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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
AFTER A LOST SCREW.
IL Will He Searched for With Ca
tbode Rays.

~ VIII xSslSu Aor WITH ~.
tbode Rays.
New York. March l3.-Twenty years
ago Norman Bartlett. a newspaper man
In this city, accidentally swallowed a
screw an inch and a quarter long. It
lodged somewhere in his lungs, but
never gave him the slightest trouble
until a month ago. He then consulted
Dr.. T.. N. Brandt. who within the next
ten days will try and locate the screw
with the aid Of the cathode rays, when
1t win be removed, IL the experiment is
successful.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
International Chess Match.

New York. March 1.-THE second and
closing days play of the International
chess mach began at half past 9 o'clock,
and the Yankee-British struggle will
end at 5 this evening. Under the rules
at least twenty moves an hour must
be made today. The closing hours are
expected TO be noteworthy for some
~spplendid exhibitions OF strategic skill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
MfDueaDOlis.

Minneapolis, March H-Wheat was yer,
weak today and sold down easily with con-
siderable activity. closing about liac lower
than yesterday at 5Sbc for March. 5sisc for
May, 5Sisc for July.
On Track-5sisc for hard. 5si.c for No. J
northern, 5ISac for No. 2 northern.
R~eceipts-149 $50 bushels.
Shipments-I4,9 $40 bushels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

Twenty thousand large and fine shad.
the majority OF which have just been
shipped tn New York. constituted the
largest catch ever recorded In the st,
John river. Up to within q few days
ago the prospects for q good season
we're very gloomy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Italian Garrison Deserts to Austria

Vienna, March 13.-Thc Neue Freie
Presse says that the entire Italian gar
rison at Verona have deserted with
their arms nd baggage and crossed the
Austrian border into Tyrol. Hundreds
OF Italian deserters are crossing the Dor
der daily.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
4 ore Official,

Chamberlain $. D., March ~ Reu-
ben Harris, of Frederick, Brown county,
the oniv coIored man IN south Dakota
who holds an office. He was recently
elected q constable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Lent.

She has a dress Of Dublin green,
And many glowing color bleni.
She longs TO nave the costume seen,
Blu. abe must wait awhile, l ween.
: TO show the garh-for II Is Lent.
She wears her heart upon her sleeve,
With coquetry Of mild intent:
And yet her many suitOrs gr!eve:
Because. alas. they must believe.
In spite Of all. that II Is Lent.
SO everywhere we turn today
Our dearest hopes In twain arc rent.
And, though u bills we long to pay,
To creditors we have 10 say:
mo cash today; for II Is Lent"
Chicago Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Coolest Of the Season.

Aberdeen, s. D., March l3.-Last nigh,
was the coolest of the winter. Tho
temperature fell 10 80 below. Oakes re-
ports 80 below. Ludden, 80. Stock on
the ranges will suffer, the snow being
quite deep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

A movement Is on foot in Europe to
secure a complete census OF all the civ.
ilized countries in the world. The var.
ious governments will be asked to fix q
date for the work. The first year of the
coming century has been suggested.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

Near Los Gates, Cal, Is a prune or
cnard which covers $50 acres and con-
tains $4,000 trees. The farm IL provided
w~aterworks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Chicago.

Heavy, 50 90Ni 4. 05; mixed, q. sJdi. 05: light
3 .S0Q4 .l2lz; rough heavy, 50 .s0a3.s5.
Catte-Receipts, 300. Market steady.
Sheep-Rece,pts, 2.J00. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
THE VENEZUELAN DISPUTE.
The St. James Gazette Gives the
United States q Pointer.

London. March l3.-Thc ST. James
Gazette ays ''The Venezuela dispute
will not be settled until the United
States shall no longer insist that we
U arbitrate before II upon terms
fixed by itself. The more the British
and American nations understand that
this demand Is understandable. the
greater the likelihood that there will be
a settlement upcn other Ines than the
ignomin!ous retreat of Great Britain"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Indiana Baptists contributed last
rear to all UNCONVENTIONAL purposes an
average of 81 per capita.

Evangelist Moody. who has not Wis.
tied the Pacific coast within the past ten
years. II soon TO conduct q series OF re.
yivsl meetings in San Francisco.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

A oma In Pasadena receives $3.50 0
pound for candied ~violets. In Kansas
City It II more profitable I sell then
Cor so cents q dozen wlthou: the Va
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
rho io-. Viii not ewc~ed &C
King Humbert HE Years Old.

New York, March IA dispatch
from Rome says: Today is the nifty
second anniversary OF the birth OF King
Humbert, but the elaborate fetes in this
city and other parts Of the country that
had been planned in celebration of the
event have been abandoned. by the
kings express desire. as a result Of the
defeat OF Italian troops in Abyssinia
and the resultant political crisis. and
outside Of the display Of flags on the
quirinal and municipal buildings there
is no recognition OF the anniversary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

Tho University Of Michigan Is repre-
sented at Washington by fifteen repre-
sentatives and four senators-a larger
representation than ,hai possessed by
any other college or university in the
country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Building Wrecked and Several
Workmcn In jured ne Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, o., March 13.-This after
noon while workmen were boring for
water in the boiler room OF Rheinstrom
Bros. distiilery at q to ~ Parsons street.
natural gas was struck at a depth OF
200 feet. The room was soon filed with
gas which ignited from the furnace.
causing an explosion, wrecking the
building.
The following are the names Of per-
sons who were seriously burned OF
bruised: Erastus Weaver. James Fail
Ion, Carl Keller, Fred Wallenhorst,
Herman Weisking, Frank Vetzger,
Frank Deffie, Harry Layfield. Joseph
Stump. George Felix and Joe Kettln-
ger.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

There In 80 much magnetism In Pade-
rewsky's hair that there was non left
TOR his face.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

Several thousand pieces Of Queen
LIS tableware, silver and cut glass.
brought fabulous prices at auction In
Honolulu. Each piece bore the royal
monogram.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

Among the real estate sales at auction
In New York city last week was a tax
case for 1000 years. The property, a
two story frame dwelling, was offered
In the partition Of the estate of the late
Henry Dennerlein The auctioneer an
nounced that he lease has $40 years to
run. The lease was Knocked down at
1850.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

The latest pathetic ballad II called: 'sWis
You Love Me when I'm Broker
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21

The recent troubles in the Salvation
Army nave brought to light the fact
this organization owns property valued
ut more than 81. OO0. 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
a QUESTION OF VISION.
Incidents which Go to Show That Mind
and Not Eye Sees

1t is an admitted facpthat the eye is
the organ of vision Yet there Is but
little doubt. even in the minds of opti
clans and psychologists, that the phe-
nomenon of seeing" is chiefly mental
in other words. that it is the mimi
and not the eye that secs"
How often have you seen a friend
who, seemingly, was engaged in look
ing intently on some object on the ia
BILE, at the opposite side of the room.
or at some picture, who. on being
aroused from his day dream, would
confess that he was looking at moth
ing in particular" The explanation OF
the fact that he saw nothing in par
ticular" is plain enough if properly set
forth. 1t was because his mind was
busy with other times and scenes
Faces, bits of wayside scenery, and
the like, were being presented to view
in the panorama of the mind, and the
minds eye"-or mental vision-Has
engaged in eagerly scanning pictures
of impressions made thereon months
years or scores of years before Again.
il you want to know whether your COM
panion looked at his watch with his
brain or his eyes, ask him the time of
day after he puts the timepiece in his
pocket
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
a DOG STORY.
Rescue Two of Their Kind That Were In
Distress

One of the most peculiar incidents
in the annals of animal instinct oc-
CURED in Rutlandshire recently, the
facts of which, says Pearson's, are as
follows: Squire x is one of the
best known characters in that part of
the country a few days ago he missed
two of his best sporting dogs. and his
general supposition was that they had
been stolen. Recently, however. he
was surprised to see one of his pets
walk into the house, followed a min
ute later by the other, both wearing
the appearance of utter destitution.
Investigation revealed the following
facts: While out shooting a neighbor
came across a. broken bank on his es-
state, and two of his dogs showed un-
easiness at a hole in the ground. Moth
ing he could do would induce the dogs
to leave the spot, and he finally Sc
cured n spade and began digging for
the cause of the trouble. Eight feet
of earth was dug away before the truth
was out Then he discovered the two
dogs, evidently buried from their own
eXertions in endeavoring to chase a
rabbit.
They had been there for 13 days and
were nearly famished. On their re-
turn to the squire's house they were
followed by the animals who had res
cued them, and prompt treatment
saved the lives of both.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
NUMBER %.
HARVEST OF THE SEA
A Peculiar Occupation Followed or tn.
Coast of ireland

Coast of ireland
Along the northwest coast of Ireland
on the borders of the Atlantic. dXyellS
a hardy race of men whose chief uccupa-
tion. when not engaged in fishing. con
sists in the manufacture of ~kelp-'
This ''kelp" is of great commercial
importance, as from it is obtained near
ly all our iodine-a body of vast use in
medicine.
During the winter months the kelp-
burners set out in their frsiil little eur
Iaghs" (small canoe-like boats about u
feet long. made OF canvas) and. proceed
ing along the coast, fill the boats with
sea-weed, from which the kelp is mat,
In this they are assisted by the women.
who. bareheaded and shoeless. take
their turn regularly at the oars. and
are almost as expert at il as the men.
After n storm is the time selected
for obtaining the seaweed. as by the
force of the waves il has been torn from
its bed and is east in along the .shnre
in large quantities.
When the boats are laden. the sea
weed IS brought TO small creek. and
there placed in heaps out of reach of
the tide. From this il is carried in cre,ls
on the backs of men and women to a
point further inland, where it has To ur-
dergo process of drying.
The drying consists in exposing IL to
the sun and wind. and the better To do
this they have rows of loose stones
laid about 2O yards in length and
few feet in height. Along the tops of
these they scatter the Seaweed.
The drying takes months. so that
spring is well advanced ere il X ready
for burning. This does not matter.
however. as owing TO the fuel-the peat
or turf got from the bogs al hand-not
being yet cut and dried Tor win a
il is termed) IL is summer before the
burning in the kilns can commence
The kiln is n deep trench dug in the
ground. Alternate layers of turf and
seaweed are laid in this until full. and
the whole is kept burning for abort
three weeks. until il cakes together IN
a large black mass resembling coke.
but much more solid and heavier. This
| is the -'kelp-'
1t is then broken into blocks about
IA inches square and brought by boat
| to- the villages, where it is sold. TO b.
| shipped to more profitable markets.
| Boston Post
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
HELLO GIRLS DISCOVERY.
she Listened to the vibrant Tenor Voice
nt the Phone

In the Detroit Electrical works there
is a night watchman who possesses an
exceptionally fine tenor voice, and when
he has nothing else to do he sings to
keep himself awake, says the Detroit
Tribune. Up in the big telephone eN-
change a dozen girls are told off for
night duty. They are, like the tenor,
fond of the songs of the day, but, unlike
him, they are not allowed to sing, and
they grow lonely after the calls begin
to be few and far between and the muir
mur of the street traffic below has
ceased.
Some months ago, it is related, one of
the girls who had answered call from
the electrical works, overheard the
watchman singing his fayorite song.
She listened as long as she could with
out arousing the ire of the unmusical
individual at the other end of the line,
and then confided her discovery to the
rest of the girls. There was short
but eager council of war, and the girl
who made the discovery was deputed
to call up the harmonious watchman
and ask him for a song The watchman,
who must be quite a phenomenon in
that he is a tenor and also ian extreme
ly bashful young man." required lit
tie coaxing, but eventually complied
with the request. All the other girls
"cut in" on the line, and the watchman
was encored SO often that his throat
was sore when the concert was finished.
But this unique tenor is as fastidious
as he is shy. 1t is said that there was
only one girl at the central who can
induce him to sing, and she is the maid
en- who made the original long-distance-
concert discovery. When the other girls
begin to grow tired at night. she calls
up the electrical works, and the watch
man sings for her, unconscious of the
fact that all the girls have ''cut in" on
the line, and that he is singing to the
entire night force of the exchange. The
others hint that there is romance in
it, but that is matter which concerns
only the young watchman and the girl
at the central"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
sRIIIsh hosPIIALM.
said TO BE ON the Decline-The Re-
taurant Too Convenient

said To BE ON the Decline-The Res
taurant Too Convenient
l. the art of British hospitality on
the decline2 \ writer in the London
World believes that it *. and assigns
as the cause the adoption for entertain
ing purposes OF that practice Of nomad-
ic dining which has been 50 largely
borrowed of late years from the other
SIDE OF the channel The home din
ner party Is disappearing. he mourn
fully adds, owing TO the multiplication
OF gorgeous and palatial restaurants.
with all their allurinE possibilities OF
Nicsirlous hospitality No one can Sc
riouSly pretend that TO entertain At a
restaurant Is the same thing as IL en-
tertain under ones own roof. II Is a
trouble-shirkinE method Of discharging
social obligations utterly devoid of the
sentiment associated with home.
Fiat life Is another foreign abom-
ination which is contributing Ia the
downfall of the once cherished British
institution Home life and fiat life are
two totally distinct things. and 10 a
large eNetnt auta-onistic- Flat dwell
ers are dcbarreC from entertaining in
gny but the most restricted manner. and
their only resource IL the restaurant.
Again. the art of conversation. on " hich
the home dinner depended 80 much for
its success, Is on the decline. for to-day
so great" is the dread Of mutual bore
dom that hosts and guests AT pestaur-
ant dinner parties frequently take the
pTecaution TO arm themselves en- ma~se
with tickets for the play. and thereby
escape from the necessity Of enter
tanning each otlser for a moment longer
than * absolutely necessary 10y djourn-
ing To the theater Immediately the re
past Il concluded
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
IN THE ANDAmAN ISLANDS.
Rather Spicy sport m the Fishing Line
Reported-

Reported
An EngliShman tells in the London
Field OF a painful experience he had at
the Andaman islands with parrot fish.
The parrot fish was Of q dirty olive tint.
with brown spots, and was possessed of
formidable beak. not unlike a ma
caw's, only the points met instead 81
bone instead of horn 1t was brought
to the surface 10y some experimental
torpedo-s. and the EngliShman picked
il up and began poling his finger about
IL, supposinE the brute TO toe dead All
of a sudden the open beaks came to
gether with a snap and the EngliShman
lost me top Of his thumb. The chunk
bitten OF Was given by the coNswain 10
a panther CleoTardb club.
The same coNSvain and a number OF
sailors were drawing a seine for carna-
1ion carp. whose scales were the size OF
rupees and skin as tough aS leather.
when. as the seine closed up, big fish
fetched the coNsWaiu a blow in the alb
domen that knocked him ralley-yvest
over the boats rail and into the wafer
That upset the boat. but all hands were
rescued. and the fish were taken out TO
be eaten
The Andaman islands furnish conSid-
erahle sport with guns as Well as rods,
snipe and wild pigs being abundant at
proper seasons
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
OUR PLAYING CARDS.
Conclusion That the Suits Originated Il
Arrow-Shaped Characters.

Arrow-Shaped Characters.
81 have it," exclaimed an enthusiastic
whistplayer who was engaged in a rub
ber at a Madison avenue whist club, re-
lates the New York Herald.
No you haven't answered his part
ner. 1T was trumpcd."
II don't mean the trick" replied the
first; Il refer to the origin of the char
acters on the cards. They have always
puzzled me. / have studied the matter,
read all that has been written on the
ment been satisfied as to how the cards
came to bear the shapes we call hearts,
diamonds, clubs and spades. Just now,
as those spots representing the four
suits lay there together, the significa-
tion of their forms flashed on me-"
well what is t?'' asked his partner.
Simple as can be-" answered the
other. Look at those four suits and
see how much alike they are in form.
Can't you see they are all arrows?
Cuneiform, and no mistake. They
quite evidently originated with the old
Assyrian inscriptions. l have no doubt
that these figures originally represent
ed arrowheads. When the Germans
adopted the heart, bell, leaf and acorn
on their cards they preserved the
ancient form. Here are four varying
shapes of the arrowhead, likely coming
from four different and opposing
tribes. Hence conflict between the
suits as we play the game to-day"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES.
Young Man Who Got a CIerkship in An
ticipation of His Prodigality.


ticipation OF His ProdIgality-
Here is a story that one of the south
ern members vouches for, according to
the Washington Post y young man.
one of his constituents. applied TO him
for 81 900 clerkship. The member
secured the appointment, but the day
before the constituent " as TO be- sworn
in he came to his representative in
troubled state of mind and said:
Colonel. | have had S125. 900 left me
by an aunt, and, my God! just think
what have to go through again
Let me congratulate you," said the
representative
NO. don't do that" said the con
stitlent; you don't know what you're
coDgratulating me on"
Yes. 1 do" said the member, for
now you can live without working
Colonel" said the distressed young
man. Il may as well tell you. Several
years ago L had 100000 left me by an
other aunt and it took me nearly a year
to spend it. After | got through /
had to go to the hospital for SIX months
to get over the effects of my dissipa-
ton. The reason / came TO see you
to-day was to ask you to keep that
place for me until L can spend this
money!"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
FROM THE ORIENT.
Homely Bridegroom Hires Another to
stand In His Place.

A queer Arabian Nights tale comes
from the Punjab. A few weeks ago
party of weavers formed marriage pro
cession and started for village in
Ferozpore. The bridegroom was bald
and blind of one eye, and his father
feared the brides parents would refuse
him, so the weaver advised them to pre-
sent BARRIERS boy who was with them
as the groom The barber was dressed
in the groom's wedding garments and
was accepted. When the marriage was
over and they had returned home the
weaver demanded his bride, but the
barber refused to give her up, and now
they have gone to law to settle the ques-
finn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
There Was Lots of It.

Among a lot of fresh air fund children
sent to the seaside last summer was one
poor little waif who did not join in the
other children's games, but WAS found
alone down on the rocks surveying the
ocean. Wouldn't you like to come and
play some games with the other little
girls?" she WAS asked. "Oh. no. sir
said the waif. I'D rather look at the
water" And what do YOU find of inter
est in the water?" "Oh. there's such
lots of it," said the waif, enthusiast
ically, land it's the only time in my life
1 ever seed enough of anything"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
WHAT A METEOR CAN DO.
People Who Value Their Lives VIII Dodge
When Possible.

When Possible
We owe our immunity to our at
moSnhere. which serves as a bullet
proof cuiraSs for the world. When
meteor enters the atmosphere, the fric-
tion produced by its gigantic speed
makes IL flash up like the arrow of
Acestes. only mon. -. The Ingenious
experiments OF Lord Kelvin have shown
that the heat thus produced just as a
brake showers sparks from a carriage
wheel. or a lucifer match lights on the
box. II sufficient TO consume the meteor
as if it were suddenly east into a fur
mace heated to three or tour million
degrees. Obviously the smaller me
teors are utterly consumed before they
have penetrated far into the atmos-
phere. which their fate has shown 10
rise To a height OF about 12D miles
Only a very large one can descend,
as that of Madrid is said to have done,
to within 20 miles of the earth. before
being burst by the expansion due To
heat and by the resistance of the air.
The fact that fragments do occasion
ally reach the earth Is the best proof
of the great size of some of the meteors
that we encounter. If IL were not for
the blessed air the explosion of them
all. with the accompanying fervent
heat. would take place in our midst 1t
is safe To say that such a state of things
would render our great towns unin-
habitable. In London we are somewhat
inclined To gird at the atmosphere, with
its smoke and its fog and its east wind
But none Of US can tell how often IL has
saved him from a terrible and invisible
fate. in being. as Mark Twain has II.
shot with 4 rock" If we are more in
clined to recognize the atmospherc's
services in future, the Madrid meteor
will not have exploded in vain.-London
SnecfafOr.