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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-03-19
BAZAAR AND DANCE A SUCCESS
Catholic Ladies Clear Neat Sum fo,
Benefit of Church.

The Ladies of the Altar Society of
st. Joseph's Catholic church held a
bazaar in the dining room of the Evans,
on the afternoon Of the 18th, (st.
Patrick's Day. and also gave fine
supper in the evening. Both we're we'll
patronized and were thoroughly enjoy.
ed by the large number in attendance
La the evening the floor was cleared
for a grand ball, which lasted from
nine until twelve-thirty. Music was
furnished by McGee's orchestra
Aside from being a financial success
the bazaar, supper and dance were
successes as social events and the
ladies are to be congratulated on their
management of the affair.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-03-19
School Report.

Report of the Miller School, Red
Canyon District No. 3, for the month
ending March 12, 1909
Number Of days taught. ....... 900
Number of pupils enrolled zoos. 100
Total days attendance. e......... 1910
Total days absence. Observation-Disclosures. 16.O
Average attendance . 90
Neither absent nor tardy: George
Miller. RAY V. WEST, Teacher.
The state herald., 1909-06-04
FLAG DAY."
My Mrs. Edward Dunroy.Reed.

The general observance OF June "A
as Flag Day" suggests the thought
The state herald., 1909-06-04

Joyed py the Apaches is due to their really won.
aerlni a organization. They form n community by
-, ,' apart from all the rest OF Paris
win their own laws. courts and executioners:
their secret passwords and almos, their avn
iahguase, for the argot they use is practically
uh'h'eihsloie To others. Mercil.ss toward their
victims they are no less merciless In Furnishing
.hose OF their own number who are convicted OF
ueachery.
a few years ago one Pninblane was accused
Oh peins In league with the police. lie was for.
mally brought to trial. the Judge being n lender
known hs "TEspagnol" The charge against
faihbihhe was not fully proved. but his loynlty
was 10 doubtful that he was sentenced TO exile
Rising from his chair In the obscure dive where
the trial was being held. he hurled his knife at
TEspagnol with unerrng accuracy and the Judge
iel dead with the blade In his heart The police
rushed In and carried pnnblnnc 10 prison, the
Apnehcs making no effort 10 save him
Another alleged traitor was Albert Durin lie
was condemned to death and two Apaohes tied
him TO the rails OF tunnel OF the BELT Line
railway OF Paris, He was found before a trnln
pnssed and rescued How mnny trnitorA hnyo
been executed by their comrades II Ia Impossible
TO know. for only In such cnscs ms the foregoing
do the police learn about the operations OF the
tribunals"
The Apache hlghwnymnn operates swiftly and
nkillfully, aud lone strangers In the Htroeta of
Paris are never safe from His attacks Ills fnyo.
rite method. known nH "le coup du Pero Fran.
coils" ia TO strnnglo his victim by twisting
handkerchief about his neck, After robbng tho
bcnsclcnH man. the thug frequently viii Kill him
with the knife for the Apnchca seem TO delight
In wanton murder done IN what they ohoono
to consider nn artistic" way. n tho criminal
II arrested. score OF his companions spring up
apparently from the very pavement. and unless
the police are in force they are speedily routed
and the prisoner IL rescued.
An obser,an, visitor In Paris may see Apaches.
male and female. ON almost amy street. but Il In
In the Place de Ia itoauettc that they are 10 be
found In crowds ON OCCASION. There In set up
The state herald., 1909-06-04
~=%@@ds s9| EDMA@D n HcK46p

the recently restored guillotine, and
whenever there is to be an execution
the Apaches flock from all districts of
the city to witness the ghastly sight.
silently they stand, gazing at the
grim instrument of death, until the
condemned individual is brought forth.
Then Jeers and howls break forth
from the crowd, and as the knife falls
the Apaches rush forward to dip their
hahdkerchiefs in the blood. These
they preserve as souvenirs. or sell
them to the degenerates of the upper
classes.
Strangely enough, the male Apa.
ches nearly all look alike. They are
hollow'cheeked. dark-haired, furtive-
eyed, shambling of gait and sallow of
complexion-always easily recognized
among the throngs on the streets.
The women on the other hand, as n
rule, are handsome. spirited and in.
teiligent They dress well and give
especial attention to the care of their
hair. which they never cover with a
hat. All of them. men and women
profess to follow some trade as a
safeguard against the occasional
raids of the police on their haunts.
Official Paris is somewhat dis.
mayed by the rapidly growing men.
ace of these Apaches bands The
number of robberies and murders at
tributable to them is increasing
monthly, and as the victims very
often are travellers from foreign lands.
the crimes are having an appreci;Ible
effect on tourist business.
The state herald., 1909-06-04
ONE THING THAT WAS CERTAIN
No Doubt In the Bangaseman's Mind
as to Contents Of What Looked
Like Coffin.

In an emergency the manufacturer
of Limburger cheese was forced to
use strategy with a shipment. Ordi-
narily his product went in special
cars, but in this instance no car was
available and the order must be filed.
Two hundred pounds of the fragrant
comestible was put in n rough. OBJ
long box. and taken to the railroad
baggageroom. Then the manufactur.
er bought ticket for himself and tho
box. and entered the train. At tho
first stop he went ahead to the bag
gage car to see that there was no
trouble. He stood by the box in
disconsolate attitude and shaded his
eyes with his hand. The baggageman
was sympathetic. "a relatlve?" he
asked. "Yes." answered the manu-.
facturer. ''it is my brother" Well"
said the railroad man. philosophicall,.
you have one consolation. He's dead.
all right."-San Francisco Argonaut,
The state herald., 1909-06-04
is Tired OF Praying.

A little girl In st. Louis the other
evening was going through the usual
form of prayer; God bless mamma.
and papa and make me good girl"
and so on. when all at once she
semed to come TO decision. Nov
that is the last time ! am going to
say that prayer" she said. very grave.
ly. looking at her mother You are
older than | am and II is your place
to ask for all those things and don't
see any use in two peoples asking
the same thing" Since then she has
firmly refused to pray. insisting that
It is her mothers place to ask God
for blessIngs.
The state herald., 1909-06-04
The Captains Repartee.

The captain OF transatlantic liner.
having become irritable as result OF
some minor troubles In the ships
management and the unusually large
number OF ridiculous Inquiries made
by tourists. was heading for the
bridge" when n dapper young man
halted him to inquire the cause of the
commotlon on the starboard side OF
the ship. Being on the port side. the
captain politely replied. with some
sarcasm. he wrs not certain. but
thought II possible that eat FISH had
lust had kittcns.-What.to-E
The state herald., 1909-06-04
toqical Reasoning.

A certain young mans friends
thought he was dead. but he was only
In state Of coma when. In ample
time to avoid being buried. he showed
signs OF life. he was asked how IL
seemed to be dead.
"Dead?" he exclaimed. Il wasn't
dead. knew all that was going on.
And ! knew ] wasn't dead. too. be-
cause my feet were cold and was
hungry"
But how did that fact make you
think you were still alive7" asked one
OF the curious.
well. this way: knew that II I
were In heaven / wouldn't be hun.
cry. And II was In the other place
my feet wouldn't be cold"
The state herald., 1909-06-04

First Flag TO Float over North American Soil.
'1ted Cross Of IT. usnfFn." the banner of Richard
toutr de Lion In iifi and planted Labrador by 10.
bnstan Cabot IN lp7 a. the royal ensign o Henry VII
the Island Of san Salvador. one Of tho bahamas.
aud again In iigs at the mouth OF the ornoco In
South Amorica but the nrst nag TO float over tho
soil Of the North American continent OF which his.
tory tells was planted ON the shore OF Labrador In
1ig1 by Sebastian Cabot
The first stage Of evolution was marked two
years before the settlement Of jamestown, whom
james l. Of England. IN honor Of the union. placed
the diagonal white cross Of St, Andrew with the
red Of 81 George. both upon u blue field.
This 10 the frst blending OF the American national
colorB known TO history. The red. white aud blue
In therefore as old as the country, as Il appeared
IN the flags which noatod over the Virginia settle.
ment and WIS the nag OF the Maynower and OF
Plymouth
The state herald., 1909-06-04

that "old Glory" was mature at It's birth. But
its infancy dates back to the earliest recorded
American history.
At the time OF the birth OF "'rhc Star Spangled
Banner" tradition and verified history had marked
some 500 years since the advent OF the first
European upon American soil. The Norseman and
the Danes landed upon the northeastern shores OF
this continent several times between the years
gsG and 1900 as is proven by their own records
In 1892 Columbus planted the nag OF Spain on
The state herald., 1909-06-04

save for the loss of one
eye and the presence
of many scars. the re-
suits of her numerous
boulevard battles. She
was elaborately tat.
tooed and was mighty
proud of that adorn.
ment. Chiffonnette's ca
reer came to an un.
timely end last New
Years day, when she
engaged in a desperate
fight with another
woman whom she hat.
ed. Cheered on by n
crowd OF her male and
female subjects. the
queen finally stabbed
herantagonist to death
with a stiletto. and
now she is a prisoner
In st. Lazare.
This years queen OF
the Apaches is Pepe.
She is only is years
old and as pretty as n
picture. but as fierce
as n tigress and a Mt
leader for the wretch.
es by whom she is
adored.
The comparative i'm.
muniiy from arrest
and punishment en-.
The state herald., 1909-06-04
Exclusive.

"where do the Hottentots live.
Nary" public.school teacher asked
one of her pupils. Il Cont know, IN"
said Mary. primly. mia won't let mo
visit any OF the people in this noigh.
borhood. youths Companion.
The state herald., 1909-06-04
Iron Ore Fields In Finland.

Though Finland has been regarded
up to the present time as being er.
tremcly poor In Iron ores. recent re-
search has proved the existence OF ore
fields In South Finland tNyland). and
above all in the Ladoga lake district.
which seem TO be worth the expense
OF mining. For research purposes .
company has been formed.
The state herald., 1909-06-04

NE morning not long ago
n well.dressed foreigner,
evidently an American
tourist. was found dead
on the pavement In n side
street OF Paris. Twisted
about his neck was a
dirty handkerchief with
which he had been stran.
gled; he had been brutal
ly kicked and beaten.
and In his chest were
several knife wounds, any
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
Make Some Little Girl buing the Charity Windows
BEGINNING OF WINTER
At Six O'Clock Tomorrow, Washing
ton Time, Earth Will Reach
the Winter soIstice.
eHerald Specially

Washington, D. c., Dec 21.-For
this latitude today is the shortest day
of the year and at six o'clock tomor-
row morning, mean Washington time,
the earth will reach the winter sol
stice which, astronomically speaking,
marks the beginning of winter. In its
mad rush around its elliptical orbit
around the sun the earth, twice every
astronomical year, reaches points
which mark respectively the longest
and the shortest distance of the earth
from the sun. These points represent
the turning points of the four seasons,
the vernal equinox and the autumnal
equinox, when day and night are of.
equal length, the summer solstice,
when the day is longest and the night
shortest, and the winter solstice, when.
the day is shortest and the night long
est. On the southern hemisphere the
order is reversed and while December
u usually marks the shortest day of
the year on the northern hemisphere,
on the southern hemisphere it marks
the longest of the year and the begin
ming of the astronomical summer.
The ancient Greeks called the pc
Rod including the seven days preced-
ing and the seven days following the
shortest day of the year the Halcyon
days" This phrase is derived from
the myth that during this period,
while the kingfisher or halcyon bird
was breeding, the sea was always
calm. According to poetic fiction, the
bird was represented as Matching its
eggs in floating nest in the midst of
waters.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
RACE RIOT THREATENED
At oevaIls Bluff, George Bailey.
Negro. Was Riddia;;a.,asI

Little Rock, Ark, Dec 20.-A spec.
ial to the Gazette from Devalls Bluff
Ark, says:
A race riot is threatened here to-
night as the result of the shooting of
George Bailey, negro, who was killed
in the city jail here last night by a
mob which broke into the Jail, but fail
ing to break into the blacks cell,
shot him through the bars He was
literally riddled, with a total of fifteen
bullets. Following the shooting, a
number of negroes held meetings here
today. Fearing trouble from the ne
groes as the result of the meetings,
white citizens filled the streets to-
night, all well armed and ready for
battle.
Many negroes are leaving town,
fearing a race riot Others have dis
appeared, and it is believed are hiding
out Rope nooses have been placed
around the doors of some of the homes
of the negroes as warning of fur
Their punishment.
Bailey, the negro shot in jail last
night, shot Matt Todd, white bar
tender The latter was shot in the
arm, and is now in the Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital at Little Rock.
The mob worked so quietly that peo-
pie a block away heard nothing. Sher-
if S. E. Streetton, who was at his res
idence, a short distance away, had no
intimation of the affair until he went
to the Jail today and discovered the
body of the negro.
The sheriff and his deputies have
been at work all day seeking to learn
the identity of the members of the
mob, but thus far have been baffled
Public feeling was so greatly
aroused when a negro broke into a
box car here last week and another
made a murderous attack upon a
sleeping white man, nearly cutting
the latter's throat in an attempt to
rob him, that at the time a party
was organized to lynch the negroes,
but cooler counsel prevailed and the
would-be lynchers were dissuaded
from their purpose.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
BENEFIT FOR HOME RULE
Loyal BINS of the Emerald Isle and
otfsss Packed the New Amster-
dam Theatre Today.
fHerald snecInll

New York, Dec. 21.-Loyal sons of
the Emerald Isle and other sympa-
thizeTs With the Irish home rule cause
paeispd The New Amsterdam Theatre
this aftefnoon and vociferously ap-
plauaed Ge turns" of the score or
more Ieville and legitimate actors
who con buted their services to the
monster benefit arranged in aid of
the fana That is being raised here for
the lrish parliamentary Party The
affals was also in the nature of a
send5off q T. P. O'Connor, M. P,
who has yen touring the country for
nearlg months to raise money for
the he has undertaken in regard
to llolne rule for Ireland Mr.. O'Con-
nor viii sail for home tomorrow to
take pat in the election campaign
now on IN Great Britain. In addition
to Mr. O'Connor those present at the
big benefit performance this after
noon Included Archbishop Farley and
a Hitnber of the most prominent Irish
leaders in New York.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
OPPOSITION TO BACON
As ambassador to France May Be Elk
peeted In the senate-Taft Turns
Out Embassy Grist.

| Washington, D. c., Dec. 2O.-Presi-
dent Taft today sent to the senate
the following nominations of ambas-
sailors and ministers:
Robert Bacon of New York, ambas-
sador to France.
hard G. Kerens of Missouri, am
ba dor to Austria-Hungary.
~ Lane Wilson of Washington
a adpr to Mexico.
= e Bryan of Illinois, min
Calhoun d Illinois;
si4lis . CHINA.
HeHly -Fletcher of Pennsylvania,
minister Chile.
Henry n Gage of California, min
lister to Portugal
R. 6. Reynolds Hit of Illinois, min
lister to Panama.
John j. Jackson of New Jersey, min
lister to Cuba
Fenton R. McCreery of Michigan,
minister to Honduras.
Edwin v. Morgan of New York, min
lister to Paraguay.
Charles w. Russell of the District
of Columbia, minister to Persia.
L. S. Swenson of Minnesota, min
lister to Switzerland.
H. G. Knowles of Delaware, min
lister and consul general to the Do
pllnican republic.
1t was said at the White House that
nc decision had been reached with re-
gard to the post at Great Britain.
The president sent to the senate the
names of the following secretaries of
embassies:
Phillip Brown of the District of Co
lumbia, at Mexico City.
Henry L. James of Wisconsin, at
Constantinople.
Irwin B. Laughlin of Pennsylvania,
at Berlin.
Hoffman P. Phillip of New York, at
Rio de Janeiro.
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr., of New
York, at Toxic.
George P. Wheelock of Washington,
at st. Petersburg.
Lewis L. Einstein of New York, at
Pekin.
Paxton Hibben of Indiana, to the
Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Charles D. White of New Jersey, at
Christiania, Norway.
Balkan shoyer of Pennsylvania, at
Bogota, Colombia.
To be second secretary of the EN-
bassy at Rio de Janeiro, NJ, Marshall
of Virginia.
To be agent and consul general at
Cairo, Egypt, Peter Augustus Jay of
Rhode Island
Some Opposition to the confirmation
of Robert Bacon of New York as am
bsssadpr to France may be expected
In the senate unless Senator Root Is
entirely successful in his movement of
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
Yoakum to Texas,

st. | louis, Mo-, Dec. 2O.-B. F. Yoa-
KUN, Head of the Frisco-C Chicago and
EASTER Illinois-Katy interests, accom-
panied by Mrs. YoaEum and their chill
dren, is en- route to San Antonio to
spend the Christmas holidays in Tex
as. MIR Yoallum will look over his
propers ties and probably inspect the
ST Louis, Brownsville & Mexico. Most
of the time, however, will be devoted
IN yestl
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21
Offer Large Reward.

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 20
Shocked and indignant that such a
cold-blooded murder as that of Mike
Meagher should have been committed
in San Antonio, citizens have started
movement to raise a fund to offer a
reward for the capture and conviction
of the murderer. 1t is planned to Of
fer 81, 800 The governor will be asked
to offer $500. D. A Walker, manager
If the San Antonio Telephone com
nany, heads the list with $500.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-21

If you want good wood and want it
quick, phone 73. 7-tf
, 1909-06-26
COTTON AT MONTSERRAT.

MIR. ", Robson's report on agricultural
work at Montserrat foT the month OF April
last, contains the following notes in refer
ence to the cootton industry -
The rains of April greatly facilitated the
preparation of cotton lands, which, on the
larger estates, i well in advance. There
does not SEEM at present, to be much activity
amongst the smaller growers in getting their
lands ready, This applies especially to the
south district. In the north q good deal Of
fresh land is cleared up,and interest in cotton
in that part Of the island is still very keen.
The number Of peasants planting cotton in
the past season was 500, representing an
area of about $50 acres. The omount of
cotton purchased locally from them was
200,719 fb, having a value of II .672.
On many large estates visited by lue dur
ing the month almost all cotton plants were
destroyed, and the larger portion of those
on holdings belonging TO small planters. The
latter are very willing to have their old cot
ton destro yed, and l should say that by lie
end of May very few plants will he left.
The great scarcity Of vegetables i'll the past
season has been much felt by the labouring
classes, and it seems likely that many cf
them will again turn their attention to food
crops instead of cotton, in the coming sea-
son.
A quantity of cotton seeds have been i'm
ported from st. kits for sale to small plant
ers.
Nine of the Buco' hand cuItivators have
been imported for trial III cotton fields.
Ibid
, 1909-06-26
PULLING OLD COTTON PLANTS.

The Agricultural Inspector Mt St. Vincent
reports that during the month Of April he
devoted the greater part Of his time 10 work
in connection with the destruction Of cotton
stalks both on cotton estates, and on the
lands of small growers. The movement tor
the early destruction of old cotton plants is
making progress, but, for various causes, it
is still difficult to get many growers to act
on the advice given.
At Argyle estate a very good method of
destroying the cotton stalk is practised,
Every alternate six rows Of plants are first
pulled up and left on the ground to dry.
A Jews days later the rows that remain are
pulled, and the dry and the green stems are
burnt together.
It is observed that it would frequently be
Of advantage if the COTTON plants were pull
ed Immediately cotton picking is finished,
instead of being allowed to remain on the
land for many weeks afterwards. The Ag-
Ricultural Superintendent states that expert
ments made at ST. Vincent have shown that
if the land was cleared early, and pigeon
peas or some other l~eguminous crop, planted
ON the cotton banks and IN. the burrows, there
would in many cases be as much as 10 tons
of green dressing material available for turn
ing into the soil when it is being prepared
for replanting in cotton.
Under present conditions when the plants
remain q considerable time in the field after
picking has been finished, the bush and
green material that grow up are generally
collected and burnt with the cotton stalks.
and valuable organic material Is ia this way
wasted.-Tbid
, 1909-06-26
FRUIT TREES ON GRASS LAND.

When fruit trees are to be planted on
grass land it is now generally recognized
that care should be taken of the first few
years, at least, to keep a ring around the
young trees free from grass, and well cult
waited or mulched. Otherwise the fruit trees
make very slow growth during the early
stages. This is due to the fact that a COM
pact growth Of grass makes very extensive
demand on the supply of soil moisture, and
hence young flnit trees, which, Mt the time
of planting, are but indifferently supplied
with r-collecting roots, are usually una
BILE to obtain all the water they need if they
have to compete with the extensive mass of
hbrous roots possessed by the grass. Few
crops SO effectually dry the surface soil as
grass does, and hence any plant growing in
pasture land is likely to suffer so long as the
two sets of roots are in the same layer. After
the lapse of two or three years, when the
root system of the trees las gained q more
extensive range, the trees are not likely to
suffer from the presence Of grass. Ibid.
, 1909-06-26
RUSSIA.
The Holy Synod and Disorders.

The Duma began on Tuesday the debate
on the first Of the important reforms dealing
with freedom of conecience-nNmely, the
Bill removing the disabilities affecting the
Old Believers.
Our St. Petersburg Correspondent says:-
The expectation that the Government would
favour a substan i'll measure Cf freedom for
the Disorders is not verified by the pro-
ceedings in the Duma on Tuesday, when M.
S%tolypin's assistant supported a restrictive
formula acceptable to the Holy Synod, which
if passed, will leave Dissenters under the
arbitrary control of the authorities. While
a conflict between the Premier and the Holy
Synod is thus averted, u salutary reform
will lose much Of its value.
Every important newspaper-and particu-
larry the NoUoe Tremya-condemns the
Government for opposing the grant of COM
plete freedom of conscience to the Old Be-
, 1909-06-26
WEST INDIAN COTTON.

Messrs. W-olsteuholme & Holland, of Liv-
orpool, write as follows, under date Of May
10, in reference to the sales of West Indian
Sea Islnud cotton:-
Since our last report Il good business has
taken place in West Indian Sea Island cot
ton, and prices are very firm.
Upwards Of 700 bales have been sold, IN
cludiug Antigua l3tdto lad, Barbados 114d.
to lad, Batbuda I'D, Montserrat, 12d. to
14d. Nevis, I'D. to 1850. st. Croix 1Od. to
13td, St, Kits lid, to 134d., St Vincent
l6d., Virgin Islands 13d, and Tobago I'D.
Il grjc"ltufai Ne,os, 29h boy.