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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16

In an old worm eaten chest, the property
of a lodger named William Willston, who
died in London tenement, was found the
MS. of the tale which follows:
1, William Worthington, believing that
am about to die, pray to heaven for strength
to tell a tale Of wrong and suffering.
know not the year in which am living.
dare not ask. | only pray for strength tc
finish, for my wife and children, if they still
live, the story of my woes. The shock Of
freedom upon my broken constitution is
proving too great, and l feel that death is
near | was a warder in the Tower Of
London.
Every prisoner placed under my surveil,
lance for twenty years had been tried, judged
and sentenced by my inner consciousness,
and as my intuitions led me, so were they
treated, though | never violatedsa law.
By this inner tribunal Of my own, judged
that the Duke Of Elton had been a traitor &c
his king, and from my hands he received nc
favors beyond the requirements of the law.
| little dreamed that so great a parsonage
would wreak vengeance upon vassal SO far
below him, yet his hirelings gave oath,
months after his release, that during a time
when the utmost watchfulneSs had been en-.
Joined upon the warders, was found ASLEEP
at my post. During that critical period the
penalty was death.
That very day had walked far into the
suburbs Of London, on leave of absence tc
visit my family, and had returned to take my
usual watch from nine at night until nine on
:he following morning.
] vas weary and travel stained. which told
NTINUTp ON NRxTsPAGB
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16

DR.. Gladstone has made elaborate iuvesti-
cations IN the schools Of England and other
countries to ascertain the time devoted to
teaching spelling. He finds that 40 hours,
at least, are lost to each scholar; that an
Italian child of years will read and spell
as correctly as English children at IL, though
the Italian began his lessons two years later
1t is about the same with the Germans and
Swedes. This extra time is given to civics
and useful sciences. The illiteracy Of Eng
lish speaking nations is startling. There were
5,65S, 144 persons of 10 years and over who
reported themselves illterate at our census of
1870, 6,230, 95S at the census of 1850. The
nearly illiterate are probably as many more
England is worse OF than we are But the
other Protestant countries of Europe have
almost none One of the causes Of It's es-
cessive illiteracy among English speaking
peoples is the badness Of English spelling.
The reform of spelling is patriotic and phil
anthropic reform.-Professor F. a. March
in the Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16
To Cure STONED Shoulders.

How often one hears the remark, "What a
fine, big fellow Mr.. So-and-So would be if he
didn't stoop" And still such a misfortune
can easily be cured. The STOPPING figure and
halting gait, accompanied by the unavoid-
able weakness of the lungs, can be attended
to and finally cured by the very simple and
easily performed exercise of raising ones self
upon the toes leisurely in a perfect perpen-
dicular several times daily. TIC take this ex-
ercise properly one must take perfect posi-
ton, with the heels together and the toes at
an angle Of about As dogs. Then drop the
arms lifelessly by the sides, animating and
raising the chest muscularly to its
full capacity; the chin should be well
drawn in and the crown Of the head feeling
as if attached to string suspended from the
ceiling above. Slowly raise upon the balls of
both feet to the greatest possible height,
thereby exercising all the muscles of the legs
and body; this done, then reassuming the
standing position without swaying the body
backward out Of the perfect line. Repeat
this exercise first on one foot and then on the
other. The result will be a surprise to many
to know what q wonderful strengthening out
power this exercise has upon round and
stopped shoulders, and it will soon be appar-
ent that the lungs will begin to show eI2an-
i've development.-NewY York Mail and Ex-
DrecS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16
Compressed Air Clocks.

It IS believed that the city of Paris affords
the most successful and remarkable system
of clocks worked automatically by oom-
pressed air, several thousand being carried
on according to this principle from a single
central station, the compressed air being con
veyed under the streets by means of small
mines
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16
He Lost His Wage.

A negro of Lexington, KY, wsgered fifty
cents that be could handle a rattleSnake and
not get bitten. The serpent struck him on
the end of the nose and twice on the chin in
side of thirty seconds, and neither whisky
nor doctors could save k'ru.
TIE WARDER'S STORY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16
BUCKLEN,s:ARN1CA sALvE.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
COns, and all Skin EruptiOns, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price q cents per box.
For sale by all druggists, Drefss, and
Thompson q Co.'S, wholesale. Q)-9131y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-16

DYSPEPSIA, DESPAIR, DEATH.
These are the actual steps, which
follow indigestion, Acker's English
Dyspepsia Tablets will both checF
and cure this.most fearful of disease i;
Forssale by RAeLAND & Co
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
Crawford Freight.

superintendent Hughes, in converse
ton with the writer on Tuesday, vouch-
safed the information that there was
more freight handled at Crawford then
at any point along the line of the F., +.
4 II. " road west of Norfolk, with the
exception of Chadron and possibly
Ainsworth and O'Neill-Chadron being
the distributing point for the Black
Hills, Ainsworth for the whole Of kaya
paha county, and O'Neil for six or eight
towns to the north and south of it. The
receipts per month over this road alone
are about seven hundred and fifty tons,
or million and half pounds. If this
freight was brought into town at one
time, it would make train half mile
long and require the united and com
plete force of six locomotives. Brought
here in the old way, on pack mules, two
hundred pounds to the mule, and walk
ING one rod apart, it would make a train
twenty five miles in length, and years
supply, carried in this way, would make
train that would reach from Pittsburl
to Cincinnati. At a pack mule gait, i
would take the vast procession abou
seventeen days to pass given point
Verify, the patient mule figures up il
big shape Clipper.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
A Strong Endorsement.

A Sioux City visitor at the Dakota
Hot Springs recently writes the Sioux
/ nave visited frhe"fJr sp..nss ., Ar
kansas, but | have seen here greater
benefits and cures than at any other
place. At Arkansas springs ] have seen
people who were there eleven weeks for
rheumatism 60 away without being
cured. | do not believe that the worst
cases can remain here that length OF
time without permanent cure.
For delightful and pleasant climate
the southern foothills of the Black Hills
cannot be excelled. and as for the cura-
tive powers of the waters here | am con-
vinced there are none better. | shall
return to Sioux City soon, refreshed and
benefited, and | can say TO all my
friends who are seeking pleasant re-
sort for a summer trip that there is no
place to excel this one for real comfort
and benefit.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06

The resignation of w. c. Halsey, of
the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri
Valley road is reported. An Omaha
special says, ut was learned that the
resignation was rendered upon the re-
quest Of the management. The report
is that for some time back rivalry
existed among the division superin-
tendents and in this the general super
intendent took part. The fight then
narrowed down between Thomas Horne,
superintendent Of the South Platte
division, and General Superintendent
Halsey. Superintendent Horne made
numerous complaints to the manage
ment Of i'll treatment on the part Of MIR
Halsey, and the controversy ended in
the general superintendent being re-
quested to resign" Division Superin
tendent {. {. Hughes has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy, an appointment
which will give general satisfaction Il
the people of the Black Hills.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
COCH r a N
- nd hc
All Steel Deering BuCked Out
FAMOUS BUCKEYE.
The Worlds VictOr
The Worlds VictOr

Jim neard the dying mumu of the All Deering Custers
SANDER will
But slander
Cod @ some oi the greatest gndest that
the breath of When
infancy
words, Gye me Liberty me Death' 0 'A''0 r""iouo
Patrick Henry
again IN the war OF the Rebellion when
to
as take the of such Elm ~ 'o 'ou
following lines: '' No" mas naueo III the
When Angel Gabriel the Horn
s
Coven Devil opin
Thoult make him Guardian Iels
Buckeye
ana ships nothing
you expect fool believe
VIDE had
BLACK Hills
N ug SO you might have taken
dd not know your tricky inns
'r ana your assertions ~
lruh When this
number
"es' he TO show how
tor herves In It there IS eant picture the central arr 0 tho
Buck which
lake
monarch unharmed against the the
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06

Samuel Untermeyer, a prominent New
York attorney who represents large
number Of English investors in this coun-
try, in recent interview reported in
the New York Herald, said: 81 have
secured the investment Of something
like 81 100000 by Englishmen in
America in the past year. Part of this
went into breweries and part into tin
mines in Dakota. The Harvey tin mine,
which is located in the Black Hills
of Dakota, is worked entirely by English
capital in competition to the lin mines
OF England 1t is owned by English
men and run by Englishmen." Mr..
Untermeyer further said that there
would probably be great deal more OF
English capital soon invested in the
Black Hills tin mines. The experts
sent over here to investigate the tin re
sources have SO reported as to establish
the conviction of their richness, anc
some of the wealthiest Englishmen arr
interested in the subject.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
Fields CITY Notes.

FIELDS Cry, WYo., July 8, 1889.
Editor Custer Chronicle.
The following items Of news from this
highly eleaginous, and superlatively
carboniferous region are submitted for
your consideration, and publication, il
deemed Of sufficient Importance to war
rant the same:
| Joe Stotts, of the Sundance Farmer,
has secured a sit, and will issue the
initial number of the Fields City -,
Ia newspaper, the name Of which will
| appear later on on or about the 18th Of
July. The venture will doubtless be q
profitable one, as the town is growing
rapidly, and has brilliant outlook for
| future prosperity.
Mr.. Won Rippon Of this place has put
on semi-weekly mail and express
wagon between this place and Custer
City, which will be a great accommodate
ton to the residents Of both places, and
fill long felt want.
William O'Brien, formerly of Custer,
will, in few days, open confectionery
and variety store in this place.
Mondell & Patton, grade contractors,
having finished their first contract on
the b q Nj. line, have taken a second
contract, seven miles below this place,
and are now making arrangements to
commence operations.
Mclaughlin & Davis have taken a
grade contract ten miles above this
place, and will go to work soon.
Jones Bros, tie contractors on the B.
4 Nj. line, were looking up the timber
in this locality on Saturday, with view
to determining its suitable character for
tie purposes.
Coates Brothers have completed their
livery stable at this place, and are open
for business.
Mr. White, formerly Of Milbrook, |
Kansas, whose wife recently joined him
here, will open up in a tew days with a |
fine stock of confectionery and fancy
goods.
+. r. Curran has recently added an |
elegant club room to his saloon, which |
is highly appreciated 10y his patrons.
Respectfully, &c,
SCIPIO
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06

At the meeting of the territorial re.
publican central committee held al
Huron on the 9th ult., w. T Coad, Of
Rapid was elected permanent chairman
and j. U. Gridley, same place, secretary
The state convention was called to meet
at Huron, August 2Sth. Apportionmen
of delegates for the Back Hills counties
is as follows: Lawrence, "a; Penning
ton, s. Meade, 6; Custer, 5; Fall River
8 Butte, 2.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
FooR 1EAD DoG.

Upon the dog these simple and pathetic words AL STEEL
soid which Buck
inscription
The Buckeye Victorious in Every Contest.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
Custer City. Dakota.

Approaching the very liberal patronage here
toiofe extended, continuance of the same is
solicited Having fully realized the benefits
derived from the cash security and barter plan
in business, by which we have been enabled to
furnish choice goods at low prices and small
profits with mutual satisfaction to buyer and
seller, the same course will be adhered to in the
future, with kindly feelings and friendship to-
wards ALL
y w WEBSTER
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
Co-Partnership Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the co-partnership
heretofore existing between the undersigned,
doing business at Custer City, d. t., under the
firm name and style Of Booth & Webster, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due
to said firm may be paid to either of the under
signed. All books and accounts of said firm
remain in the hands Of Daniel ". Webster at
his place of business in Custer City ID. T.
Witness our hands at Custer City in Custer
County, Dakota, this Sixteenth day of March,
A. ID. 1889.
STEPHEN VI. BOOTH
DANIEL w. WEBSTER.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06

mi who
a
IN is
chimes which
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
The New Light Steel Buckeye Binder,

Sold thinks old
Gated the woody
Buckley
S
asuredy nails and because
Meth has the nuts to drop off.
being tied together with hide and the wheels bound with hide
had
for vehicle superior to huter or ketchum wagon because it
wood frame will not spring like steel frame but will show Deerng
sagged and warped unil they useless,
20 $
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
cochran leads the VAN.

When haired friend the Ireland
man ne conceived brilliant idea which was such an unusual thing for him
have been imposed week they pernse the local columns of the
by reading
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-06
CROOK NOSE, THE ORATOR,

Has
your and the Dear Public that anxious would
that did before this
Steel Deering,
hidden
Buckeye will
in
Reel
which the in
its Binding
S
Binder
"Neve dandTru
all Steel that would kill both Horse
Binder
which
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28

A cold wave is reported to be on
its way from Montana eastward, but
it will probably warm up like its
predecessor before it crosses the
Alleghenies. 1t is time we were
having a little real winter, but thus
far, while California has been over.
whelmed with floods, we have been
enjoying weather which belongs
normally in December to the Pacific
Coast.
On Lake Michigan half dozen
steam barges are carrying lumber,
mostly from Muskegon, Mich. the
same as though navigation had not
been formally closed by the expira-
ton of insurance December 1.
A Waverly, Ia, special says !:
" Christmas day has been the warm.
est December day known in this
section of Iowa. The thermometer
registered seventy degrees for sever
al hours in the middle of the day on
the north side of buildings. Country
roads are good"
A Gallon, o., special says "The
mild weather has caused the grass
to grow, dandellons to bloom, lilacs
to leaf and naples to bud, 1t beats
the oldest inhabitant."
Dandelions can be gathered in
the fields OF Berks County, Pa, and
peach trees are reported to be in
bloom and other fruit buds are
swelling.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28
There were heavy thunder storms

There were heavy thunder storms
in Northern New York and portions
of Pennsylvania Thursday.
The blockade of 1400 Baltimore
and Ohio freight ears at CUMBERLAND,
Md, which had continued for nearly
a week, was partly broken by the
work of twenty-five engines from
other railroads.
The influenza epidemic is preva-
lent throughout all Europe and
many deaths from it are reported
from Brunswick. A convention of
lawyers had to be postponed in
Paris, Frankfort's street railways
have suspended operations, many
schools are shut in Austria and the
Munich theatres are closed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28
HAPPY NEW TEAK!

KATE FIELDS WASHINGTON
creates a long felt want" for the
next number after the first one is
read. Its title explains itself. 1t
is business with her from the first
line of the prospectus to the last
page of attractive advertisements.
Her enterprise and literary ability
are crowded between. Bright, clear
and original, it makes country
publisher jealous that a woman
should thus set mans best efforts in
the shade. Please put us down for
an X, and if we can dispose of our
collateral in beans, butter and buck
wheat in arrears, wen make it a
Xxx.
Listen how her womanly genius
prods up our rural representatives
for leaning on their hunkers -
We ought to establish in the Uni
ted States a School of Department
for Public Men. Aud the first motto
l should hang up over the door
would be: "Don't sit on your spine !"
| couldn't help thinking of that as i
sat in the gallery of the House of
Representatives the day the Chief
Justice delivered his grafton. In
marched the President and Mr..
Blaine, followed by the other Secre-
tarles, and sat down in the first row
of the amphitheatre. Sat? Yes,
sitting is what it is called. Within
five minutes every mothers son of
them, with perhaps one exception,
had slid down so that his body was
supported by his shoulder blades and
the small of his back. The Justices
of the Supreme Court followed, and
down they went as bevy after bevy
filed in. In contrast with them,
there sat the foreign Ministers and
the delegates to the two information.
al conferences, as upright as ram.
rods. What made the contrast most
disagreeable was the fact that our
own great men were by far the best
looking persons on the floor, as a
rule. 1t seemed a pity that they
should spoil their fine effect by
such an attitude. But 1t is the COM
mon fault of Americans in public
places. Congress habitually sits on
its four hundred and odd spines
when it isn't making speeches or
writing letters. Our magistrates do
it on the bench. Our State legisla.
tors do it. Everybody does it when
he hasn't his hand or his brain, or
both, too busily occupied to admit
of such q thing, And why, pray ?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28
THE M. c BAND ON PARADE.

Of course you all know that at Christmas
time,
We usually find something to put in
rhyme,
But of all the subjects we call to mind,
A suitable one we scarcely can find.
To write anything in the usual style
We know full we'll would not be worth
while;
For when things grow stale with oft-re
peating,
They seldom meet hearty greeting.
So after much thought my choice is
made,
And I'll speak of the NJ. C. Band on pa,
rade,
'Tis sight to gladden. the heart of man.
kind.
And one for which we have often pinned, -
To see them march forth in their bright
array,
Conscious that they can carry the day :
With their helmet hats and their coats SC
red,
And such fine Major at their head;
Followed by one who's known as pro
fessor,
OF great musical talent the happy pos.
SCISSOR,
This wonderful man by a wave of his
hand
Commands the attention of the whole
Band,
And then in a moment the still air is
stirred
By sounds the sweetest that ever were
heard.
The crowd presses nearer good view to
take
Of those who help such sweet music to
make;
They stand as a man looking through q
lorgnette
To see Frank Evans play the cornet;
While Ray Swartz seems to favor the plan
OF playing away as fast as he can.
There genial Will K. with his piccolo.
Looks past Audolph who stands below,
To see if Burkhart is forgetting to play,
Or if Oliver r. in his usual way
Is teasing Ben. Dooly the champion
drummer
About the girl he had last summer.
A glance at Darby the baritone player,
Makes the crowd feel even gayer
Than Charly Young does when he plays
That the people stand open mouthed, -
aghast;
But recover themselves when they look
at Eugene.
Who's born musician It's plain to be
seen.
Here marches Phil. Sayles with his long
mustache
And an air which says my cigars are moi
trash.
The rest of the boys with smiles on theil
faces,
Come gaily along in their places,
Stealing now and then look at the girls
And one his handkerchief slyly unfurls
But the boys will flirt, and what does il
matter,
Fen thought this one stands next to the
base ball batter.
Names in this case we can not mention,
For fear it might attract attention
Success and long life we wish to thu
Band
Long may its name through the length
of the land,
Be blazoned with pride by those wht
That the City Band Boys are the dandie
to blow.
May its members old and members young
Haveloyal praise from every tongue,
And its Major stout and leader gifted,
High in the annals of fame be lifted,
So that in the minds of the people b,
made,
A lasting remembrance of the Band o.
Parade. RUTH
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28
EPOCH

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indivi-
dual. Such remarkable event is treas
ured in the memory and the agency
whereby the good health has been at
tanned is gratefully blessed. Hence it is
that so much is heard in praise of Elec-
trio Bitters. So many feel they owe
their restoration to health, to the use of
the Great Alternative and Tonic. If you
are troubled with any disease of Kid
neys. Liver or Stomach. of long or short
standing, you will surely find relief by
use of Electric Bitters. Sold at SOC. and
81 per bottle at z. G. Williams, Jr., &
Bro. g Drug Store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-12-28
III 889A 1909
THE HERALp extends to its man

The HERALD extends to its many
readers the compliments of the sea
son, and wishes one and all prosper
GUS and happy New Year. The many
kind wishes of personal and political
friends for the continued success OF
The HERALD 10 1890, are encourag-
ing and gratefully appreciated. We
shall try to improve the paper 10
many ways during the coming year.
gaining new friends by increasing
its merits, and making it more ac'
ceptable to its hundreds of readers
in every part of the Eastern Pan
Handle,