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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
"Never Mind who 1 Am.~

New York, May 10.-"Never mind who
l am or why this was done. 1t will
hardly ever be found out. hope not.
(Signed)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
ORIGINAL.

Charles Parker, National Military
Home, Togus; Woodbury. Cummings,
South Paris; Almon r. Blackwood,
Charlotte.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
DRAPERY DEPT.

Our imported French and English Couch Covers
cannot be surpassed for rich designs and colorngs.
Our Drapery stock is very complete with fine
line Of novelties in MILAN, RUSSIAN, RENAIS-
LACES.
Along with complete line of yard goods i'm DU-
CHEESE, SWISS, IRISH POINT and BRUSSELS for
glass and sash curtains.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11

The following transfers of real estate
IN this county have been recorded iu
the Registry of Deeds:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

SarsapariHa
AAOoN AAhc take, easy to operate. Csc,
The Red-Headed Boy.

New York Times.
There is generally one boy In every
school, said an old teacher, "who
learns all he lessons Of all the other
boys. He is usually red haired and un-
prepossessing in appearance, but the
writers on pedagogy have not yet fol-
lowed his career far enough 10 decide
whether his knacN OF absorbing knowl-
cage is OF any real use to him in after
life, nor have the psychologists deter
mined whether the propensity goss with
the red hair, or is merely a frequent co.
incidence. Some time ago | attended
the exercises in a public Industrial
school, n observed this Intellectual
phenomenon in a very interesting case.
A dozen children We're called up TO re-
cite little poems. The school room was
crowded, and the red haired little boy
was sitting close TO the reciters. He
knew every piece that was said or sung
He repeated each half audibly, and
just a little in advance of the pupil that
was saying 1t. Some of them faltered
over poems not thoroughly conned. but
n red haired hoy would only assume a
O Of mild surprise that ANYBODY
should miss such a simple thing, and OF
hurt pride that one OF his schoolmates
should not do better, and then repeat
h word of line like a prompter at a
play. When h teacher asked ques-
tons he knew word by word both query
and answer, whether the question was
put to him or to Any other pupil. l
should like to watch that boy and see
h he may blossom into"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
How Weary Is Our Heart.

OF ceremonious embassies that hold
Farley with hell In fine and silken phrase
How weary is our heart these many daysi'
or wagering councillors, neither hot nor
Whom from His mouth GOD speweth, be
Il told,
How weary is our heart these many days,
Yea, for the travelled night Is round the
lands
And sick are we of all the imperial story.
The tramp of Power and its long trail az
pain:
The mighty brows In meanest arts grown
hoary:
The mighty hands.
That in the dear. affronted NAME of
Peace
Bind down a people to be racked and
The emulous armies waxing without
Al-puissant all in vain:
lays.
m the dumb throngs thai on the deaf
thrones gaze:
The common, loveless lust OF territory:
The lips that only babble OF their mart
While TO the night the shrieking hamlets
The bought allegiance and the purchased
praise,
False honor, and shameful glory
Or all the evil whereof this is part.
How weary is our heart,
days. ~
William Watson in the London Chron-
icle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Ill Continued next weekly
Tom Reed Afraid OF His "GirIs."

This story of tom" Reed is told by
Kate Fields H~ashinqton: The seats
may be packed with all sorts of people,
as they always are when he speaks, aud
II There were bombs in all their pockets,
ION Reed would go on s~erenely,
without fear or favor. But when Mrs.
ana Miss Reed meekly declare their in
tentlon OF being two of the spectators,
he gets weak in the knees. The GEAR"
the "autocrat, the "usurper," the "ty-
rant backs down ingIoriously, and
begs his wife and daughter TO spare
him and stay at home. He does not
care a copper for the public, but he
iears these gentle foes of his own house
hold and il is II great relief when he
can persuade or bride them to stay at
home. This he often does-so far rs he
knows.
The day he made his speech closing
the debate on the tariff, Mrs. Reed and
her daughter naturally desired to hear
1t, so they said quietly but firmly in the
morning that they would 90 up to the
house. At first Mr.. Reed was diplo-
malic. He offered no objection, but in
persuasive tones pictured the discom-
forts they would be subjected to from
crowded galleries and bad air. The
private gallery, he urged, would be as
packed rs the rest, and as for the de-
bate, the tariff had already been talked
to death, aud had not a shred of inter-
est left. To all this and much more OF
like tenor they replied that they en-.
joyed a crowd now aud then, aud that
they had no fear of bad mir, and if the
tariff had been talked to death there
was nothing they would like 81 much as
to witness the funeral. Then Mr.. Reed
threw diplomacy to the winds and fell
upon his knees, so to speak, begging
them TO spare him the ordeal of their
presence at his speechmaking.
Now, girls" he said appealingly,
"you know | can't do anything if YOU
two are up there looking ut me. Kitty,
if | make a failure you and your mother
will be responsible. I really think You
might stay away and persuade her to,
when you know just how | feel. lcan't
help 1t. l don't care a continental for
the rest of the world, but | do not want
you two in the gallery" What could
they dop Well, they did what they had
done before-apparently yielding TO his
entreaties, and let him start for the cap.
itol a happier but not wiser man. When
he was safely out of sight they put on
their bonnets, quietly left the S~horeham,
and, boarding Il street ear, went to the
capitol. They avoided the halls to that
gallery Reserved for Members Fami-
lies" and went direct to the public seats,
where, by patience and good manage
ment, they got in in spite of the crowd.
There they sat, looking down on the
unsuspecting ex-speaker, who, inspired
by their supposed absence, made one of
the greatest speeches of his life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Origin of Indian Corn Exp,ained.

UP to Date.
The legend OF the Indian corn, O,
maize, is amazingly simple. Monda.
min, IN Indian brave. bought a pair o.
beaded moccasins of ha .ha
the shoemaker, and found them a siz,
too small. The tale is told by Longfel
low, in his poem, "Hiawhtha," as fol
lows:
Then the worthy brave, Mondamin,
Pigeon-toed old cuss, Mondamin,
Put the beaded shoes upon his
Tootsie-wootsies; and he wore them
To the dance at S~ing-sing-lu-lu,
To the dance AZ Poily-jae-son's:
Ana he danced IN them at Kal-a-
Ad-zoo, where the girls are cross-eyed;
Wore them, too, at South-Chi-ca-go;
Wore them at a hop ia Ken-wo-od;
TIL his toes were sore and weary,
And his feet were mighty achey:
And he had upon his big toe,
on his big toe, Hurt-like-siXty,
TWO big corps. and on the others
one corn each. and all were painful:
very painful to MOndamin.
So he got his razor, keen-edge.
For 10 trim his corns ana prune them.
But alas! poor old Mondamin
Slipped pom a slick banana
Skin and cut his wheezy windpipe-
cut his throat and died directly.
Then they buried old Mondamin,
Buried HIM at O-ko-bo-jl
BY the river Pa-pa-ma-ma,
In the land of Hast-du-ge-sock,
And they went away and left him.
In the spring the rain and sunshine
Beat upon his grave, and soon there
Came "A leaf OF green from out the
Ground just whore his toes were buried,
And IL grew into a cornstalk!
Thus the corn of Old Mondamin
Gave the world the mighty maize-plant.
on Of which the Kansas farmers
Pluck the corn, and call IL farming;
And they 'cuss' and 'cuss' in plenty,
For these toes of old Mondamin
Bring justs 10 cents per bushel!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
The Schoolboy Of Siberia.

The military rule that governs all
Russia extends to the schools inc col
leges. They are free public schools, al
most as fully as with US, and are at
tended by the children of the peasants
and poor townspeople as well as by the
sons Of government officials n rich
merchants, who later are to go to the
university at Tomsk, or perhaps to
Russia, for their college course. But
here, though some are mobiles by birth
and others are mere peasants. all are
treated exactly alike, and all dress in a
uniform closely copied from hat of the
army. Even the ~girls-who always
have separate schools from the boys
wear a simple regulation dress, so that
there is no heart burning in little Anna,
from the cottage i'm the back street, be-
cause little Lady Anna from the
great house on the square has
a fine dress. The teachers are
all regarded as officers of the gov
eminent, and wear a military uni
form. The school is drilled in tao
tics every day, and conducts all its ex-
ercises after military models, training
its boys into soldierly young men. Even
their play is mixed up with this.
The uniform is not 50 pretty as that
worn by the cadets Of our W military
schools, II it is comical to see a little
chap, with a round, roguish face under
his fiat cap, wearing big boots, and a
gray overcoat belted obout with skirts
long enough to touch the ground; but
when he has earned the rank of cor
poral or sergeant in his school battal-
ion, and feels the marks OF his rank on
his collar, he struts about as proud as
u peacock.
Gymnastics are cultivated every
where, and each school has a large hall
devoted to calisthenics and TO exercises
upon the bars, ladders, vaulting horse,
swinging rings, trapeze, etc, while
many schools have o~ut-of-door appar-
atus to be used in warm weather. Ev-
erybody must go through these exer-
cises, and some excel greatly in them,
as you would expect OF the sons Of Cos
sacks, as many of them are.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Hle Evil Genius.
STORY.
pY wILKIE


On the next evening b.. orc t.e fatal
symptom showed itself. There was nolulng
violent in the delirium. Unconscious OF past
events in the family life, the poor child sup
posed that her g~overness was living In the
house as usual. She piteousty wondered
why Sydney remained downstairs In the
school-room. ''0h, don't keep her away
from mel want sgd! want Sydr' That
was her one cry. When exhaustion silenced
her they hoped that the sad delusion was at
an end. No! As the slow lire of the fever
famed up again the same words were on the
HID lipsAthe same fond hope was in her
sinking heart.
The doctor led Mrs. Linley out of the room.
ut this the governess" he asked.
"Yes!'
is she within easy reach?"
"She Is employed in the family of n friend
or ours, living nine miles away from u.s."
Send for her instantly
MIS-. Linley looked at him with a wildly
mingled expression of hope and fear. She
was not thinking OF herself-she WAS not
even thinking, for that one moment OF the
child. What would her husband say, il she
(who had extorted his promise never to see
the g%overness again brought Sydney West.
ertield back to the house?
The doctor spoke to her more strongly still.
u don't presume to inquire into your pr,-
vate reasons for hesitating to follow my ad-
vice." he said; but | am bound to tell you
the truth. My poor little patient is in serious
danger-eyery hour Of delay is an hour gain
ed by death. Bring that lady to the bedside
as fast as u carriage can fetch her, and let us
See the result. II Kitty recognizes the gov
e~rness-there, tell you plainly, is the one
chance of saving the child's llfe."
Mrs. Linley's resolution flashed on him in
her weary eyes-the eyes which, by day and
night alike, had known so little rest. She
rang for her maid. Tell your master | want
TO speak 10 him."
The woman answered.: my master has
gone out"
Thu doctor watched the mothers face. No
Sign Of hesitation appeared In 1.-THE one
thought In her mind now was the thought of
the child. She called the maid back.
Order the carriage"
AT what time do you want II, ma'am%"
AT once!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Pensions

Washington, Feb. 1~3.-Pensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Original-William Sargent,
Louise; John Il. Meth, Calamus; Eugene
Williams, Sioux City. supplemental
Andrew Baker, Fraser. Increase-Sam-
uel II. Hollan, Cedar Rapids; Henry
Clemens, Weaver. Reissue-David Sims,
Winterset. Reissue and Increase-Jas-
Long, Thurman. Widows-Minors Of
John Green. Toledo; A. II. Rothm,
George; Sarah j. Galloway, Burlington,
Editha Edwards (mother), Iron Hill,
Trippena j. Kirkendall, Alton.
South Dakota: Widow-Minors OF
William III. Duel, Ramona.
Nebraska: Origlnal-Charles Porter
Fullerton; Andrew j. Kelley, Brazil
Mills. Restoration and Additional
William o. Neshlt ~(deceased), Fairbury
Increase-John >merock. Fairfield
Widow-Lucy ~. Nesbit, Fairbury.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

There is always something touching in the
designation shown
When men bear. their country's burdens,
all forgetful of their own.
1t seems little less than martyrdom-the
way that they explain
That, though the salary is small, they are
not here for gain.
There isn't any doubling that a man is
truly great
When he'll slight his private business to
accept a place OF state.
Let not the scoffer dare his light, disdain-
full voice to raise.
That patriot never falters in s~elf-sacrlfc-
ing avs.
And, as. the weary years pass on, you'll
find him ready still
To give the nations service all his energy
and skill.
He claims no reciprocity. He very seldom
cares
To slight a public office for his personal
affairs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
h mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians. as the
damage they will do is tenfold K the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
i. j. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine: Ii Is taken internally, and
made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney
& Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, 75c, per bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
INDIA NOT IN WANT.
There Is No Need of Sending Sup
plies There Now.

London, Feb. 13.-Lord George Ham
ilton, the secretary of state for India,
in q speech at Harrow upon the sub
ject OF the famine in India, said the
critics told the government 1t ought Ia
purchase food for the purpose of fore
ing down prices, but it was a serious
thing that the price Of wheat was not
lower in India than in England. He
said that he understood that a very con-
siderable portion of the California i'm
ports OF wheat was likely to be re-
shipped from India to England at an
actual loss. Lord George Hamilton said
that he, as well as the viceroy of India
and the Earl of Elgin, had studied the
subject carefully and they had arrived
at the conclusion hat there was suffi-
cient food In India, taken in connection
with the spring crop, to carry on the
people there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

u don't know whether ! have done right
sir Malcolm began. There's q stranger
downstairs among the tourists who are look
ing at the rooms and the pictures. He said
he Knew you. And he asked IL you were not
related to the gentleman who allowed travel
ers TO see his interesting old house"
"WellY'
wei, sir, i said Yes And then he
wanted to know II you happened to be here
at the present time
Randall cut the mans story short. 'And
you said Yes again, and he gave you his
card. Let me look at IT,"
Malcolm produced the card and instantly
received Instructions to show the gentleman
up. The name recalled the dinner at the
London c'ub-Capt. Bennydeck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Too Personal.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An uptown little girl of very tender
years came from a neighbor's house eat
ing a large banana. II amt agoin' to
play with Mabel no more" she prompt
announced. Why asked her NAM
ma, "'Cause she called me names"
why. what did she call your" "She
called me q banana sneak?" why did
She call you that" cause | sneaked
her biggest banana And she went on
eating il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
BLEW UP HIS HOME,
Fiendish Act Of George Fowee, Who
Wanted to XIII His Father

Vincennes, Ind, Feb. 13.-The home of
Joseph Fowee was wrecked today by
an explosion. George Fowee, son of the
squire. was arrested, n confessed thai
he had put powder in the stove. He
said he wanted to kill his father and
stepmother. The son is % years old and
has a bad record. He spent his youth at
the reform school.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
A Reliable Indication.

1t comes-that jocund CLEAN of gold,
Across the dreary waste.
That warns the earth so damp and COLI
And bids the seed make haste.
The south wind breathes unto the world
That message ever gay
on high are fieecy clouds unfurled,
The heraldry of May
Afar, we note the time Of bloom,
Blu not by signs like these:
For tickle sunshine yields to gloom
And frost still claims the trees.
But his one fact assures the change
Beyond all vague surmising;
The men of business now arrange
For springtime advertising.
Washington Star.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Chauncey Is Chairman.

New York. Feb. 11.-Chauncey M. De-
pew was unanimously elected chairman
of the board Of control of the joint traf-
fic association today.
The election Of Mr.. Depew is OF inter-
est In view of recent gossip to the effect
that Mr.. Depew was TO succeed Thomas
+. Bayard al minister to England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Twins in size, shape n Activity

Twins in Size, shape and Activity
This is what those important little or
gans, the kidneys are when healthy. In
disorder they may differ In all three
particulars. Disease usually destroys
them successfully, not simultaneously,
and n may be active while the other
is semi-paralyzed. Give to both a health
full impulse, without exciting them, with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
fo%restalls such dreadful maladies as
Brlght's disease and diabetes. Use the
Bitters also for malarial, bilious. rheu-
matte. nervous, bowel and kidney trou-
bile
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
A Skating Episode,

lie made a vow
As forth he Jared
No beauty now
Could be compared
To that which sped
Across his view
Those cheeks so redl
Those eyes so blue!
But later when
Her path he crossed
He gaZed again.
All, cruel frost!
He swiftly fed
And sighed anew.
Those eyes so red
Those cheeks so blue!"
Washington Star
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

Mother-Why do you pack up your
toys SO carefully. Ethel?
Ethel--To keep them for my children.
mamma.
Mother-And suppose you never have
childrenp
Eihel-Then they'll do for my grand
children. --Ifuth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

If You want a reliable dye that will
color an ven brown or black. and will
please and satisfy YOU every time, use
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

Iowa's state fair this year will be
open on Sunday. The machinery will
be idle and religious services will he
held.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Scheme.

Puck
Algey-suppose you buy stocks, Chol-
ly, and / sell them at the same time.
Cholly-Aw-yes.
Algey-One Of us would make money,
doncherknow, and we could divide the
profits.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
A Veterans Remark.

Indianapolis Journal.
Were you in any great action during
the war;"
Yes. That is the reason there is so
little action in me now" said the old
soldier, who had a wooden leg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

A farmer of Ozello. Fla, recently
found a hairpin made OF something like
gutta percha four feet below the sur
face in an indian shell mound.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Mutually.

Chicago Tribune.
Yes" admitted the landlord OF the
village hotel where the traveller from
Georgia was stopping. It's a pretty
cold climate we ave here. but hen it's
dry"
Yes, sah," replied the Georgian, II
found out early this morning. sab, that
this was a prohibition town"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

In France the doctors claim on the
estate of a deceased patient has prece-
denCe of all others.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

Piso's Cure for consumption has been
q God-send to me.-Wm. u. Mcclellan,
Chester. Florida, September II. 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
For Spring

II will make your blood rich, pure and
nourishing; cure that tired, nervous feel
Ing, enable you to sleep, give you a good
appetite. Thousands have been saved from
or cured of disease and thousands are kept
IN good health to-day by Hoods Ssrsapa-
rilla. 1t will do as much for you.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

For spring. 1t is a trying season. If it
tnds your blood impure, impoverished,
weak and thin, you will be tired, dull,
languid and an easy victim of disease. Do
not wait till these troubles overtake you.
Take a course of Hoods ~Sarsaparilla now.
This medicine will fit you
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Great Victories.
Puck.

IUCk,
Yes; / am stlll winning battles"
General Weyler looked at the inter
viewer fercely as he made this state
ment.
with my strong write arm"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

No cough so bad that DR.. Kay's Lung
Balm Will not cure OF. See ad.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

The last inauguration attended by the
West Point cadets was IN 1873.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

WHEN bilious or costive. eat a Cascaret, candy ca
martic, cure guaranteed, Zoe, csc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20
Consis,cncy.

Mrs. w~iBslow's sooTurre syrup for children
teethinz,. sofiens the gums. reduces innnmmAuop'
Ailays pain, cures wind collie. Csc a bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

The Maine bear Is fast becoming a
tradition. There is talk OF a%bolishing
the IS bounty on bear.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

JusT Try n loo box Of Cascarets, candy cathartic, nm.
esl liver and bowel regulator made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-20

ChscARETs stimu. ate liver, Kidneys and bowels. New
Or sicken, weaken or grill o. loo.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-04-01
Hetheringtons Out Prices today g,

The Democrats of Greenfield and
Madison townships failed to certify their
nominations to the Board of Elections,
Saturday, which was the last day allowed
for that purpose by the legal time limit.
The certificate was sent by mail, and
reached the Board about eight o'clock,
Monday morning Consequently, the
Board voted against accepting the GER
tificates, and there will probably be no
Democratic ticket, in the field over there.
The Republicans, however, win hold an
election.