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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
CAUGHT IN A BOX CAR.
Two Strangers Arrested While in Act
Robbinu Ereiuht.

Fremont, Neb., Oct. 26.-Two men Civ
the names of White and Hensen were ar
rested last night for breaking into a
freight car. They were seen by the train
men to break the seal and were captured
in the car. Nothing was missing. White
is thought by the police to be wanted in
Iowa for breaking Jail and appears to be
an allround crook. There has been MANY
complaints here of freight cars on the
Union Pacific being broken into and goods
stolen, especially cars loaded with sugar.
White claims to be a street fair fakir.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
Hohson at Iowa Falls.

iowa Falls, Ia, Oct. 23.-The Ellsworth
coilese lecture course opened last even.
ing, the first number being a lecture h,
captain Richard Hobson Of Merrimoo
1ame. The speaker was greeted bv = hi-
auaience and his address on "America,s
mighty Mission in the World, was we'll
received The other numbers of ,La
course include Leland 7. Powers sher-
WOOD. the pianist, and a Quartet
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
WE'RE REGICIDES PAiD?.
c Vienna Story Says Colonel Machin
Received $4,000.

Vienna. Oct. PA story is published
here to the effect that the Servian army
officers who assassinated King Alexander
and queen Draga received payment as
follows:
The queens brothcr-in-law, Colonel
Machin. now commander of the Belgrade
and Danube division of the army, $4,000.
Colonel Nischitch. eX-departmental
chief Of the ministry of war, and two
others, $4.SG0
Junior officers from $500 to $1,000.
NJ. A~vakumovics, for undertaking the
leadership of the provisional government.
$4,000.
There is no confirmation of the story.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
Death of John Sicily.

Deadwood. s. D., Oct. 27.-John
Skelly, a retired miner n prospector.
died here at the age Of 70 years. He
had acquired an estate estimated to be
worth $4,000. He was Interested in
much mining property and real estate,
his chief mining claims being situated
adjoining the Homestake, between Gold
Run and Whitewood creeks. Mr.. Skel-
" had been interested in this property
many years, his associate having been
Colonel Fred T. Evans.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
RlDGELEY TO

Controller of the Currency Talks About
the Money Question.
San Francisco, Oct. 2i.-At today's
session of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION, after a discussion on some
minor matters, Hon. VIM. B. Ridgeley,
comptroller of the currency, read a
paper on The Currency"
A brief address by Homer s. King,
president of the Wells Fargo Bank of
San Francisco. followed. A paper by
]. Z. McAshan of Houston, Tex, on
The Money Supply Of the United
STATES, WIFE, isHssss a --.-- ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
~" TRAIN LEFT TRACK.
Remarkable Escape of Passengers or
Brooklyn Structure Last Nioht.

New York, Oct. IA train composed
OF two cars OF the Kings county elevated
structure at the Brooklyn end of the
bridge jumped the track at a curve and
narrowly escaped falling into the street.
1t caught fire from the third rail and was
partly consumed. with the flooring of the
structure. Fifty passengers were bruised
and thrown into panic by the blaze. Az
rushed to the tracks regardless of the
deadly third rail, and escaped.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
Child Burned to Death.

Wausa. Neb., Oct. 26.-The 49,
month-old child of Thomas Olson, of
this place, set fire to it's clothing while
playing with matches, and before the
fire could be e~Xtinguished was so bad
ly burned that he died a few hours
later.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
PIainview's Fire Protection,

Plainview, Neb., Oct. 26.-Work on
the waterworks is proceeding rapidly,
and another week of fair weather will
finish laying the mains. 1t is now a
certainty that the system will be COM
pleted before winter sets in.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
Place for Youna QUAY.

Washington, Oct. PA. G. C. Quay,
son of Senator Quay, has been appointed
a deputy naval officer at the port of Phil
adelphia.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
10 Recover custody Of ch.laren.

Belle Fourche. S. b.. CIT. 81. q
habeas corpus proceedings ,institat&s
by i. w. Page of Ait2u.,a d 4 s
to recover possession OF l,is tNo I
dren, now in the custody 81 .Nt aS..
ii: j. 81 lSSeesf Z s!t.ilia / j4a.. y!
be heard before Jta;ss ssis
weed November I.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-30
Petition Of Bankruptcy.

Sioux Falls. s. D., Oct. 27.-William
Booth, a lumberman. whose place of
business is at Gettysburg, has filed a
petition In voluntary bankruptcy in the
United States court in this city. He
schedules his liabilities at $~10,173.16
and his assets at $500. All of the latter
is claimed by him to be exempt.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

to please the Individual citizen, the territory of
other cities was made to include pieces Of land
scattered hither and yon, often a goodly dis
tance from the city whose name they shared.
And the original sources OF information for
this half anarchic. half despotic civilization must
be shadowy as the epoch itself was chaotic.
In the preface to his history Mr.. Bevan gives
cordial acknowledgment TO the German scholars
who have by painful investigation made such a
history possible. But in approaching the prob
lem of making chaos clear he contributes one
quality which is seldom found among the Ger
mans. and to which their scholarship is usually
repUgnant. He dares to generalize, and his gen
eralzauons are characterized by a breadth of
view, clarity and a sound sense typcaIly
English. For example:
Western Asia is marked out by certain general
features as j different world from Euroue by
features which shape and qualify to a con
siderable extent the histories enacted in it, and
OF these the most fundamental, UnintereSting as
II may sound, IS generally low rainfall.
me consequences OF this one pecu Iari-y reach
far In the first place large tracts are either
absolutely barren, mere sun baked stone and
sGn nd, or a Die only TO support men who roam
with their herds over a large area But ii hap
perS to be tIaVers5d by III 5uutaiu ranges VIII Sc
SUBMITS reach UP and. catching the fugitive
vapor from the sea, roll it down their sides in
mountain and desert the banks Of The great
rivers the lower hills near the sea. these are the
lines OF civilization tactual or p0terJiaD in
Western Asia. The great mon@rchies
which have arisen here have rarely been euec-
tive beyond the limits of civilization. 1t obi
OUsly follows from the restriction of civilized
habitation 10 the narrow belts Of territory just
described .hat the main roads are fixed by
nature 10 certain definite lines. The task set
before themselves by governments has
been not that Of holding an immense continuous
area. but the comparatively simpler one Of
holding these lines.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
THE C4MPANILE.
Il Note on the IU-Fated Venetian
Landmark.

Signor Luca Beltrami. who is in charge Of the
reconstruction Of the Campanile of St Marks
At Venice. Is proceeding with the utmost care
and deIberation- He is receiving invaluable as
sistance from Signor Boni. who is making
pCriments in the manufacture Of brick, with
view to obtaining the best possible material for
use IN the fabric, and altogether the new Cam
panile promises to be. sinTly as a work Of art,
and Irrespective Of the effects wrought by time,
as notable 4 production as its predecessor In
the mean time the historic landmark continues
to occupy the attention Of writers, and we find
q particularly interesting note on the subject in
the third number OF The Burlington Magazine"
illustrated with two fine drawings by Canaletto.
The Campanle required restoration more than
once in It's history. Within two centuries Of the
beginning Of the tower Itself II is recorded that
II was renewed at the hands Of an architect
called T Montaguaua," and less than a hundred
years later It suffered from fire In 1917 it was
struck by lightning. and again in 1890 similar
catastrophe occurred a third time, on April
.. 1745, lightning damaged the Campanile. and
It was on this occasion that Canaletto made the
drawing in pen and ink which Is at Windsor,
showing the building as If appeared Immediately
after the occurrence The whole angle of the
tower for nearly two-thirds Of its entire height
was torn away. CanaIetto elaborated from the
drawing al windsor the one, now in the cgIec-
tioa = Mr.. George Sailing, which we reproduce.
Il IS q valuable souvenir Of one of the great
monuments Of the world.
The magazine from which We take this plate
continues TO deserve well Of connoisseurs and
students The third number has for fronuspiece
seven of Hans Holaein's fascinating studies for
goLGzmith's work, and The opening article, deal
ing with Dante R0ssati and Elizabeth Siddal
IS illustrated with facsiuies Of five rawlings
hitherto unpublished. The best OF the other
articles are M Langton Douglass's paper on
Eassetta and the third Of AIr- Weales papers
on the early Netherlandish painters at the
Br-ges exhibition Of 1902 Mr.. Weale returns
Il his subject in the fourth number, which con-
tairs several other useful contributions on ques-
tons Of painting. but the freshest item in this
issue IS Nj BaIlle-Grohman's richly illustrated
account Of the finest hunting manuscript ex-
ta1-~ This is the one composed by Count Gas
ton de Folk, the patron Of FrOissart and
adorned By some Of the most spirited drawings
IN the whole range Of illustrated hunting Htera-
ture- Messra Samuel Buckley & Co are the
American agents Of this periodical
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

throne no doubt very splendid, but also very
insecure
The house makes its first dramatic appearance
in history in the person of its founder. a young
Macedonian lieutenant Seleucus fleeing from
Babylon with a following Of but fifty horsemen
At last. ripe of years. when all the Asia Of AL
exander had accrued to his hands, he was
stabbed in the back by a shrewd plotter for
empire and left to his son a shattered inheri-
tance. Again the work began of piecing to-
gether the motley kingdoms, In this convuI-
sive fashion the mass Of plains and cities passes
more or less mutilated from father to son or
brother to brother. There is hardly so much in
tegrity in the ruling powers existed in the
Scotch highlands in their palmiest days. Within
the court schemes Of personal aggrandizement
cross and recross one another after the manner
of Oriental households There are civil wars
between rival queens, plots TO poison father or
son, treason between brothers. and open wars
between ostensibIe allies. AS Macedonian ira
ditions yield to Asiatic influences. the cOnfG-
sion Of family relationship is added 10 the con
fusion Of family quarrels. Kings or princes
marry their own sisters or their half-sisters or
bestow the platonic title Of sister on the royal
wife, no one can tell which There is no settled
public policy except that of aEgran Indictment, no
accented public morals. one thing only is GER
tain-every one looks out for himself, and the
heirs Of SeIeucus. with some Macedonian energy
persistent IN their blood, look higher and more
successfully than any one else. Thus it comes
about that half Orientals, they stiu wear the
simple Macedonian band. symbolical Of royalty
until. henmed in on one side by the steady en-
croachments of the Romans, crippled on the
other by the savage onslaughts Of the Parthians
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

and weakened from within by Oriental luxury
and duplicity, their kingdom gees TO destruction,
to the great honor of Pompey and his legions.
The peoples with which the house of SeleucUs
has to reckon are heterogG Gneous to the last
degree. At one e1treme are the Galatians.
great strapping bodies" of abominahle fe-
roctty, whose huge shields cover mans whole
body, whose swords are as long IS Greek
javelin, and the iron heads Of whose pixies are
longer than Greek sword. At the other eT-
treme are the Syrians, who 20 out to war ike
Sybarites whose broad brimme5 hats are ex-
qusitely adjusted so as to shade the neck with
out keeping off the cool breeze. and whose bag
gage trains, laden with wine and viands, move
to the music of pipes and flutes OF the ad-
mnistration Of law little is known, but it is
safe to assume that it was lax and erratic.
Boundaries must have changed with every
change of the political kaleidoscope; occasional
" cities were razed TO the ground and rebuilt
on new sites at the will of the sovereign, and,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

rony with the body Of the work Mr.. Smith
was lot an advanced radical, but his views Of
reconstruction were much more nearly those of
Congress than Of the President The supple
Tontary chapter. however, while conceding
JOh1son's mistake IN antagonizing Congress,
treats his policy as really statesmanlike." Yet
Il. too. finds that the triumph of the radicals
was due to the failure Of the South shrewdly to
take generous attitude toward the negro and
accept IN good part, as its wisest leaders, like
Wade Hampton. Albert C. Brown. of Missis-
slpTi and Governor Joseph Z. Brown of Georgia
advised, the situation that the South itself had
created Il is pity that these volumes are not
better Indexed- Many Of the most important
references in the text are entirely omitted and
confusion about persons and events is some
times revealed Thus, the indexer makes no
distinction between the Francis P. BIairs, father
and sen. the references 10 each being grouped
tndiscriminately under one head
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
THE W4YFARER.
BY H Il BAsHFORD.


Unknown am I and homeless,
What Of that?
TWO friends I have and none to do me Ill,
AL roads are home, each changing scene q room,
Each broken hedge sUnIit window sill
Uncrowned am Z unhonored,
What OF that?
Green garlands hang for crowns above my way,
Ard chIldreu's love and passing smiles are mine.
The homage Of each windy wayside day.
10 bards have OF singers,
What Of that?
Tie birds are mine and the old restless sea,
TIE Spreading downs, their urgent viking song,
Ard al the deep woods tender minstrelsy.
~ wealth have I or fortune
WHAT Of that?
Ulfashioned jewels glinmer on each hedge,
A.5 great waves roll and glitter. reaching out
l. endless pageant 10 the wide worlds edge.
~ th-one have 7 or palace
What Of that?
a. le.'s are mire. all hidden dreaming glades,
y .-e streams slip by and n7u-mur in my ears,
Ard God sends peace down solemn green ar
ana death VIII come some day. and
Hrt q that?
81 Strangers are We quiet earth and !,
3 10 heres no spot that cannot see one star
Or hear the great winds thronging down the
say.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

In the second place, the Greeks of Asia and,
IN less complete degree. their Macedonian
brethren were unconsciously impeIed by one
racial instinct which in the chaos Of Asiatic
conditions, gave them force approximsIng to
that which comes from a united purpocA The
characteristic which the Greeks themselves
chiefly pointed to as distinguishing them from
parhariaas was freedom. The barbarians they
SAID. or at any rate the Asiatfcs were by
nature slaves 1t was proud declaration. It
was based upon a real fact But it was not alb
soIuteIy true. Freedom had existed before the
Greeks, just as civilization had existed before
'hein. But these two had existed only in sepa-
Iauon' The achievement Of the Greeks Is that
they brought freedom and civilization into
Union. This sort of union was iInposs bic TO the
oriental He was capable of the rude freedom
OF primitive tribes. He was capable of a hard
ana fast civilization under a fixed despotism
But he could not live in a settled community
and remain free To the Oriental ''husbandroan
or merchant it never occurred that the work
OF government was any concern of his; he was
merely unit in a great aggregate whose sole
pond OF union its subsection to one exter-
nal authority" The authority" the Greek
obeyed. on the other hand was not an exter-
nal one He had grown up with the conscious
ness Of being the member of a free state a state
IN which he had an individual value share in
the sovereignty And the state enforced its
claims. not so much by external rewards and
penalties, as by implanting its ideals in his soul
by fostering sense of honor and a sense Of
obligation"
The heirs OF Seleucus were in a measure
creeks They could not so renounce their blood
as to be satisfied with the part of an Oriental
despot oye7NOrientaI slaves. In a blind irration-
al fashion they tried to reconcile the impossible;
they wished to become absolute rulers of a
great Greek state. And because. after fash
ion, partial and impracticable though it was
they felt respect for Greek civilization. the
Greek cities that fringed their seacoast nat
uraIly IN four conflicts out Of five gravftated to
their standard and gave them that slight ad-
vantage over their adversaries which secured
their success Rome, with its republican pres
tge' its Hellenic sympathies, it's Occidental
freshness and energy. diverted that sympathy
ana succeeded to the SeIeucid heritage There is
therefore, a logic in the course Of the SeIeucid
empire, though 1t is the logic of blind instincts
and almost impersonaI forces Where the
sources of information permit it. Mr. Bevan
characterizes men with specific force and de-
scribes scenes with dramatic gusto. The ex-
traordlnary vicissitudes of kings and queens,
the plots OF conspirators. the feats of soldiers,
the escape Of captives. the ingenious dissipa-
tons OF the kings, furnish material for many
vivid picture from his pen.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
An ANCIENT DYNASTY.
The Successors Of alexander the
Great in ASia.
THE HOUSE OF sFLEUCUs.

THE HOUSE OF SFLEUCUS Bv Edwin Rofa-+
Bevan, ii. A In Two Volumes VIZ fIo..,tt -,
ana Map. 8vo. PIP Xii. $780, viii. SS3- Longmans
From the death Of Alexander the Great to the
decisive victories Of Pompey, the Asiatic pos
sessions Of the Macedonian conqueror seem to
have been preserved from chaos only through
the eXertions Of one family. the house of Sc
leucus This family was gifted with a positive
genius for helping itself TO what it wished
and each descendant son, grandson. great
grandson unto the seventh generation, wished
as much of the world as he could master. So
against extraordinary vicissitudes each in turn
climbed the ladder OF personal ambition to
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-13
OUTDOOR SHEEP RACK.
IL Is Crude in Construction, But Will
Be Found to BE Very VaIu-
able Contrivance.

Frequently a farmer wishes to feed
his sheep out of doors from the
lack of barn space or when pastures
are furnishing a great amount of
green, succulent food and some hay
or dry fodder is useful to help regu-
late the bowels. We have had sew
eral occasions when it seemed abso-
lutely necessary to feed some dry
fodder of some kind during the sum-
mer to keep the sleeps system in
perfect. working condition. During
the winter when straw is being fec
to sheep, a great deal of carrying
can be done away with, if an outdoor
rack is built near the straw stack
and on pleasant days feed the sheep
in the yard. The number of days
the sheep can be more easily accom-
mOdated out of doors will astonish
many farmers, and especially those
who are feeding a few more sheep
than they have accommodations for.
The sheep rack shown in the cut is
one we made three or four years
ago for feeding rOughage to our
breeding ewes. While we have plen-
ty of barn room and can easily ac-
commodate three times our present
flock. we like to feed out of doors
as much as possible. Sheep, and
especially breeding ewes, will OBJ
tain more exercise when fed in this
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-13
STIRRING OF THE SOIL .
Process Prevents the Evaporation OF
Water to Truly AstOnish-
ing Extent.

AT the Wyoming station expert
ments were made to determine To
what extent the stirring of the soil
prevents the evaporation of water. 10
have all conditions under control 25-
inch cylinders were used, and the
water table was kept within % inches
of the surface of the soil. The
soil in the various cylinders was then
stirred once a week, in one to the
depth of two inches, in another to
the depth of four inches, and in a
third to the depth of six inches. The
first retarded the evaporation to the
amount of 10 per cent; the second
retarded it % per cent, and the
third As per cent. This shows the
tremendous value of cultivation in n
dry year, when As per cent. increase
in the water supply of plants might
well make the whole difference be-
tween the loss and saving of an en-
tire harvest. 1t is somewhat sur
prising to learn that the siX-inch
depth is so much more effective thar
the two-inch depth. Doubtless this
arises from the shorter time required
for the two-inch mulch to settle back
into a condition where capillary OPP
Grafton is possible. This would diff
fer much with different soils. The
ma tural conclusion is, however, that
a two-inch stirring twice a week
would be about as valuable as a
siX-inch stirring once week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-13

way than in any other. The rack is
ten feet long and two and one-half
feet wide. Cut four corner posts out
of two by four stuff, three feet six
inches long. The posts are then set
two and one-half feet apart and a
two by four spiked across on the in
side, IS inches from the ground. For
side pieces, siX-inch boards should be
used. The distance allowed each
sheep is II inches from center to CEN
ter, or ten inches in the clear be-
tween Stats. For upright pieces on
the sides four-inch strips were used.
On the inside, as plainly shown iii
cut, four-inch strips were nailed, to
keep the hay from being pulled out.
These strips are about five inches
longer than the outside Stats, giving
slight incline towards the center.
To help keep the hay from being
pulled out, and for bracing the rack,
these Stats are very essential in the
construction of a rack of this kind.
The general construction of the
rack is crude. 1t was built of picked
up pieces of boards. When we built
the rack we did not just know which
design would be the most satisfac-
tory and for this reason did not
take any extra pains to make it
fancy. We have used the rack for
three or four years, along with two
other designs of racks for outdoor
feeding purposes, and can say for
economy and for keeping the chaff
out of the wool, we have been well
pleased with this one. We now have
under construction racks of sim
liar design, that will, when finished,
accommodate 500 sheep without
c. Reynolds, in Ohio
Farmer.