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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Or the M~iilionaire's sweet Regrets Oves
the Old Farm He Let Go for a song.

1t was summertime. The office win
dows were open. The old millionaire
had come up to confer with his lawyer.
and had been told he could now fore.
close his mortgage OF 4 fine and coveted
corner which he knew he could bid in
for a song. He therefore felt at peace
with ali the world, and he wished that
eyeryboa; nigh: Danish uneiaiiiabie
and sordid thoughts and be of good
cheer. He took of his hat and wiped
his brow.
Il am thinking of going out into the
country" he said, speaking in a kind
tone of that humble region. Il like the
country. We don't veally know what
life is here. | often wish l were back.
I had a farm before | came to town
about five hundred acres-as pretty land
as eve laid out-doors-high. rolling.
sandy loan; oh! fine pasture. plenty OF
woods. and running spring right on the
place-never went dry, the dryest sea
son, and magnificent orchard. l set
out about ten acres all to grated fruit
before | sold. and locked to SEEM 'em
bear-I could have sold ev'ry bar1 OF
apples for e. right on the ground.
But | sold-I sold. Yes, sir; l sold
that five hundred acres-$s0 an acre,
and came here and put every dollar into
corners. OF course. hitting it just the
tune did, the money has turned itself
u good many times; but l don't know; l
often wish | hadn't sold the old farm.
sold 1t to my brother-in-law for $50 an
acre. That was twenty years ago. and
don't suppose he could get $40 an acre
now
Here the sad repiner engaged in silent
thought Of his brother-in-law pounding
clods on the deprecated farm. and be.
came snffused with such JOY that. as he
rose and put on his hat, he seemed like
a statue Of Ecstacy. NO, sir; l don't
suppose he could get forty dollars. Fine
farm, too. Puck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Dorian Gray glanced at the picture, and
suddenly an uncomfortable feeling of hatred
for Basil Hallward came over him. The
mad passions Of a hunted animal stirred
within him, and he losthed the man who
was seated at the table, more than he had
ever loathed anything in his whole life. He
glanced wildly around. Something glim-
mered on the top OF the painted chest that
faced him. His eye fell on il. He knew
what it was. IL was a knife that he had
brought up, some days before, To cut a piece
OF cord, and had forgotten to take away with
him. He moved slowly toward il, passing
Hal ward as he did so. As soon IA he got
behind him, he seized II, and turned round.
Hallward moved in his chair as IL he was
going 10 rise. He rushed at hinl. and dug
the knife into the great vein that is behind
the ear. crushing the mans head down on
the table. and stabbing again and again.
There was a stired groan, and the horri-
bic sound Of some one choking with blood.
Tn outstretched arms shot up convulsiyely
three times, waving grotesque stiff fingered
hands in the air. He stabbed him once
more, but the man did not move. Some
thing began 20 trickle On the floor. He
waited for u moment. still pressing the
head down. Then he threw the knife on
the table, and listened.
He could hear nothing, but the drip. drip
on the thread bare carpet. He opened the
door, and went out on the landing. The
house was quite quiet. No one was stirring.
He took out the key, and returned to the
room, locking himself in as he did so.
The thing was still seated in the chair,
straining oven the table with bowed head,
and bumped back, and long fantastic arms.
Had il not been for the red jagged tear in
tue neck. and the clotted black pool that
slowly widened on the table. one would have
SAID that the man was simply asleep
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
Continued next week.
NAUGHTY. NAUGHTY WOMAN.
Knowing Men Agree That Nsgging Il
Your Worst Fault.

A most interesting discussion has
been going on within the pink pages OF
an English magazine, says the y. Y.
Commercial Adrertiser. The men have
been asked. what shortcomings in A
(other than physically is most
distasteful to a man and Why" And
the men have responded 10 this invita-
ton TO express their views. Oh, dear,
yes! One would really think tina,
English girls were a very Objectionable
lot. But all this expression of opinion.
even to a modern woman, with 40
burden of respectful W toward man.
seems nndignified. 1t makes one call
up the picture of a crowd of masculine
gossips discussing a woman's petty fail
ings, and even the unprecedented ac-
counts smack a bit of the crank who in
his deplorable ignorance vaunts that he
has "got the women down fine But
how very hard some of these fellows are
on women with a big W! The prize
was awarded to a young man. who pre-
fers fresh %frankness to sweet and gentle
diplomacy" He says:
so a bachelor che insincerity of a
girl who. protesting 80 much. feels so
little. To a married man a nagging,
complaining Wife she causes the ruin
of many should-be happy homes and
opens the way by which they drih
asunder."
person who has touched the weakest
spot in woman's armor. which she dons
for her "equal-rights" battles:
The woman who enters the arena OF
discussion with men and. presumably
on an equal footing, too often betrays "a
natural defect, akin to cowardice. when.
though legitimately defeated, she de.
clares her opponents wanting in chiyal.
ry."
One young man grows quite eloquent
over the masculine He claims
that Natures freaks are rarely beauti.
ful. The unwomanly woman is the u
come of a perverted physical evolution.
Man instinctively shuns the blurred re-
Dear me. 1t quite makes one wan,
frilled and furbelowed gowns. a six
teen-inch waist and "A milk-white COM
plexion.
One young man drops into verse. He
says:
"A woman's chief shortcoming lies
tOn mans authority,
In lack OF power TO recognize
Superiority,
This fault the worst we justly -ali
In fair humanity;
For man himself j. all ia all,
And all Is vanity"
Another sagely sings:
Man wants but little here below,
And Is not hard to please,
But every woman tnat | know
Wants everything she sees"
One young man says "Gabble' and
appends the following cynical note to
the end of his paper: Should this win
the prize the editor is requested 10 spend
the money for the benefit of any poor
girl who is an inmate of some asylum
for the dumb"
The most gallant letter is snor aud
names the failing which was named
oftenest: TO a sincere, generous and
a%ifectionate man a woman has no short
comings worthy the name. A defect
dangerous to his peace of mind often
may be found in her tendency TO have
the last word"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
DROPPED FROM THE WIRE.


Mrs. Martha Womach stepped upon a
match at Marshall. Tex. her dress
caught fire and she was burned 10
death.
The postal receipts for the quarter
ending September 80 were $63, 900 less
than for the corresponding period las;
year.
The name o. Bishop Horstma.n OF
+. Cleveland has been mentioned as rector
OF the Catholic university at Washing
ton.
Major John Carson. a personal friend
" Mckinley, estimates that about 20
900 Indiana republicans will vote for
Bryan.
George Donald, a printer at Erie, Pa,
was poisoned by eating grapes upon
which paris green had been sprinkled
TO kill bugs.
Charles Dorizzi, a mine operator al
Joplin, Mo-. ended his life by shooting
himself through the head. He was In.
sane through financial losses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
OFFENSIVE P~ARTlSANS.
Canadian OfAoiAls Bounced for Per-
ntcious Activity.

washington, Oct 1.-THE action OF The
Canadian government IN d.smiss.ng three
sr~anslators attached to the reporting corps
( the house. on account OF their offensive
craftsmanship during the election that re-
ulted IN the defeat Of Sir Charles Topper.
mas been considerably talked OF In local Of
fetal circles, In View OF the reports that
certain oficeholders were likely to feel the
weight OF the presidents displcasure as a
,esult Of their activity IN the present po-
lit.cal strife. Reports and copies Of the de-
bate received from Ottawa show that the
Laurier administration has simply fol-
nwed precedent In It's action. the conscr-
yat.ye government N 1883 having dismissed
three liberal trans.alors for Interference
In the election, and In supporting this ac-
t:on the house decided that the transiasors
are In the same position as all evil SER
wants and should expect TO pay the pen
Atty for taking part In politics. 1t IS q
peculiar fact that the three men Just DIS
missed at Ottawa were appointed IN lsas
10 the vacancies oceasioned by the GUST
ing OF as many offensive partlsans at that
time. The Canadian authorities have fur
nrshed a valuable pointer to the advocates
OF a strict Interpretation OF civil service
rules. and one that Is likely 10 have rs
effect under similar conditions In tbs
country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
HE that Works Easily Works Sue
cessfuIIy." 'Tis Very Easy to
Clean House With
SAPOL|O

An Arab named Mohammed Ben
Aidiel Bsnzerti was hanged recently in
Tunis for killing four other Arabs. AZ
ter the usual time the body was taken
down n given to his relatives, who
were preparing TO bury him. when he
remarked: Before burying me give
me something n drink" They took
him 10 a hospital and he is likely TO re-
over
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

At the siege of Petersburg a young
confederate lieutenant. who was very
good-looking and q great fayorite with
the girls. was badly wounded in the
left arm Several Of the surgeons de-
clared that it would be necessary to
amputate the limb. but IL was finally
decided that by removing a section Of
the bone the arm might DO saved;
"but. said one Of the surgeons, lit will
be q bad job. and when healed the arm
will remain crooked" The young
lieutenant. thinking that any kind 81
an arm was better than no arm and
with . thought for future couquests. 10
piled: aNever mind the crook; set IL
for huggiug and 60 ahead. 7ssas
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

J.. II. Lanham OF Rome. Ga, has quite
a curiosity in III shape Of a stick Of
OF a package OF tobacco seed received
from the department OF agriculture at
Washington. and Is now eleven feet
high and still green and growing. Mr..
Lanham thinks IL will prove q prodta-
Bile variety for this soil and climate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

One Of the best known Of all the sculp
ltured signs of London still exist be
tween two houses on the eastern side o.
Panyer alley, a narrow thoroughfar,
leading from Newgate street to Pater
noster row. The alley has probably
been named from the sign. which repre-
SCENTS a naked boy sitting on a pannier
or basket. The pann!er was not ar
uncommon sign among the Londor
s~hopkeepers in oldSn times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

A party of Adventures from Cleve-
land. o.. is going in search OF some Of
hat fabulous wealth of gold supposed
TO lie in the black sands Of Cape Horn.
The sea is So stormy n the coast so
inhospitable that many lives have Teen
lost in the quest, and the labor OF set
ting at the gold has hitherto kept il
from being a paying investment ey-
cept in ARE cases. but these explorers
have some new appliances by which
they hope to reap unlimited wealth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

At Bowling Green. Fla, the irate
father of a schoolboy who had been
whipped by the teacher met the peda-
gogue on the street and cursed him,
~whereupon the wielder of the feruie had
him arrested and the justice fined him
e. and COSTS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
SIOUX CITY PRINTING co. s3s-4a

j. II. Lanham of Rome, Ga, has quite
a curiosity in the shape Of a stick Of
Persian tobacco. 1t is the sole product
of a package of tobacco seed received
from the department Of agriculture al
Washington, and is now eleven feet
high and still green and growing. Mr.,
Lanham thinks il will prove a prodta-
BILE variety for this soil and climate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
Reforms Need More Than n Day

TO bring them about. and are always
more complete and lasting when the,
proceed with steady regularity TO a con.
summation. Few OF the observani
among US can have failed TO notice tina,
permanently healthful changes in this
human system are not wrought by alb
Tupt and violent means. n that those
are h most salutary medicines which
are progressive. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is the chief OF these. Dyspepsia
a disease Of obstinate character. Is oh
lliterated by IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price IS cents

Insurance companies threaten to dou
BILE rates In Danbury. Conn, or canoe
policies because they believe the loca
fire department Is incompetent.
August Krapf of Saginaw township
Michigan. has the most remarkable In.
dian curio found In his vicinity In q
number Of years. 1t is of hardened cop,
per and supposed to be a weapon SINH
lar IN use To a ~iavelin. 1t is about two
feet long. an inch In diameter In the
center. tapered to a point at both ends
and has the appearance of having beer
pounded into shape. Ii weighs nearly
five pounds. Mr.. Krapf turned IL vi
while blowing a piece of new land.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Cascarets. Candy Cathartic. the most
Wonderful medical discovery of the age
pleasant and refreshing To the taste. act,
gently and positively Oh kidneys, liver
and bowels. cleansing the entire system
dispels colds. cures headache. fever, ha
bitual constipation and b~iliousness. Please
buy and try a box Of Z. G. &. to-day; 10,
20, 30 cents. Sold and guaranteed tt
cure by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

BY order of the ear the colonel of a
crack Russian regiment mas just been
retired, a lieutenant dismissed the SER
vice and eleven other officers OF the reg
iment reduced in rank. as a punish
ment for a blackguardly attack upon
a civilian. The only c~ulpability of the
colonel in connection with the affair
MAS hat ha had tailed L. rapport ct tn
hearduuarIerS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
That joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating n of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
illness. which follows the use OF Syrup
OF Figs. Is unknown To the few who have
not progressed beyond the old time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted
by the we'll informed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
Done Tobacco Spit and smoke Your
Life Awax.

IL you want TO quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood. be
made well, strong, magnetic, full of new
life and vigor. take No-To-Bac, the won.
ider-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds In ten days. Over
100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your
own druggist. who will guarantee a curc
Booklet and sample free. Address Ster.
ling Remedy 90. Chicngn or Now York
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

England has at length decided &c
adopt the metric system of weights anc
meanures. and the government, In the
person Of its president OF the board OF
trade, has drafted = bill to be submit.
ted 70 parliament at the opening Of the
hort o1nolon. The change has been un-
- 1leoussion tor nearly seventy years
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

In the last fifteen years the worlds
production CT coal has doubled. In
1880 ii was 3s4. 49,. 405 N In 1895 it
was CPS. sos, 239 tons. The greatest in
creased production has been in the
United States-from 7l.4S1. 500 tons in
1881 TO 1873. III $50 tons in 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Frank Miller Of Brooklyn. ". Y. pur.
chased a bicycle for his wife and then
his roubles began and they separated
Mrs. Miller repented. and On returning
home found her husband hanging in the
hall by his neck, dead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
No Time should BE Lost

By those troubled with constipation In
seeking relief from Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. The disease Is easily relieved
In Its earlier stage. and as it is utterly
subversive of the general health, post
ponement OF the remedy is unwise. The
same holds good of delay In cases OF
fever and ague. kidney complaints, ner-
vousness. debility and rheumatism. all
ments to which the Bitters is partlcu-
'larly adapted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Hot Springs, Ark. Oct. lied Hoga-
boom. president. and w. w. Wright. CASH
Ter. OF the defunct CITY Savings Bank and
Trust company. were today indicted by the
grand jury ON three and four counts re-
spectively. charging embezslement Wright
was released OH bail. but lsoSaboom d.d
not furnish bon ana was placed IN JAW.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
SAFE RAVENS IN MIOOCEAE
An Inventor Has a Safe Ocean
Pathway Planned.
He Would Establish a Line or sta
sions Across the Atlantic With
Life Saving Buoys at
short Intervals.

New York. Oct. i5.-An ocean high
Nay as perfect as any o on land, Is
now claimed by the man who devised
II to be possible, and IL may De estab-
hshed. !; the plan, which has been sub
mitted 10 the United States govern
ment, Is carried oat. Ii is a gigantic
project which viii close up the rift ~
SIX days whlcE comes into the life OF
everyone who RON crosses the ocean.
This Is the plan OF which some men
tlog has been made: Reuben II. Plass
" Brooklyn is the inventor. 1t provides
Tor the establishment Of a chain Of sta
lions across the ocean. located at dis
tances and pnder conditions, the inven-
tor claims. h will easily permit in
tercourse with every part Of the land.
should a merchant wish 10 communi-
cate with the captain of one Of his
steamers il would b. possible To- do so
by intercepting the steamer in mid
ocean or elsewhere along the chain 81
stations.
Should d passenger change his mind
tn the trip over or FOR any reason desire
- return without completing the voy-
age a landing could be effected at one
IF the stations, u snip on the return
oya communicated with and the
passenger taken off. BY constant COM
munication between land and those
ocean stations a daily paper could BE-
printed On each. so giving TO ocean pas
sengers each day a record Of the worlds
1oings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

In view OF tho extremely low prizes
now being paid for tobacco the farmers
OF Mason county. Kentucky, will meet
at Maysvilie to consider the question
IL restricting the crop next year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Chamberlain, 8. d.. Oct. T.-Aftas pay
ing all Its depositors the Bank Of ruSwans
closed its doors and went out or business.
All notes due the bank have been trans
ferred to the Bank OF Iowa n Dakota.
Of this city. The bank closed owing 10
lack Of business.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

The British government owns over
;26, 200 camels. Several thousands are
used In India to carry stores and equip
'ments when companies are changing
quarters by line OF march.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

1t is reported that the freshman class
this ear at Harvard is the worst. az
far as appearances go. tina the college
has ever seen. They are described as
q "scrawny. wild and woolly set"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

4 While sorting Japanese rags In a pa
per mill at Westbrook. Me-, an opera
tive found a small metallic object at
which ne picked with a penknife. and
he lost three fingers and a thumb in the
explosion hat followed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

If the armies OF Europe should march
at an eight mile gait, five abreast. ff.
teen inches apart, 1t would require nine
and a half days for them TO pass .
given Doint.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

A lodge for female Odd Fellows has
lately been started In Tasmania. This
n probably the first lodge for women In
the whole world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Ed McKercher Of Jonesviile. Mich.
has had success In growing a banana
plant. 1t Is eight feet high and ir
healthy condition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
q family medicine with US ever since
1866. r. Madison, 2409 i2d Ave. Chi
cagO. Ills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Mrs. Wtnslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
eeethins. softens the gums, reduces
ullAys pain. cures wind collie. 23c q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10, 25c
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

william Ratchf was fatally injured
In a coal mine accident at CafdonA
Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys an,
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24

just try a Zoe box of Cascarets, the mn.
est liver and bow.i regulation ever mazda
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
Its Life saving Advantages.

Bur these are only minor matters in
the inventors category of invaluable
results that would follow the estab-
lishment OF his chain Of sea stations.
The great idea that prompted him to
work With enthusiasm on his scheme
VAS the humane one Of life saving. II
will be seen that if the nvento al
AIRY out what he ella aims the days when
shipwrecked sailors We're forced 10
spend weeks OF suffering in an open
BOAT while toiling IL reach LAM would
be but memories FOR novelists To make
capital OF.
The life saving pfan provides for the
establishment Of small floating light
houses placed at intervals Of a mile.
unsuitable lighted by beacens that
would burn by automatic means and re-
quire attention but once in four or SIX
months. and provided with fog horns
that would sound their warning notes
In fierce blasts by mea of compressed
air. stored automatically by ~" rock
Ing motion of the buoy. These auto
matte fog horns would be heard a dis
tance Of FIVE miles. and the lost mariner
would simply have 70 steer in the dlrec-
ton Of the sound to find safety from the
waves in an unsuitable. floating island
OF the ocean. From the surface or the
water ladders would be placed 10 enable
shipwrecked travellers TO reach the deck
IF the buoy, and from the deck 10y open
ing a keyless door, admittanc" would
De gained 70 the interior OF the Duoy
rhe opening OF the door would send
an alarm ringing down the cham OF
buoys until the call for help would
reach a station where willing hands
would be ready 10 dispatch instant nc
To the castaways.