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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
Esthetic Chicago.

Chicago, Notwithstanding its pork is
a city of considerable culture. It's pa
pers laugh at the idea of .esthetic Chi
cago, and when anything is said about
the culture of the city the contrast is
always drawn between hogs and art.
1t has, however, 200 resident artists,
and its Academy of Fine Arts is self
supporting and is attended yearly by
between 400 and 500 pupils. 1t gives
art exhibitions each fall, and at the
loan exhibitions number of fine pic
lures of the city are brought forth. 1t
is no wonder, however, that Chicago
has many fine pictures. 1t is full of
millionaires. and the millionaire of to-
day, whether he makes his money out
of pork or politics, or gets it by inheri-
tance, straightway starts off to Europe
and buys the prettiest things he can
find. The Americans are the best buy
ers of the world to-day, and they pay
higher prices, and, as rule, demand
good work. They want the finest of
houses, and some of these Chicago mil
lionaires palaces would open the eyes
OF the Princes across the water. .-Frdak
Carpenters ChicGq0 Letter,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
A Pathetic Story.

The day that the Republican Con-
vention in this city completed its work
an episode occurred that brought tears
TO the eyes of many witness. Frank
II. Goodwin of San Francisco came
here with the California delegation.
While en- route many story of per-
sonal experience had been told, and
finally Goodwin related his own. The
last time he had been in Chicago was
when he was lad of 12 years old. He
and his mother had left Baraboo, Wis,
where his father had died, and they
were going to New York to live. At
the Lake Street Union Depot they be-
came separated. and he got on train
that was just starting out, thinking his
mother would be found in one of the
coaches. He did not see her, but
learned that he was on an excursion
train bound for Niagara Falls. The
cars were crowded and he crawled in
between two seats, the backs of which
were turned together, and soon fell
asleep. When he awoke the lamps
were burning, and he knew it was
night. He was hungry, but he lay still
and again went to sleep. Finally the
train reached Buffalo and he got out
with the crowd. Some one told him
he could go direct to New York from
there and he went boldly Sp to buy n
ticket. He had but 81 in his little
pocketbook, and the price was $4.45.
Finding he could not get it for less he
began to cry and an old man gave him
enough TO buy a ticket and have 4 lit
tie change left. He reached New York
safely, but no one at the depot had
seen his mother. He knew no one in
the great city, but he braycly started
out to find something To do. Before
night he was running crrands about
a big store and had been promised 81
If he was satisfactory.
For six years he worked for the firm
and then he grew dissatisfied and de-
termined to see something of the
world. He had heard nothing of his
mother, but was in hopes of yet find
ing her. He got chance TO work his
way to New Orleans on Il sailing yes
sci, and from there went up the river
to st. Louis. Then he went to Cali
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
Asphalt Lake of Trinidad.

Asphalt Is substance rs familiar
now as are its related substances, coal
and petroleum. 1t is used in great
quantities for paving streets and roof
ing houses. A large part of the
supply is brought from the lake of La
Brea in the island of Trinidad. This
lake is said to have been discovered
in 1895 by Sir Walter Raleigh, who
employed the pitch found there in calk-
ing his ships.
This wonderful bituminous sheet
has an area of nearly one hundred
acres, between elevations close to the
hilltop. 1t is n broad surface of pitch,
scanned with small channels of water.
The pitch is dug from the hardened
top, and the quantity taken away is con-
stantly replcnished by the soft asphalt
oozing up from below, which becomes
hardened by the corporations of its
constituent oil in the sun. Night sup
plies the exhaustion of day.
The method of skimming the great
bowi may be illustrated 10y comparing
1t to pond from which blocks of ice
have been cut and the water solidified
again by the action of frost, the differ
ence being that heat is the agent in
one caseand coldin the other Youths
Companion.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

If the cellar openings arc manipu-
lated correctly, the place may be kept
cool and dry during the summer. The
openings should be mostly closed dur
ing the day and opened after the out
door air has become cool at night. If
kept clean, the cellar will not need a
great deal of airing, but ventilation
and dryness will prevent it becoming
unhealthy. Lime will absorb the mois-
ture and noxious gases. if they cannot
be expelled or their formation prevent
ed. Charcoal is also great absorber
of gases. In some parts of the south
whitewash is the great agent of puri-
fication and cleanliness in cellars, the
walls and ceiling being coated with it.
The temperature of Il cellar may be
lowered by putting a tub of broken ice
and salt in it. Double windows arc
made to keep the temperature at the
right point in the summer as well as in
the winter. Keep the cellar well drain
ed and well ventilated and there will
be less fever, less diphtheria and few
er diseases that breed from dampness
and the putrifaction of vegetables
Good HouSekeepila1.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

fornia and worked in store for II year.
One day an old miner asked him to go
and help him work his claim, aud
within week he was in mining
camp. For ten months they met with
encouragement and then they struck
"pay dirt" Goodwin had secured n
half interest in the mine and he sold his
share for $4,000. Then he began
specializing in mining property and
made money rapidly.
Several of his friends were coming
to the Chicago Convention and he de-
termined TO join them. He had writ
ten to people here time and again in
the hope of getting track ofhis mother,
but without success, and never expect
ed to hear of her again. Monday af-
ternoon last rs Goodwin and party
of friends were leaving the Auditorium.
patrol wagon drove down Wabash
avenue. Goodwin saw it, looked earn
estly moment, and then had police
man stop it. 1t contained IN aged
woman who was being taken to the
poor-house. She was Goodwin's moth
cr.
An affecting scene followed, and the
feeble old woman could hardly realize
her good fortune. The few thousand
dollars she had when her boy was
lost were spent in trying to find him.
and finally under the great mental
strain her health had given away and
she could no longer support herself.
The poor-house was the last resort, but
she did not reach there. a carriage
was called and the patrol wagon re-
turned To its station, while mother and
son were driven to hotel. During
the week u suitable wardrobe was pre-
pared for her, and yesterday the rich
Californian and his feeble mother
started for his home on the Pacific
coast. ChicutD T,.''up,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

"Thesc fast trains have played the
mischief with engineers. said rail-
road man yesterday. 1T is a faot that
almost daily you hear of one of these
royal knights of tho lever suffering
from n paralytic stroke. The rapid
time made puts every engineer on such
n strain that it is only question Of q
few months until the nervous system
collapses. / remember seeing the
statement sometime ago, and | do not
doubt its truth, that there is n train
running from st. Paul to Saltwater, on
the Omaha, that is called the hospital
train, for every man who runs with it
has either had q stroke of paralysis or
has been injured in some way or an
other. But in this day and age, when
everything goes at lightning speed. on
railroads and in business alike, sup
pose little heed is given to these poor
fellows who drop by the wayside, in
reality victims of the greed of their
Chicago Tribune.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
A Superstitious Negro.

Jim Webster, colored citizen of
Austin, Texas, was recently tried for
stealing chickens from Col. Percy Yer
ger. Webster was convicted and SEN
fenced to short term of imprison-
ment. Before the culprit was removed
Col. Yerger, by courtesy of the depu-
ty-sheriff, was permitted to converse
with him.
"See here, Jim, l would like to know
how many of my chickens you have
stolen at one time and another" said
Col. Yerger.
..Hit seems to me you has got heap
of curiosity. / amt gwine ter tell yer
nuf1in," replied Jim, sulkily.
"Jim, here's half dollar for you il
you viii tell me how many you stole
on your last raid"
mo, sab; | amt gwine ter tell yer
muffin fer half dollar. l knows de
number perzackly, but amt gwinc to
tell fer no half dollar"
'I'd like to know the exact truth
about it."
"Yer wants to know der whole
troofp"
Yes"
al amt gwine ter tell Yer de whole
troct FER no half dollar. l amt no so
cents on de dollar niggah."
at seems to me that if you are will
ing to tell the whole truth for n dollar
you can afford to tell half the truth for
half a dollar"
What you mean by dat arp"
81 will give you half dollar and
you tell me half the number of chick
ems you stole. Tell me half the num-
Der of roostcrs you stole"
''Lemme see. Half de roosters am
five. ."-TeraS SiflinqS.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
"But Still We Love EN-"

Commend me to woman for max
ing blundcrs,m said a well-known
Wall street man to reporter this
morning. "About noon yesterday l
sent n telegram to my wife in Brook
lyn, in which / said: Meet me at Wall
street ferry at s. my intention being
To take her to see game of baseball
at the Polo Grounds. ! was on time,
but could see nothing of my wife. /
waited until two boats arrived, and
then the thought suddenly struck me
that she might be over at the Brooklyn
side. SO took the the 500 p. m. boat
over. Arrived thcre-no wife. | spent
about ten minutes darning my luck,
and then asked the man who closes the
gate if he had seen lady waiting for
some one. OF course he had. She
waited about half an hour, and took
the 3:20 boat for New York-iust the
time / left. There was nothing to do
but go back. look the $40 boat and
stood outside to cool of. In midstream
we passed the other boat and I'll be
blown if there wasn'tmy wife going back
to Brooklyn. She saw me and shouted.
Come back, but she evidently did not
hear, for when the boat returned she
wasn't on it. Then | was mad Leav-
ing word with the gateman to detain
my wife if she appeared-to arrest her
if necessary caught the 4 o'clock
boat back to Brooklyn. Again in the
stream / saw Mrs. C.'s red parasol on
the other boat. | skunk back out of
sight. didn't want her to follow me
again. At just 4:lS | got back to New
York and found the lady there and not
in tears as l expected, but in lit of
laughingat my stupidity rs she called
it, for sending such an indefinite mas
sage OF course we missed the game"
-NeW York San.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

Have YOU seen the latest fad in pho.
tograph- -cases?" said society gentle
man to an Evening Sun reporter quite
recently.
mo. What's it likep"
II will show YOU"
The gentleman ran his hand into his
vest pocket and produced silver dol.
lar with monogram on one side only.
He handed it to the reporter, who
turned it over and over and examined
it from many sides of observation, but
failed to catch on to the secret.
well. what's this got to do with
photograph-casep" asked the reporter.
The gentleman laughed mildly. He
was immensely pleased with the re-
portcr's perplexity. "My dear fellow,
don't YOU SEQ the silver dollar contains
a photograph of the sweetest, most in.
teilectual face you ever sawP"
The reporter began a minute investi-
CATION of the coin, but SO perfect was
the workmanship that he could not
detect any opening into the in.
terror.
The gentleman took the coin, and by
giving q quick touch upon an invisible
sprinS the case flew back and the
laughing features of lady were dis
closed.
az never saw one like it before. I
think the lady conceived the idea. tie
lust the cutest and handiest thing
going. Don't you think SOP You see
You can take it about with you all the
time, and whenever you get hungry
for sight
OF a maiden fair with golden hair,
And with eyes of blue and heart all true.
why, you just yank it out and take
look at it. 1t keeps fellows heart
beating in the right place, don't you
know, to have his best girl in his pock.
ct all the time"
"Do you think it will become fash.
ionablep" said the reporter.
~ can't say, I'm sure. It's very
simple, very pretty, and just too handy
for anything"
"But aren't you afraid you'll spend
it some time without knowing what
you are planking DOWN."
S"Oh, but keep it in my left-hand
vest pocket, don't you know. A fell
low never goes in that direction for the
coin wherewith to set 'em up. And
every time | touch that particular coin
there is thrill goes all through me,
so that / know in second that have
hold of it. That alone will prevent me
from spending it by mistake" ."-Nes0
York ECeniRJ Sun.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
About Diamonds.

George, did you receive my note
thanking you for the beautiful dia-
monds you sent me?N asked fashion,
able young lady of the youth to whom
she was engaged.
"Yes, Clara, got your note and you
will excuse me if cali your attention
to little mistake you make in SPELL
ing" he replied.
"What is it. Georgcp"
"You spell diamonds with two ms. +"
al did that purposcly to preserve
the unities."
"How SOP"
~ wanted to make my spelling cor
respond with the diamonds. If the
diamonds had been genuine l would
have spelled them with only one m.
Going alreadyp Well. good morningp'
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
Dust-Sifters OF Peking.

Gold, silver, and other metals, ETC.,
are often found in the most unlikely
places. Last year / noticed persons
digging in the stream that flows in the
moat close to the Chen Men, in search
of gold. The situation was explained
by the continguity of the gold-shops,
as the sweepings of such places are
thrown into the moat. There are in
Peking band of some three hundred
men who follow, during the four win
ter months, business which consists
in brushing up the dry dust of our
streets, sewing or tanning it, and make
a decent living of 20 cents day on an
average. BY far the largest quantity
of metal found is, of course, iron, in
the form of dust. pellets, nails, etc.,
which is sold at large Peking cash
per catty.
Next to iron they find copper, silver,
gold, and precious stones. The latter
are almost valueless, being crushed by
the carts. After scraping together and
winnowing three or four small basket
shovels (po-chi) they will secure about
handful of iron debris. This they
deposit in bag which they carry
aiouhu lhciA "asts, anu oh ictui Aih
home they use loadstone to extract
all the iron, and afterward submit the
remainder to a washing process, when
the silver, the main article sought, is
at once seen. On the above calcula-
tons there is, therefore, an army of
these metal-gatherers making $50 daily,
and this, multiplied by four months,
gives over $1,000. Here is an almost
unknown trade proving sufficiently lu-
crative. The men are scattered over
all the city-on the cart as we'll rs on
the foot-passage thoroughfares. NORTH
China Daily NewS.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

Sharpe wonder how Jack is get
ting along nowadays. All smooth at
homeP Keene-O, yes; he and his
wife are rs atfcctionatc and nice to
each other rs can be. BY the way!
They haven't named their baby vet.
Sharpe-Ah. see. That accounts for
it.-LoweH Citizen
Country minister (to little boy fish
ing)-Sonny, do you know that in fish
ing sunday you arc breaking one Of
1ods commandments? Little boy
Les SIR. Remember the Sabbath-Dzy
an Keep 1T holy" o. don't 70 to
Sunday-school for norhin. mister.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15

He was an old timer. He had COM
menced in early youth ut hard cider,
and had graduated in the liquids up to
straight alcohol. He was in town this
week. and went into drug store and
picked up bottle and poured out a
full glass of something, swallowed it
down, thinking that it was the spirits
frumenti. The druggist, noticing him
with the empty glass in his hand rushed
back. exclaimiug: My God, man,
you have drank aqua fortis.' "Was
it?" says he. well, just give me q
little aqua fifty. That last was kinder
good, but want something I leetle
stronger" The druggist collapsed
Hartt0eR (Ga.l Sun.
A sage who lived before our day re-
marked that Speech is silver Could
he overhear the small-lalk of society
to-day his remark would have been
modified, and his immortal saying
would have been, speech is nickel,
and a poor quality Of nickel at that
-Hdrpe,'s Basar.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS.

At the recent meeting of Ohio Edu-
Gators at Sandusky. Ohio, Supt. +.
Treudley of Youngstown discuss ed
this question in all its bearings.
He assumed the case of Il ward schooi
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-08
BY THE 5Y.

1t was Mrs. Parvenu who wanted he.
dressmaker to furnish her with zone of them
3legant French robes, in the directory style!m
Madeira is to be one Of the new spring
cclors, but if based on the hue of Madeira
wines we have nowadays will be difficult to-
recognize
AS men are said to be known by the com
pany they keep, SO the imitation sealskin
sacque is detected by the miserable odor Of
dye it cmts
The true lovers knot in silver is a new de-
sign in umbrella handles which is silly enough
to indicate that the designers have got to the
end of their rope.
Spring trousers are to have a welted sea,,
or cord of the same material down the side
snd, If tailors are prophets, will be lust as
vide as they are now
Dainty little sewing baskets, filed with all
the fashionable sewer is likely to require. havs
come out in advance Of the meetings of ths
Lenten sewing classes.
A man who goes about with a shawl over
his shoulders may be philosopher. or phi
lanthropist, or both, but he looks like Farrner
Wayback, all the same,
Fashionable phraseology becomes less and
less elegant, If more expressive, and la
lately revived some slang that gentle peopl
neped had nesn forgotten
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-08
SCIENTIFIC SQUlES.

The luminosity of phosphorus is impaired
by q dense and increased by a rarifed atmos
phsro. AZ Q pressure Of sixty pounds to the
square irch, or four atmospheres, phosphorus
is non-lurninous
Glass blowing is an art nearly 1000 years
old, perhaps older; yet there has never been
any device discovered to take the place of the
human lungs in the blowing. Bottles, how.
ever, are blown with mold and mechanical
'slloUs.
The value of condiments in the preparation
OF food is being discussed Authorities that
may be considered reliable assert that red
pepper and salt are specially valuable as aids
to appetite and digestion Various herbs and
spices are also good, while all The condiments
used in salads promote digestion al / the as
simnilation of food.
Extended observations at Paris and at
Munich indicate that the sanitary condition
of locality depends on the amount of water
contained in the ground. The years in which
there has been large quantity of ground
water present have invariably been the
healthiest, while those in which there has
been smaller quantity have invariably been
the unhealthiest.
The apparent paradox that the most trans.
parent water is at the same time perfectly
opaque from cer,2in point of view is show.s
by simple experiment. Partly fill glass
gob.st with clear water and hold it littls
above the level of the eye and distant q focs
or moro. No object can be seen when held
Just over the surface of the water, but the
water surface appears like FURNISHED mirror
Russian observations have shown that tee,s
decay in n quite regular order, the lowes
third molar being the first attacked, then IT,.
upper, then the lower fourth molar and so or,
the lower incisors and canine teeth being the
last affected. Upper teeth, as rule, are
more durable than lower, right than left,
those of dark persons than those of BLONDES,
those Of short persons than those of tall.
The bacillus of whooping cough is the
latest arrival 1t differs from other bacteria,
but is somewhat like Friedlander's pneumonia
bacillus. Dr. Afansieff, the discoverer, DE-
tected the bacillus in the sputum of his own
ard other children. That was stained with
methyl violet, and the bacilli were detected
in the pus corpuscles with a magnifying
power OF FOOL 900 on q 1-l2 oil immersion OBJ.
iective.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-08
ASTRONOMICAL nOBlTS.

The unkindest gastronomic cut Of all u
lobster salad from the cinned article
Look not upon the orange when it is frozen
for thorein lies several hours of suffering.
Oysters, temporarily scarce during the cold
sn ip, are now in very good supply once more
Eco box game IL plentiful enough for those
who like it in that very Indifferent condi-
tiou.
Dealers and housekeepers say it has been
4 splendid winter for sausages and buckwheat
cakes.
In the matter Of price, diamond back terra
pin are now to be compared with church
steeples.
New importations of French beans in glass
are voted among the palatable things II
winter vegetables.
Even the English visitor, prone to preiu-
dice, admits that our roast beef equals the
pest they have at home.
Snow pudding is certainly seasonable now,
and when properly made and served a dcs'
'ert by no means to be sighted
Sandwiches of grated turkey or chicken,
tery highly seasoned, have had an unusual
ain this season at the fashionable luncheon
arties.
They have a new cheese in Paris described
of "brisht, golden yellow and very
trong." 1t would not be surprising if it
vas found to have come from this country.
There seems to be an increase Of medical
advisers who now preach only two meals a
lay and mo nibbling" between meals. Those
who advocate economy in this life applaud
sne Recommendation.
rhey have secured for the phoenix Hotel
Del Monte, ut Monterey, Cal. as chef, the
celebrated Jules Harder. SO long Of the Pal.
ace hotel, San Francisco, and originally in
the services of kings and noblemen of the old
world This means a reputation for the Del
Monte for superior cuisine, at all events.
Periodical nonsense appears about the al
eyed luxuries and dainties served to people
who frequent Florida hotels at this season.
ara Strawberries, fresh peas, asparagus, etc,
are enumerated. AS o matter of fact, mono
of these things are served at the Florida
hotel as regular custom, and the table
d'hote is ordinary in every sense, and often
very inferior to the best hotels a. the north.
Condensed milk and canned vegetables "have
the CALL" and most of the "luxuries" and
''daintieS' come from New York.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-08
An End OF Mummery.

The ancient Prussian custom Of holding .
"Black Drawing room" after the monarch's
death has been honored in the breach on this
occasion. Formerly in Prussia, so soon as
the king was dead, all the ministers of the
crown, foreign ministers, and the court gem
orally, repaired in full dress to the palace.
The first rooms they entered were brilliantly
lit up, but gradually, as they went through
the different apartments leading to the
throne room, the lighting became DINNER
and DINNER, till this last being reached il
was found in seni-darkness Around the
throne were grouped n series of waxwork
figures, deeply yelled with black, represent
ing the chief members of the new court, and
before these all the high dignitaries solemnly
passed, bowling themselves out backwards.
The wisdom of dropping such grotesque
inummery is scarcely open to question:
London Life.