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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
BAD YEAR FOR DUCKS.
Water Fowl Shooting on the Chesa :
peake Not What 1t Used to Be.

From Country Life in America: In
1883, the year of the great blizzard, the
mighty northwest storm of March -
fairly blew the water out Of the broad
shallow estuaries Of Chesapeake bay,
and the firece cold that came with 1t
froZe the naked mud Of the bottom
the garden soil Of the juicy grasses that
have made the Chesapeake redhead
canvasback ducks known to connois-
seurs of the world. When the tides
came back they raised bodily this froz-
en- floor Of the river. tearing up tea
grass and tape grass by the roots. This
ruined the feed over many square
miles of the choicest duck pastures In
America.
In the very next year another convul-
sioE of nature, the disastrous flood,
bore down the Susquehanna river I'M
precedented masses of earth and debris,
that covered what feed was left and
about completed the destruction. The
year after the blizzard the ducks APP
peared in normal numbers but found
not what they came for and the Chesa-
peake shooting has never fully recov-
cred from these two disasters. The
wise ones of the ducking waters have
figured 1t out that after a year or two
only young birds We're left. and these
did not even know the way to the
Maryland pastures.
1t was curious sight, in the early
nineties and later, too, when stray
bodies of migratory ducks reached the
favorite coves, alighted with confidence
and appetite, and after thirty seconds
Of fruitless diving, lit out from those
waters as If they We're boiling.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
PUT TRUST IN THE LORD.
Novel Defense Made by CoIorcd Man to
CHARGE of Theft

S'a' SS VI ihGIt.
Last winter when | went south for
my health" said Colonel l.. S. Brown
of the Southern railway who always has
a good story in stock, Il was told they
were going to try a colored man for
stealing quantity of raw cotton, and
when the hour arrived went uD To
the court house to hear the case. The
prisoner was Il man about 40 years OF
age and he had elected to p.ead hiA
own case The prosecution proved thai
the bag Of cotton was found in the
Colored mans cabin. and tht. property
was fully identified as belonging to the
owner of compress The prisoner
asked no questions. but said he wanted
to make a statement and rest his case
'wid de Lawd' After While he was
given an opportunity to speak and
said:
~ was gwine by dat compress ac
'!cben o'clock last night when a voice,
dun called out to me: Hold on, dar,
Abraham Jones. Yo' was a pore man,
an yo jest take long dis bag o. cotton
to buy 20 some shoes fur cold wealth
err Den de bag fell at my feet, an
! dun tool! it home.
Did you recognize the voice. said
he judge
angel who spoke
Then why Gid you hide the bag
when you got hOme?'
We'll, sab, jest as | got frcw de
gate another voice dun told me dat I'd
better hide de cotton for a few days
Did you recognize that voice.
No, sab; but | dun reckon it was
a voice from heben.'
And that's your defense. is it,?
Yes, sab lie willin' to rest dis
case in de Lawd's hands. De Lawd
He dun knows | nebbcr stole dat cot
ton
Hadn't you better have a lawyer
suggested the judge, with something
like a smile ON his face.
II reckon not, sab. IZe been gwine
to church fur de las fo'ty vars, an
I'ze reStin' dis case light in de hands
OBJ de Lawd.
Then | shall have to give you four
months III Jail, Abraham.
Huh, what fur
For stealing that cotton
The prisoner received his sentence
without Il word, seeming to have ex-
pected it, and was presently led away.
Two weeks later met him on the
streets of a town fifty miles away and
laid to him:
Abraham l thought you were In
Jail over at selma
Yes. sab, was. he replied.
And l remember YOU put your case
in the hands of the Lord?'
Deed but | did, sah an l cum out
all right
But YOU got four months
so | did, sah--so ! did, but arter
serving nine days OBJ de time de Lawd
showed me how to dig outer dat Jail,
an yer | am an dey won't nebber git
me again. "
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Bulletin on Care of Horses.

A farmers bulletin, for which there
has long been demand, is now in prep,
aration in the Washington bureau OF
animal industry. 1t will bear some
such title as Care Of the Farm Horse
and will deal with the practical prob
lens which each day confront the
farmer in the care of his equine stock
Diseases and injuries of horses will not
be extensively dealt with in this bull
letin, but the adjustment Of the best
rations with the foods and folders pri-
marly at the command Of the farmer,
the amount and kind Of grooming com.
patible with the limited time at the
farmers disposal, and the welfare OF
the horse, the possibility Of raising an
occasional colt without injury to the
mare, nor to working availability Of
the farm team, and numerous other
problems which the farmer is con-
fronted with daily will be discussed
from the scientific and practical! stand.
point
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Boys Upset "Prophet,"

Chicago Tribune: Il have often near
my grandmother tell of joke played
on the so called Prophet Joseph Smith,
ST., OF the Mormon church," says c. H.
Cartwell. "Some time in the 3O's Smith
and part of his followers We're pro.
selyting in Muskingum county, Ohio.
He appointed q certain day when he
would show the people his wonderful
powers and that he was second Christ
by walking on the waters of Mud
creek The water was always muddy.
A day or two before the time set,
grand1nother's brother, Robert and a
couple of neighhor boys were accident.
ally attracted to the Mormons working
at the creek, and, concealing them.
selves, watching the Mormons put down
stakes and put plank on them from
bank to bank. the plank resting about
six inches under water. After the Nor.
mons left, the boys went down and
took out the center plank where the
water was ten feet deep. The next day
'Balaam' Smith came down to thu
creek and, after q long exhortation
started across the creek. He was al
right and on top till he came to the
center, where his powers seemed t.
leave him, and he, like McGinty, went
to the bottom. This was the end OF
Mormonism in that old tried and tru
Presbyterian county,"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
SOME FAMOUS NAMES.
"Old Grog," "Hobson's Choice" and
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
HIS OLD "MAMMY" KNEW HIM.
And Vet She Had Not Seen Him for
SiEty Years.


Kansas City Timer: y little negro
home at 90 Ottawa street in Leaven-
worth, Kan, was the scene Of the re-
newal of friendship Monday that
had been interrupted for sixty years.
The principals In the remarkable Incl
dent We're Chicago turist ana an old,
gray haired negro woman. who had
been his NANNY" in Kentucky years
before the civil war The jurist was
Judge Murray Floyd Tuley, and the old
negress was Ellen White. Judge Tuley
is II years of age, Ellen White is &C.
More than seventy years ago Ellen
White, then slave owned by the fam
lily of Judge Tuley in Kentucky, was
given charge of her masters little boy
and his sister. She was a faithful
nurse, and they grew to love her. In
return the negro woman became great
ly attached to the children. When the
boy was about II years of age circum-
stances separated the children from
their negro NANNY" and until now
she never saw either Of them. Ellen
White did not forget them, though, and
it was through her great desire to see
them again before she should die that
she was found by Judge Tuley
About year ago the postmaster at
Chicago received letter from Leaven-
worth addressed: ITO Whom 1t May
Concern, Care Postmaster, Chicago"
The letter stated that the sender,
Ellen White, was DESTROYS of learning
the whereabouts Of Murray Floyd
Tuley and his sister who. she had
heard, were in Chicago. She asked that
the letter be given publicity that the
Tuleys might see it or hear of it If they
We're alive. The Chicago postmaster
being a friend of Judge Tuley informed
him of the receipt Of the note and the
jurist recognized in the sender his old
negro nanny" He decided then to
seek the old woman out at his earliest
opportunity.
Accompanied by Mrs. Tuley and the
three Misses Mccarthy of Chicago
Judge Tuley stopped in Kansas City
on his way to California to spend a
short vacation. After seeing that the
members Of his party We're made COM
Portable, Judge Tooley took an electric
line and went to Leavenworth. He
soon found the old negress.
1T was q joy indeed to be able to
| see my old nurse" said Judge Tuley,
and the poor old woman seemed al
| most ticlSled to death. She Rugged me
| and kissed me in way that showed
that sixty years had not affected her
! love for me when l was boy Tears
came into her eyes when she saw me.
She recognized me instantly, and for
several hours we sat there and talked
over old tines.> 1t was indeed pleas
ant visit for me-"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Seed Is Natures Gem.

Outing: In natures great treasure
house the seed is the one priceless gem.
Compared to it, the great deposits of
coal, the mines Of silver and gold and
of diamonds and precious stones are as
nothing. Man counts his wealth in dol
lars and cents, in mining and railroad
shares and in houses and lands, while
his primal necessities are limited to
food and clothing. Without these all
other tokens of affluence are void.
These indeed, are the sources of true
wealth. and the grass of the field sup
plies them all directly or indirectly.
The cereal grains. wheat, rye, oats,
barley, rice and Indian corn-which are
the seeds of true grasses, are convert
ible directly into food. The succulent
leaves and culm of the wild grasses
furnish sustenance to millions of cattle,
sheep and goats, and are transformed
by them into flesh milk. wool and
hides; thus indirectly providing meat
and clothing. They also protect the soil
from flood and drouth and landslide.
Sending their fibrous roots down among
the shifting sands of the seashore, they
bind the unstable particles into a mass
SO dense as to check the erosion of the
waves. Thus grass, the synonym Of
frailty, is able to raise it's tiny green
scepter against the destructive power
Of the elemsn
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Glaseow's Liquor Law.

Boston Transcript: The city of Glas-
gov Is noted as probably the leading
municipality in the world for the num-
Der of public services it directly per-
forms. 1t owns and operates the light
Ing plants, the street railroads, lodging
houses, artisans dwellings, baths,
wash houses and other things. 1t now
proposes. through it's magistrates. who
constitute the board that grants H.
censes to sell intoxicating liquors, to
compel every liquor dealer to close up
at 10 o'clock at night. Heretofore, II
o'clock was the hour for closing. But
the town council has recommended a
change in the closing hour, and 1t is
said the magistrates will adopt the rec
concentration at their first licensing
sessions. The new move has grown out
of the good results of the recently
passed licensing act, which authorized
the police to enforce the closing of
werkingmen's clubs in whose rooms
liquor was sold. and TO stop the hawk
ing of whisky on the streets on Sunday
mornings. The enforcement of this law
has brought about an astonishing re-
duction in the number Of arrests made
for drunkenness throughout the city. It
Is believed that the closing of the liquor
places at 10 will make another material
reduction in the number of drunken
people that infest the streets every
week night at the present closing hour.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
The Novice A-Horseback.

Country Life in America: The position
that it is natural for the beginner to take
when first perched upon horses back
is not the correct one. This sounds un-
usual because, in SO many sports and
forms of physical exercise, the attitude
that Is easiest and most natural is the
best. For instance, in walking we move
with our toes pointed out and our heels
in. The beginner In riding naturally
places his feet in this position when 1rst
seated upon horse. The correct posi-
ton for the feet in riding is to carry
them parallel with the sides Of the horse
The reason for this will be readily under
stood II We imagine the rider wearing
spurs. Were the toes out and the heels
in. he would be constantly in danger Of
jabbing his horse in the ribs. If any fur
Their reason We're necessary, the awkward
appearance of the feet when carried as in
walking would suffice.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Mating Diseases.

bayfield, Mower: With carloads OF
flowers, borrowed potted plants, and al.
the wedding tixings, it wasn't pretty
wedding-this knotting of the pale faces,
at the Central church, Tuesday evening
Tho groom had consumption and genera,
debility written all over him, and thu
brides bloodless face dropped on stem
too weak to hold its colorless flower. Out.
ragged nature got mad. and worked the
organ pedals. and a medley of dead ant
wedding marches beat time for weakness
and sickness, as they, arm in arm, walked
up the aisle to get their license to raist
the kind of sickly. puny, fretty. good-for
nothing children, who are all the tim,
tuInbling under the wheels of progress
what God hath Joined together, let nj
man put asunder," irreligtously. lisped tn,
white haired parson. What sacrilege! Try
ing to make heaven an accomplice to tn,
mating Of disease. The church should b'
in better business.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
BELL AS A LONDON SIGN.
Its Adoption Due to the English Fonu-
rcss for Bell RINGING.

ness tor Bell Ringing.
ST Nicholas: The English are music
loving nation, and love to hear music
even when going about their daily oc-
equations, and so it is that the spires
and towers of her mighty cathedras
are hung full of glorious bells. So fond
of bell ringing is Merle England" that
Handel once said the bell is her national
Instrument 1t is not strange, therefore,
that we find this instrument frequently
adopted as Il public sign. From early
in the seventeenth century bell inns
We're numerous in London. In Knight
rider street there was an old inn, the
walls of which We're prefacea With a
giant bell carved in bold relief. The
Keystone had the initials M T. A."
and the date 1858. This fine specimen is
now nj. GililllhaU. But a step away from
Carter Lane there was another bell inn
which has the proud distinction of be-
ing the hosiery from which Richard
Quyney wrote, in 1883, to his lowing
good friend ana countreyman, Mr..
Wila Shakespeare, the only Letter ai-
dressed to the hald of Avon now known
to exist. The letter is preserved in STRAIT
ford. the home of the worlds greatest
poet. Not far away, again. there is u
modern bell tavern, a place where it is
said that Dickens loved to go when
making notes for David Copperfield."
One of the most ancient and reputa-
ble wholesale druggists in the city,
While rebuilding on his old site, dug out
of the foundations of the ancient house
an old sign of THE Bell and Dragon"
1t had lain there for more than 200
years, having Eeen used on prior
building before the disaster of the great
fire. and had fallen through into the
general ruins. The popularity of the
situation is that the firm had adopted
THE Bell Dragon" as it's trademark
hGfn t1tlf
relic. This splendid old stone bas-relief
is jealousy preserved, and occupies a
prominent place in the entrance of the
HolbOrn branch of the firm
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17

All that Week and the following San
Juan paid close attention to society's
gay whirl.
1t wasn't every day in the week that
Dewey's fleet put its nose into the har-
Dor, and the Surf band concerts
"Santurce" ana Country club offered
their best to the entertainment Of Uncle
Sans AMY.
Nor was, this all, for on the day pre-
Ccdng the departure of the Atlanta
Lieutenant Grey, U. S. N. and Alice
Smit n We're married.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
a Conconitant.

This Clock" said the dealer, is de.
tined to make home happier. It need,
to be wound but once month. Thinl
OF the husbands who are aggravate
every night Dys Ray1ng ID get up afte
going to bed and wind the clock
All very good. says the customer
::..but where Is the cat ~
THE cat o.
yes. The clock will have to hay
as a companion piece cat that has i
be put out only once month.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
Gettino Even.

From Pick-Me-Up: Pew Opener (con-
fidently)-That woman just seated is
Mrs. Stuckup. She had me sent round
to the back door one day when called
at her house on business errand.
a servant, too. But I've got even with
her.
Friend-Why. YOU have given her one
of the best pews in the church,
Pew Opener-Wait half an hour.
She's just where stained glass win
dow Will throw red light on her nose.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
<k(EI1a5?:
~ 1AAMN9@Y
GMMfE2ENZ,o

GIaLLU DZzhIn
| bris OF popcorn, candy crumbs an,
chewing gum papers.
There's the chief now" said Ashby
as they descended from the platform.
We'll. chief, am glad to see YOU
hope everything is well and good din
ner awaits us, for my cousin and / are
terribly hungry Now come on. Belle,
said Ashby Familiarity.
Jump into the wagon
And We'll all take ride"
After they We're deposited in tn.
country omnibus Belle leaned over anG
| said:
Mr.. Foggarty-no. Chief may cal
you chief, maynt ~ asked she
sWeety, and with an irresistible smile
sure, mum, an It's not for the Ioikcs
o Moike Foggarty to feel anything bui
pride at even Your notice much less
frlendlineSS."
We'll, that speech is worthy of, and
you'd have graced u Chesterfield, sale
relIe, heartily.
Eth. miss?'
"oh, nothing. / was just solilo1ulz
Ing, but now want you TO Tell me
something about the yacht-do you
live on it?"
"Troth an l 90, am whore else did
con don,t ,,n,,,,. ,,,, ,,o4 f.,,,;a
with nnutiral rmsto,,s ava vac LII,
askirr for inrcIma,inn To,r 49,,
going TO give rs gnna ai,,n,. ,a nu
aren't you? Tor Mr. W-er, Cousin
AShby. and ] are ravenously hcng!.y
notwithstanding the popcorn, candy
on the train, Nv ire wnv we hrn,sht
you these" said she mod,cinf eer.
eral paper bags ANA handirp iLn,, tc
him.
"rT,iv an, ,,,,. -, ,,,,,o,, 49,.
ycrself, cause twill he mo Iinne, W.,
gets TODAY abnard III. pin,ta ror na,,1s
Is down ag'in with Tho .irnn,ens !, !,
WHAT" exclaimed Rella ana Ashh,.
smultaneously-,.n dinner"
''Ch. bash,' said Rnlle merrilv ,t,
day nothing matters ana we rnn STOW
somewhere along tho road ond ,n,
sandwiches and STUFF like ,b,,"--.tben
turning to Mr.. Waller shn CONTINUED
with a sly wink after ali II ;s hnI az
that Cousin Lily didn't come n,ono Win
u.s. isn't IL? For her ha,d,cb. W., ta,.
An is yer wolfe back from tbe
SOUTH" asked the chjcr
No, no." explained Ashby. nuickIv
"Er-Relle was evidently no, listani,n
when | told her that hey Cousin iiiv
was indisposed and er-knowMr wh,t
chronic headaches she suffers vim !
suppose Miss Turner naturally n,.
tributed nv wife,s ubsence to oro ~
them-you know Belle doesn't i've IN
New York, so can't keen nm win orr
movements"
well, this yacht is a beauty" sal,
Belle, land what a beautiful cabin Won
have, Cousin Ashby, and so many love.
ly photographs-you are ovi3nniv 81
great favorite with the girls, Eh
ChIef?"
Then crossing the room ana niclinp
ny :, ,,,ini,t,,, "'i' Pio h''s
Now who is this particular beautvq
If she occupies as pro,niuen; q nositiou
in your affections as her nicture doc"
in your room. should thinl, cousin
Lilly might be Jealous"
A pinch on her arm made Roll. INN
only to see cousin Ashby,s face Grim.
son. while his arms wore resticulntinp
like n Dutch windmill.
whats the matter with you." asked
Belle mnocently.
ooh, nothing" said Ashby Then ho
coughs. chol1es. swelIs yisihlv md opojn
roars. Rather a severe attack isn't
it, Chief?" asked Belle. II hone he
doesn't have them often. Rut If he goes
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-17
a Distinction.

Life: He-Yes, remembered you at
once as the girl / was engaged to in the
mountains some seasons ago.
What a remarkable memory for faces
you have, haven't your"
mo. for rings
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-16
Inspecting Properties.

The executive committee of the Ala. bama Consolidated Coal and Iron Com. pany, one of the large coal and iron industrial companies of this State, is looking over the properties of the com pany. The committee Is composed oi Douglass H. Gordon, William c. Sed don. Samuel c. Rowland. Charles T, Westcott and R. H. Edmonds. all of Baltimore. The committee is making its usual annual inspection of the properties of the company. A visit was made yesterday to the plants in Gads- den. The affairs of the Alabama Con- solidated Coal and Iron Company are In splendid condition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-16
Filed Notice of Appeal.

special says that L. D. Gray, one of the attorneys for Henry Walker, the negro convicted and sentenced to death for killing Mrs. J. c. Dickinson at Cardova, Walker county, has filed notice of appeal from the decision rem dered in the lower court and the hang ing which was to have taken place to- day was postponed until a later date. Walker was twice convicted and sem fenced to hang. The Supreme Court reversed the first decision on the grounds that the Grand Jury which returned the indictment was not reg ularly drawn. Walker Is under close guard in the Jasper jail He denies the charge that he killed Mrs. DickIn- son.