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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
Benevolence ira the Factory.

A prince among advertisers. William l.
Douglas. president Of the W. l.. Douglas
shoe company. MOntello. Mass, is not
less eminent for practical kindness 20 the
host OF people employed by him in the pro-
duction Of the celebrated 81 shoe. We
look naturally TO Il man OF his enterprise
for comprehensive and noble b~enevolenCe,
and we are not disappointed. Adding
still another expression OF bis manly good
feeling TOWARD people who depend on him
for n livelihood, he has appointed a well
equipped physician as custodian of the
health of the work people. Every person
employed at the factory commands the
doctors services, either within its walls
or, If need be, at his or her own home: and
il IL within the physicians province Of
course TO prescribe absolute rest when this
shall appear necessary or desirable. The
Douglas doctor eyacts no fees from his pa
tients. his engagement being by arrange
ment with Mr.. Douglas, whose claims on
the loyal good feeling Of his employees are
emphasized by this expression of his
bounty.
IL ought to be generally known that
since December, 1sSs, the principle of arbi-
tration has been recognized by formal
agreement Of the w. l.. Douglas shoe com
pany with its employees, every man in the
employment OF the firm signing an agree
DIent TO submit any disagreement that
may arise and not otherwise be settled %
the state Board Of Arbitration for a de-
cisiOn to bind both parties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
THE USEFUL LIFE OF A HORSE.
Animals Capable OF Good Service Even q
al Advanced Age.
To be continued

Doubtless there is a great waste Of
money in the prevalent neglect OF farm
horses. During the past ten years a
~neighbor has bought fresh teams twice,
ard he thinks that a team of young
horses will not last more than six years.
1t is "A common opinion that n horse Of
IL years is too old for services, but /
have one at the present time that is 80
years old, and good for n ride of thirty
miles a day yet. He is doing his usual
work, and keeps his level beside a mule
only 6 years old in the plow or the
wagon. | once bought a mule that was
said to be 45 years old, and the evidence
was certainly trustworthy that he had
been worked in one family for thirty
five years, as | bought him from the
grandson of the man who had him all
that time. | think | am correct in say
ing that the trotting mare Goldsmith
Maid went into the breeding stable only
when 20 years old, and many OF the
best of the racers have lived over thirty
years.
There Is a record of a Shire horse in
England that reached the age OF SO
years, at which his teeth and eyes were
still good, and he was then pensioned
of by his owner on a farm. Ny 40
year-old mule did good service in draw
ing empty railroad cars into a mins
which | was then working to be loaded
with iron ore. and | kept him at it two
years. when ! gave him to the person
who bought out my interest in the prop
erty. He was still at the same work
two years after. My old horse Is still
able TO shell his corn as well as nv
young mules can, aud how much longer
he will work | suppose depends upon
his ability to feed, which just at present
seems 10 be assured for several years,
as evinced by his vigorous neigh when
| 90 into the stable at feeding time.
And occasionally he takes a colt-like
frolie with his companions in the past
ure.
Now, if it is possible for a horse. by
means of good feeding aud general
care, 10 live and work to such an age as
this, how much is the aggregate loss
which occurs through neglect and mis-
management on all the farms in the
country? | have had this horse ten
years. and he has never missed a feed
or had a moments sickness. He has
been used with kindness, and has never
been touched by a whip since I have
owned him. always having been eager
TO work, and kind and gentle, His
knowledge is so wide and accurate that
1t shows how much more valuable for
use a horse OF this z may become than
a young one for he understands many
things said to him. and thus saves lots
of trouble; he can be used in the culti-
vator without a line, and will as care
fully avoid t~readlng upon a plant in
the end of a row as if he knew why he
sAauId ynet-do-it~ follaxip G-tberoMS.ac-
only possible after some years ac-
quaintance with an owner, is one more
advantage OF an old horse.-Country
Gentleman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
a BORN

Sketch Of the Life and Analysis of The
Character of Cassius VI. Clay.
The most picturesque character in
Kentucky today, writes Falcon" in
the Cincinnati Enquirer, is Cassius NJ.
Clay. Since the { "a of Oliver T.. Nor
ton and Thaddeus stevens, this union
has seen no such character as General
Clay. In his comparative o~bscurity he
has not become obscure, but, like a
lion in his lair, from time to time some
low and laundering growl has made
men remember that he still lives. At
Whitehall" his residence on the table
land above the Kentucky river cliffs,
near Richmond. he passes his time
amid his books or looking after his
cattle on their broad domain of blue
grass, forgetful of the world, but not
forgotten by IL.
Tall, but SO massively built that he
looks TO be below the medium height.
Cassius NJ. Clay Is today as 1.-THE and
agile, as s~priDgy in his walk, as quick
in eye and gesture as he was in hat
dead past we call before the war. "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
ECCENTRIC AND INDEPENDENTS.
Hans Won Bulow's Peculiar ~FrankneAs-
An Awful Revenge.

DIR. Hans Won Bulow has the credit
of having been perhaps the most &C.
centric musician that ever lived. His
frankness was something terrible. Music
says OF him that he was accustomed to
meet a large class twice a year in Ger
many, at which many members were
listeners, while those who wished to
play might send in their names to him.
Sometimes he chose those whom he
preferred and sen out for them, while
the rest waited in terror for their turn
10 come. This nervousness of anticipa-
ton was not without cause.
An awkward English girl one day
went to the piano, and, frightened al
most out of her wits. managed TO play
her piece after a fashion.
"Ach!" he roared. "You play the
easy passages with a difficulty that is
simply enormousl"
Once in playing at a concert he stop
ped abruptly and ordered the ushers to
turn the piano around. His reason
was asked and he replied that a lady in
the audience annoyed him u~nspeakably
by tanning herself out OF time. 1t was
t"sSNoecN M hiNh1s 10 Siihpici y
ask her to stop but he replied that he
could not think Of such a thing. So the
piano was turned.
So far as the audience was concerned,
he always made a point of doing exact
ly as he pleased. On one occasion the
orchestra which he was conducting had
just given a very long Brahms SYM
phony, which was quite beyond the
comprehension of any but the musicians
among the listeners.
When the audience failed to give him
the applause he expected he turned up
on them ~furiously:
what! You do not like it? will
teach you TO like it," and he had the en-.
lire composition PLAYED through again
self-deferke.
But when a Leipzig audience insisted
on recalling him. in spite of his repeated
refusal to play again, he came forward
aud said:
IF you do not stop this applause !
will play all Bach's forty-eight preludes
and fugues from beginning to end!"
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..I tell Won thev afn't nope"

81 toll you they amt mona"
"They IL. Miss Maria says they ~
~ tell you they amt, yen ole bissi
fool you;" the voice was that of the
cook. IL dun forgot to open en-, 1 dnu
tell you. IL you doan b'lieve me usS
your W eyes, you ole country niggsh
in Maw's lawns pahty close a lookin'
like a scarecrow in q Gavin fel. Now
look!''
The waiter came up with a bang. All
was still. Jupiter was doubtless ''iook'
ing" Presently the guests looked too.
He appeared upon the scene with
an unopened can, glowing with a
gorgeous label, in either hand.
BEG pswdsn, Miss Maria, but tha,
OLE" He got no further. There had
been a swish of skirts on the stairs.
Fanny darted across the room, pushed
her surprised parent into the pantry
and turned the key. With an air OF
elaborate Indifference as though moth.
ing had happened 70 mar the occasion,
she removed the plates and the dinner
progressed. From the depths Of the
pantry could be heard the wailing on
Jupiter: "If l kaint wait I'm pow'ful
at drivin', an IL amt no erthly use Z
'iIiu w uppcuH VIVA you am u OlS
Miss dun say" There was a peremp-
tory command from below to ''coms
down this minnit," n great creaking OF
the waiter and Jupiter had descended
on the vehicle of his woe.
Mr.. Grimm looked at his wife aud she
in turn looked AZ him. between them
extended a massive eperane OF silver
weighted with fruit and flowers; tall
candclabas and dainty bon-bon dishes,
strangely out of keeping with the fur
niture and the tiny dining room. There
was a look in his eyes that lightened
things though and the verge of fearful
ness vas banished. Later, however,
when the guests were gone and she had
had a good cry in his arms, she said:
John, Jupiter was right. We have no
business trying to appear what we are
not and whether we get the position or
whether we're never a cen richer, I've
that good lesson to be thankful for to-
day and for the rest Of my life y
William Armstrong.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
EDIBLE ~ToAoSTooLS.
"Ruies' for Determining Between the
Toadstool and Mushroom Worthless.

Walking in the woods recently with
. country friend. we were discussing
this "toadstool" topic, when we came
upon 4 cluster of fungi at the base of a
tree-truuk, their broad expanded tops
apparently upholstered in fawn-colored
undressed kid. their under surfaces
being stuffed and tufted in pale-greenish
hue, says a writer in Hdrper'S Magazine.
What would you call these?" l in
quired.
Those are toadstools, Enthusiastically
was his reply.
well. toadstSols or not, you see there
about five pounds Of delicious vegetable
meat, for 1t is the common species OF
edible Boletus-Boletus edulis."
A few moments later we paused be-
fore a beautiful specimen, lifting it's
Parasol of pure white above the black
leaf mold.
And what is thise" l inquired.
Il would certainly call that a mush-
room" was his instant reply.
This mushroom proved to be a fine.
tempting specimen of the Agaricus
Amanita bulbosa, the deadliest OF all
the mushrooms, and one of the most
violent and fatal of all known vegetable
poisons, whose attractive graces and in.
sidious wiles are doubtless continually
responsible for those numerous fatalities
usually dismissed with the epitaph.
Died from eating toadstools in mistake
for mushrooms
Nor are the other popular traditions
and tests by which the primary selection
of the mushroom" is proved" for safe
ty worthy of any consideration;
tests, for instance. such as the follow
ing:
pleasant taste and oder: boiling with
a silver spoon, the staining of the silver
indicating danger; peeling of the cap;
change OF color in fracture" etc. l
once knew an aged dame who was .
village oracle On this as we'll as other
topics, and who ate and dispensed toad
stools on the above rules. Strange to
say, she lived to a good old age. and no
increased mortality CHANGED rs a result
of her generosity.
How are these popular notions sus-
tanned by the facts.
Many, indeed a majority, OF the most
delicious species will not peel" at all,
others change color. turning blue or
green or tawny almost instantly ON
being broken, while the most deadly
Anianita which psels with y certain de-
gree of accommodation which would At
once seem to settle its claim ~ 4 "musA-
room. has. moreover, to many, an in
viting odor and a pleasant taste when
raw. and when cooked gives no token
Of its fatal escurce until from six to
eight hours after being eaton. when its
unfortunate victim u usually past hope
absolutely 90. in the absence OF the
proper medical treatment in the adj
m~inistration Of atropine in hypodermio
injection in e~ne-sixtieth grain doses, this
deadly drug having been only recently
discovered to be an effective antidote TO
the amanitine, the poisonous principle OF
the Amanita fungus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
CHAPTER XIII.
THE TRIAL.

IL Is not my intention to trouble the reao.
with chapters full OF appeals ad misericor-
fam, or to pile up the agony in the manner
sf the expert manufacturer Of Sensational
action; though, IL chose to do so, there 10
plenty Of material ready to my hand. / have
my doubts, perhaps, whether l am personal
ly interesting enough 10 sway the sympathy
III the tendsr.hearted. In the character of q
man untustiy accused Of the most horrible of
human crimes. But the mere fact that I sur
viys to write these lines Is proof positive of
one thing-that 1 wa not hangedi So, on
hat score at least, the reader may be per
iectly easy In his mind
The Assures came on some six weeks after
he date OF the inquest and In the intsrim I
bud Nat ny darling did net tail to keep
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
HIS LAST OATH.
How Senator Harris Broke Himself a
Swearing.

There is a curious connection between
the lives of lsham Harris aud Bishop
Quintard of Memphis, whose perform
ance at Kitty Cheatham's wedding
brought him into prominence.
The bishop and Harris are about Of an
age, and although of different tempera-
ments and of different professions their
careers have intertwined more than
once.
Quintard was a chaplain in the CON-
federate army. having secured the place
through Harris appointment, and Har.
ris to this day always refers to Quintard
AS the man who broke him of the habit
OF profanity.
It was during the review of the troops
when Harris was governor, and with
his usual Feasibility he gave some OF
the delinquents a terrible dressing down
as they went by, interlarding bis com
ments with characteristic oaths.
Just then Quintard sprsng forward.
"How can you expect to control these
men, governor" he exclaimed, when
you cannot control your own temperP'
Harris stopped in establishment and
gazed at the bold chaplain. Then he
recognized the force of the mans words
and stopped swearing.
He says he hasn't sworn from that
time to this, and he really thinks he
hasn't, but some people who are wont
to listen to the peppery Tennesseean
somehow or other gain o different I'M
preston.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
Very Pleasant.

Under the espionage Of the gallant
and witty cashier = party Of ladies were
going through the vaults of a big bank
and gazing with W at the wads of
wealth stored therein.
@My!" exclaimed one Of the party Is
they came out into the corridor. "how
chilly 1t ISIS
Naturally" smiled the courteous
cashier, with . boy. there's a cool mill
ion in there. "-Detrot Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
Losu y Fortune.

There was quite a crowd around a
coal-hole In the sidewalk, and it was
O learned that a lady who was pass
ing had stepped into the uncovered hole
and they were getting her out. She was
not hurt in the least but rather fright
ened and dusty. A male relative who
accompanied her was executing a series
of gymnastics around her.
aSure you're not hurt, Adder" he
asked anxiously.
~Not a bit, Richard"
mo sprained or broken bonesa"
Not one. You see l was caught by
a man who was passing and that saved
me from being hurt"
"Where is the oficious wretchp"
Richard, he is my d~ellverer!"
Deliver nothingl II you had just
broken one little bone we could have
sued the city and recovered $40. 900
damages."-Detrott Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY s. Co. Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned nave known +. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able 10
carry out any obligation made by their
firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
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wALpINe, KISNAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tsstimo-
mails free.
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MIS-.
RichiQHd Co.. ohio.
writes ! had been
a great sufferer from
female weakness
I tried three doc.
tors they did me
no good I thought
/ was an invalid for
ever. But ! heard
of DR.. Pierce Pa.
vorite Prescription.
and then l wrote tc
him and he told me
Just how to take il.
I took eight bottles,
I now feel entirely
wall rO~iS etav
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
A THANKSGIVING EXPERIENCE

HEY Q q g
y q couple;
that accounted
fort largely, and
while the affair
was certainly lu-
dicrous il was not
without q touch
of pathos. They
both declare that
they have better
sense now, and
that the like,
with m a I
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

His massive legs are like the DorIc col
umns in thai old portico; his sinewy
arms are like the solid rafters of its roof.
Hair and beard are white as freshly fall
len snow, and his leonine face, half
dreamy, half forceful, combines the rug
gedness of his age with all the poetry Of
youth. His eyes are soft with liquid
gentleness, but overhung with shaggy
eyebrows and their sparkle underneath
reminds one strangely of the clear
stream from the cave, the brows above
them beetilng.
Strange how men grow like the scenes
with which their history is linked.
They blend with their surroundings, as
il were, and some strange agency oil
nature photographs a thrilling scene
upon their souls, to grow with them,
become a part Of them and be en-
cofined with their bones.
This man preached abolitionism in
the heart Of slavery when Lincoln was
o country lawyer and old John Brown
IA Spectator in wool. He il was VINO
published a warning In his paper in
Lexington, which set the whole coun'
try wild with excitement and caused
the people TO seize his entire Office out
ct and ship IL beyond the state. He
warned his fellow citizens of insurrec-
ton, telling them that only a pane OF
glass separated the white skinned
woman lolling on her sofa in luxurious
ease from the dark browed slave who
passed by her window and looked in.
These were terribly suggestive words
in those times OF negro Instructions.
Always a fighter with voice, with
knife, with pen, with sword, he will
die, as he has lived, q warrior to the
dreamer always, he is now an emood
led dream. almost the only specter Of
his kind. Together with him, as a twir
brother almost, stands the old mansion.
Both of them are redolent of the aroma
FROM forgotten days. Not a brick in
the one or a fiber in the other but Is
saturated with the poetry and romano
of this dark and bloody ground" Side
by side exists the mansion and the mar
perhaps time will let them die TO
gether.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

Miss Watsrneau-"Dose the limit In
. game Of pskcr mean the length Of
time you are going 10 play?"
Jack Potts-@Yes. Miss W~atcrneau,
very eften the limit settles just how
long you can stay In the game"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

A very accomplished young woman
was ~oriticising . certain othsr young
woman who bad recently made an ex.
csllsnt marriage. why" she sx.
claimed. @shs hadn't . single accom-
plishment." Perhaps not" responded
the sympathizing friend. abut she had .
double one" How do you mcanr1
she got married. 1-Dstroa Eree Frssa.
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KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. Tie many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less, expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions ana
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
-eninq them and it Is perfectly free from
gists ii soc and 81 Notifies, but il is man
ufactdred by the Yalifornia Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose mani is printed on every
package, also the Lame, Syrup of Figs,
aru urf6e web hRtormed, you will not
accent any substitute IL offered.
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HoW's This.

Recent experiments indicate that the
normal eye can only discriminate It's sepa-
rate tints in the spectrum.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

TO the Sailor a yacht is superb, but how
much more lovely TO the landsman
are the rosy cheeks of young ladies who
use Glenn's sulphur soap.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laest US. Govt Report
Roe! kaklRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
sascessfnl Advertising

II want 20 be ali angel"
Sung the choir, sweetly solemn:
An editor in the audience said,
Put IN al in our want column
business Teachers and Students Jour
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spirits take night. IL Is time TO accept
the helt offered i'll Doctor Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. It's a medicine which
Wa discovered and used by a prominent
physician for many years in all cases Of
" female complaint +" and the nervous dis
orders which arise from it. The Pre-
scription +" IS a powerful uterine tonic and
n~ervine, especially adapted to woman's
delicate wants for it regulates and promotes
all the natural functions, builds up, invig-
crates and cnteS.
Many women suffer from nervous pros
t%ration, or exhaustion. owing 10 congestion
or TO disorder Of the special functions. The
waste products should be quickly got rid
Of, the local source of irritation relieved
and the system invigorated with the Pre-
scription." Do not take the so called
celery compounds, and nervines which
only put the nerves to sleep, but get a
lasting cnre with Dr.. PieTce's Favorite
Prescription.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

JAryE's ExpEcToRASr Is both a palli.
alive and curative in all lung complaints,
bronchitis, etc. 1t ia a standard remedy
for coughs ard colds, and needs only a
trial TO prove its worth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

Congressman Thomas Dunn English
bAs two claims to literary distraction.
He b the author Of BEN Dolt," and -
eaee thMsAsd Edgar ALLAH Poe
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

The largest bronze statue in the world
IS that of Peter the Great at st, Peters
burg. which weighs about LOO tons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

The ancient Egyptians considered it
unhealthy to wash a child until it was at
least a year old.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

women often feel
the effect Of too
much gayety-
balls, theatres, and
teas in rapid
succession find
them o r out, OF
run down" by
the end of the sea-
son. They suffer
from nervousness,
s~leeplessness and
irregularities. The
smile and good
- NsA 81 aAAa>N
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

In Sou Amer en- an electric irving
machine IN which air . forced q rough
n chamber Of heated plates is to be us.d
in drying wheat
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an sspe-
cially good medicine for croup.-Mrs. VI.
d. Avent, Jonssboro. Tex, May 9. ls9l.