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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

to their respective partners. The ladies
then form star and polka around, the
gentlemen doing likewise. When the
polka is finished the music changes to
slow march time. In this figure is seen
some very graceful posing. The dam
GERS, after performing several minuet
movements, stand grouped in the center
of the set, the hands nearest the center
joined high, forming an arch under
which the dancers turn their heads un-
til they view point-blank the opposite
couple. After this figure all face out
ward and perform several more minuet
movements, finishing with a courtesy
to the center. All then join hands in a
circle, holding the hands high and per-
forming the Spanish movement. This
figure is to be danced four times before
the original partners join in couples
again. Each figure ends with q pretty
semic:<cle movement to the right and
left. The closing figure is very live
ly one in galop time, ending with the
four couples standing on the corners of
the square facing partners. A general
waltz OF ninetysix bars concludes the
dance.
The music which accompanies the
dance was especially arranged by
George Schleitfarth. d Chicago com
poser, and readily suggests the differ
ent movements.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

reached the station Gen. Custer came
along with his command and to him
the driver and the soldier related the
particulars of the fight. Young Lee
had bullet-hole in his hat, an arrow
sticking in the back of his coat and a
bullet had drawn blood on his right
knee. The driver had been hit again.
this time in the side, and the boy had
the lines when the horses dashed up to
the station.
You can judge how hot the fire was,
by the fact that the coach was struck
by forty-two bullets and twenty ar,
rows and that each horse was wound
ed, one of them having been hit four
times and dying in a few moments after,
their arrival at the station. The
soldier was badly but not mortally
wounded, while the two land seekers
escaped without a scratch But for,
the boy all would have been wiped out.
and yet the unwounded pair sneaked
OFF without even word Of praise IN his
behalf. Custer pronounced it one Of
the bravest and coolest things he ever.
heard OF in boy life, and the stage com
pany made Lee present of $500 in gold
for his action.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

Now, with the four stage-horses on a.
dead run, and with a party of. scrcech-
ing redskins riding each side of it with
in pistol-shot, the fight opened. The
numbering old Concord stage swayed
from side to side as the frightened
horses tore madly forward, making
both those on top and those inside very
difficult targets. The driver w:Ss, how
ever shot through the right cheek at
tic very beginning, but he made no
outcry and bent his whole energies
to keeping the travelled road Some
Of the Indians used bows and arrows,
while others had rifles and revolvers.
At his third shot young Lee killed
warrior, and at his fourth he brought
down another pony. The soldier killed
an Indian and a pony, shooting from
one of the windows, but was then
wounded and could do little more.
Everything now depended on the boy.
The driver, who was an old veteran,
encouraged him with a word or two,
but he afterwards said that he had
never known a man to exhibit more
GOODNESS and good judgment.
1t was four miles to the station, one
of the very few not yet captured. A
mile away from it the Indians closed in
ond wounded two of the horses. The
bay fired right and left as they came
nearer, and out of six shots not one was
wasted. He shot White Wolf, a young
chief, through the head, wounded two
warriors and each of the other three
bullets hit a pony. The fusilade not
only checked the Indians but caused
them to come to a halt and let the
stage pursue it's way without further
molestation. Within an hour after il.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
Mac!xay and the Mule.

When John w. MaclSay was only a
miner working by the day with pick
and shovel for the late Senator Hearst
of California, he saw a poor old broken
down mule hitched to an overloaded
ore cart The miserable beast was
straining every nerve, but could not
move the cart.
Mackay threw down his pick, and,
putting his shoulder to the wheel,
helped the sorry animal along.
Senator Hearst happened to see
Mackay's action and became deeply i'm
pressed with what he thought was the
miners devotion to the interest of his
employer.
Mr. Mackay has since said that it was
not to help Hearst, but the mule, that
he pushed the cart.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

Huntinghouse of this city, who has
conformed his ideas in new dance en-
titled "the Chautauqua square" Mr..
Huntinghouse is a member of the
National Association of Professors of
Dancing, as are, also, A. E. Bournique,
j. e. MARITIME, and Horace w. Beck.
All these gentlemen speak enthusias-
tically of the new square dance, which,
they agree, is possessed of far more
merit than is apparent at first glance.
Following is a brief description of
the new dance: Partners form sets as
in a quadrille, facing the center of the
set. Partners then join right hands,
uplifted, the ladies standing under the
arches SO formed and pirouetting
toward the center, making a courtesy
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

her. NO one hOvefS on her neelS.
But the woman who is to be pitied,
because she SO keenly appreciates her
position, is she who has to climb the
elevated stairs in gale. There's no
panacea for her misery. The wind
plays the dickens with her skirts, that
tie themselves in knots about her
knees. Her hat has aspirations to
turn flying machine, and all the time
the unhappy woman is fearfully sure
that the very next gust will make her
initiate weak-ribbed umbrella. She
can't be dignified, and if she's wise,
she tosses her head. faces old Boreas
and laughs just as ii it were a good
Joke instead of circua-for other peo-
pie.
IL girl wants to learn to occupy
stairs with fair amount of self-pos-
session she can do it. This is case
where practice brings perfection.
To begin with, hold the body erect,
whether gong up or down. Don't
give an imitation of a man with
cramps. Hold the body and shoulders
in line horizontal to the fat of the
steps. Then don't climb all over.
Most women use their elbows for
propellers or oars. They jerk them
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

tirely devoted their attention to pro-
ducing new figures for the round
dance, while the square has not come
to the front of late correspondingly.
There seems to be no good reason why
the quadrille should not be clothed in
new frock, as it were, and allowed to
assert it's claims to distinction equally
with the round dance. 1t can easily be
made enjoyable for its distinctive feat
ures without the aid of the human
voice in calling out it's changing fig
ures. The sensible idea of oblitcrat-
ing this needless obligation of quadrilles
originated with, or, strickly speaking,
was first put into practice by, L. G.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
A NEW SQUARE DANCE
SOMETHING LIKE THE QUADRlLLE.
BUT REQUIRES NO CALLING.
1t Is Called the "Chautauqua Square"-A
Very Pretty Dance and One Quite
Easy to Learn.

The dancing season is now at its
height and reports of the leading dan
cling masters of this city would indicate
that it will be one Of the busiest in
their experience. The almost endless
list of novelties in the shape of fancy
and other dances has given zest to the
pleasurable and undoubtedly healthful
amusement, and the votarics Of grace
and waxed floors are never lacking for
something new to practice.
Dancing-the poetry Of motion" SO
called-should have for its basis the
same elements that characterize the
higher arts, that IS to say, grace and
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

Many man, however, carries the
picture of a pretty girl in his mind for
years. 1t may be the picture of de-
butante eating ices in the hall at
dance and shooting melting glances at
a happy escort. Or it may be the same
girl when she comes down slowly and
sweetly, her tiny satin slippers daintily
peeping in and out beneath her weary
gown and sleepy goodnight express
sion. AS that girl dawns on his vision
he probably thinks he never saw any
thing sweeter than this maiden on the
stairs.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

selves upstairs by them. Hold the
elbows well down by your side and
mount from the knees. 1t is an art to
acquire this, but once gained it is
wonder how one persisted SO long in
using every joint in the operation.
Don't plant the entire foot with square
solidity. That is what Injuries the
muscles of the back and jars the body.
In going upstairs press the ball of the
foot on the tread of tho stairs and Sc
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
Tried to Please Her.

Mistress-"fd just like to know what
was the meaning Of all that loud and
angry talking downstairs last night?"
Domestic-"Th was just me and me
husband, num-"
"Your husband? You told me when
you came that you were not married.
II wasn't then, mum, but you com
planned about havin' SO much love
maxim in the kitchen. SO married one
of 'esa. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
1T REQUIRES MUCH CARE.
ir-Dressing Is Not What the NoveIists
Represent That 1t Is.

There are beautiful descriptions in
novels about the girls who just tie
their hair in loose knot and let it fall,
who thrust a single rare old dagger
through their coils and are all right, or
whose locks sweep unconfned, and it
all sounds lovely: but such a girl as
the one pictured has to expend lots of
hairpins and good deal of time. Her
effects are brought about, not by
wholesale simplicity. but by devious
details and curlicues and little ends-a
feather here, a pin there or a bit of
lace cooked up somewhere quite unex-
pectedly. She simply must have her
hair in varying lengths. There must
be some cut bit short for the front,
and the side pieces had better be a lit
tie shorter than the full length, though
the present fashion dictates that they
be taken in with the regular coil.
Then she must have some short locks
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
FEW WOMEN KNOW HOW
TO, CLIMB A STAIRWAY PROPERLY.
AS General Rule They Are and Look
Awkward While Ascending Flight
of Steps, Though Grace and Dignity
Are Not Difficult of Acquirement.
Stairs should be for private consump-

Stairs should be for private consump-
ton, SO far as women are concerned.
The long flights that lead to the
elevated railway stations are the alb
horrence of every woman in the city,
and deservedly, for they compel the
sex to caricature itself every hour in
the day.
The most familiar figure is the woman
with an arnful of bundles. She's a
terror to the rest of the procession.
With the knobby packages filing her
arms she makes a frantic dive at her
skirts; thinks she has them held up out
of the mud, and then doubles herself up
in jackknife attitude till the feathers
on her hat are in imminent danger of
being rodden under the boots of the
man ahead.
There is one style of girl who ought
to be taken out and drilled for seven
days till she is inoculated with the fact
that it is useless to raise the dress
skirts behind when elm bing stairs.
But, according to the n. Y. Recorder,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

at the nape of the neck, not by any
means the ugly fringe that used to be
worn there, but a length that will
curl prettily and draw up to make a
finish to the coiling. Contour is every
thing, and as the merest little twirl
will effect modification of contour,
that is why all these little twirls must
be studied. Hair-dressers Of old used
to say that there is just one way the
most becoming to each woman, and
that each woman should find out and
stick to that one way; but modern
beauty is SO much a feeting matter of
expression and piquancy that the
modern girl may make herself lovely
in any Of dozen ways. Every one,
however, must have the hair in perfect
condition. 1t must be clean as silk TO
be soft, and its cleanliness must not he
all due to soap and water, or whatever
you use, but largely to the constant
and patient use of the brush. Granted
this, and one may choose new way to
fix the locks each day and be lovely in
each one
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

purity of thought, simplicity Of ideas,
and originality of conception. The
principles which govern it should be
maintained with as stern authority as
are the principles of art, music, and
literature. All Of these are in harmony
with an adopted method of rule and
accuracy.
There are in Chicago today says the
Times, a goodly number of dancing
masters who assume toclcvate the art
Of pose and motion by giving sugges-
tions which are the outcome Of much
thought and tireless application. 1t is
to be regretted that the public is not
always appreciative of the fact, but,
nevertheless, it is these very sugges-
tions that should tend to enforce deeper
regard for the originators of the many
varied and graceful dances of the
present age. Like all classified arts,
dancing should have it's own individual
ity. and in the light of true genius
maintain it's rights of refinement.
elegance, and grace. A true dancing
master well understands the disappoint-
ments he must experience when his
compositions, the result of much study
on MS part, are trlhlngly picked up and
fragments of his originality are mixed
with others of ungraceful character
and combined into what is termed a
new dance"
Much of commendation and praise is
due the intelligent and artistic leaders
of the new dances, and it may be
deemed appropriate at this time to
make special mention of new phase
of the square dance.
Modern composers have almost en-
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
Her Strong Belief.

"Do you believe in marriage?" asked.
Dorothy, { Boston girl, of Lizzie, a.
Chicago damsel.
"Yes, indeed, was Lizzie's earnest
reply. 81 believe in short marriages
and plenty of them. Truth.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

cure spring from that to carry to the
next tread. In coming down. poise On
one foot and land well forward on the
ball and toe of the other foot. And
don't, for mercys sake. toe in. Lift
the skirts i'll front as you mount and
leave the long, graceful line from the
waist to the skirt hem undisturbed.
Who ever saw Mrs. Kendall or Ada
Rehan walk upstairs on the stage with
their fine frocks raised a foot? Who
ever saw Juliet who had her gown
clutched behind to show her shoes, or
Lady Macbeth who mounted to her
dais with her court train waving in the
air? any stage manager would be
frantic and an audience would consider
II a Bowery gesture. Don't.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
CREMATION.
The Greeks rracticed 1t, but the Jews
Did Not.

Among the ancient Greeks both cre-
nation of the dead and burial in the
earth were practiced, though it is un-
certain which was the more common.
The ashes Of the dead were sacredly
preserved in urns. Among the Jews
burial prevailed. as it has done since
among Christian nations. The idea
of death as temporary sleep has
doubtless had much to do with the
strong hold which this custom has OBJ
tanned among Christian peoples, says
the louth's Companion.
But within the last twenty-five
years the discovery of the relation of
microbes to infectious diseases has led
to efforts for the substitution of burn
ing for burial. In 1874 Sir Henry
Thompson showed. throv RI papers in
the Contemporary ReujcW, that hurial
involved much danger to the living
and urged the advantages of crema-
ton.
The attention given to the subject
resulted in the formation of a crema-
tion society and the erection of a ere
matory., Both sentimental and legal
obstacles had to be overcome, and not
until 1884 was the first body cremated
in England, but the number of bodies
cremated annually has increased in
both England and the United States.
1t is asserted that the efforts to ab1l-
ish infectious diseases, such as scarlet
fever andsdiphtheria, are frustrated by
the burial of infected bodies; for,
though the microbes themselves may
die, their spores, or seeds, have very
great vitality.
Pasteur's researches have proved
that earth-worms bring to the surface
microbes from the bodies of infected
animals buried several feet deep. Dar-
win showed in one case that in fifteen
years they had accumulated worm
mold over three inches in depth. and
in another case, during eighty Years.
had accumulated an average depth of
more than foot.
In field in the Jura, where a dis
eased cow had been buried al depth
of nearly seven feet, Pasteur found
that the mold which he collected two
years later contained germs which. on
being inoculated into a guinea pig
produced death from the same disor-
der of which the COW died.
In Yorkshire village part of dis
used graveyard was taken into the
rectory garden adjoining, On the
earth being dug over scarlet fever
broke out in the rectory nursery and
thence spread over the village 1t
proved to be of the same type as that
from which, thirty years before, the
victims died who were buried in that
particular part of the churchyard.
On the opening of a smallpox bury
ing ground in Quebec, $50 years DID,
the smallpox Immediately broke out
among the workmen.
We give the above simply as facts,
but we would suggest that the grave
of one who has died of infectious dis
ease should never be disturbed.
NO Cryptogram IN in This.
A good story is told on Ignatius Dom
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
No Cryptogra IN in This.

A good story is told on Ignatius Dom
nelly, says the Minneapolis Tribune.
While addressing an audience in the
northern part of the state Mr. Donnelly
compared, according to his own logic
and reasoning, the condition of the
farmers of Minnesota with those in
several New England states.
"For instance. said he, "you farm
ers get only about SO for your sheep,
while in Pennsylvania and Massachu-
setts the agriculturist receives ST.
And again. you are paid, after the
shortage, elevator charges, and other
expenses are deducted, only about 40
cents bushel for your wheat, while in
the states have named the farmer gets
81 bushel."
"That's no argument at ALL" re-
marked a mossback. interrupting the
speaker. "If had Lake Minnetonka
in hades / could get S. a glass for the
water"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24

no" was the laughing response.
"The bone is a trile too heavy to run
away with and the place is too we'll
guarded. Fire is the greatest danger
and you can see how that has been
guarded against"
Out in the bay six of the most un-
slightly ships that ever huddled to-
gether in port were tossing. Put up
at auction the lot would scarcely brin q
its value in old lumber, but those
hulks brought in as valuable freight
as many treasure ship has been laden
with
, 1893-03-25
GREECE.

A destructive earthquake is reported 10
have taken place in the island Of Sanothrace.
Renewed Shocks have occurred at Zante,
where the condition Of the people is d%eplora-
BILE. The TIMES Special Correspondent says
that in the poor quarter of the town Of Z"nte
whole slrssts are IN ruins. Tho houses i'll
the wealthier quarters, being better built.
have suffered less damage, Several churches
have fallen in ruins, but the steeples and
belfries have in evey case rename stand.
ing. The weather has been abnorma!ly cold,
and heavy rain has fallen. siturating the
ground on which tents weis pitched to shsl-
ter the destitute. about 10000 people
out of a population Of %, 900 are now living
in tsnta and sheds. The supply Of blankets,
tents, and provisions, is sufficient FOR present
needs, and wha' is principally wanted ia money
to r. pair and reconstruct tbs ruined dwellings.
Probably not less than 100000 will be re-
quired in order to house tdS homeless popu-
lation. OF the villages id tho interior, sever
al are little better han a heap Of ruins,
and even in those which, to outward seeming,
are not &C much damaged, most Of the houses
are in . very insecure state.
Tbs Lord Mayor of London has commended
to'ths' sympsthy and attention Of his fellow
o~itisens aud the public at large the appeal
which is now being mads by the Greek
Committeeman (Mr. ~Ionides) for the relief OF
the distress at Zsnts. A subscription
opened in Vienna has p; oducsd o large sum.
Ibid.
, 1893-03-25
CENTRAL AFRICA:
Times 24th FEB.

Merchants who nave arri we'd at Massowah
from Ghed3ref, state that the Mahdi has
seut to Berbel anil to Ka>sala for reinforce
ments in order to drive back ali invading
party which is advancing on his territory
from the South under the +, leadership of sew.
eral white men.
A report on t Q situation at Lake Victoria
drawn up by Lieutenant Herman, the COM
M, nder of the station at Bukoba. contains a
confirmation Of the news OF the dsath of
.Emin Pasha, which was communicated from
Uganda to the German station by Captain
Williams. Lieutenant Hermann states fur
Their tlat a Europsan, acc mpanied by some
soldiers, has set out for the scsne Of Emim's
supposed death ip she r<ishbourhood OF the
river Ituri In order 20 discover the truth. At
the same time, ina letter to his father from
Stanley Falls. on the Congo, dated august Is
1893, Tippoo Tbs sop declares that Emin was
alive and or the way to UIji at the above
mentioned date. five months after his. report
ed death. This letter, however, contains
much that the un,ntelligible, and it not to be
depended on. The commander Of Bukoba
speaks in very friendly terms of the good IN.
derstarding subsistine between"the Germans
in Bukoba and the English in Uganda, which
enables all frontier questions to he amicably
settled.
, 1893-03-25

Botanical gardens. situated i'll the fork OK
tha River Brisb .ne on it's northern bank,
have been completely Quilted. Two teamers
which were lying in the Brisbane river when
the food of water Csme down were carried
away by the current and Deposited bodily in
the centre OF the Botanical Gardens. The
total destruction to property by these foods is
roughly estimated at between two and three
millions sterling. Relief funds for the suffer
srs are being ra'sei in tho c,pittls Of all
the Australian colonies. and in the Canadian
House of Commons, on Saturday, u member
suggested that il aid were needed by the
sufferers from the Queensland foods, it WAS
the duty of Canada to help the distress of 9
sister colony.
Sir James Garrick, Agen;-G General for
Queensland, has rece we'd the following com
munication from his Government "A greet
many houses have been washed way and
homes completely dest 'oyed. A great many
persons in state of restitution, although
happily very little loss Of life. The
Austr allan colonies are contributing iiber-
ally. Whilst accepting with gratitude any Of
SerA Of assistanc@,it 8 not considered necessary
to make an appeal 10 the public in the United
Kingdom Sill Sir James Garriok says
that any assistance for the 3 herers that may
be offered will be gratefully received on their
behalf.
The Colonial Sec stary has f)rwsrded the
following telegram to the Governor 0f Queens
land II have received her Mai 'sty's o1mi.
mand to inform you that she has learned with
great regret the heavy losses inflicted on
Queensland by the recent disastrous foods.
The Queen desires chat an expression of her
sympathy be conveyed to the suHore sand she
Anxiorsly awaita news as to the reported seri-
ous loss of life"