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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
CRIME.

GIGANTIC opium smuggling schem,
ms been unearthe0 in New York.
HE body of a murdered man was fount
hanging to "a tree i'll Silver Bow CANYON
near Butte, Mont.
Or. CRAaIN, county physician at Cum
oerand, Md. is charged with tearips
open patient wound because he got nC
fee. A>
MRS. GEORGE SPENCER. of Columbus
ina, has gone crazy over the desertior
OF her husband, VINO took $500 of he,
money.
HERE is deficiency of s365, 900 In the
assets OF the Ulster County IN " Saving:
institution. The amount taken by Ostran.
der and Irumphor was 1851 33l.
AT. Jacksonville. Fla, early Monday
morning, burglars killed Charles Morlnz,
a clerk, and seriously injured Martin
lfJen, proprietor of store. Three negroes
arrested for the crime have been identified
by Iijen.
JOSEPH MAYER. the proprietor of the
Arsenal Pottery at Trenton, N. J.. has
been robed of SIS 900 by conspiracy of
his employees.
Walter Locke, half-witted Young man
Killed his father, an idiot, with an axe,
ABOUT three miles northwest of Ozark Mo-.
Monday morning.
LIEUT.. DODGE, an army officer, has
been arrested at Hannibal, Mo-, for
burglary.
ERNEST SCHROEDER, the murderer of
annie bree, committed suicide, in North
st; Paul by shooting to avoid arrest.
MRS. bEARDsLEY, who committed sui
eide in the Dixon jail Thursday night, left
letter for her children, in which she pro-
tested her innocence of the theft for
which she was arrested.
HERMAN LoGERMAN. resident of
STOCKTON, ILL.,, was found in the street
fatally shot Thursday night. He was as
sailed by three unknown men.
GEORGE X. LAWRENCE, an attorney of
Pittsburg, committed suicide at the Ever
EFT hotel III New York Tuesday night by
shooting himself. He is said to have lost
heavily In oil and stocks.
GEORGE LAWRENCE, Pittsburg mer-
cnant, was found dead in his bed in the
Everett house at New York Wednesday
morning. he left n note stating his in
tention TO kill himself.
A YOUNG man entered the office of ],
DAVIS Boston money lender, grabbed
roll OF bills amounting to about 81 900
dashed into the street and escaped cap.
ure.
INTELLIGENCE has been received at
Marin, Tenn, of the hanging at McCon-
1e1, Obion county, of a negro who assault
I'd lo-lear old white glri. The negro
confessed the crime.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
He WAS ABSENT Minded.

young lady entered "A car on the New
York d Nes England road at One Hur.
dredth and Twenty-ffth street recently
and walked up to the only vacant seat be.
SIDE gentleman, who was intently read.
ing letter.
"Engagei. sir?" she asked.
Just missed it. She writes that she is
sister of mine now" answered the gen
tleman absent. mindedly without looking
up.
IL beg your pardon, stammered the
confused young lady, but may i"
'Neser again for me, interrupted the
excited gentleman.
The young lady, fearing that she might
have a lunatic for a neiahbor If she took
the seat turned her back. intendins TO 90
into another car at the next stop.
Meanwhile the gentleman had finished
his letter and taken his bearings Motto
ing the young lady standing while there
was vacant seat next to his, he politely
notified her Of the fact.
After some hesitation she blushingly ac-
cepted.
Then, he having fully recovered his com
posnre, what had just occurred, gradually
diwned upon him and he felt it incumbent
upon himself 10 offer the young lady and
apology, which she received so gracefully
that explanations of more confidential
nature soon followed, and when left the
train mt Brewster they were on a fair way
to become brother and sister, If nothing
hetter, he having apparently forgotten his
previous expressed resolution-"Never
again for me"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

Care of Cows In Winter.

Where farmers have not already comfort.
able quarters provided for the winter ac-
commodation of their animals, it is not
TOO early to begin preparing for them.
The horses are almost certain to have the
best, and as far as the sheep are concerned
if they have dry shelter the fleece affords
good protection against COLI. Cattle are
the animals that are usually most expos
ed, and In the case of cows giving milk,
it is not enough that they are within
doors during storms, but they require a
comparatively warm temperature IN vim
ter if they are to be- profitable for their
milk. Nothing will sooner cause shrink
age ia the how of milk thun to leave n
cow shivering in a cold storm without pro-
tection, and the effect of stabing her in
building so open that she is constantly
exposed TO draushts of cold air is almost
a. bad. The wint cow stable should be
tight enough to prevent the entrance
of cold air through ciA s, doors and win.
dows. Oh level with the animals. so freely
as to chill them or make them uncomfort-
able, and at the same time it should be
so constructed that there will be good ven-
tilation. This can be provided for by
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
THE AGE OF QUARTERS.


| Sy stem of Guessing the Date. on Twenty
Five Cent Pieces.
Have you any quarter?" said one who
was sitting near.
Yes, four. Do you want to borrow
them?"
No. But what will you bet that can
not guess the dates on themP'
| Il do not know what your trick is, but
for flyer will bet the coin them
selves.
Done. will name these dates:
1852, 1854, and two of 1876 Am |
right?"
Let me see. One is 1862; this is 1877;
this is 1875 and this is 1854 You guess
cd three correctly and missed one,
so you owe me a quarter and | owe
you seventy-five cents. Now explain your
trick.
Its no trick. The fancy took Inc few
weeks ago to examine the dates on coins,
and | found that almost every quarter
bears one of these dates. with an occasional
1856, 1857, 1858 and 1878. suppose
more of them were coined in those years.
During the weeks | have been interested
in this subject have seen one 1861, but
not single other quarter bearing dates
i'll the '60s or the '70s, except as | have
mentioned. II one wanted TO bet as we
have done, he could be sure winner in
the long run"
! witnessed this transaction and it in.
terestei me so that looked th- matter up,
says writer in the Albany Argus. In the
report of the directors of the mint found
"A full explanation. In that is table Civ
ing the coinage in different denomina.
tiOns for each year during the organization
Of the mints. The coinage OF quarters
bad tluctuated in most remarkable way.
Beginning with 1859, for three years the
coinage averaged about $4,000 Year.
Then in 1853 it jumped up to S3,8l3 555.
In 1854 it was almost as much. 81. 095,-
900. Then it dropped to STA. 260 in 1855.
In 1876 it was 81 SIG. 900; in 1857, sail
600, and in 1858, 81 $40 900 Then it
dropped again, never raising to $4,000,
and in war tines averaging only 5000 or
S6 0O0, except in 1861, when it was 81, =
2l3.650 In 1875 it was 81 ,073 375; in
1876, a 454, 2S7 so; in 1877, s2,727, 927. so.
Then began the coinage oil silver dollars
by the millions, and the production of
subsidiary coins dropped way off For
The past ten or fifteen years the coinage
of quarters has averaged only $1,000 or
S4 900.
Just examine the dates on the quarters
that come into your possession and see
how they bear ont these statistics. For
instance, in 1886 there was only
81 All so in quarters coined, and there
are thousand chances to one against
"A coin OF this date coming into your
hands.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
A LOYAL BIG SISTER.
How She Played the Role OF Mother spS
Cared for the Baby

| ShTeu iOT the bADy.
She was tiny little girl. says the St.
Louis Republic, with dirty, sun tanned
hair, blue calico dress an bare feet. She
carried in her arms a baby half as large
as herself, and the baby was so heavy that
it sagged down in the middle, giving the
appearance of being held by the feet and
the nape of the neck.
There was some excitement around T. a
corner of the next block on Wash street
and the children were hurryinx forward
like mad from all directions. The little
girl tried to run, but the baby was too
heavy, and her breath gave out. Said |
in spirit of badinage:
Drop the baby, sis, and go and see
what the trouble is"
She stopped and stared at me.
u say, pu. the baby down on the side
walk and run"
Yer must take me for fool, mister"
"Why?"
" Cos, this is our baby"
We'll, suppose it is2 III stay here and
watch 1t for you"
:, No you won't, mister. Yer might carry
it off. -
What if | did? Amt YOU tired
carrying itaround and making your back
ache?"
Nav, ain't. Say, mister this is the
only baby we've got, and if yer only
kno~ed how she can crow and laugh, YER
@ouidn I want me to do no such thing.
Tins baby ain I got no ma 'cept me, and
pa and me couldn't do 'thnut her.
She sits up in a high chair at the table
and crows and kicks while me and pa eats.
and at night | rock her 20 sleep like ma
used to do. When ma died the baby didn't
know no better, but just laughed and
hoiiered, and | cried SO couldn't keep her
still; Put her down on the sidewalk
fool-killet II git you, mister. ef yer stay
round here long"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

A building ~
OF the entire system follows the uss
of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescr;n.
ton It's an invigorating, restors.
tive tonic, soothing cordial and
bracing nervine - and a certain
remedy for all the functional de-
rangements, painful disorders or
chronic weaknesses peculiar to wo-
men. 1t improves digestion, en-.
riches the blood, dispels aches and
pains, melancholy and nervousness,
brings refreshing sleep, and restores
flesh and strength. For periodical
pains, internal Inflammation and nj
ceration, leucorrhea and kindred all
ments, it is o positive specifc-a
guaranteed one. If it fails to give
satisfaction, in any case, the money
paid for it is refunded. No other
medicine for women is sold on these
terms: With an ordinary medicine,
it can't be done.
That's the way its makers provo
their faith in it. Contains no alco.
hol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar
to derange digestion legitimate
medicine, not a beverage. Purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless in
any condition Of the system.
Worlds Dispensary Medical A.
sociation, Proprietors, No. ee3 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
Rocked in the Cradle OF IN. Deer

Sounds nice, don't its But o, how fast and furi.
ons are the rocking In rough wsaIheri The In
testinal warfare begosisn In your yitals by the
seas commo,ion beggars description. What's
the proper caper under these circumstances ,
Take Hoststter's Stomach Bitters. Nothing com.
parable to II for remedying sea sickness or the
kindred nausea from which many delicate land
travellers suasr. Dyspepsia, cramps, constipation
and biiiousasss also are invariably and promptly
remedied b. he Bittsrs. Exposure In rough
wealth. u oftsn productive Of hurtful conse
Qu.noss, which may, however, bs aysrted by ~,
timely ase OF the Biltsrs. which di6uses an apre,
sbie warmth through the system, and promotes
an active circulation Of The blood In The sxlrrm.
iliss when bsnumbed and chilled NaIaris.
kidney uos6lss rhssnatisn and dsbllity are rem
sdisd b. ~ nilasn
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

THERE are more political troubles in
Central America. A plot has hecn dl..
covered "a assasinate General Ezeta, and
San Salva3orian, minister of war, and a
brother of the president of the republic,
and a revolutionary movement has been
unearthed in Honduras that was in some
way connected with the San Salvador con
spiracY
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

CHILL, though containing a hot-headed
population, is, by no means n retroeressive
nation. it is, for example, great coun.
try for newspapers; there are more than
forty of them in Valparaiso and Santiago,
and there are others in all the head towns
of departments. Chill has many literary
men, including regiment of poets, and
also many scientific men and multitude
of statesmen and generals. The schools
are free and the educational system pro-
vides for agricultural lyceums. normal
schools, an agricultural school, schools for
the arts and trades, military and naval
academies, and national university, all
supported by the government. In some
years there have been 600 students at the
Santiago university alone. These facts will
no doubt convey to the popular mind a
somewhat different impression of our
irascible southern neighbor than already
prevails there.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

been frowned upon as "ar n~arrantable
luxury tending to degeneracy Il health
and morals
These are but a few of the v',h cles that
will be found in the dlspIh, la the de
partm, mt presided over hs G i'f Smith.
The display doubles. will b" 7uc of the
most interesting that will be found at the
pynDs ItlOn
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
personal POINTS.

Oh the anniversary or LORD Nelson s
death every October his flagship is elabo-
rately decorated with eyergreens and the
white ensign is freshly displayed it was
all the night long prior TO the battle Ira
falgar, when he ordered it kept in view on
every vessel in his feet, to indicate that
be would engage the enemy the instant he
encountered him.
An Oshkosh girl married Mr.. Mayd
for her first husband. After his death she
married Mr.. Wyffe. The second hus-
band is now dead and she is widow.
Eugene Wolfe, the correspondent of the
Berlin Tagebla't, has been expelled from
east Africa by order of the German gov.
rnment. He has been sending sensation.
al dispatches to his paper.
Colored women are Distinguishing them.
Ives as journalists in America. Amongst
them is Mrs. s. NJ. Mossel, who is on the
staff of the Philadelphia Times.
Dr. Francis Abbott, a distinguished
Clergyman in Cambridge, feels that he has
been seriously injured 10y criticism of
one of his books, printed by Professor
Josiah Royce, of Harvard, and has appeal
ed to the faculty for suitable address
Mile. Vacaresco and the crown prince
of Roumania have discovered that Ghey
were estranged through the medium of
false kilograms and letters. They are now
reconciled and apparently bound to
marry.
Mrs Timothy Hopkins, whose husband
lost the Hopkins-Searles suit, derives her
pin money from fve-acre violet garden.
During the season the sweet little white
lilac and purple blossoms are sent to the
san Francisco markets in great quantities.
Mrs Frank Leslie Wilde has received
permission from Judge Bookstaver to as
sume the name of Frank Leslie for busi-
ness purposes. The coy dear says in her
petition that she is ''tweniy-one years of
age and upwards. Age cannot wither,
nor. etc, etc.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

HAWAII is willing to be annexed to the
United States if it may only be given the
two cent sugar bounty paid domestic pro-
ducers. Perhaps even Cuba would be
glad to join us on that basis
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

The lawyer who broke the Tilden viii
got fee of 100000. Wonder if he was
the same chap who helped to draft the
document.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
document.

CHILI's revolution is just over; Brazil
has healthy one started, San Salvador
has caught the contagion, and the returns
are not all in yet.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

A NEW alloy of aluminium and titan ium
has been discovered and patented by Prof
J. w. Langley, which possesses remark
able hardness-not so much in the cast
form as when the metal is rolled or other
wise worked. Tools can be made of this
alloy with cutting edge which will hold
nearly as well as steel AT the same time
the metal has spring which will MAKE it
of considerable use for many purposes The
specific gravity of the new alloy is not
much greater than that of pure aluminium.
The amount of titanium used is very
small
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21
A WONDERFUL STEAM ENGINE.
30 Small AS to Occupy SPACE of Less Than
Half an Inch Ina Diame.er.

Half an Inch In Diame;er.
1t was in 1874, believe, that D. A. A.
buck, an ingenius mechanic of Worcester.
Mass, constructed perfect steam engine
OF such ilipution dimensions as to gain
for Its maker the plaudlts of the world. To
go into exact details, the engine, boiler,
pumps, governors and all were so exceed
lngy small as to only occupy space seven
sixteenths of an inch In diameter. or
about the area of an old fashioned silver
3 cent piece.
1t was only fve-eighibs of an inch high.
yet 1t contained l4S distinct parts. nearly
all OF which were silver and gold. 1t was
held together by 50 screws, the smallest
being but /. 100 hs of an inch in length.
The engine had all the valves, gearing,
etc, to be found on the ordinary horizontal
engine.
~, Three drops of water filed the boiler!
The engine weighed bu, Is grains when
clear OF the baseplate. TIE diameter of
the cylinder was but 10th or an inch:
length Of stroke, 8 So Is of an inch.-St.
Louis Republic
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

MaAlkNi MN -, bsIStE EL. W pa, rss1
ssD YlW , month And ruen.@s
bToNk = WELIIAtlTOfl. MAdii.oa. VIA
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

by George, said Smithers angrily,
atout week after he Rad moved into the
country, every blessed thing meet seems
to have bill for something"
Yes said little lohny Smithers.
there was rooster here this morning
with bill for corn "-rrutb
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

AN Equlvocal Pnf-"Did you see the
notice | gave you ?" SAID the editor to the
grocer.
Grocer. Yes, and don't want anoth-
er. he man who says I've got plenty of
SAND, that the milk | sell is of the first
water and that my butter is the strongest
IN the market, may mean well. but he is
not the man want to filter me second
time" ''0'A"
In bread, making, as in baseball, there
ls hothing like good batter in the hour
OF knead. Leader
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06
SAVED FROM SUICIDE.
a Phase Of Life in the Great Metro
polls.

a Phase of Life in the Great Metro
polls
Copyright, 1891. by the United Press1
NEW York, Dec. 81 had reached the
end of my rope, and was seriously consider
ing the advisability of making a moose
therein and inserting my worthless neck.
For several years had been attempting &c
support myself by my pen. At one time ii
looked as though | was on the high road to
success. A novel bad written had made
"a hit" and, at the hight of its popularity,
somebody accused me of plagiarism. /
really felt at the moment that | was on the
path to Immortality.
But that was the top notch Of my endeav-
ors and my later books fell fiat upon mar
ket craving for sensatio al fiction. Inever
again was able to attract the attention of
the reading public.
Sketches for weeklies, magazine article
now and then, poem at rare intervals and
assignments from the daily ne wspapers en-
abled me to keep the wolf just outside the
door of my scantily furnished bedroom
But the struggle constantly grew harder, for
my brain was weary, my courage gone nv
pen treacherous and inefficient.
AS sat that afternoon gazing YEARLY
from my window upon the squalid surround
ings of the tenement house in which [ had
lived for a year [ really felt that suicide
would be the best solution Of the problem
before me. You. who have never felt the
desire to end your existence, are either very
phlegmatic or have not tasted the scanty
crust OF poverty after enjoying the juicy
fruits of prosperity. As | pondered. the
subject upon which Cato and Hamlet had
spent hours and days Of speculation, knock
aroused me from my gloomy mood. |
started guiltily. Had | not been contem-
plating an infringement of the benign laws
of great states
To my astonishment found that my Wis.,
itor was a woman of fashion, handsome.
dignif1ed. aristocratic.
Pardon me,n she said, "but are you Mr..
Stevens, the novelistf'
81 am Mr.. Stevens" I answered. "The
public does not consider me a novelist"
"But do she smilingly returned, as she
seated herself by the window Ia the only
chair l owned. "Your Fate of Algernon
Gordon was a wonderful piece of work.
l bowed modestly. Perhaps her remark
aroused spark from my old ambition.
IL seemed like distant echo of the flat
terry that had once been loud and insistent.
There was silence for moment. Then she
said:
II want you to write a novel for ne.n
looked at her in amazement.
YES" she went on. II am society
leader so-called, ard must either take to
amateur theatricals or publish a novel to
maintain my prestige. Now | can neither
act nor write. l can't get my acting done
by proxy, but it is different so far as writ
ing is concerned. l will make you propo-
sition: l will give you $500 now and $500
on the completion of your task, il you will
write q society novel for me, to which my
name is to be attached. Will you do itf'
hesitated. Two years before / would
have refused point blank But the choice
between suicide and comparative wealth
was not long to make.
II accept your terms. madam"
"Good Now how soon can I have the
MSl Next weekr
1 could not help smiling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06
NOT IN ARMOR.
The Autobiography of Bit of Modern
Family Bric-a-Brac.

The Autobiography of Bit of Modern
Family Bric-a-Brac.
Stanley Waterloo in Short Stortes
Twas rugged boy in Wisconsin by the
blue lake. There was the small homestead
hewn into the forest. There were deer and
bear in the woods, ruffed grouse drummed
in the corses, and along the rude brush
fences squirrels, gray, black and red, gam
boiled in the autumn. Tee call of wild tur-
keys was heard in the buckwheat field, and
there were woodchuck holes in sandy places,
and winter green patches where we, the first
white children Of the region, gathered the
scarlet berries.
Then came the rude district school,
Webster's spelling book fierce trays with
other youth. The new state grew apace.
Then came family prosperity. Then came
the village and the high school and the
broadening of the country boy. There was
a little world.
Then came more-college aud q change of
drift Of thought agail.
Then came the city, work and scheming,
law and love. She was a woman of the
world, as | q man Of it. but pure and sweet,
brown haired and fair, ambitious but for
me, and she helped me-
She was not my other hearS-we had but
one between US; but she was--how can
bDo1 ACoCi lpS Abf-ilhb JULIET one
helped me breathe the air of that life which
is worth the living. They honored me with
high places and labored hard. did well.
y + +
Once l was i'll. 1t was pneumonia, and
she nursed me. Queer, that pneumonia
Why is it that it seeks to throttle chiefly the
strongs But l laughed at it. She bore
children. They were ours-hers and mine,
and we breathed as one She died. We
were no longer young. but I had won, and
was winning, winning with her.
She died. and it v as all changed some
how. Our children were fair family Of
young men aud women, but l had lost my
link with care for living. ] did not fall
upon my sword. We do not wear swords
nowadays l but plunged more deeply
into all affairs and tried hard to forget
failed. Still / was strong. Then pneu-
monia came again and killed me. / was
strong, Of sturdy yankee stock, but was
strangled and died. Perhaps it was my age.
4
It is better as it is. The Skeleton in Ar
NOR had drawer story but lived in Viking
times. The same blood was in our veins.