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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

The statue of Venus de Milo, re.
garded as the type of perfect womanly
beauty, was found at Milo, one of the
islands of the Grecian archipelago, by
q peasant while digging at the roots of
n tree.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

Mrs. Gumps-My husband says my
new bonnet is not n bit becoming to
me.
Fricr ~. he's prejudiced. sup
oosc |, ac bill.
Mis ,si you learn how Mrs.
Upton Was
Servant Please. mum, pulled az
the doorbcll half an hour, and couldn't
mako anybody hear. l think the bell
Aas been mufiied.
Mistress isien! How is the poor
invalid to know that all her friends are
anxious about her, IL her heartless reiS
Aves have mufled the door bcllS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
4 noted caricaturist in Vienna, Hans

\ nOted caricaturIst IN Vienna, Hans
essman, draws such excellent like
..esses that, when addressing notes to
prominent men, he merely puts on each
envelope the picture Of the man TO
whom he wishes to send the letter,
With the directions Of the section OF
the city where the man resides The
etter never goes astray.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

Fulton G. Berry of Centerville, Cal,
has on his plantation tree which last
season produced 1000 oranges
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
TRANscoNTINENTAL ROADS.

New Agreement Between the Four North,
crn Lines.
SAN Francisco. Cal, Feb. 3--Ths
new agreement entered into between
the four northern transcontincntal
roads was announced yesterday. The
principle object accomplished Is The
waving Of differentisls on the part ol
the Canadian pacido w
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

The town of Maynard has budding
ensation. When the town was started
female barber named Mrs. Hit opened
barber shop, and all the male popula.
ion for miles around focked to her chair
be shaved The female portion of the
illagc became suspicious and held IN in. :.
!ignation meeting. This did no good
saturday Mrs. Buck" Neigh called upon
he barberess and notified her to leave at
nee. This she ha, not yet done.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

1t is estimated that the sunflower
plant draws from the soil and exhales,
In twelve. hours, twelve ounces OF
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
MONTREAL SKATING RACES.
johnson Wins the ego Yard Dash--Dons
hoe second.

hoe second.
MONTREAL, Feb. s.--Two hundred
and twenty yards race: First Heat
McCulloch, Davidson aud Irwin started
Davidson won in "a Ills.
Second Heat Johnson, j. A. Dono
hoe and ID. A. Brown started. J. 8
johnson won In 81 3-l5.
Third Hsat-Joseph Donohoe, Hull
and Marshall. Montreal, started. Don
Ohoe won In 81 3-5.
Final eco Yards Davidson, Johnsov
and J. II. Donohoe started. Johnso1
won, Donohoe second; time, 20 SIS.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. i.-W. w,
Wyndle, the famous bicycle rider, has
announced his permanent retirement
from the race track.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

In Russian theaters, when the audit
ors desire to express extreme disappro
baton. they throw dead cats at the
actors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

The Russian thistle has made its ap.
earance In Sheridan county and farmers
IRE cautioned to begin early the grand
york Of choking II out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

Agent wouldn't you like to have Z
burglar alarm put In your house?
Mr. Binks--Don't need II. I've got Z
wife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
As They Went on Record.

The following is detailed vote on the
hnal passage OF the bill. Speaker Crisps
vote made the ayes 20i The nav, were
li0.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
Boreal Not For sale,

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-Colonel Scott
Newman Of this city received an offer Of
$4,000 from England few days ago foi
Boreal, who is promising champion
yearling stallion. The colonel refused
the offer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

Harry de Merritt, the bad man from
Custer county. with two or three shooting
ARRAYS to his credit. has started in a new
line Of business Last week he pleaded
guilty in court to assaulting Mrs. Shroat
a teacher in district No. 30, three miles
southeast of Broken Bow. The lady drove
across corner OF his hay farm, instead
of following the laid out road that goes
around the claim, and instead of proceed
ing against her in legal way on a charge
of trespass the ungallant and unmannerly
man rcsorted to physical force.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
TOURING CHiCAGOANS.
AParty of Lake City Notables on a Pleas
ure Trip.

VI l-hhe Sity NotaDieb oh "
New YORK, Feb. When the Ham
burg American steamship Fuerst Bis
marck sailed down the bay this morn
ing her cabins were occupied by num-
ber of notable Chicagoans who propose
to spend nearly three months in trip
along the coast of the Mediterranean
and in the interior of many countries
whose shores are swept by that great
sea- Among them were Lyman j.
Gage, president of the First National
bank of Chicago, at one time
president of the worlds fair;
Jamas w. Scott, publisher of the Chi
cago Herald and Chicago Evening Post
and president of the American News.
paper Publishers association; Hon.
Lambert Tree, eX.minister to Belgium:
Hon. +. s. Winston, ex-minister to Per.
sia. All of these were accompanied by
their wives. The entire party com
prises fourteen couples, eleven young
ladies, and sixteen prominent society
and business men of Chicago. The ex.
cursionists will visit Gibraltar, Algiers,
Genoa, Corsica, Alexandria, Cairo and
the pyramids, Smyrna. Constantinople,
Athens, Malta. Messina, Palerm O.,
Naples and Jerusalem
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
The Marine a Back Number.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-George Kessler Of
Butte, Mont, and George La Blanche,
the "Marine,n came together for the
second time in their careers in limited
round 60 at the Standard theater last
night. In the first round La Blanche
went down and nearly out. After that
the bout WAS tame and the Marine"
managed to worry out the six rounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

An organization known as the Board OF
Associated Charities has been formed al
Kearney.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
THE TURNING OYER MUSIC.
A London Invention that is Said to De
Real Agony Prevention.

Every one who has sung song or
played a piece before friends knows the
agony of mind engendered over what
ought TO be the simple operation OF turn
ing over'-the doubt, hesitation ana
pain" Ito press Browning into serWce)
which too commonly accompany this pro-
ceeding on the part alike of the player
and of the unfortunate individual hardiy
less TO be pitied) who has kindly volun-
teered to obiige at the appointed moments
What social tragedies are still to be
written on this topic!-what stories OF
pages turned over many bars before me
bottom of the page. Of pages not turned
over till long after the bottom OF the
mage has been reached, OF half dozen
pages turned over in place OF one o.
the entire music being turned over pouiiy
into the performers lap-aI or these
things and more one has seen. NOW
London inventor has come to the rescue
with what he calls Emusic chip" and
these woes need be no more IL is an
Ingenious but simple little contrivahce'
the main virtue Of 1t residing IN the
fact that IL keeps all the leaves OF the
music apart, so that the finger may be
readily inserted.-From the London queen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
T. len Terry.

Although absorbed in her profession,
Miss Terry is. curiously enough. never so
happy as when she is at her little cottage
home at Winchelsea. Situated in coun-
try village in Sussex and surrounded by
a wide stretch Of marshy land which
reaches to the sea on one side and far
up into the country on the other. II is
difficult to remember. in that out-of-the-
world spot, that there exists such a
thing as a theatre. Tower cottage, as
this country home Is named. formerly
belonged to Mr.. and Mrs. Comyns Carr,
and IL was when visiting these old friends
that Miss Terry first saw and fell in love
with IL. She is an ardent lover OF rural
life and has hardly ever been without
her cottage in the country. whittier she
could fly for breath Of fresh air. The
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
"asIr wAsIN s.tn BOOMING
la Now and ESer snai' De "orio WIN
out End, Amen"

7. Noxv and Eter sinai. sje World Win
out End. Amen"
ur.a, Fin Van Wrinkle in Journalism, the
alexandria Gazette, which W. os, or
-. aia.o,,s means well, but most VI
S,,hose ideas are moth-eaten ahhou'O
.ho recent decision of the University %
y,reinia with regard to the adnlssion y
,,'n,7'an and I'm an editorial squlD COZ
..,,,,.,5 the decision, and eXpreSSeu ~,
a',torishment that any should nave hoPeu
@ cotrarv one. to which all the uaui
.io,s ~ the state we're opposeu' 40 -
x,as in the beginning. Is now anu 49,
s,,ou ne" is Mr.. Snowden's evident oe.'Ia'
md a most absurd and illoglcal one !. -
- ,orditions which obtain in virginia
-, ~ South in general are not those u
81. O. oars ago. and changed condl-
- r,ust necessitate other changes
- thc women of Virginia must remain
- ov,reme disadvantage in the eHort u
e,,,,,,or, Themselves. which has been IoIc-
"a mon them The direst poverty pre-
Ills In many of the most refined homes
4, This Old Commonwealth, and Wheh
our women step into the pubic arena,
ul-eauipped If earnest, they are DOu''H
10 be checkmated by women from olheI
sections which offer broader ana MOI
generous educatonal auNa!itasO'' 60
they succeed at all, their success can
be only OF the most superficial hhd. are
the traditions Of an afiiuent ana sheiteIeu
past to initiate against the necesslue
Of a poverty stricken and self-reliant
present? We do not believe it, and If Mr.
Snowden has been sleeping for thirty
wears. the state has not, and the South
has not. and we shall yet see our wo-
men enjoying and profitng by equal
advantages with men in the matter OF
educs ton. 1t is satisfactory to know
that Mr.. Snowden's remarks are strictly
his own, not anybody else's. and that he
is singing his beheaded Gloria in stag
nant isolation. A SOUTHERNER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
Chreckmated.

My Ladye spente a golden houre
Last nighte with me ate Cheese;
And only those who know her power
We dire result can guesse.
Ye little hande. like leaf of ferne,
Can sore destruction worke-
lime those deare eyes magic lies
mighte untolde doth lurkel
My Ladye loves ye game Of Cheese,
Ye hottie contested fielde:
Yette smileth less when harde they presse
Than when my cohorts yielde.
All. If / dared 10 presse my suit
Would she bee cold and grave?
Or woulde she smile in sweetness mute,
Ye answer i doe crave?
Ny bishop good my love shall pleade:
My knyghte ride oil her queste;
My pawne shall here her slightest neede;
My castle guarde her reste
My King. whom erst she did dethrone,
Shall bow a willnge knee;
My Queene-nay, one is Queene alone
She plays attic Cheese with me!
Ernest N. Bagg.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

meditation fancy free until suddenly she
realizes the awful fact that the years
are passing. that her chances are De
coming lessened. and that the fairy prince
is a mirage after all.
at is then that the average woman VIII
in nine cases out Of ten take the irst
available candidate that offers. rather
than remain unmarried. Her family eX-
poets her to marry; she Is prought up
70 no occupation: what the world will
saw she has been accustomed to con-
slider all-irnportant. So rather than run
the chances OF remaining single. she
elects to unite herself. for better or
worse. to some comparative stranger who
NAV be utterly uncongenial, the match
being as | say simply the result of
nanicu"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
Woman and Home SupPleme:

preference to black. when brown Is suit
able to the occasion.
The evil effects Of tight lacing will be
very soon realized by the woman VINO has
tender feet; the undue compression adns
tenfold to the pain, and very often the
ankles. even Of young girls, who are SHY
enough to sacrifice their well being for
the sake Of having a waist OF eighteen
inches. are so sweled and infiamed by
the end of the day that they are utterly
shapeless.
In cases Of this kind the remedy is not
far to seek, but II is more difficult to re-
lieve those who suffer legitimately so
to speak The following treatment should
be persevered in: it will give immediate
relief and, when practicable. should be
resorted to twice a day. Do not walt
until you go to bed, but If the opportunity
offers when you come in, weary and foot
sore. apply the remedies then
Soak the feet well in tepid water. to
which a little ammonia has been added.
and as the water gets cold pour In more
hot TO keep up the temperature. After
drying the feet rub them gently and
thoroughly with n mixture made thus:
Add one ounce of the best linseed oil
TO the same quantity Of lime water, shake
the bottle in which the ingredients are
until a mixture about the thickness OF
cream is produced, then pour in half
dram of spirits Of camphor, shake again.
and It is ready for use. The feet, after
being rubbed. should be wrapped In soft
linen for little while. and then powdered
with boracic acid before the stockings
| are replaced In the event of the feet
| and ankles being in very iniamed con-
| dtion, after soaking them as / have de-
! scribed. apply an arnica lotion, which
| will soon aiiay the discomfort. This is
made by adding twenty drops Of tincture
| OF arnica to half cupful of tepld water;
! saturate a piece Of lint sufficiently large
| TO envelop the entire foot with the lotion,
cover it with a piece Of oiled silk. and
| rest for an hour or two.-W oman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
4BOUT TENDER FEET.
TkeIr Care Through the First Hot Wealth
er Important.

Many women can manage to look sweet
tempered in spite Of various forms OF
physical suffering. but there are Few VINO
can do so when enduring agonies from a
bad corn or from tender and swollen feet.
The first really hot weather is trying to
the feet Of most of us, particularly II we
live in town, even If we have not
corns. There are several ways In when
suffering caused by tender feet can De
lessened, II not entirely got rid Of.
First and foremost. the boots and shoes
for summer wear should be half size
larger than those worn during the winter.
Shoes are generally considered moro com
Portable than boots. and should certainly
be adopted II possible. in the summer,
for they leave the ankle free. and the
circulation unlmpeded. However, If boots
must be worn. they should not be very
high. as any additional pressure means
additional suffering. IT Is hardly neces-
sary. I hope. to mention that extremely
pointed toes and really high heels should
never even be thought OF by any one who
values peace of mind and comfort. The
leather for summer footgear should be
light, but not too thin, and brown In
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
RICHMOND, VA, SUNDAY. MAY 81, 1894

first was at Hampton court. while an
other charming and quainter home was
at Uxbridge. Actually 1t was an inn but
Miss Terry overcame all difficulties in the
way of her possessing 1t: hired an old
woman to sell the beer and established
herself in the comfortable. old-fashioned
rooms at the Audrey Arms.
A pretty incident occurred on her re-
cent passage to Canada Several nuns,
sisters Of mercy. were travelling In the
steamer and at first their fellow-passen-
gers allowed the black-robed figures to
sit apart and knit in solitude all day
long. Then Miss Terry discovered them
and found she knew them all, having
met them in some charitable work In
connection with Nazareth house She
talked with them until they beamed with
pleasure and she used her influence to
get them made more comfortable They
were so happy that they grew confden-
tial and one even confided to her that
in days gone by she. too, had acted In
an amateur performance. Miss Terry put
the final touch to their content by one
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
ARTIE TBE DINING Room.
A Blue and white Decorative sche Ere In
Country House.


Tn an old-fashioned but somewhat re-
modelled country house facing Long Is
land Sound there is a dining room
that is a perfect symphony In blue ana
white. Although the house Is a grand
one, the dining-roOm Is marked by is
unusual simplicity, and the ideas In It's
decoration might be carried out In sun
less costly manner.
The woodwork was all painted white.
There were high. paneled wainscotinss,
above which ran narrow gro0ved shen
all around the ROOM The walls above TINS
were hung with a Colonial paper IN
blue and white, with an appropriate
frieze. The ceiling was wood, with heavy
beams all painted white.
4 large Japanese rug In blues and white
covered the white painted floor to with
In three feet of the Dashboard. The win
dow curtains were OF white Swiss. with
a design worked I'm the centre OF each
taken from that Of the wall paper, which
also formed a motive for the embroidery
Of the portieres. These were OF blue
denim. with a great oval medallion IN
the centre. OF white bolten sheeting' EN-
broidered in blue floss. They were Dor
dered all round with a blue and white
tassel fringe.
The sideboard and china cabinets were
OF mahogany as were the chairs, uphoi-
stored with blue denim. These latter
were ancestral furniture. A very pretty
idea. IL one had to buy new furniture.
would be to get implanted pine and enam-
ell it white.
A niche about four feet wide. running
from floor to ceiling, was fitted with coi'
'onial pilasters at either side, paneled
inside throughout with wood. the top
carved in shell patterns and fitted win
curved shelves all panied white. on thess
shelves and on the grooved shelf that
ran around the room was charming
array Of old blue delft and Flemish ware.
pitchers. flagons, mugs, plates, and bowls
A larR oval mirror, framed In gold.
hung over the white mantel, which was
unadorned by millinery or drapery Of any
description. The pictures were colored
prints of English hunting scenes
The library In this same house was
wonder, with its SOFT rich tones al
most defying description The wood
work was cleverly stained to resemble
rosewood; the beamed and paneled cell
ing and the high wainScoting were or
wood stained in the same manner. The
carved strips or holdings, which separa,-
ed the frleze into panels, were really only
master casts stained to look like wood,
and the narrow cornice shelf which ran
around the room just above the picture
rail was upheld by plaster brackets,
also stained Above the wainscoting the
walls were hung with burlaps dyed
soft red: the frieze was burlaps in its
natural colors, stenciled with a design In
golden brown. The floor was covered
with a Japanese rug In tones Of old-red.
cream. and golden brown.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
PfNfC nfRRf1GES
A New Theory by Woman Who Has
Had the Courage of Her Convictions.

mot few marriages are the result OF
a panic ON the part Of the woman de-
clares one who has had the courage OF
her convictions, and who has chosen 10
remain single rather than marry simply
for the sake OF being married. I'm the
early part of her girihood woman IL
apt to think all she has to do Is TO wait
and amuse herself in the interval; that
the future holds the fairy prince VINO
is sure to present himself sooner or later.
and that he will be all that she would have
him be. She has made up her mind what
he il to be like, and what must be his
various qualifications. and she even
chooses mentally the color Of his eyes
and his general appearance. She is so
sure of her future. and that the right
man will finally put in an appearance,
that she gives little or no thought to
present suitors and remains lin maiden
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
READING FOR WOMEN.
THEIR WORK-IBBIR FADs-1HBIH
INTEREST.
Women at tho Univcrsi,y-A Famons Ac-
tress-Marrisge In Panic-A "eic""o
London Invention.
Mignon.


Across the night the gray moi" SP0NN
TO taste the midnight Prev
The drowsy lilies tell their peao'
On rosaries of dew LII
The stars seem KIND
And cen the wind
Hath pity for my woe, ha,,a9
An. must sue in vain III" 'ee
Say no, Mignon, say no.
Ere long the dawn will come 70 ofe"A
The web of darkness through
Let not my heart. unanswered acne
That beats alone for you;
Your easement ope
And bid me hope,
Give me one smile to bless,
A word will ease my pain, ma peiie'
Say yes, Mignon, say yes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

day crying: "Oh. but you must see me
as a num- and darling into her cabin
she brought out a large photograph Oh
herself as Rosamond, in the dress OF
novice, and, writing few words OF aliec
tionate remembrance on It, signed IL ana
gave il to the sisters.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

A statement Is made by the Courier
rrancais" TO the effect that Queen Vic
toria promised. should her health allow.
10 go 10 st. Petersburg for her grand
daughters wedding. In this case she
would be accompanied by the Princess.
but not by the Prince. of Wales. Should
her Majesty go. her visit. says the "Cour-
rier Frapcais," will be the first ever paid
Inv a British sovereign to Russia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

The special sanitary inspector sent to
Lisbon by the Spanish government in
order to inquire into the epidemic which
has prevailed there for some time past.
after a long investigation declares that
the outbreak is one Of true Asiaiic cholera.
imported to Lisbon from the Cape Dc
Verde Islands.