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The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

Eula Brown, of Courtney, Tex, is the youngest telegraph operator in America-possibly in the world. She IS but little over ' years of age. Yet there is hardly a duty or detail of railroad telegraphy in Texas that she IS not thoroughly familiar with. Her father has been an operator for years, and the little one has passed all. or nearly all, her time in a telegraph office since she first learned to creep. She always had fond ness for tampering with the keys, and she hardly learned the letters of the alphabet before she also knew the telegraphic signs and sounds for each. Before she had learned to write plainly she could send a message over the wires at a fair rate of speed, and to-day she can send and take as well as any of the average opera tors of the country.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

The latest news of importance from Alabama is that a man there has withdrawn from the church because his preacher re- fused to take drink with him. This is encouraging. We've been fretting little of late about Ala bama. They have been having no duels, or vendettas, or cyclones there recently, and it seems almost possible that the State had got lost. But this religious item is reassur- ing. Alabama IS still there.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

Miss Julia Jackson. the only child of the late Thomas J. Stone walD Jackson, of Confederate fame, will be married on June Sd to Mir. William B. Christian, a prominent grain merchant of Richmond, Virginia. Miss Jack son is twenty-three years old, and Mir. Christian is twenty seven. The intended groom is, the son of Rev. W. H. Christian, a prominent Methodist minister.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

The Phoenix Gazette is authority for the statement that Justice Illus ton, of Vulture, had case in his court, the other day, and after the trial the defendant became some what abusive. The Justice at tempted to allay his wrath, but without avail, and at last became indignant himself. He formally adjourned court, and proceeded to kick the offender from the room in the highest style of the pugilistic art.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

Since the prohibition law has been enforced in Kansas the drug business has begun to pick up. One druggist Tn Leavenworth re- ceived carload of pocket fasks. Another illustration of the old adage of what we save at the spiggot we lose at the bung.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

A party of Indian hunters left Deming the other morning. They are armed with several gallons of Deming whisky, to say nothing oi small arsenal of rifles and re- volvers, and have promised sev- eral dozen scalps to various par ties in town.-Headlight.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03

The Arizona Journal says: The Albuquerque Journal IS not at all pleased with the journalistic talent of Arizona, and says that there is not paper published in New Mexico which is not better and which does not publish more news than all the papersin Arizona combined. The amateur of the Journal should not allow himself to be gulled and blinded by the hattering notices he has received from the press and allow his egot- ism to get the better of his usual good sense. There Is such thing in the exchange of newspaper courtesies as ''taffy," and to this is probably due the importance the Journal reporter sets upon himself There are men, sonny, connected with the press of Arizona who have reached positions in journal istic history which will never be attained by any of the Journal staff or its confreres.
 If you want to keep town from thriving don't erect any more buildings than you can con veniently occupy yourself. If you should have an empty building, and anyone should want to rent it, ask three times the value of 1t. Demand Shylock prices for every foot of land that God has given you stewardship over. Turn a cold shoulder to every mechanic and business man who seeks to make a home with you. Look at every new conner with a scowl. Run down your workmen. Fail to advertise and support your home paper. Get your job print ing done abroad. Wrap your selves with a coat of impervious selfshness. There is no better way to kill your town.-Prescott Courier.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03
CON,fERCIAL.

COMMERCIAL. Commercial advertising inserted at rates made in accordance with contract.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03
ADVERTISING RATES.

SINGLE COPIES of the CLARION can be obtained in Clifton at R. H. Austin's News Stand. Main street.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03
THE CLIFTON CLARION.
AGENTS

SAN FRANCISCO-E. C. Dake, Room 65, Merchants Exchange, is sole agent for the CLARION in that city. DUNCAN AND CARLISLE-P. M- Thur rnond.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
TEMPTATION.
1t Is No Sin to he Tempted, But Sinful ia
Voluntarily Run into Temptation.

1t Is No Sin to BE Tempted, But Sinful to
Voluntarily Run into Temptation.
Temptation is the condition of human
life, and to try to flee from it in
shape is often to provoke it in another.
Every period in life, every class in So
ciety, duties, as we'll as pleasures, work
as well as rest, contain within them the
elements of an incessant temptation,
which it is once our folly to ignore, our
discipline to encounter and our glory to
overcome.
1t is no sin to be tempted, for Jesus,
the sinless one, was tempted in all
things like as we are, yet without sin.
1t is no weakness to feel the temptation
g%rievous, for Jesus again "suffered, be-
ing tempted" (Heb. 2: 49, The mis-
take is to run into temptation of our
own accord. The sin is IN listening to
the voice of the charmer until our
hearts go out after the forbidden sweet
ness, and it is all up with as. The
weakness is in our great terror at the
the sky, to gaze upon the danger till we
are rapidly sinking into it. and till it is
almost too late to call put to Him, who
rides upon the storm: Lord, save us,
we perish" (Matt. 8: 25.) Yet if
your enemies are here, your Saviour is
here as well. "The name of the Lord
is a strong tower; the righteous lunneth
into it, and is safe" prov. 10: 1O.)
If the assaults of the enemy all but ex-
haust u.s., and, like Christian with
Apollyon, our sword flies out of our
hand when We want it most, and the
battle is all but decided against us; at
the last moment the way to escape shall
appear, that we may be able to bear it;
for when the enemy shall come in like
q flood, the Spirit Of the Lord shall lift
up standard against him." Elsa. SO:
49, The table in the wilderness is
spread by the Lords own hand. He
who provided q morning meal by the
lake of Galilee for His seven disciples,
wearied by their nights toll; He who
fed the five thousand on their way to
the Passover, because He pitied them
as sheep having no shepherd, will be to
his own tempted and wearied servant
what the good Samaritan was to the
wounded traveller, healing their wounds,
supplying their needs and comforting
their heart.-Dr. 4. W. Ihorold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
Sharp Dealings.

1t is deeply to be regretted that many
business men, who are protesting
Christians, are so d~ishonorable in some
of their business transactions. A case
OF this kind came to IL notice recent
ly. A Boston provision dealer, who is
quite active and well known in meet
lngs Tor prayer and Christian work,
sold some goods to an out-of-town
dealer, which. when opened, were
found to be badly damaged. The buyer
demonstrated with him, at the Same
time returning the barrel of goods.
FINALLY he promised to send the buyers
better article, but when the goods were
received there was no Improvement
whatsoever. ''What shall 1 do now?"
sad the buyer, not a Christian man, to
the divine who told us the story. He
was advised to send back the goods,
stating how he found them and the
amount he had sold Che had been able
t pick out a small amount which was
Iii to sell), and demand back his money
ana the expense of carriage, or else ex-
poet to settle by recourse to the courts.
ouch sharp business dealings as this
bring religion into disrepute among
men OF sterling integrity, who make no
professions. They naturally expect
that a Christian man will have a more
sensitive conscience and be more strict
y apr!ght in his dealings than the non
christian man. Alas, that in sOme
cases the reverse is tlue!-Golden Rate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
A PlTIFUL TALE.

Maddened by the Cries of His Wife and
Children for Bread a Chicago Mechanic
Steals Two Fishes.
A policeman who was standing at
Blue Island avenue and West Twelfth
street last evening saw a poor clad man
stop in front of Andreas' g~rocery-store
close by, and, after looking around as
though to assure himself that no one
was in sight, take a couple of fishes
that were displayed in front of the
store and pass hurriedly on. The Off
Ger overlook the man and conducted
him to the Twelfth Street Station,
where "W. III. Melvin, thirty-seven
years old, trunkmaker," was booked
as his name, age, and occupation. All
the while the prisoner was crying Bit
terly, as he wa about to be taken to
the cell-room he turned to Captain
O'Donnell and said: II was an honest
man until tonight. but when I left nv
starving wife and eight little ones this
morning J. promised to bring them
something to eat TO night; I tried all
clay to get work enough to
buy loaf of bread, but ]
couldn't, and | was thinking how
eagerly they were waiting for me at
home and how hard it would be to 90
back empty-handed and see my wife's
disappointment and have my children
run te meet me expecting food which |
could not give them, and then hear
them cry all night with hunger-I was
just thinking of that when I saw the
fishes, and [ took them for my wife
and little ones. I have been out of
work for several weeks and can not get
employment" 1t was told with
straightforwardness, and the mans APP
pearance was sc intelligent that ke won
the sympathy Of every one in the sta
ton. Captain O'Donnell sentfor George
Eberle, who signed the mans bond,
and Desk-Sergeant McAvoy gave him
two loaves Of the bread which the city
supplies to the police stations. Then
he was told to 60 home, but be in
court in the morning to answer to tho
charge of disorderly conduct that had
been preferred against him.-Chicago
Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

Of beginnings, and stands in ~revcrent
silence before the unknown altar.
At this point in the relations between
science and Christianity . significant
Invitation is given to the latter. M.
| Huxley, and with him the scientific
world, is waiting for a stronger glass
through which to read what or who is
behind the phenomena of nature. Until
that glass is brought, he, and those who
think with him, are silent, but expect
ant. He confesses that nature suggests
that in the shadow above her a designer
seems tc be working, and that natural
laws are shaping themselves upward
toward the invisible and the spiritual.
Is this not a scientific p~repossession to-
ward proofs for the existence of q God?
Only the method by which the scientists
are working is wrong. Were the achro-
matte ten thousand times more power
full, it would not disclose God. What
progress, then, has science madep This
much, at least: With instruments made
by human hands, and with a patient sci
ientific induction from the facts those in
struments revealed, it has reached the
conclusion; there is nothing IMPROBABLE
in the Christian belief in God; on the
contrary, He seems to be needed, as the
foundation stone is needed for a monu-
ment. But science has practically gone
its full length on the road of induction.
1t has reached the vanishing point Of
matter. And as that matter recedes
into the invisible it seems to point to
something beyond itself. And there
science is silent.
1t is now for Christianity to come to
the front-not with theories, for they
never can be linked on to facts, but
with facts of a different sort, and in 8
realm different from, yet kindred to.
that of nature. And these moral and
spiritual facts, having in themselves all
the elements of gertrude that pertain to
facts in the natural world, Will tit in
with them and complete that arch of
human thought by which man, along
combined natural and spiritual lines,
will yet complete and make sure the
rounded arch of the proof of things
heavenly and divine. The signs of the
times are that science and religion are
coming into a great partnership for
the greatest work possible to finite
thought.-Chicago Interior.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
RELIGIOUS READING.
A FRESH

Every day is a fresh beginning
yo,, ,vko arc weary of sorrow and SHINING,
Her, ia a beautiful hope for you;
a hone for me and q hope for you.
An the mast things are past and over,
IThe tasks are done and the tears are sheo'
yesterdny's errors let yesterday covers;
Yesterday's wounds, which smarted ana
Are heaied with the healing which night has
shed.
Yesterday now is q part of forever;
Round in in q sheaf, which God holds tight,
with glad days, and sad days, and bad days,
which never
Shat! visit Us more with their bloom and
Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful
night.
Let them go, since we can not relive them,
Can not undo and can not atone;
God in His mercy receive, forgive them!
Only the new days are our own:
To-day is ours, and to-day alone.
Here are the skies all FURNISHED brightly.
Here is the spent earth all reborn,
Here are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun and share with the morn
In the chrism OF dew and the cool OF dawn.
Every day Is a fresh b%eginning:
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain.
And, spite of old sorrow and older SHINING,
And puzzles forecasted, and possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin Ggain!
Susan Coolidge, IN ChTtsttGn Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
becoma a free matrimoni:

Il. a., become q free matrimonial.
boarder in return for the dignity which,
his illustrious name conferred on the
proprietress of the establishment. But
the unmaidenly boldness of such a pro,
posal presently rose before her in all
its enormity, and she became so fiust-
cred that there was nothing left for
her but meekly to acquiesce in MI.
Blocks arrangements. The last agree
ment, | believe, is that as soon as
Brietkopf establishes the Block Mus
cum in Berne, their wedding day is to
be fixed. But up to date Mr.. Breitkopf
has kept remarkably quiet. Neverthe-
less, Apollonia never takes up a Berne
newspaper without a feverish little
blush and a strange and unaccountable
agitation.-Hjalnar z. Boyesea', IN
Hu7per's Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
GOOD .~FIvE.cENTERs.
A Man Who Knew Good Cigars When He
Saw Them.

"A Man WHO 11NCW OOOu SAe"hS AAO
Saw Them.
Schmidtz has a young man to aid
him in selling cigars and tobacco, to
whom he gives seven dollars a week.
The said salesman has frequently asked
Schmidt to raise his wages to eight
dollars per week, but Schmidt only
raises his arms, turns the palms to-
ward the sky, and says:
"Shack, times vas pc too dull. Wait
awhile, und 1 tole you Something's"
One day IS a young man was passing
the cigar store, Schmidt asked his
clerk who the passer-by was and where
he bought his cigars. Jack, the clerk
gave the young mans name, and also
the information that he purchased his
cigars at a rival dealers store, adding:
s.He says he buys four bits worth a
day, and that he'd buy from us only
our, five cent cigars are stinkcrs."
':Sktinkers! Ell, Shack? vas hat
the best five-cent cigar in town. l tole
you Something's: You vas see dot young
mans und fetch him aroundt. I will
opena box of Key Vest cigars und sell
him two for ten cents. Next time he
puys you gife him cigars from the
China box, eh? What you drinks Shack,
ehp He won't know the difference"
Jack acquiesced-'twas acapital way
to gain trade.
Shortly afterwards Jack went to
lunch. At the restaurant table oppo-
site him sat the very young man whose
trade Schmidt wanted. During the
time consumed in lunch Jack and the
young man INDUCED in several hearty
laughs, and as they left the restaurant
the young man remarked:
t.That's all right, Jack, old boy; I'll
fix him."
The next evening the young man
culled at Schmidtz's cigar store.
"Hello! Schmidt" exclaimed the
young man; shave you any good five
cent cigars?" at the same time throw
ing a ten-cent piece on the counter.
"You bet I vas haf the best in town.
Here, Shack! Hand me a fresh box OF
them good five %centers."
Jack handed his employer a box of
fifty twelve-and-a-half-cent Key West
cigars.
Schmidt opened the box quickly
and passed the cigars to the young man
to take two.
care these the best five-centers you
haye" asked the young man, taking
the box in his hand.
"They are the best in town." said
Schmidt. 'You couldn't buy them by
the box for less than two dollars and q
half"
The young man picked up the ten
cent piece, threw down two dollars
and a half, closed the box, and, plac-
ing it under his arm, walked off, say
ing:
@All right, schmidtzy, old boy; I'll
try these, and if they're good iii call
again"
Schmidt has discharged Jack, hired a
little boy for two dollars a week, and
is cutting down expenses every way
possible to get even on the DEAL
Stockton (Cal.) Maveri;ch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
THE TRUE AMERICAN.
Cockney Wall.

A Cockney Wall.
The great Pacific journey I have done,
In many a tow and tent Nv found a lo0a-
ing;
All round this continent I have beer doda.
ing,
Like Lancclot in quest of Holy Grail,
From western Beersheba to Yankee Dan
I've been q seeker, yet i sadly fail
To find the genuine type American.
Who met me in the pages Of Sam Slick?'
Who opened every sentence with "By thua-
der!'
And whitfield away on a bit of stick?
The more the Grove of friends around mo
The less my chance to meet him seems to
Why, did he really show himself to Dickens,
To Dixon, Salla, Trolope, not to me?
No one accosts me with the words, "wa'al
stranger!"
Greets me US FESTIVE cuss," or shouts sold
hoSS;"
No grim s~ix,shootcr threatens me with
If 1 d on quickly pass the butter. boss"
Round friendly boards no cocktail ever
No brandy smash my morning hon,rbesets;
And the piano don't wear pantalets.
The ladies, whcnyon offer chicken salad,
guess
They don't sing Mrs. Barney Williams bal
OF "Bobbing Round nor add "sir-ee" to
yes.
], too, have sat, like every other fellow
In many q railway, omnibus, street car;
No girl has spiked me with a fierce umbrella,
And said: "You git, I mean to sit right
thar"
Gone are the Yankees of my early reading!
Faded the Yankee land of eager quest!
1 meet with culture, courtesy, good breed
ing,
Art, letters. men and women of the best.
oh! fellow Britons, all my hopes are undonc,
Take counsel of a disappointed man,
Don't come out here, but stay at home in
London,
And seek in books the true American.
-Iid-BlS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

There are souls in the world who
nave the gift Of finding joy everywhere,
and of leaving 1t behind them when
they 60. Joy gsshes from under their
myers ike Jets Of light. Their infu'
snce Is an inevitable gladiening of tho
neart. 1t seems as if : shadow Of
Toa.s own gift had passed upon them.
Iney give light without meaning to
snlne. These brigtt hearts have q great
work to do for Gnd.-FQber. ,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

A few days ago some of the pract-
cal iokers of Harshmanville thought
they would play good joke on a fellow
by the name Of Sam Tietje. Removing
the ball from a cartridge they put ths
shell with its powder in 3 cigar anS
gave'it to Tietie to smoke. The ''busi-
ness went OF and put out ono If thu
victims eyes.--layton to- DenNcsat
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-29
HOUSE SLOPS.
An Excellent Way Of Making . Drain fos
Their Removal.


Country houses are rarely supplied
with such conveniences for removing
the house '.slops'' as are desirable, not
20 say absolutely essential, from q SAN
itary point of view. The sink-drain
from the house pump, if there Is one,
gets foul and clogged, sometimes sew
eral times in year. and has to De dug
up and cleaned out. An open gutter is
filthy, smells badly, taints the butter,
breeds flies and makes folks i'll. Stops
thrown around the door are, if possible,
rs much worse than the drain IS the
space stopped over is larger and closer
to the house. The remedy is covered
drain of some kind, to carry the slops to
distance, where they may be econo-
mized. They ought never to be thrown
into the pump-sink. but into an open
receptacle from which the drain flows.
A very good way, which has COM
mended itself to the writer. is to have
receiver not less than foot square. laid
up of brick, in cement, altogether about
four feet deep. Out of this, from about
the middle, the drain bows, also laid in
brick Though one of oak boards will
last long time). and into which. lit
tie below the middle, the water pipe
from the pump-sink enters. The foul
water thrown in will deposit its sedi-
ment and flow off tolerably clear by the
drain, while the mouth of the sink-pipe,
being below the surface of the water,
admits of no foul air passing back to
the house. 1t is easy to clear out the
sentiment in the receiver with post
hole spoon, and to flush the drain BY
pouring tub-full of water at q time
into the receiver. The top of the 70
ceiver should be protected by grating
or a lid. To prevent foul air drawing
up the drain. as it will often do. o.
trap of tile may be placed near the re-
ceiver. The trap should be under.
ground. the top being level with. OF
raised little above, the surface of the
ground. .11riculturist-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-29
FIFTEEN SUMMERS AGO.

My pretty Annette. you haunt me yet
With your beautiful eyes OF liquid jet;
And try as anay. can not forget
Those halcyon days when first we met
Fifteen summers ago.
No. a. you are to nieht my queen,
With your regal air and your diamonds
But when you were Gushing "sweet sixteen,
And was twenty all and lean
Fifteen summers ago.
] was a college youth from town,
You were ii country girl don't frown),
Sweet simplcity-pure white gown,
Tangled curls of darkest brown
Fifteen summers ago.
swore that loved you'll thought did,
Il was always very susceptible kidd
And when my boldness you softly child,
Your dmped hand in my brown one hid
Fifteen summers age
The first nIs,t9 time 1 kissed you-remember the
We stood on the porch in the pale moon
light
Like a startled fawn you looked up in alright
right"
Fifteen summers ago.
1 called YOU my darling, my angel my
And swore by the tranquil stars above
That you were my first-my only lovei"
And. like the late Romeo, talked of your
glove
Fifteen summers ago.
Like the tickle knight in the ancient lay,
j falsely "loved and rode away
Left you with VOWS to return "some day"
And-forgot you soon in the city gay
Fifteen summers ago.
But you did not worry. my lady fair.
For instead of pining in proud despair.
Or romantic'ly climbing the golden stcir-
You married gouty old millionaire
Fifteen summers ago!
Helen Thorne tn JUDGE