Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-04-21

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need seeing alter TO know II the sand
keeps damp. So II win be veil to put in
several alps of ! kind ~ " the best laid
plans Of mice and men gang aft agleA"-I
GardeHer's Monthly.
FoseloN ooss,P.
In the Turkish language there il said
TO b no word signifying gratitude.
TIM Chinese government have decided
establishing : complete system d tai
egraphing throughout China.
A MONUMENT to the late Prince Imper-
ial viii be erected in South Africa by the
British colony.
a rxw months ago 3 colored womanin
Hayti began to grow white, and now there
u not 4 trace Of color inher skin, and abe
y much displeased at the change.
A wnALrHY Frenchman offers 5000
70 any doctor or surgeon who viii make .
hunchbAck Of him, q he pities that class
and wants to be one Of them.
THE beautiful hill near Posilippo, neal
Naples, on which il situated Virgil's
tomb, 10 soon to be tunneled for . rail-
way.
Ex-MARsHAL BAzAMK il breeding
American hogsin Europe. Agreat many
American hogs that 60 to England have
no breeding.
ARCH manufacturer 1t CLAIMS, Switser-
land, solemnixes the anniversary Of his
wife's death by distributing 1900 francs
among his workmen.
MrNA il again tranquil, it, summit is
once more covered with snow, and an
ascent 10 contemplated with = view to ex-
anime the alterations caused in the crater
by the recent eruption&
Tn portrait Of . prominent citizen ol
Philadelphia, while he was in Florence,
Italy, wa painted in the short space Of
two and q half hours BY the celebrated
Florentine artist, N. Geordiani The
likeness il said to be an exceedingly
faithful one, and the artist received 5000
francs, or $500, for it.
QUEEN VIcToRIA having visited the
vault where several Of the royal family
Of England are buried, il reported 70
have given orders that one or two Of the
velvet collins which we're falling topieces
should be placed in oak covers, and that
in future oak cases should be used in.
stead Of velvet ct royal funerals.
THREE workmen employed on the st.
Gothard tunnel have been admitted into
q Turin hospital to be treated for micro
scopic insects in the intestines, . species
Of trichinoais. They assert, and the
Airolo doctors confirm it, that hundred
Of their comrades ara suffering from this
disease, hitherto considered very rare.
VICToR HUGO contributes = superst-
| tious article to the literature Of "Thir-
teen at q Table" His son died
soon after attending q dinner party
ct which the fateful number at down;
and in - he gave . dinner party ct
which there were thirteen persons, and
more than half Of them, it il related,
died before the close Of the year.
A vxRY general feature Of Partisan
households Just ct present il the porta-
BILE chapel to be seen in most boudoiEs,
which are turned into temporary ora.
tories. The miniature chapels are fash.
toned After the Byzantine style, and are
provided with . couple of shutters en-
closing an enamelled figure Of the
Saviour, before whom flowers are strewr
every morning.
TH Belgian colliery owners complain
Of the deficiency Of rolling stock on the
state railways and Of the difficulty d
procuring redress from . government de.
partment, - compared with . company
stimulated by . desire to increase ii
traffic. The italian papers have alse
been recording the frequent breakdown
Of WORKOUT Locomotives on the northern
lines, now the property Of the State.
The repulsed and therefore desperate
lover Of Mile. Paula, q performer in 1
minor theatre Of Paris, swallowed poisor
while looking st her from . boz, enc
died ON the spot. The actress VA known
to have treated him badly, and when nh
next appeared on the stage she Va
greeted with groans and misses, and /
wreath II imm0rtelles was thrown to her
~ q tribute to the dead lover. She flei
from the indignant audience.
A CLOSE guess: In a Amsterdam
churchyard d . grave with the epitaph
"Enen Nyt" or "exactly" under : pai
81 clippers. II il that Of : rich old man
who, believing he would only live : cer
tain number Of years, divided out hi
fortune into yearly installments, deter
mined 10 have . good time. He calcu
lated about right, and when he WIS dying
he paid all his debts and found thatsha
had nothing left but . pair Of slippers.
On q the local committeeman in Ire
land writes to the Mansion house: {"
have Just been informed that Z man md
his wife, both about eighty years Il ago
who were ia the habit d receiving none,
from their children in America, but who
have not received any for the past fev
months, in s0chterEible circumstances
that they remain in bed most a the IA,
to avoid producing an appetite, and tia
such II their horror q going 10 tn
Union that they would die where The,
are breadless, pennilesas and almos
homeless"
Mn. Sr1xcnn, of Burleigh. Canada
gave birth to triplets, and Lost no tim
d asking for the 125 that Queen Vic
toriA had been accustomcd 70 give i
similar casea She hAs received from Ii
und~er-sectctary Of stase for Canada th
reply that the queen has ceased thi
bounty except n Great Britain itself
The following of8cial explanation j
given: "The queens rule i % give
small donation to poor people of goo
character On oCcaGion Of triple births
whore the children survive, tie none
bedng Given 70 aeaist the parents n prc
viiding food and cl0thinG ahoFG1y M
The birth Of tho children. The money
when given, u By no means - : reward
but simply "A act of charity"