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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
The Minister Who Was an Elk.

The Minister Who Was an Elk.
"An Episcopal clergyman of Grand
Rapids. Mich, who belongs to the order
of the Elks," says a member of that
order, ATTENDED q meeting the other
evening. The chairman, noticing his
presence, said: I see our Rev. Brother
- among us this evening. AS this
is such an unusual occurrence. 1 think
he Will have to be assessed So The
rector put his hand into his waistcoat
pocket, and, marching up to the desk,
put down his little v, and made a nice
little speech in which he told how glad
he was to be with his brother Elks, and
ended by inviting them to come and
hear him preach the next Sunday even
ing. Some n moved that the Elks ac-
cept the invitation and so in a body to
their brothers. church, which was
unanimously carried. The next Sun
day evening the front pews Of the
church were filed With Ellls, and when
Rev. Mr.. - assembled his pulpit, he
said: 4 am delighted to see so many
of my brother Elks here this evening,
but as 1t is such an unusual occurrence
with the most of them, 1 think they
should each be assessed 81. Let YOU
light so shine, etc. The way the silver
dollars ratified on that plate was a eau
ton. The contribution was much
heavier than usual, and the Elks voted
their reverend brother all right."-New
York Tribune.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
(To he c%ontinued.)
How Would He smell It2

r. A. Barnet tells a good story at the
expense of Bernard Shaw, the English
critic. 1t seems that the latter was
commenting upon the limitations put
upon him in the Saturday Review work
and complaining that he really had no
opportunity to express his opinions in
the English press. 1t was Mt a club in
London that he started upon a TRADE
against the narrowness of the publish
ers of England-their unwillingness to
sanction his socialistic notions. 1t was
to Max Beerbohm that he broke out as
follows:
II nm going to publish n magazine
some of these days which shall print
my opinions on all the topics of the
day. 1 have enough of them and to
spare. On art, literature, philosophy,
music, the drama, socialism, religion
and every other subject, this magazine
shall reflect my opinions. I shall write
every line of 1t, too. The experiment
might fail instanter, but 1t shall at
least have a trial."
"What will you call your periodical?'
asked Max Meerbohm.
'I'll give it a concise and appropriate
title by naming 1t after myself" said
Mr.. Shaw.
"How will you spell 1T" Mr.. Beer.
bohm inquired, innocently.-New York
Telegram.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
The Grant Family.

1t can be claimed for the Grant fam
ly, without fear of contradiction, that
hey have kept themselves more prom
nently before the public than the chill
iren of any of the other Presidents.
The three sons Of General Ulysses s.
Grant are now in the prime of life.
!irst in the family stands Col. Freder-
elk ID. Grant. He is a West Point grad
late and served some little time with
lis father mt the front just before the
lose of the war. He was prominent
Turing his fathers occupancy of the
White House. and he has been more or
ess in the public eye evcr since, having
icld some sort of M office almost un
~nterruptedly since his fathers retire
ment.
The home life of the Grant family is
thoroughly American. Col. Grant n
lied IL sister of Mrs. Potter Palmer. of
Chicago, a Miss Honore. and she has
made Il typical American home in the
lcart of the metropolis. They have
sswo children, a boy and n girl. Julia
Dent Grant, the eldest of the two, is
aow a little ove 90 years of age. She
has been in society for a few months,
and has become quite popular both in
this city and in Washington. She be-
gan her social career at Newport. She
is Il beautiful young woman, well edu-
Gated and entirely able to earn her own
living, If that shall became necessary.
She speaks half n dozen languages,
and has developed very satisfactorily a
talent for painting. Shortly before
General Grants death he left a letter
directed to the President Of the United
States who should be serving in the
year 1896. asking him to appoint the
lad to the military academy. This let
ter was not presented to President
Cleveland because Of the necessity for
more preliminary study. but it has been
turned over to President Mckinley,
and when the term Mt West Point be-
gins Ulysses s. Grant H., will be en-
tered as the personal appointec of Pres
ident Mckinley. Young Grant is an
enthusiast on military matters. He
has inherited his grandfather's taste
for Il soldiers life, and is looking for
ward to n great career in the army
Cl.autauQuan.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Told i'm a Few L,ne..

Over 700 deaths occurred from the
black plague in Bombay, India. during
February.
A finch vein of almost pure sulphide
of silver was struck seven miles west of
Ahumada, in the State of chihuahua,
Mex. The ore assays $1,000 ounces per
ton.
.Adyices from Madrid describe the span.
ish people as in a very nervous condition.
The slightest hint Of good will from a for
eign paper is looked upon as an evidence
of impending alliance.
A clergyman, while opening the New
Jersey Senate with prayer, asked that the
Emperor Of Germany might be forgiven
IL his failure ito size this country up prop
erly was due to insanity"
Two negroes are to be sold into bond.
age at Glasgow, Ky. They have repeated.
II been convicted Of vagrancy. and the
county has advertised their Services for
sale for the time Of their imprisonment.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
POISONED ARROWS.
How Indians Make Use of the Deadly.
Venom Of the Rattlesnake.

" AAANldAo NAakG OSC OF G06 lyG00Iy
Venom Of the R~attlesnake.
A venerable Indian arrow-makee ex-
planned how his arrows were poisoned
in the following words:
First we take a bloated yellow rat
tlesnake in August, when he is most
poisonous, and tie him with a forked
stick to a stake; then we tease him I'M
TIL he is in a great rage. This is done
by passing a switch over his body from
his head to his tail. When he thrashes
the grodnd with his tail and his eyes
glow bright and sparkle like diamonds,
we Kill a deer. antelope or some other
small animal, aud, tearing out the liv-
er, throw 1t to the snake while 1t is
warm and the blood still coursing
through it. The reptile will strike it
again and again, and pretty soon 1t will
begin to turn black. When he tires, the
snake is leased again, and he is induce
ed to sink his fangs into the soft flesh
until all the poison has been extracted
from him and the liver is reeking with
1t. He is then killed and the liver lift
ed with a sharp pole, for so dangerous
is it no one dares touch it. The liver is
let lie for about an hour, when 1t will
be almost jet black and emit n sou
smell. Arrows r then brought and
their iron heads pushed into the liver
up to the shaft. They are left sticking
there for about one hour and a half,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Deafness Cannot Re Curea

by loel applications. as they cannot reach III.
diseased portion of the ear. There il oniv ons
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constit,.
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In.
named condition Of the mucous lininr Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infamed
you nave . rumbling sound OF imperfect hear
the result; and unless the Inflammation csn he =
taken ont and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be DESTROYED forever.
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh'
which Is nothing but an inflamed Condition ~
tho mucous surfaces.
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any
not be cured by Halls Catarfh Cure. Send 's sor
circulars, free. NA" .os
.s +. J. CHENEY g CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Island Moves a Mile an Hour.

Floating islands are not SO rare as
may he generally supposed. They are
largely a matter of locality, ana the
one sighted three times in 1892 in the
north Atlantic ocean was not only an
unusual occurrence, but also Of peculiar
stances the island was seen 1t was NOV
ing toward the Azores at the rate of
about a mile an hour. Its extent was
nearly 800 feet each way, and it con
tanned much forest growth, many Of
the trees being thirty feet high.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Acting IA n suh.

~. ~ u SUD-
. Mites-Why. hello, Giles. old boy, how
are you! Gracious. how you have
changed! I didn't recognize you at.
Giles-ln what way have I chanped%
Mies-ln your general appearance.
ualee q dude at one time. you seem to
Giles-oh. 10 that IT. Well, Tn mar.
ried now. and have quit the du6e busi.
ness.
hilesI see, Not . dude any more,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Stone solcs.

An inventor has hit upon a method of
putting stone soles on boots and shoes.
He mixes n waterproof glue with a
suitable quantity Of clean quartz sand,
and spreads it over the leather sole
used as foundation. These quartz
so;es are said to be very flexible and
practically indestructible, and to give
the foot a firm hold even on the most
slippery surface.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Energy will co anything that can ba
done in this world and no talents. no
circumstances, no opportunities viii
make a two-legged animal a man with.
out it.-Goethe. J.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
South Carolina Cattle.

There are in the southern part of
South Carolina cattle ranges as large
as many in the great West, covered
with cattle as wild as any that ever
roamed over the prairies.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

A man who leads a fast life IL oftsn
Eow IN paying hisSdebts.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

when they are withdrawn and dried in
The sun. A thin, yellow scum
adheres to the arrow, and if it but so
much as touches raw flesh it is certain
to poison it to DEATH"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Don't forget that pecuniary charity
ID often . curse to humanity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

at is just possible" observes Mrs. Ire
v%anion. with IL lurking smile, that she
may have taken a fancy to you. But if
you have given your word to your cou-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Dallas mods, and looks the least bit shy.
"Does it sound very conccitcd to say
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

"Of conrsc.' smiles Mrs. Trevanion,
thinking how very unmistakable DaIs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
Close Rooms and Disease.

Did you ever visit an old house where
old people live, where little work is
done, where closets and rooms are sell
dom open, where the sunlight is shut
out because the ''carpet will fade?'
Did you ever venture into those closets
or rooms and move things about little?
If SO, you have seen the animal life,
tiny creatures start from papers, books,
corners, old Clothes and seen them on
furniture. These are unclean, the re-
suit of shutting out the sunlight, the
great natural disinfectant, the exclu-
sion of fresh air, lack of cleaning. If
determined woman could throw open
the window and then apply plenty of
hot water and soap or ammonia or sui
pho-naphthol, she would change condi-
lions, but not at once and not entirely,
for these close rooms breed disease con-
dltions, and the wood and paper all hold
bad odors. We need, first of all, pure
air and plenty of it. Let it pour through
your house. Screen the windows and
doors, but do not shut out the light
Let the soft warm air come in laden
with perfume of flowers. Let the sun
shine, the beautiful sunshine, fall across
the capitalization A. Mcbride.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

~ had mighty interesting time in
Cuba" said the man whose head was
divided from the back Of his neck oy
thick fringe of hair.
"Were you with the army?"inquired
commercial traveller, who had fitted
his chair against tree just outside
the hotel
'Of course" replied the first speak
err, spreading his feet apart, and sway
ing backward and forward, "that's
what made it exciting"
''I didn't see you mentioned in any
of the reports" remarked the person
who is always making an effort to
humble somebody's pride.
ooh, I've been mentioned in lot of
Them" was the genial reply. "Peo-
pie who know anything about such
matters admit that some of the best
work of the campaign was done by
me. One of the best things [ did was
to take two Spanish officers and sew
en- privates.''
GAIL by YOURSELF"
"Certainly. I didn't have bit of
assistance. The next day I went out
and took lot of cavalrymen."
Chow many?" inquired the skeptic,
whose face showed traces of mingled
surprise and suspicion.
ooh, I didn't stop to count 'em.'
Didn't you get wounded?" asked
the man who was leaning against the
tree.
"Once or twice I got little scratch,
as man is always liable to when be
is knocking around in that way. The
next thing [ did after got through
with the cavalrymen was to take lot
of commissary wagons belonging to
the Spanish, and 1 followed that up
by taking a castle on the morning of
the next day and fort in the after
noon"
"Mister," said the disagreeable man,
slowly and with Indignation, ''here
in Washington we see some of the
finest specimens of almost anything
you can call to mind; but I wish to
state, and I may remark incidentally,
that [ come from Texas and fully
realize the responsibility I assume,
that you are the biggest liar who ever
walked on Pennsylvania avenue"
The good natured reconteur looked
very angry for a moment, but the
expression of his face gradually mel
lowed into one of gentle reproach.
He merely answered.
81 amt anything of the kind. Pm
a photographer. Washington Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

First Lit tie Girl-H'm! We've got
water in every room in our house.
Second Ditto-What an awful house
to live in! We've got water onlny in
the cellar in our house, and I know
that's bad enough.
An Irishmen who is casting a retro
spective glance upon the future says,
there will come time when every
body will ride bicycles and the other
persons will not be able to get across
the streets.
College Professor-Your father is
wealthy farmer, understand. He
conducts his farm on scientific prin-
ciple no doubt. Student-No; he runs
it to make money.
He-Do you know that for the last
hour [ have been watching for q
chance to steal kiss from you? She
Indeed! Don't you think it might be
we'll to consult an oculist?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

Pork and lard are quiet and un-
changed: Barrel pork, S13@135O; light
backs, So; lean ends, $1450 fresh ribs
SIC; corned and fresh shoulders, SIC;
smoked shoulders, 81 @6$4c; hams, 90
SIC; lard, 612d67sc; pure leaf lard, nc;
in pals. 7$4 GSAc.
The beef market is steady, with a fair
trade: Steers, 7A@9Ac; forequarters,
5A661kc; headquarters, 91h@12hc:
rumps and loins, 14@15c; loins. 15@17c
The mutton market continues quiet
with prices rather unsatisfactory:
Spring lambs, 614@sc; Brighton and
fancy. S@SAc; muttons, 6@7c; Brighton
and fancy nations, 7@712c; veals, 1000;
fancy and Brighton, 1Oc.
The demand for poultry is quiet, with
nrices little changed: Turkeys, iced, 10
612c; chickens. fresh. 15@17c; iced, go
1Oc: fowls, fresh, 12@13c; iced, 9@10c;
live fowls, &C; live chickens, 9Q1Oc.
New York, Oct. 12.-Tallow steady:
city. 31k@9 Lee; country, 31AQ3 5-Sc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

1t appears from the annual state
that the decline in the imports of silk
! goods, noted the past few years, is
quite marked, while the raw material
is finding it's way into this market in
steadily increased quantities.
The present year exceeds all previ-
Gus ones in these regards, the imports
of raw silk amounting to $31, 713, 167,
against $19, 1923, 6S6 last year and ST.
re, 221 five years ago. We have
imported in times past as high as $780,
900, 900 worth of manufactured silks,
but for the fiscal year ending June 80
our importations of theme were but
slightly over $18,000,000.
The $4,000 bales of raw silk import
ed this year represents more than
500, OOO,O 900 of finishing product, and
there are not wanting those believers
in the future of the industry who see,
later on, profitable export business
in manufactures of this material.
AS regards the raw material, Amer
lean mills are OH par with those Of
the world.
The substitution of silk for cotton
has interested New England manufac-
turers to such an extent that a good
deal of the fibre has been worked up
by them into material of one kind and
another within the recent past. Some
of this material has consisted OF the
manufacture of the simpler fabrics,
with cotton and silk as component
parts. while others consist of the more
complicated weaves and are destined
to take their place alongside of the
pretentious products Of long estab
Iished concern.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.
q Friend of Paris HouseEeepers-Con
ceits In Trimming-Close Rooms
and Disease.

In Paris nothing is done quite as it is
in other countries. Housekeepers es-
pecially seem to get hold of easy and
delightful methods compared to their
sisters of other nationalities. Foremost
among these may be mentioned new
way of getting rid of house pests
For a fee of 2 guineas Pere Cafard ex-
terminates the pests of which the house
keeper may be a victim. This extraOr-
binary man began life as baker, and,
being nearly ruined by black beetles and
cockroaches, he made the discovery
which enabled him to exterminate them.
So excellent was the result that he
closed his shop and became a cockroach
destroyer. He now earns nearly e40O a
year from the government alone and
many more hundreds from private Gus
toners.
He clears the hospitals. government
buildings and granaries, employing
many men to assist him in his work.
The secret Of his method has not been
impaired even to his own relatives
He marks every corner and Granny in
the walls and floors with chalk, then
smears round the aperture with his Sc
cret compound. This is the work of one
day, and he bows himself out, saying
that, his efforts having been directed
against the parents, he will return in
few days for the children and orphans
The housewife the next morning has
nothing to do but to clear up and burn
the carcases which she finds in heaps
The same process is repeated for the
children, and no more black beetles APP
pear to worry the housekeeper The
black beetles perhaps dread Pere Cafard,
but Pere Cafard himself breads the
analyst, and not a single drop of his
secret compound will he barter for any
amount of gold Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
Pretty Table Decoration,

Virginia creepers and trailing con-
volvulus assist in elaborate table deco
rations. The four petallike members of
the centerpiece springing from the base
of the tall vase should be of silk, and
the vase in iridescent glass, in which
effects altogether delightful are now OBJ
tanned. The garland of blossoms sus-
pended from it by means of silk ri bons
might have as foundation copper wire
In the center of each quarterfoiI is
placed small fairly lamp bedded in
flowers, and the foot Of the vase is also
hidden by foliage and blossoms
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
The Toothsome Hoecake.

Into 1-3 cupfuls of cornmeal mix
level teaspoonful of salt and rather
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder
or one-half teaspoonful of soda and a
teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Beat
the yolks of two eggs until light, add
cupful OF sweet milk and pour the mix
ture over the meal, beating we'll togeth-
er, adding last the beaten whites of the
eggs. Into spider put dessertspoon-
full OF bacon drippings or lard, and
when it is hot drop in the batter, max
ing cakes about two inches across and
three long. When rich brown, turn
and bake on the other side Ella Nor
ris Kretschmar in Woman;s Home Com
paniOn
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
Conceits In Trimming.

Dressmaking has ceased to be a trade.
1t has become an art, and the embroid-
cries and coaceits in trimming are
worthy of the most serious considera-
ton. The illustration given shows the
details of poppy made of mousseline
de sole. The doubled fold of the NOUS
seine de sole is gathered, as in No. /,
is then sewed together in spiral, as in
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

Oh, yes, l understand the game now,
exclaimed the girl in the grand stand,
beaming on her escort with a glad
smile. The man you call the umpire
says something and then everyb ody
yells at him. It's very simple.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

More than twenty million free samples of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sa1ve have been dis
tributed by the manufacturers. What better
proof of their confidence in it's merits do you
want? 1t cures piles, burns, scalds, sores. in
the shortest space of time.
H.C.Pierce. Barton; H IS. Webster, Barton Land
ing; R. E. French. Glover; G. w. Russell
rasburgh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
The Boston Transcript in a recent

The Boston Transcript in a recent
issue has the foil owing to say of Yer
mont's Grand Old Man: "Senator Nor
rill of Vermo Mt gives the country the
welcome assurance that he has not
resigned and has no intention of re-
signing. The nation has never been
in greater need of the valuable exper-
fence and the high standard of states
manship which Senator Morrill, repre-
sents than at the present time. Com
pare with some of the younger sena-
tors, he is giant among pigmies. He
is not blown about by every changing
wind of doctrine. He is not weaken
ing the safeguards of the country by
attaching himself to doubtful expedi-
ents. He is sound, able and honest,
and as long as he has the strength to
serve we want him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
CA S TO

Bears the signature of CHAs. H FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze AZz0ays Bought.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup has cured whooping-
cough when no other treatment would give relief
For Group this remarkable remedy has equal.
1t conquers Group at once.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spois their sleep. You can
drink Grain % when you please and sleep like a
top. For Grain-O does stimulate; it nourishes,
cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, yonng people
and children Gram o is the perfect drink. Made
from pure grains. Get package from your gro
to- day. Try it in place of coffee. Is and Csc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
CA TO RIA

Bears the signature of CHAs H FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years and
The Kind YoH Haze AlsOa:ys Bought.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-17
PRETTY POPPIES.

No. 2, the space in the center is filled
with button covered with green or
brown chiffon, and the completed poppy
is shown in No. 3. In pink or red these
flowers are most effective and make
charming ornaments for the side of a
blouse or to hold up the drapery of a
skirt. New York Tribune.