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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
KEEN ENJOYMENT.
1t Was Only an Impression but 1T Gavs
Him Pleasure.

1t Was Only an Impression but 1t Gave
Him Pleasure.
The policeman's beat led him past
a fence which vas formerly in demand
for the display of theatrical posters, but
which has been abandoned, says the
Washington Star. 1t is eloquent with
descriptions of glories that have driz-
zled and departed. A shy-looking man
stopped to look at the old posters and
he fingered so long that the policeman
grew suspicious and walked up n
down the block several times in order
to make sure that he was not waiting
to signal to a confederate to plan some
lefarious excursion.
IL hope / do not annoy you the
shy-looking man said ~deferentially.
Il ought not to be doing this; it's not
generous or kind of me. But / can't
help it,"
Il don't see that you are doing any
harm at present"
"Of course you don't. You're not a
mind reader. 1t was my guilty IN
science that spoke. l have a yindic-
tive nature and l can't master it. I'm
one of those people who dislike Great
Britain on general principles. l can't
get rid of the feeling that the stamp
act was a personal insult, and every
once in a while I forget myself and
want to enlist in George W~ashington's
army. Every time anybody suggests
some means Of twisting the lions tail
1t is all can do to keep from getting
up and bowling with glee."
Il don't see what that has to do with
the case"
do you observe the no Of Eng
fish actors that appear there?"
Yes
Every one of them was a shining
light at home. They had to be coaxed
and pleaded with before they would
consent to leave the public whose idols
they were. The way their managers
talked about it in their interviews al
most brought tears to my eyes. But
once here, they very rarely go away
except on short vacations. Season af-
ter season they are with us to tell us
now much they are missed at home.
n whenever l think of the manner
IN which the English public is deprived
OF all this flower of it's dramatic tai
ent, yearning in vain for it year after
year, it makes my bosom fairly thrill
With fiendish joy!"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

town where the very essence of free
dom is in the air itself. Properly
enough, there nestles close to the re-
minder of the Little Fathers country
the stately and benignant face of her
gracious majesty on whose empire the
sun never sets. Alongside of these two
is the jolly postal emblem of Roumania,
while the kaiser's youthful face looks
out at you from his neighbor that once
brought a letter from the land that now
is wrenched with the tales of Stambou-
lofts assassination.
Then King Humbert looks out from
near by, while-and one may almost
fancy it sneers-a type of the face that
:frowns savagely on everything Amer
Jean is seen. And from everywhere
peep at o cou%ntenances which
European history and current events
make US familiar with. While the fame
Of Mrs. Wilson's queer collection has
been limited. to a certain prescribed
circle in general, it has gone abroad a
little, sufficiently so hal Cornell uni
versity offered the lady $500 therefor
and has several times made efforts to
induce her to accept the tender made.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
A Unique Collection Of Rare Postage Stamps.

The most unique collection of stamps
which any one ever heard Of is owned
by a woman in Binghamton, N. Y.
Not so much does the oddness lie in
the stamps themselves as in the meth
cd OF arrangement. There are 1862, 900
OF them, and they completely cover
every portion Of a bed room set, con
s1st1ng of bedstead, dresser and chairs.
The stamps are secured to the set with
the aid of glue and then covered with
heavy spur yarnish. The stamps can
be washed in their present condition
without injury. This curio of collec-
lions is owned by Mrs. George Wilson
OF l9l Vestal avenue, ~Binghamton, N.
Y. The beginning of this strange col
lection dates back many years. The
nrst chair Of the set that was decorat-
ed was owned by a colored family in
Virginia in the middle of the last cen
tury. Gradually the chair passed from
hand to hand until at last it came
into the possession Of Mrs. George
Yancey, a colored woman who now
lives at Ovid, N. Y, enjoying that
which so rarely comes to man or wom-
Virginia in the middle of the last CEN
tury OF life. This chair is noticeable in
the accompanying illustration, which
was drawn from a photograph, by its
general quaint appearance and it's par
ticularly straight back. 1t came from
the banks OF the James river when
Mrs. Yancey had been given her free
dom and %journeyed north to New York
state. She made a present of the chair
to Mrs. Wilson, and it was with the
idea of identifying and preserving the
furniture that Mrs. Wilson began dec
Grating with postage stamps. Since
this ancient relic of colonial days has
been adorned in this unique manner
seven other articles of furniture have
received similar treatment, until now
the whole forms one of the most pc
culiar results of the curio collectors
art that is extant.
The collection of postage stamps is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

every president who has been allowed
graver's art from Washington down.
There are odd old stamps which most
people have forgotten ever existed,
stamps only known to the stamp col
lector as 4 rule, and which would be
immensely valuable by themselves.
All these curios are of our own make,
that have borne missives on many a
strange errano.
There are stamps which journeyed
about in the crazy postal c%onveyances
which carried the mail that was not
Uncle Sans during the days when
civil war ragged relentlessly. Then
there are stamps of the days when
the missiyes from Southern battlefelds
to Northern homes brought both 10y
and sorrow, the latter quite as often as
the former. There are one or two
stamps that were used when California
was the Golden Gate to so many for
tune seekers. The nations history is
plastered all over this furniture and the
story that might be told about it, if
the truth were known, would no doubt
make it vie in interest in the eyes
of the American people with the treas
ures Of Mount Vernon, the sacred rel
les OF Springfield, or those remem-
brances tc which all the world bows at
Galena. There is no particular meth
Cd of arrangement of this nearly a
million of stamps. Noble and peasant
are side by side, and the commonest
bit of postage evidence is just as liza
BILE to have a position of honor as the
big piece OF gummed paper with two
figures on it. Evidently Mrs. Wilson
believes with the poet, that rank is but
the guinea stamp.
OF the foreign specimens of postal
necessities there are very many, and
as odd as they are numerous. The
queer-looking, dark colored affair that
comes from the land of the Cossack and
Of Tolstoi seems strangely out of place,
lodged for life on a bit Of wood in q
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

something in which many persons are
engaged and thousands more interested.
1t is really one of the fads in which
young and old find equal enjoyment.
The little miss not yet in the grammar
school and her mother at home both
pursue with equal eagerness the accu-
mutation of those little bits of gummed
paper which carry articles through the
mail the world over. Strange and
unique are the forms the collections
take in order that they may be prop
erly preserved. But Mrs. Wilson's is
the Queerest of them all. Included in
the tiny specimens of stamps which
conceal every vestige of woodwork
about the furniture which they adorn,
are stamps from everywhere that the
international postal system reigns and
several places where no exchange Of
mail matter has yet been agreed upon.
All these are arranged in a ann as
quaint as the idea itself. 1t must not
be supposed that Mrs. Wilson's patriot
ism is of so light an oSder that she
would permit any other than the
stamps of the United States to be in
the majority. There are the faces Of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
A LADY'S MAID DISCHARGED,
Tried to Get the Lady Home, but
the Lady Wouldn't Go.

the Lady Wouldn't Co..
A handsomely dressed blonde wear
ing diamonds, who answered to the
of Alice Brewer, was arraigned
in the Butler street police court, Brook
Ign, yesterday morning charged with
intoxication. She had been arrested
by Policeman Gallagher of the Sixth
avenue street station late Friday night.
He said he found two women strug-
Cling in Sixth avenue and one was try
ing to get the other to go home.
You're discharged" said the blonde
to the woman who was trying to get
her home; you are not fit to attend a
lady"
The policeman said the maid finally
went home, but the blonde sat with her
feet in the gutter until she was arrest
ed. A man who was in court informed
Justice, Walsh that the woman was his
wife, but that her name was not Brew
er. He said she had attended a dinner
and had taken too much wine. She was
found guilty, but sentence was sus,
pended.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
Reparation.

John Butts, ST. want to leave my
property to my two sons-one-tenth
to my youngest son, John Butts, and
nine-tenths to my Oldest son, Royal
Chesterfield Chauncey de Peyster
Butts.
:. Family Lawyer-H'm! Do you think
that's quite fair?
John Butts, SIZES; l want to make
some kind of reparation to Royal fol
allowing his mother to give him such
a crackjaw name.-Tit-Bits.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

(Piper Methystcum.J used for centuries
by the natives before its extraordinary
properties became known to civilization
through Christian missionaries. In
this respect it resembles the discovery
of quinine from the peruvian bark,
made known by the Indians to the early
Jesuit missionaries in South America,
and by them brought to civilized man.
It is a wonderful discovery, with a rec
ord of 1900 hospital cures in 80 days. It
acts directly upon the blood aud kid
neys, and Is a true specific, just as qui.
nine is in malaria. We have the strong
est testimony of many ministers Of the
gospel, we'll known doctors and business
men cured by Alkavis, when all other
remedies had failed.
In The New York ITeek{y Wori o. Sept. 10th,
the testimony of Rev. W.. B. Moore, D. D., OF
Washington, ID. c.. was given, describing his
rheumatism. and his rapid cure by A1kavis.
Rev. Thomas Smith, the Methodist minister at
Golden, Illinois, passed nearly one hundred
gravel stones after two weeks use of Alkavis.
Rev. John II Watson. ofsunset Texas, a minister
ofthe gospel of thirty years service, was struck
down at his post of duty 1In by u. Kidney disease:
months, and ell his doctors having failed, he
took Alkavis, and was completely restored to
minister of the gospel. Mr.. re. Wood, a prom.
inent attorney Of Lowell, Indiana, was cured OF
Rheumatism Kidney and Bladder disease of ten
years standing, by Alkavis. Mr.. Wood describes
himself as being in constant misery, often COM
PEELED to rise ten times during the night ON
account of weakness of the bladder. He was
treated by all his home physicians without the
least benefit and finally completely cured in q
few weeks by Alkavis. The testimony Is un.
doubted and really wonderful. Mrs. Janice
Young, of Kent, Ohio, writes that she had tried
six doctors in vain, that she was about to give
up In despair, when she found AlEavis aud was
promptly cured Of kidney disease and restored
to health. Many other ladies' also testify to the
wonderful curative powers of Alkavis III the
various disorders peculiar to womanhood.
So far the Church Kidney Cure COM
pany, No. 422 Fourth Avenue, New
York, are the only importers of this
new remedy, and they are SO anxious to
prove its value that for the sake Of intro
duction they will send a free treatment
of A1kavis prepaid by mail to every
reader of this paper who is 4 Sufferer
from any form Of Kidney or Bladder
disorder, Bright's Disease, Rheu,na-
tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain in Back,
Female Complaints, or other affection
due to improper action of the Kidneys
or Urinary Organs. We advise all Suf-
erers to send their names and address
to the company, and receive the Alkavis
free. 1t is sent to you entirely free, to
prove its wonderful curative powers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

When the stamps were received, and
they came along in job lots, Mrs. Will
son carefully washed and dried them
and then glued them on after the style
of q crazy patchwork quilt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, ILL.,,
writes us: From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry l grew 800
pounds of better coffee than / can buy
in stores at 80 cents a Pound"
A package Of this and big seed cata-
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, upon receipt
of Is cents stamps and this notice. WI.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
The Wonderful Kaya-Kava Shrub.

A New Botanical Discovery.-ot
Special Interest to Sufferers from
Diseases of the Kidneys or Blad-
der, Rheumatism, etc.-A Blessing
to Humanity.
A | zee Gift of Great Value to You.
Our readers will be glad to know that
the new botanical discovery, Alkavis,
from the wonderful Kava-Kava shrub
has proved an assured cure for all dis
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
N0-T0-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.

Over 400, 900 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and 81. 90, all druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

A fad is something that makes the man
who has it happy and everybody else mad.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

The man who wrote about Glove in q cot.
tage' probably never lived in a fiat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No ITS
after first days use of Er. Klisae?s Great Nerve
Restorer. Fyee $p trial bottle and treatise.
Send to Dr.. KLINE, ISL Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19
STAR TOBACCO"

AS you chew tobacco for pleasure use Star.
It is not only the best but the most lasting, aud,
therefore, the cheapest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

There will not be enough men in heaven
for the women to find fault with.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

If men couldn't talk girls would kiss
them as much as they do Pet dogs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

eases caused by Uric
acid in the blood, or
bydisordered action
of the Kidneys or
urinary organs. The
Kava-Kava Shrub,
OF as botanists cali
it. Piper Mefhys-
Hcum, grows on the
banks of the Ganges
river, East India,
aud rrchoh1v una
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

If a man has kin, it is equivalent 60
having troubles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-19

CAsCARETs stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 1Oc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
Postal Savings Banks.

To sum up; Postal savings de
positories would give the people: =
/. Absolute security from loss.
2. Return is the way of interest
on their savings
8. Convenience in making depos
its.
4. Repayment not affected by
change Of residence.
S. Prevention Of poverty or TEN
porary want by incalculating habits
Of thrift and saving.
6. Education Of the children Ia
the knowledge of the value and man
agement Of money.
They would give to the couu
try
A centented, happy, industrious,
Independent people who would fee
direct personal interest in the sta
bility of government.
It, would make available large
sums of money which are now hid
den away whore fires often destroy
and thieves break in and steal -
WILMER ATKINSON in Pittsburgh Kan
san
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
Garrett, Kas.

TIE OHIO News, the official organ
OF the Dor of that state, says:
This government by injunction is
the most absolute despotism aad the
most fragrant usurpation known TO
organized society. The power of
the federal judges, as construed by
themselves, is greater than the con.
stitution or the fundamental rights
Of man. 1t suspends the freedon Of
speech and of the press. 1t destroys
individual liberty. 1t exceeds
in pretensioa and in performance
the exploded doctrine of the divine
right of kings. No greater menace
to our liberties could be devised
than the federal judges arbitrary
assumption of omnirotence and in
fallibllity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
Lawyers in Congress.

Of the 80 United States senator.
(there being one vacancy in the sen
ate at this time) 60 are members o.
the bar. Of the 1858 men who now
Sit in the house (there being one va
cancy at this time) 245 are members
of the bar. The account in the two
houses stands thus: Lawyers, 305;
all others, 1872. In other words,
something ever twe.thirds of the
membership of beth houses are
lawyers Hon. w. Ii. Moody in
the illustrated American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12

WANTED, coed man to handle
our full line OF choice nursery stock +,
all goods guaranteed. Can give a
good position to steady pushing
man. Have many fast selling spec.
ialities, among which is the newest
and hardest Peach offered, and the
largest and most prolific Raspberry
grown, and offered now for the first
time. For full particulars enquire
of Mount HopE NURSERIES, LAW.
RENEE, KANSAS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIo, CITY OF TOLEDO, =,
Lucas COUNTY. 90
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firS
of + j. CHENEY & Co., doing bust
ness in the City Of Toleeo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of CINE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cur
ed by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to and prescribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D. 1906. A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
HalPs Catorrh Cure is taken inter.
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap.
ped Hands, Chiblains, Corns. and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction or money refunded. Price,
rs cents For sale be Gus Graves,
tho Druggist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
The Hicks 1898 Almanac and
Paper.

We are informed that the 1898
Almanac OF Prof. Irl r. Hicks is
now ready, and Judging from it's
past history, it will not be many
weeks in finding its way into homes
aid Offices all over America. 1t is
much larger and finer than any pre-.
vous issue. 1t contains l6 pages,
is splsndidly printed and illustrated
on fine book paper, having the finest
r rtrait ever given of Prot. Hicks.
] can no longer he denied that the
Publications Of Pref Hicks have be.
c me necessity to the family and
{ numerical life of this country.
Ills journal, "Word and Works."
aside from it's storm, weather and
a Economical features, has taken
rank with the best literary, scientific
and family magazines Of the age.
ID, not believe hearsay and reports.
See the Hicks Almanac and paper
for yourself. You will then know
why they are so popular. They are
educators of the millions, aud un
rivaled safeguards to property and
hwman life. 1t is matter Of simple
record that Prof. Hicks has foretold
for many years all great storms,
A ,ods, drouths and tornadoes, even
the recent terrible drouth over all
the country. The Almanac alone
is rs cents copy. The paper is
81 90 year with the Almanac as a
+ MUM Send to
WORD AND WORKS PUB. GO. |
220l Locust St., st. Louis, Mo.
Woodwork is the man to see for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
To Our Subscribers.

We have written to a number
of our delinquent subscribers,
asking them to settle up, but a
very few have responded. We
cannot affotd to pay postage on
letters and receive nothing, so
we take this method of saying
that we need the money due us,
AND MUST HAVE IT. Do not
compel us to place your account
in the hands of an attorney.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12

Robert Ncursc is the first lectur-
er offered to The public by the Gar
nett Lecture Association. lie has a
reputation as dramatic lecturer in
two hemispheres. His lecture on
CDR. Jeckyl and Mr.. Hyde is the
orc he will deliver here, in the
opera house, Nov. 18th. This at
fords q rare chance to hear great
lecturer and a great lecture
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12

For eighteen months have been we'll. AL
though ~ years Of age l can go where wish
and 1 sleep all night and wake up as cheer
full as babe and completely rested"
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under a positive guarantee first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-12
The Stock Yards Case.

The righte Gus decision of Judg
Foster, in tn stock yards case, ha
been sustained by Judge Thayer
This is a great triumph for Attorney
General Boyle, and also for the Pop
ulist party.
1t is doubtful if any other party
ever did so much for the producers
Of any state. in 80 short a time
a. the Populist party has done for
Kansas. And the fact that its mem
bers had not been as careful as they
should have been in the selection Uf
Legislators makes this result all the
more notable.
The victories already won should
land will encourage the people
to fight harder than ever, hereafter;
to improve the character of their
nominations, when that can be done,
and to poll heavier vote.
But let us not become too elatsd.
The capture Of Fl. Donaldson did
net destroy the slave power. As
important as the decision referred
to certainly is, it is probable that
some way will be found to evade or
nullify it, or the monopoly will be
buried, aud then resurrccted, with a
new body, but the same ma!evolent
spirit as was the case with the
Standard Oil Trust.
Prof. Stryker has endorsed the
book monopoly, but, sooner or later,
it will be in the saddle again, unless
Kansas adopts the Indiana plan, and
prints its own books in its own Of
fios-and, therefore, the sooner this
shall be done the better. Nor will
the farmers and stock men of Kan.
sas ever get their dues until the
transportation monopoly has been
entirely destroyed.
Indeed, every private monopoly
will have to be destroyed-not
merely restricted, but utterly de-
strsyed-at the first opportunity. !
The aim should be to secure equal
opportunities to all men. No gen
uine Pep1list should be-and none
will be-satisfied with anything less
than this, and, on that platform, the
party will be irresistible.
We do not, of course, mean that
everything should be attempted at
once. Many things must be delay
ed, for longer or shorter period
but only those the agitation of which
would postpsne something.of great
ar importance, or for which cendi.
lions are mere favorable. -Topeka
Independent.