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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
ANTl.cRINOLINE BILL.
A Minnesota Legislator Audaciously Pro.
posss TO Restrict W.man's Sphere.

ST.. PAUL, Feb. 6.-Represensativs
George M. Bleecker, of Minneapolis,
introduced bill in the house designed
To prevent the ladies Of Minnesota from
adopting crinoline next spring, regard
less OF what the fashion may be. The
bill Is as follows, and was referred To
the committee on interpretations other
than municipal:
Section |. II shall be unlawfnl for any
person To manufacture or sell or to offer
Tor sale, or use any hoopskirt or hoop
skirts, or anything IKE fhereunto within
the limits OF Minnesota.
Sec. 2. Any person violating this net or
in any way assisting the violation OF any
provision OF this act shall be punished by
4 flne Of not less than eJ nor more than
s25 for each ofYense, and In default shall
Be- imprisoned In the county tail for
epriod not exceeding thirty days
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
THE BOGOTA RIOT.
Battle Between the People and the Polc,..
Troops Called Out

PANAMA, Feb. 4.-Prirate advices
from Bogota are to the effect that the
recent riot was much more serious than
Mt first reported. II is stated that there
was severe and sanguinary battle be-
tween the populace and the police. The
mob defeated the police and held
two days. Then the national troops
were called out and martial law was
proclaimed. The soldiers succeeded in
restoring order, and the leaders of the
mob were arrested and executed AL
together about 100 persons were killed
and from 800 to 600 were wounded in
the conflict. A rigid censorship OF
press dispatches Is being maintained,
so that il is difficult To get the facts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Not S. Bad

Little Dot Mamma, l was plapin'
with your 4 o'clock tea SET while you
was away, an when you bring it out
.or company you'll be awaully morti-
led cause you'll thinl. one of the cups
has hair in il; but 1t isn't hair.
Manma-What is it?
Little Dot--It's only a crack.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Hard Water.

Aunt Jane lis the water where YOU
i've now soft or hard?
Wee Niece Il guess it's pretty hard.
rhe girl spattered some on the lamp
chimney the other night an il broke
all to piecas
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
A, Uop aYdonabI, Sin.

First Village Boy with sied)--O.d
Mrs. Muggins has to go to tn poor
aonse. Why don't the folks around
own take care of her.
Second Village Boy Mebby when
everybody was children she put ashes
,n the hill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The superiority of tea over brandy in
many cases is beyond question. The
idea still fingers that alcohol keeps out
the cold. As matter of fact, mount
aineers have found by repeated expert
ence that the opposite of this holds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
RAILWAY FIGHT SETTLED,
The Duluth. Mesaba and Northern Goes to
Syndic1ts.

DULUTH, Mimi, Feb 6.-The fight
lor the control of the Duluth, Mcsaba
and Northern railroad has endei. X.
ID. Chase and Donald Grant have sold
their interest 10 the Merritts, Roclxe-
fellers, and the Steel Barge company.
The injunction proceedings now pend
ing in st. Paul to prevent the alliance
Of the companies named viii be dis
continued
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Mere Matt r OF Tim.

Mrs. Blinks How does it happen
that Mrs. Nexdoor can afford 10 ,:.css
better than can
Mr. Blinks--They haven't been mar.
cied long and presume he isn't quite
broke vet
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

\ shower of rice thrown at bride
and br degroom in England as they
were starting on their wedding tour
recently caused the two horses at.
tached To their carriage 10 bolt. with
the result that the bridegroom was
thrown out and received serious ipjur-
iaC
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Ito be told that we are separated from
the molten liquid with which the earth is
hlled by crust only eighteen miles In
shickness IL ut frat thrught 3 little
alarming That, however. Il the View 20
which Alfred Russell Wallace lends thu
weight 81 his authority In the rortnlghtly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Sha Coul Jn'f Be.

Miss Peart--Did yon ever look at
yourself in the glass when you were
angry?
Rival Belle No, I'm never angry
when look in the glass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The Liverpool overhead railway
the first elevated road to be built in
England, has just been completed. II
occupied three wears in construction, is
six miles in length SO far cost Sl25,000
per mile and the motive power is cleo
flinitn,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Cluster GlrrnnieIe.
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

Since the beginning of the govern
ment New York has had ~ cabinet Of
iicers; Virginia and West Virginia to-
gether, 43; Massachusetts. 81 and
Pennsylvania, 30.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
AskinT Too Much.

Aunty And SO you go to school?
Now tell me what you have learned at
school.
Wee Niece--Ooo! There isn't time.
I'm only goin' 70 be here week
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

First Boy-The paper says that when
some train robbers started to rob the
passengers ont west, man jumped up
an knocked 'em down an kicked 'em
out.
Second Boy-Cuess he must a-been
some immigrant wot hadn't been livin'
in free country long enough to get
scared
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The college endowmcnts of Massa-
chusetts are said TO amount To SlO,65O,'
900. the value of college buildings and
grounds foots up S5.0l3.09o and the
value of scientific apparatus makes an
other 81. .020. 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Vanilla is an orchid, which, in the
West Indies, creeps over trees and
walls like ivy. y substance called
''salep," somewhat resembling arrow
root or sago, is obtained from the tu-
bers of variety that grows in Turkey
and Persia, where it is highly esteemed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

A woman in Delaware was black
listed because OF coal bill which it
was alleged she owed and would not
pay. Because of the blacklisting She
was unable to obtain credit. She inn
mediatcly commenced suit for $40, 900
damages. Saturday a jury returned
verdict in her favor for :? 800.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Regulating Fishfng N ths MississIppt
WAsmxeToS, Feb 4.-Fishing In any
manner In the waters Of the Mississippi
river during the months OF March,
ApriI and May OF each year Is made nm
lawfnl under bill introduced today by
senator Stockbridge, chairman OF the
Hshevies committee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Mrs. Binks-0oo! Doesn't II make
you nervous to have the wind blow so
this tine Of night?
Mr.. Mnks Why?
just hear the windows. They rattle
like everything.
I'm! 1t would make me nervous To
hear the windows rattle II the wind
wasn't blowing,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Millet's painting, La Bergere,"
which formed a part of the Van Praet
collection in brussels has been sold 10
NJ. Chauchard, "A merchant prince If
Paris and chief proprietor of the Maga-
sin du Louvre. for $4,000 1t will be
mt companion piece for the
".Angelus which also IS owned 10y VI.
Chauchar5
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Sensible Cows.

Aunty-You are very fond OF meat
aren't you?
Little Niece-Yes, indeedy, II its
lean. Where does meat grow?
II comes from cattle.
Cows?
Yes.
And do they have to ne killed NO
can have meat?
Yes
dsdn't know thai. hnt ! g.ess the
cows does, cause they act awful mad
when I comes around.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The costliest cigars ever exported
from Havana were quantity made eX'
pressly for the prince of Wales and val
ued at Sl.s7 apiece at the factory, or
about So SO each in New York with the
duty
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The early settlers Of Bethel, Me-,
were much troubled with black bears,
which killed the sheep, robbed the bee
hives and raided the cornfelds. a far
mer whose corn. being in the milk. at
tractcd the bears placed tub of new
rum and molasses in the field The
next morning he found large bear
stretched out beside it. beastly drunk.
The tub was empty. When bruin woke
up ne found himself securely chained.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
ONCE KING or CAPE MAY.
Samus! r. Luilam Applies Tor Admission to
ths Poor House.

CAPE MAY, N. j., Feb. 3.-unfortu,
nate speculation and investments have
made samuel X. Ludlam. at one time
the king Of this noted seaside resort,
owner Of the biggest hotel, and poll
tician OF influence all over the state,
an absolute paupsr, without penny.
Recently he made application to be ad.
inittcd to the poor house, but this was
too much for Mayor Edmunds, and
rather than allow such blot upon the
local record he has decided 10 care fov
the old pioneer 81 his own sxpsns&
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Miss Romancie --Oh, just adore
music.
Old Baldie-You play, ] believe
Miss Romancie- Play and sing both
What sort of q man ought q woman
who loves music To marry?
Old Baldie really can't
say; deaf one. suppose.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The women of Judah, it seems. were
the first wearers of garments in bfm-
Gated form, and man, perceiving the
convenience and comfort of this article
of dress. evolved by the superior intel
hgence of woman. appropriated it to
his use and doomed his womanllind to
incumbcr their limbs with flowing
robes, which render it impossible for
them to cope with man in the useful
avocations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Cork is about the most bu)vaut sub
stance there is, but there are points be-
yond which even cork cannot 10. A
cork sunk 200 feet deep in the ocean
will not rise again h the surface. ow-
ing to the great pressure of the water
At any less distance from the surface.
however, it will gradually work its
way back To light once more.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The sale Of Intoxicating liquors in
Scandinavia is controlled by municipal
communities-cities towns, etc, All
the profits derived belong to the com
munity, and are applied to the support
of schools and hospitals and other pub
institutions. Only hotels are premitted
. to retail liquors, ana the liquors sold in
them must be purchased from the com
munity, In Christiania alone the profits
from the sale of liquors amount to
many thousands of dollars annually.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The curiosities Of pronunciation are
many. The famous Derby day of Eng
land is known to the natives solely as
Darby day. Norwich and IIarwich are
designated as Norrich and Harrich.
Lord Cholmondtey. twithstanding
his long patronymic. is content TO be
called Chumley, while Mr.. Beauchamp
goes by the name of Beccham. The
French can more than match these
peculiartics Mr.. laurier. the Cana
dian politician, becomes Mr.. Lorriyay
in conversation. and Mr. MERCER is Mr..
Merciyay The latters law partner,
Mr.. Beausoliel. shrinks in the vernacu-
lar to Mr.. Bosby. German names are
apt to be very much worse than these
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

Analyses of the bread supplied to the
French army show that the soft part
contains from 80 TO 40 per cenL and tho
c'-',st f'c1c is te '' per cent NJ water.
The investigator reports that, weight
for weight. there is an advantage in
having bref rich in crust for army
use. Heslth6Sefore proposes that the
present ration of eight pounds of bread
n day should consist of two loaves Of
four pounds each, preferably Of long
shape and having crust without fis-
sures
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

A Brooklyn lady who is spending the
winter in Paris with her two young
daughters, while her husbands busi-
ness compels him to remain at home,
being anxious TO have her husband
: join his family, said to her oldast
daughter one day in the presence OF
her youngest, u 6-year-old: IL wish
your papa could be appointed as min
lister TO some court in Europe" Where
upon the young but discriminating
miss quickly responded: why,
mamma, you must be crazy; papa
couldn't preach good sermon"
The small daughter OF certain char
liable minded family has been told fire.
quently that satan finds work for iolc
hands. The other morning one of the
tribe Of trsmps called with the usual
story of winter woes. Tie mistress of
the house made the customary sugges
ton about obtaining employment, and
was assured that every avenue to self
support was closed. Then the small
girl came forward from the refuge be-
hind her mothers sk'rts and said. in
tones Of kindly suggestion: ''Couldn't
satau tind anything for you to do?'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09

litical life. Banks, unequaled in his de-
pertinent, was as cool as summer cucum-
Der; Aiken, his principal opponent, was
courteous and gentlemanlike to all; Gid
dings wore broad brimmed hat to shield
his eyes from the rays of the gas chandelier;
Stephens of Georgia piped forth his shrill
responses, and Senator Wilson went busily
about whipping in
Meanwhile the supply of ham at the eat
ing counter below stairs was exhausted, the
oysters were soon after minus and those
who had brought no lunch had to humble
ginger cakes. 1t was remarked by good
judges that as the morning advanced the
coffee grew weaker, suggesting possibility
the caterer could not distinguish between
cocoa and cold water, and only replenished
his boiler with the latter. There We're more
questions of order, more backing people up
to vote. and an increase of confusion. Men
declared that they would stick while they
entreated others to shift, and as daylight
streamed in upon the scene the political
gamesters had haggard and careworn coun-
tenances. The result of the nights work
was no choice.
AT last, after nine long, tedious weeks,
the agony was over and Banks was elected. :"
ROBERT GRAVES.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
Our Only Day.

our ohly LAY.
Were this our only day
Did not our yesterdays and morrows give
To hope and memory their interplay
How should we bear to live?
Not merely what we are,
But what we were and what we are to be
Make up our life-the near days each star,
The far days nebule.
AT once would love forget
Its keen pursuits and coy delays of bliss
And its delicious pangs of fond regret
Were there no day but this.
And who, to win friend,
Would to the secrets of his heart invite
A fellowship that should begin and end
Between night and night2
Who, too, would pause to pirate
or insult or remember slight or scorn;
Who would this night lie down to sleep with
hate
Were there to be no NORM
Who would take heed to wrong,
To misery's complaint or PHYS call,
The long wall of the weak against the strong,
II this one day were all2
And what were wealth with shame,
The vanity of office, pride OF caste,
The why sparkle of the bubble fame.
If this day were the last?
Aye, what were all days worth
Were there no looking backward or before
If every human life that drops to earth
Were lost forevermore?
But each day is u link
OF days that pass and never pass away;
For memory and hope-to live, TO think
Each is our only day.
Coates Kinney.
Injustice.
Just why it happens to be well
%spank poor little me
II | a story chance TO tell
really cannot see,
For every night when bedtimes come.
And yonder lamp grows dim,
My papa tells me lots OF 'em,
And nobody spanks him.
Carlyle Smith.
But try, | urge-the trying shall suffice.
The aim II reached or not, makes great the life
Browning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
The Statistics Fiend.

While on our earthly pilgrimage the world has
many woes for us;
We struggle on beneath our loads OF trouble,
care and pain,
But the latest tribulation is the man who al.
ways goes for us
With documentary Observation-Disclosures on
the brain.
He'll tell within fraction the exact amount
of coffee drank
For thirteen generations back in both the
hemispheres:
Whatever else you want TO know he'll gladly
bite you off chunk
OF tabulated knowledge that's enough to
start the tears.
He will tell how many gravestones are export
ed by the nation,
How many pairs of shoestrings and the guam
tity of rum,
And he'll figure in jiffy the earth's total popu-
From the time it was created to the day Of
kingdom come.
Would you know how much tobacco is con.
sumed in every minute,
How many yards of calico II takes to clcthe
the south2
Just ask the statistician; he will tell you he 10
sin IT."
He performs IL with his pencil and proclaims
1t with his mouth.
He's daisy with statistics, and IL you'd like to
try for
A plan of sizing up the man who figures with
such vim,
Just set him down and count him one, add
cipher after cipher
And be sure to place the ciphers at the left
hand side of him.
The time will come when men shall have sum
GENTLY been goaded
tAnd the prayer Of many q victim is that 1t
may quickly GOMEZ;
When there'll be an accidental case OF didn't
know twas loaded"
And the fiend will quit his figures in the mid
die of q sum.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
GE MS IN VERSE.
Rlley's Charm.

hiey = Nhhfms
What makes the charm OF Riley's verse7
| cannot tell.
We city poets rhyme no worse,
But ours won't sell.
I'm told that dialects the thing
To help verse out.
I'm sure that his would ducats bring
Without.
He lives so near to Natures heart
And In Accord
We dwell from her so wide apart
And untoward.
Our songs are like the rich perfume
OF dollhouse flowers;
His breathe Of clover brought to bloom
BY showers.
j. w, Schwartz.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09

dant novices were
laughed down as
they attempted to
make some telling
point, while shy
old stagers lay in
ambush to spring
out armed with
point of order
Emasculate con-
servatives were
snubbed by fol
lowers of new
prophets, belliger-
emit sou t h ron s
glared fiercely at
phlegmatic Yam
KEGS, one or two
intoxicated solons
gabbled Silly
upon every ques-
ton and sober
clergymen yawn-
ed as if sleepy and
6iop,, StaI with M.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
Fulhllnent.

Fulfllment.
No one fulfills the plan of his creation
Who cannot say
That he has led one soul from willful blindness
Into the day.
We may not stand on some high mountain
summit
With wisdom crowned
And see brother lie in human weakness
Low on the ground.
We cannot reach the blessed land of promise
By one swift flight,
But step by step, not halting In our weak ness.
We reach the light.
If we but make a ladder Of our failings
And round by round
Climb up, a helping hand outstretching,
Rest will be found.
Our welcome will be warmer at the ending
If 1t be known
That we have helped some struggling. faintins
brother
To stand alone.
Florence o. Jones.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
A Night of Disgrace.

thing about the
II / z h { s e s 81 o n
which stirs up the
passions and the
worse sides of pub
lie men. Just as
men in private life
will do things un-
der cover of dark
ness that they
would never think
Of doing in day
light, so the night
sessions of con
gress produce a re-
Taxation of dig
nifty and even a
moral turpitude
which could never
occur in the Or
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
The OK Team.

The OK Team.
/ sit upon my OK team, calm,
Beneath the lazy sky,
And crawl contented through the land
And let the world go by.
The thoughtful OK has learned TO wait
And nervous impulse smother
And ponder long before he puts
One foot before the other.
And men with spanking teams pass by
And dash upon their way
AS II 1t were their hope to find
The worlds end in day.
And men dash by in palace cars;
On me dark frowns they cast
AS the lightning driven Present frowns
Upon the slow old Past.
Why do they chase, these men of steam,
Their smoke flags wide unfurled,
Pulled by the roaring fire flend
That shakes the Keeling world2
What do ye seek. we men of steam,
So wild and mad you press?
Is this-is this the railroad lins
That leads to happiness?
And when you've swept across the day
And dashed across the night
Is there some station through the hills
Where men can find delight
All, toward the depot of Content,
Where no red signals stream,
go by OK team just as quick
AS you can go by steam!
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09

Giraffes have become very scarce since
the dervishes seized the basin of the upper
Nile. They were once to be bought for
about 924O each; now a good giraffe would
fetch over 81 900. The Jardine d 'Acclima-
tation at Paris recently refused to sell three
very young ones for $4,000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
HONOLULU IRON WORKS,
STEAM ENGINES SUGAR MILLS, BOILERS,
COOLERS IRON, BRASS, AND LEAD
CASTINGS.

Machinery of Every Description Made to
Order. Particular attention paid to Ships
Blacksmthing. Job work executed at Short
Notice.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
IN SHADES OF NIGHT.
MEMORABLE OCCASIONS IN CONGRESS
'TWlxT DUSK AND DAWN.

Things Done In Darkness That Would Not
BE Done by Dayiight-A Critical Episode.
The Bill That Was Talked to Death-A
Look backward.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
WHY

"STAR !
I NEWSPAPER is A NECESSITY to
III every person in the community - man,
IA woman or chld-who is able to read and
who desires to keep in touch with the spirit Of this
progressive age and wishes be posted to events
of interest which are continually happening at home
and abroad on land and sea"
The STAR is a new paper and has introduced
Californian methods of journalism into Hawaii where
before its advent the Massachusetts newspaper ira
dtions of 1924 held sway has three prime objects
X
To support the cause of Annexation of Hawaii
to the United States and assist all other movements
political, social or religious which are of benefit to
these Islands and their people.
To print all the news of its parish without fear
or favor, telling what goes with freshness and
accuracy, suppressing nothing which the public has
the right to know.
To make itself indispensable to the family circle
by wise selection of miscellaneous reading matter
X
AS commentator the STAR has never been
accused of unworthy motives.
AS reporter the STAR has left no field of local
interest ungleaned
AS friend of good government the STAR has
been instant in service and quick to reach results.
AS an advertising medium the STAR, from the
week of its birth has been able to reach the best
classes of people on all the Islands
x
Compare the daily table Of with that
of any other evening journal in Honolulu