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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

The first cargo OF the American
bituminous coal that has been known to
be shipped direct to Brazil will be taken
by the schooner Hannah McLoon,
which sailed from Philadelphia yester-
day for Santos via Newport News. Many
efforts have been made to introduce
coal from this country into Brazil, but
every attempt was thwarted by the coal
monopoly Of the country, which was in
the hands of the English, who refused
TO handle the American product. Dur
ing the last two years thousands of
tons of coal shipped from Philadelphia
have been landed at st. Thomas and
Martinique, driving out all foreign coal.
The McLoon gets Ss.5 per ton freight.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

Very few persons can truthfully say
that their destiny has been decided by
the drawing of a straw. Edward Span
genberg. one of the most successful of
the younger attorneys of Cincinnati,
owes much of the good things that have
come to him to such IN apparently tri-
vial circumstance. The time was Just
at the close of the war. Mr.. Spangen-
genberg and his brother had done SER
vice under the stars and stripes, and
with their father found themselves in
Denver, hen a small place. A good
opening was found for one of the boys,
but which was to stay there was a
question. Neither had a profession.
So the good father prepared two straws
and, covering them in his fingers, babe
eacn son to pull one. Young Edward
drew the short one and was obliged to
return to Cincinnati. He left the vest
with a heavy heart, arrived in Cincin-
natl, procured employment without
trouble, gained the fancy of the late W..
Il. Forrest, began TO study law, and in a
few years has, by dilligent work and
honest methods, builded a practice that
many an older attorney would be proud
to possess. Mr.. Spangenberg says the
short end of the straw turned after all
TO be the long end.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14
0'REILLY RETURNS
He Is Reticent as to the Object
of His Hurried Visit
Abroad.
1t Is Still Thought the Cronin
Trial Prompted the
Journey.
Trouble at a Campaigning and
Temperance Notwithstanding
Viii Hereafter BE
Eliminated.
Denies he Allegation.

DETROIT, Dec. 5.-Rev. DR.. Reilly,
who, with Colonel John Atkinson, re.
turned on Tuesday from his hurried trip
abroad, is inclined to be extremely re.
ticent regarding the motive that induced
him to cross the water at a few hours
notice. 1t was given out some weeks
ago that the treasurer of the Irish
National league had been dispatched
abroad by n of the ex-agents Of tho
triangle 10 relieve the fears entertained
by Mr.. Parnell regarding the possible
effect of the Cronin tragedy upon the
nationalist movement in the United
States, but to this suggestion the rever.
end gentleman replies with an emphatic
denial. 1t is understood in nationalist
circles, however, that the trip was nc
ordinary one, and its real purpose may
be exposed before the next convention
of the Irish National league.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

A Michigan exchange gives this ad-
vice to its readers: 'If a gr~ay-haired
woman of so in moderately respectable
attire is put off the cars in your town
because she can't pay her fare any
further; Is she almost Immediately re-
ceives a telegram urging her to come
home on the next train because her
husband is dying, and If she tearfully
and desperately, in a plenty loud voice,
announces that she is going TO walk
home 100 miles, you let her walk. She
and her confederate, who sends the
telegram, have worked the dying-hus-
band racket in half a dozen Michigan
towns at a net profit, it is figured, OF
SIS a day.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

A stream near Benton, Tenn, is said
20 be full Of phantom fish. Starding on
the rocks and looking down into the
water the eye can see hundreds of trout,
some Of them remarkably large, darling
about the pools or resting with the
gentle motion peculiar to their tribe.
The angler casts his line in n of these
pools literally swarming with fish, to
all appearances, and no matter how at
tractive the fly or how skillful the fish.
erman he never gets a bite. As plentie
full as they seem TO be 40 one has ever
vet been able to catch a trout in that
stream. The fish pay no attention to
the hook or hn,, and when the bait is
thrown at them or an attempt is made
10 spear them the instrument has the
appearance of passing through the fish
but he is not caught; when the barb or
spear is removed he is still there"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14
Custer Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, /: PUBLISHER

There is a certain firm Of subscription
book publishers in Cincinnati that has an
agent who recently took a most wonder
full number OF orders. 81 can't explain
1t" said one of the firm, except ON the
theory that he mesmerizes them. l
know that l delivered the books to the
parties, and while they all acknowledge
the genuineness Of the signatures, they
claimed not TO be able to remember the
least thing about giving the order"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 5.-The i~nstalla-
ton of Rev. DIR. Chester as pastor Of the
Emmanuel Presbyterian church takes
place tonight in that edifice. He has
created a mild futter by appearing in
the pulpit in q black robe, a decided in
novation in the Presbyterian church of
the west, although it may occasionally
be seen in east.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14
1t Don't Pay

TO use uncertain means when suffering
from diseases of the liver. blood or lungs
such as biliousness, or silver complaint,
skin diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings
or from lung scrofula commonly known as
consumption of the lnngsl when DIR.
Pierce Golden Medical Disc overy is guar
anteed TO cure all these affections, Il taken
Ia time, or money paid for it will be
promptly refunded.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

BEAVER CREEK, Mimi, Dec. 5.-Fire
yesterday destroyed about half the
business portion of this town. The
flames started in an unused building,
and owing to a high wind which pre-.
vailed at the time and the poor means
for fighting fire, the town was at the
entire mercy Of the great destroyer
The loss Is not known.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14
The Wool

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The national
wool growers after the completion Of
their business session yesterday, called
in a body on the president and Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Rusk.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

$50 offered for an incarabie case of Ca
tnrrh in the Head by the proprie.ors Ct DIR.
Says Remedy.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-14

and success fr her. Now the happiness
and the success were at hand, and there
in the aisle stood her own true love; but
the recollection Of that dear face, and of
the little mound that covered IL, rested on
them like a shadow. 1t passed with o sigh.
and in its place there came the memory OF
poor Mr.. Tombey. but for whom she would
not have been standing there . bride, and
OF his last words as he put her into the
boat. He was food fr fishes now, poor
fellow, and she was left alone with a great
and happy career opening out before her
"A career in which her talents would have
free space to work. And yet how odd to
think it, two or three score of years aud ID
would all be one, and she would be as Mr..
Tombey was. Poor Mr.. Tombeyl perhaps
IL was as well that he was not there to sec
her happiness; and let US hope that wher~
ever 1t Is we 60 after the last event we lose
sight Of the world and those we knew
therein. Otherwise there must be more
hearts broken In heaven above than ON
earth beneath.
Now then, Miss Smithers." broke in
DR.. Probate. 'for the very Last time-no-
body viii call you that again, you know
take my arm; his Lordship-I mean tho
~parson--is there"
1t was done, and they were man and
wife. Well, even the happiest marriage
Is always q good thing to get over. II was
not . long drive back to Hanover-squares
and the very first sight that greeted thews
on their arrival was the infant from the
city (John's), accompanied by his brother,
the infant from Pump-court (JamesD, who
had, presumably, come to show him tho
Way, On, moro probably, because he
thought that there would be eatables GO
ing-holding In his hand q legallooking
letter.
J Ito be ~continued.l
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Juvenile Literary Gems.

The Chicago News offered prize for
the best story written by pupil in tho
Chicago public schools, and as result
was deluged with all sorts of produc.
lions. 1t printed many OF them and
rejected more, but that its readers
might not be deprived of considerable
enjoyment, it printed short extracts
from some OF the rejected manuscripts.
Here are a few OF these extracts:
Cora Brown was fortunately the pos.
SCISSOR of birthday, for she was the
daughter Of rich friends" Norman
was dear, bright, but thin, little boy"
"But all this time cloud was gather
ing over Mrs. Delaney, which grew
large as the years went by. and that
cloud was full OF grasshoppers." Eva
was pretty little girl, but not smart,
being the only child" "She fell down,
scattering her senses in every direc-
tion." my father desired me to mar
ny a bank president, a handsome. recls-
less man, fond OF naught save the gam
ing table" "The minister's wife had
nine children, each of which was ono
year younger than the other. Though
poor, she was diligent woman"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Charley Dean.

The following story, written by
Horatio Alger. Jr., the popular writer
for boys and girls, is one that should
be carefully read by boys, who may
profit by the moral that it teaches.
Come to the theater with me-" said
John White to Charley Dean, as they
were leaving the store in which they
both worked.
II cannot, because / have another
engagement"
(Which isn't one-half so pleasant,
I'll be bound. What is it, if it isn't Q
secret?"
81 devote two hours every evening Ia
studying bookkeeping"
"And what good do you suppose il
will ever do you?"
Perhaps" said Charles, smiling, 81
can keep your accounts when you come
into your fortune. Seriously. though,
think it is something which every one
who is in business ought TO know some.
thing about. and / might as we'll learn
now as any time. Suppose take my
turn in inviting you to join meP"
You won't catch me wearing out my
eyes over any such stuff. You'd better
give it up tonight, and go with me.
There's perfectly splendid play to.
night-a live horse brought on the
stage, Jim Lane told me-"
81 can see plenty of live horses
every day on the streets. John"
"Oh, pshaw, Charley! you're as cold
blooded as Hercules, or any OF the
other old Greek philosophers"
ii never knew before that Hercules
was a philosopher" said Charley,
smiling. -Sunshine.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
How George Won Her.

Chicago Tribune: at grieves me
to pain you, Mr.. Ferguson, but fear
it can never be. Try, try to forget it,"
"rll try, Miss Laura, replied the
young man, in a melancholy. hopeless
way. Absorbed in the vortex OF bust
ness, as / shall De hencforth, may be
able to still the clamor Of my aching
heart and Danish your sweet image
from my my mind"
Then you contemplate going into
businessp"
IL have made arrangements" he
said, in hollow voice, .'to open a
large confectionery store"
20, George!" exclaimed the beauti-
fall girl, wildly. as she flung herself in
to his arms, sthe sight Of your suffer
ing is more than can bear. am
YOURS"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
A Tale of War.

What could be happier than this
childish account of a dogs mode of
soothing his mortified vanity when he
has had an unsuccessful encounter
with cat? "lf there's no trees Just
round, the dog gets the cat in the
corner of door or two brick walls.
Then the cat makes her body twice as
big as what is flesh and bone. by stand
ing her hairs up strife, and she splits
and sneezes all over the dog. 80 he can't
see what he's a doing Of The while
he's clearin' his eyes bit, she scratter
him in the nose, which you know, OF
all parts OF dogs flesh, its nose has
got the littleist skin over IL. You
might say as there is no skin. only a
bit OF meet. The dog feels justas il he
was cought with fishing-hook, and he
runs right away thinking TO hisself as
he thought the cat was a little one,
when he see II in the yard. London
Spectator.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Distinctively q Painter.

Of all our artists William Chase is
the most distinctively and emphatically
painter, marked for such both by
his powers and by his limitations. His
is not so much the art of the brain
that thinks or of the imagination that
conceives us of the eye that secs and
the hand that records. He cares little
for abstract form, less for compost ton,
and hardly at all for thought or story;
but the iridescence of a tish's back or
the creamy sOftnesS of a woman's
shoulder, the tender blue of morning
sky or the vivid crimson of Il silken
scarf-yes, or the red glow of copper
kettle or the variegated patches of
clothes hung out to dry-these things
he seizes upon and delights in, and rem
ders with wonderful dizziness and pre-
cisiOn. He is, as it were, u wonderful
human camera-a seeing machine -
walking up and down in the world,
and in the humblest things as in the
finest discovering aud fixing for us
beauties we had else not thought of.
Place him before palace or "a market
stall in HARLEM, Holland, or in Har-
lem, New York, and he will show us
that light is everywhere, and that
nature is always infinitely interesting.
His art is objective and external, but
all that he sees he can render, and he
sees everything that has positive and
Independent existence. He is tech
nician OF the breed of Halls and
Nelasquez; a painter, in word. We
have more imaginative artists, better
draugtsmen, men of a subtler or more
personal talent. but we have no such
painter as Mr. Chase, and the world
has to day few BETTER Harper's
Magazine.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
The Sagacity OF a Rat.

Rats Is an expression OF contempt
which is intended to convey tho inn
preston that a person is crazy, or
something worse" observed a stock
yards employee who has charge OF the
feed lots at that place.
"Or it may be convert reflection
on the rat ITSELF" he continued 'and II
such is the case the originator OF tho
expression does the rat great injus.
tice. I've read remarkable instances
OF the sagacity and cunning Of other
animals, but | can discount them all
with a true rat story. The incident OF
which l speak is one wherein one RAT
saved another from lingering death.
and it happened at the stock-yards
during cold snap last winter.
~ was out among the corn-cribs one
morning when heard loud squeezing
and on moving around to the side OF .
tall crib | saw a rat hanging by its
tail to knot-hole in the side OF tho
crib twenty feet from the ground.
The rat had evidently slept among the
corn with it's tail bent into hook and
it had frozen in that shape. Then 10
the morning, ! suppose, it had gone to
the knot-hole to take look at the
weather, lost its balance, and had fallen,
the hook in the end of its tail catching
on the edge OF the hole.
"Benumbed with cold it couldn't ex.
tricate itself from its perilous position.
so there it hung, squealing the chilly
hours away till it could freeze himself
to death, and it would have done il,
too, but for its partners admirable
presence of mind. l was looking
around for piece of board or some
thing else with which to infuse soma
warmth into the poor unfortunate rat.
which was still squealing, when | heard
a responsive squeal from the top of the
crib. On looking up saw another rat
with gray whiskers who came to the
edge of the crib, looked down, and then
went to chasing itself about over the
corn at a terrific rate. lashing its sides
with its tail and anon jumping into tho
air and kicking itself in the abdomen
with all four feet at once.
at kept this up for two minutes.
when it suddenly disappeared, reap
pearing second later at the knot hole
putting and blowing like a tug-boat.
and settling itself he exhaled his hot.
steaming breath on the frozen tail OF
the suspended rat. The tail was soon
thawed, the hook unbent, and the SUI
fering rat fell to the ground, and thus
escaped lingering death"
What became of the rescued rat
when he reached the ground?" asked a
young man who was making note OF
this truly remarkable occurrence.
He just laid there-the fall killed
him." said the stock-yards Ananias
with PARKWAY look in in his eyes,
Chicago Times.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Printers Marks.

?? is 90. That is the first and last
letters questio Question:.
is 10. 10 in Latin is the interjec-
ton of joy.
7 is a Greek p, the initial letter of
paragraph.
is used by the Greek grammarians
to arrest attention TO something strik-
ing (asterisk or starr.
is used by the Greek grammarians
to indicate something Objectionable
(Obelisk or dagger).
1t is a mistake to think that Caxton
was the first printer in England. A
book was discovered with the date 1868
(OxfOrd). The person who set up the
Oxford Press was Corsellis.
En- is the unite OF measure in print
ing. The standard is plea m (Latin,
literally maybe, the old black >etter
type on white paper resembling the
colors OF the magpie). The width of
line is measured by the number of
such ms that would stand side by side
in the stick" Some work is made up
OF l0l, 20I, etc. ems. and for the half
EN- printers employ the letter n. As
no letter is wider than the m, and all
narrower letters are fractions of it,
this letter forms Il very convenient
standard for printing purposes.-De-
troit Free Press.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Vivid Writing,

A little descriptive piece entitled
cover the Gums" from the Detroit
Free Press, of which we give Il para
graph, reminds us that great advertis-
ers, like II. H. Warner & Co., proprie-
tors of Warmers celebrated Safe Cure,
might get hint from it.
Here is the paragraph:
sShoot to the right or left, over the
guns or under them. Strike where
you will, but strike to destroy. Now
the hell surges down, even to the win
dows of the old farm-house-now back
under the apple trees and beyond
them. Dead men are under the pom
derous wheels of the guns, mad devils
are splashing and shooting across the
barrels. No one seems to know friend
from foe. Shoot, slash, kill and
s.But the hell is dissolved. The smoke
is lifting, shrieks and screams grow
fainter, and twenty or thirty men pull
the dead bodies away from under the
guns. Three hundred dead and wound
ed on the single acre. They tell OF
war and glory. Look over this hell's
acre and find the latter" And in just
as deadly strife, though noiseless,
are men falling at our right and. left to-
day. Is it war? Yes, war OF the
blood. Blood loaded with poison
through imperfect kidney action. And
is there no power to- stop this awful
slaughterp Yes. Warmers Safe Cure,
a tried specific, a panacea that has
brought life and hope 10 hundreds OF
thousands of dying men and women.
Be enlisted therefore, in the great
army of living men and women who
have been rescued from disease and
premature death, and be etcrnally
easily be yours.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
MRS. CLEVELAND.
She Weighs Twenty Pounds Less
Than at the Time Of Her Mar

She Weighs Twenty Pounds Less
Than at the Time of Her Mar
riage.
Every one who has seen Mrs. Cleve
land since she has arrived in this city,
says the New York World, has re.
marked upon the great change in hel
appearance. She is very much thin
ner, having lost probably since her
marriage fully twenty pounds. She is
tall woman, something like feet z,
and weighed when she married Mr..
Cleveland nearly 160 pounds, which
did not seem at all too much for her
height. Now she looks distinctly thin
and has lost, too. the brilliant color
she had as girl. The life in Washing
ton has been in some respects hard
one and the climate has never agreed
with her very well, she having always
been accustomed to colder and more
bracing atmosphere. This change in
her appearance has been greatly ac-
centuated by the change in the way OF
wearing her hair which she has re-
Gently made. The Cleveland couture,
which meant high coils on the head
and a few curled love-locks on the
forehead, has taken a distinct place
among the fashions, of hair-dressing
and has grown universally familiar
through the photographs of the ex-
presidents wife. But it is now en-
tirely altered; she brushes her hair
straight back from her forehead,
without any suggestion of bang, and
pins it in low, braided coil on
the back of her neck. Such a
radical change OF couture makes
almost as much difference in a
woman's appearance as would the shay
ing of his beard on the part of the man.
1t has changed Mrs. Cleveland so much
that very few people who are not per-
sonally acquainted with her would be
able to recognize her. II is said that
this is what she had in view when she
made the change. She knew that her
face had become so familiar to every
one that she would not be able even to
walk in the streets or to appear in any
public place without Immediately being
pointed out and stare at, and it was
to avoid this unpleasantness that she
that those people who knew her only
through photographs should not easily
recognize her. She and Mrs. Folsom
are already beginning an executive ses-
sion with the dressmakers, preparing
their spring wardrobe, as they proba-
bly, leave town early in the season and
wish to be beforehand in their prepare
tions. Mrs. Cleveland has already
made investments in the pretty new
ginghams and China silks which are
being shown in the shop-windows. She
has great fondness for simple, girlish
costumes for summer wear, and with
her fresh complexion and slender,
youthful outlines these are extremely
becoming to her. Mrs. Folsom, how.
ever dresses very quietly, does not
look very much older than her daugh.
ter, and, indeed, as far as age IS con.
cerned, might easily be an elder sister,
being but little over seventeen years
her senior,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
Clarjnda Takes the Air.

Oh wot We how fair Mistress Pruc
Doth purse her lips and frown,
To see one feet along the street
All in trim new gown'
Sing louder, robin, pipe. o wren.
And, thrush, your qusvers dare;
Let every throat be vocal when
Clarinda takes the air."
She hath smile that would teguile
A monk in robe and cowl.
And yet her eyes can look as wise
AS grave Mmerva's owl
Lo when she speaks, across her cheeks
The chasing dimples fare.
Oh, young again ! would be when
Clarinda takes the air."
Nor left nor right her glances light,
Demurely on she goas;
In. all the wide, wide countryside
There's not so sweet rose
And We, my gallant gentlemen
Tut! tut! ye should not stare;
And yet how may We help it when
Clarinda takes the airl'
Clinton Scollard, Harpers Magazine.