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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

which the world has ever seen have come
representatives from every walk of life,
from every religion and every belief, and
every part of the country. There are
Protestants and Catholics, Jews and Gen
tiles, Mormons and Agnostics, Vivisec.
tors and anti Vivisectionists. There are
Republicans, Democrats. Populists, So
~cialists, Tillmanites. Free Silverites,
Farmers Alliancers, Changers, Single
Takers, Nationalist and Prohibitionists.
Scarcely any two delegates agree perfect
~ excepting upon one point, and that is
the elevation and amelioration of woman
kind.
Nearly fifty different societies are repre-
scented, including those of a national scope,
such as the National Women's Christian
Temperance Union. md those which are
more of a local character. Seventeen Of
the societies thus represented have an
aggregate membership of nearly 5000, 600,
and the total representation is probably
little under 100000. The organization
of a woman's government, patterned after
the national government of the United
States, is one of the questions which will
come up before this session of the Ma.
tional Council. which will continue two
weeks. 1t will simply be a rearrange.
ment of the National Council as it is at
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

ularity. sleep side by side. Cloysc.
near Cork, was one Bishop Berkeley's
alocese aud 1t was from this point Of
departure for America that he wrote
MS poem, whose last stanza begins
with the famous line:
westward the course o. empire takes
it's way"
Myrtle Grove, Youghal, where Sir
walter Raleigh once lived and in the
shade OF whose trees the poet Spenser
conversed with his patron host, is only
a short distance from Cork. Here tho
nrst potatoes were planted in Ireland.
Another interesting place in the neigh
borhood Is Castletownrocle, where
Edmund Burke, the Demosthenes CT
modern oratory, attended school. In
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

been built up ~forty-6ve feet from the
ground. The completed dome, however,
will rise 165 feet above the ground. It
will be seen. therefore, that there is a
good deal yet to be done. When work
was suspended for the winter the first
cornice had been reached and a few of
the blocks on the next course of granite
were laid. The square part of the monu-
ment will rise twenty-seven feet above
the first c~ornice, before the circular part
of the structure begins. All of the twelve
attached columns that ornament the sides
and back Of the lower part have been put
in place, and most of the ten detached
pillars which form the colonnade in front
of the porch are also set.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
PATRICK STREET, CORK.

4ured a siege by the Duke Of MARI
Borough with a force OF 10000 foot
md 1900 horse. The river Lee al
most encircles the town and is span-
ped by nine bridges.
q Legend of the Shandon Bells.
One of the famous places in the city
Us the Church of st. Anne Shandcn,
Famous for its sweet-toned bells, whose
music has been celebrated by Father
Prout. The legend of these bells is in
feresting. 1t is said that a Swiss bell
3maker made them for a churcn on the
Shores of Lake Geneva, and thinking
4elways to enjoy them resolved to make
Them his masterpiece in the art. The
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

Agree on but One Point.
Washington correspondence:
a national government of, for and by
the women of the United States-a SEN
ute. a House of Representatives, a Pres.
ident and possibly 4 cabinet-such il the
scope of the plan Of several millions Of
women of America. who sent representa-.
tives to the second triennial convention
OF the National Council of Women OF
America, which commenced its session in
Washington last week. This government
is to be organized, not to legislate, but
to deliberate upon national matters, TAX
ing it's pointers from Congress and hop
ing to indirectly influence that body in
its legislation. This woman's government
purposes also to be a school for women
against the time when they shall take a
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
Who Was Blind?

Stories like the following, from a for
eign journal, suggest the need Of a new
proverb-None are SO blind as those
who think that other people cannot see
"'Well, Joseph, did you take my letter
to Monsieur de W"
Yes, sir; but l am afraid he won't be
able to read 1t, for he is blind"
"BlindY"
Eyes, sir. While I was standing right
in front Of him In his private Office he
asked me twice where my hat was, and
I had It ON my head all the time-hal
hal"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

bells were finished and hung in The
&Ower, and every day the bell-maker
sAnjoyed their wondrous sweet music.
but after a time came conquest and
sepoliation. The sweet chime OF bells
was borne away by the v~ictors, and
4the bell-maker was almost heart-brok-
zen. At last he resolved that he must
fshnd them. and set out on his search,
going from country to country and
city to city in his long and fruitless
search. At last, grown old and weary,
summer evening, where he had heard
there was a sweet chime Of bells. He
paid a bOatman to row him out on the
river Lee, hoping against hope that
the search of years was at last to tie
Rewarded. AS the sun was slowly set
ling, and the brooding quiet of a sum-
Smer evening descending upon the
Beautiful valley, the chimes of Shan
don Church began to play. Even the
boatman suspended his stroke not to
miss q note Of their wondrous music.
After the chimes had ceased he looked
1t his solitary passenger who had ap-
parent1y fallen asleep with an express
sion of happiness and rest upon his
face. The bell-maker had fallen
asleep to the sweet music of his own
loved bells. He was dead.
Historic Places.
A short distance from Cork In the
Dld burial ground of the ruined church
of Clonmel the ashes Of Tobin, author
sof 1.-THE Honeymoon" and Of Rev.
aCharles Wolfe, the author Of the Burial
5of Sir John Moore, a lyric that almost
rivals Gray's immortal elegy In its
spathos and simplicity and also In pop
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

was intended to put in place the double
row of detached columns in front and to
complete the porch before the work was
suspended, but the cold weather came ear.
lier than was expected and the men were
laid off before this was done. The monu-
ment, however. has progressed we'll and
is much further on toward completion
than is generally supposed.
The foundations, which are sunk down
twenty-seven feet in the ground, have
been finished, and the main structure has
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
HIS TOMB

Work on the Grant Monument Hal
Been Stopped for the Winter,
The work of building the Grant monu-
ment in New York has been stopped for
the winter, and the unfinished tomb looks
as dreary and deserted as the temporary
mausoleum near by. The cold, gray pile
is covered with snow, and it is impossible
to continue setting the great blocks of
granite until the spring weather again
drives the frost from the ground. 1t
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

sincerely believing that the best good of
our homes and nation will be advanced by
our own greater unity of thought, sym.
pathy and purpose. and that an organized
movement Ut women will best conserve
the highest good of the family and the
state, do hereby band ourselves together
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

the immediate neighborhood Mt XII
colman Castle Spenser lived and wrote
three books of "The Faerie Queene."
In the neighboring county Of Water
ford Is Lismore Castle, one Of the seats
Of the Duke Of Devonshire. 1t is built
on the site Of an ancient university to
which Alfred the Great went to study
and which was once attended by 1900
pupils.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

favorite, Anna Jenness Miller. The Sec
ond committee is on equal pay for equal
work, and consists Of three members,
of whom Mrs. Leland Stanford and Mary
Desha are the best known. The Commit.
tee on Divorce Reform consists of three
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

The Standard Oil Company il drilling
for oil in Kentucky. If it will work an
neal az possible to distilleries it will find
plenty of the Illuminating fluid for which
Kentucky 10 famous throughout the CONT
nent. 49,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
Owes It to Others Literally.

"Bilken modestly declares he owes
the immense fortune he has accumu-
lated all to Others"
Eyes. the money was made chiefly by
Bilken's failures in buslpeas"-Bu6alo
Courier. -
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
Flying Under Water,

When the penguin in the London
Geological Gardens is fed, the fish are
thrown into the water, and the bird,
which cannot fly in air or swim on the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
CONGRESS- OF WOMEN.
A SIGNIFICANT GATHERING IN
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.

women from All Spheres, of All Re.
ligions and with All Beliefs Assem-.
BILE In Thousands in a Great Conven.
tion-Its Objects and Alma.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
Feathcrs Plucked by the WIND.

Feathers plucked by the Wind.
The man with the wisp-broom goatee
crossed his legs and remarked:
II never seed such wind as we had
in the State Of Kansas last summer"
"Blow your barn away?" asked the
landlord, alphabetically.
"Not much. Barn bowed into the
next county last April"
blouse, mebbe?"
"Lost the house long in June. Kited
over east about three miles, and lit in
Cherry Greek. Didn't mind that so
much" he continued, 'got 'em back and
anchored 'em again all right, but along
about July 1 we got to havin' real
breezy weather"
The landlord said nothing, and the
group around the hotel stove prudently
followed his example.
"The 9th day Of last july" continued
the stranger, after a reflective pause,
there come up the d~oggondest wind I
yer see in the State of Kansas. When
it began to blow my bantam rooster
was just Tapping his wings to crow"
did it blow the crow out Of him?"
inquired the stableman loosely.
"Gentlemen," said the man with the
wisp-broom goatee impressively, not
needing the interruption, "before that
bird had done Growing every Twin
feather on his body was bowed clean
OF"
Leave the pinfeathers?" asked the
landlord, skeptically.
Eyes, sir. Left the pinfeathers, and
in three minutes along came a streak
Of Kansas lightning and singed tina,
rooster Clean"
There was IN awkward pause in the
group around the stove. The stable
man looked around the stovepipe elbow
to get a view Of the stranger, says the
Detroit Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

surface Of the water at once plunges
in, and Is transformed into a swift and
beautiful creature, beaded with glob-
ules Of quicksilver, where the air clings
to the close feathers, and flying
through the clear and waveless depths
with arrowy speed and powers of turn
ing far greater than in any known
form Of aerial flight. The rapid and
steady strokes of the wings are exactly
similar to those of the air birds, while
the feet float straight out, level with
its body, unused for propulsion, or
ever as ruddcrs, and as little needed
In it's progress rs those of Il wild duck
when on the wing. The twists and
turns necessary to follow the active
little fish are made wholly by the
strokes Of n wing and the cessation
OF movement in the other; and the fish
are chased, caught, and swallowed
without the slightest relaxation of
speed, In a submarine flight which is
quite rs rapid as that Of most birds
which take their prey in midair.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

hand with men in the nations real bust
ness; to illustrate to womankind the true
meaning of national deliberation, legisla.
ton and administration.
To this the greatest gathering of women
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Aood's PlIIs ars hand made. end perssce m proportion and appsazanco. sDO. bes.

The following firms, L. E. Gold smith, Thalheimer Bros, Smith X Robinson, Mccain Grocery G., J. T. Lloyd and Atkins X Strickland are well known and their judgment of quality respected by the people of Pine Bluff They now have for sale and are i'll a position to guarantee "Cheatham Full Moon Flour, ; which costs little more than any other flour, but which will be sold at the same price as the other leading brands to consumers. The flour that suits all the people is the Full Moon. lSdlm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

We beg to announce that we have been appointed by Mir. I. ". Harper, the famous Distiller. of Nelson county Ky, agents for his supurb Hand Made Sour Mash WhiskeY.
 This announcement is of import ance to every one, for it insares to them for the future one of the purest, most delicate, and most celebrated Whistles in the World, and those who will take the trouble hearafter to demand the .I. w. HARDER WHISKY need have no fear that its moderate use will injury health or disposition. W. I. BRANNoN X BRO. Cor. Main and Second avenue. 4l6m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Trusfre'R Sale.

Under the power contained in deed of trust executed on December 10, 1894. and now on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Oncio Recorder of Deeds and mortgages, of Jefferson county, Arkansas. wherein Philip McCloud. W. M. Vance, A. l.. Burnett and J. F. Jones were the grantors, Fred NJ. Hudson, Trustee, the grantee, and Isaiah Wilson ani ]. W. Craw- ford the beneficiaries, l, the said Trustee, will sell at public auction, for cash in hand. on the Tth day of May, 1895. at the briek-yard of George j. Vining, in the southern part of the city of Pine Bluff, all the brick now in the kiln recently made by said McCloud and Vance in said briek-yard.
 F. NJ. HUDSON, Trustee.
 25d2t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

WHILST the agricultural sections Of the country have presented a poor showing in the income-tax re turns, the Western cities have sur prised everybody by the evidence of prosperity shown in their contribu- tions. Either the East is doing a great deal of lodging, or it has been blowing" monstrously in the past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

In politics, as in war, there is a great deal of aptness in Lincoln's re mark that one bad General is better than two good ones, at cross pur- poses. The Democratic partisan motto has always been against mu tiny; the greatest liberty of individ- ual views, but unity of action; no sulking or lettering, and prompt answer to roll-call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

TIE early opening of the Ken lucky Senatorial campaign causes a shudder lest Joe Blackburn may have to write another explanatory letter on the Madeline and Billy B, ..imbroglio
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

TIE Chinese have vessel named King Hi Ever since the war started it was plain she hadn't enough to come in with.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

WE are pleased to learn that Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, did not forward to Gov. Stone, of Missouri, for message purposes, the pen with which the former wrote his arraign- ment of Grover.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

MINNESOTA farmers are abandon ing wheat and planting potatoes, The question of diversifying crops is gaining favor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Intiammatory Rheumatism.

My daughter was taken with in- flammatory rheumatism. l sent for a bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla and Hoods Pills. Before she had finished taking them she was able to sit up. 7" Mrs. Henry Paattz, Rector, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

MR. BLAND has been interviewed and has told what he would do, if nominated for President. He talks as glibly as a girl would about her coming out party.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

BESIDES the other influences at work in Georgia that the colored people regard as inimical to them, little white worm has appeared which has attacked the watermelon
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

TIE outlook is that Gov. Stones fellow servant measure will with the angels stand, but without a crown on it's forehead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Washington, D. c, and Return.-Meeting
 of Southern Baptists Convention.

s
 of Southern Baptists Convention,
 For the accommodation of dele gates and their friends q SPECIAL CHAIR CAR will be run from Little Rock to Washington, via Memphis X the Kansas City, Memphis X Bir- mingham and Southern Railway. By purchasing your ticket via the Iron Mountain Route, you get the benefit of this ear from Little Rock, thereby saving needless transfers.
 For further information apply to
 J l.. RENAGH,
 57 Ticket Agent, Pine Bluff, Ark
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

BE sure your sins will find you out. A St. Louis interviewer has discovered that Silver Dick Bland eheWs plug tobacco.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

THE story is abroad that Japan is positively determined to own, oc- cupy and possess Hawaii. If this includes Thurston, Dole and Llil- kaulina, for goodness sake, let her go, Mr. Gallagher!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

WHEN the fox went to visit the sick lion he noticed that the tracks were all going into the den, and none coming out. It might be that way with some conventions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

The Iron Mountain Railway will sell tickets at lowest tirst-class rates Tor theronnd trip to Dallas, Tex, on account of the general assembly of fhe Presby terian Church in that ci.y on May 16 to 26.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

GERMANY wants American apples, but no pork. Perhaps she doesn't know how nicely these edibles go to- oether.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Gallygascoynes, commonly corrupted to gailygaskins, were a combination byeeohes and hose.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
How to get
 RosyCheeks.

No matter how severe your sick-headaches, Ramon's Tonic Liver Pillswill permanently cure them. You will feel like a new person. No more sour stomach or dizziness, or loss of appetite. or bilious headachesl Instead, you will have rosy cheeks, clear eyes, and a healthy, strong body.
 Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills arouse the liver and cleanse all poisonous bile from the system, purify the blood, tone up" the nerves and stimulate a good ap- petite.
 They are mild, but do theii work effectually. One pill, dose; sample free.
 Atali dealers. or mail. for 26c.. 6 boxes 100.
 BROWN MFG. O., New York. For sale by Mann rankersley Drug Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Hoods Pills cure sick headache.
 419d6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Ir is true that Col. Morrison is on Western tour, but he isn wearing his hobnaled boots.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
LAR6EST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION,

ToM REED is at this time putting out a fine grade of silence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

AIraELD and Stone should occa- sionally exchange pulpits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Scientists and soothsayers Unsatisfactory In Their Attempted Exp1snations-some of the Interpretations Given by the Stages of Long Ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24

promised to send for her as soon as she
could come, if found it impossible for me
10 return to her Think Of that sort of
talk ia the face Of the fact that all the
money ] could raise wouldn't buy meals
along the road if we walked. When l
reached my Colorado town again / was as
nearly a wreck as a man could be and get
around
My office rent was paid to the end of
the year, and thlther / went as soon as
] lett the train, and when / sat down in
its dreary loneliness, there wasn't a ray of
light anywhere in all the world for me.
Even my wife seemed burden, and II
hur. me that | hadn't told her the true
condition For week went to my office
every day; for TWO weeks, for three, and
there was nothing for me to do. The only
comfort | got was from the friend who
had loaned me the three thousand. lie
told me he would extend the time until
! had chance to catch on again. But
inc strike mad causht on, and there was
desOiatiOn cVeryW here
Then came a letter from my wife. say
ing she was so much improved that the
doctor had told her she might come as
soon rs 1 would send, and would / send
right away, or better, would / come for
her. This was the straw that broke the
the next morning fully resolved if moth
Ing turned up that day to kill myself
and END IL all as far as l was concerned.
Sitting there alone at II o'clock with NV
head on the table, utterly broken in purse
ana pride, l was surprised by strange
visitor. ! explained in a minute that /
was NOT letllNB Well ana asked what 4
could do for him. He told me he had been
sent by a friend of mine to consult with
me on some mining claims the company
he represented had out there, and showed
me the papers.
In a second ] took new hope. for I
knew all about them, and in few min
utes he said he would turn over to me
the six claims he had and let me look
after them. He told me that / would
expect retainer in each case, and he
asked If 500 in each one would be suffi-
cient. 1t was, amply, and when he went
out. a half hour later l was a new man,
with S66 in my pocket Then l sent for
my wife, and together we pulled all that
year, trying to get in shape once more
and / guess my luck had changed for
within two years We had paid the three
thousand, the other borrowed money, ana
owned a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES house and
a fine baby. My luck stayed with me too
for I've been making money ever since,
and | am a Judge with a chance for
congress if l want to take it"
And your wife, queried the Star man.
Finest woman in the world; and
never would have ceased regretting it if
l had killed myself, and never found
out what admirable qualities she pos
sessed. Come up TO our parlor and
let me present you to her. and the Star
man went willingly.