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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-04

Russia buys our manufactured cop
per.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
A FRENCH CANADIAN EXODUS.
Mil Operatives Scared Away fron
New England Villages by
War Talk.

There has been large exodus OF
French Canadian families from the mill
villages of New England since the war
talk began. 1t may not be the fear of
war alone which have impelled those
who-have gone to pack up and scurry
across the Canadian border, but the war
has undoubtedly had very much influ-
ence in the matter. The operatives have
been somewhat dissatisfied since wages
were cut in the cotton mills, and the
coming of the war added to their belief
that this Yankeeland was not the abode
of milk and honey they had formerly
thought it, says the New York Sun.
From all over the state and the yil-
lagos in Connecticut and Massachusetts
come reports of the French Canadian
exodus. From Woonsocket alone 81
persons have left this week, and dozens
of families had fed before. The Paw
tucket valley villages tell the same
story, and what is true of this section
is also true of other New England vii
lagos.
1t must not be supposed that all
the French-Canadians in New England
partake of this spirit. While these mill
operatives are by no means a warlike
people there are many among the young
er element who would be glad to fight
for the United States if they were
needed.
Many Of those who remain are very
much troubled regarding the future,
and mill men say that they are being
constantly asked regarding the proba-
bility of aliens being drafted.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
ENEMIES OF STREET CARS.
The BucOlfc Drivers of Beer and Ice
Wagons Cause Worry to the
MOtormen.

The arch-enemies Of the street car are
the beer wagons and the ice wagons.
The naughty car can strike terror to the
buggy or brougham or huckster's cart,
and even the furniture van fights shy,
but beer and ice wagons are built for
keeps, and would just as soon have a
collision as not. Nothing short of a
house falling on them could shake the
driver out of his seat, says the Chicago
TimesHerald.
There is a certain air about these
drivers. The man that drives the beer
wagon is always full o45eer, and the
ice wagon man serves many saloons;
at any rate, they have the same cast of
countenance-stolid, indifferent, half
defiant. And they act just the same.
They keep the track in spite of gongs,
whistles and threats. and they take
every chance of crossing in front of q
car, and then they smile to see the con-
tortions of the gripman and his brake.
But they never speak or turn their
heads. Just drive on. impassively, as if
there was not street car in the whole
world.
Grjpmen and motormen foam in i'm
potent rage, and would be driven to
drink if they had time, but it avails
them not. 1t is supposed that when
street car man loses his job he takes to
driving a beer or ice wagon and thus
gets even with the corporation,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
THE ARMY OFFICERS TRUNK.
1t Is Made More Especially for Use in
Times of Peace, But Is Brought
to Notice Now.

The army officers trunk, which is
an article of limited but regular sale in
peace times, being sold chiefly to reg
ular army officers, is stout, wellmade
trunk of rather generous proportions,
so divided inside as to afford spaces for
both military and civilian attire. There
is a place for an officers chapeau and
one for the silk hat of civilian and
room for the different clothing, and the
trunk is large enough to admit a
sword laid diagonally. trunk of this
sort is made, not of sole leather, as
might be supposed, to withstand rough
wear, but with a rigid frame, so that
it can be roped or strapped onto load
or packed with other things piled on it,
in the exigencies of wagon or other
transportation, without being crushed
or damaged.
The army trunk is brought to the
front now on account of the war. 1t is
not expected, however, that in active
operations, when transportation is com
paratively limited, all officers will take
trunks of such bulk, but rather that
their use at such time will be confined
to field officers.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
MR. GRATEBAR TO PHILIP.
He Reminds HiEl That Things Are Not
Automatic, and SnGgests How
10 aEake Them Go. s-stS5


81 cannot too strongly impress upon
you, Philip" said Mr.. Gratebar. accord
ing to the New York Sun, ,"the fact that
things in general are not automatic;
that IS, they will not do themselves;
and the longer you put off the attack
upon them the harder they are 10
tackle. Don't put things off, Philip.
To things that require deliberatioD you
will give sufficient thought; but. rs to
the run Of things that come up, acquire
the habit of disposing of them as they
come along; you will find it great help
in many ways. Don't cord ''em up.
Philip; the first thing you know YOU
will have more stacked up than you can
saw, and then, too, the pile is liable to
fall On you at any time and hurtyou.
Two things to remember, Philip:
First, things are not automatic. Sec
ond, the time to attend to things is now,
81 may have mentioned these things
to you before, Philip, think very like
ly, in my strong desire to get you
started right in the race of life; but
youth, impressionabl as it is in many
ways, seems least susceptible to good
advice, which indeed it appears to shed
much as duck does water. And go
mention these things again to you.
Philip, with the hope that if my previous
remarks met that fate these will find
Judgement in your memory box"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
CHINAMEN POOR HUSBANDS.
English Girls in Shanghai Who Wee
MGngoliGns Always Have r
Cause 10 Regret 1t.

A Vancouver dispatch gives currency
in Shanghai, by which English girls are
represented as having formed the hab-
it of marrying Chinese young men at
tached to the legation in that city.
There might be no great harm in the
marriage Of a Chinese man to Cau-
casian woman If the Mongolian could
be educated up to the Caucasian matri-
monial standard. But the complaint
that comes from Shanghai is that the
Chinese cling with great pertinacity
to their Mongolian view of the mar
riage state. If the wife rebelled al this
view of the marriage relation the Chi.
pese husband would lock her up and
when opportunity offered, sell her. An
infusion of English blood in a metrj-
monial form does not seem TO have
much influence upon the customs OF
the country. The English wives, SEN
sitive as to the shame OF the lives they
were forced 10 lead, would make no
complaints to relatives in England. In
most cases the marriage had been en-
tered into in spite of The protests at
parents, a circumstance which tendeI
TO silence complaints that would other
wise have been made. There is abun-
dant ground for the conclusion that
the average Chinese does not become
q good Christian until the third or
fourth generation.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
LOOKED LIKE A SpANIARD.
Men ScowIed and Jostled Until "the
BroRue" Brought q Cheer
and Peace.

A swarthy man with jet black mus
4ache that curIed fiercely stood the 9TH
er afternoon in the crowd that watched
the war bulletins, says the New York
World. He wore soft hat with a wide
brim and big black tie under the col
lar of blue shirt. There was cynical
expression on his face, and menacing
look in his dark eyes. From top to toe
he looked like an "unspeakable Span
lard" The men near him did not ap-
prove of his appearance. They drew
away and began looking at him with
defiance and dislike apparent in every
feature. A newsboy spat disdainfully
at the swarthy mans feet. A laborer
jostled him. Another man trod on his
feet. All of these insults passed unno-
ticed. The swarthy man was busy read
ing the bulletins. A driver on truck
snapped his whip Mt him. Then the
swarthy man dropped his eyes and be-
came conscious of the unfavorable at
tention he was attracting. Thrusting
his hands in his pockets, be looked
scornfuIly around, and, with biting sar-
ycasm. said:
"Phat the divil are yez lookin' at ?''
"Hurrahl" cried the newsboy, "he's
all right"
Thereupon the others laughed. and
the swarthy man laughed with them.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
FEATHERS OF GREAT PRICE.
Rare Plunder from Birds-fnvctce of
Aigrettes Worth Over Five
Million Refs.

Many curious things go through the
appraisers stores, and some OF the
most interesting through the Fifth di-
vision, where millinery goods are ex-
amined and appraised. All sorts of
birds and feathers are examined by this
division. Within q few days several
large boxes were examined, each con-
tanning some thing like 500 stuffed par
oquets. A box was opened this week
in which il was estimated there were
nearly 5000 japanese swallows. These
little birds are caught by the japanese
IN immense numbers by means OF nets.
Their plumage is very plain, but their
wings, which are extraordinarily long,
make them especially valuable to Eli,-
liners. The birds when imported are
rudeIy stuffed with cotton, and each
one is made up into little roll, about
the size and shape Of an ordinary cigar.
Before being used they are twisted into
various shapes and dyed, the wings
spread and new feathers added, and
they are made into gay and fancy
birds.
The most valuable kind of feather
goods that passes through the apprais-
er's hands is undoubtedly the aigrette.
This feather is worth more than its
weight in gold. The aigrette is OBJ
tained from a bird called the egret,
found in China, Japan, Egypt and South
America, and sometimes in Florida.
Some of these feathers come directly
from South America, where, along the
= Al
dams shoot the birds with blow tubes
and small arrows. But Paris is the
market of the world for aigrettes, just
as London IS for ostrich pIumes, and
the greatest part of the imports come
directly from the French capital. With
in the past two mouths aigrettes to the
value Of $50, 1000 have been imported.
There are two varieties OF aigrette.
the long and the short, and their value
is in inverse proportion to their size.
The short variety, which is obtained
from q smaller bird, is extremely deli
cate and fine, and is worth from $22
to SIS per ounce. Only a few feathers
in each bird are valuable, anl it is es-
tfmated that so or 60 birds would have
to be killed TO obtain an ounce Of the
shorter aigrette. The long aigrette is
worth not much more than half as
much.
These feathers are looked after as
carefully by the appraisers as are pre-
cious stones. They are imported in SOL
dered tin boxes, and are locked up
and guarded until they are examined.
They are invoiced in the Brazilian unit
of value, reis, which is very small, so
that figures giving the value OF the
imports are often startiingly large.
One importation Of these feathers was
recently invoiced to the value of $685.
COO reis. an amount which in American
gold is equal to about SOON. Y. N -
and Express.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
A HORSE THAT SHORES.
Kansas City Has a Nag That Is n Curl
osity in the Animal
Kingdom.

Snoring men are as plentiful as whis-
ky in Kentucky. However, while this
evil is predominant with the human
race, yet it is indeed seldom that
member of the Esimal kingdom be-
comes afflicted with the snoring habit,
There is just one case of the kind known
to exist in Kansas City, Kan, and while
there is no question about the existence
of this one case, the afflicted animal
contracted the habit from man, says the
Kansas City Journal.
Prince, the oldest horse in the Kansas
City (Kan.) fire department, has the
snoring habit, and he's got it bad. All
of the "laddies" at fire headquarters
have good records as snorers, but
Prince can allow them all bad cold and
then beat them out, pulled up. Snor
ing Prince, or the prince snorer, is the
horse driven by Assistant Chief William
Mcconnell. He generally minces away
at his food until after IL o'clock each
night, providing there are no alarms.
At about this hour he lies down in his
stall, and in few minutes his eyes
close, and soon thereafter the snoring
begins. The noise produced by the
sleeping horse is similar to that of a
snoring man. Before it became known
that Prince actually snored several of
the firemen, who take turns about
watching at night, were accused of go
ing to sleep on duty. The only founda-
tion for the accusation was the snor-
ing. In order to prove their innocence
it became necessary for them TO peach
on Prince.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
HARNESS BELLS.
Something New Resulting from Rub
ber Tires, Rubber Pads and As
phalted Streets.

While they are still by no means
common, there has been in the past
three months a considerable increase
i'll the use of harness bells in this city,
They are attached chiefly to the harness
of horses driven to carriages. While
this increase may be due in some meas
ure to the following of custom, the pur-
pose Of the bells is to give warning
of the vehicles approach, such warning
having become more and more neces-
sary owing to the greatly increased use
of rubber-tired wheels, and rubber-pad-
ded shoes for horses, following the
widespread increase of asphalt pave
ment. When all these causes combine
the approach of horses and vehicles is
made comparatively noiseless, The
bells are as yet chiefly used on private
carriages, but they are occasionally
seen on public carriages, mostly ham
SONS.
The bells most commonly used are
like those made for sleighs and gilt
finished or silver-piated to match the
furniture of the harness. In pair-horse
harness the bell is buckled to the coup
ling links that attach the names to-
gether; in single-horse harness it is
attached to the hame chain or mar
tingale ring.
The use of harness bells is far more
common in Paris and London, in both
Of which cities 1t is required by law
n. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
EAGLE COATED WITH ICE.
King of Dirtls-Icas Captured
Ia Icy Eetters.

A large bald eagle was captured
at Rockford, Me, a few days ago
by party Of men out sealing
on the ice-pacll in the bay. One
of them deserted black something
standing upon a small hummock. At
first it was supposed to be a bit of
wreckage, but when the boats got near
er it was seen to be an eagle.
One Of the party started cut to stalk
it, and the others laid by to watch.
Presently they saw the hunter lift his
gun and take aim. 4 moment later he
took it down ard. arising, walked up
to the eagle, which did not move
On joining the first man he hunters
found that the eagle was covered with
ice, and that its wings were securely
frozen to its sides. The bird was ur-
able to move, and after being bound
with rope was put into the cabin of one
Of the fishing beats.
\ few minutes later there was q tre-
znendous ado aboard ahe. boat. The
warm air in the cabin had released the
birds icy bands and it was tapping
about the cabin, cyerturnlng crcckery
and smashing the glass in the skylight
One OF the men jumped into the cabin
and tried to grab the bird He was
knocked over, severely clawed and,
thoroughly dazed, was dragged out by
his companions.
When the bird had tired wrecling
things in the cabin some one suggested
that it be smoked into stupefacticn. So
a piece Of tarpaulin was set on fire and
hurled.down upon the cabin stove. In
ITS fright this was knocked off the
stove by the bird, and the boat was in
fair way of being burned up when
one of the men ended The excitement
by firing two charges of buckshot into
the birds head.--N. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Very many short-sighted people have
prominent eyes.
Every German regiment has chirop-
odist in its ranks.
Mexico denotes the place or seat of
Mexitti, the Aztec god of war.
Rain falls on the eastern coast of Ire
land about 2o6 days in the year.
Within the Antarctic circle there has
never been found Towering plant.
The largest carpet in the world is in
Windsor castle, being 40 feet in breadth.
A blind bat avoids wires and obstruc-
tions as easily as If it could see per-
fectly.
A doctor says that the growth of chill
dren takes place entirely when they are
asleep.
There could not possibly be whittier
city than Cadiz unless it were built OF
snow.
A whistiing eel has been discovered in
the FIJI islands. 1t only whistles when
excited.
There are several varieties of fish that
cannot swim. In every instance they
are deep-sea dwellers and crawl about
the rocks, using their tails and fins as
legs.
The largest cask in the world is the
Blatner cask of Nuremburg. 1t is 1O5
feet in diameter and 81 feet deep, and its
completion few years ago was cele-
brated by ball, at which over 500 per-
sons were on the floor of the cask, ex-
cluding musicians. walters and assist
M
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
PROOF AGAINST FooTpADs.
The Timid Man Had a Queer Way
of Concealing His
Money.

When the timid-looking man got out
of the barber chair after being shaved
he fumbled in one pocket after another
while the porter busted his clothing,
says the Kansas City Journal.
"WeH," be said. with note OF aston
ishment in his voice, as he plunged his
hand for the fourth time into his right
trousers pocket and felt around.
That's funny. thought had quar-
ter in that pocket"
He repeated the search of his other
pockets, while the barber who had
shaved him leaned bis elbow on the
back of the chair, crossed one leg over
the other and eyed him snspieiously.
Guess must've lost H." said the tim
id-looking man as he put his right foot
on a chair and began TO roll up his
trousers leg. The barber winked at the
artist in charge cf the chair next II his
and moved nearer the razor case. The
man rolled and pulled his trousers leg
above his knee, and by this time every
one else in the shop was watching him
with intense interest. They saw that
he wore woman's black stocking. Just
a above his knee he wore two garters, one
about four inches above the other. He
slipped the upper garter down, rolled
down the top of the stocking carefully
and there were several treasury notes
lying spread out flat against the under
clothing that covered his leg.
What do you carry money in that
way for?" ask ed the barber as he handed
the man change for the fiye-dollar bill.
Foot pads" was the laconic reply of
the stranger.-Kansas City Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
RESPECT FOR THE FLAG.
Ect Always 80 BE Measured In This
Country by the Number of Hats
That Come or,

Hats off" said an enthusiastic
Young man in the crowd around the
Old Guards recruiting tent at City Hall
park when the band started up with
The Star-Spangled Banner Nobody,
or oniy one or two, followed his ex-
ample.
Hats off," he cried again, and maybe
half dozen hats came off. He made
the call again, but no more were re-
moved and some of the men standing
near smiled at the young man.
In England" said bystander later,
''when they play God Save the Queen.
everybody takes eff his hat, Why don't
we take off our hats here?"
''Well, 1 don't know" said a middle
aged man who had his hat rather
jammed down on his head than other
wise, and whose eyes were gl:stening
slightly. Il don't think it's our way
so much. But | don't think we lack
affection for the flag. I don't feel that
it's necessary for me 10 take off my
hat TO II every time, but the flag knows
how I feel toward it,
And I don't think it indicates lack
cf enthusiasm, either," said another
bystander. In fact. l imagine that we
shall need not TO stimulate patriotism
il this country, but to exercise some
self-control as a nation to keep our
generous impulses from going too far
in one direction and another. As mat
ter of fact, we are only just now begin
ming to realize what we are, the great
est nation On the face of the earth. We
are like vigorous young giant when
he comes to the first realization of the
fullness of his strength among men.
Our youthful yigor will last, don't
know how long, how many scores of
years or centuries, during which time
we shall find it hard work to sit quiet
ly within the precincts of our own home.
And yet as people we are rather reti-
cent, SO far as the expression Of feel
ing goes; young as we are, we are not
easily carried off our feet. But none the
less do we love the flag and respect it;
more now, in fact, than ever There
has never been time in the country's
history when the national feeling was
so strong as it is now; never a time
when the pride of citizenship here was
so great.
''As our friend here has observed, we
may not ali feel called upon to uncover
atevery mention of it, but our devotion
to the flag is deeper now than ever and
more ignificant. NY. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
HOSTILITY TO EDUCATION.
The English Are Opposed TO the
Teaching CT Servants.

The English Are opposed 70 zhe
Teaching CT Servants.
An American visitor TO England who
spends some little time in the country.
SAYS j. n. LarneY, in the Atlantic, can
hardly fail to become conscious of three
serious facts: ~ That there is
strong feeling against much educa-
ton for those who are looked on as nn-
derlings and servants-a feeling more
prevalent and more pronounced than the
shamefaeed sentiment of like mean
ness that is whispered in some snobbish
American circles. (2) That the school
rate" seems to be the most begrudged
of English taxes. the most sharply criti-
cised, the most grumbled at; and this
to a degree for which there seems moth
ing comparable in America. (3) That
the opposition to secular schools, fos-
tered by the church and ostensibly
actuated by a desire for religious in
struction in the schools, is largely sup
ported in reality by the two sentiments
indicated above. Looking, there
fore, to the increasingly democratic
conditions that are inevitable in Eng
land. the reluctance and factiousness of
disposition that appear among its citi-
zens touching the vital matter of popu-
lar education are ominous of evil to the
ration, and graxeiy lessen its chances
of holding, under the reign of democ-
racy, the high place to which it rose
under the Gristocratic regime.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
The Force OF Riae Bul,ct.

In the English official regulations for
1893 it is stated that the mean extreme
range of the Lee-Metford bullet may
be taken as about $500 yards, although,
with a strong wind. 3.76o yards have
been observed. The bullets find their
way through joints of walls, unless the
walls are made very fine and set in
cement About $50 rounds, concentrat-
ed on nearly the same spot at 200 yards.
VIII break a pine-ineh brick wall
Eammed earth gives less protection
'nan loose. When fired into sand the
bui.ei is found to be always turned
as ide after it has entered little way.
The following thicknesses of material
lin inches) are usually nscessE to
sloo the regulation 1903 inch bullet:
Shingle between boards one, hardened
!eel pate one-fourth. good brick work
.lne. sack of coal IL. hard dry mud
wall IA. peat earth 60, compressed cot
ION bales %. oak 81, elm 33, teak 36, fir
iS clay 49,