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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
FAST AILWAY INF
Reasons Why It Cln Never Exceed Els

knasoas Why 1t Can Never Exceed Eleh-
t, Miles an Hour.
Many questions have been asked
concerning the highest possible speed
that we may ever expect to attain by
railway locomotive. AS the question
naturally comes under the head of
"Curioslties of Possibilities, a short
Mote devoted to the discussion of
this timely subject may prove of in
terest to many readers Of this depart
ment Of the St. Louis Republic. An
English magazine, the Engineer, sub
mlts statements to prove that eighty
(SO) miles an hour is the highest pos
sible speed. giving the following argu-
ments to prove its point:
Because no'greaaer velocity has ever
been attained.
b Because of the resistance of the air.
Because of the back pressure in the
cylinders.
Because OF the amount OF power
which must be lost In imparting vio-
lent motion to masses of metal which
can make no return when coming to
rest.
Because of the swinging of the en-
CINE; the excessive vibration of its
parts, the jar and conclusion all op-
crate to keep down the speed.
Because of the extraordinary retard-
ing influence of very moderate rising
gradients.
Because of the coupling-rod it APP
pears that coupling an engine tends
to keep down the speed
An eminent American authority, in
reviewing the Eng!ishman's e
ments as above given, says: This
scarcely settles the matter. There is
not a defect in the mechanism which
may not possibly be improved. Tho
whole question depends on the resist
ance of the air and of friction. The
resistance of mechanical friction does
not increase with speed, but with the
load drawn. With accessions OF mo-
tive power this resistance may be
neutralized and the velocity increased.
With a smooth. solid aud stable track
way and improved mechanism there
appears to be no reason why trains
may not attain a speed of 100 miles
per hour.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
Christopher Columbus.

Christopher Columbus was twice
married. His first wife was Felipa
Munnis Perestrelle. daughter of an
able captain of Prince Henry, Portugal,
called the Navigator" He married
her in 1471. His father-in-laW's
charts, globes etc. helped to mature
his plans OF discovery. Diego, who
accompanied his father on the occa-
sion when they we're reduced to such
straits that Columbus begged at the
monastery of La Rabida for bread and
water for the child, was the only issue
Of this marriage. This wife died in
1883 or thereabout. He next married
Beatriz Enriquez, at Cordova in 14S7.
She vas the mother of his second son,
Fernando Columbus, who in time be-
came his fathers biographer. Amer
lean Cultivator.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
RcdlpFocitY.

A little girl in my school, writes a
Companion correspondent recently
came to me in tears ~regretting the
fact that her fathers illness made it
necessary for her to 'leave and go to
work"
l babe her good-by; and with a
school-marm's hankering to keep a
creditable pupil added when your
father is we'll come back to me-"
Then. obeying a sudden impulse to
take advantage of what l knew to be,
in all probability. my last chance to
influence the precious wait for good, 1
said, But if I never see you again l
hope you will try to do your duty
wherever you may be. Whatever
work you may have to do. try to do it
well. I hope you will be an honest,
honorable woman"
Thank you, ma'am." she replied.
putting up her mouth to be kissed.
Il wish you the same"
The dear child! l know now what
St Paul meant by the 'foolishness of
preaching .-Youth's Companion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
The Master Of the House.

He cannot walk, he cannot speak,
Nothing he knows OF books or men:
He is the weakest of the weak,
And has not strength to hold a pen.
He has NO pocket and no purse,
Nor ever yet has owned a penny,
But has more riches than his nurse
Because he wants not any.
He rules his parents by a cry,
And holds them captive by a smile:
A despot strong through infancy.
A king from lack Of guile.
He lies upon his back and crows,
Or looks with grave eyes on his mother;
What can he meant But I suppose
They understand each other.
Indoors and out, early and late,
There is no limit to his sway;
For, wrapt in baby robes of state,
He governs night and day.
Kisses he takes as rightful due,
And Turk-like has his slaves to dress
him;
His subjects bend before him, too;
Pm N of them. God bless him.
Washington Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
Had a White Liver,

As she was to be married the 10Th,
Maggie the chambermaid, strait
laced in her lily-white gown and
apron, quilted the 1st of the mouth.
A week after she came back: 1T
broke my heart, madam. but l broke
the engagement. l discovered that
he had d white liver" '.And what is
a white liver, Maggie? And how did
you make this awful discovery" Il
discovered it by the stare in his eyes.
II you marry a white-livered man you
die within "a year. l returned the
engagement-ring to hun. and the
watch marked with my monogram,
and the scarf pin. He said: II will
go to fifty physicians with you Maggie,
and prove that / haven't the white
liver But | shook my head and
ran" And the tears scintillated on
Maggie's pale cheeks as the dew in
the sun on the petals of white roses
New York Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
OLE BULLS uToPlAN DREAM.
4 Pile Of STONES whore he Ess.y.d i,
4pfld . Castle.

Fills Of Stones where He Essayed e
4sSsild /. Castle.
After Ole BSShn had fddled his way
Into the hearts of tho American PED.
pie and had accumulated a large for
tune. he undertook to carry out s
long cherished dream. He wished to
establish q colony Of his countrymen
In America, and for this purpose he.
bought in 1852. IL. 600 acres Of land
IN the unproken wilderness OF Potter
County. Pennsylvania. "A correspond
ent OF the Bradford Era gives some &C.
count OF the disastrous results of this
enterprise. Ole Bull located 800 Nor
wegians and Danes on his possessions.
The price he paid for his land was
about $40, 600. 1t was his intention
to found four towns. These were Wal
halla, New Bergen, New Norway and
Oleona- They were laid out with a
view to the future and work COM
menced. Mr.. Bull also began work
on a castle a mile or two from Oleona,
which was to be a pretentious struct-
ure for the lord of the colony. Each
settler was provided a plot of ground
and set to work. Unfortunately for
the success of the colony. Ole Bull had
no mack of protecting himself against
INSCRIPTIONS sharpers. and his lands
were found.to be involved in such a
manner that questions arose as to the
titles. Thus it came about that in
1858 many of the ~colonists left. They
were also compelled to undergo a
good many privations, which they
were unaccustomed to. The great
trees which stood in the way of cult
walton of the soil presented an obsta-
Gle they did not know how to remove.
They grubbed the forests out with
mastocks instead of telling the trees
with axes. The hardships of the will
derness and of the pioneers life dis
couraged them.
! n year or two the colonists had
nearly all scattered, the most of them
going to Wisconsin and the Northwest
and Mr.. Bull, disheartened, his prop.
erty gone and the savings of his life
time gone with his youth. left his
colony and his cherished hopes and re-
turned with his violin to entertain the
people again with his unelualled music.
Walhaila and New Norway fell into
decay, the castle was abandoned-an
unfinished pile of rocks-and the lands
passed into the hands of William
Radde, who subsequently founded a
German settlement, which was more
successful.
OF the Ole Bull colony, a few re-
manned al Oleona, which is a thriving
hamlet. New Bergen is also still a
wayside settlement. A few of the col
onists survive. but the founder, Ole
Bull. died in Norway eleven years ago.
When the colony was first projected
1t may be expected that Ole Bull had
a great many friends who wished him
unbounded prosperity and success.
From these friends came to the colon
lists donations of machinery, appli-
ances. stock. etc. A notable gift was
from Henry Clay, the distinguished
kentuckian. who sent a number of
fine Kentucky cattle and horses from
his fine place at Ashland.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
Not Literature.

Farmer Ellsworth lives in the
suburbs of a little Massachusetts town
and is a man of considerable conse-
quence among his friends and neigh
bors. During the long winter even
ings he and Aunt Huldah, his wife,
read much. and his comments on the
literature OF the day, though not often
gsrammatically expressed, often dis
play discrimination.
Not long ago he took a book OF
short sketches of country life from the
town library, and when he brought it
back he had to pay a small fine. hav-
ing kept it several days over the time
allowed.
I'm w;llin' an glad to pay it too, y
he said, as he laid down his pile OF
coppers.
you enjoyed it, thenp'' asked the
librarian.
"Enj,yed itp I should think we
did" said Farmer Ellsworth. MY
wife specially, has read every one OF
them stories twice over. But I'm
bound to say he continued. that ii
amt exactly what should call writin.,'
Why it's Jest like folkan-Yonth,s
Companion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
FEMfNINITlES.

Men are what their mothers made them.
Love lessons woman's delioacy and in
creases mans.
The woman with whom one has grown
old is, always young.
Adam was the only original man, and
even he did pretty much a. Eve told him.
1t is difficult for a woman to try to be
anything good when she is not believed in.
Paris models have organized against
pretty Italian girls. They claim that
Italian models are spies for Italy.
A woman in Atlanta is tho mother Of
81 children, all living int unmarried. The
youngest two are twins, and have just
been born.
Queen Victoria is fond of oatmeal por-
ridge, and is Scotch enough to believe in
its virtue of being Strengthening and hav-
Ing nc hone. in it.
Helen Kellar, aged IL years, a pupil in
the Boston kindergarten, can play the
piano fairly well. The child was born
deaf, dumb and blind.
A broom washed occasionally In clean,
hot suds, shaken until 1t is almost dry, and
then hung up, will last twice as long as it
would without this operation.
In Pittsburg q young lady makes a nv-
Ing by manufacturing pottery. She has had
an oven erected in her house, and makes,
finishes and deoorates her work.
Arabella: It's 1t true that Grace sted-
ley has eloped with her fathers coach
manF Felice: stOh, no, she didn't do as
well as that no was only the footmanl'
Tho disagreeable moisture OF the hands
may DO overcome by rubbing them with a
mixture of four ounces Of cologne water
and half an unce Of tincturs OF bella
donna.
When an Addison, Me-, woman called re-
Gently on relatives living only a mile away
whom she hadn't visited for twenty years,
they Thought the world must be coming to
an end.
A young woman of Nevada, who desdres
to get married, has caused her picture to
be inserted In . local paper, with thA an
nouncement that the original Is In the:
market.
Mile: 81 don't mind marrying you,
Clsrenoe, but I hate the idea Of giving up
my $15.a!week job as the stors.n Char
enee; ssThsn don't give IL ub, dearest.
I'll give up mine. Pm getting only $40.
1t is q custom very ancient and very COM
mon In China for anyone who has a g-iey-
ance against anyone TO get upon some che
waited paaco and baw1 It out TO tine neigh
borhood. Thus women on the roof Of the
hhpusss yell forth thsir domestic grow
ancaa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
WoMAN,s CLUB.
Social Reforms to BE Brought shout
-Mnscullne Sueeestton,

Social Reforms to he Brought about
-Msscuilns Suggestion.
Note should be taken of the woman's
clubs which are springing up all over
the country, They have evidently
come, says Lyman Abbott in the
Chautauqua, as the saying i, to
stay. Some little personal ac-
q%uaintance with the work, spirit, and
personnel of n such club, leads me to
believe that where they are wisely
guided, their power as an instrument
of social reform is very great, and is
to be still greater. In these clubs
questions OF domestic economy, such
as the treatment Of children, the adj
ministration Of the home. the manage
ment OF servants, the mistress duty
toward them, are made matters of free
and often useful discussion. / see no
reason why such clubs should be CON
fined, az they now are. to cities and
large towns; no reason why they
should not exist in every village; no
reason indeed why every sewing So
ciety should not become a woman's
club at which. while the rest sew, one,
appointed for the purpose, should read
some paper, original or selected, on
some aspect of social life in which the
women r interested and to which
they can contribute. Indeed, believ-
ing as I do in organizations, / have
sometimes wondered why the women
in every town and village might not
profitably unite in a :!union," agree
ing on the n hand to admit no wo-
man into their union. whatever her
wealth or social status. who did not
treat her servants with reason and
with justice, providing them. for ex-
ample, with decent sunlit rooms, with
adequate vacation hours, proper tacil-
tiles for Sunday worship In the church
OF their own choice, ETC., and on the
other hand agreeing to employ no SER
want who came from any other mem-
Der without a recommendation. This
is perhaps a foolish masculine dream;
but as it may furnish the feminine
reader with amusement If nothing
else, it may stand. ~"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
Cheap furniture.

Mrs. Manhattan Beach has a mania
for buying cheap things at auction.
When her husband came home the
other day she said: 7
Just see here. I have bought a
beautiful rocking chair at auction
worth So, and ! only paid So for it; SO
you see l have 81 clear profit. Don't
you tell me after this that a woman
has no business sense"
"Do you need the rocking chairp''
asked Manhattan Beach.
mo"
Then what did you buy it forP"
TO save money of course. How
could / have saved that dollar If I
hadn't bought it. stupidp"-Texas
SiftingA
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
A Binding Light

A new musical light is shining in
Germany so strong in the eyes OF it's
admirers as to put Wagner's in the
shade. Paul Geisler has made a SEN
sation with his opera, The Knights
of Marienburg." He writes his libret-
tos, and as a composer is said to have
really striking musical individuality.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
skeletons Discovered.

A strange discovery has been made
in France at the Chateau Champlajn.
A grower found that his vineyard was
encountered by an old decayed wall
and obtained permission to have 1t
pulled down. In q sort of cavity he
discovered two male skeletons with
their necks, hands and feet riveted
together with iron fetters Some rem
nants OF clothes reduced to dust were
found on the ground where the skele-
tons lay, as we'll as some rusty iron
Fragments.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

ONR
Both the method and results whom
eyrup Of Zig istak II d pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN eiisctually, dispsls colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs i the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and 10
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
IL action and truly beneficial In il
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
fts many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made Il
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for rsle in Goo
and II bottles BY all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure il promptly for any one who
wishes tc try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
cHLiFORKM RIO syrup ca
SAN fRAActsco. CAL,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
The Devll,. Knell.

Among the famous bells Of Dews.
burg, Yorkshire, England, is n
known as BLACK Tom OF Soothill,"
which was presented to the church in
expiation Of q murder. BLACK Tom"
10 always rung on Christmas Eve. Its
solemn tolling as 1t strikes the first
tap at exactly midnight Is known all
Over Yorkshire as the Devils Kneii,''
" being the notion that when Christ
was born the devil died. Lcgenda.y
snpersdtion has always invested bells
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
Rescued from the Depths OF MISERY.

livers are derelict in duty is unspeakable.
Sick headaches, nausea, costiveness, dis.
order of the digestive apparatus, heartburn.
easiness beneath the short right ribs and
right shoulder blade, tickle appetite, are
among the hateful indicia Of biliousness,
which, however, speedily vanish when Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is employed as a
regulator. Most enectually is its work Of dis.
ciplining carried out, as a complete renewal
of the digestive, secretive and e~vacuatiye
functions satisfactorily proves. In cases OF
malarial disease the liver Is the principal
gland involved. and for maladies of . ma
larial type Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is an
absolute specific. As q laxative-painless
but efective-it is u%nrivalled, and 1t is an
admirable preventive of chronic kidney
general tonic and corrective.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
We Are Mtghty.

It is estimated that 100, 900 Ameri-
cans visit Europe every year and leave
there SI00, 900. 900. And this is where
q part of the money disappears. No
other country on the face OF the globe
could stand such a strain and not feel
are q mighty people In an
Anees % well as gall
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

Suffering for years with severe attacks of
remedies without any good results. Finally
l tried Salvation Oil, and to ny surprise and
delight on using n bottle Say suffering
ended. 1 c%heerfully recommend it to ali
sufferers. Mrs. Laura Lehman,
6S5 Nv. Baltimore St. Baltimore. Md.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
LONDON FOGS.
Number Constantly Increasing-Of VIVA
They Are Composed.

Number Constantly Increasing-of What
They Are Composed.
An important paper on London fog
vas read at the hygienic congress by
DR.. Russell, who has made it the sub
ject of special study. He says, first OF
all, that the number of fogs is con-
stantly increasing in the metropolis.
From 1870 to 1875 there were SO of
them; from 1875 to 1880. 156. This
is the direct result of the increased
consumption Of coal, which amounted
to G, 400, 900 tons in 1890, as against
4, 400, 900 tons in 1885. DR.. Russell
claims to have proved that increased
smoke makes fogs more frequent as
well as thicker, by adding to impuri-
ties in the air. Fogs, he adds, are es-
pecially likely to occur in still, cold
weather. The composition of London
fog is as follows:
Carbon ........ 800 Ammonia..... IA
HYDROCARBONS 1913 Mineral mat
Organic traces 20! ter, chiefly
Sulphuric acid 4.3 silica and
H~ydrochlorio ferric oxide. 31.2
acid.......... Ia w ter......... SIS
Metallic acid -
and magnet 1000
ic oxlde...... 2.6l
The actual effect of fog upon human
life is uncertain. 1t has been noticed,
however, that fogs in cold weather are
accompanied by a rise in the death
rate. This may be due chiefly to the
cold, but IL must be remembered that
cold is intensified by fog, which OBJ
structs the rays of the sun. There is
no doubt of the injurious effects upon
vegetation, which is affected, even at
adistance, of thirty or forty miles from
London. 1t is the sulphur, probably,
that does the mischief. There seems
to be no room for doubt that the num-
Der of fogs will increase in London in
exact proportion to the growth of the
city. unless some mean are discovered
in getting rid of the smoke, which
comes, it must be added. from the do
nestle hearths, not from the factories.
How this problem will be solved, if
ever, no one can now tell. Two
plans are suggested-one, the use Of
improved CRATES, the other, the sub
stitution of gas for coal fires.-Chica.
go Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

EJ CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O., Props. of
Halls Catarrh Cure, offer sl0o reward for any
case OF catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
Sold by Druggists. 7bc.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

Only Ten Cents a Pack.
The celebrated Burlington Route
playing cards are now sold at ten cents
per pack. $50 cents is the usual price
for such cards.) Whist, high five and
euchre parties will soon be in order,
and we would suggest that you lay in
a stock of these playing cards for fu-
ture requirements.
A. c. ZIEMER,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

u.s. Fits stopped free by DIR, KLINH's GREAT
Nerve Restorer. No Fit after hrstday'su use. Mar
velious cures. Treatise and $40 trial bottle free to
Fit cases. Send to DE-. Kline. 92I Arch ST, Phila. Pa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
POISON
Of any kind. 81
eciaily that
Ireauful dis

ease which Hot Springs and mercur give only tenn
porary relief. We guarantee to cure or make no charge.
Sore Throat. Mucous Patches in the Mouth. Old Malis-
nant Sores or Ulcers Of long standing. Mercurinl Rh,n-
solicit the very worst cases ami our treatment is very
short. We positively guarantee a cure or no pay. Write
us for positive proofs which We will send BY mail fre
securely sealed. Correspondence confidential. We have
references who permit US 10 refer to them; Write and
describe case. COOK lei CO., Omaha, Ncbn
Sth and Farnum Sta,
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A strange disease is carrying off cattle
around Huntington and Trumbull, in Com
necticut. The victims are taken down
very suddenly and swell up, but the flesh
does not change color.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23

The Best Way to Succeed in Business
Is TO hrst take a thorough business course. by mail,
AT your own home; Bryant's College. Buffalo. n. Y,
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F1TS-Epilepsy permanently cured by new tystem
OF treatment. " TRIAL BOTTLES FREE. Send fol-
Treatise. Epileptic Remedy Co., As Broad St, New York
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A Throat
and Lung
Speciality.

severe and chronic
Specially. trouble ofthe Throat
and Lungs can hard
ly appreciate what a truly wonder
full medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, easing, clear
Ing, strength-gathering and recover
ing are unknown joys. For Ger
man Syrupw we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stopa ickling-for a while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specially. Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, splitting, hemorr-
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
medicine and advice have been swal-
lowed and followed to the gulf Of
despair, where there's the sickening
conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
German Syrup. 1t cures. You are
a live man vetif Won take it. q