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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

"The paper was here to stay, "
writes a Georgia editor, "but it acct
dentally made money enough to leave.
Atlanta Constitution.
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BUSINESS OFFICES:
Metropolitan Bldg,
Cor. Third and Main SITS.
Alexander d Co., 521 First Ave.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
What About Your School Housesp

You may not this season be able to
build a new one, or make the radical
changes in the old one that you had
III contemplation. but there is no school
district in tile United States that can
not afford to tint with Alabastine the
interior of their buildings, thus max
ing them more attractive, getting COL
ors made with special reference to
their effects on the eyes Of the pupils.
getting a sanitary and rock base ce"
ment coating that will not harbor dis
ease germs.
Ihe closely crowded school rooms
need all the safeguards to the health
OF the pupil that intelligent officials
car surround them with. and all SAM
tarians unite in saying that Alabastlne
is the only pr~"ar material to be used
on such walls.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Continued Next Wee
THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
May Disappear Entirely In the Near
FutJrs.

Washington Star: Professor W. j.. Nc
Gee of the government geological survey
declares that the Great SAT- Lake Of
Utah is vanishing, and that this most re-
markable body Of water will be COM
pletely dried up In fifty years, If not
sooner. Already its waters show signs
of receeding and it may not be more than
twenty-five years before irrigated farms
will be cultivated on what is now the bot
tom of this inland sea, whose waters are
so salt that a body annot sink in them.
The LAX is about seyenty-tive miles
long and half that at It's greatest width,
and is rather shallow, being in most
places not over fifty feet deep, although
a depth of possibly 100 feet may obtain
in certain places. The reason why IL is
so salt science says is simply because
1t has no outlet save through evaporation
and the streams during past ages have
been carrying salt into 1t. These contrib
uting streams are now being utilized for
.irrigating tn. lands aroun the lake, and
before long immense reservoirs will be
constructed in the mountains where these
streams have their source, which will cut
off the lakes feed entirely. When his is
done the level of the lake will be lowered
very fast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Taking a Man Unawares.

Bland, Mo-, June 30th.-F. b. Crider
describes very graphically how he was
evertaken by an enemy and his narrow
escape. He says:
"For years have been troubled with
Kidney Disease, which came on me so
gradually that | did not know what 1t
was until the pains in my back warned
me that it was Kidney Trouble.
Il began treatment ut One and used
II medicine after another, but with
out help, till at last | was just about
to give up in despair.
Just then ! heard Of Dodd's Kidney
Pills and bought Il few boxes and be-
gan to take them. They helped me
from the first and now | am completely
cured. "Dodd's Kidney Pills Is the
only medicine that ever did me any
good. They are worth their weight in
gold"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Mead Of ~lauohter.

Chicago Journal: Laughter is a good.
healthy, muscle-making, lung-developing
exercise, and 1t Is as good for girls as for
boys. And humor can be cultivated I'm a
girls mind without any abatement Of
the dignity and modesty and charm OF her
womanhood-not the unpleasant and con-
slant f~rivolity evidenced in smart"
speech or quickness of repartee, but the
humor that looks at the world with a
swlnkle in the eye and sees it's absurdi-
ties, It's smallness and it's fun.
1t should be part of every woman's men,
tai equipment, for women are called upon
to bear so many of life's small worries as
well as its greater ones. The bringing up
of children, the care of servants and the
many social duties that become a burden
all are made easy and possible to put
up with by the woman with the unfailing
sense of the bright side of life. 1t is a
sense that lasts through life, through its
many Ills, its disillusions, its tribulations,
even its tragedies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

London Chronicles: The exact seat in
the brain of the highest Intellectual facul
tics has formed a moot point in science
since the functions of the organ OF mind
began to be investigated with accuracy.
The general opinion localizes what We
term mind in the prefrontal lobes OF
the brain, but by another chool of think
ers the hinder lobes have been credited
with performing our highest cerebral du-
ties. The balance of evidence is decidedly
In favor of the former view. and recent
researches and observations by DIR.
Phelps, an American Investigator, would
appear to assist in strengthening the op.n-
ion that the most important portion of
the brain is it's anterior region. In the
course of the Investigations in question
some POS cases of brain injury and dis
ease were examined. In all save two 1t
was noted that interference of extensive
nature with the pre-frontal region result
ed in serious disturbance of the mental
faculties. Less severe injury produced
less marked effects. These facts parallel
the researches of other investigators, and
they are further substantiated by what Is
observed In cases of idiocy connected with
a want of development of the frontal
lobes of the brain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
CHAPTER III.
IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE REA-
CON Enp M A1NDTNJnNv

IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE REA-
SON FOR MATRIMONY.
/ was unable to do aught. In truth,
/ could not move, and SO | sat there
like a sick fool, never stirring, except
once to look up at my companion, and
find her looking at me steadfastly; but
/ could not say a word. n yet could
see the men who had returned grow
ing more and more. confident, as those
who had carried the wounded officer
away. talked in low tones 10 the others.
But the minutes gave me my wind and
brought back some of my nerve, and
then they came On with set faces.
I stood up and grasped my pistols.
but in that moment the girl stepped
forward with her head up and as proud
an air as ever chicken had against mail
coach.
What do you .wish?" she asked
quietly.
we want that mani He has killed
one of us, and
"One of you, you .clowns?" l cried,
taking her by the shoulder and settling
her aside. He is no more of you than
l ami"
who are we, then?' cried the spokes-
a And what do we here? We do
not like the look of We, and We shall go
III " lilC I'LL We SGllle WllH us ana
tell us who We may be-"
1t was no drunken crew that spoke
now, and l knew it. They had made
up their minds, and 1 was too weak to
try to cope with four men. They
seemed to. be natives hereabouts, and
/ u take my chances of their being
colonials by sentiment as we'll as birth.
There was naught else to do.
Il am an American soldier" | said,
travelling north alone, and .you have
no more to do with me than with the
river outside the door,"
Il knew it," cried the man, and the
others began to surround us. Eye rebel
bastard, we've struck the wrong gang!
Travelling alone, Ell? And what is his
baggage here with YEP"
"She?" said /, stumped again. "Why,
She
II nm his sweetheart" said the girl,
stepping before me again. Then she
went on in an earnest way that finally
became plaintive: I'VE have run away
to be married. Will you not help us to
make merry? We've but just escaped
from New York. Indeed, we have! You
can see our coach broken down in the
road not a hundred yards from here
you can, indeed, siEs!"
Her breath was coming fast, but she
went on with excited earnestness that
caught the men: Our coach boys Will
be here shortly with the horses. You
can see the coach II you will but go
Nown the roads He does not tell the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Hon. Il. Y. Fitzpatrick, Congressman
from Kentucky. writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, ID. c., as fol-
lows:
cat the solicitation of a friend I used
your Peruna and al checrfuHy econ
mend your remedy to anyone suffering
with catarrh or who needs a good
fonic."-T. Y. FITZPATRICK.
A Good Tonic.
Pe-ru-na is n natural and efficient
nerve tonic. 1t strengthens and re-
stores the activity of every nerve in the
body.
Through the use of Pe-ru-na the
weakened or o~verworked nerves resume
their natural strength IND the blood
vessels begin at once to regulate the
flow of blood according TO natures laws.
COMPOSITIONS Immediately disappear.
Catarrh Cured.
All phases of catarrh, acute or chronic,
are promptly and permanently cured.
1t is through its operation upon the
nervous system that pe-ru-na has at
tanned such a worldwide reputation rs a
sure and reliable remedy for all phases
Of catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving Il
full statement Of you case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice free.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Out OF Tho Mouths OF Babes.

A story is told by Francis Bailey Lee,
the historian, editor of the History Of
New Jersey, that should delight col
lectors OF literary humor. 1t is to Mr..
Lee that Halle Ermine Rives, the nov
elist, has dedicated her new revolution
airy romance. Hearts Courageous"
and naturally the Lee family have been
much interested in the phenomenal
popularity the story is winning. and
have discussed it often in the family
circle.
Mr. Lee has a S-year-old daughter,
whose precocities are a never falling
source of delight. Her father the other
evening heard her singing in her baby
key and with huge enthusiasm, a song
strangely familiar. ana yet one that he
could not exactly place.
"Rhoda," he called, what is hat you
are singing?"
why, papa" she exclaimed. Don't
you know that? That's Hearts Cour-
ageou5, cleft for me, Let me hide my
self II thee
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
A ~SisoiIsman's Story.

Leslle's Weekly! Senatorial tradition
and dignity unlimber when the session Of
the day / s over. Senator Burrows. VINO
&c quite often called the senator from Kal-
amazoo, met his friends, Senator McMil-
Ian. from Detroit. II have been over to
the agricultural department. said the
senator from Kalamazoo. Get my
thing?" asked the senator from Detroit.
Nothing but a pretty plant they gave me
for my wife, answered the senator from
Kalamazoo. ut was the only thing l
could find that was not in the classified
service
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Cost of M,rsInIau, Horror to Paper

The pubic has no conception at all
what the Martinique disaster is costing
the newspapers, says the New York
Herald. The average man pays little
attention to the special cable line
and reads the stirring news without a
thought as 20 The cost of it. When it
is known that cable messages from
Fort de France cost $2.15 a word and
urgent messages $6.45 for every word,
some conception can be had of the cost
of covering his calamity. But that is
not all. There are the tugs. the special
men and the photographers. All this
mounts into the thousands, but no ex-
pense has been spared to get this i'm
menSe story.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

oAOohiJ AZ NCH IOEh.
four months, when my husband became
impatient because l grew worse instead
of better, and in speaking to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. How | wish 1
had taken that at first; it would have
saved me weeks of suffering. 1t took
three long months to restore me, but
1T is a happy relief, and we are both
most grateful to you. Your Compound
has brought joy to our home and
health to me. y Mrs. PAULINE JUpsoN,
~ Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y
$4,000 forfeit If above Testimonial is not genuine.
Lit would seem by this state
ment that women would save
time and much sickness if they
would get Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at once,
Rnd also write to Mrs. Pinkham
ut Lynn, Mass, for special ad.
vice. IG is free md always helms.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
COMPROMISE ON MANHATTANo
w. n. Crane and O Friend Visit q
Cate and Puzzle tho Bartender.

Cafe n Puzxie tho Bartender.
New York Times: When w. III. Crane,
the actor. was In Indianapolis he
went into a cafe that looked particu
larry gorgeous from the outside and
particularly dingy on the inside. II
was presided over by a fat bartender.
who was In his shirts!eeves, n who
put both hands on the bar and inquired
OF Mr.. Crane and his friend:
well, gents, what'H We have7"
"Give me two Martini cocktails" said
Mr.. Crane.
The bartender looked a bit nom
plused, then fumbled aimlessly among
some bottles back OF the bar, and said
Sorry, gents, but I'm just out of
MARITIME"
Mr.. Crane glanced at his companion
an instant, and then responded grave
ly: Very we'll; then give US two
Manhattan cocktails, If you've got any
Manhat."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
The Ceillno Too Low.

Ohio State Journal: II regret" said the
manager of the travelling "Uncle Toms
Cabin show, as he stepped in front of
the curtain before 1t rose, that little Eva
Will not go to heaven tonight as usual"
There was a murmur of surprise swept
over the audience.
THE fact is," continued the manager,
I'VE find that the stage ceiling is too low
for her to make a successful ascent"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

OF every hate and
darksome $ I a / n
our banner has
been shorn,
Fame invests It with
II G glory ard
about 1t fingers
still
The echo of the guns
that roared one
q a at Bunker
Hill;
Beneath II seem to
march again the
h e r o e S of our
wars,
w h o S G v a o +
crowned its lovely
stripes and beau
titled its stars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Oh, they can't be.

Tit-Bits: Bingo-Im going to bring my
wife round to call on you tonight.
Winterby-That's right; but do me a
favor, old man. Don't let her wear her
new sealskin cloak. l don't want my wife
to see it just now.
Bingo (g~rimly)-Why, that's what we
are coming for.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

1t guards the land OF
Washington from
o c k y shore TO
shore,
1t waves above our
heroes graves in
one unbroken line
From the land of the
palmetto to the
homeland of the
pine;
And all the people
bless IL ard to-day
their love renew
For the banner OF
our fathers for
the old Red, White
and Blue;
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

1t waves o the
cypress and the
plumage Of the
pine;
Our eagle. soaring
era d | in the
b e a m S of Free
dom's sun,
Looks down with
pride upon the flag
beloved by Wash
ington:
They stand beneath
Its famous folds
from surging sea
TO sea,
The n n who brave"
ly followed once
the ! u m e s of
Grant and Lee;
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
8 ound OF Words.

independent: A negro boy was in the
habit Of giving his name as ''Nedicudi-
nezza Beltikedishazza Sham Ham Jafac
Maxwell Brown" mi~spronouncing nearly
every word.
The sound of words has a great attrac-
ton for the negro, and he uses them re-
gardless of their meaning.
A negro woman was with difficulty pre-
vented from naming her child "Cruciix,"
the sound of the word attracting her.
A negro preacher in a sermon declared
emphatically:
Il comes not to contaminate any other
sect"-repeated still more emphatically-
Il comes not to contaminate any other
sect, / comes to exhonerate your minds"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

philadelphia Times: A lady in a sun
day school has a class of small boys.
Not long ago., after the lesson was
over, as was her custom, she began to
tell them something about God. This
time she chose the power of God as her
theme. She told how he turned the
water into wine, opened the eyes of the
blind, made the lame to walk and
many other miracles illustrative of
Gods power.
one little boy said, Il knew some
thing God can't do"
His teacher said, Why. that Is won
derful. What is 1t? / cannon conceive
of anything that God cannot do"
The little boy replied, He can't make
n 3-year-old colt in one day"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Get What You Ask Eorl

When you ask for Cascarets Candy
Cathartic be sure you get them.
Genuine tablets stamped c. c. C..
Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is
always a cheat and a fraud. Beware!
All druggists, Ioc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
no the thunder Of the cannon we were b

a nation free,
Amid the smoke Of
war they crowned
the brow of Lib.
erty;
Old Glory foated
grandly in a light
that was divine
Above the SHOWS of
Trenton and the
gloom OF Brandy
wine:
The stalwart sons of
Freedoms ! a n d
with blade and
bayonet
Performed beneath
Its glorious folds
the deeds we can't
fAr.Ats
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
William the Foresiohted.

Pittsburg Times; While willing to cul-
tivate peace, the kaiser never forgets
the possibility Of war. Hence he gladly
accepts the invitation to send expert
officers to inspect u military college
at West Point.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Harper's Bazaar: Convincing Proof
May--I had no idea before last night
that Mr.. Pitcher was a man of such
lofty ambitions n exalted ideas.
Maud-How did you come to find it
out?
Maybe proposed to me.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
Great TrainIno School.

Philadelphia Record: Blobbs-So he's in
the diplomatic corps, Ell? Well, he's emil
nently fitted for it.
Slobbs-How so?
Blobbs-He used to be stage manager
for an amateur dramatic club.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Philadelphia Press: "our Iegisla-
tors" protested the machine politician,
are not as bad as they're painted"
MOP" replied the plain citizen.
We'll, they're certainly not as good as
they're Whitewashed."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Il would be comfortable and happy"
says the Alfalfa Sage, IF 1 could find
4 way to shed all of my vest except the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

For the nag hat
that waved triumphant where the Con-
tinentiis stood
In their ragged regirnentals' in the bat
tle-shattered wood.
Long may It wave while Freedoms bells
for Liberty ring out,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

We use Piso's Cure for Consumption in
preference to any other cough medicine.
Mrs. S. L. Borden, 442 = street, Wash
ington, d. c., May %, 1901.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Hatterson-You
won't mean to say that you have no theo-
ries about the education of children.
Mrs. Catterson-No. / nave too many
children.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Don't forget a large 2-oz. package Red
Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ
South Bend. Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Town and Country: The Oceans Greed
do they speak of it as a hungry
scar ut takes the dinner right out of
q persons mouth"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Behold the peaceful battle plain where
thousands met as foes!
One flag is there reflected where the fair
Potomac flows.
IT'S the guiding star Of Freedom and the
hope of those unborn,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Pittsburg Press: Progress keeps ev-
erlastingly at it. The latest is tailors'
Measurements by photography. Hope
somebody will devise. a method of set
tlihg with the tailor by invisible money
or moneyless remittance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
WHERE DOCTORS FAIL
To Cure Woman's Ills, Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound Succeeds. Mrs. Pauline
JudsOn Writes:

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM Soon after
my marriage two years ago / found
myself in constant pain. The doctor
said my womb was turned, and this
caused the pain with considerable in.
1ammation. He prescribed for me for
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

They laureled 1t with glory's wreath and
that is why to-day,
While peal the bells of Liberty, they bless
its mighty sway.
It floats where bloom the orange trees
that skirt old oceans line,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Use the famous Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ
company, South Bend, Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

To the music Of the
cannon and the
brave and bolster
Gus shout;
Our matches ma
vies bear 1t unto
every S II kissed
sea,
And all the world
a S tribute to
the banner of the
free;
In its beauty and its
glory, In It's SPLEEN
dor and its worth
II tells to nations
great and small
the story of our
birth:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05
A Scientific Discussion,

New York Weekly: Professor Search
er-"What are supposed to be petrihed
horse tracks have been found in Mis-
souri,"
Old Lady-"Oh, they can't be.
Professor Searcher-Just my opinion
exactly, madam. The horse and the al
luvial deposit in which those imprints
were discovered represent widely diff
ferent eras of geological and geologi-
cal history"
Old ~Lady-"Yes, and a petrified horse
couldn't walk, you know
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

And this is why to-day we gaze Upon its
presence fair
And thank the watchful Father that Old
Glory still Is there.
It greets the storms winds with delight,
a. loysG thgPopeap's roar
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Mrs. Winslow,s SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Children
eethiheEAoftens.the gains, redncos al
Lays pain, cures wind collie, p cents 4 bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

j. Pierpont Morgan, George Gould
and Cornelius Vanderbilt have been
elected members of the society of nu-
mismatists. They are understood 90
have mastered another form of coin
collecting.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

The ragged Co~ntinentals stood and battled
for the right;
Run up the flag this sacred day that tells
of Freedoms birth,
And let 1t proudly float above the banners
of the earth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

1t is noticeable that none of the early
fall crop of hazing stories bears the
date line OF West Point. N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot.
Ease, Il powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s.. Olmstcd, Lclsoy, y. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-05

Halls Catarrh Cure
ls taken internaltv2s Price Is cents.