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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
History i'm e

Ii bn been found that the rings OF
gruHth visible in the trunks Of trees
have a far more interesting story to tell
than has usually been supposed. Every
one knows that they indicate the mum
Der of years that the tree has lived; but
Mr.. j.. Keuchler has recently made ex.
periments and observations which seem
to show that trees carry in their trunks
a record of the weather conditions that
have prevailed during the successive
years of their growth.
Several trees, each more than 1870
years old, were felled and the order and
relative width Of the rings of growth ia
their trunks were found to agree en-
aotly. This fact showed that all the
trees had experienced the same stimu-
lation in certain years.
Assuming that the most rapid growth
had occurred in wet years and the least
rapid in dry years, it was concluded
that out of the 1874 years covered by the
life Of the trees, 6 had been extremely
wet, go very wet, Is wet, IL average, as
to the supply of moisture; 10 dry, 8
very dry and 9 extremely dry. But
when the records of rainfall running
back al far as 1910 were consulted Il
was found that they did not entirely
agree with the record of the trees.
The conclusion was therefore reached
that the record of the rings contained
more than a mere index Of the annual
rainfall; that it showed what the char
acter of the seasons had been as to sun.
shine, temperature, evaporation, regu'
la,ity Oh ~irregularity of the supply Of
moisture, aud the like.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
The Widows Sufferings.

A colored woman in a Texas town has
just buried her fourth husband. AS in
duty bound Parson Whangdoodle Baxter
called to console the widow.
de Lor' will temper de wind to de
shorn lamb"
"Does yer mean dat Use one OBJ de
black sheep oh dc flock" asked the
widow, tartly.
81 dosn't mean dat, sister. All ]
means am dat yore aflicshun am sore.
Nobody 'preshiates de suflerin's OBJ de
widow
"Portickerly when dark colors make
her look like a skeercrow. / reckon l
know all about de sufferings oh de wild.
dy. l has been dar foah times. -
2sras Siftings.
.Iou say tnat you played MacDethr"
said a New York theatrical manager to
an applicant for a position.
II have soted the role of Macbeth
fourteen times"
well, let me hear you repeat his
defiance to Macduff."
.Oh, l never got so far as that. The
audience always made me quit before I
got TO that peftgE1s4as. Slftipas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

me. L propose that Kitty shall live with her
lauher one-half Of the year. and shall return
10 her mothers care for the other half. II
there is any valid objection TO this | confess
i fall to see IT,"
Mrs. Linley could remain silent no longer.
Does he see no difference" she broke out,
his position and mine? What con-
solatlon-in Gods name what consolation Is
lelt TO me for the rest of my life but my
enid? And he threatens TO separate us for
SIX months In every year! And he takes
crecit to himself Tor an act of exalted justice
on his part! Is there no such feeling as
shame In the hearts of meng'
Under ordinary circumstances her mother
would have tried to calm her. But Mrs.
Presty had turned to the next page of the let
ter at that moment when her daughter spoke.
What she found written on that other side
produced a startling effect on her. She
crumpled the letter up in her hand and threw
1t into the fireplace. 1t fell under the CRATE
instead of into the CRATE. With amazing
activity for a woman of her age, she ran
across the room 10 burn il. Younger and
quicker, Mrs. Linley got to the fireplace first
and seized the letter. There Is something
moreV she exclaimed. And you are afraid
OF my knowing what 1t is"
Don't read Ill! Mrs. Presty called out.
There was but one sentence left 10 read:
IF your maternal anxiety suggests any mis-
giving, let me add that a woman's loving care
will watch over our little girl while she is
under my roof. You will remember how
fond Miss Westertield was of Kitty, and you
will believe me when | tell you that she is as
truly devoted TO the child as ever"
II tried to prevent YOU from reading IL
said Mrs. Presty.
Mrs. Linley looked at her mother with a
strange, unnatural smile.
Il wouldn't have missed this for any,
thingv' she said. The ~cruelest of all sepa-
ratiOns is proposed to me-md l am expected
to submit to it because my husbands mis-
tress is fond of my child.' She threw the
letter from her with a frantic gesture OF con-
tempt and burst into a fit of hysterlcal laugh
f, ter.
fNonItnpaA na~k uDaah
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an iniamed on
dillon of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
tlamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t is en-
tirely closed Deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out n this tube restored to Its normal
condition, hearing Will be destroyed for
ever: nine cases out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY q CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
spankin' Time

Looks like list must be spankln' Mt o,,r
mouse once in a whiie.
Sumptn' 'rother happens-Pa saws. Cant
alters sing an smile.
ines time for worLin', playin', erwin"
But II seems TO me
: could affixed IL so't spankin' hadn't
ought to be.
Perhaps it's naughty words-liye bows isi
can't be preacherfied:
Or damned a calf Cat wouldn't drive e
pasture In the side:
Or made a fiutter mill instid a-goin' tc
sunday school;
Or clean forgot an biffed a fellow-'gainst
the gcden rule;
Or sumpin' else at grabs you by the throat
or hand an then
Before you hin the thing il lone at
hadn't ought to ben;
An then It's spaniin' time; comes once a
week or maybe day
list bound to come, In spite of what grown
folks may do or say.
Then ma she tightens up her lips an saws:
Come here. my SON"
An gran'ma wipes her specs an knits an
knlts an knits like fun,
An sis runs TO the bed an covers up her
face an head.
An pa goes out to fetch some wood or
kindlin' from the shed,
then things happen, as | said, at
hadn't ought 10 be-
NO use descrtbin' 'em' to folks at knows
Like you an me
Enough ma says for these very things
she'll be thanked.
What do l do at spankin' time? Why. I'm
the n ats spanked.
Clarence Ousley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
kContlnued next week9
CABRlEL'S TRUMP.
How u Young Girl Cured Her Brother OF
Practical Joking.

A certain excellent lady of Boston
has 50 great 4 horror of practical jokes
and all other sorts Of foolish levity which
does not regard the rights and feelings
of others. that it was with much SUR
prise that her friends recently heard
her avow that she once in her youthful
days perpetrated IA practical joke of her
own, says the YOVth'S Companion.
"Ah," said a young man who was pres
ent, $50 when YOU were young you be-
lieved in practical jokes YOURSELF"
Not at all, she answered. Il merely
believed in curing young men Of the
practice of perpetrating them if | pos
sibly could" please tell us about it,"
said the young man.
well, | vas II years old and was
probably about as timid as most girls
of my age. There had been n revival
of the Millerite excitement in our neigh
borhood and some people nightly eX-
pected to hear the sound of Gabriel's
trumpet announcing the end of the
world.
81 did not believe in this, but l con-
fessed at the dinner table one day that
if / should hear n horn blow in the night
| should be frightened out of my wits.
| was foolish enough to make this con-
fession in the presence of my younger
brother, who was Il great joker.
at happened that at this same time
another brother, u very little fellow,
was just getting over a mild attack of
tho measles. He was somewhat trou-
blesome in the night aud occasionally
called for a drink of cold water. 1t fell
to my lot to take care of the child, and
in getting him the water | had to pass
through a darkened chamber, in the
floor of which II stovepipe hole had been
left open to allow heat To come upstairs
from the sitting-room below.
AS | passed out through this room to
get the glass of water | noticed from
the appearance of the ~stoyepipe hole
that there was Il very faint light in the
room below. ] went on out, and as
rvturned softly with my glass of walei
l paused and looked down into the sit
ting-room.
There | saw my smart brother stand
ing on n chair, getting ready to thrust
the mouth Of a long tin di%nner-horn up
into the stovepipe hole and blow a blast
to brighten me.
81 took a step Or two which he could
hear and up came the mouth of the
horn. And then, just rs he was pre-
pairing to blow his fearful blast I poured
my glass of water into the mouth of the
horn.
"lnstead of hearing Gabriel's trump |
heard a great purolinp and sputterinp
noise and tho joker below went tum-
bling out of the chair to the floor. |
rushed downstairs to make sure that Inc
was not badly choked, but when ]
reached the lower room he had van.
ished, horn and all.
"At the breakfast table mex morning
he looked so crestfallen that | could moi
help bursting into a fit Of laughter and
had to tell the story. And my young
brother, | found, was pretty eilectually
cured of practical joking by the ridicult
that followed this performance"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Has Its Uses.

Washington Evening Star.
There is altogether too much speech
making in our politics." remarked the
man Of business.
Il don't know about that" replied
Senator Sorghum, as he rehectively bal
anced himself on his toes.
But you know as well az / do that
these long winded nomination talks sell
dom change anybody's mind about what
they're going TO do
''Of course not, my boy. but there has
to be something, hasn't there, 10 take up
time and give us a chance TO work
among the delegates?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Childhood in SummerIand.

Pity pat. bark! there is While, see!
Chasing a wandering bumblebee.
Hippety hop, and away we go
Through meadows white with daisies
snow.
Hide and go seek! and can you find me,
o bird in the green-boughed pepper tree?
Down In the beautiful clover sweet
/ am buried now from head to feet.
And what, oh what is 1t that | hear?
lis the flies which are buzzing softly
near,
As If some story they had to tell
To Willie and me m little Nell.
What are you thinking of, little fly?
My gingerbread dog / think you spy.
Yes, yes, and you are a robber bod,
Seeking to capture the sweets 1 hold.
While like winged flow'rs the butterflies
pass,
Or like golden boats in a sea of light,
Floating away do they take their flight.
Ill spy! and quickly away we run.
Orange trees nod with their blossoms fair,
While roses make sweet the shining air;
We gather them for "A battle bold.
The roses of white and red and gold,
Pelting each other away we go,
With fragrant roses In place OF snow.
No snowman have we, but lilies lean
like white-faced nuns Ger the grasses
green,
While the cactus stands with it's pointed
spear,
And the ann tall is growing near.
Play we gaily here from rise OF sun
TIL the day is gone and the bright stars
come
When with happy hearts we nestle down
To our slumbers sweet in Good Night
town.
Los Angeles Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
MKlNLEY'S ADMINISTRATION
It's Policy Towards Cuba Is Wei
Defined.

New York, N. Y. Feb. 26.-The Jour
nal this morning prints the following
dispatch from julius Chambers, it's stat
correspondent at Cleveland, O.
Intense curiosity exists to know tn,
policy to be pursued regarding Cuba b!
the incoming administration. am abb
to state that policy on the highest au
thority and in the epigram in which |
will be enunciated:
There will not be any meddling wit
the Cuban insurrection or n trifinI
with Spain.
Every citizen of the United State
will have the absolute protection of thi
government, IL war with Spain be pre-
clpitated.
The first case of brutality to a cit
izen Of the United States will be fol
lowed by immediate and unmistaksbl
action On the part Of the adplnistra
ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
AN UPRISING OF INSURGENTS
Prolonged Fighting In Which Man!
upn KiIIaI

London. Feb. Pa dispatch to thu
Central News from Madrid says tn
government has received information
that a sudden uprising occurred in Ma
nilla, the capital of the philippine
islands yesterday. The i%nsurgentI
made an attack upon the quarters o
the Spanish carabineers and carriet
them by storm. Fighting then began il
the streets and "a prolonged for sew
eral hours. The Spanish troops wer
finally victorious, and by nightfall al
disorder had been suppressed. Whel
the fighting ceased the corpses of 20
rebels were lying in the streets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Although you have suffered for a long
time ron Malaria. dyspepsia, kidney
trouble, or biliousness.
Know that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has cured worse cases than yours, and
Is potent to help you az it has helped
hosts Of others. But always remember
that trite saying, Delays are danger
GUS Mole hills grow to be mountains
In consequence OF disregarding IL.
Check disease at the outset with this
Incompatible defensive medicine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Cay is the crickets' song in the & ass,
While like winged fow'rs the butterhit
Mary French Field at the Capjta

Mary French Field ut the Capital
Washington Letter to Chicago Tribune.
At the white house last Thursday
night n of the prettiest young ladies
present was Miss Mary French Field,
daughter Of the late Eugene Field, who
has been giving readings here under
distinguished patronage. Miss Field
attracted every n with her sweet face
and natural name Her reading from
her fathers works at the Columbia
theater on Wednesday night met with
most favorable comment. Her toilet of
deep black, relieved only by a bunch of
Parma v~iolets, with the melodious
womanly voice. appealed to the audi
nee very strikingly, especially when.
with the tenderest tremors in 1t, she
read the poem, Some Time" written
for her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
BRYAN'S PAPER.
The Editor Again Restored To
HeuIth.

tttUltn.
Mr.. George W. IIervey. editor OF the
Weekly Omaha World-Hera.d. is "A per
feet picture OF health and looks more like
the Hervey OF other days. To see him now,
one can hardly believe that he has been
such a great s%afferer. He writes OF his
falling health and recovery, in his charac-
~teristic way, AZ follows:
For several years I was troubled with
Indigestion SO severe as TO make it impos-
siDle 10 take more than two meas q day
without intense suffering. | grew worse
gradually until July. 1898. ! was suddenly
attacked with increased pain and soreness
over the pit of my stomach ana sharp
pains in my right sid which rapidly I'M
creased until | could scarcely get my
breath. \ physician was called for inn
mediate relief and hypodermic injections
of morphine were r~esOrted to for relief. |
was able to be out In about "A week, but
had "A second attack the following August,
more intense han before, | was rCduced
from 1856 TO 1874 pounds i'm nine DAYS and left
wholly unable to take any nourishment |
lived on lime water ana a very little mix
for several days after. For one year | ear
ried morphine pellets in my pockets ready
for an emergency. All this time my stom-
ach was sore and very sensitive. d!s-
covered that what would agree with my
next week and that ! was getting nearer
and nearer TO a final collapse l consulted
three of the best physicians in the state
and two agreed fully as to my ailment but
failed to give me relief. Having utterly
failed to obtain relief, ! finally made ar
rangements to go to Chicago TO be treat,
ed when my little boy CHANGED
to get a sample package OF
Dir. Rays RenoVator, which h'
brought to me. ] was induced 70 try IT
not having the least faith IN its virtues.
thought The sample relieved and ] pur
chased a 25-ccnt box. Before II was al
used | had so improved that was takint
three meals a day. which | had not don,
for years. | then used one package OF thu
large DR.. kay's R~enovator and one more
of the small size. 1t is eight months since
] commenced using DR.. Rays Renovato
and | now nave no symptoms whatever o
my old trouble. | have recommended
to many of my friends for stomach trou
bic and | think all have reported relief
George w. Hervey, Omaha, Nch., Feb. il
1897. DR.. Kay's RenoYator IS sold by drug
gists or sent by mail for - cents and 81
Booklet free. DIR. B. J. Kay Medical com
pany, Omaha, Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
XXIII.

In a cottage on the banks OF one of the
Cumberland lakes two ladies were seated at
the breakfast table. The window of the
room opened on a garden which extended to
the waters edge, and on a bOathouse and
wooden pier beyond. On the pier u little
girl was fishing, under the care of a maid.
After a prevalence of rainy weather the sun
was warm this morning for the time of year,
and the broad sheet of water alternately
darkened and frightened as the moving
masses OF cloud nov gathered and now part
ed over the blue beauty of the sky.
The ladies had finished their breakfast.
The elder of the jwo-that is TO say Mrs.
Presty-took up her knitting :nd eyed her
silent daughter with an expression of impa-
tient surprise.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
BRYAN in New York.

New York, Feb. civilian Jenning
Bryan arrived here from New Have.
shortly before o o today. He was me
by Elliott Danforth. chairman Of tn
democratic state committee, and a con
mittee of the bimetallic league. Their
was a small crowd at the station. but n
demonstration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Grant IL ReDuIar

Washington, Feb. 26.-The Perrin,
Grant, involving $4,000 acres of land II
Florida, which has been under investi
cation for the past week by the senat
committee on public lands, is found b.
this committee to be regular in ever!
respect. None OF the charges made b.
those attacking the grant are sus
tanned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Fees are unheard of in Australian
theaters and managers never make use
Of the the "claquer." Kissing and boot
ing are unknown and a spirit OF good
natured tolerance prevails.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
His source of Information

Philadelphia Press.
OMalley-Oi seed a bottle sittln' an
tn sldeboard. an, begorra, OF TUX tin
drinks av ut. An the stun was alb.
sinthe.
Gilhooligan-An' how did yez find il
out?
OMalley-Wan av tn pink Elephants
tOuld me.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Ihe IrrenreesihIc MceteIner.

Perhaps YOU are noi aware" said
the placid gentleman with the white tie,
that Philadelphia erected more build
ings last year than Chicago?"
"Dormitoriss?' asked the fat gentle
man, with the large diamond and the
soft hat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
BARE.EY Y.
La BUS. Per AOYa.

i53 Bus. Per Acre.
Jno. BREEDER, VI lshicott,
WIS, grew, In 1896, I73
bue.ofSalzer's SilverKlng
Harley from one meas
ured acre, sworn to by
five witnesses. That's Inn
lncnss, but you see sal
2e.'S Seeds are bred to
Product. That's why You
get such big yields. just
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
The Men Who Lose.

inc wen VINO Lose.
Here's TO the men who losel
What though their work be e'er so nobly
planned
And watched with Jealous care,
No glorious halo crowns their efforts
grand
Contempt Is failures share.
Here's TO the men who lose!
lf triumph's easy smile our struggles
greet,
Courage is easy then:
The king ~ he who, after fierce defeat,
can mp and fight again.
Here's to the men who lose!
The ready plaudits OF a fawning world
Ring sweet in victor's ears; I'll
The vanqu,shed banners never are uu-
furled-
For them there sound no cheers.
Here's to the men who lose,
The touchstone OF true worth is not sue
cess.
There is a higher test
Though fate may darkiy frown, onward to
press,
And bravery do ones best.
Here's TO the men who lose!
tt Is the vanquished's praises that / sing,
And this il the toast / choose;
"A ha~rd-fought failure is "A noble thing.
Here's to the men who lose"
George ~. Broadhurst In the Pittsburg
Commercial-GaZette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Learning the Pace.

Dorothy Is much encouraged about
her literary ambitions"
why? Has she sold anything"
mo; but her handwriting Is getting
worse and worse"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
o Woman, Woman,

First Soc!e;y Lady-Fere comes Ale
thea Ottingcr riding a new wheel.
Second Society Lady with woman's
own discernmenD-That isn't a new
wheel! Can't you see il is only her last
years wheel re-ename.ed?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Washington star.
Hits Gurus ter me-" said Uncle
Eben, ter hyuh how folks will 'buse er
gossip benin her back, an ter see how
glad dey acks WEI she comes 'roun' ter
tell de news"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

The British isles comprise 1000 separ-
ate islands and islets, without counting
mere juttlng rocks or isolated pinnacles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
The Difficulty,

Lie.
Il fear | am not good enough to go to
church."
But, my lear madame, it isn't your
goodness; it's your desire"
But I'm not good enough TO have any
desire
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
OATS.
300 Bus Per AnYe

2Oo Bus Per Acre.
Salzer's Silver Mine Oats
still leads the world, with
y record right here In
Wisconsin of23i bushels
per acre In 1896. hat
moro do You wish Don't
this beat all? You see,
Salzer's Seeds are bred W
tn hIR NlaIhGl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the
best of all cough cures.-George w.
Lo;z. Fabucher, La. August 20. 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
wREAT
SO Bus. Per Acre

with Saizer's new crea-
lions Ia spring wbeat-to
be sown before April co
you tan raise whoat at zoe
Il busheland make money.
How? why, salHer's Mar
vel Wheat has n record of
30 bus, poracre, and right
here In Wisconsin IL yield
cd In 1895 over 200 bus.
on five acres. That pays
handsomely at fOc q bu.
It's great wheat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

To make the hair grow a natural col.
rr, prevent badness, and keep the scalp
healthy, Halls Hair Remover was i'm
vented, and has proved itself successful
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

In Brussels the height of house 'front.'
age in public streets is determined by
the width Of the street. The maximum
height is sixty feet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Weary Watkins-Wot you think OF
this scheme of free baths?
Hungry Higgins-They won't git none
from me. Nc man is goin' to git me to
battle without payin' me fer 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Miss A~ntique-Don't you think my
portrait Is good?
Miss Caustic-Too good TO be true.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06

Nearly 6 per cent OF the veterans in
the soldiers homes died last year.