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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
III.

So complete was his control of voice
and manner that as he galloped back
to his quarters no one would have
dreamed that General Brant had Just
looked upon the likeness of his wife
from whom he had parted in anger
four years ago Still less would they
have suspected the singular fear that
came upon him that In some vague
way she was connected with the
treachery he had just discovered. He
had heard from her only once, and
then through her late husbands law
yer in regard to her California prop
erty, and believed that she had gone
to her relations in Alabama, where
she had identified herself with the
southern cause even to the sacrifice OF
her private fortune. He had heard
her name mentioned in the southern
press as a fascinating society leader,
and even coadjutrix of southern poll
ticians-but he had no a % be-
lieve that she had taken so active or
SO desperate n part in the struggle.
He tried to think that his uneasiness
sprang from his recollection Of the
previous treachery of Captain Pinck-
ney, and the part she played in the
California conspiracy-although he
had long since acquitted her Of the
betrayal of another trust. But there
was a fateful similarity in the two
cases. There was no doubt that this
Lieutenant Wainwright was a traitor
in the camp-that he had succumbed
to the miserable sophistry of his class
in regard to his superior allegiance to
his native state. But was there the
inducement of another emotion-or
was the photograph only the souvenir
of a fascinating priestess of rebellion
whom the dead man kad met? There
was perhaps less of feeling than scorn
in the first suggestion, but he was,
nevertheless, relieved when the pro-
vost marshal found no discriminating
papers in Wainwright's effects. Nor
did he reveal to the division genera
the finding of the photograph. 1t was
sufficient to disclose the work of the
traitor without adding what might be
a clew to his wife's participation in
it, near or remote. There was risk
enough in the former course-which
his duty made imperative. He hardly
dared to think of the past DAYS
slaughter. which-there was no doubt
now-had been due to the previous
work OF the spy, and how his brigade
had been selected-by the irony of
fate-to suffer for and yet retrieve it.
If she had a hand in that wicked plot,
ought he to spare her? Or were his
destiny and hers to be thus mon
strously linked together?
Luckily. however, the explanation
of the chief offender and the timely
discovery of his papers enabled the
division commander to keep the af-
fair discreetly silent and to enjoin
equal secrecy on the part of Brant. |
The latter, however, did not relax his !
vigilance, and after the advance the
next day he made a minute inspection
Of the ground he was to occupy, it's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
CULLEp AT

Cats are greatly venerated in
Persia. The feline friends of the shah
number fifty, each having it's own
attendant and a special room for
meals.
The large downtown hotels and res
taurants in Chicago are to attempt to-
achieve economy by bulking their
forces and their efforts In the establish
ment Of a big cooperative laundry.
No outside bundle work will be ac-
cepted.
Detroit Journal: Woman-Tve been
assigned to discuss Ideals at the next
meeting OF the Mothers Club. Cher
Woman-Have you thought what you
are going to wear? Woman-Oh, yes;
n in a general way, what l am going
to say.
The telegraph line which France has
been erecting from Lorango, on the
coast OF the French Congo region, to
Brazzaville is completed. The line Ia
b22 kilometers long, and the work was
finished In eighteen months. 1t does
not touch any foreign terminus.
Miniature bibles are worn as watch
charms in Russia. They are each one
inch long, three-fourths Of an inch wide
n -eighths of an inch thick, and
contain the first five books of the Old
Testament. The text is in Hebrew, and
can be read with the aid Of a magnify
ing glass.
The question of spontaneous corn
bustion OF hay has recently been inves-
tigated by one of the officials Of the
United States Weather Bureau, who
states that fermentation within moist
hay may raise the temperature to 374
degrees Fahrenheit. at which temper
AZURE clover hay will ignite.
Originally, a creole was a native OF
Spanish America of Spanish parentage,
n later the name was applied to
any native OF European parentage as
distinguished from aborigines, negroes
or persons Of mixed blood. In Louisiana
a creole is a native descended from
French or Spanish ancestors.
Wherever men live, whithersoever
they go, in their houses, their shops,
their churches, their stables, their
ships, their warehouses, the little, dap
per, impudent fearless, busy, buzzing
fly is sure to be present. He wears ex-
actly the same dress in all countries,
so that the house flies in Canada or
Norway, in Abyssinia or Middlesex, are
quite identical in appearance. 1t is
not a bad appearance by any means.
We might have been beset in our
abodes and resorts by a much less pre-
sentable minion and myrmidon.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Respected His Memory.

Denver Times; She entered the Of
iece of the tombstone company, and
Immediately became sad of counter
ance.
rs there anything 1 can do for your"
the chief mourner.
Yes; my husband, John T. Aber-
nathy, has died, and 1 would like to Sc
cure some suitably engraved head
stone-something with an appropriate
inscription, IL you please
Certainly, madame, right this way.
Now here is a very pretty thing in the
stone line. Right over this cross we
would carve: Here lies John II. Aber-
nathy, and
All. sir" interrupted the widow,
you must think me cruel. / would not
say Here lies That was one Of his
faults In life. and l will not follow him
with the accusation now that he has
gone"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Passing OF the MeIodramn.

James A. Herne, the veteran actor, dis
cussing in the October Metropolitan THE
Passing of the Melodram ma" says:
"Melodrama or drama with musical ac-
compartment has had a long and palmy
day. This style In drama can be traced
back In unbroken line even into Sophocle-
sian days.
81 have often been asked my opinion OF
melodrama, and to this query l COM
monty reply thaS l think lightly of 1t.
Holding firmly as / do by the unshakable
S~hakespearean tenet that the play
should hold as 'twere. the mirror up to
the nature l can scarcely be blamed IL 1
smile somewhat incredulously and now
Of melodrama.
"One. though, should never get III
tempered. Who even among our most
captious ~realists but will shed a tear of
tender recollection for the days that have
been?
Seriously, melodrama Is valueless to
the progress OF dramatic art. Seen I'M
der the analytical microscope. II is false
TO almost every aspect and color Of life,
and ~eternally comic to the judicious In
it's absurdities of prospective and proper
ton, its grotesqueries of calcium and
Characterization.
Like crimps and crinoline. or the diff
icult stock tie of our periwig-pated
grandparents. the melodrama has out
lived its day OF usefulness.
When more theatrical history shall
rave been written 1t will be clearly per-
ceptible of growth, an early phase of de-
velopment that. like measles and marbles,
should have beeen put aside at the exit
from childhood.
But the worlds audience Is a wide
audience. n the %leavening of the mass
IL a long aeons to come-more's the pity.
'One mitigation presents itself. though.
In all forms OF art the good and bad APP
pear. and the good is much better be-
cause the bad is worse. Ths glorious
Turner's and matchless Miilets would not
seem so great were II not tbs the world
IL full or daubs hat masquerade as
paintinEs."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

London Answers: In a busy quarter
of O busting town a boot and shoe
emporium was doing q fairly good
business, until q. rival establishment
was started, bearing In it's window a
flaming placard with the legend. Mems
conscia recti'-'A mind conscious of
r~ectitude."
The proprietor OF No. / seeing that
his neighbor was getting more than a
fair share OF patronage, concluded that
the Observation-Disclosures device had
something TO do with II. 30 he deter
mined to checkmate him,
Accordingly one morning the public
was informed by ~gorgeously coloted
letters that: MEMS and women's con
scia recti may be had here of the
best quality at owest possible prices
The man deserved success. but. alas!
II came not,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Continued next week.
CHINESE CRACK REGIMENT.
Known ms the "Tigcr Guard"---Uni,
49,. u A IL - y-


form 10 of Bri2 ut yellow.
London Mail: All armies have
their rack regiments. China's is
known as the Tiger Guard"
Its members are supposed to be
tigers when turned loose in war.
Then, too, they are dressed in yellow,
the imperial color, with stripes OF
black, in imitation of n tigers skin.
The cap is made of split bamboo, and
has ears to it.
A bamboo shield, with a monster
head painted IN it, completes the fan
tastic uniform.
A Tiger" officer in full uniform as
he appears on occasions of review or
parade, is a matter Of no small inter
est and wonder to the stranger. A
highly polished helmet terminating in
a crest of gold and a tuft of colored
hair on a rod eight inches above the
cap; a robe of purple or blue silk, rich
ly adorned with gilt buttons, and
reaching to the feet, which are in
cased in black satin boots, constitute
n costume of picturesqueness and in
convenience.
His implements of war are in keep
'h6 "Ath bhO uilllol III. All vi bLtlll
glitter with gems and precious metals,
What sort of fighters the Tigers
make remains to be seen.
The general belief is that they are
not superior to other branches Of the
Chinese army except when thoroughly
impregnated with the spirit of fanat-
icism. Their reputation is largely
based upon past glories, and they now
appear to think more of their adorn-
ments than of the serious business Of
warfare.
They are carefully selected men Of
good proportions, and enjoy numerous
privileges. On whose side they are
fighting now is largely a matter of
conjecture. They should be defending
the dowager empress and the emperor
K~wang-Su, If still alive.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound.
II you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired, please re-
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as 1t did Mrs. Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
rs has Mrs. Pinkham her experience
Is greater than that of any living per-
SON. II you a sick, write and get
her advice her address is Lynn, Mass
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
HELP FOR WOMEN


II do not feel very we'll. I am SO
tired all the time. / do not know what
IL the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; as
often az you meet your friends just SD
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signifi-
can't words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis.,,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had eli kinds of miserable feelings,
all Of which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer-
GUS medicines she Sas entirely cured by
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

New York Times: One OF the queer
things which we les about America
by way of the English papers is a
story Of some big man who was en-
tightening Kipling the Great concern
Ing the professional women OF America.
The big man delivered himself after
this fashion: We'll sir, In our country
we have a great many female doctors,
female lawyers, female journalists, fe-
male preachers and females In all
classes and professions and trades; but
what we want liz more female women!'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Iowa Strawberries.

Waterloo Reporter: Albert whitney
has a wild strawberry patch on his
farm In Bennington township hat is
almost as prolific as a clover field. His
family is now enjoying a second crop
which sprung up on prairie land after
the hay, which followed the first crop,
had been moved. The patch is a large
one and the family picks about a quart
a day and there are many green berries
still ripening. The berries are small.
but nave as choice a flavor as those
earlier grown. 1t is the first time such
q freak OF nature has ever been known
In this section although two crops of
berries are not infrequently raised In
Nevada and Colorado.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
SELLS HOME WITH A BADGE.
Bryan or Mckinley Follower to own u
100000 House.

S0O,OOO House.
Chicago Chronicle: John Pierce, q
prominent citizen OF Sioux City. has
adopted a novel method Of disposing
OF his magnificent stone mansion on
North Jackson street. The home In
undoubtedly the handsomest and the
most expensive one In Sioux City, IL
having been built a few years ago
when Sioux City was in the midst Of
Its boom days that brought disaster
afterward. The home cost $50, 900. Mr..
Pierce lost heavily In the financial
crash and now deems his magnificent
residence too expensive for his income
as a real estate agent. He and his
wife have interested this entire Sec
ton of the country In the scheme of
purchasing campaign badges of Me-
Kinley or Bryan and giving each pur-
chaser of a badge an opportunity OF
owning this great mansion Forty
thousand OF these badges are to be
disposed OF at 81 each. and the home
will be presented to some n Christ
mas eve, 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

There IL more catarrh I'm this section OF
The country than all other diseases put to-
sether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced IL a local
disease. and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing TO cure with
local treatment, pronounced II incurable.
Science has proved catarrh TO be a consti-
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by Il. j. Cheney a.
Co, Toledo. Ohio. Is the only constitu-
tlonal cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally In doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case II
falls to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
imonials. Address
Il. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, rs cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Looking 10 the Future.

Memphis Scimitar: Thirty years
hence Memphis will be trading direct
ly with the Philippines by means OF
big seagoing vessels, which will receive
and discharge cargoes in a capacious
basin at the river front. In that time
to come the opponents Of expansion
will be regarded as we regard the east
erners who opposed the acquisition of
the Louisiana territory. Texas and the
Pacific coast
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Danger in the Cup.

Washington Times: People in Homo.
lulu indulge in a beverage known as
"swipes." 1t is the native beer of
Hawaii and is a dangerous concoction.
The principal articles used in it's man
p~facture are sugar, corn, pineapple
root, and Chinese ginger, bran, Irish
potatoes, and sliced p~ineapples. 1t is
fermented and strained after standing
four or five days and is then ready for
nSa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Wasted Efforts,

Chicago News: YES" she sighed,
Il was away for a while this summer
out in the country. But what's the
use?"
"Why?" her friend asked. Don't
you think you feel any better than
you dido"
oh, | don't know. l maya little.
But i hadn't been home two weeks
before my tan was all gone"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Harlem Life: Johnson-The pro-
posed income tax doesn't seem to
worry you much.
Jackson-Not a great deal. There's
n Judgment for alimony against me,
and my late wife and my beloved
country are equally welcome to what
they can get.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
stiii More Counterfeiting.

The secret service has unearthed IN
other band of counterfeiters and Sc,
cured a quantity OF bogus bills, which
are cleverly executed. Things OF grea'
value are always elected for imitation
notably Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
which has many imitators but ne
equals for disorders like indigestion
dyspepsia and constipation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

For the comfort OF the world It has
been discovered tina horse chestnut
shells can be made into good pipes.
They can at least contend in point of
sweetness and purity with some OF the
cheap alleged brier wood pipes the hui
man family is struggling with every
day in the year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Not what She wanted.

Judge: Mr.. Newlywed-You never
call me pet names now unless you
want something. Before marriage 1t
was different.
! Mrs. Newlywed-Oh, no. Before
marriage l called you pet James be-
cause | wanted you.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
C.n.a.aed.

New York World: "She is a clergy
mans daughter, you said, didn't your"
inquired a young man OF a friend who
had introduced him.
YES" was the reply. Hes the teca
tor, his wife's the director and she's
the misdirector."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Baltimore American: You are new
er in your Office" complained the
angry taxpayer. "Yet before election
you sought the Office hard enough"
II did," replied the other man, "but
the office may seek me now"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
The Lost Ideal.

Constance MAIDEN: He who. having
lost one ideal. refuses to give his heart
and soul &c another Ia like a man who
declines to build a house on the rock
because the wind and rain have ruined
his house on the sand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Life: Mrs. Slimson-Here, Willie,
while l am away l am going to give
you the key to the pantry, just to
show you / can trust you.
Willie (proudly)-I don't need it,
mamma, | can pick that lock any day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Piso's Cure canno be too highly spo-
ken of as a cough cure. j. w. O'Brien,
322 Third avenue, N, Minneapolis,
Mimi, January @, 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

For the past ten years there has
been an increase of 1000 annually in
the number of Great Britain's insane.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

Carter's Ink Is just as cheap as poor Ink
and Is the best Ink made. Always use
Carriers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

n Permanently Cured. NO tits or nervousness fter
TITO first days use OF DIR, Kline's Great Nerve Re.
eto'er. send for FREE sp 90 trial bottle and ~treatise.
Dir X. II. kLlNE. Ltd. ISL Arch 81. PHILADELPHIA. Ia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

NY For both sexes. for the cure OF
C1WOvA unnatural discharges, Imam
nations, lrritations, decorations. An Internal rem
edy with Injection. % or 2 for eS. Guaranteed by
receipt Of price. ii. 8. Baker. Druggist, Sioux City,
Iowa, who carries a full line OF rubber goods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
$1,000 Per Week

To men with rigs TO introduce our
Poultry Compound among farmers. Adj
dress with stamp, Acme Mfg. Co.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money II it fails 10 cure,
L. w. Groves signature is ON each box. DO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Necessary.

Dyeing Is as simple as washing when
you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Our Great Need.

Sold by Druggists. rs cents.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22
MUCH BUILDING AT REvILLA
New Alaskan Port Preparing for a
Busy Season-Large Wharf and
MIL Being Constructed.

Within a few days a shipment OF ma
chinery will be sent from Seattle to fit
out large sawmil at Revilla. the new
port and town being opened up six miles
north of Ketchikan. w. d. Harper. one
of the owners OF the townsite. arrived on
the Cottage City yesterday, and will be
a guest of the Northern for several days.
until he concludes his purchases for new
enterprises being started at that place.
I'VE are going to have n wide-awake
town at Revilla," he says, There is much
building going on now, and before the
summer is over we shall have between
$50 and 300 dwellings erected In a few
days we shall begin work on one of the
largest wharves in Alaska 1t will be 800
feet long. and afford accommodation to
four large ocean-going vessels at one time
Work is being started on a forty-room
modern hotel and several stores are near
ing completion.
1--WE have just finished arrangements
with several of the steamship lines where
by their vessels will call at Revilla and
leave tourists for a few days fishing and
boating. We have splendid fishing In a
big fresh water lake back of the town.
Our harbor is one OF the deepest and
best on the coast of Alaska 1t Is well
sheltered from storms and we believe we
have an ideal spot for a thriving town."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22
POTH RUBIEs AND GOLD.
These Were Produced by Three Pans
Taken From BONANZA Creek in
the Norton sound Country.

During the second week in January an
other Of the frequent stampedes that have
helped TO enliven Nome during the long,
dark nights or winter, took place to Boz
nanza creek. a tributary of the Onwau-
tiilick river, in the Cape Denbigh mining
district. on Norton sound Harry Ball, a
young prospector. returned to Nome from
that district on January 0. He exhibited
70 cents in coarse gold which. he said,
had been taken out of three pans OF dirt
on Bonanza creek. In one of the pans was
also small but brilliant ruby. He sank
a hole five feet deep.
This started the stampede. In all, about
200 men are reported to have gone. some
from st. Michael Ball reported that good
surface prospects had also been found on
Christmas creek, I'm the same district. Bo-
nanza creek is about twenty-five miles
long.
Up In this section Is said to be an i'm
mense stretch of country, with eight riy-
ers running through II and emptying into
Norton sound, the greater part of which Is
unprospected. II Is said to be timbered
country. but the nearest supply station is
Unalakleet. Tomcod, in this section, are
said to be almost useless as dog food.