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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23
Prohibition Ahead.

Democrat: "Say, Hanks; dye know
why Blaine wrote that letter declining
to be q candidate ?"
Republican: Nav. Why"
Democrat "'Cause he read the
Chronicle and saw so much about the
celebrated Portable Soda Fountain
made bv Chapman & Co., Madison, Ind.
and hearing that Hitchcock was think,
ing of buying one, he gave up the ghost
That Fountain is for prohibition, and II
has defeated every candidate hat ever
tackled it,"
Republican: "Pshaw guess that's
what made Cleveland's western trip &C
short"
Democrat (stifay): Good morning.
Republican (in~nocentlyl: "Good
morning"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23
Notice E~x-Soldiers.

The first Annual Reunion Of the Black
Hills Soldiers and Sailors Association
will be held at Sturgis on July Bird and
4th, 1888. All members Of the Associa.
ton are expected to be present, and
those who are entitled to membership
but have not yet been enrolled. are
especially urged to present their names
to the secretary on or before the date
named. The programme and other
particulars regarding the reunion will
be published in due time. By order O.
j. b. F~AIRBANK,
q. w. PRATT, Chairman Tx. Com.
Secretary.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23

African sheep, as represented by speci.
mems IN the Berlin geological gardens,
vary greatly In size and form, some being
large and clumsy, while others are quite
small and graceful, with slender, deer
like limbs. The color is always black
and white. They are not, like European
species, covered with wool, but have only
stiff, coarse hair, which is short and even,
except on the necks Of the bucks. They
are useful only as food, for which they
are highly priced by the blacks.-Arkan-
saw Traveller.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23
A JudiciOus Judgment,

In n bridge car the other day a man was
reading Stcpniak@ description of the
brutal despotis,n Of the czar's government.
Did his blood boil with Indignation, and
did he denouncc the outrages against
human rights perpetrated by it9 No, he
wasn't built that way. He just turned to
his neighbor and remarked, 1T seems to
me that the form of government In Russia
Is somewhat too strict There Is O
judicious judgment for you.-New York
Tribune
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23
DOuiphun's Decision.

The st. Joe Daily Herald gives the
following correspondence between Col
onel Doniphan of that place, well known
to the residents of this city, and G. w.
johnson Of Hiawatha, Kansas, which
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23

ltIIltDTN OI ltikoId, FlFSJ JUultlil DlStTlct. III
the District Court In and for Custer County.
David l.. Russell and
Martha A.. Russell
vs..
Emma j. Reid.
The Territory of Dakota sends Greeting: To
Emma j. Reid, Defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required TO
answer the complaint OF the above named plain
titfs, a copy of which is herewith served upon
you, and 10 serve a copy Of your answer upon
the subscribers az Chauncey l.. Woods ONCE in
the city of Rapid City, Pennington county, Da-
kota territory, within thirty DAYS after The scry-
Ice of this ummOn on you, exclusive Of the day
of such service, and If You fail to answer this com
plant within that time the plaintiffs will apply
To the court for the relief demanded in the com
plant.
Dated at Rapid City, i. r., this End day of
March, A. d.. 1888.
CHAuNcEY l." WOOD, pnir,,g,s ,ttorrovo
| y JON w. NOwLIN, "i"'i A''''h'S'
To Emma j. Reid, Defendant above named.
Take notice that the complaint in This action
was filed in the office Of the clerk OF said court,
at Custer City, IN said county, on the 9th day OF
April, 1883, and that the sImmOns herein is
served on you by the publication thereof, In
pursuance of an order of said court.
April 10th, 1883.
GHnJJS 1uN " !" N M8G3, Atty's for Plaintiffs
First publication, April n.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23
Attorney Of st j. Il w. X. r.

General Sheridan is daily gaining
strength, and his recovery is'now con
fdently hoped for.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
TOM BOXERS BLUNDER.
The Ran Who Was Ashamed of
His Calling.

Young Tom Boxer was fool enough
TO he ashamed of his calling. He had
inherited from his maternal grand
father very prosperous and lucrative
tailoring business at the West End.
which he carried on under the old
name of ''Pleating & Company" No
excuse whatever can he urged for
TOMS weakness, rs he came of long
line of honest tradespeople. and he
quite realized that his tailoring busi-
ness was very good thing. But he
was rather a good-looking, gentle
man-like young fellow. and the truth
was that his head had been compile tely
turned through associating during his
holiday-tripS. on the Continent and
elsewhere. with persons of superior
social position. who certainly never
suspected that he was a tailor Find
ing that he was generally taken for a
young professional man. or an officer.
or. at all events, private individual
of fortu Inc. Tom could not resist the
temptation of keeping up the delusion.
until he at length became almost NOR
bidly sensitive on the subject of his
honest and necessary occupation.
When he went away for his summer
holiday he always chose some place
where he was not likely to come across
customers. or people who knew him in
town. and laid himself out for making
acq uaintances among persons Of u
higher station in life than his own.
This year he decided to spend his
vacation at the quietly fashionable
watcring-place of Southdore, having
run down for the day to reconnoiter
and ascertained that there was nobody
staying there who would recognize
him. He took rooms at the principal
hotel. brought down his dog-cart and
groom. and couple of horses. and
soon succeeded. on the hotel tennis
ground and elsewhere. in getting to
know all the best people.
Among other visitors at Southdore
were Colonel and Mrs. Vaughan and
their daughter Mabel. the latter re-
remarkably pretty girl. as Tom
thought The Vaughans were staying
at the Flagstaff Hotel and were evil
IDENTITY very exclusive and aris stocratic-
ally unsociable people. The Colonel
walked on the Parade occasionally
with the old Earl of Piccadilly, who
was also staying at the Flagstaff. but
seemed to hold aloof from everybody
else. 1t was with considerable diff
dcnce that Tom presumed to scrape
an acquaintance with the Vaughans.
and in doing SO he not only scrupu-
lously refrained from mentioning his
occupation. but dropped hints which
were certainly calculated to convey
widely different impression of his posi-
tion. However. he contrived to make
himself agreeable to them. and thus
gain the privilege of getting opportu.
mites Of ingratiating himself with
Miss Mabel
This young lady easily captivated
TOMS susceptible heart and, as she
soon began to evince . very kindly
feeling toward him. it was not long be-
fore he realized the awkwardness st
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

he saw me nod to you; just as you did.
Tom. Hang it. what does it mean?''
cried Jacf. beginning to look know.
ing.
Il thought the Colonel had found
out that l-I-" began Tom. with
increasing confusion.
''Were in busincssr' interrupted
Jack. He didn't find it out from me,
and unless you told him yourself"
Il didn't, certainly" interrupted
Tom, eagerly. but blushing redder
than ever at Jacks humorous glance.
Sorry scared the old boy. then;
though it wasn't my fault. 1 can un-
derstand what happened. Believing
had told you all about himself. and
that you were swell. the Colonel
made bolt OF 1t rather than face you
afterward suppose he had been
bouncing bit, eh? Military man. and
.ll the rest of it? Hang it, it's as good
a. play!' roared Jack.
"But isn't he q military manp''
gasped Tom.
volunteers. that's all; but holiday
time he always comes out strong. and
goes somewhere where he is likely to
meet swells whom he knows in the way
of business" explained Jack, con-
temptuously.
"In the way of businessp" nurmured
Tom.
''Yes; he's breeches-,aake
Vaughan & Tomlinson, Lambs Con.
duit street"
"2hat Vaughan!' exclaimed Tom.
with start.
Yes; and. I say. Tom. l wonder if
he'll say that Boxer in the same sort
of way when he learns who you arep"
said Jack with wink.
Tom was SO covered with guilty con-
fusion that he naturally could not ap-
preciate the humor Of the situation as
keenly as Jack Brace did; but. while
his friend was indulging in fresh
burst of laughter. Tom suddenly
grasped the fact that this startling
revelation had its bright side. Il
seemed that there had beer
misunderstanding; for by the
light of Jacks revelation, Tom
began to realize that this
Vaughans. on that eventful evening.
had imagined that they had been pur~
posely sighted by his omission to
salute them. Vexed as he was at his
own stupidity. Tom experienced de-
licious thrill of joyous expectation
when he inquired:
DO you know Mable Vaughan,
Jack?''
"Tve seen hel-deucid handsome,
isn't she? Little Walnut is lucky
chap"
"Walnut"' repeated Tom, with
ghastly apprehension.
''Yes He is sccent little chap;
the junior of a firm ID the general
furnishing line in Totnnham-c court
road. Rosewood, Teak & Walnut"
''Well, what about him7'' cried
Tom in choking voice.
Didn't you see it in the paper?"
said Jack, staring at Tom. He mar.
ried Mabel Vaughan last week. Hullo,
old chap! What is the matter? Come
in here and have B. and S. my
boy" ."-London Truth
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
VOICES OF THE DEEP.

The breakers run along the beach in white and
serried lines.
And chant their anthems to the breeze that
whispers through the pines;
siometimcs in organ tones deepdrawn. some
times in notes pitched high,
Sometimes in gurglng laughter soft some.
times in moan and sigh:
Then sometimes, too, in lisping love the sanded
beach they kiss,
And seem to gather in low song paradise of
bliss.
Roll. waves, against the golden sand, with
motion strong and free!
But in YOUR loud or lowest tones the spirits
whisper me,
And in your mirrored deeps and glooms
strange pictures do see.
The ghosts OF hopes now past and gone which
once your currents bore,
The faces OF the dead you threw upon your
sanded shore,
The barqres which sank and unto men no more
their loved ones gave,
The bright eyes quenched, the hearts which
found in you guarded grave;
The loves, and lives, and stalwart forms which
vanished mid your roar,
And homes which gave their best to you and
saw them nevermore.
Roll, waves, against your pine -fringed hills
with murmurs sad and low!
Surge restless billows as you swing majestic
to and fro
Tread deep undertones Of grief that with you
come and go.
The man who in your mighty arms lay down to
dreamless rest,
The one who in the grasp OF death named her
who loved him best
And one who on your heaving tide lay stretched
in your embrace
The love which death could not destroy i'm
nv,
You tore the loving ones apart, but with their
latest breath
The names they loved you heard, and Knocked
and hurried them to death
Moan, waves against the somber beach, as
though regret and pain
Come DER you for the faithful ones your
cruelties have slain!
What wonder that a sigh subdued runs
through your minor strain:
Sing too OF those who on you float to happi-
ness and bliss,
Who never see you but IN moods as innocent
as this,
Who love the hollows and the hills your crystal
current laves,
The murmur of your deep content, the crystal
OF your waves,
The lights and shadows flashing gold-like
shuttlcs to and fro
The caps OF white which deck your brows like
Sing. happy waves. OF white-winged borQues
that DER your drift and float,
True lovers drifting DER your ceeps as in a
fairy boat,
For them glad sounds OF wedding bells en-
rich your every note.
Sing, too, of moons that turn your spray to dia-
monds in the night,
Each one gem OF purest ray with crystal
heart alight;
The stars which battle themselves deep down
within your mrrored waves:
The shadow that upon your plane its pictures
grand engraves,
The hills and forests that deep down Within
your bosom sleep
AS though the real were the ideal reflected
from your deep.
Swing slow your censers, silrer-gilt, and filed
with twinking stars;
Hide dee in tints Of green and gray your hor-
rors and your scars;
Sing still your mighty scale that runs along q
thousand bars.
But never think, ON mighty sea, to hide away
from me
The lights and shadows OF long years that in
your depths see,
Dread phantoms OF the stormy past, ghost
forms OF things to be.
- EdJQr Jones' In Inter- Ocean.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
ELlNT-LOCK PISTOLS
Old-Fsshioned Weapons That Arc Hgl
lv Priced bv Col!ectOrs

Old-F1shioned Weapons That Arc High.
Iy Priced by Collectors.
The old style Of fint-lOck, muzzle-lOad-
ing pistol will bring twice the price to-day
that it commanded when 1t was the finest
thing known in the way of small firearms.
But it IL purchased as q relic, a curiosity.
1t is very hard to get one They are. Of
course, no longer made, and those who
shance to have one hold on to 1t because
1t will get still more valuable as it becomes
older
The old style Of pistol was never Of much
use. The h.nt-lOck went OFF only about
once In ten trials Then it took about az
much time and bother to load as q gun.
The handle of this old pistol was generally
of black walnut or some hard, dark wood
with cuts crosswise to give a better grasp
The handle was also made long SO that u
could be held the more steadily. The old
style weapon was some ten inches in length,
about thirty-six caliber, and with q hair
trigger. 1t could not be carried convenient
ly except in belt
The best manufacturers of these pistols
were Dublin firm, Mcmillan Brotherx
The finn no longer exista They are not
regularly manufactured in these days of re-
volvera Some few ere made. dragged
around in the dirt to make them look
scratched and worn, and when the barrel
gets little rusty they are offered to the
public as antiquities
These old pistols" said one of the en-
ployes Of the Remingtons. can hardly be
found anywhere in this country It Is hard
to tel where they have vanished IT, have
been all over the United States and even in
Dakota you don't meet with them There
are some in Europe and Costa Rica They
are used for duelinR: The o,d style Of pis-
tol Is now an object OF interest only to col
lectora But the best specimens have al
ready been bought up"
William Reed q Boston dealer in fire.
arms, has made very good collection OF
arma But the finest collection in the coun-
try is said to be that of Morisini, Jay Gould'R
oid associate. He has three large rooms
filed with all kinds Of antique firearms
Though there are very few gentlemen who
make collections of this kind, . great many
who are fond Of shooting like to get one Of
these old muzz!e-loaderA Bachelors stick
them mp In their ''.""aA-Y r. ESemian
World
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
DRESSMAklNG HINTS.
for Industrious Women WI .
Make Their Own Dresses.

Information for Industrious Women WI .
Make Their Own Dresses.
The amateur drcssmaker is advised
hat there is but little change in thu
arrangement of basques of new cos.
tunes; a tendency is. however, shown
to lengthen the sides of the basques,
making them come down we'll on tho
hips, and another fancy is that of fast
ening the back drapery of the skirt
above the edge of the basque, giving
the appearance OF: princes continuous
breadths. The round skirt of wool
costumes is quite plain, that is. with
out even foot plating, but in many
cases it is widely bordered with velvet
at the foot. and braiding or passmen-
terie that initiates braiding is placed
above it. The over-skirt is very long.
and shows several variations of tho
apron over-skirt. which remains in
fashion year after year. no mat
ter what other novelties appear
At present this ovcrskirt is made
nearly straight. and is therefore very
full at the top. where it is plated to
the belt all around, the front and side
plaits being quite scant, while those
behind are SO thickly laid that they
retain their folds the whole length Of
the skirt. The looping is principally
on the sides, where two or three deep
cross folds are taken instead of the
many plaits formerly used. and this
makes the long apron pointed or
rounded alike on both sides. A single
panel on the left side is not now as
popular trimming as front panel. or
as panels matching on the sides. The
lower skirt may be shown perfectly
plain on each side if the wearer
chooses. or it may be pressed in very
fine plaits similar to the accordion
plaits. The fancy or showing selvages
on fine woolens used for drapcry is still
seen, and Worth extends this caprice
to silks, showing sometimes the white
selvage on blacks amid the draperies.
Parallel rows of stitching. eight OF ten
in number. arc done with great accu-
racy four or five inches above the foot
Of cloth skirts. and this stitching is
also seen on black skirts of very plain
yet stylish dresses
House dresses of twilled wool. CASH
mere. camel s-hair and Henrietta
cloth are being prettily made up in
combin ations with black watered silk.
or with velveteen of the same color as
the wool. When velveteen is used it
appears in plain round skixt which is
nearly covered by the long overskirt
also in pointed plastron. pointed
demi-girdle, and deep cuffs on
the basque. The fronts of the
basque are drawn back at the top
and shirred on the shoulder seams,
leaving space for the Y-shaped plas-
tron; the fulness is then laid in fiat
pleats over the bust and stitched in
smaller plaits from the waist line to
the girdle. The sleeves may be in
coat shape. with pointed eqauIettes
and pointed cuffs, or else they are
full, and are laid in fat p!sits from
the arm-holes to the deep cuffs The
black-watered silk is used as q fiat
border Eve or six inches wide around
. lower skirt of green. blue or copper
red wool. or else the brighter poppy
red so becoming alike to blondes and
brunetteA Rsvers Of the black silk
are on the over skirt and also On ~
basque. HasDss's BGsas.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

OSE-HALl our miseries in life are i'm
aginary. and therefore unnecessary; and
the other half are made doubly bitter by tho
nursing we give them In our imperfect
state this is all inevitable, perhaps, though
n should be our effort to rise above that
which . IN any sense subject to our resolu-
tion There are many things to keep I'M
dsE :-U"ited Pres6yterion.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

Y ANY person who takes the paper regular
~ from the post-oficc. whether directed to his
nane OF whetner he is a subscriber or not, is
responsible for the pay
Tne courts havs decided that refusing to take
newspapers from tht post-sfiicc or removing
ana leavir2 Thorn u'c- ed for. - priYna facie
ev'h0~ ~
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05


in worship.
Behold, also, in that first Christmas
night that God honored the fields. Come
in, shepherd boys, to Bethlehem, and see
the child. "No," they say, 1--WE are not
dressed good enough to come in." "Yes,
you are; come in" Sure enough, the
storms, and the night dew, and the bram-
bles, have made rough work with their ap-
parcl, but nons have q better right to
come in. They were the first to hear the
music of that Christmas night. The
first announcement of q SaviOur's birth
was made to those men in the fiefis.
There were wiseacres that night in
Bethlehem and Jeru salem snoring in deep
sleep, and there were salaried officers Of
government, who, hearing OF it afterward,
may have thought that they ought to
have had the first news of such q great
event. Some one dismounting from a
swift camel at their door and knocking
until at some sentineps question: "Who
comes there:" the great ones Of the palace
might have been told of the celestial
arrival. No; the shepherds heard the
first two bars of the music, the first in
the jor key and the last in the subdued
minor: ''GIory be to God in the highest,
and ON earth peace, good will to men,"
All, yes; the fields were bonored. The
old shepherds with plaid aud crook have
for tho most part vanished, but we have
United States pasture fields
and prairies contain about forty five mill
ion Sheppard all their keepers ought to
follow the shepherds of my text, and all
those who toll in fields, and all vine
dressers, all orchardists, all huSbandmen.
Not only that Christmas night, but all up
and down the worlds history God has
been honoring the fields. Nearly al the
msss;ahs Of reform, and literature, and
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05


by princes, and taken his first infantile
slumber amid Tyrian plush, and canopied
couches, and ripping waters from royal
aqueducts dripping into basins OF ivory
and pearl, ch ose to be born on a level
with a cows horn, or a cameps hoofs, or a
dogs nostril, that he might be tho allevi-
ator of brutal suffering as well as the
redeemer of man.
Standing then, as I imagine now do,
in that Bethlehem night, with an infant
Christ on the one side and the speechless
creature of God ON the other, cry, Look
out how you strike the rOwel into that
horses side. Take of that curbed bit
from that bleeding mouth. Remove that
saddle from that raw back. Shoot not for
fun that bird that is too small for food.
Forget not to put water into the cage of
that canary. Throw out some crumbs to
those birds caught too far north in the
winters inclemency. Arrest that man
who is making that one horse draw a
load heavy enough for three. Rush in
upon that see ne where boys are torturing
. cat or transfxing butterfly or grasshop-
per. Drive not of that old robin, for her
nsst is a mothers cradle, and under her
wing there may bs three or four prima
donnas of the sky In training. And in
your families and in your schools teach
the coming generation more mercy than
the present generation has ever shown,
and in this marvellous Bible picture of
the nativity, while You point out to them
tho angel show them also the camel, and
while they hear the celestial chant
let them also hear the cows moan. No
moro did Christ show interest in the
botanical world than when he said: ''Con.
slider the lilies" than he showed SYM
psthy tor ths osuithological whom be
Daily Republican., 1888-01-30
Startling DlscoYnry.

The discovery by the inhabitants Of a
locality hitherto unVisited by the pesti.
lent scourgs Of fever and ngue, that 1t
exists in their very midst, ia decided ly
startling. Such discoveries are made at
every season, In every part OF the Union.
Subsequently, when 1t ls ascertainsd, As
II Invariably is At such times through tn {
valuable experience Of some one who has
been benefited and cured, that Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bltters is thoroughly eflca,
cious eradicAtor of the malarial poison,
and means OF fortiiying the system
against 1t, feeling of more security and
tranquility reigns throughout the whole
neighboIhOOd BeLides the febrile forms
Of malarial disease, dumb ague aud Ague
cake are removed by the potent aclon oI
the Bitters, TO which science also give,
Its sanction -as remedy Tor rheums
tsm, dyspepsia, constipation, livei
complaint, debility, kidney troubles, AnG
all diseases impAiring the organs OF diges
tlon and ASSIMILATION.