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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
ri just drop back to the sitting room

III just drop back TO the sitting room
and tell her about It,"
Much obliged, pop" said the young
hardware clerk, getting up and shaking
hands with his future father-in-law, and
-four or Ave minutes later Hat was down
IN the parlor, blushing, while her mother
was hugging her affectionately and weep
ing just a little. and old Mr.. Pluglcak
was coughing quite Il good deal and tell
ing the young hardware clerk Of his idea
OF the Schley-Sampson controversy.
That's just exactly the way II happened.
There isn't anything screechingly funny
about II. but IT happened that way, all
right.
IL the father-in-law OF this period were
to go after any self-respecting youth, as
piring TO the hand of his daughter, will Il
bulldog or the toe OF his boot he'd be a
holy show in his neighborhood, and as like
as not the members OF his family would
Ak up a packed lunaCy commission to
have him railroaded to a foolish house.
Nevertheless, itll probably be many
years before there's any bridging Of the
yawning chasm that divides fact and fun
niness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
A Sons Devotion.

Wallace, Mich, Aug. GA striking
example of a mans dutiful and atten.
tive care of his mother is seen in Mr..
Oscar Swanson Of this place.
Mr.. Swanson's mother has suffered
much with Kidney and Urinal Trouble
and Female Weakness. Her son has
sought out and procured for her every
thing that he thought could possibly
benefit her.
She did not improve, till at last, he
bought her a box Of Dodd's Kidney
pills. In a few days she was complete
ly cured, and her faithful son has the
reward for his loving efforts, In tho
knowledge that she is now strong and
we'll.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
TnE CHRONIC LEANERs.
Make Up n Large Proportion of the Un-
succesEful.

Success: A large proportion of the
failures in life are to be found in the
ranks of chronic leaners. Everywhere
we go we meet earnest, conscientious
workers, who are amazed that they do
not get on faster. They wax eloquent
over their fancied wrongs, the injustice
that confines them to inferior grades,
while persons with no more education,
ability or perseverance than they pos
sess are advanced over their heads.
To the casual observer, they seem to
nave cause for grievance; but, when
we analyZe these people, we find what
the trouble really is. They are lncapa-
BILE of Independent action. They dare
not make the slightest move without
assistance from some outside source,
the advice or opinion of some one on
whose judgment they are wont to rely.
They have no confidence in themselves
do not trust their own powers. They
have never learned to stand squarely
or their feet, to think their own
thoughts and make their own decisions.
They have leaned upon somebody from
childhood, all through the formative
period of character building, until a
habit of leaning is chronic.
Any faculty which is unused for a
long time loses It's power. 1t is the law
OF nature that we must use or lose. If
a man ceases to exercise his muscles
they soon become weak and fiabby. The
same memorable law governs mans
mental powers. So. the men and
women who have never learned the
fundamental lesson OF self-reliance,
who have never used their God-given
faculties in reasoning with themselves,
making their own decisions and in be-
ing their own court of final appeal,
grow up weaklings, parasites. God in
tended them to stand alone, to draw
upon his inexhaustible power without
stint. He meant them to be oaks, but
they have become vines. Not realizing
that all growth is from within, they
have reversed this fundamental truth
and endeavored to draw their strength
from the outside.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
Is Chauncey In Earneat?

A cablegram from London states that
Chauncey Depew says that he will make
no more speeches and will grant no more
interviews:
Put Grape upon the office boy,
And turn the column rules;
Set all the news In blackface type,
Let black ink run In pools;
Let each reporter shed a tear
And wall a weepful roar,
For sad, indeed, will be his fate
If Chauncey talks no more.
With Chauncey silent who will tell
The tales we love TO hear
The tales that all renew their youth
And greet us year by year?
With Chauncey silent who will spring
The honored, ancient jests?
The old familiar jokes will die
II he from talking rests.
IL can't be true. Why. one would just
AS soon expect to see
Nikola Tesla failing to
Make a discovery,
Or Bryan ceasing to campaign,
Or Cleveland fail TO fish,
AS Chauncey dodge an interview
Or pass the chestnut dish.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American.
French %proverb: TO be happy. one
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
Handsomely Done.

the brides father do the correct thing
when young Doubleday married Miss
Rosebud?"
Snagsby-"Well, he gave the bride
Copperield Qnterruptingly)-"Ah, /
knew he would do something hand
some"
snagsby (resuming)-"He gave the
bride away"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
A CLOSED INCIDENT.
Navy Department So Considers Question
of Howison's Eligibility.

of Howison's Eligibility.
Washington, Aug. 26.-At the navy
department the matter OF the service Of
Admiral Howison on h Schley court
of inquiry was considered a closed in
cident so far as the department is con-
cerned and n which will be left to
the consideration of the court itself.
Mr.. Hackett stated today he had not
received the reply which, it is said,
Schley will submit in regard to the ac-
tion of the department declining to re-
fer the original request concerning the
Howison interview to hat officer for a
statement.
Captain Lemly, judge advocate gem
eral of the Schley court, has returned
from Canada and will at once begin
work compiling the list Of witnesses to
be summoned before the court of In
quiry. 1t Is expected the list will be
ready for submission to Schley early
next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
BEST FOR THE BOWELS

No matter what ais you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASCAR3TS help
nature, cure you without a grippe or pain.
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents TO start getting your
health back. CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has g. @. G.. stamped
on 1t. Beware OF limitations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

Ask Your Dealer tor Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot,
Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet and In.
growing Nails, Corns aud Bunions. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 25c.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen s.
Olmsted, lie Roy. N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
The Orator subsided.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: What is there
in these American shoes that makes our
citizens so ready to walk away with
them?' cried the impassioned Viennese
orator as he scornfully denounced the
footwear that Is made in the United
States.
Austrian feet?" yelled the small boy In
the gallery, and the orator subsidized.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
Double Pleasure.

Philadelphia Press: Mamma-No, you
may have either a banana or an apple, but
rot both.
Willie-Ill take the banana, then.
Mammal thought you liked apples
best.
Willie-Well, there is more fun in a
banana. You can throw the skin on the
sidewalk when you're through eatin'.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
KILLING WAS JUSTlFIABLE.
Coroner's Jury ~Exonorates woman Who
Stabbed Peddlor NoRIer.

Pittsburg, Aug. 26.-Mrs. Robert Lees,
who was held for the killing OF the He
brew peddler, Robert Nogler. Wednes-
day, during a quarrel at the home of
Mrs. Grace Woods, was exonerated
from all blame in connection with tho
stabbing of the man at the %coroner's
inquest The verdict stated that Nog-
Ter was killed by the woman in self-de-
Tense and that the killing was justin
able.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
Entitled to 1t.

Baltimore American: Mrs. Wunder-
/ don't see why hat man Timbers al
ways puts LII. ID. after his name. Did
any college ever confer hat degree on
him?
Mr.. Tellit-Oh, no. He uses the let
tiers to indicate hat he is a lumber
dealer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

Chicago Tribune: 1T may be merely
fancy" remarked Mrs. S~elldondom-
Holme, but since my husband began
drinking the water from the iron spring
he has seemed to be ten times as OBJ
stinate as he used to be-"
Perhaps suggested Mrs. Nevdore,
the water Is tinctured with pig iron"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

piso's Cure tor Consumption is an
infallible medicine for coughs and
colds.-N. w. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N.
j., February II. 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

Mrs. winsiow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
~tcething, GOTTEN he gums, reduces Inflammation,
qllays pain, cures wind cole. 25c a bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

"VlRTUA M Az Gives vitality, vim, restoring
ambitions OF youth, health. Ar.
ting for success, happiness In business. professional.
social, married life; ~ or 8 for IS; mailed on receipt
OF price. H.. 8. Baker, druggist, Sioux CITY. who
carries q full line OF legitimate rubber goods. Kidd
Drug Co, Elgin. H. guarantors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

A man 100 years OF age was buried in
Little Rock. Ark, last week-a sort of
a century plant, so TO speak.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

French prcverb: To be happy. on.
must have nothing to forget.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31
RED CROSS HALL. nIuE
Accounting for IL Chemic,nv

Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
for It. Large 2 OF. package only 3 cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

ALL UP-To-DATE HoUsEKEEPERs
Use Red Cross Bal Blue. 1t makes clothes
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

French proverb: TO be happy, one
must have nothing to forget.
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
A Revcred NictuaIer

Few publicans take as much interest
in the welfare of their clients as does
Mrs. Mary Lee of the Beehive, White
Waltham, near Maidenhead, England
who is the Oldest licensed victualer
in Berks. and who recently celebrated
her jubilee as dispenser of ale. AS
long as her strength and eyesight per-
mitted, it was her habit every Sun
day evening to carry her ponderous
family Bible into the taproom. place
it reverently on the table. the visitors
making room for Vt by pushing their
beer-jugs to one side, and to read a
chapter to the assembled company
who always uncovered while the sacred
book was in the apartment. The fre-
quentcrs of the Beehive greatly re-
spected the old lady for ner efforts 40
give them moral instruction and al
though her occasional comments might
not commend themselves to the fol-
lowers of what is called the higher
criticism, they were homely and to the
point. Mrs. Lee also displays in the
taproom notice intimating that any
one using impolite language or sing
ing songs of risky tendency, would
be promptly expelled. Altogether, the
venerable lady seems to be a model
licensed victualer.
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
The Neglect Cure for Warts.

Warts are curious things. They
come and go mysteriously, although
their going Is frequently marked by
exasperating delays. and they are al
most as many infallible cures as there
are warts. the only trouble with these
cures being that they are useless when
applied to the particular wart you
happen to have. They are only good
for other peoples. I'm my opinion" :"
said a club man, who was discussing
the subject with n friend one day, "a
wart is merely the outward corre-
spondence of some mental excresence.
Get rid of that, and 1t goes away
Let me give you n bit of my own ex-
perience." he continued. Last year
/ went to Europe. For about three
years | had had wart on my little
finger. on which | had tried every
thing | could hear OF, but without eff
feet. 1t only grew larger. Well, in
the excitement of preparing for the
trip and of the journey itself. for
got all about my wart, and when |
looked for II, about six weeks later.
1t had vanished, without leaving the
slightest mark. | simply forgot II. and
II had no mental condition to feed on.
see you have one on the back OF your
hand. Forget all about 1t for few
weeks, and it will go away of ITSELF
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
PICTURE OF LHASA THE FORBIDDEN CITY,
(From a sketch by a native artist)
ONLY AUTHENTIC

east by China proper, on the south by
the almost impossible Himalaya
Mountains, and on the west by Kash-
mir. The mountain range on the south
separates Tkibet from British India,
and Eastern Turkestan separates 1t
from Russia. The country. which be-
came subject to China early in the sew
enteenth century, contains the sources
of the -Kiang. the Indus, and
other large rivers, and the country is
for the most part high tableland.
The reasons why Thibet should be
called "The Unknown Land" have been
reinforced and more vividly impressed
upon the Western mind within the last
two years by the bloodcurdling narra-
tive of torture which was brought back
to his government by Savage Iandor
In 1899. Mr.. Landor's experiences also
serve to remind the world at large that,
unlike any other country, even in Asia,
at the present day, Thibet is under
what may be said to correspond In
some fashion to the Christian idea of
theocracy-a government in which the
religious hierarchy also Yields despotic
temporal power. Such as it is. the re-
ligion of the country is the prime mo-
tive of all its life, whether for good or
evil. II have lounged through Asia
Minor, lived in almost every country
In Europe, ransacked India from Co
morin to the Himalayas, and become
fairly well acquainted with China"
said a veteran Scotch traveller, but
nowhere in the world have | seen n
people so wrapped up in what they
considered to be religion as in Thibet."
This religion, with the always neces-
sary Asiatic exception of certain Mo-
hammedans in the western parts. is n
highly idolatrous corruption of Budd
hlsm. But, in order to get n reason
ably lively conception of the pecullari
ties and the intensity of Thibetan
Buddhism, some idea OF the country
Itself Is necessary.
The bulk of Thibet is the Chang. or
Great Thibetan Plateau the highest, as
well as the largest, tableland on the
earth. AS to area. It occupies all the
central and northern and most OF the
western sections of the country. An
idea OF It's elevation may best be OBJ
tained from the statement of Captain
Hamilton Bower one or the most
highly regarded Of recent authorities,
from the end OF June until the mid
die of November the average attitudes
OF our camps was over 10000 feet, the
lowest being 14,62l, and the highest
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
|, s I
lis MYSTERIOUS Tf1lDE177|.A |
TO DrOpENED TO TtENbpAADg|
1p

The presence in st. Petersburg of a
mission of four high officials of Thibet,
: the first representatives of that prac-
tically unknown country to visit
Europe, and the announcement that the
persuaded to himself visit Russia, is
looked upon as indicating that the bar
riers which have closed the white man
out of THE Forbidden Land" will soon
be let down to civilization.
A Buria from Transbaigalia, named
Akhorambo Atchwan Dorschieff, who
has gained the favor of the Dalai
Llama of Thibet, came to Livadia last
October and was received by the En-
peror. He returned to Thibet and sue
ceeded in persuading the Dalai Llama
to send special mission to st. Peters,
burg to open friendly relations with
this country. This mission has ar
rived under the guidance of Dorshieff,
and has been received by Count Lams-
dorff. 1t consists of four persons, one
of whom is the Dalai Llama's second
secretary. 1t brings an autograph let
ter from the Regent of Thibet to the
Gar.
The Russian newspapers attach much
Importance to this journey, and no
doubt properly. 1t marks another step
in the extension of Russian influence
toward the Indo-Chinese possessions of
France. The Russians regard the es-
tablishment of a chain of communica-
tions across the rear of the Indian EN-
pire and the permanent isolation of
India from the Yang-tse-K -Kiang valley
as practically assured.
The present is the first opportunity
that Russia has had to make overtures
to Thibet-for, although it is a coun-
try of 651,50O square miles, with a
population estimated at over 5000 900,
1t is an unknown land except to the few
intrepid Adventures who have explored
it at great personal risk. The country
lis in central Asia, bounded on the north
by the Kwenlum Mountains, on the
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
ne played some monkey trick on an

one played some monkey trick on an
other
again there came a change. The
solemn chanting ceased, and then
rushed on the scene crowd of wan
shapes, almost naked, with but few
dark rags about them, as IL they were
shivering with cold. They wrung their
hands despairingly and rushed about
in confused way, as If lost, starting
from each other in terror when they
met. sometimes feeling about them
with their outstretched hands like blind
men, and all the while whistling in
long drawn notes which rose and fell
like strong wind on the hills.
The sudden onrushing of these wildly
whistling shapes occurred at frequent
intervals during the ceremony. The
change from one phase of this curious
mummery to another was always
startling abrupt. One never knew
when some peaceful anthem and state
ly dance of holy figures would be sud-
denly Interrupted by the clashing dis
cord of cymbals and trumpets and the
whirling torrent of shrieking fiends.
AT one period of the ceremony a
holy man with an Archbishop's miter
on his head advanced, to the beautiful
chanting of men and boys, the basses,
trebles, and tenors taking successive
parts in solo and chorus. This
holy man blessed a goblet of water by
laying his hands on it and intoning
some prayer or charm. Then he sprink-
led the water in all directions, and
the defeated demons staid their Shrek
ing, dancing, and Internal music and
gradually crept out of the arena, and
no sound was heard for time but the
sweet singing of the holy choir
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29

1890 feet" OF the climate the same
explorer says: mo amount of wool
en- clothes will keep out the wind on
the Chang, so skins must be taken"
During the period already referred to
the enormous stretch of country
crossed by Captain Bowers party did
not show a single tree, and only two
species of shrubs, and these rarely ex-
ceeded six inches in height. They
found large number of Towering
plants and grasses, however. while for
variety the landscape, both on the
Chang and elsewhere, is diversified in
many places by gigantic masses of rock
and terrific precipices. This is, in
fact what is POLITICALLY known in
Asia as the Roof of the World" and
at the southwest corner of it, at Gilgit,
on the borders of Kashmir, is the place
Where Three Empires Meet" the title
of Mr.. knights work
The hideousness or sublimity-ac-
cording to- the view one takes-of ma
ture on the Chang, and in other parts
of Thibet, is not left to itself. AS in
the Tyrol and other Catholic countries
one sees wayside crosses and pic
turesque shrines, so in Thibet, only
far more frequent, are the huge rock
cut images which are supposed to rep
resent the Buddha, the "chortens" or
monuments of a religious character,
and inscriptions, large and small, cut
in the rocks, of prayers and sacred
sentinels. AS one tramps along a
Thibetan road, it is said, any stone
against which the weary foot stumbles
may be found on examination to bear
the inscription, "Om mani padmi
ON" 20! Thou Jewel in the Lotus. OD -,
a devout aspiration which, in a slight
ly altered form, will be familiar to
readers of Sir Edwin Arnolds Light
of Asia"
Ever since the days of Marco Polo,
who entered Thibet in the fifteenth
century as the envoy of Venice, Thibet
has been famed as the nursery of East
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
BREAKS FORCE OF THE WAVES.
Mattresses are Strung Together to Pro-
Icct OCEAN Rcu1hes.

Mattresses Strung Together to Pro-
tcct Ocean Beaches.
At many of the favorite seaside sum
mer resorts in this country the beaches
are from time to time ravaged by wild
storms, and hitherto no adequate
method of protecting them against
such onslaughts has been discovered.
As result the cottagers may awake
any morning and find that the pleasant
strand on which they strolled during
the previous evening has, during the
night, been eaten away by the hungry
waves. Now, however, an ingenious
inventor has devised a method for the
protection of such beaches, a method
which, he is confident, will prove ef-
fective. 1t consists of number of
mattresses, which are formed of fibrous
material and which are held together
by means of warps and bars. The mat
tresses, thus connected, are laid on the
beach, the warps and bars being placed
in such a manner that the long, fib
rous covering is kept stiff and immov-
able. AS a further safeguard, however,
stronger fastenings are placed here
and there, and by means of these tho
mattresses are anchored firmly to ths
beach. The mattresses are arranged
lengthwise in the direction of the cur
rent, and the warps and bars are ar
ranged diagonally. The object is to
break the force of the waves and pre-
vent them from wreaking their full
fury on the beach. Experiments, it is
said, prove that a protection of this
kind is useful for such a purpose.
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29
beware of chicken Feed

The Dixon, Qllinois) Evening Tele-
graph heralds this warning: A better
graft than the "Buffaloes' has made
its appearance. 1t may not cost so
much in some cases, but it is sure to
cost more than IL cents il it works.
The joker with few kernels of corn
in his pocket suddenly and innocently
(D asks his friend If he can give him
a dollar for some Chicken feed" as
small change is sometimes called. The
friend, to be accommodating, says
yes" and hands out the dollar. The
joker then pockets it and hands his
victim several kernels of corn that he
had in his pocket.