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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Francois Largest BattIcship.

From a Paris Letter: Last week the
largest fleet battleship Of the French
navy, the Suffren, was launched at
Brest. The vessel has a displacement
Of 12,72S tons, just a little under the
tonnage of her majesty's barbette
ship Campus, launched in 1897. The
hull armor of the Suffrcn is of maxi
mum thickness of thirty centimeters,
or 1871 inches. The vessel is about
40 feet long, beam nearly 20 feet and
stern draught 27 feet. She is, further
more, Of 1920 horse power, corre-
| spending to "A nominal speed Of 1S
knots. The artillery is completely
protected. from the magazine to the
guns, while in other battieships of the
class there is a nOn-protected space
between the light plating and the case
mates. There are four gun of ISL
inches caliber, in two turrets fore and
aft, ten quick firing pieces a little
over ) inches, eight of 1914 inches, and
twenty-five of smaller dimensions. The
armament also includes four torpedo
tubes, two being under water. The
order for the Sutfren was given in
April, 1898, and the vessel is expected
to be thoroughly fit for sea in July,
1901, or t~hirty-one months after she
was put on the stocks. The officers
and crew will number 63l men, and
the estimates have provided a sum of
q ,490,SS7 francs for the cost of can
struction and equipment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Wales Was Ready for Him.

London Letter: They are telling the
following story concerning the prince
Of Wales and a wealthy American who
was much to the fore at Cowes. The
prince is fond of telling stories, some
of them, alas, no longer new, and be-
ing aware of this fact the trans-At-
,lantic visitor considered that it would
be a good method of winning the good
will of the arbiter Of English society
to show a warn appreciation OF the
royal anecdotes. The prince. who is no
fool, was quick to detect this, and de-
termined to avail himself Of the first
opportunity to show that he under
stood the little game.
The occasion 500 arrived. The
prince was telling a story, and hap
pened to pause before he reached the
point, whereupon the millionaire, in
his anxiety to please, exclaimed, with a
hearty, though not altogether natural
laugh:
"Sir, that story just hit me-"
Eyes" slowly replied the prince, 81
thought it had missed fire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
A l7-YEAR-OEO LAWYER.
Edgar Crawford, OF Atlanta, Is the
Youngest Man In His Profession.

New York World: Atlanta has the
youngest lawyer in the United States
in the person of Edgar q. Crawford.
This young gentleman has won for
himself a reputation for knowledge of
the law that is far beyond that usually
accorded to the average practitioner
after years of study and hard work.
Mr.. Crawford is just II years old, a
native of Atlanta and is n direct lineal
descendant of the famous William G..
Crawford, whose name is inseparably
bound up in the history of Georgia.
81 have been a pretty hard student all
my life" said Mr.. Crawford, when he
was asked how he secured his present
enviable distinction. but on the
whole have never gone without my
time for recreation and rest. My
father always told me to take care
hat | got my proper modtcum Of
sleep and food and Il few fishing trips
from time TO time, and that If | did
this | would have little trouble with
my health and my wealth. | have fol-
lowed the old gentleman's advice to
the letter and YOU can readily see that
though ! have worked pretty hard |
am n fairly lusty sort Of chap. But
what you want to know, as | take il, is
how | came to be a lawyer before the
other fellows have left school.
"Well, here's the secret. In this
state we have a law that provides that
the bar must admit any applicant who
is a graduate Of any of the recognized
law schools. This provision of the spe-
cial statute does not bar any age; in
fact, it especially states that the appli-
can shall be admitted no matter what
his age. SO when / came up for adj
mission they looked a bit surprised,
but after examining my credentials
and putting me through the usual
curse of examination they let me in.
81 had TO work hard for the honor.
l first entered the Office of S.. c. Tapp,
one of the best lawyers in Atlanta. l
remained with Mr.. Tapp for a little
owe a year, and then entered the Mer-
Ger university, from which | graduated
last June with the degree Of bachelor
of laws. ] at once returned to Mr..
Tapp's Office and made application for
admission to the bar of the state Of
Georgia. | was admitted at once and
then Mr.. Tapp took me into the firm
as an associate partner.
Il was hardly prepared for the sue
cess of my work at so short a notice,
but the fact that | was a full-hedged
lawyer did not scare me a bit"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Too Much Microscopic Moistur

Louisville Times: When a cultivated
American picks up some of the Eng
lish novels and reads the description
of the manners and speech of rich
United Staters who go abroad he gets
hot in the collar. 1t is degrading
to fiEd how a lot of uneducated new
rich who have travelled give foreigners
ideas that we speak like levee hands
and roustabouts and have an accent as
wide as the Ohio at high water. Even
the friends of these people who are
guilty of assault and battery ON the
English language are doomed to suf-
fering. Here, according to every cul.
tivated and polished man of the world,
is an atrocity committed by a member
of a tourists party:
did you go to Venice?" asked an
inquiring acquaintance, who wished
to make himself agreeable to the
newly returned American.
TO Venice? All, yes" replied the
idiot, but | saw little of the town.
You see, when we got there it had
been raining and the streets were I'M
derd water, so we merely stopped over
night and left in the morning without
waiting for the place to dry off"
Then the polished man heaved a
regular bridge of sighs and realized
that Byron had missed a great deal
in not meeting this friend.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
HOW He GOT A RIDE.
"A Tramp's Original Way of BEAT
ing a Railway C%onpany.


Maryville, Mo-, Tribune: Wesley
Bales, who is just back from a trip to
Chicago, tells a good story which a
travelling man he met on his trip told
10 him, OF how a tramp, by working
an entirely new scheme, succeeded in
beating his way into Chicago on a fast
train.
h travelling man says that while
he was buying a ticket for Chicago
at a station not far from the city he
observed the tramp i'm question stand
ing near him at the ticket window,
listening to the words that passed be-
tween him and the ticket agent. His
ticket cost $3.50. After he had sat
down in the waiting room of the depot
the tramp came over to him and said:
Are you going to Chicago"
Yes" was the reply.
wen, | am going to Chicago, too.
Let me see your ticket"
The travelling man handed him the
ticket. The tramp glanced over il.
Yes" he said, that is just like
mine. j wonder if that agent gave me
the right change. / gave him $50"
Here he turned the cardboard over,
and wrote the figures on the back of
It. my ticket shSuld have cost me
h same as yours (writing $3.50 and
the other figures under it), and |
should have received back $3.50 (per-
forming the operation of subtraction).
Yes he continued, as he handed back
the ticket and turned away, Il guess
that's all right"
When the train started the travel
ing man was in n front coach and the
tramp in a rear one In n few min
utes the conductor came along.
Here" he said, addressing the
tramp, where's your ticket?"
I've given il to you already" was
the response.
NO, you haven't either. l haven't
seen you before,
But tell YOU | have given you my
ticket, and | can identify it. When |
paid the agent | did some figuring on
the back of il To see whether he had
given me the right change. If you
find among the tickets which you
have taken up one on the back Of
which $3.50 has been subtracted from
$50, that's mine"
Conductor shoves his hand into his
caPacious pocket and draws forth a
bunch Of tickets, the backs Of which
he carefully scrutinizes. Suddenly
stops and looks closely at one 1t is
the one handed to him by the travel
ing a
well, | guess this must he your
ticket. At least here are the figures.
| guess you were right about It,"
A red tag is stuck in the hat band
of the tramp who has discovered some
thhlg better than n tie pass or box
EAR passage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
A RANCHMAN'S FRIGHT.
Lieut.. Haines Recalls an Incident
of Wounded Knee Campaign.

OF Knee Campaign.
Kansas City Star: Lieutenant John
Haines, who has charge of the recruit
ng station here, was III the Pine Ridge
indian campaign of 1890 and 1891, that
ed up to the battle of Wounded Knee.
The Fifth cavalry, to which he be-
longed, was stationed at Fort Leaven-
worth at the time and a troop from it
had been sent to Pine Ridge along
With troops from seye. al ot.et resi-
ments. Colonel Sandford wa in COM
mand.
"There was an occas onal furry in
.ident, too, that served to break the
%nonotony of the campaign" and Lieu
senant Haincs. 'One night ! rcmem-
GER a fellow came riding into our camp
half frightened TO death. He was n
ranchman, he said. and upon going
1ome that night had distinctly heard
voiccs in his cabin as he approached
the door. lie was sure he had heard
two men or more in conversation, and
rs they were not taiKing United States
le was certain they were Indians and
meant to kill him. The colonel de-
tailed me To take twelve men AMI an
Interpreter and go with the man to his
shack. ! and my men cautiously sur
ounded the house. | sent the inter
prefer to investigate. lie callel at the
loor and windows and got no reply,
lie reported this to me, So we c'osed
II more on the house and sent two men
md the interpreter TO break in the
loor. The door opened easily enough
md just then what should come IRISH,
ing cut, tumbling my men right and
eft, and grunting and squealing, but
big hog. We searched the house
thoroughly and found nothing els,
here. The ranchman was r"l'eyed,
guess. to find that he wasn't to b,
scalped but maybe he'd rather have
Dcen, after all, for the rnnchmen guyef
him so about ii that he sold out ard
eft the country"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

up my mind what to do, as I nm q
living man a great drop Of rain fell
on my forehead.
II looked up and, sure enough, /
saw masses of clouds rolling UP from
behind the hills. In no time, as II
seemed to me, the rain fell in torrents
and before / could move from the spot
there was a fash of lightning and a
fearful clap that nearly split my head
open. When / recovered l began to
search and found you both in the
bushes, the rain-maker stone dead.
You soon woke up, however, and
we hurried back to the wagons as fast
as our legs could carry u.s."
Such was my guides account Of the
affair. Arriving ut the wagons in
safety we began to pack up and to
hurry out of town, for we knew when
the chief heard about the death Of his
doctor he might take a notion to send
us after him. SO w made all haste
and were just preparing to start when
we saw the old rain-maker coming
toward us from the Kraals, followed
by the raetles and the kettledrum.
II thought you said he was dead" l
said to Hans.
"He is alive again." was the reply.
Our garments were still soaking
wet, so without more ado / turned
over the two oxen to the jubilant
Kaffrs who kept shouting Beef,
beef" but whether or not they made
u fool of me up on that mountain |
must leave to the judgment of my
readers.
THE AFRIKANDER'S STORY.
you see what / hold in my hand!
~ is a small fiat pebble. On one
Aee of it there is a kind of a silver
stamp bearing the word 'Inyoni' and
on the other side a similar stamp with
the name 'Rooa' in beautiful letters
"Inyoni was the name of n wonder
full Katlir girl and when the Iulus
came to witness my skill with the
rifle they called me Rooa, which
means the son of a bullet
81 think it was in 1876 | paid n visit
to Chief Dunn at his kraal. Dunn was
IA Zulu king, but n white man, with
a multitude of cattle and nearly ms
many black wives and brown chill.
dren. He was also the friend and adj
wiser of Cetywayo, the lord Of all.
Dunn thought my business was trad
ing brass wire and beads among his
Kaflirs, but in reality | was spying
out the land in the interests of Pot
pan, a rival chief, who was aching to
get a whack at the man who had come
between him and the head of all the
Zulus.
you understand / was a half-savage
Boer at the time and the game / was
after was n matter of $50 head Of cat
tie, which ! was to receive on delivery
to Potpan of 100 Snyder rifles which
lined the bottom of my wagons, under
the blankets and the beads.
Things began to grow interesting
when Dunn hired me to spy out Pot,
pan, so / took his money and set out
for the kraal of my black friend.
II delivered the rifles and betrayed
Dunn to the Kaffirs, so far as | could
which you can put down to the blood
feud which is between the Boer ant
the Englishman forever.
(To be continued.)
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Freshening Up the White House


Washington letter: While President
and Mrs. Mckinley are at Lake Cham
plain the white house is receiving a
thorough ~oyerhauling. Every room in
the house is being put in first class
shape, and the interior of the mansion
is receiving a new coat of paint. The
room which President Mckinley uses
as his office has been freshened up and
some new furniture placed in it. The
workmen have practically been in pos
session of the executive mansion for
more than a month, and the red, blue
and green parlors have been com
pleted. In a few days the east room
will be closed to the public and it will
be given a thorough oyerhauling. 1t is
believed the president will return here
early in September, and before his ar
rival this work will have been COM
pleted and the white house will be ir
better condition than for many years,
as during the summer modern plumb
ing and other appliances which con-
tribute to its sanitary improvement
have been installed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
PERIODS OF
SUFFERING
GIVE PLACE
or Joy

died. The doctor even gave me up and
wonders how / ever lived.
81 wrote foc Mrs. Pinkham's advice
at Lynn, Mass, and took her medicine
and began to get well. 1 took several
bottles of the Compound and used the
Sanative Wash, and can truly say that
/ Inn cured. You would hardly know
me, l am feeling and looking SO we'll.
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound made me what l am."--MRs.
j. +. STRETCH, 461 MECHANIC ST.,
CAMDEN, N. j.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
How Mrs. Brown Was Helped.

81 must tell you that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
o for me than any doctor.
81 was troubled with irregular
m~enstruation. Last summer l began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, l have
been regular every month since. I
recommend your medicine to ALL
Mrs. MAGGIE A. BROWN, WEST PIT.
PLEASANT, N. J.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Music for Nervousness.

Scientists claim that music has
power to soothe the nerves, But the
quickest way to cure is
to strengthen the nervous system. We
know of nothing which will accom-
plish this quicker than llostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Do not take a sub
s~titute. See that a private Revenue
Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To accommodate those who are partial
10 Tho uso of atomizers in applying liquids
into tho nasal passages for catarrhal trou-
bes, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will DO known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is Is cents. Druggists or by
NAL. The liquid form ombodics the med
.cinal properties of Tho solid preparation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
Gin 70 tho Navy from Helen Gould

Iir TO the Navy from Helen Gould.
New York Evening Journal: Wash
ngton-Miss Helen Gould has again
shown her interest in the navy by 90.
nating n photograph and stercopticou
o the crow of the United States train,
ng ship Hartford, which will be placed
II commission next month. Aside
rom the 100 sailor men who will form
he regular crew Of the Hartford there
ave been enlisted about 800 men from
he interior of the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields TO treat
nent by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
bly, aromatic. 1t is received through the
.o~strils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
AGO over which it diffuses itself. Druggists
Ioll the zoe. size; Trial size by mail, 10
.ents. Test it aud you are sure to continue
tho treatment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

In uterus, ovaries
were affected and
had lencorrhea.
l had my children
very fast and il
left me very
A year ago I was
taken with flood.
ing and almost
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Sardou's plays + written and re-
written until the original manuscript,
llcgiblc even to himself, can be de-
,iphcred only by his secretary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Philadelphia has had 5000 cases of
typhoid fever already this year, near
~ COO OF which proved fatal, all due
to an impure water supply.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

In spite of the law, the destruction
Of birds in the Italian part of Switzer-
land continues on n large scale. In the
canton of Tessin alone the'guards de-
Stroyed last year 13, 900 traps for birds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

! know that my lie was saved by
Piso's Cure for Consumption.-John
A. Miller, Au Sable, Mich, April II,
1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

China drew the largest check on the
Bank of England of which the bank
has any record, in settlement of the
Japanese indemnity. 1t was for Gill;
OOS, 81 10 shillings and Q pence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

When a man has never done any
thing himself to brag about he brags
about what his ancestors did.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

More newspapers are printed in the
United States than in England,
France and Germany combined.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Governor Stone, Of Pennsylvania,
never wore n silk hat in his life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

II was a sufferer from fe, sass weak.
ness. Every month regu, sxy as the
menses came, l suffered dreadful pains
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

About 500 persons u month are re-
ported for jury duty in the New York
courts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Mrs.. wipsiow's 5oorurSa SYnur for children
%terthing. s1ftens tho gums, reduces inflammation.
a.laya pain, curos wind cole. $50 q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09

Halls Catarrh Cure
S n constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-09
THE CRIMSON MAGNET
: The Electrical Adventures of an American in Africa
/ Hunting for His Affinity.
Z BY ]. .. PAGAN.
Copyright IS00D

him the women start back in terror.
1t is only old Ring Kop, however.
III tells them quietly that he is on
guard, as usual; he had been watching
Dorothy lately, he knew something
was wrong with her and that the
Spirit of the Falls was still angry
and was calling for the sacrifice.
But everything had now been ar
ranged for the best, for he, Ring Kop,
had seen the Spirit in his dreams, and
the good ghost had agreed to take
him, the old Kaffir. instead OF the Ko-
sana. So the Kosana ard her good
mother could now go home in peace
and be good to his people as In the
days gone by. For Ring Kop was now
old and useless and vas only too glad
TO show the Kosana that he had a
memory and could pay his debts like
"a man.
Now the old Kanir was armed and
~blanketed as for a long journey, and
he stood before them like n sentinel
III the mist and the moonlight, but be-
fore the women could utter n sound
or raise a finger he had backed out
of their sight and was swept over the
falls.
Mother and daughter still dwell on
the old homestead.
THE body of Ring Kop was recov-
cred and buried among the kraals OF
his people.
The grave is not like a Kaflir grave,
which is forgotten in n single night,
for at the head of il is n beautifully
polished stone, and this is the legend
that the grateful mother and her
child have caused to be inscribed
on it.:
Sacred to the Memory
of
Ring Kop.
Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life
Enr his friends y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26
ROSY COLOR.
Produced by Postum Food Coffee.

Produced by Postum Food Coffee.
when a person rises from each meal
with ringing in the ears and a general
sense of nervousness, it is a common habit
to charge 1t to a deranged stomach
II found II was caused from drinking
coffee, which 1 never suspected for long
time, but found by leaving off coffee
that the disagreeable feeling went away.
Il was brought to think of the subject
by getting some Postum Food Coffee, and
this brought me out Of the trouble.
1T is a most appetizing and invigorat-
ing beverage, and has been of such great
benefit to me that / naturally speak Of it
from time 10 time as opportunity offers
"A lady friend complained 10 me that
she had tried Pos tum, but IL did not taste
good. In reply to my question she said
she guessed she boiled it about ten min
utes. 1 advised her to follow directions
and know that she boiled it fifteen or
twenty minutes and she would have
something worth talking about A short
time ago 1 heard one of her children saw
that they were drinking Postum now-a-
days. so I judge she succeeded in making
IL good, which is by no means a difficult
task.
tom O'Brien, the son Of a friend who
lives on Bridge street, was formerly a pale
lad, but since he has been drinking Pos
tum, has fine color. There is plenty Of
evidence that Postum actually does make
red blood as the famous trademark
says" Jno. Chambers, . F'rankling. ST,
Dayton, Ohio.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26

Schroder's birthday. Those present were
Rev. and Mrs. ". c. Schaefer Mr. and
Mrs. II. Schroeder, Mr.. and Mrs e. A NJ.
Schroeder, Mrs. Torch, Mrs L. c. Gerken.
Mrs Wilfert, Mrs NJ. Schroeder, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Lang, Mrs. NJ. Lang, Mr. J. H
Schroeder. Miss Annie Gibbons, Miss Mat
tie Wilfert, of Brooklyn, Miss Annie Sui
ter, Miss Martha Kuck, Miss Louisa
Lubs, Miss Meta Doscher, Miss Annie
Schroeder, Miss Annie Bridges, Miss Ada
lena Ente!man, Miss Meta Stem, Miss
Mary GeTken, Miss Meta Rhodes, Miss
George Schroeder, Miss Lille Schroeder.
Miss Mildred Schroeder, Miss Teresa
Schroeder, Mr.. H. Suffer, Mr. r. Vessels,
Mr.. w. Henges, Mr.. o. KoIb. Mr. j.
Vetter, Mr.. II. Monsees. Mr.. George Sem
ken, Mr.. H. Kuck, Mr. G.. Schroder. Mr.
J. Schroeder, Masters Martin and Henry
Schroeder.