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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
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DICK RODNEY:
; Or. The Adventures of 3
5 An Eton Boy.
5 BY JAMES GRANT. :
CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.)
BY JAMES GRANT.

CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.)
The vines, in luxuriance. bordered
the pathway as we assembled, and it is
said that for years after the wine has
been taken from these isles to England,
or elsewhere, it always ferments and
becomes agitated when the wineries
from whence it came are in bloom; but
this tale may perhaps be as true as
the accounts of these mighty ruins
which Pliny AYERS once covered all the
Fortunate islands, but of which no
trace remains now.
Tom Lambourne and l, after a ram
bic Of some hours, found ourselves in
a wild and solitary place, where blocks
of lava and heaps of yellow pumice
dust were lying among shattered
masses Of basalt, which were studded
with spars and crystals that glittered
as the sunshine streamed through a
ravine upon them.
The sides Of the ravine were clothed
with rich copsewood and little thickets
of the retama-blanca, which there
grows about ten feet high, and is Gov
cred with tufts of odoriferous flow
ers.
The distant sea, the waves Of which
seemed to bask Or sleep in the sun
shine, closed the perspective of this ra-
vine; and there we could see the Eu-
genie at anchor, with her snow white
courses loose and her other canvas
neatly handled.
Being warmed by our walk, we sat
down within the mouth of a species Of
natural grotto, formed by masses Of
lava and basalt, which in some past
age the throes of the volcano had
thrown and heaped together. There a
clear spring gurgled joyously from a
assure in the rocks; and now, opening
the courier bag, we proceeded to make
GU breakfast On the viands l had
brought from the ship--to wit, bologna
sausage and biscuits, with brandy and
water.
The all was deliciously clear, and
over the brow of the rocky chasm in
which we sat, there fell a natural
screen OF all the wild Indian fig and
vine creepers, and these shaded us from
the increasing heat of the morning
sun.
All was still there.
We heard only the COO of the great
wood pigeons among the gorgeou foil
age, or the sweet notes of the little
golden colored canary birds, as they
tWittered about us when we scared
them from their nests, which they
usually build in the %barrancas or wat
~er-courses, such being the coolest
places in that volcanic isle,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
There Is No Such Government Without
Direct Legislation.

mere Is NO such government Without
Direct Legislation.
In connection with the discussion of
he acquisitions Of populous regions by
the United States frequent reference is
made to that fundamental principle of
ours, and popularity supposed to be pc
cullar to our government, that "all
government derives its just powers
from the consent of the governed"
This declaration is referred to by those
who deny the right TO annex the
islands taken from Spain without first
having obtained the consent Of the
people thereof. If it is insisted that
annexation be made dependent upon
that consent, previously obtained. of
course, then it is proposed to treat
the new members of our family with
a consideration never accorded to the
old members, for the previous consent
of the last to be governed is rarely
ever asked, says the Farm, Stock and
Home. That is, they are governed,
made to obey laws, compelled to live
under systems and submit to practices
that they were not asked to consent
TO, that they never had an opportunity
to consent to if sc disposed.
For instance: The bestowal Of our
public domain on corporations, the
free gift to a few favored citizens Of
pri<eless public franchises, the de-
monetization Of silver, the national
bank system, the absence Of an income
tax, our present internal taxes, the
late declaration Of war, even this
mighty and novel question of the kind
OF expansion now being discussed is
said to be settled, that annexation is
an accomplished fact, yet regarding
none Of these was the previous con-
sent Of the governed asked by those
who govern. 1t may be said that the
matters named, and many others
equally important that have become
parts Of our national policy without
previous submission to the peoDle.
were adopted by the previous consent
of the peoples representatives. and
hence the consent Of the people them
selves. But this is not sound reason
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
THE STATE RAILROAD.

The possibilities involved in a rail-
road owned by one state are thus re-
cited by the journal of Agriculture:
Inc State OF Texas is one of the great
est OF the sisterhood. Its possibilities
are almost unlimited. We have heard
1t repeatedly asserted that all the in
habitants of the United States could ba
located in Texas and the population
would be no more dense than that of
France. The area Of the state is so i'm
mense that very few persons have any
just conception of it's enormous extent:
and it's credit and the enterprise of it's
people are as %boundless as the limits
or their great commonwealth. Now
for the question: All the foregoing he
ing admitted as true, why does no the
State of Texas build a railroad-and
w and operate drumming norwest-
wardly from Galveston, through Hous-
ton, Waco, Dallas, and on to Sherman
Such a line would cross or paralle1
nearly every railroad in the state, and
it would not only control the railroad
interests of Texas, but it would settle
the question of government ownership
for the whole United States.
A state railroad, owned and onoro+aa
by the state, with a view only m nou-
ing expenses, interest on the original
cost, and keeping UP repairs and i'm
provements, could haul a bale Of cot
ton from Sherman to Galveston for 5o
cents. Under existing conditions =
costs about $3.50. EVERYTHING o,sa
including all freights and p~assenp oar
tariffs, would be reduced in the same
proportion, and this immense saving
would accrue to the benefit Of the
great army OF producers and cons,m-
ers instead of dancing backward and
forward on the shuttle-board stool, ~
change gambling houses as a hait ~
fleece lambs for the abnormal enrich
ment of a few voracious bulls and
bears.
The fact that such a line would
cross or parallel all other Texas roads
Would compel every one Of them RI &C.
tablish the same rates as those "a 10
state road, SO that the building of this
one line would settle the whole h,si-
ness OF government ownership in the
State Of Texas. It would dn more
1t would compel all lines connecting
with Texas roads to establish rates
uniform with those prevailing in thar
state, and thus the influence Womb
spread from section to section. and
from state to state, until it permeated
and controlled the whole country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
CHAPTER VIII.
How Tom Was TattOOed

oAA q 4olIOOcu,
My companion was a short and thick
set sailor, about forty years of age,
and whose figure was suggestive of
great muscular strength; his hair was
cut short, but his whiskers were Of
the most voluminous description. as he
was anxious to conceal as much as
possible of the strange circles. strines
and grotesque designs with which his
s~un-burned face was covered. and
which, by their form and blackness,
impaired a hideous aspect of features
that otherwise were rather good look
Ing and pleasing.
lie was an intelligent man and we'll
read, for the humble class to which he
belonged.
AYE, Master Rodney" said he. on
perceiving that I was still survevin o.
him with something of wonder land
his face was a point on which he was
particularly sensitive); you see what
a precious fgure-head these 'tarnal
niggers on the coast of Africa made
for me-"
How did this happen, Tom?" said T
filling his drinking horn.
about twenty years ago. Mastor
Rodney, l belonged to the Arrow, a
smart Liverpool bark of two hundred
n twenty tons register. I made
many voyages in her to South Ameri-
ca, but at last, as bad luck, or nv des-
tiny Gas men say in the play) vou,d
nave it, she was chartered for the west
coast or Africa, to trade with the ma
tives, but not in black cattle. for s1a "
cry was never our line of business,
1--WE sailed from the Mersey in .June
Il early in August found ourselves at
the mouth of the Congo river. after a
prosperous voyage; but on the night
we made the land, a heavy gale came
on, and it veered round all the noints
of the compass in an hour. The co,
and the sky was as black as thew cou1d
be, and everything else was black too
except the breakers on abe shore to
leeward, and heaven knows they were
white enough-too white and too near
to be pleasant.
Cur skipper handled the Arrow
well, and she obeyed every touch of
the helm as a horse might do it's
bride; she was sharply built, but
heavily spared, and no other square,
rugged craft upon the sea could beat
her on a wind.
II think see her yet, Master Rod
ney, for she was the first vessel I
shipped on board Of, and hang me if
1 didn't love her as If she had been
my old mothers house, heal Deptford
docks.
"Her hull was long and low, and
sat like a swan in the water, only that
she was not white, like a swan, but
as black as paint could make her.
Aloft, the masts tapered away like
fshing-rods, crossed by the square
yards, while stays, shrouds, halyards
and hamper were always taut, as if
made of cast-iron; but for all this, she
failed to weather that gale off the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
A WONDERFUL RECORD.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press, sum-
ming up the record Of 1895, as proof CT
our wonderful prosperity, gives the fol-
lowing nineteen statements, to each of
which l append another view OF the
thing:
/. Largest wheat crop except that
of 1891.
And produced by reason of improved
machinery with less employment of
labor.
2. Highest price recorded fer wheat
except in 1888.
Forcing the n:illions to pay a higher
price for bread without any increase in
wages of those employed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Headed tho Wronp Wa

A county down in California is to
send q commission to Hawaii to hunt
up a remedy for the purple scale that
is devastating the fruit orchards Of
California. The commission is headed
the wrong way. It should be sent to
Washington, D. c.. to hunt up some
thing that will kill off the far more
dangerous purple scale that is deyas-
tating the orchard of American free.
dom.-Spirit of '76.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Adam ZaI.

The bear that walks like a man, no
doubt,
Is a frightful foe to be hunted ont.
But a worse foe yet-of his clutch be-
ware!-
Is the awful man who acts like a bear.
Chicago Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

The highest value of an English
postage stamp is Is. The stamp is Of
oblong shape. and very seldom we'd.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Walking Ia GoOd.

Every new trust that is formed
means that more men will have a
chance to walk around.-New Era.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

People who do not know how to
laugh are always pompous and self.
conreited.-Thackeray
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24

lovely night. going to be full moon. ana
we've got hanging lamp in here,
regular beauty!'i "Oh. do let US in!
Well help!" pleaded Genevieve. "No,
indeed! We do not need help, eitheri"
shouted another brother from the tent.
sarcastically. well, we made enough
to bring Maggie and her mother
down" cried Jessie. I'VE don't need
your money!" She'll be glad of lit
tie pocket money, anyhow. You girls
never thought of that" retorted the
boys. As this was true, the girls
walked of, beaten. People who went
to the tent found a really lovely little
collection of sea curiosities, in place
hung with fish net and lighted prettily
by the swinging silver lamp. 1t was
only two dollars and twenty-four cents
that the boys brought to the three girls
for little Maggie's pocket money, and
the girls jeered little. How did you
ever keep it secret?" they asked,
teasingly. ooh, we're not girls! re-
piled the boys, almost with one voice.
Annie willis Mccullough.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
In n Maze.

More uncomfortable even than "a
cat In strange garret" must be a cat
In crystal maze"-a series of mir
rors SO arranged that, once in, II is
hard to find ones way out. A strange
cat strayed into the maze at Jackson
Vile, and had bad time of it. Walk
Ing around between the mirrors she
cav her own reflection on all sides.
she was not well pleased. Her tail
started to swell. and she rushed at the
nearest cat. which advanced to meet
her at the same rate OF speed. With n
nhriek of defiance they met, and the
'l-tempered feline fell back from n
fearful bump against n mirror. Up
abe jumped and looked around. only
to see an array of abused cats staring
at her When she moved 1875 others
moved also. With howl of disgust
she turned and fed. Groups of cats
greeted here everywhere as she rushed
into mirrors and tried to climb the
slippery surface of the glass. In the
course of few minutes the animal
ran through the exit OF the crystal
maze as IL shot from a catapult With
two jumps she rushed to the street and
disappeared in one OF the adjacent
houses. very badly "rattled" cat.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
A King at Thirteen.

One of the youngest rulers OF the
world is Sumshere Jung, the young
king of Nepaul. which lies between
Thibet and India, and which contains
the highest mountain of the Himala-
vas. This little king, who is only 13
years old, has some hundred thousand
warriors under his command, and as
they are wonderfully brave fighters,
young Sumshere Jung has the respect
of all the neighboring tribes and gov
ernments, and even the English gov
ern1nent is very glad, indeed, to keep
on friendly terms with this little mon
arch. These people of Nepaul are
very queer mixture of races, with the
Ghoorkas as the ruling tribe. The
only men that are respected in this
strange land are warriors, SO every
boy is brought up with the one idea
that fighting is the only thing worth
living for. If anyone does
anything to displease this little king
he can order his head to be cut of at
once and 1t will be Immediately done.
How would you like to have boy for
a playmate who could have your head
cut off whenever you did anything he
did not like? 1t is pretty safe to say
that he is never sit" in any game un-
less he wants to be.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
MINING MENTION.

very we'll Each man carries in his
pocket several candles, enough for the
day. If we go into an especially
windy place. we carry large Kerosene
lamp, holding enough oil to last the
day. The angles are read by means of
n candle light and magnifying glass.
For sighting the fine string, hanging
from the stations in the room. we have
an excellent method, one which will
give satisfaction to every one. Those
who have tried 1t know how annoying
1t sometimes is to take II sight through
the instrument on thin string, carry
ing plumb-bob at the end, If bare
candle is used to illuminate the string.
After straining your sight for some
time, you angrily call to the back-sight
man to hold the candle closer to the
string. He does so, and gradually sue
ceeds in burning the string in two,
thereby causing delay and adding fuel
to your temper. This can be easily
avoided, the string seen at great dis
tance and with perfect distinctness, if
piece of ordinary white tracing cloth
is held behind the string. If the can
die is now brought behind the tracing
cloth. you get an evenly diffused light.
and the string is seen as IL dark line
against bright background.
l trust any mine surveyor who reads
this, and has had trouble in illuminat-
ing his lines, will try this method, for
| can assure him it will save much
time and worry. OF course we do not
have any infiammable gases in our
mines on the Witwatersrand, which is
Il great help.-Engineering and Mining
Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
Lights In Mine Surveying.

To have an efficient means of lllum-
nation Is II great help i'm mine survey
ing. for 1t saves much time and worry,
If no difficulty is experienced in sight
ing with the transit and reading
angles. There are many lights used
for this purpose. The small headlights
used so frequently in the coal regions
of Pennsylvania. are sometimes used
by surveying corps in the Transvnal
mines. but the objection to them Is that
you have to carry n bottle of kcro-
senc about the mine with You. which
become extremely inconvenicnt when
you have to climb about narrow
Slopes. Electric lamps are also used
but the objection to them IL that they
are too cumbersome. They give by far
the best light and are excellent in
windy shafts. where you have lots of
room. Acetylcnc lamps have also been
suggested for the use of the mine sur
vcyor. The method we use on the
Crown Deep mine we find answers
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
LEADVILLE DOING WELL.
Output VIII Soon Reach 5000 Tons Per
Day.

Output VIII Soon Reach 5000 Tons Per
Day.
Each day sees an increase in the
daily output of the camp, says the
Leadville Miner. The large stock of
ore that has been blockaded at the
mines is gradually finding it's way to
market. In ten days the embargo on
ore ut the five trust smelters at Den
YER, Pueblo and Durango will be
raised and they will again resume pur-
chasing in this market. The big Phil
adelphia smelter at Pueblo has II stock
of 10000 tons on hand and is busy run
ming it down. At present they are not
buying heavily in the Leadville dis
trict. The Midland exclusively han
dies Philadelphia ore, and in conse-
quencc ore shipments over that line
from here are very light. a large ton
mage of iron carrying high iron ey-
cess and small amount of silver is at
present without a market, partially
owing to the daily heavy tonnage of
iron from the iron mines in the Lead
vile basin, this material having the
preference by the smelters, owing to
its carrying from twelve to fifteen
ounces silver The Omaha and Grant
works being in need of salicious ores.
is taking some Penn ore. The Bal
iiii 10 S'ItihS uON IL tNthlN -hNt toliS
of ore daily to the Arkansas Valley
works. The output of the gold mines
to the local smelter will be increased
as soon MS the Denver & Rio Grande
road can get additional cars for the
"I<londike' line. The Mike and Star
is making n heavy output which is
placed with the pyritic smelters mt
Buena Vista and Ward. Colorado. The
ore for Bucna Vista is sent over the
South Park via Como. The manganese
shipments to the steel works mt South
Chicago and Pueblo are holding up
well. The Keno Leasing and Mining
Company are sending out 100 tons per
day via the Colorado road. The Tip
Top and Last Chip have large bodies
of ore and are making an output of
seventy-iive per day. The Fortune is
making daily shipments of thirty tons
of lead ore to the Eilers plant. The
Mineral Belt line to all the Graham
Park mines will soon load ore at the
mines for shipment over its line. and
also Interchange business with con.
Meeting roads in the Leadville yards.
a train of ore is daily loaded from the
California gulch, Rock hill and Print
er Boy hill mines mt the switch near
the Yak tunnel. II everything goes as
it looks now the output will be about
5000 tons per day from the Lcadville
mines on September list.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
Unwilling GypsY KInx

The gypsies roam from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. but they have real king
and his name is Gus Stanley. He has
been their ruler for great many years
but now he wants to let some one else
be king. All OF the gypsies in the
United States, though. like him. and
think him as good a ruler as they
could get, and they will not let him
give 1t up. Every year they come
from everywhere and NEE. all In one
place. but this year great many OF
them stayed away so they would not
have to vote for new king. and they
say that they will stay away until he
says he will not ask to quit any more.
30 he must be king yet awhile. whether
he wishes to oy not.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24

When it comes to making improve
ments in all branches of railroad serv
ice, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
does not have to retire from the front
rank. AS nothing is too good for the
Irish," so nothing is too good for Bal
timore and Ohio railroad patrons, and
a progressive step in dining car serv-
ice is being taken. The Royal Blue
Line dining cars are being shipped as
rapidly as possible to change the in
teriors so that each car will have a
table d'hote compartment and cafe,
where the service will be la carte.
This part of the car will have easy
chairs, tables and other conveniences
OF a first-class cafe, where gentlemen
can smoke and eat without interfering
with those who prefer different state
OF things.
Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
The Story of SearchIlght.

On nearly every battleship there is
mascot, and l am now going to tell
about the mascot on the Olympia, a
ship every boy and girl in the United
States is interested in. The Olympia's
IA years of age. His name l do mo-
know, but while engaged in war he
was called Searchlight by the sailors,
for reason l will explain. 1t was night
and the Olympia was out on the
ocean and it was very dark, so dark
that not an object could be discerned
on the vast sea. Suddenly the crew
was startled by the sound of shot
One of the sailors turned the search
light with its glare toward the direc-
tion from which the noise came, and
discovered gunboat not far from
them. An order was given for the
light to be turned out, as it was feared
that the gunboat was an enemy and
that it's crew would see the Olympia
The little mascot cried out, Turn it
on again." The sailor who heard the
order thought that it was given by an
officer, and he again threw the light
toward the other boat, and the brave
mascot yelled, "A Spanish gunboat!"
and the crew looked and saw the boat
turned toward them with its big can
non, ready for action. 1t was but
second. and the noble sailors were in
the midst of battle. Our American
boys won the victory. The Olympia
and its men were saved from an awful
fate by the little mascot, Searchlight.
While in Manila he died of fever. And
not only did the men of the Olympia
mourn his death, but also our brave
and honored Admiral Dewey.-Eleanor
Greenwood.