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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
ONE HUNDRED DROWNED.

Steamer Sinks Oft the Russian Coast-Ths
Victims Pilgrims.
BERLIN, July 2l.-The Vossische Zei-
tung states that a steamer has been
sunk off Sterlitanaka, province Of Oofs.
Russia, and that 100 persons were
drowned. The people said to have
been drowned were pilgrims.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

The results of examinations of Eu-
ropean statistics by NJ. Lagneau go to
show that as among occupations CON
sumption is most prevalent among per-
sons whose work is sedentary; while
peEseasNiving in the open air enjoy an
almost complete immunity. From an
other point of view consumption APP
pears to increase in towns rapidly with
the density of population.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
Kansas City.
KANSAS Cir

KANSAS CRY, July 23.
C~attle-Native steers, t4.800x4. 10; covs
and heifers, S2.1502.90; stockers and feed
ers, $2.60d8.55; calves, t4.O0@6.0 0
Hogs--Heavy, t.80G4.00; medium, a. Is
a4.95; light, M.2564.8 5.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
An Indiana rown Flre Swept.

PFRu, Ind. July 2l.-Tho business
portion Of the town of Converse. this
county, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire this morning. The damage Is
estimated ut SEQ. 600; insurance. 81, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
Fire I'm Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 2J.-Fire early this
morning destroyed the Wilson planning
mill ut Throop and Twenty-second
streets and a saloon adjoining the mill.
Loss S25, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
UNION PACIFIC EARNINGS.
Statement just Issued shows a Heavy Fall
ing ON.

BosroN, July Il The receivers of
the Union Pacific system issued their
statement of the condition of the road
for the month of May. The gross earn.
ings were So, 533,22f.46, and the ex-
pensess So. l59, 906. IL, giving a surplus of
1919, 3l5.35, which Is 1887. 944.S3 less
than that Of last year. For the FIVE
months ending May 81 the earnings
were Sill, ITO, 9s7. SO; expenses, including
taxes, S9,4s7, 795, 81; surplus, 81, 30I,.
le2. 20, a decrease of 81, 1856, 1854. 81 from
last years figures.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Professional fortune tellers roam
from house to house n New York,
,eeking fools, to whom they reveal the
future at fees ranging from 60 cents to
Il
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Among the defnitionsin n new En-
clish dictionary are these: Bicycle
Pleasures treadmill. Ink-A blacb
fluid often used to make black seem
white"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Great regret is felt in Sweden a. the
death Of Marie Sophie Schwartz, one
ofthe most popular writers in n
try in which popularity is not easily
gained. She was IS years old. Nine.
Schwartz was an enemy of all class.
distinctions, and one of her most sue
cessful novels bears the title. 1.-THE
Man of Birth and the Woman of the
peoD1e."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

A wire message from New York to
Auckland traverses a length Of 70. 1913
miles, nearly three fourths of which is
submarine cable. 1t has to be repeated
or rewritten fifteen shines. The long
est cable is between America and Eu-
rope. say $500 miles, and the longest
land line is across Australia from Port
Darwin TO Adelaide, 2.1jO miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

A man whose business 1t is to solicit
subscribers for several medical period
icals complains that doctors are feeling
the hard times. Many decline to sub
scribe, and more who subscribe delay
payment. The fact is that many sick
folks are making shift to get along
without the doctor, while some are
seeking advice at the hands Of less ex-
penslve men thaa they usually employ.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Coed ALPHABETICALLY you really
desire TO make my daughter happy?
The Suitor-Certainly. Eather-Thep
don't marry herI
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Hnsband-They say OF married peonl.
nat they are but one. Which one |
wonder9 "ife-1rhs woman. Of couras.
on are me winner, you know; cor.
seousptly ] must be the won,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

ROYALTIES have, as a body, defective
eyesiQht. Princess Maud of Wales is
the only royal lady who wears q single
eyeglass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

-vicksbnrg n no longer . river town.
Except In high water the boats are Obliged
10 land nearly three milAs below, aud :
retlroAd carries passengers aud freight 70
~ ctr,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Sea bathing causes many diseases o.
The cnr, Cotton should DO put IN the
q whom II h tho inten,ion 70 submerGs
lhs head.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

4 Series Of Bomb E~xplosions Promised
Paris.
PARIS, July 20.--P lacards have been
posted In various parts Of the city pre-
dieting a series OF bomb explosions aud
other acts of retaliation In revenge for
the execution OF the ansrchists Valiant,
henry and others,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Although the art Of ice cream max.
ing has been vastly improved of late
years, and the range of lavors has been
greatly widened. vanilla, the old fash
toned favorite Of all sorts of people,
Still holds its place in the esteem Of
t""hic. When an ice cream saloon
must deal in few flavors IL always in.
cludes vanilla, and this flavor sells
well, even when fresh fruits are OBJ.
tainable as ingredients Of ice cream.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

SNAKES iL South America fear the
secretary bird. and will eve crawl
away from It's shadow. This bird can
easily thrash u snake twice its size.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
NJ. Thomas in the Century.

OF the railway associations of the
country. none has been more active or
more successful during the last few
years than the National Association of
Railway Surgeons. Three years ago
the association had 2s2 members in
good standing. At the present time
the active membership is /, 767.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
Nominated for Congress.

CHICAGO, July 2l.-George Z. White
was nominated for congress by the re-
publicans of the Fifth district today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

-January ! has been New Years day
ever since Julias Cesar "reformcdu ~
eslendar, In the year IS B. G.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

In Siam. until . few years ago, sheavy
tx was levied on umbrellas every UNI
kvella carrier had TO pr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT.
Great Northern and Oregon Railway ana
Navigation Company Go Cahoots.

Navigation Company Go Cahoots.
SPOKANE, Wash, July 2i.--A special
Telegram received here last night from
Portland, Ore, says that the new traffic
arrangements between the Great North
ern aud Oregon Railway and Nayiga-
ton company will go into effect at
once. This will give the Great NORTH
ern u through limo from Minneapolis
and ST. Paul 70 Portland, by way Of
Spokane. The new arrangement is not
q lease but n division of the gross re-
ceipts on a percentage basis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Wheat-Closing July, Sc; September.
bSekc; on track, No. ! hard, 001<c; No. !
northern. Ss1<c; No. . northern. SO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Father-,Who was that young lady
sitting by you at the base ball game?
Boy-That was my school teacher. 3
Oh! noticed that you and several
other boys were &C ntinually talkipg to
her.
Yes. We were trying to make her
understand how the game y played,
but she couldn't. don't see how she
ever got TO be u school teacher.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
$4,000 FIRE AT 0ELWEIN.

LumbeR Yard, Coal sheds and Bottling
Works Go Up in smoke.
WEST UNION, H., July 2i.-A lum-
Der yard and Office, coal sheds and bot
Ting works was destroyed by fire al
Oelwein Friday night about midnight.
Two men were seriously injured. The
loss is about $15. 900; insurance 80, 900.
The fire was incendiary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Coal tar yields sixteen shades of blue,
the same number of yellow tints, twelve
of orange, nine of violet and numerous
other coiors and shades.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Where goest thoug"
ITO help the weak, who throng
My gates n cry continually for aid;
Where goest thout'
TO help the unpitied strong,
Whom those that thou woutdst help do
o~Verlade."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Sportsman--i presume you never fsh
for fun, az you?
Fishcrman's Boy-Nopc. ! always
ash tor Dab.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

The grossest superstition exists even
in Calcutta. Recently an Indian resid'
ing in Jaun Bazaar street had live goat
flung down from his two story house in
accordance with the directions Of IA so
called magician, who was called in 70
IA : out n devil with which a son was
supposed to be possessed. The poor
brute was first fed with Q few bamboo
sf4yss over whiGa-the wizard mumbIed
some marrTfas and it was then pushed
over the terrace. Tho animal was
killed and its flesh was distributed to
the poor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Thou goest to mold thy life, b%raveyouth?
Well, go;
But whatsoever hot shalt take to friend,
And wheresoeyer thou shalt turn thee
know
IT'S life itself shall mold thee, in the
end"
-Ed;tb NJ Tbom,e 4, tba Cantur-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
III.
III.
Where pOest tbOusr

Where goest thou?"
ITO see the laughing mime;
/ go for r~espite-sorrow haunts my
hearth.
And thou?"
ITO look on pageant grief sublime;
Joy dwells with me, and ! am cloyed
with mirth.f
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28

Where goest thOu?"
80 Judge the touls that stray;
They best can Judge who spotless hands
can show
Fall back! The rod of judgment | will
sway:
They judge Of evil best who do and
know
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
Tnster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER

In ~beginGiug TO teach deaf mutes tho
art of speech they are first placed be-
o II mirror and taught to form with
their lips the different vowel sounds
used in speaking. l}ut this is not all.
Sounds are produced not only 10y the
lips but by the larnyx, the vibration of
which is the strongest i'm the region
known as the adams apple" The
pupil places his finger upon his mas
ter's throat while the vibration is go-
ing on. and then, touching his own,
tries to initiate it. Then, when he is
in possession of these elements OF
speech, he has only TO combine them in
order to produce syllnbles, words ana
phrases. The lips OF deaf mutes are al
ways far less supple than those Of per-
sons normally developed, and conse
quently require systematic exercise.
The eyes do not need 10 be taught
keenness, as they are always on the
watch TO supply information usually
furIIsncd 10y hearing, but they are
Taught to attain great power Of fixed.
49,, so that the attention may be con
Stentrated without diversion upon the
lips Of any person speaking.
The advocate., 1894-12-12
Moulding Pu llIc Opinion.

EDITOR ADvocATE:-In England, q few
centuries ago, the "divine right Of kings"
was recognized by nearly all. Cromwell
and his ironsides 10 part dispelled the il
lusion. With the final exile Of the STU.
arts, it almost entirely lost hold in Great
Britain.
Our foreRathers, settling upon the in.
hospitsble coast Of America, were not
very deeply impressed by the divinity
that doth hedge in q king" But q king
soon arose to be dsifed. 1t had not
even the good qualities which made men
yield to the Tudors or even the Stuarts.
II had not even life. No, It was simply
property. Property, to some, became the
most sacred Of all things. Wealth came
to outbslsnce mans honor, womsn's viz
tue, ohildhoOd's innocence; to outweigh
imperial truth, inhszible right, eternal
justice.
The advocate., 1894-12-12

Our homestead and pre-emption laws
were a CluMsy and entirely Intellectual
attempt to apply the law Of occupancy
and use, as were the regulations govern.
ing the recent settlement Of Oklahoma
and the Cherokee strip, and the settle
ment Of Kansas and other states under
the homestead laws.
Not area, but value must bs con-
sidered in solving the question Of land
monopoly, aud as land values and taxa
tion have direct, immediate and power.
ful effect upon each other, the two must
necessarily be considered in connect ion.
An exclusive land or rental value tsx
locstes the proceeds Of the tax in the
community whose labor has produced
the land values, and increase Of land
values through public improvements
should benefit not a few persons but all
whose labor helped pay the taxes.
The sinRle-tax does mot tax labor, be-
cause its eff9ct is TO make labor itself
the standard and srbiter Of values. Say
that the average earning capacity Of
labor is $500 per year, by those not con-
trolling the use Of any land, but by
using a certain tract OF land belonging
to all the people one can make $1,000
per year, it is clear that the use Of the
land has benefited him $500, and it 10
but just that he pay back at least most
Of this $500 to the people to equslize
earnings Of himself and those not con-
trolling any land or land Of same value.
Will free trade, which is an integral
part Of the single-tsx, abolish trustsi
We seem to split on this question, but
l have sll the trust managers on my
side, and they seem to know their busi-
ness pretty we'll.
Even il international trusts were
formed, which 1 think impossible, their
very size would prove their speedy ruin.
The differing laws Of different countries
would hamper their operations too
much, and there are many other reasons
why they could not succeed.
With the bars down which now shut
idle labor from idle land, and all monop.
olles and restrictions removed from In
dustry and enterprise, the RocumulR-
tion Of real capital by the masses would
soon become enormous and as this and
all other existing capital could not be
profitsbly invested in land or other
forms Of monopoly (all public utilities
being owned by the people), the result
would be cheap and abundant capital at
a very low Interest," or 2 per cent
and co operative companies would
everywhere successfully compete with
even an international trust.
The single tax gives both liberty and
justice, and liberty and justice will give
peace and prosperity to all but the AS
tors and the Scullys, and will give evsn
them peace Of mind by stopping their
robberies.
Lawrence, Kss, November 20, 1894.
The advocate., 1894-12-12

or lesser degree upon property. The
live stock upon q farm was OF more
consequence, perhaps, than the hired
hand who fed them. They might DO the
means Of securing to their owner the
right to vote, while the same right
might bs denied the hand because OF hia
poverty.
Though men have more liberal powers
in the Western states, and even In the
East now, there can be no question az 10
the existence OF the old desire 10 sub
ordinate mind to matter, to place prop
eFty above humanity. The constitution
Of HAwsil shows this. American men Of
wealth made it. They required prop
erty qualifications, for legislative posi-
tions at least.
Will attempts be made to bring about
similar state Of affairs throughout the
United StstesP Lst US read the words
OF . distinguished iurist:
"rhe privilege OF participating in gov
ernment is sometimes made 10
depend on the possession Of property.
A defense Of such discrimination Ia made
by some on the ground that one Of the
chief objects Of government is 10 render
it possible to own and enjoy property,
and il suffrage were universal this pur-
pose might be defeated by the govern
ment passing into the hands Of those
who having no property Of their own
may be disposed to despoil others. It
may also be said that those ought 20
control the government whose Contribu-
tions support 1t and that these are
property owners. Still, again, it may be
said that the owner Of property is primG
faciO better qualified to take part ia the
government than he who mas nothing,
because primG fGcis he has exhibited
more prudence, thrift and judgment
than the other. These theories do not
concern us now"
Such is the language Of Judge Thomas
M. Cooley, for many years on the supreme
bench Of Michigan. The quotation ia
found in his work on torts, page 81.
Here we have q one-sided prssenta-
ton Of the queStion-the property side.
But when the arguments in favor Of
property are exhausted, instead Of pre-
senting the other view, the eminent law.
yer discovers suddenly that the matter
is not germsne to the subject treated
Of, and "thsss theories do not concern us
now"
It is said that q half truth is often
worse than q lie. To give the proposl.
tionS in support OF one side only is lit
tie better, IL one Ia not avowedly sup.
porting that side. TIE words are put
ia the mouth OF another. But that
makes the attempt to influence the
reader more insldious.
Lawyers have always been very prom
inent In the public off airs Of free ma
tions. They will probably continue 10
be 80. From the nature Of their ooOupa.
tion they are strongly tempted to enter
political fields. Il will be admitted By
ell that their influence on puolic opinion
Ia out Of all proportion to their num-
berg. To have secured them on q given
side Is an advantage 10 attempting 70
mold the general sentiment on political
issues.
Is this the object Of such passages Rs
the above. strewn through our law
boOksp Rsiteration of the claims Of
one side will tend to make the hearer or
Poa5ap inolinA ko that aida aanaoSallr, 20
The advocate., 1894-12-12
THE SINGTE-TAX.
An Able Champion Presents His Side Of the
Case.
BY W. H T WAKEFIELD.

ments have been to me very elusive, and
it is difficult to argue with one whose
convictions are unknown.
Your contention that the single-tsx is
not an unsuitable tax, because the pro.
ducer may, under some circumstances,
add taxes to other items in cost OF pro-
ductiop, is not an answer to my demon
stration that the landlord cannot shift
the single tax to his tenant. Even il
the tenant or occupying owner could
shift taxes to consumption it would not
be a reason for upholding absentee
lsndlordism or other form of land mon
opOly. admit that under the present
monopoly system all but actual produc
ers can do this. Merchants and manu-
fRcturers charge up tariff and other
taxes levied on their goods or machinery
as part Of the cost Of production, these
taxes being paid by consumers as part of
the cost Of the goods. Taxes on high
value city lots enter into cost Of goods
bought for consumption to very slight
extent il st sll under the present syB-
tenn, the power of the landlord to exact
rent not depending on the rate Of his
tax. Farmers and other isolated pro-
ducers who must compete in the open
markets OF the world cannot charge up
their taxes to others, but must deduct
them from reward of their labor. When
q cargo Of American wheat or beef IN
Liverpool meets q cargo from India or
Australia the competition for q market
is regardless Of taxes paid in either
country
With the present system Of land mon
opoly continued the total abolition OF
taxes on land would render it easier to
hold land out Of use, hence would IN
crease exsctions Of landlords to the
greater detriment Of labor and Of con.
sumers. Would the single-tsx be o
detriment to lsborP Certainly not, un-
less 1t lesgened the ability Of labor to
produce and to enjoy the use Of it's own
products. We claim it would increase
lsbor's ability to produce by opening to
it the resources Of nature, and would in
crease it's ability to enjoy use Of it's pro-
duct by relieving it from rent now paid
landlords and from numerous other
monopolies.
You say that to tax S9ulley's rented
farms to q rate which will compel him
to abandon them will also compel ada
cent farmers who own their lands to do
the same. No, it would not. SouIly's
interest is that of landlord only, while
the adjacent owning farmers have inter-
ests, first as landlords in the ownership
Of their bare lands; second, as capital
lists, in the ownership OF their improve
ments and other personal property, and
third, as laborers, in the labor OF them.
selves and their families, this latter be.
ing by far their greatest interest. The
only tax levied would be on Soully's
only interest, that Of a landlord, while
working farmers would be relieved Of
all tax on their two interests as capital.
lists and as lRborers and consumers, this
relief more than balancing any prob sble
increase on their interests Rs owners OF |
bare land. The correctness OF this a..
sertion is borne out by the exhaustive
Investigations of Thomas G. Shesrman,
and by the searching analysis Of taxa