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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
Alliance Platform,

1. All public necessities, SO far as practic.
shle, should be owned and controlled by the
government and managed in such a way that
) class should be allowed to exact unjust
rates for the IL Sc thereof.
Z. Our railroads should be so controlled by
TIE government as 80 be run In the interest
ii the people upon IN actual cost basis.
8. The establis sl,aS Of a National a Q alad,n none ne
necessary quantity shall issue directly to the
people, without the interrogation 81 banks; that
in payment OF all debts, public and p-ivate;
and tina the government shall not guarantee
or recognize any private banks or create any
banking corporations.
4. Equal and just taxation OF property.
8, Prohibition. State and National.
6, Election Of United States senators by the
I. Courts Of arbitration that Justice, not
1, The Australian system Of voting.
8. The abolition of the contract system on
National, State and Municipal works.
10. The prohibition, by law, OF the employ
nent of children under fifteen years OF age IL
mines, shopg and factories: -
ASor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

MIR. Loucks has been reelected pres
ident of the farmers alliance. No doubt
Mr.. Loucks is a good man for the place.
He probably has the interests OF the
farmers at heart. But Mr.. Loucks is
not a brilliant success as manager OF a
senatorial boom. Should the alliance
have another on their hands hereafter II
will probably be entrusted to othe1
hands.-Rapid City Journal.
The Journal is correct. Mr.. Louck:
labored under the delusion that there
was a trife OF honor among men who
claim to be the leaders and politica
teachers OF their fellows, in this he was
sadly mistaken. He should have based
his calculations on an entire absence Of
honor, honesty or common decency in
the crowd he had to fight. Had he done
so and then been able to forsee and pro-
vide for Edgerton's- treachery- he would
have been all right. The next time the
farmers have a senatorial contest on
their hands we suggest that they import !
D few hundred thugs and political
from the hard wards Of New
York, they would know how to compete
With such a gang as opposed the farmers
lhis fall.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
ShaksDearc at School.

Though Shakspeare's parents were il
l~iterate, they knew the value of q good
education. The Free Grammar School
had been refounded a few years before
by Edward vi. And although there is
no actual record of his school days, we
may take it as certain that little Will
Shakespeare was sent to the Free School
when about seven years old, as we
know his brother Gilbert was a little
later. The old Grammar School still
stands; and boys still learn their lessons
in the self-same room with the high
| pitched roof and oakcn beams, where
little Will Shakespeare studied his "a. B
C-book," and got his earliest notions 0!
Latin. But during part of Shakspeare's
school days the schoolroom was under
repair; and boys and master-Waltel
Roche by name-migrated for a while
to the Guild Chapel next door. And this
was surely in the poets mind when, il
later years, he talked of q "pedant who
keeps a school i the church."
All boys learned their Latin then from
two well-known books the ''Accidence'
and the "Sententia Pueriles." And tina
William was no exception to the rule W.
may see by t~ranslations from the latte!
in several of his plays, and by an &C
count, in one of his plays, of Maste
Pages examination in the "Accidence.
Rose Kingsley, IN st. Nicholas fol
May.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
Alcohol Rims the BRAIN

1t IS one OF the curious errors that
alcohol stimulates the imagination, and
gives a clearer, more practical insight
into the relation Of events OF life. The
whirl OF thought reused up by the in
creased circulation OF the blood IN the
brain is not imagination; it is not a
superior insight IL conception of the
relations OF events, but is a rapid repro
duction OF previous thoughts, soon mer-
ging into confusion.
The inebriate never creates any new
ideas or new views; all his fancies are
%tumulous, blurred and barren. The
apparent brilliancy is only the flash OF
mania, quickly followed by demen tia.
Alcohol always lowers the brain capacity
andiowers the power OF discriminating the
relation OF ideas and events. After a
few periods OF intoxication the mind
under the influence OF spirits is q blank,
blurred page.
The poets and orators who are popu-
larry supposed to make great efforts I'M
der thelintiuence OF alcohol only repeat
ed what had been said before in a tangl-
ed delerium OF expression. Physicians
who are supposed to have greater skill
when using spirits have paralyzed their
higher brain centers and have lost all
sense OF fear or appreciation OF the con
sequences OF their acts, and hence act
more automatically, simply doing what
they have done before without any clear
appreciation or discrimination OF the
results.
The inebriate is the best OF all magin-
atiye persons, and the one in whom the
higher brain forces OF judgment, reason
and conception are the first to give way.
The mar who uses spirits TO give men
talforce and clearness is doing the very
worst thing possible to destroy this
effect.
Alcohol is ever and always a para
lyzant, according to I'd Crothers, M.
D. 1t never creates anything; it never
gives strength or force that did not exist
before; itnever gives aclearer concept
ion and power OF execution, but always
lowers, destroys and breaks down,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
How to Catch Whales.

"What is the process of catching
whalesP" inquired the reporter who saw
Mr.. Robertson yesterday.
s'With the harpoon," he responded,
'to which is attached a gun containing
q bomb. AS o o as the harpoon strikes
the whale the gun is discharged andthe
bomb explodes, its contents entering the
mammoth and sometimes instantly kill
ing it, but often wounding it so that it
goes down, often as far as forty faith
oms, and they die under water. If it
dies on top the body remains floating"
"What is done when the whale dives?"
ooh, they pay out the line, and the
fishers await his coming to the top. But
frequently he has to be hauled up"
as there much danger in the business
of whale-killing?"
"a great deal, sometimes. The ami
mal-we oftener call him an animal
than q fsh-is maddened by the wound
and ~furiously lashes the water, many
times upsetting the boats and duckine
and sometimes drowning his assail-
ants"
"After the killing, what is done with
the animal?"
"When he reaches the top, and attel
he is dead, he is cut up and landed on
the deck of the vessel. There the car,
cass is put through the process Of being
rendered into oil and extracting the
bones"
'How is that done?"
'.The blubber is cut into pieces about
two feet long and six inches wide; these
chunks are again sliced and put into
pots and rendered for Gil. All the bone
taken out is the jaw. This latter is pur-
chased by an extensive French firm,
who convert it into threads, dresses,
fans, and numerous other articles. An
immense business is carried on in whale
bones, and fortunes have been made by
those engaged in it."
"What do you suppose a single whale
will yield?"
ooh, I guess about s5,00o."-SaH
Lake Herald.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

The Farmers Alliance OF South Oak
ota, has adopted the following memoir
ial to congress and it is sincerely hoped
that some attention will be paid to it.
The chances are that it will find it's way
into a waste basket and never be heard
from again;
To the Honorable Members OF the
Senate and House OF Representatives OF
the Uuited States-Gentlemen: We,
tillers OF the soil of the state OF South
Dakota, having taken up our abode
upon her widespread prairies, having ac-
cepted the generous offer OF the general
government, have built homes here for
our wives and little ones, upon land Civ
en- us as free citizens OF a great nation.
Beingextremely DESTROYS Of transmitting
these homes as heritages to ourchildren,
do respectfully represent to your honor
able bodies:
That, In spite OF all our hearty efforts
to preserve our homes; in spite Of the
unremitting and unstinted help afforded
us by our heroic wives and dutiful chill.
dren, whom we love and would fair
shelter and make happy in homes own
ed by ourselves, in spite-o OF the fertility
OF our virgin soil, the indebtedness
upon these homesteads is constantly
growing heavier, the hope and POSSIBLE
ity Of paying it waxing fainter year by
year, and we feel the titles to them slip
ping from our hands.
The Gauss OF these %deplorable conditi
ons are to be found in these facts:
Giant monopolies are controlling. the
commodities and the very necessities
OF life. The transportation lines that
take our products to the seaboard and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
How She Won Him.

"John," she said to the young man
who had been counting her for five long
ycars-"John, [ sat for my photograph
to-day. l suppose you want one?"
ooh, yes, indeed"
"By the way, John, I had them taken
especially for some friends in California,
and they want my autograph on the
cards. Now, John, I don't know wheth-
er to sign my maiden name or wait a
few months until after I am married.
suppose you do intend to get married in
Il few months, don't you, John?"
1t was a desperate move, but she won,
and in two months both will be made
one,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

return to us needed merchandise, are
compelling us to pay rates OF freight far
in excess OF what will yield them reason-
able interest on all money actually in
vested in such enterprises. A mere
handful OF men control the live stock
market OF the nation, running a hereto
fore valuable branch OF husbandry. By
depressing the price OF live stock on nj
hand, and enhancing the price to the
consumers OF the east to a point where
consumption is actually hindered, where
the laborers take from the earth the fuel
with which to keep Is warm, and those
who make our clothing and build our
machinery, are unable to purchase and
properly feed those depending on them.
The cost OF all our farm machinery is
enhanced by reason Of high duties on
iron and steel, while the price Of the pro-
ducts OF our wheat fields is fixed in a
market where it must compete with the
products Of the cheapest labor in India
and Europe.
But, above all these, the condition
that is bearing the hardest upon us is
the fact that the government Of which
we and you, are parts, has reduced the
amount OF currency in circulation to a
lower figure per capita than it has ever
before been, and to a point where it is
totally inadequate for legitimate bust
ness purposes, and %ruinous to the labor
ing classes, making possible and profit
able the nefarious business ofthe usurer.
and sapping the very life principles OF
our free institutions, by first taking
from the common people the ability tt
own and possess in their w names, tn
homes in which they live, and second b.
making these people so dependent o.
: the possession OF money that the spiri
; OF liberty is crushed in them to Civ
place to sullen indifference and despair
t We pray you, in the name Of our fe
!. low farmers and the great mass of con
mon people, as liberty loving people
a great republic, to provide radical +
lief from these wrongs and especially
e the financial matter we demand
:, First, as an immediate amelioratio
the amendment OF the law which no
requires our government to loan mon'
to bankers on bonds at l per cent,
le that loans can be made by governme
is agencies direct to owners Of small Ian
ed estates at a very low. rate OF intere'
le and
ye Second, by increasing at once the v
H. ume OF circulating currency to
amount sufficient for all purposes
o. trade and commerce.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
The Beer Delusion.

t3&V oVO4 S010S!SA.
The claim that beer is a healthful
rink is the greatest OF decisions. 1t
and makes fat the drinker while
sapping the strength OF both body and
mind. Even beer drinkers are last find
ing this out. The Milwaukee Sentinel
reports Theodore Roosevelt, former
member OF the New York Legislature, as
saying:
"Do you know" said Mr.. Roosevelt
holding up his glass and looking through
the amber-hued liquid, "that there il
not Il thought in Il hogshead OF beer
that there is not an idea in a whole
brewery? l mean," continued the New
York politician, "that nothing OF meri1
was ever written under the inspiration
OF lager beer. 1t stupefics without in
v%igorating, and it's effect upon the brair
is to %stagnate thought, Do not imagine
that l am a temperance orator. I an
simply comparing stimulants. Some O
the brightest OF literary efforts hav'
been made while under the influence o
%splrituous liquor, taken by the poor
Overworked author to avoid a complete
physical and mental collapse. I shall
wait to see if any man can write any
thing who has a drop OF beer in hi
SYSTEM"
Bonford's Wine and Spirit Circular
which is good authority in this case
speaking Of the discrimination OF tn
Government in favor OF beer, says:
"If we were getting a better beer there
would be room for some liberation O
this governmental favoritism; but, I'm
happily, the quality Of American beer i
steadily deteriorating, and already Their
are thousands Of well-informed peopl
who s%crupulously refuse to touch it o.
account OF it's injurious Effects"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
One Bible house. which has bee,

One Bible house. which has been
established since liza, has distributed
no fewer than 6,35o,ooo Bibles.
Dr.. Holmes says that son horseback
a mans system becomes clarified, be-
cause hh liver goes up and. down like
the handle Of a churn" The doctor
has evidently taken a deck-passage
upon a Texas broncho some time dur
ing his existence, but is difident about
telling the whole truth. Liver, lights,
stomach, lungs, heart, and even feet, 20
up and down, and, if a mans system is
not clarified, a portion of it is generally
scaritied, and when the operation Is
concluded he invariably acknowledges
that he is '.well Off"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

Just as long as it is lawful for the
monopolists and railroad cormorants
to exact such unreasonable tithes from
/ the producer, just so long must the
farmer expect to be Impoverished. We
are led to helieve by lobbyists and rail
road strikers that every step tending
toward fair and equitable rates on pro.
duce depresses the farmer by retardins
railway building and throttlins
competition.
The day will come and is now here
when every man who can read and view
results should see the fallacy OF this
] claim. Where is there a district
! where aid in the form Of bonds
and grants has been extended railroads
that even a half-witted toiler cannot
none other than the promptor OF these
steals. How repeatedly you
send men to our Legislature-1nen
to represent your honest needs
md who are corrupted and procured to
rote with your direct enemies!
A'o ooollCl NOCS CilS ouplJOSCu tlIu |
anti-monopolist reach our Leg
halls than he is the prey OF the
lobbyist. His weaknesses are made IL
study at once; his every whim catered
to, and the inevitable result is he issoon
owned body and soul, and pledged to
sustain legislation directly opposed to
your requirements, and is the tool OF
! VnI1f> rNNysacSnpc ATo,r,,~, lf,,tl,
aimed at your homes and independents,
are sanctioned and sustained by him il
> whom you have placed your conlidenc
: and faith, and who has become HOOD
hoodwinked by sharpers and made t.
believe black is white.
} Let us review the modus operandi {
; OF u railway corporation seeking to ia
your field. The company being iormc
, and survey made you are asked to gran
right OF way and vote aid bonds to a
I great an amount as the company be
lieves will carry. You are threatene,
with no intercourse, high tariffs an,
boycott provided you do not sustain
; the building scheme with your vote an
influence. What is the result? The roa,
is built, bonds are carried largel,,
5 through the aid OF your neighborin
towns who burden you for the gains
$ they acquire in the enhanced value Q
: city property. The cost in this state q
building and equipping the road will no.
7 exceed $4,000 per mile. You have Civ
: en- them the right OF way and burdene'
yourselves with a debt to help build tn
! road, only to see this self-same allege'
independent line form an alliance wit
it's supposed enemy and pooling rates a
, every point. As soon as the road is il
working order 1T is bonded for 40, OO(
per mile, nes er less, and stocked for a
4 least 10000 more per mile. Rates ar
+ then made which will pay the bond hold
ers six pc: cent interest and the stock
holders a like amount.
The result is simply this: You ar
e compelled to pay freight rates which will
pay six per cent interest on four time
Z the cost OF building and equipping til
road, or twenty-four per cent per annur
s on the expected boom you have er
couraged.
Are not the foregoing sufficient reason
. for low prices? Can you wonder that
takes one bushel OF corn to market al
other? While you are represented b
men who aid and abet these legalIze
steals you need expect no legislatio
. that will get you out OF the mire.
a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

There was an old woman, and what dc
you think?
She had bread. to eat, and milk to drink
Clothes and home, and best OF diet,
Yet she was sad, and couldn't be quiet,
She was sad in her heart over very bad
laws,
And she worked night and day in the
Temperance cause.
eff they wouldn't make whisky and sell
it," said she,
"Not Il bcggar Or drunkard abroad
would | soe."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

Carl schurz puts in his spare time
these days lecturing on modern educa.
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

Money to Loan ON City Prop
erty. Will FalcODer, st, Joe
street Rapid G., ID, T.,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06
The Reason Why.

This column is eL:ted by the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-06

fn,rgave wnopursued them.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-23

At The Municipal Court this morning,
William Csrberry, arrested by Officer
Mason Tor drunkenness, was fued : aud
costs.
Harry Wahls, colored, arrested by
Ollcer Chairs for drunkenness, Was aled
81 and costs.
Cornelius Lynch, arrested BY Ierty io'
drunkenness. was fiued 81 aud costs,
Frank Morris, colored. was arrested BY
Officer Massey, for the larccncy oil COL
Ter button, this property o. Oliver Carter
but tho eyilercB not being sufficient 10
hold him no was discharged.
William w. Hunter was arralgn'dl
charged with an assault and battery upon
his vito, Mary j. Hunter. lie
prosecuting witness failed TO ap
pear and Hunter WAS discharged 80
Tar as the assault upon his wi'0 was con-
sidered, but he was held to answer lhe
charge OF assault and battery on Joseph
Mellon,a collector for the Prudential Lie
Insurance Company. Mellon was an un.
wiling witness, ami STATED that he went
to the residence of Robert Bnc'iwitl, Ma
SIG West Fourth street, to collect lnsuf'
snce dues; that while there, Hunter W
saul:el his wife, who was there, striking
her with his DIST and pulling her hair ana
that when he told hin Le should nos
strike tho woman, be turned on him aGl
struck him cutting his face and otler"l'o
abusing him, Hunter denied 'Gh 'Hs
woman was his W fe, though ho had liHeu
with her for three years. The court lA'
osei tine Of $40 and costs, amounting
to 1925.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-23
The Mystery Explained.

a rev weekss nee a mau spproAchela
Eoice officer In Fhiladtlih and sad
that he wished to give h.ms II up. lila
stated that his nams was Edward HIM.
and that he was guilty Of committing a
feionious assault on little girl 10 ths
city some time ago. lie was taken In
custody, and II now transpires that hl,
story was Iattly correct. teens about
one year ago Hill, with his wife and her
l3-year.old sister removed TO this city
from Philadelphia, and shortly amer.
wards he committed AL Assault on the
child.
After being here four months her COL.
dition commenced to cause tax, when he
removed back TO Philadelph.s. TIE mat.
Ter was reported TO Agent Stout of tho
Society Tor the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Chileren, and he prompt y reported tho
facts to the society in Pli'adslphia, but
before Hill could be arrested hG lett tho
city and has been away until be g.ya
himself up. Word OF his SUR. nlor wss
Immediately sent TO Mr. Stout, aud at hls
rsqt est Hill was committed 10 Moyamen.
sing jail TO await Icquisitien from the
authorities of this State.
The facts were laid teore George r
Brown, Eco, the attorney OF the suc,e's,
aud Deputy Attorney Geurral Davis, who
after consultation decided that as ito
girl says the act was committed With her
consent, and she being over II ycan Of
ago, he cannot be held, consequently II
will be discharged from custody iOlr
The law passed by the la.t Legi-l.aa
makes the age of consent l0 years, Vi
under the old law, which was in ilta
when the crime was committed, the llali
was fixed nj u Year,.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-23

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-It was ar.
ranged etwet the lawyers on both side.
that when Deputy Marshal N4gle's cas-.
shouli como up II continuance would b.
asked Ter til "Wednesday Icxt to give
counsel for the defense an opportunity "a
Investigate tile law. This cJurse was pur.
sutl.
The lawyers are beginning TO fear
Neg can not he held BY the United
states Ru'ho titles. Judge Sawyer is re-
ported to be doubtful Of their hight to in.
feritre III Nagle's case, as he claims
Magic can not claim to be an officer OF
the Cirru! Court, as Judge Field can.
II the Judge refuses 10 recognize the fed
etal right 10 Interfere, Magic will be
promptly returned to Stockton
Jail, and will lie tired there The cent.
Eeui here III r,gsrd 10 bis action is SIN
divided, hut IN the state. judging from
editorial opinions. thrce-iOurtts Of The
people believe he showed great eageruess
TO XII Terry.
There is DO way Of proving or dlsproy
Ing Porter Ashes statement that Judge
iiaytcu'e III, OF san Francisco, received
letter from Field Offering his support to
Terry, II Terry would gree to sup.ort
in tor he Presidency Field deuuui ces
Asses statement rs a malignant lie, but
HeyGentcl!t feiu cd TO say e word,
Mrs. Terry reached here last uipL.
Thu State Supreme Court yesterdAv de.
OIL fehea itg In tie Sharon Jerry
case Of is LIST decision, In which Judg,
suil.N-I's judgment was reversed.