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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-08
Facts About Powder.

The California powder mills in the
Lorenzo valley ship 10000 pounds of
powder daily to the Atlantic coast for
government use.
The principal smokeless powders in
use are composed of gun cotton and
nitro-glycerine, either alone or in COM
bination with other material, the func-
ton of which is to reduce the violence
of action. The parts are mixed in
quantities in the presence of a liquid
which has a solvent action upon the
gun cotton. A d%oughlike substance is
the result. This mass is placed in a
press from which it energies squeezed
into fiat ribbons. After running it
between rollers to obtain the proper
thickness it is cut into grains a nd
dried.
The Oregon's 13-inch rifles are charg-
ed with $50 pounds of powder, and his
imparts to a 1,1OO-pound shot a veloc-
ity Of 2,100 feet per second and the
energy Of the projectile is nearly 24,000
foot tons. This energy is sufficient TO
life the Oregon eight feet out of the
water in n minute.
Nitro-glycerine is not adapted for
sporting purposes. In a shotgun its
combustion Is not complete, and the
fumes from it give violent headaches
to the shooter.
Most of the cotton used in the man
ufacture Of gun cotton from
Georgia.
In black powder the components are
charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter, the
latter supplying the oxygen and pro-
ducing combustion of the other two.
Black powder and brown powder are
variations Of the same thing, brown be-
ing developed from the black.
Sulphur used in the powder mills
comes in ship loads from japan and
Sicily, the saltpeter from India
The lust rising in some rooms of the
powder mill is so inflammable that the
workmen must veal wooden pegs In
their shoes to avoid friction.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-08

course. john" said the teacher.
you would rather be right than be
president" After thinking the matter
over for q few minutes, John cautiously
replied: We'll, I'd rather be right than
be vice president."-Detroit Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-08

The %succulent sausage was invented
in Germany in the year S97. r. was
first made of a goats stomach stirred
with blood and little pieces Of fat
chopped pork was not used until the
tenth century.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-08

A Russian has invented a rubber
tooth brush. which consists of a rubber
sack provided with rubber bristles on
the sides and ends, the device betne
slipped over the finger when in use.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-08
FEELINGS OF A MAN DURING A BATTLE.

7 Takes Your Weight n cad to Kill You--FamfHartyw with Danger Under
Fire. of Shot and She'll Increa Sc Courage and Lessons Fear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
Save the Art School,

There is a danger that st. Paul may
lose her art school through the utter
lack Of interest Of those Of her citizens
who should be the first to encourage
and help support such an institution.
This means nothing more or less than
a confession on the part Of this city
that st. Paul not only is not an art
center, but does not care to be; that
whatever advancement she has made
has not been along the line Of high
art appreciation.
The st. Paul School Of Fine Arts has
had as hard q struggle for existence
as any local organization ever had.
Only within the last two years has the
financial condition of the school been
lightened. Earnest women of culture
and enterprise have used both in an
endeavor to keep the institution alive
and keyed to the high standard aimed
at when 1t was established. The school
is only few years old, but many art
students Of note and decided ability
have laid the foundation for future
work within its walls. It's standard
has ever been the highest, and only the
best Of teachers have been employed.
ILlS year beSIIleu IulleE OIL PROMISE
than any in the history of the institu-
ton, and the board Of directors was
hopeful for a rapid growth Of the
school from now on, when suddenly the
tragic death Of Mrs. Barker, the d.
rectress, occurred. And now the Ques-
ton of obtaining new instructor has
brought forth the other and more vital
question as to whether the school is
to be discontinued altogether.
The women are naturally unwilling
to lose all the work Of the past years
and it's fruitful results. The school
is partially self-supporting, but finan-
cial aid must come from the citizens
Of st. Paul, and, if it does not, the re-
suit is inevitable-St. Paul can no
longer be considered a capital city in
all that the term implies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
Travelling Libraries.

Elsewhere will be found q commune
cation from Mrs. Charles E. Conant
to The G o b e, sketching the aims
and achievements of the travelling IL
brary committee Of the Minnesota Fed
Grated Women's clubs. In her state
ment the writer points out the sig
nificant fact that, while women's clubs
were originally self-culture organiza-
tons, they are rapidly developing, not
into philanthropic or charitable insti-
tutions, but into altruistic associations
An example Of this is the travelling
library committees appointed by nearly
all state declarations. These commit.
tees seek to extend the toning. elevat-
ing influences Of literature and literary
study beyond the limit Of the club out
into the country districts, where life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
Inflated EiaDSburgs.

The divinity that hedges kings is
not an invulnerable trocha. Within
generation q car Of Russia, an en-
press Of Austria and a shah of Persia
have fallen at the hands Of assassins.
In the same time presidents Of the two
greatest republics have been the vic
time Of fanatical zeal. The vagaries
of madness, finding expression in the
insanity of anarchy or Of fanaticism,
strike most frequently at the uneasy
heads adorned by crowns. Divinity
turns neither steel nor lead for kings
or queens, and the empress Of Austria,
dead at Geneva, is the latest case in
point to prove the truth.
About the death of the empress there
is q pathos aside from that Of necessity
incident to such a tragedy. 1t is one
more page Of mourning in the history
of the Inflated Hapsburgs. A sons
suicide is followed by the death of the
mother. Crown prince and empress,
victims Of violence within a dozen
years, go far to show that, while super
stition may be idle, i'll fortune is a sad
reality.
Nor IS this the only sorry phase Of
the shocking tragedy. The cowardice
of the assassin stands out almost as
blackly as does his crime. Kings and
rulers are called upon to face the IA
naticism incident to power, but what
profit to Iberty-even If liberty means
anarchy-lies in the death Of a wom-
an whose crown is one of courtesy and
whose influence upon events is at best
but Indirect?
For the epitaph of the empress moth
ing seems more suited than the 'kis-
met" Of the fatalist. Madness, either
Of anarchy or insanity, guided the blow
that struck her down. Behind it was
no motive or reason, no hope of profit
to cause or to individual. The car,
who within a week has escaped assas-
sinatiOn, and King George Of Greece
and Queen Victoria, who, almost with
in a year, have been threatened, have
only fortune to thank that the blow,
when it came with deadly effect, fell
upon the Hapsburgs, whose cup Of mis-
fortune was already trimming.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
DAVIS LAME LOGIC.
The Senator's Attention Called tn
His "BrealH' at minneapolis.

His "BreaE1" mt MINNEAPOLIS.
To The st. Paul Globe:
The speech Of Senator Davis, in MinneanoIts
presents many facets. Upon most of these
you made editorial comment this morning
One remains that presents to free trade Dem
ocrats an interesting question Is the Re-
publican party preparing to abandon it's policy
OF tariff protection? The senator attributes
the present commercial conditions, the great
increase Of exports Of manufactures. the
growth of our foreign markets. to that noIicv
Party loyalty would compel this, even il all
question OF sincerity were absent. Were the
question now more than academic the asser
ton might be disputed and refuted. But
the senator closes discussion himself II 20
q present condition that there is no one line
Of our manufactures not excepting the latest
infant, the tin-p.ate industry unrepresented
in our exports. For the present and the
future it is immaterial by what means this
condition has been produced. Governmental
and party policies are based on present. not
past conditions. When the reason for a law
ceases, the law falls when the reason for
political or economic policy ceases, the policy
terminates.
The senator admits that the reason for the
policy OF tariff protection no longer obtains
Formerly" he says, I'VE were not able 70
compete for that (the foreign MARKET and It
gave us all we could do to compete with for
eign production for the privilege (sic) Of
buying and selling among ourselves. but II
30 happens that almost without perceIving
1t. the American manufacturer is COM
peting for the markets of the world" And
the senator asks What does this mean?"
He finds that 1t means that the products Of
American labor will find market wherever
that market can be found on the face of the
civilized world" 1t means that and more
1t means that American manufacturers need
no protection In their home market against
foreign competitors when they have attained
a condition that enables them successfully
to meet their foreign competitor on his own
ground. I credit the senator with too great
mental perspicacity to let me doubt that he
perceives the inescapab,e logic of his argu-
ment 1t demonstrates that the day has come
which Garfield had in view when he declared
his belief in "a protection that leads to free
trade" Are we, to witness another of those
mutations in which parties exchange posi-
ton? Is the ground taken by the> national
Democracy in 1892 and deserted by it's rep
resentatives in 1894 to be occupied by the
Republican party? p. ]. Smalley
Cant
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
Wanted: Freedom for American
Shining.

Commercial expansion is destined to
become the next great national ques-
ton upon which the eyes of all Amer
leans, and particularly the farmers OF
the Northwest, will be fastened. 1t re-
Celved an impetus in st. Paul last night
that is certain to attract attention in
the East as well as the West and along
the entire Pacific slope. In clear and
simple language the Importance to the
American farmer of developing Ameri-
can trade with Asia was described by
Mr. j. j. Hill to a representative body
OF citizens of the capital city VINO had
assembled to do honor to Minnesota's
senior senator Fact was piled upon
fact by the speaker. Statistics were
marshaled and massed in striking ar
ray, and the demonstration was made
complete that in few short years the
tide Of American commerce is destined
to sweep in a steadily swelling flood
through American outlets to Asiatic
shores.
The problem of land and lake trans
pOrtation has been solved so far as this
country is concerned, as Mr.. Hill eX-
planned. Our rates are only about 40 per
cent Of those Of continental Europe.
There viii be no oneTous conditions i'm
posed upon the Unconstitutional traffic
OF the future. What American producers
now need and most demand is q marine
service adequate to the transportation
Of our surplus products to foreign mar
kets. Existing burdens that have long
rested upon the American merchant
marine must, as Mr.. Hill pointed out,
be removed. The American farmer and
the American manufacturer are in
evitably destined to control the trade Ct
the world, and they must no longer be
harassed by obsolete shipping laws.
This is sound common sense, as well
as absolute economic truth.
Mr. HIPS words are those Of a far
seeing business man. "They are the
most important that have been uttered
in twenty years." said Senator Cush-
man K. Davis to the Same representa-
tive gathering. 1t is gratifying 20 be
able to note that the senator is O0nsid-
era!bly in advance of his party in his
recognition of conditions that must re-
ceive governmental attention, and the
earnestness with which he indOrsed
the views of Mr.. Hill leaves no doubt Of
his disposition to aid in the work Of
bursting the barriers so long maintain
ed by a high tariff party. The address
Of Mr.. Hill will be found in its entirety
in our news columns It will pay
perusal. It should open the eyes, es-
pecially of our Northwestern farmers,
to the great future that lies before
them. It will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
Episthes 10 St. Paul.

Manager Fred. Berger, probably from his
twenty years association with Sol Smith
Russell, has contracted a similar habit OF
solemn joking. Not long ago, in Cine matt,
he was approached by a tall, gaunt, awk-
ward specimen Of Buckeye backwoodsman or
Kentucky mountaineer, who seemed very
anxious for an interview. One glance of the
practiced eye of the manager told him that
the interviewer was afflicted with stage fever.
Where he contracted it was a mystery, but
unless disposed of quickly it meant an hour
recital Of aspirations and burning genius.
with perhaps "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
night" on his side. Mr.. Berger was busy,
so he resorted to heroic methods.
Mr.. Berger" began the youth, II want
you to tell me how to get on the stage"
Certainly" responded Berger, suavely,
Right down the street you will find an a.
ley next to the theater. Up the alley you will
find a door marked stage entrance, and
there you are. Oh, don't mention it''-and
Berger was gone to keep an appointment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
TAKE THEM ALL IN.
Let's Have an Investigation of All
of the Charges.


of the Charges.
To The st. Paul Globe
What a breezy little bluff is that order Of
Secretary Ayers, which calls upon the COM
handing general to investigate the circum-
stances attending the death Of Private Hugh
Parrett at Camp Wikof! ga New York pa
per of the 20th ultimo," says the secretary
Charged that when the above named pri-
vate begged of DR.. - to take him to the
hospital, the doctor notified him that the hos
pital was for sick men, and it is reported that
Parrett died that night" Why order an in
vestigation of g. charge made by one paper?
The secretary has been at Camp Wikoff him.
self since the publication of the charge, and
if he has satisfied himself that not only this
story is false, but all others rejecting upon
him, why not invite an investigation not of
one report made by one paper, but of the
charges brought against him by the best
journals Of the country? For example, Mr.
Secretary we would really like to know
whether LOCO tons of subsistence stores
we're left to rot in the hold Of the steamship
La Grande Duchesse, and if so, who is re-
sponsible? 1t would be a genuine satisfac-
ton to know that the head of our war de.
partment was not responsible for Transports
ton of 260 sick men from Chickamauga to
New York city on a train supplied with but
one physician and that one so pig-headed and
brutal that when asked by some of the best
doctors of Cleveland to let six men, who
were dying Of fever and exhaustion, remain
in the city a few days, said: Il shall not leave
one OF these men here. They have already
gone over the worst part of the journey. and
I'll take chances their getting into New
York alive. l am III charge here, and when I
get to New York my responsibility ceases
Investigate the circumstances attending the
deaths of the men on those miserable trans
ports, the favoritism in the letting Of con-
m nOIq
and the double dealing and death-dealing d.
plomacy in the Cuban campaign. These are
charges brought not by one or two yellow
Journals but by an array of publications
upon which the country prides itself. 1t will
be much more satisfactory to you, too. Mr..
Alger, because even If Hugh Parrett didn't
die outside Of a hospital, the falsity Of the
report can't be forced upon the public in
lieu Of an open, clean-breasted investigation
of the causes which led to so many untimely
deaths M.
St Paul Sept. s, 1888.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
A Ramed TiGresS.

An officer of the Bengal lancers, who was
seized by a tigress, owed his eccape to a
curious accident. The tgress seized him by
the breast of his coat and shook him till he
became unconscious. On recovering he h ard
a strange noise at a little distance, as If
somebody was sneezing violently. 1t was
the tigress herself. He slowly turned round
and gave a furtive glance in that direction.
He could hardly believe his eyes. There
was the tigress Sinking off with her tail
very much between her legs and sneezing
most violently and making the most piteous
grimaces. The truth dawned upon him like
a fash OF lightning. In the operation of
shaking him his snuffbox had inown open
from his wastcoast pocket, and the tigress
had received the contents thereof full in her
face.-Cornhil Magazine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
ONE WHO WON'T BE THERE.

don't think III in to town to see the boys
come back;
Ny bein' there would do no good in all that
jam and pack
Therell be enough to welcome them-to cheer
them when they come
A-marchin' brayely to the time that's beat
upon the drum
They'll never miss me in the crowd-not one
OF EN- will care
If, when the cheers are ringin' loud I'm not
among them there.
I went to see them march away houered
with the rest,
And didn't they look fine, that day, a-march-
in four abreast,
With my boy James up near the front as
handsome as could be,
And wavin' back a fond farewell to mother
and to me!
I vow my old knees trembed So when they
had all got by,
I had to jist set down upon the curbstone
there and cry. -
And now they're comm home again! The
record that they won
Was SIGH as shows we still have men when
mems works to be done!
There wasn't one of 'em that hinched, each
Teller stood the test
Wherever they were sent they sailed right in
and done their best!
They didn't go away to play-they knOwed
what was in store
But there's a grave somewhere, today down
on the Cuban shore
I guess that I'll not go to town to see the
boys come in;
I don't 1ist feel like mlxin' up in all that
crush and DIM
There'n be enough to welcome thcm-to
cheer them when they come.
A-marchn' bravely to the time that's beat
upon the drum,
And the boys'n never notice-nOt a one of
'em Will care,
For the soldier that would miss me amt
a-soin' to be there!
S. E. Kiser. in Cleveland Leader
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
OPEN LETTER TO DAVIS.
William O'NeiII Puts to the Senator
Few cushions On Consistency.

"
Dear Sir: AS 1t is proper for a public SER
want at any and all times to answer any
reasonable demands by his constituents, 1
beg to take the liberty of asking you to
explain in public how you maintain consist
ency IN your public conduct concerning our
trouble with Spain. Did you not write those
war resolutions OF which we were all so
proud and so willing with our very lives
to uphold and enforce? Did you not add
With emphasis in them, that we were not
going to war for gain profit or sovereignty
over any Spanish SOIL but for Cuban free
DOM pure and simple? Such a resolution
passing congress and the president, was
honored and sealed by the priceless blood and
lives of matchless heroes and patriots on land
and sea. Yes, it was honored and approved
by millions OF free men who stood ready to
go If needed to the deadly front and are
paying every day In ten thousand ways the
terrible cost of the war in money which We
never expect returned.
Now then, Mr.. Davis what we want to
know is this Were you and your committee
acting in good faith with the mighty people
Of the United States, Spain and the world
when that resolution was offered to the
United states senate? If So when and by
En nat cause or reason did you Justify the
island of Porto Rico? Now that it is not
IN any manner necessary for the end which
we nave gained, Cuban freedom, have we
any moral right to exact Indemnity for the
war in any. form? If no moral right, should
we do it by the law of might and thus
trample under foot all further claim to the
motive OF generous magnanimity which
prompted so much cheerful sacrifice of blood
and treasure? Besides losing all this credit
earned for us by every volunteer, we make
ourselves the butt of ridicule for cur enc
mics the world over Yes, our government,
by It's present management and ayowed pur-
pose, has done violence to the dearest hopes
and wishes OF untold numbers of US, its
faithful citizens, who since childhood have
adored that starry flag of ours, and fondIy
believed that never would anything false or
unfair be permitted beneath the shadow of its
protecting folds. Nor can we still ba1leye
that the sovereign people Of the Union will
even now permit the trampling of the con-
stitution and the gross injustice of ruling
Porto Rico as our own, or any other Spanish
island, without the wish or the consent of
their resident population. For even tyranni-
cal England could do no more than that.
Except like the dervishes whom she butchers
to the last man even the wounded
VIM. ONeill of Minnesota
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
English by AL Means

The language in which the peace
negotiations are to be conducted is one
Of the differences between the United
States and Spain still to be adjusted
Spain wants to palaver in French. and
America naturally prefers to talk
IN plain English. It would be awk-
ward for Mr.. Day, in the midst Of a
fiowery period, to have to stop and ask
Mr.. Davis the French for Colonial az
panslon," and 1t might bother even the
senator from Minnesota to explain i1sr
why the United States should keen tha
Philippines, Mars and a part of tha
Milky Way If he had to do it on the
Spanish ught-in-six-weeks system.
By all means have the proceedings
in English. We whipped Spain in Ene-
fish and why not treat with her on tha
same terms? But that is onlv inci-
dental The Dons are noted diplomats.
and if Mr.. Day, Of Canton, where "a fe
pronounced calf" no doubt in Oh,o>
and table d'hote are about the whole
towns limit on the polite language ~
Europe, and the other gentlemen Of tba
commission start in to negotiate a poIv-
glot treaty, the result will be unoerta In
1t is not intended to reflect unon the
linguistic ability Of the commission. bur
it is just as well not to take chancas
1t would be embarrassing for Mr.. FIVE
to misunderstood and find out onJv too
late that while he imagined he was
saying good morning he had traded
New York. Boston and Waco. Tex
for Ladrone island about the size ~
Rice park.
No. English is the thing. 1t is going
to be hard. any way. to explain RI
Spain just how we started in TO FREQ
Cuba and come out Of a three months,
war with nearly ali the Orient that had
not been squatted upon by some Euro.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
AFTER LONG YEARS.

Dear whom I would not know
If I passed you on the street
So long and long and long ago
Are the days when we used to NEST.
You may be glad to hear
That somewhere out Of the blue
Come vague sweet dreams that bring Won
near.
That 1 often think of you;
That now and then I thrill
AT a rustic in the dark;
That | start as the wind sweeps over the hill
AS l see the 1re6y's spark.
Somebody stepped on my grave? .
Or somebody slipped out of yours?
l cannot tell! There are ghosts that crave
bit of the love that endures
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Magazine