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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-06

The Russian State Council bias decided that
al Protestant pastors must in the future pass
an examination in the Russian language. and
from the first OF May. 1892. only the Russian
language shall be used in the Protestant pul-
DIT Of the German Baltic provinces.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
"INSfDIOUS TAXATION"
Weak Argument of Governor Campbelis
Utterly Broken Down

American Economist: Governor Camp.
bell, in his joint debate With Major Nc.
KinIey recently. quotes the major as say
ing that 1.-THE people didn't feel the tariff
tax, because they don't know when they
ray it, and adds: 1T is that insidious
form of taxation that is sapping the
strength of the farmer and the wage work
er in this country
Suppose, for the sake of argument, we
allow that the consumer does pay the tax
on goods imported into this country.
During the year ending June 80, 1890, the
duties collected on importations amounted
to S226, $40, ,036. Every dollar of this was
necessary for the support of the govern
ment, and had it not been collected in this
way it would need to have been collected
from the people by direct taxation. Now,
suppose that we had enjoyed the absolute
free trade so much longed for by Mills,
Cleveland, and the democratic party, what
would have been the share of Governor
Campbell's state? 1t would be determined
by the ratio which the population of the
state of Ohio bears TO the whole country.
We find that Ohio's share would he Sl3,-
2S5, 600. The assessed valuation of real
and persona! property in Ohio, according
to the census returns of 1890, was 81 778,
1873, 457. The rate of taxation, it will be
seen, would be "a mills and the following
would be collected from men the assessed
valuation OF whose property is from one to
ten thousand dollars:
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14

Notwithstanding the fact that the sum
mer has been cool aad moist, many report
that blight has been severe on the apple.
We have received favorable report of
buckw heat as 4 preventive. A farmer
having young orchard near his hou e
that had been given good culture and was
in hourishing condition up to this
spring, planted the end next to the house
in garden truck for family u,e. The eLd
far,hest away he sowed in buckwheat. The
same varieties TX ended in both plats. The
hardy sor bIghtnd some in the garden
portion, and tue bad hliehters were con-
sidernbly damaged. while in the buck
wheat portion there was no blight on the
hardy sorts and Tie varieties subject to
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
FARM NOTES.

Keep the seed potatoes at as low tenn
perature as possible without freezing
them.
Hens, hogs and sheep that eat up wind
falls help to save the succeeding crop.
To cause fruitaoe prune just as the
buds are opening; for growth prune in the
fall.
An Indiana farmer says that he has
cured heaves in his horses by withholding
hay from them and substituting green food
in its place.
The profit in hogs does not always con-
sist in making them hog fat The heav-
ier they get the more feed it will re-
quire to produce each additional pound of
flesh.
Study your business for the next FIVE
months and make wise use of the
farmers club, institute meetings and your
agricultural paper as you have oppor-
tunity.
To keep boys on the farm keep some
body's girls with them for company. And
to keep oleo out of the butter market keep
none but good butter in it. Oieo is far
preferable to the average grocery but
ter '-Arbas.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14

An Old Philadeiphian Finds Strange
Resting Place.

The new tenant i a new man namer
Jimmy Moore. He Is peculiar man all
round, but his chief Characteristic is the
manner in which he sleeps. Although
he ha, the whole tumble-down apartment
at his disposal rent free, and a rirkety
old luung TO lie on, he prefers to sleep in
a trunk Its Saratoga of the vintage of
so. Ii stands off in one corner beside a
chimney.
II is only four feet in length. while the
Tenant i five eet three inches. How he
crowds himself into it and sleeps at all is
one thing that Mr.. Moore alone under
I rGs In, y;lxeS are { v'red with dirty
pieces OF old carpet. out filthy as all the
surroundings are Mr.. Moore proudly an
nounces that thers is mot a flee about the
pl see"
Being asked why he preferred sleeping
coiled up in trunk when be would get
more cou fort on the ancient lounge, he
explained:
a m an old man, and I've got pains,
as old men have. Mines in the Stun
muck, and the cold just knocks me out.
About four hours every morning it's a
awful cold. So sleep in there"
Isn't il Just as cold in there?"
mo, cos pull the lid down." was the
rather startling reply.
How do you get air
oh, that don't bother me. | don't
kneed ii. All | want rs to sleep warm.
An sleep like bird in there. Never
hear nothing until | wake up. Its
bully"
Stuck up on the wall, supported by
two nails, is a bit OF broken looking
glass.
Mr.. Moore grinned as he looked ut it.
That's where | see my toilets al
right"
He secures the entrance to his hapita
tion Mt night by locking the door with the
sofa and the remains of some old pieces Of
furniture. He simply piles them ul
against the rotton old doors.
| Moore is rather a small stoped-should'
cred blt of humanity, and was born in
Philadelphia IS years ago. He is an ex'
pert brlcklayer.
ave got s2, 600 up in bank on Mont
Romery street, but they wont give it tc
me- 81 what's the use of working to get
money? They take it away from n fell
er"
He arrived in California in 1850. max
ing his way across the plains. Mr.. Moore
is perfectly candid as to his reasons for
coming to California. Il wanted TO get
away from the war" he says. saw II
coming long way off, ant did not want
| 10 be in it, so inst cat my cables an here
| m.''-San Francisco Cor. Chicago
| Inter Ocean,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14

The roses were fresh with dew and sweet
with fragrance as Madge Burton gathered
them hastily that fair summer morning.
Pinning them quickly to her girdle, she
entered the carriage that was waiting for
her, and wa, driven TO the station, where
-ha took the train for city fifty miles
dlsian
Money was not plentiful with the Bur
tons, so the young girl contented herself
with riding in the ordinary Car. she
made a very sw, ct picture In the dusty
car, and do not link there was one per-
son present who did not ad ntre it. Her
hright, sunny face, her dignifed bearing,
her wins me smile upon tired AID fretfui
children, who bad travelled many weary
mile, her tasteful. neat attire, with the
bunch of roses in her girdle, were all
noticed in a quiet way.
In he seat in front of her was crippled
child-a sad looking. thin girl, whose
earthly life was destined 10 be short Sne
locked over her shoulder number of
times at Madge, and nnally she said wist-
fully. with some hesitation:
Would lon mind If should sit by you
just u little while
Not at all. should be happy to have
you do SO. was the ready answer, given as
courteously as it speaking to "A young
princess.
Ire child, leaning upon her crutches,
took her place beside Margs.
You dno't look a bIt tired" was her
first observation.
Madge smiled into the questioning
face.
II am not tired, she said. "E have just
begun my day"
Il am TIRE d I've come o long way
way from D-nver. couldn't sleep last
night. my knees panied me 70 What
beautiful Roses you We got! We used TO
have ro- es in our garden brtore we vent to
Denver. We're going to the town where
We used 10 live--pa and |. Pas III the
smoking Car"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
A Once Doubling Thomas is Final
ly Forced to Yield to
Truth.
The Mckinley Act Meets All the
Reasonable Expectations Of
It's Friends.
It Hurts Nobody, But Helps the
Great Body Of the
People.

The greatest victory of the Mckinley
Law is not the confusion of its natural
enemies in the opposing party, but the
conversion of its opponents among repub-
licans into warm fields and enthusiastic
supporters. When the new measure was
before congress the storm of opposition
raised by the free-traders and their auda-
cious assertions about the taxes about to
be imposed upon consumers, seem to have
influenced some who should have been its
friends. If they did not denounce it openly,
they said nothing, or gave it lukewarm
support
The sincerity of their doubts as TO the
wisdom or practicability of the measure is
attested by the frank acknowledgment of
their mistake so soon as the new law had
by its practical operation demonstrated
the wisdom of its trainers. The st. Louis
Globe Democrat was perhaps the greatest
of the doubling Thomases, and the Nc
kinney law has accomplished wonders to
win for itself in so short time,
from so important and influential a
newspaper the warm concentrations and
unstinted praise of the extracts printed be-
low:
1.-The republicans are certainly justified
in indulging in some partisan seli-giorih-
cation at the success OF the Mckinley law.
1t has fully met all the reasonable expecta
tions of 1t friends, and has exposed the
falsity of the predictions Of its enemies.
No article of actual necessity, so far as we
are able to learn, las been advanced in
price through Its agency. In fact, the
treasury statement here referred to pre-
sents figures showing reduction in
prices of many commodities ot extended
and constant use, aside altogether from
sugar, which has been cut down in cost
from 20 to 80 per cent. Apparently the
law has hurt nobody, while. it has materi-
ally helped the great body Of the people.
1t is not too much to say that the act has
agreeably surprised a large section of the
republicans of the west. Certain provis.
ions of the law were attacked by many re.
publicans in this section eight or ten
months ago, but nothing of the sort is
heard of now. All the republicans are
pleased with it and stand ready to DEFEND
It, The democratic assaults on the law,
which were persistent and violent lin the
latter part of last year and the first quarter
of this year, are at present only feeble and
Teriunctory. In every respect the law has
vindicated its existence, and it will stand
until time and the inevitable changes IN
business conditions and in popular tastes
and requirements render alterations nec-
essary.
1T was great day for Major Mckinley
when he got his name attached to the best
tariff measure of the last twenty years.
1t adds to the qualification occasioned
by these extracts that they come from a
paper published in the heart of n vast ag-
ricultural area, and may be taken as a
sure indication of change of sentiment
among the disaffected republicans of the
agricultural southwest.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
"Isn't your mother with you?"

''Isn't your mother with you?"
"Ma's dead" was the reply, and the
thin lips quivered. "We had to bury her
away out In Colorado"
"You poor dear chlld!" said Madge, not
wondering that the lonely little girl had
begged to sit beside her.
She unfastened the rosebpds from her
girdle, and taking out half of them, gave
them to the child, whose pale face grew
jubilant with surprise. She held them TO
her cheek, and pressed them to her lips;
and very soon, with the flowers held close
to her breast she iell asleep.
Madge put an arm about her gently, and
drew her head to her shoulder. The child
slept peacefully for nalf an hour; then, as
the cars stopped at small town, a man
came in hurriedly. 1t was the cripple's
father. A mist crept over his eyes at the
sight of the sleeping child; and as he stop
ped and gathered he in his strong arms,
he said in low voice, fall of feeling:
I'm not prayin' mon, miss, but may
the Lords blessing rest on ye forever for
your kindness to me poor mitherless
bairn!'
The travellers from Colorado had reached
their destination. The sleeping child,
who had suffered all through the previous
night. did not awaken, only arousing q
as little she was carried through the car,
murmuring:
'I've-baen - in - heaven - pa; I've
got-some-roses.
The mist in the father's eyes seemed to
have spread through the car. No word
spoken aloud concerning the little scene
just over, but in many a heart there was
heard the voice divine whispering: I'm
asmuch as ye have done it unto the least of
these. We have done it unto me- Ernest
Gilmore
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
WHERE TO SHOOT BIG GAME.
The Brain, In Dangerous Game, Should be
the Objective Point.

Although the sportsman should endeavor
to cause death as painlessly as possible,
he cannot always do so. To attain this
end he should in hunting with the rifle.
always strike the b.ain, but this, whether
with rife or shot gun, is obviously out of
the question.
A bullet striking the bones of the head.
or solid parts connecting therewitl J, as the
duces one of two results. Ii may. firstly,
term conclusion OF The BRAIN" or, Sec
ity of the shock or .frofl direct injury to
the brain-substance. The writer has
known large deer to fall dead from the
Impact of heavy bullet against the base
of one horn, a result analogous to death
produced by the and.bag applied to the
human skull. Had the ball struck NEAR the
tip of the horn, the deer would have mere
ly been stunned, probably recovering
quickly enough to escape In safety. I'm
doubtedly many animals are reached and
slain with the knife that other
wise. with little longer interval, might
escape.
A missile passing through portion of
the brain-substance. almost invariably
causes instant death. There are, how
ever, many examples of recovery after such
an injury scattered through medical liter
ature. Even in these cases the patient Is
necessarily rendered unconscious for many
hours, so that the hunter who iniicts
such an injury upon an animal attains his
end.
In hunting dangerous game at close
quarters, then, the brain should ordinarily
be the objective point, unless the bullet
be very heavy in opposition to the size of
the animal. 1t is generally accessible, and
if struck, invariably renders the game
harmless. A grizzly bear with a rifle bull
let through the heart may yet live
long enough TO kill mis- destroyer, if
at close quarters. Several such instances
have occurred. With his back broken the
beat may yet strike viciously with his paw,
but shot in the brain ends the battle
J. N. Hall, in October Scribner.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
Assessed

Suppose, instead of this tax being appor-
toned upon valuation of property, it is
fixed at per capita rate. In 1890 it would
have been S3 SO for every man, woman
and child in the state Of Ohio, or say from
SIS to 800 to every man with an average
family.
The farmers of Ohio can very easily es-
timate from the knowledge of the value Of
their property how much of this tax each
would ha -e to pay. AS we have shown be-
fore, the whole state would have TO pay
upward of thirteen millions Of dollars
while it is the actual fact that to-day the
inhabitants Of Ohio need not pay a single
dollar of this unless they want to-
But the "reformer' cries: I'VE don Z
want free trade; what we want is tariff
for revenue, and the expenses of the gov
ernment will still be maintained by the
duties on Imports" Wei. let US see.
Their leading apostle, the Honorable Roger
O. Mills, himself the framer of tariff
bill, and most promising candidate for
spt aker in the next house Of representa-
iives, has sdeclared throughout Ohio In
favor of absolute free trade. In fact, the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the leading organ in
the state OF Ohio, recently printed a full
length poriait OF this same apostle advo-
eating free trade. Moreover, the En- luirer
itself no longer ago than Aug. IS printed
the following,
1T Is humilailng and disPraceful
confession, a base SANDER. 10 cay that the
American people need any laws to protect
them from competition with any other na-
tiop. Nothing has made England what
she is nut her free trade, her unfettered
commrrce. Compare our resources and
advantages with hers, and imagine
Shat our position would be among ths ma
tions if unhampered by the feters of pro-
ttc'ion."
More over, one OF 0hio's most prominent
cong, essmen has said that he would ahol-
ish every custom house in the land; that
he would rati er vnte for the establishment
of an institution to spread the cancar, or
"a fed in which TO propagate cholera, or IL
school in which TO teach vice and crime,
ihan to vote for protective tariff of any
kind, But it is not necessary for us 10 pro
duce further testimony TO show that tariff
n form means free trade. or that the free
trade party are asking for tariff reform"
or tariff for revenue only for any other
purpose than an entering wedge for ab>o.
lute free trade. With free traoe will
come cirsct taxation. and what that means
Tor the people OF O.ic 1T least. Is shown
atNye.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
THE PEARL BUTTON ENTER
PRISE.
1t Has Been Given Fine Start by the New
Tariff Law


ItHas Been Given Fine Start by the New
Tariff Law.
The second pearl button factory ever
built in the United States has recently
started at Eau Claire in this state. 1t ex-
rects to employ 200 hands. The manu-
facture of pearl buttons in this country has
teen made possible by the Mckinley bill.
Stevens Point Journal.
The pearl button factory at Fan Claire
is by no means the second ever built in
the United States. There are several in
Newark N. J. Two have already been
established at Manitowoc, and one OF
them had fine exhibit of its products at
The recent exposition in this city. We
recall mention of one as doing good bust.
ness several months ago at some point in
Iowa. Doubtless good many others have
been built. 1t is an industry that has been
started by the Mckinley law. Wild and
pathetic lamentations occasionally are
heard from democratic quarters respecting
the good price of pearl buttons-it is
said they are two cents dozen higbe- than
last year-and a democrat who pays two
cents extra for a dozen buttons feels that
he is being crushed by the Mckinley bill
although he saves 90 on every hundred
pounds of sugar that he buys. Neverthe-
less, he should not despair. In all prob
ability TIE starting up of so many button
factories will soon result in lower prices
than ever before for buttons.
Another democratic objection 10 Amer
lean. made buttons is that the material for
them is brought from forei4n countries.
But it should be remembered that the but
tons we have been importing from Austria
were made of the same kind of material
imported into Austria from other parts Of
the earth. If a country were permitted to
manufacture only articles the material for
which it produces, we should have to stop
manufacturing ubber goods, and England
would cease manufacturing cottons.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
The Brood Sow.

A brood SOW must be furnished with
food that is rich in the carbo- hydrates
rather than in fat. Thus starchy food is
more suitable than that which contains
oil in ABUNDANCE The sow's milk has
less than per cent. of fat in it. and if the
food consists largely of cornmeal the fat
in it will add rather TO the sow's growth
than to that of the pigs. Hence, buck
wheat is better food than cornmeal. and
in practice it has been found to enable the
SOW to raise he finest pigs. Buckwhcat
and rye in equal parts. finely ground, and
given in the form or rather .hick slop.
has been found an .excellentapd cheap food
for this purpose.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
FARM AND HOME.
DO YOU KNOW uIMs
CHARLES EEyAULp.

At school, for he was once a boy, not long,
He might have learned as days went by,
While boxing. boats and base ball made hin
strong,
But he neglected study. whys
Enough of play! He must to business young,
Make money fast. All else WAS "rot "
Perhaps he might have learnt his mother tongu
At least by night but he did not.
He might have sought the living, aye, the dea'
And In their work have found lash
To higher things. Alas he never read,
Except the papers daily trash.
lie might have been merchant wise, sedate,
And eaten lunch In pleasant mood;
But no, he must 20 faster, speculate,
And ever anxious bolt his food.
He might have been content with honest pay,
And saving for his after years.
But works too slow. He must be rich today;
The world with him was In arrears.
He could have been companion to his wife,
Neglect has caused SO many wrecksl
But scheming took every mir ute of his life
And he could give her naugh but checks.
lie should have sought to play fathers part
But he could never stop TO think
"I'll teach my girl simplicity OF heart
And keep my boy from senseless drink"
He might have lent to some helping hand,
Or fostered thoughts of others rights;
But II he look around on sea or land,
lie dreamt alone of gold-that blights.
And death TO him was not light that beams,
Bnt darkness. hunger, thirst and frost.
He sped not on 10 realize his dreams,
lie only felt his go d was lost.
Why spent he thus his life one long mistake,
Ignoring everything subimef
For lack of what We first of all should make;
He did not find or take the time.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14
Treatment of n Young Orchard

AS soon as young apple orchard is
planted the question Is presented whether
the ground small lie in its natural condi-
tion or be cultivated or may it be pastured
There are few or no cases where an orch
ard can be planted and left without care of
any kind in which il will amount to any
thing. Grass and weeds growing uncheck-
ed in an orchard arc not only unsightly in
appearance but will be detrimental to the
growth OF the young trees. Wherever the
lay OF the ground will admit of il | would
always cultivate the soil of n young orch
ard tor several years, as not only making
profitable use of it while it was in an
otherwise unpro iuctive sale. but as actual
y beneficial to the trees. Enough manure
should be applied each year to make good
the loss caused by taking off crop. Pas
turing an orchard cannot be done at will,
except with animals whose habits do not
lead them to injure tie trees. This rules
out horses entirely, for most horses when
turned loose will injure apple trees of any
size by barking them, and both horses and
cattle would destroy young trees by cop-
tinually bro wsing them The same objec.
tion applies to sheep where they can reach
the ends of the limbs, and where the pas
ture is scant they are liable to gnaw the
bark of young trees. On ground so rough
that it cannot be both cultivated
and fertilized, if set out with apple trees,
would pasture it with hogs az tht best
thing that can be done with it while the
trees are growing. In this country
would plant in the spring, and the sooner
they are transplapted after being taken
Fl ON the nurlery the better. | never
could see how anything was to be gained
by lifting young trees in the fall and
heeling them in. DIS it is called either in d
cellar or elsewhere during the winter, be
fore planting them.-M. b. A.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-14

A member of the Missouri Horticultural
society says: For number of years |
nave practised washing the roots of trees
before setting them. Sometimes the
ground in the nursery is muddy, sticks to
or among he roots, and ii set out in this
condition it will yet hard and bake almost
like brick when the weather becomes
dry This will always almos. kill the tree.
Another is, sometimes we find root lice
bluish-lo looking mott at first sight, but on
closer,o r,observatlon one finds them resem-
bling hen lice. When they have been on
long the roots become very knotty and full
of little fbres grown tight together like
a sponge. This kind.of tree is not 50 good
and should not be planted. | put
In half barrel of water, which
we set in some convenient place,
about half box of concentrated
I've and two ounces crude carbolic acid.
In this we dip each tree till washed clean
have not yet seen any injurious result
from this treatment, and the trees treated
this way have always made a splendid
growth.