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

In the discussion following the re-
cent college boat races, as 10 the
stroke most apt to win, the point was
made that a gain of one inch on each
stroke pulled would mean a gain Of
about a boats length in a race of four
miles, CT enough to bring victory in
many an encounter. In other words,
take care of the inches, and the feet
Will take care of themselves.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

A learned Missouri Judge has decid.
ed that slot machines are not gambling
devices in the eye of the law, and he
cannot see any more harm in playing
them than there is in taking a whir! at
the church grab bag or the elite pro-
gressive euchre. Gambling, he holds, is
no crime within itself. If n state
desires to make it a crime they must
pass a law covering the case. And slot
machines are not mentioned in the Mis-
souri, statutes. Drop in your nickels
and see the wheels roll,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

All You guess about difficulty in sell
Ing Stark Trees may be wrong. If you
wish to know the truth, drop a postal
to Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo-, or
Rockport, III. Name references. Cash
pay to statesmen each WEEK the year
round. Outfit free-takes no money
to r the work. Also want CLUB
MAKERs-get their trees free.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Venom Inhaled with the Air,

And imbibed with the water of a malariOuS 10
cality, has still Il certain antidote. Experience
sanctions confidence in Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters as a preventative Of this scourge. ALL
over this continent and in the tropics it has
proved itself a certain means OF defense, and
an eradicant Of intermittent and remittent few
erS, and other forms Of miasma-born disease.
Nor is it less effective for kidney troubles, con-
stipation. rheumatism and nervousness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Too Smooth.

Why have you quit riding the BIZ
cycle with Miss Smoothly, Dick?"
"She knows the town too we'll. Sha
would pilot me to an ice cream parlor
in the quietest residence district I could
fnd."-Detroit Free Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Elsie Duval, assistant postmaster at
Cheyenne, is short in her accounts ST.
500, and her mamma says her uaugh'e
spent the money on her lovers. What
kind Of chaps are those young men Of
Cheyenne?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

We'll, did as you requested-told
your wife she must go tc the noun
tains.'
Il hope you fixed it so she won't take
me with her"
Yes; I told her that she ought to
find a big mountain, and have it all to
ilerself."-Chicago Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
\ Washington Negroes Speciality.

Theirs is a negro in Washington who
makes a specially of stealing hats, and
he has become very expert at the BUSH
ness. The way to make a success OF any
calling is to attend to nothing else.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Prosperity has really been reached.
A man near Canton, O., sold his wife
and six children for $500. A little
while ago wives were only quoted at
$3.50 in Missouri. This is quite an ad-
vance in prices, considering the half
a dozen serious incumbrances.-Los
Angeles Labor World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Eaual OPPORTUNITIES.

Out of ten men. nine men are born
and serve the tenth; resolve that you
will be the tenth.-Walter Besant.
But suppose all should resolve to be
the tenth? Would it not be better Gas
it is possible) to realize Emerson's
ideal-to neither command nor obey?
How? By equal opportunities.-San
Francisco Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

From the prices charged by the
transportation companies the mosqui-
to is not the only thing in the Klon-
dyke that knows how to present q
bill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

F1fty-seven frog farms are now in
operation in this country. No wonder
we are croakers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

The child has the seeing eye; years
veil our vision with stupid things called
facts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

More flies are caught with honey
than vinegar.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

My doctor said / would die, but Piso',
Cure for Consumption cured me.--Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills. Nov. %, '05
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
To put off repenting until tomorrow
Eiay be putting it off forever.

A strong constitution is necessary to
stand the effect Of taking medicine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

1t is as unusual to hear a kind word for
a stepmother as it is to hear a kind word
for u married man.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
An Increase in Heat or the Retort to
the Man Who Got Fired-An Insult
MISUNDERSTANDING a Rcstful Time
Too Smooth, Etc.
The Candidates.

TALKING bout en-
And other things
eZ queer,
And how some folks
is influenced
BY seasons Of the
year;
Jest w a t C h o u I
friendly candi-
date,
And every time
you'll see
How jest afore cleo
zion
He's eZ good ez
he kin be.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

a man doesn't care anything about 60
ing to a party all he wants is to be in
vited.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Particulars Wanted.

4 CKCU1dI6 VdECeUs
Little Binks is going to marry that
very tall Miss Hopkins"
Goodness! How did he court her
with a ~stepladder or a telephone?"-
Chicago Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
POINTS From THE PRESS.

There is nothing this county can
do to kindle the fires of patriotism so
long as 81 per cen of the people are
homeless.-Seattle Populist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

The porter Of the Paris Bourse re-
Gently died, leaving a fortune Of $780,
900. He had been employed thirty years
at a salary of $24O a year. He evi.
IDENTIFY got rich on tips"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Hanna and the other coal barons are
the friends of the coal miners and
other laboring people. The laboring
people recognize this and put them
into office and wealth. They always
vote for them or their friends, and
oppose socialism. Darned if I can see
any n in striking against ones
triends.-Appeal to Reason.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Mrs. Winslow'sS Soothing Syrup
For children teething,~ softers the gums. reduces innam
allayS pain, cures lind collie. 20 cents q bottle
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

When a girl fails to attract any other
man, she goes in for her minister.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

The people who liked summer best ar<
beginning to say less about it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

You can always make a woman mad by
saying her hat is too young for her.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

In every town there is a certain place
where all the loafers .ongregate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Don't let anyone make you believe tina
any man is not like other men.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take lScaretS Candy Cathartic. 1Oc or 25c
II c. G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Hojack-Does' your employer treat
you is warmly now as he did at first?
Tomdik-More so.
HOjack-Indeed? That's good.
Tomdik-Yes. He fired me yesterday
-Up-to-Date.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Goes Cough Bnlanm
Is the oldest and best. 1t will break up a cod quick
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

A man will lie about his town quicker
than about anything else.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

4 lazy mans working time is to
morrow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17
Boston, of Course.

Pretty Polly!" said the lady. "Can
Polly talk?"
Polly" replied the Boston parrot.
can converse."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

The conspiracy between the federal
judges and executive authorities to rob
the people by selling the Union Pacific
road to the highest bidder, instead of
taking it for the government debt, has
reached to the point Of a judicial de-
cree at Omaha. No bid for less than
$780, 3 ,435 will be received. The late
of sale is not yet fiXed.-San Francisco
Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

In spite of the contended good results
to come TO the people from the new
tariff law, a significant sign of what
is to follow. at least in one line, is the
advance in the price of ugar, an in
dispensable article to every house
holder.-Fort Morgan Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

Extravaganza in public expenditures;
unjust and high taxation, the gold
basis for money and the rapid concen-
tration of powerful business agencies,
with consequent falling prices, are
among the things which have carried
the country down to the level of the
coast line, and we cannot rise unless
weights.-Topeka Advocate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

The average citizen is not a bitter par
tisan, and is always ready to say a good
word for the bridge that carries him
safely over rough waters, regardless of
the builder. But the Mckinley high
tariff will not help him and he will
pronounce it bad and help to overthrow
those responsible for it.-Aspen Tri-
bUne.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-17

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

Representation according to the
Hare-Astor plan would forever dispose
OF the political machine; taxation ac-
cording to the single tax plan would
forever dispose Of landlordism; public
ownership of all natural and political
monopolies would forever dispose of
trusts, corporations, and syndicates,
and these three are one.-Pittsburg
Kansal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

There is venerable and benevolent
Judge in Paris who at the moment of
passing sentence on a prisoner consults
his assessors on each side Of him rs to
the proper penalty to be inflicted.
what ought we to give this rascal,
brother?" he says, bending over to the
assessor on the right.
81 should say three years. ~
"What is your opinion, brother?" to
the assessor ON the left
81 should give him about four years "
The judge, with beneyolence: "Pris-
oner not desiring to give you long
and severe term of imprisonment, as |
should have done if left to myself, /
have consulted my learned brethren and
shall take their advice Seven years.
London Telegraph.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12
"Books In the Running Brooksi"

There is no knowing where the Bod
leian library at Oxford will leave off.
At present it is literally overlooking
with the literature, if not the learning,
of the age 1t has, like the library Of the
British museum, to be supplied with a
copy of every work published, and nat
urally the strain put upon its limited
resources has been too great for it,
A long time ago the library itself
could hold no more books, and the Rad
cliffe camera was called into the service
Of the librarian. That got full, and then
the basement of the Sheldonian theater
was obtained. This is also full now, and
the basement of the Ashmolean museum
Is now home for what would other
wise be homeless books
At the present rate it is not improb-
able that the library will spread and
spread until it completely overhows and
swamps the whole university town it.
self. That. however, is not likely to be
Just yet, in spite Of the activity Of the
"lady novelist. Pearson Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12
HOming Pigeons.

When pigeons were TO be sent back
and forth, it has been usual to keep two
sets, with their respective homes at
either end Of the course, and when they
have reached their homes to carry them
back to the places from which they are
to be dispatched. An ingenious process
has been devised to overcome this diff
Guilty and cause the birds to fly with
equal certainty in both directions. Pr
geons, for example, whose home is in
Paris are confined for several days at
st. Denis and fed there at stated hour
every day with some favorite food which
is not given them at their real home.
They become in the course Of time ia
miliar with their new home and its
choice dishes When set at liberty, they
start off at once for Paris without for
getting the good things they enjoyed at
st. Denis. When they are to be sent
back, they are made to fast little
while, and are then let loose at about
feeding time at st. Denis They 60
thither, and, when they have their own
way, time their going so as to be there
at the exact moment of feeding. Birds
have thus been taught to fly back and
forth regularly between places 80 miles
apart. Renaud in Popular Science
Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

We find as marked differences in hab-
its, tastes and characters among spiders
as among human beings. Some KINDS
prefer always living in houses or eel
lars, not seeming to care for any lresh
air or out of door exercise. Mr. Jesse
tells Of two spiders that lived for 10
years in opposite corners OF drawer
which was used for soap and candles
Others delight in making burrows IN
the earth, in dwelling under stones or
behind the loose bark on trees, and 9th
ers live under water. Many never leave
their webs, but patiently wait, hoping
some insect will become entangled IN
the snares they have set Others dash
about and seize upon every luckless in
sect that crosses their path. The most
adventurous Of all are those that sail
out into the world on one of their own
little threads.
In the bright autumn weather, if we
observe closely, we may sometimes see
some of our own small spiders ascend
to the tops of trees, fences and other
high objects, rise on their toes, turn the
spinners upward, throw out quantity
of silk and sail away. They grasp tie
silken thread with their feet and seem
to be enjoying themselves as much as
the birds and butterflies Margaret W.
Leighton i'll Popular Science Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

DR.. Nicoll, who came to this country
with Mr.. Barrie, read the American
newspapers while he was here and au-
daciously admits that he liked them.
He has confessed to The Westminster
Budget that in his opinion no American
institution is more misunderstood abroad
than the press. He thinks our newspa-
pers less sensational than they seem to
be and says, very truly, that you may
look in vain in them for such matter as
the divorce reports which the most prop
er English papers publish. Undoubted-
ly we Americans like the newspapers
we have better, on the whole, than any
others in the market, but we are so con-
tinually advised that our passion for
them is guilty, that while we satisfy it
with prodigality we seldom attempt to
justify or even to excuse it, so that to
hear our journals praised by a visitor
excites emotions of considerable novel
ty. After all, a liking for newspapers
is, like liking for ones fellow crea-
lures, apt to concentrate itself on indi-
viduals If Dr. Nicoll had been impoli-
tic enough to say which American pa
pers he liked, his comments would have
gained in interest all that they lost i'll
discretion. -Harper's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12
Took the Law Literally.

A very ignorant but well to do citizen
from the backwoods was elected coroner
of small county. A few days after his
election he amazed the ordinary by ask
ing that functionary to point out his
duties for him.
"Why," said the ordinary, "when a
man drops dead, or is killed by an en-
CINE, Or blown up with dynamite, you
simply impanel jury and sit on him
and then render verdict. "
''That's jest what done two hours
ago." said the coroner, IAN the citizens
air kickinP'
"Kickin about what?"
"The man what I sot on"
"Well?"
"Well, you see, hit wuz this away:
He drapped by the railroad thar an hol-
Tered out, Boys, I'm deadl'"
"Well?"
II wuz standin within three feet Of
him, an as he hollered them words I
jumped him"
Jumped him?"
II mean sot on him, jest like the
coroners air required by law, an, as l
weigh right smart, he KEEP purity quiet
after | landed. "
"But he was dead before you reached
him, wasn't he?"
"Thar's whar the question comes in.
Amt but one thing erbout it that 8
shore an certain, an that is he wuz dead
when got up!''-Atlanta Constitution
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12
An Old Hymn.

A pathetic and yet charming story is
Told Of the origin Of the well known
HYMN, "Blost be the tie that binds"
which was written by Rev. John Faw-
cett, an English Baptist who died in
1917, having spent nearly 60 years in
the ministry.
1t was in 1772, after few years
spent in pastoral work, that he was
called to London to succeed the Rev. DR..
Gill. His farewell sermon had been
preached near Moinsgate i'll Yorkshire.
Six or seven wagons stood loaded with
his furniture and books, and all was
ready for departure.
But his loving people were heart
broken Men, women and children gath
cred and chung about him and his fam
lily with sad and fearful faces. Finally,
overwhelmed with the sorrow of those
they were leaving, DR.. Fawcett and
his wife sat down on one Of the packing
cases and gave way to grief.
"Oh john" cried Mrs. Fawcett at
last, 81 cannot bear thisl know not
how to 90.
"Nor | either" returned her hus-
band, "and we will not 60 The wagons
shall be unloaded and everything put
in its old place"
His people were filled with intense
Joy and gratitude at this determination.
DR.. Fawcett at once sent letter to
London explaining the case, and then
resolutely returned to his work on sal
airy of less than 5000 a year,
This hymn was written to commence
rate the event. When Mr.. Coffing, a
missionary at Aintab, in Armenia, set
out in 1860 to explore the Taurus noun
tains, he was to penetrate an entirely
new and dangerous field. This fact was
fully realized by the inhabitants Of
Aintab, and they gathered to the num-
Der Of 1900 at the roadsides and babe
farewell to the missionary and his fam
lily in the Armenian words Of this hymn,
written nearly century before by the
devoted Yorkshire preacher. Youths
Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

ANY citizen who is tired Of mundane
concerns and wants TO fix his mind on
something higher is invited to consider
the allegation of Sir Francis Cation,
made in the London Fortnightly Re
view, that some one on Mars is signal
ing to earth The information seems not
as yet to be very generally confirmed by
astronomical observers, but Sir Francis
Is quoted as authority for the report
that in one of the European Observable
ries an apparatus has been devised for
recording the Marian flashes, and that
the record shows that three signals and
no more are made, and that they differ,
as all flashlight signals do, in the length
of the flashes and of the intervals be-
tween, so that if we had the key they
might be read like Geographic messages.
OF course this is not yarn to be
swallowed whole, but the association Of
the name of Sir Francis Cation with it
Is enough TO entitle it to consideration.
There seems to be no intrinsic impossi-
bility of our having relations with peo-
pie in Mars 1t sounds preposterous, Of
course; but, like other marvels, it seems
preposterous chiefly because it is unusu-
al. We have to nudge ourselves from
time to time in this age of swift sur
prises and remind ourselves that moth.
ing that is new to us can possibly
be more marvellous than many things
that have grown familiar. -Hmper's
Wepklv
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

In 10 field Of literature have the forger
and the manipulation worked with
greater vicor ana success. From Percy s
day TO our own it has been thought an
innocent device TO publish Ait Of one s
own vorsifyiug now and then as an
"old ballad or an "ancicnt song" Of
ten, too, late stall copy of ballad,
getting into oral circulation, has been
innocently furnished to collectors as
traditional matter. Mere learning will
not guide an editor through these per-
plexities. What is needed is, in addi-
ton, a complete understanding of the
popular" genius, sympathetic recog-
milton of the traits that characterize
oral Literature wherever and in what
ever degree they exist This faculty,
which even the folk has not retained,
and which collectors living i'll ballad
singing and tale telling times have often
failed to acquire, was youchsafed by ma
ture herself TO the late Professor Child.
In reality a kind Of instinct, it had been
SO cultivated by long and loving study
of the traditional literature of all ma
tons that it had become wonderfully
swift in its operations and almost IN
fallible. No forged or retouched piece
could deceive him for a moment. lie
detected the slightest jar in the genuine
ballad tone. lie speaks III one place OF
certain writer's "who would have been
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

When the Jewish Moody becomes
known, we shall have revivals having
the Jewish spirit and encouraging a
warm devotion to the ancient faith, in
which the woman's council and the
Hebrew associations will be conspicu-
ous There is nothing in the physique
of the average Jew that prevents his
growing enthusiastic in religion as we'll
as in art or politics; he merely awaits
the man and the opportunity. The true
Jew is not Indifferent. Given the occa-
sion, and he will promptly display his
warmth Of spirit. We can well picture
the crowds of excited worshipers hail
ing the words of Isaiah or Joel, who,
before the approach of these prophets,
showed little interest in things spiritual.
And i'll some respects Moody may be
called the Isaiah Of today. -Jewish
Messenger.