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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
A COnYcnicnt Custom.

London Evening News: In Holland
bills are often paid through the medi-
I'M of the post Office. 1t enables a man
living, say in Rotterdam, to get a small
bill collected in any provincial town
without the often expensive and te-
dious interference of a banker or
agent. For that purpose he hands his
bill to the nearest postoffice. 1t is
sent to the place where the money is to
be collected. After the collection a
draft is forwarded to the payee by the
Office where he deposited the bill and
where he gets his cash and the bill
duly receipted on payment of a small
commission, which is payable in adj
vance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
BOUIELL AND LONG CONFER.
Chairman OF Naval Affairs Ascer.
tanning the Immediate Needs
Of the Navy.

OF the Navy.
Washington, March ~3.-Secretary
Long was in close conference with
Chairman Boutelle during the fore
noon sending for various bureau
supplied with information as to the
immediate needs of the navy.
The Maine court Of inquiry has not
informed the government as to its next
move. 1t is pointed out that the court
can do little at Havana till the heavy
debris is removed from the wreck
and this canot be done till the big
wrecking boats get there. The big
derrick, Chief, is now stormbound at
Chesapeake Cape and the Monarch Of
Ney York sailed from New York with
no date fixed for the event. Even the
Chief cannot reach Havana before the
middle of next week.
Five hundred dollars were received
today from President Dole of Hawaii
fro the Maine sufferers.
The state department has ascer-
tanned at the instance Of the Japanese
legation that there were Japanese SUBJ
iects on board the Maine at the time
of the disaster to the number of eight.
OF these two were saved and at the jap
anese legation it is said an inquiry is
to be set on foot for the purpose of
getting the names Of the lost and
saved in order to notify their friends
and relatives. Opinions differ as to
whether Japan would have a right to
demand participation in the idemnity
if the matter should take that
form. It cannot be discovered in Of
fetal quarters that Japan intends any,
thing except as above stated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
The Debutnnte,


Not YET have the dark years touched her
With the edge of their cllnging shade:
She has grown like a flower In the sun
light,
This slender slip OF "a maid,
Who stands in the wing of her mother,
And smiles as we greet her, dear
AS the u half blown, as the dawning
ray,
We wish her joys unnumbered,
We hope for her all things bright.
That only the best may reach her,
And never the worst alright:
That her own may swiftly find her
And her life be brimmed with cheer,
As she lands to face her future
In the morn of this latest year.
But only One above us
May cast the horoscope
OF this sweet daughter waiting
For the doors OF fate to ope.
Her steps may lead through deserts,
Through pathways steep n drear,
Or over desolate mountains,
Through many Il lonesome year.
Yet, as we watch her standing,
Pure as a vestal's dream.
Her eyes are as an angels,
And we may safely deem
The sweet maid sure of finding
A life of bliss and cheer.
And wistfully we greet her,
Our pride. this latest year.
Agnes Rogers. in Harper's Bazaar.
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without benefit. Finally his physician
recommended DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, and from the first box
he began to improve. When he had
taken nine boxes he was completely cured.
This famous blood and nerve medicine
accomplished what former expensive
treatment failed to do. Mr.. Kemper says
his catarrh has entirely left him; he is
strong again and weighs nine pounds
more than he ever did. He gives the pills
the entire credit. He is starting teaching
again and feels abundantly able to con-
tinue the work. To prove that the above
is true Mr.. Kcmper's affidavit follows:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
the 10th day Of September. 1897.
Il. p. WATT, Notary Public.
We doubt if these pills have an equal
in all the range Of medicine, for building
up a run down and debilitated system.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
PRES. M'KINLEYVS VS.. FREE

IhES. M'hINLEH VS.. FREE SILVER.
"A battle of giants is going TO take
place this summer on 10000 farms in
America, not in talk or votes, but in
yields. Salzer's two new potato mar
wells are named rs above, and he Of
fers a price for the biggest potato yield,
also $500 in gold for suitable names for
his corn az inches long, and oat pro-
digies. Only seedsmen in America
growing grasses, clovers and farm
seeds and selling potatoes at $3.50 a
barrel. The editor urges you to try
Salzer's Northern Grown Seeds, and to
Send This Notice with 1oCts. in stamps
TO John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, for II new farm seed samples,
worth $40, to get a start, and their
big catalogue. en-.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
The Combntnnt.

When thou shalt stand, a naked shivering
soul,
Stripped of thy shows and ~trappings,
made more bare
or all the fleshy glory thou didst wear,
And hear the thunder OF Gods judgment
roll
Above thy head-while to their hard won
goal
His own elect ascend the golden stair
What plea wilt prefer. when, too, late for
prayer
OF thy lost life thou seest the sum whole?
II have no armor dinted by the fight.
No broken sword. no casque with cloven
brim:
Was none to witness the grlsly sight.
For all alone we strove I'm darkness dim:
Yet I'm the Valley of Death. o Lord. one
night.
| met Apollyon and vanquished him"
Pail Mall Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

Philadelphia Record: A German
firm has started the manufac-
ture of artificial asphalt made from
coal tar, sulphur, chloride of lime and
blast furnace Stag compressed into
sheets ten inches, five inshes asd two
inches thick. This is accomplished by
great hydraulic pressure. The product
from recent tests appears as a substi-
tute for natural asphalt for street
paving to have many points of SUI
periority. if it can be produced as
cheaply. At ordinary temperature
the artificial product withstands a
pressure twice as great as the natural
substance, and at higher temperature
its resisting power to compression is
also greater.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
BOARD IS FULLY INFORMED,
Not Dependent on the Divers for
All the Facts Relating to
the Disaster.

Havana, March A naval officer
here yesterday III reply 10 a sugges-
ton that it vas a pity such an impor-
tant decision as the verdict of the
court of inquiry in to the explosion Of
the Maine should rest solely upon the
testimony of divers, who seemed men
of only average intelligence, replied:
"The court of inquiry has not had to
depend upon divers testimony alone"
Then, realizing that he had said
more than he intended, the officer re-
sumed his habitual reserve. 1t is be-
lieved that the testimony Of Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright was highly
important as bearing on the question
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
AN OVERWORKED BRAIN.
From the Record, Pierceton. Ind.

Determined to rise as an educator, Err,
nest Kemper, of Pierceton, Ind, overtaxed
himself mentally and physically. He was
ambitious; his mind was always on his
work. From early morn until late at night
he continually pored over his books.
Few persons, even with the strongest
constitutions, can keep up under such a
strain.
In addition to his studies, Mr.. Kemper
was teaching n school some three miles
from his home. Finally, his excessive
from school in all kinds of weather under
mined his health.
He was taken TO his bed with pneu-
monia and his overworked brain almost
collapsed. For several weeks he was Sc
riously i'll.
Catarrh had taken root in his system
and his mind was in a delicate condition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
WARMER, RAINY WEATHER IN CUBA
Divers Are Working Slowly and
Steady During Such Hour
When Possible.

Havana, March 5.-Warmer, rainy
weather prevailed today. So far as
can be observed the divers are work
ing slowly but steadily during such
hours as is possible in the turbid wa
tiers. The Spanish divers have been
down but little. Any reports sent as
coming from them is likely to be incor-
rect. Madrid cables deny the reports
that a hotilla of Spanish torpedo boats
aud torpedo destroyers are to come to
Cuba.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthyand observation-disclosures, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. ny
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
A CRAZY WOMAN'S FREAK,
Killed Her Son With a Razor and
Would Have Done Worse
If She Could.

Grove City, o., March 5.-This morn
ing Mrs. Olga Demorest took the life
of her 4 year old son Arden with a ra-
zor ard was proceeding to murder her
husband, who was too ill TO resist, and
the rest of the family when the SER
yam raised the neighbors and the in
sane woman was overpowered.
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Fame.
Sound Money Discussion.

Between now and next presidential elec
ton there will be hosts OF discussions OF
the questions OF "sound money" and sill
yer. However opinions may be divided
on these points, there is but one public
and professional opinion. and hat is q
favorable one, regarding the merits o.
H~ostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy
for and preventive of malaria, liver trou.
BILE and rheumatism.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
PROCTOR WITNESSEDA FIGHT.
Saw a Lively Engagement Within
Sight OF the City of Matanzas,

New York, March 5.--A Herald's
Havana correspondent says that in his
recent excursion Senator Proctor saw
a lively engagement between a band of
$50 insurgents and an equal number of
Spanish infantry. This took place al
most within sight of Matanzas. In the
streets of the city the senator was la
ter approached by a messenger from
General Gomez, WHO openly proclaimed
his identity and mission.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
TO be incurable. Fol q great
many years doctors pronounced II a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly falling TO cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t incurable.
Science has proved catarrh to be a consti-
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by T.. j. Cheney q
Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the MY constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t Is taken in
ternally In doses from 10 drops to n tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case IL
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonials. Address
i. J. CHENEY g. CO,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. IL rpnts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

The bull that tried to butt down a
bridge, and the goat that tackled an an
vii, couldn't make II, and were knocked
out, bruised and bleeding. From such
bruises down TO pin-head blue spots
they are durable, easily and surely. The
men who get the worst bruises always
get the best cure. They make 1t every
time. There are right ways and wrong
ways of doing things, as the bull and
the goat found out. The best cure for
n btdise is st. Jacobs Oil. The right
way TO cure Is to use ii and find out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
Iowa ~Postmasters. =.

Washington, March 3.-The presi
dent has nominated the following
postmasters:
Iowa.. G.. Hardin, Ames; c. S.
Grain, Brooklyn, !. NJ. Treynor, Coun-
ell Bluffs; /. Suffer, ~Gladbrook; j.
ID. Paddock, Malvern.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
IUBILEEANNIveRSARY CELEBRATED
Italians Celebrate the Anniversary
of the Italian Constitution
TnIny-

Rome, March 5.-The jubilee ami
versary of the Italian constitution was
celebrated today with general rejoic-
ing. The city was filled with visitors
thronging the handsomely decorated
streets. The king and queen reviewed
the troops of the garrison. They met
with an enthusiastic reception from
the crowds present.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
EhiIlrnn

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York.
cure Feyerishness, Bad Stomach, Teeth,
ing Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy Worms. Over 10000
testimonials. They nerer fail. At all
druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease,

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures Corns and Bunions, Chllblains.
Swollen, Nervous, Damp, Sweating,
Smarting, Hot and Callous Feet. AT
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. ASK
TO-DAY. Sample FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy. n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

The effect of a blizzard in Boston is
to make it a trihe more exclusive by
cutting off railway travel and break
ipg the telegraph wires.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

1t has been calculated that If a pound
OF thread made from spiders webs were
required it would occupy nearly $4,000
spiders a full year to furnish it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

At Gonoatoa, in the South Seas,
every man, woman, or child on that
island who does not 60 to church at
least three times a week is liable to be
arrested and fined.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

A Frenchman politely passed ~toothpicks
to a Turk at n %banquetin Paris. who de-
clined, saying: n thank you! / have al
ready eaten two OF the accused things
and | Want no more!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

Witnesses in the Zola trial have such
a refreshing habit of addressing the
jury that lawyers seem to be wholly
UNNECESSARY.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

clTC Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after
~ y first days use OF DR.. Klines Great Nerve Re
storer. Send for FREE ~. 90 trial bottle and treatise.
DIR. X, II. KLINE, Ltd. sSl Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

AS. Mrs. James c.. Aver lived to be Il
years old. it Is inferred hat she never
took much Of her husbands patent med
icines.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

There is no return Of an eruption baniShed with
Glenns sulphur Soap.
Hils Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown, soc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

Queen Victoria has the eccentric
taste about the arrangement of her
bed which is common to other old la
dies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

New York Evening World: Mrs. Newly
wed-What are Mems clubs organized for
anyway, mamma?
Her Mother-EXcuses, my dear.
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] shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and wide.-Mrs Mulligan,
Piumstead, Kent, England, Nov. s, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

At Atlanta the latest fads is duels
at dances.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

1t was Minister De Lome's pen and
not his horse that slipped.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

MRS. WinsIow's SOOTHING syrup for children
~teething, s9ftens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
all2ys pain, cures wind cole. 25c O bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

e living
any benefit.
Then n not
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! $ t fro m
Q velapd
treated him
w { 0 u t
avail, n n d
then a hos
p a in
G h go
was tried,
but all alb
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Couldn't Make Ii.

The Coats better half laugh d
mockingly.
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1t is said that sixty languages are
spoken in the empire governed by the
czar of Russia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

FOR SALE-160 acres Of land in Buff
falo county, Nebraska, within five miles
Of Kearney. Address X, box 355, Sioux
City, Ia.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. All Druggists
refund the money II II fails 10 cure. 2bc
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Their Primal Object.

n e A MnuEV Circulars free. Address p. Z.
u. D. n. WUHLI CHENEY, Box II, Mutual. Ohio.
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Small talk-the baby's.
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q ! ! Observation-Disclosures

~ The best Red Rope Roohng for &c per
ROOfnQ 50. e, caps and nails Included Sub
J stitues for Plaster. Samples free.
The Fay MaaIIla Roofing Co., Camden, N. j.
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IIV NUb bVTII 10 OUIUT-
ado, where he spent
three months without
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TOLEDO, Ohio,
Sold by Druggists. 10 cents.
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PROBABLE ACTION


or tho President II, Regard to the Cuban
Situation. s.
WASHINGTON! D. c., March "a
Speaking of the Cuban situation the
Post tomorrow will say: "a
a"HuYlng formulated no plan to solve
the problem and being anxious TO gain
all the time possible the President will
mot Immediately make any suggestion
to Congress. The message which he will
send in on Monday will treat alone of
the Maine, and Congress will be In
formed that the President will, at a la
ter, date, communicate with II on tho
Cuban situation. The report on tho
Maine and the accompanying papers
will, therefore, be at once referred In
both houses to the committee on foreign
affairs and then Congress will anxious
ly and patiently await the Presidents
next recommendation.
II the policy Of relief be finally
agreed upon IN appropriation will un-
idoubtedly DO made for the purchase OF
supplies and the work OF wholesale sue
cor will be entered upon. II Spain
should regard this act as q hostile one.
the responsibility for provoking war.
would be upon her. NThe President still
hopes that in the meantime something
may occur to diminish the likelihood OF
opposition; or, II the programme Is In
.augurated that Spain will accept the
action Of the United States IN friend
lt- snirff - sFsT fts 49, ss 80. .Isgl
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BANKS DEERAUDED
Thro.sh The Suspected Colln.lon or Cow

Through tho Suspected Coilnsion OF Cow
ernment Clerks.
y WASHINGTON, D. c., March 22.-In-
formation has reached the government,
through number OF banks at st. Paul,
Mimi. that during the past year and
more these and other nearby banks have
been made the victims OF colossal
frauds through the suspected collusion
iot government clerks connected with
the commission, having In charGe tSe
improvements on the Upper Mlssiss-
ippl river.
S Full details Of the affair have not yet
reached the government, but the state
mcnts submitted by the banks indl-
cate that sS00,O00 or more has been
procured from them through fraudulent
time checks for services never per-
formed. Copies of some OF these time
checks arc said to DO signed by j. Fl.
southull. chief clerk of the United
States engineers office at ST. Paul, and
are dated al. different timex during the
year 1897. Others, It Is understood, arc
dated IN 1896. How the banks camG to
.beimposed upon 10 the extent indicated,
and why the checks have been with
held until this time, cannot Sbc even
c0njecturcd. II is understood that the
banks, VIII make n claim for o,rrcimbursc-
Ement,s but the law II said, here to be,
clearly against thlSy contention, a The
government will begin n searching In
.i,lestigationSat once into the Whole mat.
tcr ~ ~ = ltssj5 FL
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BEAVER FALLS. Pn.. March a.
Tho river at this place at midnight Is
very high and Is rising ut the rate OF
six inches an hour. Fallston, which lies
low, is in great danger and will be Hood
cd by morning unless the river stops
very suddenly. for It is thought by
morning It Will have overnown Its
banks. Rain is coming down heavily at
midnight and It has been raining here
practically without stop since last
Saturday.
There was a tremendous landslide on
the Erie & Pittsburgh across the river
this evening. It is completely blocked
and no trains have been run this even
Ing and may not before morning. The
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad also
had a big landslide between this city
and Fnllston this evening. II is report
ed that no train on that line can get
through tonight. People are in q state
Of terror and many fear that the big
hills that surround the towns of this
whole valley will come down upon them.
People who live at the foot of the hills
are preparing to move out at any time
at the slightest indications OF a slide,
and in all sections Of the town people are
sitting up and ready to leave on the
shortest possible notice. 4
Walnut run. ut the western part Of
town, Is tonight over its banks and the
big consolidated steel mills are PARTIAL
ly under water. Walnut run Is still ris-
ing rapidly at n late hour and the whole
upper end OF town Is under two or three
feet Of water and before morning 1t will
be worse. There will be little sleep in
this town and perhaps the whole valley
tonight, and the worst Is feared.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-23

7 cHICAGo--March 90 "a. Colonel Mar
Gus Kayanaugh has been relieved OF the
command of the Seventh regiment ILL.,
nois National Guards by Governor Tam
ner, for parading his troops on st. Pat.
rick's Day. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel
Moriarity has been placed in command.
Colonel Iavanaugh said to-day that he
had made application in regular, form to
parade to General Wheeler of tho bril-!
gade. 1t has been the custom OF the.
Seventh regiment to parade on the Irish
holiday whenever there was a public;
celebration. lses z; 3 S. s
The precedence was we'll established.
said he, and the usual prehminarie1
were well observed. i#s5 N ..,; 3 i3'lf