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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

patriotic, and makes no attempt to
'onceal his hatred of all foreigners.
He hates Dreyfus, too, and on Sunday,
Sept. 25, 1898, at a meeting to protest
against the revision of the Dreyfus
case. he presided and delivered a furi-
GUS TRADE against Prime Minister
Brisson and all who had shown a de-
sire for revision. He declared that il
1 revolution occurred and the scaffold
ought to fall was that Of Clemenceau,
and that if Dreyfus ever returned to
France he and his partisans would be
lynched. This meeting was in further
ance of the reorganization of the
League Of Patriots, which had been
suppressed some years ago by the gov
eminent. OF this ~reorganized league
De Roulede became president. He
hates SO much that he hates also the
constituted government of France, and
at the death of President Faure I'M
dertook to overthrow the republic and
establish a government with the army
as a basis. He led a procession OF
kindred spirits through the streets of
the barracks, and was summarily ar
rested, not OF the charge Of treason,
Or attempted coup d'etat, of which he
would have been proud, but on the
more common accusation Of trespass.
This almost disguised him with the
profession of patriot. He is, however,
still intensely bitter in his enmity to
Dreyfus, and the formation Of the
League of Patriots is largely his own
work. Besides, he is an inspiring
spirit of the anti-Semitic leagues that
have lately been formed in Paris.
Since the affair of the barracks-Feb.
%, 1S99-De Roulede has boldly pro-
claimed his purpose to overthrow the
republic. His present was decided
upon as a means of checking what
otherwise might in time become a dan
gerous organization. De Roulede may
know more than he is willing to tell
Of the attempted assassination Of La
bori, one of the counselors Of Dreyfus,
from ambush recently at Rennes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
AsroNIsHED THE DoMlNlEs.

Sensational Result Of q Fancy Dress
Costume at a Ministerial Gathering.
From the Philadelphia Post: Judge
E. B. Martindale Of indianapolis, Ind,
owns one of the handsomest residences
in that city a large stone mansion
hidden from the street by a thick grove
of trees. 1t was1 in this house that
n of the most Exciting functions ever
known in the hoosier capital took
place many years ago, the true story
Of which is now printed for the first
time. The Judge, who was one of the
leaders of society and at the same time
was a pillar in the Presbyterian church,
had issued invitations for a fancy dress
ball, which at the last moment he had
to withdraw because of the presence
in this country of a large body of
Presbyterian delegates from Great
Britain on their way to an interna-
tional conference in the west. They
were to be entertained at the judges
on the night set for the ball. 1t so
happened that every guest received his
notice save one, a merchant nameu
Woodward, who was on a trip through
the northwest. 1t also happened that
Mr.. Woodward had hit upon the most
startling disguise of any planned. He
had bought a complete costume OF a
Sioux war chief and intended making
up as nearly like the original as pos
sible. Mr.. Woodward did not return
to indianapolis until the evening fixed
for the ball, and, therefore, to save
time put on his costume at his office
and drove to the Martindale residence
in his carriage, which he dismissed at
the gate. Through the trees and shrub
berry he glided stealthily until he
reached the house. Looking through
the window Mr.. Woodward saw some
persons whom he knew and many Of
whom he did not. but every n was
in ordinary evening dress. They've
unmasked," s~oliloquized the war chief,
but I'll have my fun just the same"
Thereupon, stepping upon a ledge, he
made one spring through the open
window and landed in the center of a
group Of Scotch delegates, meantime
brandishing a genuine tomahawk and
uttering shrill and bloodcurdling wa
whoops. The effect was astounding to
the masquerader. Some of the guests
tainted, others crept under the tables
and sofas or fed to the upper stories
of the house. 1t took only an instant
for Mr.. Woodward to discover that a
terrible mistake had been made. In
order to preserve his identity and make
his escape he gave a few more whoops.
executed a fearful dance and darted
out OF the window into the darkness.
1t was explained to the foreign guests
that n of the Indianapolis Indian
tribes was evidently restless, but that
no further trouble need be feared. AS
for Mr.. Woodward, his side of the
story was not known for nearly twenty
years afterwaYd.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

the aperture is a piece Of perforated
rawhide, and when blown into it
emits a strange and blood-chilling
howl-something absolutely indescrib-
able in words-a sort of cross be-
tween the shrek of a QUIZ saw when
it strikes a nail and the lower register
of an adult steam calliope. 1t is the
sort of noise l imagine a hippopot-
anus might make during an attack
Of membranous Group. But the
scheme Of the inventor was really not
SO bad. He pointed out in his letter
that the yell played a very prominent
part in all military operations. The
demoralizing effect Of the rebel yell
was freely admitted by all Northern
generals during the civil war and his
tory has repeated itself in the recent
campaigns. 1t was the yell of the
Rough Riders as they went up San
Juan hill that scared the Spaniards out
OF their trenches and the Kansas yell
has spread more terror among the Fill
ipinos than all the Calling guns put
together. From these facts he argued
very logically that a mechanical boot
er, augmenting, magnifying and sup
plementing the natural voice would
greatly increase the efficiency of our
troops. A company on a charge, sud
denly h~ooting in chorus, would strike
dismay into the hearts of the bravest
foe. An American soldier humping
and hoOting over a rice field would
cause any Filipino alive to Immediate
ly lose interest in the sacred cause OF
freedom and scoot for the far end OF
the archipelago. At least such was the
claim of the inventor and after hearing
the machine tried | am inclined to
agree with him. A clerk was in
structed to return the sample and say
that in the opinion Of the department
1t would be a cruel and inhuman
weapon and a violation of the rules
of civilized warfare as laid down in the
conference of The Hague. You may
think this is a fairy tale, by the way,
but it isn't. It's cold fact"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
ROMANCE OF TIE SKIPPER.
lie Tells Why 1t Was He Called His
Boat Winifred.

Captain George Pruden of the oyster
sloop Winifred sat in his bat at the
Lewis Shorehouse dock at Bridgeport,
Conn. the other day in a reminiscent
mood. eyes, it's a pretty name for a
pretty boat" he said, land it will do
me good to tell my story to a friend.
The name is that of a woman WAC
changed my entire life for me. l once
had a splendid home in the White
mountains, but l would not change
back to the old life again. l had
money then, you See, and | had this
little boat built up at New London
and kept her there so that | could come
down in the summer and spend a
month or so on the water. Winifred
Was my old sweetheart. That's how
the name came to be painted on the
little craft there. 1t was painted on
there when we were sweethearts. She
used to go to New London also to
spend a part of the summer, and this
little boat was named after her, and
she used to sit in the stern there at the
tiller, every inch a sailor, l tell you.
We were going to be married when we
returned to our mountain homes that
last year about the first Of the new
year.. A month before the marriage
day she went away to visit an aunt, so
she told me, and l never saw her after
ward. While we were at New Lon
don that summer she met a young fell
low who was on a yacht. He courted
her and she encouraged him. I trust
ed her, and she proved false. My home
up the mountains vas not home after
that, and l sold out all of my things
and came down to New London and
looked after this little boat. l live On
the water now and earn my living with
the other men of the sea. Here is her
picture. You may have it. The boat
Is the only remembrance of her l care
to have"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
AN OBJECT-LESSON IN WEALTH
How an American Girl Is Teac ching the
parisians the Magic Power of a
Enrfnno

I0rlBlanS the Magic Power OF Il
Fortune.
Parisians had heard of the late
Jay Gould and his high-piled millions
of money, but for the past two years
they have been receiving a special OBJ
ject-lesson on the power of wealth
in new-world hands, in the effort of his
daughter, the Countess de Castellane,
to reproduce in Paris the palace OF the
Grand Trianon, as built by the French
Kings at Versailles more than two
centuries ago. Three quarters OF an
acre of land was bought at the inter-
section of the Avenue du Bots de Bou.
logne and the Avenue Malakoff, at an
expense of close to a million Of dol
lars, this being the most costly resi-
Dental site in Paris. Public interest
has been made keen by the announce
ment that while the exterior would
hold true to the Fourteenth century,
the interior was to be a blending Of
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth periods,
if the Gould millions and the cunning
of the French architects could COM
pass this unique desire. The revival Of
two historic periods in French archi-
tectural history was so remarkable an
undertaking that from its beginning
the progress Of this house has been
followed with such 4 wide interest as
has been given to few purely private
building projects. In May the family
was occupying the central portion, but
the interior decoration of the two
wings probably cannot be completed
in less than two years more. When
it became known such a mansion was
to be attempted many of the French
said it would take twenty years to
build and furnish with art treasures;
but western enterprise and local in
g%enuity promise it's completion in a
fifth of the time. The property will
then have cost thirty millions OF
francs, or six millions of dollars. Both
the Count and Countess are collectors
Of rare art works and bric-a-brac, and
In a single year, it is said. they ex-
pended a million of dollars in pur-
chases for their new residence. When
the matter of ceilings was being ar
ranged for the Castellanes went to
Italy and sought the splendid palace
of Verona. They did not want the
palace, but coveted the eleven ceilings
it contained from the brush of Tiepolo,
and these could be secured only by the
purchase of the old Observation-Disclosures
Page CASTOR in the September Won
ans Home Companion.
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hat
mysterious
Major.

swered, with a vague sense OF wonder.
Il cannot think how l missed it."
ooh, easily, l should imagine" was
the prompt reply. Among so many,
it is no difficult matter to miss one.
Still, as this has come to light, had
you not better see If there are any
more?"
perhaps | had" answered Evelyn,
wrinkling up her forehead peTplc%-
edly.
She was turning to the table once
more, when a hand was Laid with a
somewhat familiar gesture upon her
arm and a voice said:
Good morning, Miss Eve, Her lady
ship has sent me to find you. What
are you doing here"
only trying to sort these letters
Have you been for yours yet?'
"No; l prefer my breakfast first
Letters are not always calculated to
improve ones appetite. But come
Lady Howard wants to know what
your opinion is of the weather. She
thinks it is too hot for that drive
which we were taking ABOUT.
every well, l am coming; but
She hesitated a second. and then
glanced quickly toward Major Brown.
THANK you very much" and, with a
graceful little inclination of her head.
she turned to follow Gilbert Falkland,
who had stood watching the proceed
ings with a distinct shadow of annoy
ance upon his face.
who on earth is that fellow, Miss
Luttrell?" was the immediate inquiry.
Evelyn gazed down thoughtfully at
the address upon her letter.
Echo answers 'Who?' 1t IS a ques-
ton l myself was just going to ask
you. All that I know Of him Is that
he was having his dinner alone late
last evening when I went to get Sambo
a bone, and that he handed me this a
moment ago"
"And yet you were thanking him as
II he had done you the greatest service
upon earth!" said Falkland, accom-
panying his remark with a steady, pen
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
JUAN D JIMINEZ.

LIZ
on account Of his great wealth he pos
sessed wild influence in political at
fairs. Some time after Heureaux be-
came president of San Domingo he
sent for Jiminez and told him there
was room on the island for only one
big man at a time. Jiminez was not
convinced that this was really the case
until some of the buildings on his
plantation had been burned. Then he
decided that Heureaux was right, and
ne sold out to a German syndicate and
retired from the island to wait an op-
p%ortunity for revenge. He thought
this chance had come when the war
with Spain broke out. Under the pre-
text that he was going to organize an
expedition to fight for Cuba libre, he
was allowed by the United States gov
eminent to pack a little steamship,
the Fanita, with some San Domingo
refugees and set sail from Mobile. But
instead of going to Cuba he went to
San Domingo. One dark night he
landed there with bis cargo of refu-
gees, expecting to find 1000 insurgents
under arms awaiting him. But his let
ter of plans had m~iscarried, the raid
was unexpected, and no revolution had
been started for him. He fired a few
shots, but was forced to beat a retreat.
Jiminez boasts hat Heureaux was
killed by his agents, and that one OF
these days he intends to go to San
Domingo and take up the presidency.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
FOOD is BETTER THAN TONES
Debilitated Energies DO Not Require the
Stimulation OF Drugs.

Debilitated Energies Do Not Require the
Stimulation OF Drugs.
A professor in one of the many med
ical colleges Of this city holds that
there is no need Of buying and swal-
lowing advertised %tonics, because they
accomplish no more than a judiciously
selected diet will. The professor says
that spinach is richer in iron, which is
the basis of most tonics, than even the
yolk Of an egg, while the latter On
tains more than beef. The ordinary
dish Of spinach and poached egg is a
tonic as potent as one in which iron
forms a part, without the harmful eff
feet OF other ingredients that enter into
the medical compound. Plants i'm
bibe iron, and it is through them that
we should absorb it into our system.
That mineral is present largely in APP
pies, lentils, strawberries, white beans,
peas, potatoes and most Of the red
fruits and vegetables. Stewed black
currants If taken daily in their season
will cure anaemia that has become
chrCric. 1t Is the experience of mar
iners that while lime juice is a pallia-
tive Of scurvy, potatoes are a specific.
hansen, in his voyage in the Fran,
had no occasion to resort to the medi-
cine chest. The concentrated form or
all the fruits and vegetables that his
men were accustomed to eat in Norway
was worth a shipload Of drugs. 1t is
the first instance on record Of the es-
cape OF Arctic explorers confined on
shipboard from the ravages of scurvy
and 1t was due entirely to the tonic ef-
feet OF the food supplied,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

Jean Casimir-Perier, ex-president Of
France, is n Of the few ex-govern-
ment officials who did not display bit
ter hatred Of Dreyfus even to the eX-
tent of %outraging justice in order to
convict him. M. Casimir-Perier was
one of the witnesses at the first trial of
lola. His sudden resignation of the
presidency in 1895. not long after the
beginning of the Dreyfus agitation, is
%shrouded in mystery. One explanation
is that,upon receiving az autograph let
ter from Emperor William of Germany,
pledging the honor Of the imperial
writer as to the innocence of Captain
Dreyfus and indicating the real Gull
prit, President Casimir-Perier resigned
because he would not, as an honorable
man, be a party to the Dreyfus perse-
cution. Another and a more recent
version Of the affair is that, in Deem
Der, 1894, Count O Munster, the Ger
man ambassador, sent by a special
courier a detailed report of the Drey-
fus case. This was intercepted and
photographed at the French frontier,
and the fact became known to the in
formation bureau at Berlin. Count
Won Munster was forthwith ordered to
demand his passports. He did so, con-
fiding the reason to President Casimir-
Perier, who was overwhelmed with
chagrin and gave his word Of honor re-
pudiating all knowledge of the affair
and sOlemnly. promising to preyent a
repetition Of the offense. Count Won
Munster was satisfied and sent a re-
port Of the interview to the emperor.
This report vas also intercepted and
photographed in the same way, and
Jan. II, 1895, Count Won Munster call
ed at the Elysee and Informed the
president that Germany would mobil-
ize her troops forthwith unless salts
faction was given for the new offense.
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CHAPTER II.-(Continued.)

Great was his disappointment, how
ever, as he laid the book on the table
and opened it at the page at which it
had begun to open naturally, to find
that, instead Of the strangers eyes
being riveted, as e~verybOdy's always
were, to the bottom Of the leaf, where
the names Of Lady Howard and Miss
Evelyn Luttrell boldly confronted the
reader, with the full address appended,
they instantly wandered off to a few
lines above, where, in easily d%ecipher-
able letters, was written Gilbert Falk-
land"
Thank you; that will do" He
closed the book and pushed it aside.
Il am very sorry to trouble you, sir,
but"-and the waiter placed an ink
stand and pens at his elbow-"per-
haps you'd kindly add your name"
my name? Oh-yes-very we'll"
He was staring somewhat abstract
eddy through the window; but at the
request he took up a quill, dipped it
into the ink, and was just beginning
the line with a rather awkward-look-
iu6 %, WltU ne suddenly paused
hesitated a second, and, drawing hur-
riedly through the capital, finally
wrote Major Brown, London" in
clear, legible characters.
A few minutes later Major Brown,
as he designated himself, rose alb
ruptly from his chair, and, with his
hands in his pockets, was crossing the
room toward the door, when a glimpse
OF a dainty lace handkerchief lying
half concealed beneath the folds of a
tablecloth attracted his notice. He
stopped to get 1t, and, glancing at the
monogram and crest embroidered in
one corner, was about to hand it to
n Of the walters to deliver 1t to its
rightful owner, when a faint smile for
the moment dispelled the frown which
had gathered upon his forehead, and,
without a word, he quietly placed 1t in
the inside pocket of his coat.
my dear fellow, you are a fool" he
murmured to himself. Fancy throw
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etrating look into Miss Luttrell's face.
What do you mean?" A faint flush
deepened the color In Evelyn's cheeks.
II thanked him, of course. Whoever
the man is, he is certainly a gentle
man"
ooh, yes, most probably" rejoined
Falkland, ironically. Il know the
stamp of fellow exactly. They always
haunt places Of this kind"
A rather indignant little smile
crossed Evelyn's face.
"These fellows" he proceeded, ARE
the greatest humbugs imaginable,
They do the polite to the ladies all
day, play cards and billiards for the
heaviest stakes at night and through
the small hours of the morning, and
then at the end OF a fortnight they
quietly disappear with quite a collec-
ion Of jewelry. bank-notes and sundry
loose coins stored away carefully in
their portmanteaus. Oh, Miss Luttrell,
you are sadly inexperienced in the
ways of the wicked world. If you take
my advice you will have nothing more
to say to that irreproachable-looking
Individual"
Nothing to say to him? What do
you mean" asked Evelyn. raising her
DroWs in establishment. Il do not sup
pose that l shall ever speak to him
again."
D you imagine that fellow did not
know whom he was addressing this
morning Certainly he did! 'Luttrell'
Is by no means a common name, and
directly he saw Miss Luttrell' posted
in the visitors book he guessed no
doubt who you We're and asked some
one to point you out to him. Conse-
quently he has taken the first oppor-
tunity of beginning an acquaintance,
which l dare say he intends to follow
up as speedily as possible. All, Lady
Howard'-here he threw open the door
OF the room which Evelyn had for
saken a few minutes before-"I have
found your niece and brought her back
to you. Here she is"
"And. by way of improving the occa-
sion, he has been Offering me a little
of his valuable advice" announced
Evelyn, going up to Lady Howard and
bending down to kiss her as she sat
at the head of the breakfast table, still
a handsome, g%ood-looking woman, in
spite of the lines of care across her
forehead and the silvery threads of
hair distinctly visible beneath the soft
folds OF her widows cap.
II was only cautioning your niece
against a fellow whom l noticed play
ing rather high in the billiard room
last night, and with whom she had
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

In Mercersburg, Pa, stands the old
nome of James Buchanan, president OF
the United States from 1857 to 1861.
Underneath the roof of this ancient
structure Buchanan first saw the light
Of day and spent the period Of his
early boyhood. Some fifty years ago
the house was moved to the present
location from Stony Patler, several
miles distant. One Of the stories OF
Buchanan's early life in this neigh
borhood states that his mother tied a
bell around his neck when he was quite
young so that she might be able to find
him readily If he strayed into the
woods. The home of buchanan was a
trading post. 1t was on the line Of the
turnpike that ran from Chambersburg
to Pittsburg, and as the father Of the
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future president was a shrewd business
man, he accumulated there what was
considered a large fortune in those
days. He sent young James to Dick
inson college, in Carlisle, from which
he graduated in 1915. The house in
which Buchanan was born is now re-
built on Fayette street, Mercersburg.
Before it was torn down all the logs
were carefully numbered and when it
was again erected it was made a fac
smile of its former self. The house
is a story and a half high, containing
two rooms. 1t Is constructed of large,
roughly hewn logs and is twenty feet
wide on Fayette street and twenty-one
feet deep along an alley. There is a
single window and a door in front
and one window on the alley side, with
a door at the rear.