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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
sAMBo DELIVERING HIS SERMON

1tfNA
Doant oberdo y wuks an ways. rom cy-
cling TO a walk,
An nebah weah go wisdom thin by eber-
lastin' talk.
Doant be a scandalmongah mean-a Gavin
carrion crow-
Inventin' odorous abuse In word-bombs
packed wiz woe.
Doant be a narrow-gaugef false saint wiv
no thought but OBJ creeds.
Let out de tucks sewed in 20 soul. expand.
in 20 good deeds.
BE faithful to yo' chosen chu'ch. but widen
out 20 glance.
See noble motives e~berywhs' an glib all
souls q chance.
Dispute 20 politics an points wiz tempah
all serene.
An nebah in fair Argument explode an
make a scene.
In shot. resolbe 10 glib 20 soul a balance
wheel an guide.
An nebah let II run slam-bang wiv throttle
valve too wide.
Resolbe to be symmetrical upon de broad.
gauge plan
Which wiz uncommon c-ommon-sense
rounds out de noble man.
BE homes upright, squah-toed. true. TO
right good things inclined,
Instead oh a lop-sided soul by ebil under
mined.
Doant covet watahmillyuns. hens. or slip
In thievish ways.
70 chickens may come home to roost In
melon-colic days.
Doant glib yo' pennies TO de chu'ch. 20 dol
labs playin' craps:
Or make yo' sins all wide-awake. yo' 'ligion
OBJ cat-naps.
An when yo' sweah or on New Yeah stick
bravely to yo' word,
Instead OBJ fioppin' like a flea. or playin'
mockin' bird.
BE homes in you life an Tub. no homes gal
deceive.
A fiIrt am like q coward wiz a daggah up
his sleeve.
No grumblah. growiah. chronic-crank or
insect wiz q sting.
But wiz de sunshine In yo' soul soah high
on happy wing.
So shall yo trabei heabenwahd by de best
an brightest way.
An lib yo' pledges TO renew on many .
New Yeah's day.
Do cuntet row win -!rc 4. hymn I'VE
knows whar we am at"
While Deekin Bunette locks de doahs An
passes roun' de hat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
MAKES HOMEsTEADERs HAPPY
Ruling of Land Commissioners in
Their Favor.

Chamberlain. Dec. 2s.-Under a de-
cislon of the commissioner of the rem.
eral land Office numerous settlers in
Gregory county will be benefited. The
settled portion of the county, which
was opened to settlement with the re-
maindel of the coded Sioux lands in
February, 1890. was not surveyed un-
til a year or two ago, and the several
hundred settlers who selected quarter
sections there in 1890 were simply
squatters on the land until it was sur
veyed and the plats were filed in the
Chamberlain land Office, when, after a
delay of many years, the squatters
were enabled to make homestead en-.
try Of the land. The commissioner Of
the general land Office, in the decision
above referred to, holds that zone who
has resided upon a tract Of unappro.
priated land continuously for the pc.
Rod Of five years without any filing for
he same, may, in accordance with the
ruling of this Office under the act of
May IA, 1880. make a homestead entry
for the land and give notice on the
same day of his intention 10 make
final proof, and after legal publication
OF said notice, make final proof the
same as though his entry had been
made at the time of establishing resi-
dence upon the land" BY virtue of this
decision, which appears to have be-
come the settled policy of the general
land Office, several hundred Gregory
county Observation-Disclosures who
"squatted" on the land years before
they made ~entry-are entitled TO make
final proof, and could have done so at
any TIME after the expiration of ninety
naSS from he J.s~ sL~i. '.on.."e.Dr 80
tries were accepted and made of record
in the Chamberlain land Office. An
other benefit they receive is i'm the
price of their land. Had the land been
surveyed so they could have made en-
try at the time they originally settled
upon it i'm 1890, they would have been
required to pay $1.25 per acre for it.
Now, under the liberal policy of the
land department, proof can be made
by them upon payment of so cents per
acre. This is a privilege which settlers
on other portions of the coded Sioux
lands do not enjoy, and is wholly due
to the fact that the land, not being sur
veyed, could not be entered until more
than five years after il was opened to
settlement, at which time, i'm accord
ance with the terms of the Sioux
treaty, the land remaining unentered
was rated at so cents per acre.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Jones-To-morrow will be the lrst
Sunday of the year. and ] propose TO
commence the new year by going TO
church.
Mrs. Jones-You had better take M
with you. -
Jones-What for?
Mrs. Jones-You may need somebody
TO identify you.-Truth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

did you catch a glimpse of the foot
pad?" asked the policeman. who was
STOPPING over the insensible victim,
and examining his injuries.
YES" answered the man whose time
ly arrival had scared the murderous
villain away. He was a tough looking
fellow. a little taller than ! am, and
wore chin w~hiskers."
The PROSTATE man ~shuddered, gasped
and moved his lips. CONSCIOUSNESS was
returning.
"Styictly speaking" the policeman
heard him mutter. feebly. there Is no
such thing a. chin whiskers. Whiskers
grow on the cheeks. He wore e. CHR.
beard"
Then the Boston man became uncon-
aclous again.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

Recently a parachutist gave several
exhibitions Of his daring skill at Glas-
row. One afternoon a strong wind
carried his balloon rapidly away, and
I was some time before he could make
Il descent. He touched mother earth
1t Il moorland spot near a farm house
and an old man stood close by staring
In blank amazement. He had seen the
gaudily dressed being drop down from
The clouds. What place is this, asked
The ~parachutist in al authoritative
tone. The old mar reverently knelt
down and clasped his hands together
and his voice trembled with fervent
emotion as he answered: Good Lord,
this is the parish o Carnwaah."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Here is an Atlanta boys composition
on Vaccinations" Il don't believe in
bein' v~accinated. l knew a boy once
who lost one Of his two arms by it. and
he never could play base ball after that.
The other night papa came home an
tried to open the door with his umbrella
| asked mother what was the matter
with him. She said she didn't know, but
she s'posed ne had been vaccinated. SO
YOU see what it brings you to-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

\ l~G-year-old girl at Atlanta was
about TO be married recently TO a "a.
year-old veteran. On the morning OF
the wedding a general vaccination or.
der vas issued and she was asked il
she would rather be v~accinated than
married. After thoughtfully deliber-
ating for a while she said "she guessed
she'd rather be vaccinated." And now
the disappointed bridegroom is suing
the city physician for damages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

The Fish and Game Protection club Of
Montreal, Canada, asks the province Of
Quebec to give a bounty for wolf scalps,
and one Of their observant members
suggests hat while they are about it
they should include foxes, as these ami
mails. he is convinced, are much more
destructive Of small game than wolves,
even. The fox, he says, is the great de-
stroyer of partridges, and in his tramps
through the woods he has had abundant
proof of il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

4 sign on an office building In a Geor-
gia county reads: Couples married on
short notice. Come one-come ALL AND
mex door there is another sign, as fol-
lows; Couples divorced on easy terms,
without gittin' in the newspapers A
citizen explained the two signs by say
ing: Them fellers is brothers. ones a
~jestice an t'other's a lawyer. They
plays into each others hands an divides
urO6tS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
MISTRESS OF THE NILE
Letter From Major Marchand Whose
Party Was Reported
M~ussacreO,

Paris, Dec. 25.-Ell Bias publishes
A letter from Major Marchand, whose
expedition was enormously report
ed as m~assacred. The letter q
dated at Semio. June 18th and S "
the work accomplished is enormous
He adds that the French hold d mil
Der, have strongly occupied Meshaer-
REX and by August IA the French
would be firmly established on the Nile
without firing a shot. Commenting up.
on this Ell Bias says the rivals of
France can no longer prevent her from
being the mistress Of the Nile.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

In South Africa the rapid develop
ment Of the mining industry has caused
ever Kafir labor to be well paid for.
Despite this attraction 1t In q marvel
that the natives could ever have been
persuaded to go down the mines 1T all,
and, as a matter Of fact, the Zulus and
some other tribes absolutely refuse to
do 10 even now. They will work above
ground. but below these men will not
70.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

The rapidity of the Development
of south Africa is hardly credible.
Ten years ago there was hardly a
white man in Rhodesia. Last month
the railway to Bulaway was opened
and the town was lighted throughout
by electricity. Six hundred miles of
railway had been constructed in min
teen months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

He-Just one kiss, please. You know
It's New Years eve.
She--What good will that do? You'll
want another.
He (eagerly)-No, i won't. Ipromiss
you.
She-Then you cant have it.-1tay
City Chat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
Raise the Price OF Smelling.

: Deadwood. Dec. 2s.-The patrons Ct
the Deadwood and Delaware Smeii;i:g-
company have been informed by the
company that a raise in the price of
smelling has been made. Just what
the effect will be on the mining inter.
ests of the Hills is a question. The
change is made in ores running under
SEQ a ton, which are to be treated for
50 a ton, and ore worth more than $40
a ton, which will be treated for SO, in
Guiding freight from the mines in both
cases. With this price a great many
mines in the Hills will be compelled to
shut down. The d. and ID. smelter
treats daily about 200 tons of dry ores
and gives as an excuse for the raise in
price that copper has advanced. Ther,
is a strong probability that the nine
owners in the Ragged Top district will
join and erect a smelter in that Part
of the hills before spring. II Is esti.
that their ore can be treated for S..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

An electric road will soon be built
from New York to Philadelphia that
will, it is said, enable passengers 10
make the journey mt the rate of 200
miles an hour. Tesla says the scheme
is feasible and that the speed can
without difficulty be attained, and
without inconvenience to the travelling
public,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Curran was az Cheltenham when his
friends drew attention 70 a fashionable
Irish gentleman who had the ugly
habit of keeping his tongue exposed
as he went along. On being asked
what his countryman's motive could
be, the witty barrister replied: "Oh,
he's evidently trying to catch the Eng
lish accent"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Pringle. Dec. ga conductor on the
Burlington has made a rich discovery near
the city of onyx. which Is found in large
quantities In vertical veins, and samples
that have been sent to Philadelphia. Chi
cage and other eastern cities for the ex-
amipation Of experts have been returned
and have been pronounced genuine onyx
and Q special value has been placed on the
stone because Of It's light color, which 10
more In demand than black stone. Pre-.
~parations are being made to develop the
mine extensively.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
Prairie Fire.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 25.--A prai-
RE fire is raging in Hall county In the
Pan Handle country. II Is reported
that eight hundred acres Of line graz
ing land has been burned over and the
loss of stock amounts to thousands.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

B~ilkeys-Tm going to swear of on the
LIST of January.
Silkeys-0b, pshaw! / thought you
were going to break oil those bad hab-
its.-Chicago News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
Sticking 70 the Truth.

Indianapolis Journal.
Have you steam heat?" asked the
prospective tenant.
And the janitor. who had been through
a revival could only answer: I'VE
have steam pipes"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

He gave up whisky and tobacco.
Vowed from vice to be exempt,
And he kept his resolutions,
For he died In the attempt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

81 am looking for a colored fanny
marked an old mar to a stenographer
who was passing by on an East side
street, between Seventh and Eighth,
in Kansas City, the other day. Better
try ILL.," she Willingly replied, and,
sure enough, the folks were found
there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Dipsomaniacs In Sweden, whom put
under restraint, are ted almost entirely
on bread stepped In wine. In len than
a fortnight they Ioafhe tn very look
and smell OF LIQUOR and whom liberated
generally become total abstainers. In
Russia. Q similar treatment = followed
with coed results.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

New York, Dec. 2~5.-According to re.
port prepared by the city superintend-
ent OF schools ensus J. J. Symes, fou
submission to the state superintendent
Of public instruction. there are S9l.4s3
children In this city Of school ~ be-
tween 4 and Is years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
a Double Dividend.

Deadwood. s. d., Dec. 2s.-An announce.
ment has been made by the Homestakc
company that two dividends will be made
this month. of % cents each. The extra
one being made on the 27th. The total
amount to be paid is SCI. 500. From the SUI
perintendent's report for the month OF No
vember, 1t is show that the Homestake
alone produced $500 over the previous
month. Since the company first producing
in 1876, 1t has not lost a month i'm paying
the regular dividend. Several millions Of
dollars have been paid out in improve
ments about the mines, besides. 1t Is
stated that II Is the only mining company
In the world with this record. 1t is esti-
mated that 81, 900, 900 will be the output OF
all the mines controlled by the Home
stake for this year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

a woman bo~ot-legger, minus the
boots, has been discovered In Kansas.
4 dozen or more pockets in her ca.
pacious skirts of about the right size
TO carry a pint flask made an excellent
substitute for boots.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

New York Evening Post.
A great array OF knives and forks IL
not seer at the best tables. Two knives
ana ct the most three forks are COM
sidered ~suflciept. the others being sup
piled ~ they arc needed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Albert Watts of New Richmond,
Ind, went hunting recently AMI be.
came o~verexerted by chasing a wound.
ed rabit. When he came homo he sat
his gun in the corner, gave a grasp
and fell dead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

\ cotton seed industry Of the south
amounts TO 100000 tons annually,
valued at $l13, 900, 900. In 1867 there
were only four mills in operation; in
1897 there are over 300, with more
than $50 00, 900 invested.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Everybody will raj to see Madame
Hermann dance in that silk drapery
that she tried to smuggle in from Mex.
Ico. but on which she had to pay duty.
An original lead in advertising Is highly
refreshing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

John Stuart is a Connecticut man II
years old who is enjoying the skating
in his neighborhood with the zest Of
youth. The young folk of Medford
Center have a hard time to keep uI
with him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
New CORPORATIONS.

Pierre, Dec. 2s.-Articles of incorpora-
ton have been filed for s. w. Hunting
ton, for dealing in merchandise at Aber-
deem. with a capital Of 500, 900; incorpor-
ators, s. w. Huntington, Aberdeen;
Thomas F. Marshell and Eva e. Mar
shall, Cakes, N. d.
For the Marvin Creamery association,
at Marvin, Grant county, with a capital
of 5000; incorporators, Thomas L. Kin
ney, A. o. Hong, b. p. Archer, l.. Sites,
II. Davidson, M. NJ. Cook, Charles b.
Williams.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
A NEW YEAR SERMON.

Freddy-Angelina, this is New Year's
day and / have sworn off smoking Gig
arettes.
Angelina Then, Freddy Noodles, You
may consider u engagement of. ]
have no confidence in a man who COM
mences swearing of ut your age. You
will be n total wreck before you are FL;
20 trot away; there's Q good boy.-N. Y.
Truth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Godstow, near Oxford, with the ru.
ms of the nunnery where Henry III.
first saw fair Rosamund, and where
Queen Elihor put her to death, has just
oeen sold at auction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

A lesson has been taught to Robert
lincoln by a father at Champaign, Ill.
who made a-big wedding for his
daughter who marriedthe head coach
Of the Illinois university foot bal
team,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
SHE TRIES TO END HER LIFE.
Political Disappointment Causes q
Woman to Attempt
Suicide.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 2s-Miss Adah
Elam, postmistress of the house of rep
re~sentatives, was found in her Office in
a state of Inconsistencies caused by
morphine taken with suicidal intent,
and is now in the hands OF physicians.
She was q candidate for state librarian
and upon learning that the governor
had appointed another, declared, "That
Dnds life With me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Bicycle pedals are being fitted with
magnetized plates on the shoes of the
rider and hold his feet in place, thu,
doing away with the toe clips, which
are the cause of many accidents to rae.
ing men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Instances OF extreme old age are more
common among those who exercise
themselves with gardening than in any
other employment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

In 1918 the force of teachers EN-.
Dloyed in the public schools Of Phil.
alpha was in the portion of one for
one teacher for every forty-two pu'
oils.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Owing to the severe depression In
business at the mining camp of Para,
disc. CAL, the inhabitants have petit.
toned the p~ostofice department tc
change the name to Purgatory Gulch.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

New Years reformers some assail
Because so many OF them fall.
It's better to swear or" and fan
Than to swear on at ali.
Il. a. w. Bulletin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

At the Duches Dues last hunting
one sportsman followed the chase and
was at the death on a motor pheaton
while another used a petroleum tri
cycle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

A horse astonished the diners in q
Newark, N. j, restaurant recently by
jumping through the show windows and
landing in the dining room.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
IMPORTANT ARREST IS MADE.
william Roberts Who Is Supposed
to Have Murdered Weinand
Ia a.. the TOila.

st. Louis, Dec. S.-William Roberts.
alias Doyle, a r~oustabout, was arrested.
charged with numbering Jacob Weinand.
who was found with a wad of haircloth
n strangeld with a towel. Tuesday.
Roberts said he knew Wienand had
money which he tried to secure. The VIC
tim fought so fiercely Roberts killed him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

IT Ia reported that the Kafirs have been
eaters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01

Her Good RESOLUTION,
I now resolve. as firm NJ wax.
will forsake all evil tracks:
Nor drive In nails, whate'er my rush,
With husbands silver-handled brush.
Chicago Record.
The record-union., 1898-05-01
A Serious Mistake.

Deacon Jackson was a very pious but
very determined old colored citizen or
Owl Creek Valley, says the Atlanta
Journal" He had young mule which
his boys were unable to ride, and their
failure to break the animal so exasper-
ated the old man that he determined
to ride it himself He was, however,
no sooner located on it's back than he
was thrown into an adjoining lot'
where he was picked up with botn
legs broken and his neck badly spralE-
ed.
what on earth did such an old man
as you mean by trying to ride wild
young mule like that?" asked the doc
tor
.sWaal. suh," said Deacon Jackson, l
never does undertake to do nothin' wid-
ont fust consuItin' ov de Lawd an see
in whut he dun thunk erbout hit L
axed him eff 1 orter ride dat mule wnit
nv trif1in' no ercount boys coulGn I
ride. an de Lawd, he sed, yessth, Jes
as plain ez I am talkin' to you"
"Well. but he seems to have given
you bad advice"
mo. doctor, his judgment was all
right. fer de Lawd knows dis old man
never seed de day when he was afeered
to straddle anything from a circular
saw UP to er elephant, but dis time L
think the Lawd was jes' mistooken In
de mule "
The record-union., 1898-05-01

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-Toward
the close of the operatic performance
by Madame Melba in the California
Theater tonight the bursting of a
steam pipe. in the adjoining building,
occupied as the headquarters of the
Fire Department, caused a quick fire.
The old wooden building was soon in
a blaze, and the people in the crowded
theater, seeing through the windows
the reflection of the flames, disregard
ing the reassuring statements of the
management, attempted to rush from
the building. A panic followed. in
which many women tainted, but mirac-
ulously none were seriously injured.
The audience was composed of the
most fashionable in the city, and many
valable ornaments were lost. Ladies
in their wild attempts to escape from
fancied dangers left furs, bonnets,
wraps and jewels. These were tramp
led under foot and many valuables
were stolen.
The Fire Department house and the
ST. Georges stables, adjoining on the
other side from the California Hotel
and theater, were gutted, but the thea
ter was but little damaged although
the ceiling caught fire and was slightly
burned. Loss, $4,000.
Nine Melba tainted on the stage
during the terrible panic in the thea
ter.