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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Mr.. AIma-Tadema's Diligence.

Mr.. Alma-Tadema is a great advocate
of work. Nothing can be done well
without taking trouble, he says; you
must work hard if you mean to sue
ceed." BY these and similar encourage
me ats / have many times heard him
urge on faint-hearted followers. He
win never allow himself to be beaten
by the difficulties OF any subject. No
Sinking of intricate detail. no vague
ness Of line will this advocate OF
thoroughness allow to any timd or in
dolent pupil.
He never evades a tedious accessory
nor does he spare his brain more than
his hand when, by the making of end
less studies, he a gain more exact
knowledge or add to the accuracy OF
the spirit and detail in his designs. But
this diligence is not allied to any love
OF his own handiwork. Mr.. Alma
Tadema is ruthless in destroying results
that do not seem TO him to be s~atisfacto-
~; l have often seen him wipe from his
canvas a beautiful figure or q lovely OBJ
ject when he thought that by doing 90
the line of his composition would be i'm.
pIONcu VI liat khVetct ehnPhShy WoeAo
be gained by the sacrifice.
Ihave heard Mi. Alma-Tadema tell q
story of the fate of two unsuccessful
pictures of his student days. One OF
them was returned unsold BY the com
mittec of the Brussels exhibition in 1858
tho subject. l believe, was Of q house
on fire. with people rescuing the victims.
His fellow-students were asked into the
studio of the rejected painter and were
invited to jump through the canvas, the
owner of IL leading the way by leaping,
head first. through the oily flames.
The other story was of q large-sized.
square picture which came back, hope
lcssly. again and again. to the easel of its
creator. until at last 1t was cut out of its
frame and was given to an old woman
10 use IL as q table-cover and who re
marked that il was much better than
those common oilcloth things that always
let the water through. for this n Of Mr..
Tadema's making was . good, thick one,
with plenty of paint on it"-Ays. :
G0sse in Ne Century.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
MANS 7RUEST FRIEND.
CESAR A MARVEL or CANINE sAcAc,.
TT AND DoclLrTY.
Trained Entirely by Kindncss-HIs birth
day Anniversary Celebrated by q Feast
OF s~ausages.

Has there ever existed a totally pas
sionless being2 A question which in
deed deserves a most positive negative!
Even the extreme phlegmatics, who
claim to be devoid Of all stimulating
~propensities, such as smoking dancing,
singing, drinking, theatrical amuse-
ments, ane c-en parlor games, who
claim to be SO perfectly proper and are
only contented in hermetic seclusion,
are not without some passion. Their
%penchant then is rest; they seek their
happiness in the dolce far niente Of
solitude.
And why should not such human
curiosities be left undisturbed in tbeIr
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

party was given in his honor, and I
undertook to photograph him in all his
glory. Not until the festive programme
OF the children's speeches and ami
versary songs was finished did Cesar
jump from his table, but he then did
full justice TO the string of sausages,
TO the cakes and the bones. All in
all must say that I prefer a good,
patient, indefatigable watch dog 10
the average children's maid. Every.
thing. of course, depends on the dogs
training.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

tent loors--if one may use the term
we're covered with two or three feet Of
water. A tent about eight feet square
accompanied half a dozen 4boys in
blue"-they were messmates. The
picture Of one of those tents very near
the river, and therefore decidedly
moist. has impressed itself upon my
memory. Let me try to paint it for
you. :
There are two soldiers playing euchre
on a cracker barrel which serves the
two-fold purpose OF chairs and table.
Another reads the cherished home
paper, while his comrade on the pile
of blankets writes to the dear little
sister al home. A tin plate for a writ
ing desk and a stubby lead pencil; are a
little announcement, but how she will
prize that letter with its envelope Of
starry emblems!
Then there is our blue-eyed Scotch
soldier, impulsivc and daring in action.
brave aud trusty always, with u voice
as soft, a touch Us gentle as a woman'a
when a sick comrade needed his care.
But where is Jack. the sixth member of
our little band? Jack is the life of the
camp with his CHEEKY good nature, MA
funny stories and comical antics.
Seventy-three inches tall and still grow
ing, with an ungainly length of limb,
is Jack, whom time will develop into a
Eobly formed man.
Z Just then a we'll known and not nm
musical voice sings out: @Marix one!"
We peer out There on u raft hastily
constructed OF old boards, with a bucket
upside down for a seat, sits Jack hold
ing a string Mt the end of which q tin
car bangles in the water.
The raft nears our tent and with q
grave face Jack takes another sound
ing. mark twain!" this time.
Now he has fioated quite within our
domicile, his face still rs serious Us the
situation.
The tin can bobs up and down and
the pilot sings out in his inimitable
drawl:
aNo bottom! Moo bottom-m. Eo-o-l
bottom-m-m. Chicago Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

thrower growing more easily fatigued
than he.
i have found him an excellent sub
ject for kodak practice. AS soon as he
sees me approach with my instrument
now he assumes his own posture, and
without awaiting my orders he moves
away when have closed my camera.
He knows when the sitting Is at an
end. and expresses his delight when he
car read satisfaction in my face.
How many professional photograph
ers can obtain a good negative of the
average dog, when wreaths are hung
around his shoulders and sausages,
cakes, and tempting bones are held
close to his hose. That my canine
hero a control himself, even under
such trying circumstances, he has
shown on his last birthday, when q
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Postage stamps. stamped envelopes
and postal cards are now all made by
contract none of the work being done
in Washington. At each factory in
spectors are stationed, who mus. exer-
else strict oversight Of the whole busi-
ness. from the taking in of the blank
paper 10 sending out Of the finished pro-
duct upon acquisitions from postmasters.
all Of which pass through the depart
ment at Washington. Every sheet of
paper must be accounted for and il q
single stamp be imperfect or imperfccily
printed the whole sheet containing the
defective stamp must be sent to Wash
irgton for examination and destruction.
From 5000. 900 to 5000. 900 stamps are
thus sent to Washington every week.
where they arc carefully counted.
checked of and burned. Blue and
Gy1u.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
avusa che daily errands to butcher ana

mouth daily errands 70 butchcr n
baker.
II is true that other dogs will per.
form the same tasks, but OF how many
a 1t be said that they were trained
without having been whipped as was
the 6 with Cesar, and that he does
IL all not under compulsion but gladly
and amid joyful barks.
In the winter my little ones indnlge
In delightful sleighing parties. Cesar
plays horse and has a large stick In
his mouth for bit, which he will mind
In true equine fashion. When he IL
tired OF pulling he becomes the pas
senger without being particular about
the length OF his trip or his d~estina-
ton. Az patient and meek as he may
appear In his equipage I would feel
sorry for the individual who would
attack my children during their sport.
1t Is surprising how for hours he will
be able TO jump In the water and In the
fields otter sticks and missiles, the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
The standard OF True Refinement,

A certain punctilious old gentleman
used to say that no true lady would ever
wear a stocking with a hole in it. The
same idea was voiced by a young girl
Of a later generation, who declared that
she never felt like q lady when there
was a button of her shoe. Each put
into words an appreciation of the fact
that more is required than outward cor
ectne Of appearance to mark the
woman whose innate impulses IN all
toward refinement
As the man of thorough breeding is
to be recognized by his bearing to his
interiors rather than by his conduct TO
his equals. as the good housekeeper is
Judged by the condition of her cellar
and pantries rather than by the state of
her parlors, so is the truly refined lady
distinguished more by the unnoticeable
minutes of her dress than by the gen.
sral outward effect.-Densoresfs Mqga-
zilc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

They nave Strengthened II and spoiled it,
Left it stripped OF every charm,
II Is but a common ditch now,
Not the glory OF the farm.
just like everything that's modern,
IL is always ION the go;'
This is is not the lazy, purling,
Wandering creek / used TO know.
Once It's banks were soft and grassy,
Now they are clayey, steep and bare,
There are now no crosses In IL.
Though they once were everywhere.
And the pools were 'mong the lilies,
Minuows darted TO and fro
This is not the ripping. babbling,
Flowery creek / used to know.
There are now no pebbly shadows,
There is now no waterfall;
There's n bridge where once e tree served,
Lying where it Glanced TO sprawl,
And the cattle do not seek 10
When the summer suns aglow-
This is not the winding, springy,
Cooling creek used TO know
New York sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Az the New York Woman's Hospital
they cay that boys weigh from eight u
twsnty-onc ounces more than the girl
1t birth. The weight Of the average
boy baby is seven pounds. while that o.
the wee sweet sister is only six and ono
quarter pounds. Boys are more doll
cate, harder TO raise. and -crssser' thar
the girl babies, who only want regular
meals and prompt attention TO grow
strong. beautiful. lovabac. end su9ny'
hsAES6d
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

II was formerly the practice among
physicians to carry q cane having a hol-
low head. the top o! which was gold.
pierced with holes FSe q pepper box.
The top contained q small amount Of
aromatic powder Oh of snuff. and ON an
tc-;rg a house or loom where a disease
supposed 10 be infectious prevailed the
doctor would strike his cane on the floor
70 agitate the powder and then apply IL
to his nose. Hence all the old prints Of
physicians represent them with canes
to their noses.-Gk Losis Gto6s-Dsms-
Graf.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
NO BOTTOM
A Memory of Army Life During the War
of the Rebellion.

They were not all dark days, those
first days of the war. Many of the
volunteers were young enough to enjoy
camp life and oil were unused TO the
real dangers and sorrows OF war.
The 18th Illinois volunteers were
encamped at Birds Point, Mo-, in the
summer of 1861. Recent heavy rains
had swollen the Mississippi until the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
When Travelling,

Whether on pleasure bent, or business,
take on every trip q bottle OF Syrup OF
Figs, as IL acts most pleasantly and effec-
tually on the Kidneys, liver and bowels,
preventing ~fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale IN soc and 81
bottles by ali leading druggists. Manu-
factdred by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Fair and Beautiful Lands Across the Sc,

" 49,
Give promise TO the ocean voyage OF
health and pleasure, but there Is q broad
expanse Of waters TO be passed that rise
high in rough weather. and
gr~ievously disturb the unaccustomed
stomach, more particularly IL it Is that OF
aH Invalid. Moreover the vibration 90 the
vessels hull caused by the motion OF the
screw Of a steamer, a change Of water and
latitude, and abrupt transitions OF tenn
~pcrature, cannot, without a medicinal safe
guard be encountered with impunity. For
sea sickness and preiudicial influences of
air aud water. Hostetter's stomach Bit
ters is n standard safeguard. Tourists,
yachtsmen, mariners, commercial travel
ers, and people bound on a sea voyage or
inland jannt, should always be provided
with IL. Incompatible for malaria, rheu-
inatism, neuralgia, sieeplessness, loss OF
appetite, sick headache, biliousness and
constipation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Texas Siftings: Doctor-I ordered Won
TO rub your chest with brandy. and, in
stead of doing so. you drank up all the
brandy. so your wife tells me. Sufferer
The truth ish. doctor. I've got no con-
idensh in thesh external applicashuns.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

-Somerville Journal: When a man asks
you for a candid opinion of his novel, or
his picture, or his new baby, he generally
means a candid opinion. and. IL you want
TO be popular, it won't be wise for you TO
forget this little fact
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Jones-Yon ard ! are exactly the
age and yet your head Is gray.
while mine Is black. Z
Frank--I suppose my bead has moro
gray matter N y
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

what IL more fascinating than a CON-
plexion tinted like the rarest seashell
and purified by the use OF GIenn's Sulphur
Soaps
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A strip of oilcloth placed at each side
Of n bed will cure any case OF omuam
bulism. II is said that the cold surface
of the oilcloth will invariably awaken
the sleeper.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

chicago Tribune: The cycler picked
himself up, brushed the dirt from his
clothes and readiusted his cap.
II could wish" he said, rubbing the
place where the carriage pole had struck
him, that the driver OF that go cart
would keep . more civil tongue in it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Tho greatest recorded depth Of Lake
Michigan Is $40 feet The laean dsptA
s~-SsaD teek
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Too Sick To De sancamish.

Kate Field tells a story OF a man and
woman who were horribly seasick cross.
! ing the channel. The stewardess found
hem sitting together on the deck, the
woman leaning back with closed eyes
and the mans head resting on her
shoulder. ~Your husband seems 10 feel
I even worse than you do" said the stew
ardness, sympathetically. The sick wo-
man opened her eyes and glanced at her
fellow-sufferer with a sort of dispairing
Indifference. Then she gasped, as she
closed her eyes YEARLY again: Hes
not my husband; I'm sure | don't know
who he is."-Sdn Francisco Argondut.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Halls Catarrh Cure
70 taken intern ally. Price IS cents

Atlantic Constitution: Young man."
the old man sternly asked. after the youth
had asked for the daughters hand, do
You play pokerl' 'Y-es-er, that isl
bluried the %suitor. b~lushing. That's all
right blandly interrupted the parent.
Can you put me on to a quiet gamer"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sotd on .
guarantee. 1t cures Incipient Consump-
ton. 1t is the best Cough Cure. rs cents,
so cents and $i.Q.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

fdor to 1857 tea was sold in England
- 10 a pound.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
Mining and Willing Yellow Ochre.

"A very important Georgia in.
dustry that has sprung up in the last
few years is the mining and milling of
yellow ochre as carried on at Carriers.
VILE" said Captain b. NJ Hall, the
well-known mining engineer. "Like
most new industries, it made q small
beginning and the product had a very
limited market. But its superior
quality soon gained for it an eager
demand at high price. 1t is now
sold at Cartersvllle for SIG to SIS per
ton, while the standard Pennsylvania
ochres sell for less than half that pric .
in Philadelphia The Cartersville
oehre,Npn account of its great purity,
is essentially II metallic paint, while
the ordinary oohres of commerce. arc
merely clays stained with iron oxide.
It's beautiful greenish yellow color
and its high per cent. of iron make it
peculiarly valuable as an ingredient
in the manufacture of linoleum. A
large proportion of the Cartersyille
product is shipped TO Europe. Two
new mines are being opened and put
in operation that will greatly increase
the output One of these belongs to
William b. Shaffer, of Pennsylvania,
and the other to L. r. Jones, Of Car
tersville. can say from Il personal
examination of these properties that
their operation will add largely to tho
material wealth of Georgia. "-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
An Interesting Peonle.

Interesting information is given by
a French traveller in China of the Mau.
tzu, a people who occupy all the ter.
ritory between China proper and
Thibet. The feudal system prevails
among these mountaineers, who are
divided up into more than eighty small
States. Lamaism is the religion pro.
fessed by the majority. The Ian.
guages of these States, which are more
Thibetan than Chinese, differ very
much one from another. The Mau,
tzu are fairly we'll made and strong
They do not wear a que like the Chi.
nese, and dress in coarse wooden fab
rics, which they make for themselves.
The men wear shirt with a collar,
and the women wear dresses consist
ing OF body aud skirt, two styles un-
known in China, and reminding one
of European fashions. Their houses,
too, built of stone, have usually one
OF two stories above the ground, the
latter being always occupied by cattle,
upon which they chiefly depend. The
animals reared by the Maa-tzu are the
horse, the horned and the hornlesi
yak, two species of COW, sheep with
long, spiral horns, and the goat, one
variety of which has four horns. The
pigs, dogG, cats and fowls which are
bred there are identical with those
found in the rest OF China. Rochester
Post-ExPress,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

There are some very good people
who love to tell bad news.-Ram's
Horn.
The world owes a man a living, but
he must go after it.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Love abhors crowd, but does not
want TO be left entirely alone. Gal
weston News.
If you notice, the fellow who pays
his way is the one who weighs his pay.
Buffalo Courier.
A growler is q man who would much
rather sleep in q cyclone than in an
ordinary draft. Galveston News.
When men speak of woman, the
first question, and frequently the last,
is-"Is she pretty ?"-Ram's Horn.
A setting hen is quite anxious as to
the outcome of her mission; she
broods over it constantly. Lowell
Courier.
About the only martyrs for con-
sciences sake that we have in modern
times are our baseball umpires. -Dal.
las News.
A "forelady" advertises for work.
We hope she is accustomed to the
management of "sales-gentlemen. -
Chicago Post.
He-'T love you. 1 know that l am
not all that ought to be-" She =
"Yes, everybody has told me that. -
New York World.
A headline in q contemporary
reads, "On to Chicagol" The coun-
try has been on to Chicago for some
time. Kingston freeman.
-"Tommie, / nm going to
spank you. Do you know what forP"
Tommie (indignantlY)-"Yes, You
want to ease your own feelings by
hurting mine. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Stranger-"What price do you set
on that red COW of yours?" Mr.. Hal
cede-"See here, mister, dir you a as
SCISSOR, or has she been run over by
the railroad ?"--Indianapolis Journal.
The Judge-'T should think you
would be sorry for having SO forgotten
yourself as to throw plate at your
wife. The Prisoner (penitently)-
'I am, your honor; that plate cost
ten cents. Buffalo Courier.
81 don't sec the least use of this
tool case being put on my bicycle. "
He "Why, in case of an accident,
you'd have something to work with. "
"Oh, You absurd man; don't l always
have hair-pins with me?"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
HOisted by Her Own PetarJ.

When Yale athletics we're in New
York, prior to their departure for Ok
ford, well-known Brooklyn society
woman gave them dinner. 1t is part
of the creed of these young men never
to express surprise at any joke at
their expense. This their hostess
knew. She was determined to compel
a departure from this law and con-
ceived her plan with that object in
view. The women of the party had
been notified, but were bound over to
silence, until some comment should
be made by the broadclothed guests.
At an exquisitely appointed table the
party sat down. The buffers first
served coffee, liquors aud candies,
Next came ices. Then salads. Talk
flowed on brilliantly and easily. Evil
IDENTIFY there was no stupidity on the
part of the servants in serving thus
contrary to established etiquette, for
the hostess remained unconcerned.
So did the Yale men.
The reversed dinner went through
its courses without hitch or jar, until
after the soup and just before the
clans were served. Then the Yale
men asked to be excused. The host
ess acquiesed with broad touch of
wonder on her face. In ten minutes
the team filed back into the dining
room, each with his "swallow-tail" on
''hind part before" They had done
honor to the reversed dinner. The
surface of unconcern was broken down.
The hostess was hoisted by her own
petard, but the table rang with APP
plause. -Argonaut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
New Use for Natural Gas.

The possibilities of natural gas evil
IDENTIFY have not yet been exhaustedI
The latest use which would seem to
have been found for it is the making
of ice, the idea being to simply expand
the gas from its usually high initial
pressure down to or near that of the
atmosphere, nature having done all
the preliminary work of compression
and cooling, making the gas ready to
absorb heat from its surroundings i'm
mediately upon being released from
confnment, All that would be neces.
sary would be- suitable coils or cham
bers into which the gas could he al
lowed to expand. 1t has been calcu-
lated ont quite plausibly, in fact, that
with an ordinary gas well, furnishing
$500, 900 cubic feet per day, some
thing like fifty tons OF ice could be
turned out daily at an expense of
about fifty cents Il ton. The gas
loses nothing but ITS pressure, retain
ing all ITS caloriic value, and hence,
all its virtue for rolling mill and glass
works use, for heating brick, lime and
pottery kilns, and the endless number
of other furnacesto to which it is adapted.
In certain way, therefore, the gas
may be regarded as affording some
thing for nothing-a desideratum to
which many in this world are con-
stantly looking forward. st. Louis
Star-Sayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-03
THE pUGLE CALL.

Wave you heard the troops a-marching3
Marching, marching,
o my soul, to hear the bugle and the long
roll Of the drum
Vp the hill and down the valley, l can hear
his step among them.
Before you see his scarlet coat, I'll know
my love has come.
VI can zee the troops a-marching,
Slowly, slowly,
As they near, the pale leaves tremble al
the coming Of that band
There is neither sound nor football, neithoi
bugle-blast nor drum-call,
A silent host they pass from sight into {
silent land"
Nay, hear the bugle calling,
Calling, calling,
tho footsteps of my soldier, can coun
them as they fall;
a. time mine to the echo, over hill ant
over valley,
lam marching, marching ever, to that un
seen bugle's call
Mary Stewart Cutting.