revolu-
tionists have Barrias cornered and that
the general has been trying to compromise
with Morales. He has sent word to the
insurgent leader that lie is ready to sue
for peace. The proper construction to
put on the message is that Barrios has
probably been compelled to accept terms
of surrender from Morales.
The members of the Central American
colony in New York are horror stricken
over the news of the shooting of prolni-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
london Theater Thiexes.

The purses, watches and other artf.,
cles stolen outside the theater doors Of!
London within one week represented!
in value over 5000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

Causes Must BE Removed.
CATER u great smash like that OF
1893 or that of 1873 there is nothing
to do but wait and let the business Of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
Aucient Relfc.

At Konjica in Herzegovina a sanctu-,
airy of Mithra was recently discovered,
being the first ever found n the Ball.
Tan peninsuA
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08

than q hundred million in excess of the
last year of the Mckinley law. But it
is not at all certain that the Argentine
lawmakers will take this step. We
bought of that country in 1896 $9,313,-
3S5 worth of goods. and sold her So
9I9,O46 worth of goods. Can she af-
ford to cut of a market for nine mill
ion dollars worth of her goods for
the sake Of shutting out a million dol
lars worth of lumber, kerosene, and
agricultural machinery? During the
past ten years the balance of trade
has been in her favor. Her statesmen
will think several times before they
destroy 1t. Even If the million dollars
worth of III products are shut out of
Argentine, our farmers will doubtless
think the exchange a fair n when
they consider that She sent about five
million dollars worth of wool into our
markets last year, and that her sin
dignation" is due to the fact that she
is not to be permitted to continue this.
japanese Labor in Australia.
Hawaii is not the only place where
the influx of japanese cheap labor is
making trouble. The Melbourne Lead
er, May %, 1897, says that Thursday
Island, OF the far north of Queensland,
is rapidly becoming a japanese settle
ment, and If the present rate of in-
crease be maintained the whole place
must eventually fall into their hands.
They are becoming predominant on the
pearling and beche-de-mer fisheries.
and are securing also the greater part
of the business ashore. I'm another
three years." says the North Queens
land Register. 1.-THE pearl Smelling indus
try will be theirs entirely, il no restric-
tons are imposed, and Thursday ISL
and, except for the intermittent sup
port of passing steamers, will become
an appanage Of the Mikado." Even
more gloomy Is the outlook Of a Towns
Vile paper, which ~foresees the time
when Australia itself will become a
Japanese dependency. This prediction
may be far fetched, but there Is no
doubt that white labor cannot stand in
competition with those who are con-
tent with the Asiatic standard of living
and the Asiatic rate Of wages. What
is happening on Thursday Island will
happen elsewhere IL the inroad is en-
couraged. The virtues of the japanese
increase the danger of the competition.
He is sober, intelligent and hardwork-
ing. and can thrive under conditions
which white men would abllor. He is
patriotic also and pretends to no con-
Germ for Australian interests. Are Aus
tralians to sacrifice their own safety ut
the shrine Of free trade?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
IRRIGATION CONGRESS MEETS.
Judge Best of washinst ON Represented
the Administration.

The sixth annual national irrigation
congress convened Tuesday in Lincoln,
Neb. When President G. 3. Booth of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
A Double Blessinr.

Blessings. like misfortunes, some
times come in pairs. The triumph of
the American system of protection, ut
the polls last November, has put an end
to the outflow of gold from our shores
to pay for foreign made goods: and now
has come the discovery of gold in Alas
ka to put more money into the pockets
of the American manila
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
A Business Admini.tratiou.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is a
busy man these days. Besides looking
after the progress Of sugar-beet cul.
ture, the expectation of American but
ter, and the Introduction of leguminous
food plants all yer the country, he is
now arranging to introduce the CAM
phor tree in the Gulf States. It is evil
dent this is q business administration.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-08
Political Notes,

TOl1t1S0l NOtS9s
'sThe Republicn party is responsible
for the prosperity which we have with
us. l make the assertion from the
standpoint of q business man.''-Mark
Hanna.
Will Mr.. Bryan please stop over in
the cotton States aud explain how it
Is that our cotton crop this year has
increased $25,OOO,OO0 in value while
silver has fallen 20 per cent?
The Ohio Senatorial contest is en-.
pected to cut an important figure in de.
termining the control Of the United
States Senate during the next two
years. AS goes Ohio so goes the Sen.
ate.
The farmers of the South are not
finding much support for the theory of
the close relation between silver and
farm products in the increased value
Of their cotton crop this year in the
face Of the fall in silver.
Will ex%-candidate Bryan kindly de-
vote q part of that $1,000 Ohio speech
to telling the farmers how it is that
Ohio Xxx wool, which slid in New York
at IL cents a pound a year ago. is now
selling at &c cents in that market?
Here is an increase of more than so
per cent. in price when silver was fall.
ing 20 per cent, and no famine" to
charge it. up to. either.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
B,qlsst Of a Birthday.

The following charming story is told
of the late Robert Louis Ste e7eson. He
was visiting friend, afterwards consul
to Samoa, in Northern Vermont. This
gentleman had little daughter about
IL years old who very speedily became
devoted friend OF the novelist. In
pouring forth her joys and sorrows in
existence she confided TO Mr.. Steven
son the woful fact that she was born
on the 29th of February, and therefore
had enjoyed only two birthdays in all
her Ii years. The poet sympathized
not only in comforting words, but also
in action. He meditated for few
moments, then went TO her writing
desk and drew up the following docu-
ment. az, Robert Louis Steven son, in
a sound state of mind and body, hav-
ing arrived at that age when no long
er have any use for birthdays, do give
and bequeath my birthday, the 18th of
November, to Miss Adelaide, to be hers
from this year as long rs she wishes
it.-Robert Louis Stevenson The
little girls delight at this rare and
most welcome gift has shown itself
regularly once year for several years
past, and now the anniversary will be
doubly treasured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
sheridan's First Ride.

The following story was told by the
Rev. I. J. Headley, historian and bio
grapher of many of the heroes of the
war, in regard to a babyhocd expert
ence of General Sheridan:
At five years of age he was playing
near his home when some lads came
along and amused themselves with the
wide awake boy. A horse was feeding
in an adjacent lot.
"Phil, would you like ride?" they
said TO him.
"Yes. Give me one"
In few moments the boy was on the
animals hack. The sudden and un-
ceremonious mounting Of the young ri
der startled the steed, and away he
ran.
"Nyhoa. Whoar' shouted the lads,
but in vain.
Over the fence the animal sprang,
and once on the highway it was John
Gilpin performance. Phil elung TO the
name, while the sobered authors of the
race turned pale with apprehension of
a tragic end to it, expecting to see him
dashed to the earth and killed. But
out of sight vanished both steed and
rider, and miles soon intervened be-
tween the two parties.
Suddenly the borse turned into the
shed of tavern, where its owner had
recently stopped in his travels. Men
came out, and, recognizing the horse,
questioned the boy. One ofthe curious
company, after securing the foaming
animal, which had neither saddle nor
bride, inquired of the unterrified
Phil:
"Who taught you to ride?"
Nobody" answered the boy.
"Did no one teach you to sit on a
horse?" asked another.
"Oh, yes. Bill Seymour told me to
hold on with my knees, aud did"
Wasn't you frightened?"
mary bit. l wanted TO go farther,
but the horse wouldn't CO."
"Ain't you sOre?"
kinder, but I'll be better tomorrow,
and then I'll ride back home"
THAT boy" said the questioner,
'has pluck enough to be an Indian
hunter"
The owner Of the nag turned up not
long afterward, in search of his prop
erty. He said that the animal was
vicious and had thrown more than one
experienced horseman.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
Grading and Seeding.

Across my yard in years past there
had been a road. Wishing TO level the
yard and seed to blue grass, | culti-
waited il two summers, then filled the
road with clay taken from a cellar /
was having dug, making more than a
foot of loose soil where the road had
been. Some one in passing told me
need not waste seed on the clay, for il
would not sprOut peas, but | seeded il
to grass and oats, and TO my surprise
the oats were twice as tall and better
filled in the road than elsewhere. From
this learn that TO do successful farm
ing the subs3il must be loosened in
stead of scraping the surface of the
ground; also that clay is not worth
less.-Mrs. j. A. Kirkman, in Practi-
cal Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
A Bank Incident.

a well known contractor walked
into bank in this city the other day
to cash a check for $40. The paying
teller looked at the check for a few
minutes, then counted out Si00 and
handed it to the contractor, who al
though he noticed the error, said not a
word, but rolled up the bills, and wad-
ded them down in his pocket. This
happened in the morning, and about
o'clock that same afternoon, before
the officials of the bank had an oppor-
tunity to discover the error, the con-
tractor walked into the office of the
president of the bank.
as the bank responsible for the errors
of its clerks?" he asked the president.
'If it can be proved that any of our
clerks have erred" replied the presi-
dent in very chilly manner, 1--WE will
make a correction"
"Well, nobody saw this error made
but myself" continued the contractor,
land my word ought TO be sufficient
proof, think"
"Iam sorry sir, said the bank pres
ident, ''but we shall have to have ad-
ditiOnal proof. We require this in
order TO protect ourselves; that is al"
Every well, sir" replied the con-
tractor, rising to leave. 81 am sorry ]
cannot furnish what you demand. The
error | referred to was the payment of
800 for check that called for only
$40; but as no one saw me receive the
extra $500, suppose you will not want
to correct this mistake. Good day
sir"
"Hold on, Come backr' shouted the
bank president, who by this time was
very wide awake to the abyss to which
he had been led.
The matter was soon adjusted salts
factorily, and now when any person
reports an error at the bank the first
question asked is: ain whose favor?"-
Washington Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
To Prevent Fruit Rot.

Where fruit rot has attacked the
peach crop, the best method is to re-
move and burn all dried or mummifi-
ed fruit from the trees in winter and
spray early in spring with bluestone.
When the fruit buds begin to swell,
spray with bordeaux mixture and
again just before the blossoms open.
Repeat the spraying when the bios
sons are falling, adding little paris
green To keep Off the curculio. Two
weeks later spray again. As the bor-
deaux mixture coats the fruit with the
lime mixture, Use copper acetate, a col
orless solution, for the last two spray
ings. In Delaware, a tenfold increase
of sound fruit has been obtained 10y this
process at a cost of about lie per tree.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
How Hale Got to Camp.

During the war Edward Everett
Hale went to the front to visit one OF
the generals in command. The last
part Of his journey to headquarters was
on steamboat, where Hale met an
officer, a major, who was slso going to
headquarters. At first the major was
very friendly, but when he learned that
Hale was also going to headquarters he
began to fight shy of him. Evidently
he did not want a ''civilianr on his
hands on the long night ride on the
boat landing.
When they reached the landing Hale
found a horse, and after hard ride
through mud and brush he reached
headquarters. After he had his sup
per, and as he was sitting talking with
the general, the major rode up. He
had lost his way more than once, his
horse had fallen with him, he was COW
cred with mud and in the worst posi-.
ble temper.
"Why, major" said the general,
"where have you been? Mr.. Hale has
been here two hours"
The major glared at Hale and grunt.
ed: GLOW did you get here?''
"Oh," said Hale quietly, al followed
the telegraph wire"
Nobody fought shy of him after that.
Philadelphia Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
.ou,s I.u~r.. t,e,,c..

1.-THE most thrilling incident ever
saw in a courtroom, 4" remarked a west
ern attorney the other day, swas IN
southern Kansas. The senior lawyer of
the county bar was distinguished
locking and courteous gentleman OF the
cid school who had little patience
with the joking always going on during
court recess He was exceedingly near
sighted, but had a habit Of laying his
lasses ON the table during his speeches
10 the jury. One day. as his back was
turned toward the other lawyers, one
of them picked up the glasses, and with
n bit of mucilage fastened TO the lenses
pieces ef tissue paper which exactly Gov
cred she glass-not particularly notice
able, but az the same time preventing
vision through them. Soon the owner
of the glasses came back TO the table to
examine some papers for reference IN
his address. lie put on the glasses,
looked at the paper, adjusted them
again-and then pallor overspread his
face that was pitiful 10 see. He stag
gered 30 a chair.
Ny God, gentlemen, am blind!
l have feared it for years, be exclaimed.
and dropped his head on his hands.
For an instant the courtroom was
hushed. Even the practical joker must
have felt remorse at the evident suffer
ing of his victim. Before any one could
speak or the sheriff rap for order the
attorney lifted his head, took of the
glasses and had his sight again. His
face flushed as he rubbed the tissue pa
per from the lenses, and he stood up, an
angry and excited man.
If l knew who did that dastardly
trick, if knew who had brought that
minute Of grief 10 me, he broke out.
L swear would Kill him. He left the
courtroom, and the judge adjourned the
session for the day. never want any
more practical joking. Detroit Free
Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
Grihned Facing Death.

This is story of Judge who died
recently, and who carried a sense of
humor almost to the grave
1t happened during his last illness
that he was reading newspaper. In
the midst of reading he was suddenly
heard to burst into a chuckle. Of
course the friend who was with him at
the timeN~anted TO know the cause.
81 was just reading an account of an
accident 10y lightning explained the
Judge. "The lightning struck house
that was supposed to be protected by a
lightning rod 1t killed a child who
was in the house and never touched
the rod.n
"Well," remarked the friend, "I
don't see any thing funny about that. f"
Don't your said the Judge, with
an other chuckIe, Spare the rod and
spoil the child, you know" Boston
Budget.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
Stories of Brahms.

Many stories are told Of how the late
composer Brahms treated pianists and
singers who were eager TO get his criti-
cism. If one of these aspiTants for his
favor was fortunate enough to find him
at home and be received, Brahms first
concern was TO seat himself on the lid
Of his piano, a position from which be
rightly deemed few would have the te-
merity 60 oust him. If this failed, he
had recourse to the statement that the
instrument was out of tune. 'Oh, that
does not matter, remarked one cour-
ageous individual Perhaps not TO you,
but it does to me, " replied the master.
On one occasion be was just leaving
his house when a long haired youth,
with bundle of music under his arm,
hailed him with, Can you tell me
where Dr. Brahms lives!'' Certainly, Z"
answered the master III the most amia-
BILE manner, "in this house, up three
flights. - And so saying he hurried away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04

a Chicago physician is responsible
for revolutionary theories in regard to
fruits BE undertakes TO prove the prac-
teal worthlessness as food Of all culti-
waited varieties Hypel acid fruits, such
as the lemon, shaddock, orange, apple
and cherry, he asserts, should never be
eaten. Subacid fruits. such as the
grape, pear and peach, may be eaten,
but with extIeme caution. Sweet fruits,
like the ig. banana and date, he un-
qualifodly commends, as they are SIM
ply wild fruits and have not been
changed from their natural conditions
or flavor by man. On the other hand,
the fruits he condemns, he says, are
forced or abnormal variations, as is
shown when cultivated and afterward
allowed TO run wild They immediate
IL retTCgrade and assume the sour and
inedible qualities originally inherent in
them. Man, he claims, has not been
able TO make a proper food Of them.
They are unnatural combinations OF
fruit elements, and are frequently
prone 10 cause digestive disturbances
when taken into the stomach. By fore
ing seedlings. grating and assiduously
cultivating under artificial conditions
man has modified the progenitors of
our present domestic fruits, be has
made them acceptable TO the palate,
but he has not eliminated their harmful
qualities.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
Evidence Of Success.

Show us farmer that keeps his
fences up in good shape, the weeds all
cut in and around the yard, and the
buildings kept in clean and neat shape
and you will show us good and sue
cessful farmer. Why farmers will toll
crate mud hole TO exist along the
farmside, or perhaps near the front
yard is very hard to conceive. Such
places add disgust to the surroundings
Houses, barns, fences and yards should
be kept neat and tidy places. They add
to the price of the property as well as
to the comfort of all.-Rural World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
Couldn't Keep up With En-.

A Georgia man was arraigned for
beating his wife.
"What have you to say for your
seif?' asked the Judge.
''Kin speak out, Jedge?"
"Yes. What have you to say?'
.'Jedge, yer Honor, | want TO say
Jest this: / never did have no trouble
with none er my wives, icept this one.
My fust wife was an angel, my second
one came mighty near bein' one, my
third was willin' an reasonable, my
fo'th wuz moderate, my"
.In the name of goodness" inter
rupted the Judge, chow many wives
have you had?'
The man looked thoughtful and then
said:
'.Jedge, / don't know. / use ter
keep track of 'em, but / quit coun.in'
after Lees Observation-Disclosures Con-
stitution.