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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12

"A Foreigner in Florence says. in
the October Century: The dead are
carried to their last resting-place at
night. No one must be shocked dur
ing the day, while in the midst of SUM-
shine. and light. and gayety. by a re-
minder OF our inevitable doom-by n
thought of now some day there will be
no Sunshine or gayety for us in this
bright word.
"a funeral in Florence is one Of the
saddest Of sad spectacles, with its pro-
cession OF priests and boys in draggicd
gowns that once were white, carrying
large candles, which drip their waxen
tears along the road-or would do so,
If they were not caught rs they fall in
little cups, carried by more boys and
priests. chanting. or rather whining
monotonously. as they step briskly
along, with most Indifferent air. One
can Judge somewhat of the wealth OF
the departed by the number of candles
furnished. Yhe shorter the purse, the
fewer the candles, until at last the very
poor are thrown into cart, carried
outside the gates Of the city, and shut
fled into pit. one on top OF the othsI
Ia sight to make the angels wecpl
..ODo of the most gricvnus character
isties. tome, Of q Florentine funeral u
the absence of amy relative or friend ol
the deceased. Not one creature who
loved q cared for him 70 follow him "a
his journey end. or % shed one teal
over the grave Of lost companions
left TO b almost thrown into ths
/ ground by few priests. who somstimci
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Nesl Of Nors Farm Honss

The tendency 10 nonopoiize anu ap-
propriate large tracts OF land by one or
more individuals and hold them for
speculative purposes Is exceedingly OBJ
.ectionabie to the welfare of the COM
muhity surrounding or contiguous to
them. 1t is a well-known fact that in
every sparsely-settled district there are
but few churches. schools. post-offices,
IN lis. manufacturers, and ;ransporta-
ton facilities.
In nearly every community there are
some men who never seem 10 be happy
unless farm. after farm is added to their
already great number OF, but indiffer-
entity cultivated, acres of their original
possessions. The tendency in all the
old settled sections of country is to sell
out to land-accumulating neighbors
who have been more prosperous than
themselves, and GO where land is cheap
and buy larger farms. There is no fault
more common than this. Farming OPP
erations, Hike many others, are often
attempted on too large scale for the
means OF the owner. No farmer should
occupy more land Than he can cultivate
thoroughly. and constantly improve its
fertility Small farms, rs rule. are
the most thoroughly titled. and improv-
ell husbandry 8 the result. Small farms
adorned with humble homes Of reading
farmers are Important elements in esti-
mating nations strength. greatness.
and power of endurance in struggle
for national life or supremacy. The
owners OF large tracts of land too often
have few couveniences OF life, read but
little, think but little, and manifest no
disposition 70 make farm life what il
should be---attractiye. the home beauti-
full, and the center of higher intel
lectual and moral life.---F'Grm and Fire
e5r1o
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Negro Reformation.

wlicr, was sinner man. scted mighty bad,
An studied de evil instead oh de good,
An wHen de night come. was at'ers mighty
glad
Fur den I'd climb de fence an steel de neigh.
bors' wood.
When de rooster crowed at night, was ontcn
Dc bed,
A watchn' Tlr de bird as he sot on de tree;
Wild motion mighty quick. I'd grab him
IOun' he head. yf
Den pull Of his nak as laid bin cross my
knee
I'd hang er roun' de barn fur ter grab young
shoat
As he laid half asleep down behind dc water
An I'd kiver up his head wild my ole reens
Cut snine wid my feet and shake de- dust on.
But now rse good man. an longs ter de
church.
An when dc nights come, ] al'ers prays an
NSebes sasa *, he, cnls whas. Fssl fnee i.,rcs,,
FUR de appetite, yer know. often Graves such
tAin2S.
was rested tudder dag. but I'll make de sin.
ncr iioH.
Fur taki,i' IN mule what foun' in hole
HUI want mere takin de ass from de ditch
A ack what de Savior says is good fur de SOUL
Use been awful sinner. but now Is3 a saint
All, &C thought il gins 10 my soui u iniRhIJ
boost:
Da may 'cuse me OBJ steain'. but ] makes nc
comp amt
Like TER know de piece whar dem turke.- :.
gwinc ter roost
--IArkansaw Traveller.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Adyic, to a Young Man.

You will perceive, my boy, that every
time man undertakes to manufacture
little Bible on his own account. he
makes mortifving failure of it. He is
caught at it. and in one-tenth of the
time it took him TO conceive his fraud,
in rs many hours as it took him months
to prepare 1t he Is exposed. aud his
handmade addition to the Bible ie
otl.er counterfei,ers. You see, my son.
the Bible doesn't need any OF these
nineteenth-century proofs Of its truth:
it needs the word OF no man to establish
its genuneness, it has stood by itseli
ian anvil that has worn out many ham.
mers" through century after century.
unchanged and Interchangeable. Every
time man manufactures q new vefse
or new chapter we know it is not
genuine, we detect the counterfeit. The
Bible has no need of the supporting
prop of fraudulent ark or q leather
Deuteronomy. There was q complete
Bible centuries before Shapira happened
and there will be the same Bible ages
after Shapiro and his patent Deuter.
nomv have together crnmbled into indis-
tinguishable dust The Bible doesn'i
need our help. our testimony. our In.
dorsement. And II there had never
been discovered in all the world BIZ
of parchment, n piece Of broken pottery
or scratched stone. the Bible woull
be just as strong as it 10 to-day. and
men would believe just as firmly and
trustfully In its truth. Don't you wor-
ry, my boy, because Shapira's ancient
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Krnpp's Great worf.

There are employed in the fabrication
of cast steel In Essen nearly IL, coo men.
Krupp is the owner of some six hundred
coal and iron mines In Europe, most Of
which are within q short distance of
this town. The most distant ore mines
are in Spain. He mines his own coal
aud iron. and in this branch II the busi-
ness employs fully 1000, 20 that the
{ total number ofhis cmployesis $4,000.
The works in Essen cover over 600 acres,
and, although there are q few other
iron and steel workers here, .Krupp and
the stadt of Essen are substantially one
and the same. Most of the workmen
live in Krupp's houses. He educates
their children, makes their bread, pur-
veys their household supplies, insnres
their lives, takes care OF them when
they are sex or injured BY accident,
.&ad pepsipos khen when tbgy ate To-
Oid ID E09i. IHalS hs ~ y
feet industrial system. Men go into his
works in their boyhood'and spend their
lives there. When he trains mechanic,
that training irures To his benefit only.
The secrets Of the establishment are not
scattered abroad. and the competition OF
ernments. fails in the long run. because
Krupp's industrial organization is the
most complete in the world. krupp's
works we're begun by his father, who
worked at an anvil until he discovered
the irnportance of steel and the prosper
i,y which could be gained by its manu-.
facture. Alfred Krupp inherited this
idea and an establishment employing
forty men. On this foundation be Quilt
his great business. His father began TO
east steel with single crucible fifty
years ago. In the largest castings now
made at Essen 1900 men, moving with
military precision, pour the contents of
more than that number of crucibles in
to the mods prepared for the purpose.
In the mixing Of the ingredients of this
steel lies the only secret which is really
Of great value 10 krupp. Other Iuen
can fabricaie steel guns. France bas
several establishments which do it, and
England is making beginning in that
direction. But Krupp is ahead OF the
whole world in casting his own steel.
and il should be clearly understood that
he is manufacturer OF guns because he
was first maker OF steel. and that he
did not begin to make steel in order to
undertake gun making. Krupp's idea,
then. is simply this: 10 extend the man
nfac,ure and consumption OF steel
Personally he is vastly interested in
questions OF heavy ordnance, because
lie has found the demand for his
guns to be enormous. But his manu-
facture of railroad car wheels, wheel
tires, rails, shafts and all parts used in
railway and ship construction. is the
greater part of his business.
Long practice has shown one combin-
alton to be the best for gun metal.
Now, Herr. Krupp is perfectly willing
TO supply the United States with all the
guns, its Government may want, but ne
does not propose TO tell the representa-
tives OF our Government how to make
| guns. and he cannot be blamed for the
refusal. He has made altogether over
%, 900 pieces Of ordnance. Of which a
majority, Of course. are of small cali
ber
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12

"a few months ago ! had occashun
to refer to de LAWYERS. began brother
$ @tiardser as be called the meeting t0I
Order. II now wish to refer 10 'em
again. In de las three months dar' |
has bin mo- shootin, s.abbin', throat
cl lttin'. robbin and thievin' in dis ken
trf dan any one has seen fur Vars be-
fo'. Who am primarily to. blame fur
dis state of society DE lawyers.
"A Young man am shot down in cold
blood in Detroit Dar' am no clue t0'
da raurdercr. Ebery editor, mcrchanta
barker, tailor, shoemaker an laborin'
man in de city am apxiouslv wondc.inN
if de murderer Will be arrested. EberYs
lawyer in de city am anxiously wonder
in how de tiend kin be cleared In tAse'
he am arrested, 49, -
"A pplieegnan am shat kloMm Nv =;
/ tlih;f on de xtresi~ ~ aile who axl
de shot escapes, b'it companion Am
arrested. While dc police am anxious
TO hold him until some clue kin he OBJ
tanned. dc lawyers am anxious to get
h m.Dat fur de sake Of a paltry fee,
Let man plan muruer an' he
plans de chances of being cleared of de
charge by lawyer. 1t was de lawyer
who first cooked UP de plea of insanity.
1t am de lawyer who pleads kleptoma-
MIA, softenin' of dc bra n, fits, frenzy,
an any odder excuse to soften crime.
De lawyer who hasn't a reputastun i'm
beatin' de law am no good. Let it be
known dat he am successful in ciearin
criminals an his office am thronged
'Wllat does a bank cashier reason
when Ac robs? Why, dat his lawyer
kin make settlement fur half de
plundcr.
'.What does merchant reason when
he tries to beat his creditors? Why,
dat his lawyer will see him frew.
'sWhat does trusted official reason
when he pockets de peoples cash?
Why, dat q tenth of his stealin's will
pay a lawyer 10 prove him innocent.
DE lawyer takes de statute books of
his state an sots down to di,kiver loop
holes. 1t isn't how he kin enforce de
law, but how he kin evadc it, 1t isn't
how he kin sec justice done to an hon
est feller-eitizen, but how he kin turn a
villain back inter society.
.'Dar am nota law on de statute
books OF Michigan which a lawyer did
HOG iiGtp W Iiiht. fAlu you SLY uul
am single law which de lawyers can
not break?
s.Pass law.to keep de Sabbath day
holy an de lawyer win try to break
it. Pass law to elevate de moral
standin Of any class, and de lawyer
will begin TO study to see how it kin be
evaded. A ten dollar bill will buy him
to fight de cause of dc widow and de
orphan. He defends de grave-robber
wild twice de zeal dat he displays in
defcnsiin' q civil akshun. Ebery case
of murder, arson an robbery am so
much cash fur de lawyers. De day has
come when mo- money kin be made by
a burglar dan by a Wholesale grocer,
an widout much mo- risk. Eoerv new
batch OF lawyers turned loose on de
! kenny am a bid fur new batch Of
criminals. an some of you will lib to
see de day wlea it W II be safer To be a
criminal dan & VIII be to pursue an
honest business. y Detroit Free Press
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12

To wink once in . Minnesota drug
store Is to ask for soda and rye whisky;
to wink twice and smack the lips Is TO
demand half . tumbler OF Jamaica
rum; TO stand with the forefnger and
thumb in the waistcoat pocket and ask
mildly for banana syrup Is to convey 4
hint that ginger brandy would be grate-
fully received; tc wink thrice and jerk
the thumb over the left shoulder implies
that gin ID the liquor required, and
when customer transfers his quid of
tobacco from his mouth to his left hand
the chemist at once prepares hand
made sour mash. And although the
list Of American drinks is q long one,
the Minnesota code IS so complete that
It even enables the thirsty soul to signal
whether he prefers murh or little lemon
juice in his cocktail. Sc. james Gasstts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
The Prablsm OF Lifs.

An Englishman writes to Tie London
Telegraph; | say that am the father
Of five boys. and I-usz What am to do
with themo tried to get one into a
bank where the first years salary was
f20. but there was no room. Mer-
chants offices are full. Engineers of
far greater talents than ny boys are
ever likely to possess are, going about
in search of work or business of any
other caling than that to which their
fathers had TO pay heavily to appren-
tice them. i have ihaught of the BAR
but have been made 10 recoil from all
thoughts OF it by the scores of dismal
stories which have been poured into my
ears in reference to that vocation. l
have mentioned the sea. but have been
warned that there ;re hundreds OF gcap-
tains aud officers who can not got xork,
and ,nas the essl siag ii 10 ssaasefy crowd.
ed that nothing but interest enables .
man To squeeze through. ] have
thought Of the army; but, Irrespective
OF the dismay occasioned by being iu-
formed of the cost of educating and
dressing and supporting youth as a
military officer, was alarmed and effect
ually diverted from all thoughts of using
that branch OF the service as Il channel
for my boys by hearing of the hundreds
of starving captains. colonies and genl
erals who are hunting about in al
directions for any sort of occupation,
not even disdaining posts which are alb
solutely menial in their du,ies. Dared
| think of music as professionp Not
for long WAS that present to my
thoughts when heard of the sums
paid to song-writers, and when the
dreadful drudgery and the pitiful earn
ings of the poor music teacher were
pointed out TO me. The church, Alas!
there is no poor man poorer than the
poor Clergyman, there is no calling
more crowded; and without bishops to
bring TO my sons help how would it
profit me to make him or his brothers
parsons, and have to allow them incomes
after going to the expense Of eaucatlnr =
them for the ministry? Emigration
The colonies do not want gentlemen.
The baekwoods OF America do not re-
guire cultivated manners and an ac-
uuaintance with the Greek and Latin
poets. 1t is muscle and snew. it is the
spade and the ax-the mason. the black
smith. the cook that young countries
need.
Is it my fanlt or society's that my
boys are not qualified TO take that rough,
uphill sweat-mostiened path that con
duets the patient, industrious artisan
emigrant in the colonies from his one
room 10 a comfortable home? The
misfortune OF genlility is that it is re-
strictive. There are things it would
rather starye than do in this country,
and there are things tits forced to starve
over because it can not do them in the
colonies. | do not wish to 90 to the
expense of passage money in sending
ms boys thousands of miles away to be
walters, biliard-markers. stone break
stokers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Ths Trainad MRS as a Taanhsr.

May tell YOU what good trained
nurse may teach. and can teach? How
to recognize Il fever. how to compare
the local temperatures of the several
parts of the hody. and hoW 10 eqnaliz0
them; she knows that ever so many
feeble children might have been saved.
if but the feet and legs had not been al
lowed to get cold; how TO hathe, when.
and when 10 stop: how to re erulate the
position of the head--i remember quite
well the case OF inflammarory delir.um
which would always be relieved by
propping up the kead-how to treat in-
telligent'v an attack of fa;nting; how
to render cows milk digestiblc by re-
peated boil ng. or lime-water, or table,
salt, or farjnaceous admixtures; how to
iced in case OF diarrh1a; how to refuse
food in case of vomiting; how 10 apply
and when to remove cold from the
head: how 10 veniilate n room without
diauri t; AMI thousand other things.
She will also use her knowledge and in
fluence in weaving the public Of nos
tiums. concerning which hardly any
thing is known except what YOU have
to pay for the promises OF the label.
She will break the public of the iudis-
criminate use OF quinia, with it's dam
gers possibly for life; cure you of max
ing the diagnosis If malaria the scape-
goat Of every unfinished or impossible
diagnosis; she will teach you that the
frequent and reckless domestic use OF
chlorate of potassium leads to many
case ot ai.ment, to chronic poisoning,
possibly in the shape of Brights dis
ease, or to acute poisoning with una
voidable death. These are hut very few
rf The things she can do, and but lit
tie of the knowledge she cannot but dis
tribute. With the aid Of the class of
women who frequent our training
schools, the public at large must and
will gain, in short time Let the
number OF the schools increase. and
increase the number of pupils, and
every one of them will be teacher and
an apostle of sound Information on sani-
tary and hygienic subjects. Aud let
nobody leave this place tonight without
intending to aid an Institution as help
fnl rs this Or. a. Jacob IN Popular
Science Monthly TOR October.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
A Modern Fable,

A I>,s on warm summer day. lay
down in tho Shade, and sood fell
asleep. He was Awakened by the
Noise Of a huge Bull approachih., his
shady resting pace.
"Get up. said the Bull, '.and LEI iac
Lie down there!"
mo" replied the Dog. 'you have
90 Right 10 the place; ! was here
FIRST. "
.Well. said the Bull. looking limo.
Gently at the dog, but with = ferocious
Twinkle in his left Eye, which made
the dogs spinal Column run cold and
his lower Jaw give way. .'lct ~ Toss
up for II. as,
.'rhank you" said the Dog politely
II never Gamble" and he walkeu
Away. Life.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
1'ha Snanisl B-ar.E.

We in America ate apt 10 Judge OF
the Spaniard by the Mexican and the
Cuban. Nothing can be moro different.
Whatever their faults or virtues. the
Hispauo-Americans seem 10 have taken
nothing but the language from what OF
th" couqneror's blood they may have.
All else has come from the native. I'm
broken in pride. undebasei by evil
habits, seif-respecing- SOBER in speecn
as in food. the Ibcr.an needs onv a
leader 10 again take his righlfGl place
in tue iaani,y of nations. And tie
woman! is she beauifu,? | hardly
know; but she is The most bewildering,
bewilching. fascinating of MI Ewes
daughters. There is magic in her
step, a poisc Of foot. grace of rhyth-
mic motion, Il proud tenderness in her
dark eye; a something voluptuons
which Is yet cha>te; u mage III her
smile such rs no other race Of cline
can show. Bcautiful9 A man whose
blood runs red within his veins may see
beauty elsewhere, but he has never felt
the perfect charm OF woman's woman
illness until he has met love looking
from the melting brightness of those
matchiess oebs which none but. Span's
'dark-glancingH mai,iens bear There
is no neglect here. The dress may not
be rich, but there is not fold iii-placed.
To her is paid the reverence of passion.
ate devotion. Still is Spain the land OF
romance and Of song. because her men
are brave. her women worthy to be
loved. ST. Lots's Globe Democrat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-12
Philadelphia ladies arc learning base
ball; one OF them has caught her hus'
band out several times already.


Philadelphia ladies are learning base
ball; one of them has caught her hus.
band out several times alrealy.
In the Arkansas Valley grows weed
shaped like ball and varies in size
from one foot or less in diameter to five
or six feet. some specimens being as tall
rs man. 1t grows upon tail stem.
which is, however. stout enough to bear
the mass till II has ripened or dried.
when puff Of wind will blow t over
and snap the slender support Then It
is that every gust OF wind sends it roll-
ing over the prairie. bounding over
bushes and rocks with the greatest
elasticity and lightness. When the
wind is strong and hign these tumbling
weeds present u most peculiar appear
ancc as they bound from rock to rock,
and in more than one instance hunters
mistook them for bisons and fclt con-
siderable irritation mt tho inpossibility
Of bringing tilem within range Of their
guns.
Judge Hare. Of Phladelphia, was APP
pealcd 10 by Mrs. William McQuiilan.
ihe mother OF three little c.iii,iren, to
iihcra,e her husband. who had neen sem
seuced to one YEATS inf,,risotisnent for
assault. Calling the woman bcnind tho
bar the Judge said: .On second
thoughts, / have concluded to give
your husband one mora chance. I Will
reduce his sentence oDe-half tllst i, tc
six months land while ron afe waiting
for him 10 cbme out perhaps sou and
your children nay tiad this q eome