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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
THREE MILLION sAcnsLoRs.
Thst's the Census shows ana Iss6
Time Some Rspeutsd.

According to the last census reports
there are owe 5000, 600 bachelors in
the United States. by which is meant
there are 5000. 900 men over thirty
years old who have never been mar.
ried.
This fact. of course, furnishes q very
handy text for all sorts Of comment
and suggestion. Now and then the
scheme is advocated OF making neglect
OF matrimony a statutory o~ffensc.
either by way of tax discrimination in
favor Of married parties or otherwise.
In earlier times marriage was COM
pulsory. The great world-conouerors
wanted material for their armies, and
so heavy penalties were laid on a neg
lect to marry.
One interesting question which the
census figures do not answer 10 thiss
"How many Of these 8, 900, 900 bach.
elors are single from choice rather
than necessity"
The factors affecting the ability 70
support a wife have been very much
changed under the newer industrial
and commercial condition. So great
has become the competition for places
among the higher pursuits. and 80
largely have women come TO fill posi-
tons once exclusively occupied by
men, that the bureaus of industrial
statistics show a larger and larger
percentage of men in these pursuits
whose incomes, from their pciut OF
view, will not permit them TO marry.
1t is easy to scold the young men In
this matter-quite as easy 10 find fanlt
with the young women who are look.
ing out for husbands with plenty Of
ready money. But there is nothing
in the published census figures regard.
ing the average earnings of certain
classes Of workers which at all war.
rants the conclusion that the majority
Of these 5000, 900 unmarried men re-
main single through wlllfulness rather
than what they deem necessity. -BOs-
ton GioGe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
RETURN OF riIE FARMERS DAUGHTER.

RETURN OF fnE FARMERS DAUGHTER.
A young lady, the daughter Of a
Western farmer, whose heart o'erflowed
with patriotism, quietly left her com,
Portable homsc, cut off her beautiful
hair, donned male attire, enlisted In a
company, ard went directly to the sea,
of war.
During the home life she had been
the milking maid, and her kind treat.
ment of the bovine tribe of the farm
had made her a special favorite. But
one of the tactical tribe was her special
favorite, and whose reciprocal love at
meeting was always demonstrated.
When mustered out Of service she re.
turned TO her paternal home, her
habiliInents being those of the heroes
of the war, and politely requested per-
mission rs a stranger for entertain
ment over night, which was readily
granted by the kind host to q return.
ing soldier.
On the following morning she ssose,
and, still regarded by the entire fam
lily as n perfect stranger, proceeded in
her soldier garb to her old milking
quarters, anu she had not entered the
gateway till she was ut once recognized
BY her pet COW, which proceeded TO
meet her and greet her with all demon
strations of q loving animal 10 q dear
friend. Then the soldier returned to
the household and, instead Of possessing
the recognizing powers Of q cow,it W
hard work TAI persuade them that she
was really their daughter.-Pittshurg
ComBercial-Gasette
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Ostrich eggs are piled like cannon
balls just outside the ostrich farm in
Midway. Across the way is the village
of the Dahomeyans, where they have
coops filled with chickens, from which
the butcher draws supplies for the
natives when business is good. A wag
land the street Is filed with them
stole m Of the ostrich eggs the other
day and slyly placed it in one of the
coops of the Africans. When morning
came the savages were awe-stricken at
the sight they beheld in the wooden
prison of the fowls. There lay on the
floor an egg OF such gigantic size that
even a barbarian conld scarcely asso-
ciate it with the efforts of the most
industrious fowl in the coop. But
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
Imitation or English Custom.

One or two shops on Fifth avenue
have carried the imitation Of English
custom SO far as to close the front
door. admittancc being had only on
ringing y bell. An old traveller says:
-That is o little piece of snobbcry that
we will soon outgrow. Americans
won't stand il. 1t makes them feel as
II they were under surveillance I O have
to ring u bell and be ushered into Q
waiting room by a uniformed porter.
In Europe, where many Of the shop.
keepers are too poor or stingy TO hire
. clerk, the proprietors live In back
rooms and leave the shop vacant until
somebody rings. Then, for the trouble
of admitting him. thew expect him to
make "a purchase, and they may be in
sulting II he doesn't. But here no shop
keeper can be long successful who
doesn't make us free OF his place, and
II he tries any obvious dodge to make
as buy what W. don't want we never
call en- him again. On general prinoi-
pies l never ~patronlze an American
shop that has q door'bell."-N y. San.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

NE bFohE OF SOMETHING THAT BEGAN
WITH A "P."
Nothing in It but Trains autographs
and opinions on everything on Gods
earth. Look at this hat. Smashed in
n crowd where Train was talking about
cosmos and something else that begins
with p. Haven't had time to wash or
eat. Train doesn't cat, and he wouldn't
let me eat. When suggested u sand
witch he suggested that we walk
through the wooded island, and when
/ mentioned beer he talked about Co.'S
mos and that thing that begins with .
p. I'll bet ! have walked 200 miles to-
day. I've been every where except
home. Visited every building on the
grounds and some that are In Ham,
mond."
@Where Is Train now?"
~Oh, i don't know. just left him to
shift for himself. I got him on a cable
train as far as here and then / left him.
He wasn't ON the ear ten minutes be.
fore he had told everybody who ! was
what lao had done since he was
born. lie built more railroads on the
ironte end OF the grip than Gould ever
heard OF, and then he talked about
Mobilier, whoever he may be, and
about q razzaw and how he (Trainl
gailoped round the world, and the way
he became president of the Murderons,
OF the Toombs in New York. Out
Midway he broke through the fence
81 the Java village and began below.
'ng some sort Of rot to the natives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
LATEST THING IN oeLsARrr.
4 Practical System of Physical Training
for American Women.

As physical training is engaging the
attention and consuming the time OF
young women everywhere, Mrs. Bird
get Mcguire, Franlein Gretchen
Schmidt, Fruc Johanna Bjornson, Mrs.
Dinah Johnseng and others who stand
high in the profession which these
ladies adorn have organized a school
and prepared a course of lectures for
the purpose Of introducing their sys.
tenn Of physical culture. They are also
about TO publish u book, "Tbe Inter
national System of Physical Culture
Explained" the advance sheets OF
which are already out. Below WI give
the principal exercises peculiar to this
system:
1. Take a scops (the high Latin
name for broom in the hands. which
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
Tbs housa.

WASHINGTON, Sept 6.-There was NOT
more than . hundred members present
when the house was called to order this
morning. Mr. J. Tsihcrt, acu;., South
Caro!ina, asked leave to introduce q bill
for the statement of the volume or cur
rency. Mr.. Brosius, rep, Pennsylvania,
objected.
The house then resumed the considera.
ton Of the new code of rules, the pending
question being the Kyle amendment
striking from the rules the clause
making loo members . quorum in com.
mittee Of the whole.
Mr.. Catchings, dem, Mississippi, ex.
pressed q willingness to consent to the
Kyle amendment, striking out the para.
graph making 100 . quorum committee OF
the whole.
Mr.. Dolliver, rep. Iowa. regretted this
departure from the sound policy insti
tuted by Mr.. Reed, to whom he paid high
compliments
The Kyle motion was agreed to by .
vote Of s to 81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Flower"

lam ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower l should have died before
this. Eight years ago / was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
a dyspeptic can. / employed three
Of our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that I had
heart, kidney, and liver trouble.
Everything / ate distressed me SO
that l had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it." LORENZO F.
SLEEPER, Appleton, Maine. o
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

after the death OF Gen. Packenham,
at the battle OF New Orleans, bis
v~iscera were removed. preparatory tc
shipping the body to England. The
whole mass Of the bowels. includina
other Internal orgaus. were wrapped
in cotton and buried In a box betwees
two pecan trees, which. although In :
hourishing condition Mt the time. never
after bore nuts, and were known Tar
aud wide as tho 3cursed pecan trecs.s
The body wa secretly shipped TO Eng.
.=sa In q cask Of vim
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

We have 500 pounds of 8 poi2t
(brevier) type second hand. in we'll
sorted cases containing about SO pounds
each. This type was used in this
Office for about thirteen months and ID
in good condition for second hand ma
terial. This advertisement is set out
OF m of the cases, and az 1t shows
here is q specimen OF the whole and
what il will do.
1t is offered for sale at Isc. q pound.
AS it is q bargain those needing body
type should order at once. This il an
extra hard type and will last for years
on a weekly newspaper. Orders will
be filed in the order of their receipt
at this Office. Do not delay writing II
a case or two of this BREWER will add
to the equipment of your Office. Fifty
pounds will only cost you %. 90. Ad
dress
THE Sioux CRY PRINTING Co..
Sioux City Iowa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

A fat man in a light suit of clothes
and wearing gold-rimmed spectacles
stood dejectedly at Thirty-ninth street
and Cottage Grove avenue at l o'clock
last night.
Toughest day l ever put in, " he said
YEARLY.
"Been out TO the fair?" asked a young
fellow who sat astride a tireplug.
"Been at the fair" exclaimed the fat
man with some show of life. "Been
at the fair? Yes, I've been there and
! wish it would shut up and go out of
business
Somebody rob you?"
POSSIBLY, but I'm not kicking about
that"
Lose your pass?"
@No; never had one"
@Music upset you?"
sNo, and ii never will. You see l
have been out all day with that George
Francis Train. Look at this packet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

ers has been at
tached, bend the
body C X w a r d
from the waist,
throw the b e a d
we'll back and ele-
vate the arms until
the feathers rest
lightly against the
ceiling or walls.
Move h @ IN s
back and forth,
carefully holding
the pole in posi-
ton. In a similar
exercise, o fire.
Quently practiced,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16


should be held at
half reach reversed
grasp. allowing
the bushy portion
of the scope to
rest upon the floor
and holding firmly
TO the upper end
of the handle.
Bend the body
slightly forward,
give the arms q
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
The T,u,Iax,.;vs p,;,,;,l.

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has q
permanently beneficial effect on the hu
man system, while h cheap vegetabl,
extracts N mineral solutions, usual,
sold rs medicines, are permanently in
furious. Being we'll informed, You viii
use the true remedy only. Manufacturer
by the California fax Syrup company.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

horizontal movement, lift the scopm
slightly and move one foot before the
ot5er. Repeat these movements until
.he scope has been brought in contact
with every portion Of the floor.
2. Holding vertically in the hands
a long pole to which a bundle of feath.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Ladies, use DR.. L.ai.ue's 'Periodical- Pria from
l'srts. France. Established In Europe, 1859; Unitel
-tstes. 1881. Cures all suppressiona. irregulsriues
hey positively must not be taken during pregnancy
iany ~ lho i.is ~ which i4Slss are subyect are ths
Girect results Of irregular menstruation. Continued
monthly suppression result IL blood poisoning and
gulcs consumption. q . package OF . for q. per mai
IN plain scAsed envelope on receipt Of price. The La
tie hemicai Co. proprietors. The genuine pill % 4
y sed wick . Grady. Sioux City. L. Wholesale ana
rrtail aycats.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
SouYanir Coins.

Those beautiful silver COINS provided by
special act of congress to commemorate
the great Columbian anniversary exposi-
ton may be had at the regular price OF o.
by sending postal note for that sum TO
The DAILY TRIBUNE. Sioux City, Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

dip into a paste
composed of amy
Ion and aqua pura,
that is TO say,
pure water. and
allow it TO become
almost dry. Spread
on a smooth sur
60 10 m a ~ a a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

place o~bliquely in
it, so that the lower
edge shall rest in
the bottom of the
basin and the up
per one lean against
the opposite side, a
corrugated niece Of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

OF that lurking foe, chills an fever, we
often struggle vainly to free ourselve
from its clutch. Palliatives there are
without number, but if you want real
remedy, as OF course you do il afflicted
with this abominable malady, hasten TO
procure and persistently use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. IL you follow this suy-
gestion, permanent restoration to health
will reward you. Every form of mala-
rial disease is permanently eradicated
by the Bitters, which is likewise
u relia bic safeguard against maladies OF
this type. Not alone on this continent,
but throughout the tropics. it is Justly re-
garded as a complete antidote to miasma
poison In air or water. No less effective
is it for disorders of the stomach, liver
aid bowels, rheumatism. kidney com
plants and nervousness. No one sojourn-
ing in n nialarious region, or who is sub
iected TO outdoor exposure in rough
weather, or to excessive mental or phys
ical strain, should be without this fine de-
fensive tonic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
BROUGHT UP ON A FARM.
Hut She Put IN n Uniform and Tough
Through the War.

nut SHe Tut OH u thITOrm ana FUushv
Through the War.
A history of the women who served
in the ranks during the war will re
veal some remarkable displays of
heroism. So far no correct roll oil
these has been prepared. This matter,
however, should not be neglected un.
til too late to secure the necessary
data.
Following is a story sent in by our
very reliable and accurate correspond.
emit, W.. II. Wallace of Hammondsville,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16
AN OSTRICH EGG-FI.IP.

there lay the egg and there was moth.
ing about the box TO indicate that it
had been tempered with. That night
the savages declared that n white hen
in the coop was bewitched and that
she might lay 4 carpet il she were per-
mitted to live another day. Before
sunset the blood of the feathered witch
was staining a block. and then when
the executioner had finished his work
he aung the quivering flesh into Sixty
first street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

+ A. Rood. Toledo. O.. says: .HalI's
Cstarrh Cure cured my wife Of casarrf
fifteen years and she has had NO re
turn Of II. It's . sure cure Sold by
druggists, 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

wood covered with zinc. Then take
some sort of cloth, sousc in the water
and rub briskly on the board. A little
soap will lessen the friction and render
the exercise somewhat more gentle.
S. Take a cloth, treated as above.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

She (another's) But II isn't right
Tor you to say you love me; you must
only think Il. Her Summer Lover
But don't lbiuk It'll only ssy IT,
Fsck
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Electric traction is becoming common
throughout Italy. The most recent tram
way to be opened for trafic runs between
Milan and Mona, q distance OF ten miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Nearly $500 bottles OF beer were
broken and their contents poured into :
ravine by a crowd of prohibitiouists q,
Osborne, Kas., the other day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

weight upon the arms, bending them
at the elbows as the motion of the
hands requires, and pass the cloth
briskly over the surface of the floor.
4. Fill a large basin with water and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Cakes of tea In India. pieces of silk In
China. salt in Abyssinia and Goldfish in
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

lin Roumania . duty OF Ia bottle has
10 be paid on foreign wine. There II . tax
on female servants, on door Plates and ON
doctors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

BeechEA's Pills are . wonderful medi.
zine for any bilious or disorder,
sueh ~ sick hesdscke, Go. Prise ~ eentu
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Chinese who entered Canada WAS 2 .25S.
The poll tai collected amounted to $l13,-
A9l
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

girls father has lots Of mor.,
sua sue acts wild people say sAs z
s.sacious. - AtcAjsoS GLOBE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

HIS APOLOGY WAS NoT SUFFICIENT.
barrassed countryman, who seemed TO
think he was in a congress of poten-
tates, backed away as IL fearful of re-
ceiving a crushing rebuke.
Still the figure of the monarch stared
b,ankly without uttering 2 word, much
less refusing TO bow a recognition OF
the apology. The c~ountryman started
TO go away.
"Stop!" commanded a voice as the
stranger shufied his way to the head
Of the stairs. The codntryman turned
round with al expression of terror in
his face.
We'll, didn't ! 'pologize, general, "
he whimpered, timidly.
~You did, " came the same mysterious
voice, but you have crushed my toes.
Look ut them. | have a mind to cut
you from head TO foot"
The countryman looked appealingly
to the people about him.
Now continued the strange voice.
@if you don't pick up that big toe and
hand il to me I'll run you through
The farmer drew near To the figure,
stopped and took hold of what ap-
peared to he n wad of boot and meat.
AS he arose with the result of his awk-
wardness in his hand a look of disgust
spread over his face.
"Ill tell yer candid like, general"
he said, with some show of returning
confidence, "you may be pert and prim
and fit u whole lot in yer dag, bnt you
can bet the rest of yer boots You
couldn't last long under fire now.
But I'll shake yer hand il yer don't
mind and git some Eminent fer that
foot"
A terrified ventriloquist, who had
made the most Of the farmers misfor-
tune, dragged the latter away.
lyon see, stranger" the newcomer
said, "that fellow is made of wax.
Il don't give a dern," replied the
farmer. He'll know better than to
kick me again"
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pastor Of All
Souls Unitarian Church, believes in
utilizing the first day of the week by a
careful study Of the pictures in the art
palace. So do the members of his
large congregation.
Last Sunday, therefore. after the
service in the church the reverend
gentleman and a large slice OF his fell
iow-worshippers filled up a cable car
or two and started for Jackson Park.
1t was understood that the moral
aspects of c~eJtain of the paintings and
statues would be dwelt upon by Mr..
Jones TO the e~dification of his hearers
and the sanctification Of the day.
The party passed the gates safely
and reached the art palace without
difficulty. They paused In front of
one of the medaled masterpieces Of
modern art and the voice Of the
preacher was lifted up in a discourse
upon the ethical significance underly-
ing the anvas and its pigments.
"Hold on there, y came a coarse Kan.
sas voice from the outskirts of the
gathered listeners,
A sudden change of front by the
throng revealed an adult Columbian
guard.
"You can't do that in here, he re-
sumed. you'll have to git outside to
talk. This amt no lecturing hall"
why must we go without?" in.
quircd the minister.
Because you hadn't oughter come
inside" the disciplinarian explained.
Thercupon the students with their
pastor marched ont of the building tr
enjoy the sunshine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

grasping a wet
cloth in the hands,
bend the back till
the cloth touches
the floor. Press
the hands down
firmly. throw the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Snobbly--@I can always make {
woman show her hand"
Bobby "Howss
Snobbly--.By praising some sthsI
woman'a. -Hhil0delphia Record
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

q shorter pole is used ard the feathers
are allowed to pass over Che different
objects in the room. But this, while
excellent for the arms and shoulders,
does moi call into play The muscles OF
the spine, neck and chest.
g.. Kneeling upon the floor and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

Then he dragged me up into a minares
and told me I was full OF cosmos and
that soing that begins with D.. When
he got down he wanted To ride a camel
into the temple. Then he dragged me
back to Java and talked to the big apo
there. He said he could do IL and |
guess he did, for the monkey just
rolled over against the bars of his cage
and said, .Ack, ack.' On the a Train
removed the vegetables from his but
tonhole and cried out: The fair is a
gigantic success. Wednesday 40, 600.
Thursday 118, OOo, Friday q little off,
Saturday LAG, 900. Cosmos! New York
is deader'n n mackerel."
"A man In the last seat came for.
ward and laid his hands upon Mr..
Train.
Take that off! Take that off!
yelled the citizen.
@Then there was a fight. See that
lump on my jaw? | tried to say some
thing and this swelling Is the result.
When | got TO Th~irty5ninth street
left the cable train and the other
Train as well. Where Is he? l don't
know. The last thing he said TO me
was this: Fair gigantic success! New
ioTh Oc u. D HuSJ SJutCer IN hD
earthquake. 1t is free of thieves. ]
started the first packet to England. /
own Omaha. Eat cheese. Meat makes
a man turn green. DonS be green.
Good night, cosnos!'
"Now, that is what / have had TO
day. I'm going home and run the risk
of my wife asking nae If | have gone
into the milk business. It's about the
time those can fellows get around,
isn't it?"
The wax figure Of a European mon.
arch stood prim and helmeted in the
Moorish Palace. The right hand
clutched a sword, the left dropped al
the side and upon the breast OF the
white uniform a half-dozen decorations
were pinned in a row. A countryman,
dazed by what he had seen, stumbled
awkwardly upon the feet of the waxep
autocrat.
"B'gosh, didn't mean that, partner
lac said ALPHABETICALLY.
The figure still stood grimly silent 10
its decorations and glistening helmet.
Il say, partner" repeated the coun
tryman, "that slip was all "A mistake.
You fellers are sort o thick around
here and | didn't see you in time. Nc
harm done, was thcre?" and the EN-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-16

HIS INFLAMAADLE TRoUsEREENs.
Bafin's Bey is not being wheeled
around in a chair. He is not sitting
on the lawn. He is not sitting any
where. in fact, He can't.