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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20

three times, and n glowing autumn sun
purple heather, when Mona and her hus-
band strolled together once more to the
seat by the big oak tree.
"After all, Leslie, j believe / love this
view the best OF any,"
al am quite sure do,'' said Waring a
smile stealing into his brown eyes and
spreading over his healthy, happy face.
"Why are you so fond of it?" asked Mona,
settling her head comfortably against his
shoulder.
"Because-well, will tell you n secret,
the only one have had from you"
"How dare you, sir. Confess ut oncev'
"Well. don't think you'll mind now.
The day before you deigned to accept me,
had been roaming about with Kenneth
md got tired of everything, life included,
SO left and strolled up the hollow there
till found myself beside those big stones,
where the bracken still grows SO high, and
] threw myself down among them and
thought what an unlucky devil / was,
when / heard I4isle's voice close by, and
before could stir, You were both seated
here. l hesitated, and lost my chance of
appearing. until heard too much TO make
It advisable to show myself. Then / lis
tened, and II ever fellow was lifted into
the highest heaven of pride and delight, l
was that day"
"Whatl did you hear everything saidr'
Every wordl So that did not know
how to behave myself like rational crea.
ture, and pretended all the evening to be
dead tired. You see, it would never have
done to let you know. But IL I had not
heard from your own lips that you liked
Newell, better than Lsle-I should never
have broken silence;"
SIS it possiblss I unders tand though
It is well you kept the secret. should
have been so awfully vexed."
eyes; know that"
"Just imagine my having hidden
things from you, and being n stranger, and
fearing you should look into my heart anC
see what goose was. We could never
misunderstood each other now, we have
grown so like"
Gas the husband, so the wife is-thor
art mated to clownp" quoted Waring
laughing.
"Hushp' she interrupted; you shall no
say impertinent things of my guid man
But it is nearly half past four; we must q
back. Mary ordered the carriage for u:
TO 60 and meet General and Mrs. Fielder
at five, and you know what punctual lit
tie house mother she is"
VERY well; but first You might give
fellow kiss for the sake of old times"
Eyes; for past and present both, my owI
dearr
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20
TILE END.
Confederate Money.
Atlanta Constitution.

Congressman Grimes who represents
the fourth Georgia district, told q couple
of stories very pertinent to the subject
and which greatly amused his auditors:
"In the latter part of 1863" said Mr..
Grimes, "a young man who lived in La-
Grange, Ga, became possessed # the
sum of $500 in Confederate money He
was of Il thrifty turn and wanted to add
to it. With that purpose in view he IN
vested his money in ber'll of whisky.
This he sold by the drink, and at the end
of the week had disposed of the whole
barrel and had $1,000 in hand, q net pro
fit OF $500. The young man was highly
elateG. He saw his way clear to fortune
in short time.
"Of course, he decided to buy more
whisky at Wholesale and sell ii by the
small measure, but he had not taken in
to account the wear and tear which the
credit of the confederscy had suffered
during the week which it had taken him
to sell out his barrel. When he went tc
invest ia another supply he found that ht
could not make purchase similar to hi'
first one for less than 81 500. The finan-
cial fluctuations involved in the transac
| tion knocked him so completely out tina
he retired permanently from commercial
| life and hired himself ont as an agricul
turist." When his hearers had finished
laughing at this story, Mr.. Grimes gav'
them the other one. "It was in the SAM
town-La Grange-and in the latter par
of 1864" he said, Zone old gentlema,
there, who had persistently predicted th'
failure of tho confederacy was one da.
deriding the currency that was then 81
| plentiful and of such little value. ii
said that il was so worthless that nobod
would even steal it or pick 1t up IL foun'
on the street. He pulled out $1,00
bill-confederate money, of course-an
declared that he could tack it with a phi
to the fence around the court house
leave it thers five hours, and noboi
would think enough of it to put il in hi
pocket. His offer was accepted. Th
note was pinned TO the fence and at tn
end of five hours he and the man I
whom he had been talking went out t
see what there was 10 be seem" MI
Grimes he paused.
"Wells" inquired Mr.. Allen, of Missis
sippi.
"The 81, 900 note was there" reptile
Mr.. Grimes, "snd pinned beside it wa
another confederate bill, the 5enomina
tion of which was $4,000"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20
A CALIFORNIA YEAR.
MRS. N. II. FIELD.

How do we know the spring has come
In this pleasant land by the Western sea?
Why the rainy days grow farther apart.
And the clouds before the wind flee:
The gardens are blue with forget-me .notS.
And pepper trees scatter their berries red;
The hills with poppies all aiiame
And linrets and meadow laTks sing overhead.
How do we know when summer Is here?
The sky Is one vast, deep vault of blue,
Whence the sun pours down his golden flood
Unchecked by cloud the whole day through;
Grain fields are waving and orchards bend low,
Roses and jasmnes hold roious sway,
Waite tents are unfolding mountains and
shore.
And the life of the camper is blithc and gay.
What is the sigh Of the autumn timcE
oh, then the vineyards their spleudor show
MusCats and Hamburgs and flaming Tokays--
Never were clusters like these, trow
But the road side trees with dust are gray;
yellow and scrc lie the hills and the plain,
The water courses rarched and dry;
All patiently waiting for the beautiful rain,
Eut the winter all, that's the strangest OF ali;
Instead of the north, the south wind blows;
The sweet south wind that brings the rain,
The patternE rain not wintry SHOWS;
And then the rivulets sing once more,
The hills turn green, and the dear wild flowers
Awake from their sl2ep, while the fugrowed
earth
Grows young again meath the welcome showers.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20
Progress Of Missions.
Christian at Work

For 5000 years there existed but three
versions of the holy scriptures. To-day
they may bo read in $50 of the 600
tongues that are spoken. In 1904 there
were in the world ONLY 100000 bibles, in
1880 there were in the hands of human
kind 16o, 100000 copies of the sacred word.
At the beginning of our century the way
of life could be studied by one fifth of the
worlds population, now it is translated
into languages that make it accessible to
nine -tenths of the inhabitants of the
world. Protestants occupy over 500 sep
arate fields. In them they have more
than 10000 mission stations, supplied
with no less than 10000 missionaries
Five hundred thousand heather children
attend Christian schools. One million
communicates are enrolled in congrega
tions gathered from among the heather
Two million stated hearers are nominal
adherents of the evangelical faith. Oi
the 1890 100000 that people the worlo
I35, 100000 are Protestant Christians
The area of the habitat globe is comput
ed at 100000 square miles; of thes'
Is, 100000 square miles are under Greei
Romish church dominion; 20,OOO,OOs
square miles under Mohammedan ane
Pagan governments, and 1i,0O0,0o'
square miles under the Protestant rule.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20
Better Than Nothing.

Young Man Ito numismatist) t)-"What's
q silver half dollar worth, dated 1887"
Numismatist-"No the market is
flooded with them."
Young Man (discouraged)-"l thought
they were valuable. Can't you give me
something for itf"
Numismatist-"I wouldn't mind giving
yon quarter for it."
Young Man-"Take it; that's better
than nothing"
"The hardest question | ever had te
answer" said gentleman who had Just
come down from the Thousand Islands
"was put by my little boy while the trair
was passing through small strip oi
woods. Papa, he shouted, the roar Of
the train making it difficult to hear, are
there any lions an tigers an bears II
these woods?' No. | said. well, il
there ain't no lions an tigers an bears II
the woods he shrieked above the din
what do they have the woods forr'"-
Utica Observer.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20

All the window glass factories in the
western association, twenty-nine in num-
ber, resumed operations Monday, after u
six weeks' shut down. Thirteen hundred
men were afforded employment in Pitts
burg alone.
The three prettiest womsn at Newport
this season were Miss Mary Brady, Miss
May Wright and Miss Sailie Hergous, al
of New York.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20

Captain Jack Williams, Maltese swim
mer, foated down the Mississippi river
from Alton TO st. Louis with his legs tied
together and his hands tied behind his
back. He started at ii a. m. and reached
st. Louis at p. m. large number OF
people being there to receive him. He
fioated all the way on his back, and was
accompanied by a few friends in boat
a distance of twenty FIVE miles.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08

KINDLINa A FIRE N THE BOX CAB.
watching. Then tho memorable smoke of
the foe was seen; the pin connecting the
burning car with our engine was pulled
out and we slowly moved on. Too clearly
we saw the ruin of all our hopesl To wait
the coming of our foss was vain. They
were now near at hand, and we could see
their guns, with which they would be able
to tight US At long range. The Car which,
il tho day had been dry, would long before
this have filed the bridge with mass Of
roaring flame, was burning faster than
the bridge. To take 1t to another bridge
was useless, for the drenching rain would
have given it little chance to burn away
from the shelter of the bridge. Very
sadly we left the tall column Of smoke
behind. The pursuers saw the car, and
realizing how serious their loss would bs
II 1t was permitted 10 consume the bridge,
they pushed right into the smoke and
showed the burning car on to Ringgold,
but short distance ahead, where it was
left to smoke and sputter in the rain on
the side track.
We were now on what proved to be our
last run. have often been asked If this
day was not one Of great fear and terror
on the part Of those who were engaged in
the race. For my own part, cannot
honestly lay claim to any greater fear
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08

- keeping together under one head. "A,
army scattered and disorganized is lost
and our little army was no exception
The fatal command which Andrews nov
gave, as we were huddled together in tl,,
wood box Of the tender, was to jump Of
one by one, scatter in the woods, and eacf
man strive to make his own way back t<
the Union army! We hesitated, but had
no Concert Of action, no leader, no time
for council, and the instinct Of obedience
was still strong within us; but It was q
fatal order, and led directly to the calami.
ties that followed. It transformed us in
moment from formidable body OF
picked soldiers, ready to fight to death,
into q scattered mass Of fugitive boys, be.
country. 4 ! Te
Yet no one Of us felt like censurinp our
leader for this order, which every one at
the moment believed to be q terrible mis-.
take. Probably he thought that each man
OF the party would find relief in being
cast entirely On his own resources.
1t must further be remembered. In ex-
PLANTATION of this mistaken order. that
Andrews had slept none the night before.
shat he had been nearly twenty -four hours
without food, and that he had spent
nearly two days and night in the most
exhausttng labors, both mental and phys
icai, that It is possible to conceive. He
had seen his cherished plans, when on the
brink OF success, overthrown by what
seemed the remorseless hand of destiny.
To the many failures and sorrows Of his
past life had been added the crowninp
misfortune Of this defeat. Perhaps under
bis calm brow he realized this with an
Intensity OF anguish, and felt that the
greatest favor he could do those he had
led within sight Of horrible death, and
into the presence Of an enraged and
triumphant foe, was to separate them at
once from his own dark and shadowed
destiny. II 90, that was the most fearful
given, we could almost, as we looked
southward through the driving rain and
the storm clouds, behold already the dark
outline Of the Atlanta scaffoIdsi
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08
LEAVING THE LocoMorrvE.

LEAVING THE LOCOMOTIVE.
1t was pitiful. The General had served
us well ever since the morning hour in
fearful speed and patient waiting, In ex-
ulting raptures and In almost despair. It
was hard to abandon her now. She was
substantially uninjured. The engineers.
Brown and Knight, had taken good care
OF her, and with wood and oil in abund.
ance, there would have been no difficulty
on her part in completing the run tc
Huntsville. She was still jogging along
at the rate Of eight or ten miles an hour
and could maintain that pace q little
longer. The pursuers had also dimin.
ished their speed. SO as to Just keep us in
sight, having apparently no wish to press
upon what may have seemed to them like
wounded and dying lion. The command
to Jump off and scatter" was, repeated,
with the injunction to be quick about it.
a. the engineer wished to reverse the en-.
gine and drive 1t back upon the enemy,
With such reason there could be no
more hesitation. It Is said that some
three or four had already got of at the
first word Of command, but the most of
Us had hesftated, not on account of the
still rapid motion Of the train, but in the
Idle hope that in some way this terrible
parting might be averted. Now one after
another clambered down on the step and
swung OF. Twas neither among the first
nor tho last, and jumping unskillfully out
from tho step, instead of forward, whirled
over and over on hands and feet for sew
eral revolutions. Rising in a dazed con-
dition, though unhurt, with the exception
OF few scratches from the briers with
which the place abounded, looked over
the animated scene with the deepest inter-
est. The men who jumped off, were, ac-
cording to instructions, flying in different
directions, Q few others were just coming
of the engine in much the same way that
had done, while the engineers were at
tempting to carry out their scheme of re-
versing the engine, which could do
no good now, except possibly to delay
the inevitable pursuit little, and give
uS . better opportunity to organize
our plans. The brakes of the tender were
put on still moro to diminish speed, and
tho reversal was made. Here Is slight
conflict Of authority. The pursuers say
that the brakes were not loosed again;
but our engineers arc equally positive that
they were. It is not material, for the re-
suit II the same. Tho steam power was
30 low, that though the engine moved
back It was with moderate velocity, and I
saw the pursuers reverse also, and coming
to . full stop, whistle two or three times
g It spproashsd-a seeming whistle Of
alarm, though there was little in the ap-
proach Of our poor General to fear; and
then they moved slowly before it for
short distance till the two were in con-
tact, when the weaker stopped and the
steam was shut Of. The great railroad
chase was over.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08

than had often felt in ordinary military
service. No matter what happened, there
was the assurance that We still had one
resource-the power to turn around and
attack the pursuing foe. From the be-
ginning, such a conflict had been present
to my mind as q matter. Of course. Be-
fore leaving camp, this had been reckoneti
natural consequence of our position, It
had been frequently talked Of among the
men, and not ono Of them seemed to re-
gard it with any more dread than an or
dfnary battle. We had been careful to
select large revolvers, for use and not for
show, and when we found the enemy
gaining upon us, or our leaders, plans for
their destruction failing, we only felt or
said that our time to strike would soon
come. We did not have the boastful feel
ing that we were an overmatch for a
large body of southern soldiers, for We all
knew how desperately they could and
often did fight; but Of the ordinary citi-
zens gathered up, as we presumed our
pursuers were, or even Of conscriptA, we
had no great fear. That We had not our
accustomed arms was q serious disadyan-
tage, but this could be remedied BY get
ting into close quarters; and we trusted
that our leader, who had shown such won
derful skill In management, would be able
TO put Us within short range Of the pur-
suing train, where we felt sure that we
could quickly give good account Of Il.
Probably the fact Of Andrews having
never been in battle, but always engaged
in sohsmes where his own cool daring and
sagscious planning counted for every
thing, and more force for nothing, made
him hesitate to order an attack which
would throw aside all these qualities and
determine the issue by simple fighting. A
time was near when we would firmly have
disputed our leaders, command IL there
had been an officer Of any authority among
US who could have been substituted for
him; but not until Andrews himself had
definitely abandoned his authority.
Many times the question has been
asked: "Why did you not reverse your
engine, and, jumping of, let It drive back
at tho enemys" What good could that
have done! II their engine and our own
had been destroyed, as was very probable,
together with considerable number Of
lives, we would only have been where we
were before we captured the engine at all,
except that the whole country would have
been aroused and our disguise thrown of.
The second train would have been on the
ground In = few minutes and the power Of
pursuit would have been undiminished.
We had no wish to sacrifice our own en-
gins until the last effort possible had
been made. To merely destroy had no
charm for us, when that destruction
could neither promote our escape nor
serve military purpose.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08

al the necessary explanations, ana wrote
eat the following dispatch:
FULLER's TELEGRAM.
s'To Gen. Leadbetter, commander 1t Chat.
tanoOga:
"My train was captured this q. m. at
Big Shanty, evidently by Federal soldiers
In disguise. They are making rapidly for
Chattanooga, possibly with the idea Of
burning the railroad bridges in their rear,
II do not capture them In the meantime.
so that they do not pass Chattanooga.
ssWLLIAM A. FULLER"
This hs gave 70 the operator, saving:
DonN speak to anybody or lose second
TIL you put that through to Chattanooga.
jump for the platform when I slow up.
Tor l must push on and keep those
Yankees from getting up rail or burn
ing tho bridges"
It was terribly quick work. The opera
tor was at home in the office, and almost
before Fuller had cleared the shed he was
at the desk and the first words were over
the wires. Whether they had time to get
the whole message over before the cut Is
very doubtful, and not material, for the
nrst TIVE lines would answer every pur.
pose. Had Fuller stopped at this point,
and himself went into the office long
enough to set the operator at work, it Is
almsst certain We would have had the rail
up, and then oil the bridges above that
point would have been burned; though it
fs still possible that enough Of the mes
sage might have been pushed through to
secure our arrest in Chattanooga. This
was another striking instance of the
many marrow margins on which this day
hinged.
As Fuller pressed on toward the great
tunnel, even his resoluts heart almost died
within him, while all his party began to
blame him for foolhardiness. He feared to
plunge Into its dark depths. 1t was still
nlled with smoke from our engine; and he
well knew that if We jumped OFF at tho
lar end and hurled back our locomotive at
him, 1t meant horrible death to every
one on his train; and he was by no means
sure that We would not do it. Mr.. Muir
ply, who had 90 ably stood by him all the
while, here counseled prudence, pointing
out all the perils of an ambush. But Full
ler realized, as apparently no one else did,
the desperate need of pressing on to save
the road; and he had made so many as
capes and been SO marvelously favored
that kind of fatalism took hold Of him,
He determined not to lose minute. no
matter what the danger might be. It may
as well be said here that no prudent aud
common sense kind of pursuit, such as
possibly any other man would have en-
ployed, could have had the slightest
chance Of success. But even Fuller quailetl
a. they dived into the cloud Of smoke that
hung around the entrance of the tunnel,
and held his breath for few seconds
they were still at full speed till he saw,
with sigh Of relisf, gleam of light
ahead, and know that there was now no
other engine in the tunnel! On he pressed,
for he knew the value Of the Chichamauga
bridges ahead % well a. we did.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-03-08

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