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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Clover Seed.

Medium clover seed, $3.50 per bushel;
sacks, zoe. Send money with order. H. G.
Wheeler, Odebolt, Sac county, Iowa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

Hoods Ssrsaprilla is prepared from Sarsaparilla,
Daudelion, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper Berries, and
other well known vegetable remedies, in such q
peculiar manner as to derive the full medicinal
value of each. It will cure, when in the power of
medicine, %scrofula, salt .rheum, sores. boils, pim-
pies. all humors. dyspepsia. biliousness. sick head
ache, indigestion. general debility, catarrh. rheu.
matism, kidney and liver complaints. 1t overcomes
that extreme tired feeling caused by change of eli.
mate. season. or life. and imparts life and strength
to the whole system.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
A French Mystery,

The police of Grenoble, France, have q
mystery on hand in the case of o glove
maker mined PeYrinet, a woman named
Julienne CADET, a woman in whose house
he lived, and another woman, Nine, Ray
mond, q friend of CADET, all three having
been found dead with bullets through their
brains and a revolver tightly clinche | in
CADETS hand. In spite OF this revolver,
the Indications are that either the two
women were first killed by the man, who
then comlhitted suicide. or that the whole
three were murdered-by thieves.
A BEAR that was floating down the Sac
ramento river on a cottonwood tree while
passing .nder o bridge by Q quick move
ment caught q bean, pulled itself upon the
road and trotted off into the country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

New York receives more than one-third
of the merchandise exported from Bahia,
Brazil, but in return it furnishes only a
million and a half ont of q total impnrta-
ton of thirteen and a half millions. Eng
land, France and Germany supply the rest.
From this country flour, kerosene, lard,
and blue drillings are shipped; from Eu-
rope everything else is shipped, even to
Christmas trees.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

THE tooth extracted from a 13-year-o old
horse at ~Towsontown, Pa, weighed q
quarter of O pound.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
The Old. Old Story.

A little cough q feeling ill;
A headache oft q daily chill;
A slower walk q q%uickened breath:
A frequent talk of coming death.
No strength to rise from day to day;
From loving eyes he fades away.
now lifts no more the weary head,
The STRUGGLES DER. the man il daed
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

NEW YORK lady recently had on hel
dinner table $50 orchids that cost $l.5t
each.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Potato Yeast.

Crate four good-sized, uncooked po-
tatoes into q quart of hot water, stir
over the fire, and cook slowly for five
minutes. Turn into a jar, add a half
cupof sugar and n tablespoonful of salt,
and when lukewarm add o half-cup of
good yeast. Allow this to ferment for
six or seven hours, stirring it down rs it
comes to the top of the jar. Keep in o
cold place, we'll covered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

THE sanitary commission of Vienna rec
ommend electricity instead of hanging fol
executions.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

smoke the best-Tansilrs "Punchcigar,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Fcediue Fowl. in winter.

Most fowls that have free range in
SIMMER will then of their own accord
take exercise enough in getting their
food. But in winter it is different.
What they get must be fed them, and it
is usually in such concentrated form
that they can fill their crops in a few
minutes. Then they stand moping in
the cold or return to their perch for
greater warmth. If fattening be the OBJ
ject this is we'll enough; but it gives
small chance for the healthful thrift
necessary for egg production. The
feeder who always makes his hens
scratch for their living gets the most
eggs. Feed small grain, oats or wheat,
m throw this among SO much finely
cut straw that they will pick but one
grain at q time. The health and pro-
Efficacy of %barnyard fowls that depend
on the manure heap for their living is
due to the fact that they have to earn
what they eat before they get it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

For one reason or another, the ma
jority of flower users are not flower
%raisers, and necessarily the few must
supply the many. In the city or large
town all can procure their needed flow
ers from professional florists, but in
many smaller places there is no small
demand constantly being made on the
amateur who raises choice flowers. 1t is
a real pleasure to give ones pretty town
girls the dainty corsage bouquets they
ask for, and each Sunday morning to
supply the neighbors' children with
their little button-hole bouquets. 1t is
gratifying to ones pride to have a dozen
or more persons call each day Just to
see the flowers" quite expecting and, in
fact, receiving a nosegay each, and it is
almost a privilege to send flowers to
adorn the bride, orto place onthe bosom
of the dead; yet if all these flowers, for
these varied purposes, must be furnished
by one, that person must use some fore
thought, or else see his or her flower
beds robbed of half of their beauty
TicE'S MuUusine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Hints to Housekeepers.


AN egg we'll beaten in a glass of milk
and sweetened makes n nice strengthen
ing drink for a teething child.
A FEATHER-BED or mattress will re-
main clean and in an excellent condi-
ton for years if kept in a case made Of
common sheeting, which can be removed
and washed at will.
If your fiat irons get rusty rub them
first (while hot) with beeswax, then put
a handful of salt on a bit Of old cotton
cloth or coarse paper, and rub the iron
over it hard and fast. This operation,
repeated two or three times, will make
the r~ustiest iron smooth.
ALMOST any kind of fruit stains may
be removed by turning boiling water
through the stained part If the first
trial does not entirely remove the stain
repeat the operation. This should be
done before the spot is "set" Ly the
usual method of washing.
The girls are crocheting silk over
rings, to use for fancy articles. These
rings cost but IS cents a gross, and the
silk comes at So cents o ball. Some
times several rows of the rings are placed
~diagonnlly across a black satin shopping
bag, or they are used to finish q scarf or
tidy. Certainly this style of trimming
is cheap enough, for o gross of rings
and q ball of silk go q long way.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Curried Fish.

Put two ounces of butter and
sliced onion in q frying pan and cook
until o golden brown, then add a table,
spoonful of flour, mix, q gill of the
water in which the fshwas boiled, q gill
of cream and o t~easpoonful Of curry
POWDER stir continually until it boils,
add the fish, cover the saucepan, and
! stand it over hot water for one hour.
Serve with boiledirice in aseparate dish.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

NIarah MaloMt

The following is o eonfectioner's re-
ceipt: Dissolve one-half pound gum
arabic in one pint of water, strain and
add one-half pound Of fine sugar and
place over the fire, stirring constantly
until the syrup is dissolved and ali of
the consistency of honey. Add gradu-
ally the whites Of two eggs, we'll beaten.
Stir the mixture until it becomes some-
what thin and does not adhere to the
finger. Flavor to taste, and pour into
q tin slightly busted with pow dered
starch, AID when cool divide into small
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Washing Woolens

g#E -#s. w M. .EAE ...H-
1 have had considerable varied expert
ence, US our family Consisting of fve)
use WOODEN underwear next to the person
the entire year, and as harsh or. "fulled
up woolens were one of my worst
denominations, l would not give up until
l mad found a sure way of avoiding
them. For several years I have sue
ceeded, though many times it has only
been by strenuously insisting on my W
way. in direct opposition to the presid-
ing genius of tlo washtub.
lfthe hannels are not to be washed
soon after they are removed from the
person. they should be hung where the
moisture contained in them can be dried
out.
Only hard soap of good quality should
be used. Soft water-not l~oilinp. but
positively scalding ~hot-should have
enough soap added 10 make good suds,
and u tablespoonful of powdered borax.
!mmerse your white tiannels in this.
having them we'll covered, and let them
lie, occasionally stirring them until the
water has become cool enough to wash
them in. Rub as little soap directly on
them as you possibly can, but add more
to the water if the stains do no. come
out easily.
Have anothertub containing an ample
OIL water, heated Just as scald-
ing hot as was the first, and when a
piece is rubbed, wiring, shake thoroughly
and immense in tub No. 2. 1t is better
to rinse them through two of these clear
scalding waters, but it is not positively
necessary.
The secret lies in having the water
soft and hot, the soap pure and dis
solved in the water (rather than applied
directly to the clothes,) and the %rinsing
waters OF the same temperature as that in
which they are rubbed.
l always have the tlannels washed
first, and by a little thought it can be SO
arranged that no time is wasted while
waiting for them to be cool enough to
handle.
A friend complained to me that her
girl washed them just as l told her, but
some of them looked terrible" Hap
pening in there one washing-day, l went
out to the kitchen to see if Nora under
stood my meaning, and just as 1 opened
the door saw her throw n pailtul Of cold
water into a tub from whence q quantity
of steam was rising, and which proved
to be the hannels." No wonder they
looked terrible" and shrunk. Wash the
colored n in the same way and you
will find them soft to the last.-Albony
G,Jfj9nfO,.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Cream Tapiooa Pudding.

Soak three tablespoonfuls OF tapioca
in warm water two hours, then stir into
it one quart Of boiling milk. Let it boil
fifteen minutes; bent together the yolks
of four eggs and one cupful of sugar,
add to the pudding. Flavor to suit taste,
the Whites Of the eggs and three table.
%spoonfuls of sugar to a stiff ffoth, put
overyour pudding and set in the oven a
few minutes,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Hoods Sarsaparina

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.. Prepared only
by c. /. HOOD L X. Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

S1R FREDERICK ABnrscently deliv-
ered q lecture ON srnokeless powder at the
Royal i~nstitutionin London. He said that
the smokeless powder now being marhfac-
tured in Europe wes a gelatinons sub
stance shaped into threads and strips under
pressure. It is made by dissolviDg gun
cotton or some similar material with
|famphor or other solvent, and forcing the
compound, when properly prepared,
through perforated dies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-11-26
The Cranberry Industry.

A prominent New Jersey cranberry
grower says that the New Jersey berries
this year are unusually fine, and will
bring S4 per bushel. Jersey berries can
be kept in good condition from now until
May or June of next year, with little or
no shrinkage and no loss to the owner.
Cranberries are grown in the poorest
lands of the county, but yield large
profit. The culture of cranberries is
rapidly becoming the chief industry in
the lower counties of the State, particu-
larly Atlantic County. The swamps and
marshy lands are hardly fit for any other
use, but make excellent bogs. The peo-
pie are beginning to realize that the bar
rem lands which have hitherto been only
an expense can be utilized, and large
sums of money made from very small
investment. A grower who has had long
experience in making and managing bogs
said recently that first-cass bog can be
made for from 5000 to $500 an acre, ac-
cording to the quality of the bog.-Nel0
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-11-26

ditionally accepted, on years probation.
The trouble was, he was little disposed
to be wild, and being naturally of a
lively and careless temperament, did not
exercise sufficient discrimination in the
choice of his associates. Hetty had loved
| him as warmly as one of her nature could
! love. She was not one who would be
drawn away beyond the dictates of rea-
son and judgment by the force of affec-
ton. Still, it was not without a feeling
of deep sorrow--deeper than her calm
manner led him to suspect-that at the
end of the years probation, she informed
Anderson that the result of his trial was
not favorable to his suit, and that hence
forth he must give up all thoughts of
her.
To his vehement tasseverations, promises
and protestations, she returned the same
steady and inhexible answer, and at the
close of the interview, he left her, quite
as full of indignation against her as of
grief for his rejection.
That night his clothing was packed up
and lowered from the window, and when
the next morning dawned it was found
that he had left the house, and, as was
intimated in slight note penciled and
left on the table in his room, never to
return again.
While Miss Hendersons mind was far
back in the past, she had not observed
the approach of a man, shabbily attired,
accompanied by little girl some eight
years of age. The mans face bore the
impress of many cares and hardships.
The little girl was of delicate appearance,
and an occasional shiver showed that her
garments were too thin to protect her
sufficiently from the inclemency of the
weather.
"This is the place, Henrietta" said
the traveller at length, pausing at the
head of the gravelled walk which led up
to the front door of the prim-looking
brick house.
Together they entered, and moment
afterwards, just as Miss Hetty was pre-
pairing to lay the cloth for dinner, knocl,
sounded through the house.
"Goodnessm said Miss Hetty, fus-
tered, "who can it be that wants TO see
me at this hour"
Smoothing down her apron, and Civ
ing look at the glass to make sure that
her hair was in order, she hasteued 10
the door.
''Wlll it be asking too much, madam,
to request seat by your fire for myself
aud little girl for few moments! It is
very cold"
Miss Hetty could see that it was cold.
Somehow, too, the appealing expression
of the little girls face touched her, So
she threw the door wide open, aud bade
them enter.
Miss Hetty went on preparing the
table for dinner. A mos; delightful Tor
issued from the oven, one door OF which
was open, lest the turkey should oyerdo.
Miss Hetty could not help observing the
wistful glances cast by the little girt
toward the tempting dish as she placed ir
on the table,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-11-26
THANKSGIVING.

The daylight hours grow brief and dim,
And quickly merge themselves in night,
The sharp wind sings its mournful hymn,
The signs, in heaven and earth, are right,
hear the wild geese chant their wall,
From the cold fields of upper air,
Drifting along the northern gale
To sunny lakes and islands fair.
The signs are right. The shivering sheep
Stand huddled by the sheltering wall,
The birds have sought their wintry sleep.
And lowing cattle wait the stall;
The dead leaves dance their mystic round,
Whirled by the wind-gusts fierce and wild,
And dry stalks futter DER the ground
Where late the yellow harvest smiled.
The signs are right We hear the roar.
Borne inward from the ocean deeps.
And mad waves break along the shore.
And dash against the rocky sleeps;
But household fires burn clear and bright
And rest comes after summer toll.
And well-filled garners give delight.
treasures Of corn and wine AMI oil"
IL comes, our fathers festal day.
n hhA III JndJ long, golden chain
which stretches on its shining way
10 bring old memories back again;
In all our conflicts and our fears.
when days were dark, and days were
bright,
This daY, through our historic wears
Runs like magic thread of light
There rises now before mine eye.
In pictured beauty soft and clear,
A vision OF the days gone by,
When life was young and Joy was near:
A weary tramp among the hills:
piercing wind with binding dust;
A hope that scorned these outer ills,
And looked beyond in boundless trust:
a farmhouse with its ponderous frame;
grandsire with his silvery hair
Sitting before the generous flame,
In ms antique and ample chair;
A chimney-corner large and warm,
w here dear mother sat of old;
Here was a refuge from the storm,
A shelter from the biting cold.
And all around are signs of cheer
Pure incense and an odor sweet.
And kindred hearts are gathered here,
And joy that comes where kindred meet.
Now let the lowering storm-clouds lower:
Let winds blow east or winds blow west:
They cannot mar this charmed hour,
They cannot hurt this household nest.
Then keep the good old festal day,
Sing the old songs the fathers sung,
Around your altars kneel to pray,
Let praises rise from joyful tongue.
God moves in all the rolling year.
In cloud and tempest, sun and rain;
He bids the tender grass appear,
And loads the autumn fields with grain.
Increase N. Tdrbor.
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brought to her feet several suitors, But
Miss Hetty had resolved never to marry
at least, this was her invariable answer
to matrimonial offers, and so after time
1T came to be understood that she was
fixed for life ms an old maid.
Meanwhile, the iuvariable effect of a
single and solitary life combined, at.
tended Hetty. She grew precise, prim,
and methodical to painful degree. 1t
would have been quite relish if one
could have detected stray thread even
upon her well swept carpet, but such was
never the case.
On this particular day-tbis Thanks
giving day of which we are speaking
Miss Hetty had completed her culinary
preparations, that is, she had stuffed her
turkey and put it in the oven, and
kneaded her pudding, for, though but
one would be present at the dinner, and
that herself, her conscience would not
have acquitted if she had not made all
the preparations to which she had been
accustomed on such occasions.
This done, she sat down to her knit
ting, casting glance every now and then
at the oven to make sure that all was
going on well. 1t was quiet morning.
and Miss Hetty began to think to the
clicking OF her knitting needles.
"After all, d" thought she, "it's rather
solitary taking dinner alone, and that on
Thanksgiving day. remember a long
time ago, when my father was living, and
my brothers and sisters, what a merry
time we used to have round the table.
But they are all dead, and II alone am
leftl"
Miss Hetty sighed, but after awhile
the recollections of these old times re-
turned. She tried to shake them off, but
they had fascination about them after
all, and would not go at her bidding.
"There used to be another there. ~.
thought she, "Nick Anderson. He. too.
| fear is dead"
Hetty heaved thoughtful sigh, and
a faint color came into her cheeks. She
had reason. This Nicholas Anderson
had been medical student, apprenticed
to her father, or rather placed with him
to be prepared for his profession. He
was, perhaps, year older than Hetty,
and had regarded her with more than or
dinary warmth of affection. He had, in
fact, proposed to her, and had been con-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-11-26


children, who, in the pursuit of fortune,
had strayed away from the homes where
theyfirst saw the light, but who were now
returning to revive around the old fami-
liar hearth the associations and recollec-
tions of their early days
Great were the preparations among the
housewives of Castleton Hollow. That
must indeed be poor household which,
on this occasion, could not boast its tur-
key and plum pudding, those well-estab-
hshed dishes, not TO mention its long
row of pies-apple, mince and pumpkin
-wherewith the Thanksgiving board is
wont to be garnished.
But it is not of the houeholds generally
that propose to speak. Let the reader
accompany me in Imagination to a rather
prim looking brick mansion, situated on
the principal street, but at some distance
back, being separated from il by a front
yard. Between this yard and the fence,
ran prim-looking hedge of very formal
cut, being cropped in the most careful
manner, lest one twig should by chance
have the presumption to grow higher
than its kindred. 1t was two story
house, containing on each story one room
on either side of the front door, max
ing of course, four in ALL
If we go in, we shall find the outward
primness well supported by the appear
ance of things within. In the front par
lor-we may peep through the door, but
1t would be high treason, in the present
moistened state of our boots, to step
within its sacred precincts-there are six
high backed chairs standing in state,
two at each window. One can. easily see
from the general arrangement Of the fur
niture, that from romping children, un-
ceTemonious kittens, and unhallowed in
truders generally, this room is most sa-
credly guarded.
Without speaking particularly Of the
other rooms, which, though not fur
nished in so stately manner, bear a
family resemblance to "the best room, "
we will usher the reader into the oppo-
site room, where we will find the owner
and occupant of this prim looking resi-
dence.
Miss Hetty Henderson is maiden of
some thirty summers, attired in Il
sober looking dress of irreproachable
neatness but most formal cut She is
the only occupant OF the house, of which
likewise, she is proprietor, Her father,
who was the village physician, died some
ten years since, leaving to Hetty, or per-
haps should give her full name, Hen
rietta, his only child, the house in which
he lived, and some four thousand dollars
in bank stock, on tlss income OF which
she lived comfortably
Somehow Miss Hetty had never mar
ried, though such is the mercenary nature
OF man, the rumor oil her inheritance