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, 1897-11-08
4 GOOD INDIAN.
De Hired = Hearse In Hls savage Day.
In Which to Take . Ride.

Jack Still'vell, so H.ll known to Kansas
p~lainsinen, il now Il sober and well be-
havcd citizen TT the little town of Annr-
darko in Oklahnina. Stillwcll got his first
fame by passing through the Indian lines
surrounding The position Of Fo-sythe on
the Arichrce in lsGS and getting to Fort
Wallace for re Inducements. Later he
served through Clusters campaigns and
still later appeared as ono of the great
cards IL Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
When Oklahoma was opened to settlers,
Stillweli located ut FL Reno. where for n
term he was police judge. The lawlessness
In tho territory took many of her citizens
up to Wi. 1ira TO the sessions Of the federal
court. When .Jnck Stillwcll went up. the
people of Wichita usually knew that he
WINS there. lie, with soine of his friends,
was in the haiti Of l%iNruing up the town
by various Kinds OF frcnkish sport.
On one OCCASION he hired n hrursc and
they were going to take u drive over town
when tho urG,rInkcr learned that there
was no fun, raj and vetoed the thing just
as Jack was crawling into the body of the
vehicle. Jack tried to argue that they
had paid for the use Of 1t and could ride in
il il they clGsc, but they had to give up
this ride.
Ore evening. after they had been in
tow several ,iuys ard were feeling tolera-
biz good. lack and some Of his friends
were walking down tho street when they
came to Lright, newly painted BARRIERS
pole.
Jack sOu-h out the proprietor, found
what the pGio cost urd bought it on tic
spot. Thea the crowd Euizicd il on their
shoulders and wen on down the street.
ThIy had MOI gone far before they met
np'' with II pvtrnlman, whu. thinking they
had. Of course, stolen the POLE, ARRESTED
the crowd ard tool: them to the city has
tile Tier" tiry rr. MP IL srna cash horl
unG w, ~ released until morning. Wi,r
morning cane, they appeared for trial,
and .inck ext Iaiu,d that the role WAS his
and he lHu paid for it; that he was going
to take it to Oklahoma. where tine natives
had uplvr seen II barber pole, and il
would he IN object Of curiosity and wonder.
Then h" sent for the barrier fran whom
he had purcrus,h the uGlc, and tho result
was that they were all released.
Whrrcnpon they shoulGer,d their role
ard marched down the street again. 10 rc
arrested by annthcr policeman and brought
u here the judge again AS soon rs the
judge SAW them Lu ordered the officer to
let them 90. They started out in another
d;rcytirr. uuiy Ia he arrested for the third
lii.r. IL tie end the CHEF Of police was
G'I'i,rd tn i,siic IL general order stating
that the lulr iolurgCd II StiiiHrlI ana he
shnl Id not hr II a., s',i. AT lhc same time
hu iutimn,,h to Jack that they had had
srsr. enough and It would In well for him
to nko bis Inlr ard return to his native
wildS. -Guthrjr Leader.
, 1897-11-08
Limitations of Fame.

In Professor Knights "reminiscences
of Tcnnyson it is related that on one
occasion when the poet laureate was
stopping ut an inn i'll the island OF
Skye the landlord was asked if he knew
who had beet staying in his house, and
on being informed that it was the poet
Tennyson he replied:
"Lor'-to think o that! And, sure, ]
THOUGHT he was shcntl man"
At Stirring. il orc asked the land
lord Of the house where the poet was
stopping:
DO you ken who you had wi you
t'other night"
Ma, but he was II pleasant shentle-
nan"
1T was Tcmyson. the poet"
and wLa may be hc?'
"Oh, he is a writer o verses SIGH as
ye see i the papers
moo. to think o. that! Jccst a pooh.
lie writer. and | gied him ma best bed
room!'
But the charms of Mrs. Tennyson,
her gracious manners, did not pass un.
noticed, for the landlord said, "Oh, she
was an ANGEL
, 1897-11-08

cratic party is responsible for the high
wages in KIondike By it's labor de-
stroying policy, that party drove labor
ing men even unto the uttermost ends
OF the earth to seek work. md by so
doing forced men into that frozen re-
gion to try and carr the money they
could not earn al home The chances
of getting money in that bleak and Ice.
bound country We're a thousand fold
better than staying at home where star.
walton stared them in the face and with
no possible hope of a reward After
Drawing the dangers of that awful coun.
try they found the gold and the high
wages are a direct result thereof The
republican administration. by it's prin-
ciples, expects to give all these men
work at home, lot at $12 per day. per-
haps, but at remunerative wages, and
where they can have all the comforts
and enjoyments of home life.-Otto
Courier.
, 1897-11-08

By an almost unanimous .'riSion the
supreme court of Delaware" has with
held from ONE the privilege, If prac-
ticing law in that state. The court
holds hat inasmuch rs lawyers are
STATE officers and ms no person not quail
flied to vote for members Of the Icgis-
lature car be a state officer. no woman
can be n lawyer. Recently Delaware
framed a new constitution which was
put into operation without tn" formal,
ty of n popular vote and this was one
of the strange things in the new fun>
damental law. Another section pro-
htbits the right of trial by jury to those
accused of crimes against the purity OF
the ballot. A minority of the court had
a more friendly cy, and failed to see
wherein the constitution prohibited
women from engaging in any of the
professions. The women of Delaware
should come west.
, 1897-11-08

How many varieties Of paper do yon
tEinS they manufacture in Japan? Over
60 kinds are made from the iibrrs Of vari.
Gus GRASSES and plants. "Fapcr," says
Miss Bid in her interesting record Of
travel in Japan, "is used for walls, win
dows. curs, pocket hnnlksrchiefs. Ian
terms, string, wrappers, cloaks, hats and
bHpG&gU covers and Is used d0mestically
and professionally for all purposes for
which we usc lint. lmndngrs and cloths.
1t is So tenacious ms to he nearly untCar-
able, and even tho finest Kind. an exquisite
and nearly diaphanous ~l::'ric, soft us the
most i~elicnte silk Grape, in which fine gold
lacquer is usually wrapped. can only be
torn with difficulty"
The same writer tells about the fine
varnish or lacquer which wc 500 en- tho
beautiful Japanese trays and bowls. 15 is
Il natural ,arnish, tho product of Il tree,
from which the sap is taken in The early
sptiHg. When 1t Genes from the tree, it
Is Of tho cui0r and thickness Of cream, hut
it Gar,.cns wlCn Uxunscd to tho air. Lac
que Is used TOR all kinds Of purposes,
from the EUlucn ~si.rircS in the temples to
the rice bowl in Which Tie humbles.
cody takes his meal.
, 1897-11-08

Edmond de Amicis. the Italian writer,
visited SHrtnu in iaris and describes the
visit in Lls "N1uvH AutGiuSia." OF the
old Grar%a,iSt hu says:
ale lophrd II little like Napoleon, n lit
tic like Nultuira and II little like the smil
Ing p"r;ralt of y malicious actress which !
had seen in II shop window the previous
day. lie wore n barge black velvet cap,
below wh!Gi, iv!l long, waving gray locks.
He had IA silk handkerchief round his neck
and WAS wrapped in u wide, dark cnlored
Jacket, which looked like a demidrrssing
gown. My attention was riretCd by his
strange face, without benrd mt colorlcss.
with II long nose and pointed chin and If
regular and strongly marked features
lighted ur by two kecnly sparkling graz
eyes, iIii Cf thought, the g~lanccs of which
CORES. .nndad with The rapid motion of the
thin and !Gsiblc liis, and tho acute yer
benr>, lent expression OF the whole face,
sometimes illuminated by Il bright, slight
ly mocking snilr, like that of u quite
young II He did not look more than 20
years of age, and when he spoke he seemed
still younger"
, 1897-11-08

The latest assault of the Rev. John
son upon the university is an Under
handed i%nsinuation that Miss Grace R.
Hebard, the secretary of the board.
is sending carbon copies of university
notes to the state press. 1t is a lie, of
course, but what if the capable and
painstaking secretary did take it upon
herself to furnish the state press with
the news Of our chief educational insti-
tuition? There is no better way to bring
the institution to the favorable notice
of the people than by telling what is
going on within its walls from week to
week through the medium of the coun-
ty papers. Nearly all the county papers
now have capable correspondence
bright students from the towns in
which the papers are published-and
they are keeping their home people
alive to the benefits they are receiving
at the state university. 1t was to be
expected as a matter of course that
the eX-president would make a kick
about anything calculated to stimulate
the interest and increase the attend
ance. The fact that the attendance has
doubled since his retirement has caused
him to turn green with envy, and his
jealousy finds yent in such ~splenetic at
tacks as that recently made upon the
secretary.
, 1897-11-08

Among the many good recommended
lions which will be made by the forth
coming report of the monetary commits
sion which has been holding sessions
recently will be one favoring the levy
of a small tax Upon national banks for
the protection of depositOrs. If the
recommendation should be carried in
to effect it would be absolutely safe to
make deposits in a national bank. the
government guaranteeing deposits in
about the same manner il now guaran-
tees the circulation In this way the
amount of deposits would be greatly
augmented for the reason that there
would be no object whatever in hoard
ing money away in bureau drawers
and other secret places. 1t would be a
hard lick at the burglars. but it would
be a splendid thing for the people in
general. Another recommendation of
the report will be that the burden of
maintaining the parity of our money be
placed upon the banks instead of upon
the government, as at present. If this
system should prevail. banks would be
compelled to redeem their circulation
in gold If it should be demanded.
, 1897-11-08

II the mining camp on the Grand En-
campment river in Wyoming proves
to be half as extensive and rich as the
people near it now believe it to be,
our Wyoming friends will become opu-
lent and saucy and exclusive next sum-
mer. We sincerely hope that it may
prove all that the most s~anguine pic
ture it's possibilities to be. Indeed, we
hope that it will develop so that the
daily quotations will be pig gold, New
York (refined) s2O.G7: Cheyenne gold
certificates. $17.3O." We hope it will
expand until those descendants of Bar,
abbas in New York will be frightened
out of their boots over the prospect of
cheap money. and the partial repudia-
ton of paying debts in just common
gold coin. We trust that If the dis
trict does come out, hat the gentlemen
in our sister state will remember that
we always did speak well of Wyoming.
Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1897-11-08

The Red Lodge Picket says miners
wages in the Klondike gold fields are
s12 per day, and wants to know if the
republican party claims the credit Of
such Not altogether, Mr.. Picket. The
republican party is willing to accord
credit whore credit is due. The demo-
, 1897-11-08
MONDAY, NoyENHGH s. 1897.

Now and then an old m,,~-lack pokes
his head out of his hole and looks about
him in vain for signs of prosperity.
There are some pcopI" who don't know
a good thing when they So" Rock
Springs independent.
, 1897-11-08

Whisper 1t TO your neighbour that the
Republican ia the best pap>r In the
state, and that 1t ~ b had for q
cent? pr NnstA
, 1897-11-08

When you neAt. anything in the va,
Il job printing and stationery, call .
The Republican office.
, 1897-11-08

Old papers rs cents per 100 at The
Republican Office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
SIDE-SADDLES NO MORE.
The Women of California Adopt the
Masculine Wav.

The women riders of California have
lation riding habit. They have taken to
the cross saddle and boomers.
1t is not long ago that a movement
Was started in New York to bring about
this same radical change. Opinions of
prominent physicians were obtained by
the eminent riding master Ernst Carl
Won Gilman, showing hat it was by
far better for the health and comfort
OF women to sit astride their horses.
The subject was taken up and discussed
at great length. but because no one
seemed brave enough to adopt the theo-
rleS in practice the movement slowly
died out in the east.
On the Pacific slope, however, the
movement came to some Con-
WINGED that the cross saddle ought, from
every point of view, to supplant the
side saddle, a few brave women of fash
ion began to ride astride.
The costume first adopted in place of
the discarded long, trailing habit was q
divided skirt. Just covering the shoe
top, worn with a close fitting riding
coat open at the neck to display a neat
linen bosom. The stately appearance
of the few pioneers of this movement,
when they first roc out, gained for
them the instant respect and admira-
ton OF other horseWomen, and it was
not long before the feminine riders of
San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and
neighboring towns were all using the
cross saddle. In fact. SO popular did
the innovation become that riding mas
ters were forced to introduce the new
method in their system of instruction.
Within the last month a club has been
formed among the women enthusiasts
to advocate and spread cross saddle
riding.
Many young women. especially those
OF Port Townsend, were not long in see
ing that boomers would be more COM
Portable and more in keeping with their
new n of riding than divided
skirts. But boomers in the far West
have alfays met with disfavor, even for
cycling, and in Port Townsend and the
Sound country there are never seen. In
the face of this sentiment, out having
the courage of their convictions, three
plucky Port Townsend girls a few days
rode down town in boomers, astride
their horses. Of course, they met with
disfavor and quite shocked the towns
people. In fact, they were even threat
ened with arrest. But the young wom-
en- are bravely defending themselves
against the adverse treatment their ap-
p%earance received. and declare their
intention to ride down public opinion
in bloomers-unless the law intervene.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
SALARY--NOTHING A YEAR.,

G~lassboro, N. Y, Oct. 23.-"Preaching
for nothing a year and finding himself"
the comment Of a layman after he
heard the Rev. John Angelow tell of his
t~ribulations in the Methodist Protestant
conference last Wednesday,. While the
general sentiment and sympathy were
on the side of the preacher, there are
those who think he should have with
drawn from the field rather than toll so
laboriously to keep the wolf from his
when the people to whom he had
been sent failed to rally to his support.
The question has naturally risen among
the members of the conference as to
how far a minister should go in his eff
forts to support himself while he has a
regular charge.
Mr.. Angelow's pathetic story of how
he was compelled to dig cellars, NOW
grass, and do other laborious work in
order to provide himself and those de-
pendent upon him with the actual nee
.essaries Of life. and of his triumph in
keeping out of debt during the past
year, formed a chapter in the proceed
ings Of the conference which will not
soon be forgotten. It was easy to see
behind h bare announcement of facts
the long siege OF self-sacriice and wo-
fully close economy which he must
have gone through in order to make
both ends meet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
A U. S. ROGUES' GALLERY.
Record to be Kept Of all HabituaI
Criminals in America.

Steps have been taken to establish a
central bureau. where the records will
be kept Of all habitual criminals in the
United States and Canada.
1t will be a great national Rogues'
Gallery. In it will be kept both the
photographs and the measurements, ac-
cordlng to the Bertillon system. of all
criminals.
The National Rngues' Gallery will he.
in Chicago. which, after a long contest,
has proved that it is the proper place
for such an institution.
The central bureau to be established
in Chicago will be for the police depart
ments and prisons of the United States
and canada. 1t will be under the con-
troll of the National Association of
Chiefs OF Police. and the expense of
maintaining it will be borne pro rata
among the different police departments
and penitentiaries throughout the coun-
try.
The method Of identifying criminals
in the past has been confined to the use
OF photographs. and ach city had it's
W so-called "rogues' gallery" con-
tanning such pictures as may have been
collected from various sources.
II a criminal W. sarreSted who was
not recognized it has been necessary to
resort to the expense, labor and loss Of
time of sending a copy of his photo
graph to all police departments and
prisons where there was a possibility
of the individual having been handled
or confined.
This in future can all be done away
With. and instead the photograph Inc
description will be forwarded to the
central bureau in Chicago, where by the
Bertillon system it will be possible to
identify an individual whose description
has been previously filed there in less
than five minutes. This will be possible
in any collection that may accumulate
in the central office reaching into the
hundreds of thousands.
There will also be kept a careful rec
ord of the movements of all professional
crooks, SO that by inquiring at the cen
trail bureau any city can learn where
different crooks have been operating.
Since the establishment of this CEN
trail bureau has been assured a vigor-
Gus effort has been made by the officials
of many of the larger cities to secure the
location of the office in their own city,
but the central location Of Chicago, to-
gether with the effort that has been
made from the first Introduction of the
Bertillon system to have that city Sc
lected, was successful in locating it
there.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
Strange Law to Induce MARRIAGE

The Argentine Republic has passed a
remarkable law to encourage marriage.
1t inficts a fine upon any person Of
manageable age who rejects a pro-
pOsal. Here is the statute:
"People of manageable age of either
sex who refuse ar offer to wed without
reasons which are considered valid in
law shall not be permitted to marry
thereafter without the permission of the
government. They shall, moreover, pay
an indemnity sum of not more than
$500 to the person whose offer they have
refused"
Young men and women under twenty
years Of age are exempt from the law
and can marry as they please. After
they are tWenty-eight the men are
obliged to pay a heavy tax if they re-
main single.
In Argentina women propose as we'll
as men; SO an unmarried young ma be-
tween twenty and twenty-eight years
old in that country a a troublesome
time. Not only is he made to pay a
tax for being a bachelor. but if he re-
fuses a proposal he has to pay the pro-
poser a fine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
SPANS Irish Duke.

Not only in America have the sons Of
prosecuted Ireland reached the highest
office. They nave attained distinction
in almost every country in the world.
1t is a curious fact hal the Duke Of
Tetuan, the late Spanish Minister of
State, is a member Of the illustriOuS
family of O'Donnell. He acknowledged
this with pride in a recent letter to
James A. Morrisse, of Paterson, N. j.:
Gel MinistrO do Estado.
Madrid, March Is, 1897.
Dear Sir-1n answer to your courte-
Gus ines Of the 18th inst, I hasten to
express to you my pleasure at seeing
how I-ishmen in America still reme1n-
Der the common tie of origin which
binds the sons of our race all the world
over.
"Although a Spaniard myself, + never
forget, and still keep in touch with the
old country.
"Everything pertaining to Ireland and
the Irish has a special interest for me,
as is only natural. I am we'll aware of
of the high position which many of our
brethren occupy in the United States
and elsewhere, and have a firm belief in
the future Of our race.
Thanking o kindly for the cutting
which had already been brought to my
notice. I remain, yours truly,
~"(Signed) CARLOS O'DONNELL,
Duke of Tetuan."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
MARJORY'S AMEN.

Quaint Marjory, hazel-eyed darling,
At nightfall, white-robed for repose
Repeated her prayer to Our Father"
From "Hallowed Thy name" to it's
close.
Each word with a reverent accent,
And slow, as if stringing a pearl;
For Thine is the power and the glory,
Forever and ever-a girl"
"Oh, Marjory, what are you saying?
Forever and ever, Amen!"
mo, no, mammal! Marjory's praying
A girl, I say-God will know then."
The Story Teller.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
A RELIC OF THE FLOOD.
Fortified Tree Unearthed on a New
JERSEY Farm. It

Camden county, New Jersey, boasts a
genuine relic Of the flood, a petrifed
giant tree. dug up on Farmer Charles
Norcross' land. in Underwood. The
theory of a scientific man who has ex-
amined the relic is that the tree was
tossed about on the waters of the great
deluge and finally struck dry land,
when the flood receded, at the point
where it has since been buried, ages
and ages ago.
Its gigantic proportions certainly
prove 1T to have been a stranger to
this part of the United States. It's size
warrants the assumption that it belongs
to the family of big trees that are so
remarkable a feature of forest growth
on the Pacific coast. 1t resembles a
pine tree in fibre and a California red
wood in size.
The petrified remains are those of q
tree eight feet in diameter, consequent
ly about tWenty-four feet in circumfer-
ence, and scientists say it's age in life
was about 600 years. For thirty years
Farmer NOrcross has titled the soil of
his farm, and has ploughed hundreds OF
times over the spot where the tree was
found.
The farm has always had on one spot
a number Of curious stone slabs and
loose chips. The scientific man whose
attention was called to them determined
to make an excavation there. His spade
soon struck a buried tree. He dug a
trench across it's base. and at the end
OF an hour laid bare a section two feet
wide and five feet across.
Convinced that he had struck a really
wonderful relic. he called upon the
state geologist at Trenton, who sent
down a staff Of assistants. They began
to dig toward the top of the trunk.
At a distance of seven feet above the
butt the diameter had fallen off to about
seven feet. At twelve feet it was re-
duced to five feet across it's girth. At
twenty-four feet the diameter of the
tree a shrunk to two feet. Two feet
further along the diggers found the
snapped off top. The rest of the relic
had evidently disappeared from sight
and knowledge.
The age of the tree when it was
swept away in the flood. according to
the rings in it, is computed at 600 years.
The rings and even the tissues are Wis
ible to the naked eye. Sections have
been highly polished and subjected to
a microscopical examination. There are
about sixty rings, having an average di-
ameter of two inches, twenty-five rings
with an average thickness of one inch
n twenty smaller rings with small
diameters. In color the tree has a dull
salmon hue. which is probably due to
it's long burial in the earth. The sur
rounding soil is of a coarse sand. mixed
with clay and gravel lower down.