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"AbOut these mineS," somebody cut
In, 1--WE have heard that the Channel is
sOwn with them, that they run in solid
lanes across the Straits of Dover.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Dolls a. scapeaoat..

The earliest dolls found were the
Answers" of the ancient Egyptians,
which were buried with important per-
sonages in order that they might full
fill such duties as the rulers of the
neither world might impose on the dead
dignitary in his next incarnation. The
more important the dead the larger the
number Of dolls buried with him.
Even to this day the doll plays its part
in the folklore of the banks of the
Nile. When the river does not appear
to rise properly doll is thrown into
Its waters, representing the living vir-
gin or boy who used of old to be
thrown in to propitiate the Nile god,
and similar performance takes place
on the banks Of the Tiber, where
doll made of plated rushes is used as
substitute for the human victim.-
Westminster Gazette.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19

kaiser has called him the greatest Ger
man of the century. For twenty years
he had nothing but failures.
The Zeppelin airship is today Won
der of the world. but the count knows
right well its limitations. But he be-
lieves that it will develop into one Of
the most remarkable and practical
conveyances Of the near future Tho
Zeppelins are the terror of the Ger
man enemy in this war, with their
searchlights, wireless outfits, machine
guns and bombs. The count, who is
seventy-seven, was military attache
with the Union army during our civil
war.
The civil war inspired Count Zeppe-
lin with the idea Of coming to this
country, and he served as second lieu
tenant with several of the Union gen.
erals, and Grant gave him q special
permit to go anywhere within the Fed
eral lines.
He has always said that his first idea
of the value of an airship and the pos
sibility of its construction came from
the constant ascents he was allowed
to make in loves captive balloon,
from which observations were made
on the Confederate lines.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Luxury In Puritan DAYS.

At no time, of course, was luxury
completely absent from America. Men
spend when the purse is full. even
though the purse be small. Not Ill the
sumptuary laws Of seventeenth cen
tory Massachusetts, could prevent So
Der Purltans from launching into ex-
travagance, from purchasing apparel
"wollen, silke or lynnen with lace on
1t, silver, golde, silke or threed" Even
the pious slid back into embroidered
doublets with slashed sleeves into
gold or silver girdles, haiti bands,
belts. ruffs. beaver hatts." while wom-
en- of no particular rank appeared in
forbidden silk and tiffany hoods. A
century later we encounter disapproval
OF John Hancock's "show of eXtrava-
gance in living" of his French and
English furniture, his dances. dinners,
carriages. wine cellars and fine clothes.
Washington starved with his soldiers
at Valley Forge, but lived like an Eng
lish gentleman in his home at Mount
Vernon. Luxury, pomp, ceremonial
were not absent in the eighteenth cen
tury.-Walter r. Weyl in Harper's
Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Initiative and Resol ution.

Every young man should adopt the
I. and r. in his life. That means ini-
tiative and resolution. That is, orig
mate something; think up something
to do in the world. Don't depend upon
others to initiate for you. The world
owes no man living. Every one owes
the world life.
Then there is resolution. That's a
mans virtue. 1t is mans soul put
in action. This sounds like sentiment,
but it is solid fact. Half Of the social
and industrial disasters we experience
today in politics, education, commerce
and industry is because we practice ir
resolution and dependence. We will
never settle our social and industrial
troubles that way. We must think of
something else to do, something we
can resort to in case of misfortune and
disaster A man should save his earn
ings and invest them in land, in mine,
in shop, in nstore-something on the out
side to take up in times of emergency.
Ohio State Journal
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Short Stories.

Arabic figures were not invented by
the Arabs, but by Indians.
Hearing is not an active sense until
three or four days after birth.
There are 4,G6O American civil war
pensioners living in foreign countries.
Government meat inspection costs
each resident of the country 4 cents a
year.
More than half of Sweden is covered
by forests, only Finland having a
greater proportionate area of timber.
Locusts, grasshoppers and crickets
are eaten in the east, Deing dried, salt
ed, ground into a powder and made
into cakes.
Servia is said to lead in centenarians,
with Ireland in second place. Switzer.
land, with all it's reputed healthfulness,
Is away down on the list.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Origin Of the pennv.

The maiden name" Of the nennv
was "denarius," and the English penny
Is survival Of the Roman rule In the
Brush isles. Like the coin which pre-
ceded 1t In Rome, it has been debased
IN value until its name has lost It's
original meaning. The first denarius
was minted in Rome about 28S B. G..
and was the principal silver coin of
both the republic and the empire. 1t at
nrst weighed seventy two grains troy
and was as nearly pure silver as du-
rability would permit. 1t bore on one
side the helmeted head Of Roma and
the mark X and on the other side the
images of Castor and Pollux. Later
these twin gods were replaced by the
mead of the Roman emperors. By 215
"A. d. the coin had deteriorated in
value until 1T was only 40 per cent
Silver. The X, which signified the val
ue OF ten asses, had wholly lost its
meaning. Diocletian finished the deg
radat1on of the denarius by applying
the name to small copper coin. In
England the largest silver coin was
called denarius at time when the
English forin was called gold penny
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Edison and His Mothar.

During the short time that he at
tended school Thomas A. Edison was
nearly always at the foot Of his class.
On one occasion teacher remarked
to the inspector that the boy was
added" and that trying to tutor him
was mere waste Of time.
The youth overheard the remark. He
repeated it to his mother, who prompt
ly took the child back to the schoo. and
told the teacher he did not know what
he was talking about and that the lad
had more brains than the teacher.
Referring to this critical period of
his existence, Mr.. Edison once said:
Had 1t not been for my mothers ap-
probation and faith in me l should
very likely never have been an in
yentor. She was so true, so sure of
me, that felt that had some one to
live for, some one l must not disap-
point. The memory of her will always
be blessing to me."-Columbus Dis
patch.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
: Tho Great C1ynxer.

In many recent editorial contribu.,
tlons and magazine articles 1t ia con.
cluslVely proved--were new proof nec-
essary-that the railroad is the most
potent OF all factors in the civilization
OF mankind. Not only in commercial
sense, but in an ethical and RELIGIOUS
sense. the railway is pioneer. for it
makes possible the intercourse of ma
lions, the broadening of ideas, the seek.
ing of newer and better things and the
escape from the undesirable, In the
wake of the railway come better con-
ditions of every sort, for better trans
portation advantages beget better COM
mercial conditions. and they in turn
beget more intellectual DEVELOPMENT
and higher ethical standards. That the
railway is built primarily as a bust
ness investment does not alter the case.
No claim was ever made that the rail.
way was an ethical enterprise, but
the fact remains, whatever the motive.
that the railway is the handmade of
national progress. commercial, intellec-
tual and rcligious.-New York Mail.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Discomforts of coach;na pays.

Posterity will know nothing of the
misery their forefathers underwent in
the travelling way, and whenever we
hear-which we often do-unreason-
able grumblings about the absence of
trifing luxuries ON railroads we are
tempted to wish the parties consigned
to good long ride in an old stage
coach. Why, the worst third class that
ever was put next the engine is inf
nitely better than the inside of the best
Of them used to be, to say nothing of
the speed. AS to the outsides Of tho
old coaches, with their roastings, their
soakings, their freezings and their
smotherings with dust, one cannot but
feel that the establishment of railways
was downright prolongation Of life.-
Surtees QS5S).
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
State Lines.

Oklahoma produced SO.OOO,OOO bar.
rels of Oil last year.
Nebraska's SO3 state banks contain
$114,4S7, ,652.9S. belonging to 3S2. .222 de.
positors.
As deer hunting state Vermont
now rivals Maine. with 5000 deer kill.
ed in 1915. compared with from 5000
to 10000 in the Maine wilderness.
Careful estimates place the Califor
MIA gold output for 1915 at fully $2.:2OO,
600 more than the previous year, when
the total output was $2O,653, ,496. The
yield will easily be the largest in thir
ty-two years and, with one exception
the largest in fifty-one years. So Cali.
fornia still remains the premier gold
producing state in the Union.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Frost Cracks.

In the annual lists of earthquakes
registered at the Harvard seismograph-
ic station occasional shocks occurring
in winter are noted as due to "frost
cracks'-i e., the sudden opening of
assures in the ground, resulting from
freezing. The late Professor Shaler in
one of his lectures mentioned the oc-
currence of a sensible shock at Cam
bridge some forty years ago, which he
traced to a crack in the frozen ground.
An apparent earthquake near Akron.
o., probably due to frost crack, was
described in the American Geologist,
Vol. 1, 1883, while another, which
caused mild panic at Attleboro.
Mass, was reported in the Attleboro
Sun Of Jan. 23, 1908. Professor Wood
worth says that "this idea of frost
cracks is very widespread in New Eng
land as an explanation of many small
shocks coming at time when the fro
zen ground is known to have cracked
open. n."-Philadelphia Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Proof That We Arc sheepi.h.

The Pittsburgh man who several
years ago won dinner from an In
diana county relative by taking small
piece Of wood, hammer and nail
and blocked traffic on lower Fifth ave-
nue. of the steel metropolis by hammer
Ing the nail into the shingle resting on
the sidewalk has a follower here who
did similar stunt. The New Yorker
won his wager by placing ball of pa
per six inches in diameter at the cor
ner Of Wall street and Broadway and
by staring at it got crowd Of hun
dred people in five minutes. 1t proved
the old contention Of the psychology
of crowds, showed that all the yokels
are not living in the country and re-
vealed that we humans all are more or
less sheep.-New York Letter to Pitts.
burgh Dispatch.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
George w..hinston's sobriquet..

Washington was called by many So
briquets. He was first Of all "Father
Of His Country" providence left him
childless that his country might call
him father" Sigourney calls him "Pa-
ter Patriae;" Chief Justice Marshall,
the American Fabius." Lord Byron
in his lode to Napoleon" calls him
"the Cincinnatus of the West" For
having new world on his shoulders
he was called the "Atlas Of America" :"
The English soldiery called him by the
sarcastic nickname of Lovely Georgi-
u.s." Red Jacket, the Seneca Indian
chief, called him the "Flower Of the
Forest" The Italian poet Vittorio Al
fieri called him "Deliverer of America !"
His bitter opponents sarcastically call
ed him the "Stepfather Of His Coun-
try during his presidency.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Recent Inventions.

Clothing made of pressed feathers as
a substitute for wool has been invent.
ed by an Italian priest.
TO lessen the labor of threading nee
dies there has been invented a mag
hifying glass with spring clip to hold
1t on q needle.
Bostonians using new invention,
the osc1llograph, were the other day
able to hear the waves of the Pacific
beating on the San Francisco shore.
An Illinois inventor has patented q
roadside signboard that is intended to
show all the roads in the vicinity and
other Information Of value to stran-
gers by map.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
oriqin Of Patents.

Patents (from pateo, I lie open) orig
mated with the so called nobility of
France. Lest their superiority to 9TH
er folks should be In doubt, the mobiles
got out titles of nobility, SO that the
fact that they were better than the
rest of the people might "lie open'' to
all the world. 1t was in connection
with the printing of books that the
first real patents were issued, about
1850. BY 1926 it began to be custom
ary to issue patents protecting the
rights Of inventors in the arts and
manufactures. Since that time the
patent Offices Of the world have had
steadily increasing business.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Household Helps.

To cut butter in small even squares
Tor the table use coarse wet thread.
as this leaves no ragged edges.
1t is waste of gas to allow the
flames to blaze up the sides of ket
tie or saucepan. This does not cause
the contents to boil any more quickly
Wooden ware which has s2y odor of
the feed which has been b ;t-ana
wood absorbs odors quickly-should be
soaked in hot water in which soda is
dissolved in the proportion Of one ia
blespoonful of soda to four quarts of
water.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19

a long and studious life at Linden
Ihade, his country home at Walling-
brd, Pa. Besides number of early
folios and rare editions of Shakespeare
and his commentators. there are many
relics in the library pertaining to great
Interpreters of Shakespeare, such as
Garrick, Keen. Macready. Booth and
Irving. but the gloves are the only
actually personal belongings of the
great poet.
In some respects the Furness library
and collection is the most remarkable
in the world. Its only rival is the
Shakespearean library and museum at
Stratford on Avon. During the great
Shakespeare celebration eliminating on
April % next. the three hun6radth an
niversary Of Shakespeare's death, the
Furness library and collection have
peculiar interest for those who revere
the memory Of the greatest bard Of all
time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
BRIGHT BRIEFS.
The paths Of glory lead but to The
Hague.

The paths Of glory lead but to The
Hague.
Our mistakes may add to the wisdom
OF others.
Love makes the heart light and the
sitting room dark.
The most patient Of humans can en-
dure little kindness.
Human nature tends to make man
the hero Of his own story.
Frequently experience Is what you
get after the other fellow has the
goods"
Our navy has at least punch enough
to smash an occasional worlds record
in gunnery.
When hoping for the smile of for
tune we sometimes encounter only a
CHASTITY leer.
People are beginning to wonder when
there is going to be an open season for
the Panama canal.
Too many men insist on coupling
There's no place like home' with
Better late than never"
The fact that they cannot carry Il
tune does not deter some men from
singing their own praises.
Can't see how any of the Europeans
are to get any indemnity for anything
unless they ask this country to lend it.
We know that money is the root of
evil when we see how some people
branch out when they get n bunch
Of it.
Garrulous persons could never fol-
low the rule to think twice before
speaking. They would soon become
brain weary.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Dress Hints.

Green is an Ill becoming color for
brunettes to wear.
White gloves can be tanned by soak
ing them in saffron solution until the
required tint has been obtained.
Always sew on buttons before wear
ing new gloves; otherwise at critical
moment button will drop off, spelling
the appearance Of the best glove.
To make rubbers last longer put o
half Inch layer Of crushed tissue paper
In the heel Of the rubbers. The paper
will form a soft cushion for the hard
heel of the shoe and lessen the wear on
the rubber
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Photo by American Press Association.
GENERAL FELIX DIAZ AND SOME OF HIS
FOLLOWERS.

Photo by American Press Association.
GENERAL FELIX D1AZ AND SOME OF HIS
FOLLOWERS.
time this sad spectacle without rising
In arms and going to aid the groups of
patriots who for months have sus-
tanned with indefatigable constancy
throughout the territory the flag of or
der, justice and peace" 1t is stated
that the army will be known as the
National Reorganization army. The
resolution contains twentyone para
graphs ard takes up the questions
which impelled the revolution. In clos
ing General DiaZ makes a personal ap-
peal to the MeXicans to aid him in
Saving our exhausted and agonized
country, which is now on the verge Of
succumbing."
1t is reported that the Diaz move
ment has the support of Estrada Ca
brera. the president and dictator Of
Guatemala. Cabrera's action in favor
ing the DiaZ movement grew out of re
cent activities Of Carranza to foment
q Guatemalan revolution. When Car
rama gave aid to Guate1nalan eNles in
arming an expedition which crossed
the Guatemalan border from Mexico
and launched revolt Estrada Cabre
ra saw in Carranza an enemy to the
peace of uatemala. He was approach
ed by Diaz agents soon afterward and
aligned himself secretly with the Diaz
cause. Guatemala was thrown open
to Diaz for the landing of munitions Of
war. There is strong proof to support
the assertion that General Banquet,
when he recently went to Guatemala
to put munitions of war into Mexico,
saw the Guatemalan president in Qua
temala City.
American business men who have
large interests in Mexico and who are
conversant with the Mexican situation
baw in the DiaZ movement the hasten
ing of American Intervention. They
are positive that General Diaz cannot
obtain the support Of the Washington
government, without which he cannot
maintain power in Mexico City for any
length of time. They Assert that If
Felix Diaz is not immeliat, ). captured
and shot by Carranza he probably will
overthrow the de facto government.
Many of them prefer Diaz to Carranza.
but they declare that conditions in
Mexico have reached the state where
no Mexican can handle them and where
nothing other than strong foreign
power can establish peace throughout
the land and adequately handle the
problems which will grow out of tha
rehabilitation of the country and the
reorganization Of its government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Theodore Hook and His Chest.

Thomas Moore held the post of reg
istrar in the Bermuda government, but
he only held it for few months and
left after appointing deputy. An
other famous man of letters, Theodore
Hook, held somewhat similar posi-
ton in Mauritius, but left suddenly un-
der a cloud, owing to some irregulari-
ties with the treasury chest. 1t Is said
OF this incorrigible Joker that on his
passage home he was asked by one of
the passengers why he was leaving
Mauritius and calmly replied that it
was owing to "a little trouble with his
chest. st."-Wcstminster Gazette.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Cancer Precautions.

o A writer in medical journal 6
o mentions, among the kind of {
O things on the skin which must G
o be observed for cancer, all 6
o moles and warts which grow In g
9 size: all moles which change 6
o their color and grow dark brown &
o or black; all scaling warts, es- 6
@ pecially on the lips, the ears, the 6
Q eyelids, the cheeks or the hands. G
o He further states that "per- 6
Q haps the most frequent excitant 6
o of all. so far as skin cancer Is &
Q concerned, is dandruff. It falls g
o from the scalp and lights on the 6
9 ear, eyelids, nose, neck. lips and 9
@ face. and if there is already 6
@ scaling spot or a thickening or 6
O wart, mole or gland ready 9
@ to receive the dandruff scale it q
@ sets this spot alive with activity. g
@ and 1t goes on to form a skin 9
o cancer. Probably GO per cent of Q
o skin cancers are due 70 this 9
. cause, and many cancer has e
0 been prevented and may be pre- Q
o vented by curing the dandrutf or 8
o by preventing it, q
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
ANOTHER REVOLT
NOW IN MEXICO
Felix Oiaz Has a Finger In
the Disturbed Pie.
UNHAPPY Mexico is odd,nc
stifl another uprising to com.
~ plicate the present troubled

condition in that land of
rapid revolutions and of bandit raids
Landing secretly at Vera Cruz little
while ago, Brigadier General Felix
DiaZ, nephew Of Porfirio Diaz for
more than quarter of century the
ruler of Mexico, is reported to be en-.
gagged in heading the revolt in progress
in OaXaca, which has assumed seri
rious proportions.
For some time it has been known
that the inhabitants of Oaxaca have
been in open revolt against the rule of
General Carranza. 1t is reported that
all the state troops of Oaxaca have
been turned over to General Diaz, act
ing under the command of Governor
General Jose Inez Davila.
The origin of the revolt against the
first Chief" as General Carranza is
known. appears to be shrouded i'm mys.
terry.
In connection with the preparations
for the revolt, it is stated that General
Diaz has three vessels, we'll prepared
to transport war munition to his bases
of supplies.
The manifesto of General Diaz, as
drawn up by himself in conjunction
with his subordinate generals, has been
made public. In it he reviews the con-
ditions of Mexico, declaring that lit is
impossible to contemplate for longer
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
COUNT Won ZEPPELIN E
PLANS LONG FLIGHT
Proposes to Fly to New York
at Close Of War.

1t has been reported that Count Fer
dinand Won Zeppelin has set his mind
upon making trip to New York city
in one of his own airships whenever
the cessation of hostilities will give
him an opportunity. In his opinion
the Zeppelin airship will soon be quite
able to make the journey in view of the
improvements that have been made
Nearly all men Of inventive genius
have to suffer periods of disappoint-
ment, failure and distrust before real
success is obtained Ferdinand Won
Zeppelin has at last brought his work
to such triumphant completion that the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-05-19
Extensive liohtino.

1t takes 4O,G5o,OOO candle power to
light up the outside Of the Woolworth
building, in New York, every night.
Six hundred protector lamps, with re-
cury-tilled with nitrogen gas. each
consuming 25O watts Of current and
delivering 67,75O candle power, are
used in this illumination, which makes
the tower visible twenty miles away
New York World