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

a CENT? only in the night.
PEDE. There are two yarie-
ties Of the largest kind, those nearly
white inhabiting the ground, those of a
Light chocolate brown f%requenting the
decayed bark Of diseased trees, or that
attached to fallen timber. The in
habitants of temperate climates are
practically free from these dreaded in
sects, and are thus compensated, in d
degree at least, for the loss of the balmy
airs and tropical splendors of more
Southern climes. A variety of the
eentipede. however; exists in the North;
called Thousand legs" which fortu.
nately remains always insignificant in
size. They are to be more frequently
found in regions famous for the accumu
lation of lumber, particularly about
saw mills, and are occasionally met
with in the rich loan Of decaying trees.
In the West Indies and in the countries
bordering on the Spanish main" the
centipede is the greatest pest e%ncount=
cred. The utmost vigilance is neces=
sary to keep them from entering houses
and finding their way into beds and
clothing. Generally in tropical coun-
tries vermin accumulates in immense
numbers every two or three years.
Scorpions, %centipedes, mice, spiders,
snakes teen up from floors, arbors, and
gardens.
But suddenly a little black ant ap-
pears-the. advance guard OF an In
vincible army. Human inmates fly
from their homes and the little ants in
countless numbers cover the locality:
There can be witnessed the futtering
of the roaches-can be heardt the squeak
ing of the mice and rats; the s%erpents
come coiling in death agony from their
hiding places; every creeping thing in
the vicinity is undergoing martyrdom.
The ants are everywhere; not a nook or
crevice escapes them. In a few hours
the work of determination is COM
pleted; commencing their work at
night, before morning dawns they have
taken their departure leaving behind
nothing but the wrecks of their victims.
The centipede is Matched from an
egg, and comes forth a perfect insect;
and what is most remarkable, the young
is the subject of great care on the par
Of the maternal parent, being fostered
by her long after they are able to take
care of themselves. When first ushered
into being they have but six legs, their
additional feet, as we'll as the rings to
which they are attached, becoming de-
veloped as they advance in age, one
ring and one pair of feet marking the
passage of q year. The centipede lives
longer, Snd continues to increase in
strength more than any other insect; it
survives through many generations.
This fact, and its peculiar organization,
makes the centipede remarkable among
all the varied races of insect life. Our
illustration repre- ents a centipede taken
in Venezuela, South America, and is
one of the largest known. 1t measures
twelve inches; the average centipede
seldom exceeds five inches.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
E.rlx R...nr for Memsn

P5tiy Peppers says, in the American,
Home; that .ear1y rising wears outwomen'
too fast. II notice that our thrifty great
annts and iirandm9thefs had i habit Of
dying early and gittdS theft husbands an
opportunity of leading two. 81. thfee
blushing brides to the altar. Now; /
don't propose to. leave any chance for my
husband to get any Such double or triple
bliss as that. I don't intend to have any
other woman walking around in my
shoes, appropriating my kisses and do
ing other disagreeable things which /
should object to. 1 mean to take care of
myself SO Us to last as long as my better
half. NJ ##Qt.ah has any business, ordi-
narily, to. get up and 60 to work at 4 or
S o'clock in the morning. II there is
ANYTHING in the world that a woman
needs 1T is plenty of rest. If she feels
tired and languid in the morning and
hates to get up, it is a sure sign that she
is OVERRIDING and wearing out. Six o'clock
is as early as anyone ought to get up and
go to work"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
The Camphor Tree,

One of the most useful and magniG-
cent productions of the vegetable king
dom that enriches the soil of China.
more particularly the provinces of
Kiang-si and Canton, is the camphor
tree. This stupendous laurel, according
to the testimony of learned Chinese man
darins, has been known to attain a
height Of 500 feet and a sifth measure.
ment of so feet. The trees seldom grow
on uplands, but are to be found in
abundance on the banks of many of the
larger streams. Lord Amherst's en-
bassy reports the average height Of
0mphor trees at from so to 70 feet, with
a stem circumference of 20 to 35 feet.
Besides yielding the camphor gum of
commerce. this valuable tree is the prin-
cipal timber wood of the celestial em.
pire, and is used not only in building but
in articles of furniture. The wood when
dry is of a light yellow color, and, al
though light and easy to work, is dur.
able and not likely to be injured by in.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
Don't Throw Up tho s.onr.

That hideeus ogre, Giant Despair, often fas-
tens tiis clutch Upon the chronic Invalid. Con.
~stantty plagued by dyspessis, bi1iousness, and
constipdtion-nervods and s1eepless, too-what
wonder is It that. having tiled Id vain d multi.
tude Of useless remedies, lie is ready. fgural
lively epeaking, to @throw up the sponge" Let
the unfortunate take heart of grace" Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters can and will put a ter
minus to his trials. 1t strengthens the stom-
ach, confers nervous vigor by promoting assim-
ilation OF the food, arouses the liver when
dormant. and relaxes the bowels without pain.
The ability to digest and sssimilnte restored.
the ability to sleep follows. Nothing then can
stay the renewal OF health but imprudence.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, moreover, trans
cends oil others as a remedy for malarial,
rheumatic. and kidney complaints. A Wine
glassful three times q day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
OrirIn 81 the word BRONZE

From IN examination of texts due to
the Greek alchemists, extracted from a
document of the sixteenth century, MI.
Bertlelot came to the conclusion, es-
pecially after comparing them with GER
tain passages in Pliny the elder. that
the name of bronze was derived from
the city OF Brundusium, the seat of cer-
tain manufactures in which this alloy
was employed. Now, Mr.. Berthelot
has! found q text that is merasancient by
three centuries for Il dates back to the
time OF Charlemagne), and the indica-
lions Of which are still more decisive.
Il is a question of a Ms. found in the
library Of the chapter Of the Canons of
Luyres, and reproduced by Maratori in
his A~ntiquitdtes Natios. In the Latin
text it is expressly specified as @Compo-
sition Of Brindisi:" Copper two parts,
lead one part, tin one part-a tradi-
tional formula that has come down to
our time. It would. then, seem indeed
as if the word bronze was derived from
the city Of Brindisi, where bronze was
manufactured On . large scale.-Ln
Gente Cjptk
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
Calf Carried OF by a Gator.

At Staunton, Fla, a few days age
Miss Gatlin was engaged in household
duties, when she was alarmed by hear
ing a calf On the grounds believing as il
in pain. She rushed out to see wha
was the matter, and found that abou
forty yards from the lake an Immense
alligator, fifteen feet long, bad caugh
the calf by the back of the neck and wa
slowly dragging it into the lake. Sh,
very courageously tried to make thu
reptile leave by throwing light wood a
him, but he had evidently other inten,
tions. and in spite of the presence of {
human being. which is supposed to strike
terror to the hearts of such animals, ht
dragged the calf over forty yards into
the lake and both disappeared.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
The Violin Workers.

In Markneukirchen, with its sur
rounding villages. Fleissen, Rohrback
and Graslitz, in Saxonv, are about 15,-
900 people who do nothing else day af-
ter day but make %violins. The inhab-
liant, from the little urchin to the old
gray-headed man, the small girl and
the old grandmother, all are engaged
in making some parts of the fiddle. A
good instrument consists of sixty-two
pieces. The older men make the fin
ger-board from ebony, and the string
holder or the screws. The small boys
make themselves useful b ylooking after
the glue.pot A mhns;withatsengssateady
hands and q clear eye puts the different
pieces together, and this is the most
difficult task of all. The women gen.
orally occupy themselves as polishers,
and the family that has a daughter who
is a good polisher is considered iortu-
nate. Even a young man when he goes
a-wooing, inquiries whether the young
girl is a good polisher; and if she is, it
certainly will increase his affection for
her at least two-fold. The polishing
takes o good deal of time, some of the
best violins being twenty and even thir-
ty times polished. Every family has its
peculiar style of polishing, and they
never vary from that; there is n that
makes nothing butga deep wine color,
another a citron color. yet another an
orange color, and so on.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

tain person I know -" with a side
ding glance at the cap'n.) "Tve launched
that blasted yarn seven times now into
what looked like a clear stretch. But
each trip q party I won't mention swung
i'll alongside an took the wind out of
my sails.".
The only notice the cap'n took of the
glarng affront vas to get up and walk
awey. But he did SO with on dir which
plainly said: II don't have to do this.
but I'll give the poor man a chance,"a ali
the while smiling a superior sort of
smile.
"Lemme see, where did I leave this
drunk barber the last time?" Watkins
inquired when the cap'n was out of
sight.
why, he was standing with his heels
on the edge of q dock in Frisco, want
ing to bet you $40 that be could turn o
somersault out I'VE the water and land
on the dock again without wetting his
hair, replied the lubber.
An did I take him up on it ?" asked
Watkins, soratching his head in a
thoughtful manner.
You wanted to, but there was no one
there to hold the stakes but q tramp.
and you kicked on him. Don't you re-
member?"
so l did; but We fixed that all right.
This here barber, what was about as
drunk as any barber l ever see, said as
now he was a sporty boy, whatever that
is, an I wouldn't take a bluff. There was
nobody but the tramp to hold the stakes,
80 l gets q bit of rope and ]ashes his
legs together; then we puts our money
up in his hands. an the barber said he
was satisfied. So was T.
s,All ready says tho barber, very.
calm and cool.
"Heave ahead says !, quite brief
like; an ifyou've any dyiu' remarks for
your folks or the press you can leave
EN- with me- But this agile person
never said a word only took off his hat
an turned to look at the water.
The minute I see this PERSONS head
iweakens, but l says nothing. On top
his nut was bald, an the back was
covered with scars-o.d, shiny, three
cornered scars,-which I reckon he got
practlcin' somersets when q boy. It
made me tired to learn I was bettin'
agin a finished acrobat, but before I
could beef the barber swung his arms
three times, let q yelp out OF him, an
rose in the air. As his heels went a,oft
q white horn-handted razor slid out of
his hip pock-"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
Scurvy and Scorbutic Affections, pimples
and Blotches on the Skin, Bad Legs, VI.

The causc Of all these complaints is in the
bod, and it often happens that they are
floating in the blood a long time before they
break out on the body.
This class of diseases requires that the
blood be powerfully and perseveringly acted
upon, in order to cleanse it from all the
morbid humors which ave been floating
in it. perhaps for many months. 1t is OF no
use to heal the sore by outward applica-
tions, for in so doing you only get rid of one
trouble to make way for a much worse in a
Short time.
Beecham's Pills are prepared only by
Thomas Beecham, ST. Helens, Lancashire,
England.
b. L. Allen & Co., 3G5 Canal street. New
York. sole agents for the United States,
who il your druggist docs not keep them
Will mail Bcccham's Pills on receipt O
price, a5 cents a box. but inquire first.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

He was a Bath, Me-, hackman, so the
Enterprise says, and he had a Canadian
quarter, worth only 90 cents in Bath,
that he wanted to dispose of. SO one
dark night, when an innocent old lady
handed him half a dollar, he gave her
the Canadian quarter in change, and in
stead of feeling ashamed of himself he
chucklcd over the transaction-that is,
he chuckled until he pulled out the coin
the lady had given him, and by the light
of a lamp discovered that it was a Can
adian h~alf-dollar.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

"Speaking about getting even. re-.
marked the cap'n, who had returned
unnoticed in tLe midst cf this THRILLING
narrative. "always reminds ne of how
Bob Hogan SQUARED his account with a
lieutenant of the Gillian nayy.n
sWelIl IF Won ant a ,,ro; or Jonah T
never see one.n was ali Watkins could
q !,
aOh, cap'n." pleaded the lubber:
sWatkins has lust rot Ills drunk barber
upside down IN the mir. Won't Won
please lot him hit the water or GET bacl,
on the dack ? mink VIA mn ewfnl f;y
the BAR.
aT,et tho barbor stov whe,o ba ;s.t;r,
I oat thrnngh > sa;J i,na ca,,,, swat.
kins has had eioht poes now ~ that IN.
fernal story and e hasIasn,t tinisbaa
vet why that's his own loosnnt Rnt ;f
Ia n,,,.t not 8 off his MIND lat linn no
home an5 write = y o
.For God's sala oon,n le,oro ooot
The sto,wers ar tran,,i,s laas what's
boId;n,tha atol.as y Laoaed rs he ,har,s
hiogranhar
aNo ;iss ~ t,rn row III. lion.
tenant was Dos Pave %axacriiya officer
Of tha Eh;l;an onY1,oot IIansear 81 5lsa
time Hogan goss even with him and
Bob made q neat ;ah az s. too
aTlere's nothing that does a~ssailcr SO
~ " w
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
SHIL0H'S
C0NSU N PTI0N
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure i
without a parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos.
tive guarantee, Attest that no other cure can sue
c~essfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
q Cough. Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
It will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relied
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHUyOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, 80 cts. and
tI.oo. If your Lungs are sore or Back Lana,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price Is cts
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
oLIMPsEs.


~ 41-RdTAn I&fNat5arsts- HEESHEgl
Though my soul. be oerweighted with sankclott
And nshes. Of woe .N
Though over my lips should life's Msrah
lncessantly Y1ow,
And rude ten fsmFpests shatter and scatter
Though I sit where tho darkness was brooding.
hlack l-though In vain
q watch forsthe glow of the morning
That bringeth again
NY brave barks in glory before mo
From over tho main;
Though the freshness Of life be departet
Its beauty a dream,
Though Hope be the wing of an angel
Shown but in u CLEAN,
And May with drifting and shifting
LIES turbulent stream;
I will say to my soluble thou patient
Otafnt not nor feara
For never was night SO Egyptian
But mofning was near,
And ever is Woe, will he mil he,
E0rorunncr Of cheer,
VIII reckons Of pains III the cycles
OF infinite bliss?
Who counteth against That existence
Tho measure of this2
Ats heart .uches, its losses and crosses.
Who holds them nnliss?
o wonderful jewel OF patience
Yet longer abide.
Between MS atia heaven there reachc,
Ne ocean SO wid0
But our LArks with brave sailing %aya;linc.
May reach the far side.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
w,,e,e IS o1lver 1,oua Byron9

Here is!an incident that some of our
dramatists might work into q play. A
Montana robber stole a mail pouch.
Taking it to secret place he proceeded
deliberatelysto open the letters. The
first onehe opened proved &c be a letter
from his wifestoher lover, and he pre-
cipitately left that mail to go In search
OF the other mail in order to wreak ven
geauce on him. An innocent man, who
accidently stumb' ed upon the aban-
doned mail pouch, might be arrested
aud thrown into prison, to be finally re.
cognized as the long lost Charley Ross,
or Tascott, The Chicago assassin, to be
released or lypahed as best suits the re-
quireipents ofthe play. IT is not yei
time todespnir forthe American drama.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

which nave openings
beneath their points,
through which when
it bites a poisonous
fluid is injected after
the manner Of the
fang. Of the death.
dealing rattlesnake:
An irritaBle fever fol-
lows this bite, aecom:
panied by delirium;
and if the patient is
of an excitable habit
amputa tion or ex::
cision OF the bitteh
part becomes neces-
sary or death ensues.
Frequently death is
the result, despite all
remedies. The n
pede is carniverous in
its appetites, and
steals about in search
u victims ana food
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
N1rs. Rarke: Koche;s plxoras.

Mrs. Frances Burke R che, nee Work,
who was granted an absolute divorce
from her husband, J. Burke Roche, son
of Lord Fermoy, by the Superior Court
of Wilmington, Del, is a daughter of
Frank Work, of New York, the we'll
known horseman. Her troubles with
her husband have long been a subject
of public comment. The cause as
signed in the decree is neglect and de-
s%ertion, and Mrs. Roche is given the
entire care and education of her chill
aren. She procured the divorce by
first obtaining a residence in Delaware,
80 as to bring herself within the juris-
diction of. the courts of the State. This
was equivalent to an admission that she
could not obtain a divorce in England.
This gives the case some peculiar in
ternational features. Her husband
claims that an American COURT has no
power to annul the marriage of a Brit
ish subject, and that in England he is
still the lawful husband of the woman
to whom the Delaware court has granted
q divorce. Still oother question. is
raised by the de. of the court re-
garding the CHI IN. They are I'M
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

For strengthening and clearing the voice,
use .iBROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.n-
VI have commended them to friends who
were public speakers, and they have proved
extremely serviceable. REP. Henry Ward
Reecher.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
THE DEADLY eENTiFkbs.
81 Admit I ts n lis saess nspul.is. q

. WHO can look upon = centipfds With.
pit shrinkiinR With horror and exclaim;:
Ing that 1t Is n Of the most repnlsiye
Of insects? It's body is divided into
numerous segnents Of the same length
and thickness, each being furnished
with . pair OF legs, which end in .
sharp-pointed claw, backed by three
smaller. ones, each capable Of i~nf1icting
: painful infandmatoff wound. It's
head il oinamsntbd With two Short
sntennas,, composed Of ssye4, joints;
Illuminated by two graduated eyes,
formed by the junction Of numerous
smaller ones Its mouth is ever Tapped
by q pair Of strong forceps. or hooks,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
LIFE ON A ToRPEDo-BoAT.
The Worst Craft, an Officer Says, THAI He
Ever Sailed In.

Ever SateO In.
Life on o torpedo-boat in smooth
water may be endurable, but naval
officers must look forward to taking such
vessels from one Atlantic port to an
other with anything but anticipations
of comfort. A British officer in the
latest number of the English HAS
trated Magazine describes the horrors
he suffered in a voyage across the At
lantic in II of these vessels which was
intended for the defense CT the Halifax
harbor. She was 125 feet long and ID
feet broad at the widest part, and car
ried three officers and thirteen men, so
that at the best there was little room to
spare. But the voyage was very
stormy, although made in the month Of
June, and but for the assistance of d
troopship which accompanied the two
torpedo-boats the latter musthave gone
to the bottom. The officer expressed
the opinion that it is impossible to keep
a torpedo.boat dry, and at any rate in
his case the spare clothing in his locker
was soaked through as badly as that
which he wore. The little vessel rolled
so badly that the picked sailors on
board were very seasick-eating had to
be accomplished without the aid of
knives and forkes, and the cooking that
could be done was to boil a little water.
To eat ham required the efforts of two
men, one to hold the ham and the other
to cut it. while the usual way of dealing
with sardines was similar. one person
holding the box while the other fshed
ont {bn cor1ir11 1~, %1,,. k.s1o o-J
transferred them to his mouth. Canned
soup was the great standby. Whenever
the weather cleared little the torpedo
boat ran alongside of the troopship and
received a fresh supply of coal in sacks.
The bunkers held so little that some of
the sacks had to be piled up on deck,
where, although they were dashed, it
was difficult to keep them from going
overheard. During the worst gale the
troopship poured about forty-five gall
Ions of oil overheard, and the torpedo
boats found a comparatively smooth
track in her wake. To the oil aud to
the fact that the steering gear did not
give way the officer attributes the sur
vival of the little vessel. The officers
were held in their berths by boards
rugged up for the purpose, and the men
usually slept in the coal bunkers, as it
was too wet forward forthem. During
the gales everything was smashed that
could be smashed, eve to the swinging
table in the cabin. When the squadron
finally reached Newfoundland it had
long been overdue. and the crews had
been prayed for in the churches. The
torpedo-boats were much the worse for
the expedition, the stauchions being
bent, broken, or gone altogether and
everything that could be washed over
board gone, while the men were worn
out for the lack of sleep. "Of all the
craft that ever I sailed in," says the
narrator, the torpedo-boat is the worst
the very worst without exception"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

DE-. CHARLES F. HEUsER, an eccentric
physician of Baltimore, who died re-
Gently, made provision in his will for a
number of silver walls which were to be
distributed among friends after they had
been filed with ashes from his cremated
hoIy- .... .#
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

Gov. HoGG, of Texas, named one of
of his daughters Ina Hogg. Her re-
proach to her father must be you're
| another"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08
WATKINS WAGER.
An Old Salts Story Of RM Bet With
a Barber.

Ny, Watkins, are
you ever going to
finish that drunk
barber story You've
started SO many
til 9 s?' inquired
the lubber when
the mariners, In
Guiding the cap'n,
had assembled in
tie usual resort.
Dunno" replied
Watkins, shortly:
might if . fatal
pestilence would
break ont in q cer-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-08

NEGLEcT1NG a child troubled with worms
may cause it to have epileptic fits. Horri-
bic! Give it DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyers
at once and save the child. BY mail, q
cents. John d. Park, Cincinnati. Ohio.