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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17

lands more valuable for agriculture
than for any other purpose, within
the boundaries of the Black Hills
Forest Reservation, in the state Of
South Dakota, prior to September
third, eighteen hundred and ninety
eight, may enter, under the provis-
ions OF the homestead law, the
lands embracing his or her i'm
provements, not to exceed one
hundred and sixty acres; and if the
lands are SO situated that the entry
Of a legal subdivision, according
TO existing law, will not embrace
the improvements Of such settler
or claimant, he or she may make
application to the survevor-seneral
Of the state Of South Dakota to
have SAID tracts surveyed by metes
and bounds and a Plat made of the
same and tlled in the local lanN
office, showing the land he desires
to enter. not to exceed 100 acres,
and ~thereupon he shall be allowed
to enter said land, as per said plat
and survey. as a homestead; and
the secretary Of the interior shall
make the necessary rules and regu
lauons to carry this act into effect.
Also in connection with the
same bill, Mr.. Pettigrew secured
the enactment Of the following
amendment, which is now a law:
The laws Of each state in rela-
ton to the protection of fish and
game are hereby extended over
any forest reservation in said state
and it is hereby made the duty OF
the superintendent Of said leserva-
ton, and all persons employed by
him, to enforce said game laws
and to cause the arrest of all per
sons violating the anne and to turn
all persons SO arrested over to the
proper officers.
Again, it was Senator Pettigrew
who secured the amendment to the
sundry civil bill which will allow
ali persons who have committed
their entries on the Sioux lands to
secure patents without paying the
s1.25 per acre which was required
before, and also the aggregate ap-
Preparations of $4,000 to be ex-
pended throughout this state.
Senator Pettigrew has never vet
lodged a public question nor
shlrked a duty. There has never
been au uncertain sentence uttered
BY him on matters of public I'M
portance and all people of all states
have always known where he stood.
He has never for one moment wa
vered in his supper, of measures
intended to benefit the people of
his state, and few men have &C
complished tor their constituents
as much as he.
If common sense and a desire t.
secure the greatest good for the
greatest number of our people is
permitted to prevail over narrow
~partisanship next year, a legisla
ture is sure TO be elected which
will vote unanimously for Senator
Pettigrew's return to the nationa.
senate. A legislature could not
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17
Bryan.s Tex.s Tour Ena~

DALLAS, Texas. March l3-Colon.
William Jennings Bryan complete
his lecture tour in Texas at Dallas
dis lecture was in opposition to terri
sor1al expansion. His tour in Texas
was in the nature Of an ovation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17
A KANSAN IS REAPPOlNTFD,

The President Continues II. c. SIus. -,
"ich'ta on the Land Claims Bench.
WASHINGTON, March i3.-The Pres.
'dent to-day made the following an.
po'ntments: To be chief Justice of
u Of private land claims, Joseph
X. Reid OF Iowa: TO be associate ius.
tees OF court Of private land claims.
Wilbur F. Stone OF Colorado; Henry
c Sluss of Wichita, Kan; William w.
Murray of Tennessee and Thomas C.
Fuller Of North Carolina,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17
THE IDEAL.

Dr.: Prices Cream Baking Powder combines all the
elements of ideal excellence. It is highest in leaven-
ing power. 1t is free from the least faint of impurity:
No trial can be too exhaustive, no test too exactine,
Tor its admirable qualities.
Cake and biscuit made with it retain their
moisture, and are extremely light, haky and fine
grained-not coarse and full Of holes as when made
with alum baking powders. Alum baking powder
leaves a bitter taste in the bread or cake and food pre-
pared with it dries up quickly.
The severest tests were imposed at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition and the California Midvinter
Fair, where Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder eclipsed
all competitors. After full examination and COMPETE
ion it secured the highest honors and a special gold
medal. These awards stamp it as
srhE eonEMoSr pAx,nc oo,uneo ~ n, -u. - o,o I.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17

II tie rplblican legis,atu {
could have sidetracked the referen
dunn it would have completed its
recorl of perfdy and general
worlhlessness in true republican
style.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17

serve the state better than this MOI
place the interests of its people in
ADLER hands.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17
Work Of the Legislature.

Work Of the Legislature.
Since the adjournment Of the
legislature the republican papers
have sought to hide the poor record
Of the last session by assertions
that '.the pop members obstructed
Legislation and pre- tented the re.
publicans from accomplishing
much"
OF course there is no truth in
the assertion, nor is this attempt
to throw dust into the eyes of the
people of South Dakota borne out
by the official records of the legr-
lative session. The republicans
had a majority of nine in the SEN
ate and a full two-thirds majority
in the house. No attempt Of any
kind whatsoever was made by "the
pops" or anyone else to obstruct
legislation even in the slightest
degree and ifthe republicans could
not accom- plish anything with the
majority they had in both houses
it must have been on account of a
lack of their much boosted ''busi.
ness ability. or the absence Of a
desire to do anything except draw
a salary. Not measure was pass
ed that vitality affected the welfare
" interest of the people Of the
state, and every act introduced
with a view to compelling the great
corporations to bear their just
share Of the burdens of taxation
and deal Justly with the population
of this young commonwealth was
either sidetracked, killed or voted
down by the republicans. At any
rate they were defeated by repub-
lican ''legislators,' but Loyalty sup
ported by the silver minority.
These are FACTS and no matter
how much bulldozing is attempted
by the republican press of the state
these facts will stand.
Furthermore, the republican
legislature and republican trade
mark which is supposed to stand
for an attorney general stood by
aud defended the defaulting re-
publican state treasurer, after the
absolute guilt Of that official had
been established beyond the ques-
zion of a doubt. Nor is this the
end of the disreputable record
made by these disciples of .'natIon-
al honor and examples of ''busi
ness ability" Extravaganza of
the rankest character marked the
entire republican record, and this
at a time when the available cash
on hand in the state treasury was
down to only $4,000. The re7ub-
licans we're appropriation crazy
and were it not for the fact that
the people had an honest man and
business governor to look after
their interests these appropriations
would have been next to enough
to bankrupt the state OF tax the
people Of South Dakota to finish
Appropriations which should have
,een made were killed and many
rhich should not have been made
rere made and ~ouId have been
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17
PRESIDENT THEIR GUARDIAN,
Minor Heirs Of George d.. ssxton Mad.
Wards Of Mr.. Mckinley.

CANTON, Ohio, March 13.-President
Mckinley has been appointed guardian
OF John D., William NJ. and Kate D.
srber. The President is the chill.
dren's uncle. They, with the adult
children of Mr.. and Mrs, Rarber, are
heirs to property left by George D.
Saxton, for whose murder Anna E,
George will soon be tried.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
SHERMAN FOR SPEAKER.

Washington-Csar Reed must 60
The gossips have il that the admins
tration is grooming Sherman Of New
York for the Maine mans place. Reed
was never friendly to Mckinley. he en-
tsrtains feeling bordering on contempt
for tho president. he considers him a
weakling.
Now Mckinley proposes to demon
strate his power He il tackling big
job and It il almost dollars to doughnuta
that he loses.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
BURGLARS SURPRISED.

Scranton, Pa..-A gang Of burglars
who were plundering a railroad depot
at Peckville, near here, were surprisd by
the police early this morning and one Of
them 90 badly wounded that he cannot
recover. Another was shot but escaped
Tho burglars heaad the officers coming
and opened FIRE upon them. Several
shots were exchanged before the rob-
bsrs broke and run. None Of the
officers were injured.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
NOTICE.

Bids will b received and specification
can be seen ct the ofics OF city clerk fos
spring clean up Of stsosts and ditshes.
Contract will b 1T Tuesday evening.
March q. bids win b resolved for wards
and ~ . whols. Council reserves right to
reject any o. al bids.
Committss On Street and Allsys.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
A PRINCESS DYING.

San Francisco-The steamer Alameda
arrived from Honolulu today with the
that Princess Kaiulani was
dying from rheumatism OF the heart At
Honolulu. When that vessel left Homo
lulu on March l, she was not expected
to survive twenty-four hours.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
PLAYING THE FOOL

Chicago,-The embalmed beef court
Of inquiry will finish all investigations
of the stock yards today and the hear
ing OF evidence will begin tomorrow
morning.
Last evening the members of the
court were given luncheon, the piece
de resistance being canned roast beef
for which Lieutenant Colonel George
Davis expressed decided liking.
Cans OF beef that had been returned
from Porto Rico and showed how the
tropical heat had melted the juices and
brought the greasy portion to the top,
were also opened.
The commissioners arose unusually
early this morning and the newspaper
men were again fooled. While the re-
porters were anxiously waiting at the
army headquarters in the Pullman build
ing for the arrival Of the commissioners,
the gentlemen were at the stock yards.
The officers appeared to be in very
good humor this morning, especially
General Gillespie, who saw something
funny in everything.
The establishment of Swift & Co. was
first visited and every department was
carefully inspected.
In the general offices the commission
met Augustus Swift and chatted pleas
antly with him for half an hour or more
The great packing house man went over
the history Of his life and business, Civ
ing pleasant details Of the growth OF bis
enterprise from the time he first started
the business.
DR.. W. 8. Devoe, the chief inspector
OF the yards, again took the commission
ers in charge and the party was escorted
into the galleries vhsrs ths killing pro-
cess was seen. Only . short time was
spent.
All the members of the board seemed
we'll satisfied with the methods in the
packing departments.
General Miles counsel did not accom-
pany the officers.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
REPUBLICANS TICKET.

The Republican city convention met
this afternoon and placed in nomination
the following ticket:
For Mayor W. P. Ella.
Treasurer, Walter A. Abbey.
Alderman Ward. W. P. Dowrey
I" 2 G. H. Covey.
:" 8" DIR. F. R. Smith.
%" A" T. H. Hadcock.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11

Acreage adjoining the boot sugar
plant and adjoining the city with water
for rent for sugar beet raising.
266 Apply TO Wm A. Narsh.
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
FoR RENT.

Fine California wines at Kippes. 8 tt
The daily sentinel., 1899-03-11
~ Cold in One Day

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money il it fails to
cure. 25c. Genuine he's L. B. @. on
each tablet.
r;,. C.l;so,n;. v;n.. .t Kipp.s q tt
The times., 1899-12-31

ness came on. Nooro began once more 70
think Of his mother. and that made hin
cry; but at leTigth he fell asleep. Theu
tho elephant spread on the ground some
large palm leaves aud soft. dry grass
making Nooro kind or bed When be
aWoke in the morning the little boy again
thought of his mamma and cried. but as
each day passed. he cried less and less.
The elephant had placed him in a large
pellcan's nest. made of a great many
sticks. and SO high up in the branches
OF tail tree that he could Just reach
II with his trunk and put Nooro into il
but when II rained very hard the elephant
would take Nooro from his nest and place
him under his body, closing his huge
Iess around bin and setting ND great
broad palm leaves on each side OF him
ana lt was rare thing that a drOn OF
RAIN fell into the snug shelter where
Moore mas cOzily nesting Sometimes
these heavy showers lasted for hours
While the rain came G-Wn iu torrents he
would peep out tC see the monkeys and
the squirrels running for shelter among
the trees and branches.
With these creatures ne soon was on the
best Of terms. The monkeys grew very
fond of him, and when he was up in his
nest they would come 10 him with choice
fruits and nuts. On purpose to see him eat
Besides they brought the little baby
monkeys to play with him; and nothing
afforded them greater sport than to see
him try to climb after the young monkeys
as they bounded from limb To limb and
out of sheer Joy, the older ones themselves
would scamper up and down among the
branches
Certainly this was not the best society
for child TO grow UP in but Il he did not
learn his letters, lie grew strong and ac-
The times., 1899-12-31
THE BoERs As DANCERS.
Their BaII-Partics Sometimes Last
Tyenty-TouR Hours.
Ur0m london Answcrs.)


The Beers are icoTdinately fond Of dane
ing. On the smallest Pretext. or none at all.
they organize what they call dance ball
party" On the Afternoon OF the ITear-
ranged day the "meisjes," or misses, and
the young men roll Up from all the sur
rounding farms. frCm a distance. maybe
of thirty miles. They come IN Cape carts
in dilapid3ted spiders" or horseback and
in OK wagons. The living room CT the ho5g
has been carefully cleared of its never sp-
perabundant furniture. a few wOose en- forms
or plauks ou empty gin cases, put round
the sides. and a couple Of rejecting pa:-
afine lamps hung on the walls.
The dancing begins at in the afternoon
to the music Of q COncertina played by d
Cape boy which is to say a haif-coiOred
man. Every one appears in their ordinary
dress. Uucouth untidy, and slouchy In the
extreme. The women almost invariably
wear black. and. perhaps q biz o. c1,ores
ribbon. Tine men are in cOrduroys or cheap
tweeds, often wearing their 'smasher'
hats and shod in heavy ''yeldtschOers. or
boots.
No Square" dances are performed, but
one dance is like another SLOW, jumpy.
heavy, mOnOtonous whirl, something be-
tween an elephantine waltz and a cumber-
some polka. The girls sometimes place
their two hands on their partners shOul-
ders and the men claspSthe girls waists
with their two hands.
After a few hours Of serious jumping
about, the room has to be cleared, for, the
floor being Of earth, a terrible dust is
knocked up and. as the doors and windows
are invariably closed, the atmosphere be-
comes thick with floating clouds OF dust
Everyone goes ont into the stoep and
is refreshed by dop (Boer brandy. lemon
ade, cookies (cakes). and sweets.
In the meantime the room is swept and
sometimes a calabash OF bulIock's blood
is brought in with which the floor is
smeaTed By the natives.
From time to time-say, every two or
three hours-this is repeated so that in
teryaIs OF dancing. dusty cIoudiuess, re-
freshments on the yeranda and smearing
of the floor succeed one another periodi-
cally.
This sort of thing gees on TIL about 8
in the morning. when everyone gets a bit
sleepy. \ general adjournment takes place.
the women collect in the side room and
snatch a few hours sleep. and the men
lie down in the wagon house or under
their carts on the veIdL 10 smoke and rest
At about noon, after . hearty meal, they
begin dancing gain until late iH the after
noon. At last they go home after about
FOUR hours OF &c, and sCalter over the veldt
10 their far distant homes.
The times., 1899-12-31
A BOY AND AN ELEPHANT.
Prince MORO and HIS Life Among
the Forest Animals.

THE Boy and the Elephant" is the title
Of the opening story in the January st.
Nicholas" The author. Gustayus Frank
enstein, tells OF the kidnapping Of boy
by a wild beast that treated him kindly.
The opening paragraphs describe he alb
duction and the experiences that immedi-
ately followed it,
It was on the bank Of a beautiful river,
and they stood looking at each other little
Nooro and the noble elephant that had
saved his life from a crocodile. The ele-
phant gently wound its trunk around the
body of the little boy, and. taking him Up,
went away through the thicket into the
deep Jungle. Moore had seen tame ele-
plants, and was &C first not afraid; but
as he was carried along through the forest
he became uneasy. Il want to 60 10 my
mammal" he cried. or course, the ele-
phant did not know what he meant. Be
sides lie had his own notions OF what he
ought to do with the boy; and SO he went
on.
over high hills and across deep valleys
went the elephant W.th long, swinging
steps.
By aud by he set the child down. be-
cause he wanted to eat the leaves of come
young palm trees. Nooro started 10 run
away, but the elephant took him up and
placed him high up in the fork Of q tree.
paid no attention TO his crying. and while
eating would reach up 10 him biz OF the
fodder. but Moore only cried the louder.
When he had eaten all he wanted, the ee-
phant took him down from the tree aud
went onwardtill they came TO a spring,
where he to04= a good drink after having
again put Nooro in tree. Then taking
up the hollow husk Of a large nut lying on
the ground, he dipped up some water and
lifted it TO Nooro. and the litle fellow.
being very thirsty. drank heartily. This
pleased the elephant very much.
Leaving the spring. it was not long be-
fore they were under some tall trees bear
ing fruit Nooro knew the fruit quite
well. and was fond of it, The elephant
too. liked it very much, and. reaching high
up with his trunk brought some OF il
down which he ate with great relish He
did not forget the little boy. again Perched
aloft in the fork of a tree, and to him he
gave fruit as fast as he could eat. Aud
now more than ever was the elephant
pleased-not so much because he was eat
ing what he himself liked, but because the
child ate also. Besides fruits. they also
had nuts of several sorts
When the sun went down and the dark
The times., 1899-12-31
WHERE DOLLS ARE MADE.
Holds Fourth Place as a
Producer of Toys.
(Fr0m tie Chicago News.

tfr0m tie Chicago NeWs.)
Eight or ten years ago scarcely any dolls
and Christmas toys were made in the
United States They were nearly all i'm
ported from Germany, Switzerland. and
France, and large part OF the output still
comes from these countries. There are
now. however three large doll factories
in New York and some are made in Chi
cage. also. In the making of dolls the
head comes first This is cast in a mold
then polished carefully, and it is then
handed over to girls. who put on the rosy
checks which are the delight OF child
hood. After the head is thus prepared IL
is sent to another department where Il
becomes a brunette or a blonde. accord
Ing 10 the taste or fancy, by the addition
of hair The other parts are made sep
arately. after much the same process, and
when ali parts are finished they are sent
to a joining room. where they are put To-
gether. Even then the travels OF the dolls
are not over. They next 30 to the dress,
maker. where they are arrayed in won
derfui costumes, and thus prepared for
their adventures, they are taken to the
packing room and placed IN boxes for
shipment, Toy drums and in fact nearly
all the paraphernalia OF childhood are
prepared in a similar methodicai and
wholesale fashion, and thus the storehouse
of ST. Nicholas is filled awaiting his orders
for distribution. This new industry now
affords employment TO thousands of people
and is growing in Importance every year
Already the United States ranks fourth
among the nations of the world in the
production OF Christmas toys though per-
haps the finest and rareSt still come from
Nuremberg Bern. and Paris
The times., 1899-12-31
- I'D schnnIs tn CitIes.
(Fram tHe Bui4Io EQEass.l

A shortage iH tire school fund IN S. P-H- las
caused tine superintendent of the school svstem
IN that city Co U.kC comparison at tee c.st per
pupji with 5Er simiia- cost H. fourteen other
ci les on the basis ci tle 6Eires 81 attendance
tie cost 10 81 FsE, Is So uuly two other
cities show q smaller cGs1 Kansas CITY, where
the school year IS CalE riuc months i1Cg, and
where the cost is S11u1. and Milwaukee. where
the salary IcC1gUr alone makes the cost S-i-ss-
several cities run irlm s1i GO IS. While tie C9sI
amounts 10 $3.50 iu PitishuTg and % Siu.55 ia
Denver The Eastern cities have a much higher
rate than those in tne West, beuver excepted,
and there the cot Of labor and Iuoi j. excessive.
The figures given have Co 40 with tae entire
the Lirh schools 81 ne arc considered. Boston.
with its Suburbs. Las twelve Eigu schools, for
which It PAYS per capita rate Ot Ss5.i0, On a
salary bass uEe 80 amounts o. S62-l9. O. -.
Paul, Che total per capita cas- in bi-h schools
on TIE basis Of average d-sily attendance 10
Sif s.. ava as- OF tbs sai.9l IS expended Cos
teachers sl aries.
The times., 1899-12-31
Treasure Trove.

fFrom the indianapolis News
In tie harbor q 6hirgenti (the ancient AgTigcn.
tum) q dredge-boat recently struck q bcHaBZa Of
antique coins and ouTios including Cart-l load Of
plate aud numerous Greciau statue;tcs, AgrigeB-
ishing colony Of ie seafaring Greeks A cores
rondefd oi a Naples journal regrets that the muni-
cipai authorities q Rome have thus far prevented
a h0roush dredging Of tie Tiber where untold
shiplosJs Of antiquities are supposed 60 await 4
day Of resurrection. The chief objection seems
70 be the enormOus stratum Of supcrineumlsent
mud, and the probably epidemic consequences OF
rakng up the deposits 0i twenty eight cen
lurleE
The times., 1899-12-31
JnpRn's Match Factories.

IFrOm Tie New York TTIbune.l
The manufacture OF matches has become lately
one of the great industries OF Japan. There are
at prcsent no less than two hundred manufac.
tories oi matches in that country, producing
yearly more than twenty-five million gross for
expectation aud giving employment TO sixty
thousand working people. men and women. The
principal countries which import those matches
are first. China, then the British Indies, Corea
and Australia.
The times., 1899-12-31
The I.nttery Proces..

There are stLil other methods Of
stealing gold from the Govern
gneut-such as the 'ba-tery" pro-
cess. which ls, however. S,t much in
use n0T owing to the watchfulness Of the
Government agents This process is as
follows. The manipulation has a wet bat
IefY. ~ ir is called, and upon one pole of
the same he places the gold coin. while at
the other there Is a piece of metal. The
current q electricity passing through the
cnin oH 10 the opposite metal, carries with
s. q small quantity ~ gold. aud care is
taken lest any marks are lcft that may
lead to detection.
Then there is what Is called technically.
the re-reeding process" This Is where
the outer edge, or "Teedlng, Of the coin
is removed. or filed, by means of q lathe,
10 which Is attached sharp file, being
turned around the edge Of the coin once
or twice. The ''reeding," or corrugati0ns.
are. of course, removed, and about 50
cents worth of gold-frOm a $40 piece
with them. A pan underneath catches the
aaings, which are finally melted into solid
soid bullion. The manipulation then. by
lhtsns 0f another machine, puts on a new
.s1alhf or corrugated edge so perfect
-nsl ~ can scarcely be detected, except by
-. tll nr By stacking the coins with the
perfect pasces.
- SeeFet Service Department Is az
"OIA constantly ferreting out all of these
The times., 1899-12-31
THE COLORED INVENTOR
Progress Of the American Negro
Shown by his Patents.

Host of Popular Devices Credited
to His Mechanical Ingenaity-Sev-
From Things That Are Now in
Daily Use An Interesting List.