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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
Treatment Of Balky Horses.

I, Place yourself against his near
shoulder, and with your right hand
seize the foreleg ust above the pasteIn
joint, raise the foot as high as you can
and force it forward. This will, in most
instances, prove effectual.
2. Stand i'll frcnt OF the horse and
draw his ears through your hands for
two or three minutes, stroke. his nose,
and lastly take him by the head, and in
an encouraging voice urge him to go
forward.
3. If d single harness, and with O
two-wheeled vehicle, take your animals
head and turn him around four or five
times, keeping the inside wheel as near
Us possible in the same place.
4. Tire your steed out by remaining
perfectly quiet uatil he starts off himself.
L once sat in my cart nearly two and a
hall hohrs in this way.
Now and then q horse il met with that
refuses to draw at all. Put him in a
cart in a shed until he walks out. One
ingtsnce that came to my knowledge the
obstinate n was thirty-six hours in the
shafts beSole he gave in.
If it is intended to cure a FESTIVE
horse, he must be used solely BY II and
the same person, and caught youn ), and
Let his rider or driver bear III mind that
with both FESTIVE and nervous horses,
the voice will prove more efftectual thin
the whip. Stick to your nag, il possible.
under all circumstances, for, rely upon
it, ii he a once get away from you, lie
will redouble his efforts to do so again.
Un fortunately there is always a risk in
buying q once Wilful steed, for in fresh
hands he may revert to his old tricks
London Line Stock Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06

Fill quart champagne bottle up to
the neck with pure mix. add two table
spoonfulls of white sugar, after dissoly-
ing the same in little water over hot
fire; add also quarter of 2-cent cake
Of compressed yeast. Then tie tho cor
on the bottle securely, and shake the
mixture we'll; place it in room Of the
temperature Of so to IS degrees Fahren-
heit for six hours, and finally in the ice-
box over night. Drink in such guam
titles as the stomach may desire. 1t
will he well to observe several important
injunctions in preparing tine koumiss,
and they are: First. to be sure that the
milk is pure: second. that the bottle is
sound; third, that tine yeast is fresh;
fourth, to open the mixture in the morn
ing with great care, on account of its
eiservescent properties. eth, not to
drink tia all if there is any curtils 81
thickenrd part resembling cheese, as
this indicates that the fermentation has
been prolonged beyond the proper time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
Trans2,anting Teeth.

l performed an operation OF trans
planting under romantic circumstances
on certain occasion. A young lady.
as pretty as a peach, and fine look ing
young fellow came to see me one morn
ing. After mo- little hesitation thew told
nee they were bctrotled, and that he
was in the army and was going away to
the plains for 1T least year. hunting
Indians. And we are very unhappy
at parting" whimpcred she. "Ycs. We
are almost blubbered he 1--WE heard
OF transplanting teeth, and want you to
take Que out of each of our mouths and
transfer theni." For d moment WAS
transtxed with laughter and astonish.
inent, and attempted To reason them
out OF their foolish proposition both
had excellent teeth. by the way--bnt
they insisted, SO extracted one IL her
largest back teeth aud one Of his small
est. Hers fitted his jaw all right. and
he went off few days afterward to his
post with his lady loves molar. His
tooth, however. would not stick iii; for
within a week the young lady came
back with her face dresdfully swollen.
reduced tie inflammation and eased
the pain. but could not replant her low
er's fang, and she went away with it
wrapped mp in paper Oh! tie incon.
sistency Of woman! Six months after
she married man old enough to be her
father. When the young Lieutenant
subsequently returned he indignantl,
told me Of the manner Id which he ha.l
been Tilted. and requested me to immc-
diately extract his false loves tooth,
which did. and he threw it into the
euspadore.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
Filial Love.

There Is not ON earth any more lovely
sight than the unwearied care and atA
tentioti cf children to their parents.
Where tilial love is in the heart we will
answer for all the other virtues. No
young man or woman will turn out
baseiy, we sincerely. believe, who has
parents respected and beloved. A child.
atfectionate and dutiful, will never bring
the gray hairs of his parents to the
grave. The wretch who breaks forth
from wholesome restraint, and disre-
CARDS the laws Of his country; must
have first disobeyed his parents, show.
Ing neither love nor respect for them. It
Is seldom the case that dutiful son ID
found in the ranks Of vice among the
wretehed and degraded. Filial love will
keep men from sin and crime. There
never via come . time while your par.
'ents nve1 when you win not be under
obligations to them. The older they
grow the more need will there be fol
your assiduous care aud attention u
their wants. The venerable brow and
the frosty hair speak loudly to the love
and compassion Of the child. If sick
ness and iniirmity make them at times
fretful, bear with them patiently. moi
forgetting that time ere long may bring
you to need the same attention. Filia
love will surely never 60 unrcwarded.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06

Ladies' Select with care the color OF
the lining OF their pagase.s SO as oform
an effective background when the fair
one lays it care.essly U) over her
shoulder. A correspondent, who has
delved into the mysteries of the subject,
writes that if chosen wisely. the lining
brings out all the points, not only Of
the complexion, but Of the hair and
eyes. Brunetics are best suited with q
shrimp tsic) pink, and blondes with a
Nile green. Much thought is required
to decide which color will do for al
ways; when the lady is flushed, when
she is pale, etc. All sorts Of odd handles
are used for parasols They are Of
cherry. ash, or twisted willow. in simple
crutch or strsighr-stick fashion. Those
of whangee-wood arc coi!ed to form
true-love knots. Some have = cham
liayne cork for 4 tip. There are unique
lockwood handles that have Knobs
formed of the nana-root in its natural
shape. A large ribbon-bow must be
fastened TO all handles just above whore
the hand grasps the stick. Proyress.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
What the Lungs Want

While the ordinary lungs Of an adult
may hold about SIX quarts, il does not
follow that each breath contains that
quantity. but only about tne.haif pint.
This arrangement implies the constant
action Of the air in the publication Of
the blood. the primary object OF BREATH
ing. Each contraction of the heart
forces two or three ounces Of blood to
the lungs for the purpose. the rcfuse,
after the combustion Of the waste. being
in part carhonic gasi deadly poison to
the lungs but safe for the stomach. BY
estimate, the amount absolutely needed.
that the blood may be well purified. is
from seven to ten cubic feet each min
ute for nm adult. And since this gas is
heavier than air and is diffusial. it is
neediul 70 have doors open that it may
pass into the cellar like water. to be alb
sorbcd By \ tub Of water and the like.
DO we secure this supply IN all Of our
sleeping rooms? An estimate Of the ca
pacity If snch room divided by four
thousand cubic feet, orille amount need
ed by an adult for the hight will deter
mine the matter. II two occupy the
room eight thousand is the divisor -
How large = room will hold eight thou-
sand cubic feete Not one less than 70
feet III its three Dimensions.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
NUMBER HI:
Diary.


The woman who keeps a diary il .
valuable member Of the household. To
her reference is made in regard to any
disputed question. while for herself she
secures = valuable friend and counsel
lor, to which she turns for frequent in-
formation when she Is Unable to tell
and longing to know on what day a GER
tain event took place concerning which
memory cannot be trusted; whether,
taking past consequences into cDnsid-
Grafton, sttch and such thing had bet
ter be dune or Not. rs the little book,
wisely rcad. can tell her; what was the
price paid for an article that she now
wishes to buy While she Il unccr.
tan u her ir,essI III long has such I
jithor Dtal dl1sts IN ~ ~ 6rnt xaSz1
XetHUses come ~ islS& yCssss NM MN
long bei''re that was the garden plnw-
Ell; ana SO; taking one thing with an
other, finds 1t 4 wondrons convenience,
Infinitely more than counferbalancing
the small trouble OF remembering and
pencilling the few lines that eventually
tell SO much. Nothing is too insignifi.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
The Electric Railway in ireland.

Ireland, though . '.most distressful
country" in political matters. can show
Great Britain the way Ia some things.
The first electric railway iii the United
Kingdom is already completed, and will
b. very shortly running between Port
rush and BIshmills, the pretty little
town 30 noted for salmon and whisky.
close to the famed Giant's caIseway:---
The track il laid on = side path. and
not in the center of the high road. and
consequently will not interfere with the
regular wheeled traffic. | hoye seen
tile same thing in Lombardy, where
steam-trains run along one side Of the
main roads, sometimes for twenty OF
thirty miles at stretch. Our firstelec-
tric railway; from Charing Cross to Wa
terloo, has only passed its parliamentary
stage. - London World.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
She Didn't Get What She Wanted.

Il just got mosquito in my throat. =
murmured the fair Angelina, as she
leaned on her crOquet maiiet:
II am SO sorry" replied Tom:
''cough hard"
And the fair creature coughed hard
enough to break her back.
IF | only had something to drink"
she sighed, as she glanced at near by
soda-water sign.
.'All right!'' he replied, innocently.
and tramped off to pump and brought
about pint Of water, which the Young
lady. who had not Swallowed mosqui-
to. but had tried to secure soda-water
under false pretences, was obliged to
swallow.
The moral of this is that too much
modesty Is sometimes bad for the
health, and If you see anything you
want don't be afraid to ask for it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
STORY OF A HEADLIGHT.
A Thrilling Episode I'm the Career Of
= lMlOss Pacific Conductor.

Thrilling Episode In the Career Of
= IMlOM Pacific Conductor.
Laramie Boomerang.
"Yes," said the conductor, biting
off the tip of a cigar, and slowly
scratching match on his leg, ''pve
seen good deal of railroad life
that's interesting and exciting in the
twenty years that I've been twisting
breaks and slanlming doors for a
living.
'I've seen all kinds of sorrow and
all kinds Of joy; seen the happy
bridal couple starting out on their
wedding tour with the bright and
hopeful future before them, and the
blackrobed mourner On her way to
a new-made grave, wherein she
must bury the idol Of her lonely old
heart.
wealth and pinching poverty on
the same train, and the merry laugh
of the joyous child is mingled with
the despairing sigh Of the aged.
The great antipodes oflife are famil.
lar to the conductor, for every day
the extremes OF the world are meet.
ing beneath the eye.
1--WE mutilated the ticket ol
many a blackleg, and handled the
passes Of all our most eminent dead.
heads. / don't know ! walk in life
crowded with more thrilling Incl.
dents than mine.
Ever l,aye eny enelI.slp n
I /! = -! 4
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
A Mountain Poet.

I'm the ADVANTAGEOUS poet Of the
Snowy Range!' he howled, as he
strobe into the Argus sanctum and
| threw his hat down on the floor.
"I'm the boss rhyme singer of Red
Gulcl,, an I've jerked the blue de-
lights outen the gentle muse frnm
the Rio Grande to the Columbia! l
stole Pegasus when he war a colt,
an I've rid i'm ever since! I'm an
inspiration herder from the gilt.edg-
ed peaks, an don't you loryit 1t!
Whoop!"
The force rctreated into a corner,
and gave the long haired stranger
the Office.
"When | write, the walls crack an
the gas hickers! Gimme gross o.
pens an tap fresh bar'l o. ink, fur
the torna,lo's drawin' near!"
He dropped into the managing
editors chair, wrote furiously for a
few moments md yelled:
Level your ears in this direction
and var me yelp:
The cyclune capped his tail an ronrcd,
The iigh,n,n scorched the rocks.
The rain in endless torrents poured,
The hailstonc fell in blocks.
| The fierce whaugdoodle howlcd howl,
The prowing doodad squswIcd,
And wlnkea up al the horned owl,
That IN the tree top bswled.
The fires rsacd DER the noun tain tops,
An scorched the tigers tail,
Which Hoped Ia wild. Impalsive hops,
That made the coon urn pale;
The doio shook his shaggy head.
| And paved the trembling earth,
The magaw from it, iery b.d.
To yells of rage gave birth!
"How's that for off hand inspira-
ton, we civilized idiots. Oh! Pm
the terror of the gulch! Pm an I'M
tanned meteor on the war path, an
| leave bloody tracks where l hop
across the continent! Ink! Ink!
Turn on another stream an let 'er
play lively. Look out or this stroke
of inspired lightnin' II paralyze ye:
grabbed he comet by the tail,
An climbed up /, the moon,
donned II coat q fiery mail,
An licked a wild iyphosn,
l jumped apiU n shootin star.
An knocked it into bis,
An drove in,o cloud 50 fat,
The clcnient had fts.
Oh! I'm rip-tearin' scourge from
Gunnison peak, an when l snap
my teeth the thunder dodges. l
NIX uTvxu wrrn.r1y -wrrsxy ussA-
on dynamite an raw liver! Does
that style o reckless rhyme suit you,
We cringin' whelps?"
The society editor stuck his head
out from between the foreman's legs
and said it was grand, and the adj
ver,ising man limited that Walt Whit.
man WINS a glaring fraud.
"I'm mad elephant from BON
boy, an my tusks are yellin' for
gore! Stan back, or Pegasus u kick
We so fine that the coroner II have
to prospect fur yer remains with a
gold panl
Tao mouniair rocked like rolliii' seas.
The canyons cracked like whips,
The grizzl,c. gripped The g,oanipg trees,
With great gigantic girls;
stood upon rolln' rock.
An Kicked n thunder cloud.
Until il busted with shock.
An rumbled lon. an lond.
laughed. an earthquakes answered me.
An rocked the etctnHl hills.
ruared ALI"
Here an officer arrived in response
to our telephone call and took the
terror in tow. In the police court
next morning he said his name was
Jim Shocks, of Posey county, and
that when he took drink or two he
always had just such spells.-Kit
Adams,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
Eurprised Her Mother:

& A downtown, ten year old daughter
went to her home at Kingston. N Il.
the other afternoon, and her mother 81
seeing her'cried:
..Why. what in the world an you Do
ing with that doh. yon great big Ohildfsas
'Oh, IT'S al right mammA; : lady
gave it to me and said 4 c0nid keep \. 4
returned the innocent girl q shs hand
ed into the Arms Of her surprised hdd
then enraged mother : three-dar "a
infant kin0stoW FreeswaA.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
TAX POINT. DAKOTA

naytns essr ~ ussFiy three ysau Ree-fver 1,
s~1nsns.1 VITA the ccsf Ga and cue II, Of b
0avsssn~nt lsbas through ut tue Territory 81 Da
hotA. b. Wi lr0ity answsr al ctter
ontr1ss relative to tie u AcQ hf-,s title
States. Afro viii a tend prOmVeiy 70 toe la
Nob q Dsc sestcry = ate en- Aod II ,HAe ,esd
0ies asUa lsuds tAs< have b en- as,Ard q u .
prep ~ tsstamoey for wtneses IN oA~e ~ en-,
pfft - doioes ~aSs, c,sAmutA ten stead
sks and t-e0p'ion eHteieA. Also par'i-e deer
- TO hae % r g. ~ t0rs ~ =, Tar AHd tn,
Homestead Act eau 10 % tnrousb thu Sec vts
cut p~issoA' edssdAaos ~ the Local iAza ossss.
lsust
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
The Summit Of the Earth.

AdOlphus Schlagintweit, the immOt-
tai though Inpropounceabie explorer al
.nnlk Alaa hlnnd -. Rss1sf
Mst Weit-Zinne'--th roof Of the world.
On the road from Punjaub to Yarkand
four passes have to be crossed that are
higher than 1880 feet, aud for dis
lance of $50 miles the hating ground
is not below the height of Pixies Peak.
On the eastern plateau of the Rcloor
Dagh there is shelter-house near a
Cliff from whose summit the main chain
of the Himalayas. with all its giant peaks
and immcasurable ice-iie!ds, is in full
view of the highlands of Lassa to the
sources of the Indus, while in tie West
the head-waters Of the Oxus and Jaxaf-
ties can be traced to the borders of Ca
bool, where the peaks Of the Hindoo-
koosh lift their crests of everlasting
snow. In Spring the echo of the ava
lanches resembles the boom of continu-
Gus thunder, and in midwinter. when
the storm-wind sweeps the table land.
whirling pillars of snow scud along the
ridges, pduften seem to dance together
like specters in the hutterin- whining
Sheets. Oar Gland of The SKY" in the
southern Alleghanies must be mere
piazza compared with that top-roof of
the earth,-iuoniar Scieace N0nthiy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
"WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1892. ,


70 accidentally discovered in this
\ not long since. q ''postir' of Martin
her--thxt is, a series of sermons
n 3ten BY him 10 be read to congrega-
q n BY ministers who were not COM
n INT to prepare sermons for them
4 KS. II WAS published in 1882 nv l..
q. ct Wittenberg, who, by the way.
the printer Of all Luther's works
4 Ing the lifetime of that reformer.
w book is composed Of three volumes
y Va in one. the binding being full
cl NTH fancy brass corners and brass
eepA Tie binding. either from age
81 him, has very dark brown mahog-
eolor; and, although three hundred
& nifty years old, carries its age light
5K 3lnG vel pr served Through all it,
III s1mks3 NJ sSais,sxg, ~ b ptiMsesfs
from old German text in wooden type,
and profuselv illustrated with highly-il-
Illuminated woodc,,ts, the illumination
being done by hand with very bright
coiors and gold and silver leaf To us
the most astonishing feature about the
book is the fact that these colors seem
to have retained all the brightness which
they had when put on-not faded in the
least. Tie same is true. too. of the large
fancy initial letters at the beginning of
each sermon. The gold leaf was used
principally in forming the halo about
the head If the Saviour, or on the urns
and other vessels used about the temple.
1t was also employed in decorating the
garments Of the high priests and of the
Weather classes represented. These
garments are said to he of STYLES worn
by Germans IN Luiher's time, and make
. very curious display.
Viewing the engraving as work of
art. simply, it is amusing to note how
literal the artist has been in his inter-
probation and illustration Of passages of
scriptures. For instance, the illustra-
tration of the passage which speaks of
casting the beam out Of our own eye be-
fore attempting to pluck the note from
our brothers. The Saviour is repre-
sented as directing the attention of his
disciples 10 u man ut some distance who
is about to pick from the eye of another
something which looks like very small
pin, while from his own eye great stick
Of timber projected diagonally toward
heaven.
The devil. when cast out in one in
stance, is shown as sort Of flying nom
descnpt with bats wings, vulture's
beak, and mammoth claws, these last
two appendages being painted black,
while the body of the thing is green.
This ''postir' came into the hands of
John Hartman. an old German, who
lives in Amelith. this county. He pur-
chased it in Bavaria, Germany. OF a
Tyrolesc family, for the insignificant
sum of ten cents. in 1850. He himself
is perfect bookworm. and we are told
that in his log-cabin at Amelith he has
old books OF great value. they all being
of religious aud moral character.--Ba
CITY Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06

Here an officer arrived in response
to our telephone call and took the
terror in tow. In the police court
next morning he said his name was
Jim Shocks, of Posey county, and
that when he took drink or two he
always had just such spells.-Kit
Adams.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-01-14

ing the freight on corn and bacon
from % to 80 per cent higher than
the card rates they agreed to abide
by three years ago. Why they should
be guilty of such bad faith just at
this time it is hard to surmise, but it
does look as if they were attempting
to make the most Of their present OPP
portunity, in the fear that after the
railroad shall have commenced oper-
atoms they will never have the same
chance. 1t appears to US, however,
that this is suicidal policy if the
steamboatmen expect to retain the
confidence of our Red river shippers.
We hope the river men will look at
it In this hight, and make their rates
within the bounds of reason. The
people of Alexandria and Pineville
are getting up a protest to send on to
Capt. Truslow to get the company to
annull the order raising freights on
corn and bacon. Our citizens and
merchants should do likewise.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-01-14

DR.. Deal, secretary OF the school
board, has kindly furnished US with
the following facts about the schools
of Grant parish, taken from his re-
port for the year ending December
81, 1881 All told there has been
5000 S4 paid out pro rata to the
seven school wards of the parish.
There remains in the treasury the
sum of $273 Is, nearly all of which
is appropriated to pay for schools
now running. Thirty schools have
been taught during the year, giving
employment to IA male and IL fe-
male teachers at an average salary of
$24 As per month. Seven OF the
schools were for colored children,
six of which were taught by colored
teachers. There are 2098 schoolable
children in the parish, of whom l043
were enrolled in the schools. The
average daily attendance at the pub
lie schools was 1852. In addition to
the above facts, the Doctor stated
that the school board is not in debt
to the teachers employed, as has been
frequently the case in this and other
parishes when schools are established
and there is no money in the treasu-
ry to pay the teachers. Another i'm
provement in the parish has been,
that in number of instances after
the public money had been exhaust
ed the schools have been continued
by private subscription. the same
teacher being retained to teach them.
This is an excellent plan and should
be generally adopted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-01-14

We have received copy Of the
Western Farmers Almanac for 1882,
published by John P. Morton & Co..
of Louisville, KY. This is one of the
most valuable almanacs to farmers
that is published. 1t publishes sys-
tenn of weather forecasts that ia be-
coming feature among progressive
farmers, and should be in the hands
of every wide-awake tiller of the soil.
The usual amount of statistical in
formation and valuable receipts, in
terpersed with jokes, etc, also consti.
tute large portion of this interesting
almanac.