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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

A Parkersburg, Va, special Of March
18th says: News IL received here that De-
tective Baldwin and an armed posse. who
went into the vilds Of Wyoming and No
powell counties to break up gang Of
liftesn illicit distillsries. have heen sur
rounded and their lives are threatAnsd.
The moonshiner hand 10 made up Of noted
desperadoss, who hare for three years de-
Asd the United States authorities. Thirty
have been Jailed, and Il was while trying to
arrest forty more that the officers were en-
trapped.
A = ~ slovx Reservation.
4 Bismarck. Oak, spsoial Of the 7th
psys; The IMPORT that Ne commission
would soaa b approved By ths president
70 confer With ~ Indians Tor The opening
at ~ ezsas aioux rsssrvatioa y ssostvsd
With muoh intAsaee ~ tha lndians at
Standing Rock. Who ~ Aee6ed ~ Sitting
Dnll, Gail, John Grass and IL on ~.
tcyious shl1E1. The Indians - pleased
vi1h ~ ocljo4 r ~ enysFnnenS u ~
sD1aiao NJ l1e H. - - - -
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

A reliable Washington correspondent
writes that General Harrison favors an
other international conference for the es-
tablishment of uniform bi bi-mettalic STAN
dard Of money. The last one was held in
1881 and did not result in the accomplish
ment of what was desired. 1t is the pur-
pose Of this administration to urge the ne
cessitv of an International standard for
gold and silver by which q gold or silver
dollar will be worth the same the world
over. This would in large degree obvi-
exchange and bills of credit system.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

Guy Jones, colored, works with V. A
Clegg, of Lee county. Ga. and is unlike
any other man only in that his legs and
Lands are petrified. These members are
as hard as ordinary wood. and the pressure
which one could impose with the finger
nail fails to make any indentation in the
flesh. The negro has no feeling in them
whatever, but if they are cut the blood
will flow as from the person Of an ordin-
arv man. Guy il free to talk about his
oddity and says that il commenced on him
nine years ago. "The doctor told me that
it would kill me in four years. said the
man, with grin. "but am here yet"
The Samoan Commissioners.
The American commissioners to the
Samoan conference have engaged passage
passage for Europe on the Umbria, due to
sail from New York ON the 18th.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10


While Booth and Barrett were playing to
a crowded house at Rochester, N. y, on
the evening Of the 30th. Mr.. Booth gave
signs of illness and would have fallen to
the floor but for the assistance of his at
tendants, who remained near him. The
curtain was rung down and physician
summoned. Mr.. Barrett said that he
feared the worst. He thought that Mr..
Booth had had an attack Of paralysis, and
would never again be able to act. Booths
condition was SO far improved on the 4th
that he left for New York accompanied by
his valet. The physician who visited him
reports that MIR. Booth had recovered his
voice to great extent and was able to
speak quite plainly and that with rest of
two weeks he will probably be able to re-
sumo his profession. The paralysis affect
ed the entire left side, but passed away
after few moments. The attack is re-
garded AZ premonitory. and 1lr. Booth is
likely eventually to suffer another which
will prove fatal. 1t is believed that the
immediate cause of the attack was excess
sive smoking, as Mr.. Booth is In the habit
Of smoking at least 20 strong cigars day
besides frequently using pipe.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

- DUYx1D ou1Dnh
iasaed NAseA end 0ept,
oeeA Ioaf. y = IN eooy.
oloDodta Of useful 1n1oe.
MAe3on Tor III who puF.
oAaao tho luxurioe oS the
neoooeittoe Of HE. We
oaA elo1Ae yoa aAd tAarniaA you With
00 ~ nAooGoAEy end unneoosDAEy
aoplieneee - ride. yalk. dance. alesp.
oAA -. AnnA Woek, 60 % church.
~ stay q hone. and in various staoa,
Oey3oo oAA quantities. Just Ngure ou1
w. z required 70 DO all tAsse things
oo6iua1e of The value Of the DUYDRe'
oUIDA ghlch Win bo sent upon
seoe1D4 Is 10 cents 70 pay postage.
leQeeIQo merry WARD 4 CO.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
only trihing compared with the great loss.
vERITABLE TERROR TO INDIANS.
A special dispatch from Washburn.

A special dispatch from Washburns
OAK. says that NJ. A. Williams and his
brother, Tom Williams. few weeks ago
went up the Little Missouri, trapping.
The second morning after they went into
camp they found that their traps had been
visited and game taken out. The next
night Tom remained out to watch for the
thieves. In the middle Of the night his
brother was awakened by several shots,
and spraug out Of bed in his cabin TO see
Tom fall across tho doorway, y corpse.
Fifteen Indians came up aud opened fire
on tho survivor. Will inns protected him
self as we'll as he could and opened IRE on
the Indians with two heavy ,evolvers. aud.
according to the dispatch, managed to kill
eleven Of the indians when the other four
fed. Williams, although severely wound
ed, managed to bury his brother. and drift
ed dowA the river in boat to Fort Stew
ens0n.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
Vacation Appointments.

The president on the 9Th appointed
Cornelius Van Cott, of New York, post
master at New York. He also appointed
Joel b. Erhardt to be collector Of customs
at New York.
, 1889-10-24

A prosperous Slovenian rancher re-
siding in the south end of the Huac-
huca mountains has hit upon a happy
plan for getting wives for his bachelor
neighbors. Some time ago he visited
his native land and while there found
that there were n large number Of
worthy young ladies among his ac-
quaintances who would be only too
happy to find homes and husbands in
the land of progress and liberty. Sc
curing the photographs Of q number
OF these young ladies he brought
them back with him and lost no OPP
%portunity TO show them TO his bache-
Tor friends. He told them that he had
the promise of these young ladies that
they would come to America and mar
ry the man he would recommend,
and, as a consequence, n great many
of his neighbors have secured excel
lent wives, each one selecting his
choice from the photographs.-No
gales Herald.
, 1889-10-24

A good many years ago, when the
Illinois law requiring physicians to reg
lister births first went into effect, 1 was
practicing in that state and, like a
great many other doctors, not being
used to my duty of reporting the
births at which / otficiated, / was not
very regular or punctual about per-
forming it. The result was that / got
fined for neglect of duty, and conclud-
ed then TO overlook my books and
catch up with my reports. When l
came to look, however, / found that /
had paid no attention to the names of
the babies il | had ever heard them,
so that while | had thirty-one births to
report, / didn't know what to call
them. While pulling over my d-
lemma, an immense joke dawned on
my mind out of which l expected
great amusement, and which / pro
ceeded to put into execution. l pro
ceeded to christen all the youngsters.
The boys l called unanimously James
L. in honor of myself, and on the
girls L conferred my wife's Christian
name. l chuckled while l was doing il.
but that was because / wasn't posted.
There were some things l didn't know.
The local paper noticed the popularity
OF the nomenclature in my assortment
OF babies and proceeded TO grow fa-
cetious. 1t pointed out the fact so
many little les were named for me as
an indication of my popularity
among the ladies in the vicinity, and
had fun with me generally. Then my
patrons saw this and caught on to the
humor of it. They all decided to let
the names stand, and, after the fashion
OF this portion of the country, all
claimed a present. | had to come to
time, and first and last hal batch of
babies cost me mor than l made out
OF them.-Dr. j. l.. Day of st. Louis.
, 1889-10-24

A London bishop had gone down
into the country to visit a charitable
institution, into which poor lads had
been drafted from the east end of Lon
don, and in addressing them he con-
graduated them on the delights of
their new residence. The boys looked
unaccountably gloomy and downcast,
and the bishop kindly asked:
Are you not comfortable Have you
any complaints 10 maker"
At last the leader raised his hand.
The milk, my lord"
why. what on earth do you
meant The milk here is ten fold bet
ter than you yer had in London"
No, indeed, it amt, :" said the boy.
In London they always buys our
milk out Of a nice, clean shop, and
here-why, here they squeezes it out of
a beastlv ow-"-London lid Bits.
, 1889-10-24

The bristle fern delights in shade
and moisture, and our first find was in
n rocky cleft in the immediate neigh
borhood of the Tork waterfall. Sub
sequently within the deep recesses of
a cave, the mouth of which opened
upon the upper lake and could only
be approached by a boat, we discover
ed several splendid specimens, one of
which, with a creeping rhizome, some
three feet long, contained no fewer
than thirty perfect fronds. Nothing
that l have ever seen in my varied ex-
%pericnce of fern life equaled the deli
cacy and pellucidness of these fronds,
nurtured in the darkness and the mist.
The veins were so prominent, and the
green portion so like a membranous
wing around the veins, that it resem-
bled more q beautiful sea weed than a
fern. In this natural cave we also
discovered some of ~ finest speci-
mems OF the adiantum, or maiden hair
fern. This plant is called the true
maiden hair, to distinguish it from
some other ferns which share its ia
miliar name. The bright evergreen
tint, the elegant form, and lightly
waving attitudes of this fern render It
very attractive, and when growing
against the side of the sea washed
rock, or any moist place in any album
dance, no fern exceeds it in beauty
I. Johnston Evans in Popular Science
Monthly.
, 1889-10-24
After Her Young.

A naturalist contributes to Nature,
from the island of Crete, a paragraph
relating to one of the most interesting
aspects of bird life. A gardener caught
a young but fully fedged sparrow,
which he carried to the house of a
friend three miles away. He left
home early in the morning.
He presented the bird TO one of the
children, and it was put in a cage and
hung at the window, where it seemed
likely to be contented, losing its fright
after a few hours.
Later in the afternoon ar old bird
was noticed huttering about the cage,
apparently trying to get at the little
one, and the young bird at once be-
came frantic to get out.
The old bird was evidently the mo-
ther of the young one; the recogni-
ton between them was too cordial to
leave any doubt upon hat point; and
when the girl opened the cage, as she
did after a little, they both flew off
rapidly in the direction of the place
from which the little one had been
brought.
1t was believed impossible that the
old bird should have followed the gar
dener, as in that case it would have
been seen earlier in the day.
, 1889-10-24

A paragraph has been going the
round of the newspapers to the effect
that in England locomotives carry
neither headlight, whistles nor bells,
and that guards are stationed at inter
walls of a mile along the tracks. If this
is correct the system of railroading
must have been completely changed
recently. Guards are only placed on
the track when royal trains are
scheduled, when by the way all ordi-
nary traffic is suspended. As to head
lights most locomotives carry two and
some three, and on the crowded me-
tropolitan tracks officials and expert
enced travellers can tell what is the
destination of a train by the arrange
ment of these lights Bells are not
carried, but the curse of the railroad
whistle can only be appreciated by
the man who lives near the mouth OF
an English tunnel. One of the mum.
erous board of trade regulations com
pells the engineer or "driver," as he is
called, to blow the whistle before en-
tering a tunnel or rounding a sharp
curve. This whistle is very shrill and
offensive to sensitive ears. On some
lines it is always blown at a station in
response to the guards Tor conduc
tors signal to go ahead. Interview
in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
, 1889-10-24

Styles in shoes change but little. If
you should ask an honest dealer what
is the present style, he could not an
swer you. People wear shoes that
suit them best. Some narrow toes are
still worn by young men, but the
wider toe, il properly fitted to the
foot, is, l think, the neatest shoe.
Kangaroo leather has lost its popular
ity, and patent leather, despite its last
ing qualities, is also loosing its hold in
public favor. Calf skin is now the
only leather for stylish footwear.-In-
terview in st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
, 1889-10-24
The pinereneo Not very Great.

Representative Reed, of Putnam,
was one of the legislative committee
sent to inspect the asylum. There
was a dance on the night the commit
tee spentin the investigation, and Mr..
Reed took for a partner one of the fair
unfortunates, to whom he was intro
duced.
II don't remember having seen you
here before" said she. How long
have you been in the asylum
oh, L only came down yesterday"
SAID the gentleman, 'as one of the
legislative committee"
of course" said the lady, chow
stupid l ami However, 1 knew that
you were either an inmate or a mem
Der of the legislature the moment 1
looked at you. But how was / to
know1 1t is difficult to tell which,
Albany (Ga.) News.
, 1889-10-24


DR.. Barrett saw n great deal OF the
Russian people.
Some funny things he observed
among them:
Did you ever see a paid joker2" he
said, We'll, if you never did YOU
would be interested to watch one.
There in those Russian cities they paw
so much an hour to listen % the Joker.
l have always thought that this class
of people deserve some remuneration,
but l saw such a thing till /
reached st. Petersburg.
How do they work it,
well, the joker provides himself
with two or three hundred tickets,
and mounting a sort of rostrum he an
nounces that he is going to regale his
audience with choice tidbits OF mirth
provoking lore. He begins selling
tickets at about two and a half cents
each, and when he has sold enough to
warrant his beginning, he turns him
self loose, and the audience remains
spellbound by his humorous stories
for An hour or two.
II listened to them several times.
and although l could not understand
one word the joker said, l was sure
from the way the audience greeted
their stories with roars of laughter,
that the jokers and the jokes were
above the average Atlanta Consti-
tutiOD
, 1889-10-24

Now then, Jennie" said the bride
groom to the bride after they returned
from church where the knot had just
been tied, how many brothers have
you7"
"Brothersrn exclaimed the bride in
establishment, you know / haven't
any brothers. I'm the only child of
my parents"
''Ohi l know that, but how many
young men did you promise to be a
sister to before you accepted met
Those are the brothers l want to know
about"
well, replied the bride, smiling,
II think l must have about half a
dozen brothers."
"All right, You just drop a note
to each of them and tell them brother
and sister business is all off now, as
you have got a husband. II they want
sisters tell them TO look around among
the girls that are single. I'm all the
brother you need. Boston Courier.
, 1889-10-24
supsr.t,,Ion. About Babies.

In ireland a belt made of a woman's
hair is placed about a child to keep
harm away.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are put
into the cradle of a new born babe in
Holland.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons
around the ankles Of their children TO
preserve them from harm, while Es-
thonian mothers attach bits of asafet-
ida to the necks OF their offspring.
Welch mothers put a pair Of tongs
or a knife in the cradle to insure the
safety of their children; the knife is
also used for the same purpose in some
parts of England.
Among Vosges peasants children
born at a new Dol are supposed to
have their tongues better hung than
others, while those born at the last
quarter are supposed 10 have less
tongue but better reasoning powers. A
daughter born during the waxing
moon is always precocious.
AT the birth of a child in Lower Brit
tany the neighboring women take it in
charge, wash it, crack its Joints, and
rub its head with oil to solder the
Uranium bones. 1t is then wrapped in
a tight bundle and its lips are anointed
with brandy to make it a full Breton.
The Grecian mother, before putting
her child in its cradle, turns three
times around before the fire while
singing her favorite song 10 ward off
evil spirits.
In Scotland, it is said that to rock
the empty cradle will insure the COM
ing of other occupants for it.
The London mother places a book
under the head of the new born in
FAINT that it may be quick at reading,
and puts money into the first bath TO
guarantee its wealth in the future.
The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets as soon as it is born, and
n small bit of mud stepped in hot
water prepared by previous charms, is
stuck on its forehead.
In Spain the infants face is swept
with a pine tree bough to bring good
uck.-Lewiston Journal.
, 1889-10-24
WIZ WE ARE RIGHT HANDED.
Primitive Man Was a Fighter and Used
His Left Hand to Shield His Heart

Primitive Man Was a Fighter and Used
His Left Hand to Shield His Heart
Primitive man, being by nature a
fighting animal, fought for the most
part at first with his great canine
teeth, his nails and his fists, till in
process of time he added TO those early
and natural weapons the further per
suasions of a club or shillalah. He
also fought, as Darwin has conclus-
lively shown, in the main for the pos
session of the ladies of his kind,
against other members of his own sex
and species. And if you fight you
soon learn to protect the most ex-
posed and vulnerable portion of your
body. Or, If you don't. natural Sc
lection manages it for you, by killing
you Off as an immediate consequence.
10 the boxer, wrestler or hand-to-
hand combatant, that most vulnerable
portion is undoubtedly the heart. A
hard blow, well delivered on the left
breast, will easily kill, or at any rate.
stun a strong man. Hence, from an
early period men have used the right
hand to fight with, and have employ
ed the left arm chiefly to cover the
heart and to parry a blow aimed at
that specially vulnerable region. And
when weapons of offense and defense
supersede mere fists and teeth, tits the
right hand that grasps the spear or
sword, while the left holds over the
heart for defense the shield or buck.
Ter.
From this simple origin then, the
whole vast difference of right and left
in civilized life takes its beginning.
AT first, no doubt, the superiority of
the right hand was only felt in the
ann of fighting. But that alone
gave 1t a distinct pull, and paved the
way at last for the supremacy else
where. For when weapons came into
use, the habitual employment of the
right hand to grasp the spear, sword
or knife, made the nerves or muscles
of the right side far more obedient to
the control of the will than those of
the left. The dexterity thus acquired
by the right-see how tho word s'dex-
terity" implies this fact-made it more
natural for the early hunter and artif-
Ger to employ the same hand prefer
entially in the manufacture of flint
hatchets, bows and arrows, and all
the other manifold activities of savage
life. 1t wa the hand with which he
grasped his weapon; it was therefore
the hand with which he Clipped it.
To the end, however, the right hand
remains especially ''the hand in which
you hold your knife - and that is exact
ly how your own children to this day
decide the question which is which,
when they begin to know their right
hand from their left for practical pur-
poses.-Halls Journal of Health.
, 1889-10-24

Circus day inspires the thought that
it takes a good many different kinds
OF people to make up the population
Of the world. The person who can
watch the crowds ON the street without
deriving satisfaction from the sight
has no music in his soul, nor any
thing else worth keeping there. In
no place is a better opportunity offer
ed for studying the different phases of
humanity. The exhibition is better
by far than that given in the tent.-Oil
CITY Blizzard.
, 1889-10-24
DISCOVERY.

When the worlds hrst great vestzarI roYa-
Sailed out In faith To this new cont uenL
whittier he felt all his life currents sir,
Though knowing not unto what place he
went
One day. no land In sight his grating keel
Reported shoals; the unconscious vessel
Across nor heard the grinding sands reveal
The secret OF the coast beyond them hid
He dnftet past. though wall OF leaf and bird,
Floating and iutternS after, babe him
stayl
Vague Invitations e~verywberc he heard;
By hopes own dazzling eAmor led astray.
He landed on an islands rim, nor guessed
How nearly he had won his larger quest
Alasi the dumb, inscrutable human sea,
That will not tell US OF the shores we seekl
Its Jealous waves, In moaning mockery.
But just returned from pressing a blue
cheek .
Against fresh roses blown for us, unseen,
In our own realm. that never will be ours,
Though through the starry dusk all night we
lean.
And, unaware breathe bAlsam from the
flowers
And feel its soft mists wrapping vs. around, D
And hear far, wave tossed voices whisper
ing
From some dim bourne beyond the horizons
bound
Hearts kindred starving for the love we
bring,
As we for theirs-an unreaped harvest field;
Our treasure just within our reach-con-
cealedl A.,
And yet, Columbus. this new world Is thinei
Thy claim was In thy forward reaching
soul
An inner. president right; thou dldst divine
Wonder that the yelled hemisphere should
unnon
Al last, from out the blue blank OF the sea; !
And whatsoever foot might tread this shore,
Clear was thy title OF discovery,
Whose thought outsalled thy ship so long
before.
That which we recognize and seek is ours;
Approaching impoverished. related souls
Stir irresistioly our noblest powers;
Us toward our own the tide OF being rolls;
And shall IL not be Joy. the voyage done.
To know the continent and island oneY
Lucy Larcom In Harper's Magazine,
, 1889-10-24
The Time We Live In.

AT the First Unitarian church yes
terday morning the Rev. Fl. Simmons
said:
"a few years ago the term 'Ameri-
can Association meant the 'Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science
Today the reader searches in vain for
the science, and, instead Of the discov-
cries of chemists and philosophers,
finds the deeds of more famous men
at the first base or short stop."-Min-
Aeapolis Tribune.
, 1889-10-24

What is the refrain of the song
you are singingf" said Jinksby, inter-,
rupting his DON mate.
But the letter that she longed for
never came" was the reply in a tone
of annoyance.
We'll, keep still a minute, maybe
the postman's around the corner now
waiting for you to get through sing
ing. Why don't you give the girl q
chance for her letteri"-Merchant
Traveller.
, 1889-10-24
Euchre Lead. to sIatrimopy.

A rainy day of progressive euchre
at the state fair at Waverly, n. j., in
which the forfeit was a kiss, led to the
marriage of the loser and winner at
the fair grounds on Wednesday. Miss
Harriet Lockwood, OF Springfield, and
Richard A. Parker, of Clinton town
ship, were the bride and groom of the
occasion, and both of them were ex-
hibitors in the fair, as well as friends
Of a years standing.-Philadelphia
Record.
, 1889-10-24
Tho Creates. Enort Of HI. Life.

Professor Cadenza-Do not disturb
me. am engaged on a work of pro-
found Importance. p
Pupil-Opera, oratorio or prelude2
Professor C.-Neither. / am think
ing over an overture to her father. He
has red hair, a quick temper and don't
like me, Leave me for the present.
Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1889-10-24

Mr.. Smallpay-Spent Sunday at the
seashore did your Pleasant time, /
SUPPOSED
MIR. Slimpurse-Well, the fact Is 1
spent most of the day hunting about
for a piece of beach hat wasn't fenced
iu--New York Weekly.
, 1889-10-24

A naturalist who has been prying
into the matter says that the jackass
bird has become totally extinct. We
think there must be some mistake here.
It was only yesterday that we saw at
a a dozen men carrying canes or
folded umbrellas on their shoulders
Detroit Free Press.