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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Skull Crushed.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2s.-The dead body
of young girl named Ellen Winter was
found in broom factory this morning
lying on the floor in a pool of blood with
hor skull crushed. The police have ar
rested john ID. Haney on the charge of
numbering the girl
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29

BosToN, Dec. 2S-Contrary to general
expectation. Governor Russell has refused
To sign the pardon OF Jaales Dunlap, the
Northampton bank robber. now in the
Stale PrsUM
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Senator Plumb's Successor.

TOPEKA (Kans,), Dec. 2S.- Governor Hum
phrey, in an interview to-day, stated he did
not think he would appoint a successor to
Senator Plumb before the end of the week.
The Governor has been importuned and
harassed so persistently by delegations who
urge the claims of different candidates that
he Is about losing patience.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Merchant Missinp.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-A report was cur
rent to-day that II. Z. Titus, of the firm OF
ii. (. Titus & Co. and a member of the
New York Stock Exchange, had disap-
peale He was last seen Tuesday last.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
The Alton Boycott

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-The New York, On
tario and Western Railroad to-day formally
withdrew from the boycott of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad. which was instituted
by The. Trunk Line and Central Traffic as
sOcatiOns,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Appointed State Treasurer

TALLAHASSEE (Fla.), Dec. Ex-Governor
Fleming to-day appointed Edward J. Tracy
State Treasurer. vice Francis J. Pord, de-
ceased. Tracy has been the Governors
private secretary since 1889
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Adjud ged Insane.

New YORK, Dec. 2S.-John ]. Lingeman,
the man who went to Cornelius Wander
bits house on Saturday night and wanted
his brains, was to-day adjudged insane.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
Walt Whitman Imnrovinq

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 2S.-Walt Whitman
is improving to-day. The doctors say he is
stronger than for several DAYS
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29

The total value of the watches, clocks
and their component. parts exported during
tne tne year loso from switzerland was T., l62,-
preceding year.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29

MADRAS, Dec. 2S-General Booth, the
head of the Salvation Army, is holding
very successful meetings in this citv. Large
sums of money have been subscribed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
STRUCK AT A CROSSING.
Horses Killed and the Occupants of Funer
Carriage Iripred,

carriage lrJpred,
LONG ISLAND CITY IL. ~. Dec. 2S-A
funeral coach containing Mrs. Kalb, Minnie
kalD. Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs Soaring, was
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2S.-The United States
steamer San Francisco, which left San
Francisco at o'clock Saturday afternoon,
arrived at the offing at 5 o'clock this morn
ing and entered the port at O'clock The
trip was made direct, without stopping at
Monterey, as was expected. The San Fran
cisco is the flagship OF the Pacific station,
and Rear Admiral Brown is on board.
we shall stay here in San Diego
Harbor," lie said this nor ling, until
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
TIMES RevsNcsS.
The Fate OF Gen. Miguel Lopez, Who
n betrayed Macmillan.

Ii is now fully quarter of a century
since a merciful dispensation of Proyi-
dencc so clouded the Empress Car
lotta's mind that she was spared sim
gle paug of grief when her royal bus-
band was slaughtered in Mexico.
For nearly generation the widow
of the unfortunate Maximilian has re-
mained in ignorance of his fate. But
slowly. and by almost imperceptible
degrees. her mind has become clari-
iled. and she is once more in the en-
joyment of her faculties. Looking
backward through the long years of
darkness. that sad Mexican business in
which she played the part of heroine
seems To her nearly dream. Ii is
well that it is so. Carlotta is not an
old woman. She is hardly forty-tivc.
and something in her future may vet
compensate her for her bitter past.
But the same day that her recovery
was announced also brought the intel
ligeuce that Gen. Miguel Lopez had
been bitten by mad dog and was
under the Pastcur treatment.
This Lopez was the trusted officer
who betrayed Maximilian to his blood
thirsty enemies-the wretch whose
evil work caused Carlotta's insanity.
After living all these long years des-
pissed by even his own countrymen,
and scorned by his wife for his treason,
he has perhaps met his doom.
What fate would he more lifting for
this false friend, who sold his bcne-
factor? Ii is hard 10 believe that lie
will I've cured. lie will snap aud snarl
and foam ut the mouth like r;tbid
hound. He will rave in his paroxysms
of maniacal frenzy. He will tear his
flesh in his mad conyulsions aud die
like wild beast.
Time brings its rcvenges. As the
traitor Lopez sinks out OF sight in the
lurid shadows now descending upon
him. his victim Carloita comes once
more into the light of day, sercncly
beautiful. once more herself the most
charming woman that has worn
crown since Eugcnic in her happiest
-,lays. Di.solving views-lights aud
shsdows-ti,ey make up life!-AtIanta
Constitution.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
California Revisited.

The old miner. full of cherished
memories Of that wonderful past, on
resisiting the scenes Of his early labors
sees no winding line Of miners by the
river marge, with their rafting rockers
or long toms; no smoke from camp
fire or chimney arises from the depths
OF gorgcs; cabins are gone; no laughter
nor CHEEKY voice comes up from the
cauous; no ounce day is dried by the
supper lire. Gone are most of the
oaks and pines from the mountain
sides; the beds of the rivers are covered
deep with the accumulated debris of
years over which the Mater. once clear
aud cold from the melting SHOWS of the
Sierra, goes sluggishly. laden with
mud in serpentinc wndings from
bank 10 bank. On the tabcland above,
in the chasms made by hydraulic
power in the pleiocene drift, the hol-
low columns of iron that once COM
pressed the water stand rusting away;
the monitors lie dismantled like artil-
lery in captured fortress. All is
silence and desolation where once was
the roar of water and the noise of busy
life. The same red and brown soil is
beneath your feet. the same alienation
OF ridges and goI IS is here, the same
skies unlocked by clouds from May to
November are overhead; the same pure
air is left to breathe in spite of courts
and monopolies; a considerable por-
tion of the soil is cultivated; scattered
here and there over the mountain
scopes are homes surrounded with
flowers and fruits-but the early miner
sees it all with the sad belief that tbs
glory is gone. - CeHtHrg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Two Hints 90 Smokers.

A wcll-known tobacconist says: "If
you are smoker aud don't own cigar
case carry your cigars in your upper
vest pocket, on the left. with the mouth
end downward. The constant motion
Of your right arm is sure 10 crush the
tobacco aud loosen the wrapper il the
cigars be on the right side. and the re-
suit is more readily attained with the
match cnd down. II you have to let u
cigar go out and are not too fastidious
10 smoke an old soldier do not pull
in the last pnff. but blow it through the
burning cnd. In this way the nicotine
is expelled which would otherwise
gather a. the mouth. aud the cigar Is
prevented from having a rank taste"
-Aibanu Ar0as.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
He Hypnotixed the Tiger.

He was a large fat man with specta-
cies aud a rich Tcutou's accent. He
was putting and blowing with the ex-
ertion of plotting some friends through
Lincoln Park. He walked up to the
GaGe fag gAaEf yAS Sa royal l4y Bengal tiger was
"Ah, ah," said the fat man, ''dere vas
Bengal tiger. He vas a fierce animal,
yes, but | show you something's. You
know about wat you call hypnotism?
Yes. we'll, will prove to you de power
of de human eye"
Aud then that deluded mortal
grouped himself picturesquely in front
of the tiger, aud putting sort of a
I-have-g -got-cramps expression on his
face began staring with all his might at
the big cat in the cage.
''Shust you keep your eyes on him
now" he said, and you see how | put
him to sleep"
The tiger was half asleep anyway.
He gave one blink at the man with the
spectacles and then closed his eyes.
'Dere you vos. ] have hypnotized
him. Dot vos animal magnetism dot
use on him"
But" said one of his friends. ''he
was half asleep already. Eli bet you
cant wake him up just by looking at
him"
The fat man got the same expression
on his face and stared again until a
friend warned him that he'd have his
face that way for good pretty soon.
Dot vos too bad" he said. Il haf
4 4 n
wake him again. 1t is too bad. but dc
poor animal will never be able to open
his eyes again" And he walked away
while the Tiger blinked again in an
amused sort of way Chicago Tribune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
A Married Woman's Will.

II woman makes will before
marriage the fact of her marriage
makes the will worthless. This Is the
commou-law rule. and still prevails in
the large majority of States. In Ver-
mont aud perhaps some others mar
riagc does not necessarily invalidate a
woman's will but unless one is certain
of the point in her own State she should
attend to the matter by making a new
will Immediately after marriage. and.
IL possible, securing her husbands
consent to ii written and signed on the
document itself. This consent is not
everywhere necessary. but Is always
wise. In Massachusetts it is absolute
ly necessary IL by its terms the will
cnts of any claim which our law gives
To a wilower on the estate OF his wife.
A mans will. ut common law and In
the majority of States now. Is not in-
validated BY his subsequent marriage
alone. but II child Is boru the con-
currence of the two events makes his
will almost worthless. and no must
write another. = Chautdnqaan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Antiquity of Slot Devices.

There was n coin-in-the slot machine
In Alexandria, Egypt. a couple OF
thousand years or so ago. 1t was in
vented by priest. and dispensed holy
water automatically. A coin dropped
through the hole tilted the nicely bal
aDced lever and spoonful of the
liquid ran out into the palm of the
hand. The slot idea is as old as the
Christian era.
But what has puzzled inventors has
been such an application of it as could
not be beaten by bad boys. The
earlier slot machines could be worked
by buttons, by iron washers, by coins
with strings attached. and by iron rods.
In one way and another the contents
were pumped out and the owner OF the
machine and the merchandise was none
the richer. About four years ago the
inventors, by zigzag tubes or by care
ful adjustment of weight, or by some
other contrivancc, succeeded in get
ting slot machines which could not be
deceived by youthful ingenuity.
Since then applications have poured
in. Principal Examiner Aughinbagh
says that the patents on slot machines
now number in the hundreds. There
gre seven different patents for slot
machines for taking photographs. In
England patent has been granted
for machine which automatically
weighs a person aud announces the re-
suit audibly BY phonograph arrange
ment.
The most profitable slot machines of
this immediate period are the musical
Photographs There are so many
nints TO the owners. Music rolls are
changed daily. The owners have gone
so far as TO hire the famous Marine
Band TO play many tunes for repro
duction by the phonograph. An ac-
complished young lady performer is
kept regularly employed in Washing
ton, mt n salary of SIS per week to play
all of the lutest music 10 the phOno.
graph.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
HOW SOME MEN PROPOSE.
Many Different Ways, but No One Ever
Drops on His Knees.

Il am a crank" said the club man
to n. Y. Tribune reporter. ION the
subject of proposals. / would rather
hear a story of how man asked the
woman he loved to marry him than to
take trip to Europe. don't know
why take SO strong an interest in
this, unless 1t Is that had such hard
time to get my wife to accept me. l
had beon in love with her for years. I
had proposed to her seven times and
she refused ME every time. Finally !
went to her In despair and said: We'll.
Mollie, I've asked you to marry ME
seven times. and you have declined my
name. I'm going to ask you once more
aud IL you don't marry me l shall go
out West and stay there
".Well. Jack. she said. IL you feel
that way about 1t I'll marry you To
this day she cannot tell me why she
refused so often, to marry me after all.
There's my friend. Congressman
u. He was poor young man,
AID one day he went to young
woman whom he had known for long
time.
Nell he said. i have been waiting
till l had enough money to get mar
ried. NV salary was raised yesterday.
Will you marry me next weekp'
"Wait until next month"; she said.
"No, next week. aud they were
married next week.
Brown. the lawyer. was careless
young fellow. The woman whom he
loved would not marry him.
You are the most reckless man in
the world she said. about money af-
fairs. When you get 5000 in the
bank l may marry you,if you still want
me-
He went away and saved 5000.
She married him and to-day he's rich
man. He learned economy while win
ming his wife.
MY friend Colonel H enlisted
at tho outbreak of the war.
joe he said to the girl he wanted
to marry. i am going down South to
fight. Will you marry me now or wait
till come back?
Right now. Sam she said. and that
afternoon he marched away.
''My brother proposed in 4 cool way.
lie hadn't been able 10 make up his
mind what he was going to DO in life.
and one day the woman who is his wife
now said
Charley (thcy were second
cousins). what in the world are you GO
lug To make out of yourself?'
Just whatever YOU make out Of
me. he said; you've got lots more
sense than have. Name
HAS any one here any stories to tell
about proposals? continued the story
teller. Il don't know OF q single one
where man went down on his knees.
would like to hear of one. No Que
will tell one. eh? Well. I'm sorry.
like 10 hear about proposals."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Japanese stores.

The worst thing about japanese
stores. in the opinion OF n woman. Is
the cheapness OF many Of the articles
which may be bought there. In the
first place" she says. ''thcre are so
many inexpensive things that one
finds herself beyond her depth before
she knows il. She buys and buys ON
all sides. and becomes so warmed up
over her bargains that she thinks that
she can.afford to get something a little
more expensive. Now. when you get
into the costly part of n Japanese store
there Is no place where you can spend
more money. That's the mischief of it.
You are led into wild purchases that
YOU never dreamed of. When come
out Of such store feel that a trap
has been laid for me. and that | have
bliudiy walked into IT,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Our Limit OF Population.

According 10 recent census bull
lctin. the quantity of land aud water
surface in the United States is 9S. l6
and l.Sl per cent respectively. This
bulletin also gives tie area of the
States and Territories by counties. aud
the classification OF the latter by sizes.
The average number OF persons to
each square mile nf The land surface of
the Union is 2i.0S. As Illustrative of
the sustaining capacity of the United
States the bulletin says that il Texas,
the largest State in the Union was
rs thickly populated as the State Of
Rhode Island, it would have So 523. :
CPS Inhabitants, while il the United
States had a density of population
equal to that of Rhode Island. the pop
ulaiion of the Union. instead of being
62 622, 250 would reach the enormous
sum of 9i5, 766 500. or nearly two
thirds Of the present population Of the
world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
The Birds Victorious.

sportsman once. in search OF game,
while beating through marsh tankle-woOd
Upon mother partridge came.
Surrounded by hor clllow brood,
All hntterlnq iiclplessly:
Dy true maternal instinct taught.
She struye her little ones to hide.
Then hravely the intrudcrs fought
With flushing pinioug spreading wldo
She stood d, flnntly.
In stiltcd iagc she forward came
With open bcnk aud rufiied crest:
Her mate meanwhile with GINNING aim
Tie spoilcr and his dogs tp breast
And lead them all nstrny-
Intoncd, quick-measured melody
OF cooing-silvery cadence clear.
While Hitting through the shrubbcry.
Thus 10 attract the hunters ear
Ills threatening hand TO stay.
Transfixed IN admiration mute.
The sportsman watched the tiny pair.
Nor wished lie such brave birds TO shoo.
But let them trill in triumph there
Their notes of victory.
His settlers fenced in covert lrear
Intent IN crouching attitude.
He called. and they, subducd. drew near
with whitDperlnR whine aud sullen mood,
To cross the fcrn-hcdged lea.
God who hath taught the birds In spring
To frame and build their downy nest,
To shield thor young meath lowering wing.
Implanted In each parent breast
Some portion of Ills love.
Nor leaves them void OF he veniy light
whereWitli 10 guide their simple life,
But aids them on their upward flight
Through changing scenes OF peace and strife
His wHichful care tp prove.
M. II. Toiand. I'm Natures Realm.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
August
Flower

I inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. / suffered
two years i'll this way +; consulted a
number Of doctors. They did me
no good. l then used
Relieved in your August Flower
and it was just two
days when I felt great relief. l soon
got so that l could sleep and eat, and
l felt that / was well. That was
three years ago, and / am still first
class. / am never
Two Days. without bottle, and
if | feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two Of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use ofitwithout any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While l was sick l
felt everything it
seemed to me a man could feel. I
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that l believe
August Flower will cure anyone Of
indigestion if taken
Life ofMisery with judgment A.
NJ Weed, 229 Belle
fontaine ST., Indianapolis, Ind" .
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
How 20 he a Happy Ola Maid.

To have so much to do that there Is
no time for morbid thoughts.
To never think for u moment that
yon are not attractive. aud TO make
yourself look rs attractive as possible.
To I've SO consilcraio Of the happi-
ness of others that II will bo reflected
back to you as from 4 looking-glass.
To never permit yourself to grow
old. for by cul,ivating all the graces oi
heart, brain aud body. ago will not
come upon you.
i To believe that life-work has been
mapped out for you. that 1t Is near
you. aud TO do that which your hands
iiud for you.
To remember that the happy old
maid Is the one member oil . family
who. not having any other claims on
her. can be Gods own sunshine 10
those in sorrow or in Joy. - The Ladies
Homo Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Two Americans.

New York Weekly.
Mr. Hardhead (crazy mad) )--"Ah, hal
Caught you at last, have I? under
stand, sir, that you have been calling
me liar, and a thief, and born
scoundrcl. a wifc-beater, and bi"a-
mist, and drunlsard.
Mr.. Greathead-"R Really, you sur
prise me. i have no recollection of
-v
Mr.. Hardhead (hotly)--"I know it's
true. Mr.. Goodheart said he heard
YOU"
Mr.. Greathead--''Goodh / re-
member how what you refer to. But
that, my friend, was during the cam
paign."
Mr.. Hardhead-''Oh! The campaign?
Beg pardon. What'll you tale?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
PI6tkp SkIO1lg

Pretty strong
reasons for trying DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. In the first
place, it cures your catarrh-
no matter how bad your case,
or of Row long standing. 1t
doesn't simply palliate - it
eures. If you believe it, so
much the better. There's
nothing more to be said.
You get it for so cents, from
all druggists.
But perhaps you won't be-
lieve it. Then there's another
reason for trying it. Show
that you can't be cured, and
you'll get $500. It's a plain
business offer. The makers
of DR.. Sage's Remedy will
pay you that amount if they
can't cure you. They know
that they can you think
that they can't. If they're
wrong, you get the cash. If
you're wrong, you're rid of
catarrh.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13

When Lisxt was 10 good humor he
was in the habit OF kissing all the pretty
pupils In his class. writes Etelka Illof-
sky In The LADIES' Home Journal. I
remember on one occasion q very
lovely young girl camo to tho lesson
wearing hat that had \ rather cxtra.
ordinary wide brim. Lisxt noticed the
hat at once. and going up to her
kissed her gaily. but with some little
diiliculty. owing TO tho projecting brina
OF tho hat. Then he said, half seri-
ously: my dear. you will have to
get another hat; one with rather less
brim to IL"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13

Good Health says that New York
merchant noticed that each successive
bookkeepcr gradually lost his health
aud tinaIly died Of consumption. how
ever vigorous aud robust he was on
entering his service. At length It
occurrets 10 him that the little rear
room where the books were kept
opened into back yard so surrounded
by high walls that no sunshine came
in II from Que years end 10 another.
An upper room. well lighted. was inn
mediaiAly prepared. aud his clerks
bad upiforni good health ever alter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
lie Got IL or

Mr.. Saphead Ito HIMSELF Here's a
good thing. I'll read it again, SO can
remember it. Let me see. Where is
IL? All, here 1t is. General Butler
says he has often been called rascal,
but he thanks heaven no one ever
called him fool First rate. Ill get
that off at the DE Beautees' tonight" {"
Mr. Saphead tat dinner at the DE
Beautees') Jaw, Miss DE Beautee, do
you know I'm like General Butler in
one thing?"
Miss DE Beautee--"Yes, I've noticed
you squint little"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Reason Knocked Endways.

Street e. Smiths Good News.
Mr.. Borem tbuying railroad ticket
What became of the ticlSet-seller
who used to be at this Window"
Ticket Agent-"IIe's in lunatic
asylum"
"You don't say so. What drove him
crazy?''
"A shock"
''Shock, eh?"
"Ycs One day a man came to his
window. bought a ticket, paid for it,
and walked off without stopping To ask
= string Of foolish questions"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
The Unmusical Horse.

Recent Investigations so to show
that the horse has no ear for music.
aud only slight understanding Of
time aud military Signals. The popular
impression that trained horse can
waltz in time TO music is unsupported
by experience. rs in such eases the
music Is always played to suit the step
of the horse. which, is regulated by
signs from the trainer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-13
Knew What Wa. Coming.

Street and Smiths Good News.
Mr.. Tiptop-"As you are fluent
linguist, you would probably enjoy the
French comedy by the French com
pany at the theater. VIII you accept
me as an escort"
Miss Westend-"Er--I am not feel
ing very well this afternoon. You un-
derstand French, suppose, Mr.. Tip
top?"
Dear me, no. don't know word
of IT,"
"Oh! Thank you, Mr.. Tiptop, will
accompany you with pleasure. "