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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
-. Gentlemen and Waiters.

Another attempt is being made by
the fashionable tailors of London to
distinguish Enthusiastically between a
gentleman and a waiter by means Of
some slight changes in evening dress.
The principal change is to take form of
"pinkins" down the front of the vest.
The edge of the waistcoat, which
should be white, will be perforated
and a colored silk foundation introduce
ed. Another innovation is tile frilled
shirt, which is already being worn, but
not to any considerable extent.
1t is interesting to note that
what may be called the decorative
waistcoat and the frilled shirt were in
vogue ut the beginning of the century.
Therefore the very problem that is
now exercising the minds Of the Pic.
cadilly tailors was successfully over
come by their great-grandfathers In
trade, and ''the latest style' is really .
hundred years old.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
CHATTER Nll1.-Ccontinucd.)

"Bgt Maurice"
Wei. the Itinaoo and The three being
the worst prisoners. are confined in tho
same compartment. He is with the
spies, l saw linn talking with them. but
let us not talk of Saiiib now. ! want to
ask You something about YOURSELF"
what do Won want?'
"no you remember your parcnts?"
"oniy very dimly; they died. have
been told, in India. My father was an
officer in the English army. My nurse
was with me ut the time. hut she WAS
left in England when my uncle and /
sailed for America"
aud did you ever talk with her about
sour dead parents?'
II WIS TOO small to do so; but she told
old DobAins they died from poison. sup
posed to in. the bite of Il cobra. | have
q faint recollection of dark faces and
horrible scrpcnis all blended in some way
with my earliest recollcctions."
DO yul know your mothers name be-
fore she was married?"
NO. sir
Your whole early life, then, seems
wrapped in myStcry?'
lit is IL mystery to me. L know little
or nothing about it. and do not care To
know. All ] desire now is Mauricc's
safety. For that l would give all | nave
even my life"
Have you received no propositions
FROM amy ore promising his r%cscue:"
Yes: Captain Sanford has promised
to guarantee his safety if i will consent
TO marry him."
"World Your lover want his life saved
u such II eostY'
She started and sasped for breath. She
remembered what Mauriacc had told her
and shook her head in silence. while tears
trickicd down her checks. The colonel,
In voice that melted with kindness.
said:
Go home, my poor child, and put your
trust in heaven. Put off Captain San.
ford, for even if you did not already love
anothcr, he is not suited for your hus-
band"
Her mysterious friend led her to the
door and babe her ndiel, md she made
her way through the darkness, down the
hill.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
The carpenters are about to begin Q
vigorous campaign Of organization.

The carpenters are about to begin .
vigorous campaign of organization.
The Illinois factory inspector, in his
annual report, shows that there has
been IN unusual increase in the num-
Der of children employed in the fac
tories, and the consequent crowding
out of men and women" In Chicago
alone about 11,OCO children were en-.
ployed in places visited by him.
The candymakers of Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and South
Dakota entered into an agreement af-
fecting more than 10000 girls employed
in a score of cities. They decided not to
Introduce a chocolate-drop manufacture
ing machine which can do the work Of
four girls. The makers have all agreed
to stick to the hand process.
President Lynch, of the International
Typographical Union. has concluded a
tour through Canada, where he sue.
ceeded in getting increased scales for a
number of unions, in addition to gain
ing other advantages for them. MI.
Lynch also has obtained a favorable
agreement with the Providence Tele-
gram, which has been outside the fold
for a number of years.
st. Louis is encroaching severely
upon the Eastern shoe manufacturers
markets. A shoe factory in that city
recently received a single order for
100000 worth of shoes and boots, and
another factory one for 100000. One
factory in st. Louis is turning out 5000
pairs of shoes daily and others in pro-
portion. This output is making great
inroads in the trade formerly held ex.
clusively by New England manufac.
turers.
The Amalgamated Association Of
Street Railway Employees of America is
gradually making Il rate for the street.
car men of the whole country. ranging
somewhere around 20 cents per hour.
Beginners get less. and then the rate is
gradually raised as the men become
more valuable to the company. This is
a big advance on what the wage was
a few years ago. when men were work.
ing at from 10 to IA cents per hour and
from 10 to 16 hours per day.
General Secretary w. j. Gilthorpe, of
the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
Iron Ship Builders, reports tifty-one
new unions, six unions lapsed. and one
charter revoked; gain in membership,
2,212; Won 10 strikes, compromised 8
and lost 4; number of persons involved
in strikes. 2.642; benefited, $3.50; in
jured, LIS; gain in wages. 10 per cent
in 81 cities and ) per cent in s cities;
gins in reductions of hours, one hour
in 16 cities, four cities gained time and
one-half for overtime; cost of strikes.
$15,003.50. In seven cities 10 per cent
in wages and one hour less were given
voluntarily.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
NAL do MGR.

Tom-Yes, he was a bit of q rake,
but he says he expects to give up every.
thing Immediately after he marries her.
Dick-Yes, they contemplate q wed
ding tour abroad, and he never could
stand an ocean voyage.-Philadslsphia
Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
Highest Chimney i'm the World.

The Silver Works Company of Ant.
werp, Belgium, has just completed the
construction of q chimney 40 feet high.
The interior diameter at the base is
twenty-five feet and at the top eleven
feet The chimney is surmounted by
a lightning conductor about fifty feet
high. This is said to be the highest
chimney In the world.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
EARNINGS AND PRICES
COMPARATIVE WAGES IN DIFFER.
EMIT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
The Rate, of Compensation in the
United States Has Increased, While
the Average Cost of Living IL Lower
thar 1t Was Ten Years Ago.

An examination of the general drift
OF wages and prices during the past
ten years should prove interesting to
the free trader who is again concerned
over the income and expenses of the
masses. We take all the figures given
below from the American .Agriculturist
Near Book for 1901. First, as regards
the comparative wages in different
countries. the average daily wages paid
laborcrs in 1900 were as follows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

Not Dependent Upon the Tariff.
The combination of the steel produc-
ing interests on SC grand a scale will
be denounced by those who see all sorts
Of evil in extensive combinations of
capital. What will be the result re-
mains to be seen. If it is harmful to
the consumer the fact will be discov-
cred and some remedy devised. The
Carnegie companies can manufacture
steel and the products in their line
cheaper than any competitor in the
world. All the energies of the COM
panies have been devoted to increasing
and cheapening production. The tariff
has been of no consequence to Carne-
gle for some time, because he was able
to make the worlds prices. The du-
ties on steel and steel goods stand now
about the same as they stood in the
Democratic tariff of 1894. At that
time Mr.. Carnegie declared that the
duties were ample. There is no law
that could prevent the combination, nor
has any one proposed IN except In a
stump speech. The combinations of
which this seems the elimination have
been going on for years. Many will de-
nounce it because it is their vocation,
but the country at large will watch the
movements of this great combination
with more than ordinary interest.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
In rhia q. -in 0tb.r..

About ten years ago the Free-Trad-
ers declared that tin plate could not be
made in the United States in quality
and price comparable with British
made tin plate. The quality was long
ago acknowledged to be equal to the
best in the world. and now the En-
gAsh "Trade Review" warns Welsh tin
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

People treat their love affairs with
great respect, considering that thsy
have y many Of them in the course Of
. year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
GUARD THE ROYAL JEWELS.
When Not in Pawn valuab1es of Nom
crchs Arc Closely Wafched

HSo ~ III
crchs Are Closely Watched.
Royal people are much given to the
accumulation of jewels of great price,
and they take especial care that these
baubles are not stolen. Many of the So
called "crown Jewels which are shown
to visitors to the Tower of London are
paste" the real gems being secured in
strong vaults in iron-bound boxes. The
jewels of the Russian imperial family
form one Of the most valuable collec-
tions in the world. This collection is
guarded in a fortified castle watched
over by a special detail of $50 retired
officers and n body of soldiers. For
this service they are well paid. No Of
ficer who in his days of active service
was addicted to gambling or to extrava-
gance can EVER hope to be selected as
one of the custodians of the imperial
jewels. The z a keeps a portion of his
own private jewels in banks in London
and Paris, so that in east q revolution
should break out in st. Petersburg he
would have an "anchor to windward"
in the two foreign capitals.
The treasures of the royal family of
Italy are hidden away in deep vaults
beneath a fort situated on a little is
land in the Tiber. Protected by the old
and muddy stream over head and the
military on the island, the jewels are
beyond the dreams of even the most
daring and sanguine of burglars.
The prince of Bulgaria is possessed
of precious stones to the value $5,OOO,-
600. These he keeps locked in a little
castle on the banks of the Danube.
King Milan of Servia kept such of his
jewels as were not in pawn in London
and Paris banks. A ruby necklace be-
longing to the king is said to be in pawn
for 100000. Some of the Jewels be-
longing to the German imperial family
are kept in London banks like those Of
the car.
Curious Russian Sulphur Mounds.
There have lately been discovered
lear the Anu river, about 100 miles
from Khiva, in the T%ranscaspian pro-
vince, huge mounds of native sulphur
scattered over an are of about twenty
three square miles, says the Youths
Companion. The mounds are describ-
ed as dome shaped and about 300 feet
in height. 1t is estimated that they
contain more than 100000 tons of
sulphur, making this IL of the richest
sulphur deposits known. The tore" is
for the most part sandstone and yields
about 60 per cent of sulphur.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

Be careful how you light no mattse
how Light you are.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
plate manufacturers that they "may
shortly find American tin plate manu-
f%acturers competing in this trade, as
in others, in Great Britain,"-Ottawa
Qll.) Republican-Times.
Significant Pcrcentarea,


The greatest percentage of gain in
our different classes of exports for 1900
was made in exports of manufac-
lures. The gross amount of increase
was greatest in III exports of. agricul-
tural products, but, while the percent
age of increase in those exports was
1876 per cent, the percentage of in
iease in exports of manufactures was
slightly larger, being 15.9 per cent
The people of this country have long
known that, because of the supplying
OF II vast home market by our home
manufacturers, this country had be-
come the greatest industrial nation in
point of production, and they have for
some time been cogniZant of the fact
that the United States is making rapid
strides toward holding industrial Sill
premacy in the markets of the world.
Such facts as the above so to strength
EN- and Justify this belief. They illus
tr'atc what a century of protection to
American industry has brought to pass
Onght to He Satisfied.
No regrets are being expressed in the
South over the defeat of Bryan. The
prudent men of the South are satisfied
to get double the money for their cot
ton that they would have received UNI
der Populist administrations.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Not Desirable.
Tinllering with the tariff is not desir-
able, whether done under the guise of
reciprocity treaties that cut down pro-
lection, or Notwithstanding Com
mercial.
1t Certainly Succeeds.
Secure the home market first, then so
after the foreign markets. That is the
Republican policy. Does it succeed or
fail?-Spokane Chronicle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
Very Tiresome.

1t is noticeable that the newspapers
which are now finding fault with the
Mckinley administration are those
which. during the past four years, have
bitterly opposed those measures which
nave brought prosperity to the country
and greatly increased export trade.
The chronic growler or bowler is lust
as tiresome as is the fellow whose
tongue is always emitting gloomy pre-
dictions and pointing to possible hor-
r0rs.-Philadelphia Item.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

More people at work.
More money for work.
More purchases for money.
Protection wants no better defense;
protectionists want no better argument.
American Economist.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

In April. 1900. there was compiled
for the information of the House of
Representatives, from reports furnish
ed by labor unions, Il tabulatcd state
mcnt showing the increase in wages by
percentages, i'll 30 trades, from 1896 to
1893. These increases run from 3 to 30
per cent, averaging somewhat over 20
per cent. The report shows that in
every industry wages We're increased
between 1886 and 1899, while in 70
they We're increased in each of the three
years, 1897, 1898 and 1899, and in 30
they were increased in both of the two
years, 1888 and 1889. The report
proves an unquestionably substantial
increase in all wages from the re-
auctions made necessary during the
free trade period from 1894 to 1897.
Now, as TO the comparison of present
wages with the last protection period,
1892. Using 100 as IL basis the rate
is as follows: 1881, 10000; 1892, 10000;
1899, 1O1. 81: 1880, 1O3.43.
Thus. three facts are established:
We are getting the highest wages in
the world; we are not only getting
much better wages than from 1884
to 1897. hut eve higher wages than
from 1890 to 1892. And it might be
added that more people are getting
these wages than ever before in the
history of our country.
But, we are told, the poor farmers
and the poor mechanic have to pay
so much more for what they buy.
Well, here are the figures given for the
prices of commodities in January, 1890,
and July. 1890:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

With one exception everything IS
cheaper, while the whole cost of living
is about 10 per cent less than ten
years ago. This is an old-time protec-
ton argument eXemplitied and sus-
o:..al.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29

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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
WHAT LIQUOR MEN THINK,

(Wtne and Spirit Ne,cs, Columbus, o.
You are scarcely aware of the
activity of the Anti Saloon League.
The highest number of saloons in
this State at one time was over 13,-
0OO; now the total number has been
reduced to less than 5000. The
Anti-Saloon League has reduced the
number within the last year and a
half. 1900. In the same length of
time they championed a bill in the
Legislature which would have made
sixty counties of this State vote
"dry" at the very first election, which
would have been this spring. And
what is more amazing still, they
actually secured fifty votes in favor
OF It's passage. Two years have gone
by and we are face to face with the
same issue again. The same enemy
is again in the field, better equipped,
with more men and supplies than he
was when the Haskell bill was de
feated in the last General Assembly
by the narrow margin of seven votes.
Our duty, therefore, as business men
engaged in the liquor traffic in this
State, ought to be plain. We must
fight fire with fire.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
THE COMING MAN.

My first is in the Sight saw. and first In
all say;
Second is in the Cuban war. and Dewey
at Manila bay;
Third in Commodore Watson, and in the
sunken Maine;
Fourth part of gallant HobsoD, and the
end OF cruel Spain;
Fifth is part OF Santiago, and In the
name ofSchwap;
Sixth is most of Porto Rico, and third
of Oregon;
Seventh is twice in San Juan, and center
of El-Caney;
Eighth at start of Ferdinand, and part
of Skaters army;
Ninth is in the ocean deer. and bottom
of the sea:
Tenth is in Rough riders leap, and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee;
Eleventh is found in Montague, and heads
our Governments;
Twelfth is part of Echols, too, and
heads the Orient;
Thirteenth ushers in every vale, the
same la every vow;
Fourteenth closes every dale, and ends
me-eyen now;
Fifteenth stands In the profile, is twice
in junior warden;
Sixteenth starts the river Nile, and ends
the crooked Jordan;
Seventeenth is In Congress now, is CEN
trail in what for;
Eighteenth raises every row, aud ends in
Governor.
j. Il. II. in The Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
NO SNAP JUDGMENT.

That political story from Franklin
county comes through sources sup.
posed to be hostile to Mr.. Montague's
nomination for Governor, but the
high character of those who bring il
gives it strong support Those whu
belong to an organization must obey
its laws, and itappears that in Frank
lin county the law of the Democratic
party organization has been disre-
garded by part of Democratic
county organization for the purpose
of making Montague man county
chairman.
1t is not fair to hold Mr.. Montague
responsible for the indiscretions of
his friends, but the kind of work
reported as having been done in
franklin will surely hurt any man
in whose interest it is done. The
people of Virginia will not counten-
ance any snap judgments. They do
not want Governor made for them
by any machine or representing any
set or faction or clique of politicians.
They want Governor who will mean
progress, clear and advanced thought
and energetic action and who will
represent the deliberate will of the
people.-Richmond Ne,cs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN.

The Eastern Shore has as much
right to advocate the cause of Sena-
tor Lecato for second place, even if
it does pinch some aspirant's toes for
first place, as other fellows have to
hurrah for their friend for first place,
which they know endangers Senator
IeCatc's chances, if they are success
ful.-Cape Charles Light.
What does our contemporary mean
by such language? Does it mean
that the Light sees in the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Montague the sure de-
feat of LeCato. If so we are glad
that a portion, at least, of the Eastern
Shore press is awakening to this fact,
which is self-evident to nearly every
we'll informed politician in the State
of Virginia. This paper is not for
Senator LeCato, though we admire
him as man of sterling worth and
integrity, but at the same time we
want to see square, honest fight
and for this reason we warn the
friends of LeCato in the First district,
those of them who place his success
above that of Montague, that they
will find when the convention assem-
bles different state of affairs from
what they look for; that they will re.
ceive small favors in return for what
they have given. The effort to link
the names of Montague and LeCatc
finds no response in the camp of Mr.
Montague. If you desire LeCato's
nomination stop abusing candidates
for the Governorship in order tc
place the Attorney-General at the
head of the tickct.-H'cdericks5mrt
Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
A NOVEL SCHEME.

The Seaboard Air Line, which
runs through Southern States, has
bought herd of bulls and flock of
roosters for the purpose of improv-
ing the breed of birds and cattle in
the farms upon its road. Both bulls
and roosters are of the finest aud
most aristocratic lineage.
The company has sent out circu-
lars from its industrial department
at Portsmouth, Va, Offering to lend
bulls or birds 10 farmers who will
agree TO take good care of them.
There is no charge for the loan. The
animals are delivered without any
freight expense.
The full-blooded roosters are light
Brahmas, black Langshans, and
black Minorcas. 1t is requested by
the railroad that farmers who borrow
the chickens will not use them for
lighting purposes. There will be a
great temptation to do this, as they
are splendid specimens of the feather
ed tribe.
The profit of the Seaboard Air
Line in these transactions will come
from the increased demand for cattle,
poultry and eggs consequent upon
the improvement of the breeds. With
more demand there will be heavier
freight shipments and traffic that
will stand higher tariffs.
The move of the Seaboard Air Line
is being anxiously watched by other
railroad companies in the South.
There is a strong probability, it is
saiG, that some of them will adopt
the bull and rooster idea, which of
course. cannot be patented or copy
righted.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
LOOTING AND BURNING A BOER FARM.
Can English Artists Sketch published
PICTURE THAT SPEAKS MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS

This picture-which is not exag-
gerated or overdrawn-was published
in the London Graphic, and is from
a sketch by an English artist, and
shows how the British are waging
war against women and children.
whose protectors have either been
killed in battle or are imprisoned at
st. Helena or Ceylon. There are
over 10000 poor, suffering, homeless
women and children in South Africa,
imprisoned in pens and stockades
under British guards, including
among them many refined, elderly
ladies over seventy years of age;
thousands have died from sickness,
exposure and starvation.
In the illustration is shown the
unprotected wife and children, driven
from their once happy home, which
is being destroyed; few articles of
furniture, bedding and trunk are
shown; the house is in flames;a Brit
ish officer is giving instructions to
his aides; two soldiers are running
after chickens;-all in the presence
of the sorrow-strlcken mother and
children.
A correspondent of the Daily Mail
thus describes the flight to the Vaal,
just before the arrival of the British
troops:
"Huge wagons drawn by full spans
of trek oxen, piled high with farm
house furniture, where perched visit
ful-eyed women and children, with
frightened, tear-stained faces; passed
deserted houses with wide, open doors
and scattered belongings; passed am
balances filled with groaning wound
ed. 1t was bitterly cold. The wind
had frost edge and cut to the quick.
Thinly-clad women clasped their
shivering babes. Heartrending as
was this enforced abandonment of
homes, few hesitated to make the
sacrifice. Anything was better than
to fall into the hands of the hated
English.
AN APPEAL.
To the women Of Eurone and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
FEW PAPERS THAT PAY.

j. L. Scripps, of the Scripps- Nc
Rae Publishing Bureau says:
"In newspaper publishing all the
concerns in the country which are
earning fortunes for their proprie-
tors can be counted on ones fingers
La every considerable city there is
usually one and rarely two papers
which may reasonably be called prof
table; few more pay, but not ade.
quately on the capital and enterprise
which they represent, while it is safe
to say the majority of the daily news.
papers of the country are perennially
money-sinking institutions"
Gen. Otis picks out the winner in
the newspapers as follows:
"The present-day newspaper, if i
be right honest, enterprising and en-
ergetic, and if it possesses the public
confidence, is well able to keep itselt
out of the Slough of Despond finan
cially and is not compelled to trek
with suddenness and celebrity to es
cape the pursuing sheriff"