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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

American brick are shipped to eGr-
many.
Great Britain has four million work
ing women. f'H
The Railway Age says there is every
indication that not less than 5000 miles
of new railway will be built in the Unit
ed States in 1899, representing an in
vestment of $3.50, 900, 900.
The worlds total copper production
is estimated at 100000 tons for 1885, The
copper consumption of 1898 was more
than one-fourth of the copper produc-
ton Of the whole world
During the last month sixty carloads
of machinery left American ports for
foreign shores, the greater part being
heavy stationary engines. A great deal
of mining machinery is going to Costa
Rica.
Governor Mount of Indiana has re-
fused military protection to non-union
glass workers brought from Alexan-
dria, Ind, to take the place of strikers
Neither will he permit armed men to
be imported to guard the works
If servant in Germany falls sick
her mistress is not allowed to discharge
her, but must pay AZ cents a day fo1
her hospital expenses until she is per-
fectly well. The wages of girls vary
from $2.40 to $3.50 a month, with board
During the month of March the Amer
lean Federation of Labor chartered two
national and thirty-nine local unions.
More charters have been issued by the
American Federation of Labor and ma
tional unions thus far in 1899 than dur
ing the whole Of last year.
An Appleton, Wis, firm has received
cable orders for plans for a big ground
wood pulp mill, to be constructed at
Stockholm, Sweden. The interesting
feature Of the order is that the entire
mill machinery is to be made on Amer
lean models. The order is the fourth
the concern has received in the last two
years.
There are no large factories for MAX
ing shoes in Mexico, as in the United
States. There are extensive establish
ments in Leon, Mexico City and Guada,
lajara, but they are not exactly fac
tories. The shoes are made under a
kind Of tenement system Workmen re-
ceive a stipulated sum for each pair
of shoes made, according to quality.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
TOLD OUT OF COURT.

The charge against the defendant was
that he had stolen a white horse. AL
low me to ask you, Mr.. Throgson,
said the attorney for the prisoner, III
you are the father of red-haired girl"
81 am, SIR" answered the man who had
been drawn as juror. your honor,
challenge this man for cause said
the lawyer.
In a description of the marvellous
products of Tennessee boom town a
lady eulogist, quoted by the court in
a recent case, said. "As to strawber-
ries, 1 heard Hon. Benton McMillin re-
mark at a dinner that two wouldn't
leave room in a tumbler for a stick. "
On this the court said: "By way of an
notation. we might add that the full
significance of the remark of Hon. Ben
ton McMillin might not be appreciated
by the uninitiated, who might wonder
what connection there could be be-
tween Strawberries in tumbler and a
stick. The inference that we draw
from this remark, evidently made with
pardOnable pride by Mr.. McMillin, is
that mint is also Indigenous to that
locality; and, indeed, we could con-
ceive that, with the proper proportions,
one strawberry and stick would have
been sufficient"
A Georgia justice of the peace once
looh IL upOIl 1llIlSSll " Clldl sc Jul y
as follows: Gentlemen, this is case
which has been tried by me before, and
I decided in favor of the defendant
AS the jury took the hint and found
for the defendant just as the justice
had done before, although the evidence
was overwhelmingly in favor of the
plaintiff, the higher court refused to lie,
the verdict stand. 1t also commented
as follows: "a justice of the peace is
generally a man of consequence in his
neighborhood. He writes the wills
draws the deeds, and pulls the teeth
| of the people; also he performs divers
| surgical operations on the animals OF
his neighbors. The justice has played
his part on the busy stage Of life from
the time of Mr.. Justice Shallow dowr
| to the time of Mr.. Justice higgins
Who has not seen the gaping, listening
crowd assembled around his honor, the
justice, on tiptoe--to catch the words OF
wisdom as they fell from his veneratec
| lips? lat ''.T,. ttf
"And still they gazed,
And still the wonder grew,
That one small head
Could carry all he knew"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
ARE YOUR WITS woRKINe?

| There is nothing in the whole list Of
possibilities in the boys life which
probably tickles him more or makes
| him fee lmore like jumping up in the
air and kicking his heels together three
] times before he lands upon earth again
| than to discover something which is
plain to him but puzzles older heads
| and wiser ones. Why, it is so clear to
him that it is great wonder others
cannot see it and do it as he does. He
simply cannot wait to tell the secret
of the doing. Each and every young
reader of this paper has had this same
| experience many times and WILL nc
doubt, feel it again as he looks upon
the quandary in which fate placed the
two farmers and the groceryman about
which this story has to deal.
| 1t happened that two farmers who
| lived in the same district Of certain
| part of New York state met upon the
| road as both We're bound for the same
place. 1t was Friday of the week, and
both We're on the way to the country
| grocer's, who was also a large dealer
in oil. On they drove, and spent the
| time not in the solution of the problem
which should shortly confront them, bu,
| in discussing county politics and the
coming hay crop. @ t
| Arriving at the store the farmers
made known their wants and produced
their measures, and right here Is where
the difficulty arose. Farmer Joslin had
an eight-gallon can and Farmer Hay
seed had a five-gallon can, while the
only measure that the grocer had was
a three-g gallon can. What, then, was
| the dismay of the grocer when he at
| tempted to measure out the two por-
| lions of four gallons EACH Of course
he filled the eight-gallon can first, be.
cause that was twice four, but right
here he and both the other men got
hopelessly stuck in the solution of how
to do it. The groceryman poured first
out of the one into the other and into
the one from the first, then back again
and so on until over an hour had beer
wasted to no purpose at all. He haG
no other measures, and he could not at.
ford to lose the sale, and he was deter.
mined to accurately measure out those
two four-gallon portions before he fin.
ished. Where there's will there's 6
way" was a proverb that the grocer
we'll knew, and he found that way, too
Now, boys and girls, how do yor
think he did it? He had three cans
only-one of eight gallons, one of five
gallons and one Of three gS1lons-witt
which to measure out two exactly cor.
rect portions Of four gallons each
| Think about it and see If you cannot
experience that happy feeling of being
smarter than these three men from the
country. a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
LEMONS AND GERMS.

People seem callously Indifferent to
the previous handling Of lemons, graft
ing the rind as a flavor for cake or ic-
ing, and drinking lemonade with thinly
cut rings OF lemon floating In the glass,
without let or hindrance. Perhaps they
are afraid Of losing the '.xest' or fine
spray like oil which flies OF from the
surface of the cut lemon. But 1t IL
more likely that 1t has never occurred
to them to cleanse the lemon, although
|it has passed through many handlings
before It comes to us. &. .y
You need not be afraid Of losing the
essential oil or fine citric aroma OF q
lemon IL you give It q quick bath in
cold water. Put the lemons In cold
water for . brief period and dry them
on on aiclean, rough crash towel. Then
you can enjoy your lemonade, Juice,
pulp and circles Of rind, all In MI, with
out concern or misgivings, provided
your water Ii pure. ~ sgss "A 81
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
LoUIsIANA,s LEPER HOME

One of the most interesting public in
situations in Louisiana is the state
leper home. This institution, with its
grounds and buildings, occupies about
200 acres Of Indian Camp plantation,
parish Of Iberville, about two miles
south of White Castle, on the oppo-
site side Of the river, says the New
Orleans Picayune. The nearest resi-
dence on the same side of the river is
one and half miles away. Within
this tract of 200 acres Is an inner in
closure Of about fifteen acres, surround
ed by high fences, within which are the
seven cottages occupied by the lepers.
an elevated pavilion or lookout for their
amusement and splendid group of old
oak trees. Across a dividing fence, in
the direction of the main plantation
building, is a long, raised cottage, spe-
cially constructed for the lepers' din
ing hall, kitchen and other offices.
The institution is under the direct
management of medical officer and
a corps Of sisters of charity, and under
the general control Of a state board Of
seven. The sisters Of charity reside
on the premises in quarters detached
from those of the patients, but they
never leave the place. The ordinary
service of the institution Is performed
by those OF the inmates who are able
to do so. Employment is q recreation
to them. The patients are of both
sexes, and upon some the disease is in
its early stages, while in others its
raVages are fully displayed. The med
lcal report describes one of the inmates
thus: mo. Is is fine and, generally
summers. If it were not for the de-
formity Of her fingers no one would
ever know she had anything like lep-
rosy. Her general health is Of the best,
and she looks in the face as fair as
any one could wish to see"
No one is allowed inside the inner
leper Enclosure except the sisters, the
doctor, the members of the board and
authorized visitors, who are always ac-
companied by the sister superior. All
In bichoride of mercury solution or
fumigated with the strongest disinfec-
tants before being paid out for their
account. Peddlers are not allowed to
have direct dealings with the lepers,
nor. in fact, to go within the lepers'
Enclosure at all.
Since the home has been established
at Indian Camp, in December. 1894.
there have been admitted thirty-five
patients. of which twenty-one were
males and fourteen females. There
have been six deaths. All the lepers
who come voluntarily to the home are
guaranteed that their real names will
never be d!vulged nor their family con-
nections exposed. There are legal means
to enforce the sending Of lepers to the
home, but not a few are concealed by
their friends. The medical treatment
mitgates the disease. but no lepers are
ever cured. .s,s,. 5,4t e,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
WHEN SENATOR QUAY WAS A BOY

You have probably seen a great deal
in the papers lately about former SEN
ator Matthew Stanley Quay, or per-
haps you have heard your father talk
ing abous him. Here Is story they
tell about the senator when he was a
boy, which partakes good deal more
Of politics than generosity. Coming
home from trip, the father Of Senator
Quay called him into the room and
said that he had brought home with
him two presents. One was for Mat
thew and one was for his sister, and he
was going to give him his choice. Then
he showed him a little red bible and
tin sword, and asked him which he
wanted. Matthew promptly said that
he wanted the bible. His father was
very much pleased, but also astonished,
and asked him why he had made such
choice Matthew truthfully answer
ed: why, knew that sister. would not
want the sword, and if took the bible,
then would have them BOTH" ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
Not In Il Love e With His Twin.

Young George NJ. Pullman. whose
sudden and romantic marriage to Mis-.
Fernald was q big surprise to hi
friends. has q hearty contempt Of thu
law which Mr.. GugEenheimer tried Il
give in New York.
Mr.. Pullman and his bride are stop.
ping ut , the hollywood hotel Ions
Branch. There he was asked yesterday
by New York world reporter re.
garding the published statement that
his bride had formerly been the be.
trothed OF his brother Sanger.
II 20, y 49, the, statement z commented
young Mr.. Pullman My wife was new.
er engaged 10 my brother Sanger; Al
least. I was never aware Of the fact
Z don't think she ever had more thar
friendly feeling for Sanger
Had you known your wife for any
length Of time III II
! .'All my lie. and 4 have admired hel
for several years. =, = $4,000. -
was It fear Of parental objections
that caused the hasty edding?''
ST am not going to-taik shout that
Just then young Mrs. Pullman ap.
peared. radiant In = stunning summe,
gown she wonldn.t utter ) word absuli
the marriage. e
eve drove here last night from Free
port, z said Mr.. Pullman. Before goins
20 New, York we had driven 70 Itreepor,
Il, snv ,,,s.Sv.hnwN G h,St ~ .or,,1Ay .st
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
FRILLs OF FASHION.

The new double faced satin bengal
ines areu sed for bridesmaids gowns.
Velvet cord neck chains strung with
coral beads are one of the seasons nov
elites.
The new MORE silk woven with floral
designs is as soft and pliable as oriental
satin. a
Pure white kid gloves are going out OF
fashion and the delicate tints of cream
and ecru suede are coming in.
Taffeta foulard and taffeta soyeuS
woven with beautiful oriental borders
are among the latest novelties in silks
Pretty evening dresses for young
girls are made of cream net over taft
feta silk, and trimmed from waist to
hem with frills Of white satin ribbon.
Very pretty are the costumes Of silk
warp mohair, drap d'ete and crepon-
cite, trimmed with shepherd crook
silk in various new artistic color mix
lures. #ttfi' ft'
Making hat crowns of flowers is one
of the novel effects in millinery, but
the latest form Of vegetation used for
this purpose Is moss, not artificial moss,
but the real thing. ia
Attractive color blendings appear
upon the new matelasse grenadines.
The various grounds are creped or
basket-woven, and the raised designs
are in shaded silks.
wedding gowns in princess style
made Of satin, duchess and peau de
sole, with elegant garnitures of Vene-
tian lace and corresponding net draper
les, will be in marked favor with the
brides Of this season.
Now that a pocket Is an impossibility
in the new gowns, little bags of black
satin, dotted with paillettes or embroi-
dered, are carried by the French wo-
men. Brocaded satin is also used, and
the bags are dawn up with ribbon
run through shirr with a double
heading.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
EDITING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

From the British Printer: One of the
best known papers, in Nolan, the Cor
riere della Sera, gives a description of
the difficulties it had to encounter at
critical periods Of the recent revolu-
tionary disturbances.
At first nothing occurred to interfere
with the progress Of the usual work of
publishing, but one evening the greater
part of the printers, who lived in the
suburbs, were unable to return to work
by reason Of the barricades and the flu
rious street fighting. Copy" became
scarce, for the usual sources had run
dry, and something was wanted at
once to fill UP space. 4tt F.
Eventually the sub-editor remarked
that long article on the Reform of
Architecture" had been prepared in adj
vance when the city was quiet and this
was eagerly seized upon. A large In
stalment found it's way into the paper.
The incident was not closed, however.
A few hours after publication an ev-
cited reader appeared with roll of
manuscript and demand that his reply
to the article be inserted the next day
without fail. All in vain did the ed
itor endeavor to persuade him that the
time was linopportune, that when the
city was in a state of ferment and all
the country anxiously awaiting news
Of the revolution it was useless to ex-
pect quiet consid eration Of the Re
form Of Architecture z ii9is..
Eventually the Corriere della Sera,
deprived Of all. communication with the
branches outside the city, was COM
PEELED to print less and less, and finally
reduced its space to two pages. The
few members Of the printing staff re-
manning then became the! object Of ag-
itation by the printers employed on So
cialist sheets; who had abandoned their
work and tried to force their lcompan-
ions to come out.
The Office thus became the scene Of
disputes and violent discussions, until
finally the companionship decided to
stay on and continue at work. Then
everybody endeavored to make up for
lost time and worked with a will until
the Corrtere della Sera was ready for
press, when suddenly the gas supply
for the engines gave out.
It was OF ten hours and when II
eventually returned and the edition was
worked OF the news sellers dare not
enter the streets to distribute it for
fear OF the flying bullets.
But what they could not do was left
for the subscribers to do. From the
farthest suburbs. Drawing the lhre OF
the soldiery and the insurgents, they
poured into the ONCE Of the Corriere
della Sera to express their astonishment
and dissatisfaction at the irregularity
with which they received their paper.
,ssIf it occurs again ] shal discontinue
nv pubscriptio Z was the porting shot
&c many - they left the ONCE which
remarkable outburst Of sympathy with
THE paSer had - he meekly borne and
merely; taken - s.pAEt Of the fun" "a
the Journalistic lot. ~. u
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
BRASS BUTTONS FOR MONEY

While the regiments from all over the
country We're gathering at Chickamau-
ga the brass buttons of the soldiers
uniforms were in great demand. Every
one was trying to buy them or coax
them from the soldiers, but it was a
little girl who struck upon a plan of
getting together a collection that rep
resented every regiment in camp. She
used to sell lemonade to the soldiers,
and then when they offered to pay her
she would insist in charming way for
buttons in place of money She was a
very pretty little girl, and there were
a great many soldiers who had to pin
their uniforms together on account of
this clever little lady.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
Out-Hobsoned Hobson.

It was after dinner at fashionable
seashore resort, and they were strolling
leisurely along the board walk. Ev-
erybody strolls leisurely along the
board walk after dinner at fashionable
resorts. He was a tall, good looking
man in evening dress, whose appearance
and manner betokened him one of the
favored ones Of the earth.
r. "Yes."sI said to myself. as went
through the Pennsylvania depot and
saw Hobson sitting there quietly eat
ing his dinner and the crowd outside
looking at him through the windows 2 I
overheard him say. How I would like
to shake hands with you! Do you
know / almost did it?"!
you don't mean it," chirped the pc
tito young girl with him. arrayed in
dainty organdie and floating pink RIB
bons.
Eyes. did," he replied, land then I
said to myself. Don't be fool. The
fellows been bored to death with that
sort Of thing I" Y VI f'9s isal .gi li.
i.of COURSE assented the organdie
echo.
Well, wrestled with myself for
a few minutes. and then stalked thro'
with my head In the air; went out to
the platform, found my seat in the car.
y arranged my umbrella and bag and
everything. All the time was think
I ing. Wish I had y wish Z had. Why
didn't II You see q fellow hatesisto be
unconventional
OF course" was waited from the
cherry lips. 5si Il n.
''Do you know what 7 did
'sfJo-o-o.' 3ss;s ssi!
why Just went out @of that car
like . streak OF lightning: went back
into the depot, rushed up to him and
\ said. lieutenant, want to shake hands
with you. He couldn't have given me
9 hrmer grip Il he had known what a
terrible struggle ia been through. We
{ chatted : few minutes, and he ended
Semph aticaily. 'he can smoke my best
pipe"
isi+j y think YOU were = perfect hero. !.
lisped the preamble petite.
& Hero. 4 should say was. Il was
aasgooda deai harder for me to do that
than II was for Hobson to sink the
Merrimac." +.
(, And no doubt II was.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
HOW TO MAKE A DOG HAPPY.

II you want to make friends with q
dog you will find that there is nothing
that this animal likes better than to
have some one rub his ears. # you will
take q dogs ears and curl them up
in your hands and squeeze them gently
you will make canine friend very
soon. If the dog wears q collar you
can add greatly to- his comfort by
cvratching that part OF his neck where
the collar rests. These same methods
are used by dog stealers. Il
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31

Auy amount OF SluSh.' +. !.
Bismarck was not very fond Of Amer
lean humor. He used to say he hat
read only one funny thing in Ameri
can papers during the many years h,
studied them.
This "joke" was an editorial in tn,
Chicago Tribune, and was published a
the beginning of Blaine's campaign. L
purported to tell that Bismarck hat
made an arrangement with Spain b,
which Germany acquired control OF tn,
island of Cuba "How will the United
States weather this dangerT' asked
the Tribune. pathetttally "There /,
only one person big enough to oppose
Bismarck-Blaine." ga44
Almost the last words spoken by The
chancellor. while. in full possession o,
his senses, was smiling complaint o,
the scantiness Of brandy added to his
drinking water. #r W.T. Il
The Lord Of Kniephof ,paraphrased
Kneiphof (Guzzling Manor, was q
hardy drinker all his life long, though
1t was known that after his Storm
and Stress" period he ever INDUCED te
excess So much was to be given tc
this habit that he looked upon people
who did not drink with suspicion. and
easily condoned faults Of his servant.
as long as they-the faults-sprang
from the drinking habit Thus he
caught one of his servants-Frederich
taking a sip from his favorite bum.
per- while he, the prince had stepped
outlon the veranda.
.See there" said Bismarck, "yol
hold the glass so near to your face. Il
seems to interest you. Well, keep 1t.
but bring me another. freshly filled ]
am still thirsty l.g.
"Bismarck's Frankfort establish
ment,'' tWrote John Lothrop Motley ir
1859 us one of those where every
earthly thing that can be drunk is Of
fered Porter. soda water. small! beer
champagne. burgundy and claret, are
about all the time and everybody II.
smoking the best Havana cigars. +. 3,
While a student In Goettingen. afte,
1890, Bismarck bet an Englishmar
(MhomF he had nearly killedein a1duei
and who afterward became his friend
that, Germany would be united within
twenty years. The wager was fol
twenty bottles Of. champagne. 1t wa.
never paid as the Englishman did moi
show ZIP. later III life Btsmarck's cal
cuiatien was wrong by twenty years. (,
4 sEelstisi $500
Next to; a full bumper. Bismarck pre-
ferred pipe to other small vices" Al
the time when the fate of Prussia hung
in the balance during those awful hours
when Unser FIRTH failedto connect with
Prince fFsaelick charlssa army Gos
KeenniEgratzs Bismarck had not the
tenherity to- bother Molke with. cues.
tions. The latter sat on his horse, stir
and silent like a statue and seemed
NOT to notice the chancellor, who had
galloped to his side All Of sudden
Bismarck conceived what he afterward
characterized as q brilliant idea.
II offered Molke my cigar case" he
said 4 ~ had two, cigars. good one
and g stinkadores. Moltke smiled. look.
ed the cigars over. took the best and
nodded Then r knew we were not far,
ing 10 badly. II Molke took the time
and. moreover. was In the spirit to
choose between good and Indifferent
cigars there was surely some hope left
4sIr,,ii ~ ~. J. a. - t,in lax, !.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
SHOULD WOMEN Smoke?

SHOULD WOMEN SMOKE?
The girl who smokes
No aid invokes &; Il y
'Gainst those who would attack her
She needs no swain,
Since It u plain, s,
/ She has one friend-to back her.