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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
OlLlNC A RoBBER.
An Engineers Treatment of Selfish
Road Agent.

There used to be-and may be yet
on the Las Cruces division Of the Santa
Fe railway an engineer known as "Big
Jack Long" One night Jack was
alone at his engine, oiling up the ma
chine, while the rest of the crew, like
the passengers, were at supper in the
dingy eating house. The train was a
long one and the engine was we'll away
from the little cluster of buildings.
Suddenly "Throw up your hands!"
was growled at him and Jack found
himself looking into gun in the hands
OF hard-looking citizen, says the
Arkansaw Traveller. The fellow de-
manded money and Jack began to
argue, protesting that he had but a
dollar in his pockets and that to take
that were cruelty, since it was meant
to pay for his supper. Yes, the ma
rauder was determined to have the
sack even if it had but a single dollar.
During the discussion Jack slipped
his hand from bulb to nozzle of the
long machinist's oiler and edged
around the head of the locomotive,
finally backing across the track, closely
followed by the temporizing holder
up. When the man was so well into
the glare of the headlight as to guide
Jacks address this worthy promptly
laid over his head with the heavy oiler
for bludgeon and when the victims
yells had drawn forth the supping con-
tingent Jack had beaten his assailant
almost senseless and stood, weapon in
hand looking down at him and saying,
grimly: well, guess I've got you
SO we'll oiled up that you won't run
hot again for one while!"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
THE PUBLIC DINNER.
And the Great Number of Things to Eat
and Drink.

Though we express surprise at the
gormandizing powers of our forefa-
theirs. says Chambers Journal, our own
elaborate public dinners are little less
disgrGceful than they were 400 years
ago. An eminent physician dsscrib-
ing our present-day dinners, said:
I'VE begin with soup, and perhaps a
glass of cold punch. to be followed by a
piece of turbot or slice of salmon,
with lobster sauce; and while the VEN
ison or Southdown is getting ready
we toy with piece of sweetbread, and
mellow it with bumper of madeira.
No sooner is the mutton or venison
disposed of with its never-failing ac-
compartments of jelly and vegetables,
than we set the whole of it in a fer
ment with champagne, and drown it
with hook and sauterne. These are
quickly followed by the wing and
breast of a partridge or a bit of pleas
ant or wild duck, and when the stom-
ach is all on fire with excitement we
cool it for an instant with a piece of
iced pudding, and then Immediately
lash it into fever with undiluted al
cohol in the form of cognac or strong
liqueur; after which there comes a
spoonful or so of jelly as an emollent,
morsel of ripe Stilton as digestant,
piquant salad to whet the appetite for
wine, and glass of old port to per-
suade the stomach, if it can, into quiet
ness All these are more leisurely
succeeded by dessert with its baked
meats, its fruits, and its strong drinks
to be afterward muddled with coffee,
and complicated into rare mixture
with tea, floating with the richest
cream"
If there are many whose daily diet
is too varied, too luxurious. there are
also many, through unkind and un-
propitious circumstances, are scarcely
able to supply the wherewithal to sat
isfy the legitimate wants of nature.
There are not few who think them
selves lucky if at the dinner hour they
are able to allay the cruel pangs of
hunger with philosophic pipe.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
Neal Fields EasiIy- Earned Fee.

Neal Fields, you will remember, was
in the chapcery court clerk office with
Steve Chipley. Constant communica-
ton with members of the bar gave him
good idea of law, and he resolved to
60 west and adopt the practice. He
arrived at Albuquerque one night. and
next day was engaged in a murder
case which at that time was attracting
attention all over the territory.
Among the many ranchmen was q
burly old fellow named Carter, who
styled himself king" and was ter
ror for miles around. Carter had
small regard for the property of other
people, and made specially of claim
ing all the cattle that strayed upon his
pastures. Other ranchmen were afraid
to demonstrate with him personally,
and were forced to resort to the courts.
A Kentucky attorney named Hagan
was in Carter's employ, and was usual
ly successful.
a fatal shooting affray occurred on
the streets of Albuquerque one night.
Not long afterward Carter was lodged
in jail and charged with murder. He
had killed fellow-ranchman for a
triHing insult, and the spectators loud
ly proclaimed that it was in cold blood.
That night there were rumors of mob
vengeance, and the prison was placed
under heavy guard.
Lawyer Hagan was sent for the next
day to visit Carter. At first he hest
tated; he had made up his mind to
have nothing to do with the case. A
second messenger arrived, and Hagan
concluded to visit Carter
''There is this much about it, said the
attorney: IL have defended you the
last time. All your wealth could not
hire me to take charge Of your de-
Tense"
Then for Gods sake recommend
somebody" said the imprisoned cattle
king. Hagan promised and left.
On the way from the prison to his
Office he met Neal Fields. The two
had known each other in Kentucky,
and were not long in renewing the old
acquaintance. The case of Carter was
mentioned to Fields, and he was asked
if he would enlist for the defense
eff | get money enough" replied
Fields, with keen eye to business.
You shall have all the money yor
want" was the reassuring reply.
Hagan turned and led the way back te
the Jail. Fields was introduced to
Carter, and agreed to take the case. A
check for $4,000 was signed then and
there and turned over to the young at
torney. Fields went to work on the
case. The first thing he did was tc
draw his money from the bank.
The next day Albuquerque was
startled when it became known that
during the night a mob of masked
men had taken Carter from the iai
and left him swinging from limb.
Fields had the 5000, and his Glen
was beyond defense. Couy.
aer-Journal.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
A Whales PropellinS Power.

The horse power of whale has been
made subject of study by the emil
nent anatomist, Sir William Turner of
the University of Edinburgh, Scotland,
in conjunction with the equally emf
ncnt Glasgow shipbuilder, John Hen
,derson. The size and dimensions of a
great finner stranded several years
ago on the shore at Longriddy fur
nished the necessary data for COM
putation of the power necessary to
propel it at a speed of twelve miles an
hour. This whale measured eighty
feet in length, twenty feet across the
hanges of the tail, and weighed sew
ty-four tons. To attain a speed OF
twelve miles an hour it was calculated
that 145-horse power was necessary.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
Farmers Children Stoop-Shouldered

almost every farmer boy and girl
is stoop-shouldered," says a Cincinnati
physician. II have often been at a loss
to account for it, but few days ago a
solution of why it is struck me. Farm
ers' children all wear broad -brimmed
straw hats in summer, and as these
blow off easily they are continually
holding their heads down so as to
bring the wind directly on the top.
This position of the head becomes hab-
itual, and go where you will you will
see farmers children holding their
heads So"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
"A CURIOUS FLORAL tcToCK.

usual machinery employed in operating
large clocks, except that it is particular
ly constructed to move the great
weight of the earth which must be
supported by the revolving hands.
This is isscleverly accomplished by maxi
ing an ordinary clock train release a
volume of water every minute and this
by its gravity operates the wheels that
send the heavy hands forward. The
whole arrangement is exceedingly
Ingenious and interesting, and, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Record, is the
daily admira ton and wonder of hun
,dreds of the inventors townsmen.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
White and Black Rhinoceroses.

African travellers tell us that the
white rhinoceros frequently dies from
eating poisonous plants which have no
effect on the black one, probably b.
cause the fine scent of the latter tells
him it is dangerous.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
laying the Pipes.

Voice from Next Room--sWhat are
yon doing, dear?"
Mr.. I. Aker Tripp-"Writing to my
cousin john"
Voice from Next Room--"Why, yor
haven't seen him in twenty years.
Mr.. I. Aker Tripp-"I know it, but
I've heard that he's gone to live in
Chicago, and the Worlds Fairs next
year, you know. PUCK.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
WALKING ON THE WATER.

"A Uap's ingenious DeVice WHICH Might
BE Used in Duck Hunting.
This curious apparatus was intro
,duced in order to render wild duck
shooting an easy matter. 1t consists
,ofthree floats joined together at the
topic a seat on which the sportsman
sits. His boots are supplied with
,shavel=ike oars, by means of which he
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29
CLOCK MADE OF FLOWERS,
The Cariots Mechanical and Deceratsv,
SiEht in a Paris Garden.

A little masterpiece of mechanism,
and bit The same time model of garden
decoration, is the floral clock which
deccrates the garden of an ingenious
Parisian. The appearance of this
eldest of timepieces is shown in the
accompanying cut. The dial, which is
not less than thirty feet in diameter, is
composed entirely of choice plants of
various colors. The hands, which
actually move over the face of the
clock, are made in the same manner,
and the whole effect of the arrange
ment is that of an Immense basket of
flowers The mechanism which drives
the hands is lodged in large chamber
built in the garden Immediately be-
meath the dial. 1T is composed of the
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29

Among males of the human race
during the working years of life the
average time of sickness is 1914
weeks, or Il fraction more than nine
days in each year; in females frac-
ton more.
A postage stamp worth 5000 has
been discovered in New York.
A Young-I1ooking Grandm other.
Nine. Bernhardt has returned to
Paris for few days. She rides out
with her devoted daughter-in-law and
little Baby Bernhardt, and with her
long, white cloth coat, white stmw
hat, and blue, waving plumes, she is
the youngest-looking grandmother in
the world. After Bernhardt premiere
maniere, she is getting to be Bern
hardt second fashion, for she is gath.
sring flesh, but, with true artistic i'm
stinct, she takes it in becoming lines.
The record-union., 1892-09-26
Beneficial Effects of Batbipe.

No person would think of emitting to
battle their faces after arising in the
morning, and all can testify to the pecui-
lar comfort and satisfaction which even
this small operation imparts, not only to
the skin itself, but also to the general
system. Ii salutary consequences fol-
low the bathing OF, say, one-tifteenth part
of the external surface, it is reasonable TO
infer that greater beneficial results must
accrue from general bathing of the en-
tire body. A quick sponge bath in cool
water in the morning, followed in all
cases with brisk rubbing of the BODY
until sufficient friction is produced to
create warmth, is exceedingly beneficial
and healthful to all persons who are not
decided invalids. In the latter case warm
water should be used. Generally speak
ing, warm water applied to the face is
more beneficial TO the skin, giving it a
softer, clearer appearance than cold
water. One bath in tub of warm water
should be taken once a week, to remove
all impurities. At this season of the
year. in the warm valleys, bath in rea-
sonably cold water at night is conducive
10 sleep. The body will become cooler If
the water is permitted to evaporate slow
ly. instead of wiping the skin dry. Peo-
pie who are subject to colds can in gen
eral prevent them altogether, if after first
getting out of bed they will sponge the
body in cold water in which a little salt
has been dissolved, and dry themselves,
A proper attention to the skin must al
ways include a change of underclothing
in sleep from what is worn during the
day. Never battle for a hour before or
after eating.
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One Thing Overlooked.

An English exchange relates that dele
CATION Of strikers visited a mill proprietor
and after demanding forty-four hours
per week at the same old pay, the dis
missal of an obnoxious manager, a little
light refreshment in the middle of each
afternoon, no new hands to be employed
until they the workmen) had said they
were willing to work with them, "a tort
nights holiday and double pay once a
year, the following took place:
Exactly. What more?"
THAT is all sir, at present.
No. it isn't. Think again. Pm sure
there's something else."
mo. SIR"
well, Pll just tell you, then. You've
arranged your hours Of work."
Yes, sir"
you've managed to have the MANAGER
dismissed ?'' . %
''Yes, SIR"
And the refreshments and the holi-
days and the other matters you've men
tioned?"
Yes, sir"
But you've forgotten one thing, and
that is to arrange to get some fool to paw
your wages on a Saturday, for l WON'T.
Good morning."
The record-union., 1892-09-26
PhautOmS.

The hopes of cure held out in the adj
vertisements of numberless remedies are
mere phantoms, without the slightest
shadow Of reality about them. On the
other hand, no statement has ever been
made in behalf of Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters that is not susceptible of ample
substantiation. Care has ever been taken
in laying its claims before the public to
circumscribe those claims with the
bounds of truth. Allegations outside OF
these form no blot on the record of this
sterling, time-honored remedy, proven
by the most respectable evidence to be a
remedy for and preventive of malarial
disease, rheumatism, kidney trouble,
chronic indigestion and biliousness. II
is an lneffably fine tonic, promotes con-
valescence and mitigates the infirmities
OF age. Taken before retiring at night il
is promoter of sleep.
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WORSE THAN IN CHICAGO
Divorce May Be Obtained at the w
of the Husband in lurker.

DANoA 20 NAY DC CDIalnSu at the WEI
of the Husband in Turker.
In Turkey a divorce has not all the
weight attached to it by Europeans. A
woman divorced from her husband is not
treated with contumely, even in the high
est classes, and often marries again. This
being caused by the facility with which a
man may divorce a wife. There is no
court TO go TO and no trial to ensue. A
man simply states to his wife that he has
divorced her, on which she will 90
away. and the man, having repeated
the same to the cadi, will have an
act OF divorce written, which he viii
send to her. If it is the first or second
time that this occurs he may take her
back again without any formality ell
suing, and it will be only after the third
that she will be lost 10 him forever. Sec
ing the ease with which this NAV be done
1t is not surprising if men abuse it
and divorce their wives for a fault
which is hardly worthy of harsh word.
However, III the higher classes il is not
so general as In the lower, where a man
often divorces his wife for badly cooked
dinner or an unSewed button, Knowing
very well that ii he repents of it he NAV
have her back before evening. | know a
lady who was divorced from five hus
bands and is now living with her sixth,
without having incurred any worse CEN
sure than that which an unaccommo-
dating temper must bring to all who in
dulge IN lt.-Nineteenth Century.
The record-union., 1892-09-26
Berlin Cough cure

:, For coughs and colds and all lung and
throat a4ectlons this article has superior
merit. 1t is perfectly harmless. gives inn
mediate relief, and cures the worst cases
III from two to three days. Endorsed by
our best physicians. Try bottle and
you WIZ always keep it. Price, so cents
Z. Lininent, the best remedy for
aches and pains.
compound Sulphur Powder, the most
perfect laxative and cathartic known
Gives instant relief in cases of constina-
uon, indigestion, piles. biliousness, liver
troubles, rheumatism, gravel, etc.. etc.
a great blood purifier and pleasant to the
taste. The w. ii. Bone Company. San
ranclsco, sole proprietors. Kirk, Geary
" Co.. Sacramento, sole agents.
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FOLSOM AND VICINITY.
Notes of Interest From Our Neighbour
ing Town.
[From the Telegraph, Sept. 24th.l

From the Telegraph, Sept. 24th.J
Several Sacramento bicyclists rode up
here on Wednesday. The day was cool
enough to make the trip pleasant one.
a few drops of rain fell on Wednesday
just enough to be seen. 1t was the first
rain that made its appearance the present
season.
b. U. Steinman piloted j. G. Pierson of
Sacramento and Professor Keith, an ex-
pert electrician of San Francisco, up here
on Wednesday and went out to the prison
with them to see the dam and power
house.
There have been several entries made
IN the shooting tournament that will be
held at Green Valley on Sunday, October
I'd. The parties who have charge of the
affair have been working hard in order
to nave everything in readiness and good
condition for the event.
Mrs. Sarah Doane died at the SAWYER
residence at Orangevale on Monday. Sep
TENDER 18th. The deceased was S6 wears
and 10 months old at the time of her
death. She was not apparently very i'll
when death came TO call her.
Several carloads of steel rails arrived
here this week TO be used in the yard. On
Saturday the section men commenced the
work of getting the track ready to put
them down. 1t is the intention to put
down steel rails on all the switches in
this place.
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HINTS TO HOUSBKEEPERS.
Little Things Worth knowing and AT
tending To

Eel baskets make particularly good
waste-paper baskets, and those who are
at the seashore should carry a couple to
their winter homes. Nearly every fisher
man knows bow to make them, and thew
cost very little.
Crisped crackers are particularly good
for afternoon tea, and are made in this
way: Split the common water-crackers
and spread thinly with butter; put them,
buttered side up, in a pan and color
quickly in hot oven. They should be a
light golden brown when ready to eat.
and should be served hot.
To exclude the air from windows and
doors, and to fill the kitchen with insect
powder blown from a bellows until the
air is so thick that the operator is forced
to beat retreat, is not pleasant task;
but it repays housekeeper in that in the
morning there will be no living thing in
the kitchen-not fly, beetle or ant.
The record-union., 1892-09-26
HOW ROME IS LIGHTED
Electric Currents Transmitted a Lon.
Distance

Electric Currents Transmitted Long
Distance.
Rome presents one of the most interest
ing affiliations of water power in Europe.
last month witnessing the completion of
WORK That has been in progress since 1888.
Inc city or Rome has eniOyed electric
hgntlng for several years from a steam
plant OF 2,|OO horsepower. but now the
gas com pany IS experimenting that source
Ol current by utilizing q portion Of the
beautiful and powerful waterfalls at an
Gent 1lvoli. The work was begun in a
ilnllo way by small company, but the
manager OF the gas works, being a man of
foresight and large ideas, bought up the
plant and began fine installation at the
Ola lila Mecenate, the country seat of
hii2cenaS, Prime Minister OF the Emperor
Augustus, and q man who would GER
fanny nave appreciated the luxury OF the
electric light The water is piped to
Glrard turbines, which drive alternating
current generators, and an Old Roman
VlaGuct is used as part of the waterway.
After the circuits leave the station they
proceed from Tivoh down to the plain,
and then across the dreary and forSakeu
C&Inpagna Romano to Rome, "A distance
OF twenty eight kilometers. The poles
are OF iron, with oil insuiators
Arrived at Rome, the circuits enter a
small transformer house near the Porta
Hla, and the high tension OF 4.0O0 volts is
stepped down. to 1000, in order To be
sent out into the supply network Of cir
cuts IN the city. The service is TO include
a large amount of arc lighting, as well as
lncandescent, and industrial motors are
also to be run. This very interesting
plant was contemplated before the long
distance transmission from Lauifen to
frankfort was thought OF, and il was 1T
. tlngIy spoken of at the time by Professor
Blaserna, in a report TO the Roman muni-
clpallty. as THE most magnificent project
OF conduction of electrical energy which
yet exists IN Europe" Even to-day the
plant is one that in many respects is
without rival anywhere, and it is not q
little curious that a gas COMPANY should
nave been the instrument OF it's success
hui completion, under circumstances that
would have warranted its active OPPOSE
tlon on the usual conservative and OBJ
structiye grounds
The record-union., 1892-09-26

DIR. e. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, specific for Hysteria Dizzi-
ness, Fits, Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous
Prostration caused by alcohol or tobacco,
Makefulness, Mental Depression, Softening OF
Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
In either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhoea and all
tenale Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses,
Spermatorrhea caused by ever exertion OF
brain, Selfabuse, Over-indulgence. A mon this
treatment, 81; 6 tor So, by mail. We guar
antee SIX boxes to cure. Each order for six
boxes with So will send written guarantee to
refund II not cured. Guarantees issued only
by CLARK d WEIHE, DRUGGISTS Sole
Agents. GAO Post Street. San Francisco. Cal.
The record-union., 1892-09-26

Cabbage has been said to be a cure for
intoxication. The Egyptians ate boiled
cabbage before their other food if they
intended to drink wine after dinner, and
some of the remedies sold as preventive
of lntoxication on the continent contain
cabbage seed.
The record-union., 1892-09-26
NEW ynRK nFI1cAnu ernnn

700 J STREET. = VISITORS TO THE
! No fair should call at this store. All
Kinds OF Delicacies, Cheese, Bologna. iunch
ana Sandwiches put up for travellers. Hot
FORK and Beans every day. New German
Salt Pickles, ii<'h
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8s$assssss Garoa.
a NATHAN

or X STREET, ADJOINING wEsTEpN
EVO Hotel, Sacramento, dealer in Cigars
Iba ana Notions. Every purchaser OF
presented with handsome souvenir. wan 70
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The Exact Location.

"Where do you stop when you are in
New York;"
Generally at the end of five hundred
dollar bill.u
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Easy.

st is easy to tell Republican from a
Democrat in Mississippi, isn't it?''
Very; unless you happen to be color
blind?"
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S. earle.

CUCCEsSOR TO earle &, CRoI,Y. CON.
- tractor and Builder. Orders solicited and
promptness guaranteed. Office and shop,
liza Second street, between K and L.
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"a. y. ROOT. ALEX. NELSON, j. DRIsCoL.
ROOT, NELSON 6 CO.,
TJNION FOUNDRY-IRON AND RRASS
~ Founders and Machinists, Front street.
between N and o. Castings and Machinery
OF every Description made to order.
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SETANTED-A YOUNG MAN DESIRES A
w position in Office or store; has a knowi-
edge OF housekeeping and typewriter. Address
D., this Office. soA-ot
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JAPANESE WANTS SITUATION TO DO
CHARkY, this Office. s26-3tx
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7 OST = NEAR FIFTEENTH AND l.
IL streets, l1dy's light jacket Finder please
return 10 1925 l. st. ana receive reward. s2.j-3sE
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NATERHoUsE 4 LESTER.

DEALERS IN ZION, STEEL, CUMBER-
~ land Coal, Wagon Lumber and Carriage
Hardware. 700, III, 713, us street,
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rQO LEr-NICELY- FURNISHED FRONT
1 room in private family, suitable for one or
Two gentlemen; gas and bath. SIS Eleventh
street. s2U-6t*
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sCHEUNERT BROS. & CO.,
JOHN ]. RUGKLEY.

SEARCHER OF RECORDS, GIL STREET
- Sacramento.
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/ JAPANESE WANTS SITUATION. TO DO
~ COOKING and housework. Address NJ A..
BOX %, city. s26-3t@