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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Australian Silver CITY.

The story CT Broken Hill, the great
center of the Australian silver mining
industry, reads like a chapter of ro-
nance. Little more than fifteen years
ago the district in which the world
famous silver mines are situated was
an immense sheep-run of a most IN
inviting character, save in the eyes of
the p~astoralist, to whom a broad
stretch Of country, several hundred
miles In extent, presenting no possible
lnducement to the ordinary settler, is
simply invaluable. But one eventful
day a boundary rider-a man who as
sists in looking after wandering live
stock-asserted that he had found
traces Of silver in the Barrier ranges,
a geological feature Of that part of New
South Wales neal the South Australian
border. At first the news was disbe-
lieved in Sydney and otksr places; but
subsequent investigation not only
proved the correctness of the state
ment, but also showed that the newly
discovered silver field extended over
an area Of $500 square miles. It is now
one of the leading mining centers Of
the world. The Broken Hill lode Is the
largest yet discovered. 1t varies in
width from 10 to 200 feet and may be
traced for several miles, the whole Of
tho ground along the line being taken
up and subdivided into numerous
leases, held by mining companies and
syndicates. The broken Hill Proprie-
tary Company hold the premier posi-
ton. They have erected on their
lease a complete smelling plant on the
latest and most approved principles,
and have enlisted the services Of COM
petent managers, whose experience has
been gained in the principal silver min
ing centers of the United States. From
the commencement of mining opera
tions in 1885 to the end of May, 1897,
the company treated 3,299,331 tons Of
silver and si'ver-lead ores, producing
1895, 567 ounces Of silver and 1926, O6O
tons Of lead, valued in the London
market at Sit, 1873 1874.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Dialects of tho Philippines.

According to a Spanish missionary,
who resided for eighteen years in the
Philippines, there is no language that
is common to all the islands, but each
canton has a dialect peculiar to itself.
All these dialects, however, have some
affinity, somewhat like that which ex-
lists between the Italian dialects of
L~ombardy, Sicily and Tuscany. On tho
island Of Luzon there are six dialects.
some of which are current in the other
islands,. The most universal are the
Tagala and Bisaya. The latter is very
coarse, while the former is more pol
ished and peculiar, and to such a de-
gree that a Roman Catholic missionary
who had a thorough knowledge Of ev-
erything pertaining to the islands was
accustomed to say that the Tagala Ian
guage had the advantages of four of the
principal tongues Of the world; that it
was mysterious like the Hebrew; that
it had the articles of the Greek. as
we'll for appellations as for proper
nouns; that 1t was as elegant and CO.
pious as Latin: and that 1t was as we'll
adapted as Italian for compliments and
negotiations. The natives make use of
but three vowels and have but twelve
consonants, which they express differ
emily by placing a dot above or below
them. They have learned from Euro
peans to write from left to right in
stead of from top to bottom, as they
formerly wrote. Palm leaves were for
merly used for paper, and an iron style
for a pen. They use writing for cor
respondence only, Is they have no
books Of science or history. The mis-
sionaries furnish the religious works
printed in the various dialects Of the
islands. The natives Of the Moluccas
have q very pleasing way OF cores
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Queer Chinese PHlories.

Just now, when European nations are
all hungry for a bit Of broken China,
the rulers Of the Celestial Kingdom
are pretty careful to give the foreign
devils no excuse for reprisals. They
haven't forgotten how Kaiser Wilhelm
Of Germany took possession Of Kiao-
Chou bay, apparently because Germans
had been attacked there, really because
he wanted it. Nor of how that de-
testible old hypocrite, J. Bull, gobbled
up Hong Kong harbor.
For ignorant subjects who So far
forgot themselves as to throw brick
bats at the Christians in the treaty
ports, local mandarins have a humor-
Gus punishment, which is called the
"cangue." This was recently used in
Pekin itself on a number Of Chinese
who let their angry passions rise too
periodically. 1t consists OF two heavy
planks fitted together, with a hole be-
tween them just big enough for a mans
neck. Each man was tied to a stout
post, and above his head hung a big
placard in teachest letters announcing
that he was exposed "for attacking
Europeans" Thus ticketed the pris-
oners remained all day, before being
removed to prison for other punish
ment-which may have been a prompt
release or something a good deal worse
than the cangue, according to tho Of
ficials. The Chinese are ingenious in
cruel penalties. The most horrible of
these is the death by a thousand cuts"
In this case it is the object of the exc
cutioner to show his skill by hacking
the victim as long as possible without
absolutely killing him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Remarkable Colin

A most remarkable story of coinci-
Gences is contributed to the London
Spectator by w. ]. Humble-Crofts as
1ollo"s: Many years ago, when at
oxford father gave me as an heirloom
a ring presented to him by an old
friend, and bearing an inscription stat
Ing that it contained the hair OF the
luke or wellington. This ring I gave
to my wife on cur marriage in 1876.
In October, 1879, when we were on a
visit to Mr.. W. Arkwright, Of Sutton
~Scarsdale, my wife felt it slip off her
finger at the dinner-table, and, al
though careful search was made, moth
Ing more was seen or heard OF it for
eighteen years, SO far as we were con-
cerned. At the commencement Of this
year, however, my wife received a It.
ter from her half-sister, Mrs. Hodge,
IN New Zealand, which stated incident
ally that a church in which she was
interested out there had received un-
expected help some years ago from a
curious source. Her sister, Miss White,
had sent out from England at her re-
AoSoS oOAdO 6loNCo. Ill u Ing Cl d pdll
of these gloves, she. to her astonish-
ment, found inside one of them a ring
containing the hair of the Duke Of
Wellington, which had evidently been
drawn off the finger unconsciously by
some one trying IN the glove at Bides.
Unable to find the owner Of the ring,
and not liking to keep it, Mrs. Hodge
thought 1t would be a fair thing to sell
1t and apply the proceeds to the church
fund. She did so, and the purchaser
was a Mr.. Frank Arkwright, Of Over
ton, Marston, New Zealand, whose
grandmother had given the ring to my
father, and who has most kindly re-
placed 1t In my possession. Now here
Is a series Of condolences that are
likely to happen only once in a life
time. That of. all the thousands Of peo-
pie who purchase gloves, my wife's
half-sister should have lighted upon
this particular pair, and, unknown to
herself and to Bides, should have sent
out this ring in them to her sister in
the Antipodes, and that there should
have been recovered in the house of a
cousin Of the Mr.. Arkwright in whose
house it had been lost eighteen years
ago, surely goes to show that some
times, at any rate truth is stranger
than fiction! AS a minor coincidence
I may perhaps mention that the letter
which, by the merest chance, happened
to mention the finding of the ring, was
dated from Wellington, in New Zea-
land"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Happy!

Happy!
His youthful years had withered in the
SUM
Where he and his were bred.
He was a burden, and though lips were
dumb,
Hearts wished hat he were dead.
And SO wished he; for in hio wearied
soul
There was but one desire
10 slip away, to reach 4 strange vague
Where time would cease to tire.
But on a day some one with grave. sweet
face,
And tender, skilful hands,
Came to his side, and bore him from the
place,
1t seemed, to iar-of lands. -,
Yet, after all, twas but a whirling hour
Out OF the smoke-blind town
10 where the sky shone with unblem!sh-
ed power
Over a fair, broad down.
And he. the cripple, who's sad springs
were more
Than one who watched him knew,
tad never seen so much green grass be-
fore,
Nor skies so big and blue.
he was so softly glad, so full of peace,
he laid him back and sighed.
And watched the deep sky and its float
ing fleece
Dreaming that he had died.
j. J. Bell.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
What the People May Expc,t.

An evidence Of what the people can
expect from a Republican congress was
given In the prompt passage, almost
without debate, of what is known as
the anti-scalping bill, that is, the biz
to prevent the sale Of railroad tickets
by others than the authorized agents of
the roads. Mr.. Bland bluntly stated
that the purpose of the bill was to le-
CALLING pooling of traffic, and
to take away from the states, as far as
possible, jurisdiction over this bust
ness. Mr.. Updegraff (Rep.) of Illinois
made a warm speech in opposition to
the bill. He could not, he said, allow
so monstrous a proposition as this bill
contained, to pass without a word. 1t
ought to be entitled, "A Bill to Sun
press Competition in Passenger Traf-
fic." Debate was cut off, and the bill
rushed to its passage, the vote standing
III for and 101 against the measure.
This bill has been pushed by the
railroads in almost every conceivable
manner for the past two years, says
the Journal of Agriculture, their object
being precisely what Mr.. Bland stated,
to pool the passenger traffic of the
country and evade the restrictions oil
the interstate commerce law. If the
bill should get through the senate and
become a law, as it will during the
next session, if not this, the travelling
public will be at the mercy of the rail-
roads, and the people know very we'll
how to appreciate the quality OF that
mercy. But some day the people
themselves will W the railroads, and
then it will be different.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Nebraska's Two State Treasurers

Yes, we are bound to admit that Ne
braska has two state treasurers serv-
ing the state. One is a Republican and
the other is a Populist. The former
is serving a twenty year term in the
~penitentiary, while the latter will soon
enter on his second term. as an in
dorsement of the competent manner in
which he served the people during his
first term.-Grand Island Democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
The Wrong Way to Harmonize.

Harmony among reformers can be
best produced by having a continual
fusillade of personal abuse pouring onto
those who do not conform to- your par
ticular methods. The movement will
be SO much better advanced by devot-
ing energy to abuse than education!-
Appeal to Reason.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

pondins with their friends. They ar
range flowers Of different colors in a
bouquet in such a way that the receiv-
or understands by examining the varie-
ties and their shades (Which represent
SO many characters), what his friends
intended to say to him.-Scientifie
American.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Character study.

II rather think she prefers q pensive.
thoughtful man." "Ah?" Eyes. At
any rate, when l told her l loved her
she advised me not to get too gay
Indianapolis Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Chemists have extracted from coal
tar 16 shades Of blue. 16 Of yellow, -
of orange, nine Of violet, besides
shades of other colors too numerous to
mention.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

The man who will DO nothing against
existing wrongs till he is certain of
success is a camp-follower and not a
soldier.-Wilmington Justice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Why isn't it superstitious to pick up
pins at the end of a bowling alley?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
SPEARING OF FROGS,
A MAINE INDUSTRY. PERFECT
ED BY FRENCHMEN.

Johnny Crapaud Il o Judge--His Dofa
Manipulation and Long Experiencs
Place Him Ahead Of All Competitors
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
Where the Money Comes From.

The large amount of money in the
treasury of the United States has been
obtained in the main through selling
bonds and taxing the necessaries of life
consumed by the poor.-Silver knight
Watchman.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

A Chapter of Remarkable Coineidenees
DIALECTS of the Philippine Islaads-
! slede'ng In Siberla--Qucer Chinese
pillOries,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

"In view Of the great importance Of
this subject to Ireland the Biinetalllc
League has arranged to have {. series
of addresses delivered at various cen
tiers throughout the country during the
coming autumn and winter, by lee
turers skilled in this branch of finan-
cial economics. All information with
regard to these addresses, as we'll as
literature, ETC., dealing with the sub
ject, will be sent free of cost to any
one applying to the secretary, Bimetal-
lie League, SO Lower Sackville street,
Dublin. William Field"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

Under the operation of this bill the
bankers will be able to bankrupt, at
pleasure, not only such individuals as
oppose their sway but the whole coun-
try as we'll. Under the threat of their
displeasure they expect to be able to
overawe the people individually and
collectively.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
SILVER IN

The following letter from MI. VIM.
Field, M. P, the president of the Irish
branch of the Bimetallic League, has
been widely published in the Irish
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

Representative Topping has intro
duced bill authorizing county
courts to keep blood hounds for the
tracking and hunting down of
criminals. Talk about the great
enlightenment of our modern goth
century, but this is Topping the
climax. Mr.. Topping had much
better devise some means of prop
erly Furnishing the criminals that
our sheriffs already run down. 1t
is just such nonsense as this that
makes Oregon legislators objects OF
ridicule all over the state. Legis-
lators should take their "horse
sense" with them when they 60 to
Salem and let a large amount oi
such nonsense alone.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

"The bill reapportioning the state
into senatorial and legislative dis
tricts, which passed the house last
Tuesday, and has since passed the
senate, caused another commotion
in the house yesterday. Mr.. Platts,
of Curry county, moved a recon-
sideration of the vote by which it
was passed and Speaker Carter
ruled that the motion was out of
order, as, in his opinion, the bill
had passed beyond the jurisdiction
of the house for reconsideration
Mr.. Reeder appealed 10 the house
from the ruling, pending which a
call OF the house was demanded,
revealing the absence of several
members, mostly excused, but the
sergeant-at-arms was instructed to
bring in such as he could find.
While he was out ON this mission
the house adjourned. statesman
Glad are we that some one OF
Oregon's Legislators is ashamed OF
the apportionment bill and wishes
to crawfish. Lincoln county has
never had much influence in max
ing the laws of the state or in her
selection of officers, but this bill
purposely, squelches what little
influence she may have had. By
the following editorial from the
Statesman, it will be seen that
others are hurt as we'll as we, and
that it is now realized to have been
mistake:
''It seems to us that the ap-
portionment bill that has gone to
the governor ties up too many
sparsely settled counties with the
centers of population. 1t is hard
matter to frame satisfactory ap.
portionment bill, but we believe
the work could have been better
done. 1t would not be bad idea
to undo it,"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
before the final entries had been
made, hence, this correction.
PROSPEROUS LINCOLN COUNTY.

An Oregonian reporter has this
to report from an interview with
Judge Stewart: County Judge ].
F. Stewart, of Lincoln county, is
in Portland to secure a creamery
plant, which will be set up in To-
ledo where mich cows are numer-
Gus on the rich meadows reclaimed
from the tides of Yaquina bay.
Lincoln county, says the Judge,
hopes to erect new court house
at Toledo without raising the taxes.
Several public-spirited citizens have
intimated willingness to contrib
ute to its erection, and this has
started ball rolling which will!
not stop until the building is in po
sition.
The move of the people of Alsea
bay to leave Lincoln and join Ben
ton has met with no opposition
from the people of Toledo. This
strip of disaffected territory is II
miles wide and stretches across the
south end of Lincoln county. 1t
would form a panhandle for Benton
reaching the sea, should the move
be consummated.
Benton county, however, does
not seem anxious to have this por-
tion of Lincoln county back again,
Judge Stewart says, and although
the Alsea people have petitioned to
be set back, no member of Liucoln
or Benton cares to introduce bill
to that effect. The Alsea is a
sparsely settled locality, remote
from both Toledo and Corvallis, and
the expense connected with its jur-
isdiction would more than cover the
revenue derived from the territory.
X X Il
The tidelands of Lincoln county
are a source of great wealth, Judge
Stewart says, and there are very
large tracts to be reclaimed still.
1t takes two years for the salt to
leach out Of the land after a 4-foot
dixie has been built around it, and
then it will grow clover, beets, car
rots and all sorts of root crops
abundantly. He looks for more
creameries TO be established ada.
: cent to Toledo, as very thrifty
.. class of farmers have recently settled
in the vicinity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
Teaching Children Good Manners.

Good manners cannot be learned
in a moment. There are cert ain
forms which society has agreed
people must conform to if they
wish to appear well bred, and these
are often not at all what the natural
inclination would prompt one to do
under the circumstances. Children
must be taught these conventions,
and we must not be surprised if
they are sometimes slow in learning
them, nor despair if after much
teaching they at times relapse into
native barbarism. Patient perser-
vel ance in training them will at
last produce the desired result.
The constant repetition that seems
so irksome, combined with the
silent force of daily example, will
effect the end in view-a well.bred
child.-February Ladies Home
Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
Correction.

Two items in the docket as it
appeared in THE LEADER last
week were wrong and we hasten to
correct the error. In the case of
Jno. o. Allen VS.. the Bellamy
Colony. There was a judgment of
$43. so and costs and i'll the case of
Z. G. Copeland VS.. B. F. Jones
there was judgement for the
defendant. In both these cases we
took notes from the court docket
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
For La 0rigge.

Thomas Whitefeld & Co., 24o
Wabash-av., corner Jackson-st.,
one of Chidago's Oldest and most
prominent druggists, recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for
la grigge, as it not only gives a
prompt and complete relief, but
also counteracts any tendency OF
la grippe to result in pneumonia.
For sale by OttoO Krog gstad, drug
gist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

We have heard of the boy who
wanted to eat his cake and keep it,
but never before of a business man
who sold his goods and then gave
the purchaser credit for the amount
paid. To learn about this. send to
James Vicks Sons. of Rochester, N.
Y, who agree to do this in their
Guide. The golden wedding edi-
tion of Vick's Garden and Floral
Guide is certainly an artistic work
with its 24 pages Autographed in
colors and nearly 100 more pages
filled with handsome half-tone illus.
trations, photographed from flowers
fruits, vegetables, and homes.
While this Guide is too expen,
sive to give away, they give it with
a due bill for IS cents worth ol
seeds for only IS cents. Another
new feature is the doing away with
the old packet Of vegetable seeds
and stating the quantity in each
case, the buyer getting more 70,
his money.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
To the Public.

We are authorized to guarantee
every bottle ofChamberlain's Cough
Remedy and if not satisfactory to
refund the money to the purchaser.
There is no better medicine made
for la grippe, colds and whooping
cough. Price, rs and soc per bot
tie. Try it. o. o Krogstad,
druggist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

Quite number of our people are
finding fault with the bill which
places bounty on coyote scalps.
1t may not be generally known,
but there are none of these var
mints on this side or the mountains.
The reason for this is the fact that
salmon run to the very sources of
these small creeks. The coyotes
feed upon them and are sorely
poisoned. Hence it is unjust to
tax our citizens to pay for the
determination of Eastern Oregon
pests. We trust our representa-
tives will see the injustice of this
bill and vehemently protest against
it. 1t is certainly not just bill TO
tax any part of our people to assist
another part. Our people are bur
dened with heavy taxes at present
all they can bear. Let those pay
the fiddler who dance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

During four years past Governor
Lord granted SIS pardons, and 63
pardons to restore citizenship and
commuted 22 sentences. This
record plainly says that he thinks
the decisions ofhis former associates
were very poorly given. Itamounts
to slap in the face.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

In speaking of government ap-
preparations the Coos Bay News
says, Everybody knows there is
more shipping done in Coos bay in
a week than is done in Yaquina in
six weeks" The News speaks
the truth without doubt but that
does not do away with the fact that
the Improvement of our bar, with
her limited shipping, would be
more than one hundred times as
much benefit to Oregon farmers as
would the improvement of the
Coos bar. Her Improvement
would simply benefit her because
she virtually has no railroad, while
ours benefits every farmer in the
Willamette and Eastern Oregon.
If our improvement gives the
farmer better price for his pro-
ducts, which it does, the benefit oi
the Improvement is accomplished
even if pound of freight never
passed over the bar. Can the Coos
Bay News see the point?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03

Toledo is certain of creamery,
or should Stewart & Center fail, O
A. Krogstad stands ready to put III
first-class plant and launch for
gathering cream, in sixty days
time, and our people know this
gentleman is fixed to do exactly as
he promises.