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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Useless Expense La Chicago.

He looked over the plans for the new
building that he intended to have erected
and shook his head. : -
Whats the matter?' asked the arclli-
tact.
ITO elaborate" was the reply; ''too
much unnecessary fancy work to suit me"
mo more than is usual on first class
buildings" protested the architect. "What
would you have left Off"
''The ornamental work at the top"
"But, my dear sir" protested the archi-
tect, THAT is quite the thing now. We
make the buildings plaid except at the bot
tom and top"
"WelI," returned the capitalist decidedly
''it's all right to nave a little characterization
for the first story, but l object to paving for
art work for the angles. Well have the
top plain. Chicago Post.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Elephants at Fight.

William Newman, Kin 1wn as elephant
Bill" arrived Yesterday on the Hamburg
American liner, Persia, with sevea Of tie
smallest elephants known to be in captivity.
81 went to London last May Newman
said, with the two big elephants, Juno
and Modoc, and left them with Kiralfy, for
his show. After saw that they were we'll
behaved, l started oat to get small ele-
plants, and | got ,hem-beauties, every
one. l have seven that l picked up in
Hamburg. They are worth $4,000. They
are from one and a half to IL years old and
from three and a half TO five feet high. The
darling Of the lot is Baby Ruth. She is
the youngest and smallest, and is as gentle
and as playful as a kitten. The only others
that are named are pilot and Albert, the
two males of the herd. They are bouncing
young fellows, weigh about $500 pounds
each, and have no ELECTION for each other.
'sWe had them ali in a great box stall be.
tween docks. each chained by the foot to
the floor. Everything went peacefully and
quietly with them until the 2lst, whe,, all
at once we heard most vicious trumpetings
in the stall. and then l knew that some
thing had given way. / called my helper
and some of the ~sailers, opened the stall
r &Ts~IE
door, and found my seven pets in an up
roar, aud Pilot and Albert pommeling each
other in the most approved jungle style.
They were both loose, and were siashiny at
each other with their trun S, and ba.fering
away with theT heads. Before we could
separate them they had banged their heads
together two or three times, AMI made a
noise that could be heard all over the ship.
We had to take pitchforks and iron rods to
to separate them, and, even though they
were small, il was no easy mater. When
we would think we had them In control
they would break away again and crush
their heads together IN a way thar would
MAKE the stall trembie. We had i hard
time Of it before we eot them chained.
Their fight and anger made them somewhat
dyspeptic, ! think; for 4 time they did not
care to eat, but simply snapped their little
eyes at each other as much as to say: sYcu
just wait till next time. New York
Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Wagner and

Wagner writing in 1916, said of Schu.
MANN: 'He is a highly gifted musician,
but an impossible man. When ] came
from Paris, l went to see him, | told him
OF my Partisan experiences, spoke Of the
state OF music 10 France, then of that in
Germany. spoke of literature and politics,
but he remained as good as dumb for near
ly an hour. One cannot go on talking
quite alone, An impossible man." Schu-
mann gave an account OF this interview
which practically agrees with that Of Wag-
ner. Il have seldom met Wagner" he
said. ''bnt he is a man of education and
spirit. He talks, however. increasingly,
and that one cannot endure for long togeth.
err
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Defsnse Or ths Undertaken.

An eastern man has waitten 1 book tell
ing about the undertaking business, ito
progress and advancement, says the Fort
Dodge Post. 1t should have q large cir
culation and great inf uen Every man
Is or should be interested In the under
taking business and its progress. since
every man must some day take q jaunt In
a hearse to the grave that has been fitted
up for his use. and it is pleasing to know
that progress Is the watchwOrd of the hour
in this as in other branches OF industry.
The modern funeral is conducted SO
smoothly and so cheerfully that 1t does
not cast a gloom over a community; the
old fashioned funeral was so solemn and
so long drawn out and produced such a
display of crepe and black hordered hand
kerchiefs thae many people hesitated IT, die
dislikiklng the idea Of saddening everybody
in the township. The old time undertaken
was a lachrymose individual who moved
like a spectre in darkness and smelled Of
carboIic acid and clammy hands and was
generally disagreeable.
The undertakers of today are a OVAL
lot OF boys and wherever they go they carry
sunshine with them. They are slowly but
surely making death ut once profitable and
popular. There are many people who are
preJudiced against expiring because they
have a belief that the average grave Is un-
comfortable and that the casket and shroud
do not afford sufficient elbow room; of
course the belief is more Or less erroneous,
since modern ideas have obtained.
The undertaken is truly engaged in a
noble work and he ought to be encouraged.
No man should Try to bury himself, but
should turn over the work to a licensed
undertaken who pays taxes and does mis-
share towardd building up the community.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
ne fought ID Army.

The following account ct an incident Of
the Soudan campaign IS related in London
BY one Of the officers Of the 10TH Hussars:
AT the battle Of Ell. Tebo FEB. ~, a8oAl
Col. Barrow and Trumpeter Tanning, Z
young fellow of Io years, were leading 4
wing Of our regiment in the charge against
the Arab forces, who were then in full re.
treat, when suddenly they were cut off from
the main body of the regiment by a superior
force Of the enemy. Col. Barrow had al
ready been badly wounded in the charge,
having been speared thraugh the left arm
and side and was, therefore, powerless 10
defend himself. rrumpeter Tanning, who
was riding by his side, took in the whole
situation at a glance. and quickly dismount.
ing from hiss horse, stood ON the defensive
over the body of his fallen colonel, and
fought with that indomitable pluck and
courage which only the British soldier can
do when put to the test. Drawing his re-
volver, and with a determined look to do or
die upon his manly young face, be calmly
awaited the onslaught Of the savage horde.
Not a shot was wasted Every bullet had
its mark. for Tanning knew only too well
his chances would be small when his revol.
yer was empty.
He had fired his last shot. Drawing his
sword, he fought like a lion until, stabbed
in the right arm with a spear, throug weak
ness and loss Of blood he was compelled to
relinqu sh his hold upon his sword. Then
the gallant t%rumpster, with the trumpet in
his left hand, fought the enemy hani-to
hand until literally borne 10 the ground by
sheer force of numbers. Here they fell up
on him and hacked his body with their short
stabbing spears and knives, and left him
and the colonel for dead upon the fed.
When we recovered the BODIES they we're
taken back to camp. Here we found that
Tanning was stabbed in ~ different places,
yet, despite this fact, the gallant fellow lin
gered for five days afterward at Victoria
Hospital, Suez, where he was buried. Need.
less to say, had he recovered from his
wounds, he would have received the Victoria
cross for his bravery. He leaves a widowed
mother to mourn his loss. The trumpet,
which bore such mute testimony by tee blood
stained finger marks in his deathly grasp OF
the gallant stand made by the heroic youth,
was afterward recovered and preserved as .
memen by his comrades. Col. Barrow
afterward died from the aft .cts of his wounds,
not although until he had rendered excellent
services on the Nile expedition.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
"OLD HUMILITY"
They Thought They Could Impose Upon the
Dear Old Preacher.

They Thought They Could Impose Upon the
Dear Old Preacher.
In the old territorial days when North
and South Dakota was one and apparently
indivisible, and Yankton was the capital,
and Gov. Burleigh was high. lew. jack and
the ga ne in all the Wild West, there was =
meek, humble and lowly teacher of the Cos
pei who travelled all over the country ex.
Eortirg the people.
He drifted into Yankton one day and
concluded that '.Hell's Half Acre. the
wicked quarter of the Young city, present.
ed an inviting field in which to labor.
He went among the citizens thereof and
called q meeting which was held in a tent,
under the shelter of whlctl wicked games
were wunt to be played.
The crowd gathered. ''Old Humility"
took his stand upon a table and told the
people OF his mission. He said.
"For forty years of my life have been
preaching the blessed gospel, trying to save
sinners. In this work 1 nave always tried
to initiate and emulate the example of the
blessed Master. l have become poor for
his sake. have been humble IN my daily
walk. l have always said in the language
Of the Master:
Father, forgive them; they know not
what they do"
Try me; shoot at me. Throw missiles,
and l will prove the truth OF my words"
At this the crowd commenced to throw
garbage at him. He endured 1t all until
some n projected IA rotten egg which
broke on his mouth.
His mild and gentle at nj
changed. all the time fixing his eye on the
| offender he said:
This meek and l0wly act is played out
until | lick the son Of a gun that threw
that egg"
He jumped down among the people and
gave the fellow a most thorough w~alloping.
He was never called "Old Humility af-
ter that.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Novel Walking Canes.

1t is a curious fact, that has often beeu
that there are more inventions made in
connection with walking canes than with
ANYTHING else man makes use of. says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. 1t is another strange
fact t! at there have been fewer improve
ments made upon the cane, considering
its age than upon anything else, for the
cane itself is one of the Oldest inventions,
ii not the Oldest. 1t dates back to the age
when primitive man roaming through the
forests, picked up the fallen boughs of
trees to assist his progress over the rough
ground, and to beat back the attacks of
ferOciOuS foes.
Some time ago a man patented a cane
which was practically a portable drug
store, being hollow aud filled with walls
containing all the medicines handiest in
the emergency Of sudden illness or injury.
But now someone else has fairly outdone
him, and has contrived a cane which is al
the same time an electric light.
1t is hollow, and the interior is filled
nearly to the top with the necessary chenli-
cal solntion. The knob is really an mean
descent bulb, with an ornament and pro-
tective covering of nickel or silver, which
either screws or flies open at q touch upon
a spring.
The poles of the battery extend into the
hollow of the cane, but not far enough to
reach the acid. But when a light is de-
sired, the CANE is held knob downward, the
acid generates the zines. and the electricity
generated lights the bulb. They give out
a really surprising amount of light. and
last nearly two hours. There is no waste
of material when the light is not in use,
as no electricity Is generated except when
the cane is upside down and the acid SO
brought in contact with the zines. So a
single filling may last for three weeks or
months. When the bulb is burned out, or
the zines are eaten away or the acid loses
its strength. the owner can easily reload
the cane as the supplies can be bought for
o trifle.
This wonderful can weighs only about
a pound, and is made to resemble an or
binary ebony walking stick, of the usual
length. with nothing about it Ia indicate
that it is a lamp as we'll.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
Prosressive Farming.

How to manage q farm in such q way as
to make 1t profitable, o. even to make q
living has. for the past few years, been 4
problem many a farmer has rallied to solve.
Why? Simply because he sailed to real
lie that this is an age of progress, and that
he, as well as the lawyer, the doctor, or
any other business or professional man,
must enter into the spirit OF the times, else,
ere he is aware, he will be left far in the
rear In the march of progress.
Thu farmer Of to day cannot make the
farm profitable in the same way as did his
grandfathers., He must take advantage Of
the knowledge acquired BY means of the
latest experiments. He must make use of
the latest inventions, whereby he can les
sen the expenee Of c%ultivating and harvest
ing the cropa. Corn, that product which
which only a short time ago, was consid.
cred one of the most expensive crops to
raise. by means OF inventions. has been
made one Of the least expensive and most
profitable crops a farmer can plant. One
acre OF good cora will winter two head of
cattle, while it takes two acres to grow hay
for one cow.
Make use OF every acre of available land,
which may be accomplished by clearing and
draining the swamps, which make tile best
kind OF pastures. Replace the old board,
stone and rail fences with good, straight
wire cnes. How many farmers who think
they are practicing economy by fencing
their farms off into small lots with stone or
old rails stop to realize that every 800 rods
Of this fencing uselessly waists one acre OF
land which under proper cultivation might
be giving good profit instead. A farmer
should keep a daiTy-at least one cow for
every five acres OF land. The idea enter
tanned by SO many ''out-Of-date' farmers
that dairying is Improbable, and that sell
ing all the crops from a farm is the only
way to make anything is a mistake. Who
is 1t that makes a good living and saves
rather than loses every year, if not the in
telligent progressive dairy farmer? Ona
1O0-acre farm with twenty head of cattle,
not every farmer. but every scientific far
mer can sell more 1arin produce during ten
years, besides keeping his dairy, than can
his neighbor on a farm of the same size
without a cow. Land can no more be
made to produce without fertilization han
can cows be made to give milk without
feeding. Could the thousands of farmers
whom a few years go sold their dairies
and thereby have been starving their farms
and are now all but starving themselves,
but have realized the foregoing facts, tue
number 0 fsrms sold at sheritf's sales
would have been far less.
All that is needed to-day to make agri-
culture n OF the most profitable, popular
and independent occupations is more wide
awake, intelligent, progressive farmers, =
Hoard's Dairymau.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
The New spring Coat ID Jaunty.

.sTtle coat Intended for early spring wear
is marked by An air OF iauntiness.n writes
Isabel Al. Mallon in March Ladies' Home
j Journal. 1t is oftenest smooth cloth, and
beside the regulation mode shades there Is
shown d dark blue. q faint steel with q blue
tone lowering over it. d0ye-gray, Lincoln
green, and, OF course dark blue and black
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
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Evening star., 1896-03-23
Washington Stock Exchange.

F4ae,is Fasss s coo nass e ,s % ss ~ p
IS: american Graphophone, loo at 6S i.anstoa on
MSnSyps MSnSyps 20 g at at 10 at s. After caAnstOn
Government ponds.-u. s. As, registered, los bid,
asked. .: y. 1925. ilsss lid, liz liz asked. e In =
S. 5s. 1904, I12$4 bid, l13s4 asked
loS bid. Sc-ycar Fund. gold 6s los hid. Water
Stock currency as. 1901, llo bid. Mater stock
S4, eSrrenSy ,y 's' l"S' liz bid Fund currency $685.
Miscellaneous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad Is.
LIB asked Belt Railroad is. s. asked. E.kinrion
Iailroad Is, 96 bid, 1ol asked. Columbia Railroad
pany ser A. es, los bid. liz asked. washington Ja
Gas Company. ser. B, Gs ITO bid. Washington
States Electric Light conv. 5s, lis bid chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone 5s. 80 bid, los asked.
bid. los asked. American Security and Trust IS.
4; A.. and O.: lo0 bid iGs @ asked M Washington Mar.
Company imp. es: los bid. Washington Market
Company exien: IS, los bid: Masonic Hall As
soeistion Ss, los bid. Washington Light Infantry
National Bank Stocks. Bank of Washington. go
Mechanics: SO bid I9o asked Second, la3 hid.
III bid West End. IO7i4 bid 10 asked Trad.
eIs. ss bid, l0l asked. Lincoln lel bid, lo2 ask d.
safe Deposit and Tsust Companies. National Safe
Deposit and Trust: I2o bid, 10 70 asked Washing
ton Loan and Trust 1l9 Did. III asked. American
security and Trust, 145 bid. Washington safe De-
posit, 30 bid.
Railroad StOcks.-Capital Traction Company. 90
bid. ~ asked. Metropolitan 10 bid, ia asked.
Columbia. 55 bid. Belt, 30 asked. lexington. 20
asked. Georgetown and TeDnally town. ~ asked
Gas and Electric Light Socks.-Washingtou GaA
All bid, ~ asked Georgetown Gas ~ bid uni-
ted States Electric Light. s1165s bid, 1lIs asked.
Insurance Stocks.-Firemen's 30 bid Franklin.
IS bid. Metropolitan 40 bid 10 asked. Corcorsn.
So hid. Potomac g bid. Arlington, 40 bid,
German American, 165 bid. National Union, II
bid, i3 asked. Columbia, 12ii hid. 13L asked
Riggs, ~ bid, 81 asked. Peoples, 5ls bid. lin
coin. ~ bid, SIs asked. Commercial, Al bid. 5x
asked
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title 100
lid. 11O asked. Columbia Title, 81 bid, ia asked
District Title, bid.
Telephone Stocks-Pennsylvana 3s bid. Chess.
peake and Potomac, 81 bid. IS asked. Americsa
lsraphuphone, @ bid. 81 asked. Pneumatic GuA
Carriage, % bid, -23 asked.
Miscellaneous S:ocks.-Merganthaler Linotype
(new), ZIG hid, III asked. Banston Monotype
IA bid, asked Washington Market, l3 It'd.
Great Falls Ice, 120 bid. 100 ssked- Lincoln Hall.
30 asked.
Eek div.
Evening star., 1896-03-23
Baltimore Markets,

BALTIMORE. Md. March 23.-Flour dull.
unchanged receipts, 9.205- barrels: ship
ments. 1,315 barrels; sales. 800 barrels
Wheat dull; spot and month, 72a72k: May.
68%aG9; July, 69A asked: receipts, 1,4OO
bushels; stock. 115,6O1 bushels: sales, 1000
bushels; southern wheat by sample, 76a7S;
do. on grade, 72a75. Corn steady-spot,
month and April 337Aa34; May. 34sa34A /:
steamer mixed, 321ea32ss; receipts, s1O77
bushels; stock, 655OS2 bushels; sales, 5000
bushels; southern white and yellow corn,
334l1aa38. Oats firm-No. white western,
261sa27; No. mixed, do; 24l.a25; receipts,
8,426 bushels; stock, 97,171 bushels. Rye
inactive; No. 2, 43 asked nearby; 45a46
western-rece'pts 1,311 bushels: stock. 49,,
356. Hay firm for choice grades; choice
timothy, $1GOo bid. Grain fre:ghts quiet
and steady: steam to Liverpool. per bushel.
I'd. April; Cork for orders. per quarter, Is.
4kkd. March. Sugar firm; granulated, 5.2O
per 100 pounds. Butter firm; fancy cream
cry. 22a23: do. imitation, 17a19; do. ladle.
15a16: good ladle, 12a14; store packed. 9a1L
Eggs firm: fresh, liz. Cheese firm; fancy
New York. 60 pounds. 11a11h; do. 35
pounds. 11ha11&; do. q pounds, 12a12ls.
Whisky unchanged.
Evening star., 1896-03-23
ATTACKING MIR. WELLINGTON.
Efforts of the Gary and Malster Re.
publicans.
to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BALTIMORE, Md. March 23.-The anti
Wellir gton republicans. headed by Mr.
James A Gary and Mr.. William T. NAL
ster. have held meeting and decided for
maily to combine to defeat, if possible the
anticipated efforts of the Senator-elect and
his frierds to control the state convention,
wnen it assemblies to select its delegates to
the national convention at ST. Louis The
candid announcement of Mr. Wellington
that he expects to be chosen as a delegate
at-larse has acted upon a certain faction
OF the party like a red rag waved in
bulls face. and these gentlemen are pre-
pared to go any length to down the shrewd
Aliegany county man. Malster rallies are
being held in various wards of the city and
nothing is being spared to create an anti
Wellington feeling.
The general impression, however is that
Nessrs. Gary, Malster, Asnus and the
other ANTS might spend their time much
more profitably, for the object of their
work is so firmly entrenched behind the
patronage at hand and prospective, that
he can we'll keep his serenity unruffled, and
observe their efforts to displace him with
great compiacency. The way In which Mr.
Wellington controlled the recent meeting
or the state central committee in the face
OF all opposition, has convinced many re-
Iubicans that it Is folly to attack him
and tie belief of many followers of local
political events is that the efforts of the
combination to unhorse the "duke.' will
produce nothing more than entertainment
for the democrats.
Evening star., 1896-03-23
ED Nd G OIL D
Mckinley is to he Met with . Hard
Money Declaration and BE
Called O Straddler.

It is said with apparent suthority that
Mr. Reeds friends are going to change the
issue on Mr.. Mckinley. Thus far Morton
is the cl,ly one Of the candidates who has
pronounced for the gold standard. 1t is
asserted by some Of Mr.. Reeds most earn
est friends that the Maine man VIII stand
on the platform Of a gold standard, with
no more silver in use than can be main
tanned at parity with gold. and no free
coinage OF silver except by international
agreement.
They propose. 1t is asserted, to present
the issue Of Gold Standard VS.. Straddle
The opinion Is expressed that the SENT
ment against a straddle on the financial
question is Overwhelmingly strong in the
republican party, and that the sound money
people VIII promptly rally to the support
issue squarely. As far as protection Is
concerned. it is argued, the whole party
stands on the same platform.
1t Is an article of faith in the party and
party victory with any one of the candi-
dates as leader would be followed by
an ample protection tariff. This, it is urg-
ed. goes without saying, and the real issue
presented is whether the party shall stand
squarely for sound money or shall avoid
that question end leave the result in doubt
after the ell, ction Is over.
Massachusetts to Lead.
Next Friday the Massac husetts state con-
vention will meet and declare without re-
serve for sound money" This. it is said,
will be the keynote. and all the other con-
ventions in New England will follow the
same tone, placing Mr.. Reed before the
public as the sound money candidate The
Ohio convention already having adopted a
straddle, it is thought that this will make
the issue squarely between Reed and Nc
kinley. and the hope is expressed that the
sound money men will rally around Reed.
Speaking on the subject one OF Mr.
Reeds friends said today: THE republican
party cannot afford to occupy doubtful
position as to this question. II a straddle
candidate should be nominated on a strad-
cess might be blasted. The democrats
then might adopt a gold standard platform
and nominate such a man as Whitney or
Oiney, and the people Of the east would
have no choice but to vote for him.
APOssible Mishap.
Where would we be under such circum-
stances? The spectacle would be presented
of the republicans abandoning their strong
position Tor sound money and relying on
the protection sentiment to excuse them
for their fault, while the despised demo-
cratic party would demand support for its
courage in meeting the principal issue, and
they might be willing to abandon further
tariff agitation. 1t would be a dangerous
experiment for the republicans to try"
During the last Congress Mr.. Reed voted
for gold bonds, and while he has not de-
clared for gold standard, he is regarded
as gold man. If he does as it is reported
he will and presents himself distinctively
as gold standard candidate It will add in.
terest to the situation