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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

The bust was brought from Europe by the
Anchor Line steamer Hesperia. 1t is said
to be duplicate OF the bust which is to
be presented to Mrs. Mckinley by the
women Of Ohio. 1t is presented to the
commonwealth by the people Of the State.
The likeness is good.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
Jules Verne.

II, meeting him without knowledge
who he was, l had been asked to divine
his profession, would have said he
was q retired army general or q pro-
lessor Of physics and mathematics or a
cabinet ofiicer-never an artist. says q
writer In the Chautauquan. IN speaking
Of Jules Verne. He does not show the
burden Of his almost 50 years. He has
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
BIG WHEEL MEET.

Quaker City Thoroughly Awakened
by Thousands Of Pedalera.
The opening race meet Of the eighteenth
annual meet Of the l.. a. w. was held
at Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia, be-
fore $4,000 spectators. 1t was the most
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

Adviccs from every wheat growing
county in Oregon show that the wheat
crop will be the largest in the history Of
the State. The total crop will amount to
about 1900, 600 bushels. The wheat ap-
pears to DO Of excellent quality.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

Charles 8. Ncwhall, head bookkeeper
Of the Agricultural Insurance Company Of
Boston. and treasurer OF the Melrose
(Mass.) Cooperative Bank and the Mel
rose Highlands Congregational Church,
10 under arrest at Bar Harbor. Me-. on
charges Of en.bexxlins $4,000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
New Surgical Treatment.

A hospital has been opened in London
for the treatment Of wounds, ulcers and
kindred ailments by oxygen gas. Tho
new method of treatment was suggest
ed by the Zulus. When they are wound
ed, they climb an eminence and expose
their wounds to the pure air Of the
mountainous. After the Turco- Rus
sian war, it was noticed also that the
inyalids sat with their wounded limbs
bare on the deck. Scientifically devel-
Oped. and with the addition Of oxygen
one part Of oxygen to one part OF puri-
fled air--that is the principle now
adopted at the Oxygen home. Boxes
are filled with the mixture at the gas
ometer and attached to the chambers,
which inclose the wounds. When q
London Mail representative visited the
hospital, merry little lad. afflicted
with discharges from the ears, was rum
ming about with tube In each ear,
attached to gas-bag, hung like q
school-satchel across his neck. A man
with diseased eye, wore an appliance
little larger than the ordinary shade.
Patients lay in bed with diseased limbs
inclosed in glass cases, fed automatical-
ly with the mixed gas. Comparisons
with the photographs Of the original
wounds showed that remarkable Inn
provements had been effected In 4 very
short time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

icrtook longer journey through the
South. This was in the summer OF 1871,
and he went as far ~ Savannah. The
country WAS very wild In those days and
the dangers Of the trip were many. He
returned BY al inland route and reached
Mount Vernon In the latter part OF Sep
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

The year 1891 is now set for the abo-
Iition Of the twelve club league and the
division Of the major body into two eight
club organizations, one composed Of Sum
day playing clubs and the. other to BE-
made up of those against playing ball on
that dag. The ten-year agreement among
the magnates terminates at the end of the
season Ut 100.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
M'KINLEY TAKES REST
PRESIDENT IS INDUCING IN A
VACATION.

Chief Executive Of the Nation and
Mrs. Mckinley At Lake Cha m plain
Resort-Hot Weather Outings Of
Other Presidents,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
A Pointed Reply.

Some little time ago Kaiser Wilhelm
was present at the enrolment Of re-
cruits for one Of his famous regiments
Of the Guards. He walked along the
lines. speaking a word here, asking 3
question there. One recruit was asked:
What would you do IL You are on
sentry duty and many people crowd
near your"
II should ask them to 90 away At
once, your Majesty"
That's all WELL" said the Kaiser,
''hut suppose one man stays behind and
makes himself nuisance to ron, what
would you say then?"
Il should say, Don't make yourself
a nuisance yonr Majesty"
The Emperor roared and said: "WelL
don't mean to make myself = nui~
sance," and 50 passed on to anotheR
visit0r.-London Figaro.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12
CANOVAS MURDERED.
SPANS PRIME MINISTER SHOT
BY AN ANARCHIST.

Dies Crying "Long Live 6pain"-M eets
HE Fate at q Bathing Resort-As in
the Case of Garnet Of France, AZ.
aassin 10 an Alien.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-12

FRS of Europe. He spoke of Cesare Santo,
the Italian assassin Of President Carnot,
as hero who belonged to band Of SINH
aar heroes devoted to the work Of de-
Stroying tyrants."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
Projects of a Queer Genius.

Colonel D. W. Hughes is queer
genius who lives in Audraip County.
Missouri. He has invented many con-
trivances of one sort or another in the
course OF his wandering career, the
most important of which is a corn
planting machine. Out of this he
made considerable money, but his
hopes of fortune are now founded on
an instrument which, by means of x
rays, perhaps, will not only reveal the
culinary value Of egg, but also the
gender of their embryonic occupants.
Both these things. the colonel says.
his invention will do with speed and
certainty, and he expects to sell one
of the new machines to every raiser of
poultry and every dealer in eggs in
the country.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

Farmers of bleeding Kansas" will
sympathize with their brother agri-
turists of Buenos Ayres, if they hap
pen to have any superAuous sympathy,
suggests the New York Times. Lo.
Gusts have come as a plague to the
farmers there, and the local authori.
ties have gone to the extent of making
q forced collection of money to raise
means to exterminate the pests. To
add to the troubles of the district the
gIasshoppers came in force and young
wheat aud other crops have been prac.
tically ruined. During late October
and early November hundreds of To-
borers armed with sticks were sent
through the fresh-lnfected districts
beating the locusts to death and de-
stroying the eggs, No other means
of extinction has proved so successful
as this. A practical use for the gen.
orally useless army of Buenos Ayres
has been found through this invasion.
In one district, Santa Fe, 700 soldiers
provided with cudgels were sent into
the fields 20 assist the farmers in the
destruction Of locusts. Latests adj
vices from the provinces infected are
that the Government is considering
the advisability of calling out the sol
diers Of the National Guard, arming
them With beating sticks, and setting
them al the work of determination.
This is because the outlook for crops
is so poor that famine is feared unless
every possible means for securing re-
lief is resorted to.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
Bird Sabbath Keeper.

A little girl in this city took charge
Of a friends canary while ago while
the friend was out of town. When
she returned her charge she reported:
81 think it is all right, but there
was one thing that worried me little.
She didn't take any bath yesterday,
although | filled the tub, as usual. "
The owner of the bird laughed.
ooh, that's nothing" she said. "Yes.
terday was Sunday. She never takes
a bath on Sunday. don't know why,
for she never neglects it on other
days. But so it is. She has this
rule, al a she never breaks it. 1hica.
90 II .er. Ocean.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

A wonderful thing in connection
with the wood pulp and paper bust
ness is where all the paper vanishes.
With a consumption of 5000 or 1000
cords OF wood per day in this country,
apd the manufacture of that amount of
white paper, yet the whole bulk goes
into consumption, and disappears al
most unaccountably. The individual
buys one, two or three newspapers
during the day, and it would puzzle
him to imagine where they might be
found on the second day. The rubbish
heap, the FIRE and other innumerable
ways of utilizing old paper must ae-
count for the disappearance. In the
matter of lumber, the wood maintains
its form and shape for a great length
of time, and retains to a certain ex-
tent its value, while on the other hand
old newspapers are scarcely worth col
lecting for any subsequent industrial
purpose to which they may be put.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

The late Colonel John r. Fellows,
District Attorney Of New York City,
was an orator who retained the old
style Of aorid eloquence to no small
degree, observes the st. Louis Star.
He could take a commonplace subject
and wrap it in verbiage resplendent
with the charm of diction and the
flowers OF Imagination. In these
modern days Of cold materialism ora
tors of the old school arc entirely too
few. But, then, new conditions have
forced a change in the style of oratory
in this country in the past few years.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
HUsINEss lNNnUNCEMTNT.

TIE subscription price ~ TuE CHnoucLa l.
81 per year. 90 cents lor 81 months, % cents
Coz ihro m0niba which positively must BE- paid
Ia aiSanos. All subscriptions viii Boz promptly
Htopped AZ expiration % time paid for
Obituary aud similar n0iio1a will boz charged
f9r ai the rate q 3 ceum per line. We will
furnish rates Tor display and Local advertising
81 application.
Our Job printing facilities are hrt-claas, aud
cur speciality is good work. Estimates (and
samples who're poas.bie) viii be furnished on
Application.
Ness communications and articles on ones.
Aona u pablo interest are solicited, but va
assume 10 responsibility Ter ths expressions
soniainod IN al such comm unioAiiona and
ARTICLES publahed.
hemittanoea can BE- made IN various Ways thai
arc perfectly safe bus al romittAnoea sent are
"a the riak Of sender Postage stamps Of and
Scent denominations will BE- received Ia sunni
e lees than 81, provided they are sent IN auoh
shape a. 70 prevent them sticking together.
All Femittancca aud business communication
shOuld be sent %
TRAVIS BROS. Publishers,
CAMDEN. TENH.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

Congress has done we'll in placing,
without extra charge to the sender, an
insurance Of not more than 8lO upon
every registered letter, believes the
New York Tribune. That will Oblige
che Government to pay an indemnity
for every registered letter lost or
stolen. But the increased business
thus attracted will doubtless make the
new system q source Of increased prof.
its to the Postal Department.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

sunhsh Of tho Pacific, Mola mola. This
extraordinary member Of the family.
though standing high in the list Of
fishes, is very unhshlike in appearance,
resembling some japanese monstrosity.
The fish is more OF less oval, covered
with hard skin that is enveloped With
a thick mucus. The dorsal fin is large
and high, and directly below it extends
the anal fin, which resembles it in
size and shape. Tail tho mola has
none, the body apparently being
chopped of, a mere ridge, controlled
by powerful muscles, taking it's place
and being entirely useless in the sense
of tail.
Thus equipped The sunfsh would
naturally be slow swimmer, and so
lethargic is it that the writer has often
approached it in q boat. On one
occasion boat hook was hooked into
the gills of large suufsh, which was
caught with little o. no resistance.
One OF the largest specimens OBJ
served by the writer grounded on the
bar OF the ST. Johns River and at
tracted so much attention that it
was caught and carried ashore where
it was provided with red eyes and ex-
hibited as "sca monster" The fish
was ten feet high, or that measure
ment between the tips Of the upper
and lower fms. A much larger speci-
men, eleven feet high, was observed in
California waters.
OF the islands of the Santa Barbara
Channel these fishes are very common
in midsummer, lying at the surface in
the choppy sen and apparently expos
ing their sides to the hot semitropic
sun. When lying IN this position, the
sea washing over them, they resemble
piece of wreckage, and are, without
doubt, so considered by numbers of
birds, especially the shags, which,
when weary from long flight and pre-
ferrlng a dry roost, alight on them
and retain their position without
alarming the fish. Several birds have
been observed resting on single
sunfsh, and some of the fishermen
assume that The fish, being infested
with parasites, take this position
either to allow the sun to destroy them
or thinking that tie birds will devour
them. In all probability the
matter of parasites does not enter into
the question as an explanation. The
fish enjoys floating at the surface where
TIE water is warm and the birds alight
upon it simply as a rest, just as they
would upon any floating object.
Sunfsh could be caught in numbers
off the islands mentioned, but no use
having been discovered for them,
they have no market value. Their
muscles are so hard and elastic that
when cut into small pieces and thrown
upon the ground they rebound. In
one small seaport the writer found
that the elastic tissue was used by the
fishermen's boys in the manufacture of
baseballs.
The young of sunfsh is singular
looking little creature, Matching from
eggs deposited on the high seas, float
ing at the surface. They were sup
posed for many years to be differ
emit species, so unlike were they in
general appearance to tho adult sur
fish,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
Cost of War.

According to the estimates of Ger.
man and French statisticians the wars
of the last forty years have cost the
Nations engaged in them, in money
alone, the almost inconceivable sum
of $l3, 900, 600, O00 OF this amount
France has paid nearly So, 500, 600, 600
as the cost of her war with Prussia.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05

Germany and France are both scold.
ing England for agreeing 10 arbitra-
tiOn in the Venezuelan affair.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
HOW JOE TIE PHANTOM
BROKE JAIL.
uY DAN QUINy.

ORD comes through
tho detective Office
that Joe Butts.
sometimes known
as Joe the Phantom.
has been arrested al
Calcutta Butts Is
wanted for the rob
Terry Of E60OO worth
ofdiamouasat Man
chester ln comp
any with his vile,
who IL we'll known
TO the police OF
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-02-05
birds ROOsT on ms BACK.

The Gigantic sunnah or the paeiaf
Ocean.
Around tho southern islands Of The
Santa Barbara group, whore tho tides
come mp and down ia Gtiul measure,
b. a famous feeding ground for She
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

moment 1 was beside him. His pulse
had ceased to beat. Heart failure.
The school teacher came out. looked
into his face. She could not speak for
tears. She returned 10 the school house
and brought back her wraps In a mo-
ment she had his head on an impro-
vised pillow and his face covered with
ner apron The school children stood
around awe struck by the presence of
the dead Their whispers were almost
as strange as laughter. The teacher
dismissed the school and started off to
notify the people
When the coroner arrived he found
the apron and the wraps still by the
dead man and his body covered with
Wild flowers. 1t is said that during the
whole ni-ht the teacher sat in the lit
tie school house guarding The body of
the dead. Probably she knew.-Hare
Wagner in San Francisco Call
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

British newspaper man-only they
called it a journalist on the other side
was at the club one evening. He had
been in Washington for some time and
was leaving next day. Mr.. Karl Decker
made speech TO him.
Mr.. So-and-So.' he said, you have
spent some time with us, and you have
made many friends. We have become
attached to you. You are going away
tomorrow and we may never see you
again. but in order that you may al
ways have something by which to re-
member US, on behalf of the Press
club | present you this ring
And then he struck the call bell on
the. reading table near him. The En-
glishman looked just trifie Devil
dered for a, bit, then hecreached out his
hand, thanked the club and pocketed
the bell. And-bless his simple English
heart-next morning he told another
newspaper man how kind the Press
club had been TO him and what a lovely
presentation speech Mr.. Decker had
made.
Mr.. Decker must have been awfully
nervous. you know" he said, though
he didn't show it, for he said, L present
you this ring and. don't you know. it
wasn't a ring at all: it was d bell"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. SUNDAY JUNE 20. 1897

and weighs sos tons. fires a charge of
$40 pounds of slow burning powder, a
steel proiectlie weighing LOO pounds.
thrown with a velocity of 200 = ct per
second. and developing a muzzle en-
ergy of 49, 27 foot tons. or 74.000.000 foot
pounds, and is capable of piercing 24.54
inches of solid steel at a distance of
LOCO yards from the inuzzle.
The plant. While just over ten years
old. has sufficient capacity to more than
supply the demands for our growing
naval ornaments. is worth, includ-ng
an estimated value of grounds and all
buildings. nearly $4,000 coo. and has an
annual output of about 81 100000. As a
gun factory it is thoroughly equipped.
and the products of it's manufacture
are equal in material. workmanship,
strength and endurance to any guns in
the world. AS a business enterprise ii
is a decided success. and is most pos
tive proof that the United States gov
eminent can operate a large enterprise
on business principles, when under the
direction and supervision of men who
are prompted by ambition and de-
sire 20 excel.
HENRY A. WILEY, u. S. n.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
WYOMING FOSSILS.
Bones of Prehistoric Monsters Found
in Great Abundance.


A Laramie correspondent writes tc
the Denver News:
The visit of Henry f. Osborne, the
distinguished paleontologist of Column
bia college, to the Wyoming university
again calls to mind the great fossil
richness of this state and some of the
marvellous reptilian specimens which
have been collected by the Wyoming
university. Professor Knight and his
assistant geologist and mineralogist,
Professor Reed, have placed in the col
lege of mechanical arts the largest
vertebrate of dinosaur ever discovered.
This amphibious creature was over 100
feet when he browsed on the earth or
swan in the great sea which covered
this region in ages past. This great
vertebrae Is of an enormous animal
and one that is today unknown to
science, and the work of describing it
to the world has not yet been begun.
They have niniteen feet of the verte-
brae of another dinosaur which was the
part of living creature nearly 100 feet
long, which in the days of his earthly
wanderings walked partly like a kan
CARGO ana stood probably 30 or 90 feet
high from the ground. Professors
knight and Reed have enough of the
other bones of this creature to restore
it and erect it in its natural attitude.
The university has the bones of an
other saurian which is new to science
and which stood upon four legs and
was 20 or more feet high in life. The
femoral bones of this animal are like
great pillars as one stands beside them,
and the mind Donders to conceive the
enormous size of the creature that was
one day supported by them. Its weight
must have been Drodigious to require
such supports.
The university has a paddle from a
plesiesaures, or swimming saurian, a
marine reptile of the jurassic age. be-
fore the time of the dinosaur. which is
pronounced BIZ Professor Osborne and
other of the best specialists, 10 be the
finest specimen ever found in America
in the way of fossils. This wonderful
specimen was found by Professor
knight in Natrona county, 20 miles
west of CASPER and Professor Cope
afterwards quietly planned TO have it
unearthed and removed TO the east,
but this was prevented by the au
thorities here.
Wyoming is the richest field in the
country for the paleontologist. The uni
versity collection is worth a good many
thousand dollars. and itshas been prin
cipally made during the past year. In
the time of these extinct animals this
country had great inland seas and I'M
doubtedly wonderful growth of vege-
tation.
The complete jaw of an elephant was
recently found 80 miles north of this
city in Hallock canyonawith two teeth
in it, 1T is modern and consequently
not fossilized From its appearance
Professor Reed is satisfied that it has
not been washed far. There is a tradi-
ton or theory that elephants were
plentiful in this region at one time.
The Indians TODAY tell of their exist
ence in Alaska,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

work is concerned. they are lifted from
the lathes and deposited at the shrinS-
ing pit, where some of the most in
teresting details OF gun construction
are carried out.
FITTING TUBE WITH JACKET.
The jacket is placed in vertical
position in the center OF a cylindrical
friedrich furnace. where it is expanded.
The brick furnace is inclosed in an iron
cylinder. with q large air space be-
tween. and q heavy iron cover fits over
the top of both. A constant supply of
air is forced into the bottom OF the
outer cylinder. where it comes into
contact with burning petroleum, and
the heated gases resulting from COM
bustion circulate around the jacket and
bring it gradually up to the proper
temperature, which does not exceed
600 degrees. So gradual and equal
must the expansion be, and so par
ticular are those in charge TO avoid
any possibility of particles of grit or
foreign matter adhering TO the metal,
that the products of combustion are
not brought into contact with the
jacket at all. 1t remains in the furnace
about so hours before il reaches the
proper degree of expansion, during
which time the cover is occasionally
lifted off. the cylinder gagged along
its entire length. and its temperature
tested at different points by the ap-
plication of strips of fusible metal.