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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
JAPANESE BEAUTY.

Beauty, according to the American
idea would be .ncomprehcnsible 10 the
Japanese Their idea OF classic beauty
calls for long oval face, regular
features, almond shaped eyes, sioping
slightly forward a high narrow fore
head and an abundance OF smooth
black hair.
japanese women are extremely grace
ful IN their moverrents, though the
style of their dress prevents them from
: walking with ease. They have dainty
delicate hands and feet and their man
ners are unquestionably charming. one
wonders how the little ladies employ
their time as there seems so little to
be done in a japanese house, and they
take no outdoor exercise To begin
with, there are no regular meals. the
nearby shops surviving numberIess
dainty dishes that seem 20 be eaten at
all hours OF the day. Very little IS kept
/ in the iarder except some slices of
/ daikon fermented turnip. Some rice
and sweet biscuit. A japanese lady is
! seldom seen in her home without a
! quaint little tea tray by her side and
! the inevitable pipe, containing one
/ whiff Of tobacco which is in constant
, reQuiStlOn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
Words of Praise

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
Atchison Globe Siahts.

We have noticed that there is some
thing the matter with everybody.
Changing your banker is as delicate
a matter rs changing your milkman.
AS a matter of fact, isn't ii true that
they are the happiest who never have
time to think?
The men are as uncomfortable in the
presence of agents as women are in ths
presence of milliners.
= What has become of the old-fashiou-
cd man who said that a horse able TO
roll over twice was worth 5000?
The love story that breaks Off before
IL reaches the altar is usually the most
interesting to the neighbors, as much
as they enjoy a wedding.
We are sorry there are not stores
where groceries. dry goods. clothing.
meat. etc, may be had free; but how
about the rights of the merchants?
Church White says nothing knocks
him of his feet. now that he has
reached an age of discretion, except 10
be called uncle" or grandpa"
No matter who is to blame. when the
women hear of another woman who
cooks over a wood fire at this season,
they decide she has mean husband
We issue the Globe "A little earlier
than usual this afternoon; there is a
travelling man in town. and we are
anxious to sit down with him, and
hear his jokes.
For the Lancaster Literary society to
debate Would a country that was.
settled by men who rode into IL In auto
mobiles, show as rapid development
and progress as the country shows that
was settled by men who rode into IL
I'm OK wagons?"
1t isn't the financial cost that leads
men to refuse to let their wives 20
away on trips. as the women imagines
1t is the aggrieved feeling wife n
bound to acquire. III her husband
writes for her to stay away longer. she
doesn't like II, and IL he urges her To
come home she doesn't like It, There-l
fore, Thoughtful husbands have decided
not &c let their wives go.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
I he P1underers'
c &c HYNE.

And so, he said bitterly, after all
that ! have gone through and all I've
done, you want me TO give this fortune
up. Ny God Elsie you know what a
hateful thing poverty Is as well as ! do,
Think what this money would buy
Love for one another we have already
and We can get besides every pleasure
the heart can wish for ! know as well
as you do it was dirtily earned, and
mated the work of getting It, and II
never daDble In anything SO foul again
My instincts bid ME live as an upright
gentleman, and with the income ia
do that and forget | was ever anything
else. When / cease TO be poor / cease
10 be in the way Of temptation Don't
you see? And. besides. there is nc
chance OF being found out. The money
IS supposed 10 be blottcd out of exist
ence. and its there now I'm the Glades as
private mine TO dig at as we choose
Besides I'm bound IN honor to go on
after getting thus far II ISL as If
were working for my own hand alCne
Shelfs my partner, ana ] can't neglect
his interests for "a sentiment"
Mr.. Shelf may do as be chooses, Pat
You yourself may do as YOU choose
dear. but I can't alter what I've said
/ love money, heaven knows. but
couldn't use money OF that sort You
might forget how II came / couldn't.
can't forget some things. I've a ter
rible memory when ! don't want Il TO
act. | tried 10 forget you, Pat. ever
since you left US in England till the
day | saw you here. but / couldn't !
used 10 pray for forgetfulness all those
years, and il wouldn't come, and If
were 10 marry you now, dear, with that
money, l should always remember, just
IN the same way"
What is the use Of carrying thumb
screws In your pocket" he asked half
angrily
She smiled a little pained smile. can't
help It, Pat / suppose it's the way
I'm built. But I'm only telling you
facts"
Il thought" he said brusquely. you
wanted 10 60 back into society and
nave q steam yacht and DO things com
'ortahly Now, without this quarter OF
million, which is lying ready to be
picked up, YOU have G20g a year. and
| have $500, which makes $500 in ail
Now I might point out 20 YOU that one
can't do much continuous splashing
among smart people on that, in Lon
ion or anywhere else. unless, Of course.
you married some one else"
She flushed painfully. "Oh, Pat" she
said Il don't think ! deserved that
from you.
drew her 10 him tenderly NO. dear.
you didn't. | was a brute. But it's
hard for man 20 speak soberly when
he's just had all his plans smashed Ia
The smallest kind Of fragments and
stamped upon by the only person in the
world whose opinion he cares a rap
about. OF course l know an this busi-
aess was theft q piece OF piracy pure
and simple. But circumstances ell
bowed me into IL, and I bowed my
lead 70 them. Circumstance
hat is, and YOU entirely-uow drag me
put or 1t, and l'm going TO bow again
and say kismet. only I wonder what
"ill become Of The money I swear
Shelf shant have the whole half mil
ion and the steamer too But 7 don't
see how we are TO give my share back
20 the rightful owners. one can't very
vel draw check on the Everglades
and send it to them ANONYMOUSLY by
post"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
=
: THE SOCIAL HOUR. a

Good SAT-.


A resident Of Hudson VS.. was deplor-
ing the resignation OF Senator Spooner
The senate can't afford 10 lose a mind
like that" he said Il know the man
well lie practiced law In this town for
fifteen years or thereabonts. He won
every case he set his hand to.
1T was no surprise TO us Hudsonites
10 find that John G, Spooner was the I'm
est legal mind In the senate. We knew
him Of old. you see. When he had a
case on we used 10 go In droves to hear
him plead
Il remember to this day a story that
he once told IN court Ia a case where
he was showing how. with a good mo-
tive, one might still do lot OF harm
He said that two aged Scotch ministers
sa, talking one day over their church.
warden pipes
" Last Sawbath, said the younger Of
the two old mon, only three folk cam
TO my Kirk ana since II was an awfu
cauld snawy. stormy mornin'. I just took
them over TO the manse read a chapter
gied them a prayer, and then, 10 ward
off the rheumaucs, guild stiff glass Of
the best whisky
The other minister smiled
" 'Aweel he said 'ye will hae a fine con-
gregation, my bri;her the next stormy
day
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
A Slight Misunderstanding.


4 well known Boston lawyer says that
rot long ago he was astonished to see
printed in a newspaper a glowing testi-
moral as 10 the benefits 10 be derived
from using somebody's Curequick. The
office of the concern was located near his
own and he dropped In while out for his
lunch.
"See here" he remarked. somewhat
forcefuily. when IN the presence OF the
manager you have printed a testimonial
alleeediy from me with regard 10 your
confounded stuff-and ] never took drop
os II in my life. What do you mean by
such procedure?"
"It that so?'' the manager said soothing
ly. Merely a slight misunderstanding, 7
assure you. for which | am very sorry
You see, we understood that you had died
recently. Take this down please" he
added, turning TO stenographer: "Mem-
orandum: changss signature to sworn tes-
timonial No. l24,5i6."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
PLAGUE or WOLVES IN CANADA
Killing Horses and Dogs and Clearing
Up Traps and Bait

NhiUJ flOFseS ana logs anC SlSdI'H9
Up Traps and Bait.
James x Cornwall returned on Sat
urday night from a months trip to the
northern county beyond Athabasca
Landing, writes an Edmonton CORE
spondent Of the Toronto Globe. Mr..
Cornwall states that the wolves are
creating devastation and nesGmable
loss among the settlers Of the upper
Peace river district
AT DunveSan and Fort St John more
than S25. 900 worth of horses have been
killed by wolves. The reason for the
ravenous rampage of the wolves is the
scarcity of lynx and rabbits which
have died off or have migrated in large
numbers.
So numerous have the wolves become
and so desperate in their invasions that
for the first time in the history OF the
north the Oogrib Indians have been un-
able TO pay their debts a I Fort Yer
million because the wolves have reg
ularly cleared up their traps and bait
and have even Gevoured their dogs.
Clement Paul the celebrated hunter
and trader Of Hay river, killed twenty
eight wolves this winter within a radius
of Ave miles Os his cattle corral.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
pon's Take Away Their Pins.

"E H. Hartman" said a New Yorh
broker. talked UNANIMOUSLY the other day.
of the decline in the value OF securities.
lle said We must be careful not TO legis-'
late too harshlv against the country's,
vested interests. or the prosperity OF these
interests. and with IL the countrys pros,
perity would be Impaired
'He illustrated his meaning with
story.
There was a school teacher" he said.
who exclaimed impatenuy one after
nool:
Johnny Jones, what are you fumbline
with there?
Johnny hung his head and was silent
Bu; the teli-tale of The class spoke up
It's a pin he's got. ma'am
Wen, take IL from him. said the
teacher, and bring II here TO me
This was done, and then, in a molli-
fed voice the teacher said:
Now, johnny Jones get up and recite
your history lesson.
But Johnny Jones did not obey lie
blushed, hung his head and sat st.n
Johnny, said the teacher. rise, tell
you
Then the little fellow blurted out dis
tressfully:"
L cant, ma am. That there pin you
took is what holds my trousers up
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31

From Harper.s weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
A certain young man who, according TO
all the accepted notions, should be very
happy at this time was found by a friend
the other day. with a somewhat troubled
took upon his face.
What's the matter, old man? Haven't
had tilt have you2" the friend inquired
"N-no, was the reply, accompanied by
a sigh Fact Is. :" he continued. I'm a burst
Of confidence, i've been thinking over "a
little remark Alice made last night"
'Oh, perhaps you misunderstood, the
friend suggested, encouragingly
II hope 50, was the reply. you see, we
were talking of-wel how things would be,
you know. and Alice SAID:
And won't IL be just too sweet; you
will come home all tired out from your
hard days work and hold me on your lap
for hours, and read TO me and drive all
my cares away, and dry my tears and rub
my head-and ii VIII be just like a
noycl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
Double Extendre,

My predecessor" said the new
missio Try. trlde nervously, did not
last long, 1 believe. Was ii the eli
mate that proved too much for
him"
That or the cooking" the chief
tain answered carelessly.
And the savage looking warriors as
sembled in the royal kraal exchanged
ambiguous smiles
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
And Deer, Antelope, wild Turkeys and

And Deer, Antelope, Wild Turkeys and
Prs irie Chickens Were Plentiful.
T. 3. Murdock in Eldorado Republican.
Early Kansas settlers d!dnt always 20
hungry; and it happened quite often that
they had something besides cornbread and
sorghum, bacon and dried apples IN their
frontier homes. There was not a winter
in the COS and early i0s that plainsmen
d.d no. visit tho border settlements with
wagon loads OF buffalo meat A choice
hind quarter sold for $50 or 81, ana there
were very few homes that did not have a
quarter or two OF fine fat buffalo meat
hanging IN the back shed or IL some other
convenient place.
Buffalo meat IS much darker colored
than beef. We can recall that there was
scarcely a family in II Dorado that did
not have buifalo meat IN the house during
the winter months Then deer were p.en-
uful while II was hardly possible to drive
north or northeast OF town without see
ing big lunches OF antelope. Captain
zeoulon NJ Pike camped on the south
fork o. the COTTONWOOD RIVER on his way
TO discover Pixies Peak, and in his
diary be says he saw more kinds OF game
In the Flint hills than he had ever seen
before a one time.
Along in the '1Cs. when there was not
much doing business men shut 10 their
shops and went deer or Iroir.e chicken
hunting II was the thing Tor half a dozen
sprtaS VA gon loads Of men ard women and
bro dogs 20 go for a days hunt start,
ing early IN the morning they hunted TIL
noon, when they ah met and had a fried
prairie chicken or fried ven,aon iced
These parties would kin as many as a
hundred chickens In day, and when
they returned home the town was l.b-
orally supplied with game We recall
that three men killed l4s prairie chickens
IN one day Nobody In town went hum
cry that night. Eafly settlers were not so
slow IL was an easy matter for two or
three men to leave town I'm a spring
wagon after dinner and get a Virginia
deer or two. when the creeks got on
a tear, along during tho spring, f. was 4
common thing 10 drive stakes acrt.as the
mouth Of a r3vine or draw and catch
fish by the wagon load-when the high
water went out The woods were fun Of
Wild turkeys, squirrels. rabbits and avail,
while wild geese and ducks were more
plentiful than they are now. Then there
were bee trees. and wild honey was often
peidled through the country. These ped
dlera sold buffalo robes, bucksk!ns and
Indian noccasins. Coonskn caps and
noccasins were quite common In "airly'
days, Hnd people were often glad TO get
them Out OF town people often came to
church services in OK wagons
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31

to sell IT," said a publisher. IF a row
of books stand on a counter every
visitor win examine first the volume
with the strongest, brightest binding
that is 20 say the volume bound in
red.
After red, a good clear shade Of
green is the most catchy color. Then
comes blue, then grey"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
Moral Nature and the Appendix.


Cling 10 your appendix with both hands
says the clerk OF the day In the Boston
Transcript Rev. Samuel Van Vranker
Holmes. who preached at Harvard, has
furnished the clerk with documentary evi-
dence regarding the nestlmablc value Of
appendices IN Buffalo where he minis
ters to a large and influential church. he
has lately been involved in a little un-
pleasantness with the Torreyites. II
chanced that his course of addresses on
the modern View Of scripture synchronized
with the Torrey meetings and drew down
upon him the rebuke OF that mighty evan
gellst; whereupon his mails grew heavy
with letters Of protest one of those
epstles ran something Ike this:
Sir: ! understand now why YOU have
seen led astray by the higher critics. 1t
Is less than year, ! am told, since you
underwent the operation for appendicitis,
and any physician wiz inform you that
when the vermform appendix comes out
the patient suffers the total loss OF his
moral nature. This explains your case
pretty clearly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
The Ennlish Habit.

The man from London paused in
front of the little shop and read and re-
read the mysterious sign that was sus-
pended from the wall II read.
"Englishmen VIII Please Not Stand
over this Grating While Talking
The more the Londoner read the sign
the more he was mystifed.
Finally he summoned up his courage
and entered the shop
Good afternoon" he greeted. polite
ly could you tell me why you have
that Sign out there which reads. Eng
lishmen VIII Please Not Stand over
This Grating While Talking"
II can, sir" replied the shopkeeper.
And why, my good mani"
We'll YOU see. ii they stood there
talking they would crop their his and
the porter would have to lose time GO
ing down in the baSement looking for
them"
And the man frcm London walked
away after remarking that America
was a blooming qleer country"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31

From the New York Weekly
Visitor-D DO you like going TO school, my
little dear?
Little Fauntelroi-Yos. indeed.
"Of course. You love your school, don't
you, my pet ?-and you like your teacher,
too. don't you2"
"Oh, yes. 1 wouldn't want any other
teacher
"Of course not "
NO, indeed She's awful nearsighted." "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
In Pinch. Use Allen. Foot-Ease

powder to shake into your shoes, II rests
the feet, Cures Corns Blnions Swollen,
Sore Hot. Callous. Aching Sweating feet
and lnZrowlag Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or light shoes easy Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe stores. 25c Sample
mailed FREE Address Allen $ Olmsted,
Ia Row y
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31

Ira. Winsioty'S rooTErya rTsCP -or Children
tOethng; softens she gums, roo lRGsnnsJOn. a.
lsyE pain. cures wind collie. o. CsnE e pCttls
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
Miaunderstood.

Al a meeting Of the famous Bill club OF
Jefferson City-he whose name is not VIII
liam may not join this club-eX- Congress
man Cowherd told Decoration day
story
Decoration day" he said, always
makes me think Of a peddler who came
to my cousins house in Jackson county
when tho war was at Is height.
This pedder, a strong, tan young man,
was peddling ferns and my pretty cousin
said TO him reproachful!y:
4 am surprised 10 see an ahle-bodied
young man Ike YOU selling ferns at this
crisis. Why are you not with the army2'
THE pedder looked surprised.
Why, they don't want ferns In the
army, do they. LADY, he said"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
In the PLANTING Season.

In the Planting Season.
S. r. Hood of the department of agricul-
ture with good prospects OF success is try
ing to beat the japanese camphor trust
by raising camphor groves In Florida
AT a dinner IN Huntington that cee-
brated an unusually fine distillation of
camphor leaves. Mr. Hood the guest of
honor, told a selsonable agricultural story.
a story that should appeal to all suburban
ties.
"One beautiful spring morning" he be-
gan, "a suburbanite looked suspiciously
over his hedge and said TO his neighbor:
Hey, what the duce are you burying
in that hole there?'
"rhe neighbor laughcd-a harsh, bitter
laugh
Oh. ne said, I'm just replanting some
of my nasturtium seeds, that's all
" 'Nasturtium seedsy shouted the first
man angrily. 1t looks more like one OF
my Bun Leghorn hens
"'Oh, that's all right the other re-
torted. The seeds are inside"
-
A Horrible Errox
Governor Hughes. of New York, at a
dinner at Delmonico's referred good
humoredly TO an article wherein he had
been misquotcd.
THE error" he said. was purely acci-
dental, but II put me, till IL was corrected,
in rather a bad position. II made me feel
like the young bridegroom OF Schenectady
This young man was poor but honest.
He was suspected of being a fortune hunt
| er. but il was rot true. However, he mar
! ried a rich merchants daughter, and
/ leased on Schenectady's outskirts a house
called the Ola Manse.
THE wedding was celebrated duly and
| the newspapers gave full accounts OF 1t;
but one of them, through a horrible typo
| graphical error. concluded with the state
ment:
The happy couple, after a short tour.
will live at the old mans. "
| -
Mr. Carnegie's Ear-Tab Story.
zone wretched. blustery day said a
| Pittsburg iron man, II had cap with
ear-tabs on when l met MIR. Carnegie on
the street He joked me about my ear
tabs He told a good Scotch ear-tab
| story.
"IIe said there was an old Scot who al
ways used 10 curl-you know the game--in
ear-tabs: but one bitter day he appeared
on the ice minus the tabs, and a friend
| said:
| Huno whaur's yer auld lug-warm-
| ers?
"'Oh,' was the reply, I've never worn
| then siace my accident
| :" Accident? What .-.dentr
"a man offered me q drink, an wi the
dashed flaps didna bear him. I"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31
EARLY kANsANs ATE BUFFALO

Continued Next Wock.)