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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
FIRST KILLING
FROST or SEASON
late Corn Was Badly Damaged
by the Early Visit of
Jack Frost.
ICE FORMED IN SIOUX CITY
Sioux County, Iowa, Reports the Great
est Loss, Saying That Only One
b Third of the Crop Is
VII Left.

Sioux City, Sept. 12.-It froze
Thursday night It Huron, S. D.,
Valentine and North Platte, Neb., and
the intervening territory, and corn not
matured in that district is killed.s
That section was submitted to an Of
fetal temperature Of from 26 to 80 de-
.grees. The frost was killing at all
three Of these points.
! At Sioux City, Moorhead, Mimi, and
.Des Moines, Ia, a heavy frost was re-
ported by the weather office. 1t was
rs at Moorhead, 80 at Sioux City and SO
at Des Moines.
This indicates that a heavy frost
spread over all of northwestern Iowa.
In the valleys Of northern Iowa, I'M
.matured corn is unquestionably killed.
The cold was not so severe in Iowa
as in South Dakota, but, to offset this
fact, the corn in South Dakota was es-
timated to be a week farther ad-
yanced than in northwestern Iowa.
The synopsis OF the weather condi-
lions which appeared in today's report
.Of the local weather bureau follows:
The temperature was very low this
morning over the central and northern
portions of the country, being from
freezing to six degrees below freezing
in northwestern Minnesota, North Da-
kota and central and eastern South Da-
kota, central and western Nebraska.
northern Colorado and Wyoming, with
killing frost at Bismarck, Huron, VAL
.%entine, North Platte and Denver;
heavy frost at Moorhead, Sioux City
and Des Moines, and light frost at
Rapid City, St. Paul, Omaha. Dodge
City and Davenport. On the north Pa
'cific coast, where a disturbance has ap-
.peared, the temperature is very high.
The weather has been fair, except over
the lakes and in the south, where there
were light showers.
Differ in Opinions.
w. T. Coad of Rapid City, S. D., who
is in Sioux City today on his way
home from a South Dakota trip, SAYS
that the farmers Of that state differ as
to the probable effect of frost.
There never was anything like the
crops they have in the eastern part Of
the state" said Mr.. Coad. IT talked
with n stockman who said that a Sc
we're frost now would be ruinous for
both the farmers and the stockmen. He
said corn was in no condition to stand
"a freeze n that the stockmen, with
their big herds of cattle, couldn't af-
ford to have the grass killed now.
On The other hand I talked with a
u per of farmers who said they be-
lieved a moderate frost would be a good
thing for the corn. They thought a
freeze just severe enough to kill some
of the surplus caves on the cornstalks
would hurry the ears along to matur-
.dty.'" o..
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
Bio Damage in South Dakota.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. l2.-Frost
last night was the heaviest of the fall
and 1t has nipped whatever corn was
not ape. Is
Ice formed in buckets here and there
lis no question but what considerable
damage was done in this county. Farm
eers in the city today estimate about
half the corn crop out of the way of
frost. Word from different points
Through the state is to the effect tina
the corn was hur badly last night.
This is true of McCook, Hanson, San
horn Aurora and Beadle counties.
from best Information obtainable frost
was heavy and general over the state.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
Lowland Corn Hurt.

Yankten, S. d., Sept. ia heavy,
frost last night did great damage to
Hate corn. Some fields are out OF dam
ger, but 1t is feared that at least one
third OF the crop in this section is Sc
.Iiously affected. -.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
Beyond Dancer.

Omaha, Neb, Sept. 12.-Twenty-six
degrees was the mark registered by the
weather bureau this morning. There
Is frost reported throughout the state.
1t is believed the corr crop generally
Is beyond the danger point.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
THE ARKET
Sioux City live Stock.

Sioux City Live Stock. ss
Sioux City, Sept,a1S.-Sioux City Stock
Yards-Hogs-Ligllt and common mixed
$7.25Q7.3 5; good mixed and heavy, s~7.sS711sQD
7.bO.
stock cows and helfers, $2.O0@3.25: stock
ers and feeders. 50 .01Q5:59; butcher steers,
$5.00aS!00; yearlings and calves, 81. 75W4.I rs,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Sept. observation-disclosures
Der. 86c; December, 81 Nc; on track Noa65
] hard. s69M c: No. northern, ssh Nc
northern, aGG&c
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19
Half Of Crop Lost.

Beresford, S. D., Sept. ia killing
frost here last night did great damage
rtogcorn. Reports received indicate that
half the corn crop was destroyed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19

Duluth, Sept. 81 " heat-cash, No.
northern, sesae Nc. IS spring. fSzNc oar
riye No. a bard, 69Ac; No. Ii northern
e7aa4c; September,p6Ia& December, 65sSc,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
YOU MUST CARRY LORGNETTE
No Matter Whether Your Vision is De-
fective or Mot.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)


The lOrgnette has come to be so
much in vogue nowadays that ii is
now considered The smart thing TO car
ry one and use it, whether ones vision
be perfect or not.
There was q time-and not very long
ago. either-if one used a lorgnette one
was considered afflicted. but times
are changed, and if one wishes to keep
pace with the fashionable, she must
learn to use the lorGnette with grace
and ease.
The long handled affair is no longer
fashionable. 1t is the medium and
short handles chat are now being
shown. and very decided novelty is
the dainty little glove lorgnette, SO
tiny and delicate that it easily slips
into the glove. These little things are
fashioned eXquisitely and allow for
just the monogram.
But the other iorgnette handles are
very elaborate and exquisite in design,
sometimes in the form of a flower with
Il jeWelled center, or of conventional
and antique design, with jewels stud
ded here and there with Il lavishness
that faScinates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
No Loss Of Time.

I have sold Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea- Remedy, for
years, and would rather be out of cof-
fee and sugar than it. I sold five bot
ties of it yesterday to threshers that
could so no farther, and they are at
work again this morning.-H. r.
Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. AS
will be seen by the above the threshers
We're able to keep on with their work
without losing Il single days time.
You should keep bottle of this Rene
dy in your home. For sale by John
Coughlin, III Water street; j. c..
Houlehan, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

| Apropos of the numerous attempts
! to write a novel that shall faithfully
portray the political and social life of
the national capital, the Washington
Post inquiries: rs it possible to write
such thing as the Washington novel >
Why has it not been written? These
are questions which will obstina tcly
present themselves to the literary oh
server. Those who have attempted
the Washington novel have belonged to
three classes those who can write
novels; those who can write, but can
not write novels: those who can not
write at all. With the last two classes
we have nothing to do. but it might be
well to point out wherein those Of the
first class have failed. The primary
cause is that they have always put the
cart before the horse. They have
come to Washington with the same
shadoWy ideas possessed by the new
member who has promised, his con-
stituents that he will reform the gov
eminent. In most instances they have
no plot in mind. They are going to get
the atmosphere first Several weeks
or months are spent in gathering ma
terial The author haunts the gall
lerieS of the Senate and House, goes to
Il White House reception or two. at
tends a few social functions. meets
some people at dinners and talks with
folks who have views. Gradually the
plot is evolved, and when the novel is
written we find that it is all 'atmos-
pierre, color and what not. but it is
not a novel. The author has allowed
Washington to overwhelm him. We are
treated to an endless series of pictures,
4 diplomatic reception, a debate at the
capitol--usually the Senate in which
the hero does some wonderful things
and 'electrifies' the country. In fact.
we nave nothing more or less than
what a gsod reporter could do better
descriptions Of events in the social and
political life Of the capital. The plot is |
merely a slender thread which ties
these pictures together.
Then. there is another sort of Wash |
ington novel. the problem variety. where |
the author seeks TO teach a great les |
son. and gets his color here. Neither |
of the two will ever land the. prize. |
The Washington novel is not a will |
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
But it will not be written by people !
who come to make a brief survey Of |
conditions ana trot confidently home 70 |
iot down their impressions. IN the
first place, the author must have a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
In Regard to Scrofula.

1t is commonly inherited. .E
Few are entirely free from it.
Pale, weak, puny children are aff1ict-
ed with it in nine cases out of ten.
And yet it may develop so slowly as
to cause little, if any, disturbance dur
ing the whole period of childhood.
1t may then produce dyspepsia,
catarrh, and marked tendency to con-
sumption before manifesting itself in
much cutaneous eruption or glandular
swelling.
A hundred and one things aggravate
it, among them being want of proper
exercise, too much heat or cold, i'm
pure air, unwholesome food, bad
water whatever tends to vitiate the
fluids and relax the solids. :
Common indications of It are
punches, assesses, infamed eyelids,
sore ears, ricketts,, paleness, nervous
ness, wasting, and general debility.
1t affected the eyes and caused a
running sore on the head of Grace
Goodwin, of West Franklin, Maine,
who, at eighteen years of age, testified
that she had been entirely cured of it
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, when other
medicines had failed to do her any
good whatever.
1t exhibited itself in sores on the
face and neck of the son of Mrs. Eta
Washburn, of Kennebunk, Maine, and
in punches under the ewes of the
daughter of Mrs. w. E. Tewksbury, of
South Atkinson, Maine, both of whom
were radically and permanently cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The fact is, Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the medicine of all medicines for
scroiula, in either sex, at any age.
1t acts directly and peculiarly on the
blood, which it rids of every impurity
and makes rich and abundant, and
this can be easily proven by what it
has done in your own neighborhood.
Accept no substitute for Hoods
Sarsaparllla. ~
No substitute acts like it. :
Remember, the first step toward
Hoods is step toward a cure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

II is always interesting to know how
novelist works. Hamlin Garland
makes copious notes for his novels,
thoush he seldom refers to them again
except Tor basic facts. He finds that
the mere effort of writing them down
serves to organize them in his mind.
SOMETIMES d whole paragraph takes
form in his mind, and this he sets down
IN his notebook as a keynote, or color
note, which is to govern some particu-
lar chapter. Sometimes, as in making
his studies for The Captain of the
Gray Horse Troop" he plans an entire
chapter or part of a conversation. Mr.
Garland aims To write only when his
material is colored by his own emotion
al relations to it-that is only when he
mas II worth while. All this is pre-
pared on the trail when he is living
with the people he portrays and shar-
ing their experiences. Then, when he
returns to West Salem (where he has
big, low-ceiled study or to Chicago,
where he has den" papered with a
Navajo pattern Of wall paper and filed
with Indian curios, he settles down to
hard work. He writes from eight in
the morning till noon. ana devotes the
afternoon TO hard manual work of some
sort, or TO riding .ong distances on his
gray horse, Ladrone. If work is press
ing, he goes back to his desk at four
p. NJ. Under normal conditions. Mr.
Garland says he is keen for work every
morning, and has no difficulty in tax
| ing up the thread of his story from day
| to day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC.
CHINA.

Mrs. Crane of New York, who with
her husband spent the season here a
few years ago. is again boarding with
Mrs. Rebecca Bartlette.
During the strong wind. Monday
afternoon, the yacht Swallow, owned
by the China Yacht Club. was capsized
on the lake. The three young men in
her, MessrS. Brown, Farnsworth ard
Hunnewell ESCAPED with a thorough
drenching.
Memorial Sunday was observed at the
Baptist church. Flags and flowers
were tastefully arranged around the
pulpit The 4. j. Billings Pest ana the
Relief Corps attended in Il body. Rev
n. F. Wood preached 4 very practical
md helpful sermon from the text.
| Fight the good fight of Faith" NJ, D..
Wood has given three Memorial SER
mons and two Memorial addresses be
! fore this Post. He win deliver the ad-
| 1ress before the james p. Jones Post ut
| South China on Friday.
w. w. Washhurn has lately received
| / valuable addition to his museum of
| curiosities in the form of a Philippine
| bolo presented BY Capt. +. T.. Hatch Of
| The 18th U. ). Infantry. This bolo was
Used by the Niscyans one Of the largest
| tribes Of the Filipinos and was cap
turcd from lnsurrectos by 4 de
| tachment Of the 18th Infantry
On scout between Sara and
| Baldsan. District of Conception, Panay
| Island, Philippine Islands, March 1897.
| In shape, it is somewhat like a short
| sword but with the sharp edge on the
| .ni1rDNp side Tho IF "a h1n1i,
is carved out by hand and is supposed
to represent Il tigers head. 1t is made
of one of the hard native woods. called
| in the Spanish, 'camagon. Different
tribes make the bolo with slightly vary
| ing ornamentation, but the general
charac teristics are the same from on
end of the islands to the other.
Rev. ELIAS WiNon has returned from
an extended visit with Mrs. WiXon's
daughter in Winthrop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
REAOFtELD.

Sadie Halves started for Denver, Col,
Monday.
Clyde Wilson is at work in Il grocery
store in Vermont.
Mrs w. :. Mace who has been sicl;
for some weeks past was able 10 Dc
moved 10 her own home, Sunday.
A little daughter of Mrs. cole of
Kent's Hill. was badly scalded about
The face, chest and arm. Monday, but
is as comfortable as could he expected
at this date.
Mrs Vance is visiting in Boston anJ
vicinity this week.
Farm work is lit stand still. Too
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

1t is good to observe the Immunity
With which foreign us well as American
critics nave testified to The value Of the
late Bret Harte's writings. In the
English journals recently to hand there
is scarcely anything but praise for his
work, the few adverse remarks made
being such rs not even his Warmest
admirers on his side of the water could
We'll resent. The general opinion is that
he was Il master OF the short story. one
at whose feet the young writer of today
might well be content to sit. If he set
d shining example in his work. he also
set one similarly admirable in his atti-
tudc toward the public More than one
Of the London periodicals pays tribute
to the good taste which he showed il
declining to nave ANYTHING to do with
that system Of sclf-adyertising which
seems to be Indispensable to so many
modern authors. of course, some little
personalia crept into print now and
then. but it was very seldom. and he
rarely. if ever. facilitated these dis
closures. He lived more or less Sc
Guided life in LONDON and. despite the
companionable traits which he pos
sessed. his gayety and his capacity foi
talk, he seems 10 have had a gift f."
avoiding The intmacies which expose n
literary celebrity to the publication Of
para PhS on his private affairs. Tho
result should be Il lesson to the gentle
men who depiorc the license of the
press. ANA then move heaven and earth
to get themselves talked about in print.
He kept himself to himself, but he VI
one of the most popular authors Of his
time and tn" object Of general eulogy.
New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

in the comedy rather than in the high
er art of literary expression where the
standard of excellence calls for some
thing Sraver than the portrayal of ny
sierra in perverted human nature. But
after all there are no female Napoleons
nor women popcs to justify the exist
ence of some warrior and rabbi women
whom we meet in novels. For women
lack. not the ferocity which crimsons
battlefields, but the power to create
military situations or to cope with
them. And none of them are endowed
with the papal dignity of infallibiliry,
which is the essential characteristic of
every religious leader. on the other
hand. they nave the mystic tempera-
.nent which fits them better for the lit
erary frances of spirituality"
But it is the impossibly heroic Wo-
man of the historical novel that arouses
the writer's ire. The doings of these
Virago heroines and sWashbuckler
heroes have filled more pages in tile
historical novel than any other two
characters known 10 readers of fiction.
And even this might be endured if we
were convinced of the sincerity Of the
authors representations. But the Sc
ulel invariably shows that the hero
was only strutting for the time being
before his lady love, ana that the fe-
male firebrand who claims TO come as
a prophecies with messages from God
will coquet with Judas MaccabeuS
while she is delivering them, and final-
! ~ surrender. divine call ana all, to the
Establishments of the Arab hero of the
desert.
If we are to acknowledge these
stories as a permanent feature of liter
allure, let us have more psychological
accuracy in the development Of thc
types portrayed. The personalities ot
men ana women 90 not vary so much
from age to age as do the manifesto
! lions of il. Human nature, after all, is
The only constant quantity in the eve
luton Of the world UnQuestionahly
new dimensions have been added to the
minds of both sexes: but neither al
! them has ever vet been able by takina
/ thought to add one cubit to the humal
/ stature or change the laws which gov
] ern their relations TO each other. AND
! writer's of fiction may as well under
/ take to outWit the immutable laws OF
\ seq as to attempt TO magnify the f.
| male character beyond the fairy rim d
/ its own sphere
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

That Mr.. Howells books appeal as
strongly to the young people of the
present as to their elders is frequently
proved Mr.. HoWclls has lately re-
ceiv1d a pleasant confirmation of this
fact one hundred pupils of q promi-
nent high-school have written him
their thanks ana appreciation, after
reading one Of his novels in their fic-
ton course. OF the hundred letters.
five We're sent to Mr. Howells by the
professor under ~ HON the classes are
working. with the remark that to see
the hold that you are taking upon the
young people of your own generation
may not be matter of Indifference to
YOU For this compliment Mr..
Howells returned his thanks in an au-
tograph letter to the combined classes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
LiTCHFiELD PLAINS.

The local board of health of Itch
field as rcorganized. Wednesday, are
II. NJ. StaHbird, chairman; Gardner
Roberts. secretary; l. w. Gilbert, NJ. d,
third member.
Alvin Huntington died. Wednesday
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

The boroughs of Manhattan and
Bronx in Greater New York now have
more than $4,000 telephones. A large
part of them are rented on the basis of
500 messages for $66.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

Bret Hartes last contribution to lit
erature is a second volume Of Con
densed Novels" 1t was in 1867 that
the first series Of these slits appeared
and was read with huge enjoyment
Among the authors whose works are
parodied in the forthcoming book are
Anthony Hope, Rudyard Kipling
Conan Doyle and Hall Caine. Autumn
is the time set for notification.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

Among the persons who lost their
IL - the past summer in the Austrian
lips was Il girl of 13 who let down
III eoipice to gather edelweiss by her
fither. when the rope broke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

story, and a strong one. The 'atmos-
phere' and the problem must b
secondary considerations"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
SEA Moss F;ARINE
will make 16 quarts dessert to 25c package

chocolate Puddng.-Mx1 teaspoonfu Sea Noes Fo-ino ILL
half cuptul sugar double boiler add mint mill ar will
unsweetene chocolate cook Nix the voks Of o
Win l'tc milk add and cook few minutes remove goSr
% soonfu vanilla beat the whites of eggs very stiff add
the hot mixture slowly beaten whites pour into $50
set on ice. Servo with vanilla sauce, - " "n ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

4 writer in the current number Of the
Independent complains. that the hero
ines az fiction are too often endowed
With powers thar are obviously outside
the limitations of n woman's capacity.
The short comings of women in the
large affairs of real life are those of an
inferior personality rather than of an
inferior intelligence. proving that she is
short. not of sagacity. but of executive
ability" The author admits that there
is The occasional AmaZon-a woman in
real life with a male fanaticism upon
some subject. a little red-winged anar-
chist. or the priestess OF. some new re-
ligion. Ana all Of these have their part
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

The comparatively new shipyards at
Groton, Conn, are building the largest
ships in the world for the transpacific
trade
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

The paragraphs which are going
about with regard to the late Frank
stockton suggest an anecdote which
appeared in The Bookman some years
ug0 when The Lady or the Tiger" was
piquing eycrybOdys curiosity. About
that time. ut a reception given by the
Authors club to Rudyard kipling. Mr..
Stockton was introduced ana presently
remarked that he had often thought of
visiting India. DO so. my dear fell
low said kipling. only I think it's
fair to tell you beforehand what we
shall do to you when you arrive. You
viii be seized and bound and laid out
at full length. and then one of our
largest elephants viii be brought up
ANA made to poisA his foot directly over
Your head while | say in my most per
suasive tones: Now. Stockton. tell
me which was 1.-THE Lady or the
Tiger" This question, in sonr form
Or other, met Stockton at every turn.
ma from the most unlikely persons.
He used 10 tell now on one occasion.
when he was on his way to Newport,
he rushed down to the Fail River boat
and caught it iust as the gangplank
was being hauled in. 1t was the height
Of the season, and all the staterooms
were taken. Mr.. Stockton hunted up
the purser and asked him whether
some place could not be provided other
than the ordinary hunks in the lower
cabin. Well" said the purser, there
is an officers stateroom, but | don't
think that it would be right for me to
let YOU have it, Mr.. Stockton tried to
persuade him. gave the purser his card,
and limited at i liberal tin. An in
scrutable look came into the purser's
face, and then he said: well, III
haven't any business to give it to you.
but TwiI if youll let me know which
came nnt-the Indy or the Tiger.-