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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
MACRUM Is AN ASS.
Secretary Gage Says That Is the
Administration View.

Administration View.
ST. Louis, Feb. 2I.-Lyman j. Gag,
secretary of the treasury, arrived here
today and is stopping at the Planters
hotel. He came to st. Louis TO speak
before the Commercial exchange at
it's banquet tonight. In an interview
which appeared in the PoSt-Dispatch
today Secretary Gage said of the case
of eX-ConSul Macrum and his charges
against the English government:
THE administration thinks of Ma
crum exactly what every reasonable
man mus: think, that he is an ass. !
am convinced his charges are abso-
lutely without foundation and have
been made in spite to embarass the
administration. So far rs ] have been
able TO ascertain, there is not a par
ticle of evidence to support his
charges. ! do not believe that the Of
ficials of the English government vio-
late the secrecy of our cOmmunica-
tons to our accredited representatives
and | think the Investigation to be
made will show as much.
"Of course, if Macrum ear substan-
tiate his charges, if he "a show docu-
ments TO prove that his mail was tam
pered with, that will put the case in
another light. If Investigation should
prove that state of affairs then the
administration will demand an apol-
ogy for the indignity. But | do not
believe there is the slightest possibil-
ity Of such a crisis arising. AS the case
stands Macrum is not troubling
the administration. 1t will not give
him the slightest notice until he
proves his charges"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
CONTINUED Next Wcek.)
THE SKIN DEPTH OF BEAUTY.
A Young Woman of observation Says the
Scientists 60 Too Deep.

81 wish science would mind her own
business" said "A young woman of OBJ
servation, as she laid aside her raps. Il
have just come from 4 class lecture for
women given up nj the Waldorf, and
the lecturer told us that beauty is not
skin deep after all. She wanted us to
belieye-it was q lecturess-that the
charm of q pretty face depends upon
our muscles and nerves, and that whep
W. look particularly charming ii is be-
cause we have these nerves and muscles
we'll under contrOl-that they twitch
and pull just the way we went them
TO-.
That's all right. | mean | know
perfectly well that | couldn't coyly drop
my eyeiids if you were to tell me | was
the sweetest thing in the world, mod
estly blush up to the roots of my hair at
the compliment if | didu't work the eye
lid muscles. aud squeeze the blood up
into my head by closing my larnyX for
a time. but beauty is skin deep for all
that, the science or no science. Why,
take my skin off and couldn't blush at
all. and u n~ice-looking object I'd be
winking skin,ess eyelids, wouldn't |?
Fancy Venus as q physiological chart
displaying the uncovered muscles, or
Helen of Troy showing the nerves and
muscles that brought out her killing
smile. | don't believe Paris would have
tumbled head over heels in love with
that sort OF living picture, do you?
"The network Of muscles that forms
the mechanical system of your cheek
may be magniticently developed, but
shouldn't admire the result half as much
as | do if you were hideless, and my
bright smile would haunt you as a
nightmare if you could have a full view
of the complex labyrinth of nerves bring
ing the smile into good working order,
It's putting things on too anatomical a
standing entirely, you know.
"The scientists eau talk as mucn as
they like, but they'll never get me to
believe that beauty isn't a purely SUI
perticial thing, and SO long rs massage,
open-air exercise, baths, and cosmetics
are p%rocurable or practicable | guess
I'll do the best can for my skin, beau
ty OF no beauty
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
RING WITH A HISTORY.
II Is Now Worn by n Government
Indian Agent,


St. Louis Republic: Indian Agent
Logan, of Browning, Mont, told a
night or two ago of an interesting eX,
perlence he had while out In the far
northwest. His father, Captain Will
liam Logan, was killed i'm a fight with
the Nez Perces at Big Hole, twenty
three years ago. When his body was
recovered the little finger on the left
hand had been cut off at the second
joint and two rings worn on that tin=
ger had been removed.
Two years afterward his son., now
the Indian agent, came across Il Black
foot Indian who wore a seal ring, Ups
on examination il was found to be one
OF the rings worn by Captain Logan,
The Blackfoot who had 1t obtained it
from another Indian, who, in Il fight,
had killed the Nez Perez who wore it
and had removed it by chopping off
his victims finger, just as Captain Lo-
gan's finger had been amputated,
Twenty-Five years after the battle
I'm which these rings were captured a
squaw at the Browning agency at
trncted the attention of Captain Logan
by Il ring worn on her finger, 1t was
u plain gold band, on one side OF which
was u Maltese cross in red enamel and
on the other side the square and COM
pass engraved. 1t vas his fathers
second ring. The squHw who wore it
had traded some pelts for IT, and
knew nothing Of It's history,
Agent Logan traded il into his own
hands and now wears the seal ring on
his third finger and the Masonic ring
on his watch chain. He will not VEN
ture to try either ring on the little fin
ger. Recalling the rude method adopt
ed to get them off two fingeis, he pre-
fers TO try one on another finger, just
TO change the program in case an en-
vious person desires to obtain 1t with
out his consent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

When u Charles Crutel was picked
UP in the streets of Paris in a state
of helpless intoxication there was
found suspended from n chain around
his neck a copper plate upon which
was an inscription announcing the
fact hat he was going on a spree and
giving minute directions as to the dis.
POSITION of his body i'm case he was
found drunk. "If dead" the inscrip-
ton concluded, send my body to Leon
Crutel, Lyons. my venerated uncle,
who disinherited me because ! drink
TOO much"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

George Gould's democratic manners
sometimes shock those of his entour-
age who are sticklers for good form.
a house party headed for Lakewood,
his country place, the other day in
cluded the Castellanes and a numbeh
of other irreproachably attired per-
sons. All were badly jolted when
George arrived at the station wear
ing a venerable derby hat and an
equally old covert coat. Worse than
that, he was trundling his W BIZ
cycle. III is limited that Mr.. Gould IN
the r likes occasionally to give his
ultracorrect acquaintances the shivcrs
in some such way as this.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
NEW WATERPROOF FABRIC.
Light, Cool and ServiceabIe Ma
terial for Rain Coats,


BY q series Of experiments with water
proof materials Colonel William S, Pat
ten, OF the quartermaster's department,
has secured q cloth for use In rain coats
and outer clothing for soldiers, which, II
is believed. will be found superior to any
other fabric now used for the purpose:
The cloth Is light and OF khaki color, 1t
Is apparently loosely woven anC Iaaks
as II water would penetrate II easily Ex=
periments nave proven, however, that "
sheds water even better than the average
macintosh, In demonstrating the SER
~viceability OF the material, Colonel Pat
ten arranged a piece OF the Cloth In the
form Of a cup and poured water into 1t:
At the end OF five minutes not a drop had
soaked through. and In less than a mln7
ute all traces OF the water had disap-
peared from the cloth,
The fabric is manufactured In this
country. The manufacturers claim that
It's waterproof qualities are secured by a
secret process OF dyeing, and that the
fabric IL so woven hat air will pass
through II freely, thus avoiding the OBJ
lection to ordinary waterproof fabrics
for wear In tropical climates, Expert
ments with the cloth made by the marine
corps have been very satisfactory. Small
quantities of the cloth will be made into
garments and sent into Cuba and the
Philippines to be practically tested,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

probably will be selected from the Pa
cific coast and there is little doubt
that Bernard Moses, professor of po-
litical economy in the university of
California, will be appointed.
The cabinet also discussed the stu
alton i'm Puerto Rico with special ref
erence to the issue of food supplies to
the destitute. The instructions to the
Philippine commission were gone ovcr
at some length. Secretaries Gage and
Wilson were not present at today's
meeting.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Recent events have recalled that
General Sir Redvers Butler, until this
war. was on terms Of warm personal
friendship with the Kruger family
and that they were wont to exchange
cards of good wishes every Christmas
The friendship dated from twenty
years ago when Butler had a regiment
of Beers under his command in the
war with the Zulus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

The appointments OF General Der.
nardo Reyes of minister OF war OF
Mexico is generally taken to mean
that he will be the successor, at the
end of the next four years, of Presi-
dent Diaz. Diaz has long reposed the
utmost confidence in Reyes and will
make the new war minister his per-
sonal representative while he is away
on his tour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

While the Prince of Wales is I'M
loubtedly the arbiter of fashion in
london and beyond, his attempt to
boycott "a Royal Family now being
produced at the Court theater, be-
cause it made too much fun of royalty
has resulted only in a big advertise
ment for the play and ii is having an
enormous success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
CABINET MEETING.

Personnel OF New Philippine Com
mission Discussed.
Washington, Feb. 23.-At the cab
met meeting today some time was
consumed in the discussion of the per-
,nnel of the new Philippine com
.ission. 1t was stated the president
mad sem kilograms to General Luke +.
Wright, of Memphis, and to Henry c.
Ide, of Vermont, asking them to
come to Washington for a conference
with him, and there appears no doubt
that they will be appointed on the
commission. The remaining members
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Edmund Winston Pettus of Alabama
Is champion tobacco m~asticator of the
United States senate, being seldom
seen without a piece of plug in his
cheek. He Is also a deadly rifle shot
and is able to shoot the eye of IA squir-
rel at long range.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Walter Satterlee, the New York ar
fist, gave a tea in his studio Il few
days ago, his guests being exclusively
of the fashionable world. Among the
artistic curios on which most praise
was showered was n c%uriously carved
ivory tankard over 800 years old and
very valuable. Next morning Mr.. Sat
teriee found that the tankard had dis.
appeared with his guests.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Attalie Claire, the actress whose
husband has brought suit for a di-
vorce, fully understands the value OF
advertising. For certain reasons il
was decided to hold the trial at Cos
hen, Ind. but the fair Attalie objected,
saying she does not know where il is
and that she does not believe there Is
a daily paper there. She sees no value
in a divorce suit without publicity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Seth Low, president of the Columbia
university, declines to believe that the
bicycle has gone out of fashion. Mr..
Low takes n spin or two every day an
less the weather forbids. He does not
dress in regulation wheeling costume
and while in the saddle apparently
takes the sport as seriously as he is
wont to take matters of greater mo-
ment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
FATHER AND SON KILLED.
\ Double Assassination Near Village
Of RrOOktOWn, Ky.

Knoxville, KY, Feb. ga special to
the Sentinel from Brooktown says
Miles Woods was called from his
mountain home last night and shot
down in cold blood. He died in ten
minutes. His father Il out TO ascer-
tain the trouble and was shot twice
by the assassin. 1t is claimed that
before the latter died he charged a
deputy United States marshal with
having committed the deed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Senator Vest became a resident of
Missouri under peculiar circumstan-
ces. After being admitted TO the Ken
lucky bar in 1853 he started with n
wagon train TO California, but was
snowbound at Georgetown, Mo. Being
none too well supplied with money
he decided to practice law there for
the winter and did so well that he
abandoned his journey to the Pacific
snnGt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

, Mrs. Taylor, wife OF the republican
governor OF Kentucky, is described as
"a woman OF nerve without nerves"
Mountain born and bred, she is pro-
vincial in manner and speech. 1t il
told of her that when she first took
possession Of the executive mansion
at Frankfort three society women
called upon her in due form and that
Mrs. Taylor showed somewhat m
necessary disregard Of social usage by
receiving them in n soiled gown and
blue-checked bingham apron.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Physically the largest congressman
are MIR. Sulloway of New Hampshire
and Mr.. Barry of Kentucky. The for
mer is the heavier, but the latter has
a larger frame and is more angular
and active.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Henry Savage Lander, the explorer
of Thibet, goes about Boston clad in a
thin suit of clothes and low shoes. Like
the late Judge Charles Daniels, he
never wears an overcoat. Boston. he
declares, is tropical as compared with
Thihe
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

An exchange says that a Kansas
young woman was prevented from GO
ing to a dance because she dropped a
hot curling iron down her back. Prob
ably at the time of the accident II
danced enough for one evening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Senator Vest is said to attend per-
sonally TO more correspondence than
any other member of the senate. He
sits bent over his desk in the cham
Der, with his eyes close to the paper,
because he is near-sighted writing for
hours at n time. As soon as he fin
ishes one letter he sends il TO the mail
ny a page and begins another. Yet, il
is said, he takes in all that is said by
his fellows in the debates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Senator Harris OF Kansas bears the
reputation Of being the most taciturn
member OF congress. lie Is one Of the
committee on privileges and elections,
which is now considering the charges
of bribery in connection with the sen
atorial election in Montana, but takes
almost no oral part in the proceed
ings, sitting for days al a time with
out uttering a word. He is n native
Of Londoun county, West Virginia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
A Boston Lu,,apy.

New York World: The Boston baby
has a new edition Of an old nursery
rhyme. Do you recognize it2
Scintillate, scintillate, globule yivifcI
Wonderipgly contemplated by men scien-
tiic,
Elevated and poised In tho ether capa-
cious,
Resembling a coruscant gem carbona-
ca0ns
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

Madam" says Weary Willie, Il am
just welded TO my work and ] love it
so much that | just can't raise my
hand TO it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

President Mckinley is q lover OF
chess, a game with which he frequent
ly amuses himself. He Ia an expert at
ali chess problems and believes firm
ly In the value of the game as a trainr
ing for logical thought.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

One of the chief attractions at the
recent vaudeville show given in New
York by Mrs S%tuyvesant Fish was to
have been Mrs. Langtry, who was
slated to recite Kipling's absent
Minded Beggar." When Mrs. Fish
casually mentioned her intention 10
have the Jersey Lily IN the program
Mr.. Fish promptly vetoed that par
ticular number, declining to have Mrs.
Langtry as Il visitor i'm his house.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03

well, what's going on today?'
asked the bore. II am" answered the
bored one, and on he went.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
J6odJ! Saadaba,ihs
LaIEl5T7E5s

Hoods Pills cure liver ills the nominating and
only cathartIc to take with Hoods sarsaparilla.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-03
"Mequ BroonS
Sqyeep Clean"

The human body has been
compared to a temple and the
poet urges us to keep it entire
and clean. To accomplish
this end, every nook and Granny must be
sqDept and sarniShed. The agent of the
body that goes e~VeryuVhere is the blood.
IF It Is not strong, pure and Me-gfOng, it
IS Ike a QDorn-out broom. II falls TO DO
the work. Hoods S~arsaparAa makes a
new broom of your Blood.
Skin Disease ~ haVe been
troubled qvah a skin disease. Seeing
Hoods Sarsaparua Advertised I decided
to try It, and after taking It a short time
the disease disappeared" Miss Mary
Lagen 1850 Cambridge ST., PhRadelphia,P Pa.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
His Life was saved.

MIR. j. f. Lilly, Il prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had wo.ticr-
full deliverance from u frIgatiul death.
In telling OF it he says: Il was taken
with typnoid fever. that ran into pneu-
moni:., my lungs became hardened. |
WAS so weak | could mt even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. L expected
to soon die of consumption, when |
heard uf DIR. Kings New Discovery.
One bottle gave great relief. l CONT D.
ued to use IL. ana now am Well and
strong. l cant say tco much in It's
praise" This marvellous medicine
is the surest aud quickest cure in the
world for all throat ana lung trouble.
Regular size 50css.. and si.D at Mosh.
crs drug sore.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
No kis.:t to Ugiiness.

The woman who is lovely in face form
and temper will always have friends.
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is week. sickIy
and all run down. she will be nervous
and irritable If she has consti patton
or kidney trouble, her impure bioou
will cause piElples, bletches, SKIN
eruptiOns and wretcbsd complex on.
Electric Bitters is the best medicine in
the world TO regulate stomach, liver
and Kidneys ADD to purify the blood
1t givaS strong nerves. bright eyes,
smooth. velvet skin. rich'eonplcxion.
It will make good looking cbarIlii,.,
woman of a run down invalid. Only
5b cents Mosher's drug store.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
d. NJ. LANCE.

DR.. Pearson reports very remark
able performance in the shape of an
operation performed by and on him
self. He has been suffering with FREE
quent hamorrhages and concluded
that he had pus sac in his lung as
we'll as large amount of fluid in the
pleural cavity. so Sunday morning he
Locked himself in his office and with a
trOchar and pump proceeded to operate
according TO the latest improved
methods. He first applied local
anasthetic then introduced the trochar
into the pus sac aud drew off the pus.
then withdrew the instrument to the
pleural cavity and extracted the fluid
there, after which he thoroughly wash
e | out both cavities with an antiseptic
wash. II says he felt pretty rocky be-
fore he finished but since recovering
from the shock feels much better than
before the operation and expects tn
effect permanent cure in his case.
which has been diagnosed a. con
sumption. 1t takes lot. of nerve to
take a sharp instrument and go to
boring around among your hidden
organs. but .the doctor seems TO be
loaded up with that kind of stuff.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
Methodist Sunday school Repor,

The followin. report was read by
the secretary OF the Methodist Sunday
school last sunday, it being the re-
port FOR the 1899:
Total number of teachers and Off
GERS for the year. OK: visitors, 31S:
scholars, 1892: present, ]. 1897. Amount
of regular collection. SEPT: rnissio
airy collection, $50: birthday offer
ings. s5.Io; total, s5l.72. Average
attendance of teachers and officers.
IL 20-5a. visitors, 6: scholars, 81 1888:
total average, 90 2I-53. Average reg
ular collection, SO 1919; missionary
collection, 52@: birthday offerings,
10 1853; received each Sunday,
50 2o.j-553s.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12

The music in Ev'ry Month for JAN
uary is of the Usual popular, charac-
ter, consisting of thirteen well-printed
pages: "Savanero. caprice for pi-
ano by J. f.. Glider. "a most excellent
teaching piece as well as beautiful
compositions; Your Mothers We'd
ding Ring" q touo hing vocal selec-
ton, the words unusually poetic and
the melody attractive. ..Harpy Little
Nigs," March and twO-step. IL lively
characteristic theme. written with dash
and briliiancy. by Jacot, II. Ellis. and
Molly Malone. :, catchy waltz song.
Ev'ry Mouth. LEO Broadway. New
York; ten cents.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12

The next of the free entertainments
at the Congregational church will be
a debate by two ladies and two gentle
men upon the question, us Marriage
a Failure; We sincerely hope all
married people will be present with
their sweetest smiles. to give an object
lesson to those who will take the af-
firmative side of the question and try
te tear down the great institution OF
marriage (curtain and slow music J,
and to sustain those who will try to
prove that it is not failure. z. S.
To the married folks: Don't bring
any of your family skeletons to the
church that night.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
Cattle Sale.

1 viii: sell at private sale at my
place, one half mile west and thr> e
miles south of Belpre, for CASH:
Eleven head of cows, all conf NC
fresh soon; one hereford bull, one
year old: and one half blood here
ford calf coming one year old, for
$50. 90 each. This offer holds good
until January 80, 1900.
D. NJ. LANCE.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12

The union young peoples devO-
tional services were held at the Meth
The topic was prayer that Obtains, .
found in Luke XII, 5-1I3, and xviii. %.
Rev. Cummings presented the lesson
in his excellent way. Qulte n number
OF references read, giving many in
stances of prayer that obtained in the
Old and New Testaments. Altogether
it was an interesting and helpful SER
n Ice