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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
New Heating Stoves cheap at Thorn

New Heating Stoves cheap at Thorn
toms.
Full line OF ladies, girls, and childrens
fine shoes at Kelly's.
Ladies, call on N. G. st. Marie for
Balduff's celebrated candies and deli
cious Italian Chocolates. Always fresh.
Try them.
G. NJ. Bigelow, OF Sioux Falls, State
Deputy Organizer for the Ancient
Order Of Pyramids, was in the city
Tuesday and made this Office q pleasant
call. In the evening five new members
were initiated into the recently organ
lied lodge here. We understand a
lady deputy will soo be sent here to
interest some Of our young ladies in
the order.
Say, do you know that nothing will
please your children better for q Xmas
present than some kind Of q musical
instrument? II you cannot afford a
piano or an organ get for them q string
instrument. Joe Henkin has just re-
ceiyed a large invoice Of ~violins, quit
ars, mandolins, banjos, autoharps,
meloharps, etc and he will furnish
them to you at ''honest prices" Don't
fail to call on him.
Prof. H. f. Kratz, principal Of the
Sioux City high school, delivers his
popular lecture on "Child Study" to-
morrow evening at the Congregational
church. 1t is an address highly COM
mended by school superintendent and
newspapers, and should be listened to
with earnest attention by every parent.
Miss Swift and Miss Miller will favor
the audience with some choice musical
selections. Popular prices, ten and
fifteen cen is.
A good representation OF lawyers
from all parts Of the state gathered at
Sioux Falls Tuesday to form a State
Bar Association. An organization was
effected, and in the evening q banquet
was rendered to ~ visiting disciples
of Blackstone by the Minnehaha Coun.
ty Bar Association. E. G. Ericsson, ol
this city was appointed on the ex-
~ecGtive council for the Second Circuit,
and j. l.. Jolley, Of Yankton, for the
First.
Our latest exchange is the Amour
Busy Bee, probably the smallest paper
in the state. Il 10 printed on . hani
press by . school boy, Master Clarl
Tapp, with whom we happen to have
nice little acquaintance, and, with TIL
December number which has just com,
to our desk, attains the mature age o
one year. We trust the Bee will kee,
on being busy, and viii grow 90 fas
that Il will be obliged to swarm into
regulation hive after awhile.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Apples! Apples. Apples! Get them
at S. G. Thornton's.

Apples! Apples! Apples! Get them
at S. G. ThorntOn's.
Herman Becker shipped several
crates OF live prairie chickens to q New
York Zoo Tuesday. They were fine
specimens, and will be a real curiosity
to the down.easters.
James McGonnagle vas shipping q
large quantity of shelled corn in a
load lots the first Of the week. Among
other orders he shipped 1900 bushels
to Glendale, North Dakota, in two cars.
A new stock Of paper just received
at this Office from the Mosher-Burgess
Paper Company of Chicago. We can
now turn GU at short notice any kind
of job printing at very reasonable
rates.
John Geisler, who will be remembered
as the Oldest son of Geo. Geisler, is
whiting friends in this vicinity. Mr..
Geisler is making a success OF the
cattle md ranch business in Montana,
aud twenty-five years have now passed
since he left this city. He will return
to Montana after a brief visit.
Auction sale of cattle again this
week, Saturday at , p. m. at A. Bovee's
barn. $50 head OF young cattle, con-
sisting of 10 steers l, , and 3years
old, and 30 head of yearling heifers, 60
to the highest bidder; also three mules.
| Come with the crowd and make your
selection.
THE COURIER Office is having u big
run on sale bills this fall. Call in and
see our bogus Bristol for this purpose.
This is a firm, heavy paper which is
proof against wind and weather, and
will cost O very little more than the
ordinary bill paper.
Notice on our first page j. s. Talcott's
new holiday announcement. He has
one of the finest stocks of watches,
clocks, jewelry and s~ilverware ever
laid down in Elk Point. His assert.
ment of dolls will prove interesting
and attractive to both young and old
At the old reliable drug store, corner
Of Main and Douglas streets.
The Curio Social given at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Wiseman on
Wednesday evening, BY the Epwortf
League, was quite we'll attended
The socal committee had secured =
large collection Of curious and antique
articles, among which were . display
OF foreign woods, old coins and World
Fair souvenirs by Mrs. J. w. Ellis
Indian relics and implements Of war b!
Mrs. A. Z. Ronne; mineral collection
and old coins BY Daniel Sharp. 4
gramophone Furnished amusement 70
the company, and altogether Il was
very enjoyable affair.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Snap.

/ have q set OF International Cycle
pmdias-new, 1855 volumes, sheep
binding. Clean and good % when Il
left the printer. Regular price $50.
My price go. s. s. TowNSLEY,
vermillion, 8. D.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
TIME ia BILE
OF
9. NJ. e. ST. r. RAILWAY.

Passengers.
No. Chicago and Siofs / City, Leave 500 a m
No. 4 Chicago, =. City and Georgia I" 3:35 p III
No. lOl f" $50 p IN
EAsT Freight.
10. o. Sioux City stock. ..........- Leave 800 p IN
No. 81 Sioux City and Chicago, f" AGO m
WEsr-Passenger
No. Mitchell and Yaphton... -. Leave 10: Is a m
No.3 Yanktcn .... ....- 400 p N
wEsr-Freisht.
No. 50 Way freight -....... Leave 9:35 a III
NoEid.
No. lOl st. Paul. Seattle ana SiouX
Falls passenger. 49,. Leave 10 90 m
No. % Way freigilt ...... 9:15 Il N
-Daily except Manoav.
tDaily except saturday.
Other trhlDs daily except sunday.
Tickets for sale 20 any point on the atobe
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
GROWING TOP ONION SETS.

In most farming districts little ad-
dition may be made to the income OF
the farm by growing top onion sets in
q small way, writes L. O'Fnllow, OF
Minnesota. These are produced on
top of the onion stalks, in q cluster,
instead of seed, and consist OF a mum,
ber of small bulbs or onions, about
the size of acorns. If planted, these
produce onions which mature earlier
than those raised from seed. For
several years l have made it a rule to
plant a small patch in the garden to
onions from which l grow top sets.
sell the onions early in the spring to
local village dealers for ten to seven.
teen cents pound. In one instance
l secured thirty-fve pounds of TOP
sets from one-fourth bushel of onions
planted. sold these the next spring
for fifteen cents a pound. If l had
given them proper care / would have
obtained at least one-third larger
yield.
As soon as the frost is out of the
ground in spring, plant in rows about
two feet apart, and from eight to ten
inches apart in the row. Only
good sound onions of uniform
size and good quality should be
used. They must have been
raised the year before from seeds, OF
onion sets. Plant very shallow, so
the top of the onions will show above
ground. Keep perfectly free from
weeds while growing. After the top
sets have matured fully, gather and
store in a dry cool place. Do not al
low them to freeze in winter. 1t il
best to go slow about raising toy
onion sets for market, until a trade
has been established. Sometimes !
have found it necessary to leave the
onion sets with the grocery dealer,
and let him sell as much of them as he
could, with the privilege to return
any that he could not dispose of. By
taking goods at his store in exchange
for them, he made no charges for sell.
ing the sets. New England Home
stead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Electricity IN Medicine.

The enormous strides made by the
new force in commerce and industries
of late years have been to q certain
extent, paralleled by the application
of electricity in medicine and surgery.
The electric motor turns the drill OF
the dentist, bores out all the noses of
mankind in the hands of the
rhinologist, and may run the saw
and the trephlne OF the surgeon. The
electric light is made to illuminate all
the cavities and interiors of the hu'
man body, so that "the pestilence
that walketh in darkness" in the black
recesses of our viscera is sought out
and driven away by the electric
searchlight. 1t is nothing now to put
an endoscope into the stomach and
scrutinize its walls from one end to the
other, and in dark room the very size
of the stomach is determined by the
translumination of the abdominal
walls when the light is turned on in
side of that viscus.
Electricity furnishes heat for the
cautery, with which morbid surfaces
may be healed. wounds stimulated and
tumors extirpated.
The electrolytic needle removes the
hair of the bearded woman, eradicates
birth-marks, decomposes tumors, CO.
agulates aneurisms, and, in its most
romantic role, manufactures those
most desired ornaments Of the femi.
nine physiognomy-lovely dimples.
The electro-magnet pulls out the
beam from our peighbor's eye when
the beam is in the shape of piece OF
iron, and when the operation is in
telligentlY directed by the ophthal
mologist. 1t may hunt up and draw
out wandering needles.
Electricity has considerable value as
a means of diagnosis in many neuro'
logical conditions Then, too. in the
surgery of the brain and spinal cord,
which has newly sprung into existence,
electric stimulation of parts of the
brain and of nerve roots is very val.
liable in localizing the exact region tc
be operated upon.
Altogether, electricity occupies or
extensive place in the armamentarium
of physician, and it is considered oi
paramount importance by the medi'
cal students of the day. Home Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
PecnllnritIes Of EnrIr RnIora

Henry /, was called ''Beauclerk, "
because he was one of the few Kings
Of his time who could read and write.
Shah Sophi. OF Persia had one black
eye and the other blue, this difference
being natural, and not the result Of
accident or design.
Queen Anne was so redfaced from
her love Of brandy that her not too
respectful subjects called her "Brandy
Man."
Alexander tho Great had large
mole on the right side of his neck. 1t
was regarded by his contemporaries as
O sign of good luck.
Richard Ill. was commonly supposed
to have been a hunchback, but accord
ing to some authorities was well
made, handsome man.
Anastasius rarely spoke. 1t is be.
lieas5%has he had some defect OF the
vocal organs. He communicated with
his attendants by writing.
Louis XIII. could not grow beard,
and in compliment to the Kings
smooth face the courtiers all shaved,
hhN hNhihitso AhctH MtNt Nub lbSulou
during his reign.
Oaligula was maniac. For nights
together he would walk the halls Of his
palace unable to sleep, alternately
cursing the night and praying for the
day.
The first fourteen Roman Emperors
all shaved their faces clean. There is
a portrait bust representing Nero with
beard, but it is not believed to be
authentic.
Jaropolk, one of the early Kings oil
Russia, had only about half lower
jaw, the remainder having been cut of
by sabre stroke during n fight Will
the Turks.
Attila, the Hun, had nose so short
that from the front it presented the
appearance of two holes in the middle
of his countenance, surmounted by {
small wart.
Charles LIE Chauve was completely
bald. 1t is said he had not single hail
on his head or face. Eyebrows ant
lashes were both completely lacking.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Virtues in Cacti

In one OF Jane Barlow's stories an
old Irishwoman said that she could
remember the name OF the plant
"quacktus" because she always thought
of ducks. A lady who owns a fine
cactus once had an Italian workman in
the house making some repairs for
her. Noticing her flower, he asked il
she had ever heard of the medicinal
quality of its leaves. She was further
told that in Italy it was commonly
understood that the leaves of cactus,
split and spread, the open side down,
upon bruise or wound, would quickly
heal it. Not long after one of the
lady's children fell prey to a usual
juvenile accident aud was badly
bruised. His mother thought OF and
tried the split cactus leaf, and found
it as efficacious as the Italian had said.
1t very speedily relieved and healed
the swollen and discolored surface OF
the hurt flesh and skin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Why the Cleveland Children Went tC
Princeton.


Little Gladys Vanderbilt, the ten.
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her cousins,
Virginia and Gladys Smith, daughter
of the Rev. DR.. Mnckay-Smith, art
editing paper in Washington called
Spring Blossoms. With the proceeds
they intended n add to the Easter
offerings of st. bhn's Sunday school
In the first number Gladys wrote
81 like Washington better than 1 dc
New York. / can ride my pony and
my wheel in the streets of Washing.
ton, because they are so smooth. In
New York cannot ride them"
Virginia Smith tells story about
the Cleveland children in this way :
"When the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland had their bonnets on to go
away from the White House Mr..
Cleveland, who was then President,
asked: Where are you going, chill.
dren?'
"'We are going to Princeton" they
replied.
"'Why are you going to Prince.
ton?' Mr.. Cleveland asked, and little
Marion spoke up and said: 'McTin.
ley's tomin; McTinley's comin.'"
The youthful writer adds: "I sup.
pose this story will go down to pos
terity. baltimore Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Farms Under Glass.

A popular lecturer, in estimating
the number of people who would in.
habit this globe a thousand years
hence, was asked by one in the audi.
ence how such vast multitude could
be fed. In reply to this question he
is quoted as saying: "We know moi
what discoveries may be made to rem
der the earth more fertile, or to in
crease its productive power, but long
before that time enough of the sands
of Cape Cod and New Jersey may be
converted into glass to place a roo,
over the lands devoted to growing
crops, and beneath its shelter the
former, in a climate of perpetual sum
mer, may grow his crops in continuous
succession, and with the waters OF the
deep springs and the lakes under his
control, may be free from dangers OF
floods and drouth as we'll as from the
frosts and SHOWS. San Francisco Ex
aminer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
River Wanders From Its Path.

Some boys while hunting muskratI
near Willow Point, N. Y, made G
curious discovery, recently. They
heard roaring sound and followed
the noise to the foot of a large tree,
where they found portion of the cur
rent of the Susquehanna River had
been diverted and was pouring into
some underground channel with the
noise of a cataract. There was APP
parently drop of considerable dis
tance and the water entering the open.
ing had the appearance of whirlpool,
everything in the vicinity being drawn
in. The phenomenon cannot be ac'
counted for, as the formation is of re-
cent occurrence. ce.-New York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
THE DEMON OF THE HOME.

When the demon Of drink enters the home
the angel of peace departs poverty follows
in the demons wake, for drink is a spend
thrift vice, 1t is terrible to ruin the home,
but 1t is more terrible TO ruin the soul, that
spark of Gods intelligence. We despise the
thief; we shrink in horror from the murderer
but they are men. But the drunkard-who
will say that this unloving, unthinking, un.
reasoning thing is man? God made man
little less than the angels, but the drunkard
makes himself little less than the brute. The
demon of drink goes up to high heaven and
defles the mercy Of God, for no drunkard can
enter the kingdom Of heaven. The lower
side OF the drunkard's grave emptles into
hell. There are seventy-lve thousand drunk
ards going down to their graves every year.
Ii this is what drink will do what will you
1o2 We cannot sit down and fold our hands,
II we have a heart that loves humanity we
must do something, and there is one thing
we can do; we can abstain from the use of
Intoxicating liquors. The way to straighten
crooked stick is TO bend It in the OPP oste
direction. II you are strong, give to your
neighbor Of your strength IL he is weak
Rev. A. p. Doyle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
FUCHSIAS.

There are few flowers which give
more pleasure than the fuchsia but
they are so subject, in our country,
to the attack of the red spider
that the cultivator soon gets out of
heart with them; but since these lit,
tie insects can be so readily mastered,
and the method OF their destruction is
now SO widely known, they are again
getting into popular use. They dc
not like the open sun, and for thi,
reason they are particularly vel
adapted to city yards, where buildings
and fences are a protection during the
warm parts of the day from the suns
rays. They do not care for absolute
shade, as, for instance, under trees OF
arbors; they seem to want an abun.
dance of light and air, simply claiming
protection from dry heat. Spring.
raised plants bloom freely in August.
-Meehan's Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
BROUGHT UP on THE BOTTLE.

A Lewiston man, who was n politician in
Portland, Me-, when General Neal Dow was
Mayor OF that city. in 1854, tells OF man
whom he brought before Mayor Dow for
ordered that the man be brought before
him with his whisky bottle. He put the
bottle on the table In the court room and
The prisoner fixed his eyes on it and admitted
that he had drunk out OF it, When the man
was sent up to the Jail Mayor Dow took the
bottle along himself aud requested the turn.
key to place the flask Just outside the cell
door, where the prisoner could sea 1t, and 1t
stood there two months. He begged TO have
the bottle broken or removed. Once when
the door was opened he made dash with
his foot 10 break II, but did not succeed.
When that man was released he hated the
sight of whisky bottle, and never tasted a
drop of hquor afterward.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
UNHAPPY ADOLESCENCE.
After Suffering for More Than Year
Miss Davies Determines 10 Give Pink
Pills n Trial, and is Elated at the
Result. Read What She
Saws About Them

From he Press, Utica, NJ Y.

From the Press, Utica. N. Y.
No stronger words OF commentator for
Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, have
oeen heard In this vicinity than those OK
pressed to Press reporter by Miss Alma NJ.
Davies, of "A Spring Street, Utica, N. Y,
'ew days ago. Miss Davies is very young
woman, but she has suffered the ravages of
disease to an extent experienced but by few
Did people.
Four years ago this summer she was Just
,ntering the period OF womanhoo1. Her
physical condition at that time may best be
expressed by her own words; "I was conlin-
lally tired" she said, ''always felt the need
If rest, never cared to so out, and shun
he society of other people. had littleNn-
,ition, and was Indifferent as to what oc-
,urred about me. consulted several ply
Jlcians and they told me that my blood was
out OF order; it was rs thin as water they
said. Their prescriptions did not appear to
aid me, however, and l did'not have much
faith then in patent medicines. / continued
in this way for nearly year, growing more
discouraged and disheartened all the time
Finally, having seen DR., Williams Pink Pills
extensively advertised. and read the tes-
tlnOuy Ol so many lnht iney nau DenonteQ
by their use, / resolved to test them.
"Whether l imagined 1t or not, don't
know, but l certainly felt better after having
taken the first box. | persevered in my ef-
forts to get well, taking the pills at frequent
Intervals. At the end of about a year. when
/ had consumed a dozen boxes, felt like a
new woman. My blood was healthy, my
cheeks. which had been formerly very pale.
took on some color, and my eyes, which had
grown very dull, became bright. In overy way
/ noticed an improvement in myself.
"Since then / have had some occasion e
renew tho doses, especially during ho
weather, when have severe headaches. Al
such times take the pills for the space of
week or so, and my complaint disappears
am not able to express the gratitude that
feel for the relief from intense suffering tha
this medicine has given me-"
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (neyer in loos
form by the dozen or hundred, and the pub
| lie are cautioned against numerous imita
tions sold in this shape) at so cents box o
six boxes for $3.50, and may be had of al
druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. viii
I iams Medicine Company.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
BAyIsHED THE WRONG ONE

Louis XII. Of France first gave permls-
sion to dishll spirils on a large scale. SO
terrific were the effects twenty-five years
aiterward that Francis, his successor, was
obliged for the safety of his subjects TO en-
act a law that the drunkard who remained
incorrigible after severe monitory punish
ment should suffer amputatiOn OF the ears
and be banished fro1l Kingdom.
How much more WIZ would Francis
have acted ifinstead OF banishing the drunk
ard he had banished the pernicious material
of drunkenness!
Yet in this nineteenth century Of our Gov
ernment to-day acts as unwisely as did
Francis. II imprisons the drunkard whereas
It should imprison the drunkard's drink
that which makes the drunkard. National
Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Peddling Electricity.

In disposing of the immense quanti-
ties of electrical energy yielded by
Niagara Falls it has been found profit
able to organize a local company to
bnY the electricity at wholesale and
sell it at retail. The profit OF peddling
electricity at retail prices is said to be
considerable. The idea may be elabo-
rated and developed indefinitely where.
ever electricity is supplied in very
large bulk.-New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
WOMEN OPPOSE rREAr1Na.

Vigorous action against the treating habit
Is being taken up by the w. O. 7. U. in the
States Of New York and Pennsylvania. An
anti-treating bill has been introduced into
the New York State Senate providing that
whoever treats or offers 10 treat any person
to an intoxicating drink or beverage in q
public place shall be fined s5 for the first
offence, and not less than five days. or more
than twenty for the second offence. The
White Ribboners are circulating pstition in
relating 10 this treating habit. Mrs.4lebecea
b. Chambers is pushing the movement In
Pennsylvania with the aid Of the State Presl-
dent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
Cure For SIeepIessness.

To cure sleeplessness, a noted doc
tor says, let the feet be put in water as
hot as possible before retiring. Hot
water is also advised by physicians to
be taken internally. 1t quiets excited
nerves and is good for indigestion,
these two being causes OF much in
somnia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28

John Rorrigan, known as ''Praying
john" of Ellis, Kan, has made it o
practice for many years to go out on
the prairie at sunrise and sunset, no
matter what the weather or season OF
his condition of health, and there to
offer up prayer. His knees have worn
away the turf and hardened the soil at
the place of his devotions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28
DRAGGING corn srunntr LAND.

So soon as frost is we'll out of the
ground in spring, two horses witt
heavy drag should be run over the
corn stubble of last year. 1t is an ex
oellent preparation for plowing, light
ening and drying the surface soil, sc
that when it is turned under the fur
row it at once begins to ferment
Land thus treated makes an excellent
seed bed for grain. The work also is
Just what horses need to break them
in for the heavier work of plowine
which must follow.