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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
"Contrabandista."

Sir Arthur Sullivan's first opera,
"Contrabandista," vas composed,
scored and rehearsed within sixteen
days from the time lie received the H.
bretto. Sir Arthur is the quickest CON-
poser on record; the overture to 10
lanthe" was commenced at 8 p. M. and
finished at Z a. III. the next morning.
That to the "Yeomen of the Guard
was composed and scored in twelve
hours; while the epilogue to the Gold
en- Legend" which for dignity, breadth
and power-as q well-known critic once
stated-stands out from among any of
his choral examples, was composed
and scored within twenty-four hours.
There is a story told of the composition
of the overture to Mozart's don Clio
vanni." Mozart was always rather pro-
crastinating, and the night before the
public performance not a note Of the
overture had been put OIL paper, but
then he set to work in earnest. Hour
after hour he toiled without intermis-
sion, and by Z o'clock in the morning
the entire overture was in the hands Of
the copyists, and the Same evening it
was performed. Rossini's I'll Bar
biere" was written in thirteen days.
Donizetti, who wrote with even greater
facility, is said to have composed the
final act of la Favorita'' in an even.
ing after dinner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
M'K,NLEY's EARLY AMBITION.
-zould Have Been Satisfied with E,ec.
ton as Probate Judge.

nave Been Stationed with Exec.
tion as Probate Judge.
President Mckinley aud Senator
Scott, of West Virginia, both Ohio
boys, were in the same regiment in the
nrmy of the civil war. They cast their
first votes for Lincoln in. 1851.
II shall forget that first vote,'
said Senator Scott to some friends
around him. .Some Of the ballots were
cast into soap boxes, some into candle
boxes. There was no Australian ballot
law then. I remember q conversation
I had at the time with Mckinley. He
spoke Of his study Of the law and spec
ulated in regard to his future. It was
special wonder with him whether he
could reach a position which would
bring him influence enough to elect him
probate judge in his native county"
Senator Scott at that day as little
expected to be q Senator Of the United
States as Mckinley expected to be
President. 1t was intended that he
should be a physician, but the war
broke in upon his studies and after the
war he was guided into new avenues
Chicago Chronicle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
BOYS, Appetitc IN old rims.

1Oy6 APPCSASC " Va AeAAAOs
my boys are too well bred to hang
around the kitchen and break into pam
said Sophia in reply to Old.
Chimes, as reported by the Boston
Journal.
How times are chaneed! unused the
old man. "Why, when l was a boy I
was hungry all the time. l hid food in
my room SO that l could always be sure
Of some in s Of food, fire or MUIR
der. Carlo, the dog, used to wink ut
me when he sneaked off behind the
barn With q bone. And all my play
mates were as hungry as l a 1
asked Eustacia If she thought all mod
ern boys were like her wretclled little
cousins, and she said, 1 am afraid SO;
we girls, l know had better appetites
when we were of that age.' I sup
pose, however, there is a reasonable
explanation. boys today are fed as
infants ON all sorts OF sterilized things.
There are nc hungry microbes in the
poor fellows; therefore they them
selves are not hungry. We boys must
have been chock-fill of microbes all the
time, and we We're much happier"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
A Generous Roy.

She had stopped on the sidewalk and
was admiring the beautiful flowers in
the garden.
"G'want some?' asked the mild luna.
tic, who was leaning against the fence.
"Oh. how good of you" she cooed.
you live here, then?"
Sure" he answered. ".Jist go right
in an help yourself. The Lord made
flowers free fer everybody what \
think, an they amt no use in bein' q
hog, is they?'
She was still ecstatically thanking
him when she entered the gate, but he
had started off, merrily whistling on
his way. Two minutes later. she was
trying to explain to the angry gardener
why she vas there. and the angry gar.
dener was giving her q detailed HIS
tory of that cussed Jones kid that
lives in the next Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
MEN WHO ne UP svspENoEes.
Il IL an Awful Bother to Get New c,ne,.
a. Many Rich Men Kuow.

IL 10 an AWfHl Bother to Get New Cnce.
~ Many Rich Men Know.
''It's funny" said q haberdasher, "bnt
Its true that so per cent. of the men are
going about with broken suspenders.
I've known men worth millions Of dol
lars who neglect to purchase new sus-
pendcrs until their attention is called.
to the fact that they need them. The
other day a man came in here to buy
some neckwear. While he was waiting
to be served he kept tugging ut a sns-
pender button on his trousers. AS the
perspiration kept rolling down his neck
he bit his lips and mumbled something
chat sounded like cuss words. He
finally asked me If l could give him q
piece Of Irvine. When L got it for him
hes unbuttoned his waistcoat and pro-
ceeled to tie together the parts of IN
old suspender.
I'll sell you a new pair for q quar-
ter" 1 remarked, pointing to a bunch
OF new s%uspenders. Continuing. l told
him we had some beauties for half a
dollar and better ones for dollar. Hc
said nothing, but continued the work of
tying up his broken suspender. Finally
1 thrust n box of suspenders in front
OF him and lie reached for a pair.
"'Thank you.' he said, aud he pro-
ceeded to take off his coat and waist
coat. Then he threw his old s~uspenlers
on the floor. and as he fastened on the
new ones he said they felt fine. He
told me that he had been feeling IN.
comfortable for a,week and didn't real.
ly know the cause of it until he dis.
carded the old suspenders.
"'Unless my wife buys a pair for me
at Christmas time,' he said, L never
think about it and wear those l have
on until they actually fall off. I know
thousands of wealthy men who are like
me in that respect. The other day when
1 called upon a friend at the Auditorium
he was engaged repairing his suspend
ers with u piece of wire. Strange to
say he never thought of sending his
valet for a new pair, although he was
paying $50 a day for a suite of rooms ON
the fourth f1oor.'
THAT fellow" continued the haber.
dasher, "is a sample of the smart bust
ness men. They'll invest thousands Of
dollars in stocks and bonds. but forget
about investing a quarter in suspend
ers. Most of them wait until they get
n pair as q Christmas or birthday pres
ent. German Americans as a rule get
suspcnders for Easter Monday. Irish
Americans get presents Of suspenders
on Easter Sunday morning. Italian
Americans get new s%uspenders at
Christmas time"
"And what about the natives" asked
q bystander.
"Oh," said the h~aberdasher, "they get
new ones when the string breaks."-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
dreams. David drew her arm through

dreams. David drew her arm through
his. saying gently:
Don't you worry. mother! And
look, there she comes! Isn't she pref
ty?"
A girl, light of FORM, with bright
cheeks and shining eyes. was running
toward them from the house. When
she reached the couple she spread wide
her young arms with a soft cry:
Mother, I've come home again!"
And the old woman simply leaped to
the girls embrace, and in trembling
tones murmured: ELLIE! Ellie!'-The
Ledger Monthly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Lands in Siberia,

Up to the present time land in Siberts
can be acquired only by farmers and
settlers. During the last two years a
large number of concessions for the
purchase of land have been asked fo1
by merchants. engineers and manufac-
turers, and the Russian ministry is nov
considering the question of making a
change in the present system.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

George-when is the best time to
speak to your father?
She-Oh. l should say when he ia en-.
joying himself in slippers and smoking
jacket in the library after dinner
Philadelphia North American.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Comedy.

The comedy is very dcftly con-
structed.
1t rests. of course, upon a case of mis-
taken identity.
a young wife mistakes her husband
for a national bank.
MA foi!' we exclaim, and laugh un-
til the tears come.
For many complications ensuc.-De-
troit Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Valued Her Wcfxhtilx.

wifAThe doctor orders me to the
mineral baths at Carlsbad, and you re-
fuse me the means to go. That shows
how little you value me!
Husband-On the contrary, I do not
wish to lose q pound of you.-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Bird Hospital.

Chicago has a bird hospital. the only
of its kind in the world. where sick
and wounded birds are received and
cared for.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

Although the Cossacks maintain
nearly 10000 fighting men and cnn
muster $4,000 in an emergency, there
are but 40 Of them engaged in bust.
neSS. ~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Ortein of the Chinc.c p,a,.,.

Until 1927 the Chinese wore their
hair long and coiled on the top of the
head, where it was fastened with an
ornamental pin. The Manchu edict,
making the pigtail a sign Of loyalty,
changed this style
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Pale
and
Weak
Women

'Beauty and sfrenum IN
women vanlsh early n
NE beoauss of nsoNllbly
pain or some ~slDonofrunj
hregulassly. Many svf-
fer skanfly ana $50 kbek
besf gifts fate away.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
BEST FOR THE BOWELS.

cancer you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETS help
nature. cure you without a gripe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents to start getting your
health back. CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine. put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has q. G. G. stamped
on it. Bewnre of limitations.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spok-
en- of as a cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien.
w Third avenue, n, Minneapolis,
Aiinn., Jan. 6. 1900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Every Boy and Girl

should learn to write with Carter's Ink.
because 1t Is the best in the world. Ink.
lings in Ink" free. Carter's lnk Co., Bos-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Do Your Feet Ache and Bur-

DO Your Feet Ache anu bunny
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, SwolIsn, Hot and Sweat
ing Feet. AT all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

Along the roads of China arec countre Geat numbers IF military POSTS at
which small rrisons-abo ten or fifteen soldiers in time of eace-are stationed
Close by Isl lookout commanding an extensive prospect. The cones Of brkwork
nd plaster areu used to fire Out a fercc combusible in i'm of alarma az a signal
the next post. They are also employed Oh all festive occasions. 1t is here
that the Boxers nov enroll themselves and are sworn in tic form their scuinii-
tay corps. A government official belonging to the army pr~ides at the table.
He is, MS the umbrella indicates. IL mandarin Of consideration.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

MIRA Windows SOOTHING srnur for children
teethinR: sottens the gums, reouces fn6ammation
sllsys lain. cures wind collie. 8 cents : bottle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Foresight of the Br,de

He-Shall l advertise for furnished
rooms. Nellie?
she-No, indeed; do you want to
make people think we didn't get any
wedding prescnts?-1ndianapolis Jour.
nal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
cared for

If n man is Industrious and frugal,
lie can acquire q good deal Of money
without knowing much else
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
lyd,. E. pinkh.m.s VEGETABLE Compound

holps women ps-oeorve
ro0ndness Of form and
freshness Of Eaoo b0-
cause II BsalC0e lbok en-
fire female 0rNanIem
healthy, Il carries sNo-
mon safely through The
various natural 0sfoOo
and % tho 8afeGssasd AZ
wosssanco heath.
The truth about fhIS
nreaf n,edloAno q tall u
llbo letters from vN6sson
hekn0 puhkI6hod u lAlk6
paper oossfanllys
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24
nae PRAiRlE soHootER.


Slow was the weary, toilsome way
Where creaked the h~eavy-laden wain-
Quaint follower Of the speeding day
Across the plain.
White canvas covers, bullying, fair,
Enclosed fond hearts athrob with joy;
The builders Of an empire there
Found safe convoy.
Along its course c%hild-voices sweet
Marked all the s%trangeness Of each
scene,
While parents sought new homes to greet
With vision keen.
No luxury or ease was here
To lap the traveller into rest,
But stanch it bore the pioneer
On toward the West.
Deserted now, its ragged sails
ARE ~furled-the port has long been won.
Sport of the boisterous, hurrying gales,
Through cloud and sun.
Unused, forlorn. and gray. it stands.
A faded wreck east far ashore.
The Mayfower of the prairie lands,
Its journey DER.
Overland Monthly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-24

Woman is most powerful when weak.
est.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22

Boston. Aug l8-rrauklin j
Moses, at one time governor Of South
Carolina and also former speaker of
the house of representatives OF that
State. was arrested here today charged
with the larceny of 50 from John
Hardy, Boston business nan Mr
Meses has been living io Winthrop aud
for a time conducted a weekly news J.
paper at Revere. It is alleged that
after disposing Of his interest in the
paper, be continued 20 eol,ot advertise
ments for it. aud Mr. Hardy's oomplaint
was entered as result Of an alleged
payment made to Mr. Moses Of S5 for
40 advertisement which d,o not appear
Moses vas brought to nc attop;ioo Of
the Boston police 10 1885 when be was
arrested on the charge cf ob'aip;ug
money By false prc'eoses FROM tbc la'e
Frederick Ames. Col Thomas Went
Worth H'ggiosoo and otbe,s BE was
iouod guilty aod was seat to ;he S.eto
prison for three years
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
CORN SHORT IN KANSAS

Kansas City, Mo. Aug 10 Two
thirds of Kansas west of the eastern
most tiers Of counties is experiencing
one of the most severe drougbas in
the history of the State, and the gen
eral opinion is that the Kansas corn
crop will be the smallest, in proper
tion to its requirements for feeding
that has been raised in many years
In 1899 in was 225 600 900 bushels
Secretary Coburn's report of coDdi
tions on Aug 4 indicated yield this
year of about $4,000 900 Since
then there have been two weeks Of
hot, dry weather which has material
ly reduced conditions, and the most
liberal estimates of we'll informed
men on Change do not exceed 100,
100000 bushels, while many place
the crop at not over 100000 bush
els
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
Mr.. Purdy W1thdraws.

Ne R. @. Purify has Withdrawn fro the
race fer the House of Representatives. BE
san. letter to Oounty Caairman Knight Sat
srdsy morning announcing his withdrawal
and asking that it be read at the meeting In
St. Chsr!es that day.
Mr. Purdy says that his reason for with,
drawing is that since the burning of bis
losse his busin ,ss is in such coalition thst,
were be elected, it would be impossible for
bin to give the cfice the attention it should
have. he feels that be should not accep: tos
position unless be is so situated az to give II
his undivided affection; that his first duty
is TO bic family aad be can best perform that
duty by devotiog all of his time 10 his busi.
neas affairs.
Yhat Mr. Po.dy would have been elected
in the 6rss primary had be renamed in the
race is coucsded oy every body and his with
drawal is equivalent to declioiug an election
70 the legislature His friends will regret
h,s wi,hdrawel for they were very anxious
70 have him member of the delegation from
Sumter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
Market Quotations.

Sumter. Aug 21-Cotton futures
opened this morning at to 2 points
advance, and then declined from 2 to
3 points on the weakness shown by
Liverpool, and advancing Immediate
ly from 5 to 9 points on account of
the weekly bureau report being
bulIish, and the light movement,
together with the poor advices from
the crop The market closed steady
at net gain of 8 to 5 points from
yesterdays closing
Receipts today GIG bales Same
day last year 1885.
N Y snota 10c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
Concerning a Circular.

A circular 10 our possession. bearing
the printed signature of 600 Norton W
Brooker, candidate for Comptroller
General, is the mes, iupudcuc manifes
ta,ion of campaign stupidity that we
have seen 10 this the great day Of small
neo 10 public sf.ies TIE circular
has printed upon the upper LEFT baud
corner the insignia Of one of the NOS
respectable aud conservative OF all char
liable and benevolent secret orders and
the very presence of this insignia ic
such place carries even to the COLO
itiated conviction that its use is spur.
Gus and unauthorized This debase
ment of the dignity aud reputation OF
the Masonic order can of course only
react upon its author. but the iucidep'
is one that demands effective repudia
ton, not ouly by the order 10 question,
but by all other secret orders Of kio
dred nature. Plainly. any disposition
to activity 10 politics BY any secret
fraterual order would be to lmprecaee
upon them all vio.ent and just popular
opposition While 20 ioteil.eently in-
formed person could entertain for 40
iostans the thought that the Masonic
order, even in ope of its mioor branch
es. oou!d copnive 10 the production Of
this most improper circuar. yet the
many secre: beneficial ord-rs oWe it to
their OVID protection to resent the circu
lars appearance 10 mauoer quiet bu:
sufficiently pronounced to furo'sh a
warning against similar occurrence 10
iutare.
I. may be added that the priute
matter of Mr. Brokers circular is DOT
of character to heighteo the fragrance
of Mr.. Brokers ropute charleston
Post
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
Carolina Teachers Journal.

We have received copy of the ''Summel
School Number of the Carolina Teachers
Journal 1t is very neatly printed, aud is
flled With much interesting matter in regard
TO the summer school a. Wiathrop So high
iy did the teachers appreciate it that imue-
dia,ely upon its appearance the following
resolution was unanimously passed
Whereas, the maintenance of an organ for
the teaching profession Of South Caroline is
indispensable to the progress and promotion
of educational interests in our State;
AID whereas, the Summer School Nun.
Der" of The Carolina Teachers Journal man
ifests the progressive character of that paper /;
Therefore, be it resolved by the teachers
assembled in the State Summer School, that
:heir thanks are due Mr.J Frank Fooshe (of
Winnsboro) for securing to Carolina teachers
Ibis progressive jonrnai.
And ee i, further resolved, that our teach
ers, collectively ano individually, ought TO
encourage and support the Journal, aod thus
make II still more worthy of toe great body
of workers in whose interest 1t is mair:aioed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
Here's Where the Money Gone

Edi,or Daily Item: In answer to the ques-
ton propounded by the Item of YESTERDAY.
.sWha has become Of the bicycle tex money?
I would reply for infornsuon Of inquirers
as follows:
Undcr resolution of City Cooucil that fund
was devoted to wideling and Improvement:
of sidewalks Four hundred AID forty
badges bave been sold for as many dollars
Seventy -four dollars was paid for 500 badges
and straps One hundred and seventy-6ve
dollars has been expended for wideniog side
walks of Church aud Calhoun S;ree's and
the work is going righ, 90 The expenses
charged to he fund do not include work
dooe By city wagons which would consider
ably increase the amount already expended
It is Impossible to say how many more
badges will be cold, bot the mooey will be
epent as promised.
C. H. Hurst, Jr.,
Clerk ard Treasurer
Sumter, S G., Aug II, 1900.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
CoIored Pastor Rebukes
The New York Rioters

New York, Aug 19-The Rev P
L Cuyler. pastor of Zion NJ E church,
10 his sermon today. spoke about last
weeks race riots in this city. He said
in part
The trouble our people have just
gone through preseots disgusting aud
brutal spectacles. In the troubles that
we have 10 the south, even. there is
nothing to equal it There at least
those who are in authority aod whose
duty it is to protect the citizens Of the
State, do not participate in the riots,
but rather try to shield from the fury
of the mob the innocent victims In
stead Of suppressiog the riotiDg. the
guardians of the peace appear to have
participated in the cruelty The police
dubbed the colored men, and the
greatest damage done upoo the persons
Of our people vas the work Of their
clubs.
''Of course we know that the ele
ment that made so much trouble is not
representative of New York The
mobs were composed of hoodlums,
roughs aud toughs Of every Bind y
Cuyler closed by saying he did not
wish to stir bis congregation up over
the matter. a. there had been trouble
eoough, saying:
I'VE cannot 6eh. We are oot
strong enough If We attempted il.
there would only be period Of mur
deriog that would accomplish nothing
But We are cisizeos. even though We
are black, and there should ee some
redress in the courts for all We have
suffered The city snculd be respou-
sible for the brutality that has been
practiced upon innocent people |
advise that some Of our most respon
sible people get together aud 6ud out if
something cannot be accomplished 10
Ethis direction !"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
What Say You. Senator?

We have beer requested to print The
folloviog open letter to Senator Till
man. The time is opportuue. ss ne
will speak in Columbia today and can
readily give the written assurance
sought:
Hon B R Tillman.
Dear Sir ]: Iu your speech 8: Bates
burg on the Goth inss. you advised
voters who could not endorse your
course to stratch your name of the
ticket, and said ycu woulo not ecceps
the norination If you did DOT ge. a
majority Of the votes cast in the pri.
mary election
As it would Be untrue 10 you ne, 10
stand by your advice and DO, to carry
GU: your avomed purpose |, as voter,
would ask you to state over your own
signature, at ooce and without evasion
or @qaivocation, whether you will stand
for the validity of the votes that nay
be scratshed, aud should majority cf
them be scratched would you forbid
your name being used by the next
legislature as candidate for United
States senator and should the legisla-
ture 10 such an event elect you, would
you deoliee to accept?
Very respectfully yours,
Joab Edwards.
Leesville, s. c.. Aug 81, 1900.
Now, senator, it is clearly "up to-
you. Put your pledge in writing and
send it to The State.
'.He either fears bis fate too much,
Or his desersers are small,
Toat dsres rot put i. to the touch
tn gain or lose it all -