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around there was enough to have made
her 60 back on me forever. But An
ME wasn't afraid of anything, and she
took what I said like an angel, and l
closed by tumbling off my chair to
sleep.
II don't know how long it was be-
fore I came to, but when did I thought
I was smothering with bed covers all
over my head, and I began to kick
and swear and sputter and yell. l
might as we'll have tried to get out OF
Jail. Annie was on the outside saying
things that sounded bad for me, and
pretty soon I begun to feel cowhide
whacking me over the body from head
to foot. Then I understood that An
ME had sewed me up in sheet or
something, and was giving me a lesson.
1t was sharp one, too, and kept up
till I had made thousand promises to
keep sober, and not to hurt her when
I got out.
"I made the promises easy enough,
but she didn't let me out till Sunday
morning and by that time I wasn't so
drunk as I was, but I was madder than
ever, and 30 soon as I got loose I for
got everything and made grab for
my wife. Nobody knows what might
have happened if Annie hadn't been
the kind of woman she was, but she
was the right kind, and as I reached
for her she reached for shovel handle
there was in the corner, and the next
thing knew I was laid out fiat and
Annie was standing over me.
"'Now, look here, Tom,' says she,
You've begun by lying to me and get
ting drunk. You have broken your
promises. You have tried to fight me
as you would fight man, and have
laid you out as a man might have
done; if you move hand or foot now
I'll smash you fiat. This is my house
and everything in it is mine. don'1
ask any more promises of you, but il
you ever get drunk again, you never
come under my roof. Now, get up
and 90 to bed, and I'll 60 for the doc
tor which she did, boys" he conclud'
ed, "and from that day to this one An
ME and haven't bad a squabble, and
though I'm not under any promises
not to drink, I don't think have had
more than drink a year since that
Sunday morning."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06
ARTFIJLLY MANAGED"

Some of the orders of Frederick the
Great caused great discomfort. On
one occasion his soldiers resolved to
avail themselves of that ease and facil-
ity with which Frederick could at all
times be approached by them to lay
grievance before him. A deputation
of Ogilvie's Grenadiers accordingly
marched from their barracks to the
palace, and halted at the porch.
General Keith was the officer in wait
ing, and he acquainted the king with
their arrival, adding:
"Shall order them back to barracks,
sire, or place them under arrest ?"
"Do neither; they have come to see
me, and see me they shall. Good SOL
diers have nothing to fear from me,
and the regiment of Ogilvie is one of
the finest I possess. shall try them
with the power of discipline p'
The king then hastily put. on his
shabby old uniform, his long jackboots,
which had never known blacking, his
orders of knighthood, his cooked hat,
sword, and sash.
"Sire," urged Keith, twill there not
be an inconvenience in all this ?"
"To whom ?"
"To you, SIRE"
"How, Keith-how ?"
"Discussion will lead to other depu-
tations, and every order your majesty
may issue will be dissected and caviled
at in every guard room and beer
shop"
"No matter, comrade, march the
rascals in. I will trust to the power
of disciplinep'
The deputation was accordingly ad-
mitted, and in they came, 20 tall fel-
lows, all after Frederick's own heart;
but the appearance of the king, who
was dressed as if for parade, awed
them to complete silence.
"Attention |" he Immediately cried,
drawing his sword. TO the right
face-frontl To the left face-front W
These commands the deputation,
who were formed in line, obeyed in
perfect silence, wondering what was
to follow a reception 80 unexpected.
Suddenly Frederick cried out:
"To the right face To your bar
racks-quick march!
Then, as he never gave the word
"Haltv % they felt compelled to march
on, and Frederick and General Keith
laughed heartily as the baffied deputa-
tion disappeared within the barrack-
yard where their expectant comrades
gathered around them, to hear the re-
port of how the king had received the
complaint they were to make.
"We have never opened our lips"
said the oldest grenadier, with heavy,
crestfallen expression.
"What! Did you not see the king?"
cried they, in astonishment. .
"We have just left him, but"
"Blockheads and why did you not
follow your instructions?"
"It was impossible"
"Impossible And why SOP"
because when we saw old Father
Frederick in his fighting coat and dirty
boots, and heard his voice Of COM
mand, our hearts failed US, and the
the power of discipline proved too
great !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06
CHAPTER XVIII.

THE FINISH OF A SAILORS STORY.
On the morning of the sixth day after
the arrival of the man-of-war MIR. Will.
liams was buried on the island. There
was another break in the weather, and
it was a fair day. About 100 people
went ashore, and of this number about
40 were armed to be in readiness for
any move the mutineers might make.
That the death Of the poor old man
was sad blow to wife and daughter,
and that they had the full sympathy OF
every one aboard, you cannot doubt. In
my own mind had planned that when
we reached port I would ask him for
Mary, and perhaps remain ashore to
take hold of the new life with him.
Now that he was dead it was not likely
that the survivors would want to remain
in that faroff land, and of course mar
riage could not be thought Of for months
to come.
The men dug grave on the east
shore of the island, and, with the chap
lain of the man-of-war conducting the
services and all the officers ashore, we
buried the poor old man whose love and
solicitude for his daughter had given
him grave begirt by the sea. I spoke
such words of comfort and solace to the
widowed and fatherless as came to me,
and in the presence Of her mother Mary
put her hand on my arm and said:
Ralph, it was known to father and
mother that we loved each other. That
we have you to comfort us and depend
on in this hour relieves the anxiety if it
does not soften the blow. Our future
will be guided entirely by you"
Directly after dinner Captain Nc
Comber began to land force of men on
the beach, and Captain Clark and I both
went ashore to offer our services While
the courts in England had cleared both
Mary and Of the charge which had
sent Ben johnson into penal servitude,
both of us felt that our characters had
been stained. The only thing to clear
us was a voluntary confession from Ben
johnson. I stated my idea of this mat
ter to Captain McComber, and after a
little reflection he replied:
"Yes, that is what wish you could
get, but am not hopeful. From the de-
fant attitude of the mutineers I am
ready to believe that they will suffer US
to shoot them down before they surren-
der. Johnson is likely to be the very
first one to fall. l shall send out flag
of truce and give them one hour in
which to surrender. If they do not come
In, shall proceed to hunt them down. "
A sergeant of marines, accompanied
by six men, was at once dispatched to
the camp of the nutinccrs. / did not
60 along, but I can tell you what hap
pened. Of sailors, guards and convicts
at the outset there had been about so
men. Of this number 43 were left. The
marines found these men drawn up III
line in front of their tents. Most of
them were convicts. and, having lived
like wild beasts for so many days, Il
more villainous looking lot of men one
never beheld. Not gesture was made
nor a shout uttered. They waited i'll ST.
lence until the sergeant had advanced
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06

s@ A German one day expressed
himself as being somewhat offended
because an American gentleman had
asserted that his Teutonic countrymen
could not, as rule, appreciate Amer
lean jokes.
"Try one of them," said he defiant
ly, and the American accordingly told
him the story of the "tree" out west
which was so high that it took two
men to see to the top. One of them
began to look at the spot where the
first stopped seeing.
The recital did not raise the ghost
of a smile upon the Germans face,
and the other said to him:
"Well, you see the joke is lost on
you. You cannot appreciate Amer
lean humor."
"Oh, but" said the German, "dat's
not humor. OATS Won Ire !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06

are within a rod or so of the river
bank. At its southern extremity
stretches the Dead Sea, its waters
bright and beautiful to the eye, but
deadly and nauseous to the palate.
Between lies bleak, horrid wilder
ness, with nothing to relieve the awful
desolation. Toward the south is the
"hill country of Judea." With glass
the ruined castle of Macherus may be
discerned on the mountains of Moab,
where Josephus tells us that John the
Baptist was imprisoned and untimely
executed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06

Tried Hard to Keep New England Mills
Running.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06
THE END.
Future of tho Wheel.

The wheel has become an accepted
institution of daily life to such an ex-
tent that it is only when one stops to
make comparative study of its prog
ress that one can accurately gauge its
influence. A man, commenting on this
day or two ago, was asked if he
thought the craze could be permanent
doubtedly," he replied. II look to
see, before ten years are passed, men
going to their work-office, counter or
factory-on perfectly arranged bicycle
roads, from one end of the island to the
other. I don't know whether these will
be elevated or grade or below grade,
but they will exist. The few merely
fashionable folks will, of course, drop
the wheel soon for some fresh novelty
or consign it to occasional use, but the
army of wheel men and women is going
to increase rather than decrease.
"a recent article spoke Of the wheel
as a social revolutionizer that had never
been equaled, and, in my mind, its in
fuence has only just begun. The same
article quoted a physician as saying
that mot within 200 years has there
been any one thing which has SO bene-
flied mankind as the invention Of the
bicycle, from the fact that it has put
all the world out Of doors. You may be
sure these people are not going to be
put indoors again, having tasted the
pleasures Of air and motion. Wheels
will be cheap in a short time. Their
present high price is because the facto-
ries cannot supply the demand, but as
their manufacture increases the price
will lower, and stock Of wheels will
be part Of the household belongings
of every family, just as stock OF UNI
brellas is. New York Times.
s9- A harmless lotion for removing
freckles is as follows: Lemon juice,
h1rov nna. q III
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06

sG Chicago's post Office is credited
with doing more registered letter busi-
ness than any other post Office in the
Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06

R9- A harmless lotion for removing
freckles is as follows: Lemon juice,
one ounce powdered borax, one-half
dram sugar, one-half dram.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
Spearhsh in Line.

The people Of Spearfsh are deter
miLed that their city and the territory
tributary to it shall be properly repre-
sented in the Black Hills exhibit at the
Omaha exposition. Under a call from
Mayor Wolzmuth a meeting was held
Friday evening 10 hear an address from
j. P. Hymer, the local commissioner OF
the exposition, and to take such action
az might he deemed advisable. The
call was responded to by nearly Q
business men of the place and a lively
interest was manifested. After Mr..
Hymer had shown plans and explained
what it was proposed to do he was
flooded with questions, and before the
meeting adjourned those present were
fully posted on all matters concerning
which he could give information. A
motion prevailed that Spearish CO.
operate with the other towns of the
Hills to make the proposed exhibit a
success. John Wolzmuth, George C.
Fayorite. F.. H. Warren, NJ. C. Connors
and d. J. Toomey were appointed q
committee to have charge and 10 meet
with the other committees June 8. In
formally it was decided to reproduce In
miniature an irrigated farm and also
spearfish canyon at the point where 1t
is crossed by the Burlington. To make
the latter effect more complete q train
OF cars will probably also be shown. in
miniature, crossing above the 'fails-
Independent
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
CUSTER CITY, CUSTER COUNTY, 8. !

CUSTER CITY, CUSTER CoUNTY, 3. d., /
To the Mining Syndicate, Limited. OF Omaha,
Nebraska, and 10 whom II may concern:
You are hereby notified that tho Argyle
Fullcrs Earth Company, a corporation duly or.
ganized under the laws of the State OF South
Dakota, has. by It's duly constituted and acting
officers, expended -Four Hundred Dollars, III
labor and improvements upon the following
described Placer Mining Claims, the same being
the expenditure of One Hundred Dollars upon
each of said four claims, to-wit:
Edgemont No. l, Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. 2, Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. 6, Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. 7. Placer Mining Claim,
situated in Custer County. South Dakota, abou,
20 miles southerly from Custer City, the location
certificates, fully describing said claims, being
OF record in Placer Location Records of said
Custer County, In Office OF Register OF Deeds
respectively at pages 30, 81, IS and IS, in Book o
in order to hold said premises under the pro.
visions of Section 1924, and acts amendatory
thereto( Of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required 10 hold the
said claims for the Year ending December 81,
1896. And IL within ninety days ater this notice
by publication, you fail or refuse TO contribute
your proportion OF said expenditures. as a CO.
owner, your interest I'm said claims will become
the property OF the subscriber, the said Argyle
Fullers Earth Company. under said Section 1924,
Revised Statutes OF the Emitted States.
ARGYLE FCLLERS EARTH co.
By DENIS HEHAULT. its President, and
4. II, SMITH, its Secretary.
First publication, April "A, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
BOstWick'S Mill Burned.

J. II. Bostwick's saw mill, located on
French creek, about six miles east of
this city, was totally destroyed by fire
at IN early hour on Sunday morning
last. A CHRONICLE reporter visited the
scene of the fire or Sunday evening,
where he found the mill, and the lum-
Der piles near it. in smouldering ruins,
the fire having not yet been entirely
extinguished.
The loss upon the mill and machinery
pertaining thereto is practically com.
plete, as there was nothing left of value,
save The boiler, and that was seriously
damaged. The loss Of lumber was large,
there being no less than 5000 feet of
clear dry lumber, and about So 600 feet
of common lumber destroyed. The
origin of the fire is not definitely
known, but all circumstances point most
conclusively to the fact that it was the
worl of an incendiary. The fire was
first discovered by one of the mill en-
ployes residing lea by about 3 o'clock
in the morning, when it had gained but
little Roadway, but as the mill had not
been in operation during the preceding
week, there were but few of the em.
ployes there, and the force and facilities
for putting out the fire proved made
quate.
The fact that the mill had been idle
for a week previous to the burning,
during which time there was no fire
kept or required, is regarded as very
sti ong evidence of it having been set on
fire. The loss. which is placed at about
$1,000, will be q serious blow to Mr..
Bostwick, there being no insurance
upon the property, and will no doubt
cause him considerable inconvenience
in re- establishing the plant, which in.
wolves the outlay Of more money than
may be readily procured at this juncture
when that indispensable article is so
extremely difficult to obtain. Mr.. Bost-
wick's friends will hear of his loss with
regret and will hope that he may be
successful in replacing the burned plant,
with a new one, whereby he may re-
cover all, and more than the value of
the property destroyed by the devour-
ing flames.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22

cI1npAI ohbG.
state of South Dakota, County of Custer, IS. In
the Circuit Court Of the Seventh Judicial Cir
William r. Hoy, Plaintiff
Charles .Harbach and shcrin's Sale.
Hattie Harbach,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of an
execution TO me directed and delivered, and
now in my hands for service, issued out Of the
Office OF the Clerk of the Circuit Court Of the
seventh Judicial Circuit Of the State of South
Dakota, within and for Custer County, upon a
Judgment duly rendered In said court, in favor
Of William II. Hoy, plaintif, and against Charles
Harbach and Hattie Harbach, defendants,
%%1afssadaas se upon 20 sew Wn Ssa' ihe saia p%lsln at ~ has ssis a
mortgage lien. to-wit:
That certain piece or parcel Of land, situated
about one half mile east of Custer City, y. d.,
and adjacent TO the smith Placer Mining Claim,
and designated by the Surveyor General as Lot
No. $40 as the Harbach Placer Mining Claim,
Sus eH domain. in a the RU.' Custer or Mining Min iaRSddf District,
Custer County, South Dakota, as shown by the
Record OF Patents on pages SIC, 57 and 6s In
the book OF Miscellaneous Records In the Office
Of the Register OF Deeds in said county and
state; said tract or parcel Of land contains Sixty
hve acres, more or less.
And that I shall on Tuesday, the Sixth day OF
July, 1897, at the hour of one O'Clock in the
afternoon of the said day, At the front door of
the Court House in Custer City and County.
South Dakota, proceed to sell all the right, title
and interest which the said defendants had TO
the above described property on the i4th day OF
October, 1898, the date of Mortgage Lien, To
70 thesuin Of Nine Hundred and Fifty-fve
Dollars and Ninety Cents (s955. 9O>, and the ac-
cruing costs of execution and sale, together
with interest from the 18th day OF May, 1891, at
the rate of twelve per cent per annuni at public
auction, TO the highest bidder fer cash
Dated al Custer City, South Dakota, this 18th
day 0f May, A. d.. 1897.
FRANK WALSH,
Sheriff OF Custer County, SO. Oak.
WOOD & PORTER,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
First publication, May 20, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22

The D. ID q m "a Tues
day %, ,ar -a"a ~ lie
vs,ia, = ,,d from ap-
p.icau,s ,vr The position Of teachers in
the different departments of the school.
The applications being unusually num-
erous, much time was required in their
examination, and as a result but two
teachers were elected, as follows. Miss
Annie Calkins, Of Alliance, Nebraska,
for the grammar department; Miss
Lillian Glenn, of Newcastle, Wyoming,
for the intermediate department.
This completes the election Of all the
teachers except the principal, Miss
Laura 3. earns having been re elected
at a former meeting as teacher in the
primary department, Notwithstanding
the fact that she made no application
for the position, which action OH the
part Of the board is manifestly very
complimentary to her %stearling worth
as a teacher in the important depart
ment over which she has 80 long and
ably presided.
The board will meet again on next
Tuesday evening for the purpose o.
electing q principal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
ORDINANCE.

An ordinance TO provide for the licensing and
regulation Of the business OF selling and offer.
ing for sale any spirituous or intoxicating
liquors In the town Of Custer City, South Da-
kota.
BE 1t ordained by the Board Of Trustees OF the
town Of Custer City, State Of South Dakota:
Sec. I, That any person or party engaged In
the business of selling Intoxicating liquors to be
drunk In, upon or about the premises where
sold within the corporate limits OF the town OF
Custer City, State Of South Dakota, shall pay TO
the said Town OF Custer City, State Of South
Dakota, the sum Of Two Hundred Dollars
(S20lOO). annually IN advance.
Sec. 2, That any person or party violating
any provision OF this ordinance shall be punish.
able by a lne In the sum OF not less than the
sum OF two hundred dollars.
Sec. q Whereas, an emergency II declared to
exist, this ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after It's passage and APP
pr0val.
Passed May 10th, 1891.
Approved May 10th, 1897.
President OF the Board Of Trustees Of the
town Of Custer City, State of South Dakota.
Attest;
A. r. FEAy, Town Clerk.
First publication, May Is, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22

The Salvation Army is rated among
the good things Of the present day, but
it is said to be possible to have too
much of even a good thing, and, taking
this view Of the matter, the Pioneer
Times is loudly complaining of surplus
of this particular good thing in Dead
wood, and suggests certain notifications
in the conduct Of the army meetings,
which If permitted to be continued in
their present form and manner will, as
alleged. be liable to result in riot.
Street meetings are now being held in
the most public places, and are con
stantly becoming mor disorderly, and
a change of their base of operations TO
a more remote locality, in the interest
of peace and order is respectfully, but
sharply suggested.