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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-31

AudlCOr. Ihe minutes OF the previous
meeting and upon motion approved.
The Board was occupied throughout
the day making the changes in real es~
tate valuations. Upon motion the
Board adjourned to meet July Ii 1896.
Attest:
Horace Crockett VIM. r. Tracy
County Auditor Temp. Chairman.
July 18th 1896.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Clark, Tracy and County Au-
ditor. The minutes OF the last meeting
were read and upon motion approved.
The Board having completed the work
OF equalization upon motion adjourned
as a board Of equalization to meet as a
beatd OF County Commissioners. Upon
motion the following salary bills were
approved as paid monthly by Auditors
orders:
w II Tompkins salary for April, May
and June, Treas ......................$ 1915. 90
Chas. P little dept treas sal
airy April May June. 1926. 90
l. u Fall reg, deeds salary for
April May June ............... 1875, 90
l. p Fall dept. reg, deeds sal
airy April May June ................S .S195. 90
Upon motion the salary bills OF the
Auditor, deputy auditor, and Supt. Of
Schools as paid the first OF each month
Tor the past months services in County
Warrants were approved as follows:
Horace Crockett salary for April May
y oune $500, 90
Eta j Crockett salary April
May ..............................S3OO.OO
Cornelia L Beach salary April
May June....................... $3.50. .95
Upon motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn on
the proper funds as follows:
Frank Williams wolf bounty County
Chas NJ Cation plotting road
Co Fund. $500
Otis j Adams wolf bounty Co
FUND ........................... $500
COrnelia L Beach office rentCo
runu $4,000
Chas Dahl care OF E Dahl Go
Fund. ................................ $39 90
Lathrop Wlsgand supplies pris-
onerCo Eund. ............................... $3.50
Harry L Bras supplies Co Supt
70 Observation-Disclosures. 81. 90
In the case OF application OF G Fl Hill
for reduction OF taxes assessed against
the Golden Reef Lode and Mill site, The
Board OF Commissioners find that there
is due and delinquent upon SAID proper
ty for the years 1898, 1890, 1891, 1892
1898, 1894 and 1896 the sum OF $3.50. 90
penalty and interest included. The
county treasurer is instructed to receipt
in full for the said taxes upon the ten
der to him OF a sum Of money in cash
currency Of the United States equal In
amount to the taxes as originally Levied
against said Golden Reef Lode and Mill
site not including penalty or interest,
but this order shall not apply nor be
held valid IN case such tender be made
OF an amount less than that herein be-
fore stipulated, or for the payment OF
any part Of said axes less than the full
sum now due less the penalty and inter-
est on same. Upon motion the Board
adjourned to meet July ID 1896 at 9
o'clock.
Attest:
Horace Crockett VIM E Tracy
County Auditor Temy. Chairman.
Continued next weekly
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-31

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-31
Good Chance.

Good Chance.
23,0O head Of stock sheep for sale
or to rent on shares. Adress Jno.
+. Murphy, Rapid City S. D.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-31

Auditor. The minutes OF the previous
meeting and upon motion approved.
The Board was occupied throughout
the day making the changes in real es-
tate valuations. Upon motion the
Board adjourned to meet July Ii 1896.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
DUCKS DROWN AN EAGLE.
Alleged Exploit Attributed to Crow Ducks
the Potomac.

Alleged Exploit Attributed to Crow Dueics
on the Potomac.
Ii writer for The American Field is
to be believed, the crow duck is q most
extraordinary bird ON the Potomac riy-
er, cutting up such capers as to make
even naturalist gasp
-Four years ago." he writes, "while
shooting ducks with Mr.. Waller, no.
ticed flock Of 5000 or 1000 crow
ducks. After half an hour noticed an
eagle going toward the flock. When he
arrived at the proper distance, he made
dart, but the ducks, us if by magic,
went under water like flash and
sent up a volume as if q big mine
had been exploded. This was done time
and time again, and finally the volume
OF water thrown up was so great that
the eagle was nearly drowned. An old
QUICKER once told me that he once wit
messed the same scene and that the eagle
was drowned. This is sight seldom
seen, which may occur but once in a
duclSing life of 80 years.
This crow duck is also known as the
American coot, mud hen, blue peter
and FuIlca americana by various hunt.
ers and alongshore people. Up north
these ducks may DO seen in creeks and
marshy, reed grown rivers, but south in
Florida they resort in enormous num-
bers to the lakes where bonnets or vel
low lilies abound, associating there
with lesser scaup ducks. They are shy
birds, being much prosecuted usually,
but in localities whore shooting is pro-
hibited, near the Titusvillc Ola. rail
road pier, for instance, they are as tame
as sparrows, understanding that there
they are safe.
Tho nearest anybody ever came to the
drowning eagle story was Frank NJ.
Chapman in his birds of Eastern North
America, when he says: "When alarm
ed, they patter over the water, using
their feet rs much as their wings. The
sound produced is characteristic one. &"
He does not say whether the water flies
or not, but one could imagine that u
crow duck just as it turned up to dive
could give its scalloped webbed feet n
kick up behind, like vicious mule, and
so saturating the eagle that it would be
drowned. Eagles often catch living fish
out of the water, and, of course, get
more or less wet in doing so, but per-
haps the. Potomac river eagles are of a
different species than those known to
bird books.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
ORIGIN OF lCEeERGS.
A New South Wales Scientist Advances a
Theory of Their Formation.


Theory of Their Formation.
In paper read Seforo the Royal So
ciety of New South Wales Mr.. II. G.
Russell dealt with the origin and release
of icebergs. AS is known, the number
of icebcrgs met with between the cape
of Good Hope and Australia differs
greatly, being much more numerous in
some years than in others. There has.
for example, within the past few years
been very largo accession of enormous
lcebergs, and it has been suggested as
an explanation of this that unusually
heavy falls Of snow may account for it
by accolerating the motion of the ice.
MIR. Russell, however, assures us that
the circumstances forbid the acceptance
of this view, because the motion of the
glacier depends mainly on the declivity
down which it is descending, and that
does not alter. The piling up of snow
could not i'll one year cause such q
marked increase in the rate of flow as
would be necessary to account for tho
enormous increase i'll the number of ice
bergs which appear from time to time
1t is obvious that there must be force
sufficient to break off the icebergs which
are slowly forming on the shore and to
do it Mt irregular periods separated by
many years, and i'll Mr.. Russell's opin-
ION the true cause is found in the volca-
noes of the antarctic continent
When these burst forth in eruption,
and by that act shake the foreshores,
the icebergs arc broken off from the gla-
ciers- This view is to some extent con-
firmed by the report of the United
States photographic office on the float
ing ice seen during 1892 and 1898 in tho
south Atlantic east of Cape Horn In
that report it is stated that the iccbergs
were of such size that they could not
have been formed on small, low lying
islands, but only on large continent,
where glaciers of great height could
form. -Pittsburg Dispatch
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Lord Leighton.

Although an Englishman, Leighton
was brought up abroad, and this is no
doubt sufficient reason why his works
Seem to stand apart from those of his
contemporaries of the English school.
Born ut Scarborough on the Sd of De-
cember, 1880, the son of a doctor, he
was taken abroad at very early age
on account of his mothers delicate
health. In 1910 the Leightons went to
Rome, where he learned drawing regu-
larly under Signor Nell. They then
moved to Dresden and Berlin, where he
attended classes at the academy. In
1S43 he was sent to school at Frank
fort, and i'll the winter of the following
year accompanied his family to Florence
1t was hero that his future career was
finally settled. His father consulted Hi
ram Powers, the celebrated American
sculptor, who, i'll answer to the ques.
ton, Shall make him an artist?" re-
piled, "Sir, you have no choice in the
matter; nature has done it for you. -
Cosmo Monkhouse in Scribner's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
A SCENE IN ANCIENT GREECE.
Tho Great Annual Gathering at tho OIym-
plan Games.

The Great Annual Gathering at tho OIym-
plan Games.
About tho first of the Olympic month
war and battle sound ceased throughout
the length and breadth of Hellas. Tho
distant roads which led to Olympia wero
thronged with pilgrims bound on a journey
almost as sacred rs that of the pilgrimage
to Mecca by the dovout Mohammedan
AS tho distance lcssenod and tho timo
neared the travellers became moro numcr-
Gus, and it seemed as if Greece dispatched
oil her bravest and strongest and noblcst
sons into these converging currents. On
horseback and muleback, on foot and in
litter, some carrying their simple luggage
upon their backs, some with elaborate
wagonscontaining splendid camp equipage
and tho richest wines and food guarded by
a rctinuc of servants, they cholIod each
route with an army of toeming life. The
five festival days were great national
picnic, whore almost everything was en-
joyed in tho open air under glorious
midsummer sky. A few of the distin-
guished visitors were cared for in tho tenn
pies, but majority, even of the wealthy,
chose tho free life of their own tents.
The daily scene, ono can, fancy, was rich
with life and pictorial effect Ono of the
fairest of Greek valleys, with snow crown
ed heights in the background, its own
bosom crowned with the white pillared
beauty of hundred temples and public
edifioes, is filled with thousands of fonts
of every color like gigantic flowers. Dur
Ing the hours when the visitors do not re-
sort to the stadium to thrill with tho ter
rible struggles of the runners or wrestlers
or boxers or to watch the smoking horses
In the hippodrome, they may amuse them
selves at the booths of the traders and
chapmen, for from all parts of the civilized
world merchants have gathered to sell
their wares ranging from the rarest jew
els and most elaborate goldsmith work to
simple articles Of daily use.
Olympia was indeed the arena of the
greatest public games Of antiquity, for we
can scarcely call by this name the cruelties
of the Roman amphitheater, but 1t was
also the site Of one of its busy and active
fairs, national exposition" under can
vas, every four years.
Mental enjoyment Of the higher sort
was not missing from the entertainment
The leading tragedies were represented in
one Of the finest theaters Of Greece. Poets
and historians came here also to rocite
their new works and so to publish their
fame to the world 1t Is said that many of
the stirring odes of Pindar were made
public in this way and that Herodotus, the
father Of history, first read his delightful
story before the audience at an Olympic
festival.-G. Il. Ferris In ST. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

1t Is varied In many ways, ono of tho new
est models dispensing with tho godet
basque in favor OF n short, pointed ono.
lightweight cloth of many species, in
all shades of beige, gray, blue, tan and
sable, is tho fabric adopted for summer
jackets. Thoro aro also some fancy boucle
cloths employed for tho samc purpose,
black on q violet, red or other colored
ground, tho black covering most of tho
color. These latter goods arc adorned with
black, gold or silver braid, worry fine, and
arc lined with chnngcablo silk, giving, on
tho whole, striking effect.
Tho illustration shows u charming cos
tumc of pompadour taffcta having green
stripes on gray and pink changcablo
ground. Tho godet skirt is plain Tho
bodice is gathered ut the waist and over it
is fichu of white silk ga,lze trimmed
with plated ruflles. The fichu is open Id
n small V at tho throat and the ends are
tucked in tho belt. Small rufiles of plated
gauzo cover tho elbow sleeves. Tho bre-
tcllos and belt are of green velvet, tho
bows being fastened in tho center by paste
buttons. Tho straw hat is trimmed with
green bows, white gauzo and roses
JUDO CuOLLET.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
The Making OF Tacks.

"Where do the pins go tor" Is q common
saying, but when one takes a few notes of
tho tack industry the question "Where do
all tho tacks go tor" seems to be the next
thing In order
The first tacks were mado by hand.
The operator used a wise and dies. A bit
Of metal was held with clamp, and the
head was made by striking blow with a
hammer. Later on machinery began to
be used, and now metal Is fed into ar
enormous apparatus that will out out
nearly 800 tacks minute The processes
are extremely interesting, and a tack fac
tory has many visitors. The machinery
is automatic. Narrow strips of metal arc
fed In and clipped off, tho heads are made
by pressure, and 1t literally rains tacks
into large boxes placed underneath to re-
ceive them. They are then poured into a
RATHER, which Is n rapidly revolving cylin-
der, through which jet of air is forced
under high pressure. This removes all of
the dust and loose PARTICLES Black lead
Is sometimes put into give them polish,
and then they pass on TO the sitter, which
sorts them and takes out tho imperfect
tacks, leaving tho good ones to be passed
on and dropped into box, from which
they are taken to be packed by quick fin
gered girls. A good workwoman can
pack 1900 pounds of tacks in % day
When ono realizes that many of these ma
chimes are going, and that tacks at this
rate are being sent out to market, the won
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New York Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
THIS SEASONS FASHIONS.
Dresses Tor Young Girls-Thin Fabrics
AIado With an Underslxirt.

Girls of ~ to l6 years wear gored skirts
quito full, planned very much on tho fash
ion of those of their elders. Tho skirts may
be entirely without trimming or finished
with velvet or satin ribbon, set on in rows
above tho hem, or, what is quito as stylish
and very much liked by many, with bands
of velvet or ribbon from tho waist line al
most to tho hem, tho lower ends being fin
ishod with rosottes of tho trimming mate
rial. These bands arc set down tho seams
at tho sides of tho front and tho next
seams toward tho back. Other skirts have
ribbon trimming about half way down,
but set on in loops with long ends.
The seasons skirts will continue to be
fiat and plain about tho top, and tho width
shows signs of decreasing. 1t varies no.
cording to tho thickness and weight of tho
fabric. From AZ to 614 yards Is n fair
width. Muslin and thin goods being much
In favor now, there is somo difficulty in
giving them the proper flaring form with
out lining thom. Partisan dressmakers
solve tho problem by making two skirts.
Tho lowor ono, of silk or other lining ma
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

terial, is cut in tho desired shape, close at
the top and spreading at tho foot, and to
this is added the stiffening. Tho upper
Bkirt, of thin silk, gauzc, batiste or other
sheer fabric is cut on tho Same general
principle, but has fewer seams and IS largo
enough Mt the top TO allow of u few gath
ers ut tho waist.
Today's sketch illustrates n gown OF
striped taffeta in two tones of violet Tho
godet skirt is entirely plain. Tho Louis
Quinze bodice has short, rippled basque
and meets over the bosom under largo bow
Of nile green silk. Above and below 1t Is
cut away to show plain vest of milo green
silk fastening with gold buttons Paste
buttons adorn tho coat fronts The largo
revers of green silk arc ornamented with
white embroidery. There is full collar
cite of white plated moussclno do Sole
The sleeves arp finished at the wrist by
band and bow of striped silk. The toque
Ia composed OF fans Of white lace and VIC.
let colored flowers. JUDO CHo4Lkr.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
SUMMER STYLES.
Trimmings For New siecves--Louis Ouinae
Jackets RuIo tho Hour.

Jackets Rule tho Hour.
Sleeves show variety of adornment
Tho tendency toward the close sleeve,
nodded to tho arm, becomes moro and
moro marked. Tho bouffant portion, less
voluminous than hitherto, falls over the
tight part, either simply or in irregularly
draped folds retained in place by buttons,
buckles, bows or straps. Epaulets of ali
shapes arc in favor and arc mado Of the
same material rs the sleeve or of plaitings
or gauze, mousseline de sole, lace or gui-
pure. Tho wrist of the sleeve Is finished In
various ways. Sometimes it is elongated
to extend over the hand, sometimes it has
naring cuffs, sometimes band and bow.
For dress occasions, dinners and recep-
tions sleeves usually terminate at the el-
bow, where thore Is an ornamented cuff or
band OF galloon, passementerie or ribbon
fastened by o buckle or flno button. From
this falls flounce Of lace or gauze.
Sleeves Of Jackets, always simpler than
those OF gowns, are rather moro volumi-
nous, to allow of the admission Of draped
dress sleeves, moro difficult to manage
than even the largest plain puffs.
Tho Louis Quinzo bodice Is becoming q
controlling factor in this seasons fashions.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
The Cockney View.

While the tower of Babel was being
built a bricklayer on the top scaffold-
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bring up some bricks. While the labor
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We are told that the cultural sounds he
made in ejecting the mortar formed tho
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
BLOOD AIelficine.

1.-THE dukes marriage to tho Ameri-
can was q bitter pill for his family to
swallow"
THAT is the way with medicine for
impoverished blood. Detroit Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Shes Partial to NYnists.

The summer girl is, as usual, going
largely to shirt waist. -Washington
Post.