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The morning call., 1890-05-05
Oakland Canoe CInh.

The Oakland Canoe Club sailed its fourth
race for The trophy yesterday afternoon on the
Alameda estuary. The race was over the reou.
lar three.mile course and was sailed under a
steady westerly wind, with the following result.
Mystic 80 minutes, Dart "a, Gypsy 81, WhIsnsr
81, Bonita &c. Plttle 50. Sample 81.
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FOR PORTLAND & ASTORIA, OREGON

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY s1a
i Ocean Division-and PACIFIC COAST 10Y
STEAMSHIP COMPANY will dispatch from Spear-
street Wharf, at 10 for the above ports OF
their al iron steamships. VIZ:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-Feb. !, ID 25 March
8, 81, April 2, Ia. 20.
COLUMBIA-Feb. 8, March IT, 30, April TO- a.
SANTA ROSA-February %. March 5.
OREGON-Feb. II, March l, 13 IS, April g. 18, 80.
Connecting via Portland with the Northern Pacific
Railroad. oregon Short Line and other dyerginy
lines, for all points in Oregon, Washington.
British Columbia. Alaska, Idaho Montana,
Dakota, Utah. Wyoming, Yellowstone Park, and all
points East and South and to Europe.
Fare to Portland-Cabin SIS; sIeerage. SO: round
trip cabin, $50.
Ticket ofhces-1 and pa Montgomery street.
GOODALL, PERKINS g. CO., General Agents,
mr2S Market Fran
The morning call., 1890-05-05

Use SoZODoNT when you have eaten;
Use SoZoDONT your breath TO sweeten;
Use SoZODoNT to aid digestion;
Use SoZoDoNT and ask no question.
Preserve your molars and you wont
Regret the use OF SOzODONT.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP c.

DISPATCH STEAMERS FROM SAN x,>a
~ Francisco for ports in Alaska, 9 A. NJ, ksEscs4
March II, April s. 20, May D. 20, 80 june 4. Il, 10
For British Columbia and Puget Sound ports,
A. M, March ., II, 16 u, &c, 81, April aud May 5,
TO- 10. ~, 70, 30, June 4, 8, IA, 10. "a. 20.
For Eureka Humboldt Bay Wednesdays, 9 A. NJ.
For Mendocino. Fort Bragg. etc., Mondays and
Thursdays. 4 p. NJ.
For Santa Ana, Los Angeles, and all way ports
every fourth day, A. NJ.
For San Diego stopping only at Los Angeles, Santa
Barbara and San Luis ObiSpo, every fourth day at
IL A.
For ports in Mexico. 25th OF each month
Ticket 0fice-214 Montgomery street.
GO0DALL, PERKINS Il CO., General Agents,
se30 10 Market street. San Francisco.
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Admission 25c, Reserved Seats Soc
PrOscenium Boxes. 81 and 81 80.
PICNICs AND EXCURSIONS.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REUNION

CTATE OF MAINE ASSOCIATION OF CALL
- FoRNIA, at BADGERS PARK, East Oakland,
on SATURDAY, May 10, 1890. Grafton BY
CHARLES 4 WILSON, Esq; Poem by j. G
SEVERANCE, Esq. Music and dancing. Ticket,
SOC; children under IA free. my4 1t
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ORPHEUM OPERA HOUSE.

VNA hLOm VI Lin nuOUuS
nALIEh q hoHH'
This (MOnday) Evening, May 9Th,
First Appearance of the CHICAGO BIG BUR
LESQUE COMPANY of so Artists. Production of
the Spectacular Burlesque entitled, "ISLAND OF
GOLD" Great Cast New Scenery Catchy Music
Grand Amazon Marches, Dances, etc. The Charles
ton special feature. With the following Specially
stars; Miss Lillian Randeli, the WhisIlinI Patti;
Thos. .. Leary, John Perry, Edward Perry, Lydia
Rosa, Josie Sheldon, Blanche Newcomb Efhe New
comb, GusSie Newcomb. Manning and Masters. Len
ton Brothers, Madam Ami Selma.
Admission 25c. Reserved Seats soc.
Proscenium Boxes. 81 and 81 So
Mr.. AID MRS. DREwS' DANCING ACAD- .,A
w envy, II New Montgomery st-New ar 81
rangements; tuition reduced; dancing learned .
at little cost; Gents exclusively (beginners). =,
Mondays Wednesdays: Ladies beginners Tues
days, Thursdays; sorees Saturday evenings; private
lessons daily de2ltf
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MAIl STEAMSHIP CaNpAAY,
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Carrylng United States, Hawaiian and CO.
lonial Mails.
WILL LEA We THE COMP ANY'S Sssa
W Wharf, foot of Folsom street. LX
For Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney,
WITHOUT CHANGE
The Splendid New 300o-ton Iron Steamer
Mariposa........S Saturday, May Sd. at 12 NJ,
For Honolulu.
S. Australia (30U0 tons) May 23d, at IL N.
Or Immediately on arrival OF the English mails
AS- For freight passage, apply at ONCE. 327
Market street. JOHN D. SPRECkELS 4 BROS,
Se26 II General Agents
The morning call., 1890-05-05

HAMBURG-AMERICA PACKET CO.
IMPRESS SERVICE BETWEEN New York
II Southampton and Hamburg by the magnlf-
cent new twin-screw steamers of 10000 tons and
1880 to 10000 horsepower This Line holds
the record for fastest trips to and from
Southampton and the Continent. Actual
ocean voyage only Six Days. Steamers unexcelled
for safety speed and comfort Through tickets to
London and Paris. Apply to
Hamburg American GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS
Packet Co., G. u. RICHARD & CO.,
81 Broadway. N. Y. 81 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
A. w. MYER, 4O1 California ST., s. Il.
mrl4 cod Am
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
waiting Room PHILANTHROPY.

IL must be that the discomforts Of
travelling awaken a responsive feeling OF
sympathy for a fellow being In distress,
for have noticed that an unfortunate
on his way to somewhere and withous
sufficient money to get there never APP
peals to the crowd in the waiting room
for assistance that it is not forthcoming,
il. after Investigation, q police officer
~-nnounces that the case is one Of gen.
Blne distress. Let some poor woman
eitl children be found in the room need
nag a few dollars to make up the fare to
her destination, or q little money TO
Yuy their food or shelter, some ono
has only to announce the story and get
an officer to pass around his hat, and
the pennies, nickels, dimes and quar-
ters commence to chip right in, and it is
all the more surprising, for the class Of
people who are found in a waiting room
are not, as a rule, ov~erburdened with
cash. Policeman in St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
MEMORIES OF HOME.

Murmuring night winds sigh as they roam.
waiting a message FROM my old home,
Whispering softly, gentle and low.
Calling 10 mind the dear long ago.
Mem ries awaken, start into life,
Bear me away from all sin and strife,
Filling my soul with q dream divine.
Mother! once more I'm a child OF thine.
Thy tender face, with it's lines OF care,
Shaded by bands OF soft, shining hair,
Bends low above me, thrills me with bliss.
AS | remember thy goodnight Kiss.
Once moro thy low, gentle voice | hear,
Sweetly its accents fall on my ear;
Never, my boy, whcre'er you may roam,
Never forget thy mother at home"
Fondly sweet mem'rles crowd on my heart,
Mem'ries from which I would never part,
Bringing the scent OF sou lonely Gow'r
Growing close by the old Ivied bow'r.
often we sat there The silv'ry moon
Bcuming so softly. A song you'd Groom,
Gentle and low, my head on your breast;
Soothed by its music, III sink 10 rest
Gonel are the days Of my childhood dear,
Gone! are the songs ! so loved to hear,
Cone. is the sound Of the voice SO meek,
Gone. the sweet face with its furrow'd cheak
Lonely | dream while my heart grows sore.
Sadly | think OF the days Of yoro.
Never again a they come 10 me,
Mother, ! would / could be with thee.
Frances Rawlins
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Tho Dog Man.

Ono Of the features of this town Is q
sad eyed man who wanders along the
big thoroughfares with two dogs on n
string. 1t is supposed that he is DESTROYS
Of selling the brutes. but he never raises
his voice, and when he stands for a min
ute or two on the curb the dogs get as
ear him as possible, and. crouching
down, blink demurely at the public.
They are both small dogs, but ons Is q
little bigger than the other. and he Is
more noticeable because several inches
Of his tail have been cut of. He is a
solemn looking canine. with a coat the
color Of brown sugar. The other dog
has a woolly Goa and a little stub OF a
tail that is always twitching in a nervous
manner There is nothing about the
brutes to indicate any special breed, and
no one would suppose that they are any
thing more than just dogs. They're lot
New York Sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Origin of Names of Fabrics.

Everything connected with ones bust
ness Is of importance. Very few dry
goods men know the origin Of the names
Of many of the goods they handle. They
may seem trivial points, but they are of
interest to the man who seeks TO be thor
oughly familiar with the merchandise in
which he deals. For the information of
such we give the derivation Of the names
of the following goods: Damask is from
the city of Damascus; satins from Fay
town, in China; calico from Calicut, a
town in India, formerly celebrated for
its cotton cloth and where calico was
also printed. Muslin is named from
Mosul, in Asia. Alpaca from an animal
in Peru, of the llama species, from whose
wool the fabric is woven.
Buckram takes its name from Fostat,
q city of the Middle Ages, from which
the modern Cairo is descended. Taffeta
and tabby from a street in Bagdad.
Cambria from Cambria. Gauze has its
name from GAIA; baize for Bajac; dim
ity from Damietta, and jeans from Jean.
Drugget is derived from q city in Ire
land, Drogheda. Duck comes from
Torque, in Normandy. Blanket is called
after Thomas Blanket, a famous c!othier
connected with the introduction Of wool
ems into England about 1910. Serge de-
rives its name from Xerga, a Spanish
name for a peculiar wooden blanket.
Diaper is not from D'Ypres, rs it is
sometimes stated, but from the Greek
diaspron, figured. Velvet is from the
Italian v~ellute, woolly (Latin vellus-a
hide or pelt. Shawl is the Sanscrit sala,
floor, for shawls were first used as car
pets and tapestry. BandanDa is from the
Indian word to bind or tie, because it il
tied in knots before dyeing. Chintz from
the Indian chott. Delaine is the French
'sof wooL."-Trade Journal,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18

fond expectancy In each eye, but the
moment he saw me lis jaw fell and he
gasped:
''Why, you haven't got him here for
stealing my rigY'
"Why, of course. Isn't he the chap7"
"Well, you are an idiot and no mis-
takel You can get ready to sweat for
this!"
But it turned out that the livery man
had given my description in place of the
other mans, having mixed the two Of
US up. The sheriff offered me $500 at
the very first pop 10 give him n receipt
for damages, and ! guess he would have
come up to 81, 1000 if l had hung out. l
think the wine and cigars cost him about
$15, and / don't believe his hair has got
back to it's old position yet.
And it also happened that / once went
into a jewelers., In Nashville, TO get q
kernel Of corn, peanut shuck, or some
other trife, picked out Of the works Of
my watch. AS l went out another man
came in, and 1t seemed that this chap
grabbed Ave rings from a tray and broke
for the woods. The jeweler had me fresh
in his mind, and when he described the
thief he even told of an abrasion on my
face. This was ut 2 o'clock p. m. AS /
came out Of the supper room at the Max
well house that evening a policeman took
my arm from either side, and one Of them
kindly whispered:
"Now, then, come quietly, or 1t will be
the worse for you"
l went over to headquarters, and sew
eral officers there declared | was the
man wanted. | was ''sent down" and
the jeweler notified. lie came in about
10 o'clock, just "a l was falling of TO
sleep, and l heard the sergeant telling
him that there was no doubt of my being
an old time crook and a good one. was
routed out that the victim might look at
me, but at the first glance he cried out:
Great heavens! but you've got the
wrong mani Oh! Lord-oh! Lordl but
we will all be sued for damages!'
The sergeant hated to give up, but he
finally had to, and | was turned loose.
The ieweler acknowledged his mistake
and wanted to settle, and knowing OF a
poor boy who was hungcring for a Wat
erbury watch, | took one and agreed to
call it square. They didn't find the right
man, but | recognized him on the streets
OF Cincinnati a week later from the do
scription given, and as lac was hanging
about the general delivery window of
the ~postonice slid up to him and said:
There's n detective from Nashville
waiting for you at the right hand door.
He wants to inquire about
But he went out ut the left hand door
before / could finish.-M. Quad in Free
rresa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Ra,sip. Coffee I'm Hawaii.

We were out on Sunter's coffee plan
tation a few days since, and were sur
prised to sec what he had done, says q
writer in The Hilo Record. In less than
a year he has cleared in the heavy forest
ten acres of land aud set out over 5000
coffee plants. He has done all the work
himself, and it shows up well. The first
planted coffee trees show a growth of
from ten inches to two feet, and look
thrifty. The only blight we could dis
cover was where the coffee had been
planted under kukui trees, and since they
have been cut down the coffee Is recov-
ering from the blight. But the second
year from now there is but little doubt
that many Of the trees planted will com
mence TO bear. This IA soil SEEM to be
the home Of the coffee, and we hope that
in a few years there will be not only ten
acres, but 10000. The labor of cleaning
is comparatively little. And it will be
necessary to let most Of the ohia trees
stand for shade " the plants.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Frenchmen Surprised Mt snowbaiis.

The first snow of the season reminded
an artist friend of a snow storm which
he experienced at Avignon, in the south
of France, a year or two ago. No snow
had been seen at Avignon for twenty
years previous. and the surprised French
man knew not what to make Of it. An
amusing sight it was to see them try to
make snowballs and pelt n another.
Experience had never taught them the
art which every New England boy learns
as soon as he leaves his cradle, and they
handled the snow as daintily as docs a
cat when she lifts her paws n by one
in a surprised manner, and shakes them
before she puts them down again. Two
American artists found great delight in
making snowballs and engaging in the
fray, and they soon put the entire village
Of Frenchmen hors du combat. "You
put stones in theml' they cried when
they felt the power of an especially hard
SNOWFALL. They were shown that this
was not true, but they could not under
stand how the Americans could make
their missiles so hard or throw them
with such force and accuracy. The vii
layers of Avignon will no doubt long re-
member their Waterloo at the hands OF
the two American artists. -Boston Ad-
vertiSer,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
No Bunko.

1t having been rumored that a promi-
nent Detroiter had been bunkoed out OF
$500 in New York city, a friend called
upon him and told him what was said,
and asked him if there was any truth in
the report.
"Not an iota, sirr was the indignant
response.
"It's singular how the report started"
$50 it is, and If / could trace it back
I'd make the liar eat his words"
81 thought it was odd"
$50 it is. The only thing l can think
of to give rise to such a story is the fact
that / met a young nan in New York
who said he had drawn two valuable
books in a lottery. He offered me one Of
them If / would go along and get it. /
went and found they had a lottery draw
ing in the same room. ! bought $500
worth of tickets and drew a Waterbury
watch, but / was new lucky in such
things. The idea that l could be taken
in by such O bunko man! I'd like to
get my hands on some of those fellows
who start such lying reportsg-Detroit
Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Egypt. Former Khediye.

II reads like a passage from comic
opera when we find that in the beginning
of 1860 business was practically sus-
pended in nearly all the government
offices in order that those of their staffs
who knew French might be employed in
translating the 'qil Creve,' the Belle
Helene the 'Mariee de Mardi-Gras' and
other chefs d'ouvres of OHenbach into
Arabic for the use of the harem ladies'"
In May the khedive gave a grand ball to
celebrate his accession. One of the items
of expenditure on this occasion was the
throwing of a temporary bridge over the
Nile, at a cost of $4,000.
And then in November came the
browning splendors of the opening of the
canal. The empress of France, the en-
peror of Austria and the crown prince
Of Prussia were the most notable Of the
guests; but there was n multitude
amounting, 1t is said, to thousands-of
less distinguished persons, who were en-
~tertained in a most ~extravagant style,
GA per head being paid for the hotel bills
of each guest at the canal and 90 12s. at
Cairo. The whole expenditure of the
fetes came to considerably more than
e1, 000, 900. Even literature got some
pickings out of this gorgeous outlay, the
author of an official history of the cere-
mony being paid $1,000 for copy"
Doubtless Ismail fancied that by this
costly outlay he was building up al alb
solute Independent throne. If so, it
must have been a gricvous ~disappoint-
ment when he had to sell to the porte his
new ironclads, especially precious sym
bols of Independent power. Year after
year things went on, the financial situa-
ton growing steadily worse and worse.
The great Disraeli coup of purchasing
the khedive's canal shares set him on
legs for a time, but the end was ap-
preaching london Spectator.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Women. Taste In Mem. Nechwea~.

The girls say they never know what
to give the fellows, and the fellows are
sure they don't know what to give the
girls. Well, a man will take anything,
slippers or gloves or handkerchiefs or
mistletoe fruit, with delight. But. sim
gular as it may seem, not me women in
ten a pick out for a man q necktie that
he will dare to wear. in a place where he
is known. The ncckties that q woman
picks out are enough to make a man
shudder. unless she confines herself t
plain colors without pattern: and the
man who has the bravery to pick out
wearing apparel for his lady friends may
be sure that in nine cases out of ten it
will never see the light of day after It is
presented. or course, IL it Is a camels
hair shawl or a seal sacque, that's differ
ent. You can present any girl with one
OF those-and if it isn't right il can be
changed Buffalo Courier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
A Logical Mind.

Employed in the erection Of a large
building in New York last summer was
a workman of pronounced Milesian tSpe,
much Of whose time was spent in lean
ing on his hod and making droll com
ments upon everything he saw or heard,
while the cry Of "Mortl mortv rang
out frequently.
"Pat," said the foreman, sternly, "why
don't you keep that man going"
"Aisy, now" answered Pat. "Tf !
kept him going he wouldn't have amy
thing to say. at all, at all. And If he
didn't say anything, how would | know
that he was thereS And il no wasn't
there, fwat would he be wanting Of
morther, sorrY'-Harper's Magazine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
A Remarkable Case.

a German medical journal relates q
remarkable instance of the effect of ncr-
vous excitement. "A locomotive engi-
necr on n passenger train. on rounding a
curve, suddenly saw n train about sixty
yards ahead. and stationary. With great
presence Of mind he reversed his engine,
signaled for the breaks 10 be applied and,
by vigorous action, prevented a disas-
trous collision. The excitement Of the
ONE was tremendous, but only n vi
client trembling Of the legs remained,
and he continued ut his post. But great
mischief had been done. After five days
he had to ~reliuquish his duties, and he
gradually became unfit for all work.
Once a robust, stalwart man. he has be-
come very thin, his gait is %slouching and
toilsome, and his speech slow and stam-
mering. lie is suffering from what is
known as railway spine a most dis
tressing disease. His digestion, memory
aud ability to sleep are impaired. and a
singular diminution Of nervous sensible
ity has taken place over his whole body,
so that he scarcely feels the prick Of a
needle sufficiently deep TO bring blood.
His legs are also benunibed up Ia the
knees, and, altogether, the man is a
u'reck,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Rains I'm California.

Considerable damage has been caused
in Northern and Central California by
the rainfall, which is asserted to be the
heaviest that has taken place there since
the memorable year Of 1s49. The small
farmers and fruit growers who devel-
oped lands along tho Sacramento river
appear to be the principal sufferers, and
their losses will be heavy. The levee
system proved of but little avail against
the forces Of nature, and bad breaks oc-
Cured at many points. The towns Of
Colusa and Chico were in considerable
danger at one moment, but were finally
saved after great efforts on the part Of
the citizens. Philadelphia Ledger.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Insuring Against burglary.

For two years past there has been az
insurance company against burglaries,
hourishing in London. According to the
regular rates you can insure the contents
of your residence, or the damage to it
through burglary, or any special article
you desire. -London Letter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18
Not All He seemed.

Ethel-Who was that jolly old fellow
that kept the table in o roar?
Edward-That was Nophlowers, the
obituary editor Of The Weekly Casket.-
I'ittsburg Bulletin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-18


Mime. PATHS sudden transformation
from brunette to blonde may be taken as
an indication OF the coming hair dressing
fashions. Dark hair has bcen declared
impossible by the Messrs. Toupet. who
arrange the modes Of the seasons Golf
fures. and il therefore behooves all who
arc possessed Of dark tresses and desire
TO be 'in the fashion" 70 follow Nine.
PATHS example and convert themselves
without further delay into possession OF
fair hair. Natural blondes will have the
advantage. so far as expense and COM
fort are concerned: but in the matter Of
appearance they will he no better OFT
than those who have changed color To
suit the requirements Of the hour. for
wig making has been brought to such
perfection as 10 defy the closest inspec-
ton. Consequently artificial hair will
be very much adopted this season. and
If we desire to follow in the train OF the
exacting goddess of fashion we shall have
TO submit TO the uncomfortable, unpleas-
ant and unnatural arrangement Of load
ing our heads with other peoples hair
London Lady's Pictorial
A Pretty Electrical Experiment.
Make a room quite dark, then take an
ordinary feather buster and dust any gilt
picture frame you may have, applying
the brush quickly. when little sparks OF
electricity as brilliant as diamonds will
Or off the frame, sometimes as far rs
three inches from the corners.-Good
Housekeeping.