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Famine on the Yukon.

The stortling. though possibly e. agcer-
ated, reports from the Yukon river 6oun-
try Of the probable shortage of food for
the large number OF people who are enter
ing there without the means of leaving
the country are confirmed in such a meas
ure as 10 justify bringing the matter to
the attention of congress. Access TO that
country in winter can be had only ny the
passes from Dyea and vicinity. which IS a
most difficult and perhaps impossible task.
fering of our fellow citizens be further
verified every effort ii any cost should be
made to carry them relief.
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Military Force Needel.

I concIr With the secretary &. war in
HIS suggestions as to the necessity for a
for the protection of persons and prop
erty. A,,endy a small force. consisting OF
twenty-five men. with two officers. under
command Of Lieutenant Colonel Randall
st. Michael to establish Il military pest.
AS it is to the interests of the government
to encourage the settlement of the coun-
try and its duty to follow up It's citizens
with the benent of legal machinery, /
earnestly urge upon ongress the cstab-
lishment of a system of government with
such f1exibilfty as will enable it to adj
just itself to the future areas of greatest
population.
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Reciprocity.

IT, o~der &c execute as nearly rs possible
>ie provisions in the third -sd fourth sec
lions of the revenue act, approved July "a,
1897. appointed the Hon. John A. Kasson
II Iowa. a special commissioner plenipo-
Tertiary 70 undertake the renu;.lte nego-
tiationr VIII foreign countries desiring to
avail thec:se YES Of these provisions. The
negotiations sre now proceeding with sew
eral governments, both European and
American nnd it is believed that by a
by that act some grievances OF our own
and OF Other countries in our mutual
trade relations may be either removed,
or largely alleviated. and hat the vol
Ime of our commercial exchanges may
be enlarged. with advantage to both on
lrnctipp m rtipa r n
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Untried Measures.

OF the untried measures there re-
main only: Recognition of the insur-
gents as belligerents; recognition of
the independence of Cuba; neutral
intervention to end the war by ilnpos-
ing a rational compromise between the
contestants and Intervention in favor
of n or the other party. I speak not
of forcible annexation for that cannot
be thought of. That by our code of
morality would be criminal aggres-
sion.
Recognition Of the belligerency of
the Cuban insurgents has often been
%canvassed as n possible if not inevita-
BILE step both in regard to the previous
ten years struggle and during the
present a am not unmindful that
the two houses of congress in the
spring OF 1896 expressed the opinion
by concurrent resolution that a condi-
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Most desirable from every standpoint q?
national interest and patriotism. is the
10 this end our merchant marine should
be improved and enlarged. We should do
our full share of the carrying trade of
the world. We do not do II now. We
should be the lager no longer. The in
feriority Of our merchant marine Is justly
humiliating to the national pride. The
al means should aid In making our ships
familiar visitors at every commercial port
of the world. thus opening up new and
valuable markets to the surplus product
OF the farm and the factory.
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s~b .-
There are many plans proposed as a
remedy for the evil. 1t is lot that our
currency of every kind is not good;
good because the government is
pledged to keep it so, and that pledge
will not be broken. However, the
guaranty of II purpose to keep the
pledge viii! be best shown by advanc-
ing toward its fulfillment. The evil of
the present system is found in the
great cost to the government of main
tanning the parity of our different
forms OF money; that is. keeping all
OF them Mt par with gold. We surely
cannot be longer needless of the bur-
den this imposes upon the people even
under fairly prosperous conditions,
while the past four years have demon
strated that it is not only an expen-
siye charge upon the government, but
a dangerous to the national
nra1;% -z@eH 80 gEsI+GEr [
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War viii Not Be Prolonged.

War Will Not Be Prolonged.
In the absence of q declaration of
the measures that this government
proposes to take in carrying out it's
priffer of good Offices it suggests that
Spain being free to conduct military
operations and grant the reforms,
while the United States for it's part
shall enforce it's neutral obligations
and cut off the assistance which it is
asserted the insurgents receive from
this country. The supposition of an
indefinite p~rolongation of the war is
denied. 1t is asserted that the west
ern provinces are already well nigh
reclailned; that the planting of cane
and tobacco therein has been resumed,
and that by force of arms and new and
ample reforms very early and COM
plete ~pacification is promised.
The immediate alteration of exist
ing conditions under the new admin
%istration of Cuban affairs is predict
cd and there withal the disturbance
and all occasion for any change of at
titude on the part of the United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Cutting out is the only remedy for
peach borevs.
Successful gardening depends upon
a good N 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
strawberries.
One advantage il 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 10
because OF humidity in the air.
After apples have been kept a few
weeks they should be sorted over, as
some good ones will show defects later
IN.
Wood ashes is one Of the best rem
edies for pear trees that bear cracked
fruit. Stir the soil well and then spread
the ashes wei! over the surface.
When intending TO 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 impart vigor, but IL done when the
tree is growing or in leaf it tends to
check g~rowth.-St. Louis Republic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
CONTINUED next week.
STREET AcROBATs IN JAPAN.
Clever Little People Who Do Almost I'm
possible Tricks for small Pay.

During a jinrikisha ride along tho
streets OF any japanese city the Traveller
IS almost sure TO see a coup OF young
street acrohats, quaint little people gro-
tesquely dressed. Their ages will range
generally between 3 and IL years, and
all nave been regularly trained.
Their dress consists mainly of loose
trousers, n bright-colored jacket, and a
peculiar head dress. The trousers are
baggy, made of a 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 0rnamented with many
cocks pIumes. From under the heao
dress falls a curtain OF thin red mate
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 Oh one another. Some Of their
most skillful antics, says the Youths
Companion, will he followed by simply
throwing themselves into ridiculous POI
%sitions. intended solely to keep spectat-
ors in a good humor.
ION 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 at the top of his voice.
doing his best to add to the din. Their
entire performance is given in the hope
of earning q few rin-a small copper
coin, worth less than the tenth of an
American celt.
When a foreigner passes the little sc-
robats redouble their efforts, for they
know that they then stand a chance OF
getting a silver coin.
These little people have often followed
my %junkisha for a long distance, con-
tinuing their gymnastics. and some-
times their persistence becomes trouble
some. Always hoping for an additional
coin, and being ever ready to work for
it, they carry ont the deep-rooted prin-
ciples of the japanese character-indus-
try, patience and ~rseyeran
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.
Plans and Specifications for = Three
Quarter Span Structure.

Plans and Specifications for y Three
Quarter Span Structure.
The plans as here given represent a
A-span Souse, and will assist anyone
to make a handsome greenhouse.
The size Of the greenhouse is ~ feet
wide by 20 feet long. and the boiler
house six feet square. The glass used
In the roof is IA inches wide.
The greenhouse can be made with
either wood or iron rafters and purlins.
Iron is the better, as ii makes a lighter
house and lasts much longer than
wood. The rafters are made fast to
iron o 0 pieces that extend into tho
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 on and the outside COW
cred with novelty siding.
The ventilation shown on the plan is
continuous and 30 inches wide, and Is
placed next to the ridge. It should be
operated by a ventilating apparatus,
such as a 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
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 Tine. envious fellow, SO quietly
stealing,
Shall .whisper-go print it in letters Of
The clock ticks on"
The maiden who trifes with honest af-
Who thinks youth eternal, ah! let her
She'll hnd out too late, with a bitter re-
That Time is relentless-she's no longer
fair.
The clock ticks on"
There's the note that you ~gsve-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 you'n bitterly
rue.
The clock ticks on
Your friends are departing-how sadly
you miss them
But you coun not the hours so mourn
fully told:
And sadly obAvious to Time that is pass
ing.
You dream not a momen thai you're
growing old.
The clock ticks on"
-Harper's Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
A Delicious Sweetheart.

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 o twenty-five or thirty
minutes; then dissolve by standing over
the tea kettle. Add to II -four ounces Of
powdered sugar. Have ready n pint Of
cream that has been whipped, m mix
with 1t carefully and lightly two table
spoonfuls Of preserved ginger chopped
fine arid two ta~blespoonfuls OF the gin
ger syrup. Chop half a dozen dates as
fine as possible and add to the cream:
then add he strained jelly. Stir the
mixture until ii 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 now-
erS OF green leaves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
ELEVATION.

should be provided also a pit Of suffi-
cient depth to allow the top of the
boiler TO be below the flow pipes in the
greenhouse, II this is not convenient
the heating a be done without it. but
the circulation would not be as good
as IL the boiler be as suggested. The
bottom of the pit should be 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
h 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
The Earth I, Running Slow.

Lord Kelvin estimates that the "ran.
tation around its axis amounts TO TWEEN
ty-two seconds per century.
The main cause of this rctardation is
The friction caused by the tides. which
act as a brake, the action of which has
been calculated by this eminent physic-
list to be equal to a weight OF 1000, 900
tois applied on the equator.
Other cause have also TO be taken
into account, as. for example. the in
crease in size of the earth. due TO the
falling on it OF meteoric dust. which. il
deposited at the rate of one foot in 1000
years. would produce the observed re-
tardalion by itself.
Such a 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 retariing forces there has
70 be taken into account probable ne
CELEBRATION, due TO the gradual shrinking
of the earth by cooling; but this Lord
Kelvin believes TO be very smail-per-
haps not more than l-6. 0o0th part of the
r~etardation due to tidal friction.
Prof. Newcomb has declared, from
astronomical considerations, that the
earth went slow and lost several
seconds between 1850 and 1869. and
then went fast and gained eight
seconds between 1862 aud 1872. changes
of rate applicable by possible changes
in the earth's shape, so slight as to
be quite undiscoverabie in astronomical
observations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

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-
quiring 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 be made to slope TO the back. There
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
A HINT from Msssachusetts.

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 steep grades should
be avoided whenever they can be; in
fact, that the sleeper the grade the
greater the wash from rains and the
costlier the road to maintain. "Ev'
erybody knows that" you say. Ger
tainly, but where is the city or town
with billy highways that reduces
those hills to a minimum? 1t would
he hard to find. Grading costs a lit.
tie money, and to saw this money,
town and city authorities spend other
money annually for all time to keep
their water-washed highways in re.
pair. 1t is simply a case of penny
wise and pound foolish.-Farm and
Home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Calen0ars and Coupons.


So many beautiful calendars and en-
pertaining novelties have been issued
by the proprietors OF Hoods sarsapa-
r1lla, 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 n
who gets a Hoods S~arsaparilla calen
dAr for 1897 secures something that
will prove interesting and valuable as
well az a beautiful specimen of the lith-
ographer's art. The calendar Is accom-
panied this season by IN amusing little
book on 1.-THE Weather" Ask your
druggist for Hoods Coupon Calendar.
or send o cents In stamps for n to @.
I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Hints for lettuce Growers

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 10 have good results the plants
should be grown on without a check.
Solid beds would no doubt produce the
finest heads, but in private establish
ments the crop is generally grown on
benches which answe the purpose sufi-
GENTLY well. Green fly Is sometimes
Troublesome and must be checked be-
fore it 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
6TTIEGS FROM JASPER COUNTY.
cuLLED AT CoL=Ax.
An Old Soldier Tells His Tale.
From fbe american Ae,rosL DLin

An Old Soldier Tells His Tale.
From the american. Necark, Ohio.
Mr.. William Winpigler was one of the
tarly settlers of Jasper County, Iowa, and
10 man, from all accounts, is bette. known
than he ia the vicinity of Colfax, or more
respected. When the civil wal was raging
be took the field with his comrades of the
Forty-eighth Iowa, and while serving his
country contracted rheumatism, which
assumed the chronic form and seemed 10
affect his entire body. The following is his
pwn account Of his suffcrings and cure:
Coifax. Iowa, July 81, 1896.
Il contracted rheumatism during my
army service, which ! could not get rid of,
and Ii became worse and worse until /
was able to do no labor whatever, and
eventually ! Thought l had not long To
i've, as my heart was so affected. i was
In n very Responding condition, as my
worldly affairs were going from bad to
worse, when in one Of our papers | read of
q man who described himself as having
been even worse than | was, aud who had
been cured by the use of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. | procured some after much
trouble, for at that time they We're very
little known In this part of the State, and
none of the druggists in Colfax kept them.
j 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 curcu.
] no longer suffer any rheumatic pain,
and / think my cure was a wonderful
one, after all those years Of suffering. |
have recommended them 10 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 a man of
my age Il am TO). | am as active rs i can
be; more 80, perhaps, than many younger
persons, who never were crippled with
rheumatism. The above is a true state
ment of fact. WM. WINPIGLER."
Subscribed and sworn TO before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the County Of
jasper, and State of Iowa, this I'D day of
August, 1896.
=. ii. CRAGAN, Notary Public.
Witness: &. w. HARPER.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailiDg specific for such diseases
as locomotor aiaxia, partial paralysis, st.
Vitus' dance, sciaticn. neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, nervous headache, the after effect
of 10 grippe, paipitation 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 for $3.50 (they are
never sold in bulk or by the 100, by adj
dressing DIR. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady. y. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
LONG RANGE OF CANNON.
One Of Krapp's Guns Carries q Shot over
EfftAon Milea.

Dine Of Krapp's Guns Carries q Shot over
Fifteen Miles.
The longest distance that q shot has
been fired is q few yards v Is miles,
which was the range of Krupp's 130-
ton steel gun, firing a shot weighing o.
GOO pounds, says Spare Moments. The
Hilton Armstrong gun has IN extreme
range OF IA miles, firing a shot weighing
$500 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 q solid shot
for q distance Of ~ miles, and the dis
charge Of the gym cannot be heard ct tho
place where the ball strikes. From IL
to IA miles II the complied range OF the
most powerful guns now made, and to
obtain that range an elevation of near
~ Is degrees IL found to be necessary.
Quick-hring 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
ierful Of guns, perhaps, II one OF the
Maxims, which can fire a. many as 600
shots q minute. and yet II 50 light that
! colder can carry II strapped TO his
haek.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Danger Environs Is

" we live in a region where malaria is
prevalent. 1t ia useless to hope 10 es-
cape 1t If u~nprovided 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 Isthmus of Panama, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters has proved u
remedy for and preventive OF the dis
ease in every form. Not less effective Is
IL in curing rheumatism, liver and kid
ney complaints, dyspepsia, biliousness
and nervousness.
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 one side by u tree, and
on the other by a huge bowldor, both
objects which are entirely harmonious
with the landscape and with nature
Notwithstanding that cannot be
said Of all the bounds to driveway en-.
name for his place, it "a 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 a carriage
entrance.-American Agriculturist.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Efficacy OF n Countevsign.

Harper's Round Table.
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
5f the city. Crc Gay an Irishman who
had not been long enlisted was put on
duty at q prominent crossing, and he kept
q sharp and faithful watch. Presently a
citixen came along
Halt! Who goes there?"
"A citizen was the response.
Advance and give the countersign."
II have not the countersign," replied the
indignant citizen. and the demand for 1t
wen. begorah! We don't pass this way
until ye say Bunker HILL"
The citizen, apprecfating 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.