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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Farm According to Condi4ions


In this age of progress one can have but
little patience With the man who works
along certain lines because he has done
SO for years, Notwithstanding the fact
that he is losing money yearly. Those
in rural districts are apt to envy the city
merchant, but if the rural man ccU,G
look into the methods ad0ytcd by the sue
cessful city men he would find tlar the
success was earned at the pr.cc of eternal
vigilance and keeping up With the prog
ress of his competitors and the demands
of the buying public. How many farm
ers work on that principle? But why
should they not. Goodness knows it is
hard enough at best to make the farm
pay, hence all the more reason why the
farmer should do his work intelligently.
Because your grandfather grew beans
profitably is not "a reason why you should
grow this crop when some other might
bring much better returns. There are
many farms where one or two crops
might be made specialties and yield large
returns; on other farms and under other
conditions it would be wiser to have the
operations more diversified. No time is
better than the winter for studying condi-
lions and planning for future operations.
Have a plot which may be devoted to eX-
periments so that things which. seem
promising may be tested before one goes
into them too deep. Do some studying
this winter and see if plans cannot be
thought out which will give more profit
next season.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
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@ @ @

A handle Of non IS placed on enc end for
handling the slide easily. by this method
as little air can come n as one wishes or
one may obtain all hat can come in
through the three holes by pulling the
board out entirely. This ventilating idea
Is very easy to arrange and the expense is
merely nominal. Further, by its use the
window may be fastened to remain Closed
all winter and any cracks around the
Easing filed in with paper, for the three
holes will provide all the ventilation need
ed in cool weather. The plan is so simple
and works so we'll that there is no eH-
cuse for not putting it in operation IN eN-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Picks Its

Chicago Tribune: Old Hunks boasts
that he never has a cold"
It's nothing to boast of. He's so
mean that even a cold won't have anv-
thing to do with him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Care Of the Managers.

Every d~airynlan must settle for ilfhSell
the question of the superiority CT dry or
wet foods for cows, but II lie ieedS lhe
latter he should plan TO do it 50 that 10
portion Of the feed viii set INTO the man
ger. Cows fed on siaEchions can be red
from pals so that this article VIII DC OF
particular interest to those whose cows
are fastened in that manner. We nave
4 plan OF holding The pal securely Ill me
manager by fastening four strips OF "oo3,
each forming a slot about three or four
inches deep on the inside of the manager,
front and back: the pail is put III position
and then a strip of wood three inches
wide and a half inch thick is slipped INTO
the slots on either side, coming Gown
against the sides Of the pail about SIN
inches from the top. IL this manner the
pail is firmly held SO that the COW can
not tip it over. When the food is eaten
the pail is removed and the manager is
thus kept dry for the roughage and the
lisagreeable work OF clearing out a lot of
musty, pasty slop is avoided.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
C~arthaqe's e Escape,

New York Sum: Cato was demanding
that Carthage should be destroyed.
Then why not send it to the laun-
dry asked an irate senator.
Appalled, at the total humiliation i'm
plled, they voted to order out the ships
instead.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Quit

Why cough, when for 25c and his no
tlce you get 25 doses Of an absolute
y, suafahteeu cough cure in tablet form.
Postpaid. WISCONSIN DRUG co.
La CROSSE, WIS. &C. N. u
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
FARMS IN EDMUNDs Co17NT-

FARMS IN EDMUNDS COUNTY
SOUTH DAKOTA, FOR SALE on long
time payments. Interest 6 per cent. No
cash required from settlers who will
improve the land. Your terms are
mine. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St
PAUL r. r. brings you here.
MARCUS P. BEEBE.
IPSWICH, EDMUNDS COUNTY, S. ID.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Injured TeatS in Cows.

COWS that are confined in stanchions OF
'lcd with short ropes frequently injure
themselves in getting up and down: then,
100, injuries come quite frequently from
the Shipping OF the animal on floors that
are not constructed SO that the LIQUID eX-
crement can run off freely. These in
Jurles are likely to result in Il permanent
inquiry to the teat if it is not given good
ana prompt treatment. It is a good plan
to keep a quantity Of pure olive oil in the
co" stable not only for use on injured
iealS. but for general use on the teats
and udder when they seem hard or in
tanned. Some cows are more or less sub
Ject TO trouble with the udder and that
it is painful is seen in the uneasiness of
the animal when one first starts to milk.
in such cases take Il little olive oil in the
hand, after rubbing the udder and tcats
gently to remove any soil on them. and
rub it gently but thoroughly into the skin
OF teatS and udder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Papa's Error.

Holiday Town Topics: Mrs. Dirpleton-
Here it is New Years and the baby has
nothing to play with.
D:mpleton-Well, l told you not to give
him all those indestructible toys for
Christmas.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Skid Poles for Wadons.

Those who nave to draw logs during the
winter, few or many, will find the addi-
ton here illustrated of great value. The
lower part of the illustration marked x
is a piece of timber, preferably oak, four
by twelve inches, with one edge wedge
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject i'm Plain
Language.

The coming winter will cause at least
one-half Of the women to have catarrh,
colds, coughs. pneumonia or consump-
ton. Thousands of women will lose
their lives and tens OF thousands will
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Poultry House >Roosts.

Nhlle there are many plans for putting
up roosts, the best is that
Whlch Will give each fowl plenty of room
and the roost so placed that the birds VIII
not need to fly high to reach the perch.
with heavy fowls the ladder, made by
mailing cleats two inches apart on a board
eight inches wide, will be a great help in
enabling the birds to reach the roosts
without flying. All roosts should be ar
ranged so that they may be lifted from
thelr supports and cleaned once or twice
a month. This is necessary, for the roosts
harbor NOR: lice than any other part of
the mouse, and these verlnin always get
INTO cracks where they cannot be reached
unless the roost is movable. Whatever
ones system, Of feeding may be, never all
10" the fowls to go &c -oost hungry. es-
peciary during the winter. and here is
Where the advocates Of the warm mash
at night seem to be right in claiming thar
the warm food assists in keeping IN tha
pody warmth of the bird during the saw
eral hours it is inactive. There is some
tl-hg IN that argument. Again. rooe4s
mus De arranged so that no 6raupbts of
coid ar can blow over them during the
ni@hf. 10F ibis means Gods or nerhan nc
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
THE LITTLE TAILOR ON THE HILL.
By Margaret Wi.ddemer.

By Margaret Widdemer.
| asked the little tailor as he sewed
upon the hill.
How can the little busy bee the
poets words fulfill
How could that little animal, sup
pose he had the powers,
(Or anybody else) improve already
shining hoursa5"
Says he, Ohio!
You're very slow,
Why, shine them with Sapolio!"
[ asked the little tailor as he sat
a-catching flies,
why was the man who jumped
within the briar bush SO
For leaping into brambles, l would
plainly say to you,
Is not a thing the average maj is
very apt to dol"
oh, don't you know
Why he did SO?
In that bush was Sapoliot"
"Oh, little tailor" once said I, q
wish you'd tell to me,
Why, when | take my walks
abroad, SO many poor / sees
And why they're always dirtier
than anyone I've seen,
And even have objections to my
garments being ~clean2"
Said he, They so
All dirty SO,
Because they've no
Sapolio!'
I asked the little tailor as he
smoked one windy night,
"Pray tell me why the little dogs
delight to bark and bite,
For, though | own a little dog, I
do not think that he
Has ever barked or bitten at my
friends or yet at mel"
Dogs are a foe
To dirt, and SO
Bite those who hate
Sapolio!'
[ sat down by the tailor on the hi1E
and asked him this:
why can you always tell ME what
the reason for things is?
And why are both your wisdom
and your scissors always
bright,
So they light our little village or,
the very darkest night"
Before yea 60
He said, Just know
he answer to allS
Sapolio!'
I met the little tailor with my Gre
clan Hist'ry book,
Said l, Il wish at Hercules you'd
give a little look,
And tell me how it was he cleaned
the Augcan stables SO
BY simply turning into them a little
rivers how?'
"That rivers flow,
All writer's know.
Contained" said he,
"SapolloI'
{ watched the little stars that shine.
above the world SO high,
And saw them wink, and wiggle
all in rows along the sky,
Then said | unto the tailor, as I
watched each little star:
Nov don't you often wonder what
those s~tarlets really arc?'@
"Wondcr? Oh, no!
Those stars that glow"
Are pans slincd with
Sapolio"
I said unto the tailor, Il can't real
ly understand
Why Macbeth's wife made ali that
fuss about her stained hand?
They say she used to walk around
the basement stairs at night,
And wall about her fingers till the:
house was in a fright!'
He said, "Her woe,
You surely know
Was lack Of Hand Sapolio!"
Philadelphia Press: After all. it's.
the wise man who can change bis opin-
ion"
But the wisest men simply can't da,
it."
why not|"
Because they've been dead fog
years"
Many School Children Arc SickIy.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

Philadelphia Press: After all, it's.
the wise man who can change bis opin-
ion"
But the wisest men simply can't da,
it."
why not?"
Because they've been dead fog
years"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

acquire some chronic all
ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless you take the neces-
Sary preCaut tt S, the
chances are that you (who
read this will be one of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Balanced Rations for Fowls.

One of the most successful farIner-poul
trNmen in the country says that lie allows
his laying hens to balance their own ra-
tons. That is he furnishes them with the
different kinds Of grains, cut bone, grit
and animal food in the proper quantities
each separated from the other, and per
mits them to eat as they will. In this
way, it is claimed, each fowls instinct
will teach it to eat Of the grain that its
system demands. There may be good OBJ
~jections to this plan, but it is advocated
here as a compromise for those who are
not inclined TO so to the trouble of balanc-
ing the rations for the hens. The main
point in this method is not to give the
hens, in the several ingredients composing
the rations. more, in all, thar they will
likely cat clean. The plan is we'll worth
trying for it can do no harm if care is
taken not 70 permit the birds to oYerfeed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
MSSyEzX7IED RS[WL

Mrs. Co. e. J. Gresham, Treasurer Daughters Of the Confederacy and
President TIernden Village improvement Society, writes the following letter
from Eernden, Fairfax Co, Va:
IIcnden, Va.
The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentemen--"I cannot speak too highly of the value of Peruna.
/ believe that I owe my life to its wonderful merits. i suffered
with cafarrh of the head and lungs in its worst form, until the
doctors fairly gave me up, and I despaired of ever getting well
again.
81 noticed your advertisement and the splendid testimonials
given by the people who had been cured by Peruna, and
determined to try q bottle. \ felt but little better, but used q
second and third bottle and kept or improving slowly.
at TOOK six bottles to cure me, but they were worth a Kings
ransom to me. talk Peruna to all my friends and am a true
believer i'm its worth, Mrs. Col E. j. Gresham.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22
Test Seeds This Winter.

More than ever before, in some years,
will farmers need to exercise caution in
buying seeds. The peculiar weather of
the past growing season is responsible for
the poor seeds of many kinds that will be
on the market. Reputable seedsmen will
not knowingly send out poor seeds, but
this is one of the years when many seeds
are much below the normal terminating
quality. Farmers who have saved their
own seeds and especially corn, will do well
TO subject it to a thorough test for its
terminating per cent. during the winter.
Seeds that are to be bought should also
be tested in like manne No injustice is
done the scotsman in such tests for one
has a perfect right to protect ones w
interests. Many kinds of seeds are scarce
and hence the price will be high, so that
economy should not enter into seed buy.
ing this wear.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

In the city Of Washington there are
1900 Browns, $4,000 Smiths, $4,000
Johnsons and 1000 Joneses.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure r. Con.
sumption cured me of a terrible ugh
FRED Hermann, 2O9 Box avenue, Euifalo.
n. T.. Sept. "a. 1901.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

The White Star line II the unar6n
company have entered the No .erran-
can business, and will endC. or To-
Wrest SON Of that trade from lie Ger
man companies.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

The circulation Of American news.
papers is 5000, 600. 900 copies a year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

DAnother club woman, Mrs.
Haule, of Edgerton, Wis, tells
how she was cured of irregularis
ties and uterine trouble, terrible
pains and backache, by the use
of.Lydia E. PinkIlafn's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAE Mrs. P1NKHAM:-A while
female troubles. The doctor did not
helpmc. remembered thatm my motherI
had used Lydia e. E'inkham'si
Vegetable Compound on manvo c-
casions for irregularities and uterine.
troubles, and | felt sure that it could
not harm me at any rate to give it d.
trial.
81 was certainly glad to find that
within u week l felt much better, the
terrible pains in the back and side
were beginning 10 cease, and at the
time of lnenstruation ! did not have
nearly as serious q time as heretofore,
so [ continued its use for two months,
and at the end CT that time ] was like
a new m I really have never
felt better in my life, have not had y
sick headache since, and weigh &c
pounds more than ! ever did, so | un-
hesitatinglv recommend your rncdi-
cine."- Mrs. MAY HAUIH, Edwcrton,
Wis, Pres. Household Economics Club.
$4,000 forfeit if original Of otcos letter ricvilJ
geHui1eHeSS cannot be produced.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-22

[ said unto the tailor, Il can't real
~ understand
Why Macbeth's wife made ali that
fuss about her stained hand?'
They say she used to walk around
the basement stairs at night,
And wall about her fingers till the:
house was in a fright"
He said, "Her woe,
You surely know
Was lack Of Hand Sapolio!"
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
A Polite Denial.

Everybody knows the man who is
careful never to say NO abruptly in
answer to question. NO" Is a hard
word, but one may sometimes be made
ridiculous by reluctance to utter it.
says an exchange.
A certain man who had this habit
was once met by two ladies who had
been discussing the peculiarity, and one
of them said that she was positive she
could make him say "Oh, nor fatty
So she addressed him thus:
LET me see. Mr.. Smith: you are n
widower. are you not?'
las much widower, madam" he
answered. with n polite inclination of
his head. "as it is possible for man to
be who has never married"
The lady had to own herself beaten
Mobile Register
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Sex Characteri.tics.

Have you ever noticed in fashion
able crowd how much like men the
women are and how much like women
the men! 1t is not that the men are
really effeminate or the women really
masculine as keen observer once put
1t, but there is. nevertheless. a curious
approximation in type. 1t may be to
some extent matter of dress. Women
AFFECT the mannish in their costume
Iien in summer seek more color. But it
is not dress alone. The woman's face
seems stronger and the mans less SEN
snai than it would have been even
century ago. The figure. too. has chang
Ell, The man is less gross. the woman
more athletic, and both are taller
London Tatler
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
A Book He Didn't Have.

At the very beginning of his editorial
career a friend visited Henry Labou
chere and. seeing a quantity of books
around which had been sent in for re-
view. offered to bet the editor OF Lon
don Truth that there was one book he
had not got in the Office. Labouchere
inquired the name Of the book. and his
friend promptly answered. "A Bible"
With laugh Labouchere offered to bet
flo that he had even that book Turn
ing the conversation in another direc-
ton. he furtively sent a note out into
the clerks office telling the boy to 60
downstairs and ask the booksellers un-
derneath for the loan of a Bible. Pres
emily he returned to the subject of the
bet and. calling his assistant in. asked
him whether he had a Bible in the of
nee. The clerk produced the book.
which Labouchere handed over to his
friend, giving himself away, however.
as he did SO by saying sotto voce to the
clerk, II hope to goodness you didn't
forget to cut the leavesr'
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Sound with.., Air.

Sonnd can be obtained without air II
scIne elastic medium be interpoScd be
twce.. the ear and the body that emits
sh. sound. but sound cannot be trans
mitted through perfect vacuum.
Hawkesby proved that II the space be
tween the sounding body and the ear
be exhausted of air no sound will be
audible.
Any medium, however-gaseous. hQ-
uid or solid-will il elastic transmit
sound waves. Franklin. for instance.
having plunged his head under water.
caused two stones to be struck togeth-
er beneath the surface and at a dis
tance of half mile heard the blows
distinctly. Colladon. another investi-
gator. heard the sound of Il bell struck
under water in the lake Of Geneva at n
distance of nine miles.
1t is well known that wood trans
mits sound in a remarkable manner. A
person at one end of q wooden beam
will hear a pin scratch made al the
other end. though the person making il
may hear no sound at all. This fact is
sometimes employed as test of the
soundness of the beam, for the expert
ment will fail II the intervening wood
be rotten.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Notice.

SECTION 25 OF ORDINANCE
ss WILL BE ENFORCED AND
ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY
PART OF THE ABOVE SECTION
WILL BE ARRESTED AND
DEALT WITH ACCORDING TO
LAW.
Section %. Any person VINO will
sweep or deposit any hay, straw,
manure. litter, papers, hand bills,
filth, ASHES, old clothes or rubbish
of any kind or Dature whatsoever on
any street, alley. sidewalk, ditch,
canal or any public place, or upon
any vacant lot In the City Of Greeley,
or shall burn or set nre to any of the
foregoing material within forty feet
OF any building, except said fire be
in a stove or other appliance suited
to such purpose, upon coz vict,on
thereof, shall be fined In a sum not
exceeding Fifty Dollars and costs.
BY order OF the City Council.
d. +. CAMP. City Marshal.
Greeley, Colo, Feb. 10, 1904.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Denied the Fact.

Alexander II. stephens. vice president
of the Confederacy, was one OF the
most skiliful debaters Georgia has ever
sent to congress The author of From
the Tncivil War to Date tells of one
occasion on which Stephens met de-
feat
He had made speech at Il political
rally to which it seemed impossible to
reply A man named Russell was at
last persuaded to take the stand. He
at once attacked the record of his op-
ponent with groundless charges.
Now" he demanded. stand up here
and explain TO these voters why, when
you We're in congress. you voted for
a $500 property qualification for fran
chise!'
Little Alex jumped up. His shrill
voice was ear piercing
lit is false he screamed Il deny
the fact
Yes, said Mr.. Russell, that is
what expected you to do. For twen-
ty years you have been going round
denying facts
The audience rOared in delight. and
Little Alex left the hall He said
years afterward that he had never
again used fact" in that familiar but
illogical way.-Youths Companion.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Roses as Rent.

In the old days, when perhaps roses
were not rs abundant as they are now.
they were sometimes used as a form of
rent. Instead Of the formal ''in consid-
Grafton Of n dollar in hand given and
paid' our more poetic forefathers in
England exacted the pretty tribute of
rose where manor was to be given to
friend and the rent made merely
nominal. There is an old place in York.
Shire whose owners were bound to send
red rose to the queen at Christmas.
and there Is still an old charter in ex-
istence granted by King David III. in
favor Of one John de Raynton, in
which the consideration was "a rose
yearly at the feast of St James the
Apostle and to the Lord OF Bonkye 8
snillings for the ward of the castle"
dated at Edinburgh In 134G47.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Assisting the Work.

John T. Burns, secretary OF the
executive committee OF the Colorado
State Realty association. was in
Greeey Monday and asked the county
commissioners for an appropriation
to help the board carry on the work
OF advertising Colorado throughout
the east and especially at the Worlds
Fair next summer. The commits
soners appropriated $3.50 for the
work The Realty association has
engaged Gilbert McClurg Of Colorado
Springs to deliver long series OF
lectures throughout the country, and
this appropriation is to help defray
the expenses. This association was
the first to take up the matter OF ad-
vertIsing Colorado by the lecture
method.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-11
Itch Ringvorm.

X. T, Lucas, Wingo, KY. writes,
Apfll 25' 1902; Fer 10 to IL years /
mao been afflicted with a malady
known as the Itch The itching
was most unbearable: had tried for
years TO find relief, having tried all
remedies 1 could hear of, besides a
number OF doctors. wish to state
.hat one single application OF Bal
iard's Snow Liniment cured me com.
p'etely and permanently. Since then
l nave used the liniment on two sep-
arate occasions for ling worm and it
cured completely. 25c, SOC and al
bottle. All drugg lists.