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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27
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Sioux City. July i9.-Union Stock Yards.
-Hogs-Quotations. Heavy AS5m4y5
mixed and light Si.s2knL95.
Catte-QuotatiOns: Cows and heifers
S.J0g2.75, bulls S.5d3.0O. veals 81 gHfl. 75,
stockers and feeders s.. O0(13.J0 calves and
yearlings $2.00d3. 20.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

New York World.
Paintings from the collection OF Mrs.
Paran Stevens sold at auction last week
did not bring much over $500. The high
est price paid for a single picture was
80. and the lowest price was 30 n
Two companion pieces Queen Victoria
and the princess Of Wales), that Mira.
stevens especially prized. brought 81.
toria and % cents for the princess.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27
South Oulu ha.

South Omaha. July 20.-Hogs-Receipts
S00g, official yesterday 2.l2l. shipments iSs.
Light 5Ml0c higher. heavy strong. Quota
tons: Heavy A.I5qi,9j, mixed and light
$4,000 10,
Cattie-lteceipts 800 official yesterday
steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

Minneapolis, July l9.-Wheat was weak
but unsettled. and closed near the top
GiS4c for July. &c for September. Csc for
December; on track, 66Lac for hard, 65ac
for No. l northern, sac for No. 2 north.
ern; Receipts 400 bushels. shipments 49,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27
whittier Nom,nsted nj Onaw..

Onawa, Ia, July lS.-At the republics
an representative convention here yes-
terday. Lyman Whittier vas nominated
On the 2l4th ballot. l.. X. Page Of Ida
county, was the opposing candidate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

A new definition Of "P. p. c." cards
comes from Chicago. A fashionable
lady there. high up in pork circles, wht
received them from friends who were
going abroad, translated them: Pre-
vented Personally Calling"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

Chicago Record: Young Mani hsa,
Nine. Nufoh.
Hms. Murtch-What . storyl The TAO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

Saratoga Lake. N. Y, July l9.-Mc.
Dowell and RumOhr rowed of this
morning the senior singles In which the
foul occurred yesterday. Mcdowell led
from the start and won by two lengths
Time $50.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

This Is a great year for apricots In
southern California. The crop In Fo-
mona valley alone win amount to shout
VEN tons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

The boys of a Chicago school had A
ball game the other day and the teach.
er was asked to umpire. His decision.
on balls and strikes were so rank thai
the captain of the nine shrieked: Cant
o see de ball?" And the pitcher In.
terpolated with great disgust: Hin
see? Yes, he a see a boy pinch his
neig'hbor out of the back of his head
but he couldn't see a watermelon II
you throw II over the plate" There.
upon the teacher sighed and resigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.

Enpleyes Of Psnsiea Agsaeiss snd 0~v-
ernnsent ftrsmen
Washington. July 1s.-This afternoon
an order from President Cleveland wa
promulgated placing the employees Of
the several pension agencies Of the
Unked Srates under civil service reru.
cations. They number between SO and
600. The president also issued an order
placing the ffremen employed In All the
executive departments of the govern.
men< under the civil service rules.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27
PAN-AM ERlCAN CONGRESS.

Field bay for the Religious aud Educa.
tion,l Convention.
Toronto. Ont. July 20.-lThis was .
field day for the Pan-American Con-
gress of Relibion and Education. Al
the opening OF this mornings session In
the Horticultural building the delegates
had the privilege OF listening to the
eminent rector of the Toronto Catholic
cathedral. and who in his eloquent
style talked of 1.-THE Relations OF the
Catholic Church to Organized Charity"
n made numerous suggestions az to
the lines on which charitable work
shoul be carried on in connection with
UNCONVENTIONAL effort. Following him
came Miss Jane Adams of Chicago's
Hull house, who told something Of that
institution. and also read a paper on
the settlement idea. The last feature
OF the morning was a talk upon the
adaptation OF the church to modern life
by Rev. DR.. Morgan Wood Of Detroit,
This afternoon the congress was diyid.
ed into sections ON education, temper.
ance. pubic charities. Internal econ.
omy and Kind. I'd subjects. The most
largely attended section was that on
education, which was addressed by
President Norcross of Pittsburg Female
college. n several others. Tomorrow
the delegates will attend the various
places OF worship In the city, each
according TO lis or her belief.
Miss Willsrd's Gs,0d Health.
London. July 20.-rhe improvement
IN h health Of Miss Frances willard
during the pact two months has ex
,eeded even the most sanguine expecta.
lions Of Lady Henry Somerset and the
other friends who induced her to take
up her residence on this side or the
Cater. She has manifested decided
gains. both In weight. strength and
lervous energy. and there Is now nc
question Al to her ability to participate
y the Forthcoming national W.. =. T. u.
;~onvsntiou at Baltimoya
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27


Somebody had been telling one OF the
Boston teachers who attended the on.
vention az Denver about the gold found
In Cherry creek. Miss Hub became
greatly Interested over Il and while
crossing the Lincoln avenue bridge b
clutched her companions arm and
pointing to the spot where the pile
driver was at work near the broadway
bridge. h exclaimed: 'Oh. Luella. W
mustn't miss II. Here Is where thS
gold comes from M there" pointing "a
the pile driver. there. I suppose. 10 ths
machine they dig it, WITH When the
conductor heard this he refused "a
move the car.
The Of Nancy Hanks Lincolr
the mother OF President Lincoln. q
Rockport. Ind, was decorated on july
BY m OF Perry. spencer ana War
Wick counties. II Ia eclosed by an Iron
fence. and u marked by = simplA. plaiu
maidstone. ON which IL inscribed,
Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Mother Of ths
Martyred President. Died November &
ISIS. aged IS years."
Robert x. Scott, who died at Aususta.
Wis. the other day. was . nephew a
Sir Walter Scott, having been the Nfth
child Of Charles Scott. = younger broth.
or 81 D author. He was born in ls3o.
. came to this country In lsll.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

Ihe other day a group OF people In
Barclay street. New York, stood gazIne
up at a window I'm the Astor house
The object OF their earnest contempla.
ton was a mans shirt, which had been
washed and hung up at the window To
dry. 1t was first seen by a saloonkeeper
and soon a hundred persons were view.
Ing The strange sight. The clerks In the
hotel were notified and when the mans
Dol was invaded he was found TO be
NJ from Oshkosh, or Kalamazoo. or
medicine Lodge. but from PHILADELPHIA.
which proves that there is no Jay X
. jay who grows east OF the Allegheny
mountains.
Somebody had been telling one of the
Boston teachers who attended the con-
vention at Denver about the gold found
I'm Cherry creek. Miss Hub became
greatly interested over 1t and while
crossing the Lincoln avenue bridge she
clutched her companion's arm and.
pointing to the spot where the pile
driver vas at work near the Broadway
bridge, he exclaimed: "Oh, LuelIa. we
mustn't miss II. Here Is where the
gold comes from and there" pointing to
the pile driver. there. ! suppose, IL the
machine they dig 1t with" When the
eonduotor heard this he refused to
novN ne "a.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

Some of the sealing schooners that
seal fishing because of the
unsatisfactory condition OF the BUSH
ness In recent years have engaged, dur.
Ing this last season, In hunting sea
offers along the northern Pacific coast.
This is more uncertain OF results. per.
haps. than sealing, but in the event OF
success 1t is vastly more profitable
One schooner was very successful this
year, some of the single skins il Sc.
cured selling for from $3.50 to $3.50 each
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-27

A. L. Brooks, the Hartford, Conn.
collector OF historical relics HAS recently
come into possession Of a section of the
tree near Middlebury, VT, to which
General Israel Putnam was tied by In.
dams, who were bent on torturing and
afterward killing him. The relic is the
gift OF +. r. Stone OF Middlebury, and
Its authenticity is sale to be beyond
dispute. Mr.. Brooks also has the ole
pillow and saddle that were owned BY
the eastern Connecticut hero.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
ONE OF THEM HIMSELF.

From the Washington Star.
While Gabe Bouck was a member
of congress from the Oshkosh dis
trict in Wisconsin pension bill was
before the house that caused him
considerable vexation of spirit and
tribnlation, for while his personal
convictions were directly opposed to
it, his personal interests were strong
enough to whip him into line, and
when TIE bill! came up for final dis
position Gabe voted with the major
ity and the bill was passed. Gabe
was peculiar both in dress and looks.
His coat was always blue swallow
tail, with brass buttons, and his eyes
focused from point about three
inches from the centre of his nose.
But that didn't prevent his carrying
very big heart, and he always had
scores of friends.
.. One day when the bill was up for
consideration the late Gen. Denver
was upon the floor of the house as
an ex member from Ohio, and while
passing around in the rear of tie
seats on the republican side he met
the democratic Gabe, who was
walking back and forth gesticulating
eXcitedly and bringing his clenched
right fist down into the hollow of
his left hand to the accompaniment
of expletives that would hardly look
we'll in print.
"What's the matter, Gabe? what's
all this excitement about?" ques-
toned the general, as Gabe let out
an exceeding jagged cuss word,
"Trouble?" snorted Gabe, excit-
edly, "trouble enough! That PEN
sion bill is up and all these cowardly
nincompoops are going to vote for
it. It's sure to pass, sure to pass"
and the irate statesman cavortei
around like a wild bull that had
unexpectedly run afoul of a red
flag.
"But why don't you get the floor
and speak against it--try to stop
it?" said the general, trying to
soothe the excited congressman.
"Try to stop it?" said Gabe. "Try
to stop it? Why, Pm one of the
cowardly nincompoops myself"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
Sd w HER BABY EATEN.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
A few days ago, near Bear Lake,
about thirty miles from the city, a
bear ate up an Indian child that was
left in the brush asleep while its
mother was picking berries.
The poor woman heard the cries
of her infant, and, thinking that il
was being injured, picked up a
butcher knife and rushed to it's
assistance. She found a savage
bear with the baby in its claws and
gnawing the PROSTATE body. Hero
ically she began the fight, but the
bear was. too powerful for her, and,
although she fought bravely, when
she was rescued by the Indians she
was nearly killed, the brute having
clawed and mangled the flesh ON her
body in fearful manner. The little
child was dead, and almost every
particle Of flesh on its body was
devoured by the angry animal.
They managed to kill the bear.
The remains Of the little child were
buried near the place where 1T met
It's cruel death, and the heartbroken
mother, in her wounded condition,
was cared for ~ tenderly as possi
BILE.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
GRATITUDE OF A DOG.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
About five years ago there came to
Cramps' shipyard stray terrier dog,
who, by his friendly ways, soon
made himself welcome about the
watchmsn's box at the main en-
trance gate on Ball street and among
the men working just inside the
gates. Watchman Stafford named him
Charley, and saw to his getting food.
One day Charley had the misfortune
to get ono Of his feet crushed under
. car on Beech street and Policeman
Gillen, Of the Eleventh district, who
does duty about there, tbandaged
the wounded foot. and cared for II
until IL got well. Ever since then
Charley hAils his benefactor with
demonstrations OF Joy whenever he
comes around, barking and rubbing
up against him q . mark Of friend
ship. When the Brooklyn was
launched last week Policeman Gilien
was In line with the men Of his dis
trict In tho yard and Charley went
IN search Of him. When he found
his friend hs gsvs vent to his Joy to
such = extent = tg draw attention
from the thousands Of people stand-
ing sseuad.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
TOWN AND COUNTRY.

"From the Saloon and the Sabbath" by the
Rev. f. C. Iglehart d. D., in North Ameri-
can Review,
There has been much silly talk
about the necessity of the city's cut
ting loose from the country. The
country could do without New York
az easily as New York could do with
out it. Meat and bread and milk
and vegetables and fruits are drawn
from the country. The stores of the
city could not keep open long with
out the customers from the country.
New York is engaged in sneers at the
"hayse ds." Washington and Lin
coin we're farmers; Grant was the
son of a rural tanner; they were
"hayseeds." General Harrison was
born n the country and Grover
Cleveland was the son -nf . villn~o
astor. A majority Of .ne ,eaGing
ansnciers, buaineas men, gtoies-
81 5Oai IA ~ " 1Sc~ Wy < ~
from the country. Sore ti
editors who write saoh cauJt.c alti-
cles about the "bayseed" legislature
learned all they know on a country
newspaper. A poll of New York
City would show that half, If not
two thirds, of the Inhabitants are
from snail ciLies, towns, villages
and farms. There is perhaps not
great cit in the civilized world that
could live for two generations with
out poi ula..on from the country to
replenish and enrich it. 1t is more
than likely that a ma, ,ority of our
foreign population who scout the
idea of "hayseed" representatives.
being able to legsilate for a cosmo-
politan city are themselves from
rural districts in their fa,herland,
some of them where they eat black
bread all the year, and count it a
luxury to have white bread and
molasses at Christmas time. In
native ability, in education, in enter
prise and in moral force, the man of
the country is a match for the man
of the metropolis.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
TEXAS STEERS ON A SPREE.

From the 81, Loli- Globe Democrat.
Patrick { ornan, an extensive
stock feeder, few days ago shipped
to his ranch, ten miles northwest of
Fort Scott, Kan, a herd of wild
steers from the plains of Texas.
Daring their first night on Kansas
ranch they stampeded through the
line fence OF the pasture into an
orchard on the ALI Cleal farm. The
prol tic fruit eason had made it
Improbable for Mr.. Cleal to gather
more than small portion of his
early apples, and the burdened trees
had dropped their ripened fruit to
the ground full three layers deep.
The apples had rotted, and were in
that state of fermentation that
makes most intoxicating feast for
cattle. Until the next morning the
beasts glutted themselves, and they
were found in condition of inebri-
ETY. that caused them to conduct
themselves with bosterous hilarity.
They were rounded up and corralled
with much difficulty by score of
cattlemen. The effects of the dis
sipation on some passed off soon,
while others were in the ''sobering
up" process for two davs.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
DREAM WORTH MILLIONS.

FROM the Philadelphia Times.
Elias Howe almost beggared him
self be ore he discovered where the
eye of the needle of the sewing
mach ne should be located His
original idea was 20 follow the model
of the eye at the heel. 1t never
occurred to him that it should be
placed near the point, and he might
have failed altogether, if he had not
dreamed he was building a sewing
machine for a savage king in a
strange country. just as in his ac-
tual waking experience, he was
rather pcrplexed about the needles
! eye. He thought tho hing gave
him twenty four hours to complete
ma hine and make it sew. If not
finished in that time, death was to
be the punishment. Howe worked
and worked and puzzled and puz-
zled, and finally gave it up. Then
he thought he was taken out to be
executed. He noticed that the war
riors carried spears at were pierced
near the head. Instantly came So
luton o the diIculty, and while The
inventor was begging for time he
awoke. 1t was four O'Clock in the
morning. He jumped out of bed,
ran to his workshop, and by nine
needle with an eye at the point had
been rudely mode ed. After that it
was easy. This is the true story of
an important incident in the inven-
ton of the sewing machine.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
A CAUTIOUS MAN.
From tho New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
"It's good thing to be cautious
when among strangers" said the
precise looking man to tall, angu-
lar old fellow to whom he was talk
ing on the deck of q Hudson River
steamboat.
eyes," was the response, "you
can't most always tell who you're
talking to when you don't know, and
strangers thrown together as we are
are mighty likely to make mistakes
II they don't watch out"
"That's what 1 think about it,
said the precise one. "There are
several people around that I'd like
to know who they are, but feel o
delicscy in asking"
"Who, for instance9" asked the
tall party, letting his eyes wander
about the deck. -
"Weli, thsre's ! lady standing
there by that door talking to young
fellow who looks a. II he might be
her son."
"That far door," inquired the tall
party, stretching his neck around.
eyes"
81 see three or four there"
"It's the one to the other side."
"She looks as II she might bite q
nail in two?"
"Yes."
SCOT a jaw on her like wiser"
"Yes."
"Keeps it going all the time, az Il
there wasn't any such thing as an
eight-hour labor law2"
eyes"
SCOT . bonnet on that looks a. Il
1t might be sign for q vegetable
gardenerP"
eyes,"
"Got complexion like q slab Of
tanbarkq"
s'Yes.n
"Locks as II her temper would
sour milk just from the cow3"
"Yes."
"Got clothes on that look like
they'd been made out of last year, 6
circus posters2"
"Exactly. She's the one. Who ia
she3n
The tall party got up to get bet
ter look before committing himself.
'she's q jay from jays Gross
Roads, amt she?' he said with q
laugh as he sat down again.
eyes. Who is she7'
"Oh, she's my wife. Let me take
you over and introduce you."
But the cautious man declined, and
managed to lose himself in the crowd
as quickly az possible.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31

told that the graves are kept, or let
alone, until q change of dynasty
occurs, when they are razed, and,
China begins over again to preempt
a great fraction OF her surface for
her dead. II so, it is time for a
change of dynasty, because a vast
portion OF the soil is lost to the
farmers, who otherwise cultivate
almost every foot of it. And the
graves are in all stages OF rack and
ruin and disorder. At one time you
gee scores of tombs whose ends
have been worn down by the
elements or have fallen out so as to
show the coffin ends or an outbreak
OF skull and bones. There is moth
ing that is possible that you do not
see, even to disclosures of great
earthen jars full of bones, whore the
original graves and coffins have
worn away. There the bones hay .
been reinteTred in pots. and these in
turn have been EXPOSED by the
careless hand Of time. You see
bare coffins set out in the rice fields
because the mourners were too poor
to brick them over, and you see tens
of thousands of cotfins merely COW
cred over with matched straw. You
see the grand tombs of mandarins
taking up half mile OF the earth.
First there ale the granite steI 8 lead
ing to a splendid triple arch all
beautifully carved. Then follows
the stately approach to the tomb--a
wide avenue bordered by trees, and
set with lions and warriors, horses
and sages, all hewn ont of stone.
Finally the tomb itself, on a hill side
if po' sible, stares down the avenue
at all these costly ornaments. But
| it must be that most of these monu-
ments are to men long dead-per-
haps to men of distant ages.
Therefore most of them are falling
to pieces. Some are merely begin
ming to crumbe, some are waste
places with broken suggestions OF
what they were, and some have
been invaded by farmers and by the
populace, with the result that you
see por ions of the once grand arcl
set in near by bridge or used a.
steps to a waters side tea house.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
DOES THIS FIT ANYONE7
,e Missouri school Journal. .

From the Missouri school Journal.
ga fair teacher but lacks in
BREADTH" was the comment made by
the superintendent on a lady whose
room was visited. "She comes to
our meeting but takes no part;
doubt il she reads anything more
than a novel and the stories in the
newspapers. She does not own an
educational book; she may have
heard the names of Pestalozzi and
Froebel, but has not the slightest
curiosity about them. She carries a
class along in the third reader, but
they are not interested by her in the
names Of people spoken Of. She is
good specimen of . mechanical or
routine teacher. Fifteen years ago
she would have stood very well.
She teaches ~ she did three years
ago.n
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
or general results save In the spread
Ing Of the sentiment for unit
throughout Christendom.

or general results save In the spread
Ing Of the sentiment for unid
throughout Christendom. L
The bishops complain that wbiIl
the theological schools are turning
out many graduates, and candidatel
for orders are about as numerous Il
ever, there is lack OF self sacrifice
ing mon willing to spread the faith
In foreign and heathen lands. The
progress Of the work among the
Afro Americans; the woes of the
sister church in Armenia arc sympa-
thized with; the spirit OF unrest Id
the land is commented on, and the
remedy for IT is declared to be acces-
sible In the church.
Fully third OF the letter is de-
voted to certain tendencies in the
church toward ritualism and on the
other hand toward too great liber-
ality. Unauthorized msthods of n
.sassslae
~ ths church ~ ~ tfe1y : T. z1fl
ard the letter. makes this signIncssi
statement. 81
"We are indeed between two por.
tentous tendencies. On the one
hand there is a demand for conces
sionb which will make It easy fol
members Of Christian bodies, not II
communion with the church, to entel
her ministry, to answer themselvet
bodily as congregations, with faint
and feeble guards Of soundness in
their forms Of worship. On the othel
hand, there is . plea put forth by
some to enter into negotiations witt
the bishop Of Rome with a view te
reunion which is now known to be
possible only by absolute submission
to his unscriptural and unlawful de
mands. The wise thing for US to dc
is to hold fast to our position"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31
DUTY
Phillips Brooks .

Phillips Brooks.
This truth comes to N more and
more the longer that we live, that on
what fe,d or in what uniform or with
what aims We do our duty matters
very little, or even what our duty 10,
great or small, splendid or obscure.
Only 70 nnd our duty certainly and
somewhere, somehow do II faith
fully, makes ~ good, strong, happy,
aud useful men, and turns our lives
Into some feshls seho of NE LIE Of
God. III
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31

The prolonged drought has re-
suited in many thousand tons Of
river freight being sent by rail, TO
the great profit OF the roads.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-31

A race Of motorcycles or horseless
carriages from Chicago to waukegan
and return will be run on November