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FUNCTIONS OF A NEWSPAPER.
People Make the News. the Paper Hoids
Up the Picture.

N--~
Up the Picture.
There are two qualities OF human
nature that seem to be inherent In the
article. II Is natural and 1t is human.
This accounts for n great many things
that people do. For one thing. mourn
it as we may. they love'a fight. Tho
successful warrior is the ideal, popular
hero. What is war but Wholesale
fighting? History. as 1t has been writ
ten for centuries. is little but the rec
ord OF battles. Old Hobbies, who con-
tended that war was the natural state
of man. and that the intervals OF peace
were artificial situations. had good
deal on his side of the argument. Now.
with these things as they are. 1t Is
human and natural that such an affair
as that prize fight last week should
attract much attention. You cannot
help 1t. II was the event OF Its hour.
Men and women stood for hours late ct
night in the driving rain To find out how
the two brutes were pummelins each
other. and which was getting the hes:
of II. Disgusting. truly. but what are
you going to do about IL? We have
heard OF some criticism OF the news
papers for printing the story next
morning. Well. II they had not printed
II they would have ceased to be news
paper is daily publication that sises
the news. II does not print what GER
tain people wish to have happen. but
what does happen. II does not make
the news. but publishes II. We are no
more responsible for that prize light
than for the Charleston earthquake OF
some years ago. We described both as
well as we could. That's our business.
We are not defending the brutal and
brutaiiEing business of prise lighting,
But. In detail. II has this advantage
over war: The Innocent do no, set
killed by II. IL probably causes little
suffering. aR the bFutca engaged In the
sport have every appearance of bein.
practically Incapable Of the finer feel
in.s. and evidently have very inferior
arnsibiiiiy. !, calls for no sympathy.
No harm would be done the world II
the two contestants should kill each
other. !, is merely n contest between
two human animals who ,eh, thereby
tun!css the pool box interests prevent,
their respective ability to glye and
withstand punches. Such cntcFtaia-
fnen,s arc crowded. No; TO publish the
results OF an affair as that OF las,
week would hav. taken paper gu, of
the category of newspapers. Even the
very few who objected to It's appear
sneo would. in all probability. have
looked into some other paper 10 sec
just how bad IL was II omitted from
'heiF own. The fact is that tho news
Is made by the world at large. and the
newspaper simply holds up the picture
of the passing Hartford
cousant.
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One may safely conclude from the
following story that the good old faith
cf Calvin Is very much alive yet. An
American lady who was in the High
lands shooting with her husband at
tended the local Kirk one Sunday
morning. but left it with scandalous
precipitation. For an hour the good
minister had teen raging at his be-
n'shted cong. ega;iou. and wound up.
And pairhaps" with pious cunniugI
yell be thinkin'. ye wairthicss wais-
ire's, that ye can daddle intae Pare
disc by clostshin' Iac my c9at-tails,
Dinna be dsctivit. for mark weei" IA
pause of s'ern and haly ioy). when
;he Trump Of Gabriel sounds I'll sneck
them afT!'-Lte.
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Mount H0lyokp colleges system
Of education has brsa introduced
among the Il8aFs. aud more than
seSsHty.hvc teachers and graduates
Of Mount Ho:yoEs. vassaF. Smith
and Wellesley have gone out to
South Africa in the last twenty-five
years to teach the daughters Of the
Dutch. It began in this way: Dr.
Andrew Murray. Dutch minister in
South Africa. read life Of Mary Lyon.
the founder of Mount Holyokc. and
was impressed so much with her work
that he established a similar school
for girls in Wellington. South Africa,
sending to Mount Hoiyoke at once for
teachers. Before long there were 400
pupils. and already geo teachers have
been sent out from this school. siini.
lar seminarics have been established in
GTaaf- -Reine,. Bloemfontein. Johannes
burg and Worcester. the one in the
latter place having been endowed by
citizen pf Worcester. Mass.
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pirIrwscr of an EiIirr.

Editors of newspapers are often in
jeopardy of their lives. and only by
coolness and discretion do they escape
from the harm which might otherwise
come to them from cranfs. The editor
of certain newspaper in a New ser-
sey town was approached by a welt
known general whose death ha5 aseu
published in the paper several days
before. Il want that statement iaken
back. sir cried the general. ~cr I'll
have your life" The editor locked
frightened. but. retaining his presence
of mind, answered: II am very sorry.
my dear sir. bat we do not take back
anything we have published, nor can
we contradict mistakes. but" with a
broad smile. tomorrow we'll publish
your name in the column of births
The humor of the remark struck tae
general. and his anger was appeascd.-
Philadelphia Call.
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rm=..,... .s III. er.., Cases.

Tragic stories arc told of men who
have lost their lives in the search for
precious metals which may lie hidden
or uncovered here. says Harriet Mon
roc in the baSrnhpF Atlantic. The
srrai rEifaryai food Gu, this broad v
through all the strata Of rock. and ali
their veins OF metallic orc. dasn to the
raFiics, shapclnsa mass. leaving in its
Sstc the ,etrserd temples and towers
which seem to have bcrn planned by
some architect Of disincst genius TO
guard their inaccessible treasures to
tho cud of time. And the river. rising
far 10 the north ass1as the mountains
rich in mineral has been washing for
sses the sands away and dsppsitias
this gold and silver and lead in the still
crCvieSs of the inaccessible chssEis
Here tho sasta laughs at her human
master. and bids him End her wealth
IL he dare. and bEIF it Away II he can.
A young Californian Fhn accepted the
challenge. ard set forth upon the tur-
Gid water to sift its sands for gold.
never emerged With his h1plsss men to
tell the story Of his search. oniy near
the brink Of the cleft arc fes miners
buTTpwins copper. and sending
their ore up "a the rim on the hacks of
hardy burrps. as who should prick the
mountain with pin, or measure the
ocean with cup.
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OLD ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS.
Interesting Discoveries ut the Tomb OF
Romulus,

ROmulus
The commission of achrologists ap-
pointed by Minister of Education Bacelit
OF Italy 10 interpret the INSCRIBED block
found in eNcayatins under the so-called
tomb Of Romuius have published their
report. The inscription dates from the
sixth century u. c. The first line runs
from left TO right, which alienation is
followed throughout. This method Of
writing only obtained during the first
TWO centuries OF Roman history. Tho
letters are Grecian, belonging to an OBJ
solete primitive alphabet imported from
Ceres by tpe Etruscans and used eyident-
iy by the earlier Inhabitants OF Rome.
The language is also obsolete. and 1t
tends to confirm the assertion OF PolybtuI
thar In the Drum several Inscribed blocks
existed recording the laws OF the kings,
the decrces OF the high pontin. or old
treaties IN the Grecian alphabet and In
language 30 different from the one sub
sequently spoken in Rome that he could
not understand IT, These facts prove the
enormous difficulties which the commis-
sioners had to surmount In their work Gf
Interpretation. They have oniy succeed
ed as yet in establishing that the inscrip-
ton is lex rcsia OF the jus sacrum.
and that IL deals with the ceremonies OBJ
served In Offering sacrifice to the gods.
They are not able to dec.p.,c the In
scriptioa word for word. but they hope
to do So when other Inscribed blocks turn
up In the Forum excavations, enabling
them to institute comparisons They are
unanimous in the opinion that the in
scription In question Is the oldest one OF
ancient Rome TNIHHl.
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Tho Belgian electoral reform, hiii.
which was tassc.i las; week by th'
Ciamhcr nj brussels. Tor the fFsi Tins
in parliamentary history Introduces
the system Of pEupnFtianntc representa-,
'Inn. Under this SYSTEM iiFttsscis'
where th-r- wcrr at the last elections
tst.uso Eaman Catholic voters. :sn.os,
Liberals. il.npn Radicals and ...nsD
Socialists. would return seven Euman
Catholic deputies, six Liberals ani tiSs'
Socialists. while row all tlt" uiv.Hisrs
fnF brussels isclans To tlac Roman Cath.
ollie OF Clerical party
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ENGLISH CRAEkS.
The EsesntrieitIs. of G-aiu. some;in,ss
Prove Ridieuiuu..

Prove HidieuIau..
When lived at Newport, Il. l.. from
1854 to 1875. says Col. T. W. HisgInson.
In the octobcr Atlantic. there was II
constant procession OF foreign visitors.
varying In interest. and often quite
wanting In II. remember one emil
nont literary man who. in spite OF all
cautions to the contrary. appeared ai n
rather fashioEnbl. day reception In
what would now b. called n golf suit.
of the II idest possible plaid. like iha;
OF the Scotch cousin in Punch" who
comes down thus dressed for church TO
the terror OF his scnt..i cousins. In
this ease the visitor also wore u spy
glass Of great size. hlas round his
neck. all through the entertainment.
Another highly connected Ensiishman.
attending an evening reception given
expressly for him. came into the psFios
~.sa his hat and umbrella In his haad.
declining TO bc parted from them dur
inE the whole evening: which suggest.
cd to clever Newport lady the story
Of the Snowman ~ho exhibited pie
tur. Of Daniel in the lions den. and
pointed ou, ,ha; Daniel eas to be dis.
,.usuishei from the lions by hayiag a
blu. cotton umbrella under his arm. In
this ease. the lady remarked that the
conditions saFc reversed. since Il was
the lion ,hs, carried the umbrella.
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A powder. Your fec; feel uneom.
Portable. nervous. and often cold and
damp. II you have sweating. sore f~ci
or tisht shoes. try Alicn's foo,-Easr.
Sold by ali druggists and shoe stores,
.s cents. Sample ssat free. Address
Allen s. o!ms;ei. lie Roy. y. Y.
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discreylliable ancestors yy!b. az nls
he is in spite Of them - ''e ieIlOW
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A lot Of the conversation worked on
in society ought to be dumped in ,hs
garbage can.
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y IouuE woman Is Insijrsreo, 20 &C.,
compliments a days an HifirT yso.ss,, =, -
surprised at one in ten days
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s.Iy often woman looks s;fgpjss.1 49,,
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waist Is narrow in the back ''s"
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mel go ewrs your Ca,arrh or Cold In Head
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tses Il W. Grove : sicsasgFc o.. each hos.
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use iSontnn ltalm. All druggists rrs,Yni
money " u fails TO relieve 20 sr,t 5ts
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pi,,, pipon iar and wide.-Mrs MplligSn
emu hent' England. Nov. :. ISIS
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
MIR. BURKE INTERVIEWED
Concerning the Rior.lan Statement About
Treasurer's Report,

the Riordan Statement About
Treasurer's Report.
When asked for statement regard
ing the little statement that Archie
Riordan is sending out to the voters,
John L. Burke, eX-treasurer, said:
"Mr. Morgan's administration is not
properly chargeable with the $500 for
notary fees, or s25 clerk hire while
he was learning the business and you
will find both of these items charged
to my salary account forthe month of
December, 1898.
"Yes sir, 1 was legally entitled to the
notary fees; Chapter IA, Sec. ITO, ses-
sion laws of 1891, reads:
.'Fee for Certificate and Deed-The
treasurer is authorized to demand and
collect fifty cents for each certificate
and one dollar for each deed made by
him on such sale and the fee for the
notary public or other officer acknowl-
edging the deed or certificate"
when retired from the treasurer's
Office Jan. Ist, 1899, there Vas about
$500 due the county for fees on
certificates and about $3.50 due me
for notary fees which I relinquished
to the county"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
Voter. Mus. Register.

The various boards of registration
meet on Tuesday, October 30. All
voters should see to it that they are
duly registered on or before that date.
In the unorganized portion of the
county the judges of election consti-
tute the boards Of registration and the
meeting of the board will be held at
place designated as the polling place
OF each precinct; in the cities of Edge
mont and Hot Springs the registration
boards are composed Of the mayor, city
auditor aud city treasurer, aud they
will meet in the usual meeting place Of
the city council. In the organized
civil townships Of Odell, Beaver and
Union the board Of supervisors consti-
tute the boards Of registration and
their meeting should be. keId at the
usual place Of meeting Of such board.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26

Don't forget the NJ. E. Ladies Aid
give chicken pie dinner at tho Relief
Core Rooms Oct. 31st, 1900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
Ashamed of the Flag.

Senator Pettigrew has been exceed
ingly rabid during the past two years
and has said some very rash things
made statements perhaps that he re-
gretted afterwards. Yet man in
public position has mo business, to
make public speeches that he will not
abide by. At Hitchcock, South
Dakota, Senator Pettigrew made one
of his characteristic speeches, of which
a stenographlc report was made and
which he has not denied, when he de-
clared:
"That is not my flag. Do
reverence the red, white and blue
cloth? Not at all. say feel
ashamed to meet and face people
of the old world"
In 1899 at WoonsocdetS Senator Petit
grew was also reported in a speech,and
the editor of the Times of that place
took down the unpatriotic utterances
of Pettigrew and will make affidavit
as two their correctness. At that time
Pettigrew said:
81 am ashamed of my country.
That flag must cone down. 1
would cease hostilities. and say to
Aguinaldo that you may set upa
government for the Filipinos. and
we will say to other nations keep
off, i'll had the power would
turn back the recent pages of
American history"
Those are queer speeches for a sane
man to make and then go before a
patriotic, loyal American people and
ask for their votes and their endorse
ment of his views. The people of
South Dakota can not afford to en-
dorse such "a sentiment. The only
way to oppose that is to vote for Burke
and Kelly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
SPRINGS SOUTH FRIDAY. OCTOBER 26 1900
THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
"Doc" Peirce Ready to Fight the Man
Who Said he Was Untruthful.

We started to read an article IN The
Sioux City Journal Wednesday which
was supposed to give true report of
the killing of James B. Hickok, alias
Wild Bill. When we got as far in the
article where the man who was telling
the story said when the news reached
him of the killing of Wild Bill he had
just returned from burying st.
Joseph printer who had dropped dead
after drinking u glass of whisky we
threw the paper down in disgust,
knowing the article was a fake. II it
had been claimed the printer died
after drinking glass of water, of
course we would have finished reading
the same. Think of it! A glass of
whisky killing a printer! 1t is a
SANDER and we hereby challenge the
author of the falsehood to mortal com
bat.-Wall Lake Blade.
Hot Springs, S. D., Oct, 1O-To the
Editor: I see by The Sioux City
Journal that some wall-eyed pike from
Wall Lake has intimated, at long
range, that am Il prevaricator and
challenges me to fight. Challenge
accepted. By referring to the code
(see Dakota territory, revised, page IS,
chapter y have choice of weapons or
cutlery. select horse pistols, for the
reason that have pair on hand that
were raised in the Hills, brought here
when Colts, thoroughly acclimated
and will stand the strain of long dis
tance shooting. Now, sir, you can,
upon the receipt of my letter of ac-
ceptance, arm yourself, and to prevent
any needless effusion of blood you had
better start west on the 46th parallel,
hugging the north side of said line,
while will select the 45th parallel, as
am still wearing my summer clothes,
and will agree to stay on the south
side of said line while journeying east.
We will shoot on sight. To prevent a
case of mistaken identity, will wear
while in Dakota, Il Bryan badge. You
need not wear any special mark, as !
can recognize printer any place, eX-
cept, perhaps, you might wear an over
coat to distinguish you from other
Iowa printers if you should be at large
Yours in haste. Doc PIERCE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
populist View Of pcttisrew.

Freeman Knowles, eN-congressman
and the head and front of the demo-
cratic -populist party, hadn't very
good opinion of Senator Pettigrew
when he was republican-bu of
course now thinks he is the ideal man
for senator. Hear what MIR. knowels
thought of Pettigrew few years ago:
"Neither men nor women ever get so
low in the scale of human degradatio II
as to entirely lose the sense of the
eternal fitness of things. Prostitutes
seldom seek the association of pure
women. Pettigrew must have had some
such feeling as this when he refused
to escort Senator Kyle to the speakers
desk as has been the custom since the
foundation fthe senate. He evidently
took in the improperly of the leader
of gamblers, thugs and bummers
associating with gentleman of pure
character like Senator Kyle. More
over, he evidently felt the invidious
distinctions which would inftinctively
arise in the minds of the members of
the senate if South Dakota's two
senators were to walk arm in arm to
the speakers desk. It would be
Hyperian to Sstyr-a Bengal tiger to
singed cat-a diamond to dunghill.
He was doubtless moved by the same
instinct which prevents strumpets
from intrading their presence upon
decent society. In this Mr.. Pettigrew
displayed discretion and decency
for which he should be given due
credit. In no way could he have
shown Senator Kyle SO great respect
or done him SO great honor. It is to
be hoped that when Pettigrew's time
is out South Dakota will elect as his
successor a man who will not be
ashamed to be seen in the society OF
decent men."-Deadwood Daily In.
dependent, Wednesday, December q
1891, Freeman Knowles editor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
How Dem crary l.oyed LINCOLN.


The democratic party claims that it
has not changed it's views at all in all
of it's life; that it is the same today as
it has always been. Yet it now prates
about it's admiration for the
memory of Lincoln. What hypocricy!
Genuine democracy revering Lincoln!
The party did not love him in 1864
and it does not now-we being willing
to accept that party's claim in this
particular, that it has not changed.
Listen to these denunciations of
President Lincoln in 1864 by tho demo.
cratic press aud see how it sounds
like that same press Of today in its
denunciation of President Mckinley:
An absolute dictator-as absolute rs
Peter the Great or Philip II. Thus
has American liberty perished in name
as we'll as in substance.-lEditoral in
Cincinnati Enqu irer, Aug. 4th, 1864.
There is in the presidential chair Of
the United States ruler as heartless
and wicked as any that ever oppressed
q people, Editorial in Ohio States
man, Oct. 25. 1864.
Il Abraham the First should take II
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
A PROMINENT SPEAKER

At the Court House Saturday Night, Octo-
Der :S-Torch- LINT Procession
and ban.
Gen. Warren Keifer, ex-speaker of
the house of Representatives aud Bri-
gadier- General of two wars, will adj
dress the people from republican
standpoint, upon serious problems be-
fore the people. There will be torch
light procession, band, etc, formed at
the Republican Headquarters at Z
o'clock Remember the event at the
court house Saturday night at 7:3O.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
POLITICAL ARENA
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS GATHERED
HERE AND There.

into his head to try to elect himself
tat the point of the bayonet.' Edi-
torial in Ohio Statesman, July 10Th,
1864.
Nero fiddled while Rome was burn
ing, Cromwell bedaubed the face of
another judge with ink while he was
signing the death warrant of Charles
L., AMI Abraham Lincoln called for a
comic negro song when he was sur
rounded by corpses upon the battle
field of Antietam.-[E Editorial in Gin
cinnati Enquirer, Sept. 8, 1861.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-26
purchased the stewart Bath House.

The Firemen and Opera House Co.
closed deal a few days ago for the
purchase of the Stewart bath house
property. Consideration was 81, 500
This includes about three quarters of
a block of land. This property is said
to have originally cost about $4,000
and the company feels that it got hold
of great snap. They say they will
run the bath house next year, and IL
the whole fire department is interested
in it they will WELD quite an influence
for the place. They propose to have
many improvements made.