Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
NOT UNTIL DECEMBER.
National s~anitarium Bill VIII Not Be
Passed This Spring.

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National sanitarium Bill VIII Not Be
Passed This Spring.
Hot Springs people have become
quite accustomed to disappointment
concerning the passage of the Nation
al Sanitarium bill, and once again
must take the dose. The following
special to the Sioux City Journal of
the 9Th explains it:
sThe bill providing for the sanitarium
at Hot Springs, s d., which has been
urged by. the appointed represent
attves of the last Grand Army encamp-
ment, will not be considered at this
session of congress. That was the
Information obtained by OK Senator
Representative Gamble, who called in
a body on the speaker today to request
him to allow the bill to be considered
in the house at an early date. The
speaker pointed out the serious difficult
ty in the way of passing the bill at this
session, but substantially informed the
delegation that he will throw no
obstacle in its way after the reassem-
bling OF congress in December"
1t is probable that the SERIOUS diff.
ficulty" referred to by Speaker Hender-
son is the large appropriations that
have already been made. December
congress will be this same session, so
that the bill will not have to again 90
before the committee. Congress is
strongly committed to the bill, and it's
delay is only a matter of public policy.
OF course locally we feelthe disappoint-
ment very much, but the country in
general is first considered in matters
o. this kind. This only means a delay
of few months, and in December
with the speaker favorable to it's pas.
sage it should have easy sailing.
There's A Sleeping Car For Omaha
on the Burlington train which leaves
Minnekahta at 6:47 p. m. comfortable
chair Car, too. Close connection at
Lincoln with fast vestibuled trains for
st. Joseph, Kansas City, st. Louis, as
we'll as for Peoria and Chicago. Tick
cts and berths at all B. g. M. r.. r.
ticket offices.
1t can now be seen why it took the
British seven years to lick Washing
ton and his squad of s'tatter de ma
lions" The British general of today
is as pompous and opinionated and
knows as little as he did 125 years ago
when no young buckskin could teach
him to fight. The British military
system we'll have to be rejuvenated
and remodeled.
The Country Clergyman.
An old Clergyman who had held a
cure in the depths of the country for
h greater part of his life had occasion
to consult his bishop on a certain mat
ter, and, i'll answer to his letter, re-
ceived an invitation to sleep the night
at the palace. For 40 or so years hehad
practically led the life Of a r%ecluse, and
it was after many cogitations that he
decided to take the journey to the other
end OF the diocese, where the bishop
lived. He arrived just in time for 5
O'Clock tea, a meal to which he was a
complete stranger.
After tea ths.bishop asked him to &c.
company him 8 evensong. When they
returned to the house, the bishop, re-
marking that itswas quite time they
went up stairs, lit a candle and showed
his guest to his room. 1t was then just
2 O'Clock, and, though the old clergy
man thought it vas rather early to re-
tire, still, admiring the bishop for such
simple habits, he prepared for bed. He
had just put out the light and lain
down to sleep, wishing he had drunk a
little more tea, when a booming noise
rang through the house and smote upon
his ear.
Quick as thought he sprang from his
bed and, shouting "Fire!" at the top Of
his voice. rushed out on to the landing
just in time to meet the bishop, with a
lady on his arm, going down to dinner.
The sequel to the story has never been
divulged.-Cornhill Magazine.