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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
XNXNu.
OF WHAT BEFELL AT KINGS
I,p J>11y-

Skipping lightly over the happenings
of the two days following my departure
from Charlotte on the kings errand, L
may say that after passing the British
outposts at the crossing of the Cataw-
ba, | met neither friend nor foe: and
through a ~i'itiless drizzling rain,
splashed to the belt with the mire of
the road, II having little chance to
inquire my way. !
This last lack grew with the passing
hours to the size of a threatening haz-
ard. AS you may have guessed, l knew
no more than u blind man the route
l should take;' knew no more of the
whereabouts of Gilbert Town and Ma
jor Fersuson's rendezvous than thai
both We're some eighty miles to the
westward.
At the outset l had thought to feel
out the way in general by cautious in
quiry along the road, but when l came
to consider of this, the risk of betray-
ing my Ignorance to those who followed
me was too great to let me turn aside
to any of the wayside houses: and as
for chance passers-by, there were none
the rain kept all within doors.
So | was constrained to gallop on
without pause; and throughout thu
comfortless afternoon and the scarce
less miserable day which followed,
there We're no incidents TO break the
dull monotony of the blind race save
these two; that once the clouds lifted
enough to give me a glimpse If my
pursuers In Il far reach to the east
ward: and once again l had a sight OF
an awkward horseman in the road be-
fore me-saw him and tried to over
AXE him. and could not, for all mis-
clumsy riding.
Now I was curious about this lone
horseman ahead for more reasons than
one, but chiefly because my glimpse of
him seemed to show me the back of a
ma whom | made sure l had left safe
behind in the British guard-house in
Charlotte. to-wit: the scoundrelly little
~pettifogger.
AT first l scotfed at the idea. Saying
he were free to leave Charlotte, how.
should he be riding post on my hap
hazard road to the westward? Twas
against all reason, and vet the tittup-
(, ing figure of which l had but a rain
yelled glimpse named itself Owen PEN
garvin in spite of all the reasons !
could bring to bear
Twas close on eventide of the sec
! ono day, the early evening cleaning of
"a chill autumnal rain-day, and I had
been since morning obviously lost in
the somber trackless forest, when ar
eItish cry rose, as it would seem, from
beneath the very hoofs of my horse,
Continued Next Week.,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
Water for the Farm.

From the American House and Garden.
The farmer is a large user OF water.
for no farming operations can be car
ried on without it. The installation of
a water plant for farm purposes-for
use in the market house and barn-is,
therefore, one of the first essentials to
successful farming. This, however.
should be but the first step, for a wa
ter plant that gives running water in
the barn can afford the same facility
IN the kitchen at small additional eX-
pense. No farm wife need be told of
the superior merits of running water
In her kitchen over the old fashioned
well, or the hardly less archaic hand
pump. The latter has, of course, some
~conveniences over the former, but it
entails weary work and adds Il quite
unnecessary burden to the many labors
that fall to the wife on the farm.
But assuming that running water has
been brought into the farm kitchen,
the question LAY we'll be asked: Why
stop there? Why not a bath room;
Why not a separate bath room for the
men help" Why not shower baths and
all the c%onveniences that modern
plumbing has brought? All these things
should follow as Il matter of course.
and no doubt would do so could the
farmer be convinced as to their utility
and be satisfied that their installation
would not cripple his financial re-
sources. The latter point is apt to have
more weight than the former. There
is unquestionably a large field for bus
ness in this direction
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
An Honest Opinion.

Mineral. Idaho, Oct. 16.-(Special.l-
That n sure cur has been discovered
for those sciatic pains that make SO
many lives miserable, is the firm opin.
ion Of Mr.. D. S. Colson. a wellknowu
resident Of this place, and he does not
hesitate to say that cure is Dold's Kid.
ney Pills. The reason Mr.. Colson il
so firm in his opinion is that he had
those terrible pains aud is cured.
Speaking Of the matter. he says:
II am only too happy to say Doda's
Kidney Pills have done me lots OF
good. had awful pains in my hip So
l could hardly walk. Dodd's Kidney
Pills stopped it entirely. L think they
are 4 grand medicine"
Al! SeiaIic and Rheumatic pains ara
caused by Uric Acid III the blood.
Dodu's Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neys ard healthy kidneys strain all the
Uric Acid out of the blood. With the
cause removed there can be no Rheu-
aatism or Sciatica.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
GO SLOW ON NEW CORN.

49,"
Go slow on the new corn for awhile.
The temptation to feed new corn to
the pigs is very strong throughout
much of the corn belt. There is a crop
maturing that promises to be very
large in most places, and old corn is
scarce M high. For finishing the
hogs that are about ready for market
there is less danger for they can stand
more than the pigs and not have their
digestion impaired, and If they fail to
gain we'll they a be marketed, but the
pigs must stay with US a few months
longer at least for the best profits, SO
they do not need a fattening food. Most
corn is 10Y so we'll matured that it will
make good feed, but something else
must be fed with it for the good of the,
growing pigs. The future brood sows
even more than the Others need some
other feed than corn. This may be
oats. bran m shorts, tankage, oil meal
or what the feeder has or can obtain
at the least cost of labor and cash. We
all know it does not pay to feed corn
exclusively, yet too many farmers do
that very thing. We feed lots of oats,
n this year they are not expensive.
The remaining days of fall weather
the best possible is to come out Of the
pig crop. During late years, with high
priced corn, many hogs have not paid
their board bills, but the thrifty pig,
kept going along with a somewhat bal
anced ration, has been profitable. The
steer feeder nay soon begin to feed
new corn stalk and all on his blue grass
pasture, if he has not already done so:
All changes should be made gradually
and no steer or other animal be gotten
| off feed if the best results are to fol-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
oLD-FAsHloNED FOOTBALL.
A Complaint on Restrictions of the
- MoJern C.n.o


Modern Game.
Atlantic Monthly: There is no such
spirit in the school today as in old times.
They have a football eleven" it is true,
and it holds Its head we'll up among its
mates; a little above EN-, too. most of
the time-the old schools the old schoo
yet, l tell em-bu after all, it isn't the
old game. nor the old spirit. I go out
sometimes to watch them, and think:
We'll, it's a queer game they play now,
and call football!!" They trot out in such
astonishing toggery; padded and guard
&c" from shin to crown-welted, belted,
strapped and bucklsd beyond recognition.
And there's no independence IN the play;
every move has to be told 'em. It's as
II theye weren't big enough to run alone;
and so they hire a big stepmother of a
university coach" who stands around in
a red sweater, and yells, and berates
them. Not a MAJ answers back; he
doesn't dare to. They don't dare eat plain
Christian food. but have a '.training
table" and diet like invalids. I've seen
EN- at q game not dare take a plain
drink Of water: when they got thirsty
they sucked at a wet sponge. like ba bies
at the bottle!
It was not so in our day. No apron
strings Of a university coach were tied TO
us. We were free-born men. When we
wanted to play we got together and went
down to the old pasture. to the big oak
tree that stood near the middle Of ii:
and there we would choose up ana
tax Off our coats and vests and neck-
gear, and pile them round the oak. and
walk out on the field and go at it-eyery-
body-not q pitiful dozen or SO, while the
rest stood with their hands in their pock-
cts and looked on-but everybody! And
1t was football; no playing half an hour
without seeing the ball in the air once
L wo kicked n a II tho
missed 1t, and then we kicked the other
fellows shins. And when we got thirsty
we went down to the spring and took an
honest drink out of an honest tn Gun.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20

portant mission. Go with the com
missary general and he will find you
your mount n equipment"
Thus dismissed, 1 went with StedmaI,
and WAS accorded a more gentlemanly
welcome than my overhearings had
given me leave TO expect.
On the way TO the horse paddock the
commissary general old me of his plan
to write Il history of the campaign; a
bit OF confidence which set me laughing
inWarlly and wondering If he would
put N John %Ireton, sometime of the
Scots Blues, and late captain in her
Apostolic Maiesty's Hussars. between
the covers Of his book. Ills small Won
der that he did not. l AVE ince had
the pleasure of reading his history of
the great war, and l find it curiously
lacking in those incidents which di!
not edound 10 the honor and glory of
he kings cause and army in the field.
Not to digress, however, my make
shirt mount was soon exchanged for a
better: | was allowed to draw what |
would of Announcements p~rovender
from he kings stores; and so, to cut it
short. [ was presently at the door Of
my lords headquarters fully equipped
and ready for the road.
| did hope in those last few moments
that | might have a chance to exchange
a word With my dear lady; might ask
her forgiveness, or, failing so much
grace OF her. might at least have an
other sight of her sweet face.
But even this poor boon was denied
me. | was scare out of the saddle
when an aide came to conduct me to
the general, and l saw no one in the
house save my lord himself.
AS you would guess, my instructions
conformed exactly to the plan outlined
by Lord Cornwallls in the council. 1
was entrusted with a sealed packet for
delivery to Major Ferguson, and. for
safety's sake, as my lord explained,
l was given the meat of the message
to deliver verbally should the need
arise. Ferguson was to be ordered to
III in instantly by forced marches,
If necessary. and he was III no account
to risk a battle With The over-mountain
men.
You may he sure, my dears. thai I
scarce drew breath till 1 was a-horse
and out of the town g%alloping hard on
the road to that ford of Master Mac
gowan's which afterward became ia
nous in our history under the mis-
spelling "Cowan's Ford" Twas too
good to be true that should be thrust
thus into the Very gaping mouth of OPP
portunity, and nov and again l would
feel the packet buttoned tight beneath
my hussar jacket to max sure twas
not a dream TO vanish at a touch
Iii the mad joy of it the spirit Of
prophecy came upon me, and ! saw as
if the thing We're done. how at last l
held the fate of the patriot cause in all
our west country in the hollow of my
hand.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
COFFEE NEURALGIA

leaves When You Quit and Use . ostIn
A lady who unconsciously ,lrifted
into nervous prostration brought on
by coffee says:
II have been a coffee drinker all my
life. and used 1t regularly three times
a day.
"A year or two ago I became subject
to nervous neuralgia, attacks of ner-
vous headache and general nervous
prostration. which not only incaDaci-
tated me for doing my housework, but
frequently made it necessary for me
to remain in q dark room for two or
three days at a time.
II employed severa! good doctors.
one after the other, but none Of them
was able to give me permanent relief.
Eight months ago Il friend suggest
cd that perhaps coffee was the cause
Of my troubles. and that l try Postum
Food Coffee and give up the old kind.
] am glad / took her advice, for my
health has been entirely restored. L
have no more neuralgia. nor nave I
had II solitary headache i'll all these
eight months. No more of my days are
wasted in solitary confinement in a
dark room. l do all my own work
with ease. The flesh that 1 lost during
the years OF my prostration
has come back to Inc during these
months. ana am once more a happy,
healthy woman enclose a list Of
names of friends who can vouch for
the trut. Of the statement" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's q reason.
Ten days trial leaving of coffee ana
using Postum Is sufficient.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
FOR WOMEN.

Much that Every Woman Desires to
know Is Found In cuticura : "cuti-
cnra Works Wonders"
Too much stress cannot be placed
on the great value of Cutlcura Soap,
Ointment and Pills in the antiseptic
cleansing of the mucous surfaces and
OF the blood and circulating fluids,
thus affording pure, sweet and eco
nomical local and constitutional treat
ment Tor weakening discharges, ulcer
atoms. in1ammations, itchings, irrita-
lions, relaxations, displacements, pains
n Irregularities peculiar to females,
as well as such sympathetic affections
as anemia, chlorosis, hysteria, ner-
yousness and debility.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
BURNING ~coRNsrALks.

A discussion recently arose as re-
CARDS the disposition of corn stalks
after the removal of the corn and
fodder-some being under the impress
burn their stalks, while others claim
that they were plowed under An in
quiry was sent to the agricultural de-
partment Of the Illinois University at
urbana, Ill. We give below the sub
stance of the reply to the inquiry.
Regarding burning of corn stalks. I
would say that as a gerenal rule it Is
better to pillow corn stalks under than
to burn them. A ton of corn stalks
contains 16 pounds of nitrogen, which
is lost in burning, and. OF course, as
the corn decays in the ground they
form a large amount of humus, which
is already becoming more or less def
Gent in most Illinois land. There are
times, however, when it is probably
better to sacrifice this nitrogen and
humus and burn the stalks. Thus, If
one a a heavy growth of stalks on his
land which must be plowed late in the
spring in a dry season, it would un-
doubtedly be better to burn the stalks,
because this amount of decayed coarse
organic matter would interfere with
the capillary action and cause the land
to dry out, and probably produce great
er injury to the crop that season thai
would ever be counterbalanced by sub
senuent benefits due to the turning
under of the stalks. If, however, the
stalks can be plowed under late in the
fall or early spring or at any time in
the spring, if the season is fairly wet,
and the stalks are we'll broken or cut
into small pieces SO that the ground
settles down and capillary action is not
interefered with, then I would certainly
prefer blowing the stalks under. In
general farm practice when the humus
content of soils become somewhat re-
duced, the practice Of burning stalks
grows less and finally practically
ceases-C. w. Hopkins, professor of
soil fertility.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
watch the Lawmaker..

1t is a settled fact that none Of the
family medicines, or patent medi.
zines. would ever have a large sale
unless they gave satisfaction to the
pCsrle using them. Standard patent
meulcines that were advertised and
sold extensively when the man and
woman of so or more at this time
We're boys and girls are vet adver-
tised and sold in large quantities. Had
they possessed no merit the would
have been forgotten long ago. And
vet certain sensational magazines are
engineering a crusade against such
preparations. 1t will he well for the
people, If they do not wish to be de-
prived of the right to use family prep
aratlons of that character. to keep an
eye on their representative in the
Legislature next winter.-Mitchellvillc
aUOWa) Index.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
Boston wav,

s From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
tommy, i wish You would run to the
butcher shop and tell the man to send over
TWO pounds of the same beef we had the
other day"
Yes, mother, it will afford me unwonted
pleasure to do as you request,' replied
And aTommy?"
Eyes, mother.'
BE sure and tell the butcher to send
dressed beef-we wouldn't dare let the
neighbors see it come into the house other-
WISE"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
Anyhow, Who Did?
rom the Portland Telegram.

TrUm the PCFtfaNd TefegrHff.
Who secured peace?
IT. answered White. II am IT, 1 Sc
cured peace"
II" hollered Nick. lodging a brick, 81,
secured peace"
IT, observed Togo. pardon my ego.
l secured peace"
Il" urmur Rosen, erstwh:'e OF
Posen. Il secured peace"
a." said the kaiser, AS an adviser.
secured peace
a. clipped in Teddy, Il made EN-
steady, L secured peace
komura, the baron, was not sl"w de-
,larin'. II secured pence."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
Always at Par.

From the Philadelphia Press.
after all, a kiss is worth only what the
contracting parties think it's worth"
Well. a girls kiss is always worth Its
face yalue.n a
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
In the Vernacular.

From Hurper's Weekly.
One Hoosiel was loading a flathoat with
hoop-poies. Another Hoosier. on the rivers
bank, was supervising the loading. He
shouted down:
How many's you fellers need down
thar?
"oh-hi A good deal"
"Wa-al, but how many?'
..Wa-al. considerable"
"Ya-as, but l want to know just how
many"
..Wa-al. a right smart chance
Interlocutor Con the river bank, in a re-
slieved tonc). Then why didn't Souuns
say so sooner?"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
How's This?

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Cntarrh that cannot III
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
49, +. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo. o..
We. the nndersigied. have known L. j.
Cheney for the Inst 10 years, md believe
him perfectly honorable Iii all business
ira nsactions and financially able TO carry
WAIaDiNG, KINNAN Is MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally.
acting directly upon the Hood aud mucous
free. Price % cents per bottle. Sold by all
UrugElsts.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20

The swill barrel is the source of more
trouble than any other one thing about
the farm. Get rid Of 1t.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20

In New York-or Any Other City.
From the New. York Sun.
Kn.cker-You can't keep a good man
DOWN .
Bocker-No, nor a good pavement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
HELLO Bill" THIS
CLUBS PASSWORD

Excelsior Springs, Mo-, Dec: l6.-At
the annual banquet OF the Bill club
here, Bill Fowler, poet laureate, known
in public life as Judge William Fowler,
delivered the following ode to the other
members of the club, whose names all
are Bill: ..- r.. +.~. .-,l
There are all sorts Of lodges in these
~ modern times.
There are all sorts of elmer" Of
secret grips and signs
There's lodges in the valley and there 8
lodges on the hill, -.
But none on earth that beats our own
with members all named Bill.
You can't get in as Willie, you cannot
join as, Will, ~
And William amt the password-you've
got to be just-"Bill.'
Covers for sixty were laid. The pass
word was "Hello, Biu.' The bill of
fare was superb. Bill Wallace Of Kan
sas City was the principal speaker. DR..
Bill Woods, president Of the National
Bank Of Commerce, Kansas City, and
Bill Griffin also spoke. Two original
songs were sung by the Bill quartet.
The Bill club: Is the only organiza.
ton of its Kind II the world. 3ualid-
cations for membership are to be a
good fellow named Bill, Its member
ship, reaching lte, aT parts Of the coun-
try, includes pronainent Bills of every
walk in life. 10 Senator Bill Warner Of
Kansas City holds card No. %, and his
col Senator Bill Stone, has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-16
STATES
CLAIM TO LANDS
Iverson and Young in Washing
ton About the Old Swamp
Land Grant.
BY w. w. Jern1ane.

! Washington, Dec. 16.-State Auditor
Iverson and Attorney General Young
of Minnesota are in Washington in con-
ference with officials of the land Of
fee and the interior department. re-
garding the claim of the state to about
loo, 900 acres Of land in the limits Of
the. Minnesota forest reserve. under the
swamp land grant. The state has filed
selections; for about. $4,000 acres of
this land, and department has approved
of $1,000 acres.
Z When the sale of 95 per cent of the
timber in the reserve was arranged,
exception was made as to these lands.
In 1903 the secretary Of the interior
decided that, they were due the state
under the swamp grant, and the object
of. this conference is to ascertain why
the formal claim for them has not been
allowed. ~ = 4: - - <&
Iverson and Young say they are not
opposed to-. experiments in forestry nor
to- the forest reserve, but they believe
the state should not be restrained in
any way fro mthe use and benefit of
occupations. .>.. =, 1873.
- The presumption is that no timber
has been cut from it, and it is pointed
out. that there is danger Of its destruc-
ton by fire. Iverson and Young hope
to clear the matter, up at this confer
ence, but 1t is possible they may have
to file brief in support Of the states
claim, in which, event the settlement
will be delayed some time. -. @s.>1...2 70.