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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
4 PRISON.

George KEENAN,, the well-known
traveller. writes in the Century about a
prison in Siberia, visited by him, as fol-
lows:
The Cossack corporal who preceded
us threw open the heavy wooden door
OF the first kamera (kah-mer-ah) and
shouted, "Smirnow (Smeer-no)-"Be
quiet" the customary warming Of the
guard 10 the prisoners when an officer
is about to enter the cell. We stepped
across the threshold into a room about
"a feet long, % feet wide and 8 feet
high, which contained twenty-nine con-
victs. The air here was so much worse
than the air in the corridor that it made
me faint and sick. The room was
lighted by two nearly square, heavily
grated windows with double sashes,
that could not be raised or opened, and
there was not the least apparent pro-
vision anywhere for ventilation. Even
the brick oven, by which the cell was
warmed, drew its air from the corridor.
The walls of the kamera were of squared
logs and had once been whitewashed,
but they had become dark and grimy
from lapse of time and were blotched
in hundreds OF places with dull red
blood-stains where the convicts had
crushed bed bugs. The floors was
made of heavy planks and, although it
had recently been swept, it was in
crusted with dry, hard-trodden filth.
Out from the walls on three sides of the
room projected low, sloping, wooden
platforms about six feet wide, upon
which the c%onvicts slept, side by side,
IN closely-packed rows, with their heads
to the walls and their feet extended to-
ward the middle Of the cell. They had
neither pillows nor blankets, and were
compelled to lie down upon these sleep
benches at night without removing their
clothing and without other covering
than their coarse gray overcoats. The
eel! contained no furniture OF any kind,
except these sleeping platforms, the
brick oven, and a large wooden tub.
When the door was locked for the night
each n of these twenty-nine prisoners
would have, for eight or ten hours con.
sumption, about as much air as would
be contained in a packing-box five feet
square and five feet high. I could dis.
cover no way in which a single cubic
foot of fresh air could get into that eel
litter the doors had been closed for the
NIGHT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
WOMEN'S KIND HEARTS.
An Incident in the GirIhood of the Presi-
dents Daughter,

dents Daughter,
Long before the present Mrs. Nc
kee was married or her father had be-
come president of the United States,
she was visiting in Baltimore, at the
home of Senator Davis, whose daugh-
ter Kate was Miss Harrison's most in
innate friend. Both girls were noted
for their quick sympatlli s.. kind-heart-
edness and lovely dispositions, and the
following incident serves to show that
the reputation was not unmerited:
Inc young ladies were n day riding
III a street car, when an old colored
woman entered and seated herself di-
rectly opposite to them. For a few
moments she fumbled in the depths of
a capacious pocket, and then felt care
fully each finger of her cotton gloves,
while gradually a look of dismav set
tied upon her ebony features, and
finally, desisting her efforts, she sat
gazing hopelessly at the toe Of her car
pet slipper. Suddenly a bright idea
seemed to strike her, and, leaning to-
ward the two young girls opposite, she
whispered in a perfectly audible tone:
oAStS' "uo .'ou LII clttlu u1S Yer
garter, an helpin' oh me to git my
money? Use dun forgot to keep out
any change, an L dussn't stoop, count
OBJ de crick in my back"
Carefully raising a clean calico skirt
she exposed to view a white cotton
stocking with a good sized lump just
above the ankle.
Oar, tits, honey; dat's whar I allus
carries it, an Use neber lost q cent
yet"
Although .thacar wa full of people,
and among them one OF two fashion
able young men, it was characteristic
Of these girls that they could not re-
ftse to do a kindly act, but bending
toward the old negress, Miss Harrison
carefully unwound the long knit gar.
ter, and Miss Davis plunged her little
gloved hand into. the novel porte
monaie and drew OH the desired
cbanun
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
Why Stanley LiuwerS.

Late dispatches give the real reason
for Henry NJ. Stanley's unaccountable
delay in returning from central Africa.
He betall his glass beads and calico
on a CRIME between the Congo Picked
Nine and King Tzamba's Black Stock
inSs. Stanley had. pinned his faith on
the pitching of Jmslopogaas, but
Tzamba,s men got on Slopp's delivery in
the third inning and batted him to the
tune OF 40 toll. The explorer has
been in pawn ever since, but lie has
secured another lot of heads from
Emin Bey, and is negotiating with a
pitcher from the Nvanza district who
is said to be q dandy and the owner Of
three new curves.-Life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

PROF: LAFLGN says there is but ons
poison in a good cigar , but there AZ,
five in a ci~garetto-tne OIL in the nana,.
the oil - nicotine, saltptter f. nra
serss the tobacco, opium /, mai a :,
mild and the oil in the favorrnm : !,
mouthtul Of smoke blown thrS,, nh .
handkerchief will leave a brown So; {
but blown through the nostrilsNDc
stain appears-it is lett in the head
and throat. Last year there were
1900 900 cigarettes made in the United
States; and thu consumption warrants
the enormous manufacture. 1t is q
Wholesale system of poisoning,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
II Poor Plan.

Husband-So hat new girl goes out
three nights a week. I'll tell you how
to keep her in. Scare her, Tell her a
terrible fellow called Jack the Kisser is
prowling around, kissing every girl he
can catch.
Wife (doubtfully) : Well, I don't
know, my dear. I was a young girl
once myself. I'm afraid she'd be out
every night.-NeW York Weekly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
IN DEEP

Freddy-I fawncy you feel pwetty
dweadful ovah the death of youah
Auntie.
'Gustus-Ya-as, I will have my new
mourning tomorrow: have something
entirely new in the way of mourning,
y'know.
"Tell a fellah, do"
Little band of Grape around my
cigarettes"
"Gad! I wish some of my welatives
would expiah. Dashed If I don't try
it."-Drake's Magazine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
THE LADIES.
Highly Seasoned Pot Pourrj,
Dished Up Especially for
the Tender Sex.
FAIR WOMEN AID THEIR WAYS.
A Bit of Nonsense, a Little Hum9r, and
Some Solid Chunks of Useful
Information.
Not for Els Wife.

us marriage a failure? Great Scott!
Don't I git up at 5 o'clock, make the
fires, sweep out the house, git the
breakfast, call my wife, wash the dishes,
dust the rooms, and prepare for dinner!
Marriage a failure? You JUS ask my
wife."-YdnEee Blade.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
He RAN TRR NIGHT EXPRESS.
BIZ FRANK Il.

I met o little girl, one day,
Beyond the railroad bridge,
With pail Of berries she had picked
Along the banks high ridge.
where do you live, my child?r I said,
@And what may be your name?"
She looked at me with eyes askance,
And then her answer came:
SThe house upon the bluff Is ours;
They call me Bonnie Bess;
My father is LII engineer,
And runs the night express,n
A sparkle came into her face,
A dimple to her chin
The father loved hts little girl,
And she was proud of him.
"Ten-forty-nine, on schedule time
Scarce e'er a minute late)
Around the curve his engine comes,
At quite a fearful rate.
1--WE watch the headlight thro' the gloom
Break like the dawn of day
Aroar, a flash, and then the train
Is miles upon its Way.
"A lamp in mammals window burns,
Placed there alone for him.
His face lights up, for then he knows
That oil is we'll within.
Sometimes a fog o'erhangs the gorge,
The light he cannot see,
Then twice he whistles for mamma,
And clangs the bell for me-"
@And you ore not afraid, +" 1 asked,
"That he may wreck the train?
That there may be u sad mishap.
II he no wise to blame?'
A pallor crept into her cheeks,
Her red lips curled in pain;
They parted. then serenely smiled
Her heart was brave again.
@God watches over us" she said,
"And He knows what is best;
So we have but to pray and trust,
And leave to Him the rest"
How great that childish faith of hers!
1t made my own seem weak;
bent my head with %throbbing heart,
And kissed her OH the cheek.
I said to her, in CHEEKY tone,
"God bless you, Bonnie Bessl
God bless your mother and the man
Who runs the night express"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

TAkING it altogether there never WAS a
time when our country Vas enjoying great
CT prosperity than at the present moment,
and yet there are thousands OF people in
the land who are fussing and tuning about
hard times. No. doubt bur what many OF
them are honest in their complaints. and il
IS often because they have not found the
right kind OF work or the right way to do it
Now. If business is not moving along with
you satisfactorily. TAX our advice ana
write to B.. i. Johnson X Co., Richmond,
Va. 1t is moro than likely that thew can
help you; at auy rate. it would cost Won
nothing but a postage stamp to apply to
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
ONE TIME THIT HE DIDN'T STOP

Uncle Eb," as the boys called him,
was a hard drinker. although it seemed
to go down easy enough, too. There
were many, many years hat he never
failed to put in his daily appearance at
the village tavern and put in his grog.
One day he died, and as the funeral
,ortege filed slowly by the tavern, q
crony of the deceased, standing on the
steps, remarked: "1hat's the first time
Uncle Eb. ever went by here without
stopping to get a drink !"-Ieeas Sift-
mas.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
ONE EYERpTTON-

YES" soliloquized Mr.. Bigghed, II
can read human character like a book.
Never yet have I been deceived"
(Wife interrupts, calling John, you
come right out here this minute and
hold the baby while I go out shop
ping.")
Nj. Bigghed with a sigh)-No,
never, but once.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
kHeM What lie Mantnd

"Is there anything can do for you?"
asked Mrs. Cumso, ~tenlerlv, when her
husband was suffering from seasick-
ness. What do you want"
Il want the earth" gaspcd Cumso.
as he again leaned over the rail.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

A MOVEMENT is on foot for the con.
struction of a postal tube between
France and England. The plan is to
suspend two-tu1oes of about three feet
IN diameter each by means of steel
cables across the channel. forty yards
above the level of the sea. They will
be fixed to pillars at distances of SOC
yards, and in each tube a little railway
will run, with cars capable of CARRYING
400 pounds in weight. The cost is
estimated at S., 900, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
WHERE TIE CRisH VAS FELT.

Old MI. Brewster-Tildy, you re-
member the fall of that six-story block
On Water Street, q year ago, don't you?
Old Mrs. Brewster-Yes.
Old Mr.. Brewster-I was half a mile
away and | heard the crash. But here's
something that beats that. The paper
says a prominent Cincinnati banking
irm failed day before yesterday and
;he crash was felt in Wall street.
Old Mrs. Brewster want to know.
Judge.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

Mr.. BERr1E-Do you like the en-
gagement ring, dearest? Miss Gertie
Yes, it is just splendid, and so diff
terent from what the others have given
me.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
EX-SECREr-4KY WIfITNE US no
NANCE.

The wife of Hon. William C. Whit
ney, recent Secretary Of the Navy, has
proved a veritable mascot to him. And
the in which he became q close
ally of Standard Oil is indicative of the
good fortune which has attended the as
tute politician and %financier throughout
his career.
When young Whitney was in Yale he
had q chum in q contiding classmate,
who is now Rev. Leander Chamberlain,
a brother Of ex-Gov. Daniel H. Cham
berlain.
Young Chamberlain, so the story
goes, had won the heart Of Miss Payne,
of Cleveland, Ohio, and he gave his
classmate glowing accounts OF the charm
Of manner, conversational powers, and
other good qualifications of the lady to
young Whitney. On one of his vaca-
tions young Chamberlain invited his
chum to go to Cleveland with him and
make the acquaintance of Miss Payne.
The future corporation counsel and
Secretary of the Navy accepted the in
vitation; he made the lady's acquaint-
ance and managed so skillfully to be
stricken with Cupid's o~leaginous bow
that ere many mooas had passed young
Chamberlain had gotten his congo and
his chum, friend, and bosom companion
walked away with the fair prize.
Owing to the devotion of Col. Oliver
Payne to his sister, she has proved a
boon to Mr.. Whitney, and the splendid
house at Fifty-seventh street and Fifth
avenue, and a large gift, said to be
$500, 600, when the Secretary and his
wife set out to startle Washington with
magnificent entertainments, are gem
orally set down among the good things
which young Whitney's chum lost
through that confiding introduction.
The man who is busy working doesn't
have time to read up on the subject of
capital and labor, and the man who
puts in his time in reading on that sub
ject doesn't have time to work. That's
why no one reaches a complete
comprehension of the dificulty.-Mey-
chant Traveler.
PoLITENEss always pays. The last
man into the elevator is the first man
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

HERE is nothing like being all
broken up to make q maj see the
necessity of mending lis ways.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
1t Doesn't Paw

to use uncertain means when suffering from
diseases of the liver. blood or lungs. such
as biliousness. or liver complaint" skin
diseases. scrofulouS sores or swelliugs, or
from lung s~crotula Commonly known as
consumption Of the lungs when DR.. Pierce's
Colder Medical Discovery is guaranteed to
cure all these affections. if taken in time. or
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
$500 FFERED for an incurable case of Ca
tarrh In the head by the proprietors Of DR..
Sags'S RemeiT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

The total Of thirty leading cities, in
which the above are included, is So
4O2,7o6, and the average rate per cent.
OF increase over the same quarter OF
1883 is 8.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

EVERYBODY of sense knows that all
'~ortune-tellers are humbugs,' yet fort
1ne-telling is on tho increase.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
He Was Absent Minded.

An absent-minled German professor
was Il day observed walking down
p street with ono foot continually in
gutSer. the other Oh the pavement.
- lP'NAil meeting him s~aluted him with
LOU s.-:Ang,. Herr professor: how
"lesoul r@asvcrvw we'll. 1 thought"
answered the Professor, hut now I
aonJ know WhatsShe matter with me;
limping."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

A SOAP that is soft is full of wate7. two
thirds its weight probably; you pay seven
or eight cents per pound for wafer. Dob
bins Electric Soap is oil soap. and the e.
fore the cheapest and best. Try D~oJbins'.
MANY a man who is strong enough
abroad to quell a riot is too weak at
home to put down even a carpet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

The discovery Of mine of natural
shoe backing is reported in Rush Val
ley, Utah.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
Postal Receipts.

Following is a statement of total
gross postal receipts in the chief west
ern cities for the quarter ending June
30th, 1889, which indicates the extern
sive business done by the postofiice de-
partment:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

PoLIrENEss always pays. The last
man into the e~levatos is the first man
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02

Mrs. Murphy solved it for her.
8sSs here yell stay, and yell help me
sss eloon for the bit Of bite aud q
VI made; and as for Rhody, why,
fape onell kape two"
Ait I'm thinkin' what Plld do wild her
Oh to kape her out b the way, for it's
. earthly use she is for the work, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28
AMERICAN POLITICAL SQUIBS.

The y. Y. Tribune IS responsible
for the following specimen Of what
may be called International poetry:
Said Admiral Luce TO Legitine:
" Things are not always what they seem
Ny guns can make the welkin ring,
Bat II you DO the proper thing
You need rot dread to hear them roar,
For vine snail drench your streets, not
gore"
Said Legitime TO Admiral Luce:
- l much prefer that sort OF juice;
I do not think it quite polite
For giants 70 exploit their might,
But since you play with loaded dice,
Just put the bottles OF the ice
The Republican papers in the
United States cannot resist the temp
tation to poke sticks at the boldness
of the Administration IN dealing
with the Haytien affair, when con
trasted with the tlmid and hesitating
course pursued IN Samoa. Says the
Wheeling Intelligencer: :" It must
have been a sublime sight to see the
Haytien coon coming down before
the American Navy got chance to
shoot. There are other 'cOons that
would AVE said. Shoot and be
bowed To you, sir"
The Chicago Tribune remarks:
The application OF electricity had a
wonderful effect in Strengthening
DR.. Carver's arms while he was shoot
ing glass balls in Minneapolis last
week. 1t seems a pity that it has
never occurred to President Cleve-
land to attach an electric battery to
Mr.. Bayard'5 backbone"
Captain A. a. futile Of Honolulu
was the first whaler who ever got up
to the Arctic Ocean. He made the
trip in 1848.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28

SUPREME COURT OF THE HAWAI-
- ian Islands. In the matter OF the
Bankruptcy Of ;. X. EAMAIPELEkAN
OF MOloEai
Creditors OF the said bankrupt are here
by notified TO come in and prove their
debts before such Justice OF the Supreme
Court as shall be sitting in Chambers at
AIiiolaEi Hale, Honolulu, on MONDAY,
the 4th day OF February, 1879. between the
hours OF 10 o'clock in the forenoon and
noon OF the said day, and elect one or
more assignees OF the said bankruPt's es-
tate.
By the Court: HENRY SMITH.
Clerk.
Honolulu, Jan. p, 1850. 22-5t
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28
THE DAILY
The PANAMA CANAL.

The affairs OK the Panama Canal
Company have reached a crisis
Enormous sunns Of money have been
raised and spent, the treasury is
practically exhausted, dividends have
ceased, the stock has dropped to one
fourth its nominal value, the public
decline to make further investments,
and the canal is nowhere near com
pletion. De Lesgeps Is certainly
remarkable man. He has the brain
to conceive ard the will to execute
grand enterprises. He has exhibited
wonderful energy, audaoity and per
sonal magnetism, and has been for
years the Idol of his countrymen, by
whom he is habitually spoken of as
1.-The Great Frenchman." But now
even his great personal popularity
and prestige seem in danger Of col
lapse.
Just how much money has been
poured into the ever yawning chasm
OF the company's treasury is not ex-
actly known. De Lesseps is never
over communicative concerning the
details Of his operations. According
to the best information attainable,
the amount is about 1,500,000,000
francs, $3OO,OOO,OOO, the greater part
OF which has been subscribed in
France. In view Of the impossible
ity Of ascertaining, even approx
mately, the sum required to com
Plete the work, it is not strange that
people should hesitate about drop
ping any more of their hard cash
into such an apparently bottomless
pit.
We have spoken Of De Lesseps'
audCcity. In fact the readiness and
positiveness with which he makes
promises, and when these have been
falsiied by the progress of events,
the eqral readiness and positiveness
with which he makes new ones, is
something phenomenal. This posi-
tive and self confident way of assert
ing what he could do, and when the
canal would be finished, has IN
doubtedly had much to do with his
success heretofore. No shadow OF
doubt ever appeared in his manner
or his language: he was always alb
solutely certain of everything.
But it appears that this cock-sure
style Of doing business has been
somewhat overdone, and now there
comes a not unnatural reaction. His
original promise was that the canal
should be completed in 1856. That
time having passed with the work
not much more than fairly under
way, 1889 was fixed as the date for the
finish, and that statement was stuck
to with the greatest possible assur-
ance for three years. Now that 1889
has come, we are told with an air OF
undiminished confidence that ships
will pass through the canal in 1890
But people who have figured the
matter out from the compauy's re
port declare that, taking the amount
of excavating accomplished during
the last year and the amount re
naming to be done as a basis, it viii
require at least five years to com
plete the work No wonder the
French ara beginning to lose faith il
their hero.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28

For generations a certain Japanese
family had a box into which they
put percentages. Said one Of them
8 Ii want to buy a garment that
costs 81, 1 buy it for so cents; or
give a feast that would cost So, I
give it for 81; or TO build a house
for 800, I build it for $50, and put
the balances in the box. At the end
Of the year we meet, open the boxes
and give the contents to the poor
1t costs US some self-denial, but we
are always prosperous and happy"
They call this worshipping The
Great Bright God of Self-restraint."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28
THE HAwAIIAN TRADE.
Goods Sent to the Islands in Three
Years,

Years.
Through the courtesy Of D. a. Nc
Kinley, Hawaiian COnsul-General
for the Pacific Coast, the following
figures have been obtained concern
ing the trade between this port and
the Hawaiian Islands since July,
1885, when Mr.. Mckinley took
charge Of the Consulate IN this city.
The business Of the Consulate shows
that during the time specified there
was sent from this port to the islands
American merchandise to the value
of $9,6OOO0O, the shipments aver
aging over 100000 per quarter, ex-
cept for the third quarter Of 1887,
when they fell off nearly one-third
in amount. This was due to the fact
that early in July Of that year news
was received here of the revolution"
that had taken place about the 1st
Of that month, and local shippers
were, therefore, cautious in their
consigEments to their Honolulu cor
respondents.
That this movement was a healthy
one. and its consequences accurately
predicated before it was set on foot,
is shown by the fact that the ship
ments during the next three months
the last quarter Of 1887-rose in
value nearly 100000 above the
mean for the whole three and one
half years.
From that time up to the close Of
1888 San Francisco's trade with the
islands has been steady and good
5. L. Chronicle.