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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
German h
Syrup 1

For children q nfe6te
ACougn cine should BE abso-
ara cr,,,r lutely reliable. A
mother must 81 able To-
Medicine. pin her faith to IL as to
her Bible. 1t must
contain nothing violent, uncertain.
OF dangerous. It must be stanc I'D
in material and manufacture. Il
must be plain and simple to admin
lister; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. Thrust be
prompt in action. giving ifamedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
titne. It must not only relieve quick
but brihg them around quick, as
children chafe ard fret and spoil
their constitutions Under long con-
fnement. It must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
Of medicine in a child is not desira-
bic. It must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
well as young folks, and make Boz
schee's German Syrup the favorito
family medicine. q
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
rAE nAnuEDr 4

-~ssfFSet4IEfEe tHttar
i'ss0A, yfe kA&xedyM Mani Ha warts !.
An'1eH We coolest man ever vnm sau -
1deNoaa1eg TO our house every dsy.S
49, waters the horses an feefs sem h.v,
4 an ~ ne opens the shed-an, Ne ali isi Ia,,yh
Wnon ne arlves put our little old WobbIe.iy calf,
~. nsn. e our hired girl says he can. 81
= AS u Sne COW rof ,Li2abuth Ann.
Rsgssiyi Sa Raggg eSS RiRg sgssd 9s Man,
w: yhe Raggedy Mah-he,s list SO good
Me spite the ktfdlin' an chops the wood:
An, nen Ne SPADES In our garden, too.
m ~ most things AT boys can't do,
AZ e !, c sSonn g clean up In our big tres
Al, ,nother m. too, fer ,I.fEAbWth Ann,
An, .ncther n, too. for, The Raggedy Mani
AlH,t ne 2 awful kind Raggedy Mani
/ Raggedy9 Raggedyl Raggedy Man,
An, The RAEgedy Man he Knows most rhyme.
Knows bout Cunts, an Graans.a AN Fives
An sqniagicum-Squees at swallers their
An wife by the pump in our pasture lot.
ne showed me the hole at the Nunks is got
AZ lves way deep in the ground, an can
Autn ln!O me-er' LizaOuth Ami
A1 Rag ne q Iunny old Tragedy Mani
The Raggedy Man-one time when he
was maxim o little bow'n,arry fer me.
says, When you're big like your pa is.
AR you GO TO keep a fine store like his,
: ,s w. slSn increment an wear fine clothess
An, men he laughed at 'Lizabuth Ann,
AT. says, IN go to be a Raggedy Mang'
IN list 60 to be a nice Raggedy Mani
Raggedyl Raggedyi Raggedy Man,
-dmes Whtcomb Riley ia CenlrYS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
bsaciHe AtSapd I f,eaA Mas.

Thefe ID. stch u thing as carrying
things to6faf. NSt long Aga i fd$n III
= Maine village went the Way TT I'LL
fiesh. a party .Yi very much alive friends
of the deceased assembled at. the Iate,res
spected ones house to s.sit up Mftk'' and
otherwise honor the departed. Shortly
after midnight q tremendous uproar at
tracted the night Waterman down to the
vicinity in q hurry. The front room in
the. huIse Of mourning was brill
tahtly illuminated, and gazing in
at the window the watehtnaii be:
held q ghastly spectacle. The dead
man had been removed from the coffin,
and. propped bolt upright in one corner
" the room, was regarding the demon
stations with the kdrfible placidity Of
death. His narrow tenement; tipped
Bottom side mp across two chairs, held
bottle, glasses, and a pack Of cards.
Around about this layout the drunken
visitors were dancing spirited eancan.
The Waterman. with the assistance Of
Of the undertaken, finally managed to
get the corpse away from its Decorators,
but 1t was evident that the men reluc-
antly submitted, with the firm opinion
that the defuhgt was being robbed of
his Just dues.-1eDision journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
How a Pig Suddenly Became Pork.

In a book published by Mr.. Phil
Robinson he gives the following graphic
description of how a pig suddenly be-
came pork at apig-killing establishment
in Chicago: A lively piebald porker
was one of the number grunting and
quarreling in a pen, and I was asked to
keep my eye on him. What happened to
that porker was this: He was suddenly
seized by a hind leg and jerked up to a
small crane. This swung him safely to
the fatal door through which no pig
ever returns. On the other side stood q
a That two-handed engine at the
door stands ready to smile one and
smite no more, and the dead pig shot
through a trough and through another
doorway, and then there was a splash.
He had fallen head first into a vat of
boiling water. Some unseen machinery
passed him along swiftly to the other
end OF the terrific bath, and there o
waterwheel picked him up and flung
him onto a sloping counter. Here
another machine seized him and with
one revolution scraped him rs bald asia
nut. And down the counter he went,
losing his head as he slid past a man
with a Ratchet, and then, presto! he was
up again by the heels. In n dread
full handful a man emptied him, and,
while another sauirted him with fresh
water, the pig registered himself as he
passed the t~eller's box, shot down the
steel bar from which he hung and
whisked round the corner into the
ice house. One cut with the knife made
two sides of pork" out of the piebald
pig. Two hacks OF a Ratchet brought
away his backbone. And there, in
thirty-fiye second from his last grunt-
dirty, hot-headed, noisy-the pig was
hanging up in two pieces, clean, tran
quill, iced! The very rapidity Of the
whole process robbed it of its horrors.
Here one moment was an opinionative
piebald pig, making q prodigious fuss
about having his hind leg taken hold Of,
and lol before he had made up his mind
to squeal, he was hanging up in an ice
house split in two. He had resented the
first trihing liberty that was taken with
him, and in thirty-fye seconds he was
ready for the cook.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
Project Your Health.

Cold and moisture combined have d torpor.
:.:ng effect upon the bodily organs, and the di.
gestive and %secretive processes are apt TO be
more tardily performed in winter than in the
fall. The same is true, also, Of the excretory
functions. The W are often sluggish, and
She pores OF che skin throw of but little waste
matter ut this season. Tho system, therefore,
requires opening up a little, and also purifying
and regulating, and the safest, surest and most
thorough tonic and Alternative that can be used
for these purposes Is Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
ters. Persons who wish to escape the rheumatic
twinges, the dyspeptic agonies, the painful dis.
turbances OF the bowels. the bilious attacks, and
the nervous vtsitations 40 common ut this tim
of the year, will do we'll to re.enforce their sys
TENS with this renowned vegetable stor1achic
and invigorant. 1t improves the appetite
strengthens the stomach, cheers the spirits, anG
rerovstes the whole physique.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
The Asiatic "Blacls Death.

The pestilence now ravaging a great
part of Asiatic Russia bears that name
of "Black Death SO familiar for tentti-
ries as describing one Of the most fearful
OF those plaques which, appearing at
irregular intervals. have devastated the
globe. Presumably it was this same
sort of scourge, that, starting also from
Asia, spread over that continent and
Europe about the middle of the four
teenth century, and is reputcd to have
had millions of victims. 1t is doubt
less also the same that made another
Widespread and terrible devastation
in 1864 and 1865, and of whose raTases
in London Detoe gave SO vivid an ac-
count. There it was %oftenest called
simply the plague, but the name "Black
Death" is derived, as may be remem-
bcrcd, from the blotches accompanying
the disease. It is believed that its Wis
itations we're made as often as once or
twice in a century in ancient times. and
it was around Naples as late as 1915.
Its temperance now in West Siberia is
marked by a terrible mortality which re-
calls the stories of some of it's old-time
ravages; but this is largely due, no
doubt, to the lack of medical aid in that
region.-NeW York Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
Soda water IA. Changed.

1T is q great mistake, my dear
nephew, this thinking it necessary for a
young fellow to take intoxicants to be
merry" said a fond uncle to q young
fellow as they yer walking up Park
Row. Tie old man had come in from
his ia m to 9 the city. aWell, let's
take q soda water, and I'll swear O "
replied the young man as they turned
intoa drug store.
The nephew gave the order.
Here's toSthe drink of the moral, the
sober. and the Industrious; it imparts
c~oolness to the blood, s%ensibility to the
palate. and calmness to the mind; it in
vigorates without depressing, and sus-
tains without exhausting," exclaimed
the elder man, waxing eloquent.
It's o go; drink hearty, unk," said
the young man, as he winked at the
clerk, aud they emptied their glasses.
Ten minutes later sunk was seen try
ing with difficulty to SOUL himself
around 9 lamp-post with an umbrella,
@Qnk' thinks city soda water has gained
q wonderful potency since he was young.
-Nep York TTibUne.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19

hatteran. Some o It's goes down 10
the city to the ~thaeyters an its
dark like when wp Rets 'omc. That's
why we put it 'longside the way. JUS
follar it an you'll see a goodish knoll
with o strip o trees over it. Under the
lee O. the knoll an in the ridgn q the
skinny timber you'll Anl us. We'll be
govin' on shortly. The nights be get
tin cool like here.a
The speaker vas tall aud stalwart.
Jetty black was his waving hair. Shin
ing, blacker still were his steady gag
ing, wide-open eyes. His skin had d
tinge of oriental olive, and the summer
u had burned e hue of swarthy red
upon his cheeks. The lower part Of his
face was covered by q beard of such
silken quality that it needed no second
glance to reveal it the growth from n
outicle that had never been scra,sed by
the BARRIERS razor. His clothing was Of
good material, and, while whole and
without evidence OF much wear, yet bore
not only the marks of dust but the in
tangible something that bespoke the
rough usage of camp life. His hat, a
line soft felt, lad the crown pressed out
ward in a cone shape and the broad rim
turned down, indicating that its chief
purpose was protection ircm sum-, OF
wind, or rain.
He had slipped from the big gray
horse he rode without saddle and stood
with one hand loosely grasring its
name, while the halter hung over his
arm. The animal had turned so that
its chin rested upon the mans shoulder
and it regarded me with eyes as steady
rs its masters.
"Yes, I keeps King Dan," said the
gypsy, noting q glance of recognition
directed toward his steed. II never
ken sell i'm. Me an i'm is close fren's
so long Us we lives. He knows more'n
me. He commenst to shiny your way
an that's what 'tracted my 'tention. He
feels sort o sighted when he ant nc
ticed proper"
Thus admonished, I rubbed a hand
over King Dams nose and socially
pulled his forelock. Fer both he and
Philip Butler, the Romany Rye who
stood before me-. were old friends.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
v VERSATILE LADY WILDE.
An Hes Years of Study Went for Nauen,
at Her Drawing Room.

AZ AeC Years of Study Went for Naught
at Her Drawing Room.
!, There is no more striking or interest.
Ing personality in London than that Of
Lady Wilde, who receives always in a
darkened room, where the light of a sim
gle candle falls ever upon her rare old
jewels and refined face, attracting tho
stranger directly to the hostess, whose
charming tact conyinces every visitor,
however u~nimportant or unknown, that
she is the receiver of special considera-
tfon, The warmth of the welcome is en-
HANGED by the power to greet each guest,
French, Spanish, Italian, Russian or
German, in her W language, sssa}ss
This gifted person delights in telling
how hard she worked to fit herself for
entering society, studying many Ian
guages and preparing herself to talk
ably on many subjects. But at her first
reception in the world all the people said
only Glow do you do2" and "It is q
charming day., And at her next draw
ling room all the people made the same
interesting remarks, and after a little
she learned that it was more agreeable
to the world if She herself said only
"How do yon do?" and cit is a pleasant
day." than If she made herself md every
one else uncomfortable with her serious
thoughts and opinions. Lady Wilde is
very tall, with Jet black hair, and a
witty little American lady, looking up
at her and hearing her talk in different
tongues, said that Lady Wilde ''remindcd
her of the tower of Babel .'-Ncw Yo,A;
SIN
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AND Still They WILL sfExI.
Z short sioi, 4 HYa SONS Men B.ssns

'.,tf4 DetAnlteres
The new extradition treaty With Can
ada signed last winter seems to have
materially decreased the number of large
defalcations and entertainments I'll the
United states, but the number OF little.
ones shows no falling off.
WYE have on an average three. EN-.
bezzlerlents every two days" said the
vlce-prestdent Of one OF the city surety
companies in New York a few days ago
to a representative Of the Star. "Our
business OF bonding employees is mainly
confined 10 CLERKS and railroad and ex-
press, men; and the amounts we are
called on to mike good are small. The
bonds in most cases aTe less than $780,
900, and fully nine-tenths of the embez.
elements are under $4,000.
THE desire for accommodating wealth
by speculation is at the bottom Of nearly
every case, and the first step the tempo
rary use of funds trusted in his hands
has been the ruin Of thousands. They
need the money, take it, and probably
return 1t all right, That's fatal. They
think they .cati take ttlote and im6re, i'm.
til finally there comes a time when they
cannot makeit good and must take more
in the hope that fortune will favor them.
Discovery and dishonor is the inevitable
outcome. 1t may be delayed for a time,
but 1t is bound to come.
"Ih all our business I recu1l only two
or three cases in which d nah has ac-
cepted a Situation for the deliberate pnr-
pose Of. tobbing. The people are not
naturally dishonest, bit they cannot re
sist temptation, especially when there
seems a chance for them to avoid detec.
ton, and they ease their consciences with
this ktention until they are in the net
too far to retreat and escape is inpossi-
Bile.
"The new %extradit!on treaty has done
much to stop population, but the Siger-
Gus prosecution Of offenders has done
more. The new treaty, however, gives
more facilities for bringing these crimi-
mails to Justice. Before, in nearly every
case Of bmbezzlcment, the prosecution
had to prove forgery In order to extra
dite, or else punish the fugitive in the
dominion by prosecuting for bringing
stolen property into Canada. AS it is
hard to identify money, however, the
criminal could often dodge the latter
charge, and, not being guilty Of the
former. could escape entirely. Now it
Is almost impossible for a man to escape,
but in many instances the amount taken
is so small and the cost of prosecution so
great that the matter is dropped. In
every case in which we are interested we
prosecute unrelentlessly. We must do
so to deter others, and in many instances
have spent far more to convict a man
thar his embezzlcment amounted to-"
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I had slept more thar one short sum-
mer night in the tent beside Philip
when a rowing stripping. More than
one race had / won along some country
road against all the other boys in the
camp when mounted upon trusty King
Dams bare back.
But that was six years gone by. I
had put away boyish things. I looked
%euriously over man and beast for ONT
signs Of increasing age. I could find
them in neither.
"You are both just the same. You
are unchanged" said, still fondling
the horse and smiling ut the q
"Only you has changed. Had you
staid by us, as we asked you, I should
not see the change in you had it come"
answered the gypsy, responsibility.
sBut don't you fool me now 'bont
comin' out to the camp. sayin' you will
an not dom it," he added, with a Is
picion which - a part of the eastern ma
ture, that generations of roaming in the
western world las not wholly eradi-
Gated.
II will come" Ipromised.
@We bes ali there. L~eastways all
that's left hes" he added with u sign.
who's gomez"
Why, mother. She went when we
was down SOU las winter. We laid
her fur u spell in Louisanny till we eau
fix q steady layin'down spot. We
don't want to lay down side o. the Stan
leysi in Ohio, where our Ian is. They
owes us an we ant no frien's nohow,
You knows"
Well did / know the bitter feud that
had ragged for years between the great
gypsy family that calls itself Stanley
and numbers several hundred souls, the
great Butter clan OF several hundred
more, and two or three other branches
OF the Romal.y tribe who had adopted
distinguished English names genera
tions before they left the soil OF Great
Britain. knew they were all banded
together by q comnon feeling of re-
sentiment against the d~omineering Stan
leys, who laid false claims t osupremacy
over heir race IN ibis country.
Then Richatd-his wife she-she
was barred eaFly this spring" continued
The Rom in the soft half sing.song
tones characteristic of his peculiar,
clannish people who began their wan
behring's in India centurie before history
existed. sYou did lat know he was
married? No. s'pose you didn't. You
amt knowed but preci us little bout us
seuee the fall you left us. He merried
one them Reynoldses girls what was
campin long us the summer you
canaped with US. You member here
Eallie y
DsNnctly, indeed lid [ semerahe,
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He gathered up the bride.
where did Sallie die?" I persisted,

He gathered up the bride.
@Where did Sallie die?" I persisted,
impelled by some nameless force.
Slowly the gypsy, Philip Butler,
brought his eyes to my face. In their
depths burned a savage fire. But the
accents of his smooth, soft voice were
as musical as ever as he replied,
quietly:
"She were buried down in Tennessee,
in the country roundabout the Cumbera
land Mountings.o
Then he smiled gently Upon me and
told me they should expect me at the
camp supper the next day.
AS he rode away q horror crept upon
me and chilled me.
/ understood why the %dishonored
young Romany wife lay in her I'M
marked grave in the lonely mountain
region Of Tennessee apart from all her
kin.
And this is the reason I broke my
promise and did not go to supper be-
side the campfire of my whilom gypsy
friends, who. as is their autumnal Gus
tom, were tarrying in the vicinity of
the city to trade in horses and tell
fortunes before starting for their win
ter's s~ojourn in the warm southern
country.-ChicaJo Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
SHIL0H'S
C0NSU NJ PTI0N
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough Cure il
without a parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos
tive guarantee, a test that no other cure can sue.
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, fol
it will cure you. If your child has the Group
or Whooping Cough. use it promptly, and relic
is sure. If you dread that insidious diseas.
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist TO
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, 50 cts. ant
$1.oo. If your Lungs are sore OF Back lame
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS cts
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the gypsy lass, Saliis Reynolds: She
still had, When I saw her, more than
shs average OF the marvellous beauty
which is the endowment of the young
Romany females and which road and
camp life so soon d5stf0ys. No other
gypsy py;den sang like handsome Sal
lie, and none played the guitar and
tambourine like she. 1 recollect we'll
how the foolish young men from the
near town had swarmed to the camp te
get q glimpse of the beauty. And I re-.
nembered, too the face Of one at once
siliisr and holder tfan the rest, who one
twilight had offered an atfront to the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-19
THERE'S A BOY IN T4E HOUSE.

- SEEE a.ERNI
a gun IN the pafiof, a kite in the balI.
M tile Kitchen, a book, and q bat, mid q b.lt
YIN the Switchboard a ship, on the fSoobtMsa1 arta
g hat for whose ownership none conid dis.
Al RITZ it, 81. s,De p,,e,. s.,,.a.,- .a-a -,
where, eAeaetne no
a spirited hobby korse paws at the air;
AM INV + ven polished pie plate out there BIZ Tho
Near the tai iell iars which a mischieyons d,
GMlnpJi9u as sayly and as slick as q mouse,
ma8es ~ easy to see there's a boy In the house,
racket, a rattle, q rollicking shout;
ABOVE and below and around and about;
A wnlstling, n pounding, a hainflerint vi halls.
Inc building Of hous %, the shaping of sails,
Entreaties fer pnl,ef, for scissors, fof Strtns,
tor every nhfihdable, bothsrgolne thing;
4 y OF the !dopft, and a dash up the stairs,
IN Inc interest OF burdepscme business affairs
eng an elephant hunt for q bit of n mouse
Mahee u easy to I. ar there's a boy in the house,
bnt OIL the toys were not scattered about,
hnu the mouse mover echoed to .fnchet and Font;
u Forever the rooms wcfe all tidy and heat.
ana one need not wipe nfser wee muddy feet.
a no one iatShed out II the morning was rcd
anu With Kisses went tumbling all tired to bed
Wnat q wear1some workadny world, don't Won
see, ~
FOR al who love little wild laddies 'twould be
ana I'm happy to think, thought shrink like d
From disorders and ~din-there,s u boy in the
house, S
-Nosth Ada,nsvitte TIMES.
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ScR1ByER's MAGAZINE for February.
1891. will contain mt. Washington ir
Winter" by Edward L. Wilson, beauti
fully illustrated; the third paper or
Japan, with many illustrations: "Abou1
Africa" by j. Scott Kettle; ga Marine
Tale" by Frank R. Stockton; 'Neapolt
tan Art;" a full-page portrait of Living
stone, Poems, Point of View, etc. Now
is the time to subscribe, csc a number
So a yea Charles Scribner's Sons, "a;
Broadway, New York.
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He Was 0urlih.a.

President X. M. 7. R. r. (haughtily)
Who is this James w. Bungstarter
who wants a pass?
Private Secretary-Great capitalist of
Sheboygan-president of the Knocash
Natural Sand bank-lessee of the
President (hastily)-Send him an an
nual. ! thought he was some poor devil
who couldn't pay his fare.-Vcst Shore.
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The Point OF View.

Mr.. Murphy entered a bar-room and
called for a glass of whisky. After
drinking it he said to the barkeeper:
'sCharge it,"
81 don't know you"
"My name is Murphy"
The %barkeeper, turning to the proprie-
tor, inquired: SIS Mr.. Murphy good for
o drink"
"Has he had it?"
"He has,
she is.'-Shoc and Leather Reporter.
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Insects in Cold.

Entomologists have determined that
the severity OF winters is not destructive
to insect life. Larvae may be frozen
stiff and yet they will revive with the
return Of warmth. Bumblebees and
butterflies are often met with in the
Arctic regions. Disease microbes are
even more tenacious of life. Yacht
muth and Verne found that they could
be subjected to cold 40 degrees below
zero, he powdered with a mortar, and
yet be capable of transmitting diseases.