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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
A Man in the Kitchen.

A mother carefully taught her sons
many details OF work usually consider
ed the sole province of girls and con-
corning which boys generally grow up
in ignorance. They washed and wip-
ed dishes, learned to prepare plain
meals, had practice in sweeping and
busting and putting to rights, and
were taught to patch and darn neatly
and to sew on buttons. Some of them
learned something of the ''highcr
branches" When they went out into
the world they had frequent occasion
to bless the mother for these useful ac-
complishments; and when they became
heads of households, they had an in
tclligent practical knowledge Of The
"details of the work Of which their
wives had charge and were able to
make the burden easy in many ways
where another man would have made
it heavier.
No man worthy of the name per-
mits his wife OF any woma in the
house to do the heavy drudgcry Of
carrying coal and wood caring for
furnaces and stoves, moving stoves OF
heavy furniture, beating carpets, and
so on. But this need has to be the
limit of a mans usefulness about the
house. There is no reasonable rcason
why a mar should not be able TO brpil
a steak, boil or bake potatoes, cook an
egg, make coffee OF tea and prepare
other articles of food should an emor-
gency arise to make it desirable (and
such emergencies do often arise,) and
do it too without turning the kitchen
and dining-roora topsy-turvy in the
operation. Some men can and do ac-
complish such work, and even make
biscuits, griddle-cakes and the like.
A woman whose husband is il the
habit Of taking hold when needed
in housowork has been heard to say
that she would rather have him 10 de-
pend on in uitse Of in~diap02jtjoa OF
other emergency than any girl that
could be hired. He does not Interfere
when there is no cause for it, but he
saves labor for his wife and expense
for himself, and he is not at all aslans.
ed of doing it nor afraid to undertake
it. No MAJ need be; rather than any
man should be ashamed Of unwilling
ness and should regret inability to per
form any ordinary household tasl
Dn OccasiOn.-G00G E2u5e@ec&t2g.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
Proposed BY "

Young Thubs is a good business
man, but outside Of business heis not
such a good manager. IIe had u beau-
tiful Typewriter, one of the perfected
kind, aged IL years. better than new,
with laughing blue eyes. Having
fallen in love with il, he one day sat
down beside it. and told it that he
wanted to dictate a letter of love to his
sweetheart. 1t went to work mechan-
ically:
votedly; no other being could ever ms lire
in my heartsuch q fervent aud lasting affec.
ton, an y fake this method of laying Mt yonr
feet my life. my love, my honor, ana my jot-
tune. VIII you accept tnese2 Answer i'm
Il TnuBs."
There it is" said the typewriter.
s'To whom is it Addressed"
ITO your own dearself,n said Thubs,
with q voice that would make a lemon
ade shaker.
"And you want a rcplypn
eyes, my precious one"
"Well, you shall have it III the same
manner. Take tins seat at the inslru-
ment. Ready"
Mr.. .rHuBs-Dear Sir: Yours of this I'M
slant received; contents noted. In replT, ]
peg 10 statc tt'at your offer Is exceedingly
kind and worthy; but there is IL bar whict
would prevent its acceptance"
STOP" said Thubs. "'Why should
there be a bar between us?"
well, you write on"
"My marriage last Thursday night
with Mr.. J. Squiggs renders"
But Mr.. Thubs' distant footsteps
were echoing down the corridors of nc
time at all, and in next mornings pa
per was
WANTEp-A young lady tynewriter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
Fruit will be plentiful.
The reuaeness OF Stupid Persons.

" K He EGVSsS1aeSS Va StApAS- Il oAA
The unconscious rudeness Of stupid
persons is one OF the most annoying OF
social vexations, and yet it is a thing
which must be endured as part of the
discipline Of life.
A lady who had had her house done
over in the most recent fashion was
asked by every intimate friend who
called to exhibit it from top to bottom.
AS she was one of the persons who
have numerous intimate friends she
filled the Office of exhibitor pretty
often, and of course each dear friend
to whom she showed the house went
away and made intimate friend COM
ments upon it. One day a lady who
was not of the inner circle Of intimate
friends called and before leaving asked
to be taken over the house. The hos
tess showed her about and after all
had been seen led the way back to the
parlor.
lBut you have not showed me all
the chambers" the guest said.
Eyes, you have see them all" was
the reply. :.
mo" the caller insisted" ''there is
certainly n which | have not seen.
II have shown you all the chambers
there are. the hostess answered.
..Well,' the other said, Il do no
understand it. Mrs. Smith," naming
fhe hostess most intimate friend, ''tolc
me that there was one chamber tina
had the most vulgar paper on it tina
she ever saw, and | wanted to SCI
that"
TO which the hostess could only re
ply that whatever there was had beef
shown, and that The caller might de
eide for herself what chamber Mrs
Smith had meant.-Boston Courier.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
too Tor rnat matter; put ! thinK my best
ustome are on the bench of the SUI

too Tor rnat matter; put i thinK my best
customers are on the bench of the SUI
preme court. Regularly a messenger.
boy comes over here every day for five
or 10 cents worth of candy. Hoar-
hound sticks is tho favorite Of the judg-
es. One bites oil ii piece and then pass
es it along the bench. So Ii stick goes
a long ways" just as the taffy dealer
ceased speaking Representative Dough-
erty, of Florida, came out Of the house,
walked up to the stand, laid down y
cent, and asked for one cigarette. The
man smiled as he handed the statesman
the lone cigarette. and Mr.. Dougherty
looked over it and remarked: '.This is
rolled too tight. Give mo another
He was ut last satisfied, and, after light
ing it, walked away ..Tllere are many
members who buy their cigarettes by
the cents worth."-Washington Letter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
DORIS,

After ali it is not wholly the fault OF
the dog that he was degencrated, says
the Des Moincs Leader. Long before
the present generation of dogs had
opened their ewes on & state OF affairs
that would have caused their anccs-
tors to lift up thoir heads and howl
mouTnfuiiy, many eminent men had
expressed the opinion that the world
had worn out its best suit of clothes.
With pen in one hand and paper pad
in the other those eminent gentlemen
were ready to enter the lists, and do or
die in defense Of their behalf. They
minated that the higher civilization
that we noted WAS but the patches used
to cover the rents in the worlds gar
ments that had grown gray at the
seams and singularly thin and trans
parent at the seat. 1t is the fault OF
this civilization that the dog no longer
sees his duty as his father saw it. Witt,
"mixcd feelings we read of that dog
owned by Amelia Rives that is soon tC
go on the operate stage. The Vir'
ginian writer has taught it to sing. II
sings in q clear, rich barytone, and
shows a marked preference for Italian
music. Mrs. Chanler accompanies it
on the guitar, and it is said, much
melody is produced, the dog being an
artist of great attainments and loud
voice. That is tho kind of a thing
that destroys our dogs. Time was
when the lady only accompanied tho
dog when he dashed over the hedges
aud barb-wire fences in hot pursuit OF
the anise seed bag. But those days
are past. Mrs. Chanler has thirty-one
dogs, and many of them are accom-
plished in the arts and sciences. They
paint in the same easy grace that they
engage in mathematics, but it is sale
they do not know the difference be-
tween the Episcopal minister and
rcd-nosed tramp. What can be ex
pected of dogs that sing love song
from Lucia" I'll Trovatore" ant
'.Faust?" Very probably the dog o
the future will torment us with "Onl.
q Pansy Blossom" Il Owe Ter
Dollars to O'Grady," and gems of tina
kind. We may expect almost any
thing from him. He has been edu
Gated to that point where cigarette
smoking comes in. 1t is not improba
BILE that the dog of the next decad'
will puff smoke in the faces of pedes
trians and dare them to resent it will
threatening display of canes OF will
buckthorn handles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
Economical Officials.

l was standing at the cigar and con-
fectionery stand in the house corridor
when George Wise, the fiery Virginia
member, came out and bought five
cents worth of sugar almonds and mint
drops. He went away munching an
almond as ~contentcdly Is you please. |
talked with the owner of the stand, and
he said that it was very often that men,
bers got n sweet tooth and came out
and bought candy. Il have my regu-
lar customers in the house. and senate
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
KNIGHTS OF LABOR COLUMNS.
Edited by James H. Wilkinson.

estimate OF him. There is q small boy
in this city in whose eyes his unworthy
father is the greatest man in all the
world. His mother, who is a great
student of history, whose admiration
for Napoleon Bonaparte is almost
equal to her sons admiration for his
father, delights in telling the boy the
wonderful stories Of the great emper-
or's achievements. There was great
sorrow in the child's face when he
heard the story of Moscow, and his
eyes suffused with tears when he said:
Wasn't it too bad, mammal Oh, if
papa had only boon there"-New
York Sun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
A Haunting Memory.

It is little I think of the old oaken bucket,
The old oakch bucket which hung in the
well,
Though on tiptoe I've stood and endeavored
n could OF its moss and its pollywogs
tell;
For NY " recollection and object persist.
More often encounters with sentiment dire,
An object with dire-life as truly consistent
The old oaken woodbox that stood by the
The old oaken woodbox, the never.ful wood.
box,
The terrible woodbox thatstood by the fire.
What visions Of long weary days in the win
ter
When the boy chopped away that old wood
box to fill;
Now rubbing his hands. now extracting a
splinter,
and envying other boys sliding down hill
Or at the creek skating and tempting him,
rather,
Though seldom he dared to fulfill his de-
sire,
For IN earnest and muscular man was his
AMI the woodbox was waiting for wood by
the fire
The widc-open woodbox, the ravenous wood
The yawning old woodbox that stood by the
fire.
What visions of summer days-schoolboys in
swimming
While he in the woodward was %chopping
away,
Tears Of rage and annoyance his cyesight
half dimming,
For he didn't like work and he did like to
play;
But the farm hands were hungry and dinner
was cooking,
And heavy the strap that was used by his
sire,
The hired girl for fuel to him would be look
ing
When empty the woodbox that stood by the
fire
The ghostly old woodbox, the fiend of a wood
box,
The h%obgoblin woodbox that stood by the
fire.
Most mem'rics old Time in his kindness will
mellow,
AS man becomes gray-haired and placid
and old:
Forgotten the triils of sumncr days yellow,
Forgotten the troubles of winter days cold
But clear to the vision stands out the grim
picture
Through life, and the memory still provokcs
ire,
Of that grisly old woodboX, containing the
mixture
Of grief for the youth and Of wood for the
THE ghost Of tho woodbox, the old oaken
woOdbOX,
The boy-huunting woodbox that stood by
tIe fire.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

mother.
Eyes, indeed 1 did; I turned somer-
sets for her on the bed."-BoS!on Ben-
con.
The Cultivation of Nutmegs.
Padding into a little cove, says
Capt. John Strahan, on the south side
of the bay, we landed beside a clear,
ripping stream, and, having ordered
the whole of the men to march in In
dian file in front, we started by a little
rugged path into the mountains, with
my interpreter Immediately behind
me, and the rajah just in front. Every
foot of the journey, which was labor
iOus in the extreme, disclosed fresh
scenes of verdure and tropical SPLEEN
dor. Winding along the sides of deep
%ravines, sometimes dragging ourselves
up the creepers and underground, we
ultimately attained an altitude of about
one thousand feet above the sea. and
then entered the nutmeg country.
Here we halted and rested. The rajah
pulled some of the nutmegs and ex-
planned how far they were from being
ripe.
Having rested sufficiently, we again
started forward and after ScrumDllnS
along for about an hour we gained a
fine piece of tablcland over which we
travelled for about another half-hour
when we reached three houses erected
in the very heart of the forest. These
were used by the natives for drying
the nutmegs. The country was every
where magnificent, and the aroma of
the spice-laden air delicious. Nutmeg
and other equally valuable trees were
everywhere growingin greatprofusion.
The fruit of the nutmeg i'll appearance
resembles pear, and when ripe, opens
and displays the nut covered with
beautiful red coating of mace. The
nuts are then picked from the trees
put into baskets, and taken to tho
houses, where they are husked and
placed on the shelves. They are Their
partially roasted over a slow fire until
all the moisture is extracted. After
this they are cooled and carried down
to the village in nets ready to be bar
tered to the Bugis, Arabs, and other
traders WHO frequent the gulf in their
small prows or junkos at the proper
GlasGoW Mat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
Doctors in China.

European doctors in China find the
Celestials somewhat trying patients.
John Chinaman rarely obeys the in
structions how to take his medicine,
but consults with his friends on the
subject, and follows the advice of the
majority. AS the native practitioners
furnish very large doses, John is apt
to think that the foreigner has been
mean in giving him a small quantity,
and SO takes two or three doses Mt once.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
A Model Woman.

Mr.. Jones came home at an unseem-
ly hour the other night and was sur
prised to see Mrs. Jones sitting up for
him below stairs with no other light
than that of the electric tower on the
corner to keep her company.
"M-m-maria," he said, huskily,
'y-you shouldn't sit mp slate whenIm
out on business"
As Mrs. Jones did not answer him he
continued in an alarmed voice:
''Shorry, m dear, but it's lash time
tell you I'm shorry-won't spheak to
me?"
At this moment Mrs. Jones called
from above:
"Mr. Jones, who are you talking'to
at this hour of the night?"
"1has'h what I'd like to know m-m-
myself" stammered Jones.
Mrs. Jones FASTENED downstairs,
lamp in hand. When she saw the
situation she laughed in spite OF being
very angry.
tits the model" she said, "the
model l bought to-day to fit my dresses
on
Eyes, thas'h So" said Jones, tipsily
"model woman-didn't talk back
make some fellow good wife. "-Yonk
eyS Statesman.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Faor Napoleon.
What a proud world this would be
Il every man lived up to his little sons
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
aKEEP OUT OF POLITICS. .

As long a IS the members OF the Alliance
stayed IN the back yards OF the political.
bosses, obeying submisslvcly their COM
mands without question, it was the
grandest organization OH earth. It's
membership, the eXemplar citizens,
upon whose virtue these bosses loved to
dwell for hours and hours in the calm
cool OF the evening. But Just as soon as
they essayed to eat at the first table,
sit in the parlor or on the front gallery
n assist in entertaining company,
they were denounced as a most desper-
ately wicked crew Of renegades, and
their officers as political blathersk1tes,
upon whose heads the vitriolic wrath OF
the pent up hate OF these bosses poured
without stint. Why all this adulation
first, and this torrent OF wrath after
words? There can be but one answer.
For more than three Thousand years
aristocrats have recognized those "who
eat their bread by the sweat OF their
face" as but one degree aboye a brute;
u kind OF a connecting link as it were,
between the brute and the man, but
without the attribute Of Immortality.
In recent years these aristocrats have
patronizingly admitted that, peradven-
ture, a laboring man might have a soul,
and that he might vote, provided he re-
manned in all other matters in his prop
er sphere-ahewer Of wood and adrawer
OF water-provided also that he vote
strictly according to the orders OF said
bosses. Therefore, the assumption on
the part OF a laboring man to discharge
the duties OF q citizen according to the
dictates OF his own conscience, is consld.
cred rebellion, and in their high opinion,
the "menial' who attempts to vote as
he pleases should be politically damned
and forced to wear a ball and chain and
split wood in the back yard OF his boss
during his natural life. 1t would be wei
Tor labOr1ng men to remember that they
nov enjoy none OF the rights OF Il maj
that they or their fathers have not
wrung from aristocrats. and that ii they
desire to regain and retain the rights O.
q citizen they must first will it, ther
combine with their fellows, and force
plutocracy to grant it. The submission
OF the many to the dictates OF the few is
slavery.-Dallas, (Tcx,) Mercury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Reports from Wyoming Indicate that
M suffrage has q refining and emo
bling influence ON The community which
all good citizens appreciate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The Welsh tin plate manufacturers
have resumed work, but the business
is extremely dull. 1t is said that seytr-
al large concerns will transfer their
plants to America, as, under the provis-
ions OF the Mckinley bill the industry
has become Improbable, since America
was one OF the chief Tor the ware.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

She-"Do You think, George, that
marriage is Il %failure?' Hell think
it all depends upon the wife. How do
you regard it, Lulup" She'll think
it ali depends upon the husband."-
Epoch.
A Pennsylvanian who desired to sell
q rabbit cxterminatort to the Australian
government in u letter to tho chief
official addressed him rs "Your Ma
liesty.n
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The pioneer "Whaleback", Il new type
OF vessel, recently reached Liverpool
with a cargo OF grain directly from Du-
luth. This new kind Of vessel promises
to greatly reduce the cost OF wheat
transportation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14
Department

minnie has been in to SEQ me to.
day." said little ~live-ycar-old, "and she
behaved like Il lady"
81 hope you did too," said her
mother.
"Yes, indeed did; I turned somer-
sets for her on the bed."-Bos!on Ben-
con.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The first trades union OF womaninB Bel
bacco workers in Antwerp.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

One lady from Silver City last week
sold twenty-five gallons OF raspberry
jam in town at three dollars per gallon.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Wages have been increased fifty cents
per day in some OF the deep mines near
Hill City.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

w. II. Bunnell visited Il sister last
week at Hill City, whom he had not seen
for eighteen years.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Depow says Harrison aud Cleveland
will be the candidates for president next
year with the tariff US Tic main issue.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Crops OF all kinds III the timbered por-
ton Of Pennington county are the best
ever known.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

is extremely dull. 1t is said that sever
al large concerns will transfer their
plants to America, as, under the provis-
ions OF the Mckinley bill the industry
has become Improbable, since America
was one OF the chief markets Tor the ware.
The pioneer "Whaleback", a new type
OF vessel, recently reached Liverpool
with a cargo OF grain directly from Du-
luth. This new kind OF vessel promises
to greatly reduce the cost OF wheat
transportation.
Reports from Wyoming indicate that
N suffrage has a refining and emo
bling influence on the community which
all good citizens appreciate.
One lady from Silver City last week
sold twenty-five gallons OF raspberry
jam in town at three dollars per gallon.
Depow says Harrison and Cleveland
will be the candidates for president next
year with the tariff as tic main issue.
The first trades union OF womaninBel
gum 10 an organization OF wome to-
bacco workers in Antwerp.
w. II. Bunnell visited Il sister last
week at Hill City, whom he had not seen
for eighteen years.
Crops OF all kinds i'll the timbered por.
ton OF Pennington county are the best
ever known.
Wages have been increased fifty cents
per day in some OF the deep mines neal
Hill City.
The new city hall in Philadelphia viii
be the tallest building in the United
States.
The falls OF Niagara are to be utiliZec
for power by the use OF the Pelton water
wheel.
The late Senator Hcarst's estate hal
been appraised at IS, 00O 900.
Mexico will expend S2,OOO,0 00 on he
Worlds Fair exhibit.
---.--
Texas will produce 100000 bales Q
cotton this year.
Dillon is to take the leadership G
Irish affairs.
Hay is reported very scarce.
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The new city hall i'll Philadelphia will
be the tallest building in the United
States.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The falls Of Niagara are to be utilized
for power by the use OF the Pelton water
wheel.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

The late Senator Hcarst's estate has
been appraised at 5000, OOo.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-14

Mexico will expend $4,000, 00G on her
Worlds Fair exhibit.