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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
HIS LEG Is L
The Way o Southern Congressman Re.
CARDS His Lot.

The Way q Southern Congressman Ro-
CARDS His Lot.
"Some people may think that a con
gresham saves q pile OF money out OF
his salary" said q well-known southern
congressman, who was talking to n
Washington Star reporter on the vicis'
STUDIES of running for office, and espe'
cially for congress, "buta man has to be
q small walking bank TO accommodate
the large number of his friends and
supporters who need a little money for
some urgent matter. In my state we
have to make campaigns and appear be.
fore the people at meetings. Well, I
have never attended a meeting that L
did not have some kind Of n subscrip-
ton poked into my face. Somebody
wants something for a church and for
missionary purposes or for helping
some fellow who has been burned out.
"You can't avoid subscribing, and
have to head the list with the largest
sum. Then about the time you think
you are through having your leg pulled
some lazy fellow will walk up and say:
1Iow do, general? / had ter quit my
work ter come out and hear you terday,
and l thunk yer mout give me a dollar
While you have the greatest contempt
for the man, you give him the dollar.
"When you leave the meeting you are
out anywhere from $50 TO $50. These
are just a few instances Of what a can
didate has to spend money for. After
he gets through the campaign and Is
elected he has Il furnish every dead
Leat from his district who should hap.
pen to come to Washington with
money. I've actually given them
money and railroad tickets to get home
end have them go back and worh
AGAINST me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
AN xMBKzzLINe DOG.
He wasted on Beer Funds Meant for
Charity.


London Express: A sad story of an
imal depravity comes from a northern
coal district. For some years a we'll
known colliery region has been blessed
with the services of a brown retriever,
who, with a collecting box strapped
saddle wise across his back, was ac-
customed to travel from pit to pit beg
ging coppers. or even higher contribu-
tons, on behalf OF a sick and benevo-
lent fund. In this way he has come
times obtained as much as 22s In a.
single week, and the fund itself ha
been the means OF doing an enormous
amoun OF good. OF course, the min
ers themselves have been contributing
out OF their weekly earnings, but the
dog excited so much interest among
them by the faithful performance OF his
mission hat they readily put their
spare coppers into the box he carried.
Some time ago the dog happened to
call at a public house, where he knew
a good many OF his patrons would be
assembled. Besides dropping pennies
into his box and RECALLING him with bis
cults, some OF them used TO let him
take a sip or two out of their mugs Of
beer. In this way the unfortunate an
imal acquired a liking for drink, With
the most deplorable results. 1t WAS
not that he occasionally became intoX-
icated and was thereby unable to pur-
sue his errand OF mercy, but his whole
moral nature became deprayed. To
such an extent had this deterioration
gone that some days q he was dis
covered by the side OF the road in n
perfectly helpless condition., with moth
ing remaining of his box except the
straps. He was taken care Of, and
eventually got sober again, when his
conduct became such as to excite the
utmost wonder.
He whined piteously and tried to es-
cape. BY n by he became very vio-
lent, and the miners thought he was
mad. They would not let him go, but
tethered him TO a long string, and then
he led them to q place on the side OF a
rocky hill, where they discovered frag-
ments OF the collecting box n also
the hiding place OF it's contents.
IT seemed that after going his usual
round on the preceding Saturday the
dog had gone 10 this spot, and by some
means-probably by rolling over and
over on his back-broken the box to
splinters and released the money. He
had then concealed the coins, and,
helping himself to them as his degen-
crate cravings prompted, had spent
more than half OF the money In beer
at various public houses In the neigh
borhood. Great Indignation Is felt with
the publicans who supplied him, for
they knew the dog we'll and ought to
have noticed the absence OF his collect
ing box. And, moreover, after the first
four or five drinks his condition must
have been matter for remark. The dog
is now under careful restraint, and It Is
hoped hat he may yet again resume
his useful labors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
They Compel Us to Believe Almost Any
thing Possible,

tHlnR IO5elDles
People are now familiar with the idea
ofstoring upsound forfeiture use so that
a mans voice can be heard long after he
is dead. 1t has recently been suggested
that somewhere in the storehoEse OF
nature the sight of all that has taken
place is stored up, and that Moses got
his account of the creation from a kind
of kaleidoscope which was disclosed TIC
him as he stood in tAe cleft of the rock
and saw the pictures Of the procession
Of events pass by. AS DR.. Johnson said,
we have seen SO much that we are pre-
pared to believe more. When people in
New York city can hear the roar OF
Niagara, when machinery a he driven
by q water wheel 500 miles distant, when
we can see through boards and take pho
tographs of q fat mans bones and the
money In his pockets, when we can
talk with our friends n thousand miles
away and recognize the tones Of their
voices when we can warm the baby's
milk at night by touching a button, we
must be obstinate, indeed, If we refuse
to believe anything. There is nothing
In the Arabian Nights"as marvellous as
the things seen at the electrical EXPOSE.
ton in New York. And yet, says the
Baltimore Sun, II we apply the logic OF
David Hume in his essays on the mir.
acles to these things, we should refuse
&c believe that a photograph of a living
mans skeleton may be taken. Hume re-
fused to credit the miracles because
they are contrary to all human expert
ence 1t is a matter of curious spccula-
ton, have we reached the limit OF
knowledge OF electricity, or are we upon
the threshold Of scientific revelations:
Will we in time discover that apartment
Of natures storchouse where she keeps
the sights and sounds Of past ages?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

st. Petersburg letter Chicago Record
Herald: The church OF st. Peter and
st. Paul has been the burial place OF
all the ears since Peter the Great.
Their bones are placed in low tombs OF
marble without carving or other or
namentation, so plain that they look
like packing boxes. and they lie In
rows in the order OF their reigns. await
ing the IN OF the angel OF resur-
ration TO the bar OF judgment. The
last czar buried was Alexander III,
whose widow. dowager Dagmar, sister
" the queen of England. keeps fresh
flowers upon his tomb. He lies beside
his father, Alexander H., I'm whose cof-
fin Is the hair OF the Princess Dol
gouroky. his morganatic wife. She
was considered the most beautiful
In Europe. and her hair. which
was OF r. chestnut color. reached to
her heels. When her imperial husband
was living he admired IL more than my
other OF her many attractions, and
when he was buried, as an evidence Of
her devotion, she cut her tresses close
TO her head and laid them upon his
breast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
PERilous
Hardrocks Narrowly Escapes a Scene with
His Wife.

Hardrocks Narrowly Escapes a Scene with
81 see." said Mrs. Hardrocks, rs she
crumpled up her morning paper, "that
you are advertising for a typewriter"
eyes" her husband replied. II had to
come to it. My business is of such a
nature that the pen won't do any
more"
"Humph!" his loving wife returned,
staring at him hard. "And / see that
you say in your advertisement: Must
not be too old, and must come with a
good supply of ribbons / want to-
know what you mean by putting such
things in the paper over your name. l
shall be the one to decide whether your
typewriter is too old or not and wheth-
er she has enough ribbons or not. Have
you ceased to care for me that you can
deliberately
Pardon me for ~interrupting you.
Angelina said Mr.. Hardrocks, but I
am merely advertising for a typewrit-
ing machine-not the other kind"
"Oh!" the lady retorted, 81 hope you
don't think it makes any difference to
me whether you have a typewriter or
not, or what lhnd of a one you get"
"Ohl dear, no! ! couldn't think that
for a minute" Mr.. Hardrocks returned.
II know that you are one of the most
sensible little women In tie world, and
that you have the confidence in me
that | deserve. OF course, if you don't
think / ought to have a typewriter,
why, I'll not get one. guess we could
worry along in the ~old-fashioned way"
"Not for the world" his wife said,
RS she kissed him at the door. you
must have one, dear; and get any kind
you want"
"Dy .Jove!" said Hardrocks to him
self, after he had 4ecured a seat in the
car, I'm almost sorry now that | en-
| gagged that little Observation-Disclosures
Naws-Hprald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
OF GUIANA.
A Mass of Vegetation That Can Scarcely
BE Penetrated.

A Mass of Vegetation That Can Scarcely
BE Penetrated.
The vegetation of the Guianas is q
devouring mass of green, which stead.
ily encroaches, and is kept down only
by the ceaseless warfare of ole plant
upon another. A tree springs up, says
w. Nephew King in Century, and
finds its way to the top by its energy. 1t
is no sooner established than q parasite
begins to climb its trunk and lace it
self around the tree, until finally the
grip Of the parasite kills the tree, and
both fall to ruin and decay, leaving q
space, which is Immediately occupied
by new forms.
To penetrate such a jungle is impos-
sible without the use of n machete and
AK. To keep path open requires con
slant cutting. If you shoot q bird Oh
nn animal, it falls perhaps not more
than SEQ feet away; but it may re-
quire a half hour or an hour to reach II,
and unless you can shoot from n canoe,
and can drop the bird into the water,
as q rule you cannot find your game
after 1t Is killed. Words cannot de-
scribe the beauty of this mass of green
vigorous vegetation, nor can one com
| prehend the difficulty of c~onquerine
| such q wilderness unless one has actual
+! iy grappled with 1t.
|
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Kennebec (Me.) Journal: A pathetic
message was received by DR.. Gould OF
Rockland recently from that lonely
place called Manticus. DR.. Gould has
a system OF pigeons which convey
messages from there to the mainland,
and on Saturday there came n pigeon
TO the homing loft at Tenants Harbor
conveying news OF the serious Illness
OF Mrs. u. A. Young. The silent mes
senger that flew across twenty miles
OF seas TO Tenants Harbor was found
to nave seven No. / shot imbedded in
her body and wings. With this injury,
by n thoughtless sportsman, the bird
had flown across with her message,
and, true to instinct, the bird had de-
livered her message. Shortly after the
homecoming the bird died.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Herat has been besieged more timeI
than any place In the world. II the
sieges are accurately counted the re-
suit Is ffty-two. II was the capital
OF Timur, II was fought for by the Mo-
hammedans, by the Persians, by the
ameers OF Kabul, and there was always
an ameer OF Herat anxious TO regain
his patrimony. The ear when Herat
has not seen fighting have been rare,
and Herat is a very old town. During
the present century II has been unsuc-
essfully besieged in 1887 and 1888 by the
Persians and taken by them in 1856, re-
gained by Dost Mohammed, ameer OF
Kabul, In 1868; lost by him to an ameer
OF Herat and regained by MIN In 1881
under the late ameer, Abburrahman
Khan
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
To C.pon,ze hing James IL.

London Rambler: III view of the sanity
life of King James and the ~stupendous
sacrifice that he made for his religion, It
is not surprising that his canonizatioG
should have occupied the attention of
Rome. He had been canonized already
I'm the popular Imagination, and many
stories OF miracles performed at his tomb
are eXtant 1t appears that the honors
of ca~nonlZation would certainly have
been conferred upon him oward the end
of the eighteenth century had not the
catastrophe OF the French revolution
come TO obliterate from mems minds all
thought OF sentiment for the past. Now,
in a less troubled age, when the life and
character oc King James III can be sur
yeyed without political passion or prej-
udice, is too much to nope that the
occurrence Of his bicentenaNy may re-
mind the church of a neglected duty and
Induce her TO enrich the calendar with
the addition of his holy name?
Ruffalo is all right; but CZolgosz a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

A descriptive article on Norway con-
tains some striking instructions for the
use OF fire escapes taken from a local
hotel, OF which the following lines are
part: THE plated snotter shall be
found In every room. To increase the
hurry. let down the body one by one
until all shall be left. The cord shall
be put on the ground from the Shout
der thereunder."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Miss Helen Gladstone, Who gave up
the principalship of Newman college,
Cambridge. TO be with her father and
mother in their last years, has become
warden OF the. Women's University set
Element In Southwark, and will live in
their building In South London.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

New York World: How unreal"
said the casual critics Of the drama
when an interrupted marriage scene in
a church was featured in a recent stage
success. How dramatic" cried every
body when the papers told the story OF
a real wife who stopped the remarriage
OF her husband at the very altar In
a New York church.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

New York Post: King Edward Is the
first king Of Great Britain TO visit DEN
mark since the time when England,
Denmark and Norway had the same
ruler In the person of Canute (Knud),
who died In 1885, and is buried In Win
chester. James vi. OF Scotland visited
Denmark in 1890, but he was not then
king of England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
An Impertine.ce.

London Fun: II think" she said,
earnestly, that a woman who truly
loves a man always has his best inter-
ests at heart
Perhaps" he quietly answered;
but"
What were you gong to say?"
IF that's the case what makes her
marry him?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

The bedroom outfit OF n man in lola,
Kan. comprises just two articles, a
quilt and an alarm clock. IN n recent
sultry night. with his outfit under his
arm. he went to the park, spread out
his quilt on the grass. put the clock
near the spot selected for his head and
deliberately went to bed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

A recent census shows that Paris
contains 1.216 classes OF workmen: met
ais n kindred industries claiming $40.
textiles 257, the chemical trade 1856 and
building POS. The total number of
workment is estimated at over 300, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

A queer instance OF the way In which
the world Is progressing is the an
nouncement in the Athenaeum that
the crown prince OF Siam is going TO
publish a volume OF essays on the war
OF the Polish succession, as the result
OF his studies at oxford university.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
Good

Baltimore American: "Ah." unused tho
phrenologist, passing his hand over the
bumps upon the head of Mr.. Henpeck,
''the element OF combativeness is very
largely developed"
Yes" said Mr.. Henpeck, soto voce,
but you are supposed to be reading my
character, not my w!fe's."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

A beggar was arrested in Ozoe park.
Queensborough. recently, with $37 on
his person. This is n sample of one OF
the classes OF the tramp genius which
foolish charity supports in worthless
life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
The ERotist.

Philadelphia Press: He thinks he's
popular, eh?"
Does he? Why, whenever his name
appears in the paper he fancies the
public reads 1t this way: John (cheers)
Henry (app.ause} Muggin Cloud and
continuous cheering).'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

The action OF the triennial Episcopal
convention against the marriage OF d.
vorced persons can only result in fore
ing the Pullman boys into some other
denomination,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

IF the public generally knew that
the delivery service OF the large de-
partment stores Is now on schedule
time says a driver for "A large depart
ment store in Philadelphia, II think
some OF them would answer their door
bells more promptly. When we are
sent out with a load OF parcels to de-
liver we are given n time limit n II
we are fifteen minutes late there's all
kinds OF trouble when we reach the
store"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: How
well behaved Mrs. Goodstreet's chill
dren are" Yes: she has left their
bringing up entirely In charge of a
R~oyerness.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Mrs. Nation is being treated so Wig
orously I'm the eastern cities that there
is hope, when she returns to Kansas.
she may be tanned sufficiently to eat
out of David's hand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

In New York the newspapers are as
nearly unanimous against Shepard as
they were against B~ryan-but Bryan
carried New York city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

In Korea the medical profession Is
hereditary, passing from father to son.
The basis of medical study is a work
In nineteen volumes, written about 1000
ear ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Ann Diss de Bar wore a loose cream
,colored decollette Mother Hubbard
when she was arraigned in court in
London. She should have been de
Barred.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Peter Chiudo. an Indian, died recent
ly In the silver Creek (Wash.) mining
district within n few weeks OF being a
millionaire. He had demonstrated the
correctness OF his belief that the ledge
on his claim contained almost immeas-
ureable wealth in gold, silver n cop
per. when he was suddenly taken with
hemorrhage OF the lungs and died in
the hospital. Chiudo had worked In
comparative poverty for sever years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
Hlack and Blur.

Philadelphia Press: She-You often
| hear people speak OF Irish eyes,
They're blue. are they not?
He-Not always. Sometimes they're
| black and sometimes both.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

A new ive-eighths mile track is being
built at Newport, II. 1. The reason II
isn't a mile track is that the owners
wanted to get 1t all in Rhode Island.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

Walnuts are so scarce this year that
the small boys may find IL necessary TO
use ink to stain their hands with.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02

II Sir Thomas Upton tries again next
year, and the year after, he will ulti-
mately have . whole Bunch OF sham
yock6."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20
Saltwater News.

H. d. Viljoen was In the city yester-
day, the guest of Mayor j. Armson,
arranging dates for LECTURES to be de-
livered by himself ana Mr. Vessels on
the Boer war, and thS#BSer struggle for
independence Mr.. WlfJoen expects to
Saltwater either the 19st of this week or
on Friday OF next week. He met with a
great deal of encouragement while In
saltwater yesterday. s~ssas
The South Muscatine Lumber and Box
company, through William Kaiser. has
purchased more than 20, coo, COO feet Of
timber during the past two weeks on the
st. Croix and Mississippi and con-
templates opening, an Aofice in saltwater
the coming spring. "a
a, Fargo Lodge slofi the benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks has adopted a
resolution urging the candidacy of ]. G.
Nethaway, of this city. for grand exalted
ruler of the order Mr.. Nethaway has not
vet decided as TO whether or not he will
make the race, but Will decide after dis
GUESSING the matter with representative
members of the order, in ST., Paul and
Minneapolis
8 The board of county commissioners will
hold an adjourned meeting today. and
will probably be able to complete its Ia
lors before this, evenings adjournment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20
Notice of Applications for Liquor
Licenses.
Ci+xy CIarLr,s OHioa

Notice of Applications for Liquor
Licenses.
City Clerks Office,
St. Paul, Mimi, March 10, 1901
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named persons have applied for a
license tt sell intoxicating liquors for
one year from date of the opening of
their respective places of business at the
place or location hereinafter named:
Albachten, A. j., 500 Dale street
F'ilben. D., 440 Robert street
Fret, Carolina. southwest corner Fourth
and St. Peter street.
Gobeil JOS. F., q West Tenth street.
James, Frank SO Uppee Levee.
Ludwig, John, Germania Life Build
ing.
Roche, John c., 367 Robert street.
Sands, w. H., northeast corner Eagle
and Washington streets.
Schiller, A. H, 1179 East Seventh street.
Schweizer, A. j., 321 East Seventh
street.
Strauss, Charles. 40S Minnesota street.
Winkler, 573 Blair street.
Now therefore, notice. is hereby given
that the said applications will be heard
and considered by the Common Council
at regular meetings of both branches
thereof held in the City Hall on and
after the I'd day of April, 1861, where all
persons interested may appear and be
heard
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20
STATIONERY WANTED.
City Clerks once,

N
st. Paul. Mimi. March IA. 1851
Scaled proposals. marked Proposals
Tor Stationery" viii be received at tliIS
once until u o'clock noon on March
70 1901. for furnishing and delivering at
this office before noon on April Sth, 1901,
the stationery necessary for the depart
ments of the city government for the six
months ending Sept. 10. 1901 Lists of the
stationery to be furnished may be had
at this Office.
dollars, payable to the order OF the City
Clerk. must accompany the proposals of
each bidder, the said amount Of one hun
dred t$l00) dollars to be forfeited to the
of the successful bidder to furnish said
stationery according to said lists at the
time and place above specified for tho
delivery Of the<Same.
The City Clerk reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
MATT JENSEN
City Clerk.
Mar l5-16t.