Custer County Republicans
.M. AMHIIKIIKY , Killtornml I'ubllnlmt
How , NKUIUSKA
s Mr. Carnegie ran now devote h's '
3 Mrhnta time to unloading his accursed
( rvalth.
What a great hit Mrs. Nation could
tn&ko starting revolutions In South
America.
"Do not fall In love , " etc. , saya Mr.
Carnegie. As If the ono who falls In
fcovo could help Itl
The fact that a Cincinnati audience
rose and walked out of the house while
* performance of "Hamlet" woa In
progress IB not extraordinary. Such
things have happened before , even
when the house was not afire.
ft' '
fe' * Edward of England wants to be
Willed both cnipcior und king. Lie has
drawn a full hand of titles , although
tie waited a lung tlmn for the lucky
cords. Now he desires to bo addressed
M "Your Imperial majesty. " llow
would "Your royal flush" do an a sub
stitute ?
Iteplylng to critics who had called
Ihem "unpatriotic" because they order
ed railway rolling-stock from the Unit
ed States Instead of Great Britain , cer-
bdn South African builders say that the
American manufacturers agreed to de
liver Uic goodH In four and n half
taonths , whereas the British would not
promise to do It within a year and a
fealf. The proverb about the nimble sixpence -
pence Is of English origin. It looks as
K there should lw another about the
raluo of the flitting inlnulo.
* ' Forefathers' day celebrations call
( forth annual eulogies of the men nud
Women who founded New England , but
they seldom suggest a better thought
than that uttered by the New Bedford
Standard. "If we are better than the
Cathors , " It says , "It Is because they
flld the best they could. If we have
outgrown our narrownesses , It Is be
cause they tried to overcome the tradi
tions with which their lives were handi
capped. To the true descendant of the
Pilgrim a gap In the genealogy matters
nothing. It Is the descent of spirit and
purpose that counts of that spirit and
purpose which determine to make to
morrow better than to-day , ns to-day
Is better than yesterday. Plymouth
Rode and Burial Illll teach this lesson
fe New England and to the nation. "
Pcnologlsts are agreed that con-
rlcts consider their punishment as the
result not of the transgression of moral
taw but rather as a defect In tholr
schemes to keep out of the clutches of
the authorities. It Is also a matter of
' t common knowledge that Jail sentences
( tro not a deterrent of crime with a
large class of offenders. And In this
connection It may be stated Unit statis
tics show that corporal punishment
keeps down the percentage of brutal
crime. In Delaware , where the whip
ping post is established , the number of
petty criminals Is greatly reduced , and
pther communities like New Haven ,
Conn , , are preparing to adopt the sys
tem. Considered In a common sense
McM , the man who whips his wife
hotild bo flogged by the olllcers of the
law. A Jail sentence Is Inadequate to
the crime. Men and women who abu o
tittle children ought to suffer from a
taste of their own medicine. Of course
sentiment Is igtilnst the whipping post.
It la branded as an antiquated method
0f punishment. Nevertheless society
may be compelled to return to It In
rder to adequately punish that class of
kw violators who will appreciate iioth-
Jaff less than a physical penalty
Window decorating , both as n pri
vate and a professional Industry , has
attained the dignity of an art , and
bouse and shop fronts betray the tastes
and Individuality of occupants. There
are some kind-hearted people who per
mit tholr statuary to face outwards and
ethers who allow the outside to ga/.e
upon Uie portraits of their loved ones
flono In "transparency. " One of these
window confidants Is a professor at
Harvard , who , as the story goes , has
Melted much comment by permitting
his family coat of arms to be expressed
In democratic American glass. It Is not
known whether this takes thu form of
E transparency or whether there Is any
thing about It more transparent than
the owner's desire to refute the popu
lar quotation , with which , as an un
atructor In lOngllsli , ho must he all too
familiar , that "kind hearts are more
than coronets. " Coats of arms In glass
are not unknown to window shoppers.
though they are generally employed by
milliners and modistes and have a com
mercial rather than a heraldic signi
lies
ficance. But these window confidences
on the part of private Indllvduals aie
after all but an expression of frankness
and openness of eharneter. Was It not
Hme.rson who said , In response to "J
itatcment that no person led so pure a
life ns to be willing to admit of a window
Inns
dow Into his soul "Is It so bid : as
that ? " Perhaps It Is Just as well that
people who possess traits of which they
can dare to be proud should bring them
to the front lights , that passers by may
enow that greatness still stalks alxiut
the earth.
A ololster has rmsntly been built In
Aldcragate street In London , on hem
walls of which are to be placed mem -
orials of the deeds of heroism of Eng
lish men and women In humble life.
Four such tablets have already been
trectcd , the Inscriptions on two of them
reading an follows : "Walter Peart ,
Brivor , and Harry Bean , fireman , of the :
BxpreiB , on July 18 , 1KOS ,
whilst being scalded and burnt , tmcrlJ
Heed Uiolr liven In Paving the train. "
"Mary lingers , stewardess of the Stella ,
March itO , 181)9 , self-sacrllleed by ' '
up her life-belt nud voluntarily
down hi the Kinking ship. " Nothing
can be more Inspiring than this public
recognition of the bravery and self-sac
rllleo of obscure heroes nud heroines
Westminster Abbey Is crowded with
thu totiibn of Kugland's mlKhly dead
lier great warrior ou land and sen , her
poets , her statesmen , her authors. Kach
puts forth a silent claim to hu\e helped
mankind , and pleads to be rememheied
by hla country ; but until now theie has
been no public recognition of these
humble heroes. Why should not Amer-
leans follow the example of the build-
era of the church In Aldorsgutu ? lu
almost every village church In Unhand
are tablets recording the names of men
belonging to the old county 1'umlllcs
who Imvo died hi battle hi India , Afri- .
ca or the Crimea. Above the memorial
often hangs the torn and blood-stnhicd
battle-Hag under which they fought
and died. Why should not every Aiueil
can village from Maine to California
keep a record of Its sons who have sac-
rlllced their lives for their brothers.
not only the soldier , but the physician ,
the poor engine-driver , the hospital
nurse ? It would be a proud story
which would furnish Inspiration to
'
every boy of the village In years to
come ; n word of cheer
Hint perhaps ( mother ,
o'er life's Holcmu innin ,
A forlorn mid shlpwrocked brother ,
Seeing , shall take heart nguln.
Many theories have boon advanced to
account for the fact that the United
States Is outstripping Cheat Britain In
certain manufactures. Some Hngllsh-
incii hold that It Is due to the tyranny
of English trade unions , which , It is
claimed , enables the worklngrnnn to
give less than a fair equivalent for his
wages. Others ascribe the change to
our larger supply of Important raw ma
terials , notably coal and Iron. Still oth
ers think Great Britain Is falling be
hind because It Is too alow In adopting
new machinery nnd new methods.
Probably all these things have some
thing to do with the case , says a writer
In the Chicago Tribune , but the London
Times seems to have put Its finger upon
another and effective cause when it
says that "the chance given to youth is
the chlof secret of the amazing enter
prise exhibited by the American steel
and iron trade during the last do/.cn
years. " The comparative youth , from
the English point of view , of the men
at the head of great enterprises is a
marked feature of the American busi
ness world at the present time. The
Times scarcely exaggerates the facts
when It says that men of ao are In con
trol of ontcrprlsfB here which In En-
glanl would be managed by men of CO.
The American theory seems to be that
at the ago of 110 a man can be trusted
to manage a great Industry , while the
Britisli theory is that a man's accumu
lated experience makes him Increasing
ly valuable until he Is at least 00 years
of age. The adage , "Old men for coun
sel , young men for war , " as applied to
commercial battles , has practically
been revised by the American people to
the extent of using young men for both
counsel and contllct. The icsult , tem
porarily at least , has boon to give our
Industries an extreme mobility in
adapting themselves to new Ideas. The
present Is an era of rapid Improvement
In machinery and methods , and the
Americans have lost no time In utili/-
Ing every now idea. A young mun can
change his ways more easily thnu an
old man. A young manager of a great
factory will have loss hesitation In
throwing a lot of costly machinery on
the scrap heap and Investing In new
machines when ho sees that thu new
ones are better. HP Is more reckless
In taking risks , but he Is more likely to
win n dashing victory. At present thn
Industrial advantages arc decidedly on
the side of youthful daring , backed by
youthful vigor. Apparently the Britl.sh
will Imvo to Imitate us In giving the
reins to their young men If they are to
hold even their present reduced posi
tion among the manufacturing nations ,
FrinmlMilp.
Who m thy friend ? Not he who me
beiiM
Thy burden iiiii'nniiiliilningly with
own ,
lint he who unto th < v % oftllnu hatti
HIO\VII
How to Huhilui. , nialco holpinutos of , th >
cures ;
The dtiH of imKUish In the desert shim's ,
Takes from thy faltering hunil the tlint.x
StIIll <
fllves It hack bread nor gives thee that
nlone.
Nut adds thu word of life liny , even
( 'ut deep with burgeon's knife , if hut t <
* n vo
Thy Houl from ileiidller wound henU
with a word ,
A touch , the hurt his loving
gave
Hostores Hhluld , helmet , tlght-dlRtMnlod
sword.
And hills then buttle bravely to the end ;
Onn Hiieh hoV Aye ! I kuovr , T hnvc
friend.
- Philadelphia Bulletin.
Fossil I'tiropcati Uninol.
Among the fossil anlnmlb that have
recently tlgnrcd In geological llteraturo
Is a fossil camel from Iloumanla. which
enjoys the unique distinction of being
the only one so far known In Europe ,
Soil Fruit anil Iluy 1'rcHcrvnn.
Nearly $10,000,000 of fruit IB sent
from thla country to England every
year , yet we buy vast quantitiesof ,
jam and preserves from London
manufacturers.
On a warm day , It IB always our luck
to meet people who dlsllko warn )
weather , and ou a cold day , those wo
meet hate cold weather , and grumble
about It
BLAVERY IN LONDON.
i .
DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF EN-
I QLISH SHOP WORKERS
|
Infinite Horror * of the "
( Ujrntein I.nforced lijr Jflcll J'roprlc-
torn -INitJi Moil and \Voiiien Are I'oor-
If 1'iitil and Heavily I'lncd.
Thousands of the working girls and
men of London , with the assistance of
tnlliientlal members of Parliament , aie
making , a determined effort to alleviate
the deplorable conditions under which
they arc now compelled to labor. The
poor shop workers are Imposed upon t'i
many ways by the rich proprietors or
some of the metropolis * biggest depart
ment | houses and the condition of many
Is ( described as little better than sla
very , , from which up to the present
there has been no hope of escaping , as
the ] | majority of the hhop workers have
no ] other means of obtaining a liveli
hood.
One ( of the systems enforced by .some
of the proprietors Is known as the "llv-
Ing-ln" ( system. By this plan the em
ployes ] arc lodged and fitl together at
the [ employer's expense and are under
his | ( Jurisdiction night as well as day.
The system has many advantages In
theory , but In practice the.y are found
to be remarkably few. The grievances
of thi1 shop assistants who have to
"live in" begin with tholr sleeping
rooms. Of all the big London shops
there : are not more than one or two
where ! every assistant has a bed to hhn-
holf or herself. The general rule , is two ,
and sometimes three , in one bed and
In A building lit n Hide street near tin
shop , and at the stieet dour there Is a
Cerberus who lets In the young men ,
and young women as they arrive , up tc
the forbidden hour , when the door U i
shut , and If a girl has been delayed In i
getting back It's ten to ono she will 1
have to walk the streets all iilght un
less BOO can find friends to "put hej i
up. "
Just tl ft ecu minutes after the closing I
hour the gab goes out everywhere , and 1
anyone who has a light later than thai 1
time Is discharged. Not uvcn a eaudlt !
Is allowed. In most houses It Is a rule
that all rooms shall bo unoccupied on 1
Sunday , and most of the assistants ar !
glad to live up to It , but boiuctimas 1
when the seventh day happens to bt 1
rainy , it < nines hard
No marriage is tolerated where "llT-
Ing In" obtains , it' the tlrm gets wind 1
of an affection between a man and i '
girl one of the two is promptly dis
charged. Such houses will not einploj F
a married man If they know It , but |
sometimes they are outwitted by mpu
who see their better halves only from
Saturday to Monday. It IB anothci I
hard and fast rule that nouo of the 1
male employes In thp.se shops may vote ,
The dlulng-room Is usually a dart
ono In thp cellar , not Invariably fre 5
from cockroaches , known in England j
as black beetles. The meals are served j
on long oilcloth-covered tables , bare ol I
anything beyond the essential Imple
ments of gastronomic warfare. As a
rule the food Is Indifferent , for the pro
prietor Is constantly dissatisfied with !
the chef's efforts In the way of econ
omy , and the bill of faro hardly ever t
consists of more than three staples. The
damp room is lighted with flaring gas-
IIEAIIT OF LONDON'S SHOPPING DISTRICT.
eight or nine In every room. The rooms ,
too , are about as bare and unattractive
us it is possible to make them. Iron
hedhteads constitute the furniture.
There arc no chairs , no tables , no cup
boards. Every assistant keeps his
or her clothes In a trunk under
*
the .bed , and If inadvertently any
article is left lying out it is usually
conliscatcd. It Is against the rules to
have any pictures , photographs or orna
ments ou the walls or any flowers , eith
er In pots or vases. The girls are for
bidden to do any needlework in their
tlormltorlps. Cold water and nasbis are
supplied by the generous house , but the
clerks have to get their soap aad tow-
pis. If they break any article of furni
ture or crockery they have it to pur for.
No assistant is allowed to visit any
other assistant In his or her room ; none
TIIK 1,0-NDOV HHUl'OllII , .
Is allowed to receive a friend from out-
hide anywhere In the building. 15ut the
hardest rule of all lu that the clerk
cannot choose his bedfellow or bed
fellows , but Is forced to "bunk In"
wherever he Is put , mid If his bedmates
bo of bibulous proclivities and come
home drunk , or happen to have any
disease , why , so much the worse for
him. This unbreakable rule la the same
In the girl's department as In tinmen's. .
There is a sitting-room for the Klrls and
a smoking-room for the men , but they
arc both always crowded to suffocation ,
and the assistant who would like to
rend a book or write a letter , has 110
chance at all. It Is one of the blttcrost
cries of what the victims have dubbed
"The white slavery" that there Is no
such thing as privacy that one Is never
alone. Again , every assistant half suspects -
| pects every other of being ono of the
I flrm'a stuff of unknown spies , and they
distrust ench other accordingly.
j Everybody must be out of the living
rooms by 8 o'clock In the rooming and
j In again at 11 at night by 12 on Sun-
I dajri. The living roomi tra generally
lights. The stale bread , rancid "butter-
Ine , " a pallid chicory mixture that mas
querades as "coffee , " stewed tea and
tainted meat , and having to bolt It in
fifteen or twenty minutes amid a clat'
tcr of dishes , combine to make a ghasb
ly experience.
The clerks go to their meals in "par
tics" and are as liable as nottobecallet
back to the shop again before they ciu
eat two tnouthfuls. If a clerk Is bu-o
when his "party" is ready to go he InH
to wait an hour or more until all tluj
parties have finished , when there is
special table for stragglers , and If he
busy when that time comes he has tJ ,
go hungry. It often happens that a man |
or girl has to work on for eight or nlii *
houru In a busy time without a bite.
The proprietor does not have nnict )
trouble with grumblers , however bad ij
table ho "sets. " Thu reason is that h < |
fines his people two shillings sixpence ,
or 02 cents , a grumble.
Tbt * London shop man draws a sularj
of from $150 to ? ± iO .1 jcar In nddltloi
to hiu board and lodging ; the shop gii
? :50 : a year leaa. They have to be wel
drosued. and their little income
drained by all sorts of fines , to say
nothing of the small sums they ofteij
have to spend to eke out their scrimped !
meals. Of course there Is a Hue fo
every clerical mistake , and the proi
prietor encourage * those whose ItusU
ness It is to ferret out such slips by pay'
lug them a small sum for every nnd
they can locate.
Most shops hare all their rules and
the lines attached to them printed In a
little book , which they graciously .tell ;
to their employes for sixpence and fine
them sixpence If they lose It. One well-
known London shop has I'.W rules , an
other 13J ) . There Is a fine for belnij
late , which Increases with every m hint a
of tardiness ; one for taking a knife ,
fork or spoon to one's room ; n set
amount to be paid for every box. of
goods not properly dusted ; for wearing
a bunch of flowers over threu inches lu
diameter ; for leaving the counter be
fore the bell for meals has rung. Tlieq
there are what are called "omnibus1
fines -that Is , the heads of department !
"have discretion" to exact a flue foi
practloally aoy offense.'When the clerh
has liquidated all the flues Unit he in
curs In the hurry of business and ha *
paid out small sums for the "doctor , "
the shoe black , the shop's system of ac
cldent Insurance , and so forth , what h
has left for himself must he no greal
sum
Counting ; tlio .Star * .
Today the stars visible from the flrs
to the thirteenth magnitude aggregate
to about 48,000.000 of which nearly
10,000,000 have been photographed , lu
the merit powerful telescope * , even th <
fifteenth magnitude has been reveal
ed ; of this magnitude perhaps 100,000 ,
000 stars are suspected , but knowledge
concerning them lu uncertain. In the
milky way alone there are some 10.00C
stars , separate by vast distances. To
the eye at the telescope the sky seemi
no longer dotted with constelluUons ,
but powdered with gold dust
Indiana HA Bfnmtfootnrera.
Our Indian population la not skillful
In any line of manufacture save theU
own crado Industries.
l
A 1'orfniit Title.
Church Is that all your w Ife's balr
Bho'sgoLoti ?
Gotham She's had It off and on for
12 years. Yonkcrs Statesman.
TO CUItK A COLU IN ONK DAT
Tuke LaxallveUromo Quinine Tablets. All
dUKRlBts refund the money If Ittuilsto cure.
E. W. Grove's ahjnaturolsonench box. 25c ,
An amateur hypnotls In Lyons. N.
Y. , put asleep n lad of fourteen years
of age , by milking a few passes before
his face. The hypnotist went through
his performance to cure the boy of a
headache. "Now the headuche has
disappeared , " said the operator ; but
when he unsuccessfully tried to arouse
the patient , he became alarmed. The
Jed continued asleep for several hours ,
and \\a4only awakened at last by the
persistent efforts of a professional
hypnotist. _
Ton Con Del Allen' * Kont-En e FJIKE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Oltnstcil , Lc Hey ,
N. I' . , for a FKHU sample of Alen'n ! Foot-
Ease , a powder to shnke Into your shoei.
It cures tired , swoallug , dump , swollen ,
aching feet. U makes new or light abaci
a y. A pertain cure for Corns and JSunlons.
All druggists and shoe stores tell It. 23c.
y Glo\cs.
' White gloves for smart afternoon
and deml-drcss ware are no longer de
rigetir. The soft mushroom and tiprl-
cot fihadei with self-colored stitching
on the back are the fad of the hour.
With toilets of chiffon , crepe do chine ,
dull silk and similar materials suede
gloves are worn , while the lustrous
silks and satins harmonize better with
the glace finish gloves. Some gloves
are marvels of the dyers' skill and show
some of the very newest colorings.
For the woman who 13 limited to *
few pairs of gloves a pair of those © a
thetlcally tinted hand coverings are
fortldden , One cannot Imagine thena
surviving the gasoline or naphtha
bath with any vestige of their former
beauty remaining. They are In the
softest baby pink , wltha suggestion ef
pearl , in the new ice green , which IB
the palest tint imaginable and In Mi *
most beautiful gray.
H M M U M H M M M
; ; Two Big Pains
teem to be the heritage of th
human faintly vetyurliert , Tin
Rheumatism
and
Neuralgia
but there la one aure and
prompt cure for both , TIII
: j
H-
v
Pimples , Blackheads , Red
Rough and Oily Skin
PREVENTED BY
MILLIONS of Women Use CUTICURA SOAP , assisted „ ,
Coticora Ointment , the great skin core , for preserving , puri
fying , and beautifying the skin , for cleansing the scalp of crusty
scales , and dandruff , and the stopping of falling hair , for softening >
whitening , and soothing red , rough , and sore hands , for baby
rashes , itchings , and chafings , in the form of bathj for annoying
Irritations and inflammations , or too free or offensive perspiration
in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses , and many sanativ * ?
antiseptic purposes wliich readily suggest themselves to womca
and mothers , and for all the purposes of the toilet , bath , and nur
sery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once
used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others *
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from CUTICURA , the great skin cure , with the purest of cleans
ing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odors. No
other medicated soup is to be compared with it for preserving , puri
fying , and beautifying the skin , scalp , hair , and hands. No
other foreign or domestic toilet soap , however expensive , is to fa '
compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet , bath , and
nursery. Thus it combines in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE , vlf. i
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS , the BEST skin and complexion ,
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Complete External nnd Internal Treatment for Every Humefy
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{ pleura a ut ! wrirj Si
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