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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
THE FAIR COMMISSION.

Gov. 4 sheldon and the Orid's Fiar
Commission Held n Consultation.
(;ov.-ELEur SHELDON hold q consul
tation with the Worlds Fair Commits
sioners at Sioux Falls with y view TO
determining what the figures Should be
in the commissioners request Tor o
Legislative appropriation. The mem
bers as we'll - h Governor are singu-
larry quiet about the matter. aud do
not give any Information a. to VIA
they would wish for an appropriation.
The figures are said 10 be $50, Oo0s The
plan as talked over bv the Commission
is to 60 before the Legislature as = cor
porate body, furnish II list OF the stock
holders, the amount each had sub
scribed OF the S25, 900 and sell the SAME
in bulk to the state, and let the state
finish up the work. Ii this was not
done, then they could make such ap.
preparation as they deemed advisable
to complete the exhibit. all the details
OF which were to email In the n
OF tho company, as heretofore,
Many OF the chairmen made elaborate
written reports showing what exhibits
had been collected, what funds they
had received from the commission, etc.
Thomas II. Brown and ". w. Taylor,
Committee on Reports to the Governor
and Legislature, submitted carefully
prepared statements Of the work and
plans OF the Commission.
The secretary was instructed to
notify the several chiefs Of departments
that the spaces offered to this state In
the department buildings were accept
ed by the South Dakota Commission.
AT tho Worlds Fair Commission
meeting {. Y. Gadner, of Piedmont,
was elected secretary in place OF Oliver
Gibbs. jr., resigned.
The Ladies' Board Of Fair Commits.
sioners elected Mrs. Duff Hanie OF
Rapid City as superintendent to collect
exhibits.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
The G%uillOtine.

The shape OF the g%uillotine is too
we'll known to need description.
Death is always instantaneous. When
the executioner pulls the catch whsh
opens the pincer which holds the
knife three yards above the criminals
neck, fixed in the lunette or demi-
lune, the knife, weighted with l2O
pounds of lead. comes crashing down,
and cuts through the flesh and bone
as easily as through a wisp Of straw.
The exact duration Of the fall OF the
knife, fundamentally calulated, does
not exceed three-quartersof a second,
and the effect OF the fall on the neck
of such a weight, coming from such a
height, is the same as that OF a weight
OF seventeen tons falling the distance
OF half an inch.
The guillotine to-day always oper-
ates on the Place de Ia Roquette
when an execution takes place in
Paris. This has been the rule since
the execution Of Viou, in June, 1851.
Previous to that executions had taken
place at the gates of the Barriere st.
Jacque, to which prisoners used to be
conveyed from the prison at Bicetre.
This long journey from the prison to
the place of execution was justly con
sideree q rude addition to the suffer.
ing Of the condemned, and In conse.
quence the location of the guillotine
was adhered. To-day, barely a quarter
OF an hour elapses before the awaken
ing OF the prisoner in his cell and the
fall of the knife.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

Raa I'M EGD8a nctOft,
bs911SnkIe5s v roaltiysay
Mill 81 40r staie E1ck III f0od when big
diamond studs adorned their shirt
fs0nts. The me are AZ bad II not
worse than the women In this re-
spsct. / know q bfOken-down actor
81 the old school. In his prosperous
days he acquired the diamond habit.
and invested the bulk Of his earnings
In diamonds and emeralds. When
the dark days came he was forced TO
part with his expensive collection.
A year ago all that was left to him
was one choice solitaire, worth at
lowest estimate close on to 81 900.
This had been the pride Of his collec-
ton. and he had resolved to hold on
to 1t, come what would. have seen
times In the last six months when
that man has lived on n cheap
meal q day, but the beautiful stud
still adorns his weathcr-stained
bosom. Every day he sauntcrs ur
Broadway, stopping for twenty min
utes or more before the windows OF
the diamond shops that line the way.
His only amusement is to make a
mental inventory Of the stones dis
played and his own. Ii the result
proves satisfactory, a CLEAN OF tri-
umph kindles In his eye and he moves
on with a springy step and q light
heart. II, on the other hand, his
diamond fails to compare fayOrably
with its rivals he heaves a sigh and
shambles off with the air OF a thor
Oughly broken man. ! tell you that
to me there Ia something very sad
and pathetic in such a spectacle.
Although / profit by their madness,
1 really pity the diamond drunkard."
Globe. Democrat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Childish Prattie.

PAPA-I read In your eyes that you
have told q lie. Boy-That is impos-
sible. You know you cannot read
without your ~spectacles.
LITTLE Dor-Mamma is going to
take me with her when she visits
Aunt Jenny. Little D~ick-She's GO
ing to take me. too. @Did che say
SOP .No." ".Then how do you
knOw?n She'll never leave me here
with that closet full Of jam"
@I'M saving up my pennies to buy
papa q Christmas present" said little
Nell to her aunt the other night.
"What are you going to buy him?"
asked her aunt. "A great big wax
dolly that can shut her eyes and say
mamma, I" said Nell.
LITTLE DOT-Oh, dear, my dOllie
hasn't a dress ut to be seen. Little
Dick Make some. Little Dot II
hate to sew. Little Dick-Well, get
up q mission society, an invite all
LII girls to come an make dresses for
the heather, an let dollie be the
heathen.-Good News.
Il WONDER what the bees talk
about?n said Alice. They don't
talk; they buzz" said Wallie. "Then
what do they buzz about?" asked
Alice. @About all the time" chucklcd
Wallie.-Harper's Young People.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

A yOungish looking man with
twinkling black eyes, hair OF a kin
dred tint. and 4 cleaning diamond
In his satin cravat, spent Sunday ut
the Southern. His name is j. II.
Lewis, and he Is a dealer in precious
stones. -I>o You know" he said,
that there are thousands Of men
and women in this country who are
victims OF the diamond habit. They
are known In professional circles as
diamond inehriates.' Right here
there arc men and women by the
score who would gladly sacrifice their
chances OF happiness in the next
world for the possession OF the gleam-
ing bauhles. You will find them.
that Ii 70 say, the well-dressed ones-
standing In the shops OF the fashion
able jewellers lingering and bargain
ing for one or more OF the loose stones.
Outside, others with pinched faces
and cheap clothes crowd about the
show windows and feast their eyes on
the diamonds displayed behind the
glasA. Let one OF these drunkards-
foF, ID their own peculiar way, they
are dfunkards-0nce get possession
of = valuable stone, and you will md
11et he win sacribce almost III Of his
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
WHAT THE WOMEN WANT.
Resolutions OF the South Dakota EIua
S~ufFrAgists.

Resolutions OF the South Dakota Equal
~surragists.
THE South Dakota Equal Suffrage
Convention, which met at Pierre,
adopted the following resolutions.
Resolved, That we in convention
assembled, do reassert our earnest con-
victIon that taxation without repre-
ssntatIon is tyranny; that the acknow-
ledge moral influence OF women be
crystalized into enfranchised citizen
ship; that the life givers Of the nation
should also be law giyers.
,. That, as the laws Of South Da-
kota provide h q women may vote for
school district officers, and as educa-
ton Is the peculiar province OF mothers.
we urge that the Legislature be petit
toned to provide for the election VI
state and county approximations OF
public instruction. at the June school
election. wnen township school district
officers are elected, instead OF at the
general election.
3. Inasmuch as certain tribes OF Sioux
Indians have been admitted to citizen
ship and pied from taxation for
twenty-five years, we declare it an nn-
Just discrimination against women to
com pei them to pay taxes while denied
citizenship.
4. That . bill be presented TO the
state Legislature asking for municipal
suffrage for wamen
s That we put ourselves upon record
as opposed to the resubmission Of the
question Of prohibition to the people OF
South Dakota.
6. That we most heartily approve OF
the candidacy of Mrs. Mary A.. Lease
for United States Senator from Kansas,
and trust the friends Of equal suffrage
will use all honorable means TO secure
her election.
:. That the manageable age OF girls
should be fixed at Is years instead OF
Is, as provided by our statutes.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
A scotch Joke.

A farmers wife, not a hundred
miles from Dingwall, has a great deal
of trouble with her servants. The
other day one of them came to herte
say: MADAME, ] fear l shall not be
able to work much longer! Think ]
am going blind" "Why, how is that?
You seem to get along pretty well
with your work." "Ycs; but l
no longer see any meat on my plate at
dinner" The farmers wife under.
stood, and the next day the servants
were served with very large and very
thin pieces of meat. "How NIGEL" the
girl exclaimed; @my sight has come
back. / can see better than ever"
.How is that, Bella?" "Why at this
moment" replied Bella, Il can see
plate through the meat. DUNDEE
Npws-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Ditterent Norris OF DO2enS.

Tho child Is taught at school that .
dozen means twelve every time, saws a
writer. but when the child grows INTO a
man he finds that u dozen Is u very
elastic term. A bakers dozen is thir-
teen, and so is a publishers Or, a news
agents, in many paris Of the worlo. IN
some sections D dozen Of iish ineah3
twenty-siy, and there are other anoGi-
allies Of this kind. But 10 find a dozen
Indicating anything from two to hfty, 1t
is necessary 10 go to the earthHn"afe
trade. Hero the size and weight OF
articles decides how many make a dozen,
and in jugs, bowls, plates and so on
there are two, four, six, eight or o TO
the dozen. Adozen composed oil twelve
| articles is a very unusual thing in the
Wholesale pottery trade, and as a result
| there are few cierkships more dificult
to hold than in this line. tried the
work once and failed ignominiously. 10
| have To find the cost of 800 articles at
so much n dozen, when that dozen may
mean anything, is a very difficult task
until IA man gets thoroughly used to It,.
| That it is easy then, | have been told,
though ! never got used to it sufficient
ly to know of my W knowledge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

And ts 1. pain that causes you to squir1n!
rheumatism will make ANYONE vince. Coun-
teract it, as you can readily do, at the outset
with Hoatetter's Stomach Bittcrs, which e&-
rels the rhe umatic virus from the blood and
promptly relieves the torturcs that II pro-
duces. The evidence in It's behalf on this point
f. ample and conclusive, and embraces the
deliberate Rfirinations OF many medical IraG-
titloners. Like all standard preparations, the
Bitters deserves o persistent trial. which, if 1t
receives, th~ehappiest and most thorough re-
sglts may be confidently anticipated. For
ma!arial. kidney and liver complaints. neural
cia. nervousness, indigestion aud losa Of flesh
and appetite 1t ia u wortd-fsmous remedy.
Couvalascence after tebiliating ailments in
much facilit aztec by it..
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Building q Home.

So many reople are nov building
homes for themselves that q few
hints on the subject may not come
amiss. One OF the first considera-
tIons is the location. A sunny slope
IL always n OF the most desirable
places to build a house, SO that n
may have the advantage OF good
drainage and the wholesOmeness OF
a cheerful exposure. One can hardly
have too much sun, in spite OF the
old.fashioned prejudice against 1t.
The house should face the sun, and
the southeast Is considered the best
exposure. This will bring the kitchen
and pantries on the north side Of the
house, where they should be. II the
house Is to be heated by furnace, the
cellar walls should be eight feet high,
at least, to allow 0 to walk under
the pipes which convey the heat to
the floors above. A low-walled cellar
Is a mistake In any case, as a laundry
OF supplementary kitchen can other.
wise be had on the ground floor, or a
workshop for the man OF the house.
II the bay window usually found on
the southern side Of modern houses
runs down to the cellar, here is an
excellent place to winter g%eraniums,
fuchsias and other plants which have
outgrown plant-stands or shelves.
The kitchen proper should always be
located a little one side Of the main
building, when it Is on the same floor
as the dining and living room, as it
usually Is in the country, so as to pre-
vent a direct draught when the front
doors are open and bring in the odor
of cooking. Too little attention is
paid to this one item In building,
though 1t Is essential to a healthy and
agreeable atmosphere. Some houses
are built in such a way that it is i'm
possible not to perceive what has
been the menu of the last meal on
entering the front door, and there is
a blending OF all the past meals hang
ing about the rooms. Such an atmGS-.
phere as this must be unwholesome.
The door which communicates be-
tween the Kitchen and main house
shoulA have a strong spring on it, so
that it cannot be left open through
negligence. There should always be
a ventilator in the kitchen window,
which should be open at all times,
and an abundance OF windows for
light and ventilation. The angle
formed by the. extension of the kitch-
en- beyond the main house may be
utilized either for a back piazza or a
small conservatory, an item OF ex.
| pense not necessary il a piazza is de-
cided upon; but when building, a few
additional dollars here and there are
not grudged by the majority OF peo-
| pie, particularly IL a taste or hobby
il to be gratified, and the flower lover
who thus secures a long wished for
conservatory will never regret what
may seem at first sight an extraya.
| Qancn
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

GRAINS OF GOLD.

IGNORANCE IL the mother Of lmpu-
dence.
DON'T look back ard you won't want
TO so back.
MoSr anything can be forgiven easier
than sclfie hness.
TEMPTATIONS resisted are stepping
stones to heaven.
4 FOOL thinks he is right because h.
can't see very far.
SOMETIMES WI take Il long step by
being put down a bit,
INDIGESTION is thu greatest robber on
The face Of the earth.
IT is hard to be II friend to a man who
Is an enemy To himself.
A SEED that will not grow is no bet
ter than II that i rotten.
THE first milo toward he'll always
looks like a short cut to heaven.
No coLLEGE can do much for a man
who thinks he knows it all himself.
THE spider probably thinks hat the
bee IS wasting time III making honey.
THE man who brays much on his
goodness will bear u cool deal of
watching.
HALF the troubles We look for do not
come, and it is newer worth while t9
waste the hours in worrying.
SUPERINTENDENT is IA trouble; want.
q misery; and an exalted station 3
great burden: bat competence is true
happiness.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Do You WISH
the Finest Bread
and Cake? .

It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
Of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble? I
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Ne v Chautauqna Oiscers.

TuE Board OF Directors OF the Lake
Madison Chauiauaua Assembly held q
meeting at Madison. Rev. {. z. Hayes
was reelected superintendent OF the
Assembly and Prof. II. +. kratz OF
Sioux city, reelected director OF the
Summer School. sercetary Whalen
rendered his resignation TO accept .
similar position with the Spirit Lake.
Iowa, Assembly. His successor will
not be chosen until the next meeting
OF the Board. The Assembly OF 1888
Will DO held from July 5 to -. A pro-
graIa me OF the finest o~btainable talent
will be made up, aud everything points
to the continued success of the Lake
Madison Chautauqua.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

The Dead wood smelter is shipping
matte to Aurora. III.
The Duluth group OF mines at Bald
mountains have changed n
Gray wolves are riotIng among the
stock In the Elk mountain country and
along the Cheyenne River.
The Harvey peak tin mill ia running
on ore from the Gertie mine. The var
ious ores have been tested separately
and all have proven valuable. 1t is re-
ported that ore from the Gertie runs
about So In gold.
A pair Of sneak thieves broke into .
house In Aberdeen and finding the oc-
cupants away, loaded themselves with
food, silverwarc and family linen, aud
were calmly snoozing in the spare bed
when the police gathered them In.
Evidence Of new life Is shown by
the Rapid City. Pierre 4 Eastern rail-
road. The company has opened an
OIL CO in New York and hos forwarded
to various points alocg the projected
route intimations Of early activity. The
road 10 designed to connect Rapid City
with the Northern Pacific at Aberdeen,
and will BE- 2AO miles long.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Your Health.

The citadel Of life must be guarded
at two points. In the first place there
is danger Of taking cold. We take
cold through the skin and this effects
the kidneys and the lungs, SO init
mately are these organs connected,
that a cold affects them both. In
order to relieve the system, both should
be treated, or rather, the whole sys.
TEN should be regulated. This is done
by REID's GERMAN CouGH AND KIDNEY
CURE. 1t acts as a stimulant and re-
stores the organs to action. The
other weak spot is the digestion.
When the food does not digest, it ac-
cumnlates and causes fever, sickness
and death. The LAXATIVE GUN DRops
will remove all waste material from
the system and do it without pain or
gripping. Ask your druggist for these
remedies and see that he gives them to
you.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Peoria. Illinois.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
;0UiSNtis. Ky. NEW Y0RK. NV.
MENTION THIS PAPER ~ars ~nrrss 4. .s,ssussss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

THE surveyors for the Sioux Falls
and Madison Railway have completed q
profile of their line. This road is part
Of the scheme of the Yankton road.
now being graded. The Madison branch
will be forty miles long. Melvin
Grigsby has the immediate supervision
of the construction Of the line, and an
nounced that grading would begin as
soon as spring opened. The grade is
an easy one. and the estimated cost of
the grade is only $50, 600.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Pro.pernus Year for ~Stockmen.

THE stockmen In " STERN South Da-
kota have passed a very prosperous
year. The shipment Of stock has been
large and the price realized fairly good.
The highest price received for range
cattle on the Chicago market was 81. 30
per hundred. This shows that the cat
tie OF this section take high rank and
bring the top market price. Stock
promises to winter with very little loss,
as the stockmen have provided them
selves with an abundance of hay.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
Wholesale Eel elton Contests.

SULIY County promises to keep un
her past reputation for election con-
tests. Papers have been filed in u con-
test by i. Riegle, as relatorfn behalf Of
the state, against the recently elected
Republican County Judge, States At
torney, Treasurer, Register of Deeds,
Clerk of Courts. and School Superin-
tendent. The grounds for the contest
are fraud and corruption of all imagin-
able kinds and description. The Court
Is asked to set aside the election of the
above named officers and order a new
election. The contest Is being backed
BY the defeated Independent candi-
dates. Sully County a few months ago
just settled q two years contest over
the office Of sheriff.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
German
Syrup"

NV niece, Etneline Hawley,. was,
taken with splitting blood, and shs
became very much alarmed, fearing
ttat dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds OF medi'
cine bnt nothing did her any good:
FINALLY she took German Syrup and
She told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. II
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. |
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. ~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16

THE capital city promises to be very
lively socially this winter during the
session Of the Legislature. Several
dancing clubs have been organized, and
afternoon receptions and teas promise
to be numerous Preparations are al
ready under way for a grand inaugural
ball, which will be given soon after the
legislature ~convenes,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
More Artesian Wells.

THE County Commissioners at Kim
more artesian wells, to be located in
Kimball Township, Ola and Torrey
Lake. 1t Is probable hat they will
also make . contract for one in Smith
Township. The Beard has also made a
deal to clean out the partially ciogged
Chamberlain Township we'll.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
wnll.m ma Little wnllam.

As showing to what base uses
names may come at last. we have
the French word Guillaume-deriyed
from gid helm OF golden helmet
twice thrown into pet form, becom-
ing Guillotin or Little William.
Then it became a surname, and the
family of the doctor who invented,
or rather adapted, the deadly ma
chine which bears his name. So from
3 noble defender William became an
fnfern91 pefyecutor.-bvw Bella
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
4 boiler ,

CITIZENS Of B~lackhawk, a small min
ing own nine miles north Of Rapld
City, were shocked by q terrific eXplo-
sion. The boiler in J. G. Wilcoxsen's
saw mill eA ploded, throwing lumber in
all directions. Engineer Ben Richard
son and two other employees named
Stewart and Hart were buried in the
debris. Richardson was killed, but it
Is thought probable that Hart and
Stewart may GOV though badly
crus he'd by falling logs and lumber.
The accident was caused by low water
in the boiler and defective machinery.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-16
A Chnd's Natural. Question.

Ronald was Ave years old when he
All Ill with scarlet fever and was
auarantined In the nursery with
mamma as nurse. During his con-
S~alescence the doctor cautioned
mamma not to let anything come in
to the sickroom except such articles
as could either be scalded or burned.
Ronald looked very grave when he
heard this repeated several times.
and, looking up from the tin and
wooden soldiers which he was mar
shaling on the sewing board, said:
Mamma. these can be scalded or
burned, but what are you going to do
With me?"