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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
GO UP.
No More Cutting Prices Upon the Coun

No More Cutting Prices Upon the Coun-
try's Patent Cure-Alls.
New YORK, March 2S.-The manu-.
facturers of patent medicines are of the
opinion that the public who buy the stuff
are not paying enough money for it, and
they are combining for tho purpose of
putting up the retail price. The last big
combine of the manufacturers and drug
men was in 1884, and was known as tho
Campion combine. It lasted Just ono
year. Ittwas finally broken by the Hege-
mar corporation and VIM. B. Riker &
Sons, of this city, and other large drug
concerns in other cities.
The present agitation to boom the price
was begun by the retail druggists last
November, and was quickly taken up by
the manufacturers. An ~associa-
ton was formed in January
known as the National Whole
sale Druggists, with L. NJ. Kline,
a Philadelphia druggist, as chairman.
The plan is to charge retailers the full
retail price for all medicines. To each
bottle of medicine q coupon is to be at
tached, which is to be torn off and pre-.
served by the druggist when the bottle
is sold. Clearing houses are to be es.
tablished in the big cities, and these
coupons are to be presented there at the
end Of every month, or every three
months, with the affidavits of tho drug.
gists that the bottles that hold the med.
icines to which they were attached were
sold at the full retail price. The cou-
pons will be purchased then for 20, 33 OF
so per cent. of tho retail price of the
medicine, and that will be the druggists
profit on his sales. Detectives are to be
employed to ferret out the men who cut
rates and to report to the clearing house
officials. Their testimony will destroy
the value of the coupon. The following
table shows the wholesale price of tho
medicines, the retail price, and the price
of the Critters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
TIE VINEYARD.
Grape Growers' Maxims.

Prepare the ground in fall; plant in
spring.
Give the vine plenty of manure, old
and well decomposed, for fresh manure
excites the growth, but does not manure
it.
Luxuriant growth does not insure
fruit.
Dig deep and pillow shallow.
Young vines produce beautiful fruit,
but old vines produce the richest.
Prune H. autumn to insure growth, but
In spring to insure fruitfulness.
Plant your vines before you put up your
trellises.
Vines, like old soldiers, should have
good arms.
Prune spurs to one developed bud, for
the nearer the old wood the higher
favored the fruit.
Those who prune long must soon climb.
Vine leaves love the sun; the fruit the
shade.
Every leaf has q bud at the base, and
either q branch or a tendril opposite 1t.
A tendril is an abortive fruit bunch
Q bunchOf fruit q productive tendril.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
BIach NilIs Clinton.
RAPID CITY, 8. D.
UNION PUBLISHING 90. rusa,
POOLING THE NEGROES
TOLD THAT THE GOVERNMENT
WILL PAY FOR 1T.

To BE Transported, Outitted and Fur
nish with Money-Dun's Review for the
week-Catching Grip In the Air-Other
News and Notes.
GAINESVILLE, Ark, March 2s.-The
negro exodus to Africa agitation has
reached johnson county, and is upset.
ing the equilibrium of our colored popu-
lation. There are not many negroes in
the vicinity of GAINESVILLE, but what
there are are thoroughly aroused and the
majority of them declare their determin-
alton to depart as soon as arrangements
can be perfected. A night or two ago
they held the largest meeting of col
ored people that I'VE assembled in
GAINESVILLE. There were four or
five speakers. One Of them, Jerry
Malone by name, urged the negroes to
sell their little effects and be ready to
start at once and on short notice. He
said that at Pine Bluff the negroes were
treated in a respectable manner. When
q drummer or other white gentleman
meets a colored lady IN the streets in
Pine Bluff he raises his hat and gives her
the sidewalk. That should be the case
everywhere. He made many other state
ments of a similar import. They expect
to go to Washington city and there be
furnished with transportation by the
government. They also believe that the
government will furnish each one with
500 and q years provisions when they
reach Africa. The white population are
willing that they should go.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
FLED THE
1ndiann Millions Scattered in Four State
to Avoid tic Tax Gatherer.

1nulann Ni1lllOnS Scattertd IN Four states
to Avoid the Tax Gatherer.
CHICAGO, March 2s.-A special dis
patch from Delphi, Ind, says: A little
over one year ago Abner Fl. Bowen died
at his home in this city, leaving a for
tune, mostly in personal property, Of
s., 600, ZOO. He had scarcely been buried
when the rows over the estate which en-
sued would fill a large volume. The
heirs kept up the fight until tho other
day, when the attorneys for the county
filed a statement with the auditor asking
that personal property to the value of
over 81, 900, 900 be placed upon the tax
duplicate against the estate of Abner H.
Bowen. This demoralizcd them.
They secretly commenced to
pack up their possessions.
Trunks, ~valises, satchels and
boxes We're brought into requisition, and
in them were stored notes, mortgages,
bonds and stocks. With these in their
possession, the heirs departed on the
midnight train, and the widow is now in
Urbana, III. Edward Bowen is in Chi
cago, and A. II. Bowen and Eta Bowen
are on their way to Philadelphia. All
have given up their residence in Indiana
except Nathaniel Bowen, who retains
the real estate. 1t is estimated hat the
property carried away is in the neighbour
hood of So, OOO, 900. Two reasons are
given for the sensational move of the
heirs. They desired to get their posses
sions out of the state before the assessor
came around next month to list property
under the new law, and they also figure
on having the tax suits transferred to
United States court on the ground that
they are nOn-residents.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
THE MARKETS..
Sioux City 1.-Two Stock.

UNION STOCK YARDS. SIOUX CITY. March
2S.-Hogs-Estimated receipts, 1900. With
eleven fresh loads on sale at the opening,
bidding commenced ir%regularly on the
strength of Chicago, opening at 10000 cents
higher. The fact OF sellers demanding a
quarter more than yesterday cut
no figure with buyers. They
wanted hogs and were prepared for tho
worst. 1t doesn't take much time to get
eleven loads across the scales and by noon
the morning receipts had been weighed up.
The close was strong with the opening at10@
S0c higher, with medium heavy at 1900
4.70; common and light, 81. 0O@4. 30; tail
ends were sold from S2.25@3 90.
Cattle-Estimatcd receipts, 300. There
was no change in prices over yesterday. No
desirable stuff IN anything came in and the
the yards have been pretty thoroughly
cleaned by shipments. No outside buyers
made their appearance and the market was
entirely in the hands Of the packers and
spectators. Butcher COWS were strong, with
orange at So. 50@3.75. Fat steers are in
good demand at S4.0O@4.75.
South Omaha Live stock.
SOUTH OMAHA, March 2s.-Hogs-
Estimated receipts, 1000. Official yester-
day, 3,470; shipments, 5 cars. Market
opened 5@10c higher. Light, 81. 0o04. 30;
mixed. s4.15@4.ao; heavy, s4.2O@4.4o.
Cattle-Estimated receipts, 1880. Ofic-
ial yesterday, 1885; shipments, 4 cars.
Market slow and weak; quality common.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, March 16.-Wheat, fairly &C.
tive and higher; May, S1.1O 5-S@1.11A;
July, S1.0G 7-16@1 .07%.
Corn-Weak and lower: No. 2, TS@7s%c.
Oats-Steady; western, 5T@85c.
Pr0yisions-POrk easy; new, S13.00013. SO.
Lard steady; 1910. Butter weak; western,
1S@12c. EGG weak, western, 21c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
BREATHING DAMPNESS.
The Census Bureau Complies Statistic
Bearing Upon the Point.

The Census Bureau Complies Statistics
Bearing Upon the Point.
WASHINGTON, March 2s.-The census
Office issued a bulletin upon the
subject of the distribution of population
in accordance with mean relative humid
ity Of the atmosphere. The reason for
publishing these statistics is because of
climatic influences on diseases. It shows
that nearly all the population of the
United States breathes an atmosphere
containing IS to rs per cent. of its full
capacity of moisture-that is, the atmos-
phere is from two-thirds to three-fourths
saturated. In 1890 1885, 900 out OF Co.,
622, $50 were found in this region; in 1880
46, $50, 900 out of SO, 1855, 1888, and in 1870
SO, 273. 900 out of 3s, $50, 81.
The number Of inhabitants living in a
drier atmosphere was at each census
comparatively trifing, numbering in
1870 less than half a million, and in 1890
less than 1000, 900. In the moister at
mosphere were found larger numbers
scattered along the gulf coast and the
shores of Washington and Oregon. The
most rapid increase, says the bulletin,
has been found at the top and bottom of
the scale, and particularly in the more
arid region, where the population has
nearly doubled during each of the last
two periods.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
THE POULTRY-YARD,
Breads and lncuhat0ra.


In the great range of climate and tenn
perature in this country, we can find
climatic conditions similar to those from
whence certain breeds were imported,
and where their peculiar excellence was
developed either as meat or as egg-pro-
ducers. We annot expect the Leghorn,
which comes from Italy, to lay as we'll in
Dakota as in the 'Sunny South" or it's
native cline. Langshans, which origi-
nally came from China, would naturally
do better in a cold climate than at the
South. In all breeds, their habits,
amonn of plumage, ETC., must be care
fully considered if one would have as
good results from the bird as is claimed
for it on its native heath. The past ten
years have brought a marked change in
the class of people who are raising pure
bred poultry. Men and women of thought
and culture have engaged in it, and are
bringing up the poultry interests of this
country. Thanks to the many good
poultry journals in circulation, farmers
are becoming a thinking, reading and
practically demonstrating class of peo-
pie. The sitting hen Is o 'delusion and
o snare" She breaks all the eggs she
possibly can, brushes the chicks when
they are out of the shell, and her
first gift to them is 'svermin without
number" The care of several sitting
hens at this season of the year means
something, and if they foul the nests,
which they so frequently do, they are
simply loathsome, In these days, when
simply constructed i%ncubators of 1OO-egg
capacity "a be had SO reasonably, tits
o matter of economy, especially il pure
bred eggs are to be Matched. Letters
come to us from all parts of the country
with grevious complaints about the sit,
ting hen, so she surely must go.
Newly Matched chicks should not be
allowed to wander q foot away from the
source of heat, The first three or four
days heat is quito as essential to them as
food, and if they get o chill at any time,
ever if they survive it, you need never
expect a healthy chick.-Farna, Field
and StOcEnlHf
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
r IN THE AIR..
A Chicago Doctor Catches 1t on q Pane
OF Glass-Interesting Study.

OF misunderstanding Study.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-Dr. w. G.. Gen
try, of this city, has secured in a novel
way what he thinks is undoubtedly a
microbe of la grippe. The doctor has
been studying the peculiar influenza
since it's appearance over a year ago.
He found that thirty-four years ago and
again sixteen years ago la grippe
was prevalent, and that seventeen years
ago it attacked horses, causing the
well-remembcred "epizootic" epidemic.
DR.. Gentry was inclined to believe that
the earth at intervals passed through q
strata of space impregnated with what
astronomers call "Starders." Several
days ago it occurred to him to trap one
of the particles of dust or microbes.
Carefully placing a blank microscope
slide he took it out doors and passed it
through the air. Placing the slide under
his microscope he counted seven He
had the slide mounted and then obtain
ing son microcasms from q patient af-
1ected with la grippe he found in it
microbes identical in every respect with
those caught in the air. The microbes,
as described by DR.. Gentry, are gener-
ally of round form, varying occasionally
in outline, but always distinctly marked
by a series of lines surrounding them.
Radiating from these lines are others
which resemble fine irregular pears.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03

laborers are at work making the well.
Having decided on the diameter of the
well, cut boards of uniform length (usu-
ally about four feet,) cutting or notch
ing in each end as shown in the en-
craving, Dig the well square, placing
in the boards upon all four sides: as it is
dcepened two short strips are nailed over
each crack to hold the boards in place.
After water is reached. or at any time,
corner pieces are firmly nailed at each
angle to hold the whole firmly and solid,
when the short strips may be removed.
1t is also well to make a ladder, by
simply mailing to onc ofthe corner pieces
strips one foot apart. They will be one
inch from the curb and make a firm and
secure hold for both hands and feet in
making the ascent and Observation-Disclosures
dcdn AgricultlTiSt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03

COW that produces 800 ID Of butter in !
year makes a very modest showing In
milk, and the horse that can trot . mile
in 2.1O would make . very poor. showing
at the pillow.
Mr.. Rutherford gave an instance
where Q neighboring farmer, by breed.
ing to good Jersey bulls for fifteen q
had increased the butter product Of his
dairy over n hundred pounds per COW
and received last year 1915 more for but.
ter from seventeen cows and heifers
than his neighbor did from t%wenty-nine
common COWS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03

ADJUSTABLE latter. and foreto D
are constantly becoming entangled when
this headgear is being arranged. To re-
move the one illustrated, it is only ne
cessary to unbuckle the strap, when the
whole falls to the floor. Again, it is
specially convenient to carry upon the
road, since it can be adjusted over the
bride by lcngthening the strap when
buckling. When a halter is used in this
way the rope should be passed through
the bit-ring, giving much greater control
over a horse if he should become fright
ened while standing at the hitching-post.
The snap and rings are q convenient ar
rangement for %lengthening or shortening
the amount of rope.-Amerjcan Agrt-
cuItuTiSt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
THE FARM.

oats have been harvested, and in this
way very fair amount of feed besecured.
1t is quite an item in doing this to have
the soil reasonably rich, and then, if
from any cause there is q prospect of q
short supply of feed, an increased sup
ply cal be secured, while to a very con
siderable extent these are quick-growing
crops, and the soil ought to be reasonably
rich to maintain this growth. With the
soil thoroughly prepared in a good condi-
ton and reasonably rich, q quick germi-
nation and IL good start to grow can be
secured. Any of these three can, with
anything like fair conditions, be made to
yield a large amount of feed. This is
especially the case with sweet corn and
%turnips. Buckwheat makes an excellent
feed, bnt usually does not yield an extra
large crop.
All can be grown without %cnltivating.
The corn ought to be sown in drills while
tho turnips and b%uckwheat can be sown
broadcast and covered by narrowing
thoroughly. In a very dry season such
a plan would not be feasible. There
should at least be sufficient moisture in
the soil to induce a good termination of
the seed and a chance to grow. After
the plants get started, growing sufi-
GENTLY to shade the soil thoroughly, they
will usually DO able to make a fair
growth even if the weather continues
dry, not as good of course as would be
made if the weather was more favorable,
but sometimes sufficient to add consider
ably to the supply of feed if the supply
should be scant, as it is sometimes.
If this plan is attempted preparation
should be made to do this work as oon
as possible after the crops are harvested
and stacked. Turnips can be deferred
the latest of all, as it is possible to Sc
cure q very fair crop of turnips sown
ever as late as the 10th of August. OF
course with any crop attempted TO be
grown at this time it cannot be consid-
cred as certain as those planted in tho
spring or fall,-JOuDndI of Horticulture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
THE PoPE's SANCTION.
It Il Accord d To tho worlds Fair and Its
Purposes.

LEaLH&. rs
CHICAGO, March es.-An afternoon
paper says: His Holiness Pope Leo
Kill out with an apostolic benediction
upon the worlds fair and the plan to
erect q beautiful stone monument in
honor of Christopher Columbus at Buenos
Ayres. He says:
It is proper as we'll as useful to render
homage to men who have merited SO well
Of Christian faith and human society.
Columbus, in accomplishing by MS genius
and perseverance, such great deeds, has
been the fountain In both h%enispheres of
80 great influence upon mankind that few
men can be compared with him. Hoping
thatthe honors rendered. him will serve to
s~tiIaalate the Worlds Columbian exposition,
It Chicago, we give to your project the
praise that It merits, and, at the same time,
as q token OF fraternal owe, we give the
apostolic benediction.
tsigned) Pore Leo KILL
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03

OF inc nundrcQ
bits of work that
come up in the
course of a day
makes q large
amount in the
aggregate. TIL c
halter shown in
the illustration is
much o readily
adjusted, since in
the old-fashioned
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
A CASE.
A Girl Who Seemed Especially Fitted to
Live Elects Not to Do So.

1.-Two EIectS MOI TO DO SO.
LANSING, Mich, March 2S-The mar
riagc of Miss Myrtle Coats and Frank
Conkling was fixed for next Wednesday.
Last night Miss Coates, WHO was Of
unusual beauty, and not quite 10 years
of age, was seized with commissions and
died in less then two honrs. Just before
her death a lengthy letter to her family
was found in her clothing. This letter
admitted that she had committed suicide
by poisoning, and revealed the cause Of
self-destruction, but her parents abso-
lutely refused to show the message to
her lover, or the authorities, except that
portion of it which detailed with minute
c%learness her arrangements for the sui
eide, and her desire concerning her
funeral.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
Wooden WeIl-Curbinr.

In sections of the country where stones
or brick cannot be obtained the wells are
curbed up with boards or timber, and
this is an important operation where
wells are sunk through sand or friable
soil liable to a V in. Herewith is illus
trated a method Of curbing as fast as the
well Is d%ecpcncd. 1t not only serves as
the permanent wall but prevents trouble
and accidents from caving in while the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
Saving the Ship.

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, March 2s.-
An effort is now being made to float the
United States steamer Galena, at Gay
head. 1t was found that she could be
pumped out without much difficulty and
tugs are now trying to work her off.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR.
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Some New Appliances for tho Farmer
Well Selected Suggestions for the House,
wife. tho stockman, the Dairyman, tho
poulterer. and the Observation-Disclosures.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
To Fleet Delegates to the Topeka
Meeting. kgz

LANDLADY Crying to start the con-
versation)-ssAre you fond of the antique,
Mr.. Slim?" New Boarder (suspiciously)
tsUm-er-n0t at table,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
Second Crops.

are three.
crops that can be
grown as second
crops. We might
make a fourth by
sowing millet, but
usually this would
be an uncertain
crop as it does not
make u good start
to grow if the
weather is too hot
and dry, and this
is an important
item with this
crop. But some
corn for fodder,
b%uckwheat, and
turnips car very
oft'n be sownafter
a o of or
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03

The New York city druggists who
are on the black list of the association
say they are prepared for a fight.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
A Convenient Halter

The small conveniences about the
farm make work much more agreeable.
Moreover, a little l%aborsavcd in each one
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-03
The Rev. MIR. Garland Deposed.

SIOUX FALLS, March 27.-Special:
Some time ago there was considerable
stir in Episcopal church circles over the
condition of the financial affairs of St.
Pauls church at Vermillion. Bishop Hare
made q thorough investigation of the
matter, the result of which is not gener-
ally known, but 1t seems that one of the
very last acts of the bishop before leav-
ing for Japan was to depose the Rev.
Mr.. Garland from the Vermillion church.
The following will appear in the Church
NelDs CEpiscopal the latter part of this
week:
On Thursday, Feb. 20, 1891, in the church
OF st. Augusta, Sioux Falls, s. D., in the
presence OF Revs. James Trimble, D. D., and
George Wallace and others of the clergy Of
the church, I deposed from the sacred min
istry John Bingley Garland, p%resbyter,
million, s. I. WILLIAM H.. HARE,
Missionary Bishop of South Dakota.
Sheep to be Provided for South o
The American Sheep company is the
name of an organization just incorpor-
ated at Iroquois. It has a capital stock
of 500, 900; and is Differed with T.. Z.
Lustetter, president; G. w. Tassell, vice
president; G. P. Peterson, secretary; Ed
win Wheeler, treasurer. The object Of
the corporation is to encourage the sheep
industry of South Dakota. The capital
stock is divided into 10, 900 shares, at $40
each, 81 per share to be paid when sub
scription is made, the remainder to be
paid as required. The fund thus created
will be used in purchasing sheep to be
sold or leased on shares to stockholders,
farmers or others. Many leading husi-
ness men and farmers are interested In
the company and its success Is already
assured.
To Fleet Delegates to the Topeka
Meeting. kEH
HURON, March 25.-A call has been
issued for o state irrigation convention
to be held on April 8, for the purpose of
electing delegates to an interstate con-
vention to be held at Topeka, Kan,
April IA, and to give general considera-
tion to the question of Irrigation In
South Dakota. The call is issued in
compliance with q resolution adopted at
q meeting In Aberdeen on Friday, and
re-adopted by a similar meeting here on
Saturday. The convention will be
largely attended.