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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
TRAMP IN MAYORS CHAIR.
Wanted Pants and Heard His Honor
was Dispensing Thenn.s

Wanted Pants ana Heard His Honor
Was Dispensing hen.s
"A tramp, the most miserable-looking
tramp that could be picked out In a
days travel, played Mayor OF New
York the other morning, says the New
York Sun. His clothing was ia tatters
and was in danger OF falling OF. His
face was old, and he was three years
away from q bath. Janitor Larkin
went into the mayors Office at s o'clock
in the morning and just missed having
a fit when he spied the specimen sitting
in the mayors big chair. AS the jani-
tor came in the tramp stood up and
leaned against the desk.
What" exclaimed Larkin.
"Sir?" said the tramp.
What the blazes are you doing
here?" demanded Larkin.
Il only want a pair of pants,'' said
the tramp with a tremulous voice.
Think this is Baxter ~street?" de-
manded Larkin. Think we u a
pants factory? Think this is the head
quarters Of the Hebrew Pants Makers
Amalgamated Reform Union? Well, it
amt, and how in blazes did you get
here?"
Il came in through the window"
said the tramp softly. "The door was
locked"
He looked at Larkin and Larkin
looked at him. For a moment neither
spoke. Then the tramp said: II un-
derstand the mayor distributes pants
every morning, and that a great crowd
gathers to receive them. I merely
wanted to be on hand in time, and so
climbed up and came through the
window"
"Well you'll come out of the door,"
said Larkin.
Certainly" said the tramp.
Larkin held him in the hall until a
policeman came and took him to the
Oak street station, where he said he
was Andrew Bradley and had a home
in Brooklyn. Later he was arraigned
in the Tombs court and was sent to the
workhouse. Nothing in the mayors Of
flee had been disturbed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
Woman who Talks Only OF Her Fad.

Woman Who Talks Only of Her Fad.
No dinner table is well appointed
without good takers; and the basis Of
interesting conversation is reality. At
ter a course of London dinners Sir
Walter Scott said: "The Bishops and
the lawyers talked better than the
WITS" that is, the wits talked for the
sake Of talking, and the church
and the law had something to
talk about. Yet speciaties and
hobbies are not admissible at a
dinner table, and oma who can
only talk on her own fad has no busi-
ness in society. She ought to write a
pamphlet, or go on the lecture platform,
for any conversation at the dinner table
that is a strain on the attention or the
patience soon becomes a bore. Indeed.
one of the chief elements of pleasant
company is a readiness to talk, or to be
talked to, on any rational subject.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
The Greatest nedical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.

DONALD KENNEDY, OF R0xBuRY, MASS,
Has discovered in ont of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst ScrofufAs
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has 10 in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles Of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
rar..ed when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in 4
week after taking il. Read the label,
Ii the stomach is foul or bilious 1t will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of i.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

profitable has his business become that
he has undertaken to domesticate the
reptiles and breed them. While travel
ing through Otsego with wheel and
camera a few weeks ago the writer
heard at Cooperstown of this strange
man who had gone to raising rattlers
and pilots for the market. His place
was found up in the hills near Schuyler
Lake. He lives in a comfortable frame
dwelling, where the writer was invited
to partake of a meal of fresh milk and
boiled cracked corn.
KEN up to look fer snakes, did yeou,
neow?" said the old man as his bright,
gray eyes twinkled, and he chuckled:
WAL, l guess I kin show yeow a pow
erful sight of them"
What induced you to go into the
snake trapping and breeding business?"
WAL, about five years ago Mrs. Has
kins an me was down to Cooperstown,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

du00r lull Six rect long an big as my
wrist crowded up In the trap. I run q
oodk1n through him behind the head
and took him outen the trap and set it
agln n went away. Before night /
ned ketched a beautiful brown pilot.
Iull OF shiny green scales; that is, ttKy
looked green when the sun fell on EN-
sideways. I killed him, an went on
that way ketchin' snakes all over the
farm until it was time fer 'em to go in
thSir holes. I he'd over 100 pelts-ad-
ders, pilots, a couple Of green mecca
sins. rattlers, and several green an
brown notified pelts of snakes / cudn't.
call by name.
1 thought, now that I he'd a fine lot
OF pelts, I'd go to New York with EN-
myself. | fixed up and went down, and
When l KEN back I he'd a clean $500 in
my wallet. While I wuz down there
the Teller who bought my pelts says to
me: If you keep O this way you won't.
new no snakes left in the counties of
Otsego or Chenango. You hev brought
more pelts to me than any Professional
trapper on my list, an I've got lots of
men ketchin' snakes. Why don't you
build a snake house an raise emp
WAL, l laughed at that, but the idee
struck me that I'd try anyhow, so l
asked If he could reccomend any one to
me as had a snake house, an he told
me to go up to Central Park an see
how they KEEP snakes there. I went up
there an seed the glass place where
they KEEP the snakes, an the keeper
says to me, says he: The varmints
nd breed here, if we wud let 'em, but
we don't want any young snakes
There wuz all kinds of snakes there,
an the idee struck me to build a
glass breedin' house. l seed a power
fui sight of other kinds of varmints up
at Central Park, but I s'pose you hev
seed them, too. Howsomever, we're on
snakes now. Ireckon we'd better stick
to snakes.
When l KEN home I went to work
to build a snake house. I made a
purity good one, as you'll see. There
Wuz no more snakes to ketch that fall,
SO rested until spring, when they KEN
outen their holes. I he'd good luck an
ketched a lot of young ones an soon
he'd my snake house stocked. I he'd
all kinds, but didn't know much about
the nature of putin the wrong kinds of
snakes together. I ketched one of
them big ringed neck racers-black-
snakes, you know-an' he wuz a fighter.
No sooner did I let him into the cage
than he tackled a rattler I he'd there
an in a switch Of a lambs tail he he'd
grabbed that rattler in the back of the
neck, jumped into the air with him, an
coiled around him, squeezin' the life
outen him. That Civ me a lesson, an
| didn't put rattlers an racers in the
same cage ag'in.
WAL" said the old man, as he
looked up at the sky, II think mebbe
We'll hev rain; let's go an see the
snakes"
He led the way to a frame shanty
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
1T MAKES SOME MEN TIRED.
But Jennie's Brand New Husband De-
MED That He Was at All Fatigued.

But Jennie's Brand New De-
MED That He Was at All Fatigued.
They were from some locality up
north and on their wedding tour. In
taking in the sights of Detroit they
boarded a Woodward avenue car for a
ride to the terminus and back. AS they
sat beside each other, her hand in his
hand and his straw hat tanning them
both, a grumpy old codger on the next
seat sn%eeringly observed:
"'Nother case of loves young dream,
I see!"
The newly welded looked around at
him, but made n reply, and pretty soon
he said:
There ought to be a law against
this spooning business! It just makes
me tiredw
ooh, it does!" retorted the young man
as his cheeks began 10 redden. "Meb-
be you never spooned when you was a
young man."
IF I did it was not in such a public
place!"
whats the place to do with it?
Can't everybody tell right off the handle
that men Jennie ar. just married."
II should say they could"
"And that we are on our bride
tower?'
YES"
"And that we are just honey and
peaches?"
That's what tires me-"
ut does, Ell? Well, it don't tire us.
She dotes on me and I'd die for her, and
we are going to kiss and hug and
squeeze hands and eat gum-drops as
long as our SIT holds out, and you and
all the rest of the old mossbacks in this
town can lick your chops and go to
grass!!"
And he sat down and put one arm
around his turtle dove and Rugged her
till the grumpy old man came to his
corner and dropped off with a grunt
Of disgust.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
HASKINS AND ASSISTANT.

HASKINS AND ASSISTANT.
with double walls like an ice house. In
side was a row Of wire-netting cages,
covered with glass. In the cages were
as choice an assortment of snakes as
n would care to see. In one compart-
ment were spotted adders by the score,
little and Dig, all coiled and twisted in
a squirming, wriggling mass. In an
other compartment were twelve or
more copperheads-the old man called
them pilots. In still another compart-
ment were all kinds Of snakes Of the
garter and whiplash species, green
scaled, brown and white notified, and
of nearly all shades of drab and gray.
Another compartment contained fully
twenty rattlers, all lying still, as if
dead.
In the fall, the old man said, Just
before the snakes were ready to hiber-
nate, he culled out all the big ones. and,
after killing them, stripped of the
hides and sailed them dry. He did not
tan-cure them now, as the purchas-
ers preferred to dress the ., as they
could dye them in many colors at the
same time. He got just as good prices
for salted skins as for cured ones. The
that there were no blacksnakes
in his menagerie caused Haskins to ex-
plain: Il kill all them fellers. They
scales, an only the snakes as hev purity
skins bring big prices. When l ketch
a good-sized racer in my traps / send
him down to York for breeders, but /
jinerally kill the no-good things"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
HOME OF THE SNAKE FARM.

HOME OF THE SNAKE FARM.
an we seed so many ladies at the hotel
with snakeskin belts IN pocketbooks
that we wondered if they was common
RATHER skins. One day some weeks later
/ was cradlin' late oats an I Killed a
spotted adder with the blade of the
cradle. I took him home and skinned
him jist like I would an eel, that is,
stripped his hide off whole without
splittin' it. Then I cleaned it and
cured it with white oak liquor, and
when it was dry and cured it was soft
and shiny like. Mandy, that is, Mrs.
Haslfins, says, says she, Hiram, I'd
send that pelt down to New York to
some pocketbook maker and see if it's
worth anything WAL, I sent it to a
Teller on Mercer street that deals in
fancy leather an in a few days I got a
letter with a check for $3.50. He said
If l had any more spotted snake pelts
to send them along. I didn't hev any,
but Mandy says, says she, Hiram, you
kin git some more, can't you? I dun
no. says I, but I guess I kin when
buckwheat mowin' begins, as ther'll
sure to be some. snakes in the ten-acre
buckwheat lot or I'm mistaken Then
I begin to think an to ruminate around
in my mind how I cud git a lot of snake
pelts. A few days later I got a regular
windfall. I run into a den and killed
five full-grown spotted adders, a RATHER,
and a purity brown notified sarpint that
/ didn't know the nam of. I cured
these skins an sent 'em to New York
an my returns was $25. The man that
bought the pelts said he'd take all I cud
ketch.
Mandy says I, do you think l
could trap snakes in a trap? I'm going
to try anyhow 7 don't see why not,
Hiram says Mandy; an then l made
up my mind to to try IN ketch snakes
in traps. A few days later I went to
Cherry Valley an bought one of them
big; wire French rat traps. It's like an
es len The snakes could slip easy like
inN "a Up but cudn't get out, as the
w into them. They cud git
in WE Up. but cudn't reach the bait.
Then( lketched q couple of them Eng
iish Arrers in a snare IN baited the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
Whore Women Lead in Scholarship.

Whore Women Lead in Scholarship.
Twenty years record of coeducation
at Cornell University show that the
women lead in scholarship. They
have a higher record throughout the
four years. course than the men; more
women than men received the highest
record for scholarship, and, with the
exception Of oratory, women took moro
than their proportional share Of honors
and prizes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
Highest d n II Ie.vening po~s-Ia i. s covt Rs4pdstt
@a!:.!! B fsMdsSZ
ARSOIUTEY PURE
PURE

Miss Oldgirl (angling for compliments
Oh, dear! When the WIND blows my hair
like this, it makes me look homlier than
ever. MI. Newman (earnestly)-But / as
sure You it doesn'tl land he wondere1
where the cool breeze came from.)ETruth.
Observation-Disclosures free by DR.. Kline's Great
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What do you think ofsyour engagement
ring2" You dear, sweet old boy, it's the
handsomest I ever had-I mean l like u
ever SO much.''
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
SNAKE FARM In EAST.
IT'S UNCOMMON LIVE STOCK
BREEDING METHODS.
The Possibilities Of tho sn.keskin In
dustry Suggested to Mrs. Haskins by
'e Belts and Pocketbooks OF Sum-
ne Boarders in Cooperstown.
Especial Correspondence

IN the Otsego
Hills in New York
State many strange
industries are car
ried on, but there
is none stranger
than that of Hiram
Haskins and none
that returns a bet
ter profit. Mr.. Has
kins is a snake
farmer, and so
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
A Dreadful Suspicion.

Hell had a beautiful dream last
night. ! dreamt that we were walking
in a garden and I gave you a kiss.
She-Yes: but are you sure nobody
saw It?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
THE SNAKE HOUSE.

THE SNAKE HOUSE.
trap an put it out in the long grass in
the east medder, where / had heard an
adder hiss a few days before.
1.-THE next mornin' l went down to the
trap. and, bless me. II there wusn't an
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption has save
me many a doctors Bills. +. HARD,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 2, '94
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

Husband-Well, it's strange l can never
find anything. Wife-You can always find
fault, it seems to me.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

An Atchison woman makes a good living
visiting around among her kin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

Among the new fashionable gray-blut
dyes the shade named Napoleon finds great
est favor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
That joyful Feeling

With the celebrating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
Illness which follows the use of Syrup
of Figs is unknown to the few who
have not progressed beyond the old time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted by
the well informed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

II the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MRS
W1NsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

She-It's unlucky to have a post or tree
or anything like that come between us,
when we are out walking. He-Don't be
alarmed, dear. No post can come between
us this eve. Truth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

There is pleasure and profit
and no small satisfaction in abating troublesome
and painful ills by using Parkers Ginger Tonic.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
In Canada.

There are three things that attract
the notice of q traveller from the states
when he has got into Canada, to
say nothing of the general dizziness
that pervades that province. One is
the disappearance of window blinds
and baroness of the house fronts. The
other is the presence of militiamen
and policemen, who are as nearly
copies as may be of the English militia
and London ..bobbies.n The third is
the impossibility OF getting your shoes
blacked, except in the wash rooms of
the hotels. One pays ten cents for q
shave, and a New York artist who did
his work SO shabbily would be made
to do it over again.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
A Give All Around,

A Give-Away All Around.
II think" she said as she came into
the room, ''that l will give that poll
parrot away"
YES" replied the young man who
was calling. ut would be only fair.
She has been doing as much for YOU"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

1t is SO easy to remove Corns with Hinder
corns that we wonder 10 many will enanre them.
Get Hindercorns and see how nicely it takes them on
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
Keep Your Weather Eve Open.

Fraud loves a shining mark. Occasionally
spurious limitations spring up Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great American family
remedy for chills and fever. dyspepsia, con-
rheumatism and kidney disorder. These
limitations are usually fiery local bitters full
of high wines. Look out for tie firm signature
on the genuine label and vignette Of st. George
and the Dragon.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

Seven-inch ribbon in big bows, with jabot
folded ends, are on the new hats.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

Goes Cough Balsnm
Is the Oldest and best. 1t will break no a Cold quick.
er than anything else. Itis always reliable. Try II
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

White satin collars covered with let
pa~ssementerie are now dress accessories.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

All the French gowns now fasten at the
back and skirts and sleeves are wider than
ever.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11

us this eve.-Truth.
IT the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs.
W1NsLow's SoorH1SG SYRUP for Children Teething-
Husband-Well, it's strange l can never
find anything. Wife-You can always find
fault, it seems to me.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a Doctors bills. +. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94.
Among the new fashionable gray-blue
dyes the shade named Napoleon finds great
est favor.
"Hanson's Magic Corn selve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for it. Price 1b cents.
All the Frensh gowns now fasten at the
back and skirts and sleeves are wider than
ever.
Goes Cough Balsam
Is the Oldest and best. It will break up a Cold quick.
err than anything else. It'll is always reliable. Try II
Seven-inch ribbon in big bows, with jabot
folded ends, are on the new hats.
There is pleasure and profit
and no small satisfaction in abating troublesome
and painful ills by using Parker's Ginger Tonic.
IN Atchison woman makes a good living
visiting around among her kin.
1t Is SO easy to remove Corns with Hinder
cOrns that we wonder TO many will enuure Them
Get Hindercorns and see how nicely it takes them on,
White satin collars covered with iet
paSSementerie are now dress accnssorier
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-12

RALEIGH, N. O., Nov. IL.
To the Editor of the News and Observer:
A large number OF pastors and dele
gates from the different societies in the
State met by invitation with the Oongre-
gational Society of Christian Endeavor
in this city last Tuesday and held q
splendid two days session
The Importance of State union for
fraternal recognition and fellowship was
presented, the national constitution dis
cussed and adopted and an organization
effected under the name of the North
Carolina Christian Endeavor Union.
Forty societies we're recognized IS
charter nae nbers, one of which is amons
the Friends, two Presbyterian, three
Baptist, four A. M. e five A. M. Z
Zion, and twenty Eve Congregational.
Prof. F. s. Hitchcock, of Beaufort was
chosen President; DR.. r. S. Reeves. Zion
NJ f., of Goldsboro, Rev. S. S. Sewer,
Of McLainsville, and Prof. F. II. Clark,
of Friends church, High Point, as Vice
President, Miss a. 4. Harrington, of
Oaks, Orange county, Secretary and
Treasury.
Ten directors likewise of different de-
nominations were chosen to constitute
an executive committee, and to organize
Tor Y 2. s. O. E. work throughout the
State. a. W. CURTIS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-12
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.
The State Hospital at MorSanton Wi !
Establish One.

The estatl shment at the Morganton
STATE Hospital of training school for
nurses makes new and needed reform
in the State. No nurses will hereafter
be employed who have not taken the
course prescribed by DR.. Murphy. The
students will, while receiving instruc.
ton, he employed in the Hospital as as-
sistaut nurses, and will receive their
board aud wages, which will eothe
them, aud give small balance for yaea.
ton. Those who graduate will be en-
ployed as regular nurses in the Hospital
or recommended for private employment.
The instruction, according TO III
rector Caldwell. will embrace ayatematio
lectures by the medical ataH IF tho
Hospital ON all tho medical aud eurgioal
subj sots, including midwifery. which H.
II necessary for nurses "a understand ia
theory Every opportunity offered by
sickness will be tskon advantage Of TO
give bed side instruction in disease from
the standpoint of tho nurne. A qualified
trained nurse viii inatfgot constantly
in the necessary conduct Of the ward
and details of duties OF the uuisa to The
sick, the care of rooms, patients and
ledl The surgical work will embrace
bandaglng and dressing Of wounds aud
the conducting of operations whenever
opportunity offers. Dali instruction,
enforced by practice, will BIO given in
the care and treatment of tho insane,
the proper methods TO be employed for
their control, comfort and amusement
as adiuncts to medical treatment A
course in cooking viii be given, em
bracing the cooking of plain and nour-
i hing food and the preparation of in
valid diets. The practice of massage
and the use of electricity and baths for
medicinal purposes will be demonstrated
in practical way.