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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
A JossHousE.

Pen PictG-c OF tae One In San Fran.
cisco's Chinese Quarter.
In one corner is ministure wooden
warrior, frantically riding fiery steed
toward a joss who stands in his door
way awaiting the riders coming. A
teapot Of unique design, filled with
fresh ten every day, and very small
cup and saucer are always ready for
the warrior. This represents man
killed in battle, whose noble steed.
missing his master, refused to eat anG
SO pined away and died. A welcome
is assured to them in the better
land If the work of man can accom-
plish 1t. The horse and rider are to
them (the Chinese) what the images Of
saints are to Christians. In another
corner is tiny bowl of water. The
gods occasionally come down and
wash. At certain times of the year d.
rect questions are written on slips OF
paper and put into the hands of one
of the greatest josses. These disap
pear, and then the joss either mods of
shakes his head in answer.
On the altar or affairs are several
brass and copper vessels, in which the
worshiper leaves sandalwood punk
burning in such n position that the
ashes will fall on the fine sand in the
vessel. When one of these is full, it is
emptied into an immense bronze vase
on the balcony, and this. in turn, is
emptied into the ocean. The Chinese
take good care of their living and new
er forget their dead. Once year, the
fourteenth day Of the seventh month,
they have solemn ceremony by which
they send gold and silver and cloth to
the great army of the departed.
A furnace is necessity in joss
house. 1t is lighted ON ceremonial
days, and paper representing cloth,
gold and silver is burned, the ashes of
the materials being, i'll their minds,
useful in spirit land. Private families
send to their relatives and friends
whatever they want by throwing the
gold, the silver and the cloth paper,
also fruits, into fire built in the street
in front of their houses. The days Of
worship come on the LIST and 18th of
each month.-Modern Culture.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
Attention, Readers. Call and settle.

Attention, Readers! Call and Settle.
1t is not the custom of the STAR to
endeavor to make life a burden for all
its delinquent subscribers by continu-
ally prodding and abusing them for not
paying up. We believe an occasional
reminder Is more effective. Some SUBJ
scribers are in arrears from lack of
the necessary funds; few are indiffer-
ent or think they are not expected to
pay, but a large majority are in arrears
through forgetfulness or carelessness
and gentle hint is all that is neces-
sary. We prefer to presume that near.
ly all our delinquents are in the latter
class, hence this gentle hint. If you
are owing anything, come in and pay
up; if you are in doubt as to whether
you are in arrears we would be pleased
to enlighten you; if you are q regular
subscriber but do not care enough for
the paper to pay for it longer, come in
and pay what you owe and stop it. In
any event, come in and pay up. We
need the money. Please ido not wait
for another reminder but come at
once.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11

The Odd Fellows encampment team
Of this place is getting quite reputa-
tion for fine work and will probably do
the work at the next grand, lodge of
the state. The supreme lodge Of the
order which meets at DcsMoines next
year is also considering selecting this
team to exemplify the work. This
would be high honor indeed and a
good thing for the local lodge and the
town. The team would unquestion.
ably sustain their reputation, for they
are hard to beat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11

on the hill was emptied of g., 500 gallons
on the lawns and refilled from the slit
tie WE'LL" The lawns and orchard are
thoroughly wet down to go into winter.
Next year will surely be a. record
breaker in the growth of fruit and
shade trees about the Home.
The rabbit crop about the orchard is
rather short this fall, and from threats
your reporter hears ever and anon, it
will be still shorter before the season
for peeling fruit trees begins. If you
hear a popping" up hear, don't be
alarmed; it will not mean anything ex.
cept the protection of the fruit trees
from the ravages of the pestilential
rabbit.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Sunday school at 10 q. m.; morning
service al IL a. m. Subject Of sermon,
"Casting Shadows" Y. T. s. 9. E.
meeting at $50 p. m.; subject. Ozark
Days and Their Lessons. Evening
service at 7:3O p. m., subject of sermon,
"Up Stairs with Herod, or Down Stairs
with John the Baptist" Everybody
invited to these services.
j. 1. SANFORD, Pastor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
Talk killed a Bear:

II suppose" said the barber to the
man who was wearing q bears claw
on his watch chain-"I suppose you
killed that bear yourself?"
Yes. l did," was the reply.
"Was it grizzly bear?"
'It was"
"a big one?"
"About the size of 2-year-old steer"
Gee whiz! How many bullets did It
take to kill him?"
mot any at ALL"
"Brain him with an axY
"No; talked him to death!
It took the customer Is minutes to
get the rest of his shave. and during
that time the barber didn't speak an
other word.-Exchange.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
DR.. Lymer To Sioux city College.

Rev. DIR. Lymer, formerly of this
place, has been chosen to take charge
of the Morning Side college at Sioux
City, the president, DIR. Lewis, going
out to do field work for the institution.
There is no better college man in the
northwest than DIR. Lymer and Morn
ing Side is to be congratulated upon
securing the services of SO able and
splendid man.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
Teachers Attention.

A supply of the Reading Circle books
may now be obtained at the county
superintendent's Office. 1t is earnestly
hoped that each teacher will secure
these books early. They are especially
valuable in your school room work.
Introductory Lessons in Eng. Litera-
ture, 81 Hinsdales Art of Study, 81.
EMILY A. BLACK, Co. Supt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Quotations at Chicago, south omshs. and
Sioux City October Q.
Sioux City-Feeders $500 a $50;
steers $50 q 40.
Chicago-Good to prime s6.1O a $50;
poor to medium $3.50 q 585; stockera
1926 q AGO.
South Omaha-Steers $3.50 a 6.25;
Cows, s1.25 q 400; feeders 1925 a 4.3O
Market strong in sheep. Hogs, 1C
cents lower.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
Tom Tate came to old Dakota Terri.

Tom Tate came to old Dakota Terri.
tory in 1S58-before good many of us
we're born-and has resided within its
borders ever since. He can relate
more "reminiscences of the pioneer days
than any one we've heard. He has
copies of the "Frontier Scout" pub
lished at Ft. Rice in 1865, when he was
navigating the Missouri in the service
of Uncle Sam.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
Sunday school Rally Day

Will be observed at the Methodist
church next Sunday, October 13, at IL
O'Clock q. m. Exercises will consist of
recitations, short addresses, annual
roll call and good music. Parents are
earnestly requested to be present at
this service. Everybody cordially in
vited. SUpT.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11

Geo. Stoddard, manager of the Hot
Springs Plaster Co., returned the fore
part of the week from business trip
through the Hills.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
a report from Supt. j. @. Gluck. Re.

A report from supt. j. @. Gluck, Re-
form School, Pruntytown, w. Va, Oct.
1s, 1900; "After trying all other ad-
vertised cough medicines we have de-
cided to use Foley's Honey and Tar ex-
clusively in the West Virginia Reform
School. l find it the most effective,
and absolutely harmless" A. L. Eek
stein.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. G. E.7p.m.
Thursday evening prayer service at 8.
All are cordially invited to these
services.
There will be no preaching services
at the Baptist church next Sunday,
Oct. 18th. The pastor will be absent
on that day. The other services as
usual.
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03

service in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 No basis exists for estimating the total volume of produce handled by these cars, but it is very large. Lead i1sg shippers estimate that 95 per cent. of the California deciduous fresh fruits are now handled in them, and the proportion from other sections is steadily growing. Small-fruit and orchard areas in the more remote re- gions adapted to fruit culture are steadily growing under the influence of this service, and producers are en- abled to proftably diversity their pro- duction as never before.
 The length of time during which the summer fruits can be safely held in re- frigerated cars in transit varies. great 1 ly, depending upon the conditions un- der which the fruit is grown, the va riety, the ripeness, package, handling. etc. From two to five days for straw berries and six to eight days for peaches and plums may be taken as the ordinary safe periods for eastern fruits.
 Ocean refrigeration has made stride s quite as great as that by rail, with the result that to-day California fruits are successfully marketed in London and other cities of Europe ,and America is developing an export trade in this class of agricultural products that is astonishing the world and ourselves 1 as we'll.
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03
The Fruit Industry and What Made It Possible The Invention of the Refrigerator Car and
 the Cold Storage House

%HE rapid development of com
 mercial fruit culture has been
 one of the remarka ble features of the agricultural progress of the world in the century just closed. From the position of an insignificant indus try at the beginning of the century it has risen to commanding importance in many countries, and in some has be- come the dominant feature, of agricul- ture. Outside of the wine-producing regions. of the old world there was comparatively little commercial fruit culture hundred years ago except in specially favored localities and for the supply of local needs. In a few local- ties there was a considerable produc- ton of fruit for sun drying, as in the prune districts of France and the raisin districts of Spain and other Mediterranean countries. Oranges and lemons were marketed to some ex- tent from Sicily andfSpain in the ports of western Europe,, and occasional small lots found their way across the Atlantic to the seaboard cities of America, but without sufficient regu- Iarity to develop more than a specu- 1ative and haphazard trade in fruits. At seems hardly possible that no long as. ago than 1871 there were but half dozen fruiterers in London, now the greatest fruit market in the world, and that oranges and lemons at that &ime constituted almost their sole stock in trade, aside from homegrown fruits in their season. Yet, this is as serted by one of the veteran dealers of the city to have been the case when he began business in that year.
 As railroads penetrated the interior of North America and Australia, new and fertile regions, blessed with a genial climate, became accessible, and the areas devoted to fruit culture rap idly increased. The story of it's devel- opment in California, after American occupation, is too familiar to need rep etition, and is perhaps the most con- spicuous example of the rapid develop
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03

ment of horticultural industry in the history of the world.
 The stimulus to planting afforded by the improved facilities for trans portation, however, soon resulted in disastrous overproduction in some sec tions. Large orchards, vineyards and small-fruit plantations were planted farther from their prospective mar kets than their products could be transported. This was notably true in the southern United States, where the added incentive of high prices for early fruits in markets farther north caused large plantings of the more perishable fruits, such as strawber- ries, blackberries, raspberries, peach -es and plums. The planters dem ~ onstrated that they could produce these fruits in large quantity and of high quality at relatively low cost, but the product could not, with the then existing facilities, be delivered to the distant consumer, for whom it was intended, in sound and wholesome condition. Thus, the truckers near Norfolk, Va, demonstrated as early as 1860 that the strawberry could be grown in large quantities and ripened Iong in advance of the northern crop. But, as repeated shipment spoiled in 4Eansit, it's culture wa6 abandoned un- til the development of more durabl varieties and improved transportation brought the New York market within reach of the growers. The early peach industry of South Carolina and Geor- gia suffered similar experience about 1s50-1S7O, and practically ceased to ex- ist for period of 15 to 20 years: then suddenly, with the origina tion of va riety (Elberta) better adapted to long shipment, and the development of a ear segvice adequate for fruit trans pertation, that region sprang into a leading place among the peach-pro- ducing sections of the country.
 The desire to extend the marketing season in the vicinity of cities and the necessity, in case of producing regions remote from market, of finding cut lets for the products led to the devel- opment of what is now becoming one of the moAt important features of the fruit industry. This is true of many portions of the Emitted States and Can ada, as we'll as of the rapidly develop ing fruit regions of Australia, Tas. mania, New Zealand and South Africa MAfrigsra tion ia it's various forms both fer warehouse. stC rage and in trnsit, Must new be regarded as one of the essentials in many branches O1 &he fruit t9 Ade.
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03

about 5000. pounds of block ice. The ice was held in place by stout swing doors suspended from the ceiling, and the ice could only be replaced when the car was empty. About 1868 MT. D. B. Beemer states that he and the late H. P. Stanley, tempted by the high prices for peaches then prevailing on the New York market on account of the failure of the crop in Delaware and New Jersey, undertook to forward from Chicago carload of Michigan Oldmixon and Late Ora wford peaches in one of the meat cars then in use on the Michigan Central railroad. The car was iced and loaded with warm fruit from South Water street, and started, attached to a passenger train, for Suspension Bridge, New York thence to be forwarded by fast freight to New York city. The total time in transit was to be about three days When Suspension Bridge was reached, B hours after departure from Chicago, the car was opened and the contents were found to be in bad condition, the ice having melted. The losses to the shippers on this and another car for warded by the same method amounted to about $1,000 per carload. The fail ure was due to the warmth of the fruit when shipped and the lack of facilities for reicing in transit.
 Even earlier than this MT. Parker Earle, then of Golden, Ill.,, had shipped strawberries in refrigerator chests by express as far as Chicago, New York and New Orleans. These held about 200 quart baskets of berries each and 100 pounds of ice. They carried the fruit well for long distances when properly reiced, but were finally aban- doned because of the heavy express charges on the refrigeraters and the failure of the express companies to re- | ice them in transit. MT. Ea1ae tested various refrigerator cars, mostly built for the dairy and meat trade, includ- ing the ''Davis," above mentioned, and finally settled upon one, the "Tifany,' , which was cooled by about 5000 pounds of ice, in V-shaped box run hing the fuJ1 length of the car. By cooling the fruit fn an ice house before shipment he was able to deliver straw berries and other perishable fruits in Chicago, Detroit and other northern cities in better condition than had been done before To his energy, skill
 and persistence the early development
 of the refrigerator ear service of the
 Missi i2sippi v~l1sy end Gulf regions ia
 largely due.
 From this date forward several rsil'
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03

The cold storage warehouse was the predecessor of the refrigerator car and the cold storage room in ocean steamers. While the cold storage warehouse assisted in solving the problem of profitable cultivation of the hardier northern fruits, and of ap- ples particularly, it was not until solution of the problem of refrigera- tion in transit was found that our tropical fruits could be grown and marketed at a profit.
 The great bulk of rail shipments in the early days went to market in freight cars, but it was soon found that losses from, deteriorat tion in transit were too frequent and too large to leave a profit to the shipper. Ventilated cars of various kinds were tried with varying success, the first carload shipments of deciduous fresh fruits from California, consisting of B tons of pears, apples, grapes and plums, having been successfully made in them in 1869. All shipments from California prior to 1888 were thus made, carefully selected foothill fruit enduring the journey to Chicago, or 
 were moved on express schedules. Valley fruits and those from irrigated d lands, however, could not be safely shipped.
 Encouraged, no doubt, by the meas ure of success attained in preserving fruits and meats by ice storage, ex- periments were made by many in- dividuals in the direction of chilling cars while in transit. The first patent taken out for refrigerator car was that of J. B. Sutherland, Of Detroit Mich., under date of November 26. 1867. Other inventions were patent ed in rapid succession by persons resid- ing in different parts of the country. Shipments of fresh meat were made during the early eos, and perhaps ear Her, in ordinary freight ears. These were fitted up with platforms at each end, upon each of which was placed
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03
] LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
Ifs Advantages, Moral and Pecuniary Are Not Appreciated by Un-
 skilled City Lab0rers.
52 Bank Street.

The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette comments with rare good sense upon this subject. After calling attention to the scarcity of farm laborers it says: Ut is a subject for regret, not only upon the ground that agricultural interests are hurt, but it is distinctly unfortunate for large class of skilled workmen in the various cities that the advantages and opportunities of farm work are not more generally sought. Work of all classes in the cities is per- formed in the main by specialists. This is growing to be the case more and more each year in every depart ment of professional, commercial and mechanical labor. In the cities only the people with well-acquired trade or profession stand a chance in the competitions of life. Yet there is in every city 8 vast number of men who are earning precarious living by do- ing the hardest sort of menial labor. Their families are compelled to live in narrow, squalid streets, and their children are being reared in an at- mosphere that tends to produce moral dePravity. In the agricultural dis tricts there are places for these peo- pie which, compared with their pres ent conditions, are positive Edens. They would have to toll, but it is toll under conditions of health and moral cleanliness that compensate thou sand times, over for the exertion."
 The next question naturally is, why ao these laborers not make a change that would be So beneficial to them and their families? There are several reasons. First, they do not realize these advantages. The country wages look low to them. The city papers do not educate them as to the real advan- tages of country life; on the contrary, they are apt to poke fun at everything from the country and to magnify the city's advantages. Then, city laborers are like all other classes of people, they prefer to drift along rather than change, always hoping for something to turn up that will land them a Sssteady job" at good wages. But prob ably the greatest hindrance of all is the gregarious tendency of Humanity. They prefer the city, where society of some kind is always to be found, to the isolation of the farm. There seems to be no cure for this. While good many city people have turned to" the country of late years, the laborers nave not formed large proportion of them.-National Stockman.
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03
Timely Word of Caution.

After a revival service ia Cardiff
 Wales, Rev. John McNeiH announced that he would answer any question about the Bible. Pn few moments he received this query from a young man: Kindly tell me who was cain's wife?" The clergyman made this re- ply: 'I love young mon, especially young ineuirers for light, and I would give the young man a word of ad- vice: Don't lose your souls salvation looking afte. other peoples wives"
The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03
Central New England Railway Company
 PoughksepSie Bridge Route.

Station Cor. Church and Spruce Sts. Tseins leave Hartford daily except Sunday, 600 a. m. for Cottage Grove and Bloomfield. stations
 D. m. Western Express for Simsbury, Canaan, Boston Corners, Copake, Rhinecliff Poughkeepsie, Highland and Campbell Hall. connecting with N. Y. O. & W. Limited Kx- press, due in Chicago s.10 p. m. following day. 3.05 p. n. Millerton local, for all way stations to Millerton.
 445 p. m. local for wfnsted and way stations 6.3S D. m. West Winsted local for all way stations to West Winsted.
 Sundays only, $40 a. rn. for all main line stations to Campbell Hall.
 TicH ots for the South and West for sale. Chicago 7.50, drst-class; s16.5O, second class. For tickets, time tables and information, can or address VI. A: Wolcotb, Ticket Agent, o. Nss E. Railroad Station corner Church and Spruce streets Hartford, Conn.
 W. .. MARTIN, Gen. Pass. Agent