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

The Japanese government has de-
cided to recognize Christianity as one
OF the religious organizations of the
country, and to give Christian minis
tiers the same rights as are granted to
Buddhist and Shinto priests. A new
law, however, puts the affairs Of all
sects, including the building of
churches, the holding Of meetings. the
settlement Of preachers and methods
OF maintenance, under the control of
local governors. Some solicitude is
occasioned by the large powers Of these
governors, who will be able, If so dis
posed, to hinder missionary operations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
An Innovation

"In our house." said the base ball
crank with a new baby. "the rules of
the game are reversed. Four bawls
put me off my Observation-Disclosures
North American.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The proposed boycott Of the Paris
exposition comes like a ray Of Wis
dom light upon the man who has been
ashamed to acknowledge that lack OF
ready money would keep him from at
tending the big show next summer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
WeAk-Lunced CarnIyora.

It is a somewhat curious fact univer-
sally noted by travellers that lions, IT,
gers and Other fierce carnivora are too
weak in lung power to run more than
a half mile.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

We will pay $3.50 per week and expenses
for "A man With zig to intrOd uce our Poultry
Mixture ana Insect Destroyer in the r0un-
Try. Address With stamp. EXCELSIOR MIG.
CO., Parsons. Kan.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

State Senator Emory from Pennsyl-
vania blames the railroads for the
trust. 1t is not apparent that States
man Emory is off the track.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Il feel as if / had wheels in my
head" groaned the man. 1T lnusu De
the truck you ate for dinner rejoined
his wife, innocently cnough.-Detroit
Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

A woman's club is generally I'M
wieldy from a parliamentary stand
point, at least.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

cured After Repeated Failures With Others
| VIII inform addicted to Morphine, L.audanum.
opium. toctine, of nevcr-fa'liDS. harmless, home.
cure. Mrs. NJ. II. Baldwin. Box 1872, Chicago. III.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

There are men too offensive to ever
strike a bargain.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The man who is ruled by his inclina-
lions invariably travels in a Zigzag
course.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

When some women make up their
mind to do a thing they make up their
face accordingly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The self-made man is usually proud
of a very poor job.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The area Of the IransVaal is 120, 900
square miles, or about the same size
as the combined areas of the states
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after
first days use of Or. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE &2.0O trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. IL. II. hLISE, Ltd, s3l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Gossips are receiving ~tellers, but one
can't bank on their statements.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
Are Yoa Using Aliens Foot-FRse?

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet,
COrns and Bunions. Ask for Allen 9
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmstcd, Leroy, N. Y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

tt CURE a COLD IN ONE a
Take laxative Hromo Quininc Tablets, All
druggists refund The money If it fails to cure.
Goc, Tie genuine has l.. T. =. on each tablet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

AS a silent partner the hen-pecked
husband fills the bill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

NO man can count the cost of a
useless life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The performance Of the amateur
musician is often a music rack.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Il is caid that SONS of the sheep
farms in Australia are as large as
the whole of England.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

The United States government Is an
extravagant book publisher. About
eighteen years ago 1t began the COM
pilation of the records Of the Union
and Confederate armies, officially
known as the Rebellion Records. More
than n hundred and twenty volumes
have already been printed, as a cost
of nearly three million dollars, and the
series is not yet complete. Few per-
sons would question the historical
value OF this great work, but many
might doubt the wisdom Of so free a
distribution of the volumes at public
expense. In country public libraries
the books are rarely used enough to
pay for the space they fill. In Lisbon,
N. H., for example, the librarian re-
lates this incident: A small boy stood
before the hundred massive volumes
and said, my! wouldn't l like to read
Them The permission was speedily
granted. The boy took one Of the
books from the shelf, but for some rea-
eon did not carry it sway. That"
concluded the librarian, lis the only
call for these books that l can remem-
Der in years to have had"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

His s%atanica! majesty always de-
mands more than his due.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06

Two wonderful fossil specimens
have just been discovered in Germany
and delivered to the museum Of the
University Of Tuebingen. One of
them, found in a Nusplingen lime
quarry in the heights Of the Heubergs,
is the perfect skeleton Of a large,
shark-like fish, imbedded in the lime
stone in such a way as to show accu-
rately it's anatomical structure. The
other, found in the slate quarries OF
Halzmaden, neal Kirchheim, Is the
skeleton of a small icthyosaurus, with
every smallest bone in it's natural
articulation. the dorsal and caudal fins
intact, and the skin covering Of the
webbed feet plainly distinguishable.
This latter specimen is declared to be
the most nearly perfect specimen of the
icthyosaurus yet found.
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England's first effort to annex the Transyaal was made on April 12, 1877, when proclamation was issued an nouneing the annexation. This step, it was asserted, was warranted by the reign of anarchy with which the gov ernment was threatened, and by the advance of Getywayo and his black troops upon the Dutch farmers. Had this step been taken before the. dis eoyery of rich minerals it would have had different effect. But once the Boer farmers had had time to realize the full significance of the step they repudiated the agreements made by their yacillating officials and declared against annexation, and so followed war.
 To-day England's claim of suzerainty can hardly be questioned, for the trea- ties of both 1881 and 1884 acknowledge it, but it is q question if that is what England is working for. To the Boers the greater question must be the en-
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mer of last year with them at the west ern home in the states.
 He lives in the center of England, and has asked Us to come especially in the fall as he wishes to introduce Dolly to some of the English nobility that will be at his home during the hunting and shooting season. Not that Dolly is looking for a titled husband, for an American is good enough for her, but it will be nice to know such people"
 It was gowns suitable for just such a visit as the one they had described to me that they wanted to purchase. There was no lack of funds, but there was a lack of judgment. It was for this later that they looked to me, and I did the best for them that knew how, and trust that they found it sufficient, for before this is printed they will be en- toying the visit they were planning for.
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m ts; DobIe's Driving Out to the Park own place is a Ger in Gotham man beer garden. The Jackson train ing stables and track are replaced by city waterworks plant. Fleetwood, famous in later days, is a thing of the past. For several years there has been not one good course for the horse that made American trainers famous-the trotter.
 The new Empire City track is ex- pected to give the trotters once more home. It is a magnificent place, big ger and finer than Fleetwood ever was in it's palmiest days And when such equine aristocrats as Star Pointer, John B. Gentry, Joe Patehen and Searchlight meet upon the track, it is a good omen of future sport.
 There is one fault of the new track, which is almost inevitable under the changed conditions. It is a little too far for horse lovers to drive out from the city. It's all very well to go by rail or trolley ear to see q running race, which is nothing but a game to gamble upon at best; but to see a tret and see it right, you should drive out to the ground behind your own nag, and per haps have a little brush with friend on the way.
 Bonner, who would have fejoiced in the track, is dead. I saw him very shortly before he died, and he told me this story about Gen. Paine, of Bos- ton, who built one of the early cup de- lenders. They were talking about pacers.
 "Oh,n ,n said Bonner, @paeers are not so bad. I might be willing to admit that they are worth about cent apiece"
 My selling price for them, if 1 ever had any, would be five cents a dozen until closed out was Paine's grave comment.
 This is the feeling of the old-fash- toned horsemen about the one-side-at-a- time horse. I think, however, that 1 pacers are more numerous upon the roads hereabouts than they were ten years ago.
 The new park lets New York in upon the grand cifeuit races, and it ought to be a go. Of course, it won't attract the betting contingent as a great race over the hurdles might, but the au- tomobile hasn't altogether supplanted the horse in mems affections yet, and it won't very soon.
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the British government which they were trying to escape as it was the con ditions existing in the Cape Colony, and had the English policy granted them protection from the savages sur rounding their new homes which they asked, England would to-day have had no Boer republic to deal with, for there would have been none. But in those days far back in the first half of the century England was not courting the expense of protecting a new country from savage people when that coun- try offered but little in return. It was not territory, but wealth, that England was seeking.
 For these reasons the Boer builded his own government, and, though he often despaired of suceesss, and often the government seemed destined to fail for lack of support, yet in their simple way they kept on. Time after time was the opportunity offered England to ab- sorb the little government with honor to herself, for the Dutch farmer craved the protection for his home which English soldiers could give, but England always declined.
 What is true of the Transvaal repub- lie is also true of the Orange Free State, which is peopled by the same class of hardy Dutch, for the same req sons and at the same time.
 l Then came the discovery first of vast
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skirt was made of the gray cloth with a
 plaid tunic in deep seallops that had several rows of machine stitching around the scallops and up the front to the waist line. The skirt like the other had a pocket at one side finished with lap of the gray cloth. The waisteoat was made of the light gray cloth, and
 fastened down the front with small mother=of-pearl buttons It had a
 small turn back collar and rounded
 revers. A tight-ftting sleeve of the plaid with piece of the gray cloth at the top. The plaid was put on the waist coat in a rounded bolero effect, and fin ished with machine stitching at the top of the sleeves and around the bolero.
 Dolly had an abundance of fashion able clothing for house wear and it was only for outdoor wear that she was in need of anything, so that we next looked
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for hats to go with the costumes she had just bought. l had never before seen the street hats for the fall and early winter displayed so we'll as at this time. There is the large felt golf hat that is trimmed with nothing but a broad plaid sash or a band and quill at one side. The "Arran" is trimmed usually with a roll of black velvet and quill at one side. The "Goodwood" is a boat-shaped hat in black felt with 6 band and bow of black-corded ribbon and three qriils. The ''Osborne' is a smart and novel felt in all colors with a wide band and twisted bow of ribbon to match the felt, and with large buckle at the side, and mount of coque feath- CTS. The Shamrock is comfortable large felt that sits well over the face, and has a twisted band of black or col ored velvet around the high crown with knots of the same, and handsome coque with a buckle, in front. The pretty and chic Heather" can be had in almost any desired color to match one's suit or gown. It has bands oi braid to tone, and finished at one side with mount of arrow-sRaped quills
 We selected a Shamrock" and ''Heather" to match the two gowns we had bought. SADIE MERRITT.
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proposed that we first look at some thing in suits that would answer for either street wear or for shooting. The two are quite easily combined this year because of the length of the street dress. In none of these strictly street dresses do we find long skirts. In length they usually stop from three to four inches from the ground much aft CT the fashion of the shooting dress. In materials this class of dress is made mostly of cheviot or the servicable tweeds, and in colors they run to light grays, a green and fawn checked tweed, fawn cloth, or the light shades in brown.
 These dresses are usually made with a iaunty pocket at one side of the skirt, and worn with them are either the tam-o- -shanter or the smart English walking hat When worn for shooting purposes there is worn with them leather vest, usually of tan leather.
 Of these we saw a number, but the one finally selected for Dolly was of earth brown tweed. The skirt was of the earth brown tweed, and much darker shade of brown in a tunic effect, with the earth brown for the lower DOT ion and the darker shade in a deep point in front and at the back running
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high at each side. It had two strap pings of the same around the tunic and a jaunty pocket on one side of the skirt. The jacket was tight-ftting in the back with rolling standing collar, and two strappings put on in deep points on the front, with scallops over the shoulders, and straight around the back. This gave it a cape effect. A plain tight-fitting sleeve, and double breasted vest of tan leather finished with two rows of buttons.
 I suggested another that would be more suitable for street wear than this first, which was distinctly a shooting suit, and it instantly met with the mothers approval. This second suit was of light gray plaid, and a plain gray cloth. The skirt was made of the gray plaid, and a plain gray cloth. The
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farmers whom England finds hard to manage. says of them:

farmers whom England finds hard to manage, says of them:
 "our Dutch fellow South Africans are strange folk. Virile, resolute, passionate with a passion hid far below the surface, they are at once the gentlest and the most determined of people. When you try to eoeree them they are hard as steel encased in iron, but with large and generous re sponse to affection and sympathy which perhaps no other European folk gives They may easily be deceived once; but never twice. Under the toughest exterior of the up-country Boer lies nature strange ly sensitive and conscious of personal dig nity; people who never forgets kindness and does not easily forget a wrong"
 In that one brief paragraph is de- scribed all of Englands troubles of to- day. By the same class of persecution that produced the American revolution, a persecution which differed only in de- tails, the simple Dutch farmers of the colony which England wrested from the Dutch were driven from the homes they had built further south to new ones further north. Itwas not so much
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franchisement of the uitlanders. The Dutch farmers, to whom the rich de- posits of minerals have been but a small temptation, see in those deposits, however, way of securing government protection without the burden of taxa tion for themselves. To take the reins of government from these farmers and put them in the hands of the uitlanders, as enfranchisement would surely do because of their numbers, would mean not only an English dependency of the little republic in a short time, but would also mean taxation for the farmers themselves
 In the Transvaal the floating popu- lation attracted by the minerals found there far outnumber the Dutch farm CTS, and to grant them voice in the 1 government would soon mean a gov ernment by the uitlanders exclusively, and then annexation to England's larg- CT colony at the cape. Itis to avoid this that Oom Paul is exerting every means of diplomacy known to him and his ad- visers. DANIEL CLEVERTON.
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 of Newport in midsummer. Lenox, which would like to be the September capital of the smart set, is not so eX- clusiYely modish as it was a dozen years ago.
 Tuxedo has the "Tuxedo sci" The great Hampstead colony OH Long Is land, which had been scarcely heard of five years ago, is growing in impor- tanee most rapidly. Young Vanderbilt Hill, Roslyn, and the Whitney palace on the Wheatley hills is one of the most finished country places in America. Up the Hudson are other colonies headed by the Astors and Mortons at Rhine cliff, the Rockefellers in Tarrytown. To these and other regions Newport's leading lights will scatter-sueh of them as do not follow the yacht races too zealously to sleep anywhere on shore.
 Lenox undoubtedly boasts the largest country house in America. It belongs to Anson Phelps Stokes, who osorecently lost the use of one leg by an accident, but who is recovering. The Stokes scot- tage" is 400 feet long and of correspond ing dimensions as to height and width Such house is not built for a family solely. It will accommodate q house party of perhaps 20 guests with theil valets and maids.
 Next to this house in size and sur passing it in the favor of the great SO ciety people is Dr. Seward Webb's place near Burlington, Vt. This is fayoritt mecca of coaching parties.
 l think that the autumn homes of SO ciety people are certain to be even more widely separated in future. Many rich people like to go back to their old homes and furbish up the family mansion"- if there is one. It is so English.
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entrance fee of $10,0OO and puts up large dues every year besides. It owns large tract of land in northern Maine and controls the hunting and fishing upon other tracts. Its best known member is Dean Hoffman, who is probably the richest clergyman in the world, and who is the head of the university divini- ty school in New York. The salmon fishing enjoyed by these men and the few guests the rules permit them to in- vite is extremely fine. Poaching is care fully prevented, and a fisherman is al- ways sure of salmon or deer in season.
 The Accomac club in Maryland has only 35 members, and it is not expected that more than 15 people shall be there at any one time. The Jekyll Island club has larger list, but this is not a sport ing club in the strictest sense, but has large cottage contingent.
 The New Yorker who really enjoys roughing it, and who has time and money to gratify his tastes, will have a membership in a club in Maine or New Brunswick, in Virginia or Mary land, and perhaps in the Adirondaeks. Life in all these places is extremely simple aud wholesome, and there are no women. Consequently no one has to wear his good clothes.
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diamond fields in the Free State, and then of gold and diamonds in the Trans vaal. Nature had provided a great storehouse of wealth on which these two struggling little republics could feed, and then England was willing to annex them, but the Dutch farmers were not.
 By methods which Hugh Edward Egerton, of the English bar, describes as one of the black pages of English history, Lord Kimberly, backed by a sawerful government, secured the dia-
 md fields of the Free State and so
 ed the little republic of the wealth ss4ach was naturally the property of the Dutch farmers. Then other Eng lishmen tried the same thing with the gold fields of the Transvaal, but the Boer farmers of the Transvaal had learned q lesson from the experience of their kinsmen in the Free State and fought for their rights.
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enormous-estimate running all the way from $40, 0,0oo,0 GOO to $1o0,000, 900. 1t will take many years to build it; when it is finished it will serve only small section of the suburbs, unless the city can arrange with surface lines under private ownership a system of trans fers.
 At present it takes from two and a half to three hours to go from Ben sonhurst, in one end of the city, to Will lialnsbridge, in the other. To provide transit of any kind for so big popula- ton, divided by two rivers half mile and mile and quarter wide respec- lively is almost hopeless problem.
 The near Jersey and Long Island towns are growing at the expense of New York proper meanwhile. Harlem is farther from the New York city hall than are at least hundred Jersey vil- lages. And Tammany, which, at the beginning of Mayor Van Wyck's term, vigorously opposed the tunnel, has al last walked up to the fact that some thing must be done for the city it rules. The sudden decision to push the road is due in part to jealousy of the Brook lyn members of the city boards, who have opposed the Ramapo water scheme about which I have written.
 What could be a finer revenge than to build, in part with Brooklyn taxes a big road to develop upper New York But whatever the reason, the tunnel is worth making. OWEN LANGDoN.
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New York, for the sake of the boys, who may like to try their fortunes there. The migrating families generally man. age to find towns where they can have aequaintances. One man who has spent $4oO,ooo in fitting up a suburban village site says that he has sold several of his finest plots and houses to people from Indiana, most of whom knew each other in the home stat-.
 TRis movement of the westeners to New York suburbs is a comparatively new thing. It helps to account for the amazing growth of the 300 or more vii lages within easy reach of New York.