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BARNUM'S MUSEUM.
Interview with "A Man Who Saw 1t at


Its Best.
During the civil war it was the one insti-
tuition in New York that every country
boy hungered and thh'sted to see, and q
grave newspaper man of today confesses
that he worked his way from Indiana
when ,ad to see the city, and especially
this museum. "As soon as could brush the
dust from my clothes and swallow lunch
| entered the place of wonders" says this
witness-"entered it at 2 O'Clock p. m. and
stayed till IL. Never again, though should
reach the years of Methuselah, can l feel
such thrills of novel enjoyment as on that
day.
First, and still the greatest to my mind,
was the what is it?' A very highly devel-
oped chimpauZee, | suppose it was, but by
skillfnl dressing and assiduous training it
was made so very human that l never
doubted that | saw the missing link.
Then the monster turtles, the transparent
snake, the angel fish of Amboyna,' and
teeth of shark and swordfsh; and then,
oh, then, the long, long cages of birds OF
every cline! Such brilliant red and yellow
and green parrots and cockatoos! Such
beautifully white doves, and such wonder
! fully variegated fowls from all lands! To
/ q country lad it was liberal education.
''The fat woman and the dwarfs rather
; repelied me-they do yet-but the giants,
| l almost worshiped them. The collection
| of ancient armor and weapons / have only
| once seen equaled. and that was in the
! Tower of London At the end of four
hours gazing l suddenly discovered that
was myself almost as much of show to
some of the visitors as the museum was to
me, for as 'Gawky Bill from Arcadia
acted the character to perfection. Last
i but far from least was the theater. [ had
reached the age of twenty-one just before
| leaving home, and had never seen dra
| matte performance.
"The play at Barnum's Gt was on the 18th
/ of June, lS6D was The Patriots of Sum
/ ter and the actors had one enthusiastic
/. patron. l laughed till all my neighbors
( laughed at me, shed the most realistic
/ tears, applauded till my hands were sore
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she blew a kiss
from her fingers
to the wav in 6
flag. But as we
passed Castle Gar
den a little schoon-
er lay there, with
the royal flag of
Sweden flying at
the gaff. AT the
sight of it tears
came into the eyes
of this woman to
whom a nation
-oc ohnr1t tnn nov
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uPTfhhSARh

BARNUM'S SECOND MUSEUM.
and went away swelling with patriotism.
1t lasted me, too, for worked my way
home as soon as possible and enlisted un-
der the next call. Oh, it was all very, very
real to me, and even now l love to tell my
own boy of my first and only visit to Bar
NUNS Museum"
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illuminate my

BURNING OF BARNUM's WINTER QUARTERS
lean peoples champion. amusement pro
wider, / have taken into equal partnership
my energetic and experienced friend and
former associate James A Bailey. We
have enlarged and vastly improved the
Greatest show on EARTH which we pro
pose to establish as permanence."
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man most needed money.
General Tom Thumb" as
the midget was called, was
discovered" by the cham
pion amusement purveyor
in 1s41, and after some
months of travel in the
United States was taken to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-30
TOM THUMB.

The Little Fellow Who Was One Of Bar
NUNS Chief Attractions.
Charles S. Stratton twice filled the cof-
fers; of Barnum at times when the show
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-30
Give the MicrObG Killer a Trial.

1t is no experiment nor an untried rem
sdy Hundreds of persons IN TINS city nave
used or are now using this medicine, and
the cures effected in many cases are mir
acles. 49,, ,
It has cured thousands who have been
pronounced INCURABLE. Sold IN one
gallon Jugs Price three (s3.OO) DO 0llarS.
a small Investment, when LIE ana healtii
can be obtained. .. u,,o.-
Beware of fraudulent limitations. Ihey
are usually cheaper, as they use thas
method of imposing on the public one OF
them held their price at 81 per gallon
for nearly two years. Not being aoie 10
get their medicine in at that, they. have
now reduced it to 81 80, which is evidence
enough that it has not met with success
a good medicine sustains itself in all com.
munities. A cheap medicine IS the last
thing on earth a suffering man wants.
The genuine sold only by
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-30
JOURNALIST AND ADVERTISER

Barnum's Experience as Publisher and
Patron of Papers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-30
VOL. x.
RADAM'S
MICR0BE KILLER

The greatest discovery of the age. Old
in theory, but the remedy only recently
discovered The MICROBE KILLER
is prepared on scientific principles. 1t
starts at the root Of all disease, and cures
by renewing the cause of the disease.
Do YOU suffer with Catarrh? ?
Have YOU inherited Consumption
Have you any Kidney Disease?
Are YOU afflicted with rheumatism
Are YOU troubled with Asthma?
Have you any disease that causes you
anxiety or inconvenience
Have you any disease that your doctor
has nronOuuced incurable?
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Merchant Tailoring.

II is with pleasure that announce my
readiness and ability to serve my customers
in prompter and more satisfactory man
ner than ever before. Have just htteo up
new and comfortable apartments IN tne
Watkins building, over Daniel X 20. $
hardware store, and have on hand large
line of samples for
Spring and Summer Wea1.
Do not place your order for a suit until
YOU see my goods and get prices. can
give as good bargains and do as good woTS X
as any responsible party anywhere. A cal
will convince you that you can do as we'll
in yotT home market as you can by Sending
away. In point of style, cut, tit and make i
up guarantee my work to be equal TO ina.
done elsewhere. My clothes speak Tor
themselves This is the testimony OF my
customers. among whom / desire to count
you. Very respectfully,
W. {. SMITH, Merchant Tailor,
feb26- Henderson,, n. g..
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
IN HONOR OF A HERO.
GROUND BROkEN FOR A MoNU-
MENT TO GRANT.

Deparlsn mt Commander Freeman of the
Grand Army OF the Republic Performs
the Ceremony Gen. Horace Porter De-
iivers Euioxy ON th~ Work aud Charsc-
ter Of the Great Soldier.
Ground has eeen broken for the monu-
ment which is to be raised at Riverside
Fark, New York. where rests all that is
mortal Of the great hero OF the rebellion,
Gen. Grant The ceremony was per-
formed amid tho plaudits OF thousands
Of citizess, the blarc of trampets, the
beating OF dr. ms, the booming Of can.
non. the melody Of children's voices, and
the loluence Of orators
There, upon the hillside. gathered the
members o. the Grand Army Of the Re.
public and 4 number OF other bodies,
who, ranging themselves around the
tomb, paid reverence to the memory of
satM whoas ali nations hOnored while In
life. On the Hudson River, decorate I
with bunting, lay anchored opp )site the
tomb the warship Yantic, and ut two
o'clock her guns cor mcnced to belch
forth a salute OF twenty-one guns. which
weIe fired at intervals o thirty scconds
On the platform near the mound wcro
gathered the m ,mbers OF tho Monument
Association, tho members Of Alcxa der
Hamilton Post. q. A. H.. the leading
members OF the various Grand Army
posts, and the orators who had been Sc
lected for the cas- on
fefore the regular ceremonies COM
mcnccd Lawson w. Fuller, at the head
OF 800 children from tho Sheltering Arms
institution aud drum and fife corps
playing "Amer.ca," marched past the
tomb with flags dropped. Each chi d
carried bouquet of forget me nots,
which were cast upon tho tomb. The
Marine Band played an overture, after
which the Rev. DR. Clark Wright, chap
Ia n. of Department Commander FREQ.
mans staff, offered prayer, and chorus
sang "Thc star Spanylcd Banner.
Commander Freeman resided aud in a
few wel-chosen words introduced Gen.
Horace Porter, the orator of the day.
After skctchiny his career to the out
break OF the rebellion and pointing out
the marked literary ability shown in hs
dispatches and memoirs. Con. Porter
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

were rescued. Congress in 1889
passed law compelling steam vessels
to carry self-propelling projectiles car
rying lines. The Board of Inspectors
adopted the Cunningham aud Lyell
guns. After the law had been in opera
tion the Eastern steamboat interests
rontrived to secure it's repeal, but last
January Congress concluded to en-
power the Secretary of the Treasury to
enforce the law so far as ocean going
steamers are concerned, giving them
optional powers to enforce it's workings
on lake and bays.
The project:le to be used under the
new law is known as the Cunningham
rocket. 1t consists of rocket carry
ing tube containing coiled line,
which is paid out Of the tube Us the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
ARIsTOCRATic vILLANY.

Dssnaalsis Tcstimony Against Capt,
ssssg q Ia&sexs - k1snu11as.
At the trial Of Capt. varney at London,
on charge OF procuring girls for immoral
purposes, many letters signed Wilson the
name with which Capt. Varney Is charged
with assuming, were identified as being in
testified that rarney called upon her
several times and asked her ~ procure for
him two or three girls, promising her 100
francs II she succeeded. She refused. Nine.
Adcline was positive IN her Identification OF
Narney. When asked by the magistrate X
Capt. Varney said what he wanted them for,
Adeline replied promptly that he wanted to
seduce them and that they must be
virtuous. Varney was then held for trial
In S15, 900 bail. This lac secured.
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THE GRANT Aos yMEsr.

spoke OF the soldier in the most touch.
ing manner, reviewing his brilliant
record from the beginning Of the war
until the tins OF his death.
The chorus sang "Amorica," when
Commander Freeman aros, to initiate
the particular ceremony of the dAy--the
breaking OF the ground for the monu-
ment, Before turning up the sod Com
mander Freeman said that Greece had
its heroes, men who won fame by Q
single act, or gave their lives to carry
out a noble purpose. The world Is full
OF monuments to the great and good Of
generations past--every nation has Its
sacred shrines. Rome thus kept alive the
memory OF her magnificent conquests and
victories and the men who achieved them.
England is full Of memoria 9 to her distin
guished rulers, generals, poets, aud phi.
ianthropists. Bnt the sacred shrines of
America are dcarer to US than any other
We ho,d with reverence the consocrated
soil O. Mount Vernon, lest we may dis
tnrb the ashes OF our beloved Washing.
tn We bow our heads in silence and
lift our hearts In gratitude at the resting
place of him whose homcly features and
loving loyal heart will never fall from
stand bes de the monument of our beloved
Garfield. Almost every city and
town has its monument to the brave men
who fcl in tho battle field, died In the
hospital, or wasted away In the stifling air
OF the death-tealing prison, said Com
mander Freeman. But we come to-day
to perform the preparatory work for .
monument to tho grandest soldier Of
hnn n L..
compasa ative poverty, he madc his way
step by step to the highest honor which
this nation could bestow. Without
brilliant genius or gifts OF oratory. he
fu nishcd inspiration for others and
pushed right on In his purpose until the
goai was reached. His ashes rest here,
but our broad land Is his burial place
We call h m ours, but the nations OF the
civilized world We'd with each other In
showing him honor
ave gather" sad the speaker, mot
simply as tho representatives Of the
hundreds OF thousands Of living and
dead whom he led TO victory, but OF tho
entire nation, the men who wore the
blue. Now, In the presence Of the Al
mighty tod and these witnesses, We, the
representatives Of tho Grand Army OF
the Republic, break the sod prepsratory
to laying the foundation OF the mOn,i-
ment which shall stand ss slight ex-
presson Of the lose OF this nation for 4
gr. a. chieftain and shall tel TO 81 the
world that the United States OF America
does not FORGET her heroic dead
At the close Of Is remarks Command
er Freeman took the spade In his hands
and with 1t tossed up the earth This
ended the ceremonies and the crowd dis
perecd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
BUGS ARE ACCESSORIES.

BAD FArMlnk IL the Ccier Menace to tho
Kansas Wheat Crop.
Prof. Snow has returned from n visit 10
Russell county with Secretary Mohier, Of
the Kansas state board Of agriculture, and
reports: More than half of the wheat
fields visited in Russell county are Ia n
damaged condition. The damaged fields
are those In which the wheat was drilled In
stubble ground OF In badly cultivated corn
ground. Some OF the damaged fields are
infested with small green bug, but others
have no bugs. Wheat drilled In the plowed
ground or in well cultivated corn around OF
1890 is In fine condition. The difficulty Is
with bad farming rather than bugs. saw
no chinch bugs nor Hessian flies In Russell
county. do not think the new green bug
will prove serious pest
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
CAUSES GRIEF.

The Railways Discriminate In Favor of
the south.
The northwestern delegates to the Gin
cinnat third party convention Of May 10
are clothed in gloom and their Indignation
knows no bounds. Notice was received by
Acting Secretary Of the Committee on
Transportation W. +. Rightmire OF Topeka.
Kan. that the Western Passenger Associa-
tion and the Trans Missouri and Trans Con-
tinental had refused delegates reduced
rates west Of the Missouri river. The Cen
trail Traffic association has given one rate
for the round trip, which means that the
southern delegates will be ont in force.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
'AKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1891.
KvDINl's GRIEF.
He Hoses tho New Orleans CorrespOn-
tlence SIN Feeling Badly.

NJ XSo$es the New orleans COrrcspOM-
dlence StIil Feeling Badly.
TNcltalian green book. just issued. on
thvsNew Orleans lynchinf. comprises twcn-
ty-fcur dispatches, dated fi,ln March IL To
Apr1l g. The principal communications
have already been Published. After Blainc's
noteOf April IL the volume concludes with
t0ltgram from Marquis di kudini to Mar
quls impcriaii, the concluding text Of which
Is - follows: '.lt is time to break of this
tO0t1ess controversy. Public opinion. the
sovereign judge, Will know how to indicate
an equitable solution Of this grave problem
We have affirmed and again affirm our first
right. Let the federal government reflect
up0h its side II 1t is cxpedicnt tc leave to
the mercy Of each state of the union irre-
spCnsible to foreign countries The efficiency
Of tteaties pleading Its faith and honor TO
entire nations. The present dispatch Ia nd
dressed to YOU exclusively, not to the fed
rAlegovernment. Your duties hcncefor-
VAR are solely restricted to dealing With
cur1ent business
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

Morestini Giliz. a farm band, has been ar.
rested at Buda Pesth, for the murder Of
Josepha kirsch. n rich woman who was
found dead in bed having been strangled
Gilez confessed to killing the woman, hut
produced a letter In which she had decided
to die and besought him TO kill her as ON
two previous occasions her attempts
to suicide had failed. She pro-
vided everything for the act. He
carried out her instructions. Gilex seems
to be OF weak mind
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

At a miners mass convention at Brazil,
Ind, it was resolved to accede to the de-
mands Of the operators and return to work
at once. They notified the operators that
they will sign the contracts individually at
the mine under protest to waive their rights
under the laws and resume work at any
hour. The rights waived are as to the bi-
weekly pay day and weighing coal before
screenfn0
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
ABSOLUTELY PURE
LlFE-sAv,No ROCKETS.

A New and Successful Apparatus to Threw
the Lilo Line.
In many cases of shipwreck on our
coast the life-saving service men have
failed to accomplish the rescue Of the
people by means of the Lyell gun.
The line has fallen short or become
snarled OF fouled in ~, rigging, and
thereby became valu les The wreck
of the bark Dictate the Eastern
coast recently shows mat the Lyell
gun failed to throw the line far enough,
and line from the vessel was the
means whereby . portion Of the crew
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Information Cleaned From All
Quarters Of the Universe.
THE JURY WAS BRIBED.
GRAND JURY REPORT FROM NEW
ORLEANS.

u Finds That the Trial OF Hcnnessey's
Murdercrs Was . Farce-Stx Jurors
Guilty Of Bribcry--A voluminous Docu-
ment-News Elsewhere Of Other Sort.
After six weeks investigation the grand
jury at New Orleans has completed its la
bors In the Italian case and presented vol
luminous report to Judge Mari. The report
recites the killing Of Chief Heunessey, the
trial OF the Italians. etc, and referring to
the verdict rendered says: I'VE cannot be
mistaken IN the assertion that the verdict
was startling. amazing, bittcr disappoint-
ment, shocking to public opinion, provoking
repeated accusations that some Of the jury
had been unfaithfui to their o6acc." The
report, which Is voluminous, goes on to
show that at least six jurors accepted bribes
and that the trial was, on the whole, q
MOckcry to justice.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

or piece Of woodwork you have chosen
for your target. The little bit Of
thread You have added has trans
formed your needle into an effective
dart, and makes it, point, almost -
q matter Of course, strike and pene-
t,ate the object against whish il il
thrown.
The reader will find in this experi-
ment "reminiscences OF the dart (com-
pc. ed Of . penholder with psper wings)
which We were al familiar with at
school. and which has brought many
: luckless wight 70 grisf for prasticing
tie throwing Of the javelin when hs
ought to have bean studying Homer or
Virgil Bost0n Globe.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

Hampstead Washburne has been inaugur-
ated mayor Of Chicago. He has begun q
work Of reform. CONSERVATION was created
among the gambling fraternity when 1t was
announced that the first official act Of the
mayor had been to order the police to close
all the gambling -houses ut once. Officers
were hurriediy sent out with notifications
to all the houses that they must be closed
by nightfail or be pulled. The order was
generally oheyed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
Hill TO Remain Govsrner.

1t Is telegraphed from New York that
Gov. Hill has decided to enter the race for
third term this fail and succeed himself rs
governor. The governor has received tho
assurances Of Tammany Hall. the yoorhis-
ties and the County democrats that they
will give him their unqualified support.
Should he do this, and resign the senator
ship, the mantle would doubtless fall on ono
OF these three: Dana, Weed or Flower.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
Lee Must Go Permanently, or stay.

The application of Tom Lee, Of Chinatown.
New York, who before he became q natural
lied citizen rejoiced In the name OF Wing
A. Ling. for passport TO visit his native
land bus been refused by Uncle Sans
officials at Washington. 1t has been held
by the United States circuit court Of Cali
fornia that the naturalization Of Chinese
person was without warrant OF law. A
passport. it is stated, would not free Mr..
Lee from the operation OF the exclusion act.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
Another Russian Vessel s,opped.

In spite OF the recent threat OF Russia,
another Russian volunteer transport hat
been detained in the Rosphorus. The Turk
ish commandsnt threatened to 6fe II the
vessel attempted to pass. Nclid0ff, Rnssia's
representative. sent strong note to the
porte, in which demands for indemnity and
the right OF absolutely free passage for RUS
Ian vessels sailing under the mercantile
lag was made.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
Very Costly Strikes.

Affairs in the Pennsylvania coke region
are very quiet. The keistcr plant has
agreed to the cokers' terms. making the
fourth In the district, and the men seem
more confident. The operators report in
creased forces and men arriving on every
train. The sensational advice of the social
lists has had little effect, AS the men are
very quiet and peaceable. The cost of tho
coke strike up to this time is estimated at
about 81, 500 900,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

Years ago parties with considerable
treasure were en- route to Spanish scttle-
ment near st. Louis, when they were pur-
sued by Indians, forced to leave their boats
and take to the Wild woods. Years after
ward members Of this party time and again
visited the bluffs adjacent to Rocheport,
Mo-, and spent days IN digging for the hid
den treasure. The other day stranger.
evidently a Castiiian, arrived with maps
and charts and renewed the search. Later
he disappeared. when II was discovered
that he had, after digging in many places.
found the object OF his search. as fresh
fragments of an iron box were found In the
hole In which he left his pick and shovel.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08

Three young girls were burned to death
and two others badly burned at are in y
fireworks factory In Moriasiana, N. Y. The
flames were started by an explosion Of
powder. They spread rapidly, and In few
seconds the entire building was on fre
Lille Hammond, ~: Mary Lynch. II. and
Jennie Hadply, II. were burned to death in
sight OF the crowd George Kramer, ~,
and Lottie Herueck, II. were badly burned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
John L. Is Willing TO 90 to Congress.

John l.. sullivan at st. Louis announced
that he would in all likelihood be elected 10
congress from the sixth Massachusetts, dis
trict two years hence. ..The Sixth" said
he. .'is strongly democratic, and am one
of the most popular democrats in it. !
could have received the last congressional
nomination il wanted II, but could not
afford to take It. There's no money In
Congress for me-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
THE MAGIC DART.

1t Is Accomplished b. . Little Piece o.
Thread
Take an ordinary sewing needle of
medium size, with good sharp point.
Stand at three PAGES distant from =
door or wooden partition. and, holding
the needle between your finger and
thumb, try by throwing it ss strongly
as you can to make it stick in the
woodwork. Try as you will, however
great your skill or unwearied your per-
severance, you will never succeed.
Now, however, pass through the eye
of the needle simple bit of thread and
try again. You will succeed every
time in planting the needle in the door