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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
ANTS WAGE SCIENTIFIC WAR.
They condutt Strategic Military Operations and with Almost Human
Skill They Attack and Defend Forulcations.

soldiers are as much as half an inch
long. When the fort had been COM
pletely looted the column marched
Of the victims. These were doubtle ss
conveyed to some convenient place, to
be eaten at eisure.
1t Is not to be supposed that there
was no denfense made by the tribe of
ants thus ruthlessly attacked; on the
contrary, h resistance offered was
very fierce. In ant wars generally the
greatert pugnacity and courage are ex-
hibited, the contest lasting sometimes
for days, and the weaker party ulti-
mately succumbing from sheer exhaus-
ton and defamation. Fighting ants
will suffer themselves to be cut to
pieces rather than let go When they
have once siezed an enemy.
In Brazil there is a kind Of nj that
captures and enslaves ants Of other
species. This is a formidable insect.
indeed, it's method of combat being to
grasp the head Of the foe in its jaws
and to kill by piercing the brain, thus
paralyzing the nervous system. Owing
to the efficiency of these tactics a COM
p~aratively small force of the slave-mak-
ing ants will fearlessly attack much
larger armies, suffering scarcely any
loss themselves.
Now I'M then fierce wars occur be-
tween two colonies of harvesting ants,
which send out armies against each
other. The common pavement ants,
which throw up little hills of gravel
between paving stones and in gardens,
are great fighters, n sometimes war
breaks out between two communities
of them that live only a foot or two
apart. Sush conflicts are apt to be
started by the intrusion Of members of
one colony into the subterranean gal
leries of the other.
Ants generally, when at war, make
it a rule to carry their wounded off the
field of battle, but the injured of the
enemy they leave to die or take away
to eat. Customarily, they bury their
dead after a fight.
Those species of ants who have no
sting possess nevertheless a tail-gland
IDENTIFY is disagreeable and perhaps
poisonous to insects Of this order. If the
top of one of the mounds of the So
called mound building ants be knocked
off, Immediately h creatures rush by
myriads to the defense of their dwell
ing. The observer, watching from a
short distance, can then see, if he holds
his eye at the proper level, a sort of
fine spray or mist rising from the
broken mound. This is formic acid,
which the insects are discharging to
drive off the enemy.
While each nation of ants has it's
standing army, the notion of an ant
navy seems hardly creditable. Yet a
we'll known naturalist say that on one
occasion, he saw a formidable body Of
military ants embark on a lot Of chips
that were floating slowly down a
stream, subsequently landing at a poin\
q considerable distance below and pro-
ceeding on what appeared to be tact.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

She continued taking the pills until seven or
eight boxes had been consumed and she con-
sidered herself entirely cured. She can now eat
all kinds of food. which Is something she has
not been able to do for years. She Is not
was during the time of her stomach troubles.
She is now we'll and all because of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People Il complete
cure has been made.
If any one would like to hear more of the
details of her suffering and relief gained by the
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
they may be obtained probably, by writing the
lady direct. She Is one of our we'll known resi-
dents. Mrs. Ellen A. Oderkirk, Paw Paw, Ill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
HE NEVER ~FALTERED.

Thomas ]. Higgins, of Hannibal, NO.,
a veteran Of the war of the rebellion,
has received a congressional medal of
honor" sent him by General r. A.
Alger, secretary of war, for most dis
tinguished gallantry in action" The
rade Higgins by the direction of the
president and under the provisions of
the act of congress approved March 3,
1868.
Mr.. Higgins was a sergeant in the
Ninety-ninth Illinois infantry. In the
general assault of the union army on
the confederate works at Vicksburg,
May %, 1868, Sergeant Higgins was
appointed color bearer for the day,
and told not to turn back until the
stars and stripes had been placed on
the works of the enemy. The ASSAULT
ing column on that part of the works
occupied by the Second Texas was COM
posed of the Eighth and the Eighteenth
Indiana, First United States regulars
and the Thirty-third and Ninety-ninth
Illinois, in the order named.
After a most terrific cannonading of
two hours, during which the very earth
rocked n pulsated as a thing of life,
the head of the attacking column ap-
peared above. the brow Of the hill about
100 yards in front Of the breastworks,
and as line after line of blue came in
sight over the hill it presented the
%grandest spectacle the y of a soldier
ever beheld. The Texans were pre-
pared to meet it with five smooth-bore
muskets each, charged with buck n
ball, which had been distributed along
the trenches the night before; these
in addition to their Springfield rifles.
When the first line was within forty
steps of the works the order to fire
no o1nnr tho tronohoS and wa 70
sponded to as if by one u AS fast
as practiced hands could gather them
up, one after another, the muskets
were brought to bear.
The blue lines vanished amid fearful
slaughter; there was cessation in the
firing, and through the pail Of smoke
which enshrouded the field could be
discerned a union flag. AS the smoke
was slightly lifted by the gentle breeze
of May, a solitary man was seen ap-
preaching, bearing the flag bravely to-
men took deliberate aim at him and
fired at point blank range, but he new
er faltered; stumbling over the bodies
of his fallen comrades, he continued to
advance. Suddenly, as if with one
impulse, every confederate soldier
within sight of the union color bearer
seemed to be seized with the idea that
the man ought not to be shot down
like a dog. A hundred men dropped
their guns at the same time, each of
them seized his nearest neighbor by
the arm and yelled to him:"Don't shoot
at that man again; he is too brave a
ma nto be killed that way!' when he
instantly discovered that his neighbor
was yelling the same thing at him.
AS soon as they all understood each
other, 100 odd hats and caps went up
into the air, their wearers yelling at
the top Of their voices:
Come on, you brave Yank, come
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
Magnificent Train Service

Magnificent Train Service
of the Union Pacific from Council
Bluffs or Kansas City makes it the pop
ular line to all points in Nebraska, Kan
sas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and the
Pacific Coast. Three trains daily
from Council Bluffs. Two trains
daily from Kansas City. Pull
man Palace Double Drawing
Room Sleepers, Buffet Smoking
and Library Cars, Free Reclining
Chair Cars, Dining Cars. Meals a.
la carte.
For time tables, folders, illustrated
books, pamphlets descriptive Of the ter.
ritory traversed, or n information,
apply to your local Agent, who a sell
you a ticket via the Union Pacific, or
address E. L. LOMAX,
GenIPass. and Tiki Agt.,
OMAHA. NEB
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

A German scientist claims that mem
DRY is much stronger in summer than
in winter. He says that among the
worst foes of memory are toe much
food, too much physical exercise and
too much education.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

What is known in the Hood River
valley, Oregon, as the Big Ditch, cost
s2S, 900, and this years crop of straw
berries, blackberries and other fruit
in the valley will bring enough money
to a for it. 1t was constructed for
the benefit of h fruit growers, who
are enabled thereby to get their pro-
ducts to market in greater bulk.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

On the same day that Prof. Dewar
liquefed hydrogen he also liquefied he
lium, a are gas which has hitherto
resisted all attempts upon it. The boil
ing point of liquid helium is very close
to that of liquid hydrogen.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

The depth to which the suns rays
penetrate water has been recently de-
termined by the aid of photography. 1t
has been found hat at a depth Of 553
feet the darkness was to all intent and
purpose the same as hat on a clear
and moonless night. Sensitive plates
exposed at this depth for a considerable
length of time gave no evidence of light
action.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

lets has been eclipsed by M. L. De-
combe, who has reported to the French
Academy the p~hotographing Of the
Hertzian oscillation, occupying less
than the fve-millionth part Of a second.
The period of oscillation was shown by
reflection Of the explosive spark from
a rotating mirror to the focal plane of
the camera by a collimating lens.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

A Scottish lunatic doctor thinks that
bicycle riding may be a cure for in
sanity. He has tried it with good results
on some Of his patients.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
War Stamps.

wal SkouIlpSs
You not only have to put a stamp
on all your checks, but must mark each
stamp with your initials and the date.
When the perturbed patrons of the
Ladies' bank ask why, the attendant
passes a prematurely withered hand
across a brow furrowed before it's time
n between groans replies hat the
evenue law requires it. Not that that
Satisf1es the average patron, however.
Having learned h why she usually
proceeds to investigate the wherefore,
during which process one may observe
the hair of the bank officer turning
gray by whole handfuls.
In spite of all this care and caution,
however, women patrons show them
selves profoundly Indifferent to the new
order of things. If it were not so
troublesome there would be something
touching in the way the deal creatures
ignore and misapply n erringly mix
up h various requirements of the
governments documtary demand.
Where to put the stamps appears to
cause much trouble an confusion. AS
yet no two checks made out by women
have shown stamps put in the same
place. They are stuck impartially on
the diverse and the reverse sides of
the check, and to the left and the right,
the top and the bottom.
What is yet more peculiar is that the
same oma v sticks a stamp on
twice in the same place, why's that's
half the fun" declared one under fire
Of expostulation:, Tn trying to see in
how many different places I can put
herself by sticking the stamp over her
own signature; another by placing it
over the figures signifying the amount
of money!"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05

on" He did come, and was taken by
the hand and pulled over the breast
works, and when it was discovered
that he was not even scratched a hun
dred Texans wrung his hand n con-
graduated him upon his miraculous
soap from death.
The hero of this occasion was Thos.
j. Higgins, temporary color bearer of
the Ninety-ninth Illinois.
Judge Charles 1. Evans delivered an
address at Dallas, Tex, last year, and
in his speech told the story of Com
rade Higgins bravery. Soon after
ward Mr.. Higgins saw a comment on
the speech, and wrote to Judge Evans,
who, of his own volition, wrote to the
war department, relating the story as
one Of the Texans who grasped the
hand of Higgins as he was pulled over
the breastworks at Vicksburg. He
asked that some recognition of this,
one of the browning acts of bravery
of the great rebellion, be made by the
government. The matter was taken
up by soldiers who wore h blue as
well as the gray, and the result is that
Comrade Higgins is the proud possess
or of the bronze medal of honor.
Evening star., 1898-12-08
Washington Stock Excbaure

salss-regnlar cal12 O'Clock m-Lincoln Fire
70 13 at 5g Capital Traction, 70 at s. 100 at ST.
100 ~ 81 81 20 sS,s at % S' 20 at S7 70 at s 20
tan Railroad, 10 at lss Washington Gas, 81 az
at 1as M =, Linotype 81 at 193 at 1893
at at l5!a Pneumatic Gun Carriage, loo at 81 cents -
i0 az So cents 100 at "a cents, 100 at 80 cents
tai Traction s. i at S. Pneumatic Gam Sar
riage. 200 at Ss cents. 0"'-
District Of Columbia Bonds-5s, 2O-year funding.
100 bld Us. 30-year funding, I05 bid IS 1g03
water stock, lio bid 3.e5s, funding liz bid
1S5 bid, lao asked. Metropolitan Railroad cert f i
debt lis bid coamb Rairoad se gert iaa IN n
Belt Railroad 5s 45 bid % asked Washington
Gas Company B. 6s 12i bid o. E1eet1D
Light deb imP 1o6 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac
5s 100 bid: Washington Market ComnsnV u Isl ss
Liis lis bid; Washington Market Company imp 6s' III
bid Masonic Hall Association IS, los bid. h,nario RI
W National sans ses Ss loo bid lS5 asked
bid. Metropolitan. $3.50 bid. Central its la S
Farmers and Mechanics 1sS hid isi asked SEQ Slc
bid Capital lbs bd West fsf End ed aI G0IT%bs h,a ia lbs
si est Traders, 1925 bid. Lincoln, no bid, iio
- Safe Deposit and Trust Cempanies.-NatIopal Safe
deposit p and Trust, II bid. 1is asked washington
security and dF4s1 Trast bid bid l9 asked American
40 Insurance h,d nc & ksnFremens 2s bid Franklin
IS bid Potomac, IS bid s5 asked M ArnstoS teorl9 an
,, sld, 1Ss asked, German-Am American, 200 bid. Ma
11snal f Union 10 bid u asked. Columbia IOx bid
.. bid asked Llncoln iOSs bid ioss asked Con-: m:
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title so hid
asked '' Aitie' d
-. Railroad Stoeks.Capital Traction Company. ses
hn' s64. asked. Metropolitan. 1874 bid ISS ask
ei.E Columbia, % bid, IS asked. lexington 10 bid
,o Gas and Electric Light stocks-W ashington Gas
4s;s etd, 3oh asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid
Ieiephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac h1
bid PENNSYLVANIA, IS bid. "
Mlscellaneous Stocks.-Mergenthaler Iinotvne
is2A bid 1913 asked. Lanston Monotype 49, bid
less asked AmeFican Graphophone, xf2Ls bid. I2Il
ASKED American Grapbophone preferred i3ii bid
II asked rheumatic Gun Carriage, SO bid "a
asked Washington Market, 13 bid. Great Fails
Ice 126 bid, l25 asked. ~
xEx dividend,
Evening star., 1898-12-08
WEBSTER ACQUITTED.
The jury Finds Him Not Guilty of
Nansiaughter,

The jury In the case OF William Webster
on trial yesterday and today In Criminal
Court No. for manslaughter in connec-
costa of James Shoemaker. this afternoon
returned verdict of not guilty. Webster
was thereupon released from custody.
When the trial was resumed this morning
the defense called DR.. A G. Rauterbere as
a witness. The most important feature Of
DR.. Rauterbergs testimony was his opinion
that a blow on the left side of the body
would not be likely to cause a tear in an
intestine the right side.
After brief arguments to the fury Dy As
sistant District Attorney ShiIlngton for
the defense. and a charge by Judge Brad
ley. the jury retired. AS stated the twelve
men decided on acquittal.
The defendant Webster. late yesterday
afternoon took the stand In his own behalf
His account of the incident Of the 3oth of
last May was, in substance, that he was oc-
cUpfed In gathering lanterns and chairs at
the lawn party and carrying them into a
summer house. A number of boys We're
playing there, showing one another around
in chairs. He told them to leave and they
refused TO obey. The Shoemaker boy was
sitting in a chair which the witness wished
to place on pile. The boy declined tn
move when told to give UP the chair Ac-
cording to Webster. he placed his hands on
the back of the chair and ATTEMPTED to
raise 1t, at the same time putting his left
foot forward to prevent the boy from fall
ing. In this manner. the defendant claims.
Shoemaker was accidentally hurt. He had
known the boy from infancy, he said, and
bore him no malice.
Evening star., 1898-12-08
THE COURTS.

Court of Appeals-Present, the Chief Jus
lce, MT Justice Norris and Mr. Justice
Shepard.
United States ex rel ]. H. Adriaans. ne.
tItioner. agt. l. G. kimbaIl, judge of Police
Court. District of Columbia; motion to re-
can order OF this court overruling petition
Tor Inandamus or certiorari submitted By
MT Lewis j. Ieager in support of motion
S3i-SpftZer agt. Friedander; continued
S4fClarke, Administrative, ct al. aet
Stout; dismissed, with costs, on motion of
Mr. John Ridout for appellants. S59-An-
derson ct al. agt Reid; argument com
menced by Mr.. F. H. Mackey for appeIlant
continued by Mr.. j. H. Ralston for appellee
and concluded by Mr.. F. H. Mackey for ap-
pehahts. s5o-keane ct al. agt. Chamber
lin ct al; argument commenced by MT Ar
thur Peter for appellant.
Equity Court No. 1-Justice Cox.
Beale ast. Burton: time to file appeal
bond extended five days Schmidt agt
Harper; trustee authorized to sue for can
collation. of tax sales and deeds. Anglo
American Security and Loan Association
agt. Walter; reference to auditor ordered.
Bridges agt. Bridges; appearance of absent
defendant ordered. Lavender agt Laven-
der; B. Francis Saul appointed guardian ad
litem. Moseley agt. Moseley: appearance
of absent defendant ordered In re Frank
Dyer, Paul Neuhaus, VIM. Ii. Wright and
George johnson; writs de lunatico inquiren-
do ordered to issue. Read agt. Palisades
of the Potomac Improvement Company;
Estate of Jedediah H. Baxter; sale and
transfer of forty-fYe shares Batopilas Mn
ing Company authorized. Giesy agt. Greg
ory: demurrer sustained and bill dismissed.
Cooper agt. Cooper; testimony before J. A.
Clarke, examiner, ordered taken. Perry
agt. Perry; do. Dustin agt. Dustin; appear
ance Of absent defendant ordered.
Probate Court-Justce Hagner.
Estate of Chas. E. Fulwood; order of pub
lcation. Estate of Geo. Hill, jr.; renuncia-
lion of Jos. H. Lee, one of the executors
filed Estate OF Leopold Weiss: final notice
naming Friday, January 6, 1899, for settling
estate. Estate of James Gillis; will fully
proved. Estate of VIM. II. Campbell; in
ventory filed.
Circuit Court No 1-Justice Cole.
Saul agt. Smith ct al; judgment of con-
demnation. Roche agt. Mckay: leave to
amend declaration. Worthington agt.
Hughes; on trial.
Circuit Court No. 2-Justice McComas
plaintiff for $453.55- United States use of
Davidson agt American Bonding and Trust
Company; on trial.
Criminal Coourt No 1-Chief Justice Bfng-
United States agt. Solomon Hall: larceny;
sentence, Ohio penitentiary for ten months
United States agt. Richard Nichols; petit
larceny; sentence, jail sixty days. United
States agt. Coleman; second offense: pefit
larceny; sentence, Ohio penitentiary for
two years. United States agt Albert Kent:
do: do. for one year and one day. United
States agt. John Jac..son; larceny; do for
fifteen months. United States agt Lou
mitta Pinnick: larceny from the person:
order to restore property.
Criminal Court No. 2-Justiee Bradley.
on1ted States agt. VIM Webster; murder;
Evening star., 1898-12-08
ARGUING THE BARRON CASE
Large Crowds Attracted by the Presence Of
Noted Lawyers.
j. {. :. Blackburn Makes stronx
Plea for Defense-The Other
Speakers,
special Dispatch to The Evening star.

Special Dispatch 30 The Evening star
ROCKVILLE. Nd, December S. - The
trial OF Guy c. Barron. charged with n,
murder of Walter H. Keyworth was r,s,,n-
ed this morning. Owing to the fact that
Messrs Jas. c. Rogers ard J. c. s. Black
burn were booked to make the closing ar
suments on their respective sides of the
case. this morning the court room was
cIowaed' great many ladies occupying
SETS oolh within and without the bar.
Inc prisoners S mother set by his side and
feeHngly grasped his arm His aunt vcss
likewise by his side
After the conclusion of Mr. Robert w
Nels address Senator Blackburn opened
by asking the court or opposing counsel
to correct him should he not confins himsalf
TO the testimony in the case.
lie then drew brilliant word pIcture or
biaoehsburg and the part 1t played in the
war OF lSl2. From that he dweIt upon tho
Unfortunate circumstances in which the
young man was reared, and which were ag-
graVated by his enforced fdleness Ths
speaker then dwelt upon the good char
acter of the defendant which they had suc
ceeded in proving. He then began a recital
OF the history of the case. In this recital
ne emphasized the fact that Barron had
appled Tor pistol at Garges' on the morn-
ing OF the day of shooting for The n,fr-
pose of attending a picnic that night also
mat the application made from the VIII
heSses Randall and Beckett by Barron FOR a
pistol on the day of the shooting was
previous TO the quarrel over cards. which
quarrel occurred half an hour before tbs
shooting 'NS
he then sifted Coch's testimony I'm rspard
10 the statement that Barron had asked
Scch Tor ms IBarrons) pistol shortly be-
!Cre the shooting, and denied the nroha biI
ny OF the truthfulness of Coch's starement
iie oiated at length upon the yituperati ti1-s
language employed by Heyworth toward
barron after the game of cards.
lie continued upon the theory that Kew
worth was not IN the bar when Rarror IN
tered, but came out from a room in an az
sresslNe manner. and tnat Barron fired in
seif-defense. He argued thar the state
must establlsh 4 case Of constituting every
element OF murder. beyond a REASONABLE
uoupt before the jury Could consistently
eFlhe IN verdict of guilty
he also remarked upon the astute and
gaming cross-eXaminatton of Mr. Parker bv
Ine prosecution. conducted by Mr. Rogers
me speaker continued by assailing the tes-
tlhony OF the witness Coch, and later maid
ms respects 10 that of Stephens, who testi-
shooting " -e
He closed by an allusion to the ,tnusrsI
pIactice adopted in this case of employing
an assistant attorney to conduct the urase-
cution and by rendering an explanation OF
ms presence to the effect that the prisoner
was friend of persons close TO him and
by recitlng the law as appIicable to The
trlal In question. His speech consumed
three hours, and Mr.. James c. Rogers viii
TINS afternoon close for the prosecutor. and
me rate OF the defendant Will then be with
the jury,