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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-23
|z1ews and Zlews Selected J,0m
Leaalng 2lme1can Dapers

/ those with whom he has been associated
who has been tested in connection with
two OF the most important offices Of the
government. and who has come out OF the h
trial with distinguished success and the
m ost eminent reputation. Nobody ques:-8
tions any Of the statements we have made
In the a boye sentence, and admitting them
to be true and leaving politics aside, here
is an ideal character for the presidency
ofsthe United States. IL "a
We are not disposed to say anything
derogatory to the character OF Mr. Roose-
Welt, yet We think that his warmest ;ae 81.
mirers will admit that up to the time Ghe
was considered In connection with the 4
presidency he had done nothing to point
him out as peculiarly fitted for that 6of llce.s
An appointment had been made Of him
to a subordinate position in the Navy De-
partment It Washington without It being
suggested on any hand thatRthere was q y y
Inadequate measure OF his capacity If. des-SS
igna ting him for 1t. He was later brought
into consideration for the goyernorshlp or
New York, which put him In the path ITO
the presidency, not BY any act Of states
manship on his part, but by his enlist
ment as a. volunteer soldier In the wn ri
with Spain. In his civil life he has been
impulslve when Mr.. Olney was self-con-
tanned; youthful In temper. and easily ln-$
fluenced by politicians about him. when M AZ
Olney assumed lead and impressed iim-s
self upon public policy; In short, the two
men are5very much the antipode OF eatl
other, and We say It not as a matter Of$
treproach to Mr. Roosevelt; It Is more ~
matter Of temperament which induces H.
iferent Fconducttunder the same experience
than anything else. But we do submit
and we claim that the better. jud gment 81
the country, without regard to politics.
must agree with us on the point, that
Mr.. Olney Is a man far&bettera fitted by
personal character and the endowment Of
experience for the presidency than Is Mr.
Roosevelt, and we hold further that, even
from the Republican standpoint, he might
be elected to that office without essential
danger to Republican principles; indeed. III
we think such an event would operate
fayorably toward the publication and con-
sequent Improvement of the Republican
party.-Boston Herald. 4 Ks
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Would Continue to Survive.

Moreover. IL worst came to worst, and
we could not have a canal at either Par
ANA or Nicaragua, and therefore could
have none at all, we should doubtless con-
tinue to survive }'and to prosper. The
United States wants an isthmian canal
very much. But 1t has got along without
one pretty we'll for n century and n quar-
ter, and We have no doubt It could do so
for century and a quarter more. espe-
cially since 1t lis a fixed principle that
either there Is to be an American canal,
under American control, or there is to be
no canal at all.-New York Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-23
Americanlzation of Mexico.

5Americanlzation Of Mexico.
In a thousand ways Mexico nalVely trle,
to be American. Twentyvthree years age
she adopted an American circus, and
since then she has had no greater pet
than certain American clown. She has
the fireless telegraph across the gulf OF
California;. She uses ltypeWrlters Tar
more generally than Paris She even In
dulges in the soaring dreams or progress,
M her American airshlp company. which
announces bee-llne service between
Mexico City and Washington. There are
cities almost American cities. such rs
Monterey and the capital. There arr
mining camps entirely American, Eng
llsh spoken" Is superflulty. There are
American signs at every turn, American
names. American goods, American GUS
toms, American language. and the Amer
Icans.-World's Work,
But 1t Isn't So.
We are not prepared to say what por-
centage OF students OF the negro agrIcu-
tural and mechanical colleges /. In the
South becomes farmers, but we venture
to say 1t Is very small-not so large No
the percentage that undertakes to study
tho Greek and Latin languages, How
much better It would be for the students
or these institutions II the managers OF
them could see the advsablllty OF training
their students for the places that are
waiting to be filled, for the work that
la to be done.- Macon (Ga,) TELEGRAPH,
Roosevelt and OlneY
4 Let us assume that the two parties re-
spsctiyely presented MS candidates for the
presidency, the one, Theodore Roosevelt,
the other Richard olney, Leaving poll
ties aside, is there any doubt In the minds
OF thoughtful and refsectlng men as TO
which OF the two Is, the best fitted for tho
ONCE? Mr., Onoy Is a man OF mature
mind, of large experience IN connection
with men and courts, who has had for
q generation the fullest confidence -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-23

CLARENCE S. BARROW.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
knowledge of what Is Best More Inn
portant Than wealth with
out II.

1t must be apparent to every one that
qualities of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best of the products of
modern to attain permanently
to universal acceptance. However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for worldwide
prominence unless they meet with the
general approval, not OF individuals only,
but Of the many who W. the happy
faculty OF selecting, enjoying and learn
ing the real worth OF the choicest prod
ucts. Their commentator, consequently.
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements of the we'll in
formed Of all countries the method of
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and he combination the most
excellent Of its kind. The above is true
not Of food products only, but Is espe-
cially applicable TO medicinal agents and
after nearly a quarter of a century Of
growth n eneral use the excellent
remedy. Syrup Of Figs. is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world, as the
best OF family laxatives. It's quality Is
due not only to the excellence OF the
combination Of the laxative and carmin-
alive principles Of plants known to act
most beneicially on the system and pre-
scented in the form of q pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
OF manufacture Of the California Fig
Syrup Co., which ensures that uniformi-
ty and purity essential In a remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that 1t is an excellent
laxative. If at all eminent In his pro-
fession and has made a special study Of
iaxatives and their effects upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that 1t is the best
OF family laxatives, because 1t Is sim
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system ~effectually, when
a laxative is needed, without any I'M
pleasant after-effccts. Every well-in-
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup of Figs Is an excel
lent laxative and Is glad to sell It, at
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tie, because 1t gives general satisfac-
ton, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects OF
Syrup Of Figs 1t is necessary to buy the
genuine, which Is sold in original pack
ages only; the name of the remedy
Syrup Of Figs and also the full name of
the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front of every package.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Kitchener Brooked No Failure.

Blackwood's Magazines: The gift Of
overcoming apparently insuperable
difficulties which the sidar's officers
possess in such a marked degree was
very largely due to the unbending Sc
verify with which he treated all fall
ures, whether high or low were re-
sponsible for them. A thing was or
dered; it had to be done, n conse-
quently 1t was done; no excuses pre-
vailed for an instant. So when an Of
ficer lost a Nile steamer through the
stupidity Of a subordinate he was q
ruined man; when the wires failed to
connect K, with his base at a critical
moment the young officer in charge lost
all the fruits Of his long and meritor-
ious labors. If no chief ever acknowl-
edged more fully and generously good
work we'll done, no one also was ever
more u~nforgiving Of failure, to no mat
ter what cause the failure might be due.
Once in the hottest momen Of a blaz-
ing Soudan summer l i~ncautiously re-
ported that d had got sunstroke, and
therefore could not execute some or
der. 'S~unstroke!' X replied: what the
devil does he mean by having SUM-
stroke; send him down to Cairo at
once" However, d being a friend Of
mine, / wired to warn him that he was
under a delusion and was quite we'll,
n the order was carried out, and
nothing more was heard Of the matter,
while poor ID lived to get himself hand
somely killed before Mafeking.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
NOT s%uesIpIzED.
Newspaper Does Not Agree With the
Postmaster General.


Chicago News: Postmaster General
Payne I'm his annual report
that progress has been made In the
task of withdrawing special mailing
privileges from such publications as
are not properly entitled to the postage
rate established for second lass mat
ter. That classification includes in the
meaning of the postal law only genuine
newspapers and periodical publications.
In this connection the postmaster gen.
eral makes this singular assertion:
1T seems to have been but little APP
preciated that a publishers mailing
privilege under the law is in effect a
subsidy"
1t would be interesting to know all
that Mr.. Payne intended to convey by
this remark. If, as some persons may
think, 1t was meant to coo the ardor
of those newspapers which make war
on special privileges as expressed In
tariff schedules n ship subsidy bills,
we may expect to hear of 1t again in
the arguments of persons seeking to
justify such privileges. In any event
the Daily News must take issue with
the postmaster general On the PROPOSE
ton which he advances. The truth is
that a publishers mailing privilege un-
der the law is not a subsidy, but a tax.
BY authority of an act of March 8,
1898, neNSDdpeT were carried IN the
mails without charge to the publisher,
the postage being collected from the
subscriber by the postmaster at the
office of delivery. To save the post
office department the trouble and loss
resulting from such collections the law
was changed about twenty-five years
ago so that now the publisher pays the
postage in advance. He does not add
the price of postage to the subscrip-
ton price of his newspaper. On the
contrary, the subscription price in most
cases has been greatly reduced since
the law was changed. In his annual
report for 1878 Postmaster General
Creswell, in support of his recommen-
dalton that the publisher be required
to pay the postage said:
80 marked would be the improve
ment in the collections under his plan
hat l believe the department could
safely consent, in a of it, adoption,
to a reduction in newspaper rates of
40 per cent. on present prices. At the
reduced rate l am satisfied the depart
ment would realize more revenue than
now"
But 1t is not necessary to recall the
circumstances under which the present
law was enacted in order to show the
singular nature OF Mr.. Payne's subsidy
claim. Postal regulations are matters
of public convenience tempered by
business judgment. 1t is as unfair to
call n publishers mailing privilege a
subsidy as 1t would be to apply that
term to any other postal regulation
that is of benefit to the people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
The Proper Thinu.


My name is plain John Smith, he said
To the gracious tombstone man.
II want to fix things when I'm dead
AS only n live man can.
So listen, friend, n take these down:
I'd have them loom In state
From my modest slab, be it gray or
brown,
Or of marble or common slate.
Just say, in all my married life
l never once got tight.
Nor did / grieVe my loving wife
by staying out at night.
And add these lines (they're strictly true,
IS | expect to die,)
Unto said wife his whole life through
He never told a lie"
The tombstone man drew forth his book
And wrote the lines therein,
And said: 81 must not overlook
The words hat shall begin.
From what you've said, it's my surmise
(SinCe fibs o SO abhor)
You wish me to begin: Here lies
John Smith: A bachelor"
Tom Mason in New York Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
ANECDOTES FROM ANYWHERE,

Representative Shattuc of Ohio sat in
his committee room busily stamping his
name at the bottom OF a large umb of
letters with a rubber stamp cut in fac
smile. What do you use a stamp for,
Shattuc?" asked Representative Beidler.
WELL" said Shattuc, IF the letters are
all right 1t makes no difference, and if
the letters are not all right 1 can say my
secretary wrote them and used the
stamp"
$3.50!
When Rev. DR.. Brown of New York
first entered on his duties as a clergy
nan he was much afflicted with bashful-
ness. His first baptism, his first con
frmation, even his first conduct OF the
funeral service, all struck terror to his
soul. But is was not until his first
performance OF the marriage cere-
mony that he really distinguished him
self.
At that time it was more usual than
at present for the officiating clergyman
to salute the bride. But DR.. Brown
was In a strange city and terribly con-
fused al that, so instead of making good
use of his privileges he suffered out
to the bridegroom: Isis 1t kiss
Missionary to cuss the bride?"
A story is going the FUNDS of a youth
full minister who, when he preached his
first funeral sermon over a woman In a
small Maine town, praised her so highly
that the poor bereaNed husband, sitting
there listening, could not recognize her
by the description. Einally, in a glowing
peroration he pictured God and the arch
angels and the angels and all the hosts
of the redeemed joyously forming a pa
rade TO welcome to heaven this lone of
the very best of all women." The patient
husband, who had never been able to rule
his own household, could stand 1t no
and. leaping mp, interrupted the
preacher with q bsGkqaing hand. gsspins
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

n GREAT many remedies to
temporarily relieve catarrh
have been devised from time to
time, such as sprays, snuffs, creams and
other local applications, but, as a rule,
the medical profession has little or no
enthusiasm in the treatment of catarrh.
1t Is generally pronounced by them to
be incurable.
1t therefore created a great sensation
in medical circles when DIR. Hartman
announced that he had devised a COM
pound which would cure catarrh per-
manently.
The remedy was named Peruna and in
a short time became known to thousands
of catarrh sufferers north, south, east
and west.
Letters testifying to the fact that Pc
u n is a radical cure for catarrh began
to pour in from all directions.
Thousands of such letters are on file
In the Office of The Peruna Medicine Co.
Rev. r. Stubenvoll, Pella, Wis.
writes: Il feel obliged to extend you nv
personal thanks for my complete res
toration. All through the winter | suf-
fered ON throat and lung trouble, but
recovered my entire health by the use
of your excellent remedy, Peruna."
The following letter from a prominent
gentleman of Los Angeles is O case in
point:
Mr.. j. W. Fuller, President of the
Jewellers Association of Los Angeles,
CAL, has been in business in that CITY
Tor seventeen years out of the fortv-iye
that he has been engaged in business.
Concerning his experience with Peruna
he says:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Her EaIseness.

Judge: "And so,' calculates the wild
eyed lover, you will not be my valen-
tine?"
"Why, the idea!' filters the fair young
thing, smiling in derision and revealing a
row Of pearly teeth.
You laugh at me?" cries the youth.
AT last l see your falseness!'
With a start the girl ceases smiling,
closing her lips firmly. She also nervous
ly clutches her top hair.
"Ha, ha!' is the bitter laugh of the re-
jected one. Il only meant to refer
metaphorically to your heart. I had my
suspicious, however, as to your teeth and
hair"
Majestically he stalked from the room.
while the woman, utterly crushed, fell to
weeping before her mirror.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. II, 1909
l received the trial package of Doan's Kid
ney Pills promptly and can truly say they
are all and even moro than recommended.
I suffered continually with a severe pain
In the back, which the pills entirely over
came, and / am able to work, which would
not have been possible but for Doan's
Kidney Pills. Mrs. J. A. ScHLAMB, 955
Buchanan ST., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

COLUMBUS Cry, IA, Feb. 10, 1908. i
received the sample package of Doan's
Kidney Pills and took them according to
directions. They did me so much good,
1 procured a 50-cent box at the drug store
and have been greatly benefited. l had
the backache so bad / could hardly walk (;
also had urinary troubles, that caused me
to get up two and three times Of a night.
1 am all right now. Long may Doan's
Pills prosper. Yours truly, A. G. SIPE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Puck: The Eldest (who plays foot
balD-This is my noseguard, pop. Not
handsome, but useful.
The Father (who does not)-Oh,
don't blame you for wearing 1t. AT
the only football game 1 ever saw, there
were ten thousand dudes on the bleach
ers smoking cigarets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

New York Weekly: Mr., Gotham--So
you are going to settle in the United
States?
New Arrival Qrom South Amcrica)-
Yes, sir; they've got to drawing things
a little too fine in South America to suit
me. Why, sir, it's go so now that a
mar can't even get a job at overthrow
ing a government unless he belongs to
the Revolutionists union, and has paid
his fees regularly for six months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Aching backs are cased. Hip, back, aul
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
mont, high colorcd, pain in passing, drib-
bling, frequency, bed wctting. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpit9tion, slecplessness,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
n Mans Influence,

William George Jordan: The only re-
sponsib.lity that a man cannot evade In
this life is the one he thinks OF least--his
personal influence. Mans conscious in
huence, when he is posing to impress
those around him, is wofully small. But
his unconscious influence, the silent, sub
tie radiation Of his personality. the eff
feet of his words and acts, the trihes he
never considers-is tremendous.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Bit Sudden.

Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Dauber-
This is one of my sons paintings.
Cgittick-Ahem! Yes?
Mrs. Dauber-Yes, he's quite welded
TO his art and
CrittiCk-Rather a hasty marriage,
wasn't II?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
FOR SALE By ALL LEADING DRUGGIST
out: mo, no, elder; not quite that! She
was only bout middlin'."

out: mo, no, elder; not quite that! She
was only bout middlin'."
The Rev. A. K. Bell, one of the patri-
archs Of the Baptist denomination and a
leader of the earlier generation Of its
clergymen, believed that charity was only
half done unless a smile or a jest went
with It. He was a great worker among
the poor, and upon one occasion at n
public gathering was unexpectedly called
upon TO speak on The Poor in Large
Cities"
DR.. Bell arose solemnly and began: la
dies and Gentlemen: There are three kinds
of poor. There are the Lords poor, the
DEVILS poor, and the poor devils. This
will conclude my address," And the old
clergyman sat down without another
word.
An Episcopal clergyman of Cincinnati
was being shaved by a barber who was
addicted TO occasional sprees. The razor
manipulation cut the parsons face quite
considerably.
You see, Jackson, that comes from
taking too much drink" said the man Of
God.
yes. sah," replied Jackson, at makes
de skin very tendah, sab. 1t do for a
fack."
ltltneTtO IL mas DeGu COllSluSItu d u al
weakness to slumber In church. Now, DR..
Dabbs, the editor of Vectis, comes 90 the
rescue Of the church sleepers with scien-
tihc facts. You call 1t irrevercnce to
sleep in church! NONSENSE. 1t is only
carbonic dioxide.' The really irreverent
person is he who permits the church to be
full of this foul air.
Living in a small town in Pennsyl-
vania is an old colored man, who is
somewhat Of a local preacher. On such
occasions as he is called on to speak, he
can usually be relied on to n use
of certain stereotyped expressions,
which, however, are not always APP
plicable. Not long s he ofticiated at
a funeral service, and after drawing
some deductions in characteristic
language from the solemn event, ne
pointed toward the body of the de-
ceased, and said, impressively:
Here, brethren, we have before us a
Twin witness and a standin' monument
OF the fraiIty of human hopes"
There is a tradition in Texas that IL a
mule kicks a darkey In the head the ami
NAL will go lame. A colored boy, walk
ing along the road one morning, met a
little colorcd girl with her feet wrapped
up in immense bandages of gunny sack
ing. She was limping painfully. "Nha'
de mattah wifi 20 feet, Sukey?' asked the
boy. 'Fader done hit me on de hade wild
a club when / was standin' IN iron," was
the response.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Count Adami mas presented to the
pope his magnificent villa, near Cheit,
Italy, and some 600 works of art on
tanned therein.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Severe and long standing cases should
take advantage of free Medical Advice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
No Chance for Him.

MRS. W.nslow's SOOTHING -HEuP fr Cnildrsn
toething; softens the gums, reduces innamInEtLon al
lsys pain, cures wind collie. 2 cent q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Economy Is the road TO wealth. PUT
NAM FADELESS DYE is the road ia
economy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

~ was troubled with catarrh of the
head for many years. 1t affected my
sense of smell, hearing and sight. I
spent lots of money with doctors and
the use of local applications to relieve
me but to no purpose, until my atfen-
ton was called to the wonderful effects
of Peruna.
81 must say that I met with most
surprising and satisfactory results.
Peruna took hold of the complaint and
drove it entirely out of my system.
"AHhOngh well along toward the
allotted span of mans life I am pleased
as a child Ver the results, and feel like
a young man again. ~ ". Fuller.
Such letters as the above are not used
for publication except by the written
permission of the writer.
A pamphlet filed with such letters
will be sent to any address free. This
book should be read by all who doubt
the durability of catarrh.
If you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Paruna
write ut once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
TIL TEST OF GOLD.

A Vast Number of Kidney Suffering People, Cured by Donn's Kidney Pills,
say but for the Free Trial they would still be in Agony. This means
Golden Merit at your Command to Test.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
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