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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
CURIOUS PENSION STATISTICS.
Uncle Sam Still Supports Three Rela-
tives of Revolutionary War Heroes

Success: Some of our pension statistics
are curious. For example. we learn that
here are still on the rolls three pensioners
of the Revolutionary war. which was
brought to an end over l20 years ago. OF
pensioners accredited to the war of 1872.
there still remain 9l9, while of the McXi-
IAN war no fewer than 1859 survive. OF
hose accredited to the Revolutionary war
one is a widow and two are daughters.
The report shows that pension payments
are made to people residing in every state
and territory IN the union, and in almost
every known country on the globe. Among
he states Ohio leads in the amount of
pension money paid annually to it's citi-
.ens with Pennsylvania second New York
bird, and Illinois and Indiana following
closely. At the date of the report there
we're 1910 pensioners residing outside of
the United States, and they draw S22,-
$40 60 in the last fiscal year. Nearly half
If this amount went to persons in Canada.
Quarterly pension vouchers were sent be-
sides to persons in Mexico. South America,
every country in Europe, the Azores, the
Barbados China the Comoro isles, East
and South Africa Samoa, the SEYCHELLES
Islands, Siam and St. Martin. 1t shows
that the pension bureau was busy Office
last year. More than 26S,0OO cases were
passed upon, and $4,000 certificates were
ssucd No fewer than 10S.l4i applica tons
we're rejected of which $1,000 We're thrown
out on medical and $4,000 on legal grounds
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Mixed IN Dukes.


Mrs. Porkdollars has not as yet got over
the novelty of riches. At the same time
she is not inclined to admit this. and 1t is
her great desire. relates London Answers
that the society with which she is no"
entitled to mix by virtue of her hu8bands
wealth shall think she was born IN the
purple. Ga
Recently she WIS at big dinner party.
and as she was being plotted from draw
,ng room to dining room, she noticed a
marble bust OH one of the pillars IN the
hall.
DO you know who that is?" she in
luire.! OF her cavalier.
THAT is Marcus Aurclius." was the an
swer.
ooh, is it, MOVE" calculated the lady.
but can you tell me- she added prompt
~, whether it is the present marks or
the late marks? l do get SO mixed up
with your dukes and things."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
CONDIMENTS FOR DAIRY COWS.

There is considerable difference OF
opinion as to the value Of the prepared
stock foods and While there is no doubt
but what some of them contain more
in the nature Of condiments than is
good for the COW, the majority of them
furnish variety in food ration which
the dairynan will not furnish himself
when he buys unmixed food for his
animals. Experience has shown that
condiments are more or less injurious
to dairy cows and, as matter Of fact,
there is no reason why they should be
used for the root crops will answer the
purpose better being quite as stimulat-
ing to the appetite and certainly nav
ing d better effect on the digestive or
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Doing Great Work.

Florisant, Mo. Dec. 19.-(Special.)-
That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing a
great work in curing the more terrible
forms of Kidney Disease. such as
Brights Disease, Dropsy and Diabetes,
everybody knows. But it must also be
noted that they are doing a still greater
work in wiping out thousands of cases
of the earlier stages of Kidney Disease.
Take, for instance, Mrs. Peter Bar
teau of this place. She says:
II have been subject to pains in my
back and knees for about three years.
but since | have been taking Dodd's
Kidney Pills l have been entirely
cured"
Others here tell similar stories. In
fact, in this part of Missouri there are
scores of people who have cured the
early symptoms of Kidney Disease
with Dodd's Kidney Pills. The use of
the Great American Kidney Remedy
thus saved not only the lives Of Kid
ney Disease victims. but thousands of
other Americans from years Of suffer-
ingS
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Reflections of a Bachelor.

A girl is mighty clever to have a diff
ferent way of making fool Of every
different man.
What sincerity can be expected from
a combination of curling tongs, rab.
bits foot and stays?
When man always remembers t.
post. his, wifes letters it is a sign he
can tell whoppers with straight face
A woman has an idea if no mer
speak to her on the street, it is because
they think her husband is concealed
somewhere about her.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There IS only one
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infamed
YOU have q rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out Of ten are caused by Ca'arrh,
which is nothing but an intiamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills nre the best.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Sold Aqain.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune-The
horse. very handsome animal, had just
changed hands.
II do not see any fault in him." boa steG
the proud buyer.
mo. and l can assure you that he will
never see any in YOU" remarked the foxy
salesman, pocketing the fat roll
1t was not until the horse had walked
into a post on his wa out of the ring
that the buyer realized the truth Of this
remark, "a - al
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
SKIM MILK TO HOGS AND
POULTRY.

A number of farmers have asked
whether we would advise the sending
of the milk product to city milk dealers
rather than selling it to a local cream
cry. While local conditions must be
fully considered in any plan of this
kind the experience of the writer has
been in favor of the creamery and has
been along the following lines. The milk
shipped to the city dealer had to be
hauled to the railroad station. about
the same distance from the farm as the
creamery. Transportation had to be
paid and small freight rate for the
return of the cans with the occasional
loss of a can and no compensation by
the railroad company. We also found
that when the dealer was over supplied
and some milk spoiled on his hands he
would send it back with letter to the
effect that 1t was sour when it reached
him. A falsehood, of course. but we
paid the freight Then there was
more or less trouble in collecting pay
ment for the milk. On the creamery
side Of the question. our milk did not
net us so much. but we had the skim
milk in good condition and fed it to
hogs and poultry SO successfully that we
had heavier hogs and the poultry laid
more eggs; so that was profitable. In
feeding skim milk to hogs we give them
six pounds of skim milk to each pound
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Immune.

Doctor" said the caller, Somehow
I'm afraid of pneumonia. There's a
good deal of it in town, I hear. What
causes it? Riding in cold cars?''
mo- said the doctor. THAT toughens
a man. All my pneumonia patients
contracted the malady by living in
overheated steam flats"
The caller went away WITH a light
heart. He was doubly safe.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
FIGHTING THE BROWN TAIL
MNTL

The ravageS of the brown-tail moth
nave become so great in different parts
OF the country that some concerted eff
tort should be made to eNterminate
the pest. The eggs of the female are
laid ON the leaves of the trees and are
Matched in midsummer and the pest
OF the moth in the caterpillar state be-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

gans. Dairymen feed too heavily of
concentrated foods; true it brings the
mix, but 1t shortens the life Of the
animal beyond a doubt. If one third
the concentrated feed was cut out and
roots or potatoes or some other green
food given in place the cows would be
the better for the change and the de-
crease In the milk supply would not
be material
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Had One Nncn

F., Does your coachman have any per-
qNisites?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle. 'He
had one once" replied her hostess. but
the doctor said it was brought on by
bein' out too long in the hot sun My!
don't know what I'd do with a person
around me that had them regular."-
Chicago Record II crald
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

Hear about that two headed child
born at Somerville the other day?'
II didn't know there was any town
of that name in Kansas"
There isn't. This happened in Som
erville, Mass"
Then l don't believe the story"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

form of a V. If necessary they may b.
braced AT the wide end by strip three
inches wide and the necessary length.
Then put in a pole five feet long with
cross piece at the upper end. To
strengthen the end in which the handle
is inserted cut a block of wood, as
large as possible and fit it in the end
where the two pieces of board join
This will make it easier to insert the
handle firmly and will make the side
pieces stronger as well. The small cut
in the upper part of the Illustration
shows clearly how this block of wood
should be formed and the handle in
serted to get the best results.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Why Not ?

The young woman had a bottle of
furniture polish in her hand
What are you going to do with
that?" they asked her.
I'm going to take it home and try
it on the piano. she said.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Not Serious

II hear you went out for a little spin
in your automobile yesterday" said
jenkins.
Il went out for several" replied Il.
Ginner but fortunately they didn't
hurt me much"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

Mrs. Henrietta A. S. Marsh. 100 W.
10th St. los Angeles Cal. President
Woman's Benevolent Assn, writes:
81 suffered with la grippe for seven
weeks, and nothing cOuid do or take
helped me until tried Peruna.
II felt Mt once that | had at last
secured the right medicine and kept
steadily improving. Within three weeks
| was fully restored. and | am glad that
| gave that truly great remedy a trial.
l will never be without it again"
In letter dated August 81, 1904. Mrs.
Marsh says: II have never yet heard
the efficiency of Peruna questioned. We
still use it. | travelled through Ken
lucky and Tennessee three years ago.
where ! found Peruna doing its good
work. Much of it is being used here
also. "-Fienrietta A. S. Marsh.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Ask your druggist for free Peruna
Almanac for 1905.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

New Times Better Than Old Times.
Not until February of 1912 did the
people of Kentucky know that Madison
was elected president in the previous
November.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
SIIparior

Superior.
The woedpecker stopped for a moment
4. to boast:
Dear me, but I'm brainy," he said;
1.-THE monkey must live by the toll of his
hands,
But do my work with my head"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption cured me of terrible cough
Fred Hermann, 200 Box avenue, Buffalo,
N. Y. Sept % 1901.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist will refund mOneyif PAZO ONT
MENr fails to cure you in to IA days. soc.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure
L. w. Groves signature is on each box 25c
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
The Usual Reason

The Usual Reason.
Henpeck---Yes, I've started to smoke
and drink again.
wise-I hadn't heard that your wife
was aWay
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
The Boss Promiser.

The sultan of Turkey had just be-
come the father of another heir.
Its. a promising boy, your majesty"
said the court physician.
Z: Promising" murmured the sultan:
"a regular chip off the old block, eh?''
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Might Have Believed It otherwis

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP Children
teet hing: softens the gums Inflammation ~
tAys pain. cures wind collie. Is cent O bottle
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

225 in herd, 40 bulls. Is yearling heifers,
81 2-year-old heifers, bred; so young cows,
bred or with calves at foot. These Here
fords are as fine as silk; the bulls are
herd headers. l wish to reduce my herd
one-half before winter sets in and will
price the above way below value: Try me.
W. w. WHEELER, Box o, Harlan, Ia.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
HOME MADE SNOW Pillow,

When there is such a QUANTITY o.!
ground to be cleaned of snow al is
found around the average farm h Dme
something more than the ordinary snow
shovel is needed. If the snow is deep
and the space to be cleared consider.
able then one should bring into use .
Large pillow with horses to pull it. For
hand pillow nothing is better than the
simple one made in the following man
ner. Select two pieces of board free
from knots each three feet long and
six inches wide. Bevel the end of each
board and nail them together in the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23

OF corn meal. mixing the meal With the
skim milk as a rule. In feeding pouitr!
we pour it out in troughS as we would
water and let them go to it during the
day as they will This is Il nice prob
lem in farm economy which each one
interested can work out for himself.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Herefords for Sale

City Independent List.
The Press., 1904-01-07

OriEia uT t..- A-MiIiHtIRes.
 ~Abolit tie year 1850. at Jena, where the west gate of the city Is remark able for four images of monkey heads, cut in stone at each corner of the gate, 2 quarrel arose between the students of tie university and the citizens, dur ing which the gownsmen called the gate watchmen monkey watchmen." To avenge this insult the watchmen killed one of the students, whose fu- neral sermon was preached from the text. 'The Philistines be upon thee, Samson" From that time the towns people were called by the students "Philistines," and this use of the word spread to other places.
 In another eXplanatt0n,I given as carly as 1777 by Adelung. reference is made to the Balistarii, or cressbow7 men, who were called in Hungary Philistaei, and to the municipal sol diers of Vienna, who had the nickname Philisters as early as the seventeenth century. .... ...i -. .;
 The word was brought into promi- nent notice in England by Matthew Arnold, who appears to have adopted it from Heine By Philistine he meant "a strong, dogged, unenlightened op. ponent, like Goliath, of the chosen peO- pie, of the children of sweetness and light" +..'
The Press., 1904-01-07
Either Vibrations.

The effect of movements in the ether depends upon the rapidity of the vibra- lions producing them. The unit of measurement for short waves in the ether is the bicron, which is about one twenty-five millienth of an inch. Waves measuring 39O to S1O bicrons affect our sense of sight, the former number giv- Ing violet and the latter, red color. The invisible rays, to which the actinic and Roentgen rays belong, sare shorter and have been measured as short as 100 bicrons. Ether waves longer than those giving light give the feeling of warmth. The longest heat waves are tight times the length of those of the red rays, or one three hundred and nf- heth of an inch.
The Press., 1904-01-07
Arctic and TrOpfc Sunsets,

Sunsets in the tropics as I have wit messed them, although full of rich col. brings. cannot vie with the color har. monies of the poles. Even the nights of the tropics, full as they are of beau ty and richness of color, are not con- parable with those of the arctic night, when the moon is of brilliance incon. ceivable 10 southern eyes. and the sun, although hidden during the long night makes its presence felt by an orange radiance at the southern horizon at noon. and on starlit nights the snow crystals give out shimmering glow. The tropical blue sea has a charm which the green of the south Atlantic lacks entirely.-Frahk Wilbert Stokes in Century
The Press., 1904-01-07
HER FRENCH A FAILURE.
The Tragedy of a Blaclking Bottle
 Nm the Latin Quarter.


 Nm the Latin Quarter.
 She was spending her first month in the Latin quarter of Paris. She spoke English fluently, with Boston accent; also she spoke German, could make c fair stagger at Italian and knew a few words of Hindoostanee, but of French not a syllable. One morning she found herself in a wrestling match with a bottle of French shoe blacking. The pesky bot tie, understanding that 1t had to deal with an alien, refused to give up its cork. She had no corkscrew of her own and did not know how to ask for one, even if she dared suspect that her next door neighbor might be possessed of the luxury. The tine of her pet fork she had bent on the obstinate plug, the point of her best penknife she had bro- ken off short, and nothing remained except to throw the bottle out of a window to get at its contents. She de- cided as a last resort to try breaking the neck off the bottle. With a "stove lid liter she administered several cautious taps in the region of the jugu- lar of the obstinate neck. 'Nothin' doin'." Then she tapped harder still, and the blacking came. All over her fingers 1t came, all over her light wool en skirt and over much of the floor and window sill. ... ,.
 She decided to have the skirt cleaned and, packing it into bundle, tripped off 7. to an establishment where she found embarrassment because she could not understand questions. Final ly she got the drift of the conversation. The cleaners wanted to know what had caused the spot. Fortunately a bottle: of shoe blacking was standing near by, and she pointed at this and '"'ouid" and "ouid" until she left in heightened spirits, feeling that she was not helpless and that she had made the cleaners understand. When the skirt was duly returned the following week. 1t was dyed black.-New York Tribune.
The Press., 1904-01-07
Rabies In India.

Babies cry very little in India-they obey spiritual law as a flower. The lotos bud, lying on stone bench in a dirty room, sucks its toe and seems dreaming of the pranks of baby Krish- na and solving problems of the uni- verse. AS it grows older it is very tin- Id and shy in the presence of it's elders. It feels the religious awe around it and does not break out into boisterous sport when all seem at prayer
 But there is much love in India and these humble households seem very happy. They are all in all to each oth- CT and sock nothing outside either iu society or amusement. Beautiful char acter comes from obedience to law and not from law1essness. In India chill dren are the crowning gift of life. It Is horror to be childless.-Everyb body's Magazine.
The Press., 1904-01-07
. WEATHER PROPHETS.

Blow out candle, and if the wick continues long to smolder look for bad weather. If it goes out quickly, the weather will be fair.
 The twelve days after Christmas in. dicate the weather for the following year. Each day in order shows the weather for one month.
 When 1t begins to snow, notice the size of the flakes. If they are very fine, the storm will be long one; if large, the storm will soon be over.
 If the chickens come out while 1t rains, 1t is a sign that the storm is to be a long one If they stand around under the shed, the storm will be short.
 When the cattle lie down as soon as they are turped out to pasture in the 'SS Sning, t is because they feel a rheu. matic weariness in their bones. and you can look for rain soon.
 When night passes and no dew falls, it is sign it is going to rain. This omen loses much of it's mystery when one remembers that dew has not fallen because the night was clouded.
 When you see the sun drawing water at night. know that it will rain on the morrow. The, sun is said to be draw. ing water when it's rays can be seen shining through rifts in distant clouds
The Press., 1904-01-07
The Exclnsiveness of Caste.

An English officer who some years ago was wounded in a battle in India
 and left lying all night among the na- tive dead and wounded tells this story: "Next morning we spied man and
 an old wo4aan, who came to us with a basket and a pot of water, and to every wounded man she gave a piece of joaree bread from the basket and a, drink from her water pot. To us she gave the same, and thanked heaven and her. But the Soobahdar was 8 high caste Rajpoot, and, as this woman was a Chumar or of the lowest caste. he would receive neither water nor tEead from her. I tried to persuade bznl to take 1t that he might live, but lie said that in our state, with but 3 |fsM Hours more to finger, what was g D aore ar less suffering 10 us-why eis0s s5 he gs uv siIis Sfsfte .5,r s4ch an object? .Nog he preferred to die un- pOllutel" zmt
The Press., 1904-01-07
Medical P0rils.

In Baluchistan when a physician gives dose he is expected to partake 'f similar one himself as a guarantee Df his good faith. Should the patient lie under his hands the relatives, though they rarely exercise 1t, have the right of putting him to death unless a spe- cial agreement has been made freeing him from all responsibility as to conse- quences. while if they should decide upon immolating him he is fully ex- pected to yield to his fate like a man.
The Press., 1904-01-07
Willing to comnromi.e.

Mamma-Oh, you bad boy! Where have you been all this time? Don't you think you should be ashamed to worry your mother so!
 The Boy-Well, ma, I'm willin' to be ashamed that I worried you if you'll promise not to tell pa anything that n worry Boston Journal.
The Press., 1904-01-07
Don't Play Hymn. at Sea.

Any woman who takes a sea voyage should be careful not to play or sing hymns aboard ship except at the regq- lar Sunday morning service. > Sailors think singing hymns at any other time Is bound to bring bad luck. It is as bad, they say, as having a parson aboard. which is reckoned a sure sign that the ship will go to "Davy Jones' lncEopO
The Press., 1904-01-07
Love and the Doctor.

Love ana tMe UOCtOEs
 It would be well if in negotiations with a view to matrimony the doctor were to be called in as an accessory to the god of Love, who Is proverbially blind and therefore regardless of con sequences. The family doctor can do much to prevent unwholesome mar riages. and we look with much greater confidence to the fruits of his teaching and persuasion than to legislative en- actments.-British Medical Journal