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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

-"And whore is your little brother,
Flossier' "Oh, ives been divorced. DIT
vorcedr" "Yes; mamma's got him and
papa's got me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Par on-Tm surprised, boys, TO SEQ
you in swimming OF Sunday. dn't you
p omise y u wouldn't. Jimmy Dol Yes
cir. but We Nit swimmin'; W re only
barbiu'.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06
raahion and other Mode.

Even garters have gauze bows in hot
weather.
A pearl nah with gold head and tail
serves ~ . scarf pin.
Black ribbons with gold fieuer-ds-lis
are often used instead Of bows.
There ' was . yet who
didn't long 70 tell sope other woman
just how she ought to do up her hair.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Rev. Mr.. Wilgu.-ALd you are s ~
firm in the faith, Brother / ottsi Potts i
dunno-I dunno. ! have teen q little
shaky ever since that rain stopped the
game just as our club was getting the hest
OF 10.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

A Georgia contemporary declares
that thers are only six editors In the
Whole state who cant set type.
Austin. Tex. has decided to erect
the greatest dam In the United States
over the Colorado river. II will cost
81. 600. 600 and afford l.400-horx
power.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

There were SO, ssi paupers In London
in the third week In July-t,2i5 indoor and
81, 100 outdoor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, one q dose. Cure
head ache, constipation and indigestion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

"Wbere are all those people goinE to,
officer" asked the man from up country
Inst sunday morning. TO n FREE mo, !
should say they were trying TO get aWay
from one. They're going 10 church"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

IL went Oh with a good deal OF spi rit
didn't itin Ten quartan
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Best, easiest 70 use and cheapest. Pisos'
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Soc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Under the present statutes Of Missouri
a person can marry, be divorced and re
marry in thirty one days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

Love and hardship like no fellow ship. -
You can ease life by using SAPOLIO. and
that increases home happiness. II 10 a
.o.id cake of Securing Soap. Try II.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

-"How did your father receive me,
Like the prodigsl of old. He jump ed on
my neck"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

FoR A LIVER try BEEcHAw':
PILLS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06

ing. my eyes were compelled TO follow the
direction In which his own were bent II
was at first impossible to divest oneself of the
belief that something should be there to
justify so fixed q game. However, as the
rapid growth Of our friendly Intercourse o
showed me that he was a boy of most ardent
poetic temperament-perhaps even more q
poet than an artist laid at the door of the
Muse these absent looks and recurring flights
into vacancy.
sketching. to the best OF our ability, the swirl
ing stream, the gray rocks, and the overhang-
Ing trees, the last just growing brilliant with
autumnal tints. So beautiful was everything
around that for q long time ! worked, idled,
or dreamed In contented silence. Carriston
had set up his easel at some little distance
from mine. At last ! turned to see how his
sketch was progressing. He had evidently
fallen into n Of his brown studies, and, an
parently, . harder one than usual. His brush
had fallen from his fingers, his features were
immovable, and his strange dark eyes were
absolutely riveted upon q large rock In front
of him, at which he gazed az intently rs II
his hope of heaven depended upon seeing
through It
He seemed for the while oblivious to things
mundane. A party Of laughing. chattering,
terrible tourist girls scrambled down the rug
ged steps, and o by one passed In front of
him. Neither their presence nor the inquisi-
tive glances they cast on his statuesque face
reused him from his 1t Of abstraction. For
q moment 1 wondered II the boy took opium
or some other narcotic on the sly. Full Of the
thoughtJ rose, crossed over 70 him, and laid
my hand upon his shoulder. As he felt my
touch he came 10 himself, and looked up 1t
me In q dAxed, inquiring way.
Really, Csrriston," l said, laughIngly,
''you must reserve your dreaming fits until
we are In places where tourists do not con-
gregRtn o. you win be thought a mailman, or
ct least Q poet"
He made no reply. He turned away from
me impatiently, even rudely; then, picking
up his brush, went on with his sketch. An
~ . whils ~ seomeddp rsoovee I'm ~ ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

and utterly devoid of equal and exact
justice that it will rebound to the
decided injury of the projectors. He
says if it is passed it will guarantee d
democratic president in 1892. The
people will not tolerate such blind, one
sided partisanship. All the republicans
of the south are opposed to it. They
recognize the fact, that the Caucasian
race mustoand will rule orsthere will be
big fusss Besides the shot gun of athe
south pales into insignifcance. as COM
pared to the money debaucherY in the
elections of Indiana and New York
,ElDorado Democrat. 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
AFRICA'S KOLAo NUT.
Rival of Tea and Coffee and a Substi-
tute for Tonics.


tute for Tonics.
A paper by Mr.. Z. Christy was read t
a meeting of the Balloon Society, St.
James Hall, on the African kola nut.
concerning which many remarkable
statements have recently been pub
lisheds The kola nut is held in great
respect by the natives of the western
coast of Africa on account of its won
derful slim mu1a ting and sustaining
powers. The nut is ground into a fine
powder and carried about the person
during long Journeys, when often the
only sustenance consists of a chew of
this kola. Thanks to it, many have
been able to stave off thirst and hunger,
while others declare that after severe
days work of marching nothing so re-
wives the system as a kola nut. As a
basis for a beverage, the analysis pub
ished comparing the nitrogenous prin-
ciples, chemically defined and crystal
liable, skola takes precedence over tea,
coffee and cocoa, while. owing to the
almost entire absence of tannin from it,
= it does not injure to impair the diges-
tive organs. The stimulating tonic and
sustaining powers of kola are mostly
due to the caffeine, of which it contains
o'eT "a per CcIlt; anu SusererS from
indigestion, nervous or bilious head
aches will, the lecturer remarked, hail
with satisfaction beverage which they
can drink as a substitute for tea coffee,
or cocoa. The lecturer pointed out the
advantages of this nut to sportsmen
athletes. brain-workees, during the
times when they are straining
their powers of endurance. From the
. accounts given kola is likely to prove
not enly great rival to tea and coffee,
but also a substitute for the ordinary
in the tropics having low-lying, marshy=
lands will find the kola tree a profita-
BILE product, yielding as it does, atfplG
maturity, about hundred weight of
: nuts per annum. The flos~ering and
fruiting9 take place sim
twice year, so that there. rs pfesen ted
the curious sight of tree bearing fruit
and eower at the same moments %
AN Interesting letter was read oat.the
. arissAcademy of Medicine recently on
the action Of kola as neiIrishment and
sustaining power for walkers, and spe
eially for the ARMY DIR. Hecke1, of Mar
seilles,, the. writer of the letter. argues
that the fruit of the kola plant should
be- used as partsof the soldiers rations.
inasmuch as it enables men to make
long marches without a corresponding
fatigue: He gives varioas instances in
support of his statement. and especial
ly mentions a test made. during a ma
neuver of the Sixt&l' Army Corps.-Pub-
lie Opinion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

Stoke joined in with his little. yowl
last week by intimating that the post
master will be. unable to disprove the
charges made. against him Register.
"a GUILTY conscience needs no
aceaser." We did not intimate" ANY
thing of the kind; we only stated that
we were told charges were made
which would be hard for the postmaster
to explain away" Of what those charges
are we have no. personal knowledge
ether tkan the general report, and
when Caraway jumps onto us in the
above manner. we are tempted to
believe that there is more to the mat
ter than we. know OF: Personally, we
are not in the .postoftice fight. and care
little which side comes out ON top; but
we do. not like to. be falsely quoted
before the public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
succI's LONG FAST.
1t May Prove That We All Eat More Than
Is Necessary.


The completion by Sig. Succi of his
self-imposed fast of forty days. regretta-
bic as were its surroundings, is undoubt-
edfy remarkable feat. The penitential
fasts of the church in the middle ages,
though sufficiently severe. yet permit
ted bread and water to be taken, with
sometimes a refresher of dry cooked
beans and small beer, and an occasional
small fish in the evening" but we can
recall no modern instance in which
total abstinence from food has been, we
were going to say indulged in, or at
any rate, practiced, for so long period
without serious results. Most physiolo-
gists. would. we think, before the. fact
have pronounced it impossible. The loss
by the lungs, the skin and the urine
would have been considered to be too
great for the nervous and circulatory
systems to bear without the breaking
down ofsSsome part of the machinery.
. Cases sare on record where an animal
has lived a much longer period without
ofood-as, for example, the fat pig that
fell over Dover cliff and was picked up
alive 100 days after. being partially en-
bodied in the debris; but here little mo-
ton was allowed warmth was retained
by the surrounding chalk, and Life was
sustained by the animal on its own fat.
Dogs and wolves. again, are said to be-
able to sustain a complete fast for a
month. but for a man TO resist the de-
pressing effects of a forty days fast
with nothing butwater, which can hard
iy9 be- called food, is certainly excep-
! tional, Sig. Succi is described as look
ingswan. thin .and sallow. and it is
stated that he lost weight at the
rate Of about half a pound dayssdur-'
ing the latter days of his fast. The
loss vas no doubt, in a great.apart due
to the elimina ton of carbon dioxide by
the lungs, and of watery vapor by the
skin and lungs. His temperature was
well maintained. His pulse varied, but
was, during tke' latter days more fire.
'ouento than ma tural. The roolho in which
. he lived was judiciously keptsat a high
temperature and he did not exhaust
his nervo-muscular apparatus by0eXer-
cise. o'Perhaps othe conclusion may. be
drawn from this experiment that con-
siderable portion of our ordinary food
is n0t applied to any useful purpose in
the economy, but is converted in the in
'testinal canal into leucin,. tyrosin and
other. crystssloids, and that many of the
inactive inbab abitants of CT ties habitually y
eat more than. is required TO maintain
their mental and bodily functions in
the highest ssffcienev.-LondonL Lancet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
MONTANA CHIVACRY.
A Frontiersman Lets an Enemy on With
a Mild Punishment. . O.

A Frontiersman Lets an Enemy on With
Mild Punishment. 60 O.
Now and then you will find man
who will bully and fight at. the same.
time. Such a chap was .''Lop-shoul-
dered Bill, "'as we called him in Mon
tana. He was ugly, quarreIsome and a
abraggart, but he would have fought ten
men as soon as one For two years he
had a revolver where he could drop his
hand On 80 it in a second, and the half
dozen chaps who were looking to get
. the drop on him had to Keep on waiting.
One day, however, Bill's shooter got out
Of repair and ne gave it to miner to
be fixed. Instead of waiting for it
he g. wand cred down to- saloon
where the hard 'uns congre-
gated, and it wasn't a quarter of an
houz before he set out to pick "a fuss
with a new arrival. He just acbed to
3 kill somebody, and when he nettleds the
stranger into talking back" 'hereached
sfor his gun 10 pop him. His gun wasn't
there. When Bill realized it he turned
as white as snow, thinking his. time had
come The stranger had drawn on him,
you see.- and he carried a wicked look
in his eyes
'i'Well?'' he asked, as Bill raised his
hands
''I haven't any gum
'.Iesee. Leave it some@here?"
Yes
Very careless in you I've got the
"You hev.".
You are bad man, and i ought to
shoot you through the head but / don't
like this cold-blooded business Hold
up your right hand and spread out the
fingers
.'Stranger, don't do it,
EITHER that or I'll put six bullets in.
to your heart, Spread2r
Bill held up his right hand. and three e
reports followed each other like the
ticking of clock. Each finger was
of at the first joint
-sThat'll do" said the man, as he low
cred his weapon You can't pull trig-
ger with nothing on that hand, and be-
fore you can learn to shoot left-handed
some one will bury you
He went out and away, and Bill sent,
for doctor and sat there and cried like
a boy. Next day be left without word
to any of US, and we always believed he
jumped of Horse Cliff into the creek,
which was then on a f1ood--N. Y. Sun
-Of. the original ed1tlon OF the SON.
nets of Shakespeare, published by
George Daniel, of London. in 1909. there
are but two perfect copies known One
of these is in the British Museum. for
the other $1,000 was paid but short
time ago AS the book is very small,
only 7x4 inches, and weighing less than
ten ounces 1t was figured that at that
rate each ounce of the precious volume
brought $500. or many times its own
weight in gold
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

In AN interview with the. Rochester
Usaion, Bob 1ngersoll. says: 81 believe
in protecting what are called the infant
Industries, but after these infants get
to be six feet high and wear No. twelve
boots lis about time to stop rocking.
the cradle, especially when the infant
tells YOU if you stop rocking he will get
out of the cradle and kick your head
OFF,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
ALLIANCE DANCE. Z.

: Some sixty couples of yeung people
gathered at the Grand Army hall in the
evening and enjoyed: themselves in
dancing, and all report 'haying ii
delightful evening. :. -. -
Thus closed the alliance demonstfa-
.tion,' and the remarks dropped liere
and there. by farmers would lead one to
believe thatthe, mass OF the people went
home strengthened in their resolve to
do or die'' for the alliance. cause. :
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
Not Needed in Summer.

'Papa-I am:gIad : to see this young
man has begun his courting in the
spring. ..s.
.Anpie-Why. papa. what difference
does that make2
:. PapaAWell, the last. fellow you had
began in November, and before spring
camel thought should go broke with
big gas and coal bilIs.v-Boston Herald.
Blackberry fMarmalade: Boil the
fruit in little water: when low and
thick run through colander. add half 8
pournd Of sugar 70 pound of fruit and
boil until thick and stiff. Put in
glasses and cover with. paper.-Fafm
and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
. She Didn't Object.

w. oChilders KsddI docking 'fos boafd)
&Oh. ]. forgot to mention that two of
my party Of four are small children 81
hope that. will make nc. difference
Mrs Hashton fsweetly y)-Oh., not .at
all! shall just charge the same as if
they were grown up.--Pueks
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
PORTRAITS. OF VICTORIA.
England,s Queen Was Apparently Ver'
Pretty in Her Girlhood.

England,s Queen Was Apparently Very
. Pretty IN Her Girlhood.
In the room known as the Waterloo
chamber, says letter from London to
the Philadelphia Telegraph, hangs the
fine full-length portrait of George Nv
ain his corona sion robes, by Sir Thomas
Lawrence. His Majesty certainly made
sbad Kfngi q, bad husband and "a bad
father, but .he' makes an admirabl pict-
ures He knew. how to s:pose's to per-
fection9 how to show up afs. very hand.
someo legs in their snowy silken hose,
and how to turn his head so as to pres
sent the best points in his profile to the
spectators. Pinsagine that'tsi VOCATION
Of an artists model was what he was
best fitted fop by nature.
In another room there is a full-lengfh
portrait Of Queen Victoria in her royal
robes, painted soon after her accession
to the. throne and showing sthat the
griIn, ooldo sdeTager of the present day.
was "a very charming girl fifty years
ago. The pec&liar sweetness of the
large blue eyes and the pretty, rosy
mouth, the bloom and freshnessTof the
fair young face and, above all, tBe
perfect fneldifg of the arms and shoul-
ders and thee graceful neck, make a
Hl0oG "1SlI6iIS 1LldSo oR Iey si1 = iI1hOOHS.
Had 'obeen Queen Victoria 1 think L
would have initiated 0theo example of
one Of the most beautiful of my female
contemporaries; the Empress Elizabeth
of AustriaEwould have remained con-.
tent with this portrait, as ny official
likeness and never would have sat to
any inter- again.
But in the Waterloo sehapFberothere is
nOrtr2it of tho OI1aono rSaintfsd five
years ago. which will Show to posterity
what a staid and severe-loeking old
lady She was, in contrast to the grace
and sweetness of her youthful likeness.
There is. however, one quality about
the Queen which is never 1ackiRg,. ard
that is her regal bearing. She looks
'eVery inch the Queen in the heavy,
somber robes that She wears to-day. .as
she doubtless did in the crimson velvet
and ermine, the white satin and jewels
of her corona tion dress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
Drawing a Conclusion. Too Hastily.

The eloquent temperance lecturer
paused, wiped his perspirihg brow, and
said inaRressively 20 the man OF the
front seat wflo had listened. with the
deepest interest % the discourse and
evidently 5was touched by its pathos
and Argument My friend, it is never
GOO late to reform. There is hope for
the most hopeless. Theepastis beyond
yonr reach btst you can control your
future Yoa'can not call back to your
socket. the enormous sum. it probably
has cost you to paint your nose the color
it has now. but
All it cost ne'to'p paint my nose as
you see'it.'' said the man .in.the front
Seat, rising up. was S4-6O, including
railroad hire. and boat. hire. 1 went
fishing yesterday. My nose will be as
fair as lily in day or two. But go
on with your lecture he added. sitting
down again; 81 am very much inter
ested. ."-Chicago Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

NEIGHBoK CARAwAY thinks I'VE
have been .'unkind". TO linn. No.
.neighbor,. hot. unk1nd; simply JUST.
"With all thy faults we love thee STILL ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

. OUR postmaster is pot a pumpkin"
off of our south side correspondents
"vine.1 Squash the thought! o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

. SWILL the men who say that the o. p.
decision is3.as bad for high license states
as for Kansas. please tell us in what
high license, state has thereabeen any,
thing like the number of o. p. houses as
in Kansasp
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

8 The repnb:s resub: meeting held here
some months agoAwas attended, by fully
four times the number of people who
attended the anti-resub:repub.' meeting
at the same place on the 9th: 'sStraws
slow which way the wind obl0ws.3'o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

'THE contest is no longer between the
republican and democratic parties. but
tits whether the west and south, as. the
agricultural regions of the country will
longer stand bleeding by the east
Mcpherson FREEMAN (Republican.)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

SENATOR PLUMB is opposed to the
Federal. election bill'as passed by the
house by six majority. He takes the
grounds that the scheme is. so sectional
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

? WE. CANNOT understand why demo-
Gratis CAN look with favor upon Gov.
Hill, Of New York, as a fitting candi-
date. fog the presidency. His butch
cry Of the party in sess by the inhiction
of Harrison upon the nation should
damn him in the minds of every lover
of his country. He may be good
enough governorofor New York, but
he is not a'g6od enough democrat for
this scribbler. a man who betrays
his party lis unworthy of his country
men.-Lyons Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

THE alliance held a meeting down at
9sEmporia last week, and 1T. isGclaimed
that fully twenty thousand:peaple joined
in the processfen.' If these fellows all
vote as they talk there will be- a rafting
among the dry bones in Noyember
next.-Wyandott Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

2 AID. Butler was down from Fair
view Friday and reported everything
'in good shape ip that part. of the
county. Mr.. Butler says that he will
not be a candidate for representative
this fall, AS has been reported, under
any consideration. He thinks the
alliance has made'a grave mistake in
going into the field as political organ
'izatlon::- -Hoisington Dispatch.
FRIEND BUTLER evidently '::is rumi-
mating over the speech he made at the
republican county. convention last fall,
and the warming be then gave concern
ing the Office of county treasurer. In
year from now his hindsight will be
better than his foresight. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

Bro Stoke. was .'ssp6sting".s Wednes-
day night. at the temperance meeting.
Wonder if the spots didn't take a
green hue after ole OF two. wnem he
had spotted got up and made the
statements they did -Pawliee Rock
Leader. o,sa
Nor at AL, friend Lewis. The
spots assgmed "a very roseate hue,
sparkling like the new wine the ''spot-
ted' 'onesSsaid they'liked SO wefi: The
only green" things we saw there were
the honest.' straight out prohlbitionsts
who seemed disposed to be again fooled
by yen republican -prohibition-for-
partyS-Sa sake Onlvofe3lOWS. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

. INGAf5.s has purchased the. Atchi-
SOP Globe and 4f1red a fellow to run it
Jas aSdemocratic sheet, and now every
ring republican paper in the state
isocopying theosweet things said by the
Globe about ingalls,, never negleeting
toeexplain thae the Globe is ''demo-
sratic.'' For exemplihcatiops3 of this
littls.scheme see the Great BEND Regis
ter ard every other hypocritical,
straight .out-Fepublican-tSi ll-h ad 6 S.
free8ees-oyer paper in the state. o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

THE. .editoisof the Register boasts of
haxing been raised onoa farm. He was
spreading himself recently on this topic
before lot Of. farmers. and in Ills con-
versation said: ''1n fact I was raised
between two rows of corn, as II were, -
When a mar! out in the crowd remarked
\ pumpkin, bye gosh!s' -'11frsbtSlne. G.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

After the. parade the procession
broke'ranks: and. its participants pro-
ceeded to investigate the contents of
the we'll filled baskets of atables, many
spreading their dinners in the shade of
the park trees. -.
AFTERNOON sPEAKING.
A speakers stand and seats were