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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-05-10

for liar, and the court, who had been
impressed by the brand, looked puz-
zled.
"Aint there no more Witnesses he
demanded YEARLY, and when a mega
tive ensued he sat thinking.
The clerk spoke out boldly:
MAY it please the court, l kin tell
all present how old Judge Rafferty, es-
tablshed precedent in sich ease
as this way back when | was young
ster"
Go on" said the court, much reliev-
ed
"'Twas almost EXACTLY like this"
wheezed the clerk, only twas a sor-
rel colt stead OF sheep. The parties
had knowed each other Tor some time.
Twas Ann Hatfield an Samuel Mas
sey as claimed the colt an there they
stood the girl lookln' rs sassy as You
please az Massey. She were a pretty
girl. though not SO much SO rs Miss
keep to your argument said the
court abruptly.
well Rafferty, he couldn't decide,
an says he. No common law Kin pint
on this matter, says he. i Kin turn to
the Bible, says lie, which Is mighty
good code In ITSELF says he, an follow
+ the example OF jeremiah, says he-'or
was Il IsaahT-who cut that unfornit
baby In two, says he. I'll Just slice
the colt in two says he, an give you
each half.
at that Ann she gave scream, an
her big blue eyes filed up pitiful. You
KANT do that says he.
"'Then. says Rafferty,, wen do my
way-I'll marry you both out Of hand
right here says he, an there needn'
be no more disputes over the lamb
colt, mean-never no more.
A faint cheer arose. Miss Hender
son sprang up.
I'm going home" she declares
chokingly. II don't care what be
comes OF the lamb. I'll never touc
him again. There's my purse" sh
added, finging Il into the justices la
before he could rise. IF / owe any
thing, pay IT,"
She was IN the saddle and gallopn
down the road before the court ha
time 10 recover.
"she's done split a real lnterestlI
case" said the clerk regretfully. 1T
] goin' TO be throwcd out, after al
e Here's the bill Of costs, your homo
Mr.. Brownlow will want to pay h
Z share"
who's goin' to take the darne
i lambY" cried the court. mir. Brow
low, you mout as well have him."
d II don't want him." said IIerbei
d with nearly as much represscd fury
Mss Henderson had shown.
II kaln't have him here" protests
- the alarmed justice. 1T amt legal
=. leave things on the courts hands, al
a. besides. he'll eat all my garden sal
n Blast yous' he added 20 the cler
ats all your fault. She didn't II
ri what you said about that old fool R'
forty."
p A swift Impulse decided Herbert
lis take the fat little creature and DIR
h. him In the Henderson yard.
&, Meantime Miss Henderson 81
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-05-10

Few men ever reach the top, proba-
bly, because the top grows away from
the average man as fast as be climbs
Chicago News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-05-10
Looked the Part.


"fs SquIggs n camera hendT
II don't know, but he certainly look
ed like Il In the first snap shot his wife
took Of him."-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
Eneourag.nn ne H,daers.

a Dutch auction at Cape Town 10
frequently exciting. II a house Is to
be sold the auctioneer offers fifty
golden s~overeigns for the man who
first bids s5.o0o." Nobody bids. A
pause. and then: sF'ifty golden SOW
eigns for the man who first bids
a4,9oo." THIS is kept up until a bid
10 secured. But It by no means fol-
lows that the house is sold TO this bids
der. No. the auasioneer is then at It
again. Say that e4.400 Is the first
bid. The auctioneer cries: There ars
Twenty-Five golden sovereigns for the
first man who has the courage to bid
$4,000. Perhaps no nj has II. Then
S25 Is offered for a $3.50 bid. II there
Is eventually no bid above the f4,40o
the q who made that bid is saddled
With the house. Otherwise he pockets
bis bonus and gets nj free Of it All.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
is the Potato overdonea

One eminent authority on cooking.
who has issued several books upon
the subject. calls for a crusade against
the potato. It is, she holds, an over
estimated vegetable. Certainly there
is something odd in the place it has
taken in the domestic economy. There
are other vegetables quite as cheap
and quite as palatable, that might at
least occasionally be offered in its
place. But still the potato triumphs.
1t has become a sort of superstition.
How many times have children who
did not like potatoes been made to
eat them? And they are not a par
ticularly valuable article Of food
either.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

lands does not take away the right
to homestead or pre-empt them:
vet what new settler would care
to file on a piece of land when all
the rest for miles around was leas-
ed,and might not be filed upon
for years to come? This leasing
proposition, in its present shape,
would retard the growth and devel-
opment of such states as our own,
would practically shut out the
small stockman and settler and
bring disaster to the towns which
depend upon them for trade.
The Bowerscck bill is net what
it should be, and the congressman
and senators from all states where
the range stock business is an i'm
portant industry should have their
attention called to this fact.
In the future THE UNION will
take up other features of this prop
osition and discuss them. ,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

Yes, we believe that Gov. Say.
eye Of Nebraska did wrong in par
doning BARELY, the embezzling
state treasurer. But South Dako-
tans ought not to kick. The Ne.
brsska way beats our own. BARLEY
had served five years Of his time.
Uphere, however, a state treasurer
can flch the intereston state funds
and 60 scot free, or he can en-
bezzle over a quarter Of a million,
make a compromise befor he sur
renders to the authorities, and then
serve fourteen months for his
crime. That's what Waddling
Willie Taylor did afew ysars ago.
But neither the Nebraska or South
Dakota method is Just right.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
the LEASING BILL.

For several years past the sub
ject OF leasing the governme mt
land has been a topic for much
discussion and the issue seems to
be assuming definite shape in legis-
lation promised during this sessisn
Of congress,
Unless the problem is carefully
handled, it is fraught with grave
injustice to many Of the people in
such states as South Dakota. The
bill .of this character attracting
most attention is that one fathered.
by Congressman Bowersock Of
Kansas. Taken as a whole, this
bill is an unjust and unwise n and
ought never TO be enacted into law.
The principal objection to the bill
lies in the RICH it gives 70 the larg-
81 landowner--that o granting
him permission to lease ten acres
to every acre he owns. The pro-
posed bill gives him the prefer
ence. Take the mar who owns
1000 acres Of land, he would have
the right to lease 10000 acres.
His neighbor may have small
bUnch Of stock and own 100 acres
Iofland He eouidslease but 1000
aud nighs be en- rely surrounded
by 10 big ma,.
The proposed leasing 81 these
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
The Old Reliable.

Geo. W. Slick, who has for years
been doing the best of blacksmith
and repair work for the people Of
Rapid City and vicinity, has pur.
chased the blacksmith shop and
business Of Frank Crawford and
will continue the business at the OLD
stand. Horse shoeing, wagon and
repair work given prompt attention.
Charges reasonable. Drop in an6
give him your work. You will al
ways find him in a good humor anc
ready to attend to your wants. Re.
member the place-Crawford's ole
stand, Main street.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. L+arHEtN L-A.." " H.r
Well, it looks as If Schley was
full Of fight yet. He was slow to
wrath down at Santiago, but when
the Dons sailed out Of the harbor
there was trouble! He was slow
to wrath in the late controversy
until MacClay, the "historian"got
in his work, but now that they
have the old man stirred up he is
full Of fight. What would happen
if he ran for president in 19o47
He'd likely make considerable
trouble for his republican opponent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
Gov. Savage Of Nebraska is re-

GoV. Savage ofNeDraSka is re-
ported IN q recent press despatch
to have Internationally pardoned
Joseph s. BARELY, the ex-state
treasurer who embezzled 100000
of the states funds. He was
serving ! twenty years sentence,
and the Governors parole Of him
last summer 50 outraged public
opinion that the Nebraska Re
publican State Convention demand.
ga ii its platform that he be sent
back e the penitentiary. TO open
HE prision doors to such 4 convict
Sis Al abnse Of political power for
TIC protection 81 crime that ought
ID drive Governor Savage out ii
public life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

Morgan Buys RaphaeI's madonna"
Paris, Jan. Upon the authority
of his own statement, the Paris edi-
ton of the New York Herald says
that a well known picture dealer has
just sold Raphael's celebrated paint.
ing called 1.-THE Madonna of St. An.
thony Of Padua" to ]. Pierpont Nor.
gan for 2,5OO,O 900 francs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

Horror OF horros! President
Roosevelt has decided that neither
Admiral Dewey nor General Miles
shall represent Uncle Sam at the
coming coronation Of King Edward
VII. Perhaps neither Of these
two celebrities possess s'the social
qualifications Here's hoping
however, that both Dewey and
Miles will survive the disappoint.
ment. !
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10

If Gov. Van SAINT of Minnesota
accomplishes anything in his fight
against the big railroad pool it will
show that he is a better republican
than the average, and by rights,
ought to be a democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
RAILWAY C%OMBINEFIGRT.

y" tHhh
Governor Van SAINT of Mime
sofa will take a notable step in the
peoples movement against monop-
oily when, through his attorney
general, he institutes in the fed. raj
Supreme Court a suit to prevent
the proposed consolidation of the
great Northwestern railway sys-
TENS.
In many respects this action will
continue the most important phase
yet reached in a conflict forced by
the entertainments of great COM
bines. Governor Van SAINT is sup
ported by the public sentiment of
the entire Northwest. The Cover
nors of seven othes a!ates in this
section OF the Union are allied with
him in opposition to the contem-
plated railway combine. Every
available measure will be taken to
protect tie States from a carriers
monopoly which threatens tremen-
dous injury to farmers and ship
pers,
The filling of the Minnesota suit
in the federal Supreme Court is
recognized as the formal beginning
of the anti-railway-monopoly fight
in the Northwest. An exceptional
popular interest attaches to this
litigation: Through the vigorous
action of Governor Van SAINT and
Attorney General Douglas the full
facts shown in all clearness the
menace to popular rights contain
ed in the contemplated combine
Of the northwestern railway sys-
TENS should be brought out. There
must be no excuse for a failure to
understand the situation and to act
upon it justly and intelligently.
This definite enlightmsnt as to the
certain operation of the proposed
combined depends upon the energy
and ability of Attorney General
Douglas Of Minnesota.
The Ultimate result of the move
ment now about to find a formal
beginning in the United Ssates
Supreme Court should be of in.
estimable value to the people Of
this country. The alignment of the
general public against privileged
interests is definite. The truths
to be brought out will be convinc.
ing if those leading the fight dc
their plain duty. There is every
reason to believe that this will be-.
The governor of Minnesota and
his attorney general have an op'
portunity for distinguished service
which will entitle them to very not
able consideration on the part O
the American people.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
What is congress doing to curb
or discourage the trusts7

Il is rurnored that Hobson will
resign from the navy 10 run for
congress Now if the women could
only vote down in Hobs state!
What a snapl
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-10
Send Them Home.

Any person finding cattle beari n
the ERB brand on right side will kind
.ly notify Patrick Dillon, Rockerville,
s. ID, a, once and he will call or send
for them.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19
NEW MAIL BOX DEVICES.
Bell VIII Ring In POstOfiice when
a Box Is Opened.

The Washington city pOStoffice. being
under the same TOOf with the depart
ment To which IL is responsible and I'M
der the scrutiny Of the department otti-
cials, is regarded as Il model office.
Whenever any new device is proposed
for the postal service ii Is first tried on
the Washington office, says the New
York Times
With the beginning of the year a
al business will be tested. One is a
new mail box. which is said To he tho
most perfect arrangement yet made to
keep tab on letter carriers and collect
ors The boxes will be arranged on a
regular route and numbered. Each will
be connected by a wire with an annun-
ciatOr board In the main office, and as
the collector opens the box To take out
the mail bell will ring and an index
OH the board will tell the box that is
open.
The electrical work on the new box
Ia so fixed that if the collector fails to
open a box there is a wire which pre-
vents his opening the next box in the
series and the fact is also announced
at the main office.
There is a third novelty in the new
system. In each box there is tn be hang
on tho inside a telephone transmi;ter
and receiver. and if at any time the col
lectOr should need TO communicate with
his chief at the office he can do 50. or
the latter can tell from the annunciator
just where he is and talk with him If
necessary.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19
For Over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over sixty years BY mil
lions OF mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, aIlays
all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for diarrh9a. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
druggists in every part Of the world.
Twenty-Five cents bottle Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ~
and take 90 other kind.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19
DOOLEY'S PHILOSOPHY.
Views of Finley r. Dunno, HamOrfst,
"ChIorofOrmed" by Cupid.


They may get me to tn altar some day.
Tn best iv US falls, like Cousin George.
an there ARE designin' women in this
very block that ] have me own troubles
in dodgin'. But, amy time ye hear iv me
bein' dhrawn firm tn quite miseries an
exclusive disconforts iv single life aye
may know they have caught me asleep
an chloroformed me.-Mr. Dooley's PHI
Iosophy.
Finley Peter Dunno, the exponent OF
Mr.. DOOley, the philosopher OF Archy
road, was quietly married the other
day at noon, says the New York Amer
lean. His bride was Miss Margaret
Abbott. whose beauty and talent Great
ed something of sensation In Paris.
She is a writer and an illustrator as
well
Whin a mans marrid. he's a marrid
man. That's all ye can say about hin.
" cOorse he thinks marriage is goin' TO
change tn whole current iv his bein'. as
Hogan says. but 1t doesn't. After he's
been hooked up fr a few months he finds
he was marrid befure. even If he WASH l.
which is often tn case. dye mind. TIL
first bride ay his bosom was tn Days
Wurruck. an it can't be put of.-Mr
Dooley'S Views.
Following the wedding ceremony
there was an Informal breakfast, after
which Mr.. and Mrs Dunno caught u
train for the south. On their return
Mr.. Dunno will take up his permanent
residence in New York.
Above all things Hinnissy. a woman
oughtn't TO marry a JANUS. flure-
walker. perhaps: a tanius-sever. She
can't be cross or DpCXiSh or angry or
Jealous or frivoIors or amy tng else a
will get into tn ditchn'ry iv biography
an she'll go down to histhry AS ter
mygant. A termygant. Hinnissy, is a
woman whose heerd talkin' TO her hus-
band afther they've been marrid d year
Mr.. Dooley'S Deduction.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19

FOley's Honey and Tar positively cures
all throat and lung diseases. Refuse sub.
stitutes. Sold by Wilson & Son.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19
Mule Growin e 3

Some time ago alspKTreBelonging 10
John Thompson. a stock dealer OF Sui
livan. Ind, accidentally tore its left
hind foot entirely off The leg was
placed in q sling, and the mule is now
growing a new hoCf. says the Indian
apolis News 1t Is about an inch long.
The Florida star., 1902-12-19
NOVEL FARMING DEVICE.
Attachment To Harvesting Machine
Does Harvest Hands Work


l. L. NcCann. a labOring man OF
York, Neb.. has patented an attach
ment 10 a harvester which draws bound
bundles of grain together and. when
there are just enough bundles TO make
a good shock of grain. drops the grain
shocks OH the ground in such a way
that the bundles stand up OF their own
weight as close together. says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, as il ii were done by
a harvest hand.
Nearly all OF the large harvester man
ufacturers have Investigated Mr.. Nc
Cams patent, and they al thir,'- y,
will save the farmers of the won; "'S,
lions OF dollars paid out SUI Is
bundle carrier and 81
small platform set
The Florida star., 1902-12-19

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

The Philadelphia Press, edited by
Charles Emory Smith, late postmaster
general, thus characterizes an act that
has shocked the American people:
General Jacob Smith, commander of
the American forces in Samar and now
arraigned before court martial at Ma
nila, begins by admitting that he issued
the order to skill and burn, to make
Samar "a bowling wilderness and to
slaughter all persons above the age of 10
years capable Of bearing arms. The fact
thus confessed is shocking and astound-
ing. 1t is almost incredible that an
American officer of any rank could have
Issued an order so shameful, inhuman
and barbarous, and it calls for instant
rebuke, reputation and condemnation.
We say this before hearing or consider
ing his defense, for no defense can ex'
cuse such an order of ruthless and indis.
criminate destruction
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

From the Alton Democrat we learn
that there will be three parties whose
tickets will go Oh the official ballot this
fall by virtue of the number of votes
cast at the last election. This has not
happened in Iowa for years. Usually
the republican and democratic tickets
are placed on the ballet and the others
have to go on by petition. Last fall,
however, the prohibitionists cast over
$4,000 votes and will thus be entitled to
a place on the ballot without fling any
petition. The law provides that every
party casting 2 per cent of the total vote
shall have its ticket printed on the bal
lot if certified to the secretary Of state.
All others are required to file petition
of at least 500 names.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

Oklahoma has been celebrating with
great enthusiasm the 18th anniversary
of her opening for settlement, which oc-
Cured under the administration of
President Harrison in 1889. The popu-
lation of the territory to-day is nearly
100000, of whom 95 per cent are native
Americans and nearly all can read and
write. Her public schools are patron
lied by nearly 100000 children and all
enjoy ample endowments. She pro.
duces 25,0o0,000 bushels Of wheat yearly,
60,000,00O bushels Of corn, and about
100000 bales Of cotton Of most excel.
lent grade.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
THE REPUTATION OF TILLMAN.

The democratic senators who walked
out of the senate chamber in body
Wednesday when Tillman, of South
Carolina, began to pitchfork the English
language in characteristic whoop on
the race issue, and remained out of it
until he had finished, when they walked
back in body, did their party a serv-
ice. They made it clear that Tillman-
ism is not democracy. Even the South
Carolina senator, thick skinned as he
has shown himself to be, must have felt
the point of this sharp rehuke.-New
York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

The Eighth District Republican Con.
gressional convention has been called to
meet at Creston on June 10 to nominate
9 candidate for congressman. It looks
as if Pete Hepburn would be nominated
without opposition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
The enterprisinp manager of a Chan

The enterprising manager of Chau.
tauqua bureau recently offered Senator
Hanna $4,000 for series of eighteen
lectures in the south and middle west.
He was sorely disappointed when the
Ohio boss refused to consider his offer.
"Why," said the manager plaintively,
Sits as much money as he gets for serv-
ing two years in the senate and be could
easily make the circuit in month";"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

Andrew Carnegie has given away
within the last few years the sum of
$67 100000. Of this amount the United
States has received S53, 1851 ,673; Canada
1857 900, Cuba $252.OOO, Ireland $65, 900,
England $4,000, Scotland $l3,O7S, $50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

A statistician has discovered that
7,2S7 men have sat as members of the
house in the 81 congresses of the repub.
lie. Evidently there is never any lack
of new blood in the national legislative
arteries.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

1t would be wonder if the American
people have not had enough of the
trusts fostered by the republican pro-
tective tariff. How long will the credul.
ity Of the farmer and working man
serve to keep the republican party in
power?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

New Jersey now has statute making
the teaching of anarchistic doctrines an
offense punishable by fine and imprison-
ment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

That full dinner pail on which the
politicians so unctiously dwell in cam
paign time is now a theme with less
meat in it than usual.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

Whatever the facts in the case, the
chances are that the southern senator
who tried to browbeat Washington
street car conductor got for his trouble
little less than he deserved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
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of incontinence Of water during : sleep. sleep.
Antl-Oluretic stops 1t Immediately. 81 90.
Sold by W. G. Stempel & Co., druggists.