Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-07-25
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y 1to(1 ~ ld,G private ptc1brs
nl1n 3 p Ha}s jDval6ed 1910, 0O0. 900.
$1,000 -, Cuass Nm snade.
j. Isssid. n. O00. 900. and isonly s. years
IN
~ Ea9lish sparrow has found his
say l~tp every city and town "A the
Essrles yelling. ! Now York dry
&no1G Esefc6nnt who failed u 1855, pay
m 30 CenH On the d0llsr. has just paid
III crqdit0rs No balance, goo, 900.
Al pr N 81 alkington, speaking
B0f tf~6 111E2 s2y1s Z. Women do n0t
|loss Z Il Isioife tisc ~ account 81 sick
NETS Il II ne men do on account Of dis
Tho tayages X some insects on the
aspr,lcd 6es N northern Maine. says
the BNnxUe Gtnsyaerrfd, Ar0 Becoming
: matfcr 81 serious concern to owners
Of timber lands.
The Opclousas la J Cowyitr announ-
ces that ! lady at Carcncro, who is sew
1enty-nino years old and has been mar
ried only q few years. gave birth to
child recently.
The youngest telegraph operator in
the world IS probably little girl ten ears
old, Halle Hutchinson by name, who
lives ii Texas, and has charge Of the
telegraph Office At the railway station at
which she resides.
1hs Bishop Of Gibraltar, in letter
to the London Times, states that 1.-THE
moral condition Of Monte Carlo, con-
tanning. as it does. the worry scum Of all
Europe, is so bad, that he declines to
give his sanction TO 4 scheme for the
erection IT an English church there.
Johnson's Island. in Lake Erie. was
III pr1ncipal military prison for rebel
"A 6nr1 during the war, nearly three
huudrod ~ whom were buried there.
Tho graves are neglected, the head
boards fallen or gone, and the lettering
upon those remaining well nigh obliter-
ated. A movement is on foot to place
the ground in presentable condition.
An Indian was accused Of killing deer
during close time in Maine. He exhib-
tied to the jury treaties from the Gener.
81 Government and from Massachusetts
permitting Indians to hunt and fish.
The accused pleaded for his exemption
from the law, and manifested so much
Of the traditional eloquence Of his race
that he was ACCEPTED.
A New HAMPSHIRE payer says that the
country district school in that state is
far from being what It was . generation
sagp. Benches, which were crowded
then Are nearly empty now. and 10 the
place Ut merry groups of children scat
tered along the roadway, here and there
= solitary scholar takes up his walk to
school. The towns very generally make
hbefai provision for their schools, but
they have not the children to send.
Archil, the new dyestuff. is now Put
In the market In the form Of paste. aud
u employed in wood and silk in an acid
bath (by means of sulphuric acid and
su1phate of soda1. The shades obtain
ed differ very little from those had by
means of archil. but are slightly yellow.
With equal prices the substitute Is said
TO be richer In color than archil. and
also faster; it is. in fact. one of the
fastest Of dyes obtained from coal tar;
like arcllil. it can be used in combina-
ion.
II is said that the greatest dread of q
gambler is that be will be paralyzcd.
They nearly all expect to die from
shock of some kind. 1t may come from
the fact that great many Of them have
gone that way. II n man with a with.
srsd arm CT leg should hsppsa in gam
bling house the dealer would quit hi:
chair. Another dread Of gamblers is 1
man who comes in 10 play with cane
u his hand. That is regarded a. bac
luck to the house.
Hide AMI Horn Furni urr.
In the Spanish sections Of North and
South America. the first thing which
strikes the stranger about the household
Is the picturesque and unique fnrnitnt
/ ~ native manufacture. There are some
objects Of factory make. imported, bu,
these are more for show than use The
staple furniture of n Spanish American
house Is y part Of the country itself
You suspend Your sombrero (broa.
briinn1ed hatl al the door on a hat rach
made III the straight stem Of u mimos,
or some other rough barked tree, witt
polished horns for pegs. You rest YOU
saddle bags on stool made Of bamboo
or Embarked branches. with seat Of
rawhide, the hairy side out. Your hos
receives you, rising from an armchair
constructed OF three splendid bull.
horns fastened 10 rough cylinder o
wood. with rawhi,le stretched between
the horns to form the seat and arms
The abundance Ut cattle III these coun
tries has brought the ingenuity OF the
natives into exercising itself 10 utiliz,
the products OF the herds. and the re-
salt Ia the various forms Of domestic
furniture. A peculiarly Of all Spanish
American furniture is the absence o
METAL Id its construction. Wooien peg.
are used instead of nails 10 faster til,
horns to the wood, bnt the manufacture
or appears TO have n rooted objection
even to the use Of these. He relies prin
cipally on the lea,hern thongs will
which he sews and ties everything to
gether. And even his knots are pecu
liar. They aro never the hafsl knott
we commonly use. but AN intertwistins
Of the thong OF cord, such As is popular
with sailors. These knots or twists vary
with the countries in which they arr
found. Knots used in Southern Califor.
mia, Arizona aud New Mexico are diff
ferent from those of Old Mexico. Will,
Iii CentrAt or South America nearly ev
cry state has different method Of max
ing them. But wherever or however
the furniture is made, it is very durable
They were not new when he bought
them, and they have been in constant
- sim0es needing only an occasional 81