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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
PLAIN TRUTH FROM IRELAND
American Archbishop breaches q
Sermon to the French.

American Archbishop breaches a
Sermon to the French.
Chicago Record: The New York
Journal correspondent cables that
Archbishop Ireland Gas administered
quite a shock to the sancien regime"
All the Saubourg st. German is a-fut-
ter over his sermon today In Ste. Clo-
tide church, at the Ste. Clotilde cele-
bratiop. The ears of the a~ristocratic
worshipers in that historic edifce are
not attuned to such doctrine as the.
American expoupded. 1t was u demo-
cratic 1t breathed of the
equality of men and other sentiments
foreign to the faubourg. The old no.
bility were told in uncompromising
language that they were behind the
times in clinging to q superseded and
false ideal.
They were told that the age was u
living age and not a dead age, and that
IL had needs which it was their duty
as Christians to strive to satisfy. They
were taught a new meaning for the
cherished motto, "Noblesse oblige"-
that nobility nowadays entails the OBJ
legation of recognizing the rights of
the proletariat and uplifting the
masses. America was held up to them
as a glorious example for all nations.
The genius OF American institutions
was unfolded to them in sentences OF
great power and inspiration. Human
freedom, human Observation-Disclosures
were the keynotes of an imprisoned
discourse.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
How the Dollar Sign Originated.


Boston Evening Transcript: The origin
Of the familiar dollar sign has long been
in dispute. All sorts Of explanations have
been given. the most common OF which is
that the initials of the United States are
crossed. DR.. Baker, in his researches In
the library of the bureau OF education,
came across an old book entitled, "A
Compendium OF Federal Arithmetic, de-
signed for the use Of schools, and espe-
clally calculated for the meridian of the
United States" which was published at
Lansingburg, n. Y, in 1897. Its author
was the Rev. Chauncey Lee, of Rutland,
VT. In this book the author sets forth a
systemic what he calls characteristics"
by which one vertical stroke was TO des-
ignate the mill, two vertical strokes the
cent, these two crossed by one S-shaped
stroke the dime, and for the dollar the
sign consisting of the two verticals with
the two curved strokes, now so familiar,
was proposed. At hat time the people Of
the country were just emerging from the
use of pounds, shillings and pence, where
each was separated by a space from the
next denomination. 1t accordingly seemed
necessary TO Mr.. Lee to have an arbi-
trary mark for each of the denominations
OF our monetary system. But he soon
found that one character, with the dec
NAL point, was all that was necessary,
and in the latter part Of his own book all
of the elaborate system of symbols ex-
cept the one intended to mark the dollar,
was found to have been dropped.
DR.. Bake certainly ind the dollar sign
In this old arithmetic, and he does not
find it in use at any earlier date. By
the time Adams arithmetic was published
in 1906 the symbol had become well es-
tablished. He therefore regards Mr.. Lee
as the inventor and believes the sign to
have been absolutely arbitrary In its ORR
gin,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

Mrs. Mckee Rankin. one of the fore
most and best known character actresses.
and stage artists Of this generation. in
speaking of Pe-ru-na, says: mo woman
should be without n bottle Of Pe-ru-na in
reserve."-Mrs. Mckee Rankin. Mrs.
Eliza Wike, 100 Iron street, Akron, Ohio,
says: Il would he in my grave now IL it
had not been for your God-sent remedy,
Pe-ru-na, | was a broken-down woman,
had no appetite; what little | did eat did
not agree with my stomach. 1t is now
seven years past that ! used Pe-ru-na and
] can eat anything Mrs. Eliza Wike.
Every woman should have II copy OF
DIR. Hartman's book entitled Health and
Beauty" This book contains many facts
OF especial interest TO women. DIR. Hart
man has treated more ailments peculiar to
women than any other physician in the
world. This book gives in brief his long
and varied experience.
Send for free books on catarrh. Ad-
dress DR.. Hartman. Columbus. Ohio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
The Walters Mistake.

The waiter is the n imperturbable
being on the face of earth. No order
can move him. He would probably
look serenely unconscious of any in
congruity in a breakfast order of black
coffee and cheese or a dinner of oatmeal
and milk. The other evening, says the
N. Y. World. he indicated anew his
right to be considered the one impassive
individual on earth.
They had. eaten u leisurely dinner Of
several courses, and had finally come to
the coffee. They ordered it and then
she lisped that she thought she'd like
some Delaware grapes. The waiter
bowed and withdrew. In the course of
time he returned with the coffee, but
grapes did not appear. After abo ut
twenty minutes, however, he entered
the dining-room, bearing a large platter,
which he laid before them. They look
ed at it and at each other. Then they
looked at the waiter.
BEG pardon" said he. saint every
thing all rightP"
"Those," gasped the young woman,
pointing to the platter, "are not Della
ware grapes"
Delaware grapes!" echoed the wait
Ell. Then he lifted the platter again.
BEG pardon" he said, Il understood
you to order deviled crabs!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
lady Elinor was saying, dismissing the

Lady Elinor was saying. Diminishing the
matter.
Someone said Lady Elinor, laughing,
called those three Arabs the three lovely
Cummings, and the name has stuck to
them. Max makes such a fuss with them.
Which Of the three did you mean just now,
MAXI
Zoe"
"The gem of the triol But she Is very
spirited"
valerie can ride a spirited horse!'' said
Beauregard, smiling, as IL the idea of her
needing a quiet one was rather amusing. 1,
az hate a quiet horse, "said Valerie, care.
lessly.
And all this time she was saying to her
self:
'How he must despise me! how false,
how contemplate / must seem to hint
And yet he is SO kind, so generous-maken
me welcome to his housc / will find out
whether aunt Constance worked that in.
vitation. lie cannot really wish me to CO."
She certainly never dreamed hat Max
Beauregard had in fact, been the wire
puller, and not the Aaturally) suspected
III Constance.
Tea was brought up, and shortly after
ward Lady Elinor and Colonel Beauregard
took leave; and rs soon rs they were gone
Valerie asked her aunt, almost abruptly,
II Lady Elinor's invitation was bona tide.
Perfectly, my dear, replied Mrs, Lang
ley, quietly. Indeed, although / thought
1t possible she might ask us, she was as
likely not to do so. She wants to get Max
for Angela, and you might prove . dan.
gerous rival"
angela is welcomed said Valerie, GO
ing to the piano n opening IL. II shall
certainly not interiors with her"
1t was the first allusion she had made to
the vexed question, and Mrs. Langley held
her peace; but she felt some dlsmay, never.
theless. She had flattered herself that the
girls comparatively cavalier treatment OF
Max Beauregard to-day was only the first
shrinking Of pride from the task before
her; but il the girl was bent IN taking a
perverse course, where might IL all endi
But, after all, Valerie would probably win
Beauregard, in spite Of himself, and then
the wise matron feltsure that victory would
be with the soldier.
And Valerie could not nave told whether
she looked forward with most longing OF
most dread to this visit to Abbot's Leigh,
To see the grand old pile that called him
lord, to roam through its vast chambers
and galleries, had been her day-dream; but
TO be his guest, to stay under his roof, to
be with him in his home-his daily com.
panion-were happiness indeed--a strange
feverish happiness, without rest or peace
but happiness ~still-every heart-throb 4
throb of %pain-and yet with the pain, the
thrill of the passionate gladness that onl,
love can know.
Continued Next Wcek.)
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Continued Next Wcek.)
y rRNco SIOhT.
Told by n Native of Japan TO an Audiences
In Rochester.

At Y. M. c. A. hall the other after.
moor Yeataso Okano, a japanese, told
the following story to q large audience,
says the Rochester Post ErpreSS:
"Once upon n time there lived in q
little hamlet in japan a young couple.
They had one child, q beautiful little
girl, whom both loved very dearly. 1t
came to pass while the child vas still &
baby girl that the father vas obliged to
take a long journey to the far-distant
city. 1t was too far for him to take his
wife and child, so he left them at home
and travelled alone.
an that great city he saw many new
things which, having lived in the peace,
full little hamlet up among the noun
tains all his life, he had never seen be-
fore. He desired to take home to his
wife some of these new things which
seemed to him so wonderful. And the
most wonderful gift he could take, it
seemed to him, was a mirror. He wished
10 lake home to his wife the pleasure aud
surprise he had experienced when he
first looked into a mirror. So he took
one home to mis- wife.
"When he arrived home he gave the
present to his wife and for the first time
she looked into n mirror. What do you
see?' her husband asked. She replied:
Il declare! | see a very pretty woman
She wears her hair just as l do mino
and she smiles and moves her lips as il
she were talking to me- Her husband
told her that the mirror was n present
for her and he hoped she would use it
eveXy day. But the wife thought it
far doc beautiful and rare and costly a
gift 10 use every day; so she put it
carefully away and never spoke about
it to the little daughter, who grew more
beautiful and more like her mother
every day.
"By and by a great misfortune fell
and mother fell sick and it was soon
evident that she must die. AS she lay
upon her deathbcd she called her little
daughter to her and told her that she
was going to lose her mother forever.
She could point to no future life after
death, in which they should be reunited.
But in the love and simplicity of her
heart she did the best she could; she told
her little daughter about the wonderful
mirror. After l am dead she said,
take down that box and look into the
mirror that it contains. There you will
see my face; and | want you to look into
the mirror every day that you may
never forget your mother and that you
may grow like me, more and more every
day
$50 the mother died. The little girl
did as she had been told and in the Won
derful mirror she thought she saw her
mothers face, young aud beautiful, not
as she had seen her, pale and i'll as she
lay dying, but fair and fresh as she had
looked before the fatal illness. And
the little girl looked into the mirror
every day and thought of her mother
and her many lovely ways, and SO il
came about that she grew to be more
and more like her mother as tba years
went by"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
God viii Sprinkle Sunshine.


If you should see a fellow-man with trou-
ble's flag unfurled,
An looking like he didn't have a friend
In all the world,
Go up and slap him on the back, and
holler, How d you do?'
And grasp his hand so warm he'll know
he has a friend in you.
Then AK him what's a-hurtin' him, an
laugh his cares away,
And tell him that the darkest night Is
just before the day.
Don't talk I'm graveyard palaver, but say
ii right out loud,
That God will sprinkle sunshine i'm the
trail Of every cloud.
This world at best is but a hash Of pleas
ure and OF pain;
Some days are bright and sunny, and
some all sloshed with rain,
And that's just how 1t ought TO be, for
when the clouds roll by
Wen know just how to 'preciate the
bright and Smiling sky
So learn TO take ii as II comes, ana don't
sweat at the pores
Because the Lords opinion doesn't coin
eide with yours;
But always keep romemberin', when cares
your path cnshroud,
That God has lots of sunshine TO spill
behind the cloud.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
A Study in Mechanics.

The Deering Ideal Mower, made In
Chicago, affords an interesting study in
advanced machines, and Is as project a
machine as brain, Drawn and money can
build. 1t is furnished throughout with
Decring Roller and Ball Bearings. The
Ideal" has n very wide truck and high
wheels, insuring great stability and am
pie traction. Its gears are light, strong
and reliable. In this machine the amount
Of lost motion is 30 slight hat the instant
one OF the mower wheels starts 1t COM
municates power to the crank shaft and
knife, thus making it possible to start in
heavy grass without backing. The knife
may be removed in fifteen seconds, sim
ply by raising a latch. 1t is the only nov
or on the market equipped with Ball
Bearings OF the bicycle pattern
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

Baltimore American: Mayor Foulk, of
Piedmont, w. Va, has received a letter
from William Boyce, Of Philadelphia,
stating that while repairing a car in the
freight yard in that city, he found under
It a tin box containing a number Of pa
pers belonging to the town of Piedmont.
1t the mayors request 1T was forwarded
and found to contain, besides other pa
pers, $795 worth Of uncancelled coupons
OF the water bonds, representing bonds
TO the amount Of s., 800. The coupons had
been detached from the bonds sold by the
council In 1897, and were for three years.
unknown party the first of last year,
placed under the freight car, probably
while standing in the Piedmont yards,
and has since been carried all around the
country until found.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
enough that she is fond of yon, in her way.

Maybe" said the other, with strange
~quietness; that is, all other things being
equal; she would preferme AS an appendage
TO wealth and status to another man. Bet
ter O wife who offered no love at all than
q wife whose love can compass treason, II
treason can I'll her hands with gold"
Beau, old comrade, Heaven help you IL
you care for this girl"
Care for her? Great Heavenl But
He rose hastily and walked through the
room. When he came back a minute or
two later, and threw himself into his chair
again, Dallas saw that his lips were livid,
and the drops of agony stood on his brow.
HAL" he said, hoarsely, "forgive me;
but | can't speak Of it-even to you. No, l
am not ~vexed-don't think that; only there
are SOM things that must be borne quite
alone. Let this be a sealed book between
us, Hal"
Dallas stretched out his hand and clasped
the hand Of his friend in silence. That
was all. But the younger man knew now
that for Max Beauregord the die was set
forever. lie would love Valerie Herbert
to the latest hour of his life; and no other
woman would ever I'll his heart, no other
woman would ever bear his name. To
Dallas, unworthiness was the slayer Of
love; the wound might be long In healing,
but it would heal at length. But Max
Beauregard was differently constituted;
for him there was no lloyd once" given,
his love could not be recalled or crushed;
1t could deny itself, nay, did not even de-
sire possession, rather than accept poverty
In return for its boundless wealth; its
strength made it exact strength; but it
had the curse OF immortality. What evil
Fate brought it about, Dallas asked him
self, that such a man rs this should fling
away his heart on such a girl as Valerie
Herbert-the creature of an hour-in form
an angel, in heart, a more decorous
Phrynel
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

George Julian Volney, the Hunga-
rian sculptor, whose bust of Edgar
Allan Poe for the library of the Uni
versity of Virginia is SO favorably crit
icised, says that his inscription was
found in these words of Prof. Charles
w. Kent, of that university: Poe was
no drunkard, but was easily tempted
and overcome by liquor. His story is
not n of vice, but of pathetic strug-
gle against it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
The snh. EDITORS Ronly.

Argonaut: Norman Il. Mack runs the
Buffalo. N. Y, Times. In the presiden-
ttal campaign OF 1854 the editorial page
of the paper came out one afternoon
filled with reasons why Blaine should be
elected president. The first page. how
ever, asserted that there never was such
a great mar as Cleveland. One of the
sub-editors Of the paper was accordingly
you please tell us whom Mr.. Mack is sup
porting?" they inquired. "Ill have you
understand, sir" was the reply, that Mr..
Mack is supporting himself"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
Try Aliens Foot-Ease,

A powder TO be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures ingrowing
nails, swollen and sweating feet, blisters
and callous spots. Relieves cOrns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial pack
age FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
Leroy, n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

At Schweinfurt, Bavaria, is one of
the largest of the worlds manufactor-
les for bicycle ball bearings. The two
factories there, belonging TO one firm,
turn out annually 100000 gross Of
these little steel balls and employ 600
men, working for a day of ten hours
duration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

Nine. Rostand, wife OF the author of
"Cyrano de Bergerac," has a gift of her
own for writing verses. Not long ago
some of them were recited by Sarah
Bernhardt at one Of the matinees that
Paris journals delight to give. Nine.
Rostand is perhaps lucky in having
Bernhardt's voice of gold for her lines,
for Bernhard could read a time table
and make it sound like a poem.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Secretary of STATE Hay is n most ey-

Secretary of State Hay is a most eN-
elusive person. Unlike other members
Of the cabinet, he refuses TO see call
ers after nightfall, and has instructed
his servants to admit none other than
senators, representatives and personal
friends after he goes home from the
state department.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

HaIf a Truth.
BY 1.-THE


B~eauregard sat motion.ess; only the heav-
ing OF his breast, and the locked ~sternness
Of his features told what he was enduring.
II he could only have believed this to be
some wretched gossip And yet it was,
after all, consistent with all that had gone
before. She had thrown over Louis Char
teris for Aston Lawford. She had given
him Max Beauregard) clearly to under
stand, the first night he met her after his
long absence, that she had learned how to
appraise younger sons Was it anything
beyond belief-was 1t not only natural, that
when the younger son became a great land
owner, and, socially, a more valuable pro-
perty than the ironmaster, the latter was,
In his turn, thrust aside to make way for
the ''better match'"
Max spoke at last, though even then not
without an effort.
ut is the old story" he said, with O bit
ter smile, "of the Indian girl and the corn,
though the ending may not be quite the
same. She may fall back on the ironmas-
ter after ALL"
"She's certainly not worthy of you, Beau"
said Dallas, earnestly, Though it's likely
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
TIE, United states n Power for Good.

A distinguished historian writes,
while referring to our advent as n col
onizing power, that our influence for
good over European spheres will be
immense. This result was just as in
evitable as is the cure which follows
the use of IIostetter's Stomach Bitters.
1t cures Indigestion, constipation and
tones up the whole system.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
Oscar Blumenthal is the most popr

Oscar Blumenthal is the most popu-
lar playwright in Germany. His works
had 1871 performances last year.
Schonthan had 902, Schiller 1902,
Shakespeare Cos, Sudermann $50,
Hauptmann 81, Moscr 34I, L'Arronge
327, Goethe 2l0, Sardou PIG, Ibsen 1919,
GrillparZer 1872.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17

thlS autumn-not a great many, or course"
every well. / suppose you have already
fixed on the peoplef" he said, laughing.
women generally arrange preliminaries
before they Make an assault"
"You ought not to object to military
tacticsl" retorted she. Eyes, l have fixed
on some-not alll'
"Who ara the 'somef'"
Lady Elinor ran through the names of
those alread mentioned, emitting Mrs.
Langley and Valerie, however.
B~eauregard paused, as If thinking over
the suggestions, but I'm his heart he was
saying:
valerie must comet She may be q Co
Observation-Disclosures she must
comet / am mad with the longing to see
her again! have been 30 long without
her! / must have her with ~me-though
every moment with her Is stepped in paint"
Presently he raised his eyes, and asked:
Are Mrs. Langley and Valerie engag-
eds"
81 don't know what their engagements
are
Call tomorrow, Nell, and see; and l
will go with you. We could not omit an
old friend, nor ask Mrs. Langley without
Valerie"
"N-nol-but really" said Lady Elinor,
with q laugh, 81 am glad the dueling days
are over, or W. should certainly have some
about Valeriev"
Beauregard shrugged HIS shoulders.
81 don't suppose she is worse than she
was last season.
Maybe not; and yet l sometimes think
she is"
"Ah, well!" he said, lightly, "beauty
must have its sport. and IL its sport is kill
ing hearts, what then9"
"Wha a cynical speech, Maxl'' exclaim-
ed Lady Angela.
my dear girl, you will be cynical, per.
haps, when you are two-and-thirty-if q
lady ever does attain that age. / should
like to ask Frank Trayers, Nellie, as well
as Dallas"
''That would make eight" said Lady
Elinor, counting on her fingers, with
power to add to their NUMBER and to.
morrow we will call in Upper Brook
Street."
She had little hope that Mrs. Langley
would be engaged; she felt certain that
that astute matron had calculated on the
likelihood Of Abbot'sI.eigh receiving guests
this autumn, and would take good care t.
hold herself and Valerie free for an invita-
ton.
Would Max-even knowing what he did
and havings so high a standard Of woman
ly dignity-be proof against the wiles Of
such a siren as Valerie Herbert?