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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
RAILROADS..
PENNSYLVANIA


RAIhHoAD
sTA and ssis g and
streets is ten later than that given below TOT
80 A. mn" ". FAST MAi-Pulman Bue. Psror Car
New Yo!k to Pi.tsbus ,s Sleeping Car f'0u's 10 '"
Ss" rESSs9ISsNIA ass:3vs cS%;
Ear. FOR SnsasS. tisvsisnd Toledo Cincinnati Ind
Iso 1'P?'; H. 0 csicHa O. ASp ST. LOUIS EXrREss-
Hfsnv' MEs sa Chi
aS FSr TsG9 iySf lpsr iaSdi; Pitts
7 a1,F r. rAc fTf's"fSSi and
$50 co MS f and f'T:aP
5Hr ana points wes aay
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
$50 $40 o2o $50 Dining carr. 100 Dining Car M
1850 $50 ,8.2o Cong ressionai Linn all P"sor ssS
p H., 1903 night. sunday $50. $40. 1889 Dining
Carr M C3.2O Congressional Linn, all ParIor sna
Dining Cars. 42o DINING carp. 40 DINING car'' 80"
sourHERN RAiI.WAy-Express. 40 p M. 1906 night
ArI.ANTIc COAST LINE.-Express, go a. m and $50
E 55 SSx4 5Npo R 5SS 5 M ss, M
S and, and TAO M da Week ay. pessro.... and
Corandt streets 10 D. mJ Through lied Train,
Buffet Parior cars Passenger Coach and Combined
cape MAy-issS week ,s, day. sunaay., Ocean
i Ciroye and Point Pleasant crom wes, Twenty third
Street station $50 1i5o a. m. 02O saturdays oniu,.
20. go. 20 $50. 40. go p. m. SUNDAYS 10 80"
A. m. 40 D. m; from Desbrosses and tortlanat
Streets. AS, 10 A. m l2 10 d20 Saturdays oniyl'
go. BIO LAO. 40. ) TO- 100 D. M sundays eiA
9i5 a. m. SIS m.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
a 10 : % : 70 & eo so 20 $50 penna. Limited $50
Dining Carr 90 dining carr ll;:0 a. M 49, 80, "a
so $50 4. 20 20 dining carr. 4n uJhlng AL 49,
DINING Car, 40 $50 p i2o5 nlgn, naninr
$40 $50. So 800 $50 ti.mitedl o.S oS SD, nm
Carr m. 80 Dining Carr 80. 42p 'Dinns 'ar''
40 Dining 'ar). $50 Dining Car) 40 80" p mo
1898 night a., 80, - d, nc, p-o.A
Ticket Offices Nos iGi Oh 1896. 1873 III and 26 br9aa-
way l Aston House; West Twenty mira sure
tor and stations OF Desbrosses ana oW, 1
streets street SEQ Fulton street ~ Broa1T'
and Pennsy vanla Annex Station. BROOKLYN, o,auoa:
Jersey city. tn. New York Transfer Company VII 20.
for check baggage from hotels and res'osh'ss
through destination. ,..,.
Telephone "i27i Eighteenth Street for Pennsyivans
Railroad Cab service ,uooD
J. 70. HUTCHINSON. j. X WooD.
- - General Manager General Pass'r Agent
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while the general impression left behind was so
hilarious that the old gentleman also found IL more
convenient to alght at the next corner
And yet they talk of the innocence OF children
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,ash quoflflons aere A. follows Flour steady special
brand spring 81 25at' ~ hard patents 81 4"as3 q" ~
straight. 81 ~u<3 40 spring wheat H2ntio. ~ =
s.rins wheat i1ud2" " ROD. Go. No corn. 3l~G
white 80 10 % white ~. ~ rye. i4i4a+'c. No ,
hsrley. 37ai:c, y, daN i..i So. rev. eic. prime
timothy sel ~ - mes pork hbl s. 5oa$s So lard
Per lF y 81 - ldfi ~ short rih Hifs l1os" 50 l"H
g. % ift sated shoulders boxed ttu4A.r short clear
rid"- f.Vsi g. i''ft5 d" ru laf 81 ~ grsnu
late" - - 'n ~" - -iuce fNharr~ To- day the hutter
eggs "ead'. fresh. l2al24c Ch"ese nrm. creams "a
cins!lnnsn Sept. to Flour easy Wheat quiet. 70 =
f'i. 60 corn steady. y, mixed 3ic oats 40 :.
mixed o. ~" quiet. 80 Z. Sc Provisions cay
Whisses nrm. a. - Butter quiet sugar steady. Esss
steady. u'sc 're~f" Arm.
MIvauke. sept 10 Wheat easier. No Northern
So W northern G2sc. re sicad,. No l. 'd'sc
Barley steady. ~ =. -. sample. 32Ni2hc
Minn"et"'i. sept 10 WheH, weak. September. IS
H T'fgsr az Z Ne Ms; y,,g: 2 = s. hard ''Ne No
philadelphia sept, 10 Wheat - lower. contract
grade scptsuit"r. G70G1i. corn a. shade easier
~ mixed september 54.a34sc oa,. steady. - >
white 2N'I ana. ~ white. 2iivVcGc 40 > miN~t
.5a:,jc Butter and ilaIc higher. fancy Western
creamery l9'sc do 2lc Eggs steady. fresh
bv ~ 90 western ~. a Gr. 30 Southern Ia Choose
- bush. clrn. $500 bush. oats. bush ship
mrur Wheat 700 bush. corn. 400 bush. oats 10000
bush
Louis Sept Flour unchanged Wheat Spot
dull ~ rei cash elevator 6Sc asked track nominal
September. Gitc asked December 63.c hid May SOC
80 hard cash. g. Corn spot easy No cash. 2a.c
asked oats Spot better ~ cash 2D'c track. 22ac.
september 2liic. December. 2itc. May 23c No .
Whit. 25c Bran stronger: sacked east track i2u 81
Buuer Arm; creamery, idni9'.c dairy. i3al77c. Eggs
higher I'c. loss On
Toledo sept I0-Wheat lower weak. ~ . cash
ttNc. September 64Ac. Corn dul. lower. No mixed
changed ~ cash. sc Clo,erseed stendy prime cash.
81 20. october. 81 ~ asked. on unchanged
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF new JERSEY

Anthracite used exclusively.
-Four ,raaxs ELECTRO P Ie n. Ssn a.
and South Ferry. Whtehall-st.
Trains leave FOOT Of Liberty n.
on and a.t-r June 20. 1913 -
70. Easton. Bethlehem. Allentown Maucb Chunx' III
To- has:on -, i.5o to Eas,en P; sundays. 80
roo 4 EasonD A. NJ. 100 30. eco y. NJ. ~
For Wkc~tarre. Pi;tsion and Scranton. 400 9io ~
NJ 80 T.. 4. sunday. $50 A. NJ - =. o,>
III 90 II 80 - Reading \. ". i:t3 40 500 e:sS
g0n 70 Readius) f. .2;i5 nHnt. sundays AID ~ y
u Reading A. NJ. zoe i;i5 30 600 p. M i1'is
night. .,,,-. =, 40 q N
s.aD A. ~ 90 las. 900 =. ~ i2:i5 nisht
ALL RAIL ROUTE.
FOR LONG BRANCH OCEAN GROVE nc.
For Red Bank Long Branch Asbury Park Ocean Grove
and uoins scutn 10 Point Pleasant. i:3o 40. loco
3go 80 "A 20 Red Bank only AS 53y Gi5 800 sat
uriays ony). p. NJ Sundays stops at ln,eraken * ~
BURY PARK ard ocean Grovsl Obs \. NJ, i3n. A'~ y "
For Atlantic Highlands. i3o 80 $50. ie.oo \ ~.
20 40. 6:l5 =. NJ sundays. 900 A. N. 400 r "
For Lakewood. Toms River Barnezat ParA and Rarn.-
gat $50 80 4. NJ. 80 i.30 p. NJ Sundays 3:l5 NJ
For Atlantic City. Vineland and Bridge'on 40 \ NJ
100 +. ". =.
Nayesnn 10 20 10 90 4 " e3 "a si3 p "
SANDY HOOK ROUTE.
FOR LONG BRANCH, OCEAN GROVE. &c.
From Pier y r.. foot ~ Rector 81
For Atlantic Highlands. Highlands Z Navesink, nor.
rnsnde Rumson Beach. SsahriRhi Monmouth Beach ara
Long Branch 40 0Oo. 1850 A II. 90 200. 800.
30 ~ + VI. SUNDAYS 9.3J \. NJ. io0 p. NJ
For EIberon Asbury PARK. OCEAN Grove ard points
south 10 Point Pleasant. 800 ll:o0 \ ". 600 satur-
days only) 200 3:4J 40 $50 p. NJ. sundays sto2s
at Inter,ken for Asbury Park and Ocean Grove). 90
A. 81, 100 81.
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close very strong at the
5.9ic: cut loaf. 5.94c
coarse powdered. SIC
She. coarse graduated.
E: consect!cners' granu-
powdered. 5.slc. mould
-yioners' a. 5Ac; No l.
SO IGc: No 4. > 3 l8c
7. 400. No :. ! II l0c
Sc. No ~. 4tc. No IL.
No 10 10.
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Rio-rorsA market weak: No Rio, 1900 exchange
7si 2od receipts 1000 bags. cleared Tor ne MT
STATE. ii 600 tags. cleared FOR Europe. 'V" hhts s"'
SIC 90 tags. H., a., 49, .li,,,a.
The statistical position Of Brazil coffee is as ioo"r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
"BLA CK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

arrives Buffalo y55 > Pullman ves,lhule Day coaches
and rarOr cars Dining ar service. Meals A Ia carte:
Connects at Bgl.o through seepers TO Detroit sna
Chicago .... .....,,
.I2.5O. 400 =. NJ. daily FOR EAsToN MAUcH
CHUNK WiI.KESBARRE. SCRANTON and coal
branches. Chair to Easton -
1850, 4:iO +. VI. daily except sunday for WILKES
BARKE PITTSTON SCRANTON and principal inter-
mediate Stations f9g al! points coal reglons
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car Tor Wilkesbarre.
sl:SO. SEQ y VI. iay. except Sunday. for EASTON
al intermediate stations.
.4,5O r,i5 E. NJ. Sundays ony). FOR MAUcH CHUNK
and Intermediate stations. .-
s5,5O, O;IO y. ". daily except sunday, for EASTON
and principal Intermediate stations.
.t;:5O. 7;OO T. NJ daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
FALLS and all points West. Pullman sleeper yestbus
train y y 10 Chicago. Buffalo and Toronto
Dnlng car New York Ia Eason
.7;iO, 500 +. VI. daily except sunday. stopping only
al SOUTH PLAINFIEI.D. EAsToN BErHLEHEM.
MATCH CHUNK SAYRE GENEVA. ROCHESTER,.
RArkvIA' Bf,FFALo and TORONTO Pullman sleeper
Tor buffalo None bu, sleeping car passengers Carried
$50 SITE r. NJ. daily wIL-KEsBARRE. TTH-
AGA CFNEV, ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO, NIAGARA
EAIIs and an points West Pullman sleeper chicago
AAlltional local daily except sunday. FOR SOUTH
piANFIEI.D BOUND BROOK. and intermediate points,
80. a. follows 1000. 1880 40 NJ. 1890 Sundays
nnr, NJ ~ 10 2.3o '3 5b. 80 % 80 and q. 30 r. NJ
TSS,Lsts and Pullman accommodations at li3 26i. 213
~; otl and 1913 Broadway ~ r. i}th ST. 1856 r. i25h
=, I5- Rouary y Y. SEQ Fulton St. Court ST. Ds
fr,,,,rav and Br loklyn Annex. Brooklyn.
~ T,ans,.r co will call for ar check baggage from
ho,sl ar residence through To d~stnIton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
NAVAL STORES.

To-days market small one. regards the volume
business Spirits turpcnne retained nj n It's former
arm despite the slactened demand inasmuch as
he South Of favorable tenor Rosln ruled
steady: tar and pitch nomnaly unchanged Quotations
follow
TAR Regulars. 81 50: oil. bbls. 81 30.
cH-Sl ~.
spIRiTs rt'RPENTINE-3lG3lis
rnsiN-csnmon 10 good strained 81 9pd$ IS r.
{, a.. p 81 -; q 81 ~. H. 81 20 l. 81 ~. X 81 80;
NJ 81 10 - 81 20: W q. 81 40. " w, 81 -.
w. - '' 49, Barrels.
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STOCK on HAM
40. 40
$40
/. l3l
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Rosn 10 -
IL
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LEHIGH VALLEY SYSTEM

OF 'rsIII N nj COT'I"'sN "
DesbroSses
Indicates time from West I'D II. Other figures snow
time from Cortland; nestrosses 81.
1910. O,3O \. N. daily SUNDAY g. -, A. M f1
EASTON AMI intermediate stations.
1850, 500 A. NJ daily tor WILkESBARRE SCRAH-
TON ITHACA GENEVA. ROCHESTER,. BUFFALO,
NIAGARA FALLS and the West. and principal Local
points dining and chair car TO Buffalo.
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d AMSDELL LINE FOR NEWBURGH. call.

IL ing a West Point Cold spring and Cornwali-Fsh-
kill Thy ferry Leaves Pier q. North River. foot Frank
week days Except Saturday. y. NJ: Saturdays
T. NJ. landing At 1874 St. North River. $50 Sundays
o A. VI. l3.d t.. North River. o 30.
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bW WaVlfqhto
MlhMmM [gW@mHmg Line

Steamers ADIRO.[DACk and DEAN RICHMOND leave
Old Pier " r.. foot Canal AT p NJ daily tSun-
DAYS excepted connecting with for Sara
toga Lake George Richhed Springs. Sharon Springs
Thousand Islands Adlrundacks and the West summer
Excursion tickets reduced rates saturday night steamer
sunday train for Saratoga. North
Crasks Caldwell and steamer on Lake t;eorEe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
TTRDW BOATS,
GATsNlll EVENING LIME.

IJIrDSON AND CONSACKIE BOATS leave
IL foot Of Christopher ST. every weekday at =. NJ.
connecting with H. * \. X. r.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
Things About n w atch.

jewelers. Review: Open your watch
and look at the little wheels, springs and
screws, each an indispensable part of
the whole wonderful machine. Notice
the busy little balance wheel as 1t flies
to and fro increasingly day and night,
year in and year out. This wonderful
machine is the result Of hundreds of
years OF study and experiment.
The watch carried by the average man
Is composed Of ninety-elght pieces, and
Its manufacture embraces more than
1000 distinct and separate operations.
Some of the smallest screws are so mi
mute that the unaided eye cannot distin-
guish them from steel filings or specks
Of dirt. Under a powerful magnifying
glass a perfect screw is revealed. The
Tit in the head is 2-100 of an inch wide
1t takes sos, 900 of these screws to weigh
a pound, and a pound is worth 81 $50.
The hairspring is a strip of the finest
steel, about nine and one-half inches
long, 1-100 of an inch wide and q, 20, 900
Of an inch thick. 1t is coiled up in spiral
form and finely tempered. The process
Of tempering these springs was long
held a secret by the few fortunate ones
possessing it, and even now is not gen.
orally known. Their manufacture re-
quires great skill and care. The strip
Is gagged 10 20-100 Of an inch, but no
measuring instrument has yet been de-
vised capable of fine enough gauglng to
determine beforehand by the size Of the
strip what the strength Of the finished
spring will be. A POLO, 000th part of an
inch difference in the thickness of the
strip makes q difference in the running
OF a watch of about six minutes per
hour.
The value of these springs when fin
lshed and placed in watches is enormous
in proportion to the material from which
hey were made. A ton Of steel made up
INTO hair springs when in watches is
worth more than twelve n one-half
times the value of the anne in pure gold.
Hairspring wire weighs one-twentieth
of a grain to the inch. One mile Of wire
weighs less than half a pound. The bal
ance give. five vibrations every second,
300 every minute, $4,000 every hour, 432,-
BOO every day and ISL, CSC, 900 every year.
At each vibration it rotates about one
and one-fourth times, which makes 1877
100. 900 : revolutions every year Take,
for illustration, a locomotive with six
foot driving wheels. Let it's wheels be
run until they have given the same
number OF revolutions that a watch
does in one year. and they will have
| covered a distance equal TO t~wenty-elght
complete circuits Of tSc earth. All this
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
Average stature OF Americans.

Boston Transcript: In a paper read
by Major Henry 5. k%ilbourne, surgeon,
United States army, before the Associ-
alton of Military Surgeons Of the Unit
ed States, he advocated the theory that
the physical power of q race or people,
and consequently their capacity for
work, is measured by their average
stature. For every inch of height be-
tween five and six feet the extreme
breathing capacity is increased eight
cubic inches; the vital capacity being
at its. maximum at thirty-five years. A
table of measurements of 190,621 ma
tive white Americans, accepted for the
military service of the United States,
shows that the number of men below
siXty-threc inches in height is but lit
tie greater than that of the class above
seventy-three inches. The most nu-
merous class is included between six
ty-seven and s~ixty-nine inches, and
this standard class would have a great
er chest girth than the average.
The mean height of 1875 United States
naval cadets above the age Of 20 years
was $3.50 inches. AS these men are
drawn from all parts and classes of the
United States, they represent very
nearly the typical physical develop
ment of the American people of 25
years of age.
Major Kilbourne concludes that the
commingling strains of Celtic, Danish,
Norwegian and German blood among
our people have thus far worked no de-
terioration of physical quality. Not
so with the swarthy, low proved and
stunted people now swarming to our
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
GEN. BROOKE ANGRY.
Threatens TO Courtmartial n War
Commission Witness.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Major General
John X. Brooke testified before the wal
investigation commission Yesterday.
General Brook said he had nothing
To do with the selection of the camp
ground at Camp Thomas, but being as
signed there he made it his business to
look after the water supply and to see
that necessary sanitary regulations
were promulgated and enforced. He
made n personal inspection as often as
his time would permit and made siren.
uous efforts to regulate the entrance
of hucksters to the camp and as Il re.
suit of this he said hat the sick report
fell off from 30 to so per cent. II deem
il proper TO say" continued General
Brooke, ''in c~ontroversion of certain
reports that ] have heard, that | did
inspect the camp sinks and Kitchens
continually"
Speaking of the hospitals, General
Brooke said: "In justice to myself |
should say that the location of the
First division hospital was not my OWL
selection; l left this TO Colonel Hart
sutf, my chief surgeon, and it was the
one location | condemned. i visited
this hospital and il was working badly,
due probably TO the surgeon directly
in charge"
General Brooke testified that he gave
his personal attention to the sinks,
care of the camps, striking of tents,
policing the sinks, etc, and by this
means got things under control.
Governor Beaver read n report from
James Parker, sanitary inspector OF
the Twelfth New York volunteers, de-
failing an u~nprintably disgusting state
of sanitary affairs at Camp Thomas
during General Brooke's incumbency.
and General Brooke was asked what
he had to say regarding il.
81 will say" he replied, that it is
not only untrue, but il you will give
me u copy Of that report | will see that
the young man goes before a court
martial for those statements, unless
he is protected i'll his testimony by this
commission"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
HOW THE RICH BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

,ea services, superb soup-tureens, ouo-
looking tankards, and everything i'm
aginable In the line Of plate. Thoush
In most instances the prices, for a man
In moderate circumstances. are prohib-
tive, still the cost of small articles,
such as napkin rings, souvenir spoons,
etc., is reasonable, considering the high
reputation OF the firm and the quality
Of the goods.
Leaving the jewelry establishment,
with its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES crowds
OF customers, We walk down Broadway,
TO Fourteenth street, thence to Sixth
avenue. Here the majority Of sight
seers, many Of whom, presumably, are
shoppers, are women and children; for
during these weeks Fourteenth street
Is a favcrite resort Of the little folks,
as some OF the storekeepers give a win
dow exhibition for their beaeft. Some
times II consists of a moving panorama
I'm which dear old Santa Claus is the
central figure; then, again, scenes from
various countries, or incidents In the
life Of some historic character are rep
resented.
The crowds In front of these fascin-
ating exhibitions are tremendous, fire.
quently extending clear across the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
PlNAR DEL RIO DES0LATION.
Report on the Situation There by
General Davis.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The terrible
state OF affairs existing in Pinar del
Rio province, Cuba, is shown in this
report to the war department from
General Davis, received yesterday. He
says:
ARRIVED here last night; troops
comfortably camped; have all required
supplies; have been received with
greatest enthusiasm and rejoicing. A
small Cuban force is in town as police;
good order prevails everywhere. Shall
raise flag tomorrow in presence of
troops and citizens. Treasury empty
and only means of replenishing is n
system of taxation almost to verge OF
.o~nfiscation. Country of great fertil'
lty and beauty, but raNaged almost to
distractions; assured by responsible
citizens and foreigners that one-half
Of the former population has been
killed or starved to death. Colonel Rey-
burn, with two battalions, at Guiana.
Jay. He is ordered to occupy Maricl
with a detachment. No sickness"
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n the vicinity.

in the Vicinity.
Crowds OF well-dressed men n wo-
men look in front OF the most fashion
able jewelry and bric-a-brac stores, adj
hiring the magnificent display OF
goods worth a Kings ransom, while at
.he counters are hosts OF busy buyers.
Let us enter one Of these mammoth
Iewelry establishments. The great
glass door is opened quickly by a liv-
cried attendant, and, presto! we are In
the midst Of a display which even AL.
ddin never witnessed. All sorts OF
precious gems. diamonds by the bushel,
Ind jewelry by the ton. The effect is
simply bewildering, and It would re-
quire volumes to describe In detail he
wonderful array OF costly trinkets.
Here is a diamond tiara and brooch OF
rare design. 1t has for a foundation
slender cross-bars Of gold which re-
scmble a hlmy bit Of. lace. Below are
a dozen first-water diamonds suspend
ed by delicate gold chains. Then come
row upol row of smaller diamonds. In
the center OF the design is a true-lov-
er's knot, composed OF emeralds, r0-
bies and pearls.
The price? oh. only a small matter
Of S25 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24

London, Mail: AS it is by no means
impossible that all able-bodied Eng
lishmen may have, in the near future,
to become defenders of their country,
it is reassuring to learn, on the author.
ity of statiSticians, that soldering is
about the least dangerous profession
in the world.
Protestant clergymen are popularity
supposed to be the bestrmale lives"
going. But they die at the rate OF
nearly eleven per thousand each year,
while the British army shuffles off
this mortal coil at the rate of less than
five per thousand. Even ladies' maids,
who have usually a life of great COM
fort and little work, die faster than
this, departing this life at the rate of
eight per thousand.
1t might well be supposed that the
troops who do as much fighting as the
British soldiers abroad would be car
ried off in large numbers. This was
true in the past, when the conditions
favored disease, but in these days war
is by no means as dangerous. For in
stance, in all our wars of the past
twenty years the death rate on the bat
tie field has been only fifteen pei
thousand per annum.
Now solicitors cannot be said to be
engaged in very risky work, yet they
depart hence at the rate of sixteen per
thousand per annum. Roman Catholic,
priests die at the rate of eighteen per
thousand, and cabmen at the rate of
twenty-siX per thousand. Your
chances of death, then, if you become
a cabman are five times as great as II
you join the army at home, and nearly
twice as great as if you form part of
the fighting forces in India or Africa
And there are scores of trades-su.h
as lead working, glass blowing, match
making, public house keeping, etc.
ever so much more dangerous to life
than cab driving. :
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
WILL SAIL HOME TOMORROW.
American Peace Commissioner
Leave Paris for Havre.

Paris, Dec. 19.-The American
peace commissioners leave here to-
night and will sail for home from
Havre tomorrow on the steamer st.
Louis.
1t is learned that Agoncillo, repre-
s~enting Aguinaldo, the Philippine
leader filed a strong protest with the
commission, which becomes part OF
the records. He terms Aguinaldo the
very noble and gallant general, presi-
dent of the Philippine republic;" re-
views the case Mt length and says Cap
tain Wood, commander of the Petrol,
and the American consuls at Singa-
pore, Hong Kong and Cavite, before
The declaration of war "implored the
armed cooperation of Aguinaldo and
other Philippine Chiefs" and offered
to recognize the independence of the
Filipino nation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-24
Pensions Granted.

Washington. Dec. 16.-Pensions have
bsen granted as follows:
Iowa: Original-Vincent Williams, FIRE.
donia. Sc; Moses II. Urquhart, Sioux City.
S12: Samuel G. r.. Guby, Winterset, 50.
Additional-Norman p. Rogers, Boone, 81
to $40. Restoration and Additional-Geo
r. jackson, dead, Brandon. Sc to $12. Res.
i~oration and Reissue-Nathan Il. Reeves,
lead, Kirkwood, $50, lnsreasenPhillip
Wright Cordova, S. to $12. Original Wild
ows-Mar.ha ]. Jackson, Brandon, IS. Re.
lssue--Jennie Reeves, Kirkwood, $12. Mex
lean Wal Widows-Ann Nj. Corey
Marre. s..
South Dakota: Original-Marvin Trow'
bridge, Millbank. 81. Additional-Davii
Gilborne, Aberdeen. 81 TO sl2.