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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
May Go to Penitentiary in Barrel

said 1T was an attempted robbery. The
police, because Albert had been in
trouble before, insisted on a two-years
sentence. So, following the custom,
OF the jail. he sold to other inmates
of the cells his possessions save a
torn and frayed pair of trousers, a
tattered shirt and a worn pair Of
shoes. His mother brought him
some dainties and left him. She could
not bear to come back and see the
lad. mancled and leg ironed to the
long chain. Neither did the boy wish
her to come to see him go. He
dreaded the scene. Their appre-
hension was not necessary.
Then tie State decided there were
extenuating circumstances in the case
and in order to look the facts over
again, and with a view perhaps to pa.
rolling the boy, the sheriff was asked
not to take Albert with the thirty.
eight other convicted persons to the
penitentiary.
But what am going to do?" he
asked Jailer Wolf, surveying his gar.
ments.
They were just sufficient to prevent
him appearing a la Adam. The taller
laughed good naturally and told the
story of how Albert had Invested
himself in order that the State should
not get any the better Of him and
how he would have to attend services
Sunday in blanket.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
Cat Aids Auctioneer in Realty Sale
Suddenly there was lull Il 49,

Suddenly there was a lull in the
proceedings. Bids were slow and the
raises" came dribbling along in
small amounts. Auctioneer Warner
couldn't understand it. He began to
think that his success as a forceful
auctioneer was to be short lived.
True, 1t was his first experience.
but he had started out with such a
rush of business that he was con-
graduating himself He looked at the
desk where tabby had been.
She had deserted her post. That
seemed to explain the situation. A
hurry call was sent for the cat.
Scarcely had she resumed her place
on the auction desk than the bidding
liyened up. Prices went soaring and
the former enthusiasm was revived.
And the cat came back" some one
remarked.
After the sale was over it was
agreed by all, including Mr.. Warner,
that tabby was responsible for max.
ing the days sale successful.
Several raises of from $25 to $50
we're admitted by the "emergency
auctioneer" to be due to the presence
of the cat. She will have prominent
place in the future sales OF the board.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

NJ EW YotsEsw='rhe iatesest In vaSi,
~ Gus Important features OF the days.
news recently was eesaptetely over
shadewea In certain sssttc,aa I the
city eS u runner that a great pNelte UP
ristnK against the wsasiRs Of "pasa'
In Woinen's hair has been started, aud
that the htrsute rodents were doomed
TO extinction.
Down with the rat" 1t was as
serted WAS to be the battle cry.
The rumor caused CONSERVATION.
not only In several coeducational In,
stitutions. where the matter came up
for swift and decisive adjustment. but
IN department stores and other places,
where mere man had put his foot down
hard on the familiar feminine head
adornment, and there We're unmistak-
able rumblings Of revolution to be
heard wherever the question was dis
cussed.
The trouble started at the Erasmus
Hall high school. where the assistant
principal. Miss Kate f. Turner, laid
down the law forbidding rats" or
Switches and the following day en-
forcing the law against violators by
|.forcably removing the offending adorn-
ments.
While these momentous events were
Transporting in the borough across the
bridge, indignation was at an even
higher boiling point in the department
store district in Manhattan In sew.
eral Of the big stores mott q, were
| posted in prominent places that rats"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

.NHICAGo.-If All Sing. hero of
~ Bret Harte's world-famous poem,
were to pay visit to Chicago within
the next month or so. he would find
himself able to enter q Chinese hotel.
hand his grip. to . Chinese bellboy.
afix his signature to q Chinese regis.
ter, eat q Chinese meal and sleep, In
q Chinese bed.
Also, he would i be able TO read q
Chinese newspaper, to be awakened In
the morning by q Chinese servant to-
can. for cup Of real Chinese tea and
eat dish Of breakfast food mailing,
not from Battle Greek but Canton.
And he could hear ! Chinese orchestra
playing Chinese popular songs
For Chicago: is to have u Chinese
hotel, the first In the city operated on
the Oriental Plan. Il ii to Be a.
complete and y mo derns q the best
AnsricanS hosiery. Every thing a. IL
~ eoinx ID be Chinese ffrom tho guests
stci tks chop ticks ~ Tie dining Groom.
Eysrythtns VIII he d isned ~ make
! ~ SINK Of any other stental guest
90 ~ "a hon
s n IS s ns - La ..ll ~ lnest a u
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

rHICAGO.-A big Office cat, the pet
- of the real estate board. was. "as-
sistant auctioneer" at recent sale in
the exchange rooms. and to tabby
is given the credit for many raises
in prices.
George L. Warner of the firm Of
Baird & Warner was the emergency
auctioneer." but before he had become
initiated in his new task the cat APP
peared on the scene and perched her.
self upon the desk in front of the
realty salesman"
Mr.. Warner started in as il he had
been In the auction business all his
life. The bids came in fast and In
large sums. All the time the cat peer.
ed down at the men struggling to get
a chance at certain desirable piece
of property.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Rats Under Ban in New York Schools

In the hair OF employees would not be
tolerated. the penalty for ignoring the
orAer to be- Dismissal,
During the luncheon hour nothing
but the new order and plans for COM
batting itwere discussed. In one store
1t Was decided that a committee should
walt upon the manager and ask him
to rescind the order or face gen.
s,al atrlke,
"'rhts Is tho most outrageous pro.
eeeding | ever heard Of" said one
young woman. land think we would
be fools to submit to 1t. The very
idea OF man telling us how to wear.
our hair! II was bad enough when
the manager said we must wear black
gowns and white collars. but 1t Is 60
ing too tar when they tamper with our
pompadours,
Why. they wouldn't dare to do such
things In Siberia or China or wherever.
1t Is they have a car. for one am,
going to wear just as big a rat as
like, and don't care If the foorwalk-
er does report me-"
That the last crusade against false
hair adornment Is not being confined
to high schools and department stores,
was further evidenced when the wom.'
en- employees of the telegraph COM
panies in the city held animated dis
cussion over the report from Kansas
City that A.. b. Richardson. district
Superintendent of the Postal Tele.
graph Company there, had issued this
order:
"On and after November 1 all wom-
en- clerks and employees must discon-
tinue the use of rats in their hair.
Please govern yourselves accordingly
The women employees here were ex-'
tremely gloomy over the situation, for
1T was prophesied that the order would
reach New York next and that the
much-abused rat" would have to go.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
Hotel for Chinese Planned IN Chicago

heart 0. the Chinese Industrial center,
at 112 Federal street. The lease for
the building has been applied for by
the Cinnamon behind the move to
establish their own hotel.
I'VE expect to get the lease within
Ia week., said Louie Sing, Clark
street merchant. Operations will be.
gin at once. Several Chinese lodges
and organizations are back OF the
scheme. It would be great thing for
our part Of the city.
Would 1t pay? Certainly. My coun-
trymen are given to spending money.
Thousands Of them visit here yearly.
It would be q f1ne thing for them.''
Many Chinese visitors here, unable
To- speak English, cannot get rooms
ut local hotels, and the new Oriental
plan" building Is designed to accom-.
modate them. re
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

CT. LOuIS.-The law of the State is
- responsible for Albert Kapp, son
OF poor widow being Jail prisoner.
The rule of the penitentiary is re-
sponsible for his being almost without
clothing in the bastile.
Prisoners who reach the peniten.
tiary under sentence, are Invested of
their clothes and the garments are
burned. stir" clothes are provided
and in these the unfortunates must
live till their sentence expires and
then in garb furnished by the big
prison they fare forth into the world
prey fol- the keen eyes of the
sleuths.
Every man who is sentenced learns
this from the old-timers and there is
rule in the city jail that men going
up sell all their belongings before they
start because the inscription of Dante
Is paraphrased into, Cali property
abandon ye who enter here" over the
gates of the prison.
Kapp is a youth. He had some
trouble with man, and the man
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
c.HApTER! '.
u Finht on ! houscboas.

"A Fight on houacboae.
At ten O'clock l called for a horse
and rode out into the night, turning
4 into the country with the intention
OF following the lake road to the re-
gionI had explored in the launch a
few hours before All was dark at
st. Agatha's asaI passed. No doubt
Helen Holbrook had returned in due
course from her visit to her father
and. after accounting plausibly to her
aunt for her absence, was sleeping the
sleep Of the just. Now that thought
Of the matter In all its bearings. ac-
9cused myself for not having gone
directly to st. Agatha's from the lone
~ house on Tippecanoe creek and
waited for her there, demanding an
explanation Of her perfidy. She was
treating Miss Pat UNANIMOUSLY; that
Was plain; and yet In my heart was
sexcusing and defending her. A fam
aily row about money was ugly at
best; and an unfortunate
criminal father may still have some
claim on his child.
Then, % against such reasoning,
the vision Of Miss Pat rose before me
end felt whatever chivalry there
I ~ "a me arouse with rattle L Of
i spsars. Paul sstoddard, In committing
4 that dear old gentlewoman to- my care.
had not asked me to fall IN love with
her niece; 30. impatient to be thus
waved between two inclinations,
chirruped to the horse and galloped
witty over the silent white road.
The whole region was very lonely.
& and now that the beat Of hoofs no lon
ter rang n my ears the quiet was OPP
Il prsssiye. I struck through the wood
I and found the creek. and the path be.
side ~. The little stream was still
msirmuring Its own name unsteady,
With parhaps softer note In defer.
sence ID the night; and following the
ssspath carefully 4 came In q few min
sptesS to- the steps that linked the cot.
ssstAxe With the eboat at the creeks
edge. Was Just there that / had
sseens Ielsn Holbrook, and i stood
quite Itill alling this and making
sure thxt she had come down those
y steps in that quiet QUITO f-the.way cor.
enerss 81 the world, to keep tryst with
her father. The story. and.a-half cot.
etsxS WIS covered with vines and
/ closeWrsoped In shrubbery "a semi,
circle ~ tallerS pines within shut the
colt o. completely from the high.
I craWled through the cedars
ssAnd walked alOnK slowly Ia the gate
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Make haste, Giuseppe!" he called
impatiently. and 1 laughed little,
either at his confidence in the out
come or at his care for his own Sc
curly: and my courage rose to find
that / had only one to reckon with. l
suddenly slipped my left hand down to
where my right gripped his wrist and
wrenched it sharply. His fingers re-
Taxed, and when repeated the twist
the knife ratified on the deck.
broke away and leaped for the
rail with some idea of jumping into
the creek and swimming for it; and
then the man in the boat let go twice
with revolver, the echoing explo-
sions roaring over the still creek with
the sound OF saluting battle-sllips.
Hold on to that MANIFOLD him!"
he shouted from below. l heard the
Italian scraping about on the deck for
his knife as lodged round the house
was satisfied to let things stand as
they were. and leave Henry Holbrook
and the canoe-lnaker to defend their
own lives and property. Then, when
was about midway of the steps, a
man plunged down from the garden
and had me by the collar and on my
back before knew what had hap
Iened.
There was an instant's silence in
which heard angry voices from the
houseboat. My new assailant lis.
tened. too, and / felt his grasp on me
tighten, though was well winded and
tame enough.
+ / heard the boat strike the platform
sharply as the second man jumped
into 1t; then for an instant silence
again held the valley.
Ny csptor seemed o,dismiss the
retreating boat. and poking pistol
Into my ribs gave me his attention.
Climb up these! steps, and do as
] tell you. II you run, will shoot
you like dog" #
There's a mistake / began.
chohngly, for the Italian had almost
strangled me and my lungs were as
empty as a spent bellows.
That will do. Climb!' He stuck
the revolver into my back and up l
went and through the garden toward
the cottage. A door opening on the
yeranda was slightly ajar. and was
thrust forward none too gently into a
lighted room.
My captor and I studied each other
attentively for half q minute. He was
beyond question the man whom Helen
Holbrook had sought at the house
boat In the summer dusk Who Hart.
ridge was did not matter; 1t was evil
dent that Holbrook was quite at home
lin the canoe-maker's house. and that
he hsh no intention Of calling any one
l$else into our affairs, He had undoubt.
eddy heard the revolver shots below
and rushed from the cottage to inves,
ltigate: and, meeting me In full fight,
| he had naturally taken 1t for granted
that was involved In some designs on
himself. AZ he leaned against q
table BY the door his grave blue eyes
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
A Kneelins Proposition.

Pony Moore, the once famous min.
strel, is dead at the age of 80. He
was one of the last of his kind.
Moore" said a veteran Chicago
manager, used to make up his jokes.
Once, when he played here, he had
his toes run over. and limped on that
night with foot that resembled a
white pillow.
"tAh's ez tendah-hoofed as Lie
Johnsing,' he said to the audience.
with chuckle. 'Yo' know bout Liza?
Young Calhoun White. he SEE to her,
proposin'
"Whaffo' you make a face like
dat when ! propose, Miss Johnsing?"
Well, CAL" says Liza, "Ah KANT
give yo' offah propah consideration
less'n yo' takes yo' knee off'n nah
co'n."''
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
n shreds-ltchlng Was Intense
Sleep Was Often impossible.
Cured by cuticura in Three Weeks.

Eat first an eruption of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
SO much so that I literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. I tried several doc
tors and used a number Of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally set
tied down to the use Of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills.
with the result that in few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. have had no trou.
bic Of this kind since. H. A. Kruts-
koff, STA Wabash Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
November 10 and %, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
been built up and guarded With the
Jealous care 81 : royal genealogy.-
Hugh G. Weir In the Bohemian. 4
sardouse oulp.
CTo BE CONTINUED,

victorien Sardoli hated shams, !" said
"a New York theat rical manager. m
you tried 70 impossson him. no would
call you down. \ sss SD
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he aid Ne doubted ans actorss state.
snaent thsts ~ had given 40 hours 81
stud "a III linsss. 81
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Or. S. F. spohn, President Of the
Spohn Medical Co., proprietors of
Spohn's Distemper Cure, was recently
elected mayor of Goshen, Ind, by
good majority. Mr.. Spohn was for
number of years County Supt. of
Schools, making such record that his
neighbours and friends, regardless of
political lines, insisted on his accepting
the nomination for mayor.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24


The place was clearly the summer
] home Of city man in search OF quiet,
and was turning away. when sud
denly q woman's voice rang out clear
" frsm the bank.
Halo, the hou1eboat!"
ss32..Yes; I'm here!" answered the man
below.
Come on, father; I've been looking
for you everywhere" called the voice
again.
ooh, It's too bad you've been wait.
Ing" he answered.
4 4 'asOf course I've been waiting!" she
flung back, and he jumped up and ran
toward her. Then down the steps
! flashed Helen Holbrook In white. She
paused at the gate an instant before
continuing her descent to the creek,
bending her head as she sought the
remaining steps.
Daddy, you dear old fraud.
thought you were coming to meet me
on the ridge!" .
turned and CROPPED my way along
the darkening path. My heart was
humping wildly and my forehead was
wet with perspiration.
lima stood on the bank lighting his
lantern, and flung myself into the
launch and bade him run for home.
We were soon crossing the lake.
lay back on tae cushions and gazed
up at the bright roof of stars. Before
sIreached Glenarm the SHOCK OF find
ing Helen Holbrook in friendly COM
smunication with her father had
passed. and sat down to dinner at
nine o'clock with a sound Appetite
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

!. Flashed over Me rha. He Wa. the
Gle
very distinctly words spoken in
Italian:
Have a care; climb up with the
rope and I'll follow
Then the boat touched the platform
lightly and second later man
climbed nimbiy up the side. His com
panion followed, and they tied their
boat to the railing. They paused now
to reconnoiter-so close to me that l
could have touched them with my
hands-and engaged in a colloquy.
The taller man gave directions, the
other replying in monosyllables to
show that he understood
Go to the side porch OF the cottage.
and knock. When the man comes to
the door tell him that you are the
chauffeur from an automobile that has
broken down in the road. and that
you want help FOR a woman who has
been hurt
Yes. SIR
"Then-you know the rest
The knife-it shall be DONE"
have made 1t the rule OF my life,
against much painful experience and
the admonitions OF many philosophers,
to act first and reason Afterwards
And here It was case OF two to one.
The men began stealing across the
deck toward the steps that led up to
the cottage, and with rather more
zeal than judgment took step after
them. end clumsily kicked over q
chair that fell Gathering wildly. Both
men leaped toward; the rail at the
sound. and I aattened myself against
the house to await developments. The
silence was again complete.
"A. chair blew over. remarked one
of the voices.
There is no wind" replied the 9th.
Ser, the one / recognized as belonging
to the leader.
See what you can midland have
( a care!"
The speaker went to the rail and
began fumbling with the rope. The
other, l realized, was slipping quite
nolselessly along the smooth planking
toward me. his bent body family sill
houetted in the moonlight. / knew
that could hardly be distinguishable
from the long line Of the house, and l
had the additional advantage OF know
ing their strength, while l was still an
unknown quantity to them. The men
would assume that / was either Hart
ridge, the boatmaker, or Henry Hol-
brook. one Of whom they had come
to; kill, and there is, as every one
knows, little honor In being the victim
Of mistaken identity. heard the
mans hand scratching along the wall
az he advanced cautiously; there was
no doubt but that he would discover
me In another moment; SO resolved
to take the Initiative and give battle.
Ny fingerstips touched the back 81
one Of the folded camp chairs. that
rested againat the house, and / slow.
ny clasped It. I saw the leader still
standing by the rail. the rope In his
hand. His accomplice was 20 close
that 4 could hear his quick breathing
rand something In his dimly outlined
Icfouching figure was familiar, Then
isttS hashed over me, that he war the
dark satlor had ordered from Glen
arm, that afternoon. sss sss
He wassnow within arms length 81
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
WANTED coRRE cTNEss.

Customer-M'yes, that's better, but
you'll have to alter it little over the
hips. for I'm taking up new appoint
ment on Monday, and the principal
Informed me that his firm was very
particular as to correctness in figures.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Don't let your right hand know
what your left hand is doing. It
might be very notifying to the
right hand.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
A Domestic Arrangement.
Rluster and hih wifa soom ~ oo

"Bluster and his wife seem to get
along very well together"
That's because they have set aside
one day in the week to do all their
fighting. On the other days they
keep the peace
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

9sY.Nopsle.

Miss Patricia Holbrook and Miss Helen
Hplbrook. her niece. we're entrusted to
sunmerang near Port Annandaie. Miss
Patricia confided to Donovan that she
feared her brother Henry, who. ruined by
= bank failure, had constantly threatened
her for money from his fathers will; of
witch Miss Patricia was guardian: They
came to Fort Annandnle to escape Henry.
Donovan sympathixed with the TWO
noylnG sutton. Donovan discovered and
captured an intruder. who proved to oe
Reginald Gillespie. sutton for the hand OF
Miss Helen Holbrook. Gillespie disap-
,peared the following morning. rough
sailor appeared and was ordered away.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

WHEN YOUR JOINTS ARE STIFF
Ea: when you Slip strain or bruise Yourself use,
Kerry Davis fainkller. The home remedy 20 years.
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