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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
embarrassing.

Harper's Bazaar: When the new min
lister, a handsome and unmarried man,
made his first pastoral call at the Fos-
dicks, he took little Anna up in his
arms and tried to kiss her. But the
child refused to be kissed; she strug-
gled loose and ran off into the next
room, where her mother was putting
a few finishing touches to her adorn-
ment before going into the parlor to
meet the clergyman.
Mamma" the little girl whispered
"the man in the parlor wanted me to
kiss him."
"Well," replied mamma, "why didn't
you let him? i would If were you"
Thercupon Anna ran back into tho
parlor. and the minister asked:
well, little lady, won't you kiss mt
now?"
"No, / won't" replied Anna
promptly, "but says sh'
will"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
PTER XVII.

One moment of coma enSues. IL Is an
awful moment, In whichnobody seems even
TO breathe. The two Misses Blake turn into
q rigidity that might mean stone; the young
man pauses i~rresolutely, yet with n stern
ness about his lips that bespeaks a settled
purpose not to be laid aside for any reason,
and that adds some years 10 his age.
Monica has turned to him. The tangled
wool has fallen unconsciously from her
hands to her feet. Her lips are parted, her
eyes wide; she sways q little. Then a soft
r%apturous cry breaks from her; there Is q
simultaneous movement on his part and on
hers; and then-she Is in his arms.
For a few moments speech is impossible
to them; there seems nothing in the wide
world but he TO her, and she to him.
Then he lifts her face, and looks a her
long and eagerly.
Yes, l have found you again, my 10 ye,-
at last" he says.
"Ahl how long 1t has seemed?' whispers
she, with tears in her eyes.
A terrible silence fills the room, "a 81 enco
that grows almost unbearable, until at
length II is broken by Miss Priscilla. Her
voice is low, and hushed and broken.
"Monica, why did you deceive uspl she
says.
There is reproach, agonized disapl pint
ment, i'm her tone, but no anger.
To these poor old women the NONE mt is
tragical. The child Of their last years.-the
one thing they had held most dear and
sacred-has proved unworthy, has linked
herself with the opposition, has entered the
lists of the enemy. They are quite calm,
though trembling. Their griefsis too 6reat
for tears. But they stand together, and
there is a lost and heart-broken look about
them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Ihncolmnnd the Girl Soldier.

Pittsburg Dispatch: President Lincoln
controlled his temper.
When he did lose 1t, 1t was usually be-
cause some one had been treated unjustly.
There came into the white house one
day, among the throng who were anxious
to beseech the president for this and that,
a girl of not more than IS years.
She carried her left arm in a sling, and
now n then 1t seemed to pain her.
She. was jostled this way and that, but
she was patient. and at last was in the
presence of the president, who said:
rs there something i can do for you,
my girl. h is your story?n
Il was a soldier, Mr.. Lincoln" she said,
land l can't get my pay"
.fou a soldier? Why, you are a young
But L was a soldier, Mr.. Lincoln, and 1
was Inc three months ago in bat
She told him, in the most innocent and
chiidlike manner of speech that she had
put on boys clothes, enlisted in one of the
Indiana regiments, gone to the front ta-
ken part In several battles, and, at last,
was badly wounded in the left arm
when they took me to the hospital"
she said, and began to dress my wound.
been trying to get my three months pay"
Mr.. Lincoln by this time was affected.
Tell me-" he said, why you can't get
your pay; an And And she he replied tina the pay-
thorized to pay a woman for services as
q soldier.
Then Mr.. Lincoln blazed with anger. lie
reached over his desk and wrote swiftly
a message, reading something like this:
To the Paymaster General: Inquire
Into the case of this girl; identify her; IL
you find that she enlisted as n soldier,
went to the front. was wounded In battle,
pay her what is due her, and don't send
her from one paymaster to another. II
the second auditor of the treasury objects
10 paying, let him know that 1t is my
wish, and that / will be responsible"
And then, taking the hand of the girl I'm
both of his, he said:
MY little child, l believe you nave told
the truth. You have done a brave thing"
said Mr.. Lincoln; and as the girl banked
him and went from the room he turned
and said: "She represents the sentiment
that will save this union"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Origin Of the Match.

Romcr, Prescbel and Irinyi are vari.
ously named as inventors of phosphor-
ous matches.
From the testimony Of a still living
college friend it appears that the real
inventor is the Hungarian, James Irinyi.
1t was in 1885, when the latter, then 10
years old aid a student at the Poly
technic school in Vienna, attended Prof.
Meissner's lectures on chemistry. : He
became greatly impressed by a demon
stration of the reaction produced on
rubbing together peroxide of lead and
sulphur. Il struck him at once that the
reaction may be greatly intensified
when substituting PHOSPHORUS for sui
phur. Irinyi was not 10 be seen at the
college for the next few days. His
friend, wishing to see him, called at his
rooms but found the door locked.
On joining his friends Irinyi had his
pockets full of matches, which he struck
on the walls, all of them taking fire.
He prepared them by melting phos-
phorous in a concentrated solution Of
glue and shaking until the mass became
cold and oil the PHOSPHORUS assumed a
finely divided state. This emulsion
was mixed with brown peroxide of lead
and sticks previously dipped in molten
sulphur were immersed in the mixture.
He sold his invention, it is recorded, to
a merchant named Romer for about
f700. -hnveation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Army I'm the Philinpines.

Kansas City Star: The United
States army in the Philippines on the
list of April, 1900, rs reported by Adj
jutant General Corbin, was 63,5S5 OFF,
GERS and men. divided into three regi-
ments of cavalry, five regiments of ar
tillery and forty-one regiments Of In
fantry. Two of the regiments of cav
airy, all the regiments OF artillery and
nearly half the infantry force are reg
ulars. The rest are United States vol
untecrs of approved quality. Such a
force should be amply able TO hold the
country, protect the %peaceable. inhabi-
tants from robbers and murdcrers,
thoroughly explore and map the coun-
try and do much to establish Ameri.
can civilization i'm the islands.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
SEE TO THE WALLS.
A Danger in schooIrooms and How to
Prevent 1t.

a Danger in SchooIrooms and How to
Prevent 1t.
Owing to the gathering Of so many
different classes Of persons therein,
the interior walls of churches, school
houses, hospitals, etc, are apt to be-
come repositories of disease germs un-
less preventive measures are taken.
These walls should always be coated
with a clean and pure cement, such
as Alabastine, which is di~sinfectant in
Its nature and more convenient to re-
new and retint than any other wall
coating. The first cost is no greater
than for inferior work, while re-
newals are more easily and cheapIy
made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Few Coucce s,udcn,s Die

The death rate in colleges is ex-
tremcly low. The strict attention to
the physique is given as the reason.
Others, as well, may have health and
strength. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tcrs is recommended most highly for
the blood, nerves and stomach disor-
ders, and it cures constipation, indi-
g%cstion, dyspepsia, sluggish liver or
weak kidneys.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Queen Margherita OF Italy, who
takes a keen interest in all subjects
connected with education, was recent
ly presented with a handsome couch
cover by the pupils of the college OF
Anagni, a school for the daughters OF
elementary schoolmasters. The cover
was artistic, being worked in Fiji,
teenth century style in gold and sill,
damask.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
w ouldn,t Bury Him IN the cemeter,

WouIdH't Bury Him tn the Cemetery
Louisville Commercial: Colonel Bill
Thorne, wit, politician and lawyer,
has filed a novel suit in the Henry
circuit court, The suit is filed against
the Smithfield Cemetery company, al
leging that ii refused to allow j. II. L.
Babbitt to be buried in his own lot be-
side his wife. The petition is written
in Colonel Thorne's most vivid style
and is gruesome in the extreme.
The trustees of the cemetery al
lege that the lot in question was never
paid for and will file a counter claim
on the estate for seven years rent for
the occupancy of the grave by the
dead mans wife. AS the plaintiff
lives in Indiana there is accessibility
that the case will be transferred to
the United States court for trial.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

DR.. Koldewey, director of the exca-
v~ations at Babylon, has informed the
Oriental society of the discovery of a
canal built Of Aramean bricks, which
waterway is believed to be the long
sought east canal. a temple of the
goddess Ninniach has also been I'M,
earthed, together with stones bearing
inscriptions which date from the time
OF NebuchadneZZar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Mays

VIM In the tree-tops whispering low,
Creek in the meadow singing,
Birds in the bows where the blossoms
blow,
Set the echoes ringing
Look your n~eatest,
Smile your sweetest,
Put your best clothes on!
Try your PAGES,
Air you graceS-
May comes in with the dawn!"
Sun looks over the worlds far rim,
Next days secret spying;
All take orders straight from him,
And don't he keep EN- flying?
"Primp up sprightly,
Bow politely,
Thine for Something's gone
"All In line now,
Fresh and fine now
May comes in with the dawn!'
-RiDley ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Furnish Mos. Of the worlds coppc,

William Curtis Washington Letter.:
There has recently been published in
Germany an interesting book entitled
"a Century of Copper" which shows
that the United States now furnishes
more than half of all the copper used
in the world. While the production
has increased with great rapidity in
other countries, i'm none has the cop
per industry developed so rapidly ms
in the United States. In 1890 the to-
tai value of the copper manufactured
vas only So, 349,392; in 1899 it had in
creased TO $35,9S3, 500. In 1890 we ex
ported 254,9S7, 164 pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, swollen, Sore,
Hot, Gallons, Aching. Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmstcd, lie Roy, N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Cures Talk
Great Fame of a Great Medicine
Won by Actual Merit.

The fame of Hoods Sarsaparilla has
been won by the good it has done to
those who were suffering from disease.
Its cures have. excited wonder and ad-
miration. 1t has caused thousands to
rejoice in the enjoyment Of good health,
and 1t will do you the same good it has
done others. 1t will eXpel from your
blood all impurities; will give you a
good appetite and make you strong and
vigorous.
Indigestion After suffering
Six months from indigestion, headache,
nervousness and impure blood, I began
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and when
l had taken six bottles l was WELL"
Frank Nolen, Oakland, Ill.
Hoods ~SarsapariHa
Is Americas Greatest Medicine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Lying side by side in specially pre-
pared graves on the farm of the late
Robert Bonner, in New York, are the
remains of Dexter and Maud S., two
of the greatest horses the world ever
saw.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
"Reminiscences.

Washington Star: "Do you remember
when Puerto Rico welcomed the Ameri-
can soldier with BRASS bands and bou-
q~uets?"
Yes answered Senator Sorghum. II
resented II at the time. | thought then
that those people ought to be saving up
the money they were spending for music
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
MOI His Ifuult.

Life: Lady Cndignantly)--That
parrot we bought of you hadn't been
in the house a day before 1t began to
swear dreadfully!
Dealer-But you insisted, ma'am, on
getting n that would be quick to
learn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
A Plausible Excuse.

~Judge-The policeman says You were
drunk.
Prisoner-.I was nothing of the sort.
Judge-Then, why were you reeling
through the streetsP
Prisoner-Force o habit, yer honor.
I'm a sailor and it takes me some time
10 get my .land-legs on.-JudQe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
mo. no. ffsoeed r,

"But indeed l shali;'' and of course he has
his own way, and parts from her and Kit
there, and answers her parting injunction
ITO take care of himself for her sake''-this
last very low-with d lingering lovers kiss,
and watches the two slight figures with q
beating heart, until they are out of sight.
Then, picking up the cake, he goes back
again to where Mr.. Kelly is still awaiting
him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Might Have Known IT,.

Buffalo Commercials: An austere
looking lady walked into a furrier's
the other day and said to a salesman:
81 would like a muff."
"What fur?"
"To keep my hands warm, you
idiot!' exclaimed the lady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
ala Per Week,

A salary of $1S per week and expenses
will be paid TO man with one or two-horse
rig to introduce our Poultry Compound
and Lice Killer among Farmers. Address
with stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Des Moines,
Iowa,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

40
Pounds

e YRS PlNKHAM-
! was very THIN and my
friends thought = was In
consumption.
HAD continual head
aches, ba0ka0he and fall
Ing of uterus, and my eyes
were affected.
"Every one noticed how
poorly I looked and 7 was
advised TO fak0 Lydia E
Pfnkha sss's Vegetable
Compound.
zone bottle roHovod
me, and after taking eight
hotties ann now a healthy
won,ans have gained IN
weight from 80 pounds ia
1905 everyone asks what
makes mo so sfOuf-"-
MRS. a. TOkLE, 1916 Hill
ton ST., philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Pinkhasss has fifty
thousand such letters
from grateful women.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

When the kaiser travels by rail he
rides i'm a luxurious train which cost
$3.50 and which is drawn by two
powerful locomotives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

"Have You sufficient confidence in me
to lend me $50"
"Yes. certainly. l have the confidence.
But ] haven't the $5."-lruh
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spo-
ken of as a cough cure. j. w. O'Brien,
1922 Third avenue, N, Minneapolis,
Mimi, January g., 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Libby, Mcneil A. libby

Honsekeepers frequently feel the
need of luncheon meats which are
either ready to serve or can be pre-
pared for the table at a moments no
ticc. Such n need is abundantly sup
piled in the superior meats put up by
the old reliable house of Libby, Nc
Neil g. Libby, Chicago, one of whose
specialties is advertised in another
column of this paper, and their book
let, "How TO Make Good Things to
Eat" is offered free on application.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

The cat is the only untaxed domes-
tic animal i'm Austria, and now there
is a proposal to levy a tribute on
pussy in that country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

VITALITY low, debiltated or exhausted cured
by DIR. kline's lnvigorsting Tonic. FREE 81. Trial
Bottle containing 2 weeka' treatment. DR.. Kllne's
Institute, si Arch Street, Philadelphia. Founded 1871
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Mrs. winsiow's sooTuIEe sYnuP for Children
~tsething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation.
alsys pain, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

1t is proposed to place on Friar's
Crag, on Dedwentwater, "A memorial
to Ruskin In the shape of an early
British cross of native stone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink,
leader of the British Antartic eXpedi-
ton to the south magnetic pole, is the
son of a Norwegian barrister practic-
ing in Christiania. His mother is an
Englishwoman. lie is but 80 years old
and has spent the greater part Of his
life in Australia. This is not his first
experience in Antarctic regions, for
he visited Cape Adare, on the Antarc
tic continent several years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

State of Ohio. CITY OF Toledo. Lucas
County, SIS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he IS
the senior partner of tho firm of II. j.
Cheney e. Co, doing business In the city
of Toledo. county and state aforesaid, and
hat said firm will pay the sun of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. ID. 1896.
(Seal.) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Send for testi'
monials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
RATES

Sioux City a Sioux City Independent Lists
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-03
When Waiting.

"a Chicago physician with a statis-
teal turn of mind has been estimating
the proper distance covered " wom-
an in dancing through the ordinary
ballroom program" says the Chicago
Chronicle.
"An average waltz, the doctor esti-
mates, takes one over three-quarters Of
a mile. A square dance makes you
cover half a mile; the same distance Is
covered In polka. while rapid galop
will oblige you to traverse just about a
mile. Say there are twelve waltzes.
which is fair average. These alone
make nine miles. Three galops added
to this make the distance twelve miles,
while from three to five other dances,
at a half mile each. bring up the total
to from thirteen to fifteen miles This,
too, is without reckoning the promen-
ade and the extras.
"'As a means of exercise says the
physician, 1t will thus be seen that
dancing stands at the head of the list.
In golf, for instance, the major part
If the exercise consists In the walking
around the links, following up the ball.
and yet, even in golf, not SO much
ground is covered as in an evenings
dancing"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-03
The Kentucky Monntaineers.

There are no more strikingly interest
Ing people In America than these isol-
ated mountaineers who make their
homes generation after generation
among the businesses of the eastern
section Of the dark and bloody
ground" The waves Of civilization
which swept westward along the st.
Lawrence, the Erie canal, and O dozen
other routes seem to have found at this
point In the Appalachians an lnsur-
mountable barrier and rolled back,
leaving the descendants Of the pioneers
Of o century and half ago with many
Of the same habits and customs aud
traditions dear to the hearts of their
forefathers.
A man who knows the whole country
MS O child does his first picture book
told me that II any person took the
trouble to 90 through a copy of Shak-
speare and pick out all the obsolete
words he would find nearly all of them
In common use among these mountain
folk. In their phraseologoy We find
"holp" for "help," hit" for "it" and
other words which. far from being cor
ruptions, are the pure old Anglo Saxon
Even their ballads are mementos Of
ages gone by. and know Of one man
who, after riding 200 miles through
the mountains for the purpose. finally
picked up, from hearing the women
sing them, the full thirteen verses of
an old Scotch ballad which proved to
be Identical with those recorded In q
diary bearing the date 1605.-lnterna-
tional Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-03
The "Good Old Times. !"

In reviewing "The Early Married
Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stickney,"
the Spectator comments on the light In
which drunkenness was regarded at
the beginning of the century. There
was q christening of twins and re-
joicing among the neighbors, tenants
and laborers. "All the guests" says
Maria. "were as drunk as | ever had
the pleasure of seeing any one"
Among the laborers, however. that ex-
tent of intoxication was not reached
which causes men to be swine" Lady
Sheffield, who received this account Of
the festivities. replies: II would have
given great deal to be present; there
is nothing love so much as such sort
Of festivities where one has the salts
faction OF knowing that one makes
ones friends happy as well as drunk. +"
In London, she declares. when you
give ball you affront many people,
please a few, make many drunk and
yourself miserable"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-03
Art OF Tempering Copper.

The allegation that ancient Egyp-
tlans tempered copper and bronze to
carry a razor edge Is not borne out by
investigation. Thomas Harper, Of
Bellevue, Pa, challenges any one to
produce a piece Of metal tempered by
the ancients that can not be more than
duplicated by any metal worker to-
day. He says that in examining hum
dreds Of specimens alleged to have
been tempered to the degree that steel
is tempered, he failed to find any, nor
had he discovered any one who had
seen such work. and the fable which
has been implicitly believed for centu-
les is being shattered In the light Of
modern research.
That Is not the only story believed
for centuries tending to belittle the
man OF to-day, to make him the infe-
rior of his forefathers, which failed un-
der the searchlight Of inquiry and SCI
ence. The ancients were children In
mechanical knowledge as compared
to the people of today, and If there
was demand for any particular build
ing or piece of work such as was pro-
duced by the ancients 1t could be du-
plicated and improved on by the skill
ed artisans of the nineteenth century.
American Manufacturer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-03

An interesting experiment 10 now be-
ing conducted by the United States
Department OF Agriculture In South
Carolina and In the Southern States
with the Bermuda lily. 30 popular at
Easter as a gift and for decorative
purposes Bulbs have been distrib-
uted freely In every section OF Louisi.
ana and South Carolina With q view to
ascertaining II the Bermuda lily will
bear transplanting to this soil.
An experiment made In the Rally ex-
detrimental station In South Carolina
was attended with the most satisfac-
tory results, and II the same luck fol-
lows tho general experiment the home
markets can DO supplied with the ma
tive-grown product The supply In the
Bermudas Ia still unlimited. but tho
stock has 30 deteriorated as to cause
general complaint from the receiving
florists In this country, and this re-
suited In the action Of the Department
Of Agriculture. As q corrective meth
cd the British government has estab-
llshed an experimental station In Ber-
muda to educate the natives In the
more successful growth of this, one OF
their principal dustrles.-Philadel
phia Record.