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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

hell OF the building. He had never
heard the story Of the structure being
haunted, and his first thought wa
that some one, belated by the heavy
rain, had sought refuge there. He
went TO the window and look ed
through the grating into the dark
and asked who was there. There
was no response, but the walking con-
tinued, and at times groans, as of
some n in terrible pain, could be
heard. This sound seemed TO come
from the small room where Bowie was
killed. These mysterious sounds co.,
tinued during the remainder Of the
night.
The story told by the officers Is cor.
roborated by prisoners confined in the
building. They say that they have
heard people walking and chains rat
thing all night in the Alamo. II is al.
most impossible to get negroes who
know the story TO occupy one of the
cells in the old structure. People have
heard and seen the ghosts and nobody
has been successful in proving that the
strange sights and sounds were pro.
duced by natural causes.
Santa Anna made the attack on the
Alamo or March g. 1861.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Sou's a. stiff an as cold as a stone,
Dey's done frowed out and left you alone
Little cat,
Use n strokin' you fur.
But you don't never purr,
Nor hump up anywhere.
Little cat
Wy j. dat.
Is you's purrin' and humpin' mp done'
An WV fer is you's little foot tied,
Little caty
Did dey pisen you's tnmmick inside,
Little cstt
Did dey pound you wifi bricks.
Or Wit big nasty sticks,
Dr. abuse You wifi kicks.
Little catt
Tell me dat.
Did dey hoiler w'enever you cwied,
Did IL hurt very had wen died,
Little cat
Oh, Wy didn't you I'm off and hide,
Little cat
| l. wet in my eyes
Cause ] almost always cwies
W hen a pussy cat dies.
Little cat
link Of dat
An Is awfuHy solly besides!
Dest lay still dere down in lie sof' gwown,
Little car.
While ] tucks de gween gwass all awoun,
Little cat.
Dey can't hurt you 40 mose
W en- you's tired an so sore
BEST sleep twiet. you pore
Little cat.
VIII a pat,
Aud fordet all dc kicks Of de town.
Parsons Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

helped you, az ! would have helped my Bit
terest enemy, ut such q moment. But now
that II Is done, l almost wish II were undone;
and you know whyr'
With an impatient exclamation, he turned
away.
Come, mother! Come, Madeline! You
see how this fellow hates me. ! would glad
ly own my debt TO him, but II is useless. Per-
haps, when he Is cooler, he will permit me TO
be OF service to him. II not-wty, l cannot
help it! Gomez
Mother and son walked slowly away, but
Madeline did not stir. She remained where
she had been, with her gentle eyes fixed on
me.
George Redruth turned and saw her.
Come. Madeline" he cried; I'VE are not
wanted here
III think I Am wanted" she replied. "Mr.
Treiawney, shall ! goy'
And IA she spoke she held out both her
hands to me with a loving gesture. 4 looked
AZ her in wonder. Then suddenly the whole
meaning OF her attitude dawned npon me,
aud, taking her hands with a joyful cry, l
drew her TO my bosom.
Pale and trembling, George Redruth re-
turned and confronted us.
Madeline, what does this mean?'
SIT means that | have found my love where
you found your life-in the arms of tbs
brave manW'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
o or A BASTILE.
Dsvy Crockett and James Bowie Patrol
the Old Texas Alamo.


Recent reports from the old Alamo
Mission Building, where, in 1886, so
many brave men were butchered by
Santa Annals soldiers-Davy Crockett
and James Bowie among the rest-re-
vive the old legend among the Mex
leans that il is haunted, writes a san
Antonio correspondent of the y. Y.
Advertiser. Ii is said that when il
rains and the wind blows around the
Alamo, the scene of the massacre, it IS
visited by the spirits of Crockett and
Bowie, whose measured tread can be
heard about the old building.
The Alamo is in n dilapidated condi-
ton. The upper room is separated
from the lower one by a loose floor, and
there are numerous wooden posts sup
porting it. The door of the lower
room consists of loose boards, laid on
light sills. which rattle when n
walks over them. 1t is thought impos-
sible for the noise heard by the guard
to be produced by rats or any kind of
animals.
Not a long while ago n small addi-
ton was built, and il has been used rs
a sub-police station. 1t is since the
police have occupied n part of the
structure that the manifestations are
said to have occurred.
That part of the building where the
police station is located fills up what
was formerly r hollow space on the
side where the Mexicans finally broke
in and slaughtered the defenders. The
window is not very large, but has
double iron bars across 1t, and the wall
is five feet thick. This window opens
directly from the room where two
officers who are detailed at the station
sit. Adjoining the room is a small
cell. which is used for the temporary
confinement of prisoners. A number
of desperate prisoners were confined in
this cell at onc time, and they were
nearly frightened to death by the ap-
pearance of n trio of ghostly figures in
their midst one dark, rainy night. The
form and features OF the ghosts were
recognized as being those of Crockett,
Bowie and Travis, and they disappeared
through the solid stone wall when APP
preached by a prisoner who was more
daring than the others. These prison
ers also heard walking and the at.
thing Of muskets and chains on the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

The second illustration suggests an
Idea for Il standing bookcase made
from a wooden shoe box and a square
wooden box, such as canned goods
come in, the boxes to be screwed fast
side by side and 4 cornicc molding
nailed around the top of each. Shelves
should then be arranged the proper
distance apart to receive books Of reg.
ular size, and six wooden balls made
and arranged under the case to raise it
up from the floor. The rough parts Of
the wood should be rubbed smooth
with sand-paper, and all the nail holes
puttied up, after which the inside and
outside of The case should be painted &c
harmonic with other furniture ia the
room. With the addition OF brass rods
and some light curtains, some books
arranged on the shelves and bric-a-braC
On top the standing bookcase will form
an attractive and useful piece Of
furniture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
500 Reward, 400.

The reader of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh cure is the only positive cure
known 10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure Is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature ia doing its work. The propri-
etors have so much faith in it's curative
powers that they offer one hundred dollars
list of testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY g. Co, Toledo, o.
~ sold by druggists, 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
A STAR IN THE NIGHT.

The perfect piteous beauty of thy face
Is like a star the dawning drives awav
Mine eyes may never see In the
bright day
Thy paliid halo, Thy superr,aI grace:
but tn the night from forth the silent
space
Thou contest, dim in dreams, as doth a
stray
Star of the starry flock tina in the
grey
Ia seen. and lost, and seen a momebt's
space.
And as. the earth at night turns To II star,
Loved long ago. and dearer than the sun,
30 In the spiritual place afar,
At night our souls are mingled and
made one,
And wait till ono night fall, and one dawn
rise,
eyes.
Andrew Lang.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
Poor IndeP,l,

The prospect Of relief from drastic ca
thartics for persons troubled with consti-
patton is poor indeed. True they act upon
the bowels. but this they do with violence,
and their operation tends TO weaken the
inte.tines. aud is p~reiudicial to the sto,
mach. Hostetter's Stomach Bltters Is al
effectusl laxative. hut IL neither gripes no,
enfeebles. Furthermore, IL promotes al
gesti0n and a regular action Of the Liver
aud the kidneys. II is an efficient barrier
against and remedy for malarial com
plants and rheumatism, and is of great
benefit to the weak, nervous and aged. A,
a medicinal stimulant il cannot he sur
passed. Physicians cordially recommend
i, and its professional Endorsement is
fully borne out by popular experience.
Appetite and sleep are both improved by
this agreeable invigorant and Alternative.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
SHE SAW MELINDA OFF.

Fold Her She Could Not Pass without q
Ticket. bat sho Proved that She Could.
When the train for the West was
called. there was a rush Of passengers
at the door, and among them were a
small, thin young woman about 20
years old, who had n humbled and re-
signed expression, and a sh~arp-nosed,
iron-jawed female Of 81, who was
evidently her mother. The small thin
woman had a bundle and a ticket TO st.
Thomas. The sharp-nosed woman had
a basket and two bundles, and no ticket
at all.
Ticket, ma'am, said the gatekeeper,
as she attempted to follow her daughter
out.
I'm jest goin' to see Melinda on the
train, she replied.
Ticket, ma'am, ticket; got TO have
ticket
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
Child cies

The meadow Is a battlefield
Where summers army comes.
Each soldier with a clover shield.
Tbs honey bees with drums
Boom. ta~ta! they march, and pass
The captain tree who stands
Saluting with a sword OF grass
And giving them commands.
Ills only when the brezes blow
Across the woody hills.
They shoulder arms, and. 10 and FRO,
March in their fun dress drills.
Boom, rat-ta! they wheel tn line
And wave their cleaning spears.
Charge cries the captain, giving
sign,
And every soldier cheers.
But when the day Is growing dim
They gather in their camps
And sing a good thanksgiving hymn
Around the FREELY lamps.
Rat-tat-ta' the bpgle notes
Call good night to the sky;
! hope they all nave Overcoats
To keep them warm and dry.
Frank Dempster Sherman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Many years ago DR.. Il. V. Pierce, chief
consulting physician TO the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, y. Y, com
pounded this medicine of vegetable ingredi-
ents which had an especial effect upon the
stomach and liver, Tousing the organs To
healthful activity as we'll as purifying and
enriching the blood. By such means the
stomach and the nerves are supplied with
pHre blood. they will not do duty without IL
any more than a locomotive can run with
out coal. You can not get 4 lasting cure of
Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, by taking aTti-
hcially digested foods or pepsin--the stom-
ach must do its own work in its own way.
Do not put your nerves to sleep with so
called celery mixtures, it is better 10 go 10
the seat OF the difficulty and feed the nerve
cells on the food they require. Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Nervous AT
fections, such as sleeplessness and weak,
nervous feelings are completely cured by
the Discovery" II puts on healthy flesh,
brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the
whole system.
Mrs. X. HzNRE, of No. 800 Moth Hakted 81,
L.. ~ x.K. ss \ weuarH az fn nynyN-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

n Little love OF Wine.
| know a clever little maid
Ard sweet. who claims me for "A knight,
And ! confess I'm half afraid
she thinks whste'er ! do is right.
The reason why / may not tell.
She's five while | am twenty-nine,
And yet we love zach other well,
! and this little love of mine.
La refine petite, the little queen,
swift 10 forgive as TO command:
The daintiest monarch ever seen.
she keeps her subjects well in hand;
Their happiness her only task.
She rules by c~hildhood's right divine,
And richer Kingdoms none may ask
Than this little love Of mine.
The boundary OF her empire lies
In homes fonr walls. her wealth untold
The lovelight in her mothers eyes,
A treasure greater far than gold.
Aye. running over j. her cup
With loves most rare n costly wine:
And She-she gayly drinks il up.
This charming little love Of mine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
THE ALAMO

Goor above. They told the story Of
their remarkable experiences, but IL had
been almost forgotten by the people of
San Antonio until revived by recent
occurrences.
The story rs told by n OF the police
officials Is that soon after the station
opdped he was standing alone nea
the doot leading into the street one
night abput ! o'clock, when he thought
he hesrd some . walking in the main
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Rev. Dogood-No man is so bad that
there Is not "a little of the angel left in
him.
Bobson-Guess that's so. Remember
~Spilkins? Everybody thought he was
about the worst nan on earth. Why,
his mother wouldn't come to the
funeral. Well. sir. ! have been told a
thousand times n month for the last
i've years that Spilkins was the only
real saint that ever lived.
My goodness!
married Spilkins' widow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
Pertinent Pararraph.

Our country IL right, should be kept
right; il wrong should be put right" is n
political maxim which paraphrased applies
health IL right. should be kept
right: IF wrong should De put
right, especially in bodily ailments, such
as pains and aches, which IT. Jacobs Oil
promptly cures. Many out of work should
heed 10 give it "a chance to cure and II will
give them n han TO go TO work cured.
Another adage is: He doeth best who
doeth we'll Well, Of course you want to
be well from all sorts of aches, and the
best thing you ear do Is TO use the gsent
remedy. lie who does SO Is doing well in
deed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
How Made Al.2OO

BY not sowing Salzer's seeds! That Is
what a jolly farmer said as he entered
our sanctum. How Is that! Why,
says he, Salzer's seeds not only grow
but they produce enormously. Had l
planted a few acres more OF bis oats,
wheat. corn. potatoes. grass and clover
seeds, l would have had to double the
capacity of my barns; that would have
cost me $1,000. II Is n fact that IL you
want big, rousing farm, grass and vege-
table crops, you must SOW Salzer's seeds.
II You Will Cut This Out aud Send IL
with &c postage to the John A Salzer
Seed Company. La Crosse, Wis, you
will get free a sample Of Grass and
Glover Mixture and their seed cata-
logue. Gnu
Pretty Girl-Are you Miss Backbay's
waiting maid?
Maid-Yes'm.
Miss Backbay is a great heiress from
Boston, isn't she?
She In.
And very much sought after?
Well, yes.
presume 50. Well, IL you will give
me h addresses 90 her gentlemen ad-
mirers, will be much obliged.
Dear me. What for?
am selling encyclopedias.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Mrs. Wayupp-Don't invite those
Highupp girls again. Their father has
disgraced himself.
Miss wayupp-Impossible He is a
noted scientist. and president OF a
college.
Mrs. Wayupp-Yes, but the vulgar
fellow has recently been making y
study Of the trade winds. It's in all
the papers, too.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Don't allow yourself to trifie with a cold
and so encourage TIE development Of some
latent pulmonary and bronchial disease
which oft IN ends fatally. You had better
cure your cough or cold by promptly re-
sorting to DIR. ID. Jayne's Expectorant, an
old time remedy for all coughs, lung and
throat affections.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Uncle Wayback lat the Grand
Duchess" in English)-What's that
woman singin' about now, i wonder.
Mrs. Wayback-Sounds like II Love
tn Millinery.
Uncle Wayback-Huh. She wouldn't
III she had my seat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Daughter-Did you find out what II
was that papa cut out of the paper?
Mother-Yes, l bought another copy.
I've read II all through, but l can't see
anything wrong about II. It's an arti-
Gle on the he~althfulness OF homework.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

II what VIM. Snyder, District Court
Clerk and q. y. Commissioner. OF Car
ter. Colo, says No-to-bac Is. In writing
10 the Sterling Remedy Co., of Chicago.
after taking n and n half boxes OF
No-tO-bac which he purchased OF his
druggist. aud being absolutely cured Of
the tobacco habit. Mr.. Snyder says he
now has no desire for the filthy weed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Mrs. NeNdoor-One OF my windows IL
stuck, and I can't get il up CT down.
Little Boy-Ours gets the same way
sometimes.
Who fixes them
Papa.
How does he do it?
] don't know. Quick as papa starts In
TO fix a stuck window. mamma lend me
out OF the room.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
Mrs. K. HaNKr, of No, 800 No'M HaAted

ChIcdgO, H., writes
IN as 81 M ply
wonderful. Since
taking Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covey 10 connection
with his Pleasant
Pellets | have gain
ed in c respect.
particularly in flesh
and strength. My
liver was dreadfully
enlarged aud l sut-
fered greatly from
dyspepsia. No ply
siciau could give
relief.
Now, after two
months ] am entire
~ relieved of nv
disease. Ny appe-
tite is excellent
food we'll digested ;
much improved"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

The balloon recently sent up by
French scientists with automatically
registered thermometers and barome-
tiers, reached q height of ter miles.
where the Thermometer registered 40
degrees below zero.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
But when the day Is growing dim
1000 Bu. Potatoes Per Acre.

Wonderful yields in potatoes. oats,
corn, farm aud vegetable seeds. Cut
this out and send 30 postage TO the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis. for their great seed book n
sample OF Giant Spurry. Gnu
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
In Il Times

People overlooked the Importance Of per-
m%anently beneficial effects and We're salts
fed with transient action; but now that
it is generally known that Syrup of Figs
will permanently cure habitual constipa-
ton, well informed people will not buy
other laxatives. which act for a time, but
finally injure the system.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Mrs, D'Avnoo-I wish you would not
spend your time reading those emo
tional novels.
Miss D~'Avnoo-Oh, this is not emo
tional a bit. It's purely financial.
The heroine marries the man her
mother picks out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Land in New York city has been sold
Mt q price equal to IS, 900, 900 per acre.
The highest in London at s., 900. 600
per acre.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

| could not get along without Piso's
cure for consumption. II always cures
Mrs. +. c. Moulton, Needham, Mass, DC
tober -, 1901.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

ance and good proportions is shown in
the title illustration. IL is made from
the boards Of IA dry-goods box; the case
when Enisbed should be about thirty
inches long and eighteen inches high
from the bottom shelf To- the top of the
c~ornice molding, and about seven on
eight inches deep. 1t may he backed
with boards or left open II desired. II
should be provided with n shelf in the
middle and Il division at one side. the
lower ends OF the sides being allowed
to project below the bottom of the case
and cut in bracket shape, as the draw
ing shows.
4 strip Of cornice molding should cap
the cabinet all around the top. With
several coats of paint OF some desira-
BILE shade and the addition Of a small
brass rod from which curtains may bC
suspended, the bookcase will be com
pleted. A fesy brass hooks can be
screwed nnder the bottom shelf, on
which teacups may be hung.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-02

Thus II came 10 pass that !. Hugh Trelsw-
nsy. ' ilan OF the people, became the Accept
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-12
CORBIN,

E Brown is hauling hay from the
Strip this week.
II II Howe and B BrOwnback are
prospecting in the new TOWNSHIP in
Oklahoma this week.
The rival livery barn did a rushing
business Tuesday. Why do people
want TO interfere with another's bus
mess?
Mrs Spurlock and her sister, Miss
Clara Summers, returned to their
home In the Strip Tuesday,
VS. Mcdaniel lost three horses in
ten days by some mysterious disease.
They are not worth much but a man
don't like to lose them that way.
Marrled-At brides residence De.
cember 4th, Miss Mollie Gross and
Hiram Ames. They began house
keeping on farm south of the river,
which Mr. Ames has rented for the
coming year. They have the best
wishes Of all.
A number of Wellington people
have been hauling feed from the Cor
bin mills. That speaks well for Cor
bin, or not very well for Wellington.
Which is it?
RIM Lawrence started Tuesday for
a trip through Mississippi and Ala
bama. We predict that he will come
back satisfied with Kansas, as the ex-
IRENE southern style Of farming will
not suit him.