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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06

EaIutts III AToVStoOk county, Uc.,
say that when potatoes bring them 81
bushel they pay them 100 per cent.
on the cost Of production.
A number of capitalists have Just
purchased 800 acres of land in Pickens
county, Georgia, for the purpose OF
quarrying marble.
Jim Fisk's private car, which origin
ally cost $4,000 and was named after
the Mansfield, is now used rs wreck.
ing car on the Erie.
A man in Sierra county, Nevada.
scared miner who was down in a
shaft half to death by flashing the suns .
rays upon him with mirror.
The Prussian government finds that
the ownership Of railways is not only
not impossible as a problem. but is
profitable, and it proposes to own more
of them.
Herr Pollini has offered Rubinstein
the sum OF 100000 marks, or about
1925. 900, for tour Of 100 concerts to
be given in America, but the great
pianist has not yet given his decision.
An Augusta, Me-, dog-mother, whose
W
went to another dog-house and abduct.
ed its brightest pup which II has adopt
ed, and holds against all comers.
Mitchell Putnam, 100 years of age,
travelled alone from Texas to South
Carolina to see his former home He
was soldier in the war Of 1872 and in
the Texan struggle.
A London letter describes the Prince
of Wales as looking not so well as
usual and very puffy under the eyes,
but the Princess is as charming as
ever.
One OF the most striking features OF
modern French life is the rapid increase
OF insanity, the number of cases oi
which, and especially those induced by
alcoholism, is becoming larger each
year.
There are 1871, 1865 bee-hives in
France, from which have been taken,
this autumn, 1887, ,2S4 pounds Of hon.
ey and d.G9l.59S pounds of wax, the
total value OF the product amounting
to about $4,000. 900.
The corn crop is not quite bushel
per capita less than that Of last year,
but total Of l, ,577, 600, 900 bushels does
not compare favorably with the great.
est crop in the history of the country
the 1915, 100000 bushels of 1881.
1t has been discovered that the peo-
pie OF Cincinnati eat more veal and
drink more beer per head than the peo-
pie Of any other American city. The
consumption of beer is $26 worth fol
each man, woman and child per year.
Canadians use dynamite to uproot
trees and stumps. A stump that an
old-fashioned farmer would plow and
dig around and mourn over for fifteen
years is easily lifted over into neigh
boris field in five seconds after the
charge is placed under it.
One Of the telegraph trade papers
credits an operator with sharp hit at
the expense Of a certain corporation.
.'fhc Western Union.p he says, ..cant
crowd man OFF the world. They may
run him around the edge for while,
out they cant crowd him off--no, sir.
A dozen cows and lame horse feed
ing in pasture near Gloucester, Mass,
were attacked by Newfoundland dog.
The lameness of the horse left him at
tie mercy OF the dog. The cows hud-
died together and seemed to consult.
They then advanced In a body and
covered the retreat OF the horse. keep
ing their heads lowered and their horns
presented to the dog until it gave up
the pursuit.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06

Said the plumbers apprentice, as the
proud young lady OF the mansion whore
be was at work passed him without
deigning him even so much as a glance,
..All right, my beauty; you can sail BY
me now without q thought or care fur
my breaking heart, but just wait till
the boss sends iii his bill for this job
and you'll mighty soon have to she'd
that scalskin sacane and diainond ear
drops and find plsce ii tho humber
walks of life. Then you'll be glad 10
get rising yonng plumber, but I'll
make you grovel for these sights b.
fore III lei yous VII me. 8 Il
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Caught Mapping.

II love you.' and the great dark eyes look
grayelS into nine:
You are my Ettlp eoifIfori half nv tOys are
linked with thine"
! streEc lie. lo'dcn, sIlsen hair while muir
inurihg my strain,
And beg for but ail answering look; how can
a. she thus refrainl
Il love YOU and take the little form close
into my arms:
THUS Id protect thee ELL thy days. and shield
thee from ife harms"
Yet siilt in silence she acccpts.th he homage
thus shower,
An. royal little parsonage, she's so certain Of
her power.
"What, not n word, nor yet glance? Goquette
you are, that pinin;
And still you give Inc cause 10 know Ely love
you don't distaiD.
The Rol&cn head sinks lower, while the liquid
eyes are hidden, q fNsf - -
Curtaincd meath the silken lashes, yelling
gancts come unbidden.
AT Inst the red lips part, the small white teeth
aesert their s~ny;
MY darling, Relieve you'd bite me did but
give you half yoiIr way. - -. ~ ra
She srarls. All. give me silence: its sweeter.
80 FAR than snappinss \. ;
And J fsist nay skye ont he cushion. Just where
found her mapping. Progress.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Petroleum Glswing Gum.

''Did YOU know that nearly three
quarters of the chSwifig gum that tires
the jaws Of the rising generation in the
United States is now made from petro-
lcum?' said a manufacturing confec-
toner to II .Sitss reporter the ether
day.
The reporter did not know it.
"Oh yes, said the confectioner,
petroleum first knocked the spots Oh
of the whale oil business OF New. En-
gland, ant now it is clipping into lis
spruce and tamaraek gup Industry III
a fearful rate.@ Here 'ssaiitmp of rctro-.
leum we hayciu,s receiTeda as Tie csn-.
fectioner slapped his hand on large
oblong block tliat Tsse'nb.ed Il piece Of
marble. "A few daysago, = SAID he,
.'that came out OF the ground inspenn-
sylyania, q diry. greenish brown fluid,
with smell that could knock an OK
down. Thc oil fciihass took it and put
ii through lot OF chemical processes
that don't know anything about, ard
after taking out large percentage of
kerosene, good silare OF naphtha,
cons devable benzine, q cart load or so
of tar, and number Of other things
Wibli iaiiSS l3E-sNA NbSta LAtS diRtl~ttStN
left us this mass Of nice clean wax
There isn't any taste to it, and no
more smell than there is to a china
plate.
'sWc will take this lump. cut it up.
and melt it in boilers. This piece wiz
weigh 2aO pounds. We add thirty
pounds Of cheap sugar to II, and favor
it with yanilia winter-green, pepper
mint, or any other essential oil. Then
we turn il out on u marble table and
cut it into all sorts of shapes with dies.
After it is wrapped ia oil tissue paper
and packed in boxes il is ready for the
market. YOU can imagine that some
body is chewing gum in this country
when tell you tnnt a lump like this
| one will make 10000 penny cakes, aud
we use one up every week, There are
dozens of manufacturing, using almost
as much OF the Waxssss we dos
II believe this petroleum chewing
gum, if honestly made, is perfectly
harmless, and that is more than can be
said Of some of the gums made from
the juices of trees, especially the inn
ported article.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06


although his heart may be warm. his
words are sometimes cold.
II want you to go to bed, = said Mr..
Mecklamore, the well-known novelist.
to his little girl. Every night when I
sit down TO work YOU persist in snort
ing around. Go to bed, I've got work
to do.
"She can't understand you,' said
Mrs Mecklamore, II don't think that
she is well.
shes always i'll when want to
work. She seems to study the time.
What DO you want to snort that way
forp You are enough to drive man
crazy
Robert, ! don't think the little girl
can help it," the wife replied. ''Shs IL
too young to know anything about the
Importance of your work.
''Well it's time she was learning, y
the author exclaimed, turning with an
angry air. .Other people can work
without interruption. / don't see why
should be imposed on. I'll go down
town. can write there without inter-
ruption," and he gathered up his pa
pers and left the house.
Quietly and without the slightest in
terruption, he worked for several hours.
Occasionally, while his mind was deep
in the moulding of character, he
would see little anxious face, and
hear an exclamation of gladness; but
he waved aside the vision and worked
on. Late at night a boy came with a
note. The message ran:
Il am very uneasy about Dora; /
think she has the diphtheria. "
s.My work is done for tonight, he
mused; and, arranging his papers with
discontented air, he went home. He
found the doctor there The little suf-
ferer smiled at him when he entered.
She tried to say something, but .'papa's
come" was all he could understand.
An unfinished manuscript stared at
him.
lis it very violent attackP' he ask
ed Of the physician.
.'Ycs, very"
The mother sat on the edge Of the
bed. The father. approached. He
couldn't see the lines Of the manuscript
now. The little girl choked, and they
lifted her up. The father put his arm
undor her head. Tho unfinished manu-.
script was dim.
''She has been ailing for several
days" said the mother, ..but we did
not think that there was anything seri-
Gus the matter with her, She has been
50 gay and so full OF froie that we
didn't think anything could nil her.
The sufferer looked at her father and
tried to speak, but, failing, she put her
hand into his and smiled. The uniin-
ished manuscript was dim. With q
struggle she said:
Am bad.n
mo, angel, whispered the father.
.'Do you want me TO 20 TO bed?n
mo, daring The unfinished man.
uscript was fading more and more.
She is past all help,'' the doctor
said.
The mother hid her face in tie win
dow curtain. The father took up his
child in his arms. Sac looked at him
and was dead. The unfinished manu-
script had faded Opie Read, IN 1eras
Siftia9s.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
The Unfinished Manuscr,pt.


Literary men have, somehow, receiv-
ed . kind Of social black eye; that Is.
no one believes tina; they are quite as
good husbands or as good fathers ay
they should be; and FROM the obscrva-
tory of casual view, this is correct.
Few people know TO what extrelnities
literary men are reduced. Few. very
few indeed, know how they court tbs
SO called muse Of inclination. The.
man who handles tho drawing knife or
plane can. if he be i'll physical condition,
do his work creditably; but the literary
man though he may be IN robust health,
and though lie may not have nm ache
or pain, is frequently unable TO do
acceptable work. This is curious
freak which no student of metaphysics
can explain, for the minal Of man, al
though it is constantly becoming clear
er and more capable 81 comprehension.
II still somethiHg wlieh q Newton cMti-
nxk 63affss6 Aafays ~ M xsrx
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
The Elevator Bow,

To be sure. the pilot of an elevator
does not appear To offer much opp0r-
tunlty for .he study of charaeter and
yet there are y variety of types Of elas
vator runners that are quite interesting
to consider.
sIhere Is the. precpcionsr youngsteEj
who generally marriages 10 hang thS
elevator between the fifth and sixth
deors of the family hotel, in order thar
he may enjoy the perusal of dagger
Tooth Dan, the Tearer OF the Tuscaes
, roras, undisturhed. And. when q sias
nai comes from the second Goor he let's
the machine meander unwAlin alys tb
the place, because he has had I'd 6SJ1J
iit the middle of q sentence th.it w9a
describing llaggar Tooth Dan Just o6
the point OF jumping off a precipice 500
. feet high.
Then there is the elevator bot Wli6I
likes to run at q high rate Of speed, and
alWays brihss- tks ~ achine to- q ttansk
8 ss.a wv WA 4 o I; h
who never by any chance stops at the
right floor, or. ii lie does, it is always
two or three feet above or below where
it ought to be.
Another kind of hotel elevator manip-
ulator is the fresh youth who tries to
flirt with the young ladies in the build
ing. He sometimes offers to carry
packages to their rooms or fiat, and in
the meantime leaves the machine to
take care of itself. An individual of
this sort does not usually remain long
In one situation.
u. Yet another species of the Animal is
he who is always surly, and looks upon
every newcomer as an interloper, with
a Who-the-dovll-are- -you-any
wiiat-sto- -you-wantp sort of glare. This
is, the same boy who takes you up to
the fifth floor when You wish to go to
and will swear that you said
that was your destinaion.
Ii is the saine fiend who will slam
the door right in your face as you are
about 10 step into the, elevator and
b,rst int a moe<ing laugh Just as il is
about disappearing from View. If he
feels in Aeghumor TO be especially dis
agreeable he will, when you imagine
he is going down, pick you up and then
turn back and ascend just for the fun
OF the thing.
In large ciifices. where there are
many rooms and Offices, the elevator
boy will sit calmly reading the morn
ing paper and wait until a dozen more
peopl6 Ehan the machine viii hold have
gathered, so that the thing will be
packed sardine fashion.
This young fellow is always willing
to take great risks. He. never dreams
OF closing the Siding door until his
vehicle is almost out of reach of it.
He would think it unproiessonal if he
did otherwise. He feels that he can
afford TO be reckless. Damages for
broken limhs will not have 10 eome cut
OF his pocket.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06

st4fS Sf6 Instantly dcv60fcd. A strong
rat IS killed in less than q minute, and
IN another minute. lis bones arc picked
"A lcopard,{d dog, or deer is soon dis
patched and deyoured, for they kill by
their numbers. They are quite half an
inch long. and one variety is so strong
that it will bite pieces clean out of the
lesh. They possess however, one mer-
itorious quality they mortally hate,
and, whenever the5 can, put to death,
the mischievous white ants which make
such destruction in houses.
In addition to ',p!e and the sand
ants, which bite l. scorpions, leaving
p distressing pais. gehnd them, there
Eare several varieties Of flies which sting
horribly, such as tGp igogonai, small
sgnats, whose bites 60 through the tough
hide OF the negroes. causing terrible
itch; the ibolal. flies or gnats, which
sting as though with needle, and
whistle as they dash at you; the richou
ma, which fill themselves with your
blood before you know they are there.
and then leave an itching that lasts
for hours, varied mt intervals with sud-
den sharp stabs OF pain; the sloway, or
nest-buiiding ilies, not quite SO big as a
bee, which cling to a man even in the
water and assail the natives with such
ferocity that if a canoe, by chance,
touch one of their nests, the men in-
stantly dive overheard. These seem
the most spiteful of all. The SPOTS
where they bite remain very painful for
two or three days after.--Househo3d
Words.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
The Li1na-Kiln Cub.

~ hold heah in my hand, )" said the
President rs the meeting opened in due
form, "a petishun signed by 220 pusson
praying dis club to admit de female
sex to membership. Tze sorry to see
| 'em waste so much time. When de
time arroves dat dis club can't be run
widout de help Of de Older SEX, Para
disc Hall will be deserted ruin.
s'Does l understan' de President to
be opposed to what am called woman's
rights2f asked the Rev. Penstock as he
suddenly bobbod up.
''fou does, sah--you does. Take de
movement rom IT'S fnccpshun twenty
y'ars ago to de present date, and it has
nebber included one true woman. It
has bin a movement mapped out an
followed by q class OF males an females
who have somehow kept el'ar of idiot
asylums, an yet who doan' know 'nuif
to be lunatics. To de wife an mother
de true woman of de tiah-side-I
grant homage and reverence. | class
her second only 10 de angels OF Heaben.
To the female who jmagines dat de
Lawd created her to be sunthin greater
dan a woman, grant de same respects
as to man, an gin her de same chance
to stan up 10 a crowded kyar. ldoan'
want to meet her nor talk to her nor
read TO her. She nm mighty poo wo-
man an' a slim sort Of 4 man"
.Does dc President mean dat it shall
go out to de world dat dis club am pos.
ed to woman 5 rights?" inquired Fem
stock. u
.sYes, sah.'' .
81 should Nike to see vote taken on
lie queshun.'
The roli was called and the vote
stood: For woinan's rights, 12;
against, 1916 E.dcr Pens,ock sat down
with a jar which was heard eighty rods
away, aud the routiLs business was
taken up, -Ue.Y0la Free l',ee;
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06

Aav,pg beer fer nasry tires yssrs Receiver In
SAe U. 3. Land Udea, at VsrnilnA, au,t became
acquainted With the ccat On and qua ity ot ht
Government lands through ui tho Territory Of Ia
tos, hs will lr N t'y answer all letters or eu.
quires relative 10 tho irGnncr q sciGirir9 tiso te
government lands under the jsws II The CBitt6
States. Also will attend promptly to The capee Ia
Sion Of Dec arStory Satea.ea end Home teed hu-
tries upon lands that have b IN gb7rdoEai and
prep re tesiiuoiy for Witnesses IN case OF Gntl
proof on Hcmesseads cols'Hut,d Eonit stead CO.
ties and Pc euip,icn entFiss kiso parties desir
NJ to file rs J., e.smitos Ter isni i,rhsr :ha
Homestead Act can 90 ~ through this ot,.ce With
cut persona, attendance as tie LUcai Land Oflca.
2-Satf
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
GLEANINGS.
The salary Of the mayor Of New York
Is $4,000 q year

The salary Of the mayor Of New York
Is $4,000 year.
The Gar is arming his troops with
American repeating rifles.
Pay your taxes or get into the army
u the law in Madagascar.
A saw-mill in Cape May county. N.
D., is run by wind.
Within eleven days after dog gain
ed access to Kansas corral OF 1900
sheep, over 500 died Of hydrophobia.
Epitaph copied in a French cemetery:
II await my husband. 10th October,
1s20p And below: Here I am! 7th
February, $780,
The Madison county, Wyoming, treas
urer heads his notices with a skull and
cross-bones, sigaifying that death and
taxes are equally certain.
George Murray. Of Baltimore, Is one
hundred and eight yeaEa QG ago; 81 r.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Ths Bond Question.

& Father lie said rs he suddenly
looked up from his book, don't you
own q stone quarry in Wisconsin,"
YES, my son. !"
''Couldn't you issue bonds to the ex-
tent OF $25, 900, 600 ii you wanted top"
s.Ccrtainly.'' e
L s.WoulIn't Drexel, Morgan & Co. ol
some other, big banking firm sell them
on commissionp"
'sThey would if guaranteed expenses
for advertising"
..Then you are as big a man as the
Northern Pacific Railroad, amt youp"
..Of course, !, -...s.
"WeIl, that's what told the boys all
the time, and they said YOU couldn't get
over SO cents on the, dollar for the
bonds.n
Hush, childl elf / could get I25 II
would be q rich thing for the quarry aud
4 lean bone for investors. ''--W Wall Street
4NetcS.s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
!, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1884.
Afric,ss,ln,. Ants,

kmeng the luxaries Of travel in West.
IkAfraca armies of ants and venom
ilies may be safely reckcned on.
eodles, mosquitoes, and serpents are
"A commonplace matters in compare
i that it ID not worth while 10 dwell
ho bhshikenai ants must be terri
elague. They travel, we are told,
and day, in armies miles long.
elepha1lt and gorilla fiy before
As theablack man runs for his life
pon as the ants are seen. 1t is re-
~ by q traveller that as lie was going
bi1c Of the mouths Of the Zambeze
eAw q whole village suddenly desert
the inhabitants, who lied with all
cohld carry OF, proceeding which.
R4Ee was no foe in sight, rather
him, till he found they were
pin the ants. When these ants
at they clear it Of every living
+ faV minutes. Huge oock-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-18
The ssEmpirc 'Territerv..,

DAKoTaNs IN TOWN ASKING Fol: A DIVISION
Col p. Donan Judge w. w. Bro0kingS and Hon.
Bartlett Tripp, OF Dakota, addressed the House
committee territories last week on the necessity
OF dividing that territory. From their arguments
it is learned that the territory has 1ia10o square
miles, equal in area 20 ali New England, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mar, land and a
third OF PENNSYLVANIA combined. or 3a.asl square
miles larger than the entire area OF the Kingdom
OF Great Britain. When divided ;he 18th
parallel the south portion would have go SOU ara
miles and the north s2,000 each portion being
large enough TO make two states Ike Indiana
and have several Thousand square miles 10 spare.
The population IN 1879 was l2a.l.6. Froia the
opening of the irSt land Office in the territory p
TO June, 1850, the whole number OF Prescriptions
and Homestead claims illed were only ii,lea wEi!e
the number up to December 30 1SS;. were 1854.
which, allowing the same number 10 each
as existed In 1881, would make the pres
ent population 4i6.t1. which was claimed
to be 5000 less than the real population as in the
last three years there had been large. growth or
city population. was indicated by The fact That
there are thirtythree presidential post Offices in
the Territory, which require population of 2an
and upwards TO support snch Offices; also, in the
last three years ma,y thousand persons ha We set
tied on Northern Pacific lands that are not taken
into this account. The Territory has s65 post
Offices. some thirty national bankS. paying more
internal revenue on banks and banking than each
OF six states for the year 1sS3 No less than
acres OF the public domain taken up I'm the
year ending June 30. 1882 all 10y actual settlers,
SURPRISING in area the entire extent OF each oi
eight states The general government received
from the Territory In the last fiscal year from lands
and internal revenue. Si,s56 OSs5k The south halr
alone has 1.4t9 miles OF railways constructed with
out dollars aid from the general government,
more than each OF seventeen states had in 1880
The north hah has l,019 miles Of railway.
With the present rate or immigration the Terri
tory Will have population or GOuGD before the
next session OF this Congress. In Dakota Il single
judge was doing, or trying to do, tba business OF
more people than We're In four OF the Territories COM
bined In 1890.
The Dakota delegation claimed that It was an
absolute necessity 10 divide the Territory, IL had
too large population for territorial organiza-
uOn.
Judge Brook1ngs read to the committee the reso-
utiOns OF both political parties al their last
ventlOnS In 1852, asking division on the 46tI para
lei
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-18

acy hods the balance OF power fourteen northern
ana In ali the southern states In the thirty-elght
states there are 1,s.i.9i7 illiterate voters One
Noter l IlVe cannot write his name. The flliterae
aiapama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, North
aroma, ana Virginia one in two, while Missouri
Win one In nine. presents the best record
HOUSE APPOINTMENTS
j. c. Thompson was to-day transferred from the
House folding room and made superintendent OF
the document room, and John Wintersmith was
made superintendent OF the folding room, vice
Thompson.
INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS
The House committee on public buildings and
grounds to-day agreed upon a resolution calling
upon the Secretary OF the Treasury for the papers
in relation to the invest iCation in the supery isne
architects office of the Treasury