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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

sity for writing before he was out Of
his teens. He was the leader Of his
schoolmates in athletic sports and the
admired ~favorite Of all. Together with
his friends he would spend hour after
hour among the sailors on the old
Wharves, studying the mysteries of the
ships and gathering and laying up the
treasures of nautical lore with which
MS stories TEEN. He contemplated a
college course after his term had en-
plred in the public school, but was COM
PEELED to abandon this design and be-
gan to teach, contributing from time
to time short tales to different maya
zines, for which he received little or
nc remuneration. Mr.. Adams publish
ed his first volume in 1863. It was en-
titled "Hatchie, the Guardian Slave. or
the Heiress OF Bellevue" 1t brought
him the modest sum of $3.50. His
next volume was a great hit, however,
and from the time "In Doors and Out"
was put before the public publishers
began to besiege him, eager 10 print his
Writings. In the main Mr.. Adams
reputation came from his Juvenile
works, although when first asked to
write a book of this nature he declined
to do such a thing. Being finally per-
suaded, he wrote "The Boat Club"
which was also a phenomenal success.
Then began that remarkable line of
books which aggregated 1876 volumes
besides over 1000 short stories. To
gather material for'the tales he iour-
neyed over every country of Europe,
and crossed the Atlantic eighteen
times, besides travelling in thirty states
in this country, owe the great lakes
from end to end and through all the
eastern provinces of Canada. His tray-
els southwark were extended to Cuba
and the Bahama Islands. His trips.
like Bayard Taylor's, were always with
notebook in hand, and from these pencil
photographs he faithfully portrayed
American life in all of his stories Of
adventure. He never had any literary
ambition, and he acknowledged his sue
cess as great a surprise to him as it
was to anybody. When he began to
write he had an object in view. The
heroes of the stories he had read were
either pirates or highwaymen, snug
glers or bandits. While these tales
were thrilling to him and read with
great interest, it was his opinion that
stories might be written which would
be equally as exciting, but without the
evil tendencies of these harmful books.
Consequently, to give the author credit,
he never portrayed a pirate as the
prince Of noble fellows; indeed, it is
doubtful If he ever wrote of pirates at
all. The style Of Mr.. Adams writing
was IN no sense elegant, but it was
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
Tho Lawyers Threat.
q burglar.''

The book peddler had called at
the lawyers office to sell him q book
and the lawyer very peremptorily
didn't want any book. The peddler
insisted and the lawyer continued to
decline. At last the lawyer rose in
wrath. "Now, lool. here" he said
emphatically, I've told you l don't
want your book, and l meant what
said. Furthermore, my advice to you
is to get out of this promptly, or III
throw you out" The peddler was
about to make a remark. And" in
terrupted the lawyer, ''let me also
say if you hesitate, l shall charge you
for that advice, and levy on your
books to satisfy judgment. Now git"
and the suppressed peddler got.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
A GIANT WASHINGTON FIR.
Grew in the State from Which 1t Takes
It's Name.

A tree that rivals in height and age
the monarchs of the redwood forests
in California has just been cut into sec
tons in the state OF Washington. An
idea of its size may be gained from the
fact that if sawed into inch strips, the
lumber made from the tree would I'LL
ten of the largest size freight cars,
and the strips of wood, if placed end to
end would reach from the town where
the tree now is-New Whatcomb, Wash.
across the waters of the Pacific
ocean to the land of Ii Hung Chang.
The total height of the tree as it
stood before being felled was 465 feet.
To the point where the first limb
branched out was 22O feet. At the base
the circumference was found to be 33
feet and II inches. There was not
throughout the tree the slightest in
dicatiOn of unsoundness. In all the for
ests of Washington there is not a tree
young or old which would make finer
lumber than this. The ring test, when
applied to the Washington tree,
showed that it was at least 484 years
since the day when it became a sapling
in the heart of the Cascade mountains.
The tree was as straight as an arrow
from it's base to the first limb, 220 feet,
he trunk maintained an equally stern
position to the topmOst point. Had the
limbs been shorn away, then the bare
trunkw would have lowered from ground
to tip 4G5 feet without the slightest
bend or crook. The tree was not, as
might be supposed, of that variety
which in the United States gains sc
tremendous a height-the redwood. It
ington fir, taking it's nam from that
state.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
A BIG SERVANT GIRL.
Experience of a Clubman Who Was Fond
of Practical Joking.

experience Oh Il SIuDlnin w no W. S EOnu
of Practical Joking.
A certain clubman, who attempted
to play a practical joke, was non
plussed in, a very unexpected way.
He says: Il am very particular Gbout
fastening the doors and swindows of
my house. do not intend to leave
them open at nights as an invitation
to burglars to enter. You see, l was
robbed oncc in that way last year,
and l never mean to be again; SO
when l so to bed l like to be sure that
every door and window is securely
fastened.
Last winter my wife engaged q
big, strong country girl, and the new
III was very careless about the
doors at night. On two or TIN ee oc-
%casions l came down stairs to find a
window up or the back door un-
locked. l cautioned her, but it did
no good. I therefore determined to
brighten her. l got some false whisk-
ers, and n night about II o'clock I
crept down the back stairs to the
kitchen, where she was. She had
turned down the gas, and was in her
chair by the fire fast asleep, as I
could tell by her breathing, but the
moment struck a match she woke.
II expected a great yelling and
screaming, but nothing of the sort
took place. She bounced out of her
seat with a you villain!' on her lips,
seized a chair by the back, and before
l had made a move she hit me over
the head, forcing me to my knees. I
tried to get up, tried to explain who
l was, but in vain. Before I could
get out of the room she struck me
again, and it was only after 1 had
tumbled up the back stairs that she
gave the alarm. Then she came up
to my room, raped at the door and
coolly announccd:
"Mr. -, please get up. I've killed
q burglar.'"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

An association recently organized in
one OF the suburbs of Dayton, O., has
an idea which might be proftably
ADOPTED in many smaller towns. The
association, according to Garden and
Forest, has been formed for the pur-
pose of identifying the streets, the un-
improved property, and the public
grounds by proper planting. by pro-
noting a general interest in gardening,
ana by systematic efforts to abate nui-
sances n to control the location of
houses SO far as possible, Lectures are
given, with views, to show how house
surroundings can be made attractive
and the newspaper reports say that his
part OF Dayton has shown marked I'M
provement in it's appearance. Prizes
are onered by the association for the
pest example Of planting in individual
grounds, together with the condition of
roadWays, cutters, curbs, sidewalks.
n general appearance of the houses
Frlzes are also offered to boys for the
pest vegetable gardens, as we'll as prizes
open TO boys and girls for the best kent
DacK YARDS, whether planted with flow
ers, snrubbery, climbers, or grass. Pho
are to be taken of tho exam-
NEG gardens, with particular sections
ana decorations of the streets entered
"a competition, and a heat pamphlet
mas cen published containing views of
the prl%ze-Winning grounds last wear
Anu also embodying good advice about
shrubs, and climbers. with the
astnods CT planting and caring for
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener.

Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener, who
made a notable address at the moth
ers' convention" held lately in Wash
ington, has many titles to distinction.
Her record of successful achievement
extends owe the fields of literature,
science, journalism, and politico-social
affairs. Her first Introduction to the
public was through a series of lectures
entitled respectively: Men, Women
and Gods "Vicarious Atonement" and
Historical Facts and Theological Fic-
tons" In 1890 appeared her first
volume of short stories, bearing the
title, "a Thoughtless Yes" which was
soon followed by a second and similar
book, pushed by Unseen Hands,"
Within the last few years the public
has welcomed, in quick succession,
others Of her novels She was born
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

BY direction of Congress and tn,
President the Secretary of the Navy
has placed a warship at the command
of the Christian Herald Bible House,
New York, for the purpose of trans
porting any corn that generous farm
ers OF this country may donate to their
starving heather brothers in India.
Ten thousand people are dying there
every day of starvation. 1t is likely
that their cries for bread will be lib
orally responded to by the farmers of
the west and south. Every community
should be able to send a carload of the
corn that is now going to waste for
want OF a market. Committees pro-
posing to contribute should write to the
Christian Herald. Wheat and other
unperishable products will be taken.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

Theodore Roosevelt went down to FL
orary president of the immigration
board of inquiry at once. He called
up the first case, and learned that a
Scotchman had come over with a young
girl. 1t was explained to Roosevelt
that she was his common law wife,
Teddy bristled. ooh, l know all about
these Scotch marriages." he said.
Marry the girl now" And so they
were wed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
February May Have Five SUNDAYS.

1t is only possible for February to
have five Sundays three times in each
century, unless, through some chrono-
logical freak the century comes in
with a leap year, with the first day of
February a Sunday. The five Sunday
Februarys of this century have been
those of 1924, 1852 and 1850. The
next time this oddly will occur will
be in the year 1920.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

the rising generation for more than
half a century none occupied a more
prominent place than that OF Oliver
Optic. the author OF more books and
stories for young people than any othe:
person living. He and Captain Mayne
Reid divided the loves OF small boys
whose desires ran to caves. outdoor
life, rafting on rivers and fishing and
hunting. Mr.. Adams was a represent
tatiVe Bostonian, although born at
Midway, a country town about twenty
miles out of Boston, where he first
saw the light Of day in July. 1922. His
ancestors were English, and the first
representative of the family to come
70 America vas Henry Adams, who
settled at Quincy, Mass, in 1880. Young
Adams went to Boston at an early age
and had the advantages of the superior
schools Of that city to develop his fer
tile brain. His keen power of obser-
vatlon undoubtedly had much to do
with his success as an author, and he
embraced his opportunities while in
Boston to study the likes and disiikes
and peculiarities of his fellow compan-
ions. AS a scholar he was strikingly
bright and capable, showing a propen-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

In dealing with office seekers Mr..
Mckinley may take heart of grace
from a remark of Mr.. Lincoln to a
trusted adviser: "A president must
sometimes understand the duty of ap-
pearing ungrateful, and the wisdom OF
rejecting smart combinations with un-
cOngenial clements"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
HIS DAYS WE'LL SPENT
THE LATE WILLIAM T. ADAMS
SERVED MANKIND WELL,
His Stories for the Young Folks Made
Good Men and Womcn-Ncver Ac-
cumulatcd Much Money, but Was
Happy Enough

HE late William T.
Adams, the we'll
known writer, who,
under the pen name
Of Oliver Optic, has
entertained oy
readers for more
than a generation.
was rs years OF
age. Among the
names that have
been popular with
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

The above class Of scientists recognize
and have repeatedly borne testimony, to
the efficacy OF Hostetter's Stomach Bltters
as a remedy and preventive of fever and
ague, rheumatism, want of vigor, liver com
plant, and some other ailments and infirm
conditions Of the system. Experience and
observation have taught them it's value.
They but echo the verdict long since pro-
noupced by the public and the press. Only
the ben1ghted now are ignorant of Ameri-
cas- tonic and Alternative.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

T. d. Burns, of Park View, New Mex
leo, recently shipped eighteen car loads
of fat cattle from his range to Kansas
City, the shipment bringing him over
$4,000. Rustlers are SO bad on his
range that he feels the necessity of rail-
roading his stock off to market.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

below the Mason and Dixon line, and
retains some southern traits of mind
and personality; but there is nothing
narrow or sectional about her ideas,
faiths and doctrines. She is gentle
hammered and charming, in a frankly
feminine way.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
New Varieties Of Birds.

Gov. MacGregor discovered on his
recent tour through British New Gui-
nea several new varieties of birds.
including a new kind of bird of para
disc. On Mount Scratchley, II. 900 feet
above the sea, larks were found, and
vegetation corresponding to that OF o
temperate zone.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

And now it is reported that Rivera
was betrayed. An eNpurgated brand OF
patriotism is what Cuba needs very
badly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

A package Of PERUVIANA, the best
kidney cure on earth, ont FREE to any
suffererif written for promptly. P%eruviana
Remedy Co., 1856 Fifth St, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

Despondent creditors may find solace
in the fact that if the sultan were out
of debt the powers would throw him
over in a minute.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

A sound body lies at the foundation
of all that goes to make life a success.
Exercise will help to give it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

A mar is always looking for a nicer
brand of smoking tobacco, and a wo-
nan for a better style of curling iron.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

The Kentucky colonel will continue
to hold the Kentucky colonel in con
tempt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

Confess sin Instantly. Eon- "~"'
Sne acids drop to remain and corrode.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

Nearly every man a reporter meets has
a Joke" on somebody he want printed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tocacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC, ST. All druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21

Prosperity kills more people than adver-
CITY
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
for nOntana

J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
BY Chewing & Rose.

TRUsTEEs' AUCTION SALE OF .3g1a
ACRES OF LAND WITH EODh-
ROOM DWELLING THEkEON. tkON l. =
ING on THE THREE cHOPPE,D, ROAD on
ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM kiSii-
MOND. NEAR RIDGE CHURCH ALSO,
4 LOT OF LAND 3Gxl5S FEbr 10 v n
A FRAME DWELLING THEREON, Al
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TAf-
LOR AND ROBINSON STREETS by
virtue Of a certain deed OF trust. aatea
September i3, 1898, Of record In clerk ;
office OF Henrico County Court ~ -. -.
lf9 A, page 374. default having been made
In portion OF the debt thereby secured
and being required so to DO py the Det ne
fciary' We will sell, by auction upon the
premises, on
FRIDAY, APRIL %, ls9''
the aboye-described property. as i9lows,
First, the FARM at II O'Clock NJ, ana
then the HOUSE AND LOT al the corner
or Taylor and Robinson streets az
o'clock =: NJ. Come and secure a parsaiil;;
TERMS: BY agreement the terms VIII
be made very easy. and VIII ne announced
az time OF SAFE .,
A. J. CHEWING.
d. SITTERDING,
apis Trustees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
RUsTEEs SALE
OF
THE DESIRABLE DWELLING No. 1905
WEST CARY STREET.

BY virtue Of the provisions Of certain
deed OF trust, dated July II, 1894. and or
record in the clerks office OF Richmond
chancery Court d. Il. 152 "A" page III,
default having been made In the payment
Of certain notes therein secured and be-
ing required so to DO will sell. by pub
lie auction. on the premises, on
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 81, 1897,
~ r o'clock Il. NJ, the NEAT DWELL
ING above deseribedii being No. olSOo
r'ances 6s feet west Of Lady street. and
runs in westerly direction s1Hn,,I along the
10 fest and running back between parallel
lines i22 feet to. an alley. The improve
adi,,m-sized framed dwelling in nice order
TERMS: Cash as to expenses OF execut-
ing this trust and 10 pay two notes or
s9i each. with interest thereon from July
% 1s96 and January 20. 1897. respec-
lively. and a credit as TO Ss2i, due July 20,
1sgT: balance at one and two years.
q. l.. DENOON,
Surviving Trustee.
c. l.. & II. L. Denoon. Auctioneers.
apis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18


PINE STREET.
In execution OF a deed Of trust dated
November q, 1886, OF record in the Clerk $
Office Of the Richmond Chancery Court
ID. b. 1853; a. Page a, l Will sell by auc-
TUESDAY. the 10th day Of APRIL, 1891
I'm the order following. LIST at 4:3U o clock
T. ~. promptly, all that lot Of land with
a brick carpenter shop and other I'M
provements thereon. on the north side Of
an alley. % feet wide, extending from
Main and Floyd streets. fronting on said
alley 40 feet and extending back within
parallel lines. AZ feet TO an alley 10 feet
wide. Immediately thereafter the con-
tents OF said shop consisting in part OF
iron safe office furniture, lumber wagon,
z - horsepower gas engine, moulding
machine and betting, combination saw
and saws, boarding mill, plain, shaftng,
pulley. etc, also a large amount OF lum-
Der I'm styles too numerous TO mention
here, the attendance Of contracting build
eds and carpenters is especially asked 10
this sale.
Also At $3.50 o'clock 2. NJ. that certain
lot or parcel of land with the framed
dwelling, No. 206 south Pine street there-
on, fronting on the western line Of Pine
street, 10 feet, and extending back within
parallel lines, AS feet, to an alley in COM
mon, 20 feet wide this is truly a modern
little home, and inviting IN all respects.
TERMS. AS to the real estate, one third
in cash the residue al six and twelve
months, six per cent. added, and secured
by a deed Of trust upon the property, or
all cash at the option OF the purchaser.
AS 10 the personal property cash or
well-endorsed negotiable paper, not 10 ex-
coed ninety days, with six per cent. ADDED.
all. P. r. Rose ROSE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18

BY Geo. r. Crawford & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and AuctOneers,
No. 1905 Bank street.
INRUSTEE'S SALE OF DESIRABLE
i FRAME DWELLING. no. e0f
MOORE STREET. BETWEEN Ora
HAM and OAK STREETS.
BY virtue OF a deed Of trust from ". r.
Smith and wife TO the undersigned trus-
tees, bearing date on January p, 1870. and
recorded IN Deadlock l35 Il, page iol' III
the Clerks Office OF Richmond Chancery
Court default having been mace IN the
payment Of certain notes secured therein,
and being required so TO do by the holder
Of the same. We will sell at public auction
on the premises on
TUESDAY, APRIL q. 1891.
at $3.50 O'Clock +. NJ. the property describ-
cd IN the Aforesaid deed OF trust as Iol-
lows:
All that certain LOT or PARCEL OF
LAND, with the improvements thereon
lying and being In the city OF Hichmonu,
Va, and described as follows. Beginning
on the north line Of Moore street al Tue
distance OF two hundred ana lorty-seVeh
ieet ana three inches east OF me lhteI-
section Of the east line Of Oak formerly
PlneJ street with the noTth line or Moore
street thence running eastwardly along
ana fronting on the norm uhe OF .doole
street tnirty-sX feet ana thIee lhcneS'
and running back at right angles ana De-
tween parallel lines one hundred and thlT-
~ feet to an alley sixteen feet wide.
TERMS; Cash as 20 the cost OF TINS sale,
and TO pay six notes OF SO each. win u
protest and interest from 10Th OF January.
1895, at six per cent. Der annum, credit
as TO seventy-four notes OF SO each. dat
ed January .. 1895. bearing interest al SIX
per cent. per annum from date, ana pay
able from n 10 100 months respectively
from January 70. 1855 and balance casn.
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN,
b. A. BRAUER
w. b. PIZZINl.
apl5-ilt Trustees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
JUN = n ID " -
q Y. MEREDITH. Trustees

II the amount due the bondholders
should be obtained by the trustees without
the sale OF all the lots advertised TO De
sold on May 5th. the balance or sald lots
will be sold by the society Immediately
thereafter on same terms. .-.., ....,,
AL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
by William +. Wickham. President.
mh24 o. Observation-Disclosures myi'
246l
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
BY George r.. Crawford & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Aucuoneers,
1905 Bank street.

BY George r.. Crawford & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Aucuoneers,
1905 Bank street.
ID UBLIC AUCTION SALE
OF
THE TWO NEW BRICK DWELLINGS.
NOS. 24i7 and 24l9 EAST GRACE
STREET,
BETWEEN nth and 18th STREETS,
THESE HOUSES ARE
BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED
THROUGHOUT AND CONTAIN
NINE ROOMS EACH. CITY WATER
AND GAS. RANGE, MARBLE
MANTELS.
AND ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS;
SIDE ALLEY AND FRONT WALK
TO PAVEMENT OF GRANOLlTH.
THE LOTS ARE p BY 100 FEET. THE
SITUATION is CONVENIENT TO
BUSINESS CENTER, AND WITHIN
ONE BLOCK OF ALL CAR LINES.
THIS SALE. WHICH is TO BE MADE
AT THE REQUEST or THE OWNER.
WILL TkkE PLACE ON
SATURDAY, APRIL "a. 1897. at r. NJ.
TERMS: one half cash, and the balance
at one year, secured by deed OF trust on
the property, or longer II desired.
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