Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-01-25
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Salem, Mdss.. elected u pawnbrokcr
Mayor, and now he is giving away his
entire salary to the poor. 1t evens up
things.-St. Paul Dispatch.
II there is anything that could stir up
an epidemic of lynching in the best COM
munities, it would be an epidemic of kid
MAPPING. Cincinnati Iimes-Star.
When they talk about new ceins,
what's the matter with 9-cent piece? 1t
would just fit the modern style Of pric-
ing gOods.-Montgomery (.Ala.) Adver-
tiser.
II capital punishment We're decreed for
every person found guilty of abducting
children for ransom, the penalty would
be an excellent fit for the crime.--Phiia-
delphia Bulletin.
So small Il thing as Il semicolon pre-
vents the sale of liquor in Boston's ho-
tells between IL and at night. Be
careful how You punctuate henceforth.-
Kansas City Star.
The punishment of the brigand cannot
be made too severe. Ii hanging is the
regular thing for the train robber, train
robberies will become much less frequent
Louisville Dispatch.
The Duke of Manchester says he would
have gone to work long ago, but he
couldn't find job. What this country
needs is a labor union for American
dukes.--Pittsburg News.
The Oregon's great trip around the
Horn cost $47,9S7 and $5O,266 for coal.
1t was we'll worth the price, seeing that
it proved what our ships could do in the
matter Of distance.--New York Sum.
Villains who are willing to trade on
the natural anguish of distracted fathers
and mothers in order to reap an infamous
reward deserve no more mercy than so
many mad dogs.-Philadelph Bulletin.
ed" and .'braced" and compelled to quail
ify in Sammy and pruncs at West
Point undoubtedly make life for the Gu
diets there we'll worth living.-Baltimore
News.
Saloons will never be broken up by
women throwing things ut them. There
certainly could have been little surprise
when that Kansas woman threw stones
at saloon and hit herself.-Louisyille
COurier-Journal.
A pair of Chicago professors are claim
ing that the secret of long life lies in the
eating of IL great deal of salt. The in
ference is that if you want to live to 4
good, old age, YOU mustn't be too fresh.
NPhiladelphia Bulletin.
One difficulty about titled son-in-,
law is that the young man is usually
obliged to spend u great deal Of money
in order to keep before the public and
make the title seem to amount to any
thing.-Washingto Star.
There are more applicants for places
on the staff of the new army regiments
than for positions ON the line. Soldier
ing and sailoring are not attractive en-
ployments, except for those who do the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The records will soon show that no
class of Americans in that country is
entitled to more praise for its course
during the Chinese uprising against for
eigners than the American missionaries.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
AS might have been expected, the Chi
cago University elixir of life discovery
has moved various and divers esteemed
contemporaries to remark that the theory
is to be taken cum grano sails. Great
minds in similar channels Chicago
Chronicle.
The effect of good roads upon any coun.
IT, district is almost to be compared with
the effect Of good circulation of the
blood upon the vigor and heartiness Of
the human body. 1t is all-pervading; it
is felt every day and every hour.-Balti-
more News.
The luckiest person, probably. yho has
ever lived on this old, round earth is the
American citizen who, in this year Of
grace, 1901, is near to middle age. That
condition affords a standpoint for COM
parison that is well-ni2h priceless.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Will the American citizen hundred
years hence regard the steam locomotive
and the steamship i'll the same way in
which this generation recalls the stage
coach and the bluff-bowed sailing vessels
that transported passengers in 1S01?-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Speaker Henderson's ultimatum that
20 public building bills shall be passed
ut this term probably is to emphasize the
fact that Uncle Sam doesn't want to be
bothered with new postoffices while he is
busy planning S15O,Ooo,ooo canal.-st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Evidence adduccd at the Booz investi-
cation is in support of the theory that
West Point cadets are laboring under the
misapprehension that they are being
trained at public expense for the prize
ring instead of the army.-Cinc;nnati
Commercial Tribune.
We would suggest that wealthy young
ladies who have romantic ideas and who
long to marry coachmen, baseball play.
ers or noblemen peruse Thackeray's Sc
quel to ''Ivanhoe.' BY so doing, they
may, some day, find husband who will
not compel them to seek redress in the
divorce courts.-Albany Press -Knicker-
booker Express. u
There is religious revival going on
out in Indiana which seems to be of the
genuine kind. A penitent recently con.
| fessed that he took bribe money from the