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True 10 the se,.. I

Mrs. stubbs John. they ray thst
one-half o. the world don't know new.
the other half lives. l! wonder which
half knows. + II & !
Mr.. Stubb Why. the feminine half.
Maria. 4 they don't know they'll soon
iind out
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Imports at Seattle Increase.

Seattle, Wash.-The port wardens
report for June shows that domestic
imports from coastwise, Alaska and
local ports were s2,325.445; exports to
domestic ports $4.S99,497, and imports
from foreign ports $2,605,536, of which
$1,117,706 was raw silk from the
Orient. Total exports to foreign ports
were $3.50, 5s3, the Oriental trade show
ing decreased exports and increased
tmpOrts
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Tiny Maple May Thrive Like Mate,
Z Which Attains Large Size, to
Wonder of Scientists.

Greensburg, Ind.-Another tree has
made it's appearance on the court
house tower in this city and bids fair
to receive as much publicity as its
mate, which has caused Greensburg to
be mentioned in almost every corner
of the civilized world.
The tiny tree is believed to be a
maple. the same as the larger one
that reposes near the pinnacle Of the
tower, and which is now a sturdy tree
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Uncle Sam and the Doctor

DR.. Wiley. the man Of pure food
fame. says that benzoate Of soda Is a
harmful preventative. Yet, in de-
hance Of this opinion, a recent order
was given for 600 gallons Of itomato
catsup Intended for navy consunnp.
tion-the same to be preserved BY.
benzoate of Soda" Which looks very
much as though Uncle Sam and his
doctor disagree.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Alarmed Him.

70 more Welsh rarebits for me. !"
groaned Tjarks. rubbing his waistcoat
lugubriously. Sampled one last
night at midnight and didn't awaken
until almost noon to-day.
That's not SO bad" laughed his
friend.
Yes. but that's mot the worst OF
It When I did awaken thought q
vacuum carpetscleaning machine out
I'm front was . fire engine and almost
jumped out Of the window I.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
GERMAN CHANCELLOR TO QUIT
Prince Won BueIow Announced inten.
ton of Retiring from Office in
Near Future.

Berlin.-Prince Won Buelow has
authorized the announcement that he
intends to retire from chancellorship
of the empire in any event so soon as
the pending finance reform measure
is disposed of one way or the other.
Prince Won Buelow, who came from
the German embassy at. Rome IL
years ago. without title, to be foreign
minister. will go back to Rome and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

and weeded in the garden for her
neighbor.
And even old Miz Jones pitched in and
earned hers by hand labor.
But say the funniest thing of all; one lit
tie wonaan's plan,
To turn to her financial aid the preju-
dice of man.
She sent her dollar. and this note told
why she had not come
John said the money he would give if
I'd but stay at home!'' :
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
0,,..A.,zs lzzz.z.>,
The other aide N n.

It's no disgrace to fail II you have
done your best" said the philosophers
That may be SO. replied the man
, VINO had failed, But its pretty tough
TO have TO admit that the best VIM 3,
Gould do was fail {. Detroit free
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Pretty near time for Venezuelan and
Central American war scares to break
out again.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Terrible was the loss Of life. on both
land and water BY the spring storm.
Every season Of the year makes an
awful contribution to the worlds
TRAGEDIES. 81 ss s
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

European scientist viii put an end
ito war BY means Of Hertzian waves.
Nov all we need to do is to invent an
sarmor plate impervious to Hertzian
waves.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

China has promulgated q decree to
the eject that Cinnamon domiciled In
other countries shall remain China
men. We're they ever known to do
otherWisef 81. Il ii Il
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

The great wall Of China has been
traced 1900 miles from the coast.
There are traces Of ten other walls,
but the great wall oyertopped them all
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

In Russia o new rebellion of an ar
gumentative kind has broken out
against the grafters and reactionaries
who succeeded the grand dukes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Count Boni de Castellane is coming
to this country to hunt for big game.
There is reported to be quite flutter
among our heiresses.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Another American princess has OBJ
tanned q divorce. but having married
9 prince Of the usual variety. what
else was left for her to do?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

The price Of potatoes Is increasing,
but this won't bother the amateur
gardeners who are confident Of raising
their own vegetables this year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Any giraffe which would eat the ar
tifciai cherries on a young woman's
hat is In need Of instruction in the
rules 0I hygiene and good manners.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

A town in New Jersey has head
less ghost, and the townspeople are
trying to find some one who will put
head on It.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06


When we have remodeled the 16
battleships that went around the world
shall we send them around to show
the improvements?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

A man Is gong to attempt an air
trip from Boston to Europe. He had
better have his &C. @. D." signals in
good working order.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Says Washington doctor: III you
would not become drunkard, stop
eating meat" Dead men do not get
dipsomania, you know.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

The weather we have had recently
ought to make 1t rather difhcult for
anybody to hull the duck market on
the theory that there 10 to be a short
4 Sernn ~,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

A scientist tells us that Niagara VIII
run dry In 1900 years. Possibly. The
tendency is certainly making great
Roadway.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

A Brooklyn clergyman declares that
the rum power Is to be banished from
New York "Good-by. gay old Broad.
Way!n
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
THE CLUB REPRESENTATIONS.

UR club one day decided
that we ought to raise
some money,
And the way we set about
1t was really quite
funny.
Upon a certain day each
gave a dollar she had
earned,
And all alone (for manly
aid Indignantly was
spurned).
Samantha Allen said that
hers was saved in
cake and pies.
Guess how? She made
them do without-a
family sacrifice.
AL Tooo -Ct,,ht>. ,--YY
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06


A southern paper suggests why
not have a Fathers day?" We have
lit comes once a week
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
To Serve ouaiIs.

Add the favor Of grapes in some
form-either wine, grapes. or raisins
TO the birds. Quails should be eaten
very hot. -
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Cuba should be grateful declares
the Philadelphia Press. But is Cuba
not republic?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Cuba must behave OF Uncle San
will have to spank it again.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
pio iron ProductIon Jump,.

sharon, Pa.-With the exception Of
three stacks. every blast furnace in
the Shenango valley is in operation.
The pig iron production from this To-
cality has increased SO per cent. dur
ing the last four months.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Rains vex the city man and make
the country man glad.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

seashore or mountains? That's the
question.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
England has aerophobia.

Pessimists are scarce articles these
days.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Would there be the possibility OF so
diluting that sleeping sickness as to
make 1t cure for insomnia?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

Far to the blue horizon line
That crooked fence rail led,
And who can tell what hopes. wha
dreams,
What fancies Allied my head.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
I see the squirrels skip

The r1ckety top rail;
And, snuggled meath the lowest bar,
The nestlings of the quail.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

OF the great world beyond the ken
OF childish innocence?
All. memory holds no treasure like
That old Virginia fence!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

Apparently South America, which Is
rich In material possibilities II not in
ready cash, finds little difficulty in get
ting capital with which to prosecute
promising enterprises. The latest
proof of this is the arrangement with
foreign financiers for constructing a
line that will be an important link I'm
the Longitudinal railroad, which when
completed will traverse practically the
entire length of Chile, a distance of
5000 miles or more. The Longitudinal
road VIII be sort of backbone with
numerous side connections and must
have an important effect in developing
the interior of the country. Moreover,
and OF still more consequence in an in
ternational sense, the line will be a
great addition to the three Americas"
system which is certain to be com.
pleted at no distant day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08
Do You Agree with HIM

President Taft. in an address deliy
cred in Carnegie hall April /. 1908
said: In the progress of civilization
you cannot overestimate the immense
importance of Christian missions. II
in China to-day you try to find out
what the conditions are in the interior,
you consult in Picking the gentlemen
you are supposed to know, and where
do you go? You go at once to the mis-
sionaries. Those men who arc
doing a grand good work don't mean
to say that there are not exceptions
among them, that sometimes they
don't make mistakes, and sometimes
they don't NEEDLE in something which
1t would be better for them from a DO
litical standpoint to keep out of, but
mean as whole. those 1900 mission
aries in China and those thousands in
other countries, worthily represent the
best Christian spirit of this country
and worthily are doing the work that
you have sent them out to do"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

all three left the steamer at Willemstad
Castro, who, while president of Venezuela, often
tried. In the wrong way, to do the right thing for
his country. attempted to break up this vast
smuggling conspiracy. But his efforts resulted
only IN precipitating bitter quarrel with Hol-
land that barely missed becoming a real war, and
In Fastening his own downfall. His successor
backed down gracefully as possible, and much
OF Venezuela's imports are still being trans
shipped at Willemstad.
One other industry has Curacao that is OF espe.
cial moment to her neighbors of the mainland
That is the manufacture of revolutions The
island is favorite refuge for deposed presidents
defeated revolutionists and other refugees. They
may always be found In the clean little cafes Of
the capital, connecting plots to regain lost power
and awaiting the psychological moment" for
starting new rising of the people against the
'tyrants." These patriots are always ready to
talk voluby of their hopes and plans, and so VIII.
lemstad has become the great distributing point
for sensational and unreliable news concerning
our volatile sister republics.
Curacao really is the top of an almost SUBJ
merged volcano like many other islands of the
West Indies, and lies almost within sight of the
coast of venezuela. For many months at a
stretch not a drop of rain falls there, and the
whole island looks like big bare brown and gray
rock Then comes wet week, and grass and
shrubbery spring up as by magic and clothe hill
and valley in mantle of green. But it is only
grass and shrubbery, for there is not q tree ON
the island more than ten feet in height. The an
cient crater has become large beautiful lake OF
irregular outline, known as the Schottegat This
connects with the sea by the stream" which
flows through break In the crater's rim The
stream is Willemstads harbor, but the larger
steamers have to go into the Schottegat to turn
around On both sides of the stream Is built the
quaint city which looks as If 1t had been brought
bodily from the Zuyder Zee. Its two parts are
Joined BY long pontoon tollbridge at one erd a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

back to the stream again.
Marvellous is the equipment Of this tramway. II
consists of one small bobtail car with seating ca
pacity for about six persons and no straps, and
one weary, detected little donkey. When the car
reaches the end Of its the motive power stands
on three legs and goes to sleep. The car cannot
start back until he wakes up, and Willemstad 9
perpetual traction problem is How long will the
donkey sleep this timer" 1t would be a most
annoying problem If anyone cared, but no one to
whom time fs an object ever uses the tramcar
anyway
Dutch architecture, somewhat modified to suit
tropical conditions prevails in WilIemstad. The
business buildings are large and not unattractive
the public structures decidedly picturesque and
many OF the residences are very handsome The
merchants as rule are wealthy and, as has been
numated, are not lacking in enterprise. 1t Is only
far ~ say that many of them confne their actiyi-
ties to business that Is above suspicion The port
Is an important transshipping point for trade in
the Caribbean. Its business men are wondering
Just how the opening Of the Panama canal will az
feet their prosperity.
Though Curacao is Dutch colony. and has been
for centuries. the visitor win md few Dutchmen
there; the population Is almost wholly negro and
the merchants nearly all Jews As for language
you may have your choice. Address the almost
naked lad sitting on the dock ready to dive for
pennies. In Dutch, Spanish, English French. and
ne VIII reply In kind-with request for money
Speak to him in 'papaimiento" and he win take
you to his brown bosom. Papaimiento-literally
the talk we talks the ordinary language Of the
common people and is curious compound of the
several tongues named, together with African and
Indian. It is like all and yet strangely unlike any
of them.
The tourist landing Curacao for the first time
naturally expects to be confronted at every turn by
bottles of the nqueur to which the island has given
its name, but he is disappointed. 1t is there of
course, and for sale, but it is not obtruded the
passerby. The small bitter orange from which It |
Is made is grown on the island, but the lqueur is
not manufactured there and never has been. It Is |
product Of Europe Gold fIigree work, hampers, |
inlaid caskets are offered tourists /
Altogether. though the ordinary sights OF Gu. /
racao may be exhausted In day, it is well worth I
longer visit by the leisurey traveller, and he viii
find the inhabitants most hospitable With its riot
of color, its far overreaching caves, its long /
wrought iron signposts, its quaint forts and
crooked streets its waterways and boats and gayIy
clad people. Willemstad should be paradise for
painters.
The pirates who infest Curacao nowadays
prey only On covsrnments.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08
Terrific Waste Of Natural Gas.

Natural gas sufficient to light the
streets and homes, heat the buildings
and turn the factory wheels of every
enterprise in Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans is going to waste in the
Caddo gas and oil fields near Shreve-
port, La, at the rate of 100, 000, 900 Gu
bic feet day. Gas Is rushing from the
bowels Of the earth through two wild
wells and over fifty gas and oil wells
left uncapped. The crater of one wild
well covers over two acres. The atten.
tion of President Roosevelt has been
attracted to conditions and by his or
der all public lands lying in Caddo and
Bossier parishes have been withdrawn
from entry until the government may
take what steps are deemed necessary
to stop the terrific waste and preserve
what is conceded to be the greatest
gas field in the western hemisphere.
In the meantime, says the Technical
World Magazine, the city of Shreve-
- sAAOhSCu Will VII luNtSlOTS
from every section of the country, rival
claims have been filed on govern
ment lands near the Oil wells, the price
OF real estate has reached heretofore
unheard of figures, men who a few
months ago held nothing but a few
scant acres of cut-over pine lands now
count their wealth by the thousands,
and armed-guards stand watch over
ground which is claimed under various
acts and entries applicable to the Sc
curing of public lands. This territory
is undertake with two strata OF gas
sand, averaging from 40 to 14O feet in
width, the first 500 to 900 feet beneath
the surface and the second lying be-
tween 1880 and 1900 feet. The gas
sands show their greatest width at
Morningsport. which lies in the more
southern portion of the field.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

Gen. Evans of Georgia wants the dull
tnud and the scared flesh removed
from our literature. He would have the
hangman's necktie and the electric
rocking chair sent to the museum
along with other relics Of barbarous
ages. He would have the convicted
one lie down to quiet slumbers and go
gently over by the chloroform route.
All our tendencies are in that direc-
ton, although 1t may take some time
10 effect the reform. 1t will be OBJ
served that no one advocates that the
criminal. however execrable, be talked
to death.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

It's harborlake these bloody sea-royers sailed with
ricn cargoes captured from the Inflated merchant
nen that mad fallen into their hands and the
STORES OF gold and goods from plundered cities
on the mainland. The place was safe from all
pursuers and there the pirates divided their spofls
anu rented Tor new raids. But in all the chron-
cies OF the buccaneers there is little mention of
Curacao, and no record of its ever having heen
attacked by them From 1884, when the Holland
ers apparently found 1t without an owner the
island was Dutch possession. Thrifty merchants
settled there, and 1t requires no stretch of the
imagination to suppose that their immunity from
raids was due to the excellent facilities thew af
forded the pirates for disposng of loot The cities
OF the mainland and of dozen islands of the
Caribbean were repeatedly ravaged and burned
and the inhabitants subjected to torture and mas
sacre But Curacao was unmoested, save for two
Intellectual expeditions for its capture organized by
the Spanish during European wars
And the Curacao of to-day? Well it hasn't
changed greatly, save to accommodate itself to
latter-day conditions Rich cargoes still are I'M
loaded at its wharves but they are sent there in
steamers by the merchants of Europe and Ameri-
Ca Sober. peaceful Dutch Jews take the mer-
ehandise in hand, and little later much of It is
loaded into sloops and schooners which sail away
Tor the mainland of fatin-America- Still later
this same merchandise appears for sale on the
counters of merchants in the cities of Colombia
Venezuela and Central America, at prices that
preclude the suppositon that 1t has passed through
the custom houses and paid the heavy import du-
Ties that are imposed in those countries
In word. Curacao has become the headquar-
ters for the smugglers of the Caribbean Little
is heard of this, for silence best serves the pur
poses of most of those concerned. A hint at the
truth is met with the indignant denial Of the
shrewd folk of Willemstad But the fact is well )
known to all who are familiar with trade in the
DO you 90 to Caracas on your roundsf I'm
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

You can find the microbe of tetanus
on every workman's hand. was the
startling statement made by physician
IN hospital the other day. 1t is Turk.
ing there for a chance to get in its full
WORK with some wound or prick made
by a nail or tool. Boys might as well
remember this next Fourth of July. 1t
won't harm them to realize that this
microbe of tetanus is not monopolized
by workmen by any manner of means
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

Luther Burbank has now gone down
to Mexico to study the pulque shrub
II he can manage to eliminate its Sc
ductive quality without destroying its
other characteristics. he win promote
the cause Of temperance among the
greasers. As 1t now fiourishes. pulque
juice is Mexican for the worst kind of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

tollbridges. And all as neat and clean
and bright as soap and water and
paint can make it. That is Willem-
stadt,. the port and capital of Curacao,
and one of the most picturesque spots
In all the picturesque West Indies.
Long years ago it was favorite
resort Of the pirates and buccaneers
that infested the Spanish main. Into
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

which Is q pivot and at
the other a little steam
tug that swings the
whole structure open
for entering or depart.
ing vessels.
Guarding the en-
trance to the port are
two OF the most comi-
cal little fortresses one
can find in a years
jcurneying-Fort Riff
and Fort Amsterdam.
A few queer old guns
peep from their en-
brasures and several
diminutive s oldiers
from their garrisons. A
hand grenade might al
most blow either fort
into bits. But they add
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

nocently asked the rep
resentative of a great
manufacturing house of
st. Louis, whom l met
on shipboard.
NO, indeed" he re-
piled, with a laugh.
Whats the use? Their
import dues are too
high. / go to Willem-
stad and there sell all
my goods for the Vene-
zuelan market"
Two other CONNER
cial travellers who sat
by laughed and winked
and said nothfng-and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-08

Count Zeppelin, If he does cross the
Atlantic in his airship. viii be in the
same TX as Columbus. He will not
know where he Is going.