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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03
COMEDY or LOVE.
N the early days Of
my university So
J-urn ut would be
absurd to call it a
career) / was con-
sidered promising g.
The provost him
self, when I went to
breakfast with him
on the last day Of
the summer term,
was good enough to

~ SSAA 4AS wi
"The college," he remarked, expects
great things from you, Mr.. Vansittart."
Il wish, SIR" I enjoined: that the
college may not be wrong"
With a little more application; he
pursued, "a first-class is, in the opinion
OF the college, we'll within your reach"
I believed I blushed. The young lady
sitting opposite me flung up her eye
lashes for a demure, amused glance.
The provost smiled kindly.
Eyes, you are a promising young man,
Mr.. Vansittart," said he. God bless
my soul! It's 10 o'clock and the vice.
chancellor is waiting for me-"
ooh, papa" said the young lady op-
posite to me.
The provost held out his hand; l
clasped it. I believed that he supposed
me to be going at the same time. He
went; I remained.
"It is" I observed. with a profound
sigh. "the last day of the term"
eyes," said the young lady,,
eff" said I, eff you were to come and
unlock the gate at the bottom Of your
garden for me, I could reach my rooms
that way"
would it be the shortest?" she
asked.
ct will be much too short, anyhow"
said l..
A few moments later I sat down on a
bench. Daisy stopped, looked doubtful,
shook her head, sat down; we pursued
the conversation which we had begun
as we came along.
Papa would never hear of it," she
said.
81 would not wish him to-just yet"
I observed. "But when I've taken my
degree"
That's two years of-at least" she
interrupted.
what do you mean by at least?" I
asked, rather hurt.
people don't always get things the
first time they try"
you're thinking of the first time
I-?"
"No, Tn not" she cried, blushing
amazingly. 81 mean you'd probably be
ploughed."
"I'm going to get a first" said L.
NONSENSE" said Daisy.
I drew a little nearer.
i" You read the article?" I asked.
"The fellow showed quite plainly that
it could be done on three hundred
with careful management, you know"
Daisy nodded sagaciously.
"And I don't see why I shouldn't have
three hundred in-well, in about three
years."
I spoke as though three years were a
moment of time.
II shall be TO-" unused Daisy, in an
awe-struck tone.
cts not a bit too DID," 1 cried.
"N-no, I suppose not" she conceded,
"but it's a terrible long time, Dick"
A pause followed. I hammered my
cap against the bench.
cts a beast of a world" I burst out.
why the deuce can't. There's the
dean just got married"
THE dean must be 49," observed
Daisy.
"He says he 49," And we both
laughed. Il happen to know now that
the dean spoke the truth.)
"Diok," said Daisy, in a wistful tone,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03
A CASE OF YOUR OK.
MR.. WATSON RAISES THE CUR
TAIN OF THE PAST.
And Makes a Comparison Which Also
Answers the Purposes OF a Lecture
$1,000 to an Opera Singer-$21,OOO
for q Funeral.

Peoples Party Paper: Do you re-
member how mad congress became
with me because of the Campaign book
In which the drunkenness of members
was shown up?
Do you recall now the Atlanta Jour-
nal and other democratic newspapers
assa1led me as a liar and slanderer?
II you do, you will read with special
interest the following paragraph from
the Atlanta Journal:
washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
death Of Representative Grain, of Texas
the first member to die since the
opening Of the recent session of ON
gress-was as sad as it was unexpected,
and has thrown a temporary pail Of
gloom over the house.
When Bill Grain first came to con-
gress-the forty-ninth-he was only 81,
rich, handsome and talented beyond the
majority Of his fellows. He came brim-
full OF ambition, hope and health, en-
joying the perfect confidence of his
Texas constituency and possessing the
elements of a successful and honorable
public service.
1T Is far from my purpose to distress
those who loved him or to say aught
but good of him-for after all, his faults
whether right or wrong-are those
that most men are quick to condone.
Suffice it to say that in the heydey
of his youth he fell into the hands Of
the gilded Philistines of the capital.
His talents were soon lying dormant
and his money went so fast that he
hardly realized that he had nothing left
but the confidence of his own people
and his congressional salary to live
upon.
ton is a bad place for young men with
nANGy and talent coupled with con-
vivial habits"
You may remember that congress ap-
pointed a prosecuting committee to try
me for SANDER, and that the evidence
I introduced before this committee was
so damaging to the prosecution that
neither the report of the committee nor
the evidence taken by it were aver pub
1ishd and circulated.
In that record the testimony of the
Hon. John G. Otis, Of Kansas, is to be
found.
Among other incidents, he spoke of
seeing a certain congressman attempt
to rise from his seat and ask a uues-
tion Of a member who was making q
speech. Mr.. Otis testified that the
questioner was 80 drunk that he fell
back into his seat while attempting to
ask the question.
He is dead now-poor fellow-killed
in his prime by the bar-room which
runs night and day, Sunday and Mon
day, just below the hall in which our
congressman meet.
Cover him with flowers and burn in
cense around his bier-you who muir
dered him!
Chant the requiem and bless the
grave-you whose cowardly silence let
the assassin strike him down!
Praise his generous nature, eulogize
his talent, pour forth regrets that his
brilliant prospects were SO cruelty
shrouded in the eternal night-you
whose baie panderings to party flung
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03

Teller's Message to New York World.
The action Of the house has not been
a surprise to anyone and has no special
significance, for 1t is we'll understood
when the members of the house were
elected that the majority were opposed
to silver.
Il do not state a secret when I say
that the influence of the administration
was exerted in favor of the republican
candidates in favor Of the gold standard
and against democratic candidates in
favor Of bimetallism.
Il I'M confident we shall very soon
heal from the Industrial interests OF
C~hrlstendom, now threatened as never
before. by the competition of the silver
using countries, especially the Asiatio
countries, or what has been properly
called the Asiatic pool This competi.
ton cannot be met by tariffs and can
only be overturned by a change in the
monetary system"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03
From John 9. Carlisle's Speech.
For the Bland Bill in 1879

b struggle now going on cannot
cease, and ought not to cease until all
industrial interests of the country are
FULLY and finally emancipated from the
heartless domination of syndicates,
stock exchanges and every great COM
o1nation of money grabbers in this
country and in Europe. Let us. if we
can do no better. pass bill after bill.
embodying in each some one substan-
t1al provision for relief, and send them
TO the executive for his approval. If he
W%1thholds his signature and we are un-
able to secure the necessary vote here
or elsewhere to enactment them into
laws, Notwithstanding his veto. let us.
as a last resort, suspend the rules and
put them into the general appropriation
bills. with the distinct understanding
that If the people can get no relief the
government can get no money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03

Tillman's speech goes marching on.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03
A Strong Argument.

The building blocks had been hav-
ing a dispute in the nursery.
I'm worth as much as you are" ex-
claimed the letter H.
mo, you're not" replied the letter
G. eff you were worth anything at all
the English would never drop you"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03

Probably.
SEe-Why did Ben Bolt?
Hs+Maybe somebody asked him il he
had read aTriiby.'' ==S
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
Three Men Killed by an Explosion.

ST. LOUIS, Sept with a deton l.
tion that shook the earth for miles,
the Equitable powder mills near East
Alton, H., exploded Tuesday morning.
Henry Regas, Henry Rogers and
Thomas Ketfar, employees of the pow
der works, were instantly killed and
G. II. White badly Spjured. Their
bodies were blown through the roof of
the low structure and hurled hundreds
of yards into the air. They reached
the earth in fragments. Arms, legs
and pieces of flesh were strewn over
the ground. The cause of the eXplo
sion is unknown. The mill has been
in operation two years
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
MOSLEM BUTCHERS.
They Killed Armenians by Hundreds
Houses Looted-A Small Show of Order
Restored.

They Killed Armenians by Hundreds
Houses Looted-A Small Show of Order
Restored.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 2.-The mum
ber of persons killed in Sundays riot
ing at HasslSein is estimated at 200.
The owners of the houses which were
looted in that town are returning and
have succeeded in getting some of their
lost goods restored to them, Much of
the plunder was found in Jewish
houses. Over 1000 persons were mas
sacred in the Psamatra district, 800
Armenians having been dragged out of
their houses and murdered by one man
alone. The Kurdish porters in the
custom house killed their Armenian
comrades during the late rioting and
horribly mutilated their bodies.
Baron De Calice, the Austrian am
bassador, has had several interviews
with the snltan, who repeated his as
surances that ample measures have
been taken to insure quiet. The porte
will have large amount of indemnity
to pay to foreigners whose houses and
offices have been broken into and
looted by the mobs. The success of
the police in regaining control of the
city and maintaining order has been
rewarded by the payment of their ar
rears of wages. The city is perfectly
quiet now.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
sPoKE no 10000 PEOPLE.

Candidate Bryan Addresses Vast Multi
tude in the Ohio State House Grounds.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 2-In all his ca
reer, filed as it has been during the
past week With remarkable demonstra-
tions in his honor William j. Bryan
never addressed an audience so large
and so enthusiastic as that gathered in
the state house grounds last night.
Under the shadow of the big structure
where the Ohio legislature holds it's
sessions the democratic nominee saw
before him concourse of people that
cannot be compared to any political as
eemblage in the United States, except
to the tens of thousands of partisans
who gather in front of the Capitol at
Washington once every four years to
hear new chief magistrate make his
salutatory. People who have wit
messed the inaueurations of Ohio's gov
ernors in recent years say that the
crowds on those occasions never num-
bered more than 10000.
But last night everybody was say
ing that the inaugural assemblies did
not compare in point of numbers with
the magnificent congregation that
came to hear the young democratic
candidate on the issues of the cam
paign. AS Mr.. Bryan himself said, lit
filed all outdoors" and so far beyond
the reach of his voice did the solid
mass extend that Mr. Bryan was
obliged to divide his speech into four
segments, one delivered from each side
of the canopied stand that had been
erected for the occasion. Fifty thou
sand is a conservative estimate of those
who were present People had been
pouring into Columbus all day from
the surrounding country. 1t was the
second day of the state fair, and that
with the additional attraction of
Bryan's presence filled the city with
strangers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan reached Column
bus over the Big Four at $3.50 p. IN. in a
special car chartered by the members
of the Columbus reception committee
who accompanied them from Cleve-
land. The candidate was cheered by
thousands at the railway station and
by thousands more along the streets
through which he was taken, escorted
by the Franklin County Silver league,
the jackson club and other local and
visiting Bryan and Sewall organiZa-
tions. There was tremendous jam
at the Chittenden hotel, where apart
ments had been secured for Mr.. Bryan
and his wife, but a way was forced
through the wildly excited gathering
and the procession passed on.
Prior to last nights great demon
stration in front of the state house,
,, there was another parade in which Mr..
Bryan was the central figure, seated
in carriage drawn by four white
horses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05

with good, liberal projecting caves. Or.
if you have some large shingles, they
will do very well for roofing. AT the
top you will have to put on some ridge
caps so that the house will not leak.
Now cut a hole in front for the bird to
enter, put little porch over it and a
perching stick or two for the birds to
rest upon and your house is complete.
The hest support for the house is a
small, stout limb of tree with project
ing branches, and you can obtain it in
any woods. The branches should be
sawed off as shown in the cut, so as to
form a base for the house. You may
paint the house almost any color and
plant vines around it. In a year or two
| it will be an attractive addition to al
most any yard.-Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
VETERANS IN BLUE.
q. A. II. Encampment Opens ut st. Paul
with Parade of Ex-Saiiors.

q. A. II. Encampment Opens Mt st. Paul
with Parade of Ex-Sniiors.
ST PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 2.-The city
is now in the hands of the Grand Army
and its friends from Maine to Califor-
MIA. Thousands of veterans and those
who come to see and cheer the defend
ers of the Union were added to the
great throng Tuesday by every train
regular sections and specials following
each other in quick succession. The
weather is ideal and strains of
Union army airs from G. A. r. post
and other bands fill the air. The chief
event of yesterday morning was the
parade of naval veterans. Their num-
bers were not as large as in former
years, owing to internal dissensions in
the organization, but with their parad-
ing allies they made good showing,
First in the line came the escort OF
the Third United States infantry from
Fort Smelling, Col. Mason commanding,
headed by tho regimental band. Uncle
Sans regulars were followed by the
members of the Naval Veterans asso.
citation, Capt, Foss, commander of the
Minnesota association, riding at the
head of the column of 200 old sailors in
the absence of Rear Admiral Sears.
Nearly half thousand ex-prisoners OF
war kept time to the music of band,
The Sons of Veterans in attendance al
the encampment brought up the rear
A cheering multitude was massed or
the street walks and when the martial
column passed the Hotel Ryan in re
| view each man saluted COmmander-iu
Chief Walker, who was stationed OF
the balcony with his staff. Reunions
by army corps, regiments and posts
were in order all day in various hallI
| and public buildings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
IT'S EQUALLY DIVIDED.


Fusion of Democrats and Popuiists in In
diana on The Electoral Ticket 10 Com
pleted.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2.-The demo-
Gratis and populists of this state have
agreed to unite on the electoral ticket.
The committee of 13. appointed at the
recent state convention of the popu-
lists, and about 90 other representa-
tives of the party met with Chairman
Holt, of the democratic state commit
tee, and several of the democratic
nominees for state offices, and after
various propositions had been made
back and forth, it WAS agreed that the
electoral ticket shall be divided be-
tween the two parties.
The populists proposed that certain
of the nominees for state Offices should
be set aside and populists substituted,
but the democrats would not consent
to this. 1t is part of the agreement
that in consideration of the represen-
tation on the electoral ticket the popu-
lists shall vote the free silver demo-
cratic state ticket and for democratic
candidates for the legislature and for
free silver candidates for congress.
The agreement makes fusion between
the two parties complete in the state
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
1lttle olrl,s Wonderrul Nerve.

A wonderful exhibition of nerve and
GOODNESS in the face of deadly peril was
shown by Jennie Sheets, aged eight
years, recently near Kansas City. A
heavily loaded passenger train left Ca
bool, Mo. A small trestle terpinates
u sharp curve few miles east of the
town, and the train was mailing 40
miles an hour when the curve was
reached AS the train approached the
trestle, the engineer saw two women
and TWO little girls on the trestle. To
stop was impossible. The women
jumped to the dry bed of the creek be-
low; the children remained on the
trestle. Jennie Sheets was one, and
She seized her companion, threw her
on the extreme edge of the bridge
sleeper and there held her until the
train had passed The train was
stopped and all the passengers rar
back, to find little Jennie anXiously in
quiTing if her mother was hurt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
A FROG BAROMETER.

ly followed by the boy, who was anX-
ious to see what his father was about
TO do. When he reached the work
room he saw on the table jar which,
10 him. looked suspiciously like one OF
his mothers preserve jars; and beside
it lay small ladder, about eight inch
es long, made of wood, and having four
steps, each an inch wide.
His father took this ladder and
placed it in the jar, the top and bottom
resting against the opposite sides. He
then put the frog in the jar, and
screwed the top down, making the un'
fortunate frog prisoner.
"Now," explained his father, wher
he had finished, II have barometer
When the weather is to be clear ant
fine Herr Frog will go up the ladder
step by step, till he gets to the top; but
il a storm threatens or the clouds are
lowering, he will gradually descend
10 the bottom and remain there till the
storm or rain is past. His position OF
the ladder, you see, will show the kint
of weather we are liable to have fol
the next "a hours"
This style of barometer is much useC
IN the lowlands of Germany, and
strange as it may seem, they are sait
to be better forecasters of the weather
than any barometer that can b'
bought, as the frogs seldom make I
mistake in their ndications.-Leslie'
Popular Monthly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
POLITICAL LANDSLIDE.
Republicans in Vermont Took Everythin
in Sight on Election Day.

Republicans in Vermont Took Everything
in Sight on Election Day.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt, Sept.
2.-The state election in Vermont yes.
terday was favored with excellent
weather, and as a result the total
vote was largely in excess of that cast
four years ago, and the republican
majority is increased beyond the hopes
of the most sanguine, the majority of
that party being figured as something
like $1,000, against II, $50 in 1892. The
latest returns show increased gains in
the legislature. The indications are
that in total of 244 members of the
house not more than dozen will be
democrats. The senate will be COM
posed entirely of republicans.
Returns from $50 towns give Grout,
rep, sc, SSS; Jackson, dem, 1924; Bat
tell, pop, 49s; Whittemore, pro-, 462.
Grout's plurality 26,669, majority over
all 25, 7O9. The same towns il 1892 gave
Fuller, rep, 6,964; Smalley, dem, 49,.
623; all others 1928. Republican gains
in these towns 9,919, or S3 per cent.
whereas the democratic vote shows q
loss of 3,4O9, or 25 per cent. The com
bined populist, prohibition and scat
tering vote this year is less than in
1900
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
HURLED INTO ETERNITY.

Explosion in California Powder MIL
Causes the Death of lie Men and Injury
of 10 Others-A Town Almost Destroyed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.-By an ex-
plosion in the drying house of the CAL
ifornia Powder Co. at Hercules Sta
tion, Cal, Tuesday afternoon, four
white men and eight Cinnamon were
blown to atoms A number of white
men are reported missing. Fifteen
Cinnamon We're more or less injured
and it is believed that some of them
will die. The white men killed are:
James McNulty, foreman of the mixing
room; W. w. Crater, fireman of the
packing house; Manuel Garcia, assist
ant general engineer, and John Friels,
laborer.
The explosion set fire to the little
town of Rodeo and great damage was
done. The nitro glycerine plant of the
powder company, valued at $50, 600, was
totally destroyed, as were number OF
other buildings in the vicinity. The
loss on explosives will be heavy.
Later advices from Hercules Station
state that the fire has been checked
on Rodeo without serious loss. After
the first explosion, burning acid com
municated flames to the neighborine
buildings of the powder works, which
were destroyed excepting the packing
house. The total loss to the company
will reach $4,000
A list of the injured, most of whom
are Chinese. cannot be obtained at thi
hour. 1t is known, however, that tn
| fatalities are confined to the l
men already mentioned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
RERr,s BIRD HOUSE.
He Drew All the Plans Himself and Did
Every Bit of tho Work.

He Drew All the Plans Himself and Did
Every Bit of tho Work.
Bert Wallace has been building o
bird house. He drew the plans all him
self and did every bit of the work, even
to setting up the house in the corner of
the yard, where some wrens have since
taken possession of it. II is very easily
made, and you can, if you care to follow
his example. For the bottom of the
house he used stout board sawed two
inches larger each way than the house
was to be. The sides he made very sim
ply, of Stats about the size of lath-lath
would do very well if you haven't any
thing better. They are securely nailed
to a strip of wood at both bottom and
top, those for the front and back being
slanted off so as to form the caves, as
you see in the cut. When the four sides
are made they may be fastened securely
to the bottom and slat roof put on,