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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
SHIL0n's
C0NsUM PTI0N
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough Cure is
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.
t~essfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, arc
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
acough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, 70,
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, 50 cts. and
$I.oo. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS cts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
now Gen. Grant was Conv. rt,d.


DIR. Newman preached a memorial SER
mon, which he particularly addressed to
q delegation, 100 strong, from the u. s..
Grant post, G. A. R., of Brooklyn. He
spoke from his knowledge of Gen.
Grants character and life, and portions
Of his address were thrillingly Interest,"
ing. There were many fearful eyes as
he told the story of Grants conversion
and baptism.
Zone evening, 'said DR.. Newman, ZEN
tering the room where the General and
Mrs. Grant were seated, I said: General,
300 Methodist preachers in New Jersey
stood up to-day and prayed for you.
"tYes,' said the General, and I have
heard that a number of men and women
getherto pray for me, and little children
have sent me notes saying they have
added MY name to the mi of their
then I saw the big gray eyes fill with
tears.
"'What do you say, General, said !,
shall we not join in the universal petit
tion?'"
1t was while they prayed. DR.. New
man said, that the general became a on
Verted man, and in deep, solemn voice
uttered repeated ''amens'' to the petit
ton that was offered in his behalf. The
baptism took place, DIR. Newman SAID,
at a time when in the opinion of the at
tending physicians the general had but
five minutes more to live, although as a
matter of fact death was at the time SO
remote that the general lived to go on
and almost complete the story of his
life.-NeU York Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

There he was introduced to a we'll
known capitalist, the prospective buyer
Of the tract Of land.
This gentleman asked Paul b few
questions, which, thanks to a careful
coaching on the part of the real estate
broker, he was able to answer in a salts
factory manner.
At length the capitalist wa satisfied,
\ notary was called in, and a deed to
the premises executed by the young
man.
For this the purchaser gave him q
check for 100000, the agreed price.
Endorse that" said the broker and
I'll get it cashed and deduct my com.
missions"
Shall I go along?" asked Paul
mo. I'll be back within ten min
utes. Wait here"
Twice, three times, ten minutes
passed, and still the real estate man
did not return,
AT length Dunlevey become sus-
picious, and hurried away to the bank,
where he found hat the check had
been cashed nearly an hour before.
Then he bvgan looking for Chester
Oldfather.
He soon discovered that the old gen.
tleman's reputation, while not positively
bad, was q trife shady.
1t then dawned upon him that he had
been s#indled by his partner in crime.
For two days he continued his search
and at last became satisfied that Old
father had left the city with the pro-
ceeds Of the sale.
On the third day, tired, hungry and
penniless, he was trudging along when
he came face to face with his late land
lady and present creditor.
He made an efoft TO escape, but her
Strong hand detained him.
"Pon my world" he began.
Don't say It'll" interrupted she. II
only want to congratulate you on your
| good fortune
"What good fortune?" asked Paul
with a feeling that his crime had come
to light.
"Then you haven't seer it,"
"Not T."
Read that!"
She thrust newspaper into his hands
and pointed to an advertisement.
With a swimming brain the young
man read the following,
Information wanted of Paul Revere
MssS.ssaa-e ST Ssamuef Drnfevsy,
/ who died thirty years ago at Fl. Wayne,
Ind. He is the sole heir at law of Paul
Revere Dunlevey, who died recently at
Great Darlington, Mass. The estate
consists Of a small sum of money, and a
valuable tract of land in CHICAGO I'll
To this was appended the name and
address of a Massachusetts lawyer.
An exclamation of blended astonish.
ment and disgust, swept the lips Of the
h~eir-at-law.
Like Esau, he had sold his birthright
at a ridiculously low figure. But un-
like the old-time Hebrew, he had been
cheated out of the mess of pottage.
Broker Chester Oldfather has not
yet been discovered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Tho SUMS Enormous Heat.

A writer tells us that the heat of the
sun has been estimated to be IS, ZOO
degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature
of molten metal in the Bessemer con-
'verter is 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, SO
that some idea OF the intense heat Of
the solar orb may be imagined. At
that extraordinarily high temperature
not only iron but every other metal
known to mankind can exist only in
the vaporous condition. Although it
is an impossibility for us to get near
the sun, yet we can, by means of a
powerful lens, practically transport
any object so that it will receive the
same heat from the u as if it were as
near to us as we are to the moon, OF
within 240, 900 miles from the sun. In
the focus of such a lens fire-clay, the
diamond and the most refractory sub.
stances known to us are either instant.
ly melted or converted into vapor.
The earth at the distance Of only $40,
600 miles from the sun would melt like
wax, and no body can come anywhere
nea the sun without getting melted
and converted into the vaporous condi
ton, ven before coming into contac'
with If.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Manners OF Mon.

A man who repents easily usually
errs without much effort.
So many men confound a curiosity to
know about their neighbors with a
thirst for knowledge
The boy who grows mp to be 20 with
out everin his life 10 ing a birds nest,
stealing a watermelon, n ing a cat,
playing hockey, teasing j. sister, or
licking the boy next door: the boy who
never does all this-well, he never
grows up to be 20.
The first day that a man receives
word that a friend inihe country has
sent him in some fish, quails, or ven
ison, he invites e5ery one he meets to
come up and rartake with him. The
second day he invites u 10 one, and the
day that the present arrives he carries
it home through the alleys for fear that
those he has invited will know it has
enpae..and be over to get their share
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Eyes, sir" she responded, Though
making no motion which cnrld he con.

"Yes, sir" she responded, Though
making no motion which could be con-
strHed into an invitation to enter.
"Is he in?" asked the gentleman.
Eyes, sir-that is to say-will you
come IMP"
The caller complied with an alacrity
that left no doubt as to his willingness.
"The fact is" resumed the lady,
when they were standing together in
the typical boarding : house parlor,
"that he's staying in at present"
"Ill?"
"No, sir. He and his. trunk are
locked up in the hall bedroom, pend
ing a settlement of a bill of $40, the
odd dollars being for money actually
loaned"
"I'm in the nick of time, then"
@You know him?"
"No, but 1 bring him news, Or rather
I am the custodian of q secret, which
will render him independent, affluent,
1 may say"
"Oh, dear! I hope"
"He shall carry no resentment,
madam, I promise you that. As for
your bill, it shall be discharged, and
ten for one. Please take him that"
"That" was u card of the finest bristol
board, upon was printed the name,
Chester Oldfather, and the information
that its possessor carried on in q down
town office, the business of real estate
and loans.
In a few minutes the woman returned
conducting a red-haired rather crest
fallen young man of perhaps five and
thirty.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Reed Rubs a. Wrong way.

The two strongest men at the Port
land bar ct the time Reed wasin active
practice there were w. u. Putnam and
A. A. Strout. The latter was q very
artful and i~nsinuating mar. His great
strength lay in his knack Of putting
himself in pleasant relations with the
Before beginning the trial of a suit it
was his habit to bid a pleasant good
m6rning to each of the jurors, and say
a word to them that would impress
them with the idea that he was deeply
Interested in their personal welfare.
Reed being the exact opposite Of
Strout in his habits and thoughts, it
was perhaps but natural that they
should be continuously employed on OPP
posite sides of the case, and that rivalry
should spring up between them. al
though they were personally very good
friends. It was very, annoying, indeed,
Bays a writer, fur the oily Strout to
hear Reed drawl out before the opening
of q case:
SWELL, your Honor, Brother Strout
having finished his morning task Of
shaking hands with the jury, we may,
1 hope, with his permission, proceed
with the business Of the court"
On one occasion o very important
suit was being tried, in which Lawyers
Reed and Streut were engaged on OPP
posite sides. It was the case of Parker
VS.. The Portland Publishing Company,
and the plaintiff was suing for damages,
having met with an accident in their
building, for which he held the COM
pany was responsible. The case at
tracted much interest, and while it was
pending the sessions Of the court were
largely attended. Strout represented
the plaintiff and obtained a verdict.
It was quite o victory, and as he left
the courtroom he smiled rather patron
izingly upon Reed. In passing out of
the car, Strout, in his. soothing way,
ran his hand over the head of the court
reporter and smoothed down the hair
that had been rufied by his efforts to
keep pace with the rapid tongue OF
Reed.
When Strout sat down his legal rival
walked coolly over and rubbed the re-
porter's hair back into its original
position, with q contemptuous smile
that greatly amused the spectators.
AS one of the lawyers who witnessed
the episode at the time said, @That act
exemplifes in the fullest degree Reeds
Character. He always rubs his antag'
onist or his antagonists friends the
wrong way."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Deafness Can't Be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed
you have q rumbling socnd or imperfect hear.
ing, and when 1t is entirely closed Deafness is
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an infained condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness .(caused by Catarrh) that WI
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure. SEND
for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
A1-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
queer Idea of Cleanliness.

The energetic and critical New York
Sun has to say of the present republican
administration that ''no public scanda
blurs it's record. 1t is declared to be the
%cleanest since James Buchanan ant
Abraham Lincoln" But, speaking O.
the Buchanan administration, was no
the stealing of the United States nav!
for use against the government some
thing in the nature of a public scandal
AS Chief Executive Buchanan was {
humbug, and his cabinet was corrup
enough to do its best to sell out thu
country.-Cincinndti Gazette.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

-saAa-+LH
81 have called on q matter of some
Importance" said Mr.. Oldfather, when
the the two were alone together.
"Then come forward to the bay-win-
dow, and speak lower. She's listening
in the hall"
aYou advertised yesterday for work? 2"
aYes," responded Paul, with a de.
cidedly falling face.
sThat's how I came to learn your
name and residence"
8 see,a assented the young man, his
face Frightening.
as your father living~
"No. He died thirty years ago in
Fort Wayne, Ind"
aWhat was his name?"
Samuel
For whom were you named?"
For q man who rode into Concord
with news of some kind"
Il dare say. Do you want to make
some money?'
Don't I?s
There's tract of land in the south.
western part of this city which stands
in the name of Paul Revere Dunlevey
OF Great Darlington, Mass"
aWeili?'
It's worth $50, 900.
aIdonsst see-s 55sss7ESs
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Parnell's Nemesis.

What is Mrs. O'Shea like? What man
-ner of woman is this ''modern Helen?"
sAre her charms so %overpowering that
even the casual observer is impressed?
inasmuch as no adequate portrait of
Mrs. O'Shea has been, published In this
country, at least sinee her name became
"a part Of history ami her beatty a mount
ain in-the path of loerty, the following
uesefsptfonya kem the lips of a fam
Gus traveller VIM Satisfy some cnriosities:
"She Is not a brilliant woman inteilectu-
ally, any more than was Delilah or
Helen OF troy. Cleopatra was, but there
mas never been but one Cleopatra. Mrs.
o'She Is q sort Of an Amazon; she has
the thick lips and bullying brow we see
in the Cleopatra medals, and she is as
cold-blooded ordinarily as Cleopatra was
known to be; while she is not a very tall
OF Dlg-boned woman, she is rudy and
iu~'l-blooded; her hair is blonde and pro-
fuse and her complexion is fair. Her
brother, Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, is the
soul OF honor, and the mystery of the
sisters conduct is apparently inexpltca-
ole.'-NeU York World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Characteristic Amertcanis,ns.

The number of absolutely new words
introduced into the English language
in America is remarkably small. As
an instance may be mentioned stcau-
Gus, for q secret political assembly.
This is q corruption of calk house, q
calker's shed in Boston where the pa
triots before the Revolution had usually
held their meetings. The several di-
visions of the United States have their
characteristic Americanisms. In the
New England States ugly" is used for
ill natured, and ''gness" for q great va
riety of things-to think, presume, sup
pose, etc. This use Of guess is confined
to New England.
The inhabitants of New York and
the Middle States employ expect" in
the same way ,while those of the South
ern States .'reckon" and those of the
Western States Calculate" Several
words curren. in the Middle States are
of Dutch origin, rs aloafer. for q vaga.
bond, from the Dutch loopen, to run
and aboss" for a head workman or en-
ployer. The verb @tos FIX is made to
do duty all over the country for ak
pressing all kinds Of action. The we'll.
known phrase go ahead is q coinage
of the Nest, and posted up in q sub.
iect for the we'll informed is one of q
class of metaphors indicative Of the
prominence of mercantile pursuits.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
N.st His Match.

A fellow thinking to appear smart,
entered notion store and said to one of
the salesladies, Ever have any call for
husbands here?"
ooh, yes, occasionally. Are you
looking for n market?"
EYES," said Smarty.
"All right. Step right up on the 10
cent counter
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
HUMoR.
~. Rev. pink PUNK on hesitation.

The Rev. Pink PUNK ON Restitution.
Dear breddern, las Sunday I made
some remarks about o man wot sub
stracted four pennies from do. plate
happy to ernounce dat de pennies wuz
teturned. Dere wuz jes' fifty pussons
hyar on las Sunday, and dere was ies'
200 pennies in de basket. De congre-
gashun describesta vote OBJ thanks for
deere unanimously In dis matter"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

eSSc:atic text.
The entire matter promises fair to
find its way to the criminal calendar of
the country, for which reason the names
herein given are fictitious, though in
other respects the account is absolutely
correct.
A short time ago a man rang the bell
OF o Chicago clearinghouse.
His erect, Hastily dressed figure, WELL
brushed hair, and handsome face, pro-
claimed him q gentleman, and an active
one,
II wish to see Mr.. Paul Revere Dun
levey," said he, bowling to C stout
woman who, with o pipe in her mouth,
answered his ing, and whom he seemed
to instinctively recognize as the land
lady,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Tho Old Man Knew.

'Pa," said Johnny Shattuck, "here's
an item which says that Lucullus usually
paid $4,000 for a feast. Who was Lu-
cullus?"
Lou Cullus, Johnny" replied Shat
tuck, twas a noted actress who died last
year. Those theatrical people are aw-
fully extraFagant. "zInter-Ocean.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Tommy Knew what He Wanted.
Two of EN- in Circulation,

Servant Girl Ito master of the house,
Go away and quit hugging me. I
heard you tell your wife last night
that she was all the world to you.
Master of the House-So she is,
Katie; but you know there are two
worlds-the old world and the new
world
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
Phv,icians Haye Found out

That a contamination and foreign element in
the blood, developed by Indigestion, is the cause
OF rheumatism. This settles upon the sensi-
tive sub~-cutaneous covering OF the muscles and
Hgaments Of the joints. causing constant and
shifting pain, and aggregating as a calcareous,
chn1ky deposit which produces stiffness and
distortion of the joints. No fact which expert
ence has demonstrated in regard to Hostetter'a
Stomach Bitters has stronger evidence to sup.
port than this, namely, that this medicine OF
comprehensive uses checks the formidable and
atrocious disease, nor is it less positively es
tablished that it is preferable to the poisont
often used to arrest it, since the medicine con.
tains only s~alutary ingredients. 1t is also g
signal remedy for malarial fevers, constipation
dyspepsia, kidney and bladder ailments, debil
tty and other disorders. See that you get the
canine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
NJ aIaria

rs believed to be caused by poisonous miasms arts
.ng from low. marshy land, or from d~ecaying vege
liable matter, and which, breathed into the lungs
enter ard poison the blood. If healthy condition
OF tne blood is maintained by taking Hood'e Sarsa-
1iha' one Is much less liable to malaria, and Hoods
ssrsaparilla has cured many severe cases of this
o,stessins affection even in the advanced stages
"1en the terrible chills and fever prevailed. Try It
And II you decide to take Hoods Sarsaparllla do
not be induced to buy any substitute.
Hoods ~SarsSpariUa
Fold by all druggists. 81; six for Is. Prepared onlv
by C.I. HOOD & GO. Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

Ii ererH CONAN knew for herself the ac-
tuaI quality OF Dobbin's Electric Soap, no
other washing soap could be sold. Millions
do use it, but other millions have never
tried it. Have. you? Ask your grocer for it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
The Spitefui Thing.

The Spiteful Thing.
"Do you think it is a good portrait OF
me??" asked Maude.
every good, indeed" said Ethel.
81 don't think the tint in the cheeks
is very good, though, do you?"
SIT isn't perfect, but you know vel,
lows are very hard to get just right.
Chicago NeUs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
They All Wore ,Em.

Near-sightedness may not be o great
misfortune, but doubtless it is a sort of
condition that "loves company" The
New York San relates this incident:
The passengers in q Broadway car
smiled a little when they looked about
and found that every one of the nine
passengers-four men, three women, a
young girl and a boy-was wearing
spectacles. Then a man in middle life
came in, and everybody watched him
while he drew q newspaper from his
pocket, took out his;speetacle case, put
on his spectacles vi h deliberate care
and looked all about him to find every
pair OF eyes in the car smiling at him
from behind the disks Of g~listening
glass.
Everybody looked Just a little more
amused than before, and when the CON
duetor came i'll to collect his fares,
with a pair Of gold-rimmed glasses
perched on his nose, the young girl
looked at the boz and giggled. the boy
smiled broadly back, while the old gem
tleman called ont with a Boythorn
o
Bless my soul We're all in the
same baSketp
A REcENT car.@ro ~ nro.oe e.. ,.oot
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

Wool-What did your father-in-law
say when he gave your bride away?
Van Pelt-He quoted from the bible.
but l can't remember it exactly.
Wool-That's funny.
Van Pelt-Oh, yes; he said something
about it being mere blessed to give than
to receive.-NeW York Herald.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

WORM medicinel The very name puts u
bad taste in a child's mouth. unless her
mother has been kind and given her DR..
Bulls Worm Destroyers. These little can.
dies taste good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29

A Queer AnsH1aI.
First Politician-What do you think of
the kangaroo bailet?"
Second Politician-aO, it's fair enough,
I suppose; but you can't tell which way
the blamed thing is going to Jump
Lo1UeU Citizen.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-29
The DGoe1 bkNEATn rae snow
By 8. W. Foss.

Way down In dads OIL medder, wheret the pussy
willers grow.
! used to 50 an issen to the brook beneath the
Above | hearil the foarin' win an Saw the snow.
gust whirl;
But the brook beneath the show an Ice danced
singin', like a girl.
"a put my enr down to the ice, 1 didn min the
An wen I heerd its music, there wus summer
In my SOUL
An wen dad licked me, an my heart nd bile m
would 60 an hear the music Of the brook be.
meath the show.
An then my. sobs lid change to shouts, an sor-
rer change to glee,
FOR 1t strewed along its music from the noun
tain to the sea-;
An ID stretch my ear to hear it, an nv heart
I'D swell an glow,
Wen ! listened to the 1pussc u the brook be-
neath the etaw,
Since then tho wintry blasts Of life have blown
mo here an there,
AN snowstorms they have blocked my way an
But sheltered from the harrycane. within tho
valley low,
issen for the music OF the brook beneath the
snow.
For 1 know beneath the snow an ice that there
is golden sand,
ny mat glorious streak Nv melody that wiggles
through the land
Tho storm beats hard the wind is high I ears
not hear 1t blow,
For l lissen to the music % the brook beneath
the snow.