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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
KNOWLEDGE

brings comfort and improvement ind
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by mor promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of aperfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met. with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts OH the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by. all drng-
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but II 10 man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the nnme, Syrup OF Fig,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07

UNITED STATES CURIos.

THE United States produce SCI, 0OO. 600
pounds Of tobacco.
THE first American tin vas made In
Connecticut in ITO.
THIS country has {, 144, $50 men avail
nile for military duty.
The first American brooms were made
IN Philadelphia in 1890.
The first cotton mills wore erected at
Beverly, Mass, in 1877.
MANSFIELD, Conn. made the first
sewing siik. about 1929.
The people OF this country sen co.
90 ,,0G0 kilograms in 1852.
THE first water-pipcs we're bored logs.
used in New York In 1778.
THE Mississippi Valley has an area
o. 800, 00) square miles.
TIE United States have had sixteen
foteign or domestic wars.
IN 1871 the number OF books printed
IN this country was 1865.
The Uni'el States produce 6l0,0o0
tons Of butter and cheese.
IL 1890 a. sos Oj gallons Of wine
were made in this country.
TIER +. are 24l li!e-savin9 stations On
the coasts Of this country.
The United States contain 1874 600
square mi!cs OF coal fields.
THE cotton crop OF the United States
in 1892 was 9,03s, 7u7 bales.
in 1914 the whale fishing was begun
| by vessels from Nantucket.
over 90, 900, 900 hogs are annually
slaughtered IN this country.
Do A. orooco;notfor Drorlovna%iou
3.s)j, 172 slaves We're freed. .
The hottest place In the United States
Is Death Valley, lao degrees.
A TREE-PLANTING day has been y.
tabiished in thirty.eight States.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
An Old Battlefield.

Flower-strewn and grassy is the spot where
once men stood
Embittered with their hates at Vars behestS
Forgetting all the noble things that make lie
good
An worthy OF our striving for the best,
As, face to face, they fought the long day
slowly through.
Marking retreats n victories with blood.
Until the little stream where lilies one time
grew,
Flowed onward through the field q crimson
fool.
To-day, no lannon's boom across the field 10
heard,
No ranking discord in the North or South;
Instead. the sweet notes OF q clarion throated
bird
Perchei on the rim above the lannon's
mouth!
New England Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07

GOLD HUNTING AS A TRADE.


fIardshlps Of the Men WIN Make Gold
Searching . Profession.
The minis and the arts Of tho Vnitol
States or tho world are not supplied
with gold and silver without grcaS
labor and excessive hn"dships. There
ere many men who make prospecting
for the precious metals ard the lcca-
tion CT mines u regular business. Es-
lecialiy is this true in Washington.
In Western Observation-Disclosures il
confined to a marrow strip along tho
borders of Puget Sound and to some Of
the best agricultural lands that lie in
the large wooded plains about it,
southern end. All the rest is covered
with great rocky. mountain rahgcs,
cleayed by deep, dark valleys, and ov-
cred up to the line OF perpetual snow
with heavy forests Of fir and cedar.
Every spring hundreds Of prospector3
plunge into this wilderne 8. With y
rife, q Ratchet, a bag OF flour, and a
frying-ran slung over his shoulder, tho
prospactor starts on his quest. Ho
goes rs far as possible by stage or CT +.
riage, and then on foot enters the for
est and follows for many miles a mar
row trail that winds in and out between
the trunks OF great trees, whose heads,
reaching up hundreds of feet, shut OFT
tho sun and keep the earth in a twi.
light SO deep that only moss and fungi
can grow. At times the path skir.s
the side OF a rushing mountain river,
whore in every eddy are dozens OF
darting front. Then il climbs and
winds high up the mountain side,
gcows fainter and finally disappears,
leaving the gold-huntcr to SC. amblc on
Owe fallen logs ard around p:ccipiccl
as hest he can.
He continues thus day after day. seq
ing only the trees nea about him, and
occasic nally q bit Of dark mountain
side through a rift in their tops. Fl
nally he has climbed high up and comes
out above the forests, and sees again,
for the first time in days, the full day.
light. Here, high above the world,
on the mountain sides, he spends weeks
searching for silver and gold veins and
hunting goat and deer for meat. Some.
times he loses himself, his food gives
out, and he s~tarves, OF by q misstep
falls thousands of feet from q preci-
pice and is dashed to pieces in the val.
ley below.
II fortunate, he locates several
claims, stakes them out, finds bearings
for them on the peaks about, and thea,
loaded with specimens, makes his way
back to civilization, where his ores are
assayed. He has brought the bes,
specimens only, SO they come Out
s~piendidly. People become excited,
and q party, including mine specula.
tors, goes up to seew what he has found.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
The victory for Repeal.

Tho triumph which unconditional
repeal achieved in the House Of ReEro.
sentatives Is moro emphatic and o
spieuous than even the NEST sanguine
OF the sound-mOney advocates had
dared 10 expect. 1t has been evident
all along to close observers CT the drift
OF OF inion on the silver question that
the House would declare in favor OF Q.
peal, but nobody ever looked for any
such vigorous and decided expression
in this direction al was delivered.
There Is no longer any room for doubt
as tothe character of the bill which will
be sont to the President. The Senate
will follow in the steps OF the House.
A resolute and prolonged struggle will
be made by the ~silverites In the Senate,
but the end can be clearly forcseen.
Every enemy Of repeal in that body is
booked to deliver o speech upon it, but
nobody on that side has the faintest
expectation Of victory any longer. AL
the for obstruction and delay
which the lax regulations OF that
branch put In the hands Of the silver
men will be employed to the utmost to
postpone the vote az long as possible,
with the hope that returning prosperi-
ty may blind the people to the aus Of
the existing depression and lessen tho
popular desire for vigorous and decis-
I've action. But this program is fore
doomed to failure. The sentiment
throughout the country in favor Of inn
mediate repeal Is 81 decided and 10
persistent that the Senate cannot dis
regard it with safety. Undoubtedly
the overwhelming majority which the
House rolled up in favor of the Wilson
bill will alter the ourse of many Sena-
tors whose line Of action up to this time
has been in doubt even to themselves
and strengthen the sound-money side.
= lCho. narcorot
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Cow 1t II Divided Among the Races
New York City.

Cow 1t Il Divided Among tho Races In
New York City.
New York City has o foreign born
population OF 647 600 out Of q total OF
i,sO0, 900. The foreigners are Ger
many, 230. 600: Ireland, 10000; Russia,
$1,000; Italy, $4,000; Great Britain, 49,
900; Austria, $4,000; France, 1000;
Canada and Newfoundland, 1900; other
nationalities, $4,000.
In arriving at the important point as
to the number in each race who COM
init murder and felonious assault as
gathered from the police records of
eight months past we find that:
One italian in 574 commits q feloni-
GUS assault and one in l2,222 q murder.
One Irishman in 1886 commits q felo-
NOUS assault and n In 1888 a MUIR
der.
One German in 5,476 commits q fe-
lonious assault and ono in 32,657 q MUIR
der.
Ono Russian in 1926 commits a felo-
NOUS assault and one In $1,000 O muir
der.
One Frenchman in 1906 commits a
felonious assault and one in 1900 q
murder.
One Englishman in 3,2e6 commits a
felonious assault and one in 49, 600 a
murder.
Ono Austrian in 3,625 commits a f.
lonious assault and there were no muir
ders among $4,000.
One North American ritisher In
1900 commits q fclonious assault. No
murder recorded among 1900.
One Spaniard in 500 commits q feloni-
GUS assault, while ono Hungarian In
4,333 is guilty Of this offense. Neither
race furnishes q murder.
One American in 7,l85 commits a fe.
lonious assault and one in 1924 q muir.
der.
Metals and Gems in I1ahs.
Idaho Is known to be rich in precioua
metals and gems. The high price II
silver In the past has caused other
treasures to be neglected, but there are
indications that q change ~ coming.
The value OF silver Is declining. a d
more attention will be paid 10 gold
mining, and new industries will be
opened for producing coal. mica, g, prer
ana precious q Mining for GENE
has commenced in good earnest, and
n specimens OF onyx, sapphires aud
opals have been sent to the ~lapidaries
Tor cutting. Opals are found in such
abundance that 1t is thought their value
will be seriously affected.
A Novel Scheme.
Frederick Douglass has orpanizad
company Tor the purpose OF estahlish.
Ing . large manu- acturlng ENTERPRISE
near Newport News, Va. buildinv !
town and giving employment to yonnc
QoUrO men And w0man o
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
THE BATTLEFIEIDS.
OLD 0OLpigR8 TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.


FER { h Q
great battle
OF s t o Q
River, many
n Q g e .
focked to the
diff e n t
camps in the
enjoyment OF
their 3 t
sweet exper-'
fence of be-
ing really
and truly
free m Q n
and women.
DIR. Pierce,of
the Seth Illi-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
Terrible Abatis.

EFT q regiment move
of the shelter of u
piece OF woods to
charge u breastwork
defended by infantry
and artillery, and
one man out ~ofevery
two will be killed or
pounded by shell or
round shot while tho
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
M such Dollar.

After listening patiently for several
months to talk about q dollar OF de
creased purchasing power, it may be
as well to note that there Is NO such
dollar in this country. hasn't been, and
isn't likely to DO. The workingman
who has q dollar in his pocket that Is
not counterfeit has full assurance that
he can purchase with 1t 100 cents
worth OF anything that Is pucchasable,
and it will buy more now than 1t ever
would before.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07

wise the tariff. The reasons given by
this tu-nal are unique. It argue, that
the condition OF the country is as bad
as pcs ible, therefore tariff reduction
can m .ke it no worse. In other worde,
tie atient is as low as he well can be,
anl henee this is the Opportuns timo
for an oI GRAFTON tina, requires all his
vitality and o .uEer tive powers. This
is bad logic and dangerous practice.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
HoOker's Advice.

"The Thrill Indiana Cavalry, of
which l was a member, was made up
If the most independent lot of cusses
you ever saw. All of us furnished our
,wn horses and equipments and they
were the best" responded an ex-soldier
If the Court House force when asked
tor a var story.
I'VE cared no more for discipline
though than nothing at all. All the
other soldiers would present arms and
salute whenever General Hooker, in
whose command we were, rode by.
Tie Third Indiana Cavalry nan would
keep on playing up If he was off
duty or would continue poking into
the ground or o tree stump with his
saber il he was on duty just as If Gen
eral Hooker weren't within forty miles.
General Hooker never minded, but
this lack of ceremony ranked in the
mind OF Captain Dickerson. Once
Geo. oldham, one of our cavalrymen,
was doing messenger work between
General Sickles and General Hooker.
which Captain Dickerson was stand
ing, and without saluting or dismount-
ing, reached the message to Captain
Dickerson..
The Captain refused to take it.
.Get down and salute" he said.
Without a word the messen ger
reached through the Zap in the tent,
gave the letter q flip in, turned his
horse and rode off. The captain was
furious. He stalked to General Hook
er's tent.
General, 1 want that man pun
ished," he said.
What's the matter? ?" asked the Gen
eral.
*One of those blanked Third Indi-
diana Cavalrymen rode his horse into
my tent, refused to dismount or salute
and threw the letter on the ground"
well, WELL" said the General, @the
next time that happens, you pull of
your coat aud offer to lick him. II he
doesn't fight you, he's the only man in
that company who wont. Madison
Ct,urior.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07

= tA NAVVCe
land's message, Aug.
9, 1893:
The knowledge In
baB1ness circles among
own people that
Government can
make ito nat equiv.
alent TO intrinsic val
ne, nor keep Interior
money on . parity with
superior o by its
own independent ef-
forts, has repulted In
euch . lack of con0-
IdenCe 1t homo In the
stability of currency
values that capdtal re-
it, aid to new
enterprises, while mill
Ions are actually with
dEawn from the chan
|nels OF trade and conn
mefco to become idle
and reproductive IN
banda Of ttmtd
Owners. Foreign In :
tvestOrs equally alert
mot only decline to puy-
American secar1-
but make haste to
IaaCT1nce those which
already have.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
A simple Doctrine.

The Democratic doctrine is very sim
pie. Hard times are a Republican
legacy. Good times, when they come,
will be the result OF Democratic legis-
lation. The good times which lasted
as long as the Republicans were in
power are not worth talking about
Milwaukee, Sentinel.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
Exchange m

Milwaukee Sentinel.
Exchange Comment.
CAREFUL investigation fails TO discuss
any other relationship than that Of
rhyme between Grover and clover
Detroit Journal.
CHEER up cheer mp, the country won't
BE always in this ax;
A big Republican victory
VIII come In ninety-six.
The present administration will be
known as the one under which wheat
reached the lowest price in the history
of the country. -Globe-D Democrat.
IT is noticed that since E. Ellery
Anderson secured his government job
he is keeping powerfully quiet on the
tariff question Star.
Mr.. CLEVELAND and his fellow.
Democrats are enthusiastic In tearing
down, but when IL ONE to building
up they are entirely at sea---Albany
Journal.
The Democratic prejudice against
banks dates back to the time when
those institutions served q good pur-
pose in tehalf of the Union cau.e.-
Globe-Democrat.
The Democrats arc realizing that it
is much easier to stand of and pick
laws with the way the government is
run than to take hold q run It sue.
cessfully themselves. = Kansas City
Journal.
IT was Grover Cleveland who said,
Tell the TRUTH" but Grover Cleve.
land Democrats now boil over with
wrath when Republican papers rub the
truth in.-Des Moines Register.
In the msnueyering and steering"
in the Senate Of the United States
there seems to be o anxiety for the
harmony OF the Democratic party than
for the welfare OF the country.-Phila-
delphis Record (Dcm.l
.-, p----...
naHa-s
IhE Congresslohal Iecoro coscs me
country olo,oNU . Montn, wnlcn =
pretty s.seP price 70 pay 1or uoor prop
these Close times.
THE country gave It's yeroict against
prolectlon last NovemDer, ont me
country ms nad al opJecS
lesson SINCE tnen.
THE real cause Of the lack Of CON
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07
Novel Scheme.

Frederick Douglass has organized a
company 'or the purpose OF e~stablish.
Ing . large manu- acturing enterprise
near Newport News, Va, building =
town and giving employment to young
negro men and women.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-07

CAREFUL investigation fails to discuss
any other relationship than that Of
rhyme between Grover and clover
Detroit Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
The Wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is a port
ly, gray haired woman, who was a grand
mother-and looked it-when she mar
ried this second husband. Her son Lloyd,
who collaborated with Stevenson in the
CHASTITY tales, 1.-THE Wrong Box" and
"The Wrecker," was a middle aged man
before he began to write. Her only 9th
er child is the wife of Joseph Strong, the
artist. and is herself a painter in a small
way. Stevenson has been accused of
thrusting his sisters, his cousins and his
aunts into fiction. Certainly. although
Fanny Stevenson has produced some
creditable work as Mrs. Osborne, she
had no reputation for brilliancy in a very
clever San Francisco set. There she was
introduced solely in the capacity of chap
eron, to sit, smiling, in her black silk
gown, while her gay little daughter sang
French songs or chatted with the bright
Bohemian club men.-New York Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
Stealing the Declaration of Independence.

Stealing the Declaration of Independence.
When James Monroe was president
and John Quincy Adams secretary OF
state, an ingenious English engraver OBJ
tanned permission of the two d~ignitaries
mentioned to take the Declaration of In
dependence and engrave it in fac-simile
on copper. He carried the precious docu-
ment to the printing Office of one Peter
Force. When everything was in readi.
ness, he placed it uponsth the imposing
stone and laid a sheet of india p of
the same size upon it. This india paper
was next moistened with water in which
gum arabic had been dissolved. Aheavy
proof roller with a weight hanging from
each end was then rolled several times
over the historic document. When the
india paper was removed from the face
of the instrument, it took with it at least
one-half of the ink used in writing and
signing the document.
The document is less than a century
and a quarter years old, and with proper
care should be almost as legible as it was
on the 9Th day of July, 1776. AS it is,
only II signatures out Of the SO can be
read without a glass, and some of them
have disappeared beyond recall, all OF
account of the thieving trick of a gov
eminent which. when they found that
they could not keep the colonies depend
ent, stole the very ink from the docu-
ment which declares our independence.
st. Louis Republic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
DRYING Brewers, Grains.

A special machine has been devised for
effecting the drying of brewers grains in
vacuum at a low temperature. BREW
ers' grains are now largely employed
for feeding COWS and horses, but the high
nutritive value of the spent grains known
by that name is not generally known.
The dessicated product of the new proc
ess has proved to be of a highly salts
factory character, being free from the
peculiar bitter taste SO often possessed
by brewers grains and showing On anal
ysis a very high percentage of proteids
and fat producing material.
The advantages claimed for the vac
uum drying process are: The lowest
working expenses with greatest capac-
ity, rapid drying at lowest tempera-
ture and consequent excellent quality
of the dried grains; no loss of material
Or nutritive properties, as the grains are
not pressed before drying; a clean and
simple process, and the avoidance of
vapor in the drying rooms Or vicinity
New York Telegram.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
Deceptions of Wild Birds.

Falcons, hawks-the largest species
can compress their feathers and look very
slim, if they think it necessary to do so.
AS to the owls, they can hump up into
any position they think most suitable. 1t
is useless to look for these self preserving
traits in any of the family kept in ZOO
logical collections, for the birds are so
accustomed to see large numbers Of peo-
pie passing and repassing, or standing in
front of them, that they treat the whole
matter with perfect Indifference. They
know that at a certain time their food
will be brought them, and that they are
otherwise perfectly safe. Then the rap
torres in a wild state have a bloom on
their plumage like the bloom on a bunch
of grapes, which is not often seen when
in captivity.-Cornhill Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
How Tennyson Decided a Matter.

Here is Tennyson's own account to Mr..
James Knowles, editor of The Nine
tenth Century. of how he was offered
and accepted the la~ureateship: 1.-THE
night before l was asked to take the
laureateship, which was offered to me
through Prince Albert's liking for my
In Memoriam,' l dreamed he came to
me and kissed me on the cheek. | said
in my dream, Very kind, but very Ger
man.. In the morning the letter about
the laureateship was brought to me and
laid upon my bed. thought about it
through the day, but could not make up
my mind whether to take it or refuse it,
and at the last | wrote two letters, one
accepting and n declining, and threw
them ON the table and settled to decide
which | would send after my dinner and
bottle O: port"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-24
The Letter 'R" In Conversation.

The letter r. has met with almost
as many vicissitudes Of late as the un-
fortunate British 81" and the r." I'M
like the III" is not exempt from danger
in America. To be sure. the most ele-
gantly soft spoken American does not
pronounce modern" as if it We're writ
ten ''mod'n." a common pronunciation
among the upper classes of Great Brit
ain. but the ''r'' suffers a somewhat sim
liar elision in many words throughout
this latitude, and even the superfiuous
st" often heard in the New England pro-
nunciation of law" is met with in and
about New York. Curiously enough
most persons who are guilty of this blum
der seem incapable Of distinguishing be-
tween the correct and the incorrect pro-
nunciation in the pouth of a third per-
son.-New York Sun.