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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
combined, but he got a patent on IT.
Any sel~f-respectjng infant would raise


the whole neighborhood il such q
thing were wheeled into his presence,
and the irate father would probably
hunt for the inventor with n large
double barreled gun, SO 1t IL just as
well, or better, for Brown No. 2 that
the demand for his tender was exceed.
ingly limited.
Along about this time the paragon Of
the whole lot was born, but like its
predecessors 1t vanished before any
great number of people had an oppor-
tunity TO test Ii aud say swear words at
the originator. II was all thought out
In the Maine woods. In that country
babies and diaries are unmistakable
signs of thrift and f. Whitman couldn't
understand why the cradle and churn
should not be more closely affiliated, so
he combined the two. IL might have
worked all right and the hand that
rocked the cradle in addition to ruling
the world could, at the same time, have
carried on the more vulgar occupation
of making nice prints of yellow butter
for the huckster, only the cream vas
never ready to churn when the baby
cried, and when the dasher was fitted
in and everything ready in the manu-
featuring department the baby was in
varinbly asleep o. on its good behavior.
This is the little point that L. Whit
man failed TO consider, so he uI-ied his
regrets and went back to the plow,
leaving n clear field.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Extensive ms Is every San Francjscan,a
knowledge Of the city's Chinatown, no
iwhere a be found q citizen who had
any recollection Of hearing of a Chinese
who played popular airs on a violin
with any sort Of q touch that is sugpes-
tive Of early training and an ardent adj
lmiration for music. But Lee Fong is
Just such a heather prodigy, with a
history that Is Of exceeding interest.
They call him "Tom Flanagan" for.
lstrange 10 relate, the boy has n great
liking for Irish airs and melodies. and
plays them in preference to the COM
lpositions of German or American com
lposers. Tom came to California about
eight years ago. He first listened 70
the playing of a violin at a theatre in
Oakland. He liked "Melican music
and often stood for hours at a park or
open-air concert listening to q brass
band discourse popular airs. Finally
the idea struck him that Il would be pos.
sible for him 20 learn to play the fiddle.
so straightaway he hied him to a second
hand store, where he purchased q violin
for 60.
ME no like China music" said he
Win q ~contemptlDIe sheer. Too much
dunn. dunn, too muchee squeak"
With the help of n German, who iok-
ingly undertook to give Tom prelimin-
airy instruction in the production of
harmonious sounds, the Chinese learned
TO handle the bow with considerable
dexterity. His advance was rapid, and
in less than two years Tom could do
musical justice at any country hoedown,
and inspire ven a more elevated social
gathering with exh~ilafation when he
drew music out of the violin strings.
@Ilish music heep lively" said Tom,
as he drew his finger along his violin's
bass string. You like Inc play for
youp"
"By all means"
Il play"
THE Wearing of the Green" "Killar
ney.' and All Irish jig followed. Toms
arm swung with m easy motion and his
foot beat time. His eyes dilated a lit
tle and his mouth twitched, showing
that he felt in his very soul the yibra-
tons of the sweet Celtic mclodies.--.San
francisco Cal.
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Those Little sleeves.

The kidneys, separate from the blood, as
Il passes through them, impurities for
which the final medium Of Liberation from
the system Is the bladder. When their
function is suspended direful results en-
sue. Among these are dropsy. Bright's
disease, diabetes and maladies which ter
inmate in some one OF these. Hostetter',
Stomach Bit,ers stimulates the kid
neys, not as an uumedicated alcoholic
stimulant would by exciting them,
but by gently impelling them to renewed
action and perpetuating their actiFity
and vigor. Thus the blood is once more
insured publication and the organs them
selves saved from destruction. Malaria
constipation, liver complaint, nervous
ness, dyspepsia and rheumatism are al
thoroughly remedIed by the Bitters
which Is, moreover, a most thorougl
appetizer, general tonic and sleep pro
moter Use it regularly, not semi
occasionally.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

A little published story illustrating
the ready tact of Miss Ellen Terry at.
tributes to her a scheme which proved
successful. She had promised to intro
duce a man to Mr.. Irving. but had for
gotten his name. On the pretext, as
the story goes, hat she and Mr.. Irving
had had a little dispute about the way
the mans name was spelled, making a
bet about 1t. she got him to write it on
q slip of paper. OF course that saved
her. If Miss Terry did this she was
more fortunate than another clever
woman about whom q similar story is
told. She, too, when she had forgotten
q name, said that she wished to settle
a dispute about the spelling Of the name
by having it written out for her. The
man then gravely ssribbled his name.
1t was q name that is not spelled in
more than a dozen different ways. II
was Jones!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
ILLINOIS FIRST BUILDING.
n French Inn Mt Kaskaskia Is Bcina
Undermined by the River.

The remorseless Mississippi continues
10 undermine and destroy the old town
of Kaskaskia. says the Alton Sentinel
Democrat, and the latest advices from
there state that the old French inn. re-
puted to be the first building built ia
the state of Illinois, will share the fate
of othcTO in the spring and crumble into
the river The history of this old inn is
n of unusual interest. 1t was built in
1852. and in the palmy days Of old Kas-
kaskia's prosperity ii was the scene OF
many a brilliant ball and reception. 1t
is a heavy wooden structure, built In
the French architecture of the day, with
a low roof, broad yeranda, wide hall,
and many windows. The grounds adj
Joining are said to have been very ex-
tensive in those days, as they must have
been 10 afford room for the quarters for
the numerous servants. the stables, and
other outbuildings. The gardens, too.
the delight Of the early French villagers,
were exquisite and extensive. Here
grew the jasmine, the myrtle. the mock
orange, and semi : tropical flowers
fringed the streets in fragrant profusion.
Here some Of the proudest families OF
the state were received and entertained
the Popes, the Bonds, the Kingsburys,
and the Kancs-famous and powerful in
the history of that day. Such was the
old inn during the palmy days of pros
perity. But a shadow has fallen. and
the relentless river will soon sweep
away with its angry current all that is
left Of this ancient landmark.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
CLEVER EpiCRAMS.
ohn oliver Hobbies Says Bright Things
In q New Book.

Conscience is the name which the or
thodox give 10 their prejudices.
And il al comes 10 this: love Is pre-
cisely the same kind of emotion as re-
ligion.
Men only understand the kind of wo-
man who is more masculine than a man!
No husband could do more to make
his wife happy-unless, indeed, he blew
his brains out.
Why should we refuse the happiness
this hour gives US because some other
hour might take it away?
All, if women would only choose their
husbands as carefully as bonnets, how
much brighter life would be!
She was remarkable, however. and
only needed a reputation for wicked
ness to make her %curiously fascinating.
Reformation had meant in his case, as
in hat of many. the substitution OF
many disagreeable virtues for a few
atoning sins.
In the CONVENT was brought up in
n convent-the sisters taught me how to
live in heaven; they forget / had to get
through the world first.
She left them and neither of the men
had the courage TO smile. They talked,
instead, of the new cemetery and grew
cheerful on the subject of collins.
Men may still find oblivion in O kiss,
but women of fashion are always-or
nearly always-too se~lf-conscious 10
forget the a~rtiticialities of life in the
verities of passion.
The best of men only ask US (women)
to be forever young and forever pretty
let your conscience 60 to the dogs bu,
keep your freshness. Virtue never Yet
atoned for wrinkles!
Her voice was strangely melodious;
to hear il was to think of the fabulous
singing of fabulous sirens. II she bah
bled Of brick-dust, one thought only OF
lute-strings. For this a she was
never quoted accurately.
This ache to be amused, this longing
TO hear music in the air, to see beauty
on all sides. to find life one ever-new
yet ever-abiding pleasure, these are the
fierce unqualified desires of those who
love only themselves.
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stop upon the threshold. and gave her
gents" collectively q CHEEKY morning
salutation. :.
"Ah, here you are then, youngster,"
began Dick, Inspecting his protegee with
some curiosity in the morning sunlight.
swell, how did you sleepy" !.
"Reet ~enow-savin' black-bottles."
returned the child, gaping. wide-eyed
and open-mouthed, round the luxuri-
ously-furnished room, and then at its
occupants individually and collect
lively.
The three young men burst into a
roar Of laughter at this unexpected sal
ly, while Mrs. Davids explained, with
natural indignation, that 9TH young
rubbish had had the impotence to be
afraid on a solitary BEETLE OF two-as
though any London kitching could be
expected to be free o. SIGH. lettin' alone
that wi'out doubt there was a deal
queerer livestock customers located j.
miss's bedroom lsavin' the mark!) as a
rule"
"Well, but now tell u.s." said Dick,
when the burst Of merriment had sub
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

should be palmed off upon the infant
rs a substitute for a mothers arms, has
p%rejudiced him against the man with
an idea TO exchange for an annuity,
and he wants none of him or his. A
baby wants no patent nurse ever II it
may have soft pillows, fiimsy canopy.
and music-box attachment. For him
the good, old-fashioned way is best,
and when one of the crazy combina-
tons is tried on him 1t is no wonder he
kicks the air with a pair of chubby lit
tie feet and yells the roof off the house.
Jumpers, walkers, tenders, creepers,
cradles, and several too complicated to
belong to any special class are just a
few of these things which have COM
bined to make the babies lives a sore
trini.
The first American production, really
the genesis of the cradle, was never
patented, though it was used extern
sively In some portions Of the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
CHAPTER III.


Towards ten o'clock the following
morning the sun streamed gloriously
athwart the snow-laden branches of the
~leafless trees bordering the Green Park,
across the wide frosted roadway, in be-
twixt the crevices of grey venetian
blinds, until finally it bathed in sea OF
golden glory the snug breakfast-room
at One Hundred and Thirty-three,
where Dick Carlisle and his friends sat
round q Widespread table drawn close
to the blazing ire.
by Jove, a rum 60, indeed" quoth
young Dudelle, raising a steaming cup
Of coffee TO his lips, having first settled
his eye-glass with elaborate care, as
though this precaution were necessary
to the real enjoyment of the flavor OF
genuine Mocha. Lets have her in. l
vote, and hear what she has to say for
herself. Curtis, what say your"
II re-echo the sentiments Of my no
BILE friend" returned the maj addressed
as Curtis, intent at that moment on the
dissection of a cold fowl, with a view
to the judicious removal Of tie most
~succulent morsel to his own plate.
Lets have her in, by all means, and
sharp's the word, for in another
twenty inmates or so l must be on
Illus AulAOulcIicu, sUCh CdtCAuny
wiped his blonde moustache upon his
serviette, and turned to the page-boyi in
attendance.
jenkins, ask Mrs. Davids il she'll
kindly bring tie little girl upstairs at
once. want some tax with them
both before l start"
"Yes. sir-thankee, SIR"
And jenkins disappeared, his multi
t.dinous buttons cleaning in the sun,
IS he turned the angle Of the table,
like q fash of--elcctro-plate," Dudells
observed grimly, as he passed his cup
for "a dash more cream
A moment later Mrs. Davids ap-
peered upon the scene, pushing Greta
before her much as though the girl had
been y young calf which it was tho
h0usekeeper's duty to .shush" in safe
ty to q place Of shelter without the aid,
on this occasion, of the usual invalua-
BE stick. She was, therefore. fain TO
content herself by "prodding" the child
OF intervals between the shoulder.
hla4ps With tho bony knnckles Of her
EGht E3r6. Until nbo cooe to 4 tuu
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

As a usual thing when inventors find
n clear field they tax their twenty
candle power ideas TO covering the en-
tire ground, so as TO leave nothing for
the man in their wake but lawsuits.
j. Erickson was one Of these. He in
vented a ba~by-waiker with n barrel
stave crib combination warranted to
take all care and worry from a mothers
mind-that is, providing the little
monarch Of the household would put
up with it. But, like f.. Whitman. he
overlooked one important feature.
The walker should have been adjust
able for the use of the father until the
baby was large enough TO push it
around and break all the bric-a-brac in
the house,
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fashioned rocker and made his little
machine work with a spring so 1t
would go up and down with the mo
ton, aud noise too, perhaps, of a dump
cart. 1t was oNly necessary to furnish
IL with wheels to make n walker out OF
1t, not rs good a one or nearly SO
handy as the ordinary chair, but 1t
gave the inventor the chance TO claim
a dual virtue for his patent, something
essential in addition to an early start.
Mr.. Brown never tried it again, and II
he ever had any more ideas along this
same line he trained them into another
channel before they reached the patent
stage.
j. II. Caldwell Of somewhere in
Massachusetts, came off second best
with his jumper. He had an idea that
the happiness of the average young
American would be complete and the
invention n decided success, If he could
mechanically produce the motion of n
mothers knee when she Is "trotting"
her offspring. But it wasn't. Although
cited out like q modern hobby and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Wild geese that pass in the night
did you hear that weird 1honk" Satur.
day EVENING" Curious, that flying in .
wedge form. RoIlo asks at breakfast
how they know enough to do SO. His
father gives this theory: Say that two
geese attempt 10 follow their leader;
now. in order that their wings may have
room to play, they will naturally tail
out and form a small wedge t start
with. Then q fourth bird lines along
behind the one on the left. and q fifth. in
. desire to get AS near the leader Al pos
siblc takes after the one on the right;
and % they keep on forming wedges Of
such varying length and irregular III
apgulae shape - w seey-
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). N. cALpWKLL's IDEA.

that to find out that the million dol.
lars or 30 which loomed up or the hori.
son the day he made application had
taken wings.
j. s. Brown Of Michigan. who. by the
way, Is no relative of the Brown OF
walker aud cradle frame, had . similar
experience with his baby tender. II
was . Neutrality-suspicious. looking af.
fair that worked with . trsadle and
might have been constructed from the
remains Of = dilaplAAted Ssed-eutter.
scr 81 II e1esE md Hn4sfy y
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

This was the sugar trough, made and
used at n time when the sturdy father
was literally hewing a home out OF the
forest. A length of the maple tree,
split in the center, stripped of its bark
and followed out-that was all there
was To il, but, crude as il was, il served
the purpose and allowed the mother TO
attend TO other duties in this busy
time OF home making. In spare mo-
ments the father constructed n more
elaborate affair, box.shaped aud fitted
with roughly fashioned rockers, and
then the trough was relegated TO its
former service of holding the sweet
sap of the sugar tree. At this stage
the inventor got a firm hold OF the
idea, and 1t was no time at all until
there were enough articles in this line
10 make two generations OF babies
miserable.
j. II. Brown of New York got an
early start with his combined cradle
and walker. He abandoned the old
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
BABIES YELL AT THEM.
RIDICULOUS INVENTIONS FOR THEIR
COMFORT THAT FIND NO FAVOR.
Combined Cradle and Walker That Worked
with n Spring - Device for Quieting
Babies and Churning.

From the baby's point Of view the In
ventor Is q mighty NEAR nan and any
thing but a benefactor to the human
race. The numerous double, back-ac-
tion, spring-loclS contrivances piled up
In the dingy corners of the Patent Of
fee, every one of which it was intended
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

painted In gorgeous colors 1t couldn't
sing q lullaby or recite Mother Goose,
and where 10 the pleasure of being
bounced up end down il these are to be
left out? Baby just looked at it and
then cried, and this was the commence
ment Of a boycott which made Cald-
wells venture Improbable.
p. III. Hurd out of the two or three
hundred who were at hat time regular
~ producing something that was of no
account got clear off the track when
he patented his whirligig, which was
supposed to teach the baby to creep
and later TO walk. There was never
any litigation in regard to infringe
ment of this patent; its life vas as
short as that of a sandfy, and it didn't
take the inventor much longer than
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

While workmen were once engaged
in sinking a well on tho farm of David
Dunning in Washington Township,
Ringgo!d County, Iowa. they had some
queer experiences. At q depth Of
fourteen feet they found between .
peck and a half-bushel of white walnuts
or ~butternuts." and at a depth OF
twenty-six feet a fine pair of deer's
horns and a large log al wood. The
horns were very soft when first taken
out. but soon hardened on exposure to
the air. The peculiar part of the whole
affair is the fact that there is not a single
butternut tree known to be growing in
hat portion of the staie.-St. Louis Re
public.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
The Ladies'.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs, under oil
conditions, makes il their favorite rene
dy. To get the true and genuine article.
look for the name of the California Fig
Syrup Co printed near the bottom OF the
package.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Mabel-That's what ! get for giving
my maid my cAst-off Worth gowns.
Constance-What's happened?
Mabel (bursting into tears)-rhat
rich old Moneybaggs caught her in .
dark corner and proposed to her and she
acc.ptsd!-N Y. World.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Coxeyite-"No; | don't work. The
world owes me n living"
Yes; but you'll get left
II you expect others To collect 1t for
O Life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

The king of Portugal could sell the
Jewels in his crown for $o'ooV'Voo L
case of IA royal financial strlngehcy
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-Dinks-Those Boston girls really seem
TO think their eyeglasses becoming.
Danks-Why notl They certainly wear
'em TO i'm prove their looks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23
Halls Cstarrh Cure
70 taken intern ally. Frice IS cents

-Yonkers Statesman: Crimsonbeak-
Don't you see that very red spot over
therel Bacon-You evidently can't see
any further than your nose.
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My dear fellow. shs is an angel. How
exquisitely lovely her complexion Is.
They say she uses Gienn's sulphur soap"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Chicago Inter Ocean: Whenever the
thermometer shows evidences of trying 10
get up in the world then all creation acts
as IL they are warm about IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

DO you think you can safely trnst a
business secret 10 Banks
should say so. | lent him s5 nearly a
year ago, and he has never oreathed a
word about IL since.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

10 Bengula-Do you know that the
bearded lady died last night9
Young-Man-Afraid-o /
heard about IL. It's awful sad. She left
o wife and three children.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold on q
guarantee. 1t cures Incipiept ConsuInp-
ton. 1t is the best Cough Cure. IS cents,
30 cents and SLIGO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

In the days Of Roms's greatness many
4 The senator's had incomes - large =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-23

Seattle. Wash, furnishes n story OF .
cow that had been living for some time
with a steel wire through her hear.
The evening world., 1894-07-26
NEwsB0Ys ON THE CARS.

Opinions differ as to the policy adopted
by the strcet-car lines of keeping news
boys out of their cars. Yet It Is a null
sance for passenger to be unable to get
his newspaper when he Ia comfortably
seated on a car. Talk about 1t being
his business to secure a paper before he
boards the car? Humbug He is In too
great a hurry generally to hunt up "A
newsboy. who, like a policeman, is sell
dom on hand when he is really wanted.
What a man needs In to get seated, re-
cover his breath and then buy his Even
Ing World" at his leisure.
There has long been talk about reach
ing some plan by which newspapers
can be served to passengers on the cars
without rlsking accidents and without
incommoding the passengers by the con-
slant incurslon OF the persistent lads
and the consequent crushing of toes
under the juvenile heels. The Broadway
Gable Company ID said to be trying to
arrange some plan with the newsdealers
and II once method Is per
fected OF safely and without In.
convenience supplying the passen.
gers with THE Evening World" and
other journals on the cars Its adoption
will! be general.
The evening world., 1894-07-26
Is A SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT {,

The indications at Washington point
to the yielding of the Senate obstruc-
tionists, and settlement OF the Tariff
difficulties in conference.
Tie demolition OF Senator German. the
lashing administered to the Senators
who Joined In his unwarranted and UNI
gracious attack on President Cleveland,
the continued additions to the Sugar
scandals. and the Indignation OF the
country already making itself felt, seem
to have awakened the obstructive Sena-
tors to sense of their danger and
their duty, and It now seems probable
that terms of settlement will be reached.
and that the result will he triumph
for the Administration. the Democracy
and the people.
IL would be a disgrace to the Demo-
cratic party II the Tariff bill should fail.
1t would also be scandalous If 1t should
be passed in form dictated by a CON
temptible and selfish minority, belying
the pledges of the party. and disap-
pointing the hopes of the people.
There are indications that IL the
Democratic obstructionists are removed
the way will be blocked by Republican
efforts at delay. But the Democrats
have had useful experience, and 1t Will
be singular II they do not sweep away
all filibustering with strong hand and
Give the country the rest 1t so much
needs and has too long been denied.