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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
A Brickbat Boomerang,

A short time ago the Democratic
free-trade papers raised a chorus Of
walls over what they called Republi-
can Inconsistency. They charged the
present administration with having
sent to England for several million
brick to be used in constructing the
Congressional Library at Washington.
They proceeded to figure up the loss
to American industries by having these
brick made in England instead Of Civ
ing the job to home industries. And
so they made a true bill, as they sup
posed, against the party of protection.
But like a great many other Demo-
cratic arguments, this was also found
eel on ignorance. A moments in
quiry into the facts would have spared
them the unhappy blunder.
They have learned now that the adj
ministration has had nothing to do
with the purchase Of those brick, either
directly or Indirectly. The contract
was made with Gen. Casey of the engi-
neer corps of the army, who was APP
pointed Chief Of Engineers by Presi-
dent Cleveland, and was given exc1u-
sive control of the erection of the Lii
bodybuilding, by the last Democratic
House of Representatives. When the
appropriation bill was before the
House, some good Democrat anxious
to have the Presidents appointee re-
ceive a good assignment, prepared a
clause giving him exclusive charge of
the expenditure Of money for this
building, and the accommodating
House inserted the clause.
So it was very natural that a gentle
man whose appointment and assign
ment We're brought about as his We're
should send to England for brick, in
stead Of patronizing home industries.
Therefore if the Democrats want to
scold anybody forthis foreign purchase
let them blame Mr.. Cleveland for APP
pointing Gen. Casey Chief of the En-
gineer Corps, and then blame the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives for
the Legislation that made it. possible for
him to ignore American industries in
this way.
The brickbat argument turns out to
be a brickbat boomerang.-IoWa State
ReqiSter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
The Acting Secretary Declined.


Mr.. Tweedale, the chief clerk of the
wal department for many years, is act
ing secretary during Mr.. Proctor's
absence. Tweedale is a republican
whom the democrats did not dismiss
when they came in, for the very good
reason that his services We're valuable.
One day this week q pctulent and
rather pompous old gentleman came
into the war department and asksd to
see the secretary. He was told that
the secretary was not in the city, but
that he could see the acting secretary.
This was satisfactory and he was
shown to MI. Tweedale.
Il am a republican, sir" he said as a
preliminary announcement, as he
planted himself firmly, with his legs
slightly spread apart, in front of Twee-
dale's desk. Il am here 10 make com
plant against a clerk in this depart
ment."
"Well?" said she acting secretary.
well, sir" the old man went on
"you have here, sir, a man whose dis
missal I demand ut once I do no
know him, sir. I never saw him, but .
demand that he be put ont, and I an
here to make this charge against him
He grew gray in the service under the
republican party, and then, sir, when
the democrats came in he continued to
hold his position and to serve them. 1
want him dismissed as u traitor"
II presume" said the acting secre-
tary, you refer to the chief clerk, Mr..
Tweedaie?"
eyes, sir, that's the man. I want
him dismissed"
sIn the absence of specific charges
affecting his character, I cannot make
the dismissal" replied Mr.. Tweedale
thoughtfully. "If you have any charge
that is substantial, you had better pre-
sent it to the Observation-Disclosures
IeIe1TuDh.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
INVESTIGATING n Mystery,

"A lady whom I know well came tc
the store yesterday and said she wanted
to leave a package with me for an hour
or two while she did some shopping.
1t was a longish, shallow p%asteboard
box. What's in it"I asked. Never
you mind what she said. May look
at ii" said +. No YOU can't she sail.
It's something that single men have
no business to see.' Of course this
made me still more curious, and I beg
ged until she finally said: We'll, go
ahead, but it's the last time you'll eve1
see it. And out she went. I united
the strings, opened the box, and pulled
out the mystery. It was a pair Of fine
silk stockings. The foot and ankle
We're black, but at the calf began a
broad band of yellow that reached to
the top, and on this band was embroid-
cred a single word-'chestnuts.'"-
MemDIiS 4ruldncHP.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
PryOr's Fate.

Col. H. G. Parsons, owner of the
natural bridge in Virginia, arrived
from a three months trip through Eu-
rope yesterday. He was at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel to-day pre- pairing to go
home. Mr.. Parsons was shown a tele-
gram charging Gen. Pryor with hav-
ing deserted the South in battle. He
said this was only another fall of the
terrible AK that hung oven the head of
every Confederate officer.
"Gen. Wickham," he said, "was one
of the most popular of the Confederate
generals, but when he declared his
friendship for Gen. Grant, and taught
his slaves to build the first school
housefor colored children in the South,
a decree as terrible as Punishment to
Siberia went out against him and his
household. Longstreet was second to
Lee in the opinion of military critics,
but when he declared himself q Re
publican, there began deliberate con-
spiracy to lay the defeat at Gettysburg
at his door. Malone, when leader Of
the Democracy, was the hero of the
hour, sung in song, first named in
banquets, but when he took his seat on
the Republican side of the Senate he
became the Virginia outcast,' and his
wife and daughter We're shut out from
society in an hour.
"Pryor's position as the rebel o frebels
was established South and North and
throughout the world, but three months
ago he dared to write an open letter in
favor of protection that cost the Demo,
cratic marty in the South 10000 votes.
An attt mpt was Immediately made to
strike him, but our Virginia press was
manly enough to meet it with an al
most unanimous rebuke. South Caro-
lima has now taken it up, and Pryor's
doom is sealed. We have another
illustration of the difficulty of building
up the South. They may burythe lead.
ers, but they cannot bury the 10000
Confederate soldiers who voted fol
Harrison, or stay the 100, 900 who will
join them. They cannot impeach the
Confederate army."-New York special
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
He Was So Absent.Minded.

Smith is a good fellow, but SO absent
minded. The other day he went to g
wedding. After the ceremony, as
guests were discussing wedding-cake
and champagne in the drawing-room,
Smith got into, conversation with the
brides sister.
"Oh, we had such a difficulty in find
ing a house fortllem," she said. "New
York houses are so dull, and mamma.
wanted Nellie to have a little SUM-"
"Ye-es," said Smith, as he helped
himself to more champagne, "has she
settled on his name yeti"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
self-defense Against . pangerous roc.

Forewarned Is not forsarIled in tho case Of
those who incur the risk OF an attack from,
that dangerous foe. malaria. unproyided with
q means Of defense. But II those In peril are
eided, sustained, and re-enforced with the great
fortifying safeguard, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, miasma, prolific breeder of evils manifest
ed in the shape OF bilious remittent and chills
and fever, ague cake, dumb ague, and the calen-
turd Of the Isthmus and Central American
coast, is nulliaed and rendered harmless. Our
Western pioneer settlers and miners. dwellers
in tropic lowlands, and yisitants of and dwellera
in malarious localities in this country and
many quarters OF the globe, have for years been
acquainted with the fact, aud are constantly
provided with this unparalleled defensive medi-
cine and remedy. AL disorder of the stomach.
liver, and bowels, rheumatic and kidney COM
plants and rheumatism are conquered by il.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

growth Of population are only found
where there is general prosperity. The
West grows because it is u region
where the comforts and Independent
cles OF life are obtained with ease
than elsewhere. "Changc all this"
says Nh. Moore. "Assimilate your
conditions to those of free.trade En-
gland, in whose great cities one man
out of every five dies in q hospital or
in q poor-house." We do not think
that eyen the unpleasant logic Of q
short crop year will induce the farmers
OF Dakota to accept Nj. Moore's COS
pei OF poverty.-Chic0qo Inter Ocea1a.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
There is Better Success Than Wealth.

A very rich business man of Boston
told an interviewer the other day how
he began his business life OH one dol
Lar a week, and how he advanced from
that point to his present position by
being temperate, industrious and hon
est. He ended by saying: amy young
man can do as well as / have done, il
he only will"
Young men know that this is not
true. Tens of thousands of young men
during the forty years of that mer-
chants successful career. have been as
virtuous as he, without making much
Roadway in business. They have been
punctual, diligent, faithful, and we'll
skilled in their vocation; but there
they are, about where they were years
ago, working hard for moderate COM
pensation, and seeing no prospect of
much change.
1t is not possible for many men to
found great-steles and make great for
tunes in them, for the simple season
that the largest city does not furnish
business for many such. These prizes
fall to the lot of the few individuals in
each trade who combine in themselves
great talent for business with great
tenacity of purpose. They passion
ately want to succeed, and they know
how.
If our merchant had said that many
| young men could do much better than
he had done, he would have come
nearer the truth. In most of our great
and famous places of business there are
clerks who have done a great deal better
than their employers. We saw one the
other day, q young nan aged 20, salary
$3.50 a year, whose father died ten
years ago, leaving a wife and four chill
dren with little provision. This clerk
was the eldest boy; he accepted the
sacred duty which devolved upon him
with cheerful courage, He has carried
it bravely along eve since, and has
won in it q really brilliant success
happy himself, and a cause of happi-
ness to those dearest to him.
There are men whose natural voca-
ton it is to control millions of dollars,
and a tedious superiority of other
things. Happily, most OF us are spared
this great trouble, and have a chance
to discover how little is required for a
truly successful and joyous existence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
People Who Hide Money

Who can compute the amount OF
money that is practically lost by being
hidden in out of the way places by peo-
pie now dead? Mrs. Wallace, Of Sum
merville, Ohio, was cutting up al old
dress that belonged to her mother, who
died a couple of years ago, when the
scissors came upon something hard.
Upon examination it was found to be q
$40 bill folded and sewed in a hem.
Mrs. Wallace is not in the best of cir
cumstances, and the find was a very
timely one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
THE STOCK RANCH.

NcS NoiSS
In a recent number of the Cultirator
md Country Gentleman. Mr.. f. d.
Curtis has this to say about hogs and
hog feeding: 1T is queer that Mr..
Harris. in the REISSUE OF Harris on the
Pig" which, it is said, brings the pig
question down to the present time, does
not mention Duroc-Jersey hogs. No
wonder your correspondent, d. Davis,
| expresses his surprise. L can account
for it i'll no other way than as ar over
sight on the part of the author, who is q
man of extensive reading and intelli-
gence; so it cannot be from lack of any
knowledge of this breed.
1t may be interesting to note that the
Duroc-Jersey hogs are bred by the thou
sands, according to the standard of the
association of breeders, and that records
of pedigrees are now made in the third
volume of the registry. They are now
handsome hogs, and for utility are not
eXcelled by any. As breeders and feed
ers they will beat n other breed. They
cross we'll with any breed, rs they carry
to such offspring constitutional vigor,
lean meat md q remarkable digestion
and power of assimilation.
Geo. 7. Powell, Client, Columbia Co.,
N. Y, remarked, a short time ago, that
his crosses of Duroc-J erseys with
Chester Whites and erkshires were COM
mended by every one who saw them.
Mr.. Powell is an extensive breeder of
hogs for sale and slaughter, wisely COM
bining pork-making with his large fruit
business. The modern Duroc-Jersey
pig will fatten at any age, and all the
tiattering tales of early maturity and big
weights will apply to them, with the
chance of adding, on cheap foods. They
are the best foraging hogs in America Of
the improved breeds. The demand for
Duroc-Jersey bears for crossing upon
other breeds is rapidly increasing.
These remarks!will answer the questions
of MIR. Davis in a recent number.
1 de- not attach as much Importance to
Prof. Skeletons experiments, brain VS..
corn, as some do. Neither bran nor corn
alone is a suitable food for any animal.
For young pigs the bran alone would be
for those quite well grown. the corn of
course would show the best results in
weight for a time; but in the end it
would kill all the hogs, that is, if they
were fed long enough. With the bran
and corn properly mixed, they could be
fed long enough to meet the require
ments of @Ehinese temple. The corn
fed hogs gained in weight 9S pounds
more than the bran-shorts-fed lot. An
interesting question arises: Did this
excess of weight, which was fat, make
50 pounds more of real food or nutri-
ment? We must not desert common
sense in our haste to get under the
shadow of King Corn. My experiments
have been on the line of both bran and
corn or rye, to make the most gain and
the best meat. Doubtless the farme,
who believes in all corn will be
strengthened in the false theory that
corn is also best for the. rearing of his
breeding stock.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

John Huntington and his son, w. Il.
r. Huntington, of Cleveland. own two
OF the best watches in the world. They
are duplicates and We're ordered by the
senior Huntington in 1881 in Geneva,
Switzerland. He agreed to pay $4,000
i'll gold for two watches that should
combine every movement then known
to the art of Matchmaking.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
WHAT wrought the change? This woman's face
Is rudy with q roses grace. .

WHAT wrought the change? This woman's face
Is ruddy with a roses grace. .
Her eye is bright,
Her heart is light,
All, truly tbs q goodly sight.
A few brief months ago her cheek
Was pallid and her step was weak.
"The end is near
For her, l fear"
Sighed many o friend who held her dear.
l can tell you what wrought the change
In her. She was told by a friend, who, like
her. had suffered untold misery from a COM
plication of female troubles, that Dr.. pierce's
Favorite Prescription would certainly cure
her. This friend knew she spoke"
for she had been cured by the remedy she
advised her friend to use. She is enthusiasts
tic in its praise. and tolls her friends that
DR.. Pierce deserves the universal gratitude
OF w~omankind for having given it this in
iallible remedy for its peculiar ailments. 1t
is guaranteed to give satisfaction in every
case or money refunded.
DR.. PIERCE's PELLETS. one ii dose. Cure
headache. constitution and inlionctio,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
Life Should Not he Selfish.

Life is life, and we must make the best
of it. To live for self alone, for the
animal life, is not reasonable. And SO
men, from their earliest existence, have
sought for some reason for living, aside
from the glorification of their own de-
sires; they live for their children, for
their families, for their nation, for hui
manity, for all that does not die with
the personal life.-Tolstol.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
Couldn't Blame Him,

She-"Isn't this rather sudden, Mr..
Ponsonby? Wouldn't it be better to
postpone your proposal until we are
better acquainted?"
Ponsonby-"I don't know about that.
ALI the other girls said they might
have accepted me if they hadn't known
me so we'll"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
THE KITCHEN.
Ginger Snaps.

One pint molasses and one cup lard
heated together and poured hot in one
quart fou1, two teaspoonfuls soda and
two ginger. Let this dough cool, then
add -four enough to roll. Roll thin and
bake quick.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
Veal Salad,

Boil q knuckle of veal in six quarts of
water; when tender remove the bones,
chop the meat and add the juice, which
should. be mostly absorbed, and two
cups of cracker crumbs, cinnamon, pep
per and salt; put in q mould. Serve
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

Mrs. FoNDwIFE-Yes, Ihave a secret
for making my husband happy. I add
something to his cares and that d.
minishes them.
Mrs. Giggle---Oh, do tell me what it
is.
Mrs. Fondwife-I add an *s",
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
Those Beautiful Indian Names.

Hollow beautiful and poetic are
some of the old Indian words! Mime
haha for instance, and Alabama!
She-Yes, and Kissmee.
He was Of course equal to the occa-
sion.-LaWrence american.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

Boil a shank of beef till tender; chop
the meat up, and season it with salt,
pepper, and (f liked) half a nutmeg.
Reduce the liquor to three pints, add
the meat, cool in a mould. 1t should
turn out we'll when cold.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

One quart of sifted pumpkin, one
quart of rich sweet milk, ten or twelve
eggs, one pound of butter. one and one
fourth pounds of sugar, two grated ut
megs, four spoonfuls of rose water.
Bake the mixture in q puff paste in pie
pans.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
A Blessing on Mother Fac.

II bless Eve for eating that apple"
said a young lady the other day as she
stood before the mirror.
"Why?" asked her companion.
Because there Is such delight il
irving on a dress when it fits WELL
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
THE DAIRY.
Skim Cheese

In commenting uponthe recent action
Of the New York State Dalrymen's Assoc
sense Of the New York State Dairymen's
Association, that Congress enact o law
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
"a sENsrsxyEv

The was bitter: Prids and
Sat gazing on II through the pane:
Who can this gallant horseman bo
Vhat at our casemest draweth rein
We turn our faces, Pride audI;
And yet the pleading nndiths pain
or that n look, nay, out OF sight,
Hes passed into the night and rain.
Who could the bold intruder bop
Alas to-day tits but too rllatn
His name wal Opportunity
He never came to us again.
The Century.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

WHY not sane your clothes by using the
best. purest. most economical soap, Dob
bins Electric. Made ever since 1854. Try
it once you will use it alrays. Your grocer
keeps it. Look for the name. DobbIns.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

CLARA Ito bashful. suitor)-"Charlie,
I understand you are thoroughly CON
versant with your business" Charlie
well, yes; as a manufacturer of
non-alcoholic drinks, I don't take a
back seat for any one" Clara Tn
awfully interested in that business.
How-how do you make pop, Charlie?'
He explained.-kearney Enterprise
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

ST. PETER-Halt!
New Spirit-Can't I come in?
st. Peter-I'd rather you wouldn't.
You are just out of college, and we
don't wanta any advice about running
the universe.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris,
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mis-, she chung 70 Oastoria,
When abe had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

IF afflicted with Sole Eyes, use DR.. Isaao
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. CSC,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

arm
For swelied head and sores, battle the
affected parts with equal quantities of
vinegar and warm water.
SHORT legged fowls have big bodies.
What is lost in the legs is gained in the
body, hence more useful for culinary
purposes.
MANY farmers do not yet fully appre-
ciate the value of bran as o feeding
material. For growing animals it may
form q considerable part of the %rations.
IT is a very nice thing to watch duck
lings in water; but it is cruel and often
results in their death-that is, if the
bird is yet in its down. Keep them dry.
Ducks lay any time between midnight
and next day. they should not be al
lowed to run at large until after the lat
ter hour, or many of the eggs may be
lost.
ALTHOUGH most farmers cannot hire a
man on purpose to keep the cattle
carded the year around, it is generally
conceded that such work pays from now
until the cattle go to pasture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23
Valuable Watches.

DIR. PIERCE's PELLETS. one ii dose. Cure
headache, constipation and indigestion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

Behold. he keepeM the sheep. Sunday
school superintendent. looking for a wise,
safe teacher for that important class. per-
haps there is an intimation here for YOU.
Pastor. casting your eye about for q, leader
for yonder committee or for that exceptional
piece of service. possibly there is an index
finger here for you. pointing toward obscure
but g~raciously developing surroundings.
right man." hero is a hint for you. Take it
for what you will make of it--"Behold, lie
keepeM the sheep" There were two or three
metropolitan brethren who went back into
the country one day to hear a certain man
preach. They were disappointed in finding
the party they were seeking. but off there
in a half d parish they found another
man. engaged heart and soul in feeding the
people God had given him. And that is the
way. they tell us, that DR.. Parkhurst hap
pened to go to New York City.
LeXt iesson-"David and Goliath" l
Sam. II: 32-51.