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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
Ct. difference
aJAy Royal Baking Powder
Strongest, Purest, Most

As to whether any Of the baking powders are equal to
the Royal" the official tests clearly dsseffdne. When
samples Of various baking powders were purchased rom
the grocers, and analysed by the United States Govern
ment Chemists and the Chemi6.. Of State and City Boards
Of Health, the reports revealed the fact that the "Royal"
contained from 20 per cent. to 60 per cent. more leaven'ng
strength than the others. and also that it was more per-
fectly combined. absolutely pure, and altogether wholesome
. As most Of these powders are sold to
consumers at the same price as the Royal" /HSMiNsSl
blythe use ofthe Royal Baking Powderthere S
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is an average saving Of over one third. be- SNNN0l
sides the advantage Of assured purity and wy
wholesomeness Of food, and Of bread, bis
cult and cake made perfectly light, sweet, &S
and paiatable. 4%SpW
The official reports also ieveal the pres ~
ence, in other powders, Of alum, lime or
sulphuric acid, by which their use is made a matter Of grave
danger to the consumer.
WA<m<vsr a baking boavAr is saM at a ower price tia"
Me"ReyaL' or with a eff, it Is a ef,tai" indication that it's
made from aAsas, and is to be Avoided xndt, all circumstance.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
German
Syrup

Regis Leblanc = % Ffencn 49,.
dian store keeper at Notre Dana g
StanbndRe, O uebec, Can. who VA
cured az 4 severe attack ofCongest-
ion Of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger:
Dan Syrup. He has sold many
bottle Of German Syrup on his Per.
sonal recommendation. nyoud drop
him q line he'll give you the full
facts Of the case direct, as he did US
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely: It
always will. It is q good medicine
and thorough In its work. .
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
Couldn't Live withou. Hss wife.

john HOWE, living five miles North.
east Of Castalia, committed suicide by
shooting himself In the head. Grief
over the death OF his wife was the
cause Mr.. Hcwie returned from Yer.
million, whore he had been to bury his
wife OF y year aud was despondent He
left = note requesting that no be buried
~ Vermiilion beside the one he loved.
His last act apparently VA that of
looking At the picture OF his dead wife,
as the album was discovered on the
table opened to her picture.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
Bounced Alleged Mischief Makers.

DR. EASTMAN and wife formerly
Elaine Goudale) and the principal Of
the Indian Schools 1T Pine Ridge
Agency have been discharged from the
EMPLOY Of the Government tor sending
out sensational reports to the effect that
the Indians wore preparing for an out.
break.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
Charged with = y nrder.
YmnktOn College = fairs.

YANKroN College Is the oldest insti.
tuition OF higher education liz both Da-
kotas. The eleventh catalogue has just
been issued, which shows the attend
ance In the different departments to be
- follows: College, 40; preparatory.
l23; musical, 81; art, IA. The collegi-
ate department. has gained Z since last
year; the number in the preparatory de-
partment Is the same. The musical de-
partment has gained 8. and the art de-.
partment has gained 1. The total at
tendance. emitting repetitions. is ga,
. gain Of II. The new president, A. T.
Free, NJ. A.. is proving himself to be an
excellent man for the place.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06

Dropped Dead At Breakfast.
JOHN SCHoEN, . wealthy farmer who
lived about ten miles South Of Canton,
dropped dead while eating breakfast
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
Swimming in salt Lake.

When | wadcd out so far that the
water came up to my neck | scaled
bowlder and dived. AS it is my Gus
tom to open my eyes under water. |
did so as soon as | was fairly i'm
merSed. In an instant it seemed as
if vitriol had been poured into them.
Springing to an upright position as
soon as possible, l tried to get the
salt out of them, but the more |
rubbed the more it seemed TO get in.
Nature relieved the smarts after
awhile by pouring through the tear
ducts enough Of milder solution Of
salt to clear the irritated cornea OK
the fluid, and took pains not to let
the water into my eyes again. After
that the bath was more enjoyable, il
only as a new experience, says
writer in Goldthwaite's Geographic
cal Magazine.
There was singular and unaccus-
toned sense Of lightness, and it was
not difficult to feat high out OF
water either In reclining or sitting
posture; yet bather who is not a
swimmer will fare as badly here as
anywhere, for the head, being heavier
than the lower extremities, has q
tendency TO sink, unless one has the
skill to keep it above the surface.
To float requires less exertion than in
the sea, slight motion OF the hand
being sufficient to keep the body bal
anced evenly, for one depends less for
his buoyancy on breathing than In
ocean water On striking out to
swim was surprised at splashing
noise behind me, and discovered that
it was made by my own feet, for |
was SO high out of water that they
went into the air at every stroke.
This lightness at one end OF the body
tends, as | have said, TO depress the
other, but 10 one who is used TO
swimming this Is a trlhe.
on emerging from the lake | found
that every inch OF my skin was
sparkling with salt crystals, aud
though rubbed and scrubbed they
were not so easily to be got rid 81.
These crystals were sharp enough o.
create discomfort and 10 suggest an
undue intimacy with thlstles My
hair was full Of them, and they even
adhered o. ms clothing, So that Wig.
orous shaking ~ ralment and fresh
water bath we're In order on reaching
my hotel When | told the people In
town ~ my swim and the manner ~
Il, | was laughed A., aud Informed
that lt was uat the correct thing gu
swim, except "a a bathing pavilion
who're aue has fresh eaior o. ih0eof
aWaY iHe alt that stieks D. him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

Brazilian Coffee Often Masquerades ~ tho
More Popuiar Bean.


Does it not strike you as strange,
considering the fact that more than
half the coffee consumed in the world
is grown in Brazil, that one seldom
sees Brazilian coffee advertised?
Should yon ask your grocer for the
"best Brazilian" he would not know
what to give you. The reason, ac-
cording to the Boston Bulletin, is be-
cause the best coffee grown in Brazil
is sold under the name of Java" and
Mocha" and a large share of the in
ferior grades are marked Bourbon"
and Martinique. Yet nowadays
the latter island produces hardly
more than 500 sacks of coffee in @
year-a mere drop in the worlds big
bucket; and Bourbon yields perhaps
1000 sacks per annum-just about
enough to supply the markets of Rio
for twenty-four hours. At least
nine-teDths Of all the Mocha" coffee
that you drink with such gusto be-
cause it costs an extra price is the
small, round bean Of the Brazilian
plant, picked from the tips of the up
per branches where the tropic sun
has had the most chance to infuse
richness into it and afterward sep
arated" by hand. The fazendeiros
Coffee planters) of Brazil, unlike
those of Java, do not sell their crops
under any special trade mark. Be-
tween the fazendeiro and the export
er class of "middle men," unknown
elsewhere, intervene-ha bankers,
half ENTHUSIASTICALLY designated as
commiSarios, who lower the standard
of the crop by mixing different har-
vests, thus relieving individual pro-
ducers of all responsibility and de-
priving the product of its true value.
1t is often remarked that there is
no drunkenness in Brazil, but the
statement is untrue; not perhaps so
far as alcoholic drinks are concerned,
but the whole country is perpetually
In state of Semi-intoXication on cof-
fee-men, women and children alike
and to babies in armsit is fed from
spoon. At all hours of day and
night, in season and out, everybody
literally guzzles it. The effect is
plainly apparent in trembling hands,
twitching eyelids, mummy-hued skins
and chronic state of nervous excit-
ability worse than that produced by
whisky.
Are you overheated in the MONDAY
sun or chilled by the dews of even,
ing" Are you wearied or "blue" or
suffering from the bodily pain Or
homesickness? Coffee is the Brazil
ians unfalling panacea. as the Chi
nese turns to his opium and the topper
to his toddy 1t is brought to your
bedside the instant you are awake in
the morning and just before you drop
off in sleep at night, at meals and be-
tween meals and whenever caller
comes in-always black, bitter and
hot. Connected with each Of the
theaters Is a garden or cafe, to which
the people repair after every act to
partake of ices. confectionery, wines,
and coffee, of course.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

rest Of the world believe that merluo
sheep could be raised adyantageOusly
only Ia that country. She had put
the rest Of Europe under tribute 20
her for this precious commodity.
France, however, had begun t0 ex-
pertinent. Livingston saw, as be-
thought, great opportunity lie
became convinced, after studying the
merln0s that they would thrive in The
United states Through bis Influence
as Minister hf secured teO couples uf
meflnof imHee lnI teut them h0me
t1 che United states lle followed
un thIs beginning eItb other ship
WeHts lmf HH hs return tu Che
tn.tr, suiet In lsUf he vas l,tuu
nhti W 600 fnlt goo iHhIurt ~
mefIHn hi sifnrtel wees uitH
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tHa nNHlHf .f Hn msNHt - aaf
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
THE FRAGRANT GLOVE.
Its Culture the Chief Occupation OF Arab
Planters in Zanzibar.

Sultan Seyed Said bin Sultan In
1880 introduced the Glove tree into
Zanzibar, since which time its culti-
walton has formed the chief occupa-
ton Of the Arab planter in that part
of the world, especially those residing
on the island of Pemba.
Every portion of the tree is aro-
matte, says the Detroit Free Press,
but it is the bud which forms the
Glove of commerce. The choicest are
of a dark-brown hue, free from
moisture, and with full, perfect
heads. The cultivation of this i'm
portant article Of domestic economy
is very interesting.
The seeds are planted in long
trenches and kept we'll supplied with
water for forty days. when the sprouts
appear above the surface. These are
carefully watered for two years, at the
end Of which time they usually at
tain a height of three feet. Then
transplanting takes place, the shoots
being set out at distances Of thirty
feet apart and watered until we'll
rooted. After this occurs the trees
require little attention, but are kept
free from weeds and the earth about
them is worked over from time to
time. They do not bear until five or
six years old, when the buds are fully
formed into clusters and assume a
dull reddish hue The harvesting
now begins and continues at intervals
for six months, as the buds do not
all mature at the same time. AS the
limbs of the trees are very brittle
they will not bear the weight OF a
man, and the cloves on the upper
branches are gathered by means of
very peculiar looking four-sided lad
ders. Immediately upon being taken
from the trees the buds are laid out
in the sun, where in short time
they assume brownish color, when
they are placed in storehouses and are
ready for shipment.
The usual yield Of 10-year-old
plantation is twenty pounds per tree,
while in one twice that age they
often produce 100 pounds each. The
stems also form an article of COM
merce, possessing about the same per-
centage of strength as the buds, but
commanding not more than one-fifth
their price. They are usually reduced
to powder and enormous quantities
are sold, being preferred by many to
the whole buds.
Pemba produces three-fourths Of
the entire crop Of cloves, but those
raised on the island of Zanzibar, on
account of being more carefully culti-
waited, are considered superior to all
others in the market.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
Facts About the Atlantic Liners.

In view of the fact that in a few
months the Cunard Company Will
have two vessels afloat which are ex-
pected to reduce the passage between
Queenstown and New York to five
and half or five and a quarter days,
some statistics given by Arthur j.
Maginnis on the ships, men and
working Of the Atlantic ferry are Of
great interest. In a ship like the
Teutonic, to begin with, a sum OF
about $4,000, 900 is invested, and the
working expenses are proportionately
heavy In the sailing, engine and
passenger departments the large num-
Der of 322 hands are required AT in
the first, 16l in the second and ia in
the third. The wages paid to these
hands amount to say, 1900 for the
sailing department, $4,000 for the
engine and 81, 800 for the passenger,
making a total of $685. month.
When these figures are considered,
together with the other expenses Of
maintenance, Office expenses, insur-
ance, agency commission, shore staff,
works, port charges, interest on cap
ital, and depreciation, it may be
fairly taken that least the sum of
$50, 900 must be realized a trip before
any profits can be counted on; so
that some idea Of the enormous sums
at stake in the working and manage
nent of an express transatlantic line
can be formed. Mr.. Maginnis holds
strongly to the belief that when these
vast figures are considered, together
with other equally extensive require
ments, the chimerical nature Of some
of the schemes proposed from time tc
time for forming new lines which
promise three and four days passage
across the Atlantic can easily be dis.
cerned. He regards them as over
whelming proof that insurmountable
difficulties are in the way of any com.
pany or firm without shipping ex
perience who can create all at once 9
service more luxurious and having
higher speed than that now afforded
by the existing lines which would al
the same time prove financial sue
| cess.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

America when the discoveries came,
saws the Globe Democrat. The de-
scendants of these wild sheep still
inhabit the Rocky Mountains. At a
glance the wild sheep look clumsy,
but when frightened they go over the
rocks with the agility of the goat
They are the best Of mountain
climbers. They make their way to
cliffs where nothing else without
wings can follow. There is nothing
in venison to approach this wild NUT
ton. Englishmen who have eaten it
say it surpasses the finest tame NUT
ton of their country.
On his second voyage to America,
In 1893, Columbus stopped at port
I'm the Canary Islands, and brought
live stock for breeding purposes in
the colony he was to found. Besides
the eight hogs, Columbus brought a
small flock of sheep. In 1880 Cortez
had falling out with the politicians
ia the City of Mexico, went to Cuer-
navaca and founded great sheep
ranch. The eight hogs imported by
Columbus were the progenitors OF
countless thousands which stocked
the Spanish possessions From the
Cuernavaca ranch of Cortez the focks
of sheep were driven in all directions.
They occupied what is now Old Mex.
ico and Texas and New Mexico, and
were even driven into the Utah of to.
day. Pzarro took some Of these
sheep with him on his expedition fol
the conquest of Peru, and the fiocks
spread over South America, crossing
the Andes and occupying the great
plains of La Plata. When Menendei
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

came, in 1865, under commission OF
the King OF Spain, 10 colombo Flor
lda, he brought 100 sheep a. well as
600 aegro slaves, aud San Augustine,
"the oldest town In the United
States" was founded The traces Of
that spanish origin are seen to-day In
che sheep OF Florida aud Southern
Georgia.
snecp PLAYED M important part iu
che early settlement NJ this cuuntry.
The Catholic priests who established
string ~ seventeen missions for the
ladlans fTan ,an pleG1 b Sau fran.
discs had over uIllluu sheep In
hsks attached ~ those mlaslout
Nitalula IA earb tlmes had 4 law
aalhltlua ihe removal 20 aus sheep
llom tbe sgulluale 40 tH4l ilme
tulAan Nas tHFfvngF ia NE#slnlH
Ihe uluaaI sHtaafli.rs s1f7t HIHnir
VI $50 nlaH.la a INNAafN MF Hfrfl
tsal IA sAslaN .aiA HNla N oHH
l.la go - aas q tas'HIa si4''i
49, bias Nl#HItA aNN AI DE-
. ~ ~ ga q III. 49,. 4laI sz..s ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

merinos were eagerly bought at $500
or 81. 900 a head, anu even as high as
81. 800. That was in 1910 and 1911.
But the speculative fever ran only a
short time. In 1915 merinOs sold for
81 apiece,
After the war of the revolution
there was such a rush from the
United States to import fine sheep
from England that that country re-
vived an old law TO stop it. A pen
atty of G3 fine and three months
confinement was imposed on any per-
son who exported sheep from Eng
land. One of the most enterprislng
sheep-breeders in this country was
George Washington. He had flock
of 700 or 800. He bred them up until
they yielded five pounds Of wool To
the sheep Thomas Jefferson, as
Washlngton's Secretary of State, be-
came so interested in the subject that
he concluded TO push the number OF
sheep" on his plantation, saying he
"had never before considered. with
due attention, the profit from that
animal"
After WashingtOn's death some Of
the best ~ his sheep were bought by
George Washington patke Custis
aud taken Co Arlington. A new
flock. with added fame, was created.
Custls inaugurated the custom Ut ar
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

the mutton sheep. All Of the year
grazing on blue grass gives meat
which cannot be excelled From
Winchester as many as 5000 lambs
have been shipped TO market in a
single day. They sell for from SO to
S. a head, and make sheep raising
profitable on land worth 1925 to Sl75
an acre.
Kentuckians began early toimprove
their flocks. In 1909 the first mer-
mos brought into Kentucky, only
two of them, sold for ST. 800. In the
next three or four years the kentuck-
ians went wild on the subject Of i'm
proved breeds. Prices mounted to
fabulous figures. Samuel Long, of
Lexington, bargained with Mr.. Trot-
ter, of the same place, for one ram
and one eve. He agreed for these
two sheep to build a four-story house
so feet by 20 feet. The house cost
SIS, 600 Thoroughbred sheep dropped
in value long before the house was
finished. Within six months after
Long had completed Trotter's house
the same kind of sheep could be
bought for $40. Long kept his high
bred ram and eve until they were
worth no more than ordinary sheep.
Then he killed them, invited his
neighbors to a barbecue and thanked
God he wasn't worth dollar. Soon
afterward he died of a broken heart,
The craze for fine sheep to improve
the breeds was not confined to Ken
lucky. In New York State the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
TakesTwo Ra.caI. 10 work n.

Land values increase so rapidly In
New York that IL Is easy TO mortgage
such property pretty we'll up 10 the
selling value, and this fact has opened
the way 10 an ingenious method Of
something very like swindling. A,
representing himself as the agent Of
Is, purchases desirable vacant land
FOR say sl7a,000, and before papers
pass, Il sells the same 10 A az s225, e.
900, u then, upon the strength %
this transaction, obtains a mortgage
~ 5000 noe upon the property 90
course A aud u are In colluslon. aud
che original purchaser really repre-
sented both while The seeund trans
action WIS solely for che purpose oi
establishing price upou which che
mortgage ruuid he uhnlued
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

sey who got half bushel of potatoes
from single one used for seed called
the product merino potatoes. Bull
calves in Pennsylvania were adyer-
tised as "the pure merino breed" A
farmers wife named her tenth child
"Merino Schmidt"
Robert r. Livingston, Of New
York, known in American history as
Chancellor Livingston" was largely
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

Tee hons ln a tnuF ihat Is lon
'art HlHare alth falit Sea times fhe
lIe 81 900 HHHsr #RfW'a M Ial.HH
Coz hrHl slfnnne HaIf efhF HNffrt
mltiHg iHi Isn saaf lH.laf a sitIus
HaH M HEHE.u as UANAaN NNu
te.Hs Fl nH# .HNssH s#HHH arHrl
ra m eHs II. aHftaE iNI e Ha.f
y IHkf HT WeF hHli ee.8H 40
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

Toasts were drank, Speeches were
made and prizes were distributed for
the best specimens of sheep.
While the merino mania lasted 1t
oveyshadowed everything. The fever
ran, like something contagious, from
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

responsible for the mania. Livingston
was Minister TO France. He went
abroad, he said, to get information
which would be useful to his fellow
citizens, especially in agriculture.
Up to that time Spain had made the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

town to town and from farm to farm.
The papers were full of it. Marvel
Gus statements of the great profits to
be made were In circulation. Farms
were advertised as peculiarly adapted
to merino sheep. The worst scrubs
were given the names of the most
noted Spaniards. Ships were named
1.-The Merino." A farmer in New Jer-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

the tails so as to leave a bunch OF
wool at the end like a lions tail.
This was thought to improve the APP
pearance, and also to make a better
defense against feas.
Kentucky is the natural home of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

sissippi the work has been in the
hands Of Gen. Ezra A. Carman, for
years the chief clerk of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. West OF the
river the ranch side of the sheep bust
ness has been most thoroughly in
vestigated by HI. A. Heath, Of the
Kansas Farmer. There is no politics
In 4the sheep book Some people
can't think of sheep without con-
founding them with the tariff. Gen.
Carman and Mr.. Heath have man
aged to collect great deal Of inter
esting information, and have not for
mulated an argument either for
protection or for free wool.
There were wild sheep in North
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

NtsaHIs Haa f.4lms thf Arsait
a.Hff aaltFnlaa afEH ln thH saabi
lhn YES Owes ail ease : shert Ii
iH.Nls ff 900 MInNf La m NIfHs
IIlsf uaa uf H IH.hat "a m.Hat
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
STORIES ABOUT SHEEP.
RISE AND DECLINE OF THE
MANIA FOR MERINOS.

How the Famous Breed Was introduced
Into This untry-Washington's Flock
Wonderful Wool Gathering-A Wild
Breed in the Mountains-The Piney
Woods Product.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

u Lie morse D0OR
and 1.-The COW book
the Government is
about to add the
sheep book. Elk
perts have been en-
gagged Sc v e r a |
months gathering
the material for
the story o ( the
S h e ep industry.
East of the Mis-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25

columbus trough. Sheen.