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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08
Her Definition.

Washington Star: Yes" said Miss
Cayenne, 'he is undoubtedly a cynic.'
What is your idea Of a cynic?"
HE is a person who keeps o con-
tinually In doubt whether he is unusu-
ally clever or unusually disagreeable.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08

."By the way" interrupted a listener.
did any of your companies hold a
policy on that house?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure.
X. W. Groves signature is on each box. 26c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08

People speak always about a bad
cold" although no n ever had a good
cold.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08
CAR GROWING STRONGER.
Slept Well asst Night and Is Cheerful
This Morning.

ol aiya e in;crpesss sii XSuiiisat fns issued % t ihs
morning says the czar Passed a good day
. yesterday and slept very well during the
night. He felt more cheerful this mcrn.
Ing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08
''Dr. lie Dues Female Regulator" S So1s : :sss,

pathological Monthly stoppagpf, IregularlIics, W 10
Itructiuhs, suppressions. s2or TORS Gusransee' :,
K ida Drug Co, Elgin, III. Sent by mail on receipt OF
price. III. s. Baker, Druggist, Sioux City. IOWA. VINO
sarries a full line Of rubber goods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08

KID-hE:- ODDS

The Great Scientific Discovery. for Shattered
Nerves and Thin, Impoverished Blood.
NEBRASKA AND IOWA
People Cured by kid-ne-oids In writing
them please enclose tampe adj
dressed envelope.
Mrs. Lilly Pratt, 1910 U St., Lincoln, Neb,
Mrs. Robt. Henderson, w. Market St., Beatrice
Neb.
Mr.. II. L.. Small, 1910 Ohio st. Omaha, Neb.
William Zimmerman, 23l5 White St., Dubuque.
Frank Rand, I'd St., Fast Dubuque.
Mrs. Emma Hancock, $50 18th st. Dubuque.
n. y. Nogle, $40 Iowa St., Dubuque.
Morrow's K~id-ne-oids are not pills.
but Yellow Tablets, and sell at fifty
cents a box at drug stores.
John MORROW q co.. SPRINGFIELD o.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-08
LOSS OF APPETITE

Is an important symptom of Kidney
Trouble which is frequently overlooked,
Pain IN the back, scalding urine, ner'
vousness and general debility also indt
cate the presence of this deadly disease.
If any of these symptoms are present
let a quantity of urine voided in the
morning, stand for IL hours and look foI
sediment in bottom of vessel.
Delay is fatal. DON'T wait.
M N reward will be paid for q case
OF backache, nervousness, sleep
~ lessness, weakness, loss OF vital
ity, i~ncipient kidney, bladder
and urinary disorders, that cam
not be cured by
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
HAWAII PLANTERS
WANT NEGROES

Honolulu. Nov 3O.-Statistics of i'm
migration for the past few months
show that there is n considerable
movement of Orientals away form the
islands. During the past three months
the departures for Japanese for Japan
have exceeded the arrivals by over 100
and over 400 more Chinese have gone
home than have come here.
The steamship Aorangi from victor
this week brought. the first lot of labor
eres that have been received for some
time. Only eighty We're in the lot, but
1t is understood that more Will come
If these make favorable report The
question of getting negro labor from
the South American states Is being
warmly discussed. There is great op-
position to importing negroes in some
quarters. Delegate Wilcox has de
clared himself as strongly opposed to II
and he will work against 1t. He de
clares that if negroes are brought here
1t means the end of the Hawaiian race
This city has just passed through the
heaviest rainstorm experienced II
many years. Five and a half inches OF
rain fell in twelve hours on the night
of November '25th. and the result was
some large floods in the residence dis
tricts.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
Immen.c Colonixntlon schemes.

Salt Lake. Utah, Dec. 1O.-Both the
Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short
Line railroads are in the midst of the
most gigantic and determined effort to-
wards colonization ever made In the
West The passenger departments
have literally been given over to the
one object. General Passenger Agent
Heintz of the Rio Grande Western
says he looks for the population. of
Utah to double within short time. I'M
less something happens to interfere
with the plans of the roads centering
here
I'VE have done everything that
money can do In the way. of advertis-
ing and Offering inducements to colo
niZation." he declared. I'VE have
sent three agents East to devote them
selves entirely to this propaganda. and
we have inserted an advertisement In
over 1000 eastern papers. The tide
has started already. Settlers are com
ing in by the score. and large qunnti-
ties of letters of inquiry are loading
down our mall
The Oregon Short Line has also cut
loose on spending money. devoting es-
pecial attention to Idaho. General
Passenger Agent Burley Of the Short
Line said:
I'VE have sent out 10000 copies of
booklet on Idaho and returns are be-
ginning to come in on this and on an
advertisement that we ran in 6.OOO pa
pers in the East. We expect to bring
10000 people into Utah and Idaho In
the next three years. | haven't n
doubt In the world but what we will do
it."
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
Grent Is the Sugar Beet.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 1O.-John E. Leet
returned last week from trip through
the valley of the Arkansas, and con-
trasted conditions of to-day with twen-
ty-one years ago, when dead cattle
were scattered for miles along dreary
waste on either side of the railway.
The News publishes an interview in
which Mr.. Leet says:
"we have all heard of magic cities
in the mountains. l have never known
of n mountain city that would compare
with Sugar City in the valley of the
Arkansas. Throughout the valley it
has been fully demonstrated that the
first years crop of sugar beets will
sell for $50 to S15 per acre. Unlike
cantaloupes. potatoes and other prod
ucts of the ground shipped from Colo
RADIO. the market for sugar is unlimit-
ed. The value of sugar consumed by
the American people is about as great
as the value of the flour consumed by
them. We have the climate. the peo-
pie and the soil, and l venture to say
that the success of sugar beet culture
in Colorado will create n land boom
throughout the entire state"
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
Death of Mrs. Mclean.

Washington. Dec. lO.-Mrs. Mary l..
Mclean. the mother of John r. Nc
Lean of the Cincinnati Enquirer. and
mother-in-law of Admiral Dewey, died
at her residence at 1:30 o'clock this
morning of acute heart affection. She
had been ill since Friday.
At the bedside of Mrs. Mclean when
the end came were her daughters, Mrs.
Dewey and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Rear
Admiral Nicoll Ludlow; her son, John
II. Mclean. and Admiral Dewey.
Mrs. Mclean was u native of Ken
lucky, but previous to coming to
Washington several years ago she
spent most of her life in Cincinnati.
She was the widow of the late Wash
ington Mclean, proprietor Of the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Mclean was
in her seventy-second year.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
THE ULTIMATUM
OF THE POWERS

Washington, Dec 1O.-The next i'm
portant step in the Chinese situation
will be the formal presentation to the
Chinese plenipOtentiaries of the agree
ment arrived mt between the repre-
sentatives of the powers at Pekin for
reparation of the boxer Outrages. In
Just what manner this will be done
Mr.. Conger has not Informed the State
Department, although the probability
is that the document will be handed
to the Chinese by the dean of the dip
lomatic corps. AS has been stated the
telegram is simply n statement of the
terms upon which the powers will ne
gotiate with China Tor final settlement
and is laid before the Chinese officials
as a matter Of form.
The negotiations for final settlement
will come later after the Chinese have
been given n reasonable opportunity
for the consideration of the conditions
laid down by the powers. The com
plete agreement deciphered from the
code is now in the hands Of the Pres
ident Officials decline to make its
text public in advance of the receipt
of information that 1t had been form
ally accepted by the powers, although
the advices which have heretofore
come from Mr.. Conger leave no doub'
that this will be the case. The essen
tial features of the agreement already
have been outlined in the press dis
patches.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
ONE THOUSAND TELEGRAPH
OPERATORS OUT ON A STRIKE

Chicago. Dec. S.-Most of the tele-
graph operators on lines of the Atchi-
son, Topeka n Santa Fe system went
on strike late yesterday in support of
the strike inaugurated on the Gulf,
Colorado X Santa Fe Thursday.
President L. =. Ripley of the Atchi-
son road. when he learned of the strike
of the main line operators. said:
This action was taken." he contin-
ued. twithstanding the fact that the
company made Il contract with the OPP
orators in service on the Atchison. To-
peka n Santa Fe proper July l. and
with those in service on the lines west
of Albuquerque. November 10th last.
under the terms of which they bound
themselves through their organization,
to give the company thirty days notice
of any dissatisfaction"
Denver, Colo. Dec. 9.-The following
order inaugurated the great telegraph
ers' strike in Denver:
Galveston. Tex. Dec. :, 1900
Cease work at once, all operators of
Santa Fe system. until such time as
ordered to resume by me. Train dis
patchers members of the order will
do likewise.
"MARTIN NJ. DOLPHIN
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
Farm for Consumptives.

Denver. Colo, Dec. 1O-The papers
transferring to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Colorado the two
lots and improvements No. 2430 Mar
ket street. have been received. and the
nucleus thus established for Secretary
banners projected market farm where
the tuberculosis patients coming to this
state for their health may find self
supporting occupation and favorable
surroundings. The donation was made
by Edward p. George, at present in
Hanover. Germany. Two cash SUBJ
scriptions were also received and are
in the custody of the International
Trust Company. All three donations
were made in response to letter from
Secretary Danner of the association
: which was printed in the first Sheldon
edition of the Topeka Capital.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Broomhall says that reports from
Argentina are becoming more positive
each day that the wheat crop is not
doing well. There has, no doubt, been
a danger this season in observers reck-
oning upon a repetition of the remark
able yield Of December, 1898. The yield
per acre in Argentina in 1898 must
have been phenomenal indeed. for,
had not storms of wind and rain de-
stroyed 100000 tons after harvest, the
total available for expectation during
1899 would have been about IL 900 900
quarters and the total crop about 15,-
100000 quarters. which, being grown
on an area Of 5,100, 900 acres, indicates
q yield Of % bushels per acre. This
figure may not be reached again for
years to come, and consequently. al
though the acreage 10 now in the
neighborhood of 5000. 900, 1t is quite
on the cards that the total outturn
may fall to 100000 quarters.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

covering 66,S42 square miles. divided
among forty-four states and territOr
les, and serving population of 1,SO1,-
54. The number of applications pend
ing at that date and awaiting action
or under investigation was more than
2,1OO-nearly enough to double the ex-
listing rervice-end every day brings
more. The close of the present fiscal
year will see about 4,3OO routes in op-
doors of not less than 3,J0O.O0O resi-
dents of the rural districts.
1T thus appears that rural free de-
livery can be extended practically over
the whole country at on annual cost of
less than $14,OOO,OOO. AS the appro-
priation for the current fiscal year for
this purpose Is S1.75O.OOO, an addition
al outlay of $12,OOO,OOO. unless unfor-
seen demands should come, would sub
stantially take the mail every day to
every door in the land.
1T is recommended that the appro-
priatiOn for rural free delivery for the
fiscal year beginning July l. 1901, be
not less than S3.5OO.OOO.'
The following recommendations for
legislation by Congress are made:
That an act be passed to punish per-
sons who by force attempt to enter n
car or apartment in n car used for the
distribution of mail. or who may as
sault railway mail clerk while in the
discharge of his duties as such.
That statute be enacted providing
for the compulsory separation by pub
fishers of second-class mail matter.
While the majority of the publishers
have shown n willingness TO undertake
this work mt the request of the special
officer in charge of 1t, n few are un-
willing to cooperate with the govern
ment In this matter. which saves ex-
pense to the department and facilitates
dispatch of mail.
That the Interstate commerce law be
amended to prohibit common carriers,
to-wit. telegraph and express compan-
les. or any of their employees. from aid
ing or abetting in the green goods or
lottery swindles, or any other scheme
carried on partly by mail and partly by
common carrier, and which is in vio-
latiOn of the postal laws.
That statute be enacted authoriZ-
ing postoffice inspectors No take out
search warrants whenever the same
may be necessary in the prosecution of
their official duties.
That an appropriation be made for
the purpose of constructing lookOuts
in postotiices wherever. In the opinion
of the postmaster general, they may be
needed.
That provision be made for the pay
ment of incidental expenses incurred
by local officers or others in the arrest,
detention and keeping of prisoners
charged with violations of the postal
laws until such prisoners can be trans
ferred 10 the custody of n United States
marshal.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
REMARKABLE EXTENSION OF
RURAL FREE MAIL DELIVERY

Washington, Dec 1O.-Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith has is
sued his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1900. The show
ing made is one gratifying to the ad-
ministration, and in II great measure a
matter of pride to all citizens of the
United States to whom the great
strides made in the Postal Department
have placed the United States system
in the front rank in the nations in the
postal union. The report says:
1.-THE financial operations of the de-
partment for the last fiscal year are
shown briefly in the following state
ment:
Revenues and Expenditures
Ordinary postal revenue 80. $lOO. s99. .433. "A
Receipts from money-order -
business .....-.......'..'....' 1'foo' lfo.oo
Total receipts from all -,
Total expenditure for the
year lUi, Ui,f4O,26i.s9
Excess of expenditures over
receipts ..--..-............s oSoo.ooo.' ~
"From this statement 1t will be oh
served that the revenues have now
passed the hundred million mark: also.
that while the expenditures We're over
six millions greater than for the pre-
y
year 1S99-19OO was but S5.3S5, 1888, be-
ing 81 .225, ,OSS less than that of the pre-
vious year.
"The following is an estimate of the
revenues and expenditures of the pos
tai service, which has been transmit
ted to the secretary of the treasury.
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1902:
Total postal revenue for 1900. .slO2 35i, SIS. 90
Add ~ per cent. for estimat-
ed Increase year ending June
80. 1901 ..,...................... 7676. sos. 90
Estimated revenue for 1901. .$l10, 031. IT,. 90
Add 6 per cent. for estimated
increase year ending June 3o
Estimated revenue for 1902. sl16.633 ,0i2. %
Estimated expenditure for
lsVS. .....s.....-..--'-..s..... lzi,zTb.3i3.VO
Deficiency for 1902, esti--
mated ....-................$ 4.63i, ,3UI.O .O0
"The extraordinary extension of
rural free delivery during the last two
years has proved 10 be the most salient.
significant and far-reaching feature of
postal development in recent times.
1--WE are now carrying the postotfice
to the door of 3l,OOO,OOO of people
massed in towns and cities. The task
before us is the more complicated work
of carrying the postoffice to the door of
about 21,OOO.OOO scattered over 1000
600 square miles of territory.
July l, 1899. there We're 391 rural
delivery routes in operation. under an
appropriation of S4J0.0OO this number
was increased to LIZA. July 1. 1900
the appropriation Of $1.75O,OOO became
available and November 10th. 2,614
routes had been located and establish
eu. 61.9T9 miles in aggregate length
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

The election bet folly reached its
depth in the town of Oxford, Mass,
where Divide Villers, member of the
Republican town committee. made a
wager with his daughter. the wife OF
a Democrat, John ]. Toomey. II Bry-
an was elected. Mr.. yillers agreed to
roll peanut on the ground with a
toothpfck an eighth of mile from
his residence; If Mckinley won, Mrs.
Toomey was to do likewise. So that
peanut has just been rolled amid the
plying smiles of the villagers.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

In the "banqueting hall of the city
chambers at Glasgow celebrated
painter has just completed a panel in
Mural decorating" giving the sup
posed origin of the legend. The paint
ing represents the banks of the Clyde,
with fishermen and their nets, Saint
Mungo taking ring from a salmon's
mouth, with the queen and her ladies
looking on. The origin of the legend
is as follows; Langvorth, queen of
Strathclyde, lost ring given to her by
her husband, King Mederech, and he
threatened to take her life for her
carelessness. The queen asked Saint
Mungo for help, and he ordered fish
erman to cast his net into the Clyde.
The fisherman did as he was ordered,
and brought up salmon with a ring
in his mouth. Then the king and the
queen lived happily ever after.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
British Use Desperate Measures.

London. Dec. 1O.-A dispatch from
Johannesburg says the town has been
fenced around with barbed wire fence
to prevent the inhabitants getting food
to the Beers.
Lord Roberts is expected to arrive in
London January 9TH. He will be met
by the Prince and Princess of Wales
and will proceed in triumphal progress
to St. Paurs cathedral, where he will
attend a special service Of thanksgiv-
ing.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

A Massachusetts, physician recently
gave an amusing illustration OF the
dread some people have OF fresh air
in their sleeping-rooms. In the west
ern part of the state few years ago
lived a family who were accustomed
to keep doors and windows all tightly
closed. The head of the house was a
carpenter. and one fall undertook to
remodel a part of his dwelling. The
task was not completed when winter
set in. and the family. to their horror,
had TO endure an amount OF fresh air
that filled them with alarm. The wife.
speaking about it. afterward. said she
didn't know how they could have
stood it If it hadn't happened that they
were all in better health than usual"
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
The pauperization of the famine suf-

The pauperization of the famine suf-
ferers as result of the charity of
ways dreaded by the officials after such
visitation as the country has Just
experienced. has. to large extent,
been accomplished. An indication OF
this is found in the number of men and
women who are getting relief and who
are perfectly able to work the land.
A Simla correspondent says that the
total number of persons now receiv-
ing relief is about 5000 900 as against
6.b0o.000 two months ago. But this
great decrease is far less than was ex-
pected after the favorable rains.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
The Queens Telegram.

Lisbon. Dec. 1O.-King Carlos has re-
ceived from Queen Victoria the fol-
lowing telegram. in response to the one
sent by him yesterday:
am greatly touched by your kind
telegram. l sincerely thank you, my
dear nephew. for it. and for the good
wishes you entertain toward me and
mine. 1t is with the greatest pleasure
that l recognize the cordial and friend
ly understanding between Portugal and
England
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Holland is a place where primitive
customs abound. Traditions are sa-
credly handed down and observed. and
this veneration for ancient things has
kept alive in the country what are
known as courting Sundays. Through
out Holland the four Sundays OF No
vember are said to be kept as fete
days. They are named severally Re-
view, Decision. Purpose and Possess
sion Sundays.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

The chilly experiences of gold-sesk-
ers in Alaska are hardly calculated to
make one think of that country as a
good field for agricultural enterprise,
but in fact our Agricultural Depart
ment thinks so well of the farming
possibilities of Alaska that experiment
stations have been placed in Sitka and
Kenai, and headquarters are to be
established for similar work in the
interior.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

AT seventeen minutes past o'clock
yesterday afternoon the above dispatch
was flashed over the wires into the
city office of the Santa Fe road in Den
yer, A few minutes later the operator
of the company on duty at the office
closed his telegraphic key. reached for
his hat and overcoat and walked out.
As the Santa Fe system includes
more than 5000 miles of railway. it
was estimated that more than 1000
telegraph operators left their posts in
response to the peremptory order of
Grand Chief Dolphin. The strike was
almost wholly unexpected by outsid-
ers. as 1t was generally believed the
controversy between the operators and
the railway company would be con-
fined to the Texas division. On ac-
count also of the recent contract gov
erning all branches of the road west of
Albuquerque and requiring employees
to give thirty days notice of strike.
the announcement that hundreds of
men had quit their positions was re-
ceived with incredulity. In railway
circles it was prophesied last evening
that the strike will be to finish. and
will be one of the most determined Ia
Dor wars known for years in the West
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Many a man vino gives up mis- money
freely for foolish whims disputes the
price of necessities.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Now that the Prince of Wales is
wearing eyeglasses. he may be able to
see some of the things which have
shocked his critics.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

When a man firmly believes himself
above his neighbor's level he can af-
ford to admit that the latter has a level
head.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

The bark St Catherine arrived day
before yesterday from San Francisco,
having been thirty days in making the
trip. AS result of the slow journey
she lost 100 hogs which were over
come by heat and died on the way.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Estimated revenue for 1902 SIG. 633 .Oi2 90
Estimated expenditure for
191 r7e alg 20
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Estimated revenue for 1901 $40 O31, 172. 90
Add per cent. for estimated
Increase year ending June 80
& Sll
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

Deficiency for 1902, esti--
mated .....................$ 4.63i. .3OI.OO
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-16
Push It Along.

There has been started a move ment to establish a public highway on the most direct line from here to Conway. We hope the project may be successful. The people of this county have been held by the throat by Morrilton long enough. It will afford a competition and the farmers of the county will reap its benefits. s.-Clinton Democrat.
 We desire to call the attention of our merchants to the above clip ping from the Democrat" of Clin- ton, Ark. Such a movement would be great benefit to our town and our people should take some action upon this. Conway is now the largest town on the Ft. Smith road, and the best market. There is a good deal of territory we can draw from if it is attended to properly.