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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16
THE DEATH
Or NELLIE ROLF
At Cripple Greek She Pays the
Penalty of the Pace That
Kills.-Dies by Her
Own Hand.

Nellie Rolf, once a resident of
Rapid City, is dead. She died OF
morphine poisoning at Cripple
Creek, Colo, last week, where she
was a well known member of the
dcmi-monde, having administered
the deadly drug with her own hand.
OF her death the Victor Daily Rec
ord says:
s'Corouer James Doran was called
to Cripple Creek to investigate the
sudden death Of Mary Rolf, motor
ious character known as Nellie, ;"
who lived at 437 Myers avenue. The
woman was about 40 years of age, a
morphine tiend. Upon examination
the en- tire surface of her body was
found to be Scared by the morphine
needle, and it was clearly establish
ed that she died from natural caus-
es, her system having become com
pletely poisoned by the noxious
drug.
Later. 1t has developed upon
fuller investigation that the woman
had been very Respondent for sew,
eral days and bad made threats ol
self destruction, and the concensus
of opinion now is that she took or
.oyerdose Of morphine with suicida
intent. The other habitues of the
! demi monde noted the fact that hel
door had been closed all day ard tht
blinds drawn, and their first though
was that 'sNellic" was sick. Final
lily the door was forced and the bod,
OF the woman was found lying o.
q the floor beside her bed, nude an,
almost frozen. She had eyidentl
: been dead since the night before
y The door was locked and from th
appearance of the room it. SCENE
that she had made preparations t
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16
A. Rapid City Company
Will Bore for All
Four.
rs
WILL SINK A WELL 5000 FEET.
A Thorough Test Will be
Made Of the Proposition.
Capital, $4,000.

The Rapid City Light and Fuel
Co., is the title Of new organiza-
ton that has come into being dur
ing the past ten days, and its object
is to sink we'll in this city to a
depth of 5000 feet IN a search for
oil, gas, coal, or artesian water.
Local men have taken hold of the
matter literally and the company
will have $20,0D0 capital, J. H.
Evarts Of Butler county, PennsYl
vania. an oil well contractor, vii
do the drilling and along in the
early spring we will know what
below us, at least for the first 5000
feet.
Those interested in the ventur,
met at G. L. Wood $ Office Monda,
evening and elected the followin,
board of directors: ] H. Evarts, G
L. Wood, George r. Schneider
Corbin Morse, 7. j.. Elliott, a.
Mccain and G. S. Congdon
G. e. Wood was appointed as J;
committee to procarea a charter, an
upon its receipt the board of diree
tors will meet and elect officers.
The enterprise is going ahea
nicely and ought to meet with th
cooperation Of all who want to sc
the Oil, coal, gas and water que,
tions put to a thorough test in th
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16

The stock holders Of the First Nat
ional Bank held their annual meet
ing last Wednesday and elected the
following officers for coming year:
President, James HALEY; yice-presi-
dent Peter Duhamel; ;cashier, H. W.
Somers; board Of directors, James
HALEY. Peter Duhamel, j. ]. McNa.
mara, ]. N. Humphrey and j. "
Soners. Gil
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16

The Modern Woodmen held their
annual installation OF officers We'd
nesday evening, with the following
result: Venerable counsel, A.. L.
Overpeck; worthy adviser, H. H.
Marks; banker, Dewitt Smith. A
most interesting session was held
and the attendance was good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16

Mrs. Carleton Breeze and two
children returned to their home in
Lead Wednesday, after having
spent the past month with Mrs.
Breece's mother, Mrs. L. G. w.
Cleghorn.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16
The Old Man Grows Penitent.

Will some grown person in Rapid
kindly inform the ''kid" that turns
the crank of The UNION that the
election is all over and there won t
be any more elections in Pennington
county this winter? He perhaps
would not believe this ''juvenile. -
keystone Recorder.
No, we must acknowledge that
we would not, not even on his oath.
By the way, however, the "kid " edi-
tor of The UNION has been engaged
in newspaper work for the past
fourteen years. Might we inquire
when the old relic of the Recorder
burst into the journalistic arena!
The query is respectfully referred
to some grown person in Keystone
who is mentally competent to give
an intelligent answer.
But laying aside all joshing, there
/ is some hope for the alfalfa editor Q
i the Recorder. He shows signs 0
penitence and regret, and does no
like any reference to the past cam
paign and the part the Recorde
| took in it. This is always hopefu
Indication. The UNION does no
blame him for wanting to forget
I all. He may yet emerge from hi
q present chaotic condition in shiE
shape. We hope SO.
] For Sale Three good grade Her
u ford bull calves, very reasonable
J. z. Rrunaa Rned Roy LII Ban;
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16

For Sale Three good grade Here
ford bull calves, very reasonable =
E. Bryce Reed, Box IA, Rapid
City, Sd.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16
OVERCOAT BARGAINS

For Men Boysa few still left and they choice
any have had They all go at just what they cost
Fur Overcoats that 5000 to 5O0O go for S15O to
40 90 each during great Inventory Sale
Special low prices on Heavy Suits.
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always to take him for "a jolly dog"
even bit OF "a devil OF fellow" and
who In reality is a steady, home-lrins,
home abiding man, who shakes in his
boots at tho sound Of his wife's voice
who pretends to be cynical. almost stone
hearted. and who when he hears his child
cough or simply sneeze sends for the
doctor and prepares himself not to sur
vive that child an hour. A man who In
slsts on living under republic and has
not In him an ounce OF what should go
toward making reputation. Very skep-
teal. who declares that you now meet
no more honest people In the world. but
who makes an exception in favor Of all
his friends and acquaintance. Who will
tell you that all husbands are deceived.
but who. min petto. is perfectly convinced
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while awaiting the propitious moment for
taking his innings. In his Established
Church, a most edifying publican. crying
ut the top OF his voice that he is but
"a most miserable sinner" Outside that
church man who. II you were to take
him at his word. would simply knock
you down right away. Worshipful OF
mammon and Jehovah, the man most con-
cerned in tho Interests of tho next world
and most wrapped up in the concerns
OF this.
In the singular, man upon whose word
you can rely as you would upon trusty
sword; in the plural, as nation-well.
let us say, the shrewdest Of diplomatists-
At homo, preaching temperance, even to
the forswearing OF all drinks but water;
abroad encouraging the the opium trade
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gymnasiums without really straining thar
muscles. They pull at heavy weights and
at apparatus instead of lifting. They push
the punching bag instead of striking.
They founder up the rope or the in
clned ladder instead OF climbing.
So, IL boy thinks that he is doing
the short arm exercise Just described
when he stands slouched and loose-joint.
ed, and flaps his arms up and down, he Is
extremely mistaken. He Is not doing
athletics He is "lazying'' even while he
imagines that he is working like Trojan.
An objection to this short arm exer-
else is that 1t does not do more than to
exercise the hceps muscle. Therefore,
the use Of light weights in both hands
is to be recommended.
Many professional athletic instructors
advise against the use Of dunb-bells
Weighing more than one-half pound, but
there Is no real reason why boy OF
average muscular strength should not
use one or two pound dumb-bells with
advantage.
AS soon as any such weight is used
with the short arm exercise, you will
find that your abdominal muscles are
called on suddenly and strongly. And
that Is even a greater advantage than
the advantage to the arm muscles,
Now, don't make the mistake that is
made by many men and boys Of trying
to avoid the use of the abdominal
muscle under the impression that you
will rob the arm Of the work that you
wish to give It. The more you can
make all the muscles act in conjunc-
ton, the more you will be making a
real athlete of yourself and--the bet
ter it will be for that biceps muscle,
AS a matter Of fact the biceps mus
Gle is often a great fraud. Lots Of boys
and men who can show huge ones aren't
strong enough in the rest of the body
to be worth mentioning.
Sailors, soldiers, hunters and other
men who work for their living In SINH
lar conditions. do not develop the huge
bceps muscles Of the boxer or the dumb
bell shower. But in days march or
days work on ship they could do a hum
bred things. each calling on II different
set of muscles. and do them without be-
coming tired. while the boxer would be
limp as rag IL he tried to keep pace
with them.
A big blc sp muscle alone Is almost ?.
use it properly. there must, be leyeage
behind It. And that leverage Is furnished.
not by the bceps muscles. but by the abb
dominal and shoulder muscles.
Hold your arm straight out before you,
put your fingers under n fixed object
arm. Where does the strain come?
You will feel some Of 1t on tho biceps
is largely the strain needed to hold your
arm out straight. The real lifting strain
comes on the muscles of the abdomen.
You will find that you cannot ut the
object without making your abdomen
stoo ,,' forward without bending your
legs and pull at some heavy object as
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OF the virtue OF all the women OF his
family and among his friends.
voltairlan to the backbone. he will tell
you quite seriously that every newspaper
article is paid for and none Is indepen.
dent. Yet he constantly quotes the one
he patronlzes as an absolutely competent
authority. He hates officials and makes
fun OF bureaucracy and functionarles: yet
he respectfully takes of his hat when he
buys a few stamps OF tho clerk In post
office. Above all. free thinker. but who
always allows his children to be brought
up In the Catholic Church most scrupu-
lously and religiously.
He will maintain that Justice Is rotten,
that magistrates are Ill paid and. there.
fore, not independent; yet you will see
him refuse to shake the hand not only OF
q man who has been condemned. but OF
one who has simply been accused and
then acquitted. This is. perhaps, the worst
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and sending missionaries to convert ma
tives with the Bible, and getting their
country out Of their hands by enforcing
among them the use OF alcoholics. At
home, condemning a man who hurts
cat to six months Imprisonment, and one
who beats his wife to within an Inch OF
her life to a fine OF a few shilings. In
England. furnishing with imprisonment
the people who, obstruct the rowdy pro
cesslons Of the Salvation Army; in India,
sending to prison the same salvationists.
who In their zeal might create religious diff
flcultles among nation that he has sub
dued.
Worshipping his old monarchy. devoted
to his old institutions. on all tours before
the House Of Lords. vet SO ravenous for
Justice and liberty that he would be ready
again to-day to abolish both monarchy
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eady.
The very best way to become a thor~
oughly strong person--strong In arm,
shoulders. back lons abdomen and legs
is to engage in outdoor work And better
than mere gymnastical exercise are the
exercises which are incidental to such
sports as rowing, climbing trees. SWIM
ming and a,t even y tlshing -, a.. al,
weight taxes every muscle from the neck
The 1nkes The boy who befonffs
about his biceps muscle. II Il should hap.
pen not to. be as big. as that. of q boy
Eh9 by enoue and in addon al s
other muscles will be equal to It.
A good climber is almost always tho
kind Of athlete who makes a good wrest-
ier. This is because climbing not only
tests the. strength as no mere exercises
can do, but It makes the, eve and hand
| quick" muscles, that Is, muscles that are
not only strong. but active ana swift %
respond. ~.
| symmetrical body of many persons every
| year and turns out round. shoulderep,
shambl!ng men. because It Is done wrong:
person nqrs ha In to e watth him row he sits
sq sal in the boat with his shoulders
rounded and pulls only With ta. his rs a y and and
too lazy to make his backbone support
| his own weight too lazy to use his thighs
and loins, too lazy to do his work right:
should never be more than pivot or
fulcrlm FOR that lever the body. T.
for the weight Of the body and r. ,d not the ne
has nothing TO do with the rowing. That
| is done BY the feet, loins. abdomen. back.
arms an dshoulders in Unison;
| Each stroke OF the oar should make
tho muscles pull all along the back. force
tho abdominal muscles to become as hard
as wire, set the thigh muscles, to swelling
and make the muscles OF the lower. leg
and ankle stretch and contract IN unison
The boy. who pulls with his arms alone.
| will. no doubt, get bigger biceps IN q
| shorter time than will the boy who pulls
with his whole body. But in q long race,
doing all. the work And. more than that,
| tho heart Is taxed severely .whenvr It IS
called on to help those poor lonely blcerss
| And then. before long. the whole body
will be filled with the waste materials
that produce the condition known as
fatigue.
supply OF waste materials In the body.
II the work piles up faster than the skin
and lungs can throw them of, they be-
gin to clog the ma ac1hnsTy 5as the
ship, and, finally, shut off the draught
So anything that tends to make one orr
Share Of work demands more draught
from the furnace than would DO needed
i fthe work were done right. And that
means more piling up Of the ashes or
ers-the pores Of the skin and lungs-can
| throw out. Then you are tired. II you.
have ovcrdone It. YOU Will fall helpless.
You arc poisoned with waste material.
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Contradictions in National Anglo-rench Study

feature OF his characteristic absence OF
moral courage. or OF tbs courage OF his
opinions.
Ha makes fun OF tho nobility and all
titled people, but manages to let their
visiting cards be we'll In view in the hall
when his wife is Eat home" He advocates
disarmament and follows regiment with
the pleasure OF school boy. He speaks Of
republican simplicity and austerity and
sneers at decorations: yet there is not
one Frenchman that does not wear In
his buttonhole one decoration or another.
There may be one. but am not acguaint-
ed with him. For him kings and empe.
rors are the equivalents OF tyrants. When
one OF them comes to visit him he will
stand for hours on the Same spot IN tina
hope of catching a glimpse OF him.
And 1t is those contrasts and contradlc.i
lions that prevent foreigners from having
a proper knowledge Of the English ana
the French, unless they have lived with
them long time.
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Once there were two Nerve Specialists
who had gone out into the Glover Belt
to separate the Jays from their Bank
Accounts.
When they arrived In the High and
Unknown. they found that the gladstone
Reub had been reading the Papers. and
their Scheme flattened out. So they We're
trying to get back to New York.
In any part of the y. S. A., when a
Pneumatic Enterprise blows up and
leaves Napoleon of Finance hanging
on to the ragged Edge OF the Jumping
OFF Place. his one Desire In Life is to
make n Swift Touch for enough to carry
him to Jersey City, He figures that he
can swim the rest of the Way.
The two polite Grafters We're very
keen to get back to the throbbing Me-
tropolis, where 30 much Is happening
that one may go Broke without exciting
Comment. and where the Carnatlon IN the
Button Hole is often doing Double
Turn with the expired Meal Ticket.
But when they did the Committee on
Ways and Means they found that they
We're sitting on the Hard-Pan. with no
Assets except some Laundry ready to be
sent out and several Letters wishing
them all kinds OF Luck.
In every Business Combination OF two
or more there Is one Human Fox who Is
known on the Outside as the Brains OF
the Concern. He ribs up the Schemes
and then allows Mr. Patsy Bolivar to
climb over the Transom and take all the
Chances,
II the Deal explodes he is sitting out
side of the Danger Zone, tanning him-
self and explaining that his Partner did
not follow Directions,
Any one who has attended Physical
Culture soireo may have noticed that the
Artist who gets the Decision. after being
walloped into Pulp never collects his
Purse, The Coin is passed over to a
pale Gentleman of thoughtful Men. who
is known as the Manager He attends
to the Intellectual Part Of the Game
and holds out about rs per rent. cf the
Gross.
If a Manager is very Successful and
owns Spark-Wagon carrying five Peo-
| Pile, he becomes known as o Promoter
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II he can induce a large Bunch OF Coco
Things to go out and connect With the
Wherewithal and then bring most OF It
ur and hand it to him where he IS sitting
on the Front Porch drinking his Hickey
then he Is known as a Great Financier.
The Bunco Team stranded out In the
Prairie Wilderness had Manager. who
had sufficient Gall to be Promoter,
and who hoped to be Great Financler
some day. in case the Public forgot to
lock up at Night.
The other half of the Outfit was tho
Customary Mark. lie went out and
dug up and then whacked with the Brains
of the Concern. He was afraid to cut
loose. for theJ Manager often told him.
ANY time that you lose me- you stop
eating"
"And what would you do II you lost
me?" said the Mark who was weary of
splitting the Receipts
IT can always find one" replied the
astute Manager. They are horn at the
rate OF one Minute, and they never
get next until 1t is too late. Do not de-
sert me In this Crisis, II you stick, 7
think may be able to find some Work
for you to do"
1t befell that the Village In which they
were shell-roaded had advertised Bal
loon Ascension for Independence Day,
The Natives retoiced In the Fact'that the
Colonies had thrown off the Yoke Of
British Tyranny and Oppression. and N
order to give evidence Of their belated
Joy they were going to watch the man
go up In the Balloon.
When the Natal Day OF our glorious
Liberty dawned on the zap Settlement
and the Local Population began to coagu-
late along Main Street, 1t was discovered
that the daring Aeronaut had been taken
with Cold Feet and refused to go up.
Nhn fnr1rr ga yJp n
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BY THE LATE MAX O'RELL-

and Constitution, as he did in the seven
teenth century. II bis liberty ran the
least danger. The greatest partisan Of
monarchy in the world. and the freest
and best Of republicans, he possesses tho
virtues that are indispensable to the pros
perity of nation-respect of the law and
respect OF power clearly manifested. Re-
fusing to submit to despotisrn in any shape
or form, be himself keeps in order and
discipline all his paid guides and COVER
nors, from his sovereign down to the
most humble Official to whom he says:
Remember that I pay you. and that,
therefore. you are the servants, and not
the masters. of the people,
And the Frenchman, that man who
humbugs the world with his jokes at the
expense of matrlmony, who wants you
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"You tell it, dem" said Brr Williams,

"You tell 1t, den." said Br'r Williams.
"Well. 1t wuz disaway: De Postum
hear tell dat de folks wiE comm fer
him one night, ter take him home en-
cook him fer dey family connections.
Dey knowed do ve'y tree what he WIZ
a-roostin' In, en- whar he been Twin, too
long ter tell. en- git him dey sho' would
eff he stayed dar on de night dey wuz
a-comin fer him. SO, what you reckon
he done?'
go on. ell tell It," said Br'er Williams.
"He say ter Bre'er VIII cat: You been
long time tryin' ter trade me outen dis
tree, amt your
"Bre'er VIII cat low dat he sho' hez,
"Br'er 'Possum say: We'll. done
made up my min ter give 1t ter YOU.
got ter cross de swamp ternight ter whar
my po' relations live at, SO, eff you'll des
hop up, III hop down. en- welcome ter
your
'Br'er VIII cat SO glad dat he can't
say nuttin; he WIZ too full fer uttanca-
seem ez eff he he'd des swallered rooster
en- a big fat hen-so. he light up de
trea he did. en- Br'er Postum light down
-laughn' ter hsse'f 'twel he had ter stop
In de big road en- hol' his sides, fer fear
he'd bust wide open En- whilst he wuz
! a-laughn', en- rollin' over In de SAN, up
| come de folks what wuz a-huntin' er him,
en- bagged him on de spot! Den de
| laugh.n' wuz on dey side er de fence! Dey
mos accommodatn' 'possum dey ever
see-ter meet 'em halfway en- save 'em
| de trouble err cuttin, down dc tree whar
! he live att
'Den Brer POSTUM say: Its plain dat
| you got me. en- got me hard en- fas'; but
| do mighty sleek EN- fat. amt half ey
fat ez my daddy. who fas' asleep In de
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tip-top er de tree whar my home is.'
well. suh Wen de folks hear dat,
dey tell 13r'er 'Possum dat eff he'll show
'em dc tree whar his daddy at. dey'll
tu'n him loose
"Brer Postum gree ter dat. en- he
p'inted EN- ter de ve,y tree whar Br'er
Wheat Quoiled up ez snug ez bug In a
rug! En- he sho' did look big en- fat. he
did!
Now said Br'er Postum. seeln'
ez I showed him ter you, en- 1t all come
out des O. said, tun ma nloose.'
but de head man tell him: Wait
'twel we gifts yo daddy!' En- up de tree
he gone!
We'll, sub, he kotch holt err Br'er Will
cat. he did, en- Br'er WI ,ar kotch holt
err him; en- down dey both come,-de fur
flynn ever whch-er-way! I'm lie holler
ter de res er dem ter Hep him tu'n de
Br'er Wheat loose, en- in de scramble Wild
de dogs. en- de mems, en- de fur a-flyin'
lax feathers in a hurricane, Brer Pos
sum lit out; en- dey never kotched him no
mo-, fun dat day ter dist