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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-10-03
The sportsmau's Fayorite

From cover to cover the October
Sports Afe'd is delightful issue.
Frank Sticks initial article is genu-
ine classic OF Indian life; next comes
IA Stage Ride in the Sierras, F." which
Is followed by I'm the Mississippi Low
lands, capital symposium Of southern
sport. big Game OF the Texas Bor-
dero is an account OF west Texas sport.
after which we have musical account
of how the old hound tackled "A fighting
coon and get the wOrst of IT, In Bird
% Freedom popular Kentucky
writer is at his best with short story
OF unusual power. which is followed by
an exciting fishing story from the pen
OF the famous French writer, Guy de
Msupassant. Every loyal son of Mis-
souri, will enjoy Missouri Voyageurs, 2
while those of a more sombre tempera-
ment wilt fiod pleasure Id Ernest Nc
Guffey's "Cairn Of the Chief. y The fish
ing department starts off with Michi-
gan trout 6shiDg trip, which IL follow
ed by ARTICLES on sport in Florida, in
The Bahama islands and 10 northern
Wisconsin. The 0ther departments
are all rarely interesting; while tht
timely editorial on :he Philosophy oi
@ laii Shooting Is alone worth the plice
OF the magazine. At your newsdeal
er's or direct OF Sports Afeid Publish
ing Co. 358 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-10-03
Better on Merely Waiting.

a stockbroker had fallen upon evil
times and one day drifted into fourth
rate chophouse To his surprise he
discovered In the waiter an old city
friend and one time colleague.
You don't mean to say that you've
come down to this?" said the aston
ished stockbroker. "Come DOWN. re-
piled the waiter II don't dine here,
merely waitr'- London Saturday Re
view.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-10-03
Mood For sale

On Bland's place south Of Elk Point.
Phone Rural No. ll9
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Cardinal Gibbons Of Baltimore is a
delightful after dinner speaker, and
he likes to 80 TO banquets and talk IL
be is not kept up too late.
Owing to the effects OF gun. acct.
dent in his youth, the archbishop Of
Canterbury has TO be content with the
very simplest Of diets He touches
scarcely any meat and frequently sub
sists for months on nothing but milk
foods.
Rev. Father Albert Negahnauet Of
Kansas, the only living full FLOODED III.
dian who is Catholic priest. Is work
ing hard among his fellow race men in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory He
was educated at Carlisle. later at the
Catholic college at Washington and
still later studied at the propaganda
college in Rome.
The writer known to the novel read
ing public as Ralph Conner is known
to his practitioners in Winnipeg as
Charles w. Gordon He Is man OF
forty-three. tail and slight, keeniy In
terested IN sport aud outdoor life and
sympathetic and earnest In his work.
His church has been completely fitted
with parlors and recreation rooms,
where those without homes may spend
their evenings In pleasant surround
ings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
DANES AND DAUGHTE Rs.

Miss Annie s. Peck or Providence.
r. is one Of the greatest mountain
climbers in the world.
Miss Flora Mcintyre, sophomore in
Berkeley university, California, pays
her board and tuition fees by the sale
Of queen bees she raises.
Mother Thew of Columbus, o., has
been presented with gold badges by
the city police and firemen in recogni.
ton of her daily visits at the different
stations with flowers and words Of
cheer.
Mrs. Kate Foster of New York city
manages forty-eight boarding, lodging
and apartment houses In that metrop
oils She II said to have made a
fortune Her houses are scattered
through the upper east side between
Seyenty-second and Ninetieth streets.
Mrs. Philo P. Wilcox Of College
View, Kan, is perhaps the only won.
an blacksmith in this country I'm
able to secure an appointment as teach
er in the rural school district and as
her husband had failed in health. Mrs.
Wilcox turned TO blacksmlthing. which
had been her husbands trade.
Mrs. Ellen If. Mcclellan, widow OF
the late General George p. Mcclellan
and mother Of the mayor OF New
York. recently arrived IN this country
and win remain here until after the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
Under the Cross
,sIa,sDs's'alessae1a,eees.as,81s 'ars'a's's'd
[originai.l

[Original.l
Ell Plat was having hard time to
make living. He went from house
TO house selling any little article he
could get a dealer to trust him with,
ana his life was passed principally In
looking in at doors which were slam
med In his face. One day, receiving
no answer to his ring at a handsome
residence, he tried the knob, opened
the door and walked in. Hearing no
sound, he reconnoitered as far as the
second story, from back window Of
which be saw woman in the yard
hanging up clothes. The premises had
evidently been left in her care. Pull
ing open bureau drawer, he saw a
box and. opening the box, small for
tune in jewels.
The human mind is capable Of great
deIiberation in very small space Of
time. Eli Platts certainly was. He
had never stolen or robbed Indeed.
he had calculated the chances Of such
methods and knew they were decided
" against dishonesty. The goods were
usually recovered, and the thief went
to state prison. Plat concluded to
take the jewels, hide them, suffer the
consequences OF the theft and when a
free man again recover the treasure
and take good long comfortable rest.
lie decided and acted deliberately, not
on the usual impulse of a thief.
That night he took the jewels to a
block on which the only building was
q brick junkshop. Somebody had once
taught him to find the north star by
the pointer stars, 80 he took thirty
steps from the northwest corner of the
junkshop toward the north star, stop
ped and, with rusty shovel be found
outside the junkshop, dug hole and
BURIED his treasure.
He had been seen coming away with
the jewels and when they we're missed
was arrested, identified and sent to the
pepitantiary.
Seven years later Eli Piatt, Just dis
charged, sauntered by the block where
be had buried the Jewels. a number
of buildings had been erected; but for
tunAtelg tor Eli, he recognized the junk
Shop, though It was now used for a
feed store. Tie looked toward the
spot where he'had buried his treasure
and saw that it was covered by the
renr end Of chapel. The roof OF this
end was rounded DIP TO a point, on
witch wasSa cross.
II his mind was capable of delibera.
ton, It was also capable OF calling up
pictures Az he looked at the cross
be gaw~an old woman kneeiing at
to ALTAR. She was bis mother. Then
be saw hixnHeif toddilng along by her
side to church, later his confirmation,
And nNv the treasure he had taken
from another and had suffered seven
long years to possess was sheltered by
a sacred temple guarded by the holy
emblem of the CROSS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

merit Of going further than plain rib
bon, and beyond gold buckle perhaps
no other trimming Is necessary to the
succeas OF the hat A handsome bow
tied at the counter Of a department
shop or millinery store, with short
length for twisting around the crown,
can be arranged by any person who
knows how to sew, the process being
only matter OF few minutes.
Simple afternoon gowns are being
made from such materials as cashmere,
yelling and henrietta. The dress illus
trated is Of the latter fabric. The bod
Ice Is scarcely more elaborate than a
shirt waist. Still It gives the effect OF
something very dressy. The skirt Is
seven gored and trimmed with cureuIar
friIls Of the material finished with
bands Of velvet.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
TIE WRITERS.

Mrs. whitney. the sculptress of Bos-
ton, has written verse Of quite distinct
quality.
1t Is not generally known, but MI.
Kipling Is as an enthusiastic farmer
rs be is lmperiallst He has nearly
500 acres Of rich, cultivated land In
Sussex. England
M. CASTOR Boisser, brilliant writer.
Is giving up bis chair at the College
dc France after lecturing on Latin let
tiers for more than forty years. He
Intends to devote his time to a study
OF the Hellenization OF Rome.
Rev. James y. Corrothers, the negro
poet. author and magazine writer and
the protege Of the late Frances WI
lard, has moved from South Haven,
Mich. and will hereafter make bis
home III Washington. He win become
the financial agent Of the Clayton
Williams academy, negro Baptist In
stitution Of Baltimore.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

Any sick woman may write to DR.. r.
V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. ", in perfect
confidence; all letters Of consultation
being treated as strictly private and
sncredly confidential, and all answers
being sent in plain envelopes with no
advertising or other printing upon them.
Such consultation costs you nothing
whether you take treatment from pr.
Pierce or not.
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription has
been long hailed as a vGod.send to
women Il makes weak women strong
and sick women well It.enables wom-
en- suffering from vfemale weakness, I"
prolapsus uteri. retroversion. antever-
sion, and other displacements of the
organs distinctly feminine, to cure
themselves right in the privacy of their
homes. Pelvic catarrhal drains, painful
or irregular periods, backache, frequent
headaches, weak nerves, dragging-down
pain or distress in the lower abdominal,
or pelvic, region, gnawing sensation in
stomach, dizziness, or faint spells, and
kindred conditions and symptoms are
cured by DR.. Pierce's Favorite prescrip-
ton. II Is not secret or patent medi-
cine, against the use OF which most
people Of intelligence naturally object,
but is, in fact, the vFavorite Prescrip-
ton" OF a regularly educated and ex-
perienced physician in the treatment
OF woman's peculiar ailments and who
is not afraid to publish all its ingredi-
ents, as he does, on it's bottle-wrapper,
attesting the correctness Of the same
under oath
-HHEayoEite Prescripiion.-,- is the one
medlclne for Woman 8 delicate ailments
winch Contains melt ber lenhoI nQr
harInlnl hanll-IQrmlng drugs, being q
pure glycefie extract OF curative prin-
ciples found in our most valuable native,
medicinal roots, as attested by many of
the most eminent medical writer's and
teachers Of all the several schools Of
practice,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
q scientific medicine, carefully devised
byan experienced and skilliul physician,
and adapted to woman delicate system.
Ii is made OF native American medicinal
roots and is perfectly harmless in its
effects ia any condition OF the female
system.
Az powerful irvigorating tonic : Fa-
yorite Prescription" imparts strength TO
the whole system and 10 the organs
distinctly feminine in particular For
oyer-worked, nworn-out,p rundown
dcbilitated teachers, niilliners, dress
makers, seamstreeses, "shop-girls.V
honse-kcepers, nursing mothers, and
feeble women generally, pr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription Is the greatest
earthly bcun, beimg unequaled as an
appctizing cordial and restorative tonic.
As . soothirg and strengthening ner-
wac NHagerilA lascr pgtla Is unequafs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
The Times Daily Short Story.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Life, like the world, is OF two hem
isphcres. 10 pass from one earthly
hemisphere to another may require
weeks, perhaps months A passage
from one spiritual hemisphere to an
other may be accomplished in frac-
tion Of a second. AS Eli looked up at
what as child he had been taught
TO reverence 1t occurred to him shat
II I'D been placed over his treasure
thar no hand should profane II. For
what purpose? To save his soul BY
whom? She who had long passed to
her heavenly home--his mother.
In a twinkling he was changed. In
twinlkling that which in prison he
had looked forward 10 longingly, count.
ing the days between him and Its pos.
session, had become only a means by
which he might be rescued from evil
Going to the front Of the chapel, he
found the doors open and entered.
There was the stiffness Of house OF
worship when no services were being
held Several people were kneellng be.
fore the altar. He went forward and
dropped on his knees.
Long he stayed immovabIe, his head
bowed upon his breast He was think
ing Of the old woman who took him to
church when he was little boy-how,
doubtless. she had waited while be
was In prison for this moment, how
she had interceded for him and how in
the inscrutable ways Of the heavenly
hosts all this had been brought about
Beside the altar was booth shielded
by curtain In which a priest was
hearing confession. When the con-
fessor came out Eli Plat entered and
told the priest the story Of his theft.
his endurance for its final possession
and where be had buried his treasure.
The next day the priest conducted
the chief Of police and party of work
men TO the cellar OF the chapel. TAX.
ing up the cement floor, they dug in
the earth. and a few feet under the
surface directly beneath the cross they
found box of jewels. They were sent
to their rightful owners.
A few days after their return the
priest sent for Eli Plat and told him
that lady who had been the posseasor
Of what he had stolen had been so
pleased az getting her property again
that she had sent him a present OF
$500. Ell declined to touch a cent OF it.
ut all belongs to me, not as a thing to
be converted into money, but as a key
by which my better nature has been
unlocked, It was kept for me by my
old mother In heaven, who put this
chapel and the cross over it that |
might find 1t to work a miracle on my
return"
Eli Plat, though converted man,
though his conscience Is far tenaerer
than that Of millions Of his brothers, re.
mains an ex-convict, and as such biz
road is more thorny than before. But
there is no temptation for him to at
tempt to ameliorate HIS condition by
dishonesty. He is waiting for release,
for different reward. in the hereafter.
Is he not nearer than his fellows to
that Christianity when to be Chris.
tian meant martyrdom?
FRANK p. CHENEY. !
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
sHIppERs RESORT TO TIPPING.
San Francisco Bulletin Says It Is Com
mon Practice in Order to Get Cars.

San Francisco, Jan. ~. The San Fran.
cisco Bulletin Saturday said that when
interstate commerce commissioner Lane
arrives there this week to investigate re.
lations between the railroads and ship
pers, he will find that the tipping sys-
tenn resortei to BY shippers and ware
house men in order to get cars has been
followed AZ the Oakland yards for some
time. AZ the office az General Manager
Calvin III The Southern Pacific company,
II was admitted Unit This Is done bit
Ii was stated taas the fault Il with
tiin fndrSsanf.t and tisnt b8N prertass DOES
pnot. Bsve thp annlovai Of t'ie camnaAy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

unwilling III Washington next April
of the memorial statue Of General Nc
CIellan. For some time Mrs McCleI-
Ian has resided abroad.
When Cornelia De Bey was sent to
investigate a factory at Alton and was
refused admission she just climbed
over wall and found out the abuses
OF child labor there and was able to
present important evidence ait the leg
islatiye hearing. DR. De Bey II n
member Of the Chicago school board
and one Of "Chlcago's eve maiden
aunts."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
SEE SUCCESS FOR cLEeIcALIsM
Vatican Interpretation Of Events in the
Countries Surrounding France.

Rome, Jan. 2s.--yatican authorities
expressed the opinion Saturday that the
assumption Of power in Spain by Pre-
mier Maura, at the head Of the conserva.
tive ministry, the success Of the center
party in Germany. and the failure Of the
anti-eleTical movement in Italy were sig
nifcant Of the attitude on religious mat
tiers 81 the countries surrounding France
where the anti.nlefcal movement il tfi-
umphing. In this connection 1t Is sig.
nifcant also that the pope has ordered
the celebration Of re Deum next Sun
day in the Austrian church in Rome in
honor Of the anniversary of the birth.
day Of Emperor William Of Germany.
Such q ceremony for Protestant ruler
IA without precedent, TIE Deums having
been sung III thespast only on occasion o.
the birthdays Of Roman Catholic sover-
eigns
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
Fatal Explosion Of Fire
Damp
AT LORENTz, W. VIRGINIA
Five Americans and Seven Italians Are
known to Be Dead-The Mine
caved in After the Ex-
plcsion.

Buclshannon, VI Va. Jan. %. Five
Americans and seven Italians are known
to be dead as the result Of an explosion
Of FIRE damp in the Pennsylvania com
pany mine at Lorenzo, W. Va. near
here about $3.50 o'clock saturday even
ing Immediately following the ex-
piosion the mine caved IN, and narrowly
escaped causing the entombment of all
the miners. estimated at 100 The
bodies OF u men have been recovered
and it is not known at this time
whether any others met death. Tae
Americans who were killed afes
Charles Boserman, William Bailey
James Scott, Charles johnson, Glenn
Miles. The bodies Of seven Italians aiso
have been recovered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
LACQUER For srass.

Here is very good recipe for lac
quer for brass: Put into d quart jar ala
ounce OF pale shellac. a quarter OF an
ounce Of cape aloes, an eighth Of an
ounce Of powdered gamboge and a pint
Of alcohol When this is dissolved
strain through cheesecloth. The brass
must be perfectly clean and, If posi-
bic. slightly warm. Apply with soft
varnish brush.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
SOME AVERAGES.
The average man is bald at forty.

The average man Is bald at forty
The average minister mRrrles 1000
couples.
The average cat mother blesees the
world with 100 kittens.
Glasses for old age are adopted on
the average at forty-three
The yearly sale OF newspapers
throughout the world averages 10000
tons.
The worlds gold mines yield on an
average 100000, or $4,000 ounces Of
gold, Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
MILLINERY MATTERS.
Light Hats mach Worn - Grapes mn
Artistic Garniture.

Artistic Garniture.
An unusual number OF light hats are
worn this season, beavers and felts in
white. pink and champagne, as well as
hats OF gold and cloth Of silver. A Gre
alton of cloth of silver with white
grapes and silver ribbon bows Is d
frosty suggestion. but exceedingly pr
quaint when set Off by clear complex
Ion, rosy cheeks and dark hair.
MORE silk sailor hats are pretty
made with an underbrim OF velvet. A
smart model in dark forest green
trimmed with pair OF long pointed
wings coming from q stiff bow OF rib
bon at the side Is very effective.
Plaid ribbon Is used very much this
season as a trimming for children's
hats. It is servieeable and always
looks smart and has the additional
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
PUTTING On 4 plaster.

Before having a plaster applied to
the back or chest one should take a
deep breath and hold it while the plas-
ter is being put on. If this is done the
patient will not be annoyed by that
drawing OF the skin which is so un-
pleasant feature when the plaster is
ordinarily applied.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
WOn7an'S Wdfcl7WOrd
Is MOdeSEy.

Whatever threatens delicate modesty ghtens
For this many permits disease delicate woanly
organs become aggravated because bring submit
the ordeal Of unpleasant quesonngs offensive examinations and
obnoxious local treatments which physicians think
Doubtless thousands Of the who taken advantage of DR.
Perces offer Of free consultation by letter by the
escape thus offered from treatment pugnant modesty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
Anthraeltn conl.

The FIRST anthracite coal known TO to
such WINS discovered at Mauch Chunk
Pa.. lib 1T91 The Lchigh Coal Mining
company began business I'm the sarne
yeur. nnaking : euanusndSfy Of tie re-.
cent GIaeaee r.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
q Heartleas Kino.

Philip l. Of France fell out with the
queen. turned her out Of doors and
married the wife or a nobiemnn. Civ
ing the unique reason n like her bet.
ter than do my wife and can pro.
vide for her better than her husband
cRn.g
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
Tobacco Smoke.

The smoke of burning tobacco con-
talns nlcotla. nlcotlanine. salts Of am
monIa, hydrocyanic acid. suiphureted
hydrogen, three or four volatile acids,
phenol, creosote and several other sub
stances.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

ed and is invaluable In allaying and
subduing nervous excitabilty, irritable
ity, nervous exhaustion, nervous pros
trstion, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, St.
Vitus's dance, and other distressing,
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease Of
tile uterus. Ii induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety and des-
pondency
You can't afford TO accept 3 secret
nostrum as substitute Tor this PROVEN
REMEDY OF KNOWN COMPOSITION.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

The first cotton gin in this country
was put in operation by Eli Whitney
the inventor, IN 1893
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28
aThe Blood is The LIFE

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture.
But it has Illuminated that statement
and given it 8 meaning ever broadening
with the increasing breadth Of knowl-
edge. When the blood is 81 bad or i'm
pure it is not alone the body which
suffers through disease. The brain is
also clouded, the mind and judgement
are effected, and many an evil deed or
impure thought may be directly traced
to the impurity oil the blood. Foul,
impure blood can be made pure BY the
use OF DR.. Piercee Golden Medical Dis
coyery. It enriches and purifies the
blood thereby curing, pirnples, blotches,
eruptions and othercutaneous affections,
as eczema, letter, or salt-rheum, hives
and other manifestations Of impure
blood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

oleridge left his wife and children
'|thout apology or farewell and never
Ipuld see them again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

In the cure 81 scfofulous swellings,
enlarged glands, open eating ulcers, or
old sores, the v (iolden Medical Diecov-
cry" has performed the most marvellous
cures. In cases OF old sores, on open
eating ulcers, it is well 10 apply to the
open sores DIR. Pierce's AllsHeaiing
Salve, which possesses wonderful heal
ing potency when used as an application
10 the sores In conjunction with the use
OF rGolden Medical Discovery as q
blood CLEANSING Observation-Disclosures
II your druggist don't happen to have
the e Healing Salyen in stock, you
can easily PROCURE il by Enclosing fifty
four cdnts in postage stamps to DR.. r.
v. Pisfce, $50 Main St., Buffalo, N ",
and il ytNAoeghe TO you by return post.
MoeE druggists keep II as well as the
rGdlden Medical Discovery"
Ia o @ o o @
You cant afford 70 accspt any rnedI-
cirle I'll. as s sub.
etitute Tor en- MEG ical QiaeQxergs
WHICH lis q medicine OF kSQl.H. CON-
POSITION. having complete list 81
ingredients ii plain English on its
bottle-wrapper, the same being attested
ns correct under oath.
Dr.. Pierce 4 Pleasant Pellets inyigor-
nte Tie stomach, liver and bowels. One
70 thsee 4 daas. Ese2g 70 take Is eandys