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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
roee Gold Crow p

A party of prospectors who were re-
Gently gathered, says the Butte Inter
Mountain, grew reminiscent and finally
drifted onto the question as to how the
precious yellow metal comes into ex-
istenee. Boys" spoke mp Jim Tresnor.
perhaps l have got some queer old
notions slowed away under this diggin'
hat of mine, but for thirty years, man
and boy, I've been a prospector, and
tell you now THAT believe gold does
grow. Twenty years ago l struck the
Locust and sunk q shaft. 1t was silver
ore and after dikgin' for q while gave
up in disgust. Then went over to the
other side of the range and located the
Banner, a copper mine. now in the pos.
session OF the Anaconda company. l
monkeyed around for q while, and 8
years ago I went back to my old love,
the Locust. Hang me il could believe
my eyes, boys, when found the pre-
tiest ledge Of gold ore right where TIE
silver ledge was. II was as pretty as .
picture. and kept right on diRgin'. and
have been diggin' in that hole ever
since. 1t seemed to me that in the
places where the water struck it grew
richer Irun in three tunnels at the
bottom, but found the gold was not yet
ripe, 30 l just closed mp the tunnels and
let them rest for few years"
Says another Of the Belcher claim up
Ia Soap gulch: 1T is i'm reef Of sand
lying between the lime formation that
borders on the Melrose valley and the
stratified gneiss formation that runs
from that point to the base of Red
mountain. Thirty years ago Hank
6sehbins discovered that there were
globules of silver in tie sand and 10
Gated, but there wasn't enough mineral
In il to pay and he abandoned It, Ten
ysass ago he went back to the old mi.e
and began turning oyer tho band. he
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

State Auditor Hippie has issued a
circular directing the public to with
hold their support of insurance COM
panies that are not authorized to do
business in the state. The auditor sng-
guests that all persons securing insur-
ance. either life, accident, fire or any
other form, ascertain first whether the
solicitor is licensed or the company
authorized to do business in the state,
as by evading the laws. companies are
enabled to defeat the state in securing
It's just amount of taxes, and also reduce
the amount of premium due to fire COM
panies. The auditor notes the fact that
thousands Of dollars are being sent away
regularly every year to fake concerns,
and advises the public to ask the agent
for his license and refuse to pay any
premium if he has none.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

The gold and silver production Of the
United States for the year 1896, as re.
ported by the New York Engineering
and Mining Journal, is as follows: Gold
s57 900 600. gain over 1895 Of no less
than $40, ,l69,s00. This extraordinary
advance. which far surpasses the gain
reported from any other country in the
world. puts the United States far in the
lead Of the producing countries. Our
output OF gold was no less than 20 per
cent Of the total reported for the entire
world. The production Of silver from
domestic ores reacl ed q total Of 40 ,465,. :.
l73 fine ounces, showing decrease from
that Of 1895 amounting to 865 .062 ounces
only. The silver production has thus
been maintained better than has been
anticipated. Moreover, there were
produced or refined from foreign ores
and bullion by our smeters and other
works no less than 100000 fine ounces
of silver, making the total quantity re
fined or put into final marketable form
in this country S5,465,l73 fine ounces.
This large production was almost en-
tirely absorbed by the markets, and the
average price of silver for the year
shows an actual advance, having been
81 cents, although toward the close Of
the year it fell about 2 cents below that
point. OF the silver obtained from for
eign ores it is estimated that 38,0000 900
ounces came from Mexican ores and
bullion and 100000 ounces from ma
terial brought into this country from
Canada, chiefly from British Columbia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

The editor of . 'woman's edition Of Q
. newspaper at Binghamton, N. Y.
wrote ~ Maj. Mckinley requesting
something from him that would enable
the women in their special edition to
give good forecast ofthe cabinet he will
have after the 4th Of March. This Is the
reply he sent: To the Editor Of the
Woman's Edition II have delayed an
swering your polite inquiry with the
hope that might be able to give you
the desired information in time
for your woman's edition. But end
the cabinet factory In my town has sus-
pended work and closed its doors on
account Of the hard times and probably y
will not open again until about the Ord
of next March. II il therefore imposs-
ible for me 10 indicate what the new
style in cabinets will be and whether
they will be made in oak or NAH ogany.
l am sure only Of one thing, and that is
that ,hsrs will b good lsadle on every
drawer.
Yours tI7Iy, VIZ. McKIHIsy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

THE Passing Of Bryan" is the subject
of several truthful and pathetic editors
ials in leading journals, says the Mime
spoiis Tribune. He furnishes only
another illustration of the general truth
that the man who goes up like rocket
is apt to come down like stick. The
first of that series Of lectures by the
great defeated which was announced
with such a flourish of trumpets, came
off at Atlanta. and even Mr.. Bryan's
best friends pronounce it failure. The
public is aware that for good and suffi-
cient reasons, the projected series of so
Bryan lectures at 81 900 piece has been
gwen up.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
A Sound Liver Makes q " ell Man

Are you Bilious, Constipated or
troubled with Jaundice, Sick Headache.
bad Taste in Mouth. Foul Breath, Coated
Tongue. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot
Dry Skin, Pain in Back and between the
Shoulders, ChIlls and Fever, &c. Ifyou
haye any ofthese symptoms, your Liver
is out Of order. and your blood is slowly
being poisoned. because your Liver does
not act promptly. Herbine will cnre
any disorder Of the Liver, Stomach or
Bowels. 1t has no equal as Liver
Medicine. Price IS cents Free trial
bottle at A. j. Jones & Cos drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
Solons Snow Bound.

A Yankton special OF the 5th inst says
The greatest snow storm and blizzard
for ten years has been raging since Sat
urday night and not single railroad
train was moving in this state yesterday.
The fall of snow has been unprecented,
the measurements exceeding two feet,
while the wind has been of hurricane
violence. Cuts in the railroad are piled
full of the drifting snow and long tie
up Of the traffic is predicted.
Eighty members of the legislature are
snowbound at various points along the
route to Pierre and could not reach the
capital in time for the opening Of the
session to day. The more fortunate
ones reached Pierre Sunday morning.
The Great Northern attempted to start
a train out yesterday, but the engines
could not be got out Of their stalls and
the attempt was given up and crews
ordered to report today. On the North
western no attempt was made to start a
W Vid Wao iCSCiNSo W tlli
the storm subsidized. All the trains on
the Milwaukee north of Yankton were
abandoned. All stage lines suspended
business and the merchants here did
not open their stores. The whole coun.
try is showed under and cut off from
communication with the outside world
The first road to open its track was the
Milwaukee from Sioux City. The Great
Northern is unable to start train. The
Northwestern has put large crews OF
shovelers at work and expects to get
their Yankton-Centeryille branch open
by night. A train was started out on
this line at IL O'Clock carrying mum.
Der Of members of the legislature. Ad-
vices indicate that the main line will
not be opened for two or three days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

began to find chunks Of gold instead OF
silver. He has a good thing of it now.
He mines it like the Mexicans used to
mine years ago. He cuts stairs in the
sand and takes the rock up in candle
box and sorts IT over. Now all he has
got to do when he wants to make a stak e
is to go down to the sand pile for few
minutes when up he comes with q
piece Of shining gold. Several capital
lists have attempted to get hold of the
mine and one of the Heinze's agents
made him good offer for it, but Hank
won't sell, for he is sure he has a for
tune if the gold keeps on growing"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
ssnaaor vVoleoss's lGission.

Senator Wolcost. Of Colorado. has gone
to Europs to ascertain the exact strength
Of the bimetallic sentiment there and %
judge II there is really any chance for
b binging about an international agree
ment The free silveritss Who condemn
wolcott for remaining loyal 10 the Ro-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

Articles of agreement have finally
been signed by Corbett and Fitzslmmons
for the great finish fight for the worlds
heavy weight championship and fif-
teen thousand dollar purse. The great
mill is billed to come of March 18th at
some point not yet given out, but will
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
Ballard's Snow Linrment

This wonderful Liniment is known
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1t will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
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Wire Cuts, and heal all wounds where
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Sold at A. J. Jones & Co.'S drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

As there 10 no pressing need of any
considerable amount of legislation, and
as the "reformers" who have been so
loud in their pleas for retrenchment,
are in the saddle, what's the matter
with having a short legislative session.
and thereby save a few thousand dol.
lars to the state. The members from
the Black Hills, who are all reformers,
save one, should unite in move to this
end and fight it through both houses to
successful finish, and thus smear
themselves all over with populistic pa
triotic glory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

1t needs no argument, says the New
York Engineering and Mining Journal.
to convince capital that the best coun-
try in which to invest in mining is
where the mineral production has
grown steadily even under low prices
and depressed commercial conditions.
North America, especially the United
States, is producing more aud more OF
minerals and metals, and its increase in
gold production in the year just closing
has been about twice as great as that Of
all the rest of the world. Capital is not
blind or deaf The next great mining
investment boom will have its seat in
the United States, in Mexico and in
Western Canada, though in this last
much caution sbould be exercised, for
there are many wild cats" there look
ing for prey.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

A Missouri editor, in response to the
question, "do hogs pay2" said: "A
great many do not. They will take the
paper for several years, and then, some
day, the paper will be sent back marked
refused "-Ex.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
A TlGERlSH TURKISH MOB.
Murderous BludgeOn Men In the Streets
of ConstantinOpIe

MurderOus BludgeOn Men In the Streets
Of ConstantinOple.
Such men as the bludgeon men one
does not often see i'll the streets of Con-
stantinople. OF the better class Of Turks
there were none among them. They
were Of class like the wharf rats and
lOngshOremen of western lands. They
were of all shades of color, from the
white skinned Laz and Circassian to the
brown and hook nosed Kurd and the
coal black Nubian from Africa. Their
faces were study Of fearful passions.
There were faces scanned and SCARED
like the head Of fighting bulldog faces
distorted by malice and greed; faces
scared, as by fire. Sase hardened in iR-
norance Of all except vice and ferocious
as an angry tiger. Some Of those faces
burned their way into my memory and
remained for days, a haunting revela-
tion Of brutal instincts and beastly de-
sires which made one wonder how it
was possible to have lived in safety for
weeks in city containing such men.
These men were not armed, in the
common sense Of the word Some Of
them had revolvers, and the most Of
them had knives. But they seldom used
either, for awkward questions might be
raised if the police were called to ao-
count for failing to arrest armed civil
ians on the streets. Carrying ak helves,
pickax handles, heavy clubs, like base
ball bats; jagged fragments Of broken
scantling-carrying anything that can
crush the skull of man-this horrible
rabble flooded the streets Of all Chris
tian quarters of the city, like an all des.
| Olating tidal wave, silent but irresisti-
BILE. Their silence by day was almost as
terrible as their howls by night They
would be seen going along the street.
when they would meet an Armenian
who had ventured to attempt to reach
his home. Without word they would
break in his skull and go on their way.
entirely unmoved and hardly having
spoken loud word. If resistance was
offered, they had only to say, 'The
Giaours resist!' and horde of theiI
fellows would come running from all
directions to destroy one who had prov
ed his seditious quality by daring to re-
sist a Mussulman. Bystander'
Notes Of Massacre, " by Yvan Troshine
in Scribner's.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
For the Smyrna Times.
CHARACTERISTIC BOATS.
While great ships can venture more,
Little boats should keen near the sho

While great ships can venture more,
Little boats should keep near the shore.
The truth of the couplet lies not in
the inability of little boats venturing
from the shore, but in the tenacity with
which they cling to their native shore
with an almost racial distinctiveness
that while not evolving their genesis,
certainly gives a pronounced national
trait that unconciously portrays the
physical activity of the people they
represent.
Thus it is the quick, tireless, money
getting American, reproduces in the
trim, swift, clinker- built cutter, the
national trait to forge ahead in every
undertaking.
The slow, thOrough-going Britisher
in the heavy long boat of the surf.
The dreamy languor of italian skies in
the Venetian Gondola, the almost un-
sinkable Kyak of the Eskimo, the Cat
amaran of South America, and the
Canoe of the North American Indians,
are all plainly the creations of expe-
diency rather than of fancy.
OF lonely drifts in Artic wastes, and
the sweep across CLASSY seas, and the
ripple through primitive forest streams
alike attest the one unmistakable trait
of the unwritten law of tradition that
impresses character upon inanimate
things.
I saw the other day Cartoon that
was intended to amuse but which
struck me more as a satire against
those whom it had pleased Providence
to frown upon. 1t represented the
American genius, Uncle Sam, seated
in a pile of bread stuffs, and surrounded
with loaves and barrels of beef and
pork. In the distance John Bull is
approaching, carrying under each arm
a bag of money. The inference is cas-
lily drawn.
What Christian heart is there that
hears the uplifting of Thanksgiving
Day, that does not feel pang at the
gaunt famine, that with fierce mein
and deadly grip, has already entered
the lonely cabin of the poor Irisl
/ crofter on the west coast of Ire
land, disappointed in the blight o
his crops growing among the rocks
and crevices of an iron-bound coast
Are the horrors of 1847 to berepeateC
| in poor unhappy Ireland? when mo
theirs were found in the road prostrateC
: over their dead children, not weeping
, but gnawing their flesh.
But what of their Characteristic boat
: how nearly it speaks of want and gaun
t famine. The "Corragh" of the ives
and north coast of Ireland is made fror
e single horses hide, kept apart wit
stretchers and in them they dare tn
rough gales that beat and bruise th
the Irish coast as nowhere else, an
: yet they give expression of the dir
y want of people whom God chooses t
y to visit with all His storms.
n j. B. SCOTT.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
Exploring the Upper Niger.

After an absence Of three years the
expedition under Lieutenant Hourst has
safely returned to Europe from the Nj
ger. The party assembled the Senegal
river and then carried the sections Of
an aluminium boat overland to the up
per part of the Niger On reaching this
river the pieces of the boat were put to-
gether and two native boats purchased.
In these the expedition sailed down the
Niger to Timbuktu, where a stay Of
ten months was made. The voyage
from Timbuktu to Lokoja, at the con-
f1uence Of the Niger and Benue, seems
to have been arduous, but from that
point the expedition was towed by
launch belonging to the Royal Niger
company to the coast at Wari. How
much fresh Typographical information
Lieutenant Hourst's party has obtained
is not yet stated. This will depend on
the highest point reached on the Niger.
Reuters message states that the expedi-
tion First met the river Niger at
Hayes" but that town is on the Sene-
gal river. There can be no doubt, how
ever, that much valuable scientific in
formation was obtained, for the expedi-
tion travelled slowly and was admirably
equipped. One novelty was the use Of a
phonograph for reporting the native war
songs The expedition kept peace with
the natives throughout the journey, in
which it differs greatly from some Of
those previously conducted by French
explorers in that region.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
A Story Of Cecil Rhodes.

Often mentioned is Cecil Rhodes dis
like to women and the fact that he will
not allow a female to serve him in any
way. He had a secretary to whom he
was much attached. One day he an
nounced the fact that he was going to
be married. The chief was thunder
struck. and after glaring at him for q
second growled out, where the devil
am I to get another secretary?" and then
walked out of the room and banged the
door. His innate goodness Of heart.
however, prevailed after bit, for he
presented the bride with some lovely
diamonds, and when, soon after, he left
for England he lent the young couple
his carriages and horses, so that the Of
Tending bride was enabled to return her
wedding calls at his expensel 1t never
occurred to him, however, to keep his
favorite secretary on. The mere fact OF
his marrying put that quite out Of the
pale of possibility.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
THE AVOIDANCE OF COLDS.
Practical Hints as to How Not to Catch
Them.

A German professor, says the Youths
Companion, once wrote long treatise
with a learned title on how to avoid
catching cold. After tracing the his
tory of colds from the earliest ages,
studying their causes and symptoms,
and cataloguing the remedies which
have been used by the most eminent
physicians of all times, he concluded
with a short chapter on prevention.
His plan was to inure the back of the
neck to drafts by having some one di-
rect a current of air upon it from bel
lows three times a day.
The writer had the correct idea, al
though its practical application was
clumsy, and he was long time in
reaching it. The best and only way
to escape colds is to meet the causes
that produce them and not to run
from them.
Let the body be hardened by cold
sponge bath, or even cold plunge,
followed by a brisk rubbing with a
"scratchy" towel every morning. Let
the clothing be adapted to the season,
though always as light as possible, but
keep the neck uncovered-no turned
up coat collar, no muffler, no boa.
Never let the temperature in the house
rise above seventy degrees in the
winter. Air every room systematically
every day, no matter what the out
door temperature may be. Always
have fresh air in the bedroom; there is
nothing poisonous in might air, pop
ular belief to the contrary notwlth
standing.
In a word, don't be always afraid o.
catching cold; don't coddle, but meet
cold and wet changes of temperature
like manor rather, like horse, ant
you will then run better chance o.
being as strong as horse.
OF course, you must strengthen you
armor where it is weak, but If you re
cognize in yourself a weak place,
"cold spot" don't cover it up witt
more clothes, but tougher it, AM
tougher your entire body until it
one homogeneous resistant whole.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-13
MARYLAND ITEnS.

About 100 persons participated in the
bicycle parade at Elkton.
Clayton Wright, Centreville, got 1O4
baskets of pears from six trees.
Samuel Sherman, of EastOn, has pat
ented carving dish attachment.
Alday Clements gets 80 bu. of corn to
the acre on farm of his near Crump-
ton.
Every carpenter in Denton has work
enough to last him the remainder Of
the year.
John H. Evans has bought DIR. j.
Lane Finley's Edgewood farm near
Church Hill, 300 acres, for $350O.
There are five Georges on the Wi
comoco Grand Jury. Their surnames
are Lowe, Kibble, Bounds, Waters and
Adkins.
Mocking-birds are unusually numer-
GUS in Wicomoco this year. Nine sing
ing birds in one cedar tree have been
counted.
Atwood Bennett, graduate of West
ern Maryland College in 1894 and o
the University of Maryland in 1897
has settled in Salisbury to practices
law.
Mr.. Robert Christie, of Centreville
has pomegranate tree, in bearing. ]
now has some ris IS IS esit on it. Th
tree is a curioufs he fruit pre-
sents curioS M NO. 'e r. Is