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The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
A Handy Man.

Mike-Tney say Tim Cassidy died without tn aid av docthor.
 Pat-Well, Tim was always a haYdy lad at anything.-Judge.
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Editor-"There isn't an idea in this story of yours" Great AuthoI@'I couldn afford 10 sell 1t to you if there was. "-Life
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Norwich N. Y, Feb. r, 1900.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
An Old Field Need.

Some men would be witty if they knew how to be brief-Chicago Journal
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
very Likely.

'I notice the belboys at the hotel arc invariably called 'Buttons.' Wonder why that is?'
 Probably because they're off when you need em most Philadelphia Ledger.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

You can do your dyeing in half an hour with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
Asked and Answered.

that you are always borrowing trouble?"
 Because" answered the melancholy in- dividual. it is the only thing l can bor- row without security. Daily News
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

'
 Give me power" said another.
 And to me low, persuasive voice, the last murmured.
 Each had her will The beauty of the first was ruined by an accident The power of the second lasted but one season. But the third woman kept her talisman through long life, and from it came many things, among them power-Minna Thomas Antrim in Lippincott's.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

A friend is a man with whom you can go camping twice.-Chicago Tribune.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

In bragging of the seed don't forget the soil.-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
Why Suffer with Backache ?
I have suffered several years with haclxache. and after taking one bottle of

Ihave been cured. Since then I have not been troubled with my back. Too much cannot be said in it's praise.
 Capt. Vim. Forrest, Memphis, Tenn. Manufactured by Smith Medical Co.,. St. Louis, Mo.
 Price 50 cents and si .oo Trial Sample mailed free. For sale by all druggists.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10

Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything Whit man.
The Monticellonian., 1903-12-10
Three omen.

q will grant each of you one wish, cssented fate to three women. T choose beauty" exclaimed the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
Excursion to Lake ohoboii and spirit Lake
Jnne rs.
Via the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 So,
Paul Railway.
ATTRACTIONS.

A Grand Concert and Musical Pro.
gram will BE given In the new payil.
ion at lao p. M. free 10 holders of ex-
cursion tickets.
Baseball Came at 2:3O p. M. AIgona
{colored) vs.. Mason City. Admission
free to holders Of excursion tickets.
Grand stand, 25 Scents
Five large excursion steamers, the
aOkoboji,n Queen, Iowa, "IlIl-
nois' and .'Hiawatha" viii make trips
on Okohoji Lake AT 25 cents for the
round trip.
A special train viii leave Elk Point
at 6:I0 d. M. Oh Sunday, June %. and
returning, will leave Arnold's Park st
/ p. M, Sunday, June 2s
Excursion tickets will be good going
and returning onlSon above train and
date.
Round-trip rate from Elk Point 81. 90
For further particulars apply to The
ticket agent Of the f'llicagc, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul R'y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
shipping points.

shipping points.
Wheat lands must meet the COMPETE
tion OF wheat growers the world over.
While we grow practically three-ffths
of the corn of the world, we do not
grow more than one-fifth of the wheat
of the world, and hence the price Oi
wheat must be matter OF competi.
tion between all the wheat growing
countries. The value Of wheat lands,
therefore. depends on the peculiar
adoption Of wheat, whether winter
or spring, on the ease with which they
are cultivated, and on their market
facilities. We do not believe that their
normal value will ever bo as high as
lands devoted to corn and alfalfa.
There are various other things
which govern the price OF land, the
discussion of which would make this
article undly long: the society OF the
neighborhood, the church and school
facilities, the climate, the liability to
drouth, the lay of the land-all these
must be taken into account in deter
mining whether land which the farmer
is about to purchase will increase In
value in the future.
The farmer who has surplus money
to invest can very well spend some
time ia answering the advertisements
in Wallaces' Farmer and, always re-
membering that the advertiser has
land to sell, he can Judge pretty ac-
curately as to whether 1t will pay him
to invest. No man, however, SHOULD
invest in lands either for cultivation
by himself or his tenant or for the ad-
vance In price without acquainting
himself with the character of the soil,
with the subsoil, the distribution Of
rainfall during the year, and the tenn
perature summer and winter. These
are determining factors. No man
ought to expect sure crops with less
than twenty inches of rainfall unless
this il well distributed through the
growing season. There are sections
which have more than twenty inches
Of rainfall which are not reliable be-
cause that rainfall comes when you
do not need II and fails to come when
you do. The farmer, whether the
prosecution Of his business sis farm
ting or making investments In the
future. needs to study very carefully
the rainfall aud temperature OF each
section and no less carefully the char
acter of the subsoil under the land.
These are among the most important
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
Uncle SANS Pension RaIls.

Some idea OF the yastness of the
funds paid ont at the various pension
agencies throughout the country every
three months is given in "a requisitlon
just forwarded by the secretary of the
interior to the secretary Of the treas
ury. The requisiitsen calls for an ag-
gregate of $1o.955,0o0, and is to be
paid to small armies Of veterans from
half a dozen OF the agencies during
the first week in March. Payments
are made at each agency quarterly,
but for convenience sake, the agencies
are divided into three groups, each
group paying Off on different month.
Following are the figures for March:
Boston, Mass, $1.S40,0O0; Augusta,
Me-, 100000; Washington, ID. C., ST.
10000; Columbus, o., s., ,T50, 900; San
Francisco Cal, $1,i55.0 .0O0s Detroit.
Mick., $1.GO0.000. Washington star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25

probably about three-ffths. The ter.
ritory that produces any corn beyond
that required for immediate use, while
really large, is relatively small. The
northwest quarter OF Ohio, the most
OF Indiana, Illinois, large part OF
Iowa, northern Missouri, and eastern
Kansas and Nebraska are the only sec.
tions that produce corn beyond home
requirements.
The use OF corn outside Of food for
animals on the farm has become SO
very great in recent years that it may
be safely said that the period OF cheap
corn, that is, corn under twenty-five
cents per bushel on the farm, is past.
The yield OF corn by improved cult.
walton can be very easily increased on
these lands twenty-five per cent:
hence, we think corn lands at any
reasonable price are a good buy
whether they are in the corn export
ing states or not.
Alfalfa lands, that is, lands that are
capable of producing from two to four
tons Of Alfalfa per acre without irri.
CATION, are, we think, cheap at present
prices. Their normal value is very
great and the nearer they lie to the
corn belt the greater is their value, for
the reason that alfalfa. with corn at any
reasonable price can be made into a
balanced ration for any kind of stock
without the addition of any other kind
OF grain whatever. We have for more
than ten years been OF the opinion that
these lands have the highest normal
value of any land in the United States.
The extent of these lands Is as yet
undetermined. It is safe to say that
alfalfa will be grown in the future in
many sections where the best posted
men will NOT believe it possible to
grow 1t now.
Whether there is money to be made
by the farmer In buying land for the
double purpose OF making d living on
it for the present and taking the ad.
vance In value for profit depends ou
whetheI that land is now below its nor.
NAL value or not, ANY land that will
produce from forty to seventy tusheIs
of corn, according to the year, under
good cultivation, that will produce
wheat, blue grass and clover, and car
be bought Az $50 per acre. is, TO say
the least, sale bu7, no matter II
what state II il located, provided o
course, " has market facilities ant
railroad connection with the grea
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25

asked for there is no subject on which
the farmer In thinking more earnestly
Just now than the probabilities of an
advance in the price of land. There
is scarcely day that this question is
not asked us by farmers. They are
aware of the fact that large per cent
fof the actual wealth Of the farmers in
the Mississippi valley has been made,
so to speak, over night while the farm
er slept, or, rather day and night. They
know that within thirty years with not
much more than half our population to
begin with, a large portion Of the coun-
try west of the Mississippi and most OF
the really good country between the
Missouri river and the Pacific ocean
has been added to the agricultural
acreage, and the question arises. with
eighty million population and an
enormous emigration pouring into the
country, where win the price Of land
go to. Are the present prices which
to some seem unreasonably high nor-
NAL and justified by existing condi.
tions?
First, bear In mind that there Is nc
fixed price for anything, except per-
haps postage stamps, the price oi
which is governed by law. Prices are
fluid, not solid; like the waves of the
sea, rising and falling: therefore,
whether land will advance in price be.
young the present high level in the most
favored states must be not merely a
Question OF opinion but q question ol
conditions and circumstances. Any.
thing, such for example as period ol
financial depression, that decreases
the price Of farm products will de-
crease the rental value and this in time
will decrease the price. Ia the high
tide Of prosperity everything is high,
rent included When we are In the
trough of the financial sea prices arc
low on everything, land included.
There are some things, however
which we think can be said safely. W.
shall have our ups and downs, but The
price Of corn land. that is, Of land thaf
/ will produce from forty to seventy
bushels under good cultivation, vii
remain relatively higher than the price
Of land fit for other products III which
there Is world wide competition. Al
I've have often pointed out, the western
farmer has practically monopoly D
corn growing. The United States pro
duces considerably more than half Til
corn produced In the entire world
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
sMotherlna,, tho WorltI.

Here is a mission for a large-h hearted
woman. Just think of the numbers
Of people In the world yes, and those
of your own acquaintance who need
''motheringp There III the grOcer's
boy, starving for affection. Pat him
on the shoulder and watch his hungry
eyes brighten There Is the Ione-
some woman who sits near you in
church. How she longs for d friend
~, old-fashioned talk (maybe about
herself), with a little niothel'ly cheer
thrown In. There Is the forlorn young
man who does not get OH with tie
girls. Yes, my dears, It won't hurt you
bit, and will do him d lot of good IL
you give him ten minutes of your
evening and q Bit Of sympathetic
tres,tment There II po mission 10
full OF possibilities rs that Of the pro-
fessional mother, or one which viii
be much more appreciated Chica-
30 Post.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
70 boston ana Retnrn Il one rare

for tssse ronnd.trip from Chicago via
Nickel Plate Road, for Christian
Scientists meeting d June. Tickets
on sale June 18th, 10Th and 27th, with
extended return limit Of August lst.
stopoyer at Niagara Falls. il either
direction, without extra charge, and at
New York returning on payment 81
fee OF Sl,00. No excess fare charged
on any Of our trains. Write John Y
Callahan, General Agent, 1lS Adams
s., Room POS, Chicago, for detailed
informatiou.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25

meeting Id Boston, June 2sth July TIT.
= will be 70 your advantage to obtain
rates applying over the Nickel Plate
Road before purchasing elsewhere.
Noexcess fare charged On any Of our
trains. Tickets on sale June 25th,
26th and 27sh Final return limit
August 1st, Call On ors address John
Z Catalan, General Agent, 1is
Adams st, Room 29s, Chicago. for
particulars - 10 stopovers. train SER
vice etc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25

factors 10 aasss.esnir4s its permanent
value. Always take time 20 see siss..ss.a
before you inyest-take plenty of time
never, under any circumstances, be
in hurry. Watch the man who has
snap to sell that must be taken just
now or lost forever. Wallaces' Farmer
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
A ccrtain cure for cl,irbIaine.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. IA cures ChilbIains,
Frostbites, Damp, s~eatinR, Swollen
feet. At all druggists ard Shoe Stores,
25c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
MAKING MONEY BY THE ADVANCE IN
LAND

4 correspondent wishes rs teI give
our Judgment as TO The possibility Of
making money BY the natural advance
Id land II ii no wonder that this
end kindred questions are frequently
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
OFFICIAL Paper OF Union Go.
WHEN DADDY COMES HOME.

WHEN DADDY COMES HOME.
IBY NIXON wATERMAE.l
When daddy is SOBER a working along.
And giving my mamma his pay
You'll hear her a-singing sweet little song
Likethe fairy you see In q play.
For she knows that at night when They meet at
the door
Hell give her jolly good kiss;
But there's frowning and fears
And there's trouble and tears
nd sh et
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25

The people who laugh at a man going by,
Because he Is dizzy with drink,
Will md all their smiles giving way TO sight
II they'll stop for moment and think.
And they'll pray for the ones In the desolate
homes
Who must all Of life's happiness miss
God pity the lives Of the babies and the wives
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-06-25
Get Your
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13
.OODWAR RID CAFE

rests upon his shoulders, to a great ex- tent how our cities and counties are to be ruled. 1t rests with him whether the sew CTS shall be clean, whether the tenements shall be made sanitary and not over crowded. whether the million immigrants who landed in the country last year, some of whom come as the most degraded and ignorant of European inhabitants, shall be made to observe decencies and wheth- CT sin itself shall skulk and hide in the darkness How the laboring man spends his evenings is decided to a great extent by the question whether the laboring man shall license sin and let leering eyed temp tation stalk through our cities and towns like the Indian juggernaut which crushed its victims at every turn of the fatal wheels.
 Rely on Divine Strength.
 But ye aboring men, how are we to win in these three great movements which we have been developing? How are we to get the Holy Spirit inspired institutional church, and the Christian Sabbath as a day for rest and worship, and a gospel ballot box to care for our depraved? Shall we ultimately or ever triumph in these three great movements for the puri- hcation of the laborer's evenings? Not In our own strength. but in the strength of Jesus Christ we shall, and we can do ev- erythtng 1T we VIII only trust nm ana work for him.
 One day. so goes the story an old Scotch preacher arose and first gave out as his text the following words from Philippians iv, 13: 'I can do all things Then he stop ped A look of surprise went around the congregation. for this minister was a humble man. But after a pause the preacher said: "Ah, I did not read the text alright. If any man says to me I can do all things l know he is a liar. But if he reads my whole text and says T can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me- then I say he tells the truth Christ is omnipotent. and Christ will always give us his promised aid" So, laboring men, I beg and plead with you to throw yourself upon the divine strength. pl'ad with you. by the power of Jesus Christ. to go with me into the battle of trying to save the lower as well as the socially higher clauses. plead with you to help solve the question how the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13


 Statement second: I find by study of books and pefsonal investigatinon that every church which has first been bap- tized by the Holy Spirit and then gone forth to reach the middle or the laboring classes through the social gate has al- ways been blest of God in a marvellous way. A conspicuous illustration of that fact is seen in St. Georges Episcopal church of New York city. This was once the church of the great Dr. Stephen Tyng This church is situated in East Sixteenth street. short time after the good Dr. Tyng died the wealthy parish- toners of this church began to move away. There was great talk at one time of abandoning this site and going farther up town. Then came Dr. Rainsford to this pulpit. He Is big, warm hearted. practical Christian. What did he do? Desert that magnificent downtown field to Satan as many other downtown churches have done? No; he made St. Georges parish right about face. He made that church appeal to the classes around it's very doors. He made it accom- pish It's work by appealing to the neigh borhood through the social gate. The re- suit Is St. Georges Episcopalian church, great as its former pastors were, never d-l the good that it Is doing today It is now appealing to the great unchurched classes. It's parish houses and social bee hives are busy Monday Tuesday. wednes- day, Thursday. Friday and Saturday as well as having it's church auditorium open on Sunday It is church of the glad hand and the every night wei come" as we'll as the church of holy prayer" What is true in reference to St. Georges church is true of the Judson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13
The squaw's Suggestion.

Lieutenant Colonel Pratt, the United States army officer in charge of the Carl isle Indian school says that many of it's graduates who return to tribal life lapse into slipshod speech. Undoubtedly this is true. yet the Kansas City Journal tells of one who, at a pinch. could use an- cient Bostonese and have fun doing 1t. This exception was squaw, who one day went into traders store at a west ern Indian agency, wrapped in blanket and bearing other evidences of a return to native ways
 How muchee?" the squaw asked, point ing to a straw hat.
 Fifty cents" said the merchant
 How muchee?' she asked again. point ing 10 another article. The price was quoted and was followed by another query of How muchee?" Then the squaw look ed calmly at the merchant and said:
 Do you regard such prices as extortion- ate for articles of such palpably and un- mis takably inferior quality? Do you not really believe that a reduction in your charges would materially enhance your pecuniary profits? I beg you to consider my suggestion
 Then the graduate of Carlisle swept gracefully from the store, leaving the mer- cant staring after her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13

laboring man shall spend his evenings by appealing for help to a Saviour who was once 'aboring man. He was Jesus, the carpenter He was Jesus, the worker for daily bread. He was Jesus, whose com panions were for the most part men of knotted muscles and swarthy limbs and furrowed cheeks and coarse hands He Is Jesus, who is ready to be your cola borer for the emancipation of a sinful world-Jesus, who perhaps Is your cola hnrer now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13
Foul Tip.

From Brooklyn Life. Briggs-This labor question is a seri- ous one.
 Griggs-So it is. The next thing all the baseball men in the country will go out on strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13
POISONED BY THE GERMS OF mALARIA.

TOtSONED pt iUG uLh"O VI "H-r"'F'' began using your s. S. s. several years ago for Malaria and blood troubles, and 1t proved SO good at that time that l have continued ever since using it as family remedy. Recently one of my chil- dren was troubled with large painful boils on the back of his neck; after suffering with these for several months, we tried s. s. S., and am glad to state that a bottle and half cured him entirely.
 It is pleasure for me to recommend s. s. s. for the benefit of others who are needing a frst-rate blood purifier, tonic and sure cure for Malaria.
 o. o. HEMINGWAY. Arkansas City, Ark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13

only medicine that can accomplis all morbid, unhealthy matter, b destroys every trace of Malarial
 ton that impurities and poisons (
 During the Fall is an OPP
Evening journal., 1903-12-23

When Congress shall have passed
perfect pure food laws and the several
States also enact model legislation, still
follow the safe rule of dealing with am
honest man.
Evening journal., 1903-12-23
Fountain Pen Perfection
The Quaker City self-Fillins Fountain
Pen fills itself and thereby fills
a lons-felt want.

ANY reliable time saver Is eagerly well
coined by the modern business man. Prob
Ablv the most forceful illustration OF this
condition of dhings I'm recent years was
tbe enthusiasm with which the fountain
nen was crested. 1t seemed TO mean the
saving Of SO much time and annoyance
for SO many people THAT iis sale was sim
ply phenomenal.
But the fountain pen was not by any
means perfect and its users soon discov-
cred that the bother was only concentrat-
ed. instead OF being dispensed With. The
enest fountain pen would write indiffer-
entity wen as long as there WAS INK IN IT
hut when that gave out our busy man
mad 10 stop. unscrcw an tnl1y cap, hunt
around for a filler and tho particular ink
recommended by tho manufacturers Of
ihat particular pen and 80 on through q
long process Of annoyance
rhe manufacturers OF tho Quaker City
$50 ruline Fountain Pen have over
e,roe an this bother and produced a prac-
ii,.si ,,-rfting tool which Is as easy to use
"a n one were simply Wrlting with the
fler needed Tor the Old pen. There Is
nothing to unzcrew nothing % equir =
noihine to- lose OF get out OF order. Its
construction Is simple and substantial ana
me- ,oneratlon OF nlling a. so simple that
Won wonder nobody thought Of 20 before.
ID is merely necessary 10 dip the pen
pressing 1T sightly. lift up as usual and
20 on writing. lts capaciiy IS no less than
ihe bothersome kind.
we feel that we are not over-praising
rhe Quaker City Self-Funng Fountain
Pen when we say that it represents the
acme Of fountain pen achievement.