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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

For a tight little island England
hoes a pretty good commercial business.
Her total foreign trade In 1896 AMOUNT
ed to 1926. 315, 1896. while our own
reached only 1,642. 925. 161.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, the largest grass, clover and farm
seed growers in America, recently receiv-
ed an order for twenty-five thousand
pounds different kinds of clover. ten thou
sand pounds Salzer's Superior Timothy
Seed aud ten thousand pounds Of different
kinds of grasses from a large Montana
stock raiser. Salzer's seeds grow and
produce, and IL pays Ia SOW them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

China imported l3,0O0,00 square feet
Of American lumber last year. most OF
i from the states 81 Oregon and Wash
ington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

The most extensive cemetery IN the
world is that at Rome. in which over
10000 human beings have been in
TERED.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

The flesh OF the f~orequ3rters of the
beaver hes something of the flavor Of
beef, while that of the hi|Udquarlers L
a nShy taste.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

\ rabbit. chased 10y q dog AZ Jasper.
Fla, ran into a gopher hole, followed
by The dog, and a rattlesrake killed
both Of them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly. however. can
Accomplish this feat and outstrip any
swallow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

We Will forfeit 81 900 If any Of our
published testimonials are proven 20 be
not genuine. The Plso Co. Warren, Pa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
No.tO-Bac for FIFTY Cents.

over OO.OOO cured. WHY not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire fr tobaccp y
saves MONEY. make, health and m nhood Cure
euaran eec, soc and ~, al druggist.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Foggs-While you were engaged In
farming, what did you plant with the
happiest results?
bcggs-My mother-ia-law.- IN r.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

The salaries of the queens household
amount to 1856, 300 a year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

4 cat with a wooden leg finds an appr0-
pirate haven az the Togus, Me. soldiers
home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
2e4 BUSHELS CORN PER ACRE.

Kangaroo farming is to b. an estab-
lished industry in Australia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
Loves Fulfilling.

Mrs. wt1sIov's Soothing sYRCP Tor children
teethins. sOftens the sEms, reduces innaiLAA1Vn
sllays pnin. ruTes wind collie. PC a bottle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

NJ Diebler. the veteran executloneT Of
Paris, has behcadod oyer 200 persons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Mrs. Nj. Yaung of WOODBURY.. Ore.
has completed a bed quilt OF 4.370 pieces.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

JUST Gry a Zoe box 81 Cas- arets. caudy catbsrtic. m.
st liver and bowel regulator maie.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

The Texas house has passed a bill pro-
hibiting Sunday base ball.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Russian railways have ladies smoking
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

264 BUSHELS CORN PER ACRE.
It's marvellous how we progress. You
can make money at 10 cents a bushel
when you get 264 bushels corn, 30
bushels oats, 173 bushels barley, 1909
bushels potatoes per acre. Salzer's
creations in farm seeds produce.
$1,000 WORTH FOR 10 CENTS.
just Send This Notice and 10 Cents
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis, and get u farm seed sam
piles, worth SO, 10 get a start. c. y. U.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

When bilious or eostive. eat a casearst, candy c&
thartic. cure guaranteed. To-, CSC
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

CAscARyTs stimu. ate liver, kidneys and bowels. New.
" sicken. weaken or grife. l0c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Is Il Ewes ancient enemy.
The fair. 1.-THE. supple, subtle snake,
That offers us ever the fruit OF the tree
Whereof IL is death 10 our souls 10 par
take2
It's a potent force that the brain can
shake,
That cheats the soul with a deep-laid
craft,
Tha feigns 10 lead us, for loves dear
sake
But what was the philter Tristram
quaffed?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Stray dogs are cremated In Birmlng-
ham, England, al the rate of fifty a day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

SarsapariHa s spring s ass,'
cine and Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. 81.
Hood,c D;lIc cure nausea. INDIGESTION,
iiOOA . ! hiAS biliOusneSs. % cents.
.BaIiade of Fate,

Z Ut HNNF
What mad freak Of destiny
Wills that love shall forever wake,
Stern and opposed though the reason be.
In hearts that are fated 10 part and
break?
What is the potion chat senses take?
What Is the subtle. burning draft
That leaves behind Il a lifelong ache
But what was the philter Tristram
quaffed?
In what mad mood OF irony
Did fate ordain Il. the cruel mistake
That beauty and youth and propinquity.
In spite OF vows. must forever MAKE?
What was the word that Lancelot spake
When with Arthurs queen he o ana
laughed?
What argument welded the knight OF the
But what was the philter rristram
quaffed2
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The sun., 1897-08-29

Richmond in Yorkshire. and the name was Mrs.
~. III. Cortolvin. She's broken her neck, SIR"
Cortolyin clutched at the white rail OF the
bridge my Godr' he cried. Dead Julia
deadi II that all, Captain ="
at was only q two-lino paragraph. You'll
please understand how sorry am to carry such
sad news, Mr., Cortolvin.
"Thanka, skipper, thanks" He turned away
md waikod to the end OF the bridge and stayed
there for a while, leaning against an awning
stanchion, a staring at the baking levels Of the
Red Sea, which were slipping past the Saigon's
rusty flanks. And then ho came back again and
stood AT Kettles side, looking down at the pill.
erims amounting their scalds below. al
learned to be something Of a fatalist, Captain"
he said when was among those people. This
ia how sum tho situation: 1t was written that
nv wifc should die while was away. Il was
Written also that J, should live. God ordered 1t
Cant Kettle gripped his hand In sympathy.
sorry. II you think bit Of, poetry about the
occasion would help you at all just you say, and
hi do IT, I'm In the mood for poetry now. All
things nut together, we'vo been through pretty
heavy time during these last few hours."
"Thanks, skipper. thanks, said Cortolvin.
"I know YOU mean we'll. And now. II you don't
mind, I'll leave you. think I'd like to be alone
You do. sir. Go and lie, down on my bunk
TIL have YOU a beautiful elegy written by tho
time you're back on deck. twill comfort you."
The sun., 1897-08-29

From the Cincinnati commercial ITtoune
1t was n sultry night in July. He had boon
sitting up with II sick friend, and with his coao
ON his arm and misery in his head. now fol-
lowed his instinct 10 his suburban home on Wal
nut Hills. The distant whirr OF the night-owIo
motor and tho pat-pnt OF his unsteady toot
steps were the only sounds that struck his ear.
suddenly he stopped and listened. Wasnb
Lnat II sob or moan. as II human beira IL 1is-
trcss! Everything was silent for II few scoo5cS.
then the mysterious sound was repeated. Tho
hair Of the lonesome pedestrian cvtnced Pc
rular tendency to stand on cnd, and his limbs
became still shaker than they had been. Ho
looked around and just when the grewsomo
moaning once more broke the stiffness OF tho
night he cspci "A female figure, MI clad In
white on the mooulit front steps Of the resi-
dcncc in front OF when he had stopped.
"Will you please help mci' the woman spoke
in sad and pleading voice that AT once awak-
cncd all the accumulated gallantry in our hero.
As rapidly as his slightly paralyZcd cxtremt.
ties pcrmittcd he crossed the front yard and
said To the fair supplicant; what can do for
you, mGdaini
have been waiting here ever since, Would you
please 20 into the house and opcn thc front door.
which Il sudden draught must have shutf'
But how can | get into the iouscf
why, the back door Is wide Oucn
but IL that is the case, why ia heaven did
you sit out here for more than three hOursl
"Oh, please do not ask. Can't you guessl
He guessed when no reached that fr0nt doof
from the inside and found about one,third OF
the girls garments in the hall, separated roA
the rest by the tight-htting door.
The sun., 1897-08-29

declared otherwise, and such an offioor was the
host expert. No doubt Taylor had meditatod
and talked about making n will, but he had, like
many rich men, delayed Its execution and diod
without ono. Was IL likely, In view of the close
comradcshp which had always existed between
himself and wifc, that II he had placed his Will
IN a book he would not have told her
, IN the succeeding arguments fnvoring the va
lidity or the viii the testimony of the witnesses
was declared to be such AS could not DO shaken
by imputntiOns OF conspiracy or monstrous suR-
Restions of perjury. Taylor, counsel said. had
never forgiven his granddaughter for marrying
the man whom he disikcd 1t was in testi-
moon tho tcstntor was heard to say, Kate, how
could you leave me T. in accents savoring OF sor-
row and some animosity. Tho contestants were
mistaken as to Taylor's ways, for nc had boon
in politics and business sly and scCrctivc, and
his lifc showed him To he precisely the man to
conceal his tcstnmentary views and actions IL
would be n dangerous prcccicnt to declare u
will forged when tho witnesses TO the document
were both alive and tcstifying for IL.
The Surrogate took weeks TO prepare his opin.
ion. and he sust ,ncd the will. Mrs. Howlnnd
seemed dcsirous OF letting tho controversy rest
there, but her husband prevailed upon her to
appeal. Tho Supreme Court sustained the Sur
rogate but the Court of Appeals reversed him.
more upon errors occurring during the hearing
than because 1t held the will to he a forgery.
The questions put TO counsel by Chief Judge
Church during tho appeal argument seemed to
intimate that he thought the finding OF tac will
In the book strongly smackCd OF y trick. and
that he believed that whom no Will turned up
after search for one in likely and accustumc
after a lapse Of time during which n will could
be manufactured, stamped the occurrence as n
fraud. a compromise cnsucd and the will case
passed into legal history as an unsolycd puzzle.
The sun., 1897-08-29
PHILIP TO HIS FATHER.
A Bit or wise Advice which Mr.. Gratebar
Takes Not Unkindly.

"As a general thing" said Mr.. Gratebar. II
take a cheerful view of things, and with all its
cares and troubles like life 80 well that I
should be glad to have 1t prolonged indefinitely.
But occasionally something happens that, while
It does not make me despondent-I am never
that-disturbs me greatly. And then. as likely
as not. 1 grieve TO say, go home to dinner and
alt down at the table with gloom written on my
face in letters so big that there's hardly room to
Finally, after a period of silence Philip
speaks up, with the irreverence Of youth but
With youths blessed buOyancy:
"'Tako brace, old man; take 2 brace.
And try TO explain TO Philip that things
have not gone my way that day. and that don't
And Philip says: Well you ought to throw
blum that you are feeling well. whether you
And feel that what Philip says Is true. ]
have, from time to time, tried to- give him. on,
Of my experience; wise counsel; ! feel that
there are times when may pront Dy the coun
sci of Philip.
The sun., 1897-08-29
Blasting FOSSILS In Boston.

The residents OF Mattapan have pretty nearly
ali become members Of ono big geology class,
studying the science by the most approved mod.
this is that the blasting for the sewer which is
just now being put down in, Norfolk street in
front OF the ,Tileston School has brought to
iiQht quantities of rock containing fossil re-
mains, which are not only interesting to scien-
lists, but so beautiful for paper weights and
such articles that the fragments are in great
demand. The fossil remains seem TO be those OF
ferns and mosses. They are black In color, ard
imbedded In dull red rock. Tho rock Is very
hard and as 1t has a good cleavage. many speci-
mems have been found where the delicate black
outlines on the CLASSY light background form a
beautiful picture.
The sun., 1897-08-29
Pennsyivan,an measured for Its CONN.
From The Boston Journal

READING, Pa. Aug. 22.--In anticipato ion OF his
death, John q. Tay lor, a hale and hearty man OF
West Chester, Chester county, Pa, Is prcHnring
his own grave lie has just had deposited In
the lhfnyette Cemetery solid slate casket in
which bis body is 10 rcposc after death. Mr.
Taylor has experienced The sensation of being
measured In his coffin. IIc believes in attending
to all such little details now for after he Is gone
others might not he so careful TO have them done
right. He has had a classic statue OF his wife.
who died some years ago. placed on top OF hne
monument over her grave,
The sun., 1897-08-29

The sun climbed higher into he fieckless sky
and !o!lcd above the Saigon III insolent cruelty.
The Red sea heat l:rew. II anything, yet more
dreadful. The mems veins stood out IN ropes pns
upon their strenm,ng bottles. and y sc0rched
them 10 draw in u breath. Drink. too. was
scarce The h@n' 's rn rss1r r. os, n n; MSfr the
moisture, ana Tie saigol h ,L left 10 idah with
her tanks only half h.lci she had to depend
IN the iropls q condenser T,.ter must be dealt
out in spirinG ration or u dozen hours may
easily see - whole ships company down with
The Saigon carried u spar deck amidshps.
and the pi.grn1 were grouped ~ Two oouies
fore and al OF lhis Oh the iron plating OF the
The spar deck was officially relched from
these lower levels by II couple OF slender iron
ladders. but il was not unsu,lnbe to a fairly
active climber. TnerI was an alleyway passing
beneath the spar de- k, hut this could easily DC
which fastened inside with hc ctvy screws.
The chic! ong.n came into tho charihouse
his face with a wad o: cotton waste lio Looked
meaningly nt tho whisSey bottle. but hettio
is@n9Wyedi is@WsiI M MF E'ShSf; Mefodd !" he said.
I'm q rcady for tho paasans' SIR when yere
"What ARE your engines II Ike nowf 49,
"a wee pittle less NJ for the scraphead than
they were dozen hours hnGk. but not very
much to boast Or NJ Mird spas os1 bUineS nsS
ever fingered" said nc, and that's what
think OF Them. A man ought TO have double
my nay lo to near them They're JUST hear'
You knew she wasn't the & o when you
Were neither OF us here, Capt; Kettle
| because we we're OfTurr ftttcr bcrths.
Kettle rownsd "L,i tronnio ,yoRh, h,snd MF Sos MS
| have those steam pipes rnnBed T.
"comlnend!ng both laddcrsr r
| "bnd YOU 'ye plenty OF stoamf'
"Yv San hear II 6urriag through the escAP'
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-29

The antidote for the rinderpest
which DR.. Koch is reported to have
discovered in South Africa, fit should
prove as successful as Pasteur's meth
DDS OF graduating diseases among AMI
mails, would, the New York Tribune
believes. lead to larger results in pro-
motipyl peace and prosperity in that
part ~ the world than the most in
genious compromise which Mr.. Cham.
berlain could devise for the reconcile
alton OF foreign races. In COMPARE.
son with q triumph of science like DR..
Aoch's, the British success at Bida in
bringing another little wal to a close
ia Insignificant indeed.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-29
RI f. GOOD Co..

Let's sing about the good times-the happy
times TO be
As sing the rivers ripping on in music to the
As sing the birds-they kEow not why-when
s%pringtime days begin;
So let us sing the sad times OUT. and sing the
glad times in!
Let's sing about the good times, when every
cot and olod
Shall send a benediction TO the living skies
OF God!
When tho world q brighter beauty and a
rareT grace shall win,
And life shall sing the sad times out aud ring
the glad times in.
Let's sing about the good times! They'll
greet as on the way
4 rose upon the mornings breast-a sun
throughout the day:
When life springs like a blossom from the
color Of the clod,
And the world rolls on in music 10 the shin
ing gates Of God!
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-29
SClENriFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

DR.. Koch is said to have discovere
another anti-tuberculin.
A process has been discovered b
which milk can be hardened to iorl
buttons and billiard balls.
A Berlin physician, DR.. Feanliner
says that rheumatism IS often due t,
the excessive use OF meat.
Tho poles of Jupiter are aattened
almost exactly like those of the earth.
The phenomenon can be plainly seer
with the telescope.
1t rains on an average 203 days ir
the year IN Ireland, about $50 III Eng,
land, at hozan about ninety days and
in Slheris only sixty days.
From figures recently published Mt
Munich it appears that there are now
IL Central Europe l5,644 gas engines,
which aggregate 52,694 horse power.
In the tiords of the Norway coasts
the c~ica:ness of the water is wonderful.
At a depth Of thirty fathoms objects
the size OF a silver dollar may be
clearly seen.
OF the 1O6 kinds OF car c%ouplers
enumerated by the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission,
seventy'eight were in use in 1885,,
when the number Of automatic
couplers of all kinds had increased to-
4o8, S56, from 80,540 in 1889. :,
A London inventors driving wheel
for cycles, motor cars and railway To-
comotives has its circumference.
mounted on sixteen or more smaller
wheels, which strike the ground in
succession, It is claimed that a BIZ
cycle geared to $50 inches is propelled
as easily as an ordinary one geared to
sixty inches, a spe led Of mile q minute
not being difficult.
Aproduct called 'twire glass" which,
it is asserted, presents an effective Tar,
rler against fire, consists simply of a
mesh work of wire imbedded ia q
glass plate. Even when licked by
flames an raised to q red heat it does
not fall to pieces, aud it not only
the heat OF fire, but also TIL
shatteriuy effects of cold water poured
over it while it is yet glowing hot.
The construction of the owls foot is
peculiar. Unlike the we'll known foot
the parrot, which has two toes in
and two behind, and that of the
'agle-or a more familiar example,
he common spsrrov-it has one toe
behind and three in front; but the
irst of these is capable of much lateral
notion, while the fourth or outer toe
s reversible, and when the bird
IS turned backward, SO that
he bird sits on its perch with the two
aidlle toes in front and the two outer
oes behind.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-29

Hot the Germans got the reputa
ton of beiHng "slow" it is hard TO,
Farm, Field and Fiireside to under
stan3 Sfaztality." it says, "they
athe most progressive nation on
earth. Manydf the things which in
this country are looked upon as wild,
" radical have been in practical and
successful operation over there for
years. Government ownership of
railways, postal savings banks, com.
pulsory insurance for government EN-.
ployes and pensions after retirement
for age, are ell beyond the expert
mental stagein Germany. The recent
official reports show that the railways
are paying SO we'll as to be q large
source of revenue to the government,
rea4ctions in both freight and
rates are contemplated"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-29

ana Was continually brooding ovs
schemes to heal the breach between
the two femilies-heal tho breach
Else. how was [ to make Henrietta 81
much as seem conscious of my exist
ence? All this time my father watched
me SO closely that it made me nervous.
cues that hurried things-guess Il
did. Anyway, l was not very good
humored n morning, and when my
father sail something about it ]
wheeled round and told him oil about
Gaeland's death and the things I had
done afterward, ending with the bold
statement that [ loved Henrietta and
could not help it.
$50 this day [ wonder that my fiery
old father did not fell me- to the floor
with a chair, for he was q quick mai
a quick man. He stood and looked
at me pretty much as he would have
locked at O cur that had dared to bite
him. Then he turned on his heel and
! went away, took his hat and left the
house-went straight to the woods.
Needn't ask me how I felt; mean
enough, that's certain, mean enough
--mean enough. He didn't come
home to dinner, and [ did not eat any.
Toward night I saw him coming down
the spring hill from the direction Of
the family burying ground, and I
knew where he had been last, if not all
day. My elder brother had been his
idol.
"You can talk about bravery, but I
tell you it took bravery to make ms
face my father at the supper table d
few minutes later. He said next to
nothing during the meal, aud his hands
trembled when he passed the plates. I
do hope TIL never again feel like I did
during that meal. After it was over
The big horn was sounded, d very I'M
usual thing at such an hour, and the
hands from oil over the plantation
came pouring up to the house. They
gathered close about the back porch,
the house servants and the family
we're On the porch.
81 felt like running-felt like run
didn't know what on earth was
'oming; felt like I was to be cursed
nd sent from home. Father stood
lose to the old water shelf, AMI here's
that he said, the words fairly burning
nto me-:
"I have called you together to put
OH on notice that the trouble between
II. GrantIand's family and mine is ut
n end. Hereafter there will be peace.
is family will dine here next Thurs.
az and the day following his hands |
i'd mine will have a barbecue in the
,ring grove. You may go to your =
,
81 can't tell you how we all dis |
'r6ed; but amid the pleased e~jacula-
ons OF some of the servants /. found
yself wiplng the tears off my face
fore the whole crowd. Perhaps
shedding tears because mother was J
b5lng; never could bear to see her '
y. :
swell, this about ends my story. I
he bag Of gold dust and nuggets that .
to me helped to buy this house,
ung man. And.you needn't think .,
re lonesome vi ZEN you pass by here
Q IN the day al see two old folks A.
ling close tdshher, for they're @
'k'etta and me-. W. haven't been 20
en- les now for many years-many -
'rsAkW averley Magazine. Il