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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
she viii get off at the wrong statisa

sG1ys u.s." loudly and emphatically
exclaims the New York Mail and Er-
press, more water and less beerl"
The Colonel knows what he wants and
is not afraid to say so. Some persons
would have kept on ordering been
rather than have any fuss about IL.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
Farm Gate Latch.

A homemade latch for farm gates, one
that will never get out of order, is easily
made and can be added to most gates now
being Used IS worth having, especially if
its construction takes but a few minutes
II its operation is automatic and sure.
About it. from the end of the gate nail
a clcat on each side, SO the latch can
slide between these and on the upper
edge of a board. Next cut off a.2b it.
piece of Turing and slide it in for a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
FROM NEWSBOY TO MAYOR.

Philadolphia's Chief Executive Has a
Remarkable Record.
The career of Edwin s. Stewart, the
recently elected Mayor of Philadel-
phia, is a most remarkable one.
Twenty-Five years ago, at the age of
II, he was a newsboy, this vocation
being all that stood between his mother
and himself and starvation. His pluck
won him friends, however, and two
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

GEORGE w. CHILDs avows himself one
of those who believe it a mistake to put
off being generous until after one is
dead. ''In the first place." he says,
''you lose the pleasure of witnessing the
good that you may do, and, again. no
one can administer your gifts for you as
you can do it for yourself"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

Pooh old Philadelphia has just
awakened to the fact hal the Con-
g%ressional appropriation for her new
mint was lost in the final shuttle. She
should engage some n to keep run
ming q pin into her.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The London Electric Supply Cor
poration has finally succeeded in trans
hitting q 1O,000-volt Current. Ac-
cording to the statement of the direct
ors, this current of unprecedented
strength was sent from the compeny's
generating station at Depford to the
Grosvenor %substation. Hitherto the
highest tension attained was $500
volts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

MORE land is owned by railroad
companies Oil, 00o, 900 acres) than
would make six States as large as
Iowa. Since 1861 no less than 49,
100000 acres of land have been given
to railroad companies.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
j

Thu pleasant flavor. gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or bilious tho most graft
flying results follow it's use, so that it is the
best family remedy known and every fam
lily should have a bottle.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

YOUNG men in Mexico, when paying
attentions to the young ladies, can de
so at very little expense. They are
quite eager to invite them to theaters,
parties. etc. And no wonder; for it is
the custom in that country for the
lady's father to pay for the tickets,
furnish the carriage, etc.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
to railroad companies

DETROIT was for several years noted
as having the most rigid milk inspect
ors Of any city in the land, and. con-
%sequently, of having the prlrest and
best milk. It was such good milk that
successful efforts were made to get rid
Of the inspectors
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

On November "a. 1887, a bottle was
thrown from the steamer %Cephalonia,
when about 400 miles out from Boston.
1t was recently washed ashore on a
little island in the Caribbean Sea, $500
miles AWAY
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

Two CHEMISTS are experimenting at
Freeport, Pa, with d view of produc-
ing carbon points for electric lighting
from natural gas. It is said that by
burning the gas in q especially prepared
furnace pure carbon is obtained, but d.
yet at a cost too great for practical pur.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

NEARLY $500 persons commit sui
eide in Russia every year; the violent
deaths Of all kinds annually reach 49,
600; while $1,000 die of typhus fever,
the most destructive disease in the
country
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

A coRoNER's jury in Vermont was
given three days in which to reach
a verdict on q boiler explosion,
and they finally decided: "Bill Ste
vens was a pretty careful man, but we
find that he let the water in his. boiler
get too low while playing a gaiae Of
cards y
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

GENERAL DIAz, President Of Mexico,
is going to try a peculiar experiment
in leaving his country to go to Europe.
His strength in Mexico is mighty, but
10 is thought that it depends on his
presence there.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The chimney of q stove in Paris re-
fuses to draw; smoke fills the stove;
workmen called in to investigate;
finds object in chimney; object turns
out to be dead body of infant six
months old.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

an inverted V-troueh attached rs Shown
in tie Illustration herewith. To make
it. take a 2X4 inch scantling six feet
long, chamfcr off one edge on each side
until the boards fit snug, leaving about
six inches of the scantlina nnehamfered
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

SENATOR PETER wants 500, 600, 900
new Treasury notes of the denomina-
ton of 81 issued. The Senator has
doubtless been doing business with
the sleeping-car porter since his cleo
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

SEAwEED is now made into a tough
paper, which takes the place of window
glass. When colored the effect is
similar to stained or painted glass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

By the late Duke of Bedford's will
not only his body was cremated, but
several boxes of personal clothing, be-
sides boots, slippers, and several walk
ing sticks and umbrellas,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

JOHN JACOB AsToR and his bride
rode in q freight caboose from West
Point, Va, into Richmond, in order to
escape the unpleasant attention of the
Gaping crowd and the reporters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

"TH1s," said the poor victim of
strong drink, as he looked about him
at the Inebriates' Home, "is the house
that jag built"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The average sinner is so occupied
hiding his big vices that he does not
realize that the world is laughing at
his little ones,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The atmosphere Of London is said
to be gradually becoming more and
more harmful to plant life, and it is at
tributed in a large measure to the
thick foes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

JUST above Vienna, on the Danube,
is the convent and school of Melk,
which has just celebrated its one
thousandth anniversary.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

DAKOTA has a 1.500-foot we'll, six
inches in diameter, and throwing 1000
gallons of water a minute. There are
in that region wells 5000 feet deep.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The effort to employ good-looking
young women as bill collectors has not
turned out very profitable for the New
York merchants who paid them. After
q fortnight's experience, three of the
women became engaged to men whom
they tried to dun, two of them married,
and a few of the others sympathized so
deeply with the debtors that they re-
ceive ysome of them as desirable ac-
quaintances.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

AMONG q flock of blackbirds that WIS.,
tied Gardner, Miss, a few days ago
was one that was pure white.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

In the new discovery for photography
in natural c%olors, when the prints are
viewed by transmitted instead of re-
Elected light, each color is replaced
by its complementary one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

DEAR wife," said Sam Jones, in a
dispatch to his wife the other day, II
licked the Mayor of Palestine, Tex,
this morning; will preach in Taylor
tonight"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

LAST year 4, $50 books we're published
in this country; and nearly one-quarter
of them (1,118) we're works of fiction.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

CHECK infant development in tyr
amy by strict obedience; then will
the love of truth, honesty, and justice
prevail.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

The London Religious Tract Society
last year issued 100000 publica-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

WEsTvlLLE, Ind, has a COW which
quenches her thirst at the village
pump, tossing the handle of the pump
with her horns until sufficient water
flows for her needs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

A MANUSCRIPT of one of Aristotle's
treatises has been found in a collection
of papyrus recently discovered in
Egypt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

NINETEEN children have blessed the
matrimonial life of Mr.. and Mrs.
Beeler, of Brooklyn, Ky, and they are
all alive but one. The parents are I'm
der fifty-five years of age.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

A PATENT has been taken out in
France for N electric furnace for the
rapid incarceration of human beings"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

ASK the average man what time it is,
and he will look at his watch, and say,
There is the time by which the sun is
regulated"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
A CALCULATING genius has arrived

A CALCULATING genius has arrived
at the fact that every time a COW moves
her tail to switch a fly she exerts a
force of three pounds, and that in the
course of the summer a single COW
wastes 5000, 900 pounds of energy.
Hence the conclusion that the COWS of
America throw away power enough to
move every piece of machinery in the
world
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
HOME AND TIE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
Our RURAL FRIENDS.
Some Now Appliances for tho Farmer
Well Selected Suggestions for tho Houses
wife. tho stnckthah, Tho bairyihan; the
foulterer, n the Herttcuitatist-Notes.
TIE FARM.
Corn-listinp.

E list the rorn lh
THREE feet
apartr hills II
foot apart; one
kernel to the hill.
This is quite thick,
but some will get
covered UP i'll rul-
titating, which IL
begun wien the
corn gets weedy.
We use a common
shovelcu tiiitlvai
tor, sonnet m c s
taking the. inside
shovels off and at
other times using
thciil: III k1eb
from covering up
the corn first time
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

Mrs. Parsons uses the very same
speech that her husband did, but no
attention is paid to her utterances.
This, perhaps. is q disappointment to
her, but If she continues to travel
around the country and endeayors to
ick UP distuxbAnssa, y nsy be that
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

On only one occasion, and that prob
ably as an experiment, Northern Min.
nesots showed A degrees below zero.
Horses froze to death under two
blankets, and deer were found frozen
stiff in the forest. Three days Of it
would have paralyzed whole counties.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

TIE once mighty Indian population
of the United States has dwindled to
244. or.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

LEAD in the United States amounted
in 1890 to 1877, 00c tons of 1000 pounds,
or a little less than in 1880.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

latch. Drive a light staple in it's upper
edge and another in the top board and
connect the two by a waste piece of bale
wire, raising the inner end of the latch
an inch or two. The upper staple must
be placed at least l it. nearer the end of
the gate than its mate in the latch. Then
whcn the latch is forced toward the
gates hinges its inner end is lifted and
its W weight forces it back into posi-
ton. \ smooth slot of sufficient size
must be cut in the post to receive the
latch.-Fu9m and Home.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

OHIo's grape crop per acre is worth
three times that OF California.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

FRENCH statesmen have offered ST..
900 reward for the best athletic game.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

1T is reported that $40, 600, 900 Of
British capital is invested in Paraguay.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

BLINKERs-''Hello, Winkcrs, I hear
you married a woman with an i%ndepend-
cnt fortune?" Winkers (sadly)-"N-o;
/ married Il fortune with IN independent
woman
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

"NE'ER sock q wife till you haze n house
and a fire burning" and oven then be sure
that sho usos SAPOLIO if you want q
clean, cosy home.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

TIE man who ''fccls himself to be diff
fcrcnt from other men, shouldn't al
ways brag about it. Dime museum
freaks are in the same fix.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

REWARDS are offered for designs for
the new silver dollar. Most people have
designs on the dollar, but the dollar it.
self to them Is Il sufficient reward.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
IRELAND has again been visited by

IRELAND has again been visited by a
most alarming failure of the potato
crop, and it is feared that there will be
a famine of almost as great proportions
as that terrible one of 1847, during
which many died of actual starvation.
Science has found a reasonably sue
cessful preventive for potato rot (Pero-
nospora infesta11s), just as she has for
grape rot (Peronospora %vitico1a). This
potato failure in Ireland might have
been almost entirely averted had the
farmers sprayed the leaves and stems
Of the young plants several times, at
intervals of a few days-oftener in
showery weather-with the following
solution: Six pounds copper 'sulphate
(blue ~vitriol) dissolved in ten gallons
of water, to which six pounds of slaked
lime is added.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

penny wise %and,.pound foolish are those
who think it economy to use cheap soda and
sosin soaps, instead OF the good old Dobbins'
Electric Soap; for sale by all grocers. Try
it. Be sure, buy genuine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

HE forces of nature were utilized
in a remarkable manner at the West
Hartford, Conn.,, reservoirs, and a good
deal of money was saved to the city
thereby. The new reservoir, No. 5,
was drawn down last summer in order
to be cleaned out. The job had not
been finished when cold weather came
on, about one-third of the bottom still
being untouched. The water was shut
out, but a small quantity of rain and
melted snow soon covered the bottom
with several inches of water. This
froze solid owe the muck which cover
ed the unclaimed portion of the reser-
voir bed. Later on the gate was
opened and the reservoir allowed to
fill with water. AS the water rose the
layer of ice on the bottom rose also,
bringing with it the mass of muck on
which it lay and to which it was firmly
attached. This operation was per-
formed gradually, and the ice kept
growing thicker. At length the water
rose to its full height, and then the ice
with its burden of muck was hauled
ashore, where it now lies. The bottom
OF the re servoir was perfectly cleaned,
and the work thus easily done would
have kept a large gang of men at work
for O considerable period.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

HALLS CATARRH CURE is n liquid and
is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by
druggists. 75c.
f. J. CHENEY g. CO., Proprs., Toledo, D.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

"WHY have you got that string around
your finger?!" ITO remind me that /
have forgotten what my wife told me
to buy."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

Mrs. CATnAR1NE SHARP, Of Philadel-
phia, is now in her Hath year, and has a
daughter 70 years of age. The old lady
is in good health, and expects to live
several years. yet. She attributes her
longevity to the fact that she "nevcr
worried about %anything.'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
BIarh Aitls Union.
RAPID CITY. 8 D.

UNION PUBLISHING co. pvss,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

WHAr is q green grocer that we read abouta
ons who trusts
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-17
A Mexican centaur.

According to an Arkansas journal DIR.
Collins, of Little River county, that state
killed most remarkable quadruped near
his place in the spring of 1877. From the
time of the war up until the year named
several persons claimed to have frequently
seen an animal in the form of a large red
deer, with the head and neck of man.
On the day that the animal was killed DR..
Collins wife and a negro girl were going
along an unused path when they saw the
queer creature peering at them through the
underbrush. They made haste and in
formed the doctor what had occurred. He
took his gun and started in search Of the
beast which he soon overlook and shot.
Closer inspection showed that the head,
instead of being that of a man, more near
ly resembled that of a baboon Its eyes
were large and very prominently set to the
sides of its head. A long fringe of brown
beard covered the chin and neck DIR. Col
Inns says tina when he came up with the
creature and leveled his gun at it, it
seemed to be aware of its great danger, the
large eyes melting into tears as it saw the
utter hopelessness of the case.
When shot it uttered heart rending
scream and leaped high in the air, expiring
with awful groans which closely resem-
bled those of man in distress 1t is gen
orally believed that the creature was a spe-
cies of the Mexican centaur a semi-egend-
airy creature Of the post conquest era.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-17
COMPELLED ID sroP Work.
ConncllsviiIe sIriiser' Resort to Force to
Win the strngslc.

ConncllsvilIe Strikers Resort to Force to
Win the struggle.
PrTTsBURG, Feb. l6.-1 heminers' and
cookers strike in the Connellsyille region
Is assuming still or alter proportions.
All of the men at w. j. Rainey's,
'aull's aud Fort Hill works dropped
their tools Friday. They have teen BIT
terly opposed to the strike, but 700 Of
them walked out that morning
Mass meetings had been held at the
works, and their action is the result Of
arguments made by the labor leaders.
Late Friday afternoon abody of armed
strikers formed in line and marched to
the works where some of their fellows
were still employed. The non-strilIers
were defiant, but a collision was pre-
vented by the leaders of the strikers,
though police and deputy sheritis We're
powerless
An effort was made to negotiate but
failed, when superintendent Mitchell,
of the Rainey works, stated that his firm
never had and never would sign a labor
contract. The men at the GRACE plant
of the Rainey works are still working,
though they are dropping away singly.
1t was reported late Friday night that a
part of the TT. Hill men are sill work
ing.
The Hungarian strikers are becoming
restless, and every effort is required TO
prevent disastrous raid on the nom
unionists The operators are boarding
up their works, which means long
fight.