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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
ssMackinaws."

A wholesale dealer in hats, doing
business in New York, has this to say
about longtime popular summer
headgear: "The real Mackinaw straw
is grown in Michigan by the Mackinaw
Indians and some half-breeds. but the
production is inconsiderable, and it is
SO expensive that it has gradually
dropped out of general trade. A hat
made out Of Mackinaw cannot possibly
be sold for less than IS, and the finest
will cost you Sc every time. You are
evidently surprised, and are going to
tell me that yonr last years Mackinaw
only cost you 81 at retail! Well. SO it
did: but it was, nevertheless, made out
of Japan straw, which is imported here
in plated bundles. The wholesale and
retail dealers call this straw Japan
Mackinaw,' to answer trade require
ments. The japan straw is a good ar
ticle, but, unlike the Mackinaw we
used to boast, it will not retain it's
color. In all New York there are only
three hat firms which manufacture hats
from the genuine Mackinaw. These,
Of course, are three fashionable high
priced dealers. and they will tell you
that they make very few of them.
These hats are so expensive that people
will not buy them, and the trade is be-
coming less and Lees each year. The
Japan goods owe their prominence to
the fact that they can be iraFor+ad and
plated At q COS. less than that Of the
Mackinaw or any ether kind Of goods
which age plated IN this esuntry.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

The japanese are devoted admirers
of the race-horse. Between the stand
and the race-course is wide turfed in
closure, at one end of which an excel
lent Japanese band is discoursing the
music of the latest French operatta,
SAYS fokahoma correspondent of the
London Field. Though it is yet only
midday, while the racing is not to be-
gin till IL 80, the stand and enclosure
are fairly filed with Japs and foreign
ers of all sorts, and very queer do many
of the former look, especially those who
have been rash enough to assume for
eign clothes, instead of sticking to their
own comfortable and pretty dress.
More especially is it to be regretted
when q charming and graceful little
Japanese lady abandons her own most
picturesque attire for the fashions of
Europe, in which she only looks insig-
niticant and awkward.
While waiting for the commence
ment of the sport let rs 60 and inspect
the paddock behind the stand. It is a
grand, roomy space, surrounded with
neat little stables, at the doors of which
groups are congregated, discussing the
chances of the occupants. OF betting
there is none. Selling lotteries are
held at the hotels in Toxic or Yoka-
homa two or three days before the
races. The saddling-bell has Just rung.
We are just in time to see II. NJ, the
mikado, arrive, sitting, dressed in dark
uniform, in his well-turned-out landau,
and surrounded by an escort of lancers
I,x,l IL ,k Il,
andred uniforms. II. NJ. ascends to
the royal box to the somewhat dismal
strains of the Japanese national air.
Close behind him arrives the one and
only four-in-hand in Japan, owned by
an eccentric American, The dark
painted drag and well-matched team of
dark ponies look smart enough. And
now five ponies emerge from the pad
dock for the first race. Few IF the
japanese ponies exceed 144 hands, but
many of them are neat, well-built ami
mails, inclined to be weak behind, but
with fair enough turn of speed. They
are nearly all ridden by Japanese jocks,
who are very light and fair horsemen,
but inclined to get excited and lose
their heads, and fog their mounts long
after the race is over.
1t is not my intention to describe the
racing, most of which would be con-
sidered very poor sport anywhere else,
though some of the finishes were really
good, one resulting in dead heat.
Suffice it to say that program of nine
races per diem was successfully carried
to o conclusion in three days. A vast
amount of time is always lost at the
starts, and the last race each day is
often run in the dark, so much so that
have seen a groom run in the middle
of the course at the finish, holding
big lantern in his hand, in order that
the judge might see which animal
passed his box first. Wonderful to re-
late, the ponies did not seem to object
to this proceeding in the least.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
Force Of the Wind.

The cyclones which occasionally
sweep over some of our Western States
forcibly call to mind how meager our
knowledge Of them is, and also hint the
importance of Systematically studying
their origin, direction, and effect. The
force exerted by them, as factor en-
tering into the calculations of the
architect and engineer, should make
an intimate acquaintance with the laws
governing them imperative. We are
fairly familiar with their form and rea-
sonably certain of the causes which
create them, but of the other and to us
infinitely more important part of the
questionable pressure-we are Ia
mentally ignorant. Whether we will
ever be able to retard their progress,
diminish their power, or successfully
divert them from objects which we do
not wish endangered, are elements of
the problem that can only be discovered
by methodical observation covering
wide territory, and taking into con-
sideration the typographical aud at
mospherical influences tending to their
creation and continued existence.
There are but two plans of measur-
ing the pressure of high winds: one by
the aid of Instruments, and the other
by calculating the force required to
overturn, or demolish obstacles which
have stood in their path. The first
plan is only of little practical value,
since the best thermometers are either
destroyed, or rendered imperative, be-
fore registering the pressures We are
,,,k IL hn
feet thermometer has yet to be con-
structed, and it matters not whether 1t
is designed to give the velocity or pres
sure of the wind, so long as it is accu-
rate and so sensitive and quick re-
spending that it will register what we
call gusts of wind. 1t should also I'M
erringly follow ali changes of direction
in the wind, and, if possible, measure
the upward or lifting power when this
case arises.
1t is simple matter to estimate the
force expended after body has been
overturned, but when costly bridges are
the objects operated upon, the expert
ment is anything but economical. This
plan will only give us the force neces-
sary to do the work, but the amount in
excess of this we can only guess at. 10
illustrate this: A locomotive was over
turned in 1871, the calculated maximum
force required to do this being ninety
three pounds to the square foot; the
wind eXerted force greater than this,
but how much cannot be found. The
fact that storm passes between two
points at a rate that will produce a
certain pressure to the square foot is of
no assistance, since it is not the average
but the maximum pressure we seek
after. That the whole question of wind
pressure is shrouded in darkness is
shown by the difference in practice
among the leading engineers of this
country; and the allowances made for
wind pressure, whether twenty, thirty,
or fifty pounds to the foot, are the re-
suits of individual study, not of COM
binad research Anon
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
A Fearful Temper.

A man from sequestered township OF
Washington County called the other day on
the President Of the Arkansas Industrial
University.
Il have come to see yer" said the visitor,
because have hearn that yer've got er
heap o sense
The President bowed and the visitor con-
tinued.
Il come ter ax er question that consarns
me err a good deal Err Teller over in my
neiahborhood called me crank. knowed
it want much Of er compartment but
lowed ter myself that l wouldn't hit him
till found out what he meant What did
he mean?"
According to Carlyle" said the Presi-
dent, "A crank is very headlong. very
positive, loud, duh and angry kind of man.
The American Specification of the term, as
employed by the newspapers, is sort of
fanatic, semi crazy man."
Then, / reckon, he thinks l am erbout
half crazy"
Yes, should think So"
Wall, won't hit him eff that's all. but at
fust it made me powerful mad, fur | lowed
that he meant that l want no dedge ev
or boss. Arkansas 1'rdteler.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
She Pounded Her Sister.

A young. looking German woman was AZ
raigned in the Harlem Police Court TO ans
wer for assaulting her married sister:
what is your name?" asked his Honor
Katharine Laveesa Schoykenheimen-
bouser."
as that the whole of it," asked his
Honor.
yah. Das ist," she replied.
why did you beat your sister, his
Honor asded.
"Chudge, gone by mutter und fater fun
leetle while in Germany. l gooms back
und find dot mein schuester vas maerrldt
nit a Ghinee. Ach, das list elm grosser
shame. vas maidt unit l licks her said
Katharine.
But your sister says she is not married
at all.
Il believe me nix like dot.
"Chudge," said Katharina's sister, i vas
maerridt NIT good Yarman man. He vas
here. Some vone blays bricks NIT mein
schuester unit say I was maerridt init dot
Ghinee."
DO you want to punish herr"
"Nein, Chudge, but she vas gracy maidt
last nighd."
Katharine, go home" said the Court,
Abut don't touch your sister again.
-Ach, nein, not sboke again init dot
frau uf de Ghinee," said Katharine, and
with a look of supreme contempt for her
sister she almost ran from the eourt.-Neu
York Evening telegram.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

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Thsn Janis rcss ssain 70 his work,
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4fn the drUps stood out on his brow like dew.
Ard h looked whore the water bubblsd over.
On Ii Yasmsr Lss's Wide yard.
WhMs ths Mhite clothes bleachsd and milk
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
The After.Dinner Nan.

There is much difference of opinion
concerning the desirability of an after
dinner nap Those who advocate it
cite the example of animals, but these
gorge themselves with food whenever
opportunity offers, and are heavy and
drowsy in consequence. A short rest
is, however, different from legarthic
sleep, and often appears to do good.
Brain work should certainly be forbid
den after dinner; the interval between
it and bedtime should be devoted to
recreation and amusement. In the
case of elderly people short nap after
late dinner often aids digestion, but
as general rule it is better for such
persons to make the principal meal at
p. m. The digestive power of most
elderly people are at q low ebb in the
evening When sleeplessness is trouble
some relief should be sought for in the
discovery and removal of the cause
whenever possible. The condition is
often due to Indigestion, and when this
is the case the ordinary remidies for in
ducing sleep are worse than useless.
The nervous relations between the
brain and the stomach are so intimate
that disorder of the one organ is almost
certain to affect the other. Excitement,
worry, and anxiety, which have their
seat in the brain, interfere with the
functions of the stomach, and in like
manner anything that unduly taxes the
power of or irrtates the stomach dis
the brain. The sleeplessness often
complained of by gonty persons is due
to the poisonous effect of the morbid
material upon the nervous system. Ex-
cessive smoking, too much alcohol, tea,
and coffee, often resorted to by
overworked persons, are fire.
quent causes of sleeplesS-
ness. In all these cases the cause
is removable, while the effect may be
counteracted by proper treatment
Nothing is more mischeivous, however,
than to continue the habits, and to have
recourse to drugs to combat the effects.
A due amount of exercise tends to in
duce normal sleep, and such exercise
need not be Of a violent character. A
walk of two or three miles daily is suffi-
cient, and is, perhaps, as much as busy
man can find time for. A ride on horse
back, the Palmerstonian cure for govt,
is probably the best form of exercise
for those whose minds are constantly at
work 1t has been we'll said that man
must come out of himself when in the
saddle; he is forced to attend to his
horse and to notice the objects he
meets. Walking may be merely auto
matte process, and affords little, if any,
relief to the mind. aud carriage exer-
else may be practically valueless, If the
mind is not diverted from what had
previously occupied it. --Fortnighhy
RepteD.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
A Rats Nest in q Buggy.

On Friday of last week, DR.. A. J. Hud-
son took ride in his buggy to the creek
where he had fish. When he started
home his horse was in a hurry to leave and
rushed the buggy over some pine logs that
were lying on the ground. A rat had built
a nest in the top of the buggy, and becom-
ing alarmed at the jolting. jumped from the
lining into the doctors lap, ran up his
sleeve, out at the collar Of his coat, and
then back into his bosom. The doctor
didn't know what kind of a yarmint was
Decorating his person, stopped the buggy
and began to disrobe in hurry. The rat
ran out of its hiding place and was killed
by little dog that follows the doctor
around. His fright being over, the doctor
enjoyed his little escapade to himself
Americus, Ga, Republican.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
In Il Drug Store.

The people who know most about
human nature are always the most con-
siderate and delicate. When you go
into dry goods store the clerk comes
up in the bfss OF humor, rubbing his
hands, smiling, evidently delighted to
see you. But when you go into drug
store you see look of gentle serious
ness come over the mans face as he APP
proaches you. He does not ask you
what he can do for you. There are so
many things he can do for you, that you
don't want him to do for you, that he
simply stands and waits. You may
only want candy, or soap, or a tooth
brush. But you may want strychnine
or arsenic, or you may have one of
those curious things called prescrip-
ton, which doctor gives you, which
makes you wonder what is really the
matter with you, whether he is not de-
ceiving you when he says it's only your
digestion that's little ont of sorts. No
ordinary human being can look at a
prescription without feeling that he
may die of it after all. However, every
thing in drug store is cabalistic and
mystic. You can stir something or any
thing with spoon. The drug clerk
takes out a terrible looking thing, sug-
gestive of all sorts of pains and penal
ties, and uses that to stir the mixture.
The spoon would do quite as well, but
it would not impress you. When he
wants to pour out something he takes
glass that's all carefully lined with
measure and watches it critically, as if
death were above certain line. 1t
isn't. You might take it full and it
wouldn't hurt you, but it wouldn't i'm
press you. And so when you see a
drug clerk take down bottle and care
fully measure out dose of brown
liquid, carefully put it in glass,
sprinkle it with soda, and hand it to a
sick-looking man, who is apparently
dying, it does not probably occur to you
that it's plain whisky. But it is.-San
Francisco Chronicle
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
HAs Good 0S NeW.O

are the words used by lady, who was at one
time gwen up by the most eminent physic ans,
and left to DIE Reduced to a mere skeleton,
pale and haggard, not able to leave her bed,
from oil those distressing diseases peculiar to
suffering females, such as displacem mt,
Inflammation, etc, etc, She began taking d..
Pierce's @Favorite Prescription" and also
using the local treatments recommended by
him, and is now, she says, @as good as new.
Price reduced to one dollar BY druggists
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
He Took No Chances,

There's an evidence of how an ambi-
tious American can climb up" some one
remarked, az a stylish equipage rolled by on
the drive at Saratoga. Five years ago that
man wasn't worth $4,000; to-day he can
draw biz check for twenty times that sum. "
Did he speculate!"
We'll, no. He knew he had dead sure
thing"
On what?"
"On his cook having the money. He
married her Wall Street Neus.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

SCt1vIILS sARSAPARILLA, OR BLOOD
AND LIVER SYRUP, is the remedy FOR the cure
ofSsrofulous faint, Rheumatism, White Swell
.ng, Gout, Goitre, Consumption, Bronchitis,
Nervous Debility, Malaria, and all diseases aris-
Ing from an impure condition Of the blood Ger
tficates can lie presented from many leading
Physicians, Ministers, and heads of families
throughout the land endorsing SCOvILLS
terms. We are constantly in receipt of certif-
Gates of cures from the most reliable sources,
and we recommend it as the best remedy for
above diseases
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

the best Italian, but the Romans pro-
notnce it better. Lingua Toscana IN
bocca Romano. / never heard more
musical English than from the lips of
educated New York ladies', and there is
a peculiar charm in the old French
spoken by the pretty women of Que
bee. Montreal Gazette,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
What They Came In For.

MY DEAR" said fnther to his daughter
as she appeared upon the porch of a Sara
toga hotel in her fifth costume for that day.
If you indulge in such extravaganza do
you think that the angels will watch and
wait for your
No interrupted the old gentleman's
wife, of course they won't, but the men
will. and that's what We came up here for
Don't be silly, John. "-Neir York San.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
SIT Knocks the Spots"

and everything in the nature Of eruptions,
blotches, pimpies, ulcers, scrofulous humors,
and incip.cnt consumption, which 10 nothing
more nor less than scrofula Of the lungs,
completely out of the system. 1t stimulates
and invigorates the liver, tones up tl,e
stomach, regulates the bowels, purifies tic
blood, and builds up the weak places of the
body 1t is a purely vegetable compound.
and Will do more than is claimed for 1t We
refer to DR.. Pierce's ~Gotden Medical Dis
r,te3,/
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, expresssgs, and % carriage hire, and
atop st the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot
61a rooms, fitted up at . cost Of one million
dollars. 81 and upwards per day; European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with me
heat Horse cars, stages, and elevated rail
road to al depots Families can live better ioI
less money at the Grand Union Hotel thah ~
sny other first-class hotel IN the CITY
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
Gold Mines

Are very uncertain property; for every pay
ing mine hundred exist that do not pay. But
if you write to Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine,
you will receive, free, full particulars abou,
their new business, and learn how some have
made over $50 in single day at 1t You can
live at home and earn from Is to s25 and up
wards per day wherever you are located. Both
sexes, all ages Capital not required; you are
started free Send your address, and all will
l,, proved to yOtl
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

The editor of the Corsicana, Tex, Oh
serrer. Mr.. &. p. Miller, had severe at
tack of rheumatism in his lett knee. which
became so swollen and painful that he
could not walk up the stairs. He writes
that after few applications of st. Jacobs
Oil, the pain entirely disappeared, and the
hnee assumed its normal proportions.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
where the .sBest" Il spoken.

The best French is always spoken in
Paris, where there 10 an inimitsble
accent which makes law. The best
English is certainly spoken ii Dublin.
The best German u spcksn N Wanna,
although I always liked the Dresden
articulation. In Tl@sacs thay speak
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
Must Have Home Comforts.

Stranger see We advertise board with
home comforts?
Landlord. Yes, sir.
Stranger-Any skeeters bout the place?
Landlord-Not Il mosquito within forty
miles.
Stranger-Well, I'm sorry. I've lived in
New Jersey nigh on to sixty years, an the
hum of "A skeeter is music to me. I'm
looking fer board, stranger, but I'm an old
man, an l cant git along 'thout home com.
forts. Good day. Life.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
Knew Him Right AWAY.

A frightened looking man walked into a
gun store and rapidly said to the clerk:
Give ME British bulldog revolver, a
twelve-inch dirk, q suit of armor and box
Of cartridges"
Yes, sir. BY the way, what game do
you umpire TO- day?"-Merchant Traveller.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
II Might Re Done.

Head of the House-"Jane, man came
in to-day and made me buy box of
Rough on Rats >"
Mercy, john, VIC haven't got a
rat in the house."
Head of the House---"Wcll, can't we get
some?"-Life.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

For weak lungs, splitting of blood, shortness
OF breath, consumption, nisht-sweats, and all
lingering coughs, DR.. Perces Golden Modi-
cal Discovery is q sovereign remedy Supe-
rior to cod liver oil By druggists
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

Summer coughs and colds generally come
to stay, but the use Of Red Star Cough
Cure invariably drives them away. Safe,
prompt, sure.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

Do not be discouraged because you dis
cover that You are not a man of genius. An
eminent scientist declares that genius is q
form of epilepsy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

A CLEVELAND, Ohio landlord adopted
novel mode Of evicting non-paying
tenant. He placed heavy piece OF
board upon the chimney-top, and the
inmate was smoked out
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

PoMATUM was introduced in 1896. 1t
vas compounded of The pulp Of apples,
lard md rose water.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
HEART PAINS.

Palpitation, propsicsl Swellinga, Dizziness,
indigestion, Headache, Agus, Liver and Md:
ney Complaint, Slesplsssncss cured BY aWells'
fThil6ran
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

Wells Health Remover" restores health and
vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Malaria, lmpotsnce,
Nervous Debility, Consumption Wasting Uas.
c,1pa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29

THE ninth century Of the introduction oil
christianity into Russia will soon be ccle-
brated at Kieff.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
THIN PEOPLE.

The month of July was the dryest on
'ecord in Iowa for twenty five years.