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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Should Married Women Follow Pro-
i~essions?" This is a query put forth
by Sarah Grand, the novelist. In re-
ply, it may be said that 1t all depends
upon the married woman's husbands
ability in the way Of providing neces-
sary funds for the running OF the
house. This opinion has been obtained
from a "%washlady" who is now sup
porting a husband and six children,
and ought. therefore, to be worth somo-
thing.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
A Knife MIstake.

The T. NJ. Roberts Supply House Of
Minneapolis, Mimi, which advertised
a remarkably liberal knife offer in a
recent issue Of Il paper, wishes
to have it explained to our readers that
through a mistake in electrotyping.
the numbers over each of the knives
were reversed. The Cattle knife
should be n S. B., and the Congress
knife 7 S. B. Their remarkable offer
to send 81 packages Of garden seeds
and the Congress knife for n cents,
or 81 packages Of seeds and the Cattle
knife for 81 cents is n of the most
liberal ever made.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

ST. JosErH. Mo-, April ga new
political party vas formed here last
night by Representatives from six
states. II is called the Equalist party
and William G. Walker OF st. Joseph
was elected national chairman. A.
convention will be held in Kansas
City October o. The national head-
quarters will be in st. Joseph. The
platform calls for individual owner
ship Of all property, national public
hospitals, fewer Congressman, gold
standard. income tar, postal savings
banks, eight-honr law and no child
Abor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
m Yonr Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Blizzard In Black Hun.

DEADwooD, s. D., May IA howl.
Ing blizzard has been raging all
through the Black Hills for the past
twelve hours. Six inches of snow
have fallen and reports from farther
north state that the fall is heavier
Tram in this immediate vicinity. All
farm work is suspended.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Ask That q. DO pun,.hea.

BERLiN, April a9.-The morning pa
pers here, owing to the RECEIPT Of fresh
kilograms from London giving further
details Of the feeling In America, are
almost unanimous in insisting that
Captain coghlan must be adequately
punished.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

It a i curious circumstance when
persons past 40 before they were at
ail acQuainted, form together q very
et1ss iHkimacy o. friendship. For
9STSaftssd ar Ola wood to take, there must
1w1nderful congeniality between
hetreea-Archbishop Whately.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Money for Lutheran college,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. May Eighty
thousand dollars has been appropri
ated for educational extension by thu
geleral conference of the German
Evangelical Lutheran synod. in ses.
sion he's
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Dccamp to join the Show,

GUTHRIE, Okla, May Twenty
Indians with their squaws AID pap
pooses disappeared from their tribe
last night. They had been led away
By. Pawnee Bill to join Buffalo Bills
wild west show at Chester.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Sad Case.

First Doctor-Well, I've lost old yell
cowboys! Second Doctor-You didn't
expect him to recover, did you? First
Doctor-No; but l didn't think he'd
die Puck.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

CANTON, Ohio, May /. - Mrs.
George, who was acquitted of tho
murder of George Saxton, said to-day
as to her future plans: II will lecture
on woman's rights. believe in
woman's rights. l believe women
ought to vote and that a jury ought
to be half women. I think a woman
has just as much right to make ONE
thing out of herself as a man." q
Mrs. George has had several propo.
sitions from theatrical managers, but
refuses to consider them. Several of.
fers of marriage have been sent her,
but they arc all ignored.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
spain Calls for Her Money.

W~AsHISGToN, May Secretary
Hay was notified by the French am
bassador that Spain would accept,
through him, the $50, ooO; 900 to be paid
under the treaty Of peace for the Phil
lppines. The payment will be made
70 the ambassador as soon as the
President returns
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

A dispatch from Valparaiso says:
The Bolivian insurgents have won."
1t is not stated whether this refers to
the same revolution that was started
a week ago last Tuesday or some later
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

A young man keeps company with a
girl before marriage, but after the cere-
mony it sometimes happens that her
father has to keep both of them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05


Public Opinion, quoting La Nature
as. authority, states, as the result OF
scientific investigation, that hay which
for any cause has been incompletely
dried before being put into the barn,
is exposed to danger from spontaneous
combustion. The microbes which ex-
list In all vegetable matter increase
enormously in hay which retains mois-
fture under the conditions mentioned.
BY them Intense heat is generated and
localized. Experiments have proved
that their presence and activity, under
favorable conditions. have caused a
rise of 300 degrees in the temperature
surrounding them. In the heated
depths the hay becomes carbonized,
and smolders slowly until the mass is
opened. or partially opened. Then the
action Of the outer air invites instant
conflagration.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

A new product, known as "devitri-
fed glass"-broken glass brought to a
desired molecular condition by a spe-
cial process OF heating-has made its
appearance in France. according to the
report Of the United States consul at
Lyons. 1t possesses all the properties
OF glass except its transparency, and
It can be made to assume any form.
from paving blocks to the most
artistic designs. and to resemble
any variety of stone used as
constructive material. In the form
OF y~ariegated blocks, it has heen
tried in paving n Of the main thor
oughfares Of Lyons. The test has been
satisfactory. The glass is more dura-
bic than stone, is as cheap, and Is less
liable to gather and retain dirt. Archi-
tects are already suggesting its use as
material for house-building, and thus
the ancient saw. which inculcates the.
tnjudiciousness Of stone throwing by
pe6ple who live in glass houses may,
ere long. find a basis in substantial
fact. In place Of what has heretofore
been d purely rhetorical admonition.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

We are told that there was once an
old lady who lived in a shoe-and.
strange to say, she didn't consider it
any too large.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

A good memory is less desirable than
the f~orgetfulness of injuries.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Habits. soft and plant at first, are
like some coral stones, which are east
~ III when first quarried, but soon be-
come hard as adamant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Fits Permanently Cured. No ns or nervousness after
first days use of DR.. Kiine's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and ,icatse.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

It's a mean bachelor who advises q
girl to marry and then fails to pro-
pose.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Opinions are like watches; no two
ever go alike, yet each man believes
in his own.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

rs more often the husbands cross
grained streak than the wife's cook
ing chat spoils the dinner.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
pre.ldons on tho Raleigh.

PHILADELPHIA, May President
Mckinley and his party paid q visit to
the cruiser Raleigh yesterday. The
President warmly greeted Captain
Coghlan, while the gunners fred the
national salute. The sailors cheercd
the President Justify and afterward
he addressed them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Paris accepts the automobile with
The eagerness she accepted the horse
in a table d'hote dinner in 1871,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

A man is prouder Of the things he
thinks he can accomplish than OF those
he really a n
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
Much personal enjoyment results
from kind and charitable acts.

The man who is disliked by chill
iren and dogs has but few friends.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

Marriage is a business failure when
4 man puts his property in his wife's
name.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
New Party Formed at Sc Joseph.

The wise bill-poster knows his plaza
and sticks to it
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
Capt. Lycurgus Charlton.

Resolutions of resp>ct to the
memory of Judge Lycurgus Charl-
ton by the Court of Common Pleas
of Edgefeld, sc.
Whereas, Judge Lycurgus Charl-
ton has, in the wise dispensation
of Providence, departed this life
since the last term of court here,
and whereas, he was patriotic
citizen and 8 noble Confederate
soldier, whose empty sleeve testi-
fed to his valor in his country's
service; and whereas, be wss an
honorable member of this bar, and
for several years was the Judge of
Probate Court of this county, and
discharged the duties of this office
with great credit and ability, and
whereas, he was always devoted to
duty, and was an active and hum
BILE Christian; be it
Resolved, That this Court pat
on record our high appreciation OF
his character, and do give express
sion to our sorrow at his death.
Resolved, That we hereby ex-
press to his bereaved family our
great sympathy in this their hour
Of affliction.
Resolved, That copy of these
resolutions be inscribed in the
minutes of this court, that they be
published in the county papers,
and that the clerk of this court
present a copy of them to the fam
lily of the deceased.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
In Behalf of The Cotton Plant.

Mr.. EDITOR: I ask for space to
say few words in behalf of The
Coptton Plant, the only agricul-
tural paper published in the State
in the interest of the farm. The
publisher is that sterling gentle
man, Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, editor and
proprietor of the Greenville Noun.
taineer. The paper is in pressing
need of an increased list ST sub
scribers to insure it's continued
publication. Are there not one
hundred farmers in Edgefeld
county who are not subscribers to
The Cotton Plant, willing to send
on the subscription price of one
dollar for one year within the next
thirty days to COL, Jas. A. Hoyt,
of Greenville, Sc? 1t does seem
that every man, dependent on the
farm for support, ought to be will
ing to avail himself Of the advant.
ages of the instruction and in
formation contained in it's columns
week after weeks. Brother farmer,
will you do it?
AGRICOLA.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
DR.. j. G. Maxwell Dies at Green
wood.

Greenwood, Aug. 12.-Dr. ]. G.
Maxwell died at his home here
this evening. He had been in
failing health for some time and
our people have been watching
with the keenest interest every
change in his condition. He was
the recognized leading citizen or
this town, and the whole commu-
nifty will join in mourning for one
who has long been the idol of the
people.
DR.. Maxwell was 81 years old.
He was born in Mississippi, but
reared near Greenwood, in the vi
cinity of which his long and USE
full career has been spent.
He joined the Confederate SER
vice as a private, was promoted to
a lieutonancy, and afterwards was
appointed assistant surgeon, and
later chief surgeon of the regiment.
He served in the State legislature
and senate. He was the founder
of the Connie-Maxwell orphanage,
and was identified with almost
every worthy enterprise that sprang
from the place.-The State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
His Life Was Saved.

Mr.. j. E. Lilly, prominent ci issn
of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had wohdes-
full deliveranoe from frightful death.
In telling of it he says: 81 was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran into
Pneumonia. My lungs became
hardened. was so weak l couldn't
even sit up in bed. Nothing helped
me. I expected to soon die of Con-
sumption, when 1 heard Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery. One bottle gave
great relief. continued to use it, and
now am well and strong, can't say
too much 1T It's praise, This
marvellous medicine is the snrest and
quickest cure in the world for all
Throat and Lnng Trouble. Regular
sizes 50cents and $l.09. Trial bottles
free at G.. L. Penn Il Sons Drug Store ;
every bottle guaranteed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
THE BLACK DIAMOND.

There seems to be let up II
Black Diamond talk. Sir Thoms;
Tancred, of this road, the grea'
English expert, is now in Alasks
nosing around. Sir Thomas is $
typical Englishman. side-whiskers
and all that, and since coming tc
America he affects a cob pipe,
wears a suit of clothes that cost
not more than $6, red brogan
shoes, and everything else in keep
ing. We have more faith in sll
Thomas's make up than all the
balance of the kit put together.
Col. Boone is in Ohio sulking in
his tent on account of some slight,
or supposed slight, received at the
hands of the board of promoters,
projectors, etc He has his knife
up his sleeve, however, and says be
will even up things a little later.
The only points certainly deter,
mined OIL for the route of the Black
Diamond are Anderson, Edgefeld,
Alaska, and Miles Mill.
Kirkby, president Of the road, OF
rather of the promoters, for there
has been no organization of the
stockholders, is in Anderson, and
so is Dickerson, the Talk Marster
General. Dickerson used to be
Postmaster General under Cleve-
land, and makes of course tip
top Talk Marster General. But, as
we said in the outset, there has
been let up in Black Diamond
talk. The let up is due to the fol-
lowing facts: While in Anderson
county travelling around locating
etc., President Kirkby and Dicker.
son spent the night with a worthy
but poor citizen of that county,
who lives in a log house. When
they retired for the night they
stuck their breeches in a crack be.
tween the logs where the chinking
had fallen out. During the night
yearling calf licked out the pants
of the promoters and chewed of
the drag end and upto and lnclud.
ing the pockets where the money
was. The next morning Dicker.
son, who does all the talking, told
his host that his "d-n CART had
eaten up his trousers and incl
dentally blighted the prospects OF
the Black Diamond railroad, it
may be for years, and it may be
forever. Saying which they both
left, departt d, vamoosed, and no
man knows where they went OF
where they are to this day. Mat
ters of great p:th and moment are
by such small things turned aside
and lost.
A pebble in the streamlet scant
Has turned the course of many river
A dew drop on the baby plant
Has warped the giant oak forever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
No Right To Ugliness.

The woman who is lovely in face,
orm and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at
tractlve must keep her health. If she
is weak, 8 ckIy and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If shs
has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood Will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptlons and a wretched
complexion. Electro Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. 1t will make
a good looking, charming woman of a
rundown invalid. Only 30 cents at
G. L. Penn & Sons Drug Store.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
Sam Taylor Wants a Low School.

I see so much about high schools,
this high school and that high
school, the papers are full of 'em
but I don't see anything about low
schools, the very kind we want,
the kind to git down to the ground
right down on the ground and
build up.
Being q believerin low schools, ]
hereby propoee to elect Il. P.Lowe
of the Morgan & Thomas livery
stables, principal of the Lickskil'
let Low School. Persons desiring
positions as assistants will apply
to George Bush at said livery sta.
bles.
SAM TAYLOR,
Per Himself.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
Bismarck's Iron Nerve.

Was. the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous
energy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out OF
order. If you want these qualities and
the success they bring, use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They develop every
power of brain and body. Only 25c. at
G.. L. Penn>& Sons drug store.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
Weather for July.

Weather Observer c. A. Long, of
Trenton, sends us the following
data of the weather for the month
just ended:
Max. Temp. SO; date 15-16th.
Min. Temp. 67; date End, 3rd
and 10th.
Mean Temp. S1.S.
PRECIPITATION
For July l.5S inches which is
5.54 inches less than the 7 year
average for July and 0.22 inches
less than the 6 year average for
the first 7 months of the year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, AUG. Is.

when earth's last picture is painted,
And the tubes are twisted and dried
When the oldest colors have faded,
And the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest,and faith,w shall It,
Lie down for an eGn or two,
Till the Master of all good workmen
Shall set us to work anew.
\ =
"And only the Master shat praise us,
And only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money,
And no one shall work for fame;
But each for the JOY of the working,
And each in his separate, STAR,
Shall draw the thing as'he sees it,
For the God of things as they are."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16

Let US know your wants, gel our
prices, just give us an opportunity
and we will do you good. You
never will regret it if you do. Re-
member the address, Augusta Car
riage Repository, A.. Rosenthal,
Prop'r, Augusta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
To the Teachers Of Edgefield
County.

The Hon. John j. McMahan, State
Superintendent of Education, has fixed
the 18th day of August next, as the
date for the opening of the County
Teachers Institute, and has instructed
me to give notice thereof to the teach
ers of the county. A large attendance
of the teachers is earnestly desired and
] hope that all progressive teaoEtrs
will attend this summer school. 1t IS
expected that instructors ofeXperience
and ability will conduct the institute,
and much benefit will accrue to those
who attend and secure the advantages
offered. Respectfully,
A r. NICHOLSON,
CO. Supt. Education.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-16
O. Sheppard, Jr.
EdgefGld Nigggr News.
Observation-Disclosures


Mack Holloway has named his
little bull calf Wallace Googin.
highmer. The Wallace is for sim.
lin-headed, sparrow-legged Wal
lace Morgan and the Googinhigh'
mer for dealer in fus x in Louis.
Vile, KY, who sells to our State
dispensary. Googinhighmer la
two-thirds scrub and the balance
of him is Jersey mixed with cow
Clarence Glover says he never
said that John the Baptist was q
Methodist.
For Headache caused most liSel yby
q Disordered Stomach, accompanied
by Constipation, use Dr.. M. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine. For sale by q.
J.. Penn & Son.
"Peas and 'taters, Me and My
Wife Lives on Peas and 'Taters." F"
This is new Gong. Let us mig
gera all learn it for we'll halter
sing it this winter.
This is one year that Tom Davis
children didn't git lost in the grass
in Toms cotton field, bekase it was
so dry the grass wouldn't grow. A
nigger who would let his children
get lost in the grass such q dry
wear as this is no manner of a
count.
Marse Stan Ryan hates mean
niger, but if you'll call him Marse
Stan he'll always let you off.
Minds him of old times to call
him dat, when niggers wus niggers
and he had 'em to burn.
Always destroy the dread Of becom-
ing q Mother by taking Simmons
Sunaw Vine Wine or Tablets. For sale
by G. L. Penn & Son.
Butler Youngblood and Can
Morgan formed a partnership to
Gu. cord wood. At the end of q
week they made a calculation and
found they had eat up all thei,
money and half of the wood.
To keep young-keep well, keep the
Nerves calm, the body ruddy and well
! fed, and with DR. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine regulate the Stomach and
Bowels. For sale by G.. l.. Penn q Son
They are about to have Rafe
Bostick up in the church about
riding Mr.. Tom Adams's fine Jer'
sey bull. He rid him up to Giles
Buffers blacksmith shop and
hitched him to the anvil, and
while there Colson Calliham saw
him and got on to the whole racket
about Rafe, as to what he had
been doing. Colson is a deacon in
Pleasant Grove church, and the
talk is now that they will have
Rafe up. The Bible tells US about
folks riding mules and horses and
chariots of fire and such like, but
no account is given Of church
member riding a bull to a black.
smith shop and hitching him to
an anvil. We're obleeged to draw
the line somewhere as to what
church members shall ride, and
might as we'll draw it on a bull as to
GO further and do worse. VI course
it was mighty fine bull, but if no
was the finest in the United States
that don't excuse church mem
Der for riding him, bareback at
that, and hitching him where he
did in public blacksmith shop.
Bright sunny mawnin', niger feel
AK on his shoulder gwine thro' the
woods; ,.
Little piece Ter hoe-cake, little piece 'er
faE
White man quart if he eat all Ter dat
Amt it hard to be q
NIaaER, MCGEE, NIaaERP