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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

In a Scotch town the lads Of q school
acquired the habit of smoking, and re-
sorted to the most Ingenious methods 70
conceal the habit from the master. In
this they were successful, until one even.
ing, when the master caught them puff.
ing most vigorously. "How now?n
shouted he to one of the culprit.
"How dare you to be smoking?''
"Sir," said the boy, II am subject to
headaches, and q pipe takes OF the
pain" "And you? and you7 and
your" inquired the pedagogue, qnes.
tioning every boy in his turn. One had
raging tooth" another collie; "
in short they ell hsd scmething for
which the weed was an unfailing remedy.
/" Now, sirrah!" beloved the master to
the last boy. "Pray, what disorder dc
you smoke fort" Alas, all the excuses
were exhausted; but the INTERCEPTED
urchin, putting down his pipe, and look.
ing up in his masters face, said in 4
whining, hypocritical tone, "Sir, ]
smoke for cornell"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
The Oldest Human Relic in tha
World.

In the Etruscan vase room of the Brit
ish museum is to be seen the skeleton of
one Pharaoh Mykerinus, decently in
cased in its original burial clothes, and
surrounded by fragments of the coffin,
whereon the name of its occupant can
be easily read by EgyPtologists, afford
ing conclusive evidence that it once
contained the mummy of . king who
was reigning in Egypt more than CEN
tury before the time of Abraham. The
truth is thus explained in the Gentle
mans Magazine, April. 1906: "About
two years ago, Herr Duemichen, Ger
man explorer of the monuments Of
Egypt, following up the indications
pointed out by M. Msriette, distin-
guished archRologist, discovered on the
buried walls of the temple Of Osiris
Abydos, q large tablet containing the
names Of the ancient Pharaohs from the
time of Mizraim, the grandson of Noah
and founder of the Egyptian monarchy,
to that of Pharaoh SeEti l., the father Of
the well-known Rameses the Great, in
Guiding thereby the chronology of nine
centuries, viz, from B. G. $500 to B. @.
l4OO. This tablet, by far the most i'm
portant yet discovered, has been com.
pared to the sculptured figures Of the
kings of England at the Crystal Palace,
from William the Conqueror to Her
Majesty Queen Victoria. Astronomical
evidence, moreover, enables NJ TO do.
terminc the time Of two important
epochs in the history Of Egypt, one Of
which IL connected with our present
subject Sir Jshn Hcrschel has Axed the
ago of the great pyramid Of Giseh At the
middle Of the twenty.second century B.
u. The tablet Of Abydos shows that
the Pharash whose bones W now possssl
sueceedsd the baildss 81 ~ gssat PIN
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

From Halls Journal Of Health.
Nothing but the proboscis of an ele-
phant compares in muscular fexibility
with the tongue. 1t varies in length
and size in reptiles, birds and mammalia,
according to the peculiar organic cir
cumstance of each. A giraffe's tongue
has the functions of fingers. 1t it hook
ed over high branch, its strength being
equal to tearing off large, strong branches
of trees, from which tender leaves are
then stripped. An ant-bear's tongue il
long and round. The animal tears open
dry, clay walls of ant hills, thrusts in it,
tongue, which sweeps round the apart.
ments, and by it adhesive saliva bring
out yard Of ants at one swoop. The
mechanism by which it is protruded se
far is both complicated and beautiful
A dogs tongue in tapping water takes I
form, by q mere act Of vOlition, that car
not be initiated by any ingenioul
mechanism. The human tongue, in tn.
articulation of language, surpasses II
variety of motions the widest imagina
tion of poet. Even in swallowing foot
its Office is 60 extraordinary that physi
ologists cannot explain the phenomen,
of deglutition without employing tn,
aid of several sciences.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

ONE Of the highest compliments Ed
win Booth ever received was paid to him
BY an old negro woman, family SER
want, who went to re . performance of
!" Richelieu" during Booths whit TO s.
vannah. Giving her impressions Of the
play to her mistress next day, ahe ex-
pressed the greatest concern for the
health Of the actor. Poor old man !"
said she, che can't last long; dat couGh'll
carry him 70 his grave, shuah." "
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
THE MARKETS.


MILWAUKEE, April Is 90 P. M.-Flour
Firm: good to choice spring extras sold
$5.OO{95.37H. Wheat-Excited and l@1 Nc
higher, closing at $l.lsA for No. 1 spring /;
$l.o0 for hard; $1.14X for No. cash $l.i2A
for seller April; $l.l42 for seller May;
$l.l4 for seller June. and $1Os for
No. 8. Oats-Steady at 25c for No. 2
and 2S@29c for white. Corn-L@1c
lower; No. 2 at 42c; new sold at 38@39c.
Rye-Excited and l@lHc higher; No. 1 at
59K@6Oc. Internationally 2@Sc higher /;
SIC bid for No. 2 fresh; 54c bid for regular
and seller April; 4Oc bid for No. 8. Pro-
visions-Dull and weak. Hogs-Sold at
S. 45(13. 20 for fair to fancy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
THE LILY.
BY II. H. BoYnox.

l saw the lily pale and perfect grow
Amid its silent aisteYs IN the mead.
Methought within its chilly depth to read
A maidonly severity, - though
A cool young life lay slumberlng IN the snow
OF Its fraii substance. In that chalice white,
Whose fairy texture shone against the light
An unwakened pulse best faint and slow,
And remembered, love, thy coy disdain.
When thou my love for thse hadst Arst divinsd;
Thy proud, shy tenderness-too proud to fsign
That willfnl blindness which u yet not blind.
Then toward the sun the n:y-lifs turneA-
With sudden splendor aushed IL chalice burned.
-&siea0.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

THEgown thewidow Curtis wore when
she welded Colonel Washington was
made OF white satin; and scrap of this
precious white satin gown, in good state
of preservation, is now owned by Penn
sylyania lady.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

Some years ago We heard the following
of the late Hon. B. r. Wade; While he
was "stumping" in one of our southern
towns, an individual repeatedly inter-
rupted him, requesting him to answer
several very simple questions. The
speaker very patiently replied 70 all,
until 1t last be put one question 50 sim
pie - to be silly, when Wade stopped q
moment, fixed his piercing eyes Oh the
fellow, and burst out, in his blunt, bluff
way: "Great God! man, do you think
I came here to teach an infant schoolf'
The senator was troubled with no more
questions that day.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

DIR. PRATT, of Marietta, Ga, has dis
covered method of making pure brim-
stone direct from the iron pyrite which
abound in that state, at less cost than
the imported article. The process is
patented.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

A GEORGIA judge with some odd
notions on the marriage question has de-
cided that sixteen-years-old miss who
Glove to man in defiance of her stern
parents wishes is legally enough mar
ried, but that the old gentleman is en-
titled to her services until she is twenty
one. He therefore dismisses writ of
habeas corpus sued out by the unhappy
husband, and remands the girl to the
custody of her father. The husband is
likely to appeal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
VARIOUS TOPICS.

A GOOD substitute for gutta percha
has been discovered. 1t is called ralata,
and is the hardened resin of a tree grow
ing on the banks of the Amazon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

THE Chinese play a game called tan,
in which small buttons are thrown from
box, like dice, and the players guess
whether the number is odd or even.
Wong All Lee was caught, in San Fran
cisto, using a box that had slot to hold
button, with a string so arranged as to
drop or retain it at will. His compan-
ions cut off his cue.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
NEWS in BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

THE Earl of Leitram, his clerk and driver,
were ali shot dead, on the I'd inst, while
driving near his lordship's lodge, manor
Vaughan, county Derry. The deed was
committed opposite a cottage from which
he had recently elected widow.
THE following are the changes in the
English cabinet: The Marquis of Salisbury,
secretary Of state for the foreign depart.
msnt; the Right Hon. Claiborne Harday,
csecretary Of state for Is1iA; the Hon. Fred.
sEiek A. 6tauby, sscrstaxy y sslate 1ss wsr;
Or Henry Selwin Ibbess0n, secretary 81 the
treasury in place of Stanley.
CARDINAL MCCLOsXY, on the 3Oth ult.,
introduced ex-President Grant, his wife and
son to the pope.
EIGHTY of the former Cuban .Rsurgent
chiefs have arrived at Havana from CincI,o
Villas. Col. Jose Rodriguez surrendered
near Santiago de Cuba.
A RUMOR was current in London on the
30th ult., that the Right Hon. Claiborne
Hardy, secretary of state for war, will be
raised to the peerage and succeed the Mar.
quis of Salisbury as secretary of state for
India. Colonel Stanley, now under the
secretary of war, will succeed Hardy.
LORD DERBY's resignation has caused no
surprise in official circles in St. Petersburg,
where it was expected.
FATHER GRANT, recorder of the Scottish
college, and organizer of the Scottish hier.
archy, proclaimed, died on the 9th. He
bequeathed his private fortune to the Catho.
lie church of Scotland.
AN explosion occurred on the 9th in the
Opedall colliery, North Statfordshire. Five
corpses have already been recovered.
Thirty persons are still in the pit, and it is
feared all are dead.
GEO. BANNIsTER, grain merchant at Ret
600.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

The monster captive balloon, which
will form part of the attractions at the
Paris exposition, will be established in
the old court of the palace of the Tuile-
rioa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

| -CStVD0s
lrIsCELLAlGEoUs.
HE'LL has no fury like Z mustard plas-
ter.-FultoM 7jxsss.
One of the papers in Augusta, Ga,
was printed in green ink on 81. Patricks'
day.
The Swiss government IL taking pre-
cautions to fortify the mountain passes
after the manner of the Bahama
THE women of Alaska arc noted for
the beauty and great length Of their hair,
which often falls in glossy ringlets below
the waist.
Mr.. JOAQUIN MnLER's new play h
completed. 1t deals with the days Of
'49 in California, and 10 said to b equal
to "The Danites"
A BLACK and tan terrier in Raleigh,
N. c., irritated BY the vociferous CROW
ing Of game cock, attacked him, and,
after fifteen minutes fight, killed him.
A LOVER sees his sweetheart in every.
thing he looks at, Just - . man kittek
by mad dog sees dogs in his meat dogs
in his drink, dogs all around him.
In western city the married ladies
have formed "Comc-home-husoand
Club" It is about four feet long, and
has brush on the end of it.-New York
Telegram.
BRET HARTE is handsome and queer.
Personally he is frank and charming.
But he is Impractical Al an editor Re
was in former days too much Of . genius
and TOO little of . politician.
A MOUSE placed in . box with three
rattlesnakes at Anna, Illinois, killed enc
of the snakes, while the two remaiaing
ones showed the greatest fear Of tie
little beast, watching every move it
made.
Ar fashionable wedding in Loadsa
the seven bridesmaids wore dresses Of
ruby velvet Ia princes, with gold lace
collars and velvet hats of the same col.
or, with ostrich feathers.
O'DoNovAN Rosa was afraid to land
at the depot in Toronto. He jumped "a
the train, and landed plug-hatAnt in
the mud. Assets, he escaped the mob.
Liabilities, one plug hat ruined, and one
suit OF clothes spoiled.
A CORNER grocery was burned In Mis-
souri,, the other day, and the local paper
states that the " fire fiend shrieked In the
lurid gale, and tossed its livid hair 10
meet the inky pail Of the bending heav-
ems"
AN old soldier says the funniest thing
about your FIRST fight ID that you look ct
your watch thinking that it II 4 r. II,
andfind that it isn't quite 8 in the morn
ing.
"Is there danger of the supply Of fuel
becoming exhausted?" asks Z scientific
writer. If he lives In Close neighbor-
hood, and don't keep his coal house
locked, we should think there iA-Bsseb-
vile Democrat.
The income of the ex-Emprem
Eugene is about $25O, 900 per annum,
and she is the owner of the Camden
House, Chiselhurst, England. Her q.
Majesty is unwieldly stout; in dren she
affects the simplicity Of Victoria.
QUEEN VICToRIA lives In nine houses
at once, namely: st. James and Buck
ingham Palaces, London; Windsor Co.
tie, Berks; Remington Palace and HanP
ton Court, Middlcsex; OsboFne Hosss,
Isle Of Wight; Hollywood House, Elm
burgh; BalmOral, Aberdeen and Dublin
Castle.
A wrDow in Watertown, N. Y, in
vested I,6OO in railroad bonds several
years ago, and died without feAliSing .
penny on the Investment; and the
dauUhter after WOFryin1 fhrOueh the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
New York.

NEw YORK, April $500 P. M-Cotton
Weak and unchanged. Flour Quiet re-
ceipts 1900 bbls; sales II 900 bbls. Wheat
Quiet: receipts i2o, 600 bus; sales 10000
bus At $l.36kS1.37 for No. winter red
seller April. kye-Firm At S3@S5c. Corn
Dull; receipts ia 900 bus; sales 10000 bus
Quiet. Oats-Steady; receipts 1900 bus
sales II 900 bus; prices unchanged. Pork
Less firm; 4lO.35{9iO. so. Lard-Easier; 81. So
Whisky-At$1.O7. Petroleum-Crude at &c
refined unchanged.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

A BILL before the Kentucky legisla
ture provides that man convicted of
having beaten his wife shall be sentenced
to work upon the streets or highways not
less than five nor more than sixty days,
and that the usual wages paid for such
work shall be paid to the wife.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

THE copy of the Bible which Martin
Luther used daily, and the leaves of
which are covered with annotations
made with his own hand, is now in the
Brandenburg museum, which gave for it
about $3.50. The Bible was printed in
Basic in 1909, is bound in leather, and is
in good preservation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

THE Tambookie tribe of Kaffirs de.
termined to take a colonial city, appro-
pirate the goods, kill the men and steal
the women. In a conference between
Tambookies and their wives, it was de-
cided that only the dark-eyed prisoners
should become wives, while the blue
eyed ones were to become domestics.
But the Tambookies were whipped.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

mid with only two intervening kings.
We are. therefore, warranted in assum-
ing that the remains of Pharaoh Mykeri-
nus belong to the age to which we have
assigned them"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

OUR finest dwellings no longer have
their rooms covered with carpets fitted
to them and tackled down As formerly,
but have floors laid of solid oak, or black
walnut, or a mixture of different woods,
or the pine floors are stained to initiate
the dark, rich woods, or they are covered
with parquerie, or wood carpeting.
The middle of such floors as these only
are covered with square carpet or rug,
which can be removed on the occasion
Of dancing party, and in any case
leaves margin on all sides.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

MR. GEORGE BANCROFT has quite
realized Nh. Warmers pleasant vision of
having two colored persons with cooling
drinks and other comforts attend the
warm and wearied amateur gardener dur
ing work. Mr.. Bancroft is said to 90 into
his garden every day and 70 attend to his
rosary" accompanied by to servants,
one OF whom, If it be too warm, holds an
umbrella over the historians head
while he digs about the roots of his
roses. 1t is said further that he enjoys
organ-grindiug music, and to spare MrA
Bancroft's nerves, he has the accom-
plished Italians escorted TO the hack gate,
where they grind while be diss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

CHICAGO, April % 80 P. ~ Wheat
Strong, excited and higher; gilt edge at
&l.13H; regular at 1.Il1s for cash and sell
er April; $l.l3sS bid for seller May. Corn
Fair demand, firm and shade higher At
42Hc Tor caah and seller April; l4c for
seller May. Oats-shade higher; at 23,1c
for cash and April; 371Sc for seller May.
Rye-At 5sc. Barley-At 46c. Pork
aad seller April; ss.47X for seller May.
LArd-Easier; $7.l7K for cssh and April
$7.25 bid for seller May. Whisky-At 81 .0S.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head moderately &C.
tive and &c higher; light at g 60;
heavy mixed packing At $3.4003. 10; heavy
ahipping at $S.65@3.9O.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

A DRAMATIC author in whose play an
execution was supposed to take place,
asked of a French minister that
criminals, then under sentence of death,
might be actually executed ON the first
three nights of his play. 1t would make
no possible difference to the criminals,
who could have their heads cut off quite
As comfortably at the theatre as any
where else, and would assure long run
to his piece, as every one would 90 to see
it, even after the great attraction was
over. This goes ahead of the modern
sensational drama.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

A MAN in Reading, Pa, named Lerba.
has done much to show tl,ata family can
live on next to nothing. He used to be
carpenter, but could get no work. and
lately has been selling rags, making about
IS a month, on which he pays rent-and
keeps himself, wife, and child. They
live principally on corn-meal, and for tea
decoction Of herbs is used. Lerba mas
killed several dogs, and these supplied
the family with meat, which he afirms
is very good, tasting like veal On this
fare the three are said to be thriving.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

THE ransom originally demanded by
the bold brigands who, in January, car
ried off Signor Parisi from the large town
of Palermo, and from the neighborhood
of his fathers house, was $l20, 600. They
kept him blindfolded eleven days and
nights in dark hole or grotto, with an
armed brigand constantly guarding him !;
but he was we'll fed, and given good
cigar once day. When they found that
their demand was too great, they com
promised and released him for $1,000 in
gold and 200 in bank notes; but as
the numbers of the bank notes are
known at every bank in Sicily, they over
reached themselves in that matter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
TUESDAY, April 2.-The resolution

~ s@~7 @~'o' y s10s@ "
transfer to the state department for safe keeping
the records OF the commission in the electoral
count was agreed to......The railroad funding hill
came up a. unfinished business, and Morrill, ad-
dressed the senate in support Of the judiciary COM
inittee's bill Morrill, having concluded, Thurman
gave notice that he would offer an amendment
making the first mortgage bonds Of the eompsnies
fund proposed may be invested. discussion
sprung up between Blaine and Thurman as TO the
responsibility for the slnkng fund and the differ
ent notes and interest between the different bonds
held as sinking funds and bonds issued by the COM
panies continuing until the senate went into exec
ut!ve session, after which the senate adjourned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

TUESDAY, April 2.-The report of the
committee on civil service reform In regard to the
case Of Doorkeeper Polk taken UP for cousdera-
tion and Harris made speech In regard thereto,
after which the house adjourned
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
WA0HIN0TON.

TIL. Catholic community Of Warrington,
in which Rev. ~. Keane, appointed bishop
Of Richmond, was long pastor, have made
arrangements to pay oil debts contracted for
church and benevolent purposes, and to
supply him with bishop's ring, croxier and
other insignia Of high Office.
SECRETARY SHBRMAN was before the
committee on banking and currency ON the
lst inst, by invitation, and in the course OF
his statement he claimed that after the re.
resumption Of specie payments he will have
authority TO reissue 80 900 United
States notes under the authority Of the ex.
isting Law Of 1873, contained in the revised
statutes relative TO the reissue of United
States notes received for taxes.
AT the close Of March one million silver
dollars had been coined. Arrangement y
have been completed under which during
April the Philadelphia mint will turn ont
q, 10000.
The total expense Of the Sioux war waa
| q, 2,3l2,6SO.
TIE house Pacific railroad comnittes
have practically agreed upon bin with ref.
erence 70 the pro rata question They Dc.
terminsd that there shosld be three CON.
missioner TO Ak the rates first set 70 be
named IN the bill. The details of the bill
srs - b. psrfsstsd by sub-sompittse con
dstiss. d Ries, cAalmsn ssd HswjH d
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-12
A desperate Printer In The Tolls.

Many people of Denver will recall to
mind a black-eyed, thin visaged, small
statured printer named Bowen, who
spent last spring and hummer in Dem
yer, and those who remember him will
not be surprised to hear that he Is in
serious trouble at the town of Green
River, In Wyoming. Bowen is a Texan
and is a type Of the very worst charac-
ters that abound In that state so prolific
Of lawlessness and disorder. While in
Denver he was the terror Of q score Of
persons who had fallen subjects of his
d~ispleasure and knew that they could
expect a row from him at any time. He
spent two months in the county jail
here for making an unprovoked attack
upon and cutting another printer. He
bears the reputation of having killed at
least half a dozen men, but has been
lucky enough to escape with slight legal
penalties, but 1t is to be hoped, and it
may be believed, that now that he has
fallen in with the determined people of
Wyoming, who are very much enraged
over the uniusti6able assault which the
desperate made upon an estimable citi-
zen, he will receive his full share OF
punishment.-Denrer TriJmie.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-12

This is the expression we hear on
every hand, the remark being appro-
priately applied TO the music furnished
by the band connected with McDaniel's
popular theatre.
The leader of the brass band is Prof.
L. Bradley, long and %favorably known
as the leader of the band connected
with the Fifth United States cavalry.
The remaining members of the band
are the following popular musicians:
Emil Wagner, cornet; William Stoll,
clarionet; Fritz Moernicheim, alto;
Gaylord Bell, tenor; James Smith, basso;
George Wagner, bass drummer and
William Chamberlain, mare drummer.
The orchestra is composed of Prof.
S. v. Schlessinger, leader, who is also
first violinist; VIM. Stoll, solo clarion
etist; Geo. Wagner, pianist, and Emil
Wagner, cornetist. Few bands in the
far off east which we have listened to
are equal to McDaniel's, and fewer still
are superior.