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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

People who keep their mouths closed
don't talk too much in the daytime and
don't snore at night. Moreover, mod
crn science declares they live much
longer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption has
been a God-send to me.-Wm. Ii. Nc
Clellan, Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

cit Q Permanently Cured. NO nts or nervousness after
RI y first days use OF D.. klines Great Nerve Re.
torer. Send for FREE ~. on trial bottle and treatise.
Or. II. II. KLINE, Ltd. 9' Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

The production of coal in the Trans
saal in 1898 was 1907, sos tons, against
l,CO0,212 IONS in 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

Mrs. winsiow's soorHrNo SrEvr for children
torthing. sDftcns tho gu,ns. reduces
a.lays palm, cures uind cole. 80 Q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

Bella M. Hughes, Of Atchison, Kan,
recently celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of her second marriage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

More men in this world give accord
ing to heir neanness than according
to heir means.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

\ lnlCC, Tho Periodical Monthly Iiegulat r never
lRUIk0. falls; c ,nyinco yourself; write for free box.
NEW YORK CHEMICAL Co., Box 70, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
BOY BABIES WANTED.
PRINCIPAL REASON WHY THEY
ARE PREFERRED.
Reasons Offered by Readers DO Not
Seem to BE the Real One An Old
Oriental Sentiment that Still Sur
yivss Among Modern Parents.

We have lately received a number of
letters from readers discussing this
question which the intense interest in
DR.. Schenk's discovery suggests-Why
are boy-babies preferred? The writers
offer these reasons:
]. That 1t is more expensive to bring
up a girl than "A boy.
2. That when they are reared boys
can earn more, and hence that they
sooner become self-supportlng and able
TO give helping hand to their parents.
3. That girls, after they reach their
teens. are a greater source of care and
anxiety than boys-simply and solely
because of their sex.
In our Judgment, however, none of
these explanations, nor all of them to-
gether, completely accounts for the
strong desire of the average father and
mother to have more male than female
children.
1t is only the mature parent, with the
experience gained in raising family,
who Is seriously impressed with the
fact that daughters are more expensive
people are. as a rule. far too sentiment
al, sangune and buoyant in their out
look upon life to figure closely on the
comparative cost of rearing boys and
girls.
Yet the desire to have more boys born
TO them than girls is manifested, as a
rule, more strongly by young parents
Nm bt-t Of ri
The true explanation is a sentimental,
not mercenary one. 1t is the modern
survival of an ancient idea-the idea so
strongly prevalent in the East even to
this d1y-that son represents the
strength of the family, its defense, its
protection, its hope Of perpetuation, the
carrying on of its name and fame to
future generations.
You will find this idea in all the old
Hebrew writing. A traveller in modern
Syria relates how he talked with the
head of a large family on this subject.
How many children have youT' he
was asked. Three" he replied. But
I see seven standing around you now"
said the traveller. "Ah, but four of
them are daughters only"
The feudal lord was eager for sons
heirs to succeed him. TO go to the tour
Dey and the wars with him. to bear his
name. wear his coat-of-arms, to help
him no d his castle and his lands against
his foes He loved his daughters, but
his pride, his glory and his hopes were
in his sons.
Unacknowledged, and unconsciously
the average American man and woman
are still thinking this old Oriental and
feudal thought, and that is why, as a
rule. they would rather be the parents
of four boys and one girl than four girls
and one boy.-New York Evening
World.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
FRIGHT IN DREAMS,
Every One Appears to Have His Own
Private Nightmare.

Every One Appears to Have His Own
Private Nightmare.
81 have never been alb e t. ulCer,t nd
the philosophy of fright in Dreams"
said a New Orleans lawyer, chatting
after office hours. AS RUE it is in
spied by something very simple or at
least altogether out of proportion to the
effect produced. Almost all of us have
our own private Nightmares. VIII CHI are
usually more grotesque than awful. yet
the vision. whatever it happens to be. is
certain to plunge one into paroXysm
of mortal terror. My own pet night
mare is rather curious. At the begin
ming of the dream always find myself
in long, gloomy hallway that seems to
he in some huge, squald building like
n cheap tenement. The place is ap-
paTently dcserte ;, and | walk along. i'm
PEELED by an irresistible impulse, yet
feeling that | am certainly approaching
something frightful At the end of the
hall | go down steep, dirty flight of
stairs. my fears growing and swelling
Mt every step, and pause before dooc
that opens upon little square landing
] know perfectly well that what dread
is behind that door, but something
makes me open it, and | look into a
plain, bare room, perfectly common
place. with n small white kitten lying in
the corner What there is about it to
throw me into such panic am unable
TO say. but rush out filed with blind
inhuman terror. and always wake when
] am stumbling up the stairs. l think
this is fair sample of the foolish
things that are SO appalling in dreams.
Why is it, | wonder? | have talked
with great many others, and find that
their own Nightmares are generally of
the same inconsequentlal nature. OF
course, the whole subject of dreams Is
hopelessly cryptic, but this seems to
me its most puzzling and Incompetent
sible feature. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

At mass meeting held i'll st. Paul
it was decided to establish a uniform
rate of 25 cents for hair cutting. Out
Ct 1O5 shops in st. Paul all but three
were represented at the meeting and all
present signed the agreement.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

ant experience, but yet I've had II. and
that I'm able to tell the story Is due to
nothing more nor less than bottle of
ammonia. Fact! 1t happened years ago
In India. / was attached to troop Of
Punjab light horse. on police duty
about Chawald. and my little expert
ence was the result of days leave of
absence. With several companions I
was on my way to visit some native
friends in a neighborlng village and as
the jungle paths were the shortest
route we made the trip In chairs slung
on carriers shoulders. ] was about
half asleep from the swinging motion.
when was rudely pitched out by the
natives dropping the poles and scam
pering off. That's how I met my tiger.
With n bound he was on me and had
taken n mouthful Of my coat. intend
ing, no doubt. to carry me into the
dense underground. Fortunately for
me- had a big Hottie of ammonia In
my coat pocket, carried It for snake
bites. you know. and when the brute
took the mouthful he broke the bottle.
The Whit he got made his whiskers
curl and one was enough. He rolled
over couple of times gasping and
waving his paws. and then made off as
No. only few bruises f'om the fall
but the close shave took my nerve for
some months. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

A newly married couple in New
Brunswick, n. j., circumvented their
mischievous friends by starting on
their wedding journey by way Of the
roof. The friends, well-suppled with
rice and old slippers, stood at the foot
of the stairs. The pair assembled to the
roof, walked to the adjoining house.
then down and through the rear do
to back street. where they entered a
waiting carriage and were driven to
the railway station.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
HI. Hixhe.t Critical Praise.

Edward Terry tells of a pretty Incl
dent which occurred during tour in
Australia. do you know what con-
slider the most glowing tribute / ever
received? The compliment came from
a child. There was a crowded house,
an intent audience, and humor had for
the instant given place to pathos. You
might have heard pin drop and felt
the tension of the house was at break
ing point. The intense silence was
broken by childish voice-a girls
who, turning to her parent, asked in a
broken voice: Mother, is it real?' -
San Francisco Bulletin.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
4ssSB2a|'1|h|s5fsFs
II ~ AMslElsS{M
sepHVEHfB@S

One great disadvantage of s,nokeless
gunpowder. tending to offset its many
advantages, is its corroding action on
the interior of a gun. Prof. Roberts
Austin recently made report on the
subject. showing that fine weapons are
liable thus to be quickly ruined.
A paper recently read before the Lin
mean Society in London describes a spe-
cies of seal. attaining enormous dimen-
sionS, 10 VIII CHI thu name of sea elephant
has been given on account of a trunk
like appendage on the fore part of the
head. A specimen killed in the Falk-
land Islands was nearly nineteen feet
in leng h. The trunk is only foot long
These seals are peculiar to the southern
hemisphere.
An ltal an court recently. after trial,
ordered the removal of some wooden
yachts, whose bottoms were sheathed
with copper. from the neighborhood OF
iron warShips anchored in the harbor
of Legho n. 1t was alleged III 1T an e!ec-
trio connection was established through
the ships cables whereby the copper
bOttomed warships were turned into the
poles Of a galvanic battery, the result
being rapid corrosion of the iron in
contact with the sea water.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. inven-
tor of the telephone, is now devotng
nearly the whole of his time. according
to Electricity, to experiments with fly
ing machines, and "is confident that he
is not only on the right track. but within
measurable distance of success. He is
developing the kite idea, experimenting
with planets of various sizes and
weights. He has discarded the gener-
ally accepted principle that the ma
chimes must be of extraordinary light
ness. and is calculating on securing sta
bility and steadiness from weight"
When the eggs on the ostrich farms
of California are at the point Of hatch
ing, says Charles F. Holder, a curious
tapping of the shells may be heard.
This the keepers call "telephoning."
The sound is caused by the chicks in
side the eggs endeavoring to break out.
Those which cannot easily emerge are
assisted by the mother bird. which will
sometimes break an egg from which the
te'ephonlng is heard by pressing it
carefully. and will then aid the chick to
get out. At the Pasadena farm. the
sight of boy riding an ostrich as he
would pony may sometimes be seen.
"A method of producing anesthesia
by the direct application OF an electrical
current without the use of drugs was
recently described by DR. T. w. Scrip
ture, of Yale. before the American As.
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci
ence," says the Scientific American.
IAN alternating current with equal pos
tive and negative phases was made to
traverse the nerve. At proper fire.
quency of about 5000 complete periods
in second, 1t can be made to cut off all
sensatory communication by this nerve.
Needles can be run into the part of the
body supplied by this nerve without any
pain being felt"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

Stern Parent-No, Marcella, posi-
lively forbid you to receive George Gay
boy. He's taken to bad ways lately;
does nothing but frequent race tracks
and poolrooms.
Marcelia-Oh. but, pa. he has a
good object in going there. He's a
literary man, you know, and he told me
he was making book on the races. -
Harlem Life,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

Perhaps the most trying experience
in the career of maiden who has
passed the first blush of romantic girl
hood is when she braces herself to meet
the shock of a proposal of marriage
from some man, and the shock doesn't
come.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
Saved by Ammonia.

"Pretty fierce brutes, eh" remarked
o soldierly looking man who was one
of a little group watching the three big
tigers at the zoo restlessly pacing their
deus in anticipation of feeding time.
"Yes," agreed the person addressed. Il
don't think I'd care about meeting one
at large" mo, ii wouldn't be pleas
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28
Prosperity for 1900.

Indications point to great prosperity for
the coming year. This is the sign of u
healthy nature. The success ola country,
as well as of an individual. depends upon
health. If you have any stomach trouble
try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which
cures dyspepsia, indigestion and bilious
ness.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

There are two thousand different ar
ticles in grocery store, and two mill
ion in dry goods store. and a woman
is compelled to master them all.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

When the members of church be-
come tired of their pastor they give
him good letters" so he can get an
other job.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-28

In Germany, between Dusseldorf and
Crefeld, distance of ii miles, an ex.
press train is run by electricity at a
maximum speed of 81 miles an hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30

A report has been circulated that Mayo and
Kelliher. the tandem pacing team. intended &c
sue the, l.. A. w, because they had not re-
Cei'ed the money due them from the y. G. T,
tracks !iable for tine pacing debts on the
ground that they had settled their obligations,
who was the counsel for MAYO and several
other racing men. Miner says that he sent
Mayo a check for the money due him and holds
his receipt for II.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28
THE AMAlli ORCHESTRA
Some OF the Members for the Com.
ing Concert.

The concert by the Amateur Orches-
ira nexs Tuesday evening at Progress
Hall bids fair to be most successful
affair Everyone will want to hear
Annis Montague Turner, the Hawaiian
nightingale. who is down for two num-
bers. Mrs Jas. w. Bergstrom will in
tr1duCa herself in a recitation. Mr.
J. b. O'Sullivan with his fine baritone
voice will give new songs including
an Irish one. Mr.. J. r. Irvine. a new
conner. is down for a tenor solo
Something entirely new here will be q
double bass solo by Mr.. George Brand
who is Il finished performer on that
instrument. The orchestra contributes
four new numbers. What more coult
one want for fifty cents Tickets are
on sale at all the leading stores. Dom
forget the orchestra and what it has
done in the past.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28
GEO. W. GlDDINGS.

This letter was referred by the Ad.
yertiser to gentleman who is sup.
posed to have acquired considerable
! knowledge of the occult from long as
ISOLATION with Kahunas, good, bad and
Indifferent who yesterday forwarded
the following reply:
In answer to Mr.. G. w. Giddings
letter, dated July 3, 1899. with refer
ence to a coral brick ! would state
that there appears to be no method
known to science of arriving at the de-
sired information. The only recourse
left is to call up the shade OF some
suitable Hawaiian of the olden time,
as. for instance, the great Heiraheira,
high priest of Kamehameha l. whose
extensive knowledge of the people
would enable him, after considerable
trouble, to ascertain the person who
placed the brick in the cave, and
doubtless the familiar relations exist
ing between Heiraheira and myself as
Kahuna Nui would place me in posi-
ton to learn from him the result of
his Investigations in the Land of
Shades. The only drawback to getting
n response from Heiraheira, should he
deign to show me his face, as did Sam
uel to Saul (see |. Samuel XXviiD is
the possibility that he may have more
important business on hand in the pro-
posed destruction of Hilo, now being
deliberated by Pele and her followers
on account of the annexation of their
beloved Islands to the United States.
Il note that Mr.. Giddings says that
/ the brick Is reputed to be worth quite
n sum ] should advise him TO realize
without loss of time, and should the
value prove to be such as would war
Z rant the expense ! would recommend
O him 10 provide "A black saCriicial pig
/ a white sacrihcial rooster, a red fish
and a large root OF the strongest ava
. from Puma, rs nothing could be at
tempted without them should he de
sire tn continue the quest for knowl
edge with these preparations, ! wOult
do my best with occult science,
Very truly yours,
II q SIC WE,
"Kahuna Nui,"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28

gives the company right to lay q
railway upon such other streets as are
not specifically mentioned in their
franchise when majority of the own
ers of the property on any such street
shall petition in writing said company
TO lay its railways on said street, pro.
vided that the consent OF the Execu'
tive Council shall be obtained.
| have examined the petition of the
property owners. and from reliable in
formation am of the opinion that more
than majority Of the property own.
ers of that portion of King street
above mentioned have petitioned the
company to lay and maintain its rail.
way. and | am of the opinion that nc
legal impediment exists to the grant
ing of the petition.
Reference is hereby made to an
opinion of even date herewith upon the
notification of the Hawaiian Tramways
Company, Ltd, of its intention to lay
double tracks along certain streets II
Honolulu, including the above men
toned portion of King street.
do not understand that the ques
ton of feasibility or desirability of al
lowing this company to construct 1t:
railway along King street, as peti
toned for, was referred to me.
Respectfully submitted
HENRY +. COOPER.
Attorney General.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28
OISBARMENT Case
Was 1t a Reprimand or a
Caution?
Supreme Court Expresses Its Opir
Ion Of the LoUduCt Of Two
N-tivs Lawyers.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

In the Supreme Court yesterday aft
ernoon the disbarment proceedings
against James X. Kaulia and J. NJ.
Kaneakua came to an end after
two days hearing. The two defend
ants were charged with unprofessional
conduct in attempting to extort $4,000
from Chester A. Doyle on a claim for
damages for the value of two kou trees
cut down under his directions. After
hearing a number of witnesses and
the arguments of counsel, the three
judges made remarks on the case
which embodied the opinions they had
formed. They concurred in the main
point that the letters introduced in
evidence made out a prima facie case
for the prosecution, but the Court was
in doubt as to whether there was real
ly any intent to eXtort money or
whether the letters were not written
as preliminary to an attempt at COM
promise.
Justices Frear and Whiting seemed
to be of the opinion that the action Of
the attorneys merited a reprimand
from the bench, but none was admin
istered. Judge Stanley, who sat in
place of the Chief Justice. was of the
opinion that the letters showed more
ignorance of the law than any attempt
to eXtort, and was inclined to pass over
their offense with caution to be more
careful in the future.
The judges then left the bench, the
attorneys telephoned for hacks and
the two lawyers who had caused all
the trouble slowly wendell their way
homeward. pondering over the situa-
ton and wondering whether they had
been reprimanded or simply cautioned
| At the close of the proceedings one
of the attorneys asked the Court what
disposition was to be made of the Kou
log filed in evidence, but the answer
was that the Court had nothing to dc
with that question. The evidence adj
lduced in court went to show that the
section of the log filed in court was
worth about 500. Instead of being a
solid and valuable piece of wood, II
was pithy and worm-eaten. The sec
Ition introduced in court was about one
|quarter of the whole, for which Mr.
Doyle was asked to pay $4,000.
There will be no written decision II
the case and the matter may be con
lsidered as ended.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28
Union STEAMSHIP co.
Seaman's Dispute and Its Effect on
the Corporation.

A recent Auckland dispatch has the
following: Mr.. James Mills, the man.
aging director of the Union Steamship
Company, in giving evidence before the
Dunedin Cancellation Board respecting
the seamen's dispute, said that COM
pliance with the mems demands would
increase the expenses by el7000 per
annum. The company now paid Gl5,-
600 more in wages than II they had
been formed as an Australian COM
pany. and If the headquarters were re-
moved to Australia an expenditure OF
between 100000 and 100000 would
be lost to the colony.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-28
ARRESTED FOR PolYGAMy,

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 10
Salt Lake II all agog over the arrest
of Angus NJ, Cannon, president Of the
Salt Lake Stake Of Zion, on the charge
~ unlawful cohabitation with his
fourth wife, Martha hughes Cannon
The arrest Il Is believed here by many
marks the beginning ~ vigorous
prosecution ~ all polygamlsts who car
he reached, II h not az all likely, how
ever, that other arrests viii occur be-
fore the Issue ~ the Cannon ease dem
unstraios whether conviction for Ihil
0lfsnse ID possible here should Can
non be- convicted a raid on Others VII
iollos