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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
A COMMON NtIs.AKE.
The Idea Muay Have OF Those who do no
Perform Manual Labor.

The Idea Muay Have OF Those who do no
Perform MaDth Labor.
He doesn't WORK; be doesn't do any
thing bUt talk - This was said of bust
ness mal, and indicates the Thought
which many have of those who manage d
business without doing manual labor. Yet
every aborer should know that almost p,t
labor is PROF ,cted 10y mer who are said TO
do nothing but talk The work in the
world comes from the brains in the
world There may not be a heavy de-
mand on brains in given piece OF work
but there must be some. II the simplest
job Of work requires at least a little fore
I'll ought, what must the great enterprises
REQUIRE?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

General Van Wyck says if Gresham
positively refused TO permit his name J.
B Weaver will be the nominee for presi-
dent. A free silver platform will be
adopted. he said. thus carrying the silver
states and throwing the election into the
hOuse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

II you wish to do the easiest and quickest
week washing you eyr did, try Dobbius'
Electric soap next washday. Follow thc
directions. Ask your grocer for ii, Been
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
The True laxative PrInoipls

OF the plants used In manufacturing the
pleasant remedy syrup " Figs, has
permanently beneficial effect on the human
system, while tie cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold a. Inedi-
rines are permanently injurious, Being
geIl.infgrmed, you will uss the true remedy
only. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
AS Large

Asa dollar we're The scrof
MIA sores oi' my poor littia
boy sickeojug and dis
Fus,inr They wore go
peeially severe ou his legs,
back OF his ears aud on
his head 1 gave him
Hoods ssrsaparilla la
two weeks the sores com
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

American lifeboats are 10 DE furnished
with an electric motor aud propeller, which
will provide not only power but search
light
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Dresses Gents Clothing, Feathers, Gloves,
ETC., Dyed or Cleaned Plush Garments
Steamed, at Otto Pictrhs Dye Works, 2iG w.
Water St, Milwaukee. Send for circular.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Scientific authority asserts that a cubic
inch Of soil contains from $4,000 to 2, 25O,O0J
minute organisms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

|tNNHIIH ! 8FtttUti -f1s-s-l y
SBpAMsuLLE, Hamilton Co, o., June, 1880
one bottle OF PASTOR koodgs Nerve Tonic
cured me entirely, after physicians had triod
uusucceBsfuiy Tor 8 months 60 relieve me OF
nervous debility, W. HUENNEtEl
oar, Rono County, kan, Oct. 1900
boy eight years old suffered severely from
nervousness and twitchiuFs. After using PAS.
TON koEErG's NERVE TuNIU Tor a time. no wna
entirely rostorei. Another case Is that OF a
young lady who after using bottles OF Pastor
Ikoenigs Tonic a positive cure WAS effected from
'eplopae fits. REV, JOHN LOEVENICH
HoyEH soUTH DAEorA, oct n. 1900
My health was entirely ruiuoi by epilepsy AMI
could do nc worn. used Pastor kos.ig Nerve
Tonic Tho effect wau Huch that daily grow
better and stronger since four months I have
done heavy labor aud have had no more hts.
JOHN MOLIpOH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

scales came on and all his body aud healthy
hesh and skip formed. Whom he had taken two
bottles Of moons NANSNPARILL.l he
wss free FROM sorsA- HARnY X. RUBY. BoH s5d
Columbia, Penn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
81 Hate to
Ask
My Doctor.

,be delicacy of the young, but there is
M excuse for a 7OomaH who neglects the
frssv offered assistance Of a amman.
Ir.ia Z. Pfnkhan,'s Vegrfqble Compound
& the product of a life's practice Of a
-r,-,,, among women. and an unfailing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09


cure for =onan's ills.
J. removes at once
those pains, aches, and
weaknesses, brightens
the spirits, and invigo-
rates the entire system.
iu unexcclled remedy
f5r Kidney Troubles.
All Druggists sell H. or semi
hv ms. in form Of Pills or
lafmEes ON receipt Of&t 90
lEnr pills, SIC. Core
fn.HIuot freely answered,
AH3nHsiH confidence,
tynIA d. PfsKuAN MED. Co,
LYNN, MASS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

A large block Of asphaltum was recently
taken from mine ia IAi4IofhA shch
weighed two tons and hall
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Bloop VESSELS ARR SOMETIMES BURST by
Whoopiug cough, HALR's HoNEV OF HoBE.
HOUND AND TAR relieves IT,
PIEEs iooTHACuE doors Cure 10 ono
minute.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

ache, indigestion, loss 81 appetite and con-
supauon removed by Becchum's Pills.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Electricity was discovered by person
! observing tina. piece OF rubber glass at
/ traCted small bits OF paper
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Belgium, By adopting Greenwich time,
has stolen seventeen mlnutes from old
Father Time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

A German scientist has proved that the
character of their food affects the color OF
the piumagc OF birds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

FlTS.-An Fits stopped free by Dr. Rliass
Grclt Nerve Hosiorcr No Fits after hrst
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
500 trial bottle free 10 Fit eases send to
pr, Kline, g3l Arch St, Phim., Pa,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

Hoods ritis are a mild, gentle painless, safe
and Efficient cathsrtis. Alwa>a reliable. $50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

On, W oman J
] ais e modeStv
and procra-tjna-
ton are response
bic for much Of
your suffering.
We can cNcnse
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

HALLS CATARRH CURE Is a liquid aud
Is taken internally. Sold 10y Druggists Cos.
The cemeteries OF London cover 2.Opu
acres and Che land ,hey occupy represents o
capital Of 100000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

And what Of Prince Hsnry2 Alas, for
every forward stride taken by Prince John
Prince Henry took one backward. lie TOO
tried the Law, and failed. He too tried
literature, yet succeeded not. Next Prince
Henry tried to become A young Napoleon
of finance, and did 50 well that he met his
Wellington, went through bis Waterloo,
and came out sans ever thing save MS
good name in less than SIX months. The
good name be managed to retain, though
il vas sadly mortVsged. Money had been
borrowed on it, but not in ouch fashion
as to lead to any suspicion as to his in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18
PROTECTION PIRACY.
Congressman Fi1hian Wants Farm
Implements on the Free List.
a Manufacturer Explains an Odd,
Gentsel NIethed of Robbery.

a Manufacturer Explains an Odd,
Gsntsel NIethed of Robbery.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The first at
tempt to enlarge the scope of the
Democratic policy Of the ways and
means committee came up today in the
form of = resolution, introduced by
Congressman Fithian, of Illinois, di-
recting the ways and means committee
to report bill placing all kinds Of
agricultural implements on the free
list. Mr.. Fithian thinks his PROPOSE
ton should have the support of every
democratic representative from an
agricultural district, and he has already
received assurance of support from
Congressman Watson and his col
leagues of the peoples party in the
house.
Mr.. Fithian IS resolution is somewhat
voluminous, and opens by asserting
that it has been established by salts
factory evidence that manufacturers
Of farm implements in the United
States are selling farm implements in
foreign countries and to jobbers for
export for less than the same impls-
ments are sold to the farmers Of this
country. This fact. it says, has been
conclusively established by the follow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18
HEADQUARTERS,
GRAND
(,LEAR|N |!
SAL E.

FRIENDS: = Our Stock Taking
Sale is proving all immense sue
cess. Hundreds have availed
themselves Of this opportunity to
buy goods at less than wholesale
prices. If you do not call on us
during this sale you ale simply
losing money, as we will partjcul-
arly sell everything in winter
Gooda at less than cost. Also our
entire stock Of
Standard Prints at from
3 to 5 OTIS per yard.
Ladies, Misses and Chill
dren's Wool Hosiery at
an enormous sacrifice.
Underwear at your own
prices.
Standard California Can-
ned Fruit Is to 20 Cts.
per can.
We are determined to clear
everything in winter good to make
room for our immense Spring
Stock. ....
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18
Has He Boon Murdered.


The mysterious disappearance of Col.
Towner has become serious matter.
On Friday two weeks ago he paid his
bill at the Windsor hotel, St. Paul, and
left in his usual spirits. Since then no
clue has been obtained of him. He had
drawn $3.50 and it was supposed by his
friends that he had gone to Chicago.
Detectives have been at work ever since
to find him and if he has not quietly
gone on an expedition it is feared he
has been murdered.-Daily News.
Attempted Assault on an Aged Woman.
CAVALIER, Feb. 14.-An assault was
made on the person of Mrs. j Johnson, AN
Icelandic woman, so years old, by W.
Begsley. alias the ''Kid, ''Thos. Rooney
and Harvey Staples who was tho city
marshal, They are said to have torn
Mrs. Johnson's clothing and to have
thrown her down stairs and left her in
serious condition. Rooney and Stap-
les are reported to have fled. Begslsy
is under arrest and a preliminary exa-
mination is being held. The district
attorney is prosecuting. Public feel
ing runs high.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18

tries of the world and enriched us as a
nation more rapidly than any other
that existed. To them. if they are not
to be
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18

ing answer of A. B. Farqr' ...r, an agri-
cultural implement maker of York,
Pa, to the Home Market Club:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-02-18
Shirts (!

We have bought
$1,000 worth Of
Mems Shirts to ar
rive March 1st, at
from 33 cts. to SIS.
Just think of, 8
good heavy well
made cotton shirts
for 81.
This is the grand
est line we have
ever sheOwn. We
will guarantee fit
and color or money
refunded. It will
pay you to hold
YOUR orders until
you see those
Goods.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
South Dakota'S Climate.

Nothing is more misunderstood or
misrepresented than the climate of
South Dakota. This State is not a land
of frost and billiards. On the contrary,
it lacks little of being a land of almost
perpetual sunshine. The word blizzard
in the Northwest is used to define any
kind of snowstorm, even when the
weather is only slightly cold. During
eleven years residence in South Dakota
the writer of these lines has seen but
one blizzard which corresponds with the
popular eastern conception of a blizzard.
During almost any winter the east has
storms which in all respects are worse
than the much DETAINED blizzard of the
Dakotas.
Figures do not fully show the merits
of the climate of South Dakota, as COM
pared with that of the east. The atmos-
phere of this State is dry and invigorat-
ing, and one does not feel the cold as he
does in a locality where the air is moist.
In the latter CASE the cold Gems to
strike right through one. and a chilly
feeling even when the tempera-
ture is not low.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
Z
TO TIKI
COURIER.
LAND OF. CORN.
Facts And Figures Descriptive
OF The Corn Belt OF
South Dakota.
THE RUSH FOR FREE LANDS.

Ten years ago there was a great rush
into all parts Of Dakota. The railroads
had been built in advance of settlement,
and people from all parts Of the country
FASTENED to accept Uncle Sans last Of
fer of desirable farming lands for
the taking. After a few years this rush
subsidized, and many OF those who tool
up lands found their way back east.
Some of these person came only to secure
title to their claims" intending then to
return to their former homes. Others
came with a view Of becoming farmers,
but moi having a practical knowledge OF
farming they became discouraged, and
after a little they either found their way
into the towns or went back east. Busi-
ness men, farmers sons and daughters,
and others, secured one or two quarter
sections which up to this time have been
slightly cultivated. Pioneers have dis
engagements which those who come
after know nothing of. In the first place.
they must break up the sod before they
can grow anything. Then they must
erect such buildings as their means will
allow. At first they raise but llttle, and
il they happen to be a long distance
from the railroad they s.t The owest
price for their product, while they pay
the highest for what they buy. Lastly,
neighbors are apt to be CIV and tar be-
tween, While school and church prlviieg-
eS are not good.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
Fruits Small and Lafee.

Nothing could be farther from the
truth than the impression which eastern
people have that fruits will not grow in
South Dakota. No one will claim that
this is par excellence a lruit country,
but in its ability to produce fruit it is
like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and
the rest of the Northwest. Strawberries,
black and red raspberries, cherries and
the hardy grapes grow easily and yield
plentifully. Apples have been grown
with astonishing success. AT the
State Fair last fall nearly 100 varieties
of apples, including crab apples, were
exhibited. Pears do fairly we'll. Plums
grow wild in abundance and several
varities of tame plums are grown with
marked success The writer of these
pages. after a residence of over ten years
in this locality, was astonished last fall
to see peaches growing in one of the
Missouri river counties. The fruit was
just ripening. and was as large and as
pleasant to the taste as the imported
peaches. AT least a dozen farmers in
that locality have grown peaches for
several years. II the first settlers in
South Dakota had paid more attention
to setting out apple, cherry, plum. pear
and peach trees. South Dakota by this
would at least be able to raise all the time
fruit needed for home consumption.
This most desirable result will be
reached during the next ten years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23

supply the agencies and traders. Not
w~ithstanding the disastrous setback OF
the grasshopper years, during which
fine crops were eaten up in a single day,
the early pioneers became prosperous,
and many of them rich. In the older
counties there are farmers who are
worth from $4,000 to 100000, and the
foundation of their wealth was corn. In
the southeast corner of the state corn
eve fails to ripen. The stalks reach a
height of from 8 to I6 feet. and the well
filled ears sometimes are from II to IS
inches in length. All varieties of corn
ripen, though Dent is the favorite. On
some of the best bottom lands 100 bush
els have been gathered, though on the
average the farmer expects from 40 to g
bushels. The corr is always of excell-
ent quality, and in weight it overruns the
standard.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
The Rainfall.

The annual rainfall of South Dakota
is not equal to that of the East. Still,
coming as it does during the season
when it is most needed, it is generally
sufficient to mature crops. The rainfall
in the southeast corner of the State,
which includes the corn-belt section, is
heavier than in any other part. The
average annual rainfall for the State is
2,.5 inches. while that registered at the
Yankton signal station is % inches. On
the average IS inches falls during April.
May, June and July. In 1889 and 1890
the rainfall was short, and hence the
crop failure in a portion of the State.
The soil retains moisture to a surprising
extent, and grain deeply planted will do
well with a supply of moisture which a
stranger would think greatly insufficient.
Springs and streams are not numerous.
Several rivers and smaller streams
course southwark through the State.
Lakes abound here and there, and water
is generally abundant at a depth of from
10 to Is feet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
Shade and Forest Trees.

1t is the boast of South Dakota that
her. pioneer farmers are not obliged to
spend half of their time cutting down
trees and "grubbing out" stumps, Still
1t is not denied that a piece of timber
here and there would be most desirable.
Except along the streams and in the
Black Hills, there is no natural timber
in South Dakota. Neverless, trees will
grow if they are planted and cultivated.
In the newer localities the prairies are
quite bare, but in the older counties the
traveller finds hundreds of small groves,
in some OF which the trees have reached
q height of 90 or 50 feet. The native
trees are mostly cottonwood, oak, willow,
Eastwood, and elm. The cultivated
groves include ash, balm of gilead,
beech, black ash, box elder, butternut,
catalpa, hickory, locust, poplar, soft
maple, black walnut, etc. Box elder
and cottonwood are the most rapidly
growing trees. An experienced farmer
says that from a f~ive-acre field of cotton
woods, he is able after five years, by
thinning, to get enough fuel for his fam
lily. All of the older towns are well
shaded. 1t is believed that the trees
will ultimately increase the rainfall, and
perhaps change somewhat the climate of
the country. Trees will afford wind
breaks and preserve moisture, and they
will also be a thing of beauty and JOY
forever
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23

The object Of this pamphlet is to call
the attention OF land seekers to that por-
ton of South Dakota in which corn is a
good. safe and sure crop. While there
is no sudden jumping Off place where
corn ceases to be safe and sure, the corn
belt is generally made to include all of
that section of the State for a distance
OF 90 miles northward from the Missouri
river at Yankton; or say 50 miles north
of the southern boundary of Minnesota
extended. This area includes the coun-
ties of Union, Clay, Yankton, Bon
Homme, Charles Mix. Douglass, Hutch
inson. Turner. Lincoln, Minnehaha. Nc
Cook, Hanson, Dawson. Aurora, Brule,
Buffalo. Jerauld. Sanborn. Miner, Lake,
Moody; also the corresponding section
west Of the Missouri and a large part OF
the Black Hills country. Of course it is
not meant that corn will not grow north
of this section. As a matter of fact, ex-
cellent fields of corn have been grown
in all parts of South Dakota; but there
is more risk in the northern part of the
State than in the southern part. In the
bottom lands of the Missouri Is and 100
bushels to the acre are not unusal Yields;
but as one goes northward the yield is
less and the danger from early frost is
greater. The region included in the
counties named is the Oldest settled and
the most prosperous part of the State
The farmers have raised excellent crops
Of wheat and other small grain; but after
all. the wealth has been derived mostly
from corn. hogs and cattle. Nothwith.
standing the fact that much Of this sec.
ton has been settled for twenty year:
and upward; that good crops have beer
grown every year, except the grasshop
per period during the JOS: that there ha.
never been any serious deficiency in tn,
rainfall; that good wateris always obtain
able at a depth Of from 10 to Is feet
that the climate is one of the most health
full in the world; that all necessary rail
roads have been built; that schools an,
and churches abound, and that towns ar,
humerous--nothwithstanding all thes
facts, land is still cheap. Just over tn
line in Iowa, land is in active demand a
from $40 to $40 per acre: while in Soutl
Dakota. with the same land, the am
climate. and practically the same con
ditions in every way, the land can b
bought at from $40 to S2s. The differ
enc IS purely a sentimental one. Sout
Dakota hasn't been a State long enough
for people to get over their old preiu
dice against a territory. Some, perhap.
are deferred by fears of the greatly mas
ni6ed Dakota blizzard, which is seldom
. very bad thing, and which ALWAYS pre-
walls in western Iowa just as 1t does i
South Dakota. Hence, there is not tn
slightest reason why the land in the cor
belt Of South Dakota should not sell fo
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
Land for cash cheaper than free land.

There is little wonder that hundreds
Of the pioneers became discouraged,
Many of these persons were told that
they would find il cheaper and better in
the long run to buy decided land in east
ern Dakota than to get land for nothing
further west. but they could lot see it.
They had the free land fever, and free
land they must have.
There is now no free land east of the
Missouri; but there is something very
much better, and that is cheap decided
land in a country already settled. The
new is no longer a pioneer. The
pioneering was done ten twenty, or even
thirty years ago. He can now buy land
improvements. He finds himself with
neigghbors all around him. Schoolhous-
es and churches have been built. Rail-
roads run through all localities. Towns
have grown up everywhere. The farm
er to-day gets good prices for his grain
and stock. while he buys his supplies
very nearly as cheaply as a be done
anywhere. The man who now comes
can get the benefit of cheap lands, with
out undergoing the hardships and in
c~onveniences OF pioneer life. Then, too,
as many things must be done differently
from the methods which prevail east, he
can profit from the experience of his
neighbors. In a word, the whole situation
is changed since the first settlement of
the country. Then everything was new,
untried and uncertain. Now the farmer
does not grope in the dark. Experience
has taught just what can be done and
how best to do it. Barring the accidents
of drouth and hail. which are incident to
any country, the farmer knows that har-
vest will certainly follow seed time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
Location and size of South Dakota.

Many eastern people object to South
Dakota because of its location" way up
in the far Northwest, the land of almost
perpetual snow and billiards." If such
an objector will turn to the. map of the
United States he will see that the south
ern boundary of South Dakota is in
practically the same latitude as that of
New York. while very little Of this State
is north of northern New York. North
Dakota extends nearly 200 miles north
of South Dakota, while way beyond that
lies Manitoba and the Saskatchewan
country, where frst-class wheat can be
grown for Goo miles north of the United
States. South Dakota has an area OF
76,6ao square miles, and over 100000