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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
THE DOWNWARD MOVE.
Latin Race Is Utterly Incapable Of Good
Self Government.

ASUC0 30 IAN 4 "oO
Self Government.
The Latin race, If it could live with
out politics, might be the happiest and
most prosperous in Europe, says the
National Review. 1t occupies the most
fertile of European territories. 1t is
blessed with the largest share of sun
shine and can raise the most remunera-
tive crops; the people are born cult
yators, woodworking, frugal and provi-
dent. The fundamental flaw in their
character is their incapacity for self
government. They car neither gov
ern wisely, systematically nor conom
ically. Whatever their private gifts
nav be-and they have manyAthe pub
lie service derives little benefit from
them. AS oon as they touch politics
their best qualities appear to desert
them and the worst come to the sur
face, Not only do they govern them
selves badly, but they pay the highest
price for the poorest article. Bad
finance is an invariable accompaniment
OF bad administration. Good budgets
are almost unknown in Latin states.
In contrast to Anglo-Saxon states, they
distinguish themselves by chronic de-
ficits. abnormally large public debts
and heavy taxation. Spain was so
weighed down by the financial burdens
which had been accumulating on her
head for generations that she collapsed
at the first shock of a solvent, we'll
nnuinnnd state. In return for .,erM of
military expenditure and national sac
rifice she got nothing but hopeless fail
ure and inevitable defeat. Her prepar-
ations for wal were almost as miser-
able a farce as the painted monsters
with which the Chinese thought to
brighten the despised Japanese. Span
ish politicians and generals never real
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Falla Into a Vat Of Yitriol.

Joseph ~schroppler, while being
chased by a workman in a factory at
Trenton, N. j., tumbled into a vat Of
vitriol. Not realizing his danger, after
being helped out, he started for home,
but on the way the acid began eating
into his flesh. He reached home only
by crawling on his hands and knees,
the flesh falling from his limbs in
many places. Both legs must be am.
putated,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Testimonial to Coz. Rrv,n.

The American miners at Dawson
CITY nave sent to Col. William Jen.
nlngs Bryan, who is now in Savannah
a magnificent and interesting testimo.
MA 1t is a gold watch chain made
OF gold nuggets, just as they were pick.
ed up IN some Of the running streams
OF the klondlke, or uncovered where
streams once flowed. They are care.
1ully fastened together in chain form
and the charm is a large nugget, nearly
the size of a $40 gold piece, with one
slde smoothed off for the inscription
which is as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

What President Diaz has accom-
plished at Vera Cruz and what General
Wood has done at Santiago show con-
clusively what the United States can
do. with Cuba. and when once it is
done, the of the south will
no longer be handicapped, millions of
dollars will not be squandered nearly
every year over the yellow specter, and
we will be as free of the ravages Of the
diseale as is Europe today.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
HOw's Tliisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY T. CO., Toledo, @.
We, the undersigned, have known Il. J.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in ali busio IS transactions
ana financially able to carry out any ooliga.
lions made by their firm. -
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
g.; Walding,. kinnan g. Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
'G per bottle: Sold by oil druggists
Halls Family Pills are thc best.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
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MWakYg
MNezRg


Nothing but wheat; what you might
call a sea Of wheat" is what was said
Dy a lecturer speaking of Western Can.
ida. For particulars as to routes,
railway fares, etc., apply to su-
p~erlntendent of Immigration, Depart
ment Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to
W. V: Bennett, 801 New York Life
Building, Omaha, Neb., or J. s. Craw-
!ord' IA West Ninth Street, Kansas
City, No.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Russian Ice. Rams.

Experiments last winter proved that
the ice-bound harbor Of V%ladivostok
can be kept open by mean Of a pow
erful steam ram. The port of Hango in
Finland was kept open in the same
ann aud Admiral Makarof, of the
Russian. navy, believes that similar
rams could maintain an open channel
all winter between the port OF st. Pc
tes3burg and the Baltic sea.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
He COnfesses.

Mrs. Wilkins (reproachfully)-
George, you used to hire a carriage
whenever you took me anywhere, but
now you seenl.tn think. the. ~.. -c4 ~cars
re'sood enough. Mr.. WILKINSON. no,
Id like to take you in a carriage now
but your father doesn't seem inclined to
let me realize on my investment
Cleveland Leader.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

ulation more In sympathy with the
%convicts than their jailers that ne
might easily have been rescued any
time within the first two years. III
he only would" is the continued
phrase which travellers hear in wine
shop conversations, now that the re-
vision has unsealed mems lips. III he
had given a mlllion, he could have been
rescued at any time!" The million and
the rescue are synonymous.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

The present to Mrs. Bryan is a min
er's emblem of solid gold, and compos-
ed OF a small spade crossed by a min
er's pick. At the center of the cross
Ing of the handles Of the pick and
spade are a gold nugget and a bucket
tied there by a gold rope, while on
n bowl Of the spade are two small
gold nuggets. Upon the bowl of the
spade is this inscription: "Mrs. VIM.
]. Bryan, Yukon, 1885,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

lied how Indispensable honest finance
is to the %well-being of a state, and,
above all, to it's military strength. 4t
the supreme moment it was entirely
wanting-it had disappeared years be-
fore-and, falling it, nothing could
avert the subsequent tragedy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Hale and Hearty at ,ax

James Cowan, Of Gait, Ont, who 70,
many years represented the county nj
Waterloo in the old parliament of Cam
ada, is 95 years of age, and is hale and
hearty for a. that.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
A Drawback.

my boy" said the man of ideal tenn
permanent, "if you want to become a
master of your profession you must
study; study day and night" eyes"
replied the energetic youth, "and while
I'm away of in a corner studying, some
other man will be hustling around get
ting all the Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

The tree Of knowledge is grated
upon the tree of life, and that fruit
which brought the fear of death into
the world, budding on an immortal
stock, becomes the fruit Of the prom
ise OF Immortality.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

bed to make, his dishes to keep clean,
his daily cooking to be done, his books
to read, his writing paper and his pen
ellis. Occupied hour after hour in abb
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

struse archi-
tectural calcu-
latiCns ar
,hitecture is
his f%avorite
study - Drey-
fus is heard
now and then
to murmur his
two %favorite
phrases, THAT
goes Welli"
Now it will
not be long"
L n e guards
never speak to
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

The people of Chicago have managed
to defeat the street railway ordinance
without lynching any of Mr.. Yerkes'
vested interests.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

blistered little island, bare Of trees
except for one small grove. Down
on its lowest, barcst shore, far
from the grove of trees, there is
a wooden tower. Upon its top
there is a Hotchkiss gun. Beside the
wooden tower there is a wooden house,
surrounded by a high, broad porch.
This is the habitation Of the guards.
Then there is seen beside it a high pal
isade, as high as the first story of q
house. Within the palisade there is a
hut. 1t is within the palisade that
Dreyfus lives. The hut is his prison,
and the ground within the palisade his
prison yard. He sees only the sky.
The p~alisade, the hut, the house, the
porch and tower have all been photo
graphed; and a traveller, who got his
information at the lie Royale itself has
told the daily life that Dreyfus leads.
At 6 a. m. one of the guards unlocks
tho hut door, and the prisoner may
walk into his yard. He takes the air.
He looks up at the sky. And then he
walks. From II a. m. till noon he is
locked up again. 1t is his lunch hour.
From noon till 5 p. m. he may walk
in his yard again. He takes the air.
He looks up at the sky. And then he
walks. And then he is locked up in the
hut again till next morning. Within
the hut he has his room to clean, his
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Hingso-"He's a queer fellow" Jing-
so-"You bet! He told me yesterday
that he didn't like solitude unless he
had a girl with hlm."-Syracuse Her.
aid.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

tentiaire there has been a silent strug-
gle going on, a struggle in which Drey-
fus always gets the worst of it.
Seven miles out in the ocean, twenty
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

We meet a lot Of people every day
who ask questions merely for the sake
of getting a chance to answer them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Swiftly Moving Heron's Wings.

S"f1stv N1oVKHS IIeFUHs "iEES'
The heron seldom flaps his wings at
a rate less than 12O to $50 times a min
ute. This is counting the downward
strokes only, so that the birds wings
really make from 240 to 300 distinct
movements a minute,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
A D!scord,

1.-THE minister's on harmony
seemed to be somewhat out of tune"
HE forgot his otes."-Louisyil1A
Courier Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Health Is better than wealth, but the
latter is always an interesting in
valid.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

When a young man is intoxicated
with love he has his W ideas as tc
what makes the world go round.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

When old age accept it grace
fully and neither try to disguise nor
disown it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Advice to pugilists-When in doubt
Dut on the gloves.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Pessimist-I tell you the world Is
going to the devil. Optimist-Well, 1
see you are going the way Of the world,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Photographers sentences are always
short. Perhaps it is because the judge
feels sorry for them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

No matter what you say to a chem
1t he always has a retort.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

An everyday man is not necessarily
Weak-minded.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Honesty, like other policies, often
runs out the day before the fire.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
England is being driven out Of the
market of Central Asia by Russia, ac-

England is being driven out Of the
market Of Central Asia by Russia, ac-
cord.ng to a French magazine. The
article referred to is summarized in
part as follows: A marked increase
IL noted in the commerce Of British
India with Khorassan. In 1867 the
value Of the English exports from
Bombay to Mashed was only some
3437,OO0, less than half that of the pre-
ceding year. This condition of affairs
Il explained as follows. The customs
regulations In force along the whole
extent of the transcaspian frontier
prohibit the entrance of European and
British-India goods to the markets
of Central Asia, with the exception of
zen. muslin. indigo. spices, Indian
shoes, precious stones and coral, and
these articles are subject to high du-
ties. Russia has succeeded in having
these articles exported by way of
Batum, thus aiding the Trans-caspian
railway. The government Of the car
Is trying to m%onopolize the commerce
of Eastern and Southern Persia. Sub
sides are granted to traders, good
roads have been made in the transcas-
pian territory, consular agents are in
stalled In several districts Of Khoras-
san. and the emigration Of Russian
merchants to different parts of the
nroyince is encouraged. The Russian
merchants have penetrated almost to
me frontiers OF India, SO that where
s%ha English should be masters OF the
markets, mostly Russian goods are
nold. The Russian government is also
paying Russian manufacturers boun-
ties 70 large that the goods can be
placed on the Central Asia market at
cost OF manufacture. thus driving out
goods made In India. The building
81 Russia Of the Trans-caspian rail-
NY has given that country an i'm.
mense advantage.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Talk is cheap. That's why BARRIERS
are giving it away with every shave.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Earning Mans Wages.
The fact that others shirk is a poor
reason for neglect to earn ones wages.
The Young Peoples Weekly prints the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

DEVILS ISLAND, WHERE DREYFUS IS IMPRISONED.
Nhc structure to tn left is a guardhouse, the n in the center = store
mousse, n the one o. the right is occupied by the famous prisoner. The
interior scene shows Deyfus watched by asentry)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

EeVen miles north
west Of Cayenne,
lie the three Saliva
ton islands, side by
eide, and separated
only by two narrow
channels. The lie
Royale, almost a
mile long, contains
q little colony Of
%convicts. The lie
Saint Joseph con-
lains some stores
end a small station.
Between them lies
the lie du Diable,
inhabited by only
Dreyfus and his
Guards. It is a sun
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Some people attempt to do others
That they are dunned by.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26

cus'sd with General Wood now on his
way from Santiago to Washington.
Secretary Root, when questioned
said that General Wood has been sum
moned to discuss matters relating to
Eastern cuba, which will be under his
command Il the new plan is adopted.
1t Is the purpose OF the president 10
make the change in the governorship
Of cuba about January l, II possible,
The change from military to a civ
Il government In Puerto Rico may be
made before that date, 1t is known
that the president wanted Assistant
Secretary Allen, Of the navy depart
ment, to accept the governorship Of
Puerto Rico, and that Mr. Allen could
not be prevailed upon to accept the
place
Former Lieutenant Governor Kenne-
dy, OF Ohio. who headed the 'iusular
commission which reported on the af-
fairs of Puerto Rico is still being fav-
orably considered and will probably re-
crive the appointment
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
ON THE BLACK LIST.

Southern Pacific Company Shut Out Of
New York Produce Exchange,
NEW YORK, Nov 25,-The board OF
managers OF the produce exchange
haye adopted resolution declaring
the charge brought by the Tweedie
Trading Company against the Southern
Pacific Company to have been substan-
tiated and forbiddng members to do
business On the exchange for the
Southera Pacific,
The latter corporation, 1t is said,
some time ago chartered from the
Tweedie Trading Company the steam
ship Catania for a trip from New Or
leans to Boston or New York. There
was a specific stipulation that the re-
delivery Of the vessel to it's owners
should be made in New York, and that
PROVISION WIS UlduS III tHt ullSlhai
charter, which was signed by both par
ties but was not in the copy which was
delivered to the Southern Pacific Com
pany,
The Catania made a voyage from
New Orleans to Boston. and on It's ar
rival at the latter port the Tweedie
Company asked the Southern Pacific
Company to furnish either n cargo OF
ballast for bringing the vessel to New
York. The Southern Pacific Company
refused the request whereupon Sht
Tweedie Company put ballast into the
steamer and sent bill Of S2,S63 to the
Southern Pacific, one half for ballas
and the other half for unpaid hire.
On the refusal Of the Southern Pacific
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26

high state secret. but the safest CON
jcctur, connects Il with D,lagoa bay.
although there is another surmis, that
reaches as far as Persia. The German
cmporcr has evidently turned his
strictly private visit 10 some practical
account Notwithstanding the death OF
Lady Salisbury and the serious almen,
Of Count Hatafeldt
Everything scems to play into the
hands OF Mr.. Chamberlain. The
prime minister's BEREAVEMENT and Mr..
Balfours riEhtfh place among the
mourners at Hatfield, have brought the
secretary Of the colonies 10 the front
as q practical man OF business, ready
to drive a blk bargain with the German
emporer
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26

II every woman who expects to become
a mother would heed and read that great
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ical Adviser" bv DR. r v Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the lnyalids' Ho-
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Healthier, happier children in this world
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
FROM MILITARY
TO CIVIL CONTROL
-a=--H-
PORTO RICO AND CUBA
Governors to BE Appointed and the
Entire Army Assignments to
BE Rcarranged.
PORTO RICO AND CUBA

NEW YORK, Nov. 25,-A special to
the Herald from Washington, says:
President Mckinley is still contem-
plating the solution Of the Cuban gov
ernorship problem by the appointment
Of Il civilian to that office, He Is look
ing about for man Of high quallfica-
tions, who has had large experience in
administrative positions. His IDEAL for
the place is a man who has been sue
cessful governor Of one of the states
If this plan Is adopted, II will be sup
plcmented by a complete re-arrange-
ment of the military commands in the
Islands.
The appointment of Generals Lee
and Wilson, TO be brigadier generals
in the regular army, and their retire
ment ls contemplated. General Brooke
will be called home. This will leave
Generals Ludlow and Wood the only
general officers In Cuba. The island
will then be divided into two military
departments with General Ludlow In
command Of the western department
and General Wood in command of the
eastern department.
No definite conclusion will be reach.
ed until after the matter has been dis