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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
Prize.

New Orleans tLa.) Picayune, Nov. 10: An
other lottery wave passed over New Orleans
last Tuesday, and in its course struck Mr..
Adolph l.. Beltran, son Of our well known
fellow citizen, X. Beltran, Esq, commission
merchant on Decatur street.
The blow was a severe one, and II struck
Adolph SO Unexpectedly that he has not en-
tirely recovered his senses, though In posses
sion Of more cents than he ever had in the
course OF his check-ered career.
On Wednesday, with a dollarous expression
In his eye, he visited the Office of The Louisi.
ana State Lottery company, and inquired for
the root doctor. This singular inquiry excited
the curiosity OF the office, and he was invited
TO q seat in the left-hand ward.
His pulse being felt, an extraordinary con
traction of the muscles Of the digits of the
right hand was discerned. On reducing the
same, a lottery ticket was revealed, bearing
the number "a, 522. A quick diagnosis of his
case was made. The lottery wave had given
him, In the drawing OF Nov. 9, for a one-dol
lar investment, the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars.
The root Of all evil" In the form Of very
hard cash was AT once administered and Mr.
Beltran's singular inquiry was explained.
In a pleasant chat with the writer, the for
tunate holder (who is apparently 2l years OF
age stated that he is a native of New Or
leans, and is now working in the Laboratory
Of the Planters Sugar Refinery, learning tn,
business under Mr.. John REYNOLDS. and tina
the sudden accumulation Of wealth will in NJ
way affect his resolution to master his adopt
ed profession.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
r THAT TURKEY.

oh, this is the Turkey that causes Thanks.
giving,
When stuffed till he's bursting and baked
till he's brown'd.
And makes US cry gladly that life is worth
AS soon as we taste of his meat so re-
nown'd.
How splendid he looks as he rests in the
On linen like snow, which we're willing &c
The carver with gravy will frightfully spatter,
And 9rench with his goblet of water upset
Nuts, apples and celery by him are glowing,
And cranberry jelly as rosy as June,
And purest sweet cider that sparkles Ia
flowing,
And pua.pkin pies, home made, as big az
the moon.
Rise, carver, and over him utter the blessing;
Then see that each ~feaster has loosened his
vest,
And then help the ladies, who like him Gin
NlteNlDEl
Take plenty of thyme, to a slice Of his
breast.
The wish bone you'll give to the maid who
is fairest:
The 'drum sticks" must 60 to each tiny
young elf,
The dark meat whose flavor you know is the
rarcst,
Along With the Turks cap you'll KEY
for yourself.
Now, while your enjoying you're Thanksgiving
dinner,
Remember the ones who are hungry Away,
And send them a Turkey, SO if you're a
sinner,
You'N feel like a Christian ana honor the
day.
II. c. Dodge.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
A Qualified Reproof.

Detroit Free Press: Rev. Jonas D.,
a well known Methodist minister still
living in the state of Massachusetts,
has All his life had what his friends re-
gard as fanatical ideas regarding the
observance of the Sabbath. He is very
careful that no work of a domestic ma
ture is done on that day in his house.
No meals are cooked, nc sweeping or
busting is done, and the day is one of
sOiemnity and pious meditation com
bined with church and Sunday school
going.
On one occasion Mr.. D. spent Sun,
day with his sons family. His daugh.
ter-in-law, a very pious woman, con
cluded, in honor of the guest, to fore
60 her usual cold dinner on Sunday,
and just before starting to church she
slipped a fine fat turkey into the over
to roast under a slow fire while size was
gone.
On returning an odor of buruing
meat filled the house, and smoke was
seen coming from the oven.
why, daughter, what is that?"
asked Rev. Jonas b, as his neetrlls
snuffed the unpleasant odor.
The daughter-m-law, conscience
stricken and abashed, said meekly:
"A broken Sabbath, father; a broken
Sabbath"
''Humph" wac the old g%entleman's
immediate reply, ''don't break another
one, please, if it's going to smell like
that"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
TABLEAU UNCOMFORTABLE.
A Bad Boy who Would Tell Tales on
His Sister.

A Bad Boy who Would Tell Tales on
His Sister.
Miss De Ton, won't you sing some
thin, pleaseP would dearly love to
hear YOU" sad Chauncy Moneyton to
a reigning belle on Thanksgiving eve
What shall it be? Sentimental
comic or operate, Mr., M%oneytonP"
please yourself, and you will sui,
me nicely was his stereotyped reply,
for he had said the same thing every
night for a month.
She played the prelude through and
the began;
"He thinks | do not love him.
He believed each word | said;
And he went away In sorrow
Ere the sur had left it's bed.
I'd have told the truth this morning,
But he now IS out of sight;
Oh, ! wish my voice could bring him
Where we parted yesternight!
oh, l wish''-
Say, Chauncy," said young Torky
from under the plane, ''she don't mean
"A word of that song. Here, sister,
you stop kicking me! I'll tell if want
to. She said she wished you would
either propose to her tonight or get
ont and give the other fellow a chance
| said I'd tell you cause she wouldn'r
let me 90 to ride with her and her 9th.
er fellow this afternoon"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

A new treatment for whoeping cough, high
" recommended and reported to be prompt
and effectusl, is a two per cent solution OF re.
sorcine inhaled In Term of spray by aid of a
hand atomizer. the inhalation TO be practiced
during about five minutes every three hours.
AS resorcine is q recently discovered powerful
disinfectant or germicide its prompt action In
relieving %whooping cough is an additional
proof that this disease is one of the germ dis
eases, that II Is the result of irritation caused
by the lodgment Of minute spores In the deli
cate membranes Of the air passages, and that
the persistent cough is natures method and
effort to dlAlOdge the intruders.-P DIR.
Foote'S Health Monthly.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
Twas Years Ago

Burlington Free Press: George AL
fred Townsend says that when he first
entered a newspaper Office he was very
bashful and modest and blushed a
great deal. Alas! what changes time
does work
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
Stealing by Another Name.

"A Generation of Judges: Once
when Mr.. Justice Byles was trying a
prisoner for stealing, Il medical wit
ness was called, who said that, in his
opinion, the accused was suffering
from kleptomania, land your lord
ship, of course. knows what that is"
Yes said Byles. quietly, lit is what
| an sent here to cure
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Mr.. j. Howard James, manager
Stuckert's Livery, 6l9 n. 9Th street,
Philadelphia, Pa, says: After trying
all other remedies without relief, for a
heavy cold on the chest, accompanied
by a severe cough, / used Red Star
Cough Cure, and in a very short time
was entirely well.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Buckingham's Dye for the .hiskers is east
lily applied, and coLors brown or black.
The prompt use Of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
will often prevent serious lung troubles.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

w. II. Wortbington, editor OF the Patrons
of H~usbandry," published at Columbus,
Mass, writes under date of February %, 1882:
"iour great remedy, Aliens Lung Balsam,
have used In my family fer fifteen years for
coughs and colds, and know it to be the best y
25c., SOC, and Sl.W a bottle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

A movement has been started at Winni-
peg to present the prince of Wales a testi-
monial for his services in connection with the
colonial exhibition.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Julian Hawthorne now confesses: 'Al-
most everything that ! have written has been
from necessity, and there is very little of It
that | shall not be glad to see forgotten"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

"A Chinsman has purchased for $4,000
the exclusive privilege OF selling opium In
Panama. The money is devoted partly TO
hospitals and partly to reducing the govern
mant debt.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Col. John Hay has settled down in his
new Washington house after several weeks
hunting In the Sandusky marshes.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

w. +. Barrett, managing editor of the
Boston Advertiser, SPOKE Of himself al a re-
cent dinner as the ''baby EDITOR He is
twenty-siX years old.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

The Frazer Axle Grease lasts four times as
long as any other. Use 1t. and save your
horses and wagons. A trial will prove that
we are right.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Lieutenant Hem and his first mate, Mrs.
H., are living aboard the cutter Galatea, at
her winter anchorage, South Brooklyn.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

Senator Jones, Of Florida, hasn't touched
liquor for six months. Detroit whisky is no
especially good.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27

25c buys a pair of Lyons Patent Heel STIFF.
feners, makes "A boot or shoe last twice as
long.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
Home Treatment.

Any readers Of this paper suffering from organi
weakness. Nervous or Chronic Ailments. can. b,
sending their address 10 De. WILLIAMS. l6s
Wisconsin Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. receive
free Of charge . "a page book. giving the proper tres
nent In fun. and thus avoid ~auAokery and imposition
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Worried by Trifles.

If you would keep book, and
every day put down things that wor-
ry YOU, and see what becomes of
them. it would be benefit to YOU.
You allow a thing to annoy you just
as yon allow a fly to settle on you
and plague you, and yon loose your
temper and you justify yourself in
being thrown off your balance by
causes which you do not trace out
But if you would see what it was
that threw you off you balance, and
put it down in your little book, and
follow it out and see what becomes
of it you would see what fool you
were in the matter. The art of for
getting is a blessed art, but the art
ar tof overlooking is quite MS impor-
tant. And if we should take time
to write down the origin, progress
and outcome of a few of our troubles
it would make us ashamed of the
fuss we made over them, and we
should be glad to drop such things
and bury them at once in eternal
forgetflllness. Life is too short to
be worn out in petty worries, fret
tings, hatreds and vexations. Let us
think only ON whatsoever things arc
pure and lovely and gentle and OF
good report. '~s&s *
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Two Excellent Dogs.
New Orleans Picayune.

a| p s.
A Georgia dog was lying in the
yard when a negro girl rushed out
of the house with her dress burning.
The dog sprang at the girl and tore
away part of the clothing. She
brok, away, hut the dog again caught
her and continued his efforts until
all her clothing was torn off. That
the girl, though much burnt still
lives is due to the dog, whose mouth
and forcfacc were badly burned in
his efforts to save her.
A bird dog is owned by William
Goodall, an cx-pugilist, of Youngs-
town, o. One night last week Mrs
Goodall was sleeping with her two
children when she was awakened by
the dog barking and pulling at the
bedclothes. She at once became
aware that the room was full Of
smoke. and rushed out to give the
alarm. While she was gone the dog
seized the night-dress of y little girl
of 3 years and carried her out of the
room. The other child was rescued
without trouble. The house was
burned.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Over the Ocean in Twcnty. -four Hours


They are building vessel in
Pittsburgh, which is expected to
reach New Orleans from that city in
as short time rs it now takes to go
to Cincinnati. An ocean ship med
eled on the same plan would, it is
expected, reach Southamton, Eng
land, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
twenty-four hours. Mr.. John Dough-
erty, of Mount Union, Penn, is the
inventor of this marvellous craft. The
vessel now under construction is to
be 33 feet wide, 165 feet long on the
water-line, and 175 or $50 feet long
on deck, and will be built entirely of
wood. Its weight without the en-
gine will be about forty-five tons,
and when it has the engine and 250
passengers on board, its craft will
be less than six inches. On each
side of it viii betwo folding paddles,
sinkinesdeep into the water. The
paddle wilsssopen when going for
ward, so that they may move the
largest possible body of water, but
the change to the backward motion
will, by the agency of springs close
the paddles and thus reduce their
resistance to q minimum. There
will also be under the center of the
vessel two propelling poles, which
are intended to drive the vessel
through shoal water by striking the
bottom of the river. Mr.. Dougherty
calculates that his patent will Sc
greatly increase the speed of traffic
on the river, that he will be able to
make the trip from Pittsburgh to
New Orleans and back in week
the time now taken by the fastest
boats to make the round trip to Gin
cinnati. He is confident that he
will be able TO reduce the time occu-
pied in crossing the Atlantic by the
shortest route, that from Southamp-
ton to Halifax, to twenty-fOur hours
and that from New York to Calcutta
to ten days. SO far steam naviga.
tion by land is much faster than
steam propulsion by water; bu,
there are several plausible inventions
now being tested that may make
water communication much more
rapid than the swiftest trains rur
by locomotives. Bat what marvels
are possible to modern science ant
invention. The child is living to
day, who will net only cross air,
ocean in onc-third the time it now
takes, but who viii he able to cir
cumnavigate the globe in an Arrives
sel.-Ffom Demorests Nonthiytoi
October.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
HcAt RcnlieS.

Andrew Jackson, it is related, was
at one time entertained at dinner
by gentleman, and among those
present was one of those people who
often lind their way into story books,
etc, as the type of that offensive
class of Americans who are always
trailing their nationality in the dust
in the effect to exact their individu-
al independence. This particular
gentleman, over the wine and wal
nuts after dinner, in order to empha-
size his own independence of dispo-
sition, of which he was loudly boast
ful, remarked with rare exhibition
of self-complaccnce to Gen. jackson:
Il always vote against, you sir
The company was naturally rem
dered spcechless by this unexpected
disclosure, and the scene naturally
looked saually; but Gen. Jackson
put a S opper on the hoastful indi-
vidual and avoided further trouble
by smilinglH remarking:
And l SIR, have always Tough.
the battles ofmy country that you
might enjoy that privilege )
Another instance of happy re-
sponse is that of an old southern
udgc-but whether judge by cour-
tesy or in fact, the writer cannot
state-who must have had the fac
ulty of quick and appropriate reply
pretty well developed, if the story
related.of him is true. Speaking at
a certain place enc evening in the
interest of his own candidacy for
congress some one in the audience
who evidently had good memory, in
quired:
Didn't voa speak here just be.
fore the war;"
Il did, promptly responded the
judge
And didn't You say we could
whip the burned Yankees with pop
guns."
Il did" replied the unabashcd
Judge, but. confound 'em they
wouldn't fight that way" ."-Pittsbura
! Dispatch.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Curious Calculations.

Lewis Penny Reading published
the following very interesting para
graph, the idea being to endeavor to
show in some way the dimensions of
heaven: Any one may prove that
approximate accuracy of the compu-
tation for himself by performing the
several operations called for. The
basis of the calculations is taken
from the sixteenth verse of the twen-
ty-first chapter of Revelations:
"And he measured the city with
reed, $4,000 furlongs. The length
and the breadth and the height of it
are equal"
Twelve thousand furlongs equal
100000 feet, which, being cubed.
is 496, 7O3, ,OSS, ,0O0, 900, 100000 cubic
feet. Rcserving one-half of this
space for the court and throne of
heaven, and half the balance for
streets, we have the remainder, 124,-
1913, ,272, 900, ,000,00O,000 cubic feet.
Divide this by 4,006, the cubic feet
in room l6 feet square and there
will be 0,32l.S43, $780, 100000 rooms.
Now, suppose the world always did
and always will hold 990,00O,000 in
habitants, and that a generation
lasts 33d years, making in all 9
970,000,00O inhabitants every cen
tury, and that the world will stand
100,0C0,000 years, or 100000 cen
turies, making in all 2,970,000,000
100000 inhabitants. Then suppose
there were 100 worlds equal to this
in the number of inhabitants and
duration of years, making a total of
1870 900, ,o0O,O O,Oo0,OOO,O0O .persons,
and there would be more than 100
rooms l6 feet equare for each per-
son.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28


the opposite shore. If she came
back on our side we would kill her
Sal just gritted her teeth and swore
like a trooper, but we pushed hel
into the water.
The night was dark and we could
not see well. We watched and wait
ed a while, and heard a choking cry
for help. But there was no pity in
that crowd. Either the woman
could not swim or she was too
drunk. Anyway, she went under,
and the strong current swept her
down the river. And this was the
last of Confederate Sal"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
MUNICIPAL.
CHURCH.

GHRISTIAE CHURCH.-Rev. w. II. DE-
" WORE, Pastor. Social meeting and com
munion each Lords Day at l0lS o'clock A. NJ.
Services on second Sunday in each month at
II o'clock a. M; also, o'clock p. NJ. Sunday
School O'Clock A. NJ.
NJ f. CHURCH.-Services at the NJ. f.
Nks Church, Woodsfield, each Sabbath.
Preaching at 1890 A. NJ. and Up. NJ. Sunday
School ll.30 A. NJ. Prayer meeting each Thurs
day at p. NJ. Pastor, Rev. II. ID. STAUFFEI.
DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Services al
4 the Presbyterian Church, every two weeks
at 2l2 O'Clock p. N. Sunday School each Sun
day mt o'clock p. ". Prayer meeting each
Wednesday evening at 6l2 O'clock. Pastor
Rev. w. Il. GARRowAY.
CT. T.SYLvESTER'SC CATHOLIC CHURCH
k-Rev. Father WEIsINGER, Pastor. Ser
vices at and 10 o'clock A. NJ. Sunday School
at 2P.M NJ. Nespers and Bcnediction at z. NJ.
CT. PAULS GERMAN EVANGELICAL
y CHURCH.-Scrvices every two weeks al
10 O'Clock &. NJ. Sunday School each Sunday
at o'clock A. NJ. Services each alternate
Sunday at Lewlsville at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Pas.
tor, Rev. A. j. WINTERICK.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Solemn and Impressive Language.

A hricklayer who had come to his
death by being hit on the head with
a brick was the subject of eulogy
by the member of a fraternal soci-
ETY.. The desire of the orator to be
solemn and impressive was greater
than his ability to express the few
ideas that he had. "My friends y
he said, II looked out once on the
beauties of mater. and all was c-a-a.
aim. Our diseased friend here was
layin' brick. / looked out once
more; still all was c-a-a-lm, but ouI
diseased friend was no more. He
was layin' q cawpse"-Ihe Aryo-
nGat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
The Biggest Things in the World.

The largest theater in the world
is the new opera-house in Paris. 1t
covers nearly three acres of ground !;
It'll cubic mass is 4,2S7,000 feet; it
cost about 100,O00,000 francs.
The largest suspension bridge is
the one between New York City and
Brooklyn; the length of the main
span is l, ,595 feet s inches; the en-
tire length of the bridge is $3.50.
The loftiest active volcano is Po-
pocatapetl-"smoking mountain
thirty-five miles southwest Of Pue-
bla, Mex. 1t has a crater three
miles in circumference and one thou
sand feet deep.
The largest clock is that in the
cathedral at Strasburg. 1t is 100
feet long, 30 feet wide and 70 feet
deep, and has been in use 800 years.
The largest ship in the world is
the Great Eastern. She is $50 feet
long, SO feet broad and 60 feet deep,
being 2S,626 tons burden, 1915
gross, and 1884 net register. She
was built at Observation-Disclosures
and was launched Jan. 81, 1857.
The largest body of fresh water
on the globe is Lake Superior, 400
miles long, 100 wide at its greatest
breadth, and having an area of 32,-
600 square miles. Its mean depth
is 900 feet, and its greatest depth is
said to be about 200 fathoms.
The largest cavern is the Nam
moth Cave, in Edmonson county,
Kentucky.
The longest span of wire in the
world is used for telegraph in In
dia over the river Kistnah, between
Bezorah and Sectynagrum. 1t is
more than six thousand feet in length,
and is l, 200 feet high.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28

An old gentleman in Maryland
said he had raised his family on
sellers Liver Pills." and consider
ed them almost as essential to Z
family as bread. That's true.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Chafee and Bowen.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.

~. Aouts Iost-DiSpsitCDs
Jerome b. Chaffce, by the way,
WAS one of the noblest characters
that graced the western mining dis
tricts in the flush days when all men
were brothers, all were on "the
square divide" and to be known as
the "whitest man in camp"-which
was Chafee's reputation-was an
cnyiable distinction. More than one
poor miner in the olden days owes
his subsequent success to Chatfce's
kindness in giving his foot a secure
resting place on the ladder OF for
tune. Among those who were bless
ed with his protecting friendship
was ex-senator Tom Bowen of Col
oradc. 1t was in the poker and
prospecting period of Bowen's ca
rcer, when he was rich one day and
went suppcrless to bed the next.
Tom on that occasion was exper-
iencing an unusually hard streak OF
lnck. He wandered around the
streets of Denver without any shirt
on, clutching threadbare button
less swallowtail coat with his half
frozen hands to keep the cold wind
out, and wondering how and where
he was going to catch ON next, when
he was met by Chatfee. Bowen tried
to dodge around a corner-he had
known Chaffee a short time before
when he was flush-but Chaffee dar-
ted after and captured him. After
brief conversation Chaffee present
cd Bowen with $100 in cash, told
him to strike out for the mines, and
when the money was spent to come
back for more. Bowen went as di-
rected. He pottcrcd around awhile
on the Del Nortc river, and finally
struck ore in the Little Aimee, which
was the foundation of large for
tune.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28
Worse Than Black Dynamite.
Chicago Tribune.

The Russian troops of the regi-
mcnt of Guards, in camp at Krass-
noye-Selo, have recently experiment
ted with a new explosive, invented
by Russisn engineer, which is in
tended to take the place of ordinary
gunpowder. The substance, whose
composition is as yet secret, is said
to have an explosive power greater
than that of black dynamite and to
generate -cither smoke nor heat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-28

MY son had an abscess in his
side, that discharged two quarts of
matter. ''Dr. Lindsey's Blood Search
cr cured him." J. +. Brooks, Paines-
vile, Ohio.