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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
A Dam.

One of the most remarkable dams In
the world for height and construction ID
that by which the Tyrnwy river (north-
ern Wales) is enabled to supply water
to the city of Liverpool, some seventy
miles distant.
In building this dam a great trench
was at first excavated across the valley
for a length Of i. 100 feet. a width of l20
and maximum depth OF 90. The ma
sonry was started in this trench. II
consists of immense irregular blocks OF
slate wedged together and thoroughly
bedded in Portland cement mortar. the
faces being formed of cut-stone blocks
fitted together with great care. the
greatest height of the dam being l6l
feet.
Its most remarkable feature Is the lack
Of any channel to carry of floods. the
surplus of the lake flowing down the
front Of the dam, which is curved to
permit as free a descent rs possible and
prevent the formation of eddies at the
bottom. The lake formed by this main
dam covers an area four and three
quarter miles long. from one-quarter to
five-eights of a mile wide aud holds
largely over IL, 900, 900 gallons.
The aqueduct leading from the intake
tower to the distributing reservoir.
about two miles from the city. is sixty
eight miles long and consists principal
ly OF \ large cast cast-iron pipe line
from thirty-nine to forty-two inches iu
diameter. There are u number of res
ervoirs aud takes along the line and .,
one place is a great filtering plant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
UNIQUE pRoFeSsosSHlPs.
Not All the Learning in the Land IL
Housed In College.

Nowadays the professors in our coll
leges would do well to be addressed
simply as Mr.. Smith" Mr.. Jones"
the title Professor" being no longer
distinctive.
A short time ago, As | walked through
the hall leading to my boarding-housc
bedroom, | was surprised 10 see the
door open and "A man on his knees in
the corner. | inquired OF the chamber
maid why he was there.
"Oh. he's all right" she answered.
-He's Prof. wilkins"
Prof. wilkins. Had the man suddenly
gone mad? or had he discovered some
new specimen of animated nature in my
department?
why did you bring him up here?" !
asked. Il always wish TO have callers
wait for me in the parlor."
oh" giggled the girl. what would
he be in the parior for? He's Prof.
wilkins, the mouse man. Some OF the
boarders complained there was mice
in the house, and he's looking for
them!"
When ! interviewed Prof. wilkins,
be informed me that he was a professor
Of r~odeutology, and | found that his
mind really had a scientific turn. He
gave me some interesting facts in con
nection with the mouse-catchiig BUSH
ness. One tale vas of a lady who was
sued by her maid for damages, because,
in her terror at discovering "A mouse in
a sugar basin. she had flung mouse,
sugar and basin at the girls head.
Another story illustrated the influence
of certain conditions on dreams. The
professor assured M that one of his
customers dreamed of mice whenever
she ate cheese!
On the register of a hotel in a West
ern town | read: Prof. Perkins and
staff" A geological survey was in
progress. Probably. | reflected, Prof.
Perkins was conducting it.
That night, through the ransom of
my door, / heard an unusually pene-
trating voice instrncting a class, but the
subject was not geology. The stranger
was giving points to his agents on Set
ting forth the merits of a certain soap.
The principal point was the purity OF
the ingredients. The oil used was OF
such quality that in the soap factory. at
the lunch hour. the operatives left the
butter provided for them, preferring to
dip their bread in the sweet and deli.
cate oil. This was no reflection on the
butter, which was the best creamery.
twas SO interested in this stranger
that / inquired of the clerk: Who has
the opposite miner"
prof. Pekkins and two of his staff. "
Prof. Perkins was a professor OF
sa~vonology!
Prof. Null. :onsorial artist, lives
across the border. Shortly after his
marriage. walking with his dark-skinned
bride, he met a crstomer-one of the
four hundred 81 his city. "Mistah
Blankins." he exclaimed, blocking the
way of the astonishcd man, "Mistah
Blankins, pahmit me to intahduce Mrs
Prof. Null. Mrs. Prof. Null, Mistat
Blankins. "-kate Fields Washington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
DANGERS OF THE BICYCLE.
French Physicians Fin II Aggrs
Yates Certain Dlseases.

Young women who are contemplate
ing the bicycle fad" may he interested
in the following, from lie Temps. Paris:
AT the academy Of medicine nj Cadet
de G%assicourt reviewed ut length u work
of NJ. le Docteur l.. II. Petit upon the
maladies provoked and caused by the
Incorporate and excessive Use OF the
bicycle. The author ennmerates IN de-
tail q great number of well-established
clinical observations.
In the greater number OF cases, over
use Of the ve~locipede r~evives or aggra-
Yates latent or ~pre-existing affections,
and exerts an injurious influence upon
the parts of the body having the least
resisting power. 1t produces or in
creases Inflammation of the lungs (and
hysterial, 1t r~evivcs intlammations OF
the uterus and its attachments and ar
ticulations, which have for n longer or
shorter time been incompletely cured.
1t aggravates the existing LESSONS or in
Examinations of the lungs, the heart, the
kidneys. the vermicular appendix. etc.
Several other affections are directly
attributable to the excessive muscular
effort and fatigue. In consequence. ID
is necessary to totally abstain frcAn the
use of the bicycle to accomplish q conn
plete cure of various chronic affections,
under the penaltyso of accidents ore or
less serious. Persons included In the
various pathologic states enumerated,
particularly those afflicted with diseases
Of the heart, of the kidneys, etc., aud
very nervous aud delicate women should
also abstain. And finally young people
of botk sexes. Of slender figure and
feeble development. growing rapidly.
should be careful Of their position upon
the bicycle TO prevent = curvature 81
the spine.s
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
CIVILIZED MAN HATES NOISE.
A Growing Appreciation of silence Az
companies Advancement of the Race.

To primitive man noise meant dam
ger, says a writer in the North Anert-
can RevteU. Therefore when the saw
age heard a noise, whether il was the
roar of the tempest. the sweep of the
avalanche, or the soft approach of the
foe at night. he put himself on guard.
Noise awakened all his energies: il had
a quality of terror ir il, anS it still has
this terror in it, ant it still has this
quality-for ME. In the Chinese army
the troops used 10 shout at the top OF
their lungs when they were attacked, in
order 10 terTify their enemies; and when
both sides yelled together the effect OF
the din has been described by Euro
peans as appalling.
1t is true thai civilized man is no
longer so acutely affected by noise; but
1t still acts as an irritant. and the time
will come when its deleterious effect
will be recognized. Even in children
and children are supposed to enjoy
noise of the most maddening kinds-I
can see the growing appreciation Of
silence. A few months ago, when we
escaped for a while from the din Of the
town to the quiet hamlet where | yearly
recruit my noise-shattered nerves, my
little girl of Z said on our first evening
in the country: isn't il nice TO listen
10 the silence?" The advance Of the
savage toward civilization is marked by
the abatement of noise. The more saw
age the tribe the more noise it requires.
One of the great cock manufacturers
of this country is said to make a cheap
clock with a particularly loud and ag-
gressive tick for export to the South
Sea Islands. The natives will have no
other kind-the louder the tick the bet
ter the clock. We are beyond that
some of us-but we do sanction an
AMOUNT of noise that Paris or London
would sternly suppress. From time to
time there is a protest. reverence
Webster for his rebuke To a Cabling
barber who asked him how he would
like to be shaved: "ln silence" said
the great man. But as a nation we
tolerate an amount of senseless, aggra-
waiting din that we should have out
grown a century ago.
Our idea Of a popular rejoicing and
celebration is sti the Chinese one-lots
of noise. Our Fourth of July is made
hideous by Chinese tirecrackers and
other exploding devices. Sensitive and
sensible people shudder, and as becomes
the most long-suifering nation on earth
we allow it to 90 on year after year.
Those who can, get away from civiliza-
ton, SO called, on that glorious day.
Again. our fashion of ushering in the
new year is to ring all the bells Of the
touvp FOR haif IN bour lnt oil tho steam
whistles screech till steam runs low in
the boilers and fire off any guns OF pis-
tols that may be handy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Eugene Field.

Not Gene Field? Amt you missed the
name?
Say; sure you're not mistaken?
Mongst all the men who ought TO go.
how could our Gene De TakenF
He's really gone, en-? Hang the luck;
Where's now the song or story
To lift our hearts and make US laugh,
II Gene has gone to glory?
Why, when he'd touch the heaviest thing
The weight OF II would tighten;
He'd even write 'bout troubles SO
The blackest one would tighten.
Clear fun? There wasn't a single thing
When his pen got stuck init,
That wouldn't hump itself TO raise
A laugh within a minute.
There aln't an angel but'n cheer
When Gene walks through the gate
way:
An he, he knows his kind so well.
He'll tackle to 'em s~traightway
The poets that he's chaffed about.
An filled their shoes, with foolin'
VIII grab his hand an thank their stars
For their share in his schoolin'.
An yet, we're left just where we were.
Genes gone; there amt no other.
When ne III out, each man OF heart
round that he'd lost a brother.
BY Burt Black.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Dogs Buried by a Dog.

Last week a telephone message wa
received at the cremator saying that a
dead dog was lying on State street,
hear Main and asking that it he re.
moved. A cart was sent after the dead
animal, but, on arriving at the place, nc
dead dog could be found. The only
dog in sight was a large black New.
%foundland, lying by a heap OF loose
earth.
A person living close by insisted thai
he had seen the dead dog close to where
the Newfoundland was lying. The
driver began to look around and kicked
into the mound OF loose earth. As the
earth was knocked aside there. in plain
view, was a dogs foot projecting. The
driver took his shovel and soon had the
dog uncovered. There in the hole by
the dog was the body OF a dead chicken.
The dog and the chicken were throw
into the cart and carted to the Gre
mator.
A few days ago another dog died
about a half block from the place where
the first dog was found. The body was
thro wn into the street and a message
sent to the cremator for it to be Ie-
moved.
When the driver and cart arrived the
body was missing. The driver was
shown where the body was lying when
the message was sent. He a saw track
In the sand where something had beer
dragged and following it found that it
led to the place where the first dog had
l--- I.asot TAAna ,a hnfA,.. mag ~
ing the Newfoundland by the side of
mound of loose earth. The driver did
not look around for the dead dog thi'
time. He pitched right in to digging
His surmise vas correct, for there wa
the body of the dead dog.
AS no one had seen any person re
move the body of either dog it is now
believed that the bodies were buried BY
the Newfoundland. - Florida Times
Onion
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Cradle Song.

This lullaby is a favorite in Armenia
Mothers sing their children asleep with II
along the banks Of the Euphrstes and an.
der the shadow Of Mount Ararat.)
Nightingale. o leave our garden,
Where soft dews the blossoms steep.
With thy l.tanies melodious
Come and sing my boy 10 sleep!
Nay, ne sleeps not for thy chanting,
And his weeping has not ceased.
Come not, nightingale! Ny darling
Does not wish 20 De a priest.
Q, thou thievish, clever jackdaw,
Ihat in coin midst tiny JOY!
With thy tales OF gold and profit
Come and soothe my waiting boy!
Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,
And his cry ing is not staid.
Come not, 1ackdawi for my darling
VIII not choose the merchants trade.
Wild dove, leave the fields and pastures,
Where thou %grievest all day long,
Come and bring my boy sweet
With thy melancholy song!
Sun he weeps. Nay, come not hither,
Plaintive songster. for ! see
That he loves not lamentations
And no mourner will he be.
Leave thy chase, brave hearted falcon!
Leave thy chase, brave hearted falcon
And the boy lay hushed and slumbered,
With the war notes in his ear.
Alice Stone Blackwell, in Boston Tran
script.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
CHAPTER xLuI.-"THE MISTRESS AND THE
MAID"

In the correspondence secretly carried
on between the mistress in ond and
the maid at Passy, it was Fanny Mere's
turn 10 write next. She decided on delay.
ing her reply until she had once more
given careful consideration to the first let
ter received from Lady Harry. announcing
her arrival in Eogland. and a strange dis
covery tina had attended it..
Before leaving Paris, Iris had telegraph
ed instructions TO Mrs. Vimpany to meet
her at the terminus in London. Her first
inquiries were for her father. The an
swer given, with an appearance OF con-
fusion and even shame, was that there
was no need to feel anxiety on the subject
of Mr.. Henley's illness. Relieved on hear
ing the good news, Iris naturally express
ed some surprise at her ather's rapid re-
covery. She asked IL the doctors had mis-
understood his malady whent they belle we'd
him TO be in danger. To this question
Mrs. Nimpany had replied by making an
unexpected confession.
She owned that Mr.. Henley's illness
had been at no time OF any serious import
ance. A paragraph in a newspaper had
informed her that he was suffering from
nothing worse than an attack of govt. IL
was a wicked act to have exaggerated this
report, and to have alarmed Lady Harry
on the subject of her fathers health.
Mrs. Vimpany had but one excuse to offer.
Fanny's letter had filled her with such
uncomfortable doubts and forebodings that
she had taken the one way of inducing
Lady Harry to secure her w safety by
at once leaving Passy-the way by a false
alarm. Deceit, SO sincerely repeated, SO
resolutely resisted, had tried its power OF
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
A Church OF One stone.

IANTdTIEFs
The Presbyterian church of Waterloo,
Ia, Is built Of stone taken from one
huge boulder. The stone weighed more
than 10000 0 pounds, and projected
eight feet from the ground. In exca-
waiting eight feet Of rich, dark soil was
penetrated. then six feet Of sand Of diff
ferent strata and seven feet OF blue
clay, before the bottom Of the boulder
was reached This clay indicated the
ooZe OF a preglacial swamp where the
ice flow had left the boulder after car
rying II from the far northwest. When
exposed. II was found 10 be twenty
eight feet high, thirty feet long and
twenty feet wide. A few small boulders
Of varying hues were used in the build
Ing 70 meet the requirement OF architec-
tural taste and the result has been a
most beautiful as well as unique church.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
How In Make Good Servants,

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Here's how a lady, who has to manage
a good many servants, coaches them,
the story coming from her own lips:
Whenever a society play comes TO town
i engage ten seats in the balcony and
send my entire staff Of servants TO wit
ness the performance. l do this be-
cause / find that the in these
productions have far better manners
than any Of the other actors in the pro-
duction, and / have found that my ser
wants learn more by witnessing one OF
these performances than ! could teach
them by moral suasion in a month. II
the stage can solve the vi girl
problem IL will be appreciated more
than ever"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Margaret.


Slip OF parchment, dim and old
Yet a tale IL doth unfold:
Farewell, lover: you'll regret"
This was all. and-"Margaret."
yellow bit OF gossip for
Ninety years the escrito.re
Hath Its secret kept-and yet
i would know IL, Margaret!
can see the lovers now
He with curls about his brow
Powdered; rings with rubies set,
All his thoughts OF Margaret.
She with garments Of the flow
or a century ago;
Sweet Of dispositlon-yet,
How your heart ached, Margaret!
How your heart ached as you saw
Him some other beauty draw
In the reel or minuet-
While you fi!rted. Margaret!
For a lovers quarrel came,
ANA you thought your passions flame
Out. but then your eyes were wet,
says this parchment, Margaret.
Fellow-feel!ngs bind US: SO
am curious TO know
II ne ever felt regret?
Well, | hope so, Margaret
WIN I. Hale, in Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
A Ihild Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup cf Figs. when
in need of a laxative, and II the father
or mother be costiye or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow it's use; SO that
IL is the best family remedy known,
and every family should have a bottle
IN hand
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
A 40 Cen, Calendar Free.

The publishers Of the Youths Com
paniOn offer 10 send free to every new
subscriber a handsome -four page calen-
dar, 7Xl0 inches, autographed in nine
bright colors. The retail price of this
calendar is 80 cents.
Those who subscribe at once, sending
S1.75, will also receive the paper free
every week from the time the subscrip-
ton is received 10 January l, 1896. Also
the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Years Double Numbers free. and the
Companion a full year, 50 weeks, to
January /, 1897. Address the Youths
Companion, 1879 Columbus avenue, Bos-
TON
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering IL through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is tenfold TO the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
F. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
Inc. 1t Is taken internally. and made in
Toledo. O.. by f. j. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. 75c per bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23

would appreciate the depth Of his devo.
ton; she would contrast Hugh, the man
she might have married, with himself, the
man she did marry.
And the house was wretched without
her, q he hated the sight of the doctor
desperate and recklessi
He resolved TO write to Iris: ne sat down
and poured ont his heart, but not his con-
science, to her.
"As for our separation" he said, az,
and only i, am TO b anne. IL IL my own
abominable conduct that has calsed IL.
Give me your pardon. dearest Tris. r. I
n Y made IL impossible for You TO live
with me, II 10 also impossible for me to
live without you. So am | punished.
The house is dull and lonely: the hours
crawl, j know not how TO kill the time:
my life Is a misery and a burden BIC luse
you are not with me. Yet | have no right
TO complain; ! ought to rejoice ia thinking
that you are happy in being relieved Of
my presence. Ny dear, ! 10 not ask yon
TO come at present"-he remembered, in
deed, that her arrival at this juncture
might be seriously awkward-"f cannot
as YOU TO come back yet, but let me nave
a little hope-let me feel that in the sweet
ness OF your nature you will believe ia my
repentance, aud let me look forward To u
speedy reunion in the future"
When he had written this letter. which
no "oulu nave uobe oetteT LO keep IN MS
W hands for n while. he directed it in a
feigned hand to Lady HarrT Norland. care
OF Hugh Mountjoy, ut the latter's London
hotel. Mountjoy would not know Iris
correspondent, and would certainly for
ward the letter. He calculated-with the
knowledge OF her afYectioaate and impul-
sive nature-that Iris would meet him half
way, and would return whenever he should
be able to call her back. He did not cal
culate, as will be seen, on the step which
she actually took.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Emerson's Son.
Chicago Times-Herald.

IhlCagD IlfIlts-fftFdIu.
Edward Waldo Emerson OF Concord.
Mass. a son OF Ralph Waldo Emerson.
gave a lecture Thursday night at Unity
church. His subject vas American
Life: Its Privileges and Perils; Its Ira
ditions and Hopes He drew a COM
parison between prevailing social on
ditions in European and American
countries. dwelling at length upon the
points of superiority Of conditions or
this side OF the Atlantic. Mr.. Emerson
%enlivened his lecture with witty descrip-
tions Of different phases Of American
and European life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
For the Coming Out Party.

New York World.
White mousseline de sole over white
taffeta makes the most correct gown for
a debutante's first ball. 1t should be
made with a full skirt, finished by a
ruche of the mousseline and the baby
bodice designed In the new ~pinafore
fashions. This shows the moussellne
drawn up over the corsage In somewhat
OF a bib effect. The corners OF the bib
should be fastened rear the shoulders by
rosettes formed OF pearls. The girdle
should be of white gros grain ribbon.
tying In the back in an outstanding bow
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Believes in 20 Cent Corn.

Elm TOInL COuElcls
The farmers are busy huskins corn
With another week Of pleasant weather
the corr will be all in the crib. Isaac
Moore, who we believe Is the largest
corr raiser in Union county. has n
half OF his 800 acre field picked. So far
II averages, he declares, fifty-five BUSH
els to the acre, which will make him.
when all in the crib, 16, 500 bushels OF
corn. He expects TO realize at least 20
cents a bushel. making a revenue de-
rived from the land Of s11 an acre. or
SO, 300 for his summers work in the corn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Mr.. Van Allen Going Abroad.

New York World.
James ]. Van Allen is in town prepar-
ing for a trip to Europe. From all that
can be learned the Colt divorce suit and
counter suit for damages against Mr.,
Van Allen for alternating Mrs. Colts af-
fections is likely TO be a very long
drawn-out affair. One reason Is that
dispositions from people outside the
state OF Rhode Island must be obtained.
1t is understood that the objections TO a
compromise came mainly from Mrs. Colt
and her representatives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
A Hearty Welcome

To returning peace by day and tran
guilty at night Is extended by the rheu-
matte patient who owes these blessings
TO Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Don't
delay the use OF this fne %anodyne for
pain and purifier Of the blood an in
slant beyond the point when disease
manifests itself. Kidney trouble, dys-
pepsia. liver complaint. la grippe and
i~rregularity OF the bowels are relieved
and cured by the Bitters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23

Police Captain-Wbat is the matter
with yoal Here you let = fight go on in
. saloon for more than half an hour aud
make no attempt to stop 1t. Officer
McGobb-Sure. sor. Oi fought 1t was
the primary upstairs. - Indianapolis
Journal.