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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24

II. M. Flagler has purchased from
the British government the old bar
racks at Nassau, on the island Of New
Providence, for $12,5 $780,, and will build
n handsome hotel on the site. Nassau
is in the Bahamas, on the direct route
from here to Cuba, and is touched at
by all the steamboats,. 1t is a great
health resort and with all the coming
travel between here and Cuba will un-
doubtedly have n boom.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24
FRANCE WANTS NO WAR IN EGYPT
The Action OF Major Marchand Is
Unofficial aud England Is
All Hight.

London, Sept. 20.--From Cairo and
from an entirely Independent source
the Daily Mail learns that France has
assumed a conciliatory attitude to-
wards Great Britain and has declared
that the expedition of Major Mar
chand is quite unofficial. The sirdar
will offer to take Major Marchand to
Cairo and il is probable that the ma
jor will accept and that Fashoda win
be occupied by Egyptian troops,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24
ILLINOIS TROOPS TO BE PAID
No New Cases OF Sickness Devotion
in the Hospital at Spring
field.

Springfield, Sept. 17.-Colonel Fos-
ter received blanks for the pay rolls of
the Sixth Illinois this morning and
the regiment will be paid Monday.
There were no new sick cases this
morning and but two men were dis
charged from the hospital, while two
or three cases of typhoid have de-
yeloped among the patients.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24

WVTTU III WT EmVS TWT'
--- MRS PINKHAMS STANDING INVITATION. !:
Women suffering from any form of female weakness ire invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received
opened, read and answered by women OILY A woman can freely talk of her.
private illness to n woman; thus has been established The eternal confidence be-
tween Mrs Pfnkhnm and the women of America which has never been broken
Out of the vast volume ofexperience which she has to draw from, tits more than
possible that she has gained the vey acknowledge that wilhepy your case. She asks,
nothing in return except your good WILL and her advice has relieved thousandst
Surely any woman, rich or poor is very foolish if she does not take advantage of.
this generous offer of assistance 49, lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. j
"The present Mrs Pnkhams experience in treating femaleilsi unparalleled,
for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia :. Finkham, and for someumct
past has had SOLE charge of the correspondence department Of her great busif
ness, treating by letter rs many as a hundred thousand aiing women a year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24

When the Orange Free State volks.
raad was considering an appropriation
for better army barracks one member
named Fouchec rose and said: when
/ was a young man ! slept in the opeE
without shirts or socks and was never
I'll. Now indulge in those luXuries
and am never we'll" The appropria.
ton was defeated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24

In a new English bicycle pump the
hollow plungcr contains "A coiled
spring to force the plungcr out after
it has been pushed in by the hand, two
pins at the other end of the plunger
fitting in slots at the end of the cy.
climber TO hold il in a closed position,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24
Tie Growth OF Socialism

The growth of socialism is due to the
standing armies of the world i'm which men
are often made to enlist. and thus become
disconnected. The growth of a stronger
race is due TO IlOstcttcr's Stomach Bitters,
which is the best medicine for Costiveness,
dyspepsia, fever, ague n all nervoua
troubles. Try one bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-24
The PEACE COMMISSIONERS SAIL
Left This Afternoon OFT the Campnia
and Expect to Have No Trou-
hin M ntis

New York. Sept. 1.-THE United states
commissioners to conclude the terms Of
peace with Spain sailed today on the
Campnia, enroute TO Paris. Chairman
Day believes that the work Of the COM
mission will not be impeded by useless
discussion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
TheLand 81 Christ.

Under this title the Passenger de-
partmeut of the Chicago. Burlington
and Northern Railroad has issued
splendid series of views made by the
hslt-tone process from photographs
taken in the Holy lscd. The subjects
embrace people, scenery and cities, as
they exist today in that famous coun-
try. The work is published in
twelve parts, each containing from
twelve to fifteen views. Each picture
is fully explained by descriptive read
ing matter. A sample part will be
sent to any address on receipt of two
cents in postage, and the complete
set will be forwarded, postpaid, on
receipt of 50 cents. Postage stamps
will not be received for the full set,
but remittance must be made to the
undersigned by draft, postal order.ex-
press money order, or registered let
ter. This is a rare chance to secure
more than two hundred views of the
Land of Christ for less than one dol
lar Address GEO. p. LYMAN,
G. p. A. c. b. & n. Il. R.. st.
5w4 Pau, MINI.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one 70
three DAYS. Is action upon the syS-
tenn Is remarkable and mysterious.
Il removes at once the cause anu the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. % cents.
Sold BY j. T. Bennett and Stone &
Hassell. druggists. Lancaster, Wis.
7. F. Anthony. Ex-postmaster Of
Promise City, Ia, says, Il bought one
bottle of Mystic Cure" for Rheuma-
tism and two doses of it did me more
good than anv medicine ever took. ="
Sold By Jos. Bennett and Stone & Has
sell. druggists, Lancaster. 46mSf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Ideal Treatment For Rhe.matism.

The Mystic Cure" for rheumatism
removes at once the rheumatic poison
from the system and the disease im-
mediately disappears. Whilst the
"My~tie Lyt Rejtewer' builds up the
shattered nervous system, improves
the digestion and restores the general
health 1t is the greatest cure for all
nervous diseases and weaknesses as
well a he most pomcrtld Nerro Buiii-
CT knoun Sold By J. T. Bennett and
Stone < Hassell. druggists. Lancaster,
WIS. 3SmS+
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Beats the KIondike

Mr.. a. G. Thomas, Of Marysville,
Tex. has found a more valuable dis
coverv than has yet been made in the
Klondike. For years he suffered I'M
told agony from consumption. accom-
panied by hemorrhages and was abso-
lutely cured by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption. coughs, and
colds. lie declares that gold is Of lit
tie valIe in comparison with this won
derful cure; would have ii ii it cost
a hundred dollars bottle Asthma,
Bronchitis and all throat aud lung al
tections are positively cured by Dir.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton. Trial Bottles free atJ. L, BEN
nett's Drug store Regular size 80 cts.
and 81 90. Guaranteed to cure OF
price refunded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
NOTED ACTRESS DEAD.
Margaret Mather suddenIy strickeA
while Playing In Charleston. w.
Va-Dtes In . Few HOurs.

Charleston, W. Va. April s.-ffAr-
garet Mather. the actress. played her
last death scene here Thursday. While
playing the cave soene in the fourth act
OF "Cymbeline" in this city Wednesday
night she collapsed and was carried OF
the stage in an unconscious condition
and never re9ained consciousness. She
died ct five p. m. Thursday OF convuI-
sions caused by acute Bright's disease.
Miss Mather's parents live in Detroit.
Detroit. Mich. April 1.-THE remains
OF Margaret Mather were laid at rest
yesterday beside those OF the dead ac-
trcss' mother in Eimwood cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Minneapolis. Mimi. April ii. - A
special to the Tribune from Wiliiston,
". d.. says o.. NJ. Dean.a editor of the
Williams County Free Press. shot and
killed Hank Shufelt. who attacked him
Saturday night when going from Grin
nell to his home. The exposure of cattle
stealing by q gang of rustiers is sup
posed to be the cause of the ARRAY
Dean was assaulted once before at the
same place and dragged with lariat
rope, but this time he was prepared
for trouble and defended himself sue
cessfully.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

send your address to H. f. Buchlin
X Co. Chicago. aud get Tree sample
OF Or. King New Life pills \ trial
will convince YOU Of their merits
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in The cure of
constipation and sick headache For
malaria and liver troubles they ha, e
been proved invaluable They are
guaranteed 70 be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to e
purely vegetable They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone o
the stomach and bowels greatly invig-
crate the system. Regular size 25c.
per box. Sold by J. L. Bennett drug
gist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Xictini. OF n Eenli

Middlesboro, Ky, April "a special
TO the Herald from Manchester says:
A. b. Howard. ex-sheriff of Clay coun-
~, and his son VIII were waylaid and
killed. Howard is very prominent. A
terrible feud has been raging between
the Philpots, Bakers, Campbells and
Howards for the past year. Twenty
men have been killed during that time,
mostly from ambush. A reign of terror
exists in many parts of Clay county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
WI,con.in Maternal Gunra

Madison, Wis, April lit is ex-
pected that the national guard of Wis
consin will be called into the federal
service this week. 1t is given out that
Capt. Charles King. ex-adjutant gem
eral of the state, will be placed in COM
mand of the Wisconsin national guard
when it goes TO the front. The Wiscon-
sin national guard has total strength
of 217 officers and 2,450 men, making
2.667 in all II is divided into four in
fantry regiments, one battery of light
artillery and one troop of cavalry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Death-nIow TO Love.

Father-So you think our daughter
has fallen in love with that young man.
Mother-She Is perfectly infatuated
with him.
Father-What do you propose to do?
Mother-That feeling of undying love
which she has must be turned to aver
sion or she may clope with him in spite
of us. We must do it at once.
Father-But how?
Mother-We must try to give her the
impression that none of the other girls
want Hmm. Y. Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

we're spell of sickness. | used differ
ent catarrh medicines and the doctors
did all they could but the relief was
only temporary. In December. 1897.
my condition became very bad.
could not speak aloud; had a terrible
cough, profuse expectorat and fire.
quently spit blood; night sweats and
extreme emaciation. was sure
must die OF consum ption. The ca
tarrh seemed to have spread all over
my body, my head. throat, nose, blad-
der and womb. 1At this time receiv-
ed book concerning Re-ru-na. rim
m ediately wrote to DIR. Hartman, VINO
prescribed Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. |
followed his directions strictly. | be-
gan to improve with the first bottle
and during the time that took the
medicines gained 20 pounds feel
as well now as anyone could possibly
feel am sure | would have been
dead long ago had it not been for DR..
Hartman's advice and medicine"
Every woman should have a copy
of DIR. Hartman latest book entitled
Health and Beauty" Sent free by
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.
Columbus, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Do not be Fooled

With the idea that any preparation
your drug gist may put up and try to
sel will purify your blood like Hood
Sarsaparila. This medicine has a rep.
utation it has earned its record. 1t
is prepared under the personal sup
ervis o. Of educated pharmacists Who
know the nature. quality and medi-
cinal effect Of all tie ingredients used.
Hoods Sarsaparill:. absolutely cures
all forms of blood diseases when other
medicines fail TO do any good. 1t is
the worlds great Spring medicide and
the One True Blood Purifier
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
victim of AnopIexx.

Poughkeepsie, \. T., April 11.-Col
D. I. Beard died suddenly Sunday night
OF apoplexy. He served through the
war in the SiXth-ninth New York vol
unteers. For several years he was orc
oF the editors of the Detroit Tribune,
and as political speaker was well
known in several states.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
IfYou WISH to he wei

You must fortifv your system against
the attacks OF disease Your blood
must he kept pure, your stomach and
digestive organs in order. your appe-
title good Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
medicine to build you up. purify and
enrich your blood and give YOU
strength. 1t creates an appetite and
gives digestive power.
Hood, pills are the favorite family
cathartic. easy to take, easy to oper-
ate
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Law Against Trusts.

Columbus. o., April s.-The Valentine
antitrust bill was made law Thurs
day. 1t prohibits combinations to in
crease or control the price of COM
modities or prevent competition in man
ufacturing or transporting the same.
The penalty is $50 TO $4,000 fine and six
months TO one year imprison ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Played TWENTY innings

ST. Louis, April 1l.-All records Of
the National league were broken Sun
day at Sportsman's park by 2o-inning
game between the Browns and Mil
waukees. St. Louis won. Gross scored
the winning run. Score: st. Louis, IL;
Milwaukee, II.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Indians Tender Their Services.

Denver. Col, April s.-Goy. Adams has
received a letter from Robert Mitchell,
of Cortez, saying that 500 Navajo In
dams have offered their services to de-
fend the United States against Spain.
Having had experience Of 20 years as a
scout with the army in the west and
with all tribes, Mr.. Mitchell pronounces
them the best scouts of the Indian race.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
steamship service Discontinued.

New Orleans. April s.-The Southern
Pacific company has discontinued its
steamship service TO Hayanl for the
present. The Algiers, scheduled to
leave Thursday, was held at her wharf.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Des Molnes. Ia. April Z. = The SUI
preme court, in the collateral inner
;tance tax case from Scott county, at
firms the decision of the lower court
that the exemption of thousand dol
lars. net value, is not applicable to in
div;dual heirs on the tax of five PEI
cent. on market value of property Of 1e-
cedents dying intestate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Candidate for Another Term.

Cairo, H., April THE republican
congressional committee of the Tween
ty-second district met here Wednesday
and certified the name of George w.
Smith to the secretary of state as the
republican candidate for reelection to
congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Forty Thousand Orphans.

Constautinople, April II. = The Ar
menia patriarch has sent TO the Turk
ish relief committee list of 40 churches
wholly or partly destroyed during the
recent massacres in Anatolia. He fixes
the number of orphans whose parents
We're killed at 10000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Fnrmer. KIN Encb Other.

Sharon, Pa, April l1.-Conrad Giles
and Henry Gibson, farmers, fought with
knives on account of a disagreement
over the sale of horse and both were
fatally wounded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Madrid. April 1.-THE streets of Mad
rid were filled by noisy crowds yester-
day shouting their disapproval of meas
ures promising peace and threatening
the stability Of rhe present govern
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Ocean Reeord nroken.

New York, April THE North Ger
man-Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse made the trir from Southamp-
ton to this port in days and 20 hours.
breaking all records
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

First Boarder-This chicken is not
the most tender fowl in the world.
Second Boarder-No; however. the
quality reconeiles one to the quantity.
Puck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Seekers after gold are often disap-
pointed. Seekers after health take
Hoods Sarsaparilla ana find it meets
every expectation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
NilIea hy Dynamite

Great Falls. Mont, April 9.-Dyna-
mite on train exploded here and
Engineer L. Openheim Fireman Charles
W. Cockreu and Brakeman 4. J. Mar
tin were killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

Moihcr-What i'm the world ever pos
sessed you TO give Mr.. Bingo razor?
Daughter-IIe never seems to realize
how tender my face is.-Boston Tray-
efer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
SPAIN PLEADS FOR PEACE
An Official Note Is Presented. to the
State Department Containing
a Plea from Madrid.
An UNCONDITIONAL lanIsrIrE GaASrsu

rAere VIII BE No Change, Howeve<,
In the PrOgr~n@e at WasAiHGtoA-
Oubans Claim to Have . 0oxern-
meat-Coasul-Gen~f "a Lee Has Left
Havana.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

writes. Il write
this letter be-
cause OF my
sympathy for
the suffering
people. For s
years | suffered
with chronic ca
tarrh. When
ever / caught a
little cold I
would have a Sc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

answer 10 a telegram he had sent TO
Washington. The general sailed for
Tampa at noon. From that port he will
90 direct to Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
CATARRH SIX YEARS.

Grew Rapidly Worse Doctors dId no Good
Mrs. Adam Stats. Mequor. Wis.
in a recent letter to- Dr. Hartman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Lands at Key West.

Key West, Fla. April 1l.-Consul-
General lee arrived here on the Fern a
1850 sunday morning. Gen. Lee came
ashore about Ill O'Clock and received az
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Lee. Message % nlanco.

You may tell gen. BIanco for me
that the Fern IS the last ship Of the navy
that viii ever &c cut Of Havana harbor
while the Spanish flag flies over MORO"
This was the message that Gen. Ice
sent back to Gen. Rlanco as lie steamed
out of Havana harbor. Gen. Lee was in
dignant at the insults heaped upon his
head ~ the spanish officials and the
popuiace. He had oeen snubbed at I'll :
palace bv Cen Blanco.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Rejection Is Urged.

The attitude of the insurgent advisers
al Washington is that of rejecting the
armistice. Senior Quesada, of the junta,
declared Sunday that the armistice was
simply Spanish trick, designed to Gre
ate the impression that the insurgents
were unreasonable. From his stand
point, nothing short of independence
will satisfy the Cubans. Ii remains to
be seen how far Gen. Gomez and the in
surgents in the field entertain this view
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
Situation Not Altered.

After the meeting one member Of the
cabinet said that the Spanish note had
not altered either the message or the
situation. at is merely said he
what Spain has been asking for all
along more time. It does not touch
The situation, and the presidents mes
sage is left precisely as it was before
merely stating the fact of this latest
development."
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
The Crop OF the Slave.
E. g. SENTER, Dallas, Texas.

The test of a country's prog.
ress is the average condition Of
those who perform its manual Ia.
Dor. In ancient Romo there were
examples of luxurious living at
which our modern millionaire stand
aghast, but a large proportion of
Its population were miserable slaves
whose existence was barren of eve
rything that distinguished the life
Of man from that of the brute.
a Aprogress derives its momentum
from the effort to level men up.
The FIRST question, then, to be ask
ed OF any industry is what it does
for labor. II it rewards service
with comfortable livelihood if
las a just claim to perpetaity. III
It not only does this but promotes
social intercourse and broadens in
'ellectual development, its useful.
less is by 30 much enhanced, The
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

most serious indictment that car
be brought against the cotton in.
dustry as it exists in Texas is that
it subsists upon y system odious
wherever civilization has streuk-
ed the conceptions of barbarism
with the principles of humanity
female and child labor-and that ii
imposes upon these hapless labor
ers conditions of life that tend to
beat and to hold them down rather
than to lift them up, and that
thereby, menace through them, the
general welfare of the State. This.
if a truth, is q serious one, and it
is high time for the people of Tex
as to begin to think about it. |
have heretofore asserted in these
papers that the Mexican peon gets
more out Of life, from every stand
point--moro to eat, more to wear,
and more Professionalism the ten
ant cotton farmer Of Texas. That
statement was made advisedly, and
after an inquiry into conditions in
Mexico that has extended over a
period of twelve years. The peon
has the advantage of an eoaable
climate, but ours is not severe.
The members of his family are
more gaudily, il not more extrava-
gantly, dressed on gala occasions
than the wife and daughters of the
cotton farmer. The greatest diff
ference in the matter of dress is
on of fashion, with the advantage
in trills and furbelows and colors
one the side of the Mexican. The
comparison of diets is also ques-
ton of taste and fashion. 1t is
bacon and cornbread against friio-
les, tamales, chill, etc. AS for
myself, | would prefer the tamale
bill of fare, though this may be
The result of excessive indulgence
in cornbread and bacon. Let those
who are disposed to scout at this !
comparison read the following: