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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
NOW ALCOHrL rs MADE.

When barley or other grain is STEPPED
IN water till it sprouts, aud then, care
fully dried, it becomes what is termed
mslt b, this process part Of the starch
of which the grain is mostly composed
~ been converted into sugar, and .
new substance has b en- developed,
known as q diastase, a nitrogenous body,
which Immediately, when the malt is
mixed with water, reacts on the remain
ng starch and transforms it also into
st,gar, the liquid consequently soon as-
~nming sweet tase. We have now, in
fsct, q solution Of sugar. which is known
IA vert; but we may tain the same by
using unmalted grain--potatoes, peas,
beans OF other ssar.hy materials which,
shy the addition OF dilute suiphuric acid,
isssSessrted into q soluble sugar. Hay-
ing thus obtained solution Of sugar
from any of these sources, or still more
directly irom beet root or toothsome
cane, yeast is added to the wort, and
the process OF fermentation" is rapidly
set up by which the -u Jar loc,unposed
into two chief products, alcohol and car
bonic acid GAS, ard several minor ones,
9lycerine, succinic ac,d, ETC., ninety
five out of every hundred parts Of sugar
being transformed into alcohol and car
bonic acid, four parts going to form
elycerine, etc, aud ona part as nourish-
ment t. the yeast plant, which has mnl-
tiplied immensely, and now forms q
frothy scum upon the surface Of the
liquid. By the fermentation spirits
have been produced, and the object Of
the next process, the dis.illation of the
iermen'ed wort or mash, is to separate
the spirits from the hquid in which it
exists The produce Of this operation is
an impure spirit known as slow wines,''
which has to be reiistilled at lower
temp rature to get rid of part of the wa
ter and Is with which il is oDtaminat.
ed, tie protluct OF this second distilla-
ton being the mixture of alcohol and
water known as whisky" or "spirits of
wine" because it was by the disti.l,tion
of wine th spirits were first obtained.
-CAamJers Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
THE DOG Wf7HUUT TATE

Once man had dog VIII ch dident
have no tail, the dog dident, cos it was
cut off wen it was little, but Frankly,
that's the baby. he is little, too, Yes, in
deed. like puppies. So the mans dog
erode up without no tail for to waggle,
but one night some nogty boys they got
a peece Of old rope ont OF ship yard,
and sum pitch. and fastened the rope on
tothe end of the dogs back with the pitch
like it erode there. Then that dog was
proNd like he WAS new dog on an
old tai and he went swellin round q
ming the other dogs. tryin for to wag-
Gle it till he m st broke his back. But
he cuient lift it of the ground, and after
q vile it was drug across cigar wich O
feller had threw away, and ii got lite,
the tail did, and hal smoke its own
sell. Then the dog it lied down like it
was goiug to sleep, and it said to the
other dogs: There wasent never any
pup which cude he 30 cot and callum
like me viii o his tail wa = house atire
OF to be hired out to teetch fort ude TO
Christion martrs. Just wake me ND
when it sol burt Of, eos have got i'm
portan: engagement.
But when it wa- oil Of, and the fire
was got hold OF the cake of pitch onto
the end Of his back, ne dilen. have to be
woke up, cos he woke the hwole town
UP hisself Little JOh,.ay.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

The elephants emed to get tired first,
and just as the first streak OF dawn he
gan to show itself in The sk; he TUNED
and walked leisurely away. For a min
ute or two heard him crashing among
the thick"ts. and then all was quiet
again, as if he'd gone right away.
"Now," thought, lis my time to de-
camp, too" and down the tree slipped
as nmbly as an acrublt. But | soon
found had been re,koning without my
host, for 1 had hardly touched the
ground when there came crash like
fifty mad bulls charging through AS
many glass houses, and out from the
thicket, with his great white tusks
leveied at me like bayonets, came my
friend the elephant, Who had been on
the watch for me ali the time.
Whether should have I'm or stood
my ground, and how should nave Jared
in either case, can never he known now.
for just at that moment my foos slipped
and down came, close to the tree. The
next moment there was a crash as il
two trains had run into each other, and
made sure that was knocked into q
hundred pieces at least, aud that it was
all up with me.
soon became aware, however, that
was still alive and ,uad, while shrill,
frightened cry overhead told me plainly
that it WIS the elephant who had got the
worst of it this time. scrambled to my
feet gingerly enough, for the brute's
great fore legs were stamping and pound-
ing like steam-hann, rs within arms
length Of me, aud there I saw = sight
winch, scar d as WAS, made me laugh
till could har ly stand.
had fa'ei, just il time TO escape the
blows of the elephants tusks, which had
stack themselves SO deep into the tree
that he could not pull them out again,
and there he was, hard and fast, like 4
ship run astound. The animals look Of
disgust ami bewilderment ut finding
himself in snch fix W 8 ~ good as q
play to behold bat just then l was in
no humor to stop and admire it, for I
knew that he might break loose yet. and
that if he dill it would be all up with
me. Ny first impulse was to take TO my
heels ut once, but the next moment /
thought better Of. it, and decided to set
tie Mr.. Elephant instead. / quickly
picked up and reloaded my gun, which
had luckily escaped his notice, OF he
wo aid have tramplei it to bits, and,
scrambling into the tree again, sent q
bullet into lis forehead, which did ita
business, and left him standing bolt up.
right in very picturesque attitude in
deed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
CHAMPION r DESfkIASlSM - THE
kECORD.

CHAMPION r DssikIAsIsM- THE
RkCORD.
The following will show the grand
total scores made by the winners Of the
various six.d day pedestrian contests that
have taken place since 1873:
O'Leary, Ashley belt, London, March,
1878, 52 \ miles.
Rowell, Ashley belt. New York. March,
1879. 500 miles.
Weston, Ashley belt, London, June,
1879, $50 m les.
Corkey, first race for the champion.
ship Of England, 1878, 521} miles.
Brosn, second race for the champion.
ship Of England, 1879. 542 miles.
Brown, third race for the champion.
ship Of England, 1881, $50 miles.
Hart, Rose belt, New York, Septem-
Der, 1879, $40 miles.
Murphy, OLeary belt New York,
October, 1879. 505l miles.
Hart, O'Leary belt, New York, April,
1850, 565 miles.
Rowell, ANtley belt, London. Novem.
ber, 1880, 566 miles.
Panchot, O'Leary belt, New York,
March, 1881, 5iia mles.
Hughes, O'Leary belt. New York.
January, 1881, 56tl miles.
Fitzgerald, Ennis race, New York,
December, 1881, $50 miles
HAsael, contest 1t Madison Square
Garden. New York. March, 1882, 6O0
miles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
STREET. scEvEs IN MADRID.

STREET SCENES IN NADRID.
The Madrilenos Offer not fat, but
rather an extremely round, contra fiction
to this general and accepted idea Of tho
national app pearance. SIenlerness is the
exception with them. Their city is
forced flower in the midst OF mountain
lands, and the men themselves rejoice
in rotund and puay look of success,
which also partakes Of the hot-house
character. They are people of leisure.
and, after their manner, OF pleasure.
How they swarm in their cafes. in the
Crate Of the Sun-where they keep up the
Moorish custom Of calling walters by
two claps Of the hands-or on the ono
great thoronghfare. Gale de Alcala, u
in the bull-ring Of Sunday They
never sleep. OF, If they do, others take
their places in the public resorts. The
clarnor of the streets, and even the snarl-
ing cry Of the news venders-"La Cor
respondencia," or "E1 Democratic a"
lis kept M unfil the small hours; and
at s or 6 the restless stir begins again
with the silver tinkling Of Aeet mule
bells. There are no night-howling
watchmen in Madrid but the custom
Of street-:,awking is rampant in Spain |;
and here, in addition to the newsman,
Va have the wall Of the watsr-criers min
istering to an unquenchable popular
thirst, the lotrery-ticket sellers, the wax
match peddlers. and dosen otherA
The iavorite bird Of the country i .
kind Of lark called Gtondro, much hung
IN cages outside Of the Windows, whence
they utter er-with that monotonous reour.
renee which seams fixed principle q
I'll things SpaDish--a hard. piercing
triprls note impossible 70 ignore. This
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
NAN1FfSTAf1OHS or FEAR


It is said that the Emperor Charles
the Fifth, read ng an epitaph, "Hers
lies one who never knew fear." re-.
marked, "then he never snutfed can.
die with his fingers" It is certainly q
somewhat absurd, though favorite
claim for popular hero. that "he never
knew fear" No one possessing human
nerves and brain could say this with
truth. That brave man never yields to
the emotion may he true enough hut to
say that at no period of his life he OK.
p rlenced fear is simply impossible. Al
Lord Lyttou expresses it:
1t shanies man rot . feel m ms mortal fesr.
1t shanlee man only 4 that fear o. hdue.
There Is a story Of a young recruit in
the Thirty Years War" going into
action for the first time in his lie in the
highest spirits. "Looa at Johann" re-.
marked one of his comrades, as the
troop were drawn up ready to charge,
"he is full of jokes how brave he is. T"
"Not at ALL" replied the veteran ad-
dressed; che knows nothing of what is
coming. You and l, old comrade, are
far Drawer; we sit still on our horses
though we are terribly afraid"
Fear certainly is one OF the most ir-
rational of the passions. It is not
always excited by the presence OF danger.
Men who con be cool and collected in
cases Of real peril will tremhle at some
fanciful alarm. The Duke of Schomberg
could face an enemy with ready courage,
but fed from room if he saw cat in
it. A very brave French officer tainted
at the sight Of mouse. The author OF
the "Turkish Spy" states that if he had
q sword in his hand he would rather en-.
counter lion in the desert than be alone
In a room with a spider. Many people
have similar fanciful antipathies, which
excite their fears III maI.ier real dam
ger would be powerless to do. Fear OF
infection is dread that embitters the
lives OF many sensitive people. There il
. legend Of Ill Eastern dervish, who,
knowing that The plague was about to
visit certain city, bargained with the
disease that only specified number OF
victims should fall. When twice the
number perished the plague explained
its apparent breach of contract by
explaining: "Fear killed the rest"
In all times of epidemics doc
tors can tell similar tales. Dur.
ing the great plague Of 1866 an
unfortunate man died purely from
fright; practical joker who met HIM
in the street retended TO discover the
fatal 'spo,s" upon hun, and the poor
man went home and died, not of the dis
ease, but of sheer te A long obitu-
ary list might be compiled # the victims
OF fear ON the criminal III the middle
ag"s, who. reprieved after he had laid
his head on the block, was found to have
died ere the AK could touch him, down
to the poor nun mentioned by Horace
Walpole, whose dsreputabe abbess lit
orally Enlightened her todeath" by Wis
iting her at night and telling her she w.s
dying. --Lrn9oa Neus.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

loud, persstent "twit, twit.twit," n.
sembling ut distance the click of cas-
tinets, begins about dsybreak, and gives
a most discouraging notion Of the Span
ish musical ear.
OF course there is home life and there
is family affection in Madrid, but the
stranger natursIl Ily does not see o great
deal OF these and then it may be doubt
ed whether they really exist to the same
extent as in most other civilized capitals.
It becomes wearisome to make sallies
upon the town, and day after day find
20 much of the population trying to di-
vert itself or killing tune in the cafes
and clubs. The feeling deepens that
they resort to these for want Of sufil.
ciently close interest in their homes
More than that, they do not seem really
TO be amused. Even their language
fails to express the amusement /. ca the
most that anything can be for them, in
the vernacular, is " entertaining" Still
the choice Of light diversion is varied
enough. Opera fonrishes in winter, in
spring and summer the bull-fight; thea
ters are always in blast cooking g-mains
are kept up. Hitherto gambling has
been snother favorite pastime until
checked by the authorities. Not con.
tent with all this, the Madrilenos seek
in lottery shops that excitement which
Americans derive from drinking. saloons.
The brightly lighted lottery agency 90.
ours Is frequently as that other indica-
tion OF disease, the apothecary's win.
dow, in American cities. People of all
classes hover about them both by day
and by night. Posters confront you
with announcements of the Child Jesus
Lottery, the lottery to aid the Asylum
OF Our Lady OF the Assumption, or the
National, which i, drawn thrice q month,
with chief prize of So, 900, and some
400 other premiums. There are many
small drawings beside constantly going
on !; not day passes. in fact, without
your being solicited by wandering deal.
ers in these alluring chances at least
half a dozen times. s.-George p. Latarop,
in Hdrper's Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
Az ATTEMPT r0 REFAYR TIVE RUIZ
or AMERICAN EO4ESTS.

The very necessities OF their situation
have aroused the people OF some Of our
Western States to action. In Kansas,
Nebrasks and other States liberal pre-
miums have been offered for the encour.
agement Of tree.planting, and already in
many portions OF the prairie region .
perceptible change has taken place, and
the eye no longer wanders over great
spaces without sight of shrub or tree.
Minnesota has her Forestry Association,
and its Secretary reports that between
seven and ten millious Of trees were
planted III that State during the year
1877, of which more than half million
were planted in q single day, "Arbor
Day." as it is called, or tree planting
day, the first Tuesday Of My having
been fixed upon Is the day, ana every
owner Of land invited to devote the day
especially to the planting Of trees. Sim
liar efforts have been made in other
States which are similarly situated in
respect to supply OF forest The great
railway companies, whose roads stretch
across the tree'ess prairies, have become
In some instances large planters Of trees,
feeling the need Of them both as screens
from the fierce storms that sweep down
from the Rocky mountains, and a. .
source of supply for the ties which are
constantly nending renewal.
Tree-planters' manuals are published
and Distributed freely, with view to
aid those who would plant, giving them
the experience already obtained In re-
gard to the most profitable trees to
plant aud the best methods of planting.
Thus In some places there is already
quite movement in the right direction.
In the reports of planting the figures
make an imposing aggregate. But =
Liberal dis, cunt needs to be made for
the probable failure Of large percent
age OF the trees planted. Aud even
with the most generous estimate in re-
gard to the work of planting, what il
accomplished As yet is but traction Of
what needs to be done. It is Tut the
feeble beginning Of vast work. The
talk Is of millions of trees planted.
This sounds well But q good many
trees can stand upon an acre, and the
latest estimates put the annual decrea Q
of our forest area at 100, 600 acres. So
that Minnesota, with all her ardor in
this work, has Only planted one tree for
every acre Of trees destroyed. An area
equal to that of the State of Marylan is
every year swept clean Of its tees. This
Is large section to be taken yearly ont
OF our forest resources With all that
We are yet dong in the way OF tree
planting, the balance is largely against
us. With all the interest and energy
manifested by the young West on this
subject, stimulated by her most press
ing need, We are only planting one acre
while thirty five are laid bare by the AZ
and by fire. And We must consider also
that the work Of destruction goes on at
An increasing rate from year to year -
our population and our Industries in.
crease, and that the trees which are
feiled are the product, on the average,
Of more than century's growth, while
those We plant must grow during .
century before they can I'LL their placs.
-Harpe $ Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

A New YosKaH, who mas grown rich
by dealing in wheat, has a room in his
new house decorated with tapestry pau
els upon which rye and barley in full
growth are represented. The woodw rk
is carved to represent corn and wheat,
a. the curia ns are of wheat color, with
a border Of field daisies. He ought to
have a few ''lambs gazing wivttully at
those daisies.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
A MAN in q sleepng-car OH an Esste,

A MAN in = sieeplng-car OH an Eastern
railroad kept people awake two hours by
propounding, about bel time, the query:
"What is the best tding to brush hat
with 2" And the whole crowd stayed
awake and guessed. and ono man vino
came to his station, and had to get Of
without hearing the answer, felt awful
". And. finally. after thy had all
given it up, the qnestioner thought the
best thing to brush hat with was 1
hat brush. And it was painful TO wit.
ness the Disgust Of the crowd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

The national Teutonic beverage, beer,
according to the Paris Figaro, is large
ly used at the royal table in Berlin.
The Emperor Williams favorite dish is
beer soup, made , cry sweet, with toast
ed bread in it the Grown Prince likes
beef stswed in beer, which imparts .
peculiar flovor to the meat. and the EN-
press is particularly tond of eels with
beer sauce
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

A YOUNG lady havil g matte the origin
al remark that the good die young" a
copceited and bald hs AIDED old bean
asked: "If that is 81. row do you nc.
count for me ?" She looked Mt his bald
pate critically, ard answered "Oh. |
suppose that you dyed yonng, too T.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

THR change of fashions in ladies'
dress goods whereby soft woolen has
taken he place OF w.rsted luster mate-
rial, cost the Pacific Mills Company in
L,wrence, NJ ,ss., about - O,O. 100, i'm.
ply for change of machinery. Their
annual product Of the worsted goods
was sbou, 80, 600. 600 yar.ls ner wear.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
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Gfsz.E'S AR SA' vE
II The most soothing and healing
ernal remedy ever discovered.
Immediately relieves the pain oi
alis and burns, and aoia cure III
4 cl,se ,eithout scs,r. II quickly
ais uts and wounds, thoroughly
ses aud heals ail sores, as.a is i
,sitive cure far plies, fever-spres,
Gers, chaps, cl.afes pnisoi,s, chill
aims, scall head, letter, eruptlons,
4 all itching and Irritating sliseas.
of the skin and scalp. II is tl,r
y salve spr fs..lily nse, and = I
,usel,old fasnrits wherever known.
nall l,oxes! IS IS ee.sss; i:srge hsxcs
! cents
We were induced ts, try s'sstS
;issal fnrilier 4 lsslsxrl Maker asfi
Az. ct,:a,p. Is,l u ax;lS Wild sii*t
we l,t,ttle lid more service tli.il elsltl
p;,id 4, t::le s's,.f ~ .rsss
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

CcsroMER with red nose" Yes. I
want the hat to be OF just that size. !"
Halter" But. my dear 7, it will be so
unbecoming; 90 very large. you know. :"
Customer" Hush make il that way. I
tell You. There must be space for the
brick"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

The destruction Of the forests in the
Adirondack region is said to be terrible,
and u, gent demands are being made for
the passage II law. which shall prevent
further waste, the ultimate effect of
which would be serious disturbance Of
the water supply.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

Our western p.f, e are liable to
'e laid low, hv malarial fever, when
'rraklng mp new lands. Tls folks
. the e,st are also compla ming o. fe-
-ara, chills Sasues, arising from de-
,aving vegetable matter and imper-
lct drainage. For either east or
est the best remedy is Ayers Ague
ura
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

A stitch in time Il. Is nine.
y hen the fis symp s'ne of diar
rlioea appears il sho il be rilc.ke
BY the ilze Of Beggs t'iarrheea Bal
am IL i superior all s,tiaers
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

Corr Of notice on tho beach at
Brighton 1T case Of ladies in danger
Of drov Lsbe, they should be seized By
The q %hihg and not BY the hair. which
gsnt4ally osrcs od. I"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

TIE hest coal mine in Iowa was dis.
covered by man who was fishing on
Sunday, but il was on another mans
land and al the discoverer got was I
ducking.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

IN iaiailil,ie re s,4,ly sbr fever and
lie is Ayers Ague Cure W oily
s.etable an 6, n ,iail & roQuinine.
il harmless and sure.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13
The BEST kennedy
Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs.

III t'ssca,,'ssh The pul-
iit,nary organs { aafa
ard reliable rrlne(l y II
i.is-alnaltls.. AfEE's
C.il.i,i;t I'Es.rOsAs il
nj Al Il 4 .i,n.tl n Aiid III
oflnrsux.,atilseistsyii ] iisxy.
It's sle. ssDsititlrlsr0 III
tiie aM,t lie. Its aMsi-
IN ifsc combination IL
Et!is lnrslkiiasl rrias.i-
Ill ! i,a.i e..raiis1 vis.
iii ~! the finest drugs,
rll aii,,a.lS t,aisvI ~
sin b IDMsfAs - ins:srs
fb~ 81. :itrs; tso~siv y
effi ias,s 2 ai.ls raifels.u
III, III rpsssisx. Isxsrixrs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

The man who never cycites AMY
never excites admiration.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

VIcroR Huao mixes water iLeralJy
til his wine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-13

'w.,,, ,a.e, MAN., Jnle ~, 1881
We have sold 4 lens Iron Toni,
iltets for the past four years. ali,
rny have given entire satisfaction
every instance. We ;, II more o
en, than Of any other bittcts, an,
can iiis!,ly recon nend the 1,
e public.
A. l.. SLEEPER & SoN, Druggists
For sale b. IL. IA BLAIR,
Druggist.