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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Paradea His Own InfRmY.

Speaking of the campaign Of 1895
Senator Hanna said: ... ....
""I'made my headquarters at Chicago
and there watched every move made
by our opponents just as we would
watch a game of chess. We carried tho
fight into every state and kept our OPP
ponents busy at their homes, SO that
they could not come outside and fight
us. OF course, we spent a large amount
of money. We had to. When the cam
paign first opened we had no speakers
who could discuss the issue without
being confronted with what they had
said previously in discussing the cur
rency question. You see, w had to
swing around, for when Major McKin-.
ley was nominated it was thought that
Whitney and his friends would beat
the free silver men in the democratic
convention and make the fight Oh the
tariff" fl" '5i 'in ~ binds ti'1
In the above statement the prince OF
political %scoundrels parades his own
infamy. He fully confesses that all the
charges were true that were made
against him. But even his black record
shines like a star when compared with
that Of those: speakers Hwho could not
discuss the issue without being con-
fronted with what they had said pre-
viously in discussing the currency
question:" N""'i '
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

Government legal tender money has
always been the champion Of liberty.
and the friend of the people. In every.
important war for freedom it has,
played an important part on the side
of the oppressed. We need this friend
OF liberty in peace as we'll as in war;
Therefore we oppose and condemn the
efforts that are pcrsistently being made
by the banking and capitalistic inter-
ests Tor classes) to retire our beloved
greenbacks. Further, we demand that
all money shall be issued directly by
the government, and that every dollar
so issued shall be, before the law, equal.
to any other dollar authorized by the.
United States government. s4..I
We favor and strongly urge the es-
Enlistment Of postal savings banks,
so successful in other progressive coun-
tries. The rich use United States bonds
as a safe and profitable investment for
their surplus capital. The masses OF.
the people desire, and deserve to have
postal savings banks, for'the conveh-
lent and safe keeping Of the savings Of
the poor.-Dr. Taylor. '"' i
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
The Advantage of Ono Eye.

During the late Spanish-American
war a certain old. colonel who had lost
an eye at the battle Of Gettysburg was
very indignant because he was put
aside az physically incapacitated when
he applied for admission to one of the
New York volunteer regiments. Filled
with wrath and cbagrin, the colonel
journeyed to Washington, bent on hav-
ing a personal interview with the pres
ident. He succeeded in gaining an au-
dience, and the president, after listen
ing to his plea, said kindly: But, my
good Colonel j., you have only n
eye!" Just so, sir" was the prompt
'rejoinder, "but can't3you see the great
advantage, of my having only one eye?
When l aim my gun l shan't have to
close the other!!" He fought at San.
lldso. ti"TEjsj4fgG IE,yl3t tfrrt
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

Under what is known as the Fora.
ker resolution. adopted as an amend
ment to the army appropriation bill,
the government can grant no conces-
sions in Cuba for railroad CONSTRUCTION
or other public improvements It is
said that this is proving a great
drawback to the restoration of the is
land and it is probable that a strong
pressure will lie brought to bear upon
the next congress for the repeal of the
law.-Omaha Bee. n ..n
Many people have thought, that it
was full time that our army was with
drawn and the Cubans allowed that
freedom guaranteed to them by%an act
OFT American congress, but that will
never be done until the Foraker
resolution shall be repealed, so that
American Spectators may be allowed
to steal all the valuable franchises in
the island. The above clipping is a
formal notice to the Cubans that their
independence will never be recognized
so long as there is anything left. in the
island that it will pay to steal. The
people of the unhappy island will
never be fit for self-government until
foreign spectators own all their rail-
roads, telegraphs, street railways,
water. gas and soil. Then they will be
as good, as patient. and as intelligent
as we are, and will be fit for annexa-
ton instead of independence. Let the
good work go on.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
:, Ahltnals That Climb.

IN New York men ,cheerfullyr go up
to the twenty7seyenth story in ele-
vators' and sleep on the third floor O.
nights" but primeval man is mot a
climber nqrt do animals take to It
without a, long course of development.
African natives who have lived in one-
STORY ht1ts' Showhthe greatest fear of
climbing Stairs, and will sometimes go
up on hands and, knees. Dogs often
have to be trained to climb stairs, in,
'stinctfvefy fddstrnstdng the upper sto-
rles, + has been eonjectured that this
is because the dogs forelegs" break
easily below the shoulder, and the
beast seems to- realize this, The fox
has no such fear, and has been known
to- climb a tree with plenty OF small
limbs to- the height OF seventeen feet.
swimming comes easier than climbing
TO most animals, as well as to many
races OF men. Rats and guinea pigs
Dam swim we'll and climb not at all,
although their cousins. the squirrels,
are at home in the trees. Prairie dogs,
Which live in plains and have no use
for climbing, can be taught the trick;
put when, they try to jump from a
height they usually fall on their heavy,
stupid heads, and either stun them
selves Or, break their teeth. They lack
the inherited instinct that should teach
them what can land what cannot be
done Australian rabbits. of the same
FAMILY of rodents, can climb very we'll,
having lived for generations in forests.
Bears can climb well If little. but the
grizzly and other large species stay
mainly 'onthe ground. A bear always
climbs down a tree stern foremost, as
does the domestic cat until She has
nearly reached the ground, when she
turns and jumps; but most wildcats
run down a'tfunk head first, even the
heavy leopard being "a more, sk4llful
climber than the light house cat. The
tiger and lion. however, do not climb,
tfornno diseoveErahle reason except that
they fear falling on account of their
weight:4New York World. -dW
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
!, Establish Its Oun Infa~y

, The silence which the fusion press
OF the state maintains regarding the
senate investigating committee is op-
pressive. Can it be the editors have
been dropped a hint that the less said
about the disclosures the better?-
Omaha Bee. go, y a.
The fusion press Of the state de-
spises that so-called committee so
much that .itrefus to waste any space
in commenting on its ridiculous per-
formances. A smelling committee, that
gives the minority no representation,
smells much worse than does any
that it is expected to investigate. Very
little attention, will be paid by honor
able men to anything said or done by
a committee that would accept such a
~disgraceful position. No gentleman
would serve on a partisan committee
so constituted, no witness will ap-
pear before it except he comes with
a partisan purpose and with perjury
on his lips. The committee was APP
pointed for the purpose Of blackening
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

,a,-..
-'' While Sitting around the fire in the
construction camp of a, western rail
road one evening we heard an intelli-
gent and conservative railroad official
make the statement that in his rail-
road experience he had met with two
Scenes which c0hld. never occur again
in THIS country, He said he had seen
a train stopped by a herd Of buffaloes,
andHhcr had SEEM "a train stalled by
grasshoppers, He, OF, course, proceeded
to relate in detail the circumstances Of
these unusual occurrences, so that the
assertions made were received without
Question. 'As|to the buffalo part of the
story his statement u.s. evidently indis.
putable, but In the evolution Of things
the grasshoppers may come again.
This narration is called to mind at this
time by an occurrence OF similar char
actef" On the i1Ahigh Valley road in
May, When q heavily loaded freight
train on the Lehigh Valley road was
stalled near Hornets Ferry, Pa, by
isWarms Of shad flies which had
a1ighted upon the rails. The crushed
insects 'lubricated the rails very fire.
quently, and after the sand on the en-
CINE gave out the train came to- a
standstin., After studying the ,situa-
ton a little the trainmen swept the
rails for distance, and finally tied
brush, to the eowcateher in position to
clear the rails, when traffic was again
RESUMED. The 1tresence of these in.
jSects, in such unusual numbers is &C.
counted for by local authorities in this
'way:"iThe shad fly lis found principally
along streams of water, and in this
part CT Pennsylvania is used for bass
bait. The Lehigh Valley tracks at the
point named run near by the Susque-
hanna river, and, the weather being a
little cold at that time, when the sun
came up the rails were considerably
warmer than the ground immediately
along the, river. The warmer climate
in the vicinity of the track attracted
the shad flies. which alighted on the
rails IN swarms, completely covering
them. Although the facts necessarily
sound somewhat "fishy," they we're,
nevertheless. s~ubstantiated to us by re-
liable parties. ''"'" pa mail
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
T7f"T ~
The Fighting Ostrich.

In an instructive work on 1.-THE Os.I
trich," Mr.. S.. C.. c.. Schriener writes
about the great kicking power OF the
bird. The kick is forward, with Al
downward tendency, he says, and the
long nail with which the larger toe is
armed often cuts and tears severely
The force of the kick is great;. a man
goes down before it like a niaepin. III
have seen two cocks charge at each
other, the larger of the two, at the
first kick, being hurled several yards
N the. broad of his back, while the
kicker recoiled into a sitting posture;
and l owned a cock which kicked a.
hole through a sheet of corrugated
iron, behind which a man had taken
refuge. The birds can kick as high as
a mans face. l have, on horseback,
had a hole kicked through my riding.
brooches above theIkpee, and have
known a boy to be kicked out Of the
saddle. Deaths from ostrich Kicks are
by no means unknown. A. really
vicious cock seems to fear nothing. un-
less it be a dog that will attack him.
A most striking instance of the os-
trich's fearlessness was told me by a.
railway guard. The freight train he
was in charge Of was one day rafting
at full speed down a steep grade. A.
vicious ostrich cock saw 1t coming,
and at once got on to the line between
the rails and advanced 1earlessly to
fight the monster. As the screechlng
Ff'.' ~. - - N| -.|..
engine approached he rushed at it from.
straight in front; kissing angrily, and
kicked! He was cut to pieces the next
moment" ''''
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
gsional nomination in the Sixth district
was enjoying IA good growth.-Omaha-

.slonal nomination in the Sixth district
was enjoying IA good growth.-Omaha
Bee. q
The above article is characteristic
of modern republicanism. The editor
of the Bee cannot understand how
public duty can rise above personal
interest or how any man can abandon
his W canvass for Office in order to-
serve his country. General Barry does
not go to San Francisco on a political
mission. He goes as a representative
OF the state to officially attend to the
reception and discharge OF one of the
most gallant regiments that ever bore
the American flag to a glorious vic
tory. 1t is his duty to be there in
stead of grabbing for delegates in the
Sixth congressional district. We do
not know who is to be Congressman
Greene's successor, nor do We care,
so that he is a good man. 1t is none
OF our funeral, but if Patrick Barry
is a candidate he will not lose votes
because he is attending to the wants of
our brave citizen soldiery. Why
didn't you a something about Gov
ernor POynter who is also going to
meet the returning heroes? You and
your kind have for months tried to
.blacken his reputation with the Ne
braska soldiers, because he would not
sign his namc to a base lie passed by
a Republican Legislature. He does not
indorse lying resolutions, but when he
thinks he a help the soldiers of Ne
blaska he hassens to their relief and
he takes With him a thousand dollars
of the peoples. money and will spend
it for their benefit. Governor Poynter
and General Barry will meet our re-
turning soldiers. at the Golden Gate
and will give them a warm and cor
welcome home. In the meantime
the political canvass will have to wait
until all calls of patriotism are at
tended to.--Nonconformist. -, 10
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
A School for Monkeys.

During these hot July days,-whenl
the organ-grinder takes. his vacation
and %languidly sips chiante in Mulberry
street, he hends his monkey partner
to Signori H%arduppi's School Of Acting,
and Dramatic Demeanor in Fourth
street. The ingenious Instructor has
started-inaugurated, he called it in
his prospectus-a monkey school at
which the pupils are put through a
complete course OF instruction. The
professor shows them, how to dance
and how 70 wheedle pennies from the
pockets Of the public With Delsartean
gestures, Harduppi used to be en-
ployed at a school Of acting for men,
and 1t was there that he conceived the
idea of the university for simians.
The art Of. acting is purely initiative"
he says, land a monkey is much more,
competent at it than is a human being.
A monkey is a born mimic. The
trouble is that up till now he has never
been properly instructed. I can teach
him to courtesy. do skirt dances and
act out a complete drama II need be.
The Society for the Prevention OF Cru
city to Animals had passed a law some
time age under which a fine is inflicted
on any organ-grinder who escorts a
monkey, dancing bear or other per-
forming animals through the streets Of
New York to act as his naccomplice.
But at our graduation day exercises a
place will be reserved for Gov. Roose-
welt, and he will help to put through
the legislature an act repeating the
other law. When we show him that
the monkeys are capable. actors and
give a thoroughly refined vaudeville
show, he will be our most enthusiasts
friend, We feel sure" The monkeys
are very much pleased with the course
Of study through which they pass.
They respect the professor, who says
that they are much better behaved
than New York boys Of the same aga
New York Journal. ioD.etl
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Overburdened With Issues,

Hanna, Depew and other good friends
of the peoples party are afraid we will
have to 90. before the country without
an issue. They have forgotten that sill
yer has not been restored, that the
tariff needs revision, that the people
are tired Of licking revenue stamps,
that the constitution of the United
States does not allow the president to-
declare war, nor does it provide for the
subjugation of colonies, that some peo-
pie still believe in the Declaration OF
Independence, that the trusts must be
destroy ed, that men are of more value
than dollars, that we must have a grad
uated income and property tax and
that we must have direct legislation,
SO that we can be sure Of these great
reforms. Don't shed any tears fornu is,
gentlemen, we are just reveling in good
healthy issues; they are as plenty as
water melons in August or republican
promises before election. 3.,'5E ,.i4
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
IN1THE %ODD"CORNER
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
ifi,u AND EVENTS.
Animals That Observation-Disclosures Mar
n Files stopped the Train A School
for Monkeys = Story of the Fighting
Ostrich.
When I am Dead.

I'M Nhen am Dead.
I do not want a gaping crowd
Tn come with Lamentations loud,
When life has fled;
would l have my words or WAYS
R~ehearsed. perhaps. mid tardy praise.
y. .t;'I1grWhen ! am. dead.
| do not want strange, curious eyes
To scan my face when sim it lies
III CiiG In silence dread;
Nor do | want them If they would,
To tell my deeds were i'll or good,
When l am dead.
l only want the very few
Who stood through good and evil. too,
True friendships test;
Just they who sought to, find the good,
then. as only true friends could,
s.4,:l. Forgive the rest.
Sought hope and comfort to impart,
t.Yt., When there was, life;
Not keeping al the tears and signs
IN weary. wQrn7out, nature dies,
And icnds the strife.
I'd have them come, the friendly few"
Aud drop, perhaps, a tear or two,
"'.''" BY kindness"led? ''-+- g.
Not many tears Id have them, shed,
Sur do I want much! sum or said,
When l am. dead.
- JGDlt4tiSGE 49, T.IiI.
To have them each come In alone,
call me, In the old. sweet tone, D.
Would suit me best:
And! then. withoutla sob r !anoan,
Go softly out and leave alone
Ilfih" The doadi toIrest. Tii0rT 81 -
Just asll'Se lived. almost .unknown, d..
a life unmarked. obscure and lone,
"Euia'i Solicit me dte;yIla sH- nj ...
Just one who lived, and loved, and died.
AZ moundiof earth and naught beside,
There let me lie.
m IT. HgilOi ODD bYiytjtf SELECTED.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
FARM. AND GARDEN,
MATTERS OF iNTEREsTtfTO.
SO i1-AGRICUlTURlSTS. f.l
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tiHation of the Soil ana Yields
II Observation-Disclosures, viticuIture and
d. r ioricalture. .-,I y.-f... 49,, -


; B.. T.. Galloway: This disease &C.
ours in many parts of the South, and,
IN addition to Attacking the potato, Is
found to seriously injnre eggplants and
tomatoes. In the case of the potato,
the leaves. stems, and tubersj are af-
tected: The disease usually manifests
'tself by a sudden willing of the foliage
md soon the whole plant may become
INJECTED, the leaves and stems shriv el-
ing and then turning brown or
black. The disease reaches the tu-
hers through the stems, producing a
brown or black discoloration of the
tissues and ultimately "a complete,
breaking down Or rotting Of all the
parts. Brown rot is caused by a bacil-
lus, a minute organism which multi
plies in the tissues and through its
nction produces the effects mentioned.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
'I!.I .Is IIEg I..-rsi 5,,I
No Time for Evasion,

1t is stated that the republicans of
the United States senate committee on
the currency cannot agree upon the
proposition that congress shall make
a formal declaration of the gold stand
I 1t is Understood that a majority
of them are in favor of such a declara-
ton, but one or two dissent. There is,
therefore, reason to ,apprehend that in
respect to this very important matter
there will be division among repub-
licans in congress which may result in
no action being. had. This would be
distinctly disappointing to the sound
money sentiment Of the country and
we think would prove embarrassing to
the republican party, since it would
be used by the opponents of the gold
standard as evidence that, the party is
not honestly and sincerely lin favor OF
that standard.-Omaha Bee. -
/ If your party is honestly and sin
cerely in favor Of the gold Standard"
why did it lie4to the, people SO. shame
fully at st. Louis? Your party has
never yet declared In favor of, that
standard. On the contrary you asked
the nations of the world to help you
let go of as much of that standard as
you already had. If you are, honestly
in favor of the single standard you
obtained a million votes in 1896 under
false pretenses. You elected your pres
ident by promising the people bimetal-
ism. No national convention has ever
withdrawn that sacred declaration.
The great republican party lis as much
pledged to bimetalism as issaany Of the
other parties, the only difference being
that you will take it when England
gives permission, while we propose to
lave it without the aid or consent Of
any other nation on earth. .
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

. sF#it'fItF
i Orchid culture is simple, hut to I'M
derstand the matter one must go into
the principles Of the culture, and know
the difference in the nature Of the cu1-
tivated orchids from most plants Gull
tivated in glass houses i!or windows.
There is no reason why n who grows
window plants cannot grow .orchids
wherever other towering plants are
grown. 1 know one LADY, who grows
cattleyas splendidly, in an ordinary
j window. Orchids are the latest result
of creative evolution in natures, floral
kingdom-there are no fossil orchids
and are the most interesting bf all
Towering forms for the amateurot to
grow Many Of the most beautiful of
.,allsane'to be bought at.moderate prices,
and an added interest in life would
come to multitudes Of people il they
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
a. HIA 20 e.
Prefer the Latter.

1T present there seems to be no wav
of protecting the public and restoring
to the people their government, ex-
cept by having the government own
the railroads. AS between having, the
corporations own the government or
having the government own the cor.
poration. the American people will
prefer the latter.-National Watch
man. .'-.f ''.u.. '.''
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

A very extraordinary occurrence hap
pened the other day in Brussels. A
mildwoman, with her cart. drawn by
two dogs, was passing through a street
in the center Of the city when OF a sud
den, the roadway opened and cart and
dogs disappeared. J Investigation show
ed that the roadway had been under
mined by rats which swarm in the
neighborhood.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Prehistoric Man.

Deep researches as to the structure
OF the human body have recently fur
nished some; startling facts regarding
changes which man is at present un-.
dergoing physically It u is believed
that man was, formerly endowed with
more teeth than he possesses now!
Abundant, evidence exists that. ages
and, ages ago, human teeth were used
as Weapons OF defense. U%nfntention-
ally, traces Of such use are often re,