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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Fuel Substitutes.

FROM Mics ana numerals.
We who have our coal brought to
our Goors with a consciousness of I'M
limited supplies in our mines can hard
ly conceive the emergencies that arise
in less favored regions anu the in
genuity and adaptation to circum-
stances and environment called out by
the search for and need of something
to burn.
Driftwood, peat, brush, cacti fungi,
seaweed and even droppings Of ami
mails have been in different regions
utilized for fuel. Along the seacoast
of Alaska, in the treeless area, drift
wood brought down from the forests
Of the interior by streams and borne
along the coast BY ocean currents is
stranded on the shores and thrown up
on the beach. The water soaked logs
are gathered in by the people OF the
coast, dried and burned, but the. sup
ply is rapidly diminishing and wood
will have to be drawn from the forests
Of the interior or attention turned to
theslevelopment Of the large fields OF
Ignite coal recently discovered in vari-
GUS parts 4of Alaska.
In the treeless. arid region Of SOUTH
ern California and Arizona. through
which portion Of the Colorado river
passcs, mining timber and fuel is sup
piled by logs brought down by the
stream from the nlSn tlHlDereO plateAuS
of Utah, hundreds Of miles to the north,
The Hualapi Indians in Eldorado can
yon, tributary to the Colorado, make a
business Of collecting these far-trav-
eled logs and supplying the Eldorado.
Searcnlight and other mines.
In the treeless regions Of the north,
besides driftwood there Is another and
as yet undeveIoped source of fuel in
the thick beds OF peat formed by the
arct:, MOSES OF the tundra" The
adaptation OF this to fuel purposes by
manufacturing aud briquetting it is q
matter worthy Of serious consideration.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
sloo Reward, sloo.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure III
all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
being constitutional disease. requires n
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood aud mucous surfaces OF the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patien.
strength by building up the constitution aud
assisting nature in doing Its work The
nTopre'Sfs ah 80 hnv nen aG e lin rIa
Dollars for any case that it falls to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY 4 co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Worldly Wisdom.
From Iiarper's Weekly.

There is a young minister in Phila
delphia who has been remarkably sue
cessful in paying off the debts Of the va
rious churches to which he has been
assigned from time to time A brother
minister, who was laboring earnestly
affairs to accomplish a like happy re-
suit at his own church, went to him and
inquired the secret of his success.
And 1 observe that you never have
to resort to my present methods" he
concluded.
The successful one smiled.
NO" he replied. You see. when we
need money, some good sister suggests
bazaar. Then call on the husbands
OF the married ladies of the member
sship and explain to them that in order
ito raise al certain. sum we are finding it
necessary to hold a bazar. We have
never had to actual. bring the affair
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Honor Law Reformsrs.

The great purpose OF the time in this
country seems to be to make better
laws and to secure better enforcement
of law. Those who stand for this pur-
pose, and especially those who lead in
carrying it forward, will be the great
benefactors of the nation when the
higher ideals for which they strive
shall have been realized. Lord Broug-
ham once said:
But how much nobler will be the
sovereign's boast when he shall have
it to say, that he found law dear and
left it cheap: found it sealed book,
left it a living letter; found it the
,patrimony OF the rich, left 1t the in
,heritance Of the poor; found it the
two edged sword of craft and oppres-
sion, left it the staff Of honesty and
the shield of innocence"
So. all honor to those who are work
ing for law reform. and all contempt
for those who continually give large
talent or large retainers for the sole
purpose Of degrading the law.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
An Honest Man-New School.

Cassius r. Peck, assistant United States
district attorney OF Oklahoma, will never
accept a railroad pass. Those that are
sent to him are always returned.
At banquet In Guthrie. Mr.. Peck spoke
on honesty. One thing he said was this:
What are we coming to? Are we COM
ing to such pass that our ideas of an
honest man will correspond with the idea
of old Hiram Stroode?
Hiram stroode, for the seventh time,
was about to fail. He called in an expert
accountant to disentangle his books. The
accountant, after two days work, an
nounced to Hiram that he would be able
to pay his creditors 4 cents on the dollar.
"At this news the old man looked vexed.
Heretofore he said, frownlng. I have
always paid 10 cents on the dollar
"A virtuous and benevolent expression
spread over his face.
And will do SO now he resumed L
will make up the difference on, OF my
{wn pocket
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Not to Be Lett Out.

Al meeting OF a Band of Mercy class
In Denver each child relates the kind deeds
she does every fortnight. Last week a
little girl related how she had lifted a
horse's nosebag 80 that he could get the
oats at the bottom"
Another little one said: II took off tin
can tied to Il little dogs tail"
The teacher asked: Ibid you know who
tied it on?"
Yes" replied the child. with hesitation.
~ didn't know any kind deed to report, so
l tied 1t on so l could take 1t Off and tell
you the good deed l did"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Hoeh,s Story.

Governor Hoch Of Kansas, according
to the Kansas City Journal, tells story
that always strikes the right spot with
The farmers. One time merchant put up
a blackboard in his store, and asked his
customers to writs their names on 1t and
opposite tell what they were doing for
humanity. "A lawyer wrote. II plead for
all A doctor wrote II prescribe for ALL"
A preacher wrote. II pray for all" An
old farmer walked up. wrote his name,
scratched his head awhile. and then wrote,
II pay for all.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

l could hardly walk.
There was an unac-
countable weakness
of the back, and
constant pain and
aching. | could find
no rest and was very
IL n C o m f o rtable at
night. AS my health
was good in every
other way, l could
not understand this
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Party Froeks for Little Ones.

For party frocks" the finest OF Are
muslins with exquisite hand work or
ruff1es around the top of the waist or
bottom of the skirt are preferred to the
lace rufties. although there are many
exquisite little frocks with entrcdeux OF
fine lace. fine lace edgings, and the
daintiest of handwork in the clusters
OF tiny tucks. It is more fashionable
than it used to be for children to wear
low neck and short sleeves, and socks
instead Of long stockings, but in this
treacherous climate there would always
seem to be a great risk In such a fash
ion, ana the frocks can equally well
b worn with Euiinpes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

trouble. 1t was just as if all the
strength had gone from my back.
After suffering for some time began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. The rem
edy acted at once upon the kidneys,
and when normal action was restored,
the trouble with my back disappeared.
have not had any return of it."
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster Milburn Company, Puff
falo, n, Y,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
4 Wonderful Pig.

From the Cleveland Leader
Mrs. Newbryde-'I got some hams here
last month that my husband liked very
much. Have you any more OF the same
The Grocer-Yes'm. Got about dozen
left, from the same pig.
Mrs. Newbryde-Oh, that nice! Give me
elk of them.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Twain. View. Of the Senate.

"o'" v'e"e " e'S Se'aNo'
After looking over the upper branch of
congress from the reserved gallery Mark
Twain was asked what he thought of the
United States senate. e,
ooh. I always make 1t a point not to
criticse my neighbours" said MIR. Clemens.
How does that apply to the senator" he
was asked.
why. live in Connecticut, and Mr..
Aldrich lives in Rhode Island"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

How often do we hear women say: '.It
seems as though my back would break, !"
or Don't speak to me, am all out Of
sorts? These significantremnrks prove
that the system requires attention.
Backache and "the blues'' are direct
symptoms of an inward trouble which
will sooner or later declare itself. 1t
may be caused by diseased kidneys or
some arrangement of the organs.
Nature requires assistance and at once,
and Lydia E Pinkham' Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments of
women. 1t has been the standby of
intelligent American women for twenty
years, and the best judges agree that
1t is the most universally success
full remedy for womans ills known to
medicine.
Read the convincing testimonials of
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely.
Mrs. j G. Holmes, of Larimore, North
Dakota, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
1have suffered everything with hackAche
and female trouble-I let the trouble run on
until my system was in such q condition that
i was unable to be about, and then It was I
commenced to use Lydia Pinkham's Vece-
table Compound. If had only known how
much suffering would have saved should
have taken It months sooner-for few
weeks treatment made me well and strong
Ny backaches and headaches are all gone and
suffer no pain at my monthly periods,
whereas before took Lydia e. Pinkham'aa
Vegetable Compound I suffered intense pain. 81
Mrs. Emma Cotrely. 100 East 18th
Street, New York City, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham.- AZ
feel Tiny duty to tell all suffering women
Of the relief have found in Lydia h. Pink
Ask Mrs. pInkham's Adylce-A Wox
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

Yon Can Get Aliens Foot Ease FRET.
Write to-day to Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy,
TOT r. s sbaIa OF ror
1t cures tired. sweating, hot, swollen, ach-
ing feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe stores sell 1t. 25c.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
The Nerve of Him,

From the San Francisco Cali
''Adam-Adam." repeated ST. Peter.
meditatively: the name seems familiar.
but
IT. explained the applicant, II come
from Eden. l am the progenitor of the
whole human race
And you" thundered st. Peter, you
have the nerve to apply for admission
here? Front! Show the gentleman below"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Breaking Il Gently.

From the American Boy.
The boss was bending over a table,
looking at the directory. The new Of
flee boy slipped up quietly and poked a
note into his hand. The surprised boss
opened 1t and read:
"Honored Sir: Yer pants is ripped"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure.
Z. w. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

Mr.. Austen Leigh, an authority on all
matters pertaining to Eton, has discov-
cred that Thomas Lynch, one Of the
signers Of the declaration of independ-
ence, WIS an Etonian.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
Worth Knowing

that Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters; all other
so-called porous plasters are limitations.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
HIS ONE WEAK SPOT.

Prominent Minnesota Merchant
Cured to Stay Cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills.
O. c. Hayden, of o. c. Hayden &
Co., dry goods merchants, of Albert
aa MINI sayS. ~ was so lama thAt
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

4 cuARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
itching, Blind, Bleeding Protrudlng Piles:
Druggists are authorized to refund money Y
days. G0c.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember, every woman is cordially
invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham IL
there is anything about her symptoms
she does not understand. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter-in-lawo of Lydia e.
Pinlsha,n, her assistant before her de-
cease, and for twenty-five years since
her advice has been freely and cheer
fully given to every ailing woman who
asks for it. Her advice and medicine
have restored to health innumerablS
women. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

hams Vegetable Compound, When ! com.
,menced taking the Compound ! suffered
everything with backachcs, headaches, and
female troubles. lam completely cured and
enjoy tho best Of health, and owe It al
to you"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular, suppressed or painful periods,
weakness, displacements or liberation.
that bearing.down feeling, infiammA-
ton Of the female organs, backache,
bloating Tor fstulence), general de-
bility, indigestion and nervous prostra-
ton. or are beset with such symptoms
as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excit-
ability, irritability. nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, all gone" and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." feelings, blues
and hopelessness. they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other medicine has such . record
of cures of female troubles No other
medicine in the world has received this
widespread and unqualified endorse
.ment. Refuse to buy any substitute, =.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

Under the dummy code the
Boards Of Supervisors have the pow
er to determine what bank Of the
county should keep the county's
money, and to require security for
keeping 1t. Such a law ought to be
passed, and the bank ought to be
charged interest, , per cent, or
more, for the use of the money, and
the bank which would give security
and pay the largest interest should
be the bank to which the money
should be awarded. II is much
better for the people to have the
money paid by taxes in banks where
il can be borrowed and used until
needed than to have it locked up
and withdrawn from circulation.
With security from the bank and a
first lien on its assets, public money
would be more secure in banks than
any safes or vaults the county could
procure. -LeIington Advertiser.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
J. S. HAM FOR CONGRESS.

Clarksdale, Miss, Dec. 30
The Hon. J. S. Ham, of Sherrard
Miss, has announced his candidacy
for congress in the Third district Of
Mississippi.
Mr., Ham was born in Georgia in
1850, and came to Coahoma county
Mississippi, in 1875, where he has
since lived. lie was too young to
take an active part in the civil war,
but while at school acquired a know
ledge Of military tactics and drilled
the older men of his county who
went to the war.
Mr.. Ham was a member of the
Board of Supervisors of Coahoma
county for twelve years, and was
elected to the Legislature from that
county III 1899, and served one
term.
He was the first contributor to
the Southern Cotton Association,
organized January q, 1905, at New
Orleans, and was instrumental in
securing the nomination Of Richard
Cheatham as secretary Of that asso-
citation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
THE MARK.

II one individual pays small
debts, ten, twenty, or a few hun
dreds Of dollars promptly, he soon
has excellent credit in that proper
ton. So if he pays thousands, the
grade Of his credit is raised. If a
corporation pays hundreds of thous-
ands Of dollars promptly, and finally
goes beyond the million dollar mark
it takes a very high rank when it is
carefully and well managed. That
is the mark The Mississippi Home
Insurance Company has passed.
Messrs. p. S. George and Varda-
man & Stein are the agents in
Greenwood Of this excellent Com
pany.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
SENSIBLE ADVICE.

The legislature should not over
tax itself in introducing senseless
bills. Each member should put q
check upon that rampant propensi-
ty that has consumed so much Of
the session in the past and resolve
10 introduce no bills but sensible
ones. The people do not rate a
legislator BY the quantity of law he
proposes nor the quality Of hot air
he llberates in the capital hall. He
is estimated and appreciated by the
quality Of what he does and says
and the ability he manifests in in
tluencing the enactment Of whole
some laws. In the approaching ses-
sion a wild spirit Of extravaganza is
the threatening prospect. Every
person who holds a state office, or
aspires to one, and every head Of a
State Institution, whether educa-
tional or otherwise, is interested t.
have his salary raised or to get an
increased appropriation and has had
his influences at work for months
to that end. The average legislator,
when he gets to Jackson, will hear
complaints and complaints Of the
niggardly salaries paid by the STATE
and the inadequate appropriations
made for the support Of its institu-
tions. The fact is the salaries now
are so attractive that candidates will
run other each other and spend hun
dreds OF dollars of their own money
year after next To secure them. The
people earnestly hope that this mat
ter Of salaries be left as it is, and
that the Legislature will get down to
work and enact laws for the genera
welfare and for the more rapid de-
velopment Of the State. -AberdeeD
Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
UNIQUE LEGAL SUIT.

In its issue of Dec. l4th the Rev
ellie reported the sale of the Dorsey
place by the state to H. Marx &
Sons. This week B. G. Humph-
reys and others, through their at
torneys, Messrs. Martin and Polls
ley, have cited the governor, secre-
tary Of state, state land commits
siOner, II. Marx & Sons and others
to appear before the chancery court
Oh the second Monday in March to
show cause why this sale should
not be set aside and the land Of
fered for sale in a different way.
The compliments claim that there
are certain sections in the code rel
alive to state lands which were not
complied with, and this they are
going to endeayor to prove. This
is a unique case, and will be the
first one or the kind, we believe, ev-
er tried in Claiborne county, if not
in the state,-Port Gibson ReyeiIIe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

The friends Of constitutional pro-
hibitlon will make an earnest effort
at the approaching session of the
Legislature to have that measure in
corporatcd into the organic law Of
the State. These good people are
honest in what they advocate and
earnestly desire to improve the
moral conditions Of the common
wealth. They are Just mistaken in
the means to accomplish hat end.
The history Of constitutional pro-
hlbitlon in other States has proven
that such ~coercive measures incite
to rebellion and thus promote yio-
Iations. The drink habit is an evil
for moral suasion and the sooner
the temperance people direct their
efforts that way the better .-Aber-
deem Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

The South has a monopoly of cot
ton production and it will hold it.
The farmer has learned the value
Of combination and he will never
go back to the idea Of allowing the
buyer to put the price on his cotton.
That is gone forever. The world
must have our cotton and it must
pay the farmer a reasonable profit
for his labor and his work. The
farmer knows his power now and he
will use it. The old way has gone
and the new way has come to stay
as long as cotton grows, and water
runs,-Birmingham Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
PROSPERITY IN AGRICULTURE


Agriculture prosperity means gen
cral and permanent prosperity.
The producers of raw material
supply the machinery Of progress.
Tie prosperity Of the farmer is at
'0c base Of everything good.
II asnends upward into all the
channels Of trade, all the circles and
institutions oi commerce.
IT. stimulates consumption, quick.
ems industry and at once creates and
supplies demand.
Hard times are impossible when
the farms are prosperous.
The Philadelphia Record has tax,
en- the pains to CLEAN some interest
ing nuggets from the report Of the
secretary Of agriculture, which show
he wonderful farm wealth and az
uoolt0ral progress Of the United
States.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

Drink Mean Whiskey and Fight"
is the heading over a Christmas
story in the Atlanta Constitution
This recalls what an old darkey
once said Of Georgia whiskey after
taking a long pull at the bottle:
dis stuff Sho' would mex er rabbit
spit in er bull dogs face" - Clarion
Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

The year 1906 bids fair to be a
hard one financially speaking. Mon
ey is difficult to get at present and
the prospects are that the conditions
will not improve very much for sew
oral months. Let's all get down to
real hard work and economize in
every way possible, and things will
work out all right in due time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

The proposition to create several
new j~udgeships and a commissioner
of agriculture by the Legislature is
useless and unnecessary at the pres
ent time, and we hope the c~onserya-
tive element in that body will be
able to sQuelch it promptly when it
comes up. These eXtra judicial
plums would no doubt be muchly
sought by a few hungry, ambitious
politicians, but the interests Of the
taxpayers would not be enhanced
by creating these additional Offices.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

Hon, A A. kincannon's many
friends are urging him to run for
Governor. lie is one of Mississippi's
and best men, and would
make the State a splendid Chief
Executive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

Cypress Lumber at your own price
Schuh-Miller Lumber Co,
Berclalr, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05
WANTS, ETC.

Notices will be inserted under this head
at ONE CENT PER WORD for each
insertion. Nothing will be inserted for
lass than rs cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-05

L0ST-One small gold open-face
lady's watch, with piece black ribbon
with black pin in it for fob. Finder
will be rewarded by returning same to
DR.. |. B. Bright.