The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20

friend smiled sWeetly and watched the
waiter as the dishes We're placed upon
ME table. Where" he said, ARE the
2otahtoes?"
Solemn warning is given by the cura-
tor of the Alhambra in Spain that the
~1OO-year-old palace is falling to pieces.
The ancient home of Spain's Moorish
kings has withstood both earthquakes
and fire. The French soldiers blew up
sight Of its towers and tried to level
the entire fabric. 1t is the great age
IF the building which is threatening it
with destruction now.
The imported natives employed at the
United States naval station, Page Page,
n day because Commander Moore had
reduced their wag 20 per cent. to 80
cents a8day. The Samoans are tool lazy
to work, SO the government has to
bring laborers from Nieue island, 400
niles away. The strikers threaten to
10 home.
The United States grand jury at AL
ouQuerque, N. M. is investigating re-
sorts that the Indians of the Pueblo of
Eae, the most isolated of the Pueblo
tribes of New Mexico. feed a certain
number of newborn babies each year
% a mammoth snake which is wor-
tuIpeu sDye.lIe tI1De, Tie interior Qe-
partment will probablH be asked to in
terfere.
Simon ~Guggenheim, worth $751; 900. 900
and one of the wealthiest men in the
state of Colorado, at one time scon-
aucteds e4little shop for the sale of en-
Sroideries and laces in Philadelphia. He
Jade his Rrst money during the Lead
Vile excitement by Investing III II few
shares of mining stocks with the profits
made In his little Philadelphia store.
For the first time In its history Hono-
M1u has pawnbroling shops. Two have.
started within the last few weeks. At
I consequence the soldiers of the
United States army transport Buford
pawned hundreds of articles in order to
ret money for liquor. Musical instru-
nents were the principal articles
pledged or sold.
Professor Eichhorn, of Jena, states
that the sunniest district of Germany
Is Jena.with a daily average OF AS
hours. The gloomiest districts OF Ger
many are Aixla-Chapelle and Hamburg.
The highest average of sunshine In
Europe Is reached by Madrid. with
fight hours average daily sunshine.
King Edward, It has been ascertained,
was crowned at the second second of
the second minute of the second hour
of the second day In the second week.
II the second month of the second half
81 the second year OF the twentieth CEN
I. Jury. What Is going to happen in on
sequence is not stated.
One of the facts established within
a few years is that mosquitoes are the
s3eadiiests OF all creatures. A writer In.
the Lancet adduces evidence which in
aicates that files, too. cause thousands
sof deaths. especially of infants, every
hummer by Communicating food with
liarrhealggerms.
President Jordan. OF stanford unis
syersity, q had occasion to decide
that the fact that valuable ancient
stated. by the donor to have been Oh
aimed through spiritualistic8 revela-
lions does not faint the curios.
Oysters, ven after they have been
brought away from the sea, know by
Instinct the exaci hour when. the tide
Id rising and APP Sroaching their beds,
md SO, Of their own accord, open their
shells to receive their food from the
sea, as though saill at home.
The kaiser has decided tosornament
The wide terraceson the Lustgarten side
Df his schlOss by the erection OF four
1statueES5f princes OF the House of
SDfangernamely, William or Orange.
his snn Maurice Henry, Frederick Of
Grange and William II.
For the first time in the history Of
Switzerland socialist candidates.are to
be- putsforth next November In every
slectorial district with a7view to the
general election. The numerical
sitrength of the Swiss socialists will