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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
Hew to Burr Coal.

A very common mistake is made and
much fuel wasted in the manner of re.
plenishing coal fires, both in furnaces
and CRATES. They should be fed with a
little coal at a time, and often; but ser
wants, to save time and trouble, put on a
gre :. deal at once, the first result being
that almost all the heat is absorbed by
the newly put on coal, which does not
give out heat until it has become red
hot. Hence, for a while the room is
cold, but when it becomes fairly aglow
the heat is insutferable. The time to re-
plenish a coal fire is as soon AS the Goals
begin to show ashes on their surface,
then put on merely enough to show q
layer of black coal covering the red.
This will soon kindle, and, as there is
not much of it, an excess of heat will
not be given out. Many also put out
the fire by stirring the CRATE as o as
fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all heat
in the ashes when it should be sent to the
new supply of coal. The time to stir the
fire is just when the new coal is pretty
we'll kindled. This method of managing
a coal Ere is troublesome, but it saves
fuel, gives a more uniform heat, and pre-
vents the discomfort of alterations of heat
and cold above referred to.-Ltwis' Rural.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
A CURIOSITY.
A Twelve Foot Maple Tree Growing in
the Dome Of q Court House.

A Twelve Foot Maple Tree Growing in
the Dome Of q Court House.
The tower of the court house at
Greensburg, Indiana, is lao feet in
height. One hundred and five feet
from the ground is the water sheet of
the tower, and above that it is covered
with dressed stone, made to fit closely, in
slabs 2 by 5 feet, inclining an angle of
about 80 degrees from upright.
In the summer of 1870 a citizen of the
place was exami ing the tower with a
glass when he observed, springing from
the third ~crevice about the water sheet
on the east side eff the tower, 10 feet
from the ground, a little twig. But lit.
tie was thought of it, and it was scarce
ly discernible with the naked eye. The
next spring some interest was exhibited
to know if the miniature tree in q
strange and exposed position had sur
vived the wintry blasts. 1t had sur
vived, and when sun and spring showers
came on, put out its leaves plentifully
and grew luxuriantly all the season.
BY this time it was easily seen with the
eye, but as it could not be approached
in ordinary manner nearer than from
the roofs of buildings On the opposite
side of the street, its species could not
be a~scertained. The third spring it put
forth again with renewed life, vigor and
size. Instead of dwindling and droop.
ing from the effects of the winters cold
and the summers heat, the atmosphere
of justice from below seemed to cause it
to flourish extraordinarily. This season
it was decided to be a silver maple,
sprung, no doubt, from a seed carried by
a bird or whirlwind, and lodged in that
exalted place. By this time the tree has
become famous. Accounts of it had ap-
peared in the papers, but the story was
not generally believed.
But, nevertheless, the tree lived and
grew. 1t was there, and no mistake.
And SO it has continued until this day.
1t is now more than twelve feet high,
and is thought to be three inches in d.
ameter. The top is quite bushy, and,
in the summer season, the leaves are nu-
merOus and luxuriant. 1t can be seen
for many miles around, and the stranger
approaching first sees the tower and then
this phenomenon.
The rapid growth of the tree is forcing
the STONES apart. Inns can reaully De
seen with a glass. Ere long the ambi'
tious maple will have to be brought low
er, or damage to the building willfollow
The sheriff has already had several ap'
plications from expert climbers to take
it down, but the people will not permit
their tree to be removed yet. An artist
representing a New York illustrated
paper called to sketch the curiosity, but
the leaves were off, and he postponed il
until a more favorable time. Persons
approaching the place from Cincinnati
get a good view of it by looking from
the north windows as they draw nea,
Greensburg. OF course it appears t
much greater advantage when in full
leaf, and at such time it is indeed
strange curiosity. Chicago TINES.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
A Giants Troubles,

Even giants have their little Affections.
Col. Goshen, whose genial c%ountenance
has looked down upon so many of his
puny fellow creatures. has begun pro-
ceedings for a divorce. The trouble APP
pears to have begun with her declining
to go west on an exhibition tour. She
had travelled already, if not from Dan to
Beersheba, certainly from Jersey City to
Jerusalem, and she was tired of it. So
she stayed on the farm at Clyde Station,
New Jersey, with their two adopted
children, the key to the safe containing
$4,000 in money and bonds, one J. w.
Sweet, the ex-husband Of a circus-rider,
and an educated goat worth $4,000.
When the Colonel returned he found
the farm and buildings all right, but his
wife, the bonds and money, Sweet, the
literary goat, and some minor articles
were missing.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
A Sapphire Island.

Two little boys in Ceylon have found
a sapphire weighing, says the report, two
whole pounds; its value is estimated at
$50, 900, and it is, if the report be true,
the largest sapphire yet found. Ceylon
was a famous place for sapphires in old
times, no that those who know its history
are not surprised that this stone should
have been picked up there. A writer
in the London Telegraph recalls that the
island has for ages been a vast treasure
store Of gems, and that even the ener-
getic rapacity Of the old Roman adven-
turers failed to exhaust its riches. Of
all the brilliant gems extracted from
the soil of this richly endowed island,
hardly any was more highly esteemed
by the ancients than the sapphire. Its
exquisite tint recalled to the exiled
Roman the clear, cloudless azure of the
heavens over the Imperial city. 1t was
known to them as hyacinthus, because
its color was like that of the blue flower.
Then, as now, the hvacinthi were got by
gem-hunters out Of the beds of the Gin
galese streams, among pebbles mingled
with gravel. The engraving of sapphires
was hardly known before the days of
the Roman Empire, and probably the
most celebrated of all engraved sapphires
is the great signet of the Emperor Con
stantine, which weighs tifth-three carats
When the world was young sapphires
were supposed to possess extraordinary
moral and spiritual influences. They
were thought not only to be beyond in
jury from fire, but to have the power Of
putting it out. There were those who
claimed that wnen brought into contac'
with linen, linen was rendered incom
bustible. They were supposed to COO
the internal fires of the passions, anc
from this notion CAM the custom o
setting a sapphire in the Episcopal ring
of office and the habit of persons vowet
to perpetual chastity selecting it a
their favorite jewel. 1t was believed
that this gem was extremely sensitive t.
all neral influences, and that if worn b,
a wicked person, OF by n given to i'm
pure thoughts andevil practices, it woul'
gradually become lustreless and ceas
to shine. Physicians fancied it was en-
dowed with many wonderful virtues.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29

Brock had won the race; he was arrested
and fined IS dollars for going hunting
on Sunday; and he paid $500 for a lot
OF forged notes that had been advertised
two weeks, and the public cautioned
not to negotiate them. He then paid a
big Irishman with a foot like a derrick,
to kick him all the way to the news
paper Office, when he paid four years
subscription in advance, and made the
editor sign and swear to an agreement
to knock him down and rob him if he
ever ordered his paper stopped again
Erch1nye.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
Dangerous TorpOr,

Torpor or in cuvity of the kidneys is Sc.
riously dangerous to those organs, since it
is the precedent of diseases which destroy
their substance n endanger life. This
sluggishness may be overcome by stimulat-
ing them, not excessively, but moderately,
an effect produced by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, q general invigorant and alternative,
possessing diuretic properties of no common
order. The impetus which this admirable
medicine gives to their evacuative function
ccunteracts any tendency to congestion
which may exist in their tissues. Both they
and their associate organ, the bladder, are
invigorated as well as gently stimulated by
the Bitters, which exerts a kindred intin.
ence upon the stomach, liver and bowels.
and by strengthening the system, enables it
to Withstand malarial epidemics, to which
when exposed it might otherwise succumb
Theological students reason that if there
be counterfeit money, there must be genu.
inc; SO, if there be infidels, there must also
be Christians. If this be true of money and
religion, will not the same rule apply to
"put up" medicines? Do not the cheap
and worthless nostrums prove that there
are genuine and meritorious "put up "
medicines? The great popularity of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has re-
suited in the manufacture of many shoddy
Alternative and. tonic remedies, but one
u uuOtuct tuOoC navy ulSdppcdTSuy tut
proprietors having found that, no matter
how loud they advertise, success depends
upon merit. In South America, as well as
in this country, the Discovery is the stand.
ard remedy for all scrofulous and eruptive
diseases. 1t acts promptly OF the stomach,
liver, and blood, toning up, regulating, and
purifying the system. 1t speedily allays
all bronchial irritation, and cures the most
stubborn cough or cold in half the time re-
quired by any other remedy.
Everybody knows that so long as there
is proud flesh in a sore or wound, it will not
heal. The obstacle is speedily removed,
and the flesh reunited by HENRY's CAR.
BoLIC SALvE. the finest embodiment in
existence of that supreme purifier, carboiie
acid. Its emollient ingredients modify its
pungent acid basis, so that it never cauter.
ICES, stings or s~sarifes the diseased part,
Sores and eruptions of all kinds are cured
by it. All Druggists sell it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
He Stopped His Paper.

A certain man got mad at the editor
and stopped his paper. The next week
he sold all his corn at four cents below
the market price, then his property was
sold for taxes, because he only heard of
the convention three days after it had
adjourned; he lost ten dollars betting
on Mollie Mccarthy two days after Ten
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
Y l THE PENALTY.
BY Mrs. Meta Victoria Victor.
CHAPTER

The scene opens in the Morgue, New York,
when the body Of a handsome young man has
lust been brought in, and where it lies under
the dripping of the iced water, which falls
upon it to arrest the progress Of decomposi-
ton. The man who attends to guard the
dead did not observe q slim female figure,
which seemed to arise ont OF the earth, 30 FL
lentlv and suddenly did it stand there. She
was bending over one of the five marble slabs
on which lay the dead body Of a splendid
Young msn--he could not have been more
than %.
"Who are you ?" said the attendant, sudden
" becoming aware OF the girls presence.
81 am LIZ" she said; /" and that is my hue
band lying there ~
do you wish him sent home?" said the
man.
"Heavens-what use ! l have not a cent to
bury him."
"Come now. you had better go home. It's
getting late"
She glued her forehead to the glass again stand
ing there mottonless, Hntil the officer, not u nSently,
pnt his hand on be- arm and drew her away. .
=" cannot ev n get at him t. kiss him good-by,"
Il wouldn't want to il I was you, my poor girl,
Come, come! home is the best place for you
- Home j sever hAd a home, i came up on the
sire ts-I shall always live on the streets. George
promised to take care of me he paid FOR my little
r. nm-but George is gone, oh, oh. OH
Two minutes later one OF the hospital surgeons a
very great surgeon indeed, Il man of authority ran
lightly down the steps Of the nor que. aud stood
! thOughtfuily looking thronEh the glass curtain.
How fortunatei" he sAia to himself. II could not
be better suited. The merest chance, too" Then,
turning to the attendant, I" stand in need, OF a
subject to- morrow, and this one is exactly what l
want. Has { ny one claimed it,
"1h, chaps wife was here-said she was too poor
to barry it-don't think IL will he claimed, DOCTOR
Can | have it to-night?'
Il should say SO"
Good Casey. I know ! can trust to your discre-
ton. This body lie not to GO to thu college. Ii is for
"A private use of my own, and ii is TO be sent to my
house. You will be off duty her, at II idnIght. !
want you then to get an ambulance and bring this
to me at my home: ] will be there to receive IT, and
| will contriye TO have the policeman on that beat
out of the way at this hour. You and l can bring II
in. Here is fifty dollars for your trouble, and you
are to make no remarks
"All right, doctor! I'll be there to the minute,
sir-ana many thanks. My wife will make god nse
OF this money
The great surgeon left the morgue; his carriage
waited for him outside the hospital gate, aud wa:
driven rapidly toward home.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29

The western vita call bigamy Utahl.
izing the female sex.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLESS"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO,
The PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY.
New York, Boston and Chicago


For upwards Of thirty years Mrs. WINS.
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with never-failing success. 1t cor.
reefs acidity Of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrh9a, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well.tried
remedy. 25 cents a bottle.
About organs, this fact is conclusive:
Mason & Hamlin Organs have the highest
honors at erery Worlds Exhibition tor t'ceire
years, and no other American organ has
taken the highest award ut any such.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
III.

On the previous day DR.. Fordyce had been
summoned to The house of his next door
~neighbor, Mrs. Remington. On his arrival
there he found Mrs. Remington and her daugh-
ter Flora in the agonies OF grief. On a bed was
stretched the unconscious form of Clymer, tho
son of Mrs. Remington, desperately wounded
by a pistol ball in the right side.
How did il oceurY"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29

A UNIVERSAL REMEDY" Browns Bron.
chial TRoCHRs" for Coughs, Colds and
Bronchial Affections, stand first in public
favor and confidence; this result has been
acquired by . test Of many years. % cents
. box.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
CHAPTE Ill.

A beautiful child Of eleven yeats was sitting in
sunmer-house in the midst of a most blooming gar.
den ov Hooking the broad, blue Hudson, as it w0unG
by the Palisades.
The house to which The garden belonged was called
the Hall, and was the home of Madame be yjyo. A
widow lady of French descent.
The LADY had ma ried Captain De Niyo after reach.
ing thus county Both were wealthy, and had pur.
chased and improved an elegant place on Washing
t II Heights.
The Captain had died after fifteen years OF tran.
guilty passed in his American home, leaving two
ehlldfen, "A boy OF fOurte- II and q girl of five.
True to her race, which had always been military
IN the instincts and ambitions If its male scions,
the widow had pl 1Ced her son at West Point, srate.
tul to know that be was within "A few hours ride of
hisholne, while rs was fitting for the career beloved
OF all true Frenchmen.
,Edouard De Nivo grew up toward manhood with
all the faults and virtues of a true cadet. He was
proud, fiery, vain, handsome, honorable and rave.
Alas! poor boy What matters il to US what he
might have been, since he was doomed to so earl n
DEATH
Let us go back to that bright. sweet afternoon in
late May, when Dulce DE vivo, a lovely little girl of
II. sat in her bawer, quite lost in the destinations oil
a volume of the Arabian Nights
Her brothers particular friend, Clymer Reming.
ton, had bought her this beuitchiHg book. If there
wss q person in the world whom she adored, il was
Mr.. Remington. Dulce had as ardent and affection.
ate a little heart rs ever beat in u child's bosom
She loved her mother, her old grandmother, hei
brother; but the feeling she had for Edoua I'd = frte III
was a \ ina OF worshipping admiration.
While she was musing on Clymers Projections, the
dead body of her beloved brother was brought home,
lie had been slain in a duel with ClyRer Remington
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29
CHAPTER ".

The mock funeral was over, and the gambler and
the scapegrace George was buried in the vaults of
the RemiR gtOns, when Liz, the gamblers wife, made
her appearance at the mansion of the Remingtons.
Here she tells Flora what she has discovered, and
demands hush money.
You didn't hurt my kus' and; he was dead
afore. You gave him a splendid funeral, But your
secret is worth q mint o money. I'm poor-starv-
ing! l mean to live in comfort after this. ! mean
you shall pay my way
Flora stretched out her white hand. where a large
diamond ~sparkled, and thrust her purse in her visit
ors clutch,
There are FIVE hundred dollars there-all the
money l had, n the house to-day
IAN right. You have lots more in the bank. I
want q settlement in writing, You see. So much a
YEAR
4" will do as well by you as I can
I'D like that ring on your finger. that shines SO.
miss. Its a beauty. May | have itF''
good many years, but Flora Immediately took it oil
and passed it over to Liz, whose black eyes glittered
greedily.
When shall l come to have the writing drawn up
an signed2,
In week.
VERY " ell. You can have Doctor Fordyce fix it
for you. l won't bring no witness; but you must
don't worry too much about it. III be as silent as
he is, il you do the fair thing by me-
Liz, hiding the purse in her bosom, and turning
the diamond or her finger inward to hide it from
the rapacious eyes Of McDonigle Alley, made n cour-
tesy and withdrew.
The continuation Of this admirable and exciting
story will be found in Frank Lesfie's Chimaey Corner,
No. ia. and now ready at all news depots. 10 cents
weekly. - per annum. Address Frank Leslie's Pub
ishing House, 80. 50, and 81 Park place, New York
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29

NfTlCE--Fnrners. FINN.
HES and others can purchase no Remedy eeual to Or.
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT for the cure Of
Cholera. Diarrhea, Dysentery, Group. Collie aud sea.
sickness, taken internally-(ft Ia perfectly harmless
see oath accompanying each bottle and externally
for Chronic Rheumatism, Headache, Toothache. Sore
Bites, Old Sores, Pains in Limbs, Back and Chest.
Tho VENETIAN LINIMENr was introduced in
ls47, and no one who has used it bu; continues tn do
so, many stating, lift was Ten Dollars . Bottle they
woaid not be without 1t. Thousands OF Certificates
can he seen at tAe Depot, speaking of It's wonderful
curative properties. sold by the Druggists 1t 40
eta Depot a Murray St. New York.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-29

by a side glance, as we reached the great
est distance from it, rise spasmodically
into a sitting posture, and then drop
again as We returned, and resume its
quietness. Iproposed..now to rest awhile,
and after seating ourselves y little
distance from the pretended sleeper, l
made 80 bold as to place my arm around
her neck and give her a sounding kiss.
Before l could turn myself to note the
effect, l felt two powerful hands grasp
my shoulders, and without time to as
sumo a position of defence, I was forced
backward upon the deck. A man stood
bending over me with his knee upon my
breast, and grasping my throat tightly
with his one hand, he placed his face
near mine.
"You wretch! what are you doing
with my wife" said he, kissing the words
between his teeth.
"That'll do for the present." said
SLOUGH as he turned my adversary over
with his muscular arms. "Give me the
cuffs, Tony, and then go call the cap
tain."
The captain came at our request, and
having shown him our commission, he
gave us permission to search the baggage
of both man and wife. In the husbands
trunk was found a complete photograph
ing apparatus with a number of counter
felt bills in a partly finished state.
Among the wife's effects were found
many rolls of the perfect bills as we'll as
the scarf pin that had been stolen from
Ross. The prisoners were safely return
ed to New York, underwent a due course
of law, and are both at the present time
serving out their sentences at Sing Sing.
The singularity of Ross's conduct was
well explained, when near the termina-
ton of our journey, SLOUGH CHANGED 10
recognize him az q once dy-haired
and whiskered employe of a fashionable
hair-dressing establishment in New York.
As nitrate of silver was the potent
magician that transformed his yellow
locks to a sable hue, it is not to be won.
dered that he should exhibit a sensitive
ness at its mention and its presence in
his pack.
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A moan from the mother was her only response.
20, doctor, Is he dead ~ whispered Flora.
Not quite, my dear, not quite. His heart beats,
| think"
The surgeon turneddown the.sheet to examine the
wound, which he found to be of a most critical char
a violent ringing of the bell and Knocking at the
street door. lie observed the two ladies shiyer, rs il
A tap at the chamber door soon followed. Doctor
Forlyce himself responded to it, stepping into the
The officers are here with a warrant Tor the ar
rest Of our young master, sir: What shall | do: l
told them he wasn't fit to be laid hands on
Ask them 20 step up stai.s with as little noise as
possible. will speak TO Them"
as Ssrds: N tricks, now We can't be hum
If you are rich people here"
w hat do You want, my men -
we are here to arrest Clymer Remington, an.
the Milling Of Cadet Elousrd De Vivo.' paper 'o'
much shocked.
As a door nail
Welt, the man You are after is not much better
on In all human probability he will not live the
night %ut; lie is shot in the right lung. II sim
look at nm; you VIII see for yourselves the eondi-
The officers came in on ~tip-toes, and saw Mt
glance that a few minutes would close his mortal
career.
When Liz found that her lovers body had disap
reared. and heard of the duel, she had an instinc-
IVY .iNtt u v "a III. fOruSSts OBJECT nau petH III
buying her husbands body. Gambler aud rogue a.
he had been, she loved him, and with brains sharp
eted with q stitntlon, she resolved to make her
market out of the sec ret.
~ Will make those proud creatures in silks know
that l am a match 10. them!
She smiled haggardly TO herself to think tina,
George, wonld be spared the horrors of Potter's Field
that he would be dressed in broadcloth, and moth
cred under tube Roses and cape jasmines iu his fine
rosewood coffin with the solid silver handles. 1t al
most ~deadened the dull pain at her heart a little
while to think of the splendid funeral her George
would have, lolted along in a snmptuous hearse foI
miles and miles, and followed by half the proud la.
dies and gentlemen OF Fifth avenue in their glitter
ing carriages driven by fellows in capes and but
tons lhnumeraHIe.
As tor herself, she would take n cheap ride tt
Greenwood by cars, mud OFT the family plot of tn,
Eemlngtlns, aud be on hand to see her lover put is
the ground, with the Bishop himself to read the
pfay erE.