davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
LOUISIANA LEADS IN OYSTERS
That State 10 Away Ahead Of Mary
land In Their Culture.

New Orleans, April AT a meeting
of the Louisiana oyster commission,
Attorney DymCnd made a report Of hts
trip to Washington and to the oyster
beds Of Maryland. Mr.. Dymond said
that IT had been generally understood
that Louisiana was about fifty years
behind Maryland, but that he had
found, as q matter of fact, that Mary
land was just now beginning to follow
the plans that nave been outlined in
Louisiana. 1t has nov only oyster reefs
which have become depleted, and has
never done anything by private enter
prise on otherwise barren bottoms.
MI. Dymond said that Louisiana was
starting out on the proper lines by en-
couraging the investment of capital and
labor in private bedding grounds, al
though as yet this had only been don
on a small scale.
The commissioners agreed to waive
their so per diem allowed by the oyster
law for attendance at meetings. This
Is done in order to cut down expenses
as far as possible, and because the es-
timated revenue of the commission will
likely fall under $50, 900, as at first es-
timated. Mr.. Dymond said that the
miscalculation was partly due to the
anxiety Of different parishes to repre-
sent themselves as great oyster centers.
and In this way eXaggerating their sup
ply of oysters. The deficit has been
mainly in the matter Of the 2 per cent
tax. MI. Dymond says that Plaque
mines parish has proved very prolific
of the bivalVe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
They "Waited" and "saw."

Warren's Corners, n. Y, April 20.
wait and see-you're better now, or
course, but the cure won't last"
This was what the doctors said to
Mr.. A. 3. Smith of this place. These
doctors had been treating him for years
and he got no better. They thought
that nothing could permanently cure
him. He says:
MY kidneys seemed to be so large
that there wasn't room for them, and
at times 1t seemed as If ten thousand
needles were running through them. !
could not sleep on my left side for
years, the pain was so great In that
position. l had to get up many times to
urinate and my urine was sometimes
clear and white as spring water, and
again 1t would be highly colored and
would stain my linen. The pain across
my back was awful. l was ~ravenously
hungry all the time.
after 1 had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four days my kidneys. panied
me so bad l could hardly sit down.
On the morning Of the fifth day | felt
some better, and the Improvement con.
tinued till / was completely cured"
as this was months ago and /. am
still feeling splendid, l know that my
cure was permanent and genuine"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
andlord over keenly with his sharp.

landlord over keenly with his sharp.
black eyes.
mo wonder they're flynn round like
hens with their heads cut off. There
hain't been such doiu's, I guess sence
the town was started" exclaimed
Peter, who dearly loved to retail gos-
sip.
"Ahl" and the stranger took advan-
tage Of the others enthusiasm to drop
the contents OF his glass on the floor.
There was a murder committed up
to the big house. You might have
passed II on the way down. Got two
stun critters on the pillars on each
side OF the big gate"
Yes, I passed It."
"Ellison's wife, II seems, was walkin'
In the park t'other night bout 10
o'clock, and she never come back alive.
Was struck down right In the path near
the house. Just one blow-she never
spoke again"
Bless me, what a tragedy for a quiet
place like this!"
"Ye may well say 80. The folks is
wild. It'll go hard, I'm afraid, with the
school teacher"
What had he to do with it?" and the
little man seemed to prick up his ears.
as II a point of interest to him had been
reached.
We'll. they think he done it-and
everything points that way. Ye see.
the Ellisons had one child-a daugh-
ter"
"Ah!" The little man pushed his
glass aside, drew himself closer TO the
table and looked at Mr.. Peter with sue
a piercing expression that the good
landlord for a moment was speechless.
well what about this daughter?
Why don't you go on, MANI exclaimed
the stranger.
MI. Bowersox risked a swallow from
his glass to fortify himself, made 4 Very
face, and continued:
1.-The young gem what's been school
teacher here for the past five years
was sweet on the young lady, and them
what knows says it was returned. Ms.
Ellison heard of II, and was mad
enough, though her husband never let
on to the young mar that he knowed
what was up, though, Of course. he
couldn't help II. All the town knowed.
Well, young Barnett, which was the
same school teachers name, was per-
vadin' round the grounds that night.
He was seen to meet with Mrs. Ellison
by the Waterman. There was hard
words between 'em, she accusin' the
young man of tryin' to steal her daugh-
ter away. Just what happened after
that isn't known, but some time alter a
cry was heard, and when folks got on
the scene they found Mrs. Ellison dead,
and near by Barnett, cleanin' his hands
on the grass" The landlord was silent
for a moment, as II to give emphasis to
his words. He was astonished at the
cool way in which the little mar re-
ceive his tragic recital.
well, that don't mean that the young
man was the murderer" said the latter.
"Oh, 1t don't, Ell? Well, most OF US
In this here neighborhood thinks 1T
does. And do you know that he had
made arrangements to leave last night,
surptitious-like, as they say, and had
sent his trunk off, ~instructing the la
what carried it not to let any one know
that the schoolmaster was goin' to skip.
All that looks bad"
HUM" and the stranger for a mo-
moment drummed on the table with his
stubby red fingers. The young man is
certainly in an unpleasant position.
What does he say-what Is his side Of
the story?"
Continued Next Week.)
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

a wealthy mine owner and has the
cash at her command to do so. BY way
Of inducement she suggests that both
my future husband and myself would
make our permanent home In your
state afterward."
A communication seemingly written
by an individual who has an eye TO
business arrived at the city auditors
office yesterday. 1t comes from Brock
ton, Mass, and the writer does not
seem disposed to lose an opportunity
for Increasing his stock Of earthly
Grafton of putting away an obstrep-
erous spouse for he is anxious to know
IL there Is any government land suf1-
GENTLY near the city to enable him TO
locate a homestead while here getting
a divorce.
OF the scores Of letters pouring in
upon the various city officials from all
directions many come from women but
considerable more than half are from
the male persuasion.
In the meantime the movements at
the miniature divorce colony already
started impart no signs OF any APP
preaching business stagnation. Money
flows as freely as water from the city
MIGRANTS, new recruits arrive and old
ones depart from time to time, and
there is q constantly growing indication
that the recently developed prospects
for establishing in Canton an import
ant western divorce enter will ma
terialize, whether the city's ultra pious
inhabitants become willing accessories
to the proposition or not.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
CHAPTER II,
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BARS.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BARS.
The landlord Of the Blueball inn of
Exton was doing in a corner Of his
cafe one morning, modify meditating
on the dullness of business and the ap-
palling temperance of the natives, when
he was startled by q deep voice calling
out:
Waiter. a pint Of champagne!"
Mr.. Peter Bowersox was on his feet,
rubbing his eyes, and wondering If the
voice was a part of his dreams. Not
since he 4 started In business in that
too abstemious village a any one sur
prised him by such an order. He
looked expecting to find a bediamoned
traveller who had strayed into his inn
for want Of n better, but found himself
facing a small, gray-bearded man., clad
in a snuff Colored suit. His hands were
red and knotted, he wore a shocking
bad hat, while his dusty and dubious
shoes showed that he had not come In
town in n carriage.
Peter thought he must have heard
wrong until the order was repeated,
with the pleasing addition, Make 1t a
quart"
Then Mr.. Bowersox realized that he
was confronting a pleasant reality, n
not a dream, and at once set down his
guest as q prince travelling in disguise.
1t did not ocur to him that princes sell
dom spoke with a pronounced Yankee
twang.
The wine was secured from It's fly
blown eminence behind the bar, where
it lac served for many years as an or
nament. After 1T was duly opened, the
stranger displayed his princely charac-
ter when he invited the landlord to
share it's contents.
The stranger smacked his lips with
gusto over the vile decoction of goose
berries and alcohol, to the great de-
light OF the host, who "a afraid the
first taste of the beverage might be the
cause of a violent outbreak. 1t warmed
his heart to meet with a customer 80
easily pleased, for the natives of the
place were not very considerate OF his
feelings. He was shrewd enough judge
of human nature to know that the
stranger was there Sor a purpose, so he
waited respectfully to learn what 1t
was.
TT seemed to me as 1 came along that
there was a great deal of excitement
going on in the town for such a quiet
place." began the nan in the snuff-col-
bred suit. whats up? Some political
matter on hand2" And he looked the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
A Timely Topic.

Edwin L. Sabin, in Lippincott's Maya
zine: First, the garden should be
cleaned. Remove the winter crop of tin
cans and throw them over into the next
yard. Although you do not need them,
somebody else may.
The garden must be digged. To have
II done right you must do 1t yourself. IL
your neighbors raise with your help)
chickens, or IL you support q dog, you
may consider that the garden VIII not
require to be touched with a fork at all.
However, chickens and dogs are apt 10
work unevenly, and more TO suit their
w ends IA the gardens.
Put in your sunflowers early, SO that
you may be foI tified against cold snaps
and cloudy days, n II you are wise
enough TO get your moonvines TO go
ing, you can potter about nights when
ever you feel disposed or your deeds de-
mand 1t.
1t Is we'll to devote one corner Of the
garden to chickweed, for through thus
doing you will be independent In the
way of Sunday dinners. Although neigh
bors are very careless as 10 their iiVe
chickens, they are peculiarly sensitive
as to their dead ones.
Or, better Gtill, Get out some egg
plant. With @ thrifty eggplant n
may be perfectly Indifferent OF the cold
storage trust.
oyster plants are nice to have. They
demand plenty of water. l have known
an oyster-plant, we'll watered, TO supply
the church sociables OF a
through the fall and winter n not be
exhausted. In making your garden 90
not forget your church.
An electric plant will prove an excel
lent bit of forethought. Ho~rseradishes
are no longer in vogue, n an auto
raids is about to be placed upon the
gardeners list: consequently an cleo
trio plant will prove a useful adjunct.
Sugar beets, cucumbers n violets,
planted together, will result In sweet
pickles of delicious flavor and aroma.
Dutch tulips and Spanish onions are
better apart, and If the French kidney
beans and the Irish potatoes are sep
arated 1t will conduce to harmony.
Harmony-the aesthetic side of the
garden-should not be neglected.
Don't attempt 10 accomplish too
much. Don't have too large a garden
but, nevertheless, cover all the ground
possible. This may sound p~aradoxical,
but by so doing you will speedily ascer-
tain in what direction to proceed. only
experience will teach you fully. II a
garden two doors west has lettuce, as
suredly 1t is folly for you ~ have let
tuce in your garden.
Variety is the spice OF life, n In
genuity will make poor soil bear Won
| derfully. In fact, given ingenuity, the
variety will follow. A man l know,
whose pack yard garden would grow
apparently nothing but cats, by m
| pioying q small basket and a good
memory, and by working nights, kept
his table bountifully supplied with
| fresh vegetables the whole summer
through.
Never be discouraged. If you fail, try
again. Cultivate, cultivate; n espe-
cially cultivate your neighbors' dogs.
Treat your neighbors' gardens as you
would your own, and always fill UP the
holes,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
cTATE INSPECTION DATES.
Adiutant General Conklin Gives Our
Itinerary of INSPECTING Party.

itinerary OF inspecting TdIAy'
Pierre, $. D., April 20-Adjutant Gem.
eral Conklin has arranged the itinerary
for each OF the inspecting officers who
will soon he In South Dakota to inspect
the companies Of state troops. one
officer will inspect the companies OF the
northern part Of the state n the 9TH
cr I'm the southern part. Starting from
Wat,rtoWn Wednesday, April p, the
inspector for the southern part Of the
state will he at Nolga Thursday, April
%; Howard, Friday, April "a; Flan-
dreauj, Saturday, April 20; Mitchell,
Monday, April q; Kimball, Tuesday,
April IS; Armour, Wednesday, April 20
Yankton, Thursday, April 80; Canton,
Friday. May !; Sioux Falls 1.-TWO COM
panies), Saturday, May 2; Centerville,
Monday, May 3.
The dates for the northern part Of the
state are: Gary, Thursday, April %;
Watcrtown, Friday, April "a; Clark,
Saturday, April 25: Redfield, Monday,
April q; Milbank, Wednesday, April 20;
Brltton, Thursday, April 30; Eureka,
Saturday, May ., Aberdeen, Monday,
May 4. Huron. Tuesday, May 5; Miller,
Wednesday,, May 8; Pierre, Thursday.
May I.
The companies I'm the Black Hills will
be inspected ut a later date, not yet
fixed. 1t is not known as yet just who
the Inspecting officers will be.
CcOrme w. Carpenter OF WATERFOWL
has been commissioned as assistant
uuartermaster general Of the South Da-
kota National Guard, with rank Of
MA fCr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
FAILED.
No One Apparently Wants Militia APP
propriation Cancelled.


Aberdeen, S. ID, April 20-The social
ist referendum state convention finally
petered completely out. After S. ii.
Cranmer adjourned 1t all by himself
until the afternoon, three Aber-
deem socialists got together and adj
journed the afternoon meeting until
night. When night came the meeting
was held In the office OF Samuel Lovett,
the state member Of the national So
clalist committee, and eight or ten local
socialists were present. They did moth
ing but talk for bou an hour n
hen the gathering broke up without
anything having been accomplished in
any direction.
The city election in Aberdeen takes
place next Tuesday and the interest Is
quite lively ovr the proposition of MUM
cipal lighting. The city council has
passed ordinances granting franchises.
TO the Aberdeen Gas company for the
erection OF additional plants and IA
~cllities TO cost about $4,000. Socialists
and others circulated petitions asking
for the ~rcfercnduming OF the franchise
proposition and the question will be
voted upon Tuesday. In the election or
officers this is an "ofF" year, only alder
men and board of education members
being chosen.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
r..noh w;n.. Rjxa,sd.

Australian papers are rejoicing
reports In the London newspapers mat
the Australian wines are making way
in the great metropolis at the expense
of the French wines. p. b. B~urgcyne, a
large London importer, says the rich
full bodied Burgundies of Australia are
winning preference over the colder
thinner Vintages CT the continent. The
importation Of Australian wine In isoi
amounted to 736, 754 gallons, while last
year the figures were COZ, S54 gallons,
and the increase corresponds closely to
the decrease in the importation from
points on the continent, and principally
in France.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Lander, the poet, says in one of his
sweet little sonnets: 1--WE are what suns,
and winds, and waters make u.s." but
unfortunately suns will scorch, winds
will %roughen, and waters will not remove
the injurious effects of the other two
upon the lovely complexion Of the fairer
sex. For ages chemists have tried to
distil from herbs and minerals an elixir
of beauty, but they have failed, and it
was left TO modern times to find q cos
metic which should remove every speck
and blemish, and leave a soft and pearly
loneliness upon the toughest skin. Gou-
raud's Oriental Cream does this, and
while so perfectly harmless that spring
water is not more so, it has a magic in
fluence upon the complexion which can
not be over estimated or believed until
realized. To our lady readers we simply
say, would you be as lovely as kindly
Nature intended? Then use the Oriental
Cream.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
JOSEPH kueLER, Publisher.

The finest diamond ever imported
paid no duty to the customs officers,
having struggled itself in from some
other planet In a meteor. Packed In a
thick envelope of meteoric iron, II fell
to earth In Diablo canyon, at h foot
Of Crater mountain. Arizona, It's coat
ing being broken into numerous par
ticles by contact with the rocky for
nation OF the ground. Some six weeks
ago a party of biologists. discovering
these fragments, at first thought them
indications of q remarkably pure vein
OF iron ore, but their true character was
soon discerned, and in one of the pieces
picked up by Professor G.. A. Koenig,
the diamond was found lmbedded. 1t Is
now on exhibition at the American Mu-
eur of Natural History.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

This administration has been the
harvest time OF portrait painters In
Washington. President and Mrs.
Roosevelt have been painted several
times. Russian, French and American
artists have received the patronage of
the White House, and now Walter Rus
sell OF New York Is engaged in paint
Ing the -four young Roosevelt children.
The latest foreign artist TO arrive In
Washington Ia Senior Bolivar, a Colom-
bian, who has painted a portrait OF
General Wood, which Is much admired,
and also portraits OF Nine. Garcia Me-
rou, wife OF the Argentine minister,
and Mrs. Waring.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Cinarette Law i'm Force.

Pierre, $. D., April 20.-It is not gen
orally known that the late legislature
passed an emergency law, which is now
i'm full force and effect, for the preven-
ton Of cruelty to children, which has
as one Of It's provisions the prevention
of the sale OF Cigraets, cigaret wrap
pers, cigars or tobacco in any form to
any minor under 16 years of age. The
penalty fixed for violation Of this pro-
vision is a fine not to exceed 500 and
thirty days imprisonment in the county
iail for the first conviction. and for
the second and subsequent convictions
a fine not to exceed 5000 and imprison-
ment in the county jail not to exceed
six months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
LIKE HooslER scHooLeoY.
Rejected Suitor Stuffs Hay Into School
ma'am's Chimney.

Katie Bawdon, a school teacher, In
marriage, the undone hero climbed to
the top of the school house during the
night and stuffed the chimney tight
with hay. When the pretty school
teacher arrived with her pupils the next
day and tried to warn the building, she
was smoked out and the stove came
near burning up the house. AS there
were but three days of the term left,
and as she believed her malicious suit
or was trying to break up the school to
prevent her from drawing her salary
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
MAD Q SCARE.
Strange Dog With Rabies Bites CANNES
at Hccia.

Aberdeen, S. D., April 2O-The village
of Hecla has been going through a bad
scare from a mac dog and the indica-
lions are that The scare is well Ounde
j. strange loE. apparently with the
rabies. appeared in OWL and went
Swapping about, biting no less than ten
olhc. CANNES. The mad dog was
finally killed and IT IS reported an eX-
animation of pOst-mortem character
developed the fact that the dog suf-
fered from the genuine rabies. 1t has
not yet been learned where the dog
came from.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Commercial schools in Russia are
founded by the state wherever they are
thought to be necessary. The initia-
tive is always taken by commercial or
ganizations-that Is, chambers OF COM
merce and similar bodies-the mem
bers OF which havo previously exam
lned tho question. Russian
rial schools are state institutions and
are under the control OF the minister OF
Rnance.- There are forty-three com
mercial schools I'm the Russian empire
under the control OF the state, and
twenty private schools, similarly or
ganized, with state supervision.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Politics Are Warm.

Parker, 5. D., April 20.-The question
of issuing $4,000 bonds, the liquor
question and two city tickets are Great
ing plenty of excitement. and will until
election, Tuesday, the 2lst. In the first
ward. Gus Pfeffer and Max Smith are
nominees Of the peoples and no license
tickets; in the second ward, T.. l..
Ciisby has no opposition; in the third
ward, DR.. Melvin and w. Il. Clark are
candidates. The fight on the city
ticket and both questions promises to
be warm.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
HOTEL MEN ORGANIZE.
Tri-S Organization Will Be Formeu
at Sioux Falls July 20-23-Com-
mittees Appointed.

Sioux Falls, s. D., April 20.--A call
has been issued for a convention TO be
held In Sioux Falls July 20 to % for
the purpose of organizing an associa-
ton, to be composed of MOTEL men of
southwestern Minnesota, northwestern
Iowa and South Dakota.
This action resulted from a meeting
held here by hotel men from the terri
tory proposed to be covered by the new
association. Committees were appoint
ed to make preliminary arrangements
and prepare a constitution and by
laws.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
O~mnipresent Duty.

Daniel Webster: A sense of duty
pursues us ever. 1t Is omnipresent, like
the Diety. If we take to ourselves the
wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea, duty per-
formed or duty violated is still with us,
for our happiness or our misery. If we
say the darkness shall cover us, In the
darkness as In the light, u obligations
are yet with us.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Thirty-eight years after the civil war
there are fourteen men In h United
State senate who served in the confed-
crate army md thirteen who served In
he federal army during the great
struggle. While a number of men In
the last list are we'll advanced In years,
yet there are quite q numbe OF COM
~paratively young men who entered he
army when boys of Is to IS. In the case
Of union officers who are now senators
most of them were quite young when
they entered the service. One senator
-Pettus Of Alabamu-served In both
the Mexican and civil vars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
His UnIucky lapse,

Judge: Il had a good job last sum-.
mer, but lost it on account Of my fool
Observation-Disclosures" said the poor old
Seldum Fed, pessimistically. Il was
actin as de ech fer a mountain hotel;
an l done all right till one moonlight
night, when a smart guy from the city
hollered Hello, Smith, Durn me! I
forgot meself, an answered back.
which Smith do you mean?'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Transcaucasia grows almost every
known grain in the world. The forests
of the Caucasian mountain range pro-
duce saffron, madden, oak, walnut and
lockwood lumber. while apples, pears
and grapes grow Wild In these forests
to such an extent that they are export
ed in large quantities. The wine of
Causasia Is also exported, and the cot-l
ton of the country is second only to that
of Egypt, I