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

In all discussions Of fodder corn the
object Of the grower is assumed to be to
get the stalk if possible into full bear
ing condition. Where ears are formed
and ready to glaze, it makes q richer
silage than at any previous time, and
this, too, though the ears are stripped
of. Field corn from which the grain
the immature, sappy stalks that have
never borne anything. Cottle eat these,
excepting perhaps the butts, more
readily than the thickly grown fodder
corn that to the inexperienced eye
seems SO much preferable. In this case
the COW is a good chemist, and het taste
is q better guide as to what is best for
herthan is thtt of many more highly
educated or worse perverted palates Of
bumonbind a ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
MsTRUC11yE SUGGESTIONS ron our
RURAL READERS. !
0sns Information Of valu, to II. r.r-~,
stock-Bresdsr. Rs.-kespsr, Housswias,
and Kitchen-Mald.
THE FARM.
Soil for Nursery stock.

Adry, loamy soil not excessively rich
.s best for growing young trees for sale.
There must be potash in the soil, but
until fruittrees get into bearing. thew
need less of other plant-food than do
most farm crops. In moderately heavy
soils, potash is seldom lacking, and on
these good drainage and cultivation are
more important than manure. The bulk
of growth OF leaves and wood is carbon,
and is drawn from the air through the
leaves. If heterogeneous are
largely used they make a soft, sappy
growth, that is easily killed by severe
cold. And besides this young trees thus
grown are apt to be too much checked
when transplanted into soil less stimu-
lated by
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Personal end General,

A PHILADELPHIA bon vivant has kept a
tubful of terrapin alive in his cellar all
winter, so as to have them handy.
The Mexican government is encourag-
ing the cultivation of rubber trees. A COM
pany has recently planted 800, 900 in
Chiapas.
A,,METEoR that cast a shadow and ap-
peared as large as the full moon was seen
by Noblesville, Ind, people the other
evening.
A. S. C1oUGH, of Prescott, A. T., drives
a team of mules that are 81 and So years
old. They are still good workers.
BosToN woman has had her shroud
made at a cost Of $4,000. This will GER
tainly be a case where a woman is wrapt
up in her wealth,
THE British museum is so little in touch
with the multitude that popular illustrated
lectures are to be given on its treasures
in ait AMI antiquity.
A MAN in Saratoga, N. Y, who fought
in the wa without being regularly enlisted,
now finds his name on the list of desert
ers. The congressman from his district
has introduced q bill to relieve him of the
stigma.
JOHN LUNcE TALBOT, of North Mid
dletown, KY, aged 116, is very i'll with the
prevailing disease, Ia grippe. Owing tc
his extreme age his friends are very anxiou
about him, but it is thought be will pul
through.
THE bishop of Rochester, addressing
the students of the Royal Female Schoo.
Of Arts, in London, On the occasion of the
annual prize giving, remarked: Il am struck
with the lovely taste displayed in YOU
hats, they are SO quiet and ladylike." That
! ,>1ooca1 tho pir1c p,nra fban oil tho rrioao
The Essex institute, at Salem, Mass,
has received from Robert c.. Winthrop, jr.,
two original deeds from Masconoulet, saga
of lands i'll Ipswich and Chebacco. The
instruments are in the handwriting of John
Winthrop, jr, aud are dated June %, 1888.
Two lovers of a young woman in Bir-
mingham, Conn, got into a quarrel the
other day and went to the railroad trestle
bridge over the Naugatuck river to settle
it. One hit the other q stunning blow
under the ear and then pushed him off the
bridge into the river. The victor barely
had time to step aside to let a freight train
go by.
JAMES COLLINS, who lives near Gales
burg, H., while searching for hogs in the
woods Tuesday, noticed bees flying around
O large sycamore tree. Secufing help, be
chopped the tree down. As surmised, it
turned out to be a bee tree of the richest
kind. 1t was a mere shell, and when it
struck the frozen ground split open, show
ing a section of honey thirty feet long. In
ali he secured LOO pounds. Mr.. Collins
thought the bees would have filled o large
barrel, but he had no way of hiving them.
ABoY in the employ of the Lincoln Dis
trict Telegraph company, at Lincoln, Neb.,
stands out somewhat conspicuously. Hav-
ing been sent to the depot with a message
for q gentleman about to leave on a
train, he arrived just as the train was pull
ing out. He did not propose, however, to
lose his man, SO jumping on the rear car
he pulled the bell rope, stopped the train,
found his man and got off the train while
the brakeman was looking for the caus
Of the alarm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

THERE Is more Catalrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years Doctors
pronounced it O local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable,
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutions
disease, and therefore requires constitutions
h.. q y TI.n nni g. =" TaiaS Gul S;ii Hin ~
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is takel
internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon
surface of the system. They offer one huudreG
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send fol
circulars and testimonials. Address +. J.
cists. 75c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
A BLOW at Lotteries.

Senator Sawyer has introduced q bill in
the senate to amend certain sections of the
revised statutes relating to lotteries. 1t
provides that no letter or circular contain
ing the advertisement of lotteries shall be
sent through the mails. Any person guilty
of using the mails for this purpose shall
be fined not less than 500 nor more than
$500. The postmaster general may also,
upon finding any person engaged in this
business, instruct the postmasters at towns
to which registered letters are sent i n
answer to such advertisements to return
them to the person who mailed them with
the word fraudulent" stamped on the out
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
H STOCk-RANCH,
Slaked Lime for Sheep.

Mr.. Boldly, of Morgan County, ILL.,,
practices o successful method of Kidding
sheep of the grub in the head. He feeds
them shelled corn, on q barn floor, liter
ally strewed with air-slaked lime. The
sheep in eating fill their noses with the
lime, which causes violent sneezing,
thus expelling the grub. In q few mo-
ments the floor will be covered with
grubs, which should be destroyed. The
use of this remedy occasionally through
fall and early winter has rid Mr.. Boddy's
sheep of this pest, as he informs COL
mans RuraG World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
nj arch April May

Are the best months in which to purify your blood
for at no other season does the system SO much
need the aid of a reliable medicine like Hoods
Sarsaparilla as now. During the long. cold winter.
the blood becomes thin and impure. the body be-
comes weak and tired. the appetite may be lost.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted to purify
and enrich the blood, to create q good appetite and
to overcome that tiTed feeling. 1t has a larger sale
than any other ssrsaparilla or blood purifier. and it
increases In popularity every year, for it is the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
THOUSANDS of cures follow. the use Of DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents.

HENRY STAFFORD. of Kingston, Ont S.,
has received a letter from England which
went into the sea when the steamship
Oregon was wrecked and sunk in 1886.
The letter in question was found buried in
the sands of the beach near Cape Hatteras,
N. c.. The mail bag containing the mis-
slve drifted 400 miles from the scene of the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

amount Of fooda attention will pro.
duce as many pounds OF chicken hcsh
as it will of hog flesh. If 80, why cam
not farmers make poultry raising profit
able and eat nutritious chicken meat
instead of so much bacon? A pound of
fowl flesh will produce more physical
strength and muscular power than n
pound Of fut bacon, but there are many
people who do not believe it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Spring Medicine

early last spring was very much run down. had
nervous headache. felt miserable and all that. Twas
very much benefited by Hoods Sarsaparilla and
recommend it to my friends" Mrs. j. NJ. TAYLOR,
1119 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, o.
Hoods Sarsapariila has cured me of salt rheum,
which have had for years. lido think it is a splen-
did medicine. 1 am 40 years of age and my skin is
just as smooth and fair as a piece of glass. Ihaye
six children, and when anything is the trouble with
them the first thing I go for is Hoods Sarsaparilla."
Mrs. LILA CLARK, South Norwalk, Conn.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
ii

There are SO many different kinds of
Lighthouses that any one which is pre-
sented to farmers who wish to build, is
sure to find some one who thinks it just
meets his wants, writes A. H. Sheldon,
of Iowa, in the Prairie Farmer. The
writer saw a house built something like
the one described in this article years
eral usefulness it is seldom improved
upon.
It is not necessary, and indeed is Of
ten Improbable, to construct large, ex-
pensive houses. A dry, warm shelter
for winter, and o cool retreat for sum
mer is all that is needed.
This house is twenty feet wide by
twenty-five feet long, making room for
eight pens six feet wide by eight feet in
length, or four pens twelve by eight,
making a sleeping-pen and a feeding
pen adjoining. The sides are but four
feet above the foer, the center-posts
eight feet high, and placed eight feet
apart. Under the upper roof are windows
which admit light Il mir directly into
the pens. The partitions are movable
light gates, and can be taken out after
the spring-breeding season is over,
giving a good, large feeding-hoor for
little pigs. Each pen has a six-foot
PANEL for its front, which can be
opened directly across the alley to guide
one of the brood-sows into the pen de-
signed for it. w.
The yards outside extend beyond the
ends of the building sixteen feet, SO as
to give oil the room possible for exer-
else. The doors into these yards are
situated at each end, and for the two
middle pens are placed one at each side
y Of the middle,
When fall comes the wide center can
be converted into o corn-crib, holding
at least four hundred bushels of corn,
enough to fatten fifty pigs, the number
One hundred dollars will put thia house
up in good shape, all shingled and
painted. IT the farmer does his own
work and uses common boards for the
sides and ends, it need not cost Us much
as this sum.
But we want q building that is wind
proof in March,, SO use sheeting and
drop siding for the outside, and make
the roof warm also. TIT large doors at
each end remain closed most of the
time. A small door on the north and
double door on the south furnishes ac-
cess for feeding and care. Water Ia
pumped into the milk-tank and con
Quoted into the hog-house in pipes, into
q tank which remains full, being gov
Grned by q ~foat-valve.
This makes feeding quite ensy. The
oats, shelled corn and meal for feed
is stored in o granary near by, SO no pro-
vision is made for room for such feed:
The cost of the lumber would be some
fifty or sixty dollars, labor twenty-five,
Windows, nails, hinges, spouting, ETC..
some fifteen MORE.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

THOMAS A. DEBLoIs, of Portland, says
the Lewiston Journal, was one of the witty
Name lawyers of whom interesting stories
are told. At one time Judge Nicholas
Emery, who was particular sensitive to
jokes at his own expense, had repeatedly
rebuked Deblois for alleged departure from
the rules of propriety. He being specially
pointed at one time the councillor retorted
l beg your honor's pardon. Your honor
is right and 1 was wrong, as your hono1
| usually is"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
THE YARD
Ponltry Pickinrs

Observation-Disclosures - #lEsraaaa
ALL eggs left too long in the nests
during very cold weather willcraok from
the effects Of frost.
FEEnING broken oil-cake to fowls
twice q week will often promote laying
when other food shall fail to give good
results.
PUT your poultry droppings on the
plot intonded for oniona, and have the
bed as fine as possible before putting
out the seed:or sets.
FOR q movable roost take a 2x3 or XXI
scantling andplane it; then nail legs
to it, after the style eff q carpenters
trestle. II it should eyer get lousy,take
it outs f the house, pour kerosene all
over itand set II q fire! Good.by YER
mini The fame will fash all oye the
perch withea ~scorching heat,but quickly
go onts leaving y In 9 purified condi-
tion.
III has been asserted that i given
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Church Items.

The great stone church ut Johnstown
Ito build which with the chapel cost
more than $t00,O00-which withstood
and divided the flood. but was badly
damaged, has been restored and was
opened in the presence Of a multitude
which taxed its utmost capacity, hun
dreds more being unable to enter.
There has been placed in the Man
chester Mass public library q copy of
the Bible published in 1899. 1t is the
gift of Miss Ella Lee, daughter Of the
late Charles Lee, to the Manchester His
~torical society. This rare and valuable
publication is known as the Bishops
Bible, and was first prlntest 4
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Esol1sH churehmsu q. dsiiQhssd stal

ENuxIsH ohurchmsu afs dsaighssd Svss
. justssoiu gtorytnat ulpstsatse, they
think. the Ec0dneSS Of tie late B;stcpz
Ligbtsoct. 1t is that Id early ills he fell;
inloye with q m whorejected him and
married another clergyman. After DR.
.Lightfoot became bishop be found his old
sweetheart and her husband struggling
along on . poor living in his diocese,
whereupon he took every occasion to adj
vance his rival until the latter aud is FAM
lily were in very comfortable circum-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

THERE is a terrible row going on at the
Theatre Francois, anG though the manage
ment is doing all it can to keep it dark,
rumors of it keep leaking out. The other
actors are disguised that Coquelin has
been taken back. They say that he is SO
intolerably conceited with himself that it
is impossible for them to play with him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

Toas. q goodly number of slices, and
arrange in q deep dish. Put into q
saucepan one quart of sweet milk, and
stir into it two tablespoonfuis sifte6
-four made into q smooth paste with q
little milk. Stir constantly till it boils;
aud small piece of butter, and pour
over the toasted bread.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
THE HOUSEHOLD.
TO Beat an Egg,

AO 1ttAt 6H Lk&s FlH9Lea sf4A-
Any child knows how to bent an egg,
which is true so far as that any one Ly
dint of patience and o fork can bent mn
egg to a froth, but person will take
fifteen minutes and have it less light
than another in five. The one will beat
fast, carrying the fork back and forth,
but entangling very little air; the other
will lift the egg, as it were, with each
beat and throw it over the fork. This
is the proper way and does the work in
half the time. Acquire the habit of
beating eggs, OF anything else, from the
elbow, not using the whole arm: the
fatigue will be much lessened. The use
of egg-beaters has made egg-beating for
cakes, such a formidable task in our
mothers days, a very light one in ours,
but for beating Just n egg a fork, even
now, is often more convenient, Even
with a heater, however, the best results
are obtained by observing certain rules.
In hot weather leave the eggs in ice
water or on ice for some time before
using. 1t is not q good plan, however,
to keep all your eggs on ice. because
they then become SO thoroughly chilled
that in boiling them you cannot estimate
the time required, and should they,be-
come frosted they are inferior for NIL
purposes. In beating the whites of
eggs q tiny pinch of salt will tend to
facilitate the work.-Good Housekeep-
Hno aE#NE T HEE
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Railroad Men Acquitted.

The jury in the case of Frank Twombly
aud Edward La Coche, conductor and en-
gineer, respectively, of the freight train
which in September last ran into a passen-
ger train on the Rock Island roai neal
Chicago, causing the loss of several lives,
brought in a verdict acquitting both men.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

A TRIAL in the harbor Of Portsmouth.
England, recently showed that a modern
torpedo boat can mount any boom yet de-
vised to protect a roadstead or harbor.
The structure tested it was supposed would
instantly stop and hold fast any boat at
tempting TO pass it, but the boat,
driven at full speed, went over without
difficulty or damage.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

A ST. Louis physician thinks it just as
important that the ears of railroad en-
ployes, and particularly that.the ears of
locomotive engineers, should be scien-
tifically tested for NATURAL or acquired de-
fects as that their eyes should betested for
co~ior-bl1ndness. There is a trouble known
to medical men who practice largely among
railroad employees as whistle deafness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Florence, Ala.

The personally conducted excursions to
this rapidly growing city have been SO sue
cessful that the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Railroad Evansville Route) will run one on
each of the following dates. Feb. 4, II. Is
nd 5. Toreopy Of Alabama as 1t l." and
further infoi nation. send to William Hill.
Gen. Pass. Agent. Chicago. I'LL.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

Such is the fatal progress OF consumption.
How often is repeated the old. old story.
Yet not hall so often as it was before the
knowledge came to mankind that there was
adiscovery in medical science by which the
dread disease could be arrested in its early
stages and the patient restored to health.
This wonderful remedy is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

LARGE numbers of Americans. es-
pecialiy from the Pacific coast, are now
visiting Japan. They generally remain a
few months, and thus acquire a wide famil-
iarily with japanese manners and 1nstitu-
lions.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Put on the Brakes

II you find you are going down hill in point OF
health. Failing strength, impaired digestion,
and assimilation are the marks of decline.
Check these and other indications of premature
decay with the grand ~vitalizer and restraining
tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Beginning
at the fountain head, the stomach. the Bitters
remedies its ineficiency, corrects it's errors, and
sets it vigorously al work. The digestive organ
is thus enabled to thoroughly separate from the
food its nutritive principles, which the blood as
similating, is enriched. Thus is the system
and abnormal waste Of its tissues stayed. APP
petite, the power to rest well, a regular habit
are also re-estabLshed, and the various fuuc-
healthful groove. The Bitters, moreover, is a
specific for and preventive Of 4aalariaI conn
plants, rheumatism, biliousness, and kidney
troubles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases. There is no more effectual
remedy for Coughs. Colds. etc.. than
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoC4Es. Sold only in
oores. Price % cts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
no Keen Pile Crusts rom Crumbling.

When your pies with upper crusts ara
ready to put in the oven to bake, take q
little sw. ct milk in n cup, and with a bit
of clean cloth wet the upper crust and
| rim. When baked it will present 9
| shiny surface, and will not fake off.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

The latest English fancy is to wear
with q tailor-made gown a small fancy
watch of iron. or oxidized to resemble iron.
with elaborate gold initials, fastened with
a breach on the left front of the basque,
as a medal or other decoration would be
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

ADUD1sn bird that lines its nest with
the down of certain flowers is the lanceo-
late honeyeater. The nest is sbaped like
a hammock suspended from twigs, and is
very deep. The groundwork is Of grass
and wood.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
THE KITCHEN.
, Plymouth Pudding,

One cup each of chopped suet, mo-
lasses and sweet milk, one teaspoonful
each of saleratus, salt and different
spices, one cup of seeded ~raisins, and
three cups of -four; steam three hours;
to be eaten with sauce.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28
Blood Poison

Tor years at Irregular intervals in all Seasons, I
suffered the intolerable burning and itching of blood
poisoning by ivy. It would break ont on my legs. in
my throat and eyes. Last spring toe: Hoods sar-
saparilla, as a blood purifier, with 10 thought of 1t
as a special remedy for ivy poisoning, but 1t has
effected a permanent and thorough cure" CALVIN
7. SHuTE, Wentworth N. II.
~ had boils all over my neck and back, troubling
me SO much that Icould not turn my head around
nor stoop over. Hoods Sarsapariila cured me in two
weeks. Think it is the best blood purifier" DANIEL
REAn Kansas City Mo ------- go ---- -
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

When Baby was sick. we gave her castorIa.
When she was q Child. She cried for Csstoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to C~astoris,
When she had children. she gave them castoria.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

In SCOTLAND it is said that to rock the
empty cradle will insure the coming of
other occupants for it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

BRONCHITIS IS cured by frequent mail
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

ALL who use Dobbins' Electric SOAP
praise it as the best. cheapest and mos
will try it once it will tell a still stronger
tale OF its merits Itself. Please try it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-28

ELI CIRCLES, of Carroll county, Mo-,
won q $35 sewing machine by producing
twelve ears of corn that weighed eighteen
pounds eleven ounces.