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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
UnfOluS tho Future.

Tickle Paris is interested at present
in a marvellous new fortune teller, Oils
ka, who has charmed her clients by hel
mysterious methods and ~uniqueness.
When you ring, the door opens with.
out any II being seen. A voice bids
you enter the reception room and when
you arrive there, another voice asks
your business. The amount of your fee
is stated and you are told to place it In
a cup on a table. 1t Immediately drops
from your sight, and if there is any
change it appears suddenly. Then yov
are hidden to enter another apartment
After all this mystery you naturally
expect to find an Egyptian room, twin.
ing serpents and burning braziers and
are agreeably shocked when you enter
instead a charming boudoir ablaze with
lights and find the reader of the future
in a very pretty modern evening dress
She reads your palm and then. grasp.
ing your hand, goes into a Thu
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Worn Knees.

Many stories are told of the keen wit
and ready speech of DR.. Mason. once
pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian
church in New York. Not only was
he a great and eloquent preacher, but
many of his most telling lessons were
given in private rather than in the
pulpit; so heard, they were sure to
be repeated and not forgotten.
He had a great fondness for animals.
and particularly for horses, of whose
good points he was said to be an ex-
cellent judge. On one occasion q
brother minister, who was intending
to buy a horse, met DR.. Mason, and
stopped to ask his opinion of the ami
NAL, which he was then driving.
Doctor Mason surveyed the horse
with long and careful scrutiny, and
after several inarticulate sounds of
approval and disapproval, he finally
pointed to the animals knees, which
were decidedly worn in aspect.
"That is a good sign for a minister"
said he, with a humorous smile, "but
1t is. a very bad sign for a minister's
horse""
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Melbourne last April they travelled first
70 Auckland and to the Kings village,
two hundred miles away, near Rotorua.
A topic of conversation among their
friends was the rumored issuance of a
royal proclamation approving an al
Lance between the Princess and some
Caucasian Of her choice. The Macfar-
lanes determined to visit the sulphur
II mud geysers near King Pauls
abode, and incidentally to learn all
they could about Princess Mary's ma
trimonial ambitions. This is the way
Mrs. Macfarlane described their reeep-
tom
THE King was very kind to us.
He assigned to wi use a little wicker
house, containing three rooms, and
six or seven servants, who were al
ways outside, ready to wait upon us
when required. Our meals were pre-
pared elsewhere inc brought to u
little residence. The day after our ar
rival King Paul, attended by a number
of Maori chiefs, escorted us in an ex-
cursion to the mud geysers. The King
KNOWS cuOuSu GASIAoA I L1dhc ulku-
self understood, and he was most
courtly, in an aboriginal way. He
caused some ground maize to be mixed
in water, shaped into cakes and put
in q kettle, which he lowered into the
bubbling geyser. In a few minutes he
pulled it out again and the cakes were
thoroughly baked. His qualification
at our astGl.saraaat-whith was more
simulated than real-was delightful.
It led him, OF the first time, to speak
OF his daughter.
.s'Tono-maroanu not much come
here he said, because sulphur too
much bad smell
Naturally, I expressed a desire to
see the Princess. and oon after our
return she called upon us. Mr.. Mac
faflane sauntered OF a few minutes
afterWard to- walsh some Maori boys
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

choice will be Prince Consort of Maori
land.
There is more than tinge of ro-
nance about the contemplated mar
rage of Tonomaroanu, or Mary, as
English residents of New Zealand call
her, said Mr.. Charles H. Macfarlane,
a wealthy citizen Of Melbourne, who
sailed from New York a few days ago
on his jourj$e y homeward. King Paul
his native lame is Lumu-monosao-
mas given mis- daughter Mary every ad-
vantage within his gift, in order, as he
Maori might be enlightened and bene-
hcent. She speaks and writes English
accurately and is very fond of novels.
Inc plots which Mary likes best, the
King told me a few months ago, are
those which deal in the amours and
lntrigues of royalty, real and fictiti-
Gus.
"A year ago the King intimated TO
Princess Mary his wish that she choose
a husband from a number Of puissant
Maori chieftains whom he mentioned.
The young declared hat she
would MOI marry unless her consort
were of Anglo-SaXon birth and brave
enough to subdue, with the Kings as
sjstance and her own. the native oppo-
sition which such a match would pro-
woke.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Macfarlane left
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Ind gives blow for blow. But ordinarily
ne speaks without excitement and with
a smiling face, and is almost as on
siderate of the feelings of opponents as
MI. Gladstone has ever been.
Mr.. Chamberlain has tremendous
energy n is always at work. He OPP
ened his public career at Birmingham,
where he created a new order of NUM-
cipal government, which has been fol-
lowed in all the great English cities
except London. He became the chief
organizer of the Liberal party on Dem
ocratic lines and was hand-in-glove
with the Irish leaders before Mr.. Glad
stones conversion to home rule. Then
he became the chief antagonist of Irish
home rule and took an active interest
in imperial questions, finally entering a
Conservative ministry as secretary for
the colonies.
He is the most industrious man in
English public life. He has contempt
for the weak sentimentalists like Bay
ard who talks of hands across the sea
between England and America. He
says that no kindred ties can reconcile
the lion and the eagle. He works early
and late. takes no exercise, allows
himself little social recreation, and is
completely e%ngrossed in public affairs.
He is the best informed man in par
lament on all questions of national
concern. This is the secret of his read
mess in debate and his c%learness of
speech.
What he himself describes as the rul-
ing passion of his life is ardor for i'm
proving the lot Of the masses. With
all the startling contrasts Of a career
beginning with Radicalism and passing
into Conservatism, he has been consist
ent in his advocacy of the vital inter-
ests of the working world. He stands
at once for Democratic-Toryism which
is closely akin to Radicalism, and also
for Imperialism, which is the patriot
ism of England's worldwide empire,
Like most Englishmen in official life
he fears the progress Of the American
Republics.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
The Original Of Je.nte. De.n..

The stone placed in lrongray shurch-
yard, Scotland, above the tomb of
Helen Walker, the girl who served Sir
Walter Scott as original for jeanne
Deans, is being Clipped to pieces by
relic-hunters. It was this girl who
saved her sisters life by an appeal to
the Duke Of Argyle, and furnished
Scott with a heroine for ''The Heart of
Midlothian"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

contrast between the mystic reception
room and the place where the seeress is
really found adds to the zest.
Those who know say Oliska was once
a dancer and acquainted with many
people. Her wonderful memory enables
her to avoid pitfalls and in addition
she has agents circulating through the
boulevards and cafes. gathering gossip
about any and every n who is likely
to pay her a visit. Thus her knowledge
of the private affairs of prominent
Parisians is enormous.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
SHE WANTS A MAN.
A PRINCESS WHO WANTS TO
SEE THE GREAT WORLD,
Has 900 Of Her Own-Would AL
low Her White Husband to Spend
$3o,OOU a Year on Himsclf-Wiu BE
Prince ConsOrt.

HERE is a dusky
skinned maiden in
far away New Zea-
land who wants a
husband. She has
100000 ($60O, OOO)
of her own, and
some day she will
reign upon the
raWhide throne of
her father, and the
helpmeet of her
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
lirectness and precision,

directness and precision.
The chief charms of his CralOry arc
fluency and clearness. He speaks with
out notes and never hesitates' for a
word, and while he does not rise to the
highest flights of eloquence he is al
ways a torch-bearer and illumines with
light every subject which he discusses.
He is at his best when with his back to
the wall he turns upon his opponents
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

AAS1A VI ACl OuICA~
er or grocer. why, my man must be
a perfect fraud" exclaims indignant
Mrs. Brown; II pay him twenty-five
cents a pound for every bit Of steak
we have, and you tell me you get it for
twenty-five cents. That is sheer rob-
berry. l shall change at once!" INC
then she asks where Mrs. Smiths mar
keting is done, and finds that it is about
two miles from the location of her W
dear Tin two senses) market man and
her own home. Nevertheless, she
spends a week economizing at the ex-
deal OF time and strength each day,
and goes back to her own convenient
place. And then when she hears of
another friend who pays ever more
than she does she is quite reconciled,
and finally the conclusion is borne upon
her that it is all a matter of locality
after all, and that when her husband
pays a large rent for the privilege OF
living in an ultra select section of the
city the matter does not end there, but
crops up in every chop or potato she
eats at table. The dealer naturally has
to pay a larger rent, too, than the man
who keeps a dingy little shop on Third
avenue, perhaps.
A careful canvass Of prices of the
staple articles Of food in different Sec
lions proves that there is no great diff
ference in the real prices, but more in
the quality of goods dealt in. For in
stance, the man who supplies the lower
east side does not find much call for
extra fancy porterhouse steaks, and
even for the steaks he does sell he must
get a good price, although the larger
quantity of his daily sales are of round
steak, stewing meat, etc. Then, new
potatoes come late to Forsyth and De-
lancey and Mott streets, and even the
ones that have survived the winters
campaign are considered a luxury there.
while eggs which have made close ac-
quaintance with cold storage are more
familiar than the "strictly fresh ones
of up town.
On the other hand, the market man
who supplies the trade of Murray Hill
explains alphabetically when questioned
that his prices may be a bit higher,
ma'am, but, you see, T only carry the
finest. Now, I sell steaks, extra fancy,
up to twenty-efght cents a pound, and,
you see other dealers have no use for
that kind, SC they don't carry 'em. In
the matter of potatoes, I've entirely
dropped the old ones and have only
fine new stock, which bring a good
price, of course. Eggs I don't touch
except the strictly fresh, and for those
I charge twenty-five cents a Dozen"
Next in range Of high prices comes
the section around Seventy-second
street, west. Here the same story is
told of the reason for high figures, with
the addition, however, of more moder-
ate figures for the articles not labelled
in the dealers phraseology-fancy:
these last two suit the purses of the
apartment house army Of marketers.
All up the west side of town till one
comes to the Nineties, or to Tooth
street, prices, for meat especially, are
pretty "stfh;" but on the west side Of
Harlem a drop comes, best cuts of beef
selling there from fourteen cents TO
| eighteen cents a pound, and vegetables
and other staples proportionatelv
cheap.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
BEST FOR THE LEAST,
MARKET PRICES IN A STRANGE
STATE.
Careful Canvass Made in New York
How Staple Articles of Food Vary at
Different Sections The High Prices
Up Town..
(From the New York Herald.)

wv " get Tie UcSL
for the a money
is the burning ques-
ton with all New
York, in these times
especially, and so
o n e c o n S t a II t.
ly hears Mrs. Smith
telling Mrs. Brown
what it costs to live
and e%xtolling the
merits of her butch
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Her birthday Two Dollars.

Mrs. Mary Van Week, Of Joliet, Ill.
celebrated her e%ighty-fourth birthday
by sewing forty yards OF heavy Brus-
sells carpet, for which she received
81. She has for many years earned
tbis sum Of money on her birthday.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

It may be said that yesterday sug-
gests, tomorrow promises. but today.
accompushes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Antiquity of the Pipe

Archaeological j. d. Mcclure of the
National museum announces his discov-
cry of the fact that the ancient Romans
smoked. OF course they knew not to-
bacco, which is plant native and Pc
culiar to the new world, but they used
several other herbs, and of these four
have been definitely identified by Mr..
Mcclure. This news upsets the long ac-
copied theory that the practice of smok-
ing was invented by the American alb
origines and was unknown elsewhere in
the world until after the landing of
Columbus.
PROFESSIONALLY smoking had already
been practiced by the Indians for CEN
turtles when Columbus first reached
these shores. 1t was with them to a
great extent form of religious cere-
monial. DR.. Daniel G. Brinton, the
famous ethnologist, thinks that it had
its beginning in the blowing tube of
the medicine man. Ignorant savages are
disposed to regard the human breath as
possessing magical properties, and it
may be supposed that burning leaves
were introduced into the tube for the
purpose of making the breathing visi-
BILE. The Indians smoked many kinds
of plants, such as sumac, red willow
bark and the leaves of the kinnikinick
or bear berry, and tobacco doubtless was
u discovery resulting from selection
of the flttest.
The earliest Indian pipes were simply
tubes, in one end of which the tobacco
or dried leaves were put. Mr.. Mcclure
finds that the pipes used by the ancient
Romans were made on the same plan,
the bowl being an invention reserved
for comparatively recent day. Wash.
ington Cor st. Louis Globe Democrat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Dr.. Goldberg & Co.. ~.'. ",. Re. '. "...
The Captor of Atlanta.

General Horace Porter, in his Cam
paigning With Grant" in The Century,
tells of mission to Sherman after the
capture of Atlanta, on which he was
sent by General Grant. General Porter
says:
Upon reaching Atlanta I went at
once to General Sherman's headquar
tiers. Ny mind was naturally wrought
up to a high pitch of curiosity to see
the famous soldier of the west, whom j
had never met. He had taken up his
quarters in comfortable brick house
belonging to Judge Lyons, opposite the
courthouse square. AS l approached /
saw the captor of Atlanta on the porch,
sitting tilted back in large armchair,
reading newspaper. His coat was un-
buttoned, his black felt hat slouched
over his brow, and on his feet were q
pair of slippers very much down at the
heels. He was in the prime of life and
III the perfection Of physical health. He
was just "A years of age, and almost &C
the summit of his military fame. With
his large frame, tall, gaunt form, rest
| less hazel eyes, aquiline nose, bronzed
face and crisp beard, he looked the pic
lure of grim visaged war" My COM
| ing had been announced TO him by tele-
graph, and he was expecting my arrival
at this time. l approached him, intro
duced myself, and handed him General
Grants letter. He tilted forward in his
chair, crumpled the newspaper in his
left hand while with his right he shook
hands cordially, then pushed chair
forward and invited me to sit down.
His reception was exceedingly cordial,
and his manner exhibited all the per-
sonal peculiarities which General Grant,
in speaking of him, had so often de-
scribed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Andrews Hopeful for silver.

Providence, L. L., July 6.-President r.
Benjamin Andrews, Of Brown UNIVERSE
ty, in discussing the silver issue, said
he was positive i'm his statements and
in his conviction that the prospects of
an international agreement between
France and the United States, and
through the example of these countries
with England and other continental
countries, are just now brighter than
ever before These statements by Pres
ident Andrews have aroused fresh inter-
est i'm his attitude, and the recent talk
at the college trustees meeting is again
a matter of general discussion. Chan
cellor William Goddard is in the city,
and in his characteristic way he is like
ly to make some suggestions himself
before many days, which may interest
the public
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
CONFERENCE OF PoPULlsTs.
Meets at Nashville to Discuss what Shall
BE Done Next.


Nashville, Tenn, July 6.-At the con-
ference cf the Peoples party which met
here Monday a large number Of dele
gates attended among them Represen-
tave M. II. Howard, Of Alabama; John
Settles, Of Ohio and NJ r. CCfiman, Of
Arkansas. Ignatius Donneily is also
here, and Cyclone" Davis is expected
before the conference adjourns. There
seems TO be a great deal Of uncertainty
concerning the attendance Of Tom Wat.
son and Senator Butler, and opinion is
about evenly divided as to their attend
ance. Those here. While they discuss
what the convention should do quite
freely, do not seem agreed upon what it
will do, though the prevailing idea
seems to be party reorganization In or
der to put an erd to dissatisfaction
which has arisen in the party on account
of occurrences within the psst year.
The anti-fusion senrlment is strong, and
whatever action is taken it is believed
will be in favor Of independence and
against fusion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Being a bishop.

An Irishman was toiling, bareheaded,
at windlass under the scorching sun.
A Catholic father rode by and said tc
him:
Put on your hat, Patrick. You'll
bake your brains in this SUM-"
The worker looked up at him and
said. DO you think / would be doing
this for 81 90 a day if had any brains!'
Two other Irishmen were delving in
ditch. Said Murphy, Terence, if you
had yez choice in this sinful world,
what would yez be?"
Terence mopped his brow and consid-
cred. well, for nice, clane, well
paid, azy job I'd be bishop. Hard
ware
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The report that the postoftices at Nor
mai and Bloomington, Ills, are to be
consolidated is denied at the postoffice
department.
The Messagero, Of Rome. saws that
Menotti Garibaldi, son Of the famous
Italian patriot. has decided to 90 TO
America and take up farming.
The jury in the case of the accident
TO the Endeavorite train at West Chi
cago, Ills, found a verdict putting the
responsibility upon no one, the testi-
mony being very conflicting.
A cloudburst in Henderson county.
KY, did about $4,000 damage Friday
night.
The weather novelty Saturday at Bos-
ton was a fog of unprecedented density.
Victor Staltonstahl, one of the best
known men and most popular yachts
men at Toledo, o., fell off the Yacht
Scud Saturday as she was bound from
Toledo to Bay to take part in the
regatta and was drowned.
twenty-five leading Popullst editors,
Including Thomas f.. Watson and
lgnatus Donnelly, are visiting Ruskin
CTenn), the socialists colony.
The Consolidated Steel and Wire COM
pany has closed down its Joliet plant
for repairs. There were over 900 men
working at this plant who were laid off.
DR.. stephen Adams, Of Maplewood,
Me-, has been a practicing physician for
siXty-eight years, and still continues in
harness.
Charles a. Carlson a sub-foreman on
the Omaha road, blew out his brains
at Sioux City, Ia, for no assignable
reason. He has many relatives in ILL
nois.
Joseph Yonkey was seized with a
cramp while bathing and was drowned
at Warren, Mich.
The National Confectioners Associa-
ton Of the United States viii hold its
fourteenth annual convention July Is,
IA and Is at Atlantic City, n. j.
Rainfall that almost amounted to a
cloudburst fell at Duluth during the
latter part OF Friday night, resulting in a
food, the damage in that city and vicin-
ity being about $500 coo.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Whom the Conauering Heroes Come.

Ithaca, N. Y, July GAIL Ithaca
turned out to welcomesthe Cornell crew
home Saturday night The city had
probably seen no celebration equal to
this one. AS the victorious oarsmen left
the train they were seized by students
and Ithacans and carried over the
shoulders Of the throng to large float.
Hundreds Of hands dragged this iS a
march Of triumph through all the prin-
cipal streets Of the city. The buildings
all along the lire of march were elab-
orately decorated. a banquet was given
the crews at the Opera House.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
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syeaiiy Eeud I'm Tennessee.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July Ga shoot
ing ARRAY occurred Saturday at Hell
enwood, a mining town on the Cincln-
natl Southern railroad. j. ID. Blacken-
ship became involved in quarrel with
one of the friends Of the Pemberton
family. A war Of words followed and
then pistols were drawn and all hands
began shooting. After the smoke had
cleared away Blankenship was found to
have been MORALLY wounded and two
other participants had received serious
wounds. Sheriff Ducan was shot In the
leg while trying to stop the difficulty.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
Declared To BE Sane.

Oakland, Cal, July 5.-Charles II. Dell
has been declared sane by Judge Green.
This was the result of an investigation
demanded by friends Of the man, whose
wife testified before the medical exam
liners that he had been a maniac for
years. She repeated her story in court
and declared that her life had been in
danger Of her husbands violent tenden-
cy. Mrs. Dell was subjected to a long
examination. She collapsed under the
strain and was borne from the court
room in an unconscious condition, from
which she did not rally for hours Dell
will now take steps to care for his chill
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
President Mckinley at Canton.

Canton, o., July 6.-Canton respected
President McKinley's request that he be
permitted to pass a quiet Sunday. While
many Of his ola neighbors and fellow
townsmen called at the home Of his
aged mother to pay their respects there
was no formality about his sojourn in
the city. The Ginning of the church bells
in the morning found the president
vending his way to the First Methodist
Episcopal church, accompanied to the
services by his venerable mother.