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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE.
II Was Probably Made I'm Arabia About
-Four Hundred Years Ago.

In the "Bibliotheque Rationale" says
the Copenhagen NordstjerHeq. there is
a manuscript (near the end Of the six
teenth century,, written by an Arab.
Abdelcader, who declares that coffee
was drunk for the first time in Arabia
in the middle of the fifteenth century.
Others think that certain remarks in
Persian writings imply that coffee was
used in Persia as early rs the ninth CEN
tury, but most authors dispute these
texts. 1t is commonly supposed that
the use OF coffee in its earliest home.
Abyssinia, and in its second home,
Arabia, is only five to six centuries
old.
A legend SAYS that the Angel Gabriel.
once when Mohammed was ill, brought
him a cup of coffee. Another Legend
saws that a Mohammedan monk dis
covered that his goats became very
lively and full of fun after they had
eaten of the fruit of the coffee tree.
This observation caused him TO make
the first cup of coffee. His dervishe:
drank it at night to produce wakeful'
ness when they kept vigils. Cautious
historians laugh at these traditions ant
prefer to stand by Abdelcader's manu-
script. This writer mentions an Arab,
Gemaleddin, a Judge in Alden, who,
while travelling in Persia, or, as the
historians correct the manuscript, tc
Abyssinia, saw people Use coffee a
medicine. He used il and was cured Of
a sickness. Later, becoming a monk,
he taught his brethren the use Of coffee.
1t was then in Alden that coffee drink.
ing originated. The fakirs even made
coffee drinkin- ecrcr.lsnrv rron.t.ai,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
An AppcaI for Assistance.

The man who Is charitable 70 himself
will listen TO the mute appeal for as
slstance made by his stomach, or his
liver, in the shape of divers dyspeptic
aualms and uneasy sensations In the
regions OF the glands that secrete his
bile. HOstetter's stomach Bttters, my
dear sir. or madam-as the case may be
lis what you require. Hasten TO use, IL
you are troubled with heartburn. wind
in the stomach. or note that your kin OF
the whites Of your eyes are taking a sal
low hue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
The CannibaI Missionary.

There was q fool Of a canniral
Who thought IL would he fine
To travel and teach and. may be, preach
In his particular line.
So he set san for Boston town.
\ city by the sea,
And out on the sacred Common
Straight promen1ded he.
He raised his voice In singing
4 preliminary hymn,
When up there clme a-swIng'ng
a big policeman grim.
Come. come" he said. my laddiehuck,
Now this can't be allowed,
II ls again the statute
To be gathering a crowd
The |Cannital protested.
But all MS cries were vain,
They took him 20 "A sailing craft
And sent him home again.
And now when missionaries come
To teach him what IS what,
He takes his heaviest. toughest club,
And in some vital spot,
lie slugs that gentle missiOnaire,
And meanwhile he remarks.
w" don't allow no preaching
Not IN our public parks
Puck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
BREAKFASTS IN ENGLAND.
rhey Are Light Affairs at Which jam IL
an Important Factor.

The usual English breakfast consists
of tea or coffee, bread, boiled eggs, cold
meats and jams of several kinds, says
Harpers Bazar. Jams and preserves
are a distinct feature of breakfast over
there. and are eaten with bread as a
second course. The English are in
cliued TO laugh at US us for what they
call our breakfast dinners. our beefsteak
and fried potatoes and other hearty
things; but | think we can return the
laugh when we often find them MASTER
ing five meals a day of no very light
character, for some Of them will sit
down to table at "tea-time' to quite a
solid meal of preserves, cake, toast, cold
meats or sausages, even though dinner
is In no very distant future, and supper
is often in order before one goes to bed.
with more tea and cake and preserves.
There is never a time when tea is not
on tap. One seems to be always eat
ing in England, and it is indeed neces-
sary in this climate to put fuel on the
fire pretty often.
In the ordinary English town house
the breakfast or dining room is almost
always the front room OF what we should
call the first, or parlor floor. 1t is thus
not always connected very directly with
a buffers pantry. but those inestimable
jewels, the English servants, appear to
obviate that difficulty with ease. If the
mother of the Gracchi were alive to-day
and living in England | am certain she
would transfer her remark from her
sons to her servants. We expect ner-
lection and a finished style from a but.
Ter. but l must confess l have found
even the average English waitress far
behind him. The regularity Of her
ministrations approaches nearer to in
telligent clockwork than human nature
is usually capable of. She knows her
business to the extent which makes you
certain that you viii not be left banker
ing after more butter. a glass of water
or the gravy. Two maids are frequent
ly present and are quite as good as two
They certainly make dining a
comfort, both TO hostess aud guest, and
add very greatly to the pleasure of Ia
BILE life-if l may call tin England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
GladnesS Comes

XNIith a better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills, which vanish before proper CT
forts-gentle efforts-pleasan efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, ut simply TO a constipated condi-
tion -. IA system, which the pleasant
family Laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly move That is why il is the only
remedy with millions of families, andis
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due TO the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. II is therefore
all important, in order TO get its bene-
fetal effects, TO note when you pur-
chase. that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system Is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. IL
afflicted with any actual disease, n
may be commended 10 the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of n laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
w~ell-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
aMSIE.lSlZllU
For the Meeting.

II you were coming in the fall.
I'd burst the summe by
with half a smile and half a spurn,
A. housewives do a fly.
II I could see you In a year, y
Ia wind the months in balls.
And put them each In separate drawers
Until their time befalls.
II only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
"Subtracung till my fingers dropped
Into Van Dlemen's land.
II certain, when this life was OUT,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss IL yonder like a rlnd, =
And taste eternity. -
But now, all ignorant Of the length
OF Times uncertain wing,
II gcads me, like the goblin bee,
That Will not state It's sting
Emily Dickinson.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Jewelry Thicves Get 10 Years.

New York. June 2s.-Judge Cowlng.
n. the court Of general sessions this
morning, sentenced william Turner and
william Robert Donlop to nine years
each In state prison on their plea OF
guilty OF stealing 100000 worth Of Jew
slry from ]. Townsend Burden.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

The dangers of ~ballooning are TO be
slightly mitigated by the invention OF n
Frenchman, who provides for the equip
nent of a cylinder Of membrane 10 the
car 80 arranged that by the pressure OK
a button it may b. automatically infa-
ed with air in the even: Of the balloon
falling into the sea.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Precedence

How did she know his heart was hers7
He spoke no word
OF love 70 her. how did she know
That when she passed or touched hlm-so-
His pulse was stIrrcd2
How did she read his secret thoughts,
And never err
How aid she know her glances thrilled
His soul? That ali his heart was filled
With love for her?
How ala she know their life would be
one grand. sweet song"
r tell the truth. she didn't know
fhese things. Sh. thought that they were
SO,
But she was wrong
-Someryille Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

a family medicine with VI since 1865
]. r. Madison. 2409 42d Ave. Chicago, III.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

1t has been proved beyond reasona-
bic doubt that diphtheria. ~scarlatina.
typhoid fever and cholera have spread
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

I've met the lovely Mary since,
Her form was fatter far.
She waved her pudgy paw at me:
s,seuaI .jumped A~trolley scar.agaEmMsN0sas
is q CONSTITUTIONAL cure. Price rs cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Twcnty Years After.

Mrs. winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
eeethins. softcns the gums, reduces ~niAmmatiop
sllays pain, cures wind cote. CSC q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
In Drowsy Town.


in drowsy town, that quiet bourne,
Old houses stand like friends time-worn.
Steadfast annie decay.
Cool, roomy porches stretch around,
And cushioned easy chairs abound,
And care itself in sleep is drowned
And Idle thoughts hold sway.
lLow-hanging boughs caress the check,
And thirsty bees the honey seek
From sweet syringas won.
Soft love-lorn breezes come and go,
Where butter-cups and daisies grow,
And wave their meek heads TO and fro
And kiss each modest nun.
Fen time. the winged one. never flies.
But fingers. falters. woons and dies
Though cllnging sunbeams WOO
IN drowsy town, a face you know
Peeps from 4 window quaint and low
And. while the vagrant bushes glow,
Dreams come Of love and you.
An Exile.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Her Views.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
I've been thinking 1t over" said
young Mrs. Torkins, land | have con-
cluded that this country had better go
right ahead and get some silver money
before it's all gone"
What are you talking about?" her
husband asked.
why. | saw a piece in the paper
which said hat silver money is cheap
money"
"Of course"
We'll. Charley. dear; doesn't that
mean that It's a barglin?"
Mrs. o. c.. Thayer of Anita, Iowa,
writes: II have taken DR.. Kay's Reno
vator for constipation and biliousness
and IL has given the best OF satisfac.
ton" Sold b. druggists at rs cts. and
81. See adyt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

In France when a railroad train Is
more than ten minutes late the COM
lpany is fined.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Income.

The income Of the government. ] re-
peat, should equal Its necessary n
proper expenditures. A failure to pur-
sue this policy has compelled the gov
synmspt % borrow money. IN . TINE "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
Or, KaY's Renovation cnn.Ap as.psp, 10

constipation. liver and Kidney diseases At
druggists PC and 81. Send TOR free sample and
booklet. ID b. J. Kay Medical Co. Omaha, Feb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11

SIOUX CITY PRINTING co. s24-2s
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
A Story of CnIoradn Gold.

The most unique and instructive
book yet published about gold and
other features Of Cripple Creek Dis
trict has just been issued by O. w.
Crawford, publisher, Masonic Temple,
Chicago, Ill Every page is illustra Jed
with original pictures in three colors,
made for this work by Mr.. 4. s. Rice,
the sketch genius of the Rockies 1t
is q complete exposition of Cripple
Creek Gold, telling where it is found,
how it is found, where it is milled,
how it is treated, how it is paid for;
all about mines, titles, camping in the
mountains and Cripple Parks wonder
full Apollinaris Springs, which the In
dams called Quleeka and Of which they
said, III you drink the waters always
you will live always" In printing
and illustration it is a work of high
art. We are not surprised to learn
that the second edition is in press, for
IL is a book from which the Oldest
miner may get information and enter
tAinment as we'll Price SOC, but II
you will send FIVE names and addresses
Of friends and 2bc, stamps or silver, to
che publisher, 1t will be sent postage
uaid.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
MARY ECKHART.

by Minnie and the young man entered
the room. Half an hour later Mrs.
Boes saw him come out Of the room.
There had been no noise, no unusual
sound, no loud talking. AS the young
man passed Mrs. Boes, he was smil-
tng-a sinister, horrible smile.
When Hella came home in the even
ing she found her roommate lying un-
covered on the floor Of the bedroom,
dead. Around her neck white hand
kerchief-one of her own-had been
carefully tied in a double knot SO tight
ly that it was almost buried in the
flesh. She had died of strangulation
After the usual amount of sensation
and excitement the crime was forgotten
and today the murderer probably holds
up his head among men.
In Buffalo, lived woman named
Josie Bennett. She was young, and
rather pretty. She lived in a furnish-
ed room house, at No. 226 Elliott street.
At o'clock on the morning of June 80
of that same year she was seen to enter
this house with a smooth-shaven, we'll
dressed young man. SO neat in fact,
was his appearance that those who saw
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tins couple were impressed by the APP
parent difference In their condition. A
hack driver, who frequently visited the
woman, called" there half an hour later,
but hearing a mans voice, went away,
and did not return until 8 o'clock in the
morning. Then he found her dead.
The room seemed empty at first, but
seeing part of q skirt peering forth
from under the bed, he stopped and
found the body. The woman was COM
pletely dressed. Her gown was open
at the neck and pillow case, tightly
knotted, was bound around her throat.
There were no marks Of violence upon
her, and no signs Of a struggle. No
trace of the young man who had been
seen with her was ever found.
The next crime occurred less than
month later. On July %, this myste-
rious criminal strangled woman in
Cincinnati. She lived alone In small
room at No. 2O2 Walnut treet. Early
on the morning Of July rs she was seen
to go into this room with young
man, who, in vague way, answered
the description of the suspect in the
other two cases. The next morning,
she was found dead, without sign Of
struggle, The stranger, who was
evidently man of great strength, had
calmly choked her with his fingers I'M
til she was unconscious and then had
knotted towel around her neck SO
tightly that she soon was dead.
At Denver, there lived a French
woman, by name Of Lena Topper, who
had come to this country from Paris
with a man called Richard de Mandy.
And there is no living being but one
that knows who entered the house of
Lena Upper on the night Of Septem-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
ThOy DON. Get His Autograph.

Autograph fiends," says the newly
doomed writer, why, they are the
bother Of my life. And yet there Is
something queer about them, too.
When I took up writing vowed never
to give my autograph to anybody I'M
less he could give me good reasons why
he should have it. The first week
after my book was published more
than a dozen applied for my anto-
graph"
sand you didn't let them have IT."
queried the interviewer.
mo, indeed; l sent each Of them a
letter asking their reasons for sending
for it, and, strange to say, l never
heard from one of them again after
ward"
THAT is strange, indeed" said the
interviewer, with a look Of pity upon
his stony countenance; land you
signed the letters, too, l suppose?"
"Oh, yes, of course" said the newly
doomed writer.-New York World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
Her pIcHc,e Was in Fnult.

It was at the bottom of hill tibet
the policeman overlook her.
Madam, "hes said politely, but with
some firmness, II regret to infovm
you that you have been violating the
law, and / am under instructions 10
see that it is enforced"
What have done?" she asked.
Searching" he replied. "You
came down that hill much faster than
the law allows"
"Well," she replied with a sigh, as
she pushed her bicycle in his direction
'if you must vindicate the law, arrest
that 1t wasn't my fault that l was
going so fast, and guess wanted to
stop just as much as you wanted me
to-" Chicago Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
YOURS FOR HEALTH.w

Expert physicians affirm that the
right climate may cure consumption
and kindred diseases.
The right climate is where a pure,
dry air, equable temperature and con"
slant sunshine are found.
These essentials exist in the Salt
River Valley of Arizona and various
places in New Mexico
Descriptive pamphlets, recently is
sued by Passenger Department of the
Santa Fe Route, contains such COM
plete information relative to these
regions assinvalids need. For free
copies address g. T. Nicholson, g. P.
A., A. T. g. s. T. Rv., Chicago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
MAN as . pomeatIo Animal.

Rev. Mrs Phoebe Hanaford, in u
recent lecture, said that If those men
who are forever Haunting in our
faces the text of st. Paul in which he
forbids women to speak in churches
would read certain text in Kings
they would soon find out where some
of the kitchen work belongs" The
lady evidently referred to ii. Kings,
xxi, 10, in which it is said And l
will wipe Jerusalem as man wipeth
o dish, wiping it and turning it upside
down." Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
nIdn,t Caro- for NoterIetv.

Sox - Did you hear about Dolly
Hustler slapping that masher's jaws
the other evening?
Buskins-Yes 1 also heard that
she was very much ANNOYED by the
notoriety she gained in the affair
Sox-She is. She positively forbade
her press agent writing it up for more
than thousand words. Indianapolis
Journal.
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eve .s, It's mystery will never be
sol& /.
1t is a sad list, this category OF dark
deeds and fiendish crimes, whose per-
petrators aave gone unpublished, and IL
offers endless food for serious retiec-
ton. AS you glance over the series Of
unsolved crimes which extends back
for period of two years and culmi-
mates in the death Of Mary Cunning
ham, you find there deeds Of various
degrees Of horror, ranging from burg
larry and theft to bloody murder and
arson and spreading over the land from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Upon more careful scrutiny, however,
1t is found that few Of these mystic
rious crimes possess certain attributes
in common. The longer you look at
them the more startling this resem-
blance becomes, until almost uncon-
sciously you find that number OF
these crimes have assumed striking
prominence before your eyes and stand
out boldly among the rest.
These crimes resemble one another
most forcibly in this respect-the VIC
tim Of each was woman who had
been strangled to death. And as you
contemplate the grewsome array the
conviction forces itself upon you that
the murder Of the Cunningham girl
was but a last link in a chain Of
similar crimes indissolubly connected
one with the other by the same de-
tails, the same methods, the same ap-
parent lack of motive and, with but
few exceptions, the character of the
victim Were all these crimes perpe-
trated by the same hand?
Minnie Weldt, strangled in New
York, May 30, 1894. Josie Bennett,
strangled in Buffalo, June 3O,1S94. Mary
Eckhart, strangled in Cincinnati, July
rs, 1894. Lena Upper, strangled in
Denver, September q, 1894. Marie
Contassoit, strangled in Denver, Octo-
Der 20, 1894. Kiku Oyama, strangled in
Denver, November 10, 1894. Jessie
Williams, strangled in San Francisco,
December %, 1895. Marie McDermot,
strangled in San Francisco, February
"a, 1896. Bertha Paradis, strangled in
San Francisco, March 10, 1896.
These have since been supplemented
by the strangling Of woman in Bos-
ton and the death of Mary Cunningham
in New York. The list, as you see, is
we'll rounded; the first crime was COM
mitted on Decoration day, 1894, the last
on Decoration day. 1896. When will
the next take place?
The murder which heads the list
was committed in a bedroom of the fiat
on the second floor of No. 1924 East
Sixty-first street, New York. The apart
ment was occupied by two young wom-
en- named Minnie Weldt and Hella
Kahleit. They were women who had
reformed and had determined to lead
a better life. Hella's reformation was
complete and lasting, but the other
girl soon grew weary Of washing and
scrubbing, and slowly fell back into
her former life. Advertisements dis
tributed through the newspapers
brought her occasional visitors, whose
comings and goings soon ceased to be
q matter Of comment among the neigh
bors. On the morning of Decoration
day, two years ago, Hella went to work
as usual. A Mrs. Boes, who lived on
the same floor with the young woman,
saw young man, fair, clean-shaven
and well-dressed, standing at their
door. Presently the door was opened
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30

TITS too bad" said the young woman
who wants to be new.
whats the trouble?" asked hei
mother.
Just as soon as we've made up our
minds to show the world that we are
not the weak, timid creatures we have
been pictured, the announcement comes
that the trees are full Of caterpillars
this r."-Buffalo Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
FlatterInr Similarity.

"There is something about your style
of writing, Miss Urleigh," remarked
the literary editor, that reminds me
strongly of Joachim Miller"
Indeed" exclaimed the young wom-
an, highly pleased.
eyes. have to hire an expert to de-
cipher it."-Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
Expectations.

"You are Shakesperian student,
i believe, Gaswell?"
II am Dukane. ! am an ardent
admirer of that master Of the English
language and interpreter of the emo
tions.of the human heart"
"Then of course you believe with
him that all the worlds stage and
all the men and women merely play
ers?'"
Certainly, don't you?"
"Well would expect from the sec
ond proposition lot of professional
actors and actresses whom l have
seen trying to play" Pittsburg
Chronicle.
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Mother Goose in the Saddle.

Little Polly Flinders
Wheeled among the cinders,
Barking her pretty little toes;
Her mamma scorched and sought her
And surely would have caught her
But my! She slipped a pedal and
came down upon her nose!
Cleveland Post.
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A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect of Syrup Of Figs, when
In need Of laxative, and II the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that
1t is the best family remedy known and
every family should have bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-30
Grants TroubIesome soldier.

General Grant used to tell story of
a soldier in certain regiment during
the war who was continually bother.
ing him by asking him favors. Grant
one day said to him: Look here, !
believe you are the most troublesome
man in the Union nrmyF'
The man quickly replied: why,
that is funny, sirI"
Funny How do you make it out
funnyP"
Because that is just what the enc
my says about you" Harper's Round
Table.