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Persimmon Beer.

Persimmons are one of the old new
fruits that are coming into greater
prominence each year. The introduce
duction of the mammoth Kaki from
Japan is in no small degree RESPONSE
BILE for the growing interest in the
cultivation of this valuable fruit. No
where, perhaps, has the native per-
simmon been more fully appreciated
than at the South. The old cOEored
slave ofprecious memory delighted in
the time 'possums and persimmons
ripened together and were made edi-
BILE together by the crisp November
frosts that prepared the way for
Thanksgiving: Even now we meet
ever and anon a colored brother
whose locks are beginning to be
touched by the winter of old age, who
prefers the fat 'possum pie, garnished
with sweet potatoes, and washed down
with 'simmon beer, which only Sambo
knows how to brew to perfection.
w cII uO We IcIlCIuUOl W1CH WhoC uC-
light we used to eat fat ginger cakes
and drink this same old darkey's
beverage. We can apprecia e the feel
ings of an old immigrant to Texas,
who, finding none of his favorite fruit
began to pine for the home he left
in the old mother state, finally made
up his mind to retrace the long, toll
some Journey that he might once
more feast his soul upon the realities
that had become to him an enticing
memory only. When questioned on
the eve of his departure for reasons
that led him to leave state so rich
in natural advantages as Texas, he
said he had seen no fruit since he had
come to the state. When reminded
that peaches, apples, pears and other
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Bros, of Oneco, Fla. This is one of
the oldest established nurseries In
the State and the catalogue of espec-
ial interest to the horticulturist.
The catalogue of the Lakeland nur-
series for the approaching season has
been received. The stock of these
nurseries consists of 100000 trees OF
twentyseven varieties and the ap>
pearance of the catalogue indicates "a
prosperous business. The proprietor,
C. M. Marsh, is we'll known through
out the State as the propagation of
seedless and thOrnless citrus fruits as
speciality, which include the Marsh
Seedless Pomelo, Eureka, Seedless
Lemon, Tahiti Seedless Lime and the
Satsuma, a seedless orange
The Pomona nurseries, at MacClen-
ny, Fla, send out an especially at
tractive catalogue for 1898. The book
is illustrated with many half-tone
cuts, and contains much valuable in
formation to the fruit culturist.
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FARM, GROVE & GARDEN Notes on
the ORANGE The Velvet Bean; The Red
lands Early Orange; Soils and Eertiliz-
More About Celery; Rich Seed Beds Lie
orice Root Culture ..............:.. S1S
Division of Pomo1ogy: Canning Figs;
Seed Distribution; Budding Fruit Trees SIS
Uses of Water; Five Crops Year. Value
of Oranges and Lemons; 1t Preserves
Hides Tomato Crop Report...... .....S2O
Destruction of COcoanut Trees in Mica
Not Enough Truck Farming. ..... $50
TOBACCO Ass ocia ton Meeting Pro-
gramme; Florida Tobacco Safe; Curing
Tobacco in Florida; Tobacco on Muck
Land .....S2Z
tons for the Window;
A Legend Of the Peach Winter-BloOm-
ing Oxalis: CarnatiOn Culture: Plants
on Veranda; Diseases of the Easter Lii
ly: Lice on Rosebushes: Pine Cones and
Birch Bark; The Plumed Hydrangea.. S23
EDITORIAL-For Next year: Great
Paper Nursery Catalogues Success VS..
~@Failure in CamphCr Culture, Persim-
HOUsEH OLD.-Our Children; Practical
Housekeeping Old Fashioned Sponge
Cake: Embroidery Notes: Delicious Des-
POULTRY.-Pou1try vs. Cotton; A Jap
anese Rooster; Preserved Eggs; The Or
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cuts, and contains much valuable in
formation to the fruit culturist.
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Success VS.. Failure in Camphor Gull
ture.
Your paper of November 10th has
an article entitled ''The Camphor
Business" in which the writer sug-
gests some difficulties which may pre-
vent the success so alluringly por-
trayed in a former article from the
pen of DR.. Hale.
While it is well to be cautious
about accepting rose-tinted theories,
based upon personal interests, or
knowledge gained by superficial in
vestigation, yet every industry must
attain prof table results through suc-
cessive experimental stages, each one
of the series advancing step beyond
it's predecessor.
Whatever gives "a reasonable prom
Use of multiplying paying industries,
Of increasing individual wealth, or of
giving prominence to the locality in
which our interests are, should re-
ceive encouragement and assistance
This should be done in such a way
as not to endanger or embarrass,
proven and established resources of a
competence.
Trial investment of time and mon
ey need not be large and it would be
unwise to, plant a camphor grove
trusting to the old adage that, NE
cessity is the mother of invention"
to insure success, but with promise
of fair profits one may trust to the
developments of this scientific age
and the knowledge always gained by
experience to increase those profits.
The future cannot be measured by
the past. Because a commodity is
cheap when the native supply eX-
ceeds the demand is no reason to as
sumo that these dow prices may re-
turn when increased knowledge of it's
medicinal and scientific properties
multiplies it's uses, while an ever di-
minishing supply reverses the condi-
tons. With the demand steadily in
creasing and the supply as steadily
decreasing, these must, like two di-
verging rays of light, be drawing
wider and wider apart. Proof of this
theory is given by the writer of the
article referred to, in the prices cit
ed; as the difference in these must
be the correct measurement between
the supply as proportional to the de-
mand at the several periods cited
Increasing population and a higher
state of civilization increases con-
sumption and the old system of de-
pending upon Natures supply must
be superseded. AS the maple forests
that supplied sugar for our forefath-
ers have been supplanted by fields Of
sugar cane and beets, an acre ofwhich
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1897.
Table of Contents.

FARM, GROVE & GARDEN Notes on
the Orange; The Velvet Bean; The Red
lands Early Orange; Soils and Fertiliz-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

One seldom hears Of Jim Corbett these
piping hot days. Fitzand Sullivan seem
to have the inside track on keeping
their names before the public. For a
time after his Carson City defeat Corbett
was heard from, but it was usually as
stating that if he had another chance"
at Lanky Bob he would do this or that,
or something else to the effect that Fitz
would be the loser. Corbett finally saw
that his utterances were of no avail, and
wisely dropped his chatter. Since then
one has heard but little of the pomp-
adoured one, except that a story was
sprung that he and Brady wanted to
purchase the franchise Of the St. Louis
Base Ball club. Corbett evidently has
the base ball bee in his bonnet, and is
willing to indulge his desire if feasible.
Corbett played ball last week with an
amateur team in the east, and, while ne
was not bowling success. still he might
improve with practice. I think that
Corbett will hardly be seen in the ring
again, unless Fitz chooses to give him
another battle. and such happening is
not very probable. 1t is hard blow to
lose title such as Corbett bore, but
then he has no one to blame bat him.
self. If Corbett still contemplates re-
gaining the championship, l think the
best way he can force recognition again
is to meet and defeat Joe Choynski or
Peter Maher. Ifhe could whip either
one of these men, but of course he can't,
his cause would indeed be good for
another goat Fitz,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

Now comes latter day scientist who says
there are no dog days at all and that our
grandparents and their ancestors were
deceiving themselves all the time about
the relation between dogs and dog days.
There are no dog days. at least in the
sense that dogs are more liable to rabies
at one season of the year than another,
and of this there can be no denial. For
many years the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
has made study of this subject. That
there is such a disease in dogs as rabies
there is no doubt, but it is such rare
disease that the society has not been
able to learn of single case, we'll au-
thenticated In thirty years. Dogs GER
tainly are not more susceptible to rabies
in July and August than in any other
part of the year, and ninety-nine out of
every hundred cases of reported mad
dog" are not genuine csses Of rabies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
Comfort to CaIifornia.

Every Thursday morning, tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma-
ha and Lincoln via the Burlington Route
1t is carpeted upholstered in rattan
has spring seats and backs and is pro.
vided with curtains, bedding, towels
soap, etc. An experienced excursion
conductor and q uniformed Pullman
porter accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While neither as expensively finished
nor as fine to look at as palace sleeper
it is just RS good to ride in. Second
class tickets are honor ed and the price
of a birth, wide enough and big enough
for two, is only $500.
For folder giving full particulars
call at the nearest b. & Nj. Il. Il. ticket
Office. Or, write to j. Francis, General
Pass'r Agt., Burlington Route, Omaha
Nebraska.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
Custer County Institute.

We have been handed a copy of the
revised course of study, adopted by the
department of public instruction OF
South Dakota, Of which Frank Crane il
superintendent, and M. A. Lange, de.
patty. For the better understanding OF
these methods, and to establish q uni
formity, so far as may be. in all the
schools of the state, the county superin-
teLdent makes the following announce
ment:
The annual Custer County Institute
will convene at Custer on Aug. 23rd and
close with public examination on Sep
tember 3rd and 4th. The institute will
be classified in three grades. All teach.
ers who expect to teach schools in this
county, and also from other counties
are urged to attend the institute OH the
days mentioned.
Ifyou haye no copy of the "revised
course of study" drop line to the
county superintendent, it will be sent te
you, or you will be told where to obtain
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
Army Test Of the Bycicle.

Lieut.. Moss and his twenty colorsd
troopers of the Twenty fifth United
States infantry, says st. Louis dispatch
of the 25th inst, at 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon completed their 2,000-mile
ride on bicycle from Fort Missouia,
Montana. After that they will be quart
cred at Jefferson barracks until their re.
turn to Montana. In an interview Lieut..
Moss, said: ave left Fort Missoula,
Mont, Sunday, June IA. intending to
cover the 1000 miles between there and
st. LOUIS in six weeks. We are finish
ing easily and in good condition within
the proposed limit. Our trip has been
emipently successful. 1t is the biggest
bicycle tour by any army men on record
1t has proved beyond peradventurs my
contention that the bicycle has a place
in modern warfare"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

Japan still objects to the annexation
of Hawaii to the United States. The
imperial government is not disposed 10
be captious about it. they are willing to
admit the predominating influence OF
the United States in the Islands and
are satisfied to have it remain SO. They
say it is better as it is, more satisfactory
not only to the majority Of the people of
Hawaii, who, as whole oppose annex
alton, but more just to Japan, whose
treaty rights and privileges would be
made void by annexation. Altogether
their answer is very fair and reason
able.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

The gold yield for 1896 foots up
$53,0Ss,000, which is large increase
over 1895. This is due to the further
development Of the rich mines of
Cripple creek, Colo, Mercur in Utah.
and the Black Hills. The coinage value
of the silver product in 1896 was &c.,
096, ,236, or a commercial value Of $685.
477,959 This is an increase of 81 0l8, ,236
over 1895, and more than sl2OOO,OO
over the product of 1894. The copper
industry is IN flourishing condition.
The product aggregated 453,0O7, ,l39
pounds or 202,235 long tons, valued at
S4S,69s, ,267-the greatest product ever
obtained in the United States, and great
er than the gold product prior to 1896.
Iron Age.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

Fred Price, who has returned from
the Klondybs gold field with several
thousand dollars in gold dust, says that
there is great danger Of suffering on the
part Of those who attempt to 60 into that
country without an abundance of pro.
visions. He does not believe the trad.
ing companies can begin TO supply the
demand which will be made upon them.
He thinks the men who take up horses
to cross the pass from Dyea will do well
They can get their provisions in easy
that way and sell the horses for dog
meat afterward. He also advises new
comers to look for claims on other
creeks besides the tributaries of the
Klondyke, the latter being pretty well
staked out. Stewart river prom
ises as well as the Klondyke. He says
further that gambling dens and dance
houses have already opened in Dawson.
Games of every description are running,
and some of the miners play very henvi.
ly. They 60 into the mining town in
sheer desperation at the loneliness and
gloom of winter and gamble to break
the monotony. 1t is hard to get along
in Dawson City on less than $50 a day,
and many of the men spend ten times
that much. He claims that one saloon
cleaned up $4,000 in three weeks this
summer.-Ex,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
Our Trade With Hawaii,

Hawaiian commerce during the last
10 years is the subject of a circular just
issued by tie department of agriculture.
The paper was prepared by f. II. Hitch
cock, chief Of the division of foreign
markets, under the direction of secrs-
tary Wilson. The facts set forth bear
directly upon the current discussion of
the annexation of the Hawaiian islands
to the United States and are as follows :
The comparison of statistics shows
that the United States controls 30 per
cent Of the entire trade of the islands,
The total value of exports and imports
of Hawaii for 1896 was s2l SIS, ISL, of
which was about two-thirds, l5,5l5, ,23O
was for goods exported. The average
exports of the 10 years lSS7-lS96 was
$ll ,042,l4l and Of imports $5422, ,459,
leaving an average balance Of S5 500, ,GSl
in favor of exports. OF this tariff 9l.20
per cent. was with the United States
during the first five years of the decade
and in the second five years this lead
of this country over other countries was
increased to 9l.92 per cent.
Another impression ofthe situation may
be gained from the statement that our
trade with the island in 1896, according
to Hawaiian statistics, reached 500 :
BOG, the largest amount ever previously
were for 1890, when a total of SlS ,332,-
63l so was reported. The United States
however, does not yet hold so high a
position in furnishing goods for Hawaii
as in taking the products Of the islands.
OF the average of exports for the 10
years, nearly $ll 100000 a year, the
United States has bought practically all.
Only one-half of l per cent has been
sold to other countries. OF the goods
purchased by Hawaii on the other hand
the United States furnishes only about
three.fourths. However, it is chiefly in
our sales to the islands that trade is grow
ing. The annual average of these sa es
for the five years lSS7-lS9l was S4,376,-
Sl2, but for lS9l.96 $6,496, ,275, while the
exports to Hawaii for the last year
amounted to s., AGA 900, nearly a million
dollars more than for any previous year.
The goods coming from Hawaii to the
United States are mainly agricultural
products, while the shipments in other
directions, except breadstuffs, are chiefly
manufactures. Our imports of sugar
make the largest item in the trade,
while our imports Of rice come next.
Next in order are our exports of bread
stuffs, cotton goods, fertilizers, machin.
cry, lumber, tobacco, wire and chemi.
calls. 1t is noticeable that shipments OF
American live stocks, meats, apples and
corn amount to very little. Prior to
1876, when the first reciprocity treaty
was made between the United States
and Hawaii their total commerce aver
aged only 81 ,050,4l6. Since that date a
comparative growth has brought the
total to more than five times that
amount. Figures are furnished for the
first ten months of the fiscal year as
compared with the same period in 1896.
They show large increases in the i'm
portant items of trade.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
Government Asked to Establish Post
in Alaska.

Washington, July 26.-The secretary
of war is considering a proposition that
has been made to establish u military
post in Alaska. At present the govern
ment has no troops in thatvast territory
and in view of the heavy immigration
now going on and the possible danger
to life and property from lawless char
acters he has been urged to create an
Alaskan military post. The commercial
interests of the territory are at the bot
tom of the movement and have request
ed that company of infantry and a
gatling gun brigade be located at a post
to be christened Fort Alger," near the
boundary line, about 250 miles west of
the X ondyke and 2,200 miles aboye the
mouth of the Yukon river. The body
of troops is asked for to support the civil
authorities in the administration of law
and for the protection Of vested rights.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

Governor Alva Adams of Colorado,
in delivering hfs address of welcome to
the gold mining convention at Denver,
among other things said: "Since 1892
gold. silver and copper mines are about
the only industry that has paid divi-
dends. If this convention can turn the
attention of capital from unproductive
investments to legitimate mining, it will
have adyantaged country and investor
alike. Business care and sense in min
ing will pay better than most lines OF
Investment"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
NAPoLEoN's VALUE OF VICTORY
1t Finds q Striking Counterpart in Recent
World Triumphs.

1t Finds Striking Counterpart in Recent
World Triumphs.
Napoleon knew we'll the value of a
victory. After Austerlitz the world
seemed his. Fame invited, fortune
favored, everything stimulated his as
piring ambition. With growing power
he gathered the fruits Of victory. And
so has it ever been. Success succeeds.
A notable illustration Of this truth is
furnished by the great victories won at
the Worlds Fair in '93 and the Califor
nsa Midwinter Fair in '94 by DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder. Ever increas-
ing sales and popularity have been the
result. The people have promptly rati-
fed the official vcrdicts that declared
DR.. Prices. for lcvening power, keeping
qualities, purity and general excellence
the foremost baking powder in all the
world" Qrite as quickly as the great
Emperor do they know the value of a
victory that means worldwide suprem-
acy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
A Simple Fire ExtinRulsher.

Hand granades, the simplest form of
fire extinguisher, can be made at home
cheaply and easily. And it is well to
have at hand a simple contrivance for
extinguishing small fire at its start.
Take twenty pounds of common salt
and ten pounds af sal ammoniac nitrate
Of ammonia, to be had of any druggist)
and dissolve in seven gallons of water.
Procure quart bottles of thin glass, such
as are ordinarily used by druggiststs.
and fill with this, corking tightly and
sealing, to prevent evaporation. In
case of fire throw so as to break in or
near the flame. If the fire is in such
a place as TO prevent the bottle from
breaking as in wool or cotton, knock
off the neck md scatter the contents.
The breaking of the bottle liberates a
certain amount of gas, and the heat of
the fire generates more, thus working
its own destruction. Scientific Ameri-
can.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

The great strike, in the east is gain
ing In magnitude every day, and bids
fair to embrace all of the coal produc-
ing regions east of the Missouri river.
and from sympathy it may involve (be-
fore it ends most Of the labor associa-
tions in the United States. Asa general
thing We do not favor strikes because
they are in most cases instigated by hot
headed men who do not reflect upon
the seriousness of such a movement.
For this reason the strikes are i'll timid
and started when there is a surplus Of
the product on the market, and it just
suits the operators to shut down for
while until they have time to work off
the surplus on hand. And so il seems
to be in this instance. But still in this
case we don't see any help for it or any
other way out of the dialema. 1t has
become question Of life and death.
The miners have suffered their wages to
be cut time after time until il is i'm
possible for them to live and support
their families. Mr.. Ratchford, the presi-
dent Of funitcd mine workers of America,
truly states tho case when he says .
"Our present suspension is not of our
choice. 1t is forced upon us by the
continuous reduction in wages until the
point is reached where living by our
industry is no longer possible" 1t is
not politics but it is starvation that has
caused the strike. In many of the large
producing mines in Ohio and Pennsyl.
vania, the miners are not able to earn
more than $3.50 per moLth, and this
pittance is barely sufficient to support
single man. How then can the miner
support the wife and children who are
dependent upon him. Itis a deplorable
condition, and the heart that is not
touched by the tale Of destitution which
those figures imply, is hard indeed.