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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
Tclcgraphic Brevitics.

The output of rice for this season in
Eastern Texas is not less than 81, 200
tons.
Two white deer have been killed in the
A~dirondacks this winter, the first in fifty
years.
Lord Roberts title has been gazcttcd
as Earl of Candahar and Pretoria and
Viscount st. Pierre"
Knoxville, Tenn. proposes to put up a
big convention hall. 50 as to gather all
the big public meetings in tina. section.
Chief Justice Lore of Delaware. who
has had forty years practical experience
in dealing with criminals. declares that
the whipping post drives criminals out
Of the State.
A tree-planting association in New .Jer.
sey, after an experience of several years,
reports that 1.-THE results in improved up.
pearance, general attractiveness and com.
fort during the summer season are most
favorable and out of all proportion to the
comparatively small cost"
Gov. Beckham has been presented with
Q IA by a Virginian. who claims that
It raj made from a piece Of Thomas JET.
fetson's Office desk. The date of JET.
ferson's birth and death, his dying words
and extracts from the declaration are cut
into the wood in the most unique and ar.
tistic style.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
CHAPTER vI1I.-(Continued.)

b cart was now entering the sub
urbs of the city. and parties of soldiers
were frequently met on the street. All
gazed with admiration on the pretty,
fresh, young face, but as she had passed
the picket post, no one ever questioned
her right to enter the city.
A British general and his staff came
riding toward them, and the country girl,
IN her innocent simplicity. asked il they
would purchase her cabbages, as she
wanted to get some money for poor old
gransir, who was sick with lumbago and
|pieurisy. They smiled at her innocence
and simplicity, and informed her they
were not green srocrrs. Then she want
ed to know il they could direct her to
some customer who would he willing to
purchase hcr vegetables. The adiutant
answered THAT she might dispose OF them
at the commissary department.
Many questions We're asked the saucy
maiden by the officers and soldiers, to
all of which she had n ready answer.
There was many a rude jest ut the OK
pense of the old man, who sat half froz-
en- in the cart, silent and motionlcss.
while his weak. bleared eyes took in ev-
cry surrounding object. The soldiers
camp. the artillery and glistcning arms
seemed to attract his attention as they
would a child.
How old is that old monkey, any
wayT' asked a soldier, making a move
meEt as if he would pull off the cloak
with which his head was wrapped.
Y better let granny alone, or he'll
hove suthin' at yer" the girl declared,
and the soldier. ip a mimic fear, beat a
haSty retreat. It was late i'm tho eycn-
ing. and the cabbages seemed to have
been disposed of. The cart was driven
into a barn. with stall for horses on one
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

Rear Admiral Sampson, in official cor
~rcspondence made public in Washington,
has taken IL position distinctly offensive
to American ideas. says II correspondent.
The naval appropriation bill authorized
the President to promote six warrant
officers in the navy to the grade of ensign
each year after an examination to deter.
mine their qualifications. A young gun
ncr in the navy named Morgan, who was
in charge of the divers that investigated
the wreck of the Maine, and afterward
served with Sampson on the flagship
New York, applied to his former conl.
mander for recommendations for promo.
tion under the provision referred to.
Capt. Sissbec gave him IL hearty indorse.
mcnt. but Admiral Sampson, while ties.
tifying to his efficiency as Il pon-commis-
stoned officer and his soldicrly appear
ance and behavior, advised against his
advancement on the ground that he had
not enjoyed the social advantages neces-
sary to qualify him to enter the navy.
The admiral also expressed the hope that
the Secretary of the Navy would not
carry out that provision of the bill which
authorizes the promotion of warrant Off
rers because the chief duty of the navy
i'll time of peace is to represent the coun-
try abroad. n the officers should there
fore be men of refinement. Secretary
Long and the President do not agree with
Admiral Sampson. While Sampson will
he criticised and denounced for snobbish-
ness by the public generally. his position
will be sustained by the officers of the
navy, who have assumed to be the aris-
tocracy and exclusive branch of the gov
eminent and have stubbornly opposed ev-
cry proposition that looked to the promo
ton of men from the ranks. There are
now OH the list several officers, like Adj
miral Hichborn, who came into the SER
vice from civil life through the engineer
and construction corps. but since 1865
no one has been commissioned who has
not been educated at Annapolis. The law
authorizes the President to promote pri-
waite soldiers who have distinguished
themselves in the army after an eXamina-
ton that shall demonstrate the mental
and moral qualifications, but this has
never been allowed in the navy until
now. The engineer corps in the navy
have complained of social ostracism by
the officers of the line in cases where the
officers entered the service from civil life.
Candidates for paymastcr and surgeon
have been compelled to bring powerful
social influences to secure appointments,
and there is no question that Admiral
Sampson has expressed the almost mar.
imous sentiments of the navy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
PRIsoN BURNS DOWN.
Nebraska Penitentiary, Near Lincoln,
Destroyed by Fire.

&~SOEAoA0 1CAAtSnLAAEyS wear A1uCOIns
Destroyed by Fire.
The Nebraska State penitentiary is In
ruins. Fire Thursday night destroyed
the dollhouse and the entire main build
ing and the loss will not be less than
100000. The building was practically
new. The only portion saved was the
east wing occupied by the warden, the
chapel and n small reserve cellroom. Pre-
cautions were taken to guard the prison
ers, who were removed under extra guard
without difficulty.
The fire was discovered by Warden Da.
Wis himself shortly before midnight. The
alarm was Immediately given, convicts.
guards and employees aroused and an APP
peal %telephoned the Lincoln fire depart
ment for help. The convicts were or
dered to clothe themselves, and in their
prison garb. marshaled into the huge
court yard, where they We're formed in
a long double line to the number of near.
ly 800, under the espionage of a score of
armed guards, patrolling on the top of
the wall surrounding the yard.
The main building and west dollhouse,
both Of which are three-story stone strlc-
lures, are a total loss. The warden and
his immediate aides made quick work of
removing the books, records and papers
of the institution to n place of safety.
Nothing else of value was saved from the
burning structures. The room where the
fire originated was a kitchen for the
warden's apartments. The Lincoln fire
department responded with hose carts
and steamers, with the effect, however,
of only temporarily checking the flames.
Company Il of the Nebraska National
Guard left Lincoln for the scene under
orders from Lieut.. Gov. Savage, acting
Governor In the absence of Gov. Dietrich.
Warden Davis took charge of the insti-
tuition Feb. 16. None of the property
was insured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

Charles Morgan, gun captain of the
cruiser New York. whose promotion te
ensign is objected to by Admiral Samp
son on the ground that Morgan lacks the
social graces which he believes a naval
officer should have. was gun captain of
the flagship New York during the block
AIDE and battle of Santiago. He was at
the head of the force of divers which ex-
plored the wreck of the Maine in Havana
harbor in 1898. and was highly recon-
mended by naval officers for his excellent
work in that connection. He is said to
he one of the best divers in the navy. In
the Maine work he made an average of
seven hours Il day under water, estab-
fishing a new record. He has been in
the nav twenty years, hat is still boyish
in appearance. His home is at New Or
leans, where he was presented with a
jcweled sword and gold medal in 1898 in
recognition of his work on the Maine
wreck.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

parchment trial,
counsel for Henry
Ward Bcecher in
the Tilton case.
and one of the
greatest constitu-
tional lawyers and
orators this cc.a-
try has produced.
died Thursday at
his home in New
York City of pneu-
lnonia. For several
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
CHAPTER IX,

hA4sh AIAS IN
At the time Captain Sanford and Sir
John Harcourt, with our heroine, entered
Philadelphia, it was what was then CON
sidered a well-fortitied town. On the
Frankford road, and just beyond the city
whose wife Lydia, aided by our hero,
saved the American army as has been
stated. On the day Captain Sanford,
with Sir John and his niece, entered the
city, the w chief plotters Of Amelia's
peac,s began to seriously discuss where
they should locate themselves.
You very we'll know, captain;s' said
Sir John, that | have particular reasons
for desiring s~eclusion us much as possible,
i do not desire to mingle with the mad
dening throng. I am Il man of Il very
sensitive temperament"
Il have been thinking of all you say,
Sir John, and have had that matter all
under consideration for some time. ]
have selected a secluded house for YOUR
self and niece. 1t is the home Of one
William Darrah, n very worthy and hon.
orable Quaker. His wife Lydia will be
a true companion to your lovely niece"
With this the British captain gave
Amelia a glance which made her shudder
and withdraw herself as far from him as
possible.
"Are these proper sort Of people
friends Of King George?" asked Sir John
Undoubtedly. for our officers often
meet there to hold their councils Of war;
BOUNDS! Captain, I don't want to be
subjected to a council Of war"
They were driven at once to the home
Of Mr.. Darrah. the estimable Quaker,
whose wife was then thought to be a true
friend to King George. 1t was quite evi.
dent that Quakers' wives could dissem.
BILE when the occasion demanded. Lydia
,Darrah greeted them very warmly. and
assured Sir John that he and his niece
should have the very best accommoda.
lions her home could afford.
Amelia in fearful silence spent most of
her time IN the apartment set apart for
her. Her pale face and detected man
ner soon won the sympathy Of her kind
hearted landlady. Amelia told her how
her lover, while trying tt prevent her
being brought to Philadelphia, had been
shot down at the roadside. She refused
to be comforted because he was dead.
The good woman mingled her tears with
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
TO PUNISH WIFE DEsEeTERs.

Chicago Bureau of Charities Discuss the
Whipping Post.
In n report issued recently the Chicago
Bureau of Charities urges an amendment
to the Illinois law on wife desertion
which shall compel offenders to support
their families by hard work in prisons.
The whipping post method, as adopted in
Delaware, is discussed and the European
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
Very Fortunate.

Gussie-Just aftah 1 stahted out =
began waning. and 1 had to turn back.
Miss Kostique-How fortunate that
there was some n there to tell you!
GussielTo tell me what?
Miss KostiqueAThat it was raining.
Philadelphia Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
side. a bin for corn and barley on the
nfher and q loft for hay ahoya

side, a bin for corr and barley on the
other and Il loft for hay above.
1t was now quite dark on the streets;
the soldiers had retired to their barracks,
and the officers to their different places
Of amusement.
The old man sat shivering in the cart
until it vas driven into the great barn,
the property of q wealthy Wing: then he
rose. threw off his wraps and leaped to
the floor as nimble as any youth of TWEEN
ty-two, and, with the disguise removed,
he was transformed into Captain Maurice
Fitzgerald, the most daring officer in
Washington's army. His companion was
Molly Pitcher. the female c%annonier.
Molly, can you find the house to-
night?" Maurice asked.
1T will try"
81 will remain in the hay loft until you
report to me-"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
Had the Symptom,

Count de Ties-You was married
once wasn't ye, Wrest?
Everett Wrest-No; I useter STAN.
mer purity bad. OATS wot makes me
hesitatin'-likc and kinder timid n my
speech.-Puck.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

According to the recent census. there
are in the whole OF the German Empire
27,374 physicians. The city OF Berlin
has 1890. followed next by Hamburg,
Breslau. Munich. Cologne and Trankfort.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

There are four swords belonging to the
city of London, and during the next
twelve months the 'Sword Of State" will
give place to the t'Black Sword" which
is used at the death Of my Of the royal
family, in Lent and on fast days.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
system Of hard labor is advocated as the
more feasible and humane nlnn.

more feasible and humane plan.
Attention is called to the fact that last
year the local Bureau OF Charities was
called upon to deal with Cos families left
destitute by the desertion of the husband.
The Cook County agent gave relief to
1000 such families and the Chicago Re.
lief and Aid Society assisted $50. In view
of these statistics the bureau considers
the situation alarming and calls for o
more effective law.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

The city Of Baku is in the center Of the
Russian petroleum industry. On the LIST
of July, 1900. there were 1,421 oil wells
In operation in the Baku district.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

A London dispatch says Croker win
never re-enter active politics In America.
Hes said to be disgust.'
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
W. M. EvARTs DEAD.
Former Secretary of State passe.Away
In Nasw YoeL.

William Maxwell Evarts. Secretary of
State under President Hayes, defender
Of President johnson in the famous i'm
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

CHAPTER K.
The lovers were in the midst Of an
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14
A Chinese Curiosity.

"a Chinaman in San Francisco says
a gossiper in the Philadelphia Record,
Showed me once an ivory ball as big
as your two fists, with six smaller balls
inside it. 1t was the most wonderful
thing | ever saw. The Chinaman said
that the balls had been begun by his
grandfather and that he was the third
generation to work on them. He told
me how the work was done.
ut begins with solid block of ivory,
which is turned into a ball and then
carved in latticed pattern with tiny
saw toothed knives. Through the lat
tice. with other knives that are bent in
various shapes, the second ball is cary
ed. but is kept fast to the first one by
a thin strip of ivory left at the top and
by another left at the bottom. Then
the third ball. with still finer knives, is
tackled through the first and second
ones. and so the work goes on till all
the balls are finished. when the strips
that hold them firm are cut away, and
they all revolve freely, one inside the
other
/ HIS 1ulndludu sdlu IL NdS CUM
mon thing for families TO have such
balls for hundreds of years-grandfa-
Their. father, son and grandson working
on them when they had nothing else to
do. They are priceless, of course. Some
cheap balls are made of vegetable iyo-
ry. being carved while the material is
soft. like potato. These, though, are
not worth more than few dollars at
the most"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14
A nil of Red Tape.

The absurdiiles of ofiicialsm have
perhaps never been better Illustrated
than by the incident In the career of
Lord Shaftesbury which the author Of
collections and Recollections' relates:
One winter evening In 1857 he was
sitting in his library In Grosyenor
square. when the servant told him
that there was a poor man waiting to
see him, The man was shown In and
proved TO be laborer from Clerken-
well and one of the innumerable re-
cipients of the old earls charity.
He said, My lord. you have been
very good TO me, and | have come to
tell you what have heard" 1t ap-
peared that at the public house which
he frequented he had overheard some
Irshmen Of desperate character plot
ting TO blow up Clerkenwell prison.
He gave Lord Shaftesbury the In
formation. to be used as he thought
best, but made 1t n condition that his
name should not be dlyulged. II IT
were, his life would not be worth an
hours purchase.
Lord Shaftesbury pledged himself to
secrecy. ordered his carriage and drove
instantly to Whitehall. The authori-
ties there refused, on grounds of off,
cial practice, TO entertain the informa-
ton without the name and address OF
the informant These. of course. could
not be given. The warning was re-
iactad and tho fail was blown up.-
Youths Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14

An accommodation train on a dis
tant railroad was dragging along. when
q long, lean and sallow woman. in what
appeared to be subdued bridal fnery.
leaned across the aisle of the car and
said seriously TO lady sitting opposite
her:
Dear me! It's kind of solemn
thing 10 be travelin with two hus-
bands. now. mint itY'
II do not know what you mean," re-
piled the lady.
"Oh mebbe not. Well. you see. my
first husband died bout a year ago an
was buried over In Patrick county.
an last week | was married ag'ln. an
me an my second husband have been
over in Patrick county on little we'd
din tower. an thought I'd kind of
Ike to have my first husband buried
In the graveyard nigh whore I'm goin
to live now. an my second husband
was willin. so we TUX my first bus
baud up. an he's In the baggage car
along with our other things. My Sec
ond husband Is settin out on the
platform takin a smoke, an ! been
settin here thinkin how solemn 1t is
to go on a weddin tower with two
husbands. It's turrible solemn piece
OF blzness when you come to think
of it"-Laurence Lee in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14

Through oceans of remnants and RIB
bons the pulling big woman towed the
meek little man.
"What In the world shall l send her,
john she clustered. Come, suggest
something that would please Aunt Bet
sy. Something inexpensive. Why
don't you say something's
Stationery, books or workboxes,"
suggested the meek little man.
Nothing of the kind. You couldn't
select a present for the ashman.
will look at some of those fancy boxes
Of soap"
They were before the soap counter.
and she had her finger on an elaborate
box containing six round cakes of
white soap.
Fancy and perfumed~ she said,
lifting a cake. 1.-THE very thing that
would please her the most. You may
wrap that up, MISS"
"But. my dear" protested the meek
little man.
you just keep quiet. l don't care
for any suggestions from a person
without taste"
REALLY
keep quiet. John Tenbrookw
1t seemed as If her voice had pene-
trated every corner of the great store,
and the little man shrank away In NOR
tification.
"Well. John, what did she say about
the little gift? Something nice, /
know"
"She returned It,"
"What|
"Yes; you viii find note in the box"
She unfolded the missiye and read:
"Niece-l return the box of shaving
soap am little too old to appreciate
the joke of being called the Bearded
Lady, Your Aunt Betsy."-Chicago
News
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14
To Avoid a Total Loss.

A Pittsburg man tells of visit he
made at n thrifty home in a nearby
town. The call was quite pleasant
one and during the evening ABBEY
the hopeful son of the family, was
sent to the cellar for refreshments for
the guests. He could be heard crop
ing his way through the dark. and
then came the noise of something fall
ing and the crash of glass. ABBEY
mother was plainly uneasy, but she
assumed the unnatural composure
which her society duties demanded
Soon ABBEY" came up with an armful
of bottles.
"What was that noise we heard,
'Abey'?' asked the mother.
Nothing much" replied abbey"
~ knocked over bottle Of milk and
It rolled down the steps and spilled"
"Did you call the cat, 'Abey'T' asked
the thrifty woman.-Pittsburg News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14

There has been some question, says
The Electrical Engineer, as to the rea.
son why certain cables lose their con.
Quoting properties and have in some
instances to be replaced. A learned
Frenchman has submitted paper on
the subject to the Academic des Sci
ences. In this paper he states that
when cables lose their electrical prop
critics II Is because they are always
used for one kind of current only, ei.
Their positive or negative. If used
sometimes for positive and sometimes
for negative, they will. he states. pre-,
serve their conductive qualities indef-
initely Experiments with nine wires
running from Paris to Dion demon
strated this. he says
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14
Tn. Evolution of the Pocket.

The ancient wore a single pouch at
his belt The modern has-how many
pockets in an ordinary costume for out
doors? Let us count them: In the
trousers FIVE in the waistcoat five, in
the jacket five. in the overcoat five,
making 20 in all. full score of little
pokes or bags. and arranged so conven-
lently that they are scarce noticed.
Truly this is an evolution How long
may 1t be before we have pockets In
our hatbands-where the freshman car
ries his pipe, the American soldier his
toothbrush and internally the pettifog
ger his legal papers. the papers that
his predecessors In England thrust into
the typical green bagr How long
before there may be pockets In our
gloves-for there are believe. patents
covering this invention-and In our
shoes? The cane also. with its screw
top. begins to be useful receptacle.
Two centuries from now. so the man
with a long foresight can clearly see.
the main idea underlying the wearing
of clothes will have entirely changed
The chief purpose of garments will no
longer be considered to protect the
body They will be regarded first of all
as textile foundations for innumerable
pockets.-Tudor jerks In Woman's
Home Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-14

There are many curious things about
Y rays which seem to puzzle even the
scientists. Signor Briguiti. who has
been making experiments with them at
Rome, says that the visibility of sub
stance to the eye Is no criterion OF Its
visibility to the y rays. The rays can
not see through glass, which is trans
parent to the eye, whereas aluminium,
which is opaque to the eye. is transpar-
ent to the y rays. The rays can see n
splinter of glass In the hand, but not n
splinter OF wood. Most inks are trans
parent to the rays. including printers
ink. but some of them are Opaque. The
rays can see through postotfice direct
DRY, but II n paper with words written
on 1t be put In the middle of the direct
DRY the rays will reveal these words
and nothing behind them.