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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
AND WIFE.
A Veteran of the Civil War Tells an In
teresting story.

tCT0stthS NtlTJ
Efingham, H., April 22.-(Special.)-
Uriah s. Andrick is now 67 years OF
age. Mr. Andrick served through the
whole Of the Civil War. He was
wounded, three times by ball and twice
by bayonet.
When he entered the service of his
country in 1861 he was hale and hearty.
and weighed 1913 pounds. Since the
close of the war, however, Mr.. Andrlck
has had very bad health.
For fifteen years he never lay down
In bed for over an hour ut a time. lie
had acute Kidney Trouble, which grew
into Bright's Disease. His heart also
troubled him very much.
On Oct. 1S, 1900, he was weighed,
and weighed only 102 pounds, being but
a shadow Of his former self. He COM
menced using Dodd's Kidney Pills on
he Goth Of last December, and on Feb.
20 was again weighed, and weighed
lac pounds He says:
II have spent hundreds of dollars and
received no benefit, until on the Goth
of December last ] purchased one box
of Dodd's Kidney Pills. | am cured,
and l an free from any pain. My
hearts action Is completely restored. l
have not the slightest trace of the
Bright's Disease, and / can sleep well
all night. I was considered a hopeless
case by everybody, but to-day / am a
we'll man, thanks to Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
"For the last sixteen years my wife
has been in misery with bearing down
pains, pains in the lower part of the
abdomen and other serious ailments.
When she saw what Dodd's Kidney
Pills were doing for me she commenced
to use them. She now feels like another
woman, her pains have all disappeared
and her general health Is better than
it has been for years.
"She Is so taken up with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and what they have done for
us that she has gone to Mr.. Cornwelrs
drug store and bought them for some
Of her friends for fear that If they
went themselves they might make u
mistake and get something else"
There Is something very convincing
in the honest, simple story of this old
veteran and his wife.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only
Remedy that ever cured Bright's Dis
ease, T:lbetes or Dropsy. They never
fail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
AFFECTS INSURANCE Policies.
wife Whose Husband Tried to Beat Her
Out of Insurance Wins.

Pierre, s. d., April ga desicion of
the supreme court reversing h action
of the district u at Sioux Falls has
a fa~r-reaching effect on policies issued
by fraternal insurance companies in
his state. In this case a wife who
had been separated from her husband
and whose name as beneficiary had
been eliminated from the policy is held
to be the real beneficiary and entitled
to the 81, 900 insurance money.
Mrs. Anna Barnard sued the A. o. L..
w. lodge OF Sioux Falls to recover on
the policy. After Barnard had the pol
Icy made out In his wife's favor the
two were separated, he going to live
with a sister, Mrs. Emma Roberts. Be-
fore Barnard's death he changed the
insurance policy making Mrs. Roberts
the beneficiary instead Of his wife. act
ing In strict accordance with the rules,
which allow the change so long as the
beneficiary is still a blood relation. At
the trial Mrs. Barnard showed that the
had been taken out at her
request and that she had herself paid
n portion Of the premiums. While the
circuit court held against her, the SUI
preme court has just decided In her
favor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
SOUTH DAKOTA FOOD LAWS.
ONO Stringent Rules Against All Sorts
Of AduIterations.

$500
OF A~dulterations.
DeSmet, s. D., April 22.-The food and
larry laws OF South Dakota provide for
he punishment Of any person Offering
or sale or manufacture into butter or
.heese at any butter or cheese factory,
milk that has been diluted or adulter-
tied or that Is taken from q diseased
Inimal. Dairy experts claim the milk
which tests lower than three per cent
" butter fat Is without any doubt
ldulterated. and parties Offering such
milk for sale to individuals or for man.
DE under the food and dairy laws in
his state to punishment for INSIDE
neanor
The law also provides for the on
iscation by the food and dairy commits
Homer OF any imitation butter or
cheese not labeled as provided by law
when shipped into the state, and that
Without any process OF law. Parties
for sale as lard any article
which is not pure lard or hat has been
tdulterated with any other fat are pun
shable by fines not less than $25 nor
more than $50 and costs in each case
Dr. by imprisonment for thirty to nine
" days In the county jail.
oectlon 20 or the pure food law reads
Any article Of food shall, for the pur-
pose of this act, be deemed aduiter-
lted:
j. IL any substance or substances
mail have been mixed with an article
)f food so as to lower or depreciate it's
quality. strength or purity.
z. IL any cheaper or inferior sub
or substances have been substi-
!uted wholly or in part for II.
3. Ii any valuable or necessary con-
or ingredient has been wholly
)r In part distracted from II.
4. If II Is an imitation Of or sold or
represented for sale under the name OF
any other substance or article.
3. If Is is colored. powdered or
In any whereby dam
ige or inferiority is concealed.
q. If 1t contains any added sub
or ingredient which Is poisonous
IL injurious to health"
The having In his possession by any
or persons any adulterated ar
:icle or substance and which is not
abeled as required by law shall be con-
prima facie evidence OF a VIOLA
ion of the law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
RUTH CLEVELAND SAVED HIM.
Twain's Letter to the Presidents Little
Daughter Kept One Consul Ills Place.

Washington Letter: Early In the adj
ministration Of President Cleveland Con-
sui General Mason at Frankfort, who is
generally considered the best man In the
service. was notified that his resignation
was expected. and that a Mr.. Rapp of Il
linois was TO be his successor. He was
packing up mis- goods when Mark Twain
happened around that way and visited
the consulate Being Informed OF the
situation the latter wrote a letter to
Ruth Cleveland, the baby daughter OF
the president, telling her that he could
not Interfere I'm matters OF patronage be-
cause he was a but he consid-
cred Il a shame that a nan of expert
ence and ability like Consul General Ma
son should be turned out Of office simply
because some democrat, who knew MOTH
ing about It's duties wanted the place.
great many c%onsuls, and that Captain
Mason was the best he had ever known
and If her father ever consulted her about
the consular service he suggested that
she advise him not TO disturb good men
merely to give places to politicians.
About a month later Mr., Clemens re-
ceived a little note In President Cleve-
lands handwriting, in which Miss Ruth
Cleveland presented her compliments to
Mark Twain, thanked him for calling at
tention TO the threatened removal OF
Consul Mason, and said that If he knew
OF any similar cases the president would
l. glad TO hear from him. Consul Cen
eral Mason Is still In the service, and has
since been promoted TO Berlin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27


DIR. ID. X. Pearsons, the Chicago phil
anthropist. who has given yer 81, 900, :
900 to educational institutions. says he
is not a liberal man He puts II thus
II am not a benevolent man, 1 am tn"
---vt-ssSmical, close-fisted man you
Sver put your eyes on, You can tell
it by my face. It's there. i went
10 n horse race, or a football game or a
baseball game in my life. What ] am
doing Is done on business principles.
After practlcing rigid economy for
seventy years. / asked myself what |
should do with my money. / could not
carry II out OF the world In my dead
hands. and collins were not made to
carry money In. For that reason /
turned my attention TO sixteen differ
ent colleges. We have enough. j
wanted to provide q place for the poor
boys and girls In the colleges, n
hat is the reason / have been giving
my money away"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

General A. B. Leeper. OF Owaneco,
Ill.,. has started a paper called the Lun-
attic Herald, designed for circulation
mong the lunatics. In his salutatory
he says hat he has the best record In
the country as a first-class lunatic,
having been declared insane three
times and having been committed five
times to the Illinois Central Hospital
for the Insane. He is also about to take
a pest graduate course. Therefore, he
has decided to issue a thirty-two page
illustrated monthly magazine, and Wall
push Its circulation with Insane zeal In
every iunatic asylum In the world. The
paper will advocate amendments TO the
iunacy laws OF the various states, and
will strive to counteract the prevailing
sentiment that II Is a disgrace TO have
been insane. The declaration ends as
follows: "A fool never goes crazy or
gets bald-headed. Subscription price,
81 per year in advance. Single mum
bers, 10 cents. A first-class advertising
medium"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
BARK OF THE WITCH HAZEL,
IL Is Grown In New England and Not In
South America.

South America.
New York Times: 1t was In a drug
store, where they were talking about the
proposal to create a witch hazel trust.
The manager Of the store took up a bottle
Of the distilled witch hazel and pointed at
the picture OF a lot of naked South Amer
lean Indians engaged In bringing to the
distillery huge bundles OF twigs. From
this picture the natural inference was
that this was the way In which the shrub
from which the witch hazel or hamamelis
OF commerce Is extracted was brought to
the distilleries In some wild and hardly
habitable region. THAT picture" he re-
marked, lis one Of the pretty little fic-
lions OF trade that have created a decided
impression. 1t has. l ave no doubt,
brought to the concern shrewd enough to
adopt ii many thousands of dollars In
profit. But 1t was all a fake as we call
such things nowadays. AS a matter of
fact, the great bulk Of all the witch hazel
distilled is made In factories along the
Shore Line division of the New York and
New Haven road. The lark from which
1t Is distilled is all harvested. in the New
England states, rear where the distilleries
are located The savages that bring the
bark to the factories bring 1t In farm
wagons. The nearest they come to being
savages is when they are al
their homes engaged either as country
farmers or charcoal burners. There has
always seemed to be n great mystery
about this popular a%stringent that is used
in about every home in the country. Few
know or stop to think that 1t is distilled
from the bark of one of the most common
of our wild shrubs. Now that the talk ot
q trust to control the manufacture of the
extract has reached the papers, the facts
as to witch hazel are appearing. / havi
had several of my customers ask me II II
is true that witch hazel is not an import;
ed remedy, but merely a Yankee heri
concoction.' 1t is n fact that 1t is e%ntirelj
u Yankee industry, and all the bark froh
which the distillation is made is gathered
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con;
necticut. The latter state Is the CHIEF
source of the supply. Madison, Guilford.
Clinton, Westbrook and the contiguous
Connecticut shore villages have a lot of
families that are mainly supported by
their harvestings of witch hazel. 1t is
there that the most popular of the pro-
prietary brands of the astrlngent Is all
made, herb gathering, Indian labels and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.
News From National Capital OF North.
western Interest.

Washington, April 19.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Iowa: Original-Elisha G. Haines, dead,
Urbana, $l2; Dennis G. Quigley, Mallard,
Sc. Additional-William l.. Mcneil, Fort
Dodge, Sc; Charles Powers, Cedar Rap
ids, 50. Increase-George j.. KunzmaD.
Selma, IS; Thomas McLarnan, Marshall
town, sic. Original widows, etc.-Jane
Miller, Jewell, IS. War with Spain, origi-
nal-Frank S. Smith, Red Oak, Sc Origi-
nal widows, etc, special act OF April g.
Anna NJ. Harper, Corning, IS.
Nebraska: Original-Charles III. Paine.
Omaha. S.: Edmund r. Parks. Linwood,
IS. Restoration and increase-John u.
Latch, dead, Omaha, so. Increase-Na-
than S. Vanleuren, Brownvile, IS. War
with Spain, original-Charles j. Caldwell,
Mead, IS.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa-Evanston,
Webster county, NJ. ]. Butler, vice Ebert
Craft, resigned; st. Rubie, Plymouth
county, Lemuel Mann, vice j. r. Jeffers,
resigned. South Observation-Disclosures,
Kingsbury county, J. II. Holt, vice d. N.
Armstrong. resigned.
The controller OF the currency has APP
pointed the Des Moiones National bank
az a reserve agent for the First National
bank OF sisseton, s.. D., and the First Ma
t.onal bank Of Oelwein, Ia.
Emma J: Gillespie has been designated
as a member OF the civil service board
for the postofice at Sioux Falls. 8. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
NEW MASONIC OFFICERS.
La-Co- TIA Commandory No. o Has an
Elcction-A summer School.

Huron, S. d.. April 23.-La-Co-Tah
Commandery No. 6, knights Temp
lars, has elected these officers: X. b.
Anderson, eminent commander; VIM.
Tolmie, generalissmie; c.. T. Baldridge,
captain general; John Banks, prelate;
Oscar A. Kicker, senior warden; j. A.
Cleaver. junior warden; Ed. ]. Miller,
treasurer; Bruce NJ. Rowley, recorder:
]. Il. Helm, standard bearer; Holland
Wheeler. sword bearer. w. II. Edger-
ton, sentinel. b. +. Ives Of st. Law
renee. grand Masonic lecturer, has been
conducting a Mosonic school for mem
bers OF the fraternity here.
Huron college summer school and
Beadle county institute will begin here
June II, and continue six weeks. For
this school the managers are securing
ONE Of the best talent in the northwest
and indications point to n large at
tendance. 1t is the intention to make
the school q permanent institution,
holding terms each summer. DR.. G. II.
French, president of Huron college,
and Prof. f. =. Corley, superintendent
Of schools for Beadle county, are lead
ers in the enterprise.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
RURAL ROUTES ARE POPULAR.
Clay County Has Five Which Are Yer.
Highly Appreciated.

Vermillion, S. D., April 22.-Clay
county has Ave rural free delivery
'outes. AS the months continue 1t Is
very surprising at the amount of bust
ness being done. That the rural pre-
sincts are vastly benefited there Is no
question, and former citizens have come
20 look upon them as an important fac
tor in their work. Three routes are es-
a blished here, and daily cover a ter
.itory OF about 100 miles. The business
lone on the three out from Vermillion
sor the month OF March plainly shows
The immense popularity OF them: Num-
Der Of pieces delivered registered let
.ers, 10; letters, ala; postal cards, 227;
papers, 9,516; circulars, l,738; packages,
l22: total delivered. 14,125 pieces; num-
Der OF pieces collected. 1877; total
number handled by carriers, 1892:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Wanted Thirteen-In Inch Shells.

Memphis scimitar: The negro porter
in a certain Office building applied to a
young lawyer who had frightened him
on various occasions, and asked him
to write out all the big words he knew
ON a piece of paper.
The lawyer, being puzzled at tie re-
quest, asked the negro what he wanted
with the words.
"Well, you see, boss replied the
darkey, II Is going to have a debate
with a sassy young negro who thinks
ne is dedicated. He don't know big
words, and he hasn't got de sense &c
find out how to get DEM, and II you
will jest help ME out, boss. / will do dai
pigger UP in de fust round"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

At the Easter festival dinner of the
st. Nicholas society. at Delmonico's, n
oliver cup was presented TO the queen
Of the Netherlands, through Baron
Covers, her minister In this country,
In honor of her recent marriage. The
cup was OF massive silver, resting on
a base OF wood from the old Middle
Dutch church In Nassau street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

John s.. Sargent, the worlds foremost
portrait painter. has broken down from
ovsrwork and has been ordered abroad
for n complete rest. His great fame
was his own undoing, for his attempt
to keep pace with his numerous i'm
portant commissions has undermined
his health, which an attack of the grip
had already seriously impaired.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Her Death Was Sudden.

Wakonda, s. D., April 22.-The com.
nunity was shocked yesterday I'VE the
death of Mrs. Frank A. Swezay. Some
three weeks q a baby was born, and
soon afterwards Mrs. Swezay was
stricken with pneumonia. 1t was be-
leved she was improving, and death
was very unexpected. Her parents re-
side In Newell, Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Paul ID. Carpenter, a son of former
Senator Mat" Carpenter, has recently
been elected judge Of one of the state
courts of Wisconsin on the democratic
ticket. He broke from the republican
party last year and Is now prominent
ly mentioned for the democratic CUB
ernatorial nomination next e
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

When Tennyson first made his home
at Aldworth I'm Surrey, a tourist spoke
pleasantly to the innkeeper at Hasle-
mere on the neighborhood OF 1.-The great
Mr.. Tennyson." Great Mr.. Tenny-
son. the landlord responded, with a
snort; what. him up at Aidworth? He
amt great. Why. he don't keep but
one boy. and the boy don't sleep In the
house neither"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

The German crown prince, who goes
to Bonn university at the end Of April
or early In May, will especially devote
himself to the study OF law, but will
also attend lectures on history. liter
ature, philosophy, physics. chemistry,
etc. The Emperor Williams third son,
Prince Adalbert, will join the training
ship Charlotte as n cadet for his first
voyage on April 10.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

The faculty of Stanford university,
In California, has directed that saloon
and cafe advertisements must be omit
ted from the Daily Palo Alto, the col
lege paper. The managers Of the paper
have relied mainly on such advertise
ments for financial support and publ
cation may be suspended.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Dies In California.

Vermillion, s. D., April 22.-Word has
been received here of the death of Hon.
]. A. Marvin at Pasadena, Cal. He raj
formerly a resident of this city for
many years, and was an invalid, draw
ing an old soldiers pension Of $1,000
per month. His body was cremated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Two men each fred six shots at each
other while struggling on the ground
and the fact cannot be concealed that
Dne OF them will get well. But how
The good old days in Kentucky have
chanQad
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Ahdul,a Eeara.

Chicago Tribune: Abdul Hamid-What
was that loud noise, Hadji?
Hadji Ali Faik Bey-It was an earth
quake, you serenity.
Abdul Hamid (much relieved)-Oh, i
thought 1t was that American bill coll
lector again"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

At a banquet you car always tell the
man that prefers to smoke a scent
cigar for his throat's sake" by the
way he hogs" the big, black, costly
DerfectOs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
LIEN SUCCEEDS FINNERUD.
Roberts County Man Named OF Board OF
Charities and Corrections

Pierre, S. d., April &C. III. Lien OF
Roberts county has been appointed by
Governor Herre!d as a member Of the
state board of charities and corrections
TO succeed DIR. Finnerud of Water
town, resigned. The new appointee is
well known about the state and for tho
past three sessions has represented
Roberts county in the legislature.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

In Philadelphia a fast trolley car is
being tested. II takes newspapers In
the early morning to Chestnut Hill.
fourteen and three-duarter miles away.
IL runs at a rate af thirty-ive miles an
hour, including q stop at least every
three-quarters Of n mile. Occasionally
II has u q mile In n minute and an
eighth, and II has has made the entire
distance In twenty-five minutes. In
Guiding stops. which Is the same time
as the express train makes for the
same distance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Necessary Aid.

Brooklyn Life; Jack TAT the club WIN
d~own)-There goes Jenkins with his
auto, and I'll be blowed " he hasn't a
tiger up behind.
George-Tiger nothing! That's the rec
pair man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Clinton ID. Kendall, an experienced
druggist Of Brookings, has purchased
the II. S. Howell drug stock at Artes-
ian. and taken possession.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

A magnificent oak tree at Athens
Ga, not only owns itself, but possesses
other property. 1t was owned many
years & by Colonel w. II. Jackson,
who. In his childhood, played around It's
ma ssive trunk and In later years grew
TO love It almost as he would his own
child. Fearing that after his death the
old oak would fall into the hands OF
persons who would destroy It, he re-
corded n deed conveying to the tree
entire possession of itself and of oil
land within eight feet Of II on all
sides.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Mrs. Nation has hired an old-time
newspaper man for her paper. She will
now give the saloons a literary hack.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Leonard Chadwick, OF Wilmington,
Del, is not yet 20 years old, but already
has been rewarded by two nations for
personal bravery. He was on the Am
crican warship Marblehead when n
party from the vessel cut the cable at
Cienfuegos to stop the S~paniards In
Cuba from communicating with the
outside world. Chadwick was OF that
party and was rewarded with n medal
and promotion to gunner's mate. When
his term expired he went to South Af-
RIGA and fought under Lord Roberts.
For performing n particularly daring
act he was complimented by "Bobs'
and later received a scarf which a
beer knitted by Queen Victoria.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27
Wise BIRD.

Philadelphia Times: Give MS proof OF
your boasted wisdom" cried a lot OF
chattering magpies TO the owl.
II WILL he said. and flew away.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Henry ]. Eatin. chief of the Hartford
Conn.,, fire department. celebrated the
nftieth anniversary OF his connection
with the department IN las Friday.
For thirty-three years he has been
chef, a longer time. t. Is claimed, than
any similar officer In the world mas
served. The semi-centenniaf Of the
chief was made the occasion OF a cele.
bration by the city authorities and the
old and new members OF the fire de
partment. In the parade Chief Eaton
drove his gray horse. which was 25
years old that day. Mayor HARRISON
presented the chief $500 In gold, which
the city council had voted him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-27

Fin de Steele" BERTHE, means Just q
little behind the times.