Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-04-25

NlSlDnS OF beauty. L l0at tneS
were reproductions of all the heroines
OF the past and thought when ] landed
at Athens that l would see a hundred
Helens, each as fair as the faithless
spouse OF King Menelaus. Not a SINCE
Helen did | see-nay, not even a pas
SADLY good looking damsel in all the
days that tarried. Il veXed me great
~ 10 see instead a lot Of ~ill-favorod fe-
males, greasy Of look and unkempt. A
pretty woman would be a curiosity over
there. The only beautiful thing TO view
In Athens is the Acropolis, and that is in
ruins"
Mrs, Anthony Crisp, an old colored
woman in Fort Scott. Kas.. on who's
premises in that city pure coal oil was
discovered, has begun 10 develop the
find In her WI peculiar way. The oil
was found in a deserted pit from which
coal had been taken. and the old lady
skins ii of Of a pool of water at the bot
tom Of the pit and strains It through
flannel 10th. She gets about five gal
Ions a day in this way. which she sells
for Is cents per gallon. She thinks she
is becoming a serious competitor 10 the
Standard Oil company. The source Of
the ao~ OF ON ~ a my~tery, az Ns also
iNS SASSpNlpIdllN pure luililS'
The oath Of Hippocrates. which typi-
fes the modern ethical code. says the
British Journal makes every physician
declare; I swear that Whatever 10 con-
nection with my professional practice |
see or hear in the life Of man that ought
not to be spoken OF abroad | viii not di-
vulge, recognizing that all such should
be kept secret. While ] continue to
keep my oath i~nviolate may it he grant
cd to me to enjoy life and practice Of an
art respected by all men at all times.
But should l trespass and violate the
oath, may the reverse be my lo:.'
An author some time G received a
singular compliment. \ burglar broke
into his house and found the manuscript
of a novel, which he took, leaving the
following note Sir began to read
your novel, and | was so deeply inter
ested in 1t that I was Obliged TO carry il
away. hut It will be faithfully returned
when finished. The manuscript. was
duly sent back. with "A really clever
critlque on IL.
The prince Of Naples was Temporal
rily placed under arrest the other day
for leaving his station without having
fret obtained the consent OF his com
handing officer. Matters have now
been satisfactorily settled. the indiscre-
ton of the royal soldier being attribu,
ted to an excess of zeal i'm his country's
behalf on hearing the dreadful news
from Abyssinia.
Divine Healer" Schrader has been
ordered TO cave Cincinnati at once. The
health authorities of that city have de-
clared that Schrader's method of heal
ing by the laying on Of hands Is a
menace to the public health, as the heal
or passes his unwashed hands over the
faces of hundreds OF persons, many of
when are diseased.
II has been discovered that the pr1.
hibiticnists &C Rhode island poll q
greater proportion cf the Co.al vo,n than
the prohihitionis:s in any other STATE oi
the union This is readily explained hy
tho fact tina: a prohihiiionist in Rhc1a
Island can run over to Connecticut for a
drink any hour in the day.
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A man from New York has been bun-
thriving little town in the Nutmeg state
has given proof OF its metropolitan as.
pirations. some plan should be devised
by which ii might be included in Great.
er New York.
California orange growers hay made
more Money 50 far this year than i'm
many seasons. The early crop OF ma
vel oranges was OF unusual quantity
and quality. and was sold at higher
prices than had been obtained in the
past five years
a COW has been known To recognize
the picture of a calf; and the tiger is
said TO be drawn to A Trap by a picture
of q companion. The t.mid hose. how
ever, takes no notice Of a picture. ana
the cat will not spring az a painted bird.
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A preacher in Dallas. Tex. says that
Adams skin was red and that he
would pass for an Indian If he were
living today. 1t Is certain that he didn't
act very white when he turned states
evidence against Eve.
Cambridge university has chosen as
subjects for the members prizes The
Monroe Doctrine" for the English es-
say, and for the Latin essay "A Defense
of an Indictment of Leander jameson
and His Men"
Senator Beranger is the DIR. Park
hurst and Anthony Comstock of Paris.
He is leading a crusade against vice i'm
the French capital, but at the present
moment vice is several laps ahead Of
the reformers.
An Oklahoma woman who brought
suit for divorce confessed to the judge
that she was compelled to hold the
groom's head under a hump to sober
him up before the ceremony took place.
Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmant.
formerly Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, and be-
fore that Miss Alva Smith, is now the
owner Of more fine houses than any
other woman In America.
Mr.. Anthony Comstock is a little too
fnicky for the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance MO of Brooklyn. Anthony |
mean all right. but he was born a hun |
dren years or so too soon.
A garbage crematory i'm Washington. |
against which the people are making |
a hght, Is so offensive that Ii makes n |