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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Champ Clark on Silver.

Few congressman have the
knack Of saying things more point
eddy than Congressman Champ
Clark of Missouri. Here's the
way he sizes up the silver issue:
III am not going to make a silver
speech. l have not time enough.
I. have never laid any great claim
to practical piety. but | do believe
that when God created this world
He did nothing in vain; when He
gave US more gold and silver than
He gave to anybody else on the
face of the earth, He intended US
to use it. And yet here we are,
the strongest nation OF the globe,
with $1,000 900 people, with Him
liable resources, and we sit down
pusilanimously, like a lot Of idiots,
and say we are not to coin our
silver until we get the consent Of
every little eight by ten kingdom
in Europe, some Of them not as
big as the District of Columbia
and in doing that we are acting
with Just about as much sense and
niot one whit more than the man
who would sit down on the banks
,Sf the Mississippi river and die OF
thirst, refusing water because the
inhabitants Of the African desert
can not come and drink with him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Mr.. Baskin'. Little Bill

Among the bills introduced in
the lower house Of the state legis-
.lature is one by Representative
. Baskin providing that at the frs,
session each year held by a board
Of county commissioners ONE
newspaper in the county shall b,
5chosen in which to publish the
proceedings Of the board. The
bill further proposes that the pub
LEGATION Of the delinquent tax lis,
shall be let to the lowest bidder.
So far as the publication Of county
tax lists 60, this work is being done
by the country publishers of this
state at a figure 50 per cent below
the legal rate already. In some
counties it is being done Tor even
lless than this. To enact 4 law
k.iike the measure proposed is to
storce this work down to = starva-
ZION price. No legislator who be-
.@lieves that a laborer is entitled to
just compensation can consist
...esntly support such a bill.
& Nor is this all. The plan Of
having but n official paper in
each county is one among other
objectionable features Of Mr.. Bas-
skin's little bill. 1t lessons the
publicity Of the commissioners acts
Just two-thirds, as compared with
aths present method Of publishing
sthese records in three papers Of
the county. BY lessening the pub
licity Of official action Of the coun-
tvs servants, the field for steals
/ beiIg ra,lro4ded through by com.
nissioner boards is corresponding.
y broadened. Were this bill to
become 4 law there is nothing to
I prevent an obscure publication pc.
ing chosen, which if located near !
scounty border, would circulate
more e A adjoining county than
% the one in which il Was publish
g The taxpayers irectly inter
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Ranch for Sale.

The Weare Land and Live Stock
Co., offers COR sale its ranch on the
Belle Fourche river in northeastern
Wyoming, with franchise and assets.
The assets consist Of about 1850
acres of land and 300 to 400 head OF
cattle branded Cross-anchor; OF
will sell the l445 S h r e 8 Of
stock of said company, representing
the $l44, 900 capital stock, thereby
transferring the organization incor
porated under the laws of the state
of Illinois. Address: Geo. Weare
Sioux City, Iowa, or Charles A
Weare, Old Colony bldg, Chicago
Illinois. 4w
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
RAPID CITY j: $500 g city ssp If

lAtiOn. on.the, main Tine Of the Fremont, Elk
horn e. Missouri Valley Railroad. 1t has eight
churches: two miles of street railway; gas and
electric liyht plants; perfect system OF water
works: second largest works in the world To-
the treatment OF gold ore by the chlorination
process; extensive iron foundry and machine
shops: largest Touring mills in the state; lies
but IL miles from some Of the largest and rich
est deposits Of gold. silver, copper, IRON, mica
sud I III in America; extensive steam tile and
pressed brick works; u. $. government Indian
school, land ONCE and weather signal station;
broad 81. . to: MASSIVE business blocks; beauti
NJ, parks: state school OF mines; two banks:
four newspapers; at the edge OF the greatest
fenes stock country In the west Equipments for
1888, u 900, OOO); on ttapid river. the largest
stream In the BLACK Hills; county seat of Pen
nin&ton county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Notice to Owner Before Tax Deed
Shall Issue.

~A~~A~ SSS~Ss
To Norman J. Walsh and to all whom
1t may concern:
You are hereby notified that On the
9th day Of November, 1896. the follow
lng piece or parcel Of real estate sit
uated in the sOunty Of Pennington and
state Of South Dakota and taxed in the
name Of Norman J. Walsh, as follows.
Lots No. 26 and q In Block No. 81,
Boulevard addition to Rapid City,
was sold for taxes due and delin-
Quent for the year 1895. by the treasurer
If said county to Pennington county
and Was by said purchaser duly assign
ed 10 Lucinda E. Berry, WHO'S now the
lawful holder of the certificate of pur-
chase; that said taxes due and delin-
quent ON said 5th day Of November,
1896, was "a 60, with interest and pen-
atty 46c, making . total OF $500; that
the penalty and interest on same at the
late Of service of this notice is 1920,
making total amount necessary to re.
deem SO. 26, together with such inter-
est as may accrue after this date and
the cost Of service of this notice; that
this sum must be paid and the right of
redemption will expire and deed to
said land be issued within sixty days
after the completed service OF this
nOtice.
Dated at Rapid City, S. D., this l4th
day of January, 1899.
Lucinda E. Berry.
First publication Jan. 2O.l
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

ested in the proceedings of a COM
missioner board would either be
kept in the dark, or forced to SUBJ
scribe for a paper they did not
want.
The present method of having
three papers for these official pub
locations is much the best. Pa
pers representing all political col
ors are given their share of this
work, thereby laying the matter be
fore as nearly ALL the taxpayers as
it is possible to reach.
The proposed law is laden with
Objectionable features and opens
wide the field for official misdoing,
1t is wrong in principle and should
be defeated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
lust an Ordinary Lie.

In regard to the sensational re-
ports sent out to the republican
newspapers, all for the manifest
purpose Of trying to stir up strife
in the ranks Of the triple alliance.
j.. A. Bowl~r, chairman Of the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Timber Culture. Final Proof-No
tice For Publication.

United States Land ( flee, Rapid
City, S. D., Dec. 81, lS98.-Notice ii
hereby given that William J. Hart has
filed notice of intention to make final
proof before the Register or Receiver
at his Office in Rapid City, S. D., or
the Both day Of January, 1899, on timber
culture application No. 2l00, for the FL
of NWt and WI OF NEt of section Nc
10, in Township No. l S, Range No. II,
asst Black Hills meridian. He names az
witnesses: Francis L. Smith of Ve-ta,
S. D., John Ashton of Vesta $. D.,
John Lyons Of Vesta S. D.. Charles A.
Byam of Vesta S. D.
A. K. GARDNER, Register.
First pub Dec. 23.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

state central commit.
tee, says there has been absolutely
no foundation for them. The
democrats in the legislature are
nov and have been all along en-
tirely loyal to Gov. Lee, and they
are heartily supporting him and
his administration. The story
set af1oat by the republicans that
the democratic senators undertook
to dictate to Gov. Lee, or held an
indignation meeting or anything OF
the sort, is absolutely false.
There has been harmony and
good feeling among the populist,
democratic and silver republican
members, and there has been no
attempt on the part of any OF them
70 dictate to the governor as to
Who he should or should not ap.
point. So this republican fake
about friction between the cover.
md the fusion legislators turns on,
to be as false as it is silly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

strate that he is not in favor of the
White House programme for
delay.
Former Representative Charles
A. Towne, of Minnesota, and A.
]. Warner, leaders of the bimetal-
lie forces, will be heard in opposi-
ton to the bill. Chairman Joseph
Walker, of Massachusetts,, head Of
the committee OH banks and cur
rency, whose determined orposi-
ton to the schemes of the currency
reformers has caused many scenes
in committee and on the floor, has
been invited by the democratic
members to present the opposition
70 the bill from the stondpoint Of
that faction Of the republican
party which refuses to permit Mr..
Hanna and his followers to lead
it into their camp.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
The Peace Treaty.

The Peace Treaty.
The opposition to the peace
treaty is taking the proper course,
as is outlined by The UN1oN's
Washington correspondent else
where in this issue.
The republican supporters of the
treaty are loud in their protesta"
tons that it is not the intention OF
the Mckinley administration to
hold the Philippines permanently,
out when the opponents to the rat.
.tication of the document insist on
The passage of a resolution setting
forth this proposition the republl.
cans either rush to cover or else
oppose the resolution. Such is
he situation and the anti-expan-
sionists are masters of the situa-
ton and refuse to be a party to tht
requirement of a group of islands
which if held will be q source OF
continual expense, a breeder OF
trouble and which will require,
from the present outlook, the SER
vices of an army and navy to force
the population into submission to
American rule. This would mean
the periodical spilling of American
blood.
AS the situation now stands, the
opponents to the treaty in its pres
ent form would be justified in hold
ing out until the permane mt head
quarters of his satanic majesty are
covered with a coating of ice seven
feet thick--and generations yet un-
born would thankfully recall the
stand they took. We don't want
the Philippines.
The boosters Of the treaty who
IRE working for its ratification in
is present form are the monied in
terests of the country which, the
moment the Philippines become
American territory, would step in.
De granted concessions which
would give them practical control
Of the islands and they would make
millions by the vigorous prosecu-
ton of the same robbing methods
which they are practicing in this
country today. Those same in.
~terests have accomplished their
work along this line in Hawai-,
hey are doing it in Cuba and Porto
Rico, and they are anxious to reach
the Philippines in the same man.
ner.
The monied interests represent
ed by the trusts and corporations
of the country are the mes most
anxious for the ratification of the
peace treaty in its present form.
If the present treaty must be rati-
fed let the responsibility of the
whole transaction be placed where
il belongs-on the republicans.
That would mean that the present
session of congress will close with
the document unapproved. If
ratified in its present form it will
help defeat republicanism in 1900.
Let the republicans do the job
and assume the responsibility.
just an Ordinary Lie.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
Tragedy of Death Valley.

Earth affords no more horrible tale than would the history of Death Val ley, the great arid desert this side of the mountains of Southern California. The latest tragedy is only one of thou sands. James Dayton, caretaker for a borax cOmpany's property in the valley, 150 miles from the nearest railway station, set out for home with a team of six mules Two weeks later having failed to reach his destination, a search party found him lying dead under d mesquite bush. Fifty feet away his wagon stood, with the dead mules ly- ing about in such condition as to indi- cate the terrible torture they had un. dergOne. In the wagon were barrels of water and bales of hay, which would have saved them had they been able to reach 1t. The bodies of man and beast were intact when found, neither coyote nor buzzard nor other living creature daring to enter the confines of the heat. parched valley in the height of snum. mer
 The only living thing at the scene of death and desolatiOn was DaytOn's faithful dog, which for twenty days had watched by the side of it's deaC master in the desert. The dog managed to survive, probably by getting water from an old bOrax camp known as Eagle Camp, half a mile distant.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

It is a source of never-ending won der to the careful observer that nearly every evil carries with 1t its own rem edy. Some people. for want of some thing better, have been worrying q good deal over the possibility that the earth is to become overpopulated in the course of certain number of centuries. NJ. Vauthier, the French SOciologist, in a recent analysis of statistics. finds that the birth-rate is decreasing in every country of Europe but four. Italy, Spain, Servia and Norway are the exceptions, and even here the mar gin of difference is very small. It should never be lost sight of that the human race is primarily a product of wondering what we are to do when conditions are changed, for this is all taken care of. If'anything we should devote our energies to making the con ditions as healthy as may be, leaving results to take care of themselves.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

Few people will find fault with Ad mirai Dewey's aversion to pr0miscuons handsbaking. And his frankness in Ob JjecrIng to it and refusing to submit to it is the latest of the many little in dices of his candid nature which the American people have come to admire along with his professional ability and his splendid, manly character Most public men, we believe, really object to this sort of thing. but rarely does one stand up and speak his mind on the subject as the Admiral has. Most of them suffer in silence. The man who insists on shaking hands with the man of the hour" is about on par with the persistent souvenir collector and the camera ''fiend."
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

7N a great stone castle in the midst
 of the deep pine forests of Germany,
 there lived, a great many years ago, The Knight of Tannenburg and his laughter Rosa. It was in the days when the lawless nobles of the country were constantly quarreling with one another, each burning his neighbours grain and stealing his cattle while the owner was fighting in distant wars.
 The Castle of Tannenburg was like Ill castles of that time, strongly forti- jed and surrounded by high walls and l deep moat. In an upper room, one warm summer day. Rosa and her fath- ar sat together. The knight had just come home from the wars, badly wounded, and Rosa. a fair-haired girl of 17. sat by him working over her gay y-cOlor d tapestry.
 Father" she said. tell me the story of how you got the chain round your neck
 ROst had heard the story hundred times before now. but she never tired of utdIillS IT. d iuOIc llldA lllS OlI MI III of telling it.
 When Uas page at court" began he knight, stroking his long, gray beard, "a great tournament was given honor of French prince who came visit our emperor. There 1 saw your mother for the first time. and so lovely vas she that she was elected to be the lueen of beauty, and was to give the Irize. golden chain. to the victor owed her from the moment I saw her. md her beauty gave me such strength md daring that came out first in the ,ames. much to the chagrin of the :ourg Baron of Odenwald. who opposed ne fer ely in the tourney. He was. Ike myself. q sui:or for the hand of the lueen of beauty, and when I finally
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
TWO Buna

In Passages from the Diaries Ot Mrs. Philip Lybbe POrrys" there are some amusing chronicles of eighteenth century small beer. For example:
 Princess Amelia asked remarkably tall young man what he was intended for.
 'The church." said he.
 ''Oh, sir, you must mistake" said ths Princess. 'It was certainly for the steeple."
 Hitherto this retOrt has been attrfb- uted to Curran; but Mrs. Porrys was smiled upon by many of the great ones of the earth, and was therefore in a po- sitiOn to credit it to the right person. At all events, Curran has had the hon. or quite long enough.
 Mrs. POrrys also notes a new Pope pun. One day Sir Walter Blunt's father was In POpes company, and talking of punning. Pope said that was a species of wit so trifingly easy that he would answer to make one on any proposed subject Offhand, when lady in the company said, Well, Mir. Pope make one on keelhauling"
 He instantly replied. "That madam Is indeed putting man under a hard ship" (hard ship.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
FIRST AMERICAN PATENT.

Granted at Boston In 164S and Call
 ed a Monopoly.
 ]. To the general court of Massachu- setts belongs the honor of granting the first American patent. This was in 164S and was then designated as a monopoly. It was confined to the re- zion controlled by Massachusetts, and the one issue apparently included all the invention of the inventor connect ed with engines that depended upon water for their motive power. The limit of the monopoly was 14 years, and the court not only retained power to forbid exportation, but to prevent exorbitant charges upon the public for their use.
 The patent was issued in this form:
 "JENKES MONOPOLYE.
 "At a general Courte at Boston the 9th of the 9th Mo 164S. The cor't con- sid'inge ye necessity of raising such manufactures of engins of mills to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands, and being sufti- ciently informed of ye ability of ye pc titiOn to pefOrme such workes grant his petition (yet no Othr per sen shall set up or use any such new invention, or trade for 14 yeares without ye li- cense of him the said Joseph Jenkes) so farr as concernes any such new in- VentiOn, & so 1t shall be alwayes In ye DON'T of this cote to restrain ye ex- portation of such manufactures & ye prizes of them to moderation if Occa- sion so require"
 This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, or Jenks, as it would now be spelled, came from Hammersmith, England, settled in Lynn in 1643 and died in 16S2-S3, aged S1. He was black smith and machinist, made the dies for the cOining of the "Pine Tree" money and built the first fire engine in this country, altogether man of great inventive genius and the ancestor of a large number of descendants. One of his sons removed to Rhode Island, where he built several mills.-BOstOn TranScriDt
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

The latest report of the Pension Office has lately been given to the public. The rolls now contain 991, ,000 names, of which one-fourth represent widows and other dependents. The amount paid on this account during the last fiscal year was $13S, 5O0,OO0. The total outlay for pensions up to date has been $2,400,- 100000. a sum which, as the Outlook intimates, would have paid for all the real estate in the seeding States. Econ omically considered. the afterclap of war strikes quite as hard as the orig final blow.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
WIND LYRICS.

East wind
 Through gates of pearl, with sapphire set. I steal at dawn to fly, while yet The clouds with silver dew are wet, On wings that brush the morning star Of song sfar. Forth wind
 From fields cf frozen stars I blow, I bear the fragile flowers of snow That fall upon the earth below. With pure celestial lips to bless h soft caresS- South wind
 On wings of perfume. born of spring, Sweet memories of the south bring; From birds and blossoms pink that fling To heav'n their gladness in an ecstasy Of melody. nest wind
 Back through the gates of gold and rose, Where late the star of evening glows, l slip, before the evenings close, On pinions woven of a sigh, Into the night 1 seem to die. But, hushl The night will soon pass by. Before the lark, when morning breaks, The east wind wakes
 Carrie L. Ward in Danaid.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

The youth of American should keep the example of Dewey before their eyes and impress the picture we'll on their minds. They can learn from it that everything is possible in a country like this where the individual must make or mar his own fortune. They can learn from it that he who is faithful over few things will be given control over many. They can learn from it that the world is always waiting for men of serious thought and earnest effort and that spasmodic brilliancy avails not. There are thousands of men who are endowed with richer gifts than is Dew ey who never make their marks. Con- sciouS of their own powers. they abhOr drudgery and painstaking and are al- ways waiting for opportunities 10 ex- ploit themselves. They are looking for short roads to fame. for KohinoorS. for great things that come suddenly and which are mastered without effort. Foolish and futile! Character is the basis of all success and character Is
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
An rAh.eDtmTDded Bridegroom.

Robert Dewar, brother of Lord Will liam Dewar, the British scientist whe was the first experimenter to Hquefy air, is a remarkably absentminded man. It Is said that on one occasion he left his home early one morning and repaired to the house of a friend. in which there was a fine library to which he had access. That afternoon his relatives and friends searched the neighborhood in vain for him. At length he was run down in this library. Rv his side was a new suit of clothes
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

Its a nice man you are" ironically said the spokesman.
 "What's the matter now" returned Robert irritably.
 'Your bride and the preacher are waiting for you this two hours. Don't you know this is your wedding day. man?"
 'I declare" said the groom, 'Id for gotten all about it! Wait till l dress. and I'll go along with you."-SaturGay Evening Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

Sir Thomas Lipton says he will chal- lenge for the Americas cup again un- less some other Englishman does so. In view of the treatment that Sir Thomas received there should be little trouble in finding somebody else who would like to come over and get beaten.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23
Never Visited EgYnt.

The French people have erected al ChalOnsur-Marnea q beautiful and cost. ly monument to Francois Chabas, the eminent Psychologist, who when he began to publish his works was wine merchant. CuriOusly enough, this au thority on things Egyptian never wis ited Egypt. His only excursion abroad was to the museums of Italy. where he remained a few weeks in 1869.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

The new president of Amherst Col les ~-t- down the gage boldly. He says the English language contains the best literature in the world, the classics to the contrary notwithstanding. There fore correct understanding of the En- glish tongue and its capabilities is the prime essential of a liberal education. All of which makes it appear that Am herst's new president is right up in the van of progress.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-23

There is a one-legged man at Wheel ing. w. Va, who has had another one legged man arrested on the charge or stealing the formers wooden leg. This shows that while people may be willing to respect one anOther's mlstortunes they are seldom inclined while so doing to ignore a chance to help themselves.