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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

cncd membranes bcdim sight, impair
hearing and destroy taste.
Like the plaguc-strickcn Egyptians a
cry of distress has gone out from every
household, and the mildew Of woe clings
10 every hearthstonc.
Catarrh in some form, catarrh In some
stage turks as an enemy in the slightest
coughs or cold and finishes its 6endish
work in heart disease and consumption.
No tissue, function, or organ Of the
body escapes its ravuges; muscles with
or, nerves shatter, and secretions dry
mp under its blighting presence. So
stubborn and difficult OF cure is this dis.
ease that to invent n remedy to cure
chronic catarrh has been the ambition OF
the greatest minds in all ages.
Is it therefore any wonder that the
vast multitude Of people who have been
cured Of chronic catarrh by Peruna are
so lavish in their praise Of this remedy ?
That the discovery Of Peruna has made
the cure Of catarrh a practical certainty
is not only the testimony of the people,
but many medical men declare it to be
true.
AS a drug store in this age of the world
is incomplete without Peruna, it can be
obtained anywhere with directions for
use, A complete guide for the proven
ton and cure Of catarrh and all diseases
of winter, sent Gree by The Pcruna Med.
icinc Coz Columbus, Ohio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
wcakne.s Of Hum.n Nature.

Kansas City Journal: Talk about
the fraiities Of human nature" said q
well-known insurance agent the other
day, mo n else has so good an OPP
portunity TO discover them as an in
surance agent. An incident occurred a
few days g that showed me q side OF
a neighbours character which I had
never suspected to exist. A fire broke
out in his home, and do you know that
man went three blocks to a telephone
to report 1t when there was a telephone
right in his own house.
II saw the fire soon after 1t started
and rushed to give assistance. 1t was
while helping to pack the things out
that / discovered the phone and
turned in the alarm. Now 1t takes a
strong stretch OF the imagination TO
believe that the owner had forgotten
there was a telephone in his house.
That he should have acted as he did
undermines ones faith in people In
General.
Think of it. There 1 was sweating
and endangering my life to save his
property, while he was anxious evil
lently to have IL burn. Such conduct
Doesn't encourage one to exert himself
for others
Nov, you are asking a leading ques-
ton" replied the insurance man, with
Il guileless smile. What I am saying
is that the actions OF that man are a
sac commentary IN human nature"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
TRICKS OF The BARNSTORM r.
An Example OF "to Pong" or Filling In
New Part Not Fully Memorized.

New Part Not Fully Memorized.
New York Times: one of the ole
slang phrases of the stage said Mug.
giles, who used to be a good actor, WA
to pong This means or used TO NEAR
using you own language-=that IS, play
ing a part without cues OF the proper
lines, relying only upon q knowledge o!
the play to carry you through. Years
ago on the road there used to be some
highly ludicrous situations in consequence,
Of a new play being produced in a hurry
The stage manager, however, had a won
derful genius for patching up a hitch
When circumstances were necessary h,
would sometimes lower Il front scene anC
tell the low comedian and chambermai(
to go on and keep it up and while they
did SO he would arrange how the play
had to be continued.
"Of course, actors are supposed to hell
one another out of a difficulty, but a
times old grudgeS were paid on. For in
stance, | remember on one occasion a let
ter had to be read In one scene. Unfor
~tunately this letter could not be found
so a 'dummy'-that Is, a blank sheet-wa!
sent to the stage.
"'Say, dad said the actor who had t
read the letter and seeing II blank, here:
q letter for you. You had better read 1
yourself, as L am sure 1t contains gooC
news
but dad umbled to the occasion ant
replied: No, Tom, you read 1t. I've mis-
laid my spectacles.'
"'Bless me- said Tom, 1T is written 81
badly i can't make outa word OF II. Here
Nelly, you read it,
9TH unsuspecting Nelly takes the let
ter, and, seeing it blank, avs No, faith
er had better read il. lie will be able q
make it out better. I'll go and fetch you
sp~ectacles. l know where they are AND
OFF she goes.
1.-The old man is again equal to the oc.
casion, and calls out to her: Never mint
bringing them, Nelly, I'll come and ge
them Then he walks off and the stag
manage has to rearrange the scene.
Yes, sir, there's a lot In the theatrica
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
HER HEART WAS TOUCHED.
A South Dakota Mother and Her Little
Girl Expresses Ti'eir Gratitude in
an Open Letter.

a Seutn DakOta MOlner ana hcr Lutte
Girl Expresses Their Gratitude in
an open Letter.
Folsom, Custer Co., South Dakota,
Dec. MFRS. II. ID. Hyde
las given for publication q letter ex-
pressing her unbounded gratitude to
Dodd's Kidney Pills for the double
cure of herself and little daughter.
Mrs. Hyde has been troubled with
pains in her heart Tor oyer three years,
and for a long time her little girl suf-
fered from weak Kidneys. The CRATE
full lady does not seem able to find
words strong enough to express her
gratitude. She has written the follow
ing:
! cannot say too much in praise Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They are the
greatest kidney and heart medicine l
ever used. had been troubled for over
three years with a severe pain in my
heart, which entirely disa ppeared after
| had taken a few doses OF Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. l also gave them to my lit
tie girl, whose kidneys had been weak,
and she commenced to improve from
the very first dose. Dodd's Kidney
Pills are certainly a wonderful medi-
cine. l would be pleased to have this,
my statement, published, as l feel 1t
my duty to let others know just what
the Pills will do for them.
MRS. II. ID. HYDE.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure. SOC
q box. All dealers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Chronic Coughs and Colds
Are Catarrhal
Diseases.
Catarrh Is the Continual ScourgS
of Christendom.

Catarrh hovers ominously over every
city, and nestles trcachcrouSly in every
hamlet. 1t flies with vampire wings
from country to country and casts a
black shadow Of despair over all lands.
Its stealthy approach and its lingering
stay makes it a dread to the physician
and n pest to the patient.
1t changes the merry laugh Of child.
hood to the wheezy breathing of Group,
and the song Of the biushing maiden TO
the hollow cough OF consumption. In
its whitening grasp the rounded form of
the fond wife and mother becomes gaunt
and spectral, and the healthy flush of
manhood turns to the sallow, h~aggard
visnge Of the invalid.
Cough takes the place OF conversation,
speech gives way to splitting, the re.
pulsive odors of chronic catarrh poison
the kiss OF the fondest lovers, and thick.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
FICTION JUSTIFIED By FACTS.
Incidents In Real Life So Startling as to
Make Novels Tame,

Incidents In Real Life So Startling as to
Make Novels Tame.
London Chronicle: Life steals ideas
from literature oftener than many per-
sons imagine, writes a correspondent
in reference to q leader note which APP
peared in our issue of yesterday. The
little boy of s who hanged himself at
Leeds justified not only Mr.. Hardy in
Jude the Obscure" but Miss Marie
Corelli in "The Mighty Atom" which
has often been condemned on the
ground that the manner of the death of
little Lionel N~alliscourt was ~absurdly
impossible. The same thing is con-
stantly happening. MI. Hall Game, I'm
THE S~capegoat," made his heroine, a
blind, deaf and dumb girl, the subject
Of n recovery absolutely unknown to
medical science, restoring her lost
senses. The story was ridiculed on that
account, but not many months had
elapsed when a remarkable plagiarism
OF fact came to light in Cumberland,
where q deaf and dumb girl had her
senses restored in precisely the same
way as Mr.. Hall Gaines heroine.
Mr.. Gladstone once called attention
to an Irish novel, "Kilgroom,' by Mr..
j. A. Stuart, Of which a similar plagi-
arism of fact is told. The author inn
agined an incident which had never oc-
Cured in the whole course of the Irish
.troubles-the arrest Of a priest in the
pulpit, and the book was hardly out of
the press when IN arrest of this kind
was made. Nature, as q matter of fact,
is always stealing ideas. Everybody
knows how "Enoch Arden has been
realized in real life again and again.
Those Who have read Pierre Lofts
book, "Pecheur d'Islande," will remem-
Der that the author makes his hero,
Yam, die by drowning-a fate which
actually befell the original Of the char.
acter, Guillaume Fleury, last year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
AsphOG9l.

AS some pale shade in glorious battle
slain,
On beds Of rue, beside the silent
streams,
Recalls outworn delights in happy
dreams;
The play OF oars upon the flashing main,
The speed Of runners, and the swelling
vein,
And toll In pleasant upland field that
teens
With vine and gadding gourd, until he
seems
To feel wan memories OF the sun again
And scent the vineyard slopes when
dawn is wet.
But feels no ache within his loosened
knees
To join the runners where the course
Is set,
Nor smite the pillows OF the frultless
3 seas
So recall our day Of passion yet,
Win sighs and tenderness, but no re-
greet.
Villa sibert Gather, in the December
Critic,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
The WAY of the Kicker.

When things are runnin' smoothly,
All nicely oiled an slick,
There comes a great temptation
To start a little kick.
You're kind o tired o. quaffin'
From 4 nectar-laden II
You want a little ginger,
So you so an stir things up.
You're hungry fur excitement,
You're tired OF hum-drum life;
You're seized with an ambition
Fur TO lead a n life.
An when you've raised a rumpus,
An done the best you could,
You're feelin' somewhat better
Cause you've reused the neighborhood,
But when you've had excitement
Fur a day or so, o find
That you'd go TO any trouble
To regain your peace o. mind,
An when the years find matters
Again a runnin' slick,
Fur n week or so, you're willln'
Not to start another kick.
Washington Star,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Crushed.

London Answers: They were engaged
But they quarreled and were too proud
to make Il -. Both were anxious TO
make people ,.ieve they mad entirely for
gotten each other.
He called a few days ago at her faith
er's house TO see the old gentleman-on
business, OF course. She the
front door bell. Said he:
''Ah, Miss Jepkin, ! believe. Is your
athcr in?"
present. Do you wish to see him person
llly?'
Il do" was his Jesponse, feeling that
aonal buciness." And he turned proudly
20 go away.
II beg your pardoI,' she called after
him, as he reached me lowest step, but
who shall / say callnd?'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Touching.

Harper's Bazaar: Love" continued
the lecturer, rs a mystery. 1t exists,
and yet does not. 1t Ices no harm, 1t
costs us nothing, IL makes US happy.
And yet, 1t cannot be seen, 1t cannot
be touched. Love"
At this point a sad-eyed man arose
and left the hall. Some one who knew
him whispered to the lecturer.
You must not mind him." said he,
for he has just been caught $50. 900
worth In a breach-of-promise suit, and
what you said about love not being
~touchable rather touched him."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
The Little boy md the Inevitable Man.

Detroit Journal: Once upon a time a
little boy went fishing of a Sunday and
met the Inevitable Man In the White
Choker.
Why asked the Inevitable Man, Edo
you fish upon the Sabbath day?"
"Oh, sir" protested the Little Boy,
earnestly, 1T is because l have thought
Of something quite original to say IL
anybody shall ask me what becomes
of little boys who fish on Sunday"
The Inevitable Man did not rise TO
che occasion, but went his way, much
dazed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Holiday Cheer.

Now let's be gay and festive
With true autumnal cheer,
And set the fireplace blazing
All steadily and clear,
And as we watch with smiling
The flames that upward roll,
Well even toast the barons
Who rule the price OF coal.
Come set the roast before us,
And We will eat our fill,
And bid the traveller welcome
With heartiest good will.
But, If he will not tarry,
Well still feel some relief
Considering how Chicago
Has raised the price Of beef.
Washington Star.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
How's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO, Proprletors,
Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned have known Il. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out n obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Scientific Research.

Ohio State Journal: Jester-Olc
Squeezit has agreed that after his
death his body shall be turned over to
the university in the interests OF sci
ence.
Jimson-InteSests Of science?
Jester-Yess all Squeezit's relations
have insisted that he has no heart. The
doctors are going TO find VI
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
BEST FOR THE BOWELS.

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETS help
nature. cure you without q grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents to start getting your
health back. CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has g. G. @. stamped
on II. Beware OF mutations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
for 1901.

Indications point to great prosperity
Tor the coming year. This is a sign
Of a healthy nature. The success Of a
country, as well as OF an individual,
depends upon health. II you have any
stomach trouble try Hostetter's Stom-
Gch Bitters which cures dyspepsia, in
digestion and biliousness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
A Matter of Confidence

Washington Star: "How did he ac-
quire the reputation of being such q
brilliant MANI" inquired one voter.
BY means of his convincing man
ner." answered the other. He got
people to believing that he thoroughly
understood his w arguments and
they regarded him as a genius
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
TOO realistic.

Times-Herald: "Boggs bought his
wife one OF those popular Indian brave
calendars for a birthday present"
did ii please her?"
mo. She was afraid TO stay in the
room with 1t, so now he has bought her
q tOmaha
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Uncle Sans Soldiers

VIII eat Libby's Plum Pudding for
Christmas dinner. The u. =. Govern
ment has just purchased Il large on
signment Of Libby, Mcneil & Libby's
famous Plum Pudding, which will be
supplied to American soldiers in the
Philippine Islands and Cuba.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Extenuaaing circumstance,

Baltimore American: Tenderfoot-Did
you folks lynch the man who stole that
automobile here last week?
Cactus Charley-Nope. We intended to,
but In investigator committee made
come EXPERIMENTS an concluded that the
ottymobul stoled the thief, instead of the
.h'ef gittin' away with II.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Quality and Price,

Philadelphia Press: Clerk-Perhaps
you'd like to look at some goods a little
more expensive than these.
Shopper-Not necessarily, but l would
like to look at some of better quality.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Prepared for Disappointment.

Times-Herald why are you so
anxious to cut the leaves OF the new
magazine9 Are o in haste to see
what is in it?"
mo. / am In haste to see what isn't
In it."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

do not believe Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption has an equal for coughs and
colds. John +. Boyer, Trinity
Springs. Ind, February Is, 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
In the Front Row,

Syracuse Herald: Husband-Why do
you always want to sit in the front
row?
Wife-So l can't see the other wom-
ems hats, but so they a all see mine,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Preferred Life.

Life: In Brooklyn-Do you boil your
water before drinking 1t?
Boil 1t! Well, / guess not. I'd rather
drink a menagerie than a cemetery any
day."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

EITe permanently Cured. 40 nts or nervousness q fter
storer. send for FREE t2 90 trial bottle and treatise.
DIX II. II. KLINE. Ltd. ISL Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
AlwaYa I'm One.

Boston Transcript: Grimes-Is your
wife fond Of pets?
Harum-I should say she was. She is
almost always In one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
ERnal EXcuAe.

Tit-Bits: Mother-Johnnie, your face
is very clean, but how did vow get such
dirty hands?
Johnnie-Washin' me face.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
No Barrier.

Life: II shouldn't think YOU would care
60 be. engaged TO such an elderly man."
why not? IL does not interiors with
my other engagements"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Stand or.

Heitcre Welt: He-But ] still don't dare
to confess TO your father the extent of
my debts
She-What towards you men are! Papa
Is also afraid to tell you about his debts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

When a man is mad the more you
tell him to keep cool the hotter he
gets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Well Known Fact.

Exchange: Shell don't believe there =,
much billing and cooling after marriage.
He-Well, there's a good deal Of bill
ing,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

Mrs F. J. Lynch, 14 South Division street, Grand Rapids, Mich, writes
lhe PerunaM Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio
OenHemen-"I earnestly recommend Peruna 10 any suffering women as
IT cures quickly. Ihad a most persistent cough which nothing seemed to
cure. Two bottles of PEI INA did more for M than al the doctors seemed 10
do In a couple of weeks found myself In excellent heath, and have besn
enjoying II ever since Hence Hook on Peruna a a true friend of women"
MRS. r. j. LYNCH.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

Your Storekeeper Cnn Sell You
Carriers Ink or he can get 1t for you. Ask
him. Try IT. Car loads are sent annually
to every state In the Union. Do you buy
Carter'sI
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

Each package Of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYE colors either Silk, Wool CT
Cotton perfectly at IL boiling.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund the money If itfails 10 cure
Il. w. Groves signature is on each box. %,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

bE0MnvHv For both sexes. for the cure Of
VNQv unnatural discharges, In6am-
nations, lrritations, Ulcerations. An internal rem.
edy with injection. eS or 2 for s5. Guaranteed by
Kidd Drug Company, of Elgin, Ill. Sent by mail on
receipts Of price. II. 8 Baker, Druggist, Sioux City,
Iowa. who carries . full line of rubber goods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
In Tnnch with Art.

Times-Herald: why are you so
anxious to have us sit for our pic
lures? Because we are looking our
1est?"
mo. Because you are looking your
worst"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Announcement

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
INTO Mts the the nasal passages tor eGta,rhqs troy.
Ts,, sh for pr0p rstoS prepare oream Balm E1I in
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is Is cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form embodies the med
tinal properties Of the solid preparation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15
Nasal Catarrh ou;oklv WELD. N trs

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields TO treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
n~ostrils, ~cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it difuses itself. Druggists
sell the soc. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
Aha fraatmapt
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-08-02
REPUBLICAN OPINION.

The good of this party utterance as a
whole far outweighs the bad This is
true to an unexpected degree. 1t will be
so recognized by all who see in the pres
ent drift the subverSions of republican
government. The Chicago platform
which so shook the conservatism of the
country, is reaffirmed, but there is piled
up over it in this platform matter that
must appeal powerfully to that intelli-
gent and conservative regard for country
which felt atfronted by this party and
candidate four years Springfield
Republican.
Yes, true it is that thinking ed
itors of the republican party are adj
hitting these facts which cannot but
appeal to the conservative, fair mind
ed element of the opposition. This
year more than at any other time in
its history the democratic party stands
for the underlying, basic principles
of Americanism and the highest
guarantees of representative govern
ment.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-08-02
STATE PRESS.

Idaho Falls. little village IN compar-
ison with Boise, can give Idaho's met
ropolis pointers on municipal ownership
of electric lights and the rates are so reas-
enable that they are within the reach of
every family. 1t costs so cents a month
for one single light, 40 cents apiece for
two and 30 cents apiece if four or more
lights are taken. What difference be-
tween these and the price Boise people
are paying. Our first effort should be
to secure municipal ownership of water
and next of electric lights Forward, the
ple.-Capital
The Idaho Statesman takes column
OF space to explain why Judge STANFORD,
the republican candidate for governor.
refused to permit a laboring man from
the railroad shops of Pocatello to appear
in his court before removing his overalls
DE may scorn the honest aborer from
the bench, but at the polls the most
humble are equals Of the aristocratic
Judge and all the explanations that the
Statesmen can make between now and
election will not secure Judge Standrod
the labor vote of this state.-Coeur d.
Alene Press.
England is still engaged at her old
business of throttling liberty. The war