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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

In this stout serge she will tramp
long miles and encourage her com
plexion. This piece of brocade stands
for light and music. flattery and flowers
all the dear delights of the modern
ballroom; this soft gray cloth for long
drives along the shore or through fra
grant wood roads.
Not least in her consideration are the
samples of cambria, cheviot, and thin
silk that stand for the shirts and blouses
which play 50 important "a part in the
attire Of young women who know how
TO combine good form with comfort and
freedom from restraint.
Blouses used To mean. not so long
ago, either small boys or girls in sailor
suits or untidy women clothed in bag
ging flannel. Now they signify any
thing from the most trim and trig of
travelling dresses 10 the most elaborate
OF matinces or tea jackets.
Notwithstanding the ~suspender"
skirt, which promises 10 be as ommon
on Chicago streets as smoke in Chicago
air says the Post, and which will eff
f~ectually cheaper the shirt-waist, blouse
bodices in general win be in high favor
ali through the spring and summer
months. So pretty and convenient a
fashion will die hard If practical women
ear do anything 10 keep il alive.
The variety OF shirts and blouses dis
played in the shops is overwhelming,
striking confusion and dismay 10 the
soul of the ~hesitating. undecided shop
per who never knows just what she
does want, and Indirectly to that of the
unhappy saleswonan who waits upon
her.
For shirt waists proper figured cam
brio and India silk are perhaps most
popular. although this year as last there
are some pretty things in cheyiot and
French flannel. The latter materials.
however, admit Of frills. and ruffied
shirts is what the feminine summer
girl twho. by the way, is preparing to
plantthorns in the pillow Of ner mas
SuhG Is * wIse'as a serpent IN spite OF
her dovelike looks, and she has dis
covered that "A mans strayfng fancy is
oftener caugh. in a bit of puckered silk
than in the most dashing four-in-hand
that was ever tied. Hence thare is a
frill, either single or double, straight
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
ITO be hnfiRlsd.i
~rT-wom~vcrr
Scientific Explanation of the Ticking oi
the death Watch"

There is a more or less clearly de-
fined thread of superstition running
through the minds of most people, and
not "A few who have at various times
been involuntary listeners TO the sound
of unfamiliar tickings, especially dur
ing the hours of darkness, have been
unable TO prevent their imagination
leading them back 10 the stories told
them in childhood of the dreaded omen
of the tick of the death watch, which
precedes a death in the family.
1t is nov well known hat the ticking
is produced by an insect, and a Paris
ian chemist has o only taken the
trouble to investigate the subject thor
oughly, but has SEN TO a Paris paper
two insects actually caught in the act
of producing the sounds alluded to.
They were on the same sheet Of pack
ing paper (strong tarred paper). but
on the opposite sides and at a distance
of about four inches apart. One struck
forcibly with its head at the rate of six
blows per second, and the insect on
the lower side answered as soon as the
other had finished.
The insect is q tiny beetle, barely a
quarter of an inch long. 1t is gener-
ally during the night that it produces
the ticking sounds, and in order to do
so draws in the antenne and inter-
mediate legs, and, resting principally
upon the median legs, strikes its head
against its support by a sort of rocking
motion. 1t is through this noise that
the male calls the female. The larya
of the insect lives in woodwork Crane.
work. old furniture, etc., which il
gnaws in the interior without anything
ontside b~etraying its presence. A few
weeks after il has been transformed to
the chrysalis state the perfect insect
comes forth, and makes its exit from
the wood by boring a perfectly cylin.
drical hole in it. which thereafter
shows that the wood has been at
tackled, and it is often mutilated to
such a degree that il is virtually de-
stroyed.
A smaller species of the same genus
works equal havoc. not only with
wood. but books. herbaria. natural his
tory collections. cork. dry bread. etc
The death-watch beetle has the invari-
able habit of feiguing death when
seized or disturbed. The stimulation
is SO persistent that when immersed in
water. or even in alcohol, the insect
remains perfectly immovable, and viii
How itself TO be buried alive rather
than betray itself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
DIDN'T ALLOW ANY sHADowa

an item. He went around the block.
got in the shadow of a building, and
kept watch of the man until the fellow
noticed II and came over to him.
"Scc here. young Teller" he said.
~lll smash you"
"What arc You hanging around here
for at this time of night?r returned the
reporter boldly.
What's that To you?n exclaimed the
"a IN just about break YOU up in
pieces! | don't allow no man to shadow
me! understand?-
spiration as the man started for him,
and as he backed away he threw open
his coat and displayed his star.
"oho! a tiy-cop." said the man. well,
that's different. | never goes agin the
law. II you thinks you has any case
agin me just take me in"
Come on" said the new reporter,
and tire two started. each one eying the
other closely for fear of some unexpect-
ed move.
II don't mind walkin' TO the station
with you," said the man at last, "'cept
that I'll have To walk all the way back
when they find there amt nothin' agin
me except that | was sort of workin'
off a jag that | had early in the
%evenin'.n
"Never you mind about yonr jag,.
my strength seemed gone, and held in
said the reporter. just you come
along with me-"
40, I'm a-comin', replied the man.
But the reporter was troubled. It
began to dawn on him that he really
had no charge 10 make against the man,
md TINT fha a x.ra,1l LA ynal nv1
might make trouble when he found that
the reporter was not an officer.
"Whatn you do If | let you go?" he
finally asked.
~We're most there" returned the
man, ~an' might as well go on The
walk is soberin' me up great, SOS can
face the old woman"
"Were you trying to get in condition
TO go home?" asked the reporter.
"Sure."
"Well, you'd better CO.,
40, I'm gettin' a bit chilly, explained
the man, ~an' I'd sort o. like TO thaw
put by the station fire first"
Say! won't you go homer" said the
reporter appealingly.
"What for?" asked the man. sIt's
only a block more, and | kin show that
I'm all right. Come on! It's "a good
chance for you to get in out of the cold
for "a while yourself"
wont you please go homer" pleaded
the reporter.
The man stopped.
"See here, young Teller, who are you?"
he asked.
The reporter surrended and told him.
4Oho!" said the man. Then you
amt a fiy-cop. Well, young Teller, 1
fines you one round of drinks for foolin'
me, and then well walk back
The fine was paid, and now the re-
porter wouldn't display his star To save
himself from being Drained with a club.
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XII.

II CHANGED that / had no opportunity that
day OF revealing my engagement to Mr.. Gas
coigne. 1t was not that l let my chances
slip, though in truth l trembled not a little
at the thought Of the confession l had 10
make. could expect nothing but anger
from him. lie had trusted me, he might
say, and in this way l had rewarded tho
trust-secret meetings with the nephew he
had hidden never again to set foot in the
Grange. and q promise TO marry him.
penniiess Viola Thorne, paid companion
and amanuensis! What was / that ! should
we'd his nephew. descendant Of all the great
and noble Gascoignes! Who was l that I
should defy my employer?
III had net cared for Mr.. Gascoigne, II
might have been different. i knew Hilda
Farquhar would be angry-thongh how a n
cry ! never dreamed then-but her anger
would rebound from mt. In all these days
there had grown within me an affection for
the eccentric, solitary old man. I pitied
him - ~tply-pitied him for his weak
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

The hopes Of cure held out ia the adyer-
tsements of numbe-less remedies are
mere phantons, without the slightest
shadow Of reality about them. On the
othor hand, no statement has ever been
made in behalf of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters that is not susceptible of ample
suOstantiation. Care has ever been taken
IN laying its claims before the public TO
clrcumsc ibe those claims with the bounds
OF truth. Allegations outside Of these
form no blot on the record Of this sterling,
hme-honored remedy, proven by the most
respectable evidence to be o remedy for
aud preventive of malarial disease,
rheumatism, kidney trouble, chronic indi-
gestion aud biliousness. II IS an iuefaOly
hne tonic, promotes coBvalescence and
mitigates the inhrmities Of age. Taken
before retiring at night it i, a promoter of
sleep
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

ASAh viz hSN@S 1890
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, It's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand win pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA w SYRUP co.
SAs FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. sEw YoRk. G.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
WHY continue the use OF remedi

n continue the use OF remedies IN at
only relieve when Ely's Cream Ba, IN. pleasant
Of application aud n sure cure for Catarrh
and cold in head, can De had.
L had a severe attack of eatarrh and be.
came so deaf { could not hear common con,
versation. suffered terribly from roaring In
my head / procured n bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm, and in three weeks could hear as well
a ever, and now / can say to all who are
afflicted with the worst Of disease, catarrh
take Ely's Cream Balm and be cured. II is
worth sl,t0J to any man. woman or child suf-
fering from catafrh.-A. L Newman, Gray.
liug. Mich.
Apply BAN into each nos;riL II Is Qlickly
Absorbed. Gives Relief ut once. Price
% CENTS at Drug lists or by mai.
ELY BROTHERS, 20 Warren ST., New York
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Syrup"

William Mcclellan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale, Mich. "Ihave had
the Asthma badly ever since came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when / used b.
schee's German Syrup. / am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
1t has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgoto
sleep without the least trouble" O
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Mrs. F. NJ. LEWIS. OXanna Ala. writes:
~FOr over twenty years | have suffered
with headaches without relief nom the
many rene les and physicians tried during
that period. B~radycrotine produces the
most satisfactory results OF all Druggists.
Fifty cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
EminentlY fashionable.

aYou were at a high tea the other
day, l believer"
Eyes"
sWas il a fashionable AFFAIR.""
40, decidedly SO. 1t was attended
by the very best people. Very select :
@Indeed?r
4Yes: I know they were the very best.
for they had a professional reader there.
and while he was reading Anthony's
grafton everybody talked and laughed
just as II there had been no reader
theraA IN. Y. Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
M BulIy Bullied.

The late Col. Broadwater. of Helens
was a man of intrepid bravery. In
the early days of his life in the mines
a big and burly teamster. the terror OF
the neighborhood. one day seated him.
self on the tongue of his wagon and
refused to hitch up his team.
Col. Broadwater realized that some
thing must be done, and without say
ing a word he picked mp a short piece
of plank, six inches wide, and with a
swing struck the giant on the side Of
the head. The board split inta three
pieces but the man kept his seat.
@what are You doing? he asked. I'm
lighting. retorted the colonel ~Who?"
you" And Broadwater made ready
for another blow. Don't let me find
it out" snorted the bully. as he rose
from his eat and prepared to hitch up.
The colonel had carried his point and
thereafter was looked upon with re-
spect.-Kaasas City Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
HARD TO GET RID or.
The Fresh Reporter Arrests n Man and

The Fresh Reporter Arrests n Man and
Pays the Drinks to Get Rid Of Him.
He was a new man in the newspaper
business and he was rather proud OF his
reportorial badgc-a star. 1t was quite
a large one, and he would have liked TO
have worn it on his coat had there been
any excuse for it.
He was going home about midnight
when he saw "a man lettering about an
alley in the rear of a handsome resi-
dence. The mar seemed half drunk and
anxious 10 keep out of the way, and
the reporter thought he had run across
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

down the front Of her blouse waist, and
around the collar. too, if it happens 20
be "A broad turned-over one.
Extremely attractive waists, intended
to wear either with a coat in cool
weather or without in hot days, come
In shot silks in all possible shades.
They are slightly full in the back. In
the front the silk is brought in folds
from the under-arm seams and gathered
TO make a double frill, graduated at
throat and waist line, falling broad and
full over the bust. The collar is high,
the points turned back in front, the
sleeves are full and wide, without being
especially high, giving the broad
is just now considered desirable.
Two cotton blouses that may be worn
with any skirt and are Invaluable as a
means of freshening last seasons toilets
have just been added To the wardrobe
of a certain young woman who boasts
of never having more than three gowns
at one time, but who is nevertheless
always well dressed. One is of blue
crepon lowered with white and made
with n long pointed yoke of Swiss m
broidery back and front, outlined with
a not too wide berthe of edging TO
correspond. A ribbon belt terminal
ing in a smart little bow confines the
full folds of the crepon at the waist.
The sleeves have narrow cuffs of EN-
broidery.
The other bodice is of fine cambria
powdered with sprays of flowers on q
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Bachelor-You married q rich woman
and yet You Q have a cent.
Benedick-She supplies all my needs,
but she won't give me any spending
money.
Baehelor-why don't you get up In
the night and go through her pocket?
Pcnedick-I did that once. but l could
not find her pocket--N. Y. Press.
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A Horrifying Spectacle.

Stranger-4Marcifu hivens. Phwat's
tbot?"
Resident-@That is n policeman"
1Thot Dootchman?"
@Yes. He's a German"
"A Dootch policemen! Phwin does
tn mkt train lave fur somewhere ilsc?s
IN. Y. Weekly.
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AS POPULAR AS EVER.
THE BLOUSE BODICE WILL BE WORN
THIS SEASON.
It IL Cool, Comfortable. and Becoming
For AN These Reasons Women Like
IT, as Well as for tho Fact That II Can
BE Made Out of Almost Nothing.

For summer wear the blouse bodice
Is as fashionable as ever. 1t is cheap
and out of a few bits of silk and wool
the average woman can construct an
outfit that will last the entire season.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Mother-I think you ought to be
grateful to your father for getting you
such a nice knife, instead OF complain.
ing
Little Johnny-It's got only two
blades.
cart use but one blade at a
time.
Yes. but when two blades get broken
there won't be any left.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

When BABY was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When She was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When She became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CaStoria
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
The Father Improving.

Mother-Have vou heard how Mr..
Spanker is this morning?
Small son-oh, he's all right He's
gettin' we'll fast.
Who told you?
No one.
Then how do you know?
HIS little boys has begun TO hear
wen their mother calls
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

There have been ten democratic presi-
dents. three federalist$, If We count John
Quincy Adams in the list; four wings,
couuting Tyler, who was repudiated By
his party, and six republicans.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
No Lie There.

Little Dot-What's all this talk
bout Mars? Docs folks live there?
Little Johnny-They used to live
there but they is oil dead long ago.
How do you know?
heard pa pa say tho names of all
the seas an lakes an islands an
things is from the dead languages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Among the persons under arrest in
Marietta, Ca under suspicion of having
been concerned in the murder of Mrs.
Looney are three John Smiths.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

The fathers of New Guinea sell their
daughters for a AK apiece. Down in New
Guinea whsn "A blushing maiden favors a
young mans suit she shyly murmurs, AK
papa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
81 Hate to
Ask
My Doctor"

the d~elicacy Of the young, but there is
no excuse for a 1gonaH who neglects the
freely offered assistance Of a zpomqR.
Lr4hz Z. P1rkhgms ErPTfabe CompoAU4
IS the product OF i LIES practice Of a
woman among women, and an unfailing
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
No Cen.ui PnssIhIn

New guest summer boarding house,
-How many children have they here?
Old Boarder (helplessly)-I don't
know. They make SC much noise I
cant collect my thoughts long enough
10 count EN-.
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"A white female child born recently in
Washington has six toes on each foot
and seven well-developed fingers on
either hand
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TITs.-An FITS stopped free By DR.. KLiyz's
CHAT NERVE lsksToREE. No Fits after nrss days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and s2.no trial bottle
Tree ~ 10 cases. send 10 Dr. Kline gl Arch 81.
Philadelphia. Pa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

TACKLE An OBsT NATE CoUGH OR COLD
with HALE's HONEY oP HoREHoUSD AND
TAR.
PIKE T~ooTuAcnE DROPS Cure in one
minute
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The Anne lean combination OF paint
Jug telcgraphs conveyed 1000 words an
honr ia 1859
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

] G. STMSON, Marques, W. Va. saws:
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me of a very
bad case of cntar h." Druggists sell ii,
~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

A CURE for nearly all the common Ills
what. doctorsi fshaw! Take Beech.
ans Pills. For sale by all druggists. 25
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

cure for woman's ills.
Il removes at once
those pains, aches, and
weaknesses, brightens
the spirits, and inyigo-
rates the entire system.
An unexcelled remedy
for Kidney Troubles.
Al Dugg ~ sell L. Or sen,
b. mail. Iu form % pills or
lgzeU-cs uU rnreipt 1fkI 90.
liver Pills 35c. Core
spnudeuCe freely answered.
Address iu confidence.
LYDIA 4 PISKHAM MED Co.
LYss, MASS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Philadelphia is said 10 paw more for
! c street arc lamps than any large city
ia the union except two.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

lie Fetit Journal, Of Paris, has a daily
circulation OF nearly loo 900 1t has the
largest circu alton in the world; the next
largest IS that of the Daily News, vi Lon.
don
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

When q man ~feels his oats it is noe
always evidence Of his being q stahls
character -Yonksrs G0seHs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Of all the methods OF capital punish
ment the gu%illotine still takes the
head Yoakeys Statesman,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

People in London write on an average
s1,ali letters a day, requiring thirty gal
Ions of ink.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

OF the 26,Ooc,0 900 workers In the United
states less than l,oJJ,0O belong TO labor
organizations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

A man Is called a confirmed lias
when nothing that he says 10 con-
(jrmed, - R0Sf0n Tr0a~--
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California has n little girl who has
nine fingers on one hand and eight toes on
the opposite foot
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Gilmore women ore not taught TO write
or read. They are not considered of
enough importance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Cure for Colds. Fevers and General
Debility. Small Bile Beans. &c per bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
Not Paying.

Mamma told you not to play on
Sunday"
Little Boy haunt been playin'.
! was learniG' my Sunday school les
son.
But you are in a perspiration.
was turnin' hand spring between
each verse, SOS TO get it down into my
head.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
Can Walk a Mile

Easily. although Tor n
long time before taking
Hoods sarsaparilla u
could not walk n
step. ] had a terrible
running sore on my leg.
resulting from milk leg.
Nothing did me any good
till began taking
HOODS sARSAPA-
BlLLA. The pain,
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Oh, Womani

I alse modesty
and p-rocrastina
uon are response.
bic for much Of
your suffering.
We can excuse
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

To-day Amerfcan fActorleS turn out
$1,000 watches a week. Almost the
only time-pieces imported are repeat
ers, stop-watche,, and those having
special movements. which bring . hig5
prize.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

sample Package Mailed Free.
Address Small bile Beans, New York.
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seased wholly. the dark SIR. chn.. A.brIl.
solor disappeared. the
gore has healed. and the limb Is perfectly
healthy" MAS q A. AsntLI- Avon, Mass.
HOOPS FILLS should be Ia every family
medicine chest. Once used they are preferred.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24

Constipation cured by small Bile Beans,