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


Non Omnis Mortar, 1885," inscribed on
white marble.
The sultan of Turkeys income is
enormous. Besides deriving $500, 900
from the state taxes, he Is said to draw
Two or three times as much from crown
property. He owns a very large num-
Der of palaces on the Bosporus, and
many of the best villas on It's northern
banks, which he grants at his pleasure
to ministers and favorites, or to per-
sons who have married members of his
family. 1t is said that 5000 persons are
fed daily in his palace, While he sends
out dinners to a still larger number
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The German kaiser receives about
&, 750, 900 a year as king of Prussia, but
nothing as German emperor. Besides
this, he has an enormous private in
come, derived from mines, fisheries and
estates, OF which he owns more than
any other man in Prussia. The king
of Bavaria receives $1,350.O0 year, the
king of Shxony $4,000, and the grand
duke of Malen 100000. The car OF
Russia gets S6.750.0oO for his private
use, while each grand duke gets
$1O00.O00 year.
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The International Association for
Testing materials, which holds it's con-
crosses about every three years in in
dustrial centers in various countries,
will this year meet in the Academy of
Science at Brussels from September to
8. The king of Belgium accords the con-
gress his patronage, while Prince AL
bert of Belgium will be one Of the hon
orary presidents. as also will the min
tstcrs of finance, railways, war and
trade, and the mayor of Brussels.
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Firth, the English painter, tells this
story OF a fellow artist: "Huskison was
an extraordinarily clever fellow, who
died quite young. He used to paint
imaginative pictures. fairies and that
sort of thing. He was entirely unedu-
tonham l heard Lord Northwick ask
him all down the length of the table
who bought his last picture. Was it q
dealer? No, my lord said Husklson.
1T was a gent.
Scotch whisky provided for the British
house of commons. There are go MEM
bers, and the huge vat which holds
their whisky contains 500 gallons, spe-
cially distilled for them. The contents
of the vat are never permitted to fall
below certain level. 1t Is refilled two
or three times during every parliament
airy session.
Viscount de Alte, the Portuguese en-
voy at Washington, leads the life of a
recluse and, although credited to his
country four years, he is known by few
residents of the capital. He rarely in
vites his colleagues in the corps to his
home, and still more rarely accepts
their invitations
There is sweeter side to both The
orange and the peach. and this Is the
side which is fartfierest from the stem.
r,s,txa HulH To-,
not SO sweet and juicy as the other half,
not because 1t receives less sunshine,
but because the juice gravitntes to :he
lower half.
Belgium will soon send mission to
OF commerce. The ENJOYS will carry as
presents to Emperor Menelik arms and
ammunition Of Belgian make, various
scents and silver toilet set.
Mayor Clute. Of Schenectady. N. Y.
education of children and then
permit the dispensers of street melody
to ,lowersthe standard of public taste by
grinding out ragtime airs.
Frau Eggert- Smidt, a noted German
woman and member OF Der Abstinence
Frauerbunde,'' is to visit this country
in August and lecture In SEPTEMBER and
October on the temperance movement
In Germany.
Since Peter Minuit, In 1926, bousht
Manhattan island from the Indians for
$24 In merchandise, there has been a
daily average of thirty-nine persons
arriving In the territory now known
as New York city.
Az an interesting memento Of by
gone days John Ward, labor M. p. for
Stoke-on- Trent still keeps in the back
yard Of his house at Wadsworth the
old pick with which he once worked as
as navy. ss
Andrew Lang once wrote to Is,ael
sZangwill to ask him to take part In an
authors, reading for the benefit Of char
ity, and received the following reply:
..If Lang Will II. Zangwill."
IS The manufactory OF gobelins In Paris
lias the authorization to- take part in
the next exhibition of the salon. This
exhibition Of manufactured workA has
NOT taken place since 1873. @
The wild Manchurian ginseng, such
AZ II sent To the Emperor OF China.
costs from $3.50 to $500 gold pound.
The imported American ginseng brings
only 31S to $50 q pound.