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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
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gave Parvin little chance to IN
q into the particulars of his career
alet aside his pr%otestations Of readi-
neo acknowledge him as an uncle.
be- consequences what they might.
Arluring the next six months he
wait of Parvin's ken. And Parvln
oftwondered II all he said were
tru'r if the old tramp were not a
littlrazed.
Bbne day a package Of papers
reac Parvin which cleared up the
"holatter. The old man had struck
q pareak in one Of his mines. But
the Il luck had come to him too
late. hat was the use Of wealth to
MIN t.? He carefully wrote out in
structs regarding the location and
condlt' of the several pieces of min
ing prrty he held, and executed
papers ansferring 1t all to Parvin.
He pla' all these documents in the
hands someone whom he felt he
could t., to be delivered to his
nephew ter his death. That event,
was noting delayed. With the pa
pers Pan received a brief account
OF the oman's death and burial in
a remote It Of Mexico.
f'arvln de a careful investigation
OF the mb and found that he was
the posses Of one invaluable piece
OF mining operty. This he reserved
for hlmsellFor the management OF
the other mes, which might Or
might not ove valuable, he organ
lied a stocbmpany among his con-
panions OF ! Christmas dinner, and
they floated ares in the East. eve
can get enoh out Of it to give the
directors an nual dinner, anyway"
Iarvin told t. boys.
And ParviNas himself rich-rich
enough to chce any city in the world
as his residen And yet such a fas-
cination doeshe wild life of the
Southwestern inter come to possess.
even for thoseho found it most re-
pulsiye at lrsthat he has deliberate
~ chosen to ME his home there and
content himselwith annual visits 20
his New Engla home. But in the
years that hay passed since the
Christmas dim in Paso del Norte
facilities for trel between all parts
OF u country nd the sister repub-
lie have increas so rapidly that he
is now wont toall his residence in
Northern Mexic, "A suburb of Bos-
tom
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

antailed upon those that remain en- un-
Inst share Of the burden of caring for
1hA kelpless poor. There ought to be
ecclesiastical clearinghouse in New
York, through which sociaI obligations
could be distributed according to the
measure Of each church's ability.
Second enu from Tenth street
20 Eighteenth street, is still, however.
enc OF the healthiest and most delight
mi residential quarters of our city. MI.
,Ottendorfer's noble institution near
Eighth street-library and ~dispensary
and the Hebrew Technical and In
0ustrial schools have been of widely
1elt service to the neighborhood.
~The personnel Of st. Marks church
ha4 almost wholly changed In twenty
= years. Fish, Renwick, Remsen,
yCatlin, the Goelets, Stewart. with
crowds of other once conspicuous peo-
Dae, are Of it 40 more. But others not
less worthy have come into their
places. Some Of the old blood remains.
nut h~enceforth the church, with its
noble chapel and schools IN Tompkins
zuuare. will have to be a church of the
people.
@sNearly all my old professional as
aocIates are in Paradise-Tyng, Cot
lOn, Smith, Washburn and others. The
hst-named was the greatest man that I
rave ever known in the clerical ranks
q America. The sanity Dyer still
linEers with u.s."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

Russia is going to abolish the diff
cult1es OF navigation at the mouth Of
the Volga by cutting a canal directly
from tho river to the Caspian sea.
Work on it began last summer.
The oldest house In America is in
st. Augustine, Fla. In 1864 it was
built by the monks of the Order of
st. Francis and the whole Of the solid
structure is composed of Coquina, a
combination Of sea shells and NOR
tar, which is almost in%destructible,
Wien Francis Drake sacked and
burned the town this was the only
house left in the trail Of destruction.
1t has been purchased by the we'll
known antiquarian, ]. w. Henderson.
who will make 1t his winter residence.
The way in which the United States
is beirg Anglo-Saxonized may be gath
cred from the immigration statistics
of the last year; Austria-Hungary
39,797; Belgium, sos; Denmark, 1,S46;
France, 1890; Germany, IT'LL; Greece.
1889: Italy, 6s,613; Netherlands, 767;
Norway, 4,93S; Portugal, LII; Rou-
mania, 900; Russia (proper), 27,221;
Finland, 2,607; Poland, 1926; Spain,
SIT; Sweden, 1888; Switzerland, 1,246;
Turkey in Europe, 176; Mexico, 1O7;
Central America. Z; Cuba. 1877; other
West Indies, 247; South America, 80;
Turkey in Asia ARABIA and Syria).
4,275: China, 2,o71; Japan, 1920; Ire
land, 1928; England. Wales and Scot.
land combine to furnish 1888.
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10th Ends Of An Absurdity.

From the Washington Star: I'VE
sean,t keep the Philippines" said the
vorried-looking man. I'VE ought to
rid Of Porto Rico and even Hawaii.
III W 70 on at this rate; what reason Is
there to prevent our gradually acquir-
1ng Asia, Africa and ultimately the
rSnIA sc Europe?" II never thought
q f,at... answered the good-natured
xrdsnd. with . sudden look Of gloom;
~and yet ~ the anne sort Of argu-
nest Tn convinced that We cant give
uup. I'll admit that territory may
N embarrassment. but II we 80 on
Uettinx rid o. 4 BY starting in with
1SSs, islands we-N b tempted to turn
NsStsnrnia adrift and then cut loose
ss,nm Florida, and the first thing pos
aty knows we'll have contracted our
Possibilities 80 that We won't have
s-SvfhInx at all TO worry over except
District Of Columbia"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
HEROES AID
A Few Salient Fa, That Are Put Into
Ters0,ngliSh.

1erso.nEllsh
Heroes is folks hat has their Name
in the Paper everyday, and their Pic
ture on Sunday, ys the Boy in the
Cleveland Leader. Some Heroes is
Lucky to Be Wherthey amt no girls
to Git them in Cor,rs and Kiss them
Before you Can S. Jack Robasen
that's Where DeweNhowed His good
Sentz if them girls Ger to Manila got
after him He could I'll to one Of the
Boys to turn the hos on Them. Every
time a Hero goes don street Every
body wants to Set TIM up Fer Him,
and He Don't haft to- Nothin fer a
Livin Becos He can BARD around if
He wants to and The heaters al. lets
Him in Free. He ride, in one of the
Front Carriages in the recession. too,
and Everybody Cheers i'm and 1 bet
he feels Blame stuck uponly He tries
not to show it.. 1 wishtT would be a
Hero with a sord and a inform with
Them things on your sh1lders what
Hang over in tossles. Thy look fine
in abody's photograph, andThen meb-
by Ethel Wharton wouldn', Think so
much of tom barlow jist bees He stole
a little old measley pup and, give it to
her.
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SIOP RIGHT THEH0."
his interest had deepened, and he had
moved his chair nearer to the group.
During the reading of the menu he
had become greatly excited, and when
the last speaker began, he stood before
the young men and cried, Stop!
They glanced up and saw him pale
and trembling.
Now, boys, stop right there" he
pleaded. %piteously. II haven't seen
any OF those things you're talking
about for nearly thirty years. l used
to have them all when l was a young
For Heavens sake, don't let
me hear any more. If you say any
thing more about good things to eat
I'll fall right down dead Of starva-
tion."
The young gentleman whose propos,
ed menu had been thus INTERRUPTED
looked at the old fellow and drawled
out:
We're sorry If our conversation
awakens tantalizing memories of your
past life and makes you feel hungry,
my venerable friend. That's the way
l feel myself. But you know we
haven't forced ourselves upon you,
and we won't insist upon your staying
in the while we arrange the
minor details Of our Barmecide Christ
mas repast." And he might have gone
on with increasing sarcasm and pre-
cipitated a shooting affair, but Parvin
stopped him"
you've gone about far enough,
JONES'" he said. There's no use of
rubbing it in. I know just how the
old man feels. In fact 1 feel so my
self. I reckon We all do, and it ought
to give US a little sympathy for the
old man here. This is about rs near
starvation as I ever got. Not but what
we all get enough to eat, but it's not
what we've been used to, and it's max
ing us all deucedly homesick aud hun
cry to think what they have to eat
back home now, and compare it with
how we have to grub here. Never felt
so much like the prodigal son in all
my life before. only I haven't been
very prodigal. and I'm not penitent
enough to go back before I've made my
stake.
But, boys" he continued. IT tell you
what. We've got to have a good
Christmas dinner, after what we've all
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~ from the seat of a chair to a point
upon the adobe chimney considerably
higher than the fireplace; and with a
tantalizing twinkle in his eye, he con-
tinued, II say, Parvin, how would
some OF your mothers mince pies
strike you just now?"
Don't speak Of It," answered Par
vim. II vas just thinking Of going
down to Jul boarding tent and order
Ing a turkey stuffed with chestnuts and
served up with cranberry sauce for my
Christmas dinner, and inviting you all
down. l used to think hat was pref
ty good eating, when 1 couldn't get any
other grub. But how a fellows tastes
do change! I might not like turkey
now, after all the high living I've
been getting down to the end Of the
track"
Well, a good Virginia ham, basted
with champagne as it roasts. would
about fit my appetite now" remarked
the son OF an eX-Confederate Brigadier.
"Or some fried chicken and waf1les
make a pretty good meal, when you're
hungry and there isn't any 'possum
and sweet potatoes in sight"
Il reckon some of our New Orleans
people are laying in a stock OF mighty
fine things to MUNICH at Christmas
time,' said a young mar from the
Crescent City. II don't like to COM
plain, you know, but while we are on
the subject I might remark that they
don't make their coffee at our board
ing train precisely as our Creole cooks
make 1t at home. But, then, since I've
been tracklaying this country, I've had
to suspend my custom Of having a
small cup Of black coffee with a lump
or cut-loaf sugar in it before I get up
In the morning. I shall have to speak
to our track boss about it. He likes
to have us mention to him anything
thai doesn't suit u.s." And the gentle
man from Louisiana sighed.
Before I left New York. said a
young Gothamite, some of my friends
gave me a complimentary dinner at
Delmonico's. Let me endeavor to
stimulate your failing appetites by
reading to you the way-bill on that
festive OCCASION. 1t may suggest some
things you'd like to have for your
Christmas
F-om his pocket he drew forth an
artistically-written menu card, evil
IDENTIFY preserved with greater care
than his best girls photograph. He
read 1t aloud with such Evolutionary
efforts as he might have been expect
ed to bestow upon an epic poem. His
auditors %applauded with an OCCASION
al yum! Yum!
speaking about good things to eat"
drawled the sixth member of the
group, "Ill lay out a good spread for
you on Christmas. How would you
like"
But he got no further with his pro-
posed MENU. Not until then had any
OF the speakers observed the presence
Of a grizzled tramp, who at the be-
ginning OF their. conversation was
seated in a far corner of the room, ap-
parently unconcerned about the say
ings and doings of the young men.
From all the characteristics of Eastern
civilization he was removed by at least
thirty years of rough frontier life.
With each remark Of the young men
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
To Protect Old Document.

Collectors of old documents, are en-
cravings, stamps or other valuble pa
pers that ought to be protecta from
the noxious influences Of the Or and
from moisture can easily preserv, them
in their original condition by co'ering
them with a 8 per cent solution & col
lodion. This solution can be applied
with a soft brush without the slig ,test
danger to the objects thus ire tied.
This proceeding is mainly applicable
where delicate colors that are soluble
in water are to be preserved in t1eir
pristine freshness and beauty. The tol-
lodion covering is, therefore, most TX
cellent for preserving water-coOr
paintings and pastels.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

as Il wrapped In slumber and dwelling
in the lands OF dreams. In the scien-
tifc world the discovery OF Marlni has
been known for years, yet recert
achievements of the Italian inventor
have caused some Of the greatest
skeptics to become his most enthusiast
tic admirers, and some Of the foremost
medical authorities Of Europe, like
Sappey, Richard Owen, Billroth and
Rokitansky, remained in speechless
amazement before the mysterious en-
igma that sets to naught the funta-
mental laws Of nature herself.
Marini is able to impart for a GER
tain length of time an absolutely life
like condition to a body, keeping the
flesh soft and public; after the body
has thus gone through a preparatory
stage he can either petrify it or turn
1t, figuratively speaking, into metal
without apparently changing its ap-
p%earance. The dead body practically
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Tn. Aoeonmodatior trolley

The Accommodating Trolley Car.
From the Boston Traveller: FRAT.
passenger (who has managed to board
: trolley > that don't stop)-suppo.s
I had slipped and lost a leg-vhat
then!
Confederation wouldn't have to do
any nor running then. We alters
stops for Z man with a crutch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
PRESERVING THE BODY.

BY the discovery OF Professor FL
fisio Marini of Italy the human body
is actually rendered immortal. Death
loses its all-destroying power. The
spirit, the soul, leaves the body-per-
haps to continue in higher spheres
but the body may remain forever, part
ed only from its soul, from life.
Marini's process is not a mere
method Of embalming. This art, as it
is now practiced, may delay, but can
not arrest, decomposition. The method
OF preserving the body invented by
Marini is quite different. The departed
remains among us as II he were alive,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
CHRISTMAS DINNER.
BY Arthur Howard Noll.

N THE early days
of rail con-
%structiOn IN North
ern M e the
o ntier swarmed
with young men Of
good families. who
had left comforta-
BILE homes east OF
the M ! S s ! S S ippi
iver,enticed by the
promise Of a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
No Joke

nnbhy-Poppers what Is : hostile
I.Nssns. Nj. Ferry-sOne with some
arable land.
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The originality Of some wags is all
picked up in the street.
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PROF. MARINI.

crypt under the Cathedral Of Naples.
who died there about two years Arc.
His body lies in state on a catafalous
and appears Just AZ II he were asleep.
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wv - Y w SAAo OVSAy OA1 lAA0o
said one of the boys, rather ruefully.
III we did we'd never get back home.
For it cost us about all we saved dur
ing the year. But, boys, it was worth
1t. l wouldn't have missed it for twice
what it cost. And I'm ready to tackle
frijoles and chile-con-carne all the
rest of my time in Mexico"
After the party broke up Christmas
night the old man sought Parvin alone
and said:
Young man. you needn't give It
away to anyone, and I won't. You may
treat me in any way you please, and
I'll understand 1t. l am going to tell
you who I am, but I don't want you
disgraced by anyone else's knowing
that I am related to you. I suspected
1t all along, and knew it all when l
heard your story tonight. Did you
ever hear your mother speak of hav-
ing a brother? No? Well, I don't
blame her for never speaking Of me. I
was never any credit to her. Perhaps
she has forgotten all about me. I
know she believes me dead these thirty
years. No, there's nothing particular
ly romantic in my history. There are
lots of men in Mexico whose cases are
just like mine. I had to leave home
when I did, and going back even now
would be sure to bring disgrace upon
some one. All 1 want to say to you is
this: Til keep out of your way and not
compromise you. Don't let your moth
er know a word OF this. But il ever
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14

having endorsed the undertaking in
series of resolutions and appointed a
committee to sit with the manage
ment.
All the leading Southern railroads
have expressed their intention of max
ing excursion rates to the exposition,
and there is little doubt that all the
great transportation lines leading into
New York will do the same.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14
81 per Annum, in Advance.

to give us good crops. This condition
may be brought about either by green
manurng, or the liberal use of barn
yard manure, or cOmpOsts specially
made for the purpose. And it is in
the proper combination of these with
mineral fertilizers, particularly potash
salts, that we shall be able to stand
Seige of dry weather best
This year l planted quite a tract in
Irish pota toes, and, to see for myself
the different effects of the differentfer-
tilizers, 1 plated them and noted re-
suits. Where 1 had used barnyard
manure exclusively the vines turned
yellow when half grown, and they
were not worth harvestingy Where 1
Ind used barnyard manure and acid
phosphate, the yield was a little bet
ter, but the vines all died before they
were fully grown. Barnyard manure
and 600 pounds of Kainit per acre
gave me the best looking vines, and
ty of the crop was poor. 1t should be
noted, however, that during all the
very dry weather the soil that had the
kainit in it kept moist, and at no time
was moist soil more than half an inch
from the surface. The finest quality
Of potatoes was where acid phosphate
GOO pounds per acre. and muriate of
potash $3.50 pounds per acre. were
used. The yield was also the best,
and the potatoes were more uniform in
size.
Other crops fertilized with complete
fertilizers high in potash analysis
did far better than where the potash
was deficient. This was notably so in
the case of a tomato fertilizer that l
used. The tomatoes came through the
drouth unscathed and are today yield
ing their third crop of tomatoes.
1t has been repeatedly said that the
genius of investigation has turned the
methods of farming upside down in
the last fifty years. No doubt this is
perfectly true, and it is the duty of
every progressive farmer in the land
to investigate things for himself, and
after he gets at results let others
share in the knowledge that he has
gained. We are all given to keeping
the results Of experiments and investi-
cations to- ourselves g.
While 1 am on this moisture-in-th the
soil subject, 1 think some of our far
mers ought to give us their exper-
fences.
Nitrate Of soda is supposed by many
people to be a moisture producer, but
my experience with it has been the
loss Of a few thousand cabbage plants
upon which 1 applied it during the
drouth; thought that I was helping
them along, but it turned out the other
way. g. X. McQuarrie.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14
Exposition in New York City in Octo-

Exposition in New York City in Octo
ber next.
The thrill of industrial activity is
once more beginning to be felt in the
South. Wide-rea ching industrial de-
velopment and general prosperity
throughout the South, Of which for a
time there was only the promise, is
now beginning to be fulfilled and in
every direction the signs of increasing
business activity may be seen, manu-
featuring enterprises are springing up
everywhere and are generally crowded
With orders; cotton mills are increas-
ing in number and running night and
day. and the iron. interests are turning
out larger product and are making
larger profits than ever before.
Notwithstanding the great develop
ment of this business activity is but
the beginning. There is room for a
vast expansion of the industrial inter
ests Of the South, fer the building o1
many miles of railroads, and the eX
tension Of all the varied business oper
atons of this whole section on SOUND
conservative basis.
The Importance Of such period Of
rapid expansion as has been entered
upon, of prudence and caution in max
ing investments, shows the wisdom OF
this exposition which will bring the
two interests into close and reliable
relationship.
On the other hand, this exposition
offers to the Southern producer and
manufacturer the opportunity of bring
ing his products directly into a market
which has no superior in the world
When the liberality of the banks OF
New York City, as evidenced by loss
amounting in one week to the enor-
nous sum of $777, 800, is taken into
considera ton, we need go no further
in eXemplification of the great advan-
tages of the Southern farmer, manu-
facturer and general business man
will derive from the Southern Exposi-
ton in New York.
Not only is this true as regards the
larger operator, but it is alike applica.
BILE to the purchaser Of goods Of every
character and description, since here
they can be bought cheaper and on
better terms than in any market of
the country.
An opportunity will be offered by
the Southern Exposition in New York
to the educational institutions and ed
ucators of the South to show to the
country the progress of their labors
and the success which their eff
forts have met. To this end special
department has been constituted.
The Merchants Association of the
city of New York is fully in co-opera-
ton with the Southern Exposition Co.,