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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The origin of fine pearls was the
subject of an interesting paper lately
read by NJ. Leon Diguet before the Aca-
dcmie des Sciences, Paris. The author
believes the true pearl to be pathology
ical Qualification or "stCnc" induced
by parasites. The true spherical pearl
is formed in any part of the shellfish
except the mantle, and has no connec-
ton with the shell itself. but begins
in a small sac Of humor. This beoomes
gelatinous, and finally solidifies in a
series of concentric layers. A pearl
thus formed consists Of alternate lay
ers Of crystalline matter and a sub
stance resembling conchioline, and it
has a central cavity containing cal
careous crystals and the remains of
some organized creatures, presumably
the parasites which have induced the
disorder in the bivalve. The small sac
in which the pearl has been made, after
a lapse Of time. becomes thin, and can
be easily broken by the oyster and the
pearl elected. 1t has been held by
many investigators that pearls were
caused by shellfsh coating foreign
bodies, such as grains of sand or in
sects, with nacre, and, although m
dOubtedly such intrusive bodies are so
coated and are often sold as pearls,
NJ. Leon Diguet maintains that these
are quite distinct from the true "Ori-
ent" pearl. They always occur be-
tween the mantle and the shell, and are
usually attached to the shell by a neck
of pearly matter, and they have not the
fine iridescence and luster of true "Ori-
ent' pearl, but only that of mother-of-
pearl. These pearls of nacre" are the
reSElt Of accidental intrusion and prob
ohSy an effort on the part Of the mol
i11sc to allay the irritation caused by
the presence of a foreign body in con-
tact with it's soft flesh, but are quite
distinct from the spherical pearls
formed in the shellfish itself.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
WE'LL APPEAL TO M'NiNlEY.


sto.y that Imprisoned Miners Are Heins
Subjected 10 r~unishmon's'
DENVER, Oct. "A special to the
News from Anaconda. Mont, says:
President Boyce Of the Western
Federation Of Miners will Immediate
" appeal to President Mckinley in
behalf of the imprisoned Occur
d'Alene mixers at Wardner.
For the last eight days, it is alleged,
all the prisoners have been kept on a
bread and water diet and for trivia!
violations Of prison rules have been
punished by being obliged to stand
for eight hours immov3blc in the hot
sun. For refusing to work the straw
has been taken from their hunks and
they have been compelled to sleep on
the bare boards. No tobacco is per
rttted and no visitors are allowed to
speak to the prisoners.
1t is alleged that under these un-
usual punishmeIts the prisoners are
rapidly breaking down in health and
some, under the sun ordeal, have be-
come crazed. These men have been
imprisoned five months without trial
and IN the meantime two sessions
or the district court have been held.
senator Carter will be asked to use
his influence with the War depart
ment Immediately.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Congressman Burkctt Ill.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 2.-Congress-
man S. j. Rurkett is seriously i'll at
his residence in this city. He was
taken sick last Thursday, and on yes
teruay the announcement was made
that he would be compelled to can
eel some speaking engagements he
had made, and 1t was also stated that
the illness was from an attack of ap-
pendicitis. DR.. E. l.. Holyoke, the
physician in attendance, said today
that the condition of the patient was
critical, but hopeful, and hat it did
not indicate the necessity for an op-
GRAFTON. Tonight the patients condi-
ton is reported to be about the same
as during the day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

No wonder therefore that after some
minutes he quietly discarded it, and.
lying back on the soft green sward,
tilted his hat far over his eyes
prepared to enjoy the perfect calm
ness of the day.
But half an hour had passed quietly;
his feelings Of p%erpleXity had given
place to hopelessness, and hopeless
ness to a general sense Of lassitude.
which had brought him to that stage
when the sights and sounds around
aim had grown vague and indistinct,
and before long he was travelling
peacefully in the land of, sleep.
Thus he was quite unconscious of
the fact that a little black French
poodle had discovered him and had
shifted s~uspiciously round him for two
conscious that, when that little black
French poodle had disappeared, his
.igar-case, which had been lying on
the grass at his elbow, had disappear
ed also.
Meanwhile Miss Luttrell, who had
comfortably ensconced herself in a
large bamboo chair, was deeply alb
sorbed in the thrilling incidents Of
her th%ree-volume novel. So deeply was
she absorbed indeed that she had not
the remotest idea that Major Brown
had even crossed the lawn, or that
Sambo, who had been lying on the
rug at her feet, had grown tired of
making little grabs at the army of
gnats and flies which had been how
ering round his head and had gone
trotting off to pay a visit to that hap
less individual.
Yet. when he returned again and
settled himself in silence by her side
4 silence which was perhaps ominous
Of coming evil from the very fact
that any unusual calmness upon Sam
bo's part generally foreboded mischief
she bent forward and, raising her
yes from her book, asked what he
as doing.
"Sambo!"
Horror and dismay were depicted
upon her countenance, her tones were
tlled with the keenest reproach, as
shc sprang up from her chair and
laused in CONSERVATION at the sight
which met her eyes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Why the critics are laughing is thus.
explained by the London Chronicle:
A certain popular lady novelist mas
attained to the dignity in Australi&
OF having a race-horse named after
her. An incident at the
city police court has brought n lacI
into prominence. A constable was
giving evidence in a case of alleged
illegal betting. He said he backed
Merry Gorilla observed the witness.
Merry Gorilla?' exclaimed the pre-
siding MAGISTRATE: Il never heard OF a
horse with such~a peculiar name
He means Marie Corelli," explained
the prosecuting lawyer. Then the
bench, the bar, the dock ana one
gallery laughed in unison.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
That
Mysterious
Maj0r...

from the poodle's clutches, but, alas,
not before the whole of the leather
had become indcnted with W~ell-dctin-
ed tOoth-marks, whilst one of the cor
ners had been entirely nibbled away.
We'll, Sambo, you have quite sur
passed yourself this timc."
Evelyn held up the cigar-case before
the culprit with a threatening air, and
then gave him a couple of small pats
with it on his two front paws.
But What vas she to do about it?
To whom could it belong? That was
more to the point than scolding Sam
DO. She raised her head and looked
round ~anXiously, but drew back as
her eyes fell upon a familiar form.
"Sambo, surely you have
touched anything of hat man's?"
Yet, as she gave a hurried glance
at the initials engraved upon one side
Of the case, her heart sank within her.
Ies-it was too true.
Should she make her cscapc into the
house, and leave Sambo, surrounded
by the litter, to settle his own diff
culties? 1t would certainly be the
easiest thing to do; but certainly that
Sambo was her w dog, and that she
was responsible for his actions, would
not it be rather a mean way of get
ting out of the mischief? She took
up her book and set off with Sambo.
ms Will be a very good test as to
whether he is an educated man" mus
ed Evelyn. Common people can new
er disguise their feelings. Anyhow. it
has to be done; SO come along, Sam
DO, and bear the brunt of his wrath"
And, with an admirable assumption of
indifference, as if prepared for any
reception, Miss Luttrell braced herself
up for Ii encounter and advanced
slowly towards the rccumbcnt form OF
the Major, who was still lying stretch
ed at full length beneath the shade Of
the overhanging trees.
But, as she reached his side and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

was just about to begin a carefully
prepared apology she paused, then
hurrledly drew back, for the gallant
Major was still indulging in the pro-
verbal forty winks."
Must she wake him? No-decided-
~ not; it would never do to disturb
his slumbers. Any annoyance that he
might feel would be ten times %increas-
ed II he was so summarily reused. Be-
sides cogitated Evelyn with a sigh of
relief at the thought Of a respite if
ne were accustomed to dropping off to
sleep in that way nobody could DOS
sibly be held accountable for What in
the meanwhile might happen to his
belongings. She would put the cigar
case down by his side, and then-well
she might as we'll go into the hotel
and think Of what course to adopt
next. 1t would not be nearly so dis
agreeable to confess that Sambo was
the delinquent If at the same time she
could provide him with another cigar
case the facsimile Of his own. This
new idea seemed SO preferable to her
first one that, as she stepped forward
to place the case on the grass by his
side, her heart almost ceased beating
in her anxiety not to wake him. It
was therefore with an expression Of
absolute dismay, which could scarcely
have been more suggestive of guilt
had she been detected in the act of
committing some heinous crime, that,
as the Major suddenly opened his eyes.
she started back, and, dropping the
cigar-case at her feet, stood the pic
ture of hopeless confusion.
Il am so dreadfully sorry!" she
stammered. thoroughly taken aback.
"1-hope I have not disturbed you"
Disturbed mel" echoed the Major,
looking perfectly mystified. "Oh, dear
no-not at ALL" He had sprung to his
feet, and, raising his hat, was vainly
trying to collect his scattered senses.
THE fact isl had come to ask you
II you have lost anything" began Eve
Ign hesitatingly, looking round help
lcssly and forgetting in toto the calm
dignifted apology which she had in
tended to make; because I am afraid
my dog has been doing some dreadfu
mischief"
"Really?" returned the Major. 1T
is very good of you, I am sure. But
what has your dog been doing? Is
it anything SO very serious?"
"Well, yes-that is what he has
done!" answered Evelyn, with a rueful
glance at the cigar case. the dilapi-
dated state Of which plainly told its
tale. "And now I want to know
If it belongs to you, as, If so, I cannot
tell how I am to apologize for Sam
bo's dreadful behavior. Where he dis
covered it, and how he came into pos
session Of it, I have no idea, as 1
found it in his mouth only about a
minute ago: but"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
TransnortS Snil for Manila.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2.-The re-
naming companies of the ~Thirty-sec-
ond regiment sailed touay for Manila
on the transports Glenogle and
Charles Nelson. Companies A. E, F.
G, X. 4 and M and the regimental
band, unuer command Of Colonel
Louis A. Craig, went on the Glenogle,
and Companies c andD, under CON-
mand of Major Charles E. Cabell,
went on the Nelson. The Glenogle
and the Nelson are of about the same
speed, fourteen knots. They will
touch at Honolulu and are expected
to reach Manila together.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
%tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
intlamed condition OF the mucuS lining OF the
EuStachian Tube. When this tube is ntiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
ninc cases out of ten are caused by caturrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucuS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists. roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
kCATE DBflOTANS AT HOMF.
One Continuous Ovation From the Time
They Cross the State Line.

One Continuous Ovation From the Time
They Cross the State Line.
FARGO, N. D.. Oct. 2.-The North
Dakota volunteers reached their ma
tive state yesterday after an absence
OF seventeen months, one year of
which was spent in the Philippines.
The troops, in two special trains,
reached the state line from San Fran
cisco early yesterday morning, and
from Dickinson, the home of Com
pany X, to Fargo, the home of Com
pany B, every town along the line
yelled itself hoarse in honor of the
troops.
Great crowds welcomed them at
Bismarck, jamestown and Valley
City. All companies stopped and
dined at jamestown at 3 o'clock.
Fargo was reached at s o'clock to-
night and 10000 people and dozens of
steam whistles and bCEs and salutes
of artillery by the Lisbon battery
made the occasion unparalleled in
North Dakota.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Germany Wants kOSr.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Oct. 2.-Bartholomae
Kost, the Austrian, who is accused Of
the murder Of his fance, Mary Vodica,
at Bremen. Germany, that he might
return to Vienna, Austria, tomarry his
present wife, Anna Schimera, lett here
today, in charge of two detectives, on
his way back to Germany, to answer
to the charge of mul De-. The woman
Tor whom he is alleged to have uone
murder did not accompany him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Fed by the Eve.

A lady went into a pastry cooks
shop the other day. On the counter
were displayed all sorts of toothsome
dainties. The only attendant vas a
little girl about 10 years Of age. isn't
it a great temptation to you my DEAR"
asked the lady, "to see all those nice
things? You must always be wanting
to eat them" ooh, no, ma'am," was
the answer; cit is enough for me to
see them made"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Studying Postal Matters.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Congressman
Loud of California was a passenger on
the American liner New York, which
arrived from Southampton today. He
was accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Grace Loud. Mr.. Loud went abroad
some weeks ago in the interests Of taa
government to study the postal sys-
TENS on the other side. He visited
England, Germany and France, look
ing into their methods Of handling
mails. He returns with much informa-
ton which VIA GO 81 W. lie to the de-
partment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Dewey Celebration.

Americans are quick to appreciate
merit. The Dewey celebrations prove
that, and it is again forcibly demon
strated in the praise and confidence
which is accorded Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, one of the most merltorlous
remedies ever compounded for indl-
gestion, constipation, dyspepsia, BILL
iousness. liver or kidney disease o" any
trouble arising from q weak
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Don't Like Girl Students.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Oct. 1.-The
agitation that has waged at Wesleyan
university relative to ~co-education has
had the effect of reducing the fresh
man cless to seven women this wear.
whereas there were twenty-five last
year, which was the largest In the his
tory of the college. This years fresh
man class will number 1O1, which is
but few less than the entering class
last year. The students as a BODY ara
opposed to co-education and the de-
crease of women students is very graf.
flying to them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
A CONFLICT APPEARS NEAR.
Tuesday Named as the Day for Declare
ton Of War.

ton of War.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-The Berlin CORE
5pondent of the Daily News says: Ad-
vices from The Hague say DR.. Leyda
has named Tuesday as the day for a
formal declaration Of war by the Beers.
There is an unconfirmed rumor in cir
culation here that Queen Victoria has
written Queen Wilhelmina Of the
Netherlands, deploring the turn events
have taken in South Africa and assur-
ing the Dutch monarch that she has
gone to the utmost limits of her con-
stitutional rights in her efforts to Sc
cure peace
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 2.-The COM
handing orders are completed and the
burghers are ready for the field. A
large body passed through the town
yesterday afternoon. Business has
virtually ceased. The merchants have
finished barricading their premises and
the proprietors of the drinking saloons
expect to receive a notification to close
their establishments tomorrow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The agricultural department at
Washington is making elaborate prep
arations with a view of making that
department of the census of 1900 very
comprehensive. Advance forms of
census reports are being sent out fer
the p%erusal of farmers so that By June
next (the date on which the census
taking Is to begin) every farmer in the
land will have a clear understanding
of his part of the contract. The de-
partment is to be complimentcd for the
manner in which it has set about its
work.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
YELLOW FEVER INCREASES.
Forty-Eisht New Cases at New York Are
EOuni md UcLnrtci.

LoTtS-Elsnt New Gases at New York Are
Found and Reported.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 2.-There
were forty-eight new cases Of yellow
fever and two deaths at Key West to-
day according to tonight's marine hos
pital service adViceS. Passed Assistant
Surgeon Smith wired that the condi-
tons at the detention camp at Dry
TortuGas remain good and that ne
has notified the Key West authorities
that after this week the camp VIII be
closed. The camp, which is for the
benefit Of refugees from Key West,
will have been in operation fOur weeks,
and the authorities believe with this
week adequate opportunity will have
been given the Key West people to
leave. The official dispatches show
that the temperature at New Orleans
last night Il today recorded 81 de-
Grees and report a heavy frost at Hat
tiesburg, Miss, and in Northern Loui-
siana. Miami reports no new cases or
suspects.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The American c%ollesian is fast gain
Ing widespread fame as a digger and
a deliver. Through the long winter
and the balmy spring he digs into his
Greek and Latin in class and study
room; during the summer season he
digs for fossils in the bad lands and
the lava fields. and when the crisp
autumn breczes blow he digs holes in
the football field with his own and his
opponents Craniums. The last-men-
toned kind of excavation, 1t may be
added, is easily the most popular OF
all.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The great fault with which the coun-
try has to contend may be summed up
in the words individual Irresponsible
ity. Could every voter understand
that in him and him alone reposes the
welfare of the nation her institutions
would be safe. Let every man do what
is right according to his conscience,
and regardless Of what others believe
to be right, and the greatest good will
certainly accrue to the greatest num-
Der.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Escapes From Steel Care.

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. John At
kinson, confined in the steel cage at
the penitentiary built for himself and
the other prison demons" Marlatt,
Hurley and O'Neill, escaped today
from his cell and had secreted himself
under a bench in the corridor when
captured. The steel cage was thought
to be absolutely safe, there being two
sets of doors and two sets of locks,
worked only from the outside by levers
and bolts. Atkinson managed by the
use of a stick to disarrange the whole
system e Jocks and free himself.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
v

There was Master Sambo literally
surrounded by a mixed collection of
'igars and cigarettes, whilst between
ais paws was calmly reposing a sill
ver-mounted Russian leather cigar
Sase, at which he was gnawing with
apparently as much enjoyment as If
It had been one Of the most tasty
bones.
"Sambo. where did you get it? Oh,
you bad dog! Whose in the world can
1t be?"
In an instant Evelyn had seized hold
Of the cigar-case and dragged 1t away
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Electricity makes heat, light and
power interchangeable. This is strik-
ingly suggested by the arrangement
which a deaf and dumb couple have in
their home for receiving signals.
Wherever electric buttons were intend
ed to ring bells, they have been made
to turn on lights instead. In this way
callers make their presence known.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Queen Victoria is reported to have
SEM a copy of her family tree, with
King David at the top, to Emperor
William, Of Germany. 1t is said to be
a ~favoritc idea with the queen that she
is descended from the Psalmlst
through Zedekiah's Oldest daughter,
and the emporer's conviction of his
divine origin may he the result Of the
same notion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
SQUADRON Sails Friday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Admiral
Sampson telegraphed Secretary Long
that the North Atlantic squadron will
sail on the 9Th inst. for Hampton
Roads, where the change in the COM
mander-in-chief will take place and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

It is said that a new church will be
established with Christ as a model.
This information sounds strange in a
land like ours. dotted as it is with
church spires. Are these churches full
dlling the mission of the great founder
OF Christianity? II they are, why a
new church with Christ as the model?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
DEWEY NEEDS REST BADLY,
Functions OF Last Week Prove Almost
Too Much for His Strength.

w A"&'t w tlAlo
Too Much for His Strength.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The functions
and the receptions that have figured so
prominently in the daily life of Adj
miral Dewey since his arrival off
Sandy Hook last Tuesday morning
have proven almost too much for his
strength. The admiral has beer under
such a perpetual physical and nervous
strain that he is now almost exhausted.
Saturdays ceremonies were the most
taxing on his strength of any hat he
has yet had to undergo, and he appear
ed today looking pale and Worn. De-
spite the fact that he retired early Sat
urday evening and enjoyed a good
nights rest, the admiral yesterday was
too fatigued to do more than remain
in his room the greater part of the
time and rest quietly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The man who faithfully struggles to
ind the truth and then sticks to what
he believes to be the truth is the man
who's name %oftenest adorns the pages
OF history.