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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
COAL MINERS ARE ON A STRIKE
Two Thousand Men on the Monon
gaheIa River Quit Their
Work.

Pittsburg, Oct. 24.-Two thousand
coal miners on the Monongahela river
struck today for the enforcement of
the Chicago agreement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

A San Francisco girl now takes "A
four-milc swim in the Pacific every
morning. But as likely as not some
other girl will be mean enough to
charter a tug in order TO kiss Dewey
first
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Marcus Aurelius: II have often won
dered how every man loves himself
more than all the rest Of men, yet
sets less value on his own opinion Of
himself than on the opinion Of 9TH
prs"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Notwithstanding his seventy years,
George Macdonald, the novelist, is
slowly recovering from the effects Of
the sunstroke received in August.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
p,,is Kour.e Alarmed.

Paris, Oct. 22.-The bourse was agi'
tated early by fears regarding the out
come of the Fashoda dispute, but sub
sequently subsidized owing to a growing
belief that the matter would be ami
cably arranged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

London's latest beauty, Pamela
Snowden, never fails to wear a wreath
of lilies about her small head, and new
er does the smallest jewel sparkle
about her toilet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The pitcher hat goes too often to
the well gets broke. And this applies
also to the base ball pitchers who go
TO saloons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Mich COWS allowed to roam in city
streets do not feed as well as country
COWS. And, besides, there are more
milk weeds and buttercups to feed on
I'm the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

In 1872 Sarah Bernhardt was get
ting $40 a month at the Odeon; in the
last twenty-five years since then she
has received SO, 500, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
NINE MEN WERE DROWNED
Small Schooner Wrecked Near
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, Last

N'pttIhHCr'
Seattle, Wash, Oct. 2j.-A Post-ln-
telligencer special from Sunrise City,
Alaska, confirms the report of the loss
of a small sloop and the drowning OF
nine men near Cook inlet last Septem-
Der. The men drowned We're: "A. NJ.
Adams, Bellevue, Pa; Bonner,
Hone Church, Pa; Carson Payne,
Portland, Ore; - thinner, Pitts
burg, Pa; - Scott, Scottsburg, III;
Frank Robinson, Santa Cruz, Cal;
Chris johnson, Cook Inlet, Alaska; M.
Wolcott and son, Oliver Wolcott, New
York.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption has
been a family medicine with us since
1861. Il. Madison, 2409 Forty-sec.
ond avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

FriedrichNietzsche "AIl concrited
men | have found good actors. They
play and wish that folk may like to
look mt their playing"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
IL Can BE Made to Go,

1t Can BE Made to Go.
"The melancholy days have Gomez
has rheumatism come with them? IL
can be made to 60 right off by the use OF
st. Jacobs Oil, which cures and leaves
no trace behind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The most disgusted man I'm the United
States Is the mustered out war Corre-
s%pondent, now detailed to write up pinS
teas and ice cream socials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The largest room in the world is at
st. Petersburg. II is 900 feet long by
$50 feet in breadth. 1t has been used
for military displays, and a whole bat
talon can completely maneuver in it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

IIonore de Balzac: ut is as absurd
To pretend that one cannot love the
same woman always as to pretend that
a good artist needs several violins to
execute a piece Of music.''
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The khalifa travelled so fast on his
camel hat the English could not over
take him. Evidently his camel must
have got a hump on itself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
Odds and Ends.

When a dog barks at night In Japan
the owner Is arrested and sentenced
to work a year for the neighbours that
were disturbed. The dog gets on cas-
Ter. being simply killed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Prof. j. w. Johnson of Oregon State
university, who has just died, crossed
the plains driving an OK team with
his parents in 1850.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
Hall'sC atarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 70 cents.

The Kansas farmers this year are
raising everything with unprecedent-
ed success, even mortgages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Forty-sevcn muscles are called into
action in the production of the human
voice. and yet some people say women
have no muscle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

A club Of Trarbach, which offered a
prize Of n barrel of wine for the best
song in praise of Moselle wine, has re-
ceived 2,140 compositions TO choose
from
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

President Diaz of Mexico has just
bought n dog through a st. Louis dog
~fancier. 1t is n pointer, a bench show
champion at that, and is named Me-
Kinley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

1.-THE Derrick" is the nam. of one Of
the new tank dramas for this season,
and it is hoped it may uplift the moral
tone of such attractions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The Chinese emperor has sent to
the Chinese consul in Havana, 1000
bags of rice to be distributed among
his hungry subjects in Cuba's capital.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Addison: The chief ingredients in
the composition Of those qualities that
rain esteem and praise are good ma
ture, truth, good sense and good
breeding.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Mr.. Sketoe announces his candidacy
Twiggs county. We have heard of Mr..
Skctoc before; if we mistake not his
first name is Amos and he is n hum
NOR
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

There is only one way TO wisdom,
but a thousand ways to make n fool OF
ones self. And il is not the desire for
wisdom that springs eternal in the
human breast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Henry Ward Beecher: "The real man
is the one who always finds excuses
for others, but mover excuses him
self"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. A. &. Peters of San
Francisco have studied law together
and were recently admitted to the bar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

EFT Q Permanently Cured. no nts or nervousness after
" y first days use OF DR.. kiine's Great Nerve Re
storcr. Send for FIRES a2.Os trial bottle and treatise.
DE-. n. II. KLINE, Ltd. G1 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The oldest university in the world is
FL Ayhar, at Cairo. 1t is the great Mo-
hammcdan university, having clear
records dating back nearly 1000 years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Alphonse de Lamartine: Limited in
his nature, infinite in his desires, man
is a fallen god who remembers
heaven"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Fever, starvation and the death rate
never touched the Spanish prisoners
at Seavey island.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The first element of good table man
ners is either fortitude or dyspepsia,
usually the latter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
DROPPED DEAD IN The DEPOT
Elk Postmaster Reed of Washington
Is Stricken With Apo
DIeyy.

Huron, S. D., Oct. 25.-W. w. Reed,
late postmaster at Washington, n
prominent citizen of that place, fell
dead of apoplexy in the depot there
Yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Washington Irving: Men are al
ways wooing goddesses and marrying
mere mortals."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Mexico has had fifty-ave presidents
since 1921. OF these, sixteen have met
with violent deaths.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Rear Admiral Sicard will be placed on
the navy's retired list on the Goth OF this
month. He entered the service Oct. /.
1851.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

When Roosevelt runs for governor
his ranch experience will prove inval-
liable in rounding up the voters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

An anxious inquirer wants to know
what the criminal court jurors get.
This depends.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Jean Paul Richter: Men, like bull
let's, go farthest when they are
smocthest."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
A Primo Necessity.

Dewey Publishing Co. Westncld, Mass. wants agent
for the l. 10 Of Admiral George Dewe,
and Dewey Family Histtry; Handsomely illustrated
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
MCKINLEY I'm Washington.

Washington, Oct. 22.-President Nc
K;nlev returned from his western trip
at q 80 this afternoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

Mrs. winsisv's eooTuINa SYRuP for children
~tecthing, s9ftcns the gums, reduces
Allsys pain, cures wind collie. 2Jc q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

In Westminster abbey no fewer than
1,173 persons have been buried.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

WANTED.-Case ofbad health that R.I'P.ANswIn
not brnent. Send 5 cents TO RIpans Chemical Co.
New York. for 10 samples md loo testimonials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29
EMPEROR or CHINA KILLED AGAIN
lnothcr Report From shanghai That
His loyal Highncss Is
Dead.

Shanghai, Oct. est is reported
among influential Chinese that the en-
pcror was made away with yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

The railway systems in the United
States employ $4,000 locomotives, co.
900 passenger cars and 5000 mail and
baggage cars. These figures seem
large till the number of freight cars
is stated, which is 1,25O,0 00.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

A good way to make money fast is to
stick to it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

All the world loves lovers except the
yther fellow who loves the same girl.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-29

~ lows Ernstor saie, % per acre cast, bnrfIW
" cropSstiI paid. j. muihaIi. auAGity.l eH1
The age-herald., 1898-08-18

Wheeler. Captain Charles D. Clark, Lieu tenant-Commande Wainwright, Commo- dore Philip, Ensign Worth Bagley, Lieu tenant Victor Blue, and Captain Joseph W. Powell. Here are twelve who are in every body's mouth, popular heroes in every re- spect, and seven of the number are south- ern-born.
 And 1t must be noticeable that none of the bickerings, none of the round robins, none of the complaints that have come out of this war, have come from southern men. They were true soldiers in every instance. Whatever orders they received, they &C., cepted them as a soldier should. They showed at every point the good qualities of a soldier-constancy of purpose, obedience and endurance. Gen. Wheeler, veteran in years, but a young man in spirit, got up from sick bed to take part in a battle, and he went right on mending from that time.
 The south is justly proud of its heroes in his war. It has good crop of them, the length of the war considered, and every one of them is a credit to the section that gave him birth and the elements of real soldier.
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
The Indemnity Question.

The peace protocol defines "the terms on which the two governments have agreed with regard to the questions enumerated below" In the enumeration money in- demnity is not mentioned. True, Porto Rico and some other smaller islands are to be ceded in the United States, but whether or no these sessions are to come in the way of indemnity or conquest or as an offset to the destruction of the Maine is not touched upon in the protocol. The indemnity question is in short left by the protocol, wide open. The peace commits sioners will take it up unhampered at least by any agreement between the two countries, and perhaps unhampered by any administration instructions.
 All modern precedents call for an indem- nifty in this case equal to the expenses, present and prospective, of the war. The amount will range from $2OO 900 to $5OO,- 900 ,OOO, being somewhat dependent upon the number of pensions that will grow out of the war. If the American peace com- missioners demand as a basic condition the payment of the expenses of the war in accordance with the settlement of all modern wars, then the question may arise what shall be ceded to meet this indemni- ty? How much shall Porto Rico and the lesser islands be valued at? What shall r~9ke up the balance?
 On this basis the Philippines, in theil entirety, will be swallowed up; and if they should be considered more than enough a dicker as to the Cuban debt or a portion of it may enter into the settlement. The three matters-indemnity, the Philippines and the Cuban debt, may all gonto the brew of the peace commission; and it is not strange that the composition of a commission charged with such important negotiations should be a matter of anxiety and unrest.
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
Chase for a Bath
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 A western woman came east recently with her husband and bathing suit. This is her experience as she told 1t to friend
 1.-The first day we were here George took me to Coney Island Well, I suppose everyone should see Coney Island once. at least. have seen it and am satisfied But did not use my bathing suit at Coney Island. Hardly. The next day we went to Rockaway Beach. I am a trife exclusive, perhaps. That is what I have been told. I didn't go in at Rockaway. A friend of my husband told me to go far ther up the beach. to Arverne-by-the-Sea, I think they call it. It is a pretty beach, but when we reached there we found that all the houses where one makes the neces- sary shift for dip are private. We knew no one there, and, of course-well, we re- turned to the city. The third day we went to Manhattan. But think of coming all the way to New York for a dip in the ocean and hunting to find it. I am the victims and, as my husband is fond of joke. o9 course will hear more about 1t when wS return" s
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
LEADER BAILEY

From the Savannah News.
 MT. Bailey has been even less fortunate than MT. Reed He put himself in front of his party and attempted to prevent it from taking a step in the direction of ter ritorial expansion. I paid no attention to him. It rushed ahead, practically tramp ling him under foot. It is rather remarka- ble that two such leaders should take a stand upon an important question and not have the approval of their parties. It will be interesting to watch their future. Will they maintain the positions which they have taken, or will they take an early op- portunity to get into harmony with their associates?
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
There's c divinity that shades our ends, then, hoaU aDe ioilJ.
 HAMLET.
July Weather,

The government report for July does not was very excessive. The average rainfall in the state was 6.O6 inches, about one inch above the quantity that usually falls in Julys A few districts had, however, a heavy excess. In Eufaula 11.27 inches fell during the month-nearly twice the quanti- ty that fell in Birmingham, SIT inches. All portions of the state were, however, well sprinkled in July, and a district near Demopolis and Uniontown, and another ties received more than they needed. Talk ing the state as whole, rain fell on one halfof the days of the month.
 The temperature was about normal. The greatest range was from 1O6 degrees at Hamilton on July 1 to a temperature of 51 degrees at Madison on July l2. A cool to July 15. The coolest spot in the state, according to the government records, is Oxanna, its mean temperature in July fall- to 67.1 degrees.
 The report for the week ending August 15 shows that at Marion, Perry county, 9.9O inches of rain fell during ten hours. The last three days of the week were, however, generally dry throughout the state, con- paratively warm, and favorable for all crops. In the lower half of the state complaints continue to come in of dam- ages to the cotton crop. Rust, rot, she'd ding and the boil worm are doing it harm Corn Is in excellent condition, and the = prevailing dry weather will harden the great ears. Much fodder has been lost on account of the wet weather Field peas are maturing finely, and the sweet po- tato crop is very promising, although some think the plants are running too freely to, vines If the weather remains dry. or even reasonably dry, during the present week, all the growing crops will come into good condition, and the people of the state will have no just ground for complaints against the mixture of sun and moisture, after all.
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
MIR. FisHs FONDNEss FOR ANIMALS

From the New York Sun.
 "So much has been written about the life and tragic death of Hamilton Fish, Jr., that little remains to be told" said Mason Mitchell, the wounded Rough Rider" q wish only to add a few incidents that oc- cured during the latter part of his career after his enlistment with the Rough Riders" His love for dumb animals was particularly strong, and it was shown in his selection of his cavalry mount. He chose a wild, unbrolken animal that no other trooper cared to tackle. Day after day Fish worked with his unruly charge His first effort to mount resulted in such a mix up of horse and man that it was diff ficult to distinguish one from the other. Gradually, owing to the continued kind- ness and care lavished upon the animal, it became docile and broken. While the rest of the troop were off duty and resting Fish employed his time in leading and betting his animal, so that when the regiment left San Antonio for Tampa there was no bet ter broken or gentler horse than that of the first sergeant of L troop. Again was his kindness of heart shown when walk ing through the camp grounds one after noon he found large crowd of men gath- cred around two of the regiments dogs that were fighting. Pushing his way with his towering figure through the lines of men who were enjoying the spectacle and urging the dogs to their utmost he Sefzed the two combatants by their neeks, dragged them apart, and. tucking the smaller under his arm, strode off to his tent, where he bandaged up its wounds and gave it hearty supper from his own ra- tionS
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
MEKRITT's WITTY BROTHER

General Merritt has a brother in Illinois who is one of the best politicians in the state, says the Chicago Chronicle. For many years he sat in the legislature, and then became distinguished for a mind of the humorous bent and amplitude of Lin coin.
 A striking trait in Tom Merritts charac- ter is the delight he takes in telling stories on himselfs-stories of the kind that are intended to make fellow chase around the corner, or to have some very impor- tant business to transact, when told on by a friend.
 Just to keep his hand in Tom Merritt has been put in circulation recently the alleged facts of a humorous experience at St. Louis that will bear repetition. It should be remembered that this eldest brother of the three Merritts shutters hopelessly, and extracts droll enjoyment from the embarrassments he thus causes others in conversation.
 Not long ago, upon going to St. Louis on business trip, Merritt's sister urged him not, on peril of his life, to return from the city without talking parrot, of which she wished to make pet. Af- ter having attended to his own affairs he set about executing the command of his sister. Finding a notion store where several parrots were for sale, he went in and looked them over with great care and patience. Finally one clever-looking green bird, of amusing agility, caught his fancy, and he called the proprietor.
 "S-s-ay,' asked Merritt, pointing out the parrot of his preference, "k-k-kan th-a-at-oo- p-p-par-r-rot (whiStle) t-t-t-alk?'
 As the last syllable of the query escaped the Illinois statesman the proprietor had grown lurid under the gills.
 "Well, by the Almighty was the fu- rious reply, If he couldn't beat you, I'd kill him."
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
PopuIar Heroes of the War.

s@ Whether the list be long or short of the popular heroes of the war. the south makes a good showing in 1t. And this is all the more surprising because the interruptions and changes incident to the civil war placed all the higher commands in northern hands,
 Some are inclined to confine the list of pop ular heroes to the names of Dewey, Hob- son. Roosevelt, Schley and Wheeler, giving the south three out of five. But the New York Times thinks the list should consist of Admiral Dewey, Colonel Roosevelt, Admiral Schley, Captain Bob Evans, General Joe
The age-herald., 1898-08-18
GEN. SKATER A MILlI0NaIRE

From the Chicago Evening Post
 Washington-Major- General Shafter is said to be a rich man, even for these days of large fortunes. He is not a muli-mil- lionaire, but an army friend of his who pretends to know rates him at a million dollars. The general is quoted as having made his money by successful operations in mines and in lumber His gift for busi- ness is something unusual in the army circle the rule being that officers do not take kindly to commercial enterprises Rumor credits him with the purpose of retiring from active service at the end of this war and living thereafter life of luxurious ease. If he carries out his in- tention he may be able to regain the fifty or sixty pounds of flesh which he has lost in Cuba