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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
EosTERs FORECASTS.

Ny last bulletin gayo forecasts CT the storm
wave to cross the continent from June 25 to 30
The next will reach the Pacific coast about June
29, cross the west Of Rockies country by close of
juno 30, great central valleys July to 8, east
! ern states July 4
This disturbance will shake up the elements
generally and the weather will be effected by it
I in all parts of the United States.
About this time the earth magnetic tension
will have about all the stress it will bear with
out a rupture such as usually results in severe
storms or earthquakes.
The conditions are more favorable to earth
quakes than to destructive storms and therefore,
as this is not an earthquake country we viii not
feel the shock when. during the first half of
July, our earth is relieved of its o7ercharge of
electricity,
There are two dates near which the principal
disturbance of July may be expected and this
storm disturbance period, 1st to Sd of July is
one of them.
The warm wave viii cross the west Of Rockies
country about June %, great central valleys the
July 1, eastern states the Sd. Cool wave will
cross the west of Rockies country about July2,
great central valleys July eastern states July6.
The most picturesque feature of the
greatcOnfederate reunion, which opens
at Richmond, Va, June 20, will probab-
ly be the galaxy Of pretty young ladies
who will act as sponsors for the south
ern states. These ladies have been
selected for this honor by the COM
manders of the United Confederate
/ Veterans Of their respective divisions.
They not only represent states, but
they have been chosen on account of
services rendered in the southern army
by male members of the family. Dur
ing their stay in the former capital of
the confederacy the fair visitors viii
be the recipients of the most generous
hospitality. They viii be met upon
upon their arrival by hOstesses, who
will accompany them to their Tespee-
tive stopping places. and from that
hour they viii practically be the guests
OF honor of the fair women of the city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

bic business. Claus thought the matter
over, and concluded the refinery should pc
his. Ho set about to get II. The STOCK
holders objected TO his business metnoas,
whereupon be bought them out. In inc
course OF t.r:a spreckels got the refinery
roof and all.
But the genius OF spreckels did not dis
play itself on a grand scale until ne was
well launched in the sugar business on MS
own account. Then he began TO think that
the Sandwich Isla Ida offered a fine field for
the growing OF sugar. He took a Gail across
the Pacific to Investigate, but he was quits
dlsmayed at fnding that every foot OF ana
must be irrigated. This meant the expsndl-
ture OF every cent he had accumulated, but
his confidence was great and he took tns
plunge.
He found 10000 acres OF land. low. con-
Meeting two mountain regions and consld-
cred useless. He leased this barren waste
from Kalakaua for a song and went 70
work. There was plenty OF water In the
mountains twenty miles away. He dug Q
caral fourteen feet wide and three feet
deep, built aqueducts. blasted thirty tun-
nels through solid rock and got water
to his desert at a cost OF something
like 100000. He founded a town. calling
Il Spreckelsvllle. He mdcsda miZed the
stress thereof, planted shade trees. built
a church and establlahei a club for the
entertainment OF his army OF employees.
He extended his main canal until II peae-
tra,ed every part Of his barren estate.
lie caused Ave immense reservoirs 10 be
constructed high up in the mountains so
that he could have a perpetual water sup
ply. Meanwhile the cane he had planted
had been growing. and a mill that soon pro-
duced 100 tons Of sugar a day was being
built under his personal supervision.
KING KALAKAUA'S FRIEND.
Spreckels became the bosom friend of the
old King. Kaiakaua, and the latter made
him a Knight Commander in the Kings
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

a sudden lull. Wind and water alfke
seemed bushed. And put of the Iull, as IA
In answer to the woman's question, there
came a loud cry-the shrek Of q man In
deadly peril.
The " women caught each other bv the
hand and rushed TO the window. They
threw IL open: the tempest began again; q
fresh gust drove them back: the waters
roared: the wind howled: they heard the
voice no more. They closed the window
and put mp the shutters.
IL was long past midnight when they
dared 10 go TO bed. One of them lay
awake the whole night long. In the roar.
ing tempest she ha seen an omen OF the
wrath OF Heaven about TO fall once more
upon her mistress.
She was wrong. The wrath OF Heaven
fell upon one far more guilty.
In the morning, with the ebbing tide. a
dead body was found dashed TO the posts Of
one OF the standing nets in the Solway. II
was recognized by Hugh, who went out to
look at IL, and found ii was the body OF
Vimpany.
Whether he was GU his way back to An.
nan or whether he intended TO call at the
villa that evening instead OF next morning,
no one a tell. His wife shed tears, but
they were tears OF relief. The man was
buried as a stranger. Hugh kept his
counsel. Mrs. Fimpany put the letter In
tue IRE. Neither or them thought II wise
TO disturb the mind OF Iris by any mem
ton Of the man. Some days later, how
ever. Mrs. Vimpany came downstairs in Q
widows cap.
To Iris look Of Interrogation she replied
calmly, YES. Iheard the other day. He
~ dead. Is il NOT better-even for him,
perhaps-that he should be deadt He
eau do no more w~ickedDess; he can bring
misery into no more households. He is
dead"
Iris made no reply. Better-better lar
That he was dead. But how she had been
delivered from the man, 10 what new dau.
gers she had been exposed, she knew not.
and will never know.
She has one secre'-and only oue-which
she keeps from her husband. In her desk
she preserves a lock of Lord Harry's hair.
Whyg know not. Blind Love doth
never wholly die.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
ELECTRICITY IN FORESTS.
Planning to Cut Standing Timber with
Portable Electric saws.

Electricity will soou make itself felt
in the forests of Washington state, said
Paul Humphreys of Seattle. The
Seattle Lumber company, which carries
on pretty extensive operations in the
timber ots there. IS about TO make the
experiment which has been successfully
tried elsewhere.
Attempts have been made heretofore
TO cut down the big giants OF our won-
derful forests with saws operated by
steam, but portable engines were hard
to move about easily, and a number OF
other difficulties were also met that
made the scheme impracticable. With
electricity, however, things will be diff
ferent. A central plant for the genera
ton OF the fluid will be set up, and OF
course its power can be sem anywhere
by a wire, and there are few places
where a wire can not be run. The
saws wiz he provided with light gear
ing and attachments, and will be so
arranged that they will not only be able
10 cut down q tree. but to divide II into
logs after it has fallen.
Most of the timber in Washington is
now felled by axmen, and their work is
little short of marvellous. Some Of
them are so expert that they can est
down a tree and make it fall wherever
they wish. They will put a peg in the
ground. for instance, somewhere in the
radius OF the circle in which the tree
they are about to attack will be bound
to fall. and wager anything they pos
sess that they can make the tree. when
it falls. drive in the peg. There was
some talk at Port Biakesley, before l
left home, about sending some OF our
expert axmen TO Australia to compete
in the contests that are held there each
year, in which the timber choppers Of
Tasmania are said to perform almost
incredible feats with the AK Wash
ingtoH Star.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
SUGAR KINGS TRIALS
CLAUS sPRECKELs o~UTyyITTED by
uIs TWO SONS.
A QUEER FAMILY WAR.
The Boys Are on Top, hut the Fathes
SIN In the Hunt-w onderfuI Rise
OF n German Immigrant.

There Is a unique war going on in the
home OF Claus Spreckels. the sugar king
OF this continent. The old man, who land
ed Ia New York more than half a century
ago with wooden shoes on his feet and SO
in his pocket, and conquered untold diff
culties in building up the immense fortune
that he is now master Of, has at last met
his match In his two sons, and they are
giving him no mercy.
The two sons are Adolph and Rudolph
Spreckels. There is another con. John ID.
who is generally spoken Of as the good con.
He stands by his father through thick and
thin, and. being gifted with strong COM
mercial Intelligence. is a valuable aid TO
the old man. For II is a financial war that
Is disturbing the peace Of the family. and
Just now the two Sous are on top and have
so thoroughly intrenched themselves in
their position that the father with all his
millions is unable to make them feel tho
smart OF his displeasure.
The trouble dates back to Jan. "a of
1894, When the two boys purchased from
the old man threc-quarters OF the sock
IN the Hawaiian Commercial Company.
Something over a million was the price
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01


Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The people Of the T%ransvaal nay be
Beers, but they have given DR.. jane
son a lesson in
Carl Smith. formerly OF Omaha. now
writing the amous Eugene Field COL
umn on the Record, thus voices his dis
gust at a p~roof-reader's error in the
Tribune which turned a gentle editor
friend into a Mormon elder
/ read In Sundays Tribune Of a dear old
friend OF mine
l met in Salt Lake valley in the spring Oh
so:
A hale old. rare old party with an ener.
getic thirst,
And a heart so big it threatened evermors
his ribs TO burst.
But oh. my spirit sickened when / conned
the Tribune's lines
Concerning that old guardian of the Utah
fields and mines
The proof-reader had queered him I'm out.
landish fashion. for
He'd put him down as elder" in the place
Of editor"
Judge Goodwin az an elder! Why II fairly
made me gasp,
And goosehesh grew upon me like the
ridges on a rasp:
Goodwin. a mormon elderi Oh my deaf
Chicago friend,
This sin you have committed. every othe,
doth transcend.
pencil in his hand,
Has slaughtered mormon regiments tG
free a mormon land?
He isnshed ! the prophet Joseph, and to
Such treatment that II drove him to q
saddened early grave.
That band of rifle shooters down the val.
His orders. when they squared" the
Mountain Meadow massacre
Although there yet be people In that land
Himself. discharged the bullet that ad.
Journed old John ID. Lee).
The dear. stanch gentle scrapper. SO the
- best tradition says,
Dined frequently on Mormons in the early
Utah days:
He munched EN- and he crunched 'em
n quite often In default
OF time for preparation he devoured EN-
raw. with salt.
And u o doubt my statement. tits Q
pleasure TO refer
You to q witness for the prosecution. as II
II you don't think Judge Goodwin die
what i have said he done
Just write to Colonel Stanton, who Is
down at Washington.
And more. poltroon proof-reader. know
that he whom you nave wrecked
Is one who doesn't stop to have his heay,
baggage checked,
But hastes with jayelin peacil and with
long and sword-like shears
And multiplies the widows mid Wild
storms OF orphans tears.
make Al eastward path
Before the Trtb strikes Salt Lake, there tc
rouse this lions wrath.
For In 2 few days after VIII the raw lake
An editor from Utah all made up" 10,
Chicago Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
Frost. FroIic and Business.

The wind over frozen ponds and lakes,
over SNOW fields OF plains m open coun-
try, Is heavily charged with frost and
fine particles of frozen matter. II is the
most penetrating way for chill to set ia.
Sudden warmth. sudden chill. and Sc
we're colds. Girls and boys skating,
driving for pleasure or business. and
men at work aneld know the difference
I'm temperature. Yet the youngsters
skate away and with mouth pen laugh
ing take In "a dose OF sore throat. Driv-
ers and workmen throw aside wraps and
all know the next day from soreness and
stiffness what sudden chill means. Now
the best thing TO do when housed il to
rub well at once with st. Jacobs Oil. II
you do. you will not have sore throat;
or IL you are stiff and sore, ii will cure
By warming the surface 10 throw out
the chill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

hIed. and a certain sum was paid down on
the spot. leaving $70J 900 TO be paid in two
years, that is $3.50, 900 on Jan. ., 1895, and
the other $3.50, 000 on Jan. ., 1896.
Some time prior to the purchase old
Claus gave 5000, 600 to each OF the boys.
Now he regrets It, for they used II az
ammunition against the Golfers Of Spreckels
senior. The old gentleman not long ago
said that Adolph and Rudolph thought
that he ought TO have given them 81, 000. 900
apiece. instead Of $500. 600. but for tho
FAKE Of harmony he sold them the three
guar .ers interest In his Hawaiian en-
p4ny.
This eii not have the desired effec:. iof
shortly after the transfer the two boys
packed UP their trunks and quit the family
home. Since then the people Of San Fran
cisco have been nightly interested in the
war. Although now an old man In years.
Claus Is as active as ever, and a stiff
fgnter. II was generally supposed that
he would mako short work of tbs tive
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

On the first night of the represents
ton of one Of Jerrold's pieces a success
ful adapter from the French rallied hin
on his nervousness. 81 said the
adapter, never feel nervous on the first
night of my pieces "Ah. my boy
Jerrold replied. you are always certain
Of success. Your pieces have all been
tried before" He was seriously disap.
pointed with a certain book written by
n Of his friends. This friend heard
that Jerrold had expressed his disap-
pointment and questioned him. Il hear
you said - was the worst book / ever
wrote" mo, I didn't" came the an
swer. IL said it was the worst book
anybody ever wrote" OF a mistaken
philanthropist Jerrold said he was so
benevolent, so mercifui a man he would
have held an umbrella over q duck in q
shower Of rain. "-Argonank
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
Austin Defends England.

Herewith il Laureate Austin's first
semiofficial effort as the lyric defender
Of his country. Tho following lines were
written in reply TO William Watson's
sonnet, 'The Purple East In which
Craven England was denounced for
her Armenian perfidy I'm language 80
scathing that IL has brought the blush
Of shame to the cheeks OF thousands OF
Englishmen.
The poet laureate's reply is:
comrade, to whom I stretched a COM
Ere fame found hers to greet you, and
whom still
Right bravoly singing up the sacred hill.
! watch from where its clOudless peaks ex-
pand-
Think not that You nay love now less com
mand,
If to you. wilful, / oppose my will,
And pray you not untune sweet voice
too shrill
In harsh upbraidings OF the motherland.
TO mock her Is TO soil ones self with
Nor is the rhyme yet written that can
The scroll emblazoned with her fadeless
sloping to twilight. blended that you are,
Look. IN her land shines freedoms sword
And on her forehead siows the morning
star.
But she. not you. nor any child Of song.
Must sound the hour, the friendless to
befriend,
And witt immitigable Justice rend
The e~nsangutned trappings from the rod
OF wrong.
!, too. cry out. How long, o Lord, how
long,
Shall ghouls assail and not one glaive de-
fend?'
But Gods great patience never comes to
end.
And by long suffering vengeance grows
NOR" strong.
So from unreasonable chidlngs cease,
lmpious to her who bears within her
breast,
Walls from the east and clamors from
the west.
Nay. hould the clamor and the walls in
crease,
Firm In the faith she knoweth what is
best,
Keep you tonight the festival Of peace.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

Order. lie loaned the King big sums a;
fat interest and lorded IL over the court
officials with a high hand. He was dlpio-
matte. too. and made the portly Queen
numerous presents Of American fnery, and
In short time became the mos powerful
white man on the Islands.
When the Eastern sugar riagnates tried
20 down MIN they met a tough customer.
He wss not content to stand on the de-
~fensive. out az once assumed the aggressive.
and coming East established a Big refinery
In Philadelphia and soon got a good share
Of the business In the East. He has large
beet plantations in southern California and
a big refinery TO convert the product into
sugar.
He is a jolly old man and his wife is q
good natured German woman. who, In
her younger days knew what hard work
meant. He is a liberal spender. when IN
the mood, but A hard man TO deal with in
business. II rifles him to be crossed In
any unAsrtAkins. and that 10 ses s~--a- $500
Iebeili5a OF his sons strikes him so hard.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
Time Enough.

Some women make me very weary
said the first agitatress. Il asked one
woman If she believed In woman sui.
frage and she didn't know; she'd have
TO ask her husband"
did you find out how long she Had
been married." asked the second agita-
tress.
yes. Three weeks"
-Oh. never mind. l guess shs'u do 70
call ON again in q year or so'-ln-
dianap0hs Journal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
CHINESE CASHIERS,
They Know How to Deal with the Worlds
Cleverest Counterfeiters.

Chinese bank notes are more like
prolnissory notes than our bank notes.
There is not and never has been q ma
tional bank, and notes are not used as
currency to any extent. The banker
merely writes the amount on the note
and puts his private seal or chop over
it. Such notes are made out for all
sums from > TO 20.0 coo taels, and the
Chinese banker never goes back on his
signature. He pays the notes when
they are presented in silver or gold.
The silver is usually paid according to
weight. in Jumps the shape OF a toy
bathtub, ranging in value all the way
from 81 to $50. The usual size is worth
about $50, and 1t weighs about five
pounds. The gold is made in long thin
cakes. and is ~ carats fine.
The banker stamps with his private
seal every piece Of silver he pays out,
and even the Mexican dollars are marked
thus with India ink. Every big bank
or company has a man who taxes all
the silver dollars that come in and fits
them into holes made ia a board, so
that when they lie on them their sur
face il just level with the board. He
then takes u brush and water and
washes them as white aud clean as
though they had just come from the
mint. He now stamps his chop on
each of them, and this means that be
guarantees their payment.
Any one who has been in China viii
see the necessity for this. There are no
shreYder counterfeiters in the world
than the Chinese, and they are espe-
cially adept in the plugging of coin.
The other day an American got a silver
dollar in trade at Hankaw and attempt-
ed to pass it at the bank there. He was
told it was not good. and upon his ques-
tioning the matter the Chinese cashier
sent for a candle and lit it. He then
held the coin Over it, and 10! in q mo-
ment il began to melt. The sides fell
off and ia tine center there was a piece
/ of copper.- he aoun,arfsie~r~ h~A ~rAs
a genuine coin and had followed GU
the W. pieces on the inside, so that th,
copper could be fitted into them
Philadelphia Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

Yet love car last, yet love can last,
The future be as was the past,
And faith n fondness never know
rhc chill OF dwindling afterglow,
" TO familiar hearth there cling
The virgin freshness Of the spring,
And Aprils music sim be heard
Ia wooing voice and winning word.
~ when aututnnal shadows streak
The furrowed brow, the wrinkled cheek,
Devotion. deepening TO the close,
Like fruit that Tipens tenderer grows:
lf, though the leaves OF youth and hope,
Lie thick on life's declining slope,
The fond heart, faithful 10 the last,
Lingers in !oye-drifts OF the past:
II with the grayely shortening days
Faith trims the lamp. faith feeds tn.
blaze,
And reverence. robed in wintry white,
Sheds fragrance like a summer night,
Then love can last!
Alfred Austin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01


You have heard from him. l saw the
letter this morning In the box. KNEW the
handwriting. l have been waiting for you
70 speak
"Aushi Yes, Fanny; | have heard from
him. lie wants money. lie will come here
Tomorrow morning. aud will threaten Mr..
Mountjoy. Keep your mistress In her W
room Persuade her ~ lie in bei-any
thing.
He does not know what l have seen.
Charge him with he murder OF the Dane.
Tell linn, srid Fanny, her lips ~stiffening,
that, II he dares 10 come again-if he
does not 60 away-he shall be arrested
for murder. viii keep silence no long
WILL am resolved. OH who win rid
n OF this MONASTERY"
Outside. the gale rose higher-higher
still. They heard Ii bowling. grinding
branches together: they heard the roaring
and the rushing OF the water rs as the rising
tide Was driven over the shallow sands,
like Z mountain reservoir Ut o among
the valleys beneath.
Ia shs midst Of the tempest there came
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
4 Window

New York World.
IT is an excellent idea to have ones IA.
vorite window filled with growing plants
and trimmed with trailing vines. Not
only will 1t add greatly TO the appear
ance Of the room. but it viii seem like a
corner Of a summer garden made tc
bloom throughout the winter. Have a
box made to fit the window. Fill this
with rich soil and plant in 1t slips OF
growing flowers and vines. Trim the
vines TO trail up the sides of the window
Ivy is the best for this purpose. If more
of { decorative effect is desired. let a
hanging basket filled with some fine
Towering vine be suspended from the
ton OF the NludoNN.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
The GIFT OF a Good stomach

Is one Of the most beneficent donations
vouchsafed to us by nature. How often
ii Is grossly abused! Whether the stom-
ach il naturally weak, or has been rem
dered SO by ~imprudence In eating or
drinking, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is
the best agent for its restoration 10 Wig
or and activity. Both digestion and APP
petite are renewed by this fine tonic,
which also overcomes constipation. bill
i~ousness. malarial. kidney n rheu-
matte ailments and nervousness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
Change.

There's never a JOY hat weary woe
Close at Its heels does not bark;
There's never a day OF glamorous glow
But gives room to the night and dark:
And the love that CLOVIS In its passionate
might
Is followed by GOODNESS strange:
So the deep delight OF the bargain fight
Succeeds the dull waiting for change.
Indianapolis Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

President Cleveland has accepted an
invitation TO deliver an address at the
l50th anniversary of the founding Of
Princeton college.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

DR.. Rays Renovation is all hat its
name would indicate. Ii restores TO
healthy action the functional organs,
cures constipation. dyspepsia, liver and
kidney disorder. Trial size 25c. See ad.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

Boston transcript.
Yes, there are queer people i'm the
world. bu IL Is almost impossible TO find
anybody who places himself in that
category.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

Aunt Maris-Ats you sure that Mr..
Spooner loves your CARTEL guess
you would think 70 to hear the silly
things he says 70 me. Aunt Maria
But how do you know you love himt
Carrie-Because they don't ssen ally
TO ma-Iu.Rie
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01

Lung Complaints. Bronchitis, Asthma,
etc, are speedily relieved and IL taken
i'm time, permanently cured by DR.. ID.
Jayne's Expectorant. You will find In
1t also a certain remedy for Coughs and
old