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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-01-25

WHILE our lease Of the UNION
lice really closed January LIST,
Fe have continued the publication
ntil the directors can make q sat-
factory arrangement for the com
sg year. This is, however. our
st issue and should contain 4
arting word from the manage
emit. The UNION is now IN IT'D
eth year. For five years past it
- been under the control of the
aed family. The five men who
med 70 buy the plant borrowed
ast they put INTO It and the
anagement began it's publication
M neither experience nor capt.
and. have kept it afioat for i've
Ears in the face Of repeated crop
lures and without levying an
sessment. The Office has at no
he had tho material necessary
10 successful issue and has al
|sys been crippled financially.
&c association with patrons has
In pleasant and many firm
endships have been formed.
Nere is also much Of sadness
INJECTED with the five years from
oxen family ties. We want to
END our heartfelt thanks to all
w have been so patient with
Through late and faulty issues
ID who have stood by us in all
trials. The UNION will con
Fue under Q new management
h will we hope reach that high
ne Of nonest and true journal
on which we have always
he'd to see Il placed.
JOHN z. REED.
q. B REED.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-01-25

@rTHAT LOAD Of WOOD could be
used to good advantage just now.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11
Too Tired to Smile
Weak, Weary and Worn
Dizziness, impure Blood Cured by
Hoods.

Many weak and worn-out women
know lust what this means. In totally
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

to another and so on, but the hull bust
ness don't amount to much. The towel
supply companies have spoiled our towel
and soap business; we can't make any
thing on supplies for the buildings, for,
though we buy, we turn the bills over
to the agents-they' a new feature,
too, and they attend to the renting
nowadays--and we have to look good
deal sharper after the tenants comfort
than we used to- I"
OF course it is an object to the janitor
to get his living apartments rent free in
addition to his wages. Sometimes these
apartments are large and handsome Oc-
casionally they consist of house of sew
eral airy rooms built upon the main
roof, which serves as a yard, albeit it
may not be converted into a sodded
lawn. In the summer time this roof
yard is the most delightful place in the
world for a promenade or for quiet
lounging. In the winter time it is bit
airy perhaps, but not SO disagreeably
cold and bleak as might be expected. 1t
is capital play space for children at
all seasons if we'll protected by ratings
When there is snow, it does not melt as
quickly as on the street level, and GER
tain small hoy who has lived ON one of
these roofs all his life can tell great
number of interesting yarns about the
snow forts he has built and the snow
men he has 'sculpted" $50 feet above
the street level The same boy pitches
a tent on the roof in the summer time,
and the entire family enjoy its shade
The apartments on this roof are furnish
ed with taste, there is a piano of good
tone in the ''parlor, and etchings and
engravings hang on the walls.
1t should not be imagined that all
janitors are Of the same social grade
No. indeed. Janitordom assuredly has
its aristocracy Between the $75 month
janitor of the old fashioned FIVE and six
storied buildings and the 5000 month
janitor who has charge of eight or ten
stories there is. as great gulf as be-
tween the high grade janitor and the
superintendent who is able to associate
with professional men and small mer-
chants. Upper crust janitcrs are treated
with greatrespect when in the company
OF others of the same calling.
OF course there are thousands Of resi-
dent and nonresident janitors in every
really great city who care for business
blocks, fat houses and the like; but
saving only those who have charge Of
TIE biggest apartment buildings. none
Is to be mentioned in the same breath
as TO social standing with the resident
lanitor of olsica buildings.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

ventions have made possible the erection
of the great Office buildings that form
today such a notable feature of these
great settlements.
In many ways the life of resident
janitor and his family is different from
the life of any other class of persons.
Instead of dwelling in a house by them
selves or in fiat with many other ten
ants in the same building, these live in
apartments at the topof a vast structure
of brick and stone and steel that is full
of life and action and companionship in
the daytime, but at night deserted and
silent as the grave. Even in the day the
companionship Of the hundreds or thou
sands that inhabit the big building dur
ing business hours is not for the mem
bers of the janitor's family. So far as
the tenants are concerned, these might
as we'll not exist at all. Although they
are physically removed from them only
by the height of few stories, they arc
virtually as remote as if leagues of sea
and walls Of mountains separated them.
Between the janitor's family and the
tenants, in fact, there exists that most
impossible of barriers, difference in So
cial standing, barrier that many would
have us believe is not as apparent here
as elsewhere, but which is quite as in
surmountable here, when it exists, as
anywhere else in the world.
Even the smart typewriter girls and
the junior clerks in the offices look down
upon the janitor's wife. his sons and
h;c lax. f,H fo,.o xul,auovor fbox, obouoa 20
see them, while to the janitor himself
only that sort Of federation is accorded
that is melted out to servant of an up
per grade. When the building is a very
big one, however, the janitor becomes a
superintendent, and with the change of
title there is vast change in the social
standing of the man in charge and that
of his family, though his duties would
not seem likely to undergo any great
change. But there is this really impor-
tant difference-the janitor is obliged
himself to perform part Of the mental
services that must be rendered about the
building, while the superintendent, who
is generally also the renting agent, is
able to delegate all these things to en-
ployees of a lesser grade, to spend his
own time in an Office quite as well fit
ted up as that of any tenant and to live
up town" or in the suburbs.
OF course the superintendent general
ly receives better pay than the janitor
and for that reason is usually of high
en- grade intellectually, for money will
always procure brains Janitors get
from $75 to $500 a month, though the
latter figure is not often reached. SUI
perintendents receive from SO. 900 to
So, a year and occasionally more
even than the latter figure The author
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

sAM eaowNIs FIRsT MLLINa.
& Nevada Desperate Whose Career q
Crime Was Started by a Bully.

Crime w started by q Buliys
ssAt my first meeting with Sam
Brown, the famous desperate. he did
me an hopus that few men reid care
10 receive, said Wash Parker, an old
time Nevadan. He invited himself to
be my travelling companion on a two
days wagon Journey. / was starting
out one morning with wagon and pair
of horses from q little mining settle
ment known then as Goldcrop As
came opposite the hotel large man
standing on the veranda hailed me and
asked if was going to Virginia City.
/ answered yes, and he said:
f j reckon I'll go along with you
I'm Sam Brown, be added. May
be you don't have much confidence in
me since hearing my name, but reckon
we'll travel along together all right
"Well, there wasn't anything to be
said but All right; jump aboard, and
Sam Brown, with carpetbag in his
hand and his pistols bullying under his
coat. came out to the wagon and took his
seat beside me. He proved a civil
enough companion, and we got through
to Virginia City all right, with nobody
killed on the way. He had taken along
bottle of prepared cocktails, and / had
box Of cigars, so that the time passed
rather socially as we made our journey
together.
1--WE went into camp that night at
Sandy Springs, about half way to Vir-
ginia City, and in the course Of the
evening he told me something of his
life and adventures. One thing in par
ticular that remember was the way he
came to start out on his career of kill
ing. don't recall whether it was in
Texas or Missouri that this first affair
happened, but it was when he was o
hulking young fellow, green and chick
en- hearted, to use his own words in
telling it. There was a certain gambler
in town where he was staying who
used to bully and abuse him when they
came together. Everywhere and whenev-
er the gambler saw him in saloon he
would kick him about and drive him
out of the place. One day man I'M
friendly to this gambler said to Sam:
Why do you stand all this abuse
from that gambler? Take this pistol and
the next time he crowds you kill him.
'Sam took the advice and the pistol,
and the next time the gambler went for
him, instead of sneaking away and
looking sorry, he shot his tormentor
dead. After he had thus got his hand in
killing men came easy to Sam, and he
made long score before his own time
came.
Though, as Isaid, we made our jour-
ney together all right. / knew it would
take too little to set things to going all
wrong for me thoroughly to enjoy Sam
Browns society. wasn't sorry to set
him down at the Primayentura saloon
in Virginia City. whore we took a drink
together, shook hands and won't our
different ways. New York Sun.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11
enc Nniser'a UnLforlns.

The task Of looking after the uniforms
and other costumes Of the Emperor Will
liam is by no means sinecure All
these different and greatly varying ar
ticles of attire, as diversified as those at
the disposal of star actor, are careful
ly kept Systematically arranged and i'll
large wardrobes, and at the head of the
department is an official entitled the
obergarderobier, who has under his COM
mand two Wallets de chambre. The nau-
tical uniforms are placed under the
charge of an ex-subofficer of the Ger
man navy. Before the emperor under
takes any one of his many expeditions
the oborgarderobier is provided with an
exhaustive list of all the dresses and
other paraphernalia that will he re-
quired. LONDON tit Bits
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11
- CURES THE
- SERPENT'S
STING.
HEALS
RUNNING -
SORES. -
RESInENIl .LANIInRS.
RESIDENT JANIT0RS.
THOSE WHO CARE FOR OFFICE BUILD
lNGs THE CREAM or JANiToRDoM

Not So High Socially as superintendent,
but stun Men Of some Importance.
Their Homes Mt tire Topso Great struc-
lures Of Steel and stone.
The resident janitor is essentially a
city type.
Under one title or another he has ex-
listed ever since the first modern city was
built. In Paris. as the concierge. he has
fiourished for centuries. He has been
much more in evidence than ever before
in American cities since the adoption Of
the steel truss by builders and the in
PRODUCTION of the rapidly moving pas
senger elevator. because these two in
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11


D man IN his way. for even in an once
hniifissgc II nioderata sire. as such struc.
lures 80 nowadays. be has quite AN
army IL cnr sayoes under him. The jan
ifor = ssaff in building OF 300 mum
hcrea rooms includes about 90 persons
A d6xen x them are srruhwoincn who
so % work at In the morning, quit
at 8 md begin again at about 5 p. M,
continuing till the work is done There
arc eight or ten men who polish brass and
do tho heavier work of various sorts, in
GLIDING small repairs. and the night
watchmen. The engineer has his own
stall cf 10 or I2. including firemen and
eleva II men
BESIDES being TO all intents and pur-
poses al employer the janifor is pnr-
chaser of no small account Brooms,
busting brushes boxes of soap. polish
ing powder and soapine. rubbing cloths,
glass, putty, etc, are bought in whole
sale lots every six months, and the year
ly outlay for supplies. wages. ETC., in
such building reaches well mp into the
sums that are expressed by four figures.
For all these expenditures and for the
conduct of his employees the janitor is
responsible. and he has to keep a very
level head all the time, for he has as
many masters as there are tenants be-
sides the agent and the owner.
Some folks think janitors have a
snap, said one of the ablest janitors
know. a man who has charge Of IA
nous building in one of our large cities.
'sbut they don't Times ain'twhat they
used to be. When went into the bust
ness, office janitors got no salaries.
They had their rent free, as they do now,
and they looked after the scrubwomen,
as they do now, but they didn't take
care Of the tenants rooms unless the
tenants hired them to. Most tenants did
this. and besides they paid the janitors
to keep their towels washed and furnish
soap and the like of that Why. in them
days | was in hard luck if couldn't
get $500 to $3.50 month net out of the
job and one year it run $500. Some OF
the janitors used to make $500 or $500
a month. Them was the days for money.
''But bimeby some fellow that put up
big building had new scheme He
offered to keep the rooms clean and in
good order for his tenants without any
extra pay beyond the rent He thought
he could fill his building easier and
quicker that way. And. say, the scheme
worked, and now all the big buildings
are run SO all we janitors are on salary.
and the real good times have gone. Oh,
yes, it's better fort he tenants and better
for the landlords, but where dove come
in, I'd like to know?
ITO be sure, some of as have a few
little things left. like getting ice for the
tenants and moving them from one floor
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

Overheard in crowd watching a bal
loon:
MIS-. Halr;s-How do tl,ey make the
balloon go up?
Ms Camp They TOSS some sand cut,
to be sure.
Mrs. Harris-And what do they do
when they want TO como down?
Mrs Gamp-Tliey put sol-.o more in,
of course. Pick HE Up.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

unfit condition
for work, they
force themselves
through the daily
routine of duties,
almost too dis
couraged to even
look for relief.
But it is to be
found in Hoods
S ar saparilla,
which makes the
blood pure, builds
up the nerves,
makes the weak
strong and gives
~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-11

ity Of the superintendent extends over
the entire building from the stokehole
in the second subcellar to the tip of the
flagstaff His subordinates include the
engineer and the elevator mon, as we'll
as the sCrnhbors and cleaners aud the
watchmcn, and in some cases there Is a
janitor Is VII . > supe inte asient. In
buildings sishouf superintendent. how
ever, the Administrations is fEo headed,
the engineer having clllrge II the beat.
ing, the engine aud The elevators. while
the 5eritay las slss & q 81 tse COIN
fort q he lsr;sts and TIC 1nixg md
care oF tiir ra9,,ss mad erfrislrs
Yek rotss 4 >sri.:'ia his csrcnm.
sc1loed sso~.ss...tsoa S ccsnp&rea with
that Of tic superintendent. tho janifor
q big Office Building is = good deal 81
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-05
ALL RIGHT AFTER ALL.
Man Of Moderate Means Manages VITA
His Old Undorcl0thing.

Man Of Moderate Means Manages VITA
His Old Underclothing.
"When got my summer undercloth-
ing out of the camphor chest last
spring" said q man of moderate means,
land looked it over with = view to
wearing it in the summer then ap-
preaching, found that it wouldn't do;
that is, it wouldn't have done under or
dinary circumstances, but when / came
to take the financial cyclone into ac-
count thought that possibly might
make it do for just one more summer
with little patching; so started in
with it.
"Well, rs the summer waned the
patches grew until-but anticipate.
DAY before yesterday unshackled
the cedar chest and got out my winter
underclothing. Humph! Well. plainly
that's what I should have worn last
summer.
II said to myself that it certainly
wouldn't do for next winter, but here
my old and esteemed friend. Mr.. F. Cy-
clone, looks in and says: 'WhatT and /
know it's still his say; but observe: I
turn now to my summer wear. and find
that it has come gradually to bctwicc
its original thickness.a and is now entire
ly suitable to the winter season.
II don't need any new winter wear. I
am already supplied. So look at my
old and esteemed friend and say to
him: eye. old boy. you're not in it any
more, and you might just as well SO
and pack your drcss-suit case. .'"-N. T..
Sun. v
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-05
CARE OF SHOES.
How to Repair Run.DOwn Heels and Re-
r1ovo Unplenss ant Odors.

klOW 90 bSep3bs tOn.DOWo tcCss o02 1kO~
r1ovo Unpleasant Odors.
There is hardly woman but laments
over the rather pervefse way in which
her shoes lose their shape. 1t matters
little whether they be cheap or expen-
sive. soAs will return. heels run down.
vamp wrinkle and the toes turn up.
This condition Is the despair of neat
and dainty women who wish their be-
lon2ings to signify the fact.
For rundown heels. dealers say NO
remedy exists but to have them built
up. This is not only good. but neces-
sary tor the preservation of the shoes
correct shape. One should be as watch
full Of this as Of a rip in glove, and es
quickly careful to remedy it.
When the least wearing shows on the
bottom or side of the heel. take the
boot Immediately to the shop and have
a new layer put on. 1t is good plan
never to allow the defect to reach
stage when two layers must be re-
newed. This watchfulness unGuestion-
ably is the stitch in time thut saves
nine.
The reason for this is apparent.
When the heel runs down the weight
comes on the ball of the foot, there is
no steadiness. the shoe rocks and the
sides Of the soles go. The under curve
of the instep is turned into an ungain-
ly line. and the shoe is out of form.
Women who walk on one side of The
foot quickly wear away the leather and
sole where they meet; they should have
theiy bootmaker put on an extra SIX
teenth of an inch depth in the sole en-
that side. This throws the weight
equally on both sides of the shoe. ana
prevents the one part giving away be-
fore the other.
For wrinkling that disigures the
vaml nothing serves the purpose SD
well rs the use of trees" These cost
from two dollars and a half to five dol
lars 1 pair. Each shoe should Ike placed
over one as soon as taken off. The
shape is entirely preserved by this
method. These trees are as expensive
as pair of shoes. but one pair lasts
forever. They are one Of the necessary
luxur;es for every neat woman.
Some bootmakers suggest tina: the
reasgn of patent-leather vamps wrink-
ling so pronouncedly on women's shoes
is because the leather is taken from the
neck of the calf where the skin is thin
ner. while that of men is taken from
the back and sides.
After the shoes are removed it is nice
to dip sponge in q weak solution of
ammonia and pass il over the inside of
the shoes, then when it dries, put them
in the sun for awhile. This removes all
the unpleasant odor that attaches to
the inside of ones shoeT
Evc1ing slippers should he stuffed
with tissuc-paper and rolled in it after
being worn. The correct mode in win
ter shoes are rrssct calfskin tops on
heavy leather bottoms, with straight
tip Of patent leather. Five large fiat
buttons fasten it.
This is the only deviation from last
seasons styles.-Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-05
DESTINY AND vIcTuALs.

FAIR woman, could your soul but view
The intimate relation
Twixt food and fsss. there'd he : new
And higher dispensation:
Gould you but see, for destiny"
synonym in dinners"
And What the kitchens alchemy
Could make OF mortal sinners.
YOU'D leave odd fass and learn to bake
A loaf and cook a later
10 roast joint or broil steak.
Than which no art is greater.
What deeds Of fame are left undone.
what thoughts are left unspoken,
what waiting laurels neer are won,
What grand resolves are broken,
because OF soggy bread and pies,
And viands spoiled in broiling,
O1 sickiy tarts and greasy fries,
And coffee left s-boil;ng.
For. though with fortitude he brave
The terrors dread OF battle.
While, proud, aioft his standard waves
And round him bullets rattle.
Man ofteG3oils Of noblest aims.
CncoASA1oUs CT his power.
When ptlJs a2d potions press their claims
In somGAyspeptic hour.
MAN cannot live by bread alone"
tbs well ara wisely spoken:
But make that bad he IL die unknown
And give the world TO token
OF high ambitions potencies
Or genius slumb'ring fires
Inbred in him through gaiaxies
OF grand illustrious sircs.
Then all yc danes and maidens fair
WHO burn with high ambition.
Who crave to nobly do your share
To better mans condition.
You'd give US, could your soul but view
The intimate relation
Twixt food and fate. ere long. new
And higher dispensation.
Emile Pickhardt, in Household.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-05

ls0nted with a desperate set Of men.
VINO commanded us to return or take
s.c consequences Money or persua-
e,on would not mako them let nd
through the line, SO there was nothing
iels out to turn the horses heads.
Inc next morning we held a meet
ing ana determined to make one last
enort to get away; so a telegram wss
sent to the superintendent of the l..
9 n. railroad at Louisville, demanding
train to take us ont Of the fever dis
sr'ct Our ultimatum was that unless
IL WAS sent without delay. We would
open the drawbridge that spans the
tennessee river 1t Decatur and stop
all through trains. The reply came
saying that he would send a train 1t
SIX O'Clock that evening. We immedi.
ately posted . bulletin at the town
hall stating that anyone wishing to
leave Decatur, irrespective Of color or
nnanco, could do 80 at six o'clock.
Long before the stated hour of depar-
ture, the few survivors were pacing
the platform at the depot anxiously
awaiting the promised train. That
oay my wife had discovered the coudi-
ton of affairs at Decatur. and while
1T the depot ready to depart 1t any
moment. the telegraph operator came
downstairs from his Office and handed
me . message. remarking as he did 80:
Il guess this Is the last message l shall
ever take over the wire. for have the
fever" The telegram was from my
wife. saying that If did not leave De-
catur At once. she would take the next
train and come to me. told the
operator he must send ono more mes
sage. He said it was impossible, rs he
did not have strength enough to get up
stairs to the instrument I told him
would carry him up if he would only
consent to send . reply, and showed
him how important it was He said:
II will do it, il only to save one more
human creature from coming to this
hell on earth" He sent the message,
and it was his last, for that night.
poor boy. he passed away.
The anxiously-watched-for train did
not arrive until four o'clock In the
morning, and consisted Of IN engine
and three very old day coaches The
windows we're nailed down, doors
locked, and only enough water was
on board to last an hour or 30. With
nothing to eat, and our destination,
Louisville. a twenty-hours trip, you
can well imagine our condition tho
next morning when we arrived At
Nashville. Here the train stopped for
q short time. Hundreds were 1t the
depot to look At US like SO many Gagged