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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
The Iopd Of stPrettv Soon. "


| know n land where the streets are paved
With the things which we meant to
achieve.
1t is walled with the money we meant to
haVe saved
And the pleasures for which we grieve.
The kind words unspoken, the promises
broken
And man. a coveted boon,
Are slowed away there In that land some
where
The land of Pretty Soon"
There are uncut jewels Of possible fame
Lying about in the dust,
And many a noble and lofty aim
Covered with mold and rust.
And oh! this place, while 1t seems so near,
Is farther away than the moon.
Though our purpose Is fair, yet we never
get there
The land Of pretty Soon"
The road that leads to that mystic land
Is strewn with pitiful wrecks,
And the ships that have sailed for its
shining strand
Bear skeletons on their decks.
1t is farther at room than 1t was at dawn,
And farther at night than at noon;
Oh, let us beware OF hat land down
there
The land Of Pretty Soon"
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
LOST HER A FORTUNE AND TITLE
Fickleness of a Maiden Who Was to

F~ickleness of a Maiden Who Was tn
Marry One OF Dewey's Men.
st. Louis Republic, Port Angeles,
Wash.-Three years ago, while the
Philadelphia, the flagship of the Pa
cific naval station, was at the practice
grounds, one of her blue jackets fell in
love with pretty little Cora Ninton.
She fell in love with him and they werd
engaged. John Vasakevich, the lover,
proved true to his trust, but the maid
en- didn't, and thereby lost a title and
q fortune. After six months the flag
ship sailed away, John was transferred
TO the Baltimore and went with her TO
Manila, where he shared the glory and
honor of Dewey's victory. Two months
or more ago the Russian vice consul in
the Philippines called on Captain Dyer
and told him he had a nobleman
among his crew. John was called upa
on N put in possession of the ihfor-
nation he had long prayed for, but
which none of his blue jacket compan-
ions during his six years of service
knew.
lie had overtime to his credit, and
at once left the service, coming to San
francisco on the transport Brutus and
receiving his discharge on March 20.
Twenty-four hours in the t~ailor's
hands equipped him for the meeting
of his bride, who, up to the time of his
leaving Manila, had not remained true
to him. His arrival in this city yester-
day brought his cruel disenchantnIent.
Cora had married a Puget sound farm
er at Christmas time and moved to an
adjacent island. John Alphons Vasa-
kevich was nine years ago a lieute .ant
in the Russian navy. For lessons best
known to himself and his government
he left the service, and, after three
years knocking about the world,
buried his identity in the enlisting
ranks of the American navy, joining
the cruiser Charleston at San Francis
co. 1t was about this time that his
father, Count Vasakevich, died, leav-
ing him heir to the estate of Zamowski
in Poland, with 81 1900, 900. Through
the Russian foreign office and the de-
partment at Washington the young
count was finally located as one of Adj
miral Dewey's men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Hints.

Never begin spring cleaning too early,
Clean only one or two rooms at a time,
Admit air and sunshine freely. Provide
everything needed for the work before be.
ginning. Have new brooms, scrubbing
brushes, hammers and tacks. For cleaning
paints, windows and presses use soft,
warm water and Ivory soap. For purify.
ing sinks and drains wash with water and
carbolic acid. For cleaning kitchen utenI
sils gil a boiler with water, add half a bar
of Ivory soap, put in the articles, and set
over the fire for twenty minutes.
ELIZA II. PARKER.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Mrs. Cleveland Still Beautiful.

Chicago Tribune special: Fourteen years
ago Frances Folsom was the l~oveliest Of
all the graduates that stepped across the
Threshold of Wells college into the big
world beyond, and today, when the Wells
college alumnae, sixty strong, gathered
for their annual luncheon at Sherry's,
Mrs. Grover Cleveland still carried off the
palm.
A trife more m%atronly than the slim
b~rown-haired girl Of the past. she is in the
fullness Of her matured beauty. Her
black silk gown, with a glimpse of pink
at the throat, and the big gray hat. with
sweeping plumes, made an admirable set
ting.
Mrs. Cleveland had reason to congratu-
late herself. The 5000 fund she started
six years ago to add TO the building re-
sources Of the college was today com
pleted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Dewey Let Us Have the Fibre.

When Admiral Dewey destroyed the
Spanish Navy in Manila Harbor there
were lying in the harbor six big ships
laden with Manila fibre for the DEER
ING HARVESTER CO., Of Chicago. BY
a special order from the Navy Depart
ment Dewey was permitted to release
these ships. Their cargoes reached the
Deering Irvine Works in Chicago in due
course, and that Irvine will be used to
bind the sheaves Of this seasons harvest
all over the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
MARSHALL WINS THE MATCH.
Illinois Man Victor in Great Amer
lean Handicap.

Elwood Park, N. j., April 17.-The
twenty-ffth round of the great Ameri-
can handicap, live birds. Interstate as.
ISOLATION tournament, was concluded
today. Tom Marshall, mayor of Keiths,
burg, H., who was the victor 1--WE
years ago, won the match.
Grimm, of Clear Lake, Ia. got sec.
ond money. He missed his thirty-sec.
cod bird on the shoOt-off, miss and out
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
GJrennnatfa-

T! A new. attractive black material will
appear for early summer wear under he
name OF c]reponette. It differs but
Slightly from the new invoices Of spring
crepons. yet 1t Is more beautiful in COL
oring and more characteristic in design.
"A silk-warp material called Cruzon cloth
will also appear. 1t Is like Henrietta
cloth, but somewhat heaG.er, and its
wearing qualities arc assured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO, Proprietors,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned nave known f. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & TruaX. Wholesale Druggists,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per bot
free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Shake Into Ynnr Shnea

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
coyery of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes
tght-ftting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
tired, aching feet. Try it to- day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c,
ip stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
21H.OO Per Week.

We will pay a salary of SO per week and
expenses for a man with rig to introduce
PerIection Poultry Mixture and Insect
stamp, Perfection Mfg. Co, Parsons, Kan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

A man recently swallowed his false
teeth and it drove him mad. Stomachs
will stand a great deal, but not every.
thing. If yours is weak try Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters. 1t cures stom.
ach troubles, as well as malaria and
fever and ague. 1t is strongly recon,
mended at this season of the year. All
druggists keep it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
For Wind and sunburn,

For many skins the following btion
10 almost q specific for wind and sun
burn: The strained juice of ripe cucum-
bers, half a cupful; elder-fowar water,
half cup; rosewater, one cup; pure al
cohol. n dram; boraic acid, in pow
der. half teaspoonful; tincture Of ben
toin. thirty drops; apply with a vel
vet sponge or soft cloth whenever re-
luired.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Richard Croker was publicly re-
ferred to by an assemblyman at AL
bany recently as the gentleman who
has the honor to preside over and di-
rect the affairs of the city of New
York
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

James II. Keene, who recently made
himself q millionaire by one weeks
work in Wall street, is an Englishman
by birth and a lawyer by profession.
He first practiced in San Francisco in
the early days of the gold fever.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

about four years l was a great sufferer from female troubles. l
had blackjack ALL of the time, no appetite, painsin stomach, faint
ing spells, was weak and my system was completely run down.
l also had falling of womb so bad that l could scarcely walk
across the floor. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable
Compound and one box of Lozengers. can say l am cured"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Advance in California Rates.

Beginning April 16 the colonist rate
to California points will be advanced
to $35.45.
The Union Pacific, "The Overland
Route"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

l never used so quick n cure as
Piso's Cure for Consumption.-J. b.
Palmer, box 1171, Seattle, Wash, No
yember 25, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Golf has gained such a foothold
among lovers of outdoor sports in
New York that the park board has
placed professional instructors on the
public links.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

A DOSE IN TINE SAVES NINE or HALEs HONEY "
uoREuouND AND TAR for coughs. OF Druggists.
PIXIES TooTHAcHK DROPS Cure In one Minute.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Mrs. wipslow's tooTuISo SYnuy for children
~teething. softels the gums, reduces Inflammation,
sliAys pain. eurSs wind collie. 2sc . bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

The average woman always has a few
old letters saved up somewhere which she
can find and cry over on a rainy day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Senator Lodge is to be accompanied
IN his trip through Europe by Mrs.
Lodge and their two sons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

When a woman prays for her husband
she generally begins by telling the Lord
that she does not ask for much.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Schley's Assignment.

Washington, April 14.-Admiral Schley
has been assigned to duty as a member
Of the naval examining board of his city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Mrs. Helen S. Grenfell, state superin-
tendent of public instruction for Colo
RADIO, has jurisdiction over 1900 school
districts in fifty-siX counties, which
she is expected to visit ut least once n
year. Her journey to different schools
are not always made by rail, but often
on horseback, by stage coach or hs
ranch wagon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
"M Who Rh,sues Two
HareS Catches Neither"
SAID a 9veH kno4vn younq

Said a 1veH kno1vn young
man about tozvn, III tried
for years to burn the candle
at both ends. in the pursuit
of pleasure vhie trying to
attend to business. My blood,
stomach and kidneys got into
q uvretched state and tt
seemed that could not carry
the burden any longer.
"But now my rheumatism has gone, my
courage has returned, and all on account
OF thatmarvel, Hoods S~arsaparilla, which
has made me a picture of health. Now
Pm in for business pure and simple"
. Hip Disease had running sores for
eight years on my hips. was confined TO my
bed at times and at others used crutches. Hoods
Sarsa parilla cured my hip and gave me per-
manent health" OLLIE j, ARCHER, lS9 Dudley
Street, Dayton. Ohio.
} tndlgestlon.-"I now have a good appe-
Use, eat well, sleep well, and my dyspepsia and
Indigestion have left me. The reason Is / took
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which entirely cured me. /
am Baggage Master on the Ii. & o. Railroad I"
THOMAS COLES, JIG Carr St., SandusSy, Ohio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

WANTED.-Case OF bad health that R'IP'A.N.sw will
not benent. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemical Co
New York. for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
How's This?

In society a woman is known by the
company she doesn't keep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Thomas a Kempis: mo man doth
safely rule but he that hath learned
gladly to obey"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
Swallowed His False Teeth,

General Elwell Otis is always.out oil
bed before r~eveille sounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

When a man has nothing to do he
always attends to it himself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

@NE reason Mrs. Pinkhams treatment helps women so
promptly is that they have confidence in her.
Through some Of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink
hams friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Pinkham at her home in Lynn,
Mass, and will tell her symptoms.
The reply. made without charge of
any kind, will bear such evidence
of knowledge of the trouble that
belief in her advice at once inspires
hope.
This of itself is a great help.
Then the knowledge that women
for advice and women only assist
makes it easy to be explicit about
the disease.
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS, of 634 Pi
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I doct,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

1t is only the cad who IS unkind to
his caddie.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
To Cure a Cold in One Day

To Cure "A Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if il fails to curc.
25c. The genuine has l.. b. Q. on each tablet
Representative Lands, Of Indiana,
has had one Of the hall windows of his
house at Delhi fitted with glass from
the Spanish warship Maria Teresa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
EalZer,a Seed Corn.

Does your seed corn test, Bro. Farmsis
salzer's does-it's northern grown, early
and good for so to $50 bu. per acre! Send
this notice and Ice for s corn samples and
low prices to Salzer Seed Co., LII Crosse,
wis. IcnI'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Uneasy rests the bat without a
crown,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

| the womb. / suffered
| something terrible, could
not sleep nights and
| thought sometimes that
! death would be such a
/ relief. To-day | am a well
woman, able to do my
1 own work, and have not
4 pain. used four bottles
! Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
/ Vegetable Compound and
! three packages of Sana-
4 tive Wash and cannot
| thank you enough for the
! good it did me-"
Mrs. M. SToDDARD,
268, Springfield, Mimi,
es:
DEAR MRS. ~PINKHAM-For
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22

Cupid always shoots straightcr with
n new bean.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-22
CONFIDENCE
HEzPS TO
CURE

doctors in the city for two
years and had no relief until I
began the use of your remedies.
My trouble was liberation of
People's voice., 1899-07-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Al men may be liars. but all liars are
not men.
Anti-tat might be appropriately
termed slim diet.
lie that runs may read-his oppo-
nent's inaugural address.
1t keeps tramps busy furnishing ma
teriai for comic paper jokes.
When an army officer smokes ciga-
rettes he is reduced to the ranks.
Tfa girl will not marry when she may
she may not marry Ahen she wiz.
The prize for prize fighting comes to
the boxer by way OF the box office.
The sting Of a snub often proves to be
most lacerating to the one who makes
it.
Ajax may have defed the lightning,
but he never set his hand against live
wire.
When a man reaches the top he should
kick the. ladder over IL he wants TO re.
rlain there.
But few congregations are willing tc
pay pastor for telling them the truth
about themselves.
An: Irish philosopher says the only
People's voice., 1899-07-06
BICYCLE BEARINGS.

The Austral Wheel Race netted the
Melbourne Bicycle club $500.
Cycle polo performances are given
by American teams in London music
halls and attract fun houses.
Lord Salisbury has had a special bi.
cycle made for his own use, and when
affairs Of state permit Of such diversion
is learning 20 ride the silent steed.
With the assistance of the fine art
booklets bei~c s,~t 7U' ~ thc various
manufactu rs, buying a wheel is as
easy as rolng off a cetalog-L.A A. W.
Bulletin.
At the suggestion of one who studies
the small ;1ings which go toward the
making up Of the perfect bicycle, a
number OF riders used nickel-plat i
chains last year. ne advice was given
on the theory that ,he u.-lt. n. led
chain would shed dust Gud dirt I4l-h
better than either the bhled or straw
finished chain would. The scheme
proved so successful that al "thci,
friends" are going in for nickel-platej
chains this coming season.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
ARE BADLY NEEDED.

Wood islargely wasted. The sawdust
which aCsumulates from saving i,
tremendous. Attempts have been made
10 utilize the waste, but with no extra
ordinary results.
Electricians need a perfect insulator
cne that will stand heat, cold, water
air aud all atmospheric conditions, b.
flexible, have great strength, electric
resistance and be cheap.
Asphalt pavements are good, but il
rainy weather become slippery ant
dangerous. Wood blocks wear out
macadani has TO be renewed or it get
ugly holes. What is wanted is a pave
ment which has the holding advantage
of macadam, the perinanency otasphal
and the silence of wood. Ii must b
cheap.
Next to inRenting something Is know
ing what to invent. Inventions in |
small way are not exhausted, as per
son with no technical knowledge 4
quite apt TO make fortune out Of som
catch-penny invention. No specia
knowledge was needed by the man VIII
invented the bent-wire safety pin, ou
Of which he made fabulous fortune.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The daily cost of President McKin-
ley's table is said to exceed S25.
The Chinese pronounce their dowager
empress the most beautiful woman
whom the celestial kingdom has ever
known.
Capt. C. Rath, who had charge of the
execution of the four Lincoln conspiRl.
tors in 1868, is at present a railway
postal clerk and lives at Jackson, Mich
, Every senator who retired with the
recent congress made something in the
shape of a set speech except Murphy
Of Eew York, and Roach, of North Da.
kota. Neither of these offered mort
than a few remarks during his entire
term.
Gen. Guy V. Henry, who succeeded
Gen. Brooke as American governor gen
eral of Porto Rico, and has already de
veloped fine administrative quautis:
there, was born to the military service
for he drew his first breath in an army
wagon at Fort Smith, /. T., where hii
father, Maj. William s. Henry, was sta
toned.
- -.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
In 1897 no American merchant yes
eel entered the port of Buenos Ayres,

In 1897 no American merchant yes
sci entered the port of Buenos Ayres.
The newspapers of Hamburg, the
third largest commercial port in the
world, said in 1897 that 30 years had
elapsed since that port had seen the
stars and stripes at a masthead.
British and German vessels carried
S. per cent Of our grain exports in 1891.
Among 1879 grain-laden vessels only
II were American, carrying less than
l per cent Of the total trade.
Our domestic water commerce, coast.
wise, great lakes, rivers and canals is
by far the largest in the world, and is
two and a half times greater than that
of the United Kingdom, second on the
list.
American shipping carries about one.
bali of the total sea commerce between
the United States and nefS Shboring for.
eign countries, as Canada, the West
Indies, Mexico, Central America and
the north coast of South America.
In 81 years after 1860 the,tonnage Of
the United States registered for foreign
trade shrunk to one-fourth of its pro.
portiops before the civil war. In the
same period the tonnage Of the British
Empire more than doubled.
No merchant vessel flying the United
States flag passed through the Strait OF
Gibraltar or the Sucz canal in 1895 OF
1895. In 1905 the steamers passing the
strait OF Gibraltar numbered 3,03S and
the sailing vessels Cls. In 1895 the
steamers murdered 2.5jf, and The sail.
ing vessels 40.
All signs ..d'ea'e ''..at in Jew years
mo'r t.. Jai,ej S'c.,s will again en-.
.~e largely in ocean transportation
-. mos; important coa,i:i1n which
viii cnaJ,, Us 10 do this is the TACT that
We no" pr-lace s;c-i So cheaply that
We e-a cc-i5.'- VIZ reign shipbuiid'
ers in .aa..ir- a,ec~+h.ps.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
MONEY OF MANY LANDS.

Whales teeth form ;he currency OF
the Fiji islands. They arc painted white
and red to represent different values.
The natives carry their wealth around
their nechs.
In .Kafirland cattle constitute the
chief currency. In old Russia skins
were used for buying and selling The
trouble in both cases is it is hard 10
make change.
In East Indian bqzara cowries are the
commonest form Of small change. SIX.
ty-four shells are equal in value to one
piece, aud TO pay $1,000 for a house, as
one native did, requires 16,O00,OoO COW.
ries.
Among the natives of New Britain
shell money is called tambu. ltis mad,
from a small and rare shell dug from
the sand. Loads of these are threaded
and hung on trees TO be used when The
tribe barters with another tribe
One OF the largest and most cumber.
some forms Of money is found in cen
tral Africa where the natives use a cru.
ciform ingot of copper ore ten inches
long. 1t is heavy enough TO be a
formidable weapon.
In the Loyalty islands little twisted
tufts Of fur taken from behind the ear,
Of the flying fox form the money. In
Santa Cruz feather MONEY is used, the
red feathers being taken from The
wings of tame parrots. In one part Of
Africa iron spades are used as coins.