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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
Inner Histories.

If the inner histories Of people wers
known, what strange secrets might
come to light! A man who for half a
century had lived an intensely religious
life died suddenly. Then the fact trans.
pired that in his youth he had commit.
ted crime, and the austerity Of his
after years was caused by remorse.
The writer knows a querulous spinster
Of sixty who apparently has not a grace
Of body or mind, and whose existence
Is one long complaint. Twenty five
years ago, this woman was a popular
singer whose beauty matched her
genius; people thronged to hear her;
and she refused men by the score. Now
she has scarcely friend in the world,
and few dream that she and the once
famous singer are identical. A mid
dle-aged, taciturn man who occupies an
inferior position in a grocery store, waS
once brilliant orator. His memory
failed him, and his career was cut shors
In an Eastern city there lives an Ugly,
decrepit old woman who was cUnsid
cred in her youth the handsomest girl
in Kentucky. Poems were written
about her, men went crazy over her and
duels were fought by jealous admirers
Yet she married worthless man who
got drunk and abused her. A highly
respectable citizen SENDS one thousand
dollars a year away to the conscience
found ut Washington. Young peopls
are interesting for what they are, but
the older folks are more interesting FOL
what they have been, II they could b.
induced to tell the story.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
Farm NOtea.

If a young tree is leaned by the wind
get it back in line ut once, for never
again will it be so easily done. Stake,
ii necessary.
The root crops are among the most
important grown. SO far as actual
food value is concerned they do not
rank high, but they aae always relished
by stock in winter because they afford
change of food, thus promoting the
appetite and keeping the animals in
condition.
The best working animals must come
from working sires and dams. A colt
from pampered sire may be hand
some, but when it comes to hard work
he will be soft" and cannot be counted
on to do his share of the pulling all
day. The best sire, If not the prettiest,
Is one that works in the harness every
day.
Lumpy jaw in cattle is an annoyance
dreaded by dairymen. An Ontario
farmer reports that he has used spirits
of ammonia for years and cured every
case, no matter how bad it was. He
rubs it on the Jumps or jaw once OF
twice day, and the difficulty gradual
ly disappears. The remedy is q very
simple one and is easily tested.
The heat in hive Of bees when the
weather is very warm is increased by
the animal heat given off from tho
bodies OF the insects. This should re.
mind those who have bees that the
hives must be in the shade or the col.
ony Will become reduced by disease.
The most honey is only secured when
the colonies are large and healthy.
Some of the New York dairymen
who had ben induced to raise their
calves and breed for better cows report
that they could not easily be induced
to revert to the former practice of buy.
Ing their dairy cows. BY raising good
cows the milk and butter product or
some farms has been doubled, and no
report shows less than so per cent, i'm.
provement. The result is that farmers
who could barely retain their farms I'M.
der the former system are now reaifz.
ing prOHts every year.
No man ought to be employed ia
drive or care for team that is not nat.
urally fond of horses. II he does moi
like them he will not study their wants
or habits, and will be likely to neglect
and spoil a good team. Such a man
ought to drive mules or oxen. or ia
work out his living with a spade or
pick. 1t does not take a careless or
needless man long to spoil more horse.
flesh than his wages amount to in n
season. A bad-tempered man will spoil
the temper Of the best horse.
There has always been some doubt IN
regard to the propriety of sowing clio.
yer hay very early in the spring. At
the Michigan station seed was sown an
plots every growing month in the wear
by way Of experiment. That seeded
In March did fairly well, but the plots
seeded In April, May, June and Julv
did better. the August plants not grow.
ing very large. The amount OF rain
and other conditions were not stated
The results do not accord with those
obtained by farmers In this section. "A
the March wheat seems to thrive best
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
An obnoxious Rivalry.

There are two policemen In Cam.'
bridge, Mass, who have been strlv'ns
for records in the number Of arres'st
they make. So annoying has this y
come that the citizens In that one W
ton OF the town have made comp'a'ps
to the authorities.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
CHAPTER XXI.

Much to the establishment of his wife,
and a little to the surprise of Arma-
thwaite himself, Ned Crosmont kept his
word to the latter most faithfully. Day
after day the young doctor called on
Alma without hindrance. and under his
care her mind began rapidly and surely
to recover its tone.
Alma was gradually learning, under her
doctors influence, to lose her fear of, and
cultivate her sympathy with, her hus-
band. Ten days after DR.. Peele's funeral,
when she had been under treatment q lit
tie more than fortnight, Armathwaite
was congratulating himself on the i'm
proyement in his patient. when. on calling
one morning to see her at the usual time,
he found her in the old limp, cowed, and
yet excitable state. with dazed eyes and
heavy limbs. He set to work to find out
the reason, and after few questions sue
ceeded.
Lady Kidonan came to see me yester-
day-late in the afternoon" said Alma,
in dull, constrained voice.
Indeed! To ask if you were better -
mo. She wanted me to do something.
1t seemed strange thing for her to ask
But don't know. was frightened, anx-
ious: it made my head swim when tried
to think"
"Well. and ~nat did che want you to
do?'
"She said"-Alma's face began to look
heavy, bewildered, and miserable, and her
eyes fastened h helpless reliance % the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
The Value Of Straw.

1t. used to be said that no straw
should be sold from the farm because
it SO greatly helped the manure pile
But so many uses for straw came up
that its price went far beyond it's manu-
rial value. Now straw is regarded as
one of the farm products that can be
most easily spared, provided it is near
enough to the market to be sold with
out too great expense for marketing.
Farmers are learning the same thing
about timothy hay. 1t also sells for
more thar its manurial value. But this
Is not true OF clover hay. 1t takes from
the soil and returns to the soil more
than any other crop that the Northern
farmer grows. But it has the adyan-
tage that the nitrogen it takes from the
soil is from decomposed air, and that
after a clover hay crop has been cut,
the soil it has grown in is always rich
er in nitrogen than it was before
American Cultivatcr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30

Lacks Tears and Smiles.
Charles Dickens said of "R00i0oo-
Crusoe" that It was 1.-THE most popu
story In the world, and yet one VIZ
never drew q smile or tear"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
The Value Of q Good Spring.

A spring OF pure water on any farm
adds at least hundred dollars to it's
value, and II near city it Is worth
much more. Often such springs can be
found in hillsides by digging six or
eight feet, especially IL the soil shows
springy places during winter and
spring. II the spring is higher than
the house 1t can be conducted into the
kitchen by force Of gravity, and the
water can be turned of or on as the
housewife may desire. There are
doubtless hundreds, and possibly thou
sands, Of faxms in New England where
the best pure water can be conducted
into the house at slight expense. II
the water has to be lifted hydraulic
ram will force the water up hill. This
costs somewhat more, but 1t will gen.
orally pay.-American Cultivator.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
Pure Drinking Water.

1t Is well known that alum will re-
move organic and other matters from
water, SO as to render it clear and pure ;
but it is now said that fuoride is su-
periOr to alum for this purpose. One
ounce of fluoride is used to every 1000
gallons Of water. After all, the best
purifier Is natures own. The minute
organisms known as bacteria are the
chief causes of the impurity of drinking
water. These invisible creatures have
to live as well as their larger brethren,
and they must eat to live AS soon as
they have eaten all in the water that
there is to feed on, they die. DR.. Frank
land has recently stated, from his re-
cent examination of water stored for
two weeks, that ii seems as pure and
free from bacteria life as If 1t had been
passed through the best of filters; but
it seems strange that this should have
so recently come under DR.. Frankland's
experience. Every one knows that
there is no purer or better water in the
world than that which is supplied to
seafaring people. Almost any kind of
water stored away in ships tank be-
comes absolutely pure after the vessel
has been a few weeks ut sea. This is
usually ascribed in popular language
to fermentation, but there is really
nothing to ferment; it is simply that the
bacteria have eaten everything in the
water there is to eat, and then died Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Monthly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
A Few Old Thiuus,

Have We q hen all in all as good rs
the old-fashioned Dorking? They were
nearly as good layers as the Leghorns,
and nearly as good In flesh as the Ply
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30

Knowing how to feed the baby II thu
greater part Of knowing how to kesA
baby healthy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-30
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFiNTERESTT OFARM.
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
The Old. F ashiOned Tread Power Is
Coming Into Use Again-The Value
of Straw Feed for Farm Horses
Pure Drinking Water.
Power for the Farm,

A farmer needs power that Is both
cheap and ready for use and one that
can he depended upon. He also wants
and easily moved to different parts of
the farm buildings. There is one power
that meets all these requirements quite
well. and one that the farmer might use
to greater advantage than he does and
that is the tread power. 1t was used
exclusively on farms forty years ago
FOR such limited use rs any power was
applied to. but. for some reason or 9th
er, was quite generally abandoned. But
the tread power is coming back into use
again for such work. as Il cheap and in
expensive power is needed. This pow
or can he obtained in almost any size
required. from a power intended for Il
goat or dog up to IL power for four
horses. The smallest are often used
to run baby separators, churns and
| such things as these, and the largest to
run feed cutters and heavy thrcshing
machines. A, twO-horse tread power
will run Il circular saw for saving
wood. and a two or three horse power
will lun Il medium sized cutter for cut
ting enslage. When a farmer has the
horses it Is the cheapest kind of power
that can be obtained upon most farms,
and the cost Is within the reach Of most
farmers. The windmill has come into
use to considerable extent, especially
for pumping water for stock or family
use With proper attention 1t does good
| work, and is, of course, inexpensive in
operation after once established. An
| other kind Of power that has come into
use is the gasoline engine, and fur
| nishes ne-horse power at only one or
| two cents an hour. This matter of
power seems to be settled among the
| three forms: The tread power, windmill
power and gasoline power. The first
is comparatively inexpensive in the
first cost. While the other two powers
named are expensive at the start, it
costs scarcely anything to operate
them, and the gasoline engine can be
used for any work upon the farm to
which stationary power is ever applied.
But. for pumping water alone. nothing
will take the place Of good wind
power.-Mirror and Farmer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
SANCTIONS CIVIL MARRIAGES.

Peruvian Congress Legalises h Perfor-
nance Of Ceremonies BY Magistrates.
LIMA, Peru, Nov. IA bill which
legalizes n-Catholic marriages in
Peru, and which makes legal all civil
ceremonies, performed by the mayors
of the towns in the presence Of two wit
nesses, was sanctioned by congress just
before adjournment.
There was great excitement when the
measure was taken up for final action.
The clericals tried to sustain a motion
to postpone consideration, but on vote
the motion was lost. Then the presi-
dent put the motion to close the debate
and this was done amid great applause.
During a scene of great excitement, and
while protests We're being made, the
measure was sanctioned.
The passage Of the cas- is a great
triumph for the liberal ideas and for the
government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
MINERS CALL ON TANNER.
Protest Against the Importation of Chi
men Into Illinois.

Protest Against the Importation of Chi
men Into Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Nov. ia dele
cation of miners officials, headed by
President Cartwright of the Springfield
sub-district waited on Governor Tanner
during the day in regard to the rumored
importation of a large body Of Chinese
miners into the Braidwood field. The
governor expressed his sympathy with
the white miners and said that while
he could not restrict the importation of
the Chinese miners he would not per.
NIT them to enter the state bearing
arms, nor would he permit the pres.
ence at the mines of the reported large
bodies Of armed ex.Chicago policemen
acting as guards to the Chinese.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
CONTESTS PLENTY.

e-xteen More to BE Fled Against the Will
of the Late Senator Fair.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ll.-Within a
Jew days 16 more contests are to be filed
in the superior court against the trust
will of the late James G. Fair. This
will is dated Sept. Il, 1894, and the
original was stolen from the county
clerks Office and never recovered.
There is certain to be a suit brought by
the three children, Mrs. Herman Gel.
richs, Miss Virginia Fair and Charles
l.. Fair. Mrs. Nettie Craven will prob.
ably file a second, and a third may be
commenced in the name of all alleged
grandchild of the deceased millionaire.
The contests will be commenced upon
the grounds that ex-senator Fair was
incompetent or insane at the time he
made the trust will and that he was
acting under undue influence and
duress.
Mrs. Craven's suit will probably be
brought by her as the widow of the ex-
senator. Judge Slack's decision places
her in such a position that she mus
fight the trust will if she expects to gel
anything at all. The contest will be
upon the same general grounds as that
IT the three children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

United States District Attorney
Jones Of Nevada was killed by the 16-
yea.old brother of a girl to whom Jones,
though married, was attentive.
The three Chicago cycling papers,
Bearings, The Cycling Life and The
Referee have been consolidated. The
first issue of the new publication under
the name Of The Cycle Age, will ap.
pear Nov. IL.
The train Of the dress worn by Cath,
crime de- Medici Oh her marriage III 1888
with Henri second son of Francis I.
king Of France, measured no less than
48 yards in length and was carried by
ten pairs of pages.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Pillsbury Will Take a Rest.

M1NNEAPoLIs, Nov. 12.-Henry L.
Little will be the manager of the Pills
bury Washburn Milling company. G..
A. Pillsbury. who has directed the vast
interests of the company since its for.
nation, will remain the managing di.
rector of the company, but will be re.
lieved Of all detail work in connection
with it's management. Mr.. Plllsbury
has been anxious to take a long rest
and to spend some time in Europe trav-
cling with his family, but has been pre-
vented by the heavy demands of his
business and the absence Of any duly
authorized substitute.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
A Misplaced Switch.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1l.-Chicago and
Eastern Illinois passenger train No. IL,
bound for Chicago, collided with a
milk train on the Wabash railroad at
Hammond junction and Eighty.sixth
street while both trains were going at
high speed. Six persons were seriously
injured. Engineer Stoner of the Chi.
cago and Eastern Illinois will probably
die. The other five will recover. A
-nierlacod svritch cansed the wreck.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
REIGN OF TERROR OVER.
General Rlauco Declares He Is in Earnes
Regarding Reforms in Cuba.

General Rlauco Declares He Is in Earnest
Regarding Reforms in Cuba.
New YORK, Nov. IA dispatch to
The Herald from Havana says: Cap
tain General Blanco, referring to the
delay in the publication of details Of
the autonomy programme, said he had
deceived some instructions and ex-
pccted the remainder soon. He said:
II have been here only 10 days, but it
seems to have been expected that in
that brief time I should have settled
the autonomy question, relieved the
condition of the reconcentrados and re-
versed all previous conditions. can.
not perform miracles, but l am doing
all in my power. Measures of relief
are now being actively pursued and no
means will be neglected
To Secure the Ends in View.
The steps being taken will be ample to
relieve the distress, provide work and
permit grinding. In IL months time
the measures will have had their ef-
feet and normal conditions will have
been established. I am receiving as.
Of approval and assistance
from all Sides"
Referring to probable efforts to inf1u'
ence the United States congress by
stories of the inhuman treatment OF re-
concentrates Governor BIanco said:
''That is to refer to recent conditions,
while my mission is to correct. l have
had to deal with the present and future.
American people should realize this and
give credit for the sincerity of purpose
and ability to execute reforms"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Austrian Embassy and Porte at Outs.

VIENNA, Nov. 12.-The semi.oficial
Fremdenblatt, says hat there is a no.
ticeable GOODNESS between the Austrian
embassy and the porte, owing to the
high handed action attributed to the
local authorities Of Mersina, Asia
Minor, with relation to the agent at
that port of the Austrial Lloyd Steam.
ship company, a merchant named Braz-
zafoli. The Austrian cruiser Leopard
has been sent to Mreal, the port Of
Adena, capital of the Vilayet of that
name, with instructions to protect the
Austrian consulate and the Christians
of Marsha.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL.
Settled That They will Have a Majority
in the New York Legislature.

New YORK, Nov. 12.-Chairman G..
w. Hackett of the Republican state
committee has given out the following
statement concerning the organization
Of the New York legislature: =
The Republicans have elected a
substantial majority in the lex as
sembly and will organize that body.
The returns as ~canvassed officially this
week make it certain that the Rspubli-
can votes in the next house will exceed
the Democratic by at least II. The Re.
publicans will elect the speaker, and
Republican ideas of legislation will
prevail in the legislation Of the session.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
The Coc0s Island Treasure.

san Francisco, Nov. 1.-THE pas
sengers who arrived here on the steamer
City of Sydney declare that the buried
treasure of the Cocos Island has been
discovered and that one Of their num-
Der knows where it is. He is August
Whidden, a partner Of A. Geisman,
who left this port about five years ago
in the sloop Hayseed to search for the
wealth.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Sioux City Live Stock.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Nov. II.
HOGS-Market active. about steady.
Range OF prices, s3.2O@3.54.
CATTLE-Marke5 quiet; unchanged.
Prices ranged at Sj.ODG3.25 for heifers;
S.. 50 for cows; S4.O) for calves; 81. 4O@4.O)
for s5ockers and feeders; 3.oO@ 80 for
rangers.
eSHEEP-Markec in fair demand at
s.. 1UW4.zO.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Referring to Salisbury.

PARIS, Nov. IL. The Matin, referring
to the speech of the Marquis OF Sails.
bury at the Guildhall banquet says:
Lord Salisbury's caustic reference to
the Niger negotiations sounds strange
from the lips of a champion of peace"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Nov. IL.
EOGS-Markeo strong and active.
Quality not very good. Range OF prices,
So. 1O@3.3a
CATTLE-Market ste ldy.
Sales ranged at S,.9)G4O) for stooA.
ers; S..5O@2.S0 for COWS; Ss.93@4.lo for
steers; ST. u 800 for calves.
SHEEP-Market strong and active.
Sales ranged at S3 Oog3.7O for muttons;
S4.6)@5.OO for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, 800; cattle, l,OHO;
calves, 100; sheep, 5000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
That Imblay Clark Fortune.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-THE $685.
100000 fortune Of the late Imblay
Clark, which Miss Grace NJ. Elliott of
this city expected to inherit, seems to
have been a myth. Vice President Ho-
bart and Govealor Griggs of New Jer.
sey, whose Zines, used in connec
ton with the story, gave an air of re.
liability to it., disclaim all knowledge Of
the case in which it was stated they
had been engaged by eastern l.eirs of
the dead miner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12

CLEVELAND, Nov. II. = There has
been no change for the better in the
condition of Patent Commissioner But
terworth. He seems to be holding his
own, however, and that gives some en-.
Aou1agement to his family and friends.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
MISS WILLARD'S CONTRIBUTION
Will Give -, 600 Toward a Fund to Save
the Temple Property.

the Temple Property.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Miss Frances E.
Willard, president of the w. Z. T. u,
announces she will contribute $4,000 of
her own money to start the fund OF
$500, 900 which the temperance women
need to hold control of the Temple
property. In an interview Miss Will.
ard said this sum was raised by women
throughout the country and came to
her as a memorial testimonial on the
occasion of her 50th birthday. Con-
tinuing she said:
''This sum Of S 5000 has been in the
bank ever since it came into my pos
session, and l have concluded that l
cannot better show my love to the
women who gave it than to put it into
the fund for the enterprise which has
been the pride of us all. l have a
heaven-born presentiment that the
Temple is to be saved to our cause.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Lee Sails for Havana.

New YORK, Nov. 12.-General Fitz-
hugh Lee, United States consul general
at Havana, has sailed for his post by
the steamer Seguranca Of the Ward
line. -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
Fired on VIEWERS Account.

HAVANA, Nov. 12.-Marshal Blanco
has removed from his command the To-
cal military commander at Algibara.
province Of Santiago de Cuba, for al
lowing q demonstration III honor OF
Lieutenant General Weyler when he
went on shore there a few days ago
from the steamer Montserrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-12
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

MiIWMUkee GRAIN.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. II.
WHEAT-No. l Northern, 500; No. 2
Spring, S5Hc.
CORNING. 8, $3.50.
OATS-No. 2 white, 23@23]ac.
BARLEY-No. 2, 43H944c; sample or
track, 26G42c.