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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
CAPT. LUCAS SPEAKS
Concerning Soldiers Home Affairs and
Saws he Hus Been Libeled.

Saws he iius Been Libeled
Hor SPRINGS, S. D., Oct. Z, 1902.
EDITOR STAR:-I am slow to answer
the slanderous articles that are ap-
pearing ina certain class of newspapers
i'm this state whose sole purpose is to
iniure and scandalize myself in the
estimation of the people. The malice
and viciousness inspiring them is ap-
parent in every line.
Not single charge made, or implied,
is true; and court and demand the
fullest and most careful examination
of every bit of business transacted by
me and those associated with me in
the management of the Home. Every
cent of money ever in my hands be-
longing to the Home, or individuals,
living or dead, has been accounted for
or is ON hand to be paid on demand.
That wicked and malicious CON
spiracy EXISTS among a certain set of
men in this town to force me out of
1.-THE Home is certain. They have me-
thodically set about flooding the state
with communications of slander over
NOM DE. .pLUMEs. 1t is noticeable they
are sent to papers of the opposite po-
litical party to which | belong. Not
content with this sort of proceeding
the United States mail is used to send
anonymous letters of an incendiary
and murderous character. | have i'm
my possession one letter threatening
to destroy the Home, and another
threatening to take my life. Not sat
is.ied with abuse and SANDER. destruc
ton of the Home and murder are
Threatened
Even private letters are used to eN-
tract a paragraph from, for the pur-
pose OF melting hatred and distrust
when if The letter and occasion calling
Out IL raply and the full reply was
given az entire different meaning and
understanding would be the result.
Every report of the smallest proper
tion relating to the necessary disci-
pline and order OF the Home, is seized
upon and magnitied an hundred fold
and published broadcast. All this and
much more is a part of the warfar c
waged agoinst me and the manage
ment OF the Home. i'm this community
Of which most of the people are igno
rant.
AS long as these assaults we're con.
fined to the town, | was content to, be
silent and let the community pass
judgment upon the truth or falsity OF
the charges. But now that the tactics
are changed and scurrilous letters arc
being sent over the state, the time has
come to break silence and denounce al
such charges as untrue and libellous
shall demonstrate the falsity.of every
one of the charges when the proper
time comes and at an early day
Until then l ask the people of the
state to suspend judgment and whe1
all the facts are before them to make
up the verdict.
The Home was never iE better con
dition than now; department, quietud,
and gentlemanly behaviour of tn,
members is all can except or ask
The trouble all comes from outsid,
and not inside of the Home; by citizen
of the town and not members of tn,
Home.
The law of this state provides fo
the protection of all its citizens agains
criminal libel and the assassination O
character, as we'll as of person.
1 dislike quarreling or wranglin,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
Rally Day.

The Methodist Sunday School will
hold their annual Rally Day Exercises
next Sunday the 10Th of October, at 10
O'Clock a. m. A cordial invitation is
extended to all A special invitation
to the parents to be present at the ex.
ercises. and we desire the presence of
the Sunday school to answer the annu-
al roll call. F. A. FAssETT,
Superintendent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
Watch Owners Pride.

'Then you do not regard him as
trustworthy?"
81 should not go so far as to say he
is not trustworthy, but he is the kind
of man who will set his watch at II 80
o'clock and then call your attention to
the manner in which it keeps time
when the II o'clock whistle blows."-
Washington Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
Bronchitis Tor Twenty Years

Mrs. Minerva Smith, OF Danville. Ill.
writes: II had bronchitis tor twenty
years and never goe relief until used
Foleys Honey and Tar which is sure
cure" For sale by Emil IIargens.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
cauncH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday school 10 a. IN.
Preaching service at IL a. IN. B. u.
at $3.50 p. m., evening service at 7:3O.
Thursday evening prayer service at
1870 p. IN. All are invited to these
services.
The church is situated on College
Flat. We welcome strangers to these
meetings.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
would Prefer It other,,,.e.

Lady-Ain't you ashamed to be beg
ging on the street?
Beggar-Well. yes. I'd sooner do it
in de pulpit or at church fair, but
fate Is ag'in me.-Judge.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10

Every man should know something
Of law. If he knows enough to keep
out Of it he is pretty good lawyer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10

The STAR is considerably delayed
this week owing to the eleventh hour
appearance of large number of legal
notices that the law required to be
published this week.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10

r. r. Juckett, Hot Springs,
A. N. McLennan. Hot Springs,
w. f. Hanley, Custer,
John Mccarthy. Hermosa.
After which the convention on mo-
tion adjourned.
A. S. STEWART, Chairman.
ED. i. GRAarllAM, Secretary.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10

A fast man is very slow when II
comes to paying his debts.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10

NJ. E. CHURCH.
Sunday school at 1000; morning
service at II; Epworth League at 6:3O
evening service at 7:3O.
Thursday evening prayer service at
1880 p. IN.
DIR. Morris will begin series of Sun
day evening talks to men next Sunday.
All are cordially invited.
j. w. MORRIS, Phi. D., Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:45 a. NJ.
Morning service II a. m.
Y. P. S. G. b. 6:30 p. m.
Evening service at 7:3O.
Prayer and praise service Thursday
evening at 7:3O
The church is two blocks from Union
depot. All visiting strangers are cor.
daily invited.
In the evening there will be a
special rally day service with good
program and special exercise.
G. HOWARD CRUDE, Pastor
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
There will be no services in the Epis.
copal church next Sunday. DR.. Spar.
ling being at Keystone.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-10-10
NJ. E. CHURCH.

THOMAS NJ. CoFFEy, Pastor.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

not being able to reach the
markets.. The railroads have
had much to contend with in
tnelr endeavOrS to keep the
shippers supplied, due to the
general shortage of cars, though
the southwestern lines have
been more fortunate than others
in this respect.
At the sessions of the CON-
mission just concluded two other
most important matters were
discussed and continued for
luther hearing. One was the
matter of switching charges at
New Orleans and the other the
extension of twenty days free
IL me car service to local export
ers, 10th matters being closely
fought on either side.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

The entertainments given last
night at Falk's opera house by
the pupils of the High School was
largely attended and greatly en-
Joyed. The drills, the recitations.
songs and plays showed intelli,
gent training. The success of
the performance was the result
OF really hard work on the part
of the teachers. The music bv
the Sontag Band was up to its
usual standard of excellence.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20
IMPORTANT RULING BY
RAIL ROAD COMMISSION.
Railroads Must Furnish Cars Within
Ten Days From Date Of Written
Notice-I'rotest of Shippers
Over Alleged Neglect Has
Its Effects.
Daily States, Dec. 10.

Daily States, Dec. 10.
The Louisiana State Railroad
Commission, after three days O.
open sessions and an executive
session, which lasted until one
O'Clock to-day, handed down a
number of rulings on questions
heard, among them being several
OF Importance to railroads and
shippers alike. Among the lat
ter is one framing rules for gov
erning the furnishing of cars by
railroads and the loading the
same by shippers. The commits
sion rules that cars shall be fur
nished by the railroads within
ten days after written notice has
been given the nearest agent.
subject to certain obligations on
the part of shippers. The rule
just promulgated by the COMMITS
sion is as fOllOWS:
Railroad companies must fur
nish cars to shippers at a desig-
mated place for loading, if posi-
bic, otherwise at the most conve-
nient point to shippers loading
place, within ten days after
written notice to the agent of the
company at the nearest station
TO said loading place: provided. |
the said notice is ACCOMPANIED |
by a deposit of So for each car
ordered, which amount is to be
returned to the shipper imme-
dlately upon demand upon the
agent, after the loading of cars,
or applied to the payment of
freight, as shippers may elect.
Provided, that no shipper I'M
der this order, demand more I
than one car for each period of j
five days. :
Companies falling to furnish
carS within the specified time. l
shall pay to the said shipper a
1emurrage of one dollar per day Ii
n fraction thereof, the time to " v.
De computed from a. m. of the -
enth day of the order. exclusive f.,
# Sundays and legal HOLIDAYS. a
The demurrage in such cases
sSesSed against the companies III
hall be paid by the agent at the tn
epOt where notice for cars is
iven within ten days from the s's
ling of claim. pr
The demurrage assessed 10
salnst shippers shall be retained As
'om the amount deposited with Sh
ne agent at the time the order Go
given for cars tt'
BY order of the ommissiOn. Me
Z. l.. De FUENTES, Chairman. rr,
w. L. FOSTER, IBIS
OVERTON CADE. E ,,o
Attest: A true copy. Rri
w. M. BARROW, Secretary. Bri,
1t may readily be seen that Ora
e above is one of the most i'm f p.,r
'rtant rules made' by the Rail Con
ad Commission in some time Ste,
q affects every railroad in the Con
ate. big and little. The order
ses from the constant COM
,ints that have been made by
ppers against the road, they
erting that they have been
lble to secure cars for the
wing Of sugar, cotton, rice Lafa
other products and there
were subjected to losses by X.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

The people Of Broussard and
vicinity are industriously en-
gagged in raising the none; ne
ceSsary to build a Catholic
church. They will give a fair
and threatrical entertainments
on the 9th and 2Sth of this
month. They haye already Sc
cured several attractions and
the success of the fair is assured.
On the 2sth the Sontag Band !
will be one of the features of the !
days exercises.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20
Police Jury PROCEEDINGS

Lafayette, La, Nov. 6, Ioo2-rbe Pc
lice jury met this day in regular session
with the following members present: 7. G
huchanan. +. G.. Mnu,on, J. \. Liable. +
-. hinnchet, \Ionz" Lacy. Jno. Whittirp-
ION. Alex NJ. HrouS>ard and Saul BrausS,rJ
Absent: NJ. BIlcaud, Tr
by motion of Mr.. Wilmington the follow
ing report submitted by the. bulge, com
m!ttee was adopted and ordered published
thirty days:
/" the Hon. Police Jury: Your under
signed committee appointed TO estimate the
ETohah'e expenses Of the parish for the
calendar year 1905 would respectfully re-
port the following budget for your approval:
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

Make your sweetheart happv
by presenting her a watch tinelv
monogrammed from Ruger. the
jeWeler.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

Sheriff BrOuSsard Snen+
several days in New Orleans.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

81 r"'gT'"t 4"rEe4 saws L's,,t
I.a-I. - ;gievitatia: EnpGrnJ
- na.@ u ~av~ IT, - itLDin.e ald
st...-r,.G ...4..t JiSn~~eE
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-20

r. l.. .;H-hiLD- 49, --.-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
a UsefuI Tool.

One of the handiest tools to have in
the house is an ordinary pair of strong
gas pliers. In a household there are in
Vulnerable small jobs and repairs to be
done, on account of constant wear and
sear, and a manageable tool always
ready at hand is a great help to the
housekeeper. The most refractory nails
and tacks can be pulled from floors and
carpets, bent tinware can be pressed in
to shape, wire can be cut and twisted,
and the wire from wired bottles easily
taken off by these pliers. For holding
hot tin plates or small baking tins the
tool is very convenient; for screwing in
hooks and numerous other little things
which are required in every house it
is almost Indispensable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Low Farm Wagons.

An enormous amount Of force is
wasted in loading material into high
farm wagons. 1t is fortunate that this
truth is being discovered and lower
gears are put into use. This sketch
shows a convenient low farm wagon,
commodious and light, but strong
enough to make loading a very easy
matter. The long body has a truss un-
der it to support the middle, the chain
being attached well under the body at
the front, to avoid the wheels in turn
ing. Side and end pieces can be put
upon such body and wagon box
made if needed. Let the wheels be not
only low, but let them have broad rims,
so they will not cut into the land when
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Mounting a Grindstone.

For ordinary stones, says a Farm
ana Home correspondent, the frame
should be built 10 inches wide, 80
inches high and SO inches long. Make
the ends of 3 by S-inch stuff and the
sides of by s inch. Plane it up nice
~, bolt 1t securely together and give
1t good coat of paint
One can buy very good sets of
grindstone irons now for 80 cents, in
Guiding mandrel roller, bearings and
crank. I have one very serious objec-
ton to the common grindstone man
drel, and that is that the crank does
not screw on, but has a square end,
on which the crank does not fit, but
fops about "any old way" and very
often causes the one who is furnishing
the power to bruise or skin his knuckle
against the frame.
The first thing would do with such
a mandrel would be to take it to the
nearest blacksmith shop, saw the
square end off with a hack saw, run
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Treatment of Celery.

The first thing to do is to prevent rust
and blight, which is readily done by
spraying, and this should be done when
the plants are not more than two or
three inches high. Use bordeaux mix
lures applied gently while the plants
are small, and make a second appnca-
ton when the plants are six inches
high; if a third application is needed
give it regardless Of the size of the
plants After the care in spraying or
rather along with it comes the culti-
walton and this, must be done, at least
in part, by hand, for the weeds must be
kept out of the rows at all cost.
Blanching is next in order, and the
board process is by far the best, for
it enables the plants to get plenty Of
light, so as to keep up their growth.
Place the boards close 20 the rows OF
plants holding them iii place with
stakes. After the plants grow above
the height of the boards, bring the lat
ter close together at the top, without
bruising the plants, so that the space is
dark and the plants will continue to
grow
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Garden Hints.

When getting the window boxes and
garden urns ready use good, fresh soil.
Nothing is gained, and much may be
lost, by economizing in the matter OF
earth.
If the violets and other spring and
autumn boomers show signs Of mildeW
or mold because Of too much rain, cut
off close to the ground Immediately.
The plants win find it easier to make
renewed growth than to recover from
this creeping and insidious disease.
After all, the scarlet geranium can
scarcely be surpassed as a garden
standard. 1t can be set out at any time,
and a number of good geraniums will
vet save the summers happiness for
the flower lovers whose treasures have
suffered from the unusual weather. Let
them buy red geraniums and be COM
forted with vivid bloom.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
HOMEMADE Low-DowN WAGON.
hauling across the fields.-M. D. EN-
erson, in Farm and Home.
Government Whitewash.

The United States government uses a
whitewash mainly on lighthouses, that
is brilliant and durable Considerable
whitewash ought to be used on the
farm. Poultry houses may be covered
with it inside and out, and it may be
used to advantage on fences. The rec
ipe is as follows: Stake one-half bush
ell of quiclzlime with boiling water, COW
ering it as soon as the water is applied.
When slaked strain it and add a peck
Of salt, dissolved in warm water, three
pounds of ground rice that has pre-
viously been boiled in boiling water to
a thin paste, half a pound Of Spanish
whiting and one pound Of clean glue,
which has been dissolved in warm wa
ter, mix we'll together and let stand for
several days. The wash should be ap-
piled hot, using brush or making it
sufficiently thin so that it may be APP
piled by a spraying pump.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
BIRDS ARE BEE-EATERS.
They Only Consume stingIess Drones
Working Bees Are Safe.

They Only Consume StingIess Drones
Working Bees Are Safe.
A gardener complains to me about
the loss he sustains owing to the fond
ness of the pretty little bluetit for
bees. You'd never believe the lot
that little chap snaps up, right off
the board in front of the hive" The
spotted flycatcher, charming sum-
mer migrant, whose pretty nesting
and feeding habits l have watched
with great interest, and whom | have
found to be very confiding bird
and one true to his old nesting places,
has also been most unjustly libeled
and prosecuted for the same reason.
The fact is both these birds do
take bees, but if the compliments
followed up the matter they would
find that the birds dare not take a
worker bee, because OF its sting, and
they only devour the stingless drones
which are being turned out of the
hive, or are destroyed by the work
ing bees as no longer necessary to
the economy of the hive, just at the
time when fycatchers are wanting
these fat drones to feed, their young
with. The swarming season is then
over. Instead of destroying the use
full insects the birds are actually
helping the workers. And so they are
the best friends of the beekeeper.
The error of attributing the destruc-
ton of working bees to the action of
birds is a very old one. In the fourth
Georgia, Virgil writes to the fol-
lowing effect: "The bloody-breasted
swallow bears away in her beak the
bees while on the wing, sweet morsels
for her merciless young" A writer
in an old number of the Beekeeper's
Journal says: 81 saw a swallow fly
up to another which was sitting on
telegraph wire and put something in
it's mouth, and then go away; the
other almost Immediately dropped it.
l found it to be a large drone. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Mixed Fruit Salad.

This is made of one pineapple four
oranges, one cup of powdered sugar
and the juice of two lemons. Peel the
pineapple, remove the ''eyes," cut out
the core and shred the remainder; cut
the peeled and seeded oranges into
small pieces and slice the bananas. The
yolks of the eggs should be beaten I'M
til light and frothy, then the powdered
sugar may be gradually added, and the
lemon juice must be beaten in last. Ar
range the fruit in deep glass dish, first
a layer of fruit, then one of dressing,
at least an hour before required, and
placed on ice to become thoroughly cold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Toasted Sandwiches.

Often after picnic or entertainment
housewife has a number of bread
and-butter sandwiches left, too stale to
serve. They may form the basis Of
bread pudding, or they make an at
tractive dish for breakfast, luncheon or
supper in the shape of toasted sand
wiches Do not take them apart, lay
them between the wires of a toaster
and hold over a clear red fire. The
butter will melt and the inside left soft,
warm and buttered, with the outside
Il crisp, golden brown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Fried Stuffed Eggs,

Prepare the eggs as for stuffed eggs,
filling the cavity of the whites evenly,
and pressing the two halves together
so as to make it appear as a whole
egg. Take what is left Of the mixture,
add to it one raw egg beaten light, roll
each egg in this, covering thoroughly
every part of it, and fry in boiling fat.
Serve around a dish of green peas, or
with cream sauce into which has been
stirred, just before removing from the
fire, two slightly heaping tablespoon
fuls of grated Parmesan cheese.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
THE SECRET OF SOARING.
A Naturalist Claims to Have Discov.
cred IL at asst

| cred 1t at Last.
| The power of the condor, the hawk,
the Vulture and some other birds, to
soar without a single motion of the
wings for hours at a time has never
been satisfactorily explained An
English naturalist, Mr. J. Lancaster,
claims to have discovered the secret
and by accident. He had been study
ing the subject for Is years without
| arriving at a conclusion, when the
killing of yellow-tailed hawk on
the Flat Tor Mountains of Colorado
gave him the solution. A furious for
est fire had been raging in that region
and had filed the air with smoke and
ashes. While he was examining the
hawks feathers he noticed a pc
culiar stain on the sides of the quill
between the spicules.
Examination with a powerful Micro
scope showed that the stain extended
along each spicule between the plates.
The downy filaments filling the
double wall-structure of t. e wings hac
the same discoloration. He scraped
off the stain, and found that it re-
sembled SCOT from a stove-pipe, which
showed that the smoke-flled air had
been going through the wings in an in
cessant stream, carrying the carbon
particles with it.
Here was the secret of soaring re-
vealed to him. A feather is an air
engine consisting of quill and two
vanes, made of spicules, between
which are the plates The spicules
make a channel about one-fortieth Of
an inch in width, and the plates cross
it. There are about one thousand
of them to the inch, and they are To-
Gated at the outer surface, filling
about one-ffth part of the depth Of
the channel. About nineteen-twen-
tieths of the space of the channels is
open to the passage of air.
The mechanical service of the
plates, he says, is obvious. Thu
curve impinges against the air-cur
rent through the feathers and drive
the bird to the front. Pressure pro
duced by the normal factor of weight
is thus made to serve as the motive
power of flight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

the plants should be thorough so that
the weeds may be kept in subsection
and the moisture in the soil conserved
that the canes lnay make all the
growth possible. 1t is necessary to OBJ
tain strong, healthy and we'll ripened
lateral growths during the growing sea-
son If the plants are to give a full
crop the next season. By keeping up
the cultivation the plant is kept grow
ing and the foliage clings until cut
off by the frosts in the fall; if cultiva-
ton is not done the plant, weakened
perhaps by heavy fruiting, is likely to
shed its leaves and the new growth of
vine is subjected to the warm weather
Of the late summer.