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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
wouIdn't Hurt Bugs Feelings.

New York Mail and Express: The
late Grant Allen was both kind-heart-
ed and painstaking, as this story will
show. He once wrote an article on in
sects and bugs and sent it to his pub
fishers. In it he infinitely described
both the bad and good sides of his
subjects. Several days after he had
dispatched the manuscripts he wrote
to the publishers:
Return at once proofs of chapter
on bugs. / find that / have done one
of them an injustice. I dreamt about
him all one night after i mailed the
matter to you, and he looked at me
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

will appear as Spring, and Nellie as
Mary, Queen of Scots. Before the ball
they all get to know somehow what
the disguise of the others will be,
Then at the last moment they reverse
the characters, each couple eXchang-
ing their dresses. do you follow?
The friend gasped a reply.
This means to say that Charlie,
who was going as a harlequin, really
goes as a Boer, and S IN. Well Char
lie, as u Boer, makes love to Nellie,
who was going as Mary, Queen OF
Scots, but who is masquerading as
Spring; while Jack, who was going as
a Boer, bat who now takes the part
of a harlequin, devotes himself to
Edith, who should have gone as
Spring, but who has taken Nellie's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

part of Mary, Queen of Scots. Now,
to make this plain, you will see that
/ have drawn all the characters on
paper, and, if you will follow these
lines which | have made you will see
also that, supposing they change
dresses before the time of unmasking,
everything will appear to be right
when they come face to face. Isn't
that so?
No answer anne
$50 that Charlie, who was in the
disguise Of a Boer, now appears as a
harlequin, and makes love to Edith,
who was Mary, Queen of Scots, but is
now Spring, while Jack, who was a
harlequin, is now a Boer, and spoons
with Nellie, who was Spring, but has
now taken her right costume of Mary,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Queen OF Scots. Well, when they un-
mask, Charlie, who was a Boer, and
who is now a harlequin, can't make
out why or how Edith, who was to APP
pear as Spring and appeared as Mary,
Queen of Scots-why, where on earth
has he gone to?"
The friend had fled from the
simplest plot in the world, but he may
be seer in a certain ward, muttering
to himself:
snow. Charlie went as a Boer, and
Jack ought to have gone as a harle-
quin, and Edith vent as Spring-oh,
my poor head"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
EASY TO EXPLAIN.

Man Who Has u Plot ana. n Play
Tells HIS Friend About 1t.
New York Sun: They were sitting
in the club and discussing plays and
plots and actors and actresses, and
hoe genus omne. Said he, II rather
like these ingenious, intricate plots.
Now, for instance, ] have a great idea
tor a plot. Two men are in love with
two girls. Charlie is in love with
Edith, and Jack is enamoured of Mel
lie, but Nellie loves Charlie and Edith
loves Jack. That is simple, isn't it?"
The friend said it was.
well, they all go to a masked ball.
Charlie is to wear the disguise of a
harlequin, Jack that Of a Boer; Edith
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
Youthful Strategy.

New York World: Jones-See those
boys throwing N of their number
into the water! And he doesn't seem
to mind it a bit!
Jims-Of course not! His mother
told him not TO go in the water. and
he's having his gang throw him in, so
he can tell her a whole lot of bad boys
got hold Of him and threw him in.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
EXPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS.
Exports Of Domestic Products have

The articles whose values are lncluu-
ed in the above table are cattle, hogs,
provisions, breadstuffs, cotton and
mineral oils. Nearly all are farm pro-
ducts, and farmers will notice that the
exports were less during the last Dem.
ocratic administration, than during the
preceding and following Republican
administrations. Why go back to De-
mocracy?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

a pretty story is told of the late
King Humbert and Queen Margherita,
The queen, IL seems, had u strong par
:iality for white dresses, but with the
advancing years she feared that they
looked too girlish and affected, and
asked the king what he thought about
t. He replied that he would think it
over. A few days after she received a
box containing half u dozen white
dresses from Paris, with her hus-
bands compliments. No answer could
have been more gallant, graceful and
pleasing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

The following farm products were
higher In price on July /, 1900, than on
the same date In 1899:
Wheat, corn, barley, hogs, horses,
milk, tobacco, beef. pork, bacon, hams,
lard, butter, lemons, cheese, beans,
peas, wool, fax, hay, raisins.
Mckinley prosperity stays with the
farmer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

The announcement is made from
Washington that Gov. Roosevelt will
make a few speeches In South Dakota
this fall. The people OF the state will
thus be given a chance to see and hear
this "tin soldier" who was fighting for
his country while Mr.. Pettigrew was
plotting against 1t. 49,.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Evert Jansen Wendell is n blue
blooded Knickerbocker, a member OF
one of the oldest New York families,
and rich. He is known all over New
York as the best friend of bad boys"
lie carries on a correspondence with
no less than 1000 boys who at one
time most people would have put UNI
der the category of bad" Mr.. Wen
cell has been instrumental in placing
almost all the boys with whom he cor
responds in good homes on western
farms or in western villages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

A Partisan solon seems to have &c.
vised a way to avoid throwing u great
temptation 10 perjury in the way OF
women who testify before him. In a
recent Ease he asked an actress tc
state her age, as required of all wit.
nesses, and after getting an answer.
proceeded TO administer the custo
mary oath with due solemnity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Some of those who are watching the
belgian hare craze which is sweeping
this country at present fear that
when il subsidies the land will be af-
iicted with a pest which will threaten
the agriculture. L. s. Palmer, acting
shief Of the biological survey, has sent
cut warning letters in which he sug-
gests that steps be taken TO keep un.
1er observation the hares that have
been liberated and that all possible
measures be adopted to discourage
the liberation of the animals. All
countries have these crazes for ami
mails not indigenous to them. Japan
twenty years ago went daft over rab-
hts and pigs and the spectators
made vast sums of money out of
craze
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

The chief cause for criticism against
the temporary settlement OF the Cam
dian dispute is that our secretary OF
state, in effecting a compromise, did
not force Canada to make all the con-
c~essions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Democratic Manager: Il am glad
you have arranged a deal with the Pop.
ulists in your locality. What terms
did you make with them"
Subordinate Committeeman-"Well,
we gave them the platform and the
candidates, and they let us call 1t the
Democratic ticket"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

General Alexei Nicolaievich Kuro-
patkin, the Russian minister of war,
is probably the most trusted, the most
powerful and most faithful servant of
the car. His rise TO rank and power
was gradual but sure, and in 1898 he
was made absolute master, under the
ear, of the armies of all the Russias.
lie began his military career in
Turkestan when a youth an has
served with distinction in all Russia's
wars for many years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Many savings banks are being insti-
tuted all over italy, and the people are
taking very kindly to them. In some
cities the prizes given in the public
schools are in the form of savings
bank books, with a small sum entered
to the credit of the prize winner.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

The Bryan train Ia off again
With throttle open wide,
And silver whistle shrieking loud
To all who wish to ride;
But tho she's on the downward grade
Her engineer will find
She'll hardly make the rifle
With two tenders on behind.
White Lake Wave.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

with reproachfu1 eyes and said l had
made him out worse than he was. In
looking up his history from a late
source, l have found out that he was
right"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

1t Is not Mr.. Bryan's intention to
talk very much this year about the sut-
fering of our own people. He will go
out among the islands of the sea in
search OF grief worthy of his old and
saddest speeches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Ii Hung Chang probably never knew
before that In the desk Of American
diplomacy there are on emergency at
leaSt FIVE ace~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
WHERE THE CHARGES COME
FROM

The Beacon Light a Populist pape
published at Yankton, makes the fol
lowing pointed remark regarding tn
Populist superintendent OF the Insan
Asylum at Yankton:
when Governor Lee saw DR..
Ross beastly drunk the evening fol-
lowing the convcntiop, II he had Is
sued an official call demanding
Ross's removal In the interests of
purity In officials and the protec-
tion to the unfortunate Inmates II
would have meant four thousand
votes to him for Congress that no
mar can get In South Dakota who
carries a whitewash brush"
The same paper In Its Issue of Au
gust 10 continues It's attack as fol
lows:
desire n written or sworn state
ment from every man or woman
Ross has mistreated at the asylum,
and such positive evidence as each
knows of his corruption. II he has
tried to buy or bribe you, / want
you TO swear to 1t II necessary. Let
the whole world know the class of
man a few thimble-rig politicians
are holding up.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Bryan is keeping way still now, but
a little later he will be as talkative as
n prize fighter with a broken arm.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

1t has always been thought that II
was impossible to initiate the cloth in
which the ancient Egyptians wrapped
their mummies. A Manchester tourist
brought home "a small bit of the fab
rio and asked n cotton expert II he
eould tell from what mill it came. He
examined IL carefully under his glass
and then said that ii came from a mill
near Oldham, England, and was
known by the manufacturer as his
NO. s5." Investigation showed that
he was right. The ancient mummy
cloths had worn out and the Egypt
ians were %rewrapping the relics in
English-made fabrics
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

. There are people who will put up
with a great deal If they can avoid
putting up for much.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Was IL "militarism" when Mckinley
mustered out the army of the unem
,ployed?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Young women frequently wear belts
that were manufactured to go around
the necks of dogs. They show thus
now slender their waists are, a dog
collar being big enough to clasp them.
philosophers can dig out no other rea-
son for this fad. In Philadelphia the
other day a yaung woman wore an en-
sraved dog collar belt which she had
borrowed for the time from her ia
TIERS mastitf. The engraving was Of
A mastiff's head, and around it ran
the words: IL am John Browns dog.
Whose dog are your" Smiles and
sneers were handed out to the young
woman from those who read the belt,
and she appeared to be delighted with
the attention she was winning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

The campaign Is conducting itself in
as leisurely a manner as the grocery
delivery clerk where there is a pretty
kitchen girl.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
R,i,rood Omen 90 P.its,n,.

Berlin, Aug. 1s.-An undated dis
patch from Tien Tsin says the rail-
road between Tien Tsin and Peitsang
is restored, and the Russians are re-
pairing the line in the direction of
Picking.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25

Keep a-cry.n' bout the army,
The navy, an all that;
A-hopin' that the voters
Will fergit where they are at.
Git paramount issues
An march 'em all about:
But the silver plank II tx We,
don't
watch
cut.
buffalo News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
TROUBLE AT SHANGHAI.
Controversy Over Landing of Troops
by British.

Shanghai, Aug. 1s.-The consuls
will meet today. The landing of Brit
ish troops is not objected to by rep
resentatives of other nations, but the
latter declared they would adopt the
same course. To this the British OBJ
iected and have threatened to with
draw the troops, which are now ready
To land.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30
GA ST q Fri a.
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss Ex1zEZZL[
TIE
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OR
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TIE

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our Saviour aud his Mother 10y the
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Contains description of the paintings. BIZ
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Story of the Chrisl and hi- Mother, beau-
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and beauty, appeals to every mothers
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where there are children the book sells
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a Christian man or women can in this
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Mrs. Sncket' our "g-nt in New York. has
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30
Ten Dollars Reward.

The Toledo, st. Louis and Weltern
railroad company will put into service
two new broad veslibmled passenger
trains between Toledo and st. Louis
These trains will he the finest that can
he produced. For the purpose of giving
these two Clover Leaf flyers popular
names, we here with offer $40 in gold to
any person except Clover Leaf en-
pIoyees) who suggests name which Is
finally adopted by us. No conditions
are attached and any number of names
may be suggested by anv one person.
III communications should be addressed
TO the undersigned. marking the EN-
vrlopes "Cloyer Leaf FLYERS" Sngges-
lions will be received until Dec. l l9OO.
at which time decision will be made.
G w. Mordoff, Asst. q + A.. Toledo. O.
w ] Scott, ID + A., st louis. Mo,
a. n Whitney. G L NJ, ToIeho, q.
Nov. so
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30

! 1t is common thing to hear of
man being property poor. though it's
An Emb.r.ssmenta kind of poverty
that isn't half COM
mon enough, but
there is man in Pittsburgh, accord
sng to the News of that city, who is
postage stamp poor. He didn't know
there really were so many stamps in
existence until he came into his stock,
and now he is eager to dispose of the
lot cheap, for he needs the money.
About year ago he loaned his broth
er $500 TO start up in small business
with n large mail-order department.
Under the mistaken idea that stamps
are legal tender, with a deposit of bull
lion behind them in the national treas
ury, the debtor recently paid his
brother the 5000 in stamps. That
amount of money in one-dollar bills
makes a rather bulky roll, as anyone
who ever nau that much at once can
testify, but $2G0 in one-cent and two
cent stamps would hi n large waste
basket. The Pittsburgh brother takes
the debtors word for the correctness
of the count, for he cannot afford to
hire an auditor, and his own time is
90 valuable. The stamps are not
wen in sheets They came in little
trips of from three to ten, while sew
sral thousand were sent singly He
has stocked up u.i ais friends with
enough to last them for months, but
he still has enough left to begin at
the other end of an endless chain-let-
ter scheme and work it backward.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30
PRETTY THINGS TO WEAR.
Some Elaborate Creations That Are
Noticed in Lndies' Cos-
tunes.

For young women the Russian
blouse in dark shades of velvet is ex-
tremely popular. 1t buttons up close
ly to the neck in front, and if any
gold decoration is apparent it is found
in the narrow belt, with perhaps the
addition of gold tassel or two, says
the New York Tribune.
Lacings of gold cord are much used
i'm velvet and taffeta boleros, and are
also introduced in the side panels of
many new skirts. \ popular notion is
to have the entire sleeve slashed over
the upper side from shoulder to wrist
and laced together with fine gold cord.
This gives opportunity for dainty
undersleeve in white or some delicate
shade to show through.
Tea gowns from Paris are elaborate
creations in plush or panne. and more
tlau half OF them are of JapOnaise,
with yoke straight in the back and
terminating in two rather long and
narrow points in front. The sleeves
are of the flowing pagoda cut. and
reach little below the elbow, show
ing bands for hens similar to the yoke.
Embroidered silk crepe is the mate
rial usually selected for these dainty
gowns.
Gathered skirts, with tunics puffed
on the hips. are among the possibil-
tiles for winter in full dress costumes.
The pufrs are not large, and il not ex-
aggerated are generally becoming. and
the tunic may be of the same fabric
as the skirt, or else of some thin,
gauzy textile. The bodice is necessar-
lily arranged somewhat in the Louis
XIV. style, with long points, elbow
sleeves and square or pompadour neck.
This will be n great season for but
tons. Small ones by the dozens are
used for dress trimmings. and large
ones form special ornamentation. Nail
heads" in jet, gold and steel have been
revived after n lapse of many years.
and are decidedly ornamental.
Gay colored silk Innings to tailor
made gowns are now passe. and black
cloth is invariably lined with black.
Colored cloths have the Innings TO
match as nearly as possible. and very
dark colors have black Innings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30

In the Boston Journal the fashion
able ladies' tailor relates the tragic
s.. no Trou.- tory of "The
Trousseau." TIL
se""' lady lived in the
Periodically she came to
town and ordered gowns without both
ering about the price. FINALLY one day
she came to town-oh she was fine
woman as well as n fine customer-and
she said: I'm going to be married
soon. should like as good a trousseau
as YOU can make She knew what that
would mean in the way of expense, but
she never asked question about
prices; it was carte blanche order,
YOU see. Well, we went to work and
imported some of the best goods-silks
and satins and laces-that could be
found in Paris. You may be sure that
it was a trousseau we We're proud of.
In round figures the cost was $4,000. 1t
was all ready week before the date
set for her marriage, and we were Just
about to ship it, when-what do you
thing ?-we got word that she was
dead. She had been killed accidentally
in her own house. No, we didn't lose
our money. We put in our claim
against her estate. 1t was tragic bill
wasn't it?-'Trousseau, $2,OO0.'"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30
FOR HoUsEKEEpERs.
Odd Bits of Information Relating
to Various Domestic
Mntters.

Travelling hampers for soiled clothes
that will also admit of the cloths be-
ing laundered and returned are made
with heavy brown canvas covers to
keep out dampness and dirt, and come
in all sizes and cost but little, and are
much more useful than the leather
bag for soiled linen, which can never
be used for anything else, says the
Boston Budget.
Lettuce may be served with French
dressing; this is the simplest and most
wholesome salad. Lettuce and cucum-
bers may be served together with the
same dressing. Thin slices of toma-
toes, cucumbers and white hearts OF
lettuce may be served with French
dressing. All should be on ice until
served. Lettuce served with simple
egg dressing is very nice; also with new
dressing. New carrots and new beets,
sliced thin and cooled, are very nice
served with cream dressing.
One of the most sensible trifes in
vented in years is the clasp for keep
ing short hairs in place when the colt
fure is high. They are mnde not only
of shell-real and imitation-but also
of gold and silver, All are of the ut
most possible lightncss, that they may
not drag the hnir down.
Picked butternuts are dainty rel
ish, the excellence of which is known
best by country housewives. The nuts
should he gathered while they are soft
enough to be pierced by a hatpin. Soak
-, l,,-s,, tn
an egg for six days, changing the brine
twice in the meantime. AT the end
of the time dry them, pierce each with
a large needle and leave them in clear,
cold water over night. The next morn
ing scald four quarts of vinegar with
ten blades of mace, 30 cloves, SO black
peppercorns, IS allspice and one cup
of sugar. Pack the nuts in small jars
and pour the boiling spiced vinegar
over them. Repeat the latter operation
three times within a week. Then cover
them and set them away. They will
be ready for use in two months.
Preserved flowers may be prepared.
In several waters thoroughly wash
some fine, clean sand, and dry 1t in the
sun. In n box of suitable size spread
sufficient of II to hold the stems of
those to be preserved. Pluck the bios
SONS while they are fresh, but upon a
dry day, and stand them in the sand
carefully to prevent their touching
each other. Now, with sieve, gently sift
in more sand. meanwhile arranging in
place every leaflet and petal. Con-
tinue until the topmost leaves are
covered. and set away in a dry place
for ten days or two weeks. Then gently
tip the box. allowing the sand to sift
out, and the flowers will remain col
ored and intact like so many beautiful
mummies.