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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
A BIT T.etl.,..

"Dere cert'nly Is GOODNESS between
Mandy Jones an, Clay Jen'son desc
days" remarked Aunt Clorinda to Z
caller. rs you got any ides what's d.
trouble?''
"Yes. is," was the gratifying an.
swer. "Clay Jeff'son he done hurt he,
feelings bad at de strawberry social
an Mandy is gwine T. hab dat boy
Farm to be. mo- carefuller In his tall
befo' she lows any mo- co'ting."
What did he dot" demanded Aunt
Clorinda.
'Twan' what he do, 'twar what he
say" replied the well informed visitor
Miss Colby. dat was sarviDg de shot
cake. she az Mandy will she hab q
second piece OBJ II, an Mandy say. .Jes
mouthful. Miss Colby, jes' mouth
full
IAN dat tridin' Clay Jen'son be "
an say, All you kin get on de plate
Miss Colby he say.
Goose he tried to explainify away al
de trouble, but I reckon he's got t.
sarve his premiership befo' Mandy
'cepts any 'pologies."-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
TESTING THE TEACHER.
A Curious Old School Report Made In
Boston In 1922

a Curious Old School Report Made IN
Boston In 1872.
In the town records Of the city OF
Boston there Is curious passage
which records how schoolmaster was
examined and what happened. The
manner In which the visit Of inspection
Is recorded makes one incline to the
view that the unlucky schoolmastel
may not have had fair play, although
II he was really inefficient he may be
said to have been judged by his peers
In the record for the 22d Of May
1922. 1t is set forth that:
Coll Pen Townsend. jeremiah Al
len Esqr. & John Edwards together
with the Select men, vissitted the
wrighting School at the Southerly End
Of Boston on Thursday the oath apl
1922, and Examined the Scholars I'M
der mr. Ames Anglers tuition as to theil
proficiency In Reading writing Scy
phering & the masters ability of teach
ing & 1nstructing youth his rules &
methods therefore And are Of Opinion
That 1t will be no Service to the Towr
to Continue mr. anger in that Employ
Whereupon 1t was voted that thu
said Mr.. Ames Anger should not con
tinue master Of the "Said South
school,"
It is true that nothing is said of the
methods Of spelling inculcated at thu
"wrighting School," and 1t is also pos
sible that a clerk rather than the com
mittee was responsible for the errors
of the record, but there Is certainly
something absurd in the passage as II
misunderstanding.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
After N. Show.

A we'll dressed man. said to be an
Englishman. has been arrested In
Montmartre, Paris. on a charge of ten
dering bad half sovereigns for dinners
and entertainments, which reminds US
Of the story about the touring COM
pany which has been doing very bad
business in 1.-THE smalls." While the
proprietor and sole responsible mana
ger was standing outside the tempo.
rary theater (the Corn Exchange) q
very small boy with a very large mel
on arrived and proposed to barter the
fruit for seat in the gallery. The
bargain was duly concluded. and the
scene now changes to the interior Of
the theater after the performance
boy" says the manager severely
"that melon was rotten" ''That's all
right" returns the youthful critic; &c
was yer show" -London Globe.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
QUEER BuRlALs.
Uneeuth Methods Of the Nomads Q,
OuoAnsland.

Uneeuth Methods Of the Nemads Of
Queensland.
OF all the modes Of burial ever prac-
ticed by creatures In the shape of hu-
man beings the method Of the Queens
land nomads is certainly the most un-
couth. After drying the corpse in the
sun and knocking out it's teeth for
keepsakes they deposit 1t on frame
work Of rough poles and bury 1t under
few armfuls Of rushes and old kan
CARGO skins. leaving the bush wolves
to sing it's requiem.
No member Of the dead mans tribe
will settle within a mile of his grave
for fear Of being haunted by the spooks
making the burial place their midnight
rendezvous. The metaphysical opin-
ions of the Australian aborigines prove
indeed that savages can be afflicted
with an abundance Of supernaturalism
without betraying trace of anything
deserving the name Of religious senti-
ment.
They believe in evil spirits whistling
In the blasts of the storm wind and try
to exercise them by splitting in the d.
rection Of the sky. but for the concep-
lions Of the Deity. of future existence,
of repentance. atonement and con-
science their language has not even a
definite word. From somewhere In the
land of their forefathers-eastern Asia
perhaps2they have imported notion
family resembling the Buddhist doc
trine of metempsychosis and believe
that animals may be reborn as men
and men as human beings Of supe-
rior rank.-Iondon Answers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
No Time For AT.

"Real high art" said q comedian,
seldom strikes home. played In Z
melodrama in my youth where the
leading characters were grand artists.
but their best scenes were only sconed
at. Our villain had death scene in
the sixth act. He reveIed In that
scene. He writhed oil over the stage.
1t was real high art! In small town
one night the scene shifter started to
lower the slow curtain on this death
much too soon. The dying villain, al
he kicked about. whispered hoarsely:
"'Time there. young fellow. 1 amt
dead yet
Dead or not dead said the shifter,
me hot supper,s waltin' fur me-"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
NOISES IN VENICE.
The Way They Crash Upon the No,
NAL Quiet Of the City.

s"S WY snsy Srdsn Upon the Nor.
NAL Quiet Of the City.
With all the water traffic and with
not horse or cab or q wagon to
wake the echoes. the utter silence Of
Venice is the thing that first impresses
the traveller. Yet because there is no
undertone Of city noises In which occa-
sional noises may merge the Grand
canal at Venice seems to the sleeper at
night the noisiest place in the world,
for every little noise crashes into
ones sleep. and the most wakeful
hours Of our six weeks in Italy were
spent on the Grand canal in Venice.
The bells of the churches probably do
not ring louder nor more frequently
than they ring In other cities, yet be-
cause Venice Is so still these bells
clang through the night like the alarm
of a continuous and ever increasing
fire. The bawl of lovelorn human
calf carrying home three drinks and
throbbing heart, noise that may be
heard by the attentive listener any
place on earth after II o'clock. in
Venice becomes insistent and demo-
niacal. The common quarrel in the
street enters the bedroom at night
with nerve racking distinctness, and
the morning song Of the market gar
dener bringing his wares to town in
his silent boat smites the sleeper's
ears like call to arms. If Macbeth
really did murder sleep. the crime was
done in Venice.
There are. Of course. considerable
acres in Observation-Disclosures the
streets are paved and where commerce
goes on in the ordinary way. except
that there are no horses or carriages
In the narrow ways.-William Allen
White In Emporia Gazette.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Difference In Time.

When 1t is noon ut any given place
1t is similarly noon at all other points
having the same longitudinal meridian,
and the sun is In its zenith where
meridian and equator intersect.
For business convenience every If
teen degrees of longitude evenly divid-
ed from Greenwich has the same time.
being the distance that the earth trav-
els in one hour. In the United States
we have eastern. central, mountain
and Pacific time. Thus when 1t is
noon at New York 1t is II a. N. ut Chi
cago. central time; 10 a. IN. ut Denver.
mountain, time. and 8 a. m. at San
Francisco. Pacific time. New York
American.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Not So Bad 40 Il Sounded.

In d downtown cafe two old college
friends met by chance. They had not
met before in several years and were
properly delighted. In the course Of
conversation one. who had been long
absent from town, bethought him Of
mutual friend.
"Tell me-" said he. show I can reach
Jim. Id like to look. him up tonight"
my boy" said the other. III you
want to reach Jim you'll have to tele-
phone to -, an undertaken on Sixth
avenue"
what! You shock me. Jim dead! l
Il am sorry indeed to hear it."
.Dead? Who said he was dead. He's
friend Of the undertaken and has
rooms near by. He has no telephone.
but has, an arrangement for using the
undertakers. as the place is open at all
hours. Just telephone the undertaken.
and the message will be carried around
to Jlm."-New York Globe.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Taps Over a Soldiers Grave.

Tie custom of sounding taps over a
soldiers grave originated with the
late Captain John C. Tidball. U. s. A.
On the retirement from the peninsula
in August, 1862. Horse Battery A. Sec
ond artillery, was serving with the
rear guard. and on reaching Yorktown
one Of the cannoneers died and was
buried there. Not wishing to stir up
the enemy by firing three rounds from
the battery guns. as was customary.
Captain Tidball substituted the sound
ing Of taps, lights out. which impress.
i've ceremony has since been observed
at all military, funerals at the close Of
the services.-Argonaut.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
A, Represented.

lrate Stranger-Look here! thought
you told me that dog l bought from
you had good muny fne points. He
looks like he has been shot full of ar
rows.
Mountaineer Pete-Those be the fine
points. stranger. He tackled a porcu-
pine the day before you bought him.
Los Angeles Times,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Rarrina Ind Party.

sPray. Mr.. Canning" said lady to
the English statesman, why have
they made the space in the iron gates
at Spring gardens so narrow?"
"Oh. ma'am." replied Canning. with
the delightful absurdity for which he
was famous. because such very fat
people used to 60 through"
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on. Foot Ia III. or.x..

One Foot In The oravs.
"You see that strapping. robust man?
When I saw him last night he had one
foot In the grave"
EXTRAORDINARY! Who Is her
HE Is playing the gravedigger in
Hamlet ut the local theater."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
A aoeiaI notanist.

Guest-He seems very nice young
man. What's his profession? Hostess
He's social botanist. Guest-And
what Is that, pray? Hostess-Oh. we
invite him especially to give attention
to our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Transcript
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
The Moisture.

sDoes your wife cry when she gets
angry?
EYES," answered Mr.. Meekton. ut
isn't the heat Of her temper that dis
tresses me 90 much as the humidity"
Washington Star.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
TitIe Insurance.,

Heiress-Do you examine titles. Mr..
Lawyer? Luwyer-l do. ma'am. TIeir.
ess-Well. this Is my fasco. Lord Pre-.
serveus. Id like you to examine bis
title before we get married. Id hate
to ret stung.-Judge,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Easily Controlled.

Mrs. Bacon-I wish my husband
would 60 wherever Is.want him to
Mrs. Egbert-Why don't you get one
Of those dirigibls husbands ~ onkers
Statesman.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Coaxln0,

Mrs. Brown-l'm afraid to let you
have bicycle. Little Johnny-Don't
feel that way. ma. Even II It did kill
me. remember that 1t would be the last
thing ever asked you for.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
4 Gentlemen Of Lelsur,.

Cooling Why did you speak to that
old twamp. dear boy? softy-Why
shouldn't I. old chappie7 He isn't In
twade. and he doesn't work faw llv.
ing.-Exchange. Z
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
One 4. Home.

Mrs. Happywed-l never saw an ed
ucated bear. Did you? Patient Wife
Yes. indeed. We have one. Come over
some afternoon when he II at home.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Naturally,

Medical PROFESSIONALISM IL the 70
suit. young gentlemen. when patients
temperature goes down as far an It
can? Student-Why-er-he gets cold
feet.-Cleveland Leader.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Inconsistent

Inconsistent.
HE vowed he would love me al
ways. no matter what happened"
"Well?''
"And got mad FIVE minutes later be
cause had a pin In my belt"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
He Was Out.

shoft-lf Long calls with that little
bill tell him I'm out Mrs.. Short-But
that would be telling a falsehoodl
short-Nothing Of the kind. I'm out
Of cash.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Devote each day to the object then
in time. and every evening will 6nd
something done.-Goethe..
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
The Part Il Wa.

The Part Il Was.
Teacher-In this sentence. 1.-THE sick
boy loves his medicine" what part Of
speech is .loves?" Small Boy-Please,
ma'am. it's the part that amt so.-Chi.
cago News.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Great men are they who see that
spiritual is stronger than any material
fOrce,-EmerSon.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

vainsiory blossoms, but never bean
French Proverb.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Rdlid .CiIy'S Professional Directory.

CHARLGS W. BROWN,
Attorney and Counsellor, at Law
Office in Pennington County bank
building. VIII practice in all state
and federal courts.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Mans Sn;ts We have too many mems suits
uA0n oultc and want to reduce at once. We
that are regular $3.50 and $22 SO values n OK
whore you can take your pick only 6. pl f.s,O
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

G. L. WOOD H. E. EDWARDS
WOOD & EDWARDS.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Rooms 3 and Wood building, St. Joe
street. Practice in all courts and be-
fore United States land office.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
FOR The MEN

WOmen's SHIFTS Every one Of this sesson's
Suits go now at big special cut price price cut
January l. 1910.
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THOS. r. NELSON.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Rooms Security bank block. Pract-
ice in all state and federal courts, U.
s. land Office and at Washington.
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GEO. WILLIAMS o. E. SWEET
WILLIAMS & SWEET,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Office in First National bank build
ing. Practice, state and federal courts
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
DECLARE SMELL WAS INSANE
Many Witnesses on Stand in the
Millionaire's Will Case.
Letter from Washington Woman
Signed "Your Baby" Sends Many
Kisses and Hugs.

Clinton. III. July l3-Twenty witnesses
placed on the stand to-day IN the Smell
viii case said that they considered Col.
Smell insane
Judge Bailey. OF Storm Lake. Iowa, was
asked 70 sum up his opinion OF SneWs
mental condition. and he replied:
Il believed him 10 be Of unsound mind 80
Several new letters were given out TO-
day. One Of them identified as being in
the handwriting Of Mabelle Smell, the
favorite grandniece. reads:
Ny precious boy have finished nv dinner and
now feel like writing 20 M precious rascal
Oh, darling. I am nearly dead 70 sec you- YOu
must come and see ne next week: no putting Il
or Let's set away soon On our trip. I think W
viii be the happieSt couple that ever lived.
We can travel. eat and have good time gener
ally- I VII go 20 any old place with you. Europe
or any place you choose. Write ne soon as posi-
be and tel me your plans, 50 that can get
ready. LOVING BABE.
A letter from a woman in Washington,
ID. c. reads.
NJ darling: When baby is with yuu We viii fx
all things for this winter You win find baby vii
never be unreasonable If your crops are failure
We VAL decide upon something that VIII give
us happiness. ] must have you here as much oi
the time as possible for yoR 70 be away. would
give anything Il you were here this minute. fee
very differently now about being with You.
With many hugs and kisses, remain,
YOUR BABY.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
TARIFF WORK SLOW
Report May Go Over for An
other Week.
SENATOR CULLEN TAKES HAND
Three Sessions Are HeId-ImpOrtant
Items POStpOned-COnfere Reach
Discussion OF the Free IAst-SiE-
ntHcant Features Await the Sub
committee.

The conference committee on the tariff
bin held three sessions yesterday. The
first began at I0.S0 O'Clock IN the morn
ing and lasted until I:80 o'clock In the
afternoon.
After an hours intermiSsion for lunch.
the conferees resumed their sittings. and
did not adjourn until about S O'Clock. The
night session began al S o'clock and con-
tinued until late hour.
At the conclusion of the evening ses-
sion Chairman Aldrich said the progress
made had been satisfactory. While many
important points were passed over. the
conferees proceeded in their consideration
OF the bill into the schedule OF sundries
in the dutiable list. II was expected when
the evening session began that the con-
ference committee would get into the free
list, and perhaps conclude il before ad-
journment
But few OF the important paragranbs
in the bin have been disposed Of. Nearly
all Of them have been discussed. Many
Of them have been referred TO the con-
sideration Of subcommittee for special
reports
1t is evident from the opinions ex-
pressed by members Of the conference
committee at the close OF the afternoon
session that report will not be made
70 Congress before the end OF next week.
ana II is possible that the conference NAV
be prolonged into the week following.
Senator Culiom returned from Atlantic
City and gave some attention to the
work Of the committee
Senator SmOOt Busy.
Senator Smoot is actively assisting the
conferees, although not nominalIy q mem
Der OF the conference. Chairman .Aldricb
relies on the Utah Senator TO furnish IN
formation on a number Of important
items in the bin which Mr.. Smoot spe-
eially inveStigated and with which he
is thoroughly familiar.
At the request Of the conference COM
mittee, the Senator from Utah gave a
hearing to President Kline. Of the Ma
tiOnal Druggists Association. and a del
egation from that organization who were
asking the Finance Committee 10 amend
the bill TO permit a drawback on alcohol
imported for manufacturing purposes. the
products Of the manufacture 20 be ex-
ported. Senator SmOot heard che repre-
sentatiOns OF the delegation and pre-
pared a special report 70 be submitted
to the conference. He is also preparing
information on a variety Of subjects,
particularly those relating to wool and
cotton manufactures. with which he is
thoroughly familiar, as a result OF his
long business experience as a manu-
facturer of textiles
There are many reports afloat as TO
what the conferees will recommend. Most
Of these originate with Senators or Rep
resentatives, and have the value Of expert
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
REBELS IN TEHERAN
Well-cOncealed March Brings
Success to Insurgents.
SHAFTS SOLDIERS DISARMED
Noisy CaRnOnading Heard, hut Re
salt OF the Conflict is Not known.
Russian Troops said 10 Be March
ing Toward rhe Persian Capital.
shah at His summer Palace.

Teheran, July 1S.-The success of the
Insurgents IN entering the city IS due 70
q vell-coa -ealeG night march.
Leaving a small force 10 keep the
Shahs troops busy al a point where
there had been skirmishing for three
days past. the main united body under
Sipahdar and Sardarassad. numbering
about 500 men. made a detour and took
up their position near e Burr mountain.
whence they marched on the capital. en-
tering the three northern gates early in
the morning.
Armed rOUghs who defended the Yusuf
Abad Gate. fred few shots. and then
ran Soldiers defended the Doulet Abad
Gate, but after a Short resistance, three
OF them were killed and the others sur
rendered.
The natlOnalists found the bulk OF the
population friendly, and they astonished
the Shah's soldiers by merely disarming,
not even arresting them There were
very few exceptions 10 this lenient treat
ment but q small number who resisted
were shot
Only the Persian CossaCks seriously op-
posed the Nationalists. They hold Gun
square and the Cossack barracks, and
they are using artillery against the
revoluti0nists- A noisy cannonading Is
going on at the time this dispatch is
sent. The result IS not yet known.
The Siphadar, as governor OF Clan. IS
taking the foremost part IN the direction
OF affairs. he has summoned the ex-
members OF the Mejliss. with the view
10 reopening Parliament He has also
sent a note to the legations informing
them that the city is now in the hands OF
the Nationaiists. who only demand a real
constitution instead OF g sham. He guar
antees the safety Of the lives and prop
erty Of foreigners.
All the leading Nationalists. and these
include many Of the best class OF citizens,
seem 70 be doing their utmost 20 avert
interference with foreign interests, and are
seeking 10 prevent anything that would
justify foreign Intervention There IS con-
siderable anti-Russian feeling among the
populace. and the leaders Will have diff
Guilty in checking the mob spirit II the
people get out Of hand
The Russian troops who reached KaZvin
the other day are reported to be march
ing toward Teheran. but II Russia's OBJ
lect IS 70 protect foreigners l4lel1 inter-
vention viii not be needed.
The shah as yet apparently remains al
his summer palace, Sultanabad. 10 which
place some Of his troops are reported 70
be marching along the Kazvin road with
guns and ammunition II is stated to-
night that the Shah threatens 10 besiege
the city. which could not long Withstand
a well-conducted investment owing 10 lack
Of provisions.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14

opinion. but II can be stated authorita-
lively that none OF the more important
features OF the bill have been given final
consideration.
IL Is generally assumed that the con-
ferees win report in favor Of retaining the
cOuntervailing duty on crude petroleum.
and many Of the members OF the House
are declaring that they viii make a fight
on the bin II this duty Is retained There
is much opposition IN the House 10 the
customs court. but II seems certain that
Il will be recommended by t1e conference
practically IN the form which IL passed
the Senate. and. having the approval o.
President Taft, Il win probably be ac-
cepted by both Houses.