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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

the operation performed a. humanely ~
possible, and it was done by a servant
with an AZ on a block. Judge of the
astonishment of the owner when the dog
presently appeared before him carrying
the excised member in his mouth, and
laying it down at his feet. rs If to say:
See what has been done to my tail! "
Having thus presented his case, he
carried the fragment out and buried it.
Shortly after he repeated this operation
as If to emphasize the treatment he had
suffered. Finding that he made but
little impression upon his master, he re-
peated it again, and then abandoned his
claim for indemnification.
"You see" said the good-hearted
doctor of divinity, from whom Professor
Brewer has this effecting tale, she was
faithful to the end"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
Natural Selection.

Investigators of natural science have
demonstrated beyond controversy, that
throughout the animal kingdom the "sur.
vival of the ~fittest" is the only law that
vouchsafes thrift and perpetui.y. Does not
the same principle govern the commercial
prosperity of man? An inferior cannot
supersede a superior article. Illustrative of
this principle are the family medicines of
X. V. Pierce, NJ. d., of Buffalo, N. Y. BY
reason of superior merit, they have out.
rivaled all other medicines. Their sale in
the United States alone exceeds Que million
dollars per annun, while the amount ex-
ported fOOts up to several hundred thousand
more. No business could grow to such
gigantic proportions and rest upon any other
basis than that of merit. 1t is safe to say
that no medicine or combination of medi-
cines yet discovered equals or can compare
with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
for the cure of coughs, colds, and all pull
monary and blood affections. Ii the bowels
be constipated and liver sluggish, his Pleas.
ant Purgative Pellets will give prompt re-
lief; while his Favorite Prescription will
positively, perfectly. and permanently, cure
those weaknesses and "~dragging.down''
sensations peculiar to females. In the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser,
an illustrated work of nearly one thousand
pages, the doctor has fully discussed the
principles that underlie health and sickness.
Price $3.50, post paid. Adapted to old and
young, single and married. Address r. V.
Pierce. NJ. D., Worlds Dispensary and In.
valids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
Two Dog Stories.

Professor Brewer, of New Haven, in a
recent lecture told these two dog stories:
In 1876 a Scotch collie, u sheperd dog
was shipped by express from q town on
the Lake Shore Railroad between Cleve-
land and Toledo to a town in Kansas,
distant about 900 miles, a gift from a
father to a son. The dog wa five days
in making the journey, confined in a
close box-car all the way, saving posi-
bly, at one or two points Of transfer. On
reaching his destination he was tied up
over night in the barn of his new owner.
The next morning he was gone. In eigh-
teen days he reappeared at his old Ohio
home, ~footscre, worn and weary, but
with evident JOY at rejoining his old
master. How could he have made his way
back over that unknown journey?
The other story was of q Connecticut
dog, / believe, who had suffered an injury
to his tail which would not repair itself.
His owner believed that an amputation
OF the the extremity would produce q
fresh wound which would easily and
quickly heaL He gave orders TO have
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
Hoodlum," the Christian.

From B. +. Taylor's +" Between the Gates"
Should a skittish horse come suddenly
upon the word Hoodlum," and it look
ed and sounded to equine organs as it
looks and sounds to mine, that horse
would take fright and run away. You
fnstinctively infer it names some crea-
ture of the cat species, monstrous and
anomalous, as if a puma should swap
heads with the great horned owl. The
very word looks n If it might have a
verbal lair all by itself, and prowl
through the unprotected language by
night. 1t is never found in a place 80
reputable as Webster's dictionary.
The thing it names is q ~two-footed,
human, semi-tropical animal, but is
neither the rowdy, Five-Pointer, the
wharf rat, the Bowery boy or the bum
mer. They are his congeners, but he is
a creature of finer grain, of hotter
blood, of better breed as breeds go, and
indefinitely more of a power. He roams
San Francisco like the ownerless dogs of
Constantinople. Heis never alone. He
goes in packs. He is from IL to % years
Of age, and seldom gets older. He
doesn't die, but, like the fawn, he loses
his spots. l beg pardon of the fawn!
You see him, q slender, wiry, active
fellow with some a~fiectation Of style, a
jaunty way with his hat, q saucy jerk
with his elbow, an alert and saucy eye;
a free, let-all-go stride like a panther's;
a sharpedged chin that can pull out
upon occasion like a wash-stand drawer
lean in the flank and lean all over. As
Christopher North would say, he is
~"scranky." 4 fat Hoodlum would be as
great q curiosity as q ~plethoric grey
hound. He often wears good clothes,
and may be the son of most respectable
parents. There is about one fight of
stairs below him in the cellars of human
degradation. He has a ready tongue, a
ready knife and a hand that turns to
knuckles any minute. Always reckless
and shameless, often desperate, tyran.
nical by nature, and apprenticed to the
devil by his own consent, he makes
night hideous and darkness dangerous.
No registering sailors ashore, no DULLES
on the rampage can compare with a pack
of Hoodlume.
He is q creature impossible in any
country with a New England winter,
and the homes that are born of. He is
the product OF two causes: an out-of-
door climate where January and June
are all one, and the loose, nomadic life
of the restaurant. Home has neither
charm or restraint for him. He eats
where IL chances, he sleeps where "the
wee sma' hours ayont the 'twal" over
take him. The Chinaman is q heather
at M end Of the human race, the Hood
lum is . heather at the other, and ex-
tremes meet. In their knowledge of
Jesus Christ they are q match. Should
the Hoodlums increase like the wielders
of joss-sticks, it would take a standing
army to keep the peace. A homemade
heather in a Christian land is an utter
heather.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
Flight of 6torks.

In their preparation for migration,
storks are very interesting. They are
never heard to utter any sound until the
time of their departure has arrived.
They then begin to make a very singu-
lar kind of ~clatter, communicating with
very member of their flock. They
never started until each individual is
collected together. Night is the time
chosen. Strict silence is then preserved,
and they rise Immediately high up in
the air, forming themselves into a tri-
angle, and one bird takes the apex. The
duties of this position are too laborious
to be long sustained, and therefore,
when fatigue is felt, the leading bird re-
tires and another takes its place. We
could not manage better ourselves.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

A PHILOSOPHICAL pasha.

Some of the French jokes connected
with the Russo Turkish war are not bad
these for example:
"A Russian general rides forward to
the grand duke. al have the honor,
your imperial highness, 20 announce q
great victory"
"Very well. Go and congratulate
your troops"
"There are none left"
Another:
A Turkish pasha is surveying the field
with his glass. An aid-de-camp rides up:
GAN our artillery has been captured"
The pssha strokes his beard ~philosoph-
ically, and says, Fortunately it has not
been paid for"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

The Greales Discovery Of the Arc Ia DIR
Tobias celebrated Venetian Linimcnt! % years be.
fore the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea
Dysentery, Collie and Spasms. taken internally; and
Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts
Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains In the Limbs, Back,
and Chest, externally. 1t has never failed. No fam.
lily will ever he without IL after once giving IL . faiI
trial. Price. 10 cents. DE-. TOBIAS vENETIAN
HORSE EMINENT, in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar
is warranted superior to any other, or NO PAY, fol
the cure Of Cole, Cuts, Bruises. Old Sores, etc. Sold
ny all Druggists. Depot-1O Park Place. New York
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

MRS. C~ARRUTHERs' house wal infest-
ed by rats. Somebody told Mrs. Car
ruthers that If she would catch a rat
and soak it in benzine, touch q match to
it and let it 60, all the rats would be
driven from the house. Mrs. Carruthcrs
acted on the suggestion; the rats disap-
peared, so did the house, and Mr.. Car
ruthers vas obliged to retain a lawyer to
recover his fire insurance.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
To HOusekeepers.

The attention of heads of families il
respectfully invited to the superior quality
in every respect, of DooLEY's YEAST Pow.
DER. 1t is entirely free from adulteration OF
any kind, and every package contains alb
solute full weight. Consumers should bear
in mind that a strictly pure, full weight
baking powder, although it costs a little
more than the adulterated, lrheap, ligh'
weight or bulk powders, is by far tn cheap
est, both in purse and health.
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NERVOUSNESS and Sleepless nights are

NERVOUSNESS and Sleepless nights are
cured by the use of DIR. Graves HEART REG.
ULAToR. We nave the grateful testimonials
Of many who have been cured of this disor-
der. For %subduing the Nerves and bring.
ing the Heart to its natural functions, DR..
Graves HEART REGULATOR has no equal;
it is not claimed to cure all, but it is a Medi-
cine which goes straight to its work, relieves
the Heart of its burden, and enables it to
produce the blood as it should, giving life
and tone to the system. Ii You have any
trouble with your Heart, no matter how
slight, try the HEART REGULATOR and YOU
will say it is a blessing. Send your name to
F. E.. INGALLS,, Concord, n. H., for a PAM
phlet containing a list of testimonials OF
cures, &c.
Price 80 cents and 81; for sale bv drug
gists at 80 cents and 81 per bottle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

AN otter when caught in a trap cries
70 much like 4 child that it sometimes
induces trappers to release them.
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4y5 or S2.5(M

Judiciously used in Chicago grain opera
tons invariably makes money. The old
commission house Of w. T. Soule Il Co., 12s
and 1870 La Sale street, Chicago, ILL.,, issues
pamphlet and reports gratis.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES - ~ -
/ 1sa1rAv Sas.yaaiasl NJ
Mse,s..ssse.sss
-
il Postal Card.
a0eod nosnlng, Mis Laura" sid
NAlIw w. thank you, Mn Bender,"
didnst - my light in The best
paS1pe - nilGht, Mtm Laura; how's
3k44f Any nNpleanantnemf
No. a ~ wsathex. surely, = laugh
u 1AuSas
sAki n aoing down 70 ths post
g.: skaIiI look n your bOxf Ism.
- ~ want your letters early, md
my - iikea - b neighborly.".
Y0. thank ron, Mm. Bender. 4
dhallbe II SCHOOL ill noon, and Hove TO
And : lettef under my dinner platc, ard
therefll ~ ~ y TO got0 the olice, ~
Nh FIJI y hefu, cutting and bastinE
Yea I W0uld BE- glad % have you look
4 or bcxs not that I expect much Of
AAny3hing II box 2s7r' ,he asked,
hlaviag rsacnsd ths oflce and secured
hef0Nn m1il. "A postatcardi we'll, /
neSoer-0 III clark surrendered it.
II L4nIa vaughnl" she read, y she
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~ Tzs retired ist-PeoPle .bsd,-Kse,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
CHEW
The Celebrated
MATCHLEkS
Wood Tag Plug
TnnAlT,1
The PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston and Chicago.

AVG" iofh, DosSoh anu SnlcdgO.
MOTHERS! MOTHERs!! NoTHERs!!!
Don't fail TO procure Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup for all diseases incident to the
period OF teething In children. 1t relieves
the child from pain, cures wind collie, regu.
lates the bowels, and by giving relief and
health to the child, gives rest to the mother.
1t is An old and well-tried remedy.
INSTANTLY is none to quick to re-
lieve Group. Many children have died while
a fire was making. Johnson's Anodyne Liai.
ment gives instant relief and is a sure cure.
Half q t%easpoonful on sugar. Every family
should keep ii in the house.
THE adulteration of condition powders
has got to such a pitch that one can now
buy a pound pack of dust and ashes for 25
cents. There is only one kind now known
that is strictly pure, and those are &eridan's
Cdpairy Powders.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
Gen. Grant at the Paris Exuosition

Uen' Uraht NJ Tie Paris Exposition.
A cable dispatch to New York Herald May
18th says that Gen. Grant was placed upon a
Scale THE general in fact was weighed and for
the first time in hisl life "found wanting" hav.
ing lOstseventeen pounds by his Egyptian trip
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SsSV. R01O9GA ~ 08UkO NClCCs III
II bjectv aid LAura's silver treble
-, who = You 70 much and can re-
Goodbye" A little silence followed;
thcn-could Mr.. Devens believe his own
earsf The jackanspes had kissed Laura,
and she had not rebuked him! He turned
hot and cold alternately; his heart
seemed thr0bbing in his throat. He
glanced toward the gate where she still
leaned; he longed to take her in his arms
and claim her love, in spite of that
strange man'A audacious kisses Then he
remembered Prue, and what I" folks" had
said. Had he not put his own happiness
beyond his reachf In teaching Laura a
Lesson had he not learned more than he
cared to know himselff He was like q
child crying for the moon. He had
better 60 home and marry Prue. Then
be moved forwsrd swiftly ~ q leopard ;
had reached the gate and placed q COM
polling hand upon Laura's before she
was aware Of his neighborhood.
That man-who left you Just now
who kissed y0u-yos-who il he? You
are going TO marry him!" he gasped. az
II he challenged her 10 deny it.
And you are going to marry Pru-
dence BENDER" returned Laurafs terse
tonest Let me wish you Joy" The
hand that held hen dropped like lead.
He hung his head like n convicted.
and walked away without . word.
Looking drearily out Of the car-win.
dow On tho following morning, on her
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ROOu C6lC. 11OIOcN VIII come JEOm L0e
field in much better condition if they
are protected from worry by the flies
The best protection Is q thin sheet made
to fit the neck, with holes for the ears,
and to buckle under the throat, and to
cover the back, hanging loosely at the
sides to give access Of air beneath. II
should be held BY a crupper band be.
meath the tail. Too much corn fed now
is apt to. produce irritation of the skin,
and to make the animals restless. Clean
illness will be found a great comfort Ia
them.
CAUTION should be exercised in turn
ing cattle on to the fresh grass. Young
stock are especially subject to disease
from overlooking with succulent herb
age. Backlog, black.quarter, or car
buncular erysipelas, frequent at this sea
son, is no caused. Where there is dan.
ger, q seton in the dewlap has been found
effective to prevent it. To change the
feed gradually, however, is the best pre-
sentative of the health. Incoming cows
that have been well fed should be watch
ed to prevent garget. To reduce the
feed before calving, and to guard the
cows against lying out during cold rains,
will be safe. Every owner Of a COW
should possess a good book on the care Of
cattle.
THE loss of weight and bulk of grain
in process of drying, is from one-fifth to
one-fourth for corn, and one-twelfth to
one-tenth for wheat and other small
grains. In addition 10 this shrinkage
there il the loss by the depreciation OF
vermin, and that Of interest on the value
until the grain il sold. The whole
amount Of loss II . serious item, but one
that rarely enters into the farmer . calcu-
lation when he determines to hold over
his grain until the spring, or next SOM
mer, for IN advance of Z few cents .
bushel. instead of gaining by this, lie
very oftAn loses and the los may sasly
b. figured up To from one-sixth to one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-16
PERIL FAR Up TOWN.
The Street Department. the Health board.
and tho Police Intereated.

In l75th street. between Kingsbrldge Road
and Eleventh avenue. are over a hundred poor
families that are suffering from q protracted
drought. This street WAS formerly one Of the
old city lanes. ana WAS open thirty years ago.
Long ago ii was called High Bridge avenue.
The houses that line tho street are small two
and three-story frame dwellings.
In this interesting thoroushiare there is a
well from which water was once drawn with an
od-fashioned wooden pump. worked with a
wooden pump stick. 1t is boarded over with
weatherbeaten planks. in which the nails are
loose and shaking like teeth in an aged lion s
Jaws. and the small boys OF the nelghborhood
might easily liit them and tumble in.
Excellently did that good we'll perform its
functions formerly, and for long time the
supplied by it. But long service has had It's
effect. and to-day the old we'll Ia choked with
impurities. and the tough pump stick that bore
unnlnchingly the friction OF many years is ut
tery worn out. In modern times Croton water
was conducted in iron tubes into that part of
the city but the nearest point at which 1t can
he npned Is at some distance from the most for
tunatey situated dwellings, and fully n quarter
OF mile from the furhest This. the tenants
OF l75th street say is too far TO 90 for every pail
Of water. Most OF them prefer to use their
noxious well water. and 20 run the risk OF dis.
ease. 70 the toll OF such water carrying; and
since the pump stick is used up they lift the old
planks and lower their buckets into the pool.
- the Board OF Health and the Department Of
Public Works have received numerous commu;
nications in reference 20 this grievance. and
some time ago man was sent % look into II.
He went on put after long and diliRent search
find any well. The residents OF the street say
that he did not show himself within mile OF
me place They now pray the Board Of Health
aud the Department Of Public Works to send
them speedy relief in the shape OF n now pump
stick and OF men 10 give their well a thorough
cleaning and publication The Board OF Health
Is interested, inasmuch as the jewellers I'm l75th
street are IN danger OF contracting disease from
drinking impure water, and the Department OF
Public Works because here is an ancient land
mark IN decay. The Police Department is also
Interested because the present state OF things
L. strong enco fragment 10 an increased use
Of Whiskey. and 70 all that therelrom flows.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In the
police systems Of England France Germany. and Russia
the patrolnan is selected for his ability Imam
An old soldier is considered more capable and faithful
than young and inexperienced man. and the men
gradcd according their intelligence In this city
compelled TO pay heavy taxes 10 support in
uniform who have been taken from the petty political
clubs and officers promoted for the services they
can render in compelling saloon keepers penalty Of
losing their licenses 10 procure the advancement Of poll
texans
During this late socalled epidemic Of crime the crimi
mails have reserved 20 themselves the right work
Ing In three precincts which large proportion OF
the wealth OF this city. captain In of these pre-
admitted that he had not been years the
force and had been captain hardly years vet
had SHOun In the bank. owned house in East Tenth
street winch he paid s3OuoO ami had large rm
West Another captain confessed 10 similar
amount the bank and To- owning his own house
third captain acknowledged that when he Joined the
force he was merely private cOachman Tor Commodore
Vanderbilt. hut that now he owns three French Nat
houses in Third aud has 5000 in bank
police captain. now dismissed the force was com PEELED
10 acknowledge that he owned whole township Long
Island. which Was called after him.
l. 1t matter of establishment that bankers and mer
chants ruined, When oI~n relations between the
police and the criminal classes publicly known IL
Il the credit OF the thieves under tht
that they do no. carry their operations further than they
have yet done.
We need an entire reorganization OF our present police
ExrFu
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their trust and cravenly or corruptly sub
mitted TO the grossest indignity that could
we'll be offered to the House Of Representa-
tives This is the second occasion when
chiefs Of the army, in completely with a
weak instrument like HAYES, or danger
Gus and reckless leader like GRANT, have
openly thrown down the gauntlet to the
House. In 1876 Gen. SHERMAN collected a
picked body Of troops from the remote
frontiers, where, 1t had been represented.
the presence OF every soldier was needed,
and stationed them at Washington for six
months, TO overawe the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Barracks we're erected, special
telegraphic communication was established,
batteries were mounted to command the
Capitol, and the whole force was placed
upon a war footing.
Instead Of refusing TO legislate In presence
OF this menace, and insisting on the removal
Of the troops from the Capitol, the House
went on as II nothing had happened, with
the knowledge, too, that GRANT had threat
ened In a certain contingency TO play the
part OF CROMWELL, and dismiss the cham
Der, after sending the most conspicuous
Democrats TO Fortress Monroe. II is not sur
prising. therefore, that SHERMAN, SHERIDAN.
and their associates should now presume to
dictate to Congress how the army shall be
organized, and OF how many men IT shall be
composed. They have been studying Roman
history, and are seeking to follow In the
footsteps Of the soldiers who mounted a
throne on the ruins OF the republic.
Gen. SHERIDAN has the effrontery TO rec.
ommend officially that the United States
shall station force on the Mexican side Of
the Rio Grande In case certain conditions
which he prescribes are not fulfilled. In
other words, he proposes deliberately to
make war on a friendly neighbor because
Mexico does not please him. And this Of
fence TO a nation with whom we are, ostensi-
bly, at least. on the best terms, and which is
striving 10 do its duty in good faith, is per-
mitted to pass without notice at Washing
ton, as II the second officer in the army may
with freedom insult whole people, and per-
haps interrupt relations without being
called to account. Is it not about time to
inquire IL Congress has any rights which
SHERMAN, SHERIDAN, and company are
bound to respect?