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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

The Art of PrOlOnging Life.

People generally desire long life and
good health. Sickness and premature death
are almost always due to violations of the
laws that govern our physical being, and of
which the masses are ignorant. IL men knew
better they would do better; but how can
they avoid al evil that they know not of ?
While efforts are made through the public
schools to give each child a so-called com.
mon English education, yet the children are
permitted to grow up and enter upon the
responsible duties of active life, profoundly
ignorant of the structure of their own
bodies, and the laws of physical being upon
which their health and lives depend. They
are sent to school and cranmed with arith.
metic, grammar, and geography, by teach.
ers who, in many instances, rave never
studied physiology and hygiene. They are
taught to locate the mountains and trace
the rivers of foreign countries, but are never
taught TO locate the vital organs and glands
of their own bodies, or trace the veins, ar.
teries, and nerves, in their various ramifica.
tons. They are instructed in the flow of
the tides, and the course of the ocean cur
rents, and the philosophy of winds and
storms; but they have no correct concep-
ton of the relative effects upon their health
OF breathing pure or impure air, nor has
their attention ever been called to the i'm
portance of keeping their bodies clean and
HcdbIuN ny TtkuIdT DdtHfHg. Inc cT1I1IUdi-
ity Of such neglect in teaching becomes APP
parent when we consider that the masses,
ignorantly violating the laws of health,
bring upon themselves sickness, suffering,
and death, that might otherwise be avoided.
In this condition OF things we welcome into
being any work that is calculated to impart
to the masses a knowledge of the struc.
ture OF their own bodies, tho laws of
health, and the importance of observing
those laws. We find DIR. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Advertiser to be Just such a
work. 1t is physiological and pathological,
and the major part of it should be convert.
ed into a textbook for the use of common
schools. Its careful stndy will enable the
healthy to preserve their health, and the
sickly to regain health. Every parent should
read it. and as tseir children becomes Of
proper aye instruct them in the all-import-
ant truths it contains. Were this done, much
suffering and premature death would be
prevented, and many a youth saved from a
life OF shame and RIGHTEOUSNESS. The book
contains nearly one thousand pages, is pro-
fusely illustrated with colored plates and
wood engravings, and can be had by adj
dressing X. V. Pierce, NJ. d., Worlds Dis
pensary and lnvaiids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. y.
Price, postpaid, $l.J0.-Naited Brethren Aid
,IONTugJ
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

"a Scotchman" sends some remarka-
BILE information to the London Globe.
He says, upon the strength of a private
letter which has been placed in his pos.
session, that the Russian authorities
have q plan of destroying the English
ships by the use of 1000 tons of crude
petroleum. This is to be allowed to float
on the surface of the water, 70 as to be
carried down with the current, at the
time when the English ironclads are
midway in the straits. The oil being
then ignited, the whole length and
breadth of the Bosphorus Narrows would
be converted into a sea Of fire, destroy
ing the crews and leaving the ironclads
to be captured at leisure. The Russians
can always rely upon abundant and
rapid supplies Of crude petroleum, the
wells in Roumania and the Caucasus be-
ing inexhaustible. The whole cxpendi-
ture would amount to only about $780,
GOO. Such is the plan which the Scotch
man" processes to have discovered.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
The Oldest Fortress.

The voyager who ascends beyond the
First Cataract finds himself in a narrow
valley shut in by granite hills, and only
sees here and there a space wide enough
for cultivation. There are buildings Of
ages and kinds, chiefly temples; and at
intervals, where the sandstone ridges APP
proach the Nile, he finds vast g~rottoes
carved in the face of the Glib, the great
est of all being the Enthusiastically,
the Temple Of the Sun at Aboshek, bet
ter known as l~pssmbool. Amid this
wealth Of architectural remains, the best
of them on the western band, the castle
opposite Dakkeh, on the eastern side, is
very often passed by unvisited. Yet it
repays q visit, though the visitor wishes
in vain for some competent to de-
scribe the defenses as Mr.. Clark would
describe q Norman Keep in England.
For, though it is built of crude brick
that is to say of midland though it is
700 miles from the yea, and though it is
n of the oldest buildings in the world,
having been erected $500 years at least
before the White Tower, yet to the eyes
of an English traveller it resembles
nothing in the world 20 much as the
Keep of Rochester or of Guildford.
There is the ditch, with scarp and
counterscarp. There are square towers
overlapping the corners There are fiat
buttresses not reaching the top Of the
wall. There are gates with narrow walls
and signs OF draw-bridges. There is a
covered way down to the waters edge.
We might be exploring a castle on the
Thames or the Dee, except for the ma
terial of which it is built. The walls,
some IA feet thick at least, and still in
places not less than 40 in height, are all
formed of great blocks of sun.dried mud,
very like the sods of peat one sees in
Scotland and Ireland. Here and there
the impress of the makers hand may be
found, and you may lay your fingers
into the very marks left by a man OF
flesh and blood, of nerves and muscles,
of skin with a thousand delicate lines
such as you see in your own palm, yet
who lived and labored and died more
than 5000 years ago. Some of the
marks are small, and must be those of Q
woman's hand; for female labor, b,
which to-day the new streets of Cairo
are built, was, no doubt, the rule il
Egypt under Hatasoo as it is under Is
mael. OF the history of the fortress
opposite Dakkeh, of its very name, W,
know nothing. Centuries before JOSEPH
or Moses, centuries before the siege o
Troy, tens of centuries before William
the Norman, monarchs had castles bull
for them, and employed the labor Of
their subjects to forge and strengthen
their own Enthusiastically RerieW.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
ONCE Facts.

There are 4,OOO,O 900 dead letters re-
ceived yearly at the dead letter office.
Three hundred thousand without
stamps.
Fifty thousand, partially addressed.
Six thousand, no address.
Forty thousand dollars in money, nine
tenths Of which is returned, the balance
remaining in the treasury, subject to ap-
plication, for four years.
One and q half million of money or
ders and drafts of money value.
Forty-five thousand packages contain
ing property.
Fifteen thousand photographs.
Quarter Of a million of European let
tiers are returned unopened.
One-tenth of all the letters received
contain property.
Ten thousand applications for letters
reported lost; the great proportion found
and delivered. M
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

~ ana ps3Scfpal. / am dreadfully nm
business like, perhaps; but what can |
do: And I must have the money. /
can't liye-I can't die-without it. DO
/ make it clearf"
"You make it clear that the Thorne
fortune has all leaked away. / am glad
Of it Pardon, but I hold . grudge
against that same property; it has cheat
ed M out of twenty years OF happiness.
Yes, MiD Kitty, you shall have the
money. ] have plenty; ! am rich in
everything but the one thing | coveted.
but / cannot take the mortgage; you
shall have the money and welcome, but
/ cantt accept q mortgage on the old
place, Miss Kitty; it is too sacred to me.
Think Of mortgaging the old apple-trees
where We swung in the hammock to-
gether, Of bringing the garden where we
dreamed in the summer evenings into a
business transaction! Bnt all the same
you shall have the money, Miss Kitty"
"But, oh! you know I cannot take the
money unleSs-unless-"
" Unless you take the owner with it?
Was that what you meant to say? I'm
sure it wasn't; but for Heavens sake
ny i, Kitty. Don't you know I I vowed
never - ask you to marry me twice?
Do you want me to break my word,
eh? Nov it is your turn to do the ask
{w~ 49,
- dsh0ald think / had asked enough"
the great tears standing in
heRsege& "YOu are not in earnest,
Anson1Srarle. You don't want to marry
ID old maid like me! See how faded
and gray / am"
&xnd If / swear / do want to marry
you, what will You sayf"
81 shall say, then, why don't you do
"a Mr.. Scarlet" She smiled through
her tsars. What will Liddy say when
she hears that I've asked you to marry
ne!s
she will cay you have done your duty
like . mani"
"Well,, Miss Kitty Thorne always had
m eye 10 the main chance" said her
neighbour "She Tilted Searle when he
was poor, and now he is rich, she marries
him. What a fool a woman Gun make of
. sensible man-only it usually takes a
young cne!"-Rarpe,'s sBasdr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
American Exhibits Mt Paris.
NIrnsJo. A., -

BY Gable to tho Associated Press.
The display of scales by Fairbanks & Co.,
New York, is very grand, and creditsble to
the exhibitors, showing the advancement
made by them over those OF any other
American or foreign manufacturers, and re.
fleets great credit on American workman
ship. The exhibit surpasses all others in
merit at the Paris Worlds Fair.
Mason 4 Hamlin who took the first
medal for their cabinet organs at the Expo
sition in 1867, and have won the Highest
honors at every worlds exhibition since, arc
here in competition with a fine lot Of organs.
Several other American makers exhibit, but
few ii any Of them will venture to compete.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

The 6reatess scOve Of the Age Is DR..
Tobias Celebrated Venetian LiniMentf 3hyears be
fore the public. and warranted to cnre Disrrhea.
Dysentery, Collie. and spasms taken internally: and
Group. Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Threats, Cuts
Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains in the Limbs. Bach,
and Chest. sx externally. 1t has never failed. No fam
lily will ever be without II after once giving II . fair
trial Price, 20 cents. On. TOBIAS VENETIAN
HORSE IMMINENT, Ia Pint Bottles. at One Dollar,
is warranted superior to any other, or NO PAY, for
the cure OF Collie. Cnts, Bruises, Old Sores. etc. Sold
ny all DruRgists. Depot-lO Park Place. New York
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

4 HOnxED rntslesnake b being ex-
hibited at New York, which was cap
tnred u Mcdowell county, N. G., whefe
it used 70 make its appearance yearly.
r~etreating each time to q den of over
80 snakeA III Of which treated he
antsefed one with the greatest respect,
surrounding her with a body-guard and
caring for hsE welfare.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

funded and ffeightcharpes paid by me each way IL
satisfactory. Retail Price 1880. 81 For
ash with order I will sell this beautiful in.
s,rument in order to q IL introduced ~
once, for only $3.50. beware Of lmi.
tatlon. Newspaper with much information about
of Pianos and organs, SENT RREEp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

DIR. /. S. JOHNSON 4 Co, Of Bangor,
Maine, proprietors Of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, will send free to all who will
write for it, reliable information how to pre-.
vent diphtheria--the most to be dreaded of
all dreadful diseases. Write your name,
post.office addr ess, county and state plainly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

"JULIUs, is dat Halafacx reward set
tied yet?" II dunno, Copernicus, bnt
I reckon not, for ] 'bserve de house Of
representation is maxim music bout de
for de- fshin'-sea billy.
J, Graphic,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
SANOAL-W00D

A positive remedy for all diseases Of the Mid.
neys. BLADDER ard Urinary OrgaDs. also
good in DropsicaI Complaints. II never pro-
duces sickness, is certain aud speedy in its action.
1t is fast superseding all other remedies. sixty
capsules cure In six or eight days. No other medi-
cine can do this.
Beware ri Iaaitasl0ns, for, owing 10 its
great success, many have been offered; some arc
most dangerous, causing piles, &c.
DUNDAS DICK Il CO.'S Gennip, Spn Cap
sahes, containing OIL Of .andnlrood, std at al drug
stores. Ask for circular. or send for on 10 IS aud 81
Wooster Street. Ne,c York.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
A Guinea for q Sixpence.

A firm in New York seems unfamiliar
with the London story of the man who Of
fered to sell real guineas at a triie, but
gould find no buyers. Geo. p. Rewell X
n orcno.s for ens hundred niT ~ dailsr n' rs ns,
= ~ten-line advertisement in some thirty
standard weekies, and to slide it into a
thousand other weeklies free. Do they ex-
pect people to take the offer. Amy one &C.
quainted with the high rates OF these stand
ard weeklies can see that the thing is ride.
ulous. Rowell Il Co. must know very well
that acceptance of the offer would be 50
many items to charge to profit and loss.
We retract our i~nsinuation about their ig-
norance of that London story. They prob
ably know it too well, and are shrewd
enough. by taking advantage of that human
trait at which the story hits, to make q
stroke for fame as men Of startling liberaiity,
and at the same time run no risk of pecu.
niary loss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

DOES your Heart eve seem to stop
beating and you feel an almost deathlike
sensation? Do you ever have sudden pains
in the regioH OF your heart, or does Your
heart ever palpitate? that is, does it double
its %pulsati0Ds? II you have any of these
symptoms we should pronounce il unmis-
takably Heart Disease. Do not neglect it, 1t
10 but a f%orerunner of worse that will fol-
low. Among the many forms of Heart Dis
Of the Heart, Stoppage of the Action Of the
Heart, Trembling all over and about the
Heart, Ossitication or Bony Formation of
the Heart, Rheumatism, General Debility
and Sinking Of the Spirits. To cure this
dangerous disease We offer you DIR. Graves
HEART REGULATOR, a preparation in.
dorsed by thousands who have tried and
testify to its cures. Send your name to F.
u. INGALLS,, Concord, N. H., fora pamphlet
containing a list of testimonials of cures, &c.
For sale by druggists at 50 cents and 81 "
1,ntt1o
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
MoTHERsl MnrHERai! MOTHERS

MOTHERsl MOTHERsl! MOTHERs!I
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
II 10 an old and Well-tried remedy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

r1.kNsOS
Organ for
style No.146O.
Three Set
Reeds. ilN
twelve stops.
twoGrandk Knee
Swells. Solid
VAIN mt Case
rails
ed French We
neered Panels.
etc. A Superb
Cabinet or Par
Tor Srgan.every
onethath1sseen
this rstrumens
Is delighted.
Warranted 10
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

ETlscA il Sitting Bulls niece. She
is 1.-THE o. 4 serpent, soft ms 4 dove, and
eyes Ike . fawn.-ExcAange. just so.
And she can clean . raw buffalo rib like
q coyote, has never washed in her life,
and can smoke and chew tobacco like q
Texas cowboy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

such time be near freezing-point the de-
composition for the production Of aro-
matte principles is held in check, and
consequently the aroma of butter OBJ
tanned from fresh cream is 50 feeble that
it il not perceptible to persons accustom-
ed to butter prepared asabove indicated.
But il it be desired to obtain a more
aromatic butter, all that is required is to
place the cream in circumstances favora-
BILE for Tactic fermentation, and q few
hours will produce the required result
Chi>u1o Prairie Former.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

AN English veterinary surgeon now in
this country, says that " Sheridsn's Cavalry
Condition Powders are superior TO any he
knows of in England, ~ they are absolutely
pure" He de%nounces the large package
a fraud and warns people not to buy them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
Oct the Genuine.

The genuine DooIEY's YEAST Pow
DER is sold only in cans. Always refuse 1t
if offered loose or in bulk. 1t Is the prac-
tee Of many grecers and dealers to keep,
cheap Baking or Yeast Powder loose, and
sell II for any brand that IN called for. We,
therefore, caution purchasers TO see that
they &c. il only in cans, under the Label
and Trade Mark Of the Manufacturers,
DOLBY & BROTHER, New York.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22
At this Season Of the Year.

The human system IL liable TO become disordered
from the insufficient efforts II the liver to discll- rye
the excess of bile. If Estuie ID not assisted In her
efforts severe bilious attacks, or Frustrating fevers
necessarily follow, causing great suffering and even
death. A little timely pIecaution, however, will
prevt mt all this, and may be found In that ia vorite
household remedy, Sinals0 as' Liver Regulator.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

a CHEW
s The Celebrated
b4s, 'NATcHLEss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO. t
The PlOEkER TOBACCO COMPANY, 4
New York. Boston aud Chicago
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

June from SIS to go worth of wool.
The mechanic exchanges his labor for
money, the farmer bis produce. When
! farmer sleeps, his stock and farm crops
are growing, but just as soon as the me
Shanic lays down his tools he is running
behind for rent, clothing and fuel"
A COOP HINT TO Fowl RAIsERs is
afforded in the fact that all wild birds
feed their young upon animal (insect)
food, even if berries, buds, seeds, etc,
form the natural diet of the parents or
adults Of the same species. Thus young
chickens will not thrive 50 we'll without
it as they will if supplied with animal
food in some shape. Earth worms are
capital, for very young chicks. Cooked
meat, chopped up fine, with boiled rice
and potatoes, is a very n0urishing and
acceptable dish tor them, when young.
But not too much Of this-nor must Il
be given too often. Otherwise they scour
from the excess of the meat feed. "A
little two or three times a day will help
them, until they get to be six weeks old.
BY that time they will be strong enough
10 run in the fields and grass, where they
will gather q more natural supply of this
kind of food, and generally plenty of it.
Poultry World.
PRoF. SEGELcKE, of the Royal Agri-
cultural college Of Denmark, states that
his experience, based on continued study
and exeriment, puts it beyond q doubt
to his mind that the aromatic principles
of butter do not exist in natural milk,
and that it il the decomposition Of the
principles of this latter-probably Of
even utterly iDodorous principles-that
gives rise TO aroma of butter.
To sustain this theory he states that il
the temperature of the milk when ret
for cream be from 50 to 55 degrees or
more, it decomposes, forming lactic acid
and several other new principles, among
which are the aromatic principles while
it needs but to churn the cream 10 OBJ
tain an aromatic butter. II, ON the 9th.
q hand, the temperature Of the milk Of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-12-12
Miss Ranlxin. our First vvonan
Missionary.

Bishop Wightman, writing in the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, Of the
session of the recent Pacific Confer
ence in San Francisco, says:
sfThe interesting feature of the mis-
sionary meeting was the presence of
Miss L. Rankin. the lately appointed
missionary to the women Of China, on
the part Of the Ladies Missionary So
ciety, recently organized. Miss Ran
kin is native of Tennessee, well edu-
Gated, gentle and refined She is pc
tite in person, yet possessed Of strong
decision Of character, together with
unaffected piety. She has been en-
gagged in the teachers vocation for
three OF four years, the last two at
the New Hope Mission School in the
Indian Territory. Being in San Fran
cisco, on her way to Shanghai, she
was present at the sessions Of the Con-
ference, and at the missionary meet
ing. Her address there, when called
out by the presentation of some me,
mentos Of affectionate regard, was
quite affecting. She had the good
fortune to sail in the same Steamship
with the Rev. DIR. Hartwell, his wife
and a young lady missionary, who
were on the way to Fouchow, where
the Doctor has lsbJ for some years
as missionary in the employ Of the
American Board of Foreign Missions.
Miss Rankin could hardly have found
more agreeable friends, or any who
would take greater interest in her
taan these nice people. In company
with several of our brethren, L spent
the last hour Of her stay in her nati7e
country, with her on board the ship;
found that one of the best staterooms
had been obtained for her; that every
comfort possible to life on ship>board
was at her command; and devoutiy
commended her and her missionary
companions to the care and protection
of him who controls winds and waves
The Belgic is alargeiron ship. Of 3, 900
tons, belonging to the ritish line of
steamships plying between San Fran,
cisco AID Yokohama. DR. Hartweil
will have charge of Miss Rankin to
Shanghai, through which he passes en-
route to his own station at Fouchow.
1t is pleasant to think that our mis-
sionaries at Shanghai viii have the
opportunity of acknowledging and re-
spending to the courtesies received by
Miss Rankin from him and his fam.
ily."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-12-12

The December issue is the annual
christmas Holiday Number of this
popular magazine and is the most at
tractive number ever issued. 1t con-
tains no less than fifty pages of elegant
new music and interesting musical
literature, also full page portrait Of
Marie Lltsa the successful new Queen
of Song, with q sketch of her life.
Send Is cents and obtain this Holiday
number of the Musical World. The
sixteenth yearly volume begins with
the January number so now is the best
time to subscribe. For $3.50 you can
obtain the December number and all
the nun bers for 1879 containing over
$50. 600 worth Of new music. ADJ
dress che publishers, S. Brainard's
Sons, Cleveland, o.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-12-12
God Bless the IIeIping Hands

Is the title Of a beautiful new song
that we have just received. The
words ana music are by Mrs ID. M.
Jordan, and the song is dedicated to
the Howard Association Of the United
States. 1t is q song full of merit,
both in words and music. Speaks
kindly Of the good that the Christian
helping hands have done during the
yellow fever excitement in the South.
God bless the helping hands should
be found upon every piano and organ
in the land. The publisher we under
stand had orders for 1872 copies IN
advance of publication. Prominent
minstrel and concert troupes are sing
ing it all over this country. Price IS
cents per copy, with an elegant title
in three colors. Address all orders to
T. w. Helmick, Music Dealer, 1856
w. Fourth street, Cincinnati, O.