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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
HANDSOME
Four Plaque. of American Game With.
in the Reach of All.

Four Plaques of American Game With.
In h Reach of All.
Probably at no time in the worlds his
tory has us much attention been paid to
the interior decoration of homes as at
present. No home, no matter how hum
BILE. is without its handiwork that helps
to beautify the apartments and make the
surroundings more cheerful The taste
of the American people has kept pace
with the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way of u pic
turc, a draping, a piece of furniture or
other form Of mural decoration. Onc OF
the latest of these has been given to the
world by the celebrated artist, Muville,
in a series Of four handsome porcelain
game plaques. Not for years has any
thing as handsome in this line been seen.
The subjects represented by these plaques
are American wild ducks. American
pheasants, American quail and English
snipe. They are handsome paintings and
are especially designed fer hanging on din
ing room walls, though their richness and
beauty entities them to q place in the
parlor Of any home. These original
plaques have been purchased at a cost Of
$50,OOO by j. q. Hubinger Bros. Co.. man
.ufacturcrs Of the celebrated Elastic
Starch, and in order to enable their num-
erous customers to become posscssors Of
these handsome works Of art they have
had them reproduced by a special process.
in al the rich cOlors and beauty Of the
original. They are finished ON heavy
cardboard, pressed and embossed in the
shape of n plaque and trimmed with a
heavy band Of gold. They measure forty
inches in circumference and contain no
reading matter or advertisement what
ever.
Until Oct. I Messrs. j. G. Hubinger
Bros. Co. propose to distribute these
plaques free Il their customers. Every
purchaser Of three tcn-ccnt packages Of
Elastic Starch, fatiron brand, manufac-
turcd by j. c. Hubinger Bros. Co.. is en-
titled to receive one Of these handsome
plaques free from their grocer. Old and
new customers alike are entitled to the
benefits Of this offer. These plaques will
not lie sent through the mail. the only
way to obtain them being from your gro
Ger. Every grocery store in the country
has Elastic Starch for sale. 1t is the old
est and hest laundry starch ON the market
and is the most perfect cold process starch
ever invented. 1t is the only starch made
by mon who thoroughly understand the
laundry business. and the only starch that
will not injurc the finest fabric. 1t has
been the standard for a quarter Of u cen.
fury and us an evidence of how good it Is
twenty-five million packages were sold
last year. Ask your dealer to show you
the plaques and tell you about Elastic
Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear in
mind that this offer holds good a short
time only and should be taken advantage
Of without delay.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

wishes can never again harass the British
and Egyptians ON the Nile with their pred
atory raids, for their army has been al-
most wiped out. their black standard has
been captured, and their leaders are
henceforth destined TO be fugitives until
they become prisoners. At last the muir
der of "Chinese' Gordon is avenged, and
the last of the Mohammedan strongholds
in Africa is practically destroyed.
This great British victory is due to good
discipline, fine arms, steady work and ex-
ccllent gencralship. The British have
made the Egyptians into effective soldiers
under English officers. Both the natives
and the rcdcoats were armed with the
best rifles and machine guns known to
modern military science. The strength IF
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
REPORT ON PENSIONS.
Commissioners ivan. Says Roll Ia In.
creosin9 in Numbers aud In Value.

Commissioner Evans Says Roll Is In
%creosing in Numbers aud In Value.
The annual report of Hon. H. Clay Ev.
ans, Commissioner of Pensions, was made
public Saturday. The commissioner says
that the roll is not only increasing in num-
bers, but in value. 1t is believed that 1t
will increase from the war of the rebel
lion. us there probably are 100000 ex-
Union soldiers living who have never had
pensions, and it will increase in amount
naturally by reason of increased disabili-
ties as provided by law. The amounts
paid out at the several agencies for the
year on account Of pensions under the
general laws were $780, 1883, and on ac-
coun of pensions under the act Of June
%, 1890, $%G6,255.67O. The number of
pensioners in foreign countries at the
close of the fiscal year was 4,371, having
increased 300. The total amount paid to
pensioners living abroad was $G60,S62.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

he leryish army was estimated at Q 10000,

The dervish army was estimated at 10000,
while the British force that dealt out sncih
b terrible defeat to this army consisted
Of only $4,000 m%en-1O.OOO British res,-
lars and $4,000 Egyptian natives. Ac-
rurate figures as to the losses OH both
sides are still lacking, hut various csti-
mates place the Anglo-Egyptian casual
lies at from 200 to 500 and those of the
lervishes at from 5000 to 1900.
The most impressive features of the
imttle were the fanatical courage of the
lervishes and the terrible execution Of
The Maxim guns 1t was another demon
stratiOn, il any were needed, to show the
impotency of the %fiercest courage before
The modern rapid fire machine guns. The
Arabs threw themselves in fierce charges
upon various points of the British forma-
lion. but the Maxims hewed horrible lanes
through their ranks. and the deadly valley
fire of the British and Egypt;c. hatta!!:..s
Rnnihilated them in the act of charging.
The attack Of the dcrvishes began at
dawn. the battle ragged all day. and at 4
O'clock the great army lay in white heaps
o n the field or had surrendered as prison.
crs. The Khalifa md his elusive chiefs
escaped with a mere cOrporal's guard. 1t
was a great triumph for the British arms.
The British Soudan campaign rcscm-
hies II Cuban campaign in the nature of
the original provocation. in the suspense
attendant upon its events. in the marked
disparity of the death lists ON the two
sides. and in the ultimate increase of ter
ritory accruing to the conQueror. For
gears the raiding and implacable dervishes
have been a menace to all civilized life on
the borders of upper Egypt. There could
he no peace or safety until the power of
the Mahdi, or of his successor. the Kha-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

and following the ceremonies at the
church. were attended with much pomp
and circumstance. The ceremonies be-
gan with the preaching of a short sermon.
After taking the oath the queen placed the
crown upon her head.
After the ceremonies there was a tri-
umphal drive through the gayly decorated
and crowded streets, followed by a public
reception at the royal palace. In the re-
ception hall the queen received the con-
CALCULATIONS Of her ministers, the admirals
of the feet. the officers of the army, the
members Of the diplomatic corps, the bur
gomasters Of the leading cities Of the
Kingdom. the governors Of the provinces
and the representatives Of the Dutch CO.
lonial possessions in the East and West
Indies.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
Oldest English Business.

Probably the Oldest business in En-.
gland is an ancient linen drapery con-
cern which has been in existence since
1900. Under the. title of the Sign Of
the Croune, the industry has been car
ried on in the old town of Shefford, in
Bedfordshire. upward of 800 years. for
more than half Of which time it has
been in the hands of a single family In
an almost direct line. Since 1850 this
ancient drapery shop has been under
the control of Gator & Sons. who oc.
cupy the original building.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
Veteran Caused ais Luck.

-@S.v
Abraham Sprawls was a veteran Of
three wars, and he used to live In Wire
grass. Ga. He had lost one leg In battle
and walked around OH a wooden stump.
One day he got in the way Of q fast
mail and the engine ran over him. One
of his sons-and he had a family Of Of.
teen-had witnessed the accident, and,
running toward him. shouted: TRAINS
cut OF dads leg an he'll git damages!"
Hc lifted the old man to inspect his
wounds, but suddenly let him full, say
lug In q tone of disgust: "Durn 1t all!
It's his wooden leg they've cut of"
EYES," groaned the old man. as they
wheeled him home, Its just my burned
luck. Can't see to saw me how they
missed the good leg."-Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
BATTLE OF THE NILE.
DETAILS OF BRITISH TRIUMPH
IN THE soUpAN.
How Gen. k.tchcner,. Great Victor,
Was won-Durvishes Fought with
Eanatical Bravery, Throwing Away
Life-operations Before the Fight.

-. In a terrific battle Gen. Kitchener and
lis Anglo-Egyptian column dealt n death
blow to mahdism and to the dervishes of
durham and Khartoum, and adding a
large stretch of the Egyptian hinterland
to the British possessions in Eastern AZ
RIGA. In this engagement the dervishes
fought their last great, fight. Though
Khalifa Abdullah escaped with Osman
Digna and n handful of men, the der
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
couNrRY's WELD OF WHEAT.

Than Ever Before.
The wheat crop of 1898 is not quite up
to promise. according to the report of the
American Agriculturist. This says that
in a few States it now appears the prom
Use Of wheat was not fulfilled in actual
gain by what must seem like u large mar
gin, while in n number Of States the rate
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

of yield was even greater than Indicated
on July 1. But with full allowance for nil
disappointment, the fact remains that the
crop this year is the largest on record.
The reported rate Of yield in winter
wheat is AS bushels and in spring wheat
1874 bushels. IL the present rate of yield
indicated shall be maintained the total
production of winter wheat will be rather
under 40O,O0O,O0 bushels. and spring
wheat fully 100000 600 bushels.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
Sorry for ,Em.

II see the s%paniards at Matanzas arc
compelled to eat their mules to keep
from starving" remarked the short
maj as lie laid aside the paper.
YES, l was just reading about it."
said the nan with the chin whiskers.
at is too bad; l actually feel sorry for
Them" .,w..
"Who. the Spaniards"
"No-the mules" Detroit Ere
Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

IL men had the gift Of second sight
there would be fewer cases Of love at
first sight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

Memory tempers prosperity. ,nit,.
gates adversely and controls and dc,
lights old age.-Lactantius.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
QUEEN OF THE DUTCH.

Wilhelmina Places Upon Her Heao
the Crown of Holland.
The ceremony of the enforcement Of
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland was celc,
brated in Amsterdam Tuesday morning.
The coronation ceremony was democratid
in its simplicity. but the court festivities
and professional displays. both preceding
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

aiter 6lst dsyy usa Of III. Kitnet Great Nerve n.
e.orer. Hsad for FREE $500 trial bottle ana tIeastSe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

wANrED.-c.ssofba bad health that R.l.P.A.Nsw win
New York. for 10 samples and LOU testimoniala
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

Its subjects eau travel entirely round
the world without leaving the British
empire.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23
improvements in Flying Machine.

Improvements in Flying Machines
Inventors are plenty who can make a
none has succeeded in making an appar-
atu that will guide it through the many
currents of air. In this respect Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters acts as a safe guide
by curing stomach. liver and blood dis
eases. giving u good appetite and a strong
constitution,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price IS cents.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

The date Of the Corbett-McCo y battle
has been set for Oct. Is. :.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-23

. fool's company ls not bard to hnd.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

Ex-Mayor Hopkins of Chicago thinks
the Democrats are making a grievous
mistake in trying to make the alleged ill
treatment of the soldiers the principal is
sue Of the campaign. He says it is ma
king very little impression in the West.
Campaigns of that kind rarely make
much impression. The public sees through
them too readily. Tho ''poor soldier cam
paigning is akin to the ''poor farmer"
or ''poor laborer'' campaigning, which
has always excited quite as much dis
gust att the hypocrisy of the party en-
gagged in it as sympathy with the pre-
tended object of it. The Repu blican
majority of Congress had no more to do
with the management of the
camps, than the Democatic
minority. and is no more re-
sponsible for mismanagement if there
was any. Hence there is no logi-
cal reason why on account of this mis-
management a Republican majority
should be turned into Democratic ma
jority and Democratic minority into 3
Republican minority.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW.
(Lewiston Journal }

(Lewiston Journal
Those estimable gentlemen who seek to
reform the ballot by returning to the
times before the Australian method, per-
sist in one misstatement that issall the
more dangerous tecause it is form of
specious generalization with a plausibility
that engenders certain degree of acoep-
tance
They insist that the present ballot.is in
no sense secret; that there is no difficulty
in seeing how man votes; that ballot
clerks can see through the paper and dis
tinguish by the indentation on its back
how each man has voted This is definite
statement and needs little argument. Bal
lot clerks in small towns and cities; men
who have made the canvas and know
within a reasonable certainty the political
faith and purpose of most of the voters,
can, by Watching the voting closely, from
morning to night, tell in a measure how
the election fares, but there is not truth
in the assertion that it is impossible for
any man so to vote that no one can tell
how he has voted. This is simply a mat
ter of experience and not of argument.
Few men care to conceal their votes. They
are proud of them and willing to let all
men see them, but for the man who does
not, who might be liable to coercion or
penalty for the free exercise OF suffrage,
there is absolutely no way under the sun
by which the absolute certainty OF how
he voted can be determined by anyone
We think this has been demonstrated time
again and is being demonstrated every
election by the quiet scenes at the polls,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

The naval board appointed to inquire
fleet, with a view of settling the contro-
versy between the friends of Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley as to
the credit that belonged to them in that
affair, has reported in effect that no
special credit is duo to either of them.
The board fnds that Sampson did not
get back until the fight was practically
over, and il also of the opinion that what
general orders Schley signailed to the
fleet were superfuous and did no good.
In short, the board finds that it was a
captain IS fight, that is, that the vessels
did not fight as feet, but individually,
and each captain directed the move
ments of his own ship. This is about the
way the affair has appeared to the public
from the first, and people not particular
ly interested in either of the rival com.
manders have never seen any occasion for
controversy about credit. 1t is said
that the friends of Schley will press Con-
gress for vote of thanks for his services
in this battle. If they do they will un-
doubleday meet with resistance, and a
controversy will be precipitated which
will deprive the vote if passed, of most
of its value. The best service the
friends of the two commanders can rem
der them is to let this controversy die
out Both Of them served their country
ably, but neither of them, no doubt en-
tirely from lack of opportunity, did any
thing that can be called brilliant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

1t is too early to undertake to fix the
responsibility for the deplorabls affair
at ViIden, Illinois, yesterday. The facts
in the case are not yet established with
sufficient certainty. But we think it will
appear that the Governor of Illinois is
not without considerable fault in the
matter. For some time past he has been
denouncing the rumored intention of the
manager of the mines to import labor
from other states to take the miners
places and proclaiming that he would
give no protection to any such enterprise.
This must have operated as an indirect
Indictment to the strikers to attack the
imported labor. There is room for differ
ence of opinion as to the wisdom and
propr1ety of bringing in this labor from
other states. but it was clearly within
the legal right of the mine managers,
and when the Governor declared that
this labor would get no protection at his
hands, he practically told the strikers
that they might treat the law with
impunity SO far as any action on his part
was concerned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

on account of the protests of army off.
GERS who insisted that campaign at that
season would cause tremendous losses and
probably end in failure. There has never
been any doubt as to the purpose of send
ing the expedition to Santiago. What
there has been controversy concerning is
the reason why a general way down on the
list was selected to command it instead
of the general at the head. Had the COM
mission asked for information on this
point they might have got something In
teresting. The delay Of the sailing of
the expedition from Tampa the Secretary
charges upon the navy, which thought it
had discovered a dangerous Spanish
cruiser in the Caribbean. 1t was under
stood before that this was the case.
But it has not been understood why this
delay of two days should have caused SO
much suffering on the transports as bias
been charged to it. On this point too per
haps the commission might have got
some valuable information if they had
asked for it, but the Secretary was under
no obligation to do more than answer the
questions put to him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

Mr.. j. W. Fairbanks of Pennington
in letter to the Lewiston journal gives
his experience of So years, in contrasting
the difference between the old and new
method of voting as follows:
My first vote was cast in 1843. have
not missed an election, Stats or national.
from that year to the present time. I'm
der the old system. in the rural towns, 1t
was allowable to place nan, IS on the vot-
ing list on the day of election. This
caused much friction and delay. The
worst fes ture.of all was the use of money,
or other means, not less Objectionable, to
secure party advantage. The meetings
were frequently noisy and quarrelsone.
have had the honor to preside at every
election since the enactment of the present
law, and the change for the better, to my
mind is remarkable.
The opposition to the law comes, /
think. largely from persons who fail to
mark the ballot properly, through care
lessness, and hence fini Rfault with the
law. The repeal of that law would be q
long step backward, and would open the
door for more or less fraud in our cleo
lions. never knew of satisfactory
election in Pennington under the old law.
There was always a cry of fraud by one
or both parties. Under the present law no
fault is found with the manner in which
elections are conducted.
Here is the testimony Of man who
knows, and it is that the Australian bal.
lot law has produced a change for the bet.
ter that is remarkable. Mr.. Fairbanks s
testimony is supported by the observation
of every man that was familiar with cleo
tions in this city under the old system and
has seen them under the new, There has
been remarkable change for the bet
ter. Instead of being the pell nell, rush
and push affair it was under the old sys-
tenn, the voting is now quiet and
good order always prevail at the
polling places. The voter is no longer
pestered with a long line of "heel-
ers,'' but is permitted to make his own
selection without anybody to modest or
harass him. Under the new system vou-
ing has become dignified and thoughtful
affair as becomes an act of the highest
import to the citizen and to the State.
These gentlemen, who with a whoop and
hurrah and flourish of expletives
have undertaken to wipe the present vot-
ing law from the statute book have yet
to encounter the thoughtful voters of the
state, who are not given to whoops and
hurrahs but who generally develop remark
able staying powers. These people are not
at all deceived by the fact that the crusade
against the law has been ostentatiously
begun in paper purporting to be an
organ of farmers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13
There is no doubt that Spain signed the

There is no doubt that Spain signed the
protocol under pressure. 1t was the price
she was compelled to pay to save
her coast cities from bombardment,
her army from destruction and her
finances from utter ruin. Indeed it is
hardly putting it too strongly to save that
it is the price she paid for continued ex-
istence. 1t is said she now seeks to repu-
diate this protocol on the ground that it
was not her voluntary act. If she re-
pudiates this one she will be forced to
another and harder one.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-13

Gen. Graham's testimony shows that
there was a lack of water at Camp Alger,
both for drinking and bathing purposes,
end that this had considerable to do with
the sickness there This would seem to
be deficiency which neither the officers
nor soldiers of the camp could be held
responsible for, but must be laid at the
door of those who selected the camp site.