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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
Nat Goodwin's Dog Story.

One step from the sublime to the
ridiculous. This is an old truism 1t
might be said also that comedy and
tragedy ere very neal 10 each other.
At least, so argued that prince of good
fellows, Nat Goodwin.
Seated in Delmonico's cafe one day
recently. Goodwin was entertaining a
number of friends with personal remi-
nisccnces of a European trip. In Il de-
lightfully ingenious names he made
himself the butt in each story, and con-
vulsed his auditors with laughter.
Finally he said: Il was walking
down street the other day-that is, /
was or another fellow was, it doesn't
make any diffcrence-you don't want to
spoil a story on technicalities. Any
how, | or the other fellow was walking
down street, and CHANGED to pass an
express office.
"The expressman was loading his
wagon preparatory for his afternoon
round. Of a sudden the forwarding
agent or whatever you call him came
out with a small dog.
Where's he goingr' asked the driver.
al don't know
"Don't know?'
"'Naw.'
"'Why the - don't you know
"'Now don't get Previous said the
forwarding agent. i don't know an
it don't know an nobody knows. It's
ct up its tag, that's the reason
His auditors laughed, but Goodwin
drew a long face. Il say it's pathetic, "
he remarked. think of the position
of that dog. In a thoughtless moment
he destroyed his own identity. It's a
tragedy in real life."--M Y. Herald
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
KILL The BABIES
Careless Mothers Who Use
Dangerous Purgatives
A Menace 10 Mankind Easily Avoided by the
Use OF a Rational Remedy-Eyery Mother
Should Heed the Warning.

The slaughter Of the innocents was moth.
Ing In comparison with the destruction OF
Infants caused by 'physic."
Not SO very long ago the poor little suffer,
ers were usually forced to swallow violent
purges, and 1t was luck II they got over II
all right. \
The stomach and bowels OF the baby are
sources Of constant discomfort. The milB
food sours In the baby's delicate little in
sides, and forms curd, and the fermentation
Of this undigested substance makes gases
which produce wind collie. Then the little
people begin TO scream with agony, and the
excited mother or nurse pours down the
physic. =,
That's the time for the use Of Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. If the babe be sucking
the mother makes her milk mildly purgatiye
by eating n Cascaret. Older Infants eat a
little piece like candy. In all cases Cas-.
carets are mild but positive, never grip nor
grippe, stop sour stomach, move the bowels
naturally, and put things right as they
should be.
Now, mamma, buy and try Cascarets to-
day. It's what they do, not what VIC, say
they'll do, proves their merit. All drug
gists, 10c, 2jc or soc, or mailed for price.
Send for booklet and free sample. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago; Montreal,
Can, or New York.
This Is the CASCARET tablet.
E2S&&IA Every tablet Of the only genuine
HaSESsM Cascarets bears the magic letters
ASkxASSJ pCCC." Look at the tablet before
k&SEk235 you buy, and beware Of frauds,
%&z&2&d limitations and substitutes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
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New nrcnch orpromise Decision

Louisville Courier-Journal: Nash
vile, Tenn.-ln the ease Of William Ii.
Brown VS.. Sarah A. Odill, a decree Civ
ing s. $500 for breach of promise was
affirmed by the supreme court. A very
unusual question was involved in this
case. Brown and his wife had been
divorced. lie and Miss Odill became
engaged, with the understanding that
they were to marry only after the
death Of his divorced wife. He mar.
ried another, however, and the suit
followed. His defense was that the
time had not come for him to fill his
contract, but the court decided against
him on the ground that he had placed
himself in n position where it was i'm.
possible for him to keep his contract
If his divorced wife should die.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
The CROSS-EYED CONGRESSMAN
Dave Smith viii Make His Mark
They Say, But He Doesn't Look 1t.


Washington letter: The brains of
the democratic situation ut Frank
fort, the man who, since Goebel's
death, has been directing party af-
fairs, is in some respects the most in
significant looking man in congress,
and yet he is one of the ablest. lie is
Dave Smith, who represents the
Fourth district. Dave was at Frank
fort because he believed it his duty TO
be there. Members of his family and
friends had urged him not to go, be-
cause they feared that he, too, would
become the mark for the bullets of
the republican assassins, but he
went. For eight years he was Il mem
Der of the state senate and for the
last four of these was the presiding
officer of that body. He is hatchet-
faced, understood and thin, with eyes
Enthusiastically crossed-not a mere
cast, but a good, old-fashioncd cross.
When he came to congress and the
Kentucky democrats pointed him out
TO their fellows as Il man who would
make his mark, the mildest comment
was that he certainly didn't look the
part. The doubters soon found out
that Dave Smith was one man whose
views on any subject were worth lis
tening to.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
800 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
I'm all it's stages, and that is catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrr
being a constitutional disease, requires Q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrf
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces OF thu
system. thereby destroying the founda,
ton Of the disease and giving the patien
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work
The proprietors have so much faith in II.
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that Il fails I,
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, +. j. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 20 cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
When Peggy Goes To Market.


When Peggy takes her basket up
And off to market goes,
I'm stupeied with wonder at
How very much she knows.
She makes her way between the stalls
And with judicial air
Decides that this Is 80 and so,'
And that is pretty fair"
She knows If fish are fresh or not,
And, wise as any owl,
She differentiates between
A chicken and a fowl.
She thumbs the breastbone of the one
And pulls the others legs;
She squints her pretty little eyes
To test the new-laid eggs.
The vegetables must be just right,
For with a critics eye
She scans them, not inclined to pass
Their imperfections by.
She calls the market folks by name;
All, what a lot she knows,
When Peggy takes her basket up
And off to market goes.
When Peggy does the marketing
My heart with pride she fills;
l go along, a useless thing,
Except to pay the bills.
-~Johnstone Murray, in New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
CONTINUED Next Weekly
KnapsaCk Grew Light.

John S. Bray has received from q
veteran of the l20th regiment a present
of a knapsack carried by Adam Imhoff
during Il portion of the civil war. This
knapsack stirred up the "reminiscences
of a number Of Old soldiers in Mr..
Bray's store and they told of their en-
periences carrying n knapsack and its
weight Of material necessary for the
comfort or convenience of the soldier
and the change Of ideas of the private
soldier rs to what was really necessary
for him to carry during a march.
The weight usually carried by n SOL
der when in marching and fighting
trim was a gun, forty rounds of cart
ridges and IN eight or ten pound KNAPP
sack. When the green soldier first
started out Of camp this k~napsack usu-
ally weighed about twenty-five pounds.
Each mile of the march took of a few
pounds until nothing was left except
what was absolutely necessary. OF
course he was not allowed TO throw
away his gun or ammunition. He
clung to his coffee and r~ations, but when
he got really tired he would OCCASION
ally throw away his overcoat and his
blanket.
One veteran said: "Why, l have
actually thrown away a sheet of paper
to Tighten my knapsack." .
A man who threw away his overcoat
and blsnket was not apt to do that more
than once, for il entailed a great deal
of hardship and suffering. Mr.. Bray
said that when he started out once for
a march he aud his mess comrades be-
came so Disguised with the weight of
their ~knapsacks that they couldn't see
what was the use of carrying II big
oyercoat and n blanket, 50 they threw
them away and when night came eight
men were only able to muster one
blanket among the lot, which they used
by turns, as they slept in the open air,
livingston freeman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
The Costliest Wine.

Philadelphia Record: The most costly
and precious wine in the world Is that
contained in n cask named the Rose
in the Bremen town han cellars. This
Rudesheim, Of the vintage Of the year
1853, is OF the color of ola ale, and has q
taste. 1t Is never sold, but is used OK
clusively for the sick of Bremen, the only
exceptions having been when n mail bot
tie was presented to the Emperor Will
liam l., another to Frederick III. and one
20 Prince Bismarck. The supposed money
value Of this wine is something beyond
credencc, but as II Is never sold this de-
tail Is of slight Importance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
L Dead One.

EufIalo Times: Poor old Jones,
The grocer, died early this morning"
said the village editors better half.
"iluh!" exclaimed the local opinion
moldcr, hes been dead for years"
'Fecn dead for years." echoed the
astonishcd wife, why what do you
mean?"
Just what ! said" replied the V. T..
ANY man in business who doesn't adj
~ycTtisc is a dead one"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

ago, stating my case to you.
81 had pains through my bowels,
headache, and backache, felt tired
and sleepy all the time, was troubled
with the whites. 1 followed your
advice, took your Vegetable Com
pound, and it did me lots of good. I
now have a baby girl. l certainly be-
lieve would have miscarried had it
not been for Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. had a very easy
time; Was sick only a short time. 1
think Your iaedicine is a godsend to
wo,nc in the condition in which l
was. | recommend it TO all as the best
medicine for women."-MRs MARY
-isE, CoYtcc. Tenn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

That children tall for their ages are
generally born in the summer is a novel
theory. AS far as boys alone are con-
cerned those who first see light during
autumn and winter are not so tall as
those born in spring and summer. Those
born In November are the shortest, in
July the tallest. Averages for girls show
that those born in winter and spring have
less length Of body than those born IN
summer and autumn. The tallest girls
are born in August.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

Friend--But if your washerwoman
charges by the piece it must be rather
expensive. Young Housekeeper--Oh,
no.. She loses so many things that her
bills are never high.--M. Y. Weekly.
Experience had taught him. Dusty
Rhodes-A woman give me this quarter
and didn't ask what | wanted to do
with it. Fitz Williams-Taste il; Il
must be lead. --Kate FIELDS WaSkiHGtoa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

The inhabitants of Braumlinger,
Switzerland, pay no taxes, and the
community is so rich that each citi-
zen receives a present every year.
Loads of wood and $3.50 was the pres
ent in 1899.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
inst Where Tic Wns Al,

London Tid-Bits: She enthusiastic
cally)-"Oh, George, don't you think
the greatest joy in life is the pursuit
Of the good, the true and the beauti-
ful?"
ITe-"That's what l am here for, my
darling!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

Philadelphia has a eucher club COM
posed entirely of red-headed young
women. One of its members says they
have a hot time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

Lieutenant Commander j. c. Gill
more, who was held captive by the
Filipinos for so many months, is on
his way home on the Solace.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

Only a trial Of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption is needed to convince you
that it is a good remedy for Coughs,
Asthma and Bronchitis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

From an Interpretation of a passage
i'm the Koran, Moslems are forbidden
to have shades to their eyes, hence the
absence of the peak, both from the
feZ and the turban.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
You Can Get Aliens Foot Ease FREE.

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-day TO Allen S. Olmste1. lie Roy, n.
", for a FREE sample Of Aliens Foot- Ease, a
powder to shake into your shoes. 1t cures tired,
sweating, damp, swonen, aching Iect. 1t makes
new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for
Corns and Bunions. All druggists aud shoe stores
sell IL. 25 cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
Speltz. Bromus. Rape. Corn. Cat

SpcItH. BrOfnus. INHpe' OorH' O"6s'
Five remarkable things. Bound TO
make you rich, Mr.. Farmer. Salzers
catalog tells the story. Send DC postage
and his notice today for ~catalog to John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis;
q n u
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
xI2 PER WEEK.

A salary 81 Sls per week and expenses will DO
pal 10 man with one rr two horse rig u intro
Iur' our Poultry Compound aud Lice Killer
among farmers. Address with stamp,
ACNE MIRO. Co Dcs Moines, Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
~tsething, softcns the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind collie. &c q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
To Cnre a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure.
26c. +. w. Groves signature Is Nn each box.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24

lie reason. After fol-
you kind ad-
.ce and taking Lydia
3. Pinkham's Vege-
able Compound, l be-
came the mother of
4 a beautiful baby
~ boy, the JOY of our
n home. He is a
I fat, healthy baby,
! thanks to your medi-
cine. y Mrs. MINDA
FISKLE, Roscoe,
n N. Y.
AA From Grateful
INA Mrs. Lane
DEAR MRS.
PINKHAM I
wrote you a let
ter some time
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-24
MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY
Weak Women Made Happy ny Lydia f..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound -
Letters from Two Who Now Have
Children.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM 1T was my
arden desire to have a child. / had
been married three years and was
childless, SO wrote to you to find out
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
HIS DOG SAVED HIM.

Mercer, October 22.-As John Bunker
was watering a Jersey bull Saturday
night, the animal became uneasy and
made a dive at him, striking him in
the groin and QUITTING a cash. some five
or six inches long and about one inch
deep.
The animal threw Mr.. Bunker about
eight feet. Mr.. Bunker shouted for help,
but his son and hired man were on the
intervale at work, nearly half mile
away. The dog heard the outcry and
came to his masters assistance and SO
engaged the animals attention that
Mr. Bunker got into the barn and man
aged to close the door. Mrs. Bunker
called the men from the field and after
hard fight, one with an ice pick and
the other with pitchfork they sue.
ceeded in securing the infuriated anil
NAL. Mr.. Bunker says that had 1t not
been for the dog he must have been killed
before help could possibly have reached
him. Mr.. Bunker had his wounds and
bruises properly attended to and is as
comfortable assoould be expected,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
BOOM FOR JUDGE FOSTER.
A Petition FavOring His Reappoint-
ment to be Sent to Governor.
ESPECIAL TO TIE PREss.l

Augusta, October 2s.-One of the best
known attorneys In Maine said tonight
that petition for tn appointments of
Judge Enoch Foster of Portland to the
vacancy on the Supreme bench is to be
cent to the Governor. He said that some
of the most prominent members of the
bars of A ndroscoggin, Lincoln and
Penobscot counties are in favor of a re-
appointment of Judge Foster, and that
his return to the bench would suit the at
torneys throughout the state, as he is
considered one of the most able jurists
that ever served in the Maine supreme
cOI1rt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
BOY FILLED WITH BIRD SHOT.

Bethel, October 22.-Saturday forenoon
Master Clinton Barchard, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Blanchard OF Bethel, was
seriously wounded by the accidental dis
charge OF a gun which he and one Glenn
Heath, another boy about 1S years old,
were carelessly handling. The IN was
loaded with bird shot and the muzzle
was close to young Barchard's body when
the discharge occurred, The contents
OF the gun entered the body on the lert
side, just below the extremity of the
lung. The wadding was blown into the
flesh, so near was the muzzle, and the
boys clothing was sent on fire. The ex-
terror wound was as large as ones hand,
and the flesh was badly mutilated and
torn. The charge did not enter the body
direct, but owing to the position of the
gun when discharged, took an oblique
course outwardIy,. which fortunately
prevented the entire contents of the piece
from entering the pleural cavity. AS
1t was, 1t is thought that some of the
shot penetrated the lungs, but to how
serious an extent is not yet known,
The wound necessitated the QUITTING
off Of a piece of one rib which was bad
~ shattered. DR.. G. ID. Hill of Bethel
was hastily summoned after the accident
and dressed the wound. The wound is
of very serious nature and the result
cannot be foretold, although the boy is
now doing well.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
Where Tt Is Believed
Body Was Cut Up.
Links in the Chain of Evidence
Slowly Coming to Light.

Lynn, Mass, October % With Susie
Young's visit to the Break Heart Hill
farm this afternoon the officers who are
working on the Bailey murder got some
important new evidence, possibly one of
the weapons used by the murderer in his
task of dismembering the body. From
what they found 1t seems likely that the
government will set up the contention
that Bailey's body was out up indoors.
A visit was paid to the Mushroom in the
rear of the house, which had been kept
locked since the search for the murderer
opened. The room confirmed lot of ar
ticles such as frequently found in a farm
store room. On the stove were the keys
without which Bailey, according to Mis-
Young, never left the house. Bailey often
took them out Of his pocket on coming
into the house, as he did not often change
from one suit to another, wearing his
working suit after work was done. Near
the keys was a small Ratchet, or to better
describe it, 1t might be called toma-
hawk, one side of the head having a
blade and the other tapering to a point.
Miss Young said this Jonahawk was used
entirely for chopping ice. The ofic ers
found light colored hair and blood
stains on 1t. On the floor nearby were
marks resembling blood-stains and
the officers took up two pIanks. On the
wall paper in exact line with the floor
stains were other dark colored marks and
the officers took off two foot strip of
paper and viii send it to Prof. Wood for
microscopic examination.
During the search, r. L. Mansfield, a
special officer found under the barn,
fragment of burlap, the edges of which
had been burned. This fragment is sim
liar to fragments found near where it
was claimed by John Henry Thomas.
fire was kindIed. Thomas said to him
it appeared as II blankets were being
burned and Miss Young said that
Bailey's horse blankets were lined with
burlap. Bailey invariably carried two
on his wagon, but these cannot be
found. The fragment of burIap found
today smells. strongly of kerosene. This
evidence strengthens the belief OF the
officers that Best tried to burn up all OF
the cloth at the time he cut up Bailey's
body. They further believe that the body
was dismembered in the wash room. The
fact that pine needles we're found in
Bailey's flesh is explained now on the
ground that the needles were in the meal
sacks as 1t.was common practice at the
farm to use needles around the stalls.
The officers now have two hatchets and
three axes, but one large axe is missing
and Miss Young says it was left In the
barn. George Sand, who lives on the
Newburyport turnpike In line with the
farm about a mile away, says that one
night during the week Bailey disap-
peared, he heard two riffs reports from
the direction of the farm. 1t was about
eight or nine o'clock as his wife was re-
tiringssand he called her attention to the
reports. Charles E, Bailey, Jr., Of Provi-
dence, will be appointed administrator
of the estate of the murdered man. Susie
Young Will stop with the family of Harry
Mitchell for the present.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
PORTER.

Kezar Falls, Oct. 22-Picking apples
seems to be the occupation of the farmer
at present.
A dancing school by Woodbury. Ross
in K. OF P hall will begin in a short
time.
The Baptists held two days meeting
at South Hiram, Saturday and Sunday.
DIR. Ham has returned from a five
weeks trip through the mountains.
Edward Ham has returned to the Chi
cagO Law school
Mrs. Staples fell the other day and
broke her arm.
Mr.. Elijah Fox is stopping in the place
for a short time. looking after his bust
ness interests,
Some of our young people are going to
Boston on the ''Hayseed" excursion.
Game seems to be quite plenty but very
wild.
Quite a number of cases of typhoid
fever are reported.
The block in which are the postofice,
public library, r. M. Hall and stores
VIII be kept warm with steam the COM
ing winter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-23
CITY OF PORTLAND.


Notice is hereby given that the Board of Reg
istraiiOn of Voters win be in session at room
numbered eleven (11). City Building. nine days
for tue purpose OF receiving evidence of the
qualification OF voters beginning Tuesday
October 2Srd, and closing Thursday, November
1st 1900 Hours-3 sessions daily:
o'clock a. NJ. to l O'Clock D. M.
O'Clock p. NJ. to O'Clock p. m.
o'clock until o'clock in the evening ex-
cepting on the last day of said session (Ihurs-
day, first of November) wheu it will not be in
session after O'cccx il the afternoon
During this time said Board will revise and
correct the Voting Lists; and the Wardens of
said city shall be governed by said revised and
corrected Lists, and no name shall be added to
or stricken from said Lists. on said day OF cleo
ron and no person shall Vote at any election
whose name is not on said Lists; but the Board
Of Registration will be in session November
the 9th, the day of election, for the co ERECTION
OF errors that may have occurred during said
revision.
AUGUSTUS F. GERRISH,l Board of
JAMES N. READ Registration
ROBERT Z. AHERN. OF Voters.
Portland, October p, 1900. Oct22i2W