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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
August For Nine Years

The following data Of the mon tn
of August for the past nine years
has been compiled from the records
Of the Rapid City weather bureau:
Mean or normal temperature, 20 de-
grees; the warmest month was the
August Of 1894 with an average tenn
perature of 73 degrees above zero;
the coolest month was the August
of 1888 with 66 above as the average:
the highest August temperature for
nine years was on August Is, 1892,
when the thermometer registered
lO2 above; the lowest was AZ above
on AugustS, 1888 and August 20,
1891; average date for the first kill
ing frost for Autumn for the period
is September goth; average date for
killing frostin spring is May 10th.
The record of precipitation for Au-
gust for the past nine years is as
follows: Average for the whole per-
iod l.39 inches; average number of
days with .0l Of an inch or more. =:
the greatest precipitation for the
month was 4.76 inches in 1888; the
least was III inches in 1889; the
greatest precipitation recorded for
any "a consecutive hours was 1.63
inches on August IA and Is, 1888;
average number of clear days for
August during the past nine years
10; partly cloudy, l6, and cloudy 5;
the prevailing August winds have
been from the west; the highest We
locity attained by August winds
during the past nine years was 60
miles per hour from the southwest
on August 10th, 1890.
CHAs. STEWART,
Observer RaDid Citv Rnreal1
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30

united front to the common enemy,
republicanism, an enemy that, under
obligation as it was to the democrats
formulating the platform at Indian
apolis, turned upon that contingent t
and drove the iron into it's soul.
No more McKinleyism in any
form for democracy!
What difference exists in the
ranks Of democracy will be settled
at the next national conventio of
the party, and whose cares not to
be a democrat further will be in
more selfrespecting attitude if he
goes at once to the ranks of a party
whom he cannot more efficiently aid
than by a separate movement.
A gold democrat is democrat
but the gold democrat who, having
been spat and spurned upon by Nc
Kinleyism, is willing further to give
his Vol indirectly to that abomina-
tion of denominations is no democrat
at all.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
Rapid City Black Hisb South Dakota, Friday July 30 1897

on the market next fail, and there
is going to be a trouble. Do not
get 100 many feeders on hand Stock
up your cow herds; they will keep
year after year, and you can get
something out of them. It will pay
better at the present prices to raise
calves to sell than to buy them to
feed. Cattle are going to slump.
loo many men have paid too much
for their feeders and they are going
to dump them at any price next fall.
The buyers will have their own way.
Mr.. Cattleman will get his fingers
burned. There will be an auction
sale, and the devil to pay, at ten per
cent, with a big cattle mortgage.
You fellows think you are mighty
wise. Take a fool S advice and 90
slow. Now is the tine to buy cows,
and get a three-legged stool and a
bucket. t.-Sturgis Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
MICA MINES IN NEW JERSEY
Two Aouns Men stumble Upon Verx
Valuable DeDOnits

10 two young men VINO live in Bloorry.,
ingdale, but whose identity has nv,
yet been disclosed, belongs the credsr
of the discovery of rich deposit sss.
mica in Passaic county. N. j. Greg,
results are expected as the outcome as
careful investigation. and on Wednes-
day OF next week meeting of the inter
ested persons will be held in Paterson
to form company, for the presidency
OF which Gov. John w. Griggs is slated
Its better than gold mine" sac
those who know. The reason for, etsn,
conclusion is that, besides the vase
quantities of white mica which are irs
sight there are apparently large de-.
poslts OF other minerals of a high cous-
merclai value. Then. too, say the ex-
perts, there are great possibilities esE
the hndlng of deposits of garnets. the.
resting place Of which are generals
beds Of mica.
lhe exact place where all this treas
ure has been found is Federal Hill. ous--
OF New Jerseys beauty spots, which,
oates back to the revolutionary perias
IN history Land up that way WASH Il
worm more ore than perhaps $40 an acre.
until a few weeks ago. The mica Is
worth IN this market about So. 800 a tou.-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
COINS FOR SANTO DOMINGO,
United States MintinR Silver Dollars
Worth Only Twenty Cents.

United States MintinR Silver Dollars
Worth Only Twenty Cents.
The government is now minting sill
YER dollars worth only 20 cents apiece.
Already the work has been started at
the mint in Philadelphia and within a
few days 100000 of them will be turned
out. They will be only IS per cent. sill
yer, the balance being copper and nick
el, but they will circulate at full value.
Happily, they are not intended for
circulation in this country. The work
is being done for the Dominican repub-
lie and the dollars will be sent to Santo
Domingo. The design of the coins was
furnished by the Dominican treasury
department and in no respect. except
ing shape, resembles the dollar of the
United States.
1t has long been the custom of the
United States to make the money of
several South American countries. and
as an act of comfy and good will the
work is done at the actual cost of labor
and metal. The present order from
Santo Domingo also includes 100000
half-dollars, 375,OoO quarter-dollars and
100000 dimes.
The mint bureau has just filled an
order from Costa Rica for large guam
tity of gold coins. The government of
Costa Rica is so pleased with the coin
age that it has ordered. through it's
minister at Washington. 10000 more
coins of gold. Estimates as to the cost
of producing them are now being pre-
pared by the director of the mint.
Costa Rica has recently adopted gold
basis and hence the necessity for gold
coins.
The first work Of this kind done by
the United States was in 1876, when
100000 worth of minor coins were
turned out for the government of Vene-
zuela.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
LET'S DEADLY SNAKES BITE,
DR.. Joseph Thompson. Jr.. Experi-
ments with VenOmOus ReptiIes.

DR.. Joseph Thompson. Jr.. Expert
nlents with Venomous Reptiles.
DR.. Joseph Thompson, Jr.. and his
collection of precious snakes will soon
be removed from Edgewater, Staten
island. N. Y. There is JOY accordingly
among the Doctors neighbors. not be-
cause they dislike the doctor, but they
really don't care for snakes. On sew
eral occasions they have been scared
half silly because they escaped. The
doctor has been appointed assistant sur
geon of the navy.
There is in the snakes a scientific
charm for DR.. Thompson, and his expe-
riments with his pets, in which he has
made himself subject for their pois-
oned fangs, are startling. The doctor
not only handles the reptiles uncon-
cernedly without gloves. but has al
lowed one of the most poisonous of his
pets to sink its fangs in the flesh Of his
fore arm, and all for the sake of science.
By the prompt administration of anti
dotes DR.. Thompson has prevented seri-
GUS results.
He has worked with poisonous snakes
ming with a North American rattler,
which he captured on Tongue noun
tain. near Lake George. by which snake
he was bitten on the knuckle Of the in
dex finger of the right hand.
Il was away from the village" said
the doctor. ''and my only hope was to
bite the poison out, which ldid." Then
he exhibited the hole in the knuckle, at
the same time taking down large rat
tier from the wall, saying: THAT is
the overcoat Of the fellow that bit me.
There are only three very poisonous
snakes in this country-th rattler, cops
perhead and moccasin. None of them
will have any effect on person proper
ly treated with antivenene. the antidote
brought out by the French scientist
Calmet.''
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
THE GREAT STRIKE
West Virginia is Still
the battle-ground
for Miners.
10000 MORE STRIKE
The Struggle Not Over by Any
Means.-Strikers Confident f
Ultimate Victory.

Parkersburg, w. Va, July 2S.-
This state continues to be the bat
tlegrouud on which hinges the sue
cess or failure of the great strike of
coal miners. For ten days the best
organizers Of the National FEEDER
alton OF Miners have expended their
strongest efforts toward organizing
the thousands of West Virginia
negro miners into unions and then
calling them out on a strike, Fail
ure seemed imminent up to two DAYS
ago, when 10000 miners in the Mo-
nongah region and the great Kama
wha Valley laid down their tools
and joined the great struggle for
living wages. There is great re-
joicing in union circles TODAY and
President Ratchford of the National
Federation says success is now as
sured. The West Virginia output Of
coal has alone supplied the demand
since the strike began and now that
these men have quit it is thought
that every mine in West Virginia
can be tied up within the next three
or four days.
The meeting of the officers of or
ganized labor at Wheeling, which
opened Tuesday was most enthusias-
tic. 1t is stated that the strike
leaders have trump card to play
yet and surprising move will be
made within very few DAYS.
President Ratchford states that he
does not think it will be neces sarv
to call sympathetic strike among
railway employees. He says that
the output of coal will be completely
shut off within a week and the coal
miners will be able to win sinple
handed and alone.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
Observer Rapid City Bureau

We learn that there is a serious
mixup Of the sheep Of Patterson &
Stanley and McDermott & Moran
and two other bands of the Platte
Valley Sheep Company in Wyoming.
AS most of the lambs are unbranG ed
it is liable to be very difficult to
make division and will likely result
in considerable loss as, there are
about ten thousand sheep in the
four bands. It is supposed to be
caused by carelessness OF the herd
ers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
No Charge For His Opinion.
An old stockman and cattle nunc

A1 UIu sIOCKnan and CattIe punch :
er named William Allen White, says:
':There is a danger ahead in the
steer business. Too many fellows
are putting money in feeders.
Feeders are to high. Little old
runt Texos long horns sell for three,
four, five and sometimes high as
six cents. They will not fill out.
The men who have theirs on their
hands are going to try to dump them
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30
MACHINERY-MADE EGGS.
Company Formed to Drive Henn
Out OF the Business.
Contracts Placed for &15O,OOO Worxxa
of Machinery for Factory to he
Established at Beaver
Falls. PA.

Several times within the past srns
years the public has been assured hsaisS
at some time in the future eggs wess4saA
be manufactured and put on the maTSes
at a price that would drive every ssat-
respecting hen out Of the business. Iasa-
proposition was regarded by the atess-~
said public as the natural result ei IL
''pipe dream" and no credence wass
placed in it.
Now, it seems the making of eggs
and good eggs-is no longer chimeusa.
a company having been formed in Pstts--
burgh that means the beginning Of hhs@
hens final extinction. OF course, thrs
good housewife, out of respect to tra-
dition, may continue to support in 1@x,--
ury dozen or SO big Brahmas, merely
to keep the pastor from looking guilty.
when he is invited out to dinner.
But the hens mission as purveyoss ssssr
suitable garnishment for ham and sas.-
con will have become sinecure, auss Sees:
is hardly probable that the farmer wNE
favor wholesale and indiscriminata-
pensioning."
The facts about this new industry
that wantonly tramples on the vessexa
rights of hens, as stated by the Pisss---
burgh Post, are as follows. A company
has about decided to locate it's plant as
Beaver Falls, Pa. Fred Avery, managsn-
of the Hotel Victoria, has offered ths.
company 1000 acres of land in the sh--
cinity of Mount Clemens, Mich, if il wiEa.
establish the plant at that place, but bke.
parties interested favor this sectirme
of the country on account of the faeiEh-
ties offered for shipping. Gustave Nsm.-
man, the principal stockholder in thas.
company, visited Beaver Falls recentiy.-
and has secured an option on piece. ssh
ground which he thinks will be entire
ly suitable for the purposes of his cosa.-
Germ.
Contracts have been placed for $151--
900 worth Of machinery for the plaus.-
and as soon as the site has been agreed
upon contracts for the building wils g.ss.
let. 1t is expected that the factory wisga
be in operation early in the fall.
One important feature Of the schexa4-
has not been mentioned. The shells g4gs
the eggs manufactured, after they hays.
been used and discarded, will be renugg.-
chased by the company and sold asse
manufacturers of rubber shoes. A re
bate will be allowed hotels and restsu,-
rants on old shells. The bitumen in th4.-
egg shells is said to be valuable for ttg-
purpose OF polishing rubber Rubber
shoes are now polished by means sNs
friction, which is both troublesome ay.sF.
expensive and members of the new eesy
company say they can dispose of Dis
carded egg shells for this purpose. The.
gentleman interviewed said:
by disposing of the egg shells in this
manner we can make enough to pay aEg
shlpplng expenses. and that viii Sw4
quite an item, for we intend to plaea.
large quantities in the English mag
ket."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-30

Where is this '.honest money 1Isp
are urging you to vote for. It is t.aess
good for you You cannot geta dos--
I lar of it. It is locked up in the banks
Or is IN the hands OF gold gamblers
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-09
Funeral of Henry A. Nickerson.

The funeral of Mr.. Henry A. Nicker.
son, late advertising manager of the Sun.
day Telegram, took place from his forme,
residence, No. 50 Spruce street, yesterday
afternoon. There was a very large at.
tendance of relatives and friends. Rev
Mr.. Nelson, the pastor of the Universe.
list church at Stevens Plains, Deering.
officiated. There was wealth of beauti.
full floral offerings, including large
wreath, with the word Love- from
his wife, and basket of beautiful jacoue.
minot roses from his daughter; large
pillow with the words cat Rest from
his father and mother; a handsome brol.
en- column from Mrs. Bagley and the en-
ployes of the Telegram; a triangle from
Bramhall lodge, Knights of Pythias.
many of whose members attended the
funeral; a crescent from Mr.. and Mrs
Waldo Perry; large bouquet from Mr.,
and Mrs. Walsh, and other gifts from
other dear friends. The pail bearers were
Mr.. Thomas Flaherty of the Telegram
Mr.. Fred Potter of the Daily Advertiser
Mr.. f. II. Downes and Mr.. Fred Lord
The ipterment was at Evergreen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-09
ARRIVAL OF THE zoo.
Exhibits Today at Riverton Park and for
Rest of the Week.

THE famous Boston Zoo which for seven
months was one of the most popular
amusements in that city, arrived in town
Yesterday morning, and the unloading of
the monster dens of animals in Com
mercial street and their hauling by an
intelligent elephant in harness afforded
great delight to some hundreds of people.
During the current week the people of
Portland will have this famous exhibit
ion at their very doors, favor which
will be appreciated by all who take an
interest in the animal kingdom.
The miniature city which sprang into
existence at Riverton park yesterday af-
ternoon, with its white canvas covering
and attractive show front, contains one
Of the cleanest and most interesting ex-
bibitions ever presented in Portland.
Every Objectionable, feature of the ordi-
nary canvas exhibition is absent. The
hest of order prevails and numerous at
tendants are ready and willing to aid
visitors to see the entire show and ex-
plain every feature.
Arranged in regular order about the
tent are numerous dens and wagons of
lions, tigers, bears, foxes, balloons, Loop
ards ant eaters and other specimens of
the animal world.
The lion family has large number of
representatives, noticably Prince, the
wrestling lion; Brutus. magnificent
lion; Nero, the Oldest lion In captivity,
and Wallace, the savage untameable lion.
Five great animal trainers are with the
exhibition, and headed by Broncho Boo
cacio, the renowned Indian lion hunter,
give interesting and exciting performan-
ces Of mans skill, courage and daring
with the savage kings of the forest.
Chiquita, the smallest living adult, the
famous Cuban atom and celebrated
living doll, whose age is only 81 years,
and yet barely 26 inches high, weigh.
ing only Is ga pounds, is present with
the exhibition.
Educated, intelligent, prepossessing
and accomplished, she would grace any
society drawing room in the land. Fine
ly developed and of beautiful symmetica
form, she is not only the most diminu
tive, but the most beautiful little person
ever seen in our city.
Doors will open at 2 and z p. M, an6
performances take place at quarter
past and at and 10 p. M, the animals
will be fed in sight of the public, {
spectacle that always proves attractive tt
the visitor. The Zoo, Tess, the prize
chimpanzee and Chiqiuta will be ne
doubt most literally patronized during
their stay in our city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-09
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
A Fleet of Steam Yachts at Anchor in the
Harbor.

Portland harbor presented beautiful
sight yesterday when number of large
steam yachts, several smaller ones and a
government practice steamer, were all
lying at anchor. They were all painted
white with buff smokestacks and the
most of them flew the ensign of the New
York YACHT club. Prominent among
them was the magnificent Electra, the
property of ex-Commodore Gerry; Fred
Vanderbilts fine boat Conqueror; the
large and graceful Ibis; the Neaira; the
Sapphire, which arrived Friday; the
Parthenia; the kathleen; the Antoinette;
the Ame1ia; the schooner Avalon that
has made the trip around Cape Horn; the
sloop yacht. Averill Of Castine, and the
Brynlys Lof the Portland yacht club. A
small sloop yacht came in at dusk whose
name we. failed to get.
The harbor was full of life with all
these craft, besides the other vessels living
at anchor, and the little steam launches
were perpetually passing between the
shore and the vessels.
The United States practice steamer
Standish, Lit. Commander McCracken.
with the senior class of the engineering
school at Annapolis, came in and dropped
her anchors just off Custom house wharf.
She is quite yacht-like in appearance
and is 45O tons burden and schooner
rugged. There are 10 cadets in the class
and they are given practical experience
in the handling of the engines under every
condition.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-09
ST. DoMINIC'S.
The Fourth Anniversary of the Church
Celebrated Yesterday.

The solemnities of the patronal feast
of St. Dominic were celebrated yesterday
morning at the Catholic church which
bears his name, and in the presence of a
large congregation.
The high altar was ablaze with the
lights of burning candles and laden with
the. choicest flowers. There was solemn
high mass of which Father Hurley was
celebrant, assisted by Deacon Father Lee,
and Sub-deacon Father O'Connor.
Rev. Father Summa of the Dominican
order, who is in charge of a large COM
munity of French Catholics in Lewiston,
delivered an eloquent address upon the
life, character and ministry of st. Domi-
mic, taking as his text the words: "Go ye
therefore and teach the Gospel to all ma
tions.'
In the opinion of the speaker three
principal agents co-operated to make sue
cessful the apostleship which was COM
mitted to the charge of ST. Dominic and
these where, first, the natural gifts OF
the man; second, the times and circum-
stances under which he was called to act.
and third, those supernatural powers
with which he was endowed
He then gave graphic sketch of the
life of the saint from the age of seven
on through his different courses of study
to his choice as prior in a monastery
and dwelt with special interest upon his
work in Lauguedoc, a country which God
seemed to have selected for Dominica
chosen field There the laxity of the
priest hood came to his attention and his
shining example of self-abnegation and
standardization joined to his fasting,
prayer and able ministry caused the pride
and covetousness which married that period
to give way to noble Christian virtues.
He appealed to the congregation to
follow the example set by Dominic and
practice his teachings to the end that the
natural gifts which each had received
might wear the crown of immortal
knowledge which had been promised to
the faithful
The music under the direction of that
skilful organist, Miss Egan, was impress.
siye and well rendered. 1t included
1raeger's grandEMass in G minor, the
Gloria, Agnus Del, and Credo, being very
noteworthy. A special musical number
was Tu Els Petrus, an offertorium with
chorus, the soprano solo being beautiful.
ly sung by Miss Twigg and the bass sole
by Mr.. Larkin, while the chorus was very
effective.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-09
PERSONAL,

DR.. Dan BENNETT of the Carney hospital
South Boston, spent Sunday with his
parents in Portland.
Misses Caroline and Winnifred M Steph.
enson of Portland, sailed in the Canada
of the Dominion line from Boston for
Liverpool Saturday.
Mr. Lewis FL. Jack, who has been in
attendance at the Harvard Medical school,
has returned home in this city and &C.
cepted a position in the Maine Central
offices. He will return to Harvard in the
fall.
Dr.Alfred Hitchcock and wife of Farm
ington, were the guests last week of DR..
and Mrs. A. S. Thayer, Free street.
DIR. c. W. Bray has returned from a
two weeks cruise on his yacht Maitland.
L. A. bennett and wife of Brooklyn,
are visiting Mr.. l.. B. bennett. Mr..
bennett has been in the registry depart
ment of the New York post office for
more than 16 years.
DR.. and Mrs. G. o. Files of this city,
left on the boat for New York Thursday
They will visit Newport, Narragansett
Pier Asbury Park and Long Branch be-
fore they return.
Mr.. krutz, managing director of the
Cape road, is in town for few days.
Messrs. Wulf Fries and Thomas RYAN,
two of the original members of the Men
delssohn Quartette club of Boston, were
in the city Friday night at the residence
of Mr.. Ardon W. Coombs, in which Mr..
Fries, Mr.. Kotzschmar, Miss Bertha
Webb, Mrs. Morrison and other well.
known talent took part
William Fl. Brine has been commits.
stoned deputy supreme regent of the
Royal Arcanum for the State of Maine.