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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
swedish statesman poad.

Stockholm, Aug. 2.-Hans Luding
Forshell, formerly Swedish minister of
finance, is dead. He contributed large
ly to the introduction of gold into the
currency in Sweden.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
SINKS IN The CHANNEL.

British Torpedo Boat Lost-No Loss of
of Life. ,
Portsmouth, Aug. 5.-Torpedo boat
No. 81 has been sunk off the Island of
Alderny, in the English channel. There
vas no loss of life. Boat will be raised.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

A project worthy OF note is that OF
Mrs. Clara Bissell. a wealthy woman
of Columbus, o., whose plan is to found
a home for discharged convicts. III
Mr.. Carnegie is really in a hurry o
dying poor he might put Mrs. Bissell
on his staff for a while.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

w. W. Barnes, of Clear Lake, has
sold his lumber business at hat place
TO Mintener & Stewart, who already
have taken possession. Mr.. Stewart,
who for some years mas been a resi-
dent of Worthington. Mimi, will re-
move to Clear Lake and have personal
charge OF the business.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

A Chicago woman, active In the anti
cigaret movement, offered prizes for
the best essay on why | Don't Smoke
Cigarets." one small boy who didn't
get the prize wrote: II smoked cigar
cts for two years and quit because the
dealer stopped giving away pictures"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
LINEMAN IS ELECTROCUTED.
Cred Robinson Dies From Shock Re
ceived In Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Aug. 5.-Fret
Robinson, a lineman In the employ OF
the gas and electric company was cleo.
troCuted at IL o'clock this morning by
: live wire on the .company's line. He
was taken TO the w. G. A. hospital and
lived forty minutes. He was one OF
the party Of eight engaged in stringine
wires from Omaha 10 Council Bluffs
His parents live at Crete, Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Glasgow university conferred 120
honorary degrees OF doctor Of laws on
the occasion OF IT'S 450th Anniversary,
Among the American recipients were
Professor William G. Farlow, of Har-
ward, Professor Thomas ID. Seymour OF
Yale, and Professor Paul Haupt, Of
Johns HonkinS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
SHOT GUN EXPLODES.
Bert Cobb, OF Cherokee, Victim of I'm.
fortunate Accident.

fortunate Accident.
Cherokee, Ia, Aug. 5.-Bert Cobb
CAME near losing his life this morning
by the explosion of a shotgun, which
shattered one OF his hands badly. 1t
vas a new gun and Mr. Cobb was out
shooting at a mark when the gun ex-
pioded. The doctors think they will b3
able to save n portion of his hand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
Kentucky Litterateur Kuica,

Lexington, Ky, Aug. George w.
Ranck, one of the best known literary
men in Kentucky, was killed by the
Louisville and Nashville train today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Joseph II. Choate referred TO the
dinners OF the New England society OF
New York as those gatherings OF an
unhappy company OF pilgrims who
meet annually at Delmonico's TO drown
the sorrows and sufferings of their an
cestors in the flowing bowl. and to CON
template their w virtues in the mir
ror OF history"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

New York, Aug. 2.-David l.. Short
and Morris Myers, jointly indicted with
Albert Il. Patrick in connection with
the alleged forgery of the will of WIZ.
liam Marsh Rice, were released from
the Tombs today or $4,000 cash bail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Aug. 3.-Wheat-Cash, &C
September, 66466lsc: December, 671ac; o.
track, No. l hard. csc; No. l northern, &c.
Moo. 2 northern, 65%c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

a vaudeville performer chiefly objects
to higher criticism" when It comes To
him from the gallery,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

A Georgia farmer being asked IL he
thought life worth living, replied:
well, eff we had rain whenever we
needed 1t, eff the mortgage was or the
mule an the cotton crap, an eff we
had good health an peace in the FAM
lily, / reckon 1t would BEL
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

When a drought hurts the appl.
dumping 1t Is pretty serious. Still. 4
doesn't do any good To roar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Governor Odell, OF New York, has a
pet water spaniel OF which he is very
fond. The dog is we'll trained. and
among other tricks will pounce upon
n lighted match n oxtinguish he
flame by blowing on it'as n man does.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

If Maclay's name were only MacDnn
he might have been justified in layina
h on the way he did.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Ar Iowa man who tried to climb up
the Rocky mountains at Wagon Wheel
Gap says: 'The first Ave miles / fol-
lowed the wagon road. When that
ran out I struck into a horse trail, At
the end OF that ! found a COW path.
When his gave out l ran into a coon
track. This at last led me into a SPUR
rel path; and when the squirrel path
ran up a tree I was lost
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

A man can never become so popular
that he has friends TO throw away.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
MAY RESUME MONDAY.
Phillips Accounts Not Tangled So Bad DIS
He Thought. "

He Thought. '
Chicago, Aug. 5.--Attorney Goodwin,
in charge of the George H. Phillips
company, which temporarily suspend
ed business yesterday, informed Phil
lips today that overnight, develop
ments in Strengthening the accounts
Indicate the firm will be in shape to. re-
sumo business Monday.
The firms loss, according to Mr..
Goodwin, will be slightly over 100000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10
Poor. Indeed.

Washington Star: when / started out
I'm life / didn't have a dollar 70 my name,
said the man who boasts.
That's nothing" answered the satiri'
cal friend, when | started out / dldn'
even have all OF my name. 1t was severa
weeks before ] was christened.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

A curious menace to brick street pay
ing has come TO light In Council Bluffs,
Ia. Numerous ants began burrowing
into the sand beneath the brick and re-
moved so much OF IL to other and UNI
known quarters hat the city engineer
was called In TO repair damages. one
street was made unfit for travel for
several blocks. While investigating
what was going on, the officials wit
nessed q battle between an army OF,
red and black ants when the former
made u raid upon them, routing ana
driving them out. The reds swarmed
across the street and moved In solid
array some fifty feet down the avenue,
there attacked the enemy, broke into
their home, and carried OF a large
number OF eggs. The battle was aan-
culinary, and lasted fully half an hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

The habits of the household of the
herman emperor are very simple. They
rise early, the empress breakfasting
alone with the emperor. There Is no
lunch, but the royal family. and I'm
consequence the whole court, dine at l
o'clock. At 8 o'clock tea is served. a
plain supper IS eaten two or three
hours later, and the emperor and en-
press are rarely up later than 10 o'clock.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

What the new oklahoma country APP
pears to need most Is fewer Lone
Wolves and more Rain-in-the-Face.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Nobody has ever invented a capsule
for persons 70 take trouble in
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Coney Island has n new f~ool-killer
that beats the Loop the Loop" 100 to l..
1t Is called the barrel Of love, and con-
sists OF nothing more or less than a
barrel rolled down a steep incline, The
fool is strapped into place, and then
given n shove. II he comes out unin-
jured he Is lucky. Still, people GROVE
about and pay n good price for this
amusement" and imagine that they
are having q good time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Visiting the midway at Buffalo is
called flying the goose" 1t takes SIS
tofsee the entire midway from end to
end. For this amount the slghtseer
can wander through the streets OF
Egypt, Mexico. Japan, Old Nuremberg,
a Filipino, Eskimo and American In
dian village. with glimpses Of Venice,
DARKEST Africa, a trip to the moor the
house upside down.. an ostrich farm
and numerous other shows.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Nobody has ever invented a capsule
for persons to take trouble in.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

In New York passengers on a Third
avenue elevated train on one of the re-
cent hot days saw how one tenement
house mother kept her babies well and.
perhaps. comfortable. She watered
them like plants. There were two
babies and they were sprawlinB on a
piece of straw mating on the fire es-
cape balcony. If they had clothes on
that fact was not noticeable from the
car windows. AS the train went by
the mother was leaning out over the
fire escape giving her children a
shower bath from an old-fashioned wa
tering pot with a spray nozzle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-10

Nine. Calve has made a great for
tune By singing. and now owns an ex-
tensive estate near her native town In
The south OF France. II will work very
hard" she said recently. There Is al
ways something IN my art that needs
Improvement, something that l can
learn" 1t IS the constant study that
keeps Nine. Calve TO the front. 1t Is her
belief hat there is no perfection with
out hard work. and she has always
conscientiously refused 20 sing any role
in which che has not perfected herself.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
4 CHANGE TO DO coon.

We call the attention of those who want to do good to the statement made on another page concerning the estab- lishment of a Florence Crittenton Mis- sion in this city. There is much need here of such mission, and it is cheer- ing that it starts under such manage ment. If it can be promptly and prop erly equipped it's usefulness will speed
 fly show itself. There are many people in this city, as elsewhere, who want to do something for their fellow beings, but who do not really know what to do or how to do it. An investigation of the Florence Crittenton Mission work will convince them, and also others who are seeking ways to help, that they can safely give their support to this effort. There should be no delay in abundantly responding to the appeal that is made. It is good thing for New Haven that those who make the appeal are willing to undertake the work, and they should be quickly and efficiently helped by peo- pie of goodwill.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27

plications of wireless telegraphy in the wider field it now claims, the Review thinks that the most immediate conse- i quence promised from these experi- ments is the possibility of keeping con- stantly in touch with ships on the { trans Atlantic passage. If the possibil- ities of the new system are limited to this result alone, then it will have &C., complished something that the mercan- tile and shipping world has long de- sired and that cannot fail to prove of the utmost value and importance to the public at large. If, several years ago, when the steamship Umbria broke her shaft in mid-Atlantic and limped into port more than three weeks overdue, some word could have been sent of her condition and position it would have relieved an intense anxiety that was felt in at least two countries. The value incalculable and will doubtless lead to a revision of naval codes and strategy.
 Probably it will not be long before practical and commercial use will be found for a system with such possbil- itles. There is no telling what may grow, out of 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
A CHINESE PHONE EXCHANGE.

Gorgeously Fitted Up, and Supplied
 With the American Hello"
 The new Chinese Telephone Exchange is open and ready for business, after months of preparation. The exchange differs from all others in this city or in the world in that it is gorgeous with rious good taste and splendor. The tel ephone company has made it a point to make the new exchange one of the show places in Chinatown. It has spared no expense to obtain this result, and 1 Chief Engineer Cantin, under whose d. reotion the work was done. feels justly proud of the results of his labors.
 The new exchange is in the three story building at 743 Washington street. The first floor is occupied by a store, which has been refitted and dec- orated by it's owners to be in accord with the remainder of the building. The entrance to the exchange is up a long flight of narrow stairs, at the head of which is a gayly decorated sign in Chinese letters announcing the pres encel of the telephone, which, strange ly enough, is one of the most popular of the American inventions among the Chinese.
 On entering the ante-room one is met by smiling and lowing function ary, whose sole duty it is to make vis- itors welcome Close by the door is a richly carved lockwood table, on which are kept tobacco and cigarettes and a nest of tea bowls, while in a silk-cov- cred caddy rests a large teapot, which is always kept filled with tea of good quality. Tea and tobacco are always served to visitors, compliment Of hospitality without which no Chinese business transaction Is complete.
 At the extreme end of this room, on an altar of considerable size and great richness, a richness of gold and silver and red lacquer, rests joss whose special duty is to guard and care for the interests of those who send speech over the wires. To mny of the Chinese the telephone still holds, to a certain degree, it's qualities of the supernatural, and the presence of joss is not a lux ury, but prime necessity.
 Before going into the telephone room itself a brief inspection of the rooms in the rear of the reception room is not without interest. In the extreme rear is a kitchen, small, but neat and com plete. There is an equally diminutive dining room and likewise bedroom in which are four small hunks. This is where Loo Kun shu, the manager of the exchange, lives, with his assistants. They are always on duty, and the ex- chnee is never closed from years end to years end.
 The front room, in which is placed the switchboard, is the most attractive
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
A Thank fui Heart.

Thou art not rich. thou art not poor,
 Thy fortune keeps the middle way; No ills thy strength cannot endure,
 Apportioned to the passing day. Thou art not young, thou art not old,
 Yet, calm. thou seest thy years depart And joys are thine, q thousandfold-
 Because thou hast the thankful heart. A thankful heart for life alone
 For beauty in the earth and skies (And for such share as thou dost own
 By happy gift of seeing eyes.) For human loves endearing bond,
 Where stanchly thou dost bear thy part For solace here, and hope beyond
 For all, thou hast the thankful heart So, to this day of crowning cheer.
 By easy course thy steps did tend, Since with each day of all the year
 Some grateful leaven thou didst blend, No chance thy prize from thee can wrest;
 While life shall last thou shalt not part With that good gift (of all the best,
 The treasure of thankful heart.
 Edith M Thomas in Harper's Bazaar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
PR EVEE1ION.

Jerrold-"Did you ever see such . confirmed pesimist as Van Dauber?"
 Harold-"Oh! It's not his fault, you know. He married the first time fol love and the second time for money. Puck.
 Cuttle--"Edward Everett Hale says we should all talk every day with someone we know to be our superior
 Tuttle-'I wonder how the unmarried men contrive to do it.' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Mrs Tompkins-"Do you think your sons life is blighted by that cruel girl '
 Mrs. Simpson-"Oh, no; Archibald is too much infatuated with himself to be seriously injured by any external love affair. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 Bear-"Say, old man, you are looking rather played out this morning; what's the trouble?"
 Walrus-'I guess you'd look played out if you'd walked the ice all night with a toothache. Brooklyn Life.
 Nervous Passenger Con New Haven steamer) r)-''There's a very peculiar noise in the water tonight. Do you mo- tice it, captain?"
 Captain Yes. madam; that's the regular Long Island Sound. ."-Harlem Life.
 Lady" said Meandering Mike; would you give a starvin' man some thing to eat?"
 Perhaps. But you are not starving"
 'I know 1t, lady. But an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ain't 1t ?'-Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
Discount Sale Still 0n. The George H. Ford Com pany Announce That Their Stock Must Undergo
 Further Reductions. RELATED NEGOTIATIONS OF NEW GOODS HAVE
 JUST ARRIVED.
Retirement of Certain Inter- ests Compel a Continuance ofthe Sale of All Stock, New and Old. at Reductions of From 20 to 50 Per Cent.

The discount sale which was com menced some time before Christ mas by The George H. Ford com pany still continues for although the sales up to date have been very large, the stock has not been sufficiently reduced to conform to the change in business necessitated by the approaching retirement of certain interests.
 Furthermore, many orders placed in Europe last spring and summer have only begun to arrive. A few reached here on the verge of Christmas and were placed in the stock, but the arrival was too late to be available to everyone for Christmas. The result is an addi- ton of an abundance of modern and fashionable things to the stock which are placed in the gen. eral discount of 20 to 50 per cent.
 This affords to the person who received a money gift at Christ mas an ideal opportunity for in- vestment in a lasting gift to suit their own taste. And to the person who summed the crowd of the holiday season, there is now time for leisurely inspection and choice with an unimpaired stock, both in variety and value to select from.
 The discount sale will continue for some time and the discount of 20 to 50 per cent on all stock, new and old will be maintained.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27

feature of the place. It is gayly deco rated with dragons and serpents nd there are rare lanterns hanging iron, the ceiling, in which electric lights have been placed, maging a contrast of modtrnity and antiquity.
 The walls are hung with banners in relief and gold. Along one side of the room is a row of lockwood chairs with cushions of silk, while near the switch board are the small black stools which are to be seen all over the Chinese quarter. The switchboard itself is ex- actly like those in the other exchanges of the city, except that the operatives are men and Chinese. They use the same cry of Hello" in answer to a call-a pleasant tone, cheerful and good humored.
 The work of the exchange would drive an American operator insane. For, in addition to the two hundred and fifty five numbers on the exchange, there are at least one hundred and twenty five telephones which are either in Chi nese lodging houses or in clubs. The operatives have nearly fifteen hundred names to remember, together with their owners place of residence. For exam pie, Woo Kee rings his telephone and says he wants to talk to Chung Hi Kin. He gives no number, TOT, Chung lives in some big tenement and has no tele- phone number. It is the duty of the operative to remember all these names, and it is claimed he does so without effort.
 The Chinese telephone company has been in existence since 1887 and has slowly made it's way, moving from place to place as it's increasing business
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
THE M4RCONI TYO yDFR.

Of course Marconfs work will have to run the usual gauntlet of doubt and criticism But when such authorities as the Electrical Review accept his great achievement those who know less about electricity will do well to be care ful about dissenting. The Review finds nothing incredible in Marconis signalling across the Atlantic. Wireless messages are familiar facts. It is only the tenfold increase of distance covered that is novel or astonishing. Submarine telegraphy half century ago was much more difficult to accept, the pub
 lie mind at that time being less edu- cated in respect to the marvellous power of electricity The practical utility of Marconi's apparatus for over-sea mes saees at distances of from 1000 to 10000 miles is still uncertain. Some years may perhaps be required to perfect the ap- paratus so as to obtain commercial re- sults-to compete with the cable com panies for the business. The fall of cable stocks in London shows that ap- prehensions exist. Concerning the ap-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-27
THE HORSE STILL TALU1BLE.

When the bicycle began operations it was freely predicted that the horse would soon not only be vain thing for safety, but a vain thing for profit. And there did come time when horses were so plenty and so cheap that they could not be sold well and there was talk of eating them. Possibly some of them were eaten without the knowledge and consent of the eaters. But war broke out and the horse immediately became valuable, and since then he has more than held his own in the horse place. It is reported that good horses are worth now more than twice as much as they were six years ago. John w. McAllister of Louisville, Ken lucky, a celebrated horse dealer has been talking thus in Philadelphia: There is practically no way of supply ing the demand for family carriage horses and they are worth three times as mucn as they were i've or SIX years ago. I mean good, safe, quiet horses such as ladies can drive. Contracts for horses for 1902 delivery will average $50 higher than those for 1901. do not be- lieve the automobile has made any inn pression on the prices of horse-hesh. It may, in few years, but I doubt even that. There is, however, great activity in horse-racing, due to various causes, and if the demand should slacken horses will be very cheap.
 It seems to be about as hard to pre- dict what will happen to the horse in the market as it is to predict what will happen to him on the race-track