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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

nihgS the magnificent cquirment of cur
railroads has grown. From Peter Cooper's
locomotive, which weighed less than a
ton, with a boiler the size OF a barrel,
and which had difficulty in beating a
gray horse, we now have locomotives
which will easily run sixty and can ex-
coed seventy miles an hours, and others
which weigh seventy five tons and more.
A comparison Of the engine built by
Peter Cooper with the modern standard
express passenger locomotive shows the
progress which has been made in fifty
years. There have been many modifica
tions in the design of locomotives to
adapt them to the changed conditions of
the various kinds of traffic of to-day. An
express train travelling at a high rate of
speed requires a locomotive very differ
Ont from one which is designed for
hauling heavy freight trains up steep
mountain grades. The engines at first
had four wheels, but nov they have
eight and ten.
The early cars resembled the stage
coaches of that day. The Mohawk and
Hudson Road in 1881 had six cars similar
to that represented in the engraving.
The next step was to join these coaches
together. and build cas- with COM art
ments. 1t was opened Sept. 81, 1885,
with a goods train, as the freight train
is called in England, but this also car
riel a number of passengers.
The following notice, which appeared
In the Baltimore newspapers, was the
first time table for passenger railway
trains published in this country:
"RAILRoAD NOTICE
"a sufficient number of cars being now
-, Il, 80 H. 80. ~1,%;,,, - CO.,
gers, notice is hereby given tina the fol-
lowing arrangements for the arriva, and
departure of carriages have been adopt
ed, and will take effect on and after
Monday morning next, the 9Th in tant,
viz: A brigade of cars will leave the
depot OH Pratt street at 6 and 10 o'clock
leave the depot at Ellieotts Mills at 6
and 81 o'clock a. IN. and at 1919 and G
p. M.
"Way passengers vii! provide them
| selves with tickets at the Office of the
company in Baltimore, or at the dcpots
at Pratt street AMI Ellicott's Mills, or
at the Relay House, near Elk Ridge
| Landing.
The evening way car for Ellicott's
| Mills will continue to leave the depot,
Pratt street, at 6 o'clock p. m. as usual.
an. B. Positive orders have been is
sued to the drivers to receive no Assem-
gers into any of the cars without tickets.
"P. S. Parties desiring to engage a
car for the day can be accommodated
after July s."
A passenger train of the Mohawk and
Hudson Railroad which was PIT on in
October, 1881, between Albany and
Schenectady, attracted much attention.
1t was hauled by the English engine,
aJohn Bull" and driven by an English
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

There is j gentle
man at Malden-on-

There is agenfle~
Dyspepsia. man ct Malden-on-
the Hudson, n. NJ.
named Captain "A. q. Pareis, who
has written us a letter in which il
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says:
have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
for seven or eight years. It IS con-
stant1y in my house, and I've consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
and Constipation we
Indigestion. have ever used or
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating.
The August Flower. however, re-
1ieves the difficulty. My wife fire.
quently says to me when I am going
to town, We are out
Constipation of August Flower,
andI think you had
better getanother bottle I am also
troubledwith Indigestion, andwhen-
ever I am, / take one or two tea
spoonfuls before eating, for a day OF
two, and all trouble is renoved."@
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

be : revelation to those who believe
that the life Of ! public mans wife 10
Z succession Of pleasures, dotted here
With Z Pretty Commitment and there
with some, t6kea 81 hon6r, Mhh9
MAny people Ore yawlingg ,aand pffespar-
Ing t6 break their nights rest, Mrs.
Talmage ID slready tR, opening the
first mail. Breakfast fl promptly sc
3 O'clock: Then the family separate
ana ths Wife begins q receive callers
which alone is a task. It Is . we'll
known saying among the neighbors
that athe Ta1mage bell is never still. "
All kinds Of people must be seen, in
Vulnerable appointments made and
kept, the pastoral work of the largest
church, In America must lie looked
hftsf; the details ut 9 seofs or mere
missionary, church, literary societies
with, which Mrs: .Talmage, Of, her nus
band, is conneetkd. havg their demands,
and, In addition to oil these, are the
household cares Ut 4 Large Mouse and
. family IF growing children. All the
appointments 81 tie Talmase Home in
Br6ok1yn fefect tie woman WHO pre-
sides oyef. 1t. .Gapdiness In furniture
or decorations is absent; and. instead,
n sees a harmony of good taste on
every hand. Mrs. Talmage is on ex-
cellent housekeerer and her home
shows it,
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The Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Mrs. Jennette Chisholm, was celebrated
at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
William Allen, near Keokuk, the other
day. The venerable lady was born in
Inverness, Scotland, in 1871. When 10
years old she came to Baltimore, the
ocean voyage lasting thirteen weeks.
From Baltimore she made the trip to
Pittsburg by OK team, there being no
railroads in those days. In 1860 she
came to Iowa, where she has since re-
sided. E~ighty-two years ago she was
married, and of the union was born four
children, all of whom are dead. Aside
from grandchildren, the only surviving
member of her immediate family is a
sister living in Ohio. She is still hale
and hearty and attends to her own room.
Among her articles of furniture is her
bridal bed, which she still uses.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

business more easily, the people are
building what is called a railroad. This
consists OF iron bars laid along tho
ground and made fast, so that carriages
with small wheels may run along upon
them with facility. In this way one
horse will be able to draw Us much as
ten horses on a common road. A part
of this railway is already done, and if
you choose to take a ride upon it you can
do so. You will mount a d something
like a stage and then you will be drawn
along by lead horses, at the rate of
twelve miles an hour"
The Baltimore and Ohio had fifteen
miles of road in May, 1890. The ques-
tion of locomotive power was under con
sideration for some time.
In 1829iand 1880, Peter Cooper expert
ymented with a little locomotive on this
road. At a meeting of the Master Me-
chanics' Association in New York in
1875-at the institute which bears his
nhme-he rotated with s;eat glee howw.
on the trial trip, he had beaten a gray
horse attached to another car. The
boiler of Peter Ccoper's locomotive was
about the size of a -four barrel. The
flues were made of gun barrels. The
whole machine was not larger than o
hand car of the present day.
The aDeWitt Clinton" was built for
the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, and
was the third locomotive made by the
West Point Foundry Association. The
first excursion tripiwas made with pas
sengers from Albany to Schenectady,
August Q, 1881
In 1881 the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany offered a premium of $4,000 son
the most approved engine, which shall
be delivered for trial upon the road on
or before the LIST day of June, 1881, and
So, 500 for the engine which shall be adj
Judged the next Best" The require
nents were that the engine, when in
operation, should not exceed three and
half tons weight, and mu t on a
tons, exclusive of weight OF wagons, if-
teen miles Per hour.
In response to this call three locomo-
tiyes were produced, but only one was
made to answer any useful purpose.
This engine, the York was built at
York, Pa, and brought to Baltimore
over the turnpike on wagons. After
undergoing certain notifications it was
found capable of performing what was
required by the company.
In August, 1881, the locomotive John
Bull, which was built by George and
Robert Stephenson s. Co, Of Newcastle.
son-Tyne, was received in Philadelphia
for the Germany and Amboy Railroad
and Transportation Company. This is
the old engine Which was exhib, ted by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company III
tke Centennial Exposition OF 1876. Alter
the arrival OF the john Bull o number
lot engines were imported to America bj
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

ness in the back, and will be worn with
q little silk or flannel shirt, which belts
down beneaththe skirt instead of hang
Ing over the belt In d blouse or waist.
It is to keep the skirt band from sli. ping
down below her belt, SD SHINE bne,
kindly wise. and We think o woman,
has invented q girdle belt with lacings
On each side in front to cover the most
unmanageable Of the waist bands.
Her sailor hat will b. q little lower
and considerably b:oader brimmed
than last year, her waists decidedly
more like shirts, and her brother sash
arrangement will be generously pa
tronized. Her challies and ginghams
and india silks will be simply frilled
affairs with paniers and bretelles. or
simply foances of the material with
bands of velvet. Every girl that has
a pretty neck will be generous Of her
charms in d modest and maidenly
fashion and most cool gowns will have
turned back fril1s from the open neck.
Now, the most wonderful thing about
the wonderful summer girl who bowls
and climbs mountains. tlirts and
dances, rows and rides the long sum
mer days away, looking divine every
blessed minute in these simple gowns
Of which we are talking, nine times out
of ten makes the gowns herself. and
that is why the designs are printed
just to give the home seamstress some
practical ideas now when she needs
them.
There's no girl in the universe except
the American girl who can teach o,
write or sing for her living all the yea,
and act like a princess royal whA she
gets away for her vacation. All the
luxurious, high-bred gentility of the
societyqueen who doesn't comb her own
hair promptly comes to the summer girl
when she shakes off her shackles, and
though she has made her W dresses
and earned them besides, there's nothing
of the working woman about her when
her work for the year is done.
Now, any clever girl, with a mother
or sister to pin up the seams, can make
out of simple cashmere or crepe lisse
the most fetching kind of a gown with
only a simple skirt of material in old
rose Or stem green with black founc.
ings, or blue. white or soft gray with
white ~houncing, and the little coat
waist with full chemisette Of null and
wrinkled sash Of silk. The founce on
the skirt is gathered in clusters with
ribbon knotted and fastened below thu
heading. Almost any clever girl may
make the gown, but only the girl will
the plump and dimpled neck can wea
it with grace. It seems very hard tina
the pretty girls who do not need prett,
gowns to make them charming are thu
only ones who can wear them.
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"Jossing" y Soul.

In San Francisco a few days ago Sing
Song, priest in a Chinese ~josshouse, was
arrested on the charge of cruelty to anil
mails. He was found on Washington
street, wearing a square hat and a long
robe. He was making a horrible noise
by beating cymbals and ringing a bell.
Near by he had a white duck in a tub of
water with it's legs tied together so
that it could not swim. When asked
what his performance meant, Song said
that a Chinese woman had died in the
house which he was in front of and he
was trying to sjoss'' her soul into the
body of the water fowl so that when il
died its spirit would carry the woman's
soul off to the fowery kingdom beyond,
He was very indignant at being arrested.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29
How He Moved.

A little lad, whose family have an
ticipated the LIST of May, was seen
yesterday personally conducting the
t~ransference of his own private and
personal belongings. He moved in a
large toy wheelbarrow. which con-
tanned, as he rolled it briskly along the
sidewalk, several sets of blocks, a
wooden COW with a broken leg, a model
of the Eiffel tower in silver cardboard.
two dozen or more tattered picture
books. half q dozen gayly painted
wooden tops, q spigs in clover" puz-
zle, 0 red and green Japanese hut
terfy kite, al elephant with hide of
gray canton flannel, a locomotive and
train Of tin cars, with joints somewhat
dislocated, q football, some roller
skates and various other treasures,
81 which lowered high in the air q
bright canyas-covered sign p~urloined
from some small dealers booth at a
summer picnic. urging humanity at
large, and all passers-by in particular,
to smoke q certain brand of cigarette,
drink q certain variety of beer and
shoot the doll baby at so many shots
for q nickel. The lad felt himself a
man offlany Professionalism York
Recorder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

nAssths last legal execution III me
sCrgsk. nation / va present. said MI.
Leo E. BehRebts the government agent
for the five civilized TRIES, tho other
day at Washington. gThe details were
very different from an execution iii the
ARMY: There . squad is detailed, and
soME III the EuHs are left unloaded, 10
nobody gaA teft whs fires the fatal shot.
AT this last Creek execution the con-
deinneed man Was seated Of the ground,
with III haEk srsinst d tree 8fid hfs legs
stretched ont HI 'front.': He was not
bound to the tree. nor EerY his hands
tied. just before the execution some
9otit sat q bandage over his eyes, but the
prisoner tire II oil and threw it away.
PerLaps the strai'snst part of the pro-
ceedings was the selection or thee xecu-
TONERS. That was left to the Condemned
man. He was told to pick out the two
men who he wanted to do the shooting.
Strange to say. one Of the selections was
his cTIstu. Roth me were from the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

saved so many annoyances as is DR..
Talmage BY his wife's foresight and
ability. The rear apartment of the
second floor is Mrs. Talmage's work
ing room. It is tastefully furnished,
but more with an eye to utility than
characterization. In this room Mrs.
Talmage spends most of her time. It
is her private dem All the mail
that is left at the house for DR.. Tai
mage is taken into this room and
opened by her. It is not an unusual
thing for the postman to deliver be-
tween one and two hundred letters q
day, all of which pass through Mrs.
Talmage's hands. Business letters are
answered by her, and all letters that
may be OF an unpleasant or annoying
personal nature are destroyed. DR..
Talmage never sees them.
Aday in Mrs. Talmage's home would
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29
MODERN PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.

steaM enough to draw ten passenger cars
81 the rate OF thirty-fve miles an hour.
In this country the Delaware and Hhd-
son Canal at Honesdal9, Pa; was the
pioneer in f%ailrbading, and in 1927 this
company built the Carbonate Railroad
under construction, connecting the coal
mines with the canal. This road was
sixteen miles in length and was opened
In 1929, to be operated by stationary en-
g'nes. The first locomotive in this roun-
try was run over this foad Aug. o, 1929.
Mr.. Hcratio Allen, who is still living
near York, went to England in 1923, to
study the subject of locomotive building,
He had a commission from the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company to purchase
rails for their road and also their loco
motives to be built in England upon
plans to be decided upon by himself
after his arrival in that country. This
was before the trial of the "Rockpt"
on the Liverpool ard Manchcs-
ter Railroad. The result of Mr..
Aliens Investigations was to produce
In his mind a confidence in the multitu-
bular boiler which is now universally
used for locomotives. An order was
given to Foster, Kostuch & Co., at Stone
bridge, for one engine whose boiler was
to have riveted flues of comparatively
large size, and another order was given
to Messrs. Stephenson s. Co., Of New
castle-on-Tyne, fer two locomotives with
boilers having small tubes. The engine
built by Foster, Roetuch & Co. was sent
to this country and tried at Honesdale,
Aug. 8 of that year. Its name was the
@Stonebridge Lion, " and it was ruin On
its trial trip by Mr.. Allen, to whom be-
longs the distinction. of having run the
first locomotive ever used in this coun-
try. The two locomotives built by
Messrs. Stephenson & Co. were sent to
this country, but there is no record of
their use.
The first railroad which was under
taken for the transportation of freight
and passengers in this country on q COM
prehensive scale was tho Baltimore and
Ohio. Its construction was begun in
1928. Peter Parley's "First Book of His
tory" used as a school book half d cent
ury ago, says of this first railway: "But
the most curious thing at Baltimore is
the railroad. must tell you that there
is a great trade between Baltimore and
the States west of the Allegheny Noun
:tains. The Western people buy a great
many goods at Baltimore and send in re-
turn a great deal of Western produce.
There is, therefore, a vast deal of travel
ing back and forth, and hundreds Of
teams are constantly occupied in trans
porting goods and produce to sd from
market. Now, in order to carry on this
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

enrineer named John Hampson This
is generally regarded as the first flu ly
equipped passenger train hauled by a
Steam-powcr engine which, raAin regular
carried an average Of ss7 passengers
daily. The accompanying engraving
is from q sketch made at the time.
From this train to the NewsYork linn
tied vita vestibpled s:eepers, Earl II /,
dining car, library, bathroom, and bar
Der shop, marks the advancement of
railway time in America in half a can
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the Stephensons. Mostsoi them were 81
what Is known as the: PLANET, which,
was 9 form Of engine that sacceeded he
@Rocket.n
In all these locomotives the axlesswcrc
held by the frames 50 that the forsaei
were always parallel with each other,
This made It difficult to turn curves
This was remedied by John B. .Icryf.
who constructed an stnginc with a ma ID
driving axle rigidly attached to the on.
gine frame, and only one truck, d
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29
sHILon's
C0NSU N PTION
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough cure b
without a parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos.
tive guarantee, a test that M other cure can sue.
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the sProprietors, at an enormous expense, arc
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every hons
in the United States and Canada. II you have
aCough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, fos
II will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
Y sure. If you dread that insidious diseass
Consumption use it. Ask your Druggist fos
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, 50 cts. and
tI.oo. If your Lungs are sore or Back Lama
ne Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS ctA
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

his invention originated rs far rack as
1881, and Was completed aid fedu,cd tc
practice iii 1884. Tho dispute was car.
ried to the Supreme Court Of the United
States, aid was decided against the
plaintiff after an expenditure OF? S22n,-
600. 1t involved the principle in which
nearly all cars In tbs country are now
and were then built.
IN 1884 Henry r. Campbell, of E.hila-
delphia, patented the use of two re;rs OF
driving wheels and a truck. The driv.
ing wheels were coupled by rods The
principle has been generally adopted in
this country.
|. From these Comparatively small begir.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29
TIE MAN, NOT THE MEANS.

NIL behelA, or dreamed it in . dream:
s4n@ spread cloud Of dust along apiain,
81 Z ", 9naeIneath the cloud, ortn II, ragged
IS AuLlO!s oattle, and men yelled, and swords
ssnoc1eo upon swords and shields. Aprince's
Ways re IN then staggered backward, hemmed
4 cIayen hung along the battles edge
yHnnhaoa. tnought: Had a sword Of keener steel
this S ~" Au'
Blum. thing, He snapped and flung it nom
And lowering crept away and left the Held.
bestead, ~"
And weagoniess, and saw the broken sword
adliI-puIted Mthe dry and trodden sand,
iaM i1e ran and snatched it, and with battle shout
.anS, sH N.res > m. ne hewed his enemy down
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-29

wore fawls bangs j whish says par i
had a club ide give them several bangs
where it wood doc them the most good
wen q man is long on kollars he is
sure to be short on branes-A dood is
wuss than nm emetic ibekos the emetic
don't make you sick unless you swaller
it. but q dood makes you sickern a
dorg just to look at it-of late par has
been Down on waul street aud the stock
exchange he says the only thing on
wanl street that amt watered is whisky
mar said she knowed that by His breth
o york is Not as big as Texas but it
is a CRATE place to Enjoy yourself if
you have muney. JOHNNIE CHAFFIE.
Il. b. Sceet. in Texas Siftings.
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McHAIE, the able Minnesota legislator

! McHALE, the able Minnesotalegislator
who was the father of the anti-tights
Dill, IS said to be the most utterly crushed.
man ! the United States, excepting,
perhaps. Mr.. ingalls,. The people of his
state, of every sex and condition in life,
have apparently c%onspired to make life
a burden to him, and they have sue
ceeded to q remarkable degree. He
does not dare to tie his horse to a hitch
Ing post but some fellows come along
and incase the animals legs In old
trousers. When the girls meet him on
h street they giggle. If he orders q
meal in q restaurant the chickens legs
will be brought to him wrapped In
paper.
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1904, but It could not make steam, and
could therefore neither go fast nor draw
a heavy load. 1t was of little practical
value, But in 1929 when a competitive
trial Of locomotives was made on the Liv-
erpool and Manchester Railway, the Ste
phensons, father and son, presented the
@Rocket," which by the aid of a steam
blast, which was kept constantly blowing
the fire, enabled the locomotive to make
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Talks cheap, but when it's
backed up by a pledge of the
Hard cash of a financially Re,
sponsible firm, or company, of
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing, ii
means business
/ Now, there are scores of
sarsaparillas and other blood.
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best, purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind (for your own sake) J,
there's only one guaranteed
blood-purifer and remedy for
torpid liver and all leases
that come from bad blood.
That Outstanding solitary
and alone-sold on trial. is
Or. Pierce's Golden Med.
ical Discovery.
! If it don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofulous diseases
and pulmonary consumption
is only lung-scrofula-just let
its makers know and oct vo,,r
money back.
+! Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it m trial, as
Golden Medical Discovery
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only Dis
covery is guuruuteeM