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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
Our Lonesome Monqoose.

From the New York World
There is only one mongoose in the
United States today. UP to Saturday
there We're two mongooses. That plural
is worth voting. Some people would
say mongeese which is wrong. Stimu-
lating debate on this point of grammar
is one of the things, besides killing rats
and snakes, for which the mongoose is
GOOD
The living animal is in the Bronx
park Zoo" In Washington is the cold
clay of the one who died Saturday. The
law had to close its eye while the two
little fellows came into the country, for
it is Il criminal offense to import them.
In India the mongoose is household
pet. He keeps his post reasonabl
clear Of lizards, rats and snakes. Notice
the RikkiTikki-Tavy of Mr.. Kip!ing's
jungle Book story. Imported to ia
maica, he reduced the sugar planters
annual less by rats from 5000, 900 to half
that sum.
1t is because he developed an appetite
for. ground birds and poultry that the
mongoose is kept from America. He
would depopulate the woods and thick
cts. it is said. In Jamaica. to be sure.
the birds--and the snakes too-learned
within twenty-five years how to get
along with the mongoose, or rather how
to get away from him. But that is a
good while for forming new habits. We
couldn't spare the gatherings so long,
1t is perhaps quite as we'll that the
Bronx park captive is the one of a kind
in the lard,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
CH1LD's AWFUL SKIN HUMOR.
screamed with Pain-sufering Near.
ly Broke Parents Heart-Speed-
lily Cured by Cuticura.


II wish to inform you that the Cuti-
cura Remedies have put stop to
twelve years Of misery passed
with my son. AS an infant
noticed on his body a red spot,
and treated same with different
remedies for about five years, but
when the spot began to get larger
put him under the care of doctors. I'm
der their treatment the disease spread
to four different parts Of his body. The
longer the doctors treated him the
worse it grew. During the day it
would get rough and form like scales.
At night it would be cracked, inflamed,
and badly swollen, with terrible burn.
ing and itching. When l think of his
suffering, it nearly breaks my heart
His screams could be heard down
stairs. The suffering of my son made
me full of misery. l had no ambition
to work, to eat, nor could l sleep. One
doctor told me that my sons eczema
was incurable, and gave it up for q
bad job. One evening saw an arti
Gle in the paper about the wonderful
Cuticura and decided to give it a trial
! tell you that Cutcura Ointment is
worth Its weight in gold; and when l
had used the first box Of Ointment
there was great improvement, and
by the time had used the second set
of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Re.
solvent, my child was cured. he is
now twelve years old, and his skin
is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael
Steinman, Z Sumner Avenue, Brook.
Ign. N. Y, April 16, 1906"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
Humor of the vassar Girls,

From the Kansas City Star.
The point of view of the American
college girl who has won graduate hon
ors is fully reflected in the humor and
wisdom bound within the buff covers of
the Vassarion, the senior class publica-
ton at Vassar college. which has Just
oeen issued. Under the names of the
graduates are selections of prose and
coibles and weaknesses with challenging
frankness. or one young lady it is
said:
What a spendthrift is he of his ton
que" and to another this bit of poetic
license is applied:
They have thing called Science,
With phrases strange and pat
My dear, can you imagine
Intelligence like that?
Here is some Of the humor of class
members:
TWO NAUGHTY GIRLS.
Jane put poison in the soup:
Mrs. Storm said: What. a bore.
Now Wen have to sweep the floor
Milly, humming refrain,
Lit match and burned down Main.
Said Mrs. Kendrick: This event
viii list start a ~, fear ar, pTe e t1111
They may cry for dormitories
Gyms, museums, added stories:
But the bitterest need of Vassar never
has been cried at all.
So If John D., or Andy,
Has some extra money handy
Let the girls of Vassar tell him OF place
to let it fall
If in joy they'd see us straining,
Every muscle, each neck craning,
lust to peep into the mirror through the
crowds that throng the way,
Surely then they'd ope their Golfers,
And they'd make us splendid offers !,
To line all the walls with mirrors. Hasten
we, o happy day!
The book is dedicated to H. Heath
Gowden, professor of philosophy, whose
picture is on the frontispiece.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

the details OF any case upon which the
detective was engaged, and was able
occasionally, without any active inter-
ference, to give hint or suggestion
drawn from his own vast knowledge
and experience.
On this particular evening, Lestrade
had spoken of the weather and news
papers. Then he had fallen silent, puff
ling thoughtfully at his cigar. Holmes
looked keenly at him.
Anything remarkable on hand?" he
asked.
"oh, no. Mr.. Holmes-nothtng very
particular"
Then tell me about it."
Lestrade laughed.
We'll, MI. Holmes, there is no use
denying that there is something on my
mind. And yet 1t is such an absurd
business that ! hesitated to bother you
about 1t. On the other hand, although
1t is trivial, 1t is undoubtedly queer, and
! know that you have a taste for all
shat is out Of the common. But, in my
opinion. 1t comes more in Dr. Watson's
line than ours"
"Disease?" said I.
Madness, anyhow. And a queer mad
ness, too. You wouldn't think there was
anyone living at this time Of day who
had such hatred of Napoleon the
First that he would break any image
of him that he could see."
+ Holmes sank back .n his chair
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
CopyriSht, 1905.
by Mcclure. Phillips q Co.

4 "Deal mel" said Holmes what wa
that?"
"A murder--a most dramatic and re
markablc murder. | know how keen yo
are upon these things. and 1 would take /
as great favour If you would step dow
TO Appledora Towers. and give us tn
bcnefit OF your advice. 1t is no ordinar
crime. We have had our eyes upon thi
MI MilFerton for some time. and. be
tween ourselves. he was bit of a villain
lie is known to have held papers which HI
used for Matchmaking purposes. Thcs
papers have all been burned by the mur
derers. No article of value was taken, az
1t is probable that the criminals were mcr
of good position, whose sole object was t
prevent social exposure"
"Criminals?" said Holmes. "Plural?"
| Yes there We're two of them. They
were as nearly as possible captured red
handed We have their footmarks, We
hav. their description, it's ten to one thai
we trace them. The first fellow was a
(, Ut to active. but the second was caugh,
by the understandings. and only got away
after a struggle. He was middle sized
strongly Built man-square jaw. thick
neck. moustache, a mask over his eyes"
Fhats rather vague" said Sherlock
Holmes. why, it might be description
of Watson''
IT'S true" said the inspector. with
amusement 1T might be description of
Watson
Well. I'm afraid I can't help you, Les
trade said Holmes. 1.-The fact is that /
knew this fellow Milvcrton. that l con-
sidercd him one of the most dangerous
men In London, and that think there are
certain crimes which the law cannt t
touch. and which therefore. to some cx-
tent, justify private revenge. No, it's no
use arguing. / have made ,lp my mind
MY sympnthles are with the criminals
rather than with the victim, and | will
not handle this case"
Holmes had not said one word to mo
about the tragedy which we had Wit
messed. but l observed all the morning
that he was in his most thoughtful mood,
and he gave me the impression. from his
vacant eyes and his distracted manner, of
man who is striving to recall something
TO his memory. We were in the middle of
our lunch. when he suddenly sprang to
his feet. by Jove, Watson, I've got it,"
ne cried. Take your hat! Come with
me He hurried at his top speed down
Baker street and along oxford street un-
tll we had almost reached Regent Circus.
Here. on the left hand. there stands a
shop window filed with photographs of
inc celebrities and beauties of the day.
t1olmes' eyes fixed themselves upon one
ei'u iolio"lhB MS gaze l
saw the picture of regal and stately
.ady N court dress. with high diamond
'lara upon her noble head I looked at
mat delicately curved nose at the marked
eyebrows. at the straight mouth. and the
strong little chin beneath it, Then I
caught my breath as ] read the time-hon-
cred title of the great nobleman and
statesman whose wife she had been. NV
eyes met those OF Holmes, and he put his
niger to his lips as we turned away from
the window
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
Tho Chinese View Of Calling Cards.
From the Metropolitan.

She has calling substitute called a
carde de visite. 1t is really sort of
social information bureau, as it conveys
to the recipient the name of the caller.
her address and the day on which she
Is to be found in her own house beyond
question. If should call on Monday
when her card" read Thursday" she
would send down word by the maid,
who would report to the doorkecper,
generally a negro, that she was mot at
home" You will remember how the
missionaries impressed upon us that
truth was the cornerstone Of Chris
tianity. But I digress.
Now these calling cards" could pe
mailed or sent by a servant just as well, ,
for the visiting lady does not go in. She
rides up to the house in state. the foot
man opens the door, receives card,
delivers it to the servant and they pro-
coed to the next house on the list which
the driver carries. Now the curious
part of this ceremony is that the party
called upon does not know that the lady
called In person, and there is oconse-
quently no objection to the caller put
ting herself to. the trouble. but 1t is the
Fashion"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
Marshall Fields Advice to a YOUNG
Man.


A young bond salesman for a. New
York house interviewed the late Mar.
shall Field in the spring Of 1905 with
2 view to selling him a number of
Pennsylvania railroad guaranteed
ponds, yielding a little less than 4 per
cent. Young man." said Mr.. Field,
you are only wasting my time and
yours l like your bonds.s When the
trustees Of my estate come to invest
.ng the interest on my investment 1
nope they will buy that kind of bonds,
but / am a business man and do not
care to put a large part of my surplus
N fully developed property any more
than l should care to buy out a bust
ness enterprise that seemed to me to
have reached the limit of it's growth, no
matter how solid it might be- Your
bonds are too good for me-" Mr.. Field.
it will be noted, invested his surplus
on the same principle upon which he
built up his business, namely, to put,
the money where it has chance to-
grow.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
Thinkino "a MiII;ons

London Graphic: Unconsciously, most
English men and women have been
thinking In millions ever since the.
American and mining millionaires have
come to the front-and that is one of
the main causes of the distress which
exists throughout the country. In the
west end most men of moderate means
have been living as If vast fortune
was awaiting them in the immediate
future. their wives and daughters have
dressed considerably beyond their al
business man will not consider n pro-
posal that affords no prospect OF profit
on large scale.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
y Superstition.

IRON the Liverpool Post.
Suppose said the wise orator
Though it's thought stupendous-
Suppose a baby one year old with
arms of the tremendous
Length of ninety-three-odd million
miles,
Should, in a freak Of fun
Reach up and touch the sun.
That child would be
253
Years old,
I'm told.
Before it learned
Its hand was burned"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

strong, the bottom being made of Stats
placed an inch apart; the front is also
composed of Stats two being used on a
table Of the dimensions indicated The
table will be found exceedingly useful and
VIII be especially valuable in cleaning
vegetables especially If one has a force
pump and hose as all the dirt will run
on between the Stats leaving the vegetables
clean and: readily handled. The iliustra.
ton shows how simple in construction the
table L.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22


Thousands tell of
cures made by Donn's
Kidney Pills. John
G. Coleman, Il prolni-
nent merchant of
S w a i II boro, Ga,
says: For several
years my idney s
We're affected. and
my back ached day
and night. 1 was
languid, nervous and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
1HE sIRERlAN MILLET.

The Siberian millet will not succeed in
Ill sections of the country. but it does well
n northern districts as it is quite hardy.
product of Russia it was introduced into
This country and claims made for 1t that
nave not materialized under culture al
though it Is of great value. 1t IS not a
tall grower. it's average height being but
three feet. but it spreads or stools at the
base making an immense quantity OF for
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

Clark Russell, who may almost be
credited with having created the sea
novel, has about decided to stop writ
ing For years he has been an invalid,
suffering severely from rheumatic af-
f1fctionS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

lame in the morning. Doan's Kidney
Pills helped nc right away. and the
great relief that followed has been per
manent"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

age which is we'll liked by livestock. 1t
may be sown at any time during this
month, broadcast. using one peck to an
acre and will mature except in the far
north. While it is not advised that farm
crs SOW any great area it is we'll worth Il
trial and a small plot will determine its
value to ones soil and in the climate
where it is sown. The illustration gives an
tdea of IFS habit of growth
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

L. F. Petrie, of GAINESVILLE, Ark, just
p years old, has been elected mayor,
after a one days campaign.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
DOES YOUR SACK AcHE2

Cure the Kidneys md the Pain Will
Never Return.
Only one way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause. the kidneys.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22
VlII-THE ADVENTURE oF1HE SIX
'APOLEoNS

4 NttS llO Wei y
unusual thing for
Mr.. Lestrade, of
Scotland Yard,
to look in upon
us of an evening,
and his visits
were welcome to
Sherlock Holmes,
for they enabled
him to keep in
touch With all
that was going
on at the police
headquarters. In
return for the
n e w S W h | C h
Lestrade would
b + | n G. Holmes
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

they are certainly e.lectve. AT night one
can add much to the comfort of the cows
by having screens to the stable windows
and seeing to It that all of the flies are
driven from the stable before the cows are
brought In. 1t costs but small sum to
make these screen windows or even doors
If needed and the milk from a small herd
which will be received over the quantity
from a herd annoyed day and night by
flies will pay for large number of
screens
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

On any farm where vegetables are grown
IN any quantity and particularly where
potatoes are grown a sorting table is a
great convenience; indeed some sort of a
table should be made which can be used
for any such purpose as we'll as for drain
ing vegetables after washing. The table
may be made of any desired length and
width though table six feet long two
and one-half feet wide and about eighteen
inches high will be about right. The frame
is made of any light material that is
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-22

uSC<,aeI Iuk6s HOUSE was one lOlaZct OIL
light. The front door was open. and fig
1res were rushing down the drive. The
whole gardenswas alive with people, and
emerged from the veranda and followed
hard at our heels Holmes seemed to
know the grounds perfectly, and he
Threaded his way swiftly among plan
Etat.on OF small trees. + close at his heels,
and our foremost pursuer painting behind
+ It was "a six-foot wall which barred
our path. but heS sprang TO the top and
over. A. 4 did the same I felt the hand OF
the man behind me grab at my ankle, hut
AZ Kicked myself free and scrambled over.
H. grass-strewn coping. fell upon my
face among some bushes. but Holmes had
Il me on my feet in an instant and together
we sdashed away across the huge expanse
of Hampstead Heath. We had run two
miles. I sunpoAe, before Holmes at last
HATED and listened intesltly. All was abb
solute silence behind us. we had shaken.
"a our pursuers and were; SAFE:
We had eakfasted and were smoking
our morning pipe on the day after the res
2m1fkable experience which I have record
"a, when Mr. L5estratie. OF Scotland Yard,
.yery solemn and impressive. was ushered
sitting room.
30od morning. Ar.. Holmes. !. said lless
4 I6od morning May ark X you are;
V6fys 60eYg fuaf now ~ s.Ss 5s
4 Not TOO busy to listen 10 you.s
.SEEslsf tnqnGht hi ~ perhaps, II YOU had
m Mar 1T S1lhr on hand. you might
66SSss ri a. ~ m "a - most remarkable
d \ cclfred only, last R.ght at
Em41Ho&e9Qs q n M
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-31
WHOLE TRIBES
SUICIDE IN
FARN0RTH
STARVATION DRIVES ARCTIC
NATIVES TO CANNIBALISM
Revolving Stories Reach Russian Cap
itaI Of Terrible Scenes in
Famine Districts.

ST. Petersburg, Mar. 30.-Horrible
accounts are reaching st. Petersburg
of cannibalism and starvation among
the tribes inhabiting the Arctic plain
of the Chukchis peninsula, at the ex-
tremity of Asia. Most of the reindeer
died of starvation during the winter
of 1904-05, leaving the inhabitants
without means of communication or
food. During last winter whole tribes
have died and members of the ON
olons and Oloiya tribes, when facing
starvation assembled in council and
decided that nothing remained but
death They agreed that each head
of family should kill his wife and
children and then commit suicide.
The tribesmen gathered on plateau
covered with snow and ice, and in the
darkness of the Arctic winter, the
Spartan decision was executed, not a
single member of the two tribes sur
vivlng.
More revolving still Is the story of
what occurred in a family Of the Yu-
kahir tribea A mother and nine of her
children having died Of hunger, the
father, surviving daughter and a
nephew lived upon the remains and
when they were consumed, the father
murdered the nephew. A Russian
named Dolganoff who went to the re-
gion to buy furs reported the situation
at Yakutsk, Siberia.
He entered a snow hut Of a Yuka-
hir family while the latter were eat
ing the head of a murdered relative
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-31
BOYCOT I 7 is
DYING OUT
VICEROYS HAVE FOSTERE0
THE ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING

San Francisco, Cal. Mar. 3O.-The
Bulletin says that direct information
from the trade ports and eenters of
China Is to the effect that the boycott
against goods shipped from the Unit
ed States is rapidly dying out and that
there is a prospect of an early and
full resumption Of business.
Such advices come to rich and IN
huential Chinese merchants of this
city who maintain intimate business
relations with the big cities of China.
They have been received by the Six
Companies, and cover all of China that
is known the American business man
coming from Canton, Hong Kong.
Shanghai and Hankow. They say
that progressive Chinese are gradu-
ally overcoming the hostilties of the
less advanced classes and growing
openly defiant of the viceroys, who II
Is alleged, have fostered the anti
American feeling. The building OF
the Canton-Hankow railway is said TO
be exerting a powerful influence in fa-
vor of trade with America and has
almost won back. say the Chinese
writer's, the sympathy of those im-
porters OF foodstuffs from this coun-
try who have suffered financially ever
since the boycott was begun and have
been looking for an excuse to renew
their business with American firms.
Local Chinese merchants predict an
end in the near future of all trade
differences
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-31
CORONER'S JURY FINDS
MVICAR WAS SMOTHERED
Declares Mrs. Lc Doux Placed Victim
in Trunk Alive.

stockton Cal, Mar 30.-The in-
quest into the death of A. n. McVicar,
whose body was found in trunk here
last Saturday night began at the Of
fee of Coroner Southworth this af-
ternoon.
The inquest developed the fact that
the deceased had been put into a
trunk alive and that death was due
partly partly to poison administered
and partly to asphyXiation.
DR.. j, p, Hull, one of the autopsy
surgeons. stated that the presence Of
a large quantity of blood in the trunk
showed coHclusively that the man
must have been alive, though proba-
bly, in a stupor, when he was placed
In the trunk as the breaking of a
blood vessel after death would have
caused little or no hemorrhage.
At 4:25 p. m. the coroner's jury
brought in the following verdict:
I'VE believe that the deceased came
to his death from the combined ef-
fects of having been dragged with
morphine and choral. and IN a dazed
condition having been forced into a
closed trunk, where there was not
sufficient oxygen to sustain what life
there was present. We also believe
that one Mrs. Ledoux was responsible
for the death of Albert ~ McVicar,
and as far as we have been able to
determine from evidence submitted,
that she was unaided."