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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
wAE DEPARTMENT.

The report of the secretary of war OK
the results of an intelligent,
progressive and Businesslika adrnirlis-
tration of a department which has been
too much regarded as one of mere
Irontine. The sebaaration of Secretary
Proctor from the department. by reason
OF his appointment as q senator from Tie
state of Vermont, is a9source of great re-
3gretto and Il his colleagues. and / am
sure it will be to all those who bava had
business withthe department while u.n.-
der his charge.
In the administration of army affairs
some especially good work has been ac-
lcomplished. Tie efforts Of the secretary
10 reduce the percentage of desertions
by removing the causes that promoted
IL, have been SO successful as to enable
him to,report for last year q lower per
celtage OF desertion than has been be-
fore reached in the history of the army.
Inc resulting mioney-saying is consider
able, but the improvement in the NOR
ais of the enlisted mel is the most val
liable incident of the reforms, which
have brought about this result.
The work OF securing sites for shore
batteries for harbor defenses and the
manufacture Of guns, ETC., of high
power TO equip them have made good
progress during the year. We shall be
greatly embarrassed in proper distribu-
ton and use OF naval vessels until
Adequate Shore Defenses
are provided for our harbors. ! concur
in the recommendation of the secretary
that the three battalion organizations be
adopted for the infanty. The adoption
III a s1nokeless powder and of a moder1
lihe, equal in range, precision and rap
,dity of fire to the best known use will
L hope, not be longer delayed.
The project of existing Indians ant
organizing them into separate co,npa
5lies upon the same basis as other sol
siers was made the subject Of a very
careful study by the secretary, and re
,,eived NY approval. Seven companie:
nave been completely organized ant
seven more are in process of organiza
zion. The results of six months train
ing have more than realized the highes
~ina
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
DEPARTMENT oEmsrIcE,

Tie Judges of the court of nrivate
land claims provided for nv the act of
March 3, 1851. have been Amounted and
The court organized. Ii is now nossible
to give early relief to communities long
depressed in their development nv mn,
settled land titles and to establish the
possession and right of settlers whose
lands nave been rendered valueless by
adverse and claims.
The slippery Chinese.
The enforcement by the treasury de-
partment of the law prohibiting the
coming of Chinese to the United States
has been effective IS to such as seel, to
land from vessels entering mir 1,1rts.
The result has been TO divert the travel
TO vessels entering the norts of British
Columbia, whence passage into the
United States at obscure points along
the Dominion boundary is easy. A yerv
considerable 1lIiinper Of Chinese laborers
have. during the mast wear. entered the
United States from Canada and Mexico.
The officers Of the treasury depart-
ment. and of the DEPARTMENT of iustice
nave used every means aftheir command
10 intercept this immigration. but the
5mgossibiiity of perfectly guarding
oar extended frontier is apparent. The
Dominion Government charges a head tax
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
ThHSIDBNl'S MESSAGE,

=.
Tothe Senate and House of Representatives:
The reports of the heads Of the several
executive departments, required by law,
to be submitted to me, which are here
withstransmitted, and the report of the
secretary Of the treasury, and the at
torney general made directly tocongress,
furnish a comprehensive view Of the adj
ministrative work of the last fiscal year
relating to internal affairs. 1t would be
OF great advantage if these reports
could have all attentive perusalby every
member Of congress, and by all who
take an interestin public affairs.
Such a perusal could not fail to excite
a higher appreciation of the vast labor
and CONSCIENTIOUS efforts which are
given to the conduct of our civil admin
~istration. The reports will. I believe,
show that every question has been APP
preached, considered and decided from
the standpoint of public duty, and upon
considerations affecting the public in
terests alone. Again, I invite to every
branch Of the service the attention and
scrutiny of congress. :.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18


ipsurt ID ssrler4 atHGa pfUp99aNato
supply uponsqna1 ndSreaH1HRHl64 1xmz
nthe territoriesthis whole enbiec&4 H III
der,the f~ulIcontrof OF Congress, "A fntlhe
states it is practically 80 As lon4
governmental holds the title tpSthe ressHvo3r
sites and water sources, and can er1nts
them upon nch c0nditions8 IL ch0o1eet0S
impose. The improvidcnt granting IN
franchises of enormous value, without
recompense to the state or municipalities
which they proceed, and without proper
protection Of the public interests, is The
most noticeable and crying evil Of present
legislation. This fault should not BE con-
smitted in dealing with a subject that will!
before many years affect SO vitality thou
sands Of u people. The legislation Of
congress for
The Repression Of Polygamy
has after years of resistance on the part Of
the Mormons, at least brought them to
the conclusion that resistance is unprofit-
able and unavailing. The power Of con-
gress over this subject should not he sur
rendered until we have satisfactory evil
dence that the people of the state to be
created, would exercise the exclusive
power of the state over this subject in the
same way.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
posroFF1cE DEPARTMENT.

The postmaster general recommends,
AMI oncur i'll the recommendation.
! tha5 The free delivery system be at once
extended TO towns of 5000 population.
| His discussion Of the inadequate facili-
| ties extended under our present system
to rural communities and his sugges
tons with 4 view to give these communal
ties d fuller participation III the benefits
OF the postal service, are worthy Of youl
careful consideration.
We We're receiving for foreign postage
| nearly W. millions of dollars under tt {
old system. and the outlay for ocean maj.
service did not exceed $500, 600 per
snnum- 1t is estimated by the post
master general, that, If all tine conJrao
proposed are completed, it will requi1
e247-354 for this year. in addition to tn
appropriation Tor sea and inland postagG
already III the estimates, and for the next
fiscal year, ending June 80. 1898, there
would probably be needed about $780,
! 900.
THE-NAyT.
The report of the secretary of the
navy shows a gratifying increase OF new
naval vessels in commission. The
Newark, Concord, Bennington and
Miantonomah have been added during
the year, with an aggregated something
more than Ii, 900 tons. Twenty-four
walsirips OF ali classes are now under
construction in the navy yards and
private shops. but while the work upon
them is going forward satisfactorily, the
completion of the more important yes
sells viii yet require about a years's Tins
We have now at Washington a gun
shop, e~gganized and conducted by naval
officers, that in its system, economy and
product is unexcelled. Experiments
with armor plates have been conducted
during the year with most important re-
suits. 1t is now believed that a plate Of
higher resisting power than any in use,
has been found, and that the tests have
demonstrated that cheaper methods OF
manufacture than those heretofore
thought necessary, can be used.
copnnend to your favorable consider
alton the recommendations of the score
tary who has, / am sure, given to them
the most conscientious study. There
should be no hesitation in promptly
completing a navy of the best modern
type, large enough to enable this coun-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18

NY U alsl,iay ITS nag IN all seas for The
protection i citizens, and Of its ex-
tending commerce world needs
10 assrlgacspf the peaceful purpose Of
the United States, but we shall
probably be in the future more
largely competitors in the commerceoff
the world, and it is essential to the Dig
nifty of this nation and to that peaceful
influence which it should exercise on this
hemisphere, that its navy should be
adequate, both upon the shores of the
Atlantic and the Pacific.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18

SuOSlGlEcu RAILROADS.
The report of the commissioner of rail-
roads shows that the total debt OF tho
subsidized railroads to the United States
was on Dec. 81 s112,512, 613.06. A large
part of the debt is now fast approaching
maturity, with no adequate provision for
its payment. Some policy for dealing
with the debt, with a view to its ultimate
collection. should be at once adopted. 1t
is very difficult, we'll nigh impossible, for
so large n body as the congress to conduct
necessary negotiations and Investigations.
/, therefore, recommend that provision.
be made for the appointments of com
mission to agree npon and report a plan
for dealing with this debt.
The Work OF the Census Bureau
is now in far advance and the great bulk
of the enormous labor involved completed.
twill be more strictly a. statistical ex-
hfhitand less encountered byessays than
its Immediate predecessors.
Irrigation.
The United States should part-with its
ownership Of the water courses and the
sites for reservoirs, whether to the states
and territories, or to individuals or cor
porations, only upon conditions that will
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18

June 80, 1892, actual and estimated ARE
s43333. !Qo, coo. and the expenditures 81. 300
00o.00D. For the fiscal year ending June
20, 1888, the estimated receipts are $stt55,
33336.350, and the expenditures sl5o,-
4a2, 093.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18

I have been greatly rejoiced to notice
many evidences of the increased unifica-
ton of our people and of a revived national
spirit. The vista that opens to us is wider
and more glorious than ever before. Graf
itication and amazement struggle for SUI
premacy as we contemplate the pop
u%lation, wealth and moral
strength of our country. A
trust, momentous in it's influence upon
our people and upon the world is for a
brief time committed to us and we must
not be faithless to its first c~ondition-the
defense of the free and the equal influence
of the people in the choice of public Off
GERS and in the control Of public affairs.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18
An OLD TIME LIAR.
his snake stories Frightened swede'
Away f5om

~
His snake stor'ss Frightened swedei
Away GFom Delaware.
No wonder the innocent Swedes
showed a marked reluctance about
coming to America two centuries and a
half ago. as we are told they did! 1t
was only natural that they should when
what little they did learn Of this terra
incocnita was furnished them by the
Rev. John Campan'us Hoime (the last
word being an afiiX 70 the nanle proper
deuotiug the place Of his nativity
Stockholm. who was a OF the most
ingenious and picturesque har that
ever travelled, a man Of nor than
Munchausen ability in ornamental and
highly imaginative lying. C%ampanius
came over in 1913.
He was the second preacher who ar
rived on the shores Of the Delaware Cat
the site Of Wilmington, and the first
who lived here any considerable length
of time. He sent home some hideous
stories of the country. For instance.
wbatwould the gentle and timid Swede,
In his well ord red, settled, matter Of
fact country. II nix OF this in the snake
line7
There is b e also a large and hor-
rible. serpent says he, getting in the
fine work of detailed realism, (which
has a head ] ke the head of a dog, anc
can bite of A mans leg as clear as If II
were hewr down with an n. There
are horny joints in their tails, which
make a noise like children's ~rattles, and
when they see a man they wind them
selves in a circle and shake their head
which can be heard at the distance N
100 yards These snakes are thre'
yards long and thick as the thickes
part Of a mans thigh"
Pretty good work that, TO make
nine foot long dogheaded serpent, ca
pable Of biting of a mans leg, out o
a plain rattlesnake. But how's thi
for a crabl AT Spiders Point BON
BAY Hook. Delaware shOre), says tn
prevaricator. when the south win
blows a great many sea spiders ar
driven on shore which are not able Z
return into the water. They are a
large as t~ortoises. and. Ike them, hav
houses over them of a kind of yelloI
horn. They have many feet, and the.
tails are half an eel long, and mao
like a three edged saw, with which I'll
hardest tree may be sawed down.
Whether the stranded sea spider,
were accustomed to exercise their tai
on the forest trees or not is left 10 n
Imagination. Perhaps Campanius sin
ply meant to infer that they woul
save the settlers the use Of axes tt
sea spider was simply the king crab
Philadelphia Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18
How Feed.

Captain Thomas Condor, a Belfast
mackerel fisherman of sixty years ex-
perience. gives "a lot of information
about that fish. The greater part OF
the spawning beds, he says, are on the
coast Of New Jersey. The first year
the mackerel stay about their spawn
ing bed. The second year they strike
out for themselves. It is all a mistake
about their coming into bays because
Of being chased by doghsh or horse
mackereL Fish, like birds, are ruled
bv the sensations of GOODNESS OF
warmth following the latter. 1t Is
seldom that large mackerel enter bays
they stay out TO sea feeding on the out
er coast. Only small thinkers" entel
the bays. and as they grow larger they
seek deeper water. The mackerel thai
enter the bays follow a little seed called
mackerel iced, upon which they feed.
Captain Condor has fshed for mack
erel from Cape Cod to the Bay OF Cha
Ieur, and ought to know the habits o
that fish very well belfast (Me.) Age
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18
An ~InxentIxe Youth.

Old Lady-This plaster you sold me
won't stick.
Druggists Boy-Tn soon FIX that
Mr.. Pilmaker. where's that sticky ny
Daper we hadl-Good News.
How Many Tourists See Cairo.
The real Cairo has been sacrificed 10
the Nile. Comparatively few travellers
in the east see the place under the
hest conditions; for upon their arrival
they are preoccupied with the magical
river voyage which beckons them south
ward. with the dahabeeyah or the
steamer which is to carry them n
mon their return from that wonderful
tourney they are planning for the more
dincuit expedition to the Holy Land
n Il safe to say that to Americans Cairo
Il only a confused memory Of donkeys
and dragomans, mosquitoes and der
wishes. and mosques, mosques mosques
This hard season probably must o'
gone through by all The wise arr
| those who STAY on after it is over o.
who return; for the true impression o
a Mace does not come when the min'
4 overcrowded and confused 1t doe
not eo-e when the body is wearied
for the descent of the vision, serenity o
so,, il Deceesary-One might even CA
II idlenesa Constance +. Woolson ,
j Harper'a
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

AT the slaughter houses in the east
ern part of the city there is a set OF
who call regularly Of mornings for
glass of warm blood. At first II
is liable to make them sick. and the
taste must be acquired for II. So the
habit grows until il cannot be thrown
of. Ordinarily a person is not likely
to begin the habit. the slaughter house
people say, without some reason and
in this respect it is something like the
opium habit, for its use is begun as a
stimulant There Is a young mar Hv
ing in the eastern part Of the city who
Is a striking example of this He Is a
consumptive. and some one C
mended warm blood for him. The
only place where this could be conven-
iently gotten was at the slaughter
houses, and he at once made them a
visit. The first day he only drank a
Few sips, turning sick at the stomach
After that he continued the quafing
of blood until now he is said to have a
thirst for it Just the same as some men
have for other beverages There are
scores Of such persons who indulge IN
the bloody cup. and if placed together
they would form a regular little colony
The slaughterers have plenty Of the
warm blood on hand and they never
refuse 10 satiate the thirst of their visit
ors, some Of whom have become such
topers that they al drink two pints at
a ims-Louisville Courier-JournaL
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

Most Of the discoveries Of comets
small planets, variable stars and star
clusters are the fruit OF individual re-
searches We're not all those amateur
who. in the first ages OF
history. in Chaldea and Egypt China
and Mexico drew from nature the uret
ordinations of celestial phenomena
From rhe beginning Of historic Uiur
down to near our period astronomical
science has advanced only by the labor
Of philosophers. who pursued It H. 81
matter OF taste and not officially l.
Niesteu in Popular Science Monthly
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18
HINES c%LoTHlERs.

They Are Teaching an Unweieome Les
son to Tailors In san Francisco.
The clothing manufacturers of this
city are learning the lesson which tie
Chinese taught the fruit Gamers long
ago.
A gentleman whose mann is well
known in society circles, and whose
hatred of the Chinese is also well
known. called upon a Market street
tailor one Saturday night for a suit
which he had ordered early in h
week.
1T is not done yet" said the tailor.
But you said it would be finished
This morning.
Yes, l cid, and the tailor who is
sewing the suit promised to have IT
here. but he has not kept his word. III
send a boy for it now
NO, III 90 for it myself Give me
the mans address.
INV dear sir. I would not trouble
you for all the world. I'll send the
boy"
Il tell You ! will go for it myself
YOU have had time enough to send
your boy Give me the address
He was given the address Of a Chinese
tailor on Clay street.
DO you mean to say'-and the lace
of the society man flush red with wrath
that my clothes are handled 10y
filthy Chinesef
NV dear sir. Chinese make half tn
clothes that are made in the city
But ! see women at work in thu
shops. Can't you find enough of then
to do your work.
''Oh, most Of the women are EN-
ployed for show. They attract Gus
TONERS. but they do little work Or
around to one OF these places late a
night. and il you don't find a China
man loading a wagon with cloth read.
cut for the sewers | am not in the bus
ness"
Then" said the gentleman, "yo
are simply a commission man. | pa
you so much 20 have my clothes mad
by Chinese. / think ] will save tn
commission hereafter"
There was more truth then poetry /
! the statement which the clothier mad
to his customer. The Chinese clothi'
is fiourishing apace. Chinese tailoI
! who make garments for American Gu
TONERS exclusively have opened thr'
. shops on Clay street, two on CONNIE
D ciaI. one on Pacific, three on DuPoI
r and five on Stockton, and a contra
was given recently for the erection OF
large factory in which a Chinaman
2 to employ Chinese 20 manufactu
clothing. A few years ago he was ma
b ing clothes for a white tailor for lie
than they could be made by a VIII
man or woman. In "A few months
will be selling clothes for less than
white man can sell them.-San Fra
T cisco Call
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

Patterns are now made to fit men Of
every shape. First, there is the aver
age man. who will Measure thirty-eight
inches around the chest, who will be :
feet 9 inches tall and weigh about l6C
pounds. We will cut a size to mt that
man exactly. Then we make another
of the same chest measure TO mt a man
six feet tall. with long arms and legA
We call that a long size.
Another pattern of the same ches'
measure we make for a man OF thu
same weight as the first, but severa
inches shorter, with short arms, shor
legs, short neck and considerable stom
ach. That is the stout size. Then vi
get up what we call an extra stout size
Interview in New York Epoch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

why Venus l. Morning and Evening Star.
Venus is both amorning and an even
star because she always accompanies
the sun. never receding from him be
yond certain limits, while the rest OF
the planets. with the exception of Mer-
cury. are e at all possible angular
distances from the sun. When Venus
is TO the west Of the sun she rises before
him and is a morning star, but when
she is TO the east Of the sun she rises
after him and Is an evening star
BROOKLYN Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

One Of Lord Carmarthens futuns
constituents nee asked h youthfu
candidate his opinion upon some ab
struse question of which be knew moth
inc. Let him alonel" cried another
derisively: don't you see he's nothing
but a babyT What do you Think
reiterated bis inquirer. needless OF th'
interruption and determined 70 have an
answer Il think" said Lord Car
marthen. with ready wit that < a.
high time for all babies TO be m bed
and 50 saying he gathered up his paper
and disappeared from the platform
Again-and this last anecdote IS .
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

Nowadays so many people go &c
Florida and bring home pretty and Gao
treasures. So it ZONES to pass thai
bows and girls, as well as grown folks,
keep aIhgators. They pet them ano
feed them and talk learnedly about
their habits. But sometimes the PEG
ple who keep alligators don't know a.
much as they might about their pets
A man who knows told me; Plenty
of people starve little alligators TO
because they don't understand them
They let their pets run about on the
carpet and try to feed them there
Now, an alligator will only a VIII
his head under water. II you gave
him food on dry land he takes II un
der the water and swallows 1t there
He won't eat unless he can do this.
If you want your gators to i've boy
and girls. remember to feed them onl.
while they are in the water, or have
chance Of getting there. me" o
World
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

A New Orleans newspaper man says
that a squad Of Confederate SOLDIER
who were wearing captured blue over
coats. rode up to a house in Tennes@
during the civil war, and called ~ l'
the owner We'll. old man. what are
you. reb or Yankr' Old Caution WI
puzzled by the blue coats and gr-'
trousers. Gentlemen, said he, IA
nothin, and precious little Of that
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

\ Man VINO AnhhfN
On "A cross street rnuniug south from
the Base Line road. "a short distance be-
vond W. S Ladd's farm, is a house
which is not a Trappist monastry, but
Of which. nevertheless, it is said no
Toman has ever been allowed To set
loot. The proprietor is "a stout, solid
looking man. probably about forty
wears Of age. who lives alone. The
house is a neat structure. quite fanci-
fully painted. and everything around
il i'm good order. but il has a lonely,
deserted look withaL
II il not known what this occupant =
grudge against womankind is, but II Il
evidently a deep seated one, as 1t Is re-
ported that the property has been
wiIled to a man on the condition b "a
he never allows a woman 10 come on
the place, and in case he does it is 70
escheat to the state. The neighbors
look askance at the place as they go by
and whisper with bated breath. That
il the house in which a woman has
never set foot" 1t Is safe TO bet that
Notwithstanding the will it will not b
long after the present owner has va
Gated the premises till women folks are
ruling the rOOst there.-Portland Ore
gonian.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-18

A Judge Of assize has made the state
ment in open court that collies are not
as other dogs, that in striking contrast
TO the rest Of dogkind they are liable
TO punishment for a first oIense. an act
Of parliament having been passed spe
eiaIly for their benefit. The ground OF
this arbitrary action is the danger &c
sbeep.-Londcn Tit-ljits.