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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
why Wolves Have Become scare

w ny owes nave lSecOIne scarce.
Says a recent writer: Notwith.
standing the fact that eycr since the
settlement of America the wolf has
been pursued with guns, traps. and
poison, it is certain that no blow was
cyer dealt this race SO severe as the
extinction OF the buffalo. Their
natural prey gone, the wolves turned
their attention to the herds OF the
stockmen, and for years now their
d~epredations have resulted In very
serious losses to raisers Of horses and
cattle on the northern plains. They
do not attack the herds when they
are alarmed aud closely punched to.
gether, but prowl about their out
skirts, trying to cut of the young
stock, which they can easily pull
down.
Sometimes a small band of wolves
will roundup a little bunch of cattle,
which stand in a close circle, their
heads outward, prepared for the at
tack. After circling about them for
a short time. two or three of the
wolves will dash at the bunch, and il
they can scatter the animals it is the
work OF an instant only to pull down
a yearling steer with no greater APP
parent effort than a setter dog would
use in killing a cat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

lower

NV wife suffered with indigestoa
and dyspepsid for years. Life b.
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one Of your books, I purchased :
bottle Of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. Mywife received i'm.
mediate relief after taking the FIRST
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs I65 pounds, and can eat
ANYTHING she desires without any
d~eieterious results as was formerly
the case. G. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. Q
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
Ii the Andes.

A traveller IN the heart of the
Andes tells, In Tropical America, "
how he relieved his feelings when,
having ascended the Paramillos, he
found himself At tho summit nine
thousand feet above the sea level.
The scenery had increased In
grandeur every hour since daybreak,
and now two magnificent spectaclcs
were to be enjoyed. The flrst was q
broad View OF the Cuyo Valley, SOUTH
ward and eastward, with Mendoza,
10 shaded streets It's plazas, and
suburban farms and vineyards directly
below US and 70 near that with aglasa
streets and houses could be identi-
tled.
The second was an inspiring
glimpse OF the main Andean chain,
now suddenly towering thousands of
feet above ~ In the west. Tupun-
cato, Ia solemn majesty, looked down
up0n IN from the cl0udA
Then with 3 sharp turn In the
EbFfdle-path : hundred Snow -clads were
revealed 81 Onoe. IL was q spectacle
10 ara the blood. I had no CONE
panion In sympathy with my enthu-
siassn. but tho Chilean guide q least
had ears 70 hear compliments show
AIRED urou his native mountains.
Leapinx from the mule / shouted:
AsMagni6co! m~agni1coln
Then feeling the inadeQuacy Of the
unfamiliar Spanish tongue for ex-
p1saGina genuine Yankee feeling, !
added.
HAL coaumbaas Glsry Hsilslu-
A41aha 0f potFiotic pEtde MInmlnr
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
A "JlMHiLL" RAILROAD.
How tho Great Northern Railroad WI
built without Fuss.

How the Great Northern Railroad was
fuilt Without Fuss.
.Wagon-road builder rs and most pa
irons OF wagon roads are familiar at
least with the names OF macadam
and telford roads. These names
stand for good honest wagon roads
.whereon a team may haul at all sea-
sons OF the year a load OF respectable
Dimensions Such roads exist in
many European countries aud to some
extent in the United States They
cost money, but when properly con-
structed are worth much more than
their cost. 1t Is certainly a recon-
mendatton and a compliment to the
men who originated these systems of
construction that such roads should
take their names not spelled with
capital letters
A new system OF railroad building
has been but lately developed in this
country by Mr.. Jim Hill, of the
Great Northern, which deserves a
new, complimentary and lasting title.
Contrary to all recent precedent, Mr..
Hill has gone on aud built a trans
continental railway from st. Paul to
Puget Sound, without a blare OF
trumpets, without government SUBJ
sides and without hawking its bonds
or other securities at q fraction OF
their value-In short Mr.. Hill has
built this great railway as an ordin-
AIRY, everv day citizen would 70 about
any legitimate and honorable em-
plOyment Lhe road is complete: has
cost only q small part Of any other
competing line, and as a consequence
can do business on a legitimate basis
at half the rates charged by other
lines and seems disposed to do 1t. All
operations have been conducted on a
simple and busincss-likc plan, the
stock is wholly anhydrous, and traffic
need not be taxed to death to pay
dividends on fictitious stock values.
In brief the road has been jimhilied
from the beginning, and when that
term is fully understood by the pcO-
pie OF the United States, we trust
they will erect an enduring monu-
ment to the most honest and efficient
railway builder In recent years. by
designating this plain, straightfor-
ward, business-like system the jimhill
system OF railroad building.
Ii Mr.. Hill shall continue with the
management and operation OF his
roads In the same independent
ner Is he has proceeded with their
construction, the people will be with
him, and his career as a great rail-
road builder has just begun.
One OF the greatest burdens which
the people OF this country are called
upon to carry IL that placed upon
them In the shape Of needless eXtor-
tions wherewith to pay Interest on
watercd railroad stocks. We need
nothing at the present time more
than a new system Of building and
operating railroads In short we
need, and must hereafter have jim
hill railroads. - California Fruit
Grower.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
Our Rapid T~rans.tory Existence

Is brief enough without our shortening 1t by
seeking medical aid, when we are somewhat
unwell. from sources where 1t IL only OBJ
tainable with great risk. Even II the old
doctrine were true that violent diseases re-
quire violent remedies. 1t does not follow that
drastic purgatives, narcotics, powerful "seda-
tives" Of the nervous system are advisable in
cases where slight disorders manifestly call
for the use of milder means of recovering. In
volving no subsequent danger. but equally
efficient. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters not
only relieves, Lut ultimately aud completely
relieves disorders OF the stomach. liver, bowels
and nerves. 1t Is . genuine tonic, BEAUTIFULLY
stimulates the Kidneys, 1t 10 . thorough alter
alive, and q most eRectual preventive OF chills
and fever and billions remittent. The utmost
confidence can be reposed In the purity and
safety Of its medicinal ingredients.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
Many Miles Of Coral Reef.

The largest coral reef in the world,
the great Barrier reef, is l,250 miles
long and it constitutes one Of the
most valuable possessions Of the
Queensland Government ltstretches
from Torres Strait (close to New
Guinea) down to the southern part OF
a promontOry known as BASTARD Head.
opposite Lady Elliot Island. Raw
material to the value Of $500, 900 Is
annually obtained from the reef, and
according to the Jewellers Weekly,
this amount could be enormously in
creased il some n with enterprise
would inaugurate a more systematic
and scientific method Of carrying on
the work, as the formation is iniin
itely more valuable from q CONNER
cial than a scientific point OF view.
Various theories have been advanced
at different times as to the origin of
this and other reefs OF similar nature,
and it Is interesting to note that com
petent authorities are, to a large ex.
tent, united In assuming a probable
connection at one time between Aus
tralia, New Zealand, and New Guinea,
and in favor OF the subsistence Of the
original mainland and gradual up
building Of the reef from below, &C,
cording to the accepted ideas OF the
origin of these appropriately named
'ibarriers." Captain Cook, to whom
lies the credit OF discovering the is
lands in the south seas, first made
known to civilization the existence OF
the great Barrier reef, but there is no
doubt that he had no knowledge OF
the value of his discovery beyond
what attached to it from a geograph-
ical stand point.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
He Would Always Divide.

The late Justice Lamar had an odd
way Of handling money matters-a mix.
ture OF childlike business Ignorance u
OF contempt for the sordid side OF life.
Lieut.. Dapray. who was once his private
secretary, used to say that he never
could induce Mr.. Lamar to give him q
salary or TO make q regular contract
with him. Lamar's explanation was
that he could not tell how long he might
need a secretary or how much OF his
work he would want. Dapray never
asked him for money, but now and then
his employer would cay: MY boy. you
must be In need OF something" Then
he would take out whatever happened
to be In his pocket-whether dollars or
dimes It mattered not-and divide 1t,
without stopping to sec what It amount.
ed to. Sometimes the pay was prodigal.
sometimes meager, but the general
average was entirely satisfactory.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
A Sad Place.

There is a mourners' corner In one OF
the cloak-roons OF the National House
OF Representatives and another in the
Senate c,oakroom, where the -disap-
pointed and disgruntled congregate to
express their disc atifaction with the
existing order of things. There. It IL
averred, statesmen gather 10 sit with
the corpses Of their dead hopes and am
billions. and each place is known locally
as a chamber Of signs. A joke or . good
story is never heard there.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
An Explosion In His Tech.

A day or two ago William Arnold, Of
Beaver Falls, was attacked with q VIC.
lent %toothache In q big double molar.
The man has a dread Of dentists, and
he could not be brought to the point VI
having 1t pulled. The pain grew into q
yaroxysm Of agony, and while the man
was writhing there was q mufiled exp.o-
sion in his mouth, and the next instant
he was splitting blood and the fragments
OF the tooth from . badly lacerated
mouth
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

81 II 70 some Of tho conductors Who
watched him and found out his sys-
tenn. It was . clever trick, but every
artificial device will soon be found
out The spotter who relics alto.
gether on his memory IL the only
one who has . chance OF remaining
undetected. Globe. Democrat
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
Chicago and Return 4l4.1S.

Excursion tickets are now sold daily at
the above rate over the Northwestern good
on any train. Tickets and further infor-
nation at City Ticket Ofice, eecurity
Bank Building, 5a3, Fourth Street.
II. G. CHENEY, Gcn'l AIT,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

ELECTROTYPING was first done in
1887, and was considered a triumph of
chemical and mechanical skill, requir-
ing the utmost nicely for it's execution.
Now it is done in every printing house.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
Trick Of ! street Car spotter.

There Is . spOtter In town who
eats peanuts as an assistance to his
memory. He gets on 9 . with q
certain number OF peanuts in his
pocket say lfty, and eats one
Tor every passenger that gets aboard.
When he leayes the ear he counts tho
;pAsnnts ne has Iefk and IL he haa
S&effV M knoSs thAFe wsre twenty
a.; a sss oae n M
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

THE ice-making machine was first
put into operation In 1860; at the pres
ent day every brewery, every passen-
ger steamer, and not q few restaurants
and hotels make their own les,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
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 more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
thesneeds of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
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 a perfect lax
alive; efEectually cleansing the system,
dispclling 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 on 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 drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
Hfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, You will not
accept any substitute If offered.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

HANDKERCHIEFs were first made for
the market at Paisley, Scotland, in
l743, and sold for about 81 each. Last
year it is computed that 80, OOO, 600
lozen were sold in the United States.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

SAFETY lamps for the use OF miners
we're patented In 1915. Now no mine is
Without them, and many laws have been
,assed requiring their use In all UNDER
ground mining operations.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

J.s PARKER, Fredonia, N. Y, suys:
''Shail not call on you for the 500 reward,
for l believe Halls Cata-fh Cure will cure
any case of catarrh. Was very lad"
Write him for particulars. Sold by Drug
monAa Gkn
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

Hiram G. Wheeler. Olebolt. Sac Co. Ia.
sells frst-class imported Percheron and
Shire stations. $500; l, 2. and . years time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
The New Bread
AS endorsed ard recommended oy
the New-York Health Authorities.

ROYAL Unfermented Bread is peptic, palatable, most
healthful, and may be eaten warm and fresh WITHOUT
discomfort even by those of delicate Digestion WHICH
i, not true OF bread made in any other way.
To make One Loaf Of Royal Unfermented Bread:
, quart flour, ! teaspoonful salt, half q teaspoonful sugar:
! heapinx teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder co!d Donee
potato about the size Of large hens egg, ana wsses'
sh together thoroughly for, salt, sugar. and baking powder; fuD mme
potato; add sufficient wahr TO mix smoothly n rapoy mos sun gun oa"av
about as soft as for poundcakc; about a pint Of water to q quart noutM
be romred-more or less, according to the bnnd and quality Of the noW
used. Do not make a stiff dough. like yeast bread. four te Da"e 'm w
creased pan. AZ by inches, and iacnes deep filling about hal III. IN
loaf viii rise to fill the pa when baked. Bake in very hot oven IS minutes.
placing paper over first IS minutes baking to prevent crushng toe oon N
tap. Bake Immediately after mixing Do not mix with milk.
-P,fa sueu5e an be had only ruA tie Royal Baking P0wdr hnd@e HSM
eay soav in ulnA the ingredients are prepared 50 as to SMe maf eo"h"s0"
action necessary 10 raise the hasr hsaahE
"a
The best baking powder made is, as shown by analy-
sis, the "Royal." Its leavening strength has been found
superior to other baking powders, and, as far as l know,
it's the only powder which will raise large bread perfectly.
Cyrus Edison, NJ. D.
com'r Of Health, New-York City.
Breadmakers using this receipt who will write the result
oftheir experience will receive, free, the most practical cook
book published, containing 1000 receipts for all kinds OF
cooking. Address
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, los WALL ST, NETWORK.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

BEECHAM's PILLS are u painless and
'nectual remedy for all bilious disorders.
) cents O box. For sale by all druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

In Shakespeare's time the prices of
admission varied from q penny to q
killing.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-14

SEcaETAay CARLISLE appointed Claude
Johnson OF Lexington, KY, to be keeper OF
the dies in the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing.
SECRETARY MORTON ordered a thorough
Investigation of charges OF corruption in the
Weather Bureau made by Jas. B. McLaugh-
lin, Chief OF the Executive Division OF the
bureau.
SECRETARY CARLISLE appointed Oliver P.
fucker, OF Covington, KY, Deputy Comp
sroller Of Currency.
IN an opinion OF Justice Jackson the
United States Supreme Court decided that
persons extradited from one State to
another upon one cuarge may be tried upon
another, thus demoishing an old theory in
regard to the law Of this country.
THE Chicago Park Commissioners have
refused the War Departments application
for an encampnent ground for United States
troops in Washington Park. 1t will be
abandoned.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-14
ELECTRIC EXECUTION.
A Colored Murderer Killed by One
Shock at Sing Sing.

James w. Hamilton, the colored ex-
preacher and convicted wife murderer, died
in the electric chair at 1:13 o'clock a. m.
at Sing Sing IN. " Prison. The death
warrant was read by Warden Brown in the
condemned mans cell the night before.
Carlyle w. Harris, the wife poisoner. who
occupies the second cell from Hamilton's,
was able to hear the reading of the warra Mt.
The witnesses who had been invited by
Warden Brown arrived before 10 a. m.
Electrician E. F. Davis made a careful test
of the apparatus. The same chair, cleo
trodes and switching mechanism which were
used in the last execution were employed.
Hamilton quickly strapped, and at
lilo all the connections being made War
den Brown gave the signal, and a current Of
TAO volts was turned on. Hamilton Jumped
upward straining at the straps, and re-
manned rigid.
The crucifix which he held in his right
hand was still clasped tightly, but his lips
stopped moving, and all signs Of life ceased
at the instant of contact. The current was
left on for sixty seconds, and then turned
off. The physicians stepped forward, list
ened for the heart beats and felt for the
pulse. They declared the subject dead at
11:13:10.
The eiectrocution differed from all its
predecessors III that only one shock was
given. There was no scorching or scaldlng
of the skin, or steaming at the ell ectrOdeS
and while the man was above ths medium
height and Of massive build, it was evident
that death was instantaneous. Elec triciau
Davis said that it was the most successful
execution at which he had ofdciatad.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-14
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

ThRoUGH carelessness and Ignorance,
while dischargiEg blast in the same quarry
at Etna. Penn, Frederick Houseman was
instantly killed and Matthew Ryan fatally
injured.
A Government BOARD at Springfield,
MISS BLANCHE KEIsrER and Miss Maggie
Blair we're drowned in Slippery Rock Creek,
near Keister Station, Penn. Their boat
sprung leak.
FIRE totally destroyed the beautiful sum-
mer residence Of Joseph Jefferson, the ac-
tor, on the shores of Buttermilk Bay, Massa-
chusetts. and the family cook, Helen Nc
Grath, persisted in the ruins. The furniture
and curIos and $780, 900 worth of paintings
were consumed.
In New York City fire destroyed the big
tobacco factory Of W. Duke. Sons & Co.,
and also burned out seventy-fve tenants in
ffty-three rooms of the Temple Court otnce
building, which was supposed to be freproof;
losses about half a million, all told.
FOREST fires are raging in various parts OF
New Jersey.
WILLIAM r. SHAW, the cashier of the Lin
coin National Bank, Bath, Me-. confessed
himself defaulter in $50, 900.
THE boiler of a shifting engine near Con-
nelIsville, Penn, blew up. Three b-akemen
were fatally scalded.
A A. MCLEOD, President of the Phiadel-
phia and Reading Railroad and Coal and
iron Companies, rendered MS resignation.
to take effect May l. He also resigned the
receivership.
JUDGE LIPPINCoTT, of jersey City, y.
r.. charged the Grand Jury to ;ndict race
track owners, saying that recent legislation
in their behalf was void and unconstitu-
tionaI and the old law was still in force.
GODFREY & CLARKs warehouse, Eber-
hardt & Ober's malt house, elevator and
warehouse and ten other buildings on South
Canal street, Allegheny, Penn, have been
destroyed by fire. Loss, $500, 900. It was
rumored that child was burned to death.
Two firemen were hurt by a falling wall.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-14
WORLDS FAIR TICKETS.
A Great Rush for Them at the Chi.
caSo Hotels

All the leading Chicago hotels. Just q
month before the opening day, placed on
sale tickets of admission to the Worlds Co.
lumbar Exposition. and brisk demand at
once manifested itself. Thousands of them
were bought up by individuals who were de-
sirous of keeping them as souvenirs or send
ing them away to friends
The tickets are triie larger than the old
ffty-cent pieces which were current in the
days of fractional paper money, and are
printed IN four designs, each one bearing a
different medallion on its face The faces of
the series are all in blue. but the baa5s
vary. one series being light yellow, another
red, another green, and the other light
blue. One ticket bears the face OF Column
bus, another that OF Washington. Lincoln
IS on the third, while the fourth bears the
portrait Of Pontiac and is the finest in the
series.
Fifty cents apiece is the price OF the tic.
kets AMI they are good for one admission to
the grounds on any day from the opening to
the close OF the exposition. Besides the tic.
kets placed on sale at the hotels, Treasurer
Seeoerger has received large orders for
them from business houses vino desire ID
send them out 20 their customers In the
country. The orders already on file from
this source alone aggregate over $500. OOl.
President Higinbotham, of the Worlds
Fair Directory, bought the first tickets him
self, paying for them handsome premium.