The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-05-01

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chaplain Russell. Recently he offered
his prayer, which had the desired ef-
yect: "Oh, Lord, I ask that those in this
louse Who rise to their feet for prayer
nay not continue to read their papers
Rhile the chaplain prays. Grant that
:ney may have some respect for God
II they have not fR the chaplain"
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DR.. Samuel j. Metzler, a Berlin ply
stefan, has come to the conclusion that
all microbes may be killed by a series
Of violent shocks. He seems to have
proved his theory-at least to his own
Ssatisfaction-by attaching to the waist
OF q girl a number Of bottles Of soup
hlled with microbes and making her
Y skill and dance until she was almost
exhausted. BY that time the microbes
We're well night exterminated-
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Thomas A. Edison has taken out 791
patents in all, for which he has paid
In fees $1,000. OF the whole number I'll
were taken out before 1895. Since then
ne has aiken out a year from three
Ito t~Wenty-three new ones. Last year
he took out nineteen. The clerks OF
n patent office have kept systematic
account Of the patents Of Mr.. Edison,
tabulated and tndexed, SO that refer
ence to them is easy.
n ancienttanne paid an expert high
wages to guess at the contents Of his
hldes when sold by measure. Today an
unskllled workman hands the irregu-
~lar-shaped pieces to a little machine
that looks something like a table with
"a double top, which, quicker than the
mind Of the expert could guess it, reck-
ons with e%xactness the square contents
IN both the metric Inc standard sys-
TENS.
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In the competition under the man
agement of the English National Rifle
association for the Palma trophy at
Bisley, each team must have eight
members, who shall use the national
military arm Of the country 1t repre-
SCENTS, each member to have fifteen
shots, without artificial rest, at 800, at
300 and at 1000 yards, the bullseye be-
ing thirty-six inches across.
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Proposals are before the department
Of agriculture for seriously regulating
and systematizing the consumption Of
timber In the United States. State
nents by Professor Fernow, director of
the State College OF forestry OF Cornell
university, predict that according to
present statistics the forests OF the
world must be entirely consumed with
In h next thirty years.
EaEGA ~ 0llv llS QaS
been spending some time In the south
west recuperating his health and gath
er1ng material for a new work. He re-
grets to observe that h typical west
erner,' as he knew the type twenty
years ago, Is now hardly observable, the
cowboy being particularly extinct. In
fact, the: old life is almost done away
with.
In 1902 this country was the largest
exporter Of domestic merchandise In
h world, while no longer ago than
1870 her exports were exceeded by
three countries. France, Germany and
the United Kingdom. In Favorable bal
ance of trade" or excess Of exports
over imports. the United States also
holds first rank among the nations.
I the army set are many cyclists,
n of the most enthusiastic being
LieutenantsGe General Nelson IA Miles, the
head of the United States army. Gem
eral Miles is presidentaof the National
Capital Automobile club, and takes a
great interest in automobile affairs, but
he still has q warm spot in his heart for
his bicycle, and usesyit constantly.
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The city of Boston has asked Phila-
delphia to lend 1t the liberty bell from
Independence hall for display upon the
celebration, on June II, OF the 12Sth an
niversary of the Battle OF Bunker Hill.
The managers of the st. Louis fair also
desire to have 1t on exhibition there,
The Philadelphia c%ustodians are loath to
have the bell go out Of their care.
The government is to begin the con-
structian of irrigation works in five To-
ealities. the Sweetwater dam, Wyom-
Ing; Milk river, Montana; the Gunni-
son tunnel, Colorado; Truckee, New,
and Salt river, Arizona The cost Of
the five plants is estimated at $7,000,-
900 and they are expected to furnish
water for 100000 acres.
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Lenard rays and cathode rays are re-
garded as moving electrons-that Is,
trains of minute negative electric
charges flying with great velocity.
Roentgen ray are trains Of solitary
waves or radiateds etergy emitted at
h impact of flying electrons with sta
tiorary groups Of electrons. l. e., solid
matter.
DR.. Van Dyke a one day examining
10 class of boys on their acquaintance
with bible characters. And who was
Esau r. he asked. For a moment there
was silence. then he youngest son OF
Mrs. Malaprop piped out: .Esau wrote
g book ofs fables ana sold the Copyright
to- essrs Rotiaga /.
Fanny HERRING, the actress who
charmed the audience of the Old Bow
cry theater thirty or forty years ago,
celebrated her list birthday recently.
After nearly fSty years on the stage
she retired to her farm In Connecticut,
where she now in the best of
health,S s
The Bible is now widely read In IN
dia At Singapore II Is stated the