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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

your cousin and the ranchers as We'll
as the Williams Cache gang, and that
makes talk about me. l have to do
what l can to make this a peaceable
country to live in. The railroad wants
decent people here and doesn't want
the other kind. and it falls on me, I'M
fortunately, to keep the other kind
moving. I don't like it, but we can
none of us do quite what we please in
making a living. Let me tell you this"
he turned to fix his eyes seriously
on hers: believe anything YOU hear
of me except that l have ever taken
human life willingly or save in dis
F.! charge of my duty. But this kind of
work makes my own life an uncertain
ty, as you can see. l do almost liter
ally carry my life in my hand, for if
my hand is not quicker every time
[ than mans eye, am done for then
and there
ct is dreadful to think Of"
Not exactly that, but it Is some
thing l can't afford to forget"
What would become of the lives
of the friends you protect if you We're
killed."
You say you care for Marion Sin
clair. l should like to think If any
thing should happen to me you
wouldn't forget her?'
81 never will"
He smiled. "Then l put her In
charge of the man closest to me,
George McCloud, and the woman she
thinks the most of in the world-ex-
cept her mother What is this, are
they back? Yonder they come"
I'VE found nothing serious" Nc
Cloud said, answering their questions
as he approached with Lance Dunning.
The current is really swinging away,
but the bank is caving in where 1t
was undermined last night" He
stopped before Dicllsie. 81 am trying
to get your cousin to go to the house
and go to bed. l am going to stay
all night, but there is no necessity
for his staying"
Damn it, McCloud, it's not right,
protested Lance, taking Off his hat
and wiping his forehead. you need
the sleep more than do. say he is
the one to go to bed tonight" con.
tinued Lance, putting 1t up to Wits,
pering Smith And l insist by the
Almighty, that you two take him back
to the house with you now!"
Whispering Smith raised his hand
"If this is merely family quarrel
about who shall go to bed, let us com
promise. You two stay up all night
and let me go to bed"
Lance, however, was obdurate.
ut seems to be family character
istic of the Cummings to have theil
: own way" ventured McCloud, after
some further dispute. "If you viii
. have 1t so, Mr.. Dunning, you may
stand watch tonight and will go tt
the house."
Riding back with McCloud, Dicksit
and Whispering Smith discussed the
flood. McCloud disclaimed credit TO
the improvement in the situation. II
the current had held against us as
did yesterday, nothing l could hav,
done would have turned It," he said.
Honesty is the best policy, o
: course" observed Whispering Smith
iihC W SSS a. lliodSoC yo'
want to remind him of all this whel
he sends in his BILL" he suggested
speaking to Dicksie in the dark. But
he added turning to McCloud, admit
ting that you are right, don't take tn
trouble to advertise your view of i
around here. 1t would be only decen
, strategy for us in the valley just nov
to take little of the credit due to tn
I, wind"
p CTO BE CoNTINUED1
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

among your own men, a cowboy named
and who is just as quick. and Karg,
not knowing he was watched. would
be taken unawares, If Wickwire goes
elsewhere to work some one else will
take his place here. Karg is not on
the ranch now; he is up north, hunt
ing up some OF your steers that were
run Off last month by his own cronies.
Now do you think | am giving you
confidence"
She looked at him steadily "Ir
can only deserve it all" In the dis
lance she heard the calling of the men
at the river borne on the wind. The
shock of what had been told her, the
scene, left her calm. Fear had given
way to responsibility and Dicksie
seemed to know herself
| You have nothing whatever to do
| to deserve it but keep your own coun-
sci. But listen a moment loDger--for
| to- he said. Marion will get a mes
sage tomorrow, a message from Sim
clair, asking her to come to see him
at his ranch-house before she goes
back. | don't know what he wants
but she is his wife. He has treated
her UNANIMOUSLY; that is why she will
not live with him and does not speak
of him. But you know how strange a
woman is-or perhaps you don't; she
doesn't always cease to care for man
when she ceases to trust him. l am
not in Marion's confidence, Miss Dick.
sic. She is another mans wife. |
cannot tell how she feels toward him
l know she has often tried to reclaim
him from his deviltry. She may try
again, that is, she may, for one reason
or another, so to him as he asks
could not interfere, if | would.
have no right to if could, and l will
not. Now this is what I'm trying tc
get up the courage to ask you. Should
you dare to go with her to Sinclair's
ranch if she decides to go to him."
Certainly | should dare"
after all you know?"
after all | know-why not?"
Then in case she does go and you
go with her, you will know nothing
whatever about anything, of course
unless you get the story from her
What l fear is that which possibly
may come of their interview He may
try to kill her-don't be frightened
He will not succeed If you can only
make sure he doesn't lead her ava,
on horseback rom the ranch-house o.
get her alone III a room. She has few
friends. l resi- ect and honor her be
cause she and | grew up as children
together in the same little town il
Wisconsin. l knew her folks, all O
them, and I've promised them-yo,
know-to have a kind of care Of her
81 think l know"
He looked self-conscious even at he
tone of understanding. Il need no
try to deceive you; your instinc
would be poor if it did not tell 20,
more than l ought to. He came alons
and turned her head. You need fea
nothing for yourself in going with her
and nothing for her if you can cove
just those two points-can you re
member? Not to let her go away will
him on horseback, and not to leav'
her where she will be alone with hin
in the house?"
Il can and will. l think as mucl
of Marion as you do. l am proud It
be able to do something for you. How
| little | have known you! l though
you were everything l didn't want t
know"
Its nothing" he returned, easily
, except that Sinclair has stirred II
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
Negative Virtues.

Beware of making your moral stable
consist of the negative virtues. 1t &;
good to abstain. and teach others to
abstain, from al, that is sinful or hurt
full. But making business of it leads
to emaciation of character, unless one
feeds largely also on the more nutri.
tious diet of active sympathetic benev.
olence.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
ImnI1tahIe Conditions

Another doctor has denounced cor
sets for women as being the source
of innumerable troubles. This is a
nice situation for. him. The women
won't give up corsets and so much the
more work for the physicians. Won
Ell are what they are and cannot be
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
On Common Sense and Madness.

Common sense confuses the fact of
experience with inevitable facts and
supposes in good faith that what is,
is the measure of what may be. Mad
ness. on the other hand, cannot per-
ceive any distinction between what is
and what it imagines-it confuses it's
dreams with reality.-Henri Frederic
Amiel.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

Magistrate Ito witness)-1 under
stand that you overheard the quarrel
between the defendant and his wife?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Magistrate-Tell the court. if you
can, what he seemed to be doing.
Witness-He seemed to be dom the
stenin'.-Pearson Weekly.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
Drowninu tho sound

Helen-You enjoy singing?
Grace (raising her voice to high
pitch)-Not particularly.
Helen-Then why do you sing?
Grace-Why, father is eating corn
OF the cob.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
Reminiscent SHINING.

Our old schoolmaster was tough
as leather"
No wonder. His principal occupa-
ton, il you remember was tanning
hides"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

1NTHE SUMMER SEASON
children overnduge in eating fruits with stomach
pnins consequence ;mothers should have on hand
Painkiller PERRY Davisl 3c, $50 and Soc bottles.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

DR.. Picrce's Pellets, small. sugar coated easy to
tnke as candy, regulate and inyigorate stomach,
liver and bowels. Do not GRIPPE
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

It's too much to expect cross-bred
dogs to be amiable.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01

Also Somewhat Rare.
The best treasure among men is a
frugal tongue.-Hesiod
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
.r.D..Jayne's
Tonic
Vermifuge

This splendid tonic has been
successful for four genera.
tf0ns in making sickly children
strong and healthy, and effec-
lively expelling worms.
tits likewise natural tonic for
adults, and restoreslastinghealth
and strength to rundown"
systems by toning up the stom-
ach and other digestive organs.
Sold by 4H Druggists-
2 sizes, soc. and 35c.
DR.. D. Jayne's Expsetorant Is tho
most reliable remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Group, Whooping Cough,
Bronchitis and Pleurisy.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
Naturally.

Lets have a game of checkers"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
Why Street Trees Die.

Street trees suffer more from lack OF
air than from any other cause. On
one side is cement walk and on the
other graveled oiled or paved street.
The trees usually die from an INSULT
cient application Of water. for If plen-
ty were given the tree the soil would
be fairly aerated. When water enters
the soil the air is driven out. and as
the water recedes fresh air takes Its
place, so that frequent waterlngs will
result In frequent airings. Another
cause of poor growth I'm street trees Is
lack of food. The space about the tree
Is limited, and seldom Is fertilizer
given or the minimum Of soil stirred.
Trees are unable to absorb mineral
fertilizers except they are taben up
by the roots In a solution Of soil wa
ter. Many fertilizers now In the soil
may be slowly unlocked" by frequent
cultivation. Applications Of other fer
tilizers often hasten the same process.
Keeping thrifty street trees by feed
ing them through the scant area usu-
ally allowed in parkways may be
likened to keeping human being In
robust health by feeding him through
straw. Cultivate and irrigate street
trees thoroughly and fertilize little.
but often.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
Np&X " Norfolk 6 Western
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT. JUNE 8, 1909
LEAVE BUENA VISTA

2.20 p.m.-For Bristol and informed.
late stations. Pullman and Buffet sleep.
er to Knoxville. Connects at Roanoke
with st. Louis Express for all points
West. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus, Bluefleld and Cincinnati
Cafe Car.
1928 a.m.-For Roanoke. Bluefeld.
Pocahontas, Norton, Winston Salem,
Charlotte, WEIGH and intermediate
stations. Pullman Sleeper to Gary.
Cafe Dining Car Roanoke and Gary.
800 p.m.-Fpr Hagerstown, Phila-
delphia, New York. Pullman Buffet
Sleepers via Ha0erstown for Harris
burg, Philadelphia and New York.
9.3l p.m.--For Hag lstown, Philadel-
phia and New York, Pullman Sleeper to
Philadelphia; Parlor Cars Philadelphia
and New York.
Rates, time tables and information
cheerfully furnished upon application
to Agent N, Il w. Ry.
W. B. BEVlLL,
Gen. Pass. Agt. NJ. F. BRAGG,
Roanoke, Va. Trav. Pass. Agt
Jan. 10, '09
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
Every Price Should Have q Reason.

Every Price Should Have q Reason.
1t must be remembered always that
1t is not the price Of an article which
Is important. but the reason for the
price.
The bankrupt stock, the fire sale, the
manufacturers remnants, the annual
clearance, the removal sale. the disso-
luton Of partnership sale-what are
these and many more but arguments
for the price? And note this one point
that without the argument the price
is powerless. Reduce fur lined over
coats from 500 to SEQ and your liberal
discount attracts little attention. Why?
Because there Is no reasonable expla-
nation for the reduction. Why should
you present overcoats to the public?
But announce that owing to an ex-
piration of your lease and the impera-
tive command that you vacate your
present store within two weeks you
will reduce the price Of your fur lined
overcoats from 500 to $50 and you
may sell easily all you have to offer.
Instinctively the public sees the whole
picture-the proprletors anxiety, the
inevitable removal, the lessening days,
the final sacrifice and the store full Of
eager buyers. quick to seize such an
opportunity. This Is only half the
reduction previously considered. But
one is business without imagination,
and the other is business with it
Lorin Il. Deand in Atlantic.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
AIM TO SUCCEED.
The Self Improvement Habit az .
Business Asset.

Business Asset.
The very reputation Of having an
ambition to amount to something In
the world, Of having a grand life aim
is worth everything, says a writer In
Success Magazine. The moment your
associates find that you are dead In
earnest, that you mean business, that
they cannot shake you from your de-
termination to get on In the world or
rob you Of your time or persuade you
to waste 1t in frivolous things you
will not only be an inspiring example
to them, but the very people who are
throwing away their time will also
admire your stand, respect it and profit
by 1t, and you will thus be able to pro-
tect yourself from q thousand annoy
ances and time MASTERS and expert
ences which would only hinder you.
In other words, there is everything
In declaring yourself, IN taking a stand
and thereby announcing to the world
that you do not propose to be failure
or an ignoramus; that you are going
to prepare yourself for something out
of the ordinary, away beyond medioc-
rity, something large and grand.
The moment you do this you stand
out in strong contrast from the great
mass Of people who are throwing away
their opportunities and have not grit
and stamina enough to do anything
worth while or to make any great ef.
fort to be somebody IN the world
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
First Omnibus,

Omnibus was an almost brand
new word In its modern sense when
Shillibeer took 1t from the French in
1920 and in France the name pos.
sessed a special significance for those
who knew their history fer from 1872
to 1876 Paris had already seen a regu.
lar service Of roomy publ vehicles,
"carosses cinq sous" Only these
predecessors Of the modern bus were
not omnibus" for all The letters
patent which instituted them for the
benefit of middle class people laid
down that they were not TO be used By
soldiers lackeys or any other wearers
Of livery or artisans and laborers
These exclusive vehicles faded out Of
existence. and the new ones. which
were started In Paris In 1898, were
named omnibus" expressly to signify
their democratic character - London
Chronicle
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
Tho Characteristic National Meal.

1t is not only in Scotland that break
fast is the characteristic national meal
Travel where you may, the first meal
of the day is the one that strikes the
foreign note, luncheon and dinner hav.
ing gradually absorbed cosmopolitan
qualities that are not even confined to
hotels. But you never feel so much OF
an Englishman as when Switzerland
gives you rolls and butter and honey
and nothing more with your coffee or
when France makes this into one ex-
quisite crumbling "croissant," with an
inch or two from yard long loaf, or
when Denmark adds cream instead OF
milk to the coffee and a dangerous
piece Of pastry to the black bread and
round white roll. Yet our English
breakfast became an institution only
In the eighteenth century. Before that
only royalty breakfasted Off meat
bread and cheese and ale. The COM
moner, such as Pepys, took merely
morning draft of buttered ale.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
THE WORD "BANzAI."
IL Has Been Used In Japan From the
Earliest Ages.

Earliest Ages.
1t is not infrequent to find men spec
ulating as to the origin Of the now IA
miliar "banzai," and we believe that q
general Impression classes this excel
lent ejaculation among the inventions
of modern Japan. Quite recently In
deed We heard learned japanese de-
clare that the late Professor Toyama
was the originator Of the word as the
japanese equivalent of "hurrah." But
the truth Is that "banzai' belongs to
very much remoter date. History
shows that 1t was used certainly as
long ago as the year 4S6 A. D., and
probably 1t was not an innovation
even then. In the Chronicles Of ia
pam" a work published in the year
800 A. D., 1t is related that in the
spring Of 4S6 A. D. the Emperor
Woke, remembered by posterity as
Keno, Tenno," repaired to the park
Of the summer hall and there held
revel by "the winding streams" His
guests were a concourse of ministers
and Of high officials known at that
epoch under the titles Of Omi, Muraji
and Miyakko When the feast was at
Its height the guests, we read, raised
repeated cries Of banzai." 1t may
fairly be assumed that this formula
Of graduation did not originate then,
but at any rate its undoubted use in
Japan more than fourteen centuries
ago deprives any Meiji savant Of the
credit of having invented it.-Japan
Mail
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
TERMINATION BOX.

some fairly good fields Of corn will soon
convince any man that poor stands are
responsible for a loss Of 10 to 10 per
cent Of our corn crop. All the equip
ment that Is necessary are a shallow
grocery box, three to six inches deep,
and some plotting paper or pieces Of
cloth. The box is filed to within an
inch Of the top with wet sand or saw
dust. Over this is spread a piece Of
muslin that has been marked of in
checks an inch and half square. The
checks may be numbered, or by mark
ing one corner 1t is easy to count in
regular order to any particular check.
The size Of the box depends on the
number Of ears to be tested. A box
IS by 80 inches is large enough for
240 ears. In order to save time and
trouble the ears Of corn should be
laid out in regular row side by side,
where they need not be disturbed for
a week or ten days. Then, starting at
one end Of the row, take up each ear
In order and with a small knife blade
pick out six kernels. Place these ker-
nels on the check In the germinator
corresponding In number to the num-
Der Of the ear in the row Of corn. The
kernels should be selected from differ
ent parts Of the ear and not from one
spot. Cover the corn In the germina-
tor with some wet plotting paper or
thick cloth and set the box In a warm
place for few days. If left well
moistened and kept warm the corn
will terminate in five or six days.
There is much to be learned from
termination test. Usually the kernels
from some ears do not have the power
to terminate at all. Others, although
sprouting, show lack Of vitality, CIV
ing weak, sickly plants, while some
grow vigorously from the start. Those
ears lacking in vitality and germinat-
ing power should be discarded. Such
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
4 arm ana
Garden
IMPROVING CORN CROPS.

termination Test and the Crossing Of
the Seeds.
Experience has taught farmers that
ordinary seed corn selected in the
spring from the crib stock does not
all come up, so they plant more than
Is wanted or would do well on the
land, expecting TO thin to the desired
stand. A better way is to plant seed,
all Of which will terminate and give
strong. healthy plants. using no more
seed than is necessary. The methods
commonly practiced do not give salts
factory corn even after 1t is thinned,
and replanted corn seldom amounts to
anything. except to furnish a little
fodder. A little time spent in count
ing the missing stalks and hills in
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
T ruthfu1 Reports
Lexington Reads Them With I'm
common Interest

A Lexington citizen tells his expert
ence in the following statement. NJ
better evidence than this can be had
The truthful reports of friends and
neighbors Is the best proof in the world
Read and be convinced.
Mrs. Mary F. Crigler, Henry St.,
Lexi1gton, Va, says: II am just as
willing to recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills today as when l publicly en-
dorsed them In 1908. For years was
troubled by back ache and disordered
kidneys. The great relief l received
from one box of Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at Gorrell's drug store, en-
couraged me to continue their use and
when | had taken the contents Of two
boxes l was completely cured. am
always glad to speak a good word for
this excellent remedy.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
Advantageous Promptituds.

Henry ". Of France particularly
liked answers to his questions given
quickly and without preparation. On
one occasion. meeting an ecclesiastic,
he said to him: where do you come
from? Where are you going? What
do you want?'
"From Bourges; to Paris; living"
replied the cleric promptly.
"You shall have itp cried the prince
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-30
IMPROVING HOME GROUNDS.
How to Make Them Attractive All the
Year Round.

Year Round.
The trees, shrubs and herbaceous
perennials which should surround the
homes of the average class Of Amerl-
cans are Of especial interest to the ma
jority Of people. These should be Sc
lected with the greatest care, and they
should represent the finest taste pos
sible. The number need not neces-
sarily be large. The species should
not be too varied or the effect will
be too striking and not in good taste.
One must take into considerat ton the
species best suited for spring. summer.
| fall and winter effects. Too frequent
ly the winter effects are not carefully
considered. and much Of the charm Of
planting Is lost The varied green of
the coniferous trees, and especially the
delicate effect produced when the ever
green's of more delicate foliage. like
the hemlocks and chamaecyparis. are
covered with snow, is very pleasing.
The variation Of color in winter Of the
bark of many Of the deciduous trees
and shrubs should also be carefully
studied In selecting the planting list
Few IL any of the shrubs equal the diff
ferent varieties Of cornus and salix
for these winter effects The flowers
Of spring and summer. the fruits Of
summer, fall and winter and the colors
Of bark and twigs In winter should
keep our homes bright and attractive
throughout the year.
Perhaps the home is rented and the
owner does not care to pay out much
for improvements of this nature. 1t
Is interesting to note the attractive
ness one may add to home Of this
kind with small expense. Vines OF
rapid annual growth, like the coboeas
or morning glorles, may be cheaply
grown, and these will quickly COW
er unsightly objects or serve as a
screen for the piazza or veranda. The
castor bean plants will give subtrop-
zeal effects with comparatively little
expense, and geranlums, petunias, YER
benas or cannas may serve to brighten
and make CHEEKY the home grounds.