Custer County Republican . M , AMSI'MiUlY , r. IU..rninl I'lilillnlicr BKOKKN How , NKIWAHKA Thu preacher who olliuliitcd at tlic Vandcrbllt wedding got $ G,000 tor tlio lob. Goodness , how nervous he must bhve been I ( n tlicsc Kentucky fends , Instead of Itrinlng tliPiiiKulvcfl to tlio iculli , lliero Vr.onld bo ICRH luinn If they merely nhot fed their uioiiths. A Chicago man Rhot another for pilling Boino salt , in thin cauo salt floosn't seem to have been particularly ffcctlvo as a llfc-glver. While less Is belli ) ; heard of the money question , there will always bo differences of opinion oti the mibjcet. Wiore are oven two sides to a penny. According to the Intent fnxhlon notes , ( bo waist with a V open front Is ac counted decidedly smart. Anything In tlio elmpo of a V meets with our ap proval. \ , A WlflCoiiMn man was made Rpooch- k a by the grip ; lu moat cnsi'H It oper ates the other way to the extant of Im pelling people to Bay things not proper to bo repeated In polite society. ' The discovery of the lost art of hard- ' "lining copper by liquid air reminds older pcrKuim of Wendell Phillips' lee * turo on "The Lost Art . " AH muled In that lecture , tlio Egyptians pomjossotl the secret of hardening copper thou- landfj of years ago. t A correspondent of the Now York Hall and Express advances the theory that Mars Is becoming uninhabitable and that the signs of the people of that planet ficcm to bu trying to make are Igniils of distress. Will Mr. Tesla kindly hurry up uud devise some plan for their relief ? * The hazing Investigation revealed a Kiartccd tendency among olllccrs of the army to plume themselves on their su perior Reuse of honor , and to scorn the meddlesome questions of mere civil ians. As a matter of fact , we are un- nblo to discover any merit In brass buttons - tons that serves to lift men above the thlcal piano of those who regard the rlolcnt practices at West Point as out rageous. Who starts the good stories that help cm to kill time and lighten the burden wf Uio day ? To be an expert teller of ttorlps Is to have a following. Men will puu&o In the midst of business to hear "something good. " Pass the word along that fco-and-So has a "now one" and PCQ how the boys will gather for n laugh , toosUy old and middle-aged "boys , " nol children. A few men appropriate every fresh story that ivachos them and tell k In the llrst person Instead of the third , u If they had Just Inveiih'd It. This Mqulrcs assurance of a high order. Lot us be thankful for the considera tion and condescension of the young gentlemen at Wi'fit Point. They main tain that the practice of hazing Is elu- rating and salutary , yet , In deference to public opinion , they will abandon It. JJn&t think how disagreeable It would have boon If tlio young petitlonim had ( kerned It their duty to continue haz ing dosplte public opinion ! We cannot too warmly commend the grariousness f Hie young gentlemen In thus dcfer- rlnjf to the foolish prejudices of HOIIIP 70,000,000 people. May tln'lr gracloiif bo properly appreciated. It IB pleasant to record the fact that the consular service IB gradually work ing out of politics , that more and more fitness in considered In the original choice of consuls , that clllclcul men are promoted from less Important to more Important stations , and that the effects * f the Improved system In advancing American trade are so marked that the now way Is approved by all who study the subject. The cleverness of MIIIIG consuls In getting at the facts which win enable American tniiniifnctuiers and merchants to compete In foreign markets Is much moro ploaslng to Americans than It Is to those whom they are supplanting In trado. The woman , not tire Queen , Is mourn- d. Victoria's i > o\ver came less through crown and scepter than through quail- MM as an Individual. As maid , as wlfo , M mother , she tilled the world's Ideal. Her nine children were not roared as hot-house plants , hut taught that life Is wmethlng more , though royal bo tlie Mood , than tlmo for pleasure. Her daughters are among the best houso- irtvw In Europe. Although .wielding arth-wlde Influence and winning by fcwr knowledge of statecraft the admi ration of such men as Bismarck , she Is most highly eulogized as "the greatest personal force of these times. " Person al force comes from character. It Is cot nocensary to bo born of royalty to tare that which made Kngland'ti Queen pre-eminent. Ucv. Oeorge A. Campbell , of Austin , rexfiH , has begun a crusade against trhat he culls the Sunday school book ; * t the same time he pleads for tho'best Action for the Sunday school pupils. "The great novels , " says Mr Campbell , "have been written by strong men , and children should look at the world through the eyes of such men. " Mr. Campbell Is sound In Ids theory. The wUjr excnse for permitting a boy to wid books written expressly for \wya la to give the boy a taste for reading. The same may be said for many of the books written expressly for glrte. Such reading should lead up to better Htora- tow * aa rapidly aa possible. There U no form of nndy better calculated to strengthen character , temper the Intel lect and exalt the fcplrUunl nature than good fiction studied In childhood. Hut the child should bo given the best. In- Mead of selecting books that "get down" to the child's plane the effort should be made to lift the rlillil to the piano of the strong writer. There Is plenty of such Interesting , wholesome and unsentimental literature , Hooks of this character will elevate , refine and purify whereas much of the stuff writ Inn for a moral or religious purpose enfeebles the Intellect , gives distorted ind false views of life and develops a sickly senUuicntalliiin that Is to lw de plored. What are the ten books of the century which have most lutluenced UH thought ami activities ? The cjuestlon Is not an easy one to answer. Probably no two persons would Independently name exactly - actly the same books , although several books might bo Included In nearly all the lists. Ten persons were requested ! > y the Outlook to furnish such a list. These ten persons happen to be all mon. One would like to see what an swers would be given by ton equally well-known women. Among these men are James llryoo , Henry Van Dike. Arthur T. Hadley , T.V. . Illgglnson. W. Do Witt Hyde , E. E. Hale , and ( J. Stanley Hull * Charles Darwin with Ills "Origin of .Species' * heads the pro cession. He IB named In every list. Goethe with his "Kaust" comes next , having seven votes. Hegel also has the same number. Emerson has six. Mrs Stowe with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has live , Walter Scott has four , Words worth four , Tennyson four , Itcnan four , Comte four , Huskln four , Drowning four , Spencer four , Victor Hugo three , Carlyle three , Tolstoi three , Do Tocque- vlllo two. Ilawtlmrne two , Strauss two. The following have each one : Ma thus. Schiller , Karl Marx , T. II. Green , Daniel Webster , Maxzlnl , Champolllon. N'lebuhr , Wagner , Lyell , Napoleon , Froebcl , Salntc-Heauve , Horace Mann , Hryce , and Ibsen. As Principal Kair- bairn of Oxford Justly remarks , the question as to the ten most Influential books of the century Is not so easily answered an might seem at llrst sight. Kor an Influential book Is not necessari ly "great ; It may be little more than tlmoly. The effect may be chiefly due to the peculiar existing conditions. It would be much easier to give the ten most Influential men ; still more easy to give the ten most Intluentlal Ideas. Kew people , fjaya President Hadley , would deny that George Eliot's "Middle- march" WUH a greater work of art than "Uncle Tom's Cabin" an opinion which any one Is nt liberty to differ from. Hut , as he adds , "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had a historic power which "Mlddlcmareh" did not and could not possess. President lladley names first In his group Napoleon's "Civil Code. " Mr. Hryce puts first Darwin's "Origin of Species , " a treatise which ho says has done moro to turn the current of speculative thought In general as well as to cast light on the most difficult problems of natural history than any other within the last hundred years. The next two writers , In his opinion , who seem to have counted for most In forming and stimulating thought are Goethe and Ilogol. Stanley Hall In cludes In his list Horace Mann's "Edu cational Ueport-s , " the fountain-head of a reform which have us our graded school system. He also names Wagner becausehe re-odlted the myths which constitute the best part of the otlinlc folk lore of his raw. and brought them home to the heart by the charm of a new nniRlcal method. When President Hall ventures to add Ibsen as "tho dramatist of the future" the remark may be loft In the air , a.s a matter of private opinion. Wlion H Hold tin : Jack. "He was n sottish sort of chap , but played a tolerably fair game of HL VOH- up , " said ex-Sherllt Warren K. Uidg- way , of Plko County , Pennsylvania. "Wo wore sitting In , up ut I.acka- wanna , playing for a quarter a corner. I knew hu wan dead gone on a girl up at the Narrows , and so remarked , casu ally , early lu the game : " 'Every time a follow gets the Jack of truiuiKTln HOVOII-UP It's a mire sign hlH girl Is thinking of him. ' "Then 1 Bert o' watched the young follow , and the very next hand he picked up 1 noticed his eyes light up and a real nice Hush of pleasure spread over his face. So I led out , anil , sure an pollywogsl I caught his Jack , as I thought nmybe I would. And It worked so well all the evening that I had a whole lot of bin quarters when wo quit. Hut he scorned pleased , and wont up to the Narrows on the next train " -New York Evening Sun. Itulns Mmlo to Order. There Is hardly anything lu the \vay of altering the faro of the earth that the landscape gardener cannot carry out successfully , and any one \ \ ho mres for a Kwtlon of the Alps In his back garden has only to order It. The mtieh- I admired ruins at Virginia Water , which many pixjplo think are genuine , wore all carefully placed In position by a firm of landscape gardeners , and there Is In Shropshire , a model of the world- renowned falls of Clelslmch , water and | all , which owes Its presence to the same art , while In Hertfordshire 1s n Norman oaMlo In a most orthodox state of ruin , but built by a Sussex firm. Cliffs can bu and have KXMI inado , and a lake with n few Islands or a babbling stream are quite easy tasks. The KKK Crop. Twenty-six million eggs a day la the crop of the United States. England Imports 8,000,000 a day from the con tinent U la always easy to UmJ excuse for abusing a polkeuuu * . THE BATTLE-FIELDS , OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. riie nine mid the Orny Review Inci dent * of the Lnte Wnr , und In n Graphic it nil Intercattim Manner Tell of Coin p. March uud Jlnttlc. HE night after the funeral of General Giant , " said the Doctor , " 1 wan one of the guests In vited by General Phil Sheridan and Colonel Charles G , Otis to a quiet din ner. 1 had served that day IIH an aide on General Otis' staff , as had Col onel Harry Gllmer , an ex-Confederate. After the ceremonies at Hlvcrslde , Gen eral Sheridan , Colonel Otis , and other members of the staff of that day re turned to the Fifth Avenue hotel , but we remained there only long enough to wash our faces and hands. Then wo followed n guide out of the hotel and several blocks to an Improvised ren- taurnnt fitted up for the occasion by Colonel Otis and M. Hclotta. And thereby hangs a tale. "At the beginning of the war Otis was looking after the Interests of his father In the elevator factory at Yon- kei'H. A company of the Twenty-first New York cavalry was organized by the mechanics lu the shops and the citizens living near and Otis was made .captain. Among others who joined the ; compiny : was Helotta , a soldier of the Kronch army , n cook and caterer , a ichemlst and n mineralogist. In the course of time Otis was promoted col onel and Hclotta looked after the head quarters table. In one of the battles In the Shcnandoah valley some of Otis' men , In a panic , throw down their arms and ran. Hclotta. dropped his own work , caught up one of the discarded guns , and fought In the ranks until the enemy retreated. I'Voni that time Sher idan and Otis were . llelotta's fast friends , and although the latter was n major before the war ended , he never lost his enthusiasm as a caterer. "Otis and Hclotta had planned to have Sheridan and his aids and the committee of arrangements take din ner with them Instead of at the hotel , and had prepared dishes to suit the tastes of those to be present , all of whom except myself had known Helot- ta In the service. There were fifteen guests , Including General Sheridan , Generals Slckcls and Uutterlleld , and Colonel Otis of the committee of ar rangements , Colonel Gllmer and others. The dinner was cooked and served un der the Immediate direction of Hclotta himself as a sort of memorial offering to old army friendships , and the whole nfl'nlr was marked by a delicacy and sentiment that made It memorable. "When the dinner had been eaten and the dgurs lighted General Sheridan said : 'We have burled to-day the grandest man that ever stepped away from earth. I ask Colonel Otis to re cite In honor of the old commander "The Hurlal of Sir .John Moore , " as I 'hnvo ' hoard him recite It scores of times In camj ) . ' Colonel Otis stood niton his foot , as tinea .specimen of soldierly man hood as ever lived. He was a natural orator , and his rendering of 'Sir John Moore' was more than a recitation. His 'rich voice trembled and his hands and arms moved In impressive but simple gestures , and we seemed standing nt Grant's grave at Hi\orsido. "As he finished the poem Otis , scarce ly heeding the hearty applause , said : 'I urn reminded of an Incident that oc curred when the old commander was alive , and when most of us were In ser vice on one side or the other. Hefore daylight one morning I was ordered out of bed by General Sheridan , instructed to take eight of my best riders , men who knew the country , who could swim their horses across rivers or Jump fences , and make a secret roconuois- nuce Into the enemy's country and get back by breakfast time. Wo started at once , taking nothing to eat or drink , and rode hard through the dark of the early morning and all of the next day , finding In all the country travoixod not a thing to eat. " 'Just about sunset the guides took us along a cowpath to what was to be the turning point In our expedition. Un fortunately we took the wrong path , and were captured by Colonel < 3Minor , the gentleman to my right. When wo had dismounted , Colonel Gllmer came to me and asked If we had anything to eat. He explained that they had start ed early In the morning , expecting to llvo off the country , but had found ab solutely nothing. I explained that we wore even In worse condition as to sup plies , and the colonel seemed to fool very much humiliated that ho could not extend any hospitality whatever to his pribouera. After a time ho thought of a wealthy farmer who bol'oro tlio war had been n great friend of his. Ho reasoned that tills farmer must have provisions of some kind. ' "We were taken to the farm , but when we arrived thero. It was discov ered that this man of great resources In runes of peace had nothing In the shape of eatables except cornbeef and cabbage , and not very much of that. All that ho had was cooked , uiul Yan kees and rebels snt down to eat It with out bread , without salt , or vinegar , but I wnnt to say that with the exception of 'the dinner of which we have Just partaken It was the finest meal I over Rat down to , The next day full sup plies arrived , and we were treated like prlncca. I desire now to thank Colonel Gllmer and his men for their courteous treatment , and especially for that corn- tteaf and cabbage. ' "Thoro wcro of course calls for Col onel Gllmer , who was as much of un orator us Colonel Otis. He complimented - od Colonel Otis for his rendering of 'Tho Burial of Sir John Moore , ' saying that every Hue had a new meaning to him , and would always have a new meaning. Hu said , further , that ho could bear testimony as to the good riding and courage of the eight uiuu who were with Colonel Otis when he was captured. Hu could also bear tes timony that , In addition to being the best riders ho ever suw , they were the bust caters , 'lint , ' he added , 'Colonel Otis did not finish the story. " 'In the lust year of the war , while I was out with my men on a scouting expedition Into the enemy's country , wo were all captured by Colonel Oils' command. 1 knew we would bo treated well. In that great Union army , with all of its lines of communication open , with everything that soldier < ild wish for In camp , I looked forward to the llrst meal with great expectations. \ \ hat do you suppose Colonel Otis gave us ? Corned beef uud cabbage. It was a reminder of that meal at the old farmer's house , when Colonel Otlu was my prisoner , and I understood It , and I want to say that never did any friend of mine among my own people come nearer to me In the hour of trouble than the gentleman on my left , ' Then changing his tone to one of In tense feeling , Colonel Gllmer turned to General Sheridan and said : 'I want to express my heart-felt gratitude to you and to Colonel Otis , General Sickles , and Grneral Butterfleld and all of the committee of arrangements for their Invitation to take part In the obsequies of the greatest soldier of this or an ) other age. By you soldleru who won the blue and who loved General Gram I will not be misunderstood when 1 say that the men who wore the graj came also to love him. As time move : on our children and our children's chll dren will with one accord declare thn General Grant was not only a gren general , but a typical patriot of tht age. Ills life was gentle , and the ele nionts so mixed In him that natun might stand up and say to all the world "This was n man ; this was n man. " ' "This fervid speech , this tribute t < the old commander , delivered with nl cliuarinth and earnestness of an In tense Southern .nature , took the mei about the table by surprise. As Gil mcr took his seat the others as on < man stood on their feet. General Sherl don put his arm around Gllmor's noel and then shook both his hands am thanked him from the bottom of hi : heart for his tribute to Grant. Tin others came one by one with their con grntulntlons , and men who had stoot emotionless In time of battle were in children In their demonstratlvenoss.- Chlcago Inter Ocean. Not Divided by Death. A remarkable coincidence of the sec oud battle of Mantissas Is thus relate * by a veteran : In 1S.13 Hishop Capers , Rev. Dr. Me Swuln , Rev. Dr. Whltford Smith am Hev. Dr. Duncan , of Virginia , each eu teretl his eldest son at a boarding schoo at Cokesbury , S. 0. This was a llttlnj school for the Wofford Methodist Col lege. The four parents were Methodis [ treachers and hud been life-Ion ; friends. The boys remained In the school a : classmates and roommates for tw < years , and then entered Wofford Col lege , standing , respectively , first , sec oud. third and fourth In a large class They continued to be roommates fo four years and until graduation , whei their standing was relatively tlrst , second end , third and fourth. The young men then entered u lav office In Spartnnburg. S , C. , and studlei under the same chancellor. When th war broke out they entered Captuli Walker's company , Jenkins" rifle regi ment They were messmates , and be ing near the same height stood together In battle. At the second battle of Manassaa a Hhell from a Federal battery fell In the midst of Walker's company and ex ploded , killing these four comrades , but Injuring no others In the command. They were burled on the battlefield and are still sleeping In the same grave. The grave IB marked by a granite cross und Is Inclosed with an Iron fcucr. Why Ain't Yon Klllc'11 The battle of Shlloh many of the Fed eral troops were raw recruits , who had swu no service , und were but pool ly dis clpllned. The division containing thus * raw recruits was nearest the front , aaid liKiicu received tlie tlrst attack of the enemy. The ons ot was BO Midden thai tho-ir commander , Gen. Prentiss. had not time to properly form his men. II rallied his farces as best he could , how ever , and made a vigorous fight. As a matter of course , there was more or les * mattering among these now recruits , 'lue light , by the way , was a pretty hoi one , and at the surrender of the Pren- tlM * division there were only about one thousand men left out of six thousand. Five thousand wore killed , wounded , 01 hud tied to the roar. As Oen. Nelson crossed the river ha met Home of the demoralized recruits , and endeavored to rally them. Hailing a captain who seemed to bo more de moralized than any of the privates , ho ordered him to get hla men In orJer and fall lu lino. The captain's fare was pallid and he .trembled with fear. Salil h < \ "My tvglmeut Is cut to pieces. Every man of my company has been killed. " Gen. Nelson reined up his horse and turned upon the captain , thundering out , "Then why ain't you killed , you coward ? " For Knfe-Keeplnsr. Mr. FIJJIt Say , that'o th * rottem-si tobacco I ever smoked. Mrs. FIJJIt O , George , you're smok ing up my fancy &llk ! I put It In your tobacco Jar for uX keeping. Ohio State Journal. CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. A Remarkable Experience of a Prominent Statesman. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON GIVES PERUNA A HIGH ENDORSEMENT. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON , OF OHIO. Hon. David Meeklson Is well known , not only In his Own State , but through out America. lie began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which lie lives , during which time he became widely known as the founder of the Meeklson Bank of Napoleon , Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by n very large majority , and Is the acknowledged leader of his party In his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising states man. Catarrh with Its Insidious approach preach and tenacious grasp , was his only unconqucred foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal enemy. At last Pe-ru-na came to the rescue , and he dictated the following letter to Dr. Hartman as the result : "I have used several bottles of Pe-ru- na and feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel en couraged to believe that If 1 use It a short time longer I will be able to fully ] eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing. Yours truly , "DAVID MEEKISOX. " Many people can tolerate slight ca- tnrrhal affoctlons. A little hoarseness , a slight cough , a cold in the head , or n trifling derangement of the digestive organs , do not much disturb the aver age person In his business. Hut this is not true of the public speaker or stage artist. Ills voice must always be clear , "TliLs dollar Unit 1 hold In my liand , " lie said , ' 'reminds me of a deep , dark , scandalous secret. " "Oh , Georfjel" his wife exclaimed , dropping her hands lu her lap , and bending forward eagerly , "tell me about It. " "Yes , " he went on , "It reminds me of a secret of that kind because it's so hard to keup. " And then she refused to speak to him for three hours. Chicago Times- Herald. Oregon during the past year paid over $100,000 in bounties for the cap ture of coyotes , wildcats , mountain lions , panthers , cougars , pray wolves and timber wolves. WET WEATHER. W15DOM ! \J\Sf ' - THE ORIGINAL. J . . jrti-x s-ii v * * * SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO 3U03T1TUTE3 , CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HAT3. AJ.TOWER CO. . BOSTON. MASS I Ely's ' Cream Balm QUICKLY CURES COLD "i HE AD DrQRtiU , 0O CU. PI SO'S CURE POR , tUHtS WMIHE AIL tlit ( AILS. | Bu t Cough Byrup. Tue Good. In time . Raid br 'GONSUMPTIO N.N.U , N0,659-12 YORK NIB. lung's perfect , digestion undlstarbofi Hence the popularity of Pe-m-ni ) among tbe loading actors and actresttft of this country , They have coma fe ? regard Pe-ru-n * M Indispensable to their success. TbelD profession Is so f acting that it r enlth In every They re. Ma letters are recelT people. Miss Carrie Thomas , In . . . . Ing of Pe-ru-na , says : "I have used _ , _ ru-na with splendid results. Would no * be without It. No money would hlrOi me to have a settled cold or chronla cough , or hoarseness. Catarrh Is thq most dreadful thing that could happen to one of my profession. Po-ru-na la my shield and protector against thld most undesirable disease. " Carrie Thomas. , If you do not derive prompt and sa& Isfactory results from the use of Penfr ua , write at once to Dr. Ilnrtman , glr * Ing a full statement of your case , anfl he will be pleased to give you his valu able advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman , President ofl The llarUnuu Sanitarium , Columbur , Ohio. There was a rummage sale In Jaote sonville , Fla. , to which a Reneruuo stable-keeping firm contributed an arn tlcle that shocked the ladies. Itwao a shabby old hearse , which for man ? years had seen much service. 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