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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
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MILITARY or THIS COUNTRY.
no other Nation Can Muster So Large an
Army as Uncle Sasn.

The United States has been said TO be
a warlikc nation without being q mile
tary nation. Its war potentialitics are
vast indeed. 1t showed that thirty
years ago, when with only a little mcs'e
than half lis present population it mus
tered more than 5000, 900 men under
arms in the Union and Confederate
forces. There is now in America the
enormous total of 9 1900, 900 men of mill
tary age eligible for military service.
No civilized country in the world coyld
place such Il gigantic host of men in tho
field in an emergency.
OF course, the actual number of or
ganized, drilled, and uniformed citizen
soldiers is only n small fraction of this,
but the real available military strength
of the United States is only inadequate
ly appreciated by the average Ameri-
can. The military spirit which the civil
war engendered has not died out among
the American youth. On the contrary,
It has amply held his own, if it has not
increased. Never before was the MAJ
tional Guard of the several States so
strong in numbers, so well armed, so
excellently disciplined. There are ll2,-
1870 of these volunteers in all, represent
ing infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
Their efficiency widely varies, beng
high, as n rule, in the old, rich, and
populous States, and less satisfactory
in the newer and sparsely settled COM
munities.
New York heads the list in numbers
with a well-equippcd force of 2,Sl0 Of
ticers and mcn-as large as Il fighting
army corps of the rebellion. PennSyl-
vania has n force Of S,614, whose met
tie was tried two years ago at Home
stead; Ohio has G,l25 and Massachu.
sets 8, 500, As il happens, the Sta,,s
in which the present strike ccntcrs are
well prepared for such an emergency.
Illinois militia body musters 4, III men;
Indiana's, 1888; lowa's, 2,35l, Mis-
s%ouri's, 2.4l5: and Michigan's, 2,SOl.
Illinois is particularly fortunate in the
character of its fine city regiments.
The entire organized militia OF the
United States is subject TO the orders OF
the President and can he moved and
concentrated wherever occasion for its
presence arises. When to this great
army of 100, 900 men are added the 25.-
900 regulars and the 1000 or 5000 blue
jackets and marines Of the warships on
the home station it is obvious that there
is something more than the policemafSs
club between the American people and
RparGhY.-B 0StOR Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
Catching the Sariline

The 1898 sardine is now on the mar
ket. The fishing season begins early
an June, and is now successful in
places along the Atlantic coast and on
Puget sound. The coast of Norway
and Brittany, in France, are the scenes
of the heaviest takes, and the grade of
sardines obtained there are superior.
As soon IA the fishermen notice
shoals of porpoises or flocks of sea-
gulls of shore sail is made immedi-
ately, for the sardine is there.
A curious thing about this kind OF
fishing is that one rarely sees a living
sardiDe out of the water. The fish
make a little squeak when taken from
the water and die instantly. OF the
$50 OF 300 fishing boats fitted out at
Belle Isle about 200 belong to Palais
and the others to Sauzon.
IT is in these two ports that the
French fishermen sell their fish. An
ordinary catch of sardines gives to
each boat from 5000 to 10000 fish, and
the price is regulated by the quantity
brought in by the first Corners. Seven
francs a thousand is a fair price.
During the sardine season about 800
women and fifty men anXiously await
the arrival of the first boats. If there
n no fish there is no work for them.
When the news arrives that the boats
have their welcome cargoes the wom-
en-, in their picturesque costumes, rush
To the cannery like a flock of fright
cned sheep, and each takes her place
in the great room where the fish in
dergo their first preparation.
Here the sardines are spread upon
the table and sprinkled with salt.
Then they are cleaned, and when that
operation is finished they are sorted
by little boys and carried into another
part of the establishment, where they
Ire put in pickle.
After this the fish are washed and
placed, IN by one, with great care,
upon wire nets, called ''grills,' and put
out to dry in the open air. If the
weather is wet or even foggy this OPP
Grafton is impossible and the fish spoil
and become worthless, except for fer
tilizing.
The tins in which the sardines are
then packed are carried TO the oiling
room, where the last manipulation
consists Of filling them with oil. 1t is
in this part of the establishment that
the tomato sauce and the spices are
placed in the boxes which give to the
French preparation of sardines their
universal renown.
In any II of the above important
establishments the sardines are pre-
pared and exported ten hours after
coming out of the water. Gourmets
should never eat newly prepared sar-
dimes. They have neither the perfume
nor the flavor of those which have lain
in the boxes for a wear,
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erlng implements to match, would enable
her TO reproduce those fearful and won
derful buttercups, daisies and bluebells
that one sees blooming in such prodigai
profusion on footstools, banners, tides
and bureau covers.
THE way thimbles are made In this
country ana England Ia simple enough.
Dies OF the different sizes are used, into
which the metal, whether gold, silver or
steel, is pressed. The hole punching, nm
ishing and polishing or tempering are
done afterwaro. Celluloid Is moulded.
The best thimbles are made in France,
where the process Is more thorough.
Strange as IL may seSm, the French con-
slider durability In their gold thimbles as
the first requisite. The first step In the
making of a Paris gold thimble IL the
cutting into n disk of the desired size OF
a thin piece of sheet iron. This Y heated
to a red heat. placed over a graduated
hole i'm an iron bench, and hammered
down into it with a punch. This hole is
the form OF the thimble. The iron thus
formed is removed from the hole, the lit
tie fluctuations to keep the needle from
slipping are made in II, and all the other
finishing strokes of the thimble's form
put ON 1t. The iron is then made into
thimble maker. is tempered. polished and
brought to a deep blue color. a thin sheet
of gold is then pressed into the interior
OF the thimble and fastened there by n
mandril. Cold leaf is attached to the out
side by great pressure. the edges of the
leaf being fitted in n held by small
grooves at the base or the nlmDlc Inc
article is then ready for use. The gold
will last for years. The steel never wears
out. and the gold can be readily replaced
at any time. Nowhere else in the world
are gold thimbles made in that way.
81 have heard OF many curious Thin
bles. The queen of Siam has one which
was a present from her royal husband.
The thimble was not i'm use in Siam until
a few years ago, when the king. seeing
that English and American women visit
ing his court used thimbles. had one
made for his queen. II lis made OF gold
In the form of a lotus bud, the lotus be-
ing the royal flower. and is thickly
studded with diamons SO arranged as TO
form her name and the date Of her mar
riage, This gift was equal to AN order
that the ladies of Siam should use Thin
hles. and they have used them ever since.
4 woman in Boston has "A thimble made
from a piece of wood taken from the Odd
Washington elm at Cambridge. the tree
under which Washington stood when he
took the oath as Commander-in-Chicf IN
lij5. The wife of a clergyman of n neigh
boring city has a thimbe carved from "A
peculiar stone she found on the shore of
the Dead sea. A woman in this city has
one made from aSphaltum, with which the
sacred fires of Persia are built
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WIN MES TRIU MPH
BY THE AUTHOR OF FAIRY GOLD"

Her sparkling eyes shot glances of
barbed satire and malice at her cousin.
who, after a struggle to look coolly indif.
rerent or indignant, failed utterly, and
got up II violent fit of coughing instead,
which perhaps accounted for the flushed
confusion Of his face.
Nonsense, Mildred-I will 60" he said,
quickly; mot this evening thought is
too late now, l think"
Rather" returned Mildred, laconically
-"unless you wan me to make my up.
pearance in half an hour at the dinner.
table alone, and, when my cousin is in.
luired for, tell Madam that he is gone af.
ter my Winnie Caerlyon!'
Mildred, how can you be so ridiculoussn
her cousin cried, laughing excessively, in
4 rather uncalled-for manner indeed.
But, as he turned to leave the room to
1ress for dinner, he put his arms round
Mildred in n brotherly caress. 'Millie,"
he said. earnestly, you are a good girl-s
good girl with n true kind heart, my dear.
Whoever thinks you have not, m%isjudges
you sorely; and ! only hope" he went on,
more earnestly and tenderly, that no one
will ever possess the love of that rue
heart who shall not be in all respects
worthy OF it,"
He is worthy" Mildred cried, passion
.onately, her eyes and cheeks atiame in an
Instant in proud assurance-"you know he
s, %Stephen!"
"Bertie Gardiner?" her cousin half
queried, with a rather plying smile,
naughty Mildred fancied. HE is a brave,
handsome, h~igh-spirited lad, / know; but
oh, Mile, my dear, he is very young, he
is very far away, and constancy is not
one of the virtues of youth under tempta-
tons"
The imperious %forbidding gesture Of her
quick appraised hand stopped him sudden
ly.
Temptation, - she said, the proud tears
flooding her brilliant eyes-"temptation to
be false to me, stephen? Why do you
speak So" she demanded in naughty re-
buke, when you know that we love each
other-that we mean to live for each other
that no one could tempt us TO forsake
each other" poor Mildred cried, in her
proud devotion to her young lover-"when
you know that nothing could separate us
-Bertie and me-nothing but death"
Nothing but DEATH" her cousin re-
peated, mechanically, as he softly stroked
the fair white hand lying In his own, with
u certain sense of sadness thrilling him
from the proud defiance of the DECLARE
ton of her fond, im%petuous, Maynard
l~ove-"nothing but DEATH believe it,
Miller
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

ble--wtth a strange keen l~onging-he
looked for the pale little face, the dark sad
gray eyes, and the browning tresses of
silken brown hair. He had even begun to
think how he would tease her for not hav-
ing kept her promise, and would claim
the keepsake he had requested during
that cold walk In the wild March morn
ing on their way from Roseworthy-if she
would come with him--if she would but
come!
"You can't see her." Mrs. C~aerlyon said,
shortly--"she's not here.n
mot here!' repeated Stephen Treden-
nick, feeling as If q cold wave of disap-
pointment had chilled him to the heart.
"No," returned Mrs. Caerlyon, with O
spiteful air of triumph in her gloomy face
you'll never see her again.. Cappun
Tredennick. She's gone!"
"Gone!'
Eyes, sir" said Mrs. Caerlyon, shortly,
taking up her darning again, "Wiuifred
Caerlyon is gone to America"
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The JowcIe.I Thin,bles.


New York un: There is a rich family
named Letting in England" said a dealer
In fancy articles, the fortune of whose
1ouse was founded Sy so apparently in
significantly a little thing as the thimble.
The first himbl seen I'm England was
made in London less than 200 years <
by a metal worker named John Lofting.
The usefulness of the article commended
II at once to all who used the ,Seedle, and
great fame I'm the manufacture of the new
accessory to the needleworker's art. The
implement wal then called the thumb bell
ana was worn on the thumb. This clum-
sy mode OF utilizing IL was soon changed,
but when ana why the name thimble was
given to the article does not appear. Loft
ings thimbles, and, i'm fact, ali thimblcs,
were made OF either iron or brass. and
specimens OF them extant, many of which
are preserved as heirlooms, are crude and
clumsy looking things compared with the
commonest thtmble of today, although
their cost was many times as much.
To-day gold, silver, iron. ivory, steel,
someti.lcs glass, and even pearl and cell
luloid are utilized In ma liking thimbles.
Since art needlework became fashionable
imbles Of elaborate workmanship and
great value, TO accompany the rich and
costly implements and materials wealthy
needleworkers affect, have found a large
sale. Solid gold thimbles. carved and fire.
quently set with diamonds. have been
round none too good for some people.
lhllnDles made to order, with the mono
gram or initials of the person for whom
lney are intended set I'm precious stones.
are not by n means unknown.l know n
rlCn young woman whose enthusiasm for
art needlewOrk was so great "A year ago
that nothing but n Observation-Disclosures
thlmblo mat cost 500. with other embroid-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

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Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
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from womb trouble. Mcnses would APP
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causing me to be SO weak l could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked so badly my friends hardly
knew me.
Il took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me n of your little books,
and after reading it l decided to try
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. | feel like n new person. /
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world. /
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
CHAPTER KY.

Six months quickly sped away, and it
was summer in the town of Winston,
State of Massachusetts, United States Of
America-summer in Miss Sarah Whit
ney's front parlor, in Miss Sarah Whit
ney's own purchased Westinghouse, No.
80, East street. Miss Whitney had Just
washed up" the breakfast things, locked
up the buffet, and now stood surveying
with some disfayor a large bouquet of
white roses, wild sweet %geranium, and
dropping maple leaves which her niece
Miss Winifred Caerlyon-was tastefully
arranging in a green china vase.
You'll mess the room and break my
green Jar that I've had these thirty years."
cried Miss Whitney, with a frown. Where
did you get those fiowersy''
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5O-CENT
FREE
TO NEW
SUBSCRIBERS.
Nj. =. Smith Cnnc Rack.

Philadelphia Press: We reached the
bank OF the Republican river To find the
stream running deep and strong, and, sit
ting on Il log, with a bland smile on his
face, was a man about 80 years old. lie
INDUCED in a broad grin and a Chuckle as
We saluted, and when asked the cause of
his merriment. he replied:
ITS about the old woman and the boss,
Strangers
- you mean your wife,
II do. We was going over to Bucks
Vile, both on the same boss, and she was
mad and out Of sorts. When we got here
and found the riverbank fun, / seq TO her:
Nancy, the old boss kin never take
us across. Let's Sdrd go 90 up to Carter ter s ford
II u | dassent try II here
Then you kin stay behind, and I'll go
alone
"'Youm be drowned, fur sure
Thar amt water huff in the state To
drown me-
81 argued and reasoned with her con
tinued the old man, but she was stiff
necked and sot in her ways. The more |
argued the more determined she was,
and blmeby | slid off the boss and seq;
Wall, Nancy Smith, | haven't got any
more breath to spare. If you are benz
and determined. then go ahead
/ never was more bentcr or deter
minder in all my life SEE she, and she
gives the ole boss a cut n a lick, and
in he goes.
And did she make the crossing?"
"Noap., told her she couldn't, and
she didn't"
You don't mean she was swept away
That what she was. The boss didn't
keep his feet a mint. | stood light here
a-lookin' when he turned over and over,
and i jeS' got one glimpse of the Ole
woman as she throwed up her arms anG
went out of sight"
And YOU are smiling about it, eX-
claimed the colonel, In great Indignation.
II can't help it, replied the old man.
She was determined to hev her way, If IT
killed her. ! told her and told her, but
She
He stopped short and his smile faded
away. We heard a movement i'm the
bushes close at hand, and as we turned
the old man started off at his best speed.
Five seconds later a bare-headed, bare
footed woman, with her wet garments
clining To her like a plaster mold, sprang
out OF the scrub with "A club in her hand
and took after him, and as they disap-
peared over "A ridge half a mile away
she was almost near enough to hit him
on the back.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
Wheat So a BusheI,

Some farmers are holding their wheat
because they think the price will go to 81
Il bushel. The price. however, may &C
down and thus great losses will follow. III
al! matters delays are dangerous, particu'
larly SO in sickness. At the first sign OF
~biIiousness, dyspepsia, indigestion or con,
stipation cure yourself with Hostettcr's
Stomach Bitters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

DEAR EDITOR: II you know of a solicl.
tor or canvasser in your city or elsewhere,
especially a man who has solicited for sub,
scrlptlons, insurance, nursery stock. books
or tailoring, or n man who can sell goods,
you will confer a favor by telling him TO
correspond with us; or IL you will insert
this notice In your paper and such parties
will cut this notice out and mail to US, We
may be able 10 furnish them n good posi-.
ton In their own and adjoining counties
Address
AMERICAN WOODEN MILLS CO,
Chicago.
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The Spanish royal ensign captured by
the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment of
volunteers i'm Porto Rico has been taken
TO Washington and shown to President
Mckinley. For all anybody knows or ever
will know IL is the identical flag that Gen.
Weyler, II he had but his way, would have
hoisted over Washington after lombard
ing Chicago, according to his plans. which
at one time during the late wal were so
frequently
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The Most Common of All.

The most common Of all ailments
from sports OF all kinds are sprains and
bruises. The most common and surest
cure OF them is by the use Of st. Jacobs
Oil, which Is PROMPT In It's action.
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Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
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Mrs. 3. WooLHIsER,
ioFh,
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MIS-. ID. WOOLHIBER,
Mills, Neb., writes:
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nothing could be done for me. My
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had several doctors. They all said /
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents

, A wealthy gentleman recently left his
son "a large fortune on the condition that
he shall visit every country in the world
and write a book on what he sees. This
work is to be submitted to professors Of
Bonn and Heidelberg universities, and, if
I'm their opinion, 1t is dull and stupid and
badly written the heir has either to write
IL over again or lose the fortune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

The first question asked by some of the
returned members of the Ninth Massa-
chusetts regiment when they reached
Montauk Point from Santiago on Wednes.
day was, who is leading the league?"
The fact that Boston was leading II gave
more solid satisfaction than a square meal
10 a hungry trOODpr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Mrs. Sarah Gresham Grumley, mother
Of the late Gen. Gresham, has just cele-
brated her 92d birthday at her home ten
miles west Of New Albany, nd. over
seventy-nve years ago she was married TO
Cal Gresham and some time after his
death was united to Mr.. Grumley. She
was born in Indiana while it was still n
territory
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

New Hampshire conics in with its
srow storm about a week after the
blizzard in Kansas. And that's the way
with everything else as between the
cast and the west.
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The Eields of Snort.

From the fields of sport we go TO bed
and get up full Of pains and aches. The
next night, by the use Of st. Jacobs OIL
we are soothed TO sleep and get NJ
cured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Col. Roosevelt. in a farewell address to
''get gag because of the celebrity they
had gained. but to quietly resume their
duties as good citizens. He also told how
n friend had said TO him: You must
have been awfully bold to ride up that
hill at Santiago in front Of you regi-
ment.' The colonel replied: why, l had
TO ride like the devil TO keep from being
run over by my men,
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"a Short EiphtD

The damp Of autumn nights and
mornings stirs up SclatIca, and then
comes a tug of pain. Use st. Jacobs OH,
and then comes a tug to cure ii. 1t is a
short fight and the cure is sure.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

For lung and chest diseases, Piso's
Cure is the best medicine we have
used. Mrs. j. l.. Northcott, Windsor,
Ontario, Canada.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Germany laughs at IN small army.
and yet we pay more for pensions
than Germany does for army and pen
SiOnS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Woolrych Perowne, in his recent book
on Central Asia" gives an interesting
description OF the tomb of Daniel at Sa-
marcand. The Mohammedans believe that
Daniel continued TO grow after death, and
so year by year they heightened Eis tomb
till ii was sixty feet long, which was
apparently regarded as a proportion great
enough for even the most holy Of saints.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

The London of the future will, If Fred
eriCk Harrison's vision is realized, have
no coal, no steam engines. no horses, and
all heavy traffic will be sent along deep
underground electric railways
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Mr.. Berlier, n French engineer, has
projected a tunnel between Gibraltar
and Morocco.
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WANrED.-Case OF bad health that R~IP.ANswin
not benetit. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemical Co.
New York, for 10 samples and LODI testimonials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

An expert estimates that fully COO al.
legged masterpieces purchased at large
prices for American private galleries are
mere copies. But as long az the copies
are brighter and better looking than the
originals, what's the odds?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Gov. James III. Budd of California no
longer bears so striking a resemblance to
Du Maurier. lie has had his
beard shaved off.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Weyler says he will take a stand
that will stop E~ngland's progress. So
far Weyler hasn't been able to stop a
clock.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

MRS. winsiow's coornrHo Syrup for children
tcpthing, s0ftcns the gums, reduces
alleys pain, cures wind cole. 2jG O bottle.