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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
NOWADAYS.

Acting % the latest rags. nowadays;
Folks I'll 90 upon the stage, noWadayD;
In every rank and station
OF our krsat lrogsessive nation.
It's their highest aspiration, nowadeys.
Ladies VINO have had divorces nowadays,
Join the Putt and Biovem forces nowadays;
Ladies' who have had revsrses
And are told they look Hike Circes
Want to tAinpsr with our purses, nowadays.
II you 90 n buy some pins, nowadays.
Sleslsdy's full Of grtns. nowadays;
And it's pretty safe 70 bet
She's an embryo souDrett0;
No one tackles Juliet. nowadays,
At the ribbon counter. too. nowadays.
There's q copy OF Bsllew. nowadays,
And the harmless little dear
Says SO ladylike and clear:
-Prithee, cash boy, hasten here y nowadays.
Children, too. are Tot Iehind, nowadays;
Fi~ue-year-olds are lust in line, nowadays;
Mothers hearts beat wild with Joy,
Each one thinks her darling boy
II the .only Fauntleroy, nowadays.
Where will all tho real ones 50, nowadaysp
Morit hasn't any show, nowadays;
Sensation has the call,
What you wants a play, that's all.
Printers ink and lots Of gall, nowadays.
MN York CYi1rer.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
4 MUST EXIST.
Not Enough Wealth In this WsFad 10 MAKO
All liz Inhabitants CosnfoStabie

Not Enough Wealth In this Wsrad 10 Mako
All II. Inhabitants Comsortsbis.
1t seems to be . prevalent impression
that poverty is unnecessary and that
the fact of It's existence is only .
quence Of the present unequal
distribution Of the worlds wealth.
Hence the upspringing Of anti-poverty
societies and other plausible projects
for setting things to rights and the
general diffusion Of ~affluence among
men. But this hypothesis is totally
untenable. All the worlds wealth put
together, II equally distributed, would
not suffice to make the worlds people
rich, or even to relieve them from pres
sure of want-a pressure which in that
case would be universal. For what
the world has to live upon from year to
year is only the aggregate annual
product of all the industries of the
world; and what this amounts to in
civilized lands at least has been pretty
we'll ascertained by inquiries deliberately
conducted under public authority.
From the results of such inquiries it is
quite apparent that If this aggregate
product were to be distributed with
the most rigorous impartiality among
all the inhabitants Of the countries
investigated, it could at most only
supply the simple necessities Of life,
and nobody would be in what are called
circumstances of ease.
To come down, however, from gen
eralities to statements q little more
definite, VI may observe that Mr.. Ed
ward Atkinson. of Boston, q gentleman
who has devoted some years to the
study Of industrial statistics, and whose
familiarity with facts entities his
opinions to the highest consideration
has furnished us with an estimate which
throws. for our own country ct least,
q very vivid light upon the point in
question. As the result Of his inquir-
les he concludes that the annual pro-
duction Of all the industries of the
United States cannot exceed 5000 per
head of the population, which would
give a total of $12, OOO, OOO, 900. An
equal distribution Of this product
would give each family Of five persons
in a population of 1000, 600, or
1900, 900 families. o distributive share
of 81 900 per annum. Now, suppose
that one-third of these families, or
groups of Ave, manage to secure an
average share of $1,000 per annum,
the remaining two-thirds would be re-
duced to IN average Of $500 only.
Suppose one-half of this third to be
fortunate enough or skillful enough to
increase their average to $1,000, the
remaining half continuing at 81, 900,
the average share Of the two-thirds
would fall to $3.50, or $50 only per head
per annum.-FOrum.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

From time . .nms many inyspaons ma DAVIES
save BEEN. placed upon "a, maTkst iaimin6 q cure
cssas nssa n ea or,ncnitls. etc, many q which
!, p.; Is.l@es Is : e.n.!sn.n who h.s devoted . NE
head, throat, and iuIss. aud some time since Is Is
commenced ! series OF experiments With s visw Q
e. for aessai 1EYsn w nS,,ls Il, a1 X. cc.nbsn:tion could g
Aealtlg pcwer u tho same tiae, and a ienStih sue.
ceeded u deter,ntntng ,4as snenthol. when combined
nth Sd.s. m name nsts q I'D 90 % but how g arr.4ss
their use convenient and enectual was 8 QUESTION Al
soMs d~ifAenlty.. AZ length he s,,cceeded IN connnina
thr.s auart of an inch In laMete ! perfect ms1.
iSMs- interior y THIS S.ssr, ]. * stored x az. ! sas s xssd, z q
~ nickel caps, which. when removed. admit Of t6e
lsec tnhalation Of the electro MenthOii1cd 81, The
m ms acts g : gerlnseiae. while The magnetic.
ths dissssea part. into Lsslsias s Sssitasdte oa,n nsf ! vo ..
dertu healing power, thereby succesSfuilv stonntn.
Tho fsnsss u wEcn iaSsisa .re refr..b,pr ana =,
s.s.rh: ccid g ,'66ss bead hay isv = h sSsscz srss e
Icsrss Sssdseks "a II: NIL minute Il - npSs ors tssc.. !.
one Ct We diseases immediately aiected - AZ n.
psier: Oommencing eolds can Be- broken up IA =
sof 70 sleey The throat and head. ana produos scunS
'1 sosS3s9 , is ge, \. and sascf wondssfsi. -
ys!ous. aud No family can sfiSrd g 81 Wi7hout on ~. n
RssEssss { ssai d sSs nss sesss ~ sSp:s. .s'sIM.s
s1En aS Snss strongly resembles The genuine.
sSI ai1ecuons. testmontsls. etc. sent vim eaeh
q ycH - sAalictedw With Cstaxsh. ,end asno 49,
~ 2 Aaanefac lphsler, whioh 4 cssssin q ~ ~
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
William Henry smith.

There are few journalists in America
who have had . more varied and in
teresting career than William Henry
Smith, general manager Of the Assoei-
ated Press, New York. William Henry
Smith first saw the light OF day in Co.
lumbia County, New York, on the Is.
of December, 1888, and is descended
from two old English families. His
father, William DeForrest Smith, who
was born in Litchtield County, Con-
n~ecticut, in 1906, was 4 grandson OF
Bethel Smith, Of Kent, who was q
grandson of Rev. Henry Smith, 4 cler-
gynian we'll known in the Connecticut
valley. His mother was . daughter OF
Deacon Story Cobb, Of Spencertown,
Columbia County, who WAS a lieaten-
ant in the army during the Revolution
airy war, and was descended from Daniel
Cobb, who settled in the C~onnecticut
valley prior to 1880. The family was
Of Dutch origin and came to America
for religious freedom. The parents oi
w. II. Smith emigrated To Chic and
settled on the Darby Plain, ia Union
County, in 1885, when tile subject 81
this sketch was about two years old.
He, being of q studious turn Of mind,
was given the advantage Of q thorough
education. Subsequently he was tutor
in o Western college, and then assistant
editor Of a weekly paper in Cincinuati,
Of which at the age Of twenty-five, he
became editor, doing also editorial work
on the Literary Review" At the out
break of the late civil war he was on
the editorial staff Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, and during the war he took
al active part in raising troops and for
warding sanitary supplies, and in po-
litical work for strengthening the gov
eminent. He was largely instrumental
in bringing Gov. John Brough to the
front ~ the candidate of the united Re
publicans aud war Democrats, and at
Brough's election, in 1863, he became
the latter's private secretary. The next
year he was elected secretary of state
on the Union ticket by u majority OF
about 10000, and was reelected in
1866. He retired from public Office to
establish the Eueming Chronicle at
Cincinnati, but his health giving way
he was forced to withdraw from all ac-
tive work. In January, 1870, he took
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

The Brooklyn Times doesn't like thu
the English habit Of emitting the arti.
Gle sthe" before the names Of yachts,
especially in the case Of yachts named
after women. The omission does seem
unfortunate when it makes such state
ments as these possible: Cora proved
slow in her stays" "Grace ran her nose
in the mud" and @Alice careened and
staggered under her heavy load.v-Neu
York Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
The Poets Fayorite.

An ingenious young girl of Louis
vile, with an eye to information and
oil autograph, recently wrote to DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes and asked him
to tell her his favorite verse Of all his
poetical writings. A few days ago she
received a card on which was written,
over the poets signature, the follow
ing lines. which his admirers will
readily recall:
A few can touch the magic string,
Ard noisy Fame is proud to win them
Alas, for those v no Ievor sing.
But die with all their music in them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
Why They Lead.

DR.. Pierce's medicines outselt all others
because Of their POSSE ssing such supario,
curative properties as to warrant theil
manu- acturers In supplying them to thu
people las they arc doing through all drug.
gists, on such conditions as no other medi
ciues are soli under. viz: that they shall
either benefit or cure the patient, or III
money paid for them will be rcfun.ied. Tn,
Golden Medical Discovery" Is n specific 70
catarrh In the head ami all bronchial
throat. and lung disea SOS. Ii taken In tim
and given q fair trial. Money win be 70.
funded ii 1t does not bench. or cure.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
i. A Tough Old World,

Flossie is 6 years old. Mamma
she asked II day, IF l get married
will l have o husband like pa?"
yes" replied the mother with an
amused smile.
sand if 1 don't get married will !
have to be an old maid like Aunt
Kate?'
YES"
"Mamma"-after q ~pause-"its a
tough world for us women, amt it,"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

GRir makes the man and want cf It
the chump; the men who win lay hold,
hang on, and hump.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

How still and calm the new moon
is.s exclaimed Amy, feelingly.
"Yes,7 replied George, 1T Is sober
now ; but II will be full In two weeks"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
or the walls at Andrew Carnegie's
library Ia this inscription,
he that can NOT think 10 . fool,
He that viii not Il Z biaot,
He that dare not 10 slave
Denver Repttbjjca1a

Il CRA0IN Il Co.. Of Phlla.. the mfrs, OF
Doootns' Electric Soap. say they would rather
close up their immense works than to put
one grain OF adulte,ati0n In their Dobbins'
Electric Soap. Would that all we're a. honest.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
LIGHT MOODS

SoNa Of the drygoods clerk-Swing.
ing in delaine.
SARAH DEgNHARDT on foot il a con-
tinual walking match.
WI should be good to our Indian
proteges. They are our kind red.
II is reasonable to suppose that some
trees are very old. especially those that
produce chestnuts.
WHEN an orator becomes q great gun
In his " estimation he is apt to be .
good deal Of = smooth bore in the esti-
nation Of others.
ASK permission OF a penurious man
to interview him for the benefit Of some
charitable object and the chances are
lac will not give assent.
The room was dark. the maiden rose
To fetch q match, she said
But he persuaded her to'stay
And make = match instead.
THERE are small insects that re-
semble baseball players, inasmuch IS
they are liable to go out on fowls.
They are liable to make q short stop ON
bats.
Could "the father of his county"
see how the stars in the field on our
flag have increased from thirteen to
forty-two he would be surprised at the
growth Of his family.
keep way from dat niger, I tell
.you," said Uncle Rube to his sable
daughter. Hes like wot John de Bah
tbs lived on" "How's dat ?" she asked.
aLow Gus an wild, honey" was the
reply.
one HUNDRED years ago New Jersey
was 3 frontier State" It is SO still
when you take into consideration the
sixe and sayagery Of the wild game.
Where can the Jersey mosquitoes peer
be found?
Ar the theater: Blobson (rising ex-
citedly)-Down with that red umbrella
in front! Mrs. Blobson drawing him
back)-For mercy's sake, hush up!
That amt an umbrella. It's q new
spring hat.
AT a recent examination OF girls for
the rite of confirmation, in answer to
the question: What is the outward
and visible sign and form of baptism ?"
the reply was "Please, sir, the
baby"
ALAS!
/ had told her that I loved her,
She had whispered me the same:
Then in innocent Irritation
! was caught. The climax came.
She demanded back her letters:
And my mind ia In q whirl,
For by some mistake l sent ber,
Letters from another girl.
MAINE, Iowa and Kansas are said to
use up more cloves than any other
three States in the Union. The area
suitable for Glove cultivation is very
limited, as they require o peculiar kind
Of soil and if prohibition ever becomes
a United States law they will become
worth their weight in gold.
WHATS the occasion ?" queried the
tramp as he came to o dozen or more
carriages before a home on Fourteenth
avenue. Funeral" answered one Of
the drivers. ."Old or young?" "Baby,
believe" "Good! l struck an old man
out here for a quarter the other day, and
| was afraid the shock had killed
him"
A GOOD work: $50 this is where
Congress sits? ?" said q travelling man
who was going through the United
States Capitol for the first time. "Yes,"
was the reply; "you want to take off
your hat when you come in here"
Take off my hat, what for "Out of
respect for our Congressman and the
great work they are doing" "What
great work did they do last session ?"
"Why-er. Why, they adjourned"
$50 they did" said the traveller, I'm.
covering his head. 80 they did.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
ATrine Awkward Sometimes.

EE. PIERcEs PELLEFs-gently laxative o.
actively cathartic according to dose. 2:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03
building 4 Town In One Day.

It is truly astonishing what can he
achieved when people act themselves
to Go a thing. Since the Mclaughlin
Brothers took their railroad building
apparatus and commissary snpplies
from the McRae depot . great feat has
been performed in town building. In
n day a town comprising 16 dwelling
houses aud two stores sprang mp, built
by those now engaged in building the
Savannah. Amerlcus and Montgomery
railroad, and, Of course, IL on the line
Of that road, ten miles from Abbeville.
One OF the stores does q wholesale bust
aess, with Joe Hammond al manager.
We like to see enterprises pushed along
rapidly when it can lie done with
safety. II the building Of the new road
is TO receive = like dose OF "rush Il
along il win not he 9 great while un.
Ill We will have the new road here
McRas fGa.1 Enferprise.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

TIE Indian smokes the pipe OF peace
the Irishmal the piece OF pipe, z
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
A Tin Test.
A ' OLUNTEER,

The Glendale company, which was
formed and has its headquarters in
Chicago is pushing development work
on its properties in Pennington county
with yigor, and recently sent several
tons of tinstone to the school Of mines
for test run. If it proves satisfactory
the company intends to erect mill at
the mine and promise the production OF
metallic tin before the summer is over.
The product of the test run at the school
is to be made into tin medals for distri
button in Chicago. The proof afforded,
in that manner. Of the existence Of tin
in paying quantities is said to be all that
certain Chicago parties require as an
inducement to invest large capital in
the tin deposits of the Hills.-Rapid
Republican.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
Doherty In Duress.

Doc Doherty, the leader of the
gang of robbers who made an nm.
successful attempt to take in the Home
stake pay train last fall, and who, not
withstanding the reward of a thousand
dollars offered for his apprehension by
that company, managed to elude the
pursuit of the officers of the law for five
months, was captured at Douglas, Wyo-
ming, on Wednesday, the 9th inst. The
details of his capture are thus given by
the Deadwood Times
Although Douglas and vicinity is an
old stamping ground of the outlaw, he
was not observed in the locality until
Wednesday, when he quietly sauntered
into town. He had made no attempt at
disguise, while a ferocious six-shooter
protrudlng from his breast, and another
dangling from his hip, betrayed the
desperate character of the man, and his
reliance should any one attempt to
molest him. Quietly and carelessly he
moved about town, finally entering Will
cox's saloon, where he engaged in q
game Of billiards. 1t must have been
an engrossing game, as he paid no at
tention TO surroundings, and failed tc
observe Sheriff John T Williams, one
of the pluckiest men in all Wyoming
who, strollirg by, espied the man OF
whose head a handsome price rested
and for whom he had for months main
tained vigilant outlook. One glanc,
was sufficient for the officer, who step
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
Approaching Activity.

Mine owners and prospectors who are
daily arriving from and departing for
the various camps, especially the tin
districts, are all very exhuberant in
spirits over the indications for the com
ing season. Everything looks toward a
busy and prosperous summer. One
gentleman informed the Journal yester-
day that the money was lying in the
banks at the present time with which to
push developments on property in which
he is interested and that he was aware
of deal that was almost closed whereby
valuable gold property in this district
would have costly mill erected upon il
within very few months. Rumors &c
this effect have been floating around foi
several days. caused no doubt by the
recent return of we'll known RAPID
City gentleman from the east in com
pany with a stranger, and their subse
quent departure for the mining districts
The deal, if such there be, will in al
likelihood be made public pretty short
|ly,-Rapid Journal, Q,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
A Building & Loan Association.

The Sturgis Record, in late issue i
extremely loud in denunciation Of the
manner in which the American Build
ing and Loan Association, of Mime
apolis, conducts it business affairs with
its Sturgis patrons. The Record notes
the receipt Of letter from the company
by one Of its Sturgis stock subscribers
in which the investor is informed that
if he owned sufficient real property that
world stand the test of examination by
an agent who would be sent out upon
request loan to the amount of forty
per cent of the value of the property
would be granted on first mortgage. In
other words, those who Joined the as
sociation paid from $50 TO $40 for the
privilege of securing the right to make
application for loan to the amount OF
forty per cent of the value Of their prop
erty. The Record concludes that the
statements made by Mr.. Crysler, the
agent of the association, while in that
place in the interest Of said association,
were, in many instances absolutely false,
the inducements offered false, and that
his promises were given with no inten-
tiOn of fnlfillment. 1t is further stated
that parties in Sturgis have decided to
give up their stock, TO charge the money
already paid for assessments to expert
ence account, and to hereafter steer
clear of foreign building and loan as
sociations.
The association referred to placed one
hundred and fifty shares of stock in this
city, and up to this time no complaint of
the association having evinced an in
tention or inclination to act in bad faith
with investors has been heard 1t is
possible the Record has just grounds
upon which TO base its charges, and that
when the time comes for granting loans,
which is now near at hand, there may
be just cause of complaint here. In any
event the CHRONICLE will watchulIy
await the issue, and pomptly notify its
readers of the result.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
Board OF Trade Ball.

The ball to be given under the aus
court house on Friday evening, the 22d
inst, promises TO be the crowning social
event Of the season. Every effort il
being made by the committee having
the matter in charge to make it pro-
nounced social and financial success.
This is the first instance where this or
ganization has essayed the role of caterer
in the way OF public entertainments, and
the object for which the effort is made
in this instance, which is solely in the
interest OF the town, and the public
generally, should commend itself to all
having the welfare of the town and
community at heart This organization
has been in existence about nine
months, and has upon its roll of mem
bership the names of about forty Of the
resident citizens of this place. 1t were
needless to state to our local readers
how difficult it is to reach beneficial
results, or even, at times, secure a quo
rum for the transaction of business
This lack of interest is not confined tC
this particular organization, but is mani
| fest in all Black Hills towns having ar
organization of similar character. Nov
III view of aiding the board in acquiring
| the means to advance the interests 0
this place, by the early repair of th'
road leading from this city to the oi
and coal fields, and thus perpetuate and
increase the volume of business patron
age from that important source, 1t woulo
seem that the fullest measure of patron
age should be extended the board upoi
the occasion referred to, in order tha
their very important and praiseworth,
object NAV not fail of accomplishment
1t is clearly matter of unquestion
able policy for the citizens of Custer Il
aid and encourage the board of trade il
their efforts to advance the interests o
the place, and the CHRONICLE earnestl,
hopes that the board of trade ball ma,
be most brilliant success, both in
social and financial view.