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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Military Oa,cers Expelled.

SANTIAGO, Oct 80. Thirteen military officers
who served under Balmaceda but are now ex
PEELED from the Chilian army. intend crossing
into the Argentine Republic to join their
troops. They are all experienced officers
and their loss will be severely felt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

Nrw YoRK. Oct. 3O.-The business failures
occurring throughout the country during tho
past seven DAYS number Tor the nted States
20 . and for Canada 4s. OF total of 3d. as
compared with total of 2i9 last week and
259 the week previous 10 the last. For the
corresponding week of last year the figures
We're rs, representing ] 0 failures in tho
nted States aud q in the Dominion Of
Canada
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

LYNcHBuRG. Va, Oct. 3O-A special from
Ma tinsville. Va. says. A cave in on the Koa.
noke and southern railroad. near town this
evening re-uited IN Killing two men and
wounding seriously three others.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Disastrous Prairie Fire.

BREWSTER, NEB.. Oct. 9O.-A disastrous
prairie fire Is raging in this c unty. and thou
sands OF acres have been burned over Sev
eral ranchmen lost their entire hay crop. bnt
so far no buildings have been DESTROYED
The re Is entirely beyond the control of the
settlers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

BosToN. NJ ,ss., Oct. 30. The cruiser New.
ark. at the Charleston navy-yard has been
examined and II is expected the vessel will
be placed in the dry-dock. Six weeks will be
required to complete the repairs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Failed TO Agree.

wupAcA, Wis. Oct. 30.-After being out
tyery-one hours the jury in the ca-e OF
Nir Coolide, the banker charged with re-
cdvig deposits knowing himself insolyept,
dsareed and were discharged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

Mlpr1D. Oct. eO.-ln n interview with a
representative Of the L nted fress % lay ex
Premier Sag sta sad he discred ted the idea
that there was at present any danger of war
in Europe Should war afeak out, however,
Spain would remain neutral
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Wagon Pacing Record broken.

INrPrNDENcE. Iowa, o. tober 3O.-Roy
Vilns lroke the wagon pacing record to-
ay.the 2 IA held by Johnston, by going
ue nile in z.I3.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Coperessrnan % ,ihwnI,s

COLUMBUS. O.. Oct SO-Coneressman
Cultivate is very sick with Pneumonia At his
home here. He caught the disease wbile ON
the stump for Governor Campbell.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

BR,2Ir, ISp.. Oct 90 The Tunbuckle fac
tory Of this city owned and operated by the
Brazil Steel and Iron Com any. WAS destroys
by ire this morning. Loss. $40 00O iusur-
ance. $4,000. Fifty employees are thrown out
of work
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
Fire I'm n FIGURING Mill.

ISiAsAfoLIs. ND. Oct 90.-The Arcade
flung mill caught fire this afternoon. There
Was nly Q loss Of $4,000 on the building, but
tie pck damage reaches $40, 1000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
ON the Rialto.

First actor: How much do you carn in
your new role:" Second actor Il earn About
500 week. hut the manager only Gives me-
s25. 5."-Texas Siftings.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31
DnfN On Orr Pork liked.

fBy cable % The Iimes.J
PARIS. Oct S0.--The Senate to-day fixed the
duty on the importation into France Of Amer
lean pork ut 70 francs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-31

Leutenant-Commander Samuel w. Berr
las been ordered to duty as the executive OIL
er Of the Alohican
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Sleep for school Children.

We all know how much greater is
the need of children for sleep than Of
grown persons, and how necessary for
their good it is to be able fully to sat-
isfy this need; but how great it is gen.
orally at any particular age Of the child
is very hard to define exactly. The
amount varies under different climatic
conditions, In Sweden, We consider a
sleep of eleven d. twelve hours neces-
sary for the younger school children,
and of at least eight OF nine hours for
the older ones. Yet the Investigations
have shown hal this requirement lacks
much of being met in all the classes.
through the whole school, Boys in the
CLASSES get little more than seven
hours in bed; and rs that is the aver
age, it is easy to perceive that many Of
them must content themselves with
still less sleep. 1t is also evident from
the Investigations that the sleeping
time is diminished with the increase Of
the working hours from class to class,
so that pupils OF the same age enjoy
less according as they are higher in
their classes. 1t thus appear con-
stantly that in schools Of relatively
longer hours Of work, the sleeping time
Of the pupils is correspondingly shorter.
In short, the prolongation of the work.
ing hours takes place for the most par,
at the cost of the time for sleep.--Pya.
lessor Key, w Popular Science
Monthly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Greeley Ate with His Printers.

When Mr.. Greeley received presents
of fruit from the gentlemen" farmers
around, says the Tribune, he invariably
sent upstairs to the composing-room for
"Tom" Rocker and had him take some
to "the boys"
Any remonstrance would be met by
the reply: II can get it; you can't.
Take it up and give it to them"
During campaign times, when the
men were unusually hard at work, Mr..
Greeley used to- go to the composing
room, give q ten-dollar hill to the fore
man, and sly, "There, let's have a
gorge"
A piece of clean paper was laid on
the imposing stone, the stable" was set
and food sent for. and MI. Greeley
would share the %ilnprovised meal with
the men, laughing and joking with
them. He was known as "The Printer"
among them. That name stuck to him
after q man went to the office of the
New Yorker on some business, and was
told by the official whom he saw; sob,
you want to e the printer; I'm the
publisher"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
History of the Dcmijohn or Carboy.

The word belongs to no European
language, but has been adopted, like
tea, sugar, coffee, and other articles
which come from Eastern sources.
Demijohn dates from the crusades, and
was brought from Egypt, where such
articles were and are still called
flanagan. What is still more singular
is the fact that the custom Of surround
ing glass bottles with wicker-work dates
from very early times in Egypt. Upon
frescoes in tombs at Benz Hassan there
are not only representations of wine in
glass receptacles, but also of oil bottles
almost precisely like the TASKS from
Lucca and Bordeaux, surrounded with
a similar protection made of similar
materials, rushes, papyrus, and wicker
work of a fine kind. No picture has
been so far recorded Of the actual demi-
john at that early date $4,000 B. CO.,
but as we have the finer variety of the
article we cannot doubt that the coarser
one existed also. Egyptian wine was
stored in a%mphoras, and the demijohn
was a convenient half way measure be-
tween the clumsy huge amphora and
the delicate glass vessel in which it ap-
peared at the table. So that the be-
loved d%emijohn is Of the most respect.
able ancestry, and held its own in the
worlds earliest civilization.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
A Jewish Rip Van winkle.

Choni-ha-Maagol was all his life I'M
able to understand the biblical passage,
"When the Lord turned again the cap
tivity of Zion, we were like them that
dream" Cps. 1876, u. "Can seventy
years be regarded rs a dream? How
is it possible" he asked, "for q man to
remain seventy years asleep?" One
day while on a journey he saw a man
planting O carob tree, aud asked him
how long g period he expected would
elapse before the tree became fruitful.
Seventy years." was the reply. do
you then expect to live seventy years
and to eat of the fruit?" "When I an
tered the world" was the answer, II
found carob trees in abundance. Even
as my fathers planted for me, in like
N shall I also Plant for those that
are to come after me-" Choni sat down
to his meal, and a deep sleep fell upon
him, and he slumbered. The rock
closed up around him, and he was hid
den from the sight Of men. And thus
he lay for seventy years. When he
awoke and rose to his feet, 10! he be-
held a man eating Of the fruit of the
very carob tree that he had seen
planted. Choni asked: "Dost thou
know who it was that planted this
tree?" "My grandfather" Then Choni
knew that he had slept for seventy
years. He went to the house and
asked where the son of Choni-ha-Maa-
gol was. "His son." they told him, sis
dead. His grandson you can see if you
will" II am Choni-ha-Maagol!" he
exclaimed; but no one believed him.
He thence turned his steps to the
House of Learning, and he heard the
Rabbis saying:"We have resolved this
difficulty as we used to do when Choni-
ha-Maagol was %alive;' for, in times
past, when Choni went to the meeting,
he was able to expound every subject
under discussion. II am Choni-ha-
Maagol" he cried for the second time.
But again none would believe him,
neither did they treat him with honor.
Broken-hearted, he left the haunts of
men and pray ed for death, and his
prayer was answered. "This," says
Ravah, "is the meaning Of the saying:
To the friendless man death ccmeth as
q blessing."-JeWish Chronicle.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Gen. AeIknap's Three Wives.

The late Gen. Belknap was married
three times. His first wife was a Miss
Reid, of Keokuk. She was the sister
of his regimental commander, Hugh T.
Reid, after whom his first child and
only son was named. There was q
gooddeal of romance about his second
marriage. While on duty in Kentucky
he captured a Major Tomlinson, of the
Confederate army, and through him he
was introduced to two ladies, one Of
whom afterwards became his second
and the other his third wife. Thew
wore Tomlinson's sisters, and lived at
Harrodsburg, Ky. His second wife
died in December, 1870. On her death
bed she enjoined her husband to marry
for his third wife her sister, who was
then the young and handsome widow
of a Confederate Colonel named Bow
ers. He married Mrs. Bowers in 1873.
His third wife, who is still living-the
mother of his second child and only
daughter-Nas, in her youth of twenty
years ago, a very bright and a very
handsome woman.-Globe- Dem ocrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
In a Chinese City.

To q stranger a Chinese city always
looks as if it were en- .fete. Everybody.
hangs out as many signhoards, lanterns,
banners, and figures as he can afford. 1
understood from my guide that many of
these notices indicated not only sublime
admiration for the goods sold in the
shop to which they belonged, but pro-
found contempt for rival stores-a sort
Of Don't 60 over the way and be
cheated like an owl, but come here and
buy for next to nothing the wonderful
cats legs that we have in the windowp
Stop; I do the Shanghai tradesmen an
injustice. The only shop where cats
and dogs are sold for food belongs to an
enterprising Cantonese who has lately
come among them. This eminent res
ta4rateur is, in fact, almost the only
seller Of Canton luxuries in the place.
Other people may attempt to initiate
him, but he alone has the genuine
pressed ducks, the faultless1y black
eggs, the fat southern pork, and the
putrid cabbage of Canton, He owns
eighteen signhoards, = Cor. London
IelegrQph,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15

seven, while they suffered no loss
themselves. They got the horses,
partly destroyed three stages, and kept
the soldiers off, and the four of us, see
ing that escape to the fort was cut off,
rode to the west in hopes to outrun
our pursuers. Unfortunately for me, I
was mounted on my own horse who
had done sixty-fve miles the day be-
fore and was jaded. For three miles
he showed a good leg, but then he be-
gan to weaken. We then on level
ground, and I held him up with voice
and spur for another mile, or until we
gained a spot covered with outcrop-
ping Of rock.
Those who wrote of this incident at
the time held the three station men up
to contempt for deserving me. 1 did
not blame them at all. They we're only
employees of the stage company. None
of them had ever been at close quarters
with the Indians before, and it would
have been strange if they had not been
ratified. They were ahead of me as my
horse went down, and I do not believe
they missed me. Poor fellows Had
the four of us been there in the natural
rifle pit among the rocks we could have
stood the redskins off in o handsome
manner. As it was I was captured, and
they we're shot down one by n as they
continued their flight.
Only thirty-fve Indians took up the
pursuit.. When nv horse fell with me
fifteen of the warriors remained behind
TO effect nv capture. I rolled into q
natural hollow. pulled saddle and blan-
ket off nv horse. and then, as he strug-
pled up, I drove him limping away. It
was an unfortunate thing. He was
only thirty feet from me when they
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15


the Smoky Hill Fork onlythe week be-
fore. They knew that I had baked.
two of their raids on Stage stations, aud.
that l he'd once ridden right through q
camp 1900 OF them and carried off the
best horse Roman Nose ever had.
An Indian sizes a man up according
to his Deeds. They took my rife, re-
volver, and knife, but were very re-
spectful about it. I was then mounted
on q station horse, my feet tied under.
his belly, and he was led behind a war
rior's pony. They headed to the north
west, and about an hour after dark we
came up with the main party, which
was encamped in a grove Of cotton
wood on a small creek. I had no
sooner dismounted than I was taken
into the presence of Roman Nose. His
tory has said that he was one of the
smartest chiefs any Western tribe ever
had. He was smart only as an Indian.
He was a liar, h%ypocrite, and assassin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15

now in . manner totally unexpected.
The two gamblers got into a violent
dispute, and the three warriors up
preached to quiet them. Some one was
struck, and this led to quite q row.
The instant it began I cast off the
thongs, whirled about. and at one jump
was beside the pony. Five seconds
later I was in the saddle and digging
his ribs, and I believe l was out Of the
grove before I was missed. Every
horse followed mine and went to the
south a fast as horse-fesh ever trav-
eled the plains. Half a dozen shots
were fred after me from the grove, but
they only added to speed. The
run lasted for ten miles before the pace
WAS decreased, and when night fell I
had added six or seven more To mid
night I kept Jogging, bearing to the
left to approach the fort from the east.
From midnight to daylight I rested,
and at sunrise next morning was run
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Valuable for Tea-Drinkers,

1t is we'll known that the green tea
affects the nerves much more than the
black tea, which is believed to arise
from the different mode of preparation,
For making green tea the leaves are
Put over the fire and partially dried
directly after they are picked,
but with black tea the leaves
are put into a basket and then
exposed to the influence of the at
mosphere for twenty OF thirty hours,
during which time a slight fermenta-
ton takes place, and the color of the
leaf turned from green to a brown or
chocolate hue (this is easily seen by the
infusion of the dried leaf of black and
green tea; the leaf after infusion will
show the different colors named; they
are then put over the fire and finished.
In this country about 2l6, 0o0, 600
pounds are delivered yearly;
Of which about 40, 600, 0006
are exported, but the proper
tions are about 2o7, 600, 900 Of black and
100000 of green, Oolong and Japan.
While in America the black tea i'm
ported is about $3.50, 900, the green tea
Gncluding Oolong and uncolored Japan
tea, which possesses nearly the same
properties as green) amount to So, OOO,-
600. Would not this excessive use Of
green account for the opinion of the
American doctors as to the effect Of tea
on the nervous system? T doubt verv
much if a pound of black tea, boiled
down in the same way as the young
Hyson mentioned, would poison either
rabbits or cats with the same dose.
There is no doubt the fermentation Of
the leaves of black tea reduces the
amount of the active principal "theiue'
that you find in green.
Another thing: In preparing tea for
the table, boiling water is put on the
leaf and an infusion made which ia al
once partaken of. But whoever would.
think Of boiling tea to drink?
By SO doing You ex-
tract from the stalk and woody fiber Of
the leaf an acrid decoction that no one
would find pleasure in taking, and from
which woodypart would be most likely
extracted poisonous qualities men.
toned. In tea-drinking Europeon
countries, as Germany, Russia, etc.
scarcely any green il used, and doubt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Facts About the Queen Of sheba.

It's rather late to learn the truth
about tho Queen of Sheba. Neverthe.
less, the Academy of Inscriptions is
greatly exercised about this subject.
One of its members thinks that he has
discovered that Sheba was in Arabia,
and that the Queen was the mother Of
Aben Solomon, who founded a kingdom
in Ethiopia. She went to jerusalem on
conquest bent, and would have liked to
stay there. But the wise Hebrew
thought she would be hard to manage,
and o more useful ally in her W coun.
try. He therefore sent her back laden
with presents and filled with ambitious
projects. We may expect one of these
days to see her p~ersonated by Sarah
BernAardt in an Old Testament drama
by Sardou, Irahth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
onto by a wagon train and escort pro-
ceeding to the fort.
Instinct OF Bees and Ants.

How insects, and especially bees and
ants, find their way back home is n of
the marvels of natural history. says a
writer in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
My wife keeps bees, and my little boy
has q taste for entomology and is always
making experiments OF one kind or
another with them and other insects.
He has been trying to find out how far
away a bee can be taken and not get
lost, but has not yet succeeded. I live
in the country, fourteen miles from the
court house, and during the summer
that boy has been in town with me q
dozen times, and on each occasion he
brought some bees along in a little tin
box. He colored their wings with violet
ink, SO that lie would know them again,
and let them go in the heart of the city.
The first time he did it he released six
bees at the Biddle street market. and I
believe they got home before we did,
because they were all on hand attend
ing to business the next morning, just
though they took a fourteen mile
every day. Occasionally a bee
fails to come back, but in nearly every
instance they return in q few hours.
Once he let five. whose wings had been
red, out of their box at 6o'clock
the morning Oh the orner of Fourth
and Biddle streets, while the little sis
ter watched the hive at home. One
tired almost to death, and
dropped at the door of the hive a little be-
fore 9 o'clock, and three more came be-
fore 5 o'clock in the evening, oil appar-
emily much fatigued. His experience
with a nest Of large black ants have
been equally satisfactory, for some
marked ants have found their way home
after being released more than u mile
distant from the hollow tree in which
they lived. How they do it is q question,
but they generally do, and so it is likely
the travels of both ants and bees are
much wider than is generally supposed,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
An Intricate Question,

Some years ago two farmers of Polk
County lost their wives by death, says
the Des Moines Leader. They naturally
felt lonesome, and in due time began to
think a second wife in each household
would be a most excellent addition
thereto. They were neighbors and
friends, and each had a family of chill
dren, including Il or more grown
daughters. After careful consideration
each took the others daughter as his
second wife. Through these marriages
children were born to each. These
children now reside in Polk County.
What was the relationship between the
two men and their wives, and in what
relation did the children stand to each
other and to the old folks? The old
farmers were father-in-law to each
other and also sons-in-law to each other.
Who will carry out the relationship of
the mothers and their children?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15

less the great increase IN the consump-
ton Of this country ari Is from Tie
almost universal use of blacx ten, green
being only used in mixing with it to
impart o flavor, and while Of late years
the consumption of black tea has
largely increased, that of green has re-
NAMED stationary, which clearly shows
the taste in this country is entirely
different from Thai of America. May
we long continue in this country to en-
Joy "the cup which cheers but not ine-
briate Pail Mall Gazette.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
Utilizine old Mn Boxes.

In Paris the thousands of sardine and
other. tin boxes that are thrown away
every month form the basis for an in
dustry which has reached large proper
tions. These refuse cans are stamped
by machinery into tin soldiers, and sold
so pheaply that the poorest children can
possess them; yet the manufacturer
makes q fair profit, which he could not
do it he used new material
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-15
RApIn CrTY 8 5,
a UBLlc SCHOOL Y
BY b. FRANK L1NTAsER.

EEN5 L=A2E. bx b. FhANh AlNIAbkhS t4MaLs
Ram it in, cram 1t in
Children's heads are hollowt
Slam 1t in, jam it in,-
Still there's more to follow:
Hygiene and History.
Astronom'c mystery,
Algebra, Histology,
Latin, Etymology,
Botany, Geometry
Greek and Trigonometry,-
Ram 1t In, cram it ill.,,
Children ..heads are hollowt
What are teachers paid forP
Bang tin, slap it in,-
Ancient Archaeology,
Aryan Philology.
Physics, ciiniesoioey,
Calculus and Mathematics,-
Rhetoric ana Hy~drostatics,-
Hoax it in, &osx In 1t,
Children'8 heads are hollowl
Rub it in, club IL "a.
All there Is of learning;
Punch 1t in, crunch it in,
Quench their childish yearnine
For the field and grassy nook,
Meadow green M ripping brook;
Drive SUCH wicked thoughts afar!
Teach the children that they are
But machines to cram 1t In,
Bang it in, slam it in
That their heads are hollow
Scold it in, mold it in,
All that they can swallow;
Fold it in, hold il in,
Still there's more to follow!
Faces pinched and sad and pale
Tell the same undying tale,-
Tell of moment robbed from sleep,
Meals untasted, studies deep.
Those who've passed the furnace through,
With aching brow will tell to you
How the teacher crammed 1t in,
Ramed it in, jammed it in,
Crunched 1t in, punched it in,
Rubbed 1t in, dubbed it in,
Pressed 1t and caressedi it in,
Raped it in and slapped it in
When their headswere hollowi
Library,
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Nothing wasted.

Jakey Einstein-Fader, o faderl
Desc five collars and CUFFS vat you pud
inter der winder vas all fy,shpeckled!
Solomon Einstein-Neffer mint. Sha-
key. Ged a card and mark it, "Dia
fine new line Of polka-dods iusa ar.
rive from Ny York." aind itaBoston
T9aveler.