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The Progress., 1896-02-22
LOCAL C0LUM MN.

Mr.. w. T. Buckelew is having
some repairs made to his residence.
The Progress., 1896-02-22
Civ Financial Statement.

At the City Council meeting last
week the finance committee filed the
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
The Sceress MIstsakts.. ssss =
THAT fortune teller must have
thought / was an heiress."
why, dear?n
..She said | vas to marry . poet
and live happily ever afterward,"
Very Awkward Indeed.

4 Very Indeed. ss4 " 1922
This is precisely the kind OF q mistake a man
makes if he turns OUT on the wrong side OF
the road when q vehicle comes toward him.
No less absurd Isl the error Of the individual
who takes drastic medicines to relieve his
liver. That organ is on the right side, and the
road to it's relief as Hostetter,s stomach Bit.
dyspepsia. constipation. kidney and rheu-
matte ailments and malaria.
No boy can love his mother unless she can
make good pies.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania.
The farmers of Pennsylvania are to
be congratulated. M. M. Luther, East
Troy, Pa, grew over 207 bushels Sal
zer's Silver Mine Oats on one measured
acre Think of it! Now there are thirty
thousand farmers going to try and beat
Mr.. Luther and win 5000 in gold! and
they'll do it. Will you be me of them?
Then there is Silver King Barley,
cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre
in 1896. Isn't that wonderful-and corn
23O bus. and potatoes and grasses and
%clovers, fodder plants, ETC., etc. Freight
is cheap on seeds to all points east, west,
north or south.
If you will cut this out and send
it with 10c postage to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will
receive their mammoth catalogue and
ten packages grains and grasses, in
Guiding above oats, free.
The man with a present is more popular
with the girls than a man with q past. 5,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
q ana Club LIE.

Club lie in Philadelphia IS q very
different thing from club life ia New
lork. The smaller Philadelphia
clubs are little used, while the
larger ones have a class 81. habitues
little known in New York, men who
take philadelphia society seriously,
VINO breakfast late at the club, call
there for cocktails before dinner.
drop In after calls or the theater for
nlghtcap, and rise periodically
from the contemplation Of Walnut
streets mild gayeties to have drinks
with some newcomer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
The Modern WAY

E@ommenHs itself to the, well-informed,
ssa' do /easantly and effectually what
Ma&Sas II Enerly lone in the crudest man
e az c,disagreeable as well. To cleanse
sfe s 1Qem and break up colds, head
Pache d nd fevers without unpleasant
afterve fleets, use the delightful liquid
Laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Manu-
featured by California Fig Syrup Com
pany.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
Advantages of tho si1o.

l. The silo stores away corn more
safely and more permanently than any
other plan. Silage is practically fire
proof, ard will Keep in the silo indef-
initely.
2. Corn can be made into silage at
less expense than it can be preserved in
any ether form.
3..The silo preserves absolutely all
but tile roots of the corn.
4. Silage can be made in the sun
shine or in rain. Unlike hay, it is in
dependent Of the weather.
5. When corn issready for. the silo.
there is but little farm work pressing.
6. Corr. is worth more TO the dairy
as.silage than in any other form.
z: At least one-third more corn Der
acre may be fed on silage than on dried
corn, stalks or fodder.
8. Corn is fed more conveniently as
silage than in any other form.
8. Silages is Of most value when fed
in combination with ether food richer
IN protein. 1t is not a complete food.
10. Owing to it's succulence and bulk
mess, silage is the best known substi-
tute for green grass, and is therefore
especially valuable as a winter food
Jersey Bulletin.
The man who is true to his own high
est interests cannot be false to those of
anybody elsa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
Deadliest City OF the world.

The city having the greatest death
rate in the world is Rheims, Ger
many, the proportion being 2e. 81
per 1909 in each year. Dublin fol-
lows with q. 05 and then New York
with rs. u. In Minneapolis. Mimi,
relatively the fewest deaths
only 8. 80 per 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

If it wasn't for supplying future husbands
for the girls, there would be no use bring
ing up the boys. z
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

Mothers who have used Parker's Ginger
Ionlc Tor years Insist that 1t benefits more than other
medicines; every form of distress and eakaess yield
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

A CoUGH SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED.
browns Bronchial Troches'' are a simple
remedy and give immediate relief. Avoid
limitations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

Any girl old enough to take a valentine
seriously, is too old to get one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

The girl should hesitate long and earnest
" before changing religion to marry.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

llFitss stopped free by Dr. linc's Great
Nerve RestOrer. No Fits after the first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 80 trial bottle freet,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
HoN's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrhs that cannot be
cured by Halls Fatarrh Cure. E
e. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F..
J. Cheney for the last Is years, N be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Testi-
monials sen free. Price. f75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills. &C.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

II you want to be a man, your first re-
solve should be to pay your debts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

An Atchison boy calls a bakers pie
''hand-me-down."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

Hindercorns is a simple remedy, g"
put It takes out the corns, and what a consolation 1t
IL! Makes walking q pleasure. 15c. at druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

There is a foolish controversy as to the
imaginary leadership of New York society.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

Goes Cough Balsam
Is the Oldest and, best. It will break up n Cold ouick
>r than anything else. It'll always reliable. Try it
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

A photograph that is not better looking
than the subject, is a poor photograph.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

If the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure anu use that old and w~elI-tried remedy, MRa
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

/. Every man needs a wife, to apologize for
b i'm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

TIE days of rapidly acc: mu ating for
tunes on speculation are glid n5 by.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

The man who is true to his own high
est interests cannot be false to those of
anybody elsa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28

The man with a present is more popular
with the girls than a man with apast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08

ties. when Du Maurier began his career,
did not expect to find realism in it's illus
trations; they had been used to the pup
pets of Richard Doyle and John Leech, to
whose leading aides and walking gentle
men the cruder figures of Thackeray some
times played ingenue parts, and 1t was
never the picture of a real duchess or of a
real bishop that they looked for, but a lit
tie three-inch printed figure that stood for
the duchess or the bishop. For the right
understanding of Du Maurier as an artist
1t was as important to realize this as 1T
is to remember that the Greek actor spoke
through the mouth of a mask. and that
Voltaire and Corneille wrote in rhymed
verse in an artificial and stilted age.
Even at the risk of seeming TO force
upon this restraint Punch enforced upon
it's artists, and even go a step further to
remind our readers that in those days. the
process Of p-hoto-engraying an artists
drawing in fac-simile had not been invent
ed. When, for instance. our Mr.. Gibson
began LiS career ten years & he made
his drawings on a large scale, with a con-
sequent result of great freedom of line.
On the other hand. when Du Maurier be-
gan the artists of Punch made their draw
ings on the size they were to be
printed. and in reverse. The blocks were
then engraved by hand. the drawings fire.
quently being cut to pieces, so that they
contained little photographic character when
printed. In the First Drawing in Punch
one readily sees that the coats and hats
by the conventionalities of the e%neraver.
1t is true that later on photography upon
the block was invented. and the artist no
longer drew upon the wood. nor in reverse,
but his drawing when photographed on
the wood. still had to be engraved by hand,
and as it was most easy for the engraver
TO follow a certain style of c~ross-hatched
lines which should be fairly uniform
throughout the picture a conventional
style of shading was employed by each
Punch artist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
SMOKELESS POWDER IN WARFARE.
How 1t Will Affect Battles on Sea and
Land.

The next great fight will be fought under
conditions impossible but for the discovery
of smokeless powder. Fleet commanders
another. execute dangerous tactical move.
feet control by the admiral commanding
advent of smokeless powder. therefore.
promises to revolutionize the evolutions of
modern war ships in action. The entire
fleet drill book will probably be overhauled
and allowance made for the ease with
which signals can be used.
1t has been only for the last few years
that the authorities of the war and navy
departments have turned their attention
toward perfeCting a brand of powder capa-
BILE of high velocities. quick burning. and
at the same time producing little or no
smoke. In the last few months both de-
partmentS have found a formula which,
they declare. will give this government the
strongest and best powder known to the
military powers of the world.
In a few weeks the navy will purchase
upward of 1000. 600 pounds of the new pow
der for the vessels in service. and this will
til there is a good stock on hand for all
emergencies. At present the factory at
Newport cannot furnish the powder as fast
come necessary for the department to send
its formula to some private powder manu-
factory in. order to facilitate deliveries and
increase the supply.
The last war shows that during some of
the great fleet evolutions in the South ships
frequently EdD Ioul VI Olc dfioliltT tlIOQkn
their inability to navigate properly when
obscured in smoke, and that many a mis-
take was made because the signals could
not he seen from the flagship. There were
instances also when one vessel fired On a
ship of her own squadron. believing her to
be a ship of the enemy. With the new pow
der twenty vessels might engage a n equal
number. but every ship would be able to
read the orders of the admiral accurately.
The same number OF vessels in an engage
ment where the present black, slow-burn-
ing poWder was used would develop a
smoke cloud which. in five minutes after
the action BEGIN. would practically shut
out of sight each vessel from the other.
The confusion on board when the men are
not able to see those at the next gun Is said
also to have led to mistakes resulting in
sc me instances to the loss of the vessel
The adoption Of the rev powder by the
army will necessitate alterations in the tao
tics applying to operations on the field of
battle. The infantryman who fires with
| this powder at once obtains the advantage
| of having a clear field of fire. But. on the
other hand. IL he IS unprov:ded with cover,
either natural or artificial. there will be
no protecting cloud of smoke to conceal
! him, and should the enemy lave found
! cover. he on his side is more vulnerable
than when the smoke showed his position
W-#[|i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08

4HuS. liC LhCNiCW says. IL Il
some pretty verse in it. it comes very near
having positive merit; and yet, when it is
all read, what remains? Merely the sense
that one has been reading so much meter,
turned out according to the rules and pleas
antly diversified with an occasional thought
or sentiment. 1t is as far from being bad
as il is from being good / hope il will not
be thought i'll natured to say that a criti-
cism following the preceding quotation,
comparing my verse unfavorably with
some quoted lines of another writer, is
the only one of all which touched my
pride as an author unpleasantly. But
you should read the other verses. And
yet / fancy that my rival got little more
satisfaction out of it, for. while compar-
isons are often chiefly. odious to the in
ferior party. yet the other is not likely to
be overpleased when his only title TO pref
erence is the possession Of a bad quality in
Another reviewer puts my book among
six volumes of so-called poetry which
hardly deserve mention at all" These
hard words are mild in comparison with
what / find In a clipping from a newspaper
published in the far West. Referring to a
reprint from one of the magazines. this
Journal wishes it had remained entombed
poems rise a little above the dead level
of mediocrity." After mentioning one OF
these 1t adds: For the rest. there is some
good paper wasted in the printing of IN
different verses Elsewhere a judge
holding court above the poems says: They
are pleasing, ana couiu pe recommended Tor
summer reading. but there 81 little in them
to leave a lasting impression" Others,
with a bitter spirit. speak of the dainty
/ measures but suggesi- TIE same criticism
without positively formulating it.
/ should have stated that my volume
contains upwards of twenty sets of verses,
possessing considerable variety of form
! and treatment. To use the language of my
/ ~scrapbook, some of the poems are serious
and some ARE intended to be humorous,
and are written in dialect A reflection
is again cast upon these humorous poems
by another literary authority. one OF the
foremost OF our modern Athens. when he
Joys humorous and dialect poems" Still
another authority regards the serious
poems as more creditable to the writer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
Chiids and His Pe~nsioner.

1 heard an interesting story on News
paper row. Just the other day. of the kind
ness of heart Of the late George w. Chi'ds.
Mr.. Childs was leaving the Ledger Office
one night very late. when he heard an
alarm of fire, and an old man came run
ming down the stairs Mr.. Childs asked
him his business.
I'm going to report that fire." said the
old man.
How long have you been a reporter on
this paper?' asked Mr.. Childs.
Fourteen years" said the old man.
Well" said Mr.. Childs. you go back to
the city editor and tell him I say to send
somebody who il younger"
The old man obeyed. He was told after
ward that he need not report for duty
again. Mr. Child had pensioned him.
A year o. SO after that. the man who told
me the story happened to enter Mr..
Childs's office just as the pensioner was
leaving. The great editor was laughing
The ~pensioner. he said. had come in with
a great deal of worry on his mind to ask
a serious question.
Don't you get your money regularly
asked Mr.. Childs-
'Oh. yes" answered the man. but II
has worried me a lot lately, sir: 1t has wor'
ried me a lot to know what's going to be.
come of me when you dt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08

that just fallen. We presented one to old
Grevy. as foIiuws.
'.Boulanger for the War Department.
"Iaisant for Public Instruction.
George Laguerre for the Ministry OF
Justice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
5000
ELECTION
MONEY PAID
OVER

The Louisville Trust Company. OF Louis
Vile. Ky, has certified TO having received
the 5000 cash. from the Kis-Me Gum Com
Some months ago the Kis-Me Gum Com
pany offered 5000 to it's pstrons In the
form. of a novel guessing contest on the
popular vote OF this presidential election.
The above money was DEPOSITED with the
IouisvilIe Trust Company last Saturday
(0ct- 3) awaiting the result OF each State.
and this company will award the L-izes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
A Natural Query.
Cbr0nioIa ToIo1r,-L

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
A Bellefield man is the father of a small
daughter, who takes a deep interest i'm ev-
erything which is going on, politics. ath-
letics and everything else. She very much
regretted her papa's determination not TO
take her down town on election night to
hear the returns. for she had rooted faith
fully for Mckinley, wearing all the badges
and buttons she could obtain, and saying a
good word for him in season and out of
season.
When her papa came home late Tuesday
night. or early Wednesday morning. this
little girl woke up long enough to ask:
rs Mckinley elected, papa?"
Eyes. dear"
What was the scorer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
VANDALIA LINE.
The Short Line for ST. LOUIS and THE WEST

Leave Indianapolis Daily-l:20 a. m, $50
a. m, 1880 noon. 700 p. m. 1l:20 ID. m.
Arrive st. Louis Union Station-3:44 y. m,
9:2A d. m, 1:4 a. m, 200 a. m.
Earlor car on 1880 noon train daily and
local sleeper on n:20 %. m. train daily for
Evansville. open to receive passengers at
$3.50.
Ticket Offices. No "a West washington
street, No. B Jackson place and Union
station. GEO. z. ROCKWELL. d. p. A
y. A. FORD. General PASSENGER AGENT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
LIMITATIONS OF THE ILLUSTRATOR.
The PrOcesses OF the En-
craving Hamper the Artist.
Ernest Knaufft. in Review Of Reviews

In the writings of Thackeray we are re-
minded, time and again. that this mundane
English nation accepted this view, which
fact we must keep before US if we are to
understand the genius of George Du Maui
rier. For years the English. people nave
look al a performance of Punch and
Judy" expecting to be amused by "a coun-
terfeit presentment'' of life which they
never for a moment think to be real, con-
tent to see the actors of wood n their
wholly mechanical movements. In Amer
lea we have no parallel to Punch The
first man to make society caricatures fully
popular here was Charles Dana Gibson.
but his success rested entirely upon the
cause his figures were so life-llke. SO thor
oughly the antithests or the m~arionettes
we were won't to see IN the comic paper,
But the readers Of Punch back In the six
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
FAST A
TO
Louisville, KY.
Pennsylvania hortLine

Leave 3:4o 81 M; arrive Louisville. Fourteenth
street, 6:45 a. m; Union Station 700 a m. daily.
Leave $50 a. m. arrive Louisville, Fourteenth
street. H:55 noon; Union Station 1910 noon daily.
Leave SIS p. m; arrive Louisville. Fourteenth
Leave 500 p. m; arrive Louisville. Fourteenth
street, s;z5 p m; Union Station $40 p. m. daily.
except Sunday.
Pennsylvania high-grade standard coaches and
buffet parlor and sleeping cars.
Ticket on1ces, No. As West Washington street,
No. 46 Jackson place and Union Station.
GEO. E. ROCKWELL. d. p. A.
E. A. FOR @. p. A.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-11-05
@elmntersansspropbe,eiuus.

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Welt mai mieoer in 1899 unterseben.
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9eit il. rpeiten &reiien bic 8orltelIung,
raB i'm Sabre 1899 bic @efabr zines TO-
aenunnten .Weltuntersunss" beuoriebe,
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Weiie ibon brei. ober piermal in bieiem
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onruuf, boB i'm Nopember 1899 bic 8ie'
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