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

The CHRONICLE submits to the Buffalo
Gap Republican that the present press
ing exigencies, and critical condition of
the situation" as stated in our issue of
the 2lst ult., had reference solely to the
present financial stringency prevailing,
not only in Custer county, but through
out the whole country, and that mas
much as large per cent ofthe warrants
to be taken up are held in the county,
that the action ofthe board might result
in measure Of present relief. That's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-05

Some sympathetic senator should SUBJ
NIT an amendment to Senator kyle's
bill prohibiting work on Sundays, to
include the other six days of the week,
to apply to the U. j. congress only. The
people are becoming extremely uneasy
about congressional over work, which is
feared will result in a bad case OF
nervous prostration in November.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-05
T. v. GARLOCK,
Dealer in General Merchandise.
FAMILY ASSORTMENT.
Custer City, S. D., May 5, 1894.

special nducement from the fact that
position
douy appreciate We therefore
with their trade better times
in benefit will
eatables which
necessary the
stands days only Thanking
for patronage l am
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-05
Mining Items.

The mill on the Lady Gay mine was
started up last Monday. The mine has
been opened up by tunnel which cross
cuts the ledge at distance of one hum
dred and ten feet. The vein is eight
feet wide and contains enough Of the
yellow metal to make its owners
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-05

The democratic state convention will
convene at Sioux Falls on Wednesday,
Sept. 5th.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-05

To the wife of g. w. Tarbell, Of this
city, on Saturday the Goth ult., a boy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

"The tusks of an elephant are the upper
incisors of the breast. They are not in
tended for chewing, however, but for de-
fense. You find all through creation the
most astonishing adaptation of the teeth to
necessity. You are familiar, of course,
with the mighty ivory lance of the mar
whal, ten or twelve feet in length and strong
and sharp enough to be driven through the
side of a ship That lance is simply the
left upper incisor of the mammal Once in
while by freak both of the upper in
cisors will be developed in the narwhal so
that it is equipped with two spears instead
of one. The tooth in this case is designed
for weapon in fighting. The female has
no lance.
Look at the sawfsh. The entire length
of its saw, which is n prolongation Of the
nasal process, is fringed with teeth. Again
you have a weapon merely, the manner of
the creature being to strike right and left
for the purpose of wounding its prey. In
mammals, however, the teeth are restrict
ed to the jawbones. Lizards and snakes
have them on the bones of the palate as
well. True bony teeth are peculiar to ami
mails which have backbones.
The most elaborate dental apparatus
known belongs to the sea urchin, whose
jaws are composed of forty pieces, moved
by forty separate muscles. Snails have a
sort Of ribbon with which they rasp their
food as with file. Anteaters, though
they are mammals, have no teeth at all;
but they get there just the same, having
no need to chew their prey. The whale.
bone whale is another mammal that has no
teeth, its practice being to swallow its food
whole.-Interview in Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
Burr's Self Control.

Aaron Burr was by nature and training
a man of extraordinary self control. He
allowed no circumstance to throw him off
his balance. An anecdote told by Rufus
Choate to the late Richard H. Dana, re-
corded in Mr.. Dana's DIARY" illustrates
the callousness which aided Burr so great
ly in controlling himself. Several years
after the death of Hamilton-killed by
Burr in duel-Burr visited Boston, and
Mr.. Devereux, of Salem, paid him some
attentions. The visitor was taken to the
Boston athenaum, where, while the two
men were walking through the gallery of
sculpture, Mr., Devereux happened to catch
sight of a bust of Hamilton.
The thought flashed across his mind that
Burr might not care to be confronted with
the sight of the features of the man he had
slain. But no; Burr was undisturbed. He
also espied the bust, and although Mr..
DevereuX had instictively turned away he
walked up to it and said in loud tone:
"Ahl Here is HamiltonW Then passing
his fingers along certain lines of the face
he added, "There was the poetryp Ham,
ilton's contemporaries gave him credit for
possessing poetic mind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

In a country house in Scotland one day,
at luncheon, pie appeared on the table
being placed opposite rather nervous old
lady. When the pie was cut it was discov-
cred to be. full of live frogs and mice, which
jumped and ran in every direction, causing
great havoc among the woman guests.
A very dignifed old gentleman staying
there had the pockets of his overcoat filled
with red herrings, and two particularly fine
specimens were tied to the tails of his coat.
When he went out he was followed by all
the dogs in the country.
An apple pie bed is an ordinary mode OF
amusement in houses Of this kind. 1t con-
sists of arranging the sheets in such way
that the victim, on getting into bed, finds
himself in bag, and has to take all the
clothes to pieces and rearrange the bed
New York World.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
Stories of Swift.

l only know one good humored anecdote
of Swift. 1t is very slight, but it is fair to
tell it. He dined one day in the company
of the lord keeper, his son and their two
ladies, with Mr.. Cesar, treasurer of the
navy, at his house in the city. They hap
pened to talk of Brutus, and Swift said
something in his praise, and then, as it
were recollecting himself, said, "Mr. Caesar,
l beg your pardon" One can fancy this
occasioning pleasant ripple of laughter.
There is another story cannot lay my
hands on to verify, but it is to this effect:
Falkner, Swift's Dublin publisher, some
years after the deans death, was dining
with some friends, who rallied him upon
his odd way of eating some dish-I think
asparagus. He confessed Swift had told
him it was the right way, therefore they
laughed the louder, until Faulkner, grow
ing little angry, exclaimed, 81 tell you
what it is, gentlemen, if you had ever
dined with the dean, you would have eaten
your asparagus as he bade you. Speaker.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

There is no winter climate elsewhere to
compare with that found in our extreme
southwest or in Mexico, and the sooner we
put this fact into poetry and literature and
begin to make a tradition of it the better
will it be for our peace of mind and for our
children. And if the continent does not
satisfy us, there lie the West Indies within
few hours sail, with all the luxuriance
and geniality of the tropics. We are only
half emancipated yet. We are still apt to
see the world through the imagination of
England, whose literature we adopted, or
of Germany.
To these bleak lands Italy was para
disc, and was so sung by poets who had no
conception of winter without frost. We
have winter climate of another sort from
any in Europe; we have easy and comfort
able access to it. The only thing we need
to do now is to correct our imagination,
which has been led astray. Our poets can
at least do this for us.-Charles Dudley
Warner in Harper's.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
Ono of North. Americas Grea. Men.

Three-fourths or more of Sir John A.
Macdonalds political lcareer has been spent
In onice. His success is due to no mere
cleVerness or tact or personal magnetism,
though he Possesses all these qualities in
extraordinary degree. In grasp of princi-
pies and perfection of practice he surpasses
most British statesmen. He is an omniyer-
GUS reader, and the first destination of all
the new books received at the Parliament
ary library at Ottawais at his house. Sta
dacona hall. The adroitness, therefore.
with which he shapes his policy to the
needs of the hour is not wholly due to in
spiration; it is result of vast KNOWLEDGE
and profound experience.
The fascination he exerts on all with
whom he comes in contact is remarkable.
One in rage will go to him determined
ito have it out with John A." He is re-
ceived by man of striking presence
and easy, chivalrous manner, who begins
by talking of the weather, digresses and
discourses, tells an anecdote for two, and
by and by conducts his visitor to the door
the object of his visit not so much as
mooted. In the art of charming away hos.
tile or inconyenient deputations he is un.
matched. 1t is seldom indeed that such
amiability and charm, such an airy veil
of Sweetness and light" have concealed
so great strength and decision of character
National Observer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
Threa Women in a Horsa Car.

There was but one vacant seat in the
car. Two men, an old, gray haired lady,
who was lame in one leg, and black
haired, black eyed and extremely pert
looking miss of fourteen, perhaps, got in
at a street corner. The men stood up. The
old lady saw the vacant seat and moved
slowly towarA it. The miss, who was just
behind her, also saw the seat. She moved
rapidly toward it, She plowed past the
old lady and captured the seat. She dropped
into it and looked around triumphantly.
A sweet faced young woman, handsome
ly dressed and with big and sympathetic
eyes, was plainly displeased at the girls
pre-emption of the seat. She rose quickly
and gave her seat to the lady Then she
said Indignantly to the miss, "You ought
to be ashamed of yourselfr'
"How much do you get, replied the pert
one, with toss of her head, "for mindin'
other folks business9"
Before the young woman could answer
the old lady spoke "She gets in this
case" she said, ''the thanks of very tired
old woman"
A bunch Of violets was pinned to the
young womaa's muff. When she left the
car few moments later the flowers lay in
the ldlady's lap.-New York Times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

'srhen the lawyer played his trumpcard
He peremptorily challenged twenty ot the
venire of 1urymen, thus leavingonS four
Of them. He had legal right to do this,
but the judge naturally was considerably
put out. His honor, however, held the
right bower.
"'Idirect the sheriff TO have venire of
fifty jurors here at s O'Clock tonight he
said; we will try this case them
"'But, your honor'-pleaded the lawyer.
"'That's enough was the answer. The
case was tried that night, but the negro
was not half defended. His lawyers nerves
were all shattered by the loss of sleep, and
at $50 O'Clock the case was in the jury's
hands. The lawyer was awakened from
his sleep in his chair at midnighttobe told
that his client had been convicted of one
charge. Thezjury disagreed on the other.
Since that time that judge has not been
troubled much by lawyers who neglect
their clients interests. New York Trib-
II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
No Black Ink.

That is queer phrase that we often hear
GAS black as ink" AS if ink were ever
particularly blackl Perhaps the phrase
originated when the art of making jet
black ink was not yet lost, and when
Shakespeare made Hamlet talk about his
"inky cloak" he undoubtedly meant a
perfectly black one. The Listener had
some jet black inks offered him, but every
one of them was either merely gray on the
paper or else tinged with purple, and the
purple tinged inks had tendency to
thicken and clog on the pen or else rub
from the paper. Not long ago the Listener
bought bottle of ink which was made by
areputable house and warranted to write
jet black on the instant" 1t turned out
to be miserable pale stuff. Perhaps its
proprietor, by dint of representing it to be
jet black, has come really to believe that it
is jet black. Perhaps it is more charitable
to suppose that he is color blind An hon.
est, clear and freely writing black ink is
the great will-o'- -the-wisp of the Nineteenth
century.-Boston Transcript.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
A Story of Meissnniar.

Meissonier once got acquainted with a
Of posing as an art patron, but slightly
penurious. One day Meissonier, breakfast
ing with the grandee, was struck by the
beauty of the texture of the tabiecloth
"One could draw upon it," he remarked;
and, suiting the action to the word, he pro-
duced a pencil and made on the smooth,
snowy nap wonderfully able sketch Of
mans head. The particular tablecloth in
question never went to the wash. The
economical swelp' had the head carefully
cut out OF the damask, and hastened to
franne and glaze his prize A few weeks
afterward MGissonior again breakfasted
with his patron, and found by the side of
his plate, at the cornerof the table assigned
to him, neat little shcaf of crayons and
holders, with a penknife and some India
rubber.
While the guestsat the conclusion of the
repast were enjoying their coffee and cigar
cites, the host saw with delight, "from the
corner Of his eye" that Meissonier was
hard at work on the tablecloth- time
with superb little full length of a medi-
eval hslberdier. The party broke up, the
guests departed, and the economical
swelp rushed back to tho dining room to
secure his treasure, but alasl the painter
had for once shown himself as economical
as his patron. He had made disastrously
good use Of bis pen knife, and one corner
of the tablecloth was gone, halberdier and
alll-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

time, or is he-the rider-to have the burden
of boyslauglter upon hissoul2 Andso on.
In truth the cyclist is not balf the man
that the pedestrian is at the time of their
respective exercise. The pedestrian can
whistle and swing his stiok, and look to
the right and left of him, peep with sweet
elaboration into the cottage by the way,
wherein be sees smooth cheek and q glad
blue eye, which to the cyclist, urged ON by
his fate, are mere flash of possibilities
and the next moment nothing at all. The
cyclist sees too much and too little He
may have fair general knowledge Of the
country he has sped through; but of the
details he can recount little. 1t is no such
immense achievement to watch the scurry-
ingof the yellowhammer from one point of
the hedge to another five yards further,
then another five yards on, until at length,
as if it were out of patience with the harm
lessness Of the advancing biped, it whistles
off obliquely toward a turnip field.
Still the man afoot may take an interest
in birds; or if he be lover of plants he
may see score of kinds amid the under
growth Of the hedge at single protracted
look; aye, and withoutany fuss stoop down
and examine them. The cyclist, on the
other hand has confused vision of
greenery and plowed fields or ripening
grain. 1t is as if he had eaten his dinner
in one uncomely heap, soup, joint, the wing
of fowl and tart or two all being jun
bled horribly together. - All the Year
Round
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
The Good Old Fashion.

The enchantment of distance, like the
haze of Indian summer, is undeniable, but
it is atmospheric. 1t is not part of the
thing seen, it is the medium through
which we see it. The old fashioned win
ter is such winter as sometimes occurred
when there was not a new fashioned win
ter-that is to say, that sometimes winter
was mild, sometimes severe, as it is now.
But there is no good old fashioned quality
-heroism, self sacrifice, manly persist
ence, truthfulness and honor in all deal
ing--which has gone out of fashion.
Genius, indeed, 1uctuates from age to
age. There are splendid epochs of art and
Gterature-thea age of Pericles, of Augustus,
of the Medici, of Elizabeth; but the age of
character, of public and private virtue, is
perpetual. One voice may whisper that
the Decalogue and the golden rule have
nothing to do with politics. But greater
voice, swelling into a chorus of conviction,
silences it by saying that politics are moral
principles applied to public affairs. The
beauty Of the moral universe, like that of
visible nature, never becomes old fashion
ed.-George William Curtis in Harper's.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
MOTHS AND THE BROADWAY LAMP.
Why Detectives Hunt for Criminals In
the City's Great Thoroughfare.

T am waiting for bunco sharp who
ought to have got into town yesterday or
the day before from New Orleans" said
detective from police headquarters, who
stood in a doorway on Broadway, near
Twenty-sixth street. "He has been out of
town for nearly two years, but he had to
skip New Orleans on account of heavy
job he put up on farmer down there.
We've got to get him and send him back.
never saw him with whiskers, but Pm
told he wore 'em when he started north
You see / missed him at the depot. He
didn't comein on the express. Probably
got off at the last stop and came in on a
local. I think he'll be along here some
time today.
"That's a peculiarity of the crook in this
city. He adores New York to an extent
that leads him into taking all sorts of
risks, and he simply can't stay away from
this strip of land right along here on Broad
way. Now, there are certain dives all
through this locality where crooks are in
the habit of congregating, but when one of
them is wanted he will avoid these places,
knowing that they are the first spots ex-
amined by the police. They are like
ostriches, however, that stick their heads
into the sand about Broadway and come
out here in the boldest way, thinking them
selves lost in the crowd.
II was on a burglary case n few months
ago, and was looking for man who was
good for fifteen years when l once got the
iron on him. Well, did the down town
and up town resorts for weeks, and never
set eyes on the chap. | went into dens
where anywhere from ten to twenty Jail
birds would be, but my man never showed
his nose.
81 was beginning to get tired, when one
day thought would walk up Broadway.
was going by the st. James hotel when !
saw quiet looking, well dressed man with
gray mustache and beard standing on the
steps. His high bridged nose and small
eyes were familiar. / made as though
was going to enter the hotel, and got close
enough to look at his right cheek. There
was the mark / was looking fora long
scar just under the beard where it grew
thin on the cheek.
II took my man without any more ado,
and he said when we were on the way to
headquarters that Broadway had always
got him into trouble. 1t really is the most
fascinating street in the world, you know,
and don't blame the boys for sticking to
it, even if it does play them false. Hello
There's Mr. Bunko. I'll have to be ex.
cused. All the way from New Orleans,
and on Broadway the first day."
The detective stepped from the doorway
walked up behind young man with a
sandy beard, and touching him on the
shoulder slipped pair of handouts on
him, and before a crowd could gather had
him on horse car bound for police head
quarters.-New York Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
GOing to CanOSsa.

A correspondent asks: "What is meant
by going to Canossa~
The saying refers to the humiliating pill
grimage made by the Emperor Henry w
to Italy in the year 1877. Henry had OBJ
iected to the claims advanced by Gregory
Hildebrand, and, refusing to submit, was
communicated by that pontiff. The en-
peror at first laughed at the sentence, but
took more serious view when he found
himself deserted even by his personal at
tendants, and resolved on a journey to Italy
to make his peace with the pope. The lat
ter was then at the Castle Of Canossa, a
fortress of the Countess Mathilda, and sit
uated in the mountainso of Modena. Thither
the emperor hastened, but the pope refused
to see him save under the most degrading
conditions.
The desperate situation of Henry COM
PEELED him to submit, and for three days
and nights, barefooted and bareheaded,
clad only in hair shirt, the raiment of Il
penitent, he waited at the gate. At the
end of this fearful penance, which was un-
dergone in the month of January, he was
admitted to the papal presence, was alb
solved and received his dominions as a
gift from the pope. The expression has
ever since been current as indicative of alb
ject submission ON any terms imposed by
the oonqoeror. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

The largest bell in America is that Of
Notre Dame cathedral, Montreal, which
hangs in the south tower. 1t is feet high,
s feet inches in diameter and weighs "a, $50
pounds. 1t is ornamented with images of
the Blessed Virgin and st. John the Baptist,
together with emblems of agriculture, COM
merce and industry 1t was cast in Lon
don in 1S47. In the opposite tower hangs a
chime of ten bells, the smallest weighing
S97 pounds, the largest COLL total, g, ,696
pounds. The largest bell in the United
States is the alarm bell on city hall, New
York, which was cast by Blake of Boston.
1t is feet high, feet in diameter and
weighs $4,000 pounds. s.-Chcago Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07


A lull in the conversation gave the man
from Kentucky his opportunity. "Talk-
ing about the laws delay" he began,
knocking the ashes from his cigar, which
had gone out while the colonel was telling
one of his Indian stories, "we've got judge
down in Louisville who won't let the
lawyers fool with him. Not long ago a
young attorney was out with the boys
pretty much the whole of the night pre-
vious to the day set for the trial of one of
his clients. The accused man was negro
known as Black Satan,' who was charged
with burglary and larceny. When the
lawyer was awakened at o'clock, an hour
before court opened, he felt little like try
ing case, but he managed to dress and
appear in court.
"The judge called the case of the negro,
and the lawyer made every effort to get an
adjournment. He was not ready for trial,
but as he had no valid excuse, the judge
insisted that Black Sstan' be arraigned at
once,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
Wnlkinr Yersus CyclInc.

Some think that cycling is substitute
for tho use of ones legs in the way most
natural 1t is certainly faster method Of
getting over the ground; in other respects
it is vastly inferior to the old original form
Of exercise Even the accomplished cyclist
cannot help letting his thoughts center
upon his machine, and the various hazards
TO which he and it are exposed Is the hill
in front too steep to ride upP Is the hill
below steep enough to permit of an aban-
donment Of the treadles and q surrender to
that voluptuous pleasure of brisk motion
through space, which has something more
than humanity agreeable about it' Will
those children there get'out Of the way in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07

The first step in the development of the
stove was an open hearth. In some nations
it has never advanced beyond that stage.
The Esquimau to this day, and the Indian,
too, for the matter of that, heat their
dwellings by building fire in the center
of the room or hut, and permitting the
smoke to escape through hole in the roof.
The consideration Of light requires that
this hole should be large enough to give
easy egress to the vapor, and the larger
it is. of course, the more heat will escape.
At the same time the inmates of the dwell
ing will have the same trouble that tor
mented the life Of Kit Carson's pioneer.
If he have fire enough to warm him he
will burn; if he have not enough it will do
him no good--Chicago Herald.