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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20

how. I wonder you like to make such q
1901 or yourself with all these people
about
There are no people about and I am
not making a fool of myself in the least
returned Mr.. Harrington cheerfully.
A long silence ensued, during which her
tormentor smoked two cigarets while his
victim sat motionless.
Well he said at last, as he flung
away the end of the second, ''this Is get
ting m~onotonous. l suppose 1 had better
come across and talk to you"
lie slipped off into the water again and
came over to her. Holding on to the rock
with one hand he looked up into the gray
eyes above him, in which, in spite of her
variant efforts to keep UP appearances,
there was a suspicious moisture; as they
met his blue ones they suddenly dropped
and a faint pink flush crept up at the
roots of Miss Durward's dark, curly hair.
which was rapidly recovering from its
bath.
Say it." said Mr.. Harrington softly.
and you shall get off at once"
Before she could answer their solitude
was invaded by a party of people Who
came suddenly round the cliff. The girl
uttered an exclamation Of dismay. and
said hurriedly:
oh, here are a whole lot of people-do
do, do, please get me off this hateful
thing before they see ~e-whatev will
they Think"
Say what I want you to then he re-
peated obstinately.
She looked at the determined face-and
ylclded-anything to get away from her
lgnominious position.
You are very, very unkind to take ad-
vantage of me like this" Miss Durwafd
said slowly. But since you are deter
mined, l SUPPOSE I must do ito save
myself from ridicule-" she hesitated,
and then said, with a rush, the crimson
mounting again to her face: 81 love you"
And you will promise to marry me one
month from today?"
And / will promise TO marry you one
month from today-anything, only get me
Out OF this. quick she said, with a re-
turn OF her own dictatorial manner.
harrington said no more, but took her
In his arms and conveyed her the short
distance which separated them from the
rocks on the shore. Without a word or
q backward glance at him she fed along
the beach and around the cliff.
Late In the afternoon, after a pro-
longed search, he found her on the beach.
she was clothed from lead to foot in
spotess white and presented a very diff
ferent appearance from the forlorn maid
en- in the limp linen dress Of the morning.
she saw him coming and deliberately low
cred her parasol and turned her back.
reading with great absorption. Mr. Har-
r1ngton walked quietly round the other
side OF the barrier she had raised and
hung himself on the sand beside her. Mics
Onrwara took nc notice. Apparently
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
TEl OPPORTUNITY .
Lavp1HAkR!n(ToA:
COPYRIGHT .DQ2p . NBM.l1QDDy.
WR.HEAR5L.
GREAT RRIAlN RlGRB RESERVED.

Miss Durward stood on q rock which
ran out into the sea, watching the waves
which splashed against its slippery sides
and which wetted her white canvas shoes
with their spray. 1t WAS q blazing hot
August day and scarcely a breath of wind
ruffled her dark, curly hair, which was
without any covering, in spite Of the dan
gers OF sun stroke. Her big frilled hat lay
further away on the shore where she had
been sitting. Her scarlet linen dress made
her a conspicuous figure to anyone coming
in that direction, and a tall man who came
around the corner OF the cliff which shut
OH her retreat from the rest of the world
stopped for a moment to take in the pic
ture. Then he made his way rapidly over
the rocks to her side. So quietly did he
come that 1t was not until he stood be-
side her and said: Good morning, Miss
Durward," that the girl realized his pres
ence. She turned SO suddenly that she
almost lost her balance and nearly fell
into the water at her feet.
Your she calculated in a tone Of min
gled establishment and annoyance.
Myself and no less; you seem sur
prised,' he repeated coolly.
when did you Gomez she asked, ig-
norlng his remark.
Last night by the mail train,' he re-
turned.
"And may I ask why? I thought you
were In London and too busy to get
away"
WE'LL came because you are here"
IF that is the only reason you might
have stayed away" retorted the girl
GROSSLY.
las 1t happens, that Is the sole and only
reason; but 1 suppose you have not the
only right and privilege of spending the
summer in this retreat, lave you, even
though you may be allowed to be as rude
as you like?"
II am not rude, and If I were I have
every excuse for 1t. I came here to be
quiet, and not to be worried, and 1t seems
that is to be made impossible. However, l
will leave you to yourself"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20

young men had no place In her world ~
all at that moment. He endured it for
a few moments and then, as she contin-
ued to read, he quietly took the book out
of her hand and threw it along the beach.
"Cecile.' he said softly, ARE you very
angry with me? I want you to say again
what you did this morning."
isn't once enough TO humiliate me7'
she asked. without raising her syes.
Il had to do it, dear, because YOU would
not give me a chance to say you
know 1 wanted to; but I am sorry l
leased you and l want you to say you
forgive me and tell me over again. only
Of your w free will thist time, what you
did this morning. You know you meant
to say it all the time, only you were so
proud and wllful you would not give in?
Isn't that right?" ho asked eagerly.
Miss Durward's eyes wandered slowly
round the horizon, away to the cliffs in
the distance, down to tho little waves at
her feet, and. finally. with an effort. to
the face of the mar beside her. Then
her mouth curved and q smile broke all
over her small, mutinous face.
But 1t was a mean trick, all the same"
she said,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
NEW TEST FOR WINE.
A Recent Discovery That Has Beef
Made in Paris.

Made in Paris.
London Telegraph: Wine testing by tel
ephone Is the latest application of cleo
tricity in Paris. Inscriptions vendors
viii not bless Nj. M~aneuvrier, assistant d.
rector of the laboratory of researches Of
the Paris faculty of sciences. He has
just discovered an infallible method of as
pertaining by the use of the telephone
how much Il given quantity of wine has
been watcred. TIL principle upon which
the invention rests is the variable con-
ductibility of different liquids, notable OF
wine and water. The originality of NJ.
Maneuvrier's ingenious application is his
usa of the telephone to determine to what
degree the liquid under observation Is a
conductor. He has constructed an ap-
paratus which achieves this object salts
factor.ly and accurately. BY means of a
chart. on which are set down in tabular
form the results of various necessary cal
culations made by NJ. Maneuvrler for the
purpose, an operator with the telephone
can easily and in n short while find out
the exact proportion of water in the wine
which he Is testing, whereas the chemical
analysis processes hitherto employed are
lengthy, laborious and costly.
The apparatus works as follows: Two
vessels, one containing wine known to be
pure, the other the same quantity of the
wine to be tested, are placed on an instru-
ment outwardly resembling q pair of
scales. The telephone is in contact with
both liquids. If the sample Of wine under
observation is as pure as the standard
used for comparisons no SOUND Is heard:
If, on the contrary, 1t contains water, the
%tell-tale telephone Speaks" and the
greater the proportion of water the loud
er the instrument complains. A dial on
which a number Of figures are marked is
connected with the telephone. TIC ascer-
tain the proportion Of water in the vino
tested the operator moves a hand on the
dial until the telephone. which has been
speaking" all this time, relapses into
silence. The hand has thus been brought
to q certain figure on the dial. This num-
Der is then looked up in a chart which
the Ingenious and painstaking inventor
has drawn up, and corresponding to 1t is
found indicated the exact proportion of
water contained in the quantity of wine.
NJ. Maneuvrier's remarkable invention
can, he says, be easily APPLIED to the test
Ing Of many other liquids, and even sol
IDS. which may be adulterated by the ad-
dition Of foreign matter possessing a con-
ductibitty different to thai of the origInal
substance.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
GAM BLING IN MEXICO.
Most Persons Will Do II, So the States
Let 1t Go On,

IL H. w VII
Hartford Courant: Martin Stecker, who
publishes a weekly paper in Linares.
Mex, is III jail there. II am at present
in JAIL" he writes, "for censuring in my
paper the mayor and town clerk for keep
ing COWS and hogs in their yards and let
ting the water run through bitches in
town, without sufficient fall to permit
their being flushed, thus causing water
to stagnate and ultimately to bring about
an epidemic of yellow fever OF such viru-
lence that think it could not be any
worse:
Editor Stecker has been living among
the MeNicans for a dozen years now. and
he testifes that the love of gambling Is
born in them. Everybody buys lottery
tickets. The chief attraction at all Mex
lean fairs are the bull fights and the gam
ping games. When he was new to Mex
lean ways the gambling in Linares aston
ished him. He knew it was contrary to
Mexican law, yet he saw games running
In the town hall itself and In school
mouses. Another thing that puzzled him
was a monthly announcement of this sort
in the official paper of Nuevo Leon.
Several public spirited people of this CITY
nave gwen S3,SSS33S.S3 toward the construc-
ton OF the state capitol building" Being
In Monterey one day he asked the COM
missioner of schools about it. That flnc-
tionary explained that the queer looking
gifts We're monthly installments of the
sum demanded n paid for the exclusive
gambling house privilege in the city.
mats the sort of thing that is going
on pretty nearly all over Mexico except
In the federal district (the capital and Ire
envlronment) where President Diaz is en-
forcing the law, and where four govern
ment clerks were summarily bounced the
other day for throwing dice. The gov
ernor of Tamaulipas is one of the hest
men IN the republic-educated, enlieht-
ened, moral. no gambler and no friend to
gambling. Yet he recently sold the ex-
elusive privilege in Tampico for s3s. 900 a
year. Editor stecker demonstrated with
MIN In the paper and personally. "As ev-
cry one will gamble. no matter what laws
are made" said Governor Pedro Areuel-
les, 1T is my opinion that 1t is better for
me gamblers to pay their cash to the
state direct rather than to corrupt the
judges and the police with bribes to shut
their eyes"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
ton with Santiago and create a through

ton with Santiago and create a lhrough
line from Havana to Guantanamo pay
This new section will open up a part Of
the country rich in agricultural pessihili-
ties, What Will prove to be an important
rival line is already being carried out.
This is the Cuban Eastern railroad, pro-
noted by American capitalists. 1t has
secured q good terminus at Boqneron, on
the eastern side of the bay, close to the
boundary line of the station, where there
is a depth of twenty-five feet and a
straight course to the open sea.
The line VIII run in a nothwesterly dt-
rection to Concepcioncita, about forty
five miles distant, tapping the fertile val
ley of Guantanamo, where 1t will COM
pete with the existing railroad for the
produce Of the sugar plantations. The
mpa has made arrangements with
the Cuba Hardwood ompany which
owns 80 1000 acres of valuable forest lands
at Concepcioncita, to handle 10000, 600 feet
purpose is to continue to Alto Cedro to
connect with the Van Horne trunk line
and also with the line to the Bay of Pipe
on the north side of the island. The first
consignment of steel rails for the enter
prise has arrived at Guantanamo bay
from England. The rails could not be OBJ
tanned in the United States in time to ar
rive before the tariff concession on such
supplies lapsed, as it does very shortly,
and the promoters were therefore obliged
to go to England; they will save some
thousands of dollars as the result. The
strategic Importance of these railroad un-
~dertahings to the United States is OBJ
vious, while it is believed that they will
eventually create short routes for travel
erS and tourists for Jamaica and Central
and South America.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
WONDER STORY.
OF tne Railroads Gives Amazing Fact
About American SUPREMACY,

HDOut american supremacy.
New York World: In 1850 there was not
one mile Of railway in Wisconsin, Tennes-
see or Florida, or anywhere west Of the
Mississippi river. Even in 1870 half the
area OF the country was still without rail-
ways. In 1900 the United States had 1893, 348
miles Of railway lines. two-ffths of the
mileage Of the world. In round number
there are now 200, 900 miles. A single
American system, the Pennsylvania, car
rier more freight than all the lines COM
bined in any other nation in the world.
The first American r~ailway-not built
Tor steam cars, however-was made to
haul Quincy granite for the Bunker Hill
monument. THAI was in 1926. It was
three miles long. The first railway built
for steam cars was the Charleston and
New Hamburg line, in South Carolina.
This was for come thine the longest line
IN the world, 1877 miles. When the war
closed In 1906 no American railroad had
LOCO miles Of tracks. Now there are eight
great systems with over 10, 900 miles each.
Roughly, our railroad systems are cap
ttalined at sl2,o 90 900. 900, divlded half and
half between stocks and bonds. A little
over half the stocks pay dividends. The
capital Of the railroads is more than
twelve times as great as that of all the
banks.
The first locomotive weighed three to
hVe tons. An imported English Iocomo-
i've weighing ten tons was too heavy.
Twenty-Five engines of that day would
make one Of today. Fifty years ago a
train load of 200 tons was hcavy, Now
loads Of 2,@O to $50 tons are handled.
Europe has A miles Of railway for
10000 people; the United States 25 miles
Freight pays the bills. This Is more
true or this country than of any other.
Freight revenue Is over 81, 000, 900, COO; pas
senger receipts about $3.50, 600, 00o. our ay-
erase passenger train carries only forty
two people. English people take railroad
trips four times as often In proportion
as Americans, but shorter ones.
The ton mileage" Of freight in 1901 was
l47,077, 1876 ,04Q-a number too vast 70 he
conceived. The average journey of a ton
Of freight is 12s miles.
There Is much talk every wear about
moving the crops" and freight car fam
ines in the granger" region. Yet farm
products are only one-ninth of the corn-
try's freight. Mines furnish more than
half, forests one-ffth, factories one-sev-
enth. There are 1884, 600 miles of railway
mail routes. Strange as it may seem this
mileage Is considerably surpassed bv the
distance over which mails are carried nm
horseback or by wagon. The quantity Of
mail so carried. however, is comparatiyeIv
tr.tiing.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20

thence. You are to say Claude, I love
You, and l will marry you one month from
today"
II shall do nothing of the sort she re-
torted angrily. Il hate you, and I will
never speak to you again.
A wave larger than the rest rolled up
and almost swept over her seat. She
clutched the rock with both hands.
PITY you didn't learn to swim, isn't it?"
Mr.. Harrington remarked. After all the
lessons you have had, too. However, as
it happens 1t is rather fortunate for me
that you were not successful in your ef-
forts"
The girl made no reply and he contin-
ued placidly:
You see, you made a little mistake for
once In your life. You thought l was just
like all the rest Of your train-to be played
with as long as it amused you and then
dropped when you We're tired Of me and
wanted q fresh amusement. Having kept
me dangling at your heels all the season
you thought you had settled the Whole
affair when you came to Devonshlre just
as l was beginning to get FESTIVE, but
you overlooked the fact that two people
can sometimes play at the same game.
So l followed you. and here / am, and
here ] mean to remain, and Fate appears
to be on my SIDE" with a grin at the for
lorn object facing him..
You are a brute and I hate ~you-hate
YOU remarked Miss Durward viciously.
He smiled.
Hate away he said. but you will
find 1t more satisfactory to change it to
the other thing as 1 told you If you want
to get back In time for lunch. 1t is get
ting late"
Il will never say anything of the sort,
II / have to stay here all day"
We'll, Of course, If you prefer to remain
there you are quite welcome to do so. I
don't In the least mind sitting here. I had
breakfast very late, and fortunately my
cigaret case Is water tight and well
filled"
Il thought you were a gentleman, any
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
HOW THEY WORKED 1T.

rs there much shooting in your dis
trict now?" asked the stag from the
east Of the stag in the west, whom
he happened to meet at the lake, where
both had gone to quench their thirst.
Not as much as there used to be-"
replied the stag from out of the west.
Nov and then one Of our number is
shot, but not often. You see, we have
fixed the gunner so that they are sat
istied, and we get a chance to enjoy
our old age with our children"
How do you work it?" asked the
deer from the east, becoming at once
interested In so vital a question.
well. we are quite prond oP orr
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
THE Fl

THE Bengal tiger and the clown in
The show had a lively dispute one day
as to which of the two was superior,
"Pooh!" said the tiger, there is not
the slightest doubt about it. Look at
my great strength. Why, with one
blow from my paw I could crush out
your puny life. You poor little weak
ung, l pity you. Your voice is weak.
your arms are weak. What chance
would o have in a contest with me?
You couldn't hold out for a moment"
Very well said" replied the clown,
b u l carry something in my little
that can match all your
brute strength"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
Dealt Him Blow After Blow.

tiger.
II mean" said the clown, dryly, that
If you had what I've got and you lack
YOU wouldn't have walked into that
trap in the jungle"
AT this the tiger began to roar with
age until the cage shook. But the
clown seized his little whip and dealt
him blow after blow through the bars.
The tiger tore madly from end to end
OF his cage, stung to a frenzy of anger
by the cutting lash. He threw himself
with all his strength against the iron
bars, but the clown smiled and dashed
him still.
You v%illain!" roared the tiger; If i
could only get out at you
All! that's exactly it." smiled the
clown. you can't. my friend, and so
I WIN"
What do you mean? 2" said the tiger.
That the brains which put up those
bars to keep you In are worth all you
brute strength. That's ALL"
LUCY COLLINS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20

OF Course He HIS It.
scheme" said the westerner. I'VE
hired O woodsman to help US out in.
u scheme. When one Of our number
dies we have his head mounted on e.
board. Now, o must know that these
hunters care not for our carcass, but
only long to carry home a trophy Of
their adventure to hang Upon the wall
at home and brag bout. So we get
our friend the woodsrnan to tie one Of
these mounted stays heads to a tree in
the forest, and when the bold hunter
comes along that way he sees II. In
stantly he levels his gun and fires. OF
course he hits 1t every time, carries it
home in triumph, hangs it upon his
wall and points with pride to the hole
his bullet made. You see, it saves our
lives. Good scheme, hey?"
Capital" said the other. II shall try
1t myself" HUNTER KNOTT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
Take a Walk.

New York Evening Post: Are you
tied to the city and moping because
you can't get a vacation, or because
your vacation Is over? Take a walk.
Part OF the country Is at your city door
step, If you Will look for 1t. Are the
trees all cut down? Look up; there are
clouds. Thoreau saw men telling the
trees. THANK God, man can't cut down
the Clouds" he said; and, like the true
philosopher, he took comfort in his
clouds.
There is much more clouds to be seen
stand that the legs are only two means
to an end. Use your eyes. You have
neighbors in the city. Get acquainted.
What is that darting bird? 1t is the
marten in his Tyrean purple, the tree
swallow in his Irish green or the chin
ney swift in his sooty black? End out.
You have all three birds in the city,
where you say nothing is to be seen
but smoke and stone.
Go to the vacant lots and get ac-
quainted with the gopher and his fam
lily. Skirt the park lagoon; look out
minks. They are there, though perhaps
! you don't believe 1t. Red-winged
blackbirds and the tip-ups you kr Nv as
q boy in the swamp stretches and long
the streams are nesting in ".-reet-
ville." Take a walk.
There Is the lake. You haven much
Of a soul If you are tired of IT, lake.
1t has more tones than any orgaa and
more hues than only canvas. byron
did not mean that the only plar sure
was in the painless woods or tl;sst the
only rapture was by the lonely s,ore.
Don't NOPE because you are tied to
the city. Get peace in your mind and
kindness in your heart. Take a walk.
Mrs. Poultney Bigeiow, whose novel,
The Middle Course" has excited consid-
srable comment. was talking about the.
British museum. which she knows thor
oughly.
Every visitor to London" she SAID.
visits the museum. All sorts of persons
go there. n some of the questions that
these PERSON. put to the officers are anus
ing. There was a woman Of Bath who
said to an attendant once:
IT have been looking about for a skull
Of Oliver Cromwell. Have you no skull OF
Cromwell here2"
NO, madam the attendant answered.
How very DID, exclaimed the woman.
They have a fine ons In the museum at
Oxford"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-16
MR.. DUFFIN WILL
LEAVE RICHMOND
Several Changes at the Y. M.
c. A.--Mr. Blair is Com
ina from Texas.

Mr.. T, w, Dufin. who for the past
fourteen months has been office secretary
for the Y, M. G. A. of this city, will go
10 Erie Pa. as acting general secretary,
Mr.. Crowell, the. general secretary, re-
signs to 80 into the Insurance business.
Mr.. Dufnn Is a young man Of sterling
qualities and the many friends he has
made here will regret to hear OF his de-
parture.
Mr.. II. NJ. Blair. now general secretary
of the Victoria (Texas) Association. has
been elected membership secretary to
succeed Mr.. Grizzard Mr.. Blair will ar
rive here next Thursday, accompanied
by Mrs. Blair,
"A letter from former assistant Y. Y.
Grlzzard, now general secretary at Briss
toll, speaks encouragingly OF the growth
of the work. His many friends are In
terested in the work of the Bristol AS
ISOLATION.
General Secretary Mckee Will begin
his eighteenth year of association work
next Sunday, Mr.. Mckee will address the
Norfolk Associations annual banqusp
Monday night. the 2ath.