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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
Track Laying on the Northern Pacific,

have just returned from visit to-
the end of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road track and the head a the Yellow
stone valley says General Brisbin. What
an enormous valley this is-62O miles
long! 1t would reach nearly. in straight
line, from New York to Chicago The
end of the North Pacific track is at
Young's Point, on the Yellowstone riv-
er, or, rather, was there few days ago.
The road is progressing at the rate Of
one and half to two miles per day,
and this Winter will reach Benson's
Landing, and possibly Bozeman. The
track leaves Yellowstone valley at Ben
sons. after having traversed it for dis
tance of 400 miles. 1t strikes the Yel-
lowstone at Glendive, runs up to Miles
City, eighty miles; thence to Forsyth,
.forty-eight miles; thence to Billings, 1873
miles, where it crosses over from the
south to the north bank of the Yellow
stone. From Billings it runs to Coun-
ryman's Crosses, again to the north
side, and thence to Benson's. Here it
turns sharp west. goes up Trail creek
TO Badger Mountain and through tun-
mel 1900 feet long, aHd energies in the
head of the Gallatin Valley. near Boze.
man, from which place it traverses the
Gallatin Valley to Helena.
l saw the tracklayers at work on the
Northern Pacific road. Little cars, load
ed with iron rails, were dragged forward
by mules hitched to ropes made fast to
the sides of the cars. and, as fast as the
iron reached the end of the laid rails,
new iron was seized and rushed for
ward. So accurately would the hand
lers throw rail, that it laid where it
fell and was instantly spiked down in its
place. If you stopped TO converse fora
few minutes the tracklayers would get
several rods ahead.
l did not time them, but about a min
ute was sufficient to place a rail. In adj
vance of the track-layers were hundreds
of men sizing up the road-bed, building
culverts and putting in bridges. Behind
the track-men came scores of boarding.
houses on wheels. long lines of cars,
loaded with rails, and great engines
pushing them along westward over the
new-laid track. It was a sight well
worth seeing. and one calculated to fill
the breast Of Western man with hope
for the future of his country.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
American Feet.

A man whose lowly trade it Is to
measure feet, and to make notes of their
peculiarities and proportions, says that
there is vast difference between the
foot of u Southern lady and that of a
Yankee lady of about the same general
build. Southern feet of both sexes are
narrow and bowed up in the middle,
giving them high instep. The Yankee
foot is wider and has more surface-hat-
footed. The foot of the Yankee lacks
the spring and suppleness of the South
ern, but it has mere strength, and prob
ably better lasting qualities. The Yam
kee step is short and nervous, the South
ern long and languid. which makes a
wide difference in the gait of the people
of the two sections. There appears to
be great deal of character in feet,
which the measurers learn to read by
long training and practice.
The authority quoted has had fifteen
years. practice in New York fancy
shoe shop, and ought to know. He has
measured adult females wearing CATERS
numbering from ones to mines and many
more ones than eights. The majority Of
those who wear ones are Southern and
Spanish ladies. The Jersey woman is
foot-proud, and with reason. The real
blue-bloodedJersey woman and the blue
grass Kentucky belle are about on par
in the matter of small feet. Among the
customers Of that particular shoe shop are
two pretty sisters Of Irish extraction,
one of whom wears eights and the other
nines--handsome feet. too, and so we'll
proportioned that their size is not at all
conspicuous. They also wear gentle
mems kid gloves over white, dimpled
hands and pretty pink nails. The trades
people insist upon 1t that locality as
we'll as race has much to do with the
human build, especially at the founda-
tions
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
NUMBER 8.
To Be kamnrizsd.

An@sthesia was discovered In 1871,
The first steel plate was ma 10 in 1880.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The first iron steamship was built in
The first balloon ascent was made in
1898.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
in 1883.
Ships Ships were first ''copper-bottomed''
Coaches we're first used in England in
1869.
Gold was first discovered in California
in 1848.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson
in 1907.
The first horse railroad was built in
1862.
The first watches were made at Nur.
emburg in 1477.
The first use Of locomotive in this
country was in 1899.
Omnibuses were first introduced In
New York in 1880.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
Ahe HrSt copper cent was coined in
New Haven in 1857.
The first telescope was probably used
in England in 1908.
The first saw IN aker's anvil was brought
to America in 1919.
The fi.st almanac was printed by Geo.
Won Furbach in 146O.
The first printing press IN the United
States was introduced in 1920.
The first chimneys were introduced
into Rome from Padua in 1858.
The first steam engine on this conti-
nent was brought from England in
1853.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
Dairy Farming.
The Hon. George B. Loring,-in An
article on dairy farming, saws;

IHc AAou' Neo1Hc ID. AoIiHSslu an
article on dairy farming, says:
ut would seem. therefore, that in rear
ing animals for the dairy. care should be
taken the young are not SO fed as TO de-
velop tendency to great size either in
frame or adipose tissue, or so rs to es-
tablish in the end u race which has every
faculty except that of producing milk.
l would not advocate deficiency of
food for young dairy stock, but would
argue against any excess of articles Of .
highly stimulating quality. The plan of
the Scotch farmer is undoubtedly agood
one--to take their calves early from the
dam, feed them from the dish, and
bring them to solid food or pasture rs
soon as the condition of the young stom-
ach will allow. Instead of linsecd meal
they use u great quantity of oatmeal
an article Of food much less predispos-
ing to fat and keeping up a vigorous
growth. We have in this country good
quality of hay, everywhere basis of
feeding; and after the calf is weaned, or
after she has had milk enough to give
her fair introduction into life, hay in
the form of hay-tea, and afterward Of
rowen, is undoubtedly the best food the
animal can have. especially when aided
by a few roots, such as turnips or car
rots. In such cases milk is abundant at
q very early age, and skinned milk is
advantageously used As q substitute. l
should not recommed the use of grain,
especially that containing \ supera-
bundance of oily matter, as Indian corn
and linseed, for young dairy stock. or
even for dairy cows when in the flush Of
milk. Perhaps corn meal, sparingly.
or barley, or oatmeal may be used in
Winter should the animal seem not to
thrive well. But q calf that is properly
weaned and properly fed after weaving,
and furnished with good pasture. will
be carried through the first Winter most
satisfactorily on good. sweet hay. espe-
cialiy rowen, with roots. In this way
can uniform and well-balanced ami
NAL be produced, which put to dairy
service, will not become coarse and raw
boned in appearance, nor take on lesh
at the expense of the milk-pail.''
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
The Statues at Thsbea

Dean Stanley was once asked by 4
friend what he considered to be the best
written passage in his works. He re-
piled at once, 1.-The description OF the
colossal statues at Thebes, in my Sinai
and Palestine" 1t is, indeed, a very
fine passage. He is speaking of tho
Rameses, and relating what it must
have been been before it was flung down
by some extraordinary catastrophe and
before the Arabs had scooped their mill
stones out Of its face. ut was" he
said, 1.-THE largest statue in the world. -
Far and wide that enormus head must
have been seen-eves, mouth, and ears.
Far and wide you must have seen his
vast hands resting on his elephantine
You sit on his breast and look at the
Osiride statues, which support the por-
tico Of the temple, and which anywhere
else would put to shame even the stat
ues of the cherubs in st. Peter sand
they seem pigmies before him. His arm
h thicker than their whole bodies The
only to him must have been the gate
way, which rose in pyramidal towers,
now broken down and rolling in wild
ruin down to the plain. Nothing which
now exists in the world can give any
notion of what the effect must have
been when he was erect. No
one who entered that building could
have thought of anything else but that
stupendous being, who thus had raised
himself up above the whole world Of
gods and men," Then. speaking of the
two other statues Of Amenophis. he adds:
'The sun was setting; the African range
glowed red behind them; the green plain
was dyed with deeper green beneath
them; and the shades of evening yelled
the vast rents and fiss ures in their aged
frames. As / looked back on them in
the sunset, and rose up in front of the
background of tho mountain, they SEEM
ed indeed as if they were part of it,
And yet the human charac-
ter is never lost. Their faces are dread
fully mutilated; indeed. the largest has
no face at all, but is, from the waist up
ward, mass of stones and rocks piled
together in the form of a human head
and body. Still, especially in that dim
light, and from their lofty thrones. they
seem to have faces, only of hideous and
grinning ugliness."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
The Paris Gait.

A French savant has called in the aid
OF Darwin's theory of evolution to ex-
plain the graceful gait of the Partisan
ladies. According to his reasoning the
streets of Paris were for long time af-
ter the foundation of the city in very
poor condition, as it is indeed apparent
from its original name-Lutetia, or the
"City of Mud" The Partisan ladies in
order not to soil their shoes, were forced
to walk on tiptoe, which in due time re-
suited in high heels, and finally in that
charming gait which is the admiration
and envy of all the women of the civil
lized world.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
The Trouble With ths Steward.

s'Where is the old stew ardP' INQUIRED
traveller As he stepped aboard an OUT
going steamer. just previons to his de-
parture.
.'Oh, he was discharged some time
ago." replied the captain.
why he seemed to be frst-class
fellow" rejoined the first speaker" why
was he kicked outp"
''Well. to tell you the truth, he got
too big for his breeches and we bounced
him." enphatically calculated the oap-
tain.
This conversation occurred within
hearing Of bright-eyed intelllnnt little
girl the daughter Of ono Of tho tourists
ON that steamer. Subsequently another
passenger arrived and after bestowing .
casual glance around. said:
Il don't So the old steward; what
has becOme Of himr'
II think he was discharged" volun-
tecred ! bystander.
..Do you know Whist 1orys'
mo, III. !"
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LnukI. asossd ~ inasl ~ ~ T.,
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
Writing by Rule.

Few people outside the profession
know that writing is frequently done to
order. A picture is sent to writer o3
stories, with the request that he will
produce tale to fit it. On this sug.
gestion a readable story is generally
produced without much trouble. Fol
such tales some publishers pay more,
some less; all, however (the exceptions
being SO few as only to prove the rule).
pay for quantity, and not for quality.
OF course, the manuscript must be up Il
q certain standard, or it is rejected; but
SO seldom do hack writer's excel them.
selves, that the rule which pays SO much
. column or SO much thousand words
Is very fair one. The type-setter who
puts his stories into type Ia the better
paid workman of the two. Whyp Be.
cause he has steady market for hia
labor, and can work throughout the
year. The writer's market, like his
brain Is iitful Often enough he works
Tor days At stretch on m article which
costs him moro postage-stAmpe 81 ~
travels from publisher q pnhliahor than
the pfice paid f0r Il finally E1nr6 Is kIe
pocket Stu. sverythl6x eN1ion "a y
conpidsration, haek 1Etlii = " lI6l l1
::
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
Hats.


Hsts were discovered about tho time
they capped the climax, as this is the
first intimatiOn we have Of any head
covering.
One Of the pleasantest ways to get
hat is to bet one with another fellow and
lose 1t, and then the other fellow gets II.
This recipe is intended for ''the other
fellow"
On going into house usually leave your
hat in the hall. on the rack, especially II
there are more there. rs this enables
you to select one of the best as you 90
out The old fashioned way OF carrying
bricks in hod was. was for some tins,
obsolete, the hat being generally used.
OF course the wear aud tear on the hat
is greater with this than the old way,
more especially II the lamp-post gsts
away from yA,, and the hat manages 70
fall underneath. And. In connection
with the above, it may be remarked that
the more light-headed : man appears
the moss people suspect there ars bricks
u his hat
Hats arp sometimes used % naks
omelettss In. bnt Tor this Il y necessas7
10 b familiar with the difIeront staGeo
and changes which occuf, and alDo W
know tsereass g. hele ~ =
tyuo hste ~ 1nl - Sl T.
pscSlo q IN n 1ll1 & 1 41 e
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10
Paul PrY.


The original Of paul Pry." that
amusing character whose curiosity was
unsuitable, WAS . London journalist
know as Tommy Hill. The man Al
ways happened to know" everything
about everybody.
HE once went with others to visit !
friend at his suburban residence. The
party was 20 pleasant that the host
tried to persuade the guests TO- stay an
other day, but Hin was incxorsble. He
went about whispering 70 his friends,
Don't stay; he h not sincere. !"
When the party got on the coach y
return TO town. one of the disappointed
asked Hill what fOundation hs had ~
his suspicionA
s.Wsll.' n said Hill, 81 gct III eaxiy
this morning and ! klrS SesS1 70 lock q.
n ~ laeyls Thefp 90 nettfaa jfn1 n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-10

Aevine hesr. fer asaEiy three ysars Receiver In
acquainted with the iocston and quality OF the
oovsrnmcnt lands throughout the Territory Of Da
kots. he VIII rrnmpty answer al, 's,ters or ep
qurtes relative to the manner Of acquiring title to
Govsrement lands under the laws Of the United
oaatsa Also Will attend promptly to the ance L.
SION q Dee arstcry s'atemen . aud Homestead Fn-
prepare testimony for witnesses In case Of nnsI
erosa on uoneseads, commutid HON stead en-
Ties ana Presumption entriss. Also parties desir.
Homestead Act can do 90 through hits ofnce With
cot personA Attendance y The Local Land Once
4-SOGf
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-05
Brain Workers.

In this country nearly every active busi-
ness or professional man is overwcrked, and
suffers from waste of vitality. Few reach
the age of forty-fye without this waste of
vital force showing itself in some form of
disease more or less troublesome or danger
Gus.
Now, unless something can be done to re-
new the wasted vital force, these diseased
conditions must go increasing until an utter
break down is the result. Many, warned in
time, retire from business or professional
life and seek in change and relaxation
measure of the health which they have lost.
With much the larger number, this retire
ment Is felt to be impossible and they 60
on suffering and failing until the disastrous
end comes in paralysis, softening of the
brain, or sudden death.
As a restorer Of pitai force, it has been
largely shown from the results obtained dur
ing the past twelve years. that Compound
Oxygen is the most efficient agent yet diseop-
cred by the medical profession It's use By
operarorked business and professional men
Wo';id saue many hundreds Of lioes eoer "
year, and gre to thousands more the abiiity y
to pork witkom the Ueariaess, erhaustio
and peril Uhich noW attend them. A Trean
tise On Compound Oygen containing larg
reports of cases and full information sen
free Address Drs- STARKEY & PALEN
ll00 Girard ST.. Philadalphia, Pa.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-05
Kate Chase spragus in tho Gallery.


springfield Republicans Washington Letter
Among the ladies in the private CALLER, Of
the Senate on FRIDAY evening before the adj
Journment vas Mrs. Sprague. who is nov
with her three daughters at "Edgewood."
the old country home of her father, the late
Ch!ei Justice Chase. And ex- x-Senator
Spragu- vas married Yesterday. Mrs
Sprague sat ~ the gallery with Representa-
i've and MIS- Crowley, Of New York, but
think few about knew her or perhaps had
ever seen her before. they we're all new
faces. belonging 10 the present, but she
seemed 70 belong 70 the past brilliant pas,
y "as when sne ~as an acknowledged cad
rr ~ a~hiugtpn society, and one of the
most beautiful women here. She is a pret-
y woman even now. and will always retain
much OF her beauty. IL Is true that her face
Iooss faded. and about the lovely dark eyes
there Are worn, tired lines. But the proud
pose u the small. finely formed head Is as
marked As ever, and the mouth as naughty.
but Yet beautiful IN the Old davs when
the lips were parted IN smiles that were so
fascinating | saw her soon after the death
Of her father, and then her face framed in
the little black bonnet. had touch Of Ma
bearing. She has resumed colors and dress.
g With the same exquisite taste for which
she vas quite noted III her best days-those
DAYS when she entered this gallery by her
E.ght a. the wife Of Senator. and her hus-
band sat below, Senator from Rhode Is
land. And now she takes her seat as a
stranger, and a. much a stranger as any Of
The visitors sitting there. Among num-
ber OF notable portraits III one Of the first
Photographic establishments on the avenue
Is one OF Kate Chase. Ii must have been
painted nearly twenty years ago, a. the
dress is the fashion Of that day having 4
PLAIN full skirt without a rutfir Or touch of
1t has plain round waist, and
is low, showing the pretty shoulders and
long, slender neck. Harriet Lanes portrait
used % hang BY the side of this one of Kate
Chase, and, though She was a handsome NO
man, there could be no comparison, for the
pretty mead and eyes Of the ONO girl were
too beautiful TO be rivaed by the other |
Her halr was without crlmp curl, and
combeI low over the ears as smooth and
glossy as satin, and put up in a small coil at
The back Of the head With all this severe
simplicity OF dress and hair, it is beautl-
'ul woman looking out from the canvas.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-05
Old Dried Apples.

Everybody has noticed the enormous
quantities Of dried apples which the ex-
tension Of orchards and the introduction of
the Alden process have combined to throw
upon the market. These supplies are
seemingly as abundant at the end Of the
year at It's beginning. but every season a
fresh quantity comes forward and that which
IS Old becomes worthless. This Is the fruit
butter mans opportunity. He buys up the
old apples, bolls them to a pulp and with
his little bottles Of ether, proceeds To make
of them all sorts OF fruit butters-apple,
peach. pear, plum, ounce. grape, or what
ever is desired comes forth from his kettle
as readily as he required wine from con
jurors mag bottle. Does tie want pre-
serves of small fruits ? They come forth
also at his call, fully initiated even to the
seeds, which are imported from Eng land-a
little, hard, black seed. grown, it IS said, ex-
pressly for this purpose For jellies moth
ing more is needed than gelatlne, some
simple coIorlng matter and little ether Of
the proper flavor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-05
Famous Mines.
INTERESTING FACTS REGARDING THEIR DIS
CovERY-TABoR's WEALTH.

In 1868. says San Francisco paper, Sho-
shone Indian. in consideration of a square
meal and bottle of whiskey, guided John
Turner. Applegarth and others to the sum
init of Treasure hill, in the White Pine dis
trict, and there unfolded to their gaze the
riches OF the Eberhardt mine Some of
this ore was so rich that nail could be
driven into il as into bar Of lead. From
a chamber in this mine big enough to turn
stage coach and horses around in over
5000, 900 was extracted. The Indian has
been an important factor in mine discoveries,
both IN South America and on our own con-
tnent- The great wealth of Tabor, the
millionaire miner Of Colorado, arose from
!l15 worth Of grub furnished by him to
some Leadvile miners. These men discov-
cred the celebrated Little Pittsburg, Chryso-
lite, and other mines. and brought into
prominence camp which has added nearly
SlOo,O0o.OO0 TO the worlds wealth since
1879. In 1879 George d. Robinson was a
storekeeper IN Leadvile, with a stock OF
goods valued at about 5000. One day he
''grub-staked" a miner with 500 worth OF
provisions. The prospector sailed forth and
soon atterward discovered the celebrated
Robinson mine of Ten Mile district, near
Lead,ille. and Robinson realized 3, 900. 900
by his trlhIng investment of the sum of 500
In 1879 southeastern Arizona was given
over TO the red and ruthless Apache, and
was supposed TO he deficient IN mineral
wealth. But daring miner. Edward
Schletielln, penetrated the region and
brought out the news Of good ore and plenty
Of IT. His sole capital was $50, but TODAY
he is millionaire. His spirit Is, however,
unsubdued, and, sighing like Alexander for
other worlds To conquer, he has sailed to the
Arctic. and has there discovered rich dig
gIngs on the hesd~aters OF the Yukon river
Alaska will receive a thorough exploration
this summer. As soon as the country Is re-
leased from the icy embrace of winter, the
adventurous miners and pro.pectors will
strike a bee line for the new country Rock
Of almost fabulous wealth is exhibited
IN this city, coming from Alaska and stories
are told Of lodges 100 feet wide full Of free
gold. Who knows but Humboldt's
prophecy, that in the north the great matrlx
Of gold Is TO be found NAV be verified this
year Certain il u that the mines OF
Siberia havs yielded an average Of 81.
H".ooo year for the last 10 years, and
their product /, greater now than ever.