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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
Il Could be Done.

He called meeting OF indignant citi-
Gems, in town in Illinois. to petition
congress to prohibit the landing OF any
more French goods in this country nn-
til the American hog was recognized IN
France, when citizen arose aad saids
..Gentlemen, what would We do With
out French winesP Let Us pause 1 lit
tie.
This seemed to be q wet blanket on
the meeting. and after . long pause
another citizen got mp and observed: {
Gentlemen, the foundation OF this
movement II patriotism. Parties are
supposed to be williAg TO suffer more
or less for tho sake Of principle. In
this case, however. there will 30 No
sufferiag. II the goYernment Will N
clude Frsnch wines h the prohibition,
I'll guarantee TO put an addition on ny
saw-mill and be turninG ont ths genu-
Inc brsnds inside 81 ninety daysp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
Some Quaint Epitapha

The oldest stone in this place Is that
OF Joseph Merriam, who died in 1877.
This was forty-two years after the
settlement of Concord. The epitaphs
are much more personal than like in
scriptions nowadays. Some are biog-
raphics on n small scale. James
Minot, who died in 1855, doctor, who
also preached, and was justice of the
peace, is described on his stone as IAN
excellent grammarian, enriched with
ye gift Of PRAYER and preaching, q
commanding officer. a physician Of
great value. a great lover Of peace as
well as OF justice, and, which was his
greatest glory, a gentleman OF distin-
guished virtue and goodness, happy in
virtuous posterity. and living relig-
iously. died comfortably" One per-
SON is described as of ..Serious piety
aud abounding charity" and Of .
child aged IL, it was said that ..She
yes sssy 7. sss.llses So El SlRG ssa 4
woman, modestly: ..Hcr exemplary
life was better known to her friends
than can be described on this monu-
ment" Those were days when the
family circle was not small handful,
and when man, to bo old, must live
more than sixty years. Of deacon,
father of Col. John Buttrick, COM
mander in the battle at Concord bridge,
it is recorded on his stone, that he was
followed to his grave by lis aged
widow and thirteen we'll instructed
children" An old gentleman dying at
the age of 81 ''was considered by sur
vivors as coming to We grave in 4 full
age. as q shock of corn cometh in. in
his season." There was disposition
shown in other days to remind the wis.,
itors to the graveyard of what was in
cvitably before them. Tho reminders
were very plain and direct:
Death is a debt to nature due,
Which ] have paid and SO muetyo
This also appears:
Behold ye youth, as We pass by.
As We arc now, so once was i;
AS am now, you soon must be;
Prepare Tor dcalh aud follow me.
This appears several times, somewhat
varied:
Retire. my friends, dry up your tears,
Here must lie ill Christ appears.
A child of 6, dying in 1901, is made
to say. not very elegantly, but touch
ingly:
Ny daddy and my nanny, dears, dry up
your tears,
Hear l must ly Till Christ appears.
-Frdnk Leslie's Sursdgy Aagasine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
Nsypa Clarke Gaines.

Myra Clarke Gaines. the widow OF
the late Gen. Gaines. has for the past
tiftv years been trying, through the
courts, to prove her right to property
which actually belongs 10 her, and
dbout which tho Supreme Court of the
United States has decided in her favor,
but now comes some techn cal faW
about bonds. The little woman has
seen Is years, but has the appearance
of being only so, with her fair complex
ion, bright black ewes, that never look
through glasses TO decipher tho finest
print or to use her p.a, which she Is
doing. and the rrSult will Ge her auto
biography, which cannot help but be an
interesting work. With al her trouble
and opposition, she does not show any
vindic,iveness or bitterness, is amiabie,
generous, and n true friend TO The poor.
! While relating to us the experiences of
her trial, she would vibrate about the
room. gesticulating IN an amusing
| manner. She avows that she can out
talk, ouilaugh. oatwalk any woman
| under the sun, and boasts of having
| monopolized the conversation when
| Nine LeVeit was of the company,
much TO the chagrn OF that renowned
| foreigner.
! When the question of the illegili-
macy of Mrs. Gaines birth was intro
duccd in court. she pleaded her own
| case in the presence of more than u
thousand people, which plea brought
/ every member of the jury to her side.
She says God never repented having
made woman, but he saw that man was
decided failure, and was sorry that
he had created him. She is always a
woman's champion, believing in hel
rights, which she says must come, and
ahe rights OF franchise, on which sub
lect she has talked i'll public to thou
sands OF attentive listeners. "If,
said she, II had been man should
have adopted the medical profession
because for it inherit both taste anC
talent" She restored her daughter t.
perfect health after the physicians hat
pronounced her beyond cure.
Mrs. Gaines father, Daniel Clarke
was native of New Orleans, and il
that city he is buried. In her earl.
maidenhood she became the wife 0
William Wallace Whitney, Of New
York, but in few years was widowed
She says: 'aJen. Gaines was create
than Clay. Calhoun, or Webster. an,
his last words 10 me were: ''loal
cause is just and you must succeed.
Although her father WAS born j
Louisiana and her husband in Virgins
she has never known any North Q
South, bal has idolized her Who'll
country. Her first benevolent wor
, will be to build widows home, tn
next an orphan asylum. if the greed
lawyers do not ..gobble up all she 81
cures. The charges in the case thu
!. far for fees, stenographers, writs, an
counsel fees have already been owe
5000, 200. The printed record will COS
$4,000. 1t is hoped that the moneyc
woman will soon secure her rights. !:
she has been living on borrowed capit'
since 1870, part of the time supportin
: thirteen persons. Mobile Cor. Chtcas
y Inter Ocean,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
THE Lilly Girl"

Home through the rivers rccky fringe,
She saunrers, slow
u on her smiling lips tinge
Df rose--a glow
OF rapture on the tender cheek,
Eyes that, upliftcd. would be sure to speak
OF the unsullici stui within her breast;
A slender figure, simply dressed
In russet gown II 'kCrchicf, tied
In careless fashion round her shapely neck,
And, at her side,
A sioycd hani rrnspiDg lilies. TO bedeck
Her when. in Fl my, spnticss white.
Evening shall Il Il her 10 water-sprltc
Transformed. Undine's very self
When Love cuprici0us off
Had her fair fern invested with soul,
Which, we are told, OF beauty is the whole
Expression faircr could not be, ran she
LII her unconscious grace and sweet SIM
pl.eiy,
An artist. pas ssing-nS in thought
Sues pause | a momcnt--truthiutv caught
And prisoned on his caD.as, :" i,h most grace
fui trush,
Th!s honuv maiden i'll the early flush
or womanhood: upon her head
Has set the scft-plumcd hat OF dusky pcd,
B 'n"atn tfs an mas put a~GI the ralc
Luyuriance OF her dark brown hair
In wavy bands Il as made her very fair
10 iCok upoa'--ja-t rs she dcubticss is,
Whether she be ideal or II pcnninc Miss.
Sarah Louise Norris.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

&.
Ex-Secreary koDeson told the lol-
lowing story the other day about
nale stone which he wears in his watch
chain: ..lt was worn by my grand
father long before was born, and one
day whilo surveying in the woods ON
the old property around Oxiord no
lost L. Forty years Afterwards my
father, then . young man, was ap-
pointed the administrator OF the Jacop
kale estate in Warren county. n. y.
Among tho assets lie found this stone;
he recognized il, and upon invcstiga-
zion found that ten years previously u
had been found BY Mr.. kale ia the
xoods where my grandfather had lost
HI II had lain there for thirty years.
& isn't worth much. but It would taks
4 GOOD deal ~ money 70 buy Il.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
A Bclled Buzzard.

The belled buzzard. whose flight over
Western counties of Georgia has arous-
ed SO much supcrstitio1s fear among
ignorant whites and blacks, passed over
a field near Taylorvilie, Ga, recently
where four men We're blowing. One OF
them, negro, quit work at once and
said the bird was a warning to the peo-
pie of another cyclone, in Which nun
drcds of people would be killed. The
story Of this celebrated bird is an in
tcresting one. Nearly two years ago
il was pet in the farm yard Of farm
cr named Freeman, in Pauiding county.
One of The children one day attached o
sheep bell to the birds foot, and the
tinkiinr sound SO scared it that it inn
mediateiy flew away. The first night
out it aIighted on the roof of negro
cabin in Heard county. One of the in
mates went out to ascertain the cause
OF the beil-ringing. and immediately
the buzzard rose from its perch and
flew away. The night was clear and
cold. and as the inmates rushed out
and beheld the great black object, and
heard the tinkling of the bell hundreds
| OF feet up in the air, great fear seized
/ them, and they all took TO their knees
! under the impression HAT the end ol
the world was approaching. Ever since
the bird has pursued its migrationl
through the state, arousing the fear.
Of tho superstitious, who regarded its
| visits rs an omen OF evil. The negroes
and many whites, too, along the tracl
OF the late storm insist that they heard
the fateful bell about an hour befor'
the terrible wrath Of wind had com
upon them. In 1917 y buzzard wal
similarly belled in Putnam county, ant
up until 1850, when its presence wa
last reported in Green county. ne wa
vouchcd for as having visited points =
far as West Meridian, Miss, and il
several northern counties OF Tennes
see.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

Not long ago a bachelor farmer in
ARIZONA advertised in San Francisco
paper for wife. One of the replies
that rIcascd him said that the writer
was employed in large dry goods
store. Fastening to Frisco. he called
ut the store. presented the letter and
was accepted. Ten days later the pair
we're united and left for their little
home in Arizona. The next week tho
farmer took his wife down to Almcda
to visit his brother. when, to the
amusement OF all. it was found that
his brothers. wife and his were sisters
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
The Women Who Buy Shoes.

An old shoe clerk says: "a woman
buying shoes will not be reasoned with.
Americans, like the French. have al
ways had reputation for short feet
not small feet mind you, but short
feet, with full ankle, broad toes, and
arching instep. Naturally enough they
have been DESTROYS of maintaining this
reputation, and they still cling to the
belief that small shoes make small feet
smaller. Whether the shoes are for
herself, her grown daughter, any of
their children, or even the babe in
arms, she insists that they must fit in
length and width. The result is, her
own feet are deformed with bunions,
protruding joints and such swelling
from distorted toes and improving
nails as make her existence-in walk
ing boot-a perfect penance. Poor
baby, who grows and crows by the day,
has shoe the exact length of his little
foot. But the foot not only works down
but grows down also; there is no room
for the frightening toes, so the joints
are pushed up and there is lateral
expansion instead of pushing down.
The consequences is the foot becomes
broad, the toes are cramped, the heel
Hattened, ankle thickened, and the nat
ural beauty of that organ lost. This
is all the fault of the mother, who will
not buy the child's shoe long enough"
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
BouillOn.


Titus Munson Coan writes to Harper's
Weekly that in his opinion Americans
do not make enough use Of liquids, and
especially Of soups, In their diet We
live in a dry atmosphere, we have a
whitening summer climate, and, except
torthe iced water that we consume
during the hot weather, we who es-
pecially need liquid foods use less of
them than any other people in Christen-
ION. Soups are used freely In many
parts of Europe. The Germans are
drinkers of beer, the English of beer
and tea, the French Of wine and choco-
late; but the American has no national
beverage except during the dog-days,
and then he does not pour down
enough iced water to last the year
round. Whisky, the National stimu-
liant, cannot be called true beverage;
certainly it cannot be imbibed at the
rate of eighty ounces per day. What,
then, Is lacking in the diet of COM
munity which stands in special need
Of more generous liquid dietP One
thing is needed especially, and that
thing is soup. Except in the cities,
Americans eat very little soup. A
good bouillon, or pot au feu, the most
economical and appetizing Of foods, is
what we should use far more than we
do. at is the outcome" says DIR.
Radcliffe, "of ages of experience in
people who have had o special genius
for cookery. The animal and vegeta-
BILE ingredients are so blended that the
flavor of no one article is predominant.
The bouillon contains all, or almost
all, of the soluble portions Of those in
gradients which are necessary for It's
sue-forming or plastic purposes and for
force production" A good pot au feu
with bread is an excellent and sufficient
meal, provided always that the pot au
feu is made from q good piece of meat.
A good bouillon may indeed be made
from tough piece, but what remains
behind will be innutritious and indi-
gestible, its virtues having gone into
the soup. have remarked in French
families that the housekeopers provid-
ed good meat for the pot au feu, and,
though they boil it two or three hours,
they take care not to extract its vir-
tues entirely by too much boiling, so
that the bouilli, or soup-meat, is good
and palatable when served with a
sauce. .. D2Hu % ih.'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05

There are sixty Catholic churches In
Montreal.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05

1.-THE 3:45 a. m. express has PULLMAN
SOEEPING CAR from Cairo to Cincinnati, with.
out changes, and through sleepers to st. Louis
and Chicago,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
Healthfulness of Natural Gas.

Some of the papers persist in speak,
ing of natural gas as being poisonous,
and that the wasting of it in the atmos-
phere vitiates the air we breathe. Its
gravity is only half that of the air, and
consequently it must ascend with great
velocity to higher strata--where, even
If 1t were poisonous, it would do no
harm. The mistake originates, Think,
in confounding it with 'choke-damp,"
or carbonic acid gas. sometimes found
in the bottom Of wells or illy-ventilated
coal pits. where it hugs the floor close
ly. being heavier than air. Such gas
produces asphyxia in the course Of a
few minutes. Natural gas is the Sire
damp" of mines which floats over the
miners heads and can be inhaled with
comparative impunity. 1t is composed
OF rs per cent. hydrogen gas, mixed
with various proportions of olifine va
pors, differing, of course. in different
localities. In but a few instances is
carbonic oxide, which is deadly poison,
found in it, and so far only in almost
inappreciable volume-less than per
cent. --Pittsburg Dispatch
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
Glass as a Substitute For Iron.

That glass could be made to take the
place of iron and other materials for
certain mechanical purposes has lately
been exemplified in the manufacture OF
glass pulleys for cable railways. The
advantages of glass pulleys are obvi-
Gus. In cable railways, such as are in
use over the Brooklyn suspension
bridge and in the streets Of some of the
cities, the operation of the cables over
metal pulleys have resulted in serious
damage to them from the friction with
the pulleys. When the pulleys are of
metal the friction is q maximum one,
but no other substance hitherto could
be found sufficiently strong and tena-
cious to take its place. Glass pulleys
will reduce the friction to minimum,
and they will last for an indefinite
time. Mr.. j. j. Harding, of Chicago
has o number of different sized pulleys
made for experiment. They are about
thirteen inches in diameter and about
two and half or three in width, with
a groove in the center Of the rim to re-
ceive the cable However, only the
ring or tire is Of glass, the interior
part being composed of iron made in
the form Of spider, which fully sup
ports the glass exterior. In this spi-
der is hole for the reception Of the
axle upon which they run. The thick
ness Of the glass from the surface OF
the rim to the iron part Of the spider is
only about three-quarters Of an inch,
but the glass Is made extra tough and
strong, and the pulleys have proved
capable Of successfully resisting any
pressure brought to bear upon them
Philadelphia Press.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05

get more than that. It IS q trade which
would not flourish very we'll In small
towns, as the village blacksmith con-
meets 1t with his own.
Carpenters bind their apprentices for
three years, and pay from 81 to $S per
week, without board, the first year. A
stout boy can be made useful from the
outset. The wages Of common car
penter run from $3.50 to ~ per day.
A carpenter and joiner being work.
man who can make doors. do fine 'in-
side work, etc.-gets from 81 10 81. so
per day, There Is considerable time
lost in the trade, and it is lucky man
who averages his 81 per day the year
through.
we Will next week pick up some of
the other trades and see what chances
are offered you.-M Quad.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
Still There.

Yon In the hammock; and !, near by,
Was trying 20 read, and 10 swing you, TOO
And the green OF the swnrd was SO kind r
y the eye,
( And the shade of the naples so cool and
blue
That often looked from the book TO you
To say us much, with sigh
You in the hammock, Tho book we'd
brought
From the parlpr-to rend In the open air
Something of love and of Launcelot H.t
And Guinevere, believe, was there
But the afternoon IL was still more fair
Than the poem was, thought.
You In the hammock; and on and on
droned and droned through the rhythmic
stuff,
But always with a half OF my vision gone
Az Over tue top OF the page--enough
~ To cuessinRly gaze at you, swathed In the
fluf
OF your hair and your odorous "lnwn."
You IN the hammock that was year
Fully HyeTr ngo, guess
And what do we care for their Guinevere
And her Launcclot and their lordlinossl-
You In the hammock stll, and-yos--
kiss me again, my dcarl
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05
The Cigarette.

1t is said that the cigarette is COM
paratively new in its popularity, and
that prior to 1876, the centennial year.
1t was very little affected by the Amer
lean smoker. Since then Its consump-
ton has increased wonderfully. In
1876 tho number of cigarettes manu-
featured in the United States were
So, 600, 000-an increase Of 800 per cent
over the amount manufactured in any
previous year. Last year the number
manufactured exceeded 750, 600, QUO.
Of this number 10000, 900 were ex-
ported, and the remainder consumed
In this country. The revenue derived
by the government from this source
was vi, 250, 600. Richmond State.
49,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05

One Of the busiest men in St. Joseph,
Mo-, is Richard A Proctor the astrono-
mer. He makes it practice to arise
early with his boys, and take morn.
ing walk of five or six miles over the
hills. This he repeats in the cool of
the evening The balance Of the day
he writes necessarily, and besides fur
nishing the editorials for his London
paper, Knowledge, he writes for two
New York papers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05


fine gun-maker. He can turn out any
sort OF pattern wanted. He can mend
clock, put in an electric bell repair
anything in wood or iron, sharpen raz-
ors, lille saws, cut screws and bolts and
nuts, run an engine, and, in fact, never
turns job of any sort away. He knows
the science of steam, calculates friction
to nicely, and can tell you the varia-
tions OF rifle ball to q hair. He is in
deed mechanical genius, but when /
asked him the other day how much
wages he could pay journeyman as
handy as himself he replied: mot
over $3.50 per day at the best" An
apprentice would receive about So per
week, without board, the first year.
I A wagon-maker's apprentice serves
three years, and would get only his
board for the first year. The wages of
the best workmen are not above $1.75
per day, and most of them get only
$L50. So many vehicles are turned
out by state prisons and great wagon
works like the Studebakers' that the
trade is poor one for any boy to pick
up. qg
A city blacksmith has nothing to do
with horse-shoeing. He irons new ve-
hicles and repairs old ones. An ap-
prentice would get from 81 to So per
week the first year, and probably 81
day for the third. The wages of a jour-
noyman will average $12 per week.
Horse-shoers take an apprentice for
three years, but boy would get moth
ing beyond his board for the first
When he Is a finished workman he is
! certain Of his IS per day, and some
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-05

Near Quijota, A. T., while prospect.
ors were examining the ledge, they
pried out sheet of native copper one
foot In length by four inches In breadth
and one inch in thickness. pp
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-01-23
Origin Of u Peculiar Name.

The origin Of Deadwool is moi
generally known, yet it none the
less illustrates the waggery of I'm.
dertakers. A certain man lost hi.
wife and ordered a first class fune
raj. Everything went of in the
best Of style until the coffin was
lowered into thu grave, when ow,
ing to the smallness of the hole OF
aMkwardness VI the attendants d
piece Of the coffin was Clipped of
A friend picked i, up and handed
it to the afflicted husband asa rel
cof his wife. Months elapsed be
fore the bill was presented, for II
was .,frSt.class if the funeral wa,
not. Not being paid the underta
ker sued. The defendant produced
the piece of the coffin, cxclaiming
"I've the dead wood on you. LII
not rosewood as yOu have charged
me, but pine" Hence the wore
from which the celebrated city il
The Black Hills is named.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-01-23
Continued from las @th)
How Watch Cases are Made.

Tho many great improvements intro.
ducCl in tile manufacture of the Jas. Boss
Gold Watch Case, have lcl to similar i'm.
prOyements in the making Of silver cases.
Under tile old methods, each part of a
silver case was made Of several pieces Of
metal soldcrcl together requiring great
amount Of cutting mud soldering, Which
sOnCnetl the metal and gaycitthc pliability
Of lead rather than the elasticity Of silver.
Under the improved methods, each part
Oftlle keystone Silver Witch Case is nude
ofonC solil piece Of metal hammered into
shape. The advantages arc rcalilyaprar.
cnt for every one knows that hammurins
harlonsthc metal while soldering soNcnsit.
To test the superiority Of tho keystone
Silver Watch Ease, take ono Of 8 OF. weight
press II slnarely in tho confer when closed,
and it will not give, while Casc Of same
weight Orany other makowill give enough
tobrcak the cryotil. ThoEeystonc Silver
Watch Case Is made only with silver cap
and gold Joints.
t'sa1 Wpl 'i'ap IL Kfyl7ss NaiSh Ca, Ts'is,l,, rAi
edThl, H., ~ ttuttAr ;u'tiltA las A't ,ssuibs h.s
sAns' hu'' alA k'y'iSp' WE'h tssn an naiO,
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