The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-30

lilllHpltGulS Oh Tie outlying QlS-
Iarlct OF the town Of Beziers, in France,
have decided to organize q vigilance
seryi4 Of night watchmen, who will
l1av& see that the doors of the houses
are sed after 10 o'clock, cry the
hours md weather, escort belated in
habitA It's to their homes, and wake
those no wish to be called early. The
~guardi6s will also be responsible for
houses ccafided to their charge during
the absence OF the tenants. In case OF
are they will summon the fire brigade
and inform tie landlord.
The report OF the life-saving service
SHOWS that there were 1888 accidents TIC
registered vessels in this country last
year Out Of 23,424 persons in danger
only nineteen in all We're lost, n the
property loss was about 50, 300, 900. There
are 272 life-saving stations, Of which
100 are on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
sixty on the great lakes and sixteen or
he Pacific coast. The cost of main.
Gaming the service was 81, $50, 900.
Ihe earliest extant manuscript of the
Hebrew old testament is a copy of the
oentateuch, now in the British Mu-
scum, and assigned to the ninth CEN
Jury, n the earliest manuscript bear
ing a precise date Is a copy of the
prophets, at st. Petersburg, dated A. D.
pig, while the majority Of manuscripts
belong to much later periods.
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According to the Railroad Gazette,
b,O26 miles of new steam railroad were
built In the United States during 1902
The figures are exclusive Of second
track, sidings and all electric lines. Re-
built mileage is also excluded, except
the work involved such extensive
In a1fDrrnanf fHot n maui ro,,fo
was established.
The Duke Of Devonshire possesses as
an heirloom Claude Lorraine's Book
Of Truth" which is said to be one Of
the rarest and most valuable books in
Europe. It is, at any rate, worth six
Times as much as the famous 'Mazarin"
bible, the most costly book in the Brit
lsh museum. The late duke refused
blO0, 900 for it.
Some of the greatest men in the Amer
lean world Of finance never became
members OF a stock exchange. J. Pier
pont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller,
James r. Keene, John w. Gates. and
others are concerned In vast Wall street
operations, but not one OF those named
ls q member Of the stock exchange
2threre.
"Salome," by the late Oscar Wilde,
was given in Berlin the other afternoon
at a matinee before an invited audience,
q public presentation having been for
hidden by the police. 1t was a tremend-
aus success. Almost all the representa-
e OF the Berlin literary and musical
world We're present.
Judge S. T. Corn, q democrat, has
become chief Justice of the supreme
court Of Wyoming, under the law which
provides for the rotation of the several
justices of the court in the highest
place. Judge Corn is the first man of
mis- political faith who has ever occu-
pied the position.
The United States has 200,0 900 miles
of railways, upon which there are 54S
employees for each 100 miles. The cost
Of operating these roads with steam
power is $500, COZ, 900 a YER; but to
carry on the same amount Of work with
men and horses would cost the country
I'll, 908, soc, 600.
Taxes are paid on 90, 900 dogs in Ber-
4 In addition to this number there
are 2,l63 Watchdogs, 221 dogs belong
n to blind and deaf people, 1862 dogs
used Tor drawing small carts and 118
belonging to the Kaiser or to members
IL lOIelSI13 GTlDaSS1GS. 3"eaHaEEa &HffsEeNEF
English trades unions are for direct
hbor representation in parliament. The
seight-hour day, naturalization Of land,
railways and mines; old age pensions,
temperance reform and ourtsM of arbi-
ration are among the principal de-
mands.
Alfred Austin, whose new play is soon
TO be produced at His Majesty's theater
BY Beerhohm Tree, has written a num-
Der OF dramas In verse, but none Of
these have been used for stage pur-
poses. The laureate is now in his 67th
year.
w. II. McGoWn Of Urbana, O., has
n of the most unique collections Of
autographs In the country. It con-
tains the names OF over 10000 actors
and actresses, besides 1905 pictures and
like.
It'll estimated that the Eskimo opu
alton of Alaska, Labrador and Green
ana has declined from S0,00OSin 1880 to
thinning out OF the seal, walrus, polar
bear and other sources of food supply.
Reports from the Berlin p~osstoficeS a
nat stamping machine. invented
,y Hay and Dolphin under9a normal
electric current. stamps go, 900 letters an
aour, a figure hitherto u%nattained. The
stamping Is clear n accurate.
III is now settled that the Chinese
children OF California will not be per-
alitted to attend the regular public
schools, Dut must be educated in the
institution especially provided for their
ace where such schools exist. .S3
Many churches In the central dis
riots Of London. each occupying q
worth $l,000,0Q0, have congregations on
Sunday morning OF not more than a
aozens persons, and usually half or them
are curious Yankees.
Dne Of the most successful yange
lists in England Is a gypsy--"Gypsy
smith. He is self educated, but q
london newspaper credits him with.
rising the best Anglo Saxon speech.
Since John Bright.
II is stated that in the historic village
sf Hermannsburg. In Germany, there
ire tour kinds of independent Lutheran
churches eachsofswhich refuses to rec
sgnize the other Z to practice altar and
,ulpit Fellowship