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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-19
Time Table,
Hot Springs, S. D.
Route
DENVER,
HELENA,
BgyITE,.w;,
LINCOLN,
OMAHA,

LINCOLN, DENVER,
CHICAGO, BUTTE,
ST. JOSEPH, PORTLAND.
KANSAS CITY, SALT LAKE CITY,
ST. LOUIS, and all SAN ERANCISCO.
points east and south. and all points west.
TRAINS LEAVE As FOLLOWS:
No. 2l4. Passenger, daily. Custer;
Spearfish leaves, 1875 pm, arrives, 8 :05 pm.
No. 212. Passenger, daily. EdGemont
and all points east. west a south
.........leaves l0:5O AM, arrives, Il: 80 pm.
Sleeping, dining and reclining chair cars
(seats free) on all through trains. Tickets
sold and baggage checked to all points In
For Information regarding rates, time tables
etc., call ON or write r.. D, West, agent, OF. ].
Frances. general passenger agent, Omaha,
Nebraska.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-19
HOr SPRINGS ~POsTOFFICE

OAss asnrs.
ea.m.tosp.n. y
Eastern B. . n. mail closes at lo:lb .. N.
Eastern B. &. d n. v.mail CLOSES at y p. N.
All northern mail closes It sp. N.
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS:
sa. m. to 7:3o p. m.
SUNDAY OFFICE HOURS:
9to 10 q. m.
Eastern B. 4 NJ. mail closes at 10 Q. m.
Eastern F. E.. & NJ. v. mail closes at IN. N.
ia. STANLEY. p. N.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-19

PACIFIC SHORT LINE AT ONE1Ll, NEB.
III ABLE:
Leaves: Passenger. Arrives,
1910 a. m. Daily, Except Sunday $3.50 p. m.
w-Through CONNECTIONS. both ways with
Black Hills train. By taking this line you
can go to Sioux City and return the same
day. Connections made with all trains for
tho east and for South Dakota, Buy local
tickets to O'Neill.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-19
H%OTSPRINGs STAR.
OFFICIAL PAPER Of CITY AND COUNTY.

TERMS OF THE WEEKLY STAR.
$3.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Otherwise as Follows:
One Year...... $500 Six Months, sl.OO
6Three Months, so cents.
The STAR is published every Friday.
Short newsy communications. and local
news tems,a are cordially solicited.
j. A. STANLEY, Publisher.
Entered Mt the Hot Springs postofice as
~eoond-class matter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
P-imifive Way of Lighting Fire.


Sir Joseph Fayrer, who served a
long time in India as surgeon general
of the British army, gives an account
of the method used by the Murmese
natives in producing fire. Matches are
unknown in many parts OF the orient,
are not needed, in fact, for most ORR
entail peoples are skilled in ways CT
obtaining flame through friction. A
Burmese messenger brought a note to
Sir Joseph one day and while he waa
writing the reply for the waiting man
he noticed an object somewhat like
boys popgun suspended by his waist
In reply to an inquiry the native told
him that it was an implement for pro-
dtcing fire and gave a practical Illus
tration of its working. A small tube
several inches long and closed at one
end held a tightly fitted piston, the lat
ter was followed slightly at the lower
end and smeared with wax to receive a
bit of cotton or finder. which adhered
when pressed into 1t. Placing small
wisp of cotton upon the wax, the mes
senger fitted the piston into the tube
and forced it down by striking 1t
sharp blow When it was withdrawn
the cotton was on fire. having become
ignited by the sudden concussion OF
the compressed air.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

the plant that we know as elephants
ears. Indeed, in some gardens, callas
spread so fast that they have to be
cut down and thinned out as nui-
sances- The flowers enter lavishly into
Easter decorations, but they are al
ways used as a background where
great masses of white are desired,
rather than delicacy. The arum fam
lily Is a large one, including all plants
whose flowers resemble those of the
Gala, in having a sheath and club, or,
strictly speaking, spathe and spadix-
But we have only a few species in the
United States. the best known of
which is Jack-in-the-pulpit The skunk
cabbage of early spring also belongs
to this family. The flowers appear in
late March. or early April. always be-
fore the leaves. The spathe is sunk
in the. ground, with none of the stalk
showing, SO that the sheath, pointing
upwards, appears like a little tent In
color, the spathe is a dirty yellow,
notified with dull red or purple. The
plants grow in swamps and meadows
When the leaves appear, they are large
and oval, of a brilliant satiny green,
growing in dense punches, somewhat
in the style of garden rhubarb. Those
OF US that have an opportunity to visit
a large conservatory, such as Horti-
cultural Hall in the West Park, are
almost sure to notice several hand
some tropical plants of the arum fam
lily. One of these is the red Gala. 1t
has perfect bright scarlet spathe, and
a golden yellow spadix. The spatha.
however, is fattened and turned out
ward, more like true petal, with none
of the tubular effect of the white calla
Another plant of the order is the mon
sierra, from Mexico and Central Amer
lea. 1t may be described as climbing
vine, with large, oval leaves, gashed
into leaflets, like fingers. The flower
resembles that of the white Gala. This
is succeeded by an edible fruit.-Mar-
garet B. Harvey.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

Our interest in lilies is always re-
vived by the Easter season. and this is
a good time, therefore, to talk about
member of the family that really
does not belong there. 1 refer to the
Gala lily-so called. The Gala is not
a lily at all, but an arum. 1t belongs
to the same family as the well-known
Jack-in-the-pulpit, so common in our
woods in early summer. The Jack has
a flower shaped like that of the ca1la
only smaller. In the Gala, the broad
sheath resembling a petal is pure
white, enclosing a golden club; in
the Jack, the club and shield are both
pale green, the sheath being some
times streaked with brown Many per-
sons call the white sheath of the Gala
a petal, and speak of the Gala as the
lilly with one petal" This is not cor
rect What they call q petal is really
a sheath, or envelope, properly named
a spathe- 1t is an ornamental appen-
dage, surrounding the true flowers,
which are inconspicuous little growths
clustering at the base Of the club,
which latter is botanical1y named the
spadix- A similar arrangement ex-
lists in Jack-in-the-pulpit- This last
species is also well known under an
other name. When the green spadix
and spathe have withered away,
bunch of bright scarlet berries appears
where the little inconspicuous flowers
bloomed, and the children then call
the plant Indian turnip.' not recog-
nizing it as their old friend Jack in an
other guise. Woe to the unfortunate
wight who bites either the berries or
the root, His tongue will declare,
without uttering word, that mustard
is mild in comparison! One common
name for the Gala lily is Gala Ethiop-
lea, or Lilly of the Nile" but this is
said to be MISSIONER. Some species
of Gala may be found in Ethiopia,
but the one with with which we are
most familiar is more abundant in
South Africa 1t is so common in
some places as to be regarded as little
more than a weed. The Dutch call it
the "pig-1i1y," as the pigs eat the
roots Those OF us that have visited
California about Easter time can cas-
lily understand what this means The
Gala, on the Pacific coast, is as COM
mon as the crocus or the danodil is
with u.s. Callas grow out in the open
air, and attain a size from four to
SIX times as large as anything OF the
kind here Imagine a row OF cailas
along an ordinary paling-fence. as
tall as the fence itself. AID as thick
as the neighborfng hedge. with now-
ers as big rs good-sised milk pitchers.
and leaves nearly A. large a. those Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

and leisurely, remaining for some time
in most of the large cities he visited
and studying the customs of the peo-
pie. The new minister is taller than
the average Corean, with a military
figure and carriage that might have
been acquired in West Point, an intel
lectua1 face and the grace and man
ners of a man of the world. He is cul-
tivated, erudite and familiar with the
his tory and traditions of the occi-
dent as well as with those of the ORR
ent. He is, in a word, broad-gauged.
well balanced man. who may be ex-
pected to administer his legation in
way creditable to his country and
acceptable to this government, to gain
a social position denied to his pre-
decessor and to WELD a moral influence
Mr.. Ye failed to exert.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
Jonah F. r, Leonard.

Jonah F. r. Leonard, who received
so, 900 votes as the candidate of the
United Christian party for the presi-
dency of the recent election, is an Iowa
farmer of sturdy character and ire
proachable life. In the neighbOrhoOd
of Arnsworth, where his property is
located, he is highly respected and
popular. Mr.. Leonard is a native of
Pennsylvania His parents removed
to Kansas in 1856 and his father was
free soiler. At that time the recent
candidate for president was "a and was
a participant in the many border Skin
mishes that followed the agitation. The
elder Leonard was personal friend of
John Brown and his son shared his
enthusiasm. After the war, through
which he fought with an Illinois regi-
ment, Mr.. Leonard settled in Iowa
and has lived quietly in that state ever
since. He had been a Republican, but
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
Dog Laughed.

One day l sat upon a piazza over
looking our large back yard, while be-
side me Pat, my terrier, was busily
tearing to pieces palm leaf fan. Sud-
denly he became perfectly still, staring
so intently into the yard that turned
to see who had attracted his attention.
There was only Polly, our cooks little
mulatto girl, who was solemnly parad-
ing up and down with a gorgeous
brand-new rag doll in a cigar box
chariot, and I wondered what Pat
could see in this to interest him. But
the next moment he had darted from
my side, and l saw his sharp little face
cautiously peepfng in at the open yard
gate, still watching Polly Waiting
until she had passed and her back was
toward him, he stole in, literally on tip
toe, and softly taking the doll in his
mouth, dashed out of the gate, pur-
sued by the exasperated Polly. Then
ensued wild chase, ended at length
by Pat dropping the doll into the box
and Immediately seeking refuge in his
former place on the piazza. Here he
thrust his head through the balustrate,
and to attract PoHy's attention gave
vent to queer, smothered little bark,
at which she looked up and shook her
fist at him in impotent rage. And it
was then that saw Pat laugh. Trem-
bling all over with delight, he turned
his head from side to side, and cooked
first one ear and then the other in the
most comical fashion. His little black
nose and forehead wrinkled, his eyes
snapped and his eyebrows twitched,
while his lips quivered, and-yes, there
could be no mistake about 1.-THE cor
ners curled upward and Pat was laugh
ing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
90 Build LARGER Pulp Mill.

American and Canadian capitalists
contemplate establishing in the Rainy
Lake region of western Canada the
largest pulp mill in the worlu. Spruce
in inexhaustible quantities is found in
the region named and unexcelled water
power is also available. The American
capital for the enterprise will come
principally from the Fox river valley
in Wisconsin. A hydraulic engineer
of Appleton, Wis, has just returned
from the Rainy lake country, where
he made preliminary observations and
arranged for surveys.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
Toe Election of Senator'S,

F. M. Simmons, Democrat, win sue
coed Marion Butler, the Populist, in
the senate from North Carolina The
legislature chosen Nov. 6 will practi-
cally have nothing to do but register
the choice of the people. This is be-
cause at the state primaries held by
the Democrats of North Carolina last
April the voters recommended" the
selection of Mr. Simmons. In the same
way the Democrats at the primaries in
Arkansas last spring recorded their
preference for the reelection of Sena-
tor Berry over ex-senator Jones' These
methods OF nominating a senator are
not recognized by federal or state laws.
Yet members are frequently nominated
pledged in advance after a contest in
the primaries In Montana and in
Pennsylvania the fitness of legislative
candidates was entirely lost sight of in
the struggle for the legislature In
these states rival candidates of the
same party contended in many dis
tricts, he division being on the sena-
torship. In this indirect way Clark's
election from Montana seems assured
and Quay's from Pennsylvania is pos
sible These are facts which seem to
show that there is much merit in the
North Carolina plan. At all events it
enables the legislature to get down to
business at once without a prolonged
struggle over the senatorship. which
sometimes. as in Pennsylvania last
year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

TWO A1CLAo A"eSlc8nS~
When Cousin Mabel returned from
America, bringing two little Yankee
dogs with her. you can imagine how
to see them. The puppies were such
funny, brown little fellows. They
were not mastiffs nor pugs nor span
iels, not like any dogs that the little
folks had ever seen before When they
squeaked out their droll. tiny bark.
and jerked their little bushy tails, the
children could not help laughing. The
little fellows were named Yankee and
Doodle, and they were a credit to their
native country; in fact, they were
model puppies. They did not tease the
cat, nor chase the chickens, nor care
for any OF the tricks that tempt other
little dogs into mischief. They never
even played with bone, for, strange
to say, they were strict vegetarians.
Perhaps it was because they had seen
SO much of the world that they were
SO wise and well-behaved- They had
come way over the big green ocean,
which perhaps looked to them some
thing like the big green prairie. The
first thing they could remember was
living in a nice, snug village with hun
dreds of little playmates. 1t was
very queer village; the houses were
not built, but dug in the ground, and
in these houses there was not a man,
woman or child, but only families of
dogs lived in them. All, now you have
guessed have you not, that these dogs
were only prairie dogs? The little
Americans seemed to like their Eng
lish home, and lived there very hap
PLY, till one day stupid terrier mis-
took poor Doodle for rat or squirrel
I don't know which-and put an end
to his harmless little life. Yankee,
however, continued to thrive, and Ma
bel and he were capital friends. He
used to climb her knee and poke his
little head into her apron pockets for
dainties which she hid there for her
dear doggie. If he found nothing, he
would jerk his little tail and bark so
funnily, as if to say, Il want my din
ner." Now, although Yankee was
usually so good, l must confess that
once he was guilty of a naughty caper.
Mabel's mother had prepared a great
number of thick, wadded coverlets for
cold weather. They reached from the
shelf of the linen closet almost to the
ceiling, and looked so clean. and soft
and warm Yankee thought this
would be a fine place for a burrow, so
he nibbled his way, alas, through ev-
cry one of those nice coverlets, and
cuddled down cozily inside. Perhaps
he dreamed that he was snug at home
once more in Prairie Town. If you
ever go to London, you can see Yam
kee in the great museum where the
stuffed animals are kept, for he was a
really, truly doggie, and his funny
little figure has been admired by thou
sands of little British boys and girls.
Youths Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

ADMITTED to the 'S- ~
union; he helped welcome Lafayette to
the state in 1924; he participated in
the celebration of the semi-centennial
of American independence in 1926; he
was a United States senator from 1S47
to 1853, and was colleague and per-
sonal friend of Webster, Clay, Benton
and Calhoun; he is the only survivor
of the 100 men who sat in the senate
during his term; he is the only living
member of the Bowdoin college class
of 1925, which included Longfellow,
Hawthorne and John c. Abbott. Mr..
Bradbury has lived in Augusta for
sixty-three years, over half a century
in the house which he now occupies.
From Jackson to Bryan he voted for
every Democratic presidential nomi-
nee. He has never tasted liquor or
tobacco and today is able to attend
to his considerable correspondence
without the aid of an amanuensis.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

According to the results of studies by
Prof A. E. Verrill the beautiful Ber-
muda Islands are merely the remnant
of an island, very much larger than
the present entire group, but which
has sunk in the ocean. The original
island had an area of 300 or 400 square
miles, whereas the Bermudas today are
only about twenty square miles in
area. Within a comparatively recent
period, says Prof. Verrill, the Bermu-
das have subsidized at least 80 or 100
feet. Their base is the summit of an
ancient volcano, while their surface
is composed of shell sand drifted into
hills by the wind and consolidated by
infiltration
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
The Younger ID. ID.

Rev. Morgan Wood, pastor of the old
and fashionable Plymouth Congrega-
tional church of Cleveland, O., is max
ing a phenomenal record in the theo-
logical world. Although but SO years
old, he has been honored with the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity-the young
est man in the country to have receiv-
ed such an honor-and has made
national reputation lecturer Rev.
Morgan Wood is the son of Rev. E.. M.
Wood. a Methodist minister, of Pitts
burg, Pa He received his education
in the public schools and high school
of that city, where he had an extraor-
binary record for brightness. After
ward he attended Mt. Union College
and Yale and Boston universities. His
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

Captain s. P. Emmerson, who has
just died in Denver, was distinguished
as the leader of a company of irregular
Confederate forces, commonly known
as guerrillas, who hoped to capture or
destroy Chicago. Captain Emmerson
escaped capture on that occasion by
stealing a horse and riding away.
Many of the exploits of his command
were as daring as those of the Guam
trell, Morgan or Moseby raiders He
was once captured in Kentucky, but
escaped by cutting q hole in the rooa
of his prison. Captain Emmerson was
a warm friend to the James boys. He
never recovered from the grief caused
by the fall of the Confederacy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

An electric railway is to be con-
structed between Liverpool and Man
chester, intended especially for the
swift transportation of passengers. 1t
is said that the system adopted will be
that of the single elevated rail, the
cars being suspended from the rail.
The projectors talk of sending trains
from one city to the other, a distance
of about Twenty-Five miles, in fifteen
minues. or at the rate of lis miles an
hour
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

According to Messrs. l. NJ. Aldrfch
and L. A. Turley, two well-known Eu-
ropean biologists. man is not the only
living being who delights to go sky
ward in a balloon. There are certain
flies, they say, which Invariably go
through the air in balloons whenever
they get tired of flying in the ordinary
way. These airships are composed OF
small bubbles, which are exuded from
the bodies of the flies. and the air in
which suffices to support the insects
whenever their wings become weary
and the fancy takes them to ride
through the air on their tiny gossames
bladders. They can go, it is said, in
any desired direction by simply sway
ing their bodies toward the goal they
expect to reach. In one of these curi
Gus airships the biologists found the
body of very small insect, and they
are now wondering whether it got in
there by chance or whether the pro-
prietor of the balloon thoughtfully
placed it there with the object of feed
ing on it during its aerial journey AS
an argument in favor of the latter
hypothesis they point out that flies
while travelling in balloons cannot
satisfy their hunger unless they return
to the earth
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

Prof. Kolthoff of Sweden, who re-
Gently returned from Greenland with
q pair of musk oxen, one of the OBJ
1ects of his travels, believes these in
teresting animals can be acclimatized
in the north of Sweden. In matter Of
food, he says. they are as easily
pleased as the American goat that di-
gests oyster cans. A full-grown OK
will weigh between 1,400 and 1900
pounds, and it's flesh is good eating.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
Dog pied for a Child.

John Lynch of Coraopolis today
gave an order for monument over
the grave of a water spaniel named
Fido which had twice saved his chill
dren from death, says the Philade1-
phia Ledger Yesterday the animal
noticed his 4-year-old daughter try to
Cross in front of trolley car. The
dog ran into her and forced her on the
track in safety, but the dog was
crushed to death Three years ago
Fido pulled Charley Lynch. aged sir
years, out OF the river.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
Ricb r,idosu D.saopears.

Despite all efforts of the police no
traces have been discovered of Mrs.
Mary Taylor, the aged Brooklyn widow
and supposed miser, who is said to be
worth in the neighborhood of 500, 000-
They are still working on the theory
that the old woman has been spirited
away by persons familiar with her cir
cumstances, who seek a reward for her
release. Annie, the professional nurse
who was attending Mrs. Taylor, still
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01
ccuIotor win Become Painter.

Frederick Macmonnies, whose great
work (the fountain) at the worlds
fair was among the great attractions
at the Jackson park exposition, has
determined that next spring he will
take up his residence in New York
and will temporarily give up mallet
and chisel for palette and brush. He
is now in Paris at work on the eques-
trian statue of General Slocum, which
is to be set up in Brooklyn. When
that is completed he will for time
abandon sculpture for painting.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

Recent improvements in telephoto
cameras are said to have obviated the
old difficulty which required long ex-
posures, and have rendered it possible
to take pictures with such cameras as
quickly as with those of ordinary con-
struction. The improvement has been
effected by placing a tube, containing
a positive lens at one end and mega
tive at the other, in front of the or
binary lens of the camera.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

been there now but
that he was needed
at home, where he
is one of the Core
an kings most
t r u S ted advisers.
The new minister
belongs to the pro-
gressive party in
his native land and
is one of the most
influential states
men of the "hermit
kingdom" He has
fro-.I.l n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

ence of any other
man. He was born
in 1862 and conse-
quently is able to
give personal rec
objections of the
war of 1872, being
a lad of 10 when
that struggle was
in progress. He
was Is years old
when Maine was
4I-44l
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REV. MORGAN WOOD, D. D.

charges have always been successful,
as DR.. Woods personal magnetism has
endeared him to his congregations.
He has had churches in New Orleans,
La; Bloomington, ILL.,; Detroit, Mich;
Toronto, Can, besides his present
charge. Much of his time is in de-
mand in popular lecture courses
throughout the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-01

relatives are SClll
residents of that
city. Mr.. Van
Ewyck is one Of
the brightest Of the
brilliant group of
young musicians
which Milwaukee
has produced. He
studied with all
the best teachers,
and gave promise
very early of hav-
ing a hriUht fI1flIro