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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-06
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-06
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BILL HEADS sLETTER HEADS,

Cards, envelopes, and ali kinds Of com
mercial pr. nting donc:at the LIGHT office
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
A Family Friend.

An old man was leading thin old
horse across the commons in the north
ern part of the city, says the Detroit
Free Press, when passer-by asked
him where he was going.
I'm searching for bit of green for
the poor old beast" he answered.
I'D send sim to the bone yard or
the glue factory" said the other, con-
temptuously.
Would you?" asked the old man in
trembling voice; "if he had been the
best friend you had in the world and
helped you earn food for your family
for nearly twenty-five years. If the
children that's gone and the children
that's livin' had played with their arms
around his neck and their heads on
him for pillow when they had no
other? Sir, he's carried us to mill an
to meetin' an please God he shall die
like Christian an I'll bury him with
these old hands. Nobodyl ever abuse
old Bill, for if l goes afore him there
are those as are paid to look after
him."
Il beg your pardon" said the man
who had accosted him, there's a diff
ference in people"
AYE, and in horses, too" said the
old rlan as he passed on with his four
footed friend.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
DOUBTLESS A SINCERE CONVERT.
Although He Expressed Himself In
Style Sayoring of the Sacrilegious.

Many picturesque smile has come
to the lips of the convert newly won
from sin, whose rhetoric struggles to
tell the story of the descent of the first
divine ray. A party of clergymen
were discussing the subject in Phila-
delphia the other day. when one OF
them told of a remarkable exception
to this rule. There was religious re-
vival uptown few days ago. 1t was
an ordinary revival meeting, says the
Record, and volunteers we're being re-
quested to relate their experiences for
the editication of those present. Among
others, tall, young man with lugu-
brious cast of countenance arose and
said: II was sinner, but now | am
one of the army of the Lord NV con-
version to grace happened few weeks
ago in this way. | was standing on the
corner of Third and Chestnut streets
debating with myself as to whether
should 60 to Gloucester. Yes, brethren.
thought of going to Gloucester, but /
was full of sin then. / did not 90 that
day, thank the Lord. For suddenly
the spirit descended upon me from
above like bucket of slop!" The ef-
feet upon the congregation was not
what the speaker had desired. "You
may call it sacrilegious, remarked the
clerical narrator, "but that man was
certainly sincere"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

RIGHT SIDE UP OR UPSIDE DOWN.
not always remember to return the
pipe to its original place. The similari-
ty of cob pipes allows of no identified.
sppc .SuoI 81! pue sd!d 900 Msu uem
ssepseI uezop 10 qoge sA!D .GlIsdoId
uouuIoo peIep!suoo eIs feql pue uo!l
that in weeks time not one of them
will have his original pipe.
In that part of the country where
"long green" or the natural tobacco
leaf, is grown-the land of cotton, cane,
and negroes-store tobacco is luxury.
But every body from the little pickanin-
ny to the old fat "auntie," smokes.
The negroes can raise their tobacco, but
they have to go to the stores to raise
their pipes. They never buy them.
The storekeeper knows that and
graciously provides them free.
Dear to the heart of an old negro
auntie is the little glazed crockery
pipe-head, usually brown and ribbed
all over, not much larger than her big
brass thimble, and having a piece of
reed or grapevine for stem. Sun up
or sun down she hugs that pipe in her
toothless gums, right side up or upside
down, filled or empty, little matters it
to the dear, careless, shiftless old
soul. After years Of wandering the
sight of an old negro auntie with such
a pipe more quickly than anything else
will carry the Southern man or woman
of quality" back to happy childhood
days,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
Immense Trees i'm Formosa.

A recent mercantile exploration Of
the interior of southern Fornosa by
Chinese traders, described in the Hu-
pdo, discloses an interesting botanical
fact, indicating that the beautiful
island produces tree that in size and
| magnificence vies with the gigantic
sequoias of California. More than ten
adventurous pioneers of commerce or
ganized a mercantile expedition to
open trade with savages whose coun-
try had never been visited by civilized
| man. Their Businesses were hidden in
vast impanetrable forests which COW
errd lofty, precipitous mountains.
They started from Lamalan, which is
probably Chockeday of the charts, and
reached in seven days, by many stages,
their objective point, Huaiin stream.
The toll of ascending activities and
descending decliyities was surpassed
by that of fording torrential streams,
which they could accomplish only by
clasping each others hands-not q
path, merely footprints of wild beasts
| and birds; no sign of natives; no
smoke from habitations-th kept
out of sight, not daring to show them
selves.
The travellers lodged in stone cav
erns; the chattering of monkeys and
the sounds of insects were appalling
and indescribable. 1t is wild region
and reminded them OF legends of the
kingdom of hobgoblins. What they
accomplished in the way of barter with
the wild aborigines is not recorded, an
omission that is pardonable, in that
they have made known the existence
of trees of prodigious girth forming .
vast forest.
These trees measured more than ten
outstretched arms and were probably
of corresponding height There is,
besides, another remarkable tree
tiourishing in the same forest, which
bears flowers, red or white, which are
larger than sieve and of extraordi-
nary fragrance. Mr.. Taylor, while
searching for orchids, heard of these
majestic trees and huge flowers, which
he inferred, from what natives said,
were epiphyte orchids. North China
Daily Meas.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

Since the craze for pipe-smoking, i'm
ported from our English cousin, has
struck the callow youth of America the
trade in bulldog pipes has had a boom.
But the tobacconist has not been great
ly benefited thereby. The anglo
maniac. to be in proper form, patron
ICES the jeweler. Bulldog pipes OF
every conceivable size and style, silver
and gold mounted, there attract the
eye. Nothing short of the finest
French brier is tolerated. The case is
of Russia leather and some of the
mountings are marvels of the jeweler' S
art. The more elaborate consist of a
sheet of silver or gold, sometimes both,
snngly enveloping the bowl and ex-
quisitely chased in rare and beautiful
designs. Here and there peeps out a
bit of wood, like the lace on a lady's
petticoat, just to show it is there. Like
the dude who smokes it, the bulldog
pipe is just "too awfully nice for any
thing. don 'tcher know"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
HOW TO ROLL UMBRELLAS,
Almost Everybody Does the Job in thes
Wrong Way.

"No, not that way! I never knew
one man in hundred to do it right"
said the clerk in the umbrella store,
according to the N. Y. Sun.
his remarks were directed at a Gus
toner who had proceeded to roll up a
recently purchased umbrella to return
1t to its case. He had done what 99s
per cent of persons who handle UNI
brellas do when they attempt to.
gather the folds Of the cloth in neat,
roll around the stick; he had grasped
the handle with his right hand and
was twisting the silk through with his
left
That will spoil this umbrella when
you have repeated the operation half a.
dozen times" the clerk continued,
"and then you will be coming here and
complaining that that $6 umbrella
wasn't worth so cents. Now, see what.
you were doing! You were making a
pretty roll, but did you notice that YOU
were twisting the ribs and braces in a.
spiral around that stick as we'll as the,
cloth! You may have noticed that YOUR
umbrella sticks and catches when YOU
try TO raise it. That's because YOU
don't know how to roll it. You twist
the joints of the ribs and braces all out
OF shape. There, you see, you have,
twisted the ends of those ribs all around
IN bunch on one side of the handle.
SOW let me show you how an um brella
should be rolled.
Ihe clerk took the maltreated article,
shook out the folds of silk, and worked
the spiral out of the ribs, and pro-.
ceeded to demonstrate the proper
methods Of umbrella rolling. Graspinx
the handle in his right hand, he encir--
cled the silk at the tip with his left,
which he slipped down about half way
OF the cloth, pressing the ribs and braces.
firmly against the stick. The right.
hand was then shifted to the tips Of the
RIBS, which were held firmly against.
the stick, while the left hand adjusted
the roll of cloth around them. By this.
method the ribs were kept straight,
along the stick and not partly twisted
around it, as the customers roll.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

"Iney n1tea her tenderly out and
carried her up to the hotel, while the
sunlight tried vainly to warm her cold
face, and her long hair trailed pearly
drops of water all the way, and / fol-
lowed, dazed, and carrying this one
little slipper which ] had found on the
bank.
"At the steps they met me with a
letter which they had found in her
desk. Here it isl think you can
read it.
'"You said that your love would stand any
test, but l must not try it. With this you
will find sealed letter; it contains the secret.
II you are mad enough to risk it, open it. But
beg OF you, as you have loved me, not to
read it. Above all, never tell any of this to
mamma, for she knows nothing about it. Re
member that do this for love of you and for
the sake of the sweet times of this summer,
try not to blame me too much. Ruth
Here is the sealed letter. | have
never opened il. tore one corner of
the envelope once, enough to see that
it contained mans writing. There
my courage failed. You say that l do
wrong to keep it? You tell me to
burn itp | have been tempted hum
dreds of times to destroy it and put an
end to this torture. There-yes, let
me hold it over this candle. 1t burns,
it burns-it's ashes! wonder if am
glad? | wonder if the slipper can sat
isfy me? But you, my old benedict
friend, you can't answer me, for you.
love has not turned to ashes and mem
ory."
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

BLAST SUCH "A CLIMATE ANY HOW!
"Ah-h-h, you're right" exclaimed
Gallup. "What we need to put life i'm
our veins and color in our cheeks is
some winter weather like that we used
to have. These namby- -pamby winters.
rob me of all vitality, and give me that
tired feeling that only real bracing
weather and plenty of the beautiful
can cure.
their adjoining homes, and separated
for the night, each one cherishing a
beautiful picture Of an old-fashioned
winter such as be hoped soon to see
duplicated When they arose the fol-
loving morning they found that the
thermometer had fallen several de-
grees, and that the first suggestion of
winter was upon them. But it was
only a faint suggestion, SO slight as to-
go almost unnoticed by persons not
gwen to studying the weather. AS
Gallup was on his way to the alley with
hod Of coal ashes he saw Petersby
splitting some kindling in the back
yard. Both men were warmly wrapped
up from head to feet.
"Did you ever see such gol-binged
change in the weather in all your life?"
shouted Gallup just as the ashes which
he tried to throw over the fence came
back at him.
al should say not!" said Petersby.
ats the dog .gondest cold snap | ever.
saw or heard tell of. It's enough to
rip the life out of brass elephant or
freeze feather bed"
"A man who will stay in this cli-
mate, +" said Gallup. "is double-decked
stem winding lunatic, and if the Lord
| will let me live through this winter I
promise you I'll move away before
another winter comes"
II feel just like packing up and leav-
ing now," continued Petersby. "The
thought of another long, cold winter
makes me sick at heart" And then
the two men hurried into their homes,
and sat close up to the stove, while their
wives hunted up their ear-muffs and
arctic overshoes.
An old-fashioned winter is real nice,
but after all it seems more delightful
to most people few years after it has
passed.-Chicago Times.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

The length of the stem insures cooi
smoke, the depth of the bowl long
smoke, and the broken stem steady
smoke. Solid, serene, and steady is
the typical Teuton and his pipe shares
his attributes. And as Grossvater is an
honored institution in well-regulated
German family Grossvater's pipe at his
death is carefully cherished and handed
down as bit Of family history to sue
ceeding generations.
A properly colored meerschaum pipe
is a monument to patience and source
of endless delight to the persistent
smoker who succeeds in coloring it.
Note the Watchful care he takes of it
from the time it comes into his posses
sion. How solicitous he is of its well
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
A Difficult Animal to Shoot.

In the wilder parts of South Amer
lea you can bag deer or wild hog al
most any day, if you set wisely about
it; but months may pass without even
the sight of tapir, though you may
be in their haunts continually. You
see plenty of unmistakable three-toed
tracks, and now and again you may
hear tapirs moving in the forest-not
leaping through openings between the
vines and branches as deer does, nor
pushing the brush aside like iaguar,
but crashing their way by sheer
strength, with a great cracking OF
twigs.
1t is almost useless to follow tracks
or sounds; clumsy as the animals APP
pear, they can race through the un-
derbrush faster than dog can follow;
and they are so keen of sight and scent
and SO prone to concealment, that
even the most experienced hunter
rarely catches sight of one in the day
time, unless by accident. The best
plan is to lie in wait for them. as the
light and crafty iaguar does, by their
drinking and wallowing-places, and
this must be done at night.
l may as well add here that tapirs
are common all over tropical South
and Central America, except thickly
settled regions and the Pacific
coast. Naturalists distinguish several
species, differing mainly in size and
the structure of the bones; but they
are much alike. All go singly or in
bands, generally of two or three, and
feed on fruits and leaves.-Robert III.
Smith, in ST. Nicholas.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
Well Supplied With Libraries.

Massachusetts has done more than
any other state to encourage the es-
tablishment of free public libraries
among the people. OF the 351 towns
or cities OF the state 24S now have free
public libraries, and the state has re-
Gently provided aid for the 1O3 small
towns and villages that are without
them, that they may have the same
advantages in this respect as the
lrger places. 1t will probably not be
ing before every town in the state is,
provided with public library.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13


O .'You take to weeds and I'll take to clay"
1t would need no very keen discern
ment to conclude these words were
written by an Irishman, for the Irish
man and his clay pipe are as insepara BILE
in thought as they are in fact. You can
scarcely pick up comic paper without
meeting with a caricature OF Pat. al
ways with his bit of pipe in one of two
places-his hat or his mouth.
The typical Irish smoker prefers a
clay pipe to all other kinds, and the
stronger it becomes the more attached
he is to it. But it is mistake to sup
pose that the shortness OF Pats pipe is
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
AN oLD.FAsHloNED WINTER.

aGetting little cooler!" remarked
Mr.. Gallup as he walked home with
his neighbor, Mr.. Petersby,a few even
ings ago.
"Yes, indeed, and I'm glad Of it, re-,
turned the latter. "I became heartily
disgusted with warm weather during
this summer, and feel as if Id never
want to see any more of It.
"It's the same with me-" continued
Gallup, and only hope that we can
have a real old-fashioned winter this
time.
$50 do T." said Petersby. "The last
few winters have simply been no
winters at all, but / trust this will be
one of the regular old style, with lots
of keen. bracing air and plenty Of
snow !"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

brains as well as their hands. It pre-
dominates among printers, telegraph
ers, newspaper men, and others of
similar employments-men who, dur
ing temporary lull in business, grab
the first pipe at hand, light it up, and
puff vigorously until the requirements
of business absorb their mental facul-
ties and they forget to smoke, discover
the pipe is out, and lay it aside.
Such men, in the nature of things,
must always be doing something, and,
as their minds travel rapidly, they do
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
Relative Expense.

A certain minister, not 1000 miles
from here, loves dollar with close
affection, says the Detroit Free Press.
Not long ago young man asked him
how much he would charge to marry a
couple.
swell, said the preacher, "the groom
pays what he pleases, but never charge
less than So"
@Whew' exclaimed the prospective
groom, "that's good lot of money. l
thought that kind of work went in with
your regular salary"
"Oh, no." explained the minister,
salvation is free, but it costs money to
get married"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

always due to accidental breakage.
The soft clay. almost continuously in
his mouth, becomes moist, and conse-
quently fragile. Add to the. long SER
yice it sees, the vicious bites it sustains
by way of emphasis in the heat of many
an argument, as the possessor, gripping
it in his vise-like jaws. hurls scorching
logic through his teeth. and it is not
remarkable that in the course of time
it attains that short, black state of per-
fection so dear to the Irish heart. The
prominent characteristics of such
pipe admit of only one classification
it's Irish
In direct antithesis to the Irishman's
pipe comes the long, deep-bowled Ger
man pipe, quantity ornamented with
carving or illuminated notices, the
lengthy cherry stem wound round with
colored cords ending in tassels. Be
tween the ample mouthpiece and the
stem several inches of pliable rubber
hose, covered with heavy hair cloth, is
inserted, rendering the pipe capable of
being conveniently shifted from knee
70 knee.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

Il an not wealthy" he said, "brt if
the devotion of a true and tender
Heart goes for anything with you, Miss
Clara 1T goes well enough with
me, Mr.. Spoonbill," interrupted the
fair girl, with a pensive look on her
face, but how will it 60 with the
grocerp"-- Puck.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
One OF Whittier's Last Poems.

] would not IL could repeat
2 A life which still is good and sweet;
keep in age. as in my prime,
A not uncheerful step with time,
And, grateful for all blessings sent,
go the common way content
To make no new experiment.
On easy terms with law and fate,
For what must be ] calmly wait,
And trush the path cannot see
That God Is good sufficeth me.
And when at last upon lffes play
The curtain falls, only pray
That hope may lose itself in truth,
And age in heavens immortal youth,
{ And all our loves and longing prove
The foretaste of diviner love!
v John G. Whittier, in st. Nicholas.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13

fare! Until the coloring process is well
under way he would as soon think OF
lighting it with bank notes as to smoke
it without the false or upper bowl.
With what pride he views the darken-
ing tints creeping gradually through
the bowl and up the stem to the amber
mouthpiece!
The meerschaum smoker is thorough
ly domestic, paying strict attention to
the little things In life, and the man
with the best colored pipe is apt to
have the best garden in the neighbor-
hood.
The corncob pipe can correctly be
termed the restless MATS pipe, and is a
favorite with men who work with their
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
CHARACTER IN PIPES.
NATlONALITIES AND OCCUPATIONS
BETRAYED IN SMOKE.
Clay Pipes for 1rishmen, Long, Deep
Cornco5s for Restless Brain Workers.
] smoke my pipe. and 10!
Ont Of nv weeds ashes grow.

And so to my widow thus ] say:
lyon take to weeds and I'll take |
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1893-01-28
Orange Blossoms.

Monday evening, the % inst,
Mr.. Paul Maraist. son of Mr.. Au-
guste Maraist and Miss Ernestine
Vicnair, both of this parish, were
united in marriage at the Catholic
Church by Rev. Father Langlois.
After the marriage ceremony
the young couple proceeded to the
plantation of the groom's parents,
where they will make their future
home.
The MESSENGER thanks Mr.. and
Mrs. Maraist for the delicious
piece of the wedding cake sent to
this Office, and wish that their
married life will be long, happy
and prosperous.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1893-01-28

W. H. Cline who has charge Of
the advertising car which is trave-
ling through the north with speci-
mems of Louisiana products, seen
cry as shown by the aid of stere-
opticon, advertising matter, etc.
This enterprise was organized and
is being carried out by Mr.. j. B.
Watkins at his own expense, which
will be of untold benefit to this
section of the state in bringing
here both people and capital from
the north. It seems Incredible
but it is nevertheless a fact that
there are people here, property
owners at that who SO far from en-
couraging Mr.. Watkins, lose no
opportunity for throwing obstacles
in his way. These are not only
narrowminded, envious and bigot-
ed but deficient in common sense.
Mr.. Cline will return after stay
of couple of weeks. He says
that the enterprise is meeting
with great success, and that it will
result in bringing here, thousands
of people from the north with Co.
pital for the development of the
unparalleled resources of this
country.-Lake Charles Echo.