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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

shook the followers off the scent and
vanished. He came back. Man,
mules, water barrels, tools, provisions
all disappeared. This was a genera
ton ago, but in that country there are
yet men ~clambering among the dead
canyons, looking for a cave with a
roof studded with gold. It is the same
story, with a few variations, all
through.
The Lost Padre mine is the only one
with a radically different legend. That
tale came from the Indians. An old
Piute came yer from the Nevada side
and was rescued from death from
thirst by a prospector, and in his graft
tude offered to bring the white man to
a mine that had been worked by the
Mission fathers a hundred years be-
fore. They started, but as they went
the worth of the service he had re-
ceived seemed less to the Indian and
the service he was rendering seemed
more, and at last he refused to pro-
coed unless he was paid a pony and q
gun. The miner promised, but the In
uldu ucLid1ucu HIS price Ill dufduCS,
and they returned to the edge of civili-
cation, got the pony and the gun and
started again.
The prospector returned with the
usual specimens, but without the Sc
cret. The Indian had left him one
night, and had returned twenty-four
hours later with the gold-bearing rock
and a silver crucifx with a Spanish in
scription. He brought these to show
that he knew where the old-time priests
had got their gold, but he had suf-
fered another change of heart, and
now gave back the horse and gun and
refused to show the mine. Why?
They don't ask Indians for reasons. It
might have been that he saw a white
deer; a snake, a quail and a crow may
have been on the trail together, or it
may have been, and probably a
just Injun ~cussedness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
The Negro Exodus.

The negro exodus to Liberia seems to
be assuming considerable proportions.
One hundred and fifty negroes, from
Arkansas and Oklahoma, passed
through Memphis recently for Savan-
nah, where they were 10 take ship for
Liberia. The society which is further
ing the emigration scheme is said to
have secured the good will and CO.
operation of the negro preachers, and
great numbers Of negroes all over the
south are saying their money and sell
ing their little property preparatory to
going to Liberia. The fare from sa-
vannah to Liberia is fixed at $41.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

ne lay there Gead, and nearby stood
his pack animal, with food in the al
forjas.
Inc men who live with the simmer
OF the white. sand in their eyes would
be surprised to hear people casting
o Tor a reason for this mans death.
why, he died of the DESERT any of
the borax men would tell you, which.
being interpreted into the language of
men VINO live in cities, means that his
heart broke from the loneliness, the
hopelessness, the horrid silence, and
he put his face in the alkali and
grlpped the sand and died.
This may seem absurd to the man
who does not know what silence is.
A boat in the middle of the ocean in
the dead calm is a roaring noise mill
when compared to the stiffness in
Death Valley. In the boat if you move
you rock and the water splashes, and
when you touch the boat it gives a
live sound. In the desert you can hear
the breathing of your straying horse a
quarter OF a mile away, and when be
/. snorts in the night you start up and
feel the air tremble. If you walk your
footballs are muffied in the velvet
sands, there is no chirp of insect, or
cry of bird. Even the vultures keep
off the desert.
OF course, everybody does not die of
the desert, any more than everybody
in a city dies during an epidemic, but
death that is not from hunger, thirst
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
LOUISA N. ALCOTT's CREED.
was Taught THAI ''Ths Love 81 Good.
moss Wa the Love OF God.,s

WaS Taught That The Love OF Good
moss Was the Love OF God.,
In q number OF letters writsnn al
long and short intervals from 1872 to
1886 by Louisa NJ. Alcott, to five little
girls. in Allegheny county, Pa, the au-.
thor Of Little Women" most charming
~ and frankly discloses her extraordi-
nary nature, and the missives, edited
by Edward w. Box, are given to the
public In Ladies' Home Journal. In
one of the tenderest of these letters, in
voked by the sad information Of the
death Of one of the sisters, Miss Alcott
wrote her Borrowing correspondent:
: I will tell you my experience,
and as it has stood ss.est of youth and
age, health and sickness, JOY and sor-
row, poverty and wealth, / feel that it
is genuine, and seem to get more light.
warmth and help as / go on learning
more Of it year by year. My parents
never bound u to any church, but
taught us that the love of goodness was
the love of God, the cheerful doing OF
duty made life happy, and that the
lOt0 VI OuG 5 III us WlOOoS
sense was the best help for ones self.
Their lives showed us how lovely this
simple faith was, how much honor,
gratitude and affection it brought them,
and what a sweet memory they left be-
hind, for, though father still lives, his
life is over as far as thought or use
fulness are possible. Theodore Parker
and Ralph Waldo Emerson did much to
help me to see that n can shape life
best by trying to build up a strong and
noble character, through good books,
wise peoples society, an interest in all
reforms that help the world, and a
cheerful acceptance of whate.;>r is in
evitable; seeing a beautiful cumpensa-
ton in what often seems great sacri-
flee, sorrow or loss, and believing al
ways that a wise, loving and just Father
cares for us, sees our weakness and is
near to help if we call. Have you read
Emerson? He is called a pantheist or
believer in nature instead of God. He
was truly Christian, and saw God in
nature, finding strength and comfort
in the same sweet influences Of the
great Mother as we'll as the Father of
all. I too believe this, and when tired,
sad or tempted find my best comfort in
the woods, the sky, the healing solitude
that lets my poor, weary soul find the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

or cold, not from recognized disease,
and not from violence, comes to men
where the ribbon of salt, whittier even
than the white sand, runs down to the
sinkhole, $50 feet below the sea.
Death Valley is only a strip itself
eight to sixteen miles wide, but the
man who could walk across 1t at us
worst has never been born. With the
fierce sunlight blazing down, being cast
back from the sand, so that even In the
shadow the thermometer registers
nearly 40 degrees, with the air full OF
salt and the sand giving under MS
tread, he'd die half way. You cam
drink water enough to Stake your
thirst, and travellers are found dead
with canteens of water beside them.
The only fresh water in the valley
comes from the gloomiest feature OF
all, the spotted, strange-stained fu-
neral Mountain. The single employe
of a borax enterprise has managed to
make alfalfa grow on a little plot-the
only green place in Death Valley. Back
from this there are hills as white as
-four mountains, covered as cleanly by
horax as if it had fallen like snow.
Around the base of the Funeral
Mountain curves the Amargosa river.
Nobody has ever seen water flowing
upon the surface of this river bed, but
the ghost of a great rive, -i4sG wide,
is there between great perp ~~lcular
banks. hundreds of feet high aobody
has followed the river bed +" '- source
or traced it to it's Disappearance. Some
where down under the rrs. me water
flows, the scientists say Nul "nether
II is a yard or a milo down even they
do not know. Even when the skies
crack and let the cloudbursts through,
no water runs over the Amargosa
river sands. The thirsty earth can
drink it up faster than it can fall.
Death Valley is beautiful, but the
man who explores it and the uncanny
Mountains about it comes back, if he
comes at all, gaunt and wasted. In his
blistered eyes are the images of the
mirror-like sea of salt, the blur of the
blazing sun, the heaped-up mounds
that tell where somebody has found a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to rem
der it promptly. but one should remem-
Der to use even the most perfect RENE
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy is the
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
Another Mayoress.

Among the odd results of the sprhg
elections was the success of Mrs. C. A.
Curtis for mayor of Cimmaron, Kan.
She is over 60 years old and is wealthy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

l believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lu-
cy Wallace, Marquette, Rams, Dec. ~, '95.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
The Rock 81 Gibraltar

Is not steadier than . system liberated from
the shackles 81 chills and fever, bilious re-
mittcnt or dumb ague by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, o perfect antidote to malarial poison
in air or water. 1t is also IN unexampled
remedy forsbilious, rheumatic or kidney COM
plants, dyspepsia and nervousness. 1t inn
proves appetite and sleep and hastens con-
valescence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

There are 1~97,146,420 acres of timber
lands in the southern states, and the
average yield Of these forests is 3,O00,-
coo feat nar AGRA
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
ian DEATH VALLEY.
WATER WILL NOT QuENcH
THIRST THERE.
No s~tiilness Lik This Anywher. -
Aropund Its Borders Live Almost
Every venomous Thing That Ha.
Life.

f..NH Hare H.1f'
ORD m from
the west that Death
Valley has claimed
another victim. An
unknown a sup
posed to be a pros
pector, was found
by some of the Dor
ak W 0 k e r S face
down in the alkali.
It was not from
thirst he died. but
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

II the Baby is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. MRS
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children TeetAing.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

They say an ostrich can digest anything.
Wonder if an ostrich ever tried radishes7
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

It is surprising how thin some women and
some stories are.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

If you could see all a mans weak spots,
you'd think he had the measles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

Elf8-AlFit stopped freely DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Rcstorer. No Fits after the FIRST lays use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise ami 81 trial bottle freetD
Fit cases. Send to Dr. kline.93l Arch ST, Phila.sPa
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

1t is more conceit than any one should
have to pass Judgment upon another.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

Your idol is probably a great bore t.
other people.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

Say what you please, the greatest pleasure
in the world is to scratch when you itch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
CRIPPLE CREEK Fl !: E= {: s; G s.; s. =; 4! 4:

profits; dividend payers only; prospectus free, Van
buren, Invest. Co, Bankers & Brokers. sos 18th.
Denver, Colo.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

Goes Cough Balsam
Is the Oldest and best. 1t will break up a Cold Quick
err than anything else. 1t is ALWAYS reliable. Try ii
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22

The name Of Cripple Greek should now be
changed to Cripple Town.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
0ur T,etter UYv

1t has always been supposed thatou,
letter y was ''lineal descendant"
from the Roman y, which, in the time
Of Cicero, was borrowed from tho
Greek alphabet to represent upsilon In
the translation of Greek names. 1t ia
shown, however, by late investiga.
tions, that the letter is only used to
transliterate borrowed words which
come to us directly from the Greek, or
indirectly from the Latin or French.
In the majority of cases our English y
is semiconsonant, corresponding In
value to the continental European J.
Y was adopted by the Anglo-Saxon,
along with the other Roman letters,
from the Latin alpha bet, its value be-
ing approximately that OF I. In fact,
II 10 claimed that there Is nota "lineal
descendant" of the "Anglo-Saxon y
known. The modern English y is not
! y at all, but a &, which the Romans
evolved from still earlier ''c."-St
Louis Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
THE CUBANS' ALLIES,

yellow Fever Creating . Panic Amons
the Spanish Troops, Who arc III-Fed
and Clad In Rags, With None But the
foulost Water to Drlnk-Thousauds Sick
ana Cholera, It In Feared, Will Take
Those Whom the Fever Leaves.
NEW YORK, July 14.-A special ca BILE
dispatch to the Recorder from Havana
says:
A panic prevails in the Spanish army
In consequence of the terrible increase
OF yellow fever in the last few days.
1t is estimated that fully 20 per cent.
OF the cases prove fatal. In Santiago
de Cuba there are 4,5OO soldiers in the
hospitals Maj. Gen. Linares is stricken
and his life is despaired of. The
physicians and nurses are utterly
incapable of coping with the dis
ease. The epidemic 10 also very
serious all alodg the trocha.
IN some cases entire companies have
been stricken. Gen. Arolas and nearly
every member of his staff Is i'll. Capt.
Con. Weyler has ordered the erection
OF new hospitals along tho trocha, and
VIII send to Spain for additional ply
sicians. In Baracoa. Holguin and
other places in eastern Cuba the fever
Is raging with great violence, and
1t is spreading to the central
points. From Matanzas come most
distressing tales. In that city it
is expected the mortality is about
% per cent, and that it Is
becoming difficult to bury the dead.
The hospitals OF Havana contain near.
y 5000 patients, and every day the
number Is being increased. On Friday
100 sick soldiers were Brought In from
Pinar del Rio province. Physicians
tear that more serious diseases may
result. There is talk now of cholera.
1t is pretty we'll established there have
'een several cases Of this latter disease
llong the trocha. Dr. Muratta, the
japanese army surgeon, who has been
lere, says he does not see how a great
'pidemio Of cholera can be prevented.
The condition of the Spanish troops
long the trocha is awful. They are
ll.fed and in rags, and are forced to
rink from streams In which carcasses
re hoating. The officers in the field,
rom captain to general, are applying
or permission to return to Spain, and
he privates are deserting daily. Un-
ess something Is done it seems likely
hat before the summer Is over Spain
will have no army IN Cuba.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
LATEST FROM HAVANA,
arain damaged By an Exp,oslon-Apply.
Ing the Torch Killed and Uuanies

%t3'" damaged by an E&p'oslOn-Apply.
Ing the Torch Killed and Wonnasa.
HAVANA, July ii. AT eight o'clock
yesterday morning an explosion oc-
Cured Oh the rniiyay between Cidria
andSaninalla, in tnc proglnce Of Matan-
zas. A passenge train that was pass-
ing at the time was badly damaged
and it is believed that many persons
were killed. A train with physicians
on board was dispatched to atten.. to
the wounded and take them to the
hospitals, Details OF the affair are
hard to obtain, as the government is
seeking to minimize its results.
1t was learned last evening that one
civil guard was killed and four
wounded. Three passengers were
and troops received Sigh" INJURIES. ijjGiss"'"
A letter from Santa Clara says that
Gomez, the rebel commander-in-c chief,
was encamped on July Q at Mana jan
abo, 12 miles from the city Of Santa
Clara, His vanguard of 700 men, under
Canizarez and Cayito Alvarez, burned
the houses on the Santa Rosa estate.
Another rebel band has DESTROYED
the San Antonio estate, close to Santa
Clara,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
FRIENDS OF HIS YOUTH
Extend Hesrty Welcome to tho Free s,l.
YER Nominee.

IAtehu hSSfty welcome to the Free Sill.
YER Nominee.
SALEM, ILL.,, July 1A-Mr. Bryan
reached Salem, the place where he
was born and spent his boyhood,
shortly after IL o'clock last night.
Salem appreciated his visit, and the
great crowd Of former neighbors of
the young candidate who turned out
to do him honor were not sparinQ in
the exercise Of lung power.
Nearly everybody in Salem knows
Mr.. Bryan, and the reception had q
deeper significance than the others
along the route. It looked as though
every one Of Salem's !, 200 inhab tants
had turned out to meet their former
townsman, and Mr.. Bryan's hand was
shaken with q vigor that threaten cd
to put him In the hospital for some
time. His three sisters live here, and
they were the happiest of those who
clustered around the young orator and
told him how proud they were Of his
success.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
FIGHTING RAIL s.
""r" hattie Between Two of tho Bird,
for u Clam,

nara Battle Between Two of tho B,rd.
for II Clam.
u was hunting rail on the Newor,,
marshes few days ago" said we'll.
known sportsman, when | heard the
most terrific squawking and chatter.
Ing over in the tules. From the sonnd
l concluded that there must be at
least a hundred rail, and each irving
to mako itoolf hoard abuve the others.
worked my way cautiously through
the tules and soon saw in a little
opening ahead of me two muddy and
bedraggled rails fighting over a clam,
and 1t was the funniest fight | ever
saw in my life.
"The birds glared at each other,
with their feathers rutlled, and then
sprang together. One went over on
Its back and lay there kicking its legs
up in the air and yelling like good
fellow, while the other danced around
looking for an opening. Finally he
found it, and, jumping on the PROSTATE
birds breast, he stood and stamped
with his big feet and stabbed with his
sharp bill till the under bird had man.
aged to struggle up. Then they stood
over the clam and swore at each other.
They didn't use cuss words, but still
could see that they were swearing.
They looked like couple of muddy
teamsters quarreling over the right Of
way. And the amount OF noise they
made was simply astounding
FINALLY one of the birds got stab
in the neck which made him turn and
run, while the other inspected the
calm with the most ridiculous com,
placency, as If he had just performed
great public service and that WAS his
reward. The calm apparently proved
satisfactory, and the rail went to work
to open it, He stuck his long bill
1own the clans throat, tickled 1t till
1e had to open It's shell to cough, and
hen yanked it out in a jiffy."-San
Francisco Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
A SENSATION
Created by Maj. Morcland's Plea of Guilty
OF Malfessance.


PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 14.-The case
of w. G. Moreland, ex-city attorney.
who, together with his assistant, w.
Ii. House, are charged with embezzle-
ment of city money and malfeasance
in office, was called in court this morn
ing. Immediately after the indictment
was read Maj. Moreland entered plea
of guilty. This caused great excite
ment, as such action was entirely un-
expected, and caused sensation.
The trial of Mr.. House was immedi.
ately taken up Mr.. House entered a
plea of not guilty. The selection of
jury occupied the time of the court un-
til the noon recess.
Maj. Moreland was seen at his pri-
vate law office, but refused to talk for
His bond will be renewed
at once. The maximum penalty at
tached to Maj. Moreland's confessed
crime is five years Imprisonment. or
fine covering the amount Of the city's
claim against him,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
Lincoln Believed Himself Ugly.

Mrs. Benjamin Price lately told at
the Woman's Literary club two anec,
dotes of Abraham Lincoln. In one OF
them she said that her father-in-law
had at one time been appointed to a
government position in place OF Mr..
Addison, who was most polished
man, but notably plain-featured man.
The two gentlemen went together to
call upon President Lincoln, who re.
ceived them cheerfully in the midst OF
the somewhat embarrassing operation
Of shaving. His face lather OF soap,
he extended a hand to each, and upon
Mr.. Addison enumerating the good
qualities OF his successor, and con-
graduating the president upon secur'
Ing so eminent an officer, Mr.. Lincoln
exclaimed: "Yes, Addison, have no
doubt Mr.. Price is all you say, but
nothing can compensate me for the loss
of you, for when you retire shall be
The homeliest man in the employment
Of the government. baltimore News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
CHANDLER ON SEWAlL,

Tho New Hampshire Senator says the
Maine Man is Protectionisa
WASHINGTON, July 1s.-An interview
Is printed this evening with Senator
W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire.
in which he pays high personal tri-
butte to Mr.. Sewnll, Of Maine. Senator
Chandler understands that Mr.. Sewall
is q protectionist and that be Is as
much opposed to free ships as he
(Chandler) is. While this may not
make him acceptable to the democrats
1t will, Senator Chandler thinks, COM
mend him to the populists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
Run Over by . Handcar.

Sardis, July 10.-Last night about =
o'clock Joe Tatum, colored section hand
in the employ Of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company, was run over by a
handcar about one mile south Of this
place, and broken rib and several
bruises was the result Of his careless.
ness. AT the time the injury occurred
he. with the other hands on the section,
were propelling the car up the track to
the section house, when his hands
slipped from the handle bars and he
fell of backwards, tho car passing over
him and causing the injuries,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18

John Moiiett, committed from JUS
tice's court to await the action OF tho
grand jury on charge Of burglary, was
aided by friends on the outside and 90.
caped from the Jasper county jail at
Pauldipg last week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
WHAT WILL THEY Dor


boitng Republican Delegates Meet for
Conference.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, July IA
The bolting republican delegates from
the st. Louis convention are preparing
70 hold : conference and issas ! PROC
!amation - to what they propose to
do in the coming campaign.
On Sunday number Of them met at
Manitou Springs. Among those pres
ent were Senator Teller, Of Colorado;
Senator Dubois, Of Idaho; Congress.
man Hartman, Of Montsns, Gen, Hte.
yoalon, ot QQlQrndA "a ethega
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
A Fatal Runaway.

At Verona few evenings since a
most distressing accident occurred.
Mrs. James Williams and Miss Mollie
Hood were out driving in two-wheel
cart, when their Lorse became fright
ened, ran away and threw both occu-
pants out against tho roots of large
tree. Mrs. Williams received injuries
from which she died the next morning
and 1t is thought Miss Hood is fatally
injured.