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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
"A Convincing Instance.

Washington Evening Star: zone reads
so many stories about animal intelli-
gence that 1t would be hazardous for a
doubter to express his disbelief in al
most any gathering of men at the pres
ent day." remarked a w~ell-knoWn west
ern physician to a reporter recently. "a
little instance came within my obserya-
ton a lumber Of years ago when | was
studying medicine that convinced me that
at least be credited with the possession
OF q very considerable amount of reason
ing power 1t was the custom for the
students at the medical institution at
which L pursued my studies to wear a
small badge upon their coats to distin-
guish them from others at the college.
A horse belonging to the establishment
was used a great deal about the medical
department. and the animal seemed TO
have a special preference for the embryo
doctors. Well, one day, while a number
of us were gathered in a little circle upon
a lawn in the rear of the college, the an
itmal in question, which used to be turned
loose to nip the grass In the locality,
came toward the group limping very bad
~. He came to a stop a dozen or more
feet away from the crowd, and, careful
ly surveying the lot Of us, finally made
up his mind what he wanted to do. and
without any hesitation limped directly
to my side, whinnied, stuck his nose
against my body and held up his left
foreleg. Looking down, l discovered a
nail imbedded in the frog of his
This had evidently caused the
lameness, and l soon realized the inter-
esting fact that the animal desired me
to attend to his foot. / extracted the
nail with some difficulty, and the horse
with relief and walked away.
Being curious to know why the beast had
picked me out to attend to the wound /
glanced at my fellow students and found
the solution of the problem. Not one OF
the group had his medical badge upon his
coat but myself. The horse had therefore
recognized the insignia and acted
accordingly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
ZEAL THAT FAILED.
Telegraph Operators Efforts &c
Please an OficiaI.

" VA
New York Sun: "The first Office
that I found myself in possession Of
said the retired telegraph operator,
"was a little way station where there
was not much else to do but to report
the trains. i had the night trick, and
the trains being few and far between,
/ spent most of my time dreaming OF
advancement. One night soon after l
had taken the Office | was called to the
key to receive a message that came
over the wire addressed to n railroad
official who Glanced to be visiting
some relatives who lived about three
miles from the Office where / was.
"'Violet is dying the message read,
and those three words sent the shivers
up and down my back, as l saw with
my imagination q fair-haired, blue
eyed little girl dying, with her father
away from home. Then it suddenly
flashed upon me that here was II
chance to win promotion by hurrying
the message out where the father was.
l was alone in the Office, and there was
nc M living near by whom / could
send it.
"At last / determined to take il my
self. | knew / had no business leaving
the Office, but / considered it a chance
to win recognition that / might never
have again. It was before the time of
the bicycle, and as there was no horse
to be had / started out afoot. There
was q train leaving about 1 o'clock in
the morning, and i had figured it out
that the anxious father would take
that train for the city, and that l
would be able to get a ride back to the
station with him, and have at the
same time a chance to create a good
impression.
at was in the fall Of the year and
raining as hard as it could pour, with
good prospects that it would turn to
snow before I got back. / was n little
bit hazy just where the party was stay
ing, but after Drawing any number of
dogs and arousing any number of
farmers, ] found the right place and
delivered the message. The man, with
a white face, hastily tore the envelope
open and read the contents, while /
waited for him to say: wei done,
thou good and faithful servant
But he didn't. lie SAID things that
L Nohlu ioI 'alS W IVBSh', anu SuiiSH
me any number of names that were
not the least bit complimentary. 1T
made me mad to see such an exhibition
of over such u serious mat
ter, and | was about to say so when he
broke in with another torrent Of
strong words, Of which | caught fool
woman pug dog glad Of it,
Then | comprehended, and as
tramped YEARLY back to the Office
| had deserted had plenty of time to
take n solemn vow to never again
bother my head about what might
come over the wire"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
The Donkey Was the RadicoI.

Pittsburg Dispatch: A story-un.
earthed from nobody knows where
is being circulated concerning the last
election of Lord Charles Beresford to
h house of commons. He was re.
turned from York City. While the
votes were being polled a costermong-
er arrived on the scene TO record his
vote. His donkey was decked out in
sumptuous green ribbons, the en-
blems of Beresford's opponent. The
voter, on being asked the customary
question, answered shortly, II go for
Lord Charley, Lord bless him." There
upon the members of the opposing
faction made q dash for the good man
to convince him that according to the
emblems he carried he must east his
vote for their candidate. Thus chal-
lenged, he replied: "Oh, it's all right.
I'm a tory; it's my donkey that's a
radical. but he's an ass"
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n Slight Mistake.

A Joke is told of one of our neighbors,
which deserves immortality. Brig
Gen. Spinola early in the var was sta
toned in North Carolina, with n brigade
under him, and as he vas one Of those
mushroom commanders whom the stress
of civil war bad called up from civil
life, he naturally enough intrusted the
routine duty and drilling of the brigade
to a major detailed for the purpose.
One day Spinola's superior in command
made an inspection, after which he
b!untly told the b"igadier that the men
were not sufficiently M i'm Tactics and
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A Good Word for Drummcrs.

Chicago Timcs-Hcrald: Pierre Lor-
lizard, jr., has given out an inter-
view on trusts which is likely to bring
a storm about his head. He says with
truth that consolidation is the natural
result Of severe competition, but he
goes out Of his way to slur drum
mers" and country newspaper pro.
prietors, both of whom he seems to
regard as costly and useless parasites.
lie actually rejoices that $4,000
commercial travellers have been
thrown out of Employment because
Of M great modern business combin-
atoms. The figures are his own and
should have made him pause with
their suggestion Of want and distress
in hundreds of thousands OF families.
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To Kill a Common Tree Pest.

Boston Evening Transcript; a far
more damaging pest than the cater
pillar to beautiful trees is the scale or
tree louise. On the tree it looks as in
nocent as a bark blister, but in suff-
cient numbers it will kill the tree out
right, as it lives on the sap. At first
glance one would hardly notice the
tree louise, as it is exactly the color of
the bark and is embedded in the bark
until it is a part of it. A whole chain
of them, n after another, will fit
into a c~revice and in a short time will
clear it out to the wood as well as
ever a knife could do it. To DESTROY
them they have to be scraped from the
tree, II then the tree must be given
a bath of diluted wood alcohol.
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CONTINUED Next Weekly
BUYING A SUIT.
To Get One for q Real BOY Is No Easy
job.

He vas simply an average boy-that
is, one Of the kind who never stand still
or sit still nor lie still for two consccu-
tive minutes. 1t was Saturday and
his mother had taken him into the
store to get him n new suit of school
clothes.
81 want good ones" she said positive
ly; something that-Jimmie, come
herel-I want something Jimmie,
where are yohP Come out from behind
that counterl You know you amt al
lowed there-I want something with a
double seat and double-Jimmie, stop
hawking over all those clothes! These
are mems sizes. Now, don't you run
off again, siri-Yes, | want double
kneed pants and something in Scotch
or-where is that boyP Jimmie! jim
mic! II / don't-Jimmie!"
He is found madly chasing the store
cat up and down the aisles, and his
mother says:
Just as sure as we 60 into q store
where there's a cat YOU 90 chasing it
like mad. ! never saw you beat! Now,
you stay right by me, sir. Come, do
you like this suitp"
"How many pockets has it gotP"
"Oh, plenty Of EN-"
as there a pocket in the back of the
p%ants?"
Yes, It's a real nice suit. / wonder
If it's all wool. There's q thread that
looks llke-Jimmie! You stop sliding
down that stair railing Come out o
that room! Don't you sec that it says
private on the doorP"
Il wanted to see what made it pri-
vate."
THE man in there will private you
If you don't look out! Stop pulling
out those drawersl You come here
now and try on this coat. Stand still!
If you amt Il reg'lar eel. Stand still!
How can ! tell how it fits with you
squirming round like that? Does it
feel comfortable? Stand off n little
piece and let me see how it looks"
Jimmie Stands of" at a distance of
about fifty feet, having been attracted
that far by something in a showcase.
Come here!" commanded his mother.
"Let those hats alone! Stop whistling
that abominable Sweet Marien You
know very well that you're not allowed
to whistle in the house! ! want to try
this coat Oh you. There! | like that.
That's what | call neat, and it looks
serviceable. It's a little light in color
for every day, but | guess I'll take it.
Where is that boy? You may do up
the suit while | hunt for him Jimmie!
Jimmie! Come right straight A""q!"-
Detroit Free Press.
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very dust before her.

very dust before her.
But Valerie clenched the letter in her
hand, setting her teeth hard to keep back
from her lips the scorn that blazed in her
dark eyes, that made her bosom heave, her
whole frame tremble.
Mrs. Langley seeing that her niece had
read the letter, came back to the couch.
"Well," she said, nothing of the girls
aspect lost upon her, nor yet the crumpled
letter still held in the little hand. "He is
d constant lover, is he notf"
"Loveri'
Valerie proved, by the manner in which
she uttered the word, how much contempt
can he thrown into a single word.
"Wbat then, my dear'"
"What them" Valerie laughed, and tear
ing the letter up, scattered 1t on the ground.
INFATUATED slave! Don't call such slavery
love. This man believes-told me-that l
befooled, tricked him, led him on-then
threw him over for a more brilliant prize
and now he thinks / AVE failed to grasp
that prize he comes back and grovels Mt
my feet; a spaniel would nave more spirit
"a whipped hound might have more
prider'
Heaven pity the man OF whom q woman
spoke with such ineffable scornl
Mrs. Langley grew white, and rose.
II hardly thought, Valerie" she said,
almost sternly, that you would regard a
mans devotion in this light You are not
just to Lawford!'
Don't talk of him, please, /" returned the
girl, finging back her head on the cushion.
"lf he wants an answer, you can tell him
what | did with his letter"
Mrs. Langley rose once shore, paced twice
slowly through the room, and came back
to Valerie's side; but this time she did not
sit down.
The girl raised her head, and looked
steadily in her aunt's face. She knew per-
fectly well what was coming, but she did
not speak.
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When Dolly played a game Of whist
A dozen years ago,
On leading high she would insist.
Instead of leading low;
She dearly loved a singleton,
And never led a trump,
But saved them till the hand was done
And lost them In a lump.
She ne'er declared her longest suit,
She led up to the strong,
She loved tlnessing. past dispute,
But always finessed wrong;
She Ger trumpet my trick with such a
smile),
She ne'er returned my lead,
Revoked, misdealt-but all the while
She lust loved whist, indeed"
Well. all that's past; and Dorothy,
When she plays Whist today,
Does it with high proficiency
In n superior way;
She knows her Fisher Ames by heart,
A long suit she adores,
Her partners hand Of hers is part
She signals, echoes, scores.
She leads the fourth-best card, by rule,
The talisman of yore
Is but a trump-a useful tool,
But treasured up no more;
A cross-ruff is her highest joy,
Revolving is a crime
Whist parties all her thoughts employ
And fill up all her time.
'Tis sweet, indeed, 10 view the change,
To see the earnest maid
Ger Poles domain ambitious range
And cast them in the shade;
Yet sometimes-being but a man,
A mere ~misogynist-
l sigh for Dolly's smile and fan,
And Dolly's game OF whist!
-Scribner's Magazine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
IEDSON w. LYONS

Remember that cholera mOrbus, chol-
era infantum, summer complaint. bilious
collie, diarrhoca and dYscntery are each
and all catarrh Of the bowels. Catarrh is
the only correct name for these afrec.
lions. Pe-ru-n a Is an absolute specific
for these ailments, which are so common
In summer. Dr. Hartman, In a practice
OF over forty years, never lost a single
case OF cholera infantum, dysentery,
diarrhoed, or cholera morhus, and his
only remedy was Pc ru.na Those deslr.
Ing further particulars should send for n
free copy Of "SuRpler Ca,arrh." Ad.
dress DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
A Story of Sterility,
SUFFERING AND RELIEF.
LETTER TO MRS. NO. 6o,Is6I

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-Two a
ago l began having such dull, heavy
dragging pains in my back, menses
were profuse and painful, and was
troubled was leucorrhea. l took
patent medicines and consulted a ply
stefan, but received no benefit and
could not become pregnant. Seeing
one of your books, l wrote to you tell
ing you my troubles and asking for
advice. You answered my letter
promptly and l followed the directions
faithfully, and derived so much benefit
that 1 cannot praise Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound enough.
] now find myself pregnant and have
begun its use again. 1 cannot praise
1t enough."--MRs. CORA gibson, YATES,
MANIsTEE, MICH.
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An Ago OF Experts.

Richmond Times: This is peculiar
ly an age of experts. 1t is peculiarly
an age when the man who expects to
succeed muse very early choose his
calling, must choose it with reference
to his taste and his abilities, must in
early life give himself the benefit of
special training in the direction in
dicated, must concentrate his whole
mind, heart and strength upon the
subject which he is pursuing and
must not turn aside to the right hand
or to the left.
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Much Money I'm Lnccs.

Lace is a fabric that can quickly be
madeto represent large amounts of
money. The Astors have been cred
tied with owning lace worth 5000, 90.
and the Vandcrbilts value their laccs ut
$1,000, 900. The pope is said to be
content with only SO, 900 represented
in lace, and the princess of Wales can
boast Of only the modest sum of $780,
900 expended in the dainty meshcs
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His Opinion.

Washington Star: Il am afraid"
said the man who speaks hastily,
that you don't know what your opin-
ions will be five minutes from now"
Just then n messenger boy entered
and the German delegate to The
Hague remarked:
you see how you have wronged
me. All / need do to find out what my
opinions will be is to open this tele-
gram from the emperor"
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StiIl More Counterfeiting.

The Secret Service has just un-
earthed another band Of counterfeit
ers, and secured a quantity of bogus
bills, which are very cleverly exc
cuted. Things of great value are al
ways selected for imitation, notably
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
has many imitators, but no equals,
for disorders like indigestion, dyspep-
STA and constipation.
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An Observing Young Man.

San Francisco Bulletin: Apropos Of
lamp shades, a funny thing happened
lately in a family of vivacious but not
over-wealthy girls. They are all inge-
nious-the kind to make a dress in the
midst of fun and chaff, then dance in 1t
all night. The ~cleverest daughter recent
ly made a beautiful shade for the piano
lamp from a pink evening dress and
trimmed IL with roses from her last sum-
mer's hat, That evening a young mar
called on her.
'How do you like our new lamp
ehade?" she asked, demuTely.
he studied II for q moment. 1.-THE last
time saw W." hs relied, y was dancing
with III"
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Avoiding Discussion.

Washington Evening star: Have you
all you want for your trip" inquired
the official.
yes" answered the captain Of the war
ship hesitatingly; that is, all that l
ought to expect"
"What is there hat you would like?'
"Well, to tell the truth, | think we
ought to have n few s~tenographe.s posted
about the ship so as to have official end
verbatim reports Of any conversations
which may occur"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-29
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

Ease, Il powder TO be shaken into the shoes.
II makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
instant relief to corns aud bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cnres
swollen feet, blistcrs and ~callous spots
Aliens Foot.lIase is n certain cure for In
growing nails, sweating, hot. aching feet
At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial
package FREE 10y mail. Address Allen ).
Olmsted. Leroy, n. Y
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"A Plausible ~fGNcusr.

Judge-The policeman says yoa wr,p
drunk.
Prisoner was nothing of the so.,.
Judge-Then, why were you ree!iHa
through the streetsP :
Prlsoner-Force o habit, yer hoaor.
I'm a sailor and it takes me some time
to get my land-'eG> on.-JQtye.
Babies do not hear well because the
bones OF the ear are too soft % convey
tbe scnsaticn Of s0npd.
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"your Medicine Worked Wonders"

II had been sick ever since my mar
riage, seven years ago; have given
birth to four children, and had two
m~iscarriages. l had falling of womb,
leucorrh9a, pains in back and legs;
dyspepsia and a nervous trembling Of
the stomach. Now l have none of these
troubles and can enjoy my life. Your
medicine has worked wonders for
me."-MRs. s. BARNHART, New CASTLE,
PA.
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But You must be oarefnLnh he said. "I

But you must be careful" he said. "I
am your doctor, you know, and l cannot
have any risks run. l will see after you"
mo, please, you have done enough al
ready" said the girl, quickly.
Let me be the Judge of that" said he,
lightly; Eau reUOtr," and he went out.
Angela came running up almost immed-
lately with Amy Linwood, and commiser-
ated Valerie on her accident, and my in
sisted on having her tea in the dressing
room. But Valerie shook her head, laugh
ing.
"There's metal more attractive below"
she whispered, drawing Amy down to her.
The others face flushed.
Don't, Valerie!' she said. az am COM
Ing up here to be with you"
And she had her way; Valerie, however,
made her go down to dinner.
II don't want to quarrel with Hal Dal-
las" she said; so at last the petted beauty
was alone-pressing her hand over her
heart-repeating over and over words that
might have meant so little, and yet had
meant so much: mo, my precious bur-
denV Was she indeed precious to him?
Once more came the question that thrilled
through her like wondrous music: docs
Max Beauregard love me?"
CHAPTER XLIII.-AN ENCLOSURE FOR VA
LERIE.
"Mademoiselle, Colonel Beauregard
wishes to know If 1t will please you to go
down to the drawing-room2" said Fanchon,
who had gone to the dressing-room door In
answer to a knock.
"Ask Colonel B%eauregard to come in,
Fanchon," said Valerie, quietly, though
her heart was beating fast; and as Fanchon
opened the door and admitted the Colonel,
Valerie looked up, half laughing, half dep.
recating, in his face.
II meant TO have given you the slip" she
SAID, "InG cd, You need not have trou.
bled yosrselti though II Is very kind Of yep
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Takers.

Judge: Jaggles-Why are women
more afraid of death than men?
Waggles-I suppose they realize
how terrible it would be to join the
silent majority.
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An Ideal Place.

Harper's Bazaar: The Maid do see
by the papers that Mrs. Astorbilt hev
bought a $4,000 set av dishes.
The Scullion-Ah, Norah, dear
wouldn't it be just heaven to git into
q Kitchen like that for five minutes?
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"EmanCipatCd Woman.

Puck: 1--WE got ahead of those hor-
rid, old stuck-up Daughters of Free
dom!'"
What did you do, Theodosia?"
"Why, we named our organization
the Daughters of More Freedom"
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Senator Ross, of Vermont, was once
an expert on snowshoes and the swift
est racer on them within several miles
of his home.
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GnmDhI Him

Chicago News: What became of
that clerk who used to rubber so
much?"
1--WE bounced him."
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] never used so quick n cure as
Piso's Cure for Consumption.-J. b.
Palmer, box iii, Seattle, Wash, No
vember 25, 1895.
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Cas- fbad health that R.rP.ANSwu
not benefit. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemicsi o. :"
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Congressman Ketcham, Of New
York, has served in thirteen con-
crosses and has never made a speech.
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ApIIl 30, lSOJ.
Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen-I find Pc.ru-na TO be an
excellent remedy for the catarrhal affec-
tons of spring and summer and those
who suffer from depression from the heat
of the summer will find no remedy the
equal Of Pe-ru-na.
JUDsoN w. LYONS.
No man is better known in the financial
world than Judson W. Lyons. His name
on every piece of money of recent date,
makes his signature one Of the most ia
miliar ones in the United States. Hon.
Lyons address is Augusta, Ga. He is a
member of The National Republican Com.
mittec, and Is a prominent and influential
politician. He is a particular friend OF
President Mckinley.
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Mrs. winsiow's SOOTHING SrHuP for children
teething, softons the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wlRd collie. $50 q bottle.
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SIOUX CITY P'T'G CO., 1870 1899