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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
10 | ! avn Mt actuallvrnid
for losses and matured en-.
expenditures .......$ 2,oO3,7 1851

COMPANIES STATEMENT OF BUsI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN TUE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Whole amount of premiums
received in or from the
state of South Dakota dur
ing the year ..............S l2,47l,l8
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
CAPITAL
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.

Amount of capital stock &C.
tually paid in cash ........$ 1000, 900. co
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
SOME. ODD MARRIAGES.
Aow Husband and Wife Are Made
One in NeEulos, One of Our Phil
-ippine PossesslOns.

The marriage customs of the Negu.
los are peculiar. The young man who
seeks a bride first obtains the favor of
her parents and then pursues her,
catching her in his arms. She breaks
loose and runs, and does not yield I'M
til he has caught her several times.
Finally he leads her in triumph to her
home. Here her father drags the youth
up a ladder to the floor of their hut.
The mother drags up the maiden. They
are then made to kneel, and the father
pours over them a cocoanutshellful of
water. He then bumps their heads to-
gether, and the ceremony is completed.
They spend their honeymoon in the
depths of the mountains and for five
days and nights are lost to sight, after
which they come back to everyday life.
There is another marriage custom
which is worth describing. Instead of
the youth and maiden being dragged
up the hut ladder, they are made to
climb two saplings that grow near
each other. Then an elder of the group
grasps the saplings and draws them
together until the heads of the young
couple touch, with a kiss or bump,
according to the force used. This makes
them man and wife.-Forum.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
Women
Would Sure
yTryMrs-
PlnLbam1S
ModNck1o If
They Only
Knew, Says
Mrs. King

and received benefit from it at once.
I have taken it ever since and now
have no backache, no pain in my
side and my stomach and bowels are
perfectly well. lean honestly say that
there is nothing like it. If I could only
tell every woman how much good your
medicine has done me, they would
surely tryit. ."-MARTHAM.K KING, NORTH
ATTLEBORo, MASS.
The way women trif1e with health
shows a degree of Indifference that Is
misunderstanding. Happiness and use
fulness depend on physical health; so
docs a good disposition. Disease makes
women nervous, irritable and snap
pish. The very effort of ailing women
to be good-natured makes them ner-
vous. Write to Mrs. Pinlzham, she win
help you to health and happiness.
1t costs nothing togetM Mrs. Pinkham's
advice. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06

sure that I did, I was so bewildered.
But what good would it do to tell?
They couldn't find her. Oh, why don't
they go to the river?"
Mary Emma set out for the river
alone, running as if for dear life. She
felt scarcely a ray of hope, but she could
not stay where everyone seemed to look
reproachfully at her.
At the foot of the little hill on which
the house was set, queer little sound
stopped her flight. 1t was just like-the
gurgling, grieved little cry Alice made
when she awake and found herself
alone.
Mary Emma's heart seemed beating
in her ears so loudly as to drown all
other sounds; but she heard it again
the little grieved cry. ~,
It seemed to come from a clump of
weeds, tall burdocks and thistles, and
one small alder tree, which the cyclone
had spared.
With trembling hands, Mary Emma
parted the leaves. There was the WELL
bucket, rolled upon it's side, and out
of it were thrust a. yellow head and a
small dimpled'fist! --..
Rosy with sleep, cooling with joy at
sight of Mary Emma, without bruise
or scratch, was the baby!
Noah said: ~.
'You might know Mary Emma would
do the very queerest thing that could
be thought Of" --:
But Hiram and Euaice said they
thought the well bucket was a provi-
dence; so Mary Emma was comforted.
Golden DAYS.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
GUIDED By INTUITION.
$$ss out ResortinH to Logic
/. @&~ MIX and Wins. = -.

.'I begin 20 think there is no limit to won-
ans intuition. It frequently enables her to
read character on sight, but what gets me
and strikes me as uncanny is the fact that
this same intuition projects her, knowledge
into the future and makes her about as con-
versant with things to come as with things
past. W., !,
ket was so active put in hours every gay a
outlook. As the result Of a. conclusion
reached by this careful method I invested
$500, made good margins, and was finally
glad to let go with a loss considerably larger
than my original investment.
During period of confidence and IN the
enjoyment of prospective riches had told
my wife of my investment and of the good
things she might expect when the dea! was
closed. It gave her the speculative fever
and she was bound to make plunge. She
soesn't know what the word stocks means.
couldn't figure on the outlook if she had all
the data and a slate and pencil. Yet she
came to me with 500 she had saved in old
teapots and stockings and told me to buy
+. y. M. shares. l sneeringly told her that
they were dead and buried; that she might
as well invest in a dry oil we'll or sunken
ship: But her mind was made up. I thought
the lesson would be cheap one for her and
obeyed.
"Those shares took a sudden jump to the
surprise of everyone and she cleared $4,000.
N Men don't seem to have any business sense,
she said,, when we compared notes. p. Q.
M. stands for pretty quick money, but a
stupid man would never see it,
"Heavens!" Then the Detroit broker who
had been talking dashed to the hoor IS
cent cigar he had just it.-Detroit Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
MINGLE WITH OTHERS.
Why 1t IL Absolutely Necessary for
Women to Come in Frequent
Contact With Others.

If a woman is to protect herself from
the ravages of worry, and to retain her
youth for a longer period, she must
come into more frequent contact with
other people-as her husband does
and read good books; she must relieve
the monotony of her duties and the
limiting, influence of confinement with
in four walls by taking outdoor exer-
cise-a walk every day, or spin on the
bicycle; in short, she must exercise the
body and mind in a healthful manner,
and she will find the bloom of youth
and health remain with her for years
after it has faded in other women of the
same age. "
''The ordinary woman. says cele,
brated physician, s'leads s.lch a monot-
onous existence that her mind has no
occupation but worry. s.<... . a95ss
'sWhat she needs is to come cut of her
self much more than she does. fGhe
must have intercourse with moe peo:
pie and take more exercise.
This she can do without neglecting
home, and every right-minded man win
do his best to secure for his mother, ,gor
his sister, or his wife, these aids to tie
retention Of uthfulness Of body a4d
mind. d."-Woman's Life. .5$
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
VICTORIA AS HAUSFRAU.
The Queen of Great Britain and Ire.
land Is to a Large Extent Her
Own Housekeeper.

Notwithstanding the enormous
amount of business with which she has
to deal, the queen is to large extent
her own housekeeper. The first thing
every morning a paper of suggestions
from the clerk of the kitchen is placed
before her, from which in her own hand
she orders the menus of the day, both
for herself and such of her grandchil-
dren as may be with her. These menus
are at once sent to the kitchens, gardens
and other departments concerned, to
obtain the viands required; and their
contents duly entered, together with
the quantities of matrials used, in the
books which are kept in the royal
kitchen.
The queens chef receives salary OF
6 500 per annum, and has as satellites
four master cooks, two yoemen of the
kitchen, two assistant cooks, six ap-
prentices, and six kitchen maids, be-
sides pantrymen and other lesser lights.
In addition to the great kitchen at
Windsor, there are the greenroom, for
vegetables, and the confectionery and
HdolAy h1lSACu. 4AlS last Is d uOSC llQ-
portant department, controlled by a
ccnfectioner with six assistants, and
fitted in the most complete manner
All her majesty's favored cakes, bis
cults, pastry, etc., are made here, and
sent by special messengers several
times week to whichever of her resi-
dences the court may be staying at.
All stores at Windsor are under prop
er supervision, no materials being
served without proper requisition
signed by the head of the department
concerned. Not a bag of dog biscuits
can even be ordered for the kennels un-
less on the printed form. In fact, the
whole establishment is practically as
methodically conducted as any great
London business. This method, which
was evolved by her majesty and the late
prince consort out of the chaos which
descended from the days of George w.,
entirely does away with waste, extrava-
gance, and moreover enables her majes-
ty to exercise that wise control over her
finances which enables her to keep the
grandest establishment on relatively
the smallest royal income in Europe
E. NJ. Jessop, in Pail Mall.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
FATS HAVE MANY USES.
Some Suggestions Which Economical
Housekeepers VIII Not Neg
lect to Put in Practice.

There are many fats that can be used
In cooking. Allof these should be saved
by themselves for culinary purposes.
Fresh pork lat should always be saved,
as it is as nice as lard for frying. Mutt
ton and lamb fat, however, is strong
and of no culinary value. Beef fat is
valuable for frying, but should be mixed
when tried out with about half it's bulk
of lard or tried out in chicken fat. A
combination of various meat fats used
In the kitchen makes better medium
for frying than pure lard and is more
wholesome. Butter is the poorest fat
for frying. 1t cannot be successfully
used in deep frying, as doughnuts and
crOquettes are fried, because it burns
before it can be heated to the proper
temperature. Keep two separate jars
for cooking fats, one for coarse fats,
the other for finer. Those jars of a
half gallon size, with straight sides like
butter jars, are the best for the pur-
pose. For keeping soap fats lard
pail of the size that holds five pounds
when filled is the cheapest and most
convenient to use. Try out all the
pieces of fat until only scraps are left.
Fry slice of raw potato in it to clarity
it if the fat is used in cooking, and pour
1t into the jar in which the general fat
is kept. Save chicken fat, which is
delicate enough to use in place of olive
oil for dressing, in small jar by itself.
Turkey fat is too strong to use in cook
ing, but, like lamb and mutton fats, it
should be tried out, but strained into
the soap fat. 1t pays to keep this fat
clean and to strain it as it is tried out
from time to time. It is easy to keep a
! supply of soft soap in the house from
this source, which will be very valuable
for house cleaning and washing up
greasy pots and kettles, even if it is
used for no other Purpose.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
THE TEMPLE OF FAME.

q
'.How far.aWay isa the Temple of Fame p
Said youth at5the dawn OF day. =,
And he toiled and dreamed Of deathless
name; = i3 .%<<# j /, f5&%1
But the hours went by and the evening
IS 22 came, = -ga>%Eise$5<5 - x Z" - 50
That left him feeble. and old, and lame.
TO plod on his cheerless way.
For the path to Fame is weary climb
Up mountain steep and high.
There are many who start in their youthful
prime: N..@ .t-t
But in the battle with fate and time,
For one who reaches those heights sub
lime 1T: z5-.s.eo> ..:>s 3
Are thousands who fall and die.
The youth who had failed could never guess
The reason hissquest was vain;i = ssE1r
But he sought no other to help or bless
He followed the glittering prize, Success,
Up the narrow pathway Of Seifishness.
And this had been his bane. ,stH;s. -.
"Iow far away is the Temple OF Good?''
Said youth at the dawn Of day; T.
And he strove. in spirit Of brotherhood,
To help and succor, as best he could, W.
The poor and unfortunate multitude ~,,
On their hard and dreary way. 49,
He was careless alike OF praise or blame; :
But, after his work was done, It
An angel of glory from Heaven came =
And wrote on high his immortal name, 4"
Proclaiming this truth. that the Temple
of Fame 81
And Temple Of Good are one.
For; this is the lesson that history
Has taught since the world began:
That those whose memories never die, y
Who shine like stars in our human sky,
And brighter grow as the years roll by.
Are men who have lived for Man.
Denver News.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
GIRL IN i ARD LUCK.
Hated to Remove Her Hnt In the
Theater BECAUSE Her Hair Was Z
Done Up In PaperA s&Ss. " =, 4


She swept down the aisle OF a down
town theater at a matinee the other day
in company with a woman companion
and took a conspicuous position in the
parquet. AS she settled herself in her
seat her hands instinctively went to
her large hat, but she suddenly stopped
with a start, and slowly rushed back
the half-removed pin. Then she turned
and gasped something to her compan-
ion.
s'What in the world shall I do?" she
whispered, after she had made brief
explanation. "You know we dida't in
tend to come here and I didn't expect to
have my hat off at all. I'm so afraid the
usher will come down and make me take
it off,
"Wait till he does," advised her COM
panion.
Every time an usher approached the
woman with the hat fidgeted nervously.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06

spaces between these fit four small,
dark triangles of the same size. This
will give half of the block. Make the
other half by reversing the colors, and
join the two by their long sides. To join
the blocks, fit the points made by cut
ting out the three-inch squares from a
dark triangle into the corresponding
space of the light side of another block
Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
.deafened her, that the cart !. and Tho
sky seemed 10 come together with )

|deAfened her, that the earth and thc.
SKY seemed TO come together with 8
great shock. ss.s
When she came to herself she was
prone on her face under apile Of shingles
and hay--the lighter ruins of the barn
but she could help to extricate her.
self; she was almost unhurt.
Where is the baby?" said Hiram'a
voice, hoarse and unnatural. ~Es<<.
MaryEmma looked toward the house;
it. was still standing. The cyclone,
which had swept the great barn away
like a feather, had only brushed the
house in passing, and unroofed the little
Then Mary Emma looked toward the
we'll. The woodwork was gone COM
pletely; even the great sweep: that
Hiram's grandfather had made that his
| wife might have something to remind
her of her New England home.
Mary Emma shuddered as she looked
toward the we'll.
II put her somewhere! !can't tell
I hadn't time to think! 1t came just
| like a f1ash!" she said, tfemb bling and
sobbing.
Hiram rushed into the house AID
ransacked every corner, and came out
again, with his face more dreadful than
ever in its grayish paleness.
/ A throng of men and women had
gathered. All had their own troubles,
ruined homesteads and harvests-the
cyclone had devastated the Pillsbury
settlement, leaving the rest of the town
| un ntouched-but there had been no lives
lost; no one was missing except Hiram
Pillsbury's baby. What were all other
troubles compared to his?
They searched under a great pile Of
the heavy timbers of the barn. Poor
Towser's body lay there, stark and stiff,
but not the baby's.
Jonas Farley said there were timbers
of that barn over in Burnt river, and the
roof of the ell, too; and it was proposed
to drag the river.
Mary Emma felt little thrill of hope.
Some things dropped into river might
| float.
'"The cyclones has. Gurus ways. It
might have picked the baby up, and
dropped her down somewheres kind of
easy" said Uncle Lot Pillsbury.
But the others shook their heads.
Two men went dow \ into the we'll.
Mary Emma put her hands before her
| eyes. She expected to see them bring
up little golden head.
Eunice's voice broke upon her ears,
the poor mother driven wild by her mis-
cry:
what did you do with her? Why
didn't you hold her tight? Oh, why did
I trust you?''
Mary Emma tried to answer, but the
great lump in her throat wouldn't let
her.
She was straining her eyes now to
watch the men as they came up from
the well. No little golden head. The
baby was not there.
Mary Emma drew long, sobbing
breath of relief.
"Perhaps 1 could tell, now, what did,
or what thought of doing-I can't be
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
A LITTLE lsO ONSENSE.

ls
He looks like ,albrainys man. y hats
like Judging q vacuum by it's shell. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Master why did you run away, my
boy % Boy Because the mistress
was SO unkind to mel" Master-s'Tut,
tut, that is no excuse. Do run aWay!"
| Golden Penny. s g'a@5sf -
Moser--.t'Do you believe in love at
first sight ?" syndic-''It's the only kind
of love. If a man could get second
look he'd never fall" - Philadelphia
North American. %#~
johnson "a confirmed stutterer)-
"Bub-bub-but why ker-ker-cant you
be-be-be-believe me?" Miss Pemberton
(cruelly)-"Berause you always break
your word" ALLY Sloper.
Don't be afraid, Willie! Tigers al
ways roar when it's time for them to be
fed" "Oh, amt afraid, grandpa.
Papa makes worse row than that
when dinners late at home" ."-Jugend.
Why He Took His Departure.-Ch -Chol-
y-"I never shall marry strong.
minded woman, never" Minerva-''No,
of course you won't. The woman you
marry will be weak-minded, I'm sure
philadelphia Bulletin.
Matrimonial Microbes Origin.-
l'Singleton-"Did you agree with the doc
tor who considers kissing dangerous?' p
Benedick-"O, yes" ingleton-"What
dread effect do you think there is likely
| to arise from it?'S Benedick-'Mar.
| riage."-N. Y. Press.
"How long is it going to take to get
through with this case?" asked the
client, who was under suspicion Of
housebreaking. "WeIl," replied the
young lawyer, thoughtfully, "it'l take
Inc about two weeks to get through
with it, but I'm afraid it's going to take
you about four years." ."-Green Bag.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
IRISH CHAIN QUILT. .
Our GRANDMOTHER Were Very Fond
of This Attractive and Easily
Constructed Pattern.

Cut nine-inch squares of light and
dark cloth. Divide each of these into
two triangles; from the right-angle
corner of each of these triangles cut
three-inch square. To the hypotenuse
or base of the dark apex-gouged tri-
angle thus obtained join the bases of
smaller ight-colored triangles made by
dividing three-inch squares. Into the
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
CURL PAPERS WE'RE TAKEN OUT,

Two or three times her fears were un.
founded, but finally came a request that
the headpiece be removed.
The woman flushed and hesitated.
At last she was apparently seized with
desperate resolve to do or die.
The elaborate headgear was removed
and one by one, as quickly as her fin
gers could fly, the curl papers, which
stood out prominently against her dark
hair, were taken out.
There were several suppressed sn1ck
ers- The woman's face became scarlet
and she stared intently at the stage
while the performance went on.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
He Wouldn't Push Over,

The habit of holding down the end
seat in a street car has taken such a
firm grip on some men that they pos.
itively refuse to bulge whether the rest
of the seat is empty or not. One of
these was sitting on the end of vacant
seat in a Fourteenth street car one
evening, when fat colored woman got
aboard. AS usual, this "mammy" car.
ried big bundle that made her move
ments more awkward than ordinarily:
The only place in the car that would
fit her was next to the man on the end
of the seat, and she went for it. The
man did draw up a little, but otherwise
made no move to let the old lady in.
She had no alternative but to squeeze
in sideways. AS she was making an i'm
mense effort to get herself and the
bundle slowed away, the conductor
rang the ''go-ahead" bell. a jolt for
ward and a terrific jolt backward were
all the little man felt, but when he did
realize what struck him the nanny
had him pinned securely against the
seat. "'Tain't nah fault" replied the
old lady, to an angry exclamation from
the little man. ''Ef you kain't shove
erlong when a lady wants teh get inter
dis yere seat, yer's got ter tax de con-
s'quences." There was q. suppressed
ssnicker among the other passengers,
and the discounted little man left the
car at the next crossing Detroit Free
Press. s.3. q
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
Electricity for Brain.

A European scientist claims to have discov.
cred an apparatus which will stimulate the
brain. 1t has been tried on school boys, and
consists of an electric band. While scientists
have been busy inventing unnatural ways
OF making the brain work, Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters has for fifty years been doing it
ach troubles and builds up and invigorates
the entire system. There is nothing ''just
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
HOw's ThiS4

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+; j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last l5years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
A Good Road to Cincinnati.

The Monon Route and C. H. e. D. R'y run
four trains daily from Chicago to Cincinnati.
The The day t. trains al leave Dearborn Station, Chi.
equipped with elegant Parlor and Dining
cars. The night trains leave at $3.50 p. m,
and PAS a. m. These trains are equipped
with elegant sleepers and compartment cars,
the sleepers on the latter train being ready
for occupancy at 9:3O p. m. Ask for tick
cts via Monon and G. H. & D. City Ticket
Office, 232 S. Clark St.. CHICAGO.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
Suspicious,

Stranger-Do you know man around
here by the name of Brown?
Man in the Door-Er-tall man?
Cant say; you see, never met him.
am an attorney and rich relative of his has
died and left him fortune.'
Pm Brown-walk right in. Do you
know, I thought you were the new gas col.
lector.-Ohio State Journal.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
London,s sunply I,of Fish.

# Some idea Of the enormous quantities
of fish. consumed in London is furnished
by the statistics ia the annual report
Of the inspe ctors Of sea fisheries. TAX
ing lingsgate and fshadwell markets
toget ther, there was delivered in Lon.
don during the year 1898 200 900 tons. 81
fish, which was an increase over any
period during the last five years. O1
this quantity 1856 tons was destroyed
after being condemned as unfit for food.
Chicago Chronicls 81 z.s5ss
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
Protection Mt Both Ends,

A nervous drummer, who carries with him
wherever he travels coil of rope, was asked
by the landlord of small hotel up in Shasta
county what the rope was for. "That's a
fire escape" explained the drummer, "and
l always have it with me so in case of fire /
can let myself down from the window"
..Seems like a pretty good idea," said the
landlord, "but guests with fire escapes pay
in advance at this hotel. .'-San Francisco
Wave.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06

though L must
tell about it. A
year ago I was
taken very sick.
Doctors could Go
me no good only
to deaden the
pain which I
had almost con.
stantly. 1 got
some of your
Compound and
took one bottle
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
where the trouble 3, Lies. Q

Mrs. Jenness Miller told Brookline
audience the other day that public
kitchens would do much to prevent
crime. The Boston Globe suggests
that more skillful work in private
kitchens would help the cause Of
morality as we'll. g
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
Origin of ThanksgfvinrD Dav

1--WE ought to do something to make our
selves solid with posterity," Remarked one
of the Pilgrim Fathers.
THAT'S so," replied his companion. 'How
would it be to inaugurate national holiday
games?''
The rest is history.-N. Y. id durnal.