Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-12
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Why can't we trade DIR. John Alex
ander Dowic for Aguinaldo or the Sultan
of ulu?lTopeka journal.
After all, Montana politics appear to
be quite decent when placed in ccmpari-
son with the Pennsylvania article.-To-
peka Journal.
In certain cases a sheriff with Il back
bone is worth more than the three
branches of Il State government.-De-
troit Free Press.
And now the New Jersey Supreme
Court gets into line, declaring street rail-
way franchises taxable, same as real es-
tate.-Detroit Free Press.
The mothers congress of Michigan ap-
pears to have run short OF mothers again..
20 elected Il spinster to lead their eff
forts.-Detroit Free Press.
The Mayor of Pottsville, Pa, started
,ut with an IN the other day and chop.
ped down the billboards that disiigureG
the streets.-Denver Post.
Judging from the action of the grand
jury, Chicago is about as c%onganial a
place in which to do business as Dowie
could iind.-Detroit Free Press.
Cuba's population may be turbulent,
puI We OOli I IculSliDcf uuNllS uetlQ VI
either lynchings or Pennsylvania charter
grabs in the island.-Detroit News.
There is no greater wonder of the
world than the marvel of the evolution
of city transportation rs seen in Amer
lean strects.-Gran Rapids Press.
What will. it profit j. Pierpont Morgan
to gobble the earth? He can't take it
away with him, ana his doctor won't let
him eat anything.-Topeka Journal.
Mr.. De Lima appears to be about the
only one who is thoroughly satisfied with
the decision OF the Supreme Court. He
gets his money back.-Hochestcr Herald.
The King of England is a deuccd lot
more particular about the domestic rec
ords of women acquaintances than the
Prince OF Wales ever was.-Detroit
News.
DIR. Dowie n~eglects to add, however.
that he was also undoubtedly the party
that caused Il sensation in natural his
tory circles by conversing with Balaanl.
Grand Rapids Press.
Dowie has got it into his head that the
Chicago doctors want to kidnap him. 1t
is difficult to understand what they would
with him unless they wish TO examine his
gall.-Topeka Journal.
1t seems strange that nobody ever
thought of applying to The Hague arbi-
tration commission to intervene in the
war between the Salvationists and the
Voluntcers.-Topeka Journal.
If John Bull will audit his war ac-
count carefully he will see that it would
be Il stroke of economy to stop the war
and give every surviving Boer Il farm and
, life MISUNDERSTANDING Ledger.
Sam Jones, the evangelist. started in
With Il salary of $500 a year,. Now his
income is estimated at $1,000 a month.
There is no ~dispating, the fact that adj
Tcrtisins pays..Buffalo Times.
DR." Dowie says he does not know
lie has a head. That's getting nea.er to
facts than anyone expected. And now
will he acknowledge that he has not any
organ except a gall:-St. Paul Dispatch.
In a Missouri county a murder trial is
oeing conducted in the open air 10 pc-
.ommodate the attending crowds. The
same desirable facilities will no donht be
offered the people to see the hanging
Denver Post.
That California woman who, Oh ac-
count of her children, stopped Il paper
that had on several occasions printed
The word "hell,'' should also see that
there are no Bibles lying around loose
IN her home.-Denver Post.
1t is much pl%easanter to joke over night
clothes, sweaters, horse blankets and
bath robes in connection with the burning
Of the West Baden hotel than it would
be to make appropriate III upon
a tragedy.-Detroit Free Press.
The great battle of the century is now
TO be waged, the combatants being sci
ence and civilization against the mos
quito. The advantage of force is with
the alliance, but. then. the mosquito has.
The skill and Observation-Disclosures .Ameri-.
.an.
Fred Funston says that octopus steak:
Is the toughest proposition he ever tack
led. He was born too late to dine from
mules that had outlived their freight
wagon usefulness, as our soldier boys Of
The Civil War were sometimes compelled,
to do.-Denver Post.
The most wonderful story of Kentucky.
caivalry ever published is that of Col.
Jack" Chinn, the celebrated fighter who.
was with Goebel when the latter was
assassinated. Col. Chinn has sworn off
from drinking whisky because his wife
him to. And he is a man of his.
word.-Buffalo Times.
In cleaning out Pckin it must be admit.
that the allies also cleaned it M.
They considerably reduced the death rate.
and put the entire place in a very fair
sanitary condition. Civilization NAV adj
vance with a gun and a plumber bag, but.
there is always n cake of soap concealed
about her person.-Cleveland Plain,
"Home is the thing men fight for. No
man would go to war to defend a board.
Ing house." This is one of the pithy
things said by a delegate to the congress.
Of mothers. 1t describes the Transvaal
in a nutshell, and explains bet
ter than a volume of exposition the secret
Of that determined resistance to English,
conquest.-Anaconda Standard.
So many government officials are en-.
gagged in writing for the magazines and
newspapers that the people will soon be-
to wonder when they find the time