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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-01-02

water will be conducted by pipes and ir-
hillsides will be terraced; trees to bear
company with the pines and cedars will be
planted; blue grass and clover will be
started; flowers and plants will be set out.
Such is a brief sketch of the work which
Captain Palmer planned. and his plans
have all been ratified by the Board. 1t
will require several years to carry them
out completely and several millions of dol
lars. bat as all of the members of the
Board of Managers are heartily in favor of
the project now. it would seem that their
success is assured.
OPEN FOR ALL AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
Inmates of the various branches of the
National Home in the United States will
be eligible for admission to the sanitarium
There are between as. 600 and $4,000 old
soldiers in the various homes. Colone
Steele of the Marion branch estimates the
number who will eventually be admitted to
the Hot Springs Sanitarium at per cent
of the total. This will mean between
4. 900 and S, 900. He believes the place
will be filled as rapidly as room is made
for the men, and that while the number of
inmates in the homes will decrease from
now on, those at Hot Springs will continue
to grow more and more numerous
BY the terms of the various acts of Con-
gress establishing the home and its branch
es and the sanitarium. members of the
regular army. veterans of the Spanish
American war and future wars, as we'll as
soldiers of the Civil and Mexican wars,
are eligible for admission to the home.
DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE OF BUILDINGS.
The architecture planned for the build
ings is of the Spanish or so-called
'mission" type. which was considered to
be best suited to the climate, the purposes
of the establishment and most economic
use of available material The plans as
will be seeen by the accompanying illustra-
tions. provide for widely separated ward
buildings placed on radiating lines and
connected at their convergent ends by a
circular arcade or covered way. This
arcade will enclose court. shady and cool,
for the summer and protected for the
winter At the extreme ends of the court
the executive and service buildings will be
located.
The institution will be managed from
the administration building. In this
building also will be stored the supplies
and medicines and it will be the operating
room. The women nurses will have quar-
tiers on the third floor.
All the patients will be housed in the
ward buildings. Each ward building will
be two stories in height and in each will
bath rooms, nurses, bedding. tea locker
and toilet rooms Each ward will have its
sun bath and smoking room. and its own
wide covered veranda.
The mess hall will contain accommoda-
tions for 900 patients. The kitchen in the
basement of the mess hall will be connect
ed by service tunnels with all of the ward
buildings. through which food may be
distributed by heated trans. The male
and female help will have quarters over
the mess hall.
Bath and amusement buildings adjoin
the mess hall The former will be pro-
vided with two separate plunge baths.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-01-02
Notice.

You can get meal tickets D meals
$500. Room by week Sl.5O to $500.
Board and room $500 to S12OOa weeks
by day Sl.OO and $500. Steam heat.
Bath house in connection.
HoT SPRINGS HOTEL.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
WITH TIME COME CHANGES.
An order From the Pacific Coast For
NickeIs and Cent Pieces.


An order From the Pacific Coast For
Nickels and Cent Pieces.
The treasury department has receiv-
ed an order for 5000 nickels and 1000
one cent pieces from the Pacific coast.
The order is from the subtreasury at
San Francisco. Five years ago such
an order from the subtreasury would
have been regarded in the nature of a
mistake somewhere and the chances
are that an inquiry would have been
put on foot to ascertain if these coins
were really wanted.
Just what started the use of nickels
and pennies on the coast is not definite
u known, but treasury officials say that
Its beginning was during the Spanish
American war, or rather during the ex-
istence of the war taxes imposed at
the time These war taxes called for
stamps on different articles, and off
cials of the government, in selling the
stamps, gave the proper change in
pennies and nickels.
It is a we'll known fact that a cent
was a rare thing on the Pacific coast
i've years ago. so far as trade was CON
cerned, and nothing was sold from the
store that called for change in cents.
The eastern bargain counter with its
40 cents and its "$19S" placards and
other features attractive to female
shoppers was unknown. Everything
was sold in even money and paid for
that way. Even the five cent piece
was rare. The ten cent piece was
practically the smallest piece in cir
culation If an article worth 10 cents
was purchased and the purchaser ten
dered a twenty-five cent piece the
chances were that the merchant would
hand him 10 cents in change merely
because he did not have the other 5
cents to make the change.
The Pacific coast people do not now
like to carry small change, and the
order that has been received is a COM
paratively small one, but to the treas
ury officials it reveals the fact that the
habit is growing and indicates that in
a few years tine nickel and the penny
will be in general use in a section Of
the country heretofore having no re-
gard for them.
The thing was true of parts Of the
south until eight or ten years ago, but
the objections to the small coins there
have been almost overcome. They are
still not so generally used there as in
the east and portions of the west, and
there are still many places in the south
where the nickel is the smallest coin
accepted in trade and general use.-
Washington Star.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
ARE FISH ABLE TO HEAR2
Harvard Professors Experiments
show That Some Have Useful Ears.

Harvard Professors Experiments
show That Some Have Useful Ears.
Scientists have long been asking,
"Can fish really hearF and expert
ments are now being made systemat-
ically all over the world for the pur-
pose of finding the answer Working
from the we'll known fact that there
are fish, such as the sea robin, that
when attacked make noise which is
presumably audible at least to the
enemy. Professor G. II. Parker of Har-
rard university has obtained perhaps
the most satisfactory results after a
series of experiments conducted at the
biological laboratory of the United
States fish commission at Woods Holl,
Mass.
Since sounds are manifested by VI
brations that spread out in eddying
waves, it is extremely difficult to de-
eide whether a fish really hears or
merely feels the agitation that noise
makes under water. and consequently
Professor Parker's experiments have re-
auired apparatus of the most delicate
sort. To make a noise under water
with as little vibration as possible he
used partially submerged deal sound
ing board upon which was stretched
the string of a bass viol giving a very
low note, and when a sharper tone was
required it was obtained by means of
an electric tuning fork. The small
green killfish-the common New Eng
land minnow-was selected for the ex-
pertinent, and during the test was
placed in network cage suspended in
such a manner that it should not be
affected by the sound vibrations.
Three classes of fish were tested-one
that was entirely normal, a second in
which the ear nerves had been cut so
as to produce complete deafness, if
there ever had been any sense of hear
ing, and a third whose outer skin had
been made insensitive to vibrations
while the ears were left normal In SO
cases out of 100 the normal fish acted
as if they heard the noise, while only
is of the 100 whose ear nerves We're
operated upon seemed to notice any
thing unusual. The fish whose ears
were normal but whose skins were in
sensitive, responded to the noise quite
as readily as did those that were en-
tircly normal Professor Farmers CON
clusion is that there are some fish, any
way, that can hear.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
The IdenI Mnn.

At a dinner of Federated Women in
st. Paul one of the gentle sex respond
ed, as is not unusual on such occasions.
to the toast, 1.-The Ideal Man." a femi-
nine equivalent to the hearty mascu-
line "The Ladies'; God Bless 'Emr' moi
so generous and universal, but the
women seem to prefer to keep within
the limits of their individual expert
ences and not to toast the whole sex.
This speaker wished to honor man.
She said so and uttered these cOmpli-
ments: Man is too capable. He is the
paragon of animals. On his own
ground he surpasses the lion in mag
nanimity, the fox in acumen. the par
rot in repartee, the monkey in versa
tility, the ant in thrift. the fish in self
control, the spider in all that goes to
make up a valued member of society
dare say that if all the facts were
known man is more of an absolute sue
cess than the muler' Did the lady
think there was a kick coming? 1t is
not clear whether the allusion was to
the mules frmness of mind or of heel.
New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
American Women and HIndoolsm


American womanhoOd is acknOwl-
edgedly the finest the very best, phys
ieally and Intellectually, of all the
womanhood of the world. An ideal
American woman is the ideal of the
worlds wOmanhood. This could not
be unless the male American himself
worshiped a high ideal. An American
girl will travel from end to end of the
continent in absolute security. Travel
ing in the same railway compartment,
no male will even think of staring at a
female. The American women are god
desses and are wOrshiped because they
deserve the alteration.
And let the final word be said on our
own behalf. If India and America are
to be brought together it will be by the
sympathy and active endeavOrs of
American women. We have had al
ready abundant proofs of these mat
tiers. American women are among the
foremost propagandists of HindoOism
and Buddhism. Being such, they are
likewise naturally interested in the un-
derstanding and solution of the ma
tional social problems Of India. An
American league, with numerous
branches, is now in existence, which
has for its object the social ameliora-
fton Of Indian women.-Indian Mirror.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
The Cost of a ConcIave.

"What is the cost Of a conclave?"
The question was asked of a well
known clergyman, and this was his re
ply:
"That of 1878, which resulted in the
election of Leo Kill, involved two
bills. one of S11.574.2S for carpenters
and masons' work. locksmiths, paint
ers, gas. glaciers and electric bells;
the other Of $4,000 for fitting up the
Sistine chapel. But this was dirt
cheap compared with the figures for
some preceding conclaves. That of
1881, when Gregory XVI. was elected,
cost $14475G1S, and the elections of
Plus VIII. and Leo MI. were respOnsi-
bic for S12T, ,7O2 and S9S,425 respective
ly. These conclaves all took place dur
ing the last century, but before that
period cOnclaves were both longer and
more frequent so that it was found
necessary on several occasions to limit
beforehand the expenditure on a papal
election. Thus Alexander VIII. limit
ed the number of functionaries of the
cOnclave and cut down their emolu-
ments and perquisites. "-Philadelphi
Press.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
simon cameron on Po1lticn.

Simon Cameron was a wise man in
his day and generation. Mr.. William
Sayford of Harrisburg, in his recollec-
tiOns of sixty years ago" printed in
the Harrisburg Patriot. recalls a Cam
eronian incident as follows:
dropping in at my house one day,
his attention was attracted to my boy.
ais that your boy, SayfordY he
asked.
eyes, general 1 replied.
We'll, Sayford' said Cameron in
his brusque way. never let him have
anything to do with politics. It's the
meanest business in the world"
No man in the United States had a
more thorough knowledge of politics
in what has come to be the common
understanding of the word.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
Rich Blood.
Ayers Pills are gently laxative.
They greatly aid the Sarsaparilla-
Valuable. hut Seldom Stolen Because
II Is DilicuIt 20 Sell.

1t Is Difficult 10 Sell.
One kind of valuable plate quite
abundant in New York is seldom stolen
by burglars. though the metal of
which it is made far exceeds silver in
cost. Every college chemical labora-
tory and scores of factory laboratories
have costly vessels made of platinum.
The plain metal is usually worth about
its weight in gold. and made up into
crucibles and other vessels used in
laboratories it is much more valuable
than in its ordinary form. The max
ers of such ware, in fact, must earn
large profits. for their charges are high.
although the metal is made into the
simplest forms. without decorations Of
any sort. \ tiny crucible holding per-
haps only a gill is worth $S or $40, and
some of the larger vessels used by
chemists are worth several hundred
dollars each.
The value of these vessels is so great
that they are locked up every night
in safe in any well conducted chem
ical laboratory and frequently counted
Damaged vessels, and even the small
est scraps of platinum wire, are care
fully treasured and sent to the factory
from time to time in order to be made
over into new vessels. A chemist has
somewhat the same feeling toward his
platinum plate that a hOusekeeper has
toward her solid silver. but the chem
lists plate is worth far more than any
but the most deliberately wrought sill
verware. 1t is also much more liable
to damage.
The presence of a small quantity Of
lead in a hot crucible of platinum is
likely to bring about a puncture of the
crucible. A punetured crucible must
so to the factory, and repairs are very
costly Much of such ware used here
is made in little Pennsylvania town
by a single firm, and there are few
workmen who understand the art of
handling platinum.
Treated with care, platinum vessels
are almost indestructible. They seem
to suffer nothing from the high tenn
peratures to which they are exposed in
the laboratory, and however long in
use a brisk rubbing renders them as
beautifully bright as ON the day when
they came from the factory. They are
ordinarily cleaned. however, by the ap-
plication of hot water and acid solu-
tions. rs they gradually lose in weight
by rubbing.
One reason why platinum imple
ments are seldom stolen by burglars
lies in the fact that they are not easily
disposed of. The metal is hard 70
melt, and a large vessel is not easily
hammered out of recognition. Pawn
brokers are shy Of accepting articles Of
platinum because such articles, having
a comparatively narrow use, are not
hard to trace Small crucibles and plat.
mum wire and rods do occasionally
disappear from laboratories, but the
larger articles are rarely stolen. When
a man presents himself in a shop with
a metal worth in the neighborhoOd OF
$3.50 a pound for sale he is naturally
expected to tell how it came into his
possession.-New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
The schooIhnv OF 1noa.

"Tommy, have you been vaccinatedY'
"Yes. na'am.'
"Have you had your vermiform ap-
pendiX removedT'
Yes. ma'am."
"uave you a certificate of inocula-
ton for the Group, chicken pox and
measles?"
"Yes. ma'am."
rs your luncheon put up in Dr.
KOch's patent antiseptic dinner pailT'
yes, ma am"
Have you your own sanitary slate
bag and disinfected drinking cup%
Yes, maam."
"DO you wear camphor bag around
your throat. n collapsible life belt and
insulated rubber heels for crossing the
trolley line?"
"All of these?"
"And a life insurance policy against
all the encrOachments Of old ageT"
Yes. ma'am."
"Then you may hang your cane on
the insulated peg and proceed to learn
along sanitary lines. Judge.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
Worlds Fair Commissions.

The most striking impression con
Veyed by the published plans of the st.
Louis managers is a sense Of their
yastness. The Chicago buildings and
grounds covered an area of one square
mile; those of st. Louis will cover two
square miles. The total exhibition
space at Chicago was 1913 acres: at st.
Louis 12S acres will be required. The
total outlay at Chicago was 1885,
900; at st. Louis $4OOOO,OOO will be
spent At Chicago the entire horse
power and machinery in operation was
$4,000; at st. Louis it will be SO,O00
The Midway at st. Louis will be 900
feet wide and mile in length and will
be called the Pike, and there will be
thirty-fve miles of roadway inside the
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
PIncI,r King AIfnn.n

King Alfonso of Spain performed a
feat recently which should endear him
TO his bullfghting compatriots. 1t was
worthy Of tOreadOr. His majesty was
walking in the PradO, when bullock
broke from a herd that was being driv-
en-, and, tearing away at full gallop,
showed every disposition for using its
horns among the pedestrians and equi-
pages. There was a regular stampede,
but the king showed his spirit. and.
drawing his revolver, brought the beast
down with two or three swiftly deliv-
cred shots.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04

Teacn1ng is often characterized as
one of the essentially feminine profes-
sions, but DR.. Earl Barnes is Of the
opinion that there can be and are too
many women teachers in the elemen-
tary and secondary schools. At ''wom-
ems week" at Chautauqua recently he
spoke earnestly upon this subject The
result he said, of putting education
into the hands Of women has been to
eifeminate the curriculum and to raise
up a corps of teachers who, while they
are strong along the humanities, are
proportionately weak along the sci
ences. Women, be thinks, have intro
duced too much emotion into their
teaching.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
sSzs <
Got a Reputation.

William the Conqueror had just land
ed on English soil
But how" he was asked, "did you
acquire your title?'
II once licked a janitor," he replied,
with frank naivete.
Perceiving that he was worthy Of the
name, they hastened to do him rever-
ence.-New York Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1903-09-04
Our Children.

The best calculation that can be
made shows that the average number
OF children in the white native family
a century ago in the United States was
more than six; in 1880 it had fallen to
less than FIVE; in 1860 to less than four;
IN 1872 to less than three; in 1900
among the upper classes" in Boston to
Jess than two.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
IN OTHER WORDS
We ARE GETTING
MUCH TOO FRESH
German Press Liqhts
into United States on
Balkan Affair.
UNCLE SANS Attitudes VULGAR"
scrIops-AycSae Ts,eeram.

scrlops-NcSae Ts,ceram.
Berlin, Sept. 12.-The Neueste Mach
richten, commenting ON the presence
of the American squadron at Beirut
and the actions of Ambassador Leish-
man at Constantinople, dubs the
United States as { country of par.
venues" The papers says: Americas
victory over Spain has misled the
United States to believe that she can
interfere everywhere.
''The American attitude at Beirut is
as vulgar as the parvenu's manners
appear in polite society. The United
States is intruding on the sphere of the
Balkans as the parvenu pushes his way
into circles where he is unwelcome.
Europe despises the United States
as nObleman disdains the parvenu.
President Roosevelt is a parvenu
ruler and the American policy shows
that America is parvenu country"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

were his and he had a right to secure
photographs. Good had recommended
Gibb as his successor and he had been
given the place. Gibb insisted to Mr..
Dueber that he would not have deliver
ed the pictures to Good, but Mr.. Dueber
would not accept the statement and
employ Saturday morning.
Mr.. Good is not in Canton. He went
to Michigan a few days ago to meet
his wife and is expected back early
next week. He claimed as stated that
during the Ia years that he had been
in the employ of the Hampden works.
and especially since he has been fore
man. he was instrumental in perfect
ing these machines which simplify the
making of dials, and that as the ideas
were his he had right to them.
Mr.. Dueber denies that Mr.. Good
had anything to do with the Perfect
ing of the machines. but claims that
they are the outgrowth of one improve
ment after another which has been
added from time to time since the build
ing of the factory.
George w. Good was president of the
council and a candidate for the Repub-
licSn nomination for mayor last spring.
He is well known in the city and has
many friends.
Robert Gibb is one of the best known
young men in the city and his justi-
fcation that Good has always been a
friend of his and especially at the
time when he needed friend. So that,
when asked to get the photographs he
agreed to do so, but afterwards when
he thought the matter over decided
that he would not deliver them, as it
would not be right toward his employ
er. Mr.. Dueber refused to accept this
statement and discharged him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
ENEMIES
PLAYING EVEN
Row at the Dueber Works Caused by Attempt of
Ex-Foreman to Secure Photos of Special
Machnes--Gibb Discharged.

The retirement of George w. Good
as foreman of the dial department at
the Hampden works, has developed a
sensation which resulted in the dis
charge of Robert Glib. who had sue
ceeded him in his position as foreman
of the dial department.
According to a statement of Mr.. John
c. Dueber, Mr.. Good made an effort
to secure photographs of four machinei
that are used in the making of dials
for the purpose of taking them to Ell
gin, ILL.,, where he has secured a posi-
ton. On Friday of last week, Mr..
Dueber says, Mr.. Good had Paul Her
bruck, who is employed in another de-
partment, go into the dial room with
him and make photographs of the
machines. This was done at the noon
hour and in the presence of several
persons who had remained at tue
works and were eating their dinners.
Herbruck was instructed to turn tha
developed pictures over to Robert Glib,
who in turn was to deliver them to Mr..
Good when he returns to Canton next
week. Herbruck and Gibb were both
present when Mr.. Dueber made the
statement to the News-Democrat re-
porter and admitted that the story was
true.
Some policital opponents of Mr.
Good, who are employed in the factory,
learned of the transaction and report
ed the facts to Mr.. Dueber, who there
upon sent for Herbruck and Glib and
asked them for a statement. Both
men made a clean breast of the story
and Herbruck turned over the develop
ed pictures and plates to his employer.
Mr.. Good had represented to Her,
bruck ard Glib that the machines were
of his own creation; that the ideas
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
CORA MACK WON.

Cora Mack, Charles Ream's pacing
mare, won remarkable race at the
Bethlehem, Pa, fair Friday. One heat
had been paced the day before, the
Canton mare being second. The next
day it took six additional heats to de-
termine who should take the long end
OF the 1880 purse. Cora was z, 6 and
2 in the next three heats. different
horses winning every heat. After the
field slowed up little and there was
no danger Of getting a fast mark.
Allie Walters went after the race and
won in three straight heats, the tipe
for the fifth, sixth and seventh heats
being 2:15 1-2, 2:16 IA, and 2:16 1-2.
This race stamps Cora Mac as one of
the best race horses on the turf in her
class.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
MISS GERTRUDE ROBERTS.

Miss Gertrude Roberts, aged % years
who was stricken with Appendicitis a
few days ago, died CT the Aultman hos
pital Saturday morning at $3.50. The,
young lady came to Canton from Ak
ron last Sunday to visit with friends
for short time.
She was suddenly taken i'll at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Emily
of 1905 High street and on Wednesday
was removed to the hospital. Her
parents reside in East Liverpool where
the burial will take place.
Besides her parents she leaves two
brothers and two sisters. The remains
will be taken to the Embly home and
on Monday will be taken to East Livers
pool.