davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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9e as large as q small cabin could b0
odged ON top OF q mountain when
here il no similar rock within . hun
lred miles or moro. we must trace its
history back to . time at least 200. 900
sears ago. when the geologic period
.alled the tertiary was drawing to its
:lose.
The first fact to attract our atten-
hon. could We have taken . birdseyo
siew of the northern part Of our con-
" extent than at present. Looking
eastward we would SEQ the shoreline
Intending in places a hundred miles
seyond the shorcline Of today. and In
yain would We scan for the islands.
rays and reaches that now lend such
,nchantment to our picturesque coast.
Northward the land probably stretch
I'd unbroken over the present arctic
archipelago, and connected on tho
EAST by way OF Greenland. Iceland and
he Scandinavian peninsula with Eu-
cope and on the west by closing Of
eering strait with Asia.
This circumstance had n very impor.
tant bearing on the fauna OF that day.
rs II enabled the animals from the one
continent to cross to the other. Ma
king a closer inspection Of the land
scape beneath US. We would be sur
prised at the total absence Of the
smaller lakes that now are Its most
characteristic feature. Even the great
takes were missing. with the possible
exception Of Lake Superior. while in
the valleys In which these latter now
lie flowed rivers belonging to one
or more systems.
The mountain groups Of today We
would recognize at once. notwithstand-
ing their somewhat more rugged out
line. and the same would be true In
the case Of the rivers. While We
would SEQ q number Of them In
strange courses, the master streams
we would know at FIRST glance. For
millions Of years these had been cut
ting their channels undisturbed, until
at the close Of the tertiary q new i'm.
petus was impaired to them. owing to
the recent rise Of land and the ever
increasing humidity Of the climate.
80 we would probably see them tur-
bulent and swollen and the sides OF
their water courses often precipitous
and Jagged, overhung in places By
great lodges and loose blocks readily
dislodged by the least force.
The climate over the whole conti-
nent was semitropical, or at least tenn
perate. and such plants as the big and
great red woods Of California grew AZ
far north as Greenland and Iceland.
And through the almost endless woods
of the north roamed herds Of masto-
don and other herbivore Of great size.
together with such beasts Of prey as
the now extinct saber-toothed tiger.
But we ftnd no trace Of man.
Over this strange and magnificent
world the ice swept down SO suddenly.
as geologic time Is reckoned, that
most Of the then existing animal and
plant forms. pushed south before its
advance, had not time enough to adapt
themselves to their new environment.
and therefore became greatly altered
or exterminated.
As yet there has been no good rea-
son assigned for a change that In
comparatively short time transformed
the semitropical climate into that Of
Greenland Of today. Probably q COM
bination Of circumstances brought It
about
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Burvjno Cabbaue.

Do not bury cabbage until danger
OF very hard freezing. As a rule IL
should not be buried until about the
10th Of November. and later In many
sections will insure safer keeping.
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COL DS
Cured in One Day
40

II Ixsa,d my cold cure a. being bstf~ than
. Life Insurance Policy. .':-MUNYON.
A few doses of Munyon's Cold Cure viii
break up any cold and prevent pneumonia.
It relieves the head. throat and lungs al
most instantly. These little sugar pellets
can be conveniently carried in the vest
pocket for use at any time or anywhere.
Price Is cents at any druggists.
Munyon's Doctors. They will carefully
diagnose your case and give you advice
by mail, absolutely free. They put you
under no obligations.
Address Munyon's Doctors. MUNYON'S
Laboratory. SD and jefferson streets. Phil
adelphia, Pa.
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dashing wave may rock 1t to and fro.
writes G. N. Collins in the National
Geographic Magazine.
Examine one of these powders
more closely and you will find sew
eral things to distinguish it from
others that you may have noticed in
other parts of the country. Should
the rock on which the bowlder lies be
bare of soil. 1t will often be found to
be of a different kind than that of
which the bowlder is composed. Thus
the bowlder itself may be Of granite
and rest on a surface of limestone.
shale or sandstone.
You will also often hnd this bare
rock polished to a remarkable degree.
or marred by scratches. and even deep
grooves running in q more or less
parallel direction. known as glacial
striae.
To understand how q block of gran
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-12-02
yXHENCE CAME TIE BlG&,6A
BOUILlER&4S!!!|!l : s
HENEvER your vacation

your vacation
rambles have taken you to
one of the northern states
of the country. you have
no doubt often been struck
by the sight of some un-
usually large powders
perched on the top of a
mountain, or resting. may
be, in such q nicely bal
anced position by the very
edge of the sea that a
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
After the Show.

"A well dressed man. said to be an
E~nglishman. has been arrested In
Montmartre, Paris. on a charge of ten
dering bad half sovereigns for dinners
and entertainments, which reminds US
of the story about the touring CON-
pany which has been doing very bad
business in the smalls." While the
proprietor and sole responsible mana
ger was standing outside the tempo
rary theater (the Corn Exchange) a
very small boy with a very large mel
on arrived and proposed to barter the
fruit for a seat in the gallery. The
bargain was duly concluded. and tho
scene now changes to the interior Of
the theater after the performance.
Boy" says the manager severely,
that melon was rotten" That's all
right" returns the youthful critic; 80
was yer show."-London Globe.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
THACKERAY WAS BORED.
Amusing Incident Of the Authors Sec
ond Visit to Boston.

Amusing Incident Of the Authors Sec
ond Visit to Boston.
During Thackeray's second visit to
Boston Mr.. James T. Fields, his host,
vas asked to invite Thackcray to at
tend an evening meeting of a scientific
club, which was to be held Mt the
house of a distinguished member.
l was, said Mr.. Fields, very rcluc-
tant to ask him to be present, for l
knew he was easily bored, and l was
fearful that a prosy essay or geological
paper might be presented and felt GER
tain that should such be the ease he
would be exasperated with me, the in
nocent cause of his affection.
My worst fears were realized. /
dared not look at Thackeray. l felt
that his eye was upon me. My dis
tress may be imagined when 1 saw
him rise quite deliberately and make
his exit very noiselessly into a small
anteroom adjoining. The apartment
was dimly lighted, but he knew that
I knew he vas there.
Then began Il series of pantomimic
feats impossible to describe. he threw,
an imaginary pcrson-myself, of course
upon the tlcor and proceeded to stab
him several times with a paper folder,
which he caught UP for the purpose.
After disposlng of his victim in this
way he was not satisfied, for the dull
lecture still Went Oh in the other room,
so he fired an imaginary revolver sew
eral times at an imaginary head.
The whole thing was i%nimitably
done. l hoped nobody saw it but my
self. Years afterward a pondercus,
fat witted young man put the question
squarely to me-:
what was the matter with MI.
Thackeray that night the club met at
Mr.. IS house"
Out Of Court.
Good morning." said the lawyer as
the lady entered his Office. II suppose
you want to know how your divorce
suit is getting along?"
mo; l want to call it off, Responded
the visitor. II couldn't use q divorce
just now"
but you have such a clear case!'
mo matter. Nothing doing. Thu
man l had intended to marry failed
to get his divorce and the woman m,
husband wants to marry has just go
hers. l don't propose to be left in thu
air. See?"
Thus the court was saved the trou
BILE Of impounding more testimony
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Difference In Time.

When it is noon at any given place
it is similarly noon at all other points
having the same longitudinal meridian,
and the SUI is In it's zenith where
meridian and equator intersect.
For business convenience every If
teen degrees Of longitude evenly divid-
ed from Greenwich has the same time,
being the distance that the earth trav-
els in n hour. In the United States
we have eastern. central, mountain
and Pacific time. Thus when it is
noon at New York it is II q. m. at Chi
cago. central time; 10 a. m. at Denver,
mountain time. and 9 a. m. at San
Francisco. Pacific time. = New York
American.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Spider INSTINCT.
Cutting a Web Thread to Escape From
an Intruder.

N'
The instinct of the spider is always
IN interesting subject for study. Re-
Gently a naturalist placed a small spi-
der in the center of Il large spiders
web some four feet above ground,
The large spider soon rushed from its
intruder, which ran up n of the as
cending lines by which the web was
secured to the foliage.
The big insect gained rapidly upon
the little one, but the fugitive wa
equal to the emergency, for When
cut with of its ear legs the line
behind itself. thus securing its w es-
cape the fcrocious pursuer falling to
the ground.
The naturalist says: "It is not the
habit of spiders to cut tie slender
thread below them when they are as
cending to avoid some threatened dan
ger unless there is a hole close at
hand-and a hole that is known to be
unoccupied." From this it would seem
that the little creatures action was the
result of some sort of reasoning. In
stinct led it to run away, but it must
have been something more than in.
stinct that led it to sever the line and
so cut off the pursuit.
The same naturalist SAYS that Spi-
dcrs are cannibals and that they are
naturally pugnacious. But they do not
fight for the satisfaction Of eating one
another. "When two spiders fight
there Is generally a very good reason
for the attack and the vigorous de-
Tense that follows.
1T is not generally known that after
a certain time spiders become inca
pable Of spinning a web from lack
Of material. The glutinous excretion
from which the slender threads are
spun is limited, therefore spiders can
not keep on constructing new snares
when the old les are destroyed. But
they can avail themselves Of the web
producing powers Of their younger
neighbors, and this they do without
scruple. AS oon as a spiders web
constructing material has become ex-
hausted and its last web destroyed it
sets out in search of another home,
and unless it should chance to find one
that is tenantless a battle usually en-
sues, which ends only with the retreat
or death Of the invader or defender."-
New York World.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1910.

But-talk to his eyes. Consider
every man a Missourian and "show
him" Show the grain, the hay, the
vegetables, the sheep, hogs, horses
and poultry that South Dakota can
produce in agar of universal drought
that she has produced this year when
not one of her most favored sister
states can show half a crop. Pile up
at our State Fair such an aggregation
of wonderful farm produce as the
state a get together with only the
most tritling effort; tell him what you
have and invite him to come and see
1t. Get him here at any cost, Organ
ize cheap excursions from all over the
nearby states. Let him see what the
state has done this year and you have
convinced him NOT ONLY THAT
WE HAVE A GOOD STATE, BUT
THE BEST STATE.
A state that a not only produce
wealth in abundance when prosperity
is universal, but al produce splendid
paying crops in a year when failure
is universal, is a state which has only
to place the proof before his eyes to
become the Mecca of every intending
immigrant.
OF all years, past or to come, South
Dakota should this year make a show
ing of what she has produced.
Twenty counties have already made
application for space for county ex-
hibits. They are: Butte, Brookings,
Brown, Clay, Clark, Corson, Faux,
Dawson, Hyde, Hughes, Kingsbury,
Hand, Minnehaha, McCook, Miner
Perkins, Pennington, Sanborn, Sphinx
and Turner. This is the largest ap-
plication for space for county exhibits
ever made, and the counties applying
are we'll distributed over the state
and are representative of it's richest
agricultural, grazing and mining Sec
tions. The superintendent of these
twenty county exhibits are doing in
justice to their W counties if they
are not already pushing to the very
limit the arrangements for full and
splendid exhibits. We are advised
that some of them, at least, are doing
so and those who are not cannot
afford to let their counties suffer by
comparison.
Such ashowing of products as South
Dakota al make this year will be
advertised g%ratuitously all over the
west. The leading news, stock and
agricultural press have asked for press
tickets and will send staff c%orrespon-
dents to write up this Fair. The big
dailies of Chicago, New York, Indi-
annapolis, Milwaukee and the Twin
Cities will be represented by a staff of
men, as will also such great papers as
The Breeders Gazette, Wall Street
Journal, Iowa Homestead, Farm &
Home and Orange Judd Farmer, of
Chicago and the Twentieth Century
Farmer of Omaha, Nebraska and
many others.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OF THE INTERIOR
U. s. Land Office at Rapid City,
S. Oak, July %, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Nancy
Maxwell, of Bend, South Dakota,
who, on May i, 1906, made home,
stead entry, No. 9l2s-o9so3, for lots
II E1-2, NV IA Section 81, Township
3 N, range 9 E., b. H. Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Final five year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Clerk of Courts, at Rapid City,
South Dakota, on the lst day Of
September, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John Kammerer, of Rapid City, S. D.
William II. Jones, of Bend, S. ID.
William Kammerer, of Piedmont,
S. d.
Charles B. Wilkes, Of Piedmont, S. d.
J29-A26 LOOMS S. GULL, Register.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Persia. Orchards.

While Persia is generally famed for
its roses and otner beautiful flowers
and its ta%stefully arranged gardens.
its orchards. with excellent varieties
OF finely favored fruit, nuts, melons,
squashes. cucumbers. ETC.. deserve
greater consideration. It is the home
of the peach. a fact illustrated in the
term for this fruit in many languages.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Plotted Plants.

The reason some people ''never have
any luck with plants" is sometimes
because the drainage is defective. A
plant will not live in a heavy. o u
soggy soil, such as fills a pot when the
drainage is not complete. This is 8
cially true of palms, to which the stag.
nant moisture is sure death. but II
holds true Of any pot grown plant.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Notice for Publication
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER

Lana 4 VT L LIN L HuxOn
US. Land Office at Rapid City, S. D..
July S, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Her.
bert Fl. Brayman, of Rapid City, S.
D., who on June IA, 1909, made Home
stead Entry, No. Oi7lO7, for Mp NE
IA Section q and El-2 S-El-4 Section
%, Township l North, Range I East,
b. 81. Meridian, has filed notice of in.
tention to make Final Five Year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described; before Register
and Receiver, U. s. Land ONCE. at
Rapid City, S. d., on the 18th day Of
August, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: Storie
Lowell, Ernest 0. Mahlke, Aietta v.
Stoermer, 3. Bryce Reed, all of Rapid
JsA5 LOOMS S. GULL, Register.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
As Represented.

1ratc Stranger-Look here! 1 thought
you told me that dog l bought from
you had a good many fine points. He
looks like he has been shot full Of ar
rows.
Mountaineer Pete-Those be the fine
points, stranger. He tackled a porcu-
pine the day befor. you bought him.
Los Angeles Times.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Portrait superst;t;on.

PORTRAIT Superstitions.
: In many civilized countries strange
superstitions exist regarding ones Dor
trait or photograph. Thus among
some classes Of Germans It is said
that If you have your portrait painted
death is sure to follow shortly: also
mat q photograph imbibes your soul.
Inc Russians say that IL q silhouette
Is taken death results within the year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Sugar In China.
Sugar has been eaten in China 70,
at least 5000 years.
The Russian Fi.o.

Peter the Great, it Is said, borrow.
ed the Idea Of the Russian flag from
the Dutch. among whom he learned
shipbuilding. He simply turned tho
Dutch trfcolor, red, white and blue, up
side down to make a Russian dag.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
One Foot In the er,xa.

S"0 . V0I III IN0 0TNV0s
you see that strapping. robust man?
When saw him last night he had n
foot in the grave"
Extraordinary! Who is he"
He is playing the gravedigger in
Hamlet at the local theater."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Moss Grown ss.n..

Moss Grown Steps.
10 remove green and other stains
from doorsteps, dissolve one n OF
oxalic acid in half a gallon of water
n brush the steps with 1t, using
very stir broom for the purpose. Then
wash down with clean water.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Ostrich Fe.thsr..

The beautiful: and choice ostrich
feathers are found only in the wings
of that bird. 1t Is rare to find more
than u dozen of these fine feathers on
one bird.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
A Rara Product.

DO you believe in the SUPERNATURAL
l asked of h genius who
Directs and shapes the play and tells
The actors what to do,
And he answered. Though I've spent
my life
In the theater. l regret
To say I have never. never seen
A super natural yet"
-Lippincott's.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29

Taught Him . lssssa.
why don't ron give your VIE On
ailowance3s
n tried that once, and she spent it
before | could borrow Il back."-Loufs-
Vile CONVERSATIONAL.
It belongs TO great men % have great
1efscts.S,Erench Provost.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Try This on Your clavier.

I ~ WI SIoVICTs
Meat will be cheaper in the spring.
News Item.I
Tho prices that bloom in the spring,
Ira la.
Have nothing to do with the case.
The prices Of every old thing,
Ira la,
Arc ut for the purse of a king.
Ira la,
SO now il the time to erase
Right now is the time to erase.
And that's what we mean when we say
or we sing.
"oh. bother the prices that boon in the
spring!"
Ira la la Ia la la,
Ira la la la la la,
The prices that bloom in the spring!
New York Mail.
Nature of the Goods.
II suppose a manicure establishment
cannot possibly run out Of stock"
"Why not?"
Because it is a business in which
the goods are always on hand."-Balti
more American.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Nature Of the Goods.

He who shall pass judgment on the
records Of our life is the same that
formed us In frailty.-Stevenson.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
Security Savings Bank
RAPID CITY. S. p.
Saving is the Secret to Wealth.
ANNUAL STATEMENT

ANNUAL STATEMENT
Fer the Year E,nding December 81st.
NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL lNsUR-
ANCE COMPANY
Of Wisconsin. made to tho Commits
sioner of Insurance Of the State
Of South Dakota. pursuant TO
fara LAYS " p saso1cf' s.f p,ssIasnt jos waln
Huebl; Home office. Corner Wis
eorporated. February 2oth. 1859:
I. CAPITAL STOCK
Amount Of Capital paid up >, nm nm N
Amount Of Ledger Assets
Gas per balance) Deem
Der 31st Of previous year 5.2l2.ss2.71
Total Premiums (other
than perpetuals). ....... 2,07f .604.77
Total Gross Interest and
From agents: balances. pro.
v~iously charged off,. Z. S41.22
Total income 81. 2ss. s7s.s4
Net amount paid for loss
Expenses Of adjustment
and settlement of losses 44.o20.42
terest or dividends ..... 10000. 90
Commissions or brokerage 643.s0s.1s
Salaries. fees and all other
charges Of officers. clerks.
agents and other en-
Rents. including amount
pancy ....:..... ...... 100000
tate 4.5ss.1a
Taxes. licenses and fees.. Sl.1l2.47
LOSS on sale or maturity
Of ledger assets $500. l.227.s3
Gross decrease BY adjust
ledger assets .......... 100000
All other disbursements. 60.173.33
Total Disbursements ...s1,s17,sss.63
Balance ......... .,5,5s2.o2s.s2
Nv. LEDGER ASSETS
Book value Of real estate 1856. $50. 20
Mortgage loans IN real es-
tate. frst liens. 81. FOG. 10000
stocks s.721.247.2s
Gs:s & IN &c e%oasPp.ny'' once. st3SHss
Agents balances ......... 24S.7l9.16
Total ledger assets 49,. $3.50, o2a. 81
Interest due and accrued..$ 27.240.9S
D1DUcT AssETs Nor XDM1TTED
Agents balances ......... 3.466.73
Book value Of ledger AS
sets over market value 70.SO9.7S
Total ..................$ H,27s.5l
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-29
fetal admitted assets :.
v.

VOtol admitted assets -.
v. I.lABILIT11
Net amount Of unpaid loss
90 and claims..........
retal unsapned premiums.
Conha0Fation Reserve 80.
Salaries. rents, expenses.
taxes, bills. accounts,
fees, etc. due or accrued
State. County and Munich
pal taxes due or accrued
Commissions. brokerage
and other charges due or
to become due to agents
and brokers ...........
Total amount Of all liza
bilities. except capital.
Capital. actually paid up
In cash .....:.....:....'
Surplus over all liabilities
vi. Risks
In force on the 3lst day Of
December Of previous
Written OF renewed during
the year ..............
psduot, those expired ana
marked on % termina.
tel
II force at the end Of the
year ,,,...... .,.......
Deduct amount re-insured
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
BRIDE OF SIXTEEN SUES
Waitress for Husbands s Parents Before
Marriage Became Known.

Red Bank, N J.. Nov. (SpeeiaD.-Juss
six months after their secret marriage ar
Como. N. j.. following a 10y ride" Ida
Hayes Cornwell. the sixteen-year-oId bride
has had a warrant issued for the arrest OF
her husband. Elwood c. CornwelI OF this
place. on charge OF non-support Corn
well Is son Of j. W. Cornwen. q well TO do
real estate man. The girl uas a waitress
here IN a hotel where the Coruwells lived
at the time Of the marriage.
The young mans parents were much
wrought up over the marriage when II
finally became known. but after tha BRIDE
groom had lived the first month OF his mar
ried life with his parents at the hotel. dur
Ing which time his gfrI-bride waited upon
the table unrecognized by her husbands
relatives, young Cornwel went to live with
his wife
young Mrs Cornwell says that during ths
six months OF married life her husband was
employed for only eight weeks as chauffeur
and that her mother was compelled to sup
port the two OF them. When Chief OF Po-
lice Patterson went TO serve the warrant
to-day he found CornwelI had left town.