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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30
An Old Time Winter.

vt was so cold in New York part Of
the winter Of 1910 that residents in the
vicinity were compelled to cut down
the tall trees that stood at what is
now the head Of Wall street to make
kindling wood.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30
Pojsonou. snakes,

There are only eight poisonous
snakes Ii America, and the proportion
Of poisonous snakes everywhere, ex-
cept in Australia, Is one In four. In
Australia. however, the proportion IS
reversed, and three-fourths Of the
snakes found In that country axe poi
sOn0us. sassa:
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30
A Queer Cure.

At Loeb Carron, Scotland, certain
cure for erysipelas is to cut of half Of
the ear Of q cat and let the blood from
either half drop on the infamed parts.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30

sauDSCrintd -s'tS Z | 3f a?y in " =
ziae or p,psr published ~ lowest
rates al AfeNanara's Book Store. II
II. w. Mathiasoii c1'ne dom froaa
Ut. Pierre The ;nid>'Ie OF he week an 4
will spalizi som. t::ila al pie.::,,e uois'.
G. II. BigeioN. the Sioux Fall resi-
estate .usn. arrived in the ci1y this
lni..rling al9d is; . guest Ut The jiar-
le.y.
Frank Kennedy and l.. d. All,in
who ale l3eate,y Ut Wall, were in the
ci'y the middle CT the week on bust
ness.
MIR. and Mrs W. S. Hickey ana Mr..
and Mrs. !. n. Stewart, from Philip
spent lhe last of the week in Rapid
City.
II. II. Jones WAS in Rapid City last
Tuesday Will cattle which he mar
kctsd ut the Rapid City packing
plant.
Miss Anna Behrens left Tuesday
morning for Ilermosa where she Will
spend a few DAYS In u visit with
friends. - 800
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in the citxssl.sstissss 4See!S on
their way "a PsFslafS Eeggen from
Philip. -
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Of OFF, th ,,o, week. and ndN visit 'sjt
with friends u;
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

One year, in advance -. +. s1.25
Uf not paid in advance $l.5G)
Six months 10
Three months ........ 40
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
Pretty pecorativs Effect.

Decorative effects Of Lowell kind have
been produced by introducing sub.
stances OF higher melting point into
alloys heated TO plastic condition In
the experiments made. for instance, 80
parts of tin and 10 of copper were melt
ed at 500 degrees Cent, and then
cooled down to 220 degrees. The mass
was plastic at the latter temperature.
SO that fragments of pale blue small
glass were readily forced into 1t. The
whole was then nodded. cooled and
polished. and the product showed 8
brilliant combination OF blue particles
evenly distributed in q white metallic
mstrix When iron rlings were worked
into an alloy OF % parts of lead and 2
of anthony at temperature of about
ESQ degrees. the result was q kind OF
hard lead A suggested application OF
practical kind is the adding OF iron to
bearing metals. such as antimony, as
Ia this way the bearing metal may be
not only chea2ened In cost. but may Be
made as hard as the shaft supported
thus greatly increasing durability.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
ANCIENT ISRAEL USED INK
Wr!tIngs Of Bible Times Inscribed on
Potsherds Have Been Found
In Samaria.

That the ancient Israelites had q
heap and easy method Of sending writ
ten messages which was in fairly COM
mon use is now an established fact"
said George A. Reisncr, assistant pro
lessor OF Egyptology at Harvard. who
for the last fourteen years has been
conducting excavations in Egypt and
Palestine. Professor Reisner Just re-
turned on the Campania
I'VE were excavating In Samaria,
once capital of the northern kingdom
Of Israel. in 1908, when we came upon
the palace of the Israelite kings. Last
summer we found on the floor of one of
the chambers of the palace a number
Of potsherds and on these shards were
written messages; they related to
tithes or taxes paid to the king. and
were written in an ink made of pure
carbon or lampblack. These, perhaps.
are the earliest specimens of Israelite
work contemporaneous with the Bible.
They were written in the reign of
King Ahab."-New York Evening Post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS
interesting Ceremonial When the Es
eort of the Sacred Carpet Gets
Back to Cairo.

Yesterday morning, writes the Cairo
correspondent of the Queen. was de-
voted to watching The ceremonial re-
turn of the MAMMAL ard its attendant
escort Of soldiers and pilgrims from
Mecca The sacred kiswe or carpet.
which is the annual tribute from Cairo
and which journeyed to Mecca with
the pilgrims, has now taken it's place
as the covering of the Kaaba. while
that which it replaced has already been
divided as valuable mementrs among
the faithful
The ceremony of the return OF the
pilgrims as that of their departure is
celebrated in the great Place Mohamet
Ali. below the ramparts of the citadel.
the square being outlined with Egyp-
tian troops. The khedive was present
Of course yesterday with all his minis
ters and star. and many of the Euro
pean notables and a tremendous con
course of less important spectators
were present to view the ceremony.
The departure of the Mammal took
place so early in November that but
few visitors were IN the place to wit
ness Il, and as the liohammedan calen.
dar is nearly a fortnight shorter than
ours. before long this interesting an
nual event will be relegated to the
days of the early autumn, whereat the
European element will be deprived of
one of the few remaining purely Egyp-
tan festivals. Statistics from Mecca
this year state The number of pilgrims
at the enormous figure of 90,051. out
of which Egypt accounted for no less
than 1863.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
PrecocIous Infant.

William Lyon Phelps tells this story
about Robert Louis Stevenson. as IL
Illustrating the cosmopolitanism OF
Russian character. which Professor
Phelps says is accountable, in a
measure, for the international effect
and influence of Russian novels.
Stevenson, writing from Mentone to
his mother. Z January 1874, said:
We have two little Russian girls.
with the youngest of whom, little
polyglot button of a three-year-old,
had the most laughable scene at
lunch today. She said some
thing in Italian which made everybody
laugh very much after some
examination, she announced emphat-
ically to the whole table, in German,
that l was a madchen. This
hasty conclusion az to my sex she was
led afterward to revise but
her opinion was announced
in q language quite unknown to me.
and probably Russian. To complete
the scroll of her accomplishments
she said good-by to me IN very
commendable English" Three days
later, Stevenson added, The little
Russian kid is only two and half;
she speaks six languages"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
| John Henry
~ PLAN
By GEORGE V. HOBART
PLAN

for collecting apartment houses. He
owns the largest assortment of people
coops in the city. All the modern
improvements, too. Hot and cold
windows, running gas and noiseless
janitors. Mr.. Schwartz is the inven-
tor Of the idea of having two baths in
every apartment so that the lessee
win have less excuse for not being
water broke"
key never cracked a smile.
I'm Mr.. Schwartz's apartment
houses / continued, while Bunch
kicked my shins under the table; you
will ind self-freezing refrigerators
and self-leaving servants. All the
rooms are light rooms, when you
light the gas. Two of his houses
overlook the park and all of them
overlook the building laws. The floors
are made of concrete so that If you
want to bring a horse In the parlor
you can do 80 without kicking off the
plaster In the fiat below. Every room
has folding doors, and when the wa
ter pipes burst the ianitor has folding
arms"
Quit your joshing, joint you'll
embarrass Mr.. Schwartz" laughed
Bunch somewhat nervously, but keys
grin never fiickered.
rs Mr. Schwartz deaf and dumb"
Clara ]. whispered.
fntermittently So" whispered
back; sometimes for hours at time
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22

Peaches continued, while the Their.
mometer went lower and lower.
so he is" l replied, mentally ar.
ranging pleasant surprises for Tacks
in the near future
Then why does his correspondent
address him as a BookmRker?" my
wife said slowly. and could hear the
icebergs grinding each other all
around me.
Il think | can explain that" Bunch
put In quietly. Then. with the utmost
elaboration he looked key in the eye
and said. Mr.. Schwartz, It's really
none of my business, but would you
mind telling me why you, real es-
tate dealer, should have a letter in
your possession which is addressed
to you as Bookmaker? Answer me
on your fingers.
Ikey delivered the goods.
In a minute he had both paws
working overtime and such a knuckle
twisting no mortal man ever INDUCED
In before
He says" Bunch began to inter-
pref, that the letter is not his. II IS
intended for Isadore Schwartz, a
wicked cousin of his who follows the
races Mr.. Schwartz is now complain
ing bitterly with his fingers because
his letters and those intended for
his renegade nephew become mixed
almost every day. These mistakes
are made because the initials are
Identical. He also says that-he--
hopes -- presence-of - this
particular-letter n-his-posses-
sion--does-no offend - the-la-
dies-because while--it -- is-ad-
dressed-to-a - race-track-gam.
bler-the contents-are quite
harmless - being but --a--small--
ll-from-the-den
keys fingers kept on working
nervously as though he felt it his duty
to wear them out, and the perspira.
ton rolled of poor Bunchs forehead.
Tell him to cease firing" l said to
! Bunch: he'll sprain his fingers and
lose his voice"
key doubled up all his eight fingers
and two thumbs in one final shout
and subsidized.
I'm afraid Wen miss the AIS train
If we don't hurry said Peaches. and
could see that the storm was over,
although she still glanced suspicious.
| ly at poor key.
Buy key two more quarts OF
! Green Seal and let him wade around
/ IN it." l whispered to Bunch as we
/ started for the depot
AS we pulled out OF the Mayonnaise
Mansion l looked back at key tt
thank him with farewell nod
He was half way under the table
holding both hands TO his sides, ana
making funny faces at the Garnet.
Bunch was ahead of us, indulgins
/ in another choke
Copyright BY c, w Dillingham; Coz
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
HORSE OF THE COBB DESERT
Animal Discovered by PrIevaIstSy
Never Has Been Famed and May
Be Distinct Species.

II is more difficult to domesticate
the Wild horse than It is to bring 9TH
er species Of wild animals under sub
lection
Some years ago Prjevaisky. a Rus
sian explorer, discovered a distinct
wild horse in the Cobb desert, in tie
south Of Mongolia. A herd Of 80 colts
we're captured and landed in Europe
Most Of them were sent to Russia, but
a few were shipped to the estate of
the duke of Bedford, IN England
They were ragged Of coat and OF
awkward gait. All efforts to tame
them have failed. They will not sub
NIT TO mans rule and are therefore
unserviceable They become badly
frightened when a man approaches
nearer than two or three rods of them
The Russians claim that by methods
OF comparative anatomy and in other
ways they have proved that the Cobb
desert horse is a distinct species OF
the genus horse Most naturalists
have until now believed that the true
wild horses with an unbroken line OF
wild ancestry were extinct
1t is the general opinion that the
domestic horse OF today was mainly
derived from three wild species.
which have been named the steppe.
forest and plateau varieties. The gobi
horse is a representative of the steppe
variety. This horse in its wild state
lives in the level districts and goes
at night 10 the Dasture lands and
drinking places. At break of day 1t
returns to the desert, where it rests
until sunset.-New York Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22

he cannot speak word and can hear
only tho loudest tones"
Aunt Martha heard me and the
good old soul was all sympathy al
once. She sat next to our bookmaker
friend so she leaned over in an ef-
fort to be pleasant, put her mouth
close TO the astonished keys ear
and yelled in shrlll treble, Lovely
day, Mr.. Schwartz"
Poor key looked reproachfully al
the old lady second. then with gath
ering establishment he slid silently of
the chair and struck the floor with a
bump.
Aunt Martha was so ratified over
this unexpected effort on Mr..
schwartEs part that she upset her
coffee and Ikey got most of 1t in the
back of the neck.
When peace was finally restored
Bunch inquired about Uncle Peters
health.
Never better" answered Aunt
Martha During the last few months
he has gone about more than he used
10. Almost every day he is at the
race track in the interest of the So
ciety he is a member Of"
What society is that?" Bunch in
quired.
Tho S. p. c, A." replied the old
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
poinn Your Own PaperInn.

In preparing the paper for hanging.
first trim on all white edges which
might show afterward. Then spread
the paste on the paper, very evenly. to
obviate the danger of irregular drying
and later spotty effects. Regulate the
temperature OF the room so that the
paper will dry within one hour after
hanging.
The following method of estimating
the number of rolls of paper may be of
help. This estimate holds good for
rooms of from seven to nine feet in
height Measure the number of yards
around the room, and multiply this by
two. The resultant figure represents
the number of full-length strips. For
each ordinary sized window and door
allow two strips each. Subtract this
from the frs figure, and divide by five.
This will give you the number of dou-
bic rolls required. This estimate makes
allowance enough 90 that the trim
mings I'll in odd places.-Country Life
In America.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
Tn. Man in the Stocks.

Thomas Hardy lived to see many
changes in his native Wessex. 81
have seen with my own eyes things
that many people believe to have been
extinct for centuries. l have seen men
In the stocks. / remember one perfect
ly when l was very young. l can see
him now, sitting in the scorching sun
shine with the flies crawling over
him" Incidents like this were used IN
Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and THE
Return of the Native" Max Gate. the
house in which he lives, is built on
what was formerly crown land belong
ing to the duchy of Cornwall. When
offer to purchase was received
the late King Edward, then prince OF
Wales, remarked: Il ct him have the
land he wants; he has set his heart on
it, and we must do all we can to make
our authors contented."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22

tents are burned But most of the
bodies are placed in pits with oiled
logs and burned. This process of
wholesale incineration goes on daily.
The mortality among doctors and
nurses is frightful, Europeans seem
ing as susceptible as natives. The
people are frantic with fear or dead
ened by the terrible dread which
bears them down. At first the ma
tives, having no faith in the foreign
doctors and European methods, did
all they could to obstruct. They hid
away their dying and dead and there
by added to the peril Now fear has
made them heartless
Those engaged in sanitary work
constantly patrol the streets. muf-
fed against the bitter cold and with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
His Llaht Didn't shlne.

There was an accident at railway
crossing at night, in which a farmers
cart was struck and demolished and
the farmer injured. Counsel for the
railway won the case for the defense
mainly on account of the testimony of
an old colored man, who was sta
toned at the crossing. When asked
if he had swung his lantern as a
warning, the old man swore positive
": Il surely did" After the trial the
lawyer called on the old negro, and
complimented him upon his testi-
mony. He said. ''Thankee, Marse
Jawn. / got along all right; but l was
awfully scared. cause ! was fraid
dat lawyer man was goin' ter ask me
was my lantern lit De oil done give
out befo' de accident"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
M cQZ4 zARAY az cHInl4

proved ineffective. The courage of
these faithful attendants, numbering
many foreign missionaries. physicians
and nurses among them, is wonderful.
With scarcely an exception they re
main at their work. fighting the
plague already In their district, or
making preparations to do battle with
It when it arrives.
in northern Manchuria the plague
Is spreading rapidly. while in Tien-
Tsin, the native city. conditions are
becoming alarmingly worse. The ut.
ter absence of any intelligent inspec-
tion and the inadequate medical or.
ganization make each case a new cen
ter for the spread of the infection.
since there IS no isolation to prevent
contact.
No ray OF comfort shines from the
-eports being received from Hardin.
where the Manchurian plague is rag.
ing, or from Picking and other places
In the infected district of north
China where the grim reaper is daily
cutting wider swaths in the harvest
OF dead The Manchurian plague is
as much of mystery as 1t was when
It first appeared and all that the best
skill possessed by European experts
can do is barren OF results, Once the
disease manifests itself In an indi.
vidual all hope for him is abandoned
and as a preventive nothing so far at.
tempted is effective in any degree.
The city OF Hardin has its Chinese
and Russian, or European quarters.
The former is. OF course, much the
more unsanitary and crowded and
there the deaths have been most nu-
merous.
Where collins are obtainable 1.-THE
supply is far below the demandl they
are piled up Ike cordwood, saturated
with kerosene and they and their con-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22

"a ROWING more voracious each
~ day, its resistless tentacles
"a n constantly reaching into new
VA districts for victims, the great
Chinese plague is gradually
leaving behind It a trail of death and
disaster, and apparently defying the
efforts of both Chinese and foreign
physicians to check It, The fatal pest
is the black death" and It is sweep
ing through China in its most malig-
nant form. No cripples or GONZALES
cents are left In It's trail, nothing but
death. For 1t proves fatal in very
few hours to each person 1t lays its
hand on. There is No middle ground
with this dreaded pest. 1t is either
escaping it altogether or death.
The Oriental plague is numbering
Its victims by scores Of thousands; it
VIII not be long until it is by hun
dreds OF thousands. At Hardin, Man
churia, 5000 bodies Of victims were
burned and the ashes buried on the
outskirts OF the city Forty-eight hun
dred Of these came from the Chinese
section of the city and the balance
from the Russian quarters. On one
day 16 stacks of collins and seven pits.
filled with bodies and oiled logs,
blazed outside the city walls.
The happenings of Europe during
the seventeenth century, when the
black plague" swept through the
country, are being repeated with all
their gruesomeness in China today.
At first the Chinese, faithful to their
weird religious rites for the dead. OBJ
jected to the plague victims being
burned, and the authorities ran up
against great deal of trouble. Then
all was changed Fear. bordering on
panic, gripped the Chinese. No more
do they defy the medical officers and
keep the sick and dead hidden. In
the fight for life 1t has become a case
of brother against brother, or father
against son.
The stricken ones are forced into
the streets. to starve or freeze, or to
fell perishing from the swift and
deadly attack the plague makes on
It's victims. Passersby avoid them,
but sometimes those engaged in sani-
tary work, masked and bandaged.
reach them before they die and cart
them to the pesthouse, or, If they are
dead, to the funeral pyres. Not In
frequently an outcast is to be seen
kneeling and making his obeisance
before the grave of an ancestor, in
sight of pile of bodies of which he
is soon to become one.
The mortality among the physicians
and the hospital attendants is high.
considering the means taken for their
protection. and many doctors, nurses
and orderlies are succumbing to the
disease. No serum has yet been dis
covered to aid in checking the dis.
ease, although the Chinese physicians
hope soon to have one of their own,
the foreign importations having
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22

on. Y think when a man has lost a
whole lot OF money in that manner
and then wins It back by accident he
should be satisfied and not tempt
Fortune again, don't you, Mr.. Bunch? p
Il certainly DO" replied Bunch Wig
orously.
"Oh. I'm all through" ! added. Il
wouldn't bet another dollar on a skate,
not II they promised to hurry it
around the track in an automobile
not for minel"
Clara ]. patted me lovingly on the
back and Aunt Martha beamed over
her glasses.
Bunch was fixing his throat for an
other choke when suddenly my youth
full brother-in-law, Tacks. came TO the
surface with letter in his hand.
Tacks had spotted the missive ly-
ing on the floor near keys chair, so
young Mr.. Buttinski had to get busy
and pick it up.
Here's a letter I found on the
floor" he chirped, and then to show
the profound depths Of his learning
the little imp read the address in
low, deliberate tones, Mr.. l.
Schwartz, Bookmaker. Brighton Beach
Race Track, New York"
Clara J. went into the ice business
right away quick.
key never whimpered.
Then Bunch took the letter from
the open-eyed Tacks and leaped to
the rescue while came out of the
trance slowly.
TITS too bad Mr. Schwartz forgot
his ear trumpet" Bunch said quickly,
and key was wise to the tip in a min
ute
Clara ]. shifted suspiciously and 7
knew she had the gloves on.
Mr.. Schwartz's afiiction is terri
BILE, she said with a chill in every
word. How did you converse with
him before our arrival?"
"Oh! he understands the lip Ian.
guage and can talk back on his fin
gers" I fastened to explain, looking
hard at key, whose mask-like face
gave no token that he understood
what was going on.
Il thought / understood you to say
Mr. Schwartz is a real estate dealer!"