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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

. charming face, q commonplace face, an
intelligent face-a poor complexion, "A
delicate complexion, no complexion at all
-eyes that were expressive OF q hot tenn
per, OF a bright intellect, OF a firm charac-
ter. OF an affectionate disposition. OF a
truthful nature, Of hysterical sensibility.
of fnveterate obstinacy--a figure too short:
no, just the right height: no, neither one
thing nor the other; elegant, IL you like
dress shabby; oh, surely not; dress quiet
and simple; no, something more than that:
ostentatiously quiet, Electrically simple.
worn with the object OF looking unlike
other people. In one last word, was this
mass of contradictions generally popular.
in the time when ii was a living creaturei
Yes-among the men. No--not Invariably.
The man OF all others who ought TO have
been fondest Of her was the man who be-
haved cruelty to Iris-her own father.
And, when the poor creature married Qf
she did marry, o many of you attended
the weddingi Not one OF usi And when
she died, how man Of you were sorry
for herr All OF usl What no difference
Of opinion in that one Particular On the
contrary. perfect concord. thank Godl
Let the years roll back, and let Iris
peak for herself, ut the memorable time
when she was in the prime Of her life, and
when O stormy c"r"0" & before her.
CTo be Continued.l
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
GOT A BABY BOY NOW,
Happiness in a Southern Mans Home
Tells About the Red Flag of Danger
at the Railroad Crossing Warming
to Americas Men.

"For twenty-six years | have used TO-
bacco in great quantities and of late years
took To cigarette smoking" writes Mr..
w. II. Simpson, Of Lecompte, La. l
want to 90 ON record that tobacco has
robbed me of many years of life and a
great deal of happiness. i realize II now
as | compare my feelings and my condi'
ton with that Of n year ago, when was
q tobacco saturated cigarette tiend. Many
and many n time did / try to quit smok-
ing myself into eternity, but l could not
put through a day without suffering eN-
IRENE nervous torture. which would in
crease hour by hour till finally, To save
myself as il seemed, from Amos hying
TO pieces, | had TO light the little, white
pipe-stick and swallow the smoke. One
day | read in my paper Don't Tobacco
Spit and Smoke Your Life Away" just
what | was doing. 1t came 10 me like the
warning of the man who waves the red
flag of danger at the railroad crossing,
and said that No-To-Bac was an abso'
lutely guaranteed relief from tobacco
slavery. | did not believe il, but like q
drowning man grasping ut n straw, i
commenced taking No-To- Bac. The Ell
fects were magical, il destroyed the nerve
craving. and desire for cigarettes. Two
boxes. would you believe it. made me well
aud strong. l have gained mentally,
physically, in vigor and manhood, and
with the brain free from the nicotine and
a breath no longer befouled with tobacco
smoke l am so happy to-day to write No
To-Bac did it all a year ago, so the cure
Is time-tested and tried, not only IN my
own case, but several of my friends who
have also been cured.
We have a baby bog now. My wife
and | feel that all this happiness started
from the time when l first used No-To-
Bac, and i'm evidence of our appreciation
and In order that the memory OF the
happiness may be perpetuated in a living
form, we want to name our baby boy
after the man who wrote he line Don't
Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away"
No-To-Bac is popular here and all our
druggists sell it. Hardly a day passes
but somebody asks me about No-To-Bnc,
so l don't want you TO hesitate to use
these lines in any way that you think will
make known to suffering humanity the
happiness that there is in No-To-B ac for
the many men with nicotinized brains and
weakened resolutions. If they will only
make up their mind to save the waste III
vital power-to say nothing of the money
now going up in smoke and out In to-
bacco spit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
THE PARROT SHOUTED "HURRAH."
but Got Disguised at Last and Plainly
showed IL.

There is one member of congress
whose wife own an intelligent parrot,
which she brought from Mexico and
whose talking talents she has developed
with great assiduity and no little sue
cess, says the Washington Post. OF
course Jones-that's not his name and
the nom de guerre stands merely for
convenience sake as the true name Of
the congressman referred to-Jones
was q candidate for reelection in No
vember, and. foreseeing his triumphant
vindication at the polls, the affectionate
Mrs. Jones specially trained her parrot
to shout "Hurrah!" till the windows rat
tied whenever Jones' name was mem
toned in his presence.
On the evening of the election she
arranged to have the bird hung in the
reception room, where her husband
was going to receive his friends and
also the returns. With fond expectancy
she looked for the news to come that
her husband had been elected by .
stunning majority and the parrot shout
ing in the wild frenzy Of his boundless
glee: "Hurrah for Jones!s
Alas. that the best laid plans Of men
and mice gang aft aglee:
When the fateful moment came a dis
tressed messenger. with flushed face
and dishevGled hair, burst into the sit
ting room with the announcement:
You're beaten, Jones!"
1t was the parrots u and he hadnt
forgotten his careful training.
"Hurrah for Jonesl" shouted the green
imp on his perch and everybody in the
room stood aghast at the audacity OF
the biped.
Mrs. Jones was the first to show a
sign Of animation and it manifested it
self in q volcanic eruption Of temper
directed against that cute and innocent
Mexican parrot, which eff~ectually put
a quietus. on his exhilaratson. The poor
bird covered in the corner. ln halt an
hour the tide had changed.
You're elected, Jones!" shouted the
last messenger.
shout. Polly, shout!' cried Mrs
Jones. In . transport Of delight
The bird looked at her sideways, with
a look Of disgust.
-Oh, --- Jones!" he muttered, turn
ing his back to her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

When Iris Henley dies there will. I'm all
probability, be friends left who remember
her and talk Of her-and there NAV be
strangers present at the time (women for
the most part whose curiosity will put
questions relating to her personal APP
pearance. No replies will reward them
with trustworthy information. Miss Hen
ley's chief claim to admiration lay In q re-
markable nobility of expression. which
reflected every change OF feeling peculiar
To the nature OF a sweet and sensitive wo-
man. For this reason, probably, no de-
scripiiohs OF her will agree with each 9th
er. No existing licensees will represent
ner. the portrait that wa painted Of
IT'S Is only recognizable by partial friends
NJ la artist. Ia aud out OF London. pho
'ngrapatc iikenesses were taken OF her.
they have the honor OF resembling the
)ortraiis OF Shakespeare In this respect
compared with one another, Il is not nos
same person. r " -
As for the evidence offered by the loving
memory OF her friends, Il is sure TO be
contradictory In the last degree. She had
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
Oyerwh eIined.

She donned her boomers and away she
fed,
While the miles behind her swiftly sped.
Soon she was far from the city's CRIME,
Among the fields in the sweet spring
time.
She soon grew thirsty. Said she: II
think
At the next farm hous 1 Will get a
drink"
more,
She knocked at the painless, %sunburned
door.
The farmer came ere she ceased to
knock,
He came, he saw-and the awful shock
Benumbed him so he could only say:
Gee goshalmighty! Now you go way"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

The successes achieved by men and
things are not always based upon merit.
But a success well merited and unprece-
dented in the annals OF proprietary med
icine, should these eve come to be writ
ten. is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
botanic medicine. discovered nearly half
a century ago, and the leading remedy
for and preventive of malarial, rheu-
matte and kidney complaints. dyspep-
STA, constipation and biliousness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

mon Blotch, or Eruption, TO the worst
Scrofula, are cured by it, II invigorates
the liver and rouses every organ into
healthful action. In the most stubborn
forms Of Skin Diseases, such as Salt
rheum, Eczema, letter, Erysipelas, Boils
and kindred ailments, and Scrofula, ii is an
unequaled remedy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Beecham's pills are for bill.
iousness, sick headache. dir.
xiness. dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth. heartburn, tor.
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
skin, coated tongue, pimples.
loss of appetite. ETC., when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fire.
quent cause of all Of them.
One Of the most important things for
everybody to learn is that constipation
causes more than half the sickness in the
world especially of women; and itcan ell
be prevented. Go by the book free at your
druggists or write BE- .AlleuCo. 65Canal
St., New York. Pills, Toe and aSe a box.
Annual sales moro than 5000 coo boxsA
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
Iialrs Catarrh Cur
Is taken internally. Price rs cents.

Chicago Tribune: Young Hankinson
Been buying a fine, new bicycle for a
young lady, have you? And l suppose
you paid about Sc a pound for 1t?
Young Ferguson with some fierce
n~ess)--That's all right. The girl that's
going to ride II Is worth $4,000. 900 Q
pound. and don't you forget Il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Boston Courier: They have invented
a machine for picking bones out Of shad.
Now IL they would only produce some
thing thai would raise the fish from the
plate TO the mout we would consent to
do the chewing and try TO be satisfied.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

They repaired to the falls Of the Sioux,
there was nothing else for them 20
dioux, but what they had done. for they
wished, who were one. to be with all
expedition made tioux.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Washington Star: THAT girl in front Of
oou is very fond of opera, said the young
woman at the theater.
"She must be- replied the young man.
From the size of her hat you'd think she
was afraid some of IL might get past her"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
Ger than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the'needs Of physical being, will attest
the value 10 health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction 10 millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts OF 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 in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also tie 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, 1895-06-01
LOOK OUT FOR BREAKERS AHEAD

W h e n PIN pies,
eruptions, boils,
and like manifes-
tations of impure
blood appear. They
wouldn't appear if
your blood were
pure and your sys-
tenn in the right
condition. They
show you what you
ueed-a good blood
purifier; that's what
you get when you
DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical
Discovery.
1t carries health
with il. All Blood,
Skin and Scalp Dis
eases. from a COM
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

IndianapOIlS JOurnaI. IOmmy-PaW,
what is an egotfst?
Mr.. Figg-He Is a man who thinks he
Is smarter than any one else.
Mrs. Figg-My dear, you have that
wrong. The egotist Is the man who
says he IL smarter than any n else.
All men think that way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

"What ID the meaning OF this, Mary!
This is the second time have found q
policeman in the kitchen -Lor'.
mum! I'm so afraid Of the c~ockroacheA
Pail Mall Budget
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
Indianapolis journal: Tommy-Pa

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption
Is the only medicine for Coughs Jennie
Pinckard, Springfield, Ill, Oct. /, 1894.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Deacon-Well. what | haven't seen OF
her at the opera | saw when she was
bicycling down the avenue against a stiff
breeze yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Indianapolis Journal. "Gou ought to be
ashamed of yourself" said the ieathei
':.;Anyway," retorted the game hen, witt
n s%cornfui glance ut the others extrem'
tiles. anyway. l have not begun wear
ing bloomers!'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Mrs. winsiow's NOTHING SYRUP for children
eething. softens the gums. reduces
,llays pain, cures wind collie. 10 a bottle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Editor in chief-In your leader today
Mr.. Grinder. you say, SIN the multi
Jude OF counselors there Is safety al
we learn from a certain book why
did YOU not say. "As we learn from
the bible?" -,
Editorial writer-You forget. sir, ina
~ a. our rule never to mention thu
nam : of a rival publication.
.Td have you understand said M
wife. sharply. sthat silence Is golden
.Of course" said the perpetual taiker
cheeriIv. as he unbuttoned his cola
and prepared for another noun OF ue
bate with his neighbor, "put ! ~" ~
ADVOCATE Of silver
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
The Greatest Medical Discovery
Of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY. OF RoXBuRY. MASS.

Has discovered In one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried ii In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
Of its value, all within twenty miles OF
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure IS wal.
santed when the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected 1t causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears In a week
after taking it. Read the label.
II the stomach Is foul or bilious 1t will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

rammany Times: Lady-How nice you
removed that bunion.
Chiropodist-Yes. i have had consider
able experience. l used to do all the cary.
ing at one of the biggest hotels IN ths
city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
Is Your
Blood Pure

IL IT is. you will be strong. vigorous.
full OF life and ambition; you will have
a good appetite and good digestion;
strong nerves, sweet sleep.
But how few can say that their blood
&c purel How many people are suffer-
Ing daily from the consequences of inn
pure blood. scrofula, salt rheum, rheu.
matism. catarrh, nervousness, sleep
l~essness, and
That Tired Feeling.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies, vitalizes
and enriches the blood. Therefore. il
IL the medicine for you.
IL will give you pure, rich, red blood
and strong nerves.
Ii will overcome that tired feeling,
create an appetite. give refreshing
sleep and make you strong.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

To Anna.
Dear Heart. II you but understood
How sweet you really are, you could
Then understand my Owe and would
BE kim instead, Dear Heart.
] think Ia barter bygOne bliss
And future joys would gladly miss
The present forfeit just 10 kiss
Your lips Of red. Dear Heart.
Dear Heart, you nay not now today
That you love sheds a golden ray
On life-yOur hate would make II gray
And cold and drear. Dear Heart.
such wOndrOuS happiness you bring
To all who know yOu-howers spring
To life for yOu-the Wild birds sing
When you are near, Dear Heart.
Dear Heart, you love me now | know.
] can but pray Twill still be so
Thro' all the coming veal and woe
The years may hold, Dear Heart:
But time alone can tell ne. Pet,
II your emember or forget
This owe Of mine-ds you're not yet
quite three years Old, Dear Heart.
-MadsChen.
II notice said the scientific boardel
that They have succeeded in maxim
very fair bread from wood"
Il suppose" Clipped in the Cheerft
IDIOT. as he saw an opening. that
would b. more palatable if spread wit
a little log jam"
ATaghar - n.-vf - L.,.4L.W-abAU
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

@For my part, the question we have
been discussing is vital enough for me, "
replied the girl with peoples in her hat,
aud there were tears in her eyes as she
said II. -Chicd10 Tribune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01

Mother Of pearl is counterfeited.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-19
Northern News Notes.

Rev. DR.. Samuel Ashton Keen, an
evangelist aal author; well known IL
religious circles throughout the Unit
ed States, is dead.
Tie Lawrence Beach Hotel, sum-
mer resort near Far Rockawav. \. y,
was burned. Loss Sl00,o0a: covered
by insurance:
The plant Of the iork, Pa, Wall
stroye,l ~ Gre fncstiay. The plant
was worth 5000. o.000, and vas insured
for 500, 900.
\ blast explosion occurred IN the
works OF the Iroquojs Furnace Co., ut
South Chicago by which four work
mer were fatally burned an' three
others badly hurt.
\ wreck On the Cleveland, LoraiEe
and Wheeling Railroad at Warwick,
Is miles south 0; Akron, Ohio, at ,
O'Clock Wednesday morning. resulted
in the death OF Conductor Charles
Ernst and brakeman John Adams.
Two freight trains on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul collidol while
running at high speed Friday morn.
iur. Alfred c. Aortag, III engineer,
was instantly killed aud Frank Stock
was badly injured. Both locomotives
we're badly smashed and half dozen
cars were ditchcd.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-19
The Negro Congress.

The National Negro Congress. comprised
Of tho leading spirits Of the colored race
throughout the United States. was called to
order .1onday in the Atlanta exposition
auditorium. The congress will continue III
session until November 22nd. From ali
sections of the Union the negroes are coming.
by the thousands. The e. 10 ID soldlery oi
the South paradcd at thee, pos ION grounds,
marched up and down t., s,lalsance and
passed the negro building in review. The
execution of the tactics by the soldiers was
good and the movements elected frequent
applause. At night the auditorium was
filed and several addresses were made. Com
missioner Garland Penn. chief of the negro
department Of the exposition, introduced the
speakers and spoke at length upon the tutasc
Of the race in the South.
John c. Dancy. of Salisbury. :. C.. spoke
On the negro exhibit and what it meant for
tie South. He said the only way fcr the
negroes to become great in those things that
would lift them to Il higher plane Of living
was to demonstrate to the people OF thc
world that they were capable Of appreclatinS
and living up to the highest ideal OF life.
They were Just as cagcr to learn. he knew,
as any race and If they only had the oppo.-
tunity that many other races had the negro
would he in the front rank Of civilization.
W. \. Piedger. who is well Ano@n il.
Georgia. made an address. Plelgers re-
marks were loudly applauded. He said that
the exposition in Atlanta was to result in
much good for the race.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-19
Washington.

The November returns to the De-
partment Of Agriculture make the corn
crcp the largest III volume on record,
with rate OF weld per acre Of 26. ?
bushels.
The yearly report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Jones shows that
during the year, under his supervision,
a saving of 81, ,393, ,J777 WIS made. The
gross receipts Of postoficcs were S6o:-
53S. .001.
At the request Of the Interior De-
partmcnt, Gen. Wheaton, command
ing the Department Of Colorado. has
been Instructed to hold q troop OF
cavalry in readiness to dispatch, il
necessary, to the scene Of the killing
OF two Indians in Southern Ute agency,
Colorado.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-19
CRISP FOR FREE SILVER.
He Addresses the General Assembly o.
Georgia on Finances.

georgia Oh EiDtHStS.
The House If Representatives of Georgia
unanimously adopted a resolution inviting
Secretary 4i the Interior Smith TO address
he General Assembly m the iss,t-' It i!l''
iav Il; such =; date rs h" NAY :ud c"nI''n-
.snt. Ex-Sp"akcr Crisp spokc j? tii' hall "t
he House Wednesday night il rr"p"iI:;: TO y
similar Invitation.
Mr.. tri-:, ,.nu.inrd himself l;:rin:: rN:-'':-
;ivriv f., -. tiua.i'.;a! 'T"::0a HHt ~ 'h'
.c,lr... IS ii; rin4rG:. h'..;H-''1 l'.i: ~ ii"
luivrrI:.i, il !;t:,: "f ;:'r'. n'I'r!:; e! h;tH
f.lr;pt.jl iII '',ilI:t,' "f si"s':. - II r!;H .:
:U !. iI,% argument MI ""':::: i - Il
:ontralis.t,t "t tn" ':i!'':!';!! - = ~ u"
ldyG:.atvs e: }."l'! s;AntIrI !" ~ - -:
chat free coinage Wrud r,;i:i ii -';>"- i, III
cmetali+m. and tiii: ratli":> "'''i!'t J." 'i'-
creased.
He a:v;s..! ;;:s exposition fr,:m So n"np-
rr;its OF G .,nr.,ia on tia question. ljIl sH:"
:hev should insist that lh":r representatives
in the next ,lIyr,<- should iI>iS. a!'pn iir
making nf Il Platform hy thuS" Wl! r"'i;:
The President! ::;i not ty thn>s' whp !:T'''' j.
States TIA; ,:! not furnish li''. cirrtprai :Ot"
He said .i1a! t,!rT. We're many ;:nI% p:Hu"-
Gratis who favored II Single .,'jil SfHHt1T'!.
:lt that ti.1ir views war" H. ni""!l IL va
-ia:cc with party rTinci:,!rs a: wrr'. t"S'' Of
ni:h tariff DEMOCRATS.
In virw II tn" fart that TN: sEr"''''' X '''!t'
,ilerrd the opening one OF thr c:'mpn;!;! f..
IN, Tinted States S,uatoTshii' wiii'.li wiE =;
made VACANT upon the expiration nI >:;ra',,:
t;nr,nt,s term. ana that NIr. Crisp j. regard
ID A. i; probable candidate. his n;t":"":'">
ar. taken as >ignti"aI; ot the platform UPON
which lie will Offer himself - q S'rH;:t"ria:
,.nn,;i1af..