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The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-03
THE EVENING POST.
SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM.

fr0m me ". \. IVtbuNo.
aid Admiral Luce to Legitime:
Things are not always what they seem;
My guns can max" tho welkin ring
But II You d. the pro- cr thing
You need not dread to lear their roar
For wine shall drencn your streets, not gorc'
said Legitime TO Admiral Lure:
81 much prefer that sort Of juice;
dOuot think Il quite tioitc
For giants TO exploit their might.
But since you play with loaded dice
just put the bottles ON the icc.n
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-03
DRUNKENNESS

ADMINISTERING DIR. HAINES
GOLDEN SPECIFIC,
Can % given IN a cup OF coffee or tea without
the knowledge OF the person takingit. It's alb
soutely harmless, aud will effect a permanent
and speedy cure, whether the patient is a moder'
ate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. IL has been
given In thousands OF cases, and In every in
stanoea perfect cure has followed. 1T NEVER
FAILS. The system once impregnated with the
Specific, L. becomes an utter imposslbility for
the liquor appetite 10 exist For sale by =. u.
ENS'TINE. Fourteenth street and Vermont ave
nue. Washington.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-03

See the $3.50 Suits at Eiseman's, 9TH & E.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-03

Boocham's Pills cure bilious and nervous Ills.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-03

The third summer Mrs. France came
She was the widow of cattle king who
owned all the land about us but our little
homestead. She had been in Europe,
but usually spent her summers at her
ranch, ten miles from my home. | was
washing that morning on the shady side
of the house, when heard the sound of
horses hoofs, and handsome woman,
with bold. black eyes, came dashing
around the house on fine thoroughbred
mare. j noticed her perfectly
habit, her exquisite gloves and hat, her
beautiful face. No need to introduce
herself; from Mrs. Bohm s-the German
widows description knew my visitor
was Mrs. France.
81 thought I'd find somebody" after
a while she said, "where's ClemP
Gle went over on the range to see
after his sheep at daylight, b" ! STAN
mered.
care you his wife?r
Eyes" was possessed then with q
mad jealousy of her, and | wondered ii
Glen knew her we'll He had never said
aword. Just then Glenn came gallopng
up.
Georgian said you were here, he
said eagerly;"I sent my man on and
came back. Are you we'll OF course
you are-the picture of health"
She laughed merrlly, showing hen
pretty teeth, while he lifted het oil hei
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
One American Hotel.

Potter Palmer is one of the few land
lords Of the country who refuses to al
low any nj in his service to receive o
tip. a violation results in the dis
missal Of the recipient.
aHow came he to make that rule?" I
asked Of Mr.. Mezerve, d trotting man.,
who is posted.
1One day. he said, aFotter Palmer
was speeding his horse on the lake
shore drive, when he became aware
that some one was trying to pass him.
Mr.. Palmer touched up his horse with
the whip and the same did the man
who. was behind. In a moment more
the latter passed Mr.. Palmer and as he
did SO Mr.. Palmer recognized him as
his head porter. The next day Mr..
Palmer met the man and said:
John, that is o pretty good horse
you had OF the drive yesterday. You
passed me, and my horse is agood one.
Where did you get your horse?'
The porter, with a glow Of pride,
answered that the horse was his own.
"Mr. Palmer made no reply, but be-
gan investigation. He found that this
ma was accumulating wealth on the
tips he received from guests of the
Palmer house. He found that all his
employees were doing likewise, and he
at once issued the order that any man
in his service who received o tip was to
be MISUNDERSTANDING Mail.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
A Valuable Book Free.

Send q 2-cent stamp to Wells, Richardson
& Co., Burlington. VT. and receive by re-
Turn mail a new and valuable book. ''Relia-
Bile Dyeing. Directions for Home Dyeing:
How to Make Home Beautiful"
CONTENTS: A Pretty Homo for q Dollar.
After Dyeing. Artists Black. Babies Bless
ing. Before Dying. Laundry Bluing. To Re-
vive Faded Carpets. Cleaning and Restoring
Faded Garments without Ripping, Cleaning
Goods and Discharging old Colors, Coloring
Engravings. Maps, Etc, Colors for Cotton:
Fast Stocking Black. Blue, Brown, Cardinal.
Green, Scarlet, Turkey Red. Yellow; Colors
for Silk or Wool: Bismarck. Black, Cardi-
nal Red. Crimson. Dark Blue. Dark Green.
Dark Wine, Fast Brown. Fast Dark Brown.
Fast Pink, Fast Seal Brown, Garnet, Green,
Indigo Blue, Light Blue. Maroon. Scarlet,
Terra Gotta, Yellow: Colors for Silk, Wool or
Cotton: Drab. Magenta. Navy Blue. Old
Gold. Olive Green. Orange. Plum. Purple1
per, Bronze. Artists Black; To Prepare
Dresses for Dyeing, Drying Goods,
er e EGGS. 70 i T6onise D Wood, E Eaas-
ing and Painting upon Wash Fabrics.
Basket Work. Holland Curtains. Feathers,
Grasses. Everlasting Flowers, Gentlemen's
Stiff Felt Hats. Straw Hats. Hair, Kid
Gloves, Leather, Basket Work. Ivory,
Sheepskln, Mats. etc., Pressing Goods.
Teachers, TO Finish Silks. Staining Wood
To Remove Stains from the Hands. Tapes
try Painting, Thirty-seven Colors, 200
Shades. Three Pictures from a Woman's
Life. To Finish Velvet and Plush, Vessels
for Dyeing. Water for. Dyeing. What Dyes
Dye Bath, You Would Choose the Gold, To
Transparent PAINT, writing, vepyI,Ig, 1,u,-
ing. Stamping. Stencil. Marking Inks. Ma
hogany Varnish for Wicker Work, CAL
Ginning. Ladies' Shoe Dressing, Stamping
Pow1er
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

Snnky Load,
JohnM cConnell, who handles snakes

JohnMc Connel1, who handles snakes
for a living, started yesterday from his
home, No. $40 West Thirty-second
street, to take. o box of his pets tos
Worth's museum for exhibition, hiring
an express wagon to carry the box. III
was closed box, and to give the SER.
penis air Mr.. Mcconnell, when the
wagon was on Broadway near Thir-
teenth street, slightly raised the lid.
1t wasn't the air the thirty-nine rattle
snakes and the one sand adder wanted
SO much as it was liberty. Forty heads,
were thrust out all at once, and the
kissing soon became so great rs to at
tract the notice of people OF the
crowded thoroughfare.
Mcconnell, not caring to close the
box lid and strangle the. snakes, began
thrusting them back with his hands,
when one of the rattlers dug its fang
into the base of his left thumb. With,
out stopping to attend to the wound
he continued his battle with the snakes
until all were safely within the box
and the lid closed. The driver of the
wagon meantime had stopped his horse
and sought safety on the sidewalk. (
Mcconnell, sucking the wound, went
to the drug store at the corneriand had
it cauterized. Then he and his snakes
we're driven to No. 81 West Thirtieth
street, where he has friends. The box
was carried in, and Mcconnell, after
drinking enough whisky to counteract
the poison, lay down and took a nap.
He was doing well last evening, and
DIR. Killilea, who saw him, said he
would recover. u
Mcconnell says this is the sixth time
he has been struck by n mathematics
fang. 1t is also his sixth year in the
business. About snakes in general,
and the American species particularly,
he seems to be pretty we'll informed.
He says that there is no such thing, in
, his opinion, as charming q snake. 1t
is merely a question Of nerve and care
full handling. He was reared on his
fathers farm in Pennsylvania, where
snakes are plentiful, and the acqnaint-
ance formed in early life ripened into
friendship later on,-NeD YORK; World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
We'll Certified.

A new schoolmaster had just been
posted to the regiment, and he had the
reputation Of being rather a scientific
man, we'll up in some branches of
study which army schoolmasters do
not ALWAYS take UP. In the orderly
room. The Colonel was seated at
the table with the Adjutant standing
by.
Adjutant-The new sclloolmaster's
come to report arrival, Colonel. en-
ter sclloolmaster.)
Colorel-Well, sir, come to join, ell ?
That's light. [ hear that you under
stand all about plane trigonometry, eh?
Schoolmaster very unsteady on his
legs)-leshr-got fushclash '~ifcate
for it.
Colonel (unobservant)-And you've
studied military surveying, too, I be-
lieve.
Schoolmaster - Yeshr - got fush-
slash shtiffcate fort.
Colonel tlooks up qu1ckly}-I think
you've been drinking, sir.
Observation-Disclosures fushclash
shtiticate for it!-Lonaon Figaro.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

kilograms have been received from
Rome announcing tho elevation of Sioux
Falls to the dignity of q see city and the
appointment of Rt. Rev. Martin Marty as
bishop of Sioux Falls. The new diocese
comprises the whole of South Dakota.
The custom in the Catholic church pre-
scribes that q bishops see IS erected only
in such places as give undoubted evidence
of permanent progress, and a bishopric
once established is never abolished. 1he
bishop-elect is now visiting in Europe,
and his conservation will doubtless take
place at his former home in Switzerland.
Bishop Marty came to Dakota in February
last rs vicar apostolic. He was born in
Schwyz, Switzerland, Jan. 10, 1884. In
1876 he left Indiana to work among the
Indians of Dakota aud established his
headquarters at Standing Rock agency in
1876. His labors soon attracted wide no
tice and when Dakota was made a v~icarate
apostolic, Bishop Marty was chosen to
preside and was consented Feb. /, 1881.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
AnIncorrieible Hoosier lad.

It is the officially expressed opinion.
of Coroner Wagner at Indianapolis,
Ind, that Johnnie Sihler, the juvenile
Jesse Pomeroy, who burned his little
sister to death and tried to set fire to
the clothes of another girl when a
crowd gathered at the house, must be
placed under greater restraint than his
mother a exercise over him, but just
what should be done with him is per-
picking question, as he is too young to
be sent to the state reform school for
boys. The o says that Johnnie
is the most depraved boy that he has
ever known, and that he is little short
of a demon. He is absolutely uncon-
trol1able as q fire fend. The local
board of charities has been giving at
tention to his case, and may undertake
the care of him. His mother was mar
ried when IA years old, and is now
49, with a family of three children, Of
whom Johnnie is the oldest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
4 Fastidious Gentleman.

A couple of gentlemen we're prepar-
ing to dine at 8 Dallas (Texas) restau.
rant. When the eloquent waiter had
said,
Observation-Disclosures" one Of the gen.
tlemen shivered and exclaimed:
"Don't bring me any liver!"
"Ah!" exclaimed the other gentle
man, "then I take it you are not par
ticularly fond of liver"
"No, not in the least. I don't yearn
for liver" : rr1'
amy particular ~reason?"
well, yes. You see I can hardly
take up a daily paper nowaday but T
see the advertisement: 'Lost-A liver
colored pointer dog So you see the
association OF ideas is not pleasant.
AS far as [ am concerned, it doesn't
make any difference whether it is a
liver-colored dog Or a ~dog-colored liver
with which they tempt my appetite, so
[ have sworn off from liver"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
A Good Chance for DEVELOPMENT.

Logan county, West Virginia, has an
area of 500 square miles. The only
town in the county is Logan Court
House, with a population of 300.
There is only one church building in
the county, and that was erected by a
private individual. The. nearest rail
road station to the county seat is sixty
five miles. Goods are taken into tile
county in push boats at IS cents per
100 pounds, as there are no roads
throughout the county. Land sells
from 81 to So per acre. Dense forests
v the greater part Of this hilly and
mountainous country. The hills are
full of veins Of coal varying in thick
ness from four TO twenty-one feet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

COMMON names should always be
applied to common articles; why,
therefore, should physicians write pre-
scriptions in a dead language? There
is no reason why prescription cannot
as we'll call for ommon salt and water
as for chloride of sodium and oxide of
hydrogen. The results would be Just
as satisfactory and the patient might
be even better off if he intelligently
~"1~""+""a wh"+ NO wae +alinr NJ
Doubt a great many serious errors have
been made by Juggling with the unin'
telligible words applied to common ar
ticles. The people would, no doubt
prefer to have the sulphate of mag
nesla called salts, and the chloride O
tormyle plainly labeled chloroform
Plain United States is best for til,
masses, and the large number of mis-
takes made by druggists would indi
cate that wen they frequently g
aatray i'll The labyrinth of mysteriou.
nonsense with which their work is SUI
rounded.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
JOHN A. MARTIN,

time on the Squatter Sovereign, q Demo-
cratic paper, and afterward he went to
Redpath's paper, the Crusader of Free
dom, published at Doniphan. In 1858 he
bought the Squatter Sovereign, changing
the name to Freedoms Champion and
converting it into o free-state paper.
Later in the papers history the name was
changed to the Champion, andith has been
on earnest and faithful advocate of the
Republican party from the beginning of
Colonel Martins ownership of it until
the present. He was a member of the
board of managers Of the National Sol
diers' Homes. He was elected Governor
of Kansas in 1886. During the war he
try and served in the Army of the Cum
bar1ond
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
Unjust TAXATION.

: It is unjust to tax the stomach with burthena
that it cannot bear. Many silly people thus ty.
rannize that faithful ~servitor until it rebels and
Furnishes them as.they deserve. Dyspepsia 10
usually the child Of gastronomic folly, but
whether this or the natural associate of inher-
emit feebleness from childhood, it is surely and
pleasantly remediable with Hostetter'sS Stomach
Bitters, the finest and most highly sanctioned
gastric tonic in existence. AS a result of the
tone impaired to the stomach, and the increased
activity of its digestive and assimilative action,
insured by the persistent use OF this benign in
vigorant, general stamina is augmented, the
nerves strengthened and tranquilized, and .
tendency to insomnia and ~hypochondriasis de-
fented. Biliousness, chills and fever, rheuma-
tism and kidney troubles are conquered by this
alnlirable mpiicipa r
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
Winston and the Shah.

The revival of the rage about the
Shah of Persia has led to a story on
the Hon. Fred Winston of Chicago,
who for o short time represented the
United States at the Persian court.
When he arrived at Teheran he was
met outside of the city by the Cham
berlain of the court, who, in the name
of the Shah, presented him with four
elephants. Winston, who had never
seen an elephant outside of a MENACE
rie, was paralyzed at his situation, but
managed to express his thanks for the
Shah's great kindness. After he had
been presented, and had assumed the
duties of his office, his greatest official
burden was the care of his elephants.
Relief came on the second day, when
the intimation was politely conveyed
that the Shah expected a present from
him.
Certainly" said Winston, as a smile
wreathed his face. IT have only been
waiting to secure one worthy of SO
great a ruler"
That afternoon he proceeded in state
to the palace and presented the Shah
with five elephants. The Chamberlain
seemed to regard the animals with sus-
picion, but Oriental p%oliteness prevents
the inspection Of a gift horse in the
mouth, and, anyhow, the extra ele-
plant removed all doubt.
"That extra elephant cost me $780,
said Winston, in telling the story after.
ward. "But I considered myself get.
ting out of a bad scrape cheap at that"
st. Louis Republic.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

IT is said that one $500 share in the
New River Company which was found
ed in 1912 to supply the Clerkenwell
district of London with water, sold re-
Gently at auction for $614, 900. The
last annual dividend on the share was
$4,000. The purchaser was an insur-
ance company, which took the stock as
q permanent investment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

MRS. J. W. CoUGHLIN, of st. Paul,
while walking on the railroad track,
was struck by a rapidly moving train,
hurled into the air, and over a barbed-
wire fence into q vacant lot. She was
not seriously hurt, and after giving the
engineer a piece Of her mind she
started out across the lot at a rapid
roif
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

In Dublin, o small town in Laurens
County, Ca, there lives a blue man.
He is a Caucasian, but instead of being
white is u greenish blue, and is known
as @Blue Billy" His whole skin is
blue, his tongue and the roof of his
mouth are blue. and where his eyes
should be white is seen the same
CHASTITY greenish-blue color.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
First rhrobs of Statehood,

Discussing the new civil condition of
South Dakota the Sioux Falls Press says:
South Dakota has practically begun the
manufacture of her history Us q "star" per-
former in the. field Of the flag. She has
donned her tights and spangles and now
stands waiting in the dressing-room for
the curtain to rise. The ringing master is
soon to lift the veil and the lady's heart is
palpitating as she is about to spring into
the arena. That her other sisters are
much interested in the debutante Is cyl
dent from the number and the scope of
country covered by the inquiries received
by the Press. They reach from Chicago
to San Francisco and desire all kinds Of
information, with a request to send it
right away-when it is an impossibility.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
A New DeNariure

From ordinary business methods is made
by the manufacturers of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, in guaranteeing this
world-famed remedy to cure all diseases
arising from arrangements Of the liver or
stomach, rs indigestion. or dyspepsia. bill
iousness. or liver complaint" or from i'm
pure blood. as boils. blotches. pimples,
eruptions, scalp disease. salt-rheum,
scrofulous sores. and swellings and kindred
ailments. Money paid for Discovery"
promptly returned if, on fair trial, it doesn't
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

N. BARBED1ENNE, the famous bronze
founder of Paris, exhibits a clock val
ned at $4,000. It is a bell tower Of
the richest italian style, made of CHS
eled copper, adorned with mosaics and
paintings, with columns or panels of
red marble, and with statuettes in
inches modelled by the sculptors Eudes
and Noel. It stands about twelve feet
hiph.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

JOHN I. BLAIR, the New Jersey rail
road magnate, who confesses to a fort
tune Of $40, 900, 900, earned his first
dollar by walking to Easton and back,
q distance of twenty-five miles, to sell
a lot of rabbit skins.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

THERE is woman in Milwaukee who
is the mother of nine children. Not
one Of them was named until it was
twelve years old. They were simply
called by their nicknames and their
numbers, zone" "Two," etc. AS each
one became twelve years old he chose
his own name and was baptized.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11
FEARFUL LOSS or LIFE.
FORTY KILLED Blythe EXPLOSION
OF "A BOILER.

The Mississippi River steamer Corona
Meets with al Appalling Disaster and
Forty Lives Are Lost Unable to Acc
count for the Disaster of the Lost
Passengers and Grow.
[Baton Rouge (La) specially
The elegant side wheel steamer Corona,
Of the Ouachita line, plying between this
city and Ouachita River points, burst her
boiler ard Immediately sank in mid
stream. 1.-THE death-roll is known to in
clude forty persons, and probably more
were killed.
The loss of life would have been greater
than it was, but the steamer st. Louis
Was just approaching the Corona and
killed. The boilers blew downward and
knocked the whole bottom out of the boat,
which was in midstream. q
The Corona was built ct Cincinnati and
was worth $4,000, having recently had
$1,000 in repairs put on her. She was
running at the time of the disaster in the
place of the Josie W.. Her boilers were
inspected last week and pronounced AL.
She carried about 100 passengers. Ex-
perts are at q loss to account for the ex-
plosion. She was laden with cotton. Fol-
lowing is a list of the lost crew:
J. ". Blanks, captain. ..
j. ". Jordan, first clerk.
Charles Cellas, second clerk. .
Swimp Ham, third clerk.
Fred Dinkle, bar-keeper.
Fred ObermGu, bar-keeper.
Pat Ryan, steward. ..-
Dick Curtis, fireman.
Tom Shock, engineer.
Henry Doyle, porter,
Jim Swipe, porter.
Tom Burns, deckhand.
Mr.. Tate, deckhand.
Henry Davis, deckhand.
Tom Cook, sailor.
Billy Young, second mate.
Sam Steele, Texas boy.
Second Mate Sam Steele.
To this must be added both captains, the
deck-watch, eight roustabouts and q boy.
The passengers killed were:
DR.. Atwell, a ~chiropodist, and four negro mu.
sicians travelling with him.
Mr.. Scott, of Smithland, La.
Mrs Davis, OF Stockman, Texas.
Mrs. Huff, of Opelousas.
Mrs. Kaufmans, with q nurse and her eldest
child.
The following named passengers were
saved:
Mrs. Henry Blanks and two children.
Mrs. Robert Robertson.
Mrs. Kaufman and children.
b. G. Brown.
Mrs. J. r.. Meredith.
Mrs. j. ]. Mason.
l - 49, - l. btSt61lltLhs
MIR. Comstock, of Dona1dsonville.
MIR. John Carr, of Harrisonburg.
Capt. L. G. Sweeney, one of the own.
ers Of the line, who assumed command
on the death of Capt. Blanks, says the
explosion was not due to a too high pres
sure of steam. He had just had occasion
to examine the gauge and is positive there
was not a pressure of more han ID;
pounds.
Mrs. Robertson says when the Corona
arrived opposite False River Landing
about sixteen miles below Bayou Sara
one of her boilers exploded. tearing tn.
boat to pieces, when she sank in deel
water in a few seconds. Mrs. Robertson
says she was wedged in the ladies' cabir
with some of the debris lying cross he1
lower limbs, but was suddenly released
md found herself floating in the river
She sank twice, but luckily she wa
picked up and escaped with only a few
bruises on her limbs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-11

Mrs. CRAWFORD, in her Paris letter
to London Truth, says: "The court
of Italy was guilty of a huge blunder
in surrounding the Queen with upstart
American ladies, whom worthless Ro-
man n%oblemen, void of mind and ener-
gy, married for their money"