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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
lAPTER x1I.-(Continued.)

AAf Fit All.--(COntlnueQ.)
Evelyn did not utter syllable
Bhe tore open the envelope and read
Following hurriedly-penned words,
hich she instantly passed to her COM
Rpanion-
Dear Evelyn have scarcely q
Just received telegram from Royston
School asking me to go Immediately,
as Wilfred, poor lad, had serious fall
TINS afternoon, and is lying in most
critical condition. l am therefore
starting off to him at once, and am
hoping to catch the $50 express. If
not, there is a fairly train at $40.
Anyhow, you will receive this IN time
for you to catch the latter, as, of
course, it is impossible for you to re-
turn to the hotel alone; SO there is
nothing for you to do but follow i'm
lnediately. If am in time for the ex-
press, | shall leave Parker at the sta
ton to wait for You. Your affection
a,e aunt LYDIA HOWARD.
Dear me, child"-it was Mrs.
oourtenay who was tina first 10 speak
now very dreadful! Poor Lady How
ara-What state she must be in"
yes, indeed; but what am to do?"
asked Evelyn, who was only just be-
ginning to grasp the situation and to
ieallze that there was not moment
TO lose If I am to leave on the 9:1O
traln, ought to start at once-it must
De almost that time now"--with a
despairing glance round.
Nearly $40? Oh, it cannot be SO
late already: But surely, somebody
can tell us! All, yes! Is that you,
Mr.. Falkland? How fortunatc." broke
or Mrs. Courtenay, with sigh of re-
lief, for Falkland was passing back to
MS seat after the interval you will
be able to give us the right time"
The right time? Certainly" Falk-
land paused and pulled out his watch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

THE WARNING BELL GLANCED.
on his lips and died unspoken, Helen
knew that Arthur Church loved her,
and would some time say SO, despite
all her GOODNESS.
Slower and slower her steps had
grown, into a reverie, the pleasure of
which had made everything else for
gotten. All UNDECIDED the warning bell
Changed afar in the clear air, and on
ward, nearer and nearer, came the
putting monster scattering smoke, and
CRIME, and fiery sparks in its wake.
AS in dream Helen heard her name
called; choking, maddening cry was
in her ears; as she looked up the great
fiery eye of the down express seemed
blazing in her face. Two strong arms
encircled and dragged her back; an
agonized voice whispered:
Nellie! Nellie! my own-my dar-
ling! Thank God, not too late." And
then everything was darkness and 81
lence.
When Miss Brown returned to con-
seriousness the train was far out of
sight, her head was supported on Mr..
Church's left arm, while his right hung
limp beside him, and his face. pale as
the snowbank they leaned against, was
bending anXiously over her.
"You are hurt! o, Arthur" And
then tears and bushes swept away all
Miss Browns haughtiness and cool
composure. "You have risked your
life for me! How could you do it? o,
Arthur! dear Arthur!-why did you
do it,"
"My darling, it is only broken arm,
and to hear you say dear Arthur in
that tone and with that look l would
have been broken all to pieces. My
darling! My Nellie"
And now the teacher, as Aunt Julia
said, had to give up, too, and it really
seemed as if fate was against the dis
trict school that first winter. But
Miss Brown said no." and since the
season was so nearly over anyway, the
school should not be closed, for she
would teach both boys and girls till
Mr.. Church's arm was better and he
could come back and resume his place,
which he did soon, with his arm in a
sling and looking pale, and on meeting
Miss Brown he seemed to grow even
paler and unaccountably shy.
But Helen laughed merrily and
whispered ct the first opportunity:
you are not angry with me,
Arthur! And it was too mean for
Aunt Julia to tell, anyway"
ut is a penal offense getting goods
under false pretenses," said Arthur,
"and people will say l have sold my
heart, Nellie"
'They cannot say you have sold it
cheap, anyway, for I am awfully rich,"
was the gay answer. But, indeed,
dear, can't help being an heiress, and
you must forgive me-"
could not your father leave the
money to some one else?"
"He might crdow home for worn
out teachers, suppose, and even then
we would finally get the benefit Of it.
But. after all, dearest, what matter
who has the money? Am not worth
loving for myself alone?"
THAT you are, darling. Despite all
the money in the world, and for your
self alone, take you."-Boston Post
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
A New Pillow.

Have you heard of pillows stuffed
with paper? Well, that is just what is
being done. and from a hygienic point
of view they are declared without an
equal. These paper pillows are in great
demand for hospital use, and are de-
clared by the doctors who have used
them superior to any other kind Of
pillow stufllng. The latest manner of
preparing the paper for stuffing is to
cut 1t into narrow strips about three
inches long and quarter Of an inch
wide. Then with dull-bladed knife
each strip should be curled, as are os-
trich feathers. A case stuffed with
paper in this way makes a light, serv-
iceable pillow, and has proved more
satisfactory than one stuffed in any
other fashion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

Every girls dressing table boasts
hand glass, of course-that is, it does
If she's real girly-slrl, with fair
amount Of vanity, but one sometimes
wonders when she looks at the maids
on the streets to what use these i'm
PIGMENTS are put, for the toilet Of the
average feminine shows so often a to-
tai lack Of symmetry that one cannot
believe she spends much time using
the refiectors. At least she doesn't let
her gaze wander below her head, it
would seem, for, while her couture is
all right usually, the collar below is
often sight One young woman in
a car the other evening had on a black
velvet stock which was fastened with
w..ite pins in the frankest manner i'm
aginable, each little head showing con-
spicuously on the black, while at the
other end row Of bristling points
warned hands off" The remainder
of the costume was pretty and even
elegant, but this one feature spoiled it
all. Another maid who walked down
the street recently had her skirt on
slightly awry-only slightly, mind you
but 1t was enough to throw the line
which commenced at the curly knot at
the back Of the head was continued
down the pialt Of the shirt waist and
should have finished straight down the
skirt, completely out Of Its course, and
SO it was quite sufficient to ruin the
effect of what was otherwise an at
tractive toilet. She didn't use hand
glass, that's certain. Examples Of this
sort multiply when one looks for them,
says writer In the Chicago Chronicle.
There's the woman who pins her ho-
dice with tiny safety pins, those fas-
Jennings forming zig-zag line that it
makes one dizzy to look at, and she
whose sash is maudlin looking, it's SO
crooked, and host Of others. the great
majority Of the transgressions occur
ring in the neck arrangements. The
hand glass IS real necessity, not SO
much from motives Of vanity as from
q desire to appear decently arrayed,
and in order, and it's pity, therefore.
it isn't used oftener and with more
thoroughness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
VIC Parted In Silence,


We parted in silence, we Parted by night,
On the banks of that lonely river;
Where the fragrant lines their bou.hs
unite,
We nct-and we parted forever,
Inc h!Sht-bird sung. and the stars above
Tod many n touching story.
or friends long passed to the kingdom
of love.
Where the soul wears its mantle OF
glory.
We parted in slcnce-our checks were
vet
With the tears that were past con-
trolling:
We vowed We would never no. never for
get,
And those vows at the time were con-
soing;
But thos" lips that echoed the sounds of
mine
Arc as cold as that lonely river;
And ihnt eye, that beautiful spirit
shrine,
Has sh!oHled It's fires forever
And now On tl" midnight sky I look.
Ard my heart grows full OF weep
ing;
Each star IS 10 mo Il sealed book
some tale or that loved ono keeping.
we parted in Gicncn-wc parted In tears,
On ne h@hks Of that lonely river:
Ett the ndor and bloom of those by
20N" rcara
Sha!! hang Ger its waters forever
Airs, Crawford!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Tight Lac!nx.

The evil effects Of tight lacing will
be very soon realized by the woman
who has tender feet. The undue COM
preston adds tenfold to the pain, and
very often the ankles are so swollen
and inflamed by the end OF the day that
they are utterly shapeless In cases OF
this kind the remedy Is not far to seek.
The following treatment should be per-
severed in; 1t will give immediate re-
lief, and, when practicable, should be
resorted to twice day: Soak the feet
we'll in tepld water, to which little
ammonia has been added, and as the
water gets cold pour in more hot sto
keer. mp the temperature. After drying
the feet rub them gently and thor
oughly with mixture made thus: Add
one ounce of the best linseed oil to the
same quantity Of lime water, shake the
bottle In which the Ingredients are un-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

ter, let it stand minute Or two, draw
or this infusion also, adding it to that
made with cold water. This makes
SIX cups Of coffee, which should be
heated quickly in silver coffee pot,
out take care it does not boil, lest the
aroma should be lost. Then serve it
IN cups after dinner. Never make this
coffee in tin vessel; always use
either silver or the brown fire-proof
chlna.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

Do not soak clothes over night. It
sets the dirt when the water gets cold.
Look over the soiled pieces and rub
soap on the worst spots, and put them
in the tub with hot water to cover.
Let them soak until the black stock
fngs and woolens are washed and out
of the way. Then wash the white
clothes next and then the colored ones
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Accounting for Her Exclamation. ),

Flusher-Did Miss Gaygirl make any
remark when you handed her my bou-
quet? The Messenger-Yes; she said,
"Oh, the dear, dear fowers!" Flusher
-Humph! That florist must have sent
the bill along with the bouquet Paris
American MESSENGER.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
An Easier WAY.

Older-"Why don't you enlist and
fight for your country? There's a
great opportunity in it for a young
man; You might come back colonel"
Younger-"Ah, don't need to go to so
much trouble to get that title; 1 am
from Kentucky."-Clev Leader.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Baked Plum Pudding,

A moderate dish of -four, raisins, a
little more than IA lb. of suet, lemon
peel, 1 egg; mix with milk or water.
Put a little salt in the pudding
Grease the dish; put in a cold potato
to make it light, also baking powder.
Railway Pudding.
Beat one egg up with three-quarters
of cup Of brown sugar, then add
three-quarters of cup of milk. Stir
in a cupful of flour, afterwards add a
tablespoonful Of baking powder. Bake
on butter paper in tin, and turn out,
and spread with jam.
Boiled Bread Pudding.
About a pint of milk, slices of
bread. Boil the milk with two bay
leaves, a little cinnamon, laurel leaf,
IL eggs; grease the basin; boil nearly
an hour. Be sure to let it stand lit
tie before taking it out of the basin
(serve with sauce). Put over the
greasy paper little flour.
Lemon Cheesecakes.
Quarter-pound OF butter, / lib. of
loaf sugar, 6 eggs, leaving out two
whites, the grated peel and juice of
three lemons. Stand the jar, with but
ter, in basin of boiling water till
melted; add the other ingredients.
The mixture should be the consist
ency of honey. Make the tartlets of
puff paste and fill them with the
mixture.
Plum Pudding.
Quarter-pound of currants, IA ID
of raisins, stoned, IA lb. of suet, IL
lib. Of flour, ozs. peel, little salt, peel
nearly half lemon, tablespoonful
Of sugar, few almonds, very little,
mixed spice, 1 egg. IL teaspoonful of
carbonate Of soda; squeeze not quite
half a lemon; mix with warm milk,
to be quite thick. Boil 3 10 hours;
tbs very tight; leave room to swell
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
The Raby'S Scalp,

It is of the greatest Importance to
keep child's scalp in a clean and
wholesome condition from it's earliest
infancy, as on this condition depends
the character of the hair later on.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Shelford Pudding.

Quarter-pound of bread crumbs, Ia
lb. of apples, 2 ozs. of suet, ozs. of SUI
gar. Stew a pie dish with layer Of
apples. next layer of sugar and
bread crumbs; same again, stopping
I'D with Suet,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
HOW I'd Worked..

Mrs. Newlywed (reading) Love is
balloon that lifts us up to heaven;
marriage is the parachute that brings
,us elowly back to earth again. Mr.
Newlywed (also reading) - Another
parachute horror! Man falls 5000 feet
and is dashed to pieces! Same old
story! Parachute fails to work.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

til a mixture about the thickness of
cream is produced, then pour in half
dram Of spirits Of camphor, shake
again, and it is ready for use.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.

Back and Red Dotted India Silk
Costume of Pale Gray Eroeuuloth-
VulgGrity OF the EXcIusive-Use OF
the Hand Glass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Pudding Pies.

One pint Of milk, favored with Gin
namon and laurel leaf, and two bay
leaves, small piece of butter, eggs,
2 tablespoonfuls Of corn flour or
ground rice; light crust in patty tins.
or saucers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Cheap Coal in China.

The price Of fuel at Shanghai, China,
is seldom more than about 81 per ton
for foreign coal.
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"It is exactly four minutes to nine.
But something has happened, l am
afraid. Can be Of any assistance to
your"
Mrs. Courtenay rose quickly from
her chair.
"Oh, Mr.. Falkland, of the very great
est in the world! The fact is. Miss
Luttrell has just received a note from
her aunt telling her Of an accident
which has happened to her son; and,
as Lady Howard is going straight off
to the school, Miss Luttrell has to
leave also. and is to catch the $40
train"
"Then in that case. Miss Luttrell.
you have not second to lose" re-
turned Falkland, taking rapid sur
vey Of the Misunderstanding pretty
face, which at the sound of his voice
had grown, If possible, shade paler.
l"You may just catch the train, but
only just; and you will have to drive
with the greatest speed imaginable.
However, come at once, and will
promise it for you; only Don't you
trouble, pray. Mrs. Cour.enay-there
is not the slightest occasion; you can
trust your charge with perfect con-
fidence to me, and will give you my
word not to leave her until l have
delivered her safely into the hands of
either Lady Howard or the redoubt-
able Parker"
And so two minutes later it hap
'pened that Evelyn found herself dash
ing along at breakneck speed through
the streets of Satellite, seated side by
side with her rejected sutton, Gilbert
Falkland.
ut is very kind OF you to trouble
$50" she had tried to tell him above
the rattle Of the wheels the instant he
sslhad given directions to the driver and
they had started of at pace more
suggestive OF a fire engine, than a
crawling English ''growler;" and per-
!haps her conscience smote her little
ssas she remembered with what lisdain
\ she had treated him during the past
/ few days. IS.
CHAPTER XIII.
After all, 1t seemed that her aunt
was right when she SO emphatically
declared that they would have been
utterly at sea without the kindly help
Mr.. Falkland: and she began to
Ink that for the future she would
{ sse 20 ready to venture her opinion
= two such unreliable characters
= dor Brown and Gilbert Falkland
in tapis. Alas. could II be possi-
S Nc she had been 80 hopelessly
& al IL the former? To her It was
Srs NJ the usual hustle and ex-
ent consequent upon the depart
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

The average mans conscience Is
more or less elastic.
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The evening times., 1899-03-27

battery of artillery, and was in the battle
of Antietam and participated in the march
TO Falmouth. During the Rappahannock
campaign he participated in the battle of
Fredericksburg and the storming of Marye
Heights He was also in action at Scott's
Corners and Sailors Creek. Upon the ter
mination of the civil war he was stationed
at Fort Stevens, Ore. and on garrison du-
ty at Preside. Cal. He got a colonelcy for
bravery in the Lava Beds of California, in
1873. and again for special gallantry and
military ability. displayed in the Nez
Perces Indian campaign at Clearwater,
Idaho. in 1877.
AT the beginning of the hostilities with
Spain, upon the organization of the volun-
teer army. he was commissioned a briga-
dier general OF volunteers. He was !mme-
diately ordered to the Philippines, and
sailed for his post of duty on the first
transport to leave San Francisco. During
his service at Manila he was one of the
most conspicuous officers in the campaign
When the Spaniards evacuated the Island
OF Panay and left the city of Iloilo in COM
mand OF the insurgents, General Miller
was chosen by General Otis to retake the
city, on account Of his well-known discre-
tion and soldierly ability
General Miller will probably sail for the
United States on the first transport which
leaves Manila after his arrival at that
city. This vessel will be the Sherman. and
will come to America by the Pacific Ioute,
arriving at San Francisco.
The evening times., 1899-03-27
Gallant Officer Retired Today Account of Reaching
the Age Limit.
GEN. MARCUS P. MILLER.

Brig. Gen. Marcus P. Miller relinquished
command of the American forces at Iloiio
today in consequence of having attained
the age of retirement He will be sue
ceeded by Colonel David d. Van valzah.
OF the Eighteenth Infantry, the senior Off
Ger at Iloilo who will command the troops
until Brig. Gen. Robert P. Hughes the
former provost marshal of Manila and chief
Of General Otis staff, arrives at the Island
of Panay to assume command.
General Miller the outgoing comman-
der, is one of the most efficient officers of
the regular army. He is one OF the famous
fighters of the West Point graduates. Not
only has he won distinction during the
Philippine campaign, but he was three
times rewarded for gallant and meritorious
services during the War of the Rebellion.
He was trevetted captain in 1852 for gal
lantry at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va;
major. March Is. 1865. for extraordinary
bravery shown during the cavalry cam
paign with Sheridan from Winchester to
Richmond and lieutenant colonel the same
year for meritorious services at the battle
at Dinwiddie Court House.
He was in active service during the en-
tire civil war. He was ordered to Wash
ington at the beginning of the rebellion
to participate in the defence of the city
and was at Appomattox. upon the occasion
of the capitulation of General Lee. He
served through the Virginia peninsular
and Maryland campaign in command of a
The evening times., 1899-03-27
FATAL YACHT DISASTER
Nine Drowned In the Gulf of Geo,
Eia, B. C.

Vancouver, B. c., March 27.-Nine per-
sons have been drowned in the Gulf OF
Georgia by the capsizing of a yacht. The
victims are William Ford, owner of the
yacht and son of Honolulu planter: his
aged mother Helen Ford, aged eighteen;
Maud Ford, aged sixteen; Mrs Harry
Thames, Miss Alice Thames. aged nine
teen; Ethel Thames aged six: Alice
Thames, aged four. and Maud Smith
Young Ford was given the yacht by his
father recently. He was passionately fona
of navigating the dangerous Gulf of Geor-
gia. where old pilots feared to go. Re
Gently his mother arrived from Honolulu
and Ford took party to Alert Bay to
meet her and return with her to Qualicum.
his old home. The Indians warned Ford
not to start back, but he laughed at their
fears.
This was a month ago, and a passing
ship from Cape Scott now reports having
picked up what remains of the Ford yacht.
Apparently the boat was swamped the first
day out and the entire party drowned
The Thames family was among the most
prominent in the Qualicum district The
husband and father of the Thameses COM
mitted suicide six months. ago and the re-
cent accident wipes out the entire family.
The evening times., 1899-03-27
FOLLOWS HIS LOVE TO SUICIDE
Gerard Mitchell Declines Life When
Mrs. Black Kills Herself.


Mrs. Black Kills Herself.
Los Angeles, Cal, March 2I.-F. Gerard
Mitchell the companion of Mrs. Martyr
Black, who committed suicide in a hotel
at Long Beach Wednesday, slashed his
throat with razor yesterday and died at
the county hospital. Dependency over
Mrs. Blacks death and fear of vengeance
on the part of the woman's relatives un-
doubtedly led Mitchell to kill himself.
Mrs. Black was the reputed niece of the
Duke of Portland. and claimed to be di
rect descendant of Mary Queen of Scots.
Her infatuation for Mitchell began five
years ago in Texas, where her family had
large cattle ranch. Relatives suspected
them and they came to Los Angeles three
months ago. Fearing exposure here they
separated, Mrs. Black going to Long
Beach, where in fit of despair over being
separated from Mitchell she committed
suicide.
Mitchell. who was thirty-siX years old,
was an Englishman, and lived on remit
tances sent by wealthy relatives, who live
near Leeds. A brother, Cameron Mitchell.
is the manager of a cattle ranch of 20, 900
acres in Texas. The dead man spent much
of the last five years there. having been
sent to America by his family in the hope
of changing his mode of life.
The evening times., 1899-03-27
Salvador Volcano Active

Panama. via Galveston. Texas, March 81
A dispatch from a correspondent in Sal
Vador says the volcano Izaleo has been in
eruption for the last three weeks, and that
earthquakes have been frequent in the vi
cinity.
The report of the minister of finance
shows a drop in receipts from $3.50. COO for
the previous fiscal year to $5, $780, COO for the
year Just closed. The decrease is attrib-
uted to the unstable condition of the coun-
try. iis
General Rafael Gutierrez, who was re-
Gently overthrown by the President of Sal
vador, is at presentaat San Jose. Costa
Rica. 2;,H
The economic conditiohs in Costa R,ca
are improving.