The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-12

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with a CANCER. 1t Increased in size
and the physician said nothing could
be done to help her. But some one
made tlie discovery that it was a
.bcefsteak" cancer, and prescribed
becfsteak lis a remedy. Over u year
ago it was thought she would not live
steak was applied and it was found
that every twenty-four hours the can-
GER would eat seven pounds of beef.
steak. When taken from tho can-
Ger there is nothing lett of the beet
but the tissue ana tough parts OF
it, and every particle of moisture will
he drawn out. the remainder being as
porous as a sponge. Mrs, Galloway is
no worse than she was q year ago, the
cancel living On Decfinstead of on her.
Keeping Up Appearances.
An old lawyer, practicing in the
country, but occasionally turning up
in a Brooklyn court, told me a good
story recently, says q writer in the
Brooklyn Citizen.
81 began life said he. Gas an office
boy with old B, then aud after
ward a ~well-known lawyer of New
York city. He resided in an old home
stead beyond the Haclem river and
was considered by the people around
as the greatest legal light in tho
United States.
- .'IIe had an Office on Broadway. in
onc of those rambling buildings, Of
which probably not more than two or
three are o left. 1t had steep. i'm
practicable stairs, and long, dark pass
ages, extending far away back, where
a man might easily have been robbed
and murdered in broad daylight with
out any OF the occupants Of the build
ing being aware of what was going on.
He had two rooms-onc of them an
antc-room, where / sat and received
the clients aud provided them with
seats; the other was his private Office.
He had a brother-in-law. III old money
lender, who was generally at the office
with him. Every now and then old
b would open the door and glance
into the a~ntc-room, and if he saw a
stranger there whosa appearance be-
i"N"n"d him TO be OF any Importance
h" would retire and presently return.
nshering out his brnthar-in-law with
very impressive ceremony.
"We!l, general he would say, tI'm
very glad 10 sec you. | will attend TO
the matter at ncc, and as soon AZ the
conveyance is prepared i will let you
know. Let me see, thn consideration
is to be-al,, / remember, $50, 600.
Goodbye
''Sometimes he would vary the for
nlJlla and substitute snnatorfor general.
promising call upnn him ut Wash
il,r. -, ,II,ni, ,n,t L., 1-;i.,t a.
ital. The ola ninney-!cnder, who was
always carefully dressed and in a most
respectable fashion, kept up the impo-
sition admiralty.
lin tie private room were several
closets. On the door of ono of these
were painted the words: Office Of
managing clerk and assistanls;' on an
other Law students room and on an
other L!hrary-po ndmittancc.' His
clients, probably without an exception,
verify believed that Il large staff of
busy clerks, Il hive of industrious
students aud shelves of valuable law
books were beyond the doors. | finally
hrcanc his clerk, and I must say that,
despite his deceptive ]aciices, be was
an excellent lawyer and a @ond-natur-
; eli employer. lie helped me i'll every
way he could, nmd i might have stayed
with him after | was admitted TO the
bar, il / had chosen, bus ] decided to
practice law in my native place, and
am nnt sorry that / did so"
-,
Elf Ha:a7n.Scr on E~"c;aG7's Tose.
scripts.
t An elderly wotnan with a firm ex.
nEcSS!vc mouth and bundle of papers,
was admitted. Hardly had the dool
closed on her, shutting her INTO the
room, than she began TO exhibit sign:
: ri nervous crankincss and placed be.
lore The Pos:inaStcr-Gcneral a bundle
I OF papers. After 8 hasty glance a
/ item end 81 explanation from tht
woman, he WAS undecided whether The
W"man wanted q consulate at India ol
{ whether she was applying for a paten'
for an aerial ship. lie firmly br'
politely refused to sit down and dis
h c"sa the question with her, and finally
got her outside the door.
, The HE she found hcrsclf ii
the ante-room hundreds of things tina
Il she intended to say. but didn't, flashed
into her mind, and she made q brcah
for the Pos!maStcr-Gcneral's room
Ross, the doorkceper, interposed hi:
@ body as an impossible barrier, how
j, ever, and refused to let her get in. s.
y last, in answe to her cntrcatios, ht
poked his head in the door and re-
marked:
t The lady's got something she for.
5 got to say, can she come. back?"
q "No, no, no. answer Mr.. Wana.
maker, with a panied expression
creeping around The corners of his
:" mouth, ''preserve me from this woman's
A postscript and then turning to the
e gentleman to whom he was then talk.
ing he asked: ''yNhy is Is u woman
must always add Il postscript to hel
interviews and to her lettersp | find
:, that all the ONE who come in here
! to see me on business forget what they
want to say until they get out into The
anteroom."-Dakimore american.