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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
TRAIN "WRECKERS."
THE EXPOSURE AND PERIL OF
THESE BRAVE MEN.

A Short Talk with au Elk perienced
"wrccker''-Com PEELED to Stand in
Water for Hours-The Intense Strain
Upon Nerves and Health.
From the Ha,ekpye, burlington, JoUa.
A correspondent Of the Mt. Pleasant,
ia, Daily News and of the Burlington
Hawkeye called upon Mr.. Edward Ira
cey, OF 1872 Central avenue, Burlington,
Ia, and the following interview resulted:
IL was born at Rome, Ia, twenty-six
years ago, n lived at that place until
1872, when with several others / went to
Florence, Kansas. While there We work
ed on the Santa Fee Railroad. The work
was not hard, but we were Obliged 10 be
out in all sorts of weather. Soon after |
went 20 Kansas City. Kansas, where 1
secured work with what was called the
wrecking gang. Their work consisted
OF clearing mp wrecks, watching wash
outs. etc. We were often compelled 10
stand in water for hours at a time, and
Il would sometimes be all day and all
night before we would get a chance TO
change our clothing.
After working at this work for a
short time l commenced TO feel weak and
would often be compelled 10 quit work
for n few days. At last / decided 20 call
on q doctor and get some medicine. After
taking the medicine for some time with
cut improvement ] decided to leave Kan
sas and go home, thinking that the eli
mate did not agree with me. A few days
before / was to start for home a friend
came 10 see me and wanted me 20 try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. ] did not think
they would do me any good. but finally
yielded 10 his advice and commenced TAX
ing them. Ia a few days | felt better.
BY the time the first box was gone / was
able TO work again. i have felt the old
nalady but once since. Then + went at
Jams Pink Pills, and after taking two
boAes was completely well and have not
been sick since. / take pleasure in rec
onlmending DIR. Williams Pink Pills to
the public in the highest terms
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain. in
a condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary TO give new life and richness 10 the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are also a specific for troubles peculiar
10 females, such as suppressions. irreg-
ularities and all forms of weakness. They
build up the blood, and restore the glow
OF health to pale and sallow cheeks. In
men they effect q radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork or
excuses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
are sold in boxes (neyer in loose bulk ar
20 cents a box or six boxes for 50. q and
may be had Of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DIR. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, y. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
IRRIGATION IN THE WEST.
millions Invested In Ditch Enterprises
! Along the Union Pacific.

I Along the Union Pacific.
The magnitude of irrigation enter
prises In the west has been attracting
attention throughout the country for
SOM time.
The quantity of capital attracted TO the
states along the line OF the Overland
road for the purpose of investment or
Irrigation ventures is something enor-
lnous-suficient in the aggregate TO
almost construct a great railroad sys~
tern. In some sections the magnitude
iof the work in hand is something enor-
NOUS, contemplating the diversion of
great streams, volumes Of ate equal
TO that OF the Missouri river, into inn
mense storage reservoirs stretching
over miles of ground TO he gradually
distributed over acres of farms at the
proper time. In Nebraska there are II
great companies on the Union Pacific
An Idaho, 80; in Colorado. Il; in Kansas,
10; in Oregon, &. This does not include
small affairs. of which there are innum-
,erable numbers, but great concerns OF
from $500, 900 10 $4,000 900 capital, EN-
lploying hundreds, and supplying thou
sands of acres, sometimes controlling
hundreds of miles of canals. many OF
which assume the proportions OF rivers
when bank full.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
The Cause Of His Absence.

From PUCK.
Does ~Shacknasty Johnson 1--we near
here?" inquired a traveller who was jour
ney.ng across the Oklahoma prairie.
Nope replied the man addressed. a
gray-wh:skered old fellow, VINO had come
out 70 the barb wire fence n Response 20
tho strangers hail.
Wei, do you know where he can be
found?'
Nope"
Dear me! / must have lost my way.
Can you tell me where Mr.. W..liam Hoon,
fam.l.ar.y known as Old grizzly BIZ
lives, then?'
II reckon so"
where - it?'
Right here: I'm Hon
Indeed? Why. they told me al The set
Element that Johnson lived within gun
shot Of you
"He did; that's the reason lie haln't yere
uOw"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
a singing Fisn.

A reader of the st. Louis Republic
residing at ~Bentonville, Ark, writes as
follows: II read your note on vocal
fishes in Notes for the Curios' on Sep
TENDER u and wish 10 say that along
the 0 Of Florida and Georgia / have
often heard the musical notes Of what
the old fishermen call the singing
shad.' They differ from the common
shad in being smaller and also in the
formation Of their mouths. Their
singing is pleasant at first, but soon
grows m~onotonous. owing 70 the fact
that it is q constant repetition Of tbs
came sounds"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
A Queer Hospital.
Harper's Round Table.

II went 30 the animals far,
Inc p.rds and beasts were there
AT any rate IL was the animals hospital,
aIiu tnere were enough birds and beasts
Tor q fair. The hospital is In charge of
tne New York College Of Veterinary
surgeons, and that, IL you please, is part
oil the University of New York; so If
you wanted to sen your d~ickey-bird
there for pipe, he would be In a n
under the sheltering wing OF all the ID.
Ds n LII. DIS that shine as the re-
gents OF the noble institution.
A great Zeal Of the hospitals most in
teresting practice is among the animals
kept In geological gardens or I'm trav-
sHng shows. An old circus lion was
brought here not long ago to have his
liberated tooth pulled. Now IL the
toothache makes you feel as cross as a
Dear how cross does the toothache
make "A live lion feel?
To tell the truth, no one at the hospi-
tai wanted TO know how cross hat lion
did ~feel-they thought IL was a case
an which IL would be folly TO be wise.
Inc hrst thing to be done was TO drop
moses OF rope on the foor OF his cage,
and then draw up when he put his foot
in one-he knew he had put his foot
IN IT. when he found himself shared
and so, step by step, get him bound and
helpless. If you will think how partic-
oiarly hard il is TO tie UP a cat, you may
guess that IL is no joke TO make a lion
sast; he IN just like a ~stupendous cat
In his agility and sl~ipperiness. The only
way to render him helpless is to get
hist hind quarters tied up outside OF
his cage, and his head bound fast with
an 1t; and the next thing, for dental
work, Is to put a gag in his mouth;
that is the easier because there IL no
trouble at all about getting him TO open
his mouth-he does It every time any.
one goes near him.
When medicine cannot be given dis
guised in drink or food, IL Is usually
squeezed down the patients throat with
a syringe. The horses are very good
about that operation, but the dogs are
often Troublesome at first; bur both
dogs and horses soon learn that they
are with friends, and then they are
wonderfully good and grateful even
when the doctors have to hurt them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
In the Rain

Why not be glad? All nature weeps,
Her frown Is harsh, her face u gray,
But love, who loved her smiling. keeps
A charm 20 drive ennui away.
We cannot walk by wood and lane
Or kiss beneath the orchard bougA,
We cannot wander through the rain
To where We breathed our earliest vow.
Nature betrays US, turn 10 Art,
The upholsterer's Art her wrong repairs,
Curtains are comforting, my heart,
And so are rugs and easy chairs.
Come, let us furnish forth with speed
A pleasant fire-l.t cosy nest,
A haven where we need not heed
The wind. the rain and all the restl
We did our counting in the sun.
There's no more SUM-. Our course in
plain
An obvious yet a charming one:
Let US get married IN the rain!
Pal Mall Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Apples Are GOOD for Cova

Don't be afraid to give your COW green
or ripe apples. But feed them regularly
us you feed grain, meal or hay. A care
full trial last season, during which time
the amount was increased to more than
q bushel a day, showed good results oil
through. The flow of milk was good
and rich and the COW had to be MIXED
up to the time of calving. There were
no symptoms OF milk fever, and the old
idea that apples will make a cow go
dry" did not apply in this case. The
apples were fed whole, in a trough,
about IS inches from thegeouEd, and Of
course she never choked.-Farm Jour
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Figuring up what the taxes will be,
Figuring what IL Will take
To pay for a fire when the win blows
free,
And the ice makes a bridge Ger the AXE.
Cse,essiy autumn DER valley and glade
Its glories expands 10 View,
For man is a creature whom nature has
made,
But to figure, his lifetime through.
years,
And the chances that make our mar;
Counting the cost of our pleasures IN
ears.
Wondering IL fortune be far,
We yearn for a time when the toiler may
rest,
And the heart hat g heavy and tired.
Dreams of some spot far away from the
rest,
Where figuring isn't required.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Utr,,.ssss. o. ola nor.e Cars.

There Is q constant demand for old
horse cars. They are sold for summer
shelters in rural districts, for hunters
camps, for lodges by solitary lakes,
for cabins ON houseboats, and for tho
homes Of campers. They are found
everywhere. sometimes as mex to
pretentious cottages, and sometimes -
summer cottages Occasionally a num-
Der Of them are grouped together -
the dwelling place Of one or more FAM
ilies, and in this way they make . cons
modious summer home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Mind Hendfn1

You can read a happy mind in a hap.
py countenance without much penetra-
ton. This is the sort Of c~ountenancs
mat the quondam bilious sufferer or
dyspeptic relieved by Hostetter's St0m-
ach Bitters wears. You will meet many
such. The great stomachic and altera-
tive also provides happiness for the ma
~larious, the rheumatic. the weak, ana
those troubled with inaction of the kid
neys and bladder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

General Greedy has been experiment.
ing with bicycles in the signal corps
Three OF them were recently sent 10
San Antonio. where Lieutenant Reber
has been testing them. lie reports that
they are OF great value when military
telegraph lines break, a. repairs can be
made quicker and less valuable time
lost than when a horse and wagon have
to BE- secured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
HOM's This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for n case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j.. CHENEY & CO. Props,
Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus
mess transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Testimonials free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
An Important difference.

To make il apparent 10 thousands,
who think themselves i'll, that they are
not afflicted with disease, but that the
system simply needs cleansing, is to
bring comfort home 10 their hearts. as
a costive condition il easily cured by
using Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured by
the California Fig syrup company only,
and sold by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
HUNGARIAN SWINE.
fhe Mangalicza Breed Has Many vaius-
BILE characteristics,

bic characteristics,
Hungary In its climate and soil great
~ resembles our middle states. The
greater part of its 100000 Of inhab-
ltants are engaged in agriculture, grow.
ing especially wheat and corn. and
raising all kind Of farm animals, among
which the horse and the hog occupy
the first place. The stock Of the present
Hungarian swine was originally
brought from the Monaghan desert.
when Attila with his hordcs left that
overpopulated land. Undoubtedly this
stock originated from the wild hog.
which, during the long warning pere-
ginations II it's owners, was subjected
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Knew By Experience.

The examiner wished to get the chill
'ren to express moral Reproduction Of
,azy people. and he led up to it by ssk-
ng who were the people who got all
hey could and did nothing In return.
For some time there was silence, but
1t last a little girl who had Obviously
reasoned out the answer indyctively
rom her own home experience. ex.
:laimed with a good deal Of condolences
Please, sir. It's the baby"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Boardsr-- Why in creation did yop
ring the breakfast bell at o'clock this
morninge
Ccos-The missus heard It thunder
ing and told me to hurry up and servo
breakfast before the iAifk soursd.-M
y. Weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

In a race in County Longford, Ire
land, the other day the leading horse
bolted from the track and rushed INTO
a lake adjoining. where both ne and the
jockey were drowned before help could
reach them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Winnie--Mamma, doesn't the bible
say all people are made Of dustp"
Mamma-@Yes. Winnie"
Windshield. then. I suppose Aunt
Dinah was made 0f coal dust wasn't
uAsP'-Jsdas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

When the Russian government took
az the liquor monopoly recently In
southern and southwestern Russia, IL
began by having All the liquor In store
houses and the vessels In them blessed
and sprlnkled with holy water by the
clergy In full c~anonicals. The extreme
temperance people call this the bene-
aixion OF the devil IN solution"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

At a West End Restaurant-Young Lady
Ito her vis-a-vis, at Inner table for two)-
Darling, give your orders IN french. 1t Is
considered more dist.ngue here.
The Vis-a-vs-Very well, my dear. I
can easily do that. Gass-on,
Waiter-Yes, sir; Il - on. But we are at
present using the electric light.
The remainder Of the order was given in
English.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

When in the crowded t~horoughfares
Of city life you see young maidens with
checks az fair as country roses, give
a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life AWAY.

II yor want TO quit tobacco using easily
and forever. regain lost manhood, be
made we'll, strong. magnetic, full of new
life and vigor, take No-To-Bac. the won.
der-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over
o 10000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your
own druggist, who will guarantee a cure.
Booklet and sample free. Address Ster.
ling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

During the past fiscal ear employees
IN the postal service handled 1851 900
pieces Of registered mail, with the loss
Of only one uiece in every 1924.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

A dispatch received at Madrid says
that a company Of native soldiers at
Mindaceo, a Malay island, has mutinied
and kiLlcd it's officers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Ringing

Noises in the ears, sometimes a roaring,
buzzing sound, or swapping like the re-
port of a pistol, are caused by catarrh,
that exceedingly disagreeable and very
common disease. Loss of smell or hear
Sng also results from catarrh. Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, is
% peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying the
blood. II you suffer from catarrh, try
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

The splendid Connecticut tobacco
crop this year Is for the most part d.
rec from Cuban seed. General weyler
seems to be doing this country a good
turn in spite of himself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

The late London seasOn has, accord
ing 10 the t~radespeople Of all kinds. been
the best the west end has had for some
time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to me.-Wm. y. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. i, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken. weaken or gripe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

The guns Of the new British battle
ship Victorious r capable Of discharg-
ing $4,000 pounds Of metal in four min
uteA
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

The Yellow stone geysers are reported 70
be gradually lessening n activity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Now look here" SAID the professor TO
the infur9ated bull, you are my superior
in strength: l am your superior in mind.
Let US arb!trate this matter. and see
wh.ch should by right have the better OF
our controversy" 20, no." replied the
bull; let's toss up for it," The professor
Lost
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
a remarkable Nevada Wood.

just try a 10c box of C~ascarets, the fin
est liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Mrs. winsiew's SOOTHING sYHuP for Children
kethins. softsns the gums, reduces infammaaoa
sllAys pain, cure Wind cole. sc q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

When bilious or costiye eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10, 25c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

A Short Talk with an Experienced
"Wrccker"-Com PEELED to Stand in
Water for Hours-The Intense Strain
Upon Nerves aud Health.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

j the chances that make our mar;
the cost of u pleasures IN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-06
SILVER MEN NOT ALARMED
by the Threats of a Banking Firm That n
SilYcr Declaration WI Crnnfe a Pnnic

Chicago, July 5.-JudSe Powers. Of Utah,
is among the delegates who have received
letters from banking firm In this city in
regard to the effect That a free silver de-
claration would have upon the business
interests Of the country. In this letter, it
is stated that $4,000 have been invested
through the firm in Utah. Referring to the
circular Judge Powers said:
If this company and the clients of that
concern do not care to play in our back
yard they need not. If they do not wan;
to invest in Utah some one eise will. Their
clients will receive whatever is due them,
for Utah Will pay dollar for dollar as nom
mated in the bond. If these bankers think
they can intJmidate US and prevent us from
carrying out the viii of our constituents
by covert threats, then | say TO them that
we were not brought up in the woods to be
scared by owls. If they intend to help Gre
ate a financial panic in order to drive peo-
pie to support the gold standard, l have
only TO say to them that IN pulling out the
pillars of the financial temple they will
bring the ediice upon their own heads as
wen as ours and we can stand it as well
as they. | think that the bankers had bet
ter let US run politics our own way and
devote their attention to business. Per-
haps there would be fewer failures"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-06
WHAT rnE DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO,

The American. which aims to be na-
tional journal without partisan incl.na-
tons and is published and edited by
Hon. Wharton Barker, Of Philadelphia,
has an interesting article in It's cur
rent issue in which is discussed what
the Democrats should DO at Chicago TO
Win success in the nation.
Says Mr.. Barker, who, by the way,
has heretofore been a leading Republ-
en- and could have had cabine, posi-
ion under the last Republican admins
tradon had he accepted it:
If the Democrats are wise-and by
Democrats we mean those who are
Americans at heart, not alienS-.f they
Will adopt a platform and nominate a
candidate who will be a platform in
himself. who stands for the restoration
of silver TO its place rs money and for
financial and industrial as well as polid-
en- independence as opposed to Subserv-
iency to foreign money cliQues and their
American allies. such candidate Will re-
ceive the enthusiastic support of bimej-
alHs,s of all parties, and win be chosen
10y the people as their leader by an over
whelming majority. for under such cir
cumstances the bo,t from the Democrat
ic party viii lee irdn.JeSimal compared
20 the great numbers of PopulisJs, and
Of b.m5,aius,s heretofore Republicans,
who will Loyalty and enthusiastically
support such candidate II the leaders
o. the Democratic party at Chicago will
act so as TO unite the bime,allists Of all
parties. Democrats. Republicans and
PoDul.s,s. Major Mckinley and the mon
ey cl!ques viii be, We repeat over
whelmingly defeated. If they 90 not,
the election Of Mckinley and the tri-
umph Of the money cliQues is assured.
To unite the bimetalhc forces the BIZ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-06

According to the current issue OF
Bradsreets, stocks of available wheat
east of the Rocky mountains, United
States and Canada, on July proved dis
appointingly large from the point Of
view of holders, though it seems strange
that fault should be found with more
than an abundance Of a necessary article
OF food. Although smaller stocks are re-
ported than on July l, 1898 and 1894, the
quantity now held is much larger than
on like dates in years prior to 1898, and
7.419O0O bushels larger than one year
ago. On the Pacific coast the situation
S more favorable TO those looking for
higher prices, as stocks on July l were
smaller than on like dates for five years
past.
As compared with one year ago, Pa
cifc coast supplies show a falling off of
abou, two-thirds, and as compared with
Two years ago The shrinkage in the vol
ume Of stocks % wheat is three-fourths.
Notwithstanding the extreme movement,
west of the Rockies, the proportion OF
wheat held there is so much smaller
Than that at the east that the grand total
Of available supplies on the 1st instant
63.2S1 600 bushels-is found to be about
3 per cent larger than the quantity so
held one year ago. although about 10
per cent. smaller than that reported two
years ago, and II per cent. less than
three years ago.