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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Works for Her Tuition.

Miss Clara Howard is working her
way through the University of Califor.
MIA. Miss Howard refuses to be called
a new woman. She does not believe in
woman suffrage, nor boomers, nor
stump-speaking for women. but she
does believe in Il woman getting an ed
ucation and a thorough one, even IL she
has to work for it. Miss Howard is
delivering newspapers in order to pay
her way through the university. She
has made several attempts t. complete
her education and perfect herself in a
very ambitious line of work-philoso.
ply. She originally entered college with
the class of 81. coming from Iowa. Dur.
ing her freshman year at the Berkeley
University the East Oregon govern.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

ly appointed governor, Abdullah Pasha,
has failed hitherto. il he has seriously
endeavored, to check these savage prac-
tees, and five European consuls at Canea
have Jointly protested against them.
1t is admitted, on the other hand, that
murders and other outrages have been
perpetrated by some bands Of Greek insur-
gents belonging to a rude highland race,
and not subject to any discipline or mill
tary command. The state Of affairs is
very different in some districts, and ut one
end or side of the island from that which
prevails at another. In the town Of Ca
nea, a well ~frequented port on the north
coast, a Mussulman mob. supported by the
Turkish soldiers, rioted and committed
great excuses, killing the "kavasses" or
chief guards Of the Russian and Greek
cOnsuls.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Worst Since 1902.

New York city has not had such a sue
cession of hot days and such lists of pros
~trations by the heat since 1892. In July
of that year the official thermometer reg
istered on the 25th, "a: Goth, 96h; 9th,
30th to "a. The humidity was high as
we'll as the heat. and the published list
of prostrations and fatal sunstrokes rose
to thirty-one deaths and n~inety-two pros
%trations in New York and Brooklyn on
the 2Sth, and sixty-fve deaths and 1873
prostrations on the Doth. The f~everish
efforts Of those who live in narrow and
airless rooms to get sleep caused more
than the usual number Of persons to roll
from roofs and fall from the balconies Of
fire escapes.
The hottest day of the present protract-
ell spell Of fierce heat. and the most I'M
bearable Of all this summer, fell upon
Philadelphia beginning at midnight Sat
urday, and bringing death to tw~enty-four
persons and prostrations TO an unusually
large number. Men and women dropped
exhausted in the streets and a few dice
there before help could reach them. 9th
ers were found dead in their beds, and
still others succumbcd while under treat
ment in the wards OF the various hos
pitfalls. Philadelphia has felt nothing like
the present spell since July, 1892. when
for seven days humanity sweltered and
sickened under a temperature that huctu-
atei between 80 and 100 degrees.
= Unafated heat dealt death to Chica-
goans Sunday. Prostrations despite the
quiet of the day. were reported in every
quarter of the city. Two hours OF lake
breeze in the morning grappied with the
rising temperature and choked it down
until the afternoon. when it arose to 50,
the maximum for the day. Had 1t no
been for this the prostrations earlier in
the day must have been much greater.
At midnight nineteen deaths from heat
had been reported to the health depart
ment. The police cared for 81 cases Of
prostration. II OF them resulting fatally.
Most Of the cases were reported In the
afternoon. The police ambulances were
taxed to their utmost to respond to the
unusual number of calls which were made
upon them, and the attendants at the hos
pitfalls had their hands full preparing ice
congresses and other remedies necessary
In caring for their patients. The deaths
due to sunstroke reported to the health
department for four days are as follows:
Thursday ....... 4 Sunday ........ 10
Friday ......... -
Saturday ....... 8 Total for 4 days.36
For the entire corresponding week last
year but one fatal case Of sunstroke was
reported. The high death rate last week
is charged by officials of the health de-
partment directly to the terrific heat and
the high degree of humidity in the atmos-
phere. 1t is much greater than last years
record and confirms the belief of the de-
partment that for years Chicago has not
suffered so greatly from the heat. The
records for last week and the correspond
ing week in 1895 are compared rs follows:
1896. Deaths.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
SUNSHINE is DEADLY
HUNDREDS ARE LAID Low IN
VARIOUS PLACES.
Suffering in the Cities IL h Worst
Ever Eek perienccd In One Day
seventy.two Die in New York and a
Score Perish in Chicago.
Slain by the Hot Sum.

The whole of the United States has
passed through it's most remarkable me-
neurological experience for years. Excess
siye heat has combined with humidity to
make the lot Of mar and beast almost ur-
endurable. All records for eight years
have been broken. In New York and
Brooklyn Sunday seventy-two people
were killed outright; in Chicago, 10; il
St. Louis Saturday, %; in Philadelphia,
Boston, Pittsburg, Detroit and other
towns lesser numbers, though the heat
was intense. In addition to these, there
were thousands of prostrations. many OF
which will terminate fatally. The suffer
ing among the very poor Of the cities has
been terrible. The following table shows
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
RESURRECTION At CRETE.
The Unspeakablc Turk Displays His
Usual AtrOcity.

The powers having naval and CONNER
cial interests in the Mediterranean are
just now %anxiously watching the struggle
which has again recommended between
the Greek population Of Crete or Gambia,
which after Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica,
is the largest island in that sea, and the
forces Of it's sovereign. the sultan Of Tur-
key. The prospects Of political indepen-
dence, or. rather, Of eventual annexation
to the kingdom of Greece, do not seem
hopeful for the Greeks.
The Turkish soldiery. by all accounts.
have displayed in this island a remarkable
decline Of their old military quality, be-
having like ~brigands, in cruel orgies Of
massacre, outrage and plumber. The new
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Room at the Ton.

Room At the Top.
Never you mind the crowd, lad,
Or fancy your life won't tell:
The work is a work for a. that
To him that doeth 1t well.
Fancy the world a hill, lad;
Look where the millions stop!
You'll find the crowd at the base, lad:
There's always room at the top.
Courage and faith and patience:
There's space in the old world yet;
The better the chance you stand, lad,
The farther along you get.
Keep your eye or the goal, lad;
Never despair nor drop;
Be sure that your path leads upward
There's always room at the top.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
He Was Valuable,

Old Darky-Who wus dat young
gemen you wus talkin' wild yistidy
what put on SIGH airs?
Col. Yerger-He is a Dallas baseball
player. The New Yorks have offered
$1,000 for him.
Huh! He can't put or no style ober
me. My ole marster refuse more'n dat
for me many er time an in confederit
money, toO."-Texas Sitter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Three Terse Thou0hts.

No n who Ia at all familiar with
child life has failed to note how much
more a child can comprehend than 1t
can express. The value of any process
In teaching Is determined very largely
by the teacher who applies 1t. We
must have order and quietness In tue
schoolroom. But we should ever re-
Uember that order il not mechanical
stiffness, neither Ii 1t thoughtless rig
|idity. It b . happy combination Of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Joan OF Arcs Home.

OOAn Oh ArC0 xAO1uGs
Domremy has changed but little dur-
ing the four centuries and fourscore
years which have rolled away since
John OF Arc was born. 1t was q farm
ing village In Joan's day; it is a farm
ing community still. Jacques Of Arc
(Joan's father was a prosperous farm
er of the village. He owned his modest
home and some twenty acres Of mea-
dow, field and woodland, and had an
income Of about one thousand dollars
4 year. He was a much respected citi-
zen in the small community, perform
ing many Of those duties now relegated
to a mayor, or a justice Of the peace,
and entertaining, In a humble way, tho
pilgrims who passed along the great
highway.
1t Is truly said that great characters
are the children Of unusual mothers.
Joan Of Arc was no exception to this
almost universal rule. Isabeau Of Arc
was a woman evidently far in advance
Of her village associates. She had 3
brother who had been educated for tho
clergy; she possessed some little prop
erty in her own right; and what was,
perhaps, rarer still, she signed her
name with the title Of Romeo, only TAX
en- by those who had made the pilgrim.
age to the eternal city.
The family of seven, three sons and
two daughters, lived In the ~vine-covered
cottage beside the mill on the plot Of
land adjoining the church. The house
has scarcely changed since repaired by
one who knew Joan, and were 1t not
for the s%culptured details above the
door, the tall spruce trees which shell
ter it, or the well-kept Enclosure, there
is nothing to distinguish it from the
other farm houses in the ~vnlage.-Ia-
dies Home Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

Co!ored emigrants starting from
Washington to Monrovia, In Liberia,
would have before them . voyage Of
3,8l5 miles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

ment lanQ craze broke out. She, with
an only brother, caught the fever and
left college for Oregon, where she filed
upon a timber claim, proved up on it
and hOmesteaded the property, living
upon 1t with her brother while she com.
piled with the legal requirements
When she had perfected the title she
returned to Berkeley and. entered the
class of '08 Is a special student In
philosophy. She secured the Berkeley
agency for a San Francisco paper. The
route was small and not very
alive when she first took possession and
she filled the Office of owner, carrier and
solicitor. She got the papers when they
arrived from San Francisco and deliv.
cred them at the houses of her custo-
mers. She collected the bills for the
paper herself and in the time that was
left between collecting, delivering pa
pers and studying Kant she made a
house-to-house anvass Of the entire
town Of Berkeley for subscribers. The
canvass was very successful, for in a
short time she had secured enough ad-
ditiOnal subscribers to be able to en-
ploy a number of small boys, who now
deliver the papers, while Miss Howard
does the collecting and soliciting to
keep the route up.
Smiles.
Father-"Why don't you sit down.
Son-"This morning l asked you how
many made a million, an you said,
"Darned few" I told the teacher that
IN the arithmetic class to-day, an that's
why I can't sit down."-School Boarl
Journal.
Correction, to be effective, should be-
prompt, but not too prompt.
Il is" began Tommy, when his
teacher interrupted him. THAT IL
wrong; you should say, II am" Tom
my accepted the rebuke with becoming
docility, and continued, II am the ninth
letter Of the alphabet"-Harper's Ba.
Ear.
A class Of boys had this sentence
given them for corrections: I'VE saw
a marble bust Of Sir Walter Scott n
tering the vestibule." One Of the boys
handed in the following version, which
bears evidence Of having been made in
the springtime: Entering the vesti-
bule, we saw Sir Walter Scott bust a
marble"
The following composition was writ
ten by a ~ten-year-old nephew Of Josh
Billings, when the teacher gave him
Dogs and Cats" for a subject: dogs
and kats always fite ech uther when
tina git a chance, but a dog amt no
match for a kat, because a kat kin
make her tail biggern a ball club and
run up a tree Will a dogs gittin' riddy.
School Board Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

Baseball Catcher (roughly)-Vhat do
you know about baseball, anyhow?
Umpire Cooking at the bowling root,
ers)-Nothing; I'm the umpire, ron
know.-Boston Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
Can't Beat Texaa

Old Texan Ito fellow traveller, = New
Englander)-Any news?
New Englander (who has just laid
down the paper)-Seems they've been
hanging a man In ef1gy.
Old Texan-That hain't nuthin they
hanged three in Texerkanny Yesterday,
all onter one gallers.-Exchange.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

thoaght and action working toward the
one common purpose for which schools
exist at all.-F. 3. Dresslar.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
II Haa Come TO Thia.

Prospective boarder-What are your
rates?
Landlady-Seven dollars per week IL
you do and 81 per week il you do not.
Prospective boarder-D0 or don't
what, madam?
Landlady-Ride a wheel.-Philadel.
phia North American.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
PRoVIs1ONING NEW YORK.

About SlOO,OOO,OO in Dairy Prod~
nets and Meats Consumed Yearly.
Feeding a City Like New York." a.
article by John Gilmer Speed in the
Ladies' Home Journal, presents some
interesting and astonishing statistics.
For instance, Mr.. Speed declares that
NEWCOMERS consume 100000 0O dozen;
Eggs per year, for which they pay S14.-
100000; 29O,SOO pounds Of butter per
day, costing SIS, 200, 900 per year; 49,
600 gallons of milk, $500 gallons OF
cream and 1900 gallons Of condensed
milk daily, at a yearly outlay OF $16,-
100000. Including cheese, for whtch
$4,000, 600 per year is paid, the aggre-
gate value of the dairy products con-
sumed in New York City is $44, 45O,OOO.'
Mr.. Speed fixes the valuation Of the
meats of various kinds sold to New
Workers each year at about $5S, 100000.
This does not include poultry, from
100000 to 400, 900 head Of which ara
sold weekly. Upon a conservative IS
innate Mr.. Speed places the quantity Of
fish consumed yearly In New York ut
HO,VOV,VVO ROuAAuCS AOL AA~AANAA0 Wv
tiers, clans, crabs and other shell Ash
There are $4,000 bushels Of potatoes
sold in New York daily, the yield of a
9%O,OOO-acre farm per year. the aggrc-
gate value of the tubers being $780,,
600. Other vegetables are consumed In
like proportions. There are 10000
bushels of wheat (four), eaten every.
week, besides large quantities of oat-
meal, buckwheat -four and cornmeul.,
The quantities of provender always ON
hand (the perishable goods being kept
in cold storage warehouses) leads MIR.
Speed to conclude that were New York
cut of from all the points from whence
her food supplies are drawn, her people
could live in plenty for four months.
and even manage to get along for half
a year, without emulating the Chinese
appetites for rats.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.

Value OF Music in the Public Schools
California Girl Sells Papers to Pay
Her NATURALIZATION and Learn.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1885,

6sia; Chicago Gas, 5s1s: Consolidated Gas,
143; c., c., C. & st. Louis, 24s; Cotton Oil
Certificates, 1874; Delaware & Hudson. 122:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 154ls
Fort Wayne 15s; Great Northern pref d.
LII; Chicago & Eastern Illinois pref'd, SO;
Illinois Central, 80; st. Paul & Duluth. IS:
Kansas & Texas pref'd. %; Lake Erie &
Western. 14h; Lake Erie & Western pref'd.
65: Lake Shore, 143Is: Lead Trust, 1S: Louis
vile & Nashville. 42A; Manhattan Consoli-
dated, 9O24; Michigan Central. ss; Missouri
Pacific 1SA; Nashville & Chattanooga, 6S;
National Cordage, As: National Cordage
prefd. So; New Jersey Central. 991.; North
western 9SS: Northwestern prefd, 142k;
New York Central. 90ls; New York & New
England. 40: Pacific Mail. 10; Pittsburg,
160; Pullman Palace Car Co., 145; Reading,
22M: Rio Grande Western, 10: Rio Grande
Western pref'd, 40; Rock Island, 5sss; St.
Paul, 69as: st. Paul & Omaha, 35la: St.
Paul & Omaha pref'd. 11s: Sugar Refinery,
1O67s: Toledo & Ohio Central pref'd, 60;
Union Pacific, rs: United States Express.
80; Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific, 5N; Wa
bash, ST. Louis & Pacific pref'd l3N: Wells
Fargo Express Co., 86; Western Union,
s2s4; Wheeling & Lake Erie. 51a: Wheeling
& Lake Erie prefd. 25; Minneapolis & ST.
Louis. IA: General Electric. 25A: National
Linseed. Oil Co.. IA; Colorado Fuel & Iron,
17%; Colorado Fuel & Iron pref'd, 80: To-
ledo. ST. Louis & Kansas City, Az; Toledo,
St. Louis & Kansas City prerd, 10.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
A Wonderful Invention.

From the New York Tribune.
II the latest phase Of modern ingenuity
proves a success there will be no moro
heavy trampling and the rhythmic click
ing OF the hoofs Of four-footed steeds.
There has been invented q new horseshoe
"a steel frame about which is built a cush-
ion of vulcanized rubber. The advantage
claimed for 1t Is that as the rubber instead
OF metal strikes the ground there is no
conclusion or jar, and the horses hoof. leg
and shoulder are saved.
Thirty-three per cent Of the diseases of
horses. 1t has been said, are maladtes of
the foot. and there is little question
but that even the best shoeing. as it is
done now by burning the hoof. Is in a
measure injurious. This new horseshoe Is
to be put ON cold. and the hoof simply
pared or cut to fit. It Is nailed on in the
ordinary way. An additional advantage Of
the rubber sole Is that 1t will give the horse
a firmer hold upon wet or treacherous
pavements. and, by securing him a good
purchase enable him to go up or come
down steep hills with heavy load far
more easily than at present.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
Stocks and Bonds.

New York. Oct. T.-Tobacco practically
constituted to-day's stock market in point
S M aent afea esrs
Improvement of a point. While the long
continued rise in the stock has been ac-
bullish character. including suggestions
of future favorable action In regard to
dividends, and more recently by reports Of
the more important concerns proposed to
the American Tobacco Company, the de-
cline to-day caused only, languid interest
on the past of the financial community at
large. Experienced operators are we'll
aware that the closeness with which To-
baeeo stock is held permits s the insiders,
practically their own prices. The. sue
cessiye conflicting reports that the alleged
afford frst-class. speculative opportunities
to the clique. The slump in the mercuriaI
speciality offered failed to seriously affect
the general list, which displayed decided
strength during the first hour. despite the
uEfavorable statement of the st. Paul for
the second week Of October. showing de-
quest The publication of the statement of
averages Of the associated banks, however,
gave the entire market a chill. although
the selling that ensued was considered to
be more largely for short account. The
loss shown In legal reserve Of $ssSs; 100 and
other unfavorable items reflected the ac-
tivity of money in the crop movements.
and to less extent timidity in some quar-
tiers regarding the immediate financial out
look The early improvements were lost
and the market closed weak at unimpor-
tant changes.
Business in bonds was without special
feature, and was largely confined to a few
of the speculative Issues. Prices moved
irregularly, in sympathy with the varied
influences affecting the share speculation.
The leading issues show general slight
gains. The sales were 4.927. 900.
Closing quotations on the New York
Stock exchange: Atchison. 12ls; Adams
Express, 143; Alton & Terre Haute, 55
American Express. los; Baltimore Ohio
IA: Chesapeake & Ohio. IA; Chicago & AL
ton, LES; Chicago. Burlington & Quincy,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
Railroad Bonds,

New York, Oct. H.-Closns quotations on
the New York Stock exchange: Atchison
As, 70; Atchison I'd A.. 36h; Canada South
ern 2ds 1ol; Central Pacific lists Of 81, 81;
Denver & Rio Grande Is, ITO; Denver G. Rio
Grande As. Sc: Erie Ids. 5S1s; G., H. & 8. A.
IS. 1851; g., H. & g. A. Is, 100; Houston &
Texas Central 5s. 1851; Houston & Texas
Central IS, 9s1s: Missouri, Kansas Texas
1st Is, sO4; Missouri, Kansas & Texas ID
As, 531s; Mutual Union 6s. 107; New Jersey
Central general Is. 1l3a4: Northern Pacific
lists, 1l2Is; Northern Pacific 2ds 105; North
western consols, 1876; Northwestern S. F.
debentures. IS. 1o7; Rio Grande Western
lists, ssh; St. Paul consols, Is, 122: st. Paul.
c. & P. w. 5s. I1A; st. L. & I. M. general
IS, 70; st. L. & S. F. general IS, 105ls: Tex
as Pacific lists. 80; Texas Pacific 2ds, 171t;
Union Pacific lists of 49, 1904; West Shore
Is, 103Z
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
wOMAN's BRAVE ACT
She Plants Her Heel on the Head OF q
Cobra and Crushes II to Death.

sue TAuntb hef heel on the Head of q
Cobra and Crushes 1t to Death.
From the Golden Penny.
A rev years ago my husband, then sta
TONED in India, was struck down with
fever. and on me devolved the duty Of
watching him. Our bungalow lay at some
little distance from the barracks, and on
the morning Of the day on which We ex-
pected the crisis to occur 1 was anxiously
awaiting the doctors visit. When he ar
rived. after taking my husbands temper
ature he would not. he said. utterly forbid
me to hope, for 1t was still barely possible
that the violence of the fever might vet
give way to natural sleep, and recovery
might ensue, provided his slumber re-
mained unbroken. For some hours nv
husband continued to toss and moan nit
eously. BY and by he passed into a dis
turbed sleep. Seating myself at the foot
of the bed I prepared to watch until he
awoke.
An hour passed, when, opposite me.
through the veranda, saw a large hooded
cobra come gliding into the room. On it
came. elevating its l,ideous head and emit
ting a kissing sound AS the venomous
creature passed me the glare in its eyes
made my blood run cold 1t drew nearer
and nearer to the bed; then. rearing up,
appeared about to insnuate itself in the
pillows among the folds of the shawl that
lay beside the bed. advanced softly,
and, raising my right foot, ground the
heel Of my slipper down upon its vicious
head. / felt it writhe and the tail twist
violently round my ankle, but not until 1t
relaxed its folds did l remove my foot.
There. thank God, lay the cobra, dead
The doctor found me lying unconscious
soon after. My husband made rapid re-
covery, and treasures as his most sacred
possession a blue satin slipper.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
MONEY, STOCKS And BONDS
A QUIET DAY IN WALL STREET AND
THE MARKET NARROW.
Tobacco Monopolized Most Attention
and Sold Lower, but This had Lit
tie Influence ON the Market
Bonds and Stocks Lifeless.

But little doing in the local money mar.
for money was light and what little new
paper offering mainly from the country,
rediscounts. Rates remain steady and
firm at s99 per cent. But little currency
going to the country. Bank clearings. ST.
ess, ,soi, against s2,oo42ss, a decrease Of ssie,-
437 loss of is per cent. For the week,
sl0,655. 600. against sl2, ,20s 5S5 same week last
year, decrease of $l5S3,995. loss of II
per cent.
Eastern exchange in light demand and
weaker.
Houston, Fible & Co., exchange brokers,
quote 1t as follows: New York, sl.50 dis
count; Chicago, SOC discount; st. Louis 30c
discount.
6i5
The New York bank statement Saturday
was less favorable. Loans decreased dur
ing the week SIS, 900: deposits decreased 81,
7S9, 500; legal tenders decreased $5.51 500, and
specie Increased. $6s5500. The surplus re-
serve made a decrease of s., 6sS 100, making
It now s1l, 81, 100 above the Is per cent rule.
The exports Of specie the past week from
New York were: Gold, $4,000. and silver.
l,136 445. The imports were: Gold, 81, 1885,
Oil, and of silver, sl09. 9.S17.