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

Prof. II. NJ. Chance, who is elsewhere
in this issue, mentioned as a visitor in
this place early in the week, returned
10 the city on Thursday evening from
the northern Hills, and is fitting up for
an extended tour south of this place,
with a view to areful and thorough
investigation Of its geologic cal formation.
He will he well supplied with every
thing necessary for an extended tour.
having secured ample transportation
facilities, the required compliment of
men, tents and provisions. While the
CHRUNICLE has not been informed, ana
is therefore unable to give the
of the promoters of the enterprise, it
nevertheless entertains none other than
the most ardent wishes for its success.
1t is expected that the expedition will
leave here some time to-day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES services: sun
day 10 a. m. Sunday School; II a. m. preaching
services; 7 u. m. Y. L. s. G. F.: 8 y. IN. preach
ing service. Thursday s p. IN. Prayer meeting.
Come and worship.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

MISUNDERSTANDING services each Sunday
nj II a m. and : 80 y. m. Sunday School AT 10
a. H.. Junior League SUNDAY afternoon at $50
o'clock. Prayer meeting, Thursday evening
at 1880. You are cordially invited 10 theSc
services.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
UMMONS.

Tn THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FOR
L Custer County, Seventh Judicial Circuit,
State of South Dakota.
Custer County, South Da-
kota, a Public Corporation,
Plaintiff.
vs..
william III. Hart, and
Sarah j. Hart,
Dafendants
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
ID EPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CUSTER CITY

1 Custer City. in the State of South Dakota, at
the close of business, March 9th, 1897.
RESOURCES.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Hottest Day of the Season

Milwaukee. Wis, July 3.-This has been
the hottest day of the season, the thermo-
meter marking 96 degrees ON the street.
At Lacrosse and other points 80 degrees
was reached. Three letter carriers We're
Frustrated by the heat in this city, one
of them fatal. however. ThunderstOrms
and cooler temperature are predicted.
ST. Louis, July 3.-The government
thermometer this afternoon registered "a
streets below the heat was at least / de-
grees from there. There are few prostra-
tionS.
Chicago, July 3.-The highest temporal
ture recorded in the annals of the
weather bureau for the months of July
in ten years was reached when. for two
hours, the thermometer registered % de-
1t went up and down until finally ii made
one supreme jump, in an hours time,
from 50 degrees to 81 degrees. on the
business streets, men reeled and sickend
as in a plague stricken city, and in the
tenement districts women and children
huddled seeking in vain. relief from the
heat that penetrated and prevailed every
where. 1t was the hottest of the year and
the hottest July day Chicago ever knew.
There were many prostratfons, police and
hospital ambulanceS being KEEP busy all
day, caring for those who sank under
the scorching rays, but up to midnight
but one case had proved fatal-that of an
unknown man who died in a lodging
house.
Cincinnati. July 3-The total number of
heat prostrations reported to midnight is
eighteen. Four terminated fatally. Four
cases are considered critical at this writ
ing and ten are not serious.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Trinity Corporation and Its Property on
broadway

CFrom The Church Investor.)
The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. rector OF
Trinity church. said 10 a reporter for
The Church Economist recently that
many offers has been fnade 10 the Trim
ity corporation TO purchase the old st.
Paurs churchyard on Broadway. between
Fulton and Nesey streets. for business
purposes. Several years ago the stock
exchange tried to buy IL. and more re-
Gently a great railroad corporation made
advances for the property. But Il will
not be sold" said Mr.. Dix. at least not
while the persons In control OF Trinity's
affairs are alive No valuation In dollars
and cents has ever been placed on this
property. II IL priced and guarded from
sentiment OF reverence and love"
This remark OF the distinguished rector
OF Trinity Is significant In view OF the
suggestion advanced at a recent assem-
bling OF clergymcn in this city that II
Trinity would dispose Of some OF its val
liable unproductivc property II would DC
enabled 10 enlarge it's field OF usefulness"
especially In the matter Of helping other
churches. More than sixty Protestant
Episcopal churches in this country have
received financial aid from Trinity cor
poration. and IL has come 10 be regarded
as quite the proper thing that whenever
"A church Of that denomination runs into
debt il shall turn to Trinity for help.
Trinity's income IS believed 10 he Sn.eo
a year. and a large proportion OF that
amount goes IN anHlllleS III olh'I tlAANh-
es. and TO educational institutions.
1t has always been the custom OF Trim
ity TO extend a helping hand 10 strug-
Cling churches by carrying a mortgage
on the property without interest. For IL
lustration. a small Episcopal congregation
buys or builds a church worth $n,op.
The members are able perhaps to pay
two-thirds OF that amount down. Trim
ity comes TO their relief by advancing the
necessary $1,000 and taking "A mortgage.
on which, however. the rich corporation
never expects interest. The lien IL re-
corded only in order to preserve Trtnttys
equity in the property I'm case its use Tor
church purposes ceases.
The fact that there are so many poor
churches In need OF financial aid IL prob
ably responsible for the renewal OF the
suggestion that Trinity might greatly In
crease It's revenues by putting the historic
and valuable block occupied by ST. Pauls
to some commercial use. The city asses
sors in placing "A pro forma valuation up
on that particular piece Of property made
an estimate OF 81. 10000. 1t would prob
ably bring much more than that at an
open sale. Trinity church and church.
| yard. opposite the head OF Wall street on
broadway, is valued by the city officials
at 81. ~ 900. That makes nearly b.ro,s1
Of unproductive property in the financial
centre Of the metropolis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Ceorye's Suicidal Blum Called

Il thought | was going TO sell a casket
to one Of my ~neighbors a few days ago
said the undertaken. according 10 The
Kansas City Times. "A certain young
man who has been dissipatinE consider
ably of late. and has gotten himself into
debt, became desperate ana threatened on
several occasions TO commit suicld" IL
his widowed mother did not riN" him
some OF the money she had borrowed on
their little home in WeStport. Not long
ago he went home with a desperate look
on his face, and calling his mother into
the parlor, said, as he pulled 4 revolver
from his pocket:
~ will have the money or right here |
will end my miserable existence
Wait Watt screamed the mother,
as she rushed from the room. \ look Of
satisfa elton oversprcad the young mans
face as he mumbled to himself about
tined to disappointment.
I'm a moment his mother returned, car
rying a large rug. Quietly she spread IL
down on the carpet, ANA then, stIalghten-
ing up, said:
Now. George. go ahead. ] was afraid
you would spoil my carpet with blood
stains
The boy almost sank Ia the floor ia his
establishment and disappointment lie
was sure If he made a blum at shooting
himself his mother would accede to his
unjust demand ana give him the little
money she was saving to buy the nercS-
sarier of life with, but on the day before
she had come over to my house ana told
my wife about his threats. My wife put
the idea into her head to BLUM her son :he
next time he threatened to commit SUI
eide. She was afraid to try, but summon
ing UP all her nerve, she carried out in
Instructions, and succeeded.
The boy hasn't said a word about dy-
,rr since
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Move to the fore,
Men whom God hath made At for the
fray.
Not yours to shrink, as the feeble ones
may.
Not yours TO parley and qcibble and
shirk.
III for the world. II ye do not Gods work.
Move to the fore,
Move to the fore.
Say not annthez il filter than thou
Shame to the manhood that sits on tiny
brow
Own thyself equal to all that man may.
Cease thine evading; God needs thee to
day.
Move to the fore,
Move to the fore.
God himself waits. and must wait, :L-
thou game.
Men arc Gods prophets though ages he
dumb.
Hats she Christ-kingdom. with conquest
SO near?
Thou art the cause. then. thou rpan u
tia rear.
Move to the fore!
| James Buckham In philadelphia Sun
day school Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

A statement appeared recently in one
of our exchanges to the effect that if
the Urbana lynching case had occurred
in the south the militia would have
fraternfZed with the mob. This. of
course, is intended as a fling" at this
section, but it is SO far from being true
that we do not remember a case in the
south where, the authorities having
had due notice Of an attempt at lynch
ing, the mob a been successful. The
affair at Birmingham a few years ago
should still be fresh in the minds OF
newspaper readers. The sheriff barri-
caded the jail and, with his posse, de-
fled the mob to take the prisoner. H
showed. too. thai he was ready 70 shoot
TO Kill, and the mob dispersed with its
vengeance Observation-Disclosures Consti.
tuition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Charity Organization.

have been in New York working as
a minister OF the Gospel for the last
eight years. IN that period j have sent
some hundreds of cases to the Charity
Organization Society for investigation,
and the only relief which i nave ever
known them 70 give was in one case,
where they gave 50 cents to a family
in the direst distress. regard this or
ganization as a fraud on the public,
sailing under false pretences. and /
have long believed that its title, based
on it's history, should be The Society
for the Prevention OF Charity" 1t
spends $50, 900 a year for organization
and nothing for charity. In fact. II
has published to the world the fact that
it does not dispense charity. II dis
burses all Of it's revenues in salaries
Of officials and in the expenses or In
y~estigating alleged cases OF poverty,
and IL il finds one which 1T regards as
deserving help ii appeals to some
church Or individual to extend the aid
required.
If there be any man In New York, or
any family. which a ever received aid
direct from the Charity Organization
Society / should be glad TO hear OF It.
The society Is actively opposed to
anybody and everybody who Evso d.
rect relief to a poor person.-Rev. Or.
Madison G. Peters in New York Jour
nal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
FOur.Year.Old's Resolve

He was just a little past -four years
old, and had been reIigiously trained
by his parents to believe in the efficacy
CT prayer. They would be answered in
time, he was told. if the petitioner
We're truly sincere and possessed faith,
says the Chicago Journal"
But on one occasion Divine Provi-
dence dom move quick enough to suit
him.
His one ambition was to have a toy
steam engine. He had thought of it
by day dreamed of it by night, but he
saw no way out of the difficulty. At
last he remembered his mothers ad-
monitions and decided TO resort to
prayer.
The first day he was hopeful, but his
engine failed to arrive. Next day he
prayed again, and when bed time came
he was still without his cherished toy
His faith began TO weaken. The
close of day brought no engine, and
| when he prayed that night he resolved
to take a decided stand.
20 Lord" he said, I'll pray iust one
day more, and if it isn't here then II
worship idols"
Do not judge from mere appearances
for the light laughter that bubble or
the lip often mantles over the depths
IF sadness, and b serious look may
be the sober veil that covers a divine
peace n joy. The bosom can ache
beneath diamond brooches; and man,
a blithe heart dances under a coars,
wool.-E H. Chaplin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
TUESDAY, JULY g..
DESULTORIA.

George Meredith Is a man of genius.
His besa novels are indeed we'll worth
reading, both for their wit and thought.
The best are not without real interest
as stories. His fault as a writer is OBJ
security; the style at times being care
less. involved. mechanical, rugged. But
there are other passages remarkably
neat, artistic even, and God with in
telIigence. Many years ago he wrote
can Essay or Comedy and the uses of
the Comic Spirit" 1t is but recently
reprinted. 1t was delivered as a
lecture in 1877. In his he is at
his hest a. TO style. 1t is all
agIow with inspiration and it's wit is
bright AMI subtle. In contrasting the
wit of the two famous French comedy
writer's grove and MOliere-he
brings out In his fine way this happy,
~clear-cut contrast-that the wit of Con
greye lis n Toledo blat;ia, sharp and
wonderfully supple for steel; cast for
dueIfrg. restless in The s~cabhar3, being
so pretty u ten cut Of it. MolEere's wit
is like A running Brook, with innumer-
able fresh lights on it at every turn
of the wood through which its business
is to find z aay- It does not run in
search of distractions to be noisy over
them: but when deal leaVes and Ni'cr
substances gre heaped along the course
its natural song is heightened. Without
effort. and with no dazzling flashes OF
achievement It is full of healing, the
wit OF good breeding, the wit of Wis
DOM"
We have no doubt that Of living nov
eIists who use English as their medium
Meredith is the greatest, unless Hardy
be his equal or superior The first
novel we ever read of these very able
authors we liked best of al we have
read Of them, but have not read half
that each has produced. Far from the
Madding Crowd" by Hardy, was quite
delightful 10 rs. so full of absolute
freshness and yigor, so strong ana mas
culine in portraiture, so clear aAd ad-
mirabie in an almost pure Engiish
style, ana Tree 1tcii III an en-
tiness of his late works. "Ricnafd
Feveral." by Meredith, is a work of
splendid genius IT is one of the Fery
best half dozen novels Of the last quar-
ter Of a century. 1t is not as apso-
luteay clean as We would like it to De-
but it is full Of intellectual vlrlllty, 1e-
cundity and interest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Repent We, For the Kingdom of God
is at hand" This is the first step in
religious life. No man ever became
truly pious and had the Christ in the
soul the hope of glory, unless before
God and unto God he had made SIN
cere, honest, earnest confession Of sins
unless he had felt the need Of a Saw
Jour and had realized his lost condition
unless he had really, genuinely, deep
" repented of his sins against GOd-
unless in a true Scriptural sense he
had repented. First repentance toward
God, and then faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ as your personal Redeemer.
Christ never comes to a soul and dWells
there until the requisite preparation
has been made. Repentance is that
preparation. God is angry with the sim
ner until he repents. 1t must be a
genuine work, a Cody repentance.
Then when you have found Christ as
your Saviour, rolling upon Him your
sins, for He careth for you" and be
lieving unto salvation you will begin
to show it forth in a CONSTANT reli-
gious life, in holy living, for the eter-
ma Scriptures of inspiration say
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for
repentance" That is, to show the gen.
~uineness of the work o in you, your
repentance, by doing. If faith without
works is dead, as the Bible declares, SO
repentance without works-that is
without active service and holy living
is futile and false and dead also.
Repent and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions." This is your
work to do. God will not, cannot re-
pent for you. Cast away from you all
your transgressions." Wherefore turn
| yourselves, and live ye." Repent we
therefore, and be converted" Repent
ance is mans work, pardon and saliva
ton are Gods work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

We do not accept unreservedly the
opinions and teachings of Dean Far
rar. He is a very popular, interesting
and fascinating writer. We have read
with very great pleasure and We hope
profit several works from his fruitful
and gifted pen. He is scholarly, and
ever eloquent. Some a ago-about
1S90-he discussed in some English
magazines the subject of fasting. The
fathers in the church in the last cen
fury and in this, favored, urged, even
required fasting. We confess that in
fasting we have made but little head
way. Owing to atomic dyspepsia and
V temperament we have been
made sick when We tasted for any pur-
pose. We had headache, nervousness
increased, general lowering of our
physical comfort and strength and we
could not see that our spiritual enjoy
ment and strength We're increased
Others have found great benefit from
fasting accompanied with meditation
and prayer. DR.. Farrar is not favora.
BILE to fasting, and in the English Mag
azine and the Expositor, some wher,
a5ou 1890. he took the ground that il
, the New Testament there Is no author.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

The very able critic Of the New 1or..
Sun is well worth reading. his Juo3-
ments are usually sound II ms dlS-
cussions ordinarily are WIN
mark d power. We are no great al
m;rer of Anthony Hawkins. We have
ra,a inst enough of his writings to
gather something, at least, of his men,
ia, stride and scope, to know something
of his art. TO note his style, his nan
reris,n. his mastery of plot. lie tells
, storv wildly, vigorously, nterestlnS-
w Tbe style itself does not partlch-
larry impress US, but he knows now 10
construct a very engaging plot with
MANY intricacies freminding one Oh
wi,kie Cellinso and makes incident the
chief source nj interest. He is not a
thinker and novelist like Thackeray ana
Meredith, nor a great story teiler IKE
Scott. whom he initiates, DUMAS anu
D;ckens- But he is clever full or sur
nr;ses and keeps you under a constant
,rxxe The Suns critic says he mas
, Of vie admirably adapted to his pur-
nose-it is crisp, lucid. fluent, forcetui.
He Saws of his latest book, "Phroso'"
doomed q DECIDED success by the crit
les generally
with regard to 'Phroso,' the ooos
hafore us. he care not how sated ana
il an. he Will finish it at a sitting anu
COUNT a nights rest well lost. Inc au-
thor paays with eur curiosity as we
nI.v vifh a hooked trout; there Is
something bewildering in the mutt.
nIicitv nj inciaent, something aimost
iabyrinthine in the concentration OIL Tie
plot"
He says again
Viewed merely as an example OF III
tr;cate vet meshodical construction
.phroSo' deserves high commentator
while as regards invention. 1t contains
materials enough for a dozen movers
CYNICAL a man may have become, W.
DEFY him to lay 1t down II ne once tahe'
of the ordinary type
TT is the very novel to capture I'M
great mass Of nov readers. 1t is no
great. but entertaining. If you woui'
read great novels, u to Scout.
Scotch novels. I'd Thackeray, to Georg'
Elliot TO Dickens, TO Victor Hugo, [
Eugene she and some others.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Owing to sickness and work We saw
but little of the late great Baptist
gathering in this city. We saw a few
of its ministers and We're ~gladdened by
a few calls from laymen. We We're de-
lighted to shake hands again with our
old lear friend Rev. DR.. James B. Tay-
lor, a Christian indeed, a man of God,
a sweet spirited disciple Of the Master.
He came two or three times. The last
visit brought from him an expression
Of approval of our work on the Mes
senger in the religious column. He
said: Brother you are doing more good
than many ministers and God will bless
you in your labors." We write gener-
ally with much necessary hurry. II is
not beaten OIL such as we could give
careful work. But we aim to do good,
to tell the truth, to induce others to
reflect. We look to the Giver of every
good and perfect gift for His blessing
upon what is written. 1t is religious
truth given out in a secular paper.
Unless the Holy Spirit shall accompa-
ny the written word there will b no
harvest-the seed sown will fall on
barren soil and no fruit shall he seen.
But the natural ~receiveth not the
things of God; for they are foolishness
unto him; neither can he know them for
they are spiritually discerned." Mark
that.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

After writing the above, we aooeo
this after an interval of a week or two:
IF seems to be accepted that Anthony
u,wksnsps @Phroso" is a very success
fin, romano OF the exciting, intensely
riotiny kind. 1t is overlooking, as all
of his books are said to be, with many
accidents by Hood n neio, Is a con-
finusd strain OF adventure, with but
LITTLE Thought and much vivid descrip-
ton. We have been interested in those
uof has wrnfnEE ne have read, but their
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Here is a wise, wholesome bit of re-
Election from a scholarly southern
Christian editor. 1t expresses a truth
and imparts a lesson. DR.. Hoss says
in the Nashville Christian Advocate;
In fact, We have never cen &C
Quainted with any mar who did not
seem to US to have shortcomings of
some kind. Christians should, there
fore, pray, first for the illumination Of
the Spirit, enabling them to see their
defects, and, secondly, for the over
coming grace that is necessary in order
to the attainment of a perfect charac-
ter"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Willis G. Peace, Of y. c. won his
appointment 10 West Point in a COM
peutive examination in 1896. Shortly
after he entered West Point he was
selected on class day as the first Of
four model soldiers on all points -
represent his class. Again in a re-
view just held before the Secretary or
War he was selected as one or the
four models. Mr.. Peace was also one
OF only three men in his class to re-
ceive no dement's during the year
Boy0 prepAred at Horner Schoo! Wtp
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

The populist politicians are the worst
we have. They preach purity in politics
and combine with the worst elements in
the country. They talk in favor of the
peoples interests and sacrifice those in
~terests for their own selfish ends. They
are not worthy of trust, which fact the
people are realizing. and IL 1898 will vote
the democrats back ~ poWer.-Ktnston
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

We are encouraged by good people
and educated people and reading peo-
pie In our Sunday discussion under a
religious heading. We have received
first and last a considerable number Of
endorsements in letters, messages and
oral statements. Some are from very
pious women. some from cultured wo-
men who are religious, some from good
and true laymen who love God and
serve him, and some from ministers of
h Gospel and not all of one denom-
nation. A elect lady" in Wilmingto ton
"a very admirable Christian, said some
years ago now, that she got better
preaching to her often from our Sun
day religious editorial columns han
she did from her minister. A well
known preacher Of the glorious Gospel
of the Son of God wrote to us some
few years since:
God grant you a long lease of life
to do His will. Your influence for
Christ is beyond estimate through the
Religious Reading for Sunday that
you send forth in the Sunday Messen-
ger. There are lonely hearts to cher
ish all over our sunny land and when
our Lord gathers up His jewels many
may be placed in your crown of re-
joicing brought up from hearts and
homes cherished and comfOrted by your
words. May your path shine brighter
until the perfect day of our rest amid
the a~maranthine bowers of Heaven"