Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-05-23
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The widow Of Henry Ward Beecher
has the income Of 100000 to ne
upon.
Mrs. Stanley Is direct descendant
the seventh in line-froui Oliver Crom-
well.
A boy baby born in Atclison was
christened Hard Timer" by his
parents.
Fred Taral. formerly Harper (Kan.)
boy. gets $4,000 year rs horse
jockey. ami only rides half the year.
It Is said that the only bronze statues
in the United States of Humboldt.
Shakespeare aud Columbus are at S.;
Louis.
| Cannibaism is evidently on the i'm
crease in Washington. An advertise
ment in one of the papers read.:
"Wanted-A white girl for cooking"
George w. Childs instructed his as
sistant editors " years ago never
10 let any wittic which reflected on
woman creep into the columns OF the
| Ledger.
The buffalo are in no danger of be-
coming an extinct species. Since they
have beer placed under protection Of
Government troops they have been in
creasing.
Sands Carpenter is Port Huron
| (Mich.) character, 30 years old. He
supports himself on $50 year, aud
one OF his cccentricities is to chew tea
as he would tobacco.
IL Is estimated that in American
cities the people have only about one
fifth as much free playground as have
the people in the cities OF the elfete
monarshies OF Europe.
Tie Emir of Bokhara has sent to the
Gar present Of eight milk-white
asses of The purcst Central Asian breed.
and they have been duly installed
among the Cars ass-sets.
The discovery has been made that
there are three peachbIow vases in thi:
country. and Four Hundred circles
seem TO regard 1t rs climax in our
affairs, or ut least crisis.
De Lesseps is now Sc years old. At
80 he was a rugged. enthusiastic. and
vigorous octogenarian, but since the
collapse of his great Panama Canal
scheme he has aged and broken per-
ceptibly.
Some idea OF the vastuess of Lucky"
Baldwin's stock farm and vineyard at
Santa Anita. Cal. may DO obtained
from statement of the fact that the
taxes on the estate last year amounted
TO $50. 900.
Meissonler's intense aversion to
Americans was due to the fact that
''they were not demonstrative enough"
when they were introduced to his
presence. He once said that he hated
them for this reason.
Broker Robert B. Davidson of Phila-
delphia is the only surviving clerk Of
the old United States bank. He is 50
years old, and was employed in the
bank from 1882 to 1886, while Nicholas
Bdde was president OF II.
Colonel Elliot F. Shepards fierce
war upon the letter "h" in Behring
Sea has ended in complete victory
for the letter as was feared. The last
seen Of the Colonel he was living in
much disorder before victorious foe.
Miss Yvett Gullbert Is the present
rage in Paris. She Is slim. has green
eyes and auburn hair. She can not
sing and does not try TO. but chants.
Miss Guilbert is novelty and the
town is correspondingly mad over her.
Mr.. Gladstone has three hats and
three ohly. One is black aud very
old; the second Is white and is used only
in sum her; the third is soft felt and
his coHe etant travelling companion. Its
age is }aknown, but it is many years
osa ~.l~,.-. ,..,.u :. :. ,.,.. ....~...
shoe. Invented by German. 1t i
light. elastic and said to be durable
Moreover. it wears in such way tha
its under surface Is always rough.
For the reason il IS claimed that il
would be admirably adapted for use on
asphalt payements.
A New York girl has been sent Il
the insane ASYLUM because she thought
every man she met was in love with
her. but was deferred from proposing
marriage for the reason that all sup
posed her too good for them. This
conceit is almost universal among
Philadelphia girls, aud for this reason
perhaps. it is not considered irrational.
Virtue isn't always its own reward.
The English pickle manufacturers have
been making their pint bottles hold a
little .'ore than pint, to ba on the
safe side of an English law on the sub
ject. But when they send these pint
bottles to Canada they run against 4
tariff law which provides that any
package measuring more than - pint
must pay on quart.
Oliver Thorne Miller has posted
| from her home in Brooklyn 10000
printed slips. asking the women Of
| New York not to wear birds or their
| plumagc. Aud the women Of New
York go on wearing birds and birds
wings until. according 10 dealers. the
demand for this style OF ornament is
| greater than ever before. The only
consolation in it for Mrs. Miller is that
!, she has done her duty.
An afternoon entertainment called a
"magazne vivant" is the latest thing
in Boston. There is n stage on which
are presented tableaus in which
beauteous Boston maids aud matrons
tako part. Lovely classic altar in
center with a perennial fire burning on
il. Greek costumes. smoke of in
cense. and room full of critical
Bostouians looking on. Such is tho
usual programme. And it is consider
cd great fun except when some ore
varies the proceedings by telling u
funny story.
Miss Lillian B. Perry of Covington.
Tenn. has won prize for the best
| description of the kind Of man TO
marry. and this is the way she paints
her ideal: IF l wished TO marry
(Which of course do uot) woald de-
sire a man too noble 10 commit a
mean act. but generous enough TO
forgive one. A man as gentle as "a
woman. MS manly asa man; one who
does not talk scandal nor tell Disagree
BILE truths. A man whose name wou!d
be proud To bear; TO whom l could
carry my doubts and perplexitics ani
with whom ! would lind sympathy and
joy
MIR. Jepson. Stanley's lieutenant. re-
lates this experience with Young
Rudyard Kipling: 1T was at little
tea. and Mr.. Kipling rs usual was
monopoliziny the conversation. and il
was II this and Il that. all ~ L! IL