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Evening star., 1897-03-25
VelVets.

All the short lengths OF
plain and Fancy yeivrts
that We could find In going
through the stOck-at rem
nant prices.
/ piece of Light Blue Vel
vet-REDUCED from 81 to
$50 Il yd.
Evening star., 1897-03-25
Leather Goods.

Embossed Leather Music
Rolls REDUCED from sc.
u t5c
Evening star., 1897-03-25

i Aluninum-back Hat
Brush. slightly damaged
REDtcED from 9sc. 10 3s,..
Evening star., 1897-03-25

Remnants Of Flannels and
EaderdOwns at remnant
prices.
Evening star., 1897-03-25
Baskets.

l Satin lined Open work
Basket. size 11x15 inches
REDUCED from $1.6 to
Sl39.
/ Fancy Scrap Basket
EFDJo ED from $1.yS TO
81 %.
Evening star., 1897-03-25
Notions.

White Hooks and Eyes.
bent points-REDtCED from
-. a card to sc. for II dozen
cards.
Evening star., 1897-03-25
Childrera's
Coats.

FNdE1FlGlS.
Remnants Of French ChaI-
Hes, In oar exclusive pat
terns-at remnant prices.
Evening star., 1897-03-25

Plated and Black EnameI
B~it Pins-kEpTCED to Sc
t.urt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Ghosts with Bad Habits.

The movement recently put on foot
in this city TO have the bones of China
men buried in the New York Bay ceme-
terry and Evergreen cemetery eXhumed
aud sent to China will bring relief TO
hundreds of families in the celestial
kingdom.
The average Chinaman is nothing il
not superstitious. When one dies down
In Chinatown all the other celestials
hurriedly move out of the house. The
deceased may have been companionable
enough when living, but being dead his
ghost becomes a thing of terror
The ghost of a Chinaman buried In a
foreign land never rests. Listless,
opium-fuddled Wong Bong may never
have stepped beyond precints of Mott
or Pell street, but his ghost is always
cursed with Bohemian instincts ana
is possessed with an insane desire TO
travel.
Every little while it tales a flying
trip TO China and the first thing they
know the relatives Of that Chinaman
begin to run against it in the dark and
have their wits frightened out Of them.
The poor ghost isn't to blame, either.
Old Charon positively refuses to recog-
nizc him; he gets low spirited, down on
his luck, and finally, in sheer despair,
becomes a chronic hunter Of former
relatives and is, in short, an out-and-
out nuisance. IN. Y. Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Souls UntameI by Music.

There was a long line waiting in the
lobby OF the Metropolitan opera house
the other day to buy tickets for special
performance Of opera, when q deter
mined : looking young woman who
seemed to be in n great hurry came in.
She gave II glance at the line and con.
Guided Immediately that she didn't have
time to wait for her regular turn. So
she walked up the line until she came
to a rather m|ild-mannered woman. who
didn't look as if she would obtuct to n
sort of affront. There she stopped,
looked around and then deliberately
forced her way into the line in front OF
the mild young woman.
The mild young woman was consider.
ably surprised. She hesitated an In
slant, as if uncertain whether to call an
attendant and have tho interloper put
Il OF not. Then she leaned forward
and said, very distinctly:
You beast! You beasti'
The interloper was perfectly cool
about 1t and apparently mconcerned.
She turned partly around and, looking
over her shoulder, replied;
well, if you behave like an animal
you M expect to be treated as one"
Perhaps it was poetic justice that
when the interloper got up to the box
Office window all the seats had been
sold.-N. Y Sun,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
PAYS.
A Wisconsin DnirNmRn Pointn On
some of Its Advantages.

A Wisconsin DnirYmsu Pointa Ou
some of Its Advantages.
The success Of the cooperative sys-
ZEN is brought about in the main by
rs predominating simplicity. No bust
ness enterprise can meet with success
without a complete understanding of
Is details by the promoters. In the co.
operative system in vogue to-day the
monthly statement issued shows TO
each and every patron the part he has
enacted TO accomplish the given whole.
lie sees just what he has done, and what
it has benefited him in dollars and
cents. lie sees just what his employees
have accomplished, and sees Just what
they receive for the same. He knows
The value Of his milk product Tor the
month in point OF test. He knows the
test is true, unbiased, and he questions
Il not. His weights are actual. He
has full confidence and pride in the en-
tcrprise and realizes that he himself Is
n part of the corporate body, with
rights unquestioned. Onthe other hand,
In the case Of the homeopathic cream
FRY, the patron is in no way consulted
ms TO the management of it's affairs.
He has no voice IN the selection Of It's
officers. II he questions the accuracy
Of his weights or tests or ~insinuates
that the price for his product 10 less
than he reasonably supposes il should
be, he is ~trespassing upon dangerous
grounds. He has no right to an in
sight of the working OF its affairs. He
Is simply expected to he a patron, whose
duty is merely TO furnish the material
from which others are TO make profits.
The marked success Of the CO.
operative creamery Is noticeable in al
most every locality in which it has been
established. 1t almost invariably in
creases the area of It's territory and sup
plants all other systems, its honest,
pen, simple methods winning the adj
miration Of all observers. In my coun-
ty, where five years ago the cooperative
system was unknown, there are to-day
In successful operation 10 creameries,
averaging IN receipts 5000 to 10000
pounds of milk per day, and in the sum-
mer months some of them reaching
over 10000. Almost every one of these
factories supplanted other systems, and
II is a noticeable fact that in nearly
every instance the same territory under
the cooperative system has largely In
creased, and in many cases doubled it's
product, owing to the popularity Of the
system and the unshaken confidence Of
the producers. | predict for the sys-
tenn a successful future.-H. S. Bell, in
lrnuna Judd Ea rr,or
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Gputlutim.

'it'''''i's
Heaven IS not reached at a single bound.
But we build the ladder by which W.
rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted
skies,
And we mount to It's summit round by
round,
/ count this thing to DE grandly true;
That a noble deed is a step toward God,
Lifting the soul from the common Clod
To a purcr air and a broader view.
We rise by the things that are under feet;
by what we have mastered of good and
gain.
by the pride deposed and the passion
Slain,
And the ~vanquished ills that we hourly
meet.
We hope. we aspire. we resolve, we trust,
When the morning calls us TO life and
light,
our lives are trailing the sordid dust.
We hope. we resolve, we aspire, we pray,
And we think that we mount the air On
beyond the recall of sensual things,
While our feet still cling to the heavy
clay.
Wings for the angels, hut feet for mem
We may borrow the winds TO find the
way
We may hope, and resolve, ana aspire,
and pray,
But our feet must rise or we fan again.
Only in dreams is n ladder thrown
From the weary earth 70 the sapphire
But tho dreams depart and the v'sior
falls.
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow OF
stone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
The Evil Genius.
a STORY.
BY wILKIE

Sydney rose 10 retire. Alter having en-
couraged her By a word Of r"lise t4t cap
tain proposed that she s.Oa' get ready 10
20 out, and should accom- ny him on q
VISIT 10 the nome. He opened The door for
her as respectfully as II the poor girl had
been one of the highest ladies in the land.
Il have seen my friend SarraZin," Randall
began ''and have persuaded him to trust
me with GATHERINGS present address. l can
send Herbert there at once if yon will only
help me-"
How can | help your
"Will you allow me to tell my brother that
your engagement is broken otf?.'
Bennydeck shrank nom the painful allu-
sion, and showed il.
as this necesSary?' he asked.
Most necessary. Herbert left Sydenham
firmly persuaded that you were TO marry
Mrs. Ormond; and, let me add in justice TO
him, resigned 10 that event.
Resigned, after what he said to me when
we metz
"les. He had not then spoken with Cath
erine-he had not been asked to read the
confession which she addressed TO you.
There were remembrances in him which
felt that appeal; his conscience told him
that lOU were worthy OF her. / am grieved,
Bennydcck, to distress you by referring TO
this. But if my brother is left under the
impression ,hat your engagement will be fol-
lowed 10y your marriage, he will refuse TO
intnlde himself On the lady who was once
his wife. There are the circumstances.
What is your reply TO my request-yes or
no?'
Frankly and fairly the captain answered.:
YES
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
IL Was Already I'm Use.

TWAS Saturday evening and Gretchen,
tho washerwoman's small daughter,
stood al the door with a somewhat small
basket Of clothes.
Please, ma'am," said Gretchen.
"mamma couldn't get all your things
quite ironed this week, for mammals
been poorly and grau'ma died and she
couldn't finish the ironing"
The owner Of the Numbered articles
made appropriately sympathetic re-
marks aud went on TO add:
But | think I'll ask you to bring
home my gray %gingham, Gretchen. III
have that done up here at home"
please, ma'am," said Gretchen, am
afraid | can't"
"Why not?" asked the posscssor OF
the gray gingham.
please, ma'am, that is what mamma
has wore up to gran'ma's."-M X.
World.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10

CPeatpu nv the Trade Winds,

Harper's Magazine: About the middle OF
the century Lieutenant NJ. f.. Maury, the
American photographer and meteorsto-
gist,, advocated a theory Of gravitation
as the chief cause Of ocean currents,
claiming that difference in density, due TO
difference in temperature and sadness,
would sufficiently account for the oceanic
circulation. This theory gained great
popularity through the wide circulation Of
Maury's physical Geography Of the Sea-"
which is said to have passed through more
editions than any other scientific book Of
the period, but it was ably and vigorously
combated by DR.. James Croll, the Scot
t,sh geologist. in his Climate and Time"
and latterly the old theory that ocean cur
rents are due to the trade winds has again
come into favor. Indeed, very recently, q
model has been constructed, with the aid
of which it is said to have been demon
strated tina prevailing winds in the direc-
ton Of the actual trade winds would pro-
duce such a current as the gulf stream.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Tells for Good Roads.

To the Editor OF NE Sioux City Tribune:
GOOD roads are essential to the develop
ment OF any country"
That is the way a leading Wisconsin pa
per began a half column article devoted to
practical talk and figures on good roads.
In the course OF the article II
that the county board had appropriated
In cash, for the building of new roads and
Improvement of old ones, $1,000. together
with $1,000 for the construction Of bridges,
making the sum of $1,000. The paper
urged a thoroughly practical use OF tho
money, putting particular stress upon the
demand for an entire absence of the old
fashioned way of working" roads. 1t is
proposed to make the best possible show.
ing tor the money expended in that county
and then invite members OF the county
boards from all of the counties which join
IT to inspect the work with a view TO i'm
ducing them to inaugurate the same kind
of work in their respective counties. II il
believed that working out" the road tax
after the old fashion, is at IN end for
ever, in that county, and that its example
will be initiated by many counties, both
because roads can be made and improved
by practical methods at much less cost
than by any of the previous methods in
troduced. Thus IL will be seen that the
agitation which has been going on so Wig
orouEly by the wheelmen and others is
bearing substantial fruit. 1t could not be
otherwise. Talk on the subject OF good
roads-that is. practical talk-win never
fail to attract the attention Of people in
terested in such roads, and that means
nearly the entire public.
Here is another Observation-Disclosures
So. tl,. ,.,ar.trata ~ tho tttth 90 what I
have just said:
The town Of Raymond, Racine county,
Wisconsin, is one of the finest farming Sec
lions of the state, but in the spring and
fall. during wet weather, the roads have
been about as bad as it is possible for
roads TO become. There have been GER
tain times, some years, when a farmer did
not pretend to take his team out and start
on a journey for any purpose, unless in
case Of great emergency The good roads
agitation has taken deep root in that own.
The farmers are going to work methodic-
ally, scientifically, TO furnish themselves
with a system of good roads, and are al
ready actively engaged in urging their
neighboring towns 10 initiate their exam
pie. The town has invested in materials
and machinery for the work In hand
Among its purchases is an expensive stone
crusher. There is no division OF senti-
ment; all of the farmers and others are
interested in the new enterprise. and de-
ermined to carry 1t out.
The change of sentiment in the town or
Raymond is a direct result Of agitation
and sentiment building. The press of the
country has used some OF its space nearly
every week, for a long time, in agitatng
for better roads. has been done in
Marthon, the county alluded 70 at the OPP
ening Of this letter, n in Raymond, IAN
and will be don in most of the counties.
Let us keep on agitating.
Otto Dorner.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
HOW AN Ak is A o
rented Five Times and Handled by Fort,
Workmen.

On entering the main workshop, the
trst step in the operation which Is seen
Is me formation of the aX-head without
tne blade. The glowing Hat iron bars
are Withdrawn from the furnace and are
taken TO a powerful and somewhat COM
plleated machine, which performs Upon
mem four distinct operations, shaping
the metal TO form the upper and lower
parts OF the TX. then the eye, and final
" doubling the piece over so that the
whole can be welded together. Next
she iron is put in Il powerful natural gas
furnace and heated to IA white hcat.
laken out ii goes under a tilt hammer
anu IS welded in a second. This done,
one blow from the drop" and the poll
OF the AK Is completed and firmly welded.
Iwo crews of men are doing this class
OF work, and each crew can make 1000
axes per day.
When the AK leaves the drop there is
some superlluous metal still adherinr
70 the edges and forming what Is
technically known as "A Tin" To get
rld OF the fin the AK is again heated in a
furnace and then taken in hand by "A
sawyer. who trims the ends aud edges.
HE operator has a glass in front of him
TO protect his eyes from the sparks
which fly off by hundreds as the hot
metal is pressed against the rapidly re-
volylng saw. The iron part of the ax
Is now complete. The steel for the
blade, after being heated, is cut by
machinery and shaped. 1t is then
ready for the welding department. A
groove is cut into the edge IF the iron,
--se steel OF the blade inserted, and the
whole firmly welded by machine ham,
mers. Next comes the operation Of
tempcriug. The steel portion of the AK
Is heated by being inserted in pots of
molten lead, the blade only being i'm.
mersed. 1t is then cooled by dipping
in water and goes to the hands of the
inspector. An AK is subject to rigid
tests before it is pronounced perfect.
The steel must be of the required
temper, the weight of all axes of the
same size must be uniform, all must DO
ground alike, and in various other ways
conform to an established standard.
The inspector who tests the quality of
steel does so 10y hammering the blade
and striking the edge to ascertain
whether it be too brittle or not. An AK
that breaks during the test is thrown
aside to be made over.
Before the material of the AK is in the
proper shape it has been heated five
times, including the tempering process,
md the *, when completed, has
passed through the hands of about forty
workmen, each of whom has done
something toward perfectiug it. After
passing inspection the axes 20 to the
grinding department, and from that to
the polishers, who finish them upon
emery wheels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Grants Aversion to Liars.

In the July Century General Horace
Porter, in his campaigning with
Grant" dwells upon Grants aversion
to liars. He quotes the following re-
marks from General Rawlins:
''rhe general always likes TO tell an
anecdote that points II moral on the
subject of lying. He hates only two
kinds of people, liars and towards. lie
has no patience with them, and never
fails to show his aversion for them"
ingalls, added: "Such traits are so for
eign TO his own nature that it is not
surprising that he should not tolerate
them in others. AS man and boy he
has always been the most absolutely
truthful person in the whole range of
my acquaintance. | never knew him
to run into the slightest eNaggeration
or to borrow in the least degree from
his eXaggeration in relating an occur
renee" One of the party remarked:
IL was amused one day 10 hear an OIL
Ger say that the general was ~tediously
truthful lie explained that what he
meant by that was that the general, IN
mentioning something that had taken
place, would direct his mind so earn
estly to stating unimportant details
with entire accuracy that he would
mar the interest of the story. For in
stance. after returning from "A walk
around camp he would say: i was
told so and so about the wounded by
DR.. - while we were talking this
morning inside of his tent and a half
hour afterward he would take the
trouble 70 come back and say, as if it
were a matter Of the greatest import
ancc: Il was mistaken when | told
YOU that my conversation with DIR.
- occurred inside his tent; that was
not correct; it took place while we
were standing in front of his tent ~
There was much truth In this com
ment. No one who had served any
time with the general could fail TO be
struck with his excellent memory, and
the pains he invariably took to state
occurrences with positive accuracy,
even in the most unimportant partic-
nlnrG
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
On n Vacation.

Now doth the city idiot his pleasant home
desert.
He wanders off to some old lake and dons
a flannel shirt;
There is departments two by four he tries
to take his ease,
While fighting animalculae, mosquitoes,
bugs and lleas.
He hasn't room to take his breath, but yet
he tries TO smile
IN a sickly, sentimental way, for that's
the proper style.
"How Is the climate?" someone asks.
We'll" he says, "As a rule,
Although the days are pretty warm, the
nights are always cool"
He wanders up and down the beach, recit-
ing poems and such,
And looks down on the other chumps as IL
they weren't much;
He talks of boats and rigging and the lar
board and the lee
As If he would impress folk that he'd
sometime been TO sea.
lie bitches up his trouscrs like a sailor on
the stage,
rrattles to small school girls OF a very
ander age.
neone says, How hot II is!' he
bouts, You go,darned fool!
ugh the days are pretty warm, the
nights are always cool"
st, Paul Dispatch.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Nnire of thu West Wind.


The wind of the east and the wind of the
north
From the gates OF the sun and the cold
blow forth;
They wander wide and they wander free,
But never "A word do they speak to me;
] hear but the voice L know the best,
or my brother-in-blood, the wind OF the
west,
And the word that the west wind whispers
me
Is a message, heart of my heart. for
thee.
Heart of my heart. when the skies hang
low,
And all day long the Ugh winds blow,
When the south and the east and the
north are gray,
And the soft rain falls through the autumn
day,
Then, light of my soul, canst thou not
hear
The voice OF the west wind, soft and clear?
Come he whispers, and come" again,
Leave the duh skies and the steady rain,
Leave thou the lowlands and chill gray
sea,
Heart Of my heart, and come with me.
Robert Palfrey Utter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Hotel Life In the Azores.

A traveller writing from Fayal. in the
Azores. comments on the methods Of
hotel life there. Board at the best hotel
Is 1000 reis, or 81 of III money, a day.
1.-TWO men brought u trunks a dis
lance of half a mile and up a pair OF
stairs for $50 reis, or Is cents. One
man carried my large trunk on one
shoulder and in the other hand my two
bags. The other carried the steamer
trunk, steamer chair, and shawls, and
the two thus burdened kept up a dog
trot till our rooms were reached. The
hotel keeps a plate of oranges in the
room constantly, and | eat about u
dozen a day. They are small, almost
seedless, very juicy and delicious. We
feast, too, on bananas, guavas, custard-
apples and dates. For a cent you may
buy more plums than a be managed
at n eating."-M y. Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
How He Explained IL.

Chicago Evening Post; Alderman Blank
is making some elaborate alterations I'm his
house, isn't he?"
Yes"
81 understand he has bought a new horse
and IS talking of charging his barn?"
quite right"
extraordinarily prosperous, isn't he?"
clio seCmS To be-
Was 81 a trolley car or a gas franchise
that they put through the council last
week"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful. swollen, smart
Ing feet, aud instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery OF the agc.
Aliens Foot-Ense makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. II is "A certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tirrd, aching feet. Try 1t to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. BY
mail for - cents, In stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S.
OlmStcd. lie Roy, y. V.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10

Statistics recently compiled show that
n the city Of Holyoke, situated In the
heart OF the manufacturing district OF
Massachusetts,, the proportion OF Amerl-
born In the school population is only
little e 10 per cent. while Irish ana
french Canadians make up nearly 20
per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
a WOndarfuI Rifle.

Hunting big game is not as hard work
ms IL used To be in the days of the long,
heavy, ~hig-bored rifles. With a light,
modern rifle. such as the Model "a or 80
Winchester, more game can be killed and
at much longer distances than with any
one of the old-time guns. The Model '95
Winchester is one of the highest powered
rifles made. 1t will shoot n 30-caliber
L. :. army bullet through over fifty inch
es of dry pine boards, and drive n bullet
at the rate of 2.OG6 feet a second through
the air. Hunters all over the country say
that this is the best hunting rife ever
made. Send TO the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co., New Haven, CT, for a large
illustrated catalogue free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-10
Two Mighty Continents.

North and South America. beside Guate-
mala. the West indies. Australia, and even
Europe, are the fields of usefulness I'm
which llostetter's Stomach Bitters has
demonstrated it's value as an antidote to
malaria, and as a remedy for dyspepsia.
constipation, rhcumatism, neuralgia. bill
lousncss nervousness, ana loss of appetite
and sleep. The inhabitants, the medical
men Of these countries. have spoken I'm no
uncertain tones concerning the efficacy
Of the great household remedy.