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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

pecan trees the house. Peace shortly after
and with the rapid growth of emropie countries
ture soon almost obterated the footprints left by
on the Where plantation. taa>~
AS the on the superstitious negroes be-
gan to whisper of strange things about the pecan
that marked the burial spot of half the body of the
British general Dark red stains had appeared upon its
trunk, and there who said they came over
night after the interment And then day the
ling spread from cabin cabin that the pecan tree
would bear no fruit that seasonthat strange blight
had killed every bud, tho the tree seemingly as
vigorous as ever They began to talk of the tree in
Whispers and give wide berth after dark and GER
tain vivid imagnations conjured all kinds of wierd
sights and sounds within it's shadows. .- 49,
When the next year came, the tree was watched
with lynx eyesand when again it became evident that
would bear fruit the whole plantation about
with mods and mysterious looks saying IT toll yuh so!
L JUS done tol' yuh so!'' - =. ..-.
Generations came and went before the great tree
went the way of all things that grow DID, but from that
fatefu eighth of January 1875 until the early seventies
that particular tree the
other only few feet distant brought forth in abundance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
NATURES PUZZLES.

" OLCANOEs and earthquakes are, naturally, the
topics of the hour and their work in Italy and
California bring home most forcbly to how little
know of these puzzles of nature. While most Of the
scientists busy trying to explain the of these
great upheavas there others who have brought
mind several other queer actions of nature especially
along the Atlantic coast from Mexico to New England
At Pascagoula, Mexico there is a stretch of beach
whose occasionally give out meodious hum which
continuing for time produce the effect of
heard at great distance that the voices cannot be
distinguished Many guesses have been made at the
of the charming conundrum but nothing far has
been offered that is sufficient.
Along the coast of Block Island, strange lights are
periodically and have given rise the legend of
the palane lights Long years ago. large boatload of
immigrants from the palatinate of the Rhine, de-
eoved upon rocks by the wreckers of Block Island
Shortly afterward strange lights, in
shape of three pyramdal ames began to hover the
face of the waters, and the guilty consciences Of the
Block Island wreckers placed them the ghost Of the
ship back haunt them. The ghost still walks,
but at longer intervals if it's conscience objected
furnishing the children unto the third and fourth
generations
There is peaceful looking hill East Hadda1
Conn., which since white settlers into the Co..
necticut valley, taken ''somethng dreadful It
groans, it quakes it to rattle chains and at times
there is quick cracking like the discharge of firearms
The natives call the disturbance moodus noses,' and
times they loud and continuous that they dis
turb the people for miles about In spite of the
efforts to discover the has penetrated
the mystery.
Most of us think of the monuments of nature as be-
ing Gas fixed the hills, but for many years as
history goes back, Dame Nature to have taken
delight in periodically propounding all kinds of such
unexpected leaving puny wholly
in the dark to the answers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

XXN-VILLERE'S PECAN TREE. NEW ORLEANS.
I'm THE early part Of the nineteenth century, of
the great southern landowners General Where,
whose estate lay about ten miles from New Orleans.
1t southern plantation of the time with it's
fields of waving its and of cotton it's
woodlands where the trees draped pcturesquely
in the soft gray Spanish moss its owlyng tracts in
tersected by bayous and above ALL its of black
people, who sowed and reaped the various crops their
working hours ightened with laughter and then
Swallowed with tales that sprang out Of the
darkness of their superstitious minds.
Not far from the mansion of General Where there
two pecan trees that the pride of the old
generals heart They TALL shapey, most vigorous
and the nuts that fell from their limbs in the fall
not only most abundant in quantity, but in
quality Guests at the hospabe board Of Where always
spoke of the pecans that had put the finishing
the bountiful dinner.
When the struggling young government of the United
States forced to go to again with the one-time
mother country, in 1912, New Orleans suffered from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

Nowadays everybody knows the seedless
A Very orange, for it is quite in market
Small those with Seeds but good many do not
Start. realize what magic wand the seedess orange
has waved onetme sunbaked stretches
in California At first, the seedess orange called
freak-just many people speak of the wonderful
things that Burbank has grown within the past few years.
and when the first four seedless cuttings set out in
California in 1873 nobody expected practical results
the experiment. Today, the record shows dozens and
dozens of towns of from 5000 to 10000 inhabitants
which have direct result of this seedless
orange culture and when the last assessors
showed that 900 had been added to the tax lists
of the by the growth of widespread culture Of the
seeess orange former doubters had acknowledge their
mistake.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

When wound is made any part of the
When body, everybody knows the painful process
OneIs healing follows. Sir Frederick
Hurt. Treves, physician to King Edward, recently
gave paper before a medical society, which
explains the why's and howfores of the process of
ing which is extremely picturesque and graphic, he
worked it out a great battle between good and bad
microbes The next time Junior is disabled by painful
wound, and finds the time of convaescence pass slowly
and heavily let him set his imagination at work and pre-
tend that the locality of the wound has been made
great battlefield with external microbes that poison,
waging grim war with the good microbes Of the blood
for possession Of the creature they work. The
widest imagnings hardly overdraw the situation
described by Sir Frederick letting nes fancy
gaop as it will may help impatient Junior over some
tedious hours.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

The diamond has always considered the
lizard hardest of natures products, but something
AS has just been discovered which is so much
Hard harder that diamond drill working at the
rate Of 5000 revolutions day for three
days, unable to make more than scratch upon it.
The substance has been named "tantalumO The
trouble now is to get enough of it to make it useful
Tantalum in sufficient quantities it CONNER
cial feature would cheaper electrical lights than
those in which is used and also great stride
forward in all work that requires the expensive
diamond drills =. ~.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Drink More water.

Free water drinking is another es.
sential to vitality and to the develop
ment of staying power. All the opera
tons of the body. digestion, assimila-
ton, absorption, elimination Of poison
Gus waste, and SO on, are carried on
by means Of water, and an insufficient
amount of water in the system means
embarrassment of every function. The
body Of man of average weight con-
tains more than half barrel of wa
ter; and such body needs for its prop
err operation at least two quarts daily
of pure water. In this connection, it
may not be irrelevant to mention that
the Japanese soldiers. whose sl1rpris-
ing powers are now engaging the adj
miration Of the world, consume each
two to four gallons Of water daily.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
More Work for Wilson.

A servant girl in the household OF
Pottsville, Pa, family was slicins
potatoes the other day, when she
found one that was particularly wa
terry She was about to throw it away
when the knife struck something hard.
She cut it out and showed it to her
mistress. 1t proved to be pearl,
which jewelers. value at $40. Now,
then, here is an opportunity for Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson. Let him
take up immediately the investigation
and propagation of the pearl-bearfng
potato. There is not a constituent of
any congressman but would like to
have sample and experimental pack.
ages of that vegetable. The seed of q
potato that grows pearls would be
much more highly appreciated than
several packages of peas good only
for cheap porridge. Savannah
News.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
GAR EN- HINTS

The uncertain weather of March
means constant watchfulness for the
gardener iii protecting the stuff that Is
growing under glass from frost.
Cabbage and cauliflower planted last
month should be transplanted when
four leaves show.
Trees, vines and bushes should be
pruned.
Sixty to seventy degrees will do
well for lettuce cabbage and cauli-
flower under glass, but tomatoes pre-
fer 10 to so degrees.
We no longer dread the harlequin
bug on cabbage, for by taking time by
the forelock and picking the first brood
by hand in early spring there will not
be enough left TO do any harm.
Okra is by many considered de-
sirable addition to the farmers gar
den. and 1t can be grown In almost any
locality.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
ITEMS OFINTEREST

The present population of Vienna
exceeds 100000.
1t is said that in Australia there Is
a regular traffic in lending cement
rings.
King Edward carefully preserves
programs of the proceedings in which
he has taken part
Typhoid fever Is responsible for
nearly onethird Of the deaths in the
British army in India.
A homing pigeon, five months old at
the time, was released on the Isle OF
Man in August, 1908. 1t was long
ago given up for lot. AT last 1t has
returned to its loft in Liverpool,
A collection of the heads ana horns
OF practically every variety of big
game to be found IN northern Rhodesia
has just been added to the British
South Africa company's museum in
London.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Horticulture.

A schoolboy got up to read a com.
position on "The tree" He got as far
as This subject has many branches"
when the teacher said:
stop! You have not made your
bough yet"
IF you interrupt me again" said
the boy, "I'll leave
s'You give me any more impudence
and I'll take the sap out of you. DO
you understand n said the teacher.
II twig,s said the boy. and then the
regular order of business proceeded
Chicago Journal.
A Paris fat owner has hit upon an
idea which is popular with his ten
ants. On the door of every apart
ment is number. and ON the first Of
each month the landlord draws a lot
terry, and the occupant of the Hat num-
Der Of which proves to be the winning
one pays no rent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Effects of Forests ON Rivers.

At the recent meeting of the inter-
national congress at Milan some inter
esting data were furnished respecting
the influence which the destruction of
forests exerts on the discharge Of
rivers. A summary of seven import
ant papers read at the congress shows
these papers that the removal of for
ests, especially in billy countries, has
a marked effect on the water supply
of the neighboring rivers. Where de-
forestation has taken place brooks
have disappeared and small rivers
fer power are useless.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
A Question of Badness.

William #. Rabbit, travelling sales
man, is not quite as bald as billiard
ball, but very nearly. One day while
on train a gentleman sitting opposite
had his hat off. Rabbit went over to
him and said: Say, my friend, would
you believe I had no more hair than
you have two years ago." The gen
tIeman was at just the stage where he
still had hope and was willing to try
anything, so, looking up, he said: rs
that do? What did you do for it,"
Rabbit took his hat off and showed
him.
Proposals for enabling persons to
prepay replies to letters sent abroad
will he discussed at the postal union
congress at Rome next April.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Tie ORIGINAL,

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as throat and lung
remedy, and on account OF the great
merlt.and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many imitationsj are offered
for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey
and Tar and refuse any substitutes
offered as no other preparation will
give the same satisfaction. 1t Is mild
ly laxative. 1t contains no opiates and
is safest for children and delicate per-
sons. Sold by the Pioneer Drug Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Tortnre by sayages.

Speaking OF the torture to which
some OF the savage trines in the Phillip
ines subject their capti9es, reminds
me OF the intense suffering | endured
for three months from inflammation Of
the Kidneys" says w. NJ. Sherman, OF
Cushing, Me, Nothing helped me
until tried Electric Bitters, three
bottles Of which compl etely cured me.
Cures Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Blood disorders and Malaria; and re.
stores the weak and nervous TO robust
health. Guaranteed by the Pioneer
drug store. Price 50c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22

Several years since my lungs we're
so badly affected that had many hem
orrhages," writes A. M. AXE, of Wood,
Ind. II took treatment with several
physicians without any benefit. / then
started to take Foley's Honey and Tar,
and my. lungs are now as sound as o
bullet. recommend 1T in advanced
stages OF lung trouble" Foleys Honey
and Tar stops the cough and heals the
lungs, and prevents serious results
from cold. Refuse substitutes. Sold
by the Pioneer Drug Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
A Scientific Mnnder.

The cures that stand to its credit
make Bucklen's Arnica Salve scientif-
ic' wonder. 1t cured E. r. milford,
lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry,
Waynesboro, Pa, OF distressing case
of Piles. 1t heals the worst Burns.
Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Cuts, Wounds,
Chilblains and Salt Rheum. Only 25c
at the Pioneer drug store.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
NATURES PolSONS.
The Part They Have Performed Ia
CivILi9inG the World.

The Part They Have Performed ER
CiviIiGiRE the World.
Poison" as a single word Of tina
English language, carries with 1t more
instructive warning and repugnance
than invest any other word in the
glossary of English speech. Whether
spoken or written the word at once
challenges the attention and the mag
ination to horror of evil. There are
only three poisonous serpents In the
geography of North America, yet be-
cause of these three varieties alone
the whole reptilian family Is condemn
ed to death at sight
And yet, strangely anomalous az 1t
may appear, the existence OF active
poisons IN the animal, vegetable and
mineral Kingdoms OF nature has done
more for the development OF modern
civilized man than have all the other
innocuous elemental things which abo-
riginal man found to his hand These
active polsons were mans first slim
illus to thought Even In the figura.
tive Eden there was one fruit of which
man might not eat, why notT' was
his first question, and the only rational
answer was for him to eat and see.
Waving aside this literal Eden as
apochryphal and metaphorical, the
aboriginal man was confronted by the
same literal condition as to the things
which he should not eat or touch or
smell. His environment was that OF
the torrid zone. Nakedness was his
condition. Exposure to the venoms
and animal, plant and mineral life was
a consequence against which only
quickened intelligence could insure i'm
munity. The fruit of one plant he dis
covered TO be life; the touch of another
was death. He could avoid the giant
carnivora of the jungle which would
have searched him out with tooth and
claw, but he had little resource against
the creeping, crawling things whose
fangs and stings meant conclusive suf
fering, horrors and death to his kind.
He knew the sweet waters OF the hills.
but must learn to guard against the
hrackish excoriatlng waters of the des-
erts. ''Why?" because In this manner
his first voiceless question and the
stimulus of the Interrogation were the
making of the civilized man.--Tech-
nical World.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Death Rate i'm New York and Chicago

During November and December
1903, one fifth OF tie deaths in New
York and Chicago were from pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
strengthens the lungs and prevents
pneumonia, so do not take chances on
cold wearing away when Foley 3
Honey and Tar will cure you quickly
aud prevent serious results. Sold by
the Pioneer Drug Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22

With that old enemy of the race, Con-
stipatlon, often ends in appendicitis.
To avoid all serious trouble with Stom-
lach, Liver and Bowels, take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. They perfectly regu.
late these organs, without pain or dis
comfort. 25c at the Pioneer drug
store.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
low RATES wnsr AND NoRrHwRsr

LOW RATES WEST AND NORTHWEST
Daily February rs TO April z, Chicago,
Milwaukee s. st. Paul Railway
Greatly reduced rates will be made
on the above dates to San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle
and many other points, west and north
west. Half rates for children Of half
fare age. Liberal stop-overs allowed
on all tickets. Tickets are good In
Tourist sieepers. For further infor-
nation regarding rates, routes and
train service see nearest ticket agent
or write f, A. Miller, General Passen.
ger Agent, Chicago.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Ina piuca. use Aliens root-Ease

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease powder, 1t cures Corns, Bun.
ions, Painful, Smarting, Hot, Swollen
feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores,
25c. Sample free. Address, Allen,
S. Olmsted, Leroy, n Y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
Nm oninire. Anti. Cninire

Anti-Quinine, the Great Laxative
Cold Cure, contains no Quinine, but ID
far better than Quinine for the cure Of
Colds and La Grippe. 25c d box Sold
by all druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22

Don't Monkey With the Buzz.Saw,
La Grippe is as bad cas- buzz-saw,
Don't take any chances. Take Anti.
Quinlne and drive tout ofyour system.
Sold by all druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22
CONDOLENCES.
Some of the Queerest Recorded IM
the History of the World.

Some of the Queerest Recorded In
the History OF the World.
The late well known Archaeological,
Albert Way, crossing Pail Mall, cam
noned against an old gentleman. After
mutual apologies cards were exchang-
ed. On each card was printed, Mr..
Albert Way" The older gentleman,
dying, left his fortune to the other Al
bert Way.
The planet Neptune, which had for
countless ages reyolved In the heavens
unseen by any one on earth, was dis
covered simultaneously and independ.
entity in 1916 by Professor Adams ana
NJ Leverrier, the two most brilliant
astronomers of the day.
Some years ago a shepherd boy
placed a sleeper on the railway line be-
tween Brighton and Palmer, with the
result that train was thrown off the
rails. One year later to day, almost
to a minute, that same youth was
struck by lightning and instantaneous
" killed within couple OF miles OF the
spot ut which the accident occurred.
The four King Georges OF England
all died on the same day OF the week.
In 1890 few weeks before the CEN
sus taker began the enumeration Of the
people OF Elm Grove, Va, the town au'
thorities counted their own population
preparatory to filing articles OF incor-
poration. The following was the re-
markable result: Number OF males over
twenty-one years of age, 14S; number
of males under twenty -one years OF
age, las; number of females over six
teen years of age, 14S; number of fe-
males under sixteen years of age, 14S.
Some years ago In Teheran an Eng
lsh sailor was caught in the act Of car
rying off some precious stones from
the shah's palace. The thief was
brought before the liking OF kings,
who swore that the next time the sailor
| crossed his path he would at once be
put to death. 1t is a curious fact that
| this very sailor was crossing the street
when the shah was driving In Berlin
some time after and was knocked
down and instantaneously killed. =
/ pearson's Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-03-22

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The Marshall republican., 1906-04-06
Beware of intments for Catari h
that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derapge
the whole system when entering IL
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi.
clans, as the damage they will do Is
ten fold TO the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer
curry, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the s, stem. Ia buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. IL Is taken internally
and made 10 Toledo, Ohio, by L. J.
Cheney Il Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggist. Price, Toe, per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipatIop.
The Marshall republican., 1906-04-06
According to Scripture

A. j. Odell, of Napton, was
in Marshall Monday and told
u good joke on II. W. King.
candidate for presiding Judge.
Mr.. Odell runs IA saw mil
and as the candidates were on
their way TO Clay centre that
day they stopped of to shove
their cards around. A live
coal from the engine lit on
Mr.. Kings head and he was
unaware of it till il had burnt
through his cap and then he
got very much excited think
ing he was on fire. But aside
from IA hole in his cap and the
loss of IA bunch of hair there
was no damage. Mr.. OdelI
thinks that they treated Mr..
King according to scripture -
''heaped Goals of fire on his
head"
The Marshall republican., 1906-04-06
Not Himself

Mr.. Jefferson looked mt his
neighbor, Mr.. Thompson,
with dignity and reproof min
gled in his gaze. You've
got to do something bout dat
trihing boy % yours" he said,
slowly. "He jes' nachelly
don't tell de trufe, Mr..
Thompson. He is n deceiv'
ing boy, dat's what he is"
''I'd like TO hub de proof"
said the father of the accused,
AS he summoned his courage
TO meet the charge.
HE took my 'Poleon to de
banjo concert night befo'
last" said Mr.. Jefferson.
II told 'Poleon tie be home al
half past nine prompt, and
twas after ten when / heard
footsteps stealing up near my
window, and l reached out my
hand and grabbed his collar
and l ask him, is dis you?
and he say, 'Yis, sah,' under
his breaf.
''And l 'ministered a good
shaking to dat boy, and wher
l let go, 10 an behold! 'twa,
your 'Gustus Delphi, an no
my 'Poleon at all, and l hat
dat shaking to minister al
over again.
"Boy whatTl tell such lies
as dat is got to be dealt wild
Mr.. Thompson"