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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

A big tramp made a big mistake the
other day at Wiscasset, says a Maine
exchange. He entered a school house
there where a little miss of the genuine
Yankee stamp presided. There was a
moment OF alarm, for the school house
was upon a bleak hillside far from
neighbors. The tramp approached the
teachers desk, evidently liking the
looks of her watch. The spunky little
schoolma'am came at him like a hor-
net and buzzed around him with her
whip dealing v%iciously singing strokes
with the weapon, The tramp made a
few vain efforts to advance or to catch
his nimble antagonist; then, blinded
and maddened by the flying whip, he
turned and streaked it out of doors and
down the hill. He stood afar Off and
shouted ugly epithets at his v%anquisher,
but kept away from the whip.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
ROBINSON cRUsoE,s LOOKOUT.
surprising Correctness Of Description In
De FOES story.


De Foes story.
Fannie Ward, in her wanderings, has
visited the island of Juan Fernandez
and written the Washington Star a let
ter about Crusoe myths and history.
She says: Local traditions of the af-
fair differ greatly from the account
with which VIZ are familiar. 1t seems
that in the year 1909 a %Scotchman
named Alexander Seleraig (now com
monty called Selkirk) mutinied on
board the Spanish bark Cirque Ports,
and was given the choice of being
hanged at the yard-arm or put ashore
alone at juan Fernandez. He chose
the latter alternative because it offered
some hope of life, but when landed on
tHs messy rocks Of the uninhabited
land, with his sailors kit and small.
supply of provisions, the d%esolation Of
the place SO weighed upon him that he
begged with tears to be taken back
and hanged rather than remain-a SOL
itary human speck surrounded by a
wild waste of waters. A few days
afterward he discovered an Indian on
the island. who had come down some
years before from the Mosquito coast
of Central America on the pirate
Damphier, and who, having gone
ashore to hunt, got lost and was aban-
doned by his companions. This was
the man Friday" whom Lydia
Thompson's blondes have immortal
lied, as we'll as Daniel De Foe. After
6elkirk had lived on Fernandez four
years and four months he was rescued
by an English merchant ship and taken
to Southampton. where he told his
story-with some judicious omissions
and exagggerations-and so it came to
De Foes ears and finally into print.
The book was not published until moro
than ten years after Selkirk's return
to England, and it is asserted that the
author of Robinson Crusoe' nevei
saw his hero or held any communica
ton with him. but that he picked w
the narrative by bits here and there,
mainly from newspaper items, which
doubtless originated in the sailors owl
account of himself. At any rate it i!
surprising how correctly the scenery
OF Juan Fernandez is portrayed in The
well-known story, so that to this da,
1t serves well for a 2uide-book and b,
it n may readily find the lookout,
the "cave' and what remains OF Cru
soe's ''castle" and other haunts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Cakes Without Eggs.

Observing housekeepers quickly learn that DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is far superior to other brands in
the fact that they never fail to make the finest pastry, and
if they wish to be economical they can dispense entirely with
eggs and can use a less quantity of butter for shortening
purposes. The advantage is not alone in the saving effected
but in avoiding the trouble and frequently the great difficulty
of securing eggs that are fresh. This is often a serious
trouble.
Cakes of various kinds from the informal Gridd1e
Cakes to the stately Bride Cake can be made with Prices
Cream Baking Powder, which insures light, sweet and hand
some cakes; or when used for Gridd1e Cakes to be eaten hot
enables their production in the shortest space of time, always
tender and delicious.
Dr.. Prices is the only Baking Powder that contains the
white of eggs. None so pure! None SO wholesome!
Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is re-
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, OF any other adulterant. In fact, the
purity of this ideal powder has never been ques-
toned,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
SILK THAT MAKES DANGER.
The Liability to Spontaneous Combustion
- NIaS.aa IL Yam . "a 1-.aia.A

The Liability to Spontaneous Combustion
Makes 1t Very Risky Freight.
The recent discussion as to whether
ocean liners should carry cotton as
well as passengers has brought out
another fact, Sat present importers
here" a gentleman said to a New
York Recorder reporter, 'ar receiv-
ing large consignments of heavy dyed
silk, known as French twist. The
French manufacturers do not spare
the dye on tho goods, for it adds to
their weight. In this dye chemicals
OF a peculiar kind are used, and it is
this fact that makes this silk danger
ous freight.
There is always fear Of spontan-
eous combustion unless the greatest
care is taken packing the goods.
These come in bales of various sizes,
but generally averaging 500 pounds.
They are wrapped in cotton bagging,
with undertaking layers OF straw and
brown paper, aud are made compact
BY hydraulic pressure. There have
been cases where bales have been
destroyed from the causes mentioned,
and net many years ago q serious fire
was caused on q French steamer by
these goods"
Steamship men generally say that
they are aware of the danger of carry
ing these silks. and that the creates
IA is taken whenever they are car.
ried a freight. One or two lines. in,
deed discriminate against this frcigh;
and will not carry it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Hlynn Of the Crusaders.

Written in the twelfth century and SUMO
by the armies that sought to recover the
holy land.
Fairest Lord Jesus, ,
Ruler Of nature!
Jesus, of God and of mercy the son
Thee will 1 cherish
Thee will I honor,
Thee my delight, and my glory, and crown
Fair are the meadows,
Fairer the woodlands,
ROBBED in the 1owery vesture of spring.
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
Making my sorrowful spirit to sing.
Fair is the moonshine,
Fairer the sunlight
Than all the stars Of the heavenly host;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in heaven can boast
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
HypnOtls,sa.

"Can a hypnotized person be made
to commit a crimep" was very empha-
thetically answered in the affirmative
by DR.. Voisin, Of Paris, in a paper de-
livered before the British Association.
He suggested to a subject under his
influence to commit acts of incendiar-
ism while hypnotically asleep. and
there was obedience in each case.
More than that, a was recent
ly sentenced in Paris for a succession
Of acts of robbery. 1t was a%scertained
that she had been habitually hypno.
tiled, and upon investigation it was
discovered that she had robbed under
the suggestion of outside parties.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Dissolution No+ice.

The firm of John L. Spayde and Co. is
dissolved by mutual consent, the dry goods
department having been closed out to j.
NJ. Moore & Co.
The G. 0. D. store with its two depart
ments of groceries and Boots and shoes is
continued for the present under the man.
agement Of MIR. A. H. Spayde.
The Buttericz patterns will also be kept
on hand for q time.
All debts due the firm are payable at tho
G. o. D. store or the Lakota Bank.
To the friends and patrons of the firm
we hereby extend our sincere gratitude for
favors in the past and invite tho extension
of like courtesies to the business as it is
continued. john L. GpAYpE.
w. :a,r.,.o,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Romance Is Wanting.

A young man in Berlin. Germany,
stepped upon a cherry, slipped, fell
against a window and had his nose
almost severed from his face. A young
lady came forward and acknowled that
she had carelezsly thrown the fruit
upon the sidewalk and her parents
promptly betrayed the bill of the sur
geon who stitched on the young mans
nose, amounting to $50 marks. Now
romance should lead the victim and
the cause of the mishap to commit
matrimony and give some novelist the
cue to "The Romance of the Cherry"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
CURED.

4 old physician retired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by an East India mis-
sionary the formula Of q simple vegetable rene
dyfor the speedy and permanent cure OF con.
sun ption, Bronchitis. Catarrl, Asthma and all
tl1oat end lung affections, also a positive n
radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Ner-
votisC Complaints, after having tested its won
derflIl curative powers in thousands of cases.
has felt 1t his duty to make 1t known to his sui
fering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve human suffering, / will send free
OF charge, to all who desire it, this recipe in Ger
man, French or English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by address
Ing with stamp, naming this paper. w. A.
MOVES, 2 Powers Block, Rochester. N. y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
SALE-A chean mountain ranch

THOR SALE-A cheap mountain ranch-Lo-
lated in one OF the finest parks of the
hlack Hills, a desirable claim OF 100 acres.
Solid deep black loan underlaid with lime
stone, 100 acres under fence and sub-dlvided
40 acres under cultivation. A good log house
16x22 one and one-half stories, fair stable,
good well and extra good spring. Within seven
miles of Tin mines and fifteen of Hill City and
the same from the new Silver camp and
only ten miles from Rapid City. A bargain
sure, Enquire at this Office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
AS1rII-rRusr cEnTIr,cATn.

State O. South Dal;ota,l
County OF Pennington.J
". S. Peterson and v. T.. McGillycuddy being
duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says,
that he is one of the persons described in and
who signed the foregoing articles OF incorpora-
read said articles and knows tie contents there
OF, that the incorporators intended in good
faith to form a corporation for tire purpose OF
the promotion of IL lawful business, as set forth
in said articles, and not for the purpose OF en-
aiding several corporations to avoid the provis;
ions of chapter 1bI, Session Laws Of 1890, be.
ing an act entitled "An act to declare certain
combinations, agreements or trusts unlawful,
and to restrain and punish the same"
w. s. Peterson.
VT. McGLLYCUDDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4tf
day of September, A. d. 1891:
........... ST. PARSONS,
Seal Notary Public.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
LOST And FOUND

ES-If you have lost any stock and wish to an
it over your name, we can give you a
at least one-half less than the usual price.
So low that you caunot afford to loose time IN
for them, let The UNION do it for you.
8D-If you know of any stray stock hanging
about your ranch or on your range, send in %
without any cost to you, taking the chances for
our pay on the parties to whom the stock be-
longs. Our object in this is to get ~ notice of
all strays within our circulation and furnish our
readers information that may save them dol
lars in time and money. We know there are
strays about %everyone's ranch, but people do
not feel like becoming responsible for the cost
of an Advertisement. BY this plan it onlycosts
you a card or a visit to this Office and you get
rid of the strays, besides helping out some
neighbor. If all our readers help in this matter
the Lost and Found column of THE UNION
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
THE BRONZE VICTORY"
Hungry and Cold and Dying for Art in a

Hungry and Cold and Dying for Art in a
Garrett.
I knew you would admire it. What
perfect grace! What dignity of exul-
tation! You 6 almost see the miss
ing hand brandishing the palm OF VIC
tory. An antiquep Not at all......
We We're young then-a dozen of us
-would-be artists, sculptors. writer's.
He joined u party n day in the
cafe, Jean-Jean-some name like
Narqhant, How my memory fails me
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

Are They Pract cable for Use in Light
houses in Pl.c &C OF Oil?

Are They Pract cable for Use in Light
houses in Place OF Oil?
Notwithstanding the doubt expressed
by good judges as to the adaptability
of the electric light for lighthouses,
on account of it's presumed lack of
penetrative power in the case Of fogs,
such a~pprehensions appear not to have
been confirmed in practice, it being
proved that the power of Illuminating
fog depends entirely upon the quantity
of light, while that of penetration de-
ponds upon the concentration of the
beam. In the abundant tests which
have been made in this line, the fact
appears that both oil and gas possess
greater fog illuminating power, in pro-
portion to fog penetrating power, than
does electricity, though in a light fog
the slight extension due to the glow
would be of little value; indeed, the
direct light would be seer first, and, in
thick fog, ne~cessitating a near ap-
proach to a lighthouse, the luminosity
would be easily seen before the light,
which would of course be stronger.
An authority on this subject declares
that while, for general lighthouse
work. oil is without doubt the most
economical illuminant, there are yet
situations of sufficient Importance to
warrant the adoption of electricity;
and Notwithstanding the cost of the
original installation being so much
greater than in the case of gas or oil,
there are doubtless, it is remarked,
many lighthouses, the world yer,
which could be supplied from existing
plants, and would require, then, only
the necessary lamps and lenses.-New
York Sun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Rapid City, S. d.
Octaher II, 1917
Notice Is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO maze final proof in support OF his claim,
and that the said proof will be made before the
Register and Receiver at Rapid City, S. D., on
December II, 1891, viz:
ADOI.PH KALKBRENNER.
b. H. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: Ferdinand I,.us j, Joseph
Mlsna, Elmer G. Stewart, Cherries .S.tbat. all OF
Moulton, S. d. J. P. LrsE, Register.
First publication October 30, 1881.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

State of South Dakota,l
County OF Pennington.J
On this 4:h day of September in the year One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Nirety-one, be-
fore me, 6. J. Parsons, a Notary Public in and
for said comfy and state, personally appeared
W. 8. Peterson, II. w. Tinker, Y. I. McGilly-
cuddy and Robert Flormann, known to me to be
the persons who are described in ard who exc
cuted the within and foregoing inst rumeIt and
acknowledged to me that they executed tine
same. ST.. PARSONS.
Notary Public,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Rapia City, s. D.l
October -. 1891.
Notice is hereby given that tie following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make finally proof in supper of his claim,
and that said proof will DO made before the
Register and Receiver at Rapid City, S. D., on
December Ia, 1891, viz:
EDWARD B. MILLER.
D. S. 6O93 for the SCI SEX sec 81, W. 3 n, r II
e, and lots l and 2 and sw 4 ne sec 2, twp 2 II
r IL e, B. H. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
said land, viz: Robert B. Gore, ThF mas Miller,
Patrick T.. Macarthur, George Iie;gsepton, all OF
Viewfeld, S. d. j. P.LUsE, Register.
First publication October 20, 1881.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
Legal blanks at THE UNION office. lie
cation certificates, mortgages, etc.
Organization Certificate

of the Lakota Bank-State Bank.
Know al men by these presents, That we;
whose names are hereunto subscribed have this
day united ourselves to form an association for
carrying on the business of banking under the
laws OF the State oil South Dasotio, and have
adopted and executed articles of association,
i'll duplicate, for that purpose, and have duly
forwarded IL copy Of such articles to the Secre-
tary oil State OF South Dakota: Unat We do here
by under our hands make and file The following
as our Certificate OF Organization:
Flrst-The name OF said corporation is The
LakOta Bank.
Second-The place where the business of dis
counts and deposit are to be carried on is Rapid
City, Pennington County. South Dakota.
Ihivd-Thc amount Of the capital stock and
the amount into which its shares are to be di-
vidcd, is Fifty Thousand Dollars ,OOO) di-
vided into Five Hundred Shares OF one Hundred
Dollars each.
Fourtl-The names and places of residence OF
the shareholders and the numI e: OF shares
held by each of them are as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
The K.i.er,s Childhood.

Innumerable have been the anec
dotes given of the German Emperor in
his latter life. but of his earlier days
less is known. The following detail
from q reliable source, which appear
in the Gentlewoman, may not be out Of
place at the present moment. 'Chil-
dren!' shouted old Field Marshal
Wrangel to a crowd of eager Berlin
ers. waiting near the palace windows
for tidings of their new born Prince,
'all goes well; it is as fine and sturdy
a recruit as we could wish" Thus we
see. from the first hour OF the young
monarch's life, the military element,
since i%nseparable with his name. was
sven then to predominant. Although
o very h%igh-spirited and somewhat
naughty child. the Prince won the love
OF those intimately connected with
him. His English nurse. Mrs. Hobbs, or
"Hobbsy, " as she was called, was the
first to initiate him in the mysteries
Of the language he now speaks so adj
mirably.
Later on an English tutor was en-
gagged for the two little princes, and
recalls with much amusement a GER
tain history lesson, when the Emperor,
with knitted brow, and in good nerv-
Gus v%ernacular, declared, well, Mr..
A., if you want to know what I think
it is, that Oliver Cromwell was a per-
feet BEAST" The books chosen by the
Empress Frederick for her boys read
ing were Milton's paradise Lost" and
Bunyan's ''Pilgrim's Progress" Les
sons were made to alternate with good
hearty amusement and to this day
there exists, I believe, a playground
at Friedrichskron, where the English
princess used to watch the gambols of
her children, aud rejoice to see them
as fully imbued with love for rompins
as any Of the village boys and girls in
all tho country round.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

Publish 80, 81 ry araTs le TO-
tees in The UWo.,. l rpss>iles more
farmers and stockmen than any other
DaDcr in the Hills.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

CTRATED-From the range OF the subscriber,
- one bay mare, three years old, white block
i'll forehead and branded J-F connected. had
colt by side. Also one three-yearold bay geld
ing. bald face, three white legs, branded Il 3
One white four-year-oid COW, and one -
roam four-year-old COW, both branded JW on
right hip. One two-year-Old heller, roai,
branded j connected on right size and hip.
so reward will be paid for return OF horses and
So for the return of cows. Enquire at office or
address X. NJ. FORBES, Rapid City, S. D..
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
A curious Passover custom.

A Curious Passover Custom.
The painting of q hand on the
houses in Tunis, Algiers and other
Oriental countries, is not wholly a
Jewish custom, but is common to the
natives of all. It is always an emblem
of good luck, and in Syria, also in
Naples, is a charm against the evil
eye. Hands arranged in the form of
a branch are merely an esthetic form
of the charm. The reason the Jews
paint hands on their walls at the time
of the passover is because at that sea-
son of the year their houses are n
waited inside and out. Captain Candar
remarks that the hand charm was
used by the Phenicians, and that it
occurs on votine steles at Carthage,
whence it is supposed to have spread
to neighboring cities and countries.
Hands are found painted on the walls
of St. Sophia at Constantinople; are
common all over India (the hand in
that country being supposed to be that
of Swa). The same curious charm is
found in various parts of Ireland, and
in the Moorish temples in Southern
Spain,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

LlARM FOR SALE-In the outskirts of the
u thriving town OF Hermosa, 800 acres, all
under fence. 160 acres under cultivation.
Well watered by Battle river and good springs.
Five acres planted to timber, over 200 apple
trees and d quantity OF biack~alIut. Price
SIS per acre. Terms easy. VIII sell in lots to
suit. Z. II. ARNOLD, Hermosa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
II not, you should. 1t only costs S1.50
par wear IN nIVapce.
Certificate OF Corporate Existence.
Sttta Of Gnu1h Is-s,i

Whereas. ". S. Peterson, II. w. tinker. Y. T.
McGil!ycuddy and Others, have nee inthis Office
=; copy of their articles of ass anon, and an
organization certificate, as provide by sections
one and two Of act to pruviae for the or
ganizatiOn and government Of &uste Banks.''
approved March 10th. 1897. setting forth all
tie facts required 20 be stated in said sections.
and have in al respects compiled With the re-
quirements OF the law governing she orgi.niza-
ton OF State Banks. as contained in the act
!lereinbciore re'e ed to:
Now. Therefore, l, a.. o. liiIgsrud. Secretary
of the state Of South Dakota, III r;ctue and by
authority OF law, do hereby certify that said
parties, their associate and successes, have be-
come a body polite and corporate, under the
corporate name Of The LakOta tank and by
that name are authorized TO CO 'ca;rthe bus
mess OF Banking. to adopt ~. az" corporate
seal, to sue and be sued, p:11i:!Se. hold and
convey real and PERSONAL proper, as provided
by said act, to have succession for a period OF
twenty years, to make contracts aud to have
and enjoy all the rights and privileges lr
to Stu:e Banks under the laws OF this State,
subject to their articles of incarceration and
all legal restrictions and liabilities in relation
thereto.
III Testimony whereof. I have '.e.s INTO set my
hand and affixed the Greet Seal o. rhe State OF
South Dakota this fifteenth day Of September,
A. d. 1891. A. Q. RlNCsiUD,
" Secretary of State.