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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
Building a Nebraska Church.

As far west as Hitchcock county
churches are few and far between. ex-
cept in towns, and country congrega-
tons worship within the small school
houses, which 1t the best furnish meayre
Accommodations.
The long-felt want of a meeting place
other than the old schoolhouse was ac-
centuated at n such place by a slight
misunderstanding with another denomi-
nation holding prior claim II was on
the last day OF the old year and public
spirit grew with the remarksi
III we only had a church"
Il wish We had a church"
I'VE must have a church"
Let VI build a church"
The crops have failed, times were
hard, and money scarce, but a temper
AIRY loan was offered if a subscription
paper warranted its payment
On New Years Day a committee
started out to see what could be done.
and at night the subscription list footed
$40 and a church was assured. A frame
building was out OF the question. but on
Wednesday a score of willing workers
were ploughing sod. 1t was a formid-
able undertaking for m~idwinter, but the
brave homesteadcrs are accustomed TO
encounterihg difficulties and surmount-
ing obstacles, and in two days the walls
had risen to the desired height. I'm
lucky Friday broughta storm and work
was suspended until Tuesday.
But Friday night again beheld a good
substantial church building completed
and furnished ready for ~onSunoncv It
is l6x32 feet, with door and six win
dows, and has cost besides gratis labor,
sl00. Part OF that sum has already
been paid and the balance guaranteed by
solid subscription.
The erection of a church in six davs'
time is one of the achievements OF dried
out. burned up. blown away south
west Nebraska, and considering circum-
stances is certainly unprecedented
Nebraska State journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

TIsED.
the idea of having the world-renowned
Prof. Gander bestow the boon of his
presence upon the people of Jo'.oson
county and vicinity. But rel this
mysterious phase of the occasion only
added to the zest of the affair What
booted it that nothing was known of
the sntecedent circumstances of Prof.
Gander's fight, SO long as the great
event was bound TO occur at 4 p. m.
that day?
The eventful hour drew near and the
buzz of expectation deepened into q
roar of impatience. The hands on the
village clock all but pointed to the hour
of iii.
At precisely 4 p. IN. q hand wa
thrust out of the courthouse steeple
window, and it tossed out upon the
qnivering summer air an enormous
goose Of the male persuasion. The big
bird fiuttered and struggled in the air
for a moment or two, and then alighted
IN the ground.
Prof. Gander had finished his flight.
@Wall sir y. said ope Of the old
citizens in talking about theoccurfence
not long ago. IF that crowd had a
found out who put up that joke they'd
. mobbed, maybe lynched him. They
were the maddest set of people you ever
saw, and you can't blame EN- much,
either. The fellows that put up that
/, joke have lain mighty low to this dsy,
l can tell you"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
GEMS FROM SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS,
Bright Answers Made by little Pupils In
British Elementary schools.

Some recent " during examin.
alton In north country elementary
schools show an amount of thought and
~ssseTec OF character which ought to he
put 10 the credit account ofthe scholars,
II not to their teachers. saws the Londor
Telegraph. Here, for instance, was 4
curious biz Of reasoning on the part Of
q little girl. The examiner wished tc
get the children TO express moral re.
probation of lazy people. and he led up
Ia it by asking who were the persons
who got all they could and did nothing
In return. For some time there wa.
silence, but ut last the little girl, who
had obviously reasoned out the answer
inductively from her own home ex-
%periences, exclaimed with a good deal
Of confidence, please. sir, its the baby"
In answer 10 some questions as to the
birthright which Esau forfeited and the
nature of 1t, applied to the children
themselves aud what their birthright
was, that boy showed a good deal of
practical sense. however deficient
t~heologically, who answered that his
birthright was his "grandfather's big
watch"
Not quite 50 satisfactory was the an
syer of "A boy whose class was being
questioned on the parable of the prodigal
son. The examiner dwell, as a prac-
teal question, upon the prodigal SPEND
ing his substance in riotous living, and
especially what "riotous living" actual
ly meant. The inquiry elected no re-
ply except from a boy whose solution,
however fresh and breezy, bore strik-
ing testimony to his bohemian surround
ing at home: "P.ease, riotous living
means spending your money like a gem
tleman."
But nothing can surpass the worldly
wisdom of the little girl who, casting all
her theological training TO the winds. re-
sponded to the diocesan inspector ex-
aiming the class on the duty of love,
and asking, Whom ought we TO love
mostP" by answering promptly, The
inspector. sir"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Probably the best thing that was ever
written on the interesting question of
what women like in men is summed up
in the idea that women like q nan who
can be strong as . lion when trouble
comes and yet II one is ryo and
tired . button up u shoe with an
amount of consideration that is a men,
tai and physical ~bracer-up. Thoy like
. man who likes them. who doesn't
scorn their opinions. who believes In
their good taste. who has confidence in
them. and wit enough to realize that
when one of the fairer sex Is slightly
stubborn persuasion is more powerful
than Ill the arguments in the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
nYoisnlc DESKS FOR SCHOOLS.
Designed tn gave scholars from Curvntur
of the spine Etc.

Designed to AVE scholars from C~urvmturs
of the spine Etc.
In Paris and Berlin they are seating
school children at their desks accord
ing TO a scientific principle. DIR. Franz
Torelr, the medical director at Felix
Adler's Workingman's School, on West
F~ifty-fourth street, has tried the sys.
tenn there with excellent results, but
thus far the Board of Education has re.
fused 10 even consider it.
By this innovat' IN the pupils desk
is regulated TO his height. Nearly all
the desks in the public schools are of a
given height. Putting a little boy at a
desk that Is several sizes too high for
him results not only in discomfort, but
it affects his handwriting and bis eye.
sight. In some instances il leads 10
curvature Of the spine, and very fro.
quently causes round shoulders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
Love ana Time.

Coed by dear lovei" And he held her hand
AnuIlooked In hsT Dyes that shone like dew.
rr0FIte ype, pearTt-you understand
Wngtever nayhappcn you'll still be true.
Il nobgh uuTe may part US, | yet shall know
Ip@a your heart Ia mine as mine II yours.
Ano' tbough late divide US, our love shall
And he deeper and sveeter while life an
dures.
NAY, can you Goubt me? Can | forget7
Sy loYt j. stronger than time or fatei
ARC your come again Co me, won't you, Pet,
To-InorrUw evening at half-past efgbtr'
Dual
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

I'm nv nhtilNos
DIR, Torek believes that with the nv.
gienic desk vertical writing will re.
place the present system of slant writ.
ing. 1t is already in use In the schools
of Germany, France and England.
When vertical writing shall be taught
the pupil will occupy the position in
the illustration, which Is a natural
one, and the one favored on the other
Side.
In some of the copy-books there is a
cut of a boy in a model position for
writing. 1t represents him with his
shoulders exactly perpendicular % the
front of the desk. DIR. Torek says that
just so long as slant writing is taught
just so long will the children twist
themselves into awkward positions in
order 10 initiate the writing Ia their
co%py-books. II they sit erect and
squarely in front of their desks they
must either turn their copy-beoks or
else their beads at an angle, and both
have "A bad effect on their eyes. II left
TO themselves they will throw their
one shoulder upon the desk and settle
int some unnatural position which
will have a tendency, in the course of
time, TO make one shoulder higher
than the other, and to injure them 10
other ways.
You will observe" said the doctor,
that nine out of ten students who
have sat in the old-fashioned desks for
a length of time, If left to themselves
to study, will turn their books at an
angle aud get into the same position,
through force OF habit, in which they
have learned TO write.
If the pupils desk is too high, his
eyes are too close to the book. After
sitting in this position for a time, he
will find that he must have his eyes
close TO the book in order 70 see plain
ly, and If he has a lower desk he will
leaf over far enough TO make up the
difference. NeaFsghteoness results"
If more attention were paid To tho
bodily health of children in school,
pr. Torek argues, they would make
better citizens when they grow up. He
says that the crusade in behalf of their
bodies has just begun, and if vertical
writing and hygienic desks are insisted
upon, a great step forward will be ac-
comPiished.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Persons who sew a great deal often
suffer from soreness In the thimble fin
ger. Silver OF plated thimbles r the
best and next to these q lightly bur.
nished steel thimble should be used.
Swelling Of the finger and very serioul
inflammation are often caused by cheap
thimbles.
The tunnel which carries the Colorado
Midland railroad through the Rocky
mountains at Hagermkh Pass. Csls,.
has just been completed. The tunnel Il
close upon two piles loag, and Il Il
bored through s0lid gray granite. tt
complexion Involved over three years
YORK.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

According to the American Architect,
two chemists of Hamburg, NM. Foster
and INLAND, have published some
studies or the cholera infection. from
which it appears that soap is one Of the
best known fertilizers OF water sus-
pected OF infection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
Unfold Suffering
AND FAISERY
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A STATEMENT UNDER
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Father-Don't you think we ought to
walk faster. daughterP We are not
keeping up with the organ.
Daughter-No, pa. / have waited .
long while for this opportunity and
mean to make it last as long as posst
ble.-Jndge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Il want three bottles of anti-rheumatic
mixture. How much?'
Five dollars"
"But I'm a druggist myself"
oh! Here's your money back and
you get a bonus of 80 cents cach."-
Halo,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

In Java and Borneo there are two
kinds of fish which inhabit ponds and
small fresh water streams When the
water disappears during the hot season
these dsh bnrrow into the mud and re-
main there In q torpid condition until
the autumn rains begin
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

In Turkey the house a man lives In
annot be seized for debt, and Sufficient
land must be left to serve TO o
him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Some species o. birds have exception
ally long lives al Gifted to them. The
raven has been KIN wn to live leo years,
and the swan lf5.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold on a
guarantee. Ii cures Incipient Consump-
ton. 1t is the best Cough Cure. IS cents,
50 cents and si.0O.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

-Cherrapongec, in southwestern As
sam, is the wettest place in the world. the
average annual rainfall there being Gl0
inches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

Hello you believe In such q thing
IS love at first sight? She-Certainly.
4 hasty glance ones not discover In
6erfssiionA-bo0bs T~anscripk
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

w. II. GRIFFIN. Jackson, Mich. writes:
Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years,
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by
Druggists, 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

A superb girl; surprisingly lovely; skin
fair as a lily cheeks like roses, and WHIT
1t is because she uses Gienn's sulphur
Soap.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

In London there is a fur ompanv
which was established during the reign OF
Henry VIII.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

viii be OF value TO the world by illustrate
ing the improvements In the mechanical
arts and eminent PHYSICIANS will tell You
that the progress Ia medicinal agents, has
been OF equal Importance. and a. q
strengthening laxative that Syrup of Figs
Is tar in advance of all others.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

A man with an elastic Imagination
% too liable 10 use II for a c-onscisncs.
-kocAester DsmocrGk
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

The Dakota river. with AN estimated
length of COS miles, 10 believed by many
to be the longest pnnavigable stream in
the world
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26

The play Is played; come out into the dark
n hlgh, white stars are burning I'm their
place;
From no ntain-highlands blows a great cool
breath.
Arr thou afraidi Nay, love, 10 IL but death.
EARN masque Is done. Eift up thine un-
Changed face
Across The meadows sings the morning lark.
-Llppincott's Mazaxine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
Exeunt.

Ring down the purple curtains of the night!
The play Is played, the guests have gone
away.
Why st We staring AZ the empt stage.
Inc dying fOotlights. all the e%quipage
or motley fool and r~eYeler. seen but gray
where shadows hide the painted scenes from
sightg
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1894-12-01
ALIBERAL ORGAN OFFER.

That there has been a revolution IN
the manufacture of Organs and Pianos
is evinced by the current offer of Cor
nish Il Co., the well known manufact-
urers of Washington, n. ]. For the
next 60 days they offer to sell an organ
for s42 80, which a short time ago
would have been considered desirable
bargain at $500. With this they offer
terms Of credit that are sure to meet
with the approval of every fair-minded
person Cornish & Co. are the largest
makers of Pianos and Organs in the
world selling direct from she factory to
the home. Since the conception Of this
great business, nearly thirty years ag 0,
thew have been fighting the method Of
selling instruments through agents and
dealers. their plan being to give the
enormous profits usually retained by
the tradesman to the buyer. Thel
efforts to place first class. instrument
within the reach of all, at manufactu
er's prices and the most liberal term
deserves the highest commendatio
Every one who is contemplating t
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1894-12-01
HORRIBLE SHOOTING.

A Man shoots His Wife, His sistsr-in-lau
and Then Himself
Elmira, N. Y, Nov. 19.-Martin V.
Strait, a well-known -four and feed
dealer, Friday afternoon fatally
shot his wife, put one bullet in the
body of-Mrs. William Whitford, which
may cause her death, and then turn
ing the revolver on himself, tried three
times to put bullet through his own
heart, INJECTING q wound which will
cause his death. The shooting was the
result OF domestic difficulties. The
Whitford and Strait families, until a
few weeks ago, lived in the same house,
tho women being sisters. Strait and
his wife some time ago separated, but
again resumed marital relations. About
three weeks ago they again separated:
Strait tried In vain to regain the good
will Of his wife. Friday morning
he sent her note, but the woman said
there was no answer. Then Strals
evidently determined on his bloody
deed. Mrs. Strait died ut 7:S0 o'clock
Friday night. All Of the persons are OF
middle age and have enjoyed the best
regulations. The physicians say that
Mr.. Strait and Mrs. Whitford cannon
recover.