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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
New INSTRUMENT Of war,

An Austrian newspaper announces
that Mauser, the well-known mAnufac-
turer Of firearms and the inventor Of
the mitrailleuse which bears hs name,
has, Just inverted q new mitraiueuse
which loads and discharges itself auto
matically. There are three modes Of
this, and experiments with them are
said to have been highly successful.
The .6-caliber permits a fire Of sixty
or seventy shots to the minute; tho
.10-cauber, q fire OF eighty shots to the
minute, and the .20-caliber, q Ore Of
ninety shots. The .1O-caliber mitrail-
leuse can easily be carried and ope-
rated by q single a~rtiIeryman.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
EuRope,s PEACE MoNARcH.
Oscar, king Of Sweden, Who Ste nds
. 4. Ok Feet Three.

- ~+r4Et#s. - ----L- ~ rS@H.
Oscar, king Of sweden, Who stands
6fx Feet Three.
In climbing the mountains and
breathing the pure salty breeses Of the
sea, were a splendid preparation for
supper at 8 p. m. We hurried some
what, as there was to be a soiree at
$50, at which the King was expected
to be present. ! had never seen the
King and was very anxious to e his
Majesty Of whom l knew and had
heard SO much. We succeeded In get.
ting good places on the gallery and In
a few minutes his Majesty, King Oscar,
three members Of the Cabinet and 9TH
er distinguished guests walked into the
hall. King Oscar lis the peace monarch
OF Europe. His reign will be twenty
Ave years of duration next month and
that period Of time has been one Of
growth, development and increased
prosperity for Sweden, but not by arms
or war, but by more vigorous indus
tries, increased popular education, and
business principles applied to every
day life. The King is the most learned
monarch living, an eloquent speaker,
a most entertaining conyersattonalist.
a poet Of note, but also a diplomat and
astute business man.
But he is something more. He Is the
nearest and dearest friend Of his peo-
pie. 1t seems that he has not m enemy
in Sweden. No nihilists In that Luther
EN- and educated country The Kings
a is open to everybody, that Is the
reason. Reforms and progress and de-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

been characterized by exceptional bru-
tally. Some OF the victims have suf-
fered without any cause being known
to those who were In. a position to
Judge best Of their lives. In. Brown
County a man and q woman, Il , latter
sick at the time, were taken out Of their
cabin at night, the cabin, with their lit
tie effects, burned and themselves
driven from the county with threats OF
hanging II they returned. In another
instance in the same county a man was
numerically whipped because he
would not work, though a physician
was attending him ut the time and tes-
tilted afterward that 1t. was impossible
for his patient to perform. any, kind OF
labor. This man was receiving aid
from the township trustees and the
reason for attempting to drive him to
work was that he might no be a bur
den upon the taxpayers of the town
ship. After the whipping he refused to
accept further aid on account Of fear
of another beating and his immediate
neighbors contributed to his support till
he was able to return to work. He IL
reported to be a quiet, inofensive citi-
zen and was never accused Of crime.
A case In Monroe County that excited
great Indignation among the order-lov-
ing citizens was that Of the whipping
Of q widow on account Of alleged i'm
proper conduct. Her husband had died
q year before, and she was trying to
cultivate a piece Of poor land and make
a living for herself and two small chill
dren. She was the associate Of her
nearest neighbors, regularly attended
the country church, and no one had
ever breathed q word against her char
acter. To the surprise of all. her. friends
she was taken from her home at night
and threatened with whipping II she
did not leave the neighborhood. Only
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

1 III conccded to be the home of
f1ssaslEfhfte GIMP. Il 10 In the Hoosier
\ afhat the organization and prac-
\ "a theirI birth, and, although both
H4 ntncc spread to many States, the
Of no other community have
f601Mieted with them as have the
~. How or by whom the first
% cteanixation was formed is
1(1loNn, but early IN the SOS 1t be-
~G6&f4ttons, and its success in rid
3kfalns localities Of miscreants
gs1me9 f1pid spread Of the organiza-
y kMNy p1rts OF the State. These
~ xRe4Ibife pillow-cases over
ka42ea0s and shoulders, with holes
& thF0ueh 10 enable them to see, be-
11n sWttching better living into the
s1gSWtess element. Armed with switches
ey would ride silently up to the home
81 0utlaw, and, taking him un-
9N1Ees, would switch him nearly to
esth. III several cases death did re-
nat from the beatings which were adj
SS11nistered usually to the outlaw and
NJ whole family irrespective Of sex.
White Caps were regularly organ
sine1d and governed with great sternness
1d secrecys No one was admitted I'M
se hin character for honesty was
eovo reproach. A sitting was held
gNAefe Il was thought desirable that the
Akeanf8at3On take up some special case.
Nhen Il had decided that punishment
Mns necessary a was meted out with
-AAASA--VsA -
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
A N


w nat enc VVOutO 11O'lk N1GEv&0SxeHe04A
dent Of the United 6tateA. !.
Mrs. Josephine X. Henry, who, IL she
were elected to the Presidency of the
United States, would stand for the re-
monetization Of silver, for prohibition,
for universal suffrage and agnosticism,
is a Kentucky woman who has already
been mentioned as a candidate for the
Presidential nomination in 1900. Mrs.
Henry for many years has been$prOmi-
nent in Kentucky as a reformer and
she is one of the leading women of that
State. She is q native Of Newport, KY.
Her. father was Capt. Euclid William
son, a STEAMBOAT q In the days .0f-
the floating palaces Of the Ohio and
Mississippi. Her father died when she
was very young, but her mother looked
after the child and was careful that she
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

HiA bat Not Killed BY ! Cannon Ball.
A unique distinction belone1 to Cir
Robert Rawlinson, K. 9. B.-thAt OF Be-
ing the only soldier who has been
knocked out OF the saddle by a cannon
bah without being killed. The idepti-
cal efotty-two-pound shot Ii preserved
by LAdy Rawlinson a. an interesting
relic. lat the Crimea Sir Robert was
ytding!with a group Of artillery officers,
when he announced his intention Of
turning back. At this moment q shot
from the Russian lines came whix1ing
along In front OF him, cutting the reins
ana p0mmel Of the saddle, and wedg-
ink : steel porSe with terrific force
against the riders hip-bone.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

her piteous pleading saved her from the
pain and indignity which the White
Caps intended to iniict. It is said in
behalf Of the White Cap organisation
Of the county that It was not the mover
in this outrage, and that none Of It's
members were present, but the citizens
who have appealed Tor relief point to
this fact ~ an additional reason for
the disbandlng Of the organisation, for
It illustrated Whist may be done in its
name.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
her nose viudicated.

The report Of the finding Of the big.
gest nugget Of gold yet discovered ID
the Yukon country appears to have
been forwarded by the FIRST newspaper
correspondent Of the female sex to ar
rive 10 that country. The woman In
Journalism thus again vindicates her
nose for news.-Boston Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
Hypnotssine By Telephone.

AypnOCs8tnG ~ TedephOne.
The wonders Of the telephone never
cease. The latest brought to the atten-
ton Of the New York Electrical En-
gineer II the hypnotixing Of . young
boy through the medium OF the tele-
phone 1t Houston, Texas. It 10 need
less to surmise, adds the Engineer, that
the subject was q pronounced catalep-
tic; bqt the fact brought to light would
seem to indicate more strongly than
ever the necessity for q stringent law
against the p~romiscuous practice Of
hypnotising. The Engineer does not
imagine that many persons could be in
nuenced hyppotically over the ,tele-
phone, yet It believes 1t win be just 40
wen to guard against such practices. by
prompt and effective legislation.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
Country Life and LIVING.

Country Life and Living.
Referring to a fashion or tendency
which II certainly worthy Of common
dation and encouragement, n Of the
metropolitan dailies suggests that per
haps nothing II more indicative In 4
small way Of our growth as . nation In
than tire Increased liking
among our weather. young people for
country living ana the broader and
more wholesome interests attendant
on such An existence. Twenty-Five
years ago even fashionable people
rarely, II ever, Quilted the groove In
which they MI moved. They were con
tent with the town life IN q brown
stone front In winter, the smaller and
less cared-for cottage In Newport, or
some other watering place In summer,
q the then peculiarly American fash
lon Of herding together in the great
hotels at various famous resorts OF. the
day. The rich young men Of that gen.
Grafton found. their pleasures In dane
ting and flirting. fast driving. European
travels and more OF. less rapid living.
The comparatively recent development
OF Whist seems to be an American lei
class has had undoubtedly agreat
deal 70 do with the changes In the ways
Of living and thinking among the fash
ionable younger ret, but one must not
underrate also the influence OF, ont
door sports which imported originally
from England, has In the last decade
taken root IN the healthy Anelo-eaxon
procllvities Of q race. ana produced
q rapid and vigorous growth. the ef-
fects Of which ire apparent in the Dhy-
'sica1 development OF the younger -
eration.-Good Housekeeping.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

OF Fate" IL especially well known. Her
husband, Capt. William Henry, was an
officer In the Confederate army and
served with distinction on the side Of
the South. Six years ago Mrs. Henry
lost her only son. This event cast .
gloom upon, her life which she has tried
to tighten by her work for womankind.
She does not dream even of being elect.
ed President. but her ideas of what
should be are just as vigorous as IL she
had some hope ut some time In the
future Of being the nations chief mag
istrate.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

was given ayliberal and q good educa-
ton. The child evinced q genuine tai
ent for music, and she IL to-day in no
mean way q capable musician As a
poet Mrs. Henry has made a good sue
cess. Her verses have the true ring
and have been widely copied in the
newspapers of the country. Prisoners
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
PREHISTORIC NEW MEXICO.

PREHISTORIC NEW MEXICO.
Modern Discovery Proves a Celebrated
Mesa Was Formerly Inhabited.
Some measure OF the romantic inter-
est which originally chung to 1t will N
restoredtothe famous Mesa Encantada
II, as Prof. +. w. Hodge, of the Smith.
sOnian Institution, now reports. trace.
Of human habitation have been found
on that historic rock. A few weeks ape
Prot. William Libbey, who managed ia
scale the lakeland, came back with In,
report that there were no evidences
that human foot had ever trod upon It
His successor was more successful
however, and claims to have discover
ed fragments Of pottery, arrows, sber
bracelets, stone axes and other unmis
taxable proofs of the truth OF the tra,
ditiOn that the mesa was once thu
stronghold of a people descended from
prehistoric time.
This discovery, II correctly reported
bears out the truth CT some very old
traditions respecting the Acoma and
other Indians formerly living in New
Mexico. In 1910 Francisco vasaue,
Coronado, who went into this territor1
upon what Is known as the Coronado
expedition" sent back some very inter
esting. reports as to the manners and
customs of the natives whom he found
in Acoma. Pedro de Castenada. who
was a member of the expedition, actu.
ally describes just such an inaccessible
tableland known as the Mesa Encnn,
tada, a lakeland known then as Acu.
CO. This mesa held a village of about
200, whose Inhabitants 'were robbers
feared by the whole country round
about. The village was very strong be-
cause 1t was out Of reach, having steep
sides in every direction, and so high
that 1t was q very good musket that
could throw a ball sc high" A single
entrance by a stairway led to a point
where the explorers had to 20 up by
means of holes in the rock, in which
they put the points of their feet. hold.
ing on at the same time by their hands,
At the top was space enough for corn.
fields and for large cisterns for the col.
lection Of water" This account Is sub
stantially corroborated by other mem.
hers Of the expedition and by Alvar.
ado, a captain under Coronado. All the
reports of the expedition, which took
place during the years 1910, 1541 and
1912, agree in describing the inhabit-
ants Of the rock as a people dwelling
In a state Of standardization and en-.
jOying their absolute immunity from
attack on any side.
The documents in which these nara.
lives are authenticated were carefully
investigatated by Prof. George Parker
Winship, Of Harvard University, and
first published in complete form by the
Smithsonian bureau OF ethnology In
1893. If Prof. Hodge has found traces
Of life on the celebrated mesa, his dis.
covery will tend to prove not only the
authenticity Of the Spanish reports, but
Of the Indian traditions as to the pre-
historic life which existed i'm the south
west ofsthis country long before the
Spaniards first began the conquest of
American soil.-Chicago Record.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
Alaskan Inseces,

The whole Yukon region y amicted
BY clouds Of bloodthirsty mosquitoes.
accompanied BY q vindict:ye ally IN the
shape Of 4 poisonous Back ~.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

We sometimes think that people ID
not die Of old age; they worry dheln-
selves to death.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
ItsGPlaue3blo,

May-I wo0dDDr Why Cupid II always
represented 1kA baby3
Jack-Prob4blt he catcher cold ana
meets with m early death oWing -
m insufficient amount Of wearing ~
parel. !.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

Never punish children ~ striking
4hetA a the bad. T1Ars an otheR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06
BUT A FAIRY FAKE.

This is the era of fake. 1t is so that
to accept anything on its face for truth
means disappointment. Action and re-
action being equal the pendulum after a
while may swing the other way. If it
goes as far in the direction Of demand
for truth as it has swung under the IN
fuence Of falsehood, to tell lie Will be
made capital offense. We would Ike
to believe our own paper, but there are
things whisked us nightly by lightning
over the wires for which good round
price is paid upon the representation OF
it being simple, unvarnished truth, that
those things which do not commend
themselves to reason are passed over
until such time as more reliable evil
dence is forthcoming. The good people
OF the United States were short time
since given to understand that Major
Mckinley had written letter suggest
ing that the fifty thousand dollars pro-
posed to be expended on an inaugural
U6ll III nlS Dt AdhNh ~ hNiP NA@O
Door, etc. The story for veracity proves
to be on a par with that telegraphed
everywhere that the CLOTHS in Miss
Yaw's long neck had worn hole in her
jugular vein and she had bled TO death.
Major Mckinley knew nothing of that
letter till it appeared in print. In fact,
no such sum as $4,000 has been raised
for said ball. The dancers at said balls
always put up for the fiddlers and all
the other expenses. The whole thing is
in the hands of a committee of arrange
ments and the price of admission gem
orally more than pays the bills. Who
started the story of McKinleys letter
and why, would be hard TO guess. 1t
was simply a fake intended 10 interest
the American people, and it did, as did
the one which followed it, that Mrs.
Mckinley will not permit wine served
at the inaugural ball. Mrs Mckinley
will have no control of this ball. 1t
will be run by the management and run
for society, the government nor the city
of Washington paying any of the ex-
DenspS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06
WHY ONLY BRYANq

The Populist legislature has invited
". J. Bryan of Nebraska TO address il
at such time in the future as NAV suit
the convenience of Mr.. Bryan. This Is
n strange proceeding for legislative
body Of one state 10 invite an orator of
sister state TO lecture it upon some
general subject Whether ever heard of
before, it is at any rate the height of
foolishneSS- The Kansas legislature
would not humiliate Itself by calling
upon Bryan TO discuss some specific leg
lslatiye proposition; this would be hu-
initiating. Ii would be confession Of
incompetency. Why ask him 10 talk on
any general topic: II this distinguished
gentleman should happen 10 be in To-
peka ii would be a proper exchange of
oourtesies 10 invite on the one hand aud
TO respond on the other. But TO go out
end bid a stranger to come into the
state and lecture the lawmaking power
of a commonwealth is absurd and ride
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06
BETTER KILL HIM.

It is only a question Of time, seem
ingly of short time, when the cranks
will be running this country. When
they once do get in control, if they do
not. in the madness of their various
phases of fanaticism, kill each other off,
then those who can't seek another coun-
try for home will have to relinquish
everything they hold TO be of value
end submit, nolens volens. Convictions
OF lifetime will have to be given up,
the dictates of reason and the results
of observation be repudlated, conscience
subjected and even conceptions of
Deity be prescribed. The calendar of
the Pop legislature is in itself reveal
ton. Should all the bills appearing
there become laws life in the state
would prove intolerable. The statutory
aggregation would be something more
than startling. The state would be left
as a big machine with full head of
steam on and all its cogs, shafts, pin
lens. aXles, cranks cams and screws in
tercbanged and misplaced, and an en-
gineer for every part endeavoring 10
run his part his OWN way.
We referred yesterday TO bill which
proposes the mutilation of the human
body as a penalty for a crime. 1t is a
beastly bill. such as would discredt
3 council of Hottentots. II would be far
more humane to cut off the guilty mans
head, punch out his eyes, tear off his
arms and pull out his legs. Society
may have right, in protecting itself,
to take life, but it has no right to go
beyond that. Leaving out the question
Of its obscenity and the disgrace to the
state, the thing itself is horrible. Such
proposed mutilation of idiots and imbe-
rifles called out an indignant protest
from the people. A man must be a man
Or nothing. If but nit. then why permit
t to exist? Barbarism is not in il with
that Botkip bill The morbid fanati-
cism, the faced crankism which en-
dorSes such a measure is dangerous as
an element TO society and degenerating
10 civilization. If the legislature passes
that bill, Kansas will become not only
hiss To the country at large but a by
word to the world 1t would be more
humane TO have each male child exam
med at birth by experts, and if found
with hereditary tendencies in the direc-
lion Of verility, TO legally strangle him,
then and there, to death.
The Atchison Globe observes. and log
ically: "If the Botkin bill becomes n law
bills will follow it TO punish theft by
cutting off the hands. and TO stop scan
dial mongers by cutting ont their
tongues and cutting off their ears. Re
form will not stop here. II man can
prove that his wife gads too much the
law will come to his relief by cutting
of the feet Of a gadding woman. The
law Furnishing theft by cutting off the
hands will also be amended, if neces-
sary, 10 make the same punishment fit
women who indulge excessively in card
playing"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06
ulous. Not because it is Bryan, but be-
caIISe anybody

uIous. Not because it Is Bryan, but be-
cause anybody.
No one however partisan will be-
grudge Mr.. Bryan any just and merited
| distinction. He is a clever public speak
er beyond question. AS a political
stump speaker he takes high rank,
while as a lecturer so much cannot be
! said. Yet if this legislature feels that 1t
is incapable to discharge the functions
for which it was elected by the people,
that it needs education and wants to
turn that body into kindergarten
school for the study Of political ques-
tons. it is proper to ask, why stop with
one invitation? Why not extend this
lecture course? Let it by all menas in
clude Altgeld-a statesman just now
out of a job-who is by far the more
accomplished in the line of Populist
craftsmanship than Bryan. Invite all
the patriots-Weaver, Donnelly, Norton,
Debbs. Tillman and-Watson. In the
meantime the reading clerk might put
in the time between lectures by reciting
passages from Looking Backward"
1.-The Way Out" Caesars Column"
'Ten Men on Money Island" 'The So
cial Control and 1.-THE First Battle"
The school should be in session all the
time and the people of Kansas will not
regret, hard up as they may be, paying
these students in craftsmanship $500 a
day if they only get modicum of light
upon public economic subjects.
Bryan may have failed as a lecturer,
but he is still in demand as tutor for
the Kansas legislature. But it needs
emphasizing that this legislative kinder
garten for political study should not be
limited and partial. II should include
the best intellect of the Performers" We
understand the craftsmanship Of Amer
lea from Hamilton, Washington and
Jefferson to Blaine and Cleveland, and
there is no use to waste time upon this.
All Of it is tinctured with party prcju-
dice-in line with the rule by the ''old
parties" and therefore Anticipated and
of no public service. Give us new light.
Let the Populist legislature commit
themselves assiduously to the tasks as
signed by these teachers of new econ
omy, of a new democracy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06
uture salary as many eonEressnen-elee,

future salary as many oongressnsn-elee;
do.
Eureka Messenger: Cutfnyer has both %
his icebouses filled. = quantity 90 over so
tons. and Sufficient 20 supply Euerka for
two seasons. The ice l. only about ~
inches thlck. but & IS OF good quality.
Good Ice cheap viii De boon next July
About thousand collars VII % saved 70
the community over last years Vrless. ard
TIRE money al sszy az home.
II Dorado Republicans A young doctor.
wishing 20 make n good sFuprcssloa upon
a German farmer. nsutioHs1 the fact TIA;
he RAD received a doobls sdueatior. az <
were He had studied Homeopathy. ard
vas also q rrasusts % . ''ressizTf ns@dical
school "Dh. dot vas roSiux" ssi1 fhe
farmer. Il bad vonne eaif vo; svrks1
two COWS e.a - mae no1ing bat CEN
nca sch-ser after ar