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troying monster into a faithful and un-
firing servant. That is how the genius Of
capital uses labor--by invention, con-
struction, organization and direction"
CAPITALS SMALL PROFITS.
But the elephant has right to his
feed. said i Does labor get its share
OF the pro fits
Tits getting more every. year and p-
stal5less,'' was the reply. This is especi-
ally so IS to. the real profits: thatiis the
commodities that can be bought with the
money received from capital and labor.
I don't think It is generally considered
that the great bulk of the capital Of the
country consists OF an aggregation of
small sums owned BY people who are de-
pendent upon them for their living Take
the widow whose all is the sum of 5000
which she has to saf ely invest 5
I'm 1860 that widow could put this sum
into a safe bond which would bring her
4 per cent. or $3.50 per year. At the same
time suppose a man receives a dollar a
day for his work and that he worked 200
days In the year. a His income would be
500 year, or $50 less than the earnings
iof the widows 5000. Now it IS estima-
ted that since 1860 wages have Increased
about so per cent, SO that the dollar a
day man OF 1850 would now get at least
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nation Came to Him.

times meeting soldier walking with
his sweetheart, Columbus, hidden behind
my legs, would bark suddenly. Imme-
diatey the man would let go the girl
and proceed involuntarlyito perform mill
tary tricks. The War Office authorities
I had not trained him. That was his
natural voice, i suggested to the War
Office authorities that instead Of quar-
treling with my dog for taking his own
language, they should train their SER
geants to use English, They would not
see It. Unpleasantness was In the mir,
and i living where did at the time,
thought 1t better to part With Columbus
II 4 could see what the War Office was
driving at, and did not desire that re-
sponslbiity for the inef1ciency OF the
British army should be laid at my door
Some twenty years ago we were In
London, passing througllla riotous period.
and call was made to lava bidinR citl-
zens to enroll themselves as special COLI
stables, was young and the hops Of
+ trouble appealed TO me mors than ~
does now, In company with five or si:s
hundred OF more or less respectable citi,i
Zens,I found myself one Sunday norn-
Ing In the drill yard of the Albany Bnr-
racks It was the opinion OF the authors
ties; that we could guard our homes and
protect our wives and children better
It,, first Of all we learned to roll our
,"eyes right or left" at the given word Of
command, and to walk with nur thumbs
stuck out. Accordingly a drill sergeant
was appointed to instruct lis on these
points. He came out Of the canteen
wining his mouth and Ticking his leg ac-
cordng to rule with the regulation cane.
But. ns he approached Us, his exprea-
sion changed, We were stout, pompousr
loklng gentleman, the majority Of us, in
Track coats and silk hats. The sergeant
was man with a sense OF the fitness
of things The idea OF shouting and
swearing at us fell from him, and that
sons, there seemed no happy medium left
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"A Conternptible Marquis.

The Marquis OF Butte. one OF the few
unmarried Englishmen with splendid
titles. is reported to DO planning trip
TO this country. His lordship Is only q
years old, and he has never publicly
declared that no has no intention Of
marrying, but unfortunately the mar
auis has no castles that need roofing
or in which the plumbing REQUIRES res
pairs. His vast estates are free from
mortgages and he doesn't find IL
necessary to hide from his tailors. In
fact, he owns great estates In England.
Scotland and Wales, Is estimated to be-
worth $4,000. 900, and is coming over here
not in search OF beautiful heiress.s
hut for the purpose OF shooting big game
In the Rocky Mountains. ct what use
i. such a miserable marquis in this
world. anyway Is. Fl
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BY JEROME X. JEROME,
1904 ~ Central Press

officer a young, but conscientious gentle
man, ordered Cleft wl1eel!" At once the
vanguard turned down a narrow alley--I
forgot its nauie-whlch would have led the
troop into the purlieux Of Whitefratrs,
where, In all probability. they would have
been lost forever. The whole troop had
to be halted, right about face, and
marched back a hundred yards. Then
the order quick march! was given. The
vanguard shot across Ludgate Circus a y,
were making for the Meat Market. At
this point that young commanding IL
flcer gave up being a military man and
talked sense Not that way he shout
ed. i''up Fleet Street." And without furth-
er trouble the army Of the future went
upon its way. ~, -. Z,
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present the idea. for what 1t may be
worth. with my compliments to Pall

worth, With my compliments to Fan
Mall. 8.,s &,
From the mound OF Waterloo one can
form very good notion Of what battles.
under former conditions, must have
been like. The other battlefields
OF Europe are rapidly disappearing.
useful Dutch cabbages, as Carlyle would
have pointed out with justifable satisfac-
tlon, hiding the theatre OF mans childish
folly. You md. generally speaking. cob
blers happily employed in cobbllng shoes,
women goss!ping cheerfully oyer the
washtub on the spot where hundred
years ago, accorded to the guide book,
thousand men, dressed In blue, rushed.
like nuarrcsome fox-terrlers. against
thousand men dressed in red, and worried
each other to death. But the plain OF
waterloo is little changed The guide
whose grandfather was present at the pat
tle-so he always tells you-can point
out to you the ground across when every
charge WAS delivered, can show yol every
ridge still existing, behind whloh the IN
fantry crouched. The whole business Was
begun and finished within space little
larger than square mile, One can un-
derstnnd the advantage to be derived then
from the perfect moving Of the military
machine, the uses OF the echelon, the pur-
poses OF the linked battalions, the manlpu-
lation OF center, left wing and right wing:
Then 1t may have been worth while--lt
war be ever worth the while. which grown
men OF sense are beginning TO douptI-to
waste two years of a soldiers training
teaching him the goosestep. In the TWEEN
tieth century teaching soldiers the eyolu--
tIons OF the Thirty Years War is about
as sensible as 1t would be loading our
ironcads with canvas
! followed once a company OF volunteers
across Backtriars Bridge on their way
from Southwark to the Temple. At the
bottam q Iladgate HIu ths comm a5ag
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THAT is so,"'said I. Shut 1t also oriEi:
/ think the day Will come when sucA
things will pass away. and when arbitra-
ton and Cancellation will take the place
OF strikes. The disputes between capital
and labor can be and should be amicably
settled.
..As to strikes, think they are at best
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could succeed II 1t were not
for the Belgian army. The Belgian army
follows me about and worries me. Judg-
ins It from my own experience Of It,
should say 1t was good army. Napoleon
laid it down as an axiom that your enemy
never ought to be permitted to get away
from you-never ought to be Allowed to
feel, even for moment, that he has
shaken you off. What tactics the Bel
Eian army might adopt under other con-
ditons am OF course, unable to say.
but, against mo personally. this is the
plan OF campaign 1t has determined upon
and carried out with success that Is
astonishing even to myself. I-find sut-
terly impossible to escape from the Bel
gian, army. I choose the quretest and
most unlikely streets. ! choose all hours
--enrW in the morning. in the afternoon,
late In the evening. There are moments
OF wild exutation when I imagine have
given It ten slip. can't see 1t anywhere,
can't hear 1t. Now say to myself,
.'now, for five minutes quhet and peace
] have been doing itSans injustice. It has
been working around me, that is all.
Approaching the next corner I hearlthe
tattoo o. its drum. Before have gone
another quarter OF mile 1t Is in full
pursuit OF me. jump upon tram,
j travel for miles. Then, thinking I have
shaken 1t off. alIght' and proceed upon
my walk. Five minutes ater, another
detachment Is upon my heels i creep
honhs, the Belgian army pursuing me with
itH exultant tattoo, creep up into my
room and close tho door; the victorious
Belgian army marches back to barracks,
1t il too good for mo. | confess It. Ny
tnsular pride has vanished.
Asu
III 1t would only follow me 4 with Z a
tand! ! like a. band, can loaf against
post, listening TO band with canyons,
! should not mind It SO much II tFcame
after me with a band, ButBthe Belgian
army apparently doesn't run to a band.
IT has nothing but this drum, 1t Is not
even a real drurn-not what call a
drum. It's n little boys drum-the sort
Of thing ! used to play myself, at one
time, until people took itfaway from
me-. and threatened that II they heard
IL over my own head. It's cowardly go
Ing about the street playing a drum OF
this sort. where there is nobody to stop
YOU The man would not dare to do It,
II his mother was about, He does not
even play It. lie walks along tapping
it with a little stick. There's no tune,
there's no sense In It. Ha doesn't even
keep time used to think atflrst,hear-
Ing It In the distance. tlat$it was some
young gamin who ought to be at school,
o.. making himself useful taking the baby
cut In the parambulatori and I used to
draw back into doorways, determined, as
he came by, to pull his enr for him. To
my astonishment-fo9 the first week.
] found it was the Belgian army, get
ting itself accustomed, suppose. to the
horrors OF war, II Is making Of me 9
.'peace at any price man, They tell
+ mo that these armies are necessary 70
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Z desire is to pass peaceful and
pleasant winter In Brussels, at
tending to my work, improving
my mind. Brussels Is q bright
and cheerful town, and ! think
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24

The call to arms in the far east has
made noticeable decrease in the mum.
Der of Japs seeking educational and
industrial advantages In America.
AT the University of Pennsylvania
where last year there were ten or a
dozen Japanese students, there are this
year about half dozen.
The Philadelphia School of Tndustri-
al Art, for the first time in several
seasons, announces that it has en-.
rolled no Japanese students, and SO far
none has entered Drexel institute.
which has hitherto held out exception
al advantages to the foreign student.
acknowledgements in good positions
In Buda Pesth have within the last
few days received threatening letters
bearing the signature, sThe Hungarian
Black Hand" The sum of S125 is al
ways demanded and many have paid
rather than appeal to the police and
take the risk of assassination.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Queer People who Live i'm Nests.

Travellers who have returned from
the heart of Africa and the AustraIas.
ian continent tell wonderful stories OF
nest-building people who inhabit the
wilds of those countries. The bush
men of Australia are perhaps the low,
est order of men known. They are 50
primitive Snat they do not know
enough to build even the simplest form
of hut for shelter. The nearest they
can approach to it is to gather lot
of twigs and grass, and, taking them
into a thicket or jungle, build a nest
for home. The nest is usually built
large enough for the family, and ii
the latter be very numerous then the
nests are Of large size. Sometimes the
foliage above will form natural coy
ering, but there Is never any attemp;
ut constructing protection from the
rain aud storms.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Not d sick nay Since.

was taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble. tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none Of which relieved me. One
day saw an ad. OF your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. After
taking few doses / felt relieved, and
soon thereafter was entirely cured, and
have not seen sick day since. Neigh
b0rs Of mine have been cured OF Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney
troubles and General Debility. "This
is what 3. r. Bass Of Fremont, N. g.
writes. Only SOC at Pioneer Drug
Store.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Forgiveness is a very poor foundation
for friendship.
Going visiting Is like borrowing from
the neighbors- you have to pay back.
Which would be wiser for man past
fifty to do marry a trained nurse or a
good cook?
There is need Of never-fnd- fault
with-your- meals club. Digestion would
be better and the family happier.
IL secret is kept secret this is one
sign that 1t was not considered i'm
portant enough to tell.
One thing about an idle woman
she does not stand on the street and
bore people with her ''views," as an
idle man does
Speaking Of superfuous words, is it
necessary to say in telling that wom-
an has gone visiting that she is visit
ing friends ?'-Atchison Globe.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
When Yoa Have a Bad cold

You want asremedy that will not on.
~ give You relief but effect perma-
nent cure.
You want remedy that will relieve
the lungs and keep expectoration easy.
You want remedy that will cour ter
act any tendency toward pneu monia.
You want remey that is pleasant
and safe TO take.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets
ali OF these requirements and for the
speedy and permanent cure OF bad colds
stands without peer. For sale by the
Pioneer Drug Store.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
To the Point.

The late General Russell Hastings
served with distinction in the civil
war, and his wartime "reminiscences
were amusing.
He was describing one day a time
when the soldiers pay had been In ar
rears.
"A young westerner, full of bragga-
docio," he said, walked up to his cap
tain during the temporary trouble, sa-
luted and said sternly:
Three words with you, cap.
"'Well, said the Captain, what are
theyY
Money or discharge
1.-THE captain smiled grimIy.
-Four with YOU he said.
"'WelI?
Neither one nor t'other.' New
York Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
A Indicated.

Say, mister" queried the tramp as
be paused in front OF the house, "hey
yOuse got a ole pair Nv pants wot
y0use could gimmeY'
~ don't know" replied the man on
sAe front porch Fill ask my wife,
''Don't trouble yerself. mister" said
&C. hobo, as he started to move on.
ri youse hev got dat kind Nv wife
Z reckon she's got use fer 'em her
GBaG - Chicago Daily News.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Children Poisoned.

Many children are poisoned and
made nervous and weak, II not killed
outright, by mothers giving them
cough syrups containing opiates. Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is safe and GER
tain remedy for coughs, Group and lung
trouble, and is the only prominent
cough medicine that contains no Opt
ates or other poisons. Pioneer Drug
Co, Agent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Unconscious Humor of speech.

A story is told of German teacher
at Vassar who is not thoroughly ac-
quainted with the English language
and the college slang has not helped
her in solving the puzzle. She had
heard the girls talk about going off on
lark, Returning one day from pic
mic she said to some of the girls: ooh,
I have been on such canary" She
startled her class one day by complain.
ing against some of the cold days of
September, saying: why, it was so
cold one day had to stay in my room
all the morning and sit with my feet
over the transon trying to keep warm"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24

Il was troubled with constipation
and stomach troubles, lost flesh, my
complexion was ruined; HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea brought back my
health and complexion. MARY Allen
st. Louis. IS cents. Comfy g. Son,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24

A neglected cough or cold may lead
to serious bronchial or lung troubles.
Don't take chances when Foley's Honey
and Tar affords perfect security from
serious effects OF cold. -Pioneer Drug
Co., Agent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24

no One But Yourself
if You Don't Get
Well When Sick.
All We can 10 Ii give advice.

All we can Go is give adYices
ff course that's easy
But our advice Iii TealIy worth a little
more 10 you than most peoples. for we
offer to give you the first bottle Of our
medicine free. IL It falls 10 help you.
we could not afford 70 % this unless
our medicine was good. Such an offer,
kinU of medicine. would
ae poor house.
3eaa, Is q medic
fn eaaes the SILK
Those whom IT cannot beneat--less
than one in ten thousand I'VE prefer to
refund their money.
All we ask of you II to try Or. Niles
Restorative Neryina for your complaint.
II You suffer from sleeplessness, nervous
exhaustion, dizziness, headache, mus
cuIar twttchings. melancholy, loss Of
memory weak stomach, poor blood.
bilious troubles, epilepsy, ST. Vltus'
Dance. etc, we win guarantee to benefit
you or refund your money.
You are the doctor.
NY son Bert. when in his 17th year.
became Bubteet to attacks Of epilepsy,
take him out Of school. After several
ulayaicaans had failed 70 relieve him. we
ave Dr. Niles Neryipe trial. Ten
Liver Pills restored our boy to perfect
health. MR. JOHN s.. WILSON.
Deputy Co. Clerk, Dallas Co., Mo.
IT'D TTs Write us and we win mail
- A1&&G you a Free Trial Package az
nr. Miles, Antl-Pain Pills, the New,
tom Blank for our Specialist to diagnose
your case and tell you what Is wrong
and how To right IL. Absolutely Free.
LABORATORIES, hLKIIARTs IND.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
New Civil service Rule.

The civil service commission has
issued an order that every applicant
for q government position must attach
his or her photograph to the examina-
ton papers. The photograph must not
be more than three years old. and it
must be accompanied by an official GER
titication that IL ii d good likeness. The
photograph and samples OF the appli-
cant's handwriting viii be sent for
comparison to the chief of the division
to which he Is assigned. The order
followed the discovery that many APP
plicants for civil service positions were
employing dummies to take the ex-
aminations for them. The fact that
many appointees were unable to hold
the positions assigned to them aroused
suspicion, and investigation revealed
the dummy" system.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Johnston ARR Collection.

The Harriet Lane Johnston art col
lection, one Of the most valuable In the
United States, viii not be accepted by
the Corcoran Art gallery, to which 1t
was bequeathed. because Of the condi-
lions accompanying the gift. Mrs.
Johnston's will specifies that special
building must be constructed for the
collection and that 1t must be turned
over to the government in case the
United States should ever build ma
fional art gallery. The collection ii to
be sold at auction soon in New York.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
". MI. 6. A. lin Panama.

The president recently received Mr..
q Il. Thompson, one of the secretaries
Of the International committee of the
Young Mems Christian association,
who will proceed shortly to Panama to
open d branch there in accordance
with recommendation made some time
ago By Minister Barrett. AT a recent
meeting Of the international commit
tee, attended by many of the most
prominent men OF New York, 1t was
decided to open strong branch on the
ssthmus, and Mr.. Thompson, one of the
most efficient men in the service of the
committee, was chosen to marguerite
shA spo4.ly
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
Postal Estsmnfen.

Postmaster General Wynne has care
fully scrutinized and revised the esti-
mates submitted to him BY the chiefs
Of bureaus. The result II, as viewed
by the postmaster general. that the
figures TO be submitted to congress
through the treasury department will
call for just what the department
needs for the proper transaction Of its
business The total amount estimated
for the needs III me department Ii
Slss, 4a5 al against an appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year OF $780,
$40. $685. the increase IN the estimates
for the ensuing year over the appro-
prlation for the current year being
$12. zoe 400.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24

Department of justice officials expect
the supreme court to hand down de-
cision in the inheritance tax case with
fn a month or so. This Is the case In
volving the legality Of the legacy tax
levied by the government on the prop
erty left by Cornelius Vanderbilt to his
son, Alfred CT. Vanderbilt.
Assistant Attorney General Charles
H. Robb has charge OF the matter for
the department of justice and is
known to be confident that the govern
ment's contention will be upheld. The
amount which the plaintiffs seek to
recover and which was paid to the
collector OF internal revenue is $751;
GS1
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER
[specIal Correapondence. ]


President Roosevelt is credited I'm
well informed quarters with having
two important objects In sending Sec
rotary Taft to the canal zone. One of
these is clearly brought out In the
presidents letter recently made pub
He and Ii to aIlay friction with the
Panama government Undoubtedly
Secretary Taft Is admirably fitted for
such q mission, as his success in sooth-
Ing the recalcitrant Filipino leaders
demonstrated.
Further than this, 1t is believed the
presidents action points to a desire on
tire part OH the administration to press
forward the actual construction of the
cisnai with the greatest possible energy
The president does not want THIS great
project to drag and does not intend to
let friction among officials or any other
obstacles stand In the way.
It is intimated that, owing to Secre-
tary Taft's trip, the intended visit of
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce and the senate corn
mittee on interoceanic canals will be
discouraged
Indian Territory Matters.
Colonel A. $. McKennon and Grant
Evans, both of the Indian Territory,
have had several conferences with
President Roosevelt. Colonel McKen-
non, who was formerly member Of
the Dawes commission, and Mr. Evans,
who is president of the Grant Kendall
college of the Indian Territory. were
sent to Washington by various inter-
ests Of the territory to guard and pro-
tect the rights OF the Indians of the
territory lii connection with the pro
spectiye amalgamation of the territory
with Oklahoma into one state.
The Indian Territory people are try
ing to protect all interests by having
the bill of statehood provide that all
laws now on the statute books applying
to the rights OF Indians shall become
laws In the new state.