Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-23

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A police coart, even In Paris. 10 pfusaic
place 70 tar ~ scenery Ii concerned, writes
. correspondent Of the London Telegraph.
bnt q grclt deal Of color was observable
yesterday in the Witness box. a. II may be
called, Of tbs tribunal Of correctional po-
lice. There stood, with his visar up, a tall
parsonage in the full panoply Of a knight
Grant OF the middle ages. To adopt a
somewhat vulgar but expressive phrase,
he had them all on He wa Respondent
in = Goa Of mail, his hands were incased
IN gauntlets, and he looked, In fact, as il
he had Just stepped on Of the page Of
"Iyanhoe' or Orlando Furioso." His APP.
pearauce, of cour e, seated what may be
called without the least touch of exaggera-
ton "a sensation" The grim greffier Of
the conrt looked surprised. the young bar
risters and attorneys smiled, and the ex-
preston on the face Of the presiding Judge
can only be imagined. At last the greffier
summoned up courage, after much whis-
pering had taken place between him and
the judge, 10 demand of the mediayel
effigy nm account of himself. Then It
transpired that the man OF mail was knight
Pierre Grosclande, that he was engaged In
distributing hand bills for the proprietor
Of the brasserie Of The Beautiful Frede-
gonda," and that he had been s%ubpGnaed
in the case Of Blanchard vs.. Denizet. But
h W comes t." asked the irate presiding
magistrate. that you have the audncity to
present yourself in a dress like that?' The
reply was delivered in 4 faltering tone.
Yielding to necess .ty, the knight errant
had pawned his prosaic attire and was
obliged to appear in the professional ha-
bilaments in which he distributed hand
bills on the boulevards setting forth the
con forts aud Injuries of the brasserie Of
The Fair Fredegonda" and the peerless
beauty of its principal Hebe. The answer
havi NJ satisfi sdIshe magistrate. Tine wit
ness was told to sit down; but he caused
further explosions of laughter when he
nai,ly said, Il can't sit down, your wor-
ship, with all my ironmongery on" As
business could not be proceeded with ow-
ing to the irrepresible merriment, which
tnrned the court Of justice into a sort of q
branch Of the Palais Royal theatre. the
derositions of the F~redegonda were taken
in camera and he was sent speedily abo-
his business.
A General TIe.up
or all the means Of pub ic conveyance in .
large city, even for Q few hours, during =
strike Of the employees, means . general par
alyzing OF trade and industry for the time b.
ing. and Is attended with al enormous aggre-
gate loss to the community. How much more
serious to the individual Is the general tic. up
Of his system, known - constipation, and due
to the strike Of the most important organs for
moro prudent treatment and better caro-. Ii
too long neglected, . torpid or sluggish liver
viii produces serious forms Of kidney AID
liver diseases, malarial trouble, and chronic
dyspepsia DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets are . preventive and cure OF these dis
orders. They are prompt, sure, and effective.
pleasant to take, and positively harmless
And II Came to Pass.
Now in those days a base ball nine came
from Jerusalem unto the city which is
Bethlehem, hat they might even play the
home team, for 10, they hungered for the
penant. And n great multitude was on the
grand stand, and the children of men spake
n unto another, saying: Behold | will
wager ten shekels that Bethlehem will mop
up the earth with those who are from Jeru-
SALEM" And Ebenezer. the Moabite, was
umpire, Ezra. of the Bethlehem club, grid
cd up his loins and took the bat. And
there was much shouting from the grand
stand, and slaves bore upon Ezra garlands
Of fresh flowers, and myrrh, and cinnamon,
and precious stones, for 10, he was a slug
ger from away back. Zebedia, the CORN
THAN, pitched for the Jerusalems,
with Aaron Of Palestine catching. Now,
when the first ball was pitched, Ezra smote
it with great potency, so that it wen unto
the bulletin board, and the sons of men
lifted up their voices and struck the loud
cymbals together and re ;oiced exceedingly,
for Ezra had even made second base.
Then came unto the bat Peter, who also
smote the ball, but not with great force,
SO that it was C st unto the first baseman
just as he reached there, and the umpire
lifted up his voice and spake, saying that
Peter was out. Then there were mutter-
ings among the mnltitudes, and the peo-
pie in the grand stand grew exceedingly
wroth, and ven unto the umpire, saying
What manner of man art thou?' The I'M.
pire spake unto them, but their anger was
kindled against him. and they took him
unto the gates Of the city and did crucif,
him head downward, SO that the people
marvelled greatly, and said: Behold, il
serveth him right" And when another
umpire was found the game went on, Re.
sulting in the following score: Jerusalem
O: Bethlehem. XVIII,