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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-16

II might indeed. I res pond, .for
until you spoke l saw you not Again
I beg your pardon"
Il accept your apology, brother"
he says, condescendingly, and plant
ing his feet very far apart. And
now may I ask your destination?
Kovno? Eh"
Yes, ] go to kovno."
"Ah. that is luck; l go there also.
so we can proceed together. The
devil take it, what think you to see q
gentleman like me going on foot the
distance of twelve ~versts? l have
been cheated, robbed, my friend, OF
all the money l had in my purse-fve
hundred roubles that is what I had
when l left Petersburg. Gone! all
gone! not the price of a postchaise
left! The world-this Russla-is full
of liars and cheats and thieves; you
cannot get a glass of cognac but it is
a%dulterated and knocks a man stupid.
and then the rogues bring out the
cards. which are stocked-all stocked,
l tell you! An honest man has not a
chance.h
He splits upon the ground, and
thrusts his hand through my arm.
Well, devil take it let it go! Help
ne along, brother and l will pay you
for it; by - will, when we get to
Kovno. My uncle is governor of the
province. | am going IN a visit to
him. He is rich; the devil he isl"
He swaggers along, stretching his
short legs to their utmost capabilities
in order to keep step with me; yet l
attempt not to adapt my walk to his,
and preserve a glum silence in my
vexation. whilst ] curb my longing to
shake him off my arm.
What is your b~usiness?" he asks
presently.
Il ANA student" l reply shortly.
What faculty."
medicine"
''Take your degree?"
Yes"
.'Studied in Moscow"
l have it on my tongue-end to an
swer in the affirmative, but WIN
should I lie without reason, like a
peasant?
Petersburg. " I say.
whit Petersburg! The devil! L
too. am a Petersburg STUDENT"
l at once regret having spoken the
truth.
He stops short and stares at me.
'Let me look at you brother!!"
Then shaking his head-'No, may ]
be hung if ever I saw you before"
He rattles on hanging so heavily on
my arm, and impeding my progress,
that l wish the devil ne talks so much
of would relieve me of him.
Meanwhile the exercise in the fresh
air gradually sobers him: and as the
cognac he has drunk loses its hold on
him, the fictitious strength it has lent
him declines. He talks less. and final
ly not at all, having enough to do
with putting and blowing. l pretend
not to observe, and stalk on. At
length he gasps out:
The devil! what a fellow you are!
may the devil take me if l can 90
another stepH' He puts his hand to
his side-'Completely blown, hang
it,"
He has pulled me up. still hanging
to me like a leech. l regard him
with a smile.
You are soon spent" I observe.
Merely a trife blown" he pants.
"Ah, l am adevil Of a walker-When
I am in my usual-You see meat a
disadvantage. The fact Isl took
come cognac. Bad stuff, taught!
Poison!' he shakes himself
If l only had a thimbleful of good
stuff to pull me right again, l would
spin along. Holy Father, how l
would step out! / would let you see
what l am made of. You have not
such a thing about you, have your"
TO EE CONTINUED.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-16
A Good Place to Invest Monex.

we don't understand this. Will
some n please make the matter plain
TO our possibly dull comprehension?
The papers tell us that American CAPT.
tailsts have secured three new railroad
concessions in Mexico and will begin
the work of building without delay.
Why should these capitalists OF a golS
standard country go to poor, depreciat-
ed, silver standard Mexico to invest
their accumulated surplus? Are they
financial IDIOTS? or perhaps the silver
standard is not as bad as they told us
it was a few months ago.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-16

Give Us Growth.
Government has been a fossil: it
shoulS % q plant.-Emerson.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
1897 q Lucky Year.

This ought to be a lucky year, for it
has so few eclipses. In fact only two of
these shadowy phenomena occur during
1897, and both affect the light of the
sun, but in each case the moon happens
to be so far from the earth at the time
she crosses the SUMS face that the
eclipse is not total.
One of these "annular'' eclipses, so
called because in those places on the
earth where the moon appears crossing
directly owe the center of the sun the
edge of the latter projects from behind
the moon on all sides, like a blazing
ring or annulus, occurred Monday aft
ernoon, Feb. 1. But even if the sky had
been clear at the time very little of the
eclipse would have been seen here, no
more, in fact, than the mere edge of
the moon just notching the disk of the
sun. One would have had to 20 to
South America or to the south Pacific
ocean in order to see the sun turned in
to a fiery circle.
The second annular eclipse and the
only other eclipse of the year occurs OH
the morning of July 20, when a better
opportunity will be afforded us to be-
hold the black globe of the moon partly
covering the sun. On that occasion the
ring will be visible in Mexico and some
of the West India islands.
Astronomers pay comparatively little
attention to annular eclipses, because
they do not reveal those marvellous
streams and banners of glowing gas or
electrified particles surrounding the sun
which become visible only during the
darkness of a total eclipse.
On the other hand, superstitious pee-
pie, who think total eclipses are por-
tents Of evil, ought to rejoice over a
year which has only annular eclipses,
displaying their golden ring in the
heavens as if for a real bridal of the
earth and skye. P. S. in New York
World.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
If you eat what Won like and dio..t :,

Ii you eat what you like, and digest 1t,
you will surely be strong and healthy.
But if you don't digest it, you might
almost az well not eat, for what good can
your food do you if it doesn't nourish
you?
If you find that You can't digest it.
there is a simple help for your stomach.
1t is Shaker Digestive Cordial, made
by the Shakers OF Mount Lebanon. r.
has never failed to cure the worst oase Of
indigestion.
Streangth and health come from the
food you eat, after it has been digested
aud has gone into the blood.
The best tonic is digested food. The
best aid to digestion, Shaker Digestive
Cordial.
When you have acid quotations.
nausea, headache, wind, dizziness, offsu'
sive breath, or any other symptoms If
dyspepsia, Shaker Digestive Cordial win
cure you.
At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
A GENTLEMAN.
" MARGARET E. sANGsTER

/ knew him for a gentleman
By signs that never fail;
His coat was rough and rather worn,
His cheeks were thin and pale
A lad who had his way to make,
With little time for play;
l knew him for a gentleman
By certain signs today.
He met his mother on the street;
Off came his little cap.
My door was shut; he waited there
Until L heard his rap.
He took the bundle from my hand,
And when 1 dropped my pen,
He sprang to pick it up for me
This gentleman of ten.
He does not push and crowd along:
His voice is gently pitched;
He does not fling his books about
AS if he were bewitched.
lie stands aside to let you pass;
lie always shuts the door;
lie runs on errands willingly
10 forge and mill and store.
H. thinks of you before himself;
He serves you if he can;
For, in whatever company,
The manners make the man.
At ten or forty, it's the same;
The manner tells the tale,
And l discern the gentleman
BY signs that never fail
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
NOTICE.

WHEREAS, Annie d. WentzelI, de-
w ceased, in her lifetime made a contract
in writing, still unfuIfilled, for the sale TO
me, the subscriber, OF her undivided estate,
title and interest in all that tract of land
and premises situate in the borough of
Woodstown, Salem county, New Jersey;
lying on Hunt street, containing twenty W
and a quarter hundredths of an acre of land,
more or less, and being the same premises
conveyed to Thomas Ruff, deceased, in his
lifetime by Mary r. Harker by deed dated
November 10, 1884, recorded in Salem County
Clerks office in Book No. 81 of deeds, page
307, and whereof said Annie D.. Wenizell
was seized of an undivided one-eighth part
under the will of her father, said Thomas
Ruff, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that will apply TO
the Orphans Court of the county OF SALEM
to be held at Salem in and for said county,
on Friday, the twenty.ifth day of june
next, 1897, to decree the tulfillment of said
contract according 10 law.
ALBERT CROTHERS.
Dated April II, 1897.
e. S. FoGG, Proctor. 4-23 Pun
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
Notice.

T HILDREATH DICKSON. Executor OF
u Sarah Dickson. dece Ised, by direction
of The Surrogate of t e county of Salem,
hereby gives notice to the creditors of the
said Sarah Dickson, .eceased, to bring in
their debts. demands md claims against the
estate Of the said dece lent, under oath al
affirmation, within moe months from the
date hereof. or hey will be forever barred
of any action thereof against the said exec.
utor. j. "HILDREATH DICK ESON
Dated Apr Is, 1897. Executor.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
Notice.

JAMES b. WARE, Executor OF James NJ.
- Allen, deceased, by direction of the
gives notice to the creditors OF tho said
James M Allen, deceased. to bring in their
estate of the said decedent, under oath or
animation, within nine months from the
date hereof. or they will be forever barred of
any action thereof against the said Exec
utor. JAMES b, WARE. ExecutOr
Send account to j. b. Ware, i'll Pearl St,
Bridgeton, N. j. ;
DAtad March TX 1907 q 10 a
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
Silver Standard O Drawback.

M. Leroy Beaulieu, the French econ
omist, writing to the Journal des De-
bats, says he considers Japan's adoption
of the gold standard to be a complete
REPUTATION of the bimetallic theory that
a deprecated monetary standard gives
a country an advantage in international
trade.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

GHARLES &c ALLEN, administrator of
John Hanes, deceased. by direction
OF the Surrogate of the county of Salem.
hereby. gives notice to the creditors of the
said John Hanes, deceased, to bring in their
debts, demands and claims against the
estate OF the said decedent, under oath or
af1fmation, within nine months from the
date hereof. or they will be forever barred
Of any action thereof against the said AID
ministrator. CHARLES f. ALLEN,
Els FoGG, Attorney. Administrator.
Dated April 6. 1897
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Experience proves the merit of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t cures all forms of blood
diseases, tones the stomach, builds up
the nerves.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
Notina.

NHAItLES E. ALLEN, Executor OF Flor,
~ ence N. Hanes, deceased, by direction OF
the surrogate OF the county of Salem, here
by gives notice to the creditors OF the said
Florence N. Hanes, deceased, to bring in
their debts, demand and claims against the
estate of the said decedent, under oath or
animation, within nine months from III.
date hereof, or they will be forever barred
of any action thereof against the said
executor. CHARLES e. ALLEN,
Executor.
DAtad Apr{I 10 1907
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

"ANTED-SeveraI faithful men or wo-
v men to travel for responsible estab-
ltshed house in New Jersey. Salary $3.50,
payable $40 weekly and expenses. Position
permanent. Reference, Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Building, Chicago. s-2S
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

George-"Y GU do not call on Miss
Rosebud now?"
Jaek-"No, l got disguised. She has
such a coarse laugh" ~ never noticed
that" "You would If you'd been within
hearing when | proposed to her. "-Du6hu
World.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

The very best way to know
whether Dobbins' Electric Soap is
as good as it is said to be, is to
TRY IT YOURSELF. 1t can't deceive
YOU. Only be careful not to get
an imitation. There are a great
many Electrics and Magnetics, all
intended to deceive the PUBLIC into
supposing that they are Dobbins'
Electric, or just as good. We
have made this since 1860. 1t is
the original Electric, and is guar
anteed to be worth four times as
much as any other soap ever nsade.
For washing anything, from the
finest lace to the heaviest blanket,
it is without a peer. Only follow
directions.
all that we say on the
kEAU TWO wrappers around the
nApEEIUpv soap, and then see for
VAnET ULI1 yourself, whether or not
you can afford to ever
use any other soap than this, after having heard
its own story. told you by your own test of it.
DOBBINS SOAP MFG co,
Successors to l. L. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA
sent % Iu
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Mrs. Laura E. Minis, of dawson, Ca,
ays: ga small pimp1e of a strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; it soon
began to grow rapidly, ~notwithstand-
inc all efforts To CHECK IL A.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
H HUMPHREYS

Sold by Druggists, or sen prepaid on
receipt of price, Csc, or 5 for 81.
DIR. HUMPHREYS Homeopathic MANUAL
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphrey Med. Co., Ill William St., N. V
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

He-Yes, indeed! Take '~parlour,' for
instance. Having "a in it makes all the
difference in the world.-PsGrson' Weekly
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Herr Oil-Haf you heard dot dog Of
mine ate a tape measure und dieda
Herr Kut-l suppose he died by inches,
night var9
Herr Oil-Aber nit; he vent oudt in
der alley und die by der yard.-C Columbia
Spectator.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

He-Ia am rather in favor of the English
than the American mode of spelling.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

"She-"It must have taken a great deal
of persistence on your part to learn
to play the violin so WE'LL"
He-"'It did. l had to go constantly
armed for five years. life.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

~ Try
eye became terribly
infamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
a while I could not
see. The doctors
sale 1 had Cancer OF
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
anu 0ood fhau no-a
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Mr.. Softleigh: Miss Lightleigh-er-
Hazel, l love you? May l hope that some
day you will return my loveP"
Hazel:-'1nl do that now. Be sure
and take it away with ou."-Tsoinkles
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
Liver Complaints.

What? Will a mans body never COM
pletely recover from early dissipation
in this world? Never. How about the
world to come? Perhaps God will fx it
up in the resurrection body so that it
will not have to go limping through all
eternity. But get the liver thoroughly
damaged, and it will stay damaged as
long as you are here. Physicians call it
cirrhosis of the liver or Inflammation
of the liver or fatty degeneration of the
liver, but Solomon puts all these pangs
into n figure and says, "Till a dart
strike through his liver"
Hesiod seemed to have some hint of
this when he represented Prometheus
for his crimes fastened to a pillar and
an eagle feeding on his liyer, which
was renewed again each night, SO that
the devouring went on until finally
Hercules slew the eagle and rescued
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

A Sermon That Mostly Concerns This
Life, Yet Spiritual and Physical Condi-
lions Are Largely Dependent Upon Each
Otaer.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21
A FUN.

Fogg says that the worst thing about
work is that it gets one so accustomed TO
working that he is never easy unless he is
at work.-BOSt0n TRANSCRIPT.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Dufins-fOh, l don't believe in long
engagementsl Why, l didn't know my
wife six weeks before l married her,"
Mufins-"Ah, l didn't know mine
until a month after l married her."-Tt
Bits.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21


Fuddy-So Widow Gray was at the
social last evening. 1t beats all. What
is she after, a husband?
Duddy-On the contrary, l think she
Is after a man who is not a husband
Boston Transcript.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

81 want a hat, but it must be in the
lstest style" "Kindly take a chair,
madam, and wait a few minutes; the
fashion is just changing.-Fliegende
BlGtter.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

sat what age does a man really begin
to feel the weight of yearsP" Casually on
his twenty first birthday; and it takes
the sensation at least four or five years to
wear off ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

"My wife is a most original woman"
said Brown. why, when 1 proposed to
her, instead ofsayipg This is SO sudden
she said: "Well, l think it's about
time. '"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21


Hello ! old man, how are you?"
"Wretched! wretchedl I've had an
attack of the grippe, and its left me 80
weak l can hardly crawl"
"What do you want to crawl forp Why
don't you walk?"-PueE.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

My nearer, this is the first sermon
you have heard on the gospel health,
and it may be the last you will ever
hear on that subject, and l charge you
in the name of God and Christ and use
fulness and eternal destiny take better
The record-union., 1897-12-09
THE u. S. SHIP MARION.
Will Not be Sent to San Diego for
Use of the Naval Militia.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-Lieuten-
ant Hughes Of the photographic office
of this city, who was appointed by the
Government to act as instructor for the
Naval Reserve, reports that the United
States steamship Marion will not be
sent to San Diego to serve as practice
ship for the Naval Reserve battalion of
that city, but will remain at san
Francisco. The United States ship
Pinta, a smaller, but fully as servlcea-
BILE a vessel, will probably be commits
stoned 10 proceed south and take up
quarters at San Diego bay.
One of the most important reasons for
keeping the Marion at San Francisco Is
that ships of her class have to undergo
at stated intervals general overhaul
ing. The ship has to be docked, and IL
she were stationed at San Diego the
constant expense of sending her be-
tween ports would amount to great
deal in year of time. San Diego mas
an excellent marine bay, capable or
accommodating the Pinta, and 1t Is
generally conceded among reserve men
that she is far the better ship for the
southern division
1t is possible that the Marion will be
kept at the dock at San Francisco, and
in such a condition that she Will be
ready at moments notice to go on a
short cruise. The State Naval Mill
tia will probably order an electric plant
put in the ship and many improvements
TO the hull
General Barrett and Lieutenant
Hughes will go to the island tomorrow
for the purpose of inspecting both the
Marion and the Pinta and will report
as to what is needed for the vessels.
The Pinta is in excellent condition.
She is a very comfortable little vessel,
and a few repairs viii render her a
splendid craft for training purposes.
She will be fitted with rapid fire guns
and many of the modern appliances OF
war She will be given her full COM
plement of boats and steam launch.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
EASTERN GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Tops the Dollar Mark at
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-A firm tone was
observable in wheat at the opening,
and it improved as the session pro-
gressed. The chief incentive to buy
came from the further decrease in the
deliveries in the Northwest. and though
other bullish news came in during the
day, this proved the main sustaining
factor throughout.
For the first time, shorts in December
showed real anxiety. December open
ed at 99c, or &c above yesterdays
close. A little selling by the bull clique
sufficed to put the price back to 9S1ic,
but an hour later an attempt to buy a
few lots put the price to 81 very
quickly.
The interest in the option did not
then die out, as it did yesterday. More
buying orders came in after a slight
reaction, which put the price to 81 OIL
Again the bull crowd let go, but for
the rest of the day December showed
an affection for the dollar mark.
There was good action in the May
price also, due partly to the bidding up
of December, partly due to bull in
fluences.
Chicago receipts were 256 cars, COM
pared with 210 last year, but there are
extraordinary inducements being of
fered to bring wheat here, if it comes
up to the high requirements Of the Chi
cago contract quality. Atlantic port
clearances of wheat and flour We're
equal 10 604, 600 bushels.
During the last hours trading May
sold off to 901ac on realizing, and closed
at 90A@903sc. December closed at
81 0014.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
SUICIDE AT LOS ANGELES.
The Wife Of a Railroad Conductor
Kills Herself.

Los ANGELES, Dec. S.-Mrs. c. H.
Dascomb, wife of a Santa Fe Railway
conductor, committed suicide in a trag-
ic manner this morning. AS the Santa
Fe train from the East pulled into the
Arcade depot Mrs. Dascomb, who was
in one of the coaches with her husband
and 5-year-old daughter. drew a re-
volver and shot herself in the head.
She gave no warning of her intentions,
and the act created a sensation in the
car She was supposed to have been
despondent on account of i'll health.
Mr.. and Mrs Dascomb We're well
known in railroad circles, the husband
having long been in the employ of the
Santa Fe, and had many friends at AL
buquerque and other points on the line.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Amount in the State on the First
of December.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-The fol-
lowing report of the grain and hour
remaining in this State on December
1st has been compiled by the Produce
Exchange officials of this city:
San Francisco warehouses and mills.
Including grain and -four atioat in har-
bor and in transit, 1890 barrels flour
4oS $50 centals wheat. 3Ol ,24O centals
barley. 800 sacks beans.
So1orna. Soiano, Yolo. Colusa and
Glenn Counties-l1, $40 barrels of flour,
] 900 200 centals of wheat, l64.100 CEN
tails Of barley. 1000 sacks of beans.
Sacramento. Yuba, Sutter, Butte,
Placer and Tehama Counties-l6,6Vo
barre.s of -four, S19,760 centals OF
wheat. qS. .12O centaIs of barley, H.
600 sacks OF beans.
Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
1000 barrels of flour, / ,339. .4So centals
OF wheat. 529. $50 centals of barley, oU0
sacks of beans.
San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced
fresno. MADEIRA. Tulare. Kings and
Kern Counties-39 900 barrels of -four
3.Aoi $50 centals OF wheat, 6S6.300 CEN
tails OF barley, 5.:321 sacks of beans.
San Mateo. Santa Clara, San Benito,
Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis
obispo Counties-l1,1 1871 barrels of flour
9Sl,bSU centais of wheat. 1888 CEN
tails Of barley, 44,956 sacks os beans.
Santa Barbara, Ventura. Los Ange-
les. orange, San Bernardino. Riverside
and San Diego Countless 800 barrels
of dour. 47S.520 centals of wheat. 995,
500 centais of barley, 510.5S2 sacks of
beans.
Totals barrels OF -four. 115 .992: wheat.
9.132.G4o; barley, 3.136o20: beans, 713,-
g49
The record-union., 1897-12-09
THE BORGU TERRITORY.
1t Is Claimed by Both France and
Great Britain,

LAGOS West Coast of Africa. Dec.
S.-Additional advices just received
from the interior say that French
troops have had five engagements with
the natives before effectively occupy
ing Nikki, the capital of Borgu. The
King fled to the Budh.
Both France and Great Britain claim
the Bcrgu territory, within the sphere
OF their influence. Great Britain claims
the whole country of Borgu under the
Anglo-f'rench convention of 1890. Cap
tain L2gud, for Great Britain. outdis
tanced Commander Dryer in making a
treaty with the King of Borgu. but the
French hold that such a treaty is null
ana void, from the fact that France has
eI1ectlVely occupied Dahomey. and
therefore is entitled to its Hinterland.
IN compliance with the spirit and let
ter CT the treaty of Berlin.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The "St. James
Gazette" this afternoon announces au-
tnorltatlvely that he British Govern
ment does not expect trouble with
france regarding the upper Nile re-
glons, France having agreed to accent
the situation