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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
PROTECTS USERS OF "ROYAL."
Baking Powder Company Wins Its
Case I'm United states Court.

The decision Of Judge Showalter in a
recent case hat came up before him
sustains the claims Of the Royal conf
puny 10 the exclusive use of the name
Royal" as a trademark for its baking
powder. The special importance OF this
decision consists IN the protection which
1t assures to the millions Of consumers
Of Royal baking powder against inferior
and unwholesome compounds. The ex-
ccllence Of this article has caused IL to
be highly esteemed and largely used
almost the world over. Its high stand
ard OF quality having been always main
tanned. consumers have come u rely i'm
plicitly upon tn. Royal brand as the
most wholesome and efficient OF any in
the market. Tire SuPiaity of other man
ufacturers is excited by this high repu-
tatiCn and large demand. Very few II
the hundreds Of baking powders on the
market are safe 10 use. IL their makers
could sell them under the name os a
well known, reputable brand incalcula-
BILE damage would be done 10 the public
health by the deception. The deterIni-
nation OF the Royal Baking Powder
company 10 protect the users Of the
Royal baking powder against imitatOrs
by a rigid prosecution Of them makes
such limitations Of its brand extremely
rare.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Joke ON n Republican.
Chicago Chronlcle.

From Chicago Chronicle.
Congressman Wellington is a good re-
publican who wanted 70 lock horns with
somebody on the single tax question.
but vas unwilling 20 meet anyone less
famous than ThomasG @. Sherman. Now,
Mr.. Sherman was never known 70 let a
chance so by 20 get mixed up with a
good protcctionist in debate aud no
sooner had he been informed Of the able
congressrnan's burning desire to meet
him In the forum than he wrote 10 the
local committee Offering 10 divide time
with Mr.. Wellington whenever the lat
ter might fnd IL convenient. But Mr..
Wellington has not yet found time to
meet Mr.. Sherman. He has o found
time even to reply 10 the committee
note informing him Of Mr.. Shearman's
readiness for the proposed debate and
asking him to name a time and place.
This Is thought 20 indicate that the con-
gresham is either a very busy or a
very discreet man. But his enemies say
he Is simply afraid
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
A WAE WITH ENGLAND.
Great -Britain's Reply in Venezuela
Case May Lead 10 Hostilities With
United states.

Chicago, Dec. Ga special dispatch
to the Times-Herald from its Washing
ton correspondent says:
War between the United States and
Great Britain is threatened. II can be
averted only by surrender on the part
OF England. The contention over the
Monroe doctrine has reached a stage
which will produce the gravest anxiety
on both sides Of the Atlantic until the
facts become known. If the American
congress will support the president, and
Of this there can be no doubt. Great
Britain will soon be given the choice OF
surrendering or fighting.
Upon authority which cannot be
questioned" reads the dispatch, 1T
is known that this government has re-
ceived a cablegram from Ambassador
Bayard giving briefly the contents Of
the note which the Marquis Of Salisbury
has mailed in reply TO Secretary Olney's
dispatch Of last July. This reply is in
substance a refusal 10 arbitrate any Of
the territory eastward of the Schcn-
burg line. Moreover, Lord Salisbury
raises a new case. He now contends
that the Schomburg line was not arbi-
trarily run; that ii was in fact located
upon authentic data, n that II can be
proved by = the records, the treaty
descriptions and the maps that II cor
rectly represents the western limits Of
the territory which Great Britain ac-
CURED by cession from Holland
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Searlet Fever Settled in The Back.
AN OPERATION WAS UNSUC.
CESSFUlLY PERFORMED.
The Patient Was Finally Restored,
After Eighteen Years.

After Eighteen Years.
From The EceRia0 Netes. Netcark. " j.
About eighteen years ago, when Mrs.
Annie Dale, of 50 Bruce street. was a
bright, merry school girl, she was taken
Ill with scarlet fever. She recovered, hut
she was a very different girl from q ply
steal standpoint. She was cured of the
scarlet fever, but = left her with an al
lection of the back. As she grew older
the pain seemed to increase. Her suffer
ings were intensified by her household
duties, but she never complained, and
with one hand pressed tightly TO her back
she did her work about her coy home.
II was fourteen years old when / was
attacked with scarlet fever, and have
now suffered with my back for eighteen
years.
might and day / suffered. 1t really
seemed as If | must succumb TO the pain.
and then to make matters worse, my head
ached so badly that | could scarcely see,
at times. Finally went to ST. Michael's
Hospital, AT the corner of High street and
Central avenue. and there the surgeons
performed n difficult operation on my
back. but it did no good II was like every
thing else. was told 81 :hc hcsp!!s! 20
return for another operation, but the
first had left me so weak | could not 20
back. Then again | had become discour-
aged and my three children needed my at
tention and care AT home. The pain be-
came harder to stand. and my back was
almost broken, IL seemed. | thought |
would never know what il would be like
10 be well again. when | was told 10 try
DIR. Williams Pink Pills. With many
doubts. a faint heart and an aching back
l went To get the pills. and little dreaming
that they woSd prove the elixir of a new
life 10 me, lOegan 10 take them. Only 4
short time elapsed before | began 10 i'm
prove. Could il be possible that DR.
Williams Pink Pills were doing what
everything else had failed TO accomplish
! asked myself the question many times
and before long was enabled by my inn
proved condition 10 answer the query
with an emphatic Yes. Now the pain
of almost twenty years is cured by these
Pink Pills in a few months. have no
pain of any kind now. but | have got
some of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. and while | do not think il viii
ever be necessary 10 use Them again, !
shall certainly never be- without them I'M
the house.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain. in a
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness 10 the
blood and restore shattered nerves. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes never in loose
bulk AT 80 cents a box or six boxes for
$3.50, and may be had Of all druggists. or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady. y. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14

London, Dec. 6.-Fliil Arton, who wa,
arrested here on November IA, upon ar
extradition warrant, charging him with
completely with Baron Rinach in the
Panama canal frauds and subsequently
arraigned in the Bow street police court
was again arraigned today for final
hearing. The magistrate refused to ad'
nit the testimony offered by Arton's
counsel or to discuss political question:
and ordered that Anton be ~extradited
but allowed him two weeks in which Il
make an appeal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
KNOWLEDGE

Brings csEis0r. ard improvement ana
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live beA
Ger than others and enjoy life more, With
less expenditure, by more prompt,
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to IFS presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispcllipg colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists Ia SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
And being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14

her what had to be done at once, III con
sequence of her premature arrival. H.
had planned, he told her, not 10 send fog
her--not to let her know or suspect any,
thing Of the truth until the money had
been paid to the widow by the Insurance
Company. As thugs had turned out. i,
would be best for both of them To leave
Pussy at once--that verf evening-befort
her arrival was known by an body, and
to let Vimpany carry out the resi- of thu
business. He was quite to be trusted-hs
would do every thing that was wanted.
Already" he said. the Office will have
z we'd from the doctor a notification q
my death. YESTERDAY evening he wrote
to ever body--to my roTher-copfound
himf-and TO the family solicitor. Every
moment that l stay here increases the
danger OF NV being seen and recognized
after the office has been informed that /
I'm dead"
Where are we to goy"
IL have thought of that. There Is q lit
tie quiet town In Belgium where no Ea-
ylish people ever come at all. We will 20
there; then we will take another ame: we
will be buried TO the outer world. and will
live. for the rest OF our lives, for ourselves
alone. Do you agrees"
Il win do. Harry. whatever you think
best"
at will be for a time only. When all is
ready, You will have to step TO the 'front.'
the viii In your hand to be proved-,o re-
ceive what Is due to you as the widow OF
Lord Harrs Norland. You will 60 back TO
Belgium. after a while, 90 AS to disarm
suspicion. TO become once more the wife
Of William Linville."
Iris sighed heavily. Then she caught her
husbands eyes gathering with doubt, aud
she smiled again.
TN everything. Harrv." she said. Il am
your servant. When 81 al we START"
"lmmediately. have only to write a
letter to the doctor. Where Is your bag.
Is this alls Let me go first TO see that nc
q IL about. Have you got the wilu Oh
u y hers-yes-in the bAg. ! wiz bEtna
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
B BLIND LOVE
wILKIE CoLLISA
CHAPTER xLv1I.--rnE wrFE's RETURN.

CHAPTER xLvIL--THE wIFE's RETURN.
or course Mrs. Vimpany was quite
right. Iris had gone back to her husband
She arrived. In fact, mt the cottage In the
evening just before dark-in the falling
day, when ON people are more than
commonly sensitive to sights n sounds.
and when the eyes are more apt than al
other times to be deceived by strange ap
pearances. Iris walked into the garden,
hiding no one there. She opened the doc
with her own key and let herself Ia. The
house struck her as strangely empty and
silent. she opened the dining-room door:
no one was there. Like all French din
ing-rooms, il was used for no other pur.
pose than for eating, aud furnished with
little more than the barest necessaries.
She closed the door and opened that of the
salon: that also was empty. she called
her husband; there was no answer. She
called the name of the cook: there was NJ
answer. IL was fortunate that she did
not open the door of the spare room, foI
there lay the body of the dead mau. Shs
went upstairs to her husbands room.
That, TOO, WAS empty. But there was
something lying on the table--a photo
graph. she took it up. Her face became
white suddenly aud swiftly. Sac shrek
ed aloud. then droDpsd the picture and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
YALE-PRlNCET0N DEBATE.
Subject the Referendum System "a
Practiced in switzerland.

Princeton, Dec. 6.-The growth Of rad
teal doctrines among the students of two
OF Americas greatest Institutions Of
learning IL evidenced in the fact that
the subject selected for the great annual
Yale Princeton oratorical contest 10
AXE place this afternoon. is n that
has been affirmatively passed upon by
nearly every ~socialistic and advanced
labor convention held in this country
for some years past. This is the resolu-
ton 10 be debated Resolved, That in
matters Of state legislation Of a general
character a system Of referendum
should be established similar to that
now prevailing in switzerland" The
Subject was selected by the Princeton
committee. Both colleges have selected
their leading orators. and the debate
will be a brilliant one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
The Reaper's Dance.

The work is done. the field at rest.
In decent sheaves the barley stands;
The lads and lasses call the tune
That starts their feet and joins their
hands,
And here's the battered violin
7 That came from Ireland all the way
To fill the green with happy sound
And make a tripping end Of day.
Joy, her cheeks as a rose, Is nigh,
Grass for the floor and a ceiling for
sky.
Stars for his state.
Beauty for mate,
Love, with Love In his arms. goes by!
IN fiddler stops. And now a strain,
As II regretting vanished June,
Comes sweetly from the gliding bow
With heartbreak. heartbreak In the
tune!
AT last the mood of merriment
Is yielding gladly to romance,
And shaded by the quickset hedge
Young Love Is speaking I'm the dance!
Hope, her cheeks as a rose. Is nigh.
Grass for the floor and a ceiling of sky!
Stars for his state.
Beauty for mate.
Love. with Love In his arms. goes by!
Norman Gale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
The Two Mysteries.

We know not what u 3 dear, this sleep
SO deep and stu:
The folded hands. the awful calm. the
cheeks 50 pale md chill:
The lids that VIII not Eft again, though
we may call and call.
The strange, white solitude of peace that
settles over all.
We know not what z IL dear. his des-
olate heart pan.
This dread 10 lake our daily way and
walk IN 4 again:
We know not 10 what other sphere the
loved VINO leave us go,
Nor why were Left TO wonder stu, nor
why We do not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead.
could they return this day,
Return and ask US. "What - l.fe?' no
one OF us could say.
Life Is a mystery as deep as ever death
can be.
Yet OH how sweet il Is 10 us. this life we
live n see.
SO might they say, these vanished ones
and blessed Il the thought
so death - sWeSt 20 IA. beloved. though
we may show o naught.
1--WE may not 10 the quick reveal the mys-
terry OF death:
aye canno tell US. 4 ye would. the mys-
terry Of breath
The child who enters l!fe comes not with
knowledge or intent;
so they who enter death must go as little
children sent.
Nothing 3 known: but l believe that God
Is overhead,
And as life is 10 the living, so death Is 70
the dead.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
His Divinity.

sN within the cushioned pew,
But must confess my thoughts pursue
a rather worldly course, IN lieu
CT p~enitent.al fire.
Yet none within the ed.hce
In ~worship.ng are less rem.sg-
My thoughts are tnged with heavenly
Bliss,
For Nelte's In the choir.
A wstching figure, straight and trim,
she stands and carols forth the hymn,
She bushes meath her bread hat rim,
To sec how / admire.
! watch her lovely. pu!scng throat.
Her d.mples and her curis ! note
muse seems 20 feat,
For Nellie's IN the choir.
In through the chancel w.ndOw slips
a rosy sunbeam. and II sips
n sweetness OF her laughing lbs,
And never seems to tire.
whJe the pastor does expouDd,
hull his flock to slumber sound.
Tbs love that makes my world 70 round.
FOR Neilie's N rhe choir.
Detroit Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Equality or Sex.

II 10 natural for a woman TO resent
the imputation that the feminine mind
Is not 10 strong as the masculine and
this spirit Of independence was early
manifested in q schoolgirl living in q
Massachusetts, town. She had. too. per-
haps. been made to acknowledge the
superiority of her brothers.
One day her mother remarked upon
the apparently utter lack of intelligence
In \ hen.
You can't teach q hen anything" she
said, They have ruined more of the
garden than u drove Of cattle would.
You can can teach a cat. dog or pig
something but . ben-never!"
-Hmw exclaimed the child. indig-
1antly. Il think they know just a.
mulk((ss roostsgs. Hov&k's Companion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14

su,ug ior W MON usoa arc srrou anu fuunu
guilty and sentenced"
"Certainly--if they are found out.
Meantime, 1t 10 only the poor. ignorant,
clumsy fool who gets found out. In the
city these things are done every day.
Quite as a matter OF course" he added,
carelessly. ut is not usual for men 10
take their wives into confidence. but in
this case / must take you into confidence;
/ have nc choice, as you will understand
directly"
Tell me, Harry, who first thought OF
this wavs"
credit where real c~ieverness Is concerned.
Vimpany suggested the thing. He found
me weli-pigh as desperately hard up AS he
Is himself. He suggested it. AT first.
confess, 1 did not Ike IL. / refused to lis
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14

There is more catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
q great man years doctors pronounced
II a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling 10
cure with local treatment. pronounced
II incurable. cience has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease. and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is the
only constitutional cur OF the market.
1t Is taken internally in doses from IL
drops to a t~easpoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer n hundred dollars
for any case IL fails to cure. Sem for
circulars and testimonials. Address.
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Mrs. Jack Gardner's odd Costume

Mrs. John L. Gardner, the famous
Mrs. Jack" Gardner Of Boston, has the
distinction Of carrying not only the
first muh Of the season. but the largest.
IL was made Of chinchilla. and matched
the deep, fun shoulder cape worn with
IL. II vas al the Guild-Parker wedding
on Tuesday the muff was noticed. Mrs.
Gardner was one OF the last TO leave
the church. Her gown was Of light green
velvet, made demitrain. and lined with
yellow silk. A bonnet Of yiolets and
black feathers. combined with chin
chilla fur heads, completed an exceed
inglY odd toilet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
MUST PAY FINES.
Owners of Gentry and Patchen Mule.
ted by Trotting Association.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-J. s. Scott. owner Of
John r. Gentry, and John G.. Taylor.
owner OF Joe Patchen, were ordered TO
pay the Lincoln Park association. Lin
coin. Neb.. SIS each entrance money for
breach OF contract, and il was also or
dered that they, with their horses. be
suspended until the order is complied
with. This was one Of the numerous
decisions reached by the board Of ap-
peals of the American Trotting asso-
citation, which has been in session at
the Auditorium hotel since Tuesday.
About a hundred decisions were handed
down. The charge against the owners
Of Gentry and Patchen was that they
failed to keep an engagement TO race al
Lincoln.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Girl students i'm Uniform.

The young women Of Lawrence uni
versity at Appleton, Wis. have decided
10 wear uniforms. q subject which has
been agitatiug them ever since the
males Of the military department bios
somed ~ In gray and black regimen
tails. The original idea was to have suits
OF cadet gray. like their brothers. but
this was found impracticable. SO the
girls have decided upon navy blue
b~louses, laced up the front with black
braid. For the gymnasium the girls
viii have boomers. and for street wear
skirts. both Of navy blue. The suits
viii be quite an innovation. as Law
renee Is the first college in the west. If
not in the country. where the women
students have adopted a uniform.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
National Park Protection.
Denver Republican.

Denver RtpuDIICdn
The Yellowstone park. which Is
touched upon in Secretary Lamont's
report, Is a place OF such great natural
beauty that congress should not hest
tate To appropriate whatever money
may be needed TO carry forward the i'm
proyements which have been designed
and that are deemed necessary. IL is
10 be regretted that reports indicate
that there a been great destruction
OF game, and that the number of buffa-
loes I'm the park is so small that the
species threatens To become extinct. at
least in that locality. Some provision
should be made for the adequate pro-
lection of game In the park. more es-
pecially the rare species.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14

New York. Dec. 1.-THE executive com
mittee of the American Federation OF
Labor assembled in this city this morn
ing for the purpose Of completing the
arrangements for the annual convention
of the organization, which opens or
Monday next. and also to consider ths
reports to be presented by the various
officers. Delegates to the convention
which will be the largest in the histor,
OF the federation. will begin to arriv'
tonoorrow
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
REBEL FORCES UNITED
Four Cuban Generals Have Con.
soIidated Their Armies.
Maceo Gomez, Rolof and Serafin
Sanches Will Take Concerted
Action Against District
OF Matanzas.

Madrid. Dec. Ga special dispatch
from Santa Clara, Cuba, To the Impair
cial, confirms the report hat the rebel
leaders. Maceo, Gomez, Roloff and Sera-
i'm Sancnes nave united their forces and
are row leading an army whose str myth
is v~ariously stated TO be from 10000 TO
$4,000 men. The intention Of the rebels,
the dispatch says, is q make a strong
and concerted action 10 invade the dis
trict Of Matanzas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
A singular Form of Monomania.

There is a class of people. rational
enough in other respects, who are GER
tainly monomaniacs in dosing them.
selves. They are constantly trying ex-
periments upon their stomachs, their
bowels. their livers and their kidneys
with trashy nostrums. When these or
gans are really out of order. IL they
would only use Hostetter's Stomach
Ritters, they would. IL not hopelessly In
sane, perceive its superiority.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
PRAYING FOR MISSIONARIES
Response To Appeal of Prudential
Committee OF Foreign Missionary
Rnard

New York, Dec. 6.-Upward to the
throne of grace will ascend the suplica-
tions OF tens OF thousands OF believers
scattered over the length and breadth OF
this land, that the divine being in his
mercy may protect the suffering Chris
tians and missionaries and the mission
work of Turkey and Armenia. The sea-
son Of prayer will be a response 10 the
appeal of the prudential committee of
the American Board OF Commissioners
for Foreign Missions. which has
united with the Woman's Board Of Mis-
sions in asking that today be observed
by the Christians Of America as a day OF
special prayer for Turkey and its people
and the missionaries of all countries
there al work. Let the united cry Of
Christendom.' says the appeal. ego up TO
heaven that ~deliverance may come
quickly"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
Mourning CornelI's Defeat.

New YORK sun.
Bring forth the cypress and the yew,
while tears exude o. cold nsr few. and
sorrow drips DER Ithaca. Ring out, sad
chimes. the p~laintive knell. as the dark
tidings tell how Cornell struggled acd
fought and blankly fell. spreads cloudy
grief Ger Ithaca. Champagne Is deep
In Quakerville. and mighty hands the
beaker fill. whereas disasters sickening
pill poisons the mouth OF Ithaca. Hope
DER her optics black and blue lays beef
steak and remarks boo hoo.
46 TO 2!
46 TO 2!
Get put the arnica and the rue: woes
us, woes US for Ithaca.