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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
The white shark.

The shark Of sharks, the real "man
eater" and the one most dreaded, il
the white shark. This variety reaches
a length Of IS feet and a weight of
1000 pounds. Its head is long and
nat. and the snout far overhangs the
mouth. Its six rows of teeth are sharp
as lancets and notched like saws. Its
mouth Is very large, SO that one has
been known to cut a mans body COM
pletely in two at a single snap of its
cruel jaws and another to swallow one
at a gulp. Near Calcutta one of these
sharks was e to swallow a bullock's
head, horns and all.
From the stomach Of another a bulls
hide was taken entire, and the sailor
who made the discovery insisted that
the bull had been swallowed whole
and all except the hide had been d.
gested. From the stomach of another
was taken a lady's workbox, filed with
the usual contents, scissors and all. It
is commonly the white shark which
follows the vessel at sea day after day
and week after week.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
Laughter.

Laughter Is a positive sweetness OF
life; but, like good coffee, it should be
we'll cleared Of deleterious substance
before use. Ill will and malice and the
desire to wound IRE worse than chico
ry. Between a laugh and a giggle there
Is the width Of the horizons. 1 could
sit all day and listen to the hearty and
heartsome ha. ha, Of a lot OF bright
and jolly people, but would rather be
shot than be forced to stay within a r
shot of a couple Of silly gossips. Gull
ttvate that part Of your nature that is
quick to see the mirthful side Of things,
so you shall be enabled to shed many
of life's troubles, as the plumage Of the
bird sheds the rain. But discourage
all tendencies to seek your amusement
at the expense of another's feelings or
in aught that is impure. 1t was Goethe
WHO said, TELL me what a man laughs
at and l will read you his character"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
HOSPITAL II
Our Lady of Lourdes.)

tOuf Lady OF l.Our0eS.)
John Moore Jr. is visiting his father
at the hospital.
SRemaining patients are walking
about in the sunshine.
Mrs. Alice Genth who has been quite
i'll is now c~onvalescent.
Edward Hays, of keystone is able to
be out in his wheel chair.
Miss May Berry is recovering rapid
ly from the bullet wound received last
week.
Mr.. Ed. West who came in from Ar
gyle, 8. Oak, is having a run of ty-
phoid fever.
Two surgical and two medical cases
dismissed this week. Twelve patients
remain in the hospital.
The old hospital building has been
filed to over flowing the past two
weeks. Patients we're waiting till some
could leave to take their places.
Mr.. John s. Moore of Nordon, Neb.
was brought to the hospital in a very
critical condition last week, is feeling
more comfortable at present.
Mr.. VIM. Willetts who had his eye
seriously burned last week from the
explosion of a coffee boiler is now able
to be about. One eye has regained it's
normal condition, but the sight of the
right eye is destroyed.
The new hospital building will be
finished the last of November. Many
benevolent friends are arranging to
furnish rooms. Rt. Rev. Bishop
O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, s. d. will
furnish handsome stained windows
and altar for the Chapel, and rooms
will be furnished by the following:
Rev. Fir. Redmond, v. G., of Lead City,
Rev. FIR. James Heating. of Casper.
Wyo.. L. S. Gull, of Hot Springs, la.
dies of Valentine, Neb., Fitzpatrick
Bros, railroad contractors, of Beatrice,
Neb., and o. G. Jewett, of Deadwood.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
Astounding Discovery.

From Coopersville, Mich, comes
word of a wonderful discovery of a
pleasant tasting liquid that when used
before retiring by anyone troubled
with a bad cough always insured a
nights rest. sit will soon cure the
cough too" writes Mrs. s. Himelburger,
s'for three generations of our family
haze used DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and never found its
equal for coughs and colds" It's an
unrivaled life .sayer when used for des-
perate lung diseases. Guaranteed bot.
ties SOC and 81 at Emil Hargen's drug
store. Trial bottles free.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
The First millionaire.

Who was the first millionaire? Solo
mon? But come down to earth in mod
ern times. Solomon's wealth was fic-
ton, like that of Crasus, Midas and
the rest. Perhaps you remember Pope's
lines
When Hopkins dies. a thousand lights attend
The wretch who. living, saved a candle end.
John Hopkins was generally known
as "Vulture" Hopkins from his rapa-
cious method Of acquiring money. He
was the architect Of his own fortune,
dying worth $1,50O.OO in 1732.-New
York Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
To Cure a Cough.

Stop coughing, as it initiates the
lungs, and gives them no chance to
heal. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
without causing a strain in throwing
of the phlegm like common cough ex.
pectorants. A. L. Eckstein.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-08
Willlnn to Hear NJ II.

A Methodist critic, wishing to put
his bishop "in a hole," or. as DIR. Will
liam Everett would say, ito deposit
him in a cavity" asked in open meet
ing whether Dr. not the bishop came to
the conference in a Pullman car.
EYES," the bishop %cheerfully replied.
"Do you know any easier way?"-Bos-
ton Christian Register.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
The PEOPLE KNEW HIM.
(Banson's Plaster is Pains Masfar)

George Washington made and sold flour,
and every barrel of -four in the market
branded &c. Washington Mount Vernon, :"
sold without delay. No question was ever
raised as to quality or weight.
Benson's Porous Plaster sells on its repu-
tation everywhere. All the buyer wants to
be certain of is that the plaster offered him
really IS Benson's, and not worthless imi-
tatlon OF it Or substitute for it.
Aplaster is the best form of external rem
'edy, and Benson's is the best plaster; 5000
physicians and druggists, and multitude
OF people no man can number, have settled
that. "You can trust it," they say.
Coughs, colds, lame back, lumbago, mus
cular stiffness and rheumatism, troubles of
the liver and kidneys, influenza or grip,
pneumonia, and all other diseases open to
external treatment, are at once relieved and
cure by Benson's Plaster.
Do not assume that Belladonna, Capsi-
cum or Strengthening plasters are "just as
good as'' Benson's. They are vastly in
ferior.-,No other plaster is as good as
Benson's.
In competition with the best-known
plasters of Europe and America, Benson's
have received fifty. 1i0e highest aaoards.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Nobody Paid Her Fare.

young woman got aboard a West
Broad street car and discovered, to her
humiliation, that her fare was missing
when the conductor called. In gruff
manner the custodian Of the car said
he'd have to get the fare at once or the
woman would have to walk. This dec
laration added to her embarrassment.
The car was crowded. On her right sat
a genial Irishman and on her left a
we'll known bookkeeper. The book
keeper and Irishman exchanged sever
al meaning glances. The conductor was
about to pull the bell rope. The book
keeper said he'd pay the fare as the
young woman looked perfectly honest.
The conductor repeated that he'd put
the woman off. This aroused the Irish
man, who said, eff you put the woman
off, your funeraPll be tomorrow" See
ing a slight nervousness on the part of
the conductor, he continued:
''How many people on this car want
to attend the funeral of this conduct
orr" Several answered in the affirma-
tive. The conductor grew excited and
in the alteration that followed walked
to the platform without securing the
woman's fare.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Annen0icitiS.

Appendicitis" said Dr. Able in an
address before the New York Academy
of Medicine, has few rivals in the sur
glcal field and takes rank today with
typhoid, pneumonia and rheumatism in
medical thought. Surely when the ac-
tive surgeon of today can number 100
operations for diseased appendices
yearly-and there are dozen such men
in New York and in other cities in the
same proportion-We begin to grasp the
Importance Of the subject and it's men
ace to the community.
'"The public continues to ask the ply
sician what was appendicitis formerly,
and he answers, Probably it passed
under the description of inflammation
of the bowels or ''peritonitis." 1t is
true that less than a generation ago
numberless people in the course of
summer travel were stricken with so
called Inflammation Of the bowels or
peritonitis and died.
'Now we hear Of no one so reported,
but it is said, He had an attack of ap-
pendicitis, was beyond the reach of a
surgeon and died. or, 'So-and-so had an
attack of appendicitis, was operated
upon and recovered Hospital statis-
tics show the same changes of tabulat-
ed diseases. 1t is merely new name,
not new disease"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
An AnecdOte of Verdi.

The first production of Verdfs op-
era "Othello" took place at Milan, and
all the prominent musical critics Of Eu-
rope fOregathered in the Cathedral
City in honor of the occasion. Among
them was Partisan journalist of wide
reputation and admitted authority in
the musical world. His first care on
his arrival in Milan was to seek out
Verdi and ask to be allowed to be pres
ent at one of the final rehearsals.
The composer received him with eX-
IRENE politeness, but replied that he
could not possibly grant his request,
as he had decided that the rehearsals
were to be absolutely private, and he
could not make an exception in the ia
vor of any one journalist, however dis
tinguished.
The Paris critic, far from pleased at
this answer, protested that in these
circumstances his account of the opera
might not be all he should like it to
be. "You see," he explained to the
composer, who affected not quite to
understand, 81 shall have to telegraph
my article the same evening. 1t will
necessarily be hastily written, and the
impression in Paris the next day may
suffer in consequence"
But Verdi was more than equal to
the occasion. my dear sir" he made
answer, Il do not write for the next
day" The critic bowed himself out
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Utilizing an Ancestor.

A self made man with a taste for
art, thinking he would like to have
about his house some marble present
ments of his ancestors, ordered of a
fifth rate sculptor bust of his grand
father.
In due time it was sent home, and
after few days, his admiration being
exhausted, the wealthy man sent for
his plumber.
II don't mind confessing to you,"
said the former, "that don't appreci-
ate the fine arts unless they are turned
to some useful purpose. Now, I have
something to suggest to you"
And he proceeded to give some III
structions to the tradesman.
A week later, on the anniversary of
his birthday, the millionaire pointed
out with pride to his guests in the mid
die of his conservatory the bust Of his
grandfather, from the top of whose
head rose gracefully a jet of limpid
water, falling into a marble basin in
which some fine gold and silver fish
disported Christian En-
deayor World.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Treafment of burns.


Bufys may be ordinary, but they lose
none of their smart because of the ease
with which they are acquired. Some
persons seem to have a perfect genius
for getting burned. II they strike a
match, it breaks and scorches them,
while a visit to the kitchen ends in a
burn from the oven or scald from hot
water or steam. OF course the right
thing to do with a burn is to get it
away from all contact with the air and
to do this with all possible haste.
The necessary articles for the treat
ment should be on hand, and they are
baking sOda-nOt washing soda, notice
fresh fat Of some sort and several
thicknesSes of cotton cloth. 1t is an
excellent plan to have bottle of car
ron oil ready for such emergencies.
Carron oil is made by shaking together
equal parts of linseed oil and limewa-
ter. If the skin is broken over the
burn, use the oil without the soda.
Otherwise moisten the soda with olive
cream and apply it. Over this wrap
the cloth. Cotton batting is often used
for covering the burn and keeping out
the air, but it is not to be recommend
ed. 1t is not good plan to use flour,
busting it over a burn, for it frequently
hardens and is of little comfort.
One Of the simplest measures for a
superficial burn is to apply the white Of
an egg with a soft piece of old muslin,
adding more as it dries.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
His Method.

The bell in the private office rang
three times, and the man at the desk
hastily reached for a flannel bandage,
which he put around his neck. Then
he arranged a sling in which to put one
arm, mussed up his hair, drew down
the corners of his mouth, got out of his
chair and painfully limped toward the
door.
MIR. Smithkins?" inquired the well
dressed man who opened it just at that
moment
The man with the bandage gave a
half suppressed groan and answered:
Eyes; that's my name. What can do
for you?"
"You seem to be suffering" suggest
ed the caller.
"Suffering!" returned the other. do
you think I'm doing this for fun? Do
you suppose l bandage my throat for
amusement, tie up my arm for sport
and limp because think it's graceful?
And I've been in this way for six
months. But what can do for you?"
Pardon me-" said the caller, back
ing out. "I'll call again some other
time"
Its some trouble" soliloquized the
man with the bandage as he removed
the harness and returned to his desk,
but experience has taught me that it
is really the quickest way to discour-
age a life insurance agent and keep
him discouraged. That fellow never
will come back" Chicago Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Wigs For Hire.

"Men do not hire street WIGS" said a
New York wigmaker. ''The man who
wears a wig constantly owns it. But
there are nevertheless many wigs hired
out. Actors, for example, hire wigs,
and costume parties, and sometimes
wigs are rented for surprises. So that
after all wigs are included in the great
list of things that can be hired, which
list would be found, / fancy, to include
pretty much everything that could be
named
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

The young man was visibly annoyed
at the questions which the heiress' IA
Their insisted on putting. At last he
could endure it no longer. His ances-
trail pride famed up into his cheeks,
and he exclaimed:
Il would have you understand that I
am no ordinary fortune hunter"
That's all right" was the stern re-
joinder. Il am just as particular as
you are. I'd have you understand that
1 am no plain, everyday duke chaser
either. "-Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

The humorist of the Cynthiana Ky,)
Democrat remarks: lone of the sur
geons Of Cynthiana has discovered a
valuable liniment. The other day he
used it on the leg of a politician who
had scarcely been able to walk for sew
eral years. Now the politician is run
ming for Office. Another trial was on q
friends arm. The friend Immediately
struck him for ten."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Insects as Human Food,

Professor Riley showed that our prai-
RE locust made delicious dish when
fried, and he always contended that
there were numerous insects that were
just as wholesome as oysters. In New
Zealand a large grub, or, as Americans
say, worm" is found in dead tim
Der ard is as eagerly sought for as we
seek for mushrooms. They call the
worm huhu.-Meehan's Monthly
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Clean SYDNEY.

In Sydney the streets are thoroughly
cleaned every night, and any one
throwing refuse or waste material of
any sort on the street is arrested and
fined. All the Kitchens in the larger
residences are on the top floor, and all
the clothes are dried on the roof.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Dickens. SUPREMACY.

$50 this, then, is your husbands new
library, Mrs. Muchrox? All, | see he
has Dickens and Thackeray side by
side Which do you consider the great.
er of the two?"
"Oh, my. Dickens! Joshua paid 50 40
more for them Dickenses than he had
to give for Thackeray's books right at
the same shop."-Chicago Times-Her'
AID
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
The Prophecy Fulallea,

1.-THE late EDITORS wife is something
of a humorist."
''Indeedr'
eyes. Took a line from his original
salutatory and placed it on his tomb
stone"
"What was it,"
"'We are here to STAY" Atlanta
Constitution.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
Other Women Present.

Shoe Clerk-Are you being waited on,
ma'am?
Fair Customer-No. I want pair of
walking shoes.
Shoe Clerk-What price and size,
ma'am?
Fair Customer (rather loudly
Threes!
Shoe Clerk-ThreeS?
Fair Customer Tin a low tone)-Yes;
So; size, 6 D.-Philadelphia Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
An Estimate.

Jack-That's a fine dog you have,
Jim. Do you want to sell him?
Jim-I'll sell him for $50.
jacks he intelligent?
Jim with emphasis)-Intelligent?
Why, that dog knows as much as do.
Jack-You don't say SO? Well, I'll
give you so cents for him, Jim.-Ex-
change
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

The pain produced by a hornets
sting is caused by poison injected in
to the wound, and so instantaneous is
it's effect as to cause the attack of this
insect to resemble a violent blow in the
face.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

The costliest theater ticket was the
first one sold for the Jenny Lind con-
cert in New York in 1850. 1t brought
$3.50 and was bought as an advertise
ment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

A cat may look the picture of person
flied innocence, but it is just as we'll to
keep the door of the canary's cage
closed.-Chicago News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

Diamonds in the rough are some
times spoiled in the cutting, just as
some pupils are spoiled in the educat-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03

The musical instruments of the
Greeks closely resemble those of Tur-
key and Syria.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-03
LOmcial Publications.

IOficial Publications.
STATEMENT of the condition of the
MOSCOW FIRE Insurance Company,
OF Moscow, i'll Russia, for the year ending
December 31st, 1900, made to the Com
missioner of Insurance of the State of
Wisconsin, pursuant to the laws of said
State.
First Deposit capital, $500, 10000.
Secon0-Assets.
Market value of stock and bonds S555, $50 90
Interest due and accrued on
mortgage and collateral loans $3.50 90
Gross premiums in due course of
collection. Observation-Disclosures. 4S, 923 6o
All other assets .......... So 12S So
Total. .... se5s, ss2 As
Deduct assets not admitted -. 1,055 90
Total assets. .............. 1851. 327 As
Third-Liabilities.
Net amount of unpaid losses. $50, 2S6 ~
Amount of unearned premiums 335 9lI 20
All other demands against the .
company -. .>............... IL, 10 ~
Total liabilities, except capt.
tai stock and net surplus. S404, 92o ~
Surplus beyond capital. .... 252, 4O3 SO
Total liabilities ........... se57, 8a7 As
Fourth-Receipts.
Net cash received for premiums sos, S39 81
Interest and dividends received Is, 500 90
Total receipts ... S572, $50 80
Embellishments.
Net amount paid for losses..... S135, 5S4 Is
Paid for commission or broker
age ........................... 1879, 969 81
Salaries and other charges of
officers clerks, etc.. ......... $50 90
Paid for taxes Observation-Disclosures. 1924 AZ
All other expenditures .......... l., 428 OF
RENTED to home office .... 100, 754 30
Total disbursements ... seo5, 7OS 81
Insurance Department., Madison, Wis.
hereby certify that the foregoing is an alb
stract of the sworn statement of the Moscow
Fire Insurance Company, of Moscow, in Rus
STA, filed with the Insurance Department os
Wisconsin, this 18th day of January, 1901.
EMIL GILJOHANN,
Commissioner of Insurance.
The Conservative, 1901-04-25
The farmer who asks
for more money
would notreally be
satisfied, for a mo-
ment, with money
DO WE WANT
MONEY OR
EXCHANGE?


if he were compelled to keep it. Just as
soon as he receives the money, he wants
to pay it out for something which is
actually useful to him. What he really
wants is not more money, but more
shoes, more clothing, more food, more
houses, more barns, more wagons, more
comforts Of life. He finds the process
of exchanging his wheat and corn and
cotton for these other comforts, diff
cult and slow process, and, at present, it
seems to him that he cannot make this
exchange, without first selling his pro-
duoe for money and then selling the
money for some different kind of pro-
duce. Then, when he has sold his crop,
he is not able to make up his mind in
stantly as to the particular articles which
he wants in exchange; and, therefore,
he wants to keep the money on hand
until he does make up his mind. If he
does this, he withdraws from circula-
tion considerable part Of the very
money which he wants to keep in Cir
culation and, thus, he is taught, re-
duces the price of all products, his own
included. Then he naturally demands a
fresh issue of money, to raise prices of
his products, and so goes round and
round in path which leads nowhere.
All this is easy enough to see, and has
been pointed out very often. But, while
all who think
Trade. much upon the
subject, are well
able to prove that no possible increase of
the currency would answer the end
which the farmer has in view, no prac-
tical method of attaining this end has
been offered to him. Itseems that there