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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

In this crisis in our commercial rela.
lions with that vast empire all of our
consuls there, with one unimportant ex-
ception, are green hands, and that at
the legation, where the most delicate
and difficult part of the work must be
done, the only person having knowl-
edge Of Chinese language and affairs
is the interpreter or dragoman to the
legation, whose status prevents him
from having any serious influence. And
all this because the American idea" OF
public office is not something to do,
but something to get.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

why" asks a writer, "do women
laugh so much more frequently than
menu" The writer is misinformed.
They do not laugh. They giggle. They
have a superficial understanding of
things that ought to be laughed at,
and 1t perishes when the giggle does.
A solid, comforting, substantial funny
thing that abides with man for days
is to them but the faint tickle Of a
fancy that dies as soon as 1t is born
and that therefore wishes it hadn't
been born at all.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

The lady teacher who dissected live
cat In one Of our public schools the
other day has resigned, but the chill
dren and public sentiment against her
are still Ill. II vivisection Is allow
able, there is still question with re-
gard to its surroundings. It might be
we'll to compromise matters by put
ting a butcher shop in every school
that wouldn't shock anybody half as
much; Tut it is not the purpose Of
teaching to make barbarlans Of chill
dren.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

without boring the audience. Madame
Pilar-Morin is exceptionally gifted in
that she is able to portray every emo
ton by facial expression and pants
mine, and her work is delightfully."-
dainty and artistic. She recently made
a new success in charming little one
act pantomime by Vance Thompson
and Anne Lachaume. entitled 'In Old
Japan" presented at the theater in the
Astoria. New York's most magnificent
and newest hotel, and she will have a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Judge says to husbands and wives
who want to get divorced Separate;
live apart.for six months and think it
over" If that advice were generally
followed there wouldn't be one divorce
where there are six now. Indeed, the
separated would resume relations with
ouch avidity that the reunion would be
SIS good as another honeymoon. One
can do q good deal of 1irst-rate think
Ing under such circumstances in six
months.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

The general demand for flour has
been good, and while prices have ruled
considerably higher in sympathy with
wheat, all the markets have responded
In liberal manner to the advance. The
general fear among -four buyers has,
without doubt, been that Letter held
the key to the situation, and, in con-
sequence, buyers short of flour are in
hurry to get under cover before it
got too late, and bought in freely at
the advanced values.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
Chewing Gum from Insects,

"A strange insect discovery has been
made in California. The vegetation in
this district is infested with an insect
which,on being removed from the twigs
OF oak on which it thrives, and com
pressed In quantities by the hand, be-
comes more or less pliable lump,
somewhat resembling rubber. The
substance makes admirable chewing
gum, as 1t takes and retains flavors
better than other gums although doubt
less many people would not care to
chew it. 1t has other valuable com
mercial uses.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Here's a very bowitching picture Of
Madame Pillar NORM, the French pan
feminist, who first became known to
American audiences several years ago
IN the production at Days Of 'L'En-
FAINT Prologue" and who was imme-
diately recognized as an unusually
clever artist. The art Of pantomine is
extremely difficult for the performer
must convey every action, thought
everything the audience, an only
those possessed of quick perception,
grace and unusual intelligence are able
to 60 through part in pantomine
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Singular, isn't it, how lucky some
people are? John Owens, a liveryman
at Millerton, NJ Y, loaned a horse to
a customer. When he returned the
horses hoofs were balled with snow,
and when the liveryman knocked the
snow out from one Of the broken
masses rolled a pocketbook containing
e11 and a small key.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Dear old DR.. Abbott is saying such
dreadful things! He says dancing is
good, with limitations; alcohol is prop
er, with the same proviso; taste in
dress is right, and so as to diamonds
and if the theatre sends you back to
life refreshed and invigorated, why go
and enjoy yourself There is a new
Bcecher in the old man, though he ad-
mits that truth is dangerous; the only
thing that is safe is platitude"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

first order six nights a week all the
year round unless he underplays them,
or routines them mechanically in the
old stock manner, or faces a terrible
risk Of disablement by paralysis, or,
finally, resorts to alcohol or morphia,
with the usual penalties. What we
want in order to get the best work is
a repertory theater with alternate
casts"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
prominent part in the production of "a
Earis Model at the Bijou.

Robert Taber is the recipient Of
continued congratulations for his act
ing in Irving's production Of Peter the
Great" Says the Times: For this
final scene, no doubt the play has been
written, and it is here alone that it's
dramatic force is felt, thanks not only
to Sir Henry Irving's fine acting, but
also to the assistance lent him by Mr..
Taber, who lifts the despicable Alexis
almost to the heroic level"
Ffo!liott Paget is native of Kent,
England, and has starred successfully
in that country, her native land, and
its great colony; Australia. She came
here with Wyndham, and was the Miss
Osterly of "The Candidate" In Will
liam H. Cranes. fine revival of "The
Merry Wives of Windsor" she was the
Mistress Ford. When "His Wife's
Father" was produced she was the
Miss Canary. In many roles she has
done very fine work.
James K. Hacllett's recent announce
ment of his marriage to Miss Mary
Mannering, leading woman of the Ly-
ceum stock company, last May, will
not affect his professional position
with Daniel Frohman for this season.
He will resume his parts as leading
man in about three weeks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

was perfect When it became neces
sary for me to play the role myself
had the greatest difficulty in getting at
the character from my own standpoint
but finally conquered. l had the same
experience in learning Hamlet, for l
mad seen every great actor play Ham
let. and it seemed to me that the diff
ferent interpretations were exhausted.
After close study of the actions Of
friend Of mine who had recently lost
MS mother. l decided that he should
De no melancholy Hamlet intruding his
Grlefs upon every one, but natural
man whose grief was too deep to be
shown. Hamlet was never meant to
oe insane, for Shakespeare was too
great dramatist to treat of diseases
about which he knew nothing l stud
led the character of Richard III. He
was politician, diplomat, and the
king Of England, a type of man such
as is found now in the ward boss. II
Richard III. had been such a character
as the older tragedians depicted him
the people would have incarcerated
him."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
THEATRICAL TOPICS,
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STAGE.
Otis Skinner on tho lecture Platform
George ,Jubln, tho French Dramatist
Lays Down Some Rules-The Evils of
Long Runs.

IT'S Skinner deliv-
cred a lecture be
fore the pupils OF
the College of Ora
tory in New Or
leans. Among other
things he said: 81
have seen Edwin
Booth p.ay Shy
lock, and thought
his Interpretation
of the character
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

George Juhin, a French dramatist,
thus formulates the rules of popular
stagecraft: 1. The popular drama must
be directed rather to the sensbility
of the public than to it's intelligence;
1t must seek to stir the audience and
not to teach it. The public goes to
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

The faculty of Lombard university at
aalesburg, Ill.,, has decided to add
dancing to the regular college cur
!iculunl, which shows that good people
are tired Of bad dancing
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Why is it that the farther away from
dollar you get the bigger it looks?
Why can't two persons singing to-
gether finish the song in half the time
1t would take one to do it?-Ex.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

droTs in springing;
These, alas! are types Of all
70 which our hearts are cling;ng
All that's bright must fadc,-
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest!
Who would seek or prize
Delights that end in aching?
Who would trust to ties
That every hour are breaking?
Better far to he
In utter darkness lying,
Than be blest with light and see
That light forever flying.
All that's bright must fade
The brightest still the fieetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

1t does not seem the thing for Cashier
Quinlan Of the Chemical Bank to claim
that he overworked. Doubtless, how
.ver, ne allowed himself to be worked.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

PEELED by electrical power, with a gear
wheel running on central rack rail.
The dimensions Of this unique struc-
ture will be of mammoth proportions,
as the following measurements will
show: Base, 120 feet square on the
ground; height, 40 feet, and 80 feet
square at the top. The steel tower
will be 800 feet in height from it's base
to the floor of the observation plat
form. The temple on the platform will
be 30 feet high. The sphere at the
summit will be 50 feet in diameter.
!; 1t is estimated that this novel cleo.
trio tower will cost at least $15O,OCO.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

Every druggist who sells as harmless
q patent medicine containing cocaine
or other dangerous drug that makes
slaves Of those who take it should, by
law, be sent to Jail and kept there for
at least five years. Every villainous
manufacturer Of such drugs should be
Jailed for ten years, or, better still, for
'ife. The whipping post as a prelimin-
airy to imprisonment at hard labor
would fit the case Of the scoundrel who
for gain fills the land with drug flends.
The keeper Of brothel is more re-
spectacle and less harmful than he.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

A locomotive factory in Philadelphia
has just completed four engines on an
order from the British government.
They are to be shipped to South Africa.
The engines were completed thirty-one
days after the order was received. No
such rapid work was ever done before
anywhere in the world. The Philadel-
phia firm received the order because
the British government wanted the en-
gines in hurry, and no British factory
was able to turn them out as quickly
as they were wanted. The incident
Seems to call attention to the folly OF
maintaining the protective tariff sys.
tenn In this country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
All That's Bright Must Fade-Sfnguiar
Recovery of Lost Trcasure-A Monster
Tower for the Pa,1-Amcrican EXPOSE
ticn at La Sale. Ill.
All That's Bright Must Fade.

LII that's briSh.
must fade,-
T h e brightest
still the fleet
est;
All that's sweet
was made
But to be lost
when sweetest.
Stars that shine
and fall
The flower that
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
Iowa Independent Companies
Don't Pull Together.

Councils in the towns all over the
state are being asked by the Bell Tel
ephone company to pass ordinances
granting franchises to that corpora
ton which lawyers in Des Moines say
are interminable ordinances. The Bell
Telephone company operates in this
state under the name of iowa Tele-
phone company" During the last few
years its business has been cut down
materially by the local independent
telephone companies, which have
caused big reduction in the telephone
rates in the state.
The independent companies already
work together for long-dlstance tele-
phoning between points in the state.
They are planning big system that
will take in the whole state, and dur
ing the last year they have held sew
eral meetings where that subject was
discussed. The Bell company has tel
ephones all over the state, and is be.
ginning to build strong opposition
to the independent companies before
they get in their work for combina'
ton. The ordinances which they are
asking the town councils to pass grant
certain privileges for 25 years and
thereafter. The independent-line mer
say these franchises will be perpetual
for the Bell company.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
AN OLD sw1NDLE.
Check Forgery Game Worked Sue.
cessfu1ly on Iowa Merchants
in Various Places.

A fellow giving the name of Charles
Knop is working an oldswindling game
on the merchants in the vicinity of Ce-
dar Rapids very successfully. Forging
check for amounts from $35 to $45,
he drops into town and usually calls
at hardware store, where he nego-
tiates the sale of a stove which he orders
delivered the following day, giving the
street and number, vouching the in
formation that he has just moved to
town. He proffers the forged check In
payment for the stove, hoping to get
the difference, which is from SIS to $25
an cash. He tried his game in Cedar
Rapids and Waterloo recently, but In
both cases was unsuccessful. A
couple of days after, however, he sue
eeeded in passing one of his forged
checks at Moline, Ill. Two checks, one
for $40 and the other for S45, drawn on
check blanks of the Merchants nation.
al bank of Cedar Rapids, arrived at the
bank from Fairmont, Mimi, for collec
ton. The $40 check was Endorsed by
Ward & Caldwell Co., general merchants
at Fairmont, who had evidently taken
the check. The other check was from
the First national bank Of Fairmont
but bore no Endorsement.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
Free to Teachers and Scholars.

In 1897 we had thousands of re-
quests from teachers and scholars for
Wonderland '97. The edition-a large
one-was exhausted long before the
end of the year. Wonderland '9S can
now not only be supplied to those
unable to secure the former but also
to others. 1t is entirely different
however, from the first named book.
1t has a chapter on The Agricultural
Northwest, crammed full of valuable
lnformation; one on Yellowstone
Park, written especially for teachers
another on Alaska and Klondike,
and one A Canoe Lake Trip, that
will be of interest to schools. The
book has high art cover designed
by Leyendecker, and it is profusely
illustrated from new photographs.
The Northern Pacific Railway will
send the book and a revised folder
map of Yellowstone Park, upon
receipt of six cents in stamps OF
postal order. Send to Chas. s. Fee,
Gen: Pass. Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
Write address plainly and state
where you saw the advertisement.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
FIRST TO ARRIVE.
Nearly 500 Gorgeously Plumed
knights from California Reach
Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 1o.-Gorgecusly
plumed sir knights, the first of the
great body of knights Templar which
will virtually own Pittsburgh for the
next six OF eight days, arrived in Pitts
burgh Saturday. This vanguard was
the sir knights of the golden state OF
California. The party numbered nearly
500 sir knights and number OF ladies.
The most distinguished guest of the
Californians was the Very Eminent Sir
Reuben S. Lloyd, who will be promoted
at the grand encampment to the high
est post within the gift of the assem-
bled knights-grand master of the
grand encampment of the United
States.
Capt. William R. Heckert, who has
charge of the commandery drills at
Schennly Park next Wednesday, an
nounces that there will be no compet1-
tive exhibition, the late war with Spain
having called many knights into the
volunteer service.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
LIBRARY FUND.
The Board of Regents of the State
University in Iowa City Close
an Important Deal.

The board of regents of the state
university in Iowa City have closed
an important deal with the Burlington
savings bank of Burlington, VT. By
virtue of this arrangement the board
sells $50 900 worth of warrants to that
institution. They bear four per cent
interest and will fall due July, 1902
They are the state warrants issued I'M
der the legislative provision for ar
extra one-tenth of mill tax. The
money is to be used for the purchase
of new books to replace those lost a
the time of the library fire. Already
$4,000 has been expended for that pur
pose, and the remainder will be USED
for purchase of other books during thu
coming year
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
MAKING PROGRESS.
Statement Issued by International
Commissioners at Quebec An
nOunces Recess.

Quebec, Can, Oct. 10.-The interna-
tional commissioners are preparing to
leave Quebec as quickly as possible,
and it is doubtful If a majority of the
commission will be present at the
meeting to be held Monday.
Senator Fairbanks and Lord Her.
schell have given out an official state
ment Jointly as followsi "Fhe high
commissions have made considerable
progress with their work, but 1t has
been found necessary to obtain fur
Their information on certain points
which is not Immediately available
The commission will adjourn on Mon,
day, October 10, until Tuesday, Novem-
Der 1. 1t has been agreed that the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
THREE BOYS cREMATED.
Meet Death While Asleep in n Barn
Which Catches Fire from
Unknown Cause.

Green Bay, WIS.,, Oct. 1O-Three boys,
Emil and Frank Daniels and Joe Jun.
kle,were burned to death in a barn near
this city. The Junkle boy was visiting
with his two cousins, and four boys
slept for the night in the barn. One
of the boys was awakened by the heat
of the fire and jumped from win
dow, thus saving his life, but the por.
ton of the barn where the others were
sleening was then in flames and they
could not be rescued.
Their charred remains were recov
cred from the ruins Saturday morn
ing. The origin of the fire is unknown
Three horses and large amount o:
farm product and implements were
also lost.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
sensat1on over "A Marriage in Water.
loo That Came Off Despite
Many Objections.

A sensation was created in Water
loo by the marriage of Carl F. Kuehnle,
sr., to Mrs. Ida Weld. The groom Is
SO years Of age. He is the father Of
Carl F. Kuehnle, Gov. shaw's law part
ner, at Denison. The bride is widow
Of about two weeks standing. She
had applied for divorce from her hus-
band at the present term of the court,
but day or two after the papers We're
filed she was released from the bonds
with him by the hand of death. The
family of the groom protested against
the marriage, but in vain. The old
gentleman declared that he was old
enough 10 know what he wanted to
do. The marriage followed. Kuehnle
has lived in Waterloo for number OF
years. He owns considerable prop
erty, and is considered well fixed fna1ll-
cially.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11

Paris, Oct. 1O.-The United States
peace commissioners began their usual
three hours session at ten o'clock
Saturday morning. They are under
stood to have taken into consideration
direct suggestions and counter prop.
ositions from the Spaniards, OF which
the Americans now have enough to
engage their attention at the daily
session. It may be regarded as quite
likely that the Spaniards have already
outlined their apparent expectations
and that they are beyond the line o:
possible acquiescence by the Amer
leans.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
Arrested on Serious Charge.

Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 1O-Ward
D. Gunnels, until recently assistant
chief of police of Fort Worth, has been
placed under arrest, charged with
completely in the Santa Fe hold-up
near here on July 9. H. w. Petty,
one of the men under arrest, who
turned states evidence, confided in
Gunnels, and, it is alleged, the two
were to wait until the robbery oc-
CURED, then make arrests and d.
vide the reward money. Gunnels has
been placed under $4,000 bonds to an.
swer to the charge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
We, The UNDERSIGNED conu;tte. ~

We, The undersigned committee on
arrangements for the entertainment of
the members of the 3Sth Iowa, at
their late reunion in Cresco,
in behalf of all the members of the
aforesaid regiment, do most heaatily
thank all of the citizens of Creseo who
assisted us financially and otherwise
in their entertainment during said re-
union, also we kindly thank the speak
ers and singers who so ably entertain
ed us at our camp fires.
b. ID. EvER1NGHAM, Pres,
w. H. PATTERSON, Sec'y.
GEO. r. HUMPHREY,
G. w. SAWYER, Com.
w. M1NTEY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
From Sire to Son.

As a Family Medicine Bacon's
Celery King for the Nerves passes
from sire to son as legacy. If you
have Kidney, Liver or Blood disorder
get a free sample package Of this
remedy If you have Indigestion,
constipation, Headache, Rheuma-
tism, etc, this specific will ure YOU.
j. J. Lowry, the leading druggist is
sole agent aud is distributing SAMPLES
free. Large packages SOC and $50
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
Queer HnIIucinatiom.

Mrs. Angelica Hallock, of Woodbury.
county, has gone insane over the idea
that President Mckinley has given her
$4,000, and that her husband refuses
to collect it. This is not the first time
the woman has become mentally I'M
balance on this subject, and this time
she has been sent to the hospital for
Authorization.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
VIII NOfnic

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 1o.-Gov.
Smith, of the soldiers home at Santa
Monica, is improving steadily and 1t is
now certain that the wound received
from the four shots fired with muir.
derous intent by Albert Bradley, an
inmate of the home, will not result
in death. He passed restful night.
Bradley is sick with nervous pros
tration,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-11
MONEY for Missions.

Dedham, Mass, Oct. TO- By the will
of the late w. s. Jordan, of Brookline,
requests amounting to $4,000 are left
to various charitable and missionary
organizations. The principal requests
are: American Baptist Missionary
union, $4,000; American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions,
$4,000; missionary siciety of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, Boston, $4,000.