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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-04-30

Fresh Oysters and Celery at NAL
lory & Crumrine's.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-04-30
MONEY TO LOAN
BY
a. -.
ELK POINT, DAKOTA.

4 am nov prepared to Loan
Money On improved farms as
low as the lowest. will make
you a loan and you can pay il
IN instaIlments Il you wish, or
i can run 8. 4, or 5 years.
Give me a call.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Cold Weather Hints.

From Good Cheer.
A folded newspaper, covering the
chest and shoulders under a cloak or
coat, will be found very comfortable in
extreme cold weather, especially while
riding.
A noiseless way Of feeding a coal fire
is to put a shovelful Of coal in q paper
bag; prepare a half dozen bags at atime;
use n or more as needed, and thus the
noise and dust generally accompanying
the usual msde of replenishing 8 fire will
be avoided.
When about to take a long sleighride,
make ready q piece of joist (of any kind
of hard wood such as house builders usel
the length of the sleigh-seat and twice
the thickness of common brick; heat it
on the stove or in the oven. 1t is sur-
prising how very hot such a piece of
wood willbecome without burning, and
how very long it will retain heat. On
such a seat, and covered with a buffalo
robe, l have known people to ride
wood to be quite warm at the journeys
end. A similar piece for the feet, at the
same time nicely tucked in from the
wind, was delightful.
Another foot-warmer, more easily
made ready and serving many purposes,
is a bag of bed-ticking, fourteen inches
square. Bind the seams with braid or a
strip Of ticking. leaving q small opening
until filed with sand. Make a slip-cov.
er for it. of any material you choose, or
crochet of some bright color, and fasten
with buttons and loops.
When needed. heat very hot in the
oven, put in its case, and it is ready for
use.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Hints for Home.

DECORATED WooD BoxEs.-Hickory
wood is the fashionable fuel just now, land
wood.boxes are handsomely decorated.
Some are covered with plush ina shade
to match the furnishing of the room
and have dainty designs hand-painted
upon them. Others are made of stamped
leather III ectagon shape, and have
tassels made of worsted ornamenting
the ends. Those made of bamboo are
more sensible and less %extravagant than
any of the others. and they look almost
as decorative. They are adorned SIM
ply by a piece Of pale blue or scarlet
ribbon.
Some hostesses now serve hot coffee
at afternoon Eat homes" instead of hot
tea. This is an innovation to be devuotly
thankful for. Any kind OF coffee is pre-.
ferab!e to the weak, cold. unpalatable
tea sometimes served. Everybody has
{ the faculty for making good coffee.
=. should be ground just before using.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
English Cookery.

In England very little benefit is ex-
tracted from the present long list of
vegetables substances. Bread and DO
tatoes, cabbage. aud in agricultural dis
tricts beans with a little bacon and
cheese, and milk for the children, al
most exhaust the list of food attainable
by the working ::village population.
What is called butchers meat rarely
makes its appearance in the cottage Of
an agricultural laborer, but it is quite
certain that if the humble and whole
some materials at his disposition were
more skillfully treated, he would be
greatly the better, In manufacturing
towns vast quantities of food are de-
stroyed rather than consumed, owing to
the ignorance of the women of the most
elementary. principles of cooking. A
hastily.made fire and a frying pan, a
lump of butter of indefinite size, some
bacon a few eggs of doubtful freshness
compose the culinary preparations of a
family earning between s2 and e3 pc,
wee k.-London News.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
The Arab and His Horse.

The Arabians never beat their horses:
they eve cut their tails; they treat
them gently; they speak to them and
seem to hold a discourse; they use them
as friends: they never attempt to in
crease their speed by the whip, or spur
them, but in cases of great necessity.
They never fix them to a stake in the
fields, but suffer them to pasture at
large around their habitations; and they
come running the moment they hear
their masters voice. In consequence OF
such treatment these animals become
docile and tractable in the highest de-
gree. They resort at night to their tents,
and lie down in the midst ofthe Children,
without ever hurting them in the slight.
est manner. The little boys and girls
are often seen upon the body or neck OF
the mare, while the beasts continue in
offensive and harmless, permitting them
to play without injnry.-From "The
Arab and his Horse"
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

A steamer is to bo built at Buffalo
during the coming spring and summer,
which, it is expected, will do much
toward restoring passenger travel on
the great lakes to the proud position it
held before the day Of railroads. The
new vessel is to be about three hundred
feet i'll length, built of steel, and
designed to attain a speed of eighteen
miles an hour, making it possible to
cover the distance between Buffalo and
Duluth in about three days. AS the
route between these two cities is as
short by water as by land, such a vessel
will have little to fear from railroad
competition during fine weather, and
will NO doubt do much to give the lakes
the popularity among tourists which such
magnificent bodies of water deserve.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Care for Small Concerns.

Care for extremely small concerns
of the household marks the difference
between the truly excellent housekeep.
er and the poor one; and while I have
no patience with.those people who hold
the opinion that the prosperity of the
family depends exclusively upon the
wife's economy, still there is a side OIL
truth in it, and all women would do we'll
to consider it. A good many pence il
not pounds are saved in the course CT a
year if the clotheeline is brought in and
and kept dry, i%nsteadsof being allowed
to remain out in all kinds of weather.
II you have a strip Of board, with a notch
in each end, to wind the rope on, it will
be a convenience. Another careful prac-
tice is to have q basket or bag to keep
the clothes in, and a place for the bas.
ket or bag. Still another is to see tina,
the wall paper is not spoiled by water
being allowed to spatter on it. The light
colored oilcloth made to cover wash.
stands is useful, also, to tack up back OF
the sink and behind the water.tank on
the range
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
The Causes of DeteriOrated Eye
sight.

The causes to which this deterioration
Of eyesight has been attributed are al
legged to be cross-lights from opposite
windows, light shining directly on the
face, insufficient light, small types. and
to the position of the desk, forcing the
scholar to bend over and bring the eyes
too close to the book or writing paper,
etc.
But were all these defects remedied,
the integrity of the eye would not be
restored nor it's deterioration prevented.
The chief causes of the evil would still
remain. These are the colors of the pa
per and ink. White paper and black ink
are running the eyesight OF all reading
nations. The trays of the sum-" says
Lord Bacon, ''are reflected by a white
body, and are absorbed bya black one.'
No one dissents from this opinion; but,
despite these indi atoms Of Nature and
of philosophy, we print u books and
write our letters in direct opposition to
the suggestions of optical science.
When we read a book printed in the
existing mode we do not see the letters,
which, being black or non-re1ective.
The shapes teach the retina, but they
are not received by a spontaneous, di-
rect action of that organ. The white
surface Of the paper is reflected, but the
letters are detected only by a discrim.
NATIVE effort of the optic nerves. This
effort annoys the nerves, and, when
long continued, exhsusts their sus-
c%epubility. The human eye cannot
long sustain the broad glare offs white
surface without injury. The author of
~"sranish Vistas," in Harper's Magazine,
says of Cartagena that ''blind people
seem to be numerous there, a fact which
may be owing to the excessive dazzle
of the sunlight and the absence Of YER
dure." Mr.. Seward, in his tour around
the world, observed that Gin Egypt op.
tbalmia is universal" attrlbuting it to
the same Excessive dazzle'' of the wide
areas of white sand; and the British SOL
diers, in the state campaign in that
country, exhibited symptoms of the
disease. In the Smithsonian report for
1877 it is stated, ina paper on Color
Blindness" that en-. Chevreul has pro-
dueed 1920 distinguishable tints ofthe
elementary colors, from which the pa
per manufacturers could select colors
more agreeable to the eye than the
dazzling white. 80 weakening and lacera-
ting to the nerves Of thatdelicate organ"
Samuel Yorke at Lee, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

There was a rumor in New York last
week that Jay Gould was financially en-
barassed, and afriend hurried to Gould's
office to learn the truth of the story.
Gould took him to q vault in the mer-
camille deposit company and showed
him one package of Western Union
stock to the amount of $27, 00O, 900; certi-
ficates of $40, 600, 900 of Missouri Pacific
stock, and other large packages of good
interest paying securities. These, to-
gether with vast sums on all of the
banks, showed that Gould was not in a
bad financial strait, and is not likely to
come to poverty just yet. Gould pro.
poses to prosecute those who circulated
reports that he was financially embar-
barrassed. He has remained silent
about many scandalous charges but the
last vas too much. 1t upset his equan-
unity.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
RELIGION N o
A Romance Of the Belleville Convent
HOroror.

Hororor.
st. Louis Republican.
Among those who escaped from the
burning Immaculate Conception convent
It Belleville, last Saturday night, was
very pretty young lady, an orphan from
one of the interior villages of Illinois,
who is now lying in one of the wards
If the st. Elizabeth hospital, Bellesville,
recovering from injuries she sustained
in jumping from the third-story window.
Although in moderate circumstances,
ner beauty and amiable disposition
have won for her many ardent admir-
srs and among them several wealthy
young men, who have sued for
her hand. All of those lovers
with the exception of one, the son Of
one of the wealthiest merchants in East
st. Louis, we're unsuccessful in their
suits, and even he, in pressing his claims,
encountered obstacles which for q time
her to the altar. While she was visiting
the friends of the young man in u
ton, he met her and fell madly in love
with her, and she reciprocated. He was
about to propose marriage, when his
father, learning she was a Protestant,
objected to the match, saying that any
son of his who married any other than q
Catholic girl, would be disinherited.
The unhappy lover called on the young
lady and laid all the facts before her.
She said that she had no objections to
becoming q Catholic. One branch of
the Christian church was about as good
thought. The lever lever was aDf happy again an'
1t was decidedd that she should enter
the Catholic conqent at Belleville.
When she informed her guardian that
she had determined to change her fault
and spend the remainder of the year in
the immaculate Conception convent,
that individual, who happened to be an
uncompromising Protestant, refused to
furnish the money necessary for her eX-
pc lses while at the institution. She in
formed her lover OF her predicament
| whereupon he volunteered to pay her
tuition. She objected to this arrange
ment at first, but was finally prevailed
upon to allow the young man to foot her
bills with tho understanding that she
would become his wife Immediately
after she hsd graduated, She &C
cordingly entered the convent abont
three months ago and remained there
up to the time of last Saturday nights
fire. After she had jumped from the
third story Of the burning building q
a young man picked her up aud carried
her to his home i'll BelIeville, where he
watched over her ard did all he could
10 restore her to cons ciousness. She was
subsequently removed to the hospital,
where the young man has since called
on her frequently. 1t is said that he
has fallen desperately in love with her.
The young lady wears upon one d
her fingers an engagement ring, placed
there by her East St. Louis lover. but
her latest victim entertains hopes Of be-
ing able to gain her hand. She still re-
mains faithful to the young man who
placed her in the convent, however, and
for that reason az soon as she RECEIVERS
from her injnries a wedding in high life
is likely to take place in East st. Louis
The friends of her rescuer extend to
him their sympathy.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

There was a time in this country
when it could be said that honest labor
of any kind was not only respectable in
fact, but was regarded and treated as
such by people of every social grade.
in New England went out as hired ''help"
in their neighbors' families without a
thought of degradation, and the same
custom prevailed almost everywhere in
the rural portions of the northern states,
Yankee girls who we're ambitious to
make higher wages than they could
get in the kitchen went to the factories
at Lowell and other places. and many a
:. ortgage on a homestead among the
hills was paid off by the. aid Of the
daughter who worked in the mill.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
A New Requirement in Modern
Farming.
From the American A.griculturist.

from the American Agrlculturlst.
A good farmer always needed skill,
but in the changed conditions o modern
farming a different kind Of skill is need
ed from that required by our fathers
and grandfathers. This is more largely
the case West than East, but true in
both. Formerly it was n1ostly manual
skill in the use of simple implements,
such as the sickle, the scythe and the
common walking pillow. Now the farm
er needs to know how to adjust, run
and care fer machinery. Machines
properly handled call for lit
tie manual expertness to run them. But
to manage the present implements re-
quires a degree of mechanical skill that
a large proportion of our farmers do not
possess. To comprehend the full ex-
tent of this change compare the modern
threshing-machine with the old-fash-
toned fail, or the self-blnding harvester
with the old sickle, or it's successor, the
grain cradle. Every careful observer
must recognize the fact that the
lack Of skill in using and caring for his
machinery is one of the most potent
sources Of loss to the farmer.
We have known one man to use a
mower for ten years without extending
over $50 in repairs-or So annually
while his neighbor, in cutting a smaller
quantity of grass used ur three equally
good machines in the same time. Com.
pare the expenses ofthis one item: First
farmer expended $3.50. plus, say $40 for
interest, or 5000 in ali, for ten years.
This is just $50 per annum-quite an
item, you will say, for moving tools
alone, but still much cheaper than NOW.
ing with the sythe. The other. wore out
three machines-$300, to which add re.
pairs, say same as the other, $50,
and interest on 500 for ten years, $40;
IN 800 (the second machine, for six
years., $40; and on another 800 (the
third machine, for tire years., $2l,
and you have a grand total Of $1,000
$3.50 per annum-an annual expense oil
more than twice as much as the other.
The same calculations concerning the
harvester, the sulky pillow, the hay
rake, and other farm implements, make
an enormous difference in the cost to
the 10 who is unskillful in using and
caring for them. An important inquiry
is, how the present difficulty can be re.
NEEDED.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Senator Wilson's Little Romance
Washington Correspondence New York

washington correspondence New YORK
Sun.
The election of Judge Wilson as Sen.
ator from Maryland is we'll regarded
here. He wa On %inveterate snuff TAX
or many years after the practice had
been tabooed ingood society, but finally
compromised by giving up his snuf-box
and making an arrangement with a de.
serving woman, who kept q shop in
Snow Hill, to get a pinch whenever he
called at the store for it. Mrs. Knox,
who had been IN better circumstances
before she kept the shop, had a pretty
ard refined daughter, who had been ed.
ucated, and was a lady in manner and
department. The mother died. Think.
ing Judge Wilson a staid old widower,
and adapted to looking after a pretty
and friendless girl, she had left her
property in the judges hands, asking
him to look after it. and to be mindful
of her daughter, an orphan.
The Judge settled up tho estate, se-
cured her little patrimony to the daugh-
ter. and finally succumbed to her beauty
and merit, and married her. The match
turned out most happily.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Piles! Piles! Pilesi

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
e cases Of tWe6ty 9 years as sta nai1a ~G %o o eel nsed
snff. five minutes after applying. Villains
Indian Pile ointment. 1t absorbs the tn.
mors, allays the itching (p%articuiarly after
getting warm in bed). Prepared only for
piles and itching for the private parts.
Noyes Bros. & Cutler, st. Paul. Wholesale
AGENTS.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The coffee pot should be thoroughly
scalded, the coffee then put in an egg,
yelk, shells and all, should be mixed
with it, and boiling water Immediately
poured upon it. The coffee should boil
Eve minutes, and then should be taken
from the stove and settled. Many pre-.
fer boiling the milk with the coffee,
but this is not as a general thing a good
plan. for somtimes all of the guests do
not like milk in their coffee.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Two months ego my sttention was called
to the case Of q woman afflicted with q cance
on her shoulder at least S inches in circum.
ference, angry. painful, and giving the pa
tient no rest day or night for six months. 1
obtained a supply of S Wits Specific for her.
She has taken 5 bottles, and the ulcer is en-
naining and her heslth is better than for 5
years past; seems to be perfectly cured. REV.
JESSE ii. CAMPBELL, Columbus, Ga.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

I have been a severe sufferer fro N Catarrh
for the past fifteen years, with distressing
pain over my eyes. Gradually the dsease
worked down upon my lungs. About a
year AMI a half ago I commenced usi ,g
Ely's Cream Balm, with most gratifying re-
suits, and I'M to-day apparently cured. q.
G. WARREN. Rutland. vi.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Shun tho Plague.

Montaigne, .he French philosopher, shun-
ned melancholic and s%our-visaged men as he
would the plague. Aliens Iron Tonic Bit
ters remove ali traces ofmelancholy, nervous
prostration and physical debility. One trial
is sufficient. All enuine bear thu signature
of J, p. Allen, S., Paul, MINI,
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

In five months beginning August 1, s,
600 sacks of onions, making 247 carloads
were shipped from Orange Farm, N. Y
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The editor of the st. Thomas Times ID. T)
says he would not do without DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil; Mrs. MI Fellows, Burr Oak,
Mich, praises it highly for colds; z L.
Meader. Delaware, Iowa, calls it the best
thing in the world fos asthrlatlc bronchi.
Tia.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

YOURS truly,
Stanton, Iowa. REV. G. g. KATTsnoRN.
He Found it Good.
DR.. G D. WARNER:-Dasr Sir got o bot.
tie OF your White Wine OF Tar Syrup and
found it most excellent. II was very pleas.
ant to take, and l was greatly benefited bv its
use. Hautzdale, Pa. Rev. A. HEDGREN.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

that q Simple Cough often terminates in
Consumption? Why not be wise in time and
use Aliens Lung Balsam, which will stop
the disease and prevent the fatal conse.
quences.
For sale by all Medicine Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Browns Bronchial Troches for
Coughs and Colds: II do not see how it is pos
sible for q public man to be himself in win
ter without this admirable aid."-Reo. r. NJ
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Well'sM May Apple (Liver) Pills. 1oc.
"Rouyho OH Toothache, " instant relief. 15c.
The Trough on" Tooth Powder. elegant. l5c
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Are You Aware

Parker expended $1,000 in improve.
mepts during 1888,
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Conhict

Between diseases and health, is often
brief and fatal. 1t is better to be provided
e m,sh eas'g ais sns s'% as oo 5s%sd'e eold ief t &si'
than to run the risk of contracting q fatal
disease through neglect. DIR. VIM. Halls
Balsam is a sure and safe remedy for all dis.
eases OF the lungs and chest. If taken in sea-
son it is certain to cure, and may save you
from that terrible disease, consumption. 1t
has been known and used for many years
in America and it is no exaggeratiou to say
that it is the best remedy in the world tol
coughs, &c. Ask for DIR. VIM. Halls Bal.
sam for the Lungs, and take no other. Sold
by all Druggists.
The Lanesboro, Rochester 4 st. Pau
is the latest railroad project.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

My daughter and myself, great sufferers
from Ca arrh, have been cured by Ely's
Cream BALM. My sense of smell. restored
and health greatly ~improved.-C. NJ. STAN.
LEY, Merchant. Ithaca, N. Y. easy to use.
Price 10 cents.1
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Not a costly medicine, 25 doses Piso's cure
for consumption for 25 cts.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Edward 8. Rowley, 222 Twelfth street, Da-
venport, Iowa, says that "as a remedy for
Catarrh DR.. Thomas Electric Oil stands at
the top" Mr.. Rowley didn't distort the
truth a particle.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The Elk Point creamery shipped 900, 600
pounds of butter last wear.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

1 Will Always Keep i, in My Home.
DR.. WARNER:-Dear Sir-I vas very we'll
satisfied with the medicine you sent me, and
alter using that and a few bottles besides, I
will say that it is IL of the best remedies I
ever tried for Coughs and Colds, and will
therefore recommend it highly. And 1 will
always have your White Wine of Tar Syrup
il Aay hou:e as q faraily mesidiae.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

"Rough on Rats, {" clears out Rats, Mice. 15c.
Mother SWANS Worm Syrup, tasteless. Csc.
"Rough on COUGHS" Troches. 15c; liquid, Soc
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The latest discovery of coal is six miles
from Letcher.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

"Buchu-paiba," Great Kidney and Urinary Cure. 81
'liough on Corns. for Corns, Warts. Bunions. 15c
Wells Health Remover cures dyspepsia, Impotence
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

1; DR.. Thomas Eolectric Oil 'makes pain
hum" That is what Thos. G. Read of SO
East Swan street, Buffalo, N. Y, says. He
suffered from Rheumatism several years,
when the malady yielded to Electric Oil like
frost in q June sun.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

"My worthy friend and neighbor,
Whence comes that smile serene?"
80, l am now thrice happy
I've fund IL. CARRoJJNEn
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Pure Cod-Liver OIL made from selected Hye,s
on the s%ea-shorc, by CAswKI.L. HAZARD IL Co, New
YORK. 1t is absolutely pure aud sweet. Patients who
have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have decided it SUPERIOR to any of tho other oils in
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

A piece of stout rope looped at one end
will cure horse thieves and bank thieves 81
their evil ways. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil is
al equally eficacious agent in the curing of
bruises, burns, bites, scalds, cuts and wounds
Of any sort. Try 1t and see.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Georgia has 1922 convicts, mostly ne
srOes.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil won't cure hams
butit will cure colds and coughs; lift doesn't
the druggist will refund to the purchaser
c%heerfully.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

=, Chapped Hands, Face. Pimples. and rough
Skln cured by using JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made by
CAswELL HAZARD b Co., New York,