Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-07-13

siderable delibCratiOn. The other day
Mrs. Hancock was working I'm the field,
a proceeding which always has beer
very distasteful to Mr.. Hancock, who
has demonstrated several times with
her concerning this unfeminine pur.
suit. so he dressed himself with great
care In his Sunday suit, went 1to the
field and hit her over the head with a
hoe. Then he took the train for UNI
known parts. Mrs. Hancock Is dead
and the governor has offered a reward
for the capture OF the hnicky Mr.. Han
cock.
The HUI house poetical contest IL
agttating the poets Of Chicago and vi
cinlty. Three prizes OF 500, $50 and S2t
have been offered for the best cXhibi.
tions of American song writing and al
ready the number Of contributions re.
ceived Is ovcr 300, while there Ia no tell.
ing where they viii stop. There are
hopes that the competition will result
in the discovery OF an American SONG
that will live for ages, but the hopes of
the Judges are not very strong. AS q
rule these p~oetical contests bring out
everybody except poets, which Is more
or less discouraginR. Mr.. Thomas Of
III null IlOlSt ttlltN VI llIdl I IL
an inspiring subject for SOM writer's
but he is not %sanguinc OF the result OF
the scheme.
Several years ago Jose Marti, the
Cuban revolutionist, fell In love With
one OF his pupils In New York. She
sympathized with him, but could not
return his passion. one reason for this
apparent hardness Of heart was hat
he already had "A wife and child in
Cuba. Another reason was that her
affections had been previously be
slowed. At that time Marti was consul
for Argentine and Uruguay in New
York, which he was obliged to give up
on the demand from Spain at the out
break OF the Cuban Instruction
"Henceforth," he exclaimed. ! am only
a Cuban patriot" He went to cuba
and Joined the Cuban ranks. On the
day ne fell, his American sweetheart
was married to another.
Fifteen years ago the wife of Edwin
Morrison, a clerk in the office of the
Little Miami railroad In Cincinnati,
was very Ill. He told her that If she
died he would live beside her grave.
She died and for a fortnight afterward
he was unconscious. hen the body was
taken 90 an isolated cemetery on tn"
Little Miami river above Miamisvtlle.
Morrison did not come back and was
soon forgotten. 1t is now learned that
for fifteen years he has lived in a little
hut beside the grave. The sexton gives
him food and clothes and he goes on er.
rands to the town as payment. He is
always courteous and kind" and is
much beloved by all the children, but
his heart Is In the grave"
The craze for portraits which has
been started by the portrait exhibit
lions In the east has extended to minia-
lures. This is "A branch OF portrait
painting which calls for a good deal OF
skill. and a fair price for a miniature
is $500. The costumlng for a miniature
should be very effective, Jewels and
white shoulders being much in evil
dence." The prices of the frames range
from $40 to $3.50. The miniature is
framed like a portrait ol a small scale.
The oval is the preferred shape, some
times plain. sometimes decorated with
fancy designs OF ribbon knots. The
round and square shapes are also used.
The most effective setting is the oval of
pearls or brilliants.
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The advocates OF the new woman.
with her advanced theories Of woman's
apparel, will learn with regret that the
agitation Is by no means n fin de steele
idea. In fact, some one has discovered
tina the idea IL as old as the human
race itself. In one translation of the
bible the word rendered apron In the
common version Is translated 'breech'
es." And they sewed fig leave to-
gether and made themselves breeches.'
The French are experimenting with n
single rack temporary railroad that
al be laid on a country road or across
the fields. They expect to use II In mill
tary operations and In harvesting crops,
The barrows and cars used are on the
bicycle principle. and they can be ope-
rated either by hand or horse power.
The gain In the use of the single rail Is
the great diminution of friction.
Ten thousand acres of peach orchards
in central Georgia are owned and man.
aged by one man, who claims the dis
tinction of being The largest peach
grove in the world.
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Dickerson county, Virginia, has q
woman mail carrier. She Is a widow.
SO years old, and covers her route regu.
larry and punctually in all weathers
rendering the best of service.
The question. Car any good come out
of the Four Hundred? Is W sat
isfactorily by referring the a%ucstioneI
20 the case of Miss Adele Sloane. who
married MI. Burden last week and who