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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03

little one, she has been my greatest com
FORT" said my mother, placing her hand
upon the head of the weeping child
The physician administered to my moth
er her potion and felt her pulse I knew
by the look on the kind old face that the
dear one who had filled my life with a
halo of light from the heavenly world,
would soon be beyond the reach of pain OF
sorrow. How frail she looked as she Law
with closed eyes, breathing SO quietly he1
life away.
''Oh, mamma, mamma" moaned Myr-
tie.
My mother opened her eyes in answer to
her baby's call. The mothers heart was
loath to leaye her darling. She reached
her hand out to find US. and asked:
MY son, are you here? Myrtle darling
God BILE IS you," came in a whisper SO faint
that | Gould hardly catch the words Then
silence fell upon the lips that had only ut
tered words of love and tender counsel.
The physician said:
Rest in peace" And, as looked at tie
sweet face now beautifcd with hope of
eternal glory, could only say, Yes, rest
in peace"
1t was only the swinging open of the
SoI'tCH SebSS. COulu llol weep COultl
only stand and lo,d at the dear, dead
body. 1t was only the empty casket, the
precious jewel was not th,rc. Taking
Myrtle by tlc hand, I led a.: 10 my room
where soon had comfortable fire.
Poor weeping Myrtle. She was such a
wee frail child, though ten years old So
young to MISS IL mothers love But had
promised my mother to guard her from
harm
What sad home coming this had been
TO me. l did not anticipate much pleasure,
bat had always found my mother ready
to welcome me home with loving words
and tender care. Now life was desolate
indeed. NO one to love- none to caress.'
! thought of the words, ''No one is ever
cutie miserable who has the love of one
small child | had that at least. Myrtle
clung to me with a tender, trusting love.
How my heart yearncd for the Intelligent
sympathy Stella would have given She
could have been sister to Myrtle and u
comforter to me! Where was she now,
Had she forgotten us, or was her heart
ever turning toward the past with fond re-
membrance OF us all? Even my mother
had lonyed for her in the solitude of sick
ness | was glad to know ny mothers
win Stella's love if we should ever meet
again. and had strong hopes that some
time we should meet.
How dull were the days that followed.
We were lonely and full of sorrow, my
little sister and I. Thoughts of other days
would come to mock me with vanished
joys. Days when my mother was my
friend. Then, days when sunshine was
shed throughout the dull old house at Wa
verland by our sweet friend Would hap
piness ever again take up its abode at Wa
verlande
Days pass; the beautiful dead was laid to
rest, and Myrtle and took up the bur
den of life again. She was a quiet child
and accustomed to amusing herself.
soGn learned To love her very dearly; her
very helplessness was call for love and
tenderness for me. Soon after my moth
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03
AVERLAND!
A Tale OF Our Coming Land.
lords---A Story of Ire
lands Wrongs.
BY SARAH MABIE BRIGHAM
CHAPTER X.-A SACRED TPT-sT

CHAPTER X.-A SACRED TRUST.
one morning as the colonel and I were
leaving the breakfast room message was
handed me. / opened it and read that nv
mother was very ill. | found the duke and
explained my message to him During our
conversation he asked me to visit America
with him in the spring. | promised to do
SO if it was practicable.
Il have had a most delightful visit" T
SAID as we shook hands at parting.
Il shall look for you in May or near that
time to go with me-" said the duke, as 7
was leaving for the train. The colonel
went with me to the city and saw me start
ed on my homeward journey.
L reached home without accident and
found Myrtle on the watch for me.
How is mother:' / asked, as I took her
IN my arms and started up stairs.
She is very i'll and has been asking for
you all day"
AS opened the door the physician who
was standing by my mothers bed placed
MS fingers to his lips to indicate silence,
but ther quick ear caught the sound. She
turned her head and saw me standing in
the door. glad smile lit up her pale face
rs L went to her bedside. kissed her lips
saying:
Are you better, my dear mother?"
About the same" she said in a whis-
per, but am SO glad you have come,
my son, my darling boy"
Now, you will get well again, and
will take you with me to see new scenes
that will cheer your life"
My son. said my mother "T shall
never get we'll again, and it is best so. I
want you, my son, to forgive me the pain I
caused you when Stella left u.s."
20, don't say that" l said, while tears
rolled down my cheeks for with the words
had come the thought of the utter .oneli-
ness that must follow. ''What can we do
without you9"
But say you forgive me- my son."
again pleaded the whispering. voice.
Yes, darling mother. l forgive you
freely, and l beg you to forgive my cruel
neglect in seeking my own pleasure and
forgetting you;' I said, bending low be-
side her bed with keen regret in my heart.
IF you ever find her tell her how I
missed her. and remember you have a
mothers blessing in seeking her love. I
was in the wrong. Rank and position are
of little value when seen from bed of
death. You will be kind to Myrtle? Poor
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03
A FEMALE STOWAWAY,
Pretty Annie Williams Unique and Pitiful
Experience.


Experience.
A pretty girl stowaway aboard.
That was what Captain Francis
Edwards reported when he mo,red
his brig-rigged steamer, Antwerp,
seventeen days out from Antwerp,
Belgium, at Jewels wharf in
Brooklyn. ..s
Annie Williams, nineteen years of
age, and as pretty a brown-haired,
brown-eyed young woman as you ever
saw, is quite heroine, for she has
probably the honor of being the first
female stOwaway who ever came to
American shores. From the time Of
her discovery, Annie received the
best of treatment. Her story
merited it. She had married an
Englishman named Atkins, and had
sailed with him for Europe, leaving
in his care all her money, S12,50O,
which she had drawn from the bank.
When the steamer reached it's
Queenstown destination, Mrs. Atkins
said that her husband wanted her to
accompany him to Antwerp on
business.
"We reached there about Aug. II
she continued; land stayed there
together until about Dec. Is, when
my husband asked me to remain a
few days in our hotel, as he had to
run into the interior of Belgium. /
waited, as he told me, but he never
came back, and after he had been
gone week received letter from
him which nearly drove me Wild"
The letter, Mrs. Atkins said,
Informed her that her husband had
cruelty deserted her. It also told her
that she had been left penniless.
81 remained heart-broken in Ant
werp, not knowing what to do,''
sobbed Mrs. Atkins. '"Then on the
day the Antwerp sailed, l was out
walking on the pier to which she
was moored. l don't know what
made me do it, but l walked aboard
of her, dressed just as was in street
attire, and with no baggage"
Mrs. Atkins said that she hurried
between decks. There she remained
unmolested until the vessel was far
out at sea. "On the morning of the
second day out" the fair stowaway
added, Il could stand the pangs of
hunger no longer"
Death OF Justice Lamar.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga, says:
| Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court L. 9. G. Lamar died there
Monday night. His death was
sudden in the extreme, for since
Justice Lamar has been here he
appeared to be gradually gaining.
This evening he visited for some
!, time with a friend, DR.. L. Lewellyn,
and just after the Doctor left the
; house, about O'Clock, he was seized
with violent pains in his heart and
, died in short time.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03

Over 900 varieties of cotton are
said to exist-400 in Asia and Africa
and 200 in America.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03

There was greater consumption
Of tea in the United Kingdom in 1891
than in any previous year.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03
been able

IS given him,
ng illness he
ecognize the
nd physicians.
[ersed to any
lis family for =
always been
wants Very
which have
ways replied
nosyllables."
said 4l
70 HOPE
e recovery
cember, but
70 or three
been enter
mt be pro-
|, however,
No effort
life by the
practically
Ppt to give
1t to it the,
statement.
Sc as the
e of the
e patient
Fcertained
there was
tional in
8. There
ply faded
ALTON.
following
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fnl duty =
Of the |
f James !
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Fminent |
picuous |
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eat in |
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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-03

money. But here was q new side to his
character; fond memory of other days
held warm place in his heart.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

The people are drawing the 'dead-
ly parallel" upon the President just
now. His message is shown to be
not only clear departure from the
Chicago platform upon which he was
nominated, but from his letter of &C
ceptance Of the nomiCation there
made. For, whereas tho platform
declared in favor of tho free coinage
OF both silver and gold and their use
on parity in the business of the
country, and in the letter of accept
ance declared with the parity Of the
metals guaranteed, "both gold and
silver Gao be safely utilized Upon
equal terms in the adjustment of our
currency" the message Is framed in
an altogether hostile silver wen. Not
only will the President now have alb
solutely nothing TO do with silver,
altogether deriding and rejecting it,
but he has no patience with any view
which iI any way would give silver q
chance either in the business or COIN
age Of the country. This makes it
clear that the President, in accepting
the nomination of his party declara-
tion, reserved to himself the right 10
reject this part of the platform, and
in writing his letter of acceptance,
Wherein he dealt with this subject in
apparent compliance with the terms
OF the platform, that he had mental
reservation which in fact made his
letter as to this deceitful, untrue and
calculated to lull the country into a
security which he meant would be
utterly disastrous in SO far as silver
is concerned. The President is not
the first upon whom the deadly par
allel has got in its work, but he is the
most prominent Of all such at this
time, and truly the deadly parallel
shows him in most unenviable and
wretched light. 1t will be hard for
the Cleveland adorors to acquit him
on this subject Of the charge of dem
agoguery and holding out false lights
to deceive men. - Virginia Chron-
icle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16

Somebody, evidently an'old bach
elor, used to such things, thus de-
scribes how they do it IN Maine:
"QualSer young ladies' in the Maine
Law State, il is said, still continue to
kiss the lips of the young temperance
men to SEQ if they have been tamper-
ing with liquor. Just imagine n
beautiful young temperance woman
with all the dignity Of an executive
officer, and tho innocence of q dove
with the charge: "Mr.--., tho ladies;
believe you are in the habit of tam
pering with liquor aud they have an
pointed me to examine you according
10 our accustomed rules. Are you
wllllng?" You nod acquiescence.
She gently stops closer to YOU, laws
her white arm around your neck,
oashes back her raven curls, raises
her sylph like form upon tip toe, her
snowy bosom against your own, and
with her angelic features lit up with
smile as sweet as heaven, places her
rlch' rosy, pouty, sugar, mo!asses, lily,
roS"oud' cream, tart, apple-pie,
pe"ch-pudcing, apple-dumpling, gin
eeF-orea"' nectar lips against yours
"0o ION, Jerusalem! bold usD kisses
YOU hurrah for the gals and the
maine Law and death to all oppos,-
ton"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
STORY OF NoAH's ARK.

The Old Wonan's Account Was Author
TIC, for Shc Had II from . Witness
81 was reared in the days of blSck
maralcies. As child received all mF
'mnrlr2y' told me without doubtor cues
ton, till tho story of the ark came;
then faith Navcrcd; ! was knceling on
n stool, my arms resting on the kitchen
work table, Il tivc-by-tcn feet receptacle
for all things ncedful in the prep
aration of u meal Nanny was oppo-
site cutting up fowl for dinner in one
Of the enormous dishpans of that day.
She gave me a full description of the
flood, with all the preparations leading
up to it.
81 was especially impressed when
Noah's wife objected to the snakes
coming in, but was doubly sympathetic
when she protested that wasps and
spiders were more than she could
stand. grew calmer as Noah assured
her that the latter were to go into a
closet in the attic, the door to be ccilcd
up, and rs to the snakes, they would be
boxed and set away in a corner of the
same attic.
"Other details, which need not here
be given, followed till all was ready
for the storm to burst. This lurid- af-
fair will not attempt to describe, but
as the ark began to float and its ability
to ride the waves was proven,
breathed more freely anG was ready to
enjoy, as I had so often done before,
the reaction that followed bloodhound
ling recitals. (Mammies were true
novelists, aud generally ended their
stories pleasantly, virtue and the right
triumphing.)
"But my peace was to be disturbed; a
question sprang up. Long as had
known from other sources the story of
the flood, none of these thrilling de-
tails had been given me; why were they
left out of sacred history, and how had
nanny secured them? asked if she
were sure of her information. She re-
piled, perfectly sure. After some con-
sidcration 1 ventured, with misgiving,
to ask her how she gained her knowl-
edge.
MY rebuke came. She struck an at
titude which said plainly, it is aston
ishing how dull some children are.
The knife and chicken went to the bot
tom of the pan, her hands rested on her
hips, and, looking over and far beyond
my head, she said: My gretgret-gret-
gran'mammy heer ebry wud tell you
fun whar she dun hide un'er ole Miss
Noes bed. "'-Chicago Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
Jedge Waxem's Proverbs.


When a pattriut wants offs he wants
it all over.
The therst for Ticker is sloppy long
side ov the therst fer a government job
There's some men in congress that
hain't got no bizness thar, and some
that's got bizness thar they oughtent to
hav
The politishan wood ruther use some
other mans money for campane pur-
poses.
The man who sells his vote ought to
git ten years in the penitenshary, and
the man that buys ought to git twenty.
A man amt fittin to hold govern
ment offs that can't keep his mouth
shut.
Politicks makes naves of some men
and fools ov others.
Capital is tryin to git labor for nothin,
and labor is tryin to git capital for
nothin. ''.''
When Alexander the Crate was weep
in for more worlds to conl1er he ought
to come to Kentucky and run fer guv-
ener on the republican ticket.-Detroit
FREQ PraeS
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
Notice.

The Board OF County Commission
ers at their last meeting ordered that
the public be, and they are hereby
notified that all bills for scalps that
may be presented TO the Board from
ard after this date will be positively
rejected.
u. r. BILREy,
Elko, March 6, 1893. Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16

Reckbart & Froelich have received
n carload Of Schlitz Milwaukee, beor
in kegs, which they will soil to the
saloon keepers at very reason .5l.
bIicnA d7i'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
Notice to waUer Consumers.

Consumers will please take not
that until further notice, the use
water for irrigating purposes is P
nibited between the hours OF !,
clock P. NJ. ans 6 O'Clock A. NJ. J
use of hose without hose pipe
,prinkiers, will be considered Sd
'lent reason for shutting of va
inpply. j. A. McBRIDE, =.
r-28t Il For Elko Water 70
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16

A fine display Of silver ware,ii1
dishes, lamps, knives, forks, sEl
ETC., at the EFT. M. Co.'S. Cav
inspect these goods, which are
finest in their line ever brougs
Elko.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
spring and Summer Samples.

We have just received about sou
samples Of mems cuttings for custom
made clothing for Spring and Sum
mer. Suits made to order from $40
Up. Give us call.
II M, RE1NHART.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-16
FOR SALE CHEAP.

"A good al Schuttler Wagon
cneap' Apply to N. II. Miller, Elko,
A'o'' Aug. 16-1m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

,,,.n,. ~ nearly eight hundred feet In thickness.
. ina, ,h,,, sediments which collected the '"h''
If ,no- II the animal, living on II" >hor'' "i 'l'
,,, mark the whole ~. history Of IN, LAX" ,horr'
,rou m. tlm. when the lake was first formed 10y
thc depression Of tn earth until II was c"mP'''N
drained oil ~ II, elevation.
last summer the new Department ol Manm'h"n
p,i.,n,olorv I'm the American Museum of Natural
tu,orv s.ut AN expedition into this old lax" bottom
~ smith Dakota In charge 81 DIR. }. L. N"rthah'
,,lo /, one Of the most expert fossil Collectors "'
the West. They explored all the steps IN 'A' ''ra''
,r,r IA. h,ttom Of the old lake bottom To 'h' Top
and hr,urht back splendid collection. indicating All
rho stage, Of the development OF lif" during 'le
vat r..ried Of time in which this great MoceHc mhe
existed.
..-no idea Of this stretch oi time may =" sii'ed
-, tb. fact that I'm IA" bottom beds one great
family Of IN. Ttanoth"rum, or giant p'"''N' "'"'
,u,l , vholc course ~ evolution from forms about
,. III. Of IN. modern rhnoccros 10 tho," 'Inaiiihe
IA. small modern elephant IT the same ""'' az
,riu, hur horn, npon N" fore portion 81 The SKILL
~, tho r.. and fall OF this family j. Only th' hIN'
ch,u,.r I'm ih. history Of the shore dw"ll"rs "i 'S
lake for another chapter comes In with IN" APPEAR
c NJ IN. rldroccro>,.,, ltl" fellows, the SkIs "l
,ich ,r,. nhou the size Of those ~ colt ana WIN
,.,s very much ,hori.r-in fact. animals about the
IN. az small tapIr. These rhlnoc"roN'S nav"
four toes In front. aud "" can i"lI"" All '"'7' S"'
cesar. through the higher Successive stages OF th''"
beds I'm witch their contemporaries were '"'''N
changing. some forms disappearing ana h'" ioF"iS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
SKULL. OF rLoTrERIvM

apneornr untl we reach the very top Of the beds
vh.r. rcmarlabl. deer lik. animal appeared. with no
less than eight small horns upon I'll" head anu
contemporary With this deer was the species VI
rhnocrros which Is here figured.
This Is the most complct" fossil rhInocro' when
h,s ever been found for all the bones present
from the to the tip Of IN" tail, with IN" 'A''P
ton OF tho left for" limb and some al the rp'' INC
specimen wa, discovered by the merrst accident by
Mr. Peterson one Of tho museum party. during IN
interval In which hc left his work upon another FOSSIL
only u very small fac. OF bone being exposed The
animal discovered in wall OF green sandstone
and WAS taken out In three large blocks. which were
,aiclnIly ca,rd and with great deal 81 dihiulty
hauled through the deep canyon, ANA shPp'd l" inc
museum Nlrn the specimen arrived an amicur
would hardly have recognized that theS" tire" rough
block, Of sandstone contained complete Shr"' ~.
Inf thc experienced eye of Western FOSSIL collector
j. 80 traIn,d that the slightest appearance Of bone
upon the surface j. sufficient T. indhat" what !,
within NJ rock. The animal was found To have had
II, backbone broken and completely bent over toward
the head. that in III" centre OF these blpck' oil
ibis and vcrtcbrar closely packed together and yet
not cIi>h,d Crushing oi IA bone always comes, NOT
When II 1, deposited in the original sand. bn after
tLo and has been converted Into rock and the rock
mas been put under some great pre- sure. 80 that u
part, Of the Skeleton are found hncIil.hcd "" ai'
AWAY, hopeful of finding the whole IN the same cot
q" II can readily be- imagined what vcry delicate
and difficult task II l. Ia hrw ihcs" bones. large ANA
small out OF the rock and free them fom the bod
In which ihry have been lying for thousand, of year,.
and hiring them forth IN III" original condition IN which
The currIes of the animal noltcd down to lis bed of
nm" silt the LAX" bottom. This working out Of
the fossil occupied three months continuous labor by
Mr. Irnan the preparatory of III" pacOntu logical d"
pnItmcnt aud NJ last IN February all the bones
were more or less completely free Of stone II then
app a.d as had hoped franz the strt. that II
was possible reset the animal In it, original walk
Ing plsItlon Many Of The v"rtrhrac had been en-
ti,ey cleared from stone. and tlhc up upon
a gr,at slab plaster. the Idea being TO mount tile
animal In the walI,ing profile position In hieh relief.
lLo one Of the bulls OF Nnevcl but cntire, devoid
of Hcsh
"'rh. Skeleton Of the modern iaplr taken as II
guide Ter the natural position of the limbs Aided by
This first the trunk. then the shoulders and then thu
hind limb wee put In position the vcrtrhraa II the
neck were added In front and the head placed In
M sitIon rs Al this extinct rninOccros raising his
head nj th. approach Of some ana finally the
sninr tOuchcs given bv the addition 81 the
mall ,,,t.brac 81 the TAIL which thInncu out 10 the
NJ. OF "a ai-pcncil.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

,orods and II IS not known whether they were
n,oduccd or evolved I'm our own country or "h''n'i
,hcv .migrard from Ala or Europe across '"'
I.brinc straits and down th" coast WHO" III Wv
tim luxuratrd In a tropical climai" ana v"e"ulo"'
During th. early part Of the Moc"n" r'iiou Il
,,,r, fr,sb water lake extended all IN" way noi'
C,n,a, 10 the Gu!f. over the region no" o''"p'" W
m. desert, Of Northern and southern DAh''a' W.
,r,s,o Kansas. Western Kansas, and 'h' ""''
.outhcrn territories ringing th" eastern SLOPES Vi
the Rocky Mountains.
In southern Dakota this lake must nave NV"
-, ,,r,,, d.sh and fed by numerous streams carry
inc IN. dc,rtus from low mountain rnnS'S I" "'
wcst for We find that In It's bottom wrr" dei''Slu"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
he NEARLY LOST THE OFFICE

From The Detroit Free Press.
Justice Lamar liked nothing than the dutv n,
attending To The many scores Of letters which cam.
10 him weekly, almost daily. while h. was I'm m.
Senate, they do 10 all senator's III. viyato
secretary referred 10 the Senator only such letters
II was imperative H. should read Few othc,
secretaries given much leeway In hondlinr
correspondence as Mr. Lanar's secretary had.
Not long after Grover Cleveland had been elected
President In lo-i senator Lamar found a number ~
letters lying on the table In his room ohc evening
They had been left 10y his private secretary for his
personal consideration. and were of corSr i'm.
portaUt.
The senator rcad one two Of thcm, and then
with gesture Of disgust, tossed the others as, "a
be looked at some day when he 4" felt more like II
That time did not come until three or four evenings
later, when the Senator ran across the letters again
and picked one up. lie had read only n few lines
when he Jumped TO his feet with an exclamation of
surprise, glanced hastily at his watch, and then
dashed into his bedroom ~
A minute or two later Mr.. Lamar ran out Of the
room. carrying a gripsack into which he had thrown
shirt and one or TIVE collars lie hurried out OF