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Rock Island Argus., 1900-11-27
PLAN FOR HEAD CAMP
Modern Woodmen of the Coun.
try Have Their Eyes on
ST. Paul.
FORESTER DRILLS a FEATURE
General News Gathered Around
the Home of the Big
Society.

The head camp ID eetings, or ma
tionsl conventions. of the Modern
Woodmen society are such tremen-
dous affairs, with so large an attend
ance, that it is generally necessary to
begin two years in advance to make
arrangements. As q rule these ar
rangements are left almost altogether
in the hands of Woodmen residing in
the city where the national conven-
tion is to be held.
In 1895 the national Woodmen con-
vention was held at Madison, Wis,
and the attendance on the big day of
the meeting was in the neigh bOrhood
of 30, 600. Dubuque. Ia, entertained
the national convention in 1897, and
picnic day over As, 900 Woodmen were
in attendance. In June, 1899. Kan
sas City. Mo, was the Woodmen
Mecca. and over $4,000 Woodmen
were assembled.
In a general way the executive
council of the Woodmen society exer-
cises supervision over the local COM
mittees having in charge arrange
ments for the national convention
AS a rule, the council reserves the
right to the use of the hall where the
convention sessions are to be held
from beginning of the morning ses-
sion on the first day until adjourn
mcnt. but it sets aside one day for a
parade and public exercises, and one
evening for the eXemplilicatiou of the
secret work by some forester team
which the council selects. AS a rule
the team selected is from the city in
which the national convention is held.
The big parade and public gathering
is entirely in the hands of the local
committees. as also is the grand ball
on the evening of the same day.
On the afternoon of picnic day
series of competitive drills between
forester teams is generally arranged,
and at the St. Paul national conven-
tion in June. 1901, this feature will
be of unusual interest from the fact
that the WCodmen management is
arranging for a grand encampment
of forester teams to be held in St.
Paul head camp week. The several
thousand forester teams of the society
will be organized into companies and
and it is expected that not
less than ). 0UO fOresters will be as
sem bled at St. Paul for the entire week
of the convention.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-11-27

Today take Foley's Honey and Tar.
1t positively prevents pneumonia, or
other serious results. 1t may be too
late tomorrow. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-11-27

u o and p. IN. IN.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Farm ers No Longer Isolated.

While our cities have been tangled
i III a mesh Of municipal misrule and
the problems of comfort and whole
someness have become imperative of
solution the country has made won
derful stride toward the acquisition
Of town advantages. Heretofore the
village, or at least the hamlet, or the
crossroads tavern, store and church,
constituted the nucleus of rural sec
ton. Very rapidly this is being done
away with. The grouping Of homes
throughout the country is made by
rural telephone circuits. In some of the
States these circuits have already null
tiplied into the tens of thousands. 1t
is social revolution which we have
not yet begun to take a full estimate
of in our social economics.
Farm isolation is a thing of the past.
Neighbors scattered about, miles from
each other, now chat pleasantly and
exchange news by telephone. These
circuits, connected with long-d
tance service, enable the farmer to live
in constant communication with re-
mote markets. He is learning to keep
as nearly as good a tally of prices as
is posted by the Board of Trade, by
which tally he sells his crop intelli-
gently.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Chinese he'd Rooms.

Chinese bed rooms. even in the
homes of the wealthy, are usually dark
and poorly ventilated, and are like IN.
side cupboards. The bed is n canopied,
elaborate affair, heavy and beautifully
carved. and this piece of furniture
is often handed down from father to
son through many generations. But
there, is nothing elaborate about the
bed covering. In place Of a mattress
there is mat and the covering is the
occupants clothing, or, possibly. a
wadded quilt. Extra clothing is pro-
vided for cold weather, and in the
north, where the weather is extreme
~ cold, the carved wood bedstead Is
not used. There, in the house Of every
well-to-do citizen and in the inns. there
are divans of masonry beneath which
there are fireplaces. and on these iii
vans the people sleep, and the lire is
utilized for cooking purposes. London
Null.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
It Came From spain

Some time ago 1t was pointed out In
English newspapers that several por-
traits Of Charles l., by Van Dyck,
showed the same fierce mustache Of
which the Kaiser is SO fond. A Ger
man monthly now comes forward and
observes that the 'upturned mus
tache" was really invented at the court
of Philip ". Of Spain. Charles L., be-
ing Philips brother-in-law, Subsequent
fly set the fashion in England, and
thence it spread to Belgium. Germany,
Sweden and France. Louis XIII. was
practically the last monarch to wear
this kind of mustache until it's revival
by the present Kaiser.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
WISE WORDS.

You cannot put a great hope into q
small SOUL. L. Jones
The necessity of circumstances
proves friends and detects enemies
Epictetus.
Begin your day with a clean con-
science in every way. Cleanliness Is
honestly
There are no persons more solicltous
about the preservation of rank than
those who have no rank at all. Shen.
stone.
Duty is the only tabernacle within
which man can always make his
home on the TRANSPORTATION mountain
Philips Brooks.
What some men call success others
call death. Death of love, death of
hope, death OF manhood, death OF the
soul-The Schoolmaster
Habit is the beneficent harness Of
routine which enables silly men to live
respectfully and unhappy men to live
calmly.-George Eliot.
Our lives, by acts exemplary. not
only win ourselves good names, but do
to others give matter Tor virtuous
deeds by which we live.-Chapmnn.
Few men are more to be stunned
than those who have time. but know
not how to improve 1t, and so spend 1t
in wasting the time of their neighbors,
talking forever, though they have moth
ing to say.-Tryon Edwards.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
THE CABBAGE FAMILY.
A Statue Erected to the Nobieman Who
introduced 1t in England.

~
This rather heady family is best rep
resented by it's namesake, exotic, the
common cabbage itself, the headiest
OF them all. 1t is probably more
widely grown for home use and for
shipping than any rival vegetable.
And here's an interesting point: II by
any means the growth is checked. ex-
cept by transplanting, II changes it's
mind and sends up seed stalks, or
makes n tall growth like collard, or
will be small and curly like kale. Like
those who are fond of cabbage it in
turn is a heavy feeder, requiring the
richest sell. The wild cabbage, from
which all the varieties have been pro-
duced, is a native of the temperate
coasts If Northern Europe. During
the seventeenth century, reign Of
Charles H., an English nobleman in
troduced them from Holland. and
later got a statue "a cabbage figuring
at is feet for his pains. from CRATE
fui countrymen.
observation-disclosures. though as
heavy feeder, is more delicate eat
ing. AS long as the Middle Ages it is
though: there was some accidental,
natural variation Of this plant from
It's family, and then by long years of
selection and culture the flowers have
been rendered abortive, the flower
stems shortened, thickened and multi
piled, till they form half globular
head, quite compact, almost solid.
Broccoli-Similar to caulifiower, and
like it derived from wild cabbage,
broccoli requires longer time for
growth, though it's heads are smaller.
1t may be depended upon where cauli-
flower is uncertain.
Brussels Sprouts-This cabbage cou-
sin bears upon it's stalk from fifty to
100 buds an inch or SO in diameter.
and is next to caulitiower in its deli
cious taste. Those of us who only
know them at the shows have little
idea Of the whole plant.
kale-Refuses to come TO head, or
to furnish edible blossoms, does this
member of the family. The va!nest
Of them all, this example is one mass
OF delicate green ruftic- edged with
kinks and curls.
Collards-This variety is a large,
loose-leaved plant of fine quality. 1t
approaches caulifiower, and one sort
is known as cabbage green's
Kohl-Rabi-We share this vegetable
with the cattle. Its culture has been
directed to the stalk, which takes the
globnlar form of turnips; it is q favor
lite with many.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
win be seen that Mr.. Carnegie's esti-
mate is a conservative one.New York
Herald,
QUAINT ART IN CEMETERIES.
Genoa's City of the Dead Contains Som
Rare Specimens.

Genoa's City of tho Dead Contains Some
Hare Specimens.
A love of the splendid has thrlved
in Genoa AMI still finds expression in
number of ways that only money
can effect. And nothing perhaps
emphasizes this to the stranger more
strongly than visit to the Campo
Santo, the cemetery of Genoa.
In this country Of ours, apart from
any allegorical figure, the efiigy OH n
tomb represents the individual in
whose memory the monument Is
raised. a statue over n grave is in
the likeness of the dead man.
Not so in the Campo Santo of
Genoa, or indeed, in any of the ceme-
teries of Italy. There may be-
there often is-a medallion portrait in
high relief of the deceased. But the
chief figures (where there are no al
legorical fgures) arc those who have
been left Borrowing.
There is perhaps an element Of true
art in this--to us-qunint custom.
While the eye is filled by the figures
of people possibly still living they new
ertheless are telling no story OF their
own. They are there In order to sug-
gest and intensity a remembrance of
the virtues of the dead. And most
certainly they do this.
Take the monument where the figure
of man stands leaning against n pill
lar. his hand shading his eyes. 1t is 4
son at his fathers grave. The figure
is that OF an ordinary man in every
day clothes There is nothing pictur-
esquc about him, and vet the whole
effect is inexpressively beautiful. Nor
is It a mere question OF splendid sc,llp-
ture. The attitude of the man is one
in deep sorrow, and the mind instinct
lively recognizes that the dead man
must have been good man t" have
commanded so profound grief. No
tablet, no written phrase could testify
this as patbetically and as eloqnently
as does this stricken figure.
Again how eloquent of a husbands
good qualities is the monument where
the widow stands knocking at the
door of the tomb in her yearning to
follow him. Surely there is In this
simple composition more tribute to the
man than in The conventional monu-
ment where the deceased sits, in semi
classic garments, on wholly classic
chair, with one hand upon his knee
and the other on the arm OF the chair.
Probably the dead man never IN his
life struck such an attitude, and the
memorial depends on Its inscription
for some testimony to his worth. The
extent to which custom permits OF the
figures of living people to adorn n
dead friends grave is shown in the
monument where the doctor Is stand.
ing by the bed of his dead patient.
The story runs that the illness which
proved fatal was sudden and unex-
pected. The doctor, one Of the great
est in the land, was summoned. hut
he arrived too Pearson's Weekly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
An Indian Cereal.

A cereal which is not upon the mar
ket, and can only be obtained directly
from the Indians OF the missionaries
at some of the Arizona reservations,
is pinola. This, too. is preparation
of wheat, which is held In the highest
repute by alf who have been much
among the Indians. With a little pack
age of the pinola, a few strips of
jerked beef and cask Of water, civil
engineers and others whose duty calls
them to long trips off the beaten trail,
declare themselves well provisioned
for number of days. 1t is claimed
that years when the wheat harvest is
plentiful there is little or no illness
among the Pimas and Papagoes,
whose staple article of food it is. In
preparing it, the women soak the
wheat until it swells, then spread it
on clothes on top of the wickups, or
brush sheds, to dry in the hot Arizona
sun. Before it is entirely dry they
parch it over the Goals until brown,
but not scorched, and lastly grind it
in their stone metalas or mortars until
as fine as meal. 1t has the delicious,
sweet, nutty taste Of parched corn,
and is eaten by the Indians raw or
mixed with water. 1t has been of late
years in great demand by the invalids
who pour into the Salt River Valley,
the American Riviera, by the thous-
ands, each winter Cooked as other
cereals are, or simply eaten in Its nat
ural state with cream, or cream and
sugar, it is a dish well worth gen.
eral introduction-Was Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Young Ideas About Cows.

II was class Of eight-year-olds and
the subject for composition was sI'he
Cow" One of the girls wrote, among
other things. 1.-THE COW is a very useful
animal, for she supplies us with beef
steaks, veal, pork and other meats
Another, looking at the subject from
a wholly different standpoint. thought
the COW very useful because .'she
keeps the garden clean by eating the
weeds Philadelphi Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
THE MERR Y SID|E J or j LIFE
STORIES TOLD " TIE FUNNY MEN
OF TINE PRESS

No Douquets-In tho Nassre ~ N obs
stacle-At tho a,ciAmAker,s- =. Whsss
she 10 ELECTROMAGNETIC Her Bsartiess
Reply-A Sure sigma Gepd Aran, Etc.
The poet rhymed her pansy eyes,
And passionately wrote
Of rosy cheeks, with heartful signs s
Vowed lily-white her throat.
Her lips, why, any honey-bee
Would think them blow of peach
The maid said: You can't fiatter me,
Though fiowery be your speech"
Detroit Free Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
rhe Eocl,.ntot, SWORD.

The prince and the princess were
married and lived happily ever after.
They had the enchanted sword to
thank FOR this.
For with the enchanted sword tho.
prince slew the conventional dragon;
afterward the princess, who WAS lit
erary, used the trusty blade to sharpen
her lead pencils with
Otherwise, OF course, she would
have used her husbands razor, after
the manner OF literary woman in gen.
eral. Detroit Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Dull hit l,s.,ly.

Two commercial travellers In a rail.
way carriage entered into CONVERSE
tipn.
One q. them tried very hard to make
the other understand something. hut
he was either very hard Of hearing or
slow in believing.
At last his friend lost his temper
and exclaimed, "Why, don't you see?
It's as plain Ms A b Cy'
THAT may be-" said the other. but,
yon see, am d x Est. Louis
Globe democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
'ONLY A w AFT
BY E. Anderton.


Nd what is your OBJ
lection to Arthur
Trevelyan, my most
fastidious uncle? Is
he to share the fate
of all my other suit
ors?" Mr.. Warne-
ford's niece. Nellie,
asked him.
"Do you, then. still
love young 'l,revel-
yan?" he asked. in
return.
"Dearly-oh, most
dearly!" she de.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
No,hinr s.lt,,n Abou, -,

"What ts the Mothers Congress,
Pap
ut is an organization of women de-
signed to give other women useful
hints on how to bring up their chill
drsn. Cleveland; Plain. Dealer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
GOSSIP

The news a.ound the Garden few
Last night the Rose was robbed-A
Was filched from her and hung into -
The easement Of my Lady's Bower.
The flowers were mystified In vain
they asked of one another. "Pray,
What ails our Lady of Disdain
That she must wear Rose today
The Daisy with her latest breath,
,Reft Of her petals, whispered low,
1T 10 a secret to the Death
l gave my petals all to know
oliver HEREFORD, in Scribner's.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
n. M.k,.t.

Diddier-"Do you think your tailor
would trust me with suit OF clothes.
old man?,,'
Robinson (dubiously)- Does lucknow
your
Diddier- No.
Robinson-"Oh, then he might Try
him. New York World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Evils or sbor,.ielt.d n sss.

Briggs is dreadfuliy nenrsigl.'e
You know that hat his wife wears
with all those black piumes In ity'
Yes, I've seen It."
well, Briggs thought it WIS the
head OF a feather buster, and lie tied 1t
to his CINE ard had brushed II lot OF
spider webs from the porch ceiling De-
fore his wife caught him at it,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
where she /. wise,

"Nvhy do you consider woman moro
intelligent than many"
Because she has sense enough not
to show all that she dlsbclievcs." Chi
cngo Post.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
At the Watching ker,e

Taxon -"Do you have an alarm
clock at your homer"
Paxon-"I don't have to have; we've
got twins - Detroit Free Press
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
No Alternative.

That's n terrible noise in the nur-
sery. Mollie, said the mistress.
Whats the matter? Can't you keep
the baby quirt?"
"Shure, ma'am,' replied Mollic, II
can't keep him quiet unless let aim
make n noisc'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

Guide-'"This Is Bunker Hill.'
Visiting Briton (also n golfist)- -"Ah,
that was bunker, to be surew-Puck.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

Cobb-"I am building now house"
Wetb-"Why didn't you have your
old one remodelledy'
Cobb-"C Couldn't afford lIar.
per's Bazaar.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
Her Hea rites. Reply.

"Listen to my suit" he pleaded
She glanced down NJ his mammot,i,
checks and smiled
III is loud enough to hear Will it
she said. Chicago News.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
FoYcible.

EOHrible.
,reacher--.Now, Tommy, give me y
sentence. and then we'll change II TO
the imperative FORM"
Tommy-"Tlle horse draws the wa.
gon."
Teacher-"Now put it In the lmptra-
tive"
Tommy Gee-up." st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

"Ah," softly hummed the bluebot,lc,
as tile sleeping victim restlessly turned
over in his bed. ",rhe other cheek.
He must be II good man"
And the grateful insect settled gen.
tly down again. Answers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

Il despise n practical JOKER" said
the woman in pink bonnet.
THAT is the only kind of joking that
pays responded the woman in a sail
or-hat.
She was the wife Of professional
humorist and was therefore qualified
to speak with authority on the subject.
San francisco Town Talk
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
We'll l,eco,n,n entled

Mistress-"You say you are well rec
ommended?'
Maid" Indeed, ma'am, have tliir-
ty-nine excellent references
Mistress And you have been in do
nestle servicei''
Maid-"Two years, ma'am."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
A Sure sian,

Mr.. Wallabout ~ suffer rearfnlly
from insomnia" @
DR.. Barstein-"Do you?'
Mr.. Wallabout-"Yes. can't ever,
sleep in church. "-Somcrvillc journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

The population Of BloemfonteiD. Or
ange River Colony. does OF did not ex-
coed 5000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14
I'm Tho Natmre of M Ohktacla.

-
Detroit Free Press. /,
In tho Nature of an Obstacle.
Guidc-"This Is Bunker Hill"
Visiting Briton (also golfisD -"Ah,
hat was bunker, to be sure!'-Puck.
At the Nvatchnaker,a.
Taxon -sDo you have nn alarm
lock at your homer
Paxon-"I don't have to have; we've
cot twins Detroit Free Press.
Where She 10 Wise.
"NVhy do you consider woman more
Intelligent than man?"
Because she has sense enough not
o show all that She dlsbelievcs." Chi
.lgo Post.
CralnVed.
Cobb-"I am building now house,
Wetb-'Why didn't you have your
I'D one remodelled?''
Cobb-"C afford it.'.-liar.
,er's Bazaar.
Her Heartless Reply.
Listen to my suit" he pleaded.
She glanced down NJ his mammot,i.
.hecks and smiled.
III is loud enough to hear will it
listening" she said. --Chicagc News
a Sure sign.
Mr.. Wallabout ~ suffer fearfnlly
rom insomnia" @
DIR. Barstein-"Do you?'
Mr.. Wallabout-"Yes. can't even
sleep in church, Somcrvjllc journal.
A Good Man.
"Ah," softly hummed the bluebo,,lc,
Is tile sleeping victim restlessly turned
over in his bed. "'rhe other cheek.
He must be II good man.
And the grateful insect settled geil-
ly down again. Answers.
Nothing Selfish About 1t.
"What ts the Mothers Congress,
Pap
lit is an organization of women de-
signed to give other women usefu,
hints on how to bring up their chill
lren. ClevclanA Plain. Dealer.
No Alternative.
That's a terrible noise in the nur-
'ery. Mollie, said the mistress.
ne ha,, ,,,m,n,,a,, go ~ WI
..shurc ma,on,. vented uo,,,a ~
,on,t naa,, Nh, 1,,;.. ,,.,,asa -. ~.
mike noise y 1s9 . = M
wei, RECON- m ,nt,.d.
Mistress-"You sav Won ,,re woll ZOO.
Natl .I,,.,, 80. n
1, ,,na a.aa,,.,. sne 49,. ~
: ,I,st,,,.s 49, -. -,
,a.t;o, sar,;aa.,, - - - 'se = W
MI, .ar.. !,
w /. 80 :. ..l'' ''.N'
Hs Might.
Diddier-"Do YOU think your tailor
would trust me with a suit OF clothes.
I'D man?,,'
,ong,
gn,dd,er- aNo.
poI,,nson."S,h 4ho, 10 ,,a,4 ~,
i'm Nav Syor,, ,Ua,,d =
~ III.
$500 = = -
Forcible.
= aIeacher- Now, Tommy, give me y
sentence, ana then we'll change II 10
ne imperative FORM
Iommy-Ihe horse draws the wa.
,I,aocbor ..Ny,,,, 49, a., - l,,,,.,
.;,.a ), :. - -
Tommp af.oo,n,, o. rn,,,s i.,,,,o
I,amocrnt
-
Prsoticsl.
II despise n practical JOKER" said
The woman in pink bonnet.
That is the only kind OF joking that
pays" responded the woman in n sail
or-hat.
She was the wife OF a professional
humorist and was therefore qualified
TO speak with authority ON the subject.
------
Evils or short. isht.dnsss.
Briggs is dreadfuliy nenrsigIi,e
You know that hat his wife wears
with nil those black n;I1mes In jtY,