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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

The Bulgarian army Is composed of
Thirty thousand men, well drilled.
equipped In the German style. and or
ganiZed by Russian officers upon the
Russian system. Every man between
the ages OF 20 and "a years is obliged to
so military duty for five years, all
though Mussulmans may escape SER
,ice by the payment Of a special tax.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

During the past year the elevated
railroads OF the borough OF Manhattan
1.-The old New York-have carried 1914
1895 passengers, as against 1873, 7SS,S5l
the previous year. The gross earnings
from all sources have been $40, 455, S72.3O
and the operating expenses were
$5,3 2S, 649.04. The Manhattan company
has paid S1,SO9, 6s0.92 interest on it's
bonds. and taxes to the amount OF
kS73, 49,. 23.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

Susie E. Jenkins, 20 years old, of Phil
adelphia. says: II have seen nearly
all the funny shows hat have come 10
Philadelphia in recent years, n not
one OF them could make me laugh. My
mother has often tried to make me
laugh by tickling me. but even that
won't work. Ever since | can rcmem-
Der people have been telling me funny
stories and cutting up all sorts OF ca
pers in the hope that ] could be induced
TO smile; but all their efforts have been
In vain. | have always enjoyed per-
feet health. / want to offer a prize
10 anyone who can make me laugh.
II must be q nmenr scnaatiOn."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

There are thousands OF wild horses
roaming the ranges in the Boboqua-
lari country, Arizona. They come down
rom the mountains i'm great bands,
Btampeding the stock and tearing their
way to the water holes. They are as
wild as deer. They move In great
bodies and after watering return to the
mountains as though hunted. once a
lay the journey OF from twenty to
twenty-five miles is made. and the
range IL torn 10 pieces by the sharp,
saucer-Shaped hOofS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28
Good Boys Sredicament.

New York Evening Journal: What are
ycp crying about?'
dSoo-hoo! I'm so good dere amt nuf-
Gu Ter me TO swear or dis year."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

DIR. Edward II. Magill OF Swarthmorc
college Will soon wed at the age OF 76.
His bride viii be Mrs. Sarah T.. Good
win of New York city. When DR.. Ma
gill went to Swarthmore i'm 1869 he was
married. His eldest daughter was grad
uated from the first "co-ed' class that
came from the college. That daughter
Is now the wife of DR., Andrew D..
White, United states ambassador to
Germany.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

The Salvation Army IS floating an
Issue OF $l50,0 0 OF bonds to provide
ONE for the worthy poor. The bonds
arc secured by colonization lands OF
the army In Ohio, Colorado and Cali
fornla, valued az $4,000. on file are
applications from more than 1000 fam
lies anxious to leave the city and set
he on farming land. Among subscribe
ers TO the bonds are Senator Hanna,
Washington T., Conner and Benjamin
q. TTaCY OF New York.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

Bessinger, Fla, seems TO be an ideal
place for the raising OF large families,
1t Is only a frontier settlement as yet,
lying in the heart Of the great inland
prairie range. bat there is no danger of
population diminishing. Among the
families living there are six whose chill
aren aggregate seVeaty-tWo In num-
ber-thlrty-two boys and thirty-nine
girls. Bessinger challenges any place
VI equal size In the state to match these
Domestic figures.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

The residents Of Wilmington. Del,
were aroused the other night by the
continuous screech Of a whistle. For
more than an hour the noise was un-
interrupted. Next morning 1t was
learned that the whistle valve OF a
locomotive engine in the railroad yard
had become jammed and the engineer
was unable to release It. No until
the steam pressure was reduced by
drawing the fire did the noise cease.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

That the German authorities In sa-
mol are determined TO thoroughly Ger
manizc that country Is shown by the
fact that the English missionaries In
The islands have now been ordered to
instruct their pupils end adhcreats In
the TeutoR tongue. American and
chilean dollars, as well rs British
toins, are also TO make way for German
money, ana apparently Samoa VIII
presently become purely a German
colony as New Caledonia is French.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

advantage which I appreciate. Better
to know his faults now than when 1t
might bcstoo late!"
But Clarissa was by no means happy
in what she glorified as her adherence
to principle. She was fearfully and
pathetically lonely, and she tried not
to hear when the black horse and his
rider dashed down the driveway on
their way to the drills and parades,
which became 30 frequent with the
nearness of Memorial day.
The misunderstanding had deepened
now; for there had been other and bit
ter words, and eachstudiously avoided
looking in the direction of the other
when they met, which was but rarely.
Fair as garden Of the Lord was the
countryside upon the morning of
Memorial day; but Clarissa could see
no beauties in nature as she moped in
the sewing-room which overlooked the
driveway, confiding her unhappiness
to petted, snarling Fifine.
Out at the stable the groom was put
ting the saddle on Black Don-for the
coming parade, she knew; and pres
emily Robert appeared at the side door
carrying flag, which he proceeded to
run up the staff on the lawn.
How handsome he looks in his uni
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

|at schools IN France md England
since she was IL, shortly after her
fathers death, and sthatof her moth
er, which quickly followed. LAS Aunt
Frances said, America had grown too
fast Cor her.
There had been many changes in
the neighborhood during her abb
sence. On what had been Grand
mother Owings' old-fashioned flower
garden handsome modern dwelling
had been erected, and the two fam
lilies used the dividing driveway in
common. Down this driveway, sew
eral times each day, an athletic young
man was WON'T to CO. laden with golf
sticks, riding q wheel, armed with gun
or fishing tackle, or erect upon the
back of spirited black horse, which
from the first had been Fifine's es-
pecial detestation. As in another
celebrated and classical case, the
neighborhood caused their acquaint-
ance in the first steps of love. Even
England and France could produce
no more splendid specimen Of man
hood than was Robert Hale, as Clar-
issa was forced to admit to her un-
willing self.
Perhaps that was why the winter
which followed her homecoming
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

across the interytning driveway and
the lawns to the Hale mAnsions where
all was sorrow st the mishap which
had, followed the glorious beginning
Of the day.
Clarissa expected reproaches from
Robert Hale's mother, but instead she
received q tender kiss and caress,
and the two elder women consider
ately remained in the reception hall,
while the penitent girl went half-re-
luctantly into the library, where, in
the subdued light, she discerned the
stricken hero propped up among sofa
pillows on the couch-it must be con-
fessed more prone to be profane,
with all a strong mans Impotence Of
pain, than to feel complacent over
any hero-worship which might fall
to his lot.
But when he recognized Clarissa-
ali, that was another story! And he
was craftily moved to magnify his
hurt, and to work upon her tender
sympathies, until-well, in a lovers
quarrel the angle of reflection is al
ways equal to the angle of incidence.
In an incredibly short time that
wicked Robert had become surpris-
ingly cheerful, especially since Clar-
issa's face was somehow very near
his own, and his heart was melting
to feel her tears upon his cheek, and
she was softly calling him dear, =
and whispering out her penitence.
He was amazed to hear her con-
fess, sorrowfully: II have been a
wicked and an unreasonable girl!
And to prove how repentant am,
Robert, I Observation-Disclosures
the supreme sacrifice for you!"
Sweetheart! What?" he inquired
in wonder.
'I-am going-to-give - Fidne-
away! That is, when I can find a good
home for her, you know!"
Capt Hale laughed, but only men-
tally.
'.Not q bit of it, dearest!" he de-
clared. "Why, I owe that little beast
an unbounded debt of gratitude! She's
brought about victory bigger than
-than-G Gettysburg, Clarissa!"
the girl was too much in earnest to
notice or resent it.
IA victory won by force Of arms
or rather of an ARM" the malicious
fellow continued, doing yeoman serv-
ice with the uninjured member. You
are mine, aren't you, you little
rebel?''
Her tears had suddenly ceased to
flow now, and she was smiling,
though somewhat pathetically, and
unlike the familiar, proud Clarissa.
II suppose I must acknowledge my
self vanquished," she sighed, ''as my
ancestors did! And that must sur
render!" she added, with no par
ticular evidence of resentment or re-
gret.
unconditional surrender?'' he
questioned, half believing her admis-
sion too good to be true.
Unconditional surrender, Capt.
Hale!" she replied, submissively.-
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23
HONOR THE HEROES.
Il IL Fitting That We should Cher.
ish the Memory Of Those Who
Died for Their Cause.

If Egypt built pyramids to honor
the memory of her tyrannical kings,
it is fitting that America should keep
green the memory of those who died
in defense of the liberty our ancestors
won by battling against a king. What
other nation has such good cause for
honoring its heroes as America?
We would have our children learn
the lesson of patriotism which comes
from the bivouac, the tedious march
and the battlefield. We would have
them emulate the self-sacrifice Of
those men who so cheerfully left the
Office, the shop, the counting-room or
the pillow to show their loyalty by
fighting, if need be, dying, for their
country. Whether they fought be-
meath the stars and stripes or beneath
the southern cross, they fought for
what they conceived to be the
right, and sealed their loyalty with
their blood.
The destinies Of nations are shaped
by those who fight and die at their
country's call. History is written in
the blood of the brave and the true.
But the manhood of a nation is formed
by the hand that rocks the cradle. So
long as American mothers teach their
sons that the greatest possible priv
ilege and the highest honor is to fight
forcountry, its safety and its honor, so
long shall we have q nation in which
honor, chivalry, glory and patriotism
shall dominate Would we checl, tho
greed for wealth and power and stop
the mad career of. mammon worship,
let us encourage the cultivation Of
high ideals and lofty ambitions. Let
us cherish the memory of our dead
heroes, and while we minister to the
necessities of the living let us not for
get the dead, but as each recurring
Memorial day rolls round let us scat
ter flowers above the sacred dust and
renew our tributes of admiration and
gratitude.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, in
Detroit Free Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23
Honoring the Soldier Dead.

The heroism of those whose graves
we decorate, whether they be "The
boys of 81" or the ''Boys of '9s, " is one
of the bright jewels in the diadem that
crowns the brow of American liberty.
It is part of the heritage of every child
born beneath our flag. Therefore, in
honoring the men who died for the
flag we add to the Inheritance Of the
millions yet to come. tor in giving tes-
timony to the courage and loyalty Of
the men who sleep in soldiers graves,
we enhance the nations glory and
render the name Of American citizen
Of still more priceless value. Detroit
Free Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

proved such pleasant one. AS the
weeks went by there was JOY in both
households over the very evident in
terest which, the young people took
in each other. They were not aware
of the plans for their future which
Aunt Frances so frequently discussed
with Roberts widowed mother. In
fact, they were not conscious of much
beyond the joy of living, of propin-
guilty, of the sympathy and UNDER
standing which existed between them,
of a community Of tastes and. inter-
ests. Together they marveled at the
miracle Of life through death, in
opening bud, and leaf, and flower;
but so far no word of love had been
spoken between them. They were
young; there was no need of haste.
It was the springtide of life, as well
as the springtide of the year. But
Hard II these
Found NOT way to show their secret each
to each;
And so they did;
And one hearts dower-dust into the other
slid.
b That Clarissa, imperious and exact
ing with all others, should be sweetly
submissive to him, was, in itself, the
most subtle fattery. When Robert
Hale heard her opinions and comments
upon the causes of a contest which was
fast becoming merely a tradition, he
only smiled indulgently, lenient to
them, as he would have been lenient
to any whimsical fancies on the part
of the woman whom he loved.
The first clashing of their wills came
late in the spring, when Robert was
offered and accepted the Office of cap
tain of the newly-organized company
of Sons of Veterans. He was surprised
and amused at the imperiousness with
which Clarissa drew herself up, proud
as another Juno, and condemned his
act.
''No man could offer me more dead
ly hurt!" she announced, tragically.
'.My father was wounded at the battle
of Belmont. Those wounds ultimate
ly caused his death. Who knows that
your very father wasn't the northern
er who shot him!"
"And my father was wounded at
Petersburg" was the solemn response.
''For the rest of his life he went around
with only one arm. 1t seems like your
father might have fred the shot which
deformed one of the handsomest men
that ever lived"
She knew that he was purposely
mimicking her affected use of the
southern like; but she would not un-
bend. He. leaned his arm over Black
Don's glossy neck, and regarded her
uaischievously.
"What an irony Of fate, Clarissa!"
he said, teasingly, as he stood gazing
at her with q fondness which she
haughtily ignored. How ever did 1t
happen that you should have the blue
eyes, while mine should be the gray ?''
As Memorial day approached, how
ever, the breach between them grew
undeniably serious. The older mem.
bers of both households smiled, and
| shook their heads knowingly, and
\ moralized on the inevitableness of
lovers quarrels. Aunt Frances: rasn-
I " took it upon herself to demonstrate
with her niece, for Robert was her spe-
ciel favorite, and she could, not bear
to have HIM made unhappy by Claris-
sa's caprices. She was unprepared.
however, for the rebuff which she met.
please don't ever mention Mr..
Hale's name to me again, Aunt
Frances. I have found him out-An
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

ness, as she peered through the sash
curtains in jealous inspection of his
every movement. "Horrid' thing! 1t
| wouldn't hurt him to at least glance
in this direction!'
But Robert was evidently too busy;
and it irritated the watcher as he be-
gan to whistle softly, and then to
sing in an absent-minded fashion, as
he bent over knot in the halyards:
There's just one girl in the world for me!'
Oh, was she the girl? Clarissa
asked herself feyerishly; but there
was no one to answer the ques-
ton only Fifine, who yawned lazily and
snapped at the lace upon her mistress
sleeves.
81 could be happy forever with just one
Robert kept on singing with
cruel JUNCTION as he stood back and
watched the folds of Old Glory I'M
furl, as, they blew out from the mast
head, catching the soft May breeze.
Then Clarissa could bear it no longer.
She buried her face in the couch cush-
ions and found refuge in that relief
for all feminine woes-a good cry;
while Fifine, disturbed in her morning
nap, whined dismally.
Such an exasperating day as it
proved! There were bands and mill
tary companies, and everywhere the
stars and stripes were flying. Grand
father was in bed, suffering from a
new ache in his wounded shoulder
memory of Antietam; and this fur
nished the girl pretext for keeping
all the shutters closed and making
theirs the only dismal house along the
avenue as the parade went by. With
white face and set lips she hid behind
the blind, and sadly followed with
fearful eyes the erect figure of Capt.
Hale us he rode past at the head. of his
company.
''Oh. Fifine!" she murmured, sor-
rowfully. II always knew that. he
was proud. But at least he might
have glanced at the house, if not at
met"
1t was evening when she heard him
return. Black Don was proud,
though weary after the heat and con-
fusion of the day, and turned slowly
in between the high stone gate posts
OF the driveway-and then, we'll, Clar-
lssa never knew exactly how it hap
pened; but of sudden there was a
mad rush of little white bundle of
silky hair from the porch, the de-
fiant yaps and snarls Of Fifne as
she snapped at the black horses feet,
and Capt. Hale, caught off his guard,
had been thrown by the shying horse,
striking his head against the cruel
edge Of the big stone post. That
was the last of which Clarissa was
conscious. Then, for the first tine III
her % healthy years, she tainted.
That fact remains yet her own in
violable secret; for nobody rsnlcm-
bered her during the excitement
which followed. After q time she
"came to-" and, athletic golf girl
that she was. felt properly ashamed
of her own weakness. Then it was
that she learned the worst. Malicious
Fifine had frightened Black Don, and
Capt Hale was ingloriously lyirg on
the library couch, with his right arm
in splints, and an ugly cash upon his
right temple.
HE must not die until he has for
given mel" Clarissa cried Historically
to Aunt Frances, as she unceremo-
] niously bundled her willing relative
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

Gs
Frances used to shake her dear, white
head, and sigh mildly. 1.-THE child has
stayed abroad too long," she would
say. "Her brain is filled with old
world notions. Conditions have
changed, and America has grown too
fast for her.
But when they attempted to re-
monstrate with Clarissa, that inn
perious young person would get into
q towering rage
'Then there is no such thing as
principle?" she would inquire, with
whitening sarcasm, You didn't lose
most of your property to the ma
rauding northerners! You weren't
forced to come from your own dear
Maryland to this cold, bleak New
England! You didn't bring your
slaves along, after you had freed them
of your own accord! Although most
of them insisted upon remaining with
you-to their credit. You're not my
Grandfather Colonel because of your
bravery at Antietam! You didn't sac
rifice your only son, my father, to
the lost cause! His death didn't kill
my grandmother and my mother! oh,
no! I must have dreamed it ALI"
my dear! my dear!" grandfather
wollld remonstrate, sadly. .God
4 knows / acted as thought best; per-
haps was mistaken. But conditions
are changed, and it is the part Of wis
dow to conform to them"
but the principle remains the
same, grandfather! would be the
proud response; and Clarissa would
weep a few obstinate tears upon the
silky hair of Fifne, the French
poodle which she had brought from
abroad, and which, all told, was O
most detestable little beast. "Fifine,
\ arling, we belong to the Owings fam
lily, of Maryland, don't we, pet? And
what do we think Of the star-span-
gled banner?" and then Fifine would
snarl and whine viciously, while her
pretty mistress caressed and en-
co .raged her.
81 Grandfather was distressed, but he
was forced to smile at the 'absurdity
.asof it all. "To be rebel has gone out
3of fashion, my DEAR" he would say,
deprecatingly; but Clarissa continued
ito regard herself as an alien, to heap
fresh flowers daily before the pic
] ture Of her beloved Winnie Davis, as
before q shrine; to quote Father
nyan's stanzas upon the lost cause,
and to defy the Lees and other he
4 roes Of the confederacy.
She was % now. and she had been
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

Where the sunshine robes in Splendor's
garb a multitude Of graves;
To the music of the river as 1t flows un-
vexed and free, e.
Bearing outward to the nations Freedoms
latest prophecy,
March a people, Fame's descendants, with
the summers sweetest bloom,
Which the dew shall crown with glory on
the hero's silent tomb.
In the sunburst of the morning, every
loyal heart to thrill,
Come the echoes of the muskets that were
heard at Bunker Hill;
And the roses and the lilies In the shadow
and the shine
Lie on the breasts Of those who stood one
day at Brandywine;
Meath the hemlocks and the cedars, meath
the vines that greet the sun,
The Continentals sleep beside the Men Of
81;
And the country, reunited by love that
can't be told,
Sees the modest flower blooming in the
cannon ruts of old.
Down the street, beloved by thousands.
march the vet'rans, old and gray
The comrades of the brave who rest this
fair Memorial day,
And they bring Mays sweetest blossoms to
the boys who with them stood,
Where often ragged the battle fierce deep
in the Southern wood;
No more the ringing bugle blast, no more
the cannon's roar,
No more the gloomy picket post along the
ghostly shore;
But side by side this sacred day beneath
the spreading tree,
With elbows touching, silent stand the
men Of Grant and Lee.
Columbia walks the guarded aisles with
soft and holy tread
Where fall the shades of Arlington.above
her hero dead;
Not long ago she stood and heard the
dirge's mournful strain
Der those who came in martial shrouds
from Cuba's sun-kiss'd plain;
And from her hands the brightest bloom
that decks the field and void
Falls gently on the bosoms Of the tender
and the bold;
thest northern pine
To where the golden orange hangs above
the oceans line.
Bring the fairest Of the blossoms to re-
crown the hero's tomb!
For this kind nature proudly yields the
splendor of her bloom;
The skies are bright above us and the river
sings its lay,
One Flag, one Country and one Love the
Nation knows to-day;
We crown the l1umblest and the great,
alike the flowers fall
With prayer and love and gratitude upon
the breasts of ALL;
All, me! The drums are beating, for the
flowers have been spread,
And we march to newer grandeur from
the bivouac Of our dead.
IT. G. Aarbaugh, in Ledger Monthly.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

81 what nonsense!w exclaimed MrssNeek-
Ton a. he toseed aside IL heart heart
talks page. "What utter nbnaense!M
wife. -
To the assertion that q woman need not
expect man to pay her as much attention
fore: | am absolutely sure, Henrietta, that
l mind quicker now than ! ever did,
Washington Star.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23
Makes Matters Even.

Yes, we are receiving and answering meg
sages from Mars every day" said the Emil
nent Scientist. rs
'But, if you cannot understand the mes
sages, how can you answer them?" asked
the Obtruse Person.
".Huh!" replied the Eminent Scientist,
either" Baltimore American.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

First Observed Memorial Day.
Alabama was the first state to inau-
gurate the annual custom Of observ.
ing a day as sacred to the memory Of
their dead heroes.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

Tackleton-t.I'm glad your yacht beat
fore the race. It's your turn now: He
laughs best who laughs last. Mainsel-
eyes, but say, rather: He laughs best who
tufts first philadelphia Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23

'Why do they say when closed factory
for instance, starts. running, that its set.
ting on its feet? Il doesn't seem right.
ri see nothing wrong about il. Mo-.
Why speak OF feet when it, the hands
that are employed Philadelphia Times.