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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
Fight Rats with Bacilli.

kLisbon has recently been subjected to
an unprecedented invasion Of rats,
which has disordered the domestic
ECONOMY of every household and made
life miserable. Cats were powerless
to check the invaders, poison seemed
to act as a stimulant to their appetites,
and traps only served to demonstrate
the helplessness Of mans ingenuity to
cope with the pest.
At length the aid of the bacillus was
invoked, and the municipal doctors
were commissioned to inoculatc some
rats with an infectious disease. A suit
able virus, harmless to man, was found,
a: few rats captured and inoculated,
ana then let loose. The bacillus tri-
5umphed. The rats sickened and died
witt, wonderful rapidity, and Lisbon is
celebrating the conquest of the vora-
.cious rodent.
1t is now proposed to use the virus OH
board ships, where rats are known to
he the carriers of infection fatal to man
plague.-London Express.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

dictton of Marconl cannot be character.
ICED asgthe dream Of an enthusiast.
Even though We are inclined to look
dubiously for more definite results from
tine more recent experiments at st.
John's, the ~practicability Of long-dis.
lance wireless messages over the sea
mas been demonstrated beyond any pos.
sibiltty of serious controversy. Officers
OF the British navy have sent wireless
messages from ship to ship in the Med.
iterranean over distances roughly esti.
mated by them to exceed 100 miles.
Messegase were sent in this way OIL
land not long ago from Crookhavcn,
ireland, to POldhu, Cornwall, a dis.
lance Of 223 miles. The experiments of
Tesla and Marconi have at least dem.
onstrated that we may send wireless
messages across the ocean from shir
70 ship. stations. Just how far the dis.
Ftances between the,ship stations may
. Increased or whether they may be
IN time dispensed with altogether arc
questions to be solved by these and
other Inventors in future experiments.
AS the cable represents the principal
cost IN modern systems of marine teleg
raphy there is no way Of telling at this
time how much it's complete elimina.
uon might cheaper messages between
this country and Europe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
Washington Notes.

House coinage committee has agreed
upon a bill to maintain silver at a parity
with gold.
House committee on agriculture decid-
ed to grant public hearings on oleomar-
garine tax bills.
Senate committee on military affairs
.exonerated Gen. Corbin and Col. Heis-
tand in the hemp inquiry.
There is a growing sentiment in Com
gress to adopt some plan to relieve the
President from the opportunities Of office
seekers.
Congressman Cooper explained that the
present civil government In the Philip
pines is not affected by the new bill con-
corning the islands.
Commercial Cable Company Is facing a
lively contest in the Pacific cable matter
before Congress. Seven bills on Pacific
cables are pending.
Representative Lowering OF Nassachu.
sets has introduced a bill providing
salary Of $25. 600 a year for x-Presidents
Of the United States.
It is seidd that President Roosevelt has
1nagroughts q m6ei;eriry OF the Senators to
v3nsaersSnS fine tsri9 con.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
HIS BETTING i
superstitious Young Man Explai,
Cause of His Losses.

superstitious Young Man Explains
Cause of His Losses.
There is a new boarder at the boards
ing house. He wears n new pair OF
Scotch tweed trousers, Il mile too wide
across the beam, and an embryonic
waNcd mustache. which lie loves to
train into the form of a grapevine ten
drill. When lie is not twirling his ten
drilous mustacle or taking another
hitch in his trousers lie plasters down
with his hand his straggly growth of
tow-colored hair and confines 1t as best
lie can behind the rims of his small
ears.
do you know" said the newcomer,
"that l am the most superstitious fell
low you ever saw? Now, really, l am"
II think that we are all supersti-
tious." said the actress, who sat across
from him Mt the table. and who was
one Of the ballet in Beauty and the
Beast"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

Perhaps" was the languid reply.
"But do you know. some of us sporting
men are very superstitious. Don'tcher
think 500"
you n sporting mani" interrupted
the actress. "Why." she said, 81 took
you for n musician. Don't you play?"
"Only the races" answered the new
boarder. Now. for instance" contin.
ued the new boarder, Ito show you how
superstitious l am, l never play n boss
on Friday. lost $13 the first Friday
that l cver bet OH the races, and l
made up my mind that l never would
bet on Friday again. And you notice,
too, that it was $13 that 1 lost"
"And do you KNOW" began the young
man again, II have learned that a man
should v play the bosses in clothes
that he has lost in. Now, for instance,
l always used to lose in n suit of green
plaid. lost on boss after boss in those
clothes, and finally n friend told me
that they We're hoo-doo clothes and that
l ought to wear something else. Well,
do you know, l wore an old suit of
black chevlot and l made $500 on a
10-to-1 shot"
Color makes all the difference in the
world in betting. Then, too, n man
viii always lose if lie bets in Il poolroom
in the same street with an undertaken
establishments y5ssH fl sd -te-4ese right
along ut a p%OOlrUuin ~ 9th avenue unit!
l found out that there was a under
taker two doors up the street.
"A white boss is luckier than a black
hoss. Whenever there is a black boss
up l always bet OH him, especially if l
have on a light suit.
The fat boarder was about to leave
the table, says the New York Tribune.
when he turned and said:
II don't think l will do much betting
at that rate. / haven't enough clothes
to go around, and l doubt very much If
YOU will have, young man, IL you keep
on"
The waxened mustached young man
again plastered down a curl, but said
nothing.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
for her ears, but the mans voice held
her spellbound. and she leaned forward
to catch every word that fell from his

for her ears, but the mans voice held
her spellbound, and she leaned forward
to catch every word that fell from Ibis
lips.
"What absurd ideas. to be sure!!" the
man was saying, in his lightest tones.
absurd! How can you say sop
said the lady's voice. holly. anybody
can see that you are trying to come
between George Atwood and his in
tended wife"
''Trying to come between tllem!" and
Alfred May laughed derisively.
"1Ah, you mean that you have already
accomplished it! Yes, everybody says
that YOU must have fascinated Miss
Challis-that she loves you is no long
err %a'secret."
"She loves me! Then more fool she
fot her pains, for, my dear, l have nc
affection to waste OH anybody but your
! own sweet self"
Ida listened to no more. For days
she had been under a spell. but it was
shattered at last. She fell back in her
chair, buried her head in her hands
once more and groaned aloud.
AT that moment the heavy curtains
parted and George Atwood stepped
into the recess.
Ida, what ails you? and he rested
his hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Oh. don't touch NEEDN'T speak to
me-" she' cried, drawing away from
him with a shiver. George, I'm not
worthy IL kind word from your lips"
Heaven forbid, Ida, that a word
should fall from my lips but in kind
ness to you. 1t is too late to censure,'
and the strong mans voice quivered-
lit is so hard to give you UP. If Al
fred May was a good man."
alfred May is Il s%coundrcl! and
hate him-I hate myself! oh, George,
II you knew how wretched l ami" and
Ida burst into ears.
Ida" cried George, in joyful as.
constituent. II thought you loved Al.
fred May.."
George, I've acted foolishly-I've
done wrong, but oh, I'm SO Sorry
said lda, between her sobs.
MY darling!." and George clasped
her in his strong arms. LET us for.
get the past few weeks of our exist
ence."-New York News.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

Startling was the experience of Charles Decker of Gloucester, Mass, on the
LAST a.s esuIse =; Of his his fishing dsl sehe sp. the Maxine Elliott Decker, while fishing
which suddenly took notion to tow him out to sea at q rate heretofore un-
dreamed OF in dory navigation. The Maxine Elliott lay anchored under thu lee
OF Lower Marx Island. The fish We're running freely in the mouth OF the Sheep
scott and Decker with the other men from the boat, was engaged in hand lining
over the sides Of dories stretched between the Cranberry lodges and Sister
leach covering u favortel locality for cod Decker let down his anchor when
about midway between Lower Mark and Grifths head, N q spo known to be
shoal-about twenty-five fathoms being chared there. He baitd q jigger and
threw lit overheard and while it was running tut set to work m another. Ee
had let his anchor u easily, and when it brought up he had lifted and low
cred it several eet to make surei it was n bottom. Suddenly his dory careened,
whHled half around, and started aheada at a rate that was dragging his cod line
and jgger far behind. Decker was almost paralyzed with establishment ant not
a little fright. His hair was beginning to stand IN enc and his flesh vas crccpy
all over a he thought of some mysterious "sa devp dragging him ot ito sa.
Just then a big whale came to the top to blow, just ahead of the dory, and
Decker vas relieved to see his anchor fast in the MONSTERS blow hole A whale
was something that he vas used to. His fright vanished and he promptly Gu
the tw lines ant released himself from peril. When III came N boardl his mates
refused to believe the yarn. and asserted he had tut The line because he wal
too lazy to lift the anchor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
MorHERNoop

The nigh. throSs on; but let me pray.
Crush Oh his name q moment from my
mouth.
To Thee my eyes would turn, but they
go back,
Back to my arm beside me where he
So little. Lord. so little and so warm!
I cannot think that Thou hadst need Of
him!
He is SO little, Lord. he cannot sing,
He cannot praise Thee; all his life had
learned
Wa to hold fast my kisses in the night,
Give him to me-he is not happy there!
He had not felt his life; his lovely eyes
Just knew me for his mother, and he
died.
Hast Thou an angel there to mother him?
l say he loves me best-if he forgets,
II Thou allow it that my child forgets
And runs not out to meet me when l
come
What are my curses to Thee? Thou hast
The curse Of Abel's mother. and since
then i.
We have not ceased to threaten at Thy
throne.
To threat and pray Thee that Thou hold
them still
In memory of us.
See Thou tend him we'll.
Thou God of all the mothers! If he lack
One of his kisses-Ah. my heart, my
heart,
Do angels kiss in Heaven? Give him
back!
Forgive me-, Lord, but I am sick with
grief.
And tired of tears aad cold to comfort
ing.
Thou art wise, I know, and tender, aye,
and good,
Thou hast my child and he is safe in
Thee.
And I believe
All, God, my child shall go
Orphaned among the angels! All alone,
SO little and alone! He knows not Thee,
He only knows his mother-give him
back!
-Scribner's.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

delinquent parents are Invariably re.
sponsible for delinquent children. In
nine cases out of ten when a child goes
wrong 1t will be found either that there
are positively vicious influences in his
nome life or that there is an entire alb
sence OF a home training that is worthy
the name. There are parents who have
a good standing in the community, but
who fail to establish n restraining dis
clpline over their children. 1t is easy
to identify these people With the class
OF respectable men who fail to vote ana
whose excuse is that they are so alb
sorbed IN business that their hours of
leisure must be hours of pleasure and
relaxation. Probably in no country In
world is this apology heard so often
as 1t Is here. Business, being exalted
as the be-all and end-all of life, is held
as a matter of course to have an cxclu-
sive claim upon n PERSONS thought and
nerve energy. No reserve is kept for
any intellectual pursuit, none for my
serious or laborious interest in any of
the affairs of life that are not directly
connected with business. The education
OF children is left wholly to unfortunate
teachers, who have absolutely no help
from parents. A boy who escapes being
a delinquent merely drifts along from
grade to grade, needing all the time
that home inspiration which would
start him right and save him an i'm
mense amount Of trouble in the future.
In fact. the absence or presence of the
intelligent disciplinary home training
will often explain why one man has
carried away little from his schooling
and is mentally confused and incapable
of sustained intellectual work, while
another remembers everything, is clear
to his thinking an equal to almost ny
intellectual task. The natural endow-
ment may have been much the same in
both cases, and the delinquent parent
IL perhaps wholly to blame for the fail
ure of his son. He asks far too great
an Indulgence for his own Incidence,
and when he attempts to shift respon-
sibility either to the child or to the
child's teacher he is merely acting after
the usual delinquent fashion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

night of the assault and that before re-
firing sha had locked the doors to the
front and back parts of the house. The
latter sh! occupied as a bedroom. The
police arr! more mystiied than ever over
the affai;.
Mrs. Ada Dennis, a famous modiste
of Washington, was found in an uncon-
scious and seemingly dying condition In
her home, in Washington. She had been
assaulted by an unknown, who had at
tackled her with ii piano stool. Mrs:
Dennis condition has much improved
and the attending physicians now believe
she will recover.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

meut. 1t Is tOrln-
ed of the hollow
trunk of n OF
the great redwood
trees of California,
and is big enough
to shelter 81 large
family. The read
CIR is not advised
to write for n cou-
pie of these sum-
mcr houses, sim.
~ ~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
wbat Jared the Barber.

General w. H. l.. Barnes contributes
MAJ Following mite to the many other
ma Jokes that the opera has given us
on saturday last, while being shaved.
happened to ask his barber if he had
-ste,,dede the Grau performances at the
ssr.ndI The answer was in the affirm.
o sssHow did you enjoy ity
s55I.Not at all, sir. From my place III
III I could see your head below
ma it mortified me to notice that
y hsdSnot-parted your hair straight
lsx gErancisco Wave.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
MRa. DENNIS TELLS Story.
washinxton Woman vaiis to 0ivess
CIew to Her AssaiIant.

Clew to Her Assailant.
Mrs. Ada Dennis, the Washington
woman who was murderously assaulted
on the night of Dec. 8. was able Sunday
for the first time t. make a statement.
The police have been hopeful that
what she would say would throw some
light on the motive for the crime OF lead
to the discovery of the perpetrator, Due
Mrs. Dennis statement contained noun
ing that would give any clew in either
direction.
She said she remembers nothing imme-
diately preceding the attack upon her,
and said the blow was struck while sne
was asleep. Nor had she the remptese
idea who committed the assault nor the
motive for IT.
Mrs. Dennis said she had not been OUT
of the house during the evening OF the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
~oo0NNN~O~

One of the new, big compound loco
motives put in service by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way recently made d record run from
Chicago to Milwaukee. Fast mail train
No. 81, engine 921. Engineer Ivens, with
six sixty-foot mail and express ears. left
Chicago at, 1915 p. M, twenty minutes
late. and reached Milwaukee ut Hap
p. M, two minutes late, making the run
from depot to depot, eighty-fvc and two
tenths miles, in eighty-seven minutes,
with one stop. Considering the slow time
in the two terminal cities. the s%low-downs
for five railway crossings, the run was u
remarkable one and is the fastest ever
made between the two cities. Edgebrook
to Stowell, s%eventy-two miles, was COW
cred in sixty-five minutes (sixty-six and
one-half miles per hour), and Wadsworth
to Western Union Junction. nineteen
miles, in sixteen minutes (seyenty-one
and one-quarter miles per hour). The run
in detail was as follows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
Holding for a Rise.

Ex-Congressman Cable Of Illinois has
a charming young daughter who is re-
ceiving her education i'll France. When
she was several years younger than she
is now her father took her OH his knee
one day and said to her:
To-day a man asked me if l would
not sell little brother. He said he would
give me a whole full of gold. Shall
l let him have little brother?"
The child shook her head.
But" persisted her father. ''think
how much money this room full of gold
would be. Think how many things you
could buy with it. Don't you think Id
better let the mar have little b%rother?"
NO" said the daughter. 'let's keep
him till he's older. He'll be worth more
then."-New York Times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

DIN kss lie has more money Mt his COM
mand than lie knows what to do With.
The great trees of California are COM
paratively few, and it is becoming to
be looked upon as a sin to cut one OF
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
ODD SUMNER HOUSE
NOW IN WASHINGTON.

A unique Summer house, is to lie
seen in Washington ON the grounds of
the United States Agricultural Depart
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
A Little Dense.

"Sousa's band played before King
Edward"
Indeed? That wasn't court etiquette,
was it?"
What do you mean?"
You said Sousa played before the
King. The King should have played
first, shouldn't he?'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

cred the
IPostofacegitimate
a |ecisio,as Amen earn.
senat comrof their brow
the ropostf money. and
Office depailesire more q
secoI classthis minister
ison. thairmlnoney-haters
lit is the int subtreasury
of Witnesses themselves,
: 4,se That they
(, A~ttempsnpty ~pockets9,
Sophie Ewing vans ana;
jniureeS Syracuse they hare,
ty AlexansNmmon to I'M
. his horne to live better
IN hour. alth and to ~
E married. old age-poy:
BE eneagslass are wrdn
this is ! Eood
a~ttoteeAdthat Honesty
Presidsntae majolsty 3.
vests at
eneral M Air Company.
he other aslng ire crQR
h Of the tie Continents
I and w Aarcdnl ~
be s6y,e
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

= The hs's'ss
Street. lgs are supposed to
the bulls, but when you begin
~ t~ha~aaking a touch your
safactureiy short.
tbs twos--
|tmperialA right kind of mate
At hats sue it doesn't matter
VI the gh with a silver spoon
Norman M mouth.
stated that-
Imperial CaEarade promises
Vhis latter fgs the American
A1;0iaipg thy has hitherto
pany's building gland, cannot
of r. b. Ncuhoh
large stock of &C
MIR. Neuhoff .I~are afraid
others, WASH journalists are
$4,000, with out of business.
In the sain-a coup by mar
J was located a.
\ goods, which he c
\of New Y,meEsaatye simply
i Maid was 'nching Il they ex-
an ProdA. good many WON
part of thied a bag in their
estimated Ii states Of health
$500. espair.
The thir-=
occupied led capital punish
wholesale State in the Union
dent of the q comparatively
/ ried about $96.csM murder.
which was fully inSe added
No one seems to L likely
the collapse Of the buuse al
day night that districtu NOT
serted, aienafe9sfew !
vicinity sa- the.
To fall ints be said Of the
cause, makh company to ex.
VI distant 5foundland on the
of ah EXP Of the right to
sion. Thnanl ay,dantia hae
~Maldocks,s +"SS.vron,,, .,rh.
Aes%ems to have acted
s''..es' that no man has 6
methods Of electric
,"e n,wn. Had Maroon
a.ss ~ comRetition will
mashed aihaon eo '',.sa. !" sns
dnten BY. 0 :. ~ rea
,~ BIG Ito hinder his ex
ission of wireless,
RobbVrthe ocean-a matter
and &c world has a pro
Robbel
$4,000 W.
Sunday by 1Atritten an,
baggage room Of .e saws
station at Glendive. np int,
ing them open. nictur
The trunks were leelin,
,Clausen, travelling resdina
III. Clapsen & Co., whomad
Ing jewelers.. of Mimi h
berry was an unusually Y q
ven Wee II the upper ais
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
ca, curves interfery with
gh places must be cut
INTO the h0llows.
nc e mplaining because her
v ecu dog at her. Why
vicihim with the cat?
,ps Edward didn't wonder
Feur nation is marching for
high, heard sousa's band.
ut s;xho snatchea aswoman's
any he was throalh Shopping
The

loss, lltc' send te< anarchists
exclusi,gas Nten to one OBJ
which amoSftugas is not sur
The h,'.'ss
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

AaEVhat do you meanT
II mean Peter b. Won Gossler."
why, he's not a recluse."
"He isn't, eb? Then why hasn't he
= ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Plain Dealer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
M1onuments at Gettysbure.

dsy Monuments at Gettysburg.
'a's In Gettysburg Park there are abou
.ess nM monuycssts. In addition to this pat
ket riotic COMMUNICATION there are ~
"a. mounted c11eonAs mouo
sossl a1satal tsess
lsssss5ss 8 sus' y; r., .%, .sss .s%
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

tender car'city Of $4,000 pounds of coal
and 7,O0C z Ions of water.
The Santa Fe has issued an order that
no one addicted to the use Of cigarettes
shall be given employment by that COM
pany, and a number of cigarette smokers
working on the railroad have been dis
missed.
When opened the new route Of the Van
dalia from Toledo to st. Louis will be
$50 miles in length. Between the same
two points the Wabash mileage will be
437 miles and the Glover Leaf 454.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
will build at its West Milwaukee shops
100 ore cars of 100000 pounds capacity
and 500-ffty-foot furniture cars.
Gross earnings of the Illinois Central
| railroad for the month Of December were
s., 9 ,118, against 5 3,267. 7O6 the month
previous, an increase of s$126.412.
The new Chicago-Florida through pas
scnger train service OF the Eastern iii.
nois and Louisville and Nashville roads
has been inaugurated.
Hereafter locomotive numbers on the
Great Western will appear only on tho
engines. and the name Of the road ON
the tenders.
The Peoria and Northwestern Road, an
extension Of the Chicago and Northwest
ern from Nelson Il has bsen.com.
pleted. ~
n ass 8; ) sSs'.,I = sSs as !,
;;;sss;lE |i|||| s.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

sSNSaS ISfe Idea OF q Recluse.
ssssix SAeu6s funny to find a recluse Iiv.
Ssrf9St here In the heart of u greas
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

utod Nasys.
70: WilAAMksns.
stAN II Dety,s-
90 poNceE
De Clinton
$4,000, WjfHM
tomp4ss
ape.ess
N:ket
CA
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24
&c STAR
HOY -
hristms tree would ull

s4:zssins in 5sy.. no,l your
Using 1t.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-01-24

Street. lgs are supposed to
the bulls, but when you begin
by tha~aaking a touch your
afaGtursly short.