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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
The Art Of Not Hearing.

The art of not hearing should ne
learned by all. There are so many
things which it is painful to hear. very
many which, If heard, will disturb the
temper. corrupt simplicity and mod
esty. detract from contentment and
happiness. If a man falls into Il violent
passion and calls all mannc of names,
ut the first words we should shut our
ears and hear no more. If in a quiet
voyage of life We find ourselves caught
in of those domestic whirlwinds of
scolding, we should shut our ears as a
sailor would furl his sail. and, making
all tight, scud before the gale. If a hot,
restless man begins to inflame our feel
ings, we should consider what mischief
the fiery sparks may do in our maya
zine below. where our temper is kept,
and instantly close the door. If all the
petty things said of Il man by needless
and ill-natured oilers were brought
home to him. he would become n mere
walking pincushion stuck full of sharp
remarks. If We would be happy, when
among good men we should open our
ears; when among bad men. shut them.
1t is not worth while to hear what our
%neighbors say about our children, what
our rivals say about our business. our
dress, or our affairs.-New York Led.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
LOST AND FOUND.
THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRLS
TRIALS.

From the Ners- Tribune. Muscatine. Io,ra
Miss Mae Gatten. living near Musca-
tine. Iowa. has had a remarkable Xpe
rience. Three years ago last spring Miss
Gattcn's parents and many friends no
ticed Il peculiar change in her. She was
Her mother was not alarmed ut first:
thinking after the March winds and April
storms were over, the color would return
to her cheeks. But May. June and July
passed. and Macs cheeks were only grow
part of her work after another was given
up. Then. too. her irregular ut
tendance ut church made it necessary for
her to give up her Sunday school class:
When coming from town one day her
father met her music teacher. Miss Jones.
IN tears. going slowly from the house. He
spoke to her as usual and then inquired of
Macs progress. when to his great. aston
lshmcnt Miss Jones told him that Mae had
not been able to take IL full lesson for
weeks. This seemed to awaken MIR. Cat
ten to the real state Of affairs. and he
hastily sent for the family physician.
With the chilling winds of autumn Mae
grew much worse. The doctor pronounced
1t bronchial trouble, with serious female
weakness. During the following winter
they changed doctors, and as their be-
loved daughter grew worse from day to
day. they consulted the best medical tai
cnt to be had in that section. Thus mat
tiers Went on during the entire winter.
The next spring a young lady relative
of the family made them an extended
visit. She had been wonderfully helped
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills and always
carried some with her. She was so en-
thusiastic that she soon had Miss Gattcn
trying them, and insisted on her giving
them q fair trim. She finished one box
and said she felt some better. Her father
was pleased and purchased more.
One cannot imagine the complete sur
prise and delight of that glad father and
mother when they found their daughter
kept ON improving. Six boxes were used
and Miss Gatten vas able to walk around,
Il pleasant. happy girl of Is
Two more boxes and she declared herself
perfectly well, cured by DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. in n
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are also q specific for troubles peculiar
to females. such us impressions. irrcgu-
l~arities and all forms of weakness. In
men they effect n radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry. overwork or
excuses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at
80 cents a box or six boxes for $3.50. and
may be had of all druggists. or direct by
mail from DIR. Williams Medicine Co:n-
pany, Schenectady, n. Y.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Teaching Reading.

The work of the teacher of reading
may he summed UP under these three
headings: /. Teaching the pupil how
to read. q. Teaching him what to read.
3. Training him to habits of correct
reading. The work of teaching how to
read may be divided into two parts: 1.
Teaching the pupil how to gather
thought. q. Teaching him how to ex-
press thought. Though a pupil is able
to make out quite readily the words
placed before him, he is still often UNI
able to get the meaning of a sentence
through not being able to combine the
ideas suggested by these words. He
experiences the same difficulty that
older people have in listening to one
who speaks too slowly. The child is
unable to think slowly. After four or
five weeks in wOrd-mastery lie should
have some exercise in reading groups of
words as "a tall Oak-tree," "a high
fence.'' "a man and his dog" Later ON
he can read sentences.-W. A. McIn-
tyre.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Cruel Gfbe.

Samuel Rogers. the poet, was a man,
it is said. generous of his money, but
whose tongue dropped gall"
He once visited Paris with his friend
Luttrell, a man whom he and every
body else loved and respected. One
day a stranger beckoned to Luttrell
on the street, and spoke to him apart.
When he returned he said:
''That fellow knew me; he asked ma
II my name was Luttrell."
"And was it," said Rogers, quietly.
Their companions We're astonished
to see Luttrell turn pale at this simple
question as If he had been struck a
blow. There was, they discovered.
some disgrace attached to his birth,
and lie had been adopted by a man
who gave him his name.
Rogers knew and admired bis friends
honorable life, but he could not deny
himself the malicious pleasure of this
cruel gibe. 1t hurt Luttrell but for a
moment, but published in Rogers
memoirs will always remain to tell of
the poets disloyal malignity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Some Simple Devices.

The work in any school which is the
most far-reaching is the reading work.
The teacher combines her reading and
nature work. 1t is always n language
lesson. Now, to determine one of the
most useful devices, that is, one of the
most general, 'all purpose" materials
to have on hand, it will be worth while
to examine some of the aids offered
for the reading work.
There are charts that are to be used
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
unhanni,y Expressed.

Unhappily Expressed.
"Jilson has a most unhappy way of
expressing himself"
HE told me lie was going to propose
to that charming grass window from
Chicago"
HE did. But his clumsy effort to be
offhand and easy spoiled it. He had
read these illusions to Chicago divorces
until he thought they were true"
What did he say t the widow?"
HE asked her IL she was engaged for
her next Observation-Disclosures Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Yvette,s Fairy Tales.

Ono of the absurd things that Yvettc
Guilbert told the Paris interviewers
was that she had brought back with
her to France $4,000 as the result of
her visit to America. Beyond the $1G.-
900 paid TO her for singing in New York
her earnings did not amount probably
to a quarter of that sum. The mana
ger who engaged her for New York cs-
timated very well the length OF time
she would prove an attraction here.
The attendance at her performances
began to dwindle before she left. and
there has been no marked demand for
her services next year.-New York Sun
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

during the reading recitation. There
are many advantages to be derived
from this chart, but many of the most
successful primary teachers prefer to
make the lessons themselves, which
they wish to use. Then all the material
the children bring to school, all the
holidays and circuses can be utilized,
and the interest in the reading lesson
be increased. Probably the most USE
full material is made by having the let
tiers Of the alphabet printed on card
board and cut so there is but one letter
on a card. We have our alphabets
painted so the small letter is on one
side of the card and the corresponding
capital on the other. There are three
e's. two each of the as. o's and us, and
one each of the %consonants Of the alpha
bet. The letters should be good, plain
type. about a half inch long. Eight or
ten of these a%lplabets put into an ordi-
nary spool box (Which is thrown away
at the dry goods %stores), are prepared
for each child. This kind of work is
suitable for the First Reader children,
so 1t does not require very many.
The busy work With the very small
est pupils may consist in having the
children make lessons from the read
ers or from the board on their desks,
each using the letters from the. box
given him. A little later the teacher
may put stories OH the board, leaving
blanks to he filed, which the children
make on their desks, putting in the
proper words. Still later, when they
have learned to spell. or when they
can hunt up words which they can't
spell, they can make their own stories
about the flower, the bird. or the squir-
rel. There are teachers who object
to having the children do any of this
purely copy work in making their sto-
ries exactly like those of the book or
on the board. OF course such work as
this is most elementary, and just as
soon as the children can spell the neces-
sary words they should be encouraged
to give stories of their own. When
they put these stories into letters they
frequently wish to use words they can
not spell. 1t is hardly advisable for
them to spell the words as they may
think them likely to be. 1t is better for
them to leave blanks and read the sto-
ries just as If the words were really
there. If a word is misspelled for u
few times 1t is a very hard matter to
cOrrect.-Sarah Il. Tarney Campbell, in
| Inland Educator.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
SarsapariIla
Hoods Pills f Hsss! e. sss.ssss;lz.. With
Tho Coyotes Were Too Cute.

The Coyotes Were Too Cute.
An amusing incident occurred the
other day on the Lemon farm, near
Garfield, Wash. Burt Lemon and an
employe of the farm were blowing.
when they came across three young
coyote pups. which had not yet opened
their eyes. While they were examin-
ing them the old one appeared. and
approached to within fifty yards. Mr..
Lemon went to the house for q gun and
a sack, and placed the young ones in
the sack, which was tied up and left in
the field until time to go in from work.
The old coyotes kept q respectful dis
lance from the rife. but lowered
around. Several turns of the field were
made with the pillow, and finally, when
the men came in sight of where they
had left the sack containing the young
coyotes, they saw one of the old ones
with the sack. puppies and all, streak
ing it over the hill. and that was the
last seen Of them.-Spokane (Wash.)
Review.
200 Bushels Oats, l73 Bushels barley
M. NJ. Luther, East Troy, Pa, grew
200 bushels salzer's Silver Mine Goats,
and John BREEDER, Mishicott, Wis, 173
bushels Silver King Barley per acre.
Don't you believe it? Write them!
Fodder plants as rape, teosinte,
vetch, spurry, c%lovers, grasses, etc., in
endless varieties, potatoes at $1.5O a
barrel. Salzer's seeds are bred to big
yields. Americas greatest seed cata-
logue and 12 farm samples are sent
you by John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis.,, upon receipt of 10 cents
stamps. worth $40. to get a start.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Instances of illness following the free
use of a delicious product of the fattcd
goose may have at time n raison d'etre
in the fact that some goose farmers
have been found to possess a secret of
securing enormous livers in their stuffed
fowls by administering the acid oxalate
of potassium. a powerful poison.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
THE OLD

Set on a rounding hilltop
And weather-stained aud gray,
The little mountain school-house
Looks down Oh the lonesome way.
No other dwelling is near it,
IT'S perched up there by itself,
Like some old forgotten chapel,
High Oh a rocky shelf.
In ut the cobwebbcd windows
l peered, and seemed to see
The face of n sweet girl teacher
Smiling back ut me.
There vas her desk in the middle,
With benches grouped anear,
Which fancy pcopled with children
Grown up this many II year.
Rosy and sturdy children
Trudging there. rain or shine,
Eager to be in their places
On the very stroke of nine.
Their dinners packed in baskets
Turnover, pie, and cake,
The homely toothsome dainties
Old-fashioned mothers could make.
Where did the little ones come from?
Fields green with aftermath
Sleep in the autumn sunshine,
And IL narrow tangled path
Creeping through brier and brushwood
Leads down the familiar way;
But where did the children com from
10 this school of yesterday?
Oh, brown and freckled laddie,
And lass of the apple cheek,
The homes that sent you hither
Are few and far to seek.
Blu YOU climbed these sleeps like SPUR
rels
That leap from bough to bough,
Nor Cared for cloud or tempest,
Nor minded the deep, soft snow.
Blithe of heart and of ~footstep
You merrily took the road:
Life yet had brought no shadows,
Care yet had heapcd no load.
And safe beneath lOwly roof trees
You said your prayers at night,
And glad as the birds in the orchard
Rose up with the morning light.
Gone is the fair young teacher;
In scholars come no more
With shout n song to greet her
AS once, at the swinging door.
There are g%ray-haired men ~ women
Who belonged to that childish band,
With troops of their own around them
In this sunny mountain land.
The old school stands deserted,
Alone on the hill by itself.
Much like an outworm chapel
That clings to n rocky shelf.
And the sentinel pines around it
In solemn beauty keep
Their watch from the flush of the dawn
ing
Till the grand hills fall asleep.
Margaret T.. Sangster, in the CosmopoI
itan.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Trying to Suit Him.

"Josiar,'' said ;jle young mans faith
er, do We remember what We said the
other day bout not bein' able ter do
what I asked yer to round the farm
sence We got dedicated, cause ye want
ed su'thin deep ter occypy yer ten.
tion?'
Eyes, father"
oval I've got the very thing fur We.
Ole man Tunkins is diggin' O subcel-
laf "-Washington Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
An Atlas of the Northwest.

Including maps of the United States and Of
the world, giving a full detailed descrip-
ton of each of the northwestern states,
population, history, business interests, etc.
Absolutely correct and brought. down TO
any home or office. Can be had for % cents
in postage by applying to w. b. McNider,
G. T. AS. C., IN. X. r., Sioux CITY, la.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
The enortou virtue, ror,,tude.

Is severely taxed by dyspepsia. But ..good
on both.' when Hostctter's Stomach Bittcrs
Ia resorted to by the victim Of Indigestion.
Heartburn. tia.ulence. biliousness. will cease
tormcnting the gastric region and liver IL
this genial family corrective meets with the
fair trial that Il sterling remedy deserves.
Use 1t regularly. not Observation-Disclosures and
then. 1t cOnquers malarial. kidney, nervous
aud rheumatic ailments.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

81 see by the papers that IN umbrella
factory in Philadelphia has failed" re-
marked the veterinary.
II have noticed" replied the entomol.
ogist, that with umbrellas 1t is either
put up or shut up."-Pi.tsburg Chron-
icle- Tclegraph.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
spec,al nat. to Washington.

S17.aO Chicago to Washington and re-
turn. via Monon. c.. H. 4 d.. b. 4 u.
S. w. and b. & o. Sleepers through
without change. Tickets good going
March I. . and 3. returning March 4 to s.
Ticket Office. 2:32 Clark street. Depot.
Dearborn Station. Chicago.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Tops r cut from pieces of box.
ebony or other hard wood by a turning
machine. The machine is automatic
and turns the top complete from the
handle at the upper end. to the tip.
The metal point is aftcrward put in by
hand.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Don't BE Sarcastic.


In connection with the work of II
Teachers Bureau, 1 have within a few
weeks had occasion to make inquiries
concerning the work and the success of
Il good many teachers. In several ill.,
stances these inquiries were made con
corning people of whom 1 knew
something already; in not
few cases l know q good
deal concerning the teachers per-
sonality, ability. preparation and con-
s-cientiOusness. In more instances than
one l have been panied, almost shock
ed. to receive IL reply something like
this: "Oh. Miss ii is Il good woman:
she is bright and faithful. but the pupils
do not like her; she is too sarcastic"
This has set NE to thinking. and it
ought to set every one who reads these
words to thinking-real. earnest. per-
sonal thinking. The old inquiry. rs it
II" is in order. So Use the expressive
American phrase, it doesn't pay" for IL
teacher to spoil or to mar the salutary
influence of ability and earnest labor by
Indulgence in this unworthy practice.
If you will think carefully you will see
that sarcasm is always the outcome of
some unworthy personal feeling-veXa-
tiOn. or self-esteem. or IL desire to re-
taliate. l can think of only one con-
ditiOn that would Justify it's use in
school. and then only sparingly and in
perfect good nature. think it one
times happens that II cOnceited student,
one afflicted severely with %"clanial en-
lnrgement." can have his disease best
treated by IL keen. goOd-natured thrust
of sarcasm.
Look at the origin of tile word sar-
casm. and reflect whether the thing is
not TRUE to the original sense of the
word. The most helpful thing in Il
teacher's work is genuine sympathy he
tween teacher and pupil. Is this feel
ing possible if the teacher INDUCES free
ly in salcasm!-E. G. H., in Public
School Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
This:

We OFFER One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halle Caterrh Cure.
We. the undersigned, have knownF ). Cheney
for the last fifteen years, and believe him per-
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their drm.
West 4 True1. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure fs taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price. $50 per bottle. Sold by all
DruCpista.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

The name wheat is derived from a
Saxon word, "Hwaete," signifying
is lighter ia color than that from any
other.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

To retain an abundant head of hair of a
natural color to a good old age, the hygiene
of the scalp must be observed. Apply
Halls Hair Remover.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
lifetime of a Coin,

A gold coin passes from one another
to 2,OOO,OOO,OOO times before the stamp
or impression upon it becomes oblit-
Grated by friction, while a silver coin
changes between $3.50. OOO, 1000 times be-
fore it becomes entirely defaced.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Plays by Women.

Interesting evidence of woman's
present prominence as a playwright
was offered in London Christmas week,
when three theaters in the Strand-thc
Globe. the Opera Comiqle and the
Olympic-presented plays written by
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs.
]. Nichols. Princeton, Ind, Mar. 26. 90.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Gen..
Yes" said the official of the water
company. that is the best we can 40
just ut present. We can't afford to FUR.
nish fish. All we are able to furnish is
Embellishments journal,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
No.to.Bac for Fiftv Cents.

Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-ro.Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobaccn:
Saves money. makes health and manhood. Cur.
Guaranteed. soc and 81. all druggists.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
The Umbrella.

cAscARkrs stimu. ate ,iver. k,dneys and bowels. Nov
er Blcken, weaken or grlre. lOc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Mrs. WlnsioW'a SOOTHING SYRUP for Childrcs
eeethtnR: sottcns tie gums. reduces inflammation
aliays pain. cures ~iGd cole. Is ceY.s . bottle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

The dentists. almost to a man, are in
favor of candy, as it makes liberal nd
ditiOns to thei. business all the year
round.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
JUST try a loc loz Of c.scarsts. candy ca.hArtic. n
at liver and bowel regulAtoe WAde.
An Aboriginal order.

An Aboriginal Order.
"Fire! Water!"
The shrek sounded through every
portion of the big hotel.
I. Chaos ensued.
But through it all the night clerk re-
manned perfectly calm.
Here, boy" he said. take a bottle of
best Kentucky to that gentleman from
the West."-New York World.
Iowa farms for sale, 81 per acre. cash,
balance y crop yearly, until paid for. J..
MULHALI., Waukegan, Ill.
The exact length Of time 1t takes the
moon to complete n revolution around
the earth is twenty-seven days seven
hours forty-three minutes and 11.545
seconds. The second figure Of the frac.
ton is known to be absolutely correct.
WnBN bilious or coSive. cot . CascAcoe, candy CO
ehArtic. cure guaranteed, loo, 26N
No man likes criticism, and he par
ticularly dislikes it IL he deserves it.
Atchison Globe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

The Best They Could Do.
II found a fishworm in my dydrant
this morning." said the wrathful citi-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Iowa farms for sale, 81 per acre. cash,
balance y crop yearly, until paid for. j..
MULHALI., Waukegan, Ill.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

wnsN bilious or cossivs. cot . Cascasss, candy q.
tharlc. cure guaranteed. loo. $50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
Concert a Success.

a large crowd gathered in the Con-
gregational church Tuesday evening of
this week to listen to the second Of the
series of concerts given by the Congre-
gational choir. The program rendered
was a long one, replete with many sweet
musical numbers, solos. duets, quartets,
choruses and instrumental selections.
Miss Ethel Hollinshead of New Lisbon,
graduate of the Detroit School of Elocu-
ton, read several entertaining pieces
in clear and fluent manner and was
warmly applauded after each appear
ance. Misses Esther Thorn and Laura
Reeves, and Messrs. Fred S. Wheeler
and L. A. Taylor, the quartet, assisted
by Mesdames W. d. Harvie and w. f.
Little, Messrs. Irving Brazeau and
Louis Closuit in chorus, pleased all
present by their singing. G. V. Minor
of Oshkosh with flute and guitar, Emile
Lambert on mandolin, DR.. w. d. Harvie
cornets and Miss Florence B. PhiIleo,
pianist, added gems Of note combina-
tons and tones to the entertainment.
The concert as whole was an entire
success.