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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN.
A. scientists Estimate of the Amount Of
Physical Energy Expended.

fnysicai Energy E1penueu.
DIR. j. Buchheistsf, says the Ameri-
can Analyst, has now made almost in
teresting calculation on the work
done" by mountaineers in ascending
heights, which win serve as an illus
tration.
Surprising a mountaineer weighing
16s podhss III making the ascent Of a
summit 1000 feet high from the point
Of starting, he has to expend an amount
OF physical force found by multiplying
bis weight by the height to be assembled.
In the cass ASSUMED q weight OF 16s
pounds plus a height u ffeee feet equals
1,176, 900 ~foot-pounds; or, in othef words,
l,176,000 pounds have to be lifted n
foot. This Is work performed merely
by the muscles Of the legs; but, besides
This. the c~ontractiofrs OF the muscles OF
the ae.ft have 70 be taken into account.
Its functions t5hststs, as, rs wen known,
In ~propelling the bio6d collecting in
the heart, on the one hand, ihts the
arteries, and, on the other, into the
lungs This is effected at an initial
Velocity Of ons and a half feet per Sec
Snd; which represents in the case of an
adult Z work OF four t6ot~popnds for
each contractioG " the heart.
The pulsations Of an aGht are on the
average seventy-two per minute, bit in
ascenSit+ heights; owing TO the addi-
tioual exertion, theit nptnber rs in
creased to an extraordinary extent.
Assuming, for the sake of simplicity III
calculation, only 100 beats Of the pulse
per AinttA; this would give 400 foot
pounds per miiSte, $4,000 foot-pounds
per hour. and 100, 900 foct-toonds for
the Ave hours supposed TO be reqdttea
in ascending a height OF 1000 feet.
The work performed by the muscles In
breathing, by the expansion and con-
ifasti5n Of the chest, may also be estl-
mated az tStr f0ot-pounds. Assuming,
further, that the fut1bst Of breathings
Der minute is on the sfsrsfe only
twenty-five, although, as. a matter Of
fact, il viii be found 70 be higher in a
mountain ascent lasting Ave hours, we
haye TO add ldrther work Of 10000 loot
pounds. -
The total wots performed during Ave
hours by o mountainees consequently
amounts ( o l,326,O 900 foot-pounds. IN
this estimate are not included the
physical force spent in overcoming the
friction on the ground, the exertions TO
be made In keeping the body erect at
dizzE heights, and In dragging heavy
boots and foot-irons; tior the loss OF
muscle power in cutting steps In the
ice, not TO reckon the work performed
In carrying an ice AK, or the physical
force exerted in crossing fresh; loose
snow. Taking all these conditions into
account, DIR, B~uchheister arrives at the
conclusion. that the work done in an as
cent Of 1000 feet, lasting 1--WE hours,
cannot be placed at less than Iiaso,ooO
~foot-pounds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

NCSTHEHN LIGHTS.
n Beautiful Phenomenon snd Places Of
y. Most Frequent Appearance

e. MOST Frequent A~ppearsr"s'
William Stoszi IN the Popular Science
Monthly, says surofss sre most fire.
guently seen in the cold ana in the
northern temperate zone and hardly
ever in tho tropics. The places where
they most frequently appear lie between
the 10th .ba nth degrees of north lat
tude. In the torh Of an oval they in
eluds the .ee6gtaphical IS seil as the
magnetic north pole, which Is to be
found on the ~pehirsrls Boothia Felix;
Iceland, the Kara sea, Northern Siberia,
Behring strait, Hudson bay, Labrador
and Greenland. Eortherp lights have
been seen as faf fewu as the 25rh segree
of north latitude. In irti %splendor;
however, they may be seen only ~ the
northern polar regions TO the 18th de-
gree OF latitude. Here nature is dis
played In all her grandeur. When the
Sun Is set and the gray veil Of twilight
Is cast over the earth the northern
horizon grows darker and darker.
Soon there may be distinguished y
segment Of the sky more somber than
its background; this is hemmed in by
white concentric arcs Of light. Colored
rays shoot forth %therefrom in all direc-
tons. They interlace and intertwine
until they seem 10 be woven into one
ftuttering band of color, And anon it
changes TO a sea of FIRE! The rays leap
upward far above the zenith, form there
a flaming crown, and then sink back to
begin anew the wondrous display. The
most beautiful descriptions and trust
worthy observations we " TO Nor
denskiold and Ekama. All explanations
which have been attempted az 10 the
origin and cause of the northern lights
are based upon analysis by the spectre
scope, on the determination Of the ele-
ration, and on observations of the pc
.uliar behavior of the magnetic needle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

A well-known public man has two
sons. one of whom is nearly twenty
one years Of age aud the other about
thirteen. The elder took a turn at So
ciety last winter, but subsidized when
Lent began. Not many days ago,
while the family were at dinner. lie
youth said:
Il expect to be married one of these
days, but / have learned enough in
this month not to select n society girl
for q wife. Most of them do not get
up until i, or IL o'clock in the day.
They are ~indisposed half the time"
Yes, and exposed the other half"
said the little fellow. who had been =
keen listener to the experience related
by his big brother. Sunday Mercury.
A couple Of duck-legged dudes got
into a Brook street car the other day
and broke the rules of the company
and insulted ladies ia the car by filling
1t with the filthy fumes of cigarette
smoke. An old negro woman carrying
a bundle got into the a at Second
street and was about to take her seat,
when she looked around and, eyeing
the dudes for a minute, famed the
smoke away from in front of her face
with her open hand and said: Say,
little boys. ef you'll fro' dem ar weeds
away yer suckin' I'll gin yer err dime
ter buy sesgars wild; dey makes me feel
sick at de stummick. an I'd ruddcr
ride than walk. The little hoys''
didn't take the dime. but they took the
hint, pulled the strap, stopped the car
and got out. Sum white folks
chiren don't know n~ufin'," said tho
old woman. as she lowered the win
dow. and the car moved on
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
GORMANDIZING.

or overeating, or the partaking of too rich and indigestib6le food,
is q common cause of discomfort and suffering. To relieve the
stomach and bowels frou such overlooking, a full dose of Dr.
Pierces Purgaive Pellets is the best remedy. They operate gently,
yet thoroughly and without gripping, nausea, or other unpleasant
effects.
If the too free indulgence in such Incorporate eating has deranged
digestion, causing dyspepsia and biiousness, attended with a sense of
fulness or bloating after eating, coated tongue, bitter or bad taste in
mouth in morning, on arising. drowsness after meals, indescribable feel
ing of dread, or of impending calamity and hypochOndria-th then you
need to follow up the use of the Pellets with Dr. Pierces Golden Med
icl Discovery, to tone up the stomach, invigorate the liver, and set all
the processes of digestion at work. While curing indigestion, it purifes
the blood, cleansing the system from all humors and bood-polsons-no
matter of what name IT nature, or from what cause arising Unlike
other blood purifiers, it operates equally well at any season of the year.
1t contains no alcohol to inebrate no syrup o. sugar to ferment In the
stomach and derange digestion. On the contrary, it retards ferpenta-
ton and promotes all the digestive and asdmlatve processes 1t fs&a
wonderful and peculiar in curative results as in its chemical composition.
There is nothing similar TO it in composition or approaching 1t in results
Therefore. don't be duped and induced to take some substitute, said to
be " just as good" that the dealer may make a larger profit.
Manufactured by WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
No. 663 Main Street. Buffalo, \. \.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Forged Pictures in France.

In Paris the manufacture of false pic.
tures-of forgeries OF some two or three
painters-has advanced TO q startling
extent, and the singular thing is that
the selected painters are all not merely
modern. bu living, says the London
News. When il was Corot and Troyon
there could. of course, be no conclusive
appeal Indeed, there was one imitator
OF Corot whose work was so good that
there is a story OF a collector wishing
TO r~epudiate a purchase on finding that
he had really got a genuine Corot in
stead of a forgery from this able hand.
The painters now most popular with the
forgers are Detaille and De Melville.
The police have lately made large seiz-
ures. The trade has evidently been
going on at a wholesale rate. The a l.
dacity of the forgers has been viii o u
parallel. In case not only was the
name forged very distinctly, but an in
scription recording that the picture was
a gift TO a good friend was added on the
canvas. VI. Tissot has also been singled
out by the forgers for the fattery OF
imitation. 1t is curious that having
started with the romanticists, the fraud
should next be practiced on the school
whose works affect the utmost minute
ness Of detail. The cooperation of the
photographer, Of course, explains the
selection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Joadyism at Washington.

One OF these sightseers, a woman. /
am sorry to say, quite capped the climax
one Sunday morning when the presi-
Dental family got In late, just as the
congregation rose, as il always does for
the opening Invocation, says a Wash
ington letter. What" she said in a
stage whisper, do you rise when the
president in?" which question,
| am happy to say, was answered only
with a look which discouraged any more
questions on that line.
After the service many Of these
people hurry out of the church and
around TO the chapel door through
which the members of the church and
the presidential family go out, in order
to get one more look at them. 1t is a
shameful thing TO say, but it has
actually been necessary at times TO have
a policeman at this doorin order that the
president and his family, who like TO
walk home whenever the weather per-
mits, may have a passageway through
the crowd down the street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Lemons are used tor soap In many
countries where they grow. When, for
instance, the men and women ut the
West Indies want to wash their hands
they squeeze the juice of a lemon over
them and rub them frlskly in water
until they are clean. There is an acid
in the lemon similar to that used in
soap. And in countries where oranges
grow in great plenty country gentle
men use the cheapest kind for black
ing their boots. The orange is cut in
two and the juicy side Of one-half Is
rubbed On the SCOT of an iron pot and
then on the boot. Then the boot is
rubbed with a soft brush and a bright
polish at once appears.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

The congressional committee appointed
TO investigate the immigration business re-
port the discovery of a single square mile
of territory in New York City, where 2Z7,-
90 people live, which is so o more human
beings than can be found dwelling in any
other square mile on the earth's surface.
These people are said 10 be all Italians,
speaking only their own language and OBJ
serving foreign customs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

STANLEY Is in great need CT ress. io
expresses himself as terribly bored by the
long season of ~banquots and receptions be.
fore Lin In London, but sees no way to es
a them. Eveh while visiting tho prince
OF Wales he will have absolutely no time
90 him self He Is anxious TO do more lit
srary work, hut his correspondence has
become colossal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Syrup Of Figs.

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
juice OF California Ags. combined with the
medicinal virtues OF plants known to be
most beneficial TO the human system. acts
gently on the kidneys. liver and bowels.
effeetuslly cleansing the system, dispellinc
colds and headaches. and curing habtual
constipation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Taking the census of n nation OF Co..
)O0,0 900 people is a very big job. The gov.
printing Office has just completed
the printing of tho 20, 90 ,O00 enumeration
blacks, which weigh In the aggregate 229
urea Of 20 2cS, 3s8 square feet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

A Matilda A. Scott, living in North
May street, New York, has a kennel and .
dog farm, where she paises toy terriers
that net 600 a year, and she pays all hsr
expenses with the proceeds OF the canine
sick ward
An electric typew ritter 10 being con-
strueted which will write letters in New
York rs they are transmitted from Boston,
and vice versa, the communications being
transmitted aim ultaneously over four sep
srate wires.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Six Novels Free, will be sent by Cragin
& Co, Philadelphia, Pa, TO anyone in the
United States or Canada, postage paid,
upon receipt Of tw snty FIVE Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap wrappers. See list Of novels on
circulars around each bar. Soap for sale
by all grocers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Dead Head Ill., - the famous eleya-
ton near New London, from which the
friends of Yale and Harvard have watched
many boat races, has been graded out Of
existence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

There is some talk of annulling the
rights of the hoxholders of La Scala, doing
away with the annual subsidy, and letting
out the thenter to impresarios, after the
English and American fashion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

"A whStefdl slaughter of moose is said
10 be Carried on upoa the Upper Ottawa
river. In Canada. The animals ale killed
merely for their hides aud their caFcasses
are left In the woods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Rev John Prince, a Methodist min.
tster, 50 Years Of age, and Mrs. Cynthis
Wood, 81 years Of age, and mother Of 4
member of parliament, were married re-
Gently in Montreal They were lovers
when the century was young, but their
parents forbade their match and they
parted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Your Blood

Needs Q good cleansing for this spring. In order TO
overcome the Impurities which have accumulated
during TIE winter, or which may be hereditary,
and cause you much suffering. We confidently
recommend Hoods sarsaFaril, as the very best
spring medicine. by IL use the blood IL %purihei,
enriched and vitsliEcd. thLf tired feeling is entirely
overcome and the whole body given strsngth and
vigor. T. Q appetite II rest red ami sharpened, the
digestive organs are toned, and the kidneys and
liver invigorated.
II vas feeling very much worn ous and found
rothiny 70 beneht ne TIN I took Hoods ssrssps-
rtIis have nov taken several bottles snd IL has
made me feel perfectly weL ! was also troubled
with sores break ng out In my mouth, but =lnce
TAX ns Hoods SsrsaparIila have had no further
trouble from them. I have recommended IL to
osherA VINO have been very much benented by
eating IT," Ma MAsy AppsxLy. ca North wstr
ar :. pssstur, m
Hoods o~arssparllIa
soil by al druggists q, ak for =. Prepared orly
~ {. l. HOOD = CO. Lowell. Mass
100 Doecs One Dollar
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

When Saby was sick, we gave her castoris,
When she was a Child. she cried for c~astoria,
When she Lecarne Miss, abe chung TO Csstoria,
When she had Children, she gave them csstoria
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

The biggest edible oysters in the world
are found at Port Lincoln, In South Aus
tralia They are sometimes more than a
foot across the she'll, and the oyster fits the
shell SO we'll he does not leave much uln
Elm
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

In 1850 Browns Bronchial Trocl es''
were introduced, and their success is a
cure for Colds, Coughs, Asthma and Bron.
chitis has been unparalleled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Caleb Ellis, of Preston, Conn, has a
calf that has six legs, four of them being
set in front. The animal is well and Caleb
is holding him for a dime museum price.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

"A woman at Westerly, Conn, who had
rheumatism and nsuthgia. arose in the
night and baubed herself with IMMINENT. In
the morning IL was found hat she had used
ink, and she 10 not at home to callers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

"A gentleman In Paris, Tex, owns Q
horse which makes = habit Of eating young
chickens. Every time a Young chicken
comes within reach Of the horse Il 10 Sure
20 be swallowed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

DR. Il. L. 6oRsUcH, Toledo, o., says: Il
Eaye practiced medicine for forty years have
hover seen a pref aration that ! could prescribe
Halls Catarrh Curo.' Bold by Druggists, $50.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Pest, easiest 70 use and cheapest Plsos'
Remedy for Catarrb. BY d~ruggists. soc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

America's hnest, ''Tansilrs Punch
Cigar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-21

BLUE FIsH-Blue fish have appeared in
great numbers in the waters of Albemarle
sound and Pasquatark river, and are being
captured by hundreds by the fishermen
around Elizabeth City and neighboring
points. The reappearanee ofthese giant fish
ia an event Of great interest, Up till ten
years ago they abouDded in large numbers
in the same waters, but ct that time they
disappeared completely, snd not blue tsh
hes Deen seen since within hundred miles
till one day last week they came focking
into the sound in schools. They swermed
about Elizabeth City till the water was lit.
crafty alive with them, and were so thick
that the fiahermen easily caught them with
their hands. They were originally source
of great profit to that section, and their re-
turn is hailed with delight by the fishermen.
A man named Van Busen Ethrdge, of Ro-
anoke leland made an immense haul the
first day of the temperance OF the big fsh,
and Friday he shipped $50 bales of them to
the North, for which he will receive 1880
Their temperance in that section, after ab-
senting themselves for ten years. will raise
quite an interesting question In piscat orial
science.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-21
AUCTION SALES.
By 3. T. Lucas, Auctioneer.
1 sOMMISSIONERS' SALE OF Two HoUsE.

~ AND LOTS.
BY virtue of a decree OF the Corporstion Cour
OF the city of Alexandria entered at the Msrcf
term, 1880, in the chancery cause of Ratclif
against Ratcliff ct ais, the undersigned, gpecia
commissioners, will sell at pubic auction on
TUESDAY, APEIL %. 1890
at IL O'Clock noon, in front of the Roy al street
entrance of the Market Building. the :olloWins
property, in the city of Alexandria, Va:
First-ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND with tho
FRAME TENEMENT thereon, bounded as fol.
lows; viz: Beginning on tho north side of Wilkes
street, one hundred and five feet west OF Fairfax
street, running thence east on Wilkes street thir-
teen feet, more or less, to the centre of the
PARTITION between the house on this lot and the
one adjoining on the cast, and running back the
same width as in front sixty Jnc feet seven inches
second-The HOUSE and LOT adjoining the
ono above described, fronting twelve feet, moro
or less, on Wilkes street, and running back the
same width as in front sixty.one feet seven
inches.
Terms of Sale: : One-third of the purchase mon.
ey IN cash, and the residue in two equal pay
ments ct six and twelve months from tho day of
sale the purchasers to give their notes for the de-
ferred payments, with a coed endorser, and to
ear interest st six per certuG from cay of sale.
All conveyancing 1T cost of purchasers and the
title retained until all of the purchase money is
paid %
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
mh24 W4W A. w ARMSTRONG; I CommlS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-21

SYMPATHETIC INSANITY.-Jos. Thomas, a
respectable farmer of Burnsville township,
n. c., Lost his mind suddenly last week and
has become raving maniac. No cause can
be given for his misfortune except that his
mind has been oyertsxed recently. He has
beeu in the habit of reading until very late
at aieht afeer working all day and thus not
giving his mind time to recuperate. He
was carried to Wsdesboro' and placed In
the county jail until arrangements could be
made to carry him 20 the asylum. But the
strangest part of this sad story remains.
M-. Thomca's twin brother, who lives in
Ucion county, was notified of his brothers.
misfortune and Immediately went to see
him. Ee arrived at bis house on Sunday
uight aud by Tuesday be, too, was q raving
maniac. The two brothers resemble each
other very much and were strongly attach
ed. It is ptiable to sec them and hear their
inooherent jargon and wild discordant
laughter. Mr.. Ben. Thomas was sent back
to his home. in UDion county, while his
brother was carried TO Wadesboro' as stated
above. Both men are married and have
large families.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-21
AN INTERESTING DEcIs1oN.-1n 10 Danville,

AN INTERESTING DECISION Danville,
ca Friday Judge White rendered dec-
sion in the case of Claiborne END others
against Tally and others, which decision
will have an important bearing on similar
cases in other parts Of the State In 1859 g
deed conveying pegro slaves and lands to
Watkins, trusiee, was made for the benefit
of the children Of Mrs. VIM. Q. Claiborne,
With provision that when rsques ed TO DO
20 by Mira. Claiborne, the trustee ohon'd sell
the property to be invested 'in property OF
ike kind" TIE land comprising valuable
city property in Danvilie was sold and the
proceeds were invested in slaves, which be-.
came worthless in 1866 The children of
Mrs. Claiborne brought suit in the Circuit
Court for recovery of the reel estate. on the
ground that negroes were not property of
like kind. Judge Whlttle decides: First,
that in the meaning of the law, negroes were
property of like kind, and, second, that pur.
ohes ers of the property we're not required
to see TO the application of the purchase
money. end therefore. dismissed the suit at
plaintiffs costs. An appeal will be taken
to the Supreme Court Of Appeals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-21

SAW THE GOAT SADDLED.-The ubiqui-
tous small boy and the Odd Fellows OF
Reading, Ps., do not speak as they pass by.
Six or eight Odd Fellows lodges meet on
the third food of the Odd Fellows Hall and
recently number of prying youths climb
the fre-sscapes on the outside, and made
themselves acquainted with the peculiar In
itiatcry ceremony. Since then all the goats
in the neighborhood and country round
about have been bought up, and the festive
youths still camog for more. Nightly they
hold meetings in cellars and garrets, and the
number Of neophypes has assumed alarm
Ing proportions The Odd Fellow is per
picked and indignant. He declares that
the fire escapes must go, and the pryiDg
youths who have stolen their secrets must be
brought in dead or alive. District Deputy
Gfend Master John Wun7ch and all the
lodge men have resolved themselves into a
committee to investigate the affair, but they
haven It been able to eCare up the peeping
youngsters or anything that looks like them
as vet.