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Edwin Heller, John
Josephine lIdelblut,
SaGie .Heilste,'n,
Hclen Taylor, Lucy
Walton. Ellen Witt,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
MAN III WAS NOT

Cope Whitehouse, the authority on
Egyptology and other branches Of
science, discussing the recent explo-
sion at Woolwich in the Newport Her
aid, relates the following story, which,
he says, was told by Sir Benjamin
Baker at a dinner of the Smeatonian
club Ian association of British civil
engineers), which was attended by
Mr.. Whitehouse:
There were two mixing houses at
Waltham Abbey, separated by a con-
siderable space and fully protected by
banks of earth. Two men we're pass
ing between these houses, when both
exploded. They said that the one on
the right went off first, but it was
supposed that this was an inference
affecting the memory. They could not
understand the simultaneous explo-
sions and therefore supposed that one
must have preceded the other by a
sensible period of time. But the sci
entifc advisers of the government
were of the opinion that the stability
of the compound was disturbed
through ONE sympathetic action.
These men also said that they
threw themselves on the ground to
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

Beautiful Volume in the Cong,
g ,essionaI Library at Washington-couid Not
Be Duplicated.

The most beautiful volume among
the half million in the congressional
library at Washington is a Bible which
was transcribed by a monk in the six
teenth century. 1t could not be match
ed to-day in the best printing Offices
in the world. The parchment is in
perfect preservation. Every one of its
thousand pages is a study. The gen.
eral lettering is in German text, each
letter perfect, without a scratch or
blot from lid to lid. At the beginning
OF each chapter the first letter is very
large. usually two or three inches long
and is brightly illuminated in red and
blue ink. Within each of these CAPT
tails is drawn the figure of some saint,
some incident of which the chapter
tells. There are two columns IN a
page, and nowhere is traceable the
slightest irregularity of line space or
formation of the letters. Even under
a magnifying glass they seem f1awless.
This precious volume is kept under a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

avoid the falling fragments; as a
prone position was the worst possible,
their nerves were evidently shaken.
They had observed, before the explo-
sion, a workman approaching the door
of n Of these houses. When they
rose to their feet their first thought
was for him and they looked around
to see where he was. But although
they looked and looked, they found no
body or part of it. He was not. For
the air took him. According to the
scientific explanation, his atoms had
received a jar which had shaken them
to pieces of about the billionth Of an
inch in diameter or less.
LAS would be said now, he became
a collection of antagonistic electrons.
They found part of al empty stocking
and the heel of a boot. That was all.
1t must be remembered that there
would have been no inorganic matter
about him no metal or hard sub
stance. Therefore as the mysterious
processes of life had built him up, so
also they had built the material OF
his clothes. The fragments which
escaped humiliation were apparently
due to one of those electrical freaks
common in thunderstorms."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

Conclusive Proof That Thousands of Years Must Have Elapsed Between
Savagery and Even Early Education.

So far as the question of time is
concerned, it deserves notice that not
merely geology but almost every form
of inquiry into the past throws further
back the limits usually assigned.
Egypt, for instance, is continually fur
nishing fresh proofs of the antiquity
Of civilization. Prof. Flinders Petrie
expounded at Owens College, Man
chester, England, a few days ago the
result of recent explorations at Ably
dos, in upper Egypt, from which it
appears that the ruins at that one
spot tell a continuous story that car
ries us back to 5000 B. c. Abydos was
the first capital of Egypt and remain
ed for forty-five centuries the religi,
Gus center Of the land, and there the
Egyptian exploration fund has IN
earthed the remains of ten success
sive temples, one over the other"
From the age of the first temple q
group of about 200 objects has been
found, which throw surprising light
on the civilization Of the first dynasty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
THE CONTRAST OF WAR AND PEACE.
Not Everywhere Is Strife, for "stiII the Spring Shall sweetIy Bring thu
Glad, Fresh Fragrance and the Bloc m"

Men hurl their "o71hs across the bays,
The hills give back the cannon's roar;
With eager eyes the gunners gaze
Upon the havoc wrought ashore;
The war ships decks are red with blood,
And on the swollen rivers banks,
Prepared to breast the angry flood,
Are soldiers massed in mighty ranks,
But in the dell
The slim harebell
Will rise, ere long, to court the breeze
AS if DER all of Gods bright world
The battle flags were softly furled
white sails dotted placid seas.
Stark forms in frozen trenches lie,
The roll OF drums is on the air;
Men hurry on TO kill or die,
Inspired by the trumpets' blare;
The work of years is battered down,
And stricken people leave in haste
Their hard-won homes back in the town
That soon shall be a smoking waste,
But in the glens
And on the fens
The nestlings still shall try their wings;
The violet and buttercup
Will soon be gladly waking up
10 sip the dew that morning brings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
HE HAD LEARNED SOMETHING.
Railroad Mans Store Of knowledge
Added to by Farmer.

nsIiTodu vans store OF NnoWIeo9o
Added to by Farmer.
General Manager Hays of the Grand
Trunk is of the opinion that m
thing may be learned from every per-
son one meets. In support of this he
relates Pm adventure which recently
occurred to him. He was travelling
alone between two small Cana
dian towns on a local where there
were no Pullmans, and happened to
get into a seat the other half of which
was occupied by an old farmer. The
verdant n made several overtures
at conversation, to which Mr.. Hays
failed to respond readily.
BE you goin' fur?" questioned he
of the whiskers.
mot very" was the curt response.
Where be you goin'?" persisted his
interpreter.
Mr.. Hays enlightened him, and the
other remained silent until the con
ductor had passed through the car
and collected fares. The general man
ager, deep in thought, ab~stractedly
showed up his pass, and the conduc-
tor, after glancing at the other occu-
pant of the seat, went on down the
aisle.
Suddenly. without any preliminary,
the old farmer turned to Mr.. Hays,
"See here" he said, Il want to put
you On to something. If you had just
taken off your hat and coat as l did
and looked kind of far away when
the teller came through, he wouldn't
have asked you for no ticket. That's
right" he added, noting a look of in,
credulity on Mr.. Hays face. That's
right. I've been travelling up and
down on this here road for goin' on
ten years now, and I've never been
asked for a cent yet!"-Canadian
Magazine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

Wealthy Citizen Resulted in Revolu-
Ruined Venezuela.
bring him through the streets at night
clad only in a blanket. This order
was carried out. The merchant prince
offered thousands of bolivars for a
pair OF pants and a jacket, but in vain.
The humiliation was terrible, for all
the rabble of the town guyed him.
After he had languished in Jail for
a while, Matos wrote to Castro, saying
that he now saw his duty to the nation
in a clearer light, and would be glad
to pay the assessment. Castro replied
cordially, but regretted that the neces-
sites of the government had increas-
ed in the meanwhile and he was now
desolated by having to ask for double
the amount.
"Matos paid, and then promptly left
the country and organized a revolution
with the aid of his great wealth. He
has told his friends that he would
have pardoned the 'hold-up,' for capt.
talists are used to that sort of thing
in countries like Venezuela; but he
could not forget the blanket"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
o FULL OF FUN.
Parson Showed He Could Appreciate
a Joke.

Parson Showed He Could Appreciate
a Joke.
A capital story is told of a univer-
sity man who was the stroke oar Of
his crew and an invincible athlete on
the football field.
He entered the ministry, went to
America, and spent years in mission
airy labor in the Far West. Walking
n day through a frontier town, a
cowboy stepped up to him and said:
"Parson, you don't have enough
fun. Take a drink"
The minister declined.
We'll, parson," he said, you must
have some fun. Here's a card saloon.
Take a hand in a game"
The minister declined.
"Parson,' said the cowboy, you'll
die if you don't have some fun"
And he knocked the parsons hat
off his head, and hit him on the ear.
The old athletes spirit rose; the
science which had been learned in
earlier days and forgotten for a quar-
ter of a century was aroused, and a
blow on the jaw of that cowboy sent
him sprawling in the street.
The parson walked over him as II
he had been a door rug, picked him
up and busted the side of the house
with him, and then threw him in the
road.
AS the ambulance was carrying the
cowboy off, he raised his head feebly
and said:
"Parson, what did you fool me for?
You are chock full of un."-Liverpool
(Eng.) Mercury.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

President castro's Humiliation Of
ton That Nearly
THE Matos revolution, lately ended
in Venezuela by President Castro's
great victory at Ciudad Bolivar, cost
the lives of thousands of men, indi-
rectly caused an international block
ade of Venezuela, and nearly ruined
the country" said an American who
recently returned from Caracas. And
what do you think il was caused by?
Simply a blanket.
"Matos was the greatest capitalist
in the country, the merchant prince
of Caracas, a pompous old gentleman,
to whom everybody bowed and
scraped. He helped to make Castro
president, but directly Castro was
firmly seated in power, Matos, among
other rich men, was faced with a de-
mand for a heavy assessment to pay
the victorious soldiers.
He refused, and Castro promptly
sent a file of soldiers to drag him to
Jail. Castro has a %fondness for rough
practical Jokes, and he told the officer
in command to seize Matos in bed and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
Queen Tired of seclusion.

Queen Margherita of Italy went
into retirement when her husband
was as~sassinated four years ago, and
it was expected that she would pass
the remainder of her days in the
s~eclusion of a convent. The dowager
queen, however, has begun to show
herself in public once more and APP
pears to be slowly resuming her for
mer social round. In the days pre-
ceding her widowhood Queen Mar
gherita was noted for the perfection
of her wardrobe and it is prophesied
that ere long she will be wearing
colcrs once more
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

A part of a large glazed pottery vase
of Mena, the first king Of the first
dynasty, about 400 B. c., showed
that ever then they were making
glaze on a considerable scale, and also
~inlaying it with a second color. The
ivory carving was astonishingly fine,
a figure of a king showing a sublety
and power of expression as good as
any work of later ages" At about
1000 B. c. an ivory s~tatuette of
Cheops, the builder of the great pyra-
mid, vas found. the only portrait
known of him. Making every possible
allowance. for the marvellous rapidity
of art development, must not many
thousand of years have rolled over
between the pristine jewellers in the
Nile valley and the men who carved
ivory s%tatuettes and manufactured
glazed work inlaid with second col.
ors? 1t is a. long. long march from
flint implements to the solemn tenn.
pie, ivory s%tatuettes and human por.
traits.-London Telegraph.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
CHIN W. .skERs HID SCARS.
~.xplanation for Capt. Gibbons LuxurL
ant Hirsute Growth.

ant Hirsute Growth.
Capt. Gibbons had a habit Of wear
ing chin whiskers. l had always
thought this was due to the fact that
they were more becoming, but I learn
ed the reason TO be otherwise. It
seems that his chin and throat were
SCARED and these scars are thus ex-
planned:
On one Of the ships which he com
manded there was a mutiny Of the
crew one morning on the high seas,
which he promptly started to quell.
The sailors were too many for him,
however, as he was unarmed, and they
soon had him down on the deck,
bound and gagged with a long knife
across his mouth. 1t was this knife
that produced the wounds whose
scars the captain carried the remain
der of his life concealed beneath the
beard. While thus bound and gagged
a lady passenger came to him and cut.
ting the bonds handed him a loaded
revolver. With this weapon he soon
had the crew at his feet and the ring.
leaders were placed in irons.-Lewis-
ton Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

for the year ending December 81, 1908.
comfortable to the requirements OF the
laws Of this State regulating the business
Of insurance.: and,
Whereas. The said Company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy of Its
charter, with certificate of organization,
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, i, John c.. Perkins.
81 sonth nakota nnrsuant 10 the nrovise
ions Of said laws. do hereby certify that
the above named Company Is fully en-
powered, through its authorized agents.
Fire Insurance in this State, according
TO laws thereof. until the 31st day OF De-
cember, A. D. 1904.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal an Pierre, this eth
day of February, A. ID. 1904
(Seal.) JOHN G. PERKINS,
Commissioners OF Insurance..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

glass case, which is sometimes lifted
to show that all the pages are as per
feet as the two which lie open.
A legend relates that a young man
who had sinned deeply became a
monk and resolved to do penance for
his misdeeds. He determined to copy
the Bible that he might learn every
letter of the divine commands which
he had violated. Every day for many
years he patiently pursued his task.
Each letter was wrought in reverence
and love, and the patient soul found
its only companionship in the sanity
faces which were portrayed on
these pages. When the last touch
vas given to the last letter the old
man reverently kissed the page and
folded the sheets together. The illus.
trated initials in perfection of form and
brilliancy of color surpass anything
produced in the present day. With
all Il boasted progress nothing in
Europe or America equals it.-New
York Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

o many a wretched mother stands
And gaZes out through fearful eyes,
And many a father wrings his hands,
And many a heart-sore maiden signs:
Gray sorrow broods DER many a cot
Where glad contentment was before,
Where children listen, knowing not
Why some ones step is heard no more,
Blu on the hills
The daffodils
And dandelions still shall glow,
AS if the men who rush to slay
Were merely making holiday,
And all were brothers here below.
The anxious millions watch and wait,
Prepared to meet in deadly strife;
They give each other looks of hate,
And blood is cheap and war is rife;
The nations ache to glut their greed,
BY lust of power kings are ewayed,
And men are sent to kill or bleed
That other men may swell their trade
But still the spring
shall sweetly bring
The glad, fresh fragrance and the bloom,
AS IL the Lord above knew not
That there is havoc to be wrought
So that the selfish may have room.
IS. E. Kiser.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
Senator Hoar's Joke.

Since Mr.. Depew's naive admission
in the Senate chamber that there are
two Chauncey Depews-one who says
what he has considered carefully and
another who is not so particular-his
colleagues have had lots Of fun with
him. Even Mr.. Hoar, who usually
frowns down levlty, has had a whack
at the New Yorker. The two met ON
Pennsylvania avenue. Good morn.
ing, Mr.. Hoar," saluted Mr.. Depew.
Gravely adjusting his glasses and
looking around the Massachusetts
statesman eyed the New York man
sternly and replied: ITO which De-
pew am l speaking-Jekyll o Hyde?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
Close to Russian Throne.

Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of the
car and the man who would mount
the Russian throne should death over.
take Grand Duke Michael, brother of
Nicholas, is a magnificent man phys
ically and has held some high com.
mands in the imperial army. His
wife, who was born Princess Marie of
Mecklenburg, is a very clever woman
and the two play a conspicuous part
in Russian society, where they are
known as pro-Germans. 1t is whis.
pered ths. not a few members of the
aristocracy would like to hail Vladi-
mir as car.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
Transmiuration.

Glory lay on the hilltop,
Glory slept in the glade;
Oh! that morning and evening"
The first God ever made.
I watched your deep eyes darken,
You watched my bosom heave,
For you were the first man, Adam,
!, the first woman, Eve.
The blue of the sky seemed tangled
In sudden, silvery mist,
And the new-made earth was shaken
BY the first kiss ever kissed.
Strange that I should remember,
And strange that you should know
That we were the two in the Garden
Six thousand years ago!
Margaret Hunt Brisbane in Collier
Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26
The State of South Dakota.

DCPui III VI laAANCs
Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, The Phoenix Insurance Com
pany, a corporation organized under the
laws of Connecticut, has filed in his Of
fice a sworn statement exhibiting It's con-
dition and business for the year ending
December 81, 1903, conformable TO the re-
Quirements of the laws Of this State reg
ulating the business of insurance; and,
Whereas, The said Company has filed in
this ONCE a duly certified copy of its
charter, with certificate OF organization,
in compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, /, John c. Perkins,
Of South Dakota, pursuant to the pro-
visions of said laws, do hereby certify
that the above named Company is fully
empowered. through it's authorized
agents, to transact it's appropriate bust
ness Of Fire and Tornado Insurance in
his State, according to laws thereof, I'M
Ill the 31st day of December, A. d. 1904.
In testimony whereof. / have hereunto
set my han and seal at Pierre, this Goth
day Of January, A. d. 1904.
(Seal.) JOHN c. PERKINS,
Commissioner OF Insurance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

The Connecticut farmer who is
Boosting of having bones of steel need
not get so gay about it. All the girls
have had them ever since whalebone
became scarce.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

The girls at a Massachusetts, college
slid down hill on dustpans recently,
and the faculty is wondering what to
do about 1t. One would think the SEN
sible remedy would be to invest in a
lot of sleds and toboggans.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

A woman on her way to church in
lew York was struck by an auto
mobile and instantly killed. This will
furnish some other people with a good
excuse for staying at home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

A Philadelphia waiter who inherited
a million dollars a few years ago is
working right along as il nothing had
happened. What is a mere million
to a waiter who has a good Tip"
route?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

The FIVE frogs that were found alive
by a Connecticut taxidermist in the
CROP of a loon that he had shot, and
that hoped off gaily when they were
released, must have felt more or less
the way Jonah did when he quit the
whale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

A Chicago professor has the petri-
fed form of a fish sixteen feet long.
1t will be recognized at once by many
truthful anglers as the one that got
away when they were about to haul it
into the boat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

King Edward had a fall the other
day and scraped his shin, but consid'
ering that it enabled him to get his
name in the papers in spite of the
press of war news perhaps he does
not regret the accident.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

Some German scientist claims tc
have discovered a way to make ordi.
nary water burn like kerosene. Only
a very smart mar can set a river on
fire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-03-26

Secretary Taft says there is a fine
chance for young men to make for.
tunes in the Philippines. Go to the
fa- East, young man, and grow up
with the islands.