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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-15

Canea, Feb. 14.-Prince George of
Greece, who arrived here on February
y in command of the Greek fiotilla, af-
ter receiving visits from the command
ers of the foreign warships returned to
Milo.
1t is reported that the Beys of Canea
have requested the commanders of the
foreign warships here to land men from
their vessels to occupy the city. The
intense excitement which has prevailed
here recently has not at all abated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Calendars and Coupons.

So many beautiful calendars and en-
Pertaining novelties have been issued
by the p%roprietors Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, that we are hardly surprised to
receive this season not only one Of the
very prettiest designs In calendars, bur
with 1t coupons which entitle the recip-
lent to attractive novelties. Every one
who gets a Hoods Sarsaparilla calen
dar for 1897 secures something that
will prove interesting and valuable as
well as a beautiful specimen Of the lith-
ographer's art. The calendar Is accom-
panied this season by an amusing little
book on 1.-THE Weather" Ask your
druggist for Hoods Coupon Calendar,
or send O cents in stamps for one to G.
l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
CONTINUED next week.S
STREET AcRoRATS IN JAPAN.
Clever Little People Who DO Almost Im-
possible Tricks for Small Pay.

Daring a jinrikisha ride along tho
streets Of any japanese city the Traveller
IS almost sure To see 4 coup of young
street acrohats, quaint little people gro
tesquely dressed. Their ayes will range
generally between 3 aud IL years, and
all have been regularly trained.
Their dress consists mainly of loose
trousers, n bright-colorcd Jacket, and u
peculiar head dress. The trousers are
baggy, made of Il strong material re-
sembling blue and white bed ticking.
and tied at the ankle. The jacket aud
shirt are bright and conspicuous.
The front of the head dress represents
the half-opened mouth Of a dragon,
while the back is ornamented with many
cocks plumes. From dnder the head
dress falls IA curtain of thin red nate
rial, thrown carelessly back over the
shoulders, the whole being securely
held on the head by a piece of red cloth
which ties underneath the chin.
These little imps are always laughing.
full of fun. ever ready To play harmless
jokes on II another. Some Of their
most skillful antics, says the YOUTHS
Companion, will ne followed by simply
throwing themselves into ridiculous POI
%sitions, intended solely TO keep spectat-
ors in "A good humor.
You are startled To see them suddenly
stand upon their heads, heels in air, or
bend backward until their saucy little
faces will be seen inverted between their
knees. Again, they will walk on their
hands, and quite unexpectedly change
from this position, rolling and tumbling
over each other, jumping, kicking or
prancing, and trying in every way to
attract the attention of the passer-by.
One of them continually beats a small
drum and sings 1T the top of his voice,
doing his best to add to the din. Their
entire performance is given i'll the hope
of earning a few rin-a small copper
coin, worth less than the tenth of an
American ceht
When Il foreigner passes the little ac-
robats redouble their efforts, for they
know that they then stand "a chance Of
getting II silver coin.
These little people have often followed
my junkisha for Il long distance, con-
tinuing their gymnastics, and some
times their persistence becomes trouble
some. Always hopingf for An additional
coin, and being ever ready to work for
it, they carry out the deep-rootcd prin-
ciplcs OF the japanese character-indus-
try. patience and perseverance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
GARDEN AND ORCHARD,

-
Cutting out is the only remedy for
peach borers.
Successful gardening depends upon
good manure pile.
No fruit pays for judicious pruning
or thinning better than the pear.
In the fall, after the leaves drop, is
a good time TO prune the grape vines.
When the ground is frozen an inch
or two deep is the best time to mulch
straw berries.
One advantage III mulching is that it
in a measure prevents a too early
growth in the spring.
One reason why plants do better in
the kitchen than any other room ia
because of humidity in the air.
After apples have been kept a few
weeks they should be sorted over, as
some good me will show defects later
II
Wood ashes is ono OF the best rem
edies for peaG' trees that bear cracked
fruit. Stir the soil well and then spread
the ashes wei! ever the surface.
When intending 10 plant an orchard
enc of the best plans of management
is to get the trees this fall and heel them
in ready for planting in the spring.
Pruning a tree when dormant tends
to inpart rigor, but if done when the
tree is growing or in leaf it tends to
check growth.-St. Louis Republic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
No-tO-BaC for FIFTY Cents.

Millions of men who are daily Tobacco
Splitting and Smoking Their Lives Away
will be glad to learn hat the makers of
No-To-Bac, the famous guaranteed tobac-
co habit cure, that has freed over 400,O 900
tobacco users in the last few years, have
put on the market a 50-cent package of
Their great remedy. This will give every
tobacco user a chance TO test No-To-Bac's
power to control the desire for tobacco in
every form and at the same time be bene-
hted by No-To-Bac's nerve strengthening
qualities. Every tobacco user should pro-
cure a 5O-cent box at once from his drug
gist or order it by mail. You will be sur
pflsed to see how easily and quickly the
desire for tobacco disappears. Any read
RI can obtain Il sample and booklet free
ny addressing the Sterling Remedy Co.,
chicago or New York, and mentioning
this paper.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Clock Ticks ON.


The song that we're singing bears with Il
a moral,
To be taken to heart by the young and
the old:
While Time, envious fellow. so quietly
stealing,
Shall .whlsper-go print 1t in letters of
gold
The clock ticks on!''
The maiden who tribes with honest af-
lection,
Who thinks youth eternal, ahl let her
beware;
She'll find out too late. with a bitter re-
Election,
That Time is relentless-she's no longer
fair.
THE clock ticks on!"
There's the note that you ~gave-such an
easy transaction.
Three months to elapse ere the payment
is due.
How hard TO consider that Times stealing
on you,
And the day Of protesting youll bitterly
rue.
'The clock ticks on
Your friends are departing-how sadly
YOU miss them
But you count not the hours so mourn
fully told;
And sadly oblivious to Time that is pass
ing,
You dream not a moment that you're
growing old.
The clock ticks ont"
-HarDer'a Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

SIDE ELEVATION.

should he provided also a pit Of sufi-
Gent depth to allow the top of the
boiler 10 be below the flow pipes in the
greenhouse. II this is not convenient
the heating can be done without il, but
the circulation would not be as good
rs if the boiler he as suggested. The
bottom of the pit should he cemented
and be supplied with drainage.
The heating can be accomplished by
hot water heating pipes 3H inches in
diameter, running three pipes under
the back bench and two under each Of
the other benches. The pipes should
be set on brick piers and have a rise to
the farther end of the house and then
drain all the way back to the boiler.
The expansion tank can be in one
corner Of the boiler house out Of the
way, and all the space in the green
house can be utilized.-F. T. Cakes, in
American Gardening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.
Plans and Specifications for a Three
Dunrfcr Snnn Strnntnra

fians and Specifications for a Three
Quarter Span Structure.
The plans as here given represent a
A-span Souse, and will assist anyone
to make q handsome greenhouse.
The size of the greenhouse is 10 feet
wide by 20 feet long, and the boiler
house six feet square. The glass used
In the roof is II inches wide.
The greenhouse can be made with
either wood or iron rafters and purlins.
Iron is the better, as it makes a lighter
house and lasts much longer than
wood. The ~rafters are made fast to
iron foot pieces that extend into the
ground, and run up to the ridge, which
is also of iron; these are capped with
cypress, in which to bed the glass. The
ridge also receives a cap of the same
wood. The sash bars are made of cy-
press.
The inside of the house can be sealed
with cypress, then builders paper
should be put Oh and the outside COW
cred with novelty siding.
The ventilation shown on the plan is
and 30 inches wide, aud Is
placed next to the ridge. 1t should be
operated by a ventilating apparatus,
such as can be purchased from any
maker of greenhouse material.
The house is arranged with three
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Danger EnYirons lis

II we live in a region where malaria is
prevalent. 1t is useless to hope TO es-
cape 1t II unprovided with a medicinal
safeguard. Wherever the endemic is
o prevalent and malignant-in
South and Central America, the West
Indies and certain portions of Mexico
and the lsthmus of Panama. Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters has proved a
remedy for and preventive of the dis
ease in every form. Not less effective is
1t in curing rheumatism, liver and kid
ney complaints, dyspepsia, biliousness
n e~rvousness
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

WblkS
Paw Hs"':4 ssA
/Rs<9 : Walk
PLAN OF

benches or beds-one extending from
the door along the front and end being
two feet six inches wide. one down the
center of the same height and three
feet wide, and one against the back wall
W feet wide. The back bench should
be elevated, which will require the
walk to be elevated also, which should
be about the height of the middle
bench, the supports for which will ar
swer for the walk, by extending them
through TO the back wall.
The sides should be made of cypress
end the bottom either of cypress or
hemlock. The supports can be made of
iron or cypress. If made of iron they
will last a long time, the only thing re-
curing to be renewed being the sides
and bottoms from time to time.
A boiler six feet square is attached
TO the greenhouse at one end. The roof
can he made to slope to the back. There
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
A Hint from Massachusetts.

The state highway commission are
enforcing a point which has been
known for thousands Of years-cer'
tainly as long as there have been roads
anywhere-that ste9p grades should
be avoided whenever they can be; in
fact, that the sleeper the grade the
greater the wash from rains and the
c~ostlier the road to maintain. "Ev.
erybody knows that" you say. Ger.
tainly, but where is the city OF town
with hilly highways that reduces
those hills to u minimum? 1t would
he hard to find. Grading costs a lit
lie money, and to ave this money,
town and city authorities spend other
money annually for all time to keer
their water-washed highways in re.
pair. 1t is simply q CASE Of penny
wise and pound foolish.-Farm and
Home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
LONG RANGE OF CANNON.
One Of krupp's Guns Carries n Shot over
Fifteen Miles.

ono oI hruppb uups Shrries u SnOJ OVer
Fifteen Miles.
The longest distance that q shot has
been fired is a few yards over Is miles,
which was the range Of Krupp's 130-
ton steel gun, firing Il shot weighing p
GOO pounds, says Spare Moments. The
Hilton Armstrong gun has an extreme
range of ii miles, firing a shot weighing
1900 pounds, and requiring 900 pounds
Of powder. These guns, however, proved
too expensive, being unable to stand
firing 100 times, and their manufacture
has practically been abandoned. The
e2-ton Armstrong gun hurls a solid shot
for O distance of IL miles, and the dis
charge Of the gun cannot be heard at the
place where the ball strikes. From IL
to 10 miles is the computed range of the
most powerful guns now made, and to
obtain that range an elevation of near
~ As degrees is found to be necessary.
Quick-fring guns are more to be de-
pended upon at the present day than ex-
treme length of range, and in this re-
spect what is considered the most won
derful OF guns, perhaps, is one Of the
MaXims, which can fire as many as 600
shots a minute, and yet is so light that
q soldier a carry it strapped to his
back.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
4 Delicious Sweetmeat.

New York Evening Post.
A delicious dessert to those who like
preserved ginger is made from gelatine,
dates, almonds and ginger. Put a fourth
of a box of gelatine in a cup half full of
milk and soak twenty-five or thirty
minutes; then dissolve by standing over
the tea kettle. Add to it four ounces of
powdered sugar Have ready a pint Of
cream that has been whipped, and mix
with 1T carefully and lightly two table
spoonfuls of preserved ginger chopped
fine and two tablespoonfuls Of the gin
ger syrup. Chop half a dozen dates as
fine as possible n add to the cream:
then d the strained jelly. Stir the
mixture until it begins to thicken: then
pour into a mould. Serve on a low fiat
dish and powder the top with almonds
chopped very fine. If you wish the dish
to look pretty garnish with small flow
erS or green leaves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

In order to maintain n regular sup
ply, paintings should be made every ten
days or so. A temperature Of from 40
to SO degrees at night suits %lettuces,
and so as to have good results the plants
should be grown on without n check.
Solid beds would nc doubt produce the
finest heads, but in private establish
ments the crop is generally grown on
benches which answer the purpose sufi-
GENTLY well. Green fly is sometimes
troublesome and must be checked be-
fore il gets Roadway, otherwise the
crop will be destroyed; either fumigate
or lay tobacco stems between the
plants.-American Gardening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Earth l. Running Slow.

Lord Kelvin estimates that the "run.
ming slow" of the earth in its daily ro-
tation around its axis amounts to TWEEN
ty-two seconds per century.
The main cause of this retardation is
;he friction caused by the tides. which
act rs a brake, the action IF which has
been calculated by this eminent physic-
list to be equal to a weight OF 4, 1000, 600
tolls applied on the equator.
Other causes have also TO be taken
into account, rs, for example, the in-
crease in size of the earth. due to the
falling on il OF meteoric dust, which, il
deposited at the rate of one foot in 1000
years, would produce the observed re-
tardation by itself.
Such Il phenomenon as the usual
growth and melting of snow and ice at
the poles is capable of Introducing irreg-
ularities into the problem, the growth
at the poles, by abstracting water from
the other parts of the ocean, a~cceler-
ating the earth's motion, and the melt.
ing by restoring the water, retarding
it.
Against the retarding forces there has
to he taken into account IA probable ac-
celeration, due to the gradual shrinking
of the earth by cooling; but this Lord
Kelvin believes to be very small-per.
haps not more than l-6, 000th part of the
r%etaudation due to tidal friction.
Prof. Newcomb has declared, from
astronomical considerations, that the
earth went slow and lost several
seconds between 1850 and 1862, and
then went fast and gained eight
seconds between 1862 and 1872. changes
of rate explicable by possible changes
in the earth's shape, so slight as 10
be quite und~iscoverable in ASTRONOMERS
observations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
DTTIkGS FROM JASPER COUNTY.
CUllED AT COlFAx.
An Old Soldier Tells His Tale.

Ohu Coiuitr iei1s His Tale.
FROM The American. Ne,rark, Ohio.
Mr.. William Winpigler was one of the
Early settlers of Jasper County. Iowa. and
10 man, from all accounts, is bette. Known
than ne IN the vicinity of Colfax. or more
respected. When the civil war was raging
ne TOOK the teld with his comrades of the
Forty-eighth Iowa, aud while serving his
country, contracted rheumatism. which
assumed the chronic form and seemed 10
affect his entire body. The following is his
pWh account of his suffcrings and cure:
ColfaX. Iowa, July 81. 1896.
L contracted rheumatism during my
army service, which | could not get rid of.
II II became worse and worse until |
was able To do no labor whatever, and
eventually thought | had not long to
i've, as my heart was so affected. was
In a very Responding condition, as my
worldly affairs were going from bad 10
worse, When ia one Of our papers | read of
a man who described himself as having
been even worse than | was. aud who had
been cured Ivy the use of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. | procured some after much
trouble, for at that time they were very
little known in this part of the State. and
none of the druggists in Colfax kept them.
i had not taken the contents of one box
when my heart trouble disappeared. but |
continued TO take the pills. and soon found
my rheumatism was being rapidly cured.
i no longer suffer any rheumatic pain.
and l think my cure was a wonderful
one, after all those years of suffering. |
have recommended them to everyone af-
ficted as | was, and the result is that all
the drug stores in ColfaX now keep them
and sell a great many. and others have
been benefited as | was. For Il man of
my age Il am IW. | am as active as | can
be; more so. perhaps, than many younger
persons, who never were crippled with
rheumatism. The above is Il true state
ment Of fact. WM. WINPIGLER."
Subscribed and sworn To before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the Countg of
Jasper, and State of Iowa, this Sd day of
August, 1896.
T. II. CRAGAN. Notary Public.
Witness: c. w. HARPER.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in n
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailipg specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataNia, partial paralysis, st.
Nitus' dance, s~ciatica, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, nervous headache, the after effect
of Ia grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow compilations, all forms of
weakness, either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent postpaid on receipt of price, 80 cents
q box or six boxes foI $3.50 (they are
never sold in bulk or by the 100, by adj
dressing DR.. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, y. y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Efficacy of a Countersign.

IfafpefS HOunU IdDIe.
While Colonel Gillian, with the Middle
Tennessee regiment, was occupying Nash
vile during the late war, he stationed en-
tries and patrols in all the principal streets
OF the city. One day an 1rishman who
had not been long enlisted was put on
a sharp and faithful watch. Presently a
citizen cane along.
Halt! Who goes there?'
"A citizen" was the response.
Advance and give the countersign."
II nave not the countersign," replied the
indignant citizen, and the demand for 1t
at this time and place is unusual"
, We'll. begorah! ye don't pass this way
until We say Bunker Hill"
The citizen, appreciating the situation;
smiled and advanced to the sentry, and
cautiously whispered the magic words.
Right! Pass on! "and the wide-awakt
sentinel resumed his beat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
ARTISTIC FARM ENTRANCE.

by a hedge, the opening through which
is fanked at n side by q tree, and
on the other by a huge bowidcr, 10th
objects which IRE entirely harmonious
with the landscape and with nature
generally-something hat cannot be
said of all the bounds to driveway en-
frances that II sees. If one has a
name for his place, it can very appro:
priately be cut upon the outer face OF
the bowlder. The same arrangement
could be used very effectively for a
footpath entrance. In this case, the
bowlder may not occupy SO much
ground space, but have an equal height
with the bowlder suited for n carriage
entrance.-American Agriculturist.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Political

al see," said Maud, who was reading
the newspaper, "that in discussing cur.
rency they nearly always have some.
thing to say about IL TO /. | wonder
what it means"
ooh" replied Mamie, with an air OF
superior knowledge, 81 guess IL means
that the chances are 10 IL / against
congress doing anything about it,
Washington Star.
The ticking OF n watch placed against
the teeth 4 be distinctly heard be-
cause the sound is conveyed through
the teeth aud bones OF the head to those
Of the CO..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Testing the AGENT,

Affable Stranger-Kindly tell me
what time the 4 o'clock train leaves.
Ticket Agent-Well, of all the chump
questions! Say. you'd better chase
yourself away before the depot falls
on you.
Affable Stranger-Oh, never mind. IL
the question initiates you | just
wanted n little information. I'm the
new superintendent Of the road, you
know
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Comment.
Washington Star.

washington Star.
Il was telling Miss Cayenne about an
accident with which | recently met"
remarked Willie Washington, with q
melancholy look in his eye.
'Indeed?"
Yes. / was getting off an electric
car. Didn't realize how fast 1t was go
ing and landed on my hands instead OF
my feet"
What did Miss Cayenne say about
it?"
Not much. She merely remarked
that / had at last succeeded in being
original"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
GeIIinp Alnnn

Washington Evening Star.
Have you made any progress in your
lessons on the bicycle?"
Yes" replied the man with a gentle
disposition.
do you ride into The country YETI"
"Oh, n 1 don't ride anywhere worth
mentioning. But ! don't hin l ttart
mt self so much when / fall Off"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Pleasures shared.

This truth do / hold while the eartl
blooms fair,
Ere the days of our youth are flown
Far sweeter M pleasure that two cal
share
Than a score hat we hold alone.
Aye, more, when the shadows of age ap
pear,
With the love OF our youth still true,
No selfish delight can be half so dear
AS a JOY that is shared by two.
Life's trials, / know, lose their power Il
harm
When she whispereth words of cheer,
And all of the sweetness that gives III
A charm,
Being shared, is made doub.y dear.
Putnam, in Chicago Times-Her
aid.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Pretty COlOred COrseis.

new 1Ofk tribune,
The white corset is rapidly disappearing,
and the delicately colored ones, matching
the petticoat of silk and the Innings of the
waist, are in favor. Back satin and black
silk corsets are the favorites, with tiny
Dresden rosebuds scattered over them and
baby ribbons matching the shade of the
buds, threaded and beaded all around the
edges. Black lace finishes these beautiful
c%orsets, which fit TO perfection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

Mr.. De Brain-"Is the piano out Of
tuner
Mrs. De Braln-"No. Why?"
Mr.. De Brain-"Elvira has not
touched it for weeks"
Mrs. De Brain with a troubled air.
II have noticed that. 1 wonder II she
has deceived us and got married on the
sly"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

tunnel in which the steps were set; the moo.
it garden offered its ,solace to the girls so
heart No curious women-servants ppear,.
on the stairs that led to the bed-ehambers
40 ihqnlsitive eyes could look at her from
uIe windows of the ground iloor-a solitud,
abandoned to the curiosity of tourists. Sy,.
hey took her hat and cloak from the stand H.
q recess at the side of the door, and went IN
to the garden.