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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12

tree, preceded by the dismal collins, the
fierce coruscations of lightning athwart
the darkened horizon, quickly followed by
peals Of thunder, conspired together and
produced a dreaful scene Of horror.
ut seemed as if the Author of Nature
had added such terrors to the punish
nent Of the criminals as might soften
hearts of the most obstinate and aban-
doned."
Bathsheba Spooner, still beautiful and
resolute, rode with dignity, becomingly
gowned in her best. with plumes nodd:ng
above her proud head, to the foot of the
gallows, bowling graciously to acquaint-
ances she recognized on her way and
conversing calmly with her companion.
She was permitted to remain in the
chaise until the three men had been ar
ranged upon the scaffold and the death
warrant had been read. She bowed grace
fully to spectators whom she recognized
and when the time came, with a smile,
she mounted the scaffold and acknowl-
edged that her punishment was just.
Taking the sheriff's hand, she said: MY
dear sir, I am ready. In a little time I
expect to be in bliss, and but a few years
must lapse when I hope l shall see you
and my other friends again"
The drop fell and the awe-stricken spec
tators returned to their homes.
Not beside her kindred, but in a lonely
grave on the hillside, in ground owned by
a friend, the body of the beautiful en-
chantress was laid to rest, and the forgiv-
Ing earth closed over her forever.
Few in these days know the place, but
whenever a SHINING woman is condemned
in Massachusetts TO give up her life on
the scaffold the spirits of Batlsheba Rug
giles Spooner and her unborn child arise
from the grave on the hillside to make
pitful appeal, and never without avail.
None Hanged in Century.
Women have been tried for murder in
Massachusetts many times since, and
some have been convicted and sentenced
to death, but Massachusetts governors
have never permitted the life of a Wonlan
to be AIKEN.
Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner was the last
to die.
In Worcester is g magnificent estate of
l, 100 acres. which the late Andrew II.
Green, father of greater New Yor,"
maintained. Into this charming demesne,
with its beautiful groves, it's lake, its
shady lanes and it's old manor house, the
antiquary will lead the one who would
know where the colonial circe rests.
And there he will find the lonely grave
on the hillside, where lies Bathsheba
Ruggles Spooner, whose sister welded
the grandfather of Andrew II. Green, who
has just been laid to rest, the innocent
victim of murder, the cause-a woman.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
The Modern EnoIishman,

From the Atlantic: AT one time the
Engllshwoman had a reputation-and
the comfort Of having come by it right
fully--as the worst dressed woman in
Europe or America according to the
law Of fashion, the most practically
dressed, according to the law of COM
MOI sense. And now? She observes
the mode more scrupulously than the
Parisians, n throws common sense to
the winds, as if eager to make amends
for the crimes Of her i'll dressed past.
/ do not mean that she can as yet rival
the Parisian; 1t Is not In her nature to;
but she devotes her energies to the at
tempt with such zeal that she rushes
to the other extreme. Anticipating the
hours and their obligations, she APP
pears at high noon in gowns that, in
the previous phase. she would have
reserved for the dinner. She shops in
chiffon n muslin. She faces the win
ter's cold in lace and the summers
deluge in slippers M open worked
stockings. The most abominable eli
mate in the world cannot check her
ambition, nor the dirtiest town put a
restraint upon her frivolity. There was
a time when it was the American who
was supposed to be the foolish one, in
dulging in a perpetual round Of dia
monds and silks. Now, If in Bond street
or Piccadilly, you see a useful tailor
gown. next linen skirt, stout, well
made boots. o may know the wearer
for an American. The tables are turned
and it is the Englishwoman who must
be held up as the model of extrava-
ant Appropriateness. No one living
in London can have failed to note the
change, but as yet there is no Teufels-
drockn to cronicle it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
BIRDS OF
In Color They Are Beautiful and
SONGS Wonderful.

Montreal Family Herald: Among Ar
gentina's greatest treasures are her birds
which abound there in great numbers and
variety. One popularity Of the birds Is
their gaudy plumage, brightest scarlet,
orange, alive, yellow, pink and green
painted. perhaps, by the southern sun.
In color they are beautiful and In songs
wonderful. Let us go to the woods bor-
dering the river and see how many we
can find. Yonder bird is called the "arm
Of fire" on account of his bright color. He
appears to take great pride in showing
himself. There is the cardinal. with the
scarlet crest, white breast and dove COL
ored back. also the yellow cardinal. with
yellow body and black crest. It is so
named because Its crest resembles the
cardinals hat. That beautiful pink line
that you see in the distant sky is n flock
Of pink ~famingoes. They are nearing us.
Now they alight upon the sane on the
margin OF the river. How pretty they
are! listen to that exquisite song, That ia
the "bugero.'' a large black bird with
white beak. From the grassy marsh
comes the .discordant cry of the heron.
n he green parrots are chatterins in
the trees over our heads. They thinl,
their scolding will brighten us away. See
that lovely golden wren creeping UP the
TREE, hunting spiders. He does not seem
a particle afraid Of us. Hear that sweet
voiced robin. They are much finer sing.
ers than the robins OF our country. Here
we find a doves carelessly made nest
with two white Eggs lying on the ground.
This dove is very small. not much larger
than a canary. That modest little gray
bird ts the bulbul or nightingale, which
Keeps his sweet song for the night.
There Is q tree that appears to be COW
cred with balls of cotton, but instead of
cotton, 1t is a flock of magpies summing
themselves, They drop their wings and
huff out the feathers of the back until
they. resemble balls of cotton. They are
singular birds. One will catch a frog and
run around before the others, apparently
70 tatalize chem. When they battle they
Jump into a pool of water, then out and
FOIL IN the dust, then. into the water again.
Ehey impose on each other by several
hens laying eggs In the same nest. The
fggs are very pretty, green n white
mingled. Hear the mournful call OF the
sainbird. Q kind OF cuckoo which calls al
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
FORGETTING THE BIBLE.
------ - - n-- -

Quotations From the Book of Books
Rare in Secular Reading.
Kansas City Star: The time seems rap
idly passing when writer's can use biblical
quotations without Identifying marks. The
day after the municipal election the New
York Evening Post remarked that hell
was stirred up from beneath last night,
In the worst quarters of this city to well
come the Tammany victory" This ref
erence to the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah
greatly shocked the Nebraska %Independ-
ent, which supposed that the sedate New
York newspaper had suddenly become pro-
fame. 1t protested against such "strenu-
ous' writing In a family journal, and the
Evening Post was forced to reply: LAS
religious congresses say when they tele-
graph the president, see Isaiah, xiv 80"
There are some quotations which 1t is
possible to use without identifying tags.
But their number is diminishing from year
to year. If 1t is remarked that their char
lets drave heavily" people smile at the
typographical error. When the writer saws
that certain partisans would not believe
though one rose from the dead, he Is by
no means sure that his readers will under
stand the reference. There is much I'M
certainty in the popular mind as to the
source of the quotation, Can that a man
hath will he give for his life''-a sentiment
which is made in Job, but on the DEVILS
authority. Opponents Of the presidents
policy toward Colombia have been liken-
ing Panama to Naboth's vineyard. doubt
less to the INVESTIGATION of many persons
who have not read recently about the as
similation plan that was born in the fer
tile brain of JeZebel.
Lists Of biblical questions put to college
students within the last few years nave dis
disclosed amazing ignorance on things
that used to be considered as undamentals
in the training of every young person. ia
cob's harsh bargain with Esau, Saul's
weird experience with the Witch of En-
dor, Daniel in the lions den and the story
of the fiery furnace-these and other
events narrated in the scriptures have
been found to be as unfamiliar to these
young American pagans as they are to
the South Sea Islanders.
Now 1t may be submitted that, all re-
ligious considerations aside, it will be a
distinct loss to English literature If the
rich treasure house of biblical illusions
be wholly or in part cut off from writer's.
The incidents recorded are so varied, the
language is so distinctive and SO nearly
perfect that quotations from the scriptures
are wonderfully adapted to the enrich
ment of any literary work. 1t may be
safely asserted that the time will never
come when the most striking biblical ref
erenccS Will not be generally understood.
The twentieth century Franklin need not
whose command the sun of Briton and the
moon of France stood still. But 1t seems
likely that the essayist of the future will
be unable to impart the flavor to his work
which his predecessors were able to Sc
cure with their rich illusions to scripture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12

most necessarily the day before a storm,
while there is no apparent evidence Of its
approach, yet they are unfa.ling. Here
comes a scissors tail. another peculiar
bird, one of the f~ycatchers. All! the
beautiful birds! We hear their glad songs
as they fit from tree to tree seemingly
without a sorrow, but they have their
sorrows. too, for they will go to seek food
for their young birds and come back to
find them devoured by snakes or some
other marauder. But perhaps their great
est enemy is woman. for whose adornment
hundreds Of thousands are destroyed an
nually. especially Of the white heron, an
elegant bird, whose femaie has two dainty
hairlike feathers, or aigrettes, which are
much used for hat trimming.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
Why CHICAGO outstripped St. oui

Why Chicago Outstripped ST. Louis.
Eltweed Pomeroy, in The World Today:
st. Louis is the most central of the large
titles of our country, If we leave Alaska
,ut Of consideration. It's river system is
iavigable for 5000 miles, reaching on one
tide to the Alleghenies and on the other
10 the Rockies. We cannot appreciate
Ehis river system till we hear that the
whole coast line Of Europe, including the.
Mediterranean. Baltic and Black sens
Is only 1900, or about 1000 more miles
Than the water transportation system at
whose center st. Louis sits, and that the
whole coast line Of North America on
the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans IS
,nly $1,000 miles, or less than double that
If the Mississippi waterways.
If it had not been for the railroads ST.
Louis would have been the great city Of
The center of this continent instead of
Chicago. But the railroads, largely by
unfair means, ave held in check and at
times really ~strangled water transporta-
ton and 1t is routes and ~cheapness Of
transportation hat finally determine the
location and development Of great cities.
st. Louis has great railway systems cen
|tering to her, and some of her best Gift
Lens have been so bound up with the de-
velopmeQt of the railroads that thew have.
aided in '~strangling the water system. AS
a whole, the people of st. Louis are blind
TO their greatest geographical ~yantap
Some day they will wake up to it and the
:ity, as a whole, will determinedly de.
velop the magnificent waterways reach
ing out in every direction from this CEN
.ral city. Il this is not done too late st.
Louis can become the first city in the.
Mississippi valley, instead Of the second.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
Confederate Bonds.

Springfield Republican: Back in 1863 the
southern confederacy issued SIS. 600, 600 Of
7 per cent. bonds, which were placed in
London. 1t was to nave been supposed
that all hope of ever realizing anything
on this investment expired in the breasts
OF English bondholders about thirty-eight
years ago: but not so. apparently. III
hope still lives, and the current issue of
the London stock exchange year book
records the fact that these ~bondholders
have raised a fund of $1,000 ito obtain the
recognize and settlement of these and
other similar bonds" But where are thew
to apply for the recognition of the confed-
eracy debt?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12

DR.. Phil Graves-You're in pretty
bad shape. What you need IS travel.
Travelling is the only thing hat viii!
do you good.
Sellem Tape-But, Doc, I'm 6 sales
man and just back from a trip.
DR.. Phil Graves-Then you need a
rest. Five dollars, please.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12

He Understood.

MI. Millyuns-Now, Tommy. you
must go to school and work hard. Why.
ook at me! I started without a cent.
ind now I'm a millionaire.
Tommy-Yes, I know; but YOU can't
70 it n more. They all have cash
registers now.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-12
The corkscrew an Aid to Tempc-a

he CorkscrcW an ND TO Tempe"aEc..
Judge: The corkscrew.'' said the white
haired philosopher, has been one of the
creates aids to temperance"
"Nonsense!' answered the hook-a.ss,.
disputant. why, the corkscrew is che
OF the first things a man wants when he
thinks of taking d drink
II know: but he has always mislaid or
lost 1t, and frequently he can't find an
other"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28

you. ought to have the easiest most com
Portable, and most pleasant place to
sleep that you can get. If you want
il, get ofus tie Cottond0zou Wa60 mat
frSss, which we are furnishing to not
only the dwelling houses, but the
hotels, all over the country. They
cost more than the common mattress,
but in reality, they are worth twenty
times more. You try one and if
ii don't suit you in every respect,
we will take it back.
Cleaning house. Why not now,
put in one of our Globe-Wernicke
bookcases. You can get them at any
price you want, and they are so ar
ranged in sections that you can keep
adding on, as you get more books.
And then to save labor in the hcme
why not buy of US a rug. either in
velvet, moquette, or brussels. Any
price you want.
To tile LarweyS. We have 500, $50
and 1000 bushel corn cribs, for sale
chap.
We have the John Deere and the
Keystone corn shelters, and the Grain
King tSed gyznasy. Get one each of
these and you will be as complete on
the farm for handling your feed as
you could wish for.
In our different departments ne
repair watches, clocks, Jewellery, furn-
iture, guns, pistols, revolvers, bicycles
and machinery, tinware, granite-iron
ware, and do all kinds of plumbing
and tin work.
Please do not forget that the M0on
and the VeAs buggzes are the best
buggies for the money on the market
today.
Yours very truly,
THE E. R. MOSES NERO. Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28
Anew Facts For You.o

First, 40 y0u zO1nf something that
will keep you warm during the cold
winter days and nights. something that
will use less fuel and give more heat
than any other heating stove made.
I.y0z 40, get the genuine BeekzOtM
ROund OAK heating stove. If you
don't but want something nearly as
good as this, get the Garland, the
u. S., or some of the other makes
that we sell. Do you want something
still cteaberg If you do, get the two
or four .griddle st We that we sell,
and if. you want to economic, get a
stove pipe oven, and you will have a
stove for $500 or 800 that is both
a heating and cooking stove.
Do yen zUank something that does
not cost much, and is just what your
wife and daughters wantsf That is,
a nice set of dishes. A hand painted,
hundred piece setwill cost you S11.OO
to $1,000. DO y0u u'aut something
eFeaber2 Ifyou do, we have them in
plain dishes for $500 to 5000 set.
ID you want something still cheaper?
1t you do, we can give you ffty-six
piece set for $3.50.
Cooking utensils are something
the housewife is always looking for,
TO get the best. Ste IS aband0ntng
the 6l1 hnDare, unless she can get
something very nice that will not rust,
which we have in the antitrust zOQre,
but prefers most generally thegranite-
iron ware, and nowadays, some are
getting little of the aluminium a,are,
which is very light, never. rusts, and
never colors the food cooked in it.
Yon can 'a60ra 1t, and that is, to
Saye the best bed that is made. One
third of your ii ne is spent, there and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28

The DEMOCRAT PRINTING HOUSE
has received the contract for printing
the ballots for Lane county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28

WANTED a girl to work for board
and go to school at Convent. Address
box 375.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28
PAwNEE ROCK.

Arthur Miller returned from the
Worlds Fair on Sunday.
Miss Louisa Lipphardt spent Sunday
evening with Miss CapitoIa Williams,
aud drove tc her school at Dundee Mon
day morning.
Miss Malta and Miss Keenan, of Great
Bend, attended tne box supper mere last
Saturday night.
The following persons from here left
for the Fair the first of the week: Mr..
and Mrs. Hardy. M5s. Clemson, Walter
Bowman. Earl Bowman and Bert Bow
man.
Miss Grace Gano returned from
Hutchinson last Friday.
Edward Sweeney, who had his leg
broken some time ago, Is able TO get
around with the aid of crHtehes. He
came home last Friday to- visit bis
parents.
The NO. ". box supper Saturday
night was d success socially and imam
clally. The boxes sold at good prices,
and all report nice time.
Many fine things can be seen in
Ellinwood. 1t is a town that is never
slow to catch onto the attractive and
artistic. Among MANY other up-to-
date features of the town the reporter
wants to mention Little Charles
Parlor," one of the most upto-date
refrehment places inthe west. He has
lust installed an electric light plant,
and with his pianola, unique and
costly statuary, plants and adorn-
ments. has resort that is exceedingly
pleasing to the eye:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28
Through Kansas Characterized by the Most Sensational Cures


Headache. Paralysis Palsy. ST. vtus' Dance.
and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28
NOT RAISING THE DEAD,
But HEALING THE LIVING

~ Marvellous Cures Without Drugs, Medicines
ON trical Batteries or Surgical Instruments
l., Solely to Prof Larson's Phenomenal
sss Power Over Chronic Diseases.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-10-28

education and works are KNOWN
declared good wherever he mas
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-19
The Century's Summer
CamDaiQn.

II is announced that each OF the
summer and autumn numbers OF the
Century will carry out a special plan.
The June issue for instance, will be a
Western number, its long and full
table of contents representing, by
subject or by contributor, every
trans-Alleghany state or territory. 1t
will be, In a certain sense, a Western
exhibit for the Ut. Louis fair, There
will be eight articles OF special signlf.
canoe to the west, and Of much gener'
al interest, including word for for.
estry from ex-President Cleveland,
four striking color pages, eleven
stories, beside further chapters OF
Jack London's The Wolf, and
various other features that promise
much pleasure and profit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-19
William O. Weidenfeller

died at his home in Highland, on
Sunday, May Is, 1904, in the forty
ninth year of his age. He had been
sick for a long time-confned to his
bed for several months, and the cause
of his death was dropsy.
The funeral was held from St.
Anthony's Church, Highladd, on
Tuesday, and was attended by a
very large number of people. Rev.
Wambold officiated, The pail bearers
were John Gorgen, Jerry Crowley
John p. Kieffer, Jr., Joseph Gerlach,
Peter Marmann and Henry Kieffer,
members OF the st. Joseph's Benevo-
lent society Of Mineral Point, assisted
by six members OF the Highland fire
company, which organization turned
out in body.
William O. Weidenfeller was born
In Mineral Point. February %, 1856,
and lived here until he removed to
Highland sixteen years ago. He was
we'll liked by all, being a man Of true
nature, and the community will join
with the bereaved ones In their
sorrow. He leaves a wife, two sons
and two daughters, besides his
mother, four brothers and three
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-19
Fire in the Witness Building.

PlatcvilloWitness, May IL: Through
the peculiar workings of stove In the
kitchen of the residence part Of the
Witness building occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs, +. l.. Wood, fire was started
that luckily caused but little damage.
the fire was discovered very few
minutes after II started, and the Wit.
ness force Immediately "got busy"
with the 100 feet of hose we keep lying
on the Office floor, not as an orna-
ment, but for business. The fire de.
partment never got to fire quicker
than they did on Saturday, and while
they had no occasion to use their APP
paratus, the Witness editor wants to
thank, personally and collectively,
every mothers son Of them, with
whom we personally for years ran
together to other fires.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-19
Fire in Shullshurg School
Ruildinn.

Pick and Gad Monday afternoon,
May 0, the High school took fire from
gasoline stove in one OF tho upper
halls. IL appears that the stove was
placed against the woodwork in n
corner for the purpose of heating
some water and afterwards the wains-
cotiug was discovered ON fire. JAM.
tor McKendrick threw the gasoline
stove out OF the window and extin-
guised the fire In the woodwork. The
walnscoating and plastering are CON
siderably damaged, and 1t is fortu-
nate the building was not destroyed,
The use OF gasoline stoves Is not per-
mltted under the insurance policies
and had the building been destroyed
the loss would have fallen upon the
district.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-19
Brave Children,

Highland Press: Ono day last week
while Mr.. and Mrs. Wencle Palon
we're away from home, tho woodwork
about the stovepipe passing through
the attic took fire. The three chill
dren, two girls 8 and and boy Z,
herolcally set about and held the fire
In check for an hour. The Oldest girl
carried water from II creek near by,
and the brave little lad of seven
summers applied the water with N
dipper, and the youngest girl was
sent ~ half mile to the Ignatz Knuest-
Ing home TO secure adult help. Mr..
Knuesting was In II distant field, and
the little girl waited for his return to
the house. Mr.. and Mrs. Palon may
well feel proud Of their children, for
their action saved the home and
contents,