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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
SCRAPS.

In Mexico the family of a dead duel
list can claim support from the person
who shot him.
There are over 200 creameries in
South Dakota, the annual OUTPUT
amounting to nearly So. 900, 900.
The terra Gotta monument marking
the spot where Lafayette was wounded
on the Brandywine battlefield, was
blown down by the recent high winds
and badly broken.
The Alaskan Commercial Company
of San Francisco has presented to the
University Of California it's fine col
lection Of mounted fossils and eth
biological specimens.
Penelope-It's \ dreadful! Papa
want me to marry a man I have
seen. Perdita-That's nothing.
My father wants me to marry a man l
have seen.-Harlem Life.
A button cut from the coat of Cen
eral Shafter during the Santiago cam
paign was recently ratified off at a
charity bazaar at Wichita, Kas. Two
hundred and fifty chances were sold
at 5 cents each.
The Tyrol had an extraordinary mild
autumn On November Is flowers
were blooming. and ripe Strawberries
were picked, some at an elevation of
5000 feet. There were alpine roses in
bloom and plenty of-June bugs!
Grenoble is the place where most of
the kid gloves come from. At this
place alone 1.2oo.o 900 dozen pairs of
gloves are manufactured annually.
This represents a value Of G1,400, 900
to e1.450,000, and gives employment
to $4,000 work people Of both sexes.
The Woman's Institute in London
has published a Lexicon Of Employ
ments for Women" from which 1t ap.
pears that there are in England fe-
male cab and omnibus drivers. street
p~orters, walking posters" cattle
dealers, auctioneers and one locomo.
tive engineer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
English on the Continent.

A correspondent notes the growth
of the use of English on the continent.
Wherever he wenthe was able to con
verse with statesmen and diplomatists
in his native tongue. He found that
as a rule the governing classes in Eu-
rope would understand and speak Eng
lish. In the Russian royal family es-
pecially English is the familiar Ian
guage of conversation. The car, for
instance, invariably speaks English to
the czarina and his little daughters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
"PORTSMEN FINDS,
Rabbit Chase Which Leads to Unexpect.
ed Good Fortune.

hso IA ~ ~ Cu0xpSCu
e d Good Fortune.
We have all heard of the good young
man who, because he was good, one
day found a purse containing 81, OOO,-
900 in gold and who was thus enabled
to marry the daughter of the rich
candy woman, whom he had long
adored, says Forest and Stream.
Somewhat in this line are a couple of
shooting stories which appear in the
daily press this week and which show
now good a thing it is to be a true
sportsman. In one case a hunter was
chasing a rabbit, which took refuge
In a de in a stone wall. The hunter
reached his hand into the hole, after
the rabbit, but drew forth instead of
the game a long-lost marriage certif-
cate, which had by reason of it's alb
sence caused for some years a distinct
family disturbance. In another case
a poor but honest sportsman was out
squirrel hunting. He shot and wound
ed a squirrel and in return for his
ndn the squirrel ran into a. hol-
low tree. \ Reaching down into The
hollow, the sportsman pulled out a box
full OF gold coin of ancient date but
OF much intrinsic value. There are
many OF us who have hunted for many
years and have never found either a
marriage certificate or a box of gold.
put we should not be DISCOURAGED: if
we are good we shall perhaps some
day be rewarded by some such dis
covery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

ference, Of course, is seen in the run
ners. which are three in number, two
in the rear and one in the front. The
leading runner is intended to be used
by the steersman. Seated at the front
OF the machine the head rider will turn
the wheel by sim ply twisting the point
ed steel Prov to the right or the left,
IN precisely the same way as tho
steersman of a many seated road mo-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
l.aper Bath lob

Bath robes made of paper are now
manufactured, and their use is becom-
ing quite a fad. The kind of material
used resembles plotting paper. 1t
quickly dries the body, and as the pa
per is a bad heat conductor the much
dreaded cold after the bath can be
avoided. Whole suits are made of this
paper stuff, including coverings for the
head and feet. One advantage OF the
fad Is the cheapness of such q gar
ment. making it possible for the poor
est person to own one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
BRAVE PHILADELPHIA BELL.
5easOn's Debutants Who Can Fight as
Well "a Dance.

We'll as Dance,
Miss Minnie Fell is one Of the most
exclusive debutantes of the austerely
exclusive set Of prim philadelphia
this season. She is a cousin Of the
Drexel brothers, and connected by
family ties with almost everyone of
note in the metropolis of Pennsylvania.
But Miss Fell is not only a society
girl, but an athlete as we'll, and if she
makes as good a run for the honors
Of belledom as she made last week
in the athletic world she ough to be
a leader by the time the Lenten bells
ring. All her friends around town are
congratulating her on her courage and
presence of mind when she recently
captured a burglar in broad daylight
On Broad street. She and Miss Pauline
Biddle had just left the box office Of
q theater, where they had been pur-
chasing tickets, when a burly e
grabbed Miss Fell's pocketbook and
was off with a rush. But Miss Fell
was a "rusher" too. She pursued him
down Broad street to SAMSON and
around the corners, until at Twelfth
and Walnut she o%verhauled him, and,
grabbing his %coattails, hung on and
screamed until a policeman came to
her assistance. Owing to her desire
not to have the affair made public she
did not appear against the footpad,
who only got ninety days in conse-
quence; but such an escapade as that
was bound to come out, and now all
the town is talking about it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Continuance for Skimmin9 Over Frozen
Woter-A New York Inventor Is
Responsible for 1t.

panying illustration, which Is drawn
by u artist from a pencil diagram
submitted by Mr.. LEM.
The sketch shows the machine as 1t
will be seen on Central Park lake, New
York, where Mr.. LEM will give a trial
exhibition of the working Of the in
vention as oon as it is completed. The
new contrivance is built almost on tho
lines Of an ordinary sextette. The diff
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

produced in previous winters, is that
nothing quite so ambitious and Won
derful has ever been attempted.
Briefly, the invention is an eight
seated machine to travel On ice. The
mechanical genius who is at present
engaged in constructing it Is Harry
LEM, of 113 West 124th street, New
York city. How the machine will look
when finished is shown in the accom-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Fish That shoots HI. Prey.

The archer fish can shoot a drop of
water five or six feet, striking bugs
and flies that it finds restin on
boughs above the water or flying in
the air. The blow is so sharp that
the prey is disabled and knocked down,
when the fish Immediately captures It.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

This winter is not to be allowed to
bass without the usual addition to the
collection Of wonderful machines that
are intended to make use of the slip
perry surface Of a frozen lake or river in
order to enable a rider to attain rail-
road speed in locomotion, writes Ar
thur Leslie in New York Press. The
only difference between this machine
and those that inventive brains have
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Storm Effects on Lakes,

The tidelike effects of gales on lakes
having no ordinary tides is very con-
siderable. In the Caspian a gale will
raise the water on either side six feet,
causing a total difference of level of
twelve feet. and in Lake Erie heavy
gales occasionally cause a difference of
level of more than fifteen feet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Why 1t Decreased.

Ratclife-"What, Southard's couu-
try place sold for ten thousand! Why,
he vas offered twenty for it last year"
Vance-''That was before he had the
grounds improved by a New York
landscape gardener."-Puck.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Led Astrav.

Here" shouted the bailif, "you
can't gun here. These are private
grounds" But l thought this was
the open season for game" protested
the sportsman.-Philadelphia NORTH
American.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
The Smallest Book Ever Printed

The smallest book ever printed is
the story of Perrault's little Hop O.
My Thumb" lately published. The
book Is one and one-half inches long,
by one inch wide, and one-quarter inch
thick. 1t can be read only by the aid
of a microscope, but is complete in
every way, and has four engravings
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Ready for Settlement.

That Harkins will case which has
been in the courts for several years
will soon be settled now" said Lawyer
Habeas. YES" assented Lawyer Cor
pus, Il understand the property is
about all gone"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Beautlfylnx yi.ion..

How did you get spch a pleasant ex-
preston on that Ugly Miss Passee's
portrait?" Il got her to telling me
about men she might have married"
Brooklyn Life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Overerown Claws on q Canary.

In the recent articles on household
pets and the canary especially. as the
first to begin with. this trouble was
noticed, and the proper treatment for
1t given. The birds claws, not worn
down az in the natural condition, be-
come heightened and curved under the
sole to such an extent as to wholly
Interfere with the birds movements.
The claws. therefore, need frequent at
t%ention, and when they become over
long they should be shortened by clip
ping with a pair OF sharp scissors,
taking great care not to cut too high
and thus wound the vascular part in
the center Of the tip. The best way is
to use one Of the small files intended
tor 9 persons use in this same way,
to shorten the finger pals, and with
this to keep the long toes in the right
condition. This avoids the necessity
for cutting.
Fifty-One Bridges for Il. g. O. r. X.
Baltimore, Jan. 23.-One of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed in many years has been let by the
receivers Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that is being used east of the river
the receivers found it necessary to re-
build 81 bridges between Benwood, w.
Va, and Chicago. That the structures
might be rapidly pushed to compile
ton 1t was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs-
town Bridge Company of Youngstown
will erect 81 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark, Ohio; the Pencoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the II bridges on
the Lake Erie division, Newark to
Sandusky, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company Of Wilmington, Del, will
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chi
cago division. The total cost of these
bridges is in the neighborhood Of $780,
0OO and 1t Is expected that all will be
IN place by September. Nearly six
thousand tons of steel will be needed
for the structures.
The National Capital.
tered on Washington. The best line
between Chicago and the national
capital Is the Monon Route. c. H. e
y. KY, B. & 0. S. w. and B. & O..
Through sleepers leave Chicago daily
at 2:A5 q. m. (ready in Dearborn sta
tion at $3.50 p. n.y., arriving at Gin
clnnau at 11:20 a. M, Washington
at 6:47 a. m. and Baltimore 1850 a. m.
This Is the most comfortable and con-
venient train for the east running out
OF Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Tho National CAPITAL.

Men need higher moral courage more
than they do higher foreheads.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
A STORY ABOUT INGERsOLL.

Here is an entirely new story about
the late Colonel Ingersoll. which is
quite as good and fully as genuine as
the usual run of them:
When Ingersoll was young man he
went into a short order restaurant i'll
Peoria and called for an egg.
You are an agnostic, | Think" said
the waiter, who was a college student
in the winter and had just associated
himself with the restaurant business.
''Ycur habit of thinking has not be
trayed you this time-I am replied
Ingersoll.
Then you do not have faith in the
integrity Of the egg?" quoth the wait
er
Il have no faith in its integrity"
replied Bob. Il have no faith in any
thing. 1 believe only in what I see, or
in what is proved to me-
Il have faith in the egg" said the
student, and he regarded the colonel
with sad eyes. My faith tells me
that it contains yolk.'
My doubt admits nothing of the
kind" said the agnostic.
So the student broke the egg, and,
To- it contained a chickeni
But the fact is the agnostic took
an unfair advantage of the student.
He had eaten at that restaurant be-
Plain Dealer.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Lock at the international signs of
the times, says President Charles Ken
dali Adams in the September Atlantic.
Since the Crimean war Russia has
added to her territory from the heart
OF Asia a domain nearly as large as the
whole of the United States; Germany
has acquired on the east coast CT Al
RIGA as many square miles as we pos
sess east of the Mississippi river; the
dependencies of France in Africa arc
still greater; Holland, Portugal and
Belgium have their share, and Great
Britain, firmly planted at the south
and north, will soon connect the Cape
and the Nile by rail, and erelong make
the heart Of Africa as accessible as is
now the heart of America. In the far
east the same tendencies are equally
irresistible. The railroad from st.
Petersburg to the Yellow sea covers
hundred degrees of ongitude-twice
the distance from New York to san
Francisco. This irresistible spirit is
knocking at the gates of China, and
the everlasting doors which from the
dawn of history have successfully de-
fed all intrusive efforts are giving way
and admitting the civilization OF the
Occident.
Now the fundamental fact to which
attention should be called is that the
whole OF this vast movement is an ad-
vance along lines similar to all the 9TH
els that have been mentioned. 1t is
the advance o fcivilizGticn upon bar
barism. 1t is the eastern question
which has ever agitated the world
since the time OF erxes and Alexan-
der the Great-now at length ap-
preaching solution. 1t is the ever-ir-
resisuble. entertainment of the occi-
dent upon the orient-Of the modern
spirit upon the spirit of antiquity. 1t
is the substitution of the railroad train
for the OK cart and the caravan. 1t is
electricity driving out the rusnlight.
1t is the white man ever ciYiIizipg the
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
HOW HE GOT A RIDE.
A Tranp's Original Way of Beating
a Railway Company.

Wesley Bates. who is Just back
from trip TO Chicago. tells good
story which a travelling man he met
on his trip, '-old to him. of how A
tramp, by working an entirely new
scheme. succeeded in beating his way
INFO Chicago on a fast train.
The travelling man says that While
he was buying ticket for Chicago
at a station not far from the city he
observed the tramp in question stand
ing near him at the ticksf window.
listening 10 the words that passed be
tween him and the ticket agent. His
ticket cost $3.50. After he had sat
down in the waiting room Of the depot
the tramp came over to him and SAID:
Are you going to Chicago?"
Yes" was the reply
well. 1 am going to Chicago. too.
Let me see your ticket''
The travelling man handed him the
ticket. The tramp glanced over it.
Yes" he said. chat IS Just like
mine. I wonder if that agent gave me
the right change. I gava him $2U."
Here he turned The cardboard over.
and wrote the figures on the back Of it.
My ticket should have cost me the
same as YOURS (writing $3.50 and the
other figures under it). and I should
nave received BACK SI3-5U performing
the operation Of subtraction) Yes"
he CONTINUED, as he handed back the
ticket and turned away, Il guess that's
all right
When the train started the travelling
man was in a front coach and the
tramp in a rear one In a few min
utes the conductor came along.
Here" he said, addressing the
tramp. where's your ticket?"
Eve givsn it to you already" was
the response.
NO you haven't. either. I haven't
seen You before.
But I tell you I have given you my
ticket, and I can identify H. When I
paid the agent did some figuring on
the back of it to see whether he had
gwen me the right change. If you find
among the tickets which you have TAX
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
PRAY. YO' sINNAHs. PRAY.

Day o. wrath's done coming sconi
Pray. yo' sinnahs, pray.
No mo- white man, 10 mo- coon.
Pray. yO' sinnahs. prayi
All be angels by an by,
Sailin' froo de golden sky
Eff yo' want to rise and fly,
Pray, yo' sinnahs, prayi
Gwine TO hea' de trumpet sOun'l
Pray, yo' sinnahs. pray,
Dead come cTawlin' from de grOun'i
Pray, yo' sinnahs. pray!
All de nations Il be dab
Stanfn' at de Judgment bah,
Satan watchin' from afahi
Pray, 20 sinnahs, pray!
somll shou1 an some1l mon.
Pray, yO' sinnahs. pray,
When dey hea' dat Judgment hon,
Pray, yo sinnahs. prayi
SOms'n play on golden lutes,
Some'H shoot de fiery chutes.
Shakin' in der sinful bootsl
Pray, yo' sinnahs, prayl
Lawd's huntin' dat los sheep.
Pray, yo' sinnahs, prayl
Ninety-nine all safe asleep,
Pray, yo' sinnahs, prayl
What's to take yo' to de sho',
VIVA de Twin pastuhs grow,
VIVA -yo' -nevah stray no mo.
Pray, yo' sinnahs, prayl
While de lamp hol's out to burn,
Pray, yO' sinnahs, prayl
Viles' siLnah may return.
Pray, yo' sinnahs. prayl
When de fl balls fall like hail,
No time den to weep an wall,
Satan got yo' by de tail,
Pray, yo' sinnahs, pray!
Denver Post.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06

en- in one on the back of which $3.50
has been subtrac-ed from $40, that's
mine"
Conductor shoves his hand into his
capacious pocket and draws forth a
bunch Of tickets, the back OF which
he carefully scrutiniZes. Suddenly
stops and looks closely at one. 1t is
the one handed to him by the travelling
man.
ticket. At least here are the figures
I guess you were right about it
A red tag is stuck in the hat band
of the tramp who has discovered some
thing beHer than a tie pass or box car
passa gs.-Maryvill (Mo.) Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
HADN'T HEARD OF WASHINGTON.
An Atlanta Conductor Who Didn't Do
Several Things He Should


Several Things He Should.
Joe Murphy was arTaigned in police
court one afternoon last week for try
ing to pay his fare on a street car with
Columbian half dollar. The only
witnesses against joe We're the police
man who made the arrest and the con-
ductOr who wouldn't take the coin for
fare.
There was a Let of fun in the court
during the trial. When the mama was
first called out by the clerk there was
= flutter Of merriment in court, for the
spectators knew it was the case where
in coed money was refused in payment
for q car fare. A:1orney w. R. Hill,
for the defendant. created a great deal
OF amusement with his cross .examna-
ton of the witnesses. Officer Tippin
WIS the first witness.
Il was ordered to make the arrest by
the CONDUCTOR he said, land 1 had 20
do it
Did you see the money Joe offered
the conductor for his fare?'' asked the
attorney.
"Oh. yes; I saw it."
WAS this it?" and the attorney
reached in lis inside pocket and drew
out an envelope containing several
coins. He drew 0u,s the Columbian
coin and handed it to the officer.
Yes. that's it. or one just like it,
said the officer. The conductor told
me his company would not take coins
Ike that. and that he would have to
pay Ihs fare from his own pocket ff
the negro did not pay it, SO l arrested
him.
How long have you been on the po-
Fra fCrpa 2'' &c MI. Hill
Several years"
"And you did not know that coins
like this were coed money!"
No. sir; but I had to arrest the man
anyhow. If I had failed to arrest him
after the conductor asked me, and had
they gone on quarreling and finally
fought on the car, ! would have been
called before the board on charges
The conductor then told how the
man had bearded his car and handed
him the coin for the fare. He had re-
fused it and had finally called an Off
Ger to have the man pulled.
Did YOU ever see a coin like that
before?" asked the attorney.
mo. l never did" said the witness.
where did you come from?"
wman, or in the country near it. .
81 thought so. How long have you
been in Atlanta"
Seven years"
who is the president of the United
States?"
William Mckinley, I reckon"
''Who was the first president?'
Z don't know"
''Who discovered American
Il dCnT know"
Did you ever hear of the Columbian
exposition?"
NO
The recorder dismissed the case
without further evidence.-Atlanta
Journal,
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06

PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONS TO BUILD
INGS. Department of the Interior, Office of
Indian Affairs, Washington, d. c., august "a,
1899 Sealed Proposals, Endorsed: proposals
for Additions to Buildings, Phoenix" and ad-
dressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. c., will be received at the In
dian Office until TWO O'Clock p, m, of Tuesday,
September %, 1899, for furnishing the neces-
sary materials and labor required to construct
and com plete additions to the office and the
wareroom of the Phoenix School A. r. in
strict accordance with plans, specifications
and Instructions to BIDDERS which may be ex-
amined tthis Office the offices of the "Ari-
IONA Republican" of Phoenix, A. T., and the
school.
For further information, amply to NJ. Nc
Cowan, Superintendent Indian School, Phoe-
nix, A. T.
Wa JONES. Superintendent
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
fBomestead Annlieation No. ea1o.)

(Homestead Application No. 2210)
Department of the Interior, Land Office at Tucson.
Arizona. August le, 1899
Notice is hereby given hat the following named
settler has filed notice OF his intention to make final
proof in support OF his claim, and that said proof
will be made befo the Clerk of the District Court
at Phoenix. Arizona. Saturday September 20,
1899, viz: Jesus Salazar of Buckeye, Arizona. for
the 81 nw}. and sw4 ne4- sec &5, 1 S, RS w, 6. &
S. r. B. & NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his con-
tnuous residence upon and cultivation OF said land
viz: Moses Clanton of Buckeye, Arizona, and Leon
Bowler. Francisco Laguna and Pablo Perez Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
MILTON R. MOORE,
Register.
FRS. publication, August 12. 1899.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-06

(Homestead Application No. 2si2)
Department of the Interior, Land Office at
Tucson, Arizona, August g. 1899. .f
Notice is hereby given. that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court at Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, on Saturday, September 16. 1899, viz
Alfred L. Rates, of Coldwater. Arizona, for
the swH ne14, neH swZ and VIZ seq, sec 10, T
l N, w, q. q =. r. b. & NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon aud cultiya-
ton of said land, viz: Frederick Powers
Kate Powers, Calvin Glaze and NoahGarman,
all of Coldwater, Arizona.
MILTON R. MOORE,
Register.