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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
AN ENGLISH HOSPITAL NURSE.
She Works Terribly HArd-Not Above
TO SIT Dorm fn . Ward.

The sentimentaiist idea Of a nurses
occupation as consisting mainly in the
gentle smoothing of pillows Is o
generally disabused. says the West.
minister ReUiew. The work of nursing
proper demands muscle, pluck, endur-
ance, deftness and sympathy, but does
BOT in itself involve any serious strain
to healthy and capable women The
word nursing has come TO be q syno-
nymous term with oyerwork, because
the hours Of continuous duty by night
and day are very long and also on
account OF the amount Of cleaning
work. sweeping, busting aud polishing
which supplements attention to the
patients.
The intensity OF work varies greatly
10 different hospitals and depends much
upon whether they are Situated in
busy and densely populated centers or
In quiet provincial towns. Things adj
just themselves, however, with such
nice economy that. though other cir.
cumstances may change from place TO
place, the labor OF the nurse will re-
main just as much as she can manage
to get through. In general hospitals,
with medical schools attached, where
the cases are acute and require much
attention, the proportion OF nurses TO
patients will be comparatively high,
and the greater part Of the manual
labor in the ward will be performed by
ward servants.
In slow provincial hospitals or in.
frmaries where the cases arc mostly
Chronic, the proportion of nurses to
patients will be low, and all the time
the nurse is not actually engaged 10 it,
necessary attention to the patients will
be filed up in various other ways.
1he term nursing Is an elastic one aud
can be made TO cover such occupations
as ~scrubbing, sewing, washing band
ages and even cleaning windows, as
at Rhyl, in Wales. A good example
OF what seems an incredibly low pro-
portion OF nurses TO patients is afford
ed by a hospital at H~arrogate, in which
there are two nurses to 100 beds. even
s%upposing, as one is obliged. that the
so-callcd Hospital" is, in reality, to all
%intents and purposes, a convslescent
home.
A nurse may generally count on
being on her feet the whole of the time
she spends in the wards-that is to say.
ten or eleven hours. and even longer
on night duty, when the STATS are weak
and the wards small. The prevalence
OF the deformity known as Hat feet
amoEs nurses bears witness to an ex.
c~essise amount of standing and NOV
ing. Ia many institutions it is a canon
OF etiquette that the nurse may never
sit down in the ward, even should she
have opportunity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

ANCIENT MEXICAN FIRE DRILL.
on a single piece. as in the case of the
Eskimo drill, IL rested in a depression
at the intersection of two crossed
pieces, the ends of which were bent TT
right angles and truly secured with
bronze nails. Forms OF this apparatus
are found yerv frequently ON the
earthenware disks discovered in the
ruins OF ancient Hum.
The Improvement on this four-part
apparatus. rendering IL easy for one
dan 10 make a fire unaidcd. belongs
exclusively 10 the Eskimo. The upper
bearing held Ia the hand. la the case OF
the cord drill, is shaped for holding be-
tween the teeth, while the cord which
turns the spindle is strung to the bow,
&C that in wording the apparatus one
hand Is free TO hold the lower piece
and apply the finder when the spark is
generated.
The problem of q one hand drill has
also been worked nut In the invention
OF the pump drill. This tool has a
w~idesnread use for piercing Aubstancea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
The Yellow Glow OF The uorIzon.

Painted on the sky by the setting sun, Il
beautiful. Not SO the sallow saffron OF a
face tingcd with bile. Aud oh the UNI
speakabie discomfort that bile in the
wrong pace produces Twinges in the
right side and under the right shoulder
blade, nausea, vertigo, sick headache,
constipation, faulty digestion. Not In an
instant can the symptoms of
bilfousness be dispelied, but
persistence In the use of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will eradicate
them, restore digestion and regularity Of
tho bowSls, and counteract tendencies 10
more aggravated complaints, which an
interruption OF these functions bcgets.
Rheumatism, inactivity of tho kidneys
and bladder, neuralgia, and inability 10
sleep. are also remedied by this genial
preventive aud restorative 81 nerve force
and tranquility As nm an .idote to the
poison OF malaria, 10 ~ unfailing and
prompt. A w.neglassful three times q
day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
She Heard Burglars.

4 patrolman on Calhoun street waA
passing the cabin of a colored family at
midnight when the woman opened the
door and hailed him with:
20 de Lawd, but Tze glad you's
come along. Oars bin a burglar bout
we're an almost skeered me to DEATH
Cant be no burglar around here"
replied the officer.
But I'm sartin of III"
a burglar goes where there is some.
thing TO steal. | don't suppose you have
anything in your house to tempt q
burglar"
"Mebbe not, but | heard one jest de
same. Why, sab, he crept mp TO de
back windef an spoke to me"
"Did, ehp What did he sayP"
IL first heard him climb ODER de alley
fence. Den he cum crecpin' an creerin'
up to de house. Den he hit on de
winder an said: AR yo' inside dar,
yo' ole black Satan!' OATS what he
said, sab, an | was dat skeart couldn't
open my mouf."
did he say anything elsc?'
He did, sab. After bout a mint he
hit on de winder agin an yelled: III
yo' doan' stop lynn bout me to de nay
burs Tze gwine to smash yo'r ole black
head { o puddin'! Yo' h'ar me now,
Lucinda, an doan' yo' forgit it, Lawd,
sab. but wasn't | skeart when he said
dat! / reckoned dat burglar was a
comm right in to murder mel"
Haven't you had trouble with your
husband?" asked the officer.
"Yes. sab; he dun left dc house last
week an said he'd nebber cum back"
sand wasn't it his voice you heard?'
"Shoo! Why, now, of co'se it was!
1t was him fur shore! How foolish in
ME not TO know dat was Sam Robin.
SOM"
well, you don't want anything
further of me, / SUPPOSE"
mo, sah-no, sab. Yo' must dun
'scuse me, sab. If I'd a-knowed dat
was Sam Robinson dye 'spose I'd hev
laid dar an shook an shook an got as
weak as a catP No, sab! When he hit
on dat winder an called me ole black
Satan I'd hey rolled outer bed, grabbed
dat baseball club aud dat pusson would
hev knocked down dat huh alley fence
in his hurry TO git away from me! Shoe
How SINFUL"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
IBoQULIs PUMP DRILL


upper end between the palms of the
hands, and, inserting the lower end in
the depression ,twirtei il with a strong
downward pull. The hands. which
necessarily moved down from the CON-
bined pressure and the back and for.
ward motion, had to be returned quick
ly To the top of the spindle without al
lowing the air to get under the lower
end. Continued friction of this kind
produced considerable dust or wood
meal, which collected in the slot and
smoldered until enough heat was gem
Grated TO ignite it by spontaneous COM
bustiou. The coal thus produced was
then placed in contact with finder or
other ignitible substance and famed
with great caution into n blaze. Great
dexterity and quickness were neces-
sary in starting fire from the glowing
coal, this part os the process requiring
even more care and skill than that of
securing the spark. Flame Is ne-er
directly secured by this apparatus and
the statement that a spark is ground
out igniting the dust Is an error of OBJ
Point Barrow, and other localities use
TINS fOFm Oh II tfftt 10 DDTc uOfSS, dhd
the Indians of the Rio Negro, Amazon,
and Oriuoco Rivers in South America
pierce the hardest stone with this
twirling stick and sand.
Several improvements Of this simple
drill have been made by savage inven-
tors, and are shown In the cord drill,
the bow and mouth drill, and the
pump drill. The first, or cord drill, is
used by. the Eskimo, and was employed
by some tribes of the North American
Indians and by Dyak tribes. 1t adds
to the spindle of the simple drill a
hand rest. the former being turned by
a cord with handles alternately pulled.
This is about such u device as was used
by the Brahmans spoken of above.
Their spindle, or pramantna, as 1t was
called by them. had wound around it a
cord Of hemp mixed with COW hair,
with the aid of which the priest gave
1t a rotary motion. Instead of resting
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

doubt many n Undertook with the O.
c~ompanying flint and steel could be
found in the garnet where it had but
recently been thrown.
The spunk, the common name of
splints tipped with sulphur, were the
first form OF matches, and were in use
in this country prior 10 1925 and linger-
ed in out of the way places long after
regular matches were introduced. A
variation of the spunk match were
curled shavings tipped with sui 3hur.
Attempts to supersede the flint and
steel produced the finder pistol. the
finder wheel, and later the first chem
ical match. which was intamed by dip
ping a splint into phosphorus mixed
with oxide of phosphorus. This crude
invention is the foundation Of the
actual industry of matches inhammable
by friction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
SOME ROYAL PETS.
@orses, DonkeSs, and Dogs That Can BE
Seen at windsor Castle

In one of the sheds at Windsor Is a
magnificent chestnut charger, over
seventeen hands high. once the proper
ty of the late Emperor Frederick of
Germany. The charger has q sprlght-
ly though somewhat homogeneous com
panion in the shape Of Ninetie. \ little
white donkey, which was purchased at
Grasse by her majesty and presented
10 the Princess Victoria of COnHaught.
for whose use ii is now being broken
in. Directly the donkey is taken out
of the stable for educational purposes
the charger becomes restless and un-
happy, races around the paddock at
tached 10 his loose box in evident dis
tress, and refuses TO be comforted un-
til his beautiful little companion re-
turns.
After inspecting this somewhat in
congruons couple, says an article in
the Idler, we are taken to another
stable TO see Jennie. a white donkey
25 years old. Jennie belongs to the
queen and was bred at Virginia Water.
Her majesty saw Jennie when she was
q foal and had her brought to Windsor
and trained, and there the docile old
animal has remained ever since. She
is pure white in color, with large. light,
expressive gray eyes. One peculiar
ity about her is an enormous fiat back.
soft. and almost as wide as a moder.
ate-sized feather bed. A handsome
chestnut foal is temporarily quaranter-
ed with her. This foal was bred from
a mare belonging to the late John
Brown and promises to grow into =
very beautiful animal. Jennie, al
though rather reserved. affably conde-
sends to partake Of a biscuit, pcusiye-
ly twitching her long cars after US as
we depart along the road to the royal
dairy.
The queens fayorite dogs are collies.
and she possesses a magnificent speci-
men in Darnley. Wherever her majes-
~ goes she is accompanied by Spot, a
fox terrier; Roy. a black-aud-tau collie,
and a lovely little brown spitz called
Marco.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
ART OF FIRE-MAKING.
PRIMITIVE AND MODERN METHODS
OF PRODUCING FLAME.
Myths and Traditions Connected with the
Origin Of the Common Source Of Heat,
Light, aud Life.

Fire, The common source Of heat,
light, and life, the active principle of a
multitude of industries, and OF the
metallurgical industry in particular, is
unquestionably one of the greatest
conqnests achieved by man over ma
tnre. The time, however, when he
brst made this great agent subject to
his will, to be extinguished and re-
kindled at pleasure, is shrouded in un-
certainty and will NJ doubt always re-
main as much Of a mystery as it is to-
day.
Early traditions Of the most print
tive tribe. furnish the only clew TO the
origin of fire, and slight AS this may
seem upon which TO base n conclusion
1t is the more acceptable since no mat
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
Another American Nobiewoman.

Mr.. Sasserfrass = "Whaffch yo' dun lef
so daughtah marry dat orEsry, wall.
eyed. b~ow-legged niggah, Yallerby"
Mr.. Yallerby (indignantly)-"Whad
20 talkin' bout, yo' fool niggah? Dat
am Count Lilliapotato. fo'tcent' cuzzeu
ob Lii Kalie. queen oh Hawaii. he am.
1t dun cos me fo'ty dollahs Z pay his
iebts. sides de fo'teen dollahs I settled
on do gal. Whad yo' talkin' 'boutp'-
Judge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
At A RECRUITING OFFICE.
what 1t Il worth to John Uncle Sans
Forces In Uniform.

1t was a recruiting Office upon tho
Bowery. A trim-looki1g. white-gloved
blue coal guarded the entrance over
which Heated the stars aud stripes,
and, wondering what formalities were
gone through at the door, q reporter
stood near and watched, says the Y.
/. Rec0rder.
A seedy-looking man with three or
four days growth OF whiskers turned
and stared at the flag a moment, then
started to enter. The representative
of the army stopped him with the in
quiry: Where are YOU going?"
See bout 'nlistiu'."
mo, you're not. You don't think
I'd let a man with a chin like that go
in and see the sergeant, do yer? He
wouldn't know whether to put yer
down in yer papers as bearded or not.
Do you think this place is a barber
shop because there's stripes on the
flag? Make yerseif decent and come
back"
The mar went away and the soldier
stood and waited until another pre-
sented himself. This man accosted
the sentry with the inquiry:
WHATS il worth TO %jine?"
"kin yer read? Then read that pref
ty story underneath those chromos,"
pointing to the recruiting placard.
with It's beautiful colored print of the
uniformed soldiers Of oil ranks.
The mar read it over and learned Of
the Sl3 r month promised and the al
Turing suggestions Of rapid promotion.
while the soldier looked him oyer and
evidently decided that he was a "good
one Turning, he muttered, 1918
amt much
Thirteen dollars?" echoed the ma
tion's representative, yves, and SIS
when you've served five years and
Fifth venue feed and yer lodging
thrown in. Aud then what's to him
der yer bein' a sergeant soon aud then
you've $40; and you can get to be cap
tain if you 20 about it right; go right
up and see tue sergeant" And he push
ed him through the door and turned
to renew his business of winnowing
wheat from chaff
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
She Got There.

A Second avenue lady sent her 2.
year-old boy four or 1.-Two blocks up.
street 10 tell u friend of hers to come
In and see her on business. A few
minutes after the boys return the lady
drove up In a cart
Mamma" inquired the boy, .is
that a jifiy AIRS. Blank is riding INF"
"A jiny." exclaimed the mother. II
never heard OF such a thing. What's
. tfyP" :,
\ don't know replied the child.
earnestly; -she told mo when I told
her you wanted hel that she would be
here ~ : iiGy. s-~pes2oif Free Treas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

ratncr-here I'm giving you an ex-
pcnsive education so that you shall be-
come q lawyer, hoping that you may
eventually occupy a position Oh the
bench. and you spend yo,r time going
70 prize fights and the races. Son
It's . necessary part Of my studies. ia
ther. want to become a police justice
some dsy.-Eyooklya Lifc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

A man lost a bag of potatoes of his
wagon rs he came into the city yester.
day morning, and as he did not become
aware of his loss till he reached the
market he felt that IL was useless to 90
back in search, He was feeling the
loss very keenly until he suddenly
realized that there was u bright side TO
it. Then his face put on a srAile and he
chuckled: "Ccme TO think of II, it was
one of them two-bushel bags which
didn't have but q bushel and q half in.
and the finder will git swindled out Of
q half-bushel at least!v-Detrot Fres
Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Johnuy--Maw, what makes you nj
Ways connt the things when you send
tnein out TO the washerwomnn?
His ~Mother-Tvc always done a.
johnny, ever since your father and I
began housekeeping.
Why don't you count them when
they come buck?
Wei. never got into the habit OF
doing that. Chicago Tribune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
Not Responsible.

Teacher-~Arthur, | shall be obliged
to detain you again to-day after school
10 out"
Arthur (aged O-"Of course you un-
derstand that II there is any gossip
comes Of your keeping me after school
svery day you are responsible for it.
1t is none Of my seeking" Boston
zyuuscripL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

ordered liver, clear up your system, n
make life look different TO you. They do
IL in . pleasant way, too They're the
smallest, the easiest TO take, n b most
Natural remedy.
Keep . vial OF these tiny Psnsn tn your
cure for Biliousnen, Iaundics, Constipation,
indigestion, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and
every d-erangemsnt of ths liver, stomach
and bowels.
Tho makers are 70 sure ycun b satisfied
that thsyw agree. II you're NOT, TO return
the money.
For twenty-five ysars thess Psllsts hays
when p. r. p. arc " guarantesd"t
Thsrss nsthing hksy 70 - "jsst e. eoe1s
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Friend-That old crank Whitehair,
who always refused TO have n doctor,
died last night.
DIR. Dosem-T knew IL. | knew it
woald happen. | prophesied forty
years ugo hat he would die some
time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Visitor lin suburban village)-Who
IRE those two men swearing at each
9th er across "a fence, and apparently
deter mined TO fight over some chick
ems that the one with the rake is point
Ing at?
Resident-They are Mr.. Meek and
Mr.. Lamb, formerly of Fifty-ninth
street. They moved into the suburb
for peace and quiet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Pfison,r Eft ye plaze, y'r amer, OF
wud loik To withdraw me plea OF mot
guilty, an put Ia n plea OF guilty"
Judge-Then why didn't you plead
guilty" ia the first place and save oil
this trouble?
Prlsoncr-Surc, y'r amer. Oi had not
heard the evidence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
A TEMPER

A BAD TEMPER
and q bad liver
you'll always find
Joined together.
Make . note OF this,
and re IL it int
true.
Now, why not give
your naturally SUM-
ny disposition .
chancei DIR. Pisrce's
Pleasant Pellets
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Miss Romancc-Whcn an opal, /.
present from n we dearly love, loses
Its ~lnster. what IL IL a sign of?
Mr.. Hardbead da the jcwclry Incl
IL Is n sign that the opal has split. &
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

First Ward Wsrkcr--Dis McKane
business Is purity tough, eh, parde Sec
ond Ward Worker--lt won't be safe 10
do any work In elections for nearly -
long rs tree or four mont's to coma
Isd10nQpo}is journal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

DIR L l. CoRSUCH. Toledo. O. says:
81 have pract!ced medicine for forty
years, have never seen % preparation that
! could prescribe with So much confidence
of success as l can Halls Catarrh Cure"
Sold by druggists, 7jc. :
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

During last year the underground
railway OF London carried 81, 539. ass
passengers and earned E66. 0S5, This
was q million fewer passengers than
carried during 1899. o falling Of IT
tributed tn tbs doprsssion in trade.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Shiloh's Consumption Cnro IS sold on q
guarantee. II cures lncipient Consump-
tion. 1t is the best Cough Cure. 20 cents
90 cents and a. 90.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Like n touch Of nature, which makes
the world akin, Gfenn's Sulphur soap
beauties tue complexion OF young ladies
In every part of the universe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

The m~egalosaurus fossil lizard IN es,
timated from the size OF its bones 10 have
been not less than hfty feet in length.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
HOW TO sTeRlL'zs THE MILK
simple Apparatus whscs WIN Destroy
the luxurious Germs.

At the request Of the Secretary o,
Agriculture the Chief Of the Bureau Of
Animal Industry has furnished the
following simple directions for the
sterilization OF milk:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement n
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
thesneeds of physical being, will attest
the vaIue, 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; effsctually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation;
Il has given satisfaction TO millions ana
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on q kia-
news. Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free nom
every objectionable substance.
syrup Of Figs Ia for sale by all drug
rists in SOC and 81 bottles, but Il 10 nan
Ifactured by the California Fig syrup
O.. only. whose name is printed on every
PACKAGE. also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed, you. viii not
accept any substitute If offered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

Neither chemists nor naturalists nave
yet been able 10 solve the question why a
lobster turns red when boiled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

The young 81 several species OF scr
penis retreat down the throat OF thu
mother when pressed by sudden danger
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

The tramp went into the>lSuse TO
get something while his pal waffsAon
the road outside. When he returrea
be had a generous load OF food and
some old clothes. Get on 10 this lay.
ont, will you?" he said triumphantly
TO his friend. Willie" responded tho
other cautiously, we mast be careful
II we strike many places like this or
the authorities will be chasing us down
for our income tax. "-DetrotG Free
Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

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