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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06

smile, which I had noted throughout
the day and which seemed to conceal
something, that made me put the
query.
Madam" said I, IT have the honor
to love your ladyship. and 1t would be
moment
ID not be so sure, Monsieur Mertonl
You have a very bad temper, as l."
"Oh, have II"
yes. now that I think ofait, you
ave frequently treated me atrocious-
ly."
When. II 1t please your
We'll, once on a time, when a certain
maynard maiden"
Maynard maidenl 1 should think
So
when a certain hayward maiden
asked a churlish horseman to help her
from her broken coach, and he started
to ride way"
"Ah. but Debby dear, I did not know
Their is no question of that just
now"
"Well?"
Again, when some one, being but a
weak n shy girl
God save the markl Good againl
Weak and fiddlesticks!"
When a very shy maiden objected
to having a h~ighwayman climb In at
her window
mot at ALT" said 1, for that was still
a sore point. Not at all! IT was the
hall window, in the first place: and,
Furthermore, I would have you to know,
Debby, that you might have recognized
an honest man, M believed, too, that
/ would never have intruded myself
upon o had it not been for your
w good"
are II p,3rtolyn not - sold che nth N
sweet and innocent smile, some great
lord said but a ome ago that he
a no temper and could not be irri-
tated by"
II said just So" l persisted, in truth
a bit disturbed by the innocent de-
meanor / knew now so well. But IT is
not fair to throw such things in my
face"
She doubled up in the saddle and
laughed merrily for a moment; and
then, looking up at me, she said;
Merton, dear, If you could but look
at that great serious fac Of yours
once in a while, you would certainly
die Of laughing"
my face, Mistress Deborah, is no
doubt"
But she turned her horse suddenly
towards me and put her little gloved
hand over my mouth.
you Stuplu! never tell me L cannot
anger you! Dost not know, sir, that I
shall have to spend all the time you
have off duty teaching you some kind
of a sense of humor? Why, Merton,
my friend, / could make you so mad In
two seconds that o would jump up
and down and kick the furniture, and
doubtless draw that huge sword Of
yours and brandish it over my head"
Come here, madam, and 1 will chas-
ftnA votfp IfS,.nGY,1pfft, A,1 49,, ~
and / turned towards her. But she sent
her nag kiting ahead at a gallop, and
l started In hot pursuit-angry, pleased,
and above all, so happy with her for my
companion hat l forgot all ~else-forgot
our present position, until I saw a Brit
ish soldier step into the road ahead Of
us and call her to a halt. 1 was by her
side in an instant; and, giving my
passes to the picket, followed him into
the guardhouse of the Tarrytown out
post.
Concluded Next Week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
Bubbles.
ladder

Philadelphia Bulletin: A ladder
climber goes the rounds.
a fancy price is the kind we seldom
fancy.
They don't sell Knockout drops on
the baseball ground.
Capital is the only firm foundation
for a business firm.
In England the museum fat lady gets
paid by the pound.
Pigeon-toed people do not always
have dove-like dispositions.
You can't ape others without being
guilty of mCnliey shines.
Tailors' and drecsmakers' clothes are
their most fitting testimonials.
The legless man is just as liable to
put his foot in 1T as the centipede is.
Longfellow: In this world a man
must either be anvil or hammer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
500 Reward, 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there IS at least one dreaded disease
That science has been able to cure in all its
stages. and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to the med
teal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls CataTrh Cure IS taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
:he system, thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting nature
IN doing its work. The proprletors have SO
much faith In Its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure, Send for list of Testimonials.
Address, F.J CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Exs-Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
CHAPTER XIV.

THE IDEA OF MISTRESS DEBBY.
well, madam, you seem greatly
pleased with yourself" said l, a week
later, as we rode w stanch beasts
northward toward Tarrytown.
Thank you, sir, l am quite at my
ease. 1 trust that your highness is
pleased with me-" and Debby looked
across at me with a species of s%elf-con-
tanned smile from under the hood, or
cap, or whatever the thing she wore
was called. It was this self-same
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
Proof About Caesars Camp

London Express: Rowing out In O
BOAT at Folkestone toward Shake
speare's Cliff, the weatherbeaten long,
shoreman pointed out TO the American
visitor with great pride the hill called
Caesars Camp"
How do you know 1t was Caesars
camp?" he was asked.
We'll, l can't say for sartin 1t was;
all ! knows is they's allus diggin' up
old guns and bayonets and such like"
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Treated Him Like a Ladv.

Philadelphia Press: Miss Strong is ex-
ceedingly masculine, isn't she?' remarked
Miss Ascum.
Most atwociously So" remarked young
Mr.. Sissy, with some heat.
You seem to speak from experience
"Yaas, / do. She got into the elevatah
with me In the Skyscwape Building one
day, and when she saw me she delibew-
ately wemoved her hat and held it in
her hand till | got off"
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Side Liahts on History.

Chicago Tribune: Get lost, will WEI"
contemptuously exclaimed Nero, when his
courtiers demonstrated with him for ven
turing so far from the imperial palace on
their Summing expedition. Cant find
our way back, can't we? You Chumps, l
can blaze my way anywhere through this
town.
Subsequently, he did,
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Too Great a Strain.

Chicago Tribune: THE late Colonel
Cuppinger, / believe said the man who
had called, after the lapse of a suitable
time, to collect materials for a biography,
band"
He was interrupted the widow, "but
people wouldn't believe that. Just say he
was a devoted husband"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
Suburban Life,

Mrs. Suburb-I have been hardly able to
breathe all day. Those people next door
have been burning the dead caves on the
lawn, and the wine is in this direction.
Mr.. Suburb-Never mind, my dear. Wait
till the wind turns, and then we'll burn
ours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
The Real Boy.

Detroit free Press: what does Freddy
like to play?" asked the caller.
Freddy" replied papa, likes to play
whatever games his mother and l decide
are too rough for him."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
Ease Of on ,Eu-

Brooklyn Life: First Automobilist-
Are you going to take a rest this year?
Secord Automobilist-Not q complete
rest. But I'm going off into the coun-
try. where there are fewer people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06

Washington Star: do you enjoy walk
ing?'
Immensely"
Good. Then I'll take you for a ride In
the country In my automobile"
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He Served.

Chicago News: Lady-You say you
served through the Spanish war. Was 1t
in Cuba?
Tramp-No, mum, in Joliet prison. Me
sentence happened to be going on at hat
time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES cost
but 10 cents per package.
Got In on enc Ground Eloor

Chicago Tribune: Uncle Ephr'm,
how did such a notorious old sinner as
you ever manage to get into the
church,"
Use n Of the chahtah membahs.
sub"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06

Help your wife to get breakfast easy. Take
home Mrs. Austin's Pancake -four. Your
grocer waits to supply you.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06
CATARRH OF LUNGS.
A Prominent Chicago Lady Cured
tv Pe.ru-na.

Miss Maggie Welch. secretary of the
Betsey Ross Educational and Beneyo-
lent Society, writes from 32s North state
street. Chicago, ILL.,, the following glow
ing words concerning Peruna:
Last fall ] caught the most severe
cold l ever had in my life. / coughed
night and day, and my lungs and throat
became so sore that L was in great dis
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06

If you like Mrs. Austln's famous Pancake
Hour, won't you he good? Tell your friends
how delicious ii Is.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-12-06

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
~teeihingi softsns the gums, reduces Inflammation, AL
lays pain, cures wind collie. Is cento a bottle.
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ll4th ST., NY. City, adds her tes-
tim0ny to the hundreds of thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women VINO had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
as by a mighty flood, until to-day
the great good that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women Of America is
attracting the attention of many of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a cure relies upon Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
. q Morrla & CO Letter.

aousfon resps, october li.-L1verpool
,yas unchanged for spot cotton today bnt
REGARDED an advance o. points on arrivals.
A. tbe early Liverpool Was about as tx.
nerfed New York commenced the day
It..,,t iast nights quota tons. January sold
~, thc oueuiug At s.5i, advanced TO $50.
,,,,1t,isa 10 s54. reacted 10 s.as. theu eased
w ana huany closed quiei aud steady a.
X z, ~ 500 spot quotations were not as
go. 80, G nttdating $40. sales 1881. Inc
sutt,',sarn u1erkets. as q rule. we're generally
80, ana some ~ Them fractionally lower.
Fq,hr reeelpts. both Al the ports ana In
,efter towns. sleadled the prices today, and
~ y nnarent that New York Is afraid "a
y ~ ~ warket down whiiW the movement
A. ~ small we arr inclined 90 think that
y s.snrtrsed demand A. tho smaller towns
~ iacs Of transportation facilities are re-
tarding receipts and that 50 soon a. prices
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Il. & 9. eeer,s letter


New orleans, October II .-Llverpool ad.
vices were better thnn expected, conse.
quently our market opened to higher,
declined l 20 = subsequently ON the cen.
tlnuance OF very favorable weather 70 toe
belt, but improved 4 to . later on fresh
buying, predeatcd on the possibility OF d
change In TIE weather. the lighter receipts
ami the hullish visible supply, Near the
close the weakness OF spots occasloncd am
caster feeling, making tho net gain points
on the day. Receipts next week viii ~.
doubtcdly he considerably smaller than last
year, as the amount in transit Is less, ani
the accumulation In tue interior towns IS
larger, Indicating poor export demand.
In other words the port receipt, can not
be large unless spot cotton Is bought free.
IN the interior for foreign export Al
vices being received from the known and
unknown interior towns state thSt stocks
are increasing, owing 10 the nominal do.
mand. ANA spots are therefore being pressed
Tor sale. The weather is unusually tavora.
bile for the crop, and there are uu present
prospcesi for any decidedly lower tcmpera
lures With the lack OF demand Cor spots
snd restricted speculation. the principal
governing feature during the next week on
ten days viii be the weather conditions
SO we suggest this be watched closely, hr
cause any indication Of killing frost VIII
cause a sharp advance,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
WoRLp,s WsIeLE suPPLY.
The Total ON Hand Amounts to 2,5oA.-
AIS Bales.

The Total ON Hand Amounts to 250i.-
AIS Bales.
View Orleans, October u. SAcretary Hes
ter's statement Of the worlds visible sup
ply q cotton, made M from special cable
sNd telegraphio ad,ices. compares tho AZ.
nres of this week With lss, week. last year
snd year before last 1t shows an Increase
for the week Just closed Of 2.J67 bales.
against an Increase Of 2s8 $50 last year and
an Increase Of 3ss.844 the year before.
Tho total visible is 23tA.4is. against
2,1il,s5i last week, e,14LosT last year and
assesses yesr before last or this the
total OF American cotton is I SOS. AIS.
against l6d2. S5l last week, T0Q. oS7 last
year and 1888, sos year before last aud OF
all other kinds including Egypt Indian,
etc, HlOl0, against $4,000 lsst week,
$4,000 last year and $4,000 year before
last. The total worlds visible supply OF
cotton shows an increase compared with
last week of TO-, 061 bales. an Increase com.
pared with last year Of 100, 43l and an In.
crease compared with year before last OF
OF the worlds visible supply Of cotton MS
above there Is now adoat and held In Great
Britain and continental Europe l ,i22 600.
against $4,000 last wear and 1.12O,0 600 year
before last. In Egypt 66.FD. against 81 .COl
last year and 1000 wear before last; in
india 100000 against 100000 last year aud
2l2.OOO wear before last, and IN he United
states ol6OO1, against a3S 600 last wear apl
HSo.uOo year before last.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
]. N. Wlsner's Letter

Houston, Texas, October H. Liverpool III.
lures were points higher today, tone
steady, while spots were unchanged with
fair demand; sales 1000 bslee.
American markets were steady and al
vauccd slightly, Vita both sides inclined
20 await Developments.
offerings have moderated and, While bear
ish sentiment Is still apparent u Is not
aggressive and all renllEc that ccnslderlne
conditions eert extrcine decline has oc
Cured and Il Nil require continued warm
growing weather to further depress values
while tho least semhmncp of klllins frost OF
other unfaYorabC news Ntli most assuredlg
produce q decided advance.
The huh clique IS still quietly buying
January New orleans. mnkyle their pur
chases M scattered lots. WITH occasionally
iVN 10 dNN bales hut ARE naturally moi
inclined to materially advance that cpt,or
until they have secured as nurh as possible
az tho lowest prices obtainablc
Rcccipts src Incoming lighter and IN
fcriur Offerings arc limited. while the de
mand at present limits Is active,
Many who were predicting and awaiiin.
: cents I'm New Orleans arc nov somewhat
inclined to doubt It's going there as tn'
slightest favorable Development will exer
else a pronounced eflect.
Cotton seems a purchase.
J. y Mlsncr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18

W me bulls. HAYWOOD 4 TO. or Liverpool
say IS z recent letter mat the British cor
= snondents arr buyers. not sellers, aud
at Is natural chat their information
WI &c tlnged with wish that IL parent
10 Tho thought.n ana thr same may 10 satn
W INC correspondents Of the agricultural De.
partmeht, many Of them are directly inter.
.stgd In the growing Of tho ncccy staple
reports, draw his own deduction and act.
trnst Is nov tho great hug ehoo ia the
ueAls ana the hope Of the bulls but even
should u be delayed until tho early part o,
ueNt month. there Will not he too much
cotton. large crop Is needed rho r.,
serve has hecn exhaustcdh 1he iuio.sign,
iol inc week was 12Wo halcs less than q
| same week last year. making tho total
slnce September of 2.9n2.0jn Liverpool
is due To be unchanged tomorrow.
Nlrhnrd Inrkn A 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
IsTON WHOLESALE MARKET

hssc, with light demand for same, caus.
Ing weak prices and small sales.
The supply OF California grapes ran very
low. sew receipts arc not expected untii
nest week and prices were rather arm.
There were fairly liberal receipts Of 20
tatoes, including California and Colorado
varieties, and prices remained the same on
each.
Choice alfalfa hay IS selling SOC better
and offerings FOR immediate delivery are
restricted on account ~ n general delay In
current shipments Of same
The stock Of green bananas was liberal
hut there was almost scarcity u tro
fruit, The demand for 'ho latter Was nc
tive and some orders went untitled
Thomas J Mcehan 6 Co write from Bal
tmore as follows on beans and peas "rhs
sudden advance in dried beans, used Tor
packing baked beans cauhcd a small scrau
ble 20 buy the canned article. resulting ~
higher prices Tor all grades. but the demand
for them Is increasing String beans re-
cclved some attention also aud they morc1
up a peg, with strong indications Of fur
Their advance, which Is certainly overdue fol
that article Peas were not overlooked. the
call being chiefly for seconds and the finest
grades. 1t is noteworthy. especially for this
time Of year. that an order for $50 cases ni
the finest quality Of petit pos could not be
filled this week. simply because TINT graie
Is not to be had here at any price; all sold
out. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Reports from Liverpool Caused an Ad-
vance OF Several Points.

Reports from Liverpool Caused an Ad-
vance OF Several Points.
New Orleans, October 11-Cottou was
quiet, but buyers evinced willingness to
take hold actively upon the basis Of yester-
days trading level, but factors instead II
meeting the purchasing clement half way
showed disposition to advance prices.
Before the closing however the market
cased OF and quotations were reduced l16.
Sales $3.50 bales including goo to arrive.
Partly under the influence ~ Hight re-
cepts and partly because Of q moderate
realizing movement inaugurated by over
loaded shorts, the market for contracts
showed slight disposition 10 harden dur
ing the forenoon hours today. This condi-
tion obtained at each Of the three large
markets Liverpool though unchanged for
spots. stood > points higher for deliveries,
while New York recorded an early gain Of
6 points. Locally the opening was close
to yesterdays level, hut Immediately after
tho first call prices took an upward turn
that carried them Ia 3 points higher,
and that under the stimulus of narrow
trading.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
The Oil Market.
a Coed Trade In Northumberland
and Mechanics Strong.

A Coed Trade In Observation-Disclosures
and Mechanics Strong.
Business was moderate az the OIL ana
stock Exchange YESTERDAY. A somewhat
better feeling was seen on portion Of the
list. while on the balance the prices
showed little variance from former ones
Fort Worth traded on the same basis as
the day before. but did not sell as freely.
More Of the stock than could be had was
wanted at sc. Independence went slightly
above lts recent selling terms on a good
sized block. but the demaud was quickly
exhausted. Merchants and Mechanics could
be had only at the ton price Of the day
before and 8 tribe lower oner received no
attention.
Higgins became more active than has
been the ease for several weeks aud takers
had to revise their limits almost 81 "a
order 10 procure the stock. Former hg.
ures were resumed at the close National
OIL aud Pine traded very easily and boy
era and sellers met each other about halt
wsy In settling the terms. Moore cortes
canal company stock was sold 81 less than
on the dav before and smaller lot
changed bands Palestine aud Beaumont
sdvanred ii.c on the selling side and i.c
more would have been given for Equitable
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FoIlowlng were The ruling prices;
New Orleans.
Especial tn The post)

tSncciAt ~ me IottJ
New orleans. October II. Rough rice was
active and in very good demand End goods
are promptly absorbed at full prices either
Of the Honduras or Japan variety. Tbe
quantity OF low grade orcrine has added
to the strength Of the better grades tlean
rice continued active With all offerings
moving welt Receipts 789 sacks Of
rough Sales 4s25 pockets ~ clean ana
1850 sacks Of rough. IL which 46I4 sacks
were Honduras and 25Os sacks domestic
Japan.
Clean rice Honduras active; head as
d5a.c: straights BQi45sc; screenings 2a2%c;
10. 2 lIs6i2c. Japan active bead 8hn4c;
stralfhts alsG39kc; screenings 212fsc; No. =
lTtd2c. Actual sales 2d59sf
Rough rice-Hoduras active, good demand,
at s2.OOd4 70; actual sales at Sl.75414. 10.
Japan active, good demand, az Sl.5OQl3 50.
with actual sales at s1.50d3.s5
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
caraIII & RIohardsonIs Letter.

Houston. Texas, October lI,.-For the hrst
time in a week cotton today closed higher
than the day before. Liverpool was con-
sidcrably better than was due, deliveries
showing l to points advance al the close
with another days good spot business.
Gables were OF n more cheerful character,
Manchester adyioes improved, and demand
for spot cotton better. In New YORK
Parker and freeman, the former supposed
10 he working for bun clique and the
latter for phIladelphls, sold March and
Nav. shorts did most Of the buying
The weather map was simply continu'
ance Of me weather with no frost Of con
sequence reported.
Forecasts: Louisiana Increasing cloud
ness. warmer tonight. East Texas tnortnl-
Increasing cloudness. East Texas tsonthl-
Generally fair ana warmer West ie EVA.
north tiencrally fair: colder SATURDAY
Woet Texas south --Generally fair oklH'
homn and Indian Territory Probably snow.
ers. Arkansas increasing cloudiness ana
probably showers.
duriua the week 20O.O0 bales. Receipts
and estimates rather free,
New York wires as follows. Wonder II
favorable to large estimateI In which event
would be advising their Liverpool and con
tinentai friends accordingly This may ex
plain Llverpool's larger spot business ana
steady prices. notwithstanding weakness
/ here and IN New orleans past few days.
/ While cotton does not show strong tone
! the Improvement today gives the bnlls Al
! least time 10 catch their breath, ana trusl
i ,bat Iack Frost, wet weather, or sons
other helping hand will come 70 their res
/ che and pun them out Of the unenYiaOl'
positlon they are In.
The lower range OF values Is much more
attractive to a new set OF bulls who arr
now taking hold cautiously.
Liverpool is due TO be l point lower to
| morrow.
/ Cotton into sight:
NNnnk anllug 1Otal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18
The Rice Market.
Prices on Fancy Head Were Raised
Receipts Showed Damage.

Prices on Fancy Head Were Raised,
Receipts Showed Damage.
The local rice market was even stronger
yesterday than It has been previously dur.
Ing tho week Fancy heads were raised
as much as &c by some Of the mills, aud
while the balance Of the list was not al.
tered. there was great reserve among hold
ers Some N the damage done by late rain.
falls was more acutely felt than before.
This occurred upon examination OF some
fresh arrivals In the market II could only
hc sold at reduction OF SOC from former
prices and brought the lower quotations fol
rough Honduras to 81 rs, leaving a range
upward 10 So 40 on this variety. New'
from tho belt MAS rather unfavnrablN,
There was no slackening In the demand M
any time and an active Inquiry occurred IN
the product from many buying quarters