The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20

RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
An American woman who has won
much admiration since her arrival in
London is Mrs. Hooper, tall, fair
Bostonian whose husband is modern
izing the Times newspaper with his
advanced business methods. Mrs.
Hooper Is notable as well for her
beauty as for her simplicity of dress.
At the opera the other night, when the
king was present, every other woman
was adorned with tiaras and necklaces,
5rs. Hooper appeared in a simple mus
and her only ornaments We're a small
pearl brooch and a crimson rose in her
hair. Her frock was Worth crea-
ton and cost $500.
The drink evil is increasingly alarm
ing the thoughtful men of France, and
there is likely to be good deal of dis
cussion of George Ohnets THE Poison
Dealer" as 1t Is called in the English
translation. in which the novelist car
ries on the assault begun by lola In
''L'Assommoir." The poison dealer Is
Partisan who invents a new liqueur,
very tempting and insidious, and far
deadlier even than absinthe. He makes
fortune and is not deferred by the
plooGSutipIl SCI oI lJol ny tIe dul1OTI-
ties. but he is punished by the down
fall of his son. The novel has been
widely read in French.
Queensland is particularly rich in
fiber plants, one called by the aborigi-
nails "boorgay" being so tenacious that
II the leaf is simply twisted into a rope
1t Will bear the strain of several hun
dredweight. 1t is now found that there
is growing around Brisbane fiber
plant called by botanists "murvn" that
will yield fiber of great value. Major
ls>yd. of the agricultural department.
netted some 'murva" leaves and sent
Il sample of fiber to a rope making
firm in Germany for test, and these
manufacturers are now prepared to
purchase 1t at SITS to 5000 ton.
1t does not seem to be felt in Eng
land that the days of the canal boat
are drawing To q close. A scheme was
laid recently before the royal commits
sion on water ways providing for con-
Meeting the four great ports of Lon
don. Hull. Bristol and Liverpool by ca
nails. The route from Birmingham to
Bristol would cost s3,4O0,0O0. and that
from Birmingham to Liverpool SILL
100000. The. counties through which
the proposed canals would pass pro-
duce yearly 129,000,00O tons Of miner
ais. and 1t is hoped that part of this
would be shipped by water.
Bryant had a wonderful memory.
His familiarity with the English poets
was such that when at sea. where he
was always too Ill to read much, he
would beguile the time by reciting
page after page from favorite poems.
He said that, however long the voy-
age. he had never exhausted his re-
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with the languages and literatures Of
Germany. France and Spain, Greece
and Rome. He spoke several living
languages easily and correctly.
There are under arrest In Paris
eight men who formed society for
swindling accident insurance compa-
companies and took turns at being
knocked down and injured by carri-
ages, carts and street cars. Two. or
three members of the society were al
ways present, so that they might give
evidence of the reality OF the accident.
The men have confessed that they each
made $4,000 out of the companies dur
ing the last two years. IA
Henry Clay Prick, the New York
Pittsburg multimillionaire and former
partner Of Andrew Carnegie, is Sc years
old. He was farmers son. Twenty
millions is the sum accredited to Mr..
Frick He has one son, Childs Prick,
n years old, and one daughter, Helen.
A year ago he leased the Vanderbilt
house. ut the corner of Fifth avenue
and Fifty-first street, for which he
pays $4,000 year for twenty years
Professor Edward c. Pickering. OF
the Harvard observatory. proposes to
establish an international observatory.
His committee is to be composed Of the
eminent astronomers of the world, who
are to raise a sum of money, have q
gigantic telescope built and placed on
ehe most suitable spot on earth, and
all to go to work.
Scientists have always commended that
The odor of gasoline Is fatal to Jerseys
chief product. the mosquito. This is
something the anti-automobile legisla-
ture should keep IN mind when doing
.heir best to drive the car of New Jer-
sey roads and make 1t an impenetrable
barrier to visiting motormen.
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The palace Of the king of Siam Is
surrounded by high white walls which
are mile In circumference Within
fees. seragltos. stables for the sacred
elephants, accommodations for 1000
troops. cavalry, artillery, war elephants.
an arsenal and theater.
News received at the vatican from
Jerusalem reports a conflict on the
Mount of Olives between the Francis
can friars and Greek monks. leaving
the Latins masters OF the field. The
quarrel, which is Of old standing, re-
fates to the right of celebrating divine
service on the mountain
George irving, the last surviving
nephew of Washington Irving, marvel
ously hale and active at 80, is living at
the Fifth Avenue hotel. Mr.. Irving Is
practically the sole remaining member
OF the Irving family He is, one Of the
best, vet most modest, storytellers of
the Amen Corner.
Spain during recent years has lost
only one ruler by assassination--Cano
vas del Castillo. Russia has lost two
ears, Turkey two sultans, Persia q
shah, America three presidents. Ave
other republics one president each, and
Austria. Servia and. Korea have also
4 M. Combaaaire, the French explorer
recently was lost In the forests OF Cam.
bodia. He got separated from his part,
and wandered through, the solitude fol
eight days vi bout any other nourish.
ment tina athe water heacoild getefron
the marshes In the jungle.