Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-02-05

49, A~SS - bsss "bS~D ~ -
make it himself, and ~ most farmers
are not aware that . mill tan be had 90
cheaply 1 thought | would give the In
formation 20 MI might be benefited.
JOHN CALDoR.
While y population wa increasang
from 5O,l55. 783
protection has largely made the mar.
ket, increased from
70 nearly 00.O0O.OUO.
FREQ Trader David A. Wells says that
the American people uso less wool
every year IN account Of protection.
In 1870 We consumed 7.94 pounds
per capita; in 1880 S.55 pounds
per capita; and in 1890 g.J pounds
per capita. Our per capita consumption
Of wool 10 annually Increasing under
protection. That's what the facts have
70 say on the subject.
The South mined 100000 tons
Of coal in 1882; last year she mined
about % 600 GOO tons.
As there il no anthracite coal in the
South IN appHciable quantities, these
figures speak 4 manufacturing deve or.
ment rather than increased domestic
consumption. Is 1t not strange that
Southern congressman lead in the at
tacks on the protective duties that are
doing 20 much to develop the South7
he Knows Bettcr Now.
Congressman Castle, OF Minnesota,
tells this story Of his. first lesson in
'lawmakine" while in the Senate OF
his state: II labored under 30 pro-
found . sense OF my own importance
and responsibility no q member OF the
judiciary committee that most Of the
bills referred to me did not meet my
approval. My own pet measures went
on nicely until final passage, with
no signs of opposition anywhere.
Imagine my painful surprise when, on
final passage, they failed 10 get another
aye save my own. l Was astounded.
whats the trouble with thoee bills
Of mine? l asked OF my venerable
colleague, IN uncle with whom l had
studied law.
"'None at ALL he replied. Excel
lent measures in all respects.'
But | observed, you voted with
the rest against them
Yea
"'If there is some error in the draw.
ing, please have the goodness to en-
tighten me- ! was showing my angeS.
"'COrrectly drawn in every detail
swell, then, what in hi s the mat
ter anywayr
"'My boy, said Uncle Bon gently, L
notice that you were foolish enough to
report unfavorably my normal school
"But my dear Uncle Ben, you sure
ly know my views OF the normal school
question too well to-
"'Your views be DID, said my uncle.
with some warmth. When you have
cut your eye teeth you may have learned
that you are not expected to have any
you hope to get your own through"
Experts Beaten by Their Own Test.
Last Tuesday = delegation Of three
prominent gentlemen anne to tho CITY
from Butte, Mont, to consult Congress-
man Dixon in regard to q compromise
in the famous Davis will case, involving
$40. 0OO,0 COO, says . Washington corie-
spondent Of the st. Louis Globe Demo-
Graf. The contest turned upon the a.
legation that the will was . forgery.
The evidence introduced was designed
to prove that the document was written
in nigrosin ink which was invented in
1885,, some time after the signature was
affixed. After . ten days trial, twelve
experts, headed by Carvolho, were in
troduced to make the final test. Cary.
Ohio will he remembered ~ the leading
expert in the Murchison letter. Thew
asserted that the ink was nigrosin ink.
With the acid they produced in court.
they said, when applied to the written
part OF the document, the ink would
turn . vivid blue. II it was not nigros-
in ink it would turn red.
The test ~ made by Prof. Hodges,
the leading chemist Of Harvard. In
b~reathless suspense the contending
counsel and the Court looked ON % the
experiment went forward, upon whose
result 90 much depended. Az the acid
touched the writing the signature
turned . flaming red, alone surpassed
by the color in the faces of the experts
~ they skunk crestfallsn out Of the
courtroom.
A New Arctic Travel Scheme,
There il . young man in Truckee.
Cal, who thinks he has solved the