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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Copper Mines.

The copper mines of Sinai, ON the
northwest of Arabia, were worked
thousands of years before the Chris
tian era. 1t is stated in 'Comptes Rem
dus' that those copper mines are the
most ancient of which history makes
mention. According to authentic docu-
ments they We're worked from about
5000 years b. G. until about 1900 or
1900 II. c. Their possession had been
the object of several wars, but they
had been abandoned for 1900 years
on account of the poverty of the ores.
1t was from these mines that was OBJ
tanned IL scepter of Pepi L.. Il king of
the Sixth Dynasty. This scepter. made
of pure copper, is preserved in the
British Museum. The adits still exist
as we'll as the ruins of the furnaces,
the crucibles, the huts of the miners
and some fragments of their tools. In
some of the specimens obtained there
Occur three ores-turquoiSe. copper-hy-
drosilirate and s%andstones. i%mpregnat-
ed with copper. Among the debris
have been found slagS and cinders, but
there is no evidence of the use OF
iuNcs. Some of the fragments of tools
contain arsenic. which was used by
the Greek and Egyptian alchemists for
hardening copper.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
NM BILL is S
House Adopts Measure by a Vote of
2oS to 81

House Adopts Measure by a Vote of
225 to 30.
After Il stormy debate which developed
much bad blood and nearly provoked sew
cral physical encounters the Nicaraguan
ANA bill passed the House late Wednes-
day afternoon by the remarkable vote of
30 to 30. Democrats and Republicans
We'd with each other in an effort to get
on record in favor of the waterway that
is to come the Atlantic with the Pa
citic. The only party division during the
two days debate was ovcr the committee
amendments substituting the word de
Tense for Notifications" The Demo-
Gratis voted almost soi.lly for fortifica-.
tons. claiming that the Clayton-Bulwcr
treaty was dead. The Republicans stood
by The committee on interstate and for
eign commerce.. \. mo,ion to recommit
the bill with Instructions to report back
another bill leaving the selection of the
route to the President was buried under
an adverse majority of % to III.
The passage of the Nicaragua canal bill
by the House does not mean that the bill
will become IL law. \ Washington corrc-
spondent declares that the Senate will not
pass it at this s~cssicr, and may not con-
slider it,.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
DEWEY IN CHICAGO.
WINDY CITY OBSERVES MANILA
BAY ANNIVERSARY.
Naval Victor Ia tho Center OF! In.
terest In the Parade-streets Radi.
ant with Banners and a Cheering
Multitude Gives an Ovation.

Admiral Dewey arrived in Chicago
Monday to attend the observance OF the
second anniversary of the Manila Bay
battle. He was a little ahead of time,
as he was ut Manila bay two years ago.
A big crowd awaited the admiral and his
wife.
The admiral was met ut South Chicago
by the general executive committee, head
ed by Mayor Harrison and George u.
Dewey. This committee extended an otii-
cial welcome, the Mayor Offering the free
dom of the city to the distinguished guest
wide OPEN for him. In the afternoon
the admiral was given u reception by the
Canadian-American Association. In the
evening there was an illumination of the
lake front, and later u naval ball at the
Auditorium.
On Tuesday Admiral Dewey occupied
the post Of honor in the great parade Civ
en- in honor of his victory over the Span
iarGs two years before. Down through
the streets, made radiant with banner and
bunting, with flag and f%estoon. rode the
admiral Of the navy, the central figure
In a swinging mass of color md music.
Ter thousand men. in Respondent uni
forms of blue and gold, of scarlet and
gray, trooped before and after him. Half
u hundred bands blared the brassy notes
Of soul-stirring marches, IL score of fife
corps shrieked the shrill measures of war
tunes, horses pranced, flags waved, sabers
flashed and an u~ncountable multitude
watched the spectacle.
George Dewey will probably remember
the sight he watched from the reviewing
stand in Chicago. 1t may not have been
as spectacular as the naval pageant
which New York arranged for him, nor
as long as some other paradcs he has
seen. but it was a brilliant procession.
There were regulars, national guards
men. Mexican and civil war veterans,
man-o'-warsmcn. soldierly youngsters
who marched like old campaigners, and
Chicago's representatives in business and
the professions. Eight divisions of them
there were. and they swept through the
cheering lines Of packed humanity, under
the banners and the strcamers, past the
admiral and his party like an army
marching in triumph of n %conqueror
Chicago had turned. ont to do honor to
a hero. Political affiliations were forgot
ten. All remembered the terse sentences
flashed under the ocean from Hong Kong
two years ago. That was the keynote of
the thought along the line of march. That
the admiral enjoyed the sight and the
sounds of his welcome was shown by his
smiling face as he passed along.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Makers Of Wills.

bavaria seems to have placed the
most effective pitiall and ,arl,cd wire
acknowledgements in the path of the guile
less maker of wills. In that country it
Is imperative tllat the most simple will
must he attcsted With all solemnity 10y
seven separate witnesses, who must
he present nj the same time; and their
lction must lie sanctioned, and their
signatures must he authenticated Ivy II
public notary. Prussia has also Its spe-
cial complications. under the ssoie- Of
Frederick III. That monarch, distrists
ing ignorant iiotlIies. or ministers. Or
casual persons hui little learned in mat
tors of law" decided that onNS wills
made in solemn form before justA ! or
judges should be valid. To thesA
pcrts all particulars nus be told, IA
questions they choose to put must lie
answered. and they finally draw up the
document. read it to the testator, and
append their signatures. If it is pre-
ferrcd the will may be drawn before
hand and submitted to the judges. who.
after due inquiries to satisfy them
selves that all is right, will sanction
and confirm ii.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Earth IL crowiue

The earth is growing heavier at the
Average rate of 500 tons q year. Tho
meteors or shooting or falling stars (of
which now and again such brilliant
displays rejoice the careful watchers)
in passing through the earth's atmos-
phere are burnt up and fall OH to the
carth's surface, occasionally in a
heavy mass. but most usually in small
meteOric dust. Prof. Nordenskjold,
from his great experience, estimated
that, from the aus named, 500 tons
fall uniformly and steadily over the
whole globe in each year, and the OBJ
servations of Russian scientists yield
a similar result. These meteor streams,
says another astronomer, are really
small planetary bodies revolving
around the sun in fixed orbits by the
force of gravity. The earth revolves
on it's axis at the rate of 1000 miles
an hour. and speeds through space in
its orbit around the sun at the rate of
1000 miles every minute, and in Au-
gust and November plungcs into the
very midst of the meteoric stream go
ing in the opposite direction. The ra-
pidity with which they enter our at
mosphere. and the friction thus gen
Grated. are so enormous that they are
set fire to, the smaller ones being CON
sumed and falling in dust, while the
larger ones occasionally reach the
earth in the shape of meteoric stone or
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
CROPS HURT ~ RAIN.
Wet Weather Does Considerable Dam.
age In Many States.


age In Many States.
The most unfav0rable features Of Inst
week, us given by the crop division of the
weather bureau, were the excessive rains
in the Southern States and the unscason.
able low temperatures over the centra;
n southern plateau and Pacific coast re.
gions. A large part OF Texas, includins
the region of the great fleod of June
July, 1888, has received from two t.
more than seven inches of rain, washing
out and inundating crops to a great OK.
tent over the central and southern por.
tons of the State. Too much rain has
generally retarded farm work in the
Suites of the Missouri valley and middle
Rocky Mountain slope.
Eastward of the Mississippi river corn
planting and prepare ions therefor have
progressed rapidly. planting being in pro.
gross as far north as the central portions
of Illinois, Indiana aud Ohio and in West
Virginia and Maryland. Some corn has
been planted in southern Iowa. and plant
ing will be general the coming week. On
account of wet weather little corr, was
planted in Nebraska, and planting has
been retarded in Missouri and Kansas,
In Kansas and Texas and portions of
Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama much
%rcplanting will be necessary as u result of
ovcrtiows.
Further Improvement is generally re-
ported in the condition of winter wheat,
although in Michigan and Wisconsin
farmers are continuing to plow up wheat
fields for other crops. The crop is now
heading MS far north us Tennessee. Ar
kansas and Oklahoma. In central and
northern California high winds have been
unfavorablc, but the crop has been inn
proved by. rains in the southern part Of
the State. All REPORTS Indicate that spring
wheat is coming up finely and making
excellent growth. Seeding is low prac-
ticnlly completed except in North Da-
kOta.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
PETITIONS 70 Be N
a Kansas Prisoner Make. a Strange
Request of the Governor.


Taylor Cook, a convict and now in the
p%cnitentiary ut Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
has petitioned Gov. Stanley that the
death sentence he carried out and that he
be hanged for the murder of which he
stands convicted. According to the law
of Kansas u murderer is punishable by
death. But for thirty years no convict
in Kansas has suffered the death penalty.
Each Governor during that period has re-
fused to sign the fatal death warrant.
Taylor Cook was sentenced to! the peni-
Tertiary ten years ago for the brutal muir
der Of his wife. He now demands that
the full penalty of, the law be inflicted.
This is the thirdstime that Cook has
begged the Governor of Kansas TO carry
out his official duty under the statutes.
There are sixty convicts in the State PEN
itentiary at Lcavcnworth convicted of
murder and waiting only the signing of
the death warrant by some Governor
to pay the penalty of their crimes. Out
of this sixty it is said that twenty are
awaiting eagerly the outcome Of Taylor
Cooks petition. Should Gov. Stanley
consent to sign the death warrant these
twenty men will demand Il like release
for themselves within a short time.
1t has often been claimed that in dis
regarding the statute which makes muir
der an offense punishable by death the
Governors of Kansas have inflicted a
penalty tcnfold more severe. This asscr-
tion seems to have received vcritication
i'll the pathetic story of Taylor Cook.
When Gov. Stanley received Cooks pc
tition lie Immediately wrote to the convict
that i'll no case would the warrant be
signed unless upon the recommendation
of the judge before whom the case was
tried and the attorney who prosecuted it.
Cook wrote to Judge Clark n. Smith,
who condemned him, and. to the district
attorney, but neither would recommend
his execution. Again he wrote to the
Governor. II have tried to fulfill your re-
quirements," he said, "and l have failed.
1t is not through any fault of mine. l
now insist that you carry out IL duty
as chief executive of this State and SEN
tence me to execution" 1t is believed
that Cook will be adjudgcd insane and
cent to an asylum.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Wonders of the
Paris Exposition.

Cloud gallery. where visitors walk
above the clouds.
Active volcano with daily eruptions and
earthquakes.
Enchanted house, in which everything
is upside down.
The Mareorama, q mimic sea voyage
taken on land.
Giant telescope hat makes the moon
look only Il mile off.
The Cosmorama, showing the earth.
sun, moon and stars.
Subterrancan world, showing how gold
and silver mines look.
Sea beach with salt water pumped from
the ocean 125 miles away.
Trip in u shell in which you are fired
from q real mortar gun.
Bottom of the ocean, with a sunken
ship and strange submarine life.
Palace in the sky, a huge house-shaped
airship that rises 1000 feet.
Fairy palace under the River Seine,
with mermaids and the lorelei.
Light of Kimberley diamond, worth
$2,OOO,0O0. Biggest in the world.
Automobile ind bicycle palace, with an
arena for races aud exhibitions
Japanese temple and Oriental gardens.
with dancing geisha girls from Toxic.
American corn palace, with walls of
cornstalks and tower made of corncobs.
Moving sidewalks that will show the
whole exposition grounds without walk
ing a step.
Restoration of old Paris of 500 years
ago, with it's royal court, minstrels and
tournaments.
Reproduction of the city of Venice,
with it's water streets, gondolas and an
cient palaces.
North Pole, with iccbergs and Eskimo
houses, made Of ice cakes. with atmos-
phere kept at so degrees below zero by
liquid air.
Exposition postoflce to be at the top
of the Eiffel Tower, LOO feet above
ground.
Monstrous wheel, twice the size Of the
Ferris wheel of the Chicago Worlds
Fair.
Palace of costumes in which the modes
Of dress of all ages and all nations will
be shown.
Panorama Of the world, which will rep
resent q trip around the world in sixty
minutes.
The Alps in miniature, with mountain
guides end Swiss chalets In the heart Of
Paris.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Tales of the TerribIe Turs.

The Sultan of Turkey rises Mt 6. and.
after devoting the whole morning to
work with his secretaries, breakfasts at
noon. After this he takes n drive or a
row OF tbs lake in his vest park. At .
he dines, and amuscs himself during
the evening with his family, listening
while his daughter plays on the piano.
He is extremely fond of music. The
Sultan dresses like an English gentle
man, but invariably in IL frock coat, the
breast Of which, on great occasions, is
richly embroidered and blazing with
decorations. There are over 400 cooks
and scullions employed in the imperial
palace. b
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
a Charmcrs.

In the Persian Gulf the divers have
n curious way of opening the season.
They depend implicitly upon the shark
conjurcrs, and will not descend with
ont their presence. To meet this diff
Guilty the Government is obliged to hire
the cliarmers to Divert the attention of
the sharks from the Att. .As5e,--sav.
son approaches vast numbers OF ma
tivcs gather along the shore and erect
huts and tents and baZars. AT the OBJ
perfume moment-usually at midnight.
so as to reach the oyster banks at sun
rise-tlle fleet. to the number of 80 or
100 boats. puts out to sea. Each of
these boats carries two divers, Il steers
man and Il shark charlner. and is
manned by eight or ten rowcrs. Other
coniurerS remain on shore. twisting
tlicir bodies and mumbling Nominations
to divert TIE sharks. In ease Z, man
cater IS pervcrSr enough to disregard
the charm and attack IL diver an alarm
is given. and no other diver will de-
sornd on that day. The power OF tile
coaiurcr is believed to be hereditary.
and the efficacy of his lamentations to
he wholly Independent of his rcligieus
iaith.-Lippincott'S Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
This and That.
Dewey will visit Columbus. Ohio, earl

Dewey will visit Columbus. Ohio, early
in June.
Queen Wilhclmina of Holland is much
grievcd over the war in South Africa.
Both she and her mother are constantly
contributing funds in aid Of the Beers.
She is fully persuaded that the English
people are in the wrong.
On a train running between Client and
Brussels q fierce discussion about the
South African war arose among the pas
sensers. An alarm was 81 en-, the train
stopped and the disputants were forced
to lfnlih the dispute N the ground.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Tin. Un,ted States Senate.

The average age Of tile eighty-six
men, members-eiect of the United
States Senate, is SO years. Pettus Of
Alabama is the veteran. being 70 years.
Butler Of North Carolina is the "kid,''
having seen only thirty-six summers
Utica Herald.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
SIZE RESENTED THE DISTINCTION
MIR HILLS LITTLE DAUGHTER IN AN UPRoAR
OVER HER TWIN BROTHERS. FIRST
From The Philadelphia Post.
PAIR OF TROUSERS.

David J. Hill, the First Assistant Secretary Of
state, Is one OF the most important younger mem
berS of the Administration set. He has an inter
eSjlis. Keen personality that makes him noticeable
even in such an aSsemblage.
And his children also interesting Their
mother Is a daughter of the late Asa Packer. Of
fennsy lvania, millionaire and We'll known railroad
III ne Chli1r.u twins, girl and j
W.. ftlII mas been going through good bit Of
teasing concerning his small daughters be
ndviOr.
The pair always have been dressed alike to a de-
one dares give 10 one without giving tn other
f-ach has toys alike eats from similar chairs of
of twin plates
Their beds are copies of each other in the uur-
Sefy ana the nurse lives in daily fear that she will
unsonScIouSly prefer one before the other
IhuS they lived until recently when the blow
Mr. Hill decided that it was time 10 put the boy
IN trousers he made. and he boy
StruJted out in it one morning and proclaimed him
sell man The girl could not be found until the
nurse came down with terrible tales The girl
would not }e comforted She shrieking with
anger and grief She refused to put ON her girls
clothes. and wanted to know why she wasn't to be
dressed like her brother. The Hills We're aghaSt.
no such development had been thought Of Mr. Hin
me diplomat, went upstairs. and after hours
night came down worSted. Nothing aVai.ed.
The second day the girl grew sick, and every
SlSht OF her brother caused an outbreak. Matters
grew 50 bad that the family doctor was called i'm
ana ms prescription was Trousers for the girl
Mrs Hill wouldn't hear of it, but the girl cot so
muCh worse that the tailor called in and an
entire suit made for her like the boys.
She got well at once, and the two dressed
exactly alike every morning and kept in the house
They are gradually perSuading her to put on
walk
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
DRINKS uTyED WITH A PISTOL.
DAVE MULvANE MADE THE NIGHT PAYING
ONE IN A WICHITA SALOON.
From The Chicago Inter ocean.

From The Chicago Inter Ocean
A Kansas man happened into the barroom OF the
Great Northern Hotel last lueslay mo IllllS, nj
he met an ex-Kansan drinking solitary cocktail,
Hello there" said the newcomer as tI ne r caS
'aWeii rather admitted the ex-Kansan. Just
read in a morning paper that Dave Mulvane had
bcen appointed National commtteeman for the Re
publican party in Kansas down IN Phiadeiplld3 n3
Have ialE Something With me-" 49,. .u.,
While the drinks Were neng Sarihs iHsN9d Of the new
Kansas leader, and the ex-kansan suddehS
Did You ever hear how Dave tended bar , one
nIsh down in VIE wichita? ia KaIsa Tom college
was in the contracting business, and there were were
down to figure them. This was away back IN
the midd eighies 1t so haPpen9dd mat hSp o of
the boys including Dave came down from topeka k
Back 9 leR Bart Of drug store which was the popu
lar resort of the town. ana DaXe TOOK II 1ht@ f ms
See here he said to the man sa behind the bar
The barke6per grinned and handed his apron
mopped off the bar, and waited for trade. ,,..,.
I'VE had withdrawn to one corner OF the lttle
apartment and in the mean time contractor IRON ON
Leavenworth came in with some friends lie lie
friends in another part Of the room. Nobody Of
fered to buy so Dave called ever to us tha6 II %s Vas
all lined up. We knew that Dave didn't know any
about preaching, and it was our idea of a joke to
order something that would floor him So t, one or or
an absinthe frappt, one a gin tzz, and 50 on, each
Nobody cracked a smile, and when had ali
named our pizen. Dave gravely produced bottle,
which he put on the bar Now. he announced
cOolly boys, every of will take
whiskey and you'll drink it straight For spectac-
ular effect and to impress the LeavenwOrth crowd.
Dave began to caress large sized revolver. which
he held for a moment and then placed behind the
bar.
''You should have those Leavenworth men 5
eyes pop we all meeky Obeyed and began to
the whiskey glasses. One two
drinks had been disposed of, when Dave seemed to
~acollect the Ledvenworth crowd.
Here, you fellows. he called haven't you
ned chairs about long enough? This place
isn't open for the purpose of accommodating tired
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
THEIR SUfFERINGs EXPLAINED.

From The Chicago Times Herald
IL make it the rule of my life never TO give any
the thin IiDS. ''
on retorted the younger woman she
teIttliilhS 1t seems # should discriminate e
between the Shiftess aud really needy and
suffering. Now. l always give to tramps that have
rhtumaIlSIn because all the members Of my fam
iiy suffer from it, and expect some day to have
An rlmps have rheumatisin'' answered her
friend; but they wouldn't have it if they slept in
beds like Christians. You a WaStina. hnth voI,r
substance and your sympat hy.'
The other matrOn did agree vii her but
went feeding her rht-uma tic callers who in
creased in numbers to alarming extent until
the fact presented itself 20 her notice that rheu
matiSm had become epidemic.
Have you ever looked the IinteI?"' asked her
friend. "
No. why should I?'
there" ''
The young woman hurried to the back door of
her flat and examined the easement where in was
screened from ordinary notice She came back
laughing heartily.
Its all there. she said hut 1 can only make
out enough 20 translate into this sentence:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
RIDE. BUT CONVINCING
PETER BENHF-rr's ELoQUENcE AID IT'S EFFE'E :
UPO& The JURY
From The Sanitarian.

From The SantariaH.
Rurnham's Leading in Law" gives 1n am 5z. o.,
account Of the trial Of case N--1' -. trjsd IN
S;eorg a rnanv wears ago Robert TOonos dpye1iiS
for ne plainfiff and Alexander Fl StephsiIs- "
defendant When the evidence I,. "a Tbs- 80
SferbeDs told MS client. the defendant - -.
plaintiff had made out MS case dit, srd ~
no OFFSET il was useless 10 proceed I4I 80 -
- ming the defendant could do vas 20 Sdy -
doctor's claim. The defendant. VINO 49, a47.,-----Ty
-e,Iiad fbat he mad hired M stephens 70 sPe--
him and he must say some ln-Ls- 1Es'- tf peter
svgered that there was nothing 10 say - td-ss
fSought he could say auyt Ting ne nSnt AZ ri--
the Jury himself. whereupon f7tsl ~ - YOU ana
ser a9 s-vners and II We don't STICK lC6e-l
those ere lawyers and doctors "4-L - - ~
tnese @ Tbis ere doctor was new docl - al--
DuIy Is, Is - 80 rome and doctor my S-Ie s'.
leg. He and ne put soi.5 - bir er COOL
and rags but never Loil7 1,g- There IS Ia.-
80 1oct0rs this ere man '.o4
y IoI2 a. and II YOU send fur him As M,5s Stl "a, a
did fur a Niger boy. a ~ W."
him and wants pay fGf y ,+o-
..1iJ Yer cure that niger tSh54
doctor was silent and Peter prOe.-ea+o-, yrs- ~
LAS sayin'. gintilInln, " ~, so- me rnou-y
We asks and doctors amt none 100 s51 tbi er ma
IS no doc,Gi 40 nv d1o1na II you think I'm no Doc
ror again interp0sed the p-alntlL m. - . ris VOL
''a,i4js 7df-DfDo-uil.' GjntIImin- tual IS q 1I7
s,,. ii.' - ,Ti,fed shrepskin- II don't make 70 %
NV the sheep as fuSt "6fe y. l.,rr @ If ae's a do.,r
sinfiImin But how kin yer? Where IS S55 5.5 - =
- man sam? Miss Peaks woman ,a<tt 80 -
H sehbe bd ,Sa roruse ready Where Is that Hhe!y - -
as belonged Mr.. Mitchell " hrlg - avr+r do--
71I 75IIs ease from troubLn' and the lh-'iH-9 80 -
rest ~. .ti.t-.-, enough an my h0u=s
. @ fIir bis saIve and furnished tne rtss '2
70 +a, p1y srosa he charged fur maxim ner ~i7 80 =.
The deItIl I ltIit, IN Mr Toombs's logical Statements
If If ne case in reply. Peter Bennett Won