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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
Famous Old Riddles.

Here are a few riddles which AMUSED
Dur ancestors:
Who was Adams mother? ~
How many calves tails would 1t take
to reach from the earth to the sky?
When Antichrist appears in the world
what will be the hardest thing for him
to understand?
Why do men make an wen in a town?
How many straws go to a goose's
nest?
What man getteth his living back
wards?
WHO killed the fourth part Of all the
people in the world?
What is the worst-bestowed charity
that could give?
How many persons can furnish an
swers to all of the above?
Notice of withdrawal before the ap-
pointment of a receiver of a building
aud saving association is held, in Rab-
bitt vs.. Wilcoxen (Iowa), 3s l.. r. A.
1873. to give no right Of priority under
bylaws for payment according to the
priority of notice." but also providing
that only 30 per cent of the cash re.
ceipts of the loan fund for any month
should be paid that month. These by
laws are said to contemplate going con.
Germs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27

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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
FIREPLACE BOOK SHELVES.

The size and quality of the shelves
would be regulated by the space they
are to occupy and the situation Of the
room.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
spoon Dropcake..

Spoon Dr0pcakes.
One cupful of -four, one-half of a cup
full Of rye meal, one-half of a cupful of
cornmeal, one cupful of sugar. two
2 two tablespoonfuls of molasses.
one tablespoonful of melted butter, one
sour apple chopped fine, one-quarter Of
q teaspoonful each of allspice, Glove
and nutmeg. one-half Of a teaspoonful.
Of cinnamon, one cupful of sour milk,
one-half Of q tcaspoonful of soda. Drop
by small spoonfuls into s~moking-hot
fat and cook golden brown.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27

Why isn't a girls figure her fortune
Instead of her facet
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
Corn Bread.

One and one-lalf cups flour. one cup
corr meal, onc-third cup sugar. one
fourth cup butter, n cup milk, two
eggs beaten separately, two teaspoons
baking powder. Cream the butter and
sugar together, add yolks. then milk,
then corn meal, then flour, to which the
baking powder has been added, and
lastly the beaten whites.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27

70 . NJ WlllS1 w ~ .
cured by DR.. Williams Pink pills for
Pale People and / decided to try them.
"Emma had no faith in proprietary
medicines, but decided to try the pills. 1t
was about the first of April when she be-
gan, aud by the middle Of May, after TAX
ing about eight boxes, she was entirely
cured.
"While i'll she lost t%wenty-eight
pounds, but now weighs more than ever
before. Her nerves are strong and she is
in perfect health. We are all confident
that Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People cured her. and I cheerfully recon-
mend them in all similar cases.
MRS. r. A. RYBOLT."
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this third day of September, 1897.
CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
These pills will cure all diseases arising
from a poor and watery condition of the
blood, will build up a run down system
n are q specific for paralysis, locomotor
as incurable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
Reef Broth.

Reef Broth.
Cut some pieces of lean beef into
small pieces, cover with cold water.
and boil until the meat comes to pieces;
then strain through a colander and let
the broth stand until cold. Take
off any particles of fat that are on top,
season with salt and pepper, and add
small squares of toasted bread. Rice,
sage and tapioca may be used instead
Of toast, IL preferred. Other meat
broths are made in the same manner.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
WILL RAISE A BIG FUND
FOR IHl ENCAMPMENT
PREPARING FOR THE GRAND ARMY
Action of the National Executive
Committee mt Meeting Held
i'm Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Dec l7.-The national
executive committee of the Grand Army
of the Republic yesterday ratified the ac-
ton of that body in choosing Phiiade.-
phia as the place for meeting next year.
The encampment will be held from Sep
tember to and the meeting place will
probably be the Academy of Music or the
Grand Opera House. Which place VIII
be decided by the committee of general
arrangements, which was appointed yes
terday, and which is composed of one
member from each of the thirty-s,x
Grand Army posts of the city.
The headquarters of the Grand Amy
of the Republic during the encampment
will be at the Continental Hotel. Gen.
Louis Wagner is president of the local
committee, and Gen. Robert Beath sscre-
tary. Within few days the committee
will establish a permanent organization,
and viii maintain headquarters where
everything pertaining to the national en-
campment will be considered.
The committee will seek to raise $50
COO by popular subscription. and everyone
will be invited to contribute, no matter
how small the amount. The hotels have
agreed not TO raise prices, and the raj
roads entering Philadelphia have con-
sented to grant a special rate of one cant
a mile each way, in accordance with the
treatment of the old soldiers al former
encampments.
The last encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic that was held in
Philadelphia was in 1876, the year of the
Centennial, when vast number of the
veterans came to the city. The reunion
he.
the practical reuniting of the North and
the South, will likely be one of the most
important since the conception of the or
ganization.
The national executive committee Of
the Woman's Relief Corps, which is aux
iliary to the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic spent the greater part of yesterday
making preliminary arrangements for
the annual meeting of that body. The
Relief Corps has membership of $4,000,
which is the largest organization for
charity in the world.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
RUSSIA Is NOT
BUILDING A SHIP CANAL
No Project on Foot To Connect the
Black and Baltic

An interesting report has been receiv-
ed at the State Department from Unite1
States Consul General Holloway at St.
Petersburg regarding the Black
Sea Canal. The report says:
During the fall of 1897 the Paris edition Of
the New York Herald published u statement, IL
lustrated with a map showing plans for ship
canal TO connect the Baltic Sea with the Black
Sea. the least width of which to be 2l5 feet
at water level and ia feet at the bottom, 80
that the largest battesilip could pass through it
at reasonable speed.
This article was reproduced in many leading
American newspapers, contractors, and manu-
facturers of excavating machinery, asking for
specifications. cost of labor, details 10 con-
tracts, etc. called on Prince Hilkoff, minister
of ways and communications, handed MIN news
paper containing the account, and asked if there
was any foundation for the statements con-
tanned in the article He was amused and said:
'.Some time since French engineer called on
me with the map from which this is copied is
we'll as an estimate OF the cost OF building The
same. l asked where he procured the data his
estimates were based upon. He said: From
Russian maps | then informed him that there
were no correct maps of that portion OF Russia.
and his canal was 800 miles Short
The prince added that the Russian government
had no idea OF building such a canal: indeed he
doubted if there sufficient money in Russia
to do There had been discussions in the past
as to the propriety of building a canal connect
ing the Black and Baltic seas large enough to
enable gunboats to pass through, but its cost
prevented its serious consideration.
| think il would be well to ask the American
papers to correct the impression that Russia Is
building or intending to build this ship canal.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
WIFE WILL FOLLOW
HUSBAND TO PENITENTIARY
Martha Craven Convicted OF Mis-
ccEenation and Wants to Go tO
Prison With Bowling.

Cumberland. Nd, Dec. 1I--Martha
Craven. the wife of John w Bowling, the
colored miner of Sanitation, Pa, was yes
terday convicted of miscegenauon. When
her husband was found guilty of that Of
'fense Thursday she remarked that she
wanted to be convicted, that she might
go TO the penitentiary with him. The per-
jury charge against her will be abandon
ed The jury today recommended the
woman to the mercy of the court, and
Judge Sloan said he would take iirls into
consideration.
The law under which these people were
indicted and convicted for miscegen2.iOn
is section 200 article - of the Code of
Public General Laws. 1t is as follows:
''All marriages between a white person
and negro, or between d white person
and a person of negro descent 10 the
third generation, inclusive. are forever
prohibited and shall be void: and any
person violating the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of an in
famous crime and punished by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary not less than
eighteen months nor more than ten
years"
Section 194 of the same article imposes
a fine of 800 upon any minister who shall
upon any pretense, join in marriage any
negro with any white person
The evening times., 1898-12-17
Lafayette Monument Design.

New York Dec. 1.-THE Lafayette Me-
mortal Commission. organized under the
auspices of Commissioner General Ferdi-
nand w Peck has announced the selec-
ton of an expert advisory jury to ap-
prove the design for the Paris Lafayette
monument, consisting of j. Q. A. Ward,
president of the National Sculpture So
ciety; John Lafarge, president of the So
ciety of American Artists. and George B.
Post, president of the National Institute
of American Architects. The executive
committee of the commission will confer
with this jury in regard to the selection
of sculptors for the work, and the jury
will pass upon the design before accept
ance. Ii is not likely that competition
will be held. as the time for the work is
now too brief.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
The BABIES CURZoN
AND THEIR NURSES
sieero!'s Daughters Well Guarded
on the Voyage to India-Live
in Four Cabins

New York Dec. IA Marseilles cable
to the World says
Never has there been so much care be-
slowed on the two girl babies as sur
rounds the heiresses- of Lord Curzon of
hedleston on his long journey to the vice
regal home in India
Lady Curzon miss Letter. suddenly
changed her plan to avoid the overland
journey and met Lord Curzon here at the
dock. She is accompanied by six maids.
two of whom are nurses for the babies.
The suite of the Curzons consists of
twenty persons including Col Sanbald
chief Of the viceroys military household; !;
two lieutenants and officers of ordnance;
Mr.. Lawrence first secretary: TWO under
secretaries and two members of the civil
household.
The English consul here and high
French officials waited on the Viceroy
and Lady Curzon and attended their de-
parture on the steamship Arabia at noon
which was held for their arrival. No less
than fifty trunks ans seventy travelling
bags and valises comprised the baggage
of the party.
Four cabins have been reserved for La
dy Curzon, the babies and nurses.
Mayor of London, also sailed on the Ara
bia
A great crowd watched the mbarka ton
of the vice regal party, and all honors
were shown by the French authorities.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
DESERTED VILLAGE SOLD
UNDER THE HAMMER
Once Thrifty Town of Glen Eyre,
Pa, Bid in for Seventy-six
Kindred Dogalrs

Milford Pa, Dec. 1.-THE sale of the
village of Glen Eyre. Pike County, which
has been much advertised, and was post
poned from Monday last owing TO alb
sence of bidders. was completed yester-
day afternoon by Sheriff Courtrlght in
the county courthouse. The bidding was
spirited, and Peter b. vermilyea a New
York attorney. bid in the property at
$3.50 for Mrs. Mary 7. Carpenter of
Scarsdale, \. Y. The sum realized was
more than $1,000 in excess of the mort
gage.
The sale included S42 acres of land.
about a dozen dwellings. several shan
ties, a post office, the railroad station
barns, storehouse. sawmill. blacksmith
shop. factory buildings, etc. All were
sold as the property of John Deming and
wife. OF the $40 acres. only about fifty
are improved, the rest being good timber
land The village, which has been de-
serted for several years, was once q
thriving one. 1t is situated in the north
ern part of the county. at the confluence
of the Blooming Grove and Lackawauna
rivers. on the Honesdale branch of the
Erie and the Delaware and Hudson Ca
nal Railroads. 1t is stated thai the new
owner will endeavor to restore activity in
the stone quarries, in numbering and in
building up the deserted village.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
COMMERCIAL COMPANY
FORMED In BROOKLYN
TO USE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Have Options ON Twenty Thousand
Acres of Sugar and Coffee Lands
in the West Indies.

Albany, N. Y, Dec. T.-Handing in d
check for $17.5O0, but declining to say any
thing about the corporation which ne
represented a lawyer, unknown to the
secretary of states office, yesterday in
corporated the North American CONNER
cial Company, with capital of s14, GOO 900.
The company is formed to handle the
raw agricultural products of this coun-
try and the West Indies, and may estab-
iish factories, agencies and depots for
this purpose. engage in the transportation
of goods and do a general trading and
manufacturing business. 1t may also buy
the bonds of any other domestic or for
eign corporation The principal Office is
TO be in Brooklyn.
Corporation Clerk White in examining
the papers called attention to the fact
that this is the third company of the Kind
to incorporate here within a few weeks.
and suggested that the habit of incorpo-
rating in Jersey is going out of fashion
The directors named in the papers ara
Charles Borda. Jay Lesser and Paul Eu-
gene Jones, of Brooklyn, who subscribe
for $50, $50 and 100 shares, respectively, Of
the stock. Borda and Jones are put down
as residing at No. 215 Montague Street.
which is the number at which is located
the law firm of Jones & Titcomb which
drew the papers. Leiser's residence is
given at No. 1912 Bushwick Avenue
New York Dec. T.-Paui Eugene Jones'
OF No 2l5 Montague Street, Brooklyn to-
day confirmed the Albany dispatch con-
cerning the incorporation of the North
American Commercial Company He said
that he and his associates own or have
options on some twenty thousand acres
OF sugar and coffee lands and planta tions
in the West Indies
THE Bordas.' said Mr.. Jones, "are the
largest and wealthiest land owners in
Porto Rico A syndicate has been nego-
uating for the acquisition of certain min
Ing properties in Santiago and Naguabo
Cuba, and In Porto Rico. The company
VIII do large business in the United
States and West Indies. II will deal in
raw and manufactured products
Charles Borda will be president of the
company and Mr.. Jones secretary and at
torney. OF the capital stock of S1iOe0 0OO
$40, o00GO viii be preferred The paid up
capital on which the company will begin
business is $50, 900. meeting will soon
be held 10 effect permanent organiZa-
ton. Until then the detailed plans of the
company will be kept secret
The evening times., 1898-12-17
WAITING THE TRACTION
COMPANIES NEXT MOVE
Mayor Harrison Wants No More
Mass Meetings ON the Fran
chises at Present

Chicago, Dec. I7.-Mayor Harrison thinks
no more mass meetings should be held al
present TO take action on the street car
franchise extension question.
THE people of Chicago understand the
situation with reference 10 the street car
companies" declared the mayor The
forces opposing the attempt 10 secure ex-
tension franchises have been successful
so far 1t is well enough now TO wait until
the traction companies make new move
and then meet them
In accordance with, the mayors policy
the mass meeting which was TO have been
held at the Peoples Institute this evening
has been postponed.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
ARMY ORDERS.

BY the direction OF the Secretary. of War, the
retirement from active service OF Capt Fayette
W. Roe, Third United States Infantry, is an
nounced.
BY direction of the Secretary of War. First
Lieut. Harry X. Lee, Sixth United States In
fantry. is relieved from duty as assistant mus
tering officer for the State OF Ohio TO take effect
December 15 1893, and will proceed to join his
regiment.
BY direction of the President, Capt-Charles H.
McGill, assistant adjutant general, U. S. Folun-
teers, is honorably discharged the service of the
United States by the Secretary OF War, 10 take
effect December 81, 1898, his services being
longer required
BY direction of the Secretary of War, First
Lieut.. Linyille H. Wardwell, Eighth Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Infantry. having rendered his
resignation, is honorably discharged the service
OF the United States
By direction of the President. Capt Thomas H.
Simms, conanissary OF subsistence, u. S. Yof-
unteers is honorably discharged the service of the
United States by the Secretary OF War, to take
effect January Is, 1899, his services being
longer required.
BY direction of the Secretary OF War, Major
John W. Summerhayes, quartermaster U. S. A,
transport service, Will proceed from New York
city. to Bath Me-, official business pertaining
to the reftting of the transport Mohawk at that
place.
BY direction of the Secretary of War; Capt.
William Weige, assistant quartermaster, e. s.
Volunteers. recently appointed. viii proceed from
THIS city 10 fOrt tampa, fla, anu fr0m thence
via Plant Steamship Company's steamer sailing
from that port on Saturday. December H. 1885,
for Havana. Cuba, weber on arrival he will report
to the commanding general OF the United States
forces, for assignment to duty, under the direc
ton of Brgadier General Charles F. Humphrey,
United States Volunteers. chief quartermaster at
that place
By direction of the Secretary of War; the fol-
lowing Changes in the stations and duties of
officers OF the Ordnance Department, Z. s A.,
! made:
Is
duty at Rock Island Arsenal, H., and assigned to
duty at Springfield Arnory, Mass.
First Lieut. George W Burr is relieved from
duty ct Watervliet Arsenal New York, and
signed to duty at Rock Island Arsenal, iii.
Second Lieut. William z. Weoten is relieved
from duty at Wiilets Point. y. T.. with the bait
talon of engineers and at the L. 5. Engineer
School, and will proceed to Manila Philippine
Islands, and report in person to the commanding
general CT the Z. $. forces for duty with Com
pany A, battalion of engineers.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
THE PEACE-LoVING CAR
BUYING MORE GUNS
Contracts With French Manufactu-
rera for Increasing Artillery
Munitions.

There is a lively demand for guns in
Russia, Notwithstanding the general dis
armament and universal peace scheme
which has been promulgated and is being
advocated by the Car. American Consul
General Holloway at St. Petersburg, in
report to the State Department. issued
Yesterday throws some light on the sub
ject. He says:
am informed that the Russian government re-
Gently contracted loan OF los 900 ,0o0 rubles
(S55 5i2, COO in France. 10 be used in replacing
her artillery with rapid-fring small caliber guns
The trials by experts have been concluded, and
the report is said to be in favor of the manu-
facture of a gun embracing the best points of a
number tested. As 5000 guns will be required
within the next two years, and Russia will not be
able to manufacture that number, contracts will
be made with foreign firms to furnish the re-
mainder. u i iESI
The evening times., 1898-12-17
GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF THE LUTHERANS
Program for the Meeting to Be Held
in Philadelphia During Christ
mas Week.

Philadelphia Dee. 1.-THE general con-
ference of Lutherans will be held in this
city on December q IS, and % and on
each day there viii be special services, at
which the teachings and doctrines of the
church will be fully expounded At a spe-
cial service in St Johns Church on Tues
day morning, December y, the conference
will organize The afternoon and even
ing sessions will also be held in St. Johns
Church. but on December u and % the
sessions viii be held in ST. Matthew's
Church. Rev. H.. f. Jacobs will preside
over the Tuesday sessions, and on
Wednesday and Thursday Revs. s. W.
chair.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
vANDALs MUTILATE
RAILWAY CARS
Disagreement of Cars Belonging to
the Erie and Pennsylvania


New York Dec. 17.-Detectives of the
Jersey City police force and the Erie and
Pennsylvania Railroad Companies are
endeavoring to learn the identity of van
dals who have malieieusly mutiIated and
damaged the rich decorations and costly
upholstery of new cars used on these two
lines. The loss to the companies has been
more than s.. 900.
The vandals first made their appear
ance in the Erie yards Saturday nisht
when they mutilated several ears, which
were among the newest and -handsomest
of the Erie rolling stock. They slashed
the plush of the seats, scratched the dec
orations on the ceilings and broke the
windows. Nothing was stolen.
John Brown. chief of the Erie detec-
tives, was set to work on the case Sun
day morning. He decided that the mutt
lation was not done by tramps but by
men who had a grievance against the
railroad.
The Pennsylvania company equipped
its Chicago Limited with new cars.
which, the officials say, are the finest
products of the Pullman shops. One of
these trains was in the Waldo Avenue
yard Monday night, in readiness 10 leave
the Jersey City station next morning.
When the porterS boarded the cars
Tuesday they noticed that eleven pares
of glass in one were broken. They look
ed further and found that the interior OF
the entire train had been visited. The
plush covering of the seats had been
slashed, and the ornamental work on the
ceiling practically destroyed. The dining
and observation cars were so badly dam
aged that they could not be used, and IL
was concluded not to run them out Of
the yard. The work was almost identical
with that done in the Erie cars
How the windows were broken without
attracting the employees who are about
the yard all night is part of the mystery.
There was a small strike among the
car cleaners a month ago, but the diff
Guilty, to all appearances. was satisiac
torily arranged and the men soon went to
work again.
George Ryerson, a Pennsylvania Rail
road detective, says he believes the NUT :
Iation was the work of some anarchist
who has a general grievance against cor
porations.
The evening times., 1898-12-17
MOVING THE TWELFTH
INFANTRY EASTWARD
Men of the Regiment Who Mny Not
Be Required to Go to the
PbiIfppines.

The order sent by telegraph for the
movement of the commands reads for the
Twelfth Infantry:
by direction of the Secretary of War.
the Twelfth Regiment has been selected
for service in the Philippine Islands. The
date of embarkation and the port of sail
ing have not yet been decided, and depend
upon the transportation facilities which
may be available. Reports will be made
of the name rank and length of service
of men, who in the surgeons opinion,
are too i'll TO make the journey and of all
the married enlisted men and other enlist
ed men who have less than three months
to serve and who do not intend TO ,re-en-
list. with view to their transfer or dis
charge.
Officers and enlisted men will be per-
mitted to take the full amount of bag
gage allowed on change of station. Off
GERS and on-commissioned staff officers
will be permitted To take their families
The evening times., 1898-12-17
Pay No War Tax stamp.

has modified his former ruling on the SUBJ
ject and now holds that releases of mort
cages and deeds of trust considered as
mortgages are exempt from the stamp
tax under the war revenue act, no matter
in what form they are executed. whether
with the solemnity of a deed, certifi-
cafe of satisfaction, or simply as an entry
of satisfaction on the margin of the rec
ord book in which the released mortgage
or deed of trust is recorded. The commits
sioner says that the attorney general and
the courts have ruled that the writer's of
kilograms should pay the tax on them.