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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-22
WILL BE MAsoN's SUBSTITUTE,
westerner Who is willing to Fight DUE
With Baron E1cardo.

Westerner Who is Willing to Fight Duel
With Baron E1cardo.
Winona, Mimi, March 21.-In response
to the challenge of Baron Elcsrdo,
Marquis of Alta Villa. Madrid, Spain, to
fight a duel with Senator Mason of
Illinois fer the latter's utterances in the
Senate, Dr. George Powell of La Crosse,
has cabled the following acceptance of the
challenge in Mr.. Mason's stead.
..To baron Ell Cardo, Madrid, Spain:
"Through the press dispatches l am
informed that you have challenged Sena-
tor Mason to mortal combat for words
spoken in defense of his position as the
champion of the patriotism and principles
OF its people, in the United States. with
usual Spanish generosity selecting your
own weapons Now as Senator Mason has
spent lifetime in the pursuit of a more
humane calling and in the walks of
civilization. which has but poorly fitted
him to meet bully at arms as one who
haa admired and now endorses the OBJ
iectionable words and patriotism of Sena-
tor Mason, /, a plainsman, westerner,
one of class known as typical American.
typ;cal because it holds principle and
patriotism above price, because 1t believes
that murder in the first cannot be paid for
with gold, hereby accept your challenge
and name the army pistol, the old forty
four, the organ of civilization, the instru-
ment with which the American pioneer
measured justice to assassins; and while
informing you and all your kind that
thousands of men of my type stand ready
to step in my tracks and pick up my
pistol if it ahauld fall, l sincerely thank
the representative of thousand years of
barbarism for the opportunity to fire the
shot in revenge for the Yankee sailors
who fed the sharks in the bottom of
Havana bay.
(Signed) GEORGE POWELL.
''La Crosse, Wisconsin. ~
The above cablegram was sent March
II, but was not made public until today.
DR.. Powell is western plainsman and
Indian fighter. who followed the fortunes
of the army for thirty years in the
capacity of scout and guide in the numer-
ous Indian wars, serving with distinction
under every general of the army west of
the Mississippi river during his term of
service.
DR.. Powell is about fifty years of age
and well known physician of La Crosse.
He is s. boon companion of Buffalo gill.
Wild Bill, Texas Jack and other frontiers
men of note.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-22
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.

Watertown, Mass, March 2l.-The
United States arsenal tonight was under
. night force for the first time since
Major j. W. Reilly, commanding officer,
received his emergency orders. The
night shift will run from 4 O'Clock un'
til midnight, and will be filled by So or
40 men, the majority of them mechanics,
experienced in the plant. The two shifts
schedule is now therefore a. m. to
D. M, and p. IN. to midnight.
SAGASTA DOES SOME DENYING.
London, March % The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Ssnor Sagasta, the premier, declares
that the government has not received
the report from the Spanish naval court
on the Maine disaster; that no definite
news has come from Washington in the
matter and that all statements with
reference to the United States claiming
indemnity or offering to submit the
Maine question to arbitration are pure
inventions.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
The WorlIingman and Drink.

The Economic Aspect Of the Liquor
Question forms the subject OF ar III
teresting article II the current issues Of
the bulletin issued by the department
OF labor. 1t originated in a desire to as
certain how the drinking habit affected
a mans chances OF obtaining employ
ment. Also to what extent men compel
led to do night work were Influenced to
drink, and finally the best means for
lessening the consumption of liquors
generally.
Schedules of Inquiry were sent to
80, Ala employers, but only 1923 ent
replies. They represented. however, a
total Of LAB, 1928 employees. The in
quiries were on general lines, such as
what consideration was given to a
mans habit regarding the use Of liq.
uors, and how they made the invostiga-
ton.
From the reports Of 6 1916 employers
who answered this question |, Gl3 stated
the liquor habit was not considered by
them. The reasons generally ascrihed
by the employers for prohibiting the
liquor habit among their workmen
were to guard against accident and re-
spoasibility Of position. The reports
We're surprising III one respect. Iney
showed that men accustomed to work
at night were Ito more addicted to the
use Of intoxicants than others.
So also with men who work over
hours. 1t has generally been supposed
they required and ilnbibed more stinlu-
Iants than others. The reports show to
the contrary. The statistics show, as
generally supposed, that men drink
more directly after pay day than any
other time. The principal means given
by employers to prevent intoxication
} appears to be change Of pay day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
LABOR INSURANCE.
SOME RESULTS OF UNDERTAKINGS in
THIS DIRECTION IN GERMANY.

Sickness, Accident and Old Age Insurance.
Nearly $e5o,ooo.00o Paid Out In Ten
Years-But 1t Has Absolutely Failed to
Check the Socialist Movement.
The German social legislation origi-
mated in the following opinion express
ed in the imperial message of Nov. II,
1881: "Tho cure for social wrongs is
not wholly to be found in the way of
depressing Social Democratic excuses,
but also in the direction OF assured pro-
motion of the welfare Of the working
men" To carry out this idea was the
purpose of the German workingmen's
insurance laws.
These laws embrace three kinds Of in
surance, which are now offered by sep
arate organizations viz, insurance
against sickness, against accidents and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
Number 3S.
Congressman Kely's Dates.

Congressman J. E. Kelly will
fill the following dates in the Hills:
Hot Springs, Sept, 10Th.
Edgemont, Goth.
Custer, 21st.
Hill City, 22nd.
Keystone, Sd.
Deadwood, 24th.
Lead City, 26th.
At Terry Governor Lee will join
Congressman Kelly and hold a meet
ing on September 9th.
Spearish, 28th
Belle Fourche, 29th.
Whitewood, Both.
Sturgis, Oct, lst.
Rapid City, Bird.
Hermosa, 4th.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
About Telegraph Poles.

The number of poles used for tcle--
graph wires Per mile varies from 20 TO
az on minor lines to rs to 80 on main
lines. These poles are Of regulation
shall rot be less than II feet from the
ground, and as the poles are set into the
ground from 4 to 6 feet they measure
tom 20 to 20 feet III length. The sag. or
dip, varies Of course with tho number
Of poles per mile and tho condition Of
the atmosphere bat tie average is about
"a feet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
Annual Meeting.

Rapid City, S. D. Sept. 9, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting Of the stock
holders of Pennington County Bank
Of Rapid City, S. D., will be held at
its Office in Rapid City, on Monday
October Bird, 1898, at the hour of 4
o'clock D. IN. for the purpose OF
electing directors for the ensuing
year and the transaction of such
other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
Geo. T. Schneider,
Cashier.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23

disease sanitariums, and others are en-
gagged in doing so. Thus the insurance
institution of Berlin intends to erect a
large plant for curing pulmonary dis
eases, as we'll as other kinds Of sickness,
etc.
This establishment will be erected in
the neighborhood Of Berlin, in the
midst of a forest, at a cost OF about
6 1000, 900 marks. 1t is intended to
make it a first class one, in which the
latest hygienio requirements will be
complied with. Work will be begun on
the buildings this summer, and they
will be completed in two years, and the
plans and models will be exhibited at
the Paris exposition. This movement
has spread, and sanitariums are being
erected for all classes Of people, and it
is beyond question that it will in time
greatly contribute toward diminishing
the scourge of consumption. However,
too exalted hopes should not be enter
tanned by reason Of present success.
Another advantage has been gained
in calling the attention Of workingmen
to this disease and it's terrible effects
and to the possibility of supervising it.
They are interested in the question and
think it over. The hygienic education
which the workingman receives in the
sanitarium is of value after he has been
discharged from the establishment and
is impaired to the circle Of his family
ond Of his acquaintance.
The total Of all the payments made
in the last decade by these three classes
of insurance amounts, during this Pc
riDd-that is, up to the end Of lS94-to
over one milliard Of marks, which have
been spent for the w%orkingmen. This
sun includes only expenditures for
working people, exclusive of the cost of
administration and exclusive of the as
sets accumulated.
Has the German workingnen's in
surance met with the expected social
political results? He who believed that
Social Democracy would disappear from
the horizon as tie result of the work
ingmcn insurance law will, Of course,
be greatly disappointed in his expccta-
tions. Nor can it be asserted that the
German labor element has become bet
ter satisfied. On the contrary, the de-
mands of the workingmen have risen.
/ Nevertheless | can affirm that the in
surance has already contributed much
aud is contributing more and more to
bringing the German labor element out
Of the Social Democratic u%topianism to
a reasonable field of sound, practical
politics. The workingman realizes that
there exists in the present order Of state
and society a good field for the improve
ment of his material and moral situa-
ton and that it will ever be possible
for him to expect very much more. The
insurance Legislation and the %organiza-
lions created thereby still show many
defects, and the social political effects
CT this Legislation will run pari passu
with the efforts being made to remove
these defects and to bring the %organiza-
tons to their highest perfection. Any
how, the social political legislation is
taking the right road, which will sure
ly lead to success. DR.. Richard
Freund.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
"Populist Plutocracy."

.@
Under the above caption last Satur-
day mornings journal contained q
Humorous" political gem which any
q would recognize as being really
funny-if it had been plainly labeled.
The UNION presents a portion of it.
Here it is:
Before the pop got Office,
The pop a saint would be;
And when the pop got office,
The pop a saint was he.
Oh. was he? 1 wish to ask the read
ers Of the Journal if he paid the poor
mans rent when he was boosted into
office and prosperity by his less fortu-
nate comrades in wailing? Did he avoid
the ways of the plutocrat and still wear
his Whiskers "a la alfalfa?' Well, I
guess not. Has he walked to the leg
islature or paid his fare, and thus
avoided the stigma of a bride by the
"grasp!ng corporations?' Well, I
guess not. Has he done one single act
that has lightened the burdens of his
less fortunate comrades In bowling?
Not that you a notice.
Has this contributor foundered
around in the mire of political lunacy
until he considers it the duty of this
m4ch-despised pop official to 'pay the
poor mans rent?" Former republican
administrations left affairs in such
shape that the warrants ia which this
pop official was paid we're only worth
SO cents on the dollar aud it kept the
poor devil busy to get enough out of
his salary to pay his own rent. Has
this ''humorist" sunk so deep into the
slough of partisan idiocy that he de-
mands that the populist official shall
wear his whiskers "a la alfalfa?" In
case the official should grant this de-
mand the soul of this Bill Nye the Sec
ond would cry out and refuse to be
comforted until the entire crop of pop
ulist whiskers,' in all their majestic
grandeur, should be harvested and for
evec placed beyond reach of his trou-
bled vision! And does this political
"humorist" consider it the duty of pop
ulist officials to ''wslk to the legisla-
p. we COulCSS UbdU WIG IcDuOll-
a policy in this state has forced q
good many people to walk" or stay at
home. And as for ''walking to the
legislature" we would advise even a
populist Legislator TO save his shoe
leather and ride on the train when.
ever a railroad pass is handy. We
recommend this process from personal
experience.
Then this poetical contributor goes
on and asks a lot mor questions of
ABOUT the same character as the ones
given and answers them himself. THE
UNION would print the whole article
if it had a grudge against it's readers,
but Il contributor with such a narrow
guage mind as is evidenced in the ar.
ticle here discussed is unworthy the
recognition which d clean discussion
would accord to him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23

"McGutin thinks he has more bad
luck than any man living"
ANY special instance?"
eyes, if he happens to have a oun
terfeit half dollar it is always the one
his wife picks out to leave in bis pock-
ct. Detroit Free Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
Total.

No proxies will be allowed II the con-
vention. but the delegates present will
be allowed to cast the full vote OF the
precinct represented.
It IS recommended that primaries be
held in the respective precincts on Sat
urday, September oath, 1898.
EDMUND SMITH, Chairman.
LEVI MCGEjI, Secretary pro tenn.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-23
Peoples Party County Convention.

Peoples Party County Convention.
The Peoples Party Of Pennington
county will hold a nominating conven-
ton at the Court House in Rapid City
on Thurs lay, the 29th day OF Septem-
Der, at 10 O'Clock q. m. to place in nom
nation candidates for the following or
fees to be elected at the November 1898
election:
One state senator, 39th district.
Two representatives, 47th district.
One sheriff.
One register Of deeds.
One treasurer.
One county auditor.
One states attorney.
One clerk OF courts.
One county Judge
One assessor.
One rOner.
One SUPERINTENDENT OF schools.
One county surveyor.
One commissioner Bird district.
Tue basis OF representation as appor-
toned by the central committee was as
Yellowstone delegate at large from
each precinct. and one additional dele.
gat tie FOR each rs votes or major traction
thereof cast for Gov. Andrew e. Lee in
1896. Under sad apportlonment the
precincts are entitled 10 the follow ing
vote in said county convention:
Rand City 1St ward <
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09
WOuldn't Boil Soft.

When Mrs. Youngwife began
housekeeping among the bits of adj
vice that her mother gave to the in
experienced young woman was this
AS to boiling, remember that the
longer thing boils the softer it
gets. Rice, hominv and cabbage arc
often spoiled by not being boiled
enough.
Mrs. Youngwife assimilated the
words Of wisdom, and the night be-
fore her first essay at breakfast
she asked her husband what he
would like
MY dear, eggs are simple and
easy to prepare. Boil half dozen
and be sure that they are soft boiled
A hard boiled egg is worse than
cold mince pie. "
Mrs. Youngwife smiles sweetly
and knowingly, and next morning
she was up early, and before George
was awake she had the water boil
ing. An hour later they sat down
to the table, and George attempted
to open an egg with his knife, but
it resisted his efforts even as thing
that is ossified.
Dear" he said gently, but sor-
rowfully, Il told you l liked my
eggs soft boiled"
Mrs. Youngwife burst into tears.
Il had them boiling 55 minutes by
the clock, " she sobbed, "but they
wouldn't get soft!''-New York
Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09
QUEER RELIGIOUS SECT.
Their Fame Is 1--WE ming Light" and They
Keep to Themselves

Their Name Is 1--WE ming Light" and They
Keep to Themselves.
There is a sect known as tbe
Evening Lisht" scattered through
out Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The
families are not isolated, but form
communities. No one is really lead
er, but In each community there al
ways IS man who is looked up to.
Although nearly all are well to do,
no attempt at display is ever made.
The homes are in one story houses,
built about a house where the sect
meet on Sundays. Where they have
no meeting house they meet in the
homes of the families, each in turn.
They have no ministers. Each mem
Der OF the sect says and does what
he considers best for the community.
When they meet at one of the homes.
the host always has ready a good
meal
This sect wear peculiar clothing.
The women make all the men S
clothes. When the baby boys dress
es are taken from him, he is clothed
IN the garb he is to wear for life.
They wear trousers reaching to the
ankles and boots to the knees. A
waistcoat and hat complete the
outfit, except in cold weather, when
an overcoat is added Only heavy
brown or black material is used in
making the clothes of the men.
The young women dress in.either
black or bright blue and use no trim
mlngs. Their aprons are always
brown. Cashmere is the cloth used
for dresses. The bonnet is after the
sunbonnet style and has skirt in
the rear. Brown and black satin is
used to make them. To keep out the
cold of winter the women wear
black cashmere shawls.
There are no BARRIERS in the com.
munity. The hair is allowed to
grow. These people never take part
in politics, never so to court and
don't have photographs taken. They
never insure their property, and if
one should lose his the others start
him anew. The parents match the
children as soon as they are born,
and they are brought up in each 9th
er's company and are made to I'M
derstand that they are to marry and
always live together after they
leave their homes. Children STAY
with their parents until they marry.
The marriage ceremony consists OF
the bridegroom putting a ring or
the brides finger and then both
drinking holy water. A big dinner
is served, and in the course of it the
young couple leave it and go to thei,
home, which they find all ready
Where this sect originated is not
known. The men are very fond Of
horses. New York Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09
STARCHY FOODS,
How They Should Ee Cooked and Who
They Are Good For.

How They Should lie Cooked and Who
! They Are Good For.
Starch forms an important ele-
ment of human food IN every eli
mate except the arctic, where fat, to
which starch is somewhat related
chemically, takes its place.
In many minds an imperfect idea
of what constitutes starchy foods
prevails The various preparations
resembling powdered laundry starch
and cornstarch, such as arrowroot
and farina, form but small part of
the starch eaten About one half
the bulk of wheat, rye, oats, peas
and beans is starch. OF potatoes
about one fifth is starch, and of rice
and corn about three-fourths.
The digestibility of starch is great
ly enhanced by proper cooking. AS
general thing, starchy foods are
not cooked sufficiently.
! Young children especially suffer
from insutficiently cooked starohy
food. Steamed oatmeal and wheat
preparations should be boiled an
i hour before they are served to chill
dren. If fed to children under 3
years of age or to those troubled
with stomach disturbance, they
should also be strained. When the
various cereals are used in the grain,
merely hulled and unpulverized,
they should be soaked in cold water
for several hours and then boiled
from two to three hours.
Crackers, in all of which starch is
the chief ingredient, may be given
to children after they are IS months
old. If eaten between meals, they
are best taken with milk.
One reason for the frequent faulty
digestion of starchy foods lies in in
sufficient mastication. The actual
digestion of starchy articles should
begin in the mouth by a process of
thorough mastication; otherwise,
since starch is not acted upon in the
stomach, they remain practically
unaltered and undigested until they
have passed from the stomach into
the intestine, where digestion of the
starchy matter recommences.
Starchy foods, if imperfectly mas.
ticated previous to their introduce
ton into the stomach, are liable tc
partial fermentation, which inter.
feres with the active digestion OF
other articles of diet.
Starch is demanded by the system
for supplying heat and muscular en-.
ergy. Outdoor workers can conse
quently utilize large quantity oil
starchy food. Oatmeal, for example
forms an excellent article of every
day diet for them, while those whose
occupations keep them sedentary OF
within doors should partake of i
sparingly.-Youth's Companion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09

A Russian priest was so devoted tC
the amusement of card playing that
he played up to the last moment be-
fore commencing the church serv-
ices.
On one occasion, having a particu-
larly good hand dealt him, he thrust
the cards into his pocket, intending
to return and finish the game after
the service. Unluckily the cards
fell out on the church floor to the
extreme scandal of the congregation.
The witty priest, however, was
fully equal to the occasion. AT the
conclusion of the service he beckon-
ed up one of the choristers and asked
him the names of several of the
cards, which the boy knew correct
ly. He then suddenly asked the lad
the name of the next saints day,
which the child could not tell.
"See!' cried the priest, turning to
the congregation. You teach your
children the names of every card in
tho pack and leave them ignorant of
their religion. Let this be the last
time / am compelled to bring play
ing cards into the church to shame
you," and picking up his hand he
made anhonorable retreat. -London
Answers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09
HIS MOTHERS HIS. SWEETHEART.

His mo;her's his sweetheart-th sweetest.
the best''
So say the white roses he brings to my breast
The roses that bloom when life's summers de-
part
Bat his love is the sweetest rose over my
heart
The love that hath crowned me,
necklace around me,
That closer to God and to heaven hath bound
me!
"His mothers his sweetheart" Through all
the sad years
His love is the rainbow that shines through
my tears.
My light in Gods darkness, when with my
dim eyes
see not the stars in the storm of his skies.
When bow meath the rod
And no rose decks the sod.
His love lights the pathway that leads me to
Godl
'His mothers his sweethearti" Shine bright
for his feet,
Oh, lamps ON life's highway, and roses lean
sweet
To the lips Of my darling, and God grant his
sun
And his stars to my dutiful, beautiful one
For his love it hath crowned me,
A necklace around me,
And closer to God and to heaven hath bound
mel
Frank l.. Stanton in Ladies' Home journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-09
Pyramid Climbing.

Climbing the pyramids is no slight
task. Mountain climbing is no more
difficult. The trip to the pyramids
is now easy for visitors, as good
road has been made. A ten mile
drive brings one to the foot of Gizeh,
the largest of them all, and on
whose construction 100000 men
were employed for 30 years, all to
make a safe resting place for tAe
body of monarch whose corpse was
afterward stolen. The second lar
gest pyramid is almost equal in size,
and then follow other pyramids of
varying height, the total number
still standing being about Is. Many
visitors ascend Gizeh and most are
sorry afterward. 1t is astonishing to
see the Bedouins, who run up and
down Gizeh against time. The two
fastest runners there agree to get to
the top and down again in eight
minutes. Visitors, however, have to
be helped up each step.-Chioago
News.