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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

added to this curious collection, And
each time that he took dose Of the
medicine prescribed by DR.. Slick he
followed It up with q spoonful of
glycerine. He began to feel some rath-
or curious effects from this Combina-
ton treatment In q few days. But, as
the sensations he experienced were
rather agreeable than other wise, he
concluded that the dual system was
working we'll and he preserved In It.
In the course Of another week he was
conscious Of q peculiar sort Of exhilar-
alton, and when he walked
out Of doors he seemed to be treading
ON air. This aroused his curiosity,
aid he made second call on DR..
Slick.
II am feeling much better. doctor"
said the patient, "Do you mind tell
ing me what was In that prescription
you gave me?"
THAT" said The doctor, much pleas.
cd to find his prescription 70 efIlca-
cious, aCalled for nothin0 more than
nitric acid In solution. It Ii very
powerful remedy, and you must be
careful not TO exceed the dose de.
scribed.n
u didn't know whether II was your
medicine or the glycerin that was do.
ing me 70 much good, remarked Mr..
Cutter, bstractsdly, . i speaking T.
himself.
@Glycer1nfn querried the doctor
whose quick ear had caught the word
What glyCerinin
1--we been taking some along will
with the medicinal NJ. Guitar =
planned, d confnaion, showing hoy
medical man dialiho any doparturl
frDm tn tx6atrnent thoy ori114.
ThoEo Wn1 = mOmonfoxY tN1nlrlo n
the dpctct's ~. 4 slieht haxs 1aa1
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

Never ask the patient what he wishes to
eat, but keep an attentive ear open for
any chance words he may say on the sub
ject. Feed him according to the doctors
directions. Never bring him much food
at one time. 1t will destroy his appetite.
Let the tray be dainty arranged and ne.e
let It remain In the sick room for an In
slant after the meal is over. Even .
healthy person will he revOlted by the
sight of scraps Of food and unwashed
dishes.
The windows should be shaded with
dark green holland shades, which will
temper the glare of light for the sufferers
eyes. At night there should be shaded
light In the room. A zen should always
be placed SO that no direct rays may fall
upon the patients eyes.
The nurse should he neatness, quicknest
Quiotness and good cheer persOnified. Hel
|slippers should be noiseless felt affairs.
Her skirts should not rustic. Her gown
must be neither too somber nor too bright
Her apron must Ue spotless and unrumpled
her hair smooth and shining, her patience
inexhaustible and her good cheer perpetual
She must rule the rest of the family with
rod of iron, permitting no noisy visitor
no gloomy visitors. no visitors who Will
relate tales of business or Of household
worry. Louis Republic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

''In the summer OF 1866 Pauline LuccO,
who was then in the full flush of her
beauty and her talent, happened one day
to be standing at the door of her hotel
ready to go out. B smarck happened TO
come in. He Immediately extended his
hand.
9 your Excellency,' said the actress,
i am going to the photographer; will you
60 with me?'
Impossible; am expecting some one
on business
NO nonsense said Lucca; you can
transact your business later And she
looked up into Bismarck's face and pleaded
with her beautiful eyes. Refusal was
impossible, and the statesman accom-
panied the actress to the photographers.
First of all picture was taken OF each
separately. Then the actress in her Inn
petu0us way, cried:
"'Oh. Your Excellency! have q cap.
ital idea. Let US have our picture taken
together
like request, and without any thought OF
the consequences. he allowed the photog-
rapher to proceed, A few days later the
portrait of the most celebrated actress
with the most celebrated statesman of the
tstuO " 10 80 VvSAJ os1VP WAuNVW> @Au AOs
some time the matter was the talk OF
Europe.
but the two persons interested soon
saw that the best thing they could dc
would be to withdraw the picture from
circulation, and the negative was finally
destroyed"
1t is q curious fact that Lucca sings
today as well a. she ever did. In talking
about the possibility of her return to
operate work she said that she feared the
excitement Of reassuming some OF he'll
famous roles would be SO great that II
would kill her. There is no probability
that she will ever be seen on the etage
again, o. she has taken up an occupation
which greatly interests her, that of school
ing young girls for operate work.
She confines herself to twelve pupils Z
year. and devotes but three hours day
to the work. She exercises great care II
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

roads completely that the the invent.
ors are working for. The inhabitants
Of all the continental cities pride
themselves upon the arChitectural
beauty and atttractiyeness Of their
respective towns, and this love Of the
beautiful has largely restricted the
use OF the trolley. In the cities OF this
country the people are inclined to
give up valuable franchises and hand.
some streets for the sake of slightly
qh.oFer transit, but this feeling does
not pred animate in European cities.
A rsPENs1oN TROLLEY.
A merchant prince named LANCER
has recently become the financial
hacker of Siemens, the builder Of the
tirst German trolley road, for the con.
struction OF road in Berlin which
will be unique affair. It is of the
elevated kind, but the cars hang down
from the tracks. The running gear ls
on the roof of the car and the trolley
wire comes in immediate contact with
it.
A test road has been built in the
vast court of the military casino at
Deniz, and it has been operated sue
cessfully. The track is supported
at regular intervals by two iron up
rights, connected at the top by a cross
bar, the car passing between the up
rights.
In Paris particular attention is paid
to the development of the storage
battery system, and two lines are in
successful operation. Heretofore this
system has proven very costly because
OF the great weight of the battery and
the impossibility of constructing car
which would stand the strain for any
length of time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

A most interesting report from Chinese
railroads is furnished to the state depart.
ment by United States Consul Ried, Tien
Tsin. He tells of the difficulties encounter
ed by the young English engineer who ran
the first locomotive, in overcoming the super
stitious repugnance of the government and
the natives to the 'srocket dragon" IS his
homemade locomotive was called, and Of
the engineering features of the road from
Tien Tsin to Shan Hal Kwan, and gives the
following incident of the FIRST trip by steam
Of the celebrated old viceroy, Ii Hung
Chang: Gas director general of the road,
he was given special car. This was fur
nished with elaborate chairs, lounges, tables,
etc, upholstered il silk and satin. Ii, on
the FIRST trip was profuse in his expressions
If admiration. Upon his return to Tien
Tsin his satisfaction had reached such =
point that he ordered all the furniture. hang.
ings, etc., to be removed to his yamen (pal-
acel. To the disappointment Of the great
viceroy, the special feature q the car-the
Injurious bed-was left behind, Is It had
been built into the car. The directors learn
ed lesson, and the viceroy's new private
car has furniture that cannot be removed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

selecting them. as she hopes to make Of
each famous singer and actress. they
must al be sixteen years old when they
musical talent Out Of seventy-twO girls
all musicaliy gifted, she accepted but
three, and more than two hundred were
tested before twelve were chosen.
Her homo here Is 4 beautiful one, and
w alihOften u Amunden, ~ which she
has. had ! tiny tleAxre built, and where
she pursaes ~ work Of maki1g pTimar
dennas
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05
A GERMAN INVENTION.

Of Germany, has devised system by
which, it is claimed, the necessary
tunnelling can be done at such low
figure that the total cost per mile of
constructing the underground road
win be but $4,000.
Only rough details of this system
have as yet reached the public. The
principal feature of 1t is an iron tube
1Ok feet high and 8 feet and 2
feet In depth. It is claimed that with
the aid Of machinery these tubes can
be pushed into place, the excavating
going on at the same time. 1t is
Likewise claimed that they can be
made high and wide enough to permit
the passage of the regulation steam
locomotive and passenger oars.
While the trolley roads of Europe
are away behind those Of the United
States ia the matter Of quantity, they
are far superior in the matter OF
quality and show wide diversity In
mechanical design and construction.
Many of the ideas used In the
European cities are elaborations OF
experiments first made in this country,
and the inventors there have freely
taken advantage of all the changes
and improvements made here. In
very few Of the European cities was
the trolley introduced until after 1t
had been made q safe venture by the
work Of capitalists in this country,
and In consequence the foreign towns
have had all the benefit without the
cost Of experimental expense.
In Germany the first trolley road
, was built fourteen years ago, Dut was
q very crude affair, and the people OF
Berlin did not regard 1t with mucn
favor. The inventor, Werner Won
Siemens. has been working constantly
at the problem Of trolley construction
since then, and has made some I'M
portant progress. His first test road
was built at Leichterfeld, just out
side Of Berlin, aud today the German
capital has number OF trolley roads
! The trolley roads In this country
cover about fifteen thousand miles OF
ground, and nearly forty live Thousand
cars are In use. In all o. Germaly
there are but 40 miles Of trolley ROADS
and aboit eight hundred cars 70 use.
In the other sentimental countries Ine
proportion d about the same. but
there are 60 many projects now under
way, particularly In Germany, tnat
thenumber Of miles operated by tno "a,
trolley and the number OF cars VIII
be more than quadrupled within TWO
years.
at present the overhead system, the
same s. usod IL I'll the cities OF TINS
country, has been adopted on tne
other side, but Il ID TO do away WIN
the unsiehtly wires and tho sui1scs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05
Famous ex-Opera Queen Sings
as Well as Ever.
BISMARCK'S PHOTOGRAPH.
She Is Now Living Happily
in Vienna.

The name of Pauline Lusca Is one
which thrills the heart OF the experienced
operagoer. Almost forgotten now, she
was the queen of the operate world for
nearly thirty years, with the music-lovers
of Europe at her feet It has been said
that Emma Calve is. the only real Carmen
who has been seen since the days of Lucca,
and in that sterling compliment is paid
to both women.
Pauline Lucca has sdropped so COM
pletely out of public sight in recent years
that the new generation knows little or
nothing about her except, perhaps, that
her name has familiar ring. Yet it was
only seven years ago that she astounded
the musical world by suddenly stepping
down and retiring into the quiet of hel
own home.
Since then she has been Seen but little
in public. With the skill of rare artist
she has managed to engulf herself in quiet
and stiffness, forming complete contract
to the ravishing Pauline Lucca Of few
years ago. who had the cities of the con-
tinent eternally waging war with each
other as to which should have the wonder
full singer for season. I'm the retired
circle in which she now moves she is no
longer even know as Pauline Lucca, but as
the Baroness WOllhOffen.
DAINTY AS EVER.
years. 1t might be unfair to the lady to
particularize further, Pauline Lucca today
is as handsome and dainty as Of old. She
walks regularly each day up and down the
Ring street, chic and graceful as ever, with
the same careless swing of her pretty
figure and with the bloom of health on a
face which shows no trace of time. She Is
q trifle stOuter than ten or twenty years
back, and she dresses fashionably. like
the rest of wealthy Viennese femininity.
WONDERFUL EYES.
1t was Pauline Lucca's strange eyes
which helped to make her famous, and
they have lost none of their weirdness.
They are q peculiar light blue in color,
and flash and scintillate when she talks
with never-ceasing brilliancy. Bismarck.
it was said, fell in love with her eyes, but
that is separate story and very inter-
es ting one just now, because of a book
W hich has just appeared in Paris entitled.
bismarck and Women" 1t is written by
Adolphe Kohut, warm friend OF the Ger
| man statesman.
FASCINATED BISMARCK.
Those whose memories reach back 80
years to 1865 will remember great deal OF
talk about Pauline Lucca and Bismarck.
She was the greatest singer Of the day and
he the greatest statesman. They knew
each other we'll, an ever-meddling rumor
limited too well. Matters were brought to
a focus when photographs appeared on
sale in Berlin showing Lucca and Bis
marck in the picture. This photograph
caused 80 much talk that Bismarck had the
negative destroyed and as many of the pic
lures as he could discover.
There are several stories told to explain
how Bismarck and Lrcca come to be
photographed together. Lucca tells
0ne-a nice, discreet, plausible explana
ton, and K0hut, the friend Of Bismarck,
In his book also tells one equally nice.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

discreet and plausible, but quite different.
Less discreet friends of the two say that
both stories are equally wrong, but never
theless they WILDE given here.
LUCAcA's EXPLANATION.
Lucca described It only the other day IN
this way:
met Primes Bismarck. We were good
friends and walked along together. but I
swarm Of humanity recognized us both and
and clustered about %, pashing us one
way ana then another. Il WIS intensely
disagyeeabl0 Tor both of no, and the dem
onstEsti0n was becoming larger every
minute.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05
Progress of the Electric Car
Of All Types.
MANYPROJEC'rS UNDER WAY
Berlin Proposes Underground
Roads.

The fares on all the foreign trolley
roads are much cheaper than in any Of
the cities here. In Halle, for instance,
the passenger pays the equivalent Of
two and half cents for four rides.
This is but fraction over half cent
for each fare. Yet the trolley roads
all pay handsome profits. OF course
labor is much cheaper there than here
bat the difference does not compen-
safe for the greatly reduced rate as
compared with the average rates
charged in this country.
In Buda-P Pest a trolley road has been
in operation some time with an under
ground contact. It is more costly
than the overhead system, but has
been successful since the first-so
successful that in many of the other
large cities on the continent projects
are now under way for building SINH
lar roads.
Berlin expects to have two complete
underground trolly roads in the near
future, which will be huge improve
ment over the BUDAPEST system. If
the Berlin engineers solve this prob
lem it will be more than the experts in
the employ in the city of New York
have been able to do after five years
of figuring, experimenting and spend
of tens of thousands of dollars.
ODD TUNNELLING SYSTEM.
OF course, the great obstacle is an
undertaking of this kind is the vast
amount of tunnelling must be done.
In New York it has been figured that
the work will cost about 100000
q mile for the excavating alone. In
Berlin, an engineer named Mackensen,
who Is also the Royal railroad director
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

Here is the story Bismarck's friend
tells about the taking of the photograph:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05

Mrs. Qulverful- do you know, dear,
/ think the baby sometimes cries IN hen
III. Quiyerful( savageiy)-I don't know
about that Hut / know che often cftea
In mine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-05
"A Youthful Murderer Makes . Fart1al
CoafossiOn.

ALLIANCE, Ore. Especial AL
doubt q to the guilt Of Lloyd Mont
gomery, the lS-year-old boy aocussd
Of numbering his father, mother md
D. r. McKercher. near Brownsville,
whom he made : partial confession -
Sheriff McFsrron. Young Montgom-
cry said:
y killed McKsrcher after ~ MD
killed father and nnother He M
shot them both down, md alot Onoo
At mo whom ! soixed the Gun -
him Then q IN aNslx AEe1a ~
house IS
The prisoner declared that ~ IN
not Kin his pafentn II tQld
same story IA HI attot11A1. and q
pseaet1t. N "a 1can1a 1e9l o a1p
guilt nov. md oxre ~ rs
~ VIII mako = 11If EN- q
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-10
DRILL HALL AND ASSEMBLY.
Board of Regents Adopt the Plan of
Architect AIdrich.

MINNEAPOLIS Sept. 20. One OF the
most important matters which came
up for consideration at the meeting
of the board of regents at the state
university this morning was that OF
the proposed drill hall. General plans
for the structure had already been ap-
proved by the executive committee
and it only remained for the regents
I iHdorse this action and advertise
for bids that the work Of construction
might begin at OCCe. The plans ap-
proved by the committee are those of
Architect Charles Y. Aldrich, and
were unanimously adopted by the re
gents, AS a result of this decision,
the foundations for the new structure
will be completed before winter. and
by this time next year the university
will have Of the most cOmmudious
and Well arrG.lEed drill halls 10 hc
found III the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-10
Washington.

II is not believed the bounty
cases will come up in the supreme
ccurr before December.
Tho consular service has not really
been placed under the civil service
law. The presidents order was the
outcome Of hostility to that law.
ON account OF physical disability.
due TO overwork, the naval board has
recommended to President Cleveland
the retirement Of Chief Engineer Ed
ward a. Magee.
Lieut.. James Cavanagh, who for
some time was chief assistant To the
late Gen. Poe. will be placed In charge
Of the engineering work in the North
western division. until Gen. Cralghilfs
return TO Washington.
Thomas O'Hara, United States con
sui at Greytown. reports to b state
department that the belief prevails in
Biuefields that the Southern Pacific
Railroad company is about to discon-
time its steamer line tthe Morgan hnel
between New Orleans and Bluefields,
owing TO the low price of bananas and
the difficulty OF competing with Nor
wegian vessels manned by poorly paid
sailors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-10
Electric Power in Steel Works

A notable utilization of electric pow
er is about to be made at Duquesne,
Pa, where six blast furnaces will be
erected for operation in conjunction
with the extensive steel works located
there. The furnaces will be the larc.
est ever built, and the plant will be So
equipped that most of the work will
be done automatically by electric OF
steam power. As showing how entire
ly old methods are being superseded,
there will not be n single belt in the
whole power station, as the genera
tors will be connected directly to the
steam engines, and the are machines
will be similarly connected to the cleo
trio motors that will drive them. The
electric power station is 10 generate
about 1900 horsepower for light and
power. Among the many applications
of electricity that viii be seen in this
thirty very powerful electric cranes,
three or more electric travelling bridges
owe 80 feet span, the largest ever
built for unloading ore, about fifteen
electric motor ears, half a doZen cleo
tric conveyors, and a large number OF
stationary motors for driving mlscel
laaeous apparatus. In the Homestead
steel works electric motors are al
ready running up TO an aggregate cr
1000 horsepower, and in the Besse~
lner works to about 2,o00 horsepower
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-10
Scientific Wool Growing.

According to the story Of n sheep
raiser from Georgia, who has been
telling all about his calling, the life OF
a sheep run In that state must be full
of variety. He says the profits OF
sheep raising vary much more than
they ought, and that they could be
brought to a higher and more uniform
average If systematic sheep husbandry
We're intr, duced. The raT2e of profits
runs from 10 per cent under no man
agement mt all to %, 30 and some
times 100 per cent on capital Invested.
The prime object in keeping sheep is
wool. and cid sheep, when fat off tn"
native p~astureS-the wOodS-are sold
for mutton. Inc breed is the native
or piney woods, crossed slightly with
the merino grade. They are worth
from $t.25 to 81 q head. The wool is
sold to the merchants in the nearest
town. 1t il disposed OF ~uRwashed.
and weighs from three TO four pounds
fleece, according TO the seaSon and
pastures. The sheep are sheared IN
early summer. Lands sell at from 81
To So an acre. The native sheep is in
aigenens to the Georgia soil, ana
having such a hardy, self-reliant. self
supporting, valuable animal to rear,
and at such a low cost for support, the.
wool growers Of Southern Georgia arc
the most Independent and prosperous
sheep raisers in C~hristendom.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-10

SUSPICIOUS CASE.
4 Man II Supposed to Have Be~n
ROhbe and Il

Faribault, MINI, Sept. 26.-As time
passes more evidence Of the drowning
of Joe Monaghan In Roberd's lake.
and whose body was found afioat on
Monday. is obtained. Indications nov
point strongly toward a ase Of muir
der for the motive OF robbery. A
friend Of his claims that he showed
him a roll of bills on Tuesday, the last
day of his presence in this city, which
contained from $500 TO $500. A paper
bin, some silver and n check for $50
was found on his person. 1t is now
supposed that the money was left in
the pocketbook as a blind, as a large
roll of bills vas no to be found on
his person at all. A farmer living
neal the Lake claims TO have seen two
men in a buggy with some fish poles,
which have since been found. The
boat which vas used was not hired.
probably to avoid suspicion, but a
boat house was broken into and a boat
taken. The body was badly decom-
posed, and it is impossible to find any
trace Of any visible marks Of violence.
A post mortem examination will prob
ably be held.