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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18
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doctor, nv arm witches and aches
all the time; | can feel the pain 10 my
finger ends he said, presenting Il STUMP
of an arm grown from the shoulder for
an inspection.
How did you lose your hand and
arm?" asked the doctor.
1T was blown Oft in a mining acci-
dent"
"Yon are troubled this way olteu?:'
Constantly, doctor. / EAU 1T this
moment feel The fingers of my lost arm
contracting with pain
Il don't doubt it," answered the doe
tor. calmly; you must dig mp the arm
and have it burned, then you VIII NOT
suffer any more"
Doctor, yoa are making fun of me. +"
Il never was more in earnest in mr.
life"
Il cannot find my arm. 1t is some
where in Montana, returned TO dust BY
,his time
IF that were the case YOU arm would
not ache, As soon as that member is
entirely decomposed you will lose the
sense of pain. That is why / said it
should be burned. There are sympathe-
tic magnetic chords connecting il with
yeur physical system. When every
vestige of it is destroyed it will become
a part of your astral body and give you
no pain"
The man walked tboughtfully away
and a visitor in the doctors Office asked:
doctor, is that superstition?"
"No." said the doctor. in "A convincing
gay, iii Is science"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

When IL becomes necessary TO COM
ment upon dogs tails, the curious fact
arises that, although there are 100, 900
dogs, more or less. in Chicago, none
are around when you wish to observe
them. II is also strange that when
you do find them they render useless
any table of relationships between the
dog and the tail that sense
would lead one 10 formulate. They
generally go by inverse ratios. l. e..
the bigger and more impressive the
dog the smaller and more Insignificant
the tail. For instance, n brindle,
sh~ort-haired tail pointed dejectedly
down IL the heels of its owner, comes
into view just around the corner and
tnstipctively a %skuiking, cowardiy cur
into the imagination, but inves-
tigate and you will have a profound re-
spect for the owner of that tail. He is
an English bulldog and one of the most
courageous and unrelenting of the
whole dog race.
Resolutely aud gracefully poised
straight ont behind is another tail
which ought TO denote speed, but it
doesn't. 1t belongs to the bulldogs
cousin. the bull terrier, who does not
know what running means, but will
Eight the bulldog to a finish aud win
his battle in spite of the latter's plug
ugly appearance. A long, slim, slice k,
snaky tail curled at the end like that
of n ring.tailed monkey and you may
imagine n dog OF sneaking character
istics, but again you are mistaken.
He Is a greyhound who does not care
to fight at all, but with whom the
speed of q suburban train Is only y
frolicsome canter. And SO by opposites
AZ goes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

Of all the STYLES in tails affected by
doos there Is one which commends it
seif 10 critical admiration. II is u
handsome affair adorned with a fringe
Of long. silky hair, and is carried with
that languid grace that indicates aris-
tocrattc breeding. Its owner Is gem
orally found lounging on the front
steps of brown-stone fronts or riding
An tau-colored upholstered %victorias.
The dog may be guessed. lie Is a
collie and his amiability is reflected in
his sedately hung tail. And now the
opposite. How about the fringed tau
that ways over the famers' hedge
fences and about It's owner, that snaris
at your approach? The tail is like the
c~oiIie's, but it Is carried dinerentiy'
1t is up and ready, a languidness
changed to alertness. IL belongs 10
the Shepherd or the st. bernard. An
other tail, fringed and gracefully
tapered, but carried as straight as an
arrow, alertness changes to
and expectancy. You recognize the
tail as that of your old friend OF the
field, the setter. His companion In the
feld, the pointer, with small smooth
tail, ,apering to u point, but held equal
" horizontal. The difference between
these W tails Is q differing, OF temper
ament. You will find you cannot make
friends with the pointer as readily as
you can with the setter.
There might be material for study In
the slender, white, delicately-poised
tails which nature provided for the fox
terrier, but in the a of which man
Thought differently and removed before
the animul was old enough To recognize
the fact that he EVER had one. Inn
apination can extend that stub. which
the fox terrier carries proudly at an
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

You kin boast about yer cities, and their
stiddy growth and size.
And brag about yer country seats and
business enterprise,
And railroads, ana factories, and all SIGH
fOOlery-
But the little town O. Talbot is biz
enough for me-,
You can harp about yer churches with
their steeples IN the clouds.
And gas about yer graded streets, and
blow about yer crowds:
You kin talk about Our theaterS, and all
you Sc got 10 see
But the little town o. Talbot j., show
enough far me-
They haint no style i'm our town-hit's lit
tie like and small:
They haint no churches, nuther-ics' the
mertin house Is all:
They's no sidewalks, 10 speak Of, but the
highway alluS free,
And the little town o. Tailholt is wide
enough for me,
Some find, it's di>commodin' like, I'm
wiitin' 10 admit.
To hey but one pO-tOfice-and "A woman
keepin' hit.
And the drug store. and shoe shop. and
grocery. all three
But the little town o. Talbot il handy
'nOugh for me-
You kin smile, and turn yer nose up, and
joke and hev yer run.
And laugh and hOller; '1ail-holtsi is better
hOlts "A none
Eff the city suits you better, wy, hits
where you'd OrJ 20 be
But the little town o Iailholt i good
enough for me,
james Whitcomb Riley.
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No Need to Hear.

Every one has read Of the faction,
action, action" OF Demosthencs, and OF
what a variety Of emotions and passions
Roscius could express by mere gestures.
An anecdote told OF William G. Preston
of South Carolina illustrates the power
Of this form Of ART in an amusing way.
A gentleman who was n Of an audi
snce held spellbound by q splendid
harangue of Preston's from the stump
one day noticed beside him q man
whom he know 10 be very deaf but who
seemed to be listening with breathless
attention. ard who apparently caught
every word that fell from the orators
lips. Now tears OF delight rolled down
his cheeks and again he would shout
out applause in ungovernable ecstasy.
At last. when n particularly splendid
passage had been delivered. with the
effect 6f raising q storm Of applause
from the audience. the deaf man, rs II
he could contain himself no longer.
bawled into the = Of his neighbor.
who's that a~-spsakin'P"
civilian O. Preston!" shouted the
gentleman ct the top Of his lungs.
'.Whoa" reared the deaf man. still
louder than before.
William G. Preston at South Caro-
linaw reared the gentleman In return.
with an effort which rasped his throat
for some moments after.
well. wsll!~ exclaimed the deal
man. his face working with excitement.
1T don't make no difference. / cant
hear . word he or you are ssyin', not q
word; bat my stars! doA't he do the
motions splendidf"- Yosth's ComponioH.
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Ghost, the Cross Roads Wrath. the
child whose exertions twice within
four-and-tweDty hours saved a life
which will strive to grow nobler In or
der TO prove itself not altogether I'M
worthy Of such devotion as this little
nc has shown. Look at her, SIR Jas
per. and then listen 10 q detailed and
circumstantial account OF most as
founded facts!n
But the baronet had suddenly covered
his face with both his hands and sink
ing heavily into the nearest chair, sob
bed aloud--proud strong man though
he was-like a broken-hearted child.
The shock had been too sudden, and
-alasl too terrible. CHANGING towards
the hearthrug his eye lighted upon a
huddled, ragged, nondescript heap, and
this-this he was briefly told was none
other than Greta's child, in whose veins
ran some drops of that blue Norman
blood which his ancestors throughout
long centuries had kept pure and unde-
filed, his own flesh and blood, fair
haired Saxon Marguerite's innocent
hapless grandchild.
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NoAH's LOAD or ANIMALS.
The Number of Them u Tough Puxzle fos
the Early TheolOgians.

As far back as the seventeenth cen.
tury farsighted the !ogians had begun
10 discern difficulties more serious than
any that had before confronted them,
saws Andrew White In the Popular
Science Monthly. More and more 1t was
seen that the number of different species
was far greater than the world had
hitherto Imagined. Greater and greater
had become the old difficulty in con.
ceiving that of these inanmerable species
each had been specially created by the
Almighty hand, that each had been
brought before Adam by the Almighty
to be named. and that each, in couples
or In sevens. had been gathered by Noah
into the ark. But the difficulties thus
suggested were rs nothing compared to
those raised by the distribution of AMI
mails.
Even in the first days of the church
this had aroused serious thought and
above all in the great mind OF st.
Augustine. In his City of God" he had
stated the difficulty as follows: but
there il q question about all these kinds
of beasts. which are neither tanned by
mar nor spring from the earthlike frogs,
such rs wolves and others Of that sort.
rs to how they could find their way to
the islands after this food which de.
stroyed every living thing not preserved
In the ark. Some. indeed, might bs
thought to reach islands by swimming
in case these were not very far. but
some islands are SO remote from cen.
~tinental lands that 1t doss not seem pos
sible that any creature could reach them
by swimming. II is not an incredible
thing, either, that some animals may
hass been captured by men and taken
with them to those lands which they ia.
tended to inhabit. in order that they
might have the pleasure Of hunting. and
it cannot DO denied that the transfer may
have been accomplished through the
p~ency OF angels. commanded OF allowed
to perform this labor by God"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18
THE rYpEwkIrEE PRISM IN PLACE.

THE TYPEWRITER PRISM IN PLACE.
Typewriter Prism, " a rod Of polished
cut glass fastened to the carriage be.
meath the impression roller. Two of
its sides are dat and inclined to each
other It an angle Of IS degrees, and
the third side 10 a strong cylindrical
curve, perfectly rejecting the writing
and presenting II hight side up and in
normal position to the eye of the oper-
ator.
The accompanying engraving Illus
trates tho application OF the improve
msut to the machine. the position OF
the prism being shown by dotted lines
on aud Ia Q ~broken-away portion Of the
impression roller. The prism car also
be adjusted with best results to nearly
all machines.
The prism in no way interferes with
the operation Of The machine, and when
a letter has been omitted or a wrong
letter struck the carriage can be in
staatly moved to the desired point and
the correction made without lifting
the carriage to locate the error, while
10. 10 the only device yet invented en-
abling tho operator 10 tabulate con
v~eniently.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18
ILL LUCK AvERTED.
The Young Man Overcame the Mafden's
Superstitious Fears About Him.

1t was a plain, everyday case OF
mutual admiration. He admired the
girl and she admired him. 1t was much
more than admiration; they were in
love with each other. OF course n
was more so thar the other. for 1t can
not be otherwise. seeing that Cupid is
born with one leg shorter than the
other; but that Is not an insurnountabls
obstacle to matrimony. II it were the
marriage license clerk would he COM
PEELED to retire from business. So it
came ~ pass that he proposed to her.
That seemed natural enough, but when
she burst into tears he was greatly dis
turbed. MY darling" he exclaimed rs
she came to his arms, what is the mat
terp"
Il am so superstitious. " she sobbed.
"What has that got to do with your
loving me as l love you?" he asked,
wonderingly.
Nothing, dear" she wept.
And YOU do love me, don't you?"
More than all the world; but ! can
o marry you; at least, not now"
why can't your" he asked very ten
derby.
"Oh, l can't tell you," and she burst
into a fresh food of tears.
For a long time he coaxed and urged
her to tell her fatal secret, and for along
time she resisted all his opportunities.
At last she yielded.
you will not put me out of your
heart entirely if tell you, will youp"
she pleaded.
Certainly not, my darling" was his
brave reply for men under such circum-
stances are not always in u hurry to
take risks, ever IL they do love.
1T is this, darling" she said. hiding
her face on his manly bosom; you are
the thirteenth man who has proposed 70
me. and / am afraid to accept you With
that unlucky numbers baleful influence
hanging over u.s."
With a ringing laugh, in which there
was only sunshine and joy and happi-
moss, he kissed her eighteen times and
folded her In hts strong arms.
That's all right. my own" he almost
shouted, ayou are the thirteenth GIRL I
have proposed to. and that makes II .
stand-of."
And they lived happily ever AFTER
Detroit Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

HOW IN Old Hymn Caused Thousands I
stop Fighting While They Sang.

Now m Old Hymn Caused Thousands ca
stop Fighting While They SANG.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Record relates an incident of the first
days battle OF Corinth, Miss, Oct. 3,
1862, which has never appeared in
print. Our regiment, he says, the 10th
Wisconsin infantry, was In Gen. John
McArthur's brigade. The two divi-
sions Of the federal army that had been
sent out TO meet and impede the adj
vance of Prices and Van Dorn's armies,
after a hot and bloody engagement,
had been driven from their first posi-.
ton, and, falling back through the
woods, had formed q new line Of bat.
tie. A strong skirmish line vas thrown
out, and again we awaited the advance
of the enemy, whose lines were NOV
ing cautiously through the heavy tim
Der In our front. The confederate
lines were drawing uncomfortab bly,
near, and the shots on the skirmish
lines were becoming more frequent,
when the regiment on our right made
an attempt 10 sing some one of the
many patriotic war songs OF those
days. But there was no enthusiasm,
and the attempt to sing was a dismal
failure.
1t was then that HINT, a unique
character In company q Of our regi-
ment, who had a stentorian voice, with
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still defaces the back view OF n %
the handsomcst shaggy members OF the
dog family. :.
Queruions OLE ladies ana nnicai
spinsters always have expressed q fond
preference for the owner OF. that little
tail which Is as neatly rolled up as a
ball of yarn. The English pug, there.
fore, has something TO his credit. His
neatly rolled tail Is an ex ,cllent symbol
OF elegance. He will not get his feet
wet, and he psefers TO be fed with a
silver spoon. Then there is another
variety of n rolled up tail which re.
sembles a Florentine sunset-an orange
glow OF diverging rays-the coiled up
tail OF a Japanese Spaniel. He, too.
rides in his victoria. and deprecates
Chicago dirt. Another notch 20 the
long list of distinctive tails must be
added in the deformed mob which
finishes off the clown Of town dogs, the
poodle, who started out with self-re.
spect now lost In a tail that bars him
from the company of all dogs of posi-
ton.
Location is an important factor in
the styles which Chicago dogs have
adopted for wearing their tails. Ii will
be noticed hat North Side dogs hold
their tails perpendicula-ly, South Side
dogs affect the horizontal style, while
West Side dogs generally hang their
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18
A PHANTOM BRIDE.

like an ordinary mortal rs was cofnpat-
lble with the peculiar circumstances of
the case"
And though ven the baronct's grim
features at first relaxed into n smile at
the absurdity of the suggestion as orig
inally %propounded by the young man,
yet ultimately this programme was al
most literally carried out-with some
slight notifications. it is true: the
'stand beneath the Market Cross" TO
wit, being waived by mutual consent.
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end in view II. Rilleter, a Frenchman,
has conceived the idea of constructing
IA clever little instrument for finger
gymnastics. II has four keys. To
each one Is attached a spring of vari-
able tension. AS the tension OF these
springs is greater than can be ove
come at first by the fingers, the exer-
cising of the latter alone can accom-
plish 1t. Strength is impaired TO the
fingers gradually as they learn to de-
press the springs. The apparatus is a
valuable novelty for pianists as well as
pupils.
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tails dcjccted'y toward the ground.
quently wear no tails at all. This is
said To be entirely an indication of the
righteousness OF the small boys Of the
respective localities and is manifested
principally in that ostracized member
Of the dog race, the serf in the dogs
social system, the friend OF the friend
less alone-the mongrel cur. His tail
is "a tale Of oe.-Chicago Tribune.
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pRoKs DOWN wIrn AN APOLOGY.

alled the place. At the nearest table
amSas others sat u good. natured Ger
man, who laughea heartily every time
one Of the story tellers a bright actor
IF Irish extraction, told a yarn. especial.
ly when IL was on the Germans nation-
atty. The lrishman saw this, and
finally asked the appreciative German
auditor to have a beer, an invitation
that was at once accepted. Finally
pressed to tell u story on his W be-
half he begun one very awkwardly.
but be broke down with the apology:
"Efer ! ust had your dialeck ! could
tell him goot!"
And he hadn't the slightest idea why
everybody laughed so uproariously and
why the lrishman cheerfully paid foI
everything,
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KEEPS THE WORK IN VIEW.

z Simple Invention Which saves Time
and Annoyance for Typewrfters.
One of the annoying features OF
several Of the most popular OF the
typewriting machines is the fact that
the carriage has frequently to be lifted
that the operator may examine the
work as it progresses. The necessity
for this Is obviated by a simple device
recently introduced and styled tho
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18
TALES OF THE TAILS.
CHARACTER AS INDICATED IN THE
APPENDICES OF DOCS.
Generally the Bigger and More Impress
sive the Canine. the Smaller and Less
Significant His Caedal Ornament.

To write the tale of u dogs tail Is 70
write Of d tale whereby hangs a tale.
The idea, at first thought, may seem
trivial, but a moments consideration
will show that there Is plenty of ma
terial for a tale wrapped up in that
sver-wagging, fur : covered, HARRIS -
aecked. and always expressive append
age which follows closely after your
good dog, placed there, IL sometimes
seems, as an outward manifestation OF
his Utmost moods and an indication of
his character,
Some philosopher has remarked
was it not DIR. Johnson?--that "the
tail of a dog wagged the whole world. "
Therefore why should there not be a
tale In a dogs tail and why should
not the posterior |adornment of the
animal which banks at your heels speak
eloquently enough to demand consider
alton?
To properly estimate the Importance
of dogs tails in the OF nature
Rone need only imagine "a race Of dogs
Without tails, or better, perhaps,a race
tails without dogs. Leaving out Of
klsideration the dogs and giving at
fion only 10 the tail. it will be sur
ing to find how infinite is their
variety and how manifold their styles.
They are as becoming and AS unbecom-
ing az some of the sartorial adorn.
ments Of man-as useful and at Che
same time as useless. Perhaps from
their endless variety grew The word
stailor"-a term used To designate that
body of tradesman whose business il Is
TO change from bad to worse the exist
Inc STYLES Of things.
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IDunG 20 SlAAlltTEt NV uIla ntthyt
Weak and wounded. sick and sorei
Jesus ready. stands to save you,
Full OF pity, love and power"
Around the music of that old hymn
n thousand memories Of home, in Goods
country" were clustered, and Il thou
sand voices Joined In singing the
familiar words. The advancing con-
federate lines halted and listened.
The firing on the skirmish lines ceased.
The men ordered arms and leaned on
their muskets. The for
once forgot their duty, perhaps appre-
hensive that the thunder Of their guns
might ~diseoncert the confederates, who
had now caught the inspiration and
joined Ia the singing:
Turn TO the Lord aud seek salvationi
sOind the praise OF His dear name!
Glory. honor and szlvrtion;
Christ the Lord has come to reign!"
Thousands Of voices on zach side took
up the second verse. Never had the
woods of Mississippi rang with such a
chorus Of voices. Never had two great
armies stopped their bloody strife to
listen TO such music.
The hymn was sung through to the
end, and then from the confederate
side went up three cheers, mingled
with some laughter, the echoes OF
which had not died away when a shot
rang out from the skirmish line, fol
lowed in quick succession by others,
proclaiming the truce ended; and in q
few moments the lines were engaged In
deadly conflict.
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Efectually yet gently, when costive or bill
ious, or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, 10 permanently M habitual consti'
patton, TO awaken the kidneys and liver to
a healthy activity, without Irritating or
weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds
or fevers use syrup Of Figs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

Though endowed with wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice," the wretched suf-
ferer from chronic dyspepsia is plunged in
the depths of misery from which he or she
seldom energies ever for "A day at a stretch.
There j. u way 20 down the imp. Invoke
the aid OF Hostetter's stomach Bitters and
be departs. Keep using the medi-
cine, and the relief you promptly
experience finally becomes peTma-
nent and "A thorough Cure is effected.
Heartburn. flatulence, uueasiness and
sinking at the pit Of the stomach, ner-
vousness, insomnia-these are symptoms
first relieved and finally cured, with their
cause, by this ineffably reliable specific.
Liver complaint and constipation, brother
tormentors of dyspepsia, are also sent 20
limbo by the bitters. - are rheumatism,
malaria and kidney complaint. Use this
helpful medicine Systematically, not by
fits and starts.
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Tommy-Paw, what does vice versa
meane Mr.. Figg-Why-er--horse and
horse. Journal
ClararaGe4 have so much to say to
~yo6s 1faudd And I to You. LefS 60
u ehe oPera Tonight ->Asvism Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-08-18

Relative notice that you have at
last got acquainted with your next
door neighber who has lived alongside
Of you for the past ten years.
Mrs. D'Avnon-Yes, were introduced
to each other at the Pyramids of Egypt
and | found her a delightful compan-
ion. we became very intimate.
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God L. Good.

81 know that God is good, though Evil
dwells
Among Us. aud doth all things hottest
SUare-
That there Is JOY in Heaven, while Yet our
knelis
Sound for the souls which He has sum
moned there.
That painful love Gn,atisfied hath spells.
Earned by its smart. To soothe IL. fellow :
care:
But yet-this Atom canrOt in the whole
Forget itself-It ache, q separate SOUL
-Inun InpnlnM