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Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02
An Excess of Nerve.

T like to see young man ener- getic and able to push himself," said the old banker sadly. But when he borrowed the money from me to buy an automobile in which to elope witk my daughter, 1t was carrying things 6 little too far. r."-New York Times.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02
Humorous
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 He-And at last they agreed to mar. ". She-Yes. and 1t was the last thing they agreed on.-Denver Repub- Ican.
 And where did he take you after the theater? "HOme" "Ah, so you are engaged at last ?"-Cbicago Record Herald.
 Wife-What do you think of my pie ture? Husband-It will do. Evidently a snapshot, my dear. "WhyT Your mouth is shut."-Ex.
 Alas: Miss de Muir-Were you ever hypnotized, MT. Hector? Hector Sad ly)-That is my excuse for being mar ried.-Tewn Topics.
 And sc they are married. Do you think they will be happy?" "They ought to be. He has no friends, and she has no relatives"
 Wasted no time: "The manager says he engaged the 40 chorus-girls in 20 minutes.' Gracious, but he's quick at 6gures."- Town Topics.
 Terence, what Is the doctors diag. nosis of your case" "He hasn't told me yit, but I'm bettin' it'll be iv'ry cint av tin dollars" "-Chicago Tribune.
 '@The expedition endured the extrem. est hardship" Yes; understand they were locked in the ice during two lee ture seasons. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 Guest Gin cheap restaurant)-Well, waiter, what have you got? Walter Beefsteak and fish-but the fish is all out. Which'll you haveAChicago News.
 A magnate: "Is he very rlch?'' Rich? Why, he's so rich he daren't look twice at girl for fear she'll bring breach of promise suit" ."-Philadel. phia Ledger.
 The Lady-So your brother fell al Vicksburg, my poor man. Was it a cruel bullet that did the work? The Tramp-No'm; he fell off a freight car. Chicago Daily News.
 Evidence of an eyewitness: Guest Why, do you believe in second sight, major? Major Darby Gin an impres. sive whisper)-Because fell in love at first sight.-Punch.
 Are you well acquainted with youf mother tongue, my boy?" asked the school teacher of a new scholar. "Yes, sir" answered the lad, timidly. Ma jaws me good deal, sir"
 Did I understand you to say that you always eat breakfast food in the morning" asked the man from Missouri. "Sure," replied the man from Massachusetts. "Pie."-Cincin- natl Tlmes-Star.
 Not wasting time: What's the mat ter with old Fred" asks one workman "'E's got splinter in his and" says another. "Why don't e pull 1t out?" "Wot! In his dinner hour! Not like. lyv-Tit-Bits
 "Harry, Harry! What are you doing with your fingers in baby's mouth ?" demanded mamma. Looking for the spoon," he replied. "Nurse said he was born with a silver spoon In his tuouth. but can't find it!'
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02
NO x-leasuTH.

Mrs Casey-Yer lookin' kind O gloomy these days, Mrs. Crcnin.
 Mrs. Cronin-An' who wouldn't bel Shure, there hasn't bin a funeral in the parish to liven Wan up fur week or more.-Phlladelph Press.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02
Dfscoura1iu1.

Weary Wraggles- Hey! you won't git nothin' decent in dere. Dem people Is vegetarians.
 Hungry Hank-Is dat right?
 Weary Wraggles-Yeh,a an dey got a dog wat ain't.-Philadelphia Press.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02

It takes a shrewd man to dispose of his property in way that will shut out the lawyer as well as his relatives.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02
PARAMOUNT" COMMISSIONER
James H. Blount, Who Hauled Down
 the Flag in Hawaii.

James H. Blount, who died in Ma con, Ga., recently, was for twenty years a representative In Congress and
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-02

Wise Is the married man who keeps hts private opinion to himself.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Remnants

Best Prints remnant lengths SC
Best apron ginghams remnant lengths SC
Outings remnants lengths SC
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Jack Rabbit for Sale.

Since the announcement was
made in the dispatches a few days
ago that J. K. Houghton, manager
of local business house at Pierre, !,
had entered into contract to sup
ply Paris, France, house with 10,-
900 jackrabbits from the prairies of
South Dakota, Mr.. Houghton has
received letters from scores of
towns in Minnesota, Iowa, Sonth
Dakota and other Northwestern
states asking for information in ref
erence to the matter. He stands
ready to purchase all the rabbits
that are offered to him, and already
hundreds of men and boys are put
ting in their spare time securing
the prairies OF several states in
search OF the festive rabbit. Mr..
Houghton states that the contract
is for $4,000 instead Of 10000 jack
rabbits, as originally stated. When
this number of animals is received
and corded up they will fill four cars.
Notwithstanding the magnitude OF
the order it is believed the neces-
sary number of rabbits will be Sc
cured within the next few weeks.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16

enter other lands contiguous to
their homestead entry which shall
not, with the land already entered,
owned, and occupied, exceed in the
aggregate six hundred and forty
acres; and residence upon the orig
inal homestead shall be accepted as
equivalent to residence upon the ad-
ditlonal land so entered, but final
entry shall not be allowed of such
additional land until five years after
first entering the same. Any for
mer homestead entryman who shall
be entitled to an additional entry
under this section shall haye, for
ninety days after the passage of
this Act, the preferential right to
make additional entry, as herein
provided.
Sec. 1, That the fees and commits
sions on all entries under this Act
shall be uniformly the same as those
charged under the present law for a
maximum entry at the minimun
price. That the communication pro-
visions of the homestead law shall
not apply to entries under this Act,
and at the time of making final
proof the entryman must prove af-
tirmatively that he has placed upon
the land entered permanent i'm
provements of the value of not less
than one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre for each acre included
in his entry: Provided, That when a
homesteader under the provisions of
this Act shall have served as a pri
vate soldier or officer in the Army,
Navy, or Marine Corps of the
United States during the war of re-
bellion, and shall have been honora-
bly, discharged, the time which such
homestead settler has so served
shall be deducted from the time
hereinbefore required to perform IT,
tie, or if discharged on account of
wounds received or disability in
CURED in the line of duty, then the
term OF enlistment shall be deducted
from the time hereinbefore required
to perfect title without reference to
the length of time he may have
served; but no patent shall issue to
any homesteader settler who has
not resided upon, improved, and
cultivated his homestead for a pc.
rlod OF at least one year after he
shall have commenced his :mpr owe
ments.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
An Indian Letter.

Charles e. McChesney, United
States Indian agent at the Rosebud
agency, who has control oyer q
larger number of Sioux Indians than
any other Indian agent in the coun-
try, has received the following
unique letter from Hollow Horn
Bear, noted Bule Sioux Chief, in
reference to what he has accom-
plished since the United States gov.
ernment ceased issuing rations to
able bodied Indians and compelled
them to work for a living during the
summer months:
''In the month Of January, 1901,
the commissioner of Indian affairs,
speaks about the best interest for
the Indians to do, and this I consid-
cred it, as he said that they must
work at $1.25 day in the place
of the rations that is given to them,
and to this I would like to let the
commissioner of Indian affairs to
know what good it has been to me.
"At the first year, l have bought
q buggy with top on. and a har-
ness at 5000, two gray horses at $50.
In the second year, 1 have lived in d
log house forty feet long, and 13
feet wide, ID feet height, and I have
bought good floorinys and lumber
for roof, also I have bought two
cows from the settlement, and good
stove with boiler combination at
$35.
"In the third year, I have bought a
cupboard, dining table, two bed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Says it Was Rank Jobbery.
On the nineteenth Of NOvamher

On the nineteenth Of November,
Frank Deaver, Of I'll ,rd. $. y, d
two Cars of steers to ,ne Omaua
market. The thirty-seven head
comprising the shipment were all
his own excepting two or three sent
by his neighbors. Before loading
at Tilford the cattle were looked
over by the government inspector
and pronounced all right. At South
Oman the cattle were again inspected
and passed, but along came an official
acting in the capacity of veteri-
nary, who pronounced the shipment
as being afflicted with scab, and he
ordered them quarantined. Cudahy's
beef man was at the heels of the
veterinary, and two hours after the
cattle we're quarantined this same
beef buyer bought them at greatly
less than the market price. Mr..
beavers says the cattle had been
dipped and neither had nor showed,
SO far as he could see, any signs of
scab. The inspectors, it would
seem, were either incapable, or else
there has been started new move
to fleece shippers. Mr.. Deayers
says that Clay Robinson & Co., to
whom the shipment was consigned,
pronounced it rank piece of job,
bery.-Sturgis Press.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16


and this I have taken as good ad-
vices toward the white people.
"From your United States friend
and countryman,
Hollow HORN BEAR"
Up to few years ago Hollow
Horn Bear was one of the most tur-
bulent. Indians on the Rosebud
reservation. On one occasion he
was the ringleader in an attempt to
force the agency authorities to pay
a higher price to Indians for haul
ing government stores from Valen-
tine, Nebraska, the nearest railroad
point, to the agency.
Under the leadership of Hollow
Horn Bear the Indians who were en-
gagged in transporting freight vir-
tually went upon strike and threat
ened to kill the Indian agent and his
subordinates and burn all the agency
buildings if'their demands were not
complied with. BY the most ener-
getic sort of work the insurrection
was put down without the necessity
Of summoning the United States
soldiers to the scene.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16

that it will be sometime before a
railroad line is extended westward
from the Missouri river in South
Dakota, and with his novel trans
portation line he expects to supply
the means of travel from Pierre to
Rapid City for some years to come.
The country to be crossed is in
many respects ideal for automobile
travel. Although there is some
rough country to be traversed, the
light rain fall on the range always
leaves the trail in good condition.
The chief drawback to long distance
auto travelling is, of course, wet
weather and muddy roads, but there
will be less difficulty of this kind on
the route proposed than in most To-
ties.-Sioux Falls Special.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
An Automobile Line.

One of the most novel lines in the
United States IS to be established
between the Missouri river and the
Black Hills by Joseph Moore, a
wealthy stockman. Since the set
Element of South Dakota no railroad
Ices have been constructed from
the eastern part of the state to the
Black Hills, it being necessary for
residents of eastern South Dakota
who wish to visit the Black Hills to
90 through to Sioux City or Omaha
and then travel westward through
northern Nebraska. Two railroads
enter the Black Hills from western
Nebraska. This necessitates jour
neY Of nearly 1000 miles, while it is
only about 100 miles on straight
line from Chamberlain or Pierre, S.
D., Missouri river towns, to the
Black Hills.
Moore proposes to connect the
two sections of the state by means
OF an automobile line. He will se-
:77ect the most fs;Vei-and best road
acr ,ss the region between the Mis-
so uri river and the Elack Hills and
believes he can cover the distance
in ten hours. Moore has decided
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
64O-A GRE BILL.
Full Text Of the Martin Homestead
Bill

Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled, That from and
after sixty days after the approval
Of this Act entries made under the
homestead laws in the state of South
Dakota, west of the Missouri river
and not within forest reserves or
other reservations, may equal but
shall not exceed in area six hundred
and forty acres, and shall be as
nearly compact in form as possible.
and in no event over two miles in
extreme length: Provided, That
there shall be excluded from the
provisions of this Act such lands
within the territory herein described
as in the opinion of the Secre tary of
the Interior it may reasonably be
practicable to irrigate under the
national irrigation law or by private
enterprise, and that said secretary
shall, prior to the date above men
toned, designate and exclude from
entry under this Act the lands
which in his opinion it may be prac-
ticable to irrigate as aforesaid, and
shall thereafter from time to time
open to entry under this Act any OF
the lands so excluded which upon
further investigation he may con.
clude can be practically irrigated in
the manner aforesaid: And provided,
That the lands in Gregory county,
Sonth Dakota, opened to settlement
and by virtue of the Act of Congress
approved April twenty third, nine
teen hundred and four, shall not be
subject to the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 2. That former homestead
entry shall not be. a bar to the en-
try under the provisions of this Act
of tract which together with the
former entry shall not exceed six
hundred and forty acres.
SEC. 8. That the entrymen under
the homestead laws of the United
States, within the territory above
described, who own and occupy
the land heretofore entered by them,
may, under the provisions of this
Act and subject to its conditions,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
TIL Road |50.k.
Crouch will Commence Real work
Very Soon.
ROCK WORK THIS WINTER
In an Interview Mr., Crouch says
He Will lnagurate work
this Winter

A Pierre special says G. D.
Crouch, who is at present at the
head of the Dakota & Missouri Riv
er Railway, was in the city yester-
day, and was very much pleased at
the supreme court proceeding which
Quilted his title to that property. He
says that the money is on hand to
complete the line as projected, and
has been ready ever since last spring
waiting the outcome of the case in
the supreme court. The line which
connects Mystic on the Burlington &
Missouri River road, and Rapid City,
on the Elkhorn road, and which is
about twenty-five miles long is all
graded but about seven miles and
several miles of it is ironed.
Mr.. Crouch says the work, of
which considerable yet remains to
be done will be pushed this winter,
but that it will be necessary to wait
until spring to complete the earth
grading which is yet to be done,
While there is a general belief that
this line will be used for an extern
sion eastward from the Black Hills
to the river. Mr.. Crouch says there
is nothing to be said so far as that
proposition is concerned, but that
the line as at present proposed y i'll
be in operation early next year.
GMr. Crouch is expected here in a
day or so and it is impossible to get
any information regarding his i'm
mediate plans until he arrives.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Holiday Excursion Rates

Via the North Western Line. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold at re-
duced rates to points on the North
Western Line and Union Pacific,
Colorado Il Southern and Denver &
Rio Grande, east of and including
Cheyenne, Wyo., Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, Colo, Decem-
ber %. %, rs, 30, aud January l and
2, good returning until and includ-
ing January 4, 1905. Apply tc
agents Chicago e. North Western
R'y,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
TIE Cash Store.

Catalogue Houses will sell you no cheaper, after
you pay the freight and many lines not as cheap as
we are selling. Buying from them you read fowery
description OF goods and picture you do not see
the goods hut buy from US, you the goods and try
them on With Us every sale is made with the under
as expected and perfectly satisfactory they can be re-
turned and money refunded
Quality is first with us, next look to price We
sell for cash only No bookkeeping, no bad accounts,
Tor you to help pay We buy mainly direct from the
price to all and that the very lowest is the way we do
business. If you like this way then give us trial
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16

We are still out few head of cattle;
branded REED on right side or q r on
left hip, or both. II any are hanging
round your place please drop us card.
Rocky Glen Ranch, Box s3, Rapid
City, S. D.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Christmas Goods.

Our cash prices means the easiest Christmas
buying you, have ever experienced.
Dolls, dressed or not, SC to $f2 50, doll furni.
ture, dishes, stoves, chairs and CARRIAGES, balls,
toys, blocks, games of every description. books,
cards, pictures, frames, albums and etc. Toilet
cases, celluloid novelties, fancy articles etc.
Glass ware; fancy china, useful and
ornamental.
Entire basement filled with Chistmas goods
arranged in large assortments on tables at
SC, 1oc 15c 25c, 35c. soc and up.
Useful articles, suitable for Christmas gifts
throughout the entire store suitable for each
Make our store headquarters for christmas buy
ing and do your buying early, now is the time
to have the best selection.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16

Very Low Rates to Teachers
Meeting at DeadWood, S. D.
Via the North Western Line. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold Dec. 26,
p and %, limited to return until
Dec. 30, inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago and North Western R'y.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Don't Wait {!

Consignment OF overcoats that
must be sold Jan. 1st or returned
at Chase's where they sell cheap.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
$50 Winter Jackets $50

Ladies winter jackets and three quarter length
coats, selection made up from garments that
sold early this season at from Se 90 to $780,,
choice assortment in the various styles shown
this yea, in the tight or loose fitting garments
All wool materials, silk lined. In the popular
shades. Hardly two garments alike. You take
your pick now at $3.50
Ladies Jackets now from 81. 50 up.
Misses Jackets now from 81 90 up.
Childrens Jackets and coats from 81 50 up.
We are showing large assortment of outer
garments and making reduced prices on many to
reduce present stock more rapidly. May we
show you the saving to you in our cash prices
before you buy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
Curiosity of SOmalfInnd women

An English lady travelling with her
husband III Somaliland writes: I'VE
Mere honorcl hy Il visit from the wife.
infant and mother of the chief Of 4
neighboriug Zareba. They had never
seen any European women before and
came to see what Il mem sahib was
like They examined everything. from
nay AairbrHSLeS to my boots. and We're
especially charmed with my big pith
sun lat. With some hesitation they
asked il would mind letting down
my hair ones coiture in camp is
Very simple. and the removal OF a few
hairpinS grutiticl their curiosity. Then
they pressed Gann. NY maid. who has
short curly hair. to do the same. We
had to give UP all explanation 1T the
difference, and finally they accepted
the ayah's theory that long and short
hair was the English distinction be
tween married women and maids and
that when Cam married she would
grow her hair long The SoInali Wom-
an has her hair-or. rather. curly wool
dressed only twice i'll her life once
when it is plated in myriadS of tiny
plaits no thicker than tWine. and once
again when she marries, when 1t Is
inclosed in blue bag.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
The SIlan narOc7.1.

The Trinity legend Of tie s?::a.:lnoal
appears first in literature ia 11227. IL
Caleb Threkeld's "Synopsis Stirpum
Hibernicarum.' Under the heading OF
"Trifolium Pratense Album occurs the
following passage: This plant is worn
by the people in their hats on the 18th
day of March yearly, which is called
st. Patrick Day, it being a current ira
dition that by this three leaved grass
he emblematically set forth to them the
mystery of the Holy Trinity. However,
when they wet their Seamar-oge, they
often commit excess in liquor. which is
not right keeping of a day to the
Lord, error generally leading to de-
bauchery''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
BANK CLOSING AGREEMENT.
PineBIuff, Ark Apail 10, 1904.

Illl9blllli, Afk'y AIl1 II II, iJof.
Beginning May 9Th, the undersigned
banks hereby agree to close their
places of busine SIS at | O'Clock p. III.
on Saturdays up to and including
Saturday, August 27.
The Merchants and Planters Bank,
A. D. Foster, Cashier.
Citizens Bank, Pine Bluff, Ark,
r. E. Pugh, Cashier.
The Bank of Pine Bluff.
w. D. Healn, Cashier.
The Simmons National Bank,
n. B. Sigh, Cashier.
Cotton Belt Savings and Trust Co.,
J. E. Boyce, Cashier.
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust &C.,
H. A. Mccoy, Sec and Treas.
Jefferson County Savings Bank,
A. B. Niven, Cashier.
Pine Bluff Trust Co.,
Except Real Estate Dept)
F. l.. Dilley, President.
eod-1W
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
rrcea once Io troPo se-

Rev. Tbortas Is. Hyde of Cincinnati
urges women to ;ake into Their own
hands tie Glette1 81 pr0pGs!"g matrl
mony, holding tL4t tEahy more mar
riages would result from such q
course. Some men, say: Mr.. fiyde
'are too boshful to propose dpd would
Ae grateful if women would help them
out. Begin Immediately ladies. Mar
cage is } solemn matter. but single
tie Is II -Ih more $!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
A Nu,i Is What He Eats.

have seen selne of the uncooked
fruits and nuts people. | don't say |
saw the right ones. Like enough,
saw only those who, for the good OF
the cause, should never have been al
lowed to wander forth into society.
They one ard ell l1rofessed loudly to
be in tne r2lest physical health. 1t
seemed 70 Hze t.st'y lacked the proper
scenic accessories. y .ito.';!l pillow with
Rest" on 1t III il54Inartai!es, say about
here and q si'eaf of Wheat tied with
purple satin faced ribbon over there
would have seea9ea mere natural and
suited their complexion letter. As to
tLeir mental viear, after lad heard
them talk awhile / gave r.4-ttt in to
their most cardinal doctrine: \ man
is what he eats If he cats beef he
becomes of the beef beety. if be eats
nuts he becomes hut enough. Every
body's Magazine.