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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Life Plant Of Guadcloupe.

There is a strange. wild plant IN
iuadcloupe called the "life plant" II
I leaf be broken OF and pinned by the
item to the wall OF a warm room, each
If the angles between the curves Of the
eaf margin soon throws out a number
II very white tentacles or roots, and
soon a tiny new plant begins to sprout,
Ind in the course of a week or two at
aims a height OF two or three inches
When the old leaf shrivels. the new
,lant is cut off and planted. When
carefully cultivated the life plant pro-,
iuces curious red and yellow blossoms.
While the plant Is native only In q
warm country, there is no doubt that
t could be successfully grown in any
greenhouse, and as a plant freak 1t
certainly is as interesting as the ever
ast!ng plant Of Mexico.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Gigantic Sea waves.

The waves of the Indian Ocean In q
strong west wind are 300 to 400 feet
long and sixty feet high. and have a
speed OF 80 miles an hour. Such q
wave weighs 364 tons to the foot. III
ship COO feet long lies in the trough OF
the sea, a wave sixty feet high hurls
against it 2lS,400 tons, more than nine
teen times its own weight. This
weight does not fall upon the ship at
sea, because its %buoyancy enables it to
rise, but II 1t drifts upon the lee. shore
the power Of a succession of 21S,4O0
ton blows will tear to pieces any ship
man has the cunning or the power to
build.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Big Growth Of a Shrub.

It is perfectly amazing to notice care
fully how much an ordinary shrub
will grew in a single summer. A sill
yer fir, 2h feet high. was lately care
fully measured. 1t had put forth, since
early spring, 5s5 new shoots, carrying
from one-half to six inches each. The
average was two inches, eque.ling alto
gether SO feet. The tota! number OF
leaves on these shoots was 1854. TAX
ing the aggregate Of the length OF each
shoot. this very small tree has in six
months put on a growth which, II laid
In a line, would extend considerably
over half a mile,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

Union City. ILL.,. is in ashes. Union
miners assaulted the non-union negroes.
who made a charge. drove the union
miners out of the town and burned it
down. Troops have been rushed to
the scene.
The White river Uncompahgre and
Cintah Utes are dancing at White
Rocks agency near Price, Utah. They
are about 1000 strong, and the band
Of which old Sowocic is the leader
numbers fully 1000. They are camped
IN n bunch about a mile from the
agency.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Petroleum ON the Coast,

The petroleum output in southern
California now amounts to about $4,000
barrels a day, and ii is all consumed
upon the Pacific coaat. 1t was dlscov-
cred about ten years ago, and has been
in use for about 1--we years. A tank
steamer runs regularly between Santa,
Barbara and San Francisco, carrying.
refined petroleum to the latter market.
The Southern Pacific runs its local
trains by oil, and 1t Is also consumed
as fuel in several manufacturing estab--
l!shments in this section. There is no,
smol.e and no cinders. The locomotive,
tenders on the Santa Fe road are big;
tanks, and the engineer feeds the fire
With q key.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

P. S.-Most Of the combines men
toned in brackets have been formed
since the investigation of the present
administration. AS soon as 1t became
apparent that the British gold stand
ard was safe the fellows who furnished
the money for Mark Halna's campaign
began to garner their pounds of flesh,
1t is estimated that nearly $50, 900 men
have been thrown out OF work as a re.
suit of the combinations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Origin Of Pau Jlsll.

Pail Mall" pronounced pei med
m from Pale Male, an ancient
game supposed to have been played on
the present site OF Pail Mall by Nor
mar monks, by whom, toys the Pail
Mall Bulletin, 1t was introduced into
England. The. observant Pepys, in his
famous diary. makes mention Of It
thus: April 2, 1861. Into St. James
park. where I saw the duke OF York
playing at Peieme,e. the arss tl.aa that
] ever saw the sport.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Selling . Wen.

A Hartford lawyer tells Of a client
in n Of the adjoining towns who had
a farm to sell. He had recently sunk
a well on 1t, and the job cost quite a
sum; consequently when he talked Of
disposing Of his property, the we'll
caused him considerable anxiety. How
much do you ask for the ferUf' the
lawyer asked. Wall. 4. tell yer"
drawled the farmer iii sell the place
for $500 with the well. and I'll let 1t
go for 5000 without the well."-Phil-
adelphia Times,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

With two bumper crops to her credit
and another almost at hand, Nebraska
will give the republican party more
grounds upon which to erect a false
claim of being a prosperity bringer.
If the farmers would stop to think that
under bimetallism they would get
more for their produce than they can
under the gold standard, they would
change their vote and cast it for their
own interests instead of in favor Of
their foreign competitor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Not Worth It

Tommy" said his mother, 1T 1 get
you a new suit of clothes you must
promise not to climb trees or play
marbles until they are worn out"
'Then,"' answered Tommy, after a
moment or two OF reflection, II don't
want them"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Tuesday, July 4.

Bishop Ncwman's condition does not
improve.
Chas. Rallington of Springfield. ILL.,,
shot and killed his wife while intoxi
Gated.
The Spanish senate yesterday rati.
fled the treaty of peace between the
United States and Spain.
The situation in Belgium Is very
grave. and as Il result of the unrest the
monarchy may be swept from exist
cnCc.
At Camp Verde, forty miles west Of
Prescott. Ariz., j. NJ. Rogers and Gin
ton Wingtield were killed by masked
bandits.
The acting governor of Illinois has
been asked to recall the troops from
Cartcrvillc, H., as the civil authorities
claim they are not needed.
-Four people We're buried alive and a
numbc: were injured by the falling in
of the walls of the Western Paper
stock company's plant at Chicago
which burned yesterday.
At Marshalltown, Ia, Joseph Royka.
a Bohemian. shot his wife. to whom
he was recently married, and then
shot hins. If. lie is dead, and his wife
is in a precarious condition.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Royal announcement.

MY queen" exclaimed her adorer.
im'uly, may l kiss the royal hand?"
my faithful subject" replied the
,ouns woman, with an air OF n gen.
lily Gliding him. what is the matter
Sith the royal iips?"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

The republican papers all ove the
country are getting uneasy over the
Philippine question. They are just be-
ginning to find out that the presidents
policy is distasteful to the people, and
they realize that 1900 is coming.
II. WM. SMITH.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
High SDeel.

Records for high speed in express
train service have been made on
French RAJ. ads lately. chewing an
average Of 64.5 miles per hour, ,includ-
ing stops. Special compound locomo-
tives Of the four cylinder type, de-
signed for this service, are employed
exclusively on these trains.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

This is al argument which will ap-
peal to the president. Mckinley is a
politician first, last and all the time,
and while he might like to encourage
continued persecution of Schley, the
fear that he will lose votes by such a
course is quite likely to give him
pause.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
mabel Knew,

Her Mother-Mabel, dear, are you
sure Mr.. We ~ loves you for your
self alone? Mabel-Yes, I'm sure he
ioes, mamma. He is always 80 rest
ess when you are in the room.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

rs an argument to prove his asser-
ton concerning the situation in Mary
land Senator Wellington says that the
anti-Schley crusade. unchecked by the
president, was almost wholly RESPONSE
BILE for the overwhelming defeat of the
Republicans at the municipal election
in Baltimore last spring, and that the
entire state will go for fusion in the
national campaign next year unless
the persecution is stopped.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood is
described by his b%iographer as a man
of simple frmness and justice. He
was said to be the finest discipiinar;an
in the navy.
i know your character we'll" he
sald to a dangerous mutineer, who was
sent to him to be tanned. IF YOU be-
have we'll in future | will treat YOU like
the rest, nor notice here what happen.
ed in another ship; but if yon endeavor
10 excite mutiny. mark me we'll, ! will
instantly head you up in a cask AMI
throw you into the sea-"
He had no trouble with that man.
He paid particular attention to his
midshipmen, considering it a point OF
honor with himself that not one should
leave him unfit to pass for promotion.
Yet it was his inflexible rule to uphold
the authority of every officer, whatever
his rank, with the same severity as hfs
own. If a midshipman made COM
plant against a man, that man was
unfailingly ordered for punishment
next day, but meanwhile Collingwood
took the lad aside and suggested to
him the propriety Of asking grace fol
the culprit when he should be brought
out.
In all probability the fault was
yours" he would say, but whether il
was or not l am sure it would go tc
your heart to see a maj old enough
to be your father disgraced and pun.
ished on your account"
So the m%idshipman interceded, the
captain, with some show of reluctance
%pardoned, and discipline was upheld
On the other hand, he would not ever
permit his officers to address a mar
as you, sir" on the ground that il
was unnecessarily di%scourteous anG
contemptuous.
IF you don't know a mans name
hn said, rather implying that an Office,
ought to know his men by name, zeal!
him sailor"
Ar innocent heart is a brittle thing,
aaa y false VOW can break it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

Rope and Irvine. STANDARD
Rope and Twine Co., a gen.
eral combine succeeding the
old cordage Trust.) ........ $4,000
Horseshoes. CA general COM
bine.) ............... 49,. 1000
Plumbers supplies. plumbing
Trust.) ........ ........... 5000
Fireworks. (TEe Central and
Consolidated Fireworks Cos.) 1000
Linseed Oil. (The National
Linseed Oil co., ........... 1000
Total 1853, 900
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
FOUR MILLION SLAVES
LIVING MERELY TO ENElCE
THE TRUSTS.
How the Single Gold Standard IS In
shaving the Producers of Wealth.
Seventeen Millions of Human BEINGS
Ruled by the M~onopo!ists.

The single gold standard is coins
just what We said it would 20 wears
age. The Capitalization of capital has
peen going on, individual enterprises
nave almost entirely disappeared, while
every day in the year thousands of hui
nan beings are shack.ed into trust
slavery. Prompt reconciliation OF sill
Yer and the total abolition Of corpora
uoh paper money would have prevent
cd TINS, but it is doubtful now if ny
talng short OF government ownership
or all monopolies will cure the evil.
Following are some figures showing
the number of men employed by the
trusts. They are taken from United
States reports and from state bureaus
OF labor, and are up to date:
FOOD.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

AoIoi ........ ...... II5.UUU
PRODUCTS OF THE EARTH.
Brick, cement, tile, granite for
paving and building Gamer
lean Brick company, cement
trust, tile trust, granite
trust) ........ ............ $4,000
Borax (the borax trust) ...... 1000
Carbon (the carbon trust) 49,. 1000
Pottery. crockery and kaolin
(the pottery trust) ........ $1,000
Clay pipe for sewers (the clay
pipe combine) ........... -. 5000
Smelling and refining (the
American Smelling and Re-
ining company ........ 1000
Gas and natural gas (the
Standard Oil, and Addick
and Yerkes combine, alone). $4,000
Coke (the Carnegie-Frick
combine) 49,. ............. 10000
C'7-s, chimneys. for windows.
f~ottles, etc. (the flint and
plate glass and bottle
trusts) ...... ............ $4,000
Marble (the Vermont marble
co1nbinel ...... ........... 24,0GO
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
SCHLEY.

1t looks as though the attack Of the
naval bureau ring on Rear Admiral
Schley might cease.
United States Senator George Well
ington of Maryland has notified Presi-
dent Mckinley that his attitude in per-
hitting the naval clique to harrass
Schley is likely to cost him the politi.
cal support Of that state.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
FIRM YET KIND.

Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood is
described by his biographer as a man
OF simple frmness and justice. He
was said to be the finest discipiinarian
in the navy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

1t will be gratifying to the fair
minded people Of this nation to have
the malignant persecution of Rear Ad-
miral Schley ended.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

But it would be much more crafty
ing if the cessation of these attacks
came through nobler motives than
mere political expcdiency.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

The people of Maryland, Senator
Wellington explains, have reached the
conclusion that II such injustice to a
naval hero can be perpetrated with a
Republican president and a Republic
an secretary Of the navy, it would be
a good thing to change both, ard they
will vote their convictions.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

The folly of trying to force Sampson
upon the people as the hero at Santi-
ago has been amply demonstrated, but
such demonstrations fail entirely to
impress the narrow-minded political
tricksters at Washington.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

property is easily worth all it cost. No
$40, 600 was paid fora 'tmansion'' alone,
two valuable lots and nearly s10,ooG
worth of furniture were included, and
had the owner not been anxious to get
ont of Lincoln double the sum 70,
which it was bought could not have
touched it.
Instead of.crying down the purchase
OF the executive home. it would be bet
ter if the republican press would rec
ognize the grandness OF their state,
and feel a deep and abiding pride that
it has taken the pans to provide its
governor, whether a demo-pop, repub-
lican, or prohibitionist, with a resi-.
dencc BETTING the high station its ex-
ecutivc occupies.
1t is no argument for the gold stand.
ard to dcluge the people with q lot Of
sickly suggestions Of c~rookedness in
the purchase of a mansion. You are
for the gold standard. Fight for it
But
Stand mp for Nebraska.
Ex-Governor Hogg Of Texas played
havoc with Van Wyck's boom at the
Tammany Fourth OF July mass meet.
ing. He stanpeded the meeting for
Bryan. although he did not know he
would do so when he did it. In his
speech he mentioned Bryan and the
meeting went off it's feet in the cheer
ing. Says the e~x-governor: II don't
want anybody to think / vas anxious
to spoil a Tammany meeting. Nobody
told me anything about Van Wyck, and
how could l be expected to know
What ticlsled me wa the way the boys
hollcred when l said Bryan. | tell
You. there is no use talking. Bryan and
Stone arc the men for 1900" What
made the situation more significant
was the fiat failure of an effort to start
a Van Wyck demonstration after the
Bryan stampede had subsidized.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

Under such circumstances, it IS per
haps well that Senator wellington, the
head Of the Republican party in Mary
land, should call Mckinley's attention
to the fact that he is playing a losing
game and that 1t would be wise policy
for him to drop it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
A Deceptive Blush.

A writer in the New York Press says
of Hugh J. Grant, eX-mayor of New
York, and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.: 1t is
not a bit odd that they should have
been chums at college. Names often
draw men together. One day, long
after they had cut their political eye
teeth, after Hugh was sheriff, Buck"
said as they strolled down Broadway:
Hugh, why is it you are SO modesto"
With a sly twinkle, the future mayor
replied:
''Modesty doesn't do a man any harm
in politics"
Hugh Grant may have an "easy"
look about his face, but he can hold
his own with the shrewdest. Naturally
warm hearted, he is as cold at business
as Russell Sage. At poker he is rec
ognized as postmaster. l have yet to
see the man who can Outhold him,
lay 'em down quicker when he's beat
bet 'em harder when he's got 'em, and
gather in the pot with more regret
full air. His skin being clear and his
blood clean, he can blush like a sensi-
tive girl still tied to mothers apron
strings But, brethren, don't let that
blush fool you.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
Four Courtship SUNDAYS.

The four Sundays of November are
observed as fete days in Holland. They
are known by the curious names Re
view, Decision, Purchase and Posses
sion and all refer to matrimonial az
fairs, November in Holland being the
month par excellence devoted to court
ship and marriage, probably because
the agricultural occupations of the
year are over and possibly because the
lords of creation from quite remote
antiquity have recognized the pleas
antness of having wives to cook and
cater for them during the long winter
On Review Sunday everybody goes
to church, and after service there is q
church parade in every village, when
the youths and maidens gaze upon each
other, but forbear to speak.
On Decision Sunday each bachelor
who is seeking wife approaches the
maiden of his choice with a ceremoni-
Gus bow and from her manner of re-
spending judges whether his advances
are acceptable. Purchase Sunday the
consent of the parents is sought if the
suit has prospered during the week.
Not until Possession Sunday, hOWev-
er, do the twain appear before the
world as actual or prospective brides
and groOmS.-Denver News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
Quicksands Hidden Under CLAW.


Curious but dangerous freaks of ma
ture frequently found in the deserts Of
Arizona are called sumideros by the
Mexicans and Indians. They are mask
ed pitfalls of quicksand that occur in
the dry plains and are covered with q
treachero7ls crust of clay that has been
spread over them in fine particles by
the wind and baked dry by the sun.
The peculiar properties of the soil
retain all the moisture drained into
them after the infreQuent rains and al
low it to be filtered to unknown depths,
so that a man or horse or n COW or
sheep that once steps upon that de-
ceptive crust instantly sinks out Of
sight beyond hope of rescue The
sumideros arc ON level with the sur.
face of the desert. There is no dan
ger signal to mark them, and their
surface cannot be distinguished by the
ordinary eye from the hard clay that
surrounds them. They occur most fire.
Quently in the allzal covered flats and
are often Is or 20 feet in diameter
Sometimes they axe only little pockets
or wells shat Il man can leap across
but the longest pole has never found
their bottom. 4 stone thrown through
the crust sinks to unknown depths
and 10 man who ever fell into one Of
them was rescued. They account for
the mysterious disappearance Of many
men and cattle.-Chicago Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
Destroying Money.

Extraordinary precautions are taken
b. the United States government in
the destruction of it's worn out and
filthy paper money. The fact that this
could be used again makes it necessary
that it's destruction should be con-
Quoted with care and he made COM
plete.
All the paper money that passes
through the treasury is sorted, and the
old bills are sent to the redemption
division, where they are searched for
possible counterfeits. Then they are
carefully counted and tied up into
bundles Of 100 notes each.
A great canceling machine then
drives four holes through each of these
bundles, Of which a careful record is
kept. The piles Of bills are then cut
into two parts, one set of halves going
to the secretary's Office and the other to
the registers office.
In each place the halves are again
counted, after which they are CHOPPED
by machinery into fragments. Not
satisfied with this, the bits are then
boiled in watts of hot water and alkali
until they are reduced to an unrecog
nizable pulp. This the law permits the
treasury to sell to manufacturers Of
novelties, who make it into little mod
els of the capitol and the White House,
which are sold as souvenirs in the
Washington stores. New bills are is
sued in an amount equal to those
destroyed.-Youth's Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
NEWS OF THE STATE.
TEIEGaAoHlC REPORTS OF THE
EVENTS OF INTEREST.

Matters Selected with an Eye to the
Wants of Our Own Observation-Disclosures
Happenings in the State During the Past
Few Days Culied from the Reports.
Fond du Lac, Wis, Sept. 13.-It is
said on the authority of a travelling
railroad official that in addition to the
removal Of the Wisconsin Central car
shops to Fond du Lac the town is to
be further made an important rail
road center by the building Of a branch
line of the Illinois Central from Madi-
son. President Whitcomb, of the Wis
consin road, has been securing large
tracts of land southeast of the city
with the object of maintaining railroad
yards.
The plan for the new extension Of
the Illinois Central is to build on from
Madison with an outlet at Manitowoc,
and will follow the lake shore to en-
brace all the larger cities along the
route. At ManitOWOc it will be pos
sible to connect with the Ann ArbOr
road, and freight rates from Illinois
points east are expected to be greatly
lowered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-15
Fishing For a Drink,

A guide who has done more Or less
plug fishing on Mooselookmeguntic
lake says he can get drink of nice,
cold water when he is anchored on q
lake, provided the water is deep
enough. For deep fishing it is customa-
ry to sound for a clay bottom before
casting anchor, and our informant
claims that he can sound to secure a
cool drink. He ties a weight to the
bottom Of his coffee bottle, and with
the string tied also to the cork he
drops it to the bottom; then by quick
jerk pulls the cork, the bottle fills with
cold, clear water, and he has only to
pull it in.-Phillips Photograph.