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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

think. His wife and children, who
would look after them now? His wages
were & 16 per month; on that ne had
had but small chance to save. Well, he
supposed the Shipmasters' society
would do something for her. but she
would have to give up her little house
at Forest Gate, and drop from the posi-
ton of q captains wife to letting lodgr
ings: perhaps one of the children
could be got into an orphanage; If not:
well, it meant starvation or the work,
house. He thought of his own life, OF
his hard, ill-used boyhood, cabin boy in
Quebec timber ship; of his manhood
spent in unremitting toll in all parts
of the world; of the various ships he
had commanded, in each of which he
had been expected to use less coal
less paint, fewer provisions, and to ga
with smaller crews than in the last,
He thought of the blackguards he had
had to command a crews, and the
trouble he had lad with them. Well;
he'd not had much fun out of life, and
now he was going to find out what il
All LhCdHl' an y way, uc Hdu always
done his best for his ship.
His eyes fell on the dead body of the
fireman. That too! If the man should
indict him at the bar of the last judg4
ment he would answer there, as hs
would have answered to an earthly
court: ''ln my judgment it was necl
essary for the safety of the men in my
charge" A sudden culver warned him
she was nearly gone, and he rose to his
feet for one last look to windward,
As he looked into the binding spray,
he saw a large wave come out of the
mist and knew it would swamp her.
He gripped the rail with both hands,
and his lips moved in a half-forgotten
prayer. Our Father. which art" and
the wave swept on. But the Sara band
had gone. The skipper had gone to
meet his fireman where there shall
be no more sea."-Temple Bar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The wages of laborers in the gold
mines of Siberia are only $3.50 year.
The annual export of Goldfish from
Newfoundland is about 100000 hun.
dredweight.
Since the first railway was built, 4
years ago, 100000 miles of road have
been constructed.
There are 90S registered distilleries
in North Carolina. Virginia has SIS
and Kentucky 377.
The driving of bicycle at ten miles
an hour has been ascertained to re.
quire about one-twenty-third of q
horse power. An expert rider for a
short time may exert one-third of a
horsepower. For rapid work, not
scorching, one-seventh horsepower is
needed. These figures are the result
of scientific Interrogation.
Paper is being used, instead of gutta.
percha. by the telegraph department
of the G. 2. o., in the construction OF
the underground cable between Lon
dor and Birmingham. The cable con.
sists of copper wires insulated by
means of paper casing. which is cheap
er and possesses many advantages
over gutta-percha, which was former.
ly used.
Wire-rolled glass is one of the most
(%ecent inventions. The glass, which
is exactly one-quarter of an inch thick,
contains in the center a wire netting.
the meshes of which are a trifie less
than one-inch in diameter. Conse.
quently the wire does not obscure the
light, and wire-rolled glass will resist
fire for as long a time as an equal
thickness of iron.
The cost of ordinary cleaning in q
railway passenger car after an av-
erage run of $50 miles is 16 cents per
car per day, and cars on leading lines
are cleaned once in six or eight days
more thoroughly, at a cost of about
$1.5o per car. Two or three times a
year they are cleaned in the shops, at
an expense of ten dollars. Cleaners
are paid at the rate of 1914 cents per
hour.
Absorbent cotton is highly recon-
mended as tiltering medium. 1t acts
rapidly and is, therefore, of great val
ne in filtering volatile elements. For
ordinary household use, it is specially
recommended because of its inexpen-
siveness and ease of management. A
large funnel must be provided and
the cotton is pressed more or less firm
ly into the neck, according to the sub
stance 20 be passed through.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
"Mr. Smith will take charge of the

"Mr. Smith will take charge of the
beat"
The mate, with look at the skip
per, climbed into the boat as she hung
in the davits. The skipper then called
the names of the crew he proposed to
send in her, sending first the sailors,
sc that the mate might place each in
his proper station in the boat, before
the firemen, etc. who would be of no
use in the critical maneuvers of get
ting her away from the ships side,
crowded her up. But these same fire.
men did not understand his reason
and thought he was showing undue
preference to his own men, and, a
heavier sea than usual striking the
steamer. there was a cry of: shes
going down, and he's sending the sail
ors first!" and rush for the boat.
Stand back" cried the skipper.
Crack! and the leading fireman
spread out his hands and pitched on
to his face. rolling in a limp bundle
down on to the lee rail. The rest of the
men stopped. They might as well be
drowned as shot, they thought, and
they huddled together, looking with
Mortified glances at their dead COM
rade. The skipper paused, lowered his
revolver, and then called the next
name; they had learned their lesson,
and went quietly to the boat, which
was got safely away, and drifted out of
sight in the mist of the gale.
The other boat was filled without
any mishap, and the skipper, the only
man left on the deck, lowered her; she
also got clear away, and drifted out to
the full length of her painter. The
skipper walked aft to wait for them to
haul up again. He had to pass the body
of the dead man, and he did not look al
it. The boat was hauling up on the
painter, and was getting close; the
skipper got on the rail ready to jump.
At that moment a fireman, the brother
of the man he had shot, reached over
the boats bow, and. with a cry of
Blast you, stop and drown with Bill"
cut the painter.
The distance between the ship and
the boat began to widen instantly, and
in spite of the frantic efforts of the
sailors at the oars the deeply laden
boat was swept away and blotted out
in the mist. The skipper got down
from the rails, and made his way back
TO the bridge deck. He had just ten
minutes to live. Ten minutes to pre-
pare for the next world, after 40 years
at sea!
He climbed up on the bridge again,
and sat on the canvas windscreen to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
One of Perry's Lake Erie Fleet.

Buried deep in the sands at the edge
of Spring lake, near Grand Haven,
Mich. lies the hull of the old sloop Por-
cupine, which was one of Commodore
Oliver II. Perry's feet in the battle of
Lake Erie. The old boat is nearly gone.
She has lain there since 1873, when she
went out of service, and was beached
by gang of men who had tried to rig
her up as a lumber lugger. D. NJ.
Ferry, later United States senator
from Michigan, owned the land where
the discouraged sailors flung the hull.
and he left her there to work deeper
ard deeper into the sand. She is just
at the end of one of his docks now;
but he knew the honorable part she
played, and while he lived he refused
to move her.-Chicago Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
Suicide in Full Dress.

Mrs. Rosser, who lately suicided with
her husband, the French cyclist, in Mel
bourne, prepared herself for the great
event as carefully as if she had been
dressing for a ball. She put on her
most effective dress, deliberately curled
and dressed her hair, arranged her
self upon the bed in a graceful pose,
and died with her face set in pleasant
smile. The writer knows of another
similar instance, but the woman in the
latter case hanged herself in evening
dress, with all her jewelry on and a
touch of carmine on her lips. The avl
erage mans vanity is not small, but it
is a poor passion beside that of the av-
erage woman, who would always rath-
er look well than be well.-Sydney
Bulletin,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
A Woman Grnvedigger.

\ woman as a gravedigger! The
Idea seems almost impossible, but in the
town of Lewes, England, says Tit-Bits,
there is lady who fills the office of
sexton. Everybody knows her, and
until recently she dug all the graves
in Lewes cemetery. Now, at the age of
so, she contents herself with filing
them up and attending to the mounds
and flowers. Mrs. Steel, the name of
he seXtoness, if one can use such a
TERMS a very healthy old lady, and
she has been heard to say that she will
never leave her post until it is her turn
20 have q grave dug for her. May the
time be far distant! 1t is a wonderful
sight to witness the old lady use thu
Ipade.-N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

If married man compliments a pretty
woman in the presence of his wife, his wife
reproyes him, and if the wife is not pres
snt, the pretty woman thinks it her duty to
reprove h;m.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

4 clerk in the treasury department
who has had for many years to do with
the vaults in which are stored Uncle
Sans wealth, or that part of it in
Washington, has figured out that the
silver dollars coined by the govern
ment under the Bland-Allison act of
1878 and the Sherman act of 1890, If
piled together. would make a bulk
equal to that of ! 1872 cords of wood, or
la, 500 cubic feet.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

At one of the gatherings in an cleo
toral campaign Sir Ellis Ashmead
Bartlett was frequently interrupted
by man in the body of the hall who
resented his uncompromising re-
marks upon political opponents. The
knight bore his trial with admirab bic
good humor, till, seeing an opening for
scoring point, he said: "Now, am
going to tell you something about the
late liberal government that will make
my friends hair stand on end, indicat-
ing, with a smiling nod, the vigorous
critic in the body of the hall. Wrong
again!" shouted the irrepressible one ,
removing his cap and displaying a
head as smooth as a billiard ball, sit
can't be done."-Cinciunat Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No
l Asthma medicine-W. r. Williams, An.
tioch, ILL.,, April IL, 1894.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
Hoods Pills cure biliousness, indigestion
Wind Won, as Usual.

There was great jubilee and there would
have been feasting in Madrid had provisions
been cheaper
"Shout, stranger, shout" urged the high,
born hidalgo. ".in American town was com,
pletely destroyed"
"Ah, by Camara's squadron" inquired
the stranger.
well, the information from American
sources says it was destroyed by a cyclone,
What that may be none of us know, but il
surely means some form of Spanish power.
World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
Fishing for the Cash.

Landlady--If you give me a check. Mr..
bother. Can't you arrange another method ;
Mr.; Lager (inspired)-Let me see. Oh,
yes; III give you four months note.-N. Y
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08

NOM
That's the way with science-always
putting help where it isn't needed why
don't some of those cranks invent noise
less alarm clock ?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-08
Shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29

Mendez Capotc. vicc-presidcnt of the
Cuban republic, having failed to secure
official recognition from the Government
of h United States. has gone to Mexico
to solicit the good Offices of President.
Diaz. who has shown much sympathy
with the insurgents. Mr.. Capote hopes to
persuade President Diaz to use his intlu-
cncc with President Mckinley to rccog.
nizc the Gomez Government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
Harvesting in the Illus.

Farmers have nearly finished their har.
vesting of small grain in the Black Hills.
1t can hardly be called a crop of anything
in some places. Beginning fifty miles over
the line in Wyoming and extending down
the valleys as far as the Cheyenne river,
reports come in from the farmers that in
nearly every case wheat and oats have
been cut for hay and that a large per cent.
is even unfit for that purpose. During the
time that rain was needed the most. when
the grain was heading out, there was IL
hot, dry spell which lasted ten days, and
everything was burned up. This is true
only of the unirrigated districts. On the
streams of water, such as the SpearGsh,
Redwater, Belle Fourche, Rapid River and
other streams, where water can he taken
out on the land, the crops are in excellent
condition. There has been considerable
rain during the past week, but 1t came too
late for small grain. 1t has put the grass
on the range i'll excellent condition, how.
ever.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
MISSION OF WATSON
THE DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL
CAMARA's FLEET.
Tho Bombardmcnt of Spanish cit,ea
OF the Seizure of the Canary ISL
ands Arc Not ON the Program
Other Items of Interest.
watson's Mission to spatn.

WatsOn's Mission to Spain.
A significant statement was made Sat-
nrday by a gentleman in a position to
speak with knowledge and authority as to
the plans of the administration with ref
erence to future wal operations. In sub
stance the statement was us follows:
"Commodore Watson, i'll proceeding to
the Spanish peninsula as soon us the Porto
Rican expedition is gotten under way, is
not to lombard the cities of the Spanish
coast. No such idea of bombardment of
the coast is entertained. While there may
be other incidental purposes, the main
mission of Watson is to take care of CAM
ara's fleet. The movements of this fleet
and the fears and ap%prchensions caused
by reports concerning it IRE to be stopped
for all time. The ships under Camara
will he located by Watson md finally met
and engaged. The talk occasionally in-
dulged in us to the Canary Islands is
utterly without foundation. This govcrn-
ment has no plans to take those islands
and does not want Them"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
ROBBERS GET II
Attempt Made to Hold Up a Santa
I1e TNsSengcr.

The south bound Santa Fe passenger
train was held w near Saginaw, eight
miles north of Fort Worth, Texas, by
masked men. The robbers ordered the
engineer to run to North Fort Worth,
three miles from the city. Six mcndid the
work. Two boarded the engine at Sugi-
Il md covered the engineer. They
made Kim stop in u deep cut one and a
half miles north of tile stock yards.
Superintendent Pcndcll, who was on the
trim, and the crew went forward 10 see
what was the matter. AS they advanced
toward the engine they were greeted with
a flsilladc from the west bank. The bull
lets went over their heads, but perforated
the engine and express car. Engineer
Joe Williams is likely fatally wounded.
The fireman cannot be found, but lie is
thought tn DC also wounded. The robbers
ali escaped. Nothing was obtained and
nobody in the train was injured except
those Oh the engine,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Verdict in the Case OF Lambert b,
Jones at CastaIta.

VNshO0 ~ OW0tUbB0s
The jury in the case of Lambert b.
Jones, charged with the murder of Henry
Van Rothen, rendered a verdict Of guilty
after a trial lasting three weeks at Cas-
Italia. The penalty was placed at impris-
onlnent for life at hard labor.
The principal points disclosed in the
of June, 1897, Lambert b. Jones and
Henry Van Rothen lived together in a log
house in Rhodes bottom, on tho banks Of
the Missouri River, in Charles Mix County;
that about the middle of that month Van
Rothen was missed from the n%eighb0rl0od
and has not been seen alive since that
time; that on March 81, 1898, the remains
OF a body were found buried in q ravine
about half a mile from the last residence
OF Lambert B. Jones, which residence has
been built and occupied by the latter since
the disappearance of Van Rotlien. From
articles found with the remains, the evil
dence showed that they were formerly in
the possession of the missing man.
After the disappearance of Van Rothcn.
Lamber b. Jones stated to several differ.
ent parties that he had received letters
from Van Rothen from Dubuque, Iowa,
Memphis, Tenn, aud from Waterloo,
Wis.,. and also that he had shown to diff
fercnt persons q bill of sale of the effects
of the missing a
The testimony offered by the defense
was comparatively brief, consisting chiefly
in impeachment of tile prosecuting wit
ness and showing the presence of the de-
PENDANT to be elsewhere at the supposed
time of the alleged murder than at the
place where the murder was claimed to
have been committed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
Mitchell vii, soon Emerge from
the Darkness Caused by the Burn.
ing of the Electric Light Plant
To BE Most Complete in the State
Liuht for NfttcheII.

For the past six weeks the streets Of
Mitchell have been in darkness owing to
the burning down Of the electric light
plant. No particular effort has been made
to rebuild tile plant until George c. Duffy
of Ripon, Wis.,, who practically owns the
plant, arrived and took up the matter. Mr..
Duffy wanted to sell the plant to the city,
but the council declined to buy 1t, and he
then went to work to put tho plant in bet
ter condition than ever. Mr.. Duffy has let
the contract for a building GO by 72. which
will be made of stone and brick. He x
poets TO have the plant completed and in
running order by the time the state Rcpub-
lican convention meets there on August "a,
and it will be n of the most complete in
the state.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
Convention of Pharmacists.

The thirteenth annual meeting Of the
South Dakota Pharmaceutical Association
will he held i'll Mitchell OIL August O., lC
and II. c. IL. Lohr of Estelline is the
president, and E. e. Bent of Dell Rapids
is the secretary. Among the most import.
ant questions to he considered at the meet
ing is the war revenue tax, the action of
the patent medicine manufacturers having
aroused the Indignation of the druggists.
These manufacturers are not only unwill-
ing TO bear their share of the revenue tax,
but have taken a step further and added
an advance in the price of their products
far in excess of their needs, and the drug
gists OF the state are going TO see If some
plan cannot he evolved to overcome the
greed Of the manufacturers. 1t is said
that the druggists will make a strong eff
fort to discourage the sale of these goods
and supplant them with remedies of their
own manufacture.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
TO r cAPrlves.
Spanish Steam Ships VIII Take
Toral's Men Home.

VOroAN0 wen k1ONn0s
Arrangements practically were com.
pleted by the government Wednesday for
the transportation of tho Spanish prison.
ers at Santiago from Cuba to Spain. The
contract was awarded to the Spanish
Trans Atlantic Company, represented by
j. NJ. Ceballos & Co. of New York. The
company agrees to carry the prisoners
from Cuban ports TO Spain at the rate of
$50 for each enlisted man and sos for each
commissioned officer, substance to be
furnished by the company on the army
ration basis, as provided for in the govern
ment's advertisements for bids.
The award provides also that the COM
pany shall have five ships at Santiago in
nine days from Thursday (the 2lst inst.)
two in seventeen days from that date
and enough to complete the transportation
of the prisoners in tw%enty-one days from
Thursday. On the basis of $4,000 enlisted
men and 1000 officers it will cost the gov
eminent S535 900 to transport the prison.
erS.
The ships will fly the colors of Spain
and will he manned, probably, entirely by
Spanish crews. 1t was remarked as one
of the curious developments Of the war
that the United States government should
enter into a friendly contract will, a
company, many of whose vessels are aux
~iliaries to the Spanish navy and some of
which have been captured or destroyed by
the navy of the United States.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
MYSTERY SOLVED.
Body of Missing Man Found with
Skull Crushed.

About four years ago a man named
Oliver kilgore, u horse raiser, suddenly
disappeared from his home at Sundancc,
over in Wyoming. The man was very
we'll known and was worth considerable
money. A careful search was made at the
time of his disappearance, but no trace
was found of the missing man until n
day this week when a mans body was
found near the l0l ranch, which has been
positively identified as that of Kilgore.
There were those at the time of the mans
disappearance who believed that foul play
was the cause of the mystery. Kilgore's
body was found in Il secluded draw, and
the skeleton was.intact with the exception
of the upper part of the skull, which ap-
pears to have been mashed in by Il heavy
weapon. The time of the mans disap-
pearance was in December, and it was
generally reported that he had been
frozen to death and his body lost in the
Belle Fourchc River. There is consider
able excitement in the vicinity of Sun
dance and arrests of certain parties may
follow.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
Iightntne Ktlls Norses.

During the storm near Sioux Falls the
other day a bolt Of lightning struck the
large barn of Henry Mellow. Tue bolt
entered the barn at the cupoia in the cen.
ter and passed down through the loft and
into an oat bin where the bolt seemed Ia
divide. One fork passed out through the
side of the barn while the other switched
off among the horses killing four outright
and disabling another so that it will
likely have TO lie killed. The barn was
set OH fire in three different places but
was put out without doing much damage
To the huiliinp.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
Four Years for Arson.

Hendrix Pottliovcn and Barney Cole,
charged with the crime OF setting fire to
the home of a settler named Gunsel on the
coded portion of the Yankton Indian res
e%rvation, and using firearms to prevent
the settler and his family leaving the burn.
ing building, were found guilty and have
been sentenced to four years imprison-
ment in the Sioux Falls pcnitentiary.
Eight other men supposed to have leen
implicated in the crime were acquitted.
Gunsel's land was coveted by Po,thoven,
who, with his friends. took this means TO
DIVE him from the land.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
Assessment OF Railroads.

The state board of equalization on July
Is, adjourned its session for the assess
mcnt Of railroads to the first Monday in
August. The roads have filed their re-
ports, III which the assessment is based.
The Chicago, Milwaukee u st. Paul road
shows IL far larger valuation and increased
earnings over the report of last year,
while the Chicago & Northwestern road
shows no increase in valuation and n de-
crease in earnings over its report of last
year. A warn time is expected on the
board of equalization when the assessment
Of railroads comes before IL.