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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25

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nm ! ausars-ckopper. ..Evory time
Ito1a kS9s61nd I cus ! a0ach u IT.
y BaitisD0r0 landlady says she can
make ! dclici0ns mutton soup for thir-
tooa ooax5esS out ~ four ounces Of old
sheon View ssen IN thing done on
- 0oo0ees IL oaast fail except In
tlae " dro0ght
ssUno3o Joha," said little Emily, stlo
yous know that ! baby hist VA fed on
e1sptansss milk gained twenty pounds
Id NneNeekHs Nonsense! Isnpnssibls!!s
eEelnlq1s4 ltncs John, and then he
aakesk ..Who1s baby was itp' Tho
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- s boArIinxss6hoOL What does that
mean, ROIlyps ssAller cart. fatberf
Why, thst mean : small, simple din
ner. II y0u wasn't something heavy and
first-eats you must order what they call
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0nesing = certain cOlored liian. one re-
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25

CATARRH CURED, health and
sweet breath secured by Shiloh's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Price 81 cents. Ma
sal injector free.
SHlIOH'S COUGH and Con-
sumption Cure is sold by us on a
guarantee. It cures consumption.
SHILOHS VITALIZER is what
you need for costipation, loss Of up
petite. dizziness aud all symptoms
Of dyspepsia. Price 10 and Is cents
per bottle.
THE REV. GEO. II. THAYER
Of Bourbon, Ind, says: Both my
self and wife owe our lives Ii SHi.
lOHS CONSUMPTION CURE.n
For sale by II. IT. BLAIR.
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Tagging ~ AN4zancss.

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reeky plan.
~ make your Judgment ~ DO clo'es dat kivers
Mp . moAs
pr hardly nesd to tell ron how ron often
OumA oCrOSo
II 1fxy-60llar oaddle on 4 tweuty.dO'lar hos.
An Wslkln u - low groun's. JON diskiyer -
You 80
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I usssr judss . people DIT ! meets along -
Wey
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~ wAax day sfay:
9oe q l1antnm ch1CkeEfe awful fond o rOoetin'
- 2 s.sEsy 6aassrd sails above d eagle in
~ lssslSs litt,s miansrs n d middle o. do
Asys ssssss.Nssf saessn y = a'szss'
IA. Nacoa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25

pulmonary diseases. atfOrling prompt relief
and rapid cures. AMI IL adapted to patients Of
any age or either sex. Being very pa!afall.e.
ordinary Coughs Colds, Sore Threat,
bronchitis, lnduenza, Cier9ylnmn's
sore Throat, Asthma, Group, aud Ca
tArrh, the effects OF AyER's CiIEkHy PFC
ronAL are magical. anl mustitudes are N.
auAlly preserved rom serious illness by it,
timely aud faithful Ms~. X sho,.d he kept
trcsion Il affords in sudden attacks. In
WhoOptug cough aud Consumption
there Ii no other remedy 80 eficAeioux-
oDthinG. and helpful.
Low prices are Inducements 70 try s,a1a 0i
The many mixtures. or syrups. nlaslc 1i ,Eenp
and ineffective ingredients, now offered.
which. ~ they contain 10 curative qualities.
'aa Afford only temporary relief, and ara
sure TO deceive and d~isaprOint the patient:
diseases Of the throat aud lungs demand
active AMI effective treatment: and u II dan
gerouS experimenting with unknown nnJ
thcai, medicines. from thu great liability thai
these diseases may. Will. - tritied with.
i.ecoans deeply seated or iu:Irab.e. Uss
.Ayrg's CnEnky Pkar0s ~. and You may
confidently expect the bs<t results. II ~ =
standard iisHlhal preparation. Of known aud
M'knOw lodged curative power. AMI " a.
heap ~ its careful preparation and ine
ingredients " i'll allow. Emin~n, PEDESTRIANS,
showing IFS composition. pres, ribs. il in their
practice. The test al half . century has
proven its absolute certainty tn cure all pull
isnnary complaints not already bsyond the
reach Of human aid.
Prepared by Or. J. G. Aver T. Co.,
Practical maL Analytical Chsmlats.
Lowell. Mass.
aoLp ~ All Rts.I~Ts svEKy,sxGaB.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25
THE BEST REMEDY
Diseases oi the Throat and Lungs,

In diseas..s pf the pal.
monAry orgAns = Aafe
aud reliable remedy Ii
Invaluable. AYERS
CHERRY rEcTOmAL u
srrc1r a remedy afsd no
other sOr tiner.
its the confidence u
the public. 1t Is . Sci
enfific continuation u
che medicinal prinei-
Pies aud curative vir.
tues u the finest drugs.
chemically unitsAi. oil
such power rs 10 insure
the greatest lx,sxil,ls
efficiency anal uniform
It's Of results. ltx:rikes
nj the foundation oi nj
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25

The preparation long known and
advertised a q. Il C's Cough Reme-
dy, has received a new title and new
wrapper. II IL now put up under
the name Of Chamberlains Cough
Remedy with directions for Use in
sir languages. This splendid Medi-
cine, 50 highly esteemed by many
Of orr readers, has always been, and
is yet, prepared by MIR. Chamberlain
who originated the preparation.
He has made pharmacy . special
stuiy, having received instructions
in the art from the most noted
pharmacists III America, and had
over fourteen years Of PRACTICAL ex-
peri ncc. which partially accounts
for the great popularity Of the med
icine. No other preparation has
ever cnsne into such general use on
70 little ADVERTISING ~ Chan,berlains
C0ug remedy. II has no equal for
coughs, Coils or Group. Prepared
only by Chamberlain & Co., Des
MONIES. Ia Sold kv all druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25

THAT HACKING COUGH can
30 = quickly cnr%l BY ShiIoh's
Cure. We guarxntee, il.
WILL YoU SUFFER with dys-
pepsia and liver complaint? Shi-
kph's Vitalizar is guaranteed to cure
you.
sLEEPLEsS NIGHTS, made
miserable BY that terrible cough.
Shiloh's Cure is the remedy for you.
For lame back, side " chest USE
;hiloh's Porous Plaster. Price d
cents. For sale BY n. H. BLAIR.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-25
ST. NIcuOL.As il all e All ythtny we pf0ducc
In the rame line London Times.
ST.. NICHOLAS.
FOR
Young Folks


PARENTS who desire entertaining and
Who'll. sOme reading for tkrfr children. anil yOanr
tolks who enjoy accounts III trAve, and advea-
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huus e',old Amusement. and harmless fnn, VIII
tind these In \: Nicholas, which II recognized
by the pres. and public. II both England and
Amer ca. ~ tn. bsst and finest nsayaxiie E,f
children ever printed. The new volume, which
with 4 cOlored fron,i.p'ecc. win be much the
6Dert ever II. ued. and ali pafenis and reAdin :
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"The Tinkham Brothers. Tile-Mil'
new serial story by } I: row brid r.. i.nm-
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''rhe Story Of Vitean.'
An rhetorical msNe,ic,. NJ Girl and buy life In
The 18th century. by Frank Il -toctnn. fof.ner,
~ ss-,-,ant ed,lor Ot ST. Nicholas. author 81
''Rudder Grange" etc.
"The Story of Robin Hood"
Al an scrunui II The famous y e,nan by
Man''cc ! hem son, auih"r Of 1.-The Wischery vi
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"a Brand New Notion"
cnp ~, nad newell play. ny M,iiiam n. Baker
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Swept Away
A serial rfe-y 81 The M,rei.rippi ns,ods of 1852.
ny Els. Ills. formerly cdi or Of Golden Day..
"EllZnbeth I~hOnlpsOn.
A biographical paper Regarding thir celebrated
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ures prepared Tor 81. Nicholas by Miss Thvinp
sen.
"Where was V~illicrs."
A thrill ny .lOry NJ III Russo Turklsh war,
by Archibald F0rbcs. wnr corrirp nd-ns,
"The Boy Mt the White House."
An accoum 6r The lite II Cad Lincoln. BY
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A AWe -cric. of JUVENILE piaye. ny +.
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A Christmas Mask: 1.-THE False Sir
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Prepared expressly f,v holiday times.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-24
MIDSUMMER GOODS.

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Mexican Grass HammOcks,
/ Bird Cages, CrOquet Sets
Hunting and Fishing Out
fits for Field, Lake and
Forest. A Full Line of
! Stationery, Cutlery, Toys,
Musical Instruments, Gift
Books and Albums, Port |
folios and Toilet Sets in
Russia Leather and Plush. |
Handy Writing Tablets of
all Styles and Sizes for
Home, Office and School
use. japanese Decorations.
Singer and Wheeler and
Wilson Sewing Machine |
Agency. All the leading |
D.ily and Weekly Publica-
tions supplied by carrier or
mail at lowest rates
FROM THE
NOVELTY BAZAAR
OF
CAGWIN & NOTEWARE,
Carson City, New.
Country Orders Solicited.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-24

SprematOrrhB, PrOStAtss rrhR, Emissions.
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All sts o0m ssltc .ttOms. a"1 from
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Nerqes, Brain, Muscl, 8, digestion, KeprOduc-
tive Organs, and PHYSICAL and Me tai Faculties.
1t stops al unnatural and debilitating drain
upon the system, preventing involuntary los-es,
debilitating dreams. semi'e losses with tho
urine, ETC., 80 destructive to mind and body.
1t is a sure eliminator Of all KIDNEY AND
BLADDER COMPLAINTS. IL contains no
injurious ingredients. tn th0s~ suR.r.
inx fr.sm th~ evil en.ct. Of youth.
ful in:li .cs elton Or exc -. Sp-ery
thor .suSh Hmd p"rm0n~ne Re-
4 GUAR re I'd. Price. S& so per
bottle, or five bottles in case, with full direc
tiens and advice, $40. Sent secure from OBJ
sarvatiOn to any address upon the receipt OF
Drics or O. O. D. To be had Onlv Of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-24

= hiS Great
Strelsgah d Z. N.
ing 4emedy
a N d n q 2 Y q
sss~ls; is the
legitimate result
Of over twenty
years practice,an I
CURE ) W 1T H
U N FAl L 1 NJ @
c f r TAIN TY
Nervous aud phys
ical Debility, Sem
,te w cal n paa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
4 PAPER FOR THE TIMES.

journalism in the West
founded Dec co. evening with editions at noon
the one
of American presenting the nesod on the street at any
price Nickel innovation western oua
ism and like the chp paper had contend with long
established custom and prejudice before the
and deserved At the end Of 1916 it had achieved daily sale
ranging from 1000 10000 From this forward its
beyond precedent American Journalism In le77s average ua
ton copies in 1873 34 copies 1879 4 1874 copies
81 copies morning the CHICAGO MORNING. NEWS
made its following month OF pub
caion circulation daily OF o6
daily in the United
States within corresponding
of
respectively the MORNING. NEWS
Noon NEWS The combined circulation OF the
cate the exceptional extent of this circulation necessary state
that three times other daily Chicago
or We Wes "he It's circulation IN te cay o. Chcog a
otner Chcago daily papers Being
OF party class the universally Chicago paper Inc
subscription price of the DAILY NEWS either EVENING ISSUE
$500 90 for included
On July EVENING Posi-
consolidated continued weekly
issue under the The WEEKLY News
under therefore
though weekly twentieth The
CHICAGO WEEKLY NEWS field weekly
Chicago market quotations
pca complete trustworthy That the WEEKLY News has been
weekly evidenced circulation which aggregated
month Immediately
weekly OF 5o3 The subscription Of the WEEKLY
NEWS Is but sEvENTY-FIvE included
The phenomenal News
principle
offering the article
chaser The CHICAGO NEWS The of its
service unsurpassed It's Associated and in
the exceptional advantage special Geographic Chicago
and and Milwaukee and ST. Pail the
North Giving all the through repooia and ephc es
surpassed by those OF other Chicago commends itself classes
in the community rich and alike offers absolutely
pete record of the without needless
bage and ampfcaion which render metropolitan unaea
WEAKNESS the fesh while within OF ali classsa
It. q paper for the times
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April 81. 1883

, i .gS
The first instalment of the FIVE
cent nickel piece of the latest de-
sign. was received by Treasurer
Wyplan yesterday from the Phila-
delphia mint. It amounted to only
$500. More are expected soon, and
they will be put into circulation
when received. This issue of the
nickel piece has the word cents in
scribed under the Roman numeral
V, and is intended for the substi-
tute> Of the new nickel piece which
bore no inscription to designate its
value beyond the figure V. There
are already about 100000 pieces
of this com in circulation.
Postmaster General Gresham yes
terday approved a design for the
new two cent postage stamp. The
stamp contains a tablet upon which
is a profile ofWashington similar to
thaton the present three cent stamp.
Surrounding the profile is an oval
band. In the upper part Of the
band the words "United States
postage beneath the hand large
49," and at the extreme bottom of
the tablet the words ''Two CENTS"
The design will be returned to the
American bank note company Of
New York for engraving, after
which the department will decide
upon the color to be used. The'col.
or Of the design which has been ap-
proved is green.
Failing utterly, with all their
hard swearing, to shake the gov
eminent case against them, the star
route defendants seem to find some
satisfaction in ''sassing' the gov
ernment council. They have been
pleased to refer to Rerdell as as
sistant counsel, and, as one after
another Of the accused has repeated
the impertinence,it would affair that
there was something particularly
gratifying to them in it. The court
yesterday rebuked Miner for his I'M
pertinent manner toward counsel
for the prosecution. In the very
probable event of conviction it may,
possibly, be consoling to the de-
PENDANTS that they made Mr.. Mer-
rick angry. There : is certainly
nothing in the present stage of the
case or in the outlook from which
they can extract much comfort.
The First Controller Of the Treas.
ary has notified the Attorney Gen
eral to-day that the appropriation
for ''fees of witnesses is entirely
exhausted for the present fiscal year
ending June Both, and there is only
$4,000 ''fees Of jurors available.
A circular has been addressed to the
officers of the courts notifying them
of the Deficiencies and suggesting that
the trials be had in onIy the most
important cases.
l1Ou-Apn
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
Coronation Tomfoolery for Moscow.

A glorious time is in store for the
moujiks of Moscow. Half million
packets of sweetmeats have been or
dered by the Government, and will be
distributed Unfortunately during the
coronation festivities. Cabbage pies,
each a yard square, will be baked in
their tens of thousands; sailed cucum-
bers and picked behring's will be count
less as the sands of the sea, and the LID
uor will flow ad libitum. AS regards
this latter point, it is remarkable that
that product of the ssrotten Vest beer,
should have been chosen for the refresh
ment of Moscow patriots The Slavo-
phile party will feel the blow severely
perhaps petition for the homely Russian
brew, Kvass. OF course, if the popu-
lace were consulted, there would be an
unanimous cry for vodka, but the equiv
alent in rubles of million gallons of
this enticing liquid, is more than the
Russian exchequer can bear at the pres
emit moment.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25

A cyclone swept through Mis-
sissippi last Sunday evening causing
terrible destruction Of life and prop
erty. The towns of Beauregard and
Wesson, on the New Orleans, St,
Louis & Chicago railroad, were in
the immediate track of tbs tornado.
The former place, a town Of 500 in
habitants, was entirely wiped out of
existence. Many Of the inhabitants
were killed outright and large num-
Der mortally wounded. At Wesson,
one mile from Beauregard, nearly
200 houses were blown down. Eff
teen people were killed, and the
number Of people with broken limbs
is estimated at Is. Many Of those
reported missing are probably bur.
led under the debris. A pine forest
just beyond the town was complete.
ly blown out of existence. Wesson
is a sort Of summer resort for the
people Of New Orleans, and has a
population Of / 900 and large cot
ton and wooden factory employing
600 men. The fatalities are mostly
among the latter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
NEW UI-M REVIEW, WEDNHsDA Y,APR1L 2s, 1888,

! : ~ q 4 I < z
It's headquarters are now at New
York and Father Fulton is the
Provincial or head Of the chapter.
| believe that the change was made
because the French Canadian and
the American spirits would not
amalgamate. | know that in the
different colleges there were period
ical sna,ls between the professors
and the students, simply because
the latter could not agree with or
view with same light the methods
and ways Of thought of the narrow
minded Canadians.
A physician who has large
clientage IN the upper class tells
me that the opium habit is growing
frightfully among the women Of
the so-called best society. "Form-
erIy,' he said, "the habit was con
fined more to the bohenie,anes who
picked it up through their associa-
tions with foreigners, but now it
has spread to such an alarming ex-
tent as almost to frighten one when
consideriD gthe future OF American
womanhood. I can name you at
least a half dozen women or rather
ladies, prominent in society, in
church and charitable work, who
are slaves to the pernicious habit.
| was recently called to villainous
looking den down town where a
woman became very i'll from the eff.
fects Of the drug. She had regained
consciousness sufficient to have the
people send for ME who was he1
family physician. Beside her on
the divan lay young unmarried
lady, more expert at the pipe than
her married friend, my patient.
She was unconscious, sleeping of
her opium drunk. It is terrible
habit, and if the police were only
willing they could easily stop it by
removing the facilities for ind,llg.
ing in it. It is an open secret tina,
they levy tribute on all drinking
places which keep open on Sunday,
on all houses Of i'll fame, and on
all low resorts, but to allow those
places to remain open simply that
they may increase their shameful
gaint is villany.''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
Flowers in Potatoes.

A gentleman from Utica in Louis
vile, who wished to send some beauti-
full flower buds to his wife, was at a loss
how to do so. A florist friend said he
would fix them. He cut potato into
two pieces and bored holes in them into
which he inserted the stems of the buds,
and placed them in a box with cotton
to support them. A letter from the re-
cipient acknowledged the remembrance,
and said that the buds had developed
into full-blown flowers. There is suffi-
Gent moisture in q good-sized potato to
support a flower for two weeks in a
moderately cool temperature Flowers
from bouquets or baskets may be pre-
served in the same way. The potatoes
can be hidden by leaves or MOSES
Utica Observer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25

and ductnGy III Cue nlSlcso ucSnos. -
steel plate Of the cuirass in this case was
only .O6 inch thick and lined inside with
layer of wool; and Of eleven rounds
from a Martini breachloading rife, fired
at q distance of 175 yards, only two OF
the bullets pierced the metal, and even
these were completely flattened and
stuck in the lining.
The whistling craze is spreading
among the women of Texas so rapidly
that it is now estimated that not less
than 80 per cent Of the entire female
population whistle like hooking birds.
A young lawyer recently went from
Palestine up to Jefferson to call on his
affianced. Thinking to surpris him she
slipped up behind him as he sat in the
parlor, clapped her hands over his eyes
while she whistled the 4.Mocking Bird''
beautifully. He was so Disguised when
he saw who it was that the only words
he uttered was: "Good-day.''
The brightest and best of the after
dinner stories with which Oscar Wilde is
RECALLING his Partisan friends is that old
chestnut about the sign. s'Please
don't shoot the pianist, he. is doing his
best, = which he claims to have seen
hanging over the piano in a Leadville
dance hall. This entertainment resur-
rection sets the company in a roar, gives
the hearers a high opinion Of Oscar as
an observer and a thinker, and prompts
one distinguished Frenchman to remark
that ssthere is freshness of originality
about the man that is absolutely fasci-
mating
.'Macauley,' the New York cores
pondent of The Rochester Democrat ana
Chronicle, says: .'Some men find great
delight in collecting autographs, the
most successful having been the late
William B. Sprague, formally of Albany.
He was collector for more than sixty
years, and there were few noted men OF
modern days whose autographs are notin
his collection. The latter is now in the
hands of his family, but deserve place
in some public institution. - '.It is not
generally KNOWN says The Albany
argus, ''that several years ago the fam.
lily of DR.. Sprague disposed Of his valu-
able collection Of manuscripts, including
some of the very rarest specimens, to a
wealthy Philadelphia collector
wv llu11Ollu ItCcuCly
called at the house Of a gentleman in
Boston, who was giving fancy dress
ball, and insisted that the company must
separate. ''Not at all, said the host,
''this is private house, every we'll,
SIR said one of the policemen, .'here
are my orders, and | must take the
names of all who are present. ''Do So, }"
responded the host. The policemen
went to work and put down all the names,
making everybody supremely uncom-
Portable. Directly they had done so one
of them walked up to a table and pour
ed himself out a glass of champagne.
''What right have you to drink my
wine?'' roared the host. II supposed,
when was invited responded the
policeman, ''that refreshments were in.
cluded, and, amidst roar of laughter,
he showed his card. Both the men were