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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
Domestic Hints.
"IN dressing salad mind this law;
With two hard yolks use one that's IA,

~ uaiN yOAAs = ~ tHAt , I0Ws
Coon -four should be of a creamy
white.
KEEP brown -four on hand for thick
ening gravy.
srEws, if properly made, are heathful
and digestible.
LEMON juice is strengthened Of the
nervous system.
COFFEE which has not been roasted
improves with age.
Cooks make q mistake in thinking al
soup should be thin.
REHEATING coffee just before grinding
brings out the favor.
MAKE two large pockets in your kitch-
N apron and in M of them always keep
q holder.
SUEr, chopped fine and mixed with
-four and then tied down tightly in 4 jar,
will keep good from ten days to two
| weeks.
To remove mildew, tax ) equal parts Of
lemon juice, salt, starch and soft soop;
rub ON thickly, Law on tie grass in the
hot sun. Renew the application two Or
three times q day.
ONE drop Of the attor of roses on Z
piece Of white paper to q pound Of tea
imparts . very fine lavor-keep the can
lister closely covered.
FIG CANDY.-Take one pound of 81
gar, three-quarters of . pint Of water,
and set over q slow Are; when done,
add . few drops of vinegar anil a lump
Of butter. and put into pans in which
| slices Of figs are laid.
SALT CoD-FIsH BALIG-One-third Of
! nlt cod-6ah and nix potatoes IL cod
o. e b tl,s bsst Of f. hid, And TIE
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
Pneumatic Grain Elevator.

The Revue IndustrieAe gives a descrip-
ton of a new pneumatic grain elevator,
constructed by Renhaye. 1t consists Of
= centrifugal ventilator, the suction pipe
of which is carried to q receiver placed
upon the level to which the grain is to
be carried. From the same receiver the
supply pipe runs to the place from where
the groin is to be lifted. Between the
openings of the suction and the supply
pipe of the receiver is an inclined plane,
which throws the grain downward. A
screen prevents the grain from entering
the suction pipe, through which only the
dust il carried of. A piston regulator
1t the lower end of the supply pipe acts
in such q upon an adjustable
nosEle that the proper proportion be
tween the amounts OF air and grain ad-
mitted is automatically maintained.
The principle upon which this pneumatic
elevator acts il that when solid particles
in movement in a.pipe are mixed with
air, Q semi-iiuid Is formed In which the
preaures vary in accordance TO the laws
governing ordinary fluids
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
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Rome in the Time of Her Kings.

1t is evident that in the period desig-
mated as that of the kings, when Rome
commenced her career of conquests, she
was, for that time and country, a great
and wealthy city. This is proved by the
work of the kings, the Capitoline Tenn
pie, the excavation for the Circus Max
linus, the Servian Wall, and, above all,
the Cloaca Maxima. Historians have
indeed undertaken to give us a very
disparaging picture Of the ancient Rome,
which they confidently describe as moth
ing more than a great village of shingle-
rooted cottages, thinly scattered over a
large area. We ask in vain what are
materials for this description. 1t is most
probable that the private buildings of
Rome under the kings were rooted with
nothing better than shingle, and it is
very likely that they were mean and
dirty, as the private buildings of Athens
appear to have been, and-as those of most
OF the great cities of the middle ages
unquestionably were. But the Cloaca
Maxima is in itself conclusive evidence
of a large population, of wealth. and no
uncomfortable degree of civilization.
Taking our stand upon this monument,
and clearing Our vision entirely of Ro-
mulus and his asylum, we seem dimly to
perceive the existence of a prehistoric
background, richer than is commonly
supposed in the germs of Civilizations
remark which may, in all likelihood, be
extended to the background Of history
in general. Nothing, surely, can be
more gretesque than the idea of a yet OF
wolves, like the Morse pirates before
their conversion to Christianity, con-
structing in their den the Cloaca Max
lima. That Rome was comparatively great
and wealthy is certain. We a hardly
doubt that she was a seat of industry
and commerce, and that the theory
which represents her industry and com
merce as having been developed subse
quently to her conquests is the reverst
Of the fact. Whence, but from industry
and commerce, could the population anc
the wealth have come?-Co ntemporar.
Rerieu.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
Terri BILE Experience Of United ststs
Soldiers.

The terrible sufIerings of a Tenth
cavalry company on the Staked Plain Of
Texas, through thirst, are described by
Surgeon King. They were four days
without water, and the weather was in
tensely hot. Their predicament was
caused by the death Of their guide, leav-
ing them TO wander by themselves until
mouths became 30 dry that brown sngai
would not melt in them. Their voices
grew weak and strange, and their sight
dim, and when asleep they dreamed Of
banqueting. "A sense of s~nfocation wa
extremely painful. They drank water
grecdily, but it did not quench their
thiTsa-which shows, the surgeon thinks,
that the sense Of thirst resides not in
the stomach, but in The general system,
and 81 this CO could not b reliayod
until - tsMpts tiipyss 49, supplied,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

potatoes rips and mealy.. Put the ilsh
In a gallon of water and let It come to q
boiling point. Boil and peel the pota-
toes Chop the fish fine and mix it with
the potatoes mashed in half a pound OF
butter, half a teacupful of milk, and
tvo erss. Make with hand into oblong
halls. roll in fine bread crumbs, and fry
in boiling lard. Remove each cake care
fully witha skinner and serve at once
while hot.
ENGLISH MuFFINs.-Time, 20 to ~
minutes. Ingredients, n and a hall
ounces of German yeast, a quart OF warm
milk, a teaspoonful of salt, and some
-four. Add the milk and salt to the
Yeast; then mix it into rather q soft
dough with a sufficient quantity OF flour
for that purpose; cover it over with a
thick cloth and set it to rise near the
ere: when risen divide it into as many
pieces as you please, and form them into
q round with your hands; spread a thick
LAYER of -four on q wooden tray; put the
mullins on it and let them rise again
then bake them on a hot stove or plate
until they are lightly colored, turning
them once; when done pull them open,
butter them, lay them on a hot plate,
and cut them across.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
Some Munchausen Stories.

,Scrtbner for June contains a paper en-.
titled "Lying as a Fine Art; and the
Claims of the Rev. Samuel Peters as an
Artist" by w. l.. Kingsley. editor of the
New Highlander. According to Mr..
Kingsley, Peters ".History Of Conncti-
cut" published in 1881, is in a great
measure the source of the famous libels
on Connecticut in the matter of the
Blue Laws. How worthy this author is
Of belief may be inferred from the fol
lowing stories told in the history assober
truth:
One night in July, 1858, the frogs of
an artificial pond three miles square and
about five from Windham, finding the
water dried up, left the place in a body,
and marched = or rather hoped to-
ward Winnomantic river. they were
under the necessity of taking the road
and going through the town, which
they entered about midnight. The bull
frogs were the leaders, and the pipers
followed without number. They filed
the road forty yards wide for four miles
in length, and were, for several hours in
passing through the town, unusually
clamorous. The inhabitants were equally
perplexed and frightened; some expect
ed to find an army of French and In
dians, and others feared an earthquake
and dissolution Of nature. The conster-
nation was universal. Old and young,
male and female, fed naked from their
beds with worse s~hriekings than those of
the frogs. The event was fatal to
several women. The men, after a fight
of half a mile, in which they met with
many broken shins, finding no enemies
in pursuit Of them, made a halt and
summoned resolution enough to venture
hack to their wives and children, when
they distinctly heard from the enemy
camp these words: Wight, Hilderkin,
Dyer, Tete." This last they thought
meant treaty; and, plucking up courage,
they sent q triumvirate to capitulats
with the supposed French and Indians
These three men approached in theiI
shirts, and begged to speak with the gen.
eral; but it being dark and no answer
given, they were sorely agitated for SOM
time betwixt hope and fear; at length
however, they discovered that the
dreaded inimical army was an army Of
thirsty frogs, going to the river for 1
little water.
These stories are thrown into the shad.
by the famous account of Bellows falls
in the Connecticut river.
Two hundred miles from Long Islant
sound is a narrow of five yards only
formed by two shelving mountains o.
solid rock, whose tops intercept thu
clouds. Through this chasm are com
PEELED to pass all the waters which, ii
the time OF the foods, bury the northern
spreads t~wenty,four miles vide. and 70,
five or six weeks ships Of war might sai
over lands that afterward produce tn.
greatest crops of hay and grain in al
America. People who can bear thu
sight, the -groans, the tremblings and
snrly motions of water, trees and ice
through this awful passage, view Will
ast0niahment d Of the greatest pher
! nomens IN nature. Herr water ID CON,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
The Baths of C~aracalla.

The baths of Caracalla are on the APP
plan Way. They are the most extensive
of all the ruins of baths around Rome,
and they were undoubtedly the largest
and most extensive Of all Of them. They
occupy an area of 10000 square yards,
and could accommodate $1,000 bathers
at a time. 1t was surrounded by porti-
COS, gardens, and a large reservoir into
which the Antonine aqueduct emptied
itself. 1t had in it q large hall for
gymnastic sports, portions of the beauti-
full mosaic pavement of which art still
to be seen. A large number of the
finest specimens of statuary in the gal
lery of the vatican were found in the
ruins of these baths, as well as the large
porphyry and granite bath tubs, which
were notinjured, and are very beautiful
But what strikes the beholder with most
wonder is the height of what remains Of
these mountainous ruins. Portions Of
the arches Of the main halls are still
standing, and they show that the cell.
ings must have been over 100 feet high
It is related that when the granite col
umns Of the great hall were removed
the roofs fell in with so fearful a concus
sion that the inhabitants Of Rome
thought it was an earthquake. Thest
extensive ruins were the favorite resort
of the poet Shelley. In his preface Il
the "Prometheus Unbound" he says
"This poem was chiefly written upor
the mountainous ruins Of the Baths O.
Caracalla. among the fowery glades ant
thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees
which are extended in ever-windin,
labyrnths upon its immense platform
and dizzy arches suspended in air" III,
adds that "the light blue sky of Rome
and the effect Of the vigorous awakening
spring in that divinest climate, and thu
new life with which it drenches tn,
spirit even to intoxication, were th,
inspiration Of the drama."-LcHer +
the Baltimore american.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

OF an Indian with q beard and 3 ro-
mantle legend the Tuscarors (Nev.)
Tin,a- Review says: Possibly the oldest
looking savage in the state is q denizen
of Tuscarora. The oddity consists in the
savage being as heavily bearded as q
Russian trooper. The Indian belongs to
the Shoshone tribe, and is apparently
sixty or seventy years of age, stands as
erect as Pompey's pillar, and with his
white flowing beard and distinguished
mein, is really a venerable-looking old
party. There is a curious legend about
this hoary pioneer of the valley. AL
though the Shoshone persistently as
sert that he is a trueborn member Of
their tribe, yet the story goes that thu
old mar is really a native of Mexico
and that he was stolen while an infan'
and carried to the north by q raidinl
band of Shoshone warriors. The lon@
beard, contour of features and genera
makeup of the old fellow give PLAUSIBLE
ity to the legend. Whether the tale o
captivity be true or false, our savage j
an odd specimen OF the American REL
q
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
HEIGHT N WEIGHT.
The Philosophy of Human Length,
Breadth and Thickness.

The Philosophy Of Human Length,
Breadth and Thickness.
You ask a very practical question:
Chow much should a person of given
height weights there a standard be-
tween height and weight" A healthy
child, male or female, grows in length by
more than one-half its size during the
first two years; it increases from so cent.
u9.6S5 inches) to 70 cent. (el.1O inches).
It trebles or quadruples its weight; that
is to say, it weighs 8 to 4 Kill. at birth
equals "A to 10 pounds); 10 xii. (25 lbs. }
in the first year; IL xii. $50 fbs.) in the
second.
"On the average, a child from 6
months to s years) grows in length about
6 cent. each year (equal 2.4622 inches);
the weight Of the body goes on increas-
ing to the sth year, rising in boys to 20
Kill. $50 TBS. } and in girls to 10 xii. Az
tbs.) From this age Is years. until pu-
berty, boys increase in height So cent.
e. 165 feet) each year, reaching, at the
age of u years, a height of 1873 cent.
over 4.52 feet, and girls l35 cent. (4.42l
feet,) on the average. Boys gain about
2 xii. g lbs. in weight per year, girls a
little more, so that in the 18th year chill
dren of both sexes weigh on the average
about 80 xii. as fbs.)
"From 13 to 90 years, youths grow
some 80 cent. Oils inches), girls 20 cent.
(7.S inches). The increase of weigh. is
even more rapid than before, reaching
So Kill. (145 lbs.) in boys Is years old,
and in girls of the same age 81 xii. (1272
lbs.)
"In the 25th year, the man 1853 cent,
lover 81 feet) in height, and weighs IS
Kill. (1574 lbs.), while the woman is l57
cent. (5.15 feet) in height, and weighs 80
xii. (1274 lbs). Man in the 40th year at
tains his maximum weight, $3.50 xii.
(159 lbs }, and then begins to lose flesh.
Women continue to grow heavier, reach
ing about IS xii. GAO lbs.), until the
5Oth year. Between As and 60, men be-
come more corpulent and women rapidly
grow older; in both the size of the body
diminishcs." {Wagner.)
1t is desirable for all persons, whether
suffering in health or otherwise, to know
as heal as possible what the normal
weight should be. We are indebted to
the late DIR. Hutchinson for weighing
alone $500 men at various ages. There
lis, indeed, an obvious relation between
the height and weight he so pertinaci'
ously weighed and measured; starting
with the lowest men in the tables, it viii
be found that the increase in weight was
as nearly as possible 5 pounds for every
inch in height beyond 81 inches.
The following figures show the rela
tive height and weight of individual
measuring FIVE feet and upwards:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

solidated, without frost, BY pressure, by
swiftness, between the piRching, sturdy
rocks to such a degree Of induration that
an iron crow can not be forced into it,
Here iron, lead and cork have one com
mon weight; and here, steady as time
and harder than marble, the stream
passes, irresistible, if not swift as light
ming. The electric fire rends trees II
pieces with no greater ease than does tint
wighty water. The passage is about foul
hundred yards in length, and of a zigzas
form, with obtuse corners.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
STICK HALL.-One of the most charm.

STICK HALL.-One Of the most charm-
ing halls for concerts in New York city 10
the Justly celebrated Steck Hall, No. II E.
l4th Street. The seating capacity is about
500, and the acoustic properties of the build.
ing are so excellent that they surpass those
of any other similar establishment. Con.
nected with this hall are the warerooms Of
the renowned STICK pianos, the manufac'
ture of which was started a quarter of q cen.
fury ago by Mr.. Geo. Steck. These instru'
ments are unrivalled for tone and durablili.
ty, and have taken the first prize at the
Vienna exhibition in 1873, and at Philadel
phia in 1876. The firm in full sympathy
with the times offer intending purchaser
every possible inducement rs to prices and
terms.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
The Best and Most Economical

Housekeepers are giving the cheap,
and why? Because experience has taught
them that an absolutely pure, full strength,
full weight article, such as DOOLEY's YEAST
POWDER, which never fails to produce
light, wholesome and nutritious biscuits,
rolls, mnfins, watiles and griddle cakes OF
all kinds, is by far the cheapest and most
a~conomicaI
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
At this Season Of the Year.

The human system In liable to become disordered
from the insufficient efforts OF. the liver to discharge
the excess Of bile. If nature IL not assisted IN her
efforts severe bilious attacks, or prostrating fevers
necessarily follow. causing great suffering and even
prevent all this, and may be found In that favor ife
household remedy, Himm1As' Liver Regulator.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

If any Of the readers of this paper are
growing deaf, let them get at once a bottle
OF ,Johnson's Anodyae Imminent. Rub well
behind the ears and just a little into the ear
with a feather.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
afflicted with Disease OF the Heart.
MRS. L. p. REED, Concord, N. H."
The HEART REGULATOR is for sale by
druggists at * cents and 81 per bottle.

VIM. T. MASON, ESQ of st. Louis,
writes: "The relief JONAS WELCOMES
AsTHAMA REMEDY afforded me was perfect;
| have not had a bad night since taking il.
This complaint has troubled me for a long
time, and | have tried many things, but in
no case found any relief until the Remedy
came to hand"
For upwards of thirty years Mrs.
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for children with never-failing success. 1t
c~orrects acidity of the stomach, relieves
wind collie, regulates the bowels, cures dys-
EMERY and diarrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. An old and well.
tried remedy. % cts. a bottle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

IT would seem that the commonest
kind OF common sense ought to prevent a
man from buying trash, simply because he
can get a big pack for % cents. Meridan's
Casdiry Condition Po,rders are strictly pure,
and are worth q barrel of such stuff.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

IT is proposed to make cheese a ration
for United States soldiers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
WI still assert that Heart Disease can
be cured. and ask YOU to read this:

UO VurVV1 ftu UHh yVU e u Hfo
II was a%flicte cd for several years with Palpitation
of the Heart, attended with dizziness and gradually
increasing debility. For more than two years l WAS
subject to severe darting pains through the heart.
followed by a sense of suffocation and difficulty Of
breathing, threaten ing instant death. For eight
months ! was unable to lie down, but WAS Obliged to
sit bolstered up in bed, or in my chair. through the
night. When asleep the motion OF the heart would
often stop, causing me to wake suddenly in great dis
tress, and preventing me from getting necessary rest
was very much reduced in flesh ana strength, and
had given up all hope Of, permanent relief, when l
was induced by u friend to try the efficacy of the
HEART REGULA FOR. By the use Of a few bottles
was restored to my usual health, and for the last
ten years i have suffered no severe attacks. | cheer
fully and gratefully recommend its use to all persons
afflicted With Disease of the Heart
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03

SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR has been in use
Tor half a century. and there Il not one single in.
when taken in time. according to the directions it
is without doubt the greatest Liver MeAiclne in
the world, is perfectly harmless, being carefully
NO mercury or any injurious mineral sabstaacs. IL
takes IN. place Of auinine, and calomel. and has sn-
heretofore been extensively used. Procure = bottle
q once from your druggist. Do not delay; give IL .
the result obtained.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-01-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
TT ESDAI.

The Legislature, which adjourned last
Friday, resumed its labors on Tuesday last.
The Standing Committees of the House
and Senate were announced. OF the mem
bers of the House of Delegates from Cecil.
Mr. Knight is appointed on the committee
of Ways and Means, Malta and Public
Building; DR.. Turner on Education and
Library; and Mr.. Tombstone on Public
Documents, immigration and Insolvency.
In the Senate, Mr.. Miller occupies a posi-.
ton on the committee of Finance. Fed
eral Relations, Printing and Revolutionary
Claims.
The most important business transacted
was the offering of a memorial and JOINT
resolution by Montgomery Blair, looking
to the renvestigation by Congress OF the
right of President Hayes to occupy the
Presidential chair. Mr.. Blair made
speech in favor of his memorial, and after
some discussion, in which Messrs. Kinks
and Merrick opposed it, the matter was
referred % the Committee on Federal Re-
lationS by a vote of 81 to 10.
No business of importance was trans
acted by the Senate. But several of the
Senators asked and obtained leave to intro
duce important bills in the future.
EDN ESDA l..
In the House, that portion of the Gov
ernor's message relating to the House of
Correction was referred to a special com
mittee, with full powers of investigations
\ large number of leaves to introduce bills
was granted, among them one TO amend
the tobacco inspection laws; one looking
to the repeal Of the mortgage tax; one
authorizing Baltimore city to subscribe to
the capital stock of the Maryland and
Delaware ship canal; to dispose of the
oyster police steamer Leila: regulating the
sale of fertilizers manufactured outside the
State: to limit the power of gas companies
in Baltimore; to confer additional powers
upon the convention of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of MarylanG; and to re-
peal section "a, article 81, of the code, in
relation to the election of United States
Senators. Favorable report was made on
bill authorizing Cumberland city to issue
$50. 900 of bonds to aid i'll the introduction
Of the Pennsylvania railroad into that city,
and the bill was read a second time, but
hangs now on constitutional inquiry.
In the Senate a petition was presented
from Worcester county for change of the
fishery laws. Leaves were granted for in
PRODUCTION of bills to amend the registra-
ton laws; to define and preserve the har-
Dor of Cambridge; to regulate the taking
of oysters, so that the bay waters shall be
open to citizens of the State, and the river
waters of the counties wherein they lie.
A joint resolution was passed to a second
reading. extending the term of service Of
Judge Stewart, of the Court of Appeals,
to the expiration of the period for which
he was elected. A bill providing for pay
ment of the expense of fixing the bound
a:y between Maryland and Virginia was
passed to a second reading.