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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Little Jap's Birthday.

Japanese children don't have sepa.
rate birthdays. Instead, there is a
festival in March for all the little
girls, and another in May for all the
little boys.
So IL you were little girl and lived
there, all your relations and friends
would give you presents in March;
your little sister would have presents
on the same day. too, and so would
your girl cousins and all the little
girls you know. and there would be
big birthday parties going on every
where.
Then in May the boys would have
their turn. Their festival is called
the "Fish Festival" Every family
having a boy sets up big Flagstaff
in the doorway of its house. On the
top of the pole is a gilt ball, and
flying from the pole is a whole string
of fish made of oiled paper or cloth.
The golden ball signifies treasure
which the fish is supposed to be for
ever trying to reach. This means
that the boy, when he is a man, will
have to battle his way-in the same
way as the fish struggle up the river
through life. 1t is sort of little
lecture to the Japanese boys to be
ambitious.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

dream nightly of gold. But even Bal
larat has no other romance to rival
that of the discovery of two huge mug
gets within few days in the same
claim. The story runs that four mi.
ners had worked their claims down to
a depth OF about sixty feet when one
of them brought to light nugget
weighing nearly hundredweight, and
worth $27500. In their JOY at such
rich treasure trove the men abandoned
the diggings and took their nugget
with them to England. They had
scarcely left Ballarat when their sue
cessors to the claim. with almost the
first stroke of pick, turned over an.
other nugget. heavier than the first,
and valued at more than $4,000.
or all the romantic stories told OF
gold discoveries In California, not one
is more remarkable than that of which
Oliver Martin and companion named
Fowler had been prospecting for gold
to no purpose. Worn out by hard.
ships and half dead from starvation,
they were on the point of abandoning
the quest In despair when fate admin
istered her last crushing blow.
They were overtaken by terrible
storm, in which Fowler was drowned,
Martin, weak though he was, set to
work to dig his fallen comrades grave
at the foot OF a tree, and had dug
down barely two feet when his spade
struck hard, unyielding substance,
which, to his amazement and delight,
proved to be an enormous nugget, the
largest ever found on the American
continent The "Oliver Martin chunk"
as it came to be known the world
over. weighed 151 pounds ounces,
realized something over $4,000. and
was the nucleus of a fortune Of mil.
lion dollars which Martin accumulated
in later years.
1t is impossible to read far in the
story Of mining without being amazed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
ALL MATTER OF COMPARISON
ehs,osophle Observations Given 20 the
World by the Man Of Mod
crate Means.

"All things" said the man Of mod
crate means. impress us by compari-
son. If man had lived all his life in
palace 1t would have been a grand
sort of place indeed that would seem
anything particularly fine to him.
whereas If he had lived always in
shack a very modest house would
seem to him luxurious.
IF since they first came in we had
been driving steadily $4,000 auto
mobile then obviously 1t would take
quite considerable of kerosene cart
to give us any added Joy in that line,
while IL we had been accustomed con-
stantly to ride in street cars even the
simplest gasoline gigs might give us
great glee. All things go by com
parison.
Take, for instance, smoking. My
regular smoke is stogie that costs
,$1.45 hundred, but | buy also for
special occasions special brand of
cigars for which pay two dollars a
hundred; buy so box at time for
dollar. Commonly l smoke the
stogies, and think they're pretty
good, at little less than cent and a
half a smoke. but If happen to strike
little streak Of luck blow myself to
couple of those choice smokes out Of
the other box. in which really find
great pleasure.
ITS all by comparison. Some men
would have to pay $40 for a cigar to
get any fun out of It, can get lot
of fun out OF two-center.
"And speaking of great pleasure, I'm
glad have not exhausted all my great
pleasures; I've still got them all. or
mostly all, to enjoy. My capacity for
novelty and enjoyment has never
been much taxed; 1t is still practically
boundless. have got life ahead Of
me. not behind. and when do get
money. az certainly hope to do some
day, everything will be new and
charming to me and shall enjoy
everything immensely.
i've got something to look forward
to. anyway. and think there's some.
thing In that"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
VIRGIN GOLD FOUND.
Starving Miner Discovers Ore
That Is Almost Pure.
Poor cornishnan Picks Up Nugget
Weighing 200 Pounds, Worth Near.
ly $5o,oo0-Some Strange Tales
from Australia.

Spokane, Wash.-Among the thou.
sands who flocked to the Victorian
gold fields in the early sos were two
Cornish miners. John Deason and Rich
nrd Oates, who staked out claim near
the village of MoliaQue. They set to
work with visor. confident that within
few months they would be able to
retire to their native Cornwall rich
men; but their expectations were
doomed to cruel disappointment Not
only months. but many years passed.
and found them still as far removed
from fortune as at the beginning, and
ny 1859, Is years after they began
their search for gold. they were re-
duced to the last straits. Starvation
stared them in the face. and the
browning misfortune came when a To-
cal storekeeper refused to supply Dea-
son with a little flour until he pro-
duced the money for it.
In despair the miner seized his pick
and wandered away to the outskirts
of the gold field, and as he wandered.
downcast and heavy-hearted, he no.
tlced a CLEAN of yellow in rut made
by peddler's cart. Lifting his pick,
with a few frantic blows he brought
70 Eght an enormous nugget. which,
with all his strength, he could barely
raise an inch from the ground. The
nugget, which was soon known the
whole world over as the welcome
Stranger" actually weighed nearly two
Eundredweight. and it was sold for
nearly $4,000.
AND these were but few of many
similar blocks of gold discovered in
Australia under equally dramatic con-
d1tions. While a native shepherd
named Kerr was tending his sheep one
day his attention was arrested by a
yellow rock projecting a few inches
above the soil. In his excitement at
the discovery he ran to fetch his mas.
ter. The rock was unearthed and
proved to be nugget of two hundred
weight. from which 16O pounds OF pure
gold was extracted.
A few years later another monster
nugget made its appearance at Ballar-
at. A party of miners had worked q
claim to depth of GO yards when one
OF them struck with his pickax hard,
lrregularly shaped mass, which, on
being unearthed. proved to be a block
OF almost pure gold 20 inches long, IL
lnches wide and inches deep. Its
weight was almost a hundredweight
and quarter and its value was close
to $4,000.
1t was the periodical discovery at
Rallarat of these monster nuggets
which first fired the blood of the en-.
tire world in the far away sos and
made even prosaic Yorkshire farmers
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
WHAT BECAME OF THE BUTTON
Naive Confession of Little Girl Proved
Her to Be True Daughter
of Eve.

~
Loie Fuller. the noted dancer, told
at luncheon a story about her class
of dancing children.
Il gave the children Christmas
party last year." she said, "and when
the pudding came on said to them:
Il have put in this pudding a coin.
little china doll and a button. Who
ever gets the coin will be rich.
Whoever gets the doll will be married
before the year is out. But whoever
gets the button will be an old maid
well, the pudding disappeared rap
idly, and the little girls soon found
the coin and the china doll. But the
button did not turn up. No one got
the button. THIS amazed me.
.That night said to my favorite
little girl, as we sat alone by the firs
in my room:
"I can't understand what became
of that button. put 1t in the pudding
myself
en- tell you, the little girl con-
fessed. turning rosy with confusion. L
dot the button. But didn't want
everybody to laugh at mel-tho I
thwallowed it." 6.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
When Dethroned from Hen Roos
Jealous Bird Beats Head Against
Post Until Dead.

West Caldwell, N. J.-Dethroned as
king of jeremiah o. Dolenbecks hen
roost by younger rival. Chef, known
as the handsomest rooster in north
New Jersey, could not bear the dis.
grace of being placed in a small in
closure with five bantams, and after
killing two of them and disabling the
other three, he pounded his dead
against an iron post until he dropped
dead.
The feathers on Chefs head and
neck changed in color from dull red
to a bright scarlet. The feathers on
the body were of a greenish blue,
beautifully shaded. and his tail feath-
ers were gorgeous. Chef knew he
was handsome and he delighted to
parade about the chicken yard and
listen to his praises being sung by the
hens. When young he was named
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Carnegie Puts Up Mansion for Bail

persons. SO the retired ironmaster had
to go to the police station. Mr.. Car
negie and Magistrate Hermann had .
pleasant little talk, the millionaire
being assured that he wouldn't have
his days pleasure spoiled by delav
Mr.. Carnegie was sure his chauffeur
wasn't speeding.
You know. your honor" said Mr.
Carnegie. Pm very careful with INV
chaufeurs. They have the renutation
in Scotland of being the best chant.
feurs there. pay them good sala rio.
and In addition bonus of ten mar
cent Of their wages to abstain from
liquor" '
When the chauffeur was held for
trial and it came to question of hail
Mr.. Carnegie said he hadn't any mon.
ey with him.
I'll lend you some." volunteered
the court. but property will do.
Mr.. Carnegie offered his e. nm ooo
mansion at E. Ninety-first street ss
security. which Magistrate Herrma mn
thought would be sufficient. 'An
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
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Man Is Stripped of His Patent Shirt

in fire-red letters, two inches high,
the name of the goods" right across
his shirt front. 1t was long name,
and in order to make room for 1t,
Buckley wore full dress suit with a
top hat and cane.
At Fourth and Main streets, he
stepped in front of venerable old
lady, who, at first saw in him only a
foppish sort of middle-aged man.
with little bunch of spinach under
his chin and Mephisto look. AS the
good old woman dropped her eyes, she
saw bright red glare right in front
of her. and as she looked again she
saw, spread out in huge letters of
fire, the name of more or less popu-
lar brand of booze.
With scream of dismay, the old
lady staggered back, and the police
man on the corner came up on the
run. Buckley went to Jail.
You'll have to leave that shirt here
as evidence" announced Desk Sergt
White. after booking the prisoner.
What, take off my shirt?" ex-
claimed Buckley in dismay. Never
This shirt is a valuable patent. will
put up any amount of bail you wish,
any bond up to $1,000, but will not
take off my shirt. and will fight this
case to the end. to the bitter end, do
you understands"
Guess you will have to begin fight
ing by going to JAIL" answered the
sergeant, without batting an eye.
Buckley thought it over for mo-
ment. then became very busy with the
telephone and finally induced a friend
to bring him $40 bail. which he lett
with the shirt.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

at the large part luck has played in it..
There Is scarcely gold field In the
world some of the chief treasures of
which have not been revealed by a
trivial accident. The famous Pilbarra
field In West Australia might still hold
its riches in concealment II 1t had not
been for such an accident. A boy one
day picked up q stone to hurl at a
crow. and was so struck by its weight
that, instead of throwing it, he exam.
ined 1t and found it covered with yell
low specks, which, even to his inex-
perienced eye. suggested gold He took
the stone home. his father submitted
it to miner and thus was discovered
the clew to the hidden treasures of
Pilbarra.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Husband Loves to Sew On His Button

| them, isn't mature enough to grasp
the principles Of ethics, so Papa
Blount sews little white china affairs
to portions of his attire where they
| belong.
Not without mishap have the Blount
children been grounded in the prin.
ciples of division of labor. Walters
first button sewing stunt was a trag-
edy. Climbing on papa's lap, Walter
took possession of needle of formid-
able size and grasped thimble into
which he could wedge the major por-
ton of chubby fist. Father held the
button In place and patiently ex-
planned the operation of poking the
needle through the hole.
Now do it,
Walter grabbed the needle, took a
big breath and jabbed it home. His
aim was true. Through the button II
went; through his own trousers,
through dad's-all the while with
Walters thimble clad fist hammering
away as if life depended on it-and
where else it went was emphasized
by yell that brought mother and
brother and maids to the scene of the
sewing lesson. Later Walter took his
sewing lessons over the ironing board
There are two maids in the Blount
household, and these could probably
sew on a missing button or stitch a
ripped seam without detriment to 9th
er duties, but this Mr.. and Mrs,
Blount will not permit.
Mrs. Blount said during the day that
she didn't believe there was such a
thing as the ethics of marriage, that
though we have progressed far beyond
the conditions obtaining at the time
of Solomon, we are far from reaching
ideal conditions.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

ANEW YORK.-Orders were orders,
IN and Andrew Carnegie had to stop
recently to bail out his chauffeur, al
though he hadn't any money with him
and the call of the golf links was
pressing. With Judge Reid and an
other Pitts5urg man Mr. Carnegie was
on the way to st. Andrews links when
the car was held up and his chauffeur
arrested on charge of exceeding the
speed limit.
1--WE weren't speeding" said Mr..
Carnegie, "and VIC have an engage
ment at the golf links. Can't we go
on?"
The policeman was no respecter of
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
King Rooster Kills Himself

Chesterfield, but had since been called
Chef for short.
A young rooster was placed in the
coop. The intruder was Immediately
attacked by Chef and for this the old
rooster was removed to the coop con-
tanning the bantams. This was mere.
ly a temporary move. but after an
hour the bird was dead.
The old rooster will be stuffed and
have prominent place in the DOZEN.
beck home.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Bath for Mine Mules.

Wilkesbarre, PA shower bath
for mules in the Henry colliery is q
novelty installed by the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company. The mules take a
bath at the close of each days work
and enjoy it SO much that 1t is hard
10 drive them from the shower to
their stalls.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Chicago Is Village.

Chicago. must take a back
seat. After priding herself with be-
ing the second city in the United
States, it has been found that she is
mere village compared with Mime.
apolis and st. Paul.
The truth was discovered in let.
ter Capt Wood of the detective bu.
reau received from William Thorpe of
Big Lake, Mimi, who wanted the cap.
tain to send him a servant
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Comb Exploded In Hair.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Mrs. Margaret Sing.
e: Milligan, rich young society WON
an, was burned at her home on West.
ern avenue. North side, by the explo.
sion of celluloid combs which she was
using in her hair The hair was
burned from her head and she was
otherwise seriously scorched. Mrs.
Milligan is a daughter Of w. M. Sing.
er. the late Pittsburg steel king. for.
MGR partner of Andrew Carnegie.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
War on smuooIIno.

New York.-Thirty Of the largest
wholesale diamond firms in the Maid
en- lane district have formed an asso-
citation which purposes to help stop
the smuggling of gems. especially dia-
monds and pearls. The dealers will
notify federal authorities of shipments
Of diamonds which appear suspicious.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

THE reason send to Chicago for a
GIRL wrote Thorpe, when | could get
one in either Minneapolis or St. Paul.
Is that l want one who will stay. /
am afraid If get one from such a
large city as st. Paul or Minneapolis,
she will get homesick and leave. so /
thought would get a Chicago girl
and she will not get so lonesome"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Learning from Experience

DO you think it's possible for one
TO learn anything by taking course
in that correspondence school he's
conducting?"
Il 20. yes; one is likely to learn what
fool one was to bother with II. -
Catholic Union and Times.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

and that If even small saving could
be made by all or a large proportion
OF the locomotives of the country It
would constitute an important factor
in the conservation OF the nations
fuel supply"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Buys Farm with TIPS.

st. Louis.-With tips received
while an usher at the Union station.
Frank Bernely. until recently in
charge of the usher corps, has pur.
chased farm near Branson, Mo-, for
$4,000. Bernely was employed at the
station for seven years.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
Proof of the Puddinn

Shoe Dealer-Here are pair Of
boots that will suit you exactly in
your next dash for the pole. How did
you like the last pair sold you?
Arctic Explorer (reminiscentiy)-
the best / ever tasted.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

Belle-But do you think you and he
are suited to each other?
Nell-o. perfectly! Our tastes are
quite similar. don't care much for
him and he doesn't care much for me.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

The happiness of our later life is n
great part made up OF the pleasurable
memories Of early years DR.. Alexan-
der Rain. m
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04
PIN .

IT tried all kinds Of blood remedies
which failed to do me amy good, but I
have found the right thing q last. Ny
face was full of pimples and black-heads.
After taking cascarets they all left. ann
continuing the use Of them and recon-
mending them to my friends. feel 6ns
when ] rise in the morning. Hope %,
have chance to recommend CascaTets. =,
Fred c. Witten, Is Elm ST., Newark, N. j.
CUT THIS OUT, mari It with your al
dress to Sterling Remedy Company. Chl-
caEo. Illinois. and receive a handsome
souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE. ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-02-04

Stops Lanleness

Much of the chronic lameness
tn horses is due to neglect. II,
See that your horse is not al
lowed to SO lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign Of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. 6. T. Roberts 81 Resaca, Ga..
RID. No. I, Box IS, writes: havs
used your Liniment on horse for sWeo-
ney and effected thorough cure. al
% removed q spawn on mule. This
SPAWN was as large asa guinea egg. Ia
my estimation the best remedy for hmA-
ness and soreness II MI
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