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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

The chancellor's wife, a tall, aristo-
cratic-looking woman with decided but
pleasing features, and in elegant though
simple toilet, received each guest as he
arrived with gracious affability. Stand
ing close beside the open portieres, past
which the eye glanced into the family
living room, she was q true type of the
position she holds both in home and
public life. A noble wife and mother,
she has faithfully stood by her hus-
bands side from the very commence
ment Of his political career. A Chicago
paper declares that Bismarck's wife is
her husbands private secretary. How
far this statement is true we do not pre-
tend to say, bnt an old friend Of the
family has repeatedly told us that dur
ing the saddest time that Germany has
witnessed for the last fifty years, when
Bismarck, disheartened and dispirited,
retired to the small property Of Schon-
hansen, there to vegetate as a small
Prussian landowner, while brooding
moodily over all his grand political
schemes, his wife never for a moment
lost heart, but was able to inspire her
husband with ever-fresh courage and
hope. A number of old friends and ac-
quaintances quickly surrounded the no.
Bile hostess, while the remainder
Of She guests streamed on to-
ward the billiard-room to the right, the
windows of which look out on the
street. In front of one OF the sofas lies
q handsome bearskin, the animal was
slain by Bismarck's own hand; and on a
bracket stands the magnificent vase,
with the Kings portrait and a view oil
his castle, which King William pre-
ssnted to the prince after the wars OF
1866. The crowd and the heat increased
every moment. The prince, We we're
told, was in the big saloon. Hurryinr
thither, we saw our noble host standing
Just inside the door, in animated con
verse with some earlier arrivals, vet
notwithstanding, quite ready to greet
every new conner. sometimes ever
stretching out both hands to right and
left with hearty welcome. How wei
and bright he looked! That was al
ways the first thing that struck one or
seeing this man. His face. from his
long country sojourn at yarzin, has re-
gained IT. healthy ~coloring. the eyes rrs
a. laRasF % dcsply shadowsd BY tht
EtEA. TWEFT y 100
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

On the LIST inst. an engineer employed in
a Wisconsin sawmill announced to his boss
that the time had CONE for him to strike.
Everybody else was striking, and he could
not be left out in the cold.
DO you want more pay?" asked the boss.
mo; the pay is all right"
WAN shorter hours?"
mo; the hours are all right"
"Then. what do you want?"
Il want to 60 fishing this afternoon with
out having my pay locked. I'll be on hand
again in the morning"
He was told to go, and the strike" was
amicably adjusted on that basis.-W Wall
Street Ners.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

o~verhanging brows or the furrowed
forehead Of last year, his hair is OF that
ligh. saxon hue which defies both time
and impertinent curiosity, and the fig
ure is as firm and upright as the young
est man there present. On this oven
ing he also wore his favorite and most
comfortable dress-that is, uniform,
but not in strict accordance with regu-
ation.-Chdmbers' Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
Marriage in France.

Marriage in France must be made
less difficult and less costly. The COM
pick formalities of wedlock are safe
guards for poor and rich alike, but they
are really a barrier for poor people. 1t
seems simple to furnish the required
papers, but it il an impossibility for
those who have but a vague idea of
their families and antecedents. Some
do not even know who their parents
were, or have lost all trace Of them.
In order to marry they must produce
the written consent of their parents or
prove their death. Then comes the
question If money. OF course the
mayor il not paid. and the priest will
marry gratis all those who wish no
elaborate ceremony, but before the
ceremony come the expenses.
The candidates for matrimony must
pay the copy Of the birth certificate, or
. paper Of recognition, vouched for by
seven. witnesses. They must pay for
legalizing the consent Of the parents or
for q certificate of death. II orphans,
they must pay for legal advice. The
Judgment rendered, in case OF a dispen-
sation asked, for the marriage of rela-
tives must also he paid. Legal publ
cations Of marriage also have their
tariff. The total is always too great .
sum for the poor to spend, and conse-
quently they do without marriage.
This sad fact has impressed . prominent
French lawyer tdsuch an extent that
he has founded a charitable society
called st. Francois Regis, whose mis-
sion is to facilitate the marriages Of the
poor. The society is composed almost
entirely ii magistrates and pays atten-
ton only to those who say; 1--WE wish
to marry we have neither time nor
monay look mp our papers, and pay
for them" The Office Of this society is
in the Latin quarter, and its managers
devote themselves to researches, and
the leyelling Of all difficulties. All
~nationalities, all religions, are welcome.
The papers are found, the expenses
paid, and when all il in order, the can
didates for matrimony receive their
doeuments, q piece Of gold, the we'd
ding ring, blessed, . little advice, and q
wish for prosperity. The society is
positive that it has been the cause of
10000 marriages among the poor Of
Paris.-Paris letter I'M Chicago Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

The receipt is simple. You have only to take
4 violent cold, and neglect it. Abernethy, tho
great English surgeon, asked a lady who told
him she only had a cough: What would you
havee The ~plague?" Beware of 'only coughs"
The worst cases can, however, be cured by DIR.
WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS. In
whooplns Cough and Group it Immediately
allays irritation, and is sure to prevent q fatal
Termination OF the disease. Sold by druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
!, your J.urps ara Destroycd

do not expect that Dr.. Pierce's Golden Msdic1!
n;scoverya will make new ones for you. 1t
can do much. but not impossibilities, II, how
ever. Won have not yet reached the last stages
Of consumption, there is hope for you; Put 40
not delay, lest you should cross we laaal h hae
arrested The aggravating cough Of thousands
Of consnmptives, cured their n~ight-sweats and
hectic feyers, and restored them to health and
happiness.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
continued.
"Pow'ful mizzable.'
RfSDect for Religion.

Rev. Joshua Perkins-"Mr. Jones, I I'M
derstand you were shot last night during
the riot on the street. A p~ro>idential es-
cape, wasn't it? Something in your breast
pocket"
Jones-"Yes. 1t turned the ball. / had
in my right-hand pocket n Testament, and
in"
1T is just wonderful, But for carrying
that Testament"
And in the left-hand pocket a pack of
cards. just over my heart. The ball lodged
in the middle of the pack"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
Experentia Docct.

Husband-Do you think that our
laughter Clara ought to marry for
money alone?
Wife-Certainly.
Husband-But You married for love,
lear.
Wife-I know I did, and that il the
reason why / think Clara ought to
marry for money.-Drake's TrGUelers'
Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
YnuOrtamt.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, expressage, and % carriage hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted up at q cost Of one million
dollars, 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
best Horse cars, stages. and elevated rail
road to all depots. Families can live better for
less money ut the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other first-class hotel in the city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
She Don't Know Their Value.

lie Digs, here's mn item / wish you
would read TO our landlady," remarked De
Wigs.
what is it about?:"
About a man in Mississippi who sold a
petrified chicken for S20."
what do you want that read to her for?"
"Wby, don't you see, if she finds out she
can get $40 apiece for petritied chickens,
she won't serve any more up for dinner
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
REn-AItGS. FLIES

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, water-bugs.
moths, rats, mice, sparrows, jack rabbits,
gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by Rough ON
Rats lie
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
HEART PAINS.

Palpitation, Dropsieal Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Ague, Liver and Kid
ney Complaint, Sleeplessness cured by wells
Health Rrnewer." Elegant Tonic for Adults or
f1jllrcp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

have had a very large trade on Athio,
phoros, and as a rule it has given the
best Of salts action in cases of rhcumat SIN
and neuralgia. O. f. Given. druggist.
Stuart, la. Only a fair trial is needed to
show that it does all that is claimed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
THIN PEOPLE,

wells Health Remover restores health and
yigor, cures Dyspepsia, Malaria, Impotence,
Nervous Debility, Consumption, Wasting Dis
eases, Decline. 1t has cured thousands, will
rura Won
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

A leading citizen of Hagerstown, Nd.
Mr.. George W. Harris, had suffered for
some time with facial neuralgia and tooth
ache, when he tried st. jacobs Oil. He
says. 1T gave me instantaneous relief,
and | consider it q wonderful remedv.'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
Giving AWAY the Preacher.

A distinguished Boston divine preached a
few Sundays ago for a cousin, who is a
pastor of a church forty miles out in the
country. His relative was somewhat fur
ried by the presence of the city minister,
and in the opening prayer with which he
prefaced the others sermon he prayed:
Help thy servant who is to speak to us
to-day. Without t~hee-help him-for.
He stopped, tried to collect himself, and
finished-"for, o Lord, he can't do much,
anyway!"-Bostop Record.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

The only American statesmen whose
m are familiar to the majority Of Eng
lish people are Washington, Lincoln, Gar
field and Grant. Very few, comparatively,
know who Gen. Lee q and, speaking
generally, American history is never read.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

"A CLERK in Salem. Mass, bought two
dollar tickets in the Lynn Grand Army lot
terry the other day, and gave one Of them to
4 friend in payment of q dollar he owed
him. This ticket drew a $1,000 United
States bond.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT-Seymour and
Blair, Grant and Colfax; 1S72-Greeley and
Brown. Grant and Wilson, no one of whom
is now living.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

A KANSAS man who went to Washington
last fall, and, with endorsement, applied
for a postoffice, is said to be saving wood
in the Navy Yard and trying to earn money
enough to get home with.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
PRESENTER

II yon are losing your grip on life try wells
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
Great Appetizer and aid to Digestion, giving
strength to stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

Prof. Chas. p. Williams, Phi. D., OF Phila-
delphia, says there is neither morphia.
opium nor minerals in Red Star Cough
Cure. Price, twenty-five cents a bottle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

LYONS Patent Hfe StiGenars, the only in
'ention that will make Old boots straight az
new.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

WV. GILBERT, the lebrettist, says a hus-
band can hope to be a hero in his wife's
eyes only two months the month before
marriage and the month after death.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

DON'T work yonr horses to death with poor axle
grease; the Frazer is the only reliable make.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

Thousands Of cures follow tho use Of DR..
0age's Catsrrh Remedy. SO cents.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

ELLEN TERRY, the actress, gets 1876 q
week for the fifty-two weeks of the year,
with a vacation whenever she chooses.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

TIE realization Of Gods presence Is
,he one sovereign remedy againsttenpta-
Hon.-FtneloN.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

SAMUEL J. TIIDEN is said to like house
pets. and he has a large variety, including
Maltese cats, pugs and st. Bernard dogs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

AyxH's kgue euro peutyaizos the miasraahc
poison WA51 causes fever end ague
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
BUCHU-PAIBA.

Cures all Kidney Affections, Scalding, Irrita-
ton, Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of the Bladder. 81.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
Successfully Adjusted.

though on Corns hard or soft corns, bunlons. Toe
"Hougli on Toothache. Instant relief. l5c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

CLERGYMAN and physicians recommend Halls
Hair Remover for diseases Of the scalp and hair.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, vermin, water bugs, skunks. be.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
The Practical Boy.

The practical questions which are now
asked in the public schools lead to some
funny answers from the younger pupils, OF
which the following is an illustration:
Where does molasses come FROM" said
a teacher the other day.
Several incorrect replies were given, and
at last Il bright urchin said. Il Know"
Well was the response. what is your
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
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!e.s 49, - ~saddsniy, shere has not
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&oy 10!. - dyln9 man gasped, In great
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49, e Mhen I an dsad-'
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26
A Cheering.OutlONk.

A man rode past a cabin over in Virginia
the other day and seeing a woman in the
front door he spoke to her.
Good morning, she answered.
Bad weather we've been having" he
continued.
"Pow'ful mizzable."
Are times pretty hard with you?"
We'll, they wuz tell las week, an my
boys didn't have clos enough skercely to
kiver themselves, but the ole man died sud-
den Sunday night, an sence then the boys
has been lookin' so pert in his ole clos that
prospects, is brightenin' nightly. ~ Wash
iRgt0n Critic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

@Close the door gently,
And bride the breath;
I've one of my headaches
I'm sick unto death"
sTake 'Purgative Pellets
They're pleasant and sure;
I've some in my pocket,
I'll warrant TO cure
DR.. Pierce's pleasant Purgative Pellets are
both preventive and curative.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

From a hogshead," said the scholar.
The teacher could hardly say that this
was not correct, though it was evidently a
solution that she did not expect.-Boston
Budget.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

BEST, easiest to use, and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy TOR Catarrh. by druggists. SOC.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-26

PANTS by mail. All retail profits saved:
Il AIN Il - Send 2 c. stamp for samples and
prove it. MFG'Rs PANT Co.. Whitman, Mass.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
A Temperance Yarn"

It is said that the captain of a
small British coasting sloop, un-
provided with lifeboats, drank a
quart bottle of gin and drifted on a
rock. Before the vessel went to
pieces, drowning the whole crew,
the captain wrote an account OF the
disaster, inclosed it in the fatal gin
bottle, and cast it adrift, to be
picked up after many days. The
narrative lacks some of the ele-
ments emitting it to perfect credl-
bility, but it is nevertheless an A
/ Temperance yarn.-Come. Gazette.
No need for Muriatic Halstead to
worry himself about the supply
of Temperance yarns"
In every community where the
murderous saloon is tolerated there
are more whisky tragedies and
horrors occurring every day than
all the Temperance papers can
possibly record.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
An Impeachment.

Ro,o, e God and man, before the
ohnroh md the world, | impeach
fntemperA nee. I charge it as the
canse Of ain, ost all the poverty, and
slmost all tn. crimes, and almost
all the ignoral 'cs' e. anu d;,s Almost an
the irreligion I, oaT "a o'sgrace ana
afflict the land. uo III my con-
science believe tn. VI tnese intoxl-
eating stimulants hs We sunk more
men and women in 10 perdition
than found grave in the aeiuge
which swept over the his 'hese hili-
tops, engulfng the world, Oh wnlon
but eight were saved. AS t ON par,
ed with other vices, it may 'e salo
of this, "Saul has slain his IT, 'ouse
ands, and this David his tenn Oh
thousands" DR., Chalmers.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
West Virginia Companies.

According to the Baltimore Man-
ufacturers' Record, an unusually
large number of capitalized compa-
MES were organized in West Vir-
ginia in 1886, and among them
were Is or 20 coal mining compan-
les with capital stock running from
$4,000 to 100000; steel work
companies, capital stock, $1,000
600 and 100000; cotton gin man
ufacturing company, 81 100000; a
$4,000 soap factory, $4,000 lum'
Der company, $4,000 planning
mill, 100000 heat and power
company, 100000 lumber COM
pany, and many other enterprises.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
Let the Medicine be Taken.

The saloon must be destroyed
"Prohib." Paper.
Well, then, where are we to get
our "drinkin' Ticker Pr Wetzel
Democrat.
Drink buttermilk; and if you
must have it poisoned, put spiders
and Lizards in it.--FREEMAN.
No, thank you. If We did the
Hike Of that, we might become the
editor of "Prohib." Paper Wet
pei Democrat
If that will be the effect, by all
means put yourself on straight
elet of spiders and Lizards at once.
Yet the needed medicine be taken.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
Asks One Favor.

we have new safe and We ask
curious fellow citizens not to
pW 1t up. The combination is
90 and 88, the gold is in the tin
X IN the left corner, the silver
5ars are in the wooden drawer
II me paper money is in a yellow
EVelope. There is one favor we
+ Please don't carry away our
OF subscribers who haven't
y US Tor four years-we wouldn't
'he thing exposed for the
1a'- Retzet Dsmecrat.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
Things About West Virginia.

IL has more water power than
Rny other State.
1t costs less to raise and fatten
Fheep than in any other State.
West Virginia has more coal in
proportion to area than any other
Stock can be put upon the best
market in the United States in two
r three days.
Corn and wheat can be raised at
tuch greater profit than in any
F4er State in the Union.
west Virginia offers greater
poucements to immigrants, with
Eoney' than any other place on
Is great green earth,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-17
StOrming of Fort GrOg.

Now, Friends, for another united rally, and
then comes the final
'HeH STORMING OF FORT GROG.
x-oY ia the time to enlist for the campaign
or during the war;" by subscribing for the
TpEEMAS. Sl.50 year; sl.00 for mos; 75c.
Tor s mos. !; SOC. for mos; on trial, z mos. Tor
Let there be a vigorous rally all along the
line for new recruits.