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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-23
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, Jan. 13.--After the opening eX-
ercises in the house yesterday the
speaker swore in the following clerks:
II. +. Norcross, cngrossing n enroll
ing; G. ID. Tidrick, appropriations; j.
w. Peckham railroads; A. G. McAllis-
ter. elections and privileges; j. c. Bow
ers, counties, county affairs NJ. owens,
banks and banking and ways and
means.
Mr.. DAILY moved tina The sergeant at
arms be instructed TO remove the nickel
in the slot machine in the cloak room.
BY Mr.. Schwartz, to amend section
676 OF the code Of criminal procedure by
striking out the words mot in the EN-
ploy Of a railroad" relating to liabil
tiles Of common carriers; relating TO
garnishee; relating TO employees and en-
ployers, and liabilities OF employers in
cases Of injury; legalizing notarial ac-
Acknowledgements taken prior 10 1897; re-
lating 10 the appointment OF steno-
%graphers for circuit courts at a Salar
Of So per day and mileage.
BY Anderson OF Pennington, to amend
sections 2246, 224S and 2249. complied
laws. relating to the adulteration OF
food 10 be labeled.
BY Weeks, appropriating per diem OF
members and employees OF both houses,
creating n Office of commissioner OF
insurance and fixing the salary at 1900
per year; for an appropriation Tor the
MlSSlSSlppl fApoSllIoIl az oiiIaia
and providing for a commission, sal
aries Of commissioners to be s. per day,
and the appropriation $50, 1000.
by Thompson, to amend laws relating
to biography, providing for the recov-
cry Of damages for failure Ia deliver
messages promptly.
By Dollard, providing for the saf+
keeping Of public funds. the governor,
attorney general, treasurer, commits
sioner OF public lands and auditor TO Sc
lect repositories; that the present ses-
sion adjourn within thirty days from
the first day Of the session, and that no
new bills be received within ten days
OF the close of the session; that nc
member Of the Legislature shall be eligi-
bic to appointment to a position in a
public institution until n year after
the expiration Of his term.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-23
New Senate Bills.
The following bills were introduced

The following bills were introduced in
the senate this afternoons:
by Bouck. regulating the manufacture
and sale OF intoxicating liquor.
BY Palmer. a resolution consuming GER
tain newspaper correspondents for crit
icising him.
BY Keith, providing for the organization
OF mutual insurance
by Gunderson requiring the inspection
81 Illuminating oils.
BY Gunderson, to enforce secrecy OF
ballot.
Bv Kindschy, for saving and storing
surface water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-23
House Proceedings.

Pierre, Jan. 14.-In the house only rou-
tine business was transacted. The appro-
p~riatlon bin, the f~fty-third measure intro
duced in the house, was the first bill to be-
come "A law.
The most important bills introduced
were:
BY Solhc-, pI ovlding for a uniform sys-
tenn OF education for South Dakota.
BY Hansen, to amend section |, chapter
20, laws of 1889, forfeit!ng all interest
where bll calls for more than 10 per cent
by McManus, re.ating to sales of land III
tax sales, providing that II be sold TO the
party accepting the lowest rate OF inter-
est.
BY Schnaubei, against the use of nickel
in-thc-slot machines.
BY kllndt, requiring the listing OF notes
and mortgages as moneys and credits.
BY Dollard, relating to the limitations OF
actions.
House bin -. So. by Ebert, requiring
state and coun'- t~reasurers TO give bonds
III guarantee insurance companies.
By GOWN relating to the establishment
OF state banks and regulating the control
q. them.
by Colvin. providing for the appoint
ment OF a board of steam boiler examiner
and defining their duties, and fixing the
fees, examiners TO receive ~ per cent OF
the same.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-23
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, Jan. 15.-DiHerences developed
yesterday between the populist leaders In
the senate I'm the discussion OF the pro-
posed bill creating the Ninth judicial dis
trict. Senator Bouck defended the meas
ure with the republicans. n Senators
Morgan and Bothum opposed it, Senator
Morgan said he was disposed to take
p.enty of time TO consider the bill; that II
was unnecessary that another circuit be
created He was in favor OF making the
present judges do more work, compelling
them 10 earn their salary. Senator Bo-
thum declared he would oppose all meas
ures tending to create new Offices ana IN
crease expenses.
Judge Palmer. who Is advocating the
shortening of the legislative session TO
forty days. was surprised TO ind himse.s
outgeneraled IN his efforts 70 defeat the
days. His plan was uncovered prema-
turely. The bill passed with only two dis
senting votes.
BY Stewart, amending the school laws
limiting tho price TO be paid for school
books used I'm country districts.
BY Prather, defining the duties OF
school officers.
BY Gunderson, .anthorizl IL. govern
ment to agree with the =" - Of Ne-
braska on the boundary q
two states.
BY Bothnm. providing for the az oint-
ment OF judges of the supreme cou. ,
Till the next general election.
BY Case authorizing county commission
ers TO compromise taxes: making the en-
bezzlement OF public funds punishable by
Imprisonment from one TO twenty years.
according to the magnitude OF the crime.
and imposing a fine of double the amount
embezzled.
House Proceedings.
Pierre, JAM. 11.-In the house additional
committee Clerks were employed and Rep
resentative Schnauber was impelled to in
lulre Il all the populists in the state were
TO be placed pm The house pay roll.
Representative Bruce introduced a bill
requiring a tax OF 30 cents a head on range
cattle OF n~on-residents. and making the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-19
What He Couldn't Do.

A student in one Of the Buffalo med
ical colleges is responsible for the state
ment that at certain place of public
entertainment one Of the boys was brag-
ging of his manifold accomplishments
until one of the company lost patience
and said in gruff tone: "'Now, we've
heard enough about what you can do
Come, tell us what there is you can t
do, and I'll undertake to do it myself "
WAL, replied the student, with o
yawn, II can't pay my account here,
So glad to find you're the man to do il. ="
And the critic paid the score amid
roars of laughter rom the party. But.
falo Commercial.
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back. After a while. however, the
thought Of blOodslled left him. and be
smiled grimly as he got a new plan.
The sun was almost down as he reused
zap and said:
We must be moving-follOw me-"
(which way?" asked the officer.
The recruit headed for the west, out
upon the open desert. without a reply.
and the Captain followed him In a
dazed and wondering way. The sun
went down and they toiled on. Dark
ness came. and yet they walked. At
first the Captain knew that they were
going west. When darkness came he
lost his bearings. just as the soldier
had planned he should. BY and by the
two We're walking around in a circle,
each plodding along with his head
down. and neither asking nor answer
ing questions. OF sudden the recruit
disappeared. The officer peered
through the darkness, but could catch
no sign of human form. He stopped
and listened. but no football reached
his ear. He had been nervous and ap-
prehensive before, now he was sudden
ly almost terror-stricken. He was
miles and miles from the fort-miles
and miles out upon the lonely desert.
A dozen times he tried to brace up and
fight away the feeling Of helplessness,
but it was too strong to be shaken OF.
He should hare sat down to wait for
daylight, but his fears kept him NOV,
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GLADSTONE AND oIsRAELI.
The Ways of the Two Great Premier,
Were Curiousiy Unlike.


Were Curiously Unlike.
l heard nearly all the great speecbes
made by both the men in that pariia-
mentary duel, which lasted for so MANY
years. My OWL observation and judg-
ment gave the superiority 10 Mr.. Glad
stone all through, but | quite admit
that Disraeli stood up well TO his great
opponent and that it was not always
easy to award the prize of victory. The
two mems voices were curiously un-
Ike Disraeli had a deep, low, power
ful voice, heard everywhere throughout
the house, but having little variety OF
music in it. Gla6stone's voice was
tuned to higher note, was penetrat-
ing, resonant, liquid and full OF an ex-
qulslte incubation and music which
gave new shades Of meaning to every
emphasized word The ways of the
men We're in almost every respect curl
ously unlike. Gladstone was ALWAYS
eager for conversation. He loved to talk
to anybody about anything. Disraeli,
even among his most intimate friends,
was given to frequent fits of absolute
and apparently gloomy silence
Gladstone, after his earlier parlia-
mentary days, became almost entirely
indifferent to dress. Disraeli ALWAYS
turned out in the newest fashion, and
down to his latest years went in the
get up of young man about town. Not
less different were the characters and
| temperamen.s of the two men. Glad.
stone changed his political opinions
many times during his long parliament.
airy career, but he changed his opin
ions only in Difference to the force of {
growing conviction and to the recog
milton of facts and conditions which
he could no longer conscientiously dis
pute. Nobody probably ever knew wha
Mr.. Disraeli's real opinions were upol
any political question or whether he
had any real opinions at all. Gladstone
began as Tory and gradually became
changed into Radical. Disraeli begar
as an extreme Radical under the pat
ronage of Daniel O'Connell and changed
into Tory. But everybody knew tina
Gladstone was at first sincere Tory
and at last a sincere Radical Nobody
knew, or, indeed, cared, whether Dis
raeIi ever was either a sincere Radica
or sincere Tory. Justin Mccarthy il
Outlook.
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The officer looked up and smiled va
cantly and talked to himself in whis-
pers. Next day at noon he entered the
post alone, but the sentinel at the gate
caught sight of another figure down in
the bushes and knew that the officer
and deserter had met.
Here is Capt. Bowersw was shouted
by score Of privates and officers as
the man stood at the gate and stared
stupidity around him.
They pressed forward to shake the
officer by the hand and question him
about his adventure, but he drew away
and cast his eyes down and muttered
and smiled. He no longer had mind,
and Private James Green was reveng.
ed. Months afterward the Captain got
about again, but he was so queer
that his resignation was handed in and
accepted, and he drifted no one knew
whither.-C. B. Lewis, in the st. Louis
Republic.
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.'.PRIVATE GREEN.
sSSGsGsGsG>S>SSS,SS

state OF panic. closely followed by the
exultant victors. After a mad rush of
seven or eight miles the Captains
horse fell exhausted and soon died. The
otilcer knew that his command had
been routed and that he was cut off
from 1t. That the Indians did not pur-
sue him was probably due to their de-
sire to annihilate the company by fol-
lowing swiftly on their heels He had
ridden beyond their ken. and the strong
wind had already covered his trail In
the sand, but the fort was twelve miles
distant. and he was on foot and cut off
from II. He had lost his sabre, but still
retained his revolver, and was seated
on the dead body of his horse and plan
ming what move he should make. when
trooper suddenly appeared beside
him.
"fou-is 1t you, Greenw exclaimed
Capt. Bowers, as he sprang to his feet.
The other stood with folded arms
and made no reply. 1t was Private
Green. the deserter of a month ago. His
uniform was torn and stained, and the
man had a haggard, wolfish look. He
had not been hiding among the hills
where the soldiers had looked for him,
but out among the sand ridges, where
his only living companions were SER
penis and lizards. He had been driven
there by the persecution of the officer
who stood before him. The officer knew
II as well as he, and he drew his pistol
to defend himself from attack. 1t was
two or three minutes before another
word passed. Then the Captain said:
Green, this is bad business. We ran
into an ambush, and the company must
have been badly cut up. 1t has been
driven back to the fort, and am alone,
as you see. l am going to try and
make my way in."
you cannot do It," was the reply.
"Within an hour the Indians will be
looking for you. They would be upon
you before you were clear of the des-
ert"
"But what shall do?"
Come with me-"
Private Green strobe away to the
west and the Captain followed him. II
seemed strange that he should do SO,
but the sudden surprise of the ambush,
the mad run of his horse and his find.
| ing of the deserter In such an unex-
pected place all combined to COW his
spirit and bring feeling of helpless.
ness. For two miles and more he fol.
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ing. He called for Private Green-he
shouted and shrieked his name hun.
dred times-but there was no answer.
When he had grown so hoarse that his
voice could no longer be heard he be-
gan running, and he grew yet more
fearful.
He was not afraid of the soldier-not
afraid of the serpents and lizards-he
did not fear the darkness. He was
afraid of himself. Until midnight he
ran and walked by turns, always hop
Ing that every darker shadow was the
form of the man he had driven to de-
sertion, but ever disappointed. At
length he fell down from exhaustion,
and daylight found him groveling In
the sand and human figure seated be-
side him. When the sun came up Pri-
vate Green reached out his hand and
quietly said:
Come, Captain; we are going to the
fort"
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Victims of Science,

1--WE have so many in the family that
there's really no privacy for a girl who
Is just engaged"
What do you do?"
well, we've been going up on the
roof and sitting together on little set
tee with our backs to the big chimney.
But We can't sit there any more"
why not?"
well, a man came to George yester-
day and offered him a photograph.
George looked at it and almost fell off
his chair. 1t was picture of us on the
roof. George had his arm around me.
and l had my arm around George.
How muchT said George. Ten dol
lars said the man. The only one.
man? said George Only one,' said
the man. George paid the ten. Now
he said, Just tell me how In the world
you managed to get that photograph? p
What do you think the wretch said?
We'll, what"
HE said he was the man who sent
up balloons with cameras attached!'-
Cleveland Plaindealer.
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Supplying All wants.

The Poddler-I have the most excel.
lent silver polish
Tie Lady of ito Et cso-rcn't pcra
1t. have gel my s.istr
Well. th6n, IL will ta.e reasc sTt:s
out Of wall paper
Haven't got any '. all p per-"
Then It will reIew the curl in
feathers"
Haven got any feathers"
Well, then. it will make oil paint.
ings lock like new. :"
Haven't get any oil paintings
Well, tLen, little taken internally
will make you feel as if you had some
OF these things Good day London
Answers.
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\ F The elghteenrecruits who came

n f the eighteenrecruits who came
" GU, to the Fourth Cavalry once
upon a time as ii was stationed
at Fort BascOmbe was Private James
Green. who was assigned to Company
Is. From the first hour he came among
US we realized that he was eli good
birth, well educated. and that he had
enlisted in order to disappear from the
world for time. There are plenty Of
such cases. and they excite no particu-
lar interest or remark. Unless a soldier
wishes to talk of his past he is seldom
questioned by his comrades. If re-
cruit is set down as a gentleman the
Inference is that family troubles or
some wild adventure was the cause OF
bis enlistment, and the matter is never
referred to unless he makes an enemy
among his comrades. Ii was the mis-
fortune of Company b to have cap
tain who was hated 'iy his men and
not well liked by the officers OF the
regiment. But for the fact that he was
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THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN BOWERS.

lowed In the others footsteps, neither
speaking q word. Then they crossed
sand ridge which was higher than the
average and descended to q natural
sink OF about half an acre In extent. In
the center Of this sink was a puddle Of
water-such water as a thirsty horse
would hardly have touched with his
nose a second time. In the breast Of
the sand ridge was a shallow cave-the
home of the deserter.
"Is this-this where you have been
hiding?" asked the officer as he looked
about him.
For the last ten days-yes," an
swered Private Green. MAKE yourself
at home. You will have to wait here
until the Indians clear out"
That was the water the soldier had
used to quench his thirst-the shallow
cave his shelter from the sun and the
night There was no fire, no food. He
must have had food to live, but he
must have been compelled to eat 1t raw
No wonder he looked pinched and hag-
gard and wolfish. He flung himself
down on the sands and turned away
from the officer. Had the deserter been
armed the officer would have feared an
attack. While he did not fear that, the
mans singular demeanor bred appre-
tension
He had been driven to desert-to be-
come a wanderer on the face of the
desert-to hunger and thirst and feel
that Lis life was in peril every hour.
Capt Bowers thoughts were anything
but pleasant as he sat in the shelter
and looked out upon the recruit who
had the outspoken sympathy of four
fifths of the garrison. An hour passed
away. Then the officer said:
"Green, I've been thinking we were
too hard on you, and am free to say
| am sorry for it. If you'll go back to
the fort with me things shall be diff
| ferent.'
The man stretched on the sands made
no reply. He knew enough Of military
discipline to know that court-martial
awaited him for striking his superior
officer and deserving. They must find
him guilty and pass sentence, no mat.
ctr how well disposed. He had stood
all he could, and on the night Of his de-
sertion he had sworn solemn oath to
have revenge upon his captain before
he died. Chance had thrown the Off
Ger into his hands. As he lay there he
was planning murder. He meant tc
get up by and by and spring upon the
Captain, no matter about the pistol
Reduced In strength as he was for the
want of proper food, the thought of hi
wrongs neryed him up and he fell
more than match for the man at hi
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A queer story is told of a naturalist
who died in 1860 and was buried at
Blankney, in Lincolnshire. Among his
nets was large gray bat
This bat was permitted to enter the
tomb and was sealed up alive with the
corpse OF his dead master. In 1866 tie
vault was opened, AID 10 The surprise
Of all the bat was alive and fat.
On four different occasions since tnc
relatives of the dead man have locked
after the welfare of his pet, and each
time it has been reported that tie bat
was still in the land of the living. a.
though occupying quarters with the
dead. 1t was last seen in 1892. Pear
sons Weekly.
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DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube gets inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any ease of Deafness Caused by catarrh J
that cannot be Cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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physical salvation gained through the
aid of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
The horrors born of displacement or
liberation of the womb:
Backache, bearing-down, dizziness,
fear OF coming calamity, distrust of
best friends.
All, au-sorrows and sufferings of
the past The famed Vegetable Com
pound" bearing the illustrious name
Pinkham, has brought them out of the
valley of suffering to that of happiness
and usefulness.
In one advertisement alone we re-
Gently published thirty testimonials
from women in one small town who
had regained health through its use.
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CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San
Francisco, CAL, the largest builders of gas,
gasoline and oil engines ON the Coast, are
making extensive preparations for the
seasons business.
They are filling several orders for large
irrigating plants and as this line of their
business increases each season, it is safe to
say the farmers throughout the State are APP
preciating the advantages of irrigation with
"T TSa PHn r'1os " W onhs cneap power, .
ing an 80 H. P. engine for Geo. Il. Packer,
Colusa, which will raise 5000 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
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Mrs. Gayspouse engaging ncw scrv
anti am very particular ahcvtll
conduct of my domestics | had t9.sis
charge my last girl because | caught
her winking at my husband.
Applicant = You did qnitc tight,
ma'am. A girl as careless a. that oughi
to be discharged. New York Herald.
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New Uses for Glass.

Attention was recently called to the
proposed use of glass brick in building.
1t Is now said that the Government Of
Switzerland has approved the use OF
glass for making weights to be en-
ployed with balance-scales. A peculiar
ly tough kind of glass is to be selected
for this purpose. From England comes
the suggestion that glass would be a
better and more lasting material than
stone for making monuments which
are exposed to the wearing action Of
the weather.
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"Our church tower goes nearer
heaven than the tower of any other
church in town." proudly remarked a
resident in an interior town to visitor
from the city.
''Well, replied the latter, 81 don't
know any church that needs it more. u
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
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Disappointment oualiaed.

LADY, was aw fully sorry. professor,
was unable to come to your lecture
lass night We've there many there?
The Professor (lIishJ- Um-well-
not SO many as oxlt oted But / never
thought there would be. - London
Punch
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AROUSE TO ACTION

A dormant liver, or you will suffer all the
tOrtures incident to prolonged bilious at
furred tongue, sour breath, pain in the riga
side, will admonish you of neglect. Discipline
the recalcitrant organ at once with Hosteiter'l
stomach Bitters, and expect prompt relief
nervousness and debility are thorough,
removed by the Btters.
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Professor Bailey Ct Ithaca Las e.c
ceeded in grating tomato On En.i
vines In this case the tcn.alccs Sc,
to full size, but the potatoes rcn,ri
small
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A medical authority states that the
voices of singers and actors can be
much better preserved if used in thea
tiers lighted by electricity rather than
gas