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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Nine. Patti'. Burglar Alarms.

Visiting Nine. PATHS superb castle in
Wales, a guest not long ago had q very
curious experience. He CHANGED to
open his window in the middle of the
night, and, to his surprise, bells be.
gan to ring in every quarter Of the
grounds.
Very much scared, but realizing thar
he had, after all, only set q burglar
alarm going. the guest descended to re-
assure the household, when he Instant
~ found himself in danger from q
dozen rowing dogs, who had obtained
their freedom and were growing and
swapping in the ugliest manner.
At breakfast next morning he learned
all about this curious fad Of Nine. Pot
it's and wondered at 1t. The singer
has a great dread of burglars. Some
time ago a gang Of these gentlemen
from London attempted to obtain adj
mittance, but were defeated in their
object, and since that date Nine. Patti
has set up every kind Of burglar alarm
that exists.
The queer part about one of these is,
however, well worth noticing. Her
largest dog, an enormous brute, who
might be relied on to cope with a little
army Of thieves, Is kept vigorously
chained in a patent kennel, but the
chain Is sc arranged that should any
one attempt to open q window or q
door in the castle the dog is released
and free to rove at his pleasure, 1t be-
ing presumed that he would at once
make for the burglars and do his duty.
The idea is ingenious and, as the guest
discovered, not a little dangerous.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Working Ont splendid Re.u,t,.

Working Ont Splendid Results.
Considering the total exports, the fig.
ures relating to the United States are
extremely gratifying when compared
with those of the leading countries
which are looked upon as our rivals in
the commercial world. The total do
nestle exports of the United Kingdom
r given in 1886 at 213, 100000 pounds
sterling, and in 1896 ut 24O,OOO,OOc
pounds sterling, a gain of about 10 pei
cent Those of France in 1886 are CIV
en- at 3,24s,sOO 900 francs, and dn 1896
at 3.40O.9OO,OOO francs, a gain of only
5 per cent. Those of Germany in 1886
are given at 1855, 100000 marks, and in.
1896 at 1926, 100000. a gain of about 18
per cent; while the domestic exports
from the United States in 1886 were
$685.964,520, and in 1896 $685., 2OO,4S7,
an increase of nearly 80 per cent. When
the full figures for 1898 shall have been
made up a much larger relative gain
will be shown. AS a matter Of fact the
United States to-day has in all the
world no commercial rival. The Amer.
dean policy seems to be working out
splendid results for the American peo.
pie.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

The English author most popular in
Holland is said to be Ian Maclaren.
DR.. A. Thesleff, q Finnish scholar,
who has spent several months among
the gypsies of Northern Sweden and
Norway disguised as one of their class,
will shortly publish n work on their
Language, life and
Constable & Co. are to publish a com.
plete library edition of Smollett'a
works in the same general style as
their recent edition of Fielding. 1t will
consist Of twelve volumes and will
have an Introduction by w. +. Henley.
Mrs. Craigie, who is still called on
her title pages and the announcements
Of her plays "John Oliver Hobbes," is
engaged upon the sequel to her last
novel, "The School for Saints,' and is
also at work upon a historical. play
which will be called "Gwendolene and
Locrine," but neither of the works will
be before the public for some time to
come.
Wemyss Reid declares that the orig
inal of Rochester in 'Jane Eyre" was
the brother of Charlotte Bronte's
friend, Ellen Nussey, and was a West
riding merchant who had all the unpol-
ished force and logged egotism which
sometimes marked the Yorkshire mag
nate in those days. "Charlotte," Mr..
Reid adds, "idealized him into Roches-
ter and planted him in the midst of cir
cumstanccs of which his own life knew
nothing"
The death of Mrs. Lynn Linton calls
attention to the circumstances that
many of the most famous women nov
elists come of a clerical stock. Jane
Austen was the daughter of q Hamp-
shire rector, the Brontes were the,
daughters of the vicar of Haworth,|
Olive Schreiner is the daughter Of d
South African missionary, and Mrs.
Humphry Ward is the granddaughter
Of the Rev. Thomas Arnold, the famous
headmaster of Rugby.
The s%ixpenny editions abroad of the
best books Of we;l-known modern au!
thors seem to have hit the popular
taste. Rider Haggard's "King Solo
mons Mines al to 100000 copies and
is being reprinted. This was followed
by Treasure Island" which has done
almost as well, and now Cassells are
announcing Mr.. CUTLER COUGHS Dead
Mans Rock" q book of adventure that
is less known, but which is likely to
rival the popularity of its two prede.
cessors.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
RECENT INVENTIONS.

Touchdown caps r ventilated by
eyelets inserted in the front of the cap
to correspond with holes formed in the
front-piece to admit air to the forehead
and interior Of the cap
To assist in holding wearing apparel
while darning holes therein the materi-
al is stretched ove n flexible metal
ring, the ends Of which lap each other
and engage n of a series of catches
to expand the ring to the proper size.
For locking the wheels of baby car
riages while standing, a new device
consists of a rubber band attached to
the body of the wagon, and having a
hook on the loose end to engage the
rim of tile wheel and prevent it from
turning.
A handy device for florists use is a
hooked rod for picking up single flow
er pots without the necessity of NOV
ing a large number, a sliding bar on one
side Of the rod closing the aperture be-
tween the hook and the end of the rod
to grip the edge Of the pot.
To facilitate the opening OF paper
bags two notches are cut in the mouth
Of the bag on either side of the center,
or two ears are placed in like positions.
to extend past each other, in order that
they may be grasped separately to
spread the mouth of the sack.
Merry-go-rounds are being built in
England in which the animals jump
hurdles fixed at intervals around the
course, the horses being suspended
from rollers running on a circular over
head track, undulations being formed
in the track Of the proper shape to lift
the rider at each hurdle.
An English inventor has patented a
l~ife-saving vest to be worn on sea voy-
ages, which is shaped like an ordinary
vest and may be worn Us such, inflat-
able pockets being provided, which are
filed with air through a m%outhpiece
carried in the pocket and attached to
q tube connected with the interior of
the vest.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
The Royal Arms.

All unknowingly, for the most part,
the members Of the congregation of old
st. Paul's Church, in New York, gaze
every Sunday at the arms of the future
King Of England. On the canopy of
the old-fashioned pulpit, which is one
Of the p%epper-box style of a century
ago, are the three ostrich feathers, and
the crown that for many generations
have Constituted the arms of the Prince
of Wales, the heir to Britain's throne.
The feathers stand out gracefully in
the center of the oak canopy. They are
all carved wood, handsomely gilded.
and form an attractive ornamentation
to the pulpit.
1t is argued that these royal arms
survived the storms of revolutionary
days. An incensed mob travelled
through New York City when indie.
pendence had been declared, destroy
ing every sign that represented the
monarchy from whose chains they had
cut themselves free. Nothing was re-
garded as sacred by this mob. When
its tour was over the royal arms were
hard to find in New York City. Some
few signs escaped the ruin, but not for
long. They were smashed as soon as
attention was called to their presence.
The relic in st. Paul's Church was
passed unnoticed, and has survived to
this day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

is q contest of quickness rather than
strength.
II once by rare chance saw a lion
in the very act Of leaping upon q superb
male oryx. The animal was grazing
quietly near the edge of the veldt and
the lion had crept up unseen.
I'm the very moment that the lion
sprang the oryx saw him. 1t was too
late to run. But, like a flash, the oryx
turned his lose to the ground and
threw his mighty horns forward.
"The lion fell fairly upon their sharp
and slender tips. In a moment the
slender body Of the oryx was crushed
to the ground, but the lion fell with
him, the horns Of the plucky animal
driven clean through the brute's body
as you might skewer a bit of meat.
"They died together. When 1 ran up
I found the lion bleeding to death, the
oryx dead-his neck broken by the fall.
1 have his head mounted, the horns
still Redeemed from their passage
through the huge body Of the murder
GUS cat. 1 have never seer a beast die
moro bravely."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Phil Mays Glover Work.

Then the artist took the bat. .It's
pretty hard to draw anything off,
hand" he said. land the very sketchy
magazine illustrations you see OCCASION
ally are really worked up carefully, to
begin with. in lead pencil. Then the
salient lines are linked and the others
are rubbed out. This produces n DASH
ing. breezy, impromptu effect that as a
matter Of fact Is the result of the most
elaborate and painstakiug care. Some
times the artist makes his preliminary
study with q blue pencil, and then he
doesn't have to go to the trouble of rub
bling out the superfuous lines, because
the drawings are all reproduced by the
Photographic process, and blue doesn't
photograph. Phil May, the English
artist. who took Du Maurier's place on
Punch. won . great deal Of fame for his
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
The Boat-Dw Hers of Japan.

Young people who live in London OF
New York may fancy that our cities
are crowded, and that many families
must live without very much air to
breathe o. space for the boys and girls
to play in. What would they say IA
the boat-dwellcrs in Japan? In that
crowded country hundreds of families
spend their lives and bring up their
children upon the water, and know
nothing Of the land, except as they
make an occasional visit to 1t when
obliged to purchase supplies or attend
to some unusual business.
In every bay along the coast are
found hundreds, IL not thousands. of
small craft called "junks." These arr
small, flat-bottomed boats, and are
owned and inhabited by a man and his
of the world. Their business is the
transportation of goods and merchan,
disc of all kinds, and their navigation
is q sort of family affair. One traveller
says:
81 have seen a boat twenty feet long
most adroitly managed by three chill.
dren all under z years of age. 1 am
told that, Notwithstanding their apt
ness at swimming, many boatmen get
drowned, for no boat ever goes to an
others aid, o will any boatman save
another from drowning, because, as he
says, it is all fate, and he who inter-
feres with fate will be severely punish-
ed in some way"
Among these wonderful aquatic FAM
lilies children of 3 years old will some
times swim like little fish, and If one
is backward in learning, he will be-
thrown overheard, and teased and tor
mented until he is obliged to learn the
art in self-defense.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
CLEVER RUSSIAN COUNT.
He Found q Way OF Batting a Persiag
Creditor's UNIQUE Method.

He Found q Way OF Batting a Persiag
Creditors Unique Method.
In Persia, when a creditor fails to get
his money in any other way, he appears
in the debtors house and sits down.
Then he does not move away till the
delinquent pays up. He enters the
debtors sleeping apartments. If posi-
BILE. and has his meals brought in. AZ
few years ago q Persian held an un-
satisfied claim against the British Gov
eminent, and he presented himself be-
camped out in his private Office. The
minister did not see the joke, and sent
for a policeman. That made a lot OF
noise and trouble, and the Russian reps
resentative in Teheran evidently learns
ed q lesson from 1t, for he managed a
case Of the same kind much differently
a few weeks ago.
The Persian who demanded money
from the Russian Count Kolomeisow)!
was a holy man, a dervish, and when
he sat down in the Russians anteroom|
to wait till the latter paid his disputed!
claim, Count Kolomeisow knew that
he could not get rid of him without
much fuss and explanation. 1t Isl
against the laws, or ut least the custom,
which is just as firm, to touch a credl
itor who takes this mea Of collecting
money, SO the Count did not throw him
out. He thought over the matter, and
n morning he sent for a lot Of MAJ
sons. Then he ordered them to build q
wall around the dervish, who was Sit
ting in the middle Of the room. The
dervish watched them placidly ut frsts
but when the wall grew, and 1t became
apparent that it would be completed
soon, he Jumped owe 1t, ran away, and
has not been seen since. They say that
the Count is the first man in Teheran
who has beaten a creditor of this kind
without recourse to the police.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Corean WON, n Not Named.

In her childhood the Corean woman
receives a nickname by which she is
known in the family and by her dear
friends, but which, when she arrives at
maturity, is employed only by her
parents. To all other persons she is
"the sister" or 'the daughter Of such
and such a one. After her marriage
her name is buried-she is absolutely
nameless; her own parents refer to her
by mentioning the district into which
she has married. Should her marriage
be blessed with children she is "the
mother" Of soand-so. II 1t happens
that q woman has to appear in a law
court the Judge gives her a special name
for use while the case lasts in order to
save time and to simplify matters.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Wanted, American ehip..

Wanted, American chips.
Shippers report a scarcity Of available
tonnage, and as the inevitable result Oh
the scarcity, the elevation Of tonnage
rates. AS the ocean shipping for the
fall and winter has but just begun, and
large amounts Of grain and cotton are
to be exported later, the rates are likely
to advance further. 1t is reported that
many houses are postponing their ship
ments until later in the hope of getting
lower rates.
Such state Of affairs is not to be won.
dered ut so long as we depend on for
eign vessels to do our ocean carrying.
With European vessels. European
needs r naturally considered first.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
very expressive sketches. &c wou&


very expressive sketches. He wom9l
draw a woman in a couple OF dosel3|
strokes, yet somehow would bring out
the very texture Of her gown. He camS
across during the Worlds Fair and
brought along some Of his original
drawings. They were perfect webs Of,
blue pencil study, and every detail had
been worked out with an elaboration
that was simply incredible. Then he
had selected the lines that really told
the story and linked them over. It vas
simple enough after you nee know.
how, but the trick was to make the
first drawing. That was where tho
s~ure-enough artist was required."l
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
"LossrEa,M.."
A Profitable Industry, Although piai.
cult to Follow.


One Of the most profitable Industries
down on the coast Of Maine is lob
sterin'." It is a laborious occupation,
and those who follow 1t have to endure
much hardship and exposure aud many
perils from the sea. HOLSTERS are
caught on rocky bottoms in traps or
'pots," which are made of hickory sap
lings after the fashion of q crockery
crate. At the two small ends holes are
arranged with spikes Of flexible wood.
running to q focus, so that the lobster,
tempted to enter by a bait hung from
the center, finds it impossible to get
out. The most common bait are cod
fish heads and fish which + too plen-
tiful and unpopular to be salable In
market. The pots are submerged In
two or three fathoms Of water with
stone sinkers, and their location mark
ed by short logs Of wood fastened to
them by ropes and allowed to noat on
The surface.
Twice a day, at sunrise and sunset,
the pots are visited, and the Holsters
r taken out and thrown into a chest
in the boat, with a lot Of seaweed to
keep them fresh and give them "some-
thing to chaw on" After the pots have
all been emptied the Holsters are oil
taken to a large "foat' at some con-
venient spot, where they are trans
ferred to q tank and kept until called
for.
Lobsterers who are convenient to
towns sell most of their catch in the
local market. Those who are working
at distant and isolated spots along the
coast are visited every week or ten days
by tugs fitted up with large tanks or
reservoirs, capable of holding from TO-
600 to $1,000 Holsters. These vessels
patrol regularly up and down the coast,
and when their tanks are full drop in ut
Boston or New York and unload.
The life of the lobsterer is lonely, as
we'll as dangerous. He generally lives
alone in a cabin on a rocky island,
cooks his own meals of fish and bacon,
and spends his days catching bait for
his traps. Nearly all of them have lob
ster FARMS" where the understood lob
sters and those with spawn are impris-
oned in salt water ponds to grow and
breed. The law protects the traffic by
imposing a heavy fine upon the sale of
small ones.-Chicago Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Graveyard latin.

Ignorance is never shown more ef.
fectively than in an attempt to con.
ceal 1t. A countryman wandering
about a cemetery, says Harper's Bazar,.
came upon a stone which bore the in
scription, "Sic transit gloria mundi.'n
what does that mean?" he asked the
sexton, who was at work near by. The
sexton, not wishing to confess ignore
ance, replied: "Well, it means, that he
was sick transiently, and went to glory
Monday morning"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
a sATrLe ROYAL.
boubly Fatal Duel Between an Ante.
lone and a Lion.

10pe and q Lion.
Mid-Africa and east Africa, climate
excepted, r still the sportsman's par
adlse. In Somaliland and German East
Africa are found the largest herds of
wild antelOpes. And here occurred the
thrilling fight between m oryx and a
lion which q returned traveller thus de-
scribes:
.The oryx-spietzbock the beers call
him-is n graceful antelope with ex-
tremely long, slender, sharp horns. He
is not much afraid of any of his forest
neighbors, for six eason -Four of
these are his legs; two are his horns.
african hunters have often e an
telopes grazing in full sight Of a lion
and making nc effort to get away,
knowing that their flight would be
swifter than the lions charge. Unless
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

liam Mckinley as President of the
United States, together with the cleo
tion of a Congress which promptly CO.
in carrying this policy into effect,
scarcely admits of argument or dis
pute. Allowing for the effect Of a
strong foreign demand for u surplus
food stuffs ut exceptionally high prices.
the fact remains that u unparalleled
merchandise balance Of over $615 ,O0O,-
900 for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1893. and our continuing heavy excess
'of exports over imp rts for the first
three-quarters Of the current calendar
year. are directly traceable to the de-
crease Of our foreign purchases and the
corresponding increase in the consump-
ton Of articles of domestic production.
With the establishment of adequately
defensive duties under the tariff Of
July "a, 1897, Europe found 1t no
aonger possible to settle her enormous
balances in merchandise. The Dingley
law, enacted by a Republican Congress
in extra session ut the call Of q Repub-
'lican President, came in the nick of
time to turn toward u shores a huge
current Of gold and credits in place of
the great deluge Of foreign goods that
had and would again have flooded this
country under a free-trade administra-
tion. Hence the impregnable position
of the United States in the worlds
money markets. Hence Americas con-
troll Of the balance Of power and Amer
iica's tremendous prestige as the most
favored nation on earth. The conclu-
sion is irresistible.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Americans must take what they car
get and pay fancy prices for that. We

Americans must take what they can
get and pay fancy prices for that. We
not only. must pay our money to for.
eigners for our ocean carriage, but we
have to pay them more than the car.
rage is worth. If American enterprise
We're only given a chance. 1t would soor
abolish this condition Of things. II
would supply an extent Of available
tonnage sufficient for our needs and
would put tonnage rates down to the
proper figure. In addition to this we
would have the satisfaction of knowing
that the freight money was going into
American pockets to be invested in
other American enterprises and to be
spent for the products Of American la.
Dor. A system Of discriminating du.
ties would give to American shipping
the chance needed-the same chance
that a protective tariff has given to
other industries.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
GEN. SHAFTER'S DAUGHTER.
His Only Child 10 the Wife of a Gal.
liant Soldier.

1t is generally known that when Gen.
Shafter went to Cuba he carried with
him the burden of u great personal
grief. But q few months before, death
had robbed him of his life's companion.
Mrs. Shafter was a woman Of charm
ing ann and was one Of the most
popular women in army circles. Her
daughter closely resembles her.
This daughter, Mrs. w. Fl. McKit-
trick, is the only child of Gen. Shafter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

In her girlhood pretty May shafter was
a society favorite. She met a gallant
soldier and ere long her place at the
family Preside was vacant. II is sew
eral years ago that she married Mai.
W. n. McKittrick and they have since
lived on a ranch a few miles from San
Francisco, not far from her parents.
The loss of her mother was a great
blow to Mrs. McINittrick. Then came
lie wal and father and husband both
4 arched away. The husband went out
i. captain and returned a major. 1t was
L.. who raised the flag over Santiago
alter the surrender.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
CandOr.

"what is your opinion of the popular
songs of the present time?"' asked the
young woman.
"Oh," replied Willie Washington, "p
guess I'm like most people on that
point. l enjoy 'em, but l don't like to
own up to the fact in the presence OF
my musical friends" - Washington
Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Expausiou and Protection,

ana PrOteCGfOn,
Some papers English, you know) are
saying we cannot have both expansion
and protection; that the two are thor.
oughly Incompatible, and that the n
must be destroyed by the other.
Any idiot who really believes this as.
sertion would find himself unable to
cultivate purchased land or move his
Line fence to enclose 1t.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
The Nov Parls relescone.

We gather from an article in La M
lure that N. Gautier, the well-known
optician, is making good progress with
the construction Of the giant telescope
intended for the great exhibition at
Paris in 1000. The aperture will be
1.25 meters (49.2 inches, and the focal
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
railway i'm Chino.

The Chinese railway from Shanghai
to Wusung is nearly completed. About
twenty years ago the government
bought this road, engaged several thou.
sand coolies to tear up the rails and
sleepers, put them Oh a ship, and dump.
ed them in a desolate spot on the coast
of Formosa.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
When They Are Loud.

Bilkins-Who was it wrote ".Actiona
speak louder than words?
Harper-I don't know, but I'll bet the
thought occurred to him while he was
trying to sneak upstairs at 3 O'Clock in
the morning.