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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
She Was Grateful.

We were nearing Jacksonville, Fla,
after the long trip from New York
The porter had finished brushing off a
mother and her four children. each of
whom had demanded attention every
fifteen minutes, when the woman
turned and said
you have been very attentive to us
during the trip and l wish to reward
YOU"
Yes, 'um."
what is your name?" she asked as
she took out pencil and notebook.
"WiIliam White, num-"
She wrote for minute on one of the
leaves of her book and then tore it out
and handed it to him with the remark:
a colored man who is is ambitious
to get along will always find friends"
l caught him in the vestibule a few
minutes later and asked to see the pa
per. 1t read:
Mr. Pullman: Your man. William White,
has been very attentive to me and my chill
dren and | would recommend that you raise
his salary and let him know that you fully APP
precite his efforts. MRS. 5. D."
! read it aloud to the porter and
then looked at him. He gasped for
breath and it was a long minute be-
fore he could calculate:
"Befo' de Lawd' but | dun thought
dat was $l5 check on some bank in
Jacksonville, Huh. Shoe. Wall. of
all de deleterious Consciousness eber
did dun meet up wild in all my life dis
caplvates de pinnacles" T. Sun.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
The oldest OF the Odd.

The glow-worm lays eggs which are
themselves luminous; however, the
young Matched from them are not
possessed of those peculiar properties
until after the first transformation.
Among the relics in the rooms Of the
New York Historical Society is the tai
of George III. S horse which was taker
at Bowling Green.
Enos Kerr, man well known al
Knoxville, Ia, found perfect minia
ture ear Of corn with grains no larger
than mustard seeds growing on stalk
Of foxtail.
1t osln be proven by simple calcnla
ton that the number of people which
have existed on the globe during tn.
last 5000 years approximates the grano
total of 66, 900, 900, 900, 100000
/ we could penetrate the earth's sur
face to a distance of two miles we
would find the place where water
could not exist except in the state Of
steam.
The pyrometer measures heat in de-
grees and factions and will give accu'
rate figures, even though the heat runs
up to the unthinkable intensity OF 7 ,OO(
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
Tanning Leopards in India.

The Cheetah is tied in all directions,
principally from thick grummet of
rope around his loins, while a hood
fitted over his head effectually blinds
him. He is fastened on a strong cot
bedstead and the keepers and their
wives and families reduce him to sub
mission by starving him and keeping
him awake. His head is made to face
the village street and for an hour at a
time several times u day his keepers
make pretended rushes at him and
wave cloths, slaves and other articles
III his face. He is talked to continual
~ and women's tongues are believed
to be the most effective antisoporitics.
No created being could resist the eff
fects of hunger, want Of sleep and
feminine scolding and the poor cheetah
becomes piteously, abjectly tame
HeU55 and Man tn Lat}i0.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
A Fair Attorney.

Alas! the world has gone away
Since Cousin Lillian entered cOilege,
For she has grown SO learned, ~
OFT tremble at her WOndrouS kno"leuso'
Whence dare to WOO her now
She frowns that should 50 annoy her,
And then proclaim, with lofty prov,
Her mission is to be Il lawyer.
life cIiGes no more on golden wings,
4 sunny waif from Ell Dorado;
I've learned how true the poet in%s,
That coming sorrow casts its shadow,
When tutti-frutti lost its spell.
| felt some hidden grief llnpcndGd;
When she declined a caramel
| knew my rosy dream had ended.
She paints no more on china plaques.
With tints that would have crozcd Murlhp.
Strange birds that never plumeu tnclf paChs
When Father Noah braycd the OIiloW.
Her fancy limmS, with brighter brush,
The splendid triumphS that await her,
When, in the court, a brcatheSS hush
Gives homage to the great deDGtcr.
'Iis sad to meet such crushing noes
From eyes as blue as Scottish heather;
'1iS sad maid with ch 'ekS OF rose
Should have a heart b und up in leather,
"Ifs sad to keep ones passion pent,
Though PallaS arms the fair environ;
But worse to have herquOting Kent
When one is fondly breathing Byron.
When Liilians licensed at the law
Her fame, be sure, will live forever;
No barrister will pick flaw
IN lOgic 50 extremely clever.
The sheriff vi forget his nap
To feast upon the lovely vision,
And cen the Judge will seat bis cap
AT her and dream of love Elysian.
Samuel Minturn Peck, i'll San Francisco ar
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
Sale OF Jokes.

Public Opinion, which has been in-,
vestigating the Joke business, says that
a good original joke which is easily
illustrated brings as high as IS. The
magazines and papers which pay for,
their jokes have regular prices. Pro-
fessional jokers send supply of from
ten to fifty jokes to the paper paying
best, and the editor in charge of that
department chooses those which suit
him and sends back the rest These
are then sent to the next best-paying
publication, and soon until they reach
the papers which pay but so cents.
Such as are then returned the Joker
considers useless. A professional Joker
can make about 100 jokes week, and
as Jokemaking must soon become a
habit perhaps the brain is not too
greatly tasked in their manufacture
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
The Cow.

"The cows born thief" said Thomas
Shaw to party of commercial pill
grims who were discussing zoology in
the Lindell rotunda. '"She will leave
a square meal got up expressly for her
by an imported chef to wear her
tongue as thin as political platform
trying to coax wisp of rotten straw
through crack in a neighbor's barn.
She relishes nothing SO much as what
she steals. She has long head and
could give many of our military heroes
points on strategy. ANY COW that has
paid attention to her education can
open garden gate that fastens with q
bank vault lock, get inside and do $50
worth OF damage before the infuriated
owner can remember that the shotgun
is not loaded. The COW is a calf. if our
city butchers are to be believed, until
there is no more room on her horns for
rings. When she is too old to give
two quarts of milk per diem and then
kick it all over the dewy-lipped milk
maid the careful farmer drives her on
railroad track, wrecks freight train
with her and then sues the company
for the price of Jersey. OF course
the company kicks worse than the COW
ever did, but the honest agriculturist
gets jury of fellow-farmers and the
soulless monopoly has to come to taw.
- 81. L0uis Gtobe-Denaocrat
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
FleetinG Joys.

Close not thy hand upon the innocent joy
That thrusts Itself within thy reach. it
may
Or may not linpor. Thou cans't but destroy
Tie winged WandCrCr Let it go or stay.
Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
Think. Midas starved by turning all to
gold.
Blessed are those that spare, and that with
hold,
Because the whole world shall be trusted
then.
The foolish faun pursues the unwilling Nymph
That uulls her flowers beside the precipcc,
Or dips her shining ankles in the lymph.
ltut just when she must perish, or be his.
Heaven puts an arm cut. She is safe. The
shore
Gains some new fountain. or the lilied lawn
A rare sort OF rose but ali! the poor faun.
To thee she shall be changed forevermore.
Owen Meredith.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
The Scarlet Letter.

Within this book is writ the tale of sin
And solemn eXpiation. From soil
Virgin it sprang, the first fruits of the tell
Whereof nation new create should win
Harvest of art immortal: herewithin
We read how memory, like serpents coil.
Clin2s round the guilty soul, which finds no
Against the fangs that strike still deeper in
The glowing letter on the sable field
Burned to her heart, whose passion here re-
vealed,
Strong both to err and to atone, deep hurne
Into the mind, anG holdS in all mems sight
The law that sin committed ever earns
The bittercst sorrow for the brief delight.
William Morton Payne in the Dial.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

A recent systematic effort to learn
what has become of Vassar graduates
in after life mas revealed some inter-
esting facts. Only 45 per cent of the
dear creatures are married. The great
majority of them become teachers,
though Vassar is we'll represented in
all literary professions. She has forty
eight physicians, twelve lawyers, six
missionaries, and one or two more in
almost every known occupation.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

rough hands clasped around his knee.
"Th' ole man, Jeremiah Wilson, thai
7 mentioned back spell, he's Tar
far. He do nothin' but his own way,
an Mis- Wilson, she never know'd
nothin' but ter gin it to him. He's
GOT a trick er turnin' red-faced an:
lookin like he was agoin' to bust, an
Mis- Wilson, she was SO neat, She
couldn't bear to hev her house mussed d..
SO she just gin it to him.
"Ther was one g@l--Mame her name
vuz-an' they both thought a sight of
her. She want no more like neither
Nv them then nothin' at all, and they
both tried projecks with her.
Her father wanted her to be boy.
and he alluz felt as eff she done him
when she want. He wanted ter make
a lawyer out NV her; he's dead in love
with lawin,' ole man Wilson is: but
yer might better try ter make a boss
rake out of whale bones an gristIe ez
to make lawyer outer Name. What
the ole man said WIZ gospel, though;
she felt sorter like she better not make
him no more hard feelin, after not be-
in that boy he wanted.
"Her mother ment her ter be a GOOD
housekeeper an put up p'serves an
make pickles an Name would stan a,
the winder an sing an fergit all about
her mess till twas clean split.
After Mis- Wilson died. though,
Name done better round the haouse.
Mebbe eff tn ole man wuz ter die shess
take ter lawin' Ye can't tell; she kin
do most an'thin'
Jest abaout then Jim Lane began
ter sleeve araound with Name Wilson.
Smart ez a steel trap, he is; he runs
the sawmill up the creek; but tn ole
man hates him like pizen, an he talked
ter Name till she lowed she wouldn't
take up with Jim, less he wuz willin'.
Jim Lane is the darnedest good ma
tured feller you ever see. He's alluz
got good word an a pleasant smile
fer folks, an he'll 90 further ont O his
trac fer a friend n most anybaddy |
know.
He took it offul hard about Name.
mouth abaout it. AM then he got his
way to play it on tn ole man. But
Name she got putty stutfy, too, an
she declared she'd never pose her
Iatnef, an Inar twas.
Bi iah got off the barrel to sell a
couple Of candy balls to a rosy-faced
little lass who was so short as to be
visible under the slack line. anl re-
sumed, as she closed the door Of the
shop
The hull village knew all about it
and they talked it up early an late.
The @al~ they wasn't slow ter say what
they'd DO eff they wuz in her place,
and the BHglcr took hand. so ter
speak. an nearly drove the ole man
Wild But Miss Peterson. the miuis~
ter's sister. she lowed that Name Wuz
right ter mind her father.
"L0ok a-here, says Jim. 'ain't cot
no rights at nll?' an Miss Peterson
she laughed an said she s'posed so,
bat he certainly didn't orter ask Name
ter take the responsibility Of brcakin"
! her word.n
Biiah chucklcd and chanocd his lers
and clasped the other knee.
"'Twasn't very lonr after that ole
| Wilson went horlo one ninbt 'Twuz
rettin' early dusk. an, he tole Name
| she'd better oct the Iamp ofore she set
! down ter tea. Name WIZ ooiu~
| thr0uuh the cntrvvov with q wh0opin'
GREAT Shade lamp in her hand. when
Somebody kr0cked ter the front door.
and she lest slammed am onenrl il
without thinkjn,.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
EiMAMIE'S ELOPEMENT.

|EjMAMIE'S ELOPEMENT.
The story of a country village is the
story of the store.
That wonderful place where the
mail and the molasses flow from the
common source. 50 to speak-where
your inner and outer man, your mem
tai and physical self must get all their
stimulus--is the epitome of all the
ditfusely written history Of the lives
that cluster around it. What the store
man cannot tell you of every passer-
by and every customer YOU are not
likely to learn yourself, except by un-
usual fortune; and all he does tell you
has the delightful piquancy of having
passed through the medium of rare
ly shrewd mind, gaining more than
one beauty spot in the transit
That was what | was thinking as
sat in Bijah's store, with the mingled
odors of calico print and dried apples,
coffee and the straw that crockery
is packed in fighting for supremacy in
my notice.
'Bijah's broad back was turned to
me and he was sorting the mail with
comments that made me as wise as
himself reoardino it's contents.
Mis- Mi-rand2 Beal." said .Biiah.
"That,u bn ahoni bny nnnsion T oInss
Ruther official lookin'. tbet is Mr., Asy
Fowler: his son John--oone down to
Pochemouth-he writes ter him niuh
onter every week-cn nice. clean
hand he writes, does John. Here's a
letter fer the schulcma'am, Now
thar's han'written' fer We, Putty ez
she is. an inst as simpIe ike
The latch clinkc6 and the door
ononod ,Riiah 1ooLoA uvn'. his sbnn1-
der and orinned, 7 was shut ont from
sjoht of more than thc visitors ]ras bv
Slack line Of I9nrIinu fowls ,9rons
and socks. but thev were stn,dv re-
liable lookino 1cr< STRAIGHT and ,iirono.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27

WHEN the excellent General Manson,
of the monumental commission, received
the resolution of the survivors of Com
pany 3 of his old regiment, expressing
in courteous language their sorrow and
disappointment in his action in Mexican
izing the soldiers monument, he must
have wished that he had not been in
weighed into the conspiracy to belittle or
obscure the part which Indiana per-
formed in the great struggle which saved
the Republic. Say what they will, if the
survivors of all the companies which
were in the war for the Union should
meet and vote. they might not be unan-
imous against the Mexican monument as
was General Manson's Company B, but
the vote would stand five to one in fav-
or of the declaration that Indiana's sol
diers in the rebellion are entitled to the
whole of the monument originally de-
signed in honor of their dead and of
their valOr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27

between a reunion of men who fought
for the country and meetings of other
kinds of organizations. The Journal
believes, however. that the patriotic and
broad-minded people of this city and
State appreciate the difference, and that
they do not want indianapolis and In
diana to appear to be lacking in the
spirit of hospitality to Union veterans
that has been so generously shown in
other places where the Grand Army has
assembled The Journal is proud to
note that the expressions of those who
are recognized as best qualified TO rep
resent the sentiment of Indianapolis
have been strongly in favor of the pro-
posed appropriation. When the time
comes to settle the question as to
whether city appropriation shall be
made it will. doubtless, be done in ac-
cordance with public sentiment, and the
Journal is confident it will be demon
strated that in Indianapolis this will not
be less credita BILE than in other cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27
performing a work of supererogation.
and one tina is illegal besides.

A LARGE majority of the business men
throughout the country believe that the
passage of what is known as the Torrey
bankruptcy bill would promote the in
terests of all. There was scarcely a
board of trade, West or East, that did
not petition for it. 1t was before the
House, Wednesday, with large ma
jority in its favor, yet a member named
Kilgore, of Texas, with perhaps two or
three others, prevented its passage by
filibustering. In the Republican House
of 1SS9-90. such thing could not have
taken place. Under its rules the
Speaker could have suppressed the man
who has made himself national nuis-
ance in three Congresses. 1t would
have set apart period for the debate of
the measure and an hour for taking the
vote Onsthe previous question. Under
the rules OF the Republican House the
majority would have had the power to
pass the Torrey bankruptcy bill. Un-
der the rules of the present and pre-
cedIng Democratic Houses half
dozen members are permitted to defeat
bill by wasting the time assigned for
its consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27
BRIDGE AT RAY STREET.
County Commissioners Visw the Site. and Are
Said to Favor it-Rival Sites

The citizens In the southwestern part Of
the city want bridge over White river.
but are much divided in opinion as To
where it ought TO be located.
One petition, gotten mp by Nordyks
Il Marmon. asks that IL be placed
at Kentucky avenue; another asks for It ae
Ray street, and still another at MoCariy
street. Each project has its following, and
each is convinced that DC 10 best.
Yesterday the Ray-street petitioners
called large meeting of business men at
the site where they desire the bridge built,
and invited the commissioners TO
more of business men and prop
erty-owners OF the district present,
AID the commissioners were shown the APP
proaches from each side of the river Kay
OF the sharp bend ana just west OF West
street, and about midway between the
bridges now over the river at River avenue
and Morris street.
West of the river the street is called
WOodburn avenue. which leads TO the
western confines of the county aud Is the
principal road travelled by those
living in that section. lt IL
claimed by those interested in the
project that bridge can be built at that
point for less cost for approaches and
filing than at any other, and that
1t would Accommodate more people
there than at any other point.
They also say that In case they secure the
bridge they have the promise of a rapid
transit line to West Indiar apOlis over it.
The comm ssiOners did not commit them
selves. but talked ve.y fsvorably TO those
present. When the site Is located they
said that the bridge TO be built would be
three-span one OF The most modern style.
petitioners got wind of the meeting. and az
once got up rival one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27
A SLOW MESSENGER.

Mr.. Albert Lieber, who was appointed
to carry the certificate of the electoral
vote to Washington, has succeeded in
bringing the State into unpleasant no
toriety by failure to comply with the
law. He should have delivered the GER
tificate to the President of the Senate in
Washington not later than the 23d inst,
yet he did not leave for Washington I'M
til yesterday. The amendatory law in
regard to the presidential count. APP
proved Oct. 10, 1883, provides that one
of the certificates and list of votes re-
CURED to be sent to Washington "should
be forwarded to the President of the
Senate forthwith after the second Mon
day in January on which the electors
shall give their votes" The law fur
Their provides:
Section 141. Whenever q certificate of
votes from any State has not been received
at the seat of government on the fourth
Monday of the month of January in which
their meeting shall have been held, the
Secreta Y of State shall send q special mes
senger TO the district Judge in whose custo-
dy one certificate of the votes from that
shall forthwith transmit that list to the
seat of government.
The law is explicit in requiring the
certificate to be delivered to the Presi-
dent of the Senate not later than the
fourth Monday of January. Mr.. Lieber
is quoted as saying that he has until
Feb. to deliver the certificate to the
President of the Senate. This is mis-
take. No delivery of the certificate
after the fourth Monday In January is
legal. The law requires Congress to be
in session on the second Wednesday in
February, and says 'the votes shall
then be opened and counted but this
provision has no bearing on the duties
of the electoral messenger. 1t is prob
able that the President of the Senate is
already in possession of the certificate,
forwarded some time ago by mail, and
it is quite likely he will decline to re-
ceive the belated one carried Oh by Mr..
Lieber. The law affixes a penalty of
$1,000 for failure on the part of mes
senger 10 comply with its provisions.
This penalty may not be enforced
against Mr.. Lieber, but it is doubtful if
he will be allowed his mileage. He is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27

MR.. MITCHELL. the inheritOr of mill
ions. has been nominated for the Senate
by the Democrats of the Wisconsin
Legislature over General Bragg, the
best known Democrat in the Badger
State. Mitchell is a man of ordinary
ability, and would not have been a
candidate but for the millions he in
herited. Bragg is a man dear to the
heart of the average Democratic voter
because he has fought for the party for
years in the front of every battle. But
Bragg is poor man and was not liked
by Senator Villas, who would have pre-
ferred his partner in the timber-land
business, Colonel knight, consequently
the honor was turned over to Mitchell.
Thus the Democrats who are constantly
bowling about "plutocratic Senators"
have chosen two millionaires to the
Senate this month-Murphy, of New
York, and Mitchell. of Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27

The selection of Mr.. Bayard, of Della
ware, as Secretary of State under the
next administration seems to be vir-
tually assured. 1t is not happy selec-
ton. Mr.. Bayard is man of great pre-
tensions and oppressive dignity, a po-
litical Turveydrop in matters of form.
but lie is not strong man and has very
little of the spirit that should actuate
an American Secretary of State. 1t is
one of the proudest claims of the pres
ent administration that under it Amer
lean. rights have been protected and
American interests advanced in every
quarter of the globe. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that with Mr.. Bayard in charge of
foreign affairs there will be a distinct
backing-dOwn all along the line. Mr..
Bayard's appointment will be cordially
approved In Great Britain, where it will
be taken as an assurance that iii all con-
troversies with the United States Brit
ish interests will be treated with tender
solicitude. Perhaps it is because he
was failure in Mr. Cleyeland's first adj
ministration that he is to have another
chance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27

THE Journal sincerely regrets that
the publishers of the Civil-service
Chronicle in this city have announced
its probable suspension with the next
number. Occasionally the Journal has
not been able to indorse some of the
Chronicles structures. but the fact that
it advocates the elevation of the public
service, and a system of appointment
and promotion in all the subordinate
branches based upon faithfulness and
efficiency, should find it thousands of
friends among those who cannot in
dorse all its views.