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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

study Of the subject since has COM
pletely changed his views. Now that
an element in the west is trying to
weaken the leagues control Quicker
makes the following timely statement:
- am of the opinion that the league
should control bicycle racing. The at
titude Of certain officials Of the or
%ganization interferes seriously with a
satisfactory contamination of such a
course, but the time is coming, and
soon, too, when that attitude will be
materially changed. The situation in
league circles in regard to racing is
somewhat peculiar. The active direc-
ton Of the affairs Of the league is in
the hands of a few men who are i'm
bued with the traditional English
aversion to racing upon the league
tracks. The majority of league men
are heartily in favor of racing, and the
men who pull the wires are opposed
and have carried their objections into
effect.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
The Right OF Way.

Notwithstanding all that has been
said and written upon the subject of cy-
cling etiquette, it is impossible for en-
observant cyclist to spend an afternoon
on the road without noticing some yio-
laton of simple rules that should Nv
this time be thoroughly impressed up-
on the cycling kind. The rule of the
road that is centuries older than hi
cycles, regarding turning to the right
whsn meeting a vehicle or pedestrian
is for the most part carefully observed.
the violations being few and far be-
tween, excepting in cases where combi-
nations of vehicles make the strict Oh
servance of the rules impossible. The
rule which should be no less wei,
known Is, strange to say, frequently vi
plated both by drivers and bicvclers
that is, when overtaking another We
hicle or bicycle, it's rider should pass
to the left. In a short ride on a much
travelled Jersey road the writer saw a
number of instances of violation of rh.s
simple rule. The violations of the rule
were mainly by scorchers, of course.
They are always a nuisance on any
road, and in their recklessness do not
seem to regard any rule as worth re.
garding. Some of these ~violators no
ticed were, however, men who could
not be classed with the scorchers. These
two rules are simple enough and
should be second nature with every BIZ
cycle rider. and it is indeed surprising
to see how frequently the second one is
violated. The danger Of collision is
greatly increased because of the uneA
%pectedness of an approach from TIE
wrong side, often causing a beginner t,
wabble into the wheel of the rider wht
has thoughtlessly broken the rules c
the road.
"A Kansas City girl who is beginnin.
To / q bicycle says the reason she Il
looking thin is because she has falle,
OF so much Of late
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
DUTY of the Stars.

In the preparation for the San Fran
cisco meet last spring it was very IN
certain as to who of the great eastern
cracks would be present. Several were
advertised for a time. It was the show
ing of pictures of these by means Of
a s~tereopticon on the side Of a building
that brought the remark, How little
Gardiner knows of the advertising that
is being given him way out here in
San Francisco. Here is his picture be-
ing published in a city in which he has
never been. He is we'll known here in
San Francisco, though never present at
a meet in this part of the country"
"You will find the pictures of the
prominent racing men shown all over
the country, in stores and in private
dwellings, yet the people who place
these pictures where they may be seen
by thousands have lever seen the men.
Racing men OF today are from the ordi-
nary walks of life. They would never
be heard Of were in not for their rae
ing. Ordinarily they would be con-
carned in commercial pursuits. John
son, Zimmerman, Bald, Cooper, Gardi-
ner and many others are we'll
known throughout the length
and breadth of their own land,
and of foreign lands as well. Especi-
ally is this so with Johnson and Zim-
norman. owing to the length of time
they have been in the business. It is
a fact that the racing men of the
try do not recognize the prominence
they obtain in this world. in which
they are compelled to live, through the
part they take in the sport. Advertised
by the makers who employ them. ad-
,ertised through the stories of the
races which go out and by the cycle
papers which circulate to the ends Of
the earth, they should conduct them
selves in the sport as gentlemen at all
times, and bring the standard IN to the
highest limit. "An unworthy man NAV
degrade an honorable calling or a SUI
perior man may elevate an occupation
to his own standing"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
AARON BURR'S PISTOL.
Its Adventures Since 1t Gave a Fatal
Wound to Alexander Hamilton.

Its adventures Since 1t Gave a Fatal
Wound to Alexander Hamilton.
Louis Marshall Of Versailles, KY,
possesses the famous pistol with which
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamil-
ton, says the st. Louis Post-DlA. -ich.
The fatal weapon has changed hands
many times, and has had an interest
ing career. Its authenticity is nGues
tionable. Judge Van Ness. who was
Burr's second, marked the pistol and
gave it to Col. James Bowie, together
with its mate, the Hamilton pistol. Col.
Bowie wore the pair as belt pistols,
but lost one pistol while swimming a
Eayou. He afterward presented the re-
naming weapon to DR.. Carr, the SUI
p~erintendent Of the United States
arsenal at Baltimore. DR.. Carr acted
as second to Thomas F. Marshall of
Versailles, the Kentucky orator and
statesman, in his duel with James
Watson Webb, editor of the New York
Courier and Enquirer, in which Webb
was crippled for life. DR.. Carr then
gave the Burr pistol to Mr.. Marshall.
"NO oNco|dN~ACAJ P4CoCAlCu IL W Ills
brother, Edward G. Marshall. The lat
ter carried it through the Mexican war.
1t was stolen from him by his BODY
servant, but, through a miracle, was
located in the City of Mexico and re-
covered by one of his soldiers. Capt.
Marshall, before his death, gave the
pistol to his son., Louis Marshall.
Thomas f. Marshall, while it was in
his possession, had the dueling pistol
altered from a flint to a percussion
lock. 1t still shoots very accurately
and carries a two-ounce ball. It's bar
rel, which is twelve inches long, looks
more like a section of a shotgun, than
anything else, while the handle is
marked twice with the TX" sign. which
meant in the palmy days of dueling
that the weapon had done fatal work,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
ICE M EN-.
How the Hardy Explorers Reached This

HOW the Hardy Explorers Reached This
Land Is a Mystery.
How p%alaeolithic man got to this
land-for it does not seem likely that
the genus homo was indigenous here
is a question that has puzzled the
wisest; perhaps by way of Greenland,
over the bridging ice field which prob
ably connected Europe and America,
say L~ippincotts. However, We know
that he did get here, and, as the first
wandering bands of these old hunters
came, we know, too, that they found
a land Of snow and ice, of great rivers
and many lakes. 1t seems probable,
from the finding of occasional imple-
ments in the older travels, that the
earliest emigrants arrived while the
glacier was at its maximum. One I'M
broken field of ice had spread over
all the north, covering Manhattan is
land 1000 feet and reaching to within
fifty miles of Philadelphia. AS the
years passed, more bands of these
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
"A Safe Sport.

The recent death of A. w. Harris,
the English racing man, resulting from
a fall in a race on a cement track, has
provoked comment upon the dangers
Of bicycle racing, and also the use Of
cement tracks. A well-known rider in
discussing this subject claims that
cycle racing is about the safest sport
for men yet invented. This fact he
claims is exemplifed when it is taken
into consideration the hundreds who
compete in races each week, the ter
rifle speed at which they travel, the
excitement inseparable from such con-
tests n the imperfections of some of
the tracks in use. Wonder is excited
that there are not more accidents, and
that the few which do occur are not
more serious. Racing men entertain
hopes that the few serious accidents
that take place will have the effect of
bringing cycling clubs and racing asso-
cations to a realization of the few
dangers that now exist, in order that
they may be eliminated. The suitability
OF tracks and the overcrowding of the
same, particularly in short distance
races, are points that should engage
the attention of the racing authorities.
improved tracks and competent Off
Gals at race meets, it is felt, will soon
mitigate the small chances of acc,dent
that now exist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

appeared a femal pirate from South
Carolina, pretty as a picture and as
bloodthirsty as Captain Kidd.
Her name vas Anne Bonny, and she
could lead a boarding party to take a
galleon Of Spain and make the pas
sengers and crew walk the plank after
ward with the most dashing buccaneer
that ever sailed under the skull and
c~rossbones.
Anne was born in Ireland, her pa
rents lmmlgrating to the Caroljnas
When she was a baby. She was a wild
and headstrong girl as she grow M,
but as her father was a man of prop
erty 1t was expected that she would
make a good marriage and settle down.
several desirable young men were
striving fer her hand and fortune. and
but for that opportunity which Satan
always sends to the wickedly inclined
Anne Bonnys name might now be read
IN the pedigree of some old and proud
Southern family. But the opportunity
came in the shape of a wicked sailor,
fresh from the Spanish main, a sailor
strong and lusty of limb, full Of strange
oaths and Jamaica rum, and more than
half suspected of being a pirate. And
IN sooth he was a pirate, left by some
chance on the American coast, and
waiting for an opportunity to get back
to the West Indies and the life of a
rover again. Anne must have had in
her the same devil which has recently
been shown by the Princess Chimay,
for, turning her back on her well-born
s~weethearts, she eloped with the pirate
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
Close at Hand, Verv.

Jaded Cyclist Scarcely good for an
other five minutes)-How far is if to
brookley, my man? Native-Brook-
icy, sir? Oh, you be close on it.
Jaded Cyclist t1oyfully)-Which way?
Natlve-straight up that steep ill
there, turn to the left for about four
mile, then cross the bridge and follow
the telegraph posts for a stretch. then
sharp round to the right. and Brcokley
amt nore'n two M. faded cyclist
faints.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

hardy explorers reached this land, and
as the second and later recessions. of
the ice occurred, with accompanying
flooded rivers, it is likely that a fairly
dense palaeothithic population peopled
our river valleys. It was a long time
since the first of their race came over
the ice; a far distant past it must have
seemed-as it truly was to these later
day men. To us the founding of Egypt
is so far away that it seems almost
wholly mythical; but the time which
elapsed between the period of maxi
mum glaciation and the later days of
the epoch was possibly five times long
er. Yet this is one of the short
periods in the life history of the in
FAINT race. Such was time in the be-
ginning.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
Georgia Man Who Walks on Water.

From the Atlanta Constitutions:
Prof. Robert Cook, of Americas, Ca.
whose marvellous feats of walking on
water have attracted widespread at
tention in Americas, was reared here
and until two years g was actively
engaged in mercantile business. He
will walk on the Chattahooche River at
Columbus this week, going thence to
Lake Po~ntchartrain to practice for =
walk ON the Ohio River from Pittsburo
to Cincinnati.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

DIAL for the most m]eritorious ride OF
last year. On June Z, 1896, Staubach
ode a double century to Philadelphia
and return, establishing a new record
for the course, the first time that the
ride has ever been made in one day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
A BONNY LADY PIRATE
SAILED MAIN AND F OUGHT
LIKE A TICRESS.
Daring and Bloodthirsty Anne Came
from Il Respectable Family. but in
Her Youth Ran Away with u Villain
Gus Sailor,

N the latter part
of that period in
which fleets rOamed
about the Carrib-
bean Sea and the
Mexican Gulf fly
ing the "jolly
roger" and armies
of bucc a n e e r s
stormed and plum
dered cities of the
Spanish Main, there
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

this country and who has at times
filled various offices in the L. A. ". is
e strong advocate Of the league as the
controlling power in racing. Years ago
Quicker headed q movement = taIe
the control OF racing from the league.
but the attempt was q failure and his
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
NOTES OF I'll WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DE-
VOTES OF THE BICYCLE.
4 Radical Departure In Ii Methods OF
Transmitting Power-New Gable Cycle
on the Market-Duty of Men Who
Have Become Famous Wllee::nen.

RADICAL depart
ure in the method
o f t a n S m lifting
power on bicycles
is shown in the ca
bic cycle recently
placed on the a
ket, and showing it
will make under
hard a will be
watched with in
N
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09
S~taubaCh'S Medal,

The Century Road Club of Americ;
has awarded to G. P. Staubach of New
York City the 1896 New York State me
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-09

Walnuts and b%utternuts are being
successfully cultivated in Whatcom
county, Washington. They are not ma
tive to the region.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

other large cities, the leading newspa-
pers, making their own canvasses again
this year, have found that the demand
for Paine's celery compound surpasses
that of all other remedies together!
Painc's celery compound, taken dur
ing the early spring days, has even
more than its usual remarkable eff
cheney in making people well. 1t
makes short work of disease. 1t rapid
ly drives out neuralgia, sleeplessness,
dyspepsia and rheumatism from the
system. 1t removes that lassitude, or
"tired feeling" which betokens weak
ened nerves and poor blood.
Women working in close offices, sales
women tired out and nervous from long
hours standing on their feet and wait
ing on impatient, irritating customers;
overworked, worried and disheartened
men and women everywhere will be
astonished to find how much happier
life becomes when their nerves have
been strengthened and their blood puri-
fed by means of this great remedy.
No other remedy has the hearty ap-
proval of a like body of educated men
and women and professional men, nor
has there ever been remedy that was
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

other excl etory organs whenever taken,
whether in summer or in winter, but
as the greatest Of spring remedies it has
extraordinary opportunities for induc-
ing the body to throw off morbid bu-
mors that poison it and cause rheuma-
tism, neuralgia, neart trouble and a
general low state of the health, as in
spring the system is more pliable and
chronic diseases SO securely lodged in
the system that they are with difficulty
ousted, become more tractable.
Thousands of men and women have
found from personal experience that
Paine's celery compound makes people
well, and keeps all from sickness who
take it in the spring.
Many father and mother have no.
ticed the unmistakable improvement in
the health of their children from TAX
ing Paine's celery compound in the
spring. It is the one scientifically ac-
curate remedy fitted by it's composition
to thoroughly purify the blood and dis
pei that exhausted feeling and get rid
of skin diseases, headache and fits of de-
preston with which children with
weak, nervous systems, as we'll as grown
people, are afflicted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Charcoal from Leather.

The manufacture of charcoal of an
important commercial value, from COM
mon leather waste or scrap, that is, as
charcoal produced from leather has
been found to be of such peculiar value
in certain processes of tempering, a
plan has been brought forward for util-
izing the waste leather which accumu-
lates in shoe shops, ETC., by converting
1t into charcoal. The plant for manu-
featuring this kind Of charcoal consists
essentially of metal retort, something
like those for the production of illumi-
mating gas, and the cost of such an
equipment is calculated not to much
exceed 5000. while one man unaided
can easily operate the whole. The
shrinkage of the leather in thus becom-
ing charcoal is said to be not more than
80 per cent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
WISE AS AN OWL.

because he keeps both eyes and ears wide
open, says nothing and keeps up good
deal of thinking. When sciatica takes hold
of man, he is wisest who says nothing
but keeps his eyes and ears open for the
best remedy, who thinks and knows it may
result in erippling, and who finds by trial
that st. Jacobs Oil is the best known rem
edy for its treatment and permanent cure.
1t penetrates to the seat ofthe excrutiating
pain, soothes and cures it, and prevents
What sometimes happens--the use of the
surgeons knife to get rid of the torment
The owl thinks and then acts quickly and
the sciatica sufferer should act promptly to
arrest the progress of the disease and to re-
store the nerve by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil to its natural condition.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
HEALTH IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY!
Use the Only Spring Remedy in the World That has
Stood Every Test Of Time.
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND MAKES ONE WELL.

No remedy in the world accomplishes
these results like Paine's celery COM
pound. 1t nourishes. regulates and in
vigorates the entire nervous system
from the brain to the minutest nerve
filament. 1t causes an increased appe-
tite and tones up the stomach to deal
with the increased food. It's nourish-
ing action is Immediately manifest in
a clearing up. of the muddy, unhealthy
skin, an increase in weight and more
refreshing sleep.
First discovered after laborious,
scientific research by the ablest physi-
clan America has produced, Prof. Ed
ward E. Phelps, NJ. D., LII. D., of
Dartmouth college, it is prescribed and
publicly indorsed by the best practi-
tioners in every city in America. It
has been so enthusiastically recon-
mended by grateful men and women
in every walk of life that it is today in
every sense the most popular remedy
the world ever knew.
1t has proven itself the greatest of all
spring medicines
In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, St. Louis and two or three
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Not the Same Thing.

When shrewd men talk, it is best to
mind their exact expressions. The
Lewiston Journal mentions a case In
point:
There had been a great financial
catastrophe in Piscataquis County by
which many people lost their little all,
and the word went round that a citizen
who usually clings to his shekels had
suggested a public subscription to
make up the losses, and had promised
to subscribe largely himself. The peo-
ple were amazed at the report, and in
quiry was begun to learn its truth.
"Did you offer to give $4,000 to pay
these lossesT' the citizen was asked.
"Well, no." he said, 81 didn't put my
offer in just that way. What did say
was that I would willingly give $25, 900
If the thing had never happened. /"
Then the people laughed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

welcomed in so many intelligent, pru-
dent homes where pains is taken to get
only the best in SO vital matter In
such families all over the country
Paine's celery compound is the first,
last and only remedy used.
Prof. Phelps had studied the nerves
in health and disease, when we'll
nourished and when under-nnurished,
in men and women and children years
before he looked for the remedy. Paine's
celery compound is the outcome of his
entire professional life. 1t is the one
remedy that the world could not lose
today at any price.
Paine's celery com pound induces the
body to take on solid flesh.
Physicians recognize Paine's celery
compound as the one scientific spring
remedy, and it is universally prescribed
by them wherever. there is great need
of vigorous and prompt restoring of
health and strength to the worn-out
system.
Paine's celery compound is the best
spring remedy because it is more than
mere spring remedy. 1t brings about
healthy appetite, complete digestion,
regular action of the bowels and the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
LABOR EXCHANGE MOVEMENT
Possible Solution Of the In
duStrial Question.
AN OUTLINE OF ITS WORKINGS

The San Francisco Branch Is Doing
Large Wholesale Business Wholly
without the Use of Legal Tender.
By G. E. KELLOGG, Vancouver, Wash.
While the various political parties
and the people generally are wrangling
over the financial and labor questions,
there is being established in our midst
an organization, known as the Labor
Exchange, which claims to be able to
transact business without legal tender
money by basing its medium of ex-
change on the products of labor, and
eventually. to furnish employment to
the idle by supplying a market for the
products of their labor.
This is not an entirely new organiza-
tion Though it has been operating
successfully in several cities, no sys-
tematic effort has been made to extend
it's wnrkin.s, until within the last year
or two. Now, however, since number
of branches have proven the practicable
ity Of the plan by actual business
operations, the idea is being taken up
in every state in the Union and over
200 branches have been established.
AS an example of what is being done
in this line we would call attention to
the San Francisco branch, located at
No. 322 Davis street, which has done a
wholesale business of $28, 900 within
the last eight months, wholly without
money. The manager, Mr.. Henry
Warfeld, has compiled labor ex-
change directory Of the different bust
ness houses that have investigated the
plan and now accept "labor checks" at
their, face value, as being as good as
money. Every business nearly is repre-
sented, and the list completes the cir
cult Of necessities of man, SO that the
holders of labor exchange checks are in
a position to supply their wants with
out regard to money.
ANY useful article may be deposited
with the exchange, and the depositor
receives therefor deposit check which
is mot redeemable in legal tender, but
receivable by the Labor Exchange Asso-
citation in payment for merchandise, for
all services and for all debts and dues
to the same; and it is based upon and
secured by the real and personal prop
erty in the keeping of the association.
The property held for the redemption
of certificates cannot. as per charter, be
mortgaged nor pledged for debts, nor
can it be withdrawn, but may be ex-
changed by the association for other
property of equal value.
The branches in different sections of
the country exchange surplus products
with each other. For example, there
are such things as socks and cigars from
as distant point as Reading, Pa, at
the San Francisco exchange, broom
handles from New Whatcom, Wash,
fruit extracts from Fresno, as we'll as