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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

The newspaper that hesitates to pub
fish an account of the occurrence or
discovery of a secret marriage is a
rarity, yet aside from actual crime few
event are the cause of so much re-
greet and misery. fhe young man who
moved by romant.,. ideas or by any
other motive, urges 4 young woman to
agree to q cla1destine marriage usually
proves by that very act weakness: and
rashness Of character; while statistics
assert that the majority of such mar
riages result in divorce. The papers
have recently given with a fullness Of
detail which has brought shame to a
large circle of innocent relatives, the
revelation OF a secret marriage, six
months before, of two college students.
the subsequent discovery Of which,
With its attendant shock, notoriety
and wounded pride. was the direct
cause OF death to a devoted parent.
How impossible, on such a foundation
Of memory, to build any happy, sacred
family life.
HWN f&E&
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Brann on Greed.

can understand every crime in the
calendar but the crime of greed, sand
every lust of the flesh but the lust of
gain, every sin that ever damned a
soul but the sin of ~selfishness. By all
the sacred bugs and beasts of Egypt,
Ia rather be a witch's cat-or even a
politician-and howl in sympathy with
my tribe; I'd rather be a tramp, and
divide my handouts with one more
hungry; I'd rather be a NANCY dog,
without a master, and keep company of
my kind, than to be a multi-million-
aire, with the blood of a snake, the
heart OF a beast, and carry my soul
like Pedro Garcia, in my pocket.
When I think of the three thousand
children in the City of Chicago with
out rags to shield their nakedness from
the cold north wind; Of the ten thou
sand innocents, such as Christ blessed,
who die every year of the world for
lack of food; of the millions every year
whose cry goes up every day and
night to Gods throne-not for saliva
ton, but for soup; not for the robe of
righteousness, but for a secondhand
pair of pants-and then contemplate
those beside whose boarded wealth the
riches of Lydia's ancient kings were
but a beggar's patrimony, praying to
him who reversed the law of nature to
feed the poor, I long for the mystic
power to coin sentences that scar like
sulphur flames from hot hell, and
weave of words a whip of scorpions to
lash the rascals naked through the
1World.=Brann's Iconoclast.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

The power which public opinion
now exerts occupied an incidental par
agraph in a recent speech by Lord
Salisbury. Certainly two classes of
del1ded persons are those who care
nothing for what people think and
those who are entirely swayed by what
people think. A man who refuses to
wear a dress coat on occasions where
dress coats are in order provokcs need
less criticism and wastes in a puny
war energy that might be better en-
ployed; whereas a man who, unable
to procure conventional evening attire,
should absent himself on that account
from a gathering where he would be
welcome in afternoon dress, errs in
the opposite direction. Public opinion
is so powerful an element in life that
it behooves the individuals of society
to see to it that they contribute only
sane and sound conclusions to the gen,
eral resultant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Much has been said in the papers
the past few years concerning the
preservation Of old letters. The in
discretion of editors in laying bare
private matters has instigated many a
man and woman to burn manuscript
accumulations of untold value. 1t is
wise to destroy Immediately letters
which contain unpleasant ~personall-
ties, and not to save beyond the time
of answering those void of especial in
terest or Importance. 1t is also dis
Greet to consider what literature, his
tory and biography would have lost
If the friends of Charles Lamb, Oil
yer Cromwell, Madame De Sevigne and
a host of other men and women had
INDUCED in the present crusade against
the preservation of certain letters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania has
raised a new issue at Washington. He
has refused to tip the walters employed
in the hotel where he boards, and ev-
erybOdy at the national capital is
aghast at this new declaration of indie
pendence. The walters were not
quick to draw the lines. They
waited weeks after the senator's
appearance before they adopted
extreme measures. Then, after there
was no longer room to doubt
that the Pennsylvania would not
Tip" they resolved to punish him. Ac-
cordingly at dinner one day last week
four walters in succession refused to
serve the senator. A fifth was finally
ordered to serve him, and obeyed, but
resigned Immediately ~afterward, and
the white aproned brotherhood, max
ing common cause with him, resigned
that night.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
PRESSURE FOR GOLD.
THE LEClTIMAT e PARENT OF
THE DEPRESSION.
1t Has Caused Failing Prices and Has
Left Ruin and Desolation in It's
(By Judge Henry G.. Miller.)

10y JuUSe f1ouTy u. MlllGl.)
What are we to understand by the
expression, Money is the standard Of
value?"
The Constitution-article I, section
5, paragraph 5-makes it the duty OF
congress Ito coin money, regulate the
value thereof, and of foreign coin, and
fix the standards Of weights and meas
ures." We know that "to fix the stand
ard of weights and measures" is to pro-
vide a scale in which the various
weights and dimensions Of articles
shall be expressed. AS the value Of
money is it's relation to commodities,
Ito regulate the value of money" is to
provide a scale of valuation, in which
the values of other forms of property
shall be expressed, and in this sense
alone money is the standard of value.
Accordingly, by the twentieth section
Of the act of 1892, preserved in section
1868 OF the Revised Statutes, it is pro-
Vided: The money of account of the
United States shall be expressed in
dollars or units, dimes or tenths, cents
,r hundredths, and mills or t~housanths:
l dime being the tenth part of a dol
ar, a cent the hundredth part of a dol
ar, a mill the ~thousandth part of a dol
ar; and all accounts in public offices
and all proceedings in the courts If
he United States shall be kept and had
IN conformity to this regulation" The
dollar is simply the unit of this scale,
and in the keeping of accounts all val
ues are expressed in the multiples and
fractions of this unit. NJ. Cernuschi, in
"Ncmlsma,' page Z, gives this defini-
ton OF money: Money is a value Gre
ated by law to be a scale Of valuation
and a valid tender for payments
Money standard being a scale of val
uation, to talk of a 5O-cent dollar or
unit is as illogical and senseless as to
talk OF a six-inch foot measure. TO
raise this standard is to increase the
purchasing power of this unit. 1t fol-
lows that to give to bankers or dealers
IN money a control of the currency,
would be like giving to dealers in CON-
modities the control OF the standard
by which they are measured, for the
dealers in money, by expanding or con-
tracing the volume of none diminish
or increase the purchasing power of
this unit of valuation. and hold at their
mercy the property of the country.
Manifestly falling prices are the
cause OF u commercial and Industrial
depression, and there can be no pros
perity while this cause continues.
What has brought about this fall of
prices? I answer, it is the legitimate
and necessary result Of our having
made gold the money standard or
scale OF the valuation of property. AS
the pressure for gold increases the dol
lar or unit of value e%nlarges, or in
creases, and there is a corresponding
fal! in the price of property. We must,
therefore, diminish the purchasing
power of the dollar, or unit of this
scale, and this can only be done by
putting silver in competition with gold
as a money metal. No reform of our
banking system OF change in our tar
I avs can accomplish it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
SHARP TACkS.
From the Till Of the Springfield New
Era.

From the Till of the Springfield New
The free silver question has been
killed SO often that it seems to rather
enjoy n process.
Wealth possessed by men who never
earned 1t mean want for those who
earned the wealth.
Mckinley prosperity needs to be la
beled in order to distinguish it from
Cleveland hard times.
Inc men who do most to create class
divisions are always the most bitter in
denounclng class prejudice.
1t is not a crime to be rich, but it is
a CRIME for any man to become rich by
taking the products of others.
lhe preacher who thinks he is too
sanctlf1ed to take part in politics shows
that he has neither ~sanctifcation nor
sense.
The worst crank in the world is the
crank who settles all argument by call
ing the men who differ with him
cranks.
Inc reformer who economies by do
ing without a reform paper is like the
farmer who economies by doing with
out a pillow.
No mar really loves his country who
is not willing to make some sacrifices
OF time and money in order to serve
the country.
The juryman is required to swear
that he will bring in a verdict in &C.
with the law and the evil
dence, and every voter should feel him
SELF under oath to cast a ballot accord
ing to the facts and the evidence
National Democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

peace hath her victories" A spe-
cial agent of the Department of Agri-
culture has left Washington for the
Argentine Republic, where he is to
plan a campaign against the locusts.
No doubt this war seems to the agri-
culturists of our sister republic a far
more vital matter than the struggle
in Greece. A grasshopper in hand
NAV appear more formidable than two
Turks in the bush.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
$|00 To Any Man..
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE.
OF Weakness in Men They Treat and,
Fall to Cure.

OF Weakness in Men They Treat and,
Fall to Cure.
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This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
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have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
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every case they treat or refund every dol
lar or their charges may be deposited in a
bank to be paid to them when a cure IL
effected. Write them today.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

1t will be sac for some of u am
bilious heiresses if L~abouchere's mis-
chievous scheme to do away with titles
should be adopted. He proposes that
every child that is baptized be en-
dowed by its parents and sponsors
with the name Of duke" marquis"
"earl," %"viscount," lord" or even
"sir," preceding the other Christian
name. With titles in every family,
they should become too common even
for foolish Americans to buy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Cleveland's PERJURY.

The balance Of n cent, due Gro
yer Cleveland from the government, he
holds untouched as an investment. He
thinks that II the gold standard can
be fully set up by the year 1900, the ap-
probation Of money will make that
cent worth twelve dollars, and it will
pay for another reform club dinner, with
wine. Grover has a big head, and his
very bay-window is q financial OBJ
servatory.-Silver Knight Watchman.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
At Rockefeller's University.

ASOCAo1ellerS university.
A lively joy was diffused throughout
the University of Chicago when the
announcement had been made that
President Harper intended to edify the
classes with his views of the growth
OF the irresponsible educated element.
The students of the University OF Chi
cago have the greatest love for Presi-
lent Harper, and every time he opens
his mouth on the subject of sociology
they come running from all directions
to listen to him. So it was on this par
tlcular morning. Mr.. John D. Rookie
Teller, who was present, felt profoundly
moved.
What wonderful things he said to
himself, "are oil and education"
BY this time President Harper had
assembled the rostrum.
The irresponsible educated class"
ne began. is a very dangerous thing"
The assertion was greeted with tre-
me6ous cheers, and everybody present
began to feel a sense of great respon-
sibility.
Nothing" continued President Har-
per, "%conduces to the responsibility
more than the possession of interest
bearing bonds"
Everybody Joined in the applause
that followed this remark.
Let me illustrate" went on Presi-
dent Harper. ga man, we will say
possesses education without interest,"
bearing bonds. Another man DOS
sesses Understanding bonds with ed
ucation. l need not say who of them
both is Irresponsible
NO" cried the professor Of ethics.
At this moment one of the students
put in a word.
"In this temple of learning" he cried.
IT acquire education, but I acquire no
interest-bearing bonds"
Mr.. John d.. Rockefeller gazed upon
the youth attentively.
Now" continued the enthusiastic
student, why not inaugurate a system
of distribution of interest-bearing
bonds among the educated classes?"
"Hurrah!" cried the professor of
ethics. Interest bearing bonds for
ever!"
The enthusiasm mounted to fever
heat, and then died away into a dead
silence. Every pair of eyes were riv-
eted upon the man whose interest-bear-
ing bonds come to him from God.
Slowly Mr.. Rockefeller arose and be-
gan to address the assembled classes.
1T is a most excellent suggestion
| that has been made here this morning"
he declared. 1T cannot be too speedily
acted upon"
The stiffness succeeding this remark
was profound. Mr.. Rockefeller drew
from his coat-tail pocket a bulky mass
of documents. The professor of ethics
began to cheer.
Nov, President Harper" said Mr..
Rockefeller, "here is a wad of interest
bearing bonds. Will you kindly make
a distribution of them among the edu-
Gated CLASP"
President Harper Immediately hand
ed the securities about among the stu
dents.
Young gentlemen" said MI. Rookie
Teller, you are now all bondholders,
and you will draw interest at the rate
of 6 per cent a year"
"How much will that amount to per
annum?" asked the professor OF
ethics.
give hundred dollars a year." re.
piled Mr.. Rockefeller.
"And when will we get it,"
GAS soon al you pay your annual as
sessment Of a thousand dollars. The
first one is due now.'-Twentieth Cen
tury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Scientists who do not want to go aft
er the Pole can try to get to the sum-
NIT of Mt. St. Elias, Alaska, nobody
having yet been able to get up there.
There is always a chance for the earn
est man of science.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
The General Cry.

We have plenty Of confidence men
and quite S sufaciency of confidence,
but this part Of the country is still
short on prosperity.-Denver Facts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

The dismissal or a British prison
Official for giving biscuits to a hungry
child should be considered by the Brit
ish nation before it starts it's royal
jubilee.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
l0c. II c. c. C. fail, druggists refund money.
The cheapest thing in the world is q.
compliment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Hens often fail to lay in winter because
they are too fat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Goes Cough Balsam
Ia the Oldest and best. 1t will break up a cold quicker
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try 1t.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

A suggestion to men who seek pub
Tic position, and to all men in author
ity: A patriot can serve his country.
even though he holds no Office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
"a Bundle of Nerves."

This term is often applied to people whose
nerves are abnormally sensitive. They
should strengthen them with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. After a course of that
benign tonic, they will cease to be conscious
that they have nervous systems, except
through agreeable en- sations. 1t will enable
them to eat, sleep and digest well, the three
media for increasing tone and vigor in the
nerves. IN common with the rest Of the sys-
tenn. The mental worry begotten by ner.
vous~ dyspepsia will also disappear.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

A good man is one who can do decent
work while thinking about a fishing trip.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

For the fourth time in history a
treaty for the annexation of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States
has been signed by the representa-
tives of the two governments. The
one sealed Wednesday morning reached
the senate at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon,
and after a short executive session was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations, where it may remain until
the tariff bill is disposed of.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-09
GRANT AND CONFEDERATE.
The Commanders Confederation For n
Wounded officer of the Enemy.

The Commandcr's Consideration For n
Wounded officer of the Enemy.
The following anecdote is related by
General Horace Porter i'll his Cam
paigning With Grant" in The Century:
Whilo riding about the field General
Grant stopped at n house and expressed
Il desire 10 prepare some dispatches y
number of wounded were lying upon
the porch and in the rooms. They had
made their way there iii accordance
with the usual custom of wounded men
TO seek Il house. 1t seems 10 be Il natural
instinct, as Il house conveys the idea of
shelter and of home. l walked with the
general into Il back room to see whether
there was Il dry spot which lie might
take possession of for q short time "a
write messages and look over the maps.
AS wc entered there was seen sitting
in the only chair Confederate licutcn-
;nt of infantry who had been shot in
the left check, the ball passing through
his mouth and coming out near the
right ear. y mass OF coagulatcd blood
covered his face and neck, and he pre-
scntcd ii shocking appearance He arose
the momcnt we entered pushed his
chair forward toward the general and
said. with Il bow and Il smile, Here,
take my chair, sir. General Grant
looked at him and rcplicd "Ah, you
need that chair much more than l.
Keep your seat see you are badly
hurt. The officer answered good ma
turcdly: IF you folks let me go back
to our lines, think | ought to be able
to get Il leave to go home and see my
girl. BIT / reckon she wouldn't know
me now. " The general said, Il will see
that one of our surgeons does all in his
power for YOU, and then stepped out
of the room. He told one of the surgeons
who was dressing the wounds of our
men to do what he could for the Con
fcdcratc. We did not hear what became
of him aftcrward. He probably never
knew that he had been talking TO the
general i'll chief Of the Yankee armies.
The dispatches We're aftcrward written
Ill another room.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-09
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

ID. f. Brand, of Algoma, who stopped
over in Salem for day or two on his re.
turn from Washington. left Sunday for
his West Virginia home. Some of Mr..
Brands friends are authority for the
statement that he will soon return TO Sa-
lem and open rice factory.
j. d. White, of Norfolk, spent Sunday
in Salem the guest of his son, who is Il
student of Roanoke College.
James O Lloyd, formerly OF Salem. but
who now lives near Glenvar, had two of
his fingers cut Off Saturday evening by
having them caught in the stave cutter
while working ut the Salem stave and
barrel factory. DR.. Wiley rendered the
necessary surgical aid.
Miss Apperson, of Marion. Va, is visit.
ing Miss Lena Sayers on Broad street.
Frank p. Fleming, of Lynchburg, was
in the city yesterday OH business.
William Johnston and Dr. Dabney Bar
nitz returned yesterday from Washingto
where they went to see the sights and at.
tend the inauguration of Mckinley.
Ivan Yonce, of the railway mail service,
has gone on Il visit to Wythevlle.
Capt. Geo NJ Horne- and wife. after n
sojourn of four months in Salem, leave
tomorrow night for visit to Sunny
IIalv
Mrs. +. G.. Webbcr will return this
evening from the Northern markets, where
she has been purchasing II stock of goods
for her College avenue millinery store.
Mrs. Geo. +. Heller and th,ee children
left Sunday for Poplar Grove, Ark,
where she goes to visit her married sister,
Mrs. Turner.
A'pleasant Instructive and entertaining
missionary service WAS held in the Pres.
byteri n Church Sunday night, conducted
by Rev. II. G. V. Campbell. Letters were
read from missionaries in China and two
articles were also read from Mexico.
Prayers were offered for the health and
lives of the noble men and women who
have given up home, friends and social
ties TO work for God in tie far of lands
of the Orient. y collection was also III.
ken up.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-09
SHOT HIM IN COURT.
A DaspOiIer Of a Home Comes to
Grief in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga, March S.--lI S. Perry
shot l.. b. Lanier twice. to- day in the De-
kalb county courthouse at Decatur Ga
Perry Says that I.anier was breaking up
the peace of his home He does not charge
criminal intimacy with Mrs Perry, but
leaves that impression in his statements.
Laner who is dangerously wounded ut
the Grady Hospital in this city, denies
that he violated the honor of the Perry
family. y letter has been produced which
Perry wrote to Ianicr last Friday, warn.
ing him TO leave the State at once or take
the consequences ..Lanier replied, pro-
testing, but ut the same time he left A.
lanta and went out in Dekalb county
Perry was looking for him yesterday,
but'Lanier kept hid.
MThis morning the two men met on Il
tram. Perry acted in IA threatening man
ner and Ianier jumped oil at Decatur.
Perry followed him and fred ut him.
Both were arrested and carried to the
courthouse. While I4anier was standing
in the courtroom with his back to Perry,
tire latter drew pistol and shot him in
the back. Lanier fell, and Perry walked
up to him and shot him again.
Perry was placed in Jail and I.anier was
brought to Atlanta aud placed in the
Grady Hospital. Perry is an express
messenger.