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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Against Licking Postage stamps.

HkSltlSU lIIcktur hustaSe stamps.
In connection with the practice OF
stamp licking. u medical contemporary
says: What layman would suspect that
the u~nassuming postage stamp could
become an active vehicle for the spread
of deadly ailments? Yet so it is, and
the name of stamp l~icker's tongue
has recently been brought to our no.
tice by two distinguished medical men.
1t is known To few that the common
postage stamp owes its adhesivcness
to the serum of the horse. 1t follows
that the film drawn from such IL source
may, or even must, at times be charged
with microbes of Il more or less hurt.
full nature. If a man licked IL large
number of stamps daily over a sulli.
GENTLY long period of time, the chances
are he would set up cancer of that
much abused member. The danger has
long been recognized by the postal au-
thorities of this country, who have
placed hampers on the counters of the
postof1ice.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

but simple. Whatever God sends is right
and must be endured without a mur,1ur.
Many stories are told of his physical
strength. In young manhood he saved
his sisters life by strangling n panther,
and held a mao buffalo's head under wat
er until the animal drowned. He twice
amputated his own finger after having
met with an accident,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
pR,eR FOR MY LAoY.s HAIR.

Evaporates All Moisture from Freshly
Sham pooed Tresses.
The discomfort of carrying a wad Of
wet hair on her head and the time con.
sumed in drying it frequently deters q
woman from enjoying the delights Of a
shampoo. After the hair has been
washed, it is a matter of several hours
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Concrete Wisdom.

This is worth more than one readinr.
He that knows not, and knows not
that he knows not, is a fool; shun him.
He that knows not, and knows that
he knows not, is simple; teach him.
lie that knows. and knows not that
he knows, is asleep; wake him.
He that knows. and knows that he
Enows, is a wise man; seek him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
PHILADELPHIA SHOW OPEN.
National Exposition Put in Operation
by President McKinley.

Thursday morning at s o'clock Presi-
dent Mckinley, by pressing an electric
button in the White House, put in motion
the machinery at the national exposition
In Philadelphia. This act opened the
exposition to the public. Although han
dicapped in point of time, marvels have
been accomplished, and when the gates
were thrown open the exposition was in
as good shape to receive visitors as any
big show that has been held in this coul-
try during recent wears.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
FOUR CLAIM A FORTUNE
Four Mrs. suttous eek the Riches Of
a Dead klondikc Miner.

Four wives claim the estate of William
q. Sutton, who died in the Forty-Mile
district, Alaska, leaving a fortune of half
q million. Three of them are at present
In Chicago-Mrs. Halma Sutton, Mrs.
Johannah Sutton and Mrs. Donna Bruce
Sutton. The description sent by Mrs.
Halma Sutton is thought to be from the
right wife. This Mrs. Sutton lives at
.Anoka. MINI.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
busy Crook.

But a very short time ago a sicilian
advocate was found guilty of sixty.
three different acts of fraud. For his
Industry and enthusiasm in the cause
9f dishonesty he was sentenced to 1s9
gears imprisonment.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Pronounce When snhsr.

The latest test for sobriety is Il word
Of twenty-three letters. 1t is electro
photomicrography, and the meanins as
there given is "photographing by cleo
trio light objects magnified by the mi
croscope.'
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

Most married women have an exay.
gerated notion of the ease with which
their husbands ought to make money,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

When n girl gets married the women
'how her mother took it," as
it was n funeral.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

1t is easier to quit some bad habits
than 1t is to continue them.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
S MONEY.

Bangor Maine) Commercial: People
don't think when they are riding in our
comfortable cars says an official, that
it costs the company good money every
time the train is stopped and started;
this cost is a part of the regular expense
of operation, though nobody seems to be
able to tell exactly What it amounts to.
AN amusing variety of Suesses have
been made of the exact cost of stopping
trains. A sensation was created, a few
years ago, by the statement by an expert
that a stop without letting off a passen-
ger or aking one one involved an eX-
pense of from SIPS to $1.T0. This proved
to be a ridiculously e~Xtravagant estimate.
one manager believes that it costs IS
cents to stop a train. Another makes
the expense As cents for passenger trains
and 10 or so cents for freight trains.
aside from the actual cost from wear
and tear and extra fuel consumption, one
should take account of the danger of
breakage to couplers, drawbars and their
fastenings which results from stopping
long and heavy freights. But when a
road is crowded the saving time Is I'M
portant in freight as we'll as passenger
traffic.
ION a division of a western road, 1913
miles long, some tests We're made last
year with freight trains weighing 1850
tons, exclusive of engine, tender and ca
boose. The average time consumed when
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

France, which is generally considered
not quite up to date in such matters, has
a minister of public instruction who is
doing the biggest piece of archaeological
work of the century.
Indeed the discoveries of NJ. Jacques
de Morgan, formerly director-general of
the Antiquities of Egypt, under the
French government and now minister
of public instruction of France, have
entitled him to be regarded as one of the
greatest of archaeologists.
His latest find, in Persia, of the orig
inal abode of the earliest man, a race
of people who antedated Adam and Eve
by nearly 70. 900 years, has added to the
greatness of his reputation, but even
this achievement does not surpass his
discovery of the three ruined cities of
stupendous antiquity, piled one on top
of the other, in which he was able to To-
cate the cradle of the Aryan race.
AS this is a subject in which nearly all
of the civilized world is Interested, the
Europeans as we'll as the Americans be-
ing of the Aryan race, this discovery OF
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
L.EGALIZING MARRIAGES.

Toronto Spec. New York World:
Three hundred illegal marriages are to
be made legal. and 400 illegitlmate child
ron are to be made legitimate by a bill
now before the Ontario Legislature, and
will pass in a few days. 1t was recently
decided thai marriages solemnized in
Canada by clergymen, who were residents
in the United States were illegal.
An inquiry showed that during the past
five years clergymen from Buffalo, Ro-
chester, Townawanda, Detroit n Chica-
90 had often performed wedding cere-
monies in Ontario, and that as near as
could be learned there were 400 children
the issue of such marriages. AS soon as
the illegality of the ceremonies thus per-
formed was ascertained the government
took action, with the result that the legis-
lation referred to is about to be adopted.
In future marriages celebrated this way
will not be legal, and registrars are to be
instructed not to issue marriage licenses.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

NJ. de Morgan was one of the greatest
Importance, not only to archaeologists
but to everyone who is anxious TO learn
the story of the human race.
For several years prior to his great
discovery NJ. de Morgan had been in
vestigating the ruins of Susa in Persia.
To the modern eye of 4 novice in mat
ters of prehistoric discovery Susa was
nothing more than a confused heap of
ruins for it had been u~ninhabited since
the beginning Of the Christian era. To
dig history out of this pile of stone
was not a simple task but M. de Morgan
attempted it and this is what he accom-
plished:
The first city of Susa vas the capital
of ancient Elan. 1t was erected by the
children of Elan, the sons of Shem
and it is mentioned in the Bible. They
lived more than $1,000 years before the
| coming of Christ and are now admitted
to nave been the parents of the Aryan
race. The finding of the ruins of the
city that was occupied by this race of
! people that so closely followed the flood
was the great climax of NJ. de Morgan's
discovery.
When the explorer began his work upon
the site of his greatest achievement MS
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

5000 &c. =

tWenty-threc hundred years ago, but even
the stone that tell the stories of those
days are very modern as compared with
the prehistoric Susa that has now been
discovered.
The Susa of the sons of Shem was
not called Susa. 1t was known as An
Fan. CyruS the Great called himself the
king of Anzan and few students have
never known what he meant, simply be-
cause the city of Anzan did not appear
in the leXiConS and the encyclopedias.
Now this great French student has dis
covered that AnZan was the capital of
the country occupied by the children of
Shem, the son of Noah, and that 10000
Il. G. is a reasonable date to place for its
establishment.
The Susa that appears upon the sur
face-the Susa that has long been known
was not difficult to The ruins
were those of the GraecO-PerSIan period,
the time when Alexander the Great con-
quered Persia and brought Greek civil
ization to the country.
Below this city, however, were the
ruins of one still greater, the Susa of
the Achaemenian reign, the dynasty
that was founded by King Achaemenes,
reached it's glory under Cyrus the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
SILK FROM SEA.

Philadelphia Card: The pima (mytili-
dae), a shellfsh oun in the Mediter-
ranean sea, contributes to the worlds
silk production in small quantities. This
shellfish has the owe of secreting a
viscid silk, which is made into a hand
some fabric in Sicily. This fiber IS
elected by the shellfish for the purpose
of fastening itself to the rocks, and it is
able to guide the delicate filaments to
the proper place and there glue them
fast. The material when gathered (Which
is done at low tide) is washed in Dap and
water, dried, Strengthened and carded,
one pound of the coarse filament yielding
about three ounces of fine thread, which,,
when spun, is of a lovely FURNISHED gold
en- brown color.
The Berlin Royal Musuem has recently
received a pair of golden brown silk
gloves made of byssus silk. This silk is
obtained from the small silky tufts pro-
truding from the byssus shell. This fiber
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

intentions were simply to examine into
and obtain the history of the ancient city
of SuSa that he saw before his eyes. He
looked upon the pile of stone and he knew
that somewhere within the ruins We're
stories that would add to the knowledge
of the world. So he commenced to dig.
What he expected to find was nothing
as compared to that which he ~unearthed
far below the surface, from a depth of
from thirteen to forty feet he came upon
the ruins of another city, he Susa of
nearly 700 B.. G.
Still deeper NJ. de Morgan carried his
explorations and at last, at a further
depth of nearly forty feet, he unearthed
still another city, a prehistoric Susa of
which modern archaeologists knew moth
ing beyond that which tradition had
taught them. In unearthing these three
cities, one on top of the other, therefore,
the French explorer opened up a cham
of Investigation that will keep many
scientists busy for many years to come.
The antiquity of Susa is enough to
take ones breath away. The a%ntiqui-
ties of Rome and Athens pale into in
significance before it.. In Susa there is
nothing more modern than the days of
+ Alexander the Great, who lived about
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

Great and found its ruin when poor
XcrXeS COdOmannuS was conquered by
Alexander. This was a golden period
in the history Of Susa, but it was less
glorious than hat of the city of Anzan
for there was to be found the highest
civilization Of the time.
When the Achaemenians appeared
they drove out the Aryan race. No man
was allowed to remain in the city that
had been made the home of his people for
so many thousand Of years and the new
corners built their palaces over the ruins
of the more ancient city, That was 26
centuries ago but the children of Shem,
scattered as they We're, We're not sub
iected to slavery. They went into every
part of the earth, bearing with them
their civilization and strength of charac-
ter and today it is that blood that rules
the world.
The excavations of M. de Morgan ave
established the fact that the people who
lived in the most ancient of the cities were
far beyond their time in the matter Of
artistic decoration, and that their civil
ization was in advance of that of other
races. Many bronze tablets and obelisks
have been found and two were of par
ticular valuc-one a tablet of the most
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

delicate carving and the other a bas-
relief Of one of the ancient kings. In both
the stone has Clipped and they have evi-
IDENTIFY suffered from the effect of fire,
probably the fire spoken of by Asur-
banipal, the AsSyrian, hen he says:
During a month and a day 1 swept
the country of ELAN from one end to
the other. | took away from it's fields
the voices of men, the herds of oxen and
sheep, the sOund of joyous music. 7
brought into it savage animals, serpents,
the beasts of the deserts and the gael
les
In spite of this boast, however, the
Assyrian king was unable to destroy
the evidence of the former greatness Of
the people. Susa was burned and was
left in ruins but there We're stones that
We're still intact n Upon these Nj. de
Morgan and the scientists who la as
sisted him in his researches have been
able to read the story of the wonderful
race of people who built their city
fully 10000 years before the Christian
era and who We're able to leave evil
dence of their civilization that could be
d~eciphered even hen found buried be-
meath two other cities of more modern
date. CLARENCE S. RUSSELL.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
CORSETS

Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly: In
medical opinion, the ordinary corset,
which constitutes a Well-nigh universal
article of feminine apparel, has never
been regarded with favor, and the litera-
ture on this side of the question may we'll
be characterized as prodigious. On the
other side, however, an advocate has ap-
peared-Dr. T. H. Manley-who boldly
expresses it as his conviction that there
is no garment in female costume more
necessary and comfortable than a proper
ly adjusted corset, it being, in fact, along
with imparting grace and symmetry to
the figure, a support and protection, TAX
ing the superintendent off the mid
dorsal spine n conveying it to the
broad, strong crestailli. imparting also
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

is silky and changes in color from green
ish yellow to dark brown. The single
threads are from two to three inche long,
and after being cleaned and dried they
are spur into yarn. Byssus silk woven
into material is still a great curiosity,
for the supply of material is SO scarce
that industrial development of the manu-
facture is out of the question. Fisher
men tear the shell from the rocks, and,
after cutting the tufts, return them into
basins of shallow water; the tufts Will
grow again in a year. 1t requires be-
tween 1900 and 1000 shells to obtain one
Mound of fiber.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
USED BY JENNY LIND.

New York Tribune: Two relics are
treasured i'm Albany that were honored
as having been used by Jenny Ind when
she visited the capital. They are a bed
and bureau in massive wood, vanished,
medallion painted and gorgeous n color.
They were the property of the Delavan
House, the proprietor of which bought
these pieces of furniture especially for the
use of the prima donna, the ordinary ap-
pointment of the rooms prepared for her
not being considered fine enough. When
fire destroyed much of the old hotel years
ago, this furniture escaped, and some
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
ONE ON UNI.

A good story Of the late George Angus
tus Sala and Barnum is told. 1t was on
the occasion of the last visit of the ia
NOUS Snowman to England. Mr.. Sala
presided. In the reception room, where
all were waiting to welcome the guest of
the evening, Mr.. Barnum came in beam
ing, and shaking hands with the chair
man said, with a strongly-maried Yam
kee accent:
'Thi is indeed a surprise to me"
did you hear that" Mr.. Sala whis-
pered. why, he arranged for the din
ner himself"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
PALLBEARERS NOT NEEDED.

Portland Oregonian: The latest novelty
in the line of funeral equipments has
just been introduced into Portland. 1t is
in the nature of a casket-lowering device
which does away with the pallbearers
lowering the body into the grave. By
this new invention the casket is brought
from the hearse and placed on the de-
vice, which Is automatic in its operation,
and at the proper time the undertaken
touches a spring and the casket is, by in
visible means lowered quietly into the
grave. Thus does science smooth u
passage to the cold and silent tomb.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

a sense of comfort and security. DR..
Manley's requirements of an ideal corset
are that it be light in weight, strong and
durable, so constructed as to be easily
cleaned, and so adjustable as to support
the upper dorsal spine and related parts
from the broad lilac crests. DR.. Manley
declares that the common assumption of
the ~harmfulncss of tight lacing with cor
cot wearing is grOundleSS.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

IA stops We're made was s hours and 80
minutes. Without stops the time was Z
hours and II minutes. To haul one car q
mile, on an average, 50 pounds of coal
were burned in the former case, and only
8 in the latter.
Thus when we take a man on at Ban
gor and haul him to Herman Pond there
isn't so very much profit in the operation
after ALL"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
HIS STANDING.

Bob-''How do you stand with your
employer so we'll, Tom; you never
laugh at his ~jokes?"s
Tom-"No: but I dine at the same res
taurant, and, pretending not to see him, I
retail all his stories, saying loudly: I
can't tell it so we'll as he can, but here's
a rafting good yarn Mr.. D. told us this
morning. I've been promoted three times
this year"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

time later was sold with a quantity of
other things. The proprietor of a Turkish
bathhouse purchased the pieces, and now
they are used in a room set apart for
guests who may like to spend the night
in the building.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

except where Canadian clergymen are
to perform the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17

WISCONSIN recently passed an anti
pass law. The railroad companies at
once wrote to all beneiciaries of free
psss=s among public officials, asking
them to surrender their passes. AS a
result many of the minor officers are
resigning their positions, considering
the pass more valuable than the office.
The railroads claim that they are
obliged to issue q great many free
pa sses to fficials as il the nature of q
bride, to enlist their aid in STAYING of
hostile legislation or antagonism OF
any kind. There is no doubt tn at
there is a great abuse here which
should be corrected.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17

THE HERALD has for q long time
commended that the trust question
would settle itself sooner and better
than it could ever be reached by foolish
state legislation such as Texas has put
on her statute books, much to her dis
grace. The facts are bearing out this
opinion. For about year the markets
of the east have been surfeited with q
great mass of industrial" or trust
stocks that have been eagerly snapped
up by brokers of loose morals as good
material with which to swindle the
trusting public. These stocks for the
most part represented the water
in the capitalization of the great COM
bines. Every one knows that the stat
ed capital of these great organizations
is far beyond any possible need, and
the fact is, of course, that the good
will" of these concerns is capitalized at
q rate based on artificial imitation and
without any substantial foundation.
The public, the small investors, the
promoters, and the loose operators in
Wall street have all snapped at the
bait more or less. Since the craze
quieted down to some extent it has
been found that the COM
mon stock or capitalized
swindle of these concerns does not have
any share in the regular dividends, and
is refused by all we'll conducted banks
as collateral. The ultimate result of
all this will be collapse which will
not involve the banks or the legits-
mate investors, but will carry down in
one great crash the fimsy concerns
that have been built upon the sands,
and will give the financial markets
much needed purging. It is not very
long since the mining markets had to
60 through similar experience.
There was boom in mining stocks,
many wildcat concerns were
organized without thing substan-
tial on which to base their
claims for public recognition, but with
q consuming desire to sell worthless
stock as long as the boom lasted. The
market was driven crazy, and people
bought great blocks of mining"
stOcK WHICH WAS not worm tne paper IL
was printed on. Just as there were no
mines or mineral behind that stock,
just SO there is no foundation for the
common stock of the trusts. The
crash is certain to come, and the soon-
er the better. The market needs to be
swept clean of these swindling con-
Germs. The longer the process is de-
ferred the greater the downfall will
be-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17

AT the council meeting the other
night it was brought out that City
Scavenger Chairman is neglecting his
duty shamefully, and the suggestion
was made that the city do it's own
scavepger work. This is an excellent
suggestion. The city could by proper
management not only clean up the city
but. make money on the PROPOSE
ton. The single items of paper. wire,
and tin would more than pay for al.
expenses of street cleaning, it is pro.
bable,. if.the business were properly
handled.